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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Paris.-According to the Paris edi.
tion of the New York Herald Presi-
dent Wilson asked for a delay by the
League OF Nations in the matter CON
cerning the Saare Valley until the
United States had appointed delegates
TO the league. but that nevertheless
the Saare commission was appointed
without reference to the United States.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
Plot To Overthrow Government Seen.

Little Rock. Ark. - Governor G. TT.
Brough, addressing a state meeting OF
merchants here. said he had been
given confidential information by the
war department that nationwide
plot to overthrow the government had
been discovered. The plot. he said.
was OF serious proportions. He said
the war department had asked him to
have all Arkansas troops in readiness
and the governor urged that the Ma
tlonal Guard be strengthened at once,
ready to act in event Of the plot ma
turing.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
JAPANESE CABINET roTrERs.
Hara MInistry NAV Be ov.rtbro,.,, i,

Hara Ministry May Be Overthrow az
Result Of Siberian Situation.
NaShngtou.-Tokyo adviccs indi-
cate that the decision Of the T-pited
H'''eS to withdraw the relatively
S'n'II force of American troops from
SIocrla may result I'm the resignation
or overthrow OF the Hara Ministry
Japan originally dispatched troops
INTO Siberia upon the invitation OF the
Dniicd states and the allies. The
aIIied troops have long been with
drawn
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
Ford Contract Goes to U. S. Steel

New York.-It is understood that
u" United States steel Corporation
Obtained the lions share of the Sl5.-
100000 steel contract just placed by
he Ford Motor Comp Ply understood to
involve about 216OOO tons. The Ford
Company has been for some time
one Of the steel corporations largest
customers
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Cleveland Charged by Fedora
authorities with fraudulenty using
the mails TO carry on business
without payment to wholesale firms
whose goods he IS said TO have
bought on credit to- the extent Of
about $4,000. Martin VI. Bailey
proprietor Of the New York Luggage
shop was arrested here by Post on
fee Inspector IT, K. Cochran.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
German Chancellor Promise.

London.-The German chancellor.
Gustav Bauer, mas made statement
to the press regarding Germany's i'm
tentions in carrying out the terms NJ
the peace treaty A wireless message
from Berlin quotes him as follows:
we are resolved TO carry ont fbe
Versailles treaty. however difficult for
we have no desire to pursue policy
of revenge"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
ALIENS Are Laavlnn u 6

New York-Raids and deportations
have so unsettled the foreign born
population that hundreds employed in
basic industries are preparing to leave
the United States. according to the
Inter-Racial Council. which announced
the launching Of campaign "to make
aliens better understood and to lift
them from the status Of mere cogs in
a machine to the status of human be
ings."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
NEW RED WAR MENACE

Lloyd George Summons All Military
Chiefs to Paris.
IondOn.-BefOrc peace with Ger.
many IS q week old thc British pub.
NC mas been brought up sharply against
the possibility of another war.
British war chiefs, headed by Beatty
and Winston Churchill, hurry TO Paris
90 confer with Lloyd George over tbo
situation crca,ed by the victory Of
the Reds in Russia, which menaces
again the peace OF Europe and the
world
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
shIp sinklno win 80 600 600 liouor

Boston.--The British freighter Var.
mouth, which left New York for Ha-
wanna with a cargo Of liquor, reported
in radio messages that she was sink
ing She gave her position as lati-
tude 80 north longitude "a west and
said that she was "24 miles northeast
of light vessel No. g."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
U. s. LOAN TO SAVE EUROPE.

st5o,ooo,ooO Must Be Shared Alec 5v
Armenia and Austria.
Washington. - War probably Will
break out again in Europe ON "a large
scale If Poland collapscs before fhe
attacks of the Bolshevist army. CON.
cral Tasker II. Bliss, American mill
tary representative at the peace con.
ference predicted before House WAYS
and Means Committee is urging loans
OF Sl5OOOO,OOO TO Poland, Austria and
Armenia and that surplus munitions
be used to equip Polish amics.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-On Officials OF several
rnines i'm the Coal River district are
ciScharging miners without giving any
explanation, either to the miners or to
the union, according tO e. T.. Keeney.
president of District IT, Mr.. Kecucy
mentioned the Madison Coal Com
pauy mt Madison, particularly saying
that company had discharged seven
men. The name of the Opperman Coal
Company at Blair was also mentioned
by Mr. Keeney for discharging men.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

