Want Passenger Liners To Carry Liquor
London reports Britain plans to accept Washington proposals to extend the three mile limit to twelve miles to ease searches for ships smuggling whiskey. Foreign Secretary Curzon and Premier Baldwin considered the idea after imperial conference pressure. Britain may exempt passenger liners that carry liquor for passenger use under seal in American waters, though details remain unsettled.
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America
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Sayal
Post Office to Hire 9500 Clerks and 1500 Carriers
After talks with President Coolidge, Budget Director Lord approved a deficiency appropriation request to fund increased Post Office staff. The plan calls for 9500 clerks 1000 carriers and 500 laborers to expand field personnel..Local show coverage notes County Agent Moore will attend community shows amid delays in Beav er Creek and Cavetown.
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Washington
Coolidge
Moore
Beaver Creek
Cavetown
Hearse Declared Pleasure Vehicle by State
Harrisburg on October 5 reports the State Highway Department classifies automobile hearses as pleasure or passenger vehicles. Undertakers argued they are trucks. the department ruling requires hearses to be registered and licensed accordingly.
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Tnternational News Service
Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Convicts Hold Fortress in Kentucky Prison Siege
Governor Morrow authorized more guards as three desper ate felons barricade in the prison dining room. Machine gun fire has been used in the three day siege at State Penitentiary in Ed Dysville with Warden John Chilton seeking to capture them without further loss of life. Continued on Page 16.
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Morrow
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Pinchot Urges Clean House Over Anthracite Prices
Governor Pinchot warned anthracite operators to clean house over high prices or face public action. He also called for the elimination of saloons, stating they must disappear nationwide, and urged that government interference is unnecessary where industries have served the public with integrity. He cited the price crisis as a test of remedies, not blame.
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International Dairy Council
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United States
Padlock Law May Be Used Against Defiant Salons
In Philadelphia Governor Pinchot declared the padlock law may be invoked by state authorities to close saloons defying four hour closing notices issued by Federal agents and state police. He spoke before the Philadelphia Baptist Association asserting determination to fight to a finish.
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Transferman Hit By Auto And Injured In Williamsport Pike Crash
A man identified as Worsythe was struck by a car on the Williamsport pike near 147 East Baltimore street and left unconscious. He was taken to his uncle Daniel Vorsythe’s home in Williamsport for care. The driver fled the scene. Worsythe later recovered. A separate note reports Captaincy within Company G of the Weut Nations Guard.
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Williamsport Pike
Daniel Vorsythe
Wilamsport
le Weaver
Nis
Posyihe
Lloyd George Given A Rousing Welcome
David Lloyd George arrived in New York to a fervent reception at City Hall. A protest by about fifty women with anti British signs led to a melee as police removed signs and dispersed the demonstrators. The crowd and onlookers jeered at the delayed arrival and police actions.
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H. B. Malkus
International Neves Servier Sinft
New York
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Avid Lloyd George
Palice
Americsen Society For Freedom
Frost Message Delays Unusual Morning Cold Snap
Track gardens suffered a light frost this morning per Dr. A Miller Keedysville weather observer. A heavy frost is forecast for tomorrow morning by the Weather Bureau potentially touching late vegetables but not fruit. Miller notes such frosts are typical for this period and help color fruit. The record low today reaches 22 degrees, contrasting with past October 1 lows.
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Weather Bureau
A. Miller
Keedysville
Miller
Maniac Tries To Burn R R Depot
Samuel Golden, a Pennsylvania railroad detective, stopped an escaped inmate from burning the freight station in Harrisburg. The man attempted arson but was captured, later held, and transported back by Harrisburg authorities.
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Samuel Golden
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Golden
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Iatin
George Ponner
Harrisburg
Thomas Hoedle
Harrisburg Antivestities
Hagerstown
Oklahoma to Oust Walton in impeachment bid
Oklahoma moves toward impeaching Governor Walton over martial law actions affecting the K K K and legislature. Within hours a definite impeachment development was expected as prosecutors prepare to charge officials who aided or resisted his orders. International News Service report notes Walton avoided press access and did not issue statements amid the crisis.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
J C. Walton
Walton
International
Natsons
Watton
Stresemann Seeks Grand Coalition Cabinet
Berlin reports Chancellor-designate Gustave Stresemann continues efforts to form a nonpartisan grand coalition amid strikes. Socialists and the German People's Party members accuse industrialists in the party of pushing a dictatorship, while in Spain a similar trend threatens industrial reforms. In Cumberland police receive armoured gear including bulletproof coats and helmets for emergencies.
