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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
1
Emerson C. Harrington of Cambridge takes oath as Maryland's governor succeeding Phillips L. Goldsborough. The ceremony amid rain, a large crowd, and marching clubs featured National Guard units and suffragists outside the State House.
Rome reports Austria has occupied Mount Lovcen and encircled Cettinje. Montenegro evacuates the capital as Austrians press from north east and threaten key Adriatic access. Russian lines hold briefly but preparations for a large-scale assault continue.
A terrific sleet and snow storm cripples Chicago streets and halts transportation across the middle west. Wires are down and trains and roads face major disruption as freezing weather grips the region.
Uniontown tax collector Searight Marshall says TS. V. Thompson and other former millionaires must pay $300 in back taxes within days or face attachment of household goods. Thompson receives $10,000 yearly from Judge J. Q. Van Swearingen to aid creditors as he works out financial difficulties.
Washington January 12. Senator Sherman of Illinois presents a resolution in the Senate calling for armed intervention in Mexico to set up a representative government and immediate evacuation once achieved. In the House Representative Dyer of Missouri introduces a resolution urging President Wilson to ask Congress whether the watchful waiting policy should end. Also in Parkersburg two more bodies are recovered from the Kanawha, bringing known dead to eight with several still inside. The recovered include Lloyd Gee of Gallipolis and Mrs L Hoblitazell Jr of Washington DC.
A federal grand jury opened inquiry into last summer’s 12 000 worker strike at General Electric in Schenectady New York as part of probes into German conspiracies to disrupt munition plants. Witnesses include Harvey Simmons strike chair, George E Emmons general manager and seven plant workers.
The British steamer Clan Macfarlane of 4823 tons was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Six officers and 18 Lascars landed at Malta after the December 30 sinking. Thirteen Lascars perished in lifeboats. The vessel left Liverpool December 16 for Bombay and was built in Sunderland in 1898, owned by Cayzér Irving & Co. Ltd. of Glasgow.
New York officials report new enforcement of Secretary Daniels regulations to curb neutral violation by wireless gear on ships flying belligerent flags. Vessels entering U S ports must lower and seal radio antennas, with access granted only by port officials. Nearly 200 foreign vessels in port affected. German ships had already reduced aerials. enforcement by torpedo boat destroyers at harbor entrance.
Unconfirmed Swiss reports say the German crown prince has been summoned to Berlin likely to assume regency during the Kaiser’s illness. News came directly from Berlin via Swiss sources.
Washington reports say 16 or 18 American mining workers were killed by Villista bandits near Chihuahua City while being transported from a train to open mines. Carranza authorities face pressure. Britain confirms two more deaths. Holmes, a survivor, fled across the desert. censorship delayed details.
Floods sweep the west fork of the Little Kanawha Valley with a 20 foot crest at Weston and quick rises in Glenville. Hundreds flee homes as business districts inundate. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sends a relief train to repair tracks after bridges wash out and streets flood.
Washington sources close to the president indicate the incoming Justice Lamar successor will not be former President Taft.
Official reports say seventy people died and fifty were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot in TAélle. The blast was confirmed today as the death toll and injury count were released.
Washington January 12 President Wilson opposes compulsory military service, Chairman Hay told the House Committee on Military Affairs today. The statement frames the administration stance during a key hearings session.
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