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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
9
Arizona faces a mass execution at Florence as five condemned murderers, once spared by Governor Hunt, await the gallows after state courts and the Board of Pardons reduced others to life terms. The Governor’s opposition to capital punishment clashes with a November verdict upholding the death penalty.
Proceedings to restrain the state railroad commission from enforcing the passenger fare law are set for a Federal court hearing tomorrow. The action, filed in the federal district court at Little Rock two weeks ago, involves Island Iron Mountain and other rail interests seeking an injunction.
A black goat named Nig, described as a trained pet, will appear with Gentry Brothers Shows next Friday June 4 in this city. The animal once ate three bundles of paper money and is billed as the leader of the split hoofers. Admission for this city is 25 to 35 cents.
Allied air raid claims extensive damage at Ostend and Amsterdam with harbor and railway station hit. Reported wreckage of shipping, private houses demolished, and fifty German soldiers killed. Denmark Sweden and Norway pledge strict neutrality amid Austro Italian war. Italian police in Piazenza hold six Austrian consuls against Austrian detentions.
The Blue Ridge Base ball league starts its first championship race today. Six clubs compete from Martinsburg West Virginia Frederick Maryland Hagerstown Maryland Hanover Gettysburg and Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
Capt Francis Ward of the University of Chicago track team is projected to win the 220 yard low hurdles and the 120 yard high hurdles at the Big Nine meet in Urbana Illinois on June 4 and 5. He holds marks of 243-5 in the 220 low hurdles and 16 2-5 in the 120 high hurdles.
Mrs. Fred A. Busse, widow of a former Chicago mayor, must earn a living as her fortune is exhausted by debts. Authorities seek a city hall position for her as financial relief, with only a few hundred dollars remaining after estate payoffs.
The public is advised that the undersigned owns and manages the Hotel Stockman at 91% N Centre street and that J H Altmiller only manages the hotel bar with no authority over the hotel itself. Any person claiming hotel management without approval acts without authority.
William B Gross, 31, died at Allegany Hospital at 6 this morning from neuritis. He was son of Benjamin Gross of Lafayette avenue and survived by several brothers and sisters. John C Wolford, undertaker, to take charge. Funeral from Wolford Chapel on Liberty street at a time to be announced.
Local sale listing by McMullen Bros promises bargains from 10 to 11 oclock on Friday May 28. Men s pure silk half hose priced at 50 cents each pair 3 for a dollar Ze unbleached canton flannel five cents and Japanese bouquet holders for the cemetery at 10 cents. No phone orders filled.
An old advertisement touts paper prices with 2 3 4 5 cents per roll and a six cent line for golds. It promotes saving money on any grade of paper and directs readers to Eylers at 30 N Centre St. April 9 ad.
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