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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
Want 125 Miners TO
Work Under 1917 Scale

Charleston. W. VA. June ga re-
quest for 1875 miners To work under IN"
1917 waEo scale In tho mines al. tho
Lundale Coal company wHH received ny
Governor MoCgnn today from ". n. but
lar smulny mont supervisor OF tho com
pany. lila letter To tn" T"'crn"r Srg-
Koated that r~lict committees working
in tho section. Of tho state. whcr" un-
employment has hocomo u serious rtc-
tor. could md men for these POSITIONS
~ n means OF relieving the situation.
Tn, letter stated that the company
waa unable TO secure enough m'nrrh u"
operate i,s prupcrties efficiently ana
rnId III seems II Will 10 n"rc'1nrY Tor
n. 10 sitlcr close our mines or secure
aufricI,nt rn~n 10 lower nuT cost I" trn
minimum Ly quantity rr"aI"ti"h
Agents throughout the '"un'rE. Mr.. Int.
lar wrote prc irving l." -. M" men Tor
The company wIu,onr rr'lnr t"".t ''nr-
nort.tion ar the rric- 81 coat prohibits
iho aid pr,,..,r 10 "dsh |ns tUtIi"'d
tiCks,A
A. ma instance, ~ NO dlHirwiY Ia"
r.ru,t,l o., stt-,I~n.~ WITH n" ""n
,l,,Iu.I D.. ,n r.rrt to it,uflnpi"n
After 40 hnh uo" equipped VIM '"'ln
COO t4..lN ''''' '' I'D
Who ,l,i,u...I rn,F Inh 49,, ho"" "hi" Z"
a.f . h,. Of a"th g., t"." m""'n7
u.lt,d ,H l.,. Geo.. u.rl' t".i0 .rsYi"H
80 i,., ,l..l l,A tu 4" h"'h I" Hunting
IUu
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
Nine New York Police
Officers Killed in
the Last IS Months

New York IAN. 20 Lava niEh' -
billing ur Patrolmnn O'io W M",z. by
Frank Whnlry. II negro. who had been
picked upon pugpicion ur Insanity. In
creased to nine ia" list "r New York
hlucCoats sho, to death in tn" last IL
months. fight were tn" victims ~
criminal gunner. m" others was lald
low hv a fellow policeman.
OF the SlayCrS two arc awaiting
trial, two were convicted Of MURDER
one was confined in an Institution for
the criminal insane. two wer" "Eon"r-
ated and one escaped without leaving
a clue 10 his identity.
The list OF killings hogan on Dccrm-
Der 90, 1920. when Lieutenant Floyd
Horton was shot down while trying to
halt q gang Of bandits fleeing in a
motor car.
A motive for the latest crime Is still
lacking Whalcy had been taken to 4
police station for Investigation after
complaints that he acted queerly. Lett
alone In waiting room. he seized
the pistol OF the unsuspcctlng officer
when the latter cam" In TO rest ana
shot him through the brain. Only the
failure Of the gun 10 fire second time
saved the life or another policeman.
who came TO MOTIFS rescue after la"
fatal nhOt had rrouacd the station
house. Whnlcy will be nrrniEncd ON
a murder charge today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
MOUNDSV|LLE
COPS TWO FROM
MARTINS FERRY
PURPLE AND WHITE CAoERS SUF'
FEE DEFEAT 7 " HARD
FOUGHT GAME
Boys Mad Easy Time, winning ny Score
OF 49-l2-(lirlB won ~ to

MoundSvlllo hiEh schools boy. and
girIs won Il double victory over tho two
floor tc1mq representing Martins Forty
high school ln,' r'"ning on IA" Mound
city no"r. thc d. ~ winning io-l2 and
the girls 22-s.
Both games were fast. although ono
sided. but the largo crowd WAS most
enthusiastic. Iafrcrty and WOODBURY.
sul!t honors In scoring for tho down
river boys. while EChola and Swain
scored all OF the Fnrrlans' points.
In tho rIrls' game. Miss Ernest again
starred sor MoundsYille. and Miss Shane
scored nearly all tho points for tho Pur-
pie ami white.
The scores:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
Chairman Hull Coming
to West Virginia for
State Committee Meet

