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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
IRISH TRENCHES ARE
CAPTURED IN FIGHT
Machine Guns Route RepubIi-
can Flying Column. En-
trenChed in Galway

Dublm.-Fighting which lasted for
II hours is reported from the neigh
borhood of Maam Cross. County Gal
way. Policemen, under command of
district inspector, went in search of
a republican flying column. The re-
publicans were found entrenched on
high ground in the vicinity of the
home of Patrick O'Malley. member OF
parliament
The police took cover and a pro
longed engagement ensued in which
Constable Boylan was killed and
sergeant wounded. Reinforcements for
the police arrived bringing with them
machine guns. They attacked the
position Of the rebels. who fled to the
hills, taking their wounded with them.
According to an official statement
issued from Dublin Castle. Father
Cunningham Lennane, who motored
out to the scene of the fighting to ad-
minister the rites of the church to the
wounded, was deliberately fired upon
by the rebels, but fortunately escap-
ed injury.
In the vicinity of the fighting the
police say they found arms and am
munition, beds for 40 persons and the
stock and collar of a priest, which
they said had been used by the leader
OF the rebels as a disguise search
OF two neighboring houses showed
they had been used as bases for am
buscades These were burned to the
ground by the police.
Simultaneous raids by republicans
on 81 postmen in Cork resulted in the
capture OF AZ registered and 1889 or
dinary letters.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Waynesburg Judge. I drank some
moonshinc, and after taking a nap.
] awakened TO find The chickens in my
wagon and drove away with them. :"
said William Hogan. of near CIarks-
vile. i'm pleading guilty to a charge of
chicken stealing before Judge J. w
Ray. Hogan was accused of stealing
the chickens from NJ. w. Miles of
Clarksville. He was questioned
closely as to where he had secured
the moonshine Having decided TO
make a further Investigation. Judge
Ray deferred sentence.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
SENATE PASSES
BUDGET BILL.
Bureau Under Treasury TO Pre-.
pare Estimates Provided
by Measure
PRESIDENT TO HAVE VETO
Bill is Similar To That Vetoed BY
President Wilson - Director To
Be appointed at a Salary
Of $4,000 Per Year.

Washington Without record
vote. the Senate passed the budget
bill
Brief debate preceded the final vote
on the measure. which was introduced
originally by Senator Mccormick
Rep.b of Illinois. passed by Senate
and House during the Sixty-sixth Con-
gress. vetoed by President Wilson.
and then repassed by the House with
the sections found Objectionable by
the executive stricken out. The Sen
ate, however. failed to act on the
measure after the Presidents veto.
The bill provides for bureau OF
the budget in the treasury department
TO prepare the estimates of appropria-
tions needed by the various depart
ments. The bureau would have as it's
head director of the budget, appoint
ed by the President with the consent
or the Senate, for a term of seven
years with an annual salary OF $lO,-
600
The original bill provided for the
appointment Of a comptroller general
to hold office during good behavior
and to be removed only by concurrent
VI NOH6lS SSS. lnlS iOTmeQ
the objection voiced by President
Wilson, who held it would take from
the President the power to remove ex-
ecutive officials.
The Offices OF comptroller and as
sistant comptroller OF the treasury
would be abolished under the revised
bill. and in their stead offices of
comptroller general and assistant
comptroller general would be created.
The measure now approved by the
Senate would permit their removal by
JOINT congressional resolution, which
requires the Presidents signature.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Cleveland Rather than atfcmpf q
landing in street. course which
would have endangered the lives of
many persons Air Mail Pilot i IT..
Christensen Of Chicago sacrificed his
life when he was forced to scck a
landing in downtown Cleveland. be.
cause of engine trouble Unable to
see because Of a heavy fog. the pilot
fell 200 feet to the Erie Railroad
tracks at Scranton and University
roads and buried beneath the wreck
age Of his machine, was burned To
death when the gas tank exploded.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
Man and Girl Found Dad

