Maryland Proposals for Constitutional Amendments 1915
Governor Goldsborough orders publication of multiple 1914 Maryland General Assembly acts proposing amendments to Articles III XV and XVI of the state constitution. The measures include creating Article XI A for parole and sentencing, establishing a referendum article, and chairing charter reforms for Baltimore and counties. The amendments await voter adoption at the November 1915 election with official ballot wording and procedures.
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Rn Assembly
Maryland
General Assembly
Weven
General Assembly of
State of
Baltimore
City of
Board of Election Supervisore
Ofaltimore
Charter Board
City Council
Sald
Hergin
Baltimore City
Balti
County Council
City of Baltimore
Legislative Department
Secretary of State
Phillips
Goldsborough
Germany Replies Expected On Arabic Question
Washington September 27 An unofficial rumor says Germany prepared an answer on the Arabic matter. Bernstorff advised the State Department that the reply would likely be received in ten days. The response was not expected before early next week. Secretary Lansing will not return from vacation until Germanys answer is en route. The recent submarine warning to ships adds reason to expect favorable Berlin action.
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Washington
Germany
Bernstorff
State Department
Lansing
Berlin
Cumberland Vital Statistics Week Ended September 25
Vital statistics for Cumberland lists births and deaths for the week. Births include multiple couples with newborns such as Locke, Swach, Meekins, Rinker, Frantz, Griminger, Wisner, Barrett, Wolverton, Owings, Shelby, Butler, Forback, Wright, Steinbaugh among others. Deaths cover Caroline Schaefer aged 76, Robert Miller Sizer aged 2, Alice Moore 4, John Lucian Myers 48, Virginia Hiteshew 73, Le Roy Engleka 20, Joseph Brown 2 months, Anna Males 32, Sarah Obaker 1, James Grant 83, Edna Stride 2 months.
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Frank F
Francis M. Lockenott
George J
Cora W Swach
Izah
Ada Meekins
Charles E
Cora Rinker
Ralph W
Grace Frantz
Bernard F
Mary A. Griminger
Clarence E
Norene Wisner
William H
Sophia Barrett
J. C
Vivia Wolverton
George and
Ethel Owings
Theodore
Mary Belle Shelby
John F
Lizzie Butler
Robert
Margaret Forback
Arthur and
Mary F. A. Wright
W. C. and
Edith Steinbaugh
Caroline Schaefer
Robert Miller Sizer
Alice Moore
John Lucian Myers
Virginia Louise Hiteshew
le Roy Engleka
Joseph Brown
Anna Louise Males
Sarah L. Obaker
James 8. Grant
Edna Stride
Maclay Shoe Company Organized Cumberland
New shoe firm Maclay Shoe Company of Cumberland receives certificate of corporation with 20000 capital to run a local retail trade. Offices and store to be on North Center street in the former Flurshhutz building. Directors are Cyrus C. Maclay Charles C. Neff Harry A. Pitzer George J. Schramm and W. V. Wilson. Officers: Charles C. Neff president Harry A. Pitzer vice president George J. Schramm secretary treasurer C. C. Maclay manager.
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New Shoe Company Incorporated
Maclay Shoe Company of Cumberland
North Center Street
Flurshhutz
Cyrus C. Maclay
Charles C. Neff
Harry A. Pitzer
George J. Schramm
W. V. Wilson
H. A. Pitzer
C. C. Maclay
One Year Ago in the War September 27 1914
A German aeroplane dropped four bombs on Paris killing one. Belgian forces evacuated Alost. German forces attempted to pierce the Allies left near Roye. Japanese forces captured fifty men and four machine guns at Tsingtau. Russians occupied Uzsec Pass and advanced through the Carpathians into Hungary. France denied Rheims cathedral as a military hospital site.
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Paris
Alost
Roye
Tsingtau
Uzsec Pass
Carpathians
Hungary
France
Captain Johnston Numbers Fame at Plattsburg Camp
Captain Gordon Johnston of the U S A is praised for identifying distinguished men by numbers at the dual Military Training Camp for Business and Professional Men in Plattsburg. He knows the rookies not by titles but by assigned numbers.
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Gordon Johnston
U.S. A
America
Plattsburg
Trade balance favors Spain in five months May 1915
On May 31, 1915 the balance of trade for the preceding five months favored Spain by 53,000,000 pesetas. The corresponding date in 1914 showed a deficit of 101,000,000 pesetas for Spain.
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Spain
Predicted Terrible Winter For Ireland By Bel Fast Woman
Frederick Maryland reports Miss McConnell of Belfast Ireland warned in a letter to Miss Alice White of Baltimore that Ireland faces severe hardship this winter. She cites bread prices rising and church aid keeping some from starving, with Belfast women opposing a so called Roosevelt movement seen as prolonging the war and drawing the U S into Europe.
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Frederick, Md
Ireland
Belfast
Roosevelt
Miss McConnell
United States
Miss McConnel
Starlin McConnell
Waterloo
Carranza Soldiers Clash With Americans At Border
Brownsville reports three hundred ununiformed Carranza troops engaged American forces near the border during a tense incident, as officials investigate the clash and its implications.
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Brownsville
Carranza
Fatal Joy Ride Tragedy In Columbia Mine
In the Consolidation Coal Company Columbia mine east of Clarksburg yesterday Stanley Rock 19 a car loader was crushed beneath a 10 ton electric motor during a pleasure ride James Archeck another worker was jailed to await investigation and held as a suspect in the incident
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Consolidation Coal Company
Columbia
Clarksburg
Stanley Rock
James Archeck
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Board of Countest Missioners
County
Che Elty
General Ansgener
Secretary of
House of Representatives
Annapolis
Robert P. Graham
Cumberland Vital Statistics
Cumberland
Captain Gordon Johnston
Press
Tex
the Cumberland Brewing Co
The
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Gest
William Hamilton Osborne
Pathe
Lillian Lorraine
William Courteleigh, Jr
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