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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
Secretary Of Labor DAVIS
States Government Will
Pursue Hands Off" Policy
Unless Strike Becomes Pro-
tracted.

y , York, March I6.---Opcrations OF
sevt:4ty four anthracite coal mines went
int, secret session tonight 1" Irahe
their answer to III" nineteen way" de-
marr., submitted yesterday 10y leaders
or organized labor. Their decision VIII
no. ho made known until tomorrow
when owners and WORKERS VIII hold a
Join, session.
RcEardles> Of tac oI'"Ome ": iH.& con
rcrrrca. Z Is generally predicted th't
,hs on,hrac!to mines "lll suspend or
cratinus a:tc~ Apr!, !. The object "E
tomorrow" session w;ii rc TO determine
whether a prutrac;cd susptns.o" or
strike may bn uver;c1 by AN oArr 10
tDnpro!lisc tho waGC question.
Secretary Davis. here today. haniShed
ell probability Of government 'nierFeh-
ton IN the negotiations.
The gOvrrnmcnt vii maintain a
hands of po.icy and viii give the owners
and miners every oprortuHity 10 settle
,he,~ differences peacefully" h" SAID.
"I'ulese a protractcd suspension O.
lengthy strike results reaching a
climax Watch VIII result IN direct IN
lur,. 70 tMc consuming public VIC shall
not '-tc~rcre."
"What ro.icy tho government sha,!
otrr; in such an event VIII he de'lded
when tho emergency actuai.E arise
We VII not cross tho hriGE" u"Nt "e
core 20 t.
Although Il had been reported ,h"t NJ
PAWS would confer with John J.. l.""I'
president Of tn United Mn" WORKERS
hn declared lie would not 'ar't' nat" ~
tho crn,roN.rsy lt present, ara thht nv
trip -".r waS not connected Win the
Goa: qu"st!",..
vet s.,R- 60 . =
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
SENATOR REED
SEES JAZZ PANESE
SEA ADYANTAC
CLAIMS AMERICA IS
HELPLESS IN PACIFIC
Administration Senators Do
Not Reply-Ratihca-
tion Certain.

Wasa!nc:cM. May,h lG.--TAc ram-
paiEr or n" .rrccouciiah."s against the
;our-pov, Pacific trcaty continued
1!thou: abatement u tho Sena:c today
despi,n signs OF waning interest and
the disposition Of leaders 70 regard
ratification O: the pact as rorcGone
conclusion.
For more tran ;hre" hours. n a
acnaia chamber wh.Hh mast or tho timo
was all bat deserted. senator Reed.
Democrat; Missouri. assaj.ed both the
Co&+pOwrr and naval treaties which he
said would tit tor'Ih"r to put tho init
cd States IN a position o. 'help!css-
ness" IN the Pacific.
He charged that the facts underlying
the 800 naval settlement had been
:n!srcpres"a led. and put or the record
ngu-cS Of his own designed 70 show
the. Superiority of speed, armament
md auxiliary cra:, would greatly n
,rcayc III" relative strength Of 'Ec
British ard Jan&Hcsc ravt"T.
Mako No Reply
ThA Missouri! senator's address was
INTERRUPTED about a half dozen times by
senators who questioned him on minor
po:nts Of Information regarding the
uavH: estimates lie submitted. and
when he lad finished the debate drift
ed to other subjects.
The administration leaders mad" no
cfror, 20 reply 20 tho attack maintain
.nc that yesterdays aEreemcn: 70 vote
f"allv on the treaty on March @4 had
crushed all possibilities OF an adverse
vote.
Toward the end nC his argume7: Son,
l. ~
eut lack OF interest N tho debate. noting
for the record that only :wo fcruoll-
can senator's were present and flaylng
the Republicans who had stood witf
him against tho Versailles treaty hu'
now were supporting tho Four power
pact.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
PT.PLEASANT
MAN VICTIM IN
RIVER DISASTER

cincinnati. March 16. - K. a. Burr
ID. manager Of transportation Of the
f,amobclrs Creek Coal company. ano
Mrs, Arthur Schletker, 23, wife OF the
engineer Of the towboat Helper. were
drowned. and two other persons were
rescue, when the boat sank in the Cln-
,;rra.. harbor Of tho Ohio river today
The boat was bound up stream Wnen
suddenly II capsized and sank Ins
tragedy occurred in less than about Two
minutes. The boilers exploded as Inc
raft was going down.
The HELPER vas the properly o. H.7
,-omphe.rs Creek company. The loss i1
estimated =: $4,000 .,
Captain Eurnsidcs residence VIZ
Point Pleasant. ". Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
.HARN C0AI OPERATORS WILL
REFUSE DEMANDS Of MINERS
CYCLONE CELLAR
FOR MAYOR HYLAN

