Mountain Blaze Threatens South Mountain Resort
Special to The Washington Post Hagerstown Md April 2 A great fire rages on South Mountain two miles east of Smoketown Washington County started by a brush burn on Charles Shanks lot. Fire spreads despite efforts. hundreds of acres timber lost. hotel near Edgemont endangered. Additional fires near Black Rock and North Mountain spread, driven by a north wind. Immediate losses run high as towns view the blaze.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
South Mountain
Smoketown
Washington County
Charles Shank
Smithsburg
Edgemont
Blue Mountain House
Western Maryland Railroad
Black Rock
Frederick County
North Mountain
Clear Spring
Forest Fires Encircle Baltimore Suburbs In Early April
A string of forest fires in Baltimore suburbs nearly surrounded the city, with six active sites and substantial estate damage but no loss of life. Separate brief items report a funeral procession with a prearranged choir from the Fordyce estate to Fairview Cemetery, and discovery of hidden gold and notes at the Maryland man’s home. Other notices include condolences for local figures, a highwayman incident in Salisbury, and a Virginia court bench candidacy.
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Baltimore
Mds
Bank notes escaped package found burned in mall car
Secret Service men searched cylinders and ordered notes destroyed before renewal. Notes worth 150000 lacked signatures of national bank officials. Boarding-house owners in Canwellsville Hyndman Meyersdale Pa Cumberland Md paid by a boarder with slightly burned notes that banks refused due to missing signatures. Agents pursue the man who rescued the package but have not caught him.
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Washington Post
Baltimore and Ohio
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National Bank
Canwellsville
Hyndman
Meyersdale
Cumberland
Miller Damage Suit Moves From Cumberland to Washington
A sensational damage suit for 20000 has been removed from Allegany to Washington County. Dr Benjamin Curtis Miller sues Dr Edwin B Claybrooke and Dr Arthur H Hawkins alleging they induced Miss Bessie M Smith to file an affidavit to ruin his reputation and force him from the Western Maryland Hospital. The affidavit and testimony are filed. Miller denies the accusations as false.
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Cumberland
Hagerstown
Allegany
Washington County
Benjamin Curtis Miller
Edwin B. Claybrooke
Arthur H. Hawkins
Miller
George A. Penarre
David Lewis
Robert H. Gordon
Col. Buchanan Schley
Benjamin A. Richmond
Archibald A. Young
Dr. Miller
Claybrooke
Hawkins
Bessie M. Smith
Joseph A. Gender
Western Maryland Hospital
Miss Smith
Bedford Road
Allegany County
Western Maryland
Fight for City Expansion Nears Richmond Council
Richmond faces a major growth push as expansion lines pass committee and move to council. Eastern and western districts plus Barton Heights Chestnut Hill and Fairmount would join the city, doubling area and pushing population beyond 100000. The plan aims to provide cheaper homes for the middle class despite manufacturing plants being debated. An imminent Monday vote tests the coalition supporting the measure.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Charber of Commerce
Barton Heights
Chestnut Hill
Fairmount
Supposed Deserter Drowned Off Norfolk Navy Yard
The body of Marine James Keepher was found floating against the sea wall at the Norfolk Navy Yard. He had been missing since February 4 and was listed as a deserter. The Navy Hospital will receive the body for interment in the Naval Cemetery. authorities indicate accidental drowning rather than desertion.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
James Keepher
Navy Yard
Navy Hospital
Naval Cemetery
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Maryland Obituary Notes From Hagerstown Area
Obituary notices from Hagerstown and Cumberland list Mrs Alethes Bomberger widow of Joseph Bomberger dying at eighty two, two children survive. John T Miner formerly Baltimore and Ohio yardmaster dies at sixty two. John J Dell deputy Internal Revenue collector for Lonaconing dies at age thirty nine. Mrs Ann Catharine Castle widow of Cornelius Castle dies at seventy eight. Reports of fires near Cumberland and a shooting accident in Annapolis precede Morgan County planning for a Berkeley Springs court house.
