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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
STEPHENS TRIAL
ISSET FOR MAY 26
Will Face Court On Murder
Charge.

In addition to previous notes Of
Jefferson County Circuit Court at
Charles Town, other transactions of
the week were as follows:
Judgment on motion was awarded
against Marshall Roper and others
in favor of the Jefferson Bank &
Trust Co. The amount of the judg.
ment was $40.
Rights of citizenship were confer
red on Samuel Manstoff, a native Of
Austria, and Gottleb and Paul Kai-
ser, natives of Germany. The Kai-
sers came to America when they
were children, and discovered they
were nat naturalized legally only
when the war with Germany came.
Then they had to undergo the entire
naturalization process.
T, Shirley Eby and Ella S. Eby.
his wife, filed a petition asking the
Court to allow them to adopt little
girl, Elsie Nora Reynold. The petit
ton will be given hearing June 13.
w F. Alexander and d. K.
Koonce were appointed to examine
the records of the Circuit Clerks Of
flee and report their finding.
The management and condition Of
the Jefferson County Jail will have
the attention Of committee COM
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
WASHINGTON HOTEL
ANNEX AT BERKELEY
is DAMAGED BY FIRE
$4,000 Loss This Morning
Origin Of Fire Undetermined

Berkeley Springs, May Z3.-Fire
Of undetermined origin, developing
between 2 and 3 o'clock this morn
ing, burned in the interior of the
Washington Hotel Annex here,
leaving only the walls standing; and
the damage done by the water used
to extinguish the fire. which soaked
everything, experimenting the fire.
damage, ran the total, it was estima-
ted this morning, UP to approx
mately 100000, fully covered by in
surance.
Quick and efficient work on the
part of the volunteer firemen of
Berkeley Springs, who came out in
full numbers, prevented further dam
age. The roof of the property Of
Henry RuppenthaI, adjoining the an
mex, was damaged slightly, but other
than this there were no buildings
hurt. A number of firemen came
from Hancock, bringing some fire.
fighting apparatus with them, and
offers of assistance were made from
Martinsburg and Hagerstown, but
the equipment was not needed.
Bucket brigades kept the fire from
spreading until the pumps could get
into operation and then the flames
were conquered.
The hotel has about forty guests
at the present time, but no one was
hurt or put in serious jeopardy thru
the flames. The hotel had, before
the fire. 115 rooms open for summer
visitors. The fire is the first that
has ever visited the hotel
During the early stages Of the fire
the entire block in which the hotel
is situated was thought to be in dan
ger and plans were made to fight
general conflagration; but the effect
i've work Of the firemen, helped by
the stiffness of the night, made it
possible to restrict the damage.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23

then that everybody apparently
should want coal at the same time
covering a period Of few months
II during these months the opera
tors can produce enough coal tc
supply the demand the railroads are
unable to handle 1t. Who is to
blame for this?
The public is really to blame
but the public or the larger part OF
il lays the blame on the operator,
and the operator and a part of the
public blame the railroad. And
there YOU are. When the storm OF
complaint and criticism sweeps
down, the politicians in public Of
flee, whom we call statesmen, in
stead OF trying to correct the situa-
ton by pointing out the facts and
educating the people as to the true
remedy, Immediately propose new
statutes, propose that the govern
mcut take over or regulate the in
dustry, thereby creating more Jobs
and placing more handicaps on bus
moss. ***
q am firmly Of the opinion that
i fze government would spend less
tane trying to write statutes to re
H71i the laws OF nature that are IN
ropeal2bie and would spend more
time endeavoring to correct condi-
lions through natural and proper
channels the country would DO I'M
meusely better off. A campaign
which would induce coal users 10
spread their coal purchases over a
large part Of the year, inducing
them to lay in their supply of zeal
before the approach of winter
there would be no necessity for laws
regulating the distribution Of coal,
and perhaps none necessary for the
regulation OF the price For 1t is
coal shortage that makes high
prices
The operators cannot dig and
store zeal. Many coal consumers do
not know that The consumer can
store 1t.
Nor can the railroads acquire or
handle a sufficient number OF coal
cars to take care OF the require
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
NERVOUS
PAINTING
Mrs. Werner tells how they
Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Camden, N. j." Before my baby
was born / was run down and weak,
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
REPLY OF BRAND
TO CRITIC TALKED
over BY CABINET
Premier May Reply In Detail.
by international News servIceJ

