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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1914
Page
6
A five part feature pict ure shows at the Maryland Theatre tonight. The film is described as a rare beauty and a masterpiece of lighting and photography. Prices are 1 and 20 cents.
A massive production of The Prodigal Judge adapted from Vaughn Kester’s novel comes to the Maryland Theatre with a fine cast. George Marion, known for Henry W. SavageOperas and plays like The College Widow, County Chairman, directs the staging.
The Morosco production of Peg O My Heart by J Hartley Manners comes to Maryland Theatre with Doris Moore in the title role. Four hundred lower floor matinee seats at 75 cents and three hundred balcony seats at 50 cents are available, with evening seats at 1.00. The show arrives after a NY Cort Theatre run and travels from New York to Chicago via Wilmington and Cumberland.
New York on November 4 opens a three day fashion fete led by Ira Vanderbilt Mrs Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs August Belmont in the Ritz Carlton big ballroom. American modistes showcase domestic designs judged by a socially prominent jury with proceeds to the Committee of Mercy aiding destitute women and children affected by the war. Debutantes will usher and Balalaika orchestra music closes the event.
Railway notes highlight growing safety campaigns by Grand Trunk and rapid switch to motor vans for parcel delivery in Scotch cities. ICA seeks detailed block signal data, Montana grain rate cases loom, B O completes a major cut off, Russia's rail economy contrasted, and tariff checks project costs. Bethlehem Steel backs French order. BC mining and rail markets expand U.S. machinery demand. Hearings set in Chicago on tunnel and lighterage. automatic mail exchange tested between Chicago and St Louis. Union strength noted with 300 000 plus members across engineer fireman conductor and trainman unions.
The State convention of Sunday Schools began in Meriden Connecticut on November 4 and runs through November 6 with many delegates and prominent speakers. Marion Lawrence heads the program as a keynote speaker and at the old guard banquet, joined by Miss Margret Slatter y Mrs M J Baldwin Rev Milton S Littlefield and Rev Ralph W Wheeler. A large pageant depicting the history of the modern Sunday School will be performed tomorrow by the city’s Sunday Schools with over 300 children taking part.
Review notes the single division in last night's show with Seven Keys to Baldpate outshining A Pair of Sixes. The Inn wager plot follows a novelist racing to finish a novel in 24 hours amid a counterfeit bribery scheme and murder. Strong acting and elaborate scenery drew two full houses.
London dispatch reports the Aga Khan sending a cable to Indian and other Moslems expressing sorrow over Turkey joining Germany. He states the sultan acted under German influence, declares Turkey has lost its role as guardian of Islam, and urges Moslems to remain loyal to their secular allegiance.
Three Austrian airplanes dropped bombs at Antivari on November 1 in an attempt to hit a French transport and three torpedo boats. None hit the ships. ten bombs damaged the quay slightly while others fell near the prefecture palace with no damage. French torpedo boats and mountain batteries drove the planes away.
An advertisement urges readers to use The Camperland Press for job printing with guaranteed workmanship and reasonable prices.
The timetable shows first and last cars from Frostburg to Cumberland and back, with hourly service starting at 6:00 a m and ending near 2:00 p m from Frostburg and 12:00 midnight from Cumberland, including connections at Frostburg and Westernport and a note that all cars east and west connect at Frostburg. J E Taylor, superintendent, signs the notice.
In New York a totally blind ex traffic policeman, disabled by a kicked horse, used a punched sample ballot the size of the regular ballot. He aligned it in the booth and marked his votes through the holes, creating an unusual voting method from a sample ballot.
Dispatches from Ypres describe the London Scottish Rifles advancing under heavy artillery toward the German line. Despite fierce fire, they reached trenches and, after multiple charges, repelled the enemy as Germans overwhelmed them with bayonets.
London reports from Le Figaro that the world famous violinist Ku is left penniless after war illness. The item notes the upheaval and suggests financial ruin following the war’s impact on artists.
The violinist Gene Ysaye, reportedly penniless in London after Antwerp fell to Germany. He fled from his villa near the Dutch frontier and reached Ostend too late for the last steamer. He lost his money his violin and his music collection after chartering a fishing smack in the panic. His son serves as an officer in the Belgian lancers and Ysaye is reported to be dangerously ill.
President Wilson awarded W. A. Holley of Greeneville Texas the Medal of Honor on recommendation of the Interstate Commerce Commission for saving Mrs. Sallie Griffith 63 from a fast approaching train. The act earned a personal commendation letter from the President.
Joseph Cannon former speaker of the House files a $25,000 damage suit against the Democrat Publishing Company publishers of the Press Democrat in Danville. Only the precipe was filed but the suit is understood to stem from the recent political campaign.
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