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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28
RECITAL.
OF HAMMER MURDER
Ex-Chorus Girl Asserts Mrs.
Phillips Accused Her al
legged Rival, and Made
Fatal Assault on Roadside.

Los Angeles. Ndl., NtI.
Mrs. Peggy Chaffcc, a former
chorus girl and the states star
witness in the trial of Mrs. Clara
Phillips. on trial here for the muir
der of Mrs. Alberta Meadows,
July -. detailed to the jury today
what she witnessed the day Mrs.
Meadows was killed.
Mrs. Chaffcc detailed how Mrs
Phillips purchased small ham.
mcr the day before the killing,
and this brought from Mrs. Phil.
lips a denial with the statement:
Now, Peggy, tell the truth. You
know YOU bought the hammer. "
After purchasing the hammer.
Peggy said that Clara told her she had
heard her husband, Armour Phillips,
vas going with another girl" That
night the witness and Mrs. Phillips
drove to the apartment OF Mrs. Mead
ows. but Mrs. Meadows was not home.
Both the witness and defendant re.
manned all night at Mrs. Chaffee's
apartment.
Waited for Victim.
After reaching tho city, Peggy tes-
titled that they went directly to the
automobile park where Mrs. Meadows
kept her ca, and waited for her to
appear.
When Mrs. Meadow. started to
drive out of the park, Peggy testified
that they went up to the car.
Mrs. Phillips asked Mrs. Meadows
IL she would take her out to her sis.
ter's, where she was staying" Peggy
testified. Mrs. Meadows said she
would, and Mrs. Phillips then intro
duced me.
Along the road. which was uphill,
Mrs. Phillips said, stop here. We
all got out OF the car. Mrs. Phillips
turned to Mrs. Meadows and said:
"'My husband purchased you those
tires and that steering wheel
Mrs. Meadows replied: NO, ] pun
chased them.
Mrs. Phillips struck her on the
forehead with the hammer. =
The Murder.
Mrs. Meadows ran down the hill
screaming. and I ran up the Hill
screaming. After rounding Q turn y
the road heard voices and went back
They were walking towards the car,
arm In arm, and talking. AS We
reached the machine, Mrs. Philips
said: He also bought you that wrist
watch Mrs. Meadows replied that
she purchased 1t herself. Mrs. PHIL
lips cried: He did, and struck hse
az. on the head. -.
81 ran down the road screaming.
Suddenly | became weak and must
have tainted. Afterwards looked up
the road and saw her lean over the
body.
"The next I remember, Mrs. Phil
lips drove the car up beside me ana
blew the horn. She told me TO got
in. Her face, dress and gloves were
covered with blood. She picked up
Mrs. Meadows handbag. took off her
rings and dropped them into the bag.
She then asked me for my, gloves so
as to cover the blood on her hands.
As We drove away she steered Win
her left hand while tried to put .
glove on her right
On cross-examination Mrs. Caftee 40
mjtted that she had testified faiseiy
before the grand jury and the coroner
Jury as TO the movements OF herseh
and Mrs. Phillips on the date OF tho
Staying In her former testimony tno
witness said they had spent the day 90.
ing sbonping until they met Mrs. Mead
cws late in the afternoon.
At times. Mrs. Caffee paled and ap.
pcarcd greatly distressed
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28
Facta Cabinet Out

Rome. Oct. "I.-tBy tn" Associated
Press.) Italian cabinet. headed
by Premier facta. handed their T"slg
ratoins TO the King today, II WAS ottI.
cially announced this evening.
King Goes TO Rome.
Rome. oct. - King Victor Lmmar-
gel Will arrive IN Rom" ,o"j.h'. ~" has
.NprcsSpd desire ~ C"nSu'' tom orr"w
on ne situation with S;Sn"~S Ti'to0!
and De Ntcnig. tn" presidents. r"Spsc-
r.vely OF the S.uIi" ard Iha n:
roput!ez with Dent" Mas ~",!n'. the
l,aCer a, n" Fascist. aud ''.i'r Lug!
Frrdcrzrai l"ad.r 10; 'H" srt!"ua'iSt
.a-'y
Former r-cm,"r tio.,'& al.p WI be-
y Rom. tomorrow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28
Nicholas County Man
Drops Dead on Train

