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Evening star., 1922-08-20
Rx The Assoc.ated Press.

By the Associated Press. \
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, August 19.-The
Johnstown oasis was only a mirage
and tonight Mayor Joseph Cauffiel
said he was satisfied with the "ac-
ton" which followed his edict to
saloon keepers and brewers that they
could make and sell real beer.
The mayor was dissatisfied with
the dry enforcement machinery ana
last night he issued his order ana
promised not to prosecute any ais
penser Of pure beer. He said It was
his idea to rid the town OF bootleg
gers and sellers Of poisonous liquors.
The action which the mayor to-
night said pleased him was the ar
rival here Of additional dry agents
Evening star., 1922-08-20
STREET SMOKING
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
LEFT UNSETTLED

NEW YORK. August l9.-Women
Of New York are still in the dark
about their right to smoke" on the
streets, because Police Commissioner
Enright today declined to give his
opinion on the one case in point until
it comes before him officially.
When asked what position he would
take on TIL action of patrolman
who was said to have raped the
knuckles of Mrs. May Sladden after
last night. he said:
THE matter has not been officially
brought before me and l have moth
ing to say at this time"
Evening star., 1922-08-20
HUGE OH, FIRM FORMED.

CHEYENNE. Wyo.. August ls.-In-
corporation papers were fled with
the Secretary Of State here today by
khs Mammoth OIL Company Of Della
ware, capitalized at s2oo,5oo.ooo and
organised by the Sinclair OIL inter-
ests. to develop the Teapot Dome
naval reserve under contract Sc
cured from tho federal goysrumenA
Evening star., 1922-08-20
FARMER is FREED u
in MURDER TRIAL
BY MASKED COURT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONROE, La, August 19.-Samuel
Richards, a farmer, was seized by a
band Of fifteen masked mon late yes
terday, carried into the woods and
given a trial before a masked Judge,
twelve masked Jurors, with masked
prosecuting and defense attorneys, on
a charge of completely in the at
tempted murder Of DR.. B. M. McKoin.
according to reports here late today.
He was acquitted and returned to
his home.
Evening star., 1922-08-20
CONTINUE WORLD FLIGHT.

CALCUTTA. India. August 19.-Capt
Norman MacMullan and Capt Nailins,
the British aviators who have taken
up the round -the-world flight which
Mai. w. T. Blake abandoned because
of indisposition, left here today for
Akyab. Burma.
Evening star., 1922-08-20
Member of the Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10
tine n.e Tor republication Of all news dispatches
creditea 10 II or not otherwise credited in this
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1922-08-20
WEATHER. T.

Partly cloudy today; tomorrow
fair.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ended at 10 pm. last night:
Highest, 86.3; lowest. 6S.3.
Full report on page 5.
Evening star., 1922-08-20

Tries Second Time to Die.
Ten days ago Koemmenich made
second attempt to end his life. One
Of his dapxhtsrs then called On Miss
(Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
NEW OXFORDS.

Our new Oxfords are in
and they are up to date.
Come in and get a pair or
you will be too late.-J. ..
Harbur.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
SMALL CHARGE ACCOUNTS.

This Office has scores Of little 25
and 50-cent charge accounts on
the books against individuals and
officers of organizations such as
cemetery associations, farm clubs,
church and Sunday school societies
and classes, literary societies, etc.
These people phone the Office or
maifin a card of thanks want ad,
lost and found notices, saying they
will drop in and pay, but the in
dividual amount is so small they
forget it, and these accounts pile
up in the Office until they amount
to quite a sum. Please give this
a little thought and come in and
settle these small items If
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
A suRPRIsE.

Acomplete surprise was planned
and carried out by the relatives
and friends Of Mrs. l.. j. Hender-
son last Monday evening, it being
her birthday. Late in the even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Roberts
called for Mrs. Henderson to take
her for a drive, going to the home
of Mrs. Roberts parents, Mr..
Grim's, to spend the. evening.
They had been there but a short
time when Mr.. Roberts was called
home on very urgent business.
Mrs. Henderson was driven di-
rectly to her home where every
thing apparently was just as she
had left it, but after turning on
the light a door to an adjoining
room gently opened and the guests
filed out filling the room.
Aunt Jane" was then taken to
the dining room where the dining
table, as though touched by some
magic hand, fairly groaned under
its weight OF substantia as well
as delicacies.
Mrs. Henderson was the recipi-
ent of a number of presents. At
a late hour the guests departed
wishing Aunt jane many hap
Ply returns OF the day.
Those present were: o. E. Rob-
erts and wife and little Miss Doro-
thy, f. M. Owings and wife, Mrs.
r. l.. Roberts, Mrs. Ella Smith
and daughter Miss Ruth andMiss
Agnes Shipley Of Joplin, Mrs. Ertie
LaForce and son Richard and
daughter Miss Bert and Mrs. Sal
lie Bowers OF Carthage and j. A .
Wine and wife and daughter Miss
BObbie. - Contributed.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05

