Law Snatches Bride In Court Here
Armed officers held back a crowd as Mary Marinkovic was taken from the courthouse to finish a sentence in the House of the Good Shepherd. The couple, childhood sweethearts, had eloped to marry after escaping the institution, while her father and husband faced perjury charges in circuit court.
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Baltimore
Mary Marinkovic
Court House
E. Grayson
Baltimore County
Mary
John Capan
House of Good Shepherd
Frank I. Duncan
Marinkovic
Stogian Marinkovic
Harper Ballentine
Wagaman
Pass Bill For Farmer Relief
The administration’s agriculture relief program was approved by the House this afternoon in passing the composite Capper Lemous Anderson bill providing for enlarged credit facilities.
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Administration
House
Poison Moonshine Sold by Martinsburg Women
Martinsburg West Virginia March 1 Acting on information from Mrs Doyle Miller and Mrs Mary McIntire Morgantown officers arrested Marion Dye Morgantown on a charge of selling moonshine A pint of Aquor was purchased with marked money supplied by the sheriff Dex tar Miller the somberly ill 12 year old brother of Mrs Miller is hospitalized in Morgantown due to poisonous moonshine incident.
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Wy International News Service
Martinsburg
W. Va
Doyle Miller
Mary McIntire
Morgantown
Marion Dye
Miller
Warren Quits as U S Ambassador to Japan
Charles Beecher Warren visits the White House on March 1 and delivers his formal resignation as United States ambassador to Japan to President Harding.
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Harding
United States
Japan
French seize rail stations in Mulheim and Essen
French troops occupied railway stations in Mulheim and Essen. Giuseppe Pletac was shot by French troops in Essen. At Whrenbreaistein, a mountain fortress overlooking Coblenz, the post once held by the American army has been taken over by trench colored troops, according to Coblenz dispatches.
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Essen
Mulhelmn
Gueseppe Pletac
Whrenbreaistein
Coblenz
Trench
Post office order enforces mail without boxes in Hagerstown
Residents face new rule as March 1 delivery halt looms for homes lacking mail receptacles. Local official notes many had been warned since January 1 and advises compliance. Reports from other cities show widespread missing boxes and Baltimore cites 70 000 homes unready for the change, with carriers instructed to skip mail to unqualified addresses.
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Hagerstown
Postmaster General
Baltimore
ofMles
Rum Runners In Distress Given Help
Local motorists returning to Chambersburg stopped north of the city to aid rum runners whose car broke down and asked to notify a local agent. One occupant slipped a bottle of Stewart whisky to the driver as thanks for the assistance. Help was sent to the stranded vehicle.
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Chambersburg
Cochran Dies Today Noted Orator and Congressman
W Bourke Cochran veteran New York congressman and famed orator died at his Washington home after a brief illness. He became ill last night and reportedly suffered a stroke before his death at age 69. The death shocked the capital, with Cochran widely known in New York and Washington and across many states. Appeals dates for Chewsville district assessments set by county commissioners include Boonsboro March 2, Smithsburg March 3, Tilghmanton March 6, Funkstown March 6, Halfway March 7, Cowansville March 16.
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International News Service
Washington
Marsh
W. Bourke Cochrane
New York
iCochran
Board of County Commissions
Chewsville
Boonsboro
Smithsburg
Tilghmanton
Funkstown
Halfway
Cowansville
Lost clothes at poker end in woman's suicide in Palm Beach
Esther Hangen, said to be from New York, died in Palm Beach after a strip poker game. Police say she shot herself in a room adjoining the game after losing her last garment. She was found in pajamas with a bullet through her head.
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International
Palm Beach
Fla
Esther Hangen
New York
Ruhr tension warned by Germany over French actions
Germany warned that a serious situation exists in the Ruhr and blamed French plundering and threats for rising tension. German officials said they feared widespread violence and sought to alert world powers in advance.
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My International
Herlin
Ruhr
Rover Nent
Germany
Artiefacts
Eight Hour Day For Clerks Across Railroads
In Chicago on March 1 the United Railway Labor Board ordered an eight hour day for class one railroad clerks with time and a half overtime pay starting today. The measure includes a two cent raise for 65 048 freight handlers and station workers, grants petition for 321 226 clerks, but denies a wage increase while approving one holiday in every seven days.
