Blaze destroys Foal Ly Theater in Baltimore blaze
Fire under the stage of the Foal Ly Theater at Baltimore Street and Fallsway, part of the building housing Folly Hotel, caused two hours of firefighting. Watchman William Tieuls was overcome by smoke while attempting to fight the blaze. The theater, once Monumental Theater, had operated as a burlesque venue and a wrestling match was slated that night.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Street
Fallsway
Folly
William Tieuls
Monumental Theater
Electric train wreck derails five cars near Woodside
Five cars of a Long Island Railroad electric train from Speonk to New York derail at Queens Woodside during rush hour. All 600 passengers were jolted. one seriously injured, four others hospitalized for bruises and cuts while ambulances treated nearly twenty others. Spreading rails reported as cause.
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New York
Long Island
Speonk
Woodside
Queens
Society Girl Dies of Gas in Baltimore Garage
Miss Sara Stewart, 25, a known Baltimore society figure, died in Mercy hospital after a car exhaust in a closed garage filled the space with carbon monoxide. Neighbors found her unconscious in her car, believing she had entered the garage last night.
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Baltimore
Sara Stewart
Mercy Hospital
Beau Brummel at Sing Sing
Ossining N Y March 26 A Beau Brummel has arrived to be a guest at Sing Sing for ten years or so. Robert Whitman alias Lord Beaver Brook convicted of swindling women brought with him eight bundles of clothing including silk underwear and pajamas. He wore a new black derby a top coat a blue striped suit with a blue silk handkerchief peeping from a pocket. Highly polished tan shoes and brown silk socks.
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Ossining
N. Y
Beau Brummel
Sing Sing
Robert Whitman
Lord Beaver- Brook
Dog in Lockup Returns to Oak Hill Family
Chick the bird dog and namesake of Dr. William R. Bender’s family ran afoul of vagrancy laws, spending a short time in police custody before being forgiven and returned home. The Oak Hill avenue canine reportedly wandered off, then was located at headquarters and released back to its relieved owner.
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Chick
Bender
William R. Bender
Oak Hill Avenue
Lord Balfour III Stricken by Illness Cancels Posts
Lord Balfour III, former prime minister and long time political figure in Britain, has fallen seriously ill with laryngitis since January and recently suffered a severe heart attack. He faces major engagements cancellation as he nears his 80th birthday on July 25. He led the British mission to America in 1917 and attended the Washington conferences in 1921 and 1922.
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Lord Balfour
the Treasury
America
Washington
Rev Bard of Hagerstown Receives Methodist Charge
Rev J T Bard of Hagerstown has been assigned by the Baltimore Conference to the Methodist charge at Rawlings West Virginia. Bard is son of Mr and Mrs T M Bard of 31 Summer street and a former Daily Mail carrier and early member of the Washington Square M E church. He attends Wesley College Dover Del and will graduate this spring before ordination and assuming duties at Rawlings. He spent spring vacation with his parents and conducted services in Canterbury Del last summer.
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J. Thoburn Bard
Baltimore
Rawlings
W. Va
T. M. Bard
Summer Street
Daily Mail
Washington Square
M. E
Bard
Wesley College
Dover
Del
Wesley
Canterbury
Aily Mail
Many Cases of Measles Reported This March
Two hundred odd measles cases, a probable new high for the disease, have been reported to the County Health Officer in March. Reporting blanks exhausted, many cases remain unreported. No fatalities have occurred. The outbreak began in the city, then spread to rural areas, typical for this season as the disease runs its course.
Tex Rickard Taxes Paid So Much in Two Years
New York march 28 Tex Rickard's cauliflower garden yields big sums for Uncle Sam. In two years the corporation posted a net income of 1,798,838 dollars and paid 2,185,498 dollars in federal and state taxes.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Uncle Sam
Forest fire threatens power line on Short Mountain
A mountain fire on Short Mountain near the Martinsburg Berkeley Springs road endangered the Potomac Edison high tension line from Williamsport to Cumberland. 200 to 300 acres of timber burned before crews halted the blaze. Origin unknown. no homes were harmed.
