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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
CLARA HAMON ON
WITNESS STAND
Re-enacts Staying Scene in
Court But Cant Tell" How
Shot Was Fired
SAYS SHOOTING ACCIDENTAL
Pistol Discharged AS She Tried To
Unlock Door, Defendant Says
Did Not Intend To XIII, She In
sists Under Examination.

Ardmore Okla.-Clara Smith Ha
mon. on trial for the murder Of her
employer, Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma
oil man, on the witness stand re.
enacted the scene when she shot Ha.
mon, who. she swore, had beaten her
and cursed her, and at the moment OF
the shooting was threatening to
strike her with a chair. She main.
tanned. too under cross-examination
that she had not intended to kill Ha
mon
Both in her direct testimony and
on cross examination she maintained
she could not tell just how the pistol
was discharged. but that it was dis
charged as she was attempting to un
lock the door of her room to escape
Hamon, who she said was threatening
to strike her with a chair.
AT one point in her direct testimony
she illustrated to the jury the arrange
ment OF her room. and how her view
of Hamon was cut off for a moment
as she reached the door
AT the request of Attorney Genera
Freezing. who is directing the prose
cution. the defendant pointed the Dis
tol at him as she said she did at Ha
mon
Il might have pulled the trigger
she testified. but | don't remember
/ did not intend to shoot him, bu
my hand might have relaxed"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
NEGRO is LYNCHED
BY KENTUCKY MOB
Masked and Armed Men Attack
Jail After Jury Disagrees
in Murder Trial

Lexington, KY. - An armed and
masked mob of 40 men raided the Jail
at Versailles, seized Ford James. Ne
gro. alleged murderer, transported
him to the country and hanged him to
a tree. The body was found and cut
down by persons who had been
aroused by shouts of the mob as the
members sped through the town
street with the prisoner
The mob arrived in Versailles in
motor cars with license tags missing
and lights Off Members Of the gang
scattered over the town to order peo
pie off the streets. Jailer John Edger
was called out on pretense of receiv
ing a prisoner, held up and relieved
OF his keys.
Mob leaders went to James cell
where the doomed man was found un
der mattress. Fighting desperately
James was dragged out and stunned
by the blow of a club on his head. He
was then taken to an automobile in
which he was hauled to the scene OF
the lynching, a mile away
James was one of a trio charged
with killing Homer Nave and Benja
fin Rogers, white men, while whisky
thieves were trying to raid the Mid
way. Ky, distillery last October The
three defendants were in the robbel
gang and Rogers and Nave were
among the guards James was tried
for murder, but the jury disagreed
and was discharged.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Devil Fish Tows Boats 40 Miles.

Palm Beach-Florenz Ziegfeld. Jr..
and J. Leonard Replogle battled for
eight hours with a giant ray or devil
fish that towed two boats 40 miles
from Palm Beach and IL miles to sea
and then escaped when the cables
broke Occupants OF both boats
threw harpoons into the big fish which
Immediately sped away to sea. Army
rife bullets we're fired into its body.
but the fish did not slacken speed. At
nightfall the cables to the harpoons
parted and the fish escaped. Air.
planes watched the struggle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
u. S. SENDS new
NOTE TO PANAMA
Hughes Offers Basis of Negotia-
zion Believed Acceptable
TO Both Sides

Washington-A new basis of nego-
tiation. believed by officials of the
state department to be acceptable to
.lement of their boundary dispute.
was outlined in a note dispatched to
Panama
Replying to Panama's vigorous pro-
:est against Secretary of State
Hughes announcement that the ar
bitral award OF Chief Justice White
must be put into effect in its entirety.
the latest communication, while ad-
herring to the previous declaration re-
garding the Pacific end of the boun-
dairy opens the door to amicable set
tlement by agreeing to further discuss
the Atlantic end.
The note is considered by diplomats
here to have dealt a death blow to
any possibility that the League o.
Nations might be called on to act in
the question by citing provisions of q
treaty drawn in 1915 whereby Panama
and Costa Rica agreed to submit dis
putes to the United States as media
tor This treaty. signed by the three
powers, was negotiated by William
Jennings Bryan. then secretary of
state as means of safeguarding
American interests in Panama.
The new note was interpreted as
meaning re-definition of the northern
boundary line would be favored by
the United States.
Dispatches at the Panaman lega.
tion indicated that complete tranquil.
ity had been restored in the disputed
territories. Latest advices reported
the repatriation OF several hundred
prisoners captured by Panaman
forces as well as more than 40 wound
ed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
FOG SHIELDS sLAYERs
Church Organist clubbed and Strang-
led Near Home, rs People Pass.

