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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-29
FOUR ]. 8. SUBS
ARE MISSING
ONLY EIGHT OF FLOTILLA OF Ia
THAT LEFT LOS ANGELES
ACCOUNTED FOR-
Pour Reported Missing Wore Built &C
Long Beach, California During
The war.

Los Angeles, July 2s.-Four submar-
ines which left Los Angeles Tuesday
for Hampton Roads as part OF flotilla
OF II today were reported missing Off
tho Lower California coast south OF
Ensenada. The craft said TO be missing
were the LIS. LIS. LII, and LIS, all OF
which were built at Long Beach. Calf,
during the war.
The story Of their apparent disap-
pearance was brought hero by tho line
City Of Honolulu, Captain Thomas w.
sheridan from New York. Captain
Sheridan said that yesterday he sighted
a cloud OF smoke some distance away
and changed his ships course to learn
the cause. 1T was a submarine badly
smoking." he said. 1T rnade no answer
70 our signals. Later" continued Cap
tain Sheridan we signalled the tender
Beaver, which had the submarines in
convoy. AT first she made no an
swer 10 our signals, but later responded
TO our semaphore offer Of assistance.
She said she had eight submarines In
convoy and needed no help
A message received at the submarine
base at Los Angeles harbor from Roy
L. Slower commander OF the submarine
flotilla stated he had eight submarines
IN convey making no reference to the
other four.
The submarine base also intercepted
a message from the tender Beaver to
the LIS, ordering her to stand by and
take tow line from the LIS. Officers
OF the submarine base tonight we're
said to be unable TO account FOR these
two craft or the other two OF the L
type. reported missing.
No Definite Information
Los Angeles, July est was believed
definite information concerning the ves-
sells would not be received here before
tomorrow, when the flotilla was due at
Acapulco. Mexico 10 take in tow the
submarine S-Sc. recently disabled.
The other eigh, CART n the flotilla
were the H., HIS. H-4. HIS. HIS. HI,
HIS and H-9.
Captain Sheridan said he counted only
eight submarines when he met tho
Ilot!lla.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-29
BOYS, WHIPPED,
SHOOT FATHER.
BLOW PARENTS HEAD OFF WITH
SHOTGUN AS HE LIES ASLEEP
IN HOME.
Terrible Crime Confessed BY Boys at
wolch-Do Not Realize Seriousness.

BlueAeld w. Va July 2S.-Angered
because their father hod whipped them.
Frank and VIII Brown, aged IA and l6.
respectively. poked the barrel Of n shot
gun through crack between the logs
OF which their home was built, pulled
the trigger and nearly blew their faith
ers head or as ne lay sleeping. while
younger brother Of six years stood by
and watched them. according to a con-
fess!on they are alleged 10 have made
to a deputy sheriff OF Mcdowell County.
Tho two elder boys were arrested %
day and lodged IN jail at WEIGH. Bat
when questioned by newspaper mn
showed no emotion over their actor.
and showed moro interest In the fac;
that they had taken a ride on Gai.i
for the irst time IN their lives than they
did in tho fact they had killed their
father.
Story Of Killing.
According to the story related by the
six year old boy and later substantiated
by Frank and VIII. Elias Brown. the
father. had severely whipped them
Tuesday afternoon. He then sent the
boys out Of the cabin. a roughly built
structure OF logs chInked to with clay
and located near Bradshaw. Mcdowell
county. and laid down to take nap.
While he slept the boys secured shot
gun. enlarged crack between the logs
and showing the shotgun barrel through
until It nearly touched their father S
neck fred tho charge Of shot and al
most severed his head from his body.
Then. according to the younger boy g
narrative Of tho Erucsomc event. the
bovs carried the body some distance
from the cabin and covered II UP with
leaves and sticks They then went 10
their sisters home where their mother
was visiting and calmly informed them
that their father had been called away
from home by man from War. BE-
canning alarmed after two day absence
NJ Elias Brown a search was made and
tho body found after which. on the
story Of the six year old boy. the cthet
two were arrested.
The two boys in TAIL arc said - 10
,ut,erat. and apparently tcr"r'n' 90! '"'
cncrnity of their crime.
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CONTINUED on P.es Yourt>sn)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-29
TIE INTELLIGEN CER

Has the Largest Circulation of
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State of West Virginia.
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The MASTER OF NAMELY Sir Hall Game
An Ouspckn Moving Probl by the Noted Author


