Death by own action theory in Kepner case discussed
Grand jury probes the death of Mrs Grace Kepner with attorneys seeking Washington medical and military experts to prove suicide. The case involves B Evard Kepner and interest from R L Collings and Dollings Company investors. receiverships loom as financial losses mount for Frederick area stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Weinberg
Guy K. Motter
B. Evard Kepner
Grace Summons Kepner
Washington
Hkepner
Weinberg
Kepner
J J. Marshall Miler
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Grand
Aaron R. Andera
Lulu Ricketts
T. J. Gaehr
Malders
Baltimore
Fire on Monocacy and Alice Dollar Near Chung-King
Reports from Hupeh Province say Chinese forces opened heavy fire on the American steamer Alice Dollar and a British ship under the escort of the U S gunboat Monocacy near Chung King. The Monocacy returned fire and caused considerable damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
T-Chang
Hupeh Province
China
Yuanet Tse
Chung-King
Alice Dollar
Chung King
Dong
Liberty Tournament and Picnic to Feature Automobiles
The annual Liberty Tournament and picnic will be held on Wednesday August 1. Automobiles will replace horses for the tournament with $30 prizes to the winners. Dancing runs from mid afternoon until 1126 o'clock with music by the Frederick Peerless Orchestra and continuous attractions on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Frederick Peerless Orchestra
Market Prices Dip After Pessimistic European Interview
In New York on July 24 prices rose slightly in the second hour but finished the day a shade below yesterday's close. Trading was heavy with about 480,000 shares changing hands as investors digested a pessimistic European outlook from a prominent banker who had just returned abroad. Call money opened at 4 3 4 per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Call Money
Chautauqua Day Recaps Swarthmore Lectures and Dunbar Performances
Rain delays morning events as Mrs. Chester B Story lectures on good taste in dress illustrated by live models. Dunbar White Hussars headline the afternoon and evening programs, described as a singing band and minstrel troupe. Dr. Robert Norwood closes with The Challenge of Life lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar White Hussars
Robert Norwood
Swarthmore Chautauqua
Chester
Story
Dunbar
Swarthmore
Hussars
The
Norwood
Memorial Church
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Memorial Anglican
Tondon
Ontario
Bandits Shoot Bank Messengers and Escape in Toronto
Six bandits in a car fired on three bank messengers at King and Yonge streets in Toronto. They fled with pouches believed to hold thousands of dollars. Initial police reports indicate one guard killed and two wounded, possibly mortally.
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Associated Press
Toronto
King and Yonge Streets
Identify Men in Little Rock Shooting
Police announced that two men identified as Arthur Lange an Oklahoma bandit and a man called "Diamond Joe" a former Kansas City saloon keeper killed Detective George W Moore and wounded Detective L C Hay in Little Rock Arkansas. The suspects escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
George W. Moore
Ary L. C. Hay
Arthur Lange
Oklahoma
Imamond Joe
Kansas City
Dr Toulse Stanley to head Home Economics Bureau
Dr Toulse Stanley dean of home economics at the University of Missouri is chosen by Secretary Wallace to head the newly established Bureau of Home Economics of the Department of Agriculture. She will assume duties September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Toulse Stanley
University of Missouri
Wallace
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Married 40 Years Pair Slain In Duel
In New York on July 24 Anthony Giordana 63 and his wife Theresa 61 were found dead after a 30 minute battle in an East Side tenement. Using a stilletto axe and revolver lit by a flickering wick their quarrel ended with both dying. Two daughters in an adjoining room heard the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Anthony Giordana
Theresa
Fire on Indian Lookout Mountain near Mt St Marys contained
A forest blaze on Indian Lookout Mountain behind Mt St Marys College Emmitsburg broke out Sunday afternoon and was under control by Monday evening. Firefighters from Emmitsburg St Anthony's and nearby areas fought the flames as rain arrived, saving the Mt St Marys buildings and surrounding timber estimated at about 100 acres. cause attributed to carelessness during a picnic with a discarded cigarette or watch.
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Indian Lookout Mountain
Mt. St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Mt. St. Mary's
Carriage Incident Injures Crowd During Royal Visit
In Liverpool a carriage in a procession for the Duke and Duchess of York struck part of a crowd outside the Royal Infirmary. About 20 women and children were knocked down as the carriage, second in line, jolted by shouting. Thirteen people, including seven children, were taken away by ambulances. the Earl of Derby and the High Sheriff of Lancashire were aboard the carriage.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Duke
Duchess of York
Royal Infirmary
Lancastire
Earl of Derby
Communist Outbreaks Reported in Frankfort
London reports from Reuters Berlin cite Communist disturbances in Frankfort with a doctor killed in street violence and the public prosecutor also killed. The wife and father were maltreated, according to the dispatch.
