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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
7
President Wilson issues the annual Thanksgiving proclamation designating November 26 as a day for Thanksgiving and prayer. The text highlights peace, national unity, moral purpose, economic resilience, and calls for charity and cooperation amid war and global changes.
A Washington federation of barbers exists while California olive crops are valued at 2 million dollars. British Columbia seeks American furniture imports. Missouri studies a workingmen’s compensation act with a state industrial commission. German factory laws rely on industrial inspectors and police. Tobacco workers in Wilkes-Barre gain a fifty four hour week. Night work by children remains banned in thirty six states. President Gompers helps unite Chicago steam shovel unions.
Tokio reports Chinese authorities have sent the crew of the German torpedo boat 890 to Nanking and ordered them to stay there for the war's duration. The German minister in Pekin protests as unjustifiable and demands their release.
Britain employs 600000 on railways while US electric lines count 282461. Kansas City hosts a joint freight billing bureau for all lines. The 12.5 mile Canadian Pacific tunnel in the Selkirks will be the hemisphere’s longest and be electrified. Canadian railways move army supplies to Europe with Liverpool and London as major ports. Southern Railway groups display educational exhibits across nine state and general fairs in the Deep South.
Carolina South Carolina Virginia, Western territory tariffs rectified to address income declines and rising costs. Interstate Commerce Commission advised railways on meeting tariffs west of Chicago St Louis and the Mississippi to reduce inconsistencies in freight and passenger rates.
The American Red Cross will dispatch a hospital unit of three surgeons and 12 nurses and 20,000 pounds of absorbent cotton to Dr Edward W Ryan directing relief on the Austrian Serb border. Servians face severe medical shortages and suffering.
The reader is urged to watch Friday's issue of The Press for a forthcoming item sure to please every family member. The teaser hints at broad appeal and encourages audience interest.
First Frostburg to Cumberland at 6:00 am with stops Eckhart Charysville Red Hill Long's Narrows Park arriving Cumberland 7:00 am. Hourly service to Cumberland last 11:00 pm. Frostburg to Baltimore street Cumberland 7:00 am first car, Narrows Park Long's Red Hill M larysville Eckhart. Frostburg to Westernport starts 6:00 am from Frostburg with last 11:00 pm. connections at Frostburg. Westernport to Frostburg begins 6:30 am with hourly runs to 11:30 pm. All cars east and west connect at Frostburg. J B E Taylor Superintendent.
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