Election pay bill dies in Senate and liquor sanction fails
A Frederick county measure to raise penalties for selling liquor and increase election official pay dies in the Senate. The liquor bill faced a filibuster while the Ramsburg compensation measure failed to reach a vote, likely restoring pay to pre 1920 levels of five dollars a day for election officials.
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House
Senate
William B. Catshall
Temperance Committee
ines
House of Correction
Frederick county
House of Delegates
Claggett E. Ramsburg
Ramsburg
Board of County Commissioners
Former Frederick woman captures a burglar in house
Mrs. Herman Ordeman formerly Miss Beth Bowers of this city now living in New Brighton Staten Island recounted her April 1 incident in which she thwarted a burglar who forced entry, kept him talking until help arrived, and had him jailed. Her act has brought local notoriety and movie interest near her mother Mrs Harry W. Bowers at Clarke Place. Mr and Mrs P E Kefauer returned from a business trip to New York City.
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Herman Ordeman
Beth Bowers
St. Marks’ Place
New Brighton
Statten island
Ordeman
Harry W. Bowers
Clarke
Frederick City Supervisors of Elections Form Team
The Frederick City Supervisors of Elections G Edward Schell Charles F Brenner and Geo T Schroeder qualified at the Clerk of Court office Tuesday afternoon The board then elected Schell president Kennedy clerk and Smith attorney They planned general registration and noted judges and clerks of election will be appointed soon.
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Frederick City
G. Edward Schell
Charles F. Brenner
Geo. T. Schroeder
J. Harry Kennedy
Edward J. Smith
Frederick City Census Reveals Shifting Racial Makeup 1910 to 1920
The 1920 Frederick census shows the population at 11 086 up from 10 411 in 1910. Whites native to the city rose to 9 224, while foreign born and mixed race whites and Negroes declined. Negro numbers fell from 1 468 to 1 236 and illiterates over 14 decreased from 443 to 316. The report notes more females than males and dwelling growth from 2 394 to 2 626 with 2 463 families in 1920.
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Frederick city
Frederick
Austria
Canada
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Greece
Holland
Ireland
Italy
Jaro-Slavia
Poland
Rumina
Russia
Scotland
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales
Judgment for plaintiff in Long versus Waesche suit
A judgment was rendered in favor of Russell Long for 286 dollars against Leonard R Waesche. The February term before Judge Glenn H Worthington found Long hauled 143 loads of stone at 32 dollars each for a cement road from Lewistown to Creagers town and awarded the sum. Attorneys Alban M Wood Samuel A Lewis for the plaintiff and William M Storm Frank L Stoner for the defendant.
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Russell Long
Leonard R. Waesche
Glenn H. Worthington
Long
Waesche
Lewistown
Creagerstown
State Roads Commission
Alban M. Wood
Samuel A. Lewis
William M. Storm
Frank L. Stoner
Adams Sought Freedom to Catch Real Robbers
Convicted here Clarence F Adams testified before the State Board of Prison Control claiming he was framed in the attempted six prisoner escape at Maryland Penitentiary. He linked the Sandy Spring bank robbery and murder to the case, said he would reveal the guilty parties, and described a plan to escape via the ventilator to expose the conspiracy. He praised Warden Sweezey and noted the escape plot had been abandoned after wardenship changes.
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Sandy Spring
State Board of Prison Control
Maryland
Clarence F. Adams
Philadelphia
gv ity
Adams
Sweezey Club
Sweezes
Marbury
Adam
Sobn Kelly
Cinh
Plan for 60th Anniversary Reunion at Gettysburg
Civil War veterans in Gettysburg plan a 60th anniversary reunion for July 1922. The local Grand Army Post leads the effort with support from the Chamber of Commerce and business groups to seek Federal and State aid and a military display. Veterans from both sides are optimistic about broad participation despite thinner ranks since 1913.
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Associated Press
Gettysburg
Grand Army Post
Chamber of Commerce
Market trading falls off as large deals fail to appear
New York April 5 early promise of a busy payload fled as trading in the stock exchange fell about 59 percent from yesterday’s heavy activity. Olis copper motors and rubber held steady demand with sugar firming. Sears Roebuck and Associated Press news firms showed strength. Industrials remained listless as rails stayed muted and call money opened at 4 1/2 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
stock exchange
Sears Roebuck
Associated Pryr
Raiis
British Accept U S Views On Rhine Cost
London reports the British government informally accepted American views on the cost of maintaining Allied forces on the Rhine following Secretary Hughes note. A formal confirmation has not yet been dispatched.
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U. S
RHINE
Associated Press
London
Hughes
Bankruptcy Petition Against Broker's Firm
Three creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against T. Kinnally and Company stockbrokers alleging liabilities of 1250 dollars and assets of 50 000 dollars. The firm operates as an outside house with no exchange connections and trades mainly in oil shares. Germany plans its first skyscraper in Hamburg’s harbor district, slated to rise sixteen stories by 1900.
