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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1915
Page
1
The American steamer Slama was seized by a British prize crew and run aground off the Scotland coast near the Skee Skerries West Bay. No reason given. the ship’s condition was initially reported not serious.
Serbia's situation worsens with German advances reported fifty miles south of the tube line and Austrians to the east hampered by resistance near Belgrade. Russian warships sighted with destroyers escorting a bombardment fleet off Varna beginning operations.
Paris reports France publicly confirms the execution of two women spies, Olltrllie Voss and Marguerite Schmidt, who were found guilty of espionage. The government rejects comparisons to the Smith-Cavell case and cites no similarity between the incidents.
Washington announces President Wilson and Mrs. Norman Galt will wed near the end of December. The official statement was issued to end speculation about the ceremony date.
Rev. Michael Edwards, long time Episcopalian clergyman of St. Francis' core in Loretto, Pa., has been ordained a Catholic priest by Bishop Eu A Garvey of Altoona. A Maine native born September, he previously served as a newspaper man in Detroit, Colorado, and the Pacific Rural Press, with past charges from Long Island City to St. Anne's Brentwood. He will celebrate his first priestly mass at St. Anne's Church on Sunday, November 7.
William Sutton, 20, was arrested on a murder charge in the shooting of Dr. J. J. Kennedy, a Mill Creek physician. The lone gunman lured the doctor from home to woods, possibly to steal $180, with robbery a suspected motive. Kennedy’s body will be buried in Allegany cemetery after a Frostburg service guided by Rev. Strider. Kennedy left a wife and young son, with ties to Frostburg and Keyser.
A touring car owned by former Sheriff Samuel P. Angle of Hagerstown collided with a telephone pole on Baltimore Pike near Flintstone yesterday afternoon around 4.00. Five occupants from Hagerstown, returning from Cumberland, were injured, one seriously. The car, driven by S P Angle Jr, swerved while attempting to pass another vehicle, striking the pole and damaging the car. Injured: Mrs S P Angle, Miss Amelia Angle, Miss Alta Horst, Samuel P Angle Jr, M W Manon. All were treated after the crash.
Fragmentary copy notes arrests in Atlanta Georgia with unclear names and charges. Readable segments indicate police activity and possible investigations but details remain incomplete.
In Johnstown on November 1 Misa Mary Croyle wed George T. Gardner after a shopping trip with her mother Elsie Croyle. The bride told her mother she was married as the pastor delivered the ceremony. The couple left for Washington on their honeymoon.
Judge Ira E. Robinson, recently resigning from the state supreme court bench, returned to Grafton on Saturday night to a homecoming demonstration with several hundred citizens. He announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor and pledged to all who know him that if he becomes chief executive he will proceed with his policies.
Prohibition officers raided rooms above a furniture store in Glarksburg and recovered 50 pints of whiskey hidden in clothing and feminine items. The alcohol was described as exceptionally fine quality with perfumed accessories. No further details on suspects or charges are provided.
The Supreme Court ordered a re argument of West Virginia liquor cases involving the Webb Kenton law. The decision hints at how justices' views split eight to one on constitutional questions tied to interstate liquor transport. Maryland courts had declined penalty on Western Maryland Railway and Adams Express for transporting liquor into dry West Virginia. An appeal rose to the high bench.
Richard Lease and Oscar Berry of Rawlings Maryland were found guilty in circuit court of attempting to assault freight conductor E M Pettie on a Western Maryland freight train. Lease received one year in the Maryland House of Correction and Berry was fined seventeen dollars and jailed in default. The case stemmed from an incident as they rode from Rawlings to Cumberland and resisted Pettie’s orders to disembark.
A blind worker named Hattie M. Begs Wanamaker for a two month trial and is later found among the busiest in the mail bag repair department in Washington. The tale marks a long successful tenure begun after she asked the Postmaster General for a chance. She has served twenty six years, proving capability beyond sight.
Wilkes-Barre residents fear Baltimore woman Miss Stelle Toul later known as Mrs Nathan Karranguie has fallen victim to Turkish massacres. Her sisters appeal to Congressman Casey Senator Penrose and Rep Talbott for help tracing her and her baby and husband. Latest letters indicate the baby was found and no hope remains for the parents.
New York and surrounding states open a landmark ballot on votes for women. Leaders in New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts predict majorities from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand. Nearly six million voters may gain suffrage in the three states.
Fairmont West Virginia November 1 word has reached here that Tony Capillo a Mafia leader wanted here and linked to recent convicted members in wholesale murders has been shot in Cleveland His shooting allegedly stems from Mafia trouble there He is also said to be wanted in New York for murder Capillo and two companions disappeared during the night after a local murder
A court sentenced the final member of the Schneider Desepirators to a lengthy term after a jury found them guilty of conspiring to kill a target in a high profile case. Authorities described the group as a dangerous conspiracy with ties to organized crime.
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