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The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-23
Blind Boone Robbed
of $2,35O in Jewelry

Columbia, Mo-, Sept. Gone dia-
mond ring valued at $1,000 and an
other which had value of $3.50, were
stolen some time last Tuesday from
the home of J. w. C'Blind') Boone,
10 North Fourth Street. The rings
were taken from a purse which was
kept in the dining room of the house,
presumably by prowler in search of
money.
Other articles of jewelry valued at
about 500, which were in a different
part of the house, were overlooked by
the thieves.
Mr.. Boone, who is nationally known
as concert pianist, this morning de-
scribed the $1,000 ring as a four and
one-third carat, blue-white diamond,
mounted in a heavy pronged platinum
setting According to Mr.. Boone, the
stone has attracted good deal of at
tention from the public during the
thirty-two years he has worn it.
The other ring consisted of nine
small diamonds mounted in a heavy
gold filigree setting.
Mrs. Boone was in the house all of
Tuesday, excepting between IL and II
o'clock in the morning. 1t is probable
that the burglar entered the house
during that time.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-23
PrOfessed Ku Klux
Scares Parents;
Attacks Girl

Washington, D. c., Sept. 15.-Fol-
lowing an attack on 14-year-old Isa-
bella Robertson by alleged and pro-
fessed Ku KluX Klansmen, Frank
Fields (white) of Brickhaven, was ar
rested and thrown into jail, charged
with the crime. The girl, in a seri-
Gus condition, was placed under the
care of doctors.
According to the parents of the girl,
white man resembling Fields broke
into their home late in the evening.
His features were hid by handker-
chief that covered the lower portion
preached the mother and father of
the girl with loaded gun pointed at
them, demanding that they stand
against the wall with their backs to
it, When he had them like he wanted
them he began questioning them, ask
ing them If they had ever heard about
the Ku Klux Klan and telling them
he was a klansman. On their admis-
sion that they had heard of the no
torious order, he told them that they
were going to hear and see some more.
The man then put his fingers to his
mouth and whistled. No one came,
but while the parents were awaiting
the mob, the man seized Isabella, the
daughter, and made away with her,
dragging her nearly half mile to the
woods between Addison Heights and
Virginia Highlands. There he at
tackled her under threats, demand
ing, under penalty of death, that she
meet him at the same place and for
the same purpose the following night.
The girls father notified the po-
lice. On his way to town he was
picked up by a white man to whom
he told the story and who aided him
in getting quick official action. The
officers went to the Robertson home,
where they picked up clues that led
to the home of Fields. The latter is
married. When they broke into his
home they are said to have found him
with a double-barreled shotgun across
his bed and loaded army pistol un-
der his pillow. He is said to have
resisted arrest so that the sheriff had
to overpower him.
All this happened right across the
river from the capital, showing how
far khan iniquity is going. The nature
of the attack also shows the turns
their form of intimidation may take.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-23
Spanish War Widows
Get Pension Increase

Washington, d. c., Sept. 15.-Presi-
dent Harding has signed a bill increas-
ing the pensions of widows of Spanish
American war veterans from $12 to $50
a month, and the pensions of their de-
pendent children from 50 to $4 a
month.
This bill is meant to include all
Americans, regardless of color. Race
widows whose husbands fought in the
war against Spain are entitled to the
increase and are advised to get busy
and state their claims to the proper au-
thorities.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-23

