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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1914
Page
1
In a Fourth Avenue subway excavation at 76th Street Brooklyn a wall gave way burying thirty two workers. Rescue efforts saved four mortally wounded and recovered three bodies within thirty minutes. Foreman Jacob F.E. Kever was arrested on criminal negligence charges.
The agricultural bureau of the Chamber of Commerce endorsed forming an agricultural association for the Matine club project with a race track and fairgrounds above the city. Members pledged support and a petition to the governor seeks state agent aid. A bond issue of 150000 dollars for street paving and repairs is also under discussion. Col. Pownall was added to the mass meetings committee.
Allegany County officials opened bids for the $60,000 school bonds and awarded the entire issue to Citizens' National Bank of Frostburg at 108 975. Bids varied with some fractions over four percent premium, and the county expects a strong financial return plus benefits for the school system.
President Wilson endorsed renaming Culebra cut in Panama Canal to Gaillard's cut to honor army engineer Gaillard who died of fever on the Isthmus. The proposal came from the Federation of Women's Clubs of South Carolina.
Premier Asquith agrees to a conference with a women workers delegation led by Miss Sylvia Pankhurst but maintains he will not introduce a suffrage bill in Parliament. The June 23 report from London notes the stance contrasts with activist pressure for voting rights.
The proposed commission form with three commissioners was defeated by a 172 vote in Hagerstown. Ward totals show strong opposition except Ward 5 where the charter carried by 122. Campaigns favored by Republicans and laborers contrasted with disorganized anti charter efforts.
In Waynesburg on June 23 Judge Ingham overruled Walter Thomas's bid for a new trial in the murder case of Mrs. Josephine Price. The 19-year-old convicted slayer again declared innocence and accepted a sentence not exceeding 20 years in Western Penitentiary. Thomas's mother, Mrs. Francis Alron of Pittsburgh, attended and sobbed as the court noted the jury's verdict but said the defendant might still be innocent in law.
In Huntington West Virginia Mrs Mary Ally and her daughter Mrs Marty Gullett reported finding a severed head in a hillside brush area east of the city. The head vanished 24 hours later during a police search amid a baffling murder case with no body found. The victim is described as a man about 40, and buzzards are said to hover nearby as investigators continue.
Washington date June 23. Connecticut Electric Railway Company refused to transport mail. Stewart instructed postmasters to hire automobiles for mail transport. Company sought relief from side and terminal service at 54 stations and to limit mail pouches to six on any one number. Government offered 1 percent raise to end side and terminal service at 30 points but refused to cap pouches. Company declined and abandoned the service.
Hong Kong June 23 The flood along the West river is described as the most serious in a century. Water rose as high as 75 feet in places, flooding hundreds of square miles of farmland. Many deaths reported, with damage pegged at least five million dollars and famine conditions following crop losses. Preparations under way to meet ensuing needs. The rainfall began on June 15.
The Rev. W A Lynch of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Ridgeley West Virginia married Miss Ethel Williams of Shenandoah Junction at the bride's home.
Bridgeport Ohio June 23 officials report B and O railroad guards stationed on Belmont county bridges after discovering a planned dynamiting attack by the Industrial Workers of America. They found a plot to dynamite the Belair bridge.
President Wilson in Washington on June 2 declared his aim is a square deal in business and policy. He said he will quarrel with any person or corporation that seeks to criticise his policy or Congress work.
In Schenectady New York detectives narrowed the Mohawk River murder case by locating the burlap bag used to transport the victim's body at W P Berning's coal yard near the tracks and a concrete slab from a hidden pile near the same site. The victim remains unidentified and missing limbs have not been recovered.
Morgan County farmer Charles E. Casier accused Mrs. Georgia McIntire Weaver of Berkeley Springs of striking him with a law book after an argument in her office. Casier sustained a cut eyebrow and rose vase injuries before being escorted out by Sheriff Ruppenthal. Dr. J E Herbert aided as the incident unfolded. Casier threatened to have Weaver arrested.
Jacob Taylor, jailed on murder charges in the Florence Dove death, repudiates his confession saying he was frightened into admitting guilt. His parents claim he has mental lapses and was harmed by third degree tactics. District Attorney denies coercion. The Taylors run a truck farm at Mt. Braddock.
Mrs George Westinghouse widow of the famed electrical engineer died after a short illness at Erksine Park Lennox Mass She suffered a stroke last week and died at 645 am Funeral set for Thursday in Lennox with burial at Westinghouse family cemetery later moved to Arlington National Cemetery in recognition of Mr Westinghouse wartime service Mrs Westinghouse was Margaret Walker of Brooklyn and married in New York after a three month voyage Mr Westinghouse died last March 18
In Washington on June 22 the Supreme Court declared Kentucky’s opposition polling measure unconstitutional, ruling it invalid as a sequel to a prior nightriding law.
A blaze at the Ricker James building in Worcester on June 23 trapped four firemen who were rescued by fellow firefighters. The incident caused heavy smoke and a loss valued at over 150 thousand dollars.
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