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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
Osiris TEMPLE SHR|NERS ELECT
: DR., VIM, 7. MORRIS POTENTATE
Backer's Life Story
Shows Rise From Most
Humble Beginning

New York, Dec. 3.-George S. RaCkcr,
millionaire builder on trial on 4 charge
OF perjury in testimony before the joint
Legislative committee investigating tho
alleged building trust today told the
court his life story. He landed in Amcr-
iC;L as an Immigrant boy with only SlI.SO
OF the worlds wealth.
As a youth he prddled chandeliers.
went to sea on an English merchantmen
and later sold newspapers at the worlds
Fair IN Chicago. After working at sew
,-ral odd jobs ne went into the restaurant
business for himself. afterwards trans
rcrring his activities 10 tn" real estate
business. in which he amaSsed wealth..
Il" said ne was sc years old. lives on
Riverside Drive and has wife and hre
children.
He characterized Robert p Br!ndell.
head of the building trades council. t"
whom he rlid the $4,000 brihc. as
trades employing about $4,000 men.
Brindell did not exist" up to Il year
ago. Bac&er testified. when the building
Trades Employees Association entered
dell'S organization" Hack.r said nc re-
signed from the employers association
At that time and became independent.
His friendship for Brindell. he said. WAS
Of a business nature. "One OF necessity
Backer stuck to his original story that
he gave the $4,000 used to call off a
strike, to Brindell and two strangers,
but said he found one Of the strangers
to be the labor leaders brother. Matt
Brindell.
Character witnesses and others for
the defense occupied the entire day. on
the stand Robert 7. Brooks. president
OF OF Il structural steel concern. told OF
Backer's distaSte for the brihc he was
asked to pay when a strike was threat
ened The witness said Barkcr was In
an "eEcitable condition" last May and
said to him: Those fellows want $4,000
to let that job 10 on. It's dirty bust
ness. You've known me all these years
and I've never been mixed up in mess
like this I have a good mind TO back
down right now. 1t sure Is dirty
rractice"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
SEARCHING FOR
WOMAN IN THE
HA|NON MURDER

Ardmurc. Okla. Dec. with police
officials Of many cities on the lookout
ArdmUre authorities today awaited %"r
of the arrest Of Miss Clara Smith ni
! tlon with the fatal shooting of Jake
L. Hamun. Republican natiOnal commit
tccman of oklahoma.
Miss Smith. for whom there Is war
rant charging assault with intent e"
Kill. disappeared. Immediately after the
shooting two weeks ago.
Interest in the case was divided here
today between the search for MISS
Smith and the purpose OF VISIT i"
Texas by Frank L. kctch. business man
! Worth said Kctch had Registered Al Il
hotel there last night. but could not be
! located later. At the time Of the shoot
| Ing KCtCh issued Il statement saying
! IIam"n hal been injured by the accid"n-
tai discharge of pistol he was clean
us May Charge Murder.
Russell G. Brown. county prosecutor.
had under contemplation tho CnanE!nS
: If the charge against Miss Smith !"
! murder as 4 result Of lannon's death,
/ In some quarters 1t WAS said he Mas
considering what pnrt the sworn stale
nrnt of T.. W. Sails of Dallas. Texas.
a chauffeur. would play in IN" cas-.
! Sails. In his statement. mad" 1T VA
! las. Wednesday. declared he drove. =
, young woman answering MISS Hlnl'h :
description from there To trlSC". tcNtS,
and that the woman told MN She n ,
shot a man in Il hotel Mt Ardmore. Shc
ala not according to the statement, give
her own name or that OF tho man she
had shot.
The prosecutor il was said, also was
attempting to verify Reports 'nHt us
tarium to which he was taken at'""
. h,iuIr wounded.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
SCHOOL WEEK
win BE Observed Locally December Sill
with Attractive Programs.

All the schools throughout Wheeling
and Wheeling district. will observe
school week from December ! to LAS
we'll as all the schools throughout the
United States. This is the first time
that such a big undertaking has been
taken up by the United States school Of
ticials, and they are hoping that 1t Will
be a great success.
Special programs have been prepara3
by the supcrintcndeutS and teachers OF
the various schools throughout this dis
trict which will be rendered at different
times during the school week.
Meetings have been arranged for diff
fercnt evenings during this week which
will enable the parents to assist the
teachers in some OF their work. and 50
that both can get better acquainted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
GIFTS EIGHT Y1A1S.