New York. March IA suite "iln
shower bath T. being fitted up N Tie
basement o: the city hail Tor Mayor
Wyian. with private stairway .''d'N%
70 his official quarters on the hoor
above Political opponents Of the mayor
referred to the new suite a. a "cEc.'ne
cellar"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
.|FRSFY SLEUTH ON "HOT TIP;
ARREST FOR BRUNER MURDER MAY
FOLLOW; To OFFER BIC REWARD
Governor Edwards to Be
Asked 10 Authorize Re-
wards of $500 for APP
prehension of Circus Man S
Slayer, Dead or Alive.

Riverside. y. J. March iT.---
Carl Ward. a former emDIcyo OF
Brunen's circus was brought here
early tonight by Captain James
Lark.n, Of the Jersey CITY police
and at midnight was still being
questioned by Detective Parker
/ in the Burlington county Ja'!'
, Why hn was brought to this city
: was not made known by the Of
! ficials.
Ward was said 70 have been 4
rr!end OF Parkinson. the lion
I tanner. who eiopcI with Bruncn
/ daughter Hazel.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
GETS THREE YEAR TERM.

Huntington. " Va, M"rrh 10 l..
Grceu was convicted in The federal court
today and sentenced 20 Tire" years in
thc Federal cn,lcut,ary q; Atlanta Ca,
on & charge oc transporting stolen
autonobl, from Anderson. Ind. 70
in violation uF federal law.
Tho case WAS one OF tho hrsi III IN"
southern district Of W"s, NirE:nIa under
tho recently enacted f"drrai 'a". Gr"rn
attempted to establish an a!INi.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
NO cRuc1nLE DIVIDEND

New York. March l6.-D!rcct"TS 81
fhe Cruc!h!e steel Comrany. at ncIt-
!nr today. decided mt 20 declare div
,I.nd i common stock giving as the
reason rhc long period 81 depression IN
IRE steel business and the uncertainty
.: length ot time before returning to
nomra! conditions
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
corsrAn1E GETS TWO YEARS

New Castle. Pa. MarcA lb.-Aite
llberating five and onc-ha!f noufS,
IN +hc case Of Constable Louis
;;Tai,berr alleged slayer oc Joseph
tari,aI returned i verdict ot !nvolun-
ta-y mans!nuehtcr. 81.
T5c killing occurred IN South sioe
-.s.,r,,r IN December II last. FOLLOW
,nr \ quarrel over an alleged nquor
,-s,sac,!on. Weinberg entered plea
of selr-dcteuse to the murder charge
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
.BUCHWALD REACHES
NATIONAL CAPITAL;
WON'T DISCUSS TIFF
sv CHARLES BROOKS SMITH

Wasa.agto2. y. G, March Ib.---I
Marshnl Louis RuChwali arrived hcr"
tonight from Whrc'!HE. travelling ny
au,o He declined t. discuss his TN
With tho department uf justice nnl his
threat To resign unless tho department
lnc.tcd his Office n Wheeling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
THE WEATHER

West virginia: Fair Friday. S"Iuru"S
increasing oloudiness; slightly
probably followed by rain.
western Pennsylvania: Friday lah
md slightly warmer. Saturday unset
tleA and warmer, probably rain
ohio. rr!nay increasing cloudIness
ami slightly warmer. probably followed
~ r,ir rrtdav r,irh+ ~ Sctu-La
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17
T@E INTkLi.IG f \ G h K

Has the Largest circulation Of
Any Morning Newspaper IL the
State Of West Virginia.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-17

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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
ROadDepartmentM Making
Surrey of TQnianni Trail
Beginning Sarasota County Line This Week. Engineer Pollard
is Locating Road Through Charlotte County; Location
Must be Approved by the Federal Engineer

