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Cumberland Press

Location

Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1915

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Greek cabinet resigns as Vesizelos quits in Greece crisis

London reports the entire Greek cabinet resigning after Premier Vesizelos steps down amid lack of confidence. King Constantine seeks ways to avoid war as Bulgaria and Russia moves loom in the Balkan crisis with no Entente response yet on the Bulgarian question. Crown Prince George and Prince Nicholas rush to Salonika while German officers arrive in Sofia.

London Vesizelos Fowmen Amsterdam Peoples Gazette of Cologne Sofia Russia Radoslavoff Bulgaria George Prince Nicholas Saloniki Athens

Greek sentiment shifts toward pro German stance in war talk

In Athens and other Greek cities demonstrations erupt against the entente over Kawalla’s cession to Bulgaria. Citizens express bitter anti English sentiment while admiration for France remains. Venizelos papers warn, central powers gains boost pro German views as the Greek government reportedly records no protest.

Rotterdam Athens Kawalla Bulgaria Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant Kaiser Wilhelm British France Patris Hestia Friends of the Entente England Russia Italy

Child dies from burns in Imlertown home

Edna May Goodrich aged nineteen months daughter of Mrs Annie Heming of Imlertown near Bedford died from burns suffered while under the care of an elder child the mother was temporarily absent.

Edna May Goodrich Annie Heming Imlertown Bedford

Columbus Day Celebration Planned by Local Knights of Columbus

The Chief Justice Taney Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will stage a Columbus Day event on October 12 at the K of C Home on North Mechanic Street. A national figure willgive an address before a dance cards and a buffet luncheon. All Knights in the county are invited. Further details and the speaker name will be announced.

Taney Knights of Columbus K. of C North Mechanic Street

Mrs Amelia Beall Dies in Carlisle

Mrs Amelia Given Beall widow of Walter R Beall died yesterday in Carlisle Pa She was the last member of the Given family and a leading philanthropist in southern Pennsylvania She donated the Amelia S Given public library to Mount Holly Springs her native town Her husband a son of the late Alph eus Beall and brother of Mrs J W Scott Coch rane died about ten years ago They and Mrs Beall were former residents of Carlisle Mr Beall was a charter member of Cumberland Lodge No 63 B P O Elks

Amelia Given Beall Walter R. Beall Given Pennsylvania Carlisle Alpheus Beall J. W. Scott Cochrane Mrs. Beall Mr. Beall Cumberland Lodge Benevolent Protective Order of Elks

Robbers Loot Oakland Store In Weekend Heist

Chief Eisenhauer issued a lookout for robbers who broke into an Oakland store Saturday night and stole nine suits, five garment bags, shoes and jewelry. Suspects may be same ones who hit Charles Goodnow’s house and H. M. Cohen’s Cumberland street store Monday night.

Eisenhauer Oakland Charles Goodnow H. M. Cohen Cumberland

Keyser Rector Accepts Call To Wheeling

The Rev. Robert F. E. Strider, four years pastor of Emmanuel Episcopal Church Keyser West Virginia, accepts a call to St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Wheeling. He will begin his new rectorship the first Sunday in November. He is 28, from near Charlestown and will marry Mary Holroyd in Athens West Virginia on October 14.

Robert FE. Lee Strider Emmanuel Episcopal Church Keyser W. Va St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Wheeling Strider Episcopal Theological Seminary Alexandria University of Virginia Davis, Thomas, Douglas and Parsons Elkins R. Cary Montague Virginia Grace Church Elkina Charlestown Jefferson County Isaac Strider Mary Holroyd Athens

Explosion on U S Destroyer Injures Two Men

An explosion and fire aboard torpedo boat destroyer Cummings during war maneuvers off Newport Rhode Island wounded two sailors with oil burns. The ship headed to Newport for treatment while Navy officials withheld details to avoid aiding the enemy. Relatives will be notified with full information.

Newport R. I Cummings Washington, D. C Navy Department

German Question Settled Opens Path to British Settlements

A settlement of the Arabic controversy clears the way for the American note to Great Britain on trade interference. President Wilson plans pressing Britain to modify orders in council as Germany-US tensions ease. Count von Bernstorff’s earlier draft lacked liability admission, but he promised to overcome objections after meeting in Washington.

Great Britain Wilson Germany Berlin United States Count von Bernstorff New York Lansing Washington

Cumberland Electric Railway Objects to Sand Grade on Baltimore Street

The Cumberland Electric Railway company objects to the sand grade used as a base for car tracks on Baltimore street from Centre to the B and O tracks. The condemned sand was replaced yesterday with a higher quality material.

Cumberland Electric Railway Company Baltimore Street Centre Baltimore and Ohio

President Wilson to Vote for State Suffrage in New Jersey

President Wilson announced he will vote for the suffrage amendment in New Jersey on October 19. He says he will vote as a private citizen, not as a party leader, and believes women should have the vote to extend their privileges and responsibilities.

Wilson Washington New Jersey

Runaway 13 Year Olds Sought In Canal Boat Case

Chief Eisenhauer reports two 13 year olds missing after leaving homes Monday night. Charles Cottrell Jr. of Williamsport Md is to be found on canal boat with a large chin cut. Roberto Cabanese of South Cumberland is also missing and believed to have departed on canal boat No. 50 under Capt. Robert Swain.

