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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-14
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-14
$4,000 GARAGE FOR
EDC|NGTON LANE
Chr1os ssanrght TO Erect New HouSs
on Island-other Building Psrnuta

Five building permits. totaliins VIZ
snn rcrc granted yesterday ny city
rerr,,t Clerk J !. Quinn. Tho largest
norrrit was Issued TO the Service AUTO
4 E1uIpmc7t company for $4,000. for
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-14

Roanoke, Va. April 13.-All directors
Of the Norfolk & Western Railway COM
raay were elected At the annual meet
ing OF tho stockholders here this morn
ing Samuel J.. Bush, of Columbus
Ohio was elected tn fill the vacancy on
the board caused by the recent death
Of Joseph Wood, of Pittsburgh.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-14

the erection Of a tile building 1t EAS-
lngton Lane and National road. for .
garaga r r. Kitchen C Co. II the
contractor.
The following we're the other permits
issued: Charles Seabrisht, $40 North
huron street. frame building for DWELL
ing, approximate cost, $500; Maran-
v!lle & Griffith, go Market street. re-
modelling front OF building. cost $500:
Herman wicker, 141 Eighteenth street.
additions, alterations and repairs. cost
$1,000: y. II Glow. 1903 War~ God ave-
rue, Warwood addition, cost 500.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-14
PURE WATER TALKS
TO WARWOOD FOLK

A nur?her o. prominent speakers
were IN attendance at the mass meet
INK held il Waruood last n'Snt IN inc
Interest Of tn" filtration bond ordinance
20 BE- voted On Apr!i 90.
Among the speakers were George W.
! .u,2. J. \ I.4li"onc. engineer of Pitts
hursn. councilman !. G. Williams, MTa'
Italian I; IlraruC. NrH- Dent \. Taylor
and Charles Kendall. who acted as
chairman Of the evening.
Red is the nuptial color Of China
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Mrs. Giberson Pleads
Not Guilty of Murder
E,cid Without Bail for Grand
Jury on Testimony of
Only One Witness

TOMS RIVER, N. j., Aug. 29.-Mrs,
ivy Giberson pleaded not guilty to-day
10 the charge of numbering her hus-
Rand, William f. Gibersop,. who was
ehot to death while sleeping at his
home at Lakehurst early on the morn
irg OF Aug. Ia. The woman was ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
s.!lets, who held her without bail to
await the action Of the grand jury
which convenes on Sept. H.. ksA.
Prosecutor w. J. Jayne IT. called one
fitness, Ellis.Parker, Burlington County
aStecfsve, wfo briefly told Of his in
sestigation into the case. Mrs. Giber-
sen's attorney, w. II. Jeffrey, contended
That Parker's testimony was insult
cent to warrant the court taking away
lie liberty of his client. In reply the
,rosecutor said that at this time he
could not disclose additional facts ant
argued that sufficient evidence hae
becn submitted to substantiate a prims
faeie charge.
Mrs. Giberson was calm throughout
tie hearing. As she was being lee
back to her cell, she remarked: q
guess that Judge Willets was more
scared than l."
While Prosecutor Jayne was address
ing the court Mrs. Giberson kept hel
eyes fixed upon him and smiled ut some
Of his assertions.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Mrs. Wainwright
Died From Mercury
Doses, Doctors Say
Physician Believed Her Sslf-
.fering From Illegal Opera
lion; Ailege Lawyer Tore
Up Medical Prescription

AT the coroner'a inquest yesterday
into the death of Mrs, Catherine VAIN.
wright at Nassau Hospital last Sntur-
day, Dir. Gustave A. Tenstercr testified
testified that he had ordered the
woman taken to the hospital because
he believed she wes suffering from the
effects OF an illegal operation
Dr. j. P. Musante, of Floral Park,
also testified ut the hearing, which was
held at Hampstead, L. I. He said he
had written a prescription for Mrg.
Wainwright when he was called into
the case, but that it had been torn up
by John G. Wait, an attorney, of 233
Broadway, and formerly Mrs. Vain
wright's employer. The physician said
that Wait had declared he was chem
lst and that there was as good soda
IN the house as could be obtained on
the prescription.
1t developed from the questions
asked the various doctors that the
woman had died from the effects Of
mercury tablets and that peritonitis
had developed after an operation.
a!l,tnough the inques was adjourned
ach Is received from laboratory, all
OF the witnesses yesterday were ques-
toned about Wait, who was present at
the hearing, but was not asked to testi-
~, The lawyer went into consultation
with the District Attorney after ad-
lournment and then left the Nassau
County courthouse with the mother and
the sister of Mrs. Wainwright. He re-
fused to talk about the case and
avoided reporters.
Michael R. Cusack, of 2o2 Van Wyck
Avenue, Richmond HILL the father of
Mrs. Wainwright, declared on the
stand that he "knew his daughter had
lived and died pure woman" He said
she had gone to Waits office OIL August
II, as she wanted to read her will and
discuss other matters. Cusack spoke
In terms of perfect confidence of the
attorney.
Mrs. Wainwright's husband is civil
engineer now in South America.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Truck Hits Wall; Helper
Is Catapulted Atop Car
Driver CIings 10 Wheel, but
Other Is Sent Spinning
Over Drive Bank