Chicago Ptomaino poisoning or
moon hine whisky is believed TO
have caused thc death of Winfrcd
j. B'dWa7. insurance agent. and an
unidentified young woman whose
bodies were found i'm q house where
Bodman lived as a bachelor. Both
were found lying fully dressed on
the floor The young woman IS be.
heved To have been maid employed
by Bodman to clean up his home. An
analysis Of food found i'm the house
and of a small quantity of whisky
discovered lhere is being made.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
She Kept Her Mouth Shut

Chicago Keep your mouth shut"
commanded the leader of four ban
dts when they robbed Helen Spang-
Ter, artist, and Charles Holland. with
whom she was motoring. Miss
Spangler obeyed She took a big
diamond ring from her mouth after
the bandits left The robbers Sc
cured about $500 in cash and lew.
elry, however
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
Pope supports K. Of c. Aetiviti.s

New York Plans to extend the
peace welfare work of the knights of
Columbus into Italy were launched at
a meeting of supreme officers OF the
organization here. It was announced
that the pope had personally directed
officials OF the Vatican to assist the
knights i'm a survey of conditions i'm
Italy where establishment of Catho.
lie centers. under American supervi
sion, are planned for the benefit of
Italian youths Financing of the pro.
iect. expected to cost $1.OO0,OOO. will
be arranged at a conference.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
First Step to Punish German cuIprits

London. The first decisive steps in
England toward the punishment of
German war culprits has been taken
here. Dispositions from former Brit
ish war prisoners and other witnesses
were taken at Bow street court for
submission TO the German supreme
court at Leipzig which will try the
Germans accused of war crimes. Ger
man attorneys were present.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
CLASH WITH DRY AGENTS
Police Win In New York Dispute;
Agents Threatened With Arrest

New York. - The first clash for au-
thority between the police and federal
agents since the states new prohibi-
tion law went into effect resulted in
victory for the local bluecoats-
not until reinforcements were called.
When two policemen took a lotion
truck to confscate G3S cases of cham
pagne. vermouth and sauterne, which
they said was illegally stored in a
merchants warehouse. they found fed
eral enforcement agents. who denied
the police had a right to remove the
liquor
The policemen, however appeared
unimpressed Summoned by telephone.
other blue coats appeared. The agents
were threatened with arrest and f.
nally stood aside, while the local au-
thorities loaded the truck and drove
to police headquarters
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
Enraged Farmers Capture Thieves.

Sistersville. w Va.-The capture
OF four automobile thieves by en-
ragged farmers at Centerville, near
here, is believed to have frustrated
plan to rob bank in this city or
at Middlebourne The men carried
a complete safe-blowing outfit. in
cluding nitroglycerine When the
word was passed around among the
farmers of the surrounding neigh
borhood that an automobile had been
stolen, the whole community was
aroused and the thieves soon were
captured
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
cuttIefsh Battles WITH Liners

New York-A graphic story Of IS.
minute battle with a cuttlefsh on the
bow Of the Cunard liner Caronia.
where it had been cast by the heavy
seas. was recounted on the arrival of
the ship here Several of the crew of
the ship were injured by the fish. il
was said. and there were those who
added that John TaEgart. the ships
carpenter. was severely bitten several
times
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Hampton. Va Sergt. Noble G.. Brv-
amt army air service. was killed and
Lieut. Thomas TT Ward. probably "a
tally injured at Langley Ficld when
their machine crashed TO the earth
while emerging from a low hanging
cloud bank The machine was demoI.
ished Bryant. whose home is I'm
Mayfeld KY was plotting tho craft.
which had gone up to make radio
tests in connection with preparations
for the army's air attack test ON navy
vessels in June. Il was believed he
lost his bearings in the cloud bank.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
PIow Unearths indian VILLAGE.

New Philadelphia, O-Remains of
an Indian village not recorded in the
history Of Ohio have been unearthed
at Schoenbrun south of here. on the
Uhrichyille road by w. B. Brown. a
farmer Brown plowed up a number
OF human bones The field is be
lieved to have been used as an In
dian burying ground II is a terrace
along the Tuscarawas river and is
near the site Of the first school and
church erected west Of the Ale
gheny mountains
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
Historical Record of American Fleet.

