davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1921-07-05

she ran. The oder on the course was
excellent an the organisation and con
duct If the races surpassed What has
oeen noticed ia the last years The re-
ceipts are understood to be satisfactory
and enough to enA@e the Club to erect
a better and more c~ommodi0uS grand
stand for the next races. The Red Cross
booths at which sandwiches, cakes, cold
drinks, etc. were on sale, did well.
The Mystery arrived at Frederiksted
late Saturday night with a large United
States mail. The post office here had
%nn1unced hat she had been experience
ing machinery trouble and would sail
from 81. Thomas at 5 .. m
Ine schooner virginia arrived here
Sunday morning with large number Of
st. Thomas eXcurtionisTs, and sailed
again this morning.
The Creole with Outgoing mail for St.
Thomas, Porto Rico and tHe'States left
this port at 4 a. ~. today.
4 football match between the St.
Thomas Stars Football Club anu the
Dreadl0 lgnt Of tlis town was played on
tAe Hoiger. Danske ground on the after,
noon Of Sunday 3rd. Instant, hand result
ed in q victory for the ST. Thomas team
by one goal to none.
The theatre was crowded last night.
Fine programme was made up Of parts
Of the serial Elmo the Fearless. an a
comedy.
Fac lighting of the town clock has
been much improved recently. The di-
ais are much more Illuminated and the
time can be seen a long distance off.
Just as it ought to be.
, 1921-07-05

The Creole with Outgoing mail for St.
Thomas, Porto Rico and the'States left
this port at 4 a. ~. today.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
FRENCH BARE RED
PLOT FOR REVOLT
Two Deputies Implicated in
Revolution Scheme; Spain
and Italy Involved

Paris.-The overthrow OF the "bour-
geois" government of Spain. Italy and
France is outlined in documents seiz-
3D. following the discovery of a
widespread Communist plot The date
dxed by the Communists for this
event was May.
The contemplated arrest of two
Communist members of the chamber
of deputies, alleged proof against
whom Judge Jousselin has delivered
20 NJ. Marraud. minister Of the inte-
rior, has brought the French TO a real
zation of the Importance of the at
Tempt against the security OF the
state
Discoveries made by the police of
Barcelona and Milan show the plot in
cluded the three European Latin
countries. Transmission OF funds was
effected through an American fnan-
,ial organization. with European head
quarters in Paris and branches in
Berlin and Vienna
Soviets have been organized
throughout France with Brest as
headquarters. according to the police.
ready to take over the railroads.
banks and transportation and all civil
services. The plot appears to have
Deen organized without the knowl-
edge of NJ. Cachin, leader of the
French Communist party, against
whom the police say they will not de
mand the lifting of parliamentary i'm
munity.
The discovery of checks emanating
from Berlin and paid through an
American transportation company ap-
pears to have caused revulsion of
feeling in French political and official
circles and also among the working
mems committees which, so long as
the leaders professed to be working
for principles" were willing to sup
port them
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
BODY OF WOMAN
FOUND IN GARDEN
Girl Admits Secret Burial of
Her Grandmother Under
Bed of Geraniums
ACT EXPLAINED BY POVERTY
Declares, However, That Relative
Died a Natural Death In Their
Home-PoIice Believe Fam
lily Belonged To Cult.

Chicago - After hours of digging
the body of Mrs. Nancy NJ. Chamber
IAN, u years old. was unearthed from
Its burial place in the garden in the
rear OF an apartment building where
the aged woman had lived with Mrs
Ruth townsend, her daughter. and
MISS Marian Townsend, her grand
daughter
The finding of Mrs. Chamberlain
body followed a search that has baf
He'd the police and detectives. Until
she told her story to a reporter. Miss
Townsend and her mother also had
steadtastly refused to tell anything
whatever about what happened tc
Mrs. Chamberlain. Both women would
only say that Miss Chamberlain was
happy in love"
Suspecting that the body of Mrs
Chamberlain was concealed some
where near the building where the
Townsends had lived. police began
digging in the yard Miss Townsend
however, revealed that the BODY had
been buried in a geranium bed and il
was there that the body was found
We did not kill grandmother"
Miss Townsend said. She was not
murdered She died a natural death
on cot. To US she is not dead-just
buried"
Miss Townsend declared it was pov.
erty that caused her and her mother
TO bury Mrs. Chamberlain in secret.
Police Investigation of the case has
revealed that Mrs. Townsend and her
daughter who is an accomplished
pianist, were believers in occult forces
and members of mystic societies.
They are alleged to have been adher-
ents of the mysterious fire cult of the
Rosicrucians and to have embraced
the belief OF the Zorostrian sun wor-
shippers
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
ERIE EMPLOYEES UPHELD
Companies Cannot Arbitrarily Reduce
Scale or Working Conditions.

