German envoy leaves London amid Ruhr occupation moves
London reports Doctor Sthamer, German ambassador to Great Britain, will fly to Berlin as Allied forces seize Duisburg and Ruhrort and occupy additional German territory. French British troops enter Mayence and Duisburg while a Rhine flotilla controls Ruhrort. Ebert denounces alleged treaty violations and calls for austere dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Doctor Sthamer
Great Britain
Berlin
Mayvence
Germany
Duesri
Duisberg Ruhrort
Ruhr
Duesscort
Deecoutte
al- Hied
Arkers
Mayence
Dueseldorf
Duisberg
Ruhrort
Ebert
Crowd at Police Station Hears Trial Postponed
A crowd of about 300 gathered outside the police station last night for the Rugeet Jackson case but the trial was postponed. Jackson, a prominent local newspaper merchant, was arrested Sunday for alleged disorderly conduct and has retained Ward and Larrick as counsel. The trial now set for Thursday at seven o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugeet
Jackson
Ward and Larrick
Auto Yicts Rites Tomorrow
Funeral for Joseph W. Bowles, dies after midnight from injuries in a Saturday automobile crash near Frederick Maryland. Services at Presbyterian Church followed by burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Winchester Lodge of Elks to conduct. Active pallbearers named from the Elks, with honorary pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Bowles
Frederick City Hospital
Frederick
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Lacy
Mount Hebron
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Messrs
J. W. Baker
Wilmer F. Shryock
Ralph Rosenberger
Harold Moberly
Clayton Sherman
Jack, Tillett
Edwin Snider
Clayton Cochran
Jacob Yost
Bryan Breckenridge
Ralph Pifer
Thomas Sprint
The
Elks
Council Holds Special Meeting Delayed to Tonight
The Com mon Council postponed last night's special session to eight o'clock tonight. Notices had gone out and The Star was officially notified, but the meeting was rescheduled at the last moment to hear additional matters along with those already planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Winchester Orcie Supply Co Ad Promises Pure Spray Materials
An old advertisement from Winchester Orcie Supply Co lists Seda Arsenate Powder and Paste and Dry and Liquid Lime Sulphur with sprayer fittings. It touts guaranteed purity and effectiveness and invites readers to compare prices at 201 N Market St.
Optical Notice by I Kline in Winchester
Optical notice states I Kline will be in Winchester at Hotel Evans Parlor on March 11 and 12 for eye examinations and fitting of special lenses. Lenses ground and mounted to order with no drugs needed. Registered optometrist from Waynesburg Virginia announces services for nerve strain and related conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Hotel Evans
Fifth Anniversary Observed For Winchester Bank
The Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester celebrated its fifth anniversary with a luncheon at Hotel Evans. Directors and staff attended as plans for a new bank home on the Hotel Evans site were outlined and a project to relocate the hotel structure discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester
Hotel Evans
PF. L. Buckley
H. S.J. Larrick
H.<. Sheetz
A. C. Slonaker
Metel Evans Corner
Commercial Land Savings Bank
Edmonds
Mesars
H. C. Sheetz
T.S. Joliffe
National Bank
Hamlet Seat Sale Sparks Empire Showdown
A large advance sale signals strong demand for Fritz Leiber’s Shakespearean company at the Empire Theatre on Wednesday March 16. The production of Hamlet is expected to draw a crowded house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Leiber
the Empire
Were Married at Parsonage
Mr Dale Baker and Miss Myrtle M Scrivener from the northern part of the county were married Saturday at the parsonage of the United Brethren Church by Rev George W Obawa Vue pastor. Groom is son of Mr G Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Baker
Myrtle M. Scrivener
The
United Brethren Church
George W., Obawa
Concert Benefit for Ambulance At March 8
A March 8 9 P M benefit concert at the concert auditorium features Pep Orchestra and Mr Tom Burley and Company with admission 25 cents. Also notices advertise lumber for sale including tongue and groove forms pine oak chestnut with immediate tagoy derigined. Wm Beverley superintendent of Winchester Cold Storage Co. promotes fresh garden seeds and seed deliveries and a city home sale notice alongside kindling wood offered at 3 00 per truckload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawnel
Tom Burley and
Tagoy
Winchester
Stor. Corp
Beverley
Mar
Winchester Cold Storage CO
Supt
Packers Plan to Cut Pay of 100000 Workers
