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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1922
Page
7
At Genoa on May 15 the political subcommittee of the economic conference adjourned after two sessions on Russia. Delegates report progress toward a mixed commission to study the Russian issue and a non aggression pact. Barthou rejects joint Russian inclusion and favors seeking US involvement through national governments.
In Cheltenham Methodist Episcopal church Philadelphia on May 15 a grandmother choir of fifteen sang at Mothers Day services. All female led, no man preached or sang. Choir master Bugh McLaughlin noted the group age sum of 939 years, oldest 82 with 29 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Paris May 15 The American Red Cross will end its main activities in Europe by end of June after expending more than 400 million dollars in eight years. Dr Tess Hill says relief effort no longer needed as welfare improves. advisory posts may linger to aid governments. Junior Red Cross will continue in some countries in cooperation with the League of Red Cross Societies.
Belfast on May 15 saw fierce firing in Townsend Street between Falls and Shankill with two women and one man wounded. A patrol of four special constables was ambushed near Derrymacash in Armagh, while a woman was shot in York Street and Bridget McKenna, shot in the breast at Little York Street, is in dangerous condition.
In Dover Delaware May 16 mourners gathered for Rev 0 Grey Hutchison pastor of the Dover Baptist church who died in Chester Pennsylvania. Eight ministers led the service with Rev George D Allison of Wilmington presiding. After Masonic rites the Ku Klux Klan members in full robes silently paid tribute by placing a white carnation wreath at the grave, kneeling with uplifted hands and forming the cross before departing.
Hartford officials seek ruling on whether juices from dandelion blossoms and rhubarb stalks qualify as fruit juices under the Volstead act. The Connecticut district collector asks Washington whether such plant juices, produced by heads of families up to 200 gallons, are considered non intoxicating fruit juices.
The state minimum wage commission decreed a 149 dollar weekly pay for experienced women and girls in Boston department stores. The prior minimum was 850 dollars. Learners and apprentices under 18 will be paid 102 dollars weekly, instead of 6 to 37.
An advertisement touts Dreco as a blood purifier and health booster. It features Henry Christianson of Greensburg Pa praising weight gain and relief from dizziness headaches constipation and joint pain after taking five bottles. Dreco marketed by Pestres Modern Pharmacy in Frederick and sold by druggists nationwide.
Miss Catherine McCormick of 1686 South Sixteenth Street died in a peculiar accident at Pier No. 1 League Island navy yard Philadelphia. Her auto surged forward into twenty feet of water as T Turner a war ship fireman started the car. Miss Felitino a friend on the running board leaped clear preventing a double tragedy. Police grappling recovered the submerged automobile and body after about three hours. Surgeons pronounced death accidental and the coroner will investigate.
Harrisburg May 15. Four suspects including three men and a woman were arrested in a hotel on charges related to the theft of $700,000 in jewels from Mrs. Mitchell Harrison of Washington D C The loot included more than 500 diamonds a 452 pearl rope and other pieces Most items were found in rooms here with remaining pieces expected to be recovered in New York The theft occurred at a Pennsylvania railroad station after bags with jewelry were taken from Mrs Harrison who had arrived in New York with her daughter to sail for Europe The four claimed they found the jewelry and were given it by a porter to place in their taxi
In Allentown Pennsylvania on May 15 infant Billy Englert nearly two years old disappeared while his mother prepared supper. After a half hour search his lifeless body was found in an outdoor sink. Doctors and police used pulmotor and restoratives without a call. The cause remains a mystery to grieving parents. Call The News with any tips.
Miss Anna MacEdwards aged 38, a social worker active among East Side poor, plunged from a fifth floor window in her Manhattan home. Physician Dr Hofheimer said a jaroxysm of pan during illness from overwork may have caused the death. Miss Ethel Stephens found the body in the rear courtyard.
Mrs Warren G Harding becomes an arbiter of fashion in Atlantic City as she buys a white Georgette crepe hat with two moire ribbon wheels after viewing about fifty Chelsea millinery pieces. Mrs E B McLean of Washington, accompanying her, predicts white Georgette crepe will become a fashion in women's headgear and buys one herself.
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