Companies Cannot Arbitrarily Reduce
Scale or Working Conditions.
Chicago-Right of railroads to arbi
trarily reduce wages of employees was
denied by the Federal Railroad Labor
Board in decision
The boards ruling was contained I'm
decision on the petition OF employees
OF the Erie Railroad to prevent the
management from putting into effect
drastic salary reductions and changes
in hours OF work.
No change shall be made i'm the ex
listing scale and working conditions
before the board has an opportunity
20 hear the case
The employees charged that the road
attempted TO put into effect a reduc
tion i'm wages Of track laborers to- 30
cents am hour; ordered train dispatch
ers to work seven days week with
out relief and ordered deduction Of
the earnings of telegraphers for Jan
uary 81. whether they worked or not
on that day
Further conference between the EN-.
ployes and the road in an attempt 90
settle the controversy was suggested
by the board
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
RAIL MANAGERS
REFUSE CONFAB
Executives Will Not Enter Con-
terence to Settle Differences
Over Wages
ANSWER CLAIMS OF THE MEN
Oenounce Labors Request as Move
to NationaIize Systems - Only
Want Opportunity to Deal
With Own Employees

Chicago. Association of Rail
way Executives unanimously adopted
the report OF its labor committee
and passed resolutions refusing TO en-.
-er into national conferences suggested
by the employees as means OF settling
Glferences over wages of unskilled
labor and working conditions Con.
cernlng future action on the part of
the executives. the committee report
simply advised them that the decision
OF the labor board in regard 10 rates
OIL pay for unskilled labor "relcgated
the initiation of action upon thi,
matter 10 the individual RAILWAYS and
their own employees"
The executives denounced the EN-.
ployes' proposed conferences as a
plan by labor leaders to bring about
naturalization OF the railroads Ef
hciency of labor on railroads was
incompatible with continuance of the
strength and growth of the consolf
dation of labor unions represented
by b. VI. Jewell and his associates
the labor committee report said The
committee report pointed out that
the opposition made by the roads tc
the national agreements and the no
sition taken was not to be construed
as an attack on labor organizations
themselves.
All that We have been irving IL
do the report said. lis TO get the
opportunity 10 deal with our own
elhpIoyes. so as 10 restore efficiency
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Bandit Robs Mail Car

Minneapolis mail car on the
North Coast Limited transcontinental
train on the Northern Pacific Rail
road was held up at Bailey's, MINI.
36 miles northwest Of here. by ban.
dit, who held three postal clerks al
bay c. c. Strong Of Minneapolis. a
clerk, was shot when he disobeyed
orders of the bandit He is in a Sc.
rious condition at a hospital here.
The amount of loot cannot be esti.
mated for several days but postal Of
hcials said # may reach several
thousand dollars
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
MINGO GUNMAN is
KILLED IN BATTLE
West Virginia State Policemen
Are Fired Upon BY Un-
seen Foe

