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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
4
The Cumberland Press is published every afternoon except Sunday by The Cumberland Press. Subscriptions cost 3.00 in advance per month, with 25 cents advertising rates on application. Communications should be sent to 109 Baltimore Street, or by phone at 592 and 593.
Editorial laments the futility and drawn out nature of the war, warning it may last years and devastate civilizations. It then praises the Agricultural Association slogan Buy it Now urging farmers merchants and citizens to spend now to revive prosperity and stimulate industry.
The article notes the automobile's rise in use since wartime, predicting a 30 day life for cars on the frontline. It observes cars replacing horses in cattle round-ups with a Ford car and a cowboy at the wheel guiding steers and reducing cattle escapes on the prairie.
Eugene S. Bibb argues in Case and Comment that the Monroe Doctrine has no formal congressional basis yet remains firmly rooted in public opinion and global thinking. He notes its enduring influence and cites Olney’s 1895 assertion of U S sovereignty and opposition to foreign encroachment on Venezuelan soil.
Acknowledging Syevester Long-Lance as Cherokee Indian and tribal member, the ceremony honors his status and heritage. Family observers mark the event with respect and community pride.
The piece notes a Carisie Indian School and St. Johns Manlius graduate named Long-Lance chosen as one of six Presidential appointees to the Military Academy at West Point. It mentions his athletic prowess, anticipation of his career, and a dig at the Kaiser’s stance on fighting by non white groups with a reference to Turks aligned with Germany.
Mayor Thompson and city officials lead a peace initiative as 14,500 surface and elevated line workers strike. Jitneys, walking, and rail traffic disrupt daily life while talks with railroad heads continue. Officials cite arbitration the two sides could accept only with preconditions, seeking a wage scale compromise.
A humor column from a 20th century paper sketches city life quirks. Wood P. Board of Parkersburg is mentioned along with a gag about a divorce suit and space constraints. Snappy exchanges touch on hesitation, rents, and electric bills in a light, satirical voice.
The U S Supreme Court delivered a historic judgement settling the long running Virginia West Virginia debt apportionment dispute. The decision ends a historic controversy born in the Civil War and marks a notable use of the high court to resolve state level fiscal claims.
Adolphus Frederick duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz born 33 years ago today. Dr Konstantin Theodor Dumba Austrian ambassador to the United States born in Vienna 59 years ago today. J Wilbur Chapman widely known clergyman and evangelist born at Richmond Ind 56 years ago today. Edward J Berwind influential capitalist born in Philadelphia 67 years ago today. Dr William A Millis Hanover College president born at Paoli Ind 47 years ago today. Robert J Collier editor publisher born in New York 39 years ago today. Henry Bruckner congressman born in New York 44 years ago today. Tommy Burns Noah Brusso former heavyweight boxer born in Hanover Canada 34 years ago today.
One hundred years ago today in 1815 the British withdrew after fighting near Waterloo as Wellington halted his line near the Prussians at Wavre. Seventy-five years ago today in 1840 British officers and soldiers perished in the Lord William Bentinck wreck off Bombay. Fifty years ago today in 1865 a Lowell monument was erected for Civil War fallen Massachusetts soldiers. Twenty-five years ago today in 1890 Mary Anderson wed Antonio F. de Navarro in London.
Free nightly film at Santa Rosa Public High School. Chattahooga pupils map South American trade. Washington State cooks warm lunches in schools. Williamsport funds college aid at Cornell. Hays City offers dental, medical, athletics and a pedagogy lab. Ontario exams add European war topics. prizes urged for essays on the war.
John Ashley, long pursued Florida desperado, faces the gallows in Miami for the murder of a Seminole Indian. His crime spree ended after a failed jail rescue attempt by his brother Bob Ashley, who killed two officers and was killed in turn.
John P. St John, famed as the Grand Old Man of Prohibition, claims a world record by being hanged in effigy about 510 times. Now 83, the former Kansas governor and National Prohibition party founder remains active in campaigning to close saloons and defend his political legacy.
Cape May New Jersey June 17 attractive program features an address by ex President William H Tate as members of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association assemble for their twenty first annual convention The morning session covers organization work and officer reports Senator Boies Penrose speaks in the afternoon Tomorrow President George E Vincent of the University of Minnesota is listed as a speaker.
Tomorrow only the newest of eight styles of ladies' splendid waists worth $1.00 are offered for 60 cents. Limited to purchase at the store, while supplies last.
Sealed proposals due by 10 a.m. June 19, 1915 at the Cumberland Maryland commissioners office for furnishing tools machinery materials and erecting a 16 by 70 foot steel bridge replacing the canal bridge at Virginia Avenue and removing the old structure. Work follows Theodore Cooper specifications under County Roads Engineer D P Le Fevre. Bond of 1500.04 required. plans available for 1.00. bid rights reserved.
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