Sheep Killings at Kemptown Farm Spark Redress Request
Edward L. Baker of Kemptown reports 22 of his large sheep were slain by two stray dogs on Thursday night. Tracks led to a hay mow near Plane No. 4 but the dogs escaped. Baker seeks $264 from Frederick County as per law granting $12 per head, and aims to locate the owners of the dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Baker
Kemptown
Mr. Baker
Beaker
Plane No. 4
Baker
Frederick County
Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Taxi Slaying
Louis Cohen was found guilty of second degree murder in the August taxi slaying of Nathan Kapl, a figure known to East Side gangsters. Judge Talley criticized the verdict, saying it should have been first degree murder, and Cohen received a sentence of 20 years to life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
New York
Louis Cohen
Nathan Kapl
East Side
Talley
General Sessions
Cohen
Frigid Friday Night Drops to Ten Degrees
A local forecast notes the thermometer plunged to 10 degrees Friday night marking the coldest fall night yet. Weather prognosticator warns more cold snaps possible though near future outlook suggests fair skies and warmer days, with duration of conditions unclear.
Samaritan Rebekahs Elect Officers for Ensuing Term
The Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No. 61 LO.C.F. held a well attended meeting Friday electing Noble Grand Elizabeth Seeger Vice Grand Elsie Stone recording secretary Ethel Beard financial secretary Golda Webster treasurer Mary B. Ogle trustees Margaretta See ker Mae Moser Franklin W. Shipley captain of degree staff Mollie Harrington pianist Annie M. Beard state assembly representative Mollie Harrington. The lodge will celebrate its fourth anniversary at the next meeting Friday December 28 with committee in charge Elmer Brown Charles D. Ogle Franklin N. Shipley Mollie Harrington and Ruth Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samaritan Revikah Lodge No. 61
Lo.c.f
Noble Grand
Elizabeth Seeger
Elsiestone
Ethel Beard
Golda Webster
Mary B. Ogle
Margaretta Seeker
Mae Moser
Franklin W. Shipley
Mollie Harrington
Annie M. Beard
Elmer Brown
Charles D. Ogle
Franklin N. Shipley
Ruth Grove
Jacques Named For President Of Hagerstown Hotel Co
Lancelot Jacques Sr prominent fruit grower and financier is being urged to accept the presidency of The Hagerstown Hotel Company to succeed Thomas T. Rickard. Directors and stockholders have requested his candidacy and he will announce his decision within a few days.
Hog Cholera Warning Tied to Farms in Highland Area
The State Board of Agriculture and U S Bureau of Animal Industry warn that hog cholera exists on farms of Dan Fisher Araby and John Uarty Highland. The notice notes the disease has persisted for fifty years since artificial feed began to attract attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Fisher
Araby
John Uarty
Highland
State Board of Agriculture
U. S. Bureau Animal Industry
Freight Rate Inquiry Starts for Coal Freight to Frederick
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce investigates lower freight rates from George's Creek region Western Maryland claiming current rates to Frederick ($2.71 per long ton) are higher than to nearby cities and near coal mine costs. It seeks rate standards and compares with Philadelphia ($2.84). Past savings from rate cuts in Trayerstown are cited and officials will study the issue from all angles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’s Creek
Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Philadelphia
Trayerstown
Proprer
Palestine Council Banquet Honors Hempstead in Hagerstown
Yay Hempstead of Little Rock Arkansas guest of honor at Palestine Council No. 16 R and 8 O M Hagerstown banquet and assembly. Hempstead father in law of M F P Riley of Potomac Public Service Company, top Masonry official, and speaker on Cryptic Masonry. About 260 present as officers were installed and remarks given by notable Masons from Maryland and Frederick delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yay Hempstead
