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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
H0PELE SSLY AFFLICTED WITH CANCER OF
THE THROAT DR.. !. F. FOX KILLS SELF
BY INJECTING STRYCHNINE into VEINS
Had Been Fooled In Attempt To Secure His Revohcr-LoCkS
Himself In Room And Administers Fatal SoIuton-leaveS
viii Directing What Should Be Done With Body

Wnehoetef pike. III a nursery ven.
ture
That he contemplated ending il
all IS evidence by the fact that he
made his will Wednesday and this.
together with other private papers.
VAS left lying in a conspicuous
place ON chair by his bedside. lie
also had gone through all OF his
papers. as desk drawers we're etill
omen and newspapers had been plac.
I'd in the door Of his iron safe to
prevent II being locked
He loft Instructions in the will
,h1t in case OF death his body
should he prepared for burial by
Funeral Directors koeelschatz and
shipped to an undertaking firm at
New Philadelphia. Ohio. near where
his sister. Mrs. Lydia Stuckey. re
sides on Rural Route . He also
named the ministers whom he wish
ed to offieiate and directed what
should he done with his personal eff
fleets. not mentioning any real es.
tate or monies Ills sister is the
chief beneficiary, and Mrs c. j.
Smith, also of New Philadelphia, is
mentioned in the document. lie
wills that his books, medical and of
CO equipment. drugs. etc. he sold,
trinkcts divided, notes several small
amounts owed debtors. and asks
that A. y. Darby he appointed exc
Cuior The deceased even went TO
the extra pains or giving the com
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
MARINE STRIKE is
ON TO A FINISH
tsy International News servlee)

(By international News servlee,)
Washington. MAY The marins
strike is now d fight 10 a hnish,'
William S. Brown. head Of the ma
rine engineers, announced here 10.
day, after cancelling an appointment
With Secretary of Labor Davis at
which the secretary had planned IN
eoutinne his efforts to reach set
Element of the strike.
Brown announced that the con'
mittee Of marine workers, which
came here from New York several
days ago for the conferences, had
returned to New York and that he
did not believe there would be any
further conferences in an attempt to
settle the strike
The ship owners won't give in
said Brown why should We make
CONCESSIONS? We won't accept
wage reduction and we wont accept
the welfare plan or the Standard
Oil It is now IL fight To- finish
aud We will Tie up every ship on
he ocean before it's over"
secretary Davis stated that ha did
NOT know whether there would he
amy further conferences or not. He
relused 10 comment on the situs.
non.
The union representatives wers
eloseted With the Secretary OF La.
for half an hour The conference
thcn adjourned 10 meet again at z
b. IN Spokesman for the union
sad they had made no retractior
from lheif firm stand and that ths
uaiion VA Unchanged
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
PRICE 8 CENTS
BOWMAN GUILTY OF
MURDER IN FIRST
DEGREE SAYS JURY
Jury Out Forty Mlnutes-Prl-
soner Takes Verdict Calmly.

w \ Bowman, of this city, on
trial In Circuit court for two DAYS on
a chargc of having murdered w. A.
Murray on March Is by administer
ing stryehnine poisoning. was found
guilty of murder IN the first degree
Yesterday afternoon late by the
Jury, which recommended life Inn
prisonment as n punishment, and the
Court will follow the recommends
ton. Bowman took tho verdict
stodidly, maintaining the same bear.
ing which has chactcrzed his con.
duct ever since he's VAS first arrested.
Arguments occupied most of tho
afternoon yesterday. and the jury
did not get tho case until nearly Ave
O'Clock Il was in its room about
forty minutes, during which most OF
the unusually large crowd which has
followed the trial remained in tho
court room; and the room was paels-
ed when the verdict was brought in.
Bowman was taken back to Jail by
the deputies To await the arrival OF
a guard from the pcnitentiary to re-
move him.
Tho conviction of Bowman Is tina
second life sentence during this
term the other one being against
John Bowler who confessed to tho
murder Of Garfield II. Miller
Mrs. Murray's Trial Starts.
Tho case of the State VS.. Mrs
Murray was called by Judge Woods
for today, who explained that nndsr
the statute the motion 10 examine
tho defendant as to her sanity at the
time OF the alleged murder would no
matter for the jury 10 determine
in passing upon the trustworthines
Of the evidence OF the defendant
Tho account of the trial is printed
elsewhere in today's issue.
Sentenced This Morning.
Bowman was brought to court
again this morning and sentenced
by Judge Woods to life imprison.
mcnt In the penitentiary When ask
cd the customary question MS 10
whether he knew of any reason why
he should not be sentenced. he SEEM
ed AT first unable to understand and
Attorney A G.. Mclntire, who ap-
pcared for him yesterday. had to
help him out When he did grasp
The question he replied that he had
nothing to say except that he felt
i he did not get Justice In the trial
yesterday judge Woods then very
briefly reviewed the case, indcat-
ing where everything had been fair,
tlnd Immediately pronounced SEM
=ipurp
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
NEW .SUPT. or
Wall SERVICE

