Officials Seek New Motive In Stotler Murder Case
Federal agents shift probe to Pittsburgh examining Hunter R. Stotler’s files and Keyser W. Va. letters. Walters confesses to the killing but cites jealousy over his wife. authorities suspect links to moonshiners and possible motive beyond revenge. Rinker’s statements prompt questions as the case unfolds.
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Hunter R. Stotler
Pittsburgh
John D. Pennington
Stotler
Cumberland Prohibition
Keyser W. Va
Regilnald FE. Walters
Boonsboro
Smokeown
Walters
Edwin M. Rinker
Martinsboro
Rinker
Harper Ballentine
Captain Murray
Youth Escapes Again From Washington Training School
A ten year old boy named Eugene Grant, who has escaped the Washington training school three times, was found near Shepherdstown Saturday night and brought to Hagerstown by Deputy Geuff. He will be returned to school officials today after another attempt to flee.
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Washington
Shepherdstown
Hagerstown
Geuff
Eugene Grant
Fight on Madison Avenue Leads to Arrest
Mary Dulabau is held by demily sheriffs after a staged free-for-all on Madison Avenue yesterday afternoon. She faces charges and is scheduled for a hearing today.
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Madison Avenue
Mary Dulabau
Demily
Wood Alcohol Fatal to Convicts at Oklahoma Prison
Three Oklahoma State Penitentiary inmates died and two were seriously ill after drinking wood alcohol early today. Deceased are Robert Barnett serving 35 years for highway robbery, Joe Wilson 18 months for narcotics, and J. D. Williams three years for larceny. The seriously ill are Othe Barnes and Eugene Wade serving robbery and burglary terms.
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McAlester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Robert Barnett
Joe Wilson
J. D. Williams
Othe Barnes
Eugene Wade
Veterans honored at Camp Ritchie by First Infantry hosts
Between three and four thousand Maryland residents visited Camp Ritchie Cascade yesterday as 1100 members of the First Infantry Maryland National Guard hosted veterans of the Spanish American War Mexican border service and the Twenty ninth Division in World War I. A parade and concert followed religious services and a battlefield visit to Gettysburg.
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Maryland
Camp Ritchie
Cascade
Maryland National Guard
Nagerstown
John Markey
Markey
Gettysburg
Vanzetti Consents To Take Some Food
Boston July 31 Bartholomeo Vanzetti consented to take a little food for the second time since beginning a protest hunger strike two weeks ago Sacco continued his long fast awaiting execution for murder remains on hunger strike
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Boston
Bartholomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Sacco
Plane crash near Wichita kills pilot and injures navigator
Wichita, July 1. Lt. A Pearson, pilot, was instantly killed and Lt. C William Luthey, navigator, seriously injured when their Army plane crashed after a training flight from Fort Riley. The wreck came from a group of 16 planes leaving Wichita, officials suspect engine trouble.
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Wichita
Kan
A. Pearson
C. William Luthey
Fort Riley
Army
Lady Lauder Dies in Glasgow Nursing Home
Nunoon Scotland July 31 Lady Lauder wife of Sir Harry Lauder the noted Scotch comedian died today in a Glasgow nursing home Sir Harry is prostrated with grief Mrs Lillian Myers and son Ralph of Pittsburgh visiting Mrs Myers father Sherif Scott McC Kline
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Nunoon
Scotland
Lady Lauder
Sir Harry Lauder
Glasgow
Sir Harry
Lillian Myers
Ralph
Pittsburgh
Mrs. Myers
Sherif Scott McC
Kline
Corn Backward Forecast Calls For Small Crop
Washington reports a July review of agriculture noting early planted corn tassels but late plantings poor growth, producing a spotted corn prospect with frost risk. Haying advances with a large but adequate crop. winter wheat yields lag in the southern belt while Nebraska harvests a record crop. spring wheat in the north strong except locally. Price movements improve cash crop exchange but depress livestock products.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Boat Capsizes in Storm Drowns Man on Shenandoah River
James H. Murray twenty three, of Catonsville Maryland, drowned after a rowboat capsized in a sudden storm on the Shenandoah River three miles from Charles Town West Virginia. Murray could not swim and was pulled from the water twice by companion Dr Wetherbee Fort but slipped back and sank.
