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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
ELKS CAPTURE
KANSAS CITY
Best People on Earth From All
Parts of Nation Gather In
Annual Session
(By Henry II. Proctor)

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 26.-The
twenty first Annual Convention of the
Improved Benev lent Protective
Order of Elks of the World settled
down to serious business at the Lin
coin Theatre, Monday morning The
Lincoln, which is located at Eigh-
teenth and Lydia Streets had been
prepared spck and span for the oc-
casion.
All day long Sunday the. happy
tfrongs OF world famed .merry-makers
were focking. to the city and make
this picturesque western metropolis
sa tas st ass as neral sss'a
met south in one grand carnival of
reunion. No earmarks of life's tragic
daily grind could be descerned in the
faces of those who were relating TO
each other the happy reminscence.
of the past.
City Opens Gates
, Kansas City, running true to form
in her usual hospitable manner
greeted her guests with open arms
and homes as we'll. The city was
dressed its gala attire, bunting flow
llS llOll OfCly lOOi dud HlliuONt nun
dreds of automobiles decorated with
the famous purple and white. In fact
tine entire town seemed ablaze with
the holiday spirit.
Memorial Service Held
At eight p. m. Sunday night vast
throng of Elks and friends assembled
at Allen Chapel, A. NJ. E. Church,
10th and South Streets, in their An
nual Memorial Services, where in SOL
emn services, beftting the occasion,
they paid their respects ito tncir de-
parted brothers, Grand Chaplain
Rev. c. G. Cumming of Charleston,
w. Va, delivered the annual sermon.
He spoke with great feeling of those
that "spanned the chasm" and pointed
with prophetic finger to the continued
advancement OF the order. Music was
furnished by the Cooleridge- T aylor
Glee Club. consisting of twenty-four
male voices, directed by Major N.
Clark Smith, assisted by Allen Chapel
Choir, directed by Prof. r. g. Jack
son. Hon. Almond w Scott, Past
Grand Exalted Ruler of Washington
d. c., delivered a mastery address
dealing extensively with the progress
of the order.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
COURT BAILIFF as
SAULTS WOMAN

An interesting case was determined
in Room ll08. City Hail. a branch
OF the Municipal Court, presided over
by Judge Daniel p. Trude, last, We'd
nesday morning
On July "A, Joseph Crawford
twhite), a bailiff OF the Municipal
Court of Chicago in company with
Jack Rose (white). BIS w. Roose-
welt Road. said to be a sluggcr Tor the
Weber Department Store Co, went
10 the house OF Mrs. Louise Roberts
5634 Wabash Ave. TO remove some
goods and other chattel claimed to
have been purchased from the Weber
store. The two arrived at the
Roberts residence about o'clock III
the morning. and finding no male
member OF the family home. forced
their way into the residence and en-
dcavored TO carry away certain prop
critics alleged to have been owned
by the company in question
Showed Receipts of Payment
Mrs. Roberts showed them receipts
OF recent paymentand pleaded with
them to call thcmain office OF the
company in order that they might
officially learn thatshe was not IN
arrears in her payments. This sensi-
BILE procedure wasignored by the
bailiff and his aid
so they proceeded TO remove the
property by force. but they had
reckoned without their hostess. A
struggle ensued. and in the melee
Mrs. Roberts found a pen-knife on
her sewing machine. After being
struck several times over the head by
the bailiff with his gun, she succeeded
in bringing the knife into play, and
welded it with telling effect on Craw-
ford, who upon finding himself cut,
called for help.
Rose Disappears
At this juncture, Rose disappeared
from the scene. Crawford fired his
gun several times and testified in
court that he was shooting at the
ceiling, but upon Investigation, bullet
holes were discovered in the floor
dangerously near a baby who was
asleep in its crib, After getting the
worst Of the battle, Crawford alsc
left the house without regaining the
goods, returning with a wagon load
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Continued On Page 5, Column a.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
RACE CANDIDATE FOR U.
S. SENATE

