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■ uiuific, uclt;u view, was biruuiv uyI an automobile driven by William B. I Cooney, of Rising Sun, and instantly I killed The child had just steppedI out of a lane, near its home, onto the■ road when the machine was but a few I feet away. Mr. Cooney, in order to I avoid striking the child, ran his carI into a side fence, but failed to saveI the little one. Coroner Magraw sum' I moned a jury, which gave a verdict I of accidental death, exonerating Mr. I Cooney of any blame.I Frederick. — The twelve-year-old I daughter of Mrs John Aumen, near I Woodsboro, was horribly lacerated I about the face when she was bitten I by a dog alleged to be owned by I Oliver Baker, of near Woodsboro, The I child had accompanied her mother to I the home of a neighbor and was at* I tacked by the dog, which accompanied I Baker. It is said the animal rushed I in from the State road, sinking its I teeth in the cheek of the girl. The I cheek of the child was laid open, the I hone showing in places. The condi-I tion of the victim is seriousI Annapolis.—A board of naval offi*I cers convened here to begin an in-I veatigatfon of the “disgraceful con* I duct” of scores of midshipmen at Phil* I adelphia November 25, following the I .Army-Navy football game. The board, I consisting of Rear-Admiral A. H. I Robertson, Rear-Admiral S. S. Robin-I son, Capt. J T. Tomkins, is responsi*I ble only to the Secretary of the Navy | It Is charged with “fixing responsibil*I ity for the lack of supervision over I the midshipmen at the midshipmen’s I ball/* at which, it is alleged liquor I flowed in copious quantitiesI Baltimore.—Alvin M. Owsley, na»I tional commander of the American I Legion, in an address before the Mont-I faucon Post Sunday called for a united I stand of the Legion against the re*I lease of political prisoners and against I recognition of the Russian Govern-I ment. “There Is,” he declared, “a I great wave of radicalism abroad which I you and I must do everything to I check. Whether this radicalism is because the tensfon of the war has been let down, or because unemployment, or both, It Is nevertheless a serious fact.Hagerstown. — The local Circuit Court was thrown into an uproar \ when Adolphus Dickens, indicted for j larceny, attacked State's Attorney D. i Angle Wolfinger. Dickens was finally j ! overcome by court attendants as he ( lunged toward Mr Wolfinger the sec- j ond time. Dickens was being ques* j tioned at the lime concerning some automobile tires be is alleged to have stolen. A physician who examined Dickens later declared that the nervous strain of the two days’ trial was too much for the prisoner and that his nerves bad snapped The State’s Attorney will not prefer charges against Dickens because of the attack.Hagerstown.—The death of Roy DI-sert, 27 years old, cashier at the Pennsylvania Railroad freight depot in this I city, at the Washington County Hospital, brought the death toll as a result11 of the fire which destroyed the depot j Wednesday night up to two Disort was one of the three employes who were burned when they attempted to extinguish the blaze Leslie Rotz, 27 years old, freight hill clerk, was dead when taken from the building by fire- j men H D. Harvey, demurrage clerk, is still in a serious condition at the 11 hospital, but is reported improved Disert and Rotz are believed to have ! I I inhaled flames when a sheet of fire lt;I enveloped the interior The blaze is j I• itnnAc a/1 f a lioon on 11 c a /I litf tlin » I
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Democratic Messenger
Snow Hill, Maryland, US
Sat, Dec 09, 1922
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