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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
FATAL RAILWAY CRASH
express Si6eswiped and DeraiIed
Freight Hits Wreckaqe.

Toronto, Ont.-At least four per.
sons, possibly seven, are dead and a
score injured as a result of one of
the worst train wrecks this section
has witnessed in years.
The Grand Trunk Express No. 16.
bound from Montreal for this citv.
was derailed near York, a few miles
from Toronto. Seven of the express
trains cars were completely hurled
on the track. Three were day coach.
es, three Pullman sleepers, and one
baggage car.
The versions as to the cause of
the wreck were many. The most re-
liable appears to be that a freight
engine on an adjoining track side
swiped the passenger coaches when
the express train passed at a terrific
speed. Then, it is said, before dan
ger signals could be set, a west
bound freight plowed into the coach.
es that had toppled over onto the
freight track
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Kills Family and Hanos self.

FENDER Mob George H. Binglago.
FARMER killed his wife and tbrer
chiIdren wi,h q hatchot. badly wound
ga ms baDl and then hanged himself
lo'a raiter. a servant girl. who dis.
covered ihe bodies. told the autbori-
ties that Binhage went to the harm
hnnoun ing his intention to kin a
goose for Thanksgiving dinner In
stead she said. nc used The hatcbet
siav his wife and son. Return
ng to ihe house, he killed the two
ltner chiid-en, wounded the babv and
hen hanged himself
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
ILL be In Nsw York 80

New York-Nine persons. consti.
tu'ing every member but one of two
entire families. lost their lives here
in a fire which destroyed a hve.rtorv
'pariment house Fourteen other
families escaped or were rescued bv
hremen Originating. fire authorities
ay in q baby carriage on the FIRST
ioor of the brick structure. tho fire
swept upward through the omen
stairways, cutting Off escape throurb
the halls. Nearly 100 men. women
and children. clad In night clothes
swarmed the FIRE escapes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
GIRL is TORTURED
WITH HOT IRONS
Julia Hector Says She Had
Suffered From Almost Un-
beIieVabIe Atrocities

New York.-The gift of $63,763,-
j57.37 by John D. Rockefeller to the
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memo
rial, to be used for charitable pur-
poses and especially for improving
the condition of women and children,
has been announced by his son. This
is Thanksgiving present to human
1ty from the man who long ago sur
passed all records for generosity and
is the worlds greatest financial ben
efactor.
Mr.. Rockefeller established the me.
mortal two years ago as an endow.
ment to carry forward the charitable
activities of his wife, who died in
1915. He intended to transfer to il
from time to time, as its plan and
work developed, such securities as it
might appear to need. This he has
done, without any public word of it,
until the sum he has given now
amounts to the $63,OOO,OOO reported
by John d. Rockefeller, Jr.
Establishment of the Laura Spell
man Rockefeller Memorial makes the
fourth great endowment bearing the
Rockefeller name, and it is separate
and distinct from the three others as
they are from one another.
Mr.. Rockefeller's benefactions are
nearing the half-billion mark. and
possibly have attained it. The rea.
son for uncertainty is that so far as
known no accurate record has been
kept of his private distributions dis.
tinguished from the large sums he
has bestowed upon the various formal
foundations
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
EAGLE Tries To Carry or nou

Glendo, wyo-It took the combinod
Efforts of all members Of the Spauld
ing family to save Walter Spauldine
aged g. from being carried away bv a
giant eagle al the Spaulding ranch
near here When the huge bird AZ
tackled Walter in the ranch yard he
grasped 10 bg the neck and screamed
for help When Mrs Spauldinp tried
to beat Oft the bird with stick the
eagle attacked her She was saved
when Mr.. Spaulding came wth shot
gun and killed the bird n ted o.
spread Of eight feet.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
JUSTICE KILLED BY CAR
John Stewart, Member of State su.
preme Court, Meets Sudden Death.