q Inferno 'ional Ne*s Service
Washington, MAY Z Walter II.
I&iddin superintendent of the pitts
hnreh division Of the Railway Mail
Service. was today appointed ecner-
al superintendent Of The service,
succeeding William l. Denning Rid.
dill is an Glnoisan and has been in
The postal service since 1889 start
iue as clerk III $500 year H.
VIII now have charge Of 'he fifteen
divisions of the service. comprising
aboHt - o00 employees
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05

llr. James + FpX of ~ l'aHt
Burke street PASSED away about
20 e'elac, his afternoon nj f1e
Kings pauehteTs' hospita1 whence
he was removed THIS morning after
IT had been discovered that he had
administered poison to himself with
suicidal intent The noieon. now
known To have hcen solution of
strychnine. Was injected into his
veins by means 81 hypodermie
needle. making 10 exceedingly dill
cult to administer aatidotes as the
poison entered infe The blood. How
ever had he swallowed the solu
ton II rs possible that the stomach
pump could not have been used ow=
ing Is tho terribly inflamed condt
ton If IT, Affoa' due to a malig
Hant nH.
For sanc months past the condi
ton a. Hr Goxs throat has been
GROWING worse and lately it was i'm
possible fer him to sneak in much
more than whisper Ahout a
month AGO he went ia the Brady
clinic nj Johns Hopkins hospital.
Baltimore. hut could Obtain no re
Ice and came hack 10 his apart
mnnts al the residence Of nr and
Mrs / II Simmer East Burke
sfreci Beine physician he more
opiclft,. rooliled the honclqssness of
ms case and evidently hreaded OYER
his a0liet;on with the result that he
concluded io nm, an end ia his suf
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
.SLEEK HIRBl
WOMAN FREL
By lntefnatlonal News 5srVlce.J

Chicaeo, Man 5=Mrs Gillian
Rowland, who shot and killed her
husband, Or Thomas J, Rowland, q
235.0oo year dentist, during quar-
rel in their apartment was freed of
Il charge OF murder whom arraiened
in police court today A coroncr's
jury late yesterday had returned a
verdict II Accidental shooting" at
ter an ullrsi into Dr Rowland
death
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
KNIGHTS TO ATTEND,

Quite R number of members o.
members of Palestine Commandery,
No :. Knights Templar, will leave
about o'clock this evening in cars
for Charles Town. where they will
attend Ascension Day services held
under the auspices of Potomac Com
mandery. No, :, Of thai place
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
DAILY MARKET REPORT

The following are 'he prevailing
prices being paid Is. Martinsbnre
merchants and eleva.ars today,
Note: The prices auoted below
'or the local markets are the prices
lealers are offering a, noon TODAY
Wheat .....,.....-.. .$I.35
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-05
LET Us coNNIMcF YOIl

tbai oil shoes are MOI alike try a
Pair or beacon" Shoes Now
cl2sSiest Shoes and OYfords At low
81 prices
THE HUE lH y o9a~o
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
MoToRcARs AS STRAY DOGS

