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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
4
A tumult of headlines and jabs floods the page as a Countess seeks 2.5 million for breach of promise under a Star Chamber hearing. mixed gossip swirls about Reidh Sullivan Whitman and a rogue roster of political players across Ohio Texas and New York.
The author argues mediation could secure a constitutional right to land for Mexico’s peasantry, backed by the United States, ending Diaz Madero Huerta era dispossession. It cites Senator Owen on land monopoly, the Zapatistas demand, and praises Belisario Dominguez for opposing Huerta before his disappearance.
For the ten months ending April 1914 imports totaled 1.571 billion dollars, up from 1.548 billion the prior year. April exports stood at 33.372 million versus 3.58 million in April 1913. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter notes no clear shift toward foreign fabrics by manufacturers, and buyers who tested foreign goods on price found it hard to secure future business. It adds that cheap European goods show little impact so far.
At Brighton Beach race track May 22 Barney Oldfield and Lincoln Beachey will contest the universe championship in a three day event. Oldfield pilots a Fiat Cy clone with a 300 horsepower Christie front drive while Beachey uses a French motored biplane. Beachey plans thrilling passes and a close approach to Oldfield marking his first New York exhibition appearance.
In Little Rock on May 22 the United States Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument over the court’s jurisdiction in the 14 million suit filed by the receivers of the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad against B F Yoakum and others.
Italian killer Tomasso Bernardi was hanged in Montreal after fatally shooting Luigi Sgrolli during a dispute over a woman Bernardi had pursued from Italy. The pair had been walking from court when Bernardi wounded the woman and killed Sgrolli after she refused his plan to take her to Toronto as a slave.
Memphs Tenn May 22 J J Mc Mahan charged with the murder of B C Stiles is tried in the second division of the criminal court before Judge Palmer after a postponement caused by a flaw in the original indictment.
An old ad promotes Washington Lunch Room as the city’s largest restaurant with a special dining room for ladies and an inviting bill of fare. Dated May 22 1921.
Jacob Gould Schurman, born May 22 1854 in Freetown Prince Edward Island, became Cornell University’s president in 1892 at age 38. He studied in Canada and Europe, held Acadia College and Cornell professorships, and won a traveling Hibbert fellowship. He is a noted lecturer and has served as commencement orator multiple times.
Greenwich Village hosts its annual Village Fair with live pigs oxen a haynick and a Fifth Avenue stage loaned by performers cooking and baking contests and needlework exhibits. Miss Himmler leads efforts to lure eye-catching displays while residents celebrate a rustic carnival in a city neighborhood that retains its character despite nearby urban change.
London notes a bright London season despite politics and Mexico Home Rule. Americans flood hotels and luxury tradesmen enjoy high demand while boarding houses fill, and teachers plan continental tours. Emperor Franz Joseph’s health worries Vienna, with 6000 Alpine sharpshooters expected if he recovers by May 31. A book on the Crown Prince draws German interest. Linman portrays the prince as modest, self reliant, and open to advice. The rich seek cottages in the old style, investing in humble homes to stay “in the swim.”
A quirky collection of short gags and observations on money, manners, and society. The snippets riff on vaudeville acts, women in work, politicians, and everyday foibles with a light irreverent tone. Named person or place not specified.
A compilation of satirical editorials and remarks from various papers. Snippets mention Theo Burton and a successor, Mazatlan and Tampico, Villa, Edison on tobacco, Johns Hopkins lab, John D Rockefller, government funds, wheat crop politics, and a note about frog legs at a Washington lunch room.
May 22 marks key events such as Burr’s treason trial beginning in 1807 and Morse’s first telegraph message in 1844. Other items include 1861 fortification destruction at Ship Island, 1872 amnesty bill for political reorganization, 1905 Philadelphia preachers urging gas lease action, and 1918 rebel gains in Coahuila. Also note a Decoration Day sermon by R Grant Jolly at Liberty Theatre Sunday 3 p.m.
Timetable details show hourly service between Frostburg Cumberland Westernport and Lonaconing with first and last car times and intermediate stops including Frostburg Holdens Shaft Clarysville Eckhart Narrows Park Longs Moscow Barton Reynolds Franklin and Midland. President Fred Williams and secretary-treasurer Azell sign the schedule.
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