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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
PARTIAL PAYMENT STOCK
PLAN

-, doub, a number OF Wheeling peo-
via have received advertising from out
ny-,ovn brokerage firms relating to the
purchase OF stocks on tho partial pay
m.nt plan. There are numerous con-
earns engaged in this class OF business
and their circulars are widely us
,ribulsd. In all stock trading, II IS pct,
Ter. no matter what the pian' 10 oeS'
with local brokers who are known 10 De
..,iahle, This keeps the money AT nome
which Is a good thing. but tho DIG au-
vantage Is that It protects the investor
In this connection. We quote below
question sent to the New York Tribune
;,ysstmsnt department. and the reply OF
the Tribune:
Uusstion--I would like TO know what
You think Of the partial payment OF S"S
twenty payment plan for acquiring gooa
stocks as an investment: that Is. plan
Of 20 percent down and the rest IN
monthly tnstallmentS. With stocks iow.
this gives one chance 70 at least pekIn
acquiring them. The firms advertising
this plan, however, do not seem TO De
the better known brokers. Mould
margin account Ton a safe marKin) win
a reliable firm be better methou'-
H l..
ADMINISTRATIONS why ElOSS " bS
better known houses do not handle par
tlal payment accounts are that they are
troublesome 20 handle. expensive. and
many E'inyestors" try to use tine plan to
camouhage speculative trades. Right
here Is where the bucketshop gentry
come in. Shady brokers diligently go
out for this class OF business and write
the orders on their cuffs. 1t Is not rs-
pecially risky. because the class OF PEI
pie Interested. experience shows. -
quite likely 10 be on the wrong side or
the contract Is long enough 50 that Mr..
Bucket can complete his end OF It at
profit over the purchase price. There Is
practically no chance that the client Will
walk into his office and pay for and
demand stock that the broker has not
bought. One OF the danger signs In this
business Is q nat charge Casually per-
cent? for unpaid balances. 1t has been
a long time since an odd-lot broker has
been able TO borrow money at that rate.
especially as the banks charge him
substantial premium over the regular
rate on small quantities of stock.
Therefore when you so into the partial
payment plan you should be able and
willing 10 pay q fair interest charge;
Recently u has been as high as and
10 percent That eats into your diyi-
. dends. Brokers are not giving money
away. and II they do not charge their
. odd-lot friends as much as, or moro
than. the money costs. they have got 10
. make Il up some other way. perhaps In
. tho manner W. have sketched for you.
Do not adopt the scheme unless you arc
genuinely investing in good securities
and intend TO hold them and are dealing
with a Kood broker. Some OF them do
ing this class OF business advertise In
the Tribune! You can adapt a margin
account to the ends you desire.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
LOAN FOR THE B. & o.

Washington. Dec. 2I.---Approval was
given by tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission today for a loan of $4,000
to IN" National Railway Service Cor
porat!cn for tho account OF the Ealti-
mor, x Ohio railroad Tho loan would
enable tho baltimore & Onto Ito pur-
"has" freight train equipment costing
sI4.235, N0n, Of which amount 1t would
be required To furnish about S9,000.DUU.
Tho National Railway Service Cor
roration ~ approved ar agency
through which loans ~ carriers for
equipment will BE- mndc under author
ity granted the commission 10y the
transportation act.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
DRY NEW YEARS 1V1
Ho1 CHICAGO 70 0D1xAu

Chicago. Dec. ?7.--The hopes Of New
Years Eve celebrants. accelerated By Q
recent policy announcement that the city
police force was too busy In its crime
cleanup campaign to disturb carriers OF
hip" liquor. received a blow today when
District Attorney Charles r. Clyne an.
nounced preparations for . dry welcome
for 1921. Department Of Justice and
internal revenue agents viii inspect
drinks In all cafes. according to NJ.
Clyne, and places named In recent IN.
junction proceedings are especially
warned. Federal agents have been In.
structed TO arrest every person caught
carrying liquor on tho streets or II
cafes, he said.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
BELMONT COUNTY
MAN IS SUICIDE

