16 Jan 1923
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1923
Page
1
Threats were directed at R P Poole of Herrin over a strip mine dispute. Poole says he has received a threatening note along with a noose shown in a photo. Police are investigating the threat as part of ongoing legal tensions surrounding the mine.
Ay taterings Nown Heerton IEARRISON Ark Jan 16 C Gregor a striking workman on the Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad was found dead today hanging to a railroad trestle near Harrison. The body followed threats and a tense investigation by a Citizens Committee into recent railroad bridge burnings.
Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa pressed in the Senate for restitution to require the Treasury Secretary Mellon to name corporations that declared large stock dividends last year to evade surtaxes. The move targets firms said to incite profit rather than distribute it in order to dodge taxes.
A promotional notice from The Hagerstown Herald & Mall Information Bureau announces a brand new raisin recipe book. It provides directions for many dishes and invites readers to obtain a copy by sending a postcard or return request. Director Fredecle J. Haukin highlights the guide’s practical value for households.
London dispatch reports the Russian armored cruiser Trotsky sunk in the Black Sea with the loss of everyone aboard. The Morning Post claims an official Moscow inquiry is ordered, while Jayne's Fighting Ships 1920 omits any cruiser named Trotsky.
A deputation from the British Trades Union Congress urged Premier Bonar Law to reconvene parliament to pass immediate relief measures for unemployed workers. The premier promised to consider the request. Also, probate of the late Christian Gimpie of Virginia Avenue was admitted, with private contents.
Reliable but unauthenticated reports say Nixon-Nirdlinger of Philadelphia will buy the entire southeast corner of the public square for a combined hotel and theatre. The deal is described as one of the city’s largest real estate transfers in years, with plans for modern, extensive structures and a costly building program. A second rumor claimed Pelumac Public Service Co planned a headquarters on the site, but company officials denied knowledge of such a plan.
Dublin scenes of conflict report 18 wounded as heavy firing continues through night. In Tipperary serious outrages are noted with several wounded and property damage. Presite troops begin systematic roundup of irregulars in the southwest amid continuing guerrilla warfare.
Lancelot Jacques elected president of Hagovatown Fair Auxocla wn and presided at a directors meeting this morning. Committees postponed to February 18 during Jacques extended southern trip. Only brief remarks heard. many items deferred and meeting adjourned with no actions taken. cholera reported at Morris Pananrave premises likely from stray hogs.
International News Service reports the first public identification effort against the hooded mob that killed Watt Daniel and Thomas F. Richards in Morehouse Parish. Witness testimony in Bastrop could reveal mob members within 48 hours as subpoenas target Edward Morris Robert Lee Harkness and Alfred Honey Hill.
Miss Lucinta Kitna of Clearspring died last winter and left $200 to the Y M C A after her brother Newton Kite died. The Orphans' Court handles probate today for the Great bequest to furnish the Yabby furniture. about 8750 more is needed, with Secretary Steele securing an order to buy by Saturday evening. Any small donations are welcomed.
The heartbroken mother of Thomas F. Richards reports no word since a hooded mob abducted him on August 24 in Morehouse Tarish. She clings to hope and recalls her son as trusted, kind, and good-hearted, expressing the shock of his kidnapping and murder. Local authorities have not provided updates on his fate.
In Paris on January 16 l Actan Francais editor M Dauet urged France to take drastic action to satisfy demands from Germany. The leading editorial framed Occupy Berlin as a major issue affecting international tension and potential policy shifts.
European Mirror reports 60,000 French and Belgian troops along a 70 mile line encircling over 300 square miles of occupied German territory in the Ruhr. Paris reparations commission declares Germany in default on coal and cattle deliveries. Berlin and Bochum tensions rise as French warn German mine owners to supply coal or face prison. Parisian papers claim France has leverage to march on Berlin. Bolshevik fears loom along the Russo Polish frontier as German embassies warn of rising instability.
A suspect in the 260000 dollar Denver robbery was released by Chicago police today after questioning. A telegraphic dispatch from Denver reported the case, and a photo of Culhane was published. Culhane was arrested Sunday in Hansha City. Also noted are unrelated items on postwar plots and a U S death in an automobile crash.
Provisional report notes Prince Albert, son of the king, engaged to Lady Warheth Bowen Lyon. The notice claims he announced three times previously. If confirmed today, membership in the YM CL Ay han increases, with 44 members since the year’s start.
German coal magnates defy French demand and refuse coal shipments to the Allies as General De Goutte presses for deliveries. Hugo Stinnes vanishes after leaving the Rhineland. Britain weighs a formal protest to France over Rhineland and Ruhr occupation while guard patrols tighten. French troops seize Ruhr towns and clashes with local Germans raise fears of further violence as authorities prepare for a potential Rhineland Republic.
In Memel Lithuanians seized the neutral zone and declared a new city government after disarming German police and forcing French troops to surrender. Two French soldiers were killed in the ensuing fighting, workmen strike, and German police reportedly sided with allied forces against Lithuanian irregulars.
Typhoid cases rise in Franklin county township linked to an old well supplying drinking water for St Thomas public school. Health authorities report heavy bacterial contamination in well water and request outside aid to combat the epidemic.
Crowley La Jan 16 Twenty persons were reported injured today as the town of Scott La, about 18 miles from Crowley, was virtually demolished by a 700 pound dynamite blast in a garage. Firemen from La Payette and Rayne aided in extinguishing the flames.
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