Little Rock
Ark
Palestine Council
Hagerstown
Hempstead
M. F P. Riley
Potomac Public Service Company
Hroval
Masons
United States
Warren S. Seipp
Maryland
Harry A Weaver
S&s. M
Leslie K. Spielman
Louis Leopard
Co. W. Emmert
Fredercik
O. C. Warchime
A. M. Cahlentz
R. E. Keeney
A. A. Raddrlff
Commissioners Organization After Election in Montgomery
Dr Perry and Dr Benjamin C Perry, elected last month as county commissioners from districts three and four in Montgomery County, took the oath before the clerk of the circuit court at Rockville. The board then organized with Dr Perry re-elected president. Gerry Clark was named clerk and Warner W Welsh Alton Bell Miss Mary Welsh and Myre Joseph Matthews were appointed deputy clerks. The selection of attorney to succeed John A Garrett as States Attorney was deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
J. Farr White
Benjamin C. Perry
Montgomery County
Rockville
Board of Commissioners
Dr. Perry
Gerry
Clark
Warner W. Welsh
Alton
Bell
Mary Welsh
Myre
Joseph Matthews
John A. Garrett
Addresses Sought for Ex-Service Men Not in American Legion
Francis Scott Key Post seeks contact details for about wa men who are ex-service members from the vicinity and not listed in the American Legion. The paper runs an ad inviting these men to clip and fill blanks with names and addresses, with relatives urged to provide information if men are away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Efort
American Legion
Francis Scott Key Post
Tow
Mages Fotlawa
Alls
James Ross Smith
G. Ridgeley Shalt
Lewis Granville Reun
Arthur Culler
Charius Edward Reynolds
John Kriera
Mason Hudolph Marsh
Theodore Smith
Harry Franklin Kemp
John A. O'Brien
Harry FE. Shaw
Everett Umbaugh
Willi J. Wing
George Clay Pendames Whitten
James A. Byard
Harry W. Anders
Uriah S. Warner
John Zeigler
Earl Clam
Harry Clabaugh
Leslie I. Lind
Paul V. Bowers
James Irving Day
Claude Gardner
Charles Thomas Coyle
George Pedro Smith
Stephen A. Potts
Raymond Ditmar Souder
George Theory Souder
Thomas c. Bittle
S Matthew Weeden
Alfred Wilner Fogler
Roy Siumen Hofman
Lemmie Biser
Raytao Weedon
Arthur White Day
Field QO. Buhlman
Hubert CG. Tarp
Alonag Green
Roy Moser
Arthur Tex
Wilbur Blickunstaff
Foster ‘Rossnickie
Victor JL. Pryor
Austin DeLaughter
Chester Wilson Harlaugh
Sterling Galton
George Douglass
Baxter Byron Cramer
Tholas H. Brown
Raymond EF. Mdrige
John N. Mercer
Charles Peddicord
Vernon C. Mines
John i Kreimer
W. J. Clary
Daniel Livering
Norris P. Watkins
Thomas Tyrrell
Louis Stiner
John Edwar Summers
Edward Niemeyer
Richard F Whipp
JF Frank
A. K
Roland U. S. Mathias
Thomas Francis Darner
Thomas A. Rockwell
Edward Simpson Smith
Augustus Jones
Jesse R Tease
Harry P. Wiles
George W. Sark
Charles G Tawes
Samuel M. Cline
W. A. Khpp
Charles Francis F Peale
Albert G. Wiles
Clarence E. Hemp
John G. Young
William Edward Tuarteack
Frank Bb. Grimes
Charles William Grimes
James Ronn
Thomas W. McCoy
Lloyd Stine
Melvin E Nichols
Charley Leroy Kemn
George FP. King
Charles Howard Widd
John Smith
Harry F. Castle
William MicMiss
Clemmond Lenhart
Harry J. McBeall
Harry Jacob Beacht
William J. Crebbs
Walter A. Grabill
Robert Wiliam Aumen
Charles Vernon Carty
Chester Lee Potts
Roy Elsworth Baker
Gerhart T. Anderson
George M. Wash
Oscar D. Grove
Frank G. Hill
Henry H. Haines
T Robert B.arney
Charles FE. Falk
Raymond William Jackson George ©. Karn
Roeland McKinley
George T. Hawn
Robert Morgan Tiarry
Lester Warrison
Guy Cummings
Harvey Riegleman
William Smith
Levi E. Fisher
Dominicn Tree
James Fare
Charles Riss
Arnold A Webb
William Russell
Bernard Thomas
John Aloysius Muilady
Appointee Constable for Burkittsville District Named
Tohea T Hemp has been appointed a county constable for Burkittsville district. He qualified on December 5. Only Charles W Smith among local officials remains unappointed by the County Commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tohea ‘T. Hemp
Burkittsville
Charles W Smith
Rity
Mexico Revolt Report Claims by Both Sides
