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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1915
Page
1
At Tyler Post No 5 G A R a death notice for Mrs Edward Schilling founder of Tyler Woman s Relief Corps is honored with resolutions praising her charitable patriotic work and requesting minutes copy family and newspapers be notified.
Copenhagen reports England has added a new fleet of submarines to its E boat forces in the Baltic. A British cruiser and torpedo boat flotilla escorted the subs from the English coast, explaining naval activity in the Cattegat region.
R A Orcutt who died in the boiler explosion at the New Carolina mine on Helen's run near Fairmont was taken Friday to Oakland. His wife and family accompanied by four brothers and his mother traveled from Fairmont. Charles Seese also died and was taken to Windber Pa for interment. Miss Orcutt, daughter of R A Orcutt, was engaged to marry Seese with a wedding planned next month.
The admiralty in London on November 22 rejected Germany’s claim that England is sending troop and munitions transports to Salonika disguised as hospital ships, stating the accusation is absolutely false.
London reports a Turkish transport carrying 500 soldiers sunk by a mine in the Sea of Marmora with nearly all aboard drowned. The Balkan front details follow with Serbian prisoners and territorial advances noted by German and Austrian sources as they move toward Novi Pazar and Pristina.
The Home Missionary Society of the First Methodist Episcopal Church packed and mailed a Christmas box from Frostburg on November 22. The box valued at 138.54 dollars included clothing, bedding, toys, stationery, and a money order, intended for a minister and wife in sparsely settled western districts.
Constantinople despatches report a tremendous Allied offensive opening at the Dardanelles. The move is seen as Kitchener’s reply to calls in England to end Gallipoli. General Monro reportedly urged withdrawal of land forces as hopeless, but the London cabinet postponed such action pending further advice after Kitchener’s recent Peninsula visit.
London reports relay James W. Gerard's accounts from the Witttenberg camp in Prussia. Observers Lithgow Osborne and embassy staff describe guards treating POWs as criminals, with no signs of humane behavior or fear of repercussions for prisoners. Ambassador Gerard cites a harsher impression after careful camp inspection and lengthy talks.
Charleston W Va Nov 22 A J Shelton was arrested and today lodged in jail charged with the murder last night of Edward Randolph at Tomsburg.
Miss Lena Miller and Hazel V. Conder wed Vance Ice and William Harrison Richard in a morning ceremony at 58 Bedford Street. Rev. J. L. Ward officiated, with the couples natives of Clarksburg West Virginia, arriving from Cumberland Sunday evening and returning this afternoon.
The Ancona's captain states the submarine that sank her was German, not Austrian, a claim relayed via Ambassador Page in Rome. Secretary Lansing said there is no evidence to support the charge.
Frank Eyman of Cumberland Laundry, Cumberland, Md, was re-elected treasurer of the Maryland and District of Columbia Laundrymen’s Association at its fifth annual convention and banquet held at the Ebbitt House in Washington. The event occurred on Friday the 6th with Sasese Gounne noted.
A Serbian major fired twice at Premier Pachitch in Raska but missed. He was tried by court martial, found guilty, and executed. The attack followed a mayor’s claim that the Serbian government was traitorous and endangered the nation. In New York, Anna Howard Shaw resigns as head of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, planning to focus on field work after the Washington convention in December.
London papers refuse Ford automobile advertisements citing Ford stance on the Anglo French loan in America. The London Globe joins Northcliffe publishers in boycotting Ford ads due to policy disagreements.
Deputy Inspector Harry L. Funk announced statewide enforcement of a $5.10 barber license tax with arrests planned tomorrow for those continuing to work without paying.
Halifax reports the British steamer Oakland has lost her propeller blades and is in distress six hundred miles southeast of Cape Race. The Italian steamer San Giorgio is standing by to assist, according to wireless.
A Berkeley Springs man tried to reach Hancock for Sunday liquor at 10:30 p m. but a freight train blocked the B & O crossing, wrecking part of the train and preventing him from reaching saloons closing at 11 p m He sought the conductor's name and engine number to sue the railroad for damages and recovery.
Charles E. Conley Joseph Miller of the Brunswick Hotel and John Hoffman caught a fine string of bass in the South Branch. Two weighed nearly four pounds one three pounds and one over two pounds.
The hearing for Martin H. Himmler charged by John McBee of Cresaptown with carrying a weapon with intent to do bodily harm was postponed until next Saturday before Justice Jacob B. Humibird. McBee cited inability to secure witnesses and requested more time.
The Diamond will host the first game of the newly formed City Bowling League tonight. Canty’s team is set to lead the Diamonds with Rosswormh Morris Bro Hager and others in a fresh lineup.
Frederick D. Miller of Westminster shot himself Thursday in a Westminster hotel and died at Hebrew Hospital. He had closed his store six months earlier and was despondent over business.
Frederick Van Lear, husband of Maj. John Van Lear, reports his aged wife was struck by a bicycle rider, a boy, while going to church yesterday. She was knocked down and might be fatally injured. local report notes a car may have assisted, with uncertainty about outcome.
Tarrytown New York is on edge after an attack on John D Archbald head of Standard Oil. PoliceQuestion all strangers and New York detectives search for a tall slender man linked to anarchist groups. A dynamite bomb hidden beneath a bush near the Archbald estate was found ready for use.
K of C Dramatic Club presents a Friday night Minstrel Cabaret in Carroll Hall headlined by Lydia Cole Millman praised in Washington. Raymond Law with Theokla Doerner to perform modern ballroom steps. A 20 member chorus under Frederic Foster Snow rehearses. Principal soloists include Dolan Kelly Lippold Snyder Hodell Mullen and the Miller sisters Sell Rossworn Kelly Trug. First part is a minstrel show followed by a city cabaret scene. Reserve seat demand signals a record crowd after 1100 attendees last April.
The Veterans Auxiliary Camp No 1 G A R hosted a Sunday afternoon event in the camp room at Frostburg with John Chambers Sr presiding. Music by Master Myer Abramson Marl James Edward Duffy Jr and others accompanied a talk by Prof William J Dailey on the group’s anniversary and purpose.
Swiss reports describe hand to hand combat between Italian and Austrian forces on the Doberdo plateau near Gorite bridgehead. The battle features bayonets knives and grenades as bombardment continues day and night with heavy casualties on both sides.
Ruwley K. Swayne manager of the Queen City Hotel returned from La Tuque Quebec with a 52 inch moose antlers black bear four beaver and other game. He hunted with a French guide spoke no English and noted snow depth and remote camps on the trip. The moose weighed about 1000 pounds and his bear hide and beaver were sent to Rochester for tanning.
Police note a string of thefts as a coal dealer on North Centre Street found his office ransacked and $10 missing after lunch. A McKeesport man with a Pennsylvania chauffeur license is suspected in a $20 theft at the Queen City garage where he had been seen loitering. John Morrissey returned to find a money shortfall. Kimmel and Dorr cafe on Baltimore Street was robbed between 1 and 2 AM with four quarts of ae reportedly taken.
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