BALTIMORE, Nd. Aug. 2S.-De-
spairing OF securing recognition from
any of the white candidates for Office
in this city. the colored voting strength
OF this city has been organized to
elect w. Ashby Hawkins, prominent
local attorney. to the United States
Senate. Attorney Hawkins will op-
pose L. s. Senator John w. Smith,
Democratic candidate. and o. f. We'll
Ter, Republican.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
EXIT RA!
FOUND DEAD IN BASEMENT

William Rainey, 1920 South State
Street. proprietor of barber shop at
the same address, was found dead in
his basement at 2:30 Tuesday after
noon. When discovered his diamonds
and other jewelry he was known to
carry had been removed from his per
son. lie was prominent Mason and
we'll known in the community. He
has one sister living in the city but
her address could not be learned
Police are investigating the case.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
Tom Mulcahy's Testimony Differs

Tom Mulcahy's Testimony Differs
C,hcer Tom Mulcahy gives differ
ent version. He says that the three
officers had answered call at Greek
restaurant 28th and State Sts. at 3:l5
and finding nothing wrong they re-
paired to the Pekin 10 observe moral
conditions and that upon their arrival
ii, the Club, he went to a booth TO
fash the station and on leaving was
accostcd by Hirsche Miller (white)
notorious west side character and
told to bring him some ice This
apparent slur at the officer IS what
Mulcahy claims TO have been the
thing which caused the trouble.
Continued On Page 8, Column 81
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
Dining Carporter ConfeSSeS Murder
MURDERER RETURNS
TO SCENE OF CRIME
Prick of Conscience Causes Todd to Surrender

ing in We neighbOrhood of 35th and
Indiana Avenue and gone to the
Englewood Station of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad and waited the arrival
of the train.
Finds Conductor Counting Money
On entering the dining car, he
found the steward adding his daily
receipts. Without exchanging words,
he shot him thea attempted to shoot
several railroad employees who had
witnessed the crime, following which
he, ran to the trent OF the, car, pulling
the signal cord and as the train.
slowed down jumped. off and disap-.
time the inlpfezj'iot, tiiat. Il tisc Il tfain M
been held up, From this city, Todd
went to Denver, Colorado, and for all
the information available it seemed
that another murderer had escaped
whose. apprehension would be impos-
sible.
Returns To Scene of Crime
The memory. of his crime seemed
to have operated effectively upon
Todd's mind for he unconsciously
found himself vending his way back
to the city of his crime and even re-
quested unemployment upon the same
car in which his victim met his death.
Through the identification of Reeves,
the clerk in the commissary depart.
ment descerned in Todd a mental pic
ture of the man who shot the dining
car conductor and promptly notified
the police department, and his arrest
and confession followed.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
c. B. LEWIS AT NATIONS
CAPITAL

Washington, D. C., Aug, 25.-Hon.
Cary B. Lewis, a journalist of Ma
tional reputation, is in this city as a
guest of Editor ]. Finley Wilson, of
the Washington Eagle. During his
stay. he has been recipient of many
personal courtesies. While in the
East, Mr.. Lewis will visit Philadel-
phia, Atlantic City, and New York.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
SILLADY AT NEW POST

New York City. Aug. 23.-John R.
Shillady. former Secretary OF the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of ColoreG People, has been ap-
pointed Executive Secretary of The
National Consumers League aud will
direct the Leagues ten year pro-
gram which has as rs object federal
control and regulatios Of the large
food and packing industries of the
country
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
PRISONER SILENT AS TO
GUILT

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 24.-Charles
Jasper was hanged last Friday for an
alleged assault made upon a woman
near Grant Park An appeal for a
new trial for Jasper had been asked
but later was withdrawn. Jasper went
to the gallows with his lips sealed
and made no confession of his guilt
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28

Joseph T. Todd,
% years d ,
former dining car
employee, was ar
rested Saturday
at the instance OF
Sam Reeves, 31lS
Wabash Avenue,
one of the porters
in the car at the
time Of the shoot
ing of James B.
+ o d d white)
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
TWO POLICE
VICTIMS OF
BULLETS
Tragedy Ends Career of
Notorious Cafe

