Washington Faces Crisis Over Mexico Protocol
Washington reports that General Carranza rejects the Atlantic City protocol for future U S Mexican relations. The dispute follows the joint commission's demand that Carranza accept or reject the protocol without modification. Embassy recall and reshaping of policy loom as American and Mexican officials interact.
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Washington
Dec
Mexico
Villa
Joint Commission
Carranza
Atlantic City
United States
Managers and Chiefs Confer Over Eight-Hour Law
Railroad brotherhood chiefs and managers met secretly in New York to seek consensus on the eight-hour law. Both sides plan to leave the question to the Supreme Court while continuing talks, though managers have yet to concede to the eight-hour principle.
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The
Star
New York
Railroad Brotherhood
Supreme Court of the United States
Brotherhood
Aged Veteran Is Laid To Rest
The funeral of Mr. Aaron H. Boxwell, who died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness from paralysis, was held at his East Water Street home at 2 pm. Friends and relatives attended as floral tributes adorned the bier. Rev. W. T. Waiters of the Christian Church and Rev. George W. Stover of the United Brethren Church conducted the services. The remains were interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Aaron H. Boxwell
East Water Street
W. T. Waiters
Christian Church
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Find No Trace Of the Maryland
A 24 hour search across a wide area failed to locate the steamer Maryland or its 35 man crew and is believed sunk with all hands. Coast guard cutters involved reported no wreckage or trace. Mr. Melvin Green left for Washington today.
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Newport
R. I
Maryland
Coast Guard
First Troop Boy Scouts Host Turkey Roast at Cabin
The First Troop of Boy Scouts entertained parents with a turkey roast at the scout cabin on Tuesday night. An athletic program began at 5:30 with a mixed weight wrestling match between I. N. Good and Mr. George Jolliffe. Supper followed at 7 with roast turkey fried oysters potato salad and mashed potatoes.
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I. N. Good
George Jolliffe
Car Leaves Road Injuring Woman Near Opequon Bridge
An automobile carrying a young man and a young woman left the Winchester pike near the Opequon bridge five miles east of Winchester, skidded on the Clarke county side, and both occupants were thrown out. The woman was injured and unconscious. the man fled the scene as the car overturned. The machine was badly damaged.
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Opequon Bridge
Winchester and
Binemont Pike
Winchester
Clarke County
Opequon Creek
Peter Zyla Denies Ankle Story About Hazel Daily
Chicago report says Peter Zyla denies seeing Hazel Daily’s ankle and sues for 3500 from an insurance firm claiming blindness from an accident. He calls a street film showing him admiring Daily’s skirt a fake.
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Peter
Chicago
Peter Zyla
Pretty Hazel Daily
Miss Daily
Steamer Voltaire May Be A Raider
New York December 28 The 11004 ton steamer Voltaire overdue three weeks after sailing from Liverpool to New York has vanished amid submarine activity fears. Owners Lamport and Holt deny surrender reports while rumors persist that the vessel was converted into a German raider and is operating as a buccaneer.
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New York
Mid-Ocean
Lamport and Holt Tine
Liverpool
Shenandoah Valley National Bank Christmas Cash Club
A promotional notice inviting customers to join the Christmas Cash Club at Shenandoah Valley National Bank. The ad emphasizes savings, special offers, and holiday banking benefits during the season.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Coroner Jury Probes Strasburg Stone Bin Deaths
A coroner's jury investigates the fatalities of Harvey Nesselrodt and James Henson after a stone bin collapsed at Standard Lime and Stone Company in Strasburg early Sunday. Conflicting company and employee testimony delays a final verdict.
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Harvey Nesselrodt
James Henson
Stone Company
Strasburg
Another Couple Wed In Hagerstown
Marriage licenses issued yesterday in Hagerstown include Norman Ruble of Grimes and Miss Ethel Shirley of Dehaven Frederick county Virginia.
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Hagerstown
Norman Ruble
Grimes
Ethel Shirley
Dehaven
Frederick County
Mr Chapman's Estate Is Settled In Court
The settlement of accounts of M. M. Lynch as administrator of the John B. Chapman estate was filed in Winchester Corporation Court. Personal estate valued at 942 dollars and 62 cents.
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Mr. Chapman
M. M. Lynch
John B.chapman
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Young Man Takes A County Bride
Mr. William M. McCoy of this city and Mrs. Annie Earson of the county were married in Winchester at 8 oclock Tuesday night by Rev. W T Walters of the Christian Church. Only intimate friends attended. The bride, formerly Miss Laury of Frederick county, is a widow. The groom is a son of Hugh McCoy of Winchester.
