Murderer Gartrell hunt stalls as clues run dry
Funeral held for Miss Arta Iris Jenkins, 17, in Buckeystown amid a nationwide manhunt for Harvey Gartrell, 20, killer of the victim. Authorities guard Gartrell’s Morgans home, with Maryland State Police aiding Carroll County in the search. mother believes he may return home someday, mother says he cannot swim. Funeral services conducted at Buckeystown with pallbearers named and Mt. Olivet Cemetery interment.
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Harvey Gartrell
Arta Iris Jenkins
George Hess
Buckeystown
James A. Jones
Gartrell
Carroll county
Morgans
Chas. W. Smith
Harvey
Gartrells
J. W. Kirk
Methodist Protestant church
M. L. McLyon
Messiah Lutheran church
Miss Jenkins
Paul and
Walter Specht
Eric
John Conaway
Harold Jenkins
Benjamin AY ¥nutt
Mt. Olivet
C. E. Cline
Chaplin sues rival firm to stop imitating he
The Associated Press reports in Los Angeles that Charles Chaplin sues Western Features Producing Co to restrain them from producing two plays he says imitate his character and mannerisms. The suit names actor Charles Amador, billed as Charles Ap lin, accusing wholesale imitation of Chaplin’s acting style. The filing cites his facial expressions movements costumes and related trademarks as copied. In other news armored cars in New York will transport millions of dollars in securities in the downtown financial district using tank inspired models.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
March S
Charles Chaplin
Chaplin
Charles Amador
Charles Aplin
Crzfala
costumr
polots
sexne
New York
Goat ettion
Emmitsburg Women Vote Bill Passes in Senate
In Frederick county General Assembly session measures include a woman voting rights bill for Emmitsburg and a petition of about 200 citizens opposing anti betting changes. The constables bill was killed in the House while another proposal to grant Walkeraville equal municipal voting rights was introduced. Continued on page four.
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Frederick county
General Assembly
Senate
House of Delegates
Emmitsburg
House
Walkeraville
Parsons Newman
D. Alton Dudderar
Chase Goodell
Goodell
Hall Blackmail Case Up In Court
The Hall blackmail case proceeds in court with James E. Hall charged with sending threatening letters demanding 5000 dollars. Judge Worthington recused, Judge Hammond Urner presides. Hall, an elder in a church, faces witnesses including Holmes D. Baker and former sheriffs.
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Glenn H. Worthington
Hammond Urner
James E. Hall
Worthington
Hall
H. Dorsey Etchison
Holmes D. Baker
William O. Wertbaker
Baker
Pete Hockboner
Dorothy Worthington
Hal
craed
Church of God and Saints of Christ
Nazarite Hall
Giena H. Worthington
Charles H. Kipp
Sherif Wiliam C. Wertenbaker
John F. Kreh
J. Alleine Williamson
A. G. Bourne
Charles S. Brooks
Martin Swan
Nicholas Robinson
Charlies Waker
Everett Lame
Hunter Campbell
House to vote on Soldiers' Bonus bill under suspension of rules
Republican leaders announced plans to force the Soldiers' Bonus measure through the House by suspension of the rules on March 20. The tactic would bar amendments and limit debate to 40 minutes, requiring a two-thirds majority to pass, a margin leaders believe can be reached based on current sentiment.
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Washington
rct
House
Eighty thousand retirement act beneficiaries ruled out
The Associated Press reports that Attorney General Daugherty ruled that about eighty thousand government employees on Presidential order are not entitled to retirement act benefits. Only those in government service via competitive examinations qualify. Secretary Fall ordered stop to further payments and Congress may consider extending benefits in future legislation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Interior Department
Fall
Attorney General
Fail
Congress
Pieves
The Birds’ Sense of Smell Is Weaker than Humans
Research indicates birds have a less acute sense of smell than people, with many species relying more on vision and other senses for navigation, foraging, and social interactions.
Cheboygan Blaze Destroys Bank Block. One Dead Two Missing
A major Cheboygan fire swept four blocks in the downtown this forenoon, leaving one man dead and two boys missing. Early estimates ranged from 500000 to 1000000 dollars as the Frost block furnace room fire destroyed the Frost-Ressler block and the First National Bank, with Frank J. Hover reported killed in a bakery blaze while trying to recover goods.
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Associated Press
Cheboygan
Mich
Frost block
Cheborzan
Frank J. Hover
Frost-Ressler
First National Bank
English Women May Get Equal Suffrage
London March 8 A vote 28 to 0 in the House of Commons allowed Lord Robert Cecil to introduce a bill to extend suffrage to women on the same terms as men. A separate note describes pile driver improvements enabling vertical or angled driving in various soils. New Orleans canal work uses such drivers for Mississippi shipping.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
New Orleans
Mississippi
Market Gains With Rail and Steel Strength Across NY Stocks
American Car advanced four points in morning exchanges while other equipment stocks remained firm. Studebaker slipped as Motors, Accessories, Chemicals, and Tobaccos led gains. Steel issues firmed in Chicago district as oils stayed weak, with Atlantic Coast Line rising one point. call money opened at 1 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Studebaker
Chicago
California
Atlantic Coast Line
Thirty Men Involved In Bold Whiskey Heist At Distillery
A group of about thirty armed men robbed the Outerbridge Horsey distillery at Burkittaville this morning, binding three guards and stealing an estimated 60 to 70 barrels of whiskey valued over 80 000. One truckload of whiskey was later found along a hill near Jefferson, with a Dodge abandoned in Whippoorwill Hollow. Revenue agents and sheriff investigations followed, tracking trucks and barrels, noting a drunken driver in at least one vehicle and possible consumption of liquor by the robbers.
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Outerbridge
John T. Hemp
Burbittaville
Willam Harp
John Maddock
Baltimore
Hemp
OLY
bankite
John Wetnight
Charles T. Meyer
Meyer
James A. Jones
Internal Revenue Department
Evans
New Market
James A Jones
Charles W. Smith
defferson
Frederick
Aaron R. Anders
Whippoorwin Hortow
Farmers' troubles waning says Harding in letter
Washington March 8 President Harding declared that the agricultural situation is improving in a White House release in reply to a War Finance Corporation report. He described progress toward a balance between producer prices and consumer costs and said stability and prosperity in agriculture will lead to wider recovery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Eugene ¥. Meyer, Jr
War Finance Corporation
White House
Meyer
Damage case verdict favors defendant in DeVries suit
After about a half hour, a jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the damage suit of John O. DeVries against George Bevard. The case, moved from Carroll county, was heard before Judge Glenn A. Worthington with a night session and continued to morning. A related case by Walter DeVries was set for trial but may not proceed this term. Plaintiffs were Guy W. Steele and D Princeton Bucker. defendants were F Neal Pare and John S. Newman.
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John O. DeVries
George Bevard
Carroll county
Glenn A. Worthington
Walter DeVries
Guy W. Steele
Westminster
D. Princeton Bucker
bhis city
F. Neal Pare
John S. Newman
Second Robbery Hits Horsey Distillery Again
The sheriff dispatched a state trooper to learn details about the truck occupants after a conference with the State's Attorney. The sheriff and deputy then traveled to Baltimore. This marks a second robbery at the Horsey Distillery in six months, following a prior Septembers heist of 1,100 to 1,296 cases of bonded whiskey valued near $100,000. A noted engineer notes the Rock River in Tiligois has stayed unfrozen for five winters over 12 miles due to rapid tepid-water spillage.
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sherif
Baltimore
Horsey
Rock River
Tiligois
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