Verdict Surprises as Jury Finds Guilty in City Bribery Case
A Cumberland jury found Dr. T. A. K. Hummelshime police and fire commissioner Ward M. Eichelberger and H. Bruce Hummelshime guilty of conspiracy to secure a bribe in the Evitts Creek Water system bill dispute. Judge Keedy set bond at 5 000 for each defendant as a new trial motion is prepared. John Howard Wingert received 18 years for second degree murder in a separate case.
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T. A. K. Hummelshime
Ward M. Eichelberger
H. Bruce Hummelshime
Merrill- Buckgeather Company
Evitts Creek
Keedy
Cumberland
Henry J. Glick
Albert A. Doub
F. Brooke Whiting
Wingert
Doug
Policeman Baker
Mr. Doub
Hummelshime
William W. C. George
John W. George
Virginia
Jacob D. George
Controversy over Names of Ten Citizens in Cumberland Detec tive Case
The Cumberland City Council debated a resolution demanding ten prominent citizens reveal their names and motives for hiring detectives to investigate alleged wrongdoings by city officials. Mayor Koon and others opposed forcing disclosure, arguing no action warranted, while Commissioners Hummelshire and Fichelberger pressed for accountability and accuser identity. Only Fichelberger and Kummelshime supported the demand as voted down.
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Burna
T. A. K. Hummelshige
Eichelberger
Kogn
Woerman
Schriver
Cumberland Daily News
Cumberland
Koon
Hummelshire
Fichelberger
City Council
The
Daily News
Everman
Comoner Everman
Council
Mt A
Cssion
Keedy
Fichelhberger
Smme Whime
Corm
Klummelshime
Cumberland Press Teases New Word Contest Pages
The Cumberland Press announces two new Word Contest pages starting Tuesday with a fresh $100 in gold prize, making $200 total from Friday and Tuesday runs. Readers are urged to grab tomorrow’s paper to read the article, learn rules, and enter the Missing Word Contest. Page 3 features Cumberland ads and Page 4 Frostburg ads with one exception the New York Restaurant.
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Cumberland Press
Cumberland
Frostburg
New York
New York Socialist Meyer London Wins Congress Seat
New York reports the first Socialist elected to Congress Meyer London capturing the 12th District with a majority of 822. London's career spans labor and Socialist activism including counsel for the Hindering Toolmakers Union during a major strike and guiding 50 000 workers to its end.
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New York
Meyer London
London
Toak Makers
Cre
Ten Aeroplanes In Sky Battle French Win Over Rheims
Ten aircraft—four German and six French—clashed over Rheims on Thursday. The fight lasted about half an hour at 2,000 feet, as both sides exchanged fire while the city watched. The German planes, though faster, were outnumbered and fled after their machines were riddled. one German pilot was killed when his plane collapsed after crossing into friendly lines.
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Paris
Rheims
Six Million Men Drill as German Forces Grow
A Times dispatch from Rotterdam reports Dutch witnesses near Selzatte say German engineers repaired the first Ghent Ternouzen canal bridge while trenches are dug toward Antwerp. The main railway bridge remains unrepaired after Belgian destruction. Reports claim 6,000,000 German volunteers ages 19 to 21 are drilling in Germany for South Belgium operations.
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Times
Rotterdam
Selzatte
East Flanders
Ghent-Ternouzen Canal
Antwerp
Belgium
Germany
Disease reaches western grazing lands in U S report
Washington reports the foot and mouth disease has spread to western grazing lands. Iowa, a major grazing state, has already been quarantined as authorities monitor the outbreak.
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Washington
Iowa
Turkish Army Invades Egypt and Black Sea Fleet Shelters
Rome reports the Ottoman embassy states a Turkish army crossed into Egypt aided by a strategic blitz. The Russian fleet seeks shelter in fortified Black Sea ports as Turkish forces bombard Poggi and Turkish transport ships are sunk by Russian raiders along Asia Minor.
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Egypt
Black Sea
Russia
Thettoman
Poggi
London
Hosphorous
Sebastopol
Koslu
Sugia
Asia Minor
Hog cholera outbreak grows with twelve states under quarantine
In Trenton New Jersey on November 9 authorities reported hog cholera spreading nationwide with twelve states affected and fifteen cattle quarantined at North Bergen. Federal agents conduct investigation to decide on broader state quarantine measures as New Jersey and other states contend with the outbreak.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
North Bergen
German cruiser Geier interned at Honolulu harbor
The small German cruiser Geier of 1600 tons, repairing at Honolulu, was interned Saturday night by the U S government along with a supply ship. Japanese cruisers Hizen and another vessel waited outside the harbor, deterred from racing to pursue the Geier as internment took effect.
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Washington
Geier
Honolulu
Far East
Hawaiian
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Final Surrender of Kiao-Chau Planned for Tomorrow
In Tokio a final meeting between Japanese and German military representatives arranged surrender details for Kiao-Chau to the Allies. The Japanese will take possession tomorrow and may repair forts, after heavy shells from Japanese guns demolished several German works.
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Tokio
Germany
Kiao-Omau
Kaio Chau
Girl Story 10 Investigated by Police
Pittsburg November 9 Miss Mildre Smith 23 years old said an unidentified negro attacked her while asleep on the third floor and oil was poured on the bed then set afire in the house where she worked. She was found semi conscious and rushed to Passavent hospital. Police opened an investigation with the account.
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Pittsburg
Mildre
Mexican general Gutierrez seized by Villa faction
A telegram reported Gutierrez, elected president of Mexico at the Aguascalientes peace congress, was seized by General Villa. Carranza officials say Gutierrez repudiated Villa, and the telegram did not identify the new president or location. The seizure was said to respond to Villa demands.
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Guterrrez
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Ing
Venustiana Carransa
Jude
MI Bureau of Information
Gutierrez
Carranza
Villa
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