Wood Refused to Let Western Operators Dictate Interior
Washington hearings reveal talk of oil deals in 1920 Chicago convention. Tiffin Gilmore testified of a rumored plan to nominate Major General Wood with oil operators naming the interior secretary, which Wood denied. Harry F. Sinclair and G. D. Wahlberg expected to testify this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Associated, Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Chicago
Oil Committee
Tiffin Filmore
Ohio
Leonard Wood
Darden
James E. Darden
Harding
John S. Cam
Robert’ F. Caytor
Ned
Sinclair
Fried
Mutual
Dardéi
Robert S. Bright
Daugherty
Interior
Fall
New Mexico
G. D. Wahlberg
Wahlberg
Sintlair
Tiffin Gilmore
Gilmore
General Wood
Room house for rent with modern improvements
Good and Co advertises a room house for rent at 35 dollars per month. The notice dated 48 Ep 21 promotes the property and invites inquiries to the address or contact for leasing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good & CO
Death of William H. Ogden 85 in Winchester
William H. Ogden aged 85 of Highland avenue died at 7 this morning from heart trouble. He moved from Wisconsin to Winchester 30 years ago with his wagon journey covering 1160 miles in 58 days. Survived by his second wife Ida and two children. Funeral Friday at Presbyterian Mission Church with viewing at 1 pm. Interment at Round Hill cemetery.
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William H. Ogden
Highland Avenue
Ogden
Winchester
Wisconsin
Virginia
Ida
Gor Fissk Ogden
Thie City
G Syen
Presbyterian Mission Church
F. T. McFaden
Oa Ee
Woodstock Knights Templar Institute New Commandery
Woodstock Commandery No. 29 Knights Templar was instituted in Woodstock Virginia on Monday evening with Past Right Eminent Grand Commander A Baker delivering the charter. Eminent Commander Herbert Trotter and officers were installed. ceremony included an escort from Winchester Commandery No. 12 and ended with a banquet. The new body has 36 members and more applications pending.
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Woodstock Commandery
Knights Templar
Woodstock
A. Baker
Winchester
E. R. Fuller
Richmond
Virginia
Baker
Herbert Trotter
No. 12
F. T. McFaden
W. B. Wagner
C.vernon Eddy
A. C. Stonaker
C. B. Stickley
H. C. Sheetz
J. B. Beverley, Jr
Sir Knights
W. Trenary
Free State Troops Detain Army Officers in Dublin Raid
Free State troops arrested nine men including Col. Joseph Dolan and other army officers in Dublin on March 19. They were found at a meeting with thirty or forty others in a Parnell Square house raided by Free State forces amid protests against the demobilization plan.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Ol. Joseph Dolan
Parnell Square
William Glaize Dies After Pneumonia Night
William Glaize, a longtime resident, died about nine o clock last night at his home on Market street from pneumonia after an illness of several days. He was a son of the late Capt John Glaize active in local land and agricultural circles and founder of the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society. He leaves a widow Daisy Miller and one son William Glaize Jr along with a brother Robert Glaize and two sisters Mrs William Snyder and Mrs Charles Murnan. The funeral is set for Thursday at 3 PM at the Presbyterian Church with Rev T H Daffin assisting the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Glaize
Uth Market Street
Glaize
Mr. Glaize
John Glaize
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Winchester Fair
Fair Association
Presbyterian Church
Burnt Church
F. T. McFaden
Japanese Dirigible and U Boat Lost In War Maneuvers
Dirigible No. 48 collided with a warship off SASIMO harbor and sank with four officers and 40 men aboard. Rescue efforts continued with little hope. Earlier, Submarine No. 43, with 44 men, was lost near Tokyo. A separate dirigible caught fire northeast of Tokyo killing five crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sasimo
Japan
Navy
Tokio
Tearaki
Daugherty Panel Probes Lotteries Silence and Prosecutions
The Daugherty committee resumed testimony on lotteries, hearing Galveston Texas lawyer Mace Stewart who claims the Justice Department failed to prosecute lotteries. Stewart says some indicted individuals could not be convicted, while other witnesses were postponed due to Senator Wheeler's illness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Mace Stewart
Galveston
Texas
Department of Justice
Stewart
Deent of Justice
Wheeler
Rail workers receive wage increases on two railroads
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads in Winchester territory granted raises of about 6.2 percent and 5 to 6 percent respectively. Pennsylvania conductors brakemen baggage men and switch-tenders gain a daily minimum earnings guarantee. B&O engineers firemen engine hustlers and related crews also receive raises. conductors trainmen yard men and switchmen had earlier wage boosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Winchester
State funds for school purposes apportioned to Winchester and Frederick