JOnn stewart, Member Of State Su-
preme Court, Meets Sudden Death.
Chambersburg, Pa.-Justice John
Stewart of the Supreme Court of
pennsylvania was struck by a troll
ley car here and instantly killed.
The accident occurred in front OF
Justice Stewards residence He was
returning home after a THANKSGIVING
dinner at the home Of his daughter.
Dr. Helen Stewart, who lives across
the street.
The Justice, who was aged 81 and
quite feeble, apparently did not see
the approaching car. According TO
The motorman, he stepped directly
in front Of the trolley when it was
only few feet away. The motor.
man said he Immediately threw on
mis- emergency brakes, but it was
impossible to bring the car to a stop
before striking the aged man. who
was thrown several feet. His skull
was fractured and he was dead when
picked up.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
FEDERAL TROOPS
SENT To W. VA.
Soldiers Are Recalled to Minuo
County to Deal With Strike
Conditions
MARTIAL LAW ASKED FOR
State Government Totally Unable To
Handle Situation, Governor Corn
we'll Says-onIy About Half
Dozen Serve AS Deputies.

Charleston, w Va.-Federal troops
from Camp Sherman, o., have been
sent TO Mingo county to take charge
OF the strike situation, having been
requested by Gov John j. Cornwell.
The request was granted and the
movement of troops began immedi-
ately
When it was known that troops
We're en- route, Governor Cornwell
gave out statement in which he ex-
plains that federal assistance was
asked following a request made by
Mingo county authorities.
Governor Cornwell also has asked
president Wilson to proclaim Mingo
county under martial law in the trou-
Die zone, in order to give the federal
soldiers complete power to handle the
situation.
Federal troops only recently were
W lthdrawn from the Mingo county
coal region. They were requested fol
lowing the indictments of two score
men for murder in connection with
the killing of 10 men at Matewan.
Threats were made upon the lives of
important state witnesses in the
a
Hatfield, proprietor of the Matewan
Hotel, was killed few days after his
LIE had been threatened
About % members of the state de-
partment of public safety were sent
TO various parts of the strike zone
upon the removal of troops, and 100
deputies were appointed by Mingo
authorities
During the latter part of last week
the deputies were discharged by Sher-
IN Blankenship after Mingo authori-
ties had decided to recruit another
force of deputies from the ranks of
the American Legion. Only about a
haH dozen of the former soldiers con.
scented to serve, however, and steps
were taken to have federal soldiers
again called into the state.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S
THANKSGIVING GIFT
Women and Children to Benefit
Under Latest Donation
of $63,763,357

Rtdgway. Pa.-Arrested on the ac-
cusatiOns OF Miss Julia Hector. aged
20, her ward for IA years, Mrs. Rhines
Georgel of the Bootjack road, near here.
has been committed to the Elk county
jail in default of $1,5OO bonds, Charles
Salberg, her bondsman, having with
drawn after he had heard Miss Hec-
tors story. Inquiry into the girls
charges is now being made and a pub
lie Indignation meeting called by
Chief Burgess C. X. Dixon.
Miss Hector's story, first told to
Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Joseph May
at the county Jail after her escape
from the Georgel home has created a
sensation.
Examination by physicians is said
to have revealed that she had been
slashed with knives and other sharp
instruments, that her flesh had been
scared with hot irons and that She
had been horribly beaten. She is al.
lego to have told of being bound
helpless and then tortured with boil
ing water. This assertion, the physi.
clans say is practically proven by the
condition of her chest and shoulders.
When she appeared at the county
Jail she is said to have had barely
enough clothes to cover her body
She was then covered with cuts and
bruises, Deputy Sheriff May declares
The girl told Mrs. May that she
had been living with the Georgels
virtually a prisoner, since Mrs. Geor.
gel had taken her from the county
poor farm. She was allowed to go to
school but one term. she said, and was
locked in the house whenever she was
left alone
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
ENDS LIFE IN HOTEL
Note Ascribes Act to Nervous Break
down and Inability to Sleep.

Note Ascribes Act to Nervous Break
down and Inability to Sleep.
Pittsburgh, Pax II. Rehrbaugh
aged 80 years, of New York City
connected with the advertising de
partment of the Western Electric
Company of New York, killed himsel.
in the William Penn Hotel here. His
body was found with a revolver near
by.
A note, written on the hotel sta
tionary, was found pinned to a suit
case in Rehrbaugh's room and reads
as follows:
please notify DR. Joseph Folt7
of Canton, o., by telephone and ad
wise him that in the top of my trunk
will be found letters. This is the
result of a nervous breakdown anc
inability to sleep"
According to papers found II
Rehrbaugh's room, the dead man
served as Y. NJ. c. A secretary
during the World War in France, and
was either shell-shocked or wounded
going to a sanitarium to recuperate.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Methodists Quit World Mov.r.r.

