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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
7
A Frederick County prisoner requests leniency from Judge Glenn H. Worthington, asking his one year penitentiary term be cut to six months. The letter touts the writer’s supposed worth, integrity, and community value, urging business leaders to back the petition.
Chicago April 21 Edward P. Morse an attorney calls himself a victim of honest bandits. Morse and his wife were held up while driving and the wedding ring was taken. He bargained for its return and the bandits agreed to give it back for a $100 signed blank check they could fill. The canceled check returned with the amount missing.
Reports from Amoy China detail a growing anti Christian movement spreading rapidly across the country. Twenty watch organizations have formed in Peking University and alarm is rising among Christian leaders and consular authorities. The agitation extends to Amoy University and government schools, with alleged backing by Communist agitators.
Typhus has broken out in Birkenhead near Liverpool with thirteen cases and three deaths reported to the American consulate. If spread appears likely, American health authorities in London will impose stringent inspection of British emigrants to America. The consul at Liverpool is ordered to investigate the epidemic.
Washington April 21 the rally of America's overseas dead sleeping in Arlington Cemetery was completed as four officers and sixty two enlisted men who died in France were buried with honors. Secretary Weeks and Major General Harbord attended, marking the return of 45,000 dead to American soil. Services were held at the memorial amphitheatre near the Unknown Soldier, with graves scattered on the hillside and a marble column monument. Fort Myer troops stood with rifles as comrades from over thirty states were laid to rest.
Nevada state officials say repeal of the lethal gas execution law will be proposed in the next legislature. The unusual method has drawn unfavorable publicity and failed to meet its aims. The state Supreme Court appeal of two Chinese prisoners' death sentences pending. no action on a lethal chamber until ruling.
Madrid April 21. Spain's finance ministry will unveil a new taxation program with a higher income tax for bachelors and those over a certain age. Holders of titles, Spanish or foreign, face a 10 percent tax. Details pending official release.
Paris April 21 reports to American relief agencies say Russia is dying at an appalling rate as doctors nurses and hospital interns succumb to poverty overwork and disease. Spring thaw fouls water with bacilli raising cholera typhoid and paratyphoid fears. 4 million vaccine doses requested and 10 million sent already as Lasteur Institute works nonstop and serums are shipped from Paris to Moscow weekly with double insurance and armed courier protection.
Miss Elisabeth V. Lanting of Wilkes-Barre probate records reveal a $100000 estate left to her adopted daughter Mrs. Helen Cobb Laning Musser with income to be paid to Musser and upon her death toMusser's children who must be Presbyterian in good standing. If not, or if Musser has no eligible heirs, the Home for Friendless Children receives the estate.
A jury in Tudge Landis' court finds Sinbach guilty of stealing nineteen chickens from William Gochley's coop in Brecknock township on March 27. Evidence included a pair of crippled rooster feet found in Harry Slabach's yard two miles from Gochley's home. The case was heard at Tancaster.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Gude's Pepto-Manian with meals to rebuild health and vitality. It claims the iron-containing formula aids sleep and nerves, promising renewed strength and color after thirty years of use. Sold in liquid and tablet forms by druggists nationwide.
Mrs. An nile Watts of 1108 Friendsbury street Baltimore claims Tanlac cured her stomach trouble and weak nerves after a year of suffering. She describes loss of appetite indigestion and ringing in the ears. after taking Tanlac her appetite returned weight increased by seven pounds her head cleared and sleep improved. Ads note Tanlac also claims to aid rheumatism kidney complaints and other ailments linked to stomach trouble.
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