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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02

Shortly after the crime, Metcalt
rented room. In this room has been
found pair Of overalls marked by
blood stains, also pillow slip mark
ed with the letter &C." pistol and let
tiers from Metcalf's wife in Chicago
warning him to "be careful-our let
tiers are being opened"
Chauffeur, Said He Couldn't Drive.
Metcalf, when first questioned, said
that he would not drive an automobile,
1t has since been learned that he at
tended school for chauffers.
Both Metcalf and the colored cook
stoutly protest their innocence. They
have informed detectives that the
Cooper home, in the absence of Mrs,
Cooper, was the scene of all night rev.
els in which much whiskey was con-
sumed by Robin Cooper's guests.
Hansen is slender, of middle height,
with piercing gray eyes and heavy eye.
brows I'D 1austache.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02
PSY gLs { p rs
TNlO IN MURDER CASE
: ApR,TIiEEf,, .,FjIANsEN.

.INl1kEAk4AA ASAA4Ae .
b. D. 4. Special ito The West Virginian.
NASHVILLE Tenn, Sept 90
Psychic sleuthing has placed q man
md woman behind the bars, charged
With murder.
Robin u Cooper, wealthy clubman
md politician, was found slain on tthe
1fskifts 81, his city last June. His
body Va pierced by a bullet.
After local detectives had about
given up their search for clues and the
Cooper siaytng was being regarded as
b crime problem never to be solved,
Gabrtei Hansen, psychic student OF
crime came TO this city and declared
nat he knew all the particulars Of
Cooper fate.
He obtained a hearing from the po-
nce after he had confronted them with
langible evidence to support his spirit
ualistie visions.
Dennis 10 Metcalf, gardener, ana
Nora Lee Jones, a colored cook, en-
bio lea In the Cooper home, are under
ares ON evidence brought forward
by Hansen.
ietcaif Is charged with the actual
killing and the negress is held as all
hccessory before the fact.
Hansen, whose home Is in Memphis,
came to Nashville bearing letters OF
recommendation from high officials
Who related some of his feats in
psychic crime solving. He announced
that he was determined to bring Coop
81 slayer to justice and that he knew
en- about the crime.
pessfIhed Place Before He Saw It.
Before he went near the Cooper
home he gave a minute description of
Tie premises, including the garage in
ifeh he says the crime was commit
Cooper was seated in his automo-
bile when he was killed." says Han
sen The person who killed him sat
insthe tonneau, and dragged the body
liacH, then drove away, with the dead
man huddled on the floor of the car.
4The body was laid on the river
hank and was carried away by fresh
( ct the next day"
Mrs. Anna w. Littleton, a spiritual
st, upholds Hansen. She was inform
ed IA a. vision, she asserts, that Han
zen could solve the mystery of Coop
8 death.
10 support Hansen's theory, the fol-
lowing evidence will be presented to
tie grand jury:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02
NAVY Prevented
war IN BgRI.! |.A
Landing Of Sailors Averted
War Between Italy and
Jugo Siavs.
(Bu Associated Press

WASHINGTON, oct. 2-Interven-
ton by the American Naval forces at
Trau Dalmatia prevented blo0dshed
which would perhaps have resulted in
state of actual war between Italy
and Jugo Slavia according to'a report
from Admiral Knapp, commanding
American naval forces in European
waters transmitted to the Senate to-
day by Secretary Daniels.
American sailors were not landed
Admiral Knapp said until after the
American and Italian officers who
had been sent to Trau had induced
the Italian raiders to withdraw after
they had surprised and captured a
small Serbian garrison. One Italian
officer and three men were left be-
hind and the American blue Jackets
were sent ashore to protect them and
police the town until Serbian troops
arrived.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02
Tobacco HQrdens the Arteries,
ODertq1es the Heart
And Shortens Life
Saws Dr. Connor Who Suggests Simple Test to Find II
It is Hurting You. Can You Stand 1t?