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William M. McCoy
Annie Earson
Winchester
W. T. Walters
The
Christian Church
C V Will Look Out For Its Employees
The Cumberland Valley Railroad has been exempted by the Workmen's Compensation Board. The company will cover all payments it must make under the act and will not need to carry insurance.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
Workmen’s Compensation Board
Prettyman Called as Pastor at Greene Memorial Roanoke
Rev. Dr. J Forest Prettyman chaplain of the United States Senate and noted Methodist Episcopal Church, South minister is named successor to Rev. A G Foote at Greene Memorial Methodist Church in Roanoke after Foote accepts a call from New Orleans.
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J. Forest Prettyman
United States Senate
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Greene Memorial Methodist Church
Roanoke
A.G. Foote
D. D
New Orleans
Pole on North Frederick Turnpike Scheduled to be Down
Notice from the Board of Supervisors dated December 28 announces the pole on the North Frederick Turnpike will be down at dark on and after January 8. Official action ordered by the board.
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North Frederick
Board of Supervisors
For Sale Todd Check Protector
For sale a Todd check protector priced at 10 dollars cash. In good as new condition. Apply at Star Office.
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Todd
Star Office
Divorce Granted to Mrs Virginia D. Lee in Circuit Court
Mrs Virginia D. Lee daughter of Charles Broadway Rouss was granted an absolute divorce from David Lee on grounds of abandonment. Mr Lee, a Harford County farmer near Belair, is linked to New York wealth. They wed October 18 1896 and have daughter Mary D. Lee aged 19 who resides with her mother.
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Mrs. Virgins Lee
Mr. Rouss
Ginia D. Lee
Charles Broadway Rouss
New York
David Lee
Lee
Harford County
Belair
Use War Methods To Save Oranges
Frost damages California orange crop worth about 50 million dollars with losses estimated over 6 million. Growers spend more than 75 thousand dollars nightly on stove oil and some employ warlike methods by burning curtains of fire to push back cold air.
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the Star
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Six Killed In Canadian Wreck At St Polycarte Junction
Six passengers died and several were injured when the west bound Cornell local passenger train collided with the Montreal express at St Polycarte Junction on the Canadian line. Engineers and firemen aboard both trains escaped serious injury.
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Montreal
Can
Cornell
St. Polycarte Junction
Man Alters Bride Name On License For Wedding
Clerk J B Beverley in the Corporation Court issued a marriage license to Meredith Armstead to wed Virginia Thompson but the groom said the bride's name was wrong. The license was corrected to Virginia Honesty, the bride’s maiden name. The wedding occurred at Mrs Ella Honesty’s home with Rev John R Augustus officiating. the groom is a widower.
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J. B. Beverley
Corporation Court
Meredith Armstead
Virginia Thompson
Hadeen
Virginia Honesty
Ella Honesty
John R. Augustus
St. Is A. M. EF
Notice of Star newspaper subscription rate change Winchester
The Star announces a rate of six cents per week for delivery in Winchester effective Monday January 1 1917 with first payment due Saturday January 6 Subscribers are asked to have change ready for the transition.
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the Star
Winchester
For Sale Piano and House Cheap in Local Notice
Two brief sale notices appear. One advertises a Prescott upright piano offered cheaply with phone contact 266 W and a reference to GEO FRED’K SHEETZ. The other promotes a house on Cecil Street EB listed cheaply to quick buyers by M. M. Lynch.
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Prescott
Geo
Fred’k Sheetz
Cecil St. Cheap
Quicks
M. M. Lynch
Thrift and Industry Evident in Late Peter Breckenridge Estate
The estate account of the late Peter Breckenridge, a colored man known as Uncle Pete who for over fifty years drove a dray, shows thrift under adverse conditions. The filing, in Winchester Corporation Court, is by executor James P. Barry of Chicago. Continued on page four.
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Peter
William Anthony Weds Miss Kneisley in Lutheran Church
Miss Mary Frances Kneisley daughter of the late Charles L Kneisley and Mrs M Grace Kneisley of Strasburg became the bride of William Anthony of Shady Grove near Waynesboro Pa last evening. The ceremony at St Pauls Lutheran Church was officiated by Rev J W Link. After February 1 the couple will reside at Swarthmore Pa.
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Mary Frances Kneisley
Charles L
M. Grace Kneisley
Strasburg
William Anthony
Shady Grove
Waynesboro
St. Paul's’ Lutheran Church
J. W. Link
Swarthmore
Turkey Shoot Planned by Berryville Gun Club on New Year
The Berryville Gun Club will hold the first shoot of 1917 on Monday January 1 on the club grounds near Berryville. Prizes are turkeys with wide turnout expected from Front Royal Winchester Martinsburg and other towns. A handicap system will level the field giving poorer shooters a fair chance and luck may decide the winners.
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Berryville
Front Royal
Winchester
Martinsburg
Funeral of Elisha E. Renner at St Pauls Lutheran
The funeral for Elisha E. Renner, a longtime Frederick County resident, was held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Fawcett Gay. He died Sunday in Memorial Hospital at age seventy four, unmarried with no siblings. his nearest relatives include nephews and nieces such as Mrs Edward McCarty of the city.
