Robbers Dig Through Wall of Commercial Trust Building
Robbers attempted to enter the Commercial Trust Company Building in the Ramaciotti Building's rear by crawling through a window and breaking bricks with a crowbar and a 25 pound hammer. The hole 18 inches wide led to the lavatory. valuables were not disturbed and the intruders fled before finishing. The site holds a prior near miss less than a year earlier and an old hole was bricked up.
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Commercial’ , Trust Co
Ramacciotti
J. G. Sinnott
Rader
Erie Violated Esch Law by Wage Cut and Longer Hours
Chicago March 7. The Erie rail road violated the Cummings Esch law by cutting wages and increasing employer hours. The U S Railways Labor Board announced the decision here today.
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Chicago
Erie Railroad
U. S. Railways Labor Board
Woman Overcome by Smoke from Roasting Veal
Mrs. A. H. Russell of 40 Fairground avenue faced a dangerous kitchen accident Saturday morning when leaving veal roasting. Returning, she found smoke filling the house and was nearly overcome. A window fell on her as she sought air, leaving her weak. A neighbor summoned aid, and her husband helped revive her.
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A. H. Russell
Fairground Avenue
Army 45 Caliber Gun Reported Stolen From Car
Major T. E. Darby of Carifale Barracks Pennsylvania reported to police that a 40 caliber army revolver was taken from his automobile parked in a local garage overnight. The car was in the garage from 6:15 PM Saturday to around noon Sunday. the garage manager doubts the Major owned a gun in the vehicle and calls the report untrue.
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T. E. Darby
Carifale Barracks
Bayonets Of Reds Uphold Soviet Authority Amid Turmoil
London reports from Helsingfors cite a Finnish courier saying Petrograd fires rage and Soviet troops waver in loyalty while Red Army armored patrols and artillery strike strikers in Moscow. Lenin addresses Moscow Soviet crediting fuel shortages for disorders and noting food ration declines. Kronstadt disturbances attributed to General Kozlovaky's Imperial Czarist forces with few details on counter moves.
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Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Meval
Berlin
Nikolai Lenin
Apeec
Lenin
Kozlovaky
Reime
Kron- Stadt
Judge Henderson Sick, Can't Preside in Court
Judge Robert R. Henderson of Cumberland, who arrived to preside, is confined to his rooms at the Hamilton Hotel with a cold and cannot attend the morning session. Several cases in which Judge Wagiman is disqualified were carried over until Henderson recovers. The replayin case of BE KB Martz vs Hammack was heard by Judge Wasamin earlier.
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Robert R. Henderson
Cumberland
Hamilton
Wagaiman
Henderson
BE. KB. Martz
William H. Hammack
Wasamin Fale
Buat
Limerick Mayors Shot In Home Attacks
Dublin reports that George Clancy mayor of Limerick and former mayor Michael O Callaghan were shot dead in their homes by armed intruders. Clancy’s wife died later after trying to shield them. The killings echo Cork’s Lord Mayor murder a year earlier as Sinn Fein figures. An additional fatality, a young man named O Donovan, was reported in the same morning. An ambush in County Cork left Brigadier General Cuming and three British soldiers dead as troops advanced on a mined road.
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Dublin
George Clancy
Limerick
Michael O’callaghan
Clancy
Thomas Mac Curtain
Cork
O'Callaghan
McCurtain
Neva
O'Donovan
Harding nominates key officials in sweeping slate
President Harding submitted to the senate nominations for assistant secretary of the navy Theodore Roosevelt under secretary of state Henry P. Fletcher assistant secretary of agriculture E D Ball major general commandant of the Marine Corps John A LeJeune and major general George Barnett. Also forwarded is a long list of previously failed secretaries of legations.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry P. Fletcher
Agriculture
E. D. Ball
Marine Corps
John A. LeJeune
George Barnett
Fire at St. Francis Hotel Triggers Roof Blaze
In San Francisco hundreds of guests woke to a dull explosion and a blaze on the hotel roof caused by a fire in the soap factory and laundry above. The damage likely totals 75000 dollars and drew all city fire apparatus to the scene. No panic was reported as guests evacuated from rooms in their states of dress.
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San Francisco
St. Francis Hotel
Democrats To Hold Primaries On Saturday
At a Hamilton building meeting the Democrat City Central committee decided to stage Democratic primary elections next Saturday March 12 between 7 30 and 8 30 PM The primaries will be held in First Ward at Harry Clevidence 51 Winter Street Third Ward at Augustus Ludwig Tire Shop 21 East Washington Street Fifth Ward at Edward Woesner Shop West Franklin Street.
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Democrat City Central Committee
J. O. Snyder
Hamilton
William J. Hurley
First Ward
Harry Clevidence
Winter Street
Third Ward
Augustus Ludwig
East Washington Street
Fifth Ward
Edward Woesner
Franklin Street
Registration Opens for Hagerstown Municipal Vote
Voters in Hagerstown begin general registration across five wards for four days. Any resident age 21 or older who has lived in the ward for six months and the city for a year can register to vote in the upcoming municipal election. This marks the first time newly enfranchised women may register for city elections. Democrats urged to register, with emphasis on Fifth Ward white voters ensuring names are on the books to elect a white man to the City Council.
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Hagerstown
Elty
AW Democrats
Bowler Waives Hearing In Lynchburg Murder Arraignment
John Bowler of Lynchburg waived a preliminary hearing after arraignment before Justice Fred Baker in Martinsburg. Bowler, a self confessed murderer of Garfield M Miller, a taxi cab driver from Hagerstown, had his body found near Falling Waters on February 9. He was returned to jail without bond to await the April Grand Jury action. no counsel was present. Rumors allege possible mental unsoundness among relatives and a possible female involvement, but no definite proof has emerged.
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Fred Baker
Martinsburg
John Bowler
Lynchburg
Garfield M. Miller
Hagerstown
Bowler
Thieves Raid Club Houses Along C O Canal
Thieves roamed club houses near Shepherdstown along the C O canal stealing un nailed dishes blankets and other items. Val Smith of Waynesboro near a Mountain View Club found dishes from his place among the loot and helped recover them. He suspects the culprits used the club houses as storage and removed items later.
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Mountain View
Val Smith
C. & O. Canal
Shepherdstown
Waynesboro
Mountain View Club
Smith
Mountain View House
Women vote burdened election in Williamsport contest
Women are voting in the municipal election in Williamsport today. Polls opened at six, with two tickets competing for three two year commissioner seats. Progressive ticket includes Charles J. Davis Richard G. Hoffman and Clarence A. Snyder. Cusena ticket lists Norman Grove Upton Norris and R. A. Poffenberger. Grove serves on town council. Polls close at 2 20 p m. Isaac G Romberger judge and A K Barsber clerk. Heavy vote polled.
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Willamsport
Progressive
Charles J. Davis
Richard G. Hoffman
Clarence A. Snyder
Cusena
Norman Grove
Upton
Norris
R. A. Poffenberfer
Grove
Isaac G. Romberger
A. K. Bars Ber
Movement Of Troops To Begin Tomorrow To Compel Indemnity
Allied troops will advance into Germany from the Rhine to enforce indemnity terms as ordered. Foch is drafting final instructions to army commanders while Belgian heavy artillery moves toward the Rhine and Brussels discusses measures for military cooperation. London says Germany’s proposals are rejected and calls for a definite proposal to begin peace.
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Foch
London
Germany
Rhine
Lord Riddell
Marshall Foch
Brussels
Paris
Supreme War Council
Millerand
de Dourette
Mayence
Dusseldorf
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Sinn Fein
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Democratic City Central Committee
Williamsport
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