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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1915
Page
1
A Rome dispatch reports the Pope will practically renounce all claims to temporal power at the next consistory to enable him to participate in future European conferences. The move is described as non formal but intent is to allow his presence at gatherings in Europe.
In Butler Pennsylvania on November 17 a voluntary non suit was taken in the case of the Franklin Trust Company against A J White Mrs I K White and the John Berg Company to attach all property held by the defendants. The death of key figures including the trial judge the court stenographer and two important witnesses ended the action and left the record unrecalled.
Washington reports Britain has authorized Charge Hohler to extend recognition to Carranza upon his return to Mexico City. Hohler, now in Washington, will meet Eliseo Arrendondo Carranza's representative here before leaving for Mexico to discuss safeguards for British interests.
Miss Eva Lee Henry aged 17 died Friday night at the Union Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore. Her body was brought to Elkins for funeral service conducted Monday at the Methodist Episcopal Church by Rev. Dr. Frederick H. Barron in the absence of Rev. Dr. W. E. Craig. She is survived by her parents one brother and two sisters.
The Cumberland listings highlight showings at Maryland Theatre with The Pink Lady by John C. Fisher's Musical Comedy de Luxe, Liberty Theatre presenting Elsie Janis in Twas Ever Thus, Grande Theatre featuring Orrin Johnson in Satan Sanderson, Victoria Theatre showing The Diamond From the Sky, and Belvedere Theatre with pictures. General notices include the Maryland District Conference at First Presbyterian Church and Dr J A McCuaig at Centre Street M E Church on the Wrath of God.
Reports from Saloniki say Bulgarian forces pushed into the Babuna Pass north of Prilep with heavy losses on both sides. Serbian defenses hold some heights as Prilep nears capture, threatening Monastir. French withdrawal near Gradisce noted. Bulgarians press toward Monastir as international action shifts to Scutari.
Columbus dispatch reports United States District Attorney Bolin said a man naming himself Lee Lester of Parkersburg West Virginia confessed to seven post office burglaries to shield a girl seized when police found a burglar kit in her rooms.
Baltimore report says Edna Moore, born blind, regained sight and recognized her mother after a recent operation at the Presbyterian Eye Ear and Throat Hospital. Another patient, Mrs. Julia Williams of Prosperity West Virginia, blinded by a dynamite explosion four years ago, has been cured and saw her husband and children for the first time Monday.
Martinsburg figures former Senator Charles J. Faulkner and ex Fish Commissioner George M. Bowers of this city completed a deal. Bowers sold his interest in the Faulkner Bowers commercial noble orchard for county. Faulkner remained a party to the transaction.
Field British Columbia Nov 17 About eighty five miles west of Field the Canadian Pacific Railway advances a double track tunnel through the Selkirk mountains The centre line of the 26400 foot tunnel surpasses by three quarters of a mile the longest existing US tunnel The project uses a pioneer bore parallel to the main tunnel to speed completion before 1916 The 12000000 dollar project lowers summit elevation to 3791 feet trims maximum grade and removes four miles of snow sheds greatly improving operation and shortening the line pushing pusher engines snow ploughs and shops toward new ranges
Hopewell Virginia recounts a day of violence with five men shot to death and three wounded. Three victims were Black men killed in a craps game, another was a highwayman shot resisting arrest, and a fifth died from a shooting by an insane man. Fires of crime marked a powder mill boom town akin to old mining camps.
London reports Copenhagen dispatches noting frequent Berlin food riots with shop window smashing by the needy. Authorities warn ringleaders will be shot as punishment, with death as the penalty for the ringleaders if disorders persist.
Boston prepares for the Canadian Club of Boston annual banquet with Private Stanley G. Chambers as the guest of honor. Chambers, famed as a highly recognized soldier, served in early Canadian forces in World War I and lost his sight at Ypres before regaining sight in one eye. Sharing anger with an unidentified person remains unclear in the fragment.
President Wilson wires Governor Spry of Utah to stay the sentence for Joseph Hillstrom. Hillstrom, an IWW member, was convicted of killing two men in Salt Lake City in January 1914. Police report ten IWW gunmen in Salt Lake City seeking a reprieve and guards around public buildings heightened.
