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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
1
Vesuvius erupts violently again threatening several villages with lava streams. Panic drives residents to flee toward the mountains as roads fill with refugees carrying belongings. Officials request troops to guard refugees and curb looting, but authorities hesitate to deploy soldiers unless danger worsens.
Geneva reports say Swiss newspapers charge the Germans with wholesale massacres in six northern Serb villages as they advanced through Serbia. The Germans allegedly shot civilians without distinction and burned towns after resistance. Hamlets lie burned or destroyed and corpses, many women, lie scattered across the countryside.
Hagerstown Maryland November 5 C Grimm 76 a bachelor choked to death Wednesday night on a piece of bread while eating supper at the home of his niece Mrs Daniel Taylor at Greencastle where he made his home.
The president declares a commitment to no territorial conquest and a defensive posture. He outlines a plan to train 400,000 citizen soldiers over three years, with annual contingents of 138,000, and urges unity against racial and sectarian prejudice both at home and abroad.
Local listings show Theda Bara in Lady Audley’s Secret at the Maryland Theatre. Liberty Theatre features Mary Pickford in Esmerelda. Grande Theatre showcases Nance O’Neill in Princess Romanoff. Belvedere and Victoria theatres run Picture reels.
Allied forces press toward Bulgaria from Salonika with two British divisions marching toward the frontier and more troops en route. An overland crossing via Shumnitea or rail to the eastern border is planned to divert Bulgarian efforts from Serbia and threaten Hungary. Reports from Berlin and London describe ongoing Balkan battles and heavy prisoner counts as reinforcements surge forward.
William Jennings Bryan opened his attack on President Wilsons national preparedness program from Washington. He argued Wilsons plan violates Christian principles and used strong language to condemn the administration.
President Wilson at the Manhattan Club anniversary dinner proposed a three year enlistment of 400000 citizen soldiers, in annual contingents of 133000, for training periods each year. The volunteers would supplement the National Guard, not replace it, with modest regular army increases as needed for overseas duties.
Athens expects the king to dissolve Parliament after the Zaimis cabinet resigned, as Venizelos supporters face a looming return to power. General Yanakiea Samis gets named aide de camp in a show of royal approval for the war minister's defiance.
London reports the foreign office will answer Ambassador Page regarding the grounds for halting the American steamer Hocking, seized by a British prize crew. Britain asserts Hocking is partly German owned and thus subject to a new order in council. The prize court will determine the German ownership share.
London officials report King George endures significant pain after a disclosed injury. Doctors say no serious condition is expected, though the ailment is more severe than initially announced.
A Philadelphia committee leaves today for San Francisco to escort the Liberty Bell back to Independence Hall. The bell, on display at the Panama Pacific exposition, will depart San Francisco November 11 and stop two days at the San Diego exposition before resuming its journey through California and the Southwest toward its Philadelphia return.
A long report from Delegate Marchette the Papal envoy to Switzerland arrived at the Vatican. Despite denials there is belief Marchette and Von Buelow are discussing peace negotiations centered on Germany and Switzerland.
Copenhagen November 5 Edison and Tesla are mentioned as likely recipients of the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Fragmentary dispatch from Albania describes unrest and possible protests, with vague mentions of November activity and unnamed parties. No clear leaders or locations are specified in the readable text.
Wilkes Barre Pa Nov 5 mounted troops line entire blocks radiating from the public square terminal of trolley lines. Cars run today with imported non union men. Reserve policemen supplied with all available manpower. Sheriff refuses to swear in strike breakers.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas O'Gorman bishop of Sioux Falls observed a fifty year sacerdotal jubilee. He was ordained in France and began as a priest in Rochester Minnesota. He served with the Paulists in New York from 1878 to 1882 and led Saint Thomas College in 1886 before teaching church history in Washington.
The largest chrysanthemum plant ever moved by rail was sent on a special train from Ardsley New York to the American Chrysanthemum Society show in Cleveland Ohio. Only the Emperor of Japan owns a larger plant.
Tan Shi Yan, a four Chinese convict from New York opium smuggling cases, died of starvation in the Federal prison at Atlanta after nearly two months of refusing food. Relatives said he feared gang retaliation and he had testified against others. His body was sent to New York.
President Wilson will attend the Army Navy football game in New York on November 27 with his fiancée Mrs Norman Galt and a party of dignitaries. He will watch from the Navy box as customary.
A Maryland State Grange delegation urged Representative David J. Lewis to run in the 6th district for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate to succeed Milan E. Lee. Lewis thanked the group, signaling he will decide soon, while Lee hints at re election plans.
The Emperor departs Tokyo for Kyoto taking the Imperial Shrine and Sacred Treasures for the November 10 coronation rites. An austere ceremony features a plain white pavilion, no crown, and a nation viewing ancient ancestor worship in a ritual spanning days. Foreign observers may attend. reception with George Guthrie may be delayed.
Emerson C. Harrington, elected governor, receives warm congratulations from O. Be. Weller and Gov Goldaborough. Both Cambridge lawyers with long Dorchester ties, they reiterate support amid a closely watched race and the public smooth transition ahead.
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