Shad Supper and Social Events Highlight Cumberland Notices
The Ladies Aid Society to host a shad supper at Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday March 31 with a fancy table. St Marys Pro Cathedral School plans an Easter Monday entertainment on April 18. Rev Llewellyn Caley will lecture on The Church In America at Emmanuel Parish House March 30. Young Men's Club Easter dance set for April 13 at Daisy's Dancing Academy with promises of great splendor. Rev B G Hammond to speak at Bedford Street church tomorrow evening. Deaconess Circle held a social at National Ice Cream Co. A chicken and waffle supper by Tonkaway Tribe proceeds to be followed by an old time spelling bee. Class No 1 Presbyterian Sunday school boys perform a minstrel act to raise funds. Grand Master Thomas J Shryock to come to Cumberland with Baltimore Scottish Rite officers to confer Masonic degrees on a class of twenty-three Master Masons. Degrees by Mer edith Lodge of Perfection and Kedron Rose Croix Chapter for a large class, with a dinner at 6:30 pm. General Shryock and party travel on Baltimore and Ohio train No 15 in a special car. Miss Irma Ireland hosted cards and music. Mrs Weigand hosted Blue Ribbon Sewing Club. Reginald Mason and Ruth Emerick wed at Centre Street Methodist Episcopal parsonage.
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Young Men’s Club
Daisy's Dancing Academy
No. 120
Red Men’s Hall
North Mechanic Street
George Louis Eppler
Whiting and Eppler
Thomas J.shryock
Maryland
Cumberland
Baltimore
Lodge of Perfection
Meredith Lodge of Perfection No. 3
Kedron Rose Croix
Rose Croix
Temple
Shryock
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Western Maryland Railway
Eighteen Naturalized in Circuit Court
Eighteen men applied for naturalization before Judge Henderson in the Circuit Court. Ten were granted citizenship after passing the examination. Named naturalized are William Jeffrey James Louis Rolfe John B Turrano Joe Lauro Franciso Pannona Salvador Laporte George Carelli Otto Edward Carlton formerly Carliston Louis Kline’s petition continued Francisco Lisanti was granted permission to refile. Five were not qualified Luigi Spataro August Gearhard John Mantras Vincent Matese Michael Loughney. Disqualifications followed improper claims or lack of law knowledge.
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Henderson
William Jeffrey
Cumberland
James Louis Rolfe
Mount Savage
John B. Turrano
Eckhart
Joe Lauro
Franciso Pannona
Salvador Laporte
Frostburg
George Carelli
Otto Edward Carliston
Fairmont
W. Va
Carlton
Louis Kline
Francisco Lisanti
Luigi Spataro
August Gearhard
John Man‘tras
Vincent Matese
Michael Loughney
White House wedding plans point to early McAdoo nuptials
Washington reports from March 28 indicate Eleanor Wilson’s shopping tour in New York signals a wedding to Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo may occur sooner than expected. Current word places a White House ceremony in late April, either Wednesday the 29th or Thursday the 30th. A separate notice seeks a driver for Bean's grocery on Centre Street.
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Washington
Eleanor Wilson
New York
White House
Great Britain Triumphs Over Ulster Crisis
London March 28 The cabinet discussed the army crisis and awaited news on the resignations of Field Marshal Sir John French and Lieutenant General Sir John D. Ewart. Party attacks are set to resume next week, while the Mediterranean fleet sailed from Milan to England under an urgent wireless order tied to the Ulster crisis.
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London
Asquith
John French
John D. Ewart
Imperial Service
Milan
England
Ulster
Revival Closes Tomorrow at St Johns
Dr Lieber ends his revival with an address at the Sunday school at 10 a m and a sermon on Gods Keeping Grace at 11 a m followed by reception of members by confirmation baptism and profession of faith The evening sermon at 7 45 will discuss The Great Promotion.
Wealthy oil operator Brundred dies at home in Oil City
B F Brundred a leading Pennsylvania oil operator and Crystal Springs poultry farm owner who supplied New York and Philadelphia hotels died suddenly at his home in Oil City early today.
