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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1914
Page
6
Advertisement published by authority of Walter Powell seeks attention from working men. Details are limited in the readable text.
The weekly meeting of Baltimore and Ohio officials took place at the Queen City Hotel. Attendees included J. W. Kelly Jr., E. J. Lampert, H. C. McAdams, P. Welsh, J. B. Myers, M. A. Carney, F. Kirby, E. Crawbaugh, I. L. Legh and others as they discussed railroad matters affecting the good of the line.
Ter storekeeper and several Keyser and Cumberland railway officials are noted in a reorganization listing. BE. C. Shirley is chief train dispatcher at Cumberland and H. W. Grenoble holds the same post at Keyser. W. E. Yarnall is chief clerk to the superintendent, with W. W. Caulder as general car foreman and T. J F. Shaffer serving as secretary to the superintendent.
The schedule committee met at the Maryland Hotel Lonaconing and sealed the 40 game season. It will be submitted to team managers at Thursday’s meeting in town. The league opens May 2 and closes September 20.
New Orleans hosts the tenth National Conference on Child Labor under the National Child Labor Committee with delegates from most states. Judge Joseph A. McCullough discusses SC's attempts to raise the working age, noting obstacles from widows dependent on child earnings and industry leaders' limited oversight. Prominent speakers include Mrs. Jessie Wilson Sayre, Jane Addams, Senator Owen, Adolph Lewisohn, Dr. Felix Adler, and William B. Wilson.
Fifty one teachers from one room public schools in Alesgany county met at the high school on Green street at 9 15 this morning for institute work. Superintendent John E Edwards presided and Miss Mary Burnite of the U S Department of Agriculture spoke for nearly two and a half hours. Teachers requested seed and pledged to follow Burnite’s program. Edwards then spoke on School Exhibit Day to be observed May 22. Lena Gertrude Roling later discussed primary instruction methods for country schools.
Assistant Superintendent of Schools George M. Perdew followed Miss Roling and spoke on the educational work in the schools.
Through her secretary Miss Hagner Mrs Woodrow Wilson denies reports that Miss Margaret Wilson was engaged to Boyd Fisher of New York and Princeton or that Miss Helen Woodrow Rowe a cousin was to wed Carey T Grayson the President's physician The denial calls the reports absolutely false.
Thomas White aged 20, son of Mr and Mrs James White, died Saturday afternoon at 8 10 after several weeks illness. Funeral from his father's home on Buck Hill Tuesday at 2 pm with Rev H L Earnest of the Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Government forces under General Huerta crushed the constitutionalists in Torreon Mexico driving them from power. The victory signals peace restoration across the republic and marks a decisive turn in the northern theater.
A candidate denies circulating statements about personal conduct and pledges to serve Cumberland. The advertisement, published under official authority, urges voters to assess the candidate’s fitness based on city service and not on false claims.
In Mexico City gangs gathered men for service as soldiers. A raid on a gambling house netted ten recruits. President Huerta ordered 50,000 more men to be raised within ten days and asked State Bank officials to fund the new forces.
Priests in Tampico report fatal injuries and church destruction by rebels. Father Jose Moren Medna and Father Raymond Dongales, who came from Brownsville Texas, say five priests have been fatally injured since November 18. Three suspects are held for ransom, a convent burned and other churches ransacked.
From Guayaquil Ecuador on March 16 reports say President Paza and his government forces were defeated near Esmeraldas. Rebel General Concho pursues the shattered Federal army as the conflict intensifies in the region.
Earthquake shocks lasted 40 minutes at St. Ignatius University in Cleveland beginning 2 36 a m and ending 3 16 am. The tremors were the most severe in years with the center believed about 5000 miles away and one quaver lasting two minutes.
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