''E'l Ian vannin." But the one inef-
faceable effect of the incident, most ma.
terial to this story, was that Alick Cell.
who was still as innocent as the baby OF
a girl, had acquired a reputation for
dark nisdoing ESPECIALLY with won.
en), whereof anything might be ex: /:
pected in the future. =
After the insular newspapers had
dwelt with becoming severity on this
aspect Of the distressing proceedings,
the Speaker walked over in full bearded
dignity to demonstrate with the Deem
ster.
"'Your son Is dragging my lad down
to the Dirt he said, "and before long
! shall not be able to show my face
anywhere"
"whnt do YOU wish me to do, Mr.
Speaker" asked the Deeinster.
"DO? Do? don't know what want
you to do" said the Speaker.
"I thought you didn't" said tn,
Deemster. and then the full. bearded
dignity disappeared.
Concerning Victor, although he hat
made the island laugh (the shortest cu
to popularity, opinions were widel,
divided.
'"There's only the breadth Of a hal
between that young man and scoun
drel.' said Hudgcon, the advocate.
"Lave him the rope and he'll ham,
himself" said Caesar Qualtrough, from
behind his pipe in the smoking room O
the Keys.
! Clever! Clever uncommon Blu
, you'll see, you'll sce," said the Speak
er.
"I've not lost faith in that youn
fellow yet," said the Governor. "Som
great fact will awaken a sense of re
sponslbility and make man Of him.
The great fact was not long in com
ing, but few could have foreseen tn
source from which It came.
To be continued Monday
fCopyrtoht. 1871. International Mdodsine Co
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AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

But having ordered their furniture
and desks, inscribed their names in
hrass on their door-portS r"Victor
Stowcll. AdvocatcD. engaged junior
assistants to sit on high stools and take
the names Of the clients who might cnll,
and arranged for sleeping out house
Keepers to attend to their domestic nc
"cssities (Nictor's was comfortable
elderly body, Mrs. Qunylc. once n
servant of his mothers ut Bnllninoar.
afterward married TO fisherman. and
then left widow. like 80 many Of her
class. when our hungry sea had claimed
her man. they made no attempt to
practice. being too we'll off to take the
cases of petty larceny and minor misde
meanor which usually fall to the High
Bailif's Court, and nobody Offering
them the cases proper to the Deem
stcrs.
Those were the days Of bar dinners
(social functions much in favor with
our unbriefcd advocates), and one such
function was held in honor of the re-
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men are such jcllyfshes with round
shoulders. If they are I don t want to
go to England rs / see enough of them
IN the screen.
"What is Conway Tearle doing now?
I saw "rhe Fighter and After Mid
night and liked both pictures. / think
Conway Tearle is very good actor.
Of course. / don't expect you to agree
with me, for you hardly ever do agree
with any one. Conway Tenrlc is not
sissy and that is why like him,
especially so in "Thc Fighter
II wonder if you will agree with me
when I say that Douglas Fairbanks and
Wallace Reid get on ones nerves.
Doug Fairbanks with his grin and Wall
lace Reid in his sissified ways"
(Sure I remember you. And I'm glad
you explain why YOU didn't like The
Four Horscmen.' Do you mind my sug..
gesting something to you? Go see 1t
again, BUT Chat BUT should be spelled
in huge capitals):
Don't notice the rotten dance. What
has that to do with the acting? And
please remember that the dance is an
accurate reproduction Of the Argen
tinian tango and it doesn't matter
whether you like it or not. That's the
only dance they would have DANCED IN
that place at that time. 1t would have
been the height of absurdity to have
introduced Onc-step, fox trot, q
shimmy or minuet.
Certainly he was Il waster. That's
che thing that leads to the entire dram
attic strength of the story. Without
his early weaknesses there could have
been no dramatic contrast in his later
change under the call Of the blood ir
time of war. lbanez was drawing q
faithful portrait of common type ant
be did not gloss over its unfavorab!t
phases. lie made wonderful contrasts
between his high lights, his shadows ant
his half-tones.
And what story would there have beer
{ he had not fallen in love with II mar.
led woman? How would Ibancz have
shown the powerful upheavals wrought
by the -four horsemen" upon the char.
actcrs of both of them? Before the wal
they drifted into u luxurious intrigue
With the call of civilization for sacri
fee, they laid their luxury and theil
intrigue. their love and their pleasure
upon the altar of humanity. How elsi
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REAL BUTLER GIVES
TIPS IN GUY
BATES POST FILM

