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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
8
Austria has secured dominance in the Adriatic with Mint Lovchen secured by the Trians. The Austrians prepare to base at the Foot of Kotor and plan raids on Italy’s Adriatic coast. Italy’s lack of aid to Montenegro has surprised observers.
Bias severo pscorer mri Fairmont West Virginia January 20. Will a H Pisher committeed death by own action last at his home here by shooting it through the head with a re er. Pisher was one of the members of Fairmont postoffice force who ran a strike last November whose trial for conspiracy to hold the mail was to have come up before the federal court in Parkersburg. He was to have gone last night to Parkersburg and when he did not appear at the station his wife went to his room to investigate and found his bed. His widow and three children survive, Dr J J Durrett aged 45 also shot killed himself yesterday. He had been impaired for some . His body was found by his fighter, Miss Edith Durrett. For years Dr Purrett was one of best known surgeons in West Virginia. About two years ago he suffered a nervous breakdown.
Joseph Kausler died yesterday in Hagerstown aged 87. He served with the Hagerstown Hawks for 21 years and was the last survivor of his 11 siblings and his immediate family. His ancestors emigrated from Germany to America in colonial times, with forebears settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his grandfather John Kausler moving from York County to Hagerstown in 1771.
D E Rush of Lovettsville Virginia led a shooting match on the Virginia side of the Potomac below the bridge on Monday. H Ingram hit three centers in four shots and won three guineas and two turkeys, Guy Dean two centers and a lone turkey, J W Hines a goose, Orville Jennings two guineas and a goose, Ambrose Mortimer a goose and two guineas, and Edward Crow a goose.
Washington in January reports Judge Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, longtime congressman, as President Wilson’s preferred choice to fill the Lamar Supreme Court vacancy. Clayton left Congress in 1914 to become a judge, having chaired the House Judicial Committee and influenced the federal trade measure later known by a name associated with that legislation.
New York January 20 Relief in export freight congestion has not reached enough scale to justify a general lifting of railroad embargoes. C C McCain of the Eastern Trunk Line Association reports a net weekly drop of about 2500 loaded cars. Lehigh Valley extends embargo to nearly all eastbound business while Lackawanna lifts its embargo on export provisions and perishable freight when ocean bookings are confirmed.
Six of eight Eastland case defendants indicted for July 24 disaster prepared to fight removal to Chicago for trial before Federal Judge Clarence Sessions in Grand Rapids. The named defendants include George Arnold Mackinac W H Hull Joseph Erickson Harry Pender tion and others. Bonds set at five thousand dollars. Walter Steele and W K Greenbaum favor Chicago trial.
A light verse from Elizabeth Peck humorously warns readers about the grip illness. It advises warmth, dry air, avoiding crowds, and following doctor directions to prevent contagion, ending with the line that the grip germs have got you if cautions are ignored.
J L Woods brakeman slipped on the engine step while flagging near Deerwood on the Metropolitan Branch and lacerated his face neck and chin. A T Stanfield also injured his neck opening a pocket under a coal car at the coal chute. He lives in Knoxville.
Boston, Jan 20. Announcement from Washington says the famous frigate Constitution will be rehabilitated to preserve her as a revered relic. Known as Old Ironsides, she fought the Guerriere on Aug 19, 1812, under Captain Isaac Hull, with 14 American casualties and 85 British.
Editorial explores the value of saving out of salary and the importance of a bank account. Emphasizes disciplined spending, financial awareness, and long term security as a civic virtue.
General Herman von Kovelshaza leads forces that seized Ivangorod Kovel and then captured Cettinje the Montenegrin capital. It marks the first time Montenegro has bowed to a foreign conqueror in its history.
Paris introduces women conductors on subway cars while Liverpool mails rely on two hundred women. Caroline Powell of Lynfield Mass is the sole American wood engraver. Geneva Moesser, 21, defeated eight men for St. Clair County auditor. New York club women plan events for General Moderation delegates in May. Mrs Tilda Latham is noted as Finland’s one professional cook in Parliament.
In Cleveland Western Reserve University and Ohio Wesleyan University teams will debate the army and navy buildup as part of the Ohio Intercollegiate Debate Association triangular contest. Western Reserve affirms, Oberlin and Wesleyan compete at separate sites.
Congressman John T. Watkins of Louisiana leads a drive to strike the loyalty requirement for cotton claims payments. The measure, aimed at easing postwar losses, died in the Senate last session and will be reintroduced this term.
Jacob le Stoss of Somerset filed a lawsuit against Dr. William P. Shaw claiming negligent care after a 1915 injury at the Berlin coal mine left him with a dislocated hip and crippled left leg. The complaint asserts failure to diagnose the dislocation and improper treatment, seeking $10,000 damages. Attorneys James R. Landis and Norman T. Boose represent le Stoss.
Williams H Ek of the Western Maryland Railway Company reports a boom in western Maryland with busy industry and heavy railroad movement. He says business conditions are excellent and pessimism is hard to find as prosperity spreads through the region.
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