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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1923
Page
1
Plans for a new storage reservoir along Fishing Creek were submitted to the Mayor and Aldermen by City Engineer Emory Crum. Crum was authorized to advertise for bids and the plans await approval from the State Board of Health before construction.
Mayor Joseph Caulfield declares a seven year residency requirement and orders newcomers expelled. He cites city violence including a murder and arson as justification and notes many are ex convicts from the south. He deploys extra police and state help to disarm and remove residual residents.
The city recalls a clash between Mayor Lloyd Culler and Superintendent George B. Culler over job duties at a Thursday meeting. Officials say the street superintendent declared resignation though family and city offices provide conflicting signals. The mayor is away in Baltimore and aldermen confirmed a heated exchange but offered no final word.
The Frederick Hotel Company saw twelve cases in circuit court with six confessions of judgment and three more settlements likely. Defendants included James Grove Myer Freedman Walter Ambrose Grafton Tyler Robert Tyler Julia Freedman and others. attorney Leo Weinberg reported payments and imminent settlements. Additional cases Frederick Hotel Company vs Sappington Six Hood Hood worth 2000 160 and 900 were heard with expectations of further settlements.
The stock market opened steady as speculators paused to test a rebound with short covering easing early losses. Money rates firmed with call loans around 5.5 percent while trading totaled about 900000 shares. in separate notes a Liberty High School room was closed due to diphtheria for fumigation with pupil Murray Reynolds in residence between Central and Liberty.
The Dempsey Firpo heavyweight title bout starts at 9 30 pm New York time daylight saving time about 8 20 Frederick time. The main event is moved up by 30 minutes from 10 o clock DST. The News Post will relay results via Associated Press round by round. Frederick fans may visit Court Street office to hear the outcome.
A 1917 Ford truck with no state markers, found Sunday near Mt. St. Mary's College, was seized by Deputy Sheriff Addlesberger after being moved from a roadside location. The owner James E. Kackley has not been heard from since his wife, 18 year old Mrs Kackley, and their infant daughter were taken to Montevue. Authorities seek ownership details from Winchester officials while the mother and child receive aid and a home.
The piece notes the fate of straw hats in 1923 as Saturday looms as the deadline and summer shortages persist. It cites cool temperatures with Thursday night at 54 and 11 pm readings around 67, predicting frosts in extreme Western Maryland and a cool weekend ahead.
Delegations from the Frederick and Hagerstown Lions clubs will travel by auto to Cumberland Monday for a luncheon of the Cumberland Trons club, recently reorganized. The Frederick party will depart early in the morning.
Madrid reports the Spanish cabinet resigns after the premier asks the King to grant punishment facilities for the military revolt. The King refuses, and Primo Rivera is asked to form a government. Barcelona notes the King reportedly accepted the military chiefs plan.
Judge H. Be. Gary chairman of the relief fund sends a Washington DC message through the American Red Cross praising Frederick County donors for earthquake relief. The Frederick total surpasses 2200 dollars with hopes for 2500, while Hagerstown exceeds 2600 in Washington County subscriptions. The Blue Ridge apple crop forecast covers Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania totaling about 5 600 000 barrels.
Mild, cloudy and showery start, then fair and cooler by week end. Daily mean temperature about 1 degree above normal. weekly rainfall moderate to heavy west of Chesapeake Bay and on the Eastern Shore. Crops and pastures favorable for late growth. corn ripening slowly without heat. Harvest proceeds for peaches, watermelons, sugar corn, truck crops, sweet potatoes, apples, Kieffer pears, and tobacco. Plowing for fall seeding active. soil in excellent condition west of the bay.
A three day Maryland education conference will gather superintendents supervisors and the state department of education in Baltimore September 26 to 28. The aims include county plans for age and reading goals and evaluating teaching and supervision with discussions on standards attendance and vocational education.
Fredericktonians press the county board over placing Soldiers Memorial site. Debates focus on relocating the Court Park fountain, with concerns about move costs and funding. A voluntary subscription fund is proposed to avoid using county levy funds.
Fourteen indictments were returned by the Preble county grand jury at Eaton Ohio charging Nam G Benham president and Dwight Carson secretary and treasurer of the St Dolings Company with obtaining money under false pretenses and aiding and abetting. Harrison was arrested at home and held in the county jail. Benham is said to be out of the state. Officials are also charged with making false statements related to the Phoenix Portland Cement Company record financed by the Dolings Company.
At the Taneytown Fair a sea plane swinging from a 60 foot tower collapsed injuring six riders. Passengers included Naomi Rodkey Ethel Cummings Margaret Talter William Harman Carbaugh and Frank Surgeon. All victims were sent home and reportedly recovering.
The Weather Bureau in Washington announces that the current cold wave is definitively part of the new winter. The agency notes the end of summer pressure patterns and a quicker sequence of high and low areas bringing more rapid temperature changes.
New York hosts the world heavyweight title bout between Jack Dempsey and Luis Angel Firpo at the Polo Grounds starting 9 30 p m with an anticipated crowd over 50 000. Promoter Tex Rickard reports more than 1 000 000 in receipts. Dempsey and Firpo weigh in near 214 and 216 1/2 pounds respectively as fireworks precede the decisive clash.
The Taneytown Fair features concession lights secured by a carnival company formed by several amusement operators on the fairgrounds. Harvey Smith and his sister Josie Smith drove from Frederick after learning of the accident, as Frederick residents attended. The fair, held on the new Taneytown Westminster State road grounds, opened Tuesday afternoon and today is the last day.
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