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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
NATIONAL COAL
STRIKE STARTS
Efforts OF Federal Government
to Avoid WaIkout of Miners
Prove UnavaiIing
81 DAYS SUPPLY IN STOCK
Official Washington Views Develop
ments Calmly, Reassured BY Fig
ures Showing Vast Stores of
Surplus Fuel On Hand.

Neutrality-suspicious. that every
reasonable effort has been made to
prevent a national coal strike in an
thracite and bituminous coal mines,
but believing that, although these eff
forts have been without avail, exist
Ing conditions and surplus coal assure
price protection and current supply
for the general public, official Wash
ington settled back to await the event
with considerable calmness.
In a final White House discussion
1t was said that the governments long
negotiation with the parties to the
controversy and continuous study of
the industry's production volume had
convinced the administration that i'm
mediate Intervention, in legal or ex-
ira legal ways, would be futile and
unnecessary, and that, while the fu-
ture might sharpen the breach be-
tween employer and employe in the
mining camps, for the present action
looking to the preservation of peace
was unnecessary.
Federal Reserve Bank and Geolog-
ical Survey statements were issued
bearing upon the recent over-produc-
ton of coal, which has ruled largely
in White House and labor department
assurances that moderate prices and
a plentiful supply of fuel were as
sured.
A House committee was told by Ed
ward G. Tryon, coal production sta
tistician for the Geological Survey,
that 63,OOO,OOO tons of coal, equivalent
to a 51-day supply for every consum-
er, was in storage at this time. The
stocks, officials estimate, will be sup
plemented indefinitely by large out
puts from non-union fields in West
Virginia and elsewhere, where opera
tors asserted that miners would pay
no attention to the union attempt to
have them cease work. Labor depart
ment officials also were interested in
reports from union fields in Western
Kentucky, where it was estimated
that approximately 5000 miners were
considering staying on the job under
local wage contract notwithstanding
the national orders for walking out.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
LAKE RIVER ACT
FAVORABLY RECEIVED
House Passes the River and
Harb0r Division of the
Army Bill

Washington, d. c. The House
passed the river and harbor division
Of the army bill, after increasing the
total appropriations from 27,0OO 900
20 $42,000000, thus overruling the
committee recommendations. This
includes the $325,O0O placed at the
disposal of the chief of engineers with
which to complete the surveys Of the
Great Lakes TO the Ohio River Canal
and for other purposes, for which
Representative Guy 4. Campbell
rounded up the necessary support on
the floor. According to assurances
given to representatives from West
ern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
by George Lansing H Beach, chief
of engineers, SO much of this sum as
may be needed will be used to com
plete the Pittsburgh-Lake Erie sur
vey, once the Allegheny bridge ques-
tion is settled.
AS originally framed, the bill in
cluded an appropriation of $500. 900
for the Improvement of the Allegheny
river, but this was stricken out by
committee pursuant to the assertion
by General Beach that in " of the
failure of the Allegheny county com
missioners to raise the bridges at
Pittsburgh, it would be futile to spend
money on the Improvement of the
river.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
HARDING STARTS
MEADE MEMORIAL
President Breaks Ground in
Washington for Statue of
Noted General
MANY GUESTS AT CEREMONY
Officials Extol Military Career Of PENN
sylVania General. Stating He New
er Received Just Recognition
For His Great Achievements.

