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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
SERIOUS FI6HT N SUMMERS,

4. n. Rollyson and Chas. Thomp-
son, of Woodrumtown, across the
river from Virgins. Summers coun-
ty, got into a personal difficulty late
Saturday afternoon in that com
munity, the trouble, it is said, be-
ing caused by the alleged state
lnent Of Thompson that Rollyson
was stealing corn. Rollyson said
hcwould "mop up" with Thompson
and waded into the latter with that
purpose III view. but Thompson
soon had Rollyson- down and was
pounding him in great fashion.
when r. NJ. Woodrum. who had
been called 10 separate the men,
was struck on the head with a
drawing knife by one Bill GRAPHICAL
who also had been called to Rolly-
sons rescue by the latter.
WoOdrum sustained an ugly cut
across the top Of and extending
down The side of his head. He
came to Hinton and was given mcdi-
cal attention and was doing fairly
we'll until the next day when his
condition was reported as not so
favorable.
Rollyson and GraybeaI are in the
county jail.--HiniOn independents
Hcraid.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
KILLED IN WOODS.

Glenn RatliT, timbcrman en-
ploycd by the Meadow River Lum-
Der Go. at Scvy Bridge, was fatally
injured while at work Dec. Goth. a
falling tree had bent over a sapling
and when Ratliif gave the bent tree
Il blow with his AK it broke off and
struck him with such force as to
knock him about thirty feet. He
fell against a log and his back was
broknc. lie lived four days.
Ratliif was about 81 years old.
His wife is dead but he leaves two
small sons who have been sent to
the Moose home at Mooseheart, Ind.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
TRAGEDY AT REDWOOD,

Albert Underwood, aged 2I, and
Ernest Love, a police officer, sev-
cral years older. shot each other 10
death Christmas eve at Frazier's
STORE at IioSa, near Redwood. The
officer elected Underwood from thc
Storc whcrcupon Underwood sho.
Love III the stomach. The officer
thcn opened fire, shooting Under
wood iwicc. When Underwood fell
Love tnmblcd upon him. The lat
tcr got up and started to a hotel. but
iell dead after walking a few feet.
Love is survived by n widow and
five children.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
TWO MILLIONS TO AID STARVING.

A $2,000,O00 Christmas present
for the starving people Of the Near
East was voted on Dec. oath at a
meeting Of the executive committee
Of the Near East Relief. New York,
called in response to urgent pleas
for help from Alexander l. KhMis-
ian, the Premier of Armenia, and
leading ecclesiastics.
Cleveland II. Dodge announced the
appropriation. explaining that the
money would be placed Immediate
ly at the disposal of Col. WIN. n,
Haskell. representative in Caucasus
of Near East Relief and High Com
missioner for the Allied powers, for
the purchase Of flour.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
DEBT PAYMENT POSTPONED,

The State Board Of Public Works
voted to postpone the payment Of
S673,0OO on the settlement of the
Virginia debt. pending the distri-
bullion Of the West Virginia bonds
by Virginia among the old debt Ger
tliicatc holders which would make
The bonds available on the open
market.
IL is believed by State officials
That If the bonds were on the mark
ct it would be possible for West
virginia to save 100000 annually
by buying there instead of paying
for them AT par.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
FIFTEEN MILLIONS UNABLE TO READ.

DIR. Philander p. Claxton, L. S.
commissioners Of education, told the
New Jersey State Teachers Asso-
ciatlon' i'll annual convention at
Atlantic City on Dec. 31St, that il
litcracy in the United States costs
me country the loss Of $500, ,0OO,-
ooo a year. Fifteen million persons
IN the country can not read a news
paper, he asserted. DR.. Claxton
outlined a gigantic program which
he hopes the Federal government
will adopt and will entail eventual
~ an appropriation Of $1,000
600 annually.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
RAILROADS 70 Be RETURNED,

President Wilson announced ON
Dec: 24th he would return the rail
roads to private ownership March
1St.
fail.lre OF Congress to enact
remedial Legislation was given ms
the reason for extending by two
months the time originally an
nounced for rclinquishing govern
ment control of the railroad pro
perties: In his message to Con
gress last May President Wilson
said the roads would be turned
back at the end of the calendar
wear.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
GIFT OF HUNDRED MILLIONS,
John d. Rockefeller. on Dec. 2

John d. Rockefeller, on Dec. 9th,
announced gift to mankind of
S1OO,OO0,0O0. Half will 60 to the
General Education Board to raise
the salaries of college professors
and half to the Rockefeller Foun-
dation TO aid in its work of COM
batting disease through improve
mcnt of medical education, public
health administration and scientific
research. 1t is estimated that Mr.
Rockefcllcr's public gifts now APP
proNimatc &l5G,O00,
Mr. Rockcfllcr's gifts for public
uses now exceed Carncgic's by
0,O0O,00O.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
CONGRESSMAN WATSON DIES.