Special Dispatch to The '1ntelliEencer.
Clarksburg. W. Va. Dec. 3.-ln GRIM
inal court today. Jesse Smith, IL, son
Of Harris Baily Smith Of Brushyfork.
was sentenced to serve eight years Ia
the stutc penitentiary at Noundsville
for the death Of Fred Johnson. Is, son
Of Charles B. Johnson. prominent
CIarksburK lawyer Young Johnson was
shot to death while riding In an auto
mobile with his parents near this city
and Smith confessed to having fred
the shot. saying that he had been shoot.
Ing at the highway.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
FELLOWS RETURNS
Union Mission Worker Close Campaign
at Akron, O., Mission.

Edward Fellows. un" of tn" workers
of the Union Mission. returned nome
las, evening from Akron. g.. where he
completed successful campaign AT the
Akron Mission.
Mr., Fellows will deliver 4 worry strik-
ing address this evening at O'Clock.
and a larg" ATTENDANCE" Is expected.
Srrcial musical numbers Will he r@ndrr-
cd by the Mission orchestra.
Rrv ThnmpSon. pastor of the United
prrSbytrrian church of Eella!rc. O.. CON
ducicd tn" services last evening "hich
was well attended. w
,,,,her nr Cameron W Va. Will teach
,b, Rihl, classes which will meet sun
biy cvcihnr at "'rI"ck. Th" evening
services will helm at o'clock. at
which time G. W. cory. sur"r'ht'hdcnt
of the mission. viii hay" Charge. Ed
ard Jefferson Will hnN" charge or tho
services ut the county jail on Sunday
afternoon at " "'"l"ck.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
ing regional bank called to anything the

ing regional bank called to anything the
board deemed unwlse.
Approving efforts Of the Richmond
bank to restrict loans for non-essentlal
purposes in 1919, Governor Harolhs
said: , r,
IT know some banks In South Caro-
lima had been carrying large loans on
cotton. some since 1917. in the face OF
an active market.
Holding such cotton then, he added,
on reserve bank funds. was PLAINLY
Specializing" ,
t;nyrrnnr Harding d. clared farmers
need have no fear that tho banks would
not do their part and carry over loans
on staple crops for which there is no
market, provided the farmers would
make fair statement OF their cohuItiCn
he said showed there had been no re-
striction ON rediscounts of agricultural
paper
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
Search Girls Trunks.

Kansas city. Mo-. Dec. 3--Thc con-
tents 81 two trunks, said by the police
10 De the property of Miss Clara Smlth
which arrived here soon after tn" shoot
Ing Of llamOn were opened Ut 'h' re-
uucst Of Russell e. Brown. county pros
ccutor at ArdmoEe. in the nope l.a::
something might be found that wruh'
throw light upon the CAs". -NcC"r Ing
10 the police. however the examination
revealed nothing. Ono uf the trunks
however contained II photograph u
Hamom "a.
police department. who with repre-
sentative Of tho ArdmUrc county a'iT-
ucy. examined the trunks SAID: 49,.
II examined the trunks th"r"nEhS
and there was no diary or other pAp' ~
which might have any h,arlng on me
case. \ book Of newspaper Chipping
and several photographs were the only
things'l saw removed from me TRUNKS
The trunks were then scaled,
Th, Ardmorr representative ROEiS
said. kept the matter taken from N"
trunks. The identity of this man he
did not know. he said, but he believed
he had obtained by wire from the Ard
mope attorney authority to open Tie
N' CLARA Smith Hamon."
Calling cards found among the
,rnman's belongings bore the name
"Clara Smith IIamon," BOYLE SAID
railroad pass made 10 "Clara smith
IIamun". also was found.
An alleged diary Of the Smith wowan
was published today by newspapers IN
chicago and other middle western cit
les with the claim that II was fouho
in one OF the trunks here. The story
which was copyrighted, asserted thal
the diary had been found by news
Dapsr man.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
ST. STEPHENS ANNUAL
THAHKoPFERING SE1V1cE

The Womrns Missionary Society o.
the ST. Stephens Reformed church. cor
n.r Thirty-sixth and Eoff streets will
hold it's annual Thanksgiving service
urxt Sunday evening at the time OF the
rcr1,Iar service of the congregation
The pastor. Rev. z. c. Rurkhardt will
deliver an address on THE Reflex OF
Missions" Those taking part in the
Sarvicc are Mrs l.. Buchwald. Mrs. J.
Hnir1yinrer and Mrs. F.. G. Burkhardt
the general public Is invited.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
us NOVEMBER ARRESTS.

