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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
FRANCE AND RUSSIA
IN CLASH AT GENOA
Lloyd George Intervenes to
Save Conference Coming
to an Early Finish

Genoa. A clash over a disarma-
ment proposal made by George
Chitcherin, the Russian soviet for
eign minister, which occurred between
Chitcherin and NJ. Barthou of France,
threatened to disrupt the Genoa con-
ference which convened here, at its
first meeting
M. Barthou said that France cate
gorically refused to discuss disarma-
ment at Genoa. Chitcherin replied
that Russia thought France would be
ready to discuss the question, because
M. BRAND, former French premier
had said at the Washington confer.
ence that Russia's armaments had
made disarmament impossible.
Introduction of the disarmament
question, which is not on the agenda
came as surprise after speeches had
been made by the presiding officer
Premier Facta of Italy, NJ. Barthou
premier Lloyd George of Great Brit
ain, DR.. Wirth of Germany, and
spokesmen OF Japan and Belgium, all
conciliatory and voicing adherence tc
the Cannes resolutions, upon which
the present gathering is based.
Then Chitcherin, speaking for his
delegation, announced their adherence
to the resolutions and declared that
Russia was ready to support any pro
posals that would avoid war or Tighten
the burden of armament
M. Barthou Immediately declared
with some heat that France would re
fuse absolutely to discuss disarma
ment at this conference
Mr.. Lloyd George fastened to in
tervene and in his contention that dis
armament could not be taken up, Ger
tainly not before a peace basis had
been reached he was supported by
Signor Facta.
Eventually the discussion ceased
after NJ. Chitcherin said the Russian
delegation would bow to the collective
will of the conference
The keynote of Lloyd Georges
speech was peace. THE first need OF
Europe is a real peace" he said. 1--WE
propose to examine the question OF
exchanges; we propose to discuss
transport and credit; but unless
peace is established and goodwill
amongst nations, all these discussions
will be of no avail" He believed that
if the conference was successful the
United States would not merely
come in, but come in gladly"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
BIG REDUCTION IN
OUTPUT OF COAL
Production of Bituminous Fuel
During First Week of Strike
Down to $500, 900 Tons

Washington, d. c. = Production Of
bituminous coal in the United States
dropped to 3,500,000 tons-the lowest
in modern coal history-while work
in the anthracite field ceased entire
ly" during the first week OF the coal
strike, according to a review OF the
Industry issued by the United States
Geological Survey.
Reports received by the survey in
dicated that from 60 to ga per cent
Of the bituminous tonnage of the
country has been closed down by the
strike. while of the remainder "a sig
nificant portion has not been operat-
ing recently for lack of demand"
Taking April as the first real test
of the effect of the strike, the survey
noted that coal loadings aggregated
II, ,445 cars against 3S,O56 cars on the
same day of the preceding week. This
total was continued without substan-
tial change through the next five
days, fixing an estimated production
for the week of 100000 tons.
Bituminous coal production during
the first week of the coal strike was
CGJluldltu dI SllBHlly f,OOUtOUO
tons by the National Coal Association,
which declared that while this ton
mage was below the capacity of the
non-union fields, "the only reason for
the restricted production is to be
found in the inability of the operators
to find a market for their coal"
Thousands of cars of coal are
standing on the mine sidings awaiting
billing orders" a statement issued by
the association said. Reports from
non-union fields state that production
is running at various rates from 40
per cent to 20 per cent or 80 per cent
Of normal In the union fields the
factor limiting production is, in gen.
eral, the strike, but in the non-union
fields the limiting factor is described
as continued lack of orders.
"The (. o. b. shop" price Of bitumin-
Gus is virtually at the lowest price
reached at any time since the United
States entered the World war, the
statement said. adding that consum-
ers thus far have displayed no anxiety
as TO fuel supply.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
FLOODS CAUSE
DEATH AND LOSS
Mail Carrier and His Horse
Are Washed Away in West
Virginia CIoudburst
60-MILE GALE HITS CITIES
Families Made Homeless AS Houses
ToppIe OVer-Team Slips Into
Swollen River - Windows of
Trains Broken BY Hail.