Chicago March 8 Reports indicate wage reductions of about 12 percent will affect more than 100 000 employees nationwide with active measures beginning March 14. Overtime terms change to time and a half after ten hours in a day or 54 hours in a week. Union Secretary Dennis Lane warns of a likely strike if the plan proceeds without fair arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Dennis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butchers’ ’and Techers’ Workers’ Union
Lane
Elks Meeting Notice at Elks Home Wednesday
Elks members are urged to meet at the Elks Home at 2 p.m on Wednesday in March for a general meeting and upcoming events. Attendees should note the date and bring necessary notices for the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Jon
W. Bow
Metz Died Near Hagerstown Prominent Washington County Farmer
Mr Jacob Metz a retired farmer of Washington county died at his daughter's home near Hagerstown aged 94 after a weeklong paralysis. He survived by three sons Daniel Jacob and C E B Metz and three daughters Mrs J S Haldeman Mrs Amos Eby and Mrs Adam H Baer. He was a lifelong member of Reifs Mennonite Church. Funeral at the church with interment beside the church graveyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Metz
Washington County
Adam H. Baer
Hagerstown
Near Hagerson
Reif’s
Menonite Church
Haldeman
Winchester
Early Gains by Leaders Lost in Market Reversal
The stock market moved up in the first half hour with shorts covering in General Asphalt and Mexican Petroleum. Gains in Chandler Stuebaker Crucible and International Paper faded as shipping interests slid, United Airlines fell four points to a new low, and Remington and Mackay shares dropped. Call money again offered at 7 percent in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Shorts
Chandler, Studebaker
Crucible
International Paper
Shippie
United Unit
Remington Typewriter
Mackay
Amon
London
Kerensky JIs At Kronstadt
Alexander Kerensky, former premier of the Russian provisional government, is said to be at Kronstadt directing a revolutionary offensive against Petrograd from that fortress. Reports from Copenhagen and Helsingfors note heavy bombardments in Moscow with many casualties and widespread strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Alexander Kerensky
Kronstadt
Kerensky
London
Moscow
Helsingfors
Constituent
Warsaw
Russia
Concert Tonight At Auditorium Benefit Ambulance
Miss F M Reynolds Miss Susan Reif Williams and Mr Thomas Burley perform tonight at the auditorium in a benefit for an ambulance. Admission is 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Reynolds
Susan Reif Williams
Thomas
Burley
Benefit Ambulance
Outbreaks in Southern Ireland Leave Several Dead
AP reports a night of fighting in southern Ireland with four crown forces and Sinn Fein detachments dead. A lorry ambush near Ballinobe wounded Captain Chatfield and two privates. In Mullinhoe County Tipperary three civilians were killed and 20 taken prisoner. One man was killed at James Cork. A Tenant was shot at Killock Limerick and troops destroyed a store in retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
Crown Forces
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Ballinobe
Chatfield
Sinn Fenners
Mullinhoe
County Tipperary
Oames
County Cork
Killock
County Limerick
Penny to Buy Two Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to issue 60,000,000 dollars of 15 year 6 1 4 percent gold bonds part of which will be used to release the capital stocks of the burgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway and the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway. The bonds will be secured by a like amount of 6 percent mortgage bonds maturing in 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burgh
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
Women ushers not a success in theaters study
Chicago March 8 85 per cent of the fire marshals nationwide say women ushers show poor judgment in emergencies and are not conducive to public safety in theaters. The survey was sent by Alderman J O Kostner chair of the city council building committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Janewers
Elks Aid Dying Youth After Fatal Accident
Upon learning of the fatal accident to Mr. Joseph W. Bowles near Frederick on Saturday, the Winchester Lodge Elks wired the Frederick Elks to provide comfort. Frederick Elks notified their physician, who spent the night at Bowles’s bedside, and other members assisted, but efforts to save him were unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Bowles
Frederick
Mas
Winchester Lodge Elks
Bowles
Frederick Elks
Job Hunters After Harding
President Harding faced a flood of patronage requests as Congress members pressed for federal appointments. He has yet to decide on most posts, but is expected to choose many men for senior roles in various government agencies in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Harding