smoke. walk up three flights ofsstatrs
al a regular pace, then stopS II you
find that you are out ,ofsBreath, If your
heart beat is forced trembling or irreg-
ular, you maS De the victim OF a tunc-
ttonal a organic heart trouble. II you
feel NAT you must smoke or chew to
MET your nerves, you are a slave to
the tobacco habit and are slowly pois-
oning yourself with the tnsidious dead
ly drugs, nicotine and fprfural. IN
either case, you'll Ne just two alterna-
tiyes-keep on With your self poison
Ing process fegardless of the dan
gers, and 4ffer the consequences, or
rid yo6f Ne of thsahabi and escape
the "a sers.
n can overcome the craving and
sd he tobacco habit in very short
ne by using the following tnexpen-
siye formula: Go. to any drug store
and ASK for Nicotol. Take one tablet
aftSr each meal and ipSa conn lively
sht rt time you will ave no desire Tor
tdbacco. TheFcraEing will have left
You. With the nicotine poisoning out
Be your system your general health
;sSwill quickly improve.
Note: When asked about Nicotol,
ene of our leading druggists said:
icotol is truly wonderful remedy
= the tobacco habit. 1t is way ahead
q anything we have ever sold before.
WI are authorized by the manufac-
fun 8 to refund the money to every
disss fsfied customer, and we would
not D rmit the use Of our name unless
the rel edy POSSESSED unusual merit"
NicotoI Is sold in this city under an
iron-clad money back guarantee by all
up-to-d date druggists, including the
Mountain City Drug Co.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02
Stops Medic
Ee alth r coYered
Isl Internal Baths

Mr. A Czarnecki, 657 Montgomery
81 San Francisco, CAL, writes Tyr
rell's Hygenic Institute Of New YORK
aTmnst admit that the use of the
II n u. Cascade has cured chronic
.constipation from which / suffered. !.
Since May IL, 1918 ! have never even
tasted any kind Of patent meatelne or
purgatiye. Ny health isI OGcellent in
over haifa milliO bright, keen, in
telligent A heris us have found 81
Internal ! lg is more ss, ~, "a to
Have found thai used % asionally
at night they feeI like diff erent PEG.
ME tie nd t morning. No lore of that
bilious, I'll Fd nervous Feeling, but
having by Iature's O b cleanser,
antiseptic W IN wstg removed all
ttie polsono Wasts lfrop the lower
intestine, Il y awaNe TIL roughly re.
freshed BY prmH slee with all
their fund 81 ting n perly, clear
headed, happ and eonf ident, eager
and capable q tGe dutis + Of the day.
Why not more spout this rap.
idly gropLn md natural practice?
The q. IRHLN Cascade" is the in
yentton aCha a. Tyrrell, NJ. D.,
of New ork q pecialist on internal
baths 25 veal and is now being
shown and explal. I'd by Fairmont
Pharmacy, Fairmohs, ". Va, who will
give you-free on request-an inter-
esting booklet on the subject called
"Why Man of Today Is Only 500
Efficient"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02

New York.-Dr. Conner, 9orr1,rly of
Johns Hopkins hospital, says: Hun
dreds of thousands of enlwho smoke
and chew and who belteY themselves
healthy are suffering from progressive
organic ailments. They would never
have been afflicted hid it not been
,iof the use Of tobacco q I'D most OF then
would soon get well 3they wou|e Only
stop the use Of tobac 9.
The best known habS sormin prln-
cipal Of tobacco is nicotine, b the
most deadly and demoralizing fur
fural. Both are deadly poison, h1ch,
when absorbed by the system s wly'
hut urreIv affect the nerves, EN-
brsnes tissues vital organs and tal-
ity of the body.
The harmful effect Of tobacco ries
and depends on circumstances an the
individual. In some it causes gel IT
debility, others catarrh OF the tn y =
indigestion, constipation, exit ne
nervousness, sleeplessness, OF
memory, lack of will power, GO ard e
and fear, mental confusion Etc.; p
others it causes heart disc se, brol
chial troubles, hardeninss 4 the al
teries, palpitation Of the cart, tuber1
culosis, blindness, cancs and the COM
mon affliction known tobacco heart.
If you use tobacco any form you
easily detect its ha5 nful effects by
making the following simple tests:
Read aloud a full page from book. Ii
YOUR voice becomes muffled hoarse
and indistinct and you must frequently
clear your throat, the chances are that
your throat is affected by catarrh and
it may be the beginning Of very sert-
Gus catarrhal trouble. Next, in the
morning, before taking your usual
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02
- = - - -
RRFfNIEuls

A ven 81 Bris sells lace made ~
years go was worn by 3 bride e
Wosing.
The first riddle ever recorded was
propounded by Samson IN the Book Of
Judges, 18th chapter, 18th verse
Grain growers OF Western Canada
are organizing political party to De
a factor in Dominion politics.
An electric alarm clock which awak-
ems deaf sleepers by jarring their beds
has been invented in Germany.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Try Making Y0ur Gum E
Cough Re edy 1
You can save abolt ene AS'o .
Abetter remedy tha1 reao9s
4 made ltnd. Ea' d'n''