Charleston, w. Va. Il Daniel Pitt
mann, aged so a mail carrier, was
drowned AMI considerable damage was
done in the section of Kanawha coun-
ty east of here by heavy rains
amounting in some places to cloud
bursts. Mr.. Pittmann, who had been
carrying mail for % years left Char
lesion about noon and was trying to
cross the swollen Two Mile Creek
when his buggy was overturned and
he and his horse were drowned A
sack of mail was lost, according to the
reports Of the accident to the post
office here.
Steubenville, o. Damage roughly
estimated at $4,000 was caused Steu-
benville property by a terrific rain
and subsequent floods here. Wilson's
Run undermined two houses which
stood close to the bank of the stream.
The houses toppled over into the
water and were carried away. Five
families were made homeless.
Clarksburg, w. Va. - Eppie Denni-
son, aged &c, was drowned in Ten
Mile Creek, near Sardis, when a team
the stream, which was swollen four
feet above its usual depth. Joseph
Loughry, who was in the wagon with
Dennison, and one horse managed to
get to shore. Dennison and the other
horse were swept down stream to
their death.
st. Louisa terrific hail and wind
storm caused damage estimated at
100000 in Eastern Missouri and
Southern Illinois. The storm was ac-
companied by unusual darkness. A
6O-mile-an-hour gale uprooted trees,
smashed plate glass windows, carried
off roofs, tore down chimneys. threw
pedestrians against buildings. Flying
debris injured several persons. Win
dows of trains en- route to this city
were broken by the hail, which was
reported to have been three inches
deep at Hermann, Mo-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
ARBUCKLE freed
BY THIRD JURY
Comedian Finally Acquitted of
Manslaughter in Death of
Virginia Rappe
JURY ONLY OUT SIX MINUTES
"Fatty" Signs With Relief, Wife
Weeps, When Verdict is Announc-
ed Mo Demonstration is Al
lowed BY Order of Court.

San Francisco.-A verdict of acquit-
tai was returned by a jury in the
third trial of Roscoe G. Arbuckle on a
manslaughter charge growing out OF
the death Of Virginia Rape, motion
picture actress. The jury was out six
minutes.
The defendant was deeply affected
He received the verdict with a great
sigh of relief There was no demon.
stration, the court having warned
against it. Mrs. Minta Durfee AR.
buckle, the defendants wife, cried
quietly. Both she and Arbuckle shook
hands with the jurors.
The quick return of the jury was a
surprise. The verdict was by accla-
nation, the deliberation taking less
than a minute. The additional time
was consumed by details.
Jurors and spectators crowded
around Arbuckle and his counsel and
finally bore him on to the jury room
to congratulate him further.
"Arbuckle has no immediate plans,
Gavin McNab, his chief counsel, said
1T was splendid victory"
The jury did it's duty" was the
comment of Milton T. U'Ren, assist.
ant district attorney.
The third trial began March 6 and
was marked by the appearance Of ap
proximately 20 witnesses and the call
ing of two of the defense witnesses
before the county grand jury in con
nection with their testimony. The
trial was longer than either of the
previous hearings, consuming nearly
five weeks.
AS on the previous hearings, much
emphasis was placed on expert medi
cal testimony regarding the exact
condition of Miss Rappe before and
after death. This testimony was
based on an autopsy finding that Miss
Rape came to her death through q
rupture. The defense evidence was
to the effect that Miss Rape came to
her death as the result of a sudden
crisis in a chronic illness which led
to a rupture.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
u. s. TO CENSOR
COAL WAGE PACTS
Attorney General Daugherty
Says Acts Leading to Trust
Suit Will Not Be Allowed
DOES NOT SEE UNION CHIEFS
Official Declares He Is Perfectly Sat-
isfied With His Trip and Has
Planned Further Conferences
On the Coal Situation.

