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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1915
Page
1
London reports a German mood of celebration after raids on English coast towns. Berlin celebrations reported as editors urge further attacks. Reports note uncertainty over whether airships or aircraft carried out the raid.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission named Dr W Thlmes Yeakley of Keyser among 44 acts of heroism. Yeakley died saving Maria Glasgow from drowning near Clare, Virginia, June 25 1914, with his widow to receive a medal and pension in Staunton. Also acknowledged were Dr L L Wadgell and other rescuers across Maryland and Virginia, with pensions totaling 3900 yearly for seven dependents.
Washington reports the Dacia's owners will sail from Port Arthur Texas to Rotterdam or Bremen once loaded, despite Britain's seizure decision. The State Department noted Ambassador Page stated Britain declined to sanction the voyage, a claim not yet formalized in official communication.
Former president William H. Taft told Indiana legislators in Indianapolis that the European war could bring a lasting good by encouraging economies and possibly paving the way for future international disputes to be settled by an international court of arbitration despite the heavy loss of life.
After three days of quarrels Michsel Duriech, 20, stabbed his wife Eva in an outhouse on Mulberry alley then killed himself when she eluded him. Eva, bleeding from seven stab wounds, raced to their home and was hospitalized at West Penn. Duriech’s body was found crouched in the outhouse with a small throat wound.
Seafarers along South Street celebrate as the American flag returns to the clipper ships Vincent and Pass of Balmaha in New York Harbor. Enthusiasts hail a revival of the clipper era though the vessels were built abroad, not in Bath Maine.
At Ortuchihio near Gioja de Marai the church collapsed trapping the priest and most worshippers. Only four women were rescued alive. In Collarmele 1000 died, the local priest perished at the altar as survivors shelter in a railway station. Rome reports 16000 injured with temporary hospitals set up in schools and barracks. King Victor Emmanuel inspected ruins and aided rescue efforts.
New York reports Ina Claire, star of The Quaker Girl, may marry Antonio Scotti, 50, Metropolitan Opera baritone, after resigning from Lady Luxury. Rumors say the engagement would follow her rest and trousseau plans, though neither party confirms.
In Pittsburgh on January 21 Mrs. Dora Kosanovitz was slashed on the head throat and arms on a snow covered sidewalk near Twenty seventh and Jane streets. Police pursue her husband Nicholas Kosanovitz who vanished after the attack. A suspect was arrested in West Homestead last night.
Chicago audience learns of Julia Fitzsimmons continuing divorce from Robert Fitzsimmons former world heavyweight champion. She alleges cruelty and is identified on stage as Julia Lifford during a 1920s show appearance in Little Boy Blue.
The proposed measures include increasing state game protectors to fifty, a new bounty law to prevent frauds and waive affidavit fees, a law allowing propagating centers on leased land, extending the 1913 act to permit county petitions for closed game-bird territories, and a two year closed season on Hungarian quail and Mongolian pheasants with raccoon season delayed by one month. A second conference will discuss fish and forestry laws.
Harrisburg January 21 The Wild Life League of Pennsylvania the State Sportsmen's Association and the Unitead Sportsmen agreed on a legislative program. The plan calls for immediate use of the resident hunter license fund for established purposes seasons begin November 1 and end November 30 deer season November 25 to December 10 grouse and woodcock limits reduced with daily limits unchanged bear trapping banned and sale of squirrels and rabbits killed within Pennsylvania prohibited.
Chicago January 21 May wheat opened at 143.5 per bushel gaining 1/4 cent from yesterday then rose to 144.875 in the first fifteen minutes amid heavy export buying.
Eight box cars derailed in an eastbound extra freight on the eastern division of the Western Maryland Railway yesterday afternoon. Traffic was halted for several hours as crews cleared the wreck and resumed service.
An official French war office communique reports destruction of a large German ammunition depot near Rheims, destruction of German field works, capture of trenches and lines near Apremont and Beausejour, and advances in lower Alsace. It notes German recapture of some trenches north of Pont-Mousson without new assaults on Soissons, while Paris dispatches claim shelling of the city. Reinforcements are sent to Solons. Austrian reports claim hundreds of Russians captured along the Donau in Western Galicia after shelling and driving them from cover.
The Cumberland and Westernport Electric Ry Co files with the Public Service Commission to raise passenger rates, effective October 1 after a September 1 filing. An agreement to delay pending trial is at risk as the company cites financial losses and a heavy workload on its officers.
Rehearings delay injunction against James Clark Distilling Co. over liquor shipments to West Virginia. West Virginia is declared truly dry as carriers halt interstate liquor deliveries after Prohibition moves. Charleston committees advance MacAdoo Davisson bill to end the prohibition. Senate rules spark protest over committee representation.
A West Virginia legislative committee investigating bribery by five convicted members filed its report in Charleston. It condemns extravagant campaign spending by Davie Elkina and associates, Isaac T Mann and associates, and Col. William Seymour Edwards and associates. The panel urges Kanawha County jurors to review witnesses and prosecute those found perjurious.
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