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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
DEATH AND RUIN
FOLLOW BLASTS
Explosion in Gasoline Tank
Wrecks Plant of CoIyar-
Reese Oil Company

Memphis. Tenn.-Ten Negroes were
killed. score injured, some probably
fatally. and property damage estimat-
ed at 100000 was caused by an ex-
plosion OF gasoline in a tank car at
the plant of the Colyar Reese Com
pany The blast wrecked a part of
the oil plant, leveled a block of frame
dwellings, and shook the entire north
end of the city. OF the injured two
are white persons-L. G. Scott super
intendent of the plant, and l.. c. VIII
der truck superintendent. Both were
badly burned, but physicians said
they would recover
COlyar Reese, president of the oil
company, attributed the explosion to
spontaneous combustion by the vapor
escaping from the tank car when the
metallic cap was removed preparatory
to unloading the car, coming in con-
tact with the atmosphere. The force
OF the explosion splintered a row OF
frame tenement houses. The occu-
pants were blown to the street or
caught under the falling timbers.
Andrew Mckinley. the Negro who
removed the dome from the tank car
when the explosion occurred was
hurled several hundred feet. He was
badly burned and died later. McKin-
ley was quoted as saying that when
ne removed the cap, gas rose to a
height of 20 feet and formed a pail
of black smoke which ignited and ex-
ploded. Almost simultaneously pools
of oil on the ground caught fire and
a second explosion occurred.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
FIRE RAZES CITY
property Damage In Athens. Ga,
Reaches the Sum of $4,000 600

Property Damage In Athens. Ca.
Reaches the Sum of $4,000 600.
Athens, Ga.-A large part of Ath-
ens's downtown business district is a
mas of smouldering ruins and it is
estimated that the fire which swept
clean three entire city blocks and
damaged adjoining buildings had de-
stroyed property valued at at least s4.-
100000. No loss of life was reported.
Hundreds of persons struggled to
save their property from buildings
threatened by the flames and the
streets adjoining the fire area were
soon jammed with wagons. trucks and
even wheelbarrows loaded with mer-
chandise and furniture taken from
stores and Offices
Adding to the confusion and difficult
ties was a weakened water pressure
at the fire plugs, but this situation
was overcome when additional facili-
ties at the reservoir were brought into
use.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
TEST ALL ALIENS
BEFORE SAILING
Flood OF Immigrants impending,
U. S. Chief, Back from Tour.
Tells Probers
FEEL THEMSELVES INVITED
Great Masses of People Left Their
Homes and Suffered Great Hard.
ships and Suffering to Reach
Ports of Embarkation.

Washington. - Secretary of Labor
Wilson'S suggestion that the admissi.
bility of immigrants to the United
states be considered at the source SC
as TO avoid the tragedy of aliens
breaking up their homes and coming
to America, only to be excluded has
met with the instant approval of Eu.
ropean governments and American
diplomatic and consular officers over.
seas, Anthony Caminetti. commission.
er general of immigration. declared
before the Senate immigration com.
mittee.
Mr.. Caminetti described his recent
TRIP through Europe to obtain first
hand information as to the immigra.
tion problem and told OF the very ex.
tenslve preparations being made by
steamship lines. foreign governments
and various organizations for hand.
ling the expected flood of immigrants
bound for the United States.
incidentally, Mr.. Caminetti said
there was general impression among
the peoples of Europe that the Amer
lean government, through various or
ganlzations operating to assist immi
grants on their way to this country
was inviting aliens to come here. He
declared this was not the intention OF
the organizers, nor has it at any time
been their purpose. but the effect is
as stated and great masses of people
left their homes last fall and this win
ter enduring hardships and suffering
to reach ports OF embarkation."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
CLEVELAND ARMoRY WRECKED
Three Firemen Are Overcome AS
Roof Of Building Fails.

ROoT OF Building FAILS.
Cleveland.-Te thousand rounds
of rife ammunition stored in the
basement of the Cleveland Gray's
armory exploded when flames swept
through the structure. Three fire
men We're overcome in the sunocat.
ing smoke that rolled through the
big auditorium and were rescued BY
their comrades just as the roof fell
in. The loss is estimated AT $500
900, OF which S50,0OO was in govern
mcnt paraphernalia
The fire destroyed everything but
the walls in the rear OF The historic
old structure, which has housed
everything from prize fights to ma
tional conventions.
The records OF the famous Cleve-
land Grays We're saved The cause
OF the fire is unknown
The firemen were driven back
twice by the explosion OF thousands
NJ rife cartridges.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
MASKED MEN STORM JAIL
North Carolina Mob Lynches Two Me-
gro Prisoners.