Nkz5z5z5z57tz5z5z5E 5z5zsz5z5zsl
ties w ever known know * afea1 made cough
remedk, You probably 60 DR. !. -.
mich ii curati S5wel g there is in
this 80 home.made cough syrup,
whicE q easily prepared r . lew NM
u' Gss froi any druggist BIZ, ounces ot
Pinex, poIA If into o at bottle and
fill the bot 3 with syru using, eitneE
plain granul ted sugar yrup, CHARMED
molasses, ho,ey, or g, syrup, as
desired. The result is tuli PM @
really better ough. up tRap you
could buy read cmade OF ~ Times
the money. Tai les pl' SAs and never
'p This Pine1 and preparation gets
right at the cause cough and CIV ;
almost immediate 4 u. " lposens the
phlsgm, stops the lsty, throat tickle
and heals the tore, membrane
SO gently and saSi hat is really
a days use viii uspA Y ssseemS II, The
ordinary cough land ~ btonchltlsl
Group, yhoopi4s cough ln aft sFoncnia'
Plnex Is q y - y.luS NasS Se e;SS -.
tract, and has BEEN used tot enerationa
to break up severe copghs.
To avoid disappointment. x your
druggist for "21h ounces of Pin 7" WITH
fill directions; ard ID don't mt. a sSsPe S9 sa
f faetioH u or money - pTomptly refunded
Tho Pinex Co, IT. Wayne, Ind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
PLANS RETURN OF
NATIONS WIRES
Burleson Recommends Legis-
lation Providing Co
Ordinated Operation
By Associated Press.

Washington, May 23.-Recom-
mendations of the Wire Control
Board that legislation returning the
telephone ad telegraph system of
the country to private ownership
provide co-ordinated operation of
the various systems and fixing of
rates by the Interstate Commerce
Commission were forwarded yester-
da-- by Postmaster General Burleson
to the House post office committee.
The wire boards recommended
tions also include creation of a
tribunal to hear all controversies be-
tween employers and employees, and
that changes in wage schedules shall
not become effective until submitted
to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission so that corresponding
changes mSy be made in rates.
Mere return of the wires to their
owners will not solve veXatious
problems confronting the compa-
MES Mr.. Burleson said in his letter
to Representative Moon, of Ten
nessee, ranking Democratic men,
ber of the committee. transmitting
the recommendations. Extraordi-
nary costs of operation and mainte-
nance fastened upon them as a re-
suit of war" the Postmaster Gen
eral said, will continue for some
time after control passes from the
government"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
FEAST OF WEEKS
BEGINS JUNE A
Jewish Holiday Commemo-
rates Old-Time Fes-
tival

Shabouth, the Feast of Weeks,
falls this year on Wednesday, June
4. Originally a festival of the first
fruits as enjoined in Deut. NVI:9
Seven weeks shalt thou number
unto thee; from the time the sickle
is first put to the standing corn shalt
thou begin to number seven weeks
And thou shalt keep the feast of
weeks unto the Lord thy God after
the measure of the free-will offering
of thy hand which thou shalt give
according as the Lord thy God, bles-
seth thee. And thou shalt rejoice
before the Lord thy God, thou and
thy son. and thy daughter, and thy
man-servant and thy maid servant,
and the Levite that is within thy
gates, and the stranger, and the
fatherless and the widow. that are
in the midst of thee, in the place
which the Lord thy God shall choose
to cause His name to dwell there.
And thou shalt remember that thou
vast q bondman in Egypt; and
thou shalt observe and do these sta
tutes."
In Biblical times the feast of weeks
was merely a farmers holiday at the
end of the seven weeks of harvest
and its ceremonial, the simple agri-
cultural offerings brought as n
Thanksgiving token for the new crop
they gathered.
In common with other agricultural
festivals the feast of weeks under
went a gradual Transformation. AS
the Jewish people began to enjoy
a historical consciousness. they link
ed traditional events with surviving
festivals and institutions transmitted
from n remoter ancestry. Through
the intercession of Rabbinical Juda-
ism, the Feast of Weeks was enlarg-
ed into a historical festival, in which
the giving of the Decalog was COM
lmemorated.
BY this. transfer a universal sig
nificance was attached to the festi-
val in which the ripened fruits OF
the spirit were offered in praise and
thanks, as an offering from the Peo-
pie of the Covenant. To this day
| the Ten Words are read in the
synagogues and the pledge of 10y
atty made by the fathers of old to
/ the covenant of Israel renewed by
their sons in love and faithfulness.
Withinin the last century the
Feast of Weeks obtained an added
charm by introducing a confrma-
| ton ceremony in connection with
observation. This ceremony was
sponsored by the leaders of Reform
Judaism. who made of it feast
of conservation of the Jewish youth
boys and girls, to the ancient cove
nant of their fathers. Yearly the
children of the religious schools OF
our reform congregations attest their
loyalty to their ancestral faith
which is the intent and purpose OF
i hi "
/ ice does not exact from them any
other confession than that of a be-
| lief in one God, and in His justice
and truth as manifested in history
The service also symbolizes a grad
uation from the religious school
where boys and girls have been
taught Biblical and Jewish history
Jewish ethics, Hebrew and Jewish
| literature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
TECH TEACHER
TELLS OF FRANCE
Tours the Devastated District
Throughout War
Zone