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Catonsville
Shenandoah River
Charles Town
James H. Murray
W. Va
Murray
Bloomery
Charlee Town Bathing Beach
Hit and Run Driver Sought After Wire County Crash
Police hunt a hit and run motorist after a collision near Williamsport on the pike injuring Mrs. Diebert. The other car struck the front wheel, drove the Dieberts off an embankment, and fled toward Hagerstown. Mrs. Diebert suffered three broken ribs and was taken to Washington County Hospital.
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William Diebert
Hagerstown
Pike
Christened Plane 10 To Be Used In Italian Flight
The Fokker monoplane Old Glory used by Lloyd W. Bertaud and James D. Hill for a Rome round trip was christened at Curtiss Field. Italian ambassador Giacomo De Martine and officials witnessed as Miss Theresa Tassoni christened the ship. A rain event drew a large crowd before a half hour post ceremony flight.
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Lloyd Bertaud
J. D. Hill
New York
Rome
Teterboro
New Jersey
Hill
Lloyd W. Bertaud
James D. Hill
Nobile Giacomo de Martine
Curties Field
William Randolph Hearst
F. H. Laguardia
Theresa Tassoni
Bertaud
William P Beard Dies Sudden in Atlantic City
William Powers Beard prominent Hagerstown merchant died suddenly of heart disease at Atlantic City aged 67. He had long suffered high blood pressure and was visiting his son W Donald Beard then a UVA law student. Beard began as a clerk at Hoffman and Eyerly, later formed Beard Brothers with his brother, and later operated at 59 West Washington Street before partnering with W K Dever of Martinsburg in 1925 to expand the business.
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William Powers Beard
Hagerstowns
Atlantic City
Tie Son
W. Donald Beard
University of Virginia
Phillips House
Beard
West
Washington Street
W. 4K
Dever
Martinsburg
New Head Of Prohibition Unit To Swear In Today
Sey mour Lowman a former New York lieutenant governor will be sworn in as assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement customs and the coast guard. He succeeds Lincoln C Andrews and aims for businesslike enforcement while reducing arms use and entrapment.
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Washington
Seymour Lowman
New York
the Treasury
Customs
Coast Guard
Lincoln C. Andrews
Lowman
The
Treasury
Customs, Coast Guard
Prohibition
Ciry
Woman Charged With Starting Big Fire in Centerville
Centerville Maryland July 31 Marie Neuhaus forty six year old confectionery shop owner is charged with starting a two hundred thousand dollar fire that destroyed two blocks of Church Hill on the night of July 19 and threatened the town She is jailed in Centerville She is wife of Henry Neuhaus who was previously whipped after a beating conviction and appeal.
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Centerville
Church Hill
Marie Neuhaus
Henry Neuhaus
Cows Eat Stockings After Fishing Trip
Knot Kline and family along with Mr and Mrs W F Ankeney R Saylor and Harry Kline return from a fishing trip at Dam No 5 and report cows chewed their stockings on a tree branch. The cows seemed undisturbed by the unusual snack.
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Knot Kline
W. F. Ankeney
R. Saylor
Harry Kline
Dam No. 5
Three Are Killed In Plane Crash Near New Castle
George Myers aged 35 a lieutenant in the Army bombing corps in World War I and two young passengers Evan Davis 17 son of a New Castle banker and Paul Wise 21 a student at Indiana University were killed when Myers plane crashed from about 200 feet near New Castle Indiana late today.
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New Castle
Ind
George Myers
Army Bombing Corps
Here
Myers
Evan Davis
Paul Wise
Indiana University
Hog Cholera Reported on Broad Fording Road Farm
Hog cholera is reported to exist on the premises of J. C. Corwell on Broad Fording road, prompting concern for local livestock and possible containment measures.
