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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
1
General Carranza denounces mediation and signals resistance to US and South American envoys as Niagara Falls talks fray. Villa backs Carranza while Huerta delegates threaten withdrawal, sparking concern over a and likely dissolution of the conference in days.
Joseph Craighead a 24 year old Black man from Freedom Pennsylvania was found by a train crew with a crushed leg near the hip after an apparent fall or collision at the B and O yards behind the old freight depot near Harrison Street. He was taken to Allegany Hospital in serious condition and could not explain how he arrived at the tracks. His sister Elizabeth Craighead lives in Freedom.
The Cumberland City Council voted to hold a special election on July 14 to approve a 150000 bond for street paving. An advisory committee of named officials will guide street paving decisions if the bonds pass, while June to September meetings will shift to 9:30 a.m. sessions.
A call for a get together conference of Allegany county temperance forces is issued for Monday afternoon June 8 at Centre Street Methodist Episcopal Church and an evening Mass Meeting at City Hall. Local leaders sign the call to organize county wide and state wide prohibition efforts with Thomas M. Hare addressing.
At a Frostburg council meeting the new city lighting contract was approved by four Republicans despite opposition from Mayor George Stern and Councilman William P. Sullivan. Stern argued the deal would push lighting costs to about 27 percent of income, far above the usual 10 to 20 percent, and favored a 15 percent cap. The contract also ties cost per light to usage, a change critics say prevents cutting lights to save money. Frostburg currently uses 48 arc lights and about 10 incandescent lights, totaling roughly $5,300 annually.
Grant Miller 27 of Baltimore and Ohio tiresman dies at Western Maryland Hospital after injuries from a Sunday railroad wreck at Gooks Mills nine miles northwest of Cumberland. He suffered a fractured skull and did not regain consciousness. The tender dragged 700 yards prior to the engine overturn. Engineers HH Hughes and others were killed. Miller’s body will pass to Johnstown Pa for burial. other victims’ remains to Hyndman and Meyersdale.
A car driven by Ballard Hains rolled backward on a steep hill near Richwood cemetery and fell over an embankment. One infant was crushed beneath the vehicle. Four other occupants sustained serious injuries including broken limbs and internal trauma. two likely to die.
King George of Great Britain sent a cable to President Wilson thanking the United States for its sympathy after the Empress of Ireland disaster. The message expressed sincere gratitude for the condolences to the families of those who perished.
Earl Smith aged 19 son of William Smith of near Petersburg Grant county West Virginia was struck by lightning and killed instantly while working on a barn at the Smith home. Isaac Painter survived but was knocked unconscious. on regaining consciousness he saw Smith’s clothing burning and his body badly charred.
The individual worked as an engineer for 18 years and previously resided in Braddock.
Montrel June 2 Active investigation of the Empress of Ireland disaster opened today by Captain Lindsay Dominion Wreck Commissioner The inquiry is held in secret by order of Judge Hazen minister of Marines to bar public access The aim is to hasten fact gathering for the Imperial Commission at Ottawa Officials dispute claims of a whitewash while seeking full inquiry to fix responsibility and prevent future catastrophes The public and press response favors Captain Kendall but sympathy shifts toward Captain Anderson as details emerge and Storstad officers corroborate his account
The West Virginia Mining Institute began its first non‑state session at Cumberland City Hall with about fifty mine owners engineers and officials in attendance Mayor Koon and Thomas Foote r welcomed delegates. Papers included The Historical Side of the George's Creek Coal Field by Fr A Waller and Explosives Used in Coal Mining by Clarence Hall.
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