Both sides claim small gains in the Mexican revolution as fighting remains scattered. Government forces reportedly retreated from the San Marcos railway junction near the capital as insurgents under General Guadalupe Sanchez push toward Mexico City, while General Estele and federal troops advance against rebels west of the capital. Adolfo de la Huerta blocks communications from Vera Cruz as the campaign lines settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico
Mexico City
Yera Cruz
Guadalupe Sanchez
Enrique Estrade
Obregon
Adolfo de la Huerta
Vera Cruz
Fronta
San Marcos
Night Shirt Garb Scathing Klan Critique Mirrors Satiric Sermon
A Washington Dispatch reports Dr. A W Pislo of Greensboro N C attacks the Ku Klux Klan during a Southern editors meeting. He mocks the Klan for concealing members and targeting Negroes Jews and Catholics, likening a masked Methodist preacher in a night shirt to a cowardly regulator of society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Dev
Ku Kilux Klan
A. W. Pislo
Greensboro
We Order
Southern Methodist
Klan
Vigler
Methodist Church
Agreement May End Tie Up in the House
Republicans and insurgent leaders reached an accord that could resolve the House stalemate over committee assignments. Negotiations to break the Senate deadlock continued with outcomes still in doubt. The Corse side would add a Republican insurgent to the Rules Committee while Democrats gain expanded representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Corse
Ules
Rehabilitation Division Chief Named in Maryland
Charles F. Sargent, long chief of the Rehabilitation Division at the Baltimore sub-district, has been appointed to lead Rehabilitation in West Virginia and the District of Columbia, with the Veterans Bureau noting his transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Associated
Prose
Washington, Nee
Charles F. Sargent
Baltimore
Veterans’ T Bureau
Trisdind
West Virginia
Unsettled Weather Outlook for Week Across East
The forecast from The Associated Press projects considerable cloudiness in Manitas and the North and Middie Atlantic States. Rain expected in the south and snow in the north toward the week’s start and again after midweek, with temperatures near normal or above early, turning cooler later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Manitas
North
Middie
Atlantic States
Garrett convicted in preacher murder case
Larkin C. Garrett was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison by a Cumberland County jury for his role in the June 6 killing of Kev Pierce. His brother Rupert O. Garrett was convicted of second degree murder and received five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cumberland
Larkin C. Garrett
Bart
Kev
JS. Pierce
Rubert O. Garrett
Monthly Monocacy Club Luncheon Receives Address by Rev. Hoover
The Monocacy Club held its second fall supper at Grace Reformed Church with about 73 members present. Rev. Al Hoover, guest of honor, announced his move to Harrisburg to pastor the Reformed church, while Dr. Kiefer and J. W. L. Carty spoke on the Forward Movement. Music by Prof. George Edward Smith and songs followed, with club officers listed and committees named for future meetings and church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Church
Henri L. G. Kigher
America
Charles Huaver
Grace Reformed Charcbt
al Efooser
Speeting
Frederick
Harrisburg
Kater
George Edward Smith
Puano
Annie Laurie
Old Virginny
Hart Eichison
United States
Kieffer
J. W. L. Carty
Joseph N. Apple
Carty
Evangelical Reformed Church
Howard M. Albaugh
Marion S Miller
Austin l. Rhoads
Elub
Edgar S. McCarden
Edward J Shiner, Jr
Jarry Brandenburg
Monocacy Club
Charles W. Tough
Arthur H. Doll
W. Leslie Burger
Edward N. Shriner, Jr
TD. Hauer Quynn
George T. Schroeder
M. Albaugh
Ernest Stevens
Harvey Zimmerman
Walter Duvall
Harry R. Flantz
William C. Rakely
Franklin N Shipley
Emory C. Crum
Coolidge Orders Release Of All U S War Prisoners