Washington, d. C.-President Hard
ing stood bareheaded in the rain in
the National Botanical Gardens Just
west of the capitol and turned the
first spadeful of earth when ground
was broken for the memorial to Maj
Gen. George Gordon Meade, command
er OF the victorious Union army at the
decisive battle OF Gettysburg. Secre-
tary Weeks, Governor Sproul of Penn
sylvania, Senator Brandegee df Con-
necticut, a member OF the memorial
commission; George Gordon Meade,
grandson Of the Union lader; George
Meade, Jr, great-grandson, as well
as Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, partic-
ipated in the ceremonies. The Presi-
dent was accompanied by Mrs Hard
ing and the Chief Justice of the Unit
ed States and Mrs Taft.
The spade used by the President in
breaking the ground was used in be-
ginning work on the Lincoln and Ar
lington memorials A detachment of
the Third Battalion. Sixty-fourth In.
fantry. from Fort Washington, served
as a guard of honor.
Secretary Weeks, as chairman of
the commission which was directed by
congress to supervise the planning
and construction of the memorial, de-
clared in brief address that it was
mot out of place to use General Meade
as an illustration of the value of hav-
ing in the regular army trained Off
GERS, even if they are not engaged in
strictly military activities during
mnph nf tbair earyioa
The secretary added that the regu-
lar army furnishes a storehouse of
material which always has and al
ways will provide for the necessities
of the government in time of need
and without which the early days of
any war would necessarily result in
untold uncertainties and perhaps dis
aster"
General Miles reviewed the military
life Of General Meade and asserted
that he never received just recogni-
ton for his great achievements"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
KILLED FOR TELLING TRUTH
Uncle Fatally stabs Nephew m Court
Room After Giving Evidence.

Uncle Fatally stabs Nephew m Court
Room After Giving Evidence.
Fayetteville, Ga. - Weyman Cofield
died here, according to physicians,
sacrifice to truth
Cofeld was stabbed in the court
room here after he had testified that
he and his uncle. Genus Cofeld, had
committed several burglaries They
had each just been sentenced to serve
three to five years in the penitentiary.
I'D rather hang than spend five
years in the penitentiary," shouted,
Genus Cofeld, and leaned over a ia.
BILE and plunged a dagger into the
breast of his nephew
The court room was thrown into an
uproar Sheriff Kerlin felled the eld-
er Cofeld with a blow on the head
and the young man was carried into
another room, where first aid treat
ment was given him. Genus Cofeld
was returned to jail and placed under
heavy guard The nephew died later
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Heavy pamane Rv Storms

Memphis, Tenn.-StorIns which in
some instances took the form of tor
nadoes have swept several sections of
the south with heavy property dam
age, but so far as has been reported
no lives were lost. Property damage
of 100000 resulted from a windstorm
at the Red River parish oil fields in
Louisiana. One hundred and forty
derricks were blown down and sew
eral buildings were wrecked Several
warehouses were destroyed at Cos
shata, La.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Railway Men Go On STRIFE

Baltimore. - Maintenance of way
workers and shop men throughout the
Western Maryland Railway system
walked out in protest against the new
contract system of the road. The
men demand that the scale of wages
and working conditions, in effect be-
fore the change be restored. Besides
suffering reductions in pay, their
hours were increased from eight to
ten day. They also lost the senior
ity rights and riding privileges enjoy
ed under the railroad operation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Plan to lmnort Coal

Washington-A project for impor-
tation Of coal to save the nation from
a fuel famine which might result
from the walkout OF miners is planned
by government officials. it was learn
ed here. The Shipping Board has been
asked to consider a scheme for utiliz-
ing coal as ballast on its vessels ply.
ing between the United States and
coal-producing countries. Experts say
V uois plan materializes no fuel short
age could result within 12 months'
time at least.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Mount Etna IN Eruntion.

LondOn.-Mount Etna is in violent
eruption. says a Central News dis.
patch from Rome, quoting advices
from Palermo. Streams of lava are
flowing from all sides Of the crater.
and the inhabitants OF the villages
on the mountainside have fled from
their homes. Several earthquakes
have occurred in Palermo and Messi-
ma provinces.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
LeaIon Saves Vet. From plsseo

Greensburg, Pa.-After lying swath.
ed in sheet in little house attached
to the County Home, ready Is be sent
to the Anatomical society at Phila.
delphia, for dissection, the body Of
Nicklas Pahuha, a former service
man, was recovered by the local post
Of the American Legion and given a
burial with full military honors. Pa.
huha was aged 30. and died from "a.
berculosis, caused by being gassed
when in the service No relatives OF
the young man could be found.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Two Killed In PLANE Crash

