City Faces Possible Two Month Police Protection Gap
The Cumberland city council warned a police protection shortfall could occur before fiscal year end. With $9,083.64 left in the police fund, maintaining the current force would require $11,913 for the remaining five and a half months, risking overdrawn funds and potential force reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Conneil
Hummelshire
Hummershime
Ferdinand Williams
Williams
Hummelshime
N. P. Pratt Laboratory
Atlanta
Aged Virginian Dies at Queen City Depot in Virginia
Edward W Collins 66 of Collinsville Va collapsed while purchasing tickets with his wife at Queen City depot to Springfield Illinois He died a few minutes later of heart trouble A family of Collinsville ties he planned to visit relatives in Springfield Ill and was to travel on Baltimore Ohio train No 3 His body to Winchester Va for burial Surviving relatives include wife children and brothers with ties across Virginia West Virginia and Illinoi
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Edward Wilson Collins
Collinsville
Queen City
Mr. Collins
William C. Collins
Willow Creek
Turner Collines
Keystone Hide Company
Eugene E. Collins
Independence Street
Collins
Ill
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Henry G. Sampsel
Thomas W. Koon
William H. Shaw
G. Stanley Butler
Winchester
Fred Collins
Center Street Church Raises Eight Thousand for Building Fund
Eight thousand dollars was raised Sunday at the Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church to liquidate indebtedness from building the Sunday school addition and other improvements. Collections were taken at morning and evening services after sermons by Rev. Joseph Krantz of New York. The response was generous with $504 promised by absent members in addition to the $8,000 raised. Rev. Mr. Kantz departed for New York that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Ices
Joseph Krantz
New York
Mr. Kantz
Gases Against City Officials Set for Trial November 5
Conspiracy charges against City Commissioners T A K Tummel shime and Ward M FBiehelberger and against H Bruce Hlummelshime plus a separate bribery case involving the payment of a balance alleged to be due Merrill Rueckgaber Company Britts Creek Water system contractors are scheduled for November 6 with witnesses summoned. The Wingert murder case in Washington county is set for November 4 and the city officials’ cases follow its conclusion. Governor Goldsborough’s appendicitis operation at Annapolis Saturday yielded a favorable condition.
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T. A. K. Tummelshime
Ward M. Fbiehelberger
H. Bruce Hlummelshime
Merrill-Rueckgaber Company
Britts Creek Water System
Washington County
John L. Wingert
Middlekauff
Willard Heads Railroad Inspection Tour Through Cumberland
President Daniel Willard of the B and O railroad, with officials, spent about a half hour in Cumberland at noon on an annual full inspection trip aboard a four car special train. Stops will be brief with few delays along the system. No decision was given in the chauffeur case against John Franklin, arrested for using his cut out after midnight. An Italian trackman Dominick Libertone was struck by trains at Paw Paw West Virginia and was treated at Allegany Hospital in Butler.
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Daniel Willard
Cumberland
J. W
Dominick Libertone
Paw Paw
W. Va
Flo
Kirk
Allegany Hospital
Butler
Local residents and visitors travel and court action updates
Mrs H L Smither and Mrs Claude Neale, relatives of Claude L Smither, left for Saluda Va after a week at his home. Albert A Doubs and Willam C C Deveeman head to Annapolis to argue Henry J Glick v Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway before the Court of Appeals. John G Wiebel returns from New York and eastern cities. W W Anderson Jr of the Baltimore Star visits to report on the Republican political scene. Mr and Mrs C W Willison return from Fontetone area. Mrs Edith Fowler embarks on an Eastern tour. M H McCabe of Paw Paw W Va visits. Local police officials depart for Baltimore to testify in the Marapodi White Slave Case.
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H. L. Smither
Claude Neale
Claude L. Smither
Saluda
Albert A. Doubs
Willam CC. Deveeman
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Henry J. Glick
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway
Benjamin A. Richmond
Appellee
John G. Wiebel
New York
Buffalo
W.W. ©. Anderson, Jr
Baltimore Star
C. W Willison
Decatur Street
Fontetone
Edith Fowler
M. H. McCabe
Paw Paw
W. Va
Thomas Fisenhauer
George Flanagan
Nichols
Capt. Hardy
Baltimore
Plans Complete for F and S Banquet at Central Y M C A
The Father and Son banquet is set for tomorrow night at the Central Y M C A. Admission costs 25 cents per boy with 250 expected to attend. Albert E. Roberts of New York will speak, joined by W Knowles Cooper of Washington D C. The event runs from 7 to 9 30 and invites guardian guests for deceased or away fathers.
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Central Y. M. C. A
Albert BE. Roberts
New York
International Y. M. C. A. Rural and Boys
W. Knowles Cooper
Washington, DP. C
Cooper
Trained Nurses Wed in Martinsburg Double Ceremony
John A. Staley a Baltimore and Ohio engineer from Pittsburg and Miss Mary Louise Remsburg of Watfordburg Pa wed at Martinsburg with J E Welch of Columbus Ohio and Miss Bertha J Hite of Bloomery W Va They are graduates of City Hospital Martinsburg and were joined by Rev E W Meeks in a Methodist Episcopal ceremony Welch works for a Providence jewelry firm.
