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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1915
Page
1
Omaha dispatch reports a two million dollar bridge at Lane Cut-off on the Union Pacific over the Vappiv Valley ablaze with one section destroyed and workers battling to save the remainder as dawn breaks.
Avon California Nov 29 wireless reports a hotel blaze endangers guests at Grand View Hotel. High winds fueled flames that consumed Hotel Metropole nearby, with no known casualties. Steamer Harmosa aided via wireless call. Property losses run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
London reports French steamships Algerien and Omar and British vessel Tanis sunk by submarines. Algerien missing 29, eight rescued and one body recovered. Tanis crew reported landed. Omar crew believed saved.
Joliet Illinois November 29 1923 Chicken Joe Campbell found guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of Mrs Edmund Allen wife of the ex warden of the local penitentiary The jury recommended the death penalty Campbell had been a life trusty prior to the verdict
Henry Kolb, a baker at the Queen City Hotel, received a fake telegram claiming his wife Pearl shot herself in Pittsburgh. A second telegram from police said the first was fake. Mrs Kolb had lived with him on Knobley Street and later vanished with over $1,200. Detectives were assigned in Pittsburgh. Police later concluded the affair was a scheme to extort money.
The suit by Harry C. Reger and Charlies Cage ex police against the Cumberland Daily News seeks 10000 dollars for alleged libel over a published report of an arrest and improprieties in the Cumberland police. Witnesses include W W Brown and several city officials and officers. The two cases will be heard by a jury in Hagerstown this afternoon.
Baltimore is in a prosperous wartime boom as machine shops around the city convert to munition production. Major firms have expanded plants and hired thousands, with payrolls now topping 3 million dollars monthly due to war orders from Europe.
Rome reports Austria is trying to conclude a separate peace, though no official confirmation exists. The Tribune cites the claim without corroboration from government sources.
Athens reports a government authority says Greece will accept any terms named by the Allies in the Balkan situation as long as Greek neutrality is not compromised.
Henry Ford arrived in Detroit amid feverish preparations for launching his peace ship set to sail on Saturday.
The Inter State Commerce Commission today held the proposed bituminous coal rate increase of about ten cents justified, surpassing the increases granted in the recent western rate advance case.
Mrs Marion Rafferty aged four died at Tunnelton West Virginia Sunday. Daughter Mrs Charles Miller of Centre Street will host the funeral at her Prestburg home after the body arrives this afternoon.
Lord Kitchener landed in Paris at 5 40 am from Rome where he met government heads for talks to be repeated in Paris. British and French representatives met him. Rumors of his removal from the British cabinet were denied and his stay length is unknown.
Overflow crowd of 2500 attended the Central YMCAs Sunday concert directed by Frederic Foster Snow at the Maryland Theatre. The Men's Glee Club Ladies Choral Society and Madrigal Club performed with Bertha Gailey Jacobs soloing, encored after "Consider and Hear Me" and "Oh Lord Thou Hast Searched Me Out." Accompanist Rebekah H Otto and violin solo by Alvin R Serf highlighted the program.
Cumberland Lodge No 63 B P of Elks holds its annual memorial at the Maryland Theatre next Sunday. D Lindley Sloan will deliver the principal address with Geo Laula Eppler as the eulogist. Music features include Miss Mary Huber and John Charles Ussher soloists from Pittsburgh, and the Maryland Theatre orchestra.
Captain T. R. Palmer of Company G, First Regiment, Maryland National Guard, today denied a report that his unit would be mustered out at year’s start. Word from Hagerstown suggested the local company would be broken up to form another unit, but Palmer calls the claim news to him.
A. Bennington, salesman for Apex Medicine Manufacturing, reports a theft of a satchel containing checks and notes worth 6200 from a car in front of the company offices on a Sunday early morning. Assistant Chief Nicely traced two suspects to Red Rock above the Narrows, where they reportedly boarded an eastbound freight train. A reward is offered for the return of the papers, valuable only to the owner.
The Canadian government seizes 15,000,000 bushels of wheat at Great Lakes and eastern Canadian elevators, fixes export rules and prices, aiming to control supply. The move disrupts Chicago futures and could impact U S grain shipments and markets. The seizure is linked to British needs and does not cover Western provinces.
A big addition to the White Way opening parade is an automobile section with 35 cars. City officials and staff will ride with banners on a motor track. The procession begins at 10 o'clock on Bedford street and travels along several streets to Park street, where it joins the main parade. A dinner follows at 5:30 p.m. at the Maryland Lunch Room. Tickets cost fifty cents, and committee members invite applications before December 2.
The Advent season opens worldwide in Catholic and Protestant Episcopal churches as a time of fasting and preparation for Christ. Origin traces to the fourth century with church law in the sixth. dates vary from the Sunday near St. Andrew to Christmas, spanning four Sundays and marking the ecclesiastical year. Te Deum and Gloria are limited at mass except on feasts, and violet vestments are worn except on the third Sunday.
Over 300 Knights attended vesper at St Patrick's Church. Rev Charles O'Hara, newly elected council member, preached on The Catholic Church of Today. Fourth degree Knights acted as a bodyguard for Rev Father Nic as the group marched from Carroll hall to the church.
Halonika reports refugees on the Albanian trail suffer hunger and cold as they trek from Briverend to Monastir seeking shelter. Women and children trudging without food face blizzards, with corpses seen along the route. Families of French British and Russian ministers to Serbia are said to be among those in distress.
Mrs Victoria Leonard and her sons Joseph and John Leonard sue the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 25000 claiming Joseph Leonard died after being struck by train 51 in Connellsville. They allege he was removed from train 66 at Main Street for unpaid fare and later reboarded. The coroner's jury found accidental death with no liability.
State Senator Fred N Zihiman and Capt Phil Roman head the White Way parade with ten mounted aides assisting. No vehicles except decorated or feature builds allowed. masqueraders at Grand Masque Ball must join the parade. No torches or fireworks and no disorderly persons. Fraternal orders and others must notify Secretary P W Blake by Friday evening Dec 3.
Eight inmates fill the Allegany county jail as sheriff-elect Peter C McFarland prepares to assume charge Wednesday. He will likely swear in tomorrow. Deputies will be Peter McFarland Walter W Clay and Anthony Harvey with duties rotating at the jail and for the juvenile court. Retiring Sheriff Irvine and deputies step away from future duties.
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