TT SEEMS that every member OF the
i cast and production staff OF Guy
Bates Posts initial film, "Thc Mas
querader." is an eminent authority or a
star performer in one line or another.
The latest to receive the limelight OF
publicity is Charles Green. who has
been n butler to u dozen of the best
known families in the British aristoc.
racy and who will be seen in such a role
in "The Masqueradcr. Green says
that practically every picture ostensibly
revealing the family life Of the English
gentry is faulty. Never does. the
genuine article wear the sidebOards on
his cheeks, sport long trousers. WELD
feather duster, serve food as well as
the wine--or commit any of the other
countless faux pas which our other
wise well Informed directors ask their
actor buffers to perform.
Green claims that he, as well as every
other well-informcd Britishcr, Is
shocked to the point of illness by the
terrible atrocities performed BY tht
average run Of screen buffers. And
Green should know! For ''Blcnhcin
Palace" means former home to him
rather than just shot from movie
weekly; the Duke of Mar borough. LORD
I.ovat and other celebrities among tho
English blue. blood were his former EN-
! ployers, while to most Of us they arr
! lust names that we encounter oc'
casionally in the dispatches from
London. ;,
In 1.-THE Masquerade" Green wa
called on to inspect the uniforms OF th'
| footmen. the process Of serving tea ant
other household duties incident to tn
filming of Producer Richard Walton
Tully's photoplay. $780,,
Green has closeup all TO himsel
in the Post feature. Producer Tull
and Director james Young both agree
that this was the least that could b
done in return for the services of $
eminent an authority. Seriously. how
ever, Green's engagement-both a
actor and technical adviser-for tn
household scenes in "rhe Masqueradcr'
is another exemplifcation Of the pro
ducer's determination to have only tn
best experts associated with him. "Th
Masouerader" marks Mr.. Tully's fill
debut as we'll as that of his star In tn
film. world, although both Of thcm-an
also the play itsclf-arc well known i
the theatre world.
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could Ibancz have pictured 1t so dramat.
cally?
I Judge from your remarks about
shaving that your men friends didn't
give YOU very full descriptions Of life
n the trenches after they came back.
Englishmen are not jellyhshes with
-ounded shoulders. They are, ordinar.
ly. a mighty. fine. outstanding, clean
"ut lot and, If YOU knew them as do,
;ou'd be very glad to go to England 1t
any time. There are ridiculous and ab.
Gurd Englishmen, of course. But are
there no ridiculous and absurd Amer.
cans? .3
Conway Teorle has rccentIy finished
making n picturc with Norma Taimadse
I haven't heord What his next cn9ass.
mcnt will br. Ycs I think he ia
.ealIv fine actor ;pst short ~ ~,
,al;ber
TN .. ..o. D...,, r..u,,
y,u w. ~ neree tnat t'ouglns faironnks an
Naiiacs neid get on one herves-
rut l. noh : nappen 70 pe one OF tnoss
ones ike EN- ooth.)
-
70. J.v. Cash, Thot.s n, ,ws.i
throat % saving xo,, won't rcod % NV a"al' coi.
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Is Mans Lam Too Hard for the
Woman in the Case' Is Con-
science Enough Punishment
for Him, While She Pays
the Legal Penalty'
In This Frank and Gripping
Story the Man. as Judge. Sits
in Sentence on the Girl Tried
for Their Sin.

II hopeful agency to their hand in the
i. .. son Of u good looking young woman
who kent a house Of questionable fame
in the unit reaches of the harbor south
of the bridge.
One early morningN word went
through the town like n searching wind
that Fanny's house had been raidcd
by the police. In the middle Of the
night, about the hour when the club
men usually clattcred back to Doug.
las. Thc raid had been intended to
capture Stowell but had failed in its
chief Object--that young gentleman n
having gone on. when some Of his com :
radcs had stopped. put up his horse
at his job masters and proceeded to
Cells chambers. where he slept on his
nights In town. Others Of his company
had also escaped by means Of free
fight. in which they had used their
hunting crops and the police their
.trunrheons. But Alick Cell. with his
supernatural capacity for getting into a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-01
LITTLE
BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape
The Park Ave. News