Coroner John r. Wyatt, OF Bellaire,
was notified last evening of a suicide
case at ShephrrdSjown. four miles from
Fairpo!nt Belmont county, Ohio.
Owing 10 poor telephone connection,
Coroner wyatt could not get the mans
name, and could understand nothing
more than that the man who ended his
lie was farmer, who killed himself
IN his barn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
SUNDAY MOVIES NOT oP1os1u

Chicago. Dec e7.-Free moving pic
turc elbows and theatrical productions
on Sunday would meet no objection from
the National Reform Association, the
Rev. William 8. Fleming. district man,
ager. announced here today.
"All this talk about blue Sunday n
bosh. W. are not trying to pass any
blue laws. What We are after II com.
mercialized amusement that II making
money out Of the argument Of personal
liberty" the Rev. Fleming declared.
Our work is program Of educatins
the American people to observe Bun.
day"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

There IS an ancient saying, Those
who live by the sword shall perish by
the sword" The death OF Monk East
man. tho gunman, indicates that the
modern version Is. Those who live by
the automatic shall perish by the auto
matte"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
WHEELING VET CHARGED
WITH EXTORTYON GAME

Special Dispatch 10 The Intcll!genCer.
New Orleans. La. Dec. 2T-FormRn
Sandebrldga. OF Wheeling and Charles
ton. W. Va. was arrested here today
with Charles s. Foster. Of Rome. Ky,
by police and turned over TO the mill
tary authorities at Jackson barra cks.
there 10 b. dealt with as extortioniets.
Both Sandcbridge and Foster arc "N-
soldiers. and the government claims that
they have secured eXtOrtionate sums
from cX-sOldicrs all over the country on
the claim that they we're technically de-
serters and were going 10 be turned up
unless they PAID them certain sums.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28
DIRECTS BIG CHORUS.
Prank Kinchsloe Heads the Kaaawha
valley Mems Chorus In Concerts.

The harleston paily Mail, Of Sunday
morning. December 26. d-votcS TWO full
columns 10 tho activities OF the Kama
VINO Valley Mems Chorus. which 10
preparing 10 Hiyc Z series OF concerts in
The Charleston y. NJ. {. \. auditorium
beginning January u.
or particular interest TO Wheeling
people is the fact that Frank IT. Knchr-
loe. former Wheeling man. IL the mu-
steal conductor Of tho chorus. in which
slNtv-hvc men OF Charleston are sing
ers
The chorus Is q joint project OF the
Charleston Rotary club aud Kiwanis
club.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

men in mn indirect manner. That Is the
older mon, deprived OF the alcoholic
stimulus, might be content to do tho
planning and induce young men TO carry
out their schemes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

Recently. Carusos jewels were stolen
several days ago. he burst blood ves-
sci IN his throat and now he has pleur-
isy. Enrico seems determined to stay In
the ltmelight or die in the attempt.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

That cold wave which the weather
man says Is on the way will bother most
Of US worse than the crime waro which
IL said TO be here.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

One OF the Dutch policemen guarding
tho kaiser says that he has q thankless
lob. Even so he's better off than VIII
helm, who has no job ut all.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

II was not a white Christmas but
neither wa sit followed by blue Sun
day, so we have something 10 be thank
ful for after all.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

In making New Years resolutions. II
is sometimes Just as well. instead or
turning over new leaf, TO buy a new
book.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

President Obre Son played St Nick to
5000 poor children. Most or his pre-
deccssors played Old Nick 70 all Mexico.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

A London halter says that Irishmen
have the biggest heads. We do net
doubt that this Is correct. temporarily
a. least.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

Local restaurants are reducing prices
90 percent. Let's celebrate Christmas
all over again
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

There was no tree at the White House
this year. Not even a plum tree.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

Prohibition comes but once a year
but that's all year.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

Anyway. home brewers can still brew
trouble IN their homes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-28

BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-10-22

or citizens In America, with necessa' rily divergent interests, and we under stand we must find the way so to re- late our various needs and hopes and aspirations that out of such inter-re- lationship may come the realization of America's ideals, for first and above all we want to serve our country"
 "We have always known" said Mrs. Robins, that certain groups of wom- en are vitally interested in social and industrial questions-but we did not know that the great mass of wom- en, all sorts of women, young and old, from the farms and from the cities are also interested
 What is it they see in the call to social justice? They see their oppor- tunity to serve the nation in and through a program dealing with the vital issues with which they are at home. tile protection of childhood. the care of mothers and babies, the safe guarding of women workers. the con- servation of health and the needs of women on the farms.
 We have listened to a great speech, one of the few great speeches of a dec. ade, and its effect will be far reach. ing."
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-10-22
BACK PORCH CAMPAIGN TO
 BE BEGUN SOON BY WILSON

Washington. = Gradually being pushed to the rear by the progress of the canvass it is now announced that President, Wilson is to wage a Back Porch" campaign. The local evening papers announce this fact and say that the plan is being discussed by the Administration leaders. It may even come within a week. some of these leaders b ,lieve. sEdmund H.. Moore, who managed Governor Cex's pre-convention campaign. is given credit for this rear attack on the Harding method of using the front porch.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-10-22
LAUDS nhRDING'S
 WELFARE PROGRAM

Marion, O.-Mrs. Raymond Robins, of Chicago, was the spokeswomaD fer thousands of women Industrial work CTS and women interested in problems of public welfare who gathered here to listen to Senator Harding's speech on "Social Justice"
 Mrs Robins, who is president of the National Women's Trades Union League, said:
 "We have come knowing well that we represent but one of many groups
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Katherine Munson. who will make her
debut Saturday, and for her guests, an
former schoolmates-Miss Katherine
Ruckholz Of Montreal, who has been
here several days; Miss Valeska Bacon
Of New Haven, Conn, and Miss Marea-
ret Huhlein Of Louisville, Ky, who ar
rived last evening.
The Misses Veeder will entertain n
party at the supper dance at Cafe St
Marks this evening
The occupational therapy DEPART
ment of Walter Reed General Hos
pital has sent out cards for a sale
OF articles made by patients, to be
held in the Red Cross house at the
hospital on Tuesday, December u.
from 10 am. to 3 pm. The cards are
very attractive and artistic and are
the design and work of the disabled
soldiers at the hospital.
Tea will be served in the Red Cross
house at the hospital during the
afternoon. which promises to be a
very charming one. There win be an
open fire burning, and Mrs. Merritte
w. Ireland. Mrs. Walter Reed, Mrs.
Thomas Taliaferro, Miss Glennon,
Miss Blanche Baker and Mrs. A. G.
McClintock will preside at the tea
table. They will be assisted by the
refreshment committee-Miss Mar
jorie Lower of the Red Cross. Miss
Kiley of the Service Club and Miss
Force Of the Aids Club. The sale will
be very beautiful, interesting and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Representative ]. Stanley Webster
i OF Spokane. Wash, and Mrs. Webster,
| who are In Washington for the ses-
sion of Congress-. have an Apartment
| at the Arlington Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

varied, and will include toys and arr
ticles not before manufactured by the
soldiers.
Mrs. Matthew De Laney will be at
1Continued on Ninth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Nine. Ekensren. widow Of the min
lister OF Sweden, has closed the lega-
ton In 18th street. and is with her
mother Mrs. John j. jackson, for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Prince Kalanianaole, delegate to
Congress from Hawaii. and Princess
Kalanianaole, have taken q suite at
the Arlington Hotel for the winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Capt. Godfrey Blake of the British
embassy stan is in Costa Rica for a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Lieut.. Col. A. F. A. N. Thorue of
the British embassy staff and Mrs
rhorns will sail for England on Decem-
Der %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Guerin OF tho French embassy stan
and Col william Erie Fowler.
Peters Of Maine have arrived in
Washington for the winter, and are
again at the PoWhatan Hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

