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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28
ASKS FOR nAINcnAT
SHOOTS WIFE DEAD
Jealousy Thought Motive
Was Former Officer

Charleston, Sept Charles
Gardner. a former Charleston pol
iccman but more recently engaged
IN the dairy business here. shot
and probably fatally wounded his
wife and then turned the weapon
on himself inficting wound from
which he died half hour later at
their home. 1925 Piedmont Road,
shortly after Q o'clock this morn
ing. jealousy is said TO have been
the cause OF the shooting.
Mrs Gardner was shot as she
was IN the act Of handing a rain
coat through the door to her hus-
band.
According to the stories told the
police by neighbors, Gardner drove
up to his home. knocked on the
door and when 1t opened Mrs
Gardner handed out the raincoat,
Then, according to the neighbors.
Gardner drew a 3S-caliber pistol
from his pocket and fred, the bull
let entering back OF Mrs. Gardeners
left ear and coming out the top OF
her head Then Gardner fired into
his own forehead. over the right
eve. Both fell on the porch. lying
side by side until ambulances were
summoned from the hospital. Gard
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28
JESSE FORD WINS
A SPEEDY RELEASE
For Killing Doctor Who Raw
ISned His Home

Jesse L. Ford. who shot and for
tally wounded DR.. w. A. Strother
last Saturday in the yard Of the
physicians home. at Boonsboro, Va,
was given a preliminary hearing at
Lynchburg Monday before Justice
Clay. The hearing resulted in Ford
being discharged on the ground of
self-defense. The only witness was
Ford, his wife availing herself tt
the legal right Of wife to refuse
to testify against her husband. Mrs.
Ford did not appear at the trial,
although it was understood that she
was in another part Of the house
at the time.
Ford testified that his wife left
home three months ago. and that
he had occasion to believe there
was an intimacy between her and
DR.. Strother He was unwilling to
credit 1t. however, until she left
home Saturday morning, and while
driving to his work he saw her face
at q window In the Strother home.
He said he went on to his place
of employment, several miles fur
Their, and then returned.
DR.. Strother was in the yard, Ford
stated, and, on seeing Ford approach
tried to get his revolver from his
pocket. Ford, however. was the
first to shoot, and then they crap
pied and fought some time for pos
session of Ford's revolver.
Revolver Discharged.
During the struggle, Ford said,
the revolver was discharged several
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28

state superintendent of schools eX-
ofIicio chairman The only reason
for the change WAS to be found in
the fact that there were small
group of men who desired to reward
: woman party worker politically
md they insisted that she be taken
care Of on the boaru or education.
It was upon their insistence that the
law was changed.
Appointment Scheduled.
This board will soon be called
upon to act in connection with an
other vacancy at the State UniYer-
sity, John Lee Coulter having re-
signed as dean of the college of sg-
riculture 10 accept a similar post
in North Dakota The man most
frequently mentioned among farm
ers and others interested in agri-
culture Is no less a person than
Howard Gore. OF Clarksburg, a Re-
publican and a member of the sate
board OF education.
"Mr. Gore, it is said feels deli
cacy about lifting d hand in his own
behalf, owing to the peculiar posi-
lion he occupies as a member OF
tie board which makes the appoint.
ment Mr. Gore is a graduate of the
state iTcrsity, one who has taken
an active 39d enthusiastic part in adj
vancing t. arming interests Of the
tate"
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28
SLAYER OF TWO FREED

Fairmont, Sept. 26.--Marion coun-
tvs grand jury clearly displayed its
attitude against blackhanders today
when it freed Giuseppe Bennacosta,
who admitted killing two men at
Carolina mines six weeks ago. Ben
nacostSs defense was based on self
defense, he declaring that the men
had previously kidnapped him, ia
ken him to a deserted barn and for
ced him to take the Malta oath
Next they attempted to force him
to place a bomb under a store. Ben
nacosta killed the men when they
called at his home.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28
SCHOOL DAYS

Read the MartlnsDurg journal
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&. e O. TO BUY
SHORT LINE