Washington. Secretary DENLY ask
ed Congress for $4,000 for use in OBJ
tanning an historical pictorial record
of the American fleet in foreign wat
ers during the war Should the money
be provided. the secretary said, Bur
nell Poole. an artist, would be engag-
ed to do the work
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
Crude Oil Boosted 25 Cents

oil city The second increase in
crude oil prices within a week was
announced by the Joseph SeNp
purchasing agency here PennsvI.
vania crude was boosted 25 cents
to $3.50; Cabell. 20 cents to S216:
Somerset, 20 cents to $195: Somer-
set light 20 cents to $2.2O. and Rag
land, 10 cents to 1926.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
West Chicago Police Chief Murdered

Chcago-George Rohm, chief of DO.
lice of West Chicago. was shot and
killed by an unidentified man. and
James Schners, the chiefs companion.
seriously wounded. Rehm and Schners
had just directed two women in an
automobile how to get to st. Charles.
I'LL, and crossed the street. meeting a
stranger Where are you going?"
the chief asked. Several revolver
shots was the answer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
ela eond 60 on Marknt

New York The greatest private
financing i'm the history of the United
States lis now under way with the Of
fering Of s23OO0O.OOO i'm Northern Pa.
cifc-Great Northern joint 15-year 6H
per cent convertible gold bonds Sc
cured by Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy Railway stock
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Picher Okla. A iveyear-old girl
was killed and five persons were in
jured, two seriously. when race
horse dashed through a track fence
into a crowd of spectators Two
horses were entered in the race and
the one that plunged into the crowd
left the track within twenty yards of
the wire. The jockey was one of the
injured
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Redwood w Va Maston Chris.
tian. 81 years old. a Webster county
mountaincer, has taken unto himself
his seventh wife. a girl of 20 Chris.
tian is the father of 23 children and
his numerous grandchildren and
greatgrandchildrcn are residents of
many states.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
DETECTIVE FATALLY SHOT
Bandit With $4,000 in Clothing is
Also Seriously Wounded.

Erie.-While attempting to arrest
Charles Chair, wanted in Colorado as
one Of the alleged Denver express
robbers. who recently stole $4,000.
Detective Frank Gackowski was shot
ih the right breast and probably IA
tally wounded The alleged robber
was also probably fatally shot by
Harry Pratt a taxicab driver who
was with Gackowski at the time.
According to reports, Gackowski
and Pratt encountered Chair and
when the former attempted to arrest
Chair, the latter is alleged to have
shot the sleuth. Pratt opened fire
on the alleged bandit, who fell with
a shot in the abdomen.
Both wounded men were taken to
the Hamot Hospital where a search
OF Chairs clothing revealed $4,000.
said to be part Of the loot obtained
in the Denver robbery.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
Mail Guard Shot gv eandits

Bayonne, ". j. Matthew Lyons.
oaggagemaster on the Jersey Central
Railroad here, was shot and seriously
wounded by one of four men who held
up group of pOstoTco employees and
escaped with three BAGS of mail one
)i which contained registered matter
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Bowling Green, Mo - Roy Ham.
monds. Negro, aged 10. awaiting
transportation to the penitentiary for
attempted assault on a 14-year-old
white girl was seized at the depot
here by mob which overpowered the
sheriff and half dozen deputies and
IynChed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
t6e.ooo Army ProvLaed In nilL

Washington a regular force Of
10000 enlisted men is provided i'm
the army appropriation bill reported
TO the House. This is 1000 more
than the figure fixed in the bin passed
az the last session aud vetoed by
Pre- idcut Wilson
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
BANKS ROBBED BY THUGS
Bandits Escape With Large Sums of
Money and Liberty Bonds.

