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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
5
War bulletins report Italy will stay neutral unless its vital interests are threatened or an unforeseen development occurs. Ambassador Di Lellere said Italy has remained neutral thus far and has heard nothing from Rome that would change that policy.
In Weisgaber's saloon at Westernport about 10:30 pm on Wednesday Jesse Adams colored 20 is jailed for the shooting. An Italian man died, another Italian wounded, and Pete Rankin of Westernport was shot in the shoulder. Adams says he was robbed two weeks earlier and sought the man. he fled when confronted. Sheriff Harry Irvin transported him to Cumberland. state officials opened an inquiry and the grand jury may be recalled.
The damage suit by William Connor and Martha Connor against John Freithof over their son Charles H. Connor’s death from a runaway horse near the Six Mile House on the National Pike is heard in the circuit court with jurors yet to reach a verdict. Plaintiffs’ attorney Finley Henrickson. defendant’s Austin A. Wilson. Also, George Greenhorn vs Allo pany County road directors for 10000 dollars ended with a verdict for the defendants. attorneys D. J. Blackiston P. C. Barnes for plaintiff and Walter C. Capper for the road directors.
The W. C. T. U. meets at Mrs C. C. Willison's home 328 Green Street on Friday evening October 16 at eight o'clock.
Mrs M Gerschwyler of Rapid City South Dakota said a Milan bound train carried Zulu warriors en route to join the Allies in Northern France. J N Taub of Houston Texas reported women were running streetcars and delivering mail in Budapest. Mrs Cossio the new secretary to the apostolic delegate in Washington was aboard.
Michael Gogle and wife sell to Ray mond D Frantz and Ralph W Frantz a parcel on Maryland avenue Cumberland for 10 dollars. John Sloan and wife sell to Benjamin Wilkes and wife a parcel at Lonaconing for 250 dollars. Westernport Real Estate and Improvement Co sells to John P Miller Charles Miller and William Miller a parcel at Westernport for 10 dollars.
Margaret Cunningham aged one year five months and eighteen days died this morning at her parents home 28 Emily Street Funeral services will be held Saturday at the house followed by burial in St Patrick s cemetery Undertaker Stein in charge
London reports Portugal will begin partial mobilization tomorrow though not yet at war with Germany. Lisbon sources say Portugal may join Britain if war comes and German envoys in Lisbon prepare to depart for Madrid. Congress to vote mobilization on October 16.
Miss Edna Blanche Showalter, celebrated coloratura soprano, gives a recital at the Central Y M C A. She has just returned from England where she sang well in concert and plans a spring return for an extended tour. Her U S and Canada recital circuit covers 140 principal cities and features operatic arias, classics, American songs, and familiar airs.
The W. M. Muncaster residence at Washington street and Brooks avenue is nearly finished with only minor touches needed. Architect E B Childs of 29 Broadway New York reports progress and praise for the exterior done by 8S Phillips of Cumberland. The 25 room home with five baths is set to be among Western Maryland’s finest.
A landslide hit the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal today likely closing the canal temporarily. Ships in the passage could not complete transit as slides occurred on both sides from Gold and Contractors hills. Colonel Goethals and officials rushed to arrange relief for ships and traffic resumption.
Washington dispatches say peace in Mexico should come within days with a provisional president from Calderon Villareal or Edardo Pay. General Carranza has stepped aside from provisional leadership and may withdraw as a candidate for the presidency.
Captain Kolhange of the Belgian steamer Sam land says his Antwerp home was destroyed by a German shell after the fort attack began. His wife and two children fled to London, then to England, while more shells struck the house.
London reports Ostend evacuation and hears heavy firing near Dunkirk signaling fighting close to the coast. The Times warns the public to prepare for possible home attacks as naval defenses hold but landing is feared.
Johnstown dispatch reports one dead and one badly hurt in a Somerset county crash on the state road near Buckstown. Victim John Gross of McKeesport, 70, owned a McKeesport grocery. Injured Charles Werner of McKeesport faces possible death with a dislocated shoulder and multiple fractured ribs. Vehicle owner J W Hoagland of McKeesport directs an art store and was driving toward Paw Paw West Virginia when the crash occurred. A fourth passenger Jacob Elder of McKeesport suffered minor injuries.
Baltimore observes the three day golden jubilee of the House of the Good Shepherd with Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop O Connell, Bishop Corrigan and about 1000 priests attending the opening rites. Pontifical high mass led by Bishop Corrigan with sermon by Bishop O Connell. papal benediction given by Cardinal Gibbons on Benedict XV’s mandate.
Leo M. Frank, sentenced to death for the 1918 murder of Mary Phagan, had a fifth bid for a retrial rejected by the Georgia Supreme Court. The court ruled the newly discovered evidence insufficient. another appeal remains pending from a lower court ruling. Arguments on that appeal are anticipated in about two weeks.
McMullen Bros announce a Saturday dollar sale with dramatic values in every section. The ad promises remarkable savings under the slogan One Dollar Sale and urges readers not to miss the chance to save.
New York Oct 15. Alexander Berkman, the anarchist leader, predicted today that an uprising is not far distant.
Ruth Mce Cullough a 20 year old snake charmer and Clarence McCormick 18 of Lancaster Missouri were arrested in Chicago on charges of murdering I. W. Mellott a wealthy Hedrick Iowa farmer on October 6. Police say they confessed in writing and the motive was robbery. They were about to be evicted for unpaid rent when captured. robbery yielded $23. McCormick claimed to shoot to fund marriage after a promised divorce.
Personal notices list multiple couples joining in marriage or in common-law unions with pairings including Ida Schrg and others from Greenstreet, Charles Felix Strong with Minnie Northcraft, Charles Turney with Mary Parr, Vincent Orazi with Pasqualine Rag iella, and many more across Greensburg Connellsville Cumberland Uniontown Martinsburg and surrounding areas.
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