The ladies of the M. E. Church, South,
will serve dinner each day OF fair, in
building, third door east OF Exchange.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
VIM. WOODS SPECIAL.

The following was received too late
to get into the fair catalog aud we here
by print it for the information OF those
interes ted. VIM. Wood offers first and
second prizes of $500 and 81 so for the
best get of his bull, Moonie Netherland
Ollie, to be shown at the fair.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05

Barton and Jasper County rural
school report cards at this Office,
l cent each.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
WHAT THE KIDS ARE SAYING.

Dad, let's have our house wired while
we can get it done at cost. And we can
get mother one OF those famous Hot
point Irons or any other electrical APP
pliance that is used in the home, Office
or store. Give it a thought, old man.
Then see W. E. Vaughan at the light
plant for prices. 3-tf
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
The PRINCIPAL Indueement.

"What sends men into the far cor
ners Of the worldT asks one of the
magazines. Our guess is that It is the
hope of seeing their names in the
newspaper headlines.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
MULE STRAYED.

Three-year-ol brown horse mule,
small clip from one ear, from Holton
pasture onDuvall Creek. Finder please
notify Neal Means or R. II. Holton:
7-3t
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
LOST-TIRE

New 1924 Dunbar tire and rim, be-
tween Roberts store and Pleasant Hill
schoolhouse. Finder please notify Joe
Rice. 7-ltx'
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
FOUND-STRAY MULE.

Three-year-old mare mule, shod all
around and has harness marks. Owner
call Sam Davis, Jasper. Tit
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
FOR SALE.

All kinds Of nursery stock, the ia
nous Douglas blightproof pear and
all kinds of pottsd plants>-W. H. Ha-
ger. 54tx
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
FOR SALE.

100 White Leghorn hens and pullets
Barron Strain.-W. E. Huffman, Jas.
per, Mo, Phone ga. 5-2tx
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
LOST.

The person who was seen to pick up a
child's sandal Saturday, night, please
return to Campbell & Dearborn. 7-lt.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05

j. F. Curtis is moving to Car
thage this weeksv
Clint Teeter is adding a new
room to his home.
Attorney Harry Tiinmonds of
Lamar was in Jasper on business
last Friday.
Bert Cline of Kansas City visit
ed his parents here the past week.
A. A. Foster and wife are NOV
ing into their home recently pur-
chased Of Fred Rex.
'Thelse Shelton and wife of Cart
erville visited Mrs. Shelton's sis
ter, Mrs. Nunnelly, Sunday.
Mrs. Ed Preston visited her
daughter, Mrs. Norval Gray and
family of Picher, over Sunday.
Mrs. ]. l.. Shields was called to
the bedside of her sister in Illinois
Tuesday. The latter is very i'll.
DIR. and Mrs. Houser and Willis
earns and wife spent the past
week camping and fishing near
Buffalo.
l.. V. NunnelIy left for his Tex
as territory last week as salesman
for the Carthage Superior Bed
spring factory.
Judge Chapman is making some
improvements on his place on north
Main, putting in cement walks
and Il cistern.
]. II. McCool.and wife of Joplin
and Mrs. VIM. Lindsey of Parsons,
Kans. visited Mr.. and Mrs. Drake
Sunday.
Tom Kunkler of Fort Collins,
Colo, visited his daughters, Mrs.
Floy dThomas and Mrs. Raymond
Wheeler, this week.
Will Collier and family motored
to Neosho Sunday. They ran
across Lee Forte While there. Lee
has gone to farming for his father.
Miss Hattie Rand is new en-
ploye at the First National Bank,
in the place OF Arthur Teeter who
recently went to California.
Raymond l.. Cole, who was as
sistant at the Missouri Pacific
Station here until few months
ago, is now agent at Richards, Mo.
Bryan Willis and his sister Miss
May, who have been visiting their
brothers, j. W. and Walter Willis,
left for their home in Iowa yester-
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Sapp moved to
their new appointment at Neosho
this week. Mr.. and Mrs. Sapp
have a host Of friends in this COM
munity who regret to see them go.
Mrs. Will Roby and Mrs. Clyde
Walker of Joplin drove up from
Joplin Saturday bringing their
parents, H. Hendricks and wife,
who had been visiting their daugh-
tiers a week.
The baby show at the fair this
year will be as interesting as ever
and a large entry list is expected
The show will take place as usual
at Liberty Theater at 10 a. m.
Wednesday, October Is. Don't
be late. Get your entry ticket
of Secretary Charles Teeter at
once and bring the babies.
Mrs. Emma Blakley returned
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
For all kinds of Fire In
surance see E.L.Crawford.
FOR RENT.