North Carolina Mob Lynches Two Ne
gro Prisoners.
Norlina. n. C.-Alfred Williams and
Plummer Bullock. two Negroes. we're
taken from the Warren county Jail at
Warreuton by a masked mob OF $50
and shot to death No effort was
made to modest the other 1I Negroes
who were confined in the Jail i'm con-
ncction with q race clash here. which
was the result of increasing ilI feeling
between members of the two races.
having had IT'S origin jim q quarrel over
a trade involving some apples.
Bulloct was said to have been the
instirator and Williams one of the
leaders of the Negroes fn the clash.
iu which four white men and two Ne
gr0es were wounded
THE two Eorocs were taken into
the woods about mile outside of
town and their bodies fddIed with
bullets
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
GERMANY TO PAY
$4,000, 100000
Annual Payments for 42 Years
and Heavy Tax on Teuton
Exports
ALLIES FIX SLIDING SCALE
Yearly lnstallment TWO to Six Billion
Marks-Agreement by Committee
Of Experts Averts Break Be-
tween Members of Council.

Parls.-A solution of the problem OF
German reparations has been reached
by the committee of experts appointed
by the allied supreme council
The scheme provides for the pay
ment of annuities on a sliding scale
OF from two billion to six billion gold
marks over period of probably AZ
years and also 121s per cent tax on
German exports, so that her creditors
will be paid according to Germany's
increasing prosperity.
The annuities, exclusive of the ex-
port tax, would amount to approx
mateiy two hundred and sixty-nine
billion gold marks (normally about
S67. 900, ,00O.OOO)
The sudden ironing out of differ.
ences came after a continually widen
ing breach that threatened to break
up the conference, it being virtually
expended except for private confer
ences. Official French circles give the
Belgian delegation credit for the sue
cess in reconciling the British and
French viewpoints.
The project will be submitted to
Germany for acceptance as an agree
ment outside of Article 233 OF the
peace treaty, which entrusts the repa-
rations commission with the task OF
liking the amount of the indemnity.
Then another conference will be called
10 which the Germans will be invited.
The committee of experts consider.
ed the question of shortening the pc
riod of the payments to 80 years. for
which the treaty of Versailles speci-
hcally provides. 1t is expected how
ever. that the period of AZ years final
ly will be adopted. as the whole agree
mont IS outside the treaty and the
longer period of payments will make
the task easier for Germany.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
MAN BURNS TO DEATH
Woman Jumps From Third Story Win
doW-FiVe Are Injured

Woman Jumps From Third Story Win
dow-FiVe Are Injured.
Chicago.-A bedridden man was
burned to death, five persons were in
jured, and dozen others were res
cued, when fire attacked boarding
house in the North Side residential
quarter
Albion Bryant. 2S years Old nephew
Of the owner of the house. was too
weak from illness to escape. Miss
Katherine Beck. 80 years old iumped
from third-story window and was
severely hurt The other victims were
Alex Mayer his wife and two babies.
10 months and one month old.
A burning timber from the roof
struck Mayer on the head. and he col
lapsed over the sill. the child falling
from his arms The other child
dropped to neighbors below. when Mrs
Mayer was unable to sustain her bur
den, slipped through waiting hands TO
the pavement The parents were res
cued by fremen who erected ladders.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
ATTEMPT TO
KIDNAP BERGDOLL
Draft D DOdgeT Found in Germany
Knocks Pistol Aside and
FieeS in Brides Car
$50, ,OOO REWARD is OFFERED
Stacker oVertaken At Station BY
Americans Aided BY Band of Ger
mans Who Open Fire AS He
Sscapes-Guest Wounded