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Frankfort
Associated Press
London
Reuter
Berlin
Ile Sail
Ritchie Invited to Legion Meeting in Maryland
Governor Albert C. Ritchie is invited to address the Maryland American Legion convention to be held here next month. The general committee discussed entertainment and business sessions, a pilgrimage to Francia Scott Key’s grave, a first annual Legion tennis and golf tournament at Catoctin Country Club, a buffet luncheon, and a dance at Braddock Heights. A telegram seeks national commander Alvin Owsley’s presence during the three days, with sessions planned at the Francis Scott Key Hotel and Memorial Hall in Middletown.
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Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland Department of the American Legion
General Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key
George Birely
State Department
Women's Auxiliary
Legion
Harry Sanders
Francia Scott Key
Mt. Olivet
Frederick
Ritchie
Catoctin Country Club
Braddock Heights
Alvin Owsley
American Legion
Owsley
Francis Scott Wey Ote
Memorial Hall
Middletown
M LANE DISMISSED ON ROBBERY CHARGE
John McLane was found not guilty of entering the home of Elias Delaughter and taking about $165 last Saturday. Deputies chased him across a field near Battle Town before his arrest. Charles Moser was detained for stone throwing at South Mountain and was returned to his father after a car incident.
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J Grahame Johnson
John McLane
West Patrick Street
Elias
Delaughter
Rosemont
McLane
Smith and Bartels
Moser
South Mountain
Spone
Sherif Jones
One Dead and Seven Hurt in Prison Riot
Ellenville July 24 One prisoner dead and one guard dying and seven other guards seriously injured in riot at the Ylome for Mental Polinquents in Naponoch. Philip Sasso, leader of the riot, died from a fractured skull after falling to the concrete floor.
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Associated Press
Ellenville.s
The
Ylome
Naponoch
Philip Sasso
Gettysburg Man Faces Liquor Charge In Braddock Heights hearing
Frank Butcher of near Middletown was fined 400 after arrest by Deputy Bartgis and Henry Nuyz for selling liquor on the square. He admitted drinking, said the liquor was for his own use, and paid the fine. William Snyder, 38 Gettysburg, held for impersonating an officer after stopping autos near Harmony Grove and demanding money. remanded for further action. Weather notes report light rainfall aiding drought affected crops and widespread orchard and corn damage from drought and hail in Frederick County and nearby areas.
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Frederick
R. L. Collings Company
Ohio
Frederick Countians
Brunswick
Frederick City
Washington
Frederick Counties
Dollings Company
Dollings
Amont
Collings Company
Morgan
Jackson County
R. ¥. Dollings Company
International Note and Mortgate Company
Mont Leaky
R. L Nollines Company
Pennsylvania
United States District Court
Dickinson
Frank Butcher
Middletown
J. Grahame Johnson
Butcher
Allen Bartgis
Henry Nuyz
Braddock Heights
Bartgis
William Snyder
Gettysburg
Smith
Justice Johnson
Snyder
Harmony Grove
Carbaugh
Yaara
Frederick County
Lisbon
Colonel Markey Receives Commission From Harding
Colonel D. J. Markey has been named by President Harding to join the American Battle Monuments Commission. The group will tour European battlefields to honor American doughboys who died in World War I. General Pershing chairs the commission and will convene a meeting after his return from inspecting U.S. camps. The inspection tour aims to finish by late next month, with a departure date likely arranged at that meeting. The duration is undetermined as the group plans to visit all major battlefields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. John Markey
Harding
American Battle Monuments Commission
Pershing
Battlefelds
Bank books returned after circus visit in Frederick
Chester Virginia reports two bank books missing after John Robinson Circus performed at the big top in Frederick last week. John Keefer of East South Street found the kept bank books missing from his coat pocket and later received the two books from the circus manager at Winchester. A brief note mentions the return of the documents and the case being resolved.
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John Robinson Circus
Frederick
John Keefer
East South Street
Keefer
Winchester
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Motter
Washington Coungee
William Meredith Smith
Donald Smith
Worith Markey
Mordecai Jones
Mondar
Ira J. McCurdy
William F. Ssbandt
Casper E. Cline
William Anderson
Elmer F. Munshower
Athan M. Wand
George B. McCleery
Herbert S. Hahn
Charles A. Kahler
G. B. Crist
Frank Garrett
Ezra Touck
Ezra Jlouck, Jr
Fitza Houck
Addie Tsler
Houck
George Kolh
Jesse Lipscomb
Elizabeth Houck
Eleanor Houck
Liberty
Trchives
Montana
Chester B. Story
Junior Chautauqua
DR. Stanley
W. Ro Little
Wero
Stoner
Recond Street
MT. ST. Mary’s
Muss
Pauline McCardell
Dorothy Warehime
A. OC. McCardel
Boston
McCardell
Raymond Norton
Miss Warehime
Palmer Bigelow
Northhboro
Mass
Maryland Department
M’lane
Near Midtown
Virginia
Col
D. J. Markey
Europe
Win
Chester, Va
Potts and Griffin
Cannon and Crum
North Market Street
J. W. Norris
Martinsburg
W. V
Turkey
Powers
Lausannée
Lausanne
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