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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1915
Page
3
A detailed wartime performance sequence unfolds with acts including a trench-musician performer, a British Red Crown attendant singing, and a German soldier cobbler in khaki. Artful singing contrasts with advancing shellfire as audiences applaud amid bombardment and rain while the narrator reflects on courage and resilience.
A French Army trench performance for soldiers near Apremont continues despite shellfire. The improvised show features a pianist surgeon lieutenant, a clown with a wrist tag, a pink tights dancer, and a dragoon captain from a Parisian noble family.
Delegates to the Congressional Union women’s suffrage convention arrive in San Francisco for a three day session tied to the Panama Pacific Exposition. The event draws hundreds of prominent women from across the country. Exposition officials allocate two days for suffrage events and flags in purple white and gold flutter at the grounds. A luncheon for 800 marks the formal opening with notable women in attendance.
A nation wide search is underway for three men who killed Mrs Elizabeth Nichols of New York and stole gems valued at 10000 dollars. Owney Talas a household help in the Nichols home has confessed involvement and named the men to police.
Speeches from Montana to Nevada emphasized federal suffrage with women speakers from across the states. J H Graly of California, dubbed father of suffrage, was the lone male speaker at the luncheon as the convention opened.
Thousands of road boosters from the United States and Canada gather at the Municipal Auditorium in Oakland. Governor Johnson and Mayor Davie welcome delegates as George W. of the American Road Association and Fairfax Morrison of the American Highway Association preside. Delegates plan sessions through Friday on road and street construction, maintenance, and highway administration.
Baltimore observed Old Defenders Day with a municipal parade and carnival marking the Battle of North Point. The day highlighted the city’s growth and featured the formal opening of a new filtration plant.
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