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Potomac Edison Co
Williamsport
Cumberland
Cherry Run
Potomac Edison Company
Short Mountain
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
W. W. Chief Is Very Ill
Moscow reports William D. Haywood known as Big Bill Haywood is critically ill at Brenitin Hospital from diabetes. Physicians call his condition grave. Haywood, founder of the Industrial Workers of the World, fled to Soviet Russia in 1920 after being convicted in the United States on espionage act charges. He faced 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
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Moscow
William D. Haywood
Big Bill
Brenitin Hospital
Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
Soviet Russia
Thomas W.cunningham
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Republican Committee
U.S. Senate
Cunningham
Reed Investigating Committee
William S. Ware
Pair Off To Establish A New Record
Jacksonville March 28 Captain George Haldeman and Eddie Stinson lifted from the beach runway at 7 36 am in a bid to exceed the world endurance flight record. The Stinson monoplane with a 220 Wright Whirlwind engine aimed to stay aloft past 55 hours cruising up and down the Florida East coast. The current 52 hour 23 minute German record stands as the target they must beat by at least one hour to set a new official mark.
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Jacksonville
George Haldeman
Eddie Stinson
Stinson
Florida East Coast
Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Etroit
To Insure Blimp Crossing Ocean
London March 28 Lloyd will insure the R 100 for its forthcoming U S visit but will not insure transatlantic airplane flights. It will cover dirigible trips, as German flyers seek the feat despite it being deemed too risky.
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London
Lloyd
United States
Brother Joins In Search For Slayings In N Y Village
In Walkin New York on March 28 police hunted Harry T. McHugh postmaster and elder brother of Jesse McHugh for the killing of 19 year old Marie Terwilliger who died after being shot as she stood in her doorway. Jesse joined the search but authorities suspect Harry drowned in a creek flood. Terwilliger lived with her mother above the post office. she did not name her killer.
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McHugh
Miss Terwilliger
Jessie
Harry
Girl Bandits Plead Guilty Back to Jail
Dorothy Simmers and Hilda Little, Chambersburg High graduates, pleaded guilty to highway robbery in Chambersburg court. They acted as decoys with Charles Stepler, luring men on lonely roads. Stepler planned further crimes. The trio were captured after fleeing last October. Stepler faces trial after April. the girls await sentencing and will testify. Bail was denied after a prior bond skip. they were recaptured in New Jersey.
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Paris
Dorothy Simmers
Hilda Little
Chambersburg High School
Chambersburg
Charles Stepler
Stepler
Shippensburg
Franklin County
New Jersey
Boycott and General Strike paralyze Amoy China
Amoy March 28 The anti Japanese commercial boycott in effect for some time was followed by a general strike of laborers in protest of Baron Von Meuennefeld interpreted by the Japanese. Ships and schools have been closed.
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Amoy
China
Telay
Baron von Meuennefeld
Fire destroys four Pimlico grandstand boxes
A blaze in the Pimlico grandstand center section gutted four boxes today. Investigators believe torches used by workers cutting steel under the stand sparked the fire.
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Baltimore
Pimlico Grandstand
Taxless paradise at Orsa Parish fuels seed giveaway
Stockholm reports Orsa Parish operates without taxes as forests fund parish expenses. This year townsfolk receive free seed from profits, highlighting the taxless model and communal support for agriculture.
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Orsa Parish
Levenes
U S Control Of All Coal Mines Urged
Washington report notes a Senate coal investigation debate over federal control of the soft coal industry. Senators Bruce and Gooding discuss socialization risks while Wagner and Wheeler defend the idea as a last resort to stabilize bituminous mining. Percy Titlow of the United Mine Workers repeats the proposal.
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Washington
Senate Coal Investigation Committee
Bruce
Maryland
Gooding
Idaho
Wagner
Dem
New York
Wheeler
Montana
Percy Titlow
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Mrs Coolidge's Mother Improves, Bulletin Says
In Northampton Massachusetts a noon bulletin from physician J J E Hayes reports improvement in the condition of Mrs Lemira Goodhue mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge. The report comes as officials provide updates on her health.
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Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
J. J. E. Hayes
Radio Commission life extended for one year
President Coolidge signed the bill extending the Radio Commission for another year and providing wave-length allocations among broadcasting stations by region in proportion to population.
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Washington
Coolidge
Radio Commission
Cheerful patient battles terminal illness at Baptist Memorial
Almeda Cahill, hailed as the hospital’s most cheerful patient, endured 56 surgeries over four years of illness after appendicitis triggered a mysterious condition. In a single room at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis she faced a final, hopeful day, reading and cheering others as doctors warned recovery was unlikely and her fight neared its end by nightfall.
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Memphis
Tenn
Almeda Cahill
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Miss Cahill
Lewis Files for Congress in Sixth District
David J. Lewis of Cumberland filed for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Sixth District by submitting certificates with the Washington County Board of Election Supervisors and similarly in four other counties. The former congressman, who served six years, faces no known opposition in the May primary and plans a strong campaign. In a prior statement he cited favorable conditions only in 1912 when the five counties gave him a 6,000 vote majority.
