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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1915
Page
1
Berlin reports a high Imperial official saying no need for American worry about Germany’s reply. Germany is impressed by the friendly tone of the American note and aims to answer in kind. An early response is anticipated after Dr Meyer Gerhard submits his report. marine and diplomatic heads oversee the matter.
Amsterdam reports a Nieuwe Courant Belgium correspondent on German unity and morale. The piece cites compulsory patriotism, self sacrifice, and a shared spiritual current driving Germans from Berlin to Munich, with Pan German unity, divine rights of the German name, and a civilizing mission as core beliefs shaping the war effort.
The Central Y M C A Glee Club, about a hundred male voices, will present an open air recital in Riverside Park this evening for the public. Led by Frederick Foster Snow with William H Baxley coordinating, the group aims to invite all to join in singing familiar tunes like Star Spangled Banner Old Black Joe Maryland My Maryland and America.
The body of John F. Higgins a West in Maryland Railway engineer who died after being fatally injured at Startzmans Crossing near Hagerstown was brought to Cumberland. He will be buried Wednesday at Mount Savage in St George's Episcopal Church cemetery. His wife Miss Barncord of Mount Savage survived. Higgins aged nearly 30 was injured when he fell from his engine and was crushed by the train. He died at Washington County Hospital Hagerstown. Burial preparations were handled by Louis Stein undertaker.
Revenue agents uncover oleomargarine frauds that have cost the Government more than whiskey schemes. It is reported that whiskey frauds cost the Government about 20 million dollars over ten years.
A Silver Mesh Bag with about 10.00 dm cash and suitable small amount was left or lost in a shop row on Baltimore Street. Owner advised to identify and claim by description.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co announces consolidation of Martinsburg and Winchester districts. R W Stake will head the combined area from Martinsburg, splitting time between Martinsburg and Winchester. D A McKay moves to Cumberland as commercial representative. Winchester and Martinsburg offices stay. J M Long moves from Winchester to Washington.
The Elks Lodge of Clarksburg will hold a May Day celebration this evening. A. K. Thorn will deliver the service address, 8. R. Bentley will offer the tribute to the flag, and H. A Heinze will recite the history of the flag. A patriotic song program will be featured.
Chicago faced widespread disruption as 14 500 motormen conductors ticket sellers choppers and shopmen from the surface and elevated lines walked off to protest working conditions and pay. Mayor Thompson and Chief Healey ordered all police on duty at car barns while several heavy interurban lines also halted service.
Edward H. Sampsell, a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company employee, attempted to board West Sand Baltimore and Ohio No. 71 at a station. He slipped under the wheel, losing his left leg between the knee and ankle. Amputated by Dr. F. B. Claybrook at Western Maryland Hospital, he is reported as doing as well as can be expected. Sampsell recently moved from Nebraska and previously lived in Luray Virginia. he is married and brother of H. G. Sampsell, a Baltimore and Ohio ticket agent.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employees elected to attend the annual Relief Department convention to be held in Cleveland Ohio June 24 and 25. Delegates include Adam Erdman Evitta Creek J H Dunk Piedmont P H Grosseup Cumberland William H Shaw M of W storekeeper Cumberland H Hokt Piedmont J H Karaus Cumberland. Over five thousand votes cast by Cumberland division members. election tellers were W J Corbett W Snyder and Melvin Taylor. Sixteen candidates contested.
The West Virginia Hog Company of Clarksburg has been chartered by the secretary of state with a $5,000 capital, fully subscribed stock, and plans for immediate operations. It leases 3,500 acres of virgin forest near Mabie in Randolph County from Davis Collegies Company for 30 years to stock 100 purebred sows and begins fencing a 60 mile perimeter.
The company lists W Umburn as president W H Cole as secretary treasurer and J J Keim as manager. Directors include the officers plus John Craig Rock Bell and Fred Thompson all residents of Clarksburg.