Atlantic City, N. 1.-The Board of
Bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in semi-ann al meeting here
have voted 10 wind-up its relations
with the Inter-Church World Move.
ment, but the denomination's obliga-
tion OF $500 600 will be paid The
board. In a statement, made It plain
mat the Methodist Church would not
De party to the efforts of organiza-
tion Of the world movement. The
Baptist and the Presbyterian Church.
es have already Withdrawn.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
BLONDE LURED
man TO DEATH
Philadelphia Mans Head Is
Crushed With Wrench in
Drinking Bout
WATCH AND RINGS STOLEN
To Make Death Certain, Gas Was
Turned On In Room-Woman and
Accomplish Believed to Have
Escaped In Victims Auto.

delphia.-Requests for the ar
rest OF blonde woman driving a big
red automobile were sent broadcast
by the police in connection with the
killing of Henry T. Pierce, eastern
manager of the Insley Manufacturing
Company, whose body, the head
crushed with a wrench, was found in
the rear of his office here. The motor
car said to have belonged to Pierce,
bore Pennsylvania license tag No
122-2O6.
= Pierce, aged 45, and married. had
been struck on the head several times.
and to make death certain, gas had
been turned on in the room. Every.
thing of value had been stolen from
the body The pockets of his cloth
ing were turned inside out.
A gold watch and two diamond
rings he was said to have worn were
missing and a valuable diamond had
been torn from stickpin and the pin
left in his tie
Pierce was last seen alive by per.
sons who knew him when he entered
his office, accompanied by a young
woman who is described as young and
blonde" There were evidences of a
rlotous party" the police say. A
number of bottles and two glasses
one half filled with whisky. were
found on the table over which the
body lay.
The police believe that Pierce was
ured to his Office by the woman and
then killed by male accomplice. The
ohclals are working on the theory
that she and her accomplice, after
Staying and robbing Pierce, drove of,
IN his automobile, a 12-cylinder, boat
shaped car.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
PROBE MYSTERIOUS FIRES
Schooi House Near Fayette City De
stroyed-Farmer's Home In Flames

StroJeo-F armerS Home In Flames
Fayette City. Pa.-Police are inves.
ugatlng two mysterious fires which
occurred near this place.
The Rostraver school in Rostraye1
township. Westmoreland county was
destroyed. The damage is estimated
at $4,000, partly covered by insur.
ance.
One hour later the home of Alfred
Montgomery in Washington township.
short distance from here, was dis.
covered afire by a number of school
teachers who were spending the even
ing at the Montgomery home. Mont.
gomery and several of the teachers
extinguished the blaze before II
gained headway with buckets.
An investigation revealed that car.
bon oil had been placed on the
weather boarding outside the kitchen
No reason could be assigned for the
attempt to destroy Montgomery's
home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Miner Murdered and eo.s.,,

Indiana.-Held up while en- roufo
70 his homo in Aultman. south NJ
here WasH Anigovik was shot N
death and robbed OF $500. The muir.
der occurred within 300 feet Of bjs
nome. Anisoyik and his wife had
been visiting friend" and about o
O'Clock his wife left for home. Later
on when her husband failed 10 ar.
ilYe, she became alarmed and enlist.
ing aid Of neighbors. started search
for him. She found his body in the
road a belt IN which he carried
5000 vas missing.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Fayette City. Pa.-The Favette
mine OF the Lowber Gas Coal Com
pany on the Elliott farm. three miles
from here, was discovered to be ON
hre. Reports received say the fire is
spreading rapidly r. G.. Crawford is
president and general manager Of the
company
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Aneaed oPeeperv Killed BY Husband

Bradford, Pa. - Shot in the back
W hile it is alleged he was playing the
role of a "peeper," J. B. Reed, EN-.
ploye of the Pure Gasoline Company.
here, died at the Bradford hospital
while George Durkis, aged 80, engi.
neer at the Bradford Pressed Brick
Company plant, is held by the police
as the shooter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Hidden Hams Stolen