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Hagerstown
Alethes Bomberger
Joseph Bomberger
Henry Bomberger
John Cost
Cumberland
John T. Miner
Baltimore and Ohio
Henry Schade
Martinsburg
W. Va
John J. Dell
Lonaconing
Internal Revenue
F Archibald T. Hell
Seattle
Wash
W. FR. Beil
Superior Court
Hagers
Alexandria News in Brief Electric Line Delays Traffic and Local Construction
Alexandria residents watched a stalled house boat and electric train delay riverfront traffic. Contractors Knight and Leadbeater advance warehouses, residences, and a new brewery site amid city improvements. A public lecture funds a boys night school. deaths and local crimes are noted along with factory staffing plans and a trip to Denver for a relative in distress.
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Alexandria
Old Fort Foote
Washington
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Julian D. Knight
Leadbeater & Sons, Incorporated
Lee Street
King and Prince Streets
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Market Alley
M. Schuler Beer Company
King and Patrick Streets
William Gibson
Duke Street
Washington and
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Ernest L. Allen
L. M. Tinsley
Allignon Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Richard Warder
George Lash
South
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Frank Warder
Warder
Friendship Veteran Fire Asociation
Arlington Junction
Lydia Hicks
South Lee Street
F. J. Brooke
Second Presbyterian Church
J. David Gannon
This and
New York
Denver
Mary Lannon
Remains Found in Swamp Near Norfolk
Peter F. Blount, a navy yard supplies clerk, learns that the body of his 14 year old son, missing since November 22, was found in Blackwater Swamp and moved to the family home in Isle of Wight County. The youth was struck by a train while attempting to cross a Norfolk and Western bridge, his legs crushed and body swept into the swamp. In Cumberland Maryland the Carrick Hardware Company store at Parsons West Virginia collapsed under heavy goods, destroying the building with no loss of life.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Carrick Hardware Company
Parsons
W. Va
Woman Shot in Back During Manhunt in Martinghurs
Special to The Washington Fest reports in Martinghurs West Virginia on April 2 that police officer Heck shot while pursuing a Finaway prisoner. A bullet entered H L Doll’s window and struck Miss Sallie Harlan in the back, injuring her seriously but not fatally. The prisoner attempted escape after a trivial charge. Heck fired to force surrender. Miss Harlan comes from a prominent family.
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W. Va
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Heck
Burke
H. L. Doll
Sallie Harlan
Miss Harlan
Quiet in Port au Prince as Haitian expulsion date nears
A U S dispatch reports no trouble in Port au Prince on Friday and Saturday as Syrians keep shops closed. The Haitian government had extended the expulsion date to May 15 from April 1. The cruiser Brooklyn arrived, and a diplomatic spat between Haitian Minister Leger and American Minister Powell persists over alleged false reports.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
State Department
Powell
Vaitian
Brooklyn
Navy Department
J. N. Leger
Leger
Andrew J Boward Dead After Suit Between Spouse
Andrew J Boward of Hagerstown aged seventy six died unexpectedly from foot gangrene, possibly hastened by worry over a suit his wife Emma Grosh Boward filed to set aside his deed of trust to his children from his first wife and to obtain alimony. Judge Beedy ordered $20 monthly alimony and refused to set aside the deed. Boward left a $35,000 estate. Survived by six children and two sisters in Maryland and a brother, with Emma Boward as the former wife involved in the suit.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Andrew Jackson Boward
Beedy
Boward
Emma Grosh
Williamsport
Grosh
Decision for Hampton: injunction bars tax on school
In Newport News on April 2 an Elizabeth City County Circuit Court judge made a permanent injunction preventing taxing Hampton Normal Institute by both county and city authorities. The court ruled the institution could not be taxed under the constitution’s educational tax provision. The case proceeds to the Court of Appeals.