District Engineer Post Hallowes
and Engineer Harry E. Pollard, at
tached TO the State Road Department,
arrived in Punta Gorda last Friday,
and Mr.. Pollard is making prepara-
tions for a survey of the Tamiami
Tail State road number five
through Charlotte county, if. indeed
the work has Mt been started.
Messrs. Hallowes and Pollard made
the trip over the present route of the
trail and found it in passable condi-
ton, they said. Shortly after arriv-
ing, Mr.. Hallowes returned to Lake
land, leaving Mr.. Pollard here to
make the survey. Mr.. Pollard stat
ed that he expected to start work not
later than Wednesday of this week.
AS it is the purpose of the county
commissioners to so proceed as to
entitle Charlotte county to Federal
aid on this road, it will be necessary
before proceeding further to secure
the approval of the location by the
Federal engineer. This means that
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
BIG MOTORCYCLE EXPECTED
TO COME THIS WAY AUG. 1S
Bradentown Board of Trade Motor
cade to Visit Fort Myers and
Other Nearby Towns

Although nothing is said about
Punta Gorda in the published an
nouncements, it is expected that a
motorcade from Bradentown will
pass through the town August 18th.
Correspondence from Bradentown
published in the Tampa papers men
tions the fact that a large number
of cars will leave Bradentown on the
10th and visit number of places,
including Arcadia and Fort Myers.
on that day and the following day,
and will return to Bradentown via
the Tamiami trail the 18th. 1t is
probable that the trip from Arcadia
to Fort Myers will be made via State
road number two.
So far as known the Commercial
Club here, nor any other similar Or
ganization, has been informed of the
coming of the motorcade, which
would indicate that perhaps the party
will not pay the town an official visit
and no plans are being made for its
reception.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
SCREAMS Or A COLORED
SISTER ALARM THE TOWN
Extraordinary Denomination of No-
cal Power Attracted Big Crowd
Tuesday Night

Tuesday night, Fannie Coleman
(colored) demonstrated to everyone
within radius of two miles that she
has an extraordinary pair of lungs
and vocal apparatus that is not sur
passed if equalled by any other be-
when it comes to making a noise, a
steam calliope is not in the same
class with Fannie, when she is fright
ened, angered or otherwise wrought
up.
About half past nine o'clock every
one within a mile or so of the scene
OF the disturbance who hadn't gone
to sleep was alarmed by a series of
agonized and blood-curdling screams.
A large 'crowd, the largest that has
been gathered since the fourth of
July, tbs said, was attracted to the
neighborhood whence came h e
screams, and it developed that the
cause thereof was something like
this: When Fannies husband, Ben
SOltIldu uOIllt lutSudN nlSul
he did not find things to his liking
and started to whittle and hammer
on Fannie's anatomy. She escaped,
ran along the street. screaming as
she went. Seeing a car approaching,
Ben probably thought it contained the
sheriff, and promptly vanished, but
not until he had taken $40 gold
coin that was suspended by string
from the woman's neck. Fannie was
taken to Dr. McQueen's office, where
her wounds were examined.
us she badly hurt?" someone ask
ed the man of medicine. He replied
that she wasn't, whereupon Fannie
seemed to become very angry, and de-
manded that those who brought her
take her out of the place and let her
die. She was up the next morning,
a little disfigured, but still in the
ring.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11

Engineer Pollard will proceed to
make preliminary survey, locating
the road according to his best Judge
ment, after which his maps will be
submitted to the Federal engineer.
If the location shown in the survey
is approved by the Federal engineer.
then Engineer Pollard or Hallowes.
or both or some other engineers of
the State Road Department. will
make estimates of the cost of con-
struction, after which the way will be
clear for bond election to determine
if the people of the county wish TO
issue bonds to pay portion of the
cost in return for money to be pro-
vided by the state and Federal gov
ernment.
Neither Mr.. Pollard or Mr.. Hal
loves would say how long it would
take to make the preliminary sur
vey and could not say how long it
would be after making it until the
location decided upon by them would
be passed upon and accepted or re-
jected by the Federal engineer.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
Lee Lets Contract for
Her Part of Short Route
Bonds Sold, Contract Let and Work
is 10 Start on Short Route
Immediately