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Elisha E. Renner
Frederick ‘County
Memorial Hospital
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fawcett Gay
Renner
Edward McCarty
Maryland Steamer Maryland Lost After Wireless Call
News from Newport Rhode Island reports the steamer Maryland with 31 crew members is missing after a Christmas night distress call. Coast guard cutters Graham Acushnet locate the last known position 350 miles southeast of Sandy Hook but find no wreckage lifeboats or survivors.
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Newport
R. L
Maryland
Coast Guard
Graham
Acushnet
Marylands
Sandy Hook
Made Agent for Investment of Trust Fund
In the settlement of accounts of W. Nelson Page as administrator of William B. Baker, an agreement among Elia R. Page and her children Christina Fields not named here, Shields, Nelson Page, and Francey Page ends the trusteeship under the Baker wills. The funds are moved from the court into Page as agent for the beneficiaries.
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Elia R. Page
Bila R. Shields
W. Nelson Page
Francey P. Page
William B. Baker
Albert Baker
Miss Elizabeth Carpenter Weds Dr William Reaves in Harrisonburg
A marriage of wide interest was solemnized at the home of Mr and Mrs B W Carpenter in Harrisonburg. Miss Elizabeth Lee Carpenter became the bride of Dr William Perry Reaves of Greensboro North Carolina. The ceremony was conducted by Rev H S Osburn. The bride, a Providence Hospital graduate, served as head nurse at the Reaves Sanatorium and is the daughter of EB W Carpenter former Rockingham county treasurer and now clerk of the committee of military affairs in the House of Representatives at Washington.
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Harrisonburg
B. W. Carpenter
Elizabeth Lee Carpenter
William Perry Reaves
Greensborom N. C
H. 8. Osburn
Providence Hospital
Washington
Reaves Sanatorium
EB. W. Carpenter
Rockingham County
Committee of Military Affairs
House of Representatives
Traveling Man Loses Checks in Hagerstown
Frank McCoy a Baltimore candy house traveling salesman reported missing a pocketbook containing several hundred dollars in checks last night in Hagerstown. He learned of the loss at 11 pm and notified police and Martinsburg authorities to contact the check issuers. no cash was in the purse and no clue has been found.
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Frank McCoy
Baltimore
Hagerstown
McCoy
Martinsburg
Funeral Services For Mrs Hottel
The funeral of the late Mrs Martha Bien Hottel widow of N G Hottel died Christmas day at her residence 812 South Braddock Street. The Presbyterian Church held services conducted by Rev J H Lacy with hymns by the church choir. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Herbert S Larrick Fred S Boyd J B Richards Charles Perry Philip Williams and John Gold. Her son J B Hottel of Denver Colorado could not attend due to illness in a hospital.
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Martha Bien Hottel
N. G. Hottel
South Braddock Street
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Lacy
Mount Hebron
Herbert S. Larrick
Fred
Entente Powers Push For Conference As German Advance Continues
Washington reports outline German aims as Field Marshal von Mackensen advances toward Moravia. Allied troops demobilize the Greek army while entente diplomats press for peace talks, claiming no concession to German terms. Officials note doubts Germany will concede to an immediate conference.
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Rimnik
von Mackensen
Moravia
Washtington
Gersmany
Entente
Indan
Paris
Petrograd
Germany
Miss Arlena Copp Weds Charles P. Hamond in Camden
Miss Mary Copp announces the marriage of her daughter Arlena Copp to Charles P. Hamond in Camden New Jersey on December 23. The couple will reside at 4536 Greene Street Philadelphia after January. The bride is granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Copp of Kernstown and is described as pretty and accomplished. her father is active in Philadelphia religious work with the Presbyterian Church.
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Philadelphia
Arlena Copp
Charles P. Hamemond
Camden
N. J
Greene Street
John EB. Copp
Kernstown
Presbyterian Church
Coal gas victim Miss Janney in serious condition
Miss Rose A. Janney, overcome by coal gas from a heating stove at her South Main street home, remained unconscious over 24 hours. Doctors report slight improvement but say she is not out of danger as she suffers partial consciousness and left aryx damage. Mrs Hicks, a recent visitor to Wins Chester, alerted Dr. Charles R. Anderson who diagnosed the case.
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Rose A. Janney
South Main Street
Miss Janney
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Wire
Melvin Green
Ade
Jter Baker
Voltaire
Buccaneer
Cash Club
C.V
Chambersburg
Dr. Prettyman
Ted
Pete” Breckenridge
Indus
Miss Kneisley
Turkey
Wm. B. Baker
Nelson Page
Wil
Liam B. Baker
Tion Clerk’s
Miss Carpenter
Pope
Wilson
Mary Copp
Miss Rose Janney
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