Clark SblIrg. W. Va. oct. ",.--Nhcn Il
r. G. q. train pulled into III" 'larkH-
burg station This afternoon, hu'her
Cogar. Il farmer Of Removal, Nicholas
County. who was Il passenger on III"
train dropped dead IN Il scat "i a coach
For some time past he had been Ill but
did not understand the nature al ms
ailmrnt and arcnmpa MED by his wife.
came to CIarksburg today I" he eNamin-
cd by physician 1T Il hospital.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28
WEATHER FORECAST

West Virginia: Fair Saturday and
Sunday. mild temperature.
western pennsylvania and Ohio: fair
Saturday and probably Sunday; not
much change In temperature
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28
ROOSEVELT IS
HONORED IN THE
CITY Of BIRTH
Parades and Pageants Held
Fine Tribute By Senator
Pepper.

New York. oct. -. WarshjNs N nc
river. the brass cE each liz" god, their
coats Of grey paint TX" satin robes,
ard thousand scho"lhoys IN hhaki a:
Il grave in oyster BAY. sS2tchcd IN two
scenes tho theme az tho d"uhlc holiday
The metropolis celebrated t"day-Nayy
lay auI the n.r,hda: Of Theodore
Roosevelt.
On 'hc cas-, siG". 30 l."ucu" of Tor
eth Eovu citizens ~ hal'S. ~ m"am
streets. paid tr'uu:c 10 "T"diN:" F.t'h
avenue ,luhs heard addresses On The
policies @" TIA" latc Ircsid'ui KoScNcl;
and words IL pra!sc from men who
knew hhH.
Tribute by Pepper.
IN Carnegie hall tontgh: thousands
Esteemed to- Il tr!L, = to Roosevelt by
S,najcr Wharto" Pepper.
In the Explorers club &C N"w York.
Maurice Francis EEnn. VII" knew
l;o"scycit we'll ia'kcI t. chc members.
muuy Of the hunters vii" h'l,w the
forests o! E"scNr.i's African tg.p.
thousands O. o;hs~s today NisIt""
Tho ships IT II" Atlantic tl,"; In the
Hudson river. tn" ships having been
opened 70 visitor, IN celebration Of
Navy daL.
Homage at birthplace.
- homas" 10 Roosevelt, hundreds Of
others called ut the h"u" IN Twentieth
street wh"r" hc Was born.
Will, tn" rity's iaradcs and pae"ants
VIZ" being held. another group gath
cred Il; the grave III oyster BAY. There,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28
May Seize Ohio Coal
For Home Consumers
State Fuel Administrator Neal
In Telegram to Washington
Authorities, Threatens 10
Take Drastic Step Under
State Law.

Cleveland. Ohio, Oct. 27.-(Spc-
riaD-UnlcSS federal authorities
step in and keep enough OF Ohio s
coal from going outside the state,
he only thing left for Ohio TO do
is 10 Sriz" he mines. Fuel Admin
i<trator Clarence j. Neal an
nounrcd today. after sending a
Telegram to this effect 10 {. +.
SprnS, federal inol Distributor, III
Washington.
No Coal for ohioans.
Almost all uf Ohin% domestic coa'
Is nov going out#id" tho stat" 10
bring higher prices than th"s" allow.
cd producers who sell in ONO, Mr..
Neal stated in tn" telegram. II" ask
cd SpcnS tn say whether Or not IN"
Federal Fuel Administration. workin;
in conjunction with In" Interstate
Continued cE PAGE rourteen
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28

Has more daily circulation and carries
more advertising regularly than any
other six-day morning paper in West
Virginia.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31

high percentage. They have been
followed by the employees Of all 9th
~ branches OF the government. In
turn they were quickly followed by
building co.operatives Of all the va
rious labor syndicates and profes'
sIons. either organized or unor.
eanixed. Some idea Of tho extent
that cooperation for building pur'
POSES has been carried out and the
financial aid that IL extended by the
state can be gathered from the plans
OF Italian newspaper men and Jour
naiIsts generally. Those at Rome
have organized and secured from
the state an advance OF 100000
lire for the construction Of a whole
suburg OF the city TO be given over
entirely to apartments. villas anu
houses for journalists.
For the bourgeois and other class.
es who dislike the idea Of co.opcra.
tives. the housing problem has been
solved In much the same way by
private capital.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31