Macon, Ca. J. Costa of Anthony.
Kan, and Ray Roudtree of Portland.
Ore, who is known in automobile rae.
ing circles as Jules Devereux. we're
fatally injured and s. w. L. Fisher OF
Mack, Col, received injuries from
which he is not expected to recover
when their airplane crashed into a
6O-foot smoke stack at the Macon
Dublin & Savannah Railroad shops.
caught fire and fell TO the ground.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
German shins For Pacific.

San Francisco. A fleet of fast
freighters financed by Hugo SHINES
German capitalist, will operate soon
between Hamburg and other Euro.
pean ports and the Pacific coast, ac.
cording to reports in shipping circles,
said to emanate from representative
of SHINES, now on the coast Accord.
ing to the reports, the vessels will be
of 1900 tons and 14-knot speed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Bark Sinks In Harbor.

Newport News, Va-The Panama
bark Maria Borges. loaded with coal.
mysteriously sank in the harbor here.
blocking the channel 20 the shipyard
Reports say the craft filled rapidly
and went down in a short time. The
bark had been in the harbor here
for several months The craft went
down in 40 feet of water, leaving only
the tips of her masts protruding.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Camp Cut Of Ru srnwalids

Winnipeg. Manitoba-Se Seven per
sons at the Queen Bess mine at Ala
mo, near Nelson, B. c., were isolated
by an unexpected snowslide The
slide, coming down with terrific force
and for a distance of almost five
miles, carried everything before it
The mine camp is provisioned for
a month.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Woman pies In Eour.storv Lean

New York.-Mrs Elvira Demarest.
wife Of Reuben Demarest, a vaudeville
actor, leaped to death from a fourth
floor window Of the Hotel st. Mar
garet, in West Forty-seventh street.
Her motherinlaw struggled with her
in an effort to save her but she broke
away and hurled herself out the win
dow, falling almost at the feet Of two
policemen
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Ford Sued for s11 .noo -non

Miami Fla.-Damages I'm the sum
Of $11OOO.OOO are sought of Henry
Ford by Edward s HUFF, electrical en-.
gineer, in a suit initiated here. HUI
claims that he originated the magnetic
now in use on motor cars manufac.
tured by Ford and claims that Ford
has not paid him in full for the in.
vention
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
cannIballsm In Rnssia.

New York - Medical authorities
should draw a Gordon around Russia
for it is the menace of the world" de.
clared Prof NJ Atkinson, head of the
department OF economics in Mel
bourne University, Australia. Canni
balism is rampant, the professor de
clared, bodies OF famine dead being
stolen and eaten by peasants. The
professor told Of one man who had
been executed for Staying his wife
and preserving her body in picking
brine for food purposes
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Stylish Poker Dens For womsn

Chicago.-Names Of scores of flats
in Chicago's gold coast district where
poker games for women flourish were
revealed by Mrs. Julia Madgen. The
woman, who was victim of an $4,000
holdup when she and five guests en-
gagged in poker game were robbed.
declared she believed the affair was
a "frameup' by a gang of poker
sharps who had been preying on
wealthy widows
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
MRS. HARDING INTERvENEs
Three Lads, Serving Five-Year Terms
for Alleged Burglary to be Released.


