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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
1
News reports from May 13 detail the torpedoing of the British battleship Goliath by a German submarine with about five hundred dead. Constantinople endures riots as thirteen thousand wounded arrive, fueling fear and political tension across the city and its leaders.
A first mortgage and $30,000 bond issue secured by the Wellington Glass Company property plant and franchises Cumberland were recorded. The bonds were sold after efforts by Richard J. Bruce Matthew H. Sloan and others with backing from Henry Schriv er and Harry E Weber. The plant, employing about 175 people with a $1500 weekly payroll, resumed operations April 26 1915 under a six member bondholder led managing board.
London reports Churchill announces the destruction of the British battleship Goliath by a German submarine in the Dardanelles. Over five hundred crewmen perished, with twenty officers and one hundred sixty sailors saved. Churchill says Allied fleet active. sister ship Ocean sunk earlier. Paris notes Allied victories from Arras to the Sea and riots affecting British Africa.
The Maryland State Firemen's Association executive committee fixes the May 15 meeting at Hotel Hamilton in Hagerstown for 12 noon. The group will close the year’s business and prepare the annual report for the June 9 to 11 Lonaconing convention. Members listed include Kelch, Strobel, Morgan, Clark, Keller, Fairall, and Davis.
In Fairmont West Virginia May 13 confessions in circuit court raise the number of rioting and conspiracy cases from the Farmington riot that killed Constable Riggs to 21 confessors and 24 total sentences. The latest pleas include El Dundovich for voluntary manslaughter five years and multiple defendants for rioting one year each while Mario Koenich received two years for conspiracy.
Petrograd announces the finance ministry will issue a second internal loan totaling 1,000,000,000 rubles equal to 500 million dollars. The move reflects wartime funding needs and underscores government finance measures in May.
In Wheeling on May 13 the 13 month coal strike affecting 15 000 to 16 000 miners in Eastern Ohio nears completion. The United Mine Workers Fifth Ohio district delegates vote 91 to 4 to accept the Cleveland conference scale, with signing expected today as operators plan rapid resumption and railcar allotments are arranged for each mine.
Ascension day was observed with special services in Catholic and Episcopal churches. Catholic schools closed for the day and Knights Templar from Antioch Commandery No. 6 will travel by special train to Westernport for an Ascension service at the M E church with Rev. Dr. J. H. Bickford delivering the address. Return trip set for 11 oclock.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on May 138 sheriff s posse overpowered A A Wolf a middle aged carpenter and mental patient who wrecked his home tried to burn it down and chased his family nearby, then was sent to Weston State Hospital after being declared a lunatic.
Baltimore. May 18. The Maryland Penitentiary Board discussed starting free hand drawing and card sign writing classes after discovering an inmate artist and an experienced writer. Warden John F. Leonard was praised and re-elected. the board aims to decide soon on implementing the program through the Intra-Mural School.
Detroit May 13 twenty two hundred motormen and conductors on the Detroit Street Railway Company went on strike at six this morning. The stoppage shut down city industries with minor disorders. The strike follows the company’s refusal to reinstate Motorman Peter Whaling, an officer in the union, and by afternoon the number out grew to about three thousand.
Would Be State Senator John Thompson Mason of Hancock and editor of the Star declares his candidacy for the Democratic primary nomination in Washington county.
President Wilson completed the note to Germany at 10:15 this morning and it was sent to the State Department for coding and transmission to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin. Officials anticipate delivery to Berlin tonight and warn no further promises without action. The White House atmosphere is final, and the president will abandon his New York trip to review the fleet.
Turkish assault at Gallipoli failed as Allied warships and land forces inflicted heavy losses near the Dardanelles. Wounded accounts undermine official claims, while Armenians face mass arrests after a dynamite plot claim. Fresh reinforcements are being sent to the front.
A comical exchange unfolds as a fat man protests a plate of chicken coup. The waiter calmly explains the chicken soup was made from dressed chicken, defusing the complaint with a quip.
A Bostonian guides a British visitor past Bunker Hill monument. A humorous exchange reveals the Englishman misreads history while the Bostonian corrects him, noting that the site marks where Warren fell and clarifying the American Revolutionary War connection.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission ruling on May 1 boosts railway fares and could force many road shows to disband. Managers A. G. Fields Gus Hill and others warn they will retire tours if rates remain, affecting 350 staff across multiple acts and 10 baggage cars, raising costs by nearly 120 percent.
The council with full membership met in a special session to fix the levy for the coming year. A 90 cent rate on the hundred dollars is considered, with estimates showing taxes, water rents, licenses and fines totaling about 280,461 against a proposed 280,566.36 appropriation. Commissioners argue the budget must cover city needs and the floating debt of around seventy thousand dollars.
David C. Hershiser trainmaster of the Western Maryland Railway western division died at his Green Street home from heart trouble at age 42. A Bedford, Pennsylvania native, he worked 17 18 years with Western Maryland after starting as telegraph operator for the former West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh line. Survived by wife and three sons Vanhorn John Devrid, and three brothers. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
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