Sergeant John d. Renninger. teacher
acting as an interpreter at the office
of the Provost Marshal General of the
American Expeditionary Forces, has
written an interesting letter to Dr.
Charles s. Eager. Jr., that sheds some
light on the destruction that was suf-
fered by the French throughout the
Marne Valley. Just when the Germans
are shouting that the peace terms are
horrible" Sergeant Renninger gives
Harrisburgers a chance to see the de-
vastation as it was completely wrought
by the Hun.
Prior to entering the service. the
Tech tutor taught German at Tech. Two
months after entering the Army Rem
ninger was sent across to interpret the
German prisoners. The Sergeant spent
several summers in Germany prior TO
the war. and is thoroughly conversant
with German manners and language
He expects to be teaching again at Tech
next fall The text of the letter is as
follows:
1T was my privilege to take 800
mile auto trip over the last weekend
into the famous war-ridden and war
wrecked Marne Valley. We left from
Chaumont and proceeded to St Dizier,
Vitry le Francois, Chalons, Rheims
Beaumont. Fismes. Chateau-Thierry,
Epenay, thence to Chalons and back TO
Chaumont Everywhere in this mar
row. beautiful valley one sees heaps OF
shattered and crumbled houses where
once lived the contented and thrifty
peasants who were now driven out; his
home and his vineyard destroyed. III
is a pitiful sight to see aged men and
women walking forlornly. through the
wrecked streets searching vainly for
some of their priced household goods or
perhaps a room in which they may place
their meaGer rescued property ana Try
to begin life anew.
"Rut not until one sees Rheims Is he
really conscious of the horribleness and
completeness of the destruction wrought
by the Germans. If you can conceive
of a city the size of Harrisburg shat
tered so that not single house re-
mains intact and most of them crum-
bled to dust and heaps of broken rocks,
YOU may get some idea of the thorough
ness with which the Hun did this job.
One is filed first with awe and then
pity and finally with the greatest anger
as he looks upon this sight and reviews
the story of this city's fate. The Cathe-
dral which for centuries has been one
of the proudest gems of architecture and
{ the greatest expressions of art that had
been handed down to us from the Mid
die Ages now lies humbly in a pitiful
pile of blasted ruins. Hundreds of the
! small statues of pious religious char
| acters which silently preserved the
beauty and sacredness of this famous
structure, too have been thrown from
! their quiet hooks and corners and lie
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
l7-YEAR LOCUSTS
! ARE COMING OUT
Began Emerging in Consider
+ able Numbers on We'd
nesday Night

I Washington, May 2S.-After sew
enteen years underground. the per-
iodical cicadas-"17-year locusts"-
of brood No. 10, are coming out
They began emerging in considera-
able numbers Wednesday night. The
great swarms will come out during
the next few nights. The largest
emergency probably took place last
night. During the next few days, tree
trunks, bushes and chunks will be
thickly studded with cast pupa
skins.
The period during which the ci-
cadas do damage to trees by splitting
the branches to deposit eggs will not
begin for ten days or so, say entomol-
ogists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Within that
period. it will be easily possible for
the individual orchardist or farmer to
determine whether or not the insects
are present in sufficient numbers to
make protective measures necessary.
The one sure means of protecting
young trees, entomologists say. is to
place a bag over each tree. Sprays
and similar measures have not been
found particularly effective.
The entomologists of the Depart
'ment of Agriculture are undertaking
a series of cicada studleS IN connec-
ton with this emergency to deter
mine some points not fully investi-
gated heretofore. Additional expert
'ments will be made with sprays. A
great deal of additional illustrative
material will be gathered, particular
Nv photographs of the activities of the
insects during the night. A series OF
might studies will be made, also
to determine just when and under
what conditions the insects emerge
from the ground.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
ARMY ABROAD HAS SOLD
S5O,OOO,OOO SUPPLIES