The long expected and tragic end
Of the Beaux Arts Club, 27e0 South
State Street, reached its sad climax,
Monday morning at $3.50 Unfor-
tunstely II took tragedy, terrible in
its results, to awaken the governing
authorities to the urgent necessity Of
closing th's house. betler known as
The House OF A Thousand Grimes.
Story OF Tragedy Differs
From one source. the story comes
that Det Sgts William Hennessy,
lanes Mulcahy and Tom Maileahy.
all travelling in the "hiveer car out
II Cottage Grove Station. known as
the Third Precinct, in the perform
ancc OF their duty. visited the Club
about $50 Monday morning and as
they ascended the steps leading up to
the Club Rooms on the second floor
with Sgt. Hcnncssy in front. bar
rage of bullets met them Withcni any
prior warming, which resulted III the
death Of HcsmcssY aud Iaafs Alnls
cahy. while Tom Ntiicahy Was
knocked unconscious in the melee
The Other Side of the Story
From another party. who was an
eyewitness OF the Wiipit hiiiIs liz
states that the three officers had been
in the club for about a half an hour
before the shooting began and that
they came there accompanied by two
women, one OF whom lost a sealskin
coat in the fragas. departing IN haste
without it, ami that all three of the
officers were under the influence OF
liquor and one came near falling over
a table under the burden OF his OWL
evening sport
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
NEWSBOY KILLED BY
STRAY BULLET

\ family tight between Walter Hall,
55l6 Federal Street and John David
Willis. 1913 Federal Street, resulted
in the death of Luther Allen, IS year
old newsboy, 1920 Federal Street last
Saturday afternoon. The cause that
led up to the death OF an innocent boy
is said to have been due to family
quarrel which had been in progress
for the past two weeks between the
Willis family and the Hall family. A
warrant had been issued in the Mu-
nicipal Court for Walter Hall but had
been dismissed for the want of prose-
cution due 70 the absence of the COM
plainant.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28
Renews Fight After Court

When it was discovered that the
case had been dismissed Willis is said
to have renewed the argument and
after considerable airing OF the pre-
vions trouble ran INTO his house to Sc
cure a gun Hall. it IS said, came out
of his house before Willis returned
with his gun in hand Mistaking the
newsboy Tor Willis, he fired, killing
him instantly and escaped apprehen-
sion of the police
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28

Continued On Page 5, Column 4)
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-08-28

Continued. On Page 3, Column 81
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15

Fish farms are becoming quite
common In the United States:
small streams are made into ponds
where fish are raised for market.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
AGED COUPLE DIE SAME DAY
"a. International News Service

Smith Centre. Kan. April IL
Death claimed Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Pheasant, each aged eighty-six,
within twenty-four hours of each
other.
The couple had been married six
ty-two years and reared large
family.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15

The average increase for lining has
been 60 bushels of corn, 40 bush.
els of oats, 80 bushels of wheat,
TAO pounds of clover hay, and $40
pounds of timothy hay per acre. AS
suming farm values of S1.25 for corn
60 cents for oats. $500 for wheat,
and $500 for hay, the value of this
increase has been s37.6T per rotation
not counting the increase in straw
and slower. This is the equivalent
of SfS.S4 for an application of / ton
OF ground limestone.
"At the West Virginia Station the
yield of clover in 1915 ON three un.
lined plots averaged 1850 pounds
per acre, while the lined plots re-
ceiving otherwise the same treat
ment yielded an average Of 1850
pounds. The gain for lime was 100
pounds per acre or SIS per cent of the
unlimed yield. With clover hay al
SIS per ton the increase in this one
crop alone was more than sufficient
to pay for an application of tons OF
ground limestone per acre with lime
stone costing SIS per ton.
Amount To Use.
How much lime per acreg The
answer to this question depends or
the acidity of the soil, the crops tC
be grown and the cost of lime. Wes
Virginia soils vary in the amounts
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
USE OF LIME"
ON FARM LANDS

