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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28

right drawing ROOM, she told him. othee
Some grim foreboding sought him. though
the family pastor himself there Matthew Prior would
Il you to Matthew" his said setting
mighty about his shrinking form. He the baby Of the
family Matthew you must know Mr. and Mrs Hammerton, of
the Staten Island Hammertons. They have
while Ma hs Pa9 doing tgo h ooR and
from the single glance that his name must be Choly and
"Choly" observed Mrs Hammerton, at time we were
going We have ever so much to do Mrs van ogdenLoh
hadn't been for the sake seeing dear
boy; 50 like YOU and SO manly ~
m send Matthew for the chauffeur and let him tho
limousine The boy looked rather pale this afternoon
and if and husband take him around with and
watch him. it will do him much good and he
you down wherever choose after through
Gus had clue to the deep detection that weighed
behind him the garage But the last straw
had been imposed the burden of Matthew Prior
the custody anything like ohol struck too deeply at the
foundation of his manhood Desperate he last resolved
At the curb of the Van Ogden sidewalk he stepped and
aMother wants you to go in while wait here"
did the door close behind chauffeur
than Matthew Prior transformed Big Matt
And, half an hour later on lonely pave he hailed with
whoop of triumph Jimmy the Red and the of the devoted
Motor cops and village
the mad rush of that overloaded limousine norhward and
policeman will long the of battle
by Big Matt and the when, acting the widely wired
It was the following day when Matthew Priors mother
stern Roman parent him his alternative either
write abjec apology Choly and Mrs. Hammerton
forego wholly his the church, including his of
being bishop
aOtherwise' and the depths of her despair during his
could be gagged from the frosty ne of her
you shall be entered at in military college
preliminary West Point. think the family influence will
prove enough to enable the
tleman."
Trembling scarcely believing, Matthew Prior spoke
word.
"Tha added his mother appears be the only place for
wild and that what deserve for the
appalling slight you made put upon Mr.. Hammerton"
won't change your mindE Matthew Prior asked.
anxiously.
"Never" she replied, in tones he knew full well
Because, he explained. with sigh of relief 1 bet I'm
strong enough to tilt the hall stand him next time he
comes here, if I have to-" PHILIP CAMPBELL.
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due of dignity of his VOCATION she felt he would
manly courage had already been born It rebeled famed
ared every idea his mother
In vain Against her overmaserng will Matthew Prios wild
protests Akered and died He realized that he doomed
to o s o n Of h
adverse which mes weaker natures only
Conquered helpless burning with the fires of his
resentment Matthew Prior Ogden outward seeming
passive resigned instrument in the hands Of fate But in
Reared in the atmosphere of wealth and aristocracy he had
hitherto held in contempt the entire excepting only
that and friend OF his Gus He
ty and naughty with the members Of the gang that
inhabited the purieus OF his paatai home AS time went
going to take after his mother in the herculean proportions
which had enabled her survive her marriage with his small
less frequent because rapidly becoming for
and sometimes three Of that united organization him
that all he need do would be stalk them when
about chosen the gangs leader without depos
His promised bishopric decided him. That afternoon
Matthew Prior did stalk into the assembled gang the
particular He said calmly Viking Of
well here am. How about it?"
The gangs leader Jimmy the Red made haste to sneak
But Matthew Prior did beautiful pivot he had learned from
ended thew @ and the reign Of Big Matt began '' s ~
He brought to his exalted station wide learning and
With the instinct Of the born leader, he laid his plans
for the provision Of plenty of loot for his faithful followers
groaned under his pes rule And crafty he that
cop able him member Of his gang
goods on him.
But these adventures palled To him. the gang the
blinked tame. He felt and they felt that natures wilds
tc native heath it purely matter Of which wds
with the blue sky preferred but as barred because aeropanes
still uncommon for facile larceny
grave question this involving did gangs
whole future called for the widest research and the
found calculation the of Big Matt its leader When
gave his opinion and stood prepared back action
the whole felt that in him had gained the the
captain of its greater chapters of adventure.
For when remember how the Boy Kondkers had
asywha there either difficult dull
that included Canada, where during
walls between shooting caribou hunting wolves and and
trapping animals for their almost priceless pes they
should discover gold and be free follow any
Drawn by the irresistible lure of that thrilling golden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28


