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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1919
Page
7
In a raid about a quarter mile south, Sheriff Armour Cooper led fifty deputies to arrest leaders of a group, confiscating literature and books. The operation disrupted the organization and resulted in arrests and serached membership records.
An advertisement in a newspaper reveals a marriage arranged by a bride's father during a fight with the Amer forces. The couple married at Elkton. news was wired to the groom. Allen, a policeman, served a warrant and Andersgoni was arrested. The girl was returned home by her parents.
Four masked bandits robbed the Liberty Securities office on the fourth floor of the Mecance building in downtown Pittsburgh. Manager Harry Morgan was bound and escaped with $1200 in bonds and gold water. robbers fled with several thousand dollars in Liberty bonds. Angelo di Pasquale of Johnstown, Pa, was captured after a pursuit through several blocks.
Washington reports completion of clearing the North Sea mine barrage laid during war. A cablegram to Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss confirms the sweepers removed 50,000 mines since October 1 with one serious accident, a sweeper blown up causing several deaths.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue reports 1927 personal income tax returns totaling 372,890 with net income rising to 13,023,383,207 dollars. Large fortunes show a decrease in million-dollar categories while incomes of 1000 to 2000 dollars form nearly half of returns. 315 returns report net incomes from 500,000 to 1,090,000 dollars.
The industrial conference led by President Wilson selects Lane as secretary and adopts rules after initial debates. It approves a structure with public sessions and group voting, requiring group assent to introduce resolutions. A fifteen member committee is tasked to recommend on federation proposals while debates over minority expressions prompt early adjournment for amendments.
The War Department releases casualty figures listing 33.8 percent gas casualties among wounded, 220,408 wounded in action with 74,573 gas casualties and 1,194 gas casualties in Prussian service, plus 13,519 wounded from other causes. Nitro site bids rejected. highest bid 800,000 by Harris Bros. & Co. City cost $70,000,000. William Haggerty sentenced to ten to fourteen years for fraud and embezzlement involving Liberty Trust Company.
Henry Mills Alden, long time editor of Harper's Magazine, died at his New York home on October 8 after a long illness. Born in Mount Tabor, Vermont in 1838, he shaped Harper's since 1909.
Reported in New York on October 8 a gang robbed offices and spilled whisky as four safes and twenty barrels were found empty. Guards arrived to find whisky in every receptacle and damages noted, with losses totaling about $1000. Separately, Mrs. Vanderbilt's Newport divorce suit ends with custody of their child Cathieon, aged fifteen. desertion cited and she to keep custody.
In Anthony township Pennsylvania wild deer destroyed an apple crop on Stephen Edler’s Stony Gap farm, eating about 60 bushels of apples and damaging other crops on Kadler and neighboring farms. The Edler orchard lies along the pull road from Comat Stu thon to Salndasburg near the Stoagland mountains.
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