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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1915
Page
6
A veteran artist explains leaving stage life for film work sparked by a desire to broaden artistry and reach wider audiences. She describes initial doubts, subsequent inspiration, and the transformative effect of performing before the camera in Hollywood with the Lasky Studio team.
Bedford Hills inventor Dr Barringer H Cox presents a waist worn wireless device for sending and receiving signals up to 18 miles. The system uses a compact receiver and a five cell sending box with a hidden transformer and leg cable to a shoe spur for battlefield use.
A new department for citizenship training was added to Pittsburgh Public Schools. It will meet five nights a week for 20 weeks and focus on English, American history, and civil government. Federal officials will file naturalization applicant names with the school, which will invite them to participate.
T H and Nina Frankhouser transfer property in McCoole to Foster PD and Vance Harrison for 375 dollars. The record notes the conveyance and the consideration.
Representative David J. Lewis asks Postmaster General Burleson to appoint Joseph Reading as Rockville Maryland postmaster replacing Wilfred S. Berry. Reading a former Rockville mayor and contractor was backed by Lewis after a personal survey, not by the Montgomery County State Central Committee.
R A Hoffmeister represents the Tri Towns Bureau of The Cumberland Press in a notice from the Cumberland Press network.
The nationwide Hupmobile service plan has proven practical as a growing number of owners take the opportunity to keep their cars in top condition through the company’s offered services.
A warning to drivers not to block fire hoses mentions police will act swiftly to ensure access to water. Fire crews need uninterrupted pressure and supply to fight blazes, and stopping a truck endangers lives and property.
A truck on the hose causes water to spray from the nozzle. Adjustments to the setup halt the flow, demonstrating a simple cause and effect.
The Queen City Garage announces a plan allowing fifty hours of service per Hupmobile owner. Customers pay via coupons, which are sent to the factory for redemption from a special Hupmobile service fund. Nearly all coupons to date have been redeemed, signaling strong uptake. The program covers service at any Hupmobile station across the United States and Canada.
Vital statistics for Cumberland week ending October 2 list births to multiple couples including Lee Fischer Moore Gross Harvey Brant Seifers Kunes Rees Moreland with dates in late September 1915. Deaths include Hettie Hussey Jno Noonan Drexel Squires Lillian Dibacci George Hopkins and Harry Groves with ages ranging from 9 months to 55 years.
Boston hosts extensive maneuvers to test coast defenses with destroyers, garrisons, and coast artillery from Portland Maine and Portsmouth New Hampshire. The drills seek to evaluate searchlight effectiveness and range determination as auxiliary government ships simulate battleships under naval command.
Labor delegates from across the United States and Canada converge in San Francisco for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters annual convention. The agenda includes better organization and improved working conditions for chauffeurs and stable employees.
The French war office said allied forces fell back slightly after hard fighting but the overall situation remained satisfactory. German HQ said the Argonne battle is proceeding well. Antwerp forts reported captured. Russia’s left wing defeated with 2,000 prisoners taken. Petrograd says Russians plan another invasion of East Prussia. Vienna says Serbians and Montenegrins retreating from Bosnia, which Belgrade denies. German forces engage with the French in the Belgian Congo.
The Arrow Rock dam on the Boise River near Boise Idaho was formally dedicated as the world’s highest dam and a major irrigation project by the United States Reclamation Service. The 1100 foot long 351 foot high structure cost 5 million and forms a lake nearly 20 miles long with water distributed across 243000 acres of Boise River valley farmland via an extensive canal network.
The higher court at Sandwich opens with the trial of William Respa, charged with conspiring to blow up Windsor armories and a Walkerville ammunition factory. The case hinges on testimony from William Lefler who identifies the accused as the ringleader.
A court links a group of German sympathizers to the Windsor and Walkerville blast. Lefler serves ten years in Kingston prison for complicity and Respa’s counsel plans to prove he was not in Windsor or Walkerville the night of the explosions.
Washington hosts a four day national defense conference to urge Congress to expand the navy army and National Guard along with fortifications ships guns submarines rifles and ammunition. Julius Kahn of California chairs the National Defense League with Senator Broussard of Louisiana as vice chair as veterans groups from the Grand Army of the Republic Spanish War Veterans and others participate.
The notice lists multiple couples granted marriage licenses including Charles Bruner and Edith Engle of Eckhart, Norman Gearhart and Vera Leilech of Dubois Pa, Clarence August and Lulu Myer of Avis Pa, Carter Godwin and Una Burley of Hendricks W Va, Gilbert Friend and Lula De Witt of Friendaville Md, Homer Galentine and Stella WN Wible of Greensburg Pa, James Borocz and Tiez Berk of Luke, George Kaiser of Baltimore and Sarah Ernest of Bedford Va, David Hoover and Diana McNeal of Huntingdon Pa, John Struntz and Henretta Costello of Frostburg, Walter Klingensmith and Stella Griffith of Connellsville.
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