Washington.-Three boys. aged 7,
and II years, now serving fve-year
prison terms for alleged burglary of
a post Office in West Virginia. will
soon gain their liberty and be return.
ed to their parents through the inter.
est and Intervention of the wife of the
President, it was learned.
An Investigation of their cases by
the Department Of Justice, which fol.
lowed Mrs. Harding's Intervention.
disclosed an unusual set of circum-
stances which led TO the imprison.
ment OF these youthful desperadoes. ="
officials said they never should have
been sentenced, not alone because of
their tender years, but also because
the evidence in their cases did not
warrant conviction They have al
ready served about six months in the
national reform school here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Steubenville, Ohio - The Carnegie
Steel Company's plant at Mingo June.
tion, near here, will operate on a
100 per cent basis for the first time
in a year and a half The opening of
the plant ON capacity basis will give
work to 200 additional men.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
American Liner Afire on panam,

Panama City, Panama. - Fire has
broken out on board the American.
Hawaiian liner Iowan, according to a
wireless message received from her.
She is bound for the Panama Canal
from Los Angeles and tugs have been
sent to her assistance. The vessel
was about $50 miles at sea when the
radiOgram was received.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Sewers Arm At Spirits Command

Seattle. Wash.-Mrs. Margaret Lin.
dauer amputated her own arm at her
home at Richmond Beach, a suburb.
because, she told her 16-year-old
daughter. Florence, a spirit command.
ed her to do So Mrs Lindauer was
taken to a hospital in critical condi.
tion. The daughter was also taken to
the hospital suffering from shock.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
RuHaIo suffers Heavy Elre Loss.

Buffalo - Fire caused more than
half a million dollars damage in the
wholesale district at the Elk Street
Market The Becker Prentiss Com.
pany was the heaviest loser. its stock
Of groceries valued at 100000 being
burned or ruined by water. D. e..
Knowlton, owner of the building. es.
timated his loss at 100000. Several
other firms reported slight damage.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Flood Fighters Kept Busy.

Mempnis.-Three hundred and fifty
flood fighters are working swiftly to
prevent the steadily rising Mississip
pi river from flooding thousands OF
acres of farm lands Although the
river was we'll past the 42foot stage.
Harry N. Pharr, chief levee engineer,
expressed his belief that it would
stay within the safe" stage of AZ
feet
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Girl Bandit Robs Woman In Bed

Lynn, Mass.-A girl bandit, masked
and armed, stepped through a window
into the bedroom where Mrs. Arthur
Matrona lay sick, bound the woman
with the bed clothes and ransacEed
the bureau drawcrs. Sne escaped
with $50 Other members Of the fam
lily were asleep i'm adjoining rooms.
The police obtained a description of
the young women from a baker. who
saw her leave the house.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Bomb Thrown Into Johnson M.etIro

Green Bay, Wis.-William +. (Pus.
syfooD Johnson, anti-liquor crusader.
was guarded following an attempt to
bomb a meeting he was to address.
The bomb was thrown into the Union
Congregational Church as an audi.
ence Of 500 were waiting for John.
son to appear F.. 9. Walker saw
smoke curling from the internal ma.
chine, grabbed Il and threw It out
OF a door. The bomb proved a
"dud." Walker was snghtly burned
Johnson addressed the meeting later
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
KIeses ResuIt In plvorne

Los Angeles, Calif-Mrs. Lolita NJ.
Thompson won her divorce decree in
Los Angeles because she told the
court that Robert Thompson kissed
her more often than she could endure.
They quarreled about it and parted.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Held u. Man nPalnnsn stnn -

Boston - When highwaymeu held
UP John O'Brien he 'palmed" his 800
roll The robbers took an unindorsed
check and dozen eggs. OBrien had
his hands in his pockets when the gun
was thurst into bis face and the roll
went up with his hands, unseen by
the robbers
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
200 Made Jobless BY 100000 Blaze.

Clearfeld.-Fire destroyed the main
part of the plant Of the Elk Tanning
Company here. causing a loss of $500.
600 and throwing 200 men out of
work. The large drying building and
a number Of smaller buildings we're
destroyed The origin of the fire has
not been determined.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Man who Saw Lee Give lin Die.