President Coolidge ordered the release of all remaining war crimes violators. About 30 prisoners convicted in Chicago Kansas City and Sacramento will gain liberty under the amnesty order following a Justice Department advised review. The move ends a long postwar clemency effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Washington
Dpresident
Coolidge
Duprisoncidt
Chicago
Kansas City
Sacramento
Department of Justice
Eeads
Tharding
No Rural Mail Christmas Day Ruling Pronounced
Postmaster General announces no rural mail delivery on Christmas Day to protect carrier welfare. Carriers should still strive to deliver all mail by morning window hours, with a warning of severe criticism for failures and a plan to keep the post office open to handle urgent packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postefice Department
Washington
Irving &. Hiser, Aitherto
Department
Postomister-General New
Christos
Posumeter Diser
Port of Tive
Christmaas
Sta Yatelodh
Perunte
Sales at Court House Real estate and property sold
Two sales at the court house this morning realized PISS20. Real estate of George Henry Geimbrink, over three acres with a frame and log dwelling, sold to William Biser for 3510. Personal property of the late J Lewis Rhodes sold by administrator Edgar N. Rhodes. Stocks from Frederick Hate Co., Continental Life Insurance, and other holdings sold to various purchasers. Auctioneers were Willam I. Durner and Guy K Motter with attorneys noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Mt. Pimisant
J Lewis Rhodes
Edgar N. Rhoades
Frederick Hate] Co
David
Winebrenner
Leslie WN. Coblentz
Continental Life Insurance Co
Edgar N. Rhodes
Ivo
Mmitz
Bourg Electric
4Mmerman
Bankers’ Leage Association
Agar N. Rhodes
Central Trust Ca
Stode
Chraush
Ner
Willam I Durner
Guy K Motter
Deerfield Home Burns in Frederick County Blaze
The Chester Kuhn home, about a mile and a half west of Deer Reta, Frederick county, burned noon Thursday. Kuhn was in a field nearby. Mrs Kuhn away, a daughter cooked dinner. The log house burned completely. Kuhn suffered burns while trying to fight the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Kuhn
Deer Reta
Frederick County
Kuhn
Troffic
Candidacy Ranks To Be Conferred By Mountain City Lodge
Mountain City Lodge of Knights of Pythias announces Friday ceremony for candidates missing last Wednesday to receive the Page rank. Additional ranks Maguire and Knight targeted before January 1 1924 as applications pour in. Ceremonies set at the Tythian Castle with half the candidates receiving Squire and Knight on December 27 and the rest on November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Wilkl
Iea
Bank of
Page Wi
Court Street
Mountain City Lodge
Magnaire
Tythian Castle
Ronuke
City Opera
Trouse
J. Clarke Devithisa
Esquire
Sherman P Rowers
Machine Gun Killings After Battle in Mississippi Town
Joe Patten, a Negro tenant farmer, dies from injuries after a seven hour battle with a posse of several hundred men. The fight, aided by a Clarkesdale machine gun, left three dead and nine wounded. The violence followed Patten killing W. O. Sanders over a debt dispute on Sanders’ farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roresa
Drew
Miss
Joe Patten
Killa
Athens
Posse
Clarksdale
Mise
Mise, Poured Ap Withering Fire Into A Drainage Ditch Where Pillen
Pallen
Boon
W. O. Sanders
Market Sales Totals 500000 Shares in Active Day
New York Nec reports chemical and fertilizer stocks competing with oils for leadership in a brisk session. Heaviness in sugar and public utilities as investors take profits. Closing was firm with roughly 500000 shares traded. A noted steamship service is planned between Vancouver and Manchester, England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Nec
Sugata
Also Mentioned on This Page
County
Samaritan Rebekahs Elect
Lodge
Philip E. Fox
Ku Klux Klan
Fulton County Court
Atlanta
Fox
W. S. Coburn
Fredericktonians
Hampstead
Legion
Robert C. Garrett
Larkin Garrett
Reformed Church Organization
S. C. Hoover
U.S
Dept. of Justice
Beimbrink Real Estate
Rhodes
Deerfield
Knights of
Mississippi
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