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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
6
A rambling column notes unseasonably warm December weather in Washington with imagery of springlike scenes and jokes about climate plans for the Peace conference. It warns against overoptimism, May snow or cold returning, and jokes about the season's effects on holiday habits and supplies.
The R L Dollings Company headquarters here installed a large new Safe Cabinet bought through W A Baker local representative of Safe Cabinet Company. Increased business necessitated the upgrade. The safe features a sand filling cabinet safety deposit boxes individual lockers separate locks and keys and is the latest in office equipment.
Mrs. Johannah Theresa Murray 66 of Hancock died Tuesday night at home from valvular heart disease after about a year of illness. Born in St Johns Newfoundland she was daughter of William and Ellen Mulcahy and a member of St Peters Church. Survived by husband William L Murray, daughter Mrs Eugene Faith and sons J Ross Lawrence and Leo of Hancock district. Funeral announcements pending. John Walters died at his brother’s home near Suiuttesburg aged 39 after stomach trouble. he had recent Baltimore hospital treatment and formerly drove bugs in the city. Charles J Amey a former city resident and tobacconist at 20 Washington Street died yesterday after a funeral at Ann Ab elock. interment in Martineburg cemetery.
Special to The Mail Davenport Iowa December 1 Further developments in the Ashley P Conner case held in jail here after an automobile crash show charges of carrying concealed weapons and reckless driving The wreck occurred Sunday night when Conner left the road and hit a telephone pole with Miss Gertrude Thieleke present Her father H J Thieleke of Rock Island filed a 20000 damages suit and attached Conner 4000 Stutz car Mrs Conner nee Catharine Draper of Hagerstown filed a 40000 suit for alienating her husband’s affections The Thieleke girl is hospitalized with facial injuries including a broken jaw and possible loss of sight while Conner seeks counsel and faces a bond of 1000 on both charges The preliminary hearing is likely Friday or Saturday morning The article notes Conner previously worked as a car salesman in Cedar Rapids and Moline and is well known in Hagerstown where he has many friends The case continues with continuances and ongoing legal actions
John W Husminger and Zelma Mc Cauley in Harrisburg. Howard P Brown and Helen Knod in Harrisburg. Norman Ts Jonaop of Baltimore Mo and Katherine By of Wakla, this city. Robert L Starliper of Sharpsburg and Irina E Hammond of Willameport, plus Charles B Sehulty and Bath Lyona. Camberkind.
Washington reports nine months of administration cuts leaving only 3000 to 4000 fewer federal employees. Congressmen find total payroll near 81000 to 83000 with some layoffs offset by hires. They question reorganization and classification commissions while noting 260 bureaus and a bureaucratic government. The speaker’s identity is undisclosed.
Reports from PA game officials indicate widespread deer abundance, with Seth Bl Gordon predicting deer kills could exceed 4000 this season after 8300 were shot last year. Bears also show early hunting success, with several counties reporting counts and Forest County listing four men fined for illegal bear shooting as the season opens.
John C. Presgrave of Avalon avenue was released under 300 dollars bond for a wife beating charge before Justice Bitner in Police Court. He failed to appear and bond was forfeited. Mrs Presgrave paid a 100 dollar fine for drunkenness and is reported weakened. Presgrave is said to have left the city.
A shotgun bear hunting incident violates the 1921 amendment to the State game code. Mrs. R. R. Lowman and her children spent the weekend in Baltimore visiting her sister, Mrs. Epaugh.
A reflective piece links December to the winter solstice and Christmas. It traces the solar year from December’s solstice to spring, highlights the nativity as the season’s heart, and evokes ancient astronomy. It surveys constellations Andromeda Pisces Aries Taurus, Orion and the Pleiades, and contemplates astrology’s link to astronomy and divine grandeur.
James D. Lucey of Strother Brodgen Co, Baltimore bankers, cites a 10 point rise in Liberty Bonds over six months and a $70 million increase in total bond value as evidence of optimism. He predicts a March surge in stock activity and a return to pre war prosperity, noting bonds favor income while stocks favor growth. Also reports Mrs. William T. Wilson of Washington, formerly of this city, injured after a fall injuring a head vessel and hemorrhage control difficulties.
A 17 year old newly married youth A F Meredith of Cats Artery Clarksburg W Va died in a hospital from a knife wound self inflicted while playing with an open blade at a relative's home in Salem. He struck his chest with the knife butt when the blade turned and severed an artery. He leaves a wife Opal Frazure whom he wed November 7.
Deb Weathery reports an intruder from out of town entering her home during a visit yesterday. The incident occurred while Deb and visitors were at noon meals. Gabe Saddler and his wife Reany were found in the cellar after the kitchen floor collapsed. A man identified by a witness hinted at his real name while under the influence Saturday night.
New Orleans reports an all-night session failed to bridge gaps between striking river-front workers and 12,000 dockside workers and agents. The stoppage remains active with no one returning to work.
The Women's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church in Williamsport will meet at 7 30 this evening in the primary room.
The New York Stock Exchange opens the day with gains as Labor Board wage cut expectations buoy rail and soft paper futures. International Paper falters on newsprint cuts, while Republic, Midvale and Lackawanna Steel rise on revived anti-trust narratives. Foreign exchange firms firm with marks and German rates, total trades around 621,000 shares.
Mrs I C Swann Jr thanks friends for sympathy and kindness during the recent death of her husband.
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