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Oil City
B. F. Brundred
Pennsylvania
Crystal Springs
New York
Philadelphia
Local Social Notes Highlight Courtship and Visits
Miss Evelyn Welsh visits Mountain Lake Park guest of Mrs J R Portmess in Park Street. Meyersdale visitors Mr and Mrs C E Crowe mother and father George and Thomas Crowe near Frostburg. Mrs Helen Trail of Cumberland guests of J T Cahill on New York Hill Brunswick. Mrs Max Staffer of Mt Savage guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Sam McKenzie Meyersdale. Mrs M A Bean to Cumberland to see sister Mrs Frank Snyder operated on for tumor. Ellen Thompson Cresaptown and R T McKenzie Pinto attend Way Down East at Maryland Theatre. Grace Coughenour and mother home from hospital after pneumonia and surgery. Former Judge Ferdinand Williams in Hagerstown on legal business. David W Sloan Jr and Edward Edwards return to Tome School after spring holidays. Mrs M Day Kirk of Cumberland visits parents in Kingwood before returning home. Frank J McMahon home from Annapolis on business. Dr Americus Enfield of Bedford a visitor. George W Johnston and family of 68 Bedford street proud parents of a baby boy. Mellie Felton visiting Davis and Parsons W Va. F Brooke Whiting ill with appendicitis and able to be about. Dorothy Johnson Altoona visiting nephew George W Johnston. J J Robinson off to Annapolis for two weeks, attending General Assembly. has been Annapolis correspondent. Leo H Mulvehill of Johnstown visiting. Dr A L Grubb of Berkeley Springs here yesterday. Anna Harting and Elsie Reuschel visiting Pittsburg. Dr W A Bryan superintendent of Iowa State Hospital for the In sane, visiting Dr John R Littlefield.
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Evelyn Welsh
Mountain Lake Park
J. R. Portmess
Park Street
C.E. Crowe
Meyersdale
George Crowe
Thomas
Frostburg
Helen Trail
Cumberland
J.T. Cahill
New York Hill
Brunswick
Max Staffer
Mt. Savage
Samson McKenzie
M. A. Bean
Frank Snyder
Moorefield
Ellen Thompson
Cresaptown
R. T. McKenzie
Pinto
Maryland Theatre
Alex. Coughenour
Grace
Arch Street
Ferdinand Williams
Hagerstown
David W. Sloan, Jr
M. L. Sloan
Edward Edwards
John E. Edwards
Tome
Port Deposit
Maryland
M.day Kirk
Kingwood
W. H. Murdock
Morgantown
Frank J. McMahon
Annapolis
Americus Enfield
Bedford
George W.johnston
Bedford Street
Mellie Felton
Davis and
Parsons
W. Va
Brooke Whiting
Whiting
Dorothy Johnson
Altoona
George W. Johnston
J. J. Robinson
Robinson
Leo H. Mulvehill
Johnstown
A. L. Grubb
Berkeley
Anna Harting
Columbia Avenue
Elsie Reuschel
Mapleside
Pittsburg
W. A. Bryan
Iowa State Hospital For the Insane
Cherokee
Iowa
John R. Littlefield
Mechanic Street
Real Estate Transfers in Allegany County Reported
Allegany County Improvement Company transfers land on the National Pike near Cumberland to William T. Lakin. Martin F. O Rourke and wife sell land near Midland to Alexander and Mary Jane Mc Gee for 860 dollars. George and Louisa Grove sell a Cumberland front street parcel to Robert E. King for about 10 dollars. William H. Kornhoff and wife transfer land on Little Valley road to Mary Carl for 10 dollars. Mary Carl and Daniel M. Carl deed the Oliver Paxton Farm in Allegany County to William H. Kornhoff for 10 dollars.
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Allegany County Improvement Company
William T. Lakin
Cumberland
Martin F. O'Rourke
Alexander McGee
Mary Jane McGee
Allegany County
Midland
George Grove
Louisa Grove
Robert E. King
William H. Kornhoff
Mary Carl
Little Valley Road
Daniel M. Carl
Oliver Paxton
Dekay Announces Arms Shipment for Mexico From France
John Wesley Dekay a New Yorker and former president of the Mexican National Bank Company announced aboard the Mauretania that he purchased 24 heavy fire guns and 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition for President Huerta. He said the arms would be distributed from France to Mexico within a week.
