Mine Guard On Stand Today Testifies In Own Defense
John Walbert a mine guard and coal operator with Consol a Co charged as an accessory in the murder of George Porter non union miner on August 24 testifies in court. He denies knowledge of the crime describing his testimony as calm and unemotional while questioned by Senator Lived A Robb. Continued on Page 10.
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John Walbert
Consolidated Coal Company
Harry Martin
George Porter
Walbert
Ilo
Fred
A. Robb
Waalbert
Prowbury
Lawyers and Court To Feast At Cumberland Trial
Cumberland lawyers including Judge A Hunter Boyd Judge Albert A Doab and Judge Frank G Wagaman along with visiting bar members from Cumberland attend the Martha Waibert trial. A formal dinner is planned at 6 15 p m at Hotel Hamilton hosted by the Washington County Bar Association with about 50 attendees. Daniel W Doub president and brother of Judge Doub is arranging dinners.
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Chet
A. Hunter Boyd
Albert A. Doab
Cumberland
Frank G. Wagaman
Hafetotown
Prayer of the Child Healed Birthday Wish Fulfilled
Camden New Jersey reports that 13 year old Helen Hamilton, once near death from a heart ailment, lived to see her thirteenth birthday. She received gifts from afar, candlelight on her cake, and a nation noticing her revival after being evicted with her widowed mother from a one room hovel.
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Helen Hamilton
Abe
Helen
Jady
T Dast
German Industrialists Bartering With France
German industrialists resume talks with the Franco Belgi an economic commission to raise Ruhr production and ease labor strife. Allies and German mine owners seek final agreement while political clauses block a deal, as unemployment looms amid hunger and riots.
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B. Person
International
Dusseldorf
Franco-Belgian Economic Commission
Ruhr
Germany
Alles Credit Ruhr de Ilverios
M. Hunaveart
Belgian Economic Commission
Pesigneil Tong Aga
Releha
eThey
Fingerprints May Tie Murderer in Brooklyn Robbery
In Brooklyn on November 14 a dramatic robbery left $43,009 missing as three suspects fled in a stolen automobile. Moody fingerprints at the scene and a violent pursuit link a Paragon of Brooklyn, now under NY charges, to the slaying in a city hostel.
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Cleveland
M. Paragon
Brooklyn
New York
Statler
Thirkaw
McLaughlin
Snowbound New York crippled by fierce blizzard storm
Eastern and Northern New York face a major snowstorm with blizzard proportions. Telephones and telegraphs nearly fail, streetcar and train service disrupted, and numerous cars marooned in country roads toward the Adirondacks and Catskills as the winter gale sweeps in. Continued on page 10.
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International Newa Service
Albany
N. Ys
New York
Catakiris
Heldersergs
Adirondack Mountains
Western Maryland Turns Out 50 New Steel Cars Monthly
Western Maryland shopmen in Hagerstown avoid furloughs as the back shops produce 50 new steel cars each month and repair coil hoppers. An entirely new car industry has emerged, adding nearly 50,000 dollars monthly in business, with plans to move work to Baltimore postponed after the 1922 strike.
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Western Maryland
Western Maryland Railroad
Hagerstown
Baltimore
U S Seizure of Rum Schooner Raises Diplomatic Tensions
The Tomako, a British rum schooner, was seized six miles off New Jersey by American customs agents. The action tests the three mile limit as the 12 mile limit treaty with Britain is not yet in force. Officials warn of possible complications as talks on a maritime pact proceed in London and Washington.
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Ny Lnternational News Serriery
Washington
Armerican
Jersey
Great Britain
America
London
State Department
Department
Hughes
Boonsboro Faces Water Shortage Amid Leaking Line
Boonsboro struggles with a badly leaking wooden water main supplying mountain water. About 60 of the water supply is cut off 20 hours daily while rapid repairs are sought. Springs are drying as a private company in weak financial position limits extensions, prompting hopes a transfer to town government to back improvements.
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Boonsboro
Tla Broath
Public Service Commission
Ft i3
Democrats in Senate Reject Tax Cuts Against Veterans
Senator Jon Nobinson of Arkansas vows the 68th Congress will not cut benefits for soldiers to fund Mellon tax cuts. He asserts taxes can be lowered while passing a long overdue compensation bill for disabled veterans and adequate hospitalization.
