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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
EMPLOYEES PICNIC
Coocy- Bentz Company To Enjoy Annual
Outing On Thursday At
Sherrard

The annual picnic OF the Cooey-Bentz
company employees will he held Thurs
day Mt Aliens grove. near Eherrard,. w.
Va. The picnickcrs Will assemble Mt the
companys store. Thirty-siHth and jacob
streets, at . o'clock Thursday morning.
and automobile transportation Will be
provided by the company.
This. will he Il basket picnic and all
employees and the Comranys friends are
cordially Invited 10 attend. The com
pany's officials are predicting that the
p!cnic will be ono Of the most elaborate
affairs Of !ts kind ever conducted by the
local concern. II is expected that about
one hundred people will atten-.
Because Of the picnic. The Cooey-
Bentz store will be closed all day
Thursday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
C0LORED WOMEN
IN OGDEN CLUB
MEETING TO BE HELD THURSDAY
EVENING AT ASSEMBLY ROOMS
OF THE CHAMBER or
COMMERCE.
mrB. Joseph Verse Chairman - Hon.
Charles Z. Carrigan and Mrs.
Julian G.. Hearno to
Speak

Colorod women OF Ohio county will
complete the organization OF an II. c..
Ogden club ri meeting 10 be held
Thursday evening at tho rooms Of tho
Chamber Of Commerce. Mrs. Joseph
Verse Will preside as chairman. and the
speakers OF the evening Will be Hon.
Charles T. Carr!gan and Mrs Julian G.
Hrarne The women extend an invita-
ton 20 colored mon also TO be present.
The meeting will start nj $50 o'clock.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
MEET TONIGHT

A supper will be served tonight IN
the Kahn club rooms In the St Marys
church. ThIr;y-slXth and Wood street,.
under the auspices OF the South SID"
Improvement Association. An effort
will be made to have as large repre-
sentation OF tn Eighth ward citizens
rs possible attend the affair.
The object Of the association Is 70
make South Wheeling ? better place N
which to live and do business. and haS
as It's object general advancement Of
the South Side.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
TO ENTERTAIN ORPHANS

The Wheeling district orphans viii he
guests Of tho Necs-Ball company al the
Rex theatre a. Wednesdays matinee
when Peg O My Heart will be the at
traction.
Tho inmates ~ the following homes
arc Invited: st. Johns home and st.
Vincents orphanage, Elm Grove: Man
ual Training school. Elm Grove: Home
ot the Good Shepherd, Wo"dSda'e;
Kings Daughters Day Nursery. Wheel
ing. and the Florence Cr!ttcndOn home.
Special arrangements have been made
by Mr.. Rendell Of the Wheeling Public
Service company 70 take the children
10 the theatre and back TO their homes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
MERCURY CLIMBED
TO 95 YESTERDAY

After a several day respite from the
heat wave that has been over the Ohio
Valley for the past two or three weeks
Wheeling yesterday experienced another
scorcher. The low mark for the tenn
pcrature was IS Yesterday morning at
a. m. while the mercury kept on its up
ward course until about three o'clock in
the afternoon when the high mark was
reached at 95. The rain III the early eve
ming lowered this mark for short time
hut the mercury vas still around the 30
mark late last night
Miss NJ n. Forseythe. government Or
server in this city last night stated that
the barometer indicated showers for u
day with Il change probably in store.
This announcement will be welcomed by
the people Of this community who have
been suffering from the heat for some
time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
OLD PAPER CARRIES
ACCOUNT OF MURDER

An interesting number ~ The Tntelli-
gencer is in the possession OF Mrs w.
n. Spindler oC Chantal Court. This
paper bears the date OF September s.
1855. and contains an account "G the
trial and execution of John Burns. for
the murder Of Mary Montony. BURNS
was convicted Of killing the Montony
woman at Jonathan's Ravin". He con-
fcsscd that no stoned her 10 death. Will"
another man sat and laughed and urHcd
him to hurry and get through.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
COUNCIL AGAIN DEFERS ACTION
AWARDING DEPOSITS To BANKS
CONRAD BACK
United Slater Commissioner VIII II.
rive Today From Attending
Federal Court

. John H. Conrad. United States dis
trict clerk. will return 10 his office in
the federal building today after visit
ut his home. Roanoke. Lewis county.
Mr. Conrad has been in attendance at
the federal court sessions at Elkins for
tho past two weeks but spent he weck
end with his relatives in Roanoke.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
NAMES ALLEGED SLAYER
OF SHERIFF H. H. DUVAL

vate Smith took the man 10 pump
TO get a drink OF water.
You ought to got your water be-
foro YOU come across the Pennsyl.
vania line" special deputy sherlH
hurled after Harvey as the prisoner
was taken to the pump.
jamaica Ginger.
State police are inclined TO believe
that the Clirtonville invaders may
have been nerved to thar attack by
a supply Of jamaica ginger.
This belief is founded on the fact
that a bottle OF Jamaica ginger, double
strength, was taken from Harveys
pocket after his arrest.
State police say that Jamaica ginger
enables men to lie out at night with
out feeling discomfort. and even TO
sleep out Of doors in cold and rain.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
WASHINGTON
West Virginia New - Notes
and Gossip AZ the Nations
Capita
tnY CHARLES BROOKS sM1rH)