Williamson. w. Va. - Fired upon
while patroling a district near Thack-
er station, Mingo county, a group of
four state policemen returned the fire
and killed one of the gunner. accord
ing to reports which were received
here
The policemen's fight with their un.
seen enemy occurred near the village
limits, when the mounted officers an.
parently rode into an ambush AT the
hrst burst OF fire one officers horse
was shot from under him, but none
of the troopers was struck Dis
mounting. the policemen sent a flu
sillade of shots in the direction OF
the hidden gunner and then charged
the spot
All four of the men declared they
found one man dead. a heavy calibre
rifle clutched in his hands. The troop.
ers returned to Thacker to make a re.
port to Captain Brokus. who accom-
panied them back to the scene to in
vestigate. but the body had been re-
moved in the policemen's absence.
Colonel Jackson Arnold, commander
OF the state troops; Sheriff A c. Pin
son and number of state police and
deputy sheriffs left for Thacker Sta
tion on special train to investigate
the reported shooting.
Attempts to find the body of the vic
tim of the affray, however, proved fu
tile, the officers said. on account OF
the darkness. 1t was learned that one
state troopers knee was grazed by a
bullet during the skirmish
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Erie Pa Charles Granger of North
East this county was ON trial. charg.
cd with stealing chickens from his
neighbors. The chickens wore brought
in as evidence Granger claimed them
as his own To prove they did not
belong 20 Granger. IT. G. Patcben
stood the chickens on the rail in
front Of the jury and made them do
tricks. The chickens stood still at
his command. flew about the room
when he told them TO, and returned
TO the jury box rail when he called
them. Granger diaapUeared.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Manchester. Eng simultaneous
outbreaks Of fire i'm eight mills and
factories in Manchester. Failswortb
Roytou and Rochdale were accompa.
MED by suspicious circumstances
such as the employment of innamma.
Bile liquids and the fleeing of men act.
ing suspiciOusly. some of whom wero
fred at Sir Robert Peacock. chief
constable. considers that he has oh
tanned convincing evidence that the
fires In the mills and factories here
were due 20 the work of Irish lire.
concilables"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
May Carry storage whisky Home.

Washington whisky now held fin
storage may be transported by the
owners to their private dwellings, un.
der new regulations just issued by
the internal revenue bureau The
rules are made TO conform to- re.
cont supreme court decision. holding
that liquors can be removed and
transported if the liquors were legally
acquired before prohibition went into
effect
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
HOUSE CALLS FOR
WAR FUND REPORT
President Wilson is Asked for
Accounting on $50 Million
Dollars
A BITTER FEELING AROUSED
It7mized Statement of Way He Used
the Money Oemanded-Democrat
Charge G. o. p. With Crown
ing Insult to Chief Executive.

Washington. ID C.-After heated de
bate. the House adopted resolution
calling upon President Wilson for an
itemized statement showing disburse-
ments and alo;ments of the $3.50 .OOO,.
600 war funds voted by Congress-
The resolution which was adopted,
2ll 10 20. was attacked by Democrats,
who charged that it was put forward
at TINS time to defame and malign
President Wilson in the closing days
OF his administration Reference to
Expenditures by the American Peace
Commission AT Paris famed the
flames ON the Democratic side and
turned The debate into strictly par
tisan channels
Chairman Good of the appropria-
tions committee, who reported the
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Gould Republican,, of New York,
declared that if any injustice had
been done the President the Demo
Gratis were responsible by attempting
to create the impression that there
was something crooked in the money
spending" when the resolution itself
did not intimate that there had been
anything improper
Mr. Good declined to offer an
amendment calling upon the various
government departments for an ac-
counting, which was the method
adopted, Democrats stated. in asking
for an accounting of Spanish war
funds in President McKnley's day.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
FOUR PRISONERS ESCAPE
Beat Guard With Hammer and Flee To
Woods; Quickly Caught.


Huntingdon. Pa.-Four inmates Of
Pennsylvania State Reformatory.
working with officer John c. Robb in
the lumber department. suddenly at
tackled him with a hammer and club
and beating him into insensibility.
threw him into a corner and covered
him with boards One of the men
then dOnned Robb's uniform and
marched the three others in good or
der out of the building unmolested by
guards
Later the injured man was diccov-
cred. the alarm sounded and officers
were quickly dispatched to recapture
the fugitives, who had taken to the
woods Special Officer Clifford L. Nc
Carthy of the Pennsylvania Railroad
came unexpectedly upon the fugi-
tives on Warrior Ridge and held them
all up with revolver compelling
them to throw aside Robbs revolver
which they had with them and to
handcuf themselves TO each other
lie then marched them AN ahead OF
him four miles to the rcformatory en-
trance Officer Bobb is seriously i'm
jured but VIII probably recover
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Rank clerk Ronts aandi.s