Freeport, O.-Arthur Miller will
not soon again place hams in his
oats bin Following a long establish.
ed custom, he placed five large
smoked hams in the oats Some one.
evidently intent upon stealing oats.
found the haas and took them in.
stead Of the food for horses
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Boston Police Held AZ Tbi.vss

Boston.-Eleven members and for.
mer members of the Boston police
force were held on charges Of larceny.
breaking and entering and conspiracy
TO steal as n result of a grasd Jury
investigation. An order suspending
from duty those still connected with
the department was issued by Police
Commissioner Curtis
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Death Claims Tribun. Editor

New York.-George NJ. Smith. man.
aging editor of the New York Tri.
bune died at his home. Mr. Smith
began his newspaper activities on
the Newark IN. JJ Advertiser &c
years ago later serving the New
York Tribune and the Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Panama Canal Has Good Year.

Washington.-General Harding. gov.
ernor OF Panama canal, reports the
waterway has closed the best year fl.
nancially in it's six years of opera.
ton with an excess of S2,3S7. .599 in
revenue over expense of operation
and maintenance.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Masked rhues Foreea 70 EIss.

Clearfeld.-FOur masked men raid.
ed camp OF Austrian workmen near
here and one Austrian was shot dead
and another seriously wounded. The
bandits we're driven off by the unex
pected resistance OF their victims
without being able to obtain the
Sl.lOO which it is believed they were
after.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Robbers Sympathetic.

Dover, O.-Bandits watched Thomas
Edwards, mill foreman, pay a bill of
800 here, then held him up. He had
only 3 cents left and the highwaymen
agreed to let him keep the money,
one of the men stating that he zap
parently had been already well rob
bed"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Taxieab office Safe Is Blown.

New York Three armed thugs at.
tackled the night watchman of a mo-
Tor taxicab service on East Thirty
iourth street, and after binding and
blindfolding him blew the office safe
and made their escape with S51 900
IN cash and promissory notes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Detroit is to have chcap.
or bread. At a meeting of grocers
and bakers IL was decided to reduce
the price Of the 1ls-pound loaf from
1917 to 141h cents and the price of
the pound loaf from II to II cents.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
American Disappears In e.rmsrv

Berlin An American named Chase
who was en- route to Berlin with his
family has disappeared from the bort
mund Railroad station. the newspa.
pers report Two American acauaint-
ances also are missing. Chase. a gold.
smith is known TO have had 900 600
marks in his possession. The police
are searching on the assumption that
fe vas murdered.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Woman Jury convicts solicitor

Erie.-A coroner's jury composed
Of women held City Solicitor Martin
G.. Cornell Of this city. responsible
for the death of William Schultz and
serious injury OF William Donaldson
when they were run down by an au
tomobuc.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Orange ~ j. Jack segaI. hand
some young peddler. accused OF prac
ticing dentistry without license
tried to smile his way TO freedom be
fore a woman jury They found hin
guilty IN 16 minutes
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Made Love in III. Movies

New York.-Herbert Martin, thrill.
ed by a movie, kissed his next seat
neighbor. The kissee happened to be
Terence Hervey, a six-foot cop. The
judge gave Martin five days to cool
off.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
WItness Fans 30 In conrt.

Chicago. Robert o. Law. president
VI Ihe Robert o. Law Publishing
company, fell dead while tesufying
IN an automobile accident damage
SUIT against his wife. Heart disease
is believed to have caused bis dostb
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
Hunters eaa rwo Rears In w ".

blkins, w. Va-Martin Basil and
James McCauley, members OF par
ty of II hunters, who had been
camping in Cheat Mountain, brought
home two bears, each weighing about
ESQ pounds. They were killed about
seven miles east of Beverly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02
37th Year. Whole No. 1909