Church Organist Clubbed and Strang-
led Near Home, as People Pass.
New York.-With her skull fractur-
ed and the finger prints of her slayer
showing on her throat. the mutilated
body of Mrs Edith Wilson. pretty
young church organist, was found in
a clump of lilac bushes in a muddy
yard two doors from her own home in
Perth Amboy, n One arrest has
been made, but the police refuse to
reveal the mans name or any other
details concerning him.
The young woman fought desperate
ly to save her life In several places.
many feet from where the broken
body was discovered by searchers
with dogs. impressions in the mud
showed she had been flung TO the
ground only to rise again and again to
renew her attempts to beat off the as
sailant
The terrible struggle was hidden by
a thick blanket of fog That no one
passing on the street a few yards
away heard screams is attributed TO
the fact that the stranger choked his
victim speeChless
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
BANDITS BLAMED FOR FIRE
West Middesex Pennsylvania Depo
Is Destroyed With $4,000 Loss

West Middlesex - The passenger
and freight station of the Pennsyl
vania railroad here was destroyed BY
fire declared to be OF incendiary
origin following what railroad officials
said was safe-cracking in the station
The damage by fire is estimated al
$4,000, but the exact loot obtained
from the safe, from which the com.
bination had been knocked. will not
be known until the strong box. now
in the ruins, is opened
The blaze was discovered by severa
workmen at the Ella furnace. one OF
the large Independents of the valley
They summoned firemen. but the fire
had too much OF start. and by the
time water was turned on the huge
frame structure. holding both the pas
senger and freight railroad offices. il
was mass of flames Considerable
freight stored in one section of the
structure was destroyed. The only
thing left standing of the station is a
5O-foot brick chimney
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Wild Parsnlps Kill rwo Bows

Tiffin. O.-Two boys, inmates of an
orphans home here are dead and two
others are in a serious condition from
poisoning said to have resulted from
eating wild parsnips. The dead are
Willard Perry. aged IA. of Tyrone
Pa. and Ernest Holmes. aged 10, of
Fulton Ky. OF the two others who
became i'll from eating the parsnips.
Earl Presley. aged 10 Knoxville
Tenn. is not expected to live. Ply.
sicians say Floyd Myers, aged II. OF
Fulton, Ky, will recover
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
"kina Of Hoboesy spons Record

Altoona. Bill" Jackson Of Doug
lass, Ariz., who claims to be the
hobo king and declares that he has
worked only two days in his life. ia
breaking the record The hobo Ling"
was arrested for trespassing on the
Pennsylvania Railroad and sent up for
20 days. Ablebodied prisoners are
made to earn their keep. and Jackson
was assigned to digging bitches at tho
county home with a dozen others. He
doesn't like the job. but he's swinging
the pick with the other prisoners jpnt
the same
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
FIREMEN HELD ON
CHARGE OF ARSON
No Fires, SO They Started
BlazeS to Get Practice in
Extinguishing Them
TEN OCCUR IN FEW WEEKS
Columbia, Pa, Youthful Flame Fight.
ers Wanted Chance to Win Town
Bellies Admiration for Bra
very, They Tell Police.