According to the report Of the police
department to the city clerk Yesterday.
Il6 arrests were made during the month
of November. OF the 1l6 arrests. 81
were white males, IA white females, IL
colored males and coiored females.
The total fines assessed amounted 70
!I25a59 while &11sl.60 has been go
lected
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
re-, DANGEROUS TO Neglect . Cough

Never allow . cough to hang on week
after week A cough is usually syInp-
tom OF some disease OF the throat or
hrnnchials and may we'll be regarded az
n signal OF danger. No one can tell
what serious diseases may follow when
/, is neglected AS n rule the disease
lint causes the coughing may be cured
hy taking Chambcrlatn's Cough hemray
H. NOR. than nine cases out OF ten 1t IL
all YOU will need. For sale by all deal
erS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
PORTE AT COLUMBUS

Scout Executive II. o. Portz. OF the
Wheeling Council. left yesterday for
Columbus. Ohio. whore he will spend a
few days looking after Boy Scout mat
tiers and also attend convention OF this
organization which is being held In that
city 1T the present time. Mr.. Portz will
return u this city the first part OF the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

l.. Ketch, administrator Of the estate
Of the late Jake l.. IIamon OF Ardmore,
oklahoma. was believed today 10 De IN
the Texas oil fields. in the vicinity OF
Ranger and Cisco. He registered ~ 4
local hotel yesterday and Is reported
TO have left at ~ o'clock last night
presumably, for Ranger. where Hamon
held large railroad and oil interests.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
RIVER rELEonA".

Davis Island Dam. 81 fest, Fi00g;
MorSantown. 81 feet. stationary:
clear.
OH City, IS feet, rising: clear.
Warren. 36 feet rising; clear.
Stcubenvillc. 10 feet stationary;
clear. r. -
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
Prosecutor Denies Any Connection.

ArdmOre Okla, Dec. 3.--No reprcseht Z
alive OF Russell r.. Brown. county at
tnrncy Was present 1T the opening III
Kansas City. Mo. yesterday. Of two
trunks said by the police Of that city to
b. property Of Clara Smith, wanted here
in connection with the shooting or
Jake l.. Hamon. Republican national
Hrown made this announcement today
when questioned rs to the name OF the
person who. kansas City police said.
represented Mr.. Brown at the opening
Of the trunks.
Rstch IL In Texas Oil Fields,
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. S-Frank
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
srsHoP TO CoNrIRM CLASS.

Bishop p. J. Donahue will ofnciatc ut
the confirmation of a large class at Ell
kius tomorrow morning, leaving this
evening The services will be held for
the entire community.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
STATE LAW AIDS
Ex-SERV|CE MEN
THUS FAR $50 HAVE TAKEN AID.
VANTAGE OF PROVISIONS
STATE LAND SETTLEMENT
ACT.

Pierre, Dec 30.-EX- service mer
have received $537, 200 aid in get
ting started on farms in the state
the past year through the state land
settlement board.
Of this, the land settlement fund
has been called Upon for $261,5OO
and the balance has been secured
through the rural credits loan de-
partment. which works with the land
settlement board in assisting to get
the ex-service men located upon
farms. when they wish such assist
ance.
Loans have been made by the
board in 80 out of the ga counties
of the state, as the applicant is not
in any way limited as to the char
acter or location of the land he de-
.sires, the only limitation being as to
the amount of aid which can be CIV
en- him by the state in taking up the
purchase and development of land
anywhere within the state he may
desire to begin operations.
Since the beginning Of the opera
tion of the land settlement board
$50 ex-service men have applied for
such aid. OF these 116 have been
closed and number of others are
pending, ready to be closed when the
necessary formalities are completed.
Some of the applicants failed in
their efforts to secure the relief Of
fered by the land settlement act for
various reasons, 121 of them being
due to the inability of the applicants
to live upon and develop the land de-
sired to be purchased. as this is one
of the requirements of the law.
1t is not intended to aid in spec
ulative investments, but to help the
man who so desires to build up a
farm home.
While the board does not in any
way limit the location for selection
of land, it has purchased outright,
1000 acres of land in Todd county,
which will be available. for purchase
by the ex-service men who care to
take up farming in that section, as
soon as the details of the plans for
this purpose are worked out.
When loans are made they are
payable under the amortization plan
and run for 80 years on small am
nual payments IL the borrower de-
sires that they be carried in this
manner, each payment being slight
ly more than the rate of seven per
cent a year on the amount due at
the end of each years payment.
The original law provided that
loans through this board he ended
Jan. /, 1928, but the report recon-
mends that the coming session of the
legislature grant authority for an adj
ditional issue of bonds for $1,000
900 to continue the work beyond
that date.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
PUTSIT UP TO
LOCAL BANKERS
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD DE-
CL1NES TO GRANT CREDIT
EXTENSION TO FARMERS.