Salonika reports a major clash near Strumnitza as Bulgarian forces clash with a British French Allied column. The fighting has grown from border skirmishes into a full battle amid difficult terrain and cautious Allied advance. In a separate note, Russian warships bombard Petregge on the Courland Baltic coast now German held.
The Italian passenger steamer Bormida was sunk by a submarine off the Sicilian coast while returning from Tripoli. all aboard were reported saved. The attack, claimed by the admiralty to be by a German submarine, comes as Italy and Germany pursue naval actions in the Mediterranean.
Bids opened at the Navy Department for two new battleships authorized by Congress. Each 82 000 ton vessel spans 624 feet, 97 feet 8 inches beam, 30 feet draft, with formidable main batteries of twelve 14 inch rifles and enhanced torpedo and bonny craft defenses.
In Woodfield Ohio on November 17 John V Richards, 42, and his wife Rebecca were found shot dead at their home by police summoned by their seven year old son Howard. Authorities believe Richards killed his wife then killed himself. the couple’s heads were blown off by a shotgun. The couple had seven children, ages 3 to 12, who woke around 11 pm and witnessed nothing.
Two men suspected of dynamiting the St Michaels Maryland postoffice safe last Monday night were surrounded in the Trappe district, sheriff Sewell said. The raid yielded about $4000 in stamps and $100 in cash as investigators work with Post Office Inspector W. H. Dixon.
Paris reports fear that forces from Serbia plan to push Allied troops into Greek territory. French, Italian, and Serbian elements may be disarmed and interned as King Constantine’s possible scheme emerges. Large scouting parties attack along the Greek frontier, seen as a staged push to overwhelm Allies in segments.
Clarence Pendleton, a Norfolk & Western telegrapher, was kidnapped by two men believed to be John and Jacob Daniels. He was beaten, put aboard a freight train, and moved to Devon then Pikeville where he remained jailed. Fear of a new blood feud across the border grows as Pendleton’s friends cross into Kentucky.
Baltimore reports Isaac Lobe Straus may seek the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate next spring. Straus did not confirm or deny the possibility, with friends as the source. He previously ran in 1914 against Senator John Walter Smith and returned to law practice after defeat.
Washington reports Senator Blair Lee is poised to declare his candidacy to succeed himself. His supporters anticipate a quick announcement and may again entrust his campaign to William H. Lamar, the Montgomery county leader and longtime adviser.
Nearly 1,000 people will attend the banquet tonight as the Laymen Missionary Movement holds its state convention in Clarksburg. The Women’s Civic Club sponsors the event with tables set in the Masonic Temple banquet hall and auditorium, promising one of the largest affairs of its kind. Prominent speakers will address the gathering.
The Rev Edward Thomas bishop of Limerick denounces British efforts to force Irishmen into service in Liverpool and England’s war. He blasts conscription, notes Irish resistance to fighting for England, and questions Home Rule as war rages. The piece highlights censorship allowing publication abroad.
A new state council of Sons and Daughters of Liberty was instituted in Hagerstown Maryland. Frederick delegates presented resolutions urging Bible reading in public schools flag displays over schoolhouses and blocking public funds for sectarian schools. Seventy five delegates from seventeen councils attended. National Guard officers chaired.
Philadelphia marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Peter and Paul with a notable gold en jubilee celebration. Archbishop Prendergast Bishop MecCort and other archdiocese officials joined distinguished prelates and laity from across the United States and Canada for the event.
In Hagerstown on November 17 Justice Daniel W. Doub sentenced Frank Troy to twenty five days in jail in default of payment of twenty five dollars and costs for swearing on the streets after being refused a night's lodging at the police station. Policeman Sailes overheard the disturbance and arrested him.
Owens Smith aged one year son of Mr and Mrs W C Jenkins Fairgrounds swallowed a grain of corn and was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital for relief but died pneumonia contracted.
Applications for discharge in bankruptcy of Owen Wilson and Andrew L. Evans will be heard by George Henderson, referee, in the Post Office building in this city on December 21.
Austria and Germany will cooperate with American authorities to provide information following the sinking of the Avonona, officials announced in Washington on November 17. The move aims to clarify details and coordinate responses between the two nations and the United States.
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