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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1923
Page
1
A lengthy dispatch describes the suppression of a revolt with Ludendorff captured by troops and a rebel premier arrested, detailing political upheaval and impending reorganization in local government and county offices.
Nearly two hundred fathers and sons attended the Father and Son Night in Calvary Methodist Episcopal church lecture room. Dr A A Radcliff led games, two reels of moving pictures delighted all, and a radio concert from the Porter Chemical Co. of Hagerstown entertained. J M Staub arranged the aerial, Rev Dr G Ellis Williams gave an address, and refreshments were provided by the Leaders Bible class social committee.
Frederick city and county American Legion members plan a Memorial Services Sunday at 315 o clock in the City Opera House. Judge Hammond will introduce Major General Hanson Ely who will speak, followed by ex service men names read by William Storm. The service closes with a benediction and Star Spangled Banner.
Bishop William F. Anderson of Cincinnati will preach a patriotic sermon at Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday night. The event, with Grand Army of the Republic and American Legion as guests, features a church quartet singing Kipling’s Recessional and a memorial bouquet for John Webb. a later lecture on “Trying to Achieve” will follow a 30 minute organ recital by Dr. Edward Lathrop Baker.
New York November 9 The Associated Press reports efforts to depress stock market prices through speculative selling and realizing sales halted soon after the opening as the market showed considerable resistance to Offerings at slight concessions. Fluctuations remained confined to a narrow range with the Dow moving modestly as trading commenced.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Weaver an elderly couple in Middletown narrowly escaped death from coal gas asphyxiation after a clogged stove pipe trapped fumes in their sleeping room. They were found unconscious by Mrs Tabitha Herring and revived with neighbors and a physician. Both are very ill but improving by noon.
An elaborate program by the Young People's Society of St. Paul's church Utica was prepared for Sunday evening. The committee included Mervin Green Harry Lambert Miss Hazel Utterbach Calvin Tarper. Officers were elected for six months: President Mrs Grayson Stull vice president Miss Edith Utterbach secretary Miss Catharine Snook treasurer Irving Rameture dynamist Vaiss Vivrile Vil ter musical director W A R Bell.
The trial of William R. Brightwell, 30, of this city, charged with manslaughter in the death of seven year old Kenneth Kneisley in Martinsburg, begins in the circuit court with Judge J M Woods presiding. Brightwell faced several charges including speeding and driving under the influence. he pleaded not guilty as jury selection completed and opening statements loom. Reno A. Six, present at the time, faces an accessory charge and is to be heard after Brightwell. both sides are represented by local and Martinsburg attorneys.
Paris announces a semi official Foreign Office statement insisting on a limited expert inquiry, a position that clashes with Secretary Hughes's view. Washington reacts with surprise as the cabinet debates France's stance and the feasibility of American participation in the inquiry.
Smoke and flames swept Washington as two major fires broke out near Union Station and the Capitol grounds. A coffee plant burned early, a storage house sparked a second blaze, and winds sent dense smoke through the station concourse and Senate office building corridors. Fire crews battled both blazes for hours with limited containment.
Federal and state prohibition officers launched early raids on Eastern Pennsylvania breweries with reports of about twenty seized. Authorities pledged temporary closures while the Department of Justice moves to shut down operations for a year, as Governor Pinchot expressed cautious approval of the action.
Seventeen members of St Johns Council 166 Knights of Columbus traveled to Hagerstown for the installation of officers. The plan includes forming basketball and duckpin clubs by both councils and a winter schedule of inter-city games lasting through the season.
Report from Canton on November 9 states a crisis in the northern southern Chinese conflict. Canton 14 under martial law and Sun Yat Sen southern coalition troops were surrounded at Sheklung by General Chen Chiung-Ming's forces in Guang Tung province.
General Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler were captured as Bavarian revolt leaders in Munich. Von Poehner arrested. Ludendorff and Titler reportedly declared dictator and chancellor, barricaded in the war ministry. Berlin unrest subsides. Poincare meets with War Minister as Allied diplomats convene. Foreign markets react with lower cotton and exchange rates.
At a meeting of the Frederick County Medical Society held in the M C A on Thursday afternoon the group elected officers led by Dr Edward P Thomas as president and Dr George H Riges Ijamsville as first vice president. Other officers include Dr Charles H Conley secretary and Dr P S Lanale secretary. The next meeting will be in Brunswick on December 12 with entertainment and a tour of the new B and O Hospital.
Under the draft law the Frederick Baseball Association will receive 3500 for Ray Gardner hustler short stop drafted by the Danville club of the Virginia League.
Armistice Day falls on a Sunday this year, so banks will close Monday November 12. Post Office mail deliveries stay normal and Monday is not a holiday. The Or Fibre Brass Company will close Saturday to observe the day, with other plants expected to follow.
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