wv text of President Harding's
message vetoing the soldier
bonus bill follows:
ITO the House of Representatives:
Herewith is returned without ap-
proval Fl. r. 1854, a bill to provide
adjusted compensation for the veter-
ans of the World War and for other
purposes.
"With the avowed purpose of the
bill to give expression of nations
gratitude to those who served in its
defense in the World War, I am in ac-
subscribe. The United States never
will cease to be grateful 1t cannot
and never will cease giving express
sion to that gratitude.
"In legislation for what is called ad-
justed compensation Congress failed,
first of all, to provide the revenue
from which the bestowal is to be paid
Moreover, 1t establishes the very dam
gerous precedent of creating treas
ury covenant to pay which puts bur
den variously estimated between four
and five billions upon the American
people, not to discharge an obligation,
which the government always must
pay, but to bestow bonus which the
soldiers themselves while serving in
the World War did not expect.
at is not to be denied that the ma
tat,
tions to those of its defenders who
made real sacrifices in the World War
and who left the armies injured dis
abled or diseased so that they could
not resume their places in the normal
activities of life. These obligations
are being gladly and generously met.
Perhaps there are here and there In
efficiencies and injustices and some
distressing instances of neglect, but
they are all unintentional and every
effort is being directed to their earli-
est possible correction.
Does Not Complain at Cost Of Measure
'In meeting this obligation there is
no complaint about the heavy cost. In
the current fiscal year we are ex-
pending s51O,OOOOOO on hospitaliza-
ton and care of sick and wounded on
compensation and vocational training
for the disabled and for insurance.
The figures do not include the more
than s35 100000 in process of expen-
diture on hospital construction.
"The estimates for the year to fol-
low are appropriately s470, 100000 and
figures may need to be made larger.
Though the peak in disqualification
may have passed there Is a growth In
domicilization and the discharge In
full of our obligations to the dis
eased, disabled or dependent who have
a right to the governments care, with
insurance liability added, will prob
ably reach total sum in excess OF
S25,0OO, 100000.
"More than $4,000 veterans are now
enrolled in some of the 445 different
courses in vocational training. Fifty
four thousand of them are in schools
or colleges, more than $4,000 are In
Industrial establishments and few
more than 5000 are being trained in
schools operated by the veterans bu-
reau.
Approximately 1900 have COM
pleted their courses and have en-
ployment in all cases where they de
sire 1t, and $1,000 have deferred for
the present time their acceptance of
training. The number eligible under
The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-23
PRESIDENT HARDING VETOES SOLDIER
BONUS BILL
States Nation Cannot Endure Further Tax Burden.

the law may reach close to 100000
and facilities will continue to be af-
forded, unmindful of the necessary
cost, until every obligation is full
filled.
"Two hundred and seventy-six thou
sand patients have been hospitalized,
more than a quarter of a million dis
charged and 25,67s patients are in our
hospitals to-day.
-Four hundred and sixteen thousand
awards of compensation have been
made on account of death or disability
and S4S0,000000 have been paid to
disabled men or their dependent rela-
tives. One hundred and seventy-five
thousand disabled ex-service men are
now receiving compensation along
with medical or hospital care where
needed, and a quarter of million
checks go out monthly in distributing
the Ss,OOO,OOO payment on indisputable
obligations.
Sees No Obligation Necessary for
Bonus.
81 recite the figures to remind the
Congress how generously and how
properly it has opened the treasury
doors to discharge the obligations Of
the nation to those whom it indisput-
ably owes compensation and care.
Though undying gratitude is the need
% ,hn H. to- ,nff fp hn
said that a material bestowal is an
obligation to those who emerged from
the great conflict not only unharmed
but physically, mentally and spiritual
ly richer for the great experience.
when the bill was under consider
alton in the House I expressed the
conviction that any grant of bonus
ought to provide the means of paying
1t, and I was unable to suggest any
plan other than that of general
sales tax. Such a plan was unaccept-
able to the Congress and the bill has
been enacted without even a suggest
deed, the most is not definitely known,
either for the immediate future or in
the ultimate settlement.
"This is borrowing on the nations
credit just as truly as though the
loans were made by direct government
borrowing and invokes a dangerous
abuse of public credit. Moreover, the
certificate plan of payment is little
less than certified inability of the
government to pay and invites prac-
tice on sacrificial barter which can
not sanction.
'It is worth remembering that the
public credit is founded on the popular
belief in the defensibility of public ex-
penditure as well as the governments
ability to pay. Loans come from ev-
cry rank in life, and our heavy tax
burdens reach directly or indirectly ev-
cry element in our citizenship.
"Within the next six years more
than $1O,OOO,O0O,OOO of debt will ma
ture and will have to be financed.
These outstanding and maturing obli-
cations are difficult enough to meet
without the complication of added bor-
rowings, every one of which threatens
higher interest and delays the adjust
ment to stable government financing.
Bonus Not Case Of Emergency.
"It is sometimes thoughtlessly urged
that it is a simple thing for the rich
republic to add $4,000, 100000 to Its in
debtedness. This impression comes
from the readiness of the public re-
sponse to the governments appeal for
The Colorado statesman., 1922-09-23