Berlin. - sensational attempt to
kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
and forcibly to bring him within
American jurisdiction was made by
Americans. aided by several hired
Germans, in the little town of Ebers.
bach. near Heidelberg. The attempt
failed.
Bergdoll has been living for some
time with another alleged deserter or
draft evader. whose name is variously
given as Steger or Stecher Both men
were invited to wedding and Berg
doll went to the railway station with
the bride and bridegroom to meet
other guests who were to arrive from
nearby cities by train.
While the bridal pair were on the
station platform. Bergdoll remained
at the automobile in front of the sta
tion. Suddenly second automobile
dashed up and stopped alongside the
wedding motor
number of men alighted from the
second motor just as the bridal pair
were coming out of the station and
getting into their own car. One OF
the Americans stepped up to Bergdoll
and pointing a revolver at him, said
Halt or you die"
Bergdoll, it is said, threw up the
revolver with his arm, and jumped in
the bridal car, which Immediately
dashed away
The American, it is alleged, then
began shooting at the moving car and
one of the Wedding marty was wound
ed in the hand
1t is said here the attempt was in
stigated by private parties in Amer
lea who offered 100000 for the cap
ture of Bergdoll and Stecher.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
Mob Takes Man From officers.

Memphis, Tenn Henry Lowry.
Negro. charged with the killing of O.
T. Craig, a planter. and Crafg's
daughter, Mrs c. O williamson. at
their home near Wilson. Ark. was
taken from OFFICERS at Sardia. Miss
by a mob which took him away in
an automobile. A telephone report
said Lowry was taken from a north.
bound Illinois Central train. aboard
which he was being returned to Ar
kansas from FL Paso, Tex. where he
was captured last week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

H"" YORK immigration officials
Inspecting .ho steamship Dante Ale.
Fh'rri from Genoa found The young
'si si'"a"ay who ever has entered
this port She was Nina Lombardo.
b years old Smiling and happy. the
girl was taken with the other steeraee
passengers "a Ellis Island. How Nina
existed during the long voyage is TN
known but She appeared healthy and
we'll fed The child brought n letter
addressed TO an uncle. Michael LON
bardi OF New York. who may get Gus.
tody Of her after furnishing bond.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
Gets Bill Due 40 Years

Cniontown, Pa. -T. Robb Deyar.
mon, real estate dealer of Dawson,
near here, who formerly conducted a
drug store at Dawson, received "a let.
ter from Salem, Ohio. which read
some 40 or more years ago 1 bought
some medicine from you the price of
which was S1.75, which [ did not paw
Enclosed find 50, which [ think will
cover the principal and interest" Mr.
Deyarmon said that he did not remem.
Der the sale, but he mailed a receipt
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
Man Goes over Niaoara F5us

Niagara Falls. n Y.-An unidenti-
ned man is reported to have jumped
into the river above tho falls and was
swept to death over the American
brink. The man talked to reserva.
tion officer S w. Rhodes. just a few
minutes before he made the leap He
told Rhodes he was from Cleveland
Ohio and that he had come to the
park to take a farewell look before
leaving for Cleveland. Rhodes he.
leving the man was an right. turned
ana left him He heard a shout and
i''rned back to see the man leap.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Come. avIIn Postal ir.r,,t,.,.
are expected here t9 investigate fba
H"'ns oI 'n empty mail sack along
tne Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks hy three boys The bag had
been cut open with q knife. the lock
ttili being intact Am letter. had boop
removed Many of them. opened
were found iu an alley here later Ac.
cording to post office authorities the
sack contained mail shipped from
Clarksburg w Va To- Pittsburgb
So far as is known. no registered Iot
.ers were among the list
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
BURGLAR DRUGS FAMILY
Escapes After Running Gun Fiqht
With Officers.

with OHlceTS.
Washington, Pa.-Three burglaries.
in one OF which a sleep-producing
drug is believed TO have been used.
and the escape of a wanted gunman
and highwayman. were reported by
the Washington police. The alleged
bandit made his escape in a running
gun fight in which he was chased
over the hills OF Canton township. f.
nally eluding officers and buying a
ticket at Arden for Woodville
At one home the burglars are said
TO have drugged members of the fam.
ily. who did not rouse until Q o'clock.
All felt ill for the remainder of the
day. Two dresses and small sum of
money and other articles were taken.
Ransacking the lower floor of another
home. burglars procured $25 while at
the third nothing of value was taken.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
Saves Baby with SIS

Chicago Told that She had no
money two automobile bandits
snatchcd a baby from a mothers arms
and started to fec with it. Their kid.
naping exploit was abandoned only
when the frantic woman gave up SIS
which hn had concealed rom the
robbers
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Franklin W Va-Tbe Gour mill Of
j. Mallow. ON the South Erancb
three miles north of here. was de-
stroyed bv fire. along with f- con
tents including quantity of wheat
corn rye aad -four The DAMAGE f.
estimated 80 500 600
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
Hanaa VIE 10 nas le.