TNHE opinion Of City SoH~.ror Smytu that
J. the Ioicc department has legal ,rnorIr,
10 impOuud m"torcur, purk'd IN thr streets
in violation Of city ordinances does not
settle the question.
Other lawyers have insisted that the city
has no legal right to SEIZE personal prUperty
in this way and hod it for redemption.
P And, as PuId' Hhrad Wilson said, 1t is
difference of opinion that makes lawsuits
The views Of the City Solicitor, however
will doubtless be respected by the police de-
partment. Mr. Smyth is the legal adviser
Cf the department and he will have to defend
any actions brought against it by those
aRgrievcd motOrCar owners who object to
having their cars towed down to senator
Wares old stable in South Philadelphia that
is 10 do duty rs the pound.
The legal power of the police will not be
defined until the courts have interpreted the
law. Whether the courts will hold that
motorcars standing ut the curb in the hcnrt
of the city cam be cIaSscd with stray cattle
and stray dogs, which have been legally i'm
pounded for centuries, remnins TO b. seen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
HUMANISMS
by WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

BT WILLIAM AIHEhIDN DI PUf
TNO TIE man in politics who has been
l. wondering as to devices for catching the
vote of cnfranchisod woman, here is an
thing to most remarkable degree.
Representative William Oscar Nkcson,
of Missouri. is alleged to have pol'cd the
vote of every woman in his district who
upon election day last year exercised the
franchise.
Representative Atkcson has the Longest
beard in Congress and the casual student Of
feminine approval was due to an admra.
tion for this facial adornmcnt.
An investigation at Butler. Mo-. how
ever. reveals the fact that quito another
cause. led to this mans being the woman's
favoritc at the polls. Mr.. AtkcSon while
yet Il young man had been hcrcft of his
wife and, single handed and alone. lie had
not only edited country newspaper In
Butler. which is Il vrXatious task hut he
reared with his own hands five mOthcrless
children and brought each to an admirable
maturity. The man who can do this. said
the women of But or. is equal TO any re.
sponsbility that may be thrust upon him.
Vice President Coolidge is so diffidcnt that
hc docs not appear 70 enjoy receptions very
much. but Mrs. Coolidge approaches them
with great enthusiasm.
. Henry d. Hubbard. secretary Of the
governments Bureau Of Standards. believes
that the automobile Of tho future will
b" n very light car driven by propeller
such ms is used upon an arpanc.
IL" says that the propeller will he geared
directly to the engine and that that engine
VII! run at an unchNngng speed which will
b" its most economical speed. The driving
power of the propeller will he gaugcd by
t-c angle AT which the blades are pitched.
Tho simplicity Of such II car. its lightuesS.
the absence of power consuming grind. the
fact that it will b" easy on roads these are
som" of III" economies which will cause II
~ CyontuNlIN crowd ont thC prcsent hesigns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
PROTECTING THE JoBHoLDERS

THE city Council, sitting as a committee
l. Of the whole, has tentatively adopted tho
81 OOO, 900 salary budget for the Municipal
Court. 1t has arranged to permit Council
man Roper to ask the court officials to Justify
their demand for salary funds, but according
to present Indications this will be only
formnlty.
Councilman Hall says that he Is tired Of
Municipal Court "bunk." meaning the criti-
rism Of the padded rnyrolls. There Nrc
enough Councmcn who follow his lead to
give 20 Judge Brown all that he asks for.
The Judge has been canny enough to appoint
followers Of the Councimcn to soft jobs in
his Court, with the expectation Of reciprocal
fnvors
Tho Council is going through the form Of
cutting down the department estimates in
order TO reduce the budget so that II can
reduce the tax rate. But it is protecting
every jobhoder, and it is laying the founda-
tion for deficits before the year is out, deficits
that must be made up in the budget of the
following year.
1t was remarked in these columns the other
day that evidence of Councl's good faith in
reducing expenditures must be looked for in
NV way IL hdh"leu th' huHl'Ildl 'OuTl pay
roll II could save S2OO,00O or $500. 900
year by cutting off the needless employees, but
it is not showing any disposition to do this.
And the Court itself has declined to allow
the light to be turned upon its affairs. When
tho representatives. of the Bureau of Munich
pal Research, who began survey of the
Court some months ago. began to get Vital
Information they were denied further access
10 the records and books The bureau sought
only the truth, but It seems that there is
desire to keep tn" truth hidden. And the
Council. under the lead of The Ware mon,
is apparently disposed to assist in keeping
the methods of that tribunal from becoming
knOwn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
SCHOOLS AND THE TAX RATE