When Joseph McNally, driver Of a
five-ton truck belonging to the West
chester-Manhattan Transfer Company
turned into 145th Street from Broad
way early last night and started down
the steep hill leading to Riverside
Drive, he gripped the steering wheel
firmly, having made the descent on pre-
vious occasions.
But, despite his caution, his truck
had gone but short distance when
he lost control of it. 1t began zig
tagging at high speed toward Riverside
Drive and the concrete will rising
above the New York Central tracks.
On the truck with McNally was Will
liam Dougherty, his helper, McNally
had experienced sharp inclines and un-
manageable trucks before and was con-
fident that he could halt the vehicle in
time. Dougherty thought the same
thing, SO they stuck to their seats, but
the fast-moving truck shot across
Riverside Drive and plunged with ter.
rifle force into the concrete wall.
The impact hurled Dougherty from
his seat. He cleared the wall, which
rises about four feet above the
level Of the street. Dougherty landed
upon the edge of freight car, bounced
and fell to the ground. He was uncon-
scious when picked up, having suffered
fractured skull.
When passersby and motorists reached
McNally they found him still firm upon
the drivers seat, unhurt He refused
medical aid, Tut invited suggestions as
to how he had lost control Of his truck
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Skirts To Be Long, Then Short,
Dean of Paris Fashions SAYS
Thus 1t Will Go, Back and Forth, Back and Forth,
as Wearers Tire of Each, Forecasts Paul Poiret
Finds American Figures Are Better Developed

Skirts, following the backward swing
Of the fashion pendulum, will Keep on
lengthening until they brush the pave
ments.
Then they will contract once more,
perhaps to the heights attained last
year. This is the prediction of Paul
Poiret, dean of French dressmakers,
made yesterday in his suite at the
Ritz Carlton. NJ. Poirct arrived here
Oh business trip.
When short skirts would return to
vogue NJ. Poiret was unable to say, al
though he was positive that they would
be seen again within few years, as
soon as women had tired of the long
dress. Both the long skirt and the
short are becoming to women, he said,
but too mach Of either makes it time
for the other to come into favor. A
fashion has outlived its usefulness
when it no longer stimulates the in
terest Of the beholder, he believes.
Why We Are Late
Not one word was said about the
American f1apper, although it is
through Poiret's influence that the
species is now extinct. The couturier
admitted that he had been the first to
sponsor the long skirt, having begun
as early as 1918 to "root" for length
The year 1915 which marked the in
vasion of brevity, convinced him that
the short dress was a mistake, and he
has been fighting for additional inches
ever since. He is glad that this coun-
try is at last yielding to longer skirts.
r C e. IL - L.
hind, it is because we are further from
the kitchen or style than the Parish
enne, who can get her dishes hot, said
Poiret. 1t takes at least that long
for a new French fashion to be adopt
ed by the American public, he pointed
out, citing the long skirt as an ex-
ample.
"And what will you be wearing in
three years from now" he asked
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Motorist, Whose Auto
Killed Cyclist, Arrested
Prisoner Drunk, Driving on
Wrong Side of Road, Cor
N,,ox, Aseo~fs
OIHSI kNb3CItS
SDecidl Dispctch to The Trib,tu

