Woman Sentenced To Four Months For Disorderly House
Mrs. Jennie L. Myers of near Mt. St. Marys College was found guilty by a jury of keeping a disorderly and bawdy house. Judge Glenn H. Worthington sentenced her to four months in the House of Correction and fined $100 plus costs, calling the house a demoralizing influence. She claimed innocence and said many clients were intoxicated beforehand, while she noted some workers in her store had left home. She was acquitted on a liquor charge.
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T Gm
Jennie L. Myers
Mt. St. Mary's College
Glenn H. Worthington
House of Correction
Worthington
Myers
Frederick Art Club elects officers for year
At a October 4 business meeting the Frederick Art Club elected officers including President Miss Florence Douh and vice presidents Mrs. Cora Hendrix Miss Minnie Markey Mrs. Marion Green and Miss Anna Thomas. Other posts named: corresponding secretary Mrs. Katherine Keefer and recording secretary Mrs. Blade Ross.
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Frederick Art Club
Florence Douh
Cora Hendrix
Minnie Markey
Marion Green
Anna Thomas
Katherine Keefer
Blade Ross
Bessie Clapp
Kate Ramsburg
Hattie Sweet
Sybelle Etchison
Lola Way Town
McIntyre
Edith Willer
Hattie Kalb
Minnie Markes
Jai Delaplaine
General Federaton of
Raabe
John Howard Payne
Trearsbury Building
Washington
President Yarding
Janie Delaplaine
Elizabeth C. Looms
Business Confidence Fails to Aid Market
Increasing expressions of confidence in fall and winter business by leading bankers failed to spark demand in the stock market. Bear traders continued short selling, exposing weak spots in automotive and leather groups as United States Steel and other industrial leaders resisted selling pressure amid a high call money renewal rate.
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Associated Press
New York
Unitel States Steel
Freezing Mark Hit On Colder Autumn Night
The season’s cold snap set a new low with 32 degrees once again, near freezing on the coldest autumn night. Forecasters expect little change and frost likely in western portions as rain may arrive later in the week.
Gambling Demoralizing Influence At York Fair
The 70th York County Agricultural Society exhibition closed after a week with an estimated 24 000 attendees. Concessionaires offering games of chance drew criticism as several crooked wheels were shut down while bookmakers operated openly on the quarter stretch. Authorities seized whiskey on the grounds.
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York
The
County Agricultural Society
York Fair
York County
Secretary Denby to Undergo Minor Surgery After Lakehurst Event
Washington October 9 after ceremonies at Lakehurst New Jersey for the christening of the navy dirigible R-1 Secretary Denby will undergo a minor operation at a New York hospital. He sustained a tendon injury to his right leg during a Michigan vacation last summer. Surgeons recommended surgical treatment and he expects to return to Washington in ten days.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lakehurst
N. J
Jin
Denby
New York
Michigan
Dredger Normandie Believed Sunk With 40 On Board
The French dredger Normandie with a crew of 15 and about 25 family members aboard is missing for three days. Fears are that the vessel has gone down with all hands.
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Traore
Will Aid Police At Fairs In Maryland Counties
Automobile of Maryland traffic guards will assist in handling traffic at two county fairs this month under Captain Williams of the State police. 11 M es Lucius, secretary of the Club, said this morning. The guards will be stationed at Hagerstown this week and at Frederick next.
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Automobile of
Maryland
Williams
M. Lucius
Hagerstown
Frederick
Devastation of Yokohama After 1923 Earthquake
A letter from Kenneth McClelland describes the Yokohama disaster with fires, collapsed buildings, and mass casualties. He recalls the city’s rapid destruction, refugees flooding ships, and the loss of the Grand Hotel and much of the populace as flames raged and the harbor filled with debris. He notes his wedding to Bettina Grayson occurred in July before they traveled via San Francisco toward Soerabaya.
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G. M. Grayson
Kenneth McClelland
McClelland
Bettina Grayson
Soerbaya
Java
British East Indies
Miss Grayson
Aaron R. Arders
Court Street
Mrs. McClelland
San Francisco
MccClelland
Standard
Company i. Soer.baya
Yokohama
Kobe
Honolulu
Japan
Admiral Anderson
Yokohama Harbor
Cuiser
Cleveland
Deleht
Kllen
Yokohama Specie Bank
Tokio
Standard O °! Company
Campbell
East Indies
Grand Hotel
Fire Prevention Week observance urged by city chamber
The local Chamber of Commerce promotes Fire Prevention Week with a screening of Written in Letters of Fire at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Free tickets are available, and clubs including Rotary Kiwanis and Lions plan related discussions. National guidance stresses orderly evacuation and proper methods to extinguish clothing fires.
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United States
Chamber of Commerce
Francis Scott Key
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
National Chamber of Commerce
Ron
Providence Waterfront Fire Racks Up 300000 Loss
A waterfront fire in Providence Rhode Island today destroyed about six buildings and threatened nearby lumber yards. The blaze started at Dyer and Dorance streets and officials estimated losses would exceed 300000.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Water Front
Dyer
Dorrance
Coolidge Pastor to Speak at City Opera House
Rev. Jason Joble Pierce of the First Congregational Church in Washington will lecture in Federick at the big mass meeting in the City Opera House on Sunday afternoon November 4. Pierce, a Coolidge classmate at Amherst and his minister at the capital, will have his address announced later as the venue is expected to pack the opera house for the World Series event. Also noted, Michael Tassaro and others left for New York to attend the World Series as guests of Dick Nallin who will arbitrate.