Prof. Robert nj. Salter, of the
state university, has issued q bulle-
tin on 1.-THE Use of Lime" in which
he says:
More than 30o representative
West Virginia soils have been ana
lived at the West Virginia Expert
ment Station. Nine out of every
ten soils have been found to be
sour. Nine chances to one the soil
on your farm will need to be lined
if it is to produce such crop yields
as you have right to expect. Good
clover crops are a thing of the past
on many West Virginia farms where
once the crop grew in abundance.
In its place we find creeping into
our meadows cinque foil and briars.
The timothy of our meadows and
the bluegrass of our pastures are
giving way to redtop, plantain. sor-
rel, and poverty grass. We have no
stronger indications of the growing
acidity of our soils. Continuous
cropping without the use of lime has
led to this condition.
ut is both difficult and costly to
build up the fertility of an acid soil
without the use of lime. Commercial
fertilizers, stable and green manures
often fail to get profitable returns
on such soils. Lack of other legumes
so valuable for soil improvements
grow poorly at best on acid soils.
| Our soils are in serious need of
| nitrogen. At the West Virginia Ex-
/ pertinent Station the addition of nit.
rogeu in the form OF nitrate of soda
increased the yield of all crops 81
per cent over acid phosphate alone
and 53 per cent over acid phos-
phate and sulphate of potash as an
average for Is years. However. this
! increase required large annual in
vestments in nitrate of soda amount
ing to almost $1,000 per acre at pres
ent prices. Leguminous crops
| grow on lined land gather large
amounts of nitrogen from the air.
When such crops are fed on the
| farm and the manure returned or
when leguminous winter crops are
plowed under they form a most eco
nomical source of nitrogen. But to
grow these crops we need lime. Lin.
ing should be the first step in the
improvement of most West Virginia
soils.
".At the Ohio Experiment Station
lime has been used for Is years on
a soil having about the same acid
ity as the average West Virginia
soil. The rotation has been corn
oats, wheat, clover. timothy. Lime
has been used on the corn crop ev.
cry fifth year at rate equal to
tons of ground limestone per acre
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
GERMANY FAILS TO
PAY u. S. EXPENSE

Failure by Germany to make full
payments for the maintenance of
American forces in Germany, as re-
quired by the armistice, was said by
Chairman Kahn, of the house mill
tary committee, in a speech to have
resulted in the troops being main
tanned at daily expense to the
United States of s1,220,00O. Rep
resentative Kahn added that ''he
doubted il this country would ever
be able to recover the great amount
OF Indebtedness from the German
Government"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
Wild CATS LURED
TO TRAGEDY GRAVES
Beasts Fascinated BY Lonely
Spot Near RileyviIIe.

Hemmed by towering mountains,
enclosed by a rough board fence,
dilapidated by age and the victim
of erosion of wind and rain, "The
Graveyard of Tragedy" is located
near Rileyvilie, Va, ten miles north
of Luray, in Springfield district.
In point of years the graveyard
is not old. but it contains more
bodies of men who have been vic,
tins of tragic deaths more than any
similar enclosure in Virginia.
Among those buried here are
Bud" Nichols, stabbed to death at
an old-time country "butter boil,
ing" Samuel Nichols, his brother
killed by railroad train; John
Jewell, run over by a Norfolk and
Western railway train; John Rick
ard, blown to atoms by the explosion
of a saw mill engine in the wilds
OF the Blue Ridge, and James
Stoneberger. killed in the same
explosion. In addition to this 1t is
said that there are a number oi
others buried in the same lonely
spot that have met deaths equally
as tragic.
This graveyard is overgrown BY
tall weeds and is located near c
mountain gorge. with gigantic pine:
towering 100 feet In the air, contin
ually signing a requiem. Even in the
summers longest days not NOR,
than an hour OF sunshine reaches
the burial ground, where jack rab
bits and wildcats hold high carni
val
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
SWIPED COATS AND
HATS FROM CHURCH

Six overcoats and seven hats
were stoien from worshippers al
Trinity Lutheran church, East Der.
Lin, Pa, Sunday night. The clothing
was taken from the Sunday school
room On the first floor of the edifice
while the owners were at service
On the second floor. The pastor
Rev. Frederick C. Sternat, lost his
bat and overcoat and was obliged
to borrow clothing before he could
return to his home in Abbotstown
As his automobile keys were in his
stolen overcoat he had to secure
the services of garage man to
start his car.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
STRIKE WILL COST
PUBLIC S18.OOO.OOO