I'm THE of the great epochal have prob
ably been caught by history poetry
matograph Napoleon framed his destinies before he
fred his Whit of grapeshot; Newton pippin in
mathematics before that greening hit him on the
Who really knows when and where? Who say without
fear of successful famous orator of
congrehe hour and the when Helen gave the tip
the swap Paris who
knows when Doctor Cook decided had been to the
That why Matthew Prior Ogden ezcep-
when he flung off all restraint the tender Of IA
has been fixed feeng the Of his
ou IS will the
promise of his past Does here found recorded the
Fate had done Matthew Prior grevous wrongs-nany
R hs ane n the M bitter the smea
and wealthy Arthur Chelmsford Ogden died when Matthew
manly example could mean All that remained to him were
mother and three dn sisters alien to his ve spirit
the Boer war
Men speak of the loneliness deserts of the solitude of
crowds q the aching void surrounding musicians in grand
nce but these mseres light bear compared
suerngs aggravated by wealth. nquston with it's
rack ball park in the ninth with the bases full and the
The only ally Matthew Prior appalling vista
en e his dne nn ne
Prior beftng Of his, he would have
backed bills on 6m as the late Mr. did when
though he might not have been ab at ag
and sang foid which had distinguished his parent
Alone, held allowance OF required
live all along the feminine lines corresponding
that gsh provision Matthew Pror proud position
of the house and chief heir of riches the
dust of abasement that Gus who him cigarettes
he smoked who lay for chances let him speed
limousine and from the Gus who sneaed him
when he happened be late and should saed
in lord and demanded why the darned hadn't waited
dinner for him. The gnomny of bstered Matthew Priors
pride although his gratitude in days BY had made him
resolve that if he emulated his favo heroes Gus should
be his companion glory of complete equality For
the present he simply bided his time
1t had been communicated to him amid fuerng rejoicings
by his sisters that he destined the church His mother
full concave of herself the three girls and Matthew Prior
told him of his appointed future order that thenceforh
forever he should realize the decorum life expected of him.
And she drove the pless iron home by stating that if
lived and if the family influence powerful az
Il and Matthew Prior only comport himself with
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
R. E. Hays Sworn In

r. E. Hays. of Grantsville
was on Monday morning, sworr
in as deputy collector of interna
revenue, for the third, or local.
division of the district of West
Virginia. The oath of office was
administered by Chief Deputy
Collector w. +. White. It is
the same oath, word for word.
as that taken by the President of
the United States.
Mr.. Hays is a former news
paper man, having conducted
the Calhoun Chronicle, at Grants
vile for ten or twelve years, and
was elected to the last legisla-
ture from his home county. His
headquarters, for the present
will be at Grantsville, but if he
gets the permanent appointment
to the deputyship, he will proba-
bly, move to Parkersburg. Par
kersburg Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
The Price We Pay
for Fourth Of July

Three little boys died this year
of lockjaw as result of Fourth
of July celebrations. Twenty
nine persons were killed by other
causes-ei eight by guns h O
wounds; thirteen by fireworks
six by powder and torpedoes
one by the explosion of a cannon
and one by blood poisoning fol-
lowing a burn. In addition to
these thirty-two lives lost, there
were 1,131 non-fatal injuries.
Two persons were totally blinded,
twenty-five lost one eye each,
ten lost legs, arms, or hands.
and forty-six lost one or more
fingers.
This report, which is taken
from the 18th annual summary
of Fourth of July injuries made
by The Journal of the American
Medical Association, shows a
marked improvement over con-
ditions in previous years, but
the price paid for the celebra-
ton of our national indepen-
dence is still far too high, espec-
tally as it is paid largely in lives
of children. In 1903, when the
Journal made its first report on
this subject. 406 lives were lost
from lockjaw due to Fourth of
July injuries, while the total
number of deaths was 466 and
the total number of injuries
1888. In the IL years during
which these reports have been
compiled. our Fourth of July Gel
ebrations have cost 1,792 lives
and have causes 80, 388 non-fatal
injuries, or a total of al, 280 in
juries in eleven years. Nearly
forty-two regiment of people
have been injured, nearly one
half as many as the entire stand
ing army of the United States.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Davis Takes Oath

