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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
1
Nov 18 dispatches report Bulgarians breaking Serb resistance before Monastir as Prileps falls and Babuna Pass positions collapse. Allied aid hoped. British troops reported en route.ку
United Press reports Field Marshal von Mackensen will command the Dardanelles operations upon arrival in Constantinople. Turks prepare reception for Austro German forces who opened lines Berlin to Constantinople. London pundits debate Hindenburg's future roles amid Balkan campaign uncertainty.
Kioto observes a third banquet that blends traditional Japanese court music with Western modern sounds. Performances feature Banzairaku and Taiheiraku dances with Chinese origin instruments, plus a grand orchestra from the Bodyguard Band and Toyama Military School Band. Guests include the American Ambassador and Mrs Guthrie, along with the emperor, crown prince, and imperial princesses.
A coroner's jury was impanelled to probe the death of William R. Bell of Piedmont after he was shot by policeman Frank Corkin of Clesing. Bell died in a local hospital two days earlier and his body was shipped to Piedmont for funeral services and burial.
Rome reports that at least four belligerent-nation cardinals will attend the Vatican consistory next month. Cardinal von Hartmann of Cologne travels from Germany while Cardinal Gasquet of England and Cardinal Billot of France head to Rome. Cardinal Mercier of Malines, Belgium also participates, signaling potential outcomes.
Secretary Daniels cited a "most serious situation" in national defense and announced a plan under consideration to have government ownership of every element tied to battleship construction. The proposal contemplates government owned or leased iron fields shipyards armor plate factories and all related facilities.
Dime Savings Bank will mail about 3000 Christmas Savings club checks ranging from 14 to 66 dollars after December begins. The total payout this year is about 75000 dollars, roughly 20000 more than last year, with 3000 depositors, many spread across Cumberland and distant points. Last year disbursement was 55600 dollars aiding local businesses during hard times.
Berlin reports a Swiss deputy said two hundred Italian Socialists were condemned to be shot for refusing to fight. He described the party members in army and navy uniforms being hoarded into box cars, likened to cattle, amid the Florence executions.
Arthur Moreland editor publisher of the Elks Antler and a leading Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks figure died in a New York hospital after a leg infection aggravated by long illness. Once exalted ruler of Ellis Lodge in San Francisco and New York he authored the order ritual adopted in 1883 and had been blind for over two decades.
Athens on November 18 reports King Constantine will hear today from Denys Cochin representing France the allies terms for passive Greek cooperation in the Balkan campaign and rewards for active aid while detailing possible retaliation if Greece aligns with Germany Lord Kitchener is expected in Athens before Cochin departs.
Denver, Nov. 18. Dr. Thornton R. Sampson of Austin Texas, a friend of President Wilson, is believed missing in the Rockies near Estes Park after reports of a queer companion. Searches fail to locate him and snow covers the range.
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill, ill but then a major, departed England to join his regiment on the Anglo German front today after a delay that pushed his earlier departure back. He is expected to reach the front lines soon.
A mine fall at the Davis Coal and Coke Company in Fleury West Virginia killed Joseph Rezonec, 64, a Russian national, yesterday.
Mandan North Dakota November 18 District Attorney Langer threatens arrest of more than eight hundred parents and guardians of children of compulsory school age who fail to attend. Many parents are German American Russian American or Scandinavian American and protest the European war bitterness.
Kalamazoo Mich Nov 18 Former United States Senator Julius Caesar Burrows died at his home aged 78 He was born January 9 1887 in Northeast Pa Admitted to the bar in 1861 he practiced in Kalamazoo He served in the Union army 1862 1864 and later nine terms in Congress between 1873 and 1895 He was elected to a Senate term in 1894 and twice re-elected.
Giuseppe Creatore the famed bandmaster married Rosina Maria de Marinis in Boston as Rev Francis W Gibbs presided. Creatore 48, bride 18. This is his third marriage after a divorce and the death of his second wife.
Washington reports a U S protest to Austria over the sinking of the Ancona after the ship halted. Dr Cecile L Greil, the sole American survivor, says the submarine fired on passengers for about forty five minutes after stopping, with many killed or wounded.
Philadelphia nov 18 cardinal gibbons urges a middle road on preparedness avoiding peace at any price or massive arms buildup. with archbishop prendergast and papal delegate bonzano in town for metropolitan jubilee, he warns against hysteria and says the war in europe not a failure of Christianity.
Willian Johnson aged 55 of Ridgeley and Canada native died when a rolling log crushed him in a Fenwick lumber camp yesterday. The incident occurred on November 18 near Fenpick.
Pittsburgh reports that the Joseph Seep agency announced a ten cent advance in several oil prices. Pennsylvania grade rises to 2.00, Mercer Black 1.50, Newcastle 1.50, Cabell 1.55, Corning 1.50, Somerset 1.42, while Ragland remains at 0.70.
Chicago November 18 Charles Weegham Sr father of the owner of the Chicago Federal League club committed death by own action at his residence today.
The twenty first annual convention opens in Cincinnati with several hundred delegates from Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Indiana and Illinois. The body seeks congressional aid to establish a nine foot stage along the Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cairo. President John L Vance of Gallipolis laments the neglect of the river as a great natural waterway.
The Bollinger infant, described as defective, died at German-American hospital after the mother, following medical advice, refused an operation that might have saved life. Dr. H J Hatselden defended the decision amid public debate on infant welfare and potential burden to society. Coroner later received a physician's report recommending burial permit for the child.
Washington reports that the Italian steamship Ancona fled at full speed after a warning shot. The Austrian admiralty version, relayed via Vienna and Berlin, says no shells were fired after she halted and denies attacks on lifeboats or swimmers.
Justice Charles E. Hughes of the Supreme Court formally declined the candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in response to Nebraska Republicans petitioning to place his name on the official primary ballot in Nebraska.
In Milwaukee Novi educators of national reputation gather for the fifth annual convention of the National League of Compulsory Education Officials. The three day session will feature speakers including H. H Jones of the National Child Labor Commission George Bruce promoter of the mother’s pension law and W W Deffenbaugh of the United States Bureau of Education. A woman judge is also listed among the speakers.
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