Col. and Mrs. Edward Munson will
entertain at a supper dance at the
Wardman Park Hotel this evening in
compliment to their daughter. Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-09

The Misses Veeder will entertain a
party at the supper dance at Cafe ST.
Marks this evening.
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

It is virtually certain now that the st.
Paul Daily News will join the general
lineup against the farmers and organ
lied labor in the state campaign in Min
nesota this year. There is one chance
for the organized farmers and workers
to get the truth before the public. That
lies in their own paper-the Minnesota
Daily Star. A drive is now on to sell
the last block of stock that stockhold-
ers have voted to place before the pa
per is started. It is hoped that this will
be accomplished and all difficulties re-
moved so that the Star can start pub
lication within the next few weeks.
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

head and announce that
it was independent.
On that newspaper
today is at least one
man confirmed in the
skepticism of newspa-
per virtue. Another has
recently left 1t. They
have seen and they re-
alize that "who pays
the fiddler calls the
tune. "
The break came Just
a few days over two
weeks before the gem
eral election in st.
Paul, in which William
Mahoney, labor candi-
date for mayor. is op-
posed to the incumbent,
Mayor Hodgson, who
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03
independent Editor Rather Than Reverse Policy and Support
Candidate of Corrupt Political Machine

Mr.. Ashbaugh began his newspaper
publisher
When the St. Paul Daily News was established
in 1900 by Mr. Ashbaugh and w. B. Colver, now
chairman of the federal trade commission and one
of the foremost liberals in the country, who has
fought all attempts of the packing trust to control
the whole food supply of the country, there were
similar goals. The Daily News was to be news
paper without favor to any group interest, which
would make an honest effort to serve it's readers
solely. 1t faced rocky road. There were four
other papers in st. Paul at the time, each of them
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

In that instance. how
ever, Mr.. Briggs jlsti-
fed himself through. the
book written by Mr..
Lindbergh and used as
propaganda by the
Burnquist forces in
Minnesota. In the pres
ent case, however, the
issue was money and
the "gang" against the
worker, and there were
no grounds, Mr.. Briggs
felt, on which the with
drawal could be justi-
fed. Rather than sub
NIT to the exigencies of
the case, as interpreted
by the business Office,
Mr.. Briggs resigned.
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03
OWNER OF NEWS STARTED
PAPER WITH HIGH IDEALS

To get clear picture of the events that have
just transpired it is necessary to back at least
20 years. The principal stockholder in the Daily
News is L. v. Ashbaugh. Mr.. Ashhaugh himself
ventures in publishing newspaper is one of the
great romances of the fourth estate A story told
wildly in "The Story Of the Sum- some years ago
in the Saturday Evening Post, dealt with at
tempt of three young men to print newspaper
that would be absolutely true to its own ideals,
and which would permit dctation of it's editorial
policy from advertisers. Mr.. Ashbaugh was one
of the three men. The venture was made in ST.
Joseph Mo-, and the paper was called the ST.
Joseph Star. Both the name and the location were
thn1y cloaked in the magazine story under the title
of the "St James Sum-"
The venture actually failed because the three
men were unable to hold on just little time longer
But with such ideals and with such an adventure
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

William Mahoney, labor candidate
for mayor of st. Paul and opponent
of the O'Connor machine. Mahoney
was supported by the st. Paul Daily
News, in spite of the protests of
powerful business interests, until
the resignation of Fl. B. R.
Briggs as editor.
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

fuenced by the advertising revenues that flow
through the business Office? --5
This question is important today because Of these
facts:
The St. Paul Daily News, which has built up
through 20 years the reputation of being the one
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03
BY CHESTER w. vONIER