funds amid the stress of war. 1t is to
be remembered that in the war every
body was ready to give his all.
ITO a war necessity there was but
one answer, but a peace bestowal on
the ex-service men, as though the su-
preme offering could be paid for with
cash, is a perversion of public funds,
a reversal of the policy which exalt-
ed public service in the past, and sug-
gests that future defense is to be in
spired by compensation other than
consciousness of duty to flag and
country.
after nearly a year and quarter
of insistence and persuasion with a
concerted drive to reduce government
expenditure in every quarter possible,
it would wipe out everything thus far
accomplished to add now this pro-
posed burden, and it would rend the
commitment of economy and saving so
essential to our future welfare.
"The financial problems of the gov
ernment are too little needed until we
are face to face with a great emer-
gency The diminished income of the
government, due to the receding tides
of business and attending incomes,
has been overlooked momentarily, but
cannot be long ignored. The latest
budget figures for the current fiscal
year show an estimated deficit of
more than $65O,OOOOOO and a further
deficit for the year succeeding, even
after counting upon all interest col
lections on foreign Indebtedness which
the government is likely to receive.
Addition to Debts Declared Folly
ITO add to our pledges to pay ex-
cept as necessity compels must seem
no less than governmental folly. In
evitably it means increased taxation,
which Congress was unwilling to levy
for the purpose of this bill, and will
turn us from the course toward econ
omy so essential to promote the activ-
tiles which contribute to common well
fare.
"The contemplation of such pol
icy is in accord with the established
practice of the nation and puts the
service men of the World War on the
same plane as the millions Of men
who fought the previous battles of the
republic.
II confess a regret that 1 must
sound a note of disappointment to the
impression that it is as simple a mat
ter for the government to bestow bill
lions in peace as it was to expend
billions in war. I regret to stand be-
tween them and the pitiably small
compensation proposed. =
"The simple truth is that this bill
proposes a government obligation of
more than S4,OOO,OOO,OOO without a
provision of funds for the extraordi-
nary expenditure, which the executive
branch of the government must fl
nance in the face of difficult financial
problems, and the complete defeat of
our commitment to effect economies.
"These ex-soldiers who served so
gallantly in war, and who are to be so
conspicuous in the progress of the re-
public in the half century before us,
must know that nations can only sur
vive where taxation is restrained from
the limits of oppression, where the
public treasury is locked against class
legislation, but ever open to public
necessity and prepared to meet all es-
sential obligations. Such a policy
makes a better country for which to
fight, or have fought, and affords a
surer abiding place in which to live
and attain"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
WESTINGHOUSE RADIO
PROGRAM FOR TODAY

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hytcrian church. "f Williamsburg. The
member, "f his quartet are: Mrs. thaS.
+. Miller. d;r"rt"r: Mrs. X. J. Me
Bowel. snpr.,no; Miss Margaret Me
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500 p m.--A bedtime Story Tor the
story Incl" Wiggtly's bedtime story.
one ~ l'nclc WigE!ly's stories appears
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$50 y. m--An address on Fire Pre-
vcntiou by Carl MocnCh. Of the Cum
n;sham K Fritz company. Pittsburgh,
Ia.
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80 y. m.---ArlinEt0a sine signals.
Music Program.
Miss Caroline HocchStactt"r. soprano.
Miss Alice Kirk. acCompanist.
Miss Elizabeth Bcriand, plano.
Eurton Muslin. dialect songs and
stories.
SELECTIONS.
Hungarian Rhapsody No. S...... List
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
.R0YCF ARGUES LONG IN EFFORT
tn GET NEW TRIAL FOR AUSTIN

also took exception t. Prosecution
Rachmann referred ~ Austin as 4 bad
man." ana declared this aided in the
prejudice nc the jury against the ac'
cuSed man.
Attorney Boycc stated the court
should have granted The defense con-
tlnuance IN the case So as 10 make n
proprr defense. Twenty-Five days from
the time Of the crime 10 the trial. he
sad. was not sufiiCicn: time 10 secure
sufficient evidence for defense.
The cour; erred. Mr.. BOyce declared.
when K failed 10 instruct the jury "a to
what constitutes 4 reasonable doubt.
and this had considerable bearing on
the verdict.
Mr.. Boyce said there was mo. scrap
OF evidence To show Austin shot Barrels
rs far as the records go" He charged
tina; Mr. Bachmann acted unfairly 10
the test the state adopted in IN effort
10 establish that Austin knew right
from wrong. purnr Tulley. he charged,
was preJudiced against liquor and those
using II.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
LOCAL ATTORNEY APPEARS IL
COURT ON CRUTCHES-CASE
UNDER AMUSEMENT.
Defense Claims That Mr.. Tully was NOV
Properly Qualified AS
Juror.