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President Coolidge
Washington
Federick
City Opera House
Jason Joble Pierce
Pierce
Coolidge
Amherst College
Oncia
Michael Tassaro
Charles P. Hiteshew
Roy Wachter
Herbert Robbins
Charles Segaloi
Mr. Passary
New York
Dick Nallin
Associated Press
Europe
Fire safety guidance for escaping burning rooms
The text explains how to escape a smoke filled room by closing doors to slow fire spread and crawling low to avoid smoke. It notes smoke rises, keeping the head near the floor is safest, and suggests making a rope from torn bed sheets in emergencies to aid escape.
Bakers 10 Meet Here Tomorrow in Key Hotel Session
A meeting of the Progressive Bakers Association is set for Wednesday at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Monterey Pa. About 75 bakers from Baltimore Washington Cumberland and nearby states will attend. The event includes an 8 o’clock banquet and a golf tournament at Catoctin Country Club with prizes for winners. Glenn Q Garber of this city chairs the arrangements.
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Progressive Bakers’ Association
Monterey
Baltimore
Washington
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Francis Scott Key
Progressive Bakers Golf Club
Catoctin
Glenn Q. Garber
Bakers
French Optimistic Over German Outlook
Paris reports French officials today express frank optimism about the Ruhr situation after Berlin announced the end of passive resistance. The Caesarsdorf accord between the French Mina Control Commission and major German industrialists orders immediate coal deliveries to cover reparations, seen as a real step toward solving the reparations dispute.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ruhr
Berlin
Mina
Caesarsdorf
Marblehead launches at Cramp shipyards with Evans sponsor
The Marblehead cruiser was launched at Cramp shipyards today. Mrs Tiannan Martin Evans, the mother of a US Navy sailor, acted as sponsor marking a ceremony for the newest ironclad in the fleet.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Marblehead
Cramp
United States Navy
Tiannan Martin Evans
Gouthtor
Murblehead
Mags
Four Workmen Overcome by Gas at Square Corner
A report from a city street repair site details four workers overcome by gas while trenching at the Square Corner. Chester Shaw, E H Carbaugh, Lewry Clem, and Jesse Marshall were treated at City Hospital with varying severity, amid repeated gas incidents at the Square.
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Chester Shaw
Mast Church Street
E. H. Carbaugh
Rose Hi Manor
Lewry Clem
East Seventh Street
Jesse Marshall
Mountaindale
Shaw
City Hospital
Market Street
John Carbaugh
Thurmont
BE. H. Carbaugh
I. U. Carbaugh
Stokes Witness Admits She Lied On Stand
Rose Nell Miller a Chicago woman and principal witness in the divorce case of W E Stokes admits under cross examination she deliberately testified falsely about her past. She says she used four names including Nellie Murphy to please a man who promised to marry her and cannot recall dates of prior marriages.
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Associated Pres
New York
Rose Nell Miller
Chicago
W. E
Stokes
Helen Elwood Stokes
Nellie Murphy
Murphy
Lake Dykes Break Floods Moore Haven Florida
A Northeast gale caused the dikes around Lake Okeechobee to fail threatening Moore Haven. The town fills with water from one to four feet, the Western Union office floods, and communications with Moore Haven Tampa and Orlando are disrupted.
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Associated Press
Tallahansee
Fla
Everglades
Presidents urged to pledge total abstinence upon taking office
Officials from the President and state levels were urged to sign a pledge of total abstinence on taking office. The call came in a resolution adopted today by the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Pennsylvania at its annual convention in Erie.
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Associated Press
Erie
Down
Women's Christian Temperance Union of Pennsylvania
American Aid Reported for German Gold Note Bank
Berlin reports confirm American aid is to be given to establish a German gold note bank. The Zeitung Am Mittel also notes that news has reached Berlin about recent negotiations involving former Chancellor Cauno in New York.
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London
Berlin
Zeitung Am Mittel
Griven
Cauno
New York
Aartefur Tors
Mark New Route To Washington Co Operate With Chambers
The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Chambers propose marking a Susquehanna Trail route from Harrisburg through Gettysburg and Frederick to Washington as an optional path. Five hundred members paying one dollar each are sought to fund proper marking, with outreach in Frederick Emmitsburg and Thurmont. Williamsport and the state highway department support the plan which originated with the Williamsport Motor Club.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gettysburg
Covim
York
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Susquehanna
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Frederick Chamber of
Cham Merce
William J. Gaver
Willamsport
Willamsport Motor Club
Bank President Fends Off Robber in Winchester Home
James Fr. Russell president of the Union Bank Winchester Va aged 82 was held up by a masked man at his home Saturday night. Russell restrained the intruder and forced him to retreat without any loss, marking a baffling incident for Winchester police with unclear motive. Colors On lingerie Tuch colored embroidery is featured on new lingerie of white reped blue.
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James FR. Russell
Union Bank
Winchester
Russell
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Marshall
Third Street
Charles Myers
Florida
Mence
James &. Russell
Raffles
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