Good house and barn about 3 miles
from town. Inquire at First National
Bank. 1-tf
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05

Mrs. Anna Wells takes subscriptions
for all magazines and periodicals.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1922-10-05
For all kinds of Fire In
surance see E.L.Crawford.
FOR RENT.

Five-room house and acres, other
mprovements,-T H. Hammond. 7-3t
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
SMALL ACQUITTED.

The jury trying Governor Len
Small, found him not guilty Satur-
day. The jury was out one hour
and thirty-five minutes. Cheers that
shook the rafters Of the ancient
l AXE county Court House greeted
the verdict. Friends by scores
poured through the gates to the bar
enclosure, seeking to grasp the Gov
ernor's hand.
The case against Governor Small
of Illinois, started nearly a year ago
when the grand jury of Sangamon
county began an investigation at
Springfield, the capitol, July 9th.
There were four indictments made
and Governor Small alone was
charged with embezzlemcnt of $500
900 during his term as State Trea-
Surer. Lieutenant Governor Sterling
was charged with cmbezzling $780,
0OO while he was State Treasurer.
One Indictment charged the three
Jointly with conspiracy and oper-
ating confidence game involving
S2,OOO,OOO Of state money.
The case went to trial nine weeks
ago and three weeks were spent in
selecting a jury. The case was mark.
cd by much legal jockeying.
The essence of the States charge
was that the Governor, while State
Treasurer, conspired with Senator
Curtis to loan State funds to the
Chicago packers on short terms
notes, paying as high as eight and
a half per cent interest, of which
only two per cent was alleged to
nave been paid to the State.
The reading of the verdict Of ac-
quittal was the signal for the col.
lapse of his faithful wife who had
made herself fine example of low
atty and devotion during the dark
days of her husbands prosecution.
one report says she died of joy. We
doubt this. Far more likely she
dled of the strain of long days and
nights of agonizing suspense and
the weight of the disgrace that she
feared might fall forever upon her
husband and, worst of ali, their
Any way Mrs. Lem Small was strick-
en i'll at the very moment the iury
said her husband was not guilty and
dled within thirty-six hours. When
the weight was lifted her nervous
system could not make the neces-
sary readjustment, and collapse was
the result.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30

P0aTEa.-cALDWelI.

on Thursday evening of last
week, at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. North Cold-
we'll, "Elmhttrst," east of Lewis
burg, Miss Anna w. Caldwell was
united in marriage to Mr.. Fred
Potter, who lives just west of Lewis
burg, Rev. ]. L. Lineweavcr per-
toIming the marriage ceremony.
MIS-. Roy Rucker, of Missouri, in
tender tones sang, Drink to me
only with thine eyes" She. also,
played the Lohengrin wedding
march, and also gave softly toned
accompaniment during the ccre-
mony. The bride entered with her
sister, Miss Isabel Caldwell, her on
~ attendant, and met the groom
and his best man, Mr.. Robert Porter,
at an altar tastefully improvised of
green's and white mountain flowers.
The home was becomingly dccorat-
cd with flowers of the season, vines
and green's which so profusely grow
and are native to the Greenbrie..
hills.
After the wedding ceremony a
reception was held and greetings
and hearty best wishes were extend
ed by the many friends present to
the bride and groom, This was
followed by supper-a real we'd
ding feast-after which Mr.. and
Mrs. Porter left on the night tain for
the east where they will spend sew
eral days, returning to Greenbrier
after July 1St. Those attending fom
distance were: Mrs. w. A. Port
cr, of Charleston; Mr.. VIM. l..
Wight, of Richmond, Va; Mrs. Dem
mis- Caldwell, of Lynchburg, Va.
Miss Mildred Ribble, of PETERSBURG
Va; DR.. and Mrs. B. L. Trynham,
MIR. and Mrs. C. B. Hunter, Miss
Caroline Catlin, of Sweet Springs;
Miss Martha Vaughan, of New York
City; Mrs. II. l.. Van Sickler, Of
Washington, d. C.; Miss Mary Con-
ly, Miss Frances Porter, Miss Pauline
Stahlin, Miss Agnes Noyes, Miss
Sara Porter, of Charleston, and MIR.
Robert Porter, of Tioga, w. Va.
The Independent joins the hosts
OF friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Porter in
eXtendiS to them very best wishes
for long and useful married life
one Of 10y and happiness and one
In which no task or responsibility
may be freighted with sadness: but
that each step onward whether
iadened with Joy or a sorrow may
De sustained by an unfalterino love
even to old age.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
COST OF LIyIHs.