CharlestOn.-The deed whereby the
Ohio Cities Gas Co acquires a lease
90 40 acres Of land on the Clay
Branch of the PocatalicO river was
filed for record in the office Of the
county clerk. The lease is for a period
Of 10 years and includes all the oil and
gas rights. Royalties provides $500
for the gas from every well and SD
for the gas in its natural state as well
Us oil.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-U. V. Carney, connect
ed with store on the West Side, was
arrested on warrant sworn out by
Mrs. Sylvia Ellis. In the warrant it is
claimed that the two quarreled over
the little Ellis child and that when
Carney started to strike the bog Mrs.
Ellis interfered. 1t is further alleged
that at this Carney struck the mother
of the boy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Clarksburg.-Mrs. Evelyn Whitmore.
aged Sc, of 40 Mechanic street, this
city, died at local hospital from the
effects of burns received when her
clothing caught fire from a gas fire.
The dead woman was one of the city's
most prominent citizens The funeral
occurred when her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Gaylord, left the aged woman
to secure cup of coffee for her. When
she returned the clothing of her moth
er was in flames and while the daugh-
ter made heroic efforts TO extinguish
the fire, Mrs. Whitmore's body was
burned terribly before the flames were
smOthcred.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Wheeling.-While shooting at n tar
get near their homes at Bethesda, O.,
Lawrence Craig, aged II, was instant
ly killed when the bullet from a rifle
In the hands of Allan Bethel strucl.
him. The unfortunate lad was the son
of Mrs. f. Craig, of Bethesda, and the
affair is n particularly sad one.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charlcston.-Arnold Ownby, the p
ycar-oIs son of Mr. and Mrs A. H.
Ownby, Of Spring Hin, had narrow
escape from serious injuries, if not
fatal injuries, when he fell down the
elevator shaft of the Walker Dry
Goods Company. The child escaped
with minor bruises and cuts. From,
what can be learned of the accident it
seems that the Child in company with
IT'S father were passengers ON the ele-
Ndtor, going from the first 20 the sec
ond floor. The operator, it is said. was
IN the act of opening the door ON the
second floor 10 discharge passengers
when the child pulled away from his
fathers hand and made a rush for the
opening
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
FOOD DOWN ? to IS PER CENT.
Declines in Past 80 Days Reported to
Department Of Justice