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rocified Press
New York
T. Kinnally and Company
Democrats Sweep Missouri Municipal Elections
Joseph, Kansas City April 5 Democrats and Republicans won across Missouri in municipal votes. In Kansas City belated returns showed a Democratic sweep led by Mayor hopeful Frank H Cromwell with majorities from 1,000 to over 12,000. Jefferson City elected four or five Democratic aldermen and carried the city by about 400, while St Joseph returned a Republican mayor and ticket except for auditor and treasurer posts.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Missouri
Frank H. Cromwell
Jefferson City
city
St. Joseph
County Board Sets June Commencement Week Plan
The Frederick county Board of Education met to set commencement for June 12 to 16 with exact dates for the five high schools to be announced later. Architect Kepner discussed the proposed colored high school plans and bids, Rosenwald Fund support, and a countywide school survey. The board will visit every school with local trustees this spring and summer and approved May 12 as the County Public Athletic League meet date.
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Frederick county Board of Education
B. Evard Kepner
Rosenwald Fund
Chicago
Kepner
County Public Athletic League
meck
Gloucester High Students Strike Over Teacher's Suspension
Forty seven students at Gloucester High School center and sophomore classes continued their strike in protest of the suspension of Prof. William Katcher, accused by the superintendent of going too far in teaching. A mass meeting adopted a resolution urging the State School Superintendent to visit and settle the troubles, then the students returned to studies, but later met at the railroad station and resumed the strike, parading through town.
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Gloucester
N. J
Gloucester high school
Willam Katcher
S fools Barns
hveline
Enneht
One slain four others injured in family tragedy
A partial newspaper fragment reports a family incident near Comedia Kansas with one person killed and four others injured. The garbled text mentions a farm, a bog, and a collision or crash involving unknown persons.
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Yseneja
Comedia
Kan
Thendevo
can
syer
cate
reinager
Brownie Glessner Pleads to Leave City on Short Notice
In police court Brownie Glessner argues he must depart for Asheville hospital tomorrow night or tonight. Judge Brust grants fifty minutes to catch the 8.25 train with police supervision. if he fails, three months in jail. Glessner explains he served in the war and gets a government allotment.
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Asheville
N. C
Brownie" Glessner
Justice Brust
Brownle
OM cer Myers
R Brownie
Brownie
Jle
Hood College Opens Major Dining Hall Dormitory Construction Progress
Rapid progress on Hood College’s combined dining hall and dormitory continues as brickwork rises to the second floor and steel girders are staged for the second level. A wooden elevator aids material transfer, with twelve carpenters and seven bricklayers on site. The project aims to finish by September, pushing campus capacity over 200.
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Hood College
PT. Kuhn
Frederick Brick works
Willard Pleads for Fair Chance for Railroads
Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road tells the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that private operation offers the best path to lower rates and adequate transportation. He argues government ownership worsened conditions and cites 1920 freight gains after federal control ended to support a return to private operation. Willard presents evidence on cars locomotives and track condition to counter McAdoo’s claim the roads were left in better shape.
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Associated Press
Washington
April
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Olio
Senate Interstate Commerce constitittee
William G McAidoo
Wilard
Congress
Wworlh
Willard
Contentinos
McAdoo
Wizard
Baltimore and Ohio
Whiskey Running Plan Unearthed in Postal Stop
Postal authorities halted mail to the American Deep Seas Trading Company after a Paterson church member delivered a letter outlining a plan to form a $400,000 company to transport whiskey from Liverpool to the three mile limit off the coast. The plan proposed three ships monthly, cash sales at $50 per case, and a $2250 return on a $10 investment, with stock subscriptions invited.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
American Deep Seas Trading Company
form & company
Liverpool
England
Paterson
three mile
Employment Conditions Improve Across U S
Washington April 5 The President s Conference on Unemployment reports ten day gains in employment with more jobs available and fewer applicants. Arthur Werd chairman of the Emergency Commission described the upward trend as hopeful and noted gradual improvement nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arthur Werd
Emergency Commission
Woods
Bishop Urges Respect for Oath in Courts
Bishop William Turner of Buffalo Catholic Diocese leads a campaign to restore sanctity to oaths sworn in court. He cites a prominent lawyer who says about 90 percent of oaths end in perjury and plans a national movement with a congressional memorial.
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Ascoriated Press
Buffalo
William Turner
mavemert
Mrs Louis F Swift Dead Actress Wife of Swift Co President
Mrs Louis F Swift 62 wife of the Swift and Company president died at her home today after an illness of only a few hours. The death occurred in Chicago on April 5.
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LOUIS F. SWIFT
PACKER
Chicago
Loule F Swift
Swift and Company
Democrats Elect Mayor in Hartford
Connecticut voters elected Richard J. Tiasella a Democrat as Hartford mayor. Democrats swept eight of ten aldermen, leaving the common council largely Republican. The result followed a close contest that reflected a shift in city politics.
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HARTFORD
CONNECTICUT
Conn
Richard J. Tiasella
common council
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