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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1914
Page
1
Baseball world series score by innings shows a contest between the Athletics and Braves. The readable fragment outlines innings and scoring pattern, indicating a late game push by one side. No further details are available in the OCR snippet.
Front dispatches report German forces reinforcing on the left flank near Roye and Lasigny and near Verdun as battles rage from Lille to the Channel. Ghent reportedly fell to German troops while Berlin claimed vast gains west of the Vistula and dominance in Polish territories. London announces a mutiny by Union South Africa forces under Colonel Maritz, with martial law proclaimed nationwide.
Paris dispatches say Lille has fallen to German forces after two weeks of heavy fighting. Reports indicate German columns moving toward Ostend and Ghent, with Allied forces screening and evacuations possible. Ostend’s defense tightens as civilians flee and shortages rise. Y. M. C. A. opening reception in the Central building concludes a busy week.
Philadelphia Braves beat Athletics 7 to 1 with 20 562 fans attending. Receipts and pools listed, totals to date show 163 086 dollars. Boston Braves win 6 to 4 in 12 innings and fourth game scheduled at Fenway Park.
The Gazette De Holland publishes a formal list of German war contributions on French and Belgian towns and Belgian provinces. Antwerp 100,000,000 Brussels 40,000,000 Liege province 10,000,000 Louvain 20,000 Lille 1,440,000 Armentiers 100,000 Mons 140,000 Roubaix Tourcoing 200,000 Termonde 200,000 Brabant province 9,000,000 Ghent 20, Amiens 200,000. Total 161,320,000.
Mineola New York October 13 The trial of Mrs Florence Conlin Carman for the murder of Mrs Louise Batley will begin Monday with Nassau County District Attorney Lewis J Smith leading. The start was delayed from today due to a legal holiday. Carman has recovered from illness and is reportedly in good spirits.
A large Fenway Park crowd watches the fourth game of the world series between the Braves and Athletics. The Athletics seek victory to stay alive. loss ends their championship bid. Weather is sunny, chilly and windy. Attendance around 36,000. betting 6 to 1 Braves, 5 to 4 on today’s Braves win. Lineups include Murphy, Oldring, Collins, Baker and McInnis for the Athletics. Gowdy, Rudolph and Maranville for the Braves.
New York Oct 13 Chevalier van Rappard Netherlands minister in the United States says Holland will defend its neutrality at all costs. He notes 30000 troops cost about 600000 daily and that refugees and Germans interned border enforcement will continue. He cites Dutch measures to block supplies to Germany and mentions a man punished for attempting to move seven sacks of matt across the border. London and British ships may stop Dutch vessels for contraband.
London reports a Rome dispatch saying Russians abandoned the siege of Przemyśl in Austrian Galicia to seek a strategic position against the Austro German army. Vienna telegrams cite Austro German relief of Przemyśl and pursuit by Allied forces. many towns returned to Austrian administration.
Announcement states nearly 200 firemen and brakemen on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad third division will become extra engineers and conductors after an examination. Division Examiner W. J. Lavelle will oversee the process, which begins immediately and covers workers from both east and west ends of the division.
Washington reports progress on day one of the Mexican constitutional convention at Aguascalientes. Carranza Villa and Zapata delegates participate. Villareal chairs with Robles and Natera as vice chairs. Delegates must command 1,000 men or be identified with the Constitutionalist movement. A proposal favors a commission form of government to ease elections.
In Martinsburg West Virginia Senator Gray Silver promotes a buy a barrel of apples program inviting Southern cotton growers to swap apples for cotton. He says Berkeley county has 2 crop or 400 000 barrels and urges chambers of commerce to arrange exchanges to aid both orchardists and cotton producers.
Reports to the state board of control show a notable drop in inmates across penitentaries, reformatories, and insane asylums. At Moundsville Penitentiary 48 discharged and eight received. Industrial School saw 9 boys admitted and 25 paroled. girls’ industrial school admitted seven and paroled seven. Weston Hospital for the insane received 41 and discharged 32. Spaces asylum had 16 admitted and 18 discharged.
An advertisement urges clipping coupons and sending 1 percent to The Press office to receive a complete record of facts leading to the present European war. It touts limited supply and offers Cal Zaag for taxi or touring car day.
After six months of anxious waiting Rev Dr Frank T Lattie pastor Arnutt Memorial Church Batinsore and district committee chairman announced the next annual Methodist Protestant Church conference would be held in Rhode Island Avenue Washington DC confirming the Maryland Conference plans.
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