Increases in tariff duties propos-
ed on fresh meats, sugar, cereals,
beans, potatoes and apples, if eff
fective, would advance the cost of
those commodities to American con-
sumers by total of 81 1,3l6,569,4 ,449
annually Senator Walsh, Democrat,
Massachusetts, declared in a formal
statement. He explained that this
estimate had been prepared by the
Department Of Agriculture at his re-
quest and was based on the total
consumption in this country multi
piled by the increase tax proposed
in the new bill over the law of 1913.
Senator Walsh made public a
table prepared by the department
showing the increased per capita
cost per annum on. such items
woud be as follows:
Barley, S0.094; buckwheat,SO. .OO7;
corn, $4.077; oats, $1,000; rye,
$O.062; wheat, s1.7r2; sugar, SO.49O
beef, fresh, S2.714; mutton, SO.159;
pork, S0.736; beans, $O.130; potatoes
Sl.323; apples, S0.397; total s13.159.
"Taesc figures reveal the terrible
consequences of high tariff duties
on the bare necessities of life. At
the very period when we are at
tempting to debate the enormous
cost of production and the exces-
sive prices prevailing as a result
of war conditions, it is proposed to
increase the cost of living to the
American people to the extent Of
6,569,449 per annum."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
STTIKE MAY COME.

Early returns on the strike vote
taken by the United Brotherhood of
Maintenance Of Way Employees and
Railway Shop Laborers following
the recent wage cut ordered by the
United States railroad labor board
indicates an Overwhelming majority
in favor of walkout, conditional,
however, on similar action by other
crafts affected by board reductions,
II was announced at headquarters
of the maintenance men.
Some of the membership, accord
ing to officials, favors stiking ire
spective of the action taken by other
unions, but the greater per centagc,
it was emphasized, favors strike
only in the event Of the other work
crs participate.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
ENTER COAL BUSINESS.

Word comes from Cleveland that
the brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers has tackled the coal prob
lem," according to a statement by
Albert F. Coyle, editor of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers
journal. "The Locomotive Engin-
GERS are making S2,000,0OO invest
ment in West Virginia and Kentucky
coal mines, which means not ONLY a
fair deal for the miners but better
and cheaper coal for the consuming
public. The leading officers of the
brotherhood have obtained con-
troll of more than 5000 acres of the
best coal land in the United States,
situated on the Coal River in Boone
county, w. Va, and in Floyd coun-
~, KY, the heart of the Big Sandy
Coal district, near Prestonburg,
Kentucky. o.
The Coal River Collicries, as the
rev company is called, is owned
by hundreds Of locomotive cngin-
GERS throughout the country, who
nave subscribed in small amounts
10 the capital stock of $4,000, 900.
Inc engineers are not only going
into the business of mining coal
they are also planning the establish
ment OF retail yards to sell their
coal at reasonable prices to railway
men ana other workers in the large
cltleS. Modern machinery, includ-
ing powerful electrical locomotives,
Is called for. 1t is estimated that the
mines will have a capacity exceed
ing 5000 tons day.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
STATE BANKERS MEET,