Washington. ID. c.. August 80.
The Acting Attorney General
of the United States today is
John w. Davis. of Clarksburg.
w. Va. The Attorney General
is away on a vacation and in his
absence the Solicitor General of
the United States becomes the
Acting Attorney General.
The oath of Office as Solicitor
General was administered this
morning to Mr.. Davis, who be-
came Immediately the Acting
Attorney General.
The oath was administered in
the presence of Mrs. Davis, Miss
Emma Davis, his wife and sister.
Charles E. Peddicord, his Sec
rotary. and a few others, and
the new Solicitor General imme-
diately started in his new duties.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Nine Killed in Explosion

Pittsburg, Aug. 80. Nine per-
sons lost their lives and six were
injured when the boilers of the
towboat Alice exploded at an
early hour today. Two of the
dead have been found and an eff
tort is being made to recover the
bodies Of the remainder.
Late today the body of Mrs.
Kate Mills. stewardess, was
found floating near the dam at
Corapolis, Pa, where the acct
dent took place. A diver recov-
cred the body of Grant McCor-
mick, fireman.
Names of others who lost their
lives follow: Captain Thomas
Falherty, Junior office Pittsburg;
Captain Harry Donaldson, pilot,
Rices Landing. Pa. Harry Mays,
first mate, Midland. Pa, Rob-
ert Davis. chief engineer, Knox
vile, Pa, Harry Robbins. fire.
man, Elizabeth, Pa. Cyrus Gil
mer. Waterman. Elizabeth, Pa. ,
and Joseph Mills. son of the
stewardess.
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EspiOde Of Civil War

Fifty years ago Gen. Phil
Kearney, one of the gallant
fighters in the Civil war, on the
Federal side was killed in the
second battle of Bull run, one of
the most sanguinary battles of
the war. Gen. Robert E. Lee
and Gen. Kearney were class
mates at the West Point military
academy, and when the latter
learned of the death of his for
mer friend he was greatly affect
ed, and going on the field had
the body tenderly cared for and
sent through the union lines.
with sword and other acquire
ments laid by his side. A Par
kersburger, who participated in
that battle. and was on the side
of the north, informs the Senti-
mel that all the soldiers on that
side appreciated the act of Gen.
Lee in taking personal charge of
the remains of Gen. Kearney and
seeing that they were cared for.
Sentinel.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Oil Production Increased

With oil at so, to West Vir.
ginia was largely due the in,
crease in new production in Au.
gust. TIL big Mountain State
completed IT'S we'll and the new
production amounted to 2,435
barrels. There were % dry
holes and 80 gas wells. AS COM
pared with July this was an in
crease of IL in compilations, a de-
crease of two in dry holes and a
drop of one gasser. The new
production in July amounted to
but 1928 barrels. The wells
listed as producers had, in Au-
gust an average of about q Ia
barrels. The average lin July,
IL Ito barrels.
The southeastern Ohio fields
completed lit wells in August.
VI this number so proved dry
holes and three gas wells. The
new production amounted to /,
81 barrels. AS compared with
the preceding month this was an
increase of 35 compilations and
an increase of $40 barrels in new
production. Of the 1T wells
completed in August 124 were
credited to the producing list
giving an average of 10 as bar
rels. The average in July wa:
z 2-3 barrels.
The three divisions, southwest
Pennsylvania. West Virginia anC
southeastern Ohio completed 391
wells. The new production a
mounted to 1916 barrels. There
were 81 dry holes and 43 ga,
wells. Compared with July this
was an increase of 43 in compile
tons and 1908 barrels in new
production. The average wa
a little less than 10 barrels. II
July the average was a little a
bove IL barrels.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
This from a VeraciOuS Man

Martinsburg, August 80. The
heavy hail this week saved Paul
Bunion, peach grower of this
place, several thousand dollars.
Bunion bad received a refrigera-
tor car from Cumberland by the
B. & 0. way train to ship several
thousand baskets of Alberta
peacher to Philadelphia. When
the car arrived early Monday
morning it was noticed that it
was not iced, because of the
scarcity of ice in Cumberland.
Bunion had his peaches loaded
in it when word came that it
might not be possible to get the
ice for another day. This would
mean that the peaches would rip
en- too fast. While in this per-
plexity a heavy fall of hail came
down and stones the size of hen
eggs covered the ground.
Bunion borrowed scoop from
a contractor at Paw Paw and
hitched a team to the scoop and
scooped up several tons of hail
stones and iced his car 1t went
east to New York.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Young Girl Assaulted