Paris, May 21.-The cabinet met
today to discuss the reply which
Premier BRAND will make to the
critics of the governments general
policy when the chamber of depu-
ties convenes on Tuesday. 1t is
possible that Premier BRAND may
go beyor | the usual declaration of
policy and reply in detail to Deputy
Forgot who urged that France
repudiate the London indemnity
agreement.
Deputy Forgot is a dangerous
man, inasmuch as he has cabinet
aspirations" said Gustave Herve,
writing in L'Vietorire M. ForgeCt's
program would break up complete
ly the great alliance. Frances po-
sition cannot be compared with
that OF America which repudiated
the treaty OF Versailles, since the
United States was not damaged by
the war
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
HEADS MARL CO.

Formation of the Cornwell Lime
Mari Company, with former Gov.
John ]. Cornwell, of Romney, as
president, was announced at Win
chester. The company, which will
operate under West Virginia
charter, will develop deposits Of lime
marl west of Winchter along the
line Of the Winchester and Western
railroad. The plant, to be in charge
of C. J. Swank, an expert of Pennsyl-
vania, will have a capacity of 1z5
tons daily.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23

| led to the nronosal m repuIate the
coal Industry.
"As long as the nnonle could get
plenty OF coal when they wanted it
at what they regarded as fair
price. we heard nothing of govern
ment control. The Agitation for COY
eminent control was caused by the
coal shortage and the fxorbitant
prices charged nv some operators
and dealers. The shortage was
more theoretical so far az the coun-
try as a whole was concerned than
actual, though 1t was verv real TO
those who could not Obtain coal or
who had to nay ex0rbaaut prices
It is fact, am told. that when
the slump came there we're larger
stocks OF reserve coal On hand at
many factories than ever before ac-
cumulated. think the same was
true in France and perhaps in Italy
where large stocks Of coal had been
accumulated at prices as high ms
$50 ton.
Tr,o ,uarators h3yn- nroduead coal
arnuah IA "a around II If had boen
,ronerIv distributed Manufacturers
,q1nnfre, fbeir n1ants ~ bicb ooo,
fearing they might have TO close
down for want Of fuel, laid in large
stocks and paid any price asked
Meantime government propaganda
as to a coal shortage increased the
fear Of people everywhere that thty
could not get coal. So The grabbing
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
MARTlNSBURG
LIKES INSTANT ACTION

There has never been anything
with the QUICK action of simple
camphor. hydrastic, witchhazel, etc,
as mixed in Layoptik eye wash. One
user says he is astonished at the
restful feeling it gives his eyes. An
other reports first trial helped her
eyes which mattered and We're red
and watery. One small bottle Lavop-
Tx usually helps ANY CASE weak,
strained or sore eyes. Aluminium
eye cup FREE. Workings Drug
Store. 1t
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23

much good. l took Lydia f. Pink
ham Vegetable Compound and soon
felt a change and could do my work
without pain and was cured of those
nervous spells. Now | have a nice
baby girl and had an easy time at
birth, thanks to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Mrs. WILL
LIAM c. WERNER, 1916 Van Hook ST.,
Camden, N. ].
When wife finds her energies are
tagging, she is weak, nervous, suffers
from backache, the blues" she
should buildher system up at once by
taking that standard woman's medi-
cine, Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, as did Mrs. Werner.
If thereis anything about your con-
dition you do not understand write
Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
mn, Mass, about eur hoalth.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
NINE. CURFE
rs TNDISPOSED
(5y International News servIce.1