Lancaster, Pa. - Eight boys. from
10 to % years old. members of the
vigilance fire department of Colum.
bla. Pa, awakened to the realiza.
ton that their over-zealous services
TO the community were no longer in
demand
They are held in custody by the
state police upon charges OF arson
and suffering for the first time the
shock of recrimination for a record
unparalleled by any volunteer fire de.
partment in the state.
The eight young men confessed to
Captain Mclaughlin OF Lancaster
troop state constabulary, that they
were responsible for 10 fires "of un-
known origin" during the past few
weeks.
These 20 they admitted having
started. 1t is not known how many
others they were responsible for
starting which they assisted in put.
ing out
According to the confession OF the
youthful hrefghters. they regarded
the pastime of extinguishing fires a
Joke and gloated in the town over
their record. Especially was this
viewed with awe and admiration by
the fair sex. who Wed for the atten.
tion OF the brave fremen." 1t was
learned
The young men were especially
anxious to achieve something big in
the town and used this means to com
mand attention and elicit praise. ac
cording to reports received by the
state police
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Five Perish In Pullman Flr,

Pueblo Colo. Five persons were
burned to death when a rear Pullman
car on the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad caught fire between Pueblo
and Walsenburg The origin OF the
Gre was undetermined. Seven per.
sons we're asleep in the car when Il
caught FIRE, two OF them escaped by
jumping from the windows and were
slightly injured. The car was de.
stroyed Il was with great difficulty
the bodies were removed from the
wreckage when the train came to a
stop
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
MILITARY CADET ENDS LIFE
Many of His Class Mates See YOUNG
Man Shoot. Then Fall.


West Point. n. Y.-Before the eyes
of scores of cadets, James L. Baum.
Jr. Of Pittsburgh, second.year
classman at the United States mini
tary academy, fred a shot through
his head here, dying a few hours
later
II was reported that Baum was
despondent because Of his scholastic
standing He had written letters to
several friends which showed that
he was I'm low spirits
He shot himself while walking
across the drill ground on his way
10 class formation Cadets near hy
jumped toward him, in an effort to
knock the revolver from his hand.
but were too late As the shot rang
out. classmen turned to see the
cause and saw Baum falling. Baum
was rushed % the hospital. and class
exercises went on as usual
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
WOMAN is FOUND
SLAIN IN Home
Youth, Returning From Work,
Discovers Mother With
Throat Cut
ROBBERY BELIEVED MOTIVE
House Situated In Lonely Spot Near
RaiIroad-Tramps Suspected-Aeed
Woman Struggles Hard To Pre-
vent murderers Entering Home.

Ellwood City. Pa.-With her throat
slashed as if by a butcher knife. the
body of Mrs Emma jackson. aged 70,
was found lying across a bed in her
home at Rock Point, two miles west
OF here. by her son. William f. Jack
son. when he returned from work.
The woman had been alone in her
home during the day. and. il is believ-
ed. tramps entered and murdered her
in their attempt to rob the house.
That Mrs Jackson had made an at
tempt to prevent entrance into the
house by the murderer or murderers
is indicated by the fact that one lens
OF her spectacles was found at the
kitchen door on the first floor and the
rest OF the glasses at the door in the
bedroom where the body was found.
Police believe the aged woman tried
to hold the kitchen door shut. and
that when she saw she could not do
this. she ran to the second floor.
where she tried TO prevent entrance
into the bedroom
William Jackson and his sister
Miss Achra Jackson. left home for
Ellwood City. where both are en-
ployed Miss Jackson being a school
teacher here William was the first
to reach home. and, not finding his
mother on the lower floor preparing
dinner, he searched the house, finding
the body in the bedroom.
The Jackson home is situated in q
secluded spot near the railroad There
has been much complaint recently
from persons living in the district of
tramps going TO homes in the vicinity
and insisting on being given some
thing to eat
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Man and Wife Die In Fire.

Caldwell. n. Three persons were
burned to death in a fire which de.
stroyed the home of Warren Bott
The charred bodies of Bott. his wife
and a newborn infant. were found in
the cellar A three-yearold girl was
found IN the yard The first floor had
fallen il is supposed that Bott car.
ried out the older child, and then
rushed back to get his wife and the
other child when the floor fell.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
RAIL WORKERS REJECT CUT
unskiIIed Men on New York Central
First To Act Officially.

New York. - Railroad workers in
the east have decided to reject all
proposals of wage reductions and car.
ry their fight to the Railroad Labor
Board IL the cuts are put into effect
Representatives of the workers.
who have been holding conferences
here, have decided upon this course
There is little danger of any cessa.
ton Of work should the railroads put
the reductions in force, union officials
said, as the employees will appeal to
the Railroad Labor Board at Chicago
and abide by its decision.
The position of the workers was Of
fcially made clear when representa-
tiees of the unskilled men notified the
management of the New York Central
Railway that they fiatlS refused to
consider proposed wage( cuts from
171a to 81 per cent
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Tax -Four Cents; Pays rnstaIImont.