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Gustave Stresemann
German Peoples’ Party
Busta
Spain
Stokes Indicted In Defamation Conspiracy Case
W E D Stokes of New York and six others face indictments charging conspiracy to defame Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes. The group was named before Criminal Court Judge Caverly with extradition steps underway and warrants sought by the state attorney general.
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Uytoleinsuvant News Service
Ghicago
Stoke
Allce
Stokes
Nugent
Small
City Firemen May Be Equipped With New Life Helmets
The Mayor and Council ordered a sample of a new fire helmet from a western company. The helmet is non conducting, said to be stronger and safer than current types. If satisfactory, the Martinsburg fire force may receive them.
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le Magerstown
Communists Demand Capitalist Pay Reparations in Germany
Moscow reports Clara Zetkin, prominent German communist leader, says communists back paying reparations but insist Germany's capitalists fund them, not the masses. She asserts revolutionary developments hinge on government capitulation and ending passive resistance in Russia.
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Interhativaal
Moscow
Germany
Clara Zetkin
Qlara Zetkin
Madame Bulkin
Quit School to Work in Youngstown Plants
Pupils quit school to take jobs in Youngstown plants at higher rates than before. Government offices report that in September 225 working certificates were issued, signaling a surge in student employment in the area.
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International News Service
Youngstown, CO
Youngtown
Ruant
Haddock Held for Grand Jury Assault Case
Arrahams appeared before Justice Hatn in the Polies Court this morning on charges of assaulting and attempting to kill Harry Vogel and Joseph Windhock on Clarkson Avenue. He was held in bail for the November Grand Jury after an alleged attack weeks ago. The man reportedly rushed Vogel and his wife Ada Haddock, grabbed a butcher knife, and stabbed Vogel several times in the home.
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Polies
Harry Vogel
Joaeph
Robbery and Tying Incident Endures Four Days
John W. Snyder, 40, of 2216 Virginia Avenue, was abducted near Cearfoss after giving a ride to a highwayman who robbed him of about forty dollars and his car. Bound to a tree on a farm, he endured four days and nights of exposure before gnawing through the ropes and seeking help.
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David Bostetter
Cearfoss
John W. Snyder
Virginia Avenue
Bustetler
Snyder
Harry Coffman
Prospect Street
A. K. Coffman
Conococheague
Hagerstown
Philly Saloons Still Are Open
Philadelphia reports saloon owners and trade groups plan meetings as state police and Justice Department action under Governor Pinchot prompts watchful waiting. Saloon-keepers’ lawyers vow to defend the establishments amid enforcement efforts while a building permit for a frame shed on McDowell Avenue and Mitchell Street is noted.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Avery Saloon
Philadelphia Retail Saloon Keepers Association
Department of Justice
Pinchot
G. W. Flohr
McDowell Avenue
Mitchell Street
American Voter Revolt Against Old Rule By A Machine
Washington Oct 5 The American public has started a revolt against machine politics and demands practical go-getters in public office, says Senator Fletcher of Florida. He says voters favor candidates who care for the job and deliver results, not party labels, with support shifting among West Weary Ward and William McAdoo. Oscar Underwood shown some East backing, but no clear swing emerges yet.
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Fletcher
Ls Anternationns
Washington
Dan Fletcher
Florida
Senate
Union
Chai
William
Two Auto Jacks Die As Car Crashes Into Bridge
Walter Me honey and Albert Brill, both 19, of Philadelphia, are dying at Bryn Mawr hospital after a car struck a bridge abutment on Lancaster Pike. Police pursued a fleeing vehicle described as a Hartford township sedan.
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BP International News
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Walter Mehoney
Albert Brill
Philadelphia
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Stator
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Niles
Tiachina
Pobson
Radnor
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