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Liverpool
England
John Wesley Dekay
Mexican National Bank Company
Mauretania
Huerta
Mexico
France
Railroad rate rise scrutiny sparks Brandeis critique
Washington March 28 Louis Brandeis before the Interstate Commerce Commission attacked railroads over their freight rate policy. He cited extensions of free service to shippers and gratis carriage with a bonus for the practice, arguing the industry pursues economy to justify a 5 percent rate increase.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Louis Brandies
Interstate Commercce Commissoner
Harlan Today
Railroad
Caillaux Seeks Help to Spare Wife in Calmette Murder Case
Paris reports Joseph Caillaux is exerting every influence to save his wife from punishment for killing H. Gaston Calmette. Madame Caillaux says she acted under fear Calmette would provoke her husband into crime and that Calmette’s attacks drove her to shoot.
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Caillaux
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
H. Gaston Calmette
M. Caillaux
le Figaro
Madame Caillaux
Passion Sunday Observances Begin Catholic Lent
Tomorrow marks Passion Sunday and the start of Lent with purple drapes in churches. Observances will be stricter for two weeks, reflecting sadness from Easter week events. Rev. Father Orchard of the Paulist Mission House will preach at St Patrick's on Dangers To Faith.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Father Orchard
Notice of fishing violation and penalties
Warning that fishing by net or other means is unlawful in Maryland on Sundays. Offenders face fines from $5 to $2 additional for each item in possession. Warnings issued. game wardens enforcing fish laws. J Q Furner, Deputy Game Warden. Advertisement.
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Denlis Marshall Pritt of Huttonsville West Virginia and Cora Margarite Canfield of Kerns West Virginia. Karl Henry Teitsch and Grace Golden McDougal both of Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Bessie Irene Koontz and Charles Brandlen both of Kitzmillerville Maryland. Charles Edward Moore and Agnes Viola Phillippi both of Rockwood Pennsylvania.
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Denlis Marshall Pritt
Huttonsville
W. Va
Cora Margarite Canfield
Kerns
Karl Henry Teitsch
Grace Golden McDougal
Pittsburg
Bessie Irene Koontz
Charles Brandlen
Kitzmillerville, Md
Charles Edward Moore
Agnes Viola Phillippi
Rockwood, Pa
Farrell bowling alley proprietor shot in Sharon
Michael Partnich, owner of a Farrell bowling alley, was shot as he left the Sharon venue. Police believe the killer is a rival from a bowling tournament quarrel. A conference of the Commissioner elects, called by Mayor-elect Koon, was held at City Hall with all Commissioners reportedly present.
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Sharon
Farrell
Michael Partnich
Partnich
Koon
City Hall
Villa reports injuries in federal forces in Gomez Palacio
General Villa confirms through a morning message that General Ricardo Pena and Colonel Frederico Reyna of the federal army were badly wounded. He adds no officers were killed, though Colonel Trinidad Rodriguez is seriously wounded.
Panic Arises At Fuso Launch In Tokyo Flood of Stampede
In Tokio on March 28 a new battleship named Fuso was launched. A sudden storm caused a deadly crush as spectators dispersed. Hundreds, including men women and children, were trampled and injured in the chaotic aftermath.
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Tokio
Japan
Empress Haru Dying In Tokyo After Worsening Health
Empress Dowager Haru of Japan rests in a deteriorating condition in Tokio as doctors report no hope of restoration. The March 28 bulletin notes her health has sharply declined with no recovery anticipated.
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Tokio
Japan
Haru
Don's Gate Delivers Evening at Washington Room for Fifty
A brief item notes a dinner event at the Washington Room labeled as a room for fifty with a promotional advert. The notice highlights a dining option and limited seating.
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the Washington
House Debates Panama Canal Tolls Repeal Bill
Washington March 28 The House begins a long debate on the Panama Canal tolls repeal bill after yesterday’s skirmish. Seventeen hours of discussion remain and a vote is expected about Tuesday afternoon with no night sessions planned.
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Washington
House
Conewango Valley Faces Devastation From Spring Floods
Warren Pennsylvania reports spring floods threatening the Conewango Valley. The Conewango river stood at 13 feet and rising, with scores of families driven from homes as water advanced about 18 inches per hour.
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Warren
Conewango Valley
Conewango
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