Charleston. w. Va. Jan. ga meet
Ing OF tho Democratic state executive
committee md tho associate commit
too. comprising women. Will DO hold nj
Huntington. Friday. February 10. ne
cordlng to call sent out by state
Chairman II. L. Dunlap, OF Hinton to-
day.
Cordeu Hull. Democratic national
chairman. Will address the meeting
John w. Davis. OF ClarksburE. former
ambassador 10 England. will also attend
and make an address, II was stated.
There will loo a business meeting In
tho afternoon and u Qanbhquct IN tho
evening, to which party workers and
editors will DO invited. Chairman Dun
lap psaId. IIG added that II Will be tho
first appearance OF Chairman Hull In
West Virginia since no accepted the ma
tlonnl chairmanship.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
NO STERILIZATION
FOR THIS FAMILY

Denver. Colo. Jan. "O.--Children' OF
CIvd, and Gertrude COss!dcnte are com
foriuhly clad. happy and c"nlcnteh' an
investigation committee reported 10
Judge ltuyal IL Graham. In JnVch'is
cuur: h,Ic today. Tho committee VIM
,unnInIrd N"yrmbcr last. following "
,.Iprrsti"n from medical student |" ihs
count that MIr tunhldrntr. mhlher 81
nyo. rhuuld submit To an operation I"
rrrvtnl h"I Tram bearing moro ChlIui'h'
II wan rnnirnhrd The rhllhIrn "eTo not
lriur given the uIOIri 'hI".
In explaining II abatement ihhho NJ 'h"
%uvrmhrr hrnring today. JuhE" 'r"hnh
rnId "Ir ! were going l" i"'"hih"H"
nIrrIIlzniInu. | mont certainty w"n'h h"t
recommend II nlUno on tho "li"' hu'
uIru NO on tho huHhnnd Hnd upon "nch
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
= Ireland. These two will leave tomor-

Ireland. These two will leave tomor-
row.
Todny the evacuation OF tho British
army in ireland began in earnest. ships
nro waiting at Dublin 10 convey the
troons. which were scheduled to arrive
for cmbarkaiiOn during the course OK
the day by seven special trains. Thrse
from CurraEh. two from TlpperaJy ana
two from Marlborough TWO specIh
trains were ordered TO convey troops
from the Kilworth camp TO cork TOT en-
barIntion. Eighty military hirplahes
with pilots and wireless operators 1911
for England thia morning.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
Grant Writ Of Error
in Belmont Brewing
Case Of Jacob KOTl

Special Dispatch I" the lh''''E'"''
Chnrlcaton. " Va. Jan. ~. tn" a'h'o
,uurrmc court today granted WIZ III
error In tho case OF Jh""h Morn hR''h''
A. W Elrh from bhl" county ''I'"''
court Tho "nhn was nrr"hI"" Nv N"'"
and ~ invulVrr forty rhn'"H III '"e '"'
mont I,rcwimg company. " MAJ TN" ''''F
CONCERN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
MISTOOK LIGHT FOR FIRE.
TlycrIIIIlC'IItH.

Persons on tho stroct miStook tho
lights from two gaa stoves In tho Wog-
ncr wholesale grocery building for hre
at 1915 o'clock last night and reported
10 Engine Company No. &. The hro-
mon took II truck To tho scene ana
quickly discovered tho cause OF the stili
alarm
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21

Fannie Hurst IL called "The fsmsls
O. Henry" She has written eight nov
Slottes, all startlingly vivid and candid.
remariablo for every quality that goes
TO create gripping interest. The Intel
ugenosr has obtained exclusive publ
oationoation rights in this otty ana VIII
present the Fannie Hurst noVeisetss 70
it, readers on the feature page, begin
ming Tuesday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21

