Harding to Address Congress on Rail Strike Crisis
President Harding plans to present the government position on the railroad strike to Congress at a joint session tomorrow. Leaders of the railroad unions and executives are assembling in Washington for a major mediation conference with union chiefs and executives from the industry.
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Congress
Harding
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
White House
Lodge
Massachusetts
train service brotherhoods
Senator Lodge
Association of Railway executives
New York
Mrs Byfield sues Candler for one hundred thousand
Mrs Sarah Gillespie Byfield files suit in Superior Court at Decatur seeking 100000 as damages from Walter T Candler banker over an alleged attack aboard the steamship Berengariz on July 16. Candler had earlier claimed extortion of 25000 aboard en route to France and denies improper conduct.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Walter T. Candler
Sarah Gillespie Byfield
Superior Court
Decatur
Candler
Berengariz
Byfield
Clyde K. Byfield
Disorders During R R Strike In Scranton
In Scranton Pennsylvania on August 16 disruptions linked to a railroad shop strike kept the Hot squad active. No arrests were made. About 3,000 attacked a shop worker at Belleview, police recovering him. Two railroad workers from Central Railroad of New Jersey hid in a passenger coach to evade the mob as windows were smashed. At Keyser Valley Lackawanna shops another crowd of about 200 attacked workers.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Belleview
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Keyser Valley
Lackawanna
Indiana Moves to Block Dempsey Brennan Fight
Governor McCray announced a prepared letter to Laporte County Sheriff to ban the Dempsey Brennan bout at Michigan City but will defer sending it. Local officials are expected to act to stop the match, with the letter ready if county officials do not act.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
McCray
Indiana
Laporte county
Michigan City
New York Carb Market Suspends Three Firms
The New York Carb Market Association announced suspensions for failure to meet engagements by Hoey Tilden and Co Smith Lockhart and Co and Kaderly and Finton. The action comes as the market reacts to pressures from the Illinois and American exchanges and follows August 16 reports.
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Rewmsiican
Preea
New York
New York Carb Market Association
Hoey, Tilden and Co
Smith, Lockaart and Co
Kaderly and Fintan
Race For Senatorial Nomination Nears Final Returns
Incomplete official returns from 80 of Mississippi's counties in yesterday's Democratic Senatorial primary show Stephens leading with 52 490, Vardaman 52 198, and Miss Belle Bear at 43 517. Results are reported by the Associated Press from New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi
Orieana Item
Stephens
JK. Vardaman
Miss Belle Bear
bey
Aldermen Begin City Tax Basis Equalization Hearings
The Board of Aldermen opened as a Board of Equalization and Review to assess city property and hear appeals. Sessions run 7:30 to 9 p.m. through Friday in City Hall with assessments expected to add about $200,000 to the taxable base, including personal property. Previous years saw $170,000 to $300,000 added. final totals will be announced after completion.
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Board of Aldermen
City Hall
H. M. Gittinger
F. Columbus Knott
J. Fred. Kreh
City Register
John T White
city of
Frederick
Board of Equalization and Review
King David Lodge May Attend Carnival
King David Lodge No 23 of Manchester Carroll county plans a carnival on August 25 and 26 with a charge on August 26 featuring participation from many Carroll county lodges. Eli Kurtz Jr of Star Spangled Banner Lodge No 7 praised Odd Fellowship and shared aid stories while Eli G Haugh urged support for the Odd Fellows Home fund aiming to raise funds over ten months. The fund seeks broad member support to avoid further appeals. the Odd Fellows Home near the city is a civic goal for locals and members alike. The lodge has 151 members with candidates awaiting initiation and hopes for wide contributions from oldest to youngest.
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Adam and Jacob Lodge
Manchester
Carrol county
Carroll county
Eli Kurtz, Jr
Star Spangled Banner Lodge
No 7
Eli G. Haugh
Odd Fellows Home fund
behaif
Odd Fellows
12 Orphans Die As Shawbridge Home Burns
Montreal August 16 Firemen sift the ruins of the Jewish Boys Orphanage at Shawbridge Quebec after a deadly blaze late last night. Twelve children are dead and the escape was hampered by no fire escapes. Older boys used ropes from bed sheets to aid younger ones down an outside balcony before rescuers escaped the same way.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Shawbridge
Quebec
fie
Frederick Fair Opens with $10,000 Premiums Oct 17 20
Premium lists totaling about 10 000 are issued for the Great Frederick Fair October 17 20. Improvements at the Fair Grounds include a new 60 by 200 foot Domestic Arts Building for women and merchants displays. Eight auto races on October 21 organized by Einst ein Motor Racing Association under AAA rules.