Fairmont.-The body of William
Wilson, killed in slate fall In an
Ohio mine, was brought here for
burial.
Huntington-Mlss Ida Paul. injured
when she jumped from a moving au-
tomobile, Will live, hospital physician
thinks.
Grafton-The Il. & o. office here is
In need Of II telegraph operators
Brakemen and other workers are badly
needed.
heellng-Burgars broke into tho
railroad station mt Bridgeport, Ohio,
near here, and got only $125 for their
trouble
Faiimont.-A burglar entered an Of
flee building here and secured five war
savings stamps and few pennies for
his loot.
Fairmont.-Generul reductions hava
been effected in the coal market here.
The price has fallen from Sc to $525
generally.
Wheeling.-The packet General
Beach, sunk here several weeks ago,
finally has been successfully raised
from the Ohio river bed.
Keystone.-Mrs Il. L. Midkic was
slightly injured when a section of steel
her light blow on the head.
Wheeling-C. II. Hoover, 3. &c O.
brakeman, stepped from one track to
another and was struck by a train. He
died later from his injuries.
Mount Harmony.-Guy Carter is
making remarkable recovery from a
fractured skull received when his ak
flew from its handle and struck him.
HuntingtOn.-Clare Moreland, II,
and Marion Moreland, o, who ran away
from their home here, were located in
Newport, Ky, and brought back home
Wellsburg.-The state failed to-
prove the automobile which killed q
young girl was driven by Frank Wentz
and he was found not guilty of man
slaughter.
Wheeling-RusselI Brown saved hia
| life when he leaped from his car as
the machine plunged over q steep
| bank. He lost control when street
car headlight blinded him.
Clarksburg.-A youth whose name Is
withheld because Of the juvenile law,
| made Il daring attempt at auto theft,
but a detective leaping on the running
| board of the car, recovered it and ar
rested the boy.
CharlestOn.-Junior high schools
have been authorized and have proved
beneficial. The new course of study
has adopted the three-year junior high
school term and the three-ycar senior
high school term. There are 64 junior
high schools in operation in West
! Virginia, OF which Kanawha county
has six. Mcdowell county heads the
| list with ten junior high schools, Ca
bell county six, Kanawha county six,
Harrison four, and the other counties
ranging from one to three.
Cbarleston.-Tbe attendance wa.
very large at tbe specioI oxercises hold
at the Union Meeting Camn when tho
mission became the recipient of a deed
in tract of land containing 835 acres
which were donated by the Abney
heirs to be used as fresh air camp
for the mission and as a public park.
This is the first park of any consider
able size to be acquired in this city
and it is said by its promoters that 1t
Will be only the initial one Of chain
Of parks such as have made many
other American cities attractive.
Charleston.-B having 81 Oo7 oG2 5o
for S13I5OOO worth of \yast virginia
So per cent 20 vear gold bonds M an
average price Of ss1. SO rs. state
Treasurer w &. Johnson. under in
| struction from tbe Board Of Public
Works. has saved the state s247. .o37 40.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Charleston.-The attendance was
very large at the special exercises held
at the Union Meeting Camp when the
mission became the recipient of a deed
in a tract of land containing 835 acres
which were donated by the Abney
heirs to be used as a fresh air camp
for the mission and as public park.
This is the first park of any consider
able size to be acquired in this city
and it is said by its promoters that 1t
will be only the initial one Of a chain
Of parks such as have made many
other American cities attractive.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Porkcrsburg Fifty cents of every
dollar received from annual member
ship dues is retained by the local Red
Cross Chapter. to fight disease and
make the community % healthier. safer
place for mankind To- teach emergency
aid iu case of accident; TO save the
babies and guard The family health by
teaching home hygiene, care OF the
sick, and home dietcucs to give imme-
diate relief TO victims of epidcmics,
explosion, floods, fires, or similar ca
lamities; to aid in the care of crippled
children, deserted mothers, financial
stress, etc.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

CharlestOn.-Junior high schools
have been authorized and have proved
beneficial. The new course of study
has adopted the three-year junior high
school term and the three-year senior
high school term. There are 64 junior
high schools in operation in West
Virginia, of which Kanawha county
has six. Mcdowell county heads the
list with ten junior high schools, Ca
bell county six, Kanawha county six,
Harrison four, and the other counties
ranging from one to three.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Fairmont-The body Of William
Wilson, killed in slate fall In an
Ohio mine, was brought here for
burial
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Huntington-Mlss Ida Paul, injured
when she jumped from a moving au-
tomobile, Will live, hospital physician
thinks
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-02

Clarksburg.-A youth whose name IS
withheld because of the juvenile law,
made daring attempt at auto theft,
but detective, leaping on the running
board of the car, recovered it and ar
rested the boy.