DR BROuME'S &ofna>o If rho school
~ budget which upnrur. on mis- page,
will CONVINCE all those Nv.o hriicyr i'm The
iu"eetmout # money IN odHra'!on as salts.
factory and complete.
Tie iunrcu>"s in snIar!"s Of teachers are
mandatory undov II" S'n'c Inw The
sChool h"nrd hns 10 diSrro'io in the prrm-
..rs The rrovis.oH for au .nrroasn in 'ho
teaching and supervisory force !, ucrcssury
in order ~ ~c"lrr for rhc children the in
struriou uua,r proper direction,
Dr Broomr rnl4 attention 10 he fact
TINT '.c supervisory force j. or present only
about 90 per cent Of what !; shouId be.
He hH, NOT asked that II be increased to
tie full extent at once. lie Stems ~ prefer
to max" the additions 70 III" force under
him gIudualy. Concerning tHc huildng
program, he says that the administration
fMlldirg lt imprrntvrly needed for tho req.
son that tho separation Of III" administrative
force in three different buildings intputrrr~
with the efficient conduct Of business He
also calls attention to the need for new
buildings to accommodate the in"ronsing
number Of pupils, which will also involve
an enlargement in tim" Of both the teaching
and supervisory force.
The budget will add nine and one half
mills, or ninety live cents per 500, to the
tax rate fixed By the City Council 10 pro.
vide money for running tho departments Of
| the City Government independent Of the
! schools The officials charged with the duty
Of raising the public revenues have no con
| troll over the expenditure of the money
raised for the support of the schools. Tn,
! Board of Public Education IN separat,
( corporation, empowered by law TO issu,
| bonds and to decide within fixed limits the
| amount TO be spent every year.
Ia.
frssionnl school men. Wherever they as,
semble to discuss the subject they all agrc,
that specific proportion Of the public rcvc
nucs should be turned over to the schoo
boards to be spent according to their bcs
discretion in order that the schools may no
be made the plaything of politics.
Much can be seid In defense Of this plan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. The Rush Bagot treaty restricts the
erection of fortifcations along the
boundary between Canada and the
United States
.. The only existing case of a contracual
reduction Of armalnents is the ons dS
armament agreement Of May 9S lsVZ,
between the Chilean ana Argentine
Republics. one Of the provisions con-
ccrned fleet reduction.
3. The middle name OF Robert +. Peary was
Edwin,
T. The real name Of Hotspur WAS Henry
Shrewsbury, England in 1903, IN
revolt against the King. Snakcspears
i4trodurCs. Hotspur in his play X..0 o.
Henry " as Il gay, jestIng' merry
s. Imogen is the heroine of Shakespeare
play. "Cymbeline,"
9. Giovanni Battista PerRolesi was ceIe ceMs
brated Italian musical composer his
dates are l7l0-l73G.
I. The picturesque novel is defined as ths
prose autobiography Of fictitious per.
sonage who describes his experience
as social parasite and who satlTlEfsS
the society which he has exploited, ~ ~
its final form II Is Spanish nVehtlOnn
Picturesque IL said to be derived lom
"piCaro," Il rogue. ,..
8. The secondary planets are satelILeS
moving around planets larger thTn IN
themselves, which they accompany ~
their revolution around the sun ~ ~
moon may thus be termed secohua'
planet. !,
g. The reep-of-Day Boys was the name GI
an Irish Protestant secret society
formed about 1855. Its object was rss IA
protect the Protestant peasantry. tths
Boys gained their namo iron, ,hsir
hour OF dawn they chose tor 'TSh m
raids on Roman Catholic villages; Nv
Roman Catholic In return formeu y,
society of THE Defenders"
TO- Carson City is the capital Of Nevao@
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
MoNKEY-WRENcHES AGAIN

