Disclosures Probe Bergdoll Escape and Draft Dodger Links
Startling disclosures from Hagerstown suggest why Grover Cleveland Bergdoll and his brother Erwin evaded Justice agents. Investigators seek a key resident who may know Bergdoll’s movements in 1918 19. Agents examine a Vivian Hotel room link and a possible secret passage amid Bergdoll’s escape.
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William J. Burns
Houser
Department of Justice
Hagerstown
Grover
Cleveland
Shersdoll
Erwin
Germany
Lee Houser
Manor
Grover Berrgdoll
Owen D. Sherley
Vivian Hotel
Bergdoll
Sherley
Bergdolls
Grovern
Toth
Haserstown
Sutphen Death Ruled Likely Suicide By Poison
Police in New York conclude John H. Sutphen private secretary died by self poisoning after financial reverses and illness. Sutphen had assigned property to Ernest A. Danies days before the death and was last seen at a Saturday party in his Central Park West apartment.
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Associated Press
New York
John ‘H. Sutphen
Central Park, West
Sutphen
Ernest A. Danies
Animal trainer fined for cruelty in Pittsburg
Robert McClain, an animal trainer with a circus, was fined 10 dollars in police court for assaulting a hippopotamus with a bill whip in Pittsburg. The Hippopotamus, valued at $11,500, was struck in the face and eyes during the circus performance yesterday.
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Pittsburg
Robert McClain
McClain
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Witness says minister may have fired first shot in Garrett case
Cumberland Court House Virginia August 29. Judge W M Smith testifies that before warning Rev E S Pierce he told R O Garrett to do nothing about Pierce. Smith says Garrett seemed highly agitated and that the minister may have fired the first shot in the shooting death linked to the Garrett case.
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Cumberland Court House
Six Drowned in Bridge Accident Near Conway
Six persons were drowned when a drawbridge over the Waccamaw river near Conway was left open. An automobile carrying the party failed to see the gap and sank. a seventh rider reportedly escaped.
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Associated Press
Columbia
Conway
State Highway Commission
Waccamaw River
Skylight robberies net $100,000 in loot in NYC
Upper West Side residents returned home from summer trips to find a string of skylight burglaries. Authorities report attackers opened a new safe in Jacob Ruff’s residence stealing diamonds jewelry and silverware valued at about $20,000. His cellar was emptied of 240 quarts of pre prohibition whiskey and wines.
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New York
Upper Westside
Jacob Ruff
Mother who shot boy prays for him
Mrs Rosa Zimiz who shot her son Rezzo 19 in Chicago says she prayed in her cell for his recovery. Rezzo, hospitalized with a neck wound, expressed regret for his mother’s arrest and said he held nothing against her. Police say charges of automobile theft and pen forfeiture are pending against the youth.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rosa Zimiz
Rezzo
Young
Zimiz
President Coolidge invited to New Market battle reenactment
Governor Trinkle extends an invitation to President Coolidge to attend the September 20 reenactment of the Battle of New Market starring V. M. I. cadets against Quantico marines as part of Quantico maneuvers. Bascom Slemp will also receive the invitation. President Harding has attended similar events in 1921 and 1922.
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Coolidge
Trinkle
New Market
Quantico
Bascom Slemp
Harding
Quanto
Virginia
Mrs Emma Frances Sale Laid to Rest Near Mountain Falls
The funeral of Mrs Emma Frances Sale Schaerer, widow of Sid B. Sale, was held Monday afternoon at her home near Mountain Falls. Rev Bowden of Strasburg officiated. burial followed at Gravey Springs beside her husband. She was 79, formerly Emma Frances Sneed of Lynchburg. Survived by four children and a sister in Lynchburg.
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Emma Frances Sale
Schaerer
Sid B. Sale
Mountain Falls
Capon
Capon Road
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sid Sales
Mr. Sale
W. H. Sale
Capon Springs
Virginia VFW Attacks Volstead Act and Versailles Terms
The Norfolk Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars convention proposed amending the Volstead Act to allow a reasonable dispensing of liquor and condemned Germany for Versailles indemnities. Other resolutions urged arming to treaty limits and condemned the Ku Klux Klan as un-American. The encampment also announced headquarters location debates and officer nominations to come.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Council of Administration of the
Department of Virginia, V. F. W
Virginia
Germany
France
Detroit
New York
Ku Klux Klan
United States
Ortsmouth
Anesert
Valley Light Sues Rival Over Wires in Woodstock
The Valley Light and Power Company of Woodstock sues Northern Virginia Power Company in Shenandoah Circuit Court alleging dangerous proximity of high voltage wires and interference with poles. An injunction was granted with bond of $2000, to take effect after bond receipt. Judge Whiting issued the order in Berryville as requested by Judge F S Tavenner.
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The
Valley Light and Power Company of
Woodstock
Circuit Court
Shenandoah County
Northern Virginia Power Company
Valley Light and Power Company
Valley Light and’ Power
Northern Virginia Power CO
Whiting
Berryville
F. S. Tavenner
Court Fines Both Sides Over Wrong License Tag
In Clarke County magistrate court Judge Tavenner fined Morris Lemley of Step hens City and L E Smith of Berryville $15.25 each. Lemley was charged with a wrong license tag on his Ford. Smith had the tag attached to the wrong car after it vanished from Smith’s drawer at the Valley garage.
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Morris Lemley
Ford
Valley
Stephens City
L. E. Smith
Berryville Hardware Company
Clarke County
G. W. Holliday
Valley Garage
Smith
Tavenner
Lemley
Governor Pinchot summons coal conferees to end strike
Governor Pinchot prepares a secret peace proposal to avert a September 1 suspension. He calls mine operators and United Mine Workers officials to a 6 pm meeting to seek a 30 day truce and wage talks, with concessions on eight hour day, union dues collection, and direct negotiations.
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Associated Press
Harishorg
Pinchot
Miners’ Union
Virginia Apple Plan Approved for England Show
The Virginia State Horticultural Society endorsed sending carloads of Virginia apples to the Royal Fruit Show in England. President R. G. Vance of Yornesboro chaired the meeting in Roanoke Place and W. P. Massey of Winchester outlined shipping costs and potential donations. The plan aims to open foreign markets, study export feasibility, and position Virginia apples first among eastern states in new markets.
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Virginia State Horticultural Society
Viecence Eet Statntom
Virginia
England
Roanoke
Edorsed
R. G. Vance Yornesboro
Chai
W. P. Massey
Massey
Ciety
Anginia
Messrs
Ara
Sey
J. A. Darkard
Dr. Clark
Nelson
Chilhowie
Loudoun County
Crozet
Greek Princess Nearing Death in Greece
The Associated Press reports from London that Princess Tasia of Greece, once beloved, is near death as of this afternoon. Hope is virtually abandoned after she received the last rites from an Orthodox priest. Local reactions note public concern over the unfolding tragedy.
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Associated
London
Tasia
Greece
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