Geddes, Dec. 30.-The federal re-
serve board. in letter to the Far
mers and Business Mems league OF
Geddes, has answered demands OF
commercial clubs throughout Ne
braska and South Dakota for credit
extension to farmers, stating that
more credit would increase distress
instead Of relieving it.
The letter was sent by w. p.
Harding, governor of the federal re-
serve board, as an answer to gen.
eral movement among commercial
clubs in South Dakota and Nebraska
| in which more credit and better mar
kets for farmers have been advocat-
ed.
For the past week number Of
| letters and kilograms have been COM
ing to the board from individuals and
trade bodies in northeastern Me-
braska," states the letter, 'couched
in substantially the same words and
terms as is your letter. In many
of them the board Is urged to de
clare that an emergency now exists
and to arrange for credit extension
to farmers Such declaration
would, in its opinion, be liable to
cause a real emergency and would
accentuate the distress instead of re-
lieying it,"
Responsibility for extension of
credit is placed by the board upon
member banks, according to the let
ter.
Extension of loans to farmers
can be granted only by the banks
with which the farmers deal or to
which they are indebted" it says.
1.-The federal reserve banks, as you
doubtless know, are not permitted
by law to deal directly with the pub
lie but can only rediscount for banks
which are members Of the federal re-
serve system eligible paper as defin-
ed by the federal reserve act. Neither
the federal reserve board nor the
federal reserve banks undertake to
direct the credit policies of the mem-
ber banks, this rests with the direc-
tors of each such institution, and, OF
course, the federal reserve system
has no control whatever over the
credits of non-member banks"
'The federal reserve board" the
letter continues, "has not insisted
that farmers sacrifice their products
or that they adopt any particular
policy. The board regrets the tenn
porary embarrassments confronting
the agricultural interests Of the
country, but does not believe that
these conditions have been brought
about by any acts or policies OF the
federal reserve board or the federal
reserve system.
"On the other hand, the board
does believe that but for the precau-
tionary measures taken several
months ago conditions would have
far worse today than they are and
the prospects of stabilization and re-
covery much more remote.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
HAS PLAN FOR
FARMER AID
WOULD ORGANIZE $4,000, 900
BANKERS LOAN AssOCIA-
TION.

Mitchell, Dec. 30.--An emergency
measure, which would call for the
organization of a $10.000,000 bank
ers' discount organization will be
asked by the coming session Of the
state legislature, T. I. Flitte, presi-
dent of the Bank of Brookings, told
400 South Dakota farmers and bank
ers who gathered here recently for
one of the series of state banker
farmer conferences.
To assist In furnishing more cap
ital to the farmers of the state and
to help build up the reserves of the
bank is the prime object of the pro-
posed act as outlined by the Brook
ings banker.
Under the plan suggested, the dis
count corporation would be formed
by bankers, with the aid Of bond is
sue by the state, probably to the
amount of $8,000,000. Through the
state bond issue and subscription by
state and national banks OF ten per
cent of their capital stock and sur
plus total working capital of about
$1O,0OO,000 would be furnished, Mr..
Flitte estimated. According to the
plan bankers who loaned money to
agriculture, livestock and grain in
terests would turn paper on loans
over to the discount corporation, so
that they would not be handicapped
for lack OF money.
The bankers explained that the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
JAPAN AGAINST
NAVY BUILDING
TALK ABOUT BIG NAVY In UNIT
ED STATES is ANNOYING.