BAYPORT, L. l., Aug. 29-Wilson r.
Smith, formerly partner in the New
York and Brooklyn clothing house of
Smith, Gray & Co., was arrested at his
summer home here to-day on charge
of second degree manslaughter as a
result of the findings of coroner s
inquest into the death of Frank l..
Halleck, of Sayville, Friday evening.
He was arraigned and released under
$4,000 bail. Halleck was riding BIZ
cycle on the South Road here at $3.50
O'Clock Friday afternoon when he was
struck by speedster owned and driven
by Smith. He died two hours later.
The coroner declared after examining
half dozen witnesses that the evil
dence showed that Smith was driving
on the wrong side of the road when
he ran into Halleck and that he ap-
parently was intoxicated. The official
charged that the accident was due to
culpable negligence on the part of the
automobile owner and turned the case
over to the District Attorney.
Halleck's widow is financially desti-
tute. Smith has figured in other auto
mobile accidents
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Tipf,ler ID Traffic
OGcer-() )slly d ~, lille

Jersey City had one traffic po-
liceman more than usual yester-
day afternoon. He didn't have Il
uniform, but he did have lung
power and arm movement, and he
stepped out into the street at
Hudson Boulevard and Sip Ave-
nue. and took charge of things.
He made things uncomfortable
for motorists until two motor
cycle policemen started toward
the corner to make it uncomfort-
able 2Yr him. They overlook an
automobile he had boarded and
carried him TO Police Headquar-
ters. There he gave his name as
William Banker, but said he'd
forgotten the name Of the liquor
he'd drunk.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30

rhetorically. "What we are wearing
now. Skirts down to your ankles.
Voluminous sleeves. Bodices draped
down to the hips. Boots of bright
colored leather, crushed in folds thick
ly about the ankle. 1t does not matter
what the shoes are, though, for the
skirts will conceal them"
Likes American Women
Despite our fragrant hardness in ac-
cepting new fashions as they appear
NJ. Poiret is confessed admirer OF
American women. They will be pleased
BY this epigram which came from his
lips:
"rle American he said, "has all
the charm of the French, and all the
aristocracy Of the English"
He finds the American figure, due te
an indulgence in exercise, better de-
velopeti and more finely poised thar
the French. Compilations are better
here, and clothes seem possessed Of
more snap. American working girls
are less sensitive to beauty, however
French girls, no matter how poor, fine
time to beautify their clothes witt
we'll placed details.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Spurned SuitOr Shoots
Woman, Kills Self
Angered Because She Would
Not Wed Him; Has Hus-
hand Living

pLATTSRURG, N. 4, Aug. 29.--
Mrs. F. E. Riel was shot and probably
fatally wounded here to-day by John
Beuharnois, Nwho an instant later com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart, prompted, the po-
lice assert, by the woman's refusal to
marry him.
Twice Bcauharnois had threatened
Mrs. Riel, according TO the police. for
her refusal to wed him. Only last
Saturday Mrs. Riel told the police Of
being threatened, but refused to press
the charge. Mrs. Riel is separated
from her husband, but is not divorced,
and could not legally mary again.
Beauharnois is said to have met the
woman, walked short distance with
her, apparently arguing, and then drew
a revolver. The first shot pierced the
woman's body just below the heart. 1t
was said at the hospital here tonight
that she was dying.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Charges Man He Sues
Save Wife Drug Money
Her Supposed Inheritance Gift
From Adnsirer, ius-
band Saya
saseiar Dispatch 10 The rrftnse


CHICAGO. Aug. 80. Alleging that
his pretty wsfe's supposed inlserisancs
was really gift from Oscar C. Bunte,
wealthy manufacturer. Nicholas f..
Schaefer en- army sergeant, to-day
fled the papers Of a 100000 a'iena-
tion OF affections suit against Buntes
Schaefer asserts his wife and Bsate
duped him and that with the money
the latter gave her she became hope
less drug addict Mrs. Schaefer re-
Gently fell into the hands of Federal
narcotic agents when they xaided a
South Side resort She and her hus-
band were living at a hotel while hs
was assigned to 6uty at the Federal
Building. He said he supposed that
the money his wife received came
from an estate In England. Then hs
learned of Bunte, ne said. Bunte sai..
he would fight the action.
Il hadn't seen Mrs. Schaefer for
four or five years. until last January,
when she came to me and asked ma
to help her handle the estate she had
inherited from Rockwell" Bunee said.
"We drew up contract giving ma
control of her affairs at the rate Of
255 per cent. have looked after her
finances since then.
"Schaefer, | understand. accuses me
of going to Minneapolis with his wifo
June ard 8. We did. A cousin Of
her husbands, Norman Rockwell. who
was in this country from England,
died az the Radisson Hotel, and we
were asked to go there by his attor-
npvsp
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Beadlon's Criminal
Libel Suit Against
Bureau Dismissed
Radio Corporation Head In
sisfs He Will Press Civil
Case, and Also Applies for
Action by Grand .Iury