department Of Justice
Nashington.-Prices Of foodstums
have declined from to 35 per cent
in the past 30 days, according to re-
ports from fair price commissioners
from every state in the Union. IL was
declared by officials Of the department
OF Justice.
Not a single report records an nd
vance in prices, it was declared. The
greatest decline was that registered I'm
the price OK meat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Clarksburg.-Word was received
here that the Central HoteH and the
adjoining apartment house owned by
Dr. j. L. Cunningham, at Pickens,
were destroyed by fire starting from
an overheated stove. The loss is SD
600 and three families are homeless.
The hotel was owned by Smith Broth
ers, of Weston. All household goods
wore saved.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-Albert Young, a 10
ycaf-oid boy of Dana, was arrested on
II warrant sworn out by Special Officer
{. II. Martin, charging him with forg-
ing check of $50 on the Campbclrs
Creek Coal Co. +. II. Camp and EN-
ma Camp are on the boys bond for
5000 for his appearance at a hearing
before Justice G. u. Acree.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Fairmont.-Mrs. John Mckay, resid-
ing at Talbot, a station on the Mo-
nongahela railroad, between here and
MorSantown, was killed by being run
over ny a shifting engine. She was
crossing the track near her home. and
waited, to see the approaching engine.
Her husband and one child survive.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Huntington.-Davis Myers, 2222
Tenth avenue, reported to the police
that while he was conversing with
friends in the Day and Night BANK
some sneak thief stole SD which he
had laid out while making out a de-
posit slip. The person picked up the
money unseen by Myers and got away
before a description could be obtained
and the person captured.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Clarksburg.-E. L. Elmer, Of Dean
Ville' an employe of the Reserve Nat
ural Gas Co. was seriously burned
by gasoline when n pump exploded at
the company's gasoline loading station
at Jackson's Mills and hurled the
burning fluid around the place. Ply
sicions say he will likely recover.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-Dr. T.. Il. Stephenson.
president of the state board of control,
announced that the board has just con
tracted with the war department for
the purchase of a large quantity of
the surplus army supplies for the use
of the state institutions of West Vir-
ginia. He declined to make public the
exact size of the order, but declared
it would save the state several thou
sand dollars for provisions and other
necessary supplies at the institutions.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-Suit has been entered
IN circuit court by Mary Ellen Rollln
against the Rollln Chemical Co. for
$S,WO damages. According 10 the
plaintiff the suit is To recover principal
and interest on a demand note.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Wheeling The King jewelry store.
Market street, and Cax, Croue & cos
clothing store, Twelfth street, we're
robbed of more than 5000 worth OF
merchandise by burglars breaking the
windows and stealing jewelry and
wearing apparel. The thieves cut the
heavy plate glass windows with glass
cutters and then broke the windows.
The King store was robbed of about
$500 worth of rings and bar pins. SILK
shirts and cunliuks constituted tho
loot taken from the Crone store The
value of the plate glass will exceed the
amount oil gUOu8 taken.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-The State Department
of Schools has announced the elemen-
tary diploma and teachers certiticat,,
examination dates for 1920 as follows
Elementary, February . and 6, March
is and 10, and May 13 and II. For
certificates, April l and ., June 3 and
!, July - and %. The latter class in
cludes elementary, renewal, primary,
coupon of credit, high school, super
visor's and special certificates
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Clarksburg.-Joseph f. Knowles, IS,
formerly of Macdonald, Pa, who op-
Grated hotels and restaurants here and
along the Short Line for many years
died at his home here. His body will
be taken TO Macdonald for burial. The
widow survives.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Wheeling.-As a result of drinking
pint Of bayrum and quart of wood
alcohol, Charles Wilson, Jean Larue
and Clarence Walker, inmates of the
union mission here, are i'm the Ohio
'alIey hospital where little hope is
held out by attending physicians for
saving their lives The men, accord
ing to Rev. Cory, were found i'm va
cant room with the empty bottles i'm
front of them. They confessed to drink.
ing the contents he said.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
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LIBRARY THROWS OUT
ALL BOOKS ABOUT RUM

, Springfield Mass.-The City Q
, Library, it was announced, has o
, removed from it's shelves all o
, volumes dealing with the manu- o
, facture of beer, wine or liquors, Q
, believing that to do so would he O
, in keeping with the spirit Of the Q
, prohibition enactment by tend Q
, ing to prevent such manufacture Q
, by persons who might desire to o
do so. n
, The action was taken ON the o
, initiative of the library author- o
, ties in the belief that the law o
, made such action essential. o
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-Suit for $4,000 dam
ages has been brought in Circuit Court
Tor Samuel y. Agnew, six-year-olh
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Agnew.
OF Iempletan street, against Il. NJ.
Finney X Co. of Washington street. In
juries alleged to have resulted when A
toy airplane flew out of the grasp OF
Mr. Finney and struck the child i'm the
face, putting out one eye, are the
grounds for the suit The accident oc-
CURED in September.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Charleston.-M. +. Shawkey, state
superintendent of free schools, has au-
nounced that school attendance reports
for the year have been very encourage
ing instead of complaint of empty
rooms this year. he said there is II
cry everywhere for more seats to ac-
commodate the inrush of pupils. He
estimated the increase IN aggregate
attendance for schools of West Vir-
sinia this year will he - per cent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

CharleSton.-Lee Austin. a resident
of St Adams, is in critical condition.
at Charleston hospital as the result
OF injuries sustained when kicked hy
horse. MIR. Austin, it is understood,
was working with the horse at bus
home. The animal, for some unknown.
reason, began 10 kick, Mr.. Austin be-
ing struck in the abdomen.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22