Washington, May 21.-Mme. Curie,
the famous French scientist, was
under physicians restrictions today
The program which had been ar
ranged In her hotel today, which
includes the dedication of new
scientific laboratory m the BTrea u
OF Mines, had to be abandoned Nine
Curie suffered from Fatigue after the
ceremonies at the White House yes
terday when she was presented with
a gram of radium by the president,
Her physicians ordered her 10 re
main quiet today and refused 10 Der
nit her to leave the homo of Mrs
Robert Wood Bliss. where she is q
guest
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
EN[NlER1

posed of DIR. ]. NJ. Miller, Charles L.
Crane, and r. II. Higginbotham.
They are required to make a report.
]. Frank Turner was appointed a
jury commissioner to succeed r. H.
Higginbotham. The new appointee's
term will expire May 81, 1925.
The first jury case of the term will
be tried on Tuesday, May "a, when
the ejectment suit of Triplett vs..
Triplett, involving the possession of
dwelling house in Shepherdstown
will come up. Dates OF other trials
scheduled are: NJ. C. jackson and B.
F. Porter, May %; C. r. Webb and
James Stephens, May 26; and Henry
Johnson, June 2.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
Who Ia Ito Blame

TT is most unfortunate that the
coal market Is not more continu-
Gus: that thousands OF idle cars
stand on railway sidings for months
every year: that mines are closed
and men out Of employment; and
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23

proper share of the tax burden the
state should furnish protection to
the industry, and the relation be-
tween the two should cease at that
point. Mr. Cornwell said. In closing
he expressed the hope that "all in
dustrial difficulties and problems are
in the process of solution and that
through patience and fair dealing
those difficulties may be speedily
solved. Hasty and ill-advised legis-
lation is the last thing we need"
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23

had pains in my
back and stomach,
was very nervous
and would have
fainting spells. |
certainly suffered
awfully with those
nervous fainting
spells. l did not
know anyone at
times and used to
scream. A doctor
treated me but did
not seem to do
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23

Miss Ethyl Y. slagle, of Altoons,
IA, who spent the week with her
cousin. Mrs. Charles Pitzer, West
King street. and Mrs Melvin j.
Sprinkle. West Martin street re-
turned home Saturday afternoon.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-02

CHAPTER VL-Webster, on his way to
5obrante. is taken i'll on the train. and
is in a hospital at New Orleans two
weeks. Geary bungles his mission, Dolo-
res easily seeing through his story She
greets Mother jerks as her friend and
benefactor Geary falls desperately in
love with the girl.
CHAPTER What New Orleans while
waiting for the steamer to Buenaventura,
Webster saves the life of a young man
who Is attacked by two assassns. The
youth leaves Webster without disclosing
his identity.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30

the numbered rings used on all Of the
characters involved.
Another house wren with history
is the little old woman who lived In
shoe" She and her husband and
their 13 children (reared in two in
stallments) were all banded. No word
has ever been heard from the children
since they left home, but year later
wren was seen at the old shoe bun.
galow" with bracelet on his leg. but
no mate was near. The observer is
left. wondering if perhaps there is not
wren Reno somewhere in the South.
Of the total of 10000 birds banded
approximately 400, or 2 per cent, have
so far been heard from, and additional
recoveries are being received from
time to time.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30
Trace Birds by
Use of AnkletS

birth. The inscription on the alumni
mum band worn by this bird is as
legible today as it was when received
from the maker, Notwithstanding the
six years of rough treatment under
all weather conditions. One of the
most astounding details of bird life
brought out by banding has to do with
the domestic relations of Jenny Wren
and her songful husband.
Wren Is Tickle.
Wrens habitually raise two large
families in rapid sequence each sea-
son, and in these circumstances 1t
would naturally be thought the head
of the establishment would give his
uninterrupted attention to his house
hold. Not so, however. with an Ohio
house wren, who, the moment his first
hatch of offspring was on the wing,
ruthlessly abandoned his little brown
wife and. moving off less than hun
dred yards, reared his second family
with newly found mate. This abom-
Unable fickleness might never have
been suspected had it not been for
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30
&c MNIE oTGW 0a9z1az Zzanz9oo7oT