Weather. Dihrcnt.
Spoarts. 4 orange eating contest
took place last Wensday, Leroy Shoes.
ter, Sam Cross. Puds Simkins and
Benny Potts all trying to see who
could eat their orange the fcrst, Puds
Simkins coming In ferst and Benny
Potts coming in last but claiming he
won on account of being the only one
that ate the seeds and all.
Things You Awt to You. June is
the ferst munth of summir irrcgardless
OF the weather. After n tadpole terms
into frog it is too late to tern back
agen. proving you awt to look before
you lccp.
Pome by Skinny Martin
BE Happy VILE You May
Did the hen come before the egg
Or the egg before the hen:
o / eat them both with smile on
my face
And don't care wy or wen.
Learn to wissle corrcckly off OF q
chan,peen wisscler. a few minits O
day will werk wonders. See Lew
Davis for rates and hours. (Avvcrtize-
ment.)
Lost and Found. Lost---A pen nift
with one blade broak and one blade
missing. Loser has n good ideer whc
found it. 50 finder better return II
soon and avoid scandil.
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THIS STARTS THE STORY

STOWELL handsome.
dsncion the Isle
Neme OF Bessie CoNisfe
escapade Little he of
bounds to
her from tho has
hearted Fenta Stanley
ecfino h friend Aik Gn principal
discovering truth later cnorsefuNy
Hcme or ne himself for shane p"cpa'shp
taxing all
out not nih Victor h A'k
dndlod lhk
wa,h TO MS choeric had a Both lads damde good
oogsa But Fencha ddrdnd
S o" the rght of and done them Victor
of tap
~ admhd TO the nnr bar
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scrape. had been arrested and carried
of. with Fanny herself. to the Douglas
lookup.
Next day these two were brought up
in the Magistrates Court. which was
presided over by his Worship the Colo
mel Of the "Nunnery.' worthy and
digniticd man, to whom the turn of
recent events was shocking. The old
courthouse was crowded with the ex-
cited townspeople. and as many of the
clubmen wer" present as dare show
their bandaged heads out of their bed
rooms.
When the case was called. and the
two defendants entered the dock. they
made grotesqne and rather pitiful con .;
trast--Gcll in his tall. slim. fair haired
gcntlemaniness. and Fanny in her
warm. fat comclncss. decked out in
some gaudy finery which she had sen,
home for. having been carried off in the
night with streaming locks and naked
bosom.
In the place of the Attorney General
the prosecutor was u full. bodied. elder
" advocate named Hudgeon, who hat
been the subject of one of the most
w!thering Of the lampOons. lie opened
with bitter severity. spoke of the case
as the worst Of the kind the island ha,
known: referred to the ''most unholy
/ hour Of the morning which had lntel!
been selected for scenes of unseeml,
riot: said his righteous Indignation
, was aroused at such disgraceful doingS
and finally hoped the Court would. fol
the credit of lawyers thereafter MAKE
an example, "without respect of per
sons. of the representative of grouI
of young rOysterers. who were n dis
grace to the law, and had nothing t.
do $50 rumor and report were saying
than to traducc the good names Of thei
elders and betters.
! When he had examined the con
stables and closed his case it LOOKED
as IL Cell were in danger of Cnstl
Rushen, and the consequent wreckini
of his career at the Bar. and tina
nothing was before Fanny but Danish
ment from the island, with such solnc
as the bribe OF her employers nigh
bring her.
But then. to q rustic Of whispering
Stowcll, who was in wig and gown 10
the first time, got up for the defense
1t had been expected that he would d
50. and many old advocates who ha
heard much Of him. had left their ONCE
and filled the advocates box. to see to
themselves what mettle he was mad
';Thsv had not long TO wait. In fiv
rinntcg hn bad made such play wit
hia ..leorn.d frionI's' "unholy hou
nf the morning his righteous indig
no+ion,' and his thereafter" for law
-" n"ra s' ,rot Without reference to ira
di,,,noi nersonare with horns and
snrt,r that tho mcrrimcnt of the peop
iufHn on,,rt ,t', rosa .rom n litter to n roa'
,m mn;oh I ,ba ~ ushers we're nowerless
',n,,ross Agoin and again tbe wri.l
i"r' inr nrosecutor. with flaming face ar
y S fnsming and suffering mouth, ar
! ne"ied IN vain To- the Bench, until
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PHOTOPLAYS
PHOTOPLAYS
PHOTOPLAYS

lures through
IL
.. - locality obtaining through the Stanley
of America
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:CKs Daily Movie Magazine
THE MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
By HARRY NJ. .NEELY

