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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1914
Page
5
Reports from Mexico state official circles that Torreon could not withstand Villa army assault as reinforcements failed to reach the Federal stronghold. Rebel traitors reportedly blocked relief efforts. Also, 620 sailors mutinied in Lower California joining rebels at Tepic. General Refugio Velasco reported killed in the Torreon fighting.
Baltimore reports Oliver H. Bruce Jr., a delegate who pushed a bill regulating elopements, is described as a romantic, tallied by attorney Louis A. Tuvin who argues Bruce is a sunny, handsome young man in love. Bruce proposed marriages be solemnized only two days after license issuance.
Hep Letton of the United States Public Health Service in the Treasury Department directs work in Hagerstown examining pollution sources of the Potomac and streams in Washington county. The Potomac probe, started last June, aims to determine if river pollution harms oyster beds at the river mouth and Chesapeake Bay.
Frequent spring landslides disrupt schedules on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Western Maryland lines. Crews will not be forced to keep exact times and will operate with caution to avoid slides. Expect slight train delays due to conditions.
Col J H Wheelwright's special train with officials traveled through the Fairmont and Clarksburg region spending Saturday and part of Sunday there before passing Cumberland yesterday evening around 4 30 returning to their home region.
A fragment notes a Palm oil cream or shampoo and three cans of soap for 39e. The snippet appears as part of a Liechtenstein pay advertisement, indicating a consumer offer with a price and bundled items.
President Wilson says the repeal fight will not split the Democratic party and that his push for repeal will succeed. He laments the debate has become discreditable and condemns Representative Knowland’s speech accusing him of a deal with Britain as a crowning insult.
The Bethel Evangelical Association church at Third and Seymour streets begins Week Two of revival with Captain J Aughenbaugh of the Salvation Army speaking on Be You Also Ready. About 25 at the altar so far. prayer services Tuesday and Thursday at 2 pm. nightly services 7 45 pm. Next Sabbath afternoon a members and new converts meeting will read church rules. Calvary Church on Mary street reports Pastor M B McLaughlin preaching Laborers Together With God. Seven new members join, total 26 from revival. three mission bands organized totaling 60 members.
The Reliance feature A Great Leap screens at Victoria Theatre tomorrow with Mae Marsh and Robert Harron in peril on screen. Ned the Reliance horse carries the couple to safety, heightening the thrill. Also showing Desert Gold and A Tango Tangle by Keystone Company.
The seismograph at St Ignatius College recorded tremors from 6 47 to 8 00 PM with a peak at 7 03 PM. Father Odenbach places the origin near southern Mexico or South America as similar shocks were noted in Washington last night.
Luther Arnold aged 28 died Saturday at his mother Mrs Wm Arnold home in Keyser West Virginia after years of a rare bone overgrowth disease. He was treated by physicians in Baltimore and other places during his illness.
J Lemuel Doub a 49 year old farmer died at Washington County Hospital two days after being run over by a wagon near Keedysville His body was sent to Myersville for burial Advertisements note local products and services from nearby towns
Beaver Falls, Pa. March 30 George Konterline a machinist on a ten dollar wager drank twelve 10 ounce glasses of beer as the Federal Title and Trust Company tower struck midnight in a club room on Seventh Avenue He then swallowed his watch and chain with the ticking heard by companions and the chain submerged in beer.
Friends learn that Charles Hershberger and Mies Rama Melester wed March 4 in a private ceremony conducted by Rev. E. P. Skyles at St. Marks Reformed Church. The bride is daughter of Mrs. R. J. Hughes and the groom works as foreman at the United States Rail Mill in Clearfield. Mrs. Hershberger plans to join her husband in Clearfield Saturday. The couple are well known in this city.
The engagement announces Miss Theresa Waters to marry Leo Thomas Downey an engineer with the State Road Commission. The wedding is set for Wednesday evening April 15 at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church and Downey has long worked in the city with many friends.
