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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1915
Page
6
Moorhead Minnesota faces a pivotal municipal election with a hot liquor issue at center stage. The contest pits wet and dry factions as Fargo nearby influences Moorhead’s saloon scene and a recent Fargo murder linked to drinking has intensified sentiment for prohibition.
Washington February 15 Coast guard cutter Seneca starts the usual winter ice patrol cruise off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. For two months or longer the crew will patrol the ice fields and issue daily radio alerts on iceberg presence and location to prevent a disaster like the Titanic in 1912.
In Jackson Mississippi twelve city residents offered to join a state health board study on pelagra. They will be inoculated with disease germs and undergo a six month treatment to test if proper nutrition cleanliness and health measures can cure pelagra.
In New York on February 15 the Board of United States Tea Exports began a meeting at the Appraisers' Warehouse to draft safeguards for health of U S tea drinkers. Attention centers on changes to how imported teas are tested for purity and the Read test used to detect coloring. While colored teas remain excluded, some importers seek changes, but drastic enforcement is not expected to be eased.
The Lizzie Leopard murder case is called in District Court with Leopard claiming self defense after she killed her husband with a shotgun. The indictment followed two grand jury rejections and a subsequent panel's action.
A bronze allegorical tablet commemorating the centennial of the ratification of the peace treaty between the United States and Great Britain will be unveiled tomorrow in the Jefferson Memorial in St. Louis Missouri. Distinguished men and women from across the country will participate in the exercises.
The annual ladies costumes and millinery exhibition began in Vienna with models reflecting Paris fashion absence. The Austrian government protects the event, underscoring its status despite a broader European conflict.
Police court adjourned after none of the inmates of Martha Clark's Shantytown house appeared. their bonds were forfeited. William Clark, a one armed lead pencil seller, jailed 30 days for drunken abuse. Stella Johnson and Edith Thompson fined 3.75 each for fighting and jailed at City Hotel in lieu of bonds. Harry Koegel, intoxicated street musician, paroled after arrest near St Pauls Lutheran Church while seeking Martin Luther.
Mrs. William E. Coughenour of Connellsville Pennsylvania kicked at a rooster that had chased children. The bird dodged and her foot struck a stone breaking one of the large bones of the foot.
Rochester memory of Susan B Anthony marked by wreaths on her grave commemorating the ninety fifth anniversary of her birth born Adams Massachusetts February fifteenth eighteen twenty died Rochester March eighteenth nineteen hundred six.
Washington Feb 15 Senator Elihu Root of New York received birthday congratulations from colleagues in both parties on his seventieth birthday. He will retire from the senate and from public life with the expiration of the current Congress.
Baltimore reports a Cumberland bond episode where Alexander Brown & Sons bid 150 over the top bid to buy 150000 worth of bonds after failed ad and over the counter sales. The private sale was canceled amid legality doubts, Brown & Sons guaranteed 98, bonds resold at 100, and Judge Henderson ruled new advertising required.
Frostburg Md February 15 There was a Frostburg Baseball Association meeting at the St Cloud Hotel to arrange uniforms elect officers and committees for the coming season Edward Ryan was elected president Frank Spates Jr treasurer and Mer Olin Gannett assistant manager Fifteen people attended with many applicants and local business support promised for a strong team.
Revival meetings at the First Baptist Church in Elkins West Virginia led to 115 conversions and restorations. About 25 of the converts remain in the city and will join other churches.
The Johnstown All Stars defeated Keyser Collegians 80 to 27 Saturday night at Keyser Armory. Notable scorers included Mock with eight field goals and Baughman with five. substitutes Greenwade and Swing appeared for Davis and Leiford. Referee Mulledy officiated.
Des Moines report credits Frank Isbell with causing Ernie Johnson to jump to the Federal League. Isbell recalls being in California with bait bought in Long Beach and promising to ship it to Johnson, who signed with George Stovall and left organized baseball after a Los Angeles talks.
Standings show Car-Men leading with 29 wins and 19 losses a 604 team score. Boilermakers 29 19 604 Central Y M C A 26 19 578 B A O Y M C A 29 19 569 Temperies 19 17 528 Little Jewelry Co 933 214 high single Jerry Spring 154 F Lindner 154 high team Car-Men 619.
The Rose Buds and the Junior Athletic Club, both all boys teams, beat two Mt Savage quintets Saturday at the Central YMCA. Rosebuds won 41 to 2, then the Athletic Club topped Mt Savage 41 to 16. Roster: Rosebuds Taylor Deetz Ward Hartman Center Schilling Cromwell Guards Eyler Steiner Ward Young Center W Dyche Dyche Guards.
Arlington National Cemetery observed the seventeenth anniversary of the Maine disaster with services led by Congressman Gardner and other dignitaries. Veterans and patriotic groups attended as a granite mausoleum memorial was described as resembling a battleship turret with a mast and fighting top salvaged from the wreck.
The Dav is Theater opened this afternoon for its first performance. It seats 2,500 and features a thoroughly modern design. It claims to be the only theater in the country with entrances and exits on four prominent streets.
A prominent retailer announces a stock clearance to clear an unprecedented piano and instrument inventory before April stocktake. It highlights brands like Knabe Chickering Haines Bros Ludwig Kimball and Foster with flexible terms and deep discounts from $125 to $500 level. Descriptive literature and phone orders offered.
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