Bowling Green. Ky. - Two bandits
held up G. w Davidson & Company, a
private bank at Auburn, 16 miles west
OF here. compelled the bookkeeper,
who was alone in the bank, to unlock
the vault door, and escaped with So
600 in cash and $4,000 in Liberty
bonds
Union Hill, N J. - Armed bandits
held up two bank messengers here
and escaped in an automobile with a
bag containing cash and checks to the
amount of $5248 William Tiernan
and w. F. Wolf the messengers. are
employed by the Hudson Trust Com
pany West Hoboken.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05
Banker Honorsd BY French L.nion.

Paris - Walter Barry. president OF
tfo American Chamber of Commerce
of Paris. has bocn made commander
OF the LEGION of Honor ACCORDING
to tho Journal Omcal The list also
included Mrs Herman Harics. Dr
Robert Turner and Frank j Could.
who have bocu made knights of The
legion
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Jackson Miss More than a dozen
persons are reported TO have been
killed and score injured in a torna-
do at Broxton. IS miles from here
Every business house i'm the town. ex-
cept the bank is reported to have
been demolished
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Rock Island B j. The Po,ugucse
toamor Nounueay bound from Lis
''n t'r New York with ans 1asson-
gers "onf ashore ou Black Rock. ON
me west Idc of Block Island. in
mick fog A wrockug crew was
rushed to fs assistance
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Fairmont.-Fifty or sixty homes will
be made from the old normal school
here by the local kiwanians if they
find it possible to finance the proJ.
oct
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Fairmont.-Murrel DaSco Is arrest
cd on charge OF bigamy. 1t is al
legged he has wife in Fairmont, one
in Clarksburg, and one in Wheeling.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Charleston.-Alleged to have com
mitted perjury, c. A. Lue waived ex-
animation before Squire c. e. Jarret
and was held to the grand jury in the
sum of $1,000. He gave bond with ].
Raymond as surety. The alleged per
jury was committed, it is said, during
the divorce suit of Hester Stanley
against Oakley Stanley. The suit was
tried in the court of common pleas
some months ago.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Charleston.-IIarry 4. Hall, son Of
Mayor Grant T. Han, has been award.
'd a good ronduc, medal for services
m the United states Marine Corps.
The citation with it said that TT was
awarded for obedience, sobriety. indus.
HF, cleanliness and proficiency dur
n2 Us enlistment as private in the
corps. ON the back of the bronze
mod1' are Inscribed these words
"IfdoHtN zell and obedience. Mr.
Iia.. ' n"w freshman i'm Washington
1nd Ie" University no Lexington, va.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Charleston building OF a new Steel
N''du" hr.dsa over Tyler creek ON the
Lock GIJmb'r road Ius boon started
'> .hr county engineers forces with
'Hn completion d. thc bridge lt is ex.
pnrind mt lhc ueu road lyiu bc omen
Tor travel Tine county has purchased
Ford tractor and s -vue it test
on the Point Pleasant pike. If K.
proves satisfactory more of the ma.
chimes VIII DE purchased. rhc tractor
takes lhe place Of horses on the couu-
~ graders and other vehicles whers
horses arc now used.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Dunbar-Whittemor Glass plant re-
sumCS operation after being shut down
for over year caused by the burning
Of the former plant. y large number
Of men are employed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

BellSlow.-Gcorge Nuce, %, the old
est man in Monongaia county, died
az his home here. He lived here his
entire life with the exception of three
years, when he was a soldier in the
union army during the Civil War He
has more than 10 direct descendants
who survive him. His wife, who died
more than year ago, lived to be 90
years of age.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Clarksburg.-It was learned here
that the Doddridge county grand jury
has returned indictments against j. f..
Graham, former president of the coun-
ty court, and 5. Z. Ash and Emmit Nc
ConncIl, county commissioners, charg-
ins misapprOpriation of COUNTY funds.
They will be tried in the Doddridge
county circuit court next week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Neutrality-suspicious. and other stock
must not run at large in Montgomery
for the stock law has become effective.
Fowls are included in this order.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Charleston. While driving through
charleston street Zine s0roru, gear on
an automobile being driven by t. Wy
CaFender suddenly went wrong and the
car crashed into the farm wagon of
H J. Bailey Of Liberty Both rear
wheels OF Tic wagon wore smashed by
the impact of tue collision.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