The Princes. Mryrooh OF Delhi. In
lin. who will ah"rtly visit tho United
SinIrn to study tho vnrioua womcnS
NynuIzniluun Ia thln country. During
NE wnr she served M nurse with
hr HrltIyh mud French armies. recclv-,
M decorations for her work from both
rnycrnIncntH.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21

If my woman hnd NIL ia" "l"'h"H nh"
wanted tho rorl of ia" women W""'"
hnvo to 4" In barrrln. Modern woo"
man.
, 1922-12-28
GREETED WITH COLD WATER

A quaint New Years custom OBJ
served in South Pembrokeshire, the
Little England beyond Wales" Is de
scribed In a London newspaper. Be
tween six and seven o'clock on New
Years morning the h~ousehoiders are
aroused by a succession OF smart taps
mt their doors. On opening them they
Will be greeted by one or more chill
dren. chiefly boys. armed with a little
year. | cheerfully resolve to obey all
or other evergreen plant. The greet
Ing consists OF the words, "will you
take this New Years water In.
please7' No true native OF the dis
trict would dream OF refusing. for this
water is supposed to bring good luck
for the ensuing year. II the child's
request Is granted. he sends a spray
Of Icy water into the face Of the gen
tieman or lady OF the house, with the
words. II wish you a happy New
Yeari" Every member Of the house
hold must participate In the luck
bringing water, 80 the child Is brought
up TO the members Of the family still
abed and the formula is repeated
again.
, 1922-12-28

suspicious gen.. with a bagful of gold
coins, coral and other precious things.
Another has a bundle of edible sea-
weed, which is called 'kobu." The
phrase ito rejoice" in japanese is
"yorokobu :" so seaweed (kobu) means
rejoicing. The last has under it a
lobster A person doubled up with
age reminds one Of a lobster with its
doubled up waist. So the lobster quite
often is p~icturesquely representative
of "the aged OF the sea-"
When the family have bowed down
before the gods they eat the great
meal and a few rounds of sake were
tremendously served in former days.
Once you have eaten this feast you
have added n year; and n child born
In December is said to be two years
old right after this meal. / used to
be reminded by older people that l
should be a better boy from the first
of January. as / had added one year
during that N night. They say that
one night Of the thirty-first of Decem-
Der is worth fifty days of usual DAYS,
and those who go to bed early this
night will grow old that much In one
night.
Early on the first of January New
Years callers begin to pour in. What
do they say? With heads bowed down
and hands or the sill, they humble:
Congratulations for the opening of
the new year; we received your favor
last year, and pray hat 1t will be con-
tinued in future" This phrase Is so
common that both sides speak at the
same time, and yet both are well I'M
derstood. One says, wont you come
INF" NO" answers the other; 81
have more houses to call" "Then
com when o are through" and the
caller goes. IL the caller should come
In he is s~umptuously feasted with food
and drink.
Superstitious people find omens and
meanings in dreams, and the Japanese
must have good dreams to begin the
year. Fol this purpose they put a
piece of paper under the bed. On this
paper a japanese junk is printed. load
, 1922-12-28
A New Years
Greeting
By Emory J. Haynes