Morgantown. W, Va, Sept. Is
Application has been made to the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
for permission to purchase the en-
tire capital stock of the Indian
Creek and Northern Railway. The
road was planned to be constructed
from the mouth of Indian Creek
along Jake's Run to Dunkard Creek
and thence to Blacksmith, Pa. Part
Of it has been built from townsville,
where it connects with the Monon-
gahela railroad. to near AnettsvilIe.
1t was projected primarily for the
purpose Of developing rich coal
tracts in that section.
h4 NJ vt tr,c
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28
DOOMED MAN BEGS SHERIFF
NOT TO DELAY EXECUTION

Jackson. Miss, Sept. T.-Henry
Martin, negro, convicted OF muir
der whose death sentence is pend
ing on appeal before the supreme
court, is making frantic appeals to
Sheriff L. B. Williams to come on
aud hang him right away.
VI just can't stand it any long
err" Martin told the sheriff Mon
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28

Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, ]
troduced a bill which would
free mailing privileges to
service men for communicate
the United States veteran but.
any of its offices. I
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28
MARTINsBURG, W. VA. EVENING b GRNAL

ner was taken to the Charleston
General hospita and died five
minutes after reaching there. Mrs.
Gardner was taken to the Mcmillan
hospital where it is said her con-
diton is serious.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28

times. Finally he shook Strother off.
Strother fired at him twice, Ford
said, and then fell dead. The case
was dismissed without argument OF
counsel.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-28

day. This suspense is killing
Let's forget about the court
have it over with"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
"GAR5AGEv ONCE WAS STEW
Word Has Changed Its Meaning Very
Considerably Since Its. Use in
the Fifteenth Century.

At one time in the worlds history
garbage was the name of dish and
meant a stew. A Fifteenth-century
recipe for making garbage" was as
follows: "Take fairs garbage, chiken
hedes, feet, livers and gysers (giz-
zards) and wash them clene. Caste
them in a faire pott and caste fresh
broth of beef. powder or pepper, can
ell, cloves, maces, parsley and sauge
minced small. Then take bread, steep
it in the same broth, let boyle enow.
caste thereto powder, ginger, verjuice,
sal and little saffron and serve it
forth" Another of the old dishes was
called the "black broth of Lacedemon."
A classic author has written: "What
the ingredients of this sable compost
tion where we cannot exactly deter
mine. DR.. Lister In Apicius gives word
to his belief that it was made of hogs
blood. 1t could not have been a very
alluring mess, since citizen of Sybar
Is having tasted it declared it was
no longer q matter of astonishment
with him why the Spartans were SO
fearless Of death, since anyone in his
senses would rather die than exist on
such execrable food"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
THE INEVITABLE.

Everybody longs for a luxurious exist.
ence,
Without thing to do meath placid
skies.
Except to dream or daily. in perpetua,
persistence,
Like slumbering gruhs or playful but
terflies.
But till house is built which never needs
new weatherproofng
And We Danish moths and mildew and
decay
From every habitation from the csllor to
the roofing
Somebody must keep working every day.
When climates never turn from frost to
heat that is excessive;
When suit of clothes will last a ma;
for life;
When human nature ceases to be eagerly
progressive
And were all so good that no one thinks
of strife
An, then, and not till then. we may he
comfortably doing
While sunshine softly smiles and slips
away:
But in the meantime nature keeps relent. |
lessly disclosing
The need of earnest labor every day.
washington Star.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

, A truly interesting International sit
uation is precipitated by the inquiry
recently addressed to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York, by the
Italian government, as to where the
museum procured certain famous fres-
Goes which, the italian government
claims, were stolen from the Palazzo
Magnifico in Siena, years ago, says
Christian Science Monitor. The mu-
scum authorities. while insisting that
it is not their practice to supply such
information as they desired, have sub
mitted the matter to the trustees. An
interesting point is: If the frescoes
are as famous as the Italian govern
ment maintains they are, how could
art specialists have failed to detect
them? But then, it appears that they
were brought from France in 1914,
and in 1914, and for several years aft
erward, vigilance in such matters was,
no doubt, considerably relaxed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Quite number of Idaho Springs