Revision of the basis of taxation
IN this State to limit the burden of
money and securities with the DUR
pose of encouraging investment of
capital was the theme of an address
by Tax Commissioner w. S. HaIla-
nan, which featured the meeting of
the West Virginia Bankers Associa-
tion at White Sulphur Springs Tues
day. The State has been endowed
with bountifui resources, the tax
commissioner declared, and these
can make it the "workshop of the
nation, but the essential need is for
capital to develop these resources.
he added. The means to attract uIis
capital, both bringing it into the
State from without, and bringing to
hight Intangible wealth which had
hidden" to escape excessive tax
alton or had been invested in nom
taxable securities, was to restrict
the taxation on moneys, stocks.
bonds and credits, Mr.. Hallanan
declared. This step, he pointed out
had been taken in other states which
almost completely surrounded West
Virginia, such limits being imposed
by the laws of Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Virginia and Kentucky. In the
last named State, although the re-
Striction had been in force only
three years the assessments mad in
creased from little over S0,OO0,-
| 600 to more than 1887 100000 in the
first two years.
To make such change from the
present method where all classes of
property are supposed to be taxed
On the same basis, of true and actual
value, constitutional amendment
would be required, and Mr.. Halla-
nan expressed the belief that
! through campaign of public edu-
cation submission Of such an amend
mcnt could be brought about.
State Banking Commissioners J. S.
Hill, in his report as secretary
treasurer had already called attcn-
! ton Of the bankers to the need Of
revision of the taxing basis as it
accctcd investment Of capital, along
much the same lines which Mr..
Hallanan developed in his address
later, and the same subject was
touched upon in the annual address
OF the President Of the Association,
Edward Neely, of Parkersburg.
About 300 members attended the
meeting which Commissioner Hill
! described as one Of the best meet
ingS the Association ever had.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
MIDGET DIES.

Major" Louis Davis, 81, retired
circus dwarf, died at his home at
Grantsville, w. Va, recently, aged
81 years. For more than so years
he Travelled with Barnum & Bailey's,
Ringing Bros. and Sells & Fore
paugh's circuscs. He was 81 inches
high.
A month ago major" Davis made
preparations for his death. He Sc
lected The undertaken, chose the
place where he desired TO be bur
led and picked Out the clothing in
which he desired to be laid at rest
a beloved old "swallow-tail" suit, q
relic from circus days He paid all
funeral expenses in advance. Ten
days ago he suffered a paralytic
stroke which resulted in his death.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
". VA. STATE FAIR

The West Virginia State Fair, an
annual event, will be held in Wheel.
ing this year for the forty-second
time, beginning September 4th and
ending September 9th. The Fair
has been permanently located on
the Island, Wheeling, since 1881,
when the first State Fair showed to
q crowd of several hundred.
The permanent plant has the nee
cssary buildings for the displaying
of live stock and other exhibits, a
splendid half-mile track, suitable
for foot racing, horse racing and
automobile racing, a large grand
stand, Il magnificent outdoor swim
ming pool, one Of the best dancing
pavalions in the State, and all nee
eSSary equipment for fair or
carnival. Conservative appraisals
OF the plant place its value at about
S40O,OOO, and Improvements now I'M
der way and planned for the COM
ing year will increase the value of
approximately 100000.
This year it is estimated that
prizes and premiums will reach a
total Of $4,000, exclusive of purses
offered for speed contests.
Last year the attendance was an
Proximately 100000, the patronage
being drawn principally from West
Virginia, Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA.
The exhibits, however came from
many States, some of the finest
herds and flocks in the colfAtry be-
ing shown there last year in open
competition.
The State Fair is also allied with
many other Fairs and exhibition as
sociatlons. Among these are the
International Association of Fairs
and Expositions, the West Virginia
Association of Fairs, the National
Trotting Association, the Lake Erie
Trotting Circuit, the Ohio county
farm bureau, the Tri-State Sheep
and Wool Growers Association and
the Wheeling chamber of commerc !.
The Fair has splendid reputation
for Integrity and efficiency of man.
agement, and has only one aim-to
promote the agricultural industrial
and commercial progress of our
great State and the tri-State section.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER,

With simple ceremony, the body
of William Rockefeller, brother Of
John ID. Rockefeller, and one Of
Americas wcalthiest men, was laid
away in a receiving vault in Sleepy
Hollow cemetery last Monday. The
body will be left there until the
handsome mausoleum, planned and
started by Mr.. Rockefeller before
his death is completed. The only
service was the reading Of the Epis
COpal ritual. There was no music
and no culogy in Difference to Mr..
Rockefellcr's oft-repcatcd wish. The
service was held in the much-re-
nowned lockwood Hall, the Rookie
fellcr home in Tarrytown, with only
members Of the family and a few.
friends to hear. Half mile away,
outside the huge gates that marked
the borders Of the estate, was the
general public. No one, not even
newspaper men, who could not
show his right to enter, as allowed
to approach the house.