"HINK of an Egyptian pyra-
mid-the Sphinx, for in
stance, that stone forged
head of a man. 1t stolidly stares
out of sightless eyes over the
wastes of sand. Now think of a
big town clock in the forehead of.
that hard face. The hour hand
has been wagging around and yet
around for all these centuries.
And now it marks the beginning
of another New Year. Does the
stony face smile? No. Do the
granite lips move to bid us, of
this age, a Happy New Year? No.
If we speak up to the broken ears
do they hear? Never.
GSuch a ~senseless, heartless thing
Ills time. 1t knows us not nor cares
for us. 1t has no eyes to see us,
whether we be Greeks, Egyptians
or Yankees. AS well might be the
countless grains of the desert
sands, we and the generations
gone before us. Our laughter and
our tears are alike to time. If we
living beings carve a clock on its
brows; If W. renew Its wheels as
they wear out If we wind it day
by day and appoint u children
to keep 1t going after us; If we
make its iron tongue strike the
hours on a bell, 1t yet is nothing
to the sphinx of Old Time. We
only are the living ones. Time
is not alive. And IL there were no
living ear Of man or beast on the
vast Sahara there would be no
sound of the striking clock.
hive speak In error of the New
u Years coming. 1t is we living
souls who come and 90. Time
W comes. never goes; is not
new, not old. Time is a fetish,
an imaginary thing. Man is all,
in fact, since the souiless beasts
take no note of time, and Gods
measure is Eternity.
we do on New Years day
Is to take note of our existence.
Away back of us are multitudes
of human lives to whom we real
ize our relation. We say back Of
us. Why not say before us? For
they are the procession that
passed this way. Are we the head
of the column, or is 1t they who
have gone before7 In either view
we are all one. 1t is Humanity
that is passing over the earth.
The Sphinx is nothing since 1t has
no soul to e us pass, or to hear
us as we pause and toss our caps
in the air before him In a New
Years festival.
Instead of the pyramid let us
Vlook up to a Father. How differ
emit the thought Eyes has He
and He sees us; ears, and He
hears our thankful acclaIms.
Hands has He, which extend
themselves to sustain us, to help
the toddling children, to upbear
the aged, For a thousand years
In thy sight are but as yesterday
when 1t is passed, and as a watch
in the night"
m We think today of brotherhood.
u We are conscious alike Of our
mortality and our Immortality.
Life seems sweet and we are glad
- ne auve. Life seems all EN-
bracing, all c%onquering, for we
have survived so many trials and
yet are living.
In vain does one seek to put 1t
Gin words, this mighty shout Of men
into the faces of the aged stars
and to the sunrise. "a Happy New
Year" 1t is a day OF tinkling
bells and music with dancing feet.
Yet poor indeed must be the mind
that cannot also rise to say:
when I consider Thy heavens.
the work of Thy fingers. the moon
and the stars. which Thou hast
ordained, what is mai that Thou
are mindful of him7r And so give
, 1922-12-28
MAKING THE YEAR

A New Year Is the starting place.
Lots leave II with a smiling face,
Let's start with laughter and with sons
And when tomorrow comes along,
Let's cling TO all our happy ways
Until we've built n stack OF days
And weeks n months OF faith and
cheer,
And made OF II n happy year.
Detroit Free Preas-
, 1922-12-28

ed with precious goods, her sails out
spread, on her decks men busy with
rigging and oars. A Japanese poem Is
also printed on II:
Ma ka Xxi 20 no,
To nc ne flu ri no,
Nj ma me na me
Ma mi no n fu ne no.
. to no 20 Xxi ka na.
Translated roughly. this means:
After a sound sleep Of long night.
Resting awake in bed,
hear a cheerful sound
Of a sailing vessel
Gliding over the pillows.
The poem In translation loses It's
power Of calling up associations. But
one cnn Imagine himself living near
an Inland sen, with its hooks, bays and
ofings, pine groves and plum blossoms
hanging over from the hilly shores,
the sun as yet below the horizon, and
In the mist he can discern n vessel
gliding smoothly. leaving merry songs
OF sailors behind to be carried away
BY the spring breeze.
, 1922-12-28
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

YER my cabin on Twin Sisters slope
In the Rocky Mountain National Park
Rides the December moon in blue
black sky
To light the Old Year out. the New
Year in.
Tahosa-"Valley In the Mountain
Tops"
All trimmed about with lofty snow
clad peaks,
Is dazzling with ~new-fallen snow; Its
, 1922-12-28

in Japan
is the month of
rest and festival ;
rest after hard
work and harvest ;
festival as an aus
picious beginning
of the year.
Before the end of
The New York herald., 1922-06-15
JESSE POWERS'S HOUSE
ON POLITICAL ROW. SOLD
Woman Buys Former Park
Commissioners Home.