Quite number of Idaho Springs
people attended the class play and
dance at Georgetown Friday even
ing. The play was greatly enjoyed
by everyone and was credit to
those who took part in it. Those
in attendance from this city were:
Mrs. Ella Roy, Mrs. w. j. Wood
wood, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Keelor,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Orr; Misses
Gladys Oliver, Eva Woodward,
Margaret Shaffer, Elsie White,
Pearl Hoban; Messrs. Mack Wood
ward, Frank Thompson, Melvin
Stephens, Clarence Hanson, Joe
Miller, George Cruise, Hershel
Williams, Irving Straub.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
ct he Faith Healer"
at the Opera House

Every effort has been made in the
production of 1.-THE Faith Healer" to
adhere implicitly 10 the version by Will
liam Vaughn Moody. The story is told
simply and in q straightforward fashi on
without unnecessary complications.
1t is that of solitary shepherd in the
hills of New Mexico who felt the divine
call to heal the sick and suffering in the
name of Christ.
The story opens as he leaves his sheep
and enters upon his ministry. 1t follows
him through his -ministrations to the
sick and afflicted; and picture the great
temptation that came to him, and how
he conquered it in the knowledge that
his own ministry did not prohibit him
from the exercise of human love and
tenderness.
Blended with this narr alive of a de-
vout mans labor of love for humanity
is the story of another life that Of a
girl who has slipped the froth Of life but
has missed its substance. How these
lives meet and merge, how the conflict
ing motions and elenents are reeonciled
forms a tsnssIy dramatic story, filled
with the elements that appeal to the
finest emotions and the deepest senti-
ments. The appeal is universal in tho
scope and forms a theme that will reach
the minds and the hearts of all classes
Of people-thoses whs seek entertain
] and amusement. as well as those who
wish to combine food for thought with
their diversion.
At the opera house Thursday and
Friday, June % and ~.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
THE INVENTORS REWARD.

The history of invention is a record,
with only few exceptions, of terri
BILE toll and of genius cheated and
starved. Few of the worlds great
est mechanicians have ever perfe"ted
their contrivances. Sometimes by
mere accident, but, as rule, through
long experimentation, they have hit
upon an idea which others quickly seiz-
ing. have made the basis of fame and
fortune. Professor Langley's airship is
new case In point, says New York
World. The patent office at Washing
ton used to be II pathetic storehouse
for the work of such men. In mat
grotesoue array of toylike machines
might be found the theory that later
was worth millions; the idea that rev.
oiutionized an industry: the principle
that, with the aid of steam and steel,
made one mans labor equal to that
of thousands, In workshops and Iabora-
tories, in hospitals and camps, in re-
mote villages, where the patient stu
dent is too often regarded as a crank,
men of this kind are still devoting
their energies to studies that NAV be
vain, but now and then are certain to
be vital. These are the weary proc
esses by which human knowledge and
power have been advanced. A true
inventor. like true poet, is one who
dreams.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Youthful Artist

The worlds youngest artist is Helen
Williams aged one and one-half years.
Of South Wales. Two of her studies
drawn from memory were exhibited at
the 32nd annual exhibition of the
Royal Drawing society at the Guildhall
Art gallery, London. Helen sits up in
her tiny cot cooling daily with pencil
and drawing board, sketching the
things that adorn her nursery. Her
exhibition pictures are an outline of
a cat with a ribbon bow, and run
ming gamecock.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

please, mother wants to know" she
said, "if you Will lend her some pep
per and the big fiat-iron."
Mrs. Brown was determined to stop
her neighbor's borrowing. Tell your
mother I've got other fish to fry she
snapped, and the little girl went away.
She was back in few minutes,
however, with dish and the usual
request.
"Please, mother wants to know If
you'll lend her some of the fried fish,"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Insist Upon Car
donated; Accept
No Substitute.