HE pen is mightier than the sword,
perhaps, but the important question
today is, "Who controls the pen?" Is
it the editor himself who is speaking
in the columns Of daily newspaper,
or is it the owner of the paper, in
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

gOspeI or independence.
Not until the new editor of the ST.. Paul Daily
News took charge and called into conference his
subeditors and departmental heads was any other
order given to members of the staff than to be fair
and to make certain Of facts.
For more than seven years I have worked on
newspapers in various cities and under various
dtions, and in those years most of the illu-
sions had when I entered the game were very
thoroughly rubbed off Thus, when came to the
staff of the News year ago, skeptical
of the likelihood that any newspaper whose chief
revenue came from the advertising it carried
would be thoroughly independent. But under the
enthusiasm of Mr.. Briggs I came to believe. On
that paper met one man who had come 1000
miles to join newspaper that could hold up it's
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

for reelection by the "O'Connor machine" Mr..
OConnor is one of the few remaining bosses in
municipal politics. For years his grip on st. Paul
politics has been notorious. Thieves and fences"
have been protected. Graft has 1ourished. His
political henchmen have only recently been dscov-
cred in the looting of the county treasury. The
leader of the underworld forces, which supported
the machine, was allowed to escape from Jail fol-
lowing his conviction. Wholesale vote frauds
perpetrated in the 1918 elections, though only
few of the guilty were convicted
Mr. Mahoney is being bitterly opposed by the
large business interests of St. Paul. They are
contributing huge sums to the fund to insure his
defeat "Three-sheet" posters plastered on
billboars throughout the city, warning the citizens
of the dangers of socialism," Much more money
is being spent in newspaper advertising.
BRIGGS DECIDES HE CAN BE
OF MORE USE ELSEWHERE
Some days before Mr.. Briggs resignation there
hurried conference in Chicago What tran
spired there can only be guessed at but on his
turn it became known that he would be supplanted
in the editorial chair. It. was then that the sus-
pcion of the coming change in political policy be-
gan to take root in the minds of some of the other
members of the staff. These suspicious were con-
frmed when Mr.. Briggs announced his retirement
and that Mr.. Frisbie would succeed him.
In his statement read to members of the staff
Mr.. Briggs said that his decision to withdraw from
the News "came about through circumstances which
indicate plainly to me that can be of service
After the formal meeting of the staff Mr. Frisbie
called into consultation several of the editors my
self among them. He announced to us that the
policy of the paper would henceforth be changed,
that the "color' would be taken out of political
stories. He told he had given such instructions
to the political writer. What he meant by taking
the color out of the political stories" indicated
few moments later when he voiced the suspicion
that Mr. Mahoney, if elected, scoud not control his
following"
He announced that the paper would present Mr..
Mahoneys case, but no more so than Mr.. Hodgson's
This is in spite of the fact that the News has been
the one implacable foe of the O'Connor machine.
But the announcement of the editor of the
paper, it is apparent, means that if Mr.. Hodgson
is not given the tacit support of the News, the
paper at least will not plead the of the anti
machine candidate. 1t also probably means that
the paper will support the opposition to the farm
er- labor ticket in the primary and in the general
election in the fall.
This is not the first time that the Daily News has
surrendered principle to expediency. The Daily
News welcomed the Nonpartisan league into the
state supported the farmer-labor candidate, CA.
Lndbergh, in the pre-primary campaign in 1918
until few days before the election and then sud-
denly withdrew that support. The reason for that
action becomes more clear in the light of the re-
D.. "a cent developments.
The nonpartisan leader., 1920-05-03

Before going farther let state that I am
speaking as a former member of the staff of the
News and that 1 was present when some of the
events of which speak took place. was present
when Mr.. Briggs announced his withdrawal from
the paper because he could not submit to the de-
mands made upon him to reverse his position. 1
was there when the editor, W. A. Frisbie, who
is also editor of the Minneapolis Daily News, an
nounced fatty in conference of the editors of the
paper that the News would longer support Mr..
Mahoney. And I know, too, the terrific pressure
that was brought upon the various owners of the
St. Paul News to force it's change in position.