Treasurer Smith reports state checks allocated from the literary fund to Winchester city and Frederick county for public school needs. Total apportionment No. 25 is 848 126 with 121 254.09 deducted for retired teachers. Frederick county's share was 3 647.34 plus 932.57 for the literary fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Winchester
Frederick
Frederick County
Ritenour Father Passes Away After Months Illness
W H Ritenour of Winchester mourns his father who died after a lingering illness in Shenandoah county. He was father to W H Ritenour, Hagerstown Md, Floyd F Ritenour, Woodstock Va, Mrs Roy Clem Seven Fountains Va, Laura and Bessie Ritenour. Funeral conducted by Rev A W Andes, burial beside Mrs Susan Rebecca Ritenour in Dry Run Church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah County
Ulness
W. H. Ritenour
Winchester
Floyd F. Ritenour
Hagerstown
Roy Clem
Woodstock
Laura
Bessie Ritenour
Seven Fountains
Ritenour
Christian Church
Deeds Recorded in Frederick County Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers list in Frederick County includes James B. Russell et al to A L Smoke and J W Smoke for 63 acres of woodland in Back Creek district at 1200 dollars, W H Herrell et al to A L and J W Smoke for two Valley Pike lots at 1040 dollars, heirs of Bentley Kern to William T Hottel for 12 acres in Shawnee district near Winchester at 3000 dollars, M Mowery et al to S Mowery for 51 acres near Middletown at 500 dollars, Abram Spencer to Jennie Ashby for one half acre in Middletown at 625 dollars, Joseph H Cooper et al to Amanda E Payne for eighty acres on North Western Pike at 6000 dollars.
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James B. Russell
A. L. Smoke
J. W. Smoke
Back Creek
W. H. Herrell
A. L
Valley Pike
Bentley Kern
William T. Hottel
Shawnee
Winchester
Harrisonburg to Host U C T Convention June 12 13
Shenandoah Council United Commercial Travelers plans the twenty eighth annual convention in Harrisonburg Virginia with delegates from Virginia West Virginia Kentucky Maryland and the District of Columbia. committees have been appointed and members from Handley Council are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Council
United Commercial Travelers
Harrisonburg
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Mary
District of Columbia
All.c. T's
Handley Council
Mail Boxes Available For Those Without One
Community note announces mail boxes supplied by Shenandoah Valley National Bank from 12 to 1 PM. Offers service to residents without mail boxes and invites interest.
Veterans Bureau rep to visit Winchester for claims help
A United States Veterans Bureau representative will visit Winchester around March 21 to advise on compensation or vocational training for ex service members disabled by military service. Contact Mr. N. B. Hawthorne at Red Cross headquarters for assistance and to arrange meetings.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Winchester
Martha FE. Browers
The
Red Cross
Oppo
J. M. MacCammon
Washington
Miss Stowpetted
Home Service
N. B. Hawthorne
Bryan at Old Home for His Birthday
William Jennings Bryan, 64, returns to Lincoln Nebraska to celebrate his birthday. A public meeting will honor him tonight after a strenuous day with luncheon at the executive mansion with his brother Governor Bryan, a family dinner, and an address to the gathering. He may meet Nebraskan Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Laingoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Llincoln
Bryan
Coolidge Leads In North Dakota Vote Incomplete Returns
President Coolidge held a more than two to one lead over Senator Johnson and Senator La Follette for the Republican presidential endorsement in North Dakota's statewide primary. William G McAdoo led the Democratic preference in early returns.
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Associated Press
Wargo
N. D
Coolidge
Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
William G. McAdoo
Potatoes Planted in Southeast Virginia
The Department of Agriculture summarized the week ending yesterday on crop and weather in the southern states. In the middle Atlantic states work went fairly well with plowing and peas planting and potato planting under way in southeast Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Middle Atlantic
Maryland
Virginia
Pope Pius X Health Rumors Denied By Vatican
An Associated Press dispatch from Rome quotes Vatican authorities denying reports that Pope Pius X is ill. The doctor visiting the Vatican is described as a longtime friend, and audiences have been suspended to allow the pontiff to prepare a consistory address later in the month. The pope is said to rise before 6 each morning and work late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Vatican
Pius X
Pastor attends Washington annual conference in Ames Memorial Church
Rev. Joseph Wheeler of John Mann Methodists Church travels to Baltimore for the Washington annual conference in Ames Memorial Church. Bishop William F. McDowell will preside, with Rev. Dr. M. W. Clair likely in attendance. Epworth League anniversary celebrated. Wheeler reportedly brings a good church report.