"'rhe consumption OF the average
German can be reduced By taxation
10 Increase exports but even IN 1913
the German average income per
head Of population was less than
twelve shilIIngs n week and the cor.
responding figure today. reckoning
In gold and not paper marks. II very
much leas.
"And how fortunate II IL for tho
world AT large that Germany can.
not pour out German goods at 500
10 1000 million pounds sterling a
year II she did. tic greater indus.
tIIal countries would encounter such
a degree OF unemployment that mil.
lions Of their people would be
plunged into misery Already Brit
lah miners and shlpworkors are
heavily unemployed because Of the
Germany Indemnity payments In
coal and ships.
1T ia a matter OF world interest
to reduce the indemnity TO figures:
first. which Germany can pay and.
secondly. which would mean the OK.
port by Germany OF such moder>te
stream OF goods as the worlds
markets could absorb without dlslo.
cation"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
House Building
BY COoperdtiUes
Makes Progress
by HENRY WOOD

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Rome. Jan. 31.-Thousands of
delegates from all parts OF Italy are
to gatier for the second annual con.
gress Of the National Federation Of
Co-Operatives for Workingmen's
Houses and Economic Apartments.
The congress will be one of the
most important held at Rome this
year. Experts from countries who
have visited Italy the past year
have unanimously recognized that
Italy has made greater progress to-
wards solving the present lodging
crisis by means of workmens
houses and cooperative apartments
than any other European nation.
Two contributing elements hive
made this possible. The first has
been the extent to which all Italian
classes are now organized into co.
operatives and the second has been
the liberality with which the gov
ernment has financed these organi-
zatlons for the construction of
houses.
The lead in this direction was
first taken by state employees, of
which Italy numbers an unusually
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
MATA HARI SMILES AS SHE
FACES FRENCH FIRING SQUAD

Mata Hari kissed her and begged
her 20 be brave. After writing a
few letters and delivering them un
sealed TO her lawyer, with the In
junction that he should be careful
about the envelopes. as an error
might bring trouble to many famI'
lies" Mata Harl announced she was
ready for "the long journey"
During the short automobile trip
to the Fort of Vincennes. the dancer
did her best to comfort the Lutheran
pastor whom she had chosen to ac.
company her. Mata Harl jumped
lightly out OF the automobile on is
arrival at the place OF execution and
gave her hand TO the two sisters.
The troops presented arms. Mata
Hari smiled and threw kisses at
them. On being taken TO the execu-
tion post she refused TO he bound
or to have her eyes bandaged. The
pastor kissed her on both checks
and withdrew. Mata lIari was play
ing her last role.
She stood erect. proudly locking at
the firing squad. She threw kisses
at her lawyer and the pastor.
"Aim."
Mata Hari closed her eyes for a
second. opened them and smiled for
the last time.
"Fire,"
Her body dropped like a stone.
Death was instantaneous. but the
regulation coupe de grace was given
by a corporal. Nobody claiming her
body II was sent to the medical
school of the Sorbonne and dissected.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

I will be at my office in the court
house from Feb. 1st to March LIST.
1929, for the purpose of taking the
assessment OF all personal property
In the city of Chickasha and Chick
asha township for the year 1922.
You are required by law to meet
me on the above dates and render
your property or you will be charged
a penalty according to law on your
property. J. d. BRYAN. county as
SCISSOR. 3O-6t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
IN MEMoRIAm.
tContributedl

All Of south Grady county mourns
the passing OF Alex. Thomas as he
was famlllarly known. whose death
came January "a. after short ILL.,
ress. No man stood higher In the
esteem Of his fellowmen. His ac.
quaIntanceshIp was wide and his
friends we're many.
The deceased was man of very
rare Christian character The high
regard In which he was held could
not have been expressed more force.
fully than In the floral offerings
which were 30 profusely showered
upon his casket and the funeral
cortege which followed the remains
to the church.
Alexander vanBuren Thomas was
born July IL. 1883 near vermIllion.
Kan. lie died at bis home In the
vicinity OF Nlnnekah. Oklahoma.
Mr.. Thomas was 3S years, G months
and 10 days. He spent his child.
hood days and the early years OF his
manhood at his parental home near
Vermillion, Kan. In 1906 he came
to Oklahoma to begin llfes work
for himself.
On June II, 1905. he was married
to Mamie Franck Mutz. To this
union was born four children.
Albery. Bessie. Jake and
Melvin of whom he was very proud
Alex Thomas was kind and de-
voted husband, father and brother.
In short time after his marriage
he and his wife united with the
Christian church of Ninnekah. He
was also a member of the Masonic
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31