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John A. Staley
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Mary Louise Remsburg
Watfordsburg
Hancock
J. E. Welch
Columbus
Ohio
Bertha J. Hite
John W. Hite
Bloomery
W. Va
Martinsburg
City Hospital
E. W. Meeks
Methodist Episcopal Church
Welch
Providence
P. E. convention meets in Baltimore
The Rev W W Shearer rector of St Matthew's Oakland and Mrs Shearer with child travel to Baltimore to attend the Maryland Diocesan convention at Christ Church The Rev William Cleveland Hicks of Emmanuel Church plans to depart tomorrow All Episcopal clergymen in the county will attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Shearer
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Oakland
Donations for War Orphans and Local Activities
Community drives raise gifts for the U S Christmas Ship to Europe with clothing donations and candy sales by Allegany County High School girls. The Y M C A Glee Club rehearses under Frederick Foster Snow and enforces attendance rules. James Britt, recently confined to Allegany County Asylum, has wandered off. Fort Cumberland Lodge Elks No 176 plans a banquet and dance at the Eagles building with Edward Clark in charge.
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Europe
Just Government League
Bedford Street
Allegany County High School
Baltimore Street
U. S
Glee Club
Y. M. C. A. Glee Club
Association Building
Frederick Foster Snow
Colored Elks
Fort Cumberland Lodge
No. 176 of
Eagles’ Building
Mechanic Street
Edward Clark
Moose Hunting Trip Ends in Canada for Swayne and Carter
Rawley K. Swayne general manager of the Queen City Hotel and Capt. Hill Carter of Baltimore returned from a Canadian moose hunting expedition. Seven hunters, eight moose dispatched, antlers span 46 and 44 inches, moose weights from 700 to 1200 pounds. Thirty two quarters of meat shipped to Fort William, guides and club ties noted. Trophy head mounted at Swayne’s North Mechanic Street home.
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Rawley K. Swayne
Queen City
City
Hill Carter
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wilds
Canada
Carter
Fort William
Mr. Swayne
Capt
Keekeek Club
Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Swayne
Circuit Court Criminal Docket Taken Up Today
The circuit court reconvened after a one week adjournment for ABA meetings. Oliver Maxwell pleaded guilty to forging a $13 check and requested leniency. parolled on liquor abstinence and debt payment under advisement. Charles E. Smith and Charles Johnson were found guilty of larceny. John E. Mallett stands trial. Dominic Lopizzo robbery case involved three defendants with Lloyd Pharr facing cocaine possession charges.
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American Bar Association
Washington
Robert R. Henderson
Martin L. Keedy
Hagerstown
Oliver Maxwell
Silas Wise
Ferdinand Williams
Maxwell
Williams
Hartman
Keedy
Charles E. Smith
Charles Johnson
John E. Mallett
W. Carl Richards
Harry R. Kennelly
Dominic Lopizzo
Lloyd Pharr
William C. Walsh
George Henderson
For Sale Local Coal and Equipment Advertisements
Big Vein coal best quality ten or five ton options. Inquiries invited by The Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Manufacturing Company. Also selling one horse wagon Progress Brine Ice Cream freezer complete Salt and Ice freezer complete Two horse Dynamo direct current Brine Pump shafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Hydraulic, Cement and Manufacturing Company
Progress
Sixth District vote forecast from Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun notes Republican leaders in the Sixth District claim a narrow win by 1800 to 2000 votes. It highlights Frederick N. Zihlman as the GOP candidate and recalls Davy Lewis’s past upsets despite Republican registration advantages. Democratic allies express equal confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick N. Zihlman
Davy” Lewis
Baltimore Sun
Death of Christopher Mattingly Near Zanesville Ohio
Relatives report the death Saturday of Christopher Mattingly at his home near Zanesville Ohio. He was about 85, a native of the country who settled in Ohio as a young man sixty years ago. He was a brother of Henry E Mattingly of Narrows Park and the late James T Mattingly of South Cumberland.
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Christopher Mattingly
Zanesville
Ohio
Mattingly
Mr. Mattingly
Henry E. Mattingly
Narrows Park
James T. Mattingly
South Cumberland
Widow and Large Line of Descendants Survive Him
A local obituary notes a widowed man with numerous other relatives in the vicinity and a large line of descendants surviving him.
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Philadelphia
Jefferson Street
Hyerman
Schriver
J. C. Crogan
Third Street
Grand
Arch Streets
Fichelbenger
Queen Dny Station
Illinois
Mr Collins
John T. Helsley
Berkeley Springs
Edgar Collins
Bunker Hill
Belle Hutsler
Inwood
Thurman Collins
Buffalo Hart
Myrtle Gray
Siler
Clyde Collins
Charles P. Collins
Collinaville
Goldsborough
President Willard
P. E. Convention
James Britt
Allegany County Asylum
Canadian
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Bricker’s Beehive T
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Em Scompany Ational Oa
Endogl
Ee Company
Hs Long
Commening and Corp Who
Act of Assembly
Victrola
Victor Victrola
Fere
Frederick’s Victrola Club
W. Fr. Frederick
Baltimore St
Peter &. Wright
Baltimore Avenue
Miller’s
Jily
Arlington Hotel
W. A. Liller
Keyser
Clarksburg
Clarkshoro
National Standard Ice Cream Co
Centre
Chalmers
Jbly
Virginia Avenue
3Rd St
3Rd National
Cumberland Street
Maryland Theatre
Presa
United Observatory
Walter Powell&sons CO
Va. Ava
Balto
United and Guaranty Company
Maryland
J. H. Holzshu & CO
Science
Howard Street
Lile
Bsh and Door Co
Cumberland, Maryland
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