The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-08-31
West Virginia
News Briefs
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Huntington-Salaries OF Hunting
Increased to $225.
Wheeling-Tom Moses, Syrian, has
filed declaration papers to become a
United States citizen.
Point Pleasant-Frank Van Meter
was arrested at a base ball game,
charged with possession of liquor.
PennSboro-Joseph Vincent, star
athlete of Salem college, is to be ath-
tetic director of the local high school
this fall
Morgantown-West Virginia Univer-
Sity athletic directors have returned
from a statewide tour in the interest
OF the football team
unsatisfactory convicts were
sent from the state penitentiary here
ito work on the Huntington Charleston
road in Putnam county.
Wheelirg-Harry Corcoran, Jr, and
Howard Gompers, narrowly escaped
death when the bicycle on which they
were riding skidded under u truck.
Parkersburg Greene landed
an 1S-pound muskellunge ut Devols
dam, according to eye-witnesses. A
fight of nearly Il half hour followed
the strike.
Huntington-The plant of the Su-
perior glass products company was
burned to the ground, entailing a loss
of $150,000 about two-thirds of which
is covered by insurance.
Wheeling of the Wheel
ing -Moundsville council of Boy Scouts
are being instructed in life-saving
methods by Commodore Longfellow,
of the American Red Cross.
Princeton-Four men voiced pro-
tests to officials of the Virginian rail
road. They said they had signed up
as laborers to go to Norfolk, but that
they had been brought here to work
as electricians
Wheeling-At a meeting of the
league of women voters a protest was
ientered against the alleged discrimina-
tiOn against women as election clerks,
the league contending that out of SS5
officials, only 2OS women were named.
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s1ty undergraduates and graduates
together with athletic officials, express
ed their Indignant regret" that the
state boards of education and control
had ordered wrestling abandoned as
an intercollegiate sport at the insti-
tuition
Clarksburg-Joe Costa and Larry
Tucci were arrested by local police
mere at the request of County Detec-
tive Joe Russell Of Uniontown. Pa
who stated that warrants were belno,
forwarded here charging them with the
murder of Kirk Loman at Tifertovyn
Pennsylvania.
Charleston-The state board of CON
troll signed a contract with the Mer-
ganthaler Linotype Company of New
York for the purchase of one model
IA split magazine linotype machine
for the West Virginia Collegiate in
stitute at Institute The machine.
which is to be used for instruction.
cost S4,6O9.5O 1t will be operated
with a motor that cost $125 extra.
Charleston-The reduction Of the
annual tax levy Of Huntington from
$119 on the 500 valuation to about
93 cents, was requested by State Tax
Commissioner Hallanan in a telegram
to the Huntington Board of Education.
The tax commissioner asked the Board
Ito reconsider its action in regard to
the levy, as a reduction is necessary
to conform to the policies of the state
and municipal governments.
CharlestOn-The Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway Company was made defend
ant in two damage suits filed i'm the
circuit court g. p. Reed sued the
road for $1,000 and S. j. Husson &
Sons for $1,000. Mary Jackson Ruff
ner filed suit against the Cunard
steamship Company for 5000 and
Gordon Brown filed suit against the
Kanawha City Coal Company for
$500
CharIeston-Suit for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries alleged TO have been
sustained when she was struck by q
street car near the Charleston street
railroad crossing three months ago
was filed in the circuit court by Vir-
ginia Morrison, an infant daughter of
G. w. Morrison, against the Charles
ton interurban railroad company Vir-
ginia was struck by the car as she
was crossing the street, according TO
j IT, Hundley attorney who filed the
suit
Collier The widow and the son OF
s. j. Williamson we're awarded "a
monthly compensation Of S2j. VIII
hanson was killed in mine accident