Martinsburg, Aug. 80. The
third assault in Berkeley county
in month was made today by a
foreigner on Edna Baker, ten
year old daughter of Superin-
tendent Baker, of the Quarry
Security Cement Company. The
child was attacked in a lane
while returning home from TAX
ing dinner to her father.
The girl bit her assaults hand
so hard he was forced to let go
and she ran to her father and
gave the alarm. Men started
after the man and the sheriff
and a posse are securing the
country tonight. Three suspects
were arrested and brought to
Jail here but none of them could
be identified by the child.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Fake Paper Reports Thaw's
Death

New York, September l.
Thousands of N ewYorkers pour
ing from trains at Brooklyn last
night were victims of a fake SEN
sation when they went down in
their pockets for a nickel to buy
a newspaper, across whose front
page. in black letters three inch
es high read Harry X. Thaw
shot while trying to escape"
The papers sold like wildfire
and those who bought them re-
ceived even a greater thrill for
their money when they read be-
low the report that Thaw was
killed and one or more of the
men with him in his dash for lib
erty were also killed or injured.
qualified however by the state
ment that the report was uncon-
firmed.
On close inspection the fake
became apparent as the issue
purported to be number one of
volume one of the Sunday Tele-
gram printed in Philadelphia
where no regularly established
paper of the name is known.
The similarity which it bore to
n New York paper led to a pro-
test to the police ank confscation
of about five hundred papers
which the newsboys had not
old. The story was wholly I'M
founded. Thaw not even having
attempted to escape.
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Coming to ". Va.

Washington, Aug. 81. The
United States marine band has
been granted leave of absence
from September % to Novem-
Der 10. to tour the New England
states, New York, Ohio, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Maryland. Permission for the
trip, the fourth in the history OF
the organization, was granted at
the request Of the United States
senators from the states men.
toned.
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Champion Fat Boy Of State

Willie Edmonds is the cham
pion big boy of West Virginia
and probably Of the United
States, for his age.
This boy IL years old, weighs
246 pounds and measures 4 feet
2 inches around the stomach.
One of his legs is as big as a
mans body. He halls from a
hamlet near Edmond, Fayette
county, and is the son of a coal
miner. He hasn't stopped grow
ing yet and his appetite is pedi-
gious. He is a strong young
chap. It is safe to say HE like
has never been raised in West
Virginia before.
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For City-Owned Car Line

Mayor Rolph Of San Francisco
is urging all possible speed in the
work of constructing the new
municipality owned street car line
from the city to the Panama ex-
position grounds. in order that
the city may reap the profit in
hauling the exposition crowds.
II is promised that the line will
be ready before 1915.
The mayor urges the citizens
TO build their own roads with
their own money. and to the end
that they may do this, street
railway bonds will be in denoml-
nations Of 500, $500 and $1,000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Pacific End of Canal Blown Out