Idaho Springs may now boast Of
keeping pace with the most pre-
gressive cities in the Union, thou.
sands of dollars having been spent
by the Climax Dairy Co. to equip
its plant for this vitalizing, cay-
Donating process, doubling its CO
pacity in order that all progressive
dealers may be supplied. Carbon.
ated ice cream differs from ordi.
nary ice cream. By this newly
patented process the ordinary air
m the freezer is replaced by car
honic gas, and after this atmos-
phere. hundred times purer than
air, has been in contact with the
materials of the ice cream mix
during the entire time it is in the
freezer, naturally the result is q
product much purer, more health
ful, more delicious than ordinary
Air-frozen ice cream. For sale It
Z. W. McBride's corner drug stora.
Siftings-News twice a week.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Another Maccabee Baby

Ed Gunstrom is stepping high
these days because at $50 Thurs
day evening the stork left a 10
pound boy at his home. This IS
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunstrom S first
child-hence the '.smlle that won't
come off," Mrs. Gunstrom was
Miss Bernice Potter before her
marriage.
This is the third Maccabee baby
within the past few weeks, babies
having been born TO Mr.. and Mrs.
John White, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Faust
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gunstrom
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Opera House Program
Beginning June 10

Sunday nd Monday-Paramount
Marion Davies in Buried Treasure.
A Cosmopolitan production.
Tuesday and Wsdnesday-First Ma
tional-James Oliver Curwood's "Riv-
sr's End" 10c and Soc
Thursday and Paramount
Milton Sills in The Faith Healer. :"
10c and SOC. Leach's Orchestr Thurs
day.
Saturday-First Observation-Disclosures
Mcdonald. The American beauty, in
Curtain
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Seal Silent With hens,

Going to the fowl house In the early
morning an inhabitant Of Rhyl, North
Wales. was surprised to ind. sleeping
peacefully among the chickens a seal
three and a half feet long. TIE fowls
were apparently not disturbed BY the
unusual visitor.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Peculiar Deranuement,

In will contest at Fitchburg, Mass.
a doctor testified that when he attend
ed a woman during her last i'll
ness. he found dogs, cats Kittens,
geese, ducks, hens and chickens
walking about the room, and upon her
death bed, and that she refused medi-
cal treatment, and died of cancer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Prominent Spaniards are forming
plans to purchase the pleasure vessel
of the ex-Empress of Germany to
present it to King Alfonso. He is
unusually lucky While his fellow
monarchs are losing thrones, he is get
ting yachts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Nli .. oiAiAtii.
it W a S S o m e
household utensil
she wanted, then
some small ar
ticle Of grocery.
The other day a
knock came to
NJ r s. Bro W n s
door. 1t was Mrs.
Smiths little girl.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

With good supply of appeals, stays
Of execution, petitions, reprieves, par
dons and other paraphernalia Of jus
tice in the tool box, there seems to be
no limit to the time a convicted motor
list can continue to enjoy the freedom
Of the traffic
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Bernard,
daughter, Miss Grace, and son,
Claude, of Parsons, Kansas, ar
rived Monday by auto for visit
with Mr.. Bernard's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. 81. Bernard. They
are enroute to Idaho, " Washington,
and other places, and may decide
to locate in the west.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

There are 100000 automobiles in
the United States, but as not half of
them are seven-passenger cars, even,
laws to protect the pedestrian are still
needed by about sixty million people.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
.coIorfuI" Lodoe Msetlnu.

The rainbow EucS were represented
at a Masonic lodge In Buffalo, when
five visiting Canadians were intro
duced as Messrs Black, White. Green,
Brown and DIR. Grey One was red
headed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Evidently Had Guardian Angel.

Nova Scotia reader says that
during a severe thunder storm q
traveller took refuge In the county
schoolhouse. While he was there,
lightning struck the building, twisting
the stove pipe and splintering every
seat but the one on. which he was
seated
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

1t Is enough penalty to have to pay
two bits for shave without the bar
Der stalling on the job In the effort to
convince us that we are getting a quar-
ter's worth of his valuable time
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