Magistrate Renaud dismissed yester-
day In the Tombs police court COM
plant OF criminal libel made By
Charles Beadon. majority stockholder
|. In the international Radio Corporation,
against FL. j. KcnncT, manager Of the
Better Business Bureau, Of 6l Broad
way.
The complaint was based on state
tnents made in a bulletin Of the Bet
ter Business Bureau concerning the
stock-selling methods Of the snterna-
tional Radio Corporation. After the
complaint had been dismissed Mr.. Bca-
don went to the District Attorney to
see If he could have IT presented to
the grand jury and announced that he
would press civil sait Cor libel.
The International Radio Corpora
tion, which is controlled by MIR. Bca-
don through stock ownership, was ac-
cused by tho Better Business Bureau
Of nlisrepresenting its affairs in order
to sell stock. Harry d. Burreil, for
rner treasurer and managing director
Of the radio corporation, testified that
while ne was connected with the con-
Germ it made no net profit, and that
he regarded the information the cor
poration gave out concerning his
financial standing as exaggerated. Ac-
cording to the bulletin of the Better
Business Bureau, Mr.. Burrell was de-
! scribed in the propaganda of the radio
corporation as "forIner financial adj
wiser to j. P. Morgan G. Co.." and as
internationally known to business
men,"
| The statement given out by MIR
Beadon after the dismissal of his sum.
mons follows.
"fmmediately after the dismissal o.
| the complaint, with Mr.. Bernard Sand
| ler, my attorney, visited the office Of
| Assistant District Attorney Schreihel
| and asked that charge of crinlina
libel against the Better Business
Bureau be made before the grand jury
ON my behalf. Mr.. Sander was in
structcd to secure the minutes OF th'
hoaring before Magistrate Renaud ant
to submit these minutes with copy
! Of the alleged libelous publication O.
! the Better Business Bureau to Mr.
| Schreiber.
'.Therc will be no cessation of nj
1 activities against the Better Business
/ Bureau and my civil libel suits agains
Kenner; the Better Business Burea,
and its directors will be fully prose
cuted. believe that the Internationa
Radio Corporation will take the sam,
| attitude
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Court Awards Radio Set
Operators Wife Claims Ii in
Pre-Divorce Plea
Srociaf Dispatch to The Tri1u,

WICHITA, Kan, Aug. 29.-Mrs. Nan
j. Terry just couldn't give up her radi o
set. She bad been listening TO the
broadcasting of concerts from Kansas
City and other Southwestern points,
and when it came to pre-divorce trial
settlement she demanded that her hus-
band, w. T. Terry jr., r~sinquish rights
TO the radio the two held in common.
To-day Judge Elcock, of District Court.
agreed with Mrs. Terry that she shoulc
have the set. She also was granted an
emergency decree.
Terry achieved fame in the World
War, first as President Wilson's pri-
vate radio operator on the Presidential
ship George Washington and later as
the first naval operator to receive and
transcribe Germany's original peace
overture.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Girls Body Identified


The body of a young girl taken yes
terday from the waters of Rockaway
Shoals, off Rockaway Point, by Gus.
tave Larger, of Ulner Park, was iden-
tilted as that Of Mildred Kreth, four
teen years old, of 344 East Thirty fifth
Street, Brooklyn, who was drowned
last Thursday while swimming with a
girl friend near Rockaway.
Larger, with two companions, was
cruising about the shoals when they
picked up the body and took it to
sheepshead Bay. The police, who re;
moved it to the Kings County Hospital
Morgue, at first were unable to identify
it. Later, however, Mildred's sister, Mar.
garet, called and claimed it.
Grace Wyatt, of 1910 Nostrand Ave
nue., Brooklyn, who narrowly escaped
drowning with Mildred, is ut the Coney
Island Hospital with pneumonia.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
.reev,s From Rear
TO Kill Cafe Owner
I.olling at I Own Door
East Side Swallows Up Slayer
After Shooting Which
Police Believe Was Done
as Result Of Grudge

