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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
7
Paris June 1 Henri Roujan famed writer and academician died today aged 80 the fortieth of the Forty Immortals elected He was mentioned amid council notes and hospital references with various local items including rates and permits noted in the disrupted clipping.
Fragmentary notes indicate Curtiss Wrights request to resume work on Langley's sewer system. The document mentions sewer lines, manholes, and a revived work plan, with hidden details about permissions and project scope.
A garbled report mentions Pite Stern and a Washington plane project by Langley with foilage and piercement failures. It references Curtiss plant and reinforcement attempts, notes a death from a usual cause, and hints at political and social commentary amid a mass of steel and light discussions.
Montreal June 2. An active and secret inquiry into the Empress of Ireland disaster opened today under Captain Lindsay Dominion Wreck Commissioner by order of Judge Hazen. The hearings aim to avoid public exposure to speed truth and aid an Imperial Commission at Ottawa.
The Majestic in Superior presents top vaudeville acts led by Mizpah Selbini and Archie Royer with McConnell and Lockhart plus We Chok Be. A three reel feature Thrown Into the Streets plays with a Notre Dame coach’s speed-start device described. Evening admission is 10 cents.
A call has been issued for a get together conference of temperance forces in Allegany County Cumberland on Monday afternoon June 8 at Centre Street Methodist Episcopal Church with a mass meeting at City Hall. Leaders signed include Joseph Balthis and W. H Baxley among many others. The event aims to organize county wide and state wide prohibition, with 2:30 pm sessions for county committee selection and district organization and an evening mass meeting featuring local speakers and Dr. Thomas M. Hare. Virginia and Maryland are cited as dry prospects in the call.
A car driven by Ballard Hains rolled backward on a steep Richwood hill near a cemetery, plunging over an embankment. One infant died. four others including Mrs. Hains and Mrs. Fox sustained severe injuries.
Washington reports King George of Great Britain cabled thanks to President Wilson for sympathy after the Empress of Ireland disaster. The message expresses sincere appreciation for the sympathy toward the families of those who perished. Signed George, R I.
Earl Smith aged 19 son of William Smith of near Petersburg Grant county West Virginia was struck by lightning and killed instantly while at work on a barn. Moriday Isaac Painter was knocked unconscious and later revived to witness Smith’s clothes burning and the body charred.
An engineer who had been employed for 18 years and formerly resided in Braddock is noted in historical records.
The West Virginia Mining Institute began its first meeting at Cumberland City Hall with about fifty mine owners engineers and officials attending. The morning featured papers by Walter Frostburg and Clarence Hall on coal mining history and explosives. Afternoon sessions include a question box and papers on training mine officials and rescue work.
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