At the meeting OF the Board of
ICOunty Commissioners of Ice County
Wednesday, the bonds of the New
Prospect Special Road and Bridge
district were sold to Barnes, Smith
& Mickles, of BrooEsville, for 95
Icents on the dollar. ard this concern,
according to the Fort Myers Tropical
News, has awarded the contract for
building Lee county's part of the
short route road to an unnamed Tam
pa contractor. According to the
newspaper mentioned, work will be
started just as soon as possible and
it is hoped that before the end of
the tourist season the work will be
finished.
The portion OF the short route, as it
is termed, in Lee county is approx
mately eight miles in length, and the
road to be built will be of width to
meet Federal requirements and will
be built as near as possible in accor-
dance with Federal requirements.
The letting of the contract for this
road is a matter of the greatest i'm
portance to Charlotte county people,
since it has been their aim and am
bitiOn to secure the opening and con-
struction of the short route to Fort
Myers for years. Charlotte county
opened its portion of this road more
than year ago as an evidence of
faith in Lee county keeping her bar
gain to meet this county at the line,
and engineers of the State Road De-
paTtment are now engaged in making
a survey of State Road Number Five
through the county, this short route
being a portion of number FIVE Just
as soon as the engineers furnish esti-
mates of the cost and specifications
for the work, which will be strictly
in accordance with Federal require
ments, bond election will be called
for the purpose of authorizing the is
suance of bonds to an amount suffici-
.ent TO pay this county's portion of
the cost of construction. At the rate
.of progress being made in Lee. Char
lotte and Sarasota counties now, it is
safe to predict that the Tamiami trail
will be hardsurfaced from Tampa to
Fort Myers without a break within
the next year, and the accomplish
ment Of this aim will undoubtedly
turn a great amount of tourist trav-
el to this route. and give both Fort
Myers and Punta GOrda the great
boon of a first-class road providing
ingress and egress to the two places.
At present both places are practically
off the map so far as automobile trav-
el is concerned. since the condition
of all roads to the north are such as
to discourage q large proportion OF
al auto tourists.
Lee County financial interests are
ready to bid on Charlotte cOunty's
bonds just as soon as they are &uthor-
ized.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
EFFECT OF ROAD IMPROVE
MENT ON LAND VALUES
Increase of Values in Manatee COun-
~ Property Proves Great Value
of Improved Roads

In 1909 Manatee county voted a
bond issue to build sixty-three miles
of road, but on account of injunction
proceedings to prevent the issuance
Of bonds, work was not begun until
the spring of 1911. These roads were
completed in 1913. During this five
year period between which no roads
were improved and five year period
during which the improved road sys-
TEN of the county was constructed a
personal inspection and investigation
was conducted to ascertain the effect
of the road improvement on land
values which brought out the fact
that there is q wide variation in land
values, due partially to the relative
fertility of the soil and partially to
the transportation facilities. For eX-
ample, the orange and grapefruit or
chards, located in fertile hammock"
lands within easy hauling distance of
the railroads or steamboat landings,
are valued at from. $40J 10 $500 per
acre, while unimproved sandy pine
lands from $35 to $40 per acre. Some
of the low priced lands had increased
$25 per acre, while uncleared pine
land, which had sold during the pre-
ceding year at $40 per acre, had in
creased in value to $50 adjacent to
the road and $50 a mile from the
road. AS examples or values, it may
be stated that n tract of forty acres
of land sold in 1911 for $40 per acre
was resold in 1912 for $3.50 per
acre. For another tract which could
have been bought in 1910 for $50 per
acre, 800 per acre was refused in
1912. a tract of 1000 acres six
miles south of Manatee was purchas
ed before the roads were improved at
SO per acre, and where this land
on the improved roads il sold
CONTINUED n last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
Punta GOrda

Is the county seat of
Charlotte county. Popu-
lation of town, 1929 CEN
sus, 1895. Increase for
10 years 23 percent.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
Auto Accident

George and Robert Golf met with
an accident, Sunday morning, in try
ing to pass another car in front Of
James Robbins home northeast of
town. Elias Keen and John Sands
werc in the car they tried to pass
and, when they heard the honk of the
car behind them. they pulled to the
right Of the road, leaving plenty of
room for the other car 10 pass. This
second car was a wOrm-drve truck
tclongin" to Chadwick Brothers, but
driven at the time mentioned, ac-
cording to reports, by George Goff,
who, instead of passing around the
other car, headed across the ditch
into Mr.. Richmond's pineapple patch,
taking up two fence posts and tearing
a good sized hole in the wire fence.
the car came to a sudden
halt. and George landed on one side
OF tho fence and Robert on the other.
Neithor the truck nor the boys were
badly injured. The boys say that the
steering gear went wrong just at the
critical moment.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
ImpIOmDtu Musicale