A slim man wearing brown suit
sneaked into the rear entrance of John
Peiieteri'a little restaurant at az Mon
roe Street shortly after o'clock yes
sssday afternoon. Deileteri. q dark,
slender man Of thirty-three. was TAX
ing things easy out In front. sittin., in
a straight backed chair, tilted against
the door post. The stranger slipped
through the back room, tiptoed silently
TO a point of vantage Immediately be
hind the proprietor and shot him be-
hind the ear.
The bullet came out above the right
tenaple. Pelleteri died instantly; his
body crumpled as his head sagged and
he collapsed on the sidewalk, cross
legged as he had sat at his ease a
aaement before.
The killer ducked out of the door
way, made sharp turn to the right
and lodged into Market Street, ter
yards away then he ran to Hamilton
Street, where he disappeared. Detect.
ives Of the Oak Street station are still
conbing the East Side for him.
The murder, according TO the police
vas plainly one Of revenge; but exact.
~ which one of the victims escapades
IS memoriaiixed in his violent death
remains to be disclosed. Pelleteri ha:
been in conflict with the police or
moro than one OCCASION. His father
was killed in similar manner years
ago. Pelleteri himself was arrested
last May on charge of carrying con,
ceaied weapons. The case against him
collapsed when the detectives WHIT
made the arrest found no revolver il
his pocket. There was enc lying or
the floor just behind the chair II
which he had been sitting. Pelleter
denied knowledge of it.
More recently Pelleteri was out or
bail In connection with a killing al
Red Bank, n. J. Detectives think tha,
this may have something to do with
yesterdays shooting, and the Red Bank
end is being looked up.
Peileteri had owned for fifteen
months the shabby restaurant in front
Of which ne was killed. The place il
almost at the point of the triangle
made by the intersection OF Hamilton
Monroe and Market streets. He liyeG
II 81 Henry Street.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Fraud Court Opens. To-day
Ia Merchants Accused of Max
ing False Financial Statements

Fourteen complaints against mer-
chants charged with making false
financial statements in order to OBJ
tain credit will be presented to the
Commercial Frauds Court on it's open
ing day in the library of the. Criminal
Courts Building. Magistrate George
". Simpson will preside at the hear
ilngs. District Attorney Banton will
be present for the opening, while the
cases presented will be directed by AS
sistant District Attorneys Benjamin r.
Schreiber and James j. Wilson.
The complaints against the mer-
chants are recorded as misdemeanors.
n the event Of the magistrates hold
ing the defendant the latter will be
given immediate trial in Special Ses-
slons. A number of the persons
charged have since become bankrupt,
according to Mr.. Schreiber, who said
that an examination of the hooks Of
me firms in some cases disclosed
positive evidence Of fraud in obtain
ing credit.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-30
Rich Real Estate
Man Arrested i'm
Murder of Friend
Owen A. Dewitt, of Roches-
ter, Admits They Drank
Two Quarts of Gin and
Then His Memory Failed

ROCHESTER,, N. r., Aug. 2s.-Owen
A. Dewitt. forty-five years old, a mill
ionaire real estate man of this city,
was arrested this afternoon at tho
onondaga Hotel in Syracuse, and to-
night was brought here and formally
charged with first degree murder in
connection with the killing of Frank J.
0'Connor, prominent merchant tailor
of this city, who was found beaten 20
death in his shop late Monday after
noon. Dewitt and O'Connor were life
long friends.
Dewitt was questioned by Detectives
Captain John r. Macdonald, and, ac-
cording to the captain, admitted having
been with O'Connor just after noon on
the day of the murder. and that the
two had consumed two quarts of gin
before o'clock. Dewitt says he can.
not remember having taken part in
any fight, and that after drinking with
the tailor he went to saloon near the
scene of the murder and had several
more drinks.
From the saloon he returned 70
0'Connor's shop, and after getting the
janitor to unlock door he took a
suitcase he had left there and went
to Syracuse, where he had an ap-
pointment with a physician. This part
of the statement has proved to be
correct, the police say.
Dewitt is prominent real estate
man of Rochester. He and O'Connor
had been lifelong friends. O'Connor
was known as ''Scrappy" O'Connor.
Bartenders and others who were &c
quainted with the murdered man de-
clare that the killing was the result
of drunken brawl The statement
given by Dewitt is said to bear out
this theory