Mansfield Five bandits we're rout
cd from the Mansfield Co.Operative
Bank by a clerks quick wit and later
arrested The bandit car was stop
ped at Pawtuckct. but while the lone
officer who made the arrest was TAX.
ing HIS Captives TO the station. two
broke away and escaped. After Charles
w Crane. a clerk I'm the bank here.
had dropped behind a counter and es.
capped a shot from one Of the holdup
men, he shouted from a window. a fire
alarm was turned in by a passerby
ana the robbers fed without loot.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

New York Physicians at the Ford
ham Hospital expressed belief that
Celia Pargnan. 2Oycar-old Russian
girl charged with throwing her two
ncphews out OF second-storv win
dow and then jumping out herself.
was suffering from form Of insanity
brought ON by her experiences I'm es.
Gaping from the BOlshevild. Abe Pare
nan, one nephew. 2k years old. died
Of fracture OF the skull. while the
other Harry. 2 months Old was re-
ported in a critical condition. The
girl has a fractured skull.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Cleveland A man VIII, gave the
name Of Charles Jones. head OF A
brokerage house was arrested here
ON a warrant from Chicago charging
him with operating a confidence game
which. detectives asserted. has netted
him $147OOO since January /. Jones
is alleged to have bought 3,7OO shares
OF Standard Parts common stock at
from S4 to $40 a share and sold it to
foreign-bom residents of the Chicago
Stock Yards district for $50 a share.
under the pretext that it would be
worth 800 a share by March /.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Senate Asks Coal Graft nam.s

Washington Names of government
officials, charged with graft in coal
purchases. and railroad men. accused
of reselling Communicated coal. were
demanded by the Senate reconstruc-
tion committee from George H. Cush.
ing, managing director Of the Whole
sale Coal Dealers Association. who
made the accusations Cushing asked
that he be given am opportunity to-
consult with his counsel before Civ.
ing or refusing the Information.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
MURDERER REFUSES TO TALK
Shows Interest Only In Tearing Up
His Clothing.


His Clothing
Altoona.-George c. Tompkins. con-
victed slayer of Edmund I. Humph-
ries and wife of Philadelphia. near
Carrolltown Cambria county. still
maintains his stolid demeanor in the
Blair county Jail
His guards say he has not uttered
a word for two weeks. Each after
noon he is taken out Of his cell for
exercise in the corridor He follows
his guard. without manifesting an in
terest in the proceeding.
He seems to have an aversion to
clothes He has torn his suit almost
to shreds. Most of his time is spent
in suit of underwear.
At times ne Will sit on the edge OF
his cot and whistle and clap his
hands, but for the most part he is
quiet and pays no attention to any
one. He eats well and sleeps soundIv
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Most Perfect elrl in U. S. is Marrlse

New Haven Conn Miss Betsy
Buell., adiudgad by the Smithsonian
Institute iu 1913 90 be the most per
feet American sirI has been married
i'm Hartford to Frank r. Valentine, an
electrical engineer of Jersey city
Tho bride IFS the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Clarence Buell. of Clinton. Conn.
The distinction given Miss Buell. was
based upon ancestry and mental and
physical qualifications Her ancestors
were among the earliest settlers OF
New England
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Women Jurors On Duty In Butler

Butler. - Mrs Myrtle Shanor.
housekeeper of Butler township. is
the first woman in Butler county ac-
cepted as juror in common pleas
court here. Nine women were called
at the opening of the term None
asked to be excused In addition to
Mrs. Shanor, Mrs. " p b. Wenner
and Mrs Frank Grayson. both of But
Ter are sitting in the case of Margaret
Westhoyen against George Westho-
ven, an action for damages brought
by the wife
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
LONE BANDIT RoBs BANK
Forces Clerks into Vault. Locks them
in and Steals 81 700