order at ChIckasha holding ais mem.
bership there at the time OF his
death.
Mr.. Thomas was a member OF n
family OF twelve children. all OF
whom survive him. except one
biother. who passed away in 1908.
All living were at his funeral ex.
cept one brother and one sister. lie
was also among south Grady's most
prominent and successful business
farmers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
Britisher Urges
Common Sense In
Forcing Huns Pay
by LLOYD ALLEN

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent }
London. Jan. al.--"0ermany has
already paid the Allies much--oyor
three times M much m France paid
Ger flfty years ago-and she can
pay much ,morc. hvt she cannot pay
The enormous m,n,s demanded Of her
by the Allies" declared Sir Leo Chi.
oxza Money. late parliamentary
secretary TO the British ministry OF
shipping. In an Interview to the
United Press.
For the sake OF Europe and the
world at large. and In the common
interests OF humanity. Sir Leo urged
commonsense revision Of German
rcparatIona. IN connection with the
whole question OF international In.
dcbtedness.
Sir Leo outlined the following
reasons TO demonstrate Germany's
inability to pay the staggering bin
assessed by the Allies.
Before the war; he explained.
Germany had considerable excess
u imports. for her exports Of goods
were not big enough to pay for her
import needs.
"That excess was paid for by
shippIngs. service, Germany then
possessing the second greatest mer-
camille marine In the world. and
by interest received on her foreign
investments.
"Then. remember. she had the
magnificent mineral resources Of
Alaace-Lorrline.
There Is only one way by which
Germany can pay an indemnity and
that Is by exporting. She has 10
urn pre.war excess Of imports into
gigantic excess OF exports.
But Germany Is now an impoy-
arished country, minus Alsace-Lor.
ainc. minus the Saare coal. minus
hips. minus most of her foreign
Investments.
How then, is this smaller. poorer
country TO flood the world with
goods on a scale never dreamed of
when she was larger and richer
1ountry?
"Think of what the dimensions Of
he flood of German exports would
have to be.
"In 1912 German exports were
100000 pounds. In 1913 they
rose to 496.0OO,OOO sterling. Neglect
ing the great change in values we
have to add for indemnity payments.
for losses to shipping, and for loss
If domestic materials. The mini
mum indemnity payments q. g. ex.
ports) are 15OOOO,OO0 pounds yeai
and the maximum OO,O0OO0O pounds
a year. So that Germanys exports,
pnless her imports land with them
her exportsl fail, would have to be
increased to, taking the minimum
766,OO,O0O pounds. This
is arrived at by taking the pre-war
German export figure of 496.O0O,O0Q
and adding an increase in exports
Of l2O,00O,00O to atone for loss of
and materials uhier the
treaty anu of 15O,OOO,OOO more ex-
ports, to pay the minimum indem-
nifty.
This sum, which neglects the
rise in values, would have to be in
creased 1,Ol6,OOOOOO pounds to meet
the maximum indemnity.
How are these figures to be met
when the bulk Of the German people
are so poor?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire 10 express our most
heartfelt thanks to our many
friends and neighbors for their kind.
ness and assistance shown during
the illness and death OF husband,
father and brother. A. V. Thomas.
tSigned) Mrs. A. V. Thomas and
children: Geo. Thomas and family:
Grover Thomas and family; Jake
Mutz and family and Mrs. Sadie
Tennyson.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
CARD or THANKS.

1t Is our desire to express come
thing OF the feeling OF appreciation
which We feel toward our friends
who helped us. made our sorrow
lighter and in many ways showed
their devotion during the illness and
death OF +. A. Bledsoe.
tSigned) Mrs. F. A. Bledsoe.
Thomas +. Bledsoe. DR.. Martha
Bledsoe, NJ. s. Bledsoe and family.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
TO PLANT MORE TOMATOES.