Representative Walter Allen Wat
son, of Virginia, who was the pre-
siding Judge at the trial OF Henry
Clay Beattic, Jr., for The murder of
his wife near Richmond, Va, eight
years ago, died at Washington on
Dec -. following an operation
for masioiditis. He was a native
OF Nottoway county and was So
years old. His rulings and conduct
generally on the bench in the trial
of the Beattie case gave him great
popularity in his district and no
doubt made him q congressman.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
NuDdBERa
FORMER RAILROAD FARES.

Chairman &. II. G.. Wilcs. OF the
State Public Service Commission. in
referring, on Dec. 9th. to what
the situation as to railroad fares in
this State would be after March 1st
at which time, under he recent
proclamation of the President, the
management and conirofof the rail
roads, operated during and since
the close of the world war BY the
government, will he returned to
their owners, expressed the opin-
ion that unless the Public Service
Commission should allow increase,
on proof that the old rates are con-
hscatOry all the railroads in West
Virginia which have ben operating
under government control will. up
on their return to private control,
be required to 60 back to their two
and two-and-a-half cents per mile
West Virginia. he said, has two
cent passenger fare statute. Sub
ScqucntlS the Legislature enacted
the Public Service Commission
law, giving that body general rate
making powers. The policy Of the
Commission, however. has been not
10 ulSturD the statutory rates except
on conclusive showing that they
are confiscatory--that is that they
yield less than six per cent on the
investment.
Prior O the action of the federal
government in taking over the rail-
roads, the West Virginia Commits
sion. on such showing being made,
allowed the B. 4 0. and C.. & O..
railroads to increase their rates to
two and one-half cents a mile
The n. & w. railroad accomp-
lished the. same results by going
into the courts and proving the 2
cent rate coniisctory. The Vir-
:ginian railroad did not come under
the operation Of the 2-cent statute,
not having been i'll operation ten
years when the law became effec-
rive, and never charged less than
three cents Il mile.
Mr.. Wiles said that the Commits
sion had never felt that it was JUS
titled in disturbing the rates fixed
by statute until they We're shown
to be coniiScatory Of the railroad
property.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
TEN MORE STORES.

The StandardIIulmeH Haddcn co.
Of Huntington, operating sixteen
stores will open ten more.
Stores of thc new chain are to be
acquired in most instances from in
dividuals already operating in the
towns selected. Five of the ten
have already been secured. among
them being stores al Bonccverie
aud RainclIc, and possibly Lewis
burg.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02
JUDGE KELLER VERY III.

huinors arc TO the effect that
IIudGe BENJAMIN +. Keller, Of the
u s. District Court is seriously i'll
AT his home in Charleston. The
Purport of these rumors is tha.
Judge Keller recently suffered -
paraletic stroke, since which mime
ne has been in critical condition,
though showing some Improvements,
in recent DAYS.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-02

Rickard J. Reynolds, tobacco
manufacturer, who recently died.
left an estate valued at $171t0.439,
and the State Of North Carolina will
receive an inheritance tax of more
than S500,000.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
YANK, ONCE NEWSBOY,
WEEDS INTO NOBILITY
Scranton (Pa.) Soldier Writes of
Engagement to Daughter of
Polish Baroness.

SCRANTON Pa, Jsp. 1o.-The story
of how an American doughboy won
the heart of the daughter of a baron
ess was told in a letter received here
by Mrs. Ella Joyce, of South Scranton,
from her son, Walter Il. Joyce, who
announces his engagement to Alma,
daughter of the Baroness Dupuget
PUGET, of Warsaw, Poland.
Joyce, who is about twenty-eight
years of age, was a former newsboy
i'm this city. He went to France with
the first contingent of American
troops. Later he was made a field
clerk on General Pershing's staff, and
just before the armistice was signed.
he was promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant Then he took up recon-
structirn work with n railroad de-
partmt mt and was sent to Warsaw.
Joyce writes that he met the daugh-
ter OF the baroness in Warsaw. and
il was love at first sight. The we'd
ding is to take place soon. he says.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
BRITISH VETS POSTERS
QUOTE STATISTICS HERE
Brewers Use Billboards of London.
Populace See Drys
as Joke.