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f. Fitz-Ger-
aid entertained on Thursday evening,
the 3rd inst, at an impromptu musi-
Gale, which was greatly enjoyed by
a score or more of invited guests. In
the absence of prearranged pro-
gram, various ones of the guests took
turns at the piano and other musical
instruments, number of selections
being very skillfully rendered, not to
mention several vocal treats. 4
course of delicious refreshments add
ed further to the pleasures Of this
very enjoyable social event.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
co. COMMISSIONERS HOLD
REGULAR MONTHLY SESSION
ers' Arms of Trying to Sell
Them q Vault

At the meeting OF the Board of
| County Commissioners, Monday, when
Commissioners Windham, Gottfried,
Knight and Hobson were present, the
clerk read from Miss Agnes Webster,
Key West, county demonstration
agent of Monroe county. telegram
stating that if the county would ap-
point a demonstration agent, $3.50
annually would be secured from the
State to be applied towards paying
said agent. This revived considera-
tion of this proposition. which was
before the board at previous meet
ing. According to a communication
from the secretary of the agricultur-
al college at Gainesville, which was
also read by the clerk, a demOnstra
tion agent will cost the county about
$2,400 a year, which would leave
balance of 81 $50 for the county to
pay, if one is appointed. The com
missioners, after considering all
sides of the subject and comparing
the cost with the salaries of other
officials of the county, decided that
the sum proposed by the agricultural
college was rather high. and the sub
ject was dropped without any further
action.
w. A. McRae, state commissioner
of agriculture, in a communication
to the board, stated that some coun-
ties had failed to carry out certain
law regarding the payment of sum
of money to each convict at his dis
charge, varying according to the time
served. and urged the commissioners
TO provide for compliance with this
requirement, The clerk then read
the law, which says that for a term
of less than four months convict
upon being discharged shall be paid
three dollars in addition to his rail-
road fare to the pointsfrom which he
was sentenced. and five dollars for a
term of more than four months in ad-
dition to his transportation. Definite .
action on the matter is still pending. /
Attorney Chas A. Waltmire, sent
in communication amending his
former proposition to act as prosecu-
tor in criminal cases coming before
the county judge and look after the
interests at other times and
places for salary of $500 a year, to
include his expenses in matters of the
interest that necessitated his
trips to other points. Other
than stipulating that he would re-
luire in addition to the salary of
Continued on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-11
Railroads Make Big Profits in 1921, but Fail to Fur
nish Cars to Move 1922 Crops, Allowing Them to Rot

The railroads of the United States
must be curbed quickly.
They must be forced to stop ma.
nipulations Of facts and abandon
propaganda policies which have been
brazenly pTacticed for the last -four
years.
The ruthless policies of the rail
roads are tying this nation into eco
nomic knots SO fast that within a few
weeks they will bring agriculture. in
dustry and business of all kinds to
dead stop.
Agriculture is in a most serious
situation right now. Even though
drastic methods were immediately
employed there will be a loss suffered
by the farmers in trying to move the
twelve billion dollar crops now into
the harVt st.
Traffic Manager c. B. Hutchings
of the Traffic Dept. of the American
Farm BureGu Federation, after inves-
ugation early in June, and before the
strike went into effect, estimated a
heavy car shortage this fall.
The American Railway Association
stated that on June Is there were
332,681 cars needing repairs, $685.
3O5 of which required heavy repairs.
Since then the strike has paralyzed
construction and repairs of all kind.
The association also stated that the
percentage of cars in bad order on
June l was Is per cent. These same
figures compared with those of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
show that there was a big backward
movement of repairs of freight equip
ment from April to June. This, too,
in the face of the fact that the rail-
roads knew from Department OF Ag-
riculture reports that the biggest
crops of years would have to be mar
keted this fall.
This policy of neglect of vital roll
ing stock by the railroads is only in
line with the financial camoufiage
showed down the public's throat by
as clever bunch of artists as ever
drew press-agents' salaries.
In other words all the "hard-time"
railroad talk we have heard was
cooked up in great propaganda de- !