The nationwide railroad strike is
costing the railroad companies So
100000 daily in revenues, Director
Julius H. Parmlee of the Bureau of
Railway Economics, estimates. The
total loss to the roads thus far,
counting only the six days during
which the strike has had a nation
wide effect, is at least S1s,000000,
not counting loss from damaged com.
modities. The public must make up
this entire loss to the roads in taxes,
officials pointed out today, to in.
sure the roads a return of 51a per
cent, under the guarantee clause OF
the Esch-Cummins transportation
art
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
HANDED HOT BRICK;
COULDN'T SEE THE JOKE
(Rx International News Servicel

New York, April 14.--When Mey-
er Schulman, brichlayer working
on new two-story brick building
at Neptune avenue and West First
street. Coney Island. handed hot
brick to fellow workman, as a
joke, he said, he received a blow on
the head with a shovel which sent
him to the hospital.
Tho fellow workman. Morris AIT
man, thirty-seven years old, was
held In the Coney Island Court by
Magistrate Walsh in $1,000 bail on
a charge OF felonious assault. Schulz
man, who Is thirty-two, received
decorations of the scalp.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
DANCING GIRLS EXPELLED

Dancing has proven the Waterloo
Of several young women students at
Randolph Macon Woman's College,
at Lynchburg, Va, who have been
expelled for vibration of college
rules. A dance hall in connection
with a store near the college has
been a big temptation to some OF
the girls.
Automobile riding in prohibited
hours has also brought some OF the
girls up for reprimands by the stu
dents committee and the faculty.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
SAVED BY WIFE

Grabbing a piece of heavy wood
and hammering an excited bull
Mrs. Chas. Marker, Smithsburg
Nd, probably saved her husband
from serious injury when he was at
tackled by the animal. He was lead
ing the bull behind a buggy when
he became nervous and Mr.. Marker
attempted to pacify him. The at
tack then began, when Mrs. Marker
interviewed.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15

OF lime needed from none to or 6
tons of ound limestone per acre.
Before investing in lime have n
sample of your soil tested by your
county agent or send a sample to
the College of Agriculture at Morgan
town."
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
New Cars Now
Available
We can furnish on short notice as follows:

We can furnish on short notice as follows:
Hupmobile Touring delivered ....... 81, $500
Hupmobile Roadster (delivereD 49,. 81, $500
Hupmobile Sedan (delivered) ......... $4,000
Hupmobile Coupe (delivered) ....... S24000O
Liberty Six Touring (delivered) 81 ,925.OO
Liberty Six Roadster (delivereD 49,. .$1,925.0O
Liberty Six Speedster (delivered) .$2025.oO
Liberty Six Sedan (delivered) ........ 100000
Liberty Six Coupe (delivered) ........ $2,8O0.00
Liberal Terms To Responsible Parties.
NEEL MOTOR co.
Beth Phones
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15

Perhaps General Foch went be
yond the Rhine merely to get few
fresh MISUNDERSTANDING Ban
rer.
Ray Fosdick says the league OF
nations is going concern" It's al
ready gone, Ray.-Washington Post
Marbiehead workers are out on a
strike. 1t may be well to explain
that this item does not refer to
Ors.--BingnhamtOn Sur.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15

The Soviets are again said to
md less than a handful of money
= Berlin announces that German
troops will be withdrawn as soon
n POSSIBLE from th tsneutral zone.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
MR.. WHiTACRE DIES

Harrison P. Whitacre, aged 70, a
prominent resident of near Gaines
boro, Frederick county, Va, died
there this morning.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-15
SHEEP RAISING
is ON INCREASE

With the formation of the Cabell
County Sheep Breeders Association,
the increase OF interest in sheep
raising in West Virginia is seen.
Gilmer county already has an asso-
citation in operation. Ohio, Brooke,
Hancock and Marshall county all
have membership in the Tri-State
Sheep Breeders Association. All
these counties expect to pool and
grade their wool this fall. Most
sheep men will dock and castrate
their lambs this spring and will
market their lambs together. Hun
dreds of purebred sheep have been
bought in the past twelve months.
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A shark six feet long was recent
ly caught by o girl fishing with an
ordinary hook and line in the Bude