Eisenhauer Charles Cottrell Williamsport Charles Cottrel, Jr Young Cottrell Rober Do Cabanese South Cumberland Robert Swain

Lynch in Little Rock Photographed with Bryan and Heys

R W Lynch formerly secretary of the Central Y M C A has moved to Little Rock Ark to take the secretary role of the association His photo appears on the Arkansas Gazette front page October 1 beside William J Bryan and Governor George W Heys Bryan recently spoke on Warring Nations and the Proposed Loan.

Cumberland R. W. Lynch Central Y. M. Co. A Little Rock Ark Arkansas Gazette William J. Bryan George W. Heys Arkansas Bryan

Harrington and Weller Campaign Tour Across Maryland

Beginning today Harrington and Weller along with running mates will campaign hard for votes four weeks before the November election. They will speak in Baltimore at the Eleventh Ward Democratic Club with Albert Ritchie and Hugh McMullen. The itinerary includes Cambridge Centerville La Plata Upper Marlboro Prince Frederick Leonardtown Princess Anne and Crisfield with major gatherings and anticipated large turnouts.

Harrington Roads Weller Eleventh Ward Democratic Club Baltimore Eugene H. Beer Blair Lee Young Men's Lee League Lee People Albert C. Ritchie Fastern Shore Earl Mount Carmel Baltimore County Talbott Heflin Alabama Benson la Plata Charles County Upper Marlboro Prince George's Concord Club Daniell. Loden Fairmont Democratic Association James W. Lewis Prince Frederick Calvert County Leonardtown St. Mary’s County Bay Somerset County Princess Anne Crisfield White Hall Fair

McMullen Expense Accounts Filed in Primary

The clerk of the circuit court received expense accounts filed by Hugh A. McMullen the Democratic nominee for comptroller. Entries include an announcement fee 2760.20 to the Secretary of State and various expenses paid to political agents committees and individuals totaling 2329.26 for McMullen and 434.51 for funds from the Democratic State central committee Howard M. Fuller treasurer. Republican items list payments to J. S. Collins Benjamin Middleton James Chapman James Patterson Henry Fresh totaling 404.55.

Circuit Court Hugh A. McMullen Secretary of State RR. T. Browning James c. Shriver Democratic State Central Committee Allegany Howard M. Fuller Bd. PF. McMullen & Co J. C. Worfop Para Collins House of Delegates Benjamin F. Middleton James Chapman James Patterson Henry Fresh

Williams Named President of Carnegie Steel Co

Homer Williams, already general superintendent of the Dugasne Works in Pittsburgh, is named president of Carnegie Steel Co replacing A C Dinkey. The appointment announced by E H Gary chairman of United States Steel Corp which owns Carnegie as a subsidiary.

New York Homer Williams Pittsburgh Carnegie Steel Company A. C. Dinkey E. H. Gary United States Steel Corporation Carnegie Company

Memorial Stone to Mark Sidney Lanier’s Baltimore Grave

A grand memorial boulder with a relief sun effigy and a Lanier verse tablet will be placed over poet Sidney Lanier’s grave in Greenmount Cemetery Baltimore. The widow funded the public monument long discussed since his 1881 death.

Baltimore Sidney Lanier Lanier Greenmount

Fire Alarm At Historic Post Office Building

Central Fire Department responded to a blaze report on Mechanic street. Charles O Hara saw smoke from the old post office where shingles were being burned in the rear, while the Himmler property was being razed.

Central Fire Department Charles O'Hara Mechanic Street O'Hara Himmler

Pastors Pavor Anti War Creed for Pittsburgh Conference

A three months effort by a ministerial committee produced a declaration of principles opposing war with specific peace recommendations. The Pittsburgh Methodist Episcopal Conference will consider it at Christ Church and may send it to the general conference at Saratoga Springs next May for approval.

Pavor Pitsburgh Pittsburgh Saratoga Springs

Church Honors Faithful Servant in Half Century Service

In Fairbault Minnesota on October 6 Major William Milligant was honored for fifty years as sexton of the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour. Bishop McEwain presided and Bishop Mathews of New Jersey preached the sermon in a unique anniversary service.

Fairbault Minn Protestant Episcopal Church William Milligant Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour McEwain of Mathews New Jersey

Ohio Day at the Big Fair

Hundreds of former Buckeyes now living on the Pacific Coast joined in Ohio Day at the exposition in San Francisco October 6. Governor Frank B. Willis was officially represented but all formal ceremonies were dropped in favor of an old fashioned reunion at the Ohio State building.

San Francisco Cal

National electrical exposition and motor show opens in New York

The ninth annual exposition in New York showcases how the United States Government uses electricity for national defense. Exhibits, prepared with cooperation from Secretary Garrison and Secretary Daniels, illustrate electric applications in land, sea, air, and underwater warfare during the ten day event.

Secretary of War Garrison Secretary of the Navy Daniels

Monument Unveiling for General von Hindenburg in Berlin

In Berlin Konigsplatz near the column of victory a large von Hindenburg monument was unveiled in the presence of Princess August Wilhelm and other officials. A deputation from the Masurian regiment No 147, renamed Hindenburg, was warmly received amid a crowd, with a vast amount of wooden bridge scaffolding noted.

August Wilhelm von Hindenburg General von Hindenburg Konigsplatz Berlin Masurian Infantry Regiment No. 147 Masurian Lakes Hindenburg

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Constantine Balkans Greece Rumania Serbia Teutons Amelia Beall U.S Mrs. Trowbridge Calaway Spring Lake N. J Trowbridge Callaway Stuyvesant Fish Avel Benson Ritchie McMullen M’mullen H. A. Joyce Ritchie, McMullen Church Ohio
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