A broken flange on B&O coal car engine No 2672 derailed at Philson Pennsylvania blocking the Connellsville division for hours. A landslide on the Western Maryland line at North Branch shortly after midnight halted traffic for nearly two hours.
Baltimore factories boost war production for England with hundreds of thousands to millions in orders. The Baltimore Tube Company ships projectile bands, the Malleable Iron and Steel Casting Company builds iron and steel for trucks and trailers, and Poole Engineering supplies shrapnel covers. Mt Vernon Woodberry Cotton Duck and local shirt mills produce tents khaki gear and hospital apparel while Davison Chemical upgrades its plant for Du Pont powder work.
Frostburg reports Miss Read Morgan aged 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs James Morgan died at 4 pm yesterday at her parents home in Pittsburgh after months of illness. She leaves sisters and brothers in Frostburg Selbysport Frostburg and Keyser and several Pittsburgh relatives with several Morgan uncles traveling from Frostburg to attend the funeral.
In Pik Garden West Virginia on June 14, Odd Fellows Improved Order of Red Men and Knights of Pythias held joint interrimorial services with oration by B Frank Shaffer from Cumberland Maryland. Marsh Dean gave the eulogy as ex Mayor W L Kight presided. A duet was sung by Mrs Marsh Dean and Adna Middleton. Lonaconing Maryland residents F nch Wilson, Dallas Jacob Ench and Caroline Porter Wilson married in Pik Garden at the First Methodist Protestant Church parsonage by Rev J L Ward. The couple will live in Lonaconing.
Ladies are invited to a great auction sale featuring silverware china and cut glass at the Pith Jewelry Company. Courtesy and consideration will be shown at all times.
At a City Council meeting Gus t ave Knieriem submitted and the council accepted his resignation as Commissioner of Streets and Public Property with Oscar A Eyerman the sole opponent. His two weeks pay will be collected to settle payroll matters. The council also addressed boiler repairs, sidewalk access, property liens, and street curb plans with several orders and petitions discussed.
Cumberland Lodge No. 63 Elks stage a Flag Day parade at 7 PM with over thirty autos led by a police platoon and Boy Scouts carrying a large American flag. Mayor and City Commissioners ride, followed by veterans, Elks, and lodge members. At Elks Hall, a program includes songs, flag readings by George Eppler and Robert McMichael, and Twilla Willison’s Flower of Liberty recitation. Refreshments to follow. Route includes Baltimore Center to Ellis Home with local businesses asked to display flags.
Charles D. Johnston a Lonaconing native and former merchant died in Knoxville Tennessee after a fall from the eleventh floor of the Holston building. The 69 year old son in law of the late Dr J D Skilling was stoned on a table while hanging a map when it broke and dropped him through a window. Johnston had just returned from a trip to Richmond Virginia and was a prominent coal operator in Kentucky.
Public notice invites women to attend a cut glass sale at Smith Jewels with accommodations provided, encouraging shoppers to call in for details.
Elbert Hubbard names his only child from his first marriage as Elbert Hubbard I to inherit half the estate. A daughter Miriam from a second marriage receives the remaining half. The first wife Bertha Crawford, daughter of James Crawford, formerly of this county, lives in Buffalo. There are three sons and one daughter from the first marriage.
The Uniform Rank of the Junior Order United American Mechanics hosts a Flag Day military ball at the Moore Home this evening. Decorations will be elaborate and over 300 invitations issued. all military groups are invited to attend in uniform with the Uniform Bank of Frostburg expected as special guests.
Funeral services were held today for Edward Conroy a 26 year old miner killed by a slate fall at Flosfmag Mine. The Eckhart Lodge Shield of Honor attended in a body. He leaves a wife and three children. Conroy was well known in the Georges Creek mining district.
Passengers from the Exeu steamer Frontense, en route from Wisconsin, were rescued after the river boat collided with a bridge and sank near Winona Minnesota on June 14. Rescue crews saved forty people from the wreck.
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