Appearing IN cou'' "l u 'l,,,,, ars,,,aa
ney = .. b"E'e '"E w. ,.,', SnsI,r
In favor 0! ~" ''','' ~. ',I., hfocor
convicted Of INC h'ur"eF .. V r,I,. w..
Herman har''.S an" H."
death renai'y'
Answer 70 his arguments was th'ue
bv Prosecuting Attorney Carl t. bacn
mann and Judge Alan II. Robinson '"""
:he case under aariSemen'. since INC
September term of court adjourn" '"""'
Il decision is expected this aI''f'i"""'
-Four important points on "h''A MI
Boyce based his arguments lo' he"
trial were:
The courts failure IN give IN ihs.' w.
ton to the jury for the DC, enu"n' om
what constitutes r'aSo''p'c "ouo
Juror Tul!cy was not properly o""''
fled X
Continuance III case SA'l'" ia. 49,.
granted. twenty-five" u"SH
long enough for Austin y "''o''esS ~
make a proper defense. ..
Arguments of prosecuting ATTORNEY
and city solicitor preJudiccd the jury
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03

Guyandctte Club Coffee, comb ma
Ion Of the finest coifees grown.-Adv.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
TO OUTLINE BELMONT
COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM

Good roads boosters OF Belmont
"odn'y viii meet with the county COM
mlSS:orerS Monday afternoon. October
q a. -. CIGirSvilie for In" purpose OF
outlining a road building program for
;hc ensuing year.
The recent gift OF sell 600 from the
state Highway Department assures nu-
megouS improvements. The state has
also promised "a bear two-thirds OF the
expense 81 w,dcn'0G the National Ftks.
\; ;he me"'ia- nvXi Monday. an effort
viii he mad" to find out whether the
p"o,,c want ." hear the other third or
,hc expense. This would mean The addt-
t:or ot an extra mill {" IN" tax levy
and - is probable that the matter VIII
10 Submitted /" IN. voters uC IN" county
At tn. NCvNmns- "is"';"n.
Tho sum allowed tho county by the
state will probably be divided as fol-
lows: Bridge Dor; -CadH pike. si35.""o;
E.u$t L!vcr""pl- Mar."lta Highway. SS".-
nNn: Eclai-e- BarneSvi,ie road. s@Soo'.
The Following committee is making
arrangements for the meeting to be held
next Monday:
-. L. Iia.lcy. President Belmont
County Farm Bureau.
". r. Hall Master. Belmont County
Pomona Grange. No. 50.
Gordon II. Kinder. President, Belmont
County Far Association.
DR.. L. :. Wright. President Belmont
County Medical Society.
DR. =. ". Kirkland. President Bel
mcnt County Public Health League.
Or. +. r Dew. President, County
Council. american Legion.
Frank L1dvinka. President. Sub-Dts.
No. ) 4. ". W. Of A.
o. ". SmIth. President Chamber OF
Commerce.. GAINESVILLE.
Harry s Russell. President. Cham
ber az Commerce. Hclla'rs.
Wilbur Hesl.p. President, Board Of
Trade. Martins ferry.
f. P. Scatteylay. Kelsey.
Dr. G.. l.. R;.msey. Powhatan.
l. NcComas. Bridgeport,
W. W. Scott. Bridgeport.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
Jensen Gets Verdict
In Suit For Damages

Judgment amounting 20 SSl.@o WAS
rendered by jury IN circuit court YES
terday In the case OF Carl Jensen
against E. Z. Groves.
The suit was brought by Jensen 70"
ove-haulinc and repairs to an automo-
bile owned by the defendant. n" claim
ed damages amounting to S551.5T.
Attorney Charles J. Smith apHearco
as counsel for the plaintiff while the do
PENDANT was represented b. Attorney
Thomas B. Foulk.
The jury was composed Of: Albert J..
Myers. John Brill. Austin Prayer. Cur
It's $ cry. John Z. Noltc. John +. Mess.
William P. MaScr, Charles Hartman,
George 3. Hervey. c. J. Chapman. J. T.
Ebeling and Walter B. Hilton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
YESTERDAY BY u. S.
MARSHALL-HELD UNDER
BOND OF $500.
Indicted by Federal Grand jury at FL
kins Last Acknowledgement
Kept Secret.

William Burkctt. constable AT
Moundsyillc for Squire w. f. Clayton
and also in the real estate business
was arrested yesterday on capias
ny Tilted States Marshall Oohn III.
shorts. Burkett WIS arraigned BEFORE
United States Commissioner W. J. Cot
ton and held under $500 bond for
preliminary hearing a later date
Eurket; was indicted by L federal
Grand jury at ElEins last May for VI
ulatiug section "lJ of the Penal code.
This section relates to thS United
state postal laws. The indictment was
found. IL Is said. when Burkctt was
charged with using the mails for fraud
ulent purposes.
Although indicted in May. the arrest
was not made until yesterday. nor was
II known that an indictment had been
returned against Burkett.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
.S11. 100000 TAKEN FROM v. Va.
>RY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
ROTAR|ANS TO HEAR
COUNTY FARM AGENT