Barnett & Co. sold for the Empire
Trust Company as trustee for former
Park Commissioner Jesse Powers his
residence at "a Mount Morris Park
West, five story dwelling. on lot 25.Sx
100, valued at $4,000. The new
owner is Elsie Berger. The house is
on a block known to old Harlemites as
political row." and where many men
prominent in city politics had homes.
Among them were Mayor Gilroy. Rich
ard Croker and Judge MARITIME. one
time District Attorney. Mr.. Powers oc-
pied the house since he erected 1t, forty
years ago.
Mulvihill & Co. sold for Herbert O..
Hibbard the three story house 2O36
Madison avenue. northwest corner OF
129th street, to Elizabeth A. Hoctor.
George S. Runk has sold for Charles
Lang SO East Ninety-first street,
three story dwelling having a frontage
of nineteen feet and held at $4,000. 1t
had not been sold for more than thirty
years.
John H. Pierce sold for Mamie Dyer
$50 West 13Sth street, three story
and basement dwelling, 23x10o, to
client for occupancy
The New York herald., 1922-06-15

Messrs. Day and Davies put up the first
lot at the southwest corner OF Metcaif
avenue and 172d street. The first bid
for that parcel, 25x100 feet, was 5000.
In rapid succession the bids were raised
until it was knocked down for $4,000 to
Frank Grass, a leather dealer. In less
than three minutes the same buyer took
the southeast corner of 172d street and
Harrod avenue for $500 and the six
intervening inside lots, each 25xl0o, for
$1,000 each.
Among the evening buyers were two
Philadelphia operators. Thomas Morch
chased at 10 r. NJ. 120 lots on Morris
Park and East fremont avenues for
s150,000, or an average of $500 a lot.
For sixty lots on 172d and 174th streets
and Croes and Noble avenues Felix
Isman paid $4,000. or an average or
$3.50 a lot. Ten lots on Westchester,
st. Lawrence and Beach avenues, near
the St. Lawrence avenue station of the
Pelham Bay Parkway branch of the sub
way. were sold to Philip Goldberg for
$55, 900, or an average OF $500 a lot.
After the close OF last nights session
William b. Cardoza, vice-president of
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company.
one of the trustees OF the estate, said
that he believed that the public had
Jared well at the opening day of the
sale as lots. especially those close to
subway and local transit lines. were
sold for less than their market value.
One of the heaviest buyers during the
afternoon was d. ]. Converser, who paid
The New York herald., 1922-06-15

$45.90o for eight lots on Westchester
avenue, between Morrison and Harroo
avenues. near the subway station. In
addition Mr.. Converser succeeded In
outbidding competitors for two lots on
Morrison avenue. adjoining the corner
at $1,000 apiece. He also bought the
southeast corner Of l72d street and Har-
rod avenue for $2.o76.
Eight lots on Metcalf avenue from
1920 street to Harrod avenue were pur-
chased by Mr. Peroff for $4,000. The
corner lots went for s2,425 and the In
side lots for s1.275 apiece. III. Abend
paid $i,625 for a corner lot at Morrison
avenue and 172d street and the adjoin-
ing lot for $1,l50.
The Astor lots. generally speaking.
are bounded by East 172d and East
lS0th streets and Westchester, fremont,
Morris Park. Morris and st. Lawrence
avenues. They are a verttable island In
a sea OF apartment houses. as II has
been the age worn custom of the Astor
estate never to sell of its holdings In
small parcels.
In the last three years the Astors,
however, have been disposing OF their
properties In New York city because war
taxes in England and in this country.
together with surtaxes and differences in
the rates of exchange between this
country and England. have made 1t good
business for them to do so. The re-
turns which have been large, have been
invested in tax exempt securities and
the Astors have been consequently en-
riched.
The sale will be continued to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-06-15
STAUCH'S DANCE HALL
AT CONEY ISLAND SOLD
Syndicate Takes OUer Parcel
Other Brooklyn Deals.