Augusta. Ga-A taxpayer whose to-
tai tax is four cents and who insisted
on his right to pay in four Install
ments. and who bought a one-cent
money order for which he paid three
cents, was revealed here. The tax
payer. tall, lank farmer, who gave
his address as Lincoln county, but
whose name was not divulged. per
sonally submitted his return to the
deputy collector of internal revenue.
using the one-cent money order to
pay the first installment
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Firs pestrons Army RarraoLs

Camp Merritt, N six wooden
barracks wete destroyed on the
Army reservation here by fire
which broke cut simultaneously i'm
all six buildings and was apparently
OF incendiary origin Thirty other
buildings were damaged the total
loss being estimated al 100000 No
soldiers have been stationed in the
camp for some time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
MutiIated eodv Found !, e,oL

Belton Tex The headless and
legless body OF a young woman.
nude. and lied securely I'm a sack.
is at the morgue here and search
is being made by posses for the
slayer Fishermen who found the
body in Little river are dragging the
river in an effort to retrieve the
head and legs Both legs had been
removed from the body apparently
with a saw. The white, soft hands
inclined Officers TO believe that tho
wOmtn was very refined and unused
70 D. -. vyorh
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Gotham Votes paxllaht Law.

New York The Board of Aldermen
unanimously adopted an amendment
to city ordinance providing that day
light saving begin here the last Sun
day i'm April and end the last Sunday
i'm September The measure. cutting
two months off the daylight saving pc
riod I'm effect last year. now goes &c
Mayor Hylan
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Four Americans Reported Slain.

Mexico City-Four sailors. said to
be Americans. were killed I'm Tampico.
according to newspaper dispatches re-
ceived here The men. who were part
of the crew Of the Norwegian ship Sa-
zon, were attacked as they were
boarding a launch By FIVE masked
men in another launch, the press dis
naichns saw
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
sIeepLna sickness Germ Found.

Stockholm. DIR Killing. head of the
state archaeological laboratory. is re-
ported to have discovered the microbe
Of sleeping sickness" and TO have
established that the disease is infec-
tious. Dr. King innoculated rab-
bits with brain matter from persons
who died of the disease.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24

Wellsburg w. Va Wilbur Jenrieq
the last of the quartet placed on trial
here for the Staying of Stephen Goal
chek. Pittsburgh wire frame manufac
turer whose body was found i'm the
river some time ago. pleaded guilty
and was sentenced TO life imprison
ment in Moundsville penitentiary.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Man Killed in Jump From eridae.

New York.-An unknown man was
instantly killed when he leaped 100
feet from Brooklyn bridge into East
river He went through the air with
outstretched arms passing lighter
crossed the spot where he hit the
water and when the body. apparently
that of an italian about so years old.
came to the surface it was towed to
shore
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Proposal to Throw Kaiser Overheard

'NPo0"' 70 l'IoW Kaiser Overheard
Berlin Tossing the former kaiser
overheard as a Jonah was openly pro
posed in the Reichstag by Deputy
Bernstein He recommended that
Germany recognize the kaiser's guilt
in the hope that "the world will give
as lighter terms" The proposal met
with loud denunciation from the pan
Germans who created a great disturb.
ance in the Reichstag chamber The
anti-kaiser deputy also proposed that
when the war lord had been disposed
Of international labor should be given
voice in revising the peace treaty.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Burn Vault witb Acetylene Torch.

Warren, o Robbers entered the
West Pennington bank. 12 miles from
here. burned into the vault with an
acetylcne torch and set off the burg
lar alarm. A dozen armed men re-
sponded to the alarm but were un-
able TO prevent the robbers escape
on a hand car taken from nearby
railroad ganE
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Death Stops Man Oiaging own Grave.