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Frederick county
Domesticores
Einstein Motor Racing Association
American Automobile Association
Baltimore pike
Soldiers at Meade Join Ku Klux Klan
Baltimore August 16 soldiers of the United States Army at Camp Meade were reportedly among candidates initiated into the Ku Klux Klan at Odenton Maryland in open air ceremonies with regional klans. Army officials denied any fact and claimed no soldiers were present last night while a Odenton preacher asserted many soldiers joined.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
United States army
Camp Meade
Odenton
Delaware
Virginia
Third Army Corps
United States
Charles H. Martin
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas C. Jones
Giants Put On List Of Ineligibles
The Associated Press reports premier pitcher Shutting Phil Douglas of the New York National League club was placed on the permanent ineligible list. He is accused of writing a letter to another team offering to desert the Giants for a payoff, a claim the letter did not clearly deny. The club confirms the action with president Heydle Froger cited in the statement.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Phil" Douglas
Douglas
Giants
ment sali
Hevdle Froger
t ‘ational
Fund grows for family of murdered officer Adams
Frederick News Post reports contributions toward a $2,500 relief fund for Officer John Adams' family. Total reached $2,113.50 with new gifts from Union Manufacturing Company employees, Potomac Public Service clerks, B. Rosenour and Sons, Doll Brothers, Gulf Refining Company employees, Frederick City Hospital nurses, and local residents including Dorothy Cline Webb and E. C. Webb Jr. The community praised Adams’ service as the fund rapidly nears its goal.
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John Adams
Union Manufacturing Company
Potomac Public Service Company
B. Rosenour and Sons, Inc
Doll Bros
Gulf Refining, Company
Frederick City Hospital
Dorothy Cilne Webb
E. C. Webb, Jr
Frederick
News-Post office
Adams
Shot From Stultz Gun Riddled Auto
William A Stultz fired a shotgun at Deputy Sheriff Allen Bartgis as he and Deputy Smith attempted to take Stultz’s car. The blast damaged the Ford vehicle, broke the ammeter and windshield, and wounded Bartgis in the left arm. Bartgis remained off duty for days but recovered.
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William A. Stultz
Allen Bartgis
Smith
Stultz
John Adams
Bartgis
J Y Brattan Dead Prolific Maryland Newspaper Figure Passes
J Y Brattan prominent newspaper man and former police exam board head died at his son in law Caleb D Rodgers home near Ellicott City after a period of recuperation from a recent illness. Born 1861 in Delmar he edited the Ellicott City Times and the Maryland Farmer and was survived by his widow two daughters and a son. Major David A Reed sworn in as senator from Pennsylvania to succeed the late William E Crow.
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Joseph ¥. Brattan
Board of Police Examiners
Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Caleb D. Rodgers
Ellicott City
Walter R. Hough
Mr. Brattan
Delmar
Wicomico county
Wicomico
Washington Academy
Princess Anne
Lawrenceville
N. J
Princeton University
Ellicott City Times
Maryland Farner
Washington
David A. Reed
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
William E. Crow
ISALE SATURDAY OF STOLTZ PROPERTY
The sale of W A Stoltz personal effects, now under indictment for murdering Policeman Adams, will be held Saturday. Two sales will occur one by Sheriff for seized Westminster department property and the other by Stoltz’s attorney Sherman P Bowers for his remaining effects. Stoltz was indicted by the February grand jury for Adams murder. trial date to be set with possible venue change.