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Newport News
Elizabeth City County
Johnson
Hampton Normal Institute
Blackstone
Court of Appeals
Washington Post
Richmond
Hastings Court
Richmond School Consolidation and Local Office Fights
State board weighs school district consolidation with limited reforms. Richmond to revisit by April 27 and select superintendents. Also notes Raleigh firming up bank regulator Aycock appointment and Richmond Democratic city committee primaries debate. Fatal burn incident reported at Roanoke home of Eugene Bush as Nancy Hunt dies from lamp explosion injuries.
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Richmond
State Board of Public Instruction
Democratic City Committee
Washington Post
Roanoke
Nancy Hunt
Eugene Bush
R. Bush
Municipal Contest at Hancock Ends City Ballot Split
Cumberland Md April 2 There will be a municipal contest in Hancock tomorrow opposing the present mayor James W Ditto. The Turner ticket led by James G Turner advocates waterworks electrification and sidewalk bonding to fund street improvements.
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Cumberland
James W. Ditto
James G. Turner
Turner
Washington Post
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Frostburg
James H. Fuller
George Jones
George Shaw
George Stern
Edward Walsh
Michael Higgins
Whipped minister’s son sparks Culpeper school dispute
In Culpeper Virginia Rev Josian Ware Episcopal rector protests a teacher’s caning of his son Kennon after the boy attended a Baptist revival. The school head Professor Hendricks punished him for leaving class to join the revival. Ware vows to seek action from the state board.
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Baptist
State Board of Education
Josian Ware
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Kennon
Hendricks
Ware
Baptist Church
W. E H. Hatcher
Gen Rosser Improving After Stroke in Charlottesville
The condition of Gen Thomas L Rosser after Friday’s apoplexy stroke is reported as somewhat improved. Dr Edward M Magruder, who treated him at Rugby Hall, said things look more encouraging. He can walk easily and shows better awareness, with fair use of both arms though right arm weaker and speech not regained. Prayers were offered in city churches for his recovery.
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Charlottesville
Thomas L. Rosser
Edward M. Magruder
Gald
Rosser
Big Stony Extension Plans Rail Link
Norfolk and Western plans to extend the Big Stony Railway from Big Stony Creek through Giles County across the Divide and down Potts Creek valley to Monroe County with a terminus at Covington to reach the Chesapeake and Ohio line. The move aims to open Potts Valley iron ores and link to Covington.
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Chesapeake and
Ohile
Washington Post
Roanoke
Big Stony Railway
Norfolk and Weston
Big Stony Creek
Giles County
Potts Creek
Monroe County
Potts Valley
Covington
Chesapeake
Army officers orders and assignments scattered duties
Orders issued to Army officers and staff on leave, transfers, and duty changes. Includes Contract Surgeon Warper Peddlcord granted three months leave, Lieut. Col. Daniel M. Taylor extended four months, Maj. Walker Henet reassigned to Henicla Arsenal, Maj. Frank Baker moved to Rock Island Arsenal, Maj. Edward C. Carter relieved from Philippine duty to Washington, Lieut. Col. James Parker awaiting Fort Riley assignment, Second Lieut. Ralph W. Drury sent to Allegheny Arsenal for duty with Company I First Infantry, First Lieut. Warren Devin ordered to report for potential promotion examinations, Maj. John G. Gresham slated for examination, and Maj. George M. Welle retired as incapacitated.
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Afnuka
Daniel M. Taylor
Ordnance Department
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Watertown Arsenal
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Watervilet
N. Y
Watervilet Arsenal
Andre W. Brewster
Ninth Infantry
China
Capt
Brewster
Peking
Tientein
Military transfers and retirements announce new postings
The list details officers retired or reassigned after medical treatment, with several to report to examining boards at Fort Leavenworth. It covers promotions and duties for officers including Majors Hobbs and MacNutt, Captains Brewster and Manly, and many naval staff moves in San Francisco, Mare Island, Annapolis, and New York.
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