Indianapolis. - Ending a series OF
conferences with federal officials here,
Attorney General Daugherty an
nounced that the government would
not permit coal operators and miners,
at any wage conference that may be
held by them to repeat acts which he
said had brought on indictments in
federal court here charging them with
conspiracy to monopolize the coal in
dustry in violation of the Sherman
antitrust law.
"a little more consideration" said
the attorney general, will be given
by the government in connection with
whatever agreement, if any, is enter
ed into, while the negotiations are
taking place. This may prevent en-
barrassments and proceedings after
wards"
Mr.. Daughertys statement was
made at the conclusion of his mission
here, dealing with possibilities for
ending the coal strike, brought about
by failure of operators and miners
to negotiate new wage scales. On
leaving here for Washington, he de-
clared he was perfectly satisfied"
and announced he planned further
conferences on the coal situation.
Although the headquarters of the
United Mine Workers OF America is
in this city, Mr.. Daugherty did not
meet miners officials, but confined
himself to conferences with Federal
Judge A B. Anderson and other fed
eral officers, all of which were said to
no
which some operators have declared
barred possibility of any new wage
conference with the miners. No new
action in these cases was promised as
a result of the attorney generals con-
ferences, and Mr.. Daugherty added
that perhaps no legal action by the
government will be necessary in the
coal strike dispute"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
TEAR GAS ENDS SIEGE
Seven Men and Women at Detroit
Discard Arms; Ask Mercy.

Detroit. - Police and detectives
armed with shotguns brought a five
hour siege of the apartment at 436
Charlotte street to an end when
they pumped tear gas through the
keyhole OF the door, forcing five suf-
locating men and two women, all
heavily armed, to beg for mercy and
lay down their weapons.
A tip was received at police head
quarters that two of the suspects
wanted in connection with the rob
berry Of Wanita Landers and Wanda
Phair were in the apartment In
spector William Good and a squad
of police fastened to the place and
attempted to gain admittance. They
were warned to keep out or take
the consequences.
A call was sent to headquarters
for tear gas. The alleged outlaws
were warned the gas would be used.
The warning was received with
jeers, changing to cries for mercy
when the powerful suffocant was
poured through the keyhole.
Men and women piled their guns
on a table in the room and throwing
open the door stood with uplifted
hands while the officers handcuffed
them.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Fire At Elks, Home.

New Orleans-Two men were bur
led in the ruins of the auditorium and
gymnasium of the Elks' Home, which
was badly damaged by fire. Seven.
teen injured firemen we're taken from
the building to the hospitals Two
men under the wreckage were pin
ned by rafters. Both are fremen.
Early estimates placed the property
loss at S25O.OO0 The fire began on
the fourth floor of the building, due,
It was said, to sparks from friction
caused by fan belt The fremen
were injured when the roof collapsed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Restaurant Man Shot sy wife.

Toledo, Ohio. - John II. Topper.
aged 35, proprietor of three Toledo
restaurants and one in indianapolis.
was shot and fatally wounded by his
wife here. The woman walked into
one OF Tepper's eating places, which
was filed with diners, fired one shot
and walked out. She was arrested
shortly afteTward. Topper and his
wife had been separated for more
than a year, following the filing of
divorce proceedings by Mrs Topper, in
which she mentioned another woman.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Harding To Permit Ena RoIllnn

Washington. - President and Mrs.
Harding have given their consent for
the opening Of the White House
grounds Easter Monday for egg roll.
ing, a time-honored custom to which
the children look forward annually.
On these occasions the President and
the first lady Of the land usually en-.
tertain friends on the south portico.
where they can watch the children.
Each year thousands of children with
baskets filed with vari-colored eggs
throng the grounds.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Train Plunaes Into Lake.

Concord, N. H-Three members
Of the crew of a freight train lost
their lives when the locomotive left
the rails and plunged into the waters
of Lake Sunapee The dead are
George Atwood, engineer; Ralph
Ching fireman, and Edward Kelly,
brakeman. The bodies were removed
from the wreckage and brought here.
The freight train was said to have
been travelling at a high rate Of
speed when it left the rails.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
HARDING WANTS BIG NAVY
Sees Disappointment If Force Is Less
Than $4,000 Men.