London, Dec. 30.-Japan is ready
TO enter in an international confer
ence of limitation of naval arrange
ments, in the belief of Baron Hay
ashi, the new Japanese ambassador
to Great Britain. In an interview
given the United Press today Baron
Hayashi declared that the business
men of the big navy nations-the
men who pay the bill---could reach
an agreement on limiting naval
building if their countries would ar
range such conference. japan, the
ambassador declared, is not exceed
ing her announced naval program.
Her preparations must be considered
necessary, he said, because she is a
sentinel against the spread of boil
sheviki. He charged highly or
ganized attempt to bolshevize Japan
had been made that that his country
must remain on guard. This talk in
the United States about big navy
is very annoying to Japan. the baron
said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
PRES|DENT-ELECT
HARDING sCAB|NET
TENTATIVE STATE GIVEN OUT
AT MARION TO-DAY:

Marion, Ohio, Dec. 30.--The first
cabinet slate has been partially com
pleted by President-Elect Harding, il
was learned here today. This ten
tative slate is understood to stand
as follows: Secretary of State
Charles K. Hughes, of New York
Secretary of the Treasury, Charles
G. Dawes, of Illinois; Secretary OF
War, A. I. Hert, of Kentucky; Sec
retary of the Navy, John w. Weeks,
of Massachusetts: Attorney General,
Harry M. Daugherty, of Ohio; Post
master General, Will M. Hays, of
Indiana; Secretary of the Interior,
George Sutherland, of Utah; Secre-
tary of Agriculture, Henry C. Wal
lace, of Iowa; Secretary Of Com
merce, Charles Warren, of Michigan; !;
Secretary of Labor, Herbert Hoover,
of California.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
Daily Market Report

Minneapolis. Dec. s0--corn-of-
ferings light, demand fair to good,
yellow selling best; prices mainly 1c
higher. No. 8 yellow closed at SIS
and CSC; No. mixed at So and 60c.
Oats.-Unchanged, bulk of No. 3
whites at 1hc under May; demand
fair. No. 3 whites closed at 42H
and 43Hc; No. whites at 39H and
427c.
Rye.-Offerings light, demand
good; No. 2 at Is and 16c over MAJ
or 1c better than yesterday. No.
rye closed at $1.91 and $1.92.
Barley. Steady. demand fair with
some carried over offerings q weigh
on market. Prices closed at So and
76c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30

corporation would be under the di-
rection of board of eleven mem-
bers, selected under plan in which
the state and banks would cooper
ate.
Mr.. Flitte said the plan had been
received favorably by financial men
in the east and the legislative COM
mittee of the outh Dakota Bankers
association.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
Wireless Message
To Iowa Mother

Waterloo, Ia, Dec. 30.-Mrs.
Katherine Baker received a wireless
message from her son, Alvin II. Ba-
ker. who is an American representa-
tive of the inter-allied commission al
Coblenz, Germany, extending holiday
greetings to his mother and other
members of the family in this city
The wireless message was received
by a Chicago newspaper from It'll
Paris office and was relayed to this
city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30

Marion, Ohio, Dec. 30.-Presi-
dent-Elect Harding plans to ignore
the League Of Nations entirely in his
international program, Senator Phil
ander c. Knox, of Pennsylvania, said
following conference here. Knox
said he was assured Harding has no
idea of using the League of Nations
as a basis for his international struc-
ture.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
President Sends
Veto To Congress

Washington, Dec. 3d. President
Wilson today sent to congress his
veto of the bill suspending for one
year section ten of the Clayton act
which prohibits the purchase Of
equipment by railroads from COM
panies in which any official of the
road is interested.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
Housing and
Construction

Washington, Dec. 30.-A bill
creating federal housing and con-
struction commission was introduced
today by Senator Calder, Of New
York, chairman Of the senate recon
struction committee which has been
making an Investigation of the
housing situation throughout the
country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
Whites and
Blacks Battle

Columbus, Ca. Dec. 80. Eight
negroes were surrounded In a house
near Kurtsboro, Ala BY a posse
following q battle between whites
and blacks last night in which sew
eraf were wounded, some fatally.
Details not given. go
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
Chinese Troops
In Rebellion

Shanghai, Dec. 30-Chinese troops
at Yochow, rebelling against their
officers, have terrorized the vicinity
for two days with looting and incen-
diarysm.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30

Rome, Dec. 30.--Four hundred
Italian soldiers were killed In the
fighting around Fiume, it was re-
ported today. The defending forces
were said to have lost 80 killed, in
cluding two women fighters. Two
hundred legionairies were wounded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-30
Family Wiped
Out By Fire

Fairfield, Conn, Dec. 30.-An en-
tire family of seven was wiped out
by fire here today. The victims were
Felix Yackimovitch, three sons and
three daughters.