HazIetou, Pa Death from oaraly-
tic stroke prevented Frank BarteriIf
from completing the digging of his
own grave. Friends said he often ex-
pressed fear he would Not live much
longer and two days before he died
he began digging his grave in the Pre-
cious Blood cemetery He was "a
years old and came here 33 years ago
from Buenos Aires. Argentina.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
SOVIET DRIVEN FROM POWER
Near East Relief Notified counter-Re-
volt Against Reds Successful.

New York. -A a successful counter
revolution has occurred in Armenia.
and Bolshevist invaders have been
driven from power, said messages re-
ceived here by the Near East Relief.
The cables added that a new govern
ment had been set up in Erivan and
now controlled a wide area of the
country.
The Bolshevist army surrendered
and its officers were at once placed
under guard, said one message. The
cable added that the jails were at
once cleared of prisoners incarcerated
by the Bolshevist authorities and a
new ministry formed
Few eXcesses were committed"
the cablegram read but the country
is in an Impoverished condition with
urgent need for food and clothing.
Relief continuing" -.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
n.w Yorker Honorad Ru klnn

Bome.-Kng Victor Emmanuel has
conferred the decoration OF grand
officer of the crown Of Italy on Con
rad Wlldhage1 OF New York, In rec
ognition OF his services during the
war
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Refuse To Recognize U. S. consul.

Triest - Wilbur Keblinger the
American consul to Fiume. left that
city for Triest to await instructions
from the state department at Wash
ington. after having been refused rec
ognition by the Fiume government.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
Man Plunaes Ten Floora 10 n.a.b

Chicago I'm view of hundreds OF
pedestrians. George j. Kuebler pres
ident OF the International Fire Insur-
ance Company. either jumped or fell
to- the sidewalk from his Office on the
tenth floor OF am Office building A
mall pistol with one chamber dis
charged was found in the room
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
-Four Kired DIsmantlino Hs,osr.

Berlin. Four workmen were killed
and IS injured when Zeppelin han.
gar collapsed at Jueteborg while be
ing destroyed in pursuance with the
peace treaty terms
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-03-24
West Virginia
N e w S Briefs
I. Most Important events n
OF entire state covered
IL by our correspondents ~

HarveytOwn.-At Il mass meeting
citizens voted to ask annexation to
Huntington.
Fairmont.-The home of H. c. Law
ber was burglarized of about 800
worth of jewels.
West Union.-BurgarS who entered
the B. and o. station here secured only
Il small amount of loot
HuntingtOn.-The cost of running
the city government in January was
S39,663, a report shows.
Clarksburg.-Phinip King, II. was
severely cut and bruised when struck
by Weston street car.
Fairmont.-Victor Holt accidentally
shot himself in the head while hunting.
He is seriously wounded
Martinsburg.-Eld Conrad cut off
a finger while playing with an axe at
his home near Great Cacapon.
West Union.-EX-Sherifr Sam Ford.
Of Doddridge county, dropped dead
while blowing on his farm near here
MartinSburg.-Th chamber of COM
merce has come out in opposition to
the proposed domestic relations court
Paden City-Delert Snider. ~, was
held up by highwaymen, who beat him
numerically and robbed him of 800.
Clarksburg.-The chamber of com
merce has issued the first copy of its
new monthly bulletin, THE Open
Forum"
Fairmont.-Harrison w. Smith, of
this city, left for ParKersburg, where
ne takes over the infringement Of the
Daily News.
GraSselli.-The Grasseli Chemical
Co. is buying houses which it will rent
to employees, in AN effort TO solve the
housing problem.
Clarksburg.-NIichael Abrubbine, >.
died from burns received when his
clothing caught fire from matches with
which he was playing.
HuntingtOn.-Another 200 men were
laid off at the c. and o. shops. Thus
far 800 men have fallen under the
knife of retrenchment
Grafton.-The b. & O. is trying out
a fast freight service between here and
will be made permanent.
Fairmont.-James Fowler, IS. sus-
tanned a broken back when tree
which ne was telling, toppled over,
striking him across the back
Huntington.-Mrs Carolina RurLer.
60, was struck by a switch engine in
the yards here. Several bones were
broken and she probably Will die.
Huntington.-E. H. SHAW telephone
company employe, was injured when
sewer gas exploded in man hole
where he was working ON line.
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