White House
Congress
Si Cies
Pennsy R R Co Holds Meeting On Cooperation Expenditures
The Associated Press report from Philadelphia describes a meeting of the Pennsy Rail Road Company where officials discussed cooperation efforts and necessary expenditures. The briefing notes the push for financial input and coordinated action among departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pica Railroad Company
Sale of a Farm Near Winchester Virginia
Ann Noton offers a desirable farm of about 70 acres near Millwood Turnpike four miles east of Winchester. The property with three never failing springs will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday of this week. Sale bills available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Noton
Winchester
Millwood Turnpike
Court House
Harding nominates Dr. C. B. Sawyer for brigadier general
President Harding appoints Dr. C. B. Sawyer of Marion as his personal physician and plans to nominate him soon for brigadier general in the Army Medical Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fevisiton
Harding
C. KB. Sawyer
Marion
Army Medical Corps
Lenten Services at Christ Church Schedule Given
Lenten services at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church led by Rev. Nelson P. Dame begin tonight at 7 20. Morning services with Holy Communion at 11 tomorrow and 5 o clock afternoon Thursday. Friday services at 11 and 7 30. Sunday to be conducted by Rev. Dr. Bell of the Theological Seminary, Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Nelson P. Dame
Dr. Bell
the Theological Seminary, of
Alexandria
Personal notes from Brucetown Virginia
Miss Katherine Pierce ended a visit with her grandmother Mrs. W. W. Tanquary. Mr and Mrs John Schlack of Rest and Mrs Alma Brady of Rest visited Miss Fannie Smithey. Mrs Harvey Stipe visited sister Mrs Jesse Russell in Clarke county. Mr Herbert Fisher and Mrs J By Snapp drove to Martinsburg and were joined by Miss Sadie Snapp from Hagerstown Martinsburg. Mrs Vincent Cascio returned to Baltimore. Mr and Mrs Charles Startiper and children spent Sunday in Washington with his parents. The friends of J M Startiper regret his continued illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schlack
Rest
Fannie Smithey
Alma Brady
Fannie Smithay
Harvey Stipe
Jesse Russell
Clarke County
Herbert Fisher
J. By Snapp
Martingburs
Sadie Snapp
Vincent Cascio
Baltimore
Charles-Startinfer
Washington
Man Says Felts First in 70 Fire At Matewan
In Williamson West Virginia March testimony in the Matewan shooting trial Garfield Young a miner testified the last words spoken by Albert C Pelta were line up He said Felts men drew pistols and rifles as he saw the mayor Testerman shot and residents and detectives retreated Five deaths and the gunfight near Stone houses are described as the start of the general fight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Matewan
Garfield Young
Albert C. Pelta
Felts
Young
Felta
C. Testerman
Funeral notice for Jon W Bowcag at RP EO
Local notice announces a funeral for Jon W Bowcag. Family and friends are asked to gather at Home at 2 p.m. The service will be conducted by RP EO with attendance by community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Spectacular Baltimore Night Of Music And Festivities
An evening of melody and entertainment is promised with dances, fortune telling, balloons, and confetti. The fundraiser supports the ambulance fund while promoting local goods including livestock and farm items from W. P. Shepherd. March 9 is the noted sale time.
Winchester Boy Scouts Bird House Sale Ad
The Winchester Boy Scouts offer bird houses for sale at Orndoffs store. Grab yours before stock runs out at reasonable prices. Also an ad notes rooms for rent at 16 Office Avenue with heat lights gas and water included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Boy Scouts
Re Orndoffs
Ave. No. 16
Rsleubeam Jas
B. Russell @ Son
Local sporting goods order and uniforms notice
Notice to the public from Spalding Bros. representatives offering orderable baseball uniforms caps gloves and equipment plus trunks and bathing suits. Call to place orders at the local place. Also a brief, garbled item about Boy Scouts and a small unturnis her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spalding Bros
BOY Scouts
Paul Anderson
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Wlseady
Erléderich
Council
WM. Kline
Waynesburg
T. A. Scrivener
G. Baker
Good Fresh Cow
W.p.shepherd’s Sale March Ltd
Fresh Garden Seed
Bell
Onior Seed
Miller's Drug Store
Doran
Attention Elks
C. E. Ngy
MR. Metz
Kerensky Jis
South Ireland
Penny
Christ. Church
Brucetown
Katherine Pierce
W. W. Tanquary
Wincheater
W. P. Shepherd's
W. P. Shepherd
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