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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1914
Page
1
Russian forces press the battle line from Petrograd toward Cracow as Cossacks begin an investment of outer forts. Austrians and Germans retreat under pressure amid martial law rumors. Serbian forces claim 2000 prisoners after defeating an Austrian battalion at Szdereto.
The Farmers Institute opened in the City Fall with a speech by George W. Wheeler of the Chamber of Commerce outlining goals for rural development in Allegany County. Dr Richard Hill spoke as institute director and other experts covered corn growing, milk quality, and fruit marketing in a day of informal talks and exhibits.
John Wood confessed to the 1912 killings of George Vosburg and his wife at their Pine Plains farmhouse. He and three accomplices allegedly killed with an ax, robbed $800, and set the house on fire to burn evidence. Wood said Post led the plan and claimed Vosburg foreclosed a furniture mortgage.
Pittsburg officials announce the Herrs Island Stock Yards will reopen to receive cattle for immediate slaughter and dairy use after disinfection ends this week. Plans include slaughtering 5 cattle at a Nine Mile Run farm, with a fourth of 25 cattle and 39 hogs at a West View farm likely tomorrow. Infection found in two Allegany County dairy herds will lead to their cattle being killed.
Pittsburg reports Evan Selpako of Duquesene was held for murder after allegedly beating his wife to death with a heavy sledge hammer. Police say he returned home to find a neighbor talking to his wife and attacked her in the early morning. He refused to speak at the station.
The storm has lashed the Norwegian coast for a day driving many ships ashore and crippling mail service. Coasting steamers mostly reached port while warships offshore face uncertain conditions amid the gales. Call 139 for Caps or Taxicabs advertisement.
President Wilson addressed the unveiling of General Philip Kearney’s statue at Arlington National Cemetery. He praised wartime sacrifice and leadership, noted the nobility of causes behind war, and spoke of Kearney’s exemplary character. The ceremony included remarks by Governor Fielder, veterans from New Jersey, and a 17 gun salute.
Henry Beck and Austin Currey fought in a Virginia avenue pool room. Patrolman Nolte arrested Currey. Beck tried to flee, fell on a fence and broke an arm. Beck was taken to the police station after treatment. Currey paid $5 for disorderly conduct.
London November 12 Prime Minister Asquith stated in the House of Commons that he doubted the war would last as long as some predicted but acknowledged it would endure. He praised empire resources, pledged to fill losses, and called Britain and its allies including France and Belgium champions of a just cause after thwarting German aims.
Washington reports the battleship North Carolina, stationed at Brerut, had wireless contact with the cruiser Tennessee in the Mediterranean and is confirmed safe after a period out of touch since November 2. The Tennessee relayed the update to the Navy Department this morning.
Lloyds Agency reports the French steamer Du chesse de Guiche foundered in Havre roadstead during a gale. Eleven people are confirmed drowned.
Rolland Franzi dubbed the ram king of Jamaica sailed from New York aboard the Zacapa to Kingston with wife Mrs. Franzi. He claims the title from manufacturing and selling rum valued at 30 million dollars, though he says he has never tasted it. Archbishop Enos Nuttal accompanied him, governing a vast 4,000,000 square mile Caribbean province.
Mose Bear on Jackson Street loses four young fowls from a coop he had just bought. Bloodhounds from Cumberland, led by Robert Earsom, are on the thieves’ trail as thefts across Lonaconing continue. Bear seeks apprehension to restore community safety and poultry security.
A blaze in the engine room of the Babcock Lumber Company at Davis West Virginia caused damage estimated between 15000 and 26000 dollars. The fire spread to the filing department but did not destroy the main buildings. The Babcock Company is a major Davis employer and the largest lumber firm in the state owned by Pittsburgh capital.
Hattiesburg Mississippi on November 12 Champ Clark on a speaking tour lauds President Wilson foreign policy. He says historians will credit tariff reform achievements and his love of peace and that Wilson's Mexican policy will stand as his chief glory.
London Nov 12 An Exchange Telegram from Pekin says the allies have captured at Tsing-Tao two German gunboats one destroyer and two other vessels also reported is a large loss of German torpedo boats at Tsing-Tao during the siege by allied forces with Japanese and British contingents pressing the harbor defenses.
A salvage effort lifts the sunken Austrian cruiser with a floating dock while German non-combatants are evacuated from Yap, recently seized by Japan, and moved to the American consulate in Nagasaki for protection and asylum.
Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall will visit Morgantown on November 21 to deliver the opening address of the Sage Men’s Christian Association lecture course. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Marshall and will be the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by University of West Virginia President Trotter.
The Federal Reserve Board defines initial scope for 12 banks to open next Monday. They will handle deposits from member banks, discount commercial paper, and accept deposits of checks within districts. Additional powers may follow as operations stabilize and a definition of commercial paper is clarified.
Eight people were injured when Lehigh Valley train No. 2 from Buffalo to New York derailed seven miles east of White Haven Pa near Mud Run at 6 45 this morning. The engine and several coaches left the rails and the engineer, fireman and six passengers were hurt. One injured traveler was aboard the sleeper and five others were bound for New York by steamer to England.
Miss Addie Crites, 20, daughter of Rev J W Crites, elopes with her sweetheart John Davis after a missionary society opening service at Emanuel Methodist Episcopal Church. The couple wed with Rev A H Reese performing the ceremony, and the event drew the attention of local parishioners as the church group searched for the bride.
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