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Joseph Wheeler
John Mann Methodists Church
Baltimore
Washington
Miss Williams Receives Ovation in Washington Charity Concerts
Miss Susan Reid Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs R Gray Williams from this city sang I Was Born In Old Virginia at Pell's Theatre Washington with the Rothafel company also known as Roxie and Gang The concerts aided a fund for radio receiving sets for Walter Reed Mount Alto and Naval hospitals for veterans Mrs Coolidge attended the Washington event and Williams performed again at Wardman Park Hotel A return to New York follows after the hospital concerts and radio hall appearance
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Susan Reid Williams
R. Gray Williams
Rothafel
Capitol Theatre
New York
Pell’s Theatre
Washington
Old Virginia
Winchester
Walter Reed
Naval
Mount Alto
Miss Williams
Susan Danar
Rothafel Company
Wardman's Park Hotel
Second Fire Breaks Out in Carlisle Pa
Firemen yesterday brought under control a blaze that destroyed the Charles Berg building in Carlisle adjoining a damaged teen swept by a $260,000 fire early Monday. The latest loss is expected to reach $150,000, with investigators believing the second fire started from smouldering sparks in adjoining ruins fanned by winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Berg
Carlisle
Carlos
Home of Grover DeHaven Burns In West Virginia Fire
Grover DeHaven of Blairton West Virginia a member of a famed Frederick County family lost his home to a Sunday night fire. A detective fire hose issue hindered prompt fighting as the local hose failed to deliver a heavy stream and the Martinsburg engine hose would not fit the connection. Spectators used buckets of water but could not save the dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover DeHaven
Frederick County
Blairton
W. Va
Martinaburg
Bargain Prices in Marriage Licenses
Clerks warn that marriage license fees rise after June 7 as a state revenue stamp becomes mandatory. The license cost will increase from one to two dollars, potentially hurting couples who obtain licenses after office hours due to stamp procurement from the treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Berryville High Holds March Oratorical Contest
Frances Payne won the elimination contest at a Teachers League meeting in Berryville High School. The event, part of the state contest series, advances to a Richmond finals on April 11 under Times-Dispatch auspices, with emphasis on patriotism and constitutional themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Frances Payne
Teachers League
Rich
Times-Dispatch
Iin
United States
David
Ofesty and Sons
West Virginia road proposals bid outcomes in Buckhannon
Bids for grading and paving in the Meades district were rejected by the State Road Commission and County Court. New bids will be invited until April 19 to resume the projects and allocate remaining funds for road work along the district line across the area. Bids previously received ranged from 41000 to 131000 dollars per mile.
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Buckhannon
Mar
Meades
Commer County
Rec
Jonah Nash Hej From In Haw Claims Saint Likened Figure
John Nash, described as wearing white robes and a long hat, claims to be the reines Jonah and has been heard of in Hawaii. He has a son and has traveled from Mineral County West, preaching on streets and other towns, with papers bearing pictures carried in his entourage.
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John Nash
Reines Jonah
Nash
Mineral County
Ter
For Sale One Ford Truck by Valley Radio Welding Co
For sale a Ford truck in good condition offered by Valley Radio Welding Co for 50 dollars. Local ad notes truck is suitable for work and pickup available.
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Valley Radio Welding Co
Loading stock of A M Saturday Hill Hopfman
Fragmentary OCR note records stock loading actions at Hill and Hopfman. Names A M and Saturday appear. no clear event outcome or full details available.
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Teapot Dome
Wi Ham Ogden
Valley
A. M. Baker
Cork Street
Hansbrough & Carter Insurance
Shen. Valley Nat. Bank
Vets’ Bureau
Old Home
North Dakota
Miss. Williams
Ney
White House
Peter A. Uatener
Marine and Corps
Washington Radio An
Fane
DR. Lee
Norfolk
Jonah” Nash Hej
Hill
Hopfman
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