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W.A. Stoltz
John H. Adams
Westminster dept
Adama
Staltz
Stults
Officer Adams
Smith
Bartgis
Stultz
Adams
Walsh
Sherman P Bowers
Stult
Urner
Bowers
Baltimore
Baltimore city
Ecker and Sons Purchase Thurmont Mills and Elevator
A. W. Ecker of Woodsboro buys the Thurmont mills and elevator with his two sons Frank and Mehrie. The new firm, A. W. Ecker and Sons, begins operations, with Ecker a former manager of the Woodstoro branch of Glade Valley Milling Company and a former judge of Frederick county Orphan's Court.
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A.W. Ecker
Woodsboro
Frank
Mehrie
Thurmont
A. W. Ecker
Murder at Union Bridge Ends with Husband Suicide
In Union Bridge this morning at 8 o'clock, Theodore Karpamva, 48, shot his wife Clara Karpariva, 35, then killed himself. Both believed Russian, with connections to New York. The couple's history includes her living with another man, Nikita Shmatha, after a prior incident. An inquest is pending, Magistrate Gaither presiding. Union Bridge lies near Fritztown, where earlier two men were shot by Andrew Tritz.
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Frederick county
Union Bridge
Clara Karpariva
Theodore Karpariva
Karparivas
New York state
Kan Pamva
Jack Bonsava
Karpamva
must be Cement Company
Kari Panva
Walon Bridge
Shnnatha
Thomas
Gaither
Fritztown
Samuel Bradford
Robert O. Shepherd
Andrew Tritz
Frits
STeTe
Assessment Work Progress in County Valuations
Work on the county assessment of real estate and personal property is advancing. Alfred W. Gaver, Supervisor of Assessments, reports returns arriving as expected. Some districts show valuations too low and will be corrected before posting. City assessors send in numbers faster. statewide uniformity is the goal per the State Tax Commission.
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Alfred W. Gaver
State Tax Commission
21 Houses to Be Sold on Saturday in Frederick City
One of the largest real estate sales in Frederick, Maryland, will occur Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the courthouse. The auction, ordered by the circuit court decree, lists 21 properties including three East Third Street houses, multiple brick and frame dwellings, a meat store site, unimproved lots on East Fourth Street, Chapel Alley, and East Third Street, plus two additional two story brick houses. Trustees William M. Storm and H. Kieffer Delauter will conduct the sale with auctioneer William E. Darner.
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Frederick city
court house
circuit court
court of equity
William C. Kolb
Hattie R. Kolb
Martha E. Kolb
Wiliam M. Storm
H. Kieffer Delauter
William E. Darner
East Third street
Kolb Brothers
East Fourth street
Fourth street
Chapel Alley
Third
Kolh Broe
Httle
Swomley Estate Arguments Heard in Orphans Court
After the grand jury retired, Judges Urner and Worthington heard Swomley estate arguments. He died near New Market last winter at 94, with heirs seeking sale of the farms and a later request for an accounting. Keedy and Delaplaine named trustees to sell the real estate, bond set at 35000. An accounting was deferred pending audit after sale.
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Urner and
Worthington
Elisha Swomley
Swomley
New Market
Clayton O. Keedy
Virginia Hickman
George Hickman
Edward 3. Delaplaine
Charles W. Main
Baltimore
Keedy
Delaplaine
Market gains as popular shares rise early trading
In New York on August 18 bullish enthusiasm drove a broad stock market rally in the forenoon. Virtually all popular shares advanced one to three points while call money opened at 14 percent.
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Associated Pregs
New York
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Tes Fe
KING DAVID LODGE
Fund For #0
O. F. Home
Racing Association
MEADE
ADAMS FAMILY FUND
John M. Haller
W. A. Riddell
Alien
Dorothy Cline Webb
Ernest C. Webb, Jr
A.C. McCardell
Henry J. D. Hagan
tag wate Geo
M. Gittinger
the Potomac Public Service Co
B. Rosenour and Bons, Inc
Elizabeth Storm
Jane Storm
Cramer and Stauffer
Misa Ferne Snook
W. M. Soith
Maria Lee Smith
Harry Jones
H. L. Brandt
Union MEg.Co
W. J. Vanderhelde
J. Y. BRATTAN
Elliott
ISALE
STOLTZ
PURCHASE MILL
Ecker and Sons
Selis Interes
Marshall T. Miles
Evans Miles
SWOMLEY ESTATE
C. O. Keedy and
E. S. Delaplaine
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