"Eleanor" writes--''So you dare me
to find a flaw in Alice Terry. do you!
Well, I'm sorry, but also think she Is
wonderful and, as you say, 'comDlnes;
the beauty and intelligence that we al
love- -.. A..
wonderful picture Of Joseph Schild.
kraut. never saw him in pictures,
but from that photograph l most as,
suredly think that he must be goou
actor. Wasn't It the Orphans OF tnc
Storm that he played in recently! what
do YOU know about him? Is he mar
ried?
"You know I have been searching my
mind for something to scrap with you
about and I can't find one thing-oh.
YES, I can. too! like Hope HAMPTON.
l wouldn't rave about her, but | don't
quite see the occasion for oil the un-
| Aattering remarks about her. Now,
tell me, what is 1t you don't like about
You know. Mr.. Neely, I think I saw
you the other day. Of course, I'm not
quite sure. but l certainly saw the
man ! pictured you to look like. lie
had that generally interested air, you
know"
|
(Wcll. why didn't you come up and
speak to me? The only thing l don
| like about Hope Hampton Is Hope
'iIp,"", T"r q" r,rr, mn actor Joscnb Schild.
Ira,,. '' t,.o,t,. .Gva voors old, hos
d,;n, ,,ai, .,,o tbootro His
mSeI ,SnS;oei nno. @ ~ ,,co os weil n 9 his tenn
rnyo r,ontaI omotionaI md mental nt.
tr;h,,.as ,,,o,, hn ,i,,o to hi. having Hun.
a.,am Rm,non,on aS M u,e rrL;sh and Snon.
sh hin,j ~" T., his rn;r. Iiis orandfather
,.n Jo tnrnnI st,io ,,os T,,rt;Sh horn
on me pa!etsha. sue IVA was ;nhan;.nl hans from
~. n' ,pna,,n.hor npna -, tbe motarnai side.
Woot;nn h;r, ~ stage for the tirst time
% Won nre quickly impressed BY his pale
tou aIJ :, Ht o,,.,onnnno ona ;,+n,ioctmoI
out ViV'd co"hteh""ce anu ''''''e''""'
'oyni =, ,,.,, r,,,,aL ,, m.
,,,;raJ ,',S,,o ba % ,,ns ottsnd;no dro q.
uu;.e I'LL ,o,nn1 ,'' W., Torl, nn,,o ,oars
,natc S Semoot ~ ~ sst New "'t, sJ.e tiS :omn
aso' M ,s ne .hou nIso ~ .oIam.oJ S .Tn ac
man AMI Vidd;sb here Hc wos only
Ave yeors old when be first fronted thf
footlights with his father during mr.
engagement in Buenos Aires, Tha,
was only fugitive performances. M
his father did not wish him TO follow
his calling.
In Berlin and Vienna he studied VIC
lin with the idea of becoming pro
fessional musician. But the stag,
strongly cnlled him and midway in hi
. teens he became identified with tn,
, theatre. In Berlin he arpcarcd fre
| ouently with Reinhardt's famous com
pany His first appearancc in Shakes
pcarean drama was as I.aertes ii
, ''Hamet." Later he played the mel
oncholy Dane. Romeo and King Rich
, ard,
He believes Shakespeare to have beel
E the most modern dramatist of all writ
ers for the stage because of his under
4 standing of human nature. At tn
PEOPLES Thcatre, in Vienna, he playc
S nearly a hundred roles and is ambi
e tious to play Romeo for an American
1 audience.
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Giant Cross. Patch
BY ARTHUR W. STAGE

jack aud Janet are called upon by
the Fairy King to help tame Giant
Cross. Patch. The giant is about to
set tho goods on fire rhen Jack
nishcs for a stinger ,cith phich to
attack him. The king sends for a
nhOle army of sinners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-01

This coming week Jack and Janet
meet Giant Cross Patch again. but In
very di3ssnt ~ - - ssysatuFs.
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After.Dinner Tricks

no. I-0.-VOH III tHc II1T'
Show dime and tell some one to hold
out his hand for 1t. Swing your hand
upward and bring it down into the
spectators hand with n slap. The coin
is gone.
The coin was dropped in the hair. at
the finish of the upward swing. With
a little practice this can be done very
rapidly. and IL you are blessed with a
good crop of hair, the coin will never
be seen.
The same trick can be done with the
hat on, the coin in this case beng lsfl
on the brim Of the hst.
Copyright 1855. ~ twbMP Ledger cemsss'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-07

Jerome Storm WIN direct ire rim.
inT Of st Elmo" starring John
Gilbert