American girls are no longer en-
Enthusiastically buying foreign titles by
marriage. Possibly, the nineteenth
amendment has given them more con-
fidence in themselves.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
XXX.-WISCONSIN
~ THE many
! ! :: : ! ! ! ! !
rs MSS$MN2N with French
va Msm4Y&H names show
Y M&l&yuN the French
NHSyh 4W influence in
~ its early set
tlement. The first white man
to penetrate this region was
Jean Nicollet, who was sent out
in 1884 by Champlain to open
trade with the Indians. He
landed at Green Bay and prob
ably traversed the country to
Chicago. Fur traders and mis-
61OhdA AACo 1OAAOWC0 anu luc idttCA
built a mission where Ashland
now stands. This was the first
church erected In the state and
around it sprang up the first
permanent settlement. Joliet
and Father Marquette descended
the Wisconsin river, and La
Sale explored great deal of
Wisconsin before he took his
famous trip down the Mississip-
pi. Among the fur traders to
come to Wisconsin shores was
Daniel du Lhut, after whom the
city Of Duluth, Mimi, was
named.
During the Revolution Wiscon-
sin remained loyal to the Brit
fsh and though Wisconsin be-
came a part of the United
States by the Treaty of Paris in
1888, 1t was not until 1915 that
federal troops really established
authority there. Indian upris-
ings continued for some time
ending only with the Black
Hawk war in 1882. Then fol-
lowed extensive immigration
from the New England States.
Wisconsin had formed a part
Of the Northwest territory until
1900, when 1t became part of
Michigan territory, under which
Jurisdiction 1t remained until
1886, with the exception Of nine
years, when 1t was considered
a part of Illinois territory. With
the admission Of Michigan as a
state, the Wisconsin territory
I was created, which included al
SO the present states of Iowa
] and Minnesota and portions Of
! North and South Dakota.
! In 184S Wisconsin was taken
? into the Union as the thirtieth
! state. Its area is 56,O66 square
] miles and it has thirteen cleo
I toral votes for president.
! The state is named after the
I Wisconsin river. This is an
! Ojibwa phrase which means
| gathering waters" 1t is some
! times called the Badger State.
I 60 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

A good many of us who were willing
to sacrifice our lives when the country
was at war shrek in anguish when
we have to sacrifice some money to
pay taxes in time of peace.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

1t would be very encouraging to the
forces of law and order If the revenue
officers would seize that particular
brand of booze that inspires to the
murderous forms of banditry.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

An economist says that nobody
makes living by being consumer.
At the same time a person must be a
consumer in order to live.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Ii the present fashion of using BIZ
chloride tablets as confectionery con-
tlnues we suppose the candy stores
will lay in supply of them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

With labor turning its back on com
munism and refusing to be set free
from the capitalistic yoke, Lenin and
Trotzky may decide that the world is
not worth saving and leave it to per
ish Of high living.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

1t is a thing highly significant Of
habitual conditions that nobody ever
hears of an epidemic being carried
from America to Europe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Cow Enjoyed Hens Eggs.

Cow Enjoyed Hens Eggs.
An Alberta (Canada) farmer found
his hens eggs were disappearing. One
morning he went on guard In the hem
house to catch the thief. After about
an hours wait the COW came in, went
every nest, including one in which q
hen was sitting. She took the hen
by the feathers and put it on the
ground while she ate the egg.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Another reason why it might not be
best to fight Japan about one Yap in
the Pacific is the circumstance tlat
we have about as many here at home
as we know what to do with.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18
Right to the Point

A Clear Creek county man, who
lived near the railroad track could
not sleep at night on account of
the switching of trains, and wrote
the following TO the railroad Of
ficials OF his town:
"Gentlemen: Why is it that
your switch engine has 10 ding and
dong and flzz and spit and bang
and hiss and pant and CRATE and
grind and puff and bump aud chug
and boot aud toot and whistle and
wheeze and jar and jerk and howl
and snarl and puff and growl and
thump and boom and clash and Jolt
and screeeh and snort and snarl
ana slam and throb and roar and
rattle and yell and smoke and smell
and shrek like he'll all nightloug?"
A short circuiting of wire at
the corner of Fifteenth and Miner
streets last night caused the power
company's lines and those of the
fire alarm system to become en-
tangled. As result of this mixup
an alarm of fire was sounded about
midnight, The power was shut
off, the street lights extinguished
and the cause of the excitement
soon located.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-18

Hides and hogs are said to be down.
Somebody ought to tell the shoes and
the pork chops.