Monticello, n. y Alexander Bu
chanan, one of the few persons actu.
ally present when Lee surrendered to
Grant at Appomattox Court House. is
dead here
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

York - While the congregation of
the First Episcopal church here was
holding an informal reception for the
bride of the pastor, Rev. b II. Hart.
a thief broke into the pastors study
and stole the morning collection.
amounting to approximately $500
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Two Paddle Canoe Throuah Panama

Panama The first canoe trim
through the Panama canal was com
pleted by II. J. Gresser and w. c..
Gardner. They covered the As miles
in 10 hours and 55 minutes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Albany, n. Y.-Governor Miller has
denied the application for a pardon
for Jim Larkin, the Irish agitator.
convicted of criminal anarchy and
serving a sentence at Clinton prison.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Explosion on U. 6 Shin

Shanghai.-One man was killed
20 injured by an explosion on board
the American steamship Eastern
Sailor.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
Three killed in Freiabt wreok

Royse City. Texas. - Three men
were killed and one seriously injured
in freight wreck near here
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06
King Of England To Sell Yacht

London.-King George has decided
to sell his yacht Alexandria because
of the high cost of living, it was
learned here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Parkersburg A. Bee, prOprie-
tor Of the Parkersburg furniture com
pany, was seriously injured when an
elevator carrying several other pas
sengers fali two floors TO the basement.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Fairmont-Because he was an alien,
George Lepinske was arrested and fin
ed $50 and costs for fishing in the Ty-
carts Valley river.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Northumberland to abolish
commission form of government and
return to city council after July is on
foot here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Parkersburg-Problcms NJ caring
for crippled, for which there are no
adequate facilities In the state, and
programme covering a period Of two
years, 10 be carried out in connection
with the preparation Of children for
placement in homes, we're the princi-
Apal matters taken up at the state meet
ling Of the West Virginia board OF
rhildren's guardians held here. Plans
or extension Of the work Of the board
Fere also discussed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Parkersburg-Hlehle bakery damag-
ed by fire to extent of $1,000
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Parkersburg Capitalization of
schools here is recommended by rep
resentatives of U. S. bureau of educa-
tiOn following survey.
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Observation-Disclosures men take up
project of building new hotel here.
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Clarksburg.-Elks of this city are
arranging to entertain state Elk con-
vention when it meets here in Septem-
ber
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Morgantown-Short course in mining
to be offered by States university be-
ginning June u and closing July %.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

war-several buildings destroyed by
fire here.
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Blueheld-The slipping Of a rome at
tached to a gin pole which was being
erected here resulted in the death Of
Zolle Fits and the serious injury OF
S. S. Turner.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

Ellins-Members Of basketball team
who were runners-up in Fairmont
tournament presented silver basket
balls by Fairmont state normal school.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-06

MorgantOwn-Rev Orin II. Baker,
Senior at Rochester theological semin-
ary, has accepted a call to the First
Baptist church here and will assume
bis duties about June 1.
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Parsons Summerfeld, 40, i'll.
jumped to his death from a window
when a next door neighbors residence
burned
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Middleboune - Hilda, 4-year-old
daughter of Walter Philips, badly
burned when his clothing caught fire
from hot water heater.
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Parkersburg The annual shoot Of
the w. Va. Trap Shooters association
viii be held here May 1919.
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Morgantown.-Dewey Smith, II
years old, must learn the Ten Com
mandments and repeat them without
error before City Police Judge r. +. L.
Allen. This was the sentence impos-
ed on the boy in police court when he
confessed to stealing marbles from a
fve-and-ten cent store.
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Bluefield.-City council lets contracts
for paving of four miles of streets
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MOrgantOwn.-COnfronted with a
situation which calls either for re-
duction in the size of the loaf or an
increase in the price of bread local
bakers have decided to reduce the size
Of the loaf one ounce.
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harrisburg Walter Snow. gen
eral secretary of w. Va. Sunday school
association, has just returned from
Florida where he set out a grapefruit
orchard.
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Welch-Group of men surround resi-
dence of w. t. Farley, school attend
ance officer, and riddle building with
bullets. Tack sign on gate giving him
five days notice to leave district.