QUITTING It mildly. Lieutenant Colonel
l. Rcpington is nonpluscd Public opinion,
focusing on the Arms Conference, is, ii ap-
pears. rather fcarfully aroused "CXpCCting
II series of fresh explosive sensations" One
can hardly anticipate rCpOSc even over one <
ten.
Armagcddon MS viewed from tho Pail Mall
clubs was nothing like this. The situation.
however. is not matChlcSS. Peace hath her
emotions, real and counterfeit, even more
intensely than war. Is the Paris Of 1919
so far forgot?
Public opinion Crnvcd action then; received
It. too. if the truth be told. But It seldom
was. Smoke screens bofoulcd the air, False
prophets wcr" vocal and, morcs the pity,
heard. With calamity howling a la mode,
distinctions between evil and G"od-and both,
as ever with humanity, prevailed at those
SCSsi0nS-Oftrn brcam" impcrccptihlC. Final
Judgment on what happened ut the lual
d'OrsHy is not vet dCintivC.
In sens" history is repeating itself.
though with ono conspicuous difference. Mr..
Hughes bcwildcrcd the inevitable crop of
importunatr critics with his explicit pro-
poSal. Recovery. however, has been rapid.
The marplotS are at II again, and might be
dangerous were not most Of tn" attacks 80
thoroughly Convcutiomal 80 monot"nou>iy
reflective Of prrrCdcntS.
Colonel Rrpington may be distressed AZ the
existing shortage rj U"Sc. but in the light
Of Paris II is an old story. Germany snarl>.
"a plague on all your houses, is her >cu-
tt'ncnt and 1t Is not difficult 10 perceive why
this should be.
\ writer ON tho New Nork American
scents an international bankers plot and
assumes, nj least. 80 hear with horror the
g,ccfu roar Of the British lion. Arc such
suggestions entirely dispensing to certain
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17

But when we find the City Council pairing
down the estimates over which it has con
troll in order to reduce the tax rate and the
school board adding to its budget without
regard to the efforts Of the City Council to
reduce expenses, situation arises which
inevitably forces from the school men such
n defense of their expenditures as DIR.
BroOmc il now making.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
What Do You Know?


!. BY what title was the son Of Napoleon
RonHpnrte known after the latters
downfall?
? What river forms part Of the southern
boundary Of the United States?
. what Ia meant by rogue elephant?
T. What is tho correct pronunciation Of
the word lichcn?
O. What is the meaning of the expression
in the ofinF"?
G. Who' was the first Emperor of Rome?
Distinguish between dolman and domen.
g. What kind of a musical instrument Is
fagot?
o. Where was Beulah Land?
10. What is the correct pronunciation OF
AYE" in. the phrase forever and for
aVe"2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
BANKS LIKE FACTORIES
Modern Business at a StandstllI With.
out Its Automatic Alds-Remark-
able New Machine comins--Dr.
Leidy on the Origin Of the Pearl
by GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

"NIoDERN commerce, transportation
lFl and industry would stand still If they
had to be- conducted as they were fifty years
ago snid one Of Philadcphia's leading
bankers.
at would require a regiment of employees
in any banking house to conduct the busi-
ness today as it was conducted prior to .thc
Civil War" he continued.
Invention and improved methods have
not only rCvolutionizcd the banking in this
country, but every other line of business.
"lf every letter had to be written In long
hand. if every column of figures had TO bc
totted up in old fashioned. tightly bound
lcdgCrs and journals by patient addition, tho
work of counting houses would be increased
beyond relief.
To-day we have typcwritcrs, automatic
adding machines. change makers, counting
and wrapping machines for coins and even
cash registers in our banks.
The old fashioned. permanently bound
bank books have practically seen their day
except in remote country banks.
Loose leaf ledgers have been taking
their place for years Even now their day
is waning. The card system is coming into
vogue. 1t diSpcnscs with cumbersome books
and the old system Of bookkeeping.
AN upto date banking house equipment
with It's batteries of automatic machines is
sort of glorifcd factory" he concluded
with laugh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17
WHAT CHARLES WILL HAVE

50 A LIFETIME of happiness, 1t would
"A be he'll on EARTH cries Bernard
Shaw.
Charles of Uapsburg, once of Hungary,
safe In the custody Of the jackics Of the
fBritish light cruiser Cardiff, has reached
Madeira. 1t is a lovely place. Heaven
smiles and empires seem like wrecks of
dfssolying dream.
The ipsmer wearer of the crown OF st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-17

Stephen will be we'll coddled, If also guarded,
in sunny Funchnl fIe will have peace, COM
forts and the delights Of an unrivaled eli
mate. These possessions slip quite easily
into conventional definitions of happiness.
Yet who will say that Charles punishment
is not, after ALL cxQusitcly condign?