Stauch's dance hall and restaurant
building on the Bowery, between STRAIT
toms Walk and Schweiherts Walk.
Coney Island, having width OF 1l3
feet on the thoroughfare and extend
ing back 700 feet to the beach, has
been sold by Louis Stauch to a syndi-
cate for approximately $500,000. The
sale included certain leaseholds OF
tenants fronting on the side streets
and the beach.
The future plans OF the new owners
have not been announced. but 1t was
stated to-day that whether the present
structure is allowed to remain on the
plot or a new one erected Mr.. Stauch
will continue to conduct the resort for
another year. 1t was intimated. how
ever, that a large hotel will replace
the structure now occupying the plot,
which extends back to the new board
walk now under construction. The
legal matters in the transfer OF the
property were taken care of by the
law firm of Riegelmann & Rosensen.
A. Mishkin sold for F. A. Unsworth to
the J. and NJ. C. Construction Company
a plot, 120x100. on the east side OF
East Eighteenth street about $50 rect
north of Avenue L.. held at $4,000.
Charles Partridge Real Estate Com
pany, Inc, leased the store In 1o92
Bedford avenue to Grisoli Brothers for
the sale of automobile accessories.
Henry l.. Nielsen subieased for a
long term the store. 3SS Bridge street
for the McGinness & Stortz Radio
Company to a client, women's wear
dealer
The New York herald., 1922-06-15
67S ASTOR LOTS
BRING SS6O,2OO
First Day Of Auction of Bronx
Property Yields Average
of S1,106 a Site.

Cameras clicked and movie photog-
raphers ground out yards of films yes
terday as Joseph p. Day and j. Clarence
Davies. auctioneers. began the sale OF
1869 Bronx lots for the estate OF tbs
late viscount william Waldorf Astor
The auction was held in the grand ball
room of the Hotel Astor. which was
filled 70 capacity with men and women.
When the sale was adjourned last night
CTS lots had b,en disposed OF for total
OF $3.50. 200. or an average of s1.los To-.
The magic of the name Astor and the
fact that the auction was held IN one
of Broadways best known hotels
brought out vast throng, which began
to fill the ballroom as early as high
noon. 1t was after o'clock when
The New York herald., 1922-06-15
BUILDERS ACQUIRE
HOTEL SCHUYLER
Nine Story Structure on 45th
Street, Facing Harvard Club,
Sold to Tishmans.

The Hotel Schuyler. a nine story struc-
ture at SO West Forty-ffth street, op-
posite the Harvard Club and in the block
between Fifth and Sixth avenues, In
which are the Seymour and the Web
ster hotels, has been sold to Julius Tish-
man & Sons by the Herman Wronkow
estate, the United States Trust COM
pany and Morgan ]. O'Brien trustees.
The hotel occupies plct of 75x100 feet
and Is being operated under long lease
by George T. Stockham, formerly Of the
Holland House. The property Is valued
at 100000. William G. Bloodgood &
Co. and Andrew F. Gilsey were the
brokers in. the transaction.
Upper Broadway Project.
Conrad Glaser purchased from the
Tiffany Realty Company, through Slaw-
son & Hobbs, the vacant plot on the west
side of Broadway, north of 122d street.
126x91x irregular, for the site Of two
story and basement business building.
which will contain about ten stores on
the ground floor. Negotiations are pend
ing for the leasing of the second floor
for an Oriental restaurant. The sign
privileges have been leased to the Van
Buren, and New York Billpostlng Com
pany
Club for Blind Planned.
Leon s. Altmayer has sold for Mrs.
Julia Schwarz to the New York Guild
for the Jewish Blind the four story
apartment house. 172 East Ninety-sixth
street, 30x100, between Third and Lex
ington avenues. Mr.. Altmayer sold the
guild its present headquarters, 236 East
105th street. which has just been resoId
to the New York Music Guild. The new
site on Ninety-sixth street will be al
tered into club and school for the
blind.
To Remodel for Garage.
Pepe & Bro. have sold for the owner
to the Telegram Realty Company, Inc.
Il West 3D. street. 25x90. a three story
brick dwelling containing a garage on
the street floor. 1t is to be recon-
structad into private garage.
First Sale In 100 Years.
Tinsley May has sold for the John
Cropper estate. represented by F. C G..
Pflomm, the five story building Sc Mas
sau street, t16.7x52, to an investing
client.