New Rosario Compcrata has
his own little way of reproving his
wife when he finds the spaghetti
cold He doesn't hH her with his
fists or trap just hang her TO
q gas jet He's in the cooler for
five days
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Tampa Fla Thr aau... ~ tr.
Union station main Office .r ... tr..-
gan railway Expire Company was
era up hY two mon WHO n.rar.f with
sI37oo IH cash and two package of
'ereaandiro The mar G.I with n
derato in am automobile.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03
n E w S
CULLINGS
- FROM -
WEST VIRGINIA

initiated 81 members at a big jubilee.
ClarkSburg.- Deem. u. had
a leg broken when struck by a motor
car.
Sutton.-The Hope Natural Gas
Company is TO drill two new wells at
Salt Lick.
Clarksburg. c. Wilt was for
mally installed as president of the XII
wants Club
Sistersville.-Dye Guyton was elect
ed commander of the local American
Legion Post
Morgantown.-D. Summer Stewart
was slugged and robbed of $500 by
masked man.
Bluefield.-Charies Massie wounded
in the leg, charges his wife shot him
in domestic brawl.
Fairmont-The local Y. NJ. c. A.
basket ball defeated the Clarksburg
ColleSlanS Us TO Is.
Sistersville-The Reno Oil Com
pany drilled in 25-barrel well on the
Talbot farm near here.
Observation-Disclosures of the Petro-
leum Exploration Company voted a 30
! per cent dividend at a meeting here.
Bluefeld.-Mrs. Mamie Kilmer was
fined $50 for stealing linen at a hotel
! where she was employed as a maid
st. Albans.-IIarry +. Miller was
arrested for operating moonshine
still almost in the shadow of the city
hall.
Clarksburg.-Wagon mines in the
! district were severely hit when coal
prices touched the lowest price in
years.
Princeton.-A laboratory test Of
Princeton drinking water, made in
Charleston, shows the water to be
pure
St Albans-Escaping gas caused
an explosion, which burned two build
ings in Vaudeville. The loss was
$4,000
was shot to death when ne returned
to his home and surprised a burglar
at work
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Charleston.-Spceders are having a
lot of trouble these days with the pO-
lice department, for the police have
started out to round them up, one and
all. This is the result of orders from
Mayor Hall and Chief Charmock Of
the police department, that strict
watch be kept for speeders and that
the city ordinance against same be en-.
forced to the letter. More than the
usual arrest OF these offenders have
been made by the police during the
past few days, and the orders of the
mayor and chief Of police have been
issued TO suppress this dangerous
pastiInc.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Fairmont - The portable school
building to be added to the high school
here has arrived and is under CON
StruCtion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Charleston.-Last year AZ West Vir.
ginia farmers entered a farm egg-lay.
ing contest They were not the own.
ers Of "sure-enough' poultry farms.
but just the owners Of average farms
whore general farming is the rule.
These farmers demonstrated" to all
poultry flock owners that there is mon
ey In raising chickens under the usual
conditions and reasonable care. As
interest on investment and returns for
labor, these farms received $4,000
during the year, after paying for feed.
When it is considered that these farms
did not average 100 hens, the size OF
these returns becomes more impress.
7.yc. Many general farms i'm the
Mountain state do not make cash
return each year as large as did the
poultry Hocks alone
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Charieston.-F. LOry & Sons have
brought suit in Kanawha circuit court
against the Thos. Hall Lumber Com
pany for the recovery of $1,000 dam
ages for materials alleged to have
been supplied the defendant company.
In the same court the Woodrum Home
Quitting Company brought n similar
suit against w. ). Berry, on a claim
for S2,54907 debt and like amount
Of damages for recovery on goods fur
nished the defendant.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Mor-autowu Iha University at
Nor artoan ore off the biggest
financial u ,He city Of Nor
eaut)Un Do- for fho yearly CON
tr.but'ou hy tne school to MORGAN
towns business is ..u excess of 1000.
900 The payroll of West Virginia
University for the month of October.
1920, was Approximately $4,000. and
th's IS good average for the greater
part of the year While this includes
the salaTies OF the county agents. thc
large part Of this payroll is spent di
rectly in Morgsutown and surrounding
community.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Ripley Judge Warren Miller. for.
merly n member of the supreme court
Of West Virginia, died suddenly at his
home here. Judge Miller had been
prominent for many years In state 20
liticol and judicial life lie was 70
years old.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Jayenne.-Tradic delay and damage
10 q bridge We're occasioned when r.
and o. freight car was derailed on the
bridge here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