LONDON, Jan. 1o.-With huge pos
ters showing the dry States of Amer
lea have lost in prosperity, the Brit
ish vets have started a drive against
the prohibition agitators here.
In Fleet street today crowds gazed
at a poster ten feet high, proving by
prosperity. fewer idle persons, and
statistics that there had been greater
and better health in the wet States OF
America than in the dry ones.
Another gigantic poster, reproduc-
ing n cartoon from the Evening News
showing a prohibitionlst shackling
John Bull in bed In chains while he
says, "Sleep, baby, sleep" caused
much amusement.
The people, apparently, do not give
serious consideration TO the prohibit
tionists.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
Think DOCTOR SLEW
FIVE OF HIS FAMILY.
Physician Formally Charged
With Killing Mother-in-Law.
Large Estate Involved.

MARKESAN, Wis, Jan. 10.-With a
charge of staying his wealthy mother
in law formally lodged against DIR.
John A. Freudenberg, the authorities
here today began an investigation
into four. other deaths which have
occurred in her family In the last
four years.
BY the death of Mrs. Duties. DIR.
Freudenberg and his wife are the
sole heirs to the estate of Mrs. Duff
fies. which is virtually estimated at
from $265 900 to 100000.
The accusation against DR.. Freu-
denberg is that he caused the death
Of Mrs. Nettie Duffies, his wtfe's
mother, by the injection of a mus
tard solution into her bladder. The
physician maintains that the injection
contained nothing more than bismuth
and argyrol.
The charge against DR.. Freuden-
berg resulted directly from a post
norton examination of the body by
DR.. C. II. Freudenberg. professor of
pathology at the University of Wis
consin.
The deaths in the Duties family
began to occur within year after
DR.. Freudenbery married into it. ac-
cording to the authorities here.
other deaths which are to be in
quired into are: Arthur Duties. jr-,
second husband of Mrs. Nettie Duff
fies; Mrs. Mary Terry, Mrs. Duties
mother; Alfred Duties, ST., father of
Arthur, and Samuel Terry, her father.
Most peculiar are the circum-
stances under which Arthur Duties,
jr., husband Of the woman DR.. Freu-
denberg Is now accused of numbering,
died in March. 1917, according to Dis
trict Attorney Paul.
N"Mr. Duties had only returned
from Washington" said the district
attorney. HE was taken Ill with
what appeared to be a slight cold,
Townspeople were told by him that
he had only a slight cold. and that
he would soon be up and around
Meanwhile DR.. Freudenberk was cir
culating stories that Mr.. Duties was
very critically i'll A few days later
the man was dead"
Mrs. Nettie Duties died on Novem-
ber 1, 1919. The day after her death
the district attorney received a mys-
terious telephone call, suggesting
that her death be Investigated.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
COAL OPERATORS MEET
To FIX FUTURE POLICY
Majority Desire to Go Before New
Commission Advocating
Definite Course.

Bituminous coal operators are meet
ing here today in executive sessic n
In an attempt to define a policy VIII. III
they will follow before the coal COM
mission, appointed by President will
son.
While the sessions are being held
behind closed doors Il became known
that there Is n wide division Of opin-
ion among the operators. Some OF
the operators are in favor Of taking
course in opposition to the coal
commission and refusing TO recognize
Its power.
More conservative operators, how
ever, are endeavoring to secure q
prog nam whereby the operators Will
go before the commission with o
complete case and fight for thsiS con-
tentiops most vigorously.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
BRYAN DENIES SPLIT
WITH PRES. WILSON

CHICAGO, Jan. 1o.--William Jen-
nings Bryan, who arrived here today
from Washington, denied that he has
split" with President Wilson over
the peace treaty issue. He described
the issue as too important to allow
personal contentious to creep in;
Mr.. Bryan. however, reiterated his
demand, first made at the Jackson
Day dinner in Washington, that the
treaty be ratified and signed without
delay. The Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, he said, should compromise, and
the allies would willingly accept such
a settlement.
The Democrats should pass the
treaty, II necessary" declared the
Commoner. with all the reservations
which their political opponents deem
necessary.
This is not a political Issue. II
should not be postponed until the
Presidential campaign"
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
VANDERBILT HOME IS
SOLD FOR $5,5OO,OOO

NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-The Corue-
Illus Vanderbilt home. fronting Fifth
avenue from Fifty-seventh to Ftfty-
eighth street, has been sold for so.-
500 900 cash. 1t was said that the
residence, one of the most costly In
America, will make way for $?O.-
900 900 structure. The name OF the
purchaser has not been disclosed.
There was an unconfirmed report
that the site would be used by ].
Coleman du Pont for hotel, and
another that the Marshall Field inter
ests In Chicago had obtsined 1t for
department store. Representatives
of the Vanderbilt family said they
had decided to sell because OF the high
cost OF maintaining the mansion.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-Officers of Mar
shall Field & Co. today denied ru-
mors current in New York that they
were interested in the purchase OF
the Cornelius Vanderbilt home.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
LAST Of A.E.F. BIDS
FRANCE FAREWELL
Four War Brides Coming Here
With Officers of Depart
ing Unit.
By Briggs

PARIS, Jan. 10.-Brigadier General
Conpor and his staff left for Answerp
early today, where they will take
ship for America. Their departure
took away the last of the American
forces in France.
Four French war brides, wives of
members of General Connor's stan,
left with the American party. They
represented the last of the inter-
national marriages brought about by
presence of the A. L. +. in France.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
KENTUCKY DISTLLERS
OFFER WHlSKEY FREE
Southern Hospitality With . Venge-
ance Revealed by Associ-
atoms Plan.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 1O.-ken-
lucky hospitality with vengeance
Is revealed in the statement by Owsley
Brown, representing the Kentucky
Distillers' Association, that "a gal
long of the finest whiskey will be
given to every person in the United
States who will take the trouble to
come and get 1t" II the Government
will permit its withdrawal for this
purpose.
his four quarts, according to Mr..
Brown:
See your Congressman and Sen.
ator, or wire them. Line up enough
lawmakers to have the ban lifted
against withdrawing liquors from
bonded warehouses, with the under
standing that this will be for free
distribution of the whiskey only
Then go to any distiller with a Gov
ernment permit for withdrawing
your share, and he will issue an or
der on his agent at the warehouse to
deliver to you one gallon of whiskey
absolutely free"
I'VE are not joking" said Mr..
Brown. This whiskey is liability
on our hands. not an asset. It's a
white elephant. We expect absolute
ly no relief from Congress. No sem
blance of Justice to allow us to re-
cover on our investment. We have
given 100000, 900 in bonds that the
tax will be paid on this whoskey. We
cannot sell 1t, even to realize the tax,
l do not believe they can enforce pay
ment, but they may.
The insurance companies are can
ceiling our insurance and IL anybody
steals whiskey from bonded ware
houses we have to pay the taxes as
well as lose the property. So to avoid
this danger. which Is worse than a
danger because some already has been
stolen, we want 10 sivc IL away"
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
AUSTRIA TAKES PRIVATE
FORTUNES TO BUY FOOD

VIENNA. Jan lot Is expected by
the Austrian Government that s2,400,
900 900 will be realized from the par
tial confiscation of private fortunes
This amount will be used In payment
for food and raw materials purchas-
ed in foreign countries.
DR.. Reusch, minister of finance,
making a report on the financial sit
uation to the National Assembly to-
day. said he hoped soon to obtain a
loan of 30,000,000 crowns $4,000, ,000)
from Holland. This will also be used
to buy food.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
WET 0CEANH|GHT
LIKELY IN congress
Dry Proponents Feel Anti-Rum
Majority will Prohibit
Liquor Sale.

A night in Congress appeared 10 be
developing today over the question
OF whether the ocean, as far ~ Amer
lean vessels are concerned, shall be
wet or dry.
Proponents OF a "wet" ocean are
lining up behind the bill introduced
by Congressman Edmonds, PennsyL
vanis. which would authorize sale Of
liquor aboard American ships out
side the three mile zone.
But advocates OF a ''dry" ocean are
not perturbed, being serene In the
belief that the prohibition majority
In Congress will speedily eonsign TO
the waste basket any legislation tend
ing TO give the liquor Interests any
chance at all 10 do business under
the Stars. and Stripes.
Heads of two lines operating from
New York, were in Washington this
week inquiring OF Shipping Board Of
ficials as to whether prohibition makes
unlawful sale OF liquor beyond the
three mile limit Legal authorities
told them that II did not But evi-
IDENTIFY, this was not enough. So now
they are getting behind the bill in
the House. Chairman Payne OF the
Shipping Board. refused to make any
comment either way on the bill.
Anti-saloon leagues will fight any
attempt TO iegslize sale OF liquor
aboard American ships or any attempt
of ship owners to operate bars with
out further Congressional action.
"A United States vessel flying q
United States flag Is American soil.
and the sale OF booze On IL Is con-
trary to the eighteenth Amendment"
said Edwin c. Dinwiddie OF the anti
saloon league. "We will fight any at
tempt to pass u. bill legalizing the
sale of liquor beyond the three mile
limit-or any other limit. j don't
think IL will have much of a chance"
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
2 SPANISH MUTINEERS
CONDEMNED TO DEATH