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David J. Lewis
Cumberland
Congress
Board of Election Supervisors
Washington County
Lewis
Three Found Dead in Newark Home Fire
Frank Warren 45, his wife Edith J., and their 13-year-old son Jackson S. were found dead in their beds after firefighters extinguished a fire at their Newark residence. The boy had a bullet wound near the heart and autopsy was needed to determine causes of death for the parents who were badly burned. Warren was an insurance and real estate broker and a founder and vice-president of the American Landscape school.
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Newark
N. J
Frank
Warren
American Landscape School
Beautifying City Park With Magnolia Trees Plan
Park Commission plans further City Park beautification if cherry trees survive winter. They will plant magnolias around park and lake aiming to make City Park a showplace like Washington DC’s Speedway. 170 Japanese cherry trees at the park expected to bloom late April.
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The
Park Commission
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Water superintendent Albert Heard improves at home
Albert Heard city water superintendent was injured after being struck by a car on Williamsport Pike. He continues to improve at his Potomac Avenue home and expects to resume work by the start of next week.
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Albert Heard
Williamsport Pike
Potomac Avenue
Heard
Chicago seeks bombers as $65,000 reward offered
Homes of 40 Chicagoans remain under guard as a $65,000 reward is posted for arrest and conviction of bombers who struck the Swanson and Deneen homes Monday night. State's Attorney Crowe and officials allied with the Thompson Crowe wing contribute, amid a wave of 62 bombings since October 11 with no convictions.
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Chicago
Hughes
Thompson
Thompson- Crowe
Republican Party
Deneen Gs Group
Emil Seiler
South Halsted Street
Permits For Two Houses In City Building Program
Building inspector Wm. C. Slee issued permits for two houses this morning. George R. French of South Potomac street and Charles W. Weant of 127 Buena Vista avenue each received approvals for homes, with Weant planning a double frame dwelling. Additional permits were granted to J. F. Weibel for a garage at 932 Rose Hill avenue, M. R. Miller for a garage at 46 N. Cannon, E. E. Mundey for a double garage at 335 McDowell avenue, and W. E. Miller for a garage on Magnolia avenue.
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Wm. C. Slee
George R. French
South Potomac Street
Charles W. Weant
Buena Vista Avenue
Mr. Weant
J. F. Weibel
Rose Hill Avenue
M. R. Miller
N. Cannon
E. E. Mundey
McDowell Avenue
W. E. Miller
Magnolia Avenue
Forest Warden Appointed for Washington County
New Forest Warden Joseph C. Woessner of Funkstown has been appointed to oversee forest protection in Washington County, replacing prior arrangements and enhancing county enforcement of wildlife and woodland regulations.
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Joseph C. Woessner
Funkstown
Washington County
Bremen crew hold until dawn for safer Atlantic hop
At Baldonnel airfield Dublin on March 28 the Bremen crew refuse a rush start seeking favorable weather. Captain Hermann Koehl and crew demand best conditions before attempting the first east to west Atlantic flight, highlighting careful planning and German thoroughness as they await improved forecasts from London and U.S. reports.
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Baldonnel Airdrome
Dublin
Bremen
Datni
Associated ‘Press
Baldonnel
Londo
United’ States
Thi Parturde
Hermann Koehl
Germany
Arthur Spindler
Junkers
Dresden
Pickers
Baron’ Ehren
Atlantic
Batdonnel Airdrome
Tremor Toll Rises to Ten in Udine Province
The earthquake that struck Udine Province yesterday left ten dead and 35 injured. Cavazzo, Carnico and Verzegnis reported the greatest building damage, with a church cracked at Tolmezzo. Shocks were felt across northern and northeastern Italy.
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Rome
Udine
Cavazzo
Carnico
Verzegnis
Tolmezzo
Italy
Alderman And Others Indicted In Prohibition Ring
Chicago March 27 Alderman Titus Haffa and nine others including a former Lincoln Park board member were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. The government says the ring involved about 5 million dollars and flooded Chicago and the Midwest with liquor.
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Chicago
Titus' Haffa
Lincoln Park Board
Federal Grand Jury
Middle West
Drunk Driver Sentenced After Trolley Collision
Guy Eavey of Waynesboro was jailed ninety days after conviction in city court on a driving while intoxicated charge. He denied drinking, claiming he had not only worked yesterday but had ten presents, while police noted prior drunken incidents and a $100 fine.
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Eavey
Waynesboro
J. H. Bitner
Potomac and
North Streets
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Balfour Iil
J.T. Bard
Hagerstown
Rawlings, W. Va
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Hi School
Stockholm
Election Board
George French
Charles Weant
Associated Press
Bill. Haywood Flea
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