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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press reprints H. L. Mencken titled Freelance returning February 1 to his Evening Sun corner. The column reviews his sharp, defiant style and anticipates forthcoming England criticisms. Also discusses gun silencers, crime, and political Jokes risk in Congress and state capitols.
New York February 3 Convicts at Sing Sing are knitting warm mufflers for Polish war sufferers. Mrs. Ernest Shelling of the American Polish Relief committee organized about five hundred inmates to knit under Warden Osborne. The effort aims to aid Polish women and children and demonstrates prisoners finding purpose during solitary hours.
Sir William Van Horn ex CPR president born in Will County Illinois 72 years ago. Sam H Harris of Cohan and Harris born in New York City 45 years ago. Judson Harmon former Ohio governor and Cleveland cabinet attorney general born in Hamilton County Ohio 69 years ago. William J Harris census director born in Cedartown Georgia 47 years ago. Rt Rev George A Beecher Episcopal bishop of Western Nebraska born in Monmouth Illinois 47 years ago. Samuel M Felton president Chicago Great Western Railroad born in Philadelphia 62 years ago. Robert T Haines actor born in Muncie Indiana 45 years ago.
Comic miscellany and quips feature a parade of jokes about marriages, fashion, war names, and daily life. Snappy lines lampoon couples, bedeviled husbands, and social trends with playful asides and light satire across diverse topics.
A brief history note recalls 1815 when Napoleon’s friends in France prepared for his return from Elba. Also twenty-five years earlier, 1890, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld an anti Mormon voter test oath.
Senator Harry Lane of Oregon offers a solution to the blind pig problem and argues Alaska’s approach to liquor, suggesting Eskimo style caching to deter out of state drinkers. He notes Alaska’s practice of seizing whiskey on trails and breaking bottles to prevent risky expeditions. He also questions links between alcohol and insanity and favors drinking straight booze over wine or fermented liquors.
A compact epigraphic note quotes Cervantes on counting chickens before they hatch and warns that hopeful plans may meet hard outcomes, implying prudence in expectations and resource use.
Washington reports that Britain will seize the cargoes of the steamship Wilhelmina bound for Bremen and all American shipments to Germany in retaliation for Germany taking control of food distribution. The State Department has been unofficially informed of the move.
In New York on February 8 the Federal Reserve bank collected a second stock installment of 3 million dollars, equal to 1 cent of paid up capital and surplus, matching the initial payment. In New Orleans on February 3 three bishops officiated at the marriage of Susan Brewer Merrick of New Orleans and Jackson Annan Dykman of New York at Christ Church Cathedral with William Howard Taft Jr as usher.
In Chicago on February 3 the National Independent Telephone Association begins its eighteenth annual meeting at the Hotel La Salle. Principal topics include Mission Control and Government Ownership as discussions proceed through Friday.
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