ChariestOn.--The inheritance taxrs
for the year ending June ~, 1921, will
exceed those Of any previous wear.
owing to one item Of $4,000, received
from The Trick estate.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

FairmOnt.-Deputy United States
Marshal Howard Adams has arrested
John Supreme, a Russian, of Downs.
on charge of violating the Red
Flag act Supreme is charged with
circulating Seditious literature and it
IS said meetings have been held in this
section at which the literature has
been distributed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Marlowe.-The drinking of essence
of lemon is thought to have caused Al
bert Blaine Jack to become mentally
unbalanced which resulted in suicide
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Mannington.-A charter has been
granted to the Warrington Athletic
Club, which will encourage physical
culture among business and profes-
siOnal men of the town.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Fairmont.-Fifty veterans who serv-
ed in foreign countries under the
American flag have been initiated into
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-05

Northfork.- Northfork district Of
Mcdowell county is preparing TO float
a so, 1000 school bond issue which is to-
be voted on by the people the latter
part Of this month.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-28
BALL ENDS ANNUAL
CONVENTION OF VETERANS
Brilliant Affair Ends Reunion at Chattanooga-Sol-
dicrs and Visitors En- Route Home-Heavv
Downpour of Rain Prevents Parade

Gus points in the city ana snapped
"reminiscences. listened To bands and
other entertainment in their honor.
AZ this evening a dinner was served
AT u local tabernacle to large num-
Der.
The ball tonight attracted a large
number. the grand march being led
by General y. Il. Forest. retiring
commander. and his sponsor. Miss
Jennie icrger King. OF Tulsa. Okla.
followed by Official ladies' and their
escorts
In recent letter TO the Chatta.
noosa Times giving n brief history
of himself. the new commandments
chief said
|. "I am n lieutenant general in the
organization Of the United Contcdcr-
ate Veterans. and | am a commandcr
Of The Department Of Northern Vir-
Einia. ! was n private in Lees army
] wore no stars on my collar or braid
on my sleeves, but followed the
immortal Lee To Appomattox and
never in my life missed n roll cali
General Cars home is in Durham,
n. c.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-28
BEATTY DISCOUNTS
SERIOUS DIFFERENCES
British Admiral Declares he
Sees No ENHANCEMENT Be.
tween England and US.
IBy .Assoclntcd Press. |

NEW YORK. Oct, 2T.-The possi-
bi!ity OF any serious differences nris
ing between Great Britain and. the
United states in the Washington cor.
terence over IN" limitation Of arma-
meuts was discounted tonight nv Al
mira' Beatty. First Sea Lord Of IN.
british Admiralty. speaking AZ a ain.
ner given in his honor by the Pilgrim
society
The world will wait and watch with
supreme interest the contcreucc's de-.
iiberations. Admiral Beatty said. I'M,
nowhere viii IL be watched with moro
nope than in England. surely. he
added. there never VAS greater is
sue dependent upon the deliberations
OF man.
RevcrtinE to the relationship bc
tween England and the United States
ana the part II Viii play in the cor
terence. Admiral Beatty said the
question was not one Of bolsterinc
mp an artificial and man made al
iiancc, but rather Z question OF
keeping awake the communion which
is right ana natural between the two
nations.
Our every in.crcs.. cu- every in
stinct binds us together" he said
Just "a members Of the same clan
when widely separated, lose touch
with one another and with one an
others point of view unless efforts
are made TO maintain touch between
them. SO l believe absolutely In the
necessity for the closest intercourse
between the United States and Great
Britain in every sphere of activity.
1t is not to be expected. indeed,
II is humanity Impossible, that both
countries should he In perfect agrec-
,nent at all times. When differences
do arise in international affairs they
are called incidents and much can
be made of them by those who de-
light in making mischief and scandal.
but IL we know one another well
enough, and trust enc another COM
pietely enough. the mischief makers
can strive In vain"