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International News Service
Chicago
United Railway Labor Board
Aete
Railroad Board
Woman in Black Believed a Dope Fiend Seen Across Town
Martinsburg authorities label the mysterious woman in black as a hopeless drug addict after sightings in Funkstown Genevella Boonsboro and Frederick over five weeks. The report notes several appearances in Martinsburg during that period and mentions building permits for a frame bungalow at Potomac Street 58 by 43 feet filed by David P Milley.
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Martinsburg
Funkstown
Genevala
Boonsboro
Frederick
David P. Milley
Potomac St
Prohibition Case Questions Liquor Reversion to Owner
In Philadelphia on March 1 state Prohibition Director John T. Davis faces a district court hearing over claims that agents converted a $40 000 stock of seized liquor into water and vinegar before returning it to former councilman James Neely. Neely says more than half the barrels vanished and the returned goods included whiskey mixed with water vinegar and chemicals.
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International Nera Service
Philadelphia
John T. Davis
United States District Court
John R. K. Scott
Select
Hit by auto as he flees from bandits
Michael O Rourke a 30 year old Irishman was accosted by two men on the highway. He dashed away and a passing auto struck him sending him to St Margaret s Hospital. Officials say he will be all right unless a further mishap occurs before he reaches home.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Michael O'Rourke
O'Rourke
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Diamond Pool Room Robbery Reported On Potomac Street
Thieves broke into the Diamond Pool Room on South Potomac Street last night, took $12 in cash and cigarettes from showcases, and rifled a rear desk. Entrance gained via the transom. papers scattered. Police suspect a gang of boys after similar break-ins on Jonathan Street and Antietam Street.
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Diamond Pool Room
South Potomac Street
Maryland
Billard Room
South Jonathan Street
Antietam
Antietam Lunch Room
Antietam Street
Siena
Democratic Primaries Set for Hagerstown Wards 1 3 and 5
Democratic primaries to nominate city council candidates in Hagers town wards 1 3 and 5 will be held Saturday evening March 3 from 730 to 830 PM at Ward 1 Harry Clavidence's cigar store West Washington Street Ward 3 Ludwig's tire and accessory store East Washington Street and Ward 5 Edward Woessner's shop Woat Franklin Street.
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Hagerstown
Harry Clavidence
Washington Street
Ludwig
Edward Woessner
Berryville Post Office Robbery In Bolstered Night Clash
A dramatic Berryville raid ended with a gun battle between robbers and local defenders. Charles Feltner fired on one assumed guard inside the post office as three men fled through a side window, leaped into a red powered car, and sped away. Citizens and police fired in a street battle. no Berryville injuries were reported. The bandits escaped toward Shenandoah River via River Pike. The postmaster had already moved most funds to a Berryville bank, leaving about $15 in stamps and $5 cash. County Agent Mourenants bought a Dodge roadster.
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Betty Lesser
C. and P. Exchange
Postoffice
Charles Feltner
Feltner
Berryville
River Pike
Shenandoah River
Leesburg
Britain Hits Dope Traffic A Stiff Blow
London March 1 Great Britain struck a blow at the dope traffic today as the House of Commons passed on second reading the dangerous drugs act. The measure imposes heavy penalties on those selling or illegally possessing narcotics and grants police wide powers of search and seizure. Trade Secretary Bridgeman cited the traffic as a dangerous problem and said it must be checked, especially by stopping international agents of drug sellers in England.
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International News Service
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Trome
Bridgeman
England
Civil War in China Breaks Out Again
London reports a fresh Chinese civil war after official advices from Hong Kong. Fighting is believed near Canton between Sun Yat Sen supporters and Pekin government forces.
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International News Service
London
China
Foreign Office Today
Hong Kong
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Pekin
Running Government In 1923 Will Cost Everyone $22.50
The 1923 government operating cost is estimated at $2.476 billion for the year ending June 30, translating to about $22.50 per person. Three deficiency appropriation bills add roughly $281 million, with $13 million in the bill before the Senate. Major outlay is the Post Office at $684,872,991, while budget measures promise some savings.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Financial Wizards of the Senate
Tne Cattlamanthie Avareraa
Senate
Tho Sea
War Department
District of Columbia
Budget Bureau
House
Post Osive Department
Bill to Stop Sale of Poor Coal Sought
Washington March 1. The United States Bureau of Mines urged Congress to enact a standard federal fuel grade law and apply it nationwide. It called for prohibiting interstate coal shipments not meeting the standard and proposed penalties for violations by coal dealers or shippers.
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Washington
States Bureau of Mines
Congress
Bureau
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