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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
5
Nine corporations and ten individuals, all commissioned merchants in the city, were indicted by a Federal grand jury for conspiring to control foodstuffs in the District of Columbia under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Bench warrants issued. penalties up to 5000 dollars or one year imprisonment or both.
Thomas Lavin an 85 year old orchard worker, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor on Martin's Mountain near Consolidated Orchards three miles west of Spring Gap. Coroner Willian H Shaw filed a suicide certificate. Lavin returned from work with fellow employees and died on the mess house porch in view of over 100 witnesses. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
Four Kerbaugh Construction workers were trapped by a tunnel roof collapse between Magnolia and Hancock on the B& O cut-off. Attilio Maracolillo and Patsie Coloicco suffered head injuries, Alfonso Moralocci had a mashed ankle, and another man escaped with minor injuries. All are Italian. three were hospitalized in Martinsburg.
Cumberland fraternal groups including Jr. O U A M Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society seek special rail rates to attend Baltimore Centennial events. A Cumberland committee has pressed B&O and Western Maryland railroads and city officials for cheaper excursion fares. If accepted, several thousand Cumberland residents may join the Wednesday parade.
Getty Browning of Oakland has been appointed by the State Roads Commission as engineer in charge of constructing a new Baltimore bridge. The project is expected to cost a million dollars or more and will take at least a year to complete. Browning is visiting Oakland with his parents, Mr and Mrs R T Browning.
J W Arnold R H Hopkins and C E Taylor of the State Board of Health representing the food and drug department all of Baltimore investigate ice cream made and sold in Cumberland Frostburg and other county towns. They will report findings through Max J Colton city health officer.
Ray Teters is held for the October grand jury in $3000 bail, while Aaron Teters and Don Cunningham are held in $500 each, following a hearing for the shooting of Louis Lee near Job, West Virginia.
An E. M. FP roadster with Maryland plate 5963 struck a horseback rider one mile west of Keyser, breaking the horse’s leg and forcing the driver to the ground. The rider had minor injuries. two occupants fled into the woods. Initial reports named George Fogtman of Cumberland, but his car was in overhaul. Chief Davis of Keyser investigates ownership.
Misses Ella Beamer and Helen MacKenzie hosted a lawn party at Miss Beamer’s Narrows Park home last night in honor of Miss MacKenzie’s visitors from Connellsville Pennsylvania. Mutdoor games followed by a reception in the music room featured vocal and instrumental music by guests. a late hour served reports. Attending were Inez and Hazel Tremberth, Margaret Walton, Lucena Buckholz, Mary Joe Buckholtz, Paul Vera Radigan, Helen Smith, Ellen and Gertrude Liiya, Maxie and Mary Pyle, Ethel Wise, Leah and Alelan Coulehan, Virginia Dixon, Mary Hendrickson, Marion Long, Coletta Seabolt, Margarite Ne Wille, Ella Beamer, Helen and Margarite MacKenzie, Anna Wadsworth, Amanda Collins, and Messrs Vincent Buckholtz, Frederick Walton, Herbert Lukens, John Shaffer, James Wise, Roberts Gibbs, Henry Rylan, David Pyre, John Miller, George Cook, William Engle, George Brown, Lloyd Keller, William Buchanan, Earl Buchanan, James Neville, Robert McMannis, Thomas McMannis, Clarence Jones, and Theodore Damm.
Secretary W H Baxley and W H Lewis plan to attend the interstate Y M C A secretaries conference in Terra Alta West Virginia tonight and tomorrow about fifty are expected Van Seoten invites secretaries from West Virginia Delaware DC and Maryland Ex Govenor Atkinson to open proceedings J R Seifert Charles Lippold and George Windermuth held on bond for October court appearance charged with motor vehicle law violations Charles Taylor and Dan Murray Magnolia fined for a late night fight at Kennewez Wholesale House arrested by Flannagan and Nolte fines unpaid lead to boiler room confinement
The mayor and city council meet this afternoon with the advisory committee to discuss paying liens. The session aims to decide on the proposed action and related steps.
During vacation periods The Cumberland Journal will mail the newspaper to subscribers at no extra cost. Call the office and the paper will follow you on your trip and keep you posted on local news while you are away.
Clarence Fisher of Baltimore defeats A. J. Gore of Washington 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-3 to win the second leg of the Allegheny Mountains tennis championship at Potomac club courts. Referees were Dr. Karl P. Heintz and Dr. F. A. G. Murray.
The Smoke Shop at 121 Baltimore street opened last night as a pocket billiard room and cigar store drawing an estimated 1,500 patrons. Owners W. T. Wolford & Son reported five busy tables and giveaways as the interior impressed visitors. Meanwhile M. G. Anderson faced City Magistrate John W. Heck over an unsanitary sewer complaint and was told to repair within a week. warrants exist for other violators.
An upcoming event plans a morning start and all day march through the city with groups forming along a central route. It features music from the early hours and promises a lively trade union display. The grocery area at 59 North Centre Street is involved for arrangements and contact via phones 385 or 386.
A party from Cumberland visited Lantz's cottage on Pat terson's Creek near Frankort West Virginia for a corn roast at camp. Attendees included Scott Kelso George Keiffer Myra Neff John Wolford Jr Aneva Walter Keller and others enjoying stories around the campfire with visiting Frankfort residents Jessie Wilson and family.
Delayed completion of the new front and improvement works by F. Kerber at North Centre 1 will push business opening to Friday in September. A notice will be provided.
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