The Rotary Club to-day in the Nc
Lure hotel will hear an address on IN"
HORTICULTURAL Advantages and t"S@ihlH-
ties Of Ohio County" by l.. NJ Hunter
county farm agent.
Others who will max. brief talks I'VE
Rotarlan Joseph Speidcl. Cot. r. W.
Oglebay. II. :. Sands aud NJ. {. Hines.
manager of the WeddingtoN Farm. IN
attractive music program has Deem ar
ranged, the committee announced. and Il
good attendance is expected.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
rnrsrRrEs SUFFER- AS PHEMuNS
ARE SENT TO NEW YORK
MONEY MARKET.
Otto Schenl Begins Drive TO oosshn
Rsinvestment OF FUNDS In
State Projects.

The astonishing discovery was made
Yesterday that the foreign Ete NsuF-
ance companies operating in west VIZ
giria collect $1,000. 900 annually IN pre-
rna,s in Tho state and ship = TO Ne"
York where il IS held while West VIZ
xt,ia. with other states suffers as a
result q: tight money market
Not penny. under the existing syS-
Tan * rsiavsSted here despite the neea
Consequently scores 90 legitimate HF"-
ectS arc abandoned every year o"shS
% the money market IN New l"rN' Il
was learned
When Acquainted with the situation
Otto Scherk. retired business man. ph''-
arrh-opist and generally regarded a.
ono OF the vigorous figures @; ONO Na'
icy, was frankly amazed and he os''"'eu
that ne would ask the advisory com'n''-
.ce cS the Rotary club at It's noonoaS
session today 10 insist ;hat some remedy
pc suggested and adopted.
Law Thought Necessary.
Since the insurance companies are
notor!ously cold 20 persuasion. - was
cand;dly stated hy Mr.. ScheaN tnas
state law passed by the NeNt session
~ the legislature seemed me most teas'-
be method OF Ho,a!ntag justice Tor ihe
people % the S2te.
Yves, Virginia needs the money more
than New York. and Il seems aSion.sh
,r- ina, this condition has prevailed
TO- so long without protest" he said.
Among the projects said 10 have been
abandoned for the lack Of money In the
current year were several home-hui!d'ns
plans which. undoubtedly. would nave
brought rental decreases IN the state
Rad ,hev been effected.
Small industries also. II was stated.
have been forced to seek other locations
because money was scarce. =,
These are but a few OF the evils
which have grown out OF the insurance
companies being permitted to taxa
3ll.01o.00O from the state every year.
Other States Active.
Texas. North and South Carolina.
Georgia and Washington have adopted
legislative enactments forcing the mo
Insurance companies 10 invest a per
r.,toya OF the premium SOLICITED In tho
state.
Texas has an occupation tax OF three
per cent on gross premiums collected.
Thirty per cent Of the reserve In
vested IN Texas securities Will reduce
The tax TO rs: So per cent will cut tho
tax 20 IS, and IS per cent Will lower
the levy 10 > per cent.
II view OF The attitude taken by Mr..
Schenk IL was widely predicted Iast
nigh. that a law would be framed at
once and submitted 10 the approaching
legislative session.
As no one. not directly or indirectly
Interested IN the insurance companies,
will !lkelv oppose the bill. Il Is conceded
thai - passage will more or less be
q matter az routine. according TO local
BUSINESS men.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
river NEWS

The new wharfhoat Of the 1ndcpcn-
dent Packet Co. was put into operation
yesterday az the local wharf.
The pool stage Of nine feet was reg
iStcred ut the wharf.
The General Crowder departed last
evening at 8 o'clock enroute for Pitts
hurGh.
The BETSY Ann left ut I o'clock en-
route for ParkcrSburG.
The Helen +. locked late last evening
IN her regular trip from New Natamo-
ras
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-03
JURY UNABLE TO
AGREE ON VERDICT

After celebrating eight hours and
falling 20 reach verdict, the jury IN
the case Of Waiter Turner. OF &53t
Main street. charged with violating the
sta;e liquor laws. was excused yesterday
afternoon In criminal court until $3.50
o'clock this morning.
Turner Is alleged 10 have had In his
possession a quantity OF moonshtne
whISkey which he dropped out Of
window when prohibition officers ap-
preached his home.
Tive jury IS composed OF Earl F. Brad
bury. John Tippman. Henry Shook.
Frank Newman. W. s. Bebout. Joe Ron
fort Raymond Selvey. Fred Troll. James
Soles. II. X. Peters, Charles Veneman
and Carl Ritter.