udH oOgOOO wen.
hington.-President Harding, in
his first public utterance on the 1923
naval bill, declared in a letter pre-
sented to the House that while the
decision must lie with Congress, he
would be greatly disappointed, as he
believed the country would be, if the
enlisted force was cut below $4,000.
The opinion was not sent gratui-
tously. 1t was given in response to
request for the Presidents view by
Representative Longworth (Rep) of
Ohio, one of the leaders in the fight
to defeat the proposal in the bill limit
ing the force to $1,000. There had
been unofficial statements to the eff
feet that the President opposed a
drastic reduction in personnel and
that he stood for the figure proposed
in the Macarthur amendment.
In presenting the letter. Mr.. Long
worth said he was glad to accept the
challenge from friends of the measure
as framed to find out what the Presi-
dent wanted and to let the House
know.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Marshall In Battle with eootleoaers

Gallipolis, O.-Marshal James Lew
is Of Crown City, a village in this
county, had a revolver battle with
three boOteggers in the woods near
Crown City. Many shots were ex-
changed, but so far as could be
learned no person was wounded.
Following rhe battle, Marshal Lewis
seized one Of the largest stills ever
found in this neighbirhood. Fifty
gallons OF mash and 10 quarts OF
whisky were also seized. The boot
leggers escaped.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
SIX FAMILIES ROUTED BY FIRE
Thrilling Rescues Mark Apartment
House Blaze In New York.


New York.-One man, woman and a
girl are in a hospital, two men are be-
ing treated at private homes for Sc
we're injuries and score or more
other persons were slightly hurt in
jumping from third-story windows
during a fire in an apartment house
here.
ALI of those in the hospital have
broken bones among their other In
juries.
Thrilling rescues occurred frequent.
ly while firemen fought to subdue the
flames.
The fire is believed to have started
in the basement of the apartment
house and to have been famed by a
draft up a dumb waiter shaft, firing
all floors of the building at about the
same time.
When police arrived at the fire six
families in the apartment house were
asleep.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Woman slashed To Death.

New York-Slashed to death by q
Jack the Ripper" the body OF a
woman, later identified as Miss Helen
Tracy, 40 years old, was found lying
face downward in the ground floor
hallway Of the big double-deck tene-
mem house at II Catherine street. A
crimson trail leading out into the
street showed that the body had been
dragged into the house from the out
side. The woman's clothing lay piled
on the floor few feet from the body.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
U. S. CAPTAIN Burned To Death

Manila. p. Capt William J. Bris.
coe of the Philippine scouts was burn
ed to death in attempting to rescue
one of his men, who had been sur
rounded by forest fire near Baguio,
Province Of Benguet The captain got
two other soldiers to safety before he
suffered his fatal burns He was a
native of Indiana and aged 36. He
entered the army as an enlisted man
in the Twenty-ninth Infantry.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Postmaster Asked 70 aesinn

Scranton.-Postmaster John Durkin
Of this city, who was asked to re.
sign within six days, announced he
had asked the Washington officials
to submit a bill Of particulars deal.
ing with the request and until
these are furnished he will not quit.
Durkin, a Democratic appointee. is
serving his second team as post.
master
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
British schooner is seized.

New York-A British schooner
was overhauled and seized by DO
lice motor boat patrol in the bay
off Sixty-ninth street. Twenty five
barrels OF rye whisky and hundreds
OF bottles Of Scotch we're found on
board. Although sailing under an
assumed name,--the Schooner Red"
the vessel proved to be the W. T.
Dodd Of British registry. from Mas.
sau. It's captain, Herman Hadley,
said he was bound for st. Pierre,
Canada
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Found Dead Under Auto.

Columbus Grove, Ohio-Amos Ian
ming, 48 years old, deputy attached to
the sheriff's office, Detroit, was found
dead in a ditch three miles south OF
here. The automobile he was driving
had pinioned him beneath the car. lie
was en- route TO Detroit Apoplexy
was given as the cause Of his death
by physicians
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
open Shop In City Departments.

Cleveland. - Open-shop conditions
will prevail in all city departments
during 1922, as a result reached at a
board OF control meeting The board
decided TO disregard all agreements
now in effect with the various unions,
but agreed to pay union wage scales
throughout the various departments.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Three Perish In Storm.