Fairmont-Au Bellview. suburb
Of Fairmont. was saddened when Hie-
watha. two-year-old son of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Dayton Hawkinberry was burned
To death. While his mother was max
ing hurried visit To ncighbor's
home the infant came in contact wi.h
an open CRATE and his clothing caughr
hre. The mother found the little one
writing in the snow in the yard, but
too late TO save its life.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-01-22
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CULLINGS
FROM
WEST VIRGINIA

IE==F FROM
1 WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston.-Suit has been entered
In circuit court by Mary Ellen RolIln
against the Rollin Chemical Co. for
$S,OO damages. According TO the
plaintiff the suit is to recover principal
and interest on a demand note.
Clarksburg.-Joseph f. Knowles, IS.
formerly of Macdonald, Pa, who op-
Grated hotels and restaurants here and
along the Short Line for many years
died at his home here. His body will
be taken TO Macdonald for burial. The
widow survives.
Clarksburg-E. l.. Elmer. of Dean
vile, an emplOye of the Reserve Nat.
ural Gas Co, was seriously burned
by gasoline when pump exploded at
the companys gasoline loading station
at Jackson's Mills and hurled the
burning fluid around the place. Ply
siciuns say he will likely recover.
Wheeling.-While shooting at tar
get near their homes at Bethesda, o.,
Lawrence Craig, aged II, was instant
ly killed when the bullet from "A rifle
In the hands of Allan Bethel strucl.
MIN. The unfortunate lad was the son
of Mrs. f. Craig, of Bethesda. and the
affair is particularly sad one.
Fairmont.-MrS. John Mckay, resid-
ing Mt Talbot, station on the Mo-
nonEahela railroad, between here and
MorSantown, was killed by being run
over by a shifting engine. She was
crossing the track near her home. and
waited, to see the approaching engine.
Her husband and one child survive.
Charleston.-Albert Young, 10
ycat-oid boy of Dana, was arrested on
warrant sworn out by Special Officer
{. II. Martin, charging him with forg-
ing check of 500 on the Campbclrs
Creek Coal Co. L. II. Camp and En-
ma Camp are on the boys bond for
5000 for his appearance at a hearing
before Justice G. u. Acree.
CharlestOn.-U. V. Carney, connect
ed with u store on the West Side. was
arrested on a warrant sworn out by
Mrs. Sylvia Ellis. In the warrant il is
claimed that the two quarreled over
the little Ellis child and that when
Carney started to strike the boz Mrs.
Ellis interfered. 1t is further alleged
that at this Carney struck the mother
of the boy.
Clarksburg.-Wo was received
here that the Central HoteH and the
adjoining apartment house owned by
Or. j. L. Cunningham, at Pickens.
were destroyed by fire starting from
an overheated stove. The loss is SD
900 and three families are homeless.
The hotel was owned by Smith Broth
ers, of Weston. All household goods
were saved
Huntington.-Davis Myers, 2222
Tenth avenue, reported 10 the police
friends in the Day and Night Bank
some sneak thief stole SD which he
had laid out while making out a de-
post slip. The person picked up rhe
money unseen by Myers and got away
before a description could be obtained
and the person captured.
Charleston.-The deed whereby the
Ohio Cities Gas Co. acquires a lease
on l49 acres OF land on the Clay
Branch of the Pocatalico river was
MED for record in the Office Of the
county clerk. The lease is for period
OF ~ years and includes all the oil and
gas rights. Royalties provides $500
Ior the gas from every well and SO
Tor the gas in its natural state as well
as oil.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-16
SPARKS FROM THE MOTOR WORLD