Smithtield. Ohio.-Armed posses
are searching the country near here
for a man who entered the Miners
and Mechanics Bank here and. after
forcing two clerks who were in the
bank into vault and turning the
knob escaped with 81 700 in curren.
cy, mainly $50 and $50 bills. The
money was evidently scooped up in
a buddy. A large amount that was
easily accessible was untouched
Two suspects We're arrested a short
time after the robbery in a coal mine
at Coalmont. near here, and were
held for four hours in the local police
station, but were released after the
two clerks who were in the bank at
the time of the robbery said they
were unable to identify them.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Dover. O-There lis firm in Dover
shutting off orders i'm order to have
time to make repairs and finish an cx
pansion program started before the
war The 100 employees of the Dover
Coke and Byproducts Company are
to work on repairs and building of
four additional ovens of 1900 tons
capacity
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

wichita Kan . a mob of betwaop
400 and 500 persons threatened am at
tack on 'he police station no Augusta.
Kan 20 miles east OF here following
Che probable fatal shooting of am oil
field worker who lis declared to have
resisted arrest
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
ManhoIe Blows Up: Man Ktu.d

New York.-One man was killed and
thousands OF persons crowding lower
Broadway during the noon hour were
thrown into panic when a manhole
blew up The cover. scattered bv the
blast. was hurled high i'm the air. rain
ing fragments of iron and breaking a
.welfth-story window i'm a skvscraner
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Passengers Given Rigid Typbus Test.

New York. - Passengers arriving
here from Boston. where they landed
from the steamship Canopic were
forced TO undergo a rigid examination
before being allowed to enter the
city, because of the fear that they
might be typhus carriers. The
health department has established
stations at all railroad terminals and
coastwise piers to examine suspecte
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Butler. PA Fire following "a SLIGHT
explosion in the Peoples Telephone
Company garage. here, destroyed that
garage and an adjoining one. entail.
ing 70 loss estimated at $4,000 Three
automobile trucks were destroyed and
two damaged
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Piano Found to Hold Keo Of Whisky

New Philadelphia, o. new piano
player that wouldn't play aroused the
curiosity of dry agents They found
a kcg of whisky in the instrument
and a spgot from which the thirsty
draw solaco when the proper chord
was siruck
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
May Pay fines Throuob VOL

Newcomerstown. Prisoners un-
able to pay fines can work them out
ON streets at the rate of rs cents an
hour. council has announced
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Shipping Board wsnos cut-

Baltimore a cut I'M wages of an.
proximatoly 10 per cent affecting be-
tween 5000 and 1000 employees Of the
shipping board and drydocks com
pany has been announced here
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
JUDGE LANDS MAY TESTIFY
Friends Desire He Reply Personally
To impeachment Charues.

'~''N-' ~NS''S NC INCPlV
To impeachment Charges.
Washington.-Judge Kenesaw Noun.
tain Lands, of Chicago, may be ask
ed 10 appear before the House Judi
ciary committee TO answer impeach-
ment charges brought against him in
the House by Representative Welty
of Ohio
Friends of Lands already have ask
ed that he be invited to appear to tes-
tify during his inquiry as to whether
the impeachment charges are sufi-
cient TO warrant trial by the Senate.
A meeting of the judiciary commit
tee probably will be held within the
next few days to determine procedure.
Chairman Volstead said
A canvass of committee members
today revealed that for the present a
majority Of them do not believe, that
Welty has presented sufficient evil.
dence to back his impeachment move.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
Why Was the croudz

New York IL wasn't much Of "a
fire in The Times Square Hotel but II
played to- q record crowd. Actresses
occupy the hotel and the lingerie is
beautiful This year
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Charleston.-PleadinS guilty Of rob
hing the United States mail, Lora w.
Blair was sentenced to two years in
the Atlanta federal prison by Judge
Webb in the District Court for the
Southern District OF West Virginia.
Alice Smith, tried by jury on a charge
of receiving stolen goods from the Uni
ted States mail, was found guilty and
given a sentence of two years in the
prison at Moundsvile.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Mine Explosion Us Fatal To Four.
evansville. Ind -Four miners arc
dead as a result of am explosion I'm the
Liberty coal mine near Francisco. 20
miles northeast of here The mine is
reported ON fire
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

HuntinSton.-The capacity OF the
huge plant of the West Virginia Glass
Manufacturing Company will, within
four months after its first operation,
be quadruple that originally contem-
plated when the plant was located in
Huntington, it was concluded, follow
ing visit to the site of the plant in
Westmoreland by directors of the COM
pany. Extension Of original plans is
made necessary by accumulation Of
untitled orders on the books of the
company, Il is said. The conclusion
of the directors was confirmed by c.
Il. Landau, general manager of tho
plant