talrmont ~ The portable school
building to be added to the high school
here has arrived and is under CON
StruCtion
Jayenne.-Tradic delay and damage
10 bridge were occaSioned when r.
and O. freight car was derailed on the
bridge here
Huntinston.-Four acres of ground
have been optioncd by persons inter
eSted in the erection here of a big ath-
letic stadium and bowl.
Bluefeld-T VI. Penlard, truck
driver. had a leg broken. when a quar-
ter of beef ne was unloading from a
freight car fell ON him.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Garwood, aged
s, recently struck and seriously in
jured by an automobile, will recover,
her physicians now believe.
Wheeling first sign of the
break in the present industrial depres-
sion came in the announcement thac
twelve out of 24 mills of the YorkyilIs
plant of the Wheeling Steel corpora
ton will resume. 1t is said that hopes
are entertained for a continuous run
although officials of the company de-
clined to comment on the outlook for
the immediate future
CharleSton.-If dreams come true,
and they sometimes do, according To
Rev. w. 4. Snow, of ClarkSburg and
general secretary of the West Virginia
State Sunday-school who is in the city
meeting with the five year program
committee of that organization, there
will be a half million dollar building
erected by the Sunday-school organiza-
ton somewhere in the state, probably
in Charleston.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Huntington. -B.oodh0mIs belonging
10 the police department Bera when
loaned to Kentucky authorities ram
down burglars from "cold uau' and
they were captured with 5000 zoo loot
from ,nc Kentucky Gem Mining Com.
pouy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Huntington.-Four acres of ground
have been optioncd by persons inter
eSted in the erection here of big ath-
letic stadium and bowl.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-03

Bluefeld.-T NJ Penlard, truck
driver. had leg broken, when quar-
ter Of beef he was unloading from d
freight car fell on him.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-10-27
that DULL ACHING

Don't worry and complain about
bad back. Get rid of 1t! For weak
kidneys, lame and achy backs, your
neighbors, recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills. Ask your neighbor! Read this
statement:
Mrs. David Lesoine. 1405 18th ST.,
Anacortes, Wash, says: About
year ago l suffered from backache
and kidney trouble. A heavy, dull
pain in the small of my back made
me feel miserable and mornings l
hated to get out of bed on account
of the lame back My kidneys didn't
act right and caused much annoy
ance. / was tired and weary and
lacked ambition. l also had pains IN
the top of my head that nearly drove
me crazy. / heard about Doan's Kid
ney Pills and one box drove the pain
out of my back and put my kidneys
To acting right. The headaches left
also and felt years younger"
coo at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-10-27
WISER LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Dillon who
have been living in the Nessen house
for the past two months have return
ed to Bellingham, so as to be nearer
Mr.. Dillon's work.
Mrs. Magnus Peterson and daugh-
ter Kathleen are spending several
days at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Coggins.
Miss Edna Andersen spent the
week end at the home of her parents.
Mrs. John Coggins is visiting
friends in Vancouver, B. c., for few
days this week.
hunting near Westminster last week.
Ted Coggins spent a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moltke and
son Edward, of Clipper, were callers
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Kearn,
Sunday other guests are Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Leber and little daugh-
ter. of Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Benjamin,
of Bellingham, and Mrs. Nessen and
family of Lynden were Sunday even
ing visitors at the ]. c. Andersen
home.
Mrs. Roy Alexander visited Mrs.
Milford Benjamin in Bellingham,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bailey returned
from Wenatchee last week and have
been visiting at Mrs. Bailey's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie McDaniels.
The Be-of-Service Club will meet
with Mrs. Phineas Bellingar, Nov.
3rd Let there be a good attendance,