Antler5. Okla. Jan. 3i.-pushma.
taha county farmers are getting
muci Interested In tomatoes as a
1922 crop. according TO George
Inncs. farm demonstration agent.
Shipping districts are being organ.
lied and arrangements are being
made for plants on whoeIsaie scale.
Contracts already have been signed
for SOC, 900 plants. TO be produced
at 81 per thousand.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31
From Old England.

IL consider Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy the best In the world for
bronchitis" says William Savory,
England. ut has saved my wife's
'fe, she having been martyr to
bronchitis for over six years being
most of the time confined to her
bed She Is now quite WE'LL"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31

James Watt, inventor of the steam
engine, suffered from chronic head
ache.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-31

The Patriarch Jacobs 12 sons
started the tribal organization of
lsreal
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-09-01
fREADwAY.

The long drouth which has pre-
vailed in this section was broker
this week by good rains which
improved crops very much.
Mrs. Eliza Lawson an aged H.
dy of Treadway. who has been
very sick for several months is
no better, and is gradually sink
ing. her death is expected at any
time.
The Baptist people are conduc-
ting a series of meetings, or a
preachers school at Cool Branch
this week. Revs. Hamilton, Liv-
ingston and Davis of Knoxville
are conducting the school which
is well attended.
Geo. A. Williams, editor of the
SneeGville News came over Sat-
urday on "A visit with homefolks
and stayed over Sunday, and re-
turned to Sneedville Monday.
Mr.. Robert Lee Smith who has
been employed at NJ orristown for
several months is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs ii. L.
Smith at Treadway this week.
MIR. +. ]. Cantwell a prosper
Gus farmer and stock man % FL
leo I City. Md. and who has large
holdings at Treadway. was here
looking after his farm and other
interests at this place last week.
and returned TO his Maryland
home this week with a large lot
of hogs which he will fattcn for
the market.
Mr.. ]. X. Greene our rural car
rier at Treadway. attended the
exercises ut Prices Springs in
Hawkins County. Saturday night
and reports nice time.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-09-01
A BOYS COMPOSITION

"A school ma am is d verb be-
cause che denotes action when
you throw paper wads at the
girls. Switch is a conjunction
and is used to connect the verb
school ma'am to the noun boy.
This is a compound sentence. of
which boy is the subject and
switch is the object. First person
singular number and awful case.
School ma'am is different from
a boy, a boy wears pants and a
school ma'am wears her hair ba-
nged all over her forehead. She
puts paint on her face and some
big fellows come and take her
home. Ma says a school ma am
never gets TO be older than eigh-
teen till she gets married. 1t
takes two school ma'ams a day
to cook dinner.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-09-01

safe to say no staff could have been
selected who were better qualified by
their legal attachments and by their
particular experience and knowledge
OF the war graft situation.
Never in the history OF the Depart
ment OF Justice have the antitrust
laws been so vigorously prosecuted ne
during the last 15 months. For the
first time jail sentences were imposed
rs a punishment for violation of the
sherman Antitrust Act In the case
OF United States vs.. Alexander Reed.
ct nj. The department at this time
has under investigation more than SO
cases OF alleged violations of the An
Thrust Act and has pending in the
courts &c such cases. Since March
4. 1921. the Attorney Generals Of
fee has won 100 cases in the United
states Supreme Court and lost Il. In
that time IL has tried 16e suits In
the various United States Courts and
won ITO. The department has been
very successful in defending the gov
eminent in the United States Court
OF Claims where litigation has greatly
increased as a result of war con-
tracts and tax cases. Twenty suits
were decided in this court on June
IL, in which the Attorney Generals
department appeared for the govern
neat. In these 20 cases the govern
nent sued for the aggregate of sIs.-
6l9.e93. The total OF the amounts
allowed was only s533.3G5.
This, in brief. is an outline of some of
the more important activities of the
Department OF Justice since March 4.
1921. An enormous amount OF work
has ieen performed and every branch
of the judicial service is character
lied by energy. intelligence and dis
patch. The record Of the department
under the present administration not
only rejects great credit upon Attor-
r.y General naueherty and President
Harding. hut II inspires confidence
and respect OF our people everywhere
in the courts and in those in whom
the responsibility and power of ad-
mlnis;cring the Law il invested II
will remind our people that this Il
6 government OF laws and not OF men.