MADRID, Jan. 10.-The country
wide disorders over labor troubles
were augmented today by a mutiny OF
the garrison at Saragossa- Thirteen
soldiers were Immediately arrested
and court-martialed, and two sem
fenced to death.
All of the army officers stationed
here and at Barcelona have been re-
called from leave of absence. The
premier states that he is determined
to maintain order at any cost, and
oppose the syndicalists.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
II MILLIONS ASKED TO
BUILD ORDNANCE DEPOT

Congress was asked yesterday by
Secretary Baker to authorize expendi-
ture by the War Department of S12,-
900 900 in building an ammunition
and>oronance storage depot in the vi
cinity of ogden, Utah.
The war reserve of ammunition,
now held in manufacturing plants
along the Eastern seaboard, Is a men
ace to many cities, the Secretary said,
adding that such continued storage
was "untenable from the standpoint
OF national defense"
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
MRS. A. ECASSATT DEAD.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.-Mrs.
Alexander Johnson Cassatt, widow
of former president OF the Penn
sylvania railroad, died yesterday at
her home in this city after two
months Illness. She was prominent
socially and in civic activities.
Mrs. Cassatt IL survived by three
children, Major Edward Il. Cassatt,
Robert X. Cassatt. banker of this
city, and Mrs. w. Il. Stewart She
was a niece OF James Buchanan. for
mer President OF the United States.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
BABY SCALDS TO DEATH Z
DRINKING HOT WATER

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Blosco Del
savero. two years old, OF Long Island
City, died at st. Johns Hospital un.
der strange circumstances. Accord
ing to the child's mother, she had
some boiling water In a cup, prepara.
tory to making coffee. when the child
seized the cup and drank the water.
Death was caused by internal burns.
The medical examiners office is in
yestigating the case.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
COAL and BREAD PRICES
RISE IN BOSTON MONDAY

BOSTON, January 10.--Consumers
here will pay 7S cents a ton more for
coal and 1 to cents a loaf more for
bread Monday, II was learned today.
Increased cost of shipping coal was
blamed for the rsise by dealers. Ad-
vances In the cost OF flour, bakers
explained.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
SUIT FILED TO MAKE
X VOLSTEAD ACT VOID

BOSTON, Jan. 1O.-Suit to restrain
the Federal authorities in this dis
trict from enforcing the Volstead
prohibition enforcement act on the
ground that it has not been legally
adopted, was filed in the Federal dis
trict court yesterday on behalf or
George G.. Dempsey of, the Wholesale
liquor firm OF J.. Dempsey s; Co., Of
this city.
Judge Anderson set next Monday
as the date for a hearing.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
HAYS LEAVES DENVER.

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 10.-Depart-
ing for Salt Lake City yesterday on
his trip across the continent mar
shaling Republican forces for the
forthcoming Presidential campaign.
Will II. Hays, chairman OF the Re-
publican National Committee. said
the West showed promising pros
poets.
Women Republican leaders making
the trip with Mr.. Hays left for Cali
fcrnis-
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
UPRISING IN KOREA.

LONDON. Jan. 10.-rAn anti-Japa-
nese uprising has broken out In Ko-
res, according to Bolshevik wireless
communication received here from
Moscow.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
WANTED SOME ONE TO LOVE.

MILWAUKEE,. wis.,. Jan. 10.-"T
just wanted some one to love-" was
the excuse given I'm court by Joseph
Jenova for picking up spot" John
Nichels' dog.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
If Your Complexion
Is Marred

by cloeged pores, pimples. blackheads,
redness or roughness, gently smear
the face. on rising, with Cuticura
Ointment on the end of the finger.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, using plenty of
soap. best applied with the hands.
which 1t softens wonderfully. and
continue bathing a fewminutes. Final
ly dust on a few grains of Cuticura
Talcum, the mostfragrant and health
full of Talcum Powders.
The Washington times., 1920-01-10
.HoWjCanIHave
BeautiflllHai
And Skin?

In most cases by making Cuti-
cura your everyday toilet
preparations. Thusyou have
the delicate Cuticura medica-
ton applied in a natural and
wholesome way, calculated to
restore clogged, irritated skin
pores to health, and health
means beauty and purity.