Portsmouth, o. Three men, Au-
brey Warnock, Leonard Warnock and
Samuel Truitt, were drowned in the
Ohio river here when their boat cap.
sized during a windstorm Two other
men we're rescued. All were residents
of Truitt, Ky. The bodies have not
been recovered
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Three Men Injured by Molten Metal

Youngstown, O.-Three men were
burned seriously at the plant OF the
Youngstown Foundry and Machine
Company here when a huge ladle
broke and spilled molten metal over
them. They were taken to the
Youngstown Hospital. The three
were working under a crane which
Is used to move the ladle. The
ladle split and the contents dropped
on the men.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Rare Fur.Bearlno Seal captured

San Diego, Cal.-Capture of live
guadalupe. or southern fur seal, said
to be very rare, is reported by the
geological Society here. The seal
was caught when houndering on a
beach. At the Natural History Mu-
scum at the park, It was said. that
only four skulls, all but one imper.
feet, OF the guadalupe seal. are
known of in American collections.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Blast Kills One, InIures Eleven.

San Antonio. Tex-John A. Benner,
an enlisted man OF Baltimore, Md,
was killed and II were injured, when
a pyrotechnic dump at Camp Bulls
exploded during a demonstration OF
night firing by the Seventeenth Infan-
try Training Battalion Physicians
said nine Of the injured were dying.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Great Wild West Rider Killed.

Valentine, Neb. - Adam Marshall
reputed to be the worlds greatest ex.
hibition wild West rider, was killed
here when he fell under a Northwest
ern train. He is believed to have
been beating his way here from Cody,
Nebraska
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Big Mine Pays Are Distributed.

Yorkville, Ohio.-The largest mine
pays in months were distributed in
this vicinity In one instance the pay
was three times the past years aver
age and in another, It was double the
highest in Is months.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Seventeen Killed purIno Storm.

Dallas, Tex-Seventeen persons are
reported dead and more than 80 in
jured as a result of tornadoes and
transforms which swept from West
Texas east into Oklahoma toward Ar
kansas.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Doctor, once Rich. Dies In Jau

Chicago.-Dr. J. c. Wills, formerly
a famous surgeon and bank president
and 10 years ago worth half a million
dollars, died in the county Jail where
he was awaiting trial on charges Of
passing S123 worth of bogus checks.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Flood Destroys Arkansas Farms.

Helena, Ark.-Scores of farm build
ings have been swept from their foun
dations by the floods and high winds
near here, and a number Of tenant
houses at Ratio have been demolished
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
Girl Dies Of Burns.

Wellsville. O-As a result OF burns
suffered when her dress caught fire
while she was playing with matches,
Anna May, 4-year-old daughter OF r.
X. Rawlings, died in her home here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20
yonre To unvel Bust Of Gen. Grant.

New York-Marshal Joffre has ac-
cepted an invitation TO unveil a bust
of Gen. y. S. Grant in the Hail OF
Fame at New York University on
April 81, the centennial Of the gen
erals birth
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Morgantown-Fred ]. Mccoy. of SIS
tersville, has been appointed prose
cutting attorney for Tylef County to
succeed r. B. Conaway, resigned, ac-
cording to word received here by Off
cials Of the West Virginia University
college Of law, Of which Mr.. Mccoy
is a graduate. These officials said Mr.
Mccoy, who is p years old, Is the
youngest prosecuting attorney in West
Virginia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20

MOrgantown-The felony charge
against Mrs. Anna Bowak, mother Of
three small children, who was arrest
ed here after officers had found a
mOonshine still in her home, was waiv-
ed and she was sent to jail for two
months after having been found gull
fy Of selling mOonshine. The three
children were released from jail TO the
custody of a woman boarder at the
wOman's home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20

Fairmont-The special election held
here for the issuance of $15O,OOO in
bonds for the improvement Of the city
water system was defeated. The vote
stood 80 votes for and 81 against
proposition. The vote was very light
About one-thlrd of the votes cast we're
by women. 1t was proposed to in
stall a new filtration plant had the
Issue carried.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20

Charleston - Mont Pierce, res
ident Of Dunbar, died while being
brought TO Charleston hospital as a
result Of a pistol wound said to have
been fired by Constable Lace Coleman.
According to Information received here
Pierce attempted to free man placed
under arrest by Chief Of Police Young
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20

Fairmount - The Chesapeake coal
company has made a great expansion
in its holdings in Marion county and
will in a short time move its general
offices, its sales offices and operating
offices to Fairmount-