/,
Gasoline costs 81 gallon in
Calcutta, India, has 65S7 motor We
hicles.
Nevada has two motor cars for ev-
cry three miles of road.
There are eight automobile factor.
les in Barcelona, psalm.
Farmers in the state of Pennsyl-
vania own S1,505 motor cars.
Motor experts claim Illinois as the
birthplace of the automobile.
Enrolment at the Michigan State
Auto. School in 1919 was 3,OS1.
l In Para, Brazil, 95 per cent Of mo-
tors in use are of American manu-
facture.
The Pacific States have one-sixth
OF the motor cars in the nited States
American-made motor vehicles
) continue to predominant in British
India.
The United States postoffice depart
), ment first used motor mail wagons
, in 1896.
Col. Helen R. Bastedo Of New
York City, is in command of the Mo-
tor Corps Of America.
Motor hacks are gradually tax
ing place of the public horse drawn
vehicles in Raleigh, N. c.
Since 1906 the number of motor We.
) hicles has multiplied 40 times in
Pennsylvania.
In Japan the traffic speed regula-
ton of motor car is controlled b.
the width of the road.
During the first week of this year
1,O15 new members Joined the Auto
mobile Association in England.
i The number Of motor truck dealers
in Kansas City, Mo-, has jumped from
20 to A in the past year.
Bullock transportation. which is
considered exceedingly slow in Bonn
hay, India, is giving place to the mo
) tor truck.
Motor cars for use of Scotland
Yard detectives have been provided
} tor by the commissioners of nolica
in England.
} With $40 as minimum, registra
ton fees for passenger automobiles is
4Oc per horsepower in Pennsylvania
} During the five and half years OF
war In France, no single automobile
was sold to private individual in
that country.
The largest company in the world
to manufacture automobile axles
springs, bearings and rims is to be
built in Cleveland, o.
The daily operating cost Of a motor
truck is from $12 to $40 a day, in.
Guiding maintenance and ell items on.
tering into operating costs.
Many of the raw materials, includ-
Ing the magnetic and electric ystems
OF the Spanish automobile production,
are imported from the United States
Pedestrians are subjected to the
same rules in crossing Fifth and Park
avenues, New York City, during the
hour OF 10 a. m. and p. m.
AT meeting in Paris, European
manufacturers decided to limit the
sizes OF pneumatic tires. England,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-16

France, Italy and Belgium were rep
resented.
The United States government
realized s16OOO,OOO out of war ma
terra, in England France, Belgium
italy and Germany through the sa'c
of motor vehicles.
In Germany, skilled workmen for
merly occupied in the manufacture Oh
arms and ammunition, are now oelns
trained to turn out high-grade paris
for automobiles.
The Punjab government in INDIA is
conducting an investigation OF the
possible development of motor trucks
for the transportation of motor trucks
and passengers.
General Pershing has three motor
transport corps sergeants who are as
signed as chauffeurs. Each wears
four service stripes and all are ex-
pert motor mechanics.
The first motor truck to he pro-
Guced in America on commercial
scale was in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873
when eight 5-horsepower commercial
vehicles were made and marketed.
BY a $4,000 600 project for the
construction OF an enormous terml-
nal, eight large rubber companies in
Minneapolis, Mimi, are to have
central sales building, making that
city the second largest rubber center
in the United States.
British Columbia, although separ-
ated from the mother country by 5000
miles. has maintained the same old
fashioned rule of the road that pre-
walls there. raffic taxes the left hand
side of the street instead of the right
The rest of Canada, except Halifax,
has long since adopted the more mod
ern fashion.
To reduce the thefts Of automobiles
bill was recently introduced in
Washington for the establishing Of a
Federal motor registration bureau in
the department of Justice with regis
trars in each Of the states. No person
would be permitted to sell an auto
mobile without certificate from the
registrar showing 1t was his prop.
erty.
The first automobile show ever held
in the United States consisted of
three "horseless carriages" exhibited
by circus man at state fair in Co.
lumbus, Ohio, in the fall Of 1905. The
curious and unbelieving crowds paid
10c to witness the vehicles moving
over the ground without any visible
means OF locomotion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-16
A PR 0 p E RLY
FIT T E D S II o E

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not alone to comfort OF
the foot but also to that
of the whole body. Our
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built on specially de.
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such a complete range Of
sizes and widths that we
surely can fit your feet
to perfection. You will
like their feel, their looks
and last but not least,
their reasonable price.