LII good Americans stand
while the band plays
1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner"; it is officially our
national hymn in the
navy and is generally
SO regarded by the ma
ton. Doubtless most Of
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30
Pianist BogusIaWski Evokes First
Response From Many Stu
porous Patients.
DOCTORS WATCH EXPERIMENT
After Two Years Research Musician
Claims Remarkable Results From
Music in Accusing Patients
From Mental Stupor.

Chicago, March 19.-The Italian
woman sat huddled in the corner. her
thin shoulders shaking. The color
came to her bleached skin. She worked
her fingers over her face. over the
walls; she tore frantically at her
fingers with her teeth. The intermez.
20 of "Cavalleria Rusticana' ended
The woman kneeling in the corner
Adeline NJ, sagged down. A nurse
leaned over her and remarked:
"She says: oh, my baby! Baby
needs a mother. When am ! going
homer Say, you know, that's the
first time she's spoken since they
brought her here. She refused te
nurse her baby
Moissaye Boguslawski. Russian plan
list. who is now living in Chicago, nm
pered through, the 'Miserere IRON
1T, Troyatore." Shudders crept ovel
the Italian woman Inv the corner ant
she wept. The teaxs sped down mel
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30
Old Pump on Isle Of Man

On the quansr and picturesque Isle
of Man, made famous by Hall Gaines
fiction, an ancient pump Of the chain
bucket variety, built into masonry
abutment on the face OF rock ciin
lifts it's endless load Of water some
eighty feet from the pool below. says
an article In Popular Mechanics Mag
uzlne. For many years big steam
engine of obsolete form. slow and ex-
s.ravsaant Of fuel. attended to the duty
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30
Insane May Be
Cured by Music

face. She weaved her bead from
side to side.
Yes, yes" she moaned, 81 have a
heart-everybody is llappy-baby-
father-oh, don't forget me-" And
she vibrated to the rush of the music,
while her mOath twisted into gro
tesQue smile.
Tries Music as Aid to Insane.
1t was at the state hospital for the
insane in Dunning. Surrounded by
the "stuporous," or depressed types Of
insane patients, Mr.. Boguslawski sat
at a piano running through the emo
tiOnal gamut of music. A small audi
ence of alienists watched the expert
ment
Can insanity be cured through
music? After two years of research,
Mr.. Bogusawski claimed remarkable
results from music on such cases. He
has been performing experiments at
The Dunning institution, it is said, for
the last month. He has been hold
ing weekly musical Clinics"
Psychiatrists and health department
officials, as well as Chicago physi-
clans, are watching the experiments at
Dunning. At each Emusic therapeut-
les" test, as Mr.. Boguslawski has
named his psychiatric process, DR.. D.
B. ROtman Of the hospital staff has
collected data for presentation to the
American medical profession for dis
cussiOn.
'These experiments. are the first OF
their kind ever conducted in the Uni
ted States" said DIR. Rotman. ''They
are highly interesting. There is a
universal potency to music; it ap
peals to the subtler elements of the
mind. Patients long considered dull
are aroused by this music to the ex
preston of emotional display. The
effect on that Italian woman, for in
stance, was overwhelming. Now W.
have found a response, she may bt
durable"
A Revelation, Says Official.
'"This is revelation to me-" ex
claimed DR.. E. A. Foley, assistant
superintendent of the institution
watching the pianist endeavor t,
arouse the patients from their menta
torpor with many varieties of mel
ody.
1 Il have studied this for two years
know it will work. replied MI
Boguslawski. Il don't claim to be abb
to cure insanity, but l can reliev
much mental distress. Probably
third of the 10000 insane in the Uni
ted States can be greatly improve,
by music therapeutics.
One of the cases studied was Mar
K, an Armenian refugee. She wa
made insane by war horrors. She sa,
her mother, father and brother slai
before her eyes. The Chopin funers
march today brought her to her knee
in mumbled prayer. Tragic memorie
apparently were revived. She fell o
the floor, sobbing.
Nostalgia" explained Boguslawsk
IAN intelligent approach. A relic
through the caress of sympatheti
music for pent-up desires, suppre.
si0ns. imagined fears. Music is tn
scalpel which help open the woun,
After that its a case for physician
not musicians"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30