Panama, Aug. 31.-The last
remaining barrier at the Pacific
end of the Panama canal was
blown up by dynamite this morn
ing. 1t was ali intensely inter
esting spectacle. At exactly
$3.50 o'clock an electric switch
was turned on and the 1900
spectators, including the Shrin-
ers visiting here from the United
States and officers of the British
cruiser New Zealand, were re-
warded by a wonderful sight.
Hundreds of tons of mud and
stones were thrown high in the
air; there they hung suspended
and then fell back, as the thun-
derous roar of the explosion re-
echoed in the nearby hills.
About 20 long tons, equivalent
to "A, 800 pounds, of 45 per cent
dynamite constituted the blast,
which was one of the largest
ever set off in the canal.
The charge. which was planted
in Sal holes, at an average depth
of 30 feet, tore a big gap in the
barrier, but not to a sufficient
depth to permit water to flow
through, az the sea level channel
was at low tide.
Equally interesting as the ex-
plosion was the actual breaking
of the barrier this afternoon, the
tide creeping steadily up until
1875 o'clock it was level with the
top of the gap. A workman
seized a shovel and made small
trench through which rill of
water trickled. Gradually it
widened, until an hour later a
raging torrent, with a 35-foot
fall, poured through an opening
400 feet wide into that part of
the canal between Gamboa Dixie
and the Mirafores Locks, which
had previously been excavated
by steam shovels.
This cut, which is 5000 feet
long, 500 feet wide and Al feet
deep below mean sea level, was
entirely filled by 3 O'Clock, when
the waters of the Pacific laved
for the first time the solid mason
ry of the Mirafores Locks.
Dredges passed tonight thru
the opening, and in a few days
the last vestiqe Of the barrier
will be removed establishing a
practically complete channel at
the Pacific end. The dredges
will begin on September 2 to re-
move the last barrier of the At
lantic channel of the Pacific end.
The plished. ships may navigate
to the locks at both ends.
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Things DO not always 60 smoothly
when hvo-yearold John dresses him.
self What's the matter, sonny
boy asked his mother one morn.
Ing as she heard a discouraged sigh
John surveyed himself with a puzzled
frown How does ~ happen?" he
Inquired tugically. eve put on these
ovorolls three times. and every time
] get EN- on acksldebeforehand!"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

Charleston, Sept. John
Williams, colored. killed his wife
with double-barreled shot gun
a few days ago at his home IN
Powellton, Fayette county.
Drink caused the man to commit
the rash act. A number of col
ored folks attempted to form 8
mob to Lynch him but were pre-
vented by the quick removal OF
the prisoner to the Montgomery
jail.
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FOrty-One Killed in Two Railroad
Disasters

New Haven, Sept. 2. Twenty
six persons were killed and near
ly 80 injured, some of whom
may die in a rear end collision
this morning on the New York
q New Haven railroad six miles
north of here.
The first section of the White
Mountain express bound for
New York, speeding along at
probably 40 miles an hour in a
fog, rushed past a danger signal
and crushed into the second sec
ton Of a Bar Harbor express.
The White Mountain engine
cleaved through the two rear
Pullman cars splitting them in
two and tossing two score of hu-
man beings, some alive and some
dead, on either side of the track.
The third car, also of wood
and occupied by 40 boys, was
lifted into the air and almost
completely off the tracks.
The car fell on its side crumb-
led up, crushed two of the boys
to death and injured several 9TH
ers.
Some of the victims of the two
rear Pullmans were hurled from
their berths so feet distant.
Mattresses, bedding and cloth
ing were found lodging in the
telegraph wires.
1t was the third bad wreck the
New Haven has witnessed in the
year and inaugurated the first
day of Howard Elliott, the new
ly elected head of the road.
Mr.. Elliott returning from his
summer home in New Haven to
assume his duties passed over
the scene of the wreck an hour
before.
Practically all the passengers
on both trains were returning
home from summer vacations and
all but two of a camping party
of nine guests of S. Grocer Fox,
Of EIkins Park, Pa, returning
from Maine. were wiped out.
Fox was among those killed.
No one was hurt in the White
Mountain train.
Kirby-Stephen, County of
Westmoreland, England, Sept. 2.
Fifteen persons were killed
outright and thirty others were
injured in the collision of two
sections of the London-Scotland
Express early today on the Mid
land Railway, the accident hap
pening at Halves Junction.
The second section dashed in
to the rear of the first section,
telescoping several coaches,
which burst into flames.
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Flew Upside Down

Juvisy. France, Sept. l. The
daring French aviator, Pegoud,
who on August 20 made a para
chute drop from an aeroplane
from a height of 900 feet, accom-.
plished a much more remarkable
feat today which at first sight
appears to be feat of extraor-
binary aerial acrobatics which
experts claim to be a great ex-
pertinent toward safety in the
air.
Briefly Pegoud caused his mon
oplane to describe a letter S in
the sky during. which he was
flying upside down for a quarter
of a mile.
When he took the air he
mounted to more than 5000 feet.
The forward part of the machine
was observed to incline toward
the earth. AS the machine
dropped the tail pointed again
to the earth and the pilot was
h e d downward. Seconds
which appeared hours passed.
The machine then shifted itself
into a straight line, the pilot in
same position. Presently the
monoplane assumed its correct
position. He descended with a
series Of beautiful spirals.