Washington.-Sale of surplus sub
sistence supplies held by the army
overseas have totaled s50,000,000
the War Department announces. The
American relief commission taking
goods valued at S1O.000,000, the
Czecho-Slovak government, 6.000,-
900; Rumania, s14,000,000, and Po-
land $1O,000,000. The sales includes
22,0O0,000 pounds of bacon to the
three governments named.
Announcement also was made that
the department would sell by July
all the horses and mules now with
the army in France, and that nego-
tiations were under way for the sale
of oil and gasoline storage tanks and
distributing stations with the railroad d
tank trucks used by the A. E. F. In
France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
I7SpORTln6zneWS9
"SPANGLES" FOR
JUNIOR LEAGUE
Order For Uniforms Will
Make These Lively Lads
an Extra Attraction
LEAGUE STANDING

Rain again had the say in the City
JUNIOR League. last evening. so the
Algonquin -Swatara game was added
to the rather lengthy list of postponed
games.
Friday evening. Algonquins VS..
West End Juniors. at Fourth and En-
erald streets at $50 o'clock:
this neighborhood. has signed to play
with Swatara the rest of the season.
He was formerly with the East End
hitting and base-stealing. Eight
clouts in eighteen times UP, and
eleven stolen bases in seven games is
team severe blow by getting a call
from Uncle Sam to return to camp.
He played at one time in the Dauphin-
Perry.
The swatara team was measured
for their new uniforms last evening
at Shenk and Titles. A large festi-
val is to be staged at the Webster
school grounds on Decoration Day,
for which all arrangements are being
made.
A permit was given to the City
Junior League by members of the East
End Athletic Club for the use of the
the baseball diamond at Nineteenth
and Greenwood streets during Mon
day. Tuesday Wednesday and Thurs
CAV evenings. Friday evenings games
being undecided where to be played.
SATURDAY afternoon games VIII De
staged at Seventeenth and Chestnut
streets.
The West End Juniors are fast
drawing their team together, and
Manager Simmons states that he will
have his team out of the cellar with
in the next few weeks.
The Swatara management announc-
ed to-day that 1t wants Decoration
Day game with any first-class anna :
teur team averaging from 16 to 90
years. game is desired for out of
town. All communications should be
addressed to E. H. Matchett. 1873
Sw#tara street. or "Micky" Shower.
Dial SAIL When writing or calling.
state what guarantee you are willing
to give
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
Alpine Club to Climb
White Mountain "Sink'

LewisburS, Pa, May 23.-The
Pennsylvania Alpine Club members
will climb the famous Sink" of the
White Mountains in Snyder county,
June IA, it was announced to-day
by J. Herbert Walker, secretary of
the organization.
Members of the club. which in
cludes a number of Harrisburgers
and many people from Central
Pennsylvania, will gather at Middle
burg Friday evening, June 1S, for a
get-together meeting around a bon
fire. Edwin Charles and George w.
Wagonseller will be the hosts at
this occasion.
Saturday morning, June IA, the
party will proceed from Middle
burg to the point of the climb in
automobiles. The ascent will be
made and a brief service will be
held on the summit Colonel Henry
w. Shoemaker, noted naturalist and
writer, will speak, and John III.
Chatham, the mountain bard" will
read poem. Other features are be-
ing planned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
ONLY POWERFUL
MEDICINE WILL end
RHEUMATISM

1t matters not whether you have
had agonizing pains from rheuma-
tism for twenty years or distressing
twitchings for twenty weeks. Rheu-
ma is strong enough and mighty and
powerful enough to drive rheumatic
poisons from your body and abolish
all misery or money back.
Kennedy's Drug Store and all
druggists arc authorized to sell
Rheuma on a no-cure-no-pay basis.
large bottle is inexpensive, and
after you take the small dose as di-
rected once day for two days you
should know that at last you have
obtained a remedy that will conquer
rheumatism.
For over seven years throughout
America, Rheuma has been pre-
scribed and has released thousands
from agony, pain and despair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23
DOG SNIFFS AT GRAVE
IN TOUCHING FAREWELL

London.-Following the funeral
of the late Harold Bannister, outfitter,
Leyland, the dead mans favorite dog,
went into the church and sat by the
bier.
While the service was read the dog
shifted occasionally at the coffin, and
when the body was lowered into the
grave it put its paws on the edge and
looked down as if taking a farewell
view of it's master.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

bushel in town to-day the news
comes that the acreage in Franklin
county this year exceeds that OF all
time. The frequent rains have not
washed the ranIdly growing wheat
and it has not yet been hurt and
the prospects are now for an enorm-
Gus crop.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-23

pitifully pinned in the pit under tons
of crumbled rock. Stripped of her or
n2ments. her beauty and her sacredness
this great skeleton stands there hope
lessly calling to the genius of modern
art and architecture to rescue her and
restore her former glory and beauty"