of turning the chain shaft. But now
the old boiler and cylinder are gone.
and In their place a modern wind
motor has been installed, It's slim, eff
cient steel form rising from the cliff
top in striking, yet not inharmonious.
contrast with the primitive rugged
ness that marks the earlier work Of
man and nature. The whirling 26-foot
wheel of the new motive power now
is drawing up 1890 gallons of water
an hour as an average figure, and it ia
significant Of the value of modern
method that the saving of fuel, no
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-30

tb., battle of North Point and the re-
tjrement of the British to their ships
It was this matchless defense that
saved the nation and checked the pro
posed attack upon Philadelphia ana
New York.
Then took place the attack upon the
historical Fort McHenry; is boilp-
and-rocket vessels bombarded the iora
throwing a constant shower OF rocA'
cts and bombs, the later weighing -,
pounds. Colonel Armisted, IN coinilahd
of the fort. was unable TO reach them
excent on one or two occasions Wheh
they came nearer AS the army was
retreating. more severe polhi-tiu-
ment than before was executed. Ch-
der the cover of darkness, as last
resort, several rocket vessels ana
barges. with 1850 picked men, passed
south of Fort McHenry and attempted
to land. After passing the fort, they
threw Up rockets of rejoicing and to
light a landing place. This. however
was their undOing, and caused COM
modore Rogers "invincible crew" at
Fort Coyington, under Lieutenant New
combe and Barney's flOtilla men, I'M
der Lieut.. John Webster, at Fort Bah
cock, to pour into them pitilesS fire.
sinking one barge with> all on board
and compelling the rest to retire. The
enemy retired badly damaged under
the fire from Fort McHenry and the
Lazaretto At a safe distance they
continued to lombard Fort McHenry
until morning. The bOmbardment
lasted for 25 hours. and they are said
to have thrown 1900 to 1880 great
bombs, 400 Of which landed in Fort
McHenry.
/. Dr. WiIiiam BeaiIes. Who mad N
countered the displeasure Of the Brit
| ish at Upper Marlboro, in their march
upon Washington, had been carried Off
| in their fleet He was a particularly
close friend Of Francis Scott Key, who
visited the fleet at Baltimore to seek
| the release Of his friend. Having
boarded the Minden. one Of the ships
| of the fleet. the British compelled him
to remain until after the bombardment
There he was during that memorable
night when Fort McHenry was being
SO terribly assaulted. We can well
| imagine his anxiety as to the fate Of
the fort and the attack to be made
upon the city wherein resided his fam
| lily and loved ones. He and his friend
paced the deck during that night of
September Ii. The bombardment
ceased just before day. So long as
the bOmbardment continued they knew
the fort had not surrendered, but when
1t ceased before daylight it left them
in great suspense as to the result. We
may well imagine how earnestly they
looked forward to dawn and sufficient
light to relieve their anxiety. How
happy they must have been when they
saw that "the flag was still there ;.
Key was stirred to the depths by pa
triotic fervor and devotion, and there
wrote his song of rejoicing, "The Star
Spangled Banner"
The memory of the old flag which,
saluted Key on that morning Of Sen
TENDER IA, 1914, still lives in tho
hearts of the people. and the flag !.
stored In the archives of the govern.
ment.