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J. C. Corwell
Broadfording Road
Chamberlin to take off from Leviathan ship for liner launch test
New York July 31 Clarence D Chamberlin inspects a 114 foot runway on the U S liner Leviathan. He plans a take off tomorrow off Fire Island to test launching planes from ships to accelerate passenger and mail service. The Bellanca monoplane will reach shore at about 54 mph with Leviathan speed of 24 mph.
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New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
United States
Fire Island
Teterboro
Hasbrouck Heights
Chamberlin
Duel Over Wife Ends in Double Tragedy in Chicago
In Chicago on July 3, a husband William O Donne, a concessionaire, fought a pistol duel with Ernest Halter over his wife Juanita O Donnell. Both men were killed, and Juanita also died, with Halter identified by letters in his pockets. The husband claimed he woke to screams, grabbed a pistol, and found Halter in his wife’s room. they exchanged fire.
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Associated
Preas
Chicago
Mia
Juanita O'Donnell
Ernest Halter
Wilam O’donne
Halter
Sunday Games Called Off by Rain in Blue Ridge League
Two scheduled Sunday games in the Blue Ridge League were postponed due to rain. In Hagerstown the Hubs vs Martinsburg Blue Sox clash could not be staged, and in Frederick the Hanover Raiders faced the Hustlers. Both games are expected to be played next Sunday.
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Hagerstown
Martinsburg Blue Sox
Frederick
Hanover Raiders
Hustlers
Martinsburg
H. H. Byrer
Byrer
Man Killed by Train at Rippon Station
Charles McDonough a Rippon West Virginia farmer was crushed to death when struck by a Norfolk and Western freight train at Rippon station about 3 yesterday afternoon. His body was badly mutilated and an inquest was deemed necessary by Justice Albert Moler. McDonough leaves a widow and five children.
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Charles McDonough
Rippon
W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Rippon Station
McDonough
Albert Moler
Fire Subdues Quietly at Washington County Hospital
Patients slept soundly at 12 30 am as firemen battled a blaze on the first floor. The fire, likely starting from electrical wiring under flooring, was in a section under repair with no patients. A silent alarm brought the First Hose Company. chemicals helped extinguish the fire.
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Washington County Hospital
Baltimore boy dies while swimming at Stony Creek
A 12 year old Baltimore boy Calvin Clark drowned today while swimming in Stony Creek at Greer Haven Maryland. The incident occurred on July 31 and is reported from Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Calvin Clark
Stony Creek
Greep Haven
New Life Seen for Geneva Naval Conference
Geneva July 31 The United States seeks freedom to build eight inch gun secondary cruisers within the total cruiser tonnage. British delegates show no sign of concession. Plenary session postponed to Wednesday or Thursday as observers warn against premature triumph or collapse of the talks. President Coolidge backs Hugh S Gibson in the crusier liberty demand.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Princes and Premier Spend Sunday Quietly in Canada
The Prince of Wales his brother Prince George and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, visiting for diamond jubilee celebrations, attended church in Quebec and sailed to Montreal. They will resume official engagements there with receptions, addresses, and a golf outing for the heir apparent and his brother.
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Prince of Wales
Prince George and
Stanley Baldwin
Canada
Quebec
Prince George
Anglican
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Canada Steamship Com
Pany
Clerical Critique Of Modern American Marriages In Paris
Bishop William T. Manning of New York condemned trial marriages divorces and other modern American habits in a sermon at the American Cathedral of the Trinity Paris July 31.
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Paris
William T. Manning
Episcopal Diocese of
New York
City Cans Collection In North End Today And Tomorrow
A city collection of cans will take place in the North End today and tomorrow. Residents are urged to place recyclables at curbside for pickup with municipal crews handling the effort.
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North End
Boyth Ead
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Vanzetti
Mrs. Lauder
Allen Murray
Smallwood
Justice Owen Willey
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WM. P. Beard
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Bellanca
Leviathan
G. M. Bellanca
Blaze
the Associated Press
Gibson
President Coolidge
Hugh S. Gibson
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