Transfers show multiple parcels of land in Cumberland and Green Ridge Valley Allegany county. Parties include Thomes FE Woolard Bertha M Woolard to Henry 0 Zilch and J Walter Sfila to Henry Zilch with Bedford road Cumberland details and small sums. Also A & Trust Co of Washington DC to Mary E Taylor and Mertene Sons to Taylor with Green Ridge Valley parcel. Additional transfers involve Ella J McKone to Joseph Weinberg Gep hart's Addition and Corneilus O Bagent to Henry B Elben Reynolds street Cumberland with minor sums.
Gallantry blocks the route as dandies and mashers distract marchers. Police intervene to clear the streets while leaders address the crowd inside the hall, ending the public display of the suffragette procession.
A vat of hot cocoa exploded at the Massachusetts Chocolate Factory in Boston injuring eighty workers, many women, as chaos and panic erupted among the facility staff.
Martial law prevailed in Portsmouth Ohio as the Mayor imposes a curfew on crowds at the Shelby Shoe Company plant. Fifty policemen guard the area to enforce the order and a ban on weapon sales is in effect with penalties for violations.
Florida representative L Engle opened a three day House debate in Washington on the President's bill to repeal the free tolls clause of the Panama Canal act. He spoke from an invalid chair due to rheumatism and pressed his opposition to the measure.
Fragmentary ad copy notes choice and sale of Olive Cream or Cakes of Soap at a pharmacy with advertising text.
Gustav A. Eital Charles M. R. Glanville and William A. Dur ley of Baltimore arrived in Cumberland to prepare for degree exemplifications by Meredith Lodge of Perfection No 3 at the Masonic Temple this afternoon and evening. General Thomas J. Shryock 33rd degree inspector general and other Scottish Rite officers traveled from Baltimore to oversee the work with a 6 30 dinner in the Temple followed by an evening session.
Obituaries report Joseph Swann 33 of Magnolia W Va dies at Western Maryland Hospital after pneumonia. Estel Wallace 35 dies at Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Mrs Greenwade attends funeral in Cumberland and burial shipped to Keyser. Tony Rose infant son of Louis and Mrs Rose of Ridgeley dies at Western Maryland Hospital with burial at SS Peter and Paul. Funeral details note father's job as Western Maryland track foreman. Local shop ads list soap cakes 39c and pharmacy notices.
Rev. Luther Martin, once pastor at Southminster Presbyterian Church and founder of the Boys' Club South Cumberland, becomes pastor of Stapleton Nebraska's Presbyterian church. He joins local civic life aiding the Civic Club and advancing the playground movement.
Palm Olive advertised cream or shampoo options alongside a cake slogan featuring artist Roy Lichtenstein. The playful ad referenced consumer goods and a pop art motif to draw attention to product offerings.
A list of Cumberland area residents and visitors with illnesses and travel notes. Ralph Mathewe and Mrs. Ireland recovering. James Nee, Grace Eaton, and Carrie Breakiron visiting relatives. Others travel to Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlantic City, or plan moves, with positions at churches, railways, and schools.
Thomas Rowe and Genevie Hal both of Cumberland Mad Eugene Michael Ward and Minnie Leifer both of Conway Pa Wallie Harry Tabler and Mabel Jennie Friend both of Friendsville Md Taylor Garfield Sweitzer Cumberland Md and Pauline Mary Bodling.
The record lists individuals including Wendell Phillips Stampfli and Laura Loise Schayes of McDonald Pennsylvania Lawrence McKnight of Brownfield Pennsylvania and Elizabeth Casem of Uniontown Pennsylvania among unsettled notices and proceedings.
Palm Olive and Palm Qive products are promoted in a vintage ad. Lichtenstein's Pharmacy appears as the sponsor or retailer.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania a man named Piper age 49 a carpenter was struck and killed while waiting for a light engine on the Western land railroad at Dickerson Run Saturday. His body was found after an attempt by Lewis Moore to pull him from danger. Moore also suffered a slight wound and Piper leaves a bereaved family.
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