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Washington
Jon Nobinson
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
Robinson
Youth Injured When He Falls Off Wagon On Morning Farm Run
Mortis Murray, a d year old, son of Joan Murray of Green Spring, injured when he fell from a wagon loaded with corn on Murray farm. The wagon struck close to him. a Cloacapring physician attended the child and he suffered a fractured leg.
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Mortis
Joan Murray
Green Spring
Murray Farm
Ex-Resident Seeks GOP Presidential Nomination
Louis A. Baird, former Hagerstow e resident now in St Louis, letters from a past Roosevelt Progressive asking Maryland Republicans to consider his bid for the 1924 Republican nomination. He recalls k ills in the Spanish War and insurrection service, says he campaigned for nom ination in 1924, and appeals for support despite past party differences. He mentions a Maryland tie and asks readers to inform township Republicans of his claim.
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Louis A. Baird
Hagerstowe
St. Louis
Filippino
Kearly
Chicago
Jsvere
Mia
Maryland
Township Republicana
Leard
Spanish King To Don Black Shirt in Naples Visit
Italian press notes King Alfonso of Spain arrived in Naples on his way home from a state visit to Italy and will don the black shirt emblematic of the Masclath. An assassination bid is reported from Angora against Mustapha Kemal Pasha, head of the Turkish national government, amid claims of poison in food.
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Naples
Iilag
Alfonso
Spain
Italy
Wil
Sorta
Angora
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Nathemallat
New Ocean Speed Record Set by Leviathian Liner
The Leviathian, an American liner, arrived from Southampton and Cherbourg to claim a new trans Atlantic speed record. It completed 3078 miles in five days seven hours and twenty minutes, beating the Mauretania's record by thirteen minutes.
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Cy International News Service
New York
Leviathian
Southampton
Cherbourg
Mauretania
Toll Of Poison Rum Claims Six In Philadelphia
Six dead from drinking prohibition liquor and rising drunkenness arrests dominate weekend toll in Philadelphia with hospital reports of more than 100 poisoning cases. state police plan to aid a statewide drive to curb illicit liquor during the holidays after a seventh death in Pittsburgh.
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International Newa Perelect
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Gas explosion at Orient coal mine toll rises
At Orient Illinois mine No 1 of the Chicago Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company a gas explosion at 9 am left five known dead ten seriously injured and as many as sixty believed entombed. Rescue teams reached mine No 1 at 1 pm and ten injured were brought out as crowds gathered. extent of casualties unclear while officials warned the range of the blast is not known.
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Henton
Ill
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
Orient
Mize
West Frankfort
Chicago, Wilmington and Pranktit ‘Coal Company
Aquitania Sails to New York Despite Dense Fog
Southampton reports the liner Aquitania departed for New York despite heavy fog. Officials note southern and western coasts faced fog disruption, Channel steamers were delayed, and rail traffic operated under difficulties.
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My International Vers
Southampton
Aquitania
New York
Would Force Ford's Railroad Into New Consolidation Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a subpoena to compel Ford secretary F G Siebold to attend hearings on railroad consolidation. Ford's Detroit Toledo and Ironton objected to joining, preferring to be left out, as the ICC sought reasons from railroads for or against consolidation plans under the Transportation Act.
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Ford
Washington
Ln.s
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
District of Columbia
F. G. Siebold
Henry Ford
Detroit
Toledo
Ironton
Liebeley
U. S
Siebold
Ulsi Ag
Nt Freals
Ford Railroad
Detroit, Toledo
Detroit, Toledo and
Fort
Congress
Smithsburg Auto Crash Narrowly Narrows Escape
Arthur Jacques of Soulthaburg and Stoner of Waynesboro were in a headon collision in fog near Waynesboro on Saturday. Both vehicles damaged. one Stoner occupant thrown clear but not seriously hurt. A New Island appears near Rangoon with volcanic activity reported.
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Arthur Jacques
Soulthaburg
Stoner
Waynesboro
Ryahlie
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