Washington, p. c. July 1.-THE
senate has received from the president;
for confirmation. the nominations OF
Katherine +. Ruttencuttcr 10 ne post.
master at rarkcrsburg. w Va, ana
r!avius T. StricklinE to be postmaster
at West Union.
Miss Ruttencuttcr still retains the
distinction OF being the only woman
postmaster IN the United States 10 ne
in charge OF an office OF the grade size
and importance Of the ParkershurS
office. She was appointed upon the
Recommendation Of Congressman Harry
c. woodward. who proudly makes the
claim that he hns appointed moro
women postmustcrS than any other
member Of the West Virginia congress
s!onal delegation.
Miss Ru,tcNcu,tcr va drst appointed
acting postmaster Npri ! oE this year
The confirmation Of her nomination IS
assured within the next few days.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
TWO INJURED WHEN
CAR HITS CULVERT

Numerous cuts and bruises were re-
rcivcd by Mr. and Mrs Sidney Cakes OF
Seemorc. Indiana when their Chevrolet
car turned over on the National High
way Yesterday afternoon just beyond
st. Clairsville. The front Of the car
was considerably damaged and It was
taken 10 the ST. clair Auto company for
repairs Or. g. y. FOrtcrhC1d Of st
Clairsvinc gave medical attention to tn"
victims. The accident happened on the
first sharp curve west OF ST. GAINESVILLE
when the car struck projecting part
Of n concrete Culvert.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
TO OPEN new OFFICE

Thomas r. Henderson. mining en-
gineer OF New York City. has announc-
ed his Intentions Of opening engineer
Offices In this city soon. Mr.. Hender-
son formerly lived in this city and for
n number OF years has been engaged In
the mining engineer business In New
York City.
He has not decided upon the location
Of the new offices but will engage In
both survey and construction civil en-
einNrIng.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18

the other three officers. Private Smith
talked to Harvey in the presence OF
the reporters.
/ At this time Harvey repeated his
own name. and declared that the man
who killed Sheriff Duval was George
! Belts. Shown tho written name,
George Belts" lie said that was
fright.
Written inside Harvey's coat was
his own name.
The return OF Private Mcmillan
from a search OF the woods below the
road revealed the cause CT the wound
on Haryeys head. The stock OF the
po;iceman's gun was broken. anu
Trooper Mcmillan declared that he
smashed it over Harvey's head when
Harvey tried to make a getaway while
being taken 70 show the troopers the
scene OF the lighting.
With the return Of Corporal Arho-
gast and Captain Athey, the drive to-
ward CliftonYille was resumed. the
automobiles OF the state police and re-
poIters making the descent to the
valley over perilous narrow road
that was lined with rows OF tramplcd
bushes. evidently where the invaders
had lain awaiting the hour OF the at
tack on the mine.
At CliftonYille Harvey was exam
ined by deputy sherif who could
talk Austrian. He declared he was
forced to join tho march on Clifton
Vile. being told that ht would be
thrown out OF the miners union II he
refused 10 go.
Repeats Charge.
"I 90 this way" he said, indicating
that he was not armed.
How many men Of YOU were there
in the march on the mine" Harvey
was asked.
Maybe two hundred; | don't know
for sure" he answered.
Hero Harvey repeated his state
ment. through the interpreter. that the
man who killed Sheriff Duval was
CeofCe Belts OF AYella, Pa.
No attempt TO conceal hard feelings
toward Harvey was made by special
deputy sheritfs and coal company en-
p.oycs in their remarks to the pris-
oncr. One evan refused TO permit the
man 10 be given drink Of water The
state police. however. We're more con-
slderate. though equally firm. and Prt-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
ALLEGED LIQUOR
VIOLATORS HEARD
Commits sioner w. j. Cotton Holds
George Cox and Thomas Wells
Under Bond.

Two vi"la;ors Of the national prohi-
hilton amendment were arrniEned before
l.. S. Commissioner w. J. Cotton ycster-
day afternoon. George Cox, colorcd. the
FIRST offender. was confined to the Ohio
county jail. until the next term OF
federal court upon being unable to fur
nish the necessary $500 bond. Cox was
arrested on the street while carrying q
pint Of moonshlne In his pocket
Thomas Wells. colorNd was released
until tho next term OF federal court
upon furnishing s5nn bond for HE ap-
pcarance before that body. WcrHs con-
ducts a shoe shining parlor at lol7
Main street and was arrested for sell
ing liquor
To Be Hoard Later.
Two foreigners. John Stakon. OF 169
Marshall street Benwood. and Majk
Borich " Boggs Run. Will he given
hearings the latter part OF the week
ror violating the Volstead act. Stakon
owns n poolroom. which when raidcd
by federal officers yielded TWO quarts
NJ liquor. ono quart OF bitter vino and
n quantity OF beer. His hearing Ia set
for Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
Borlch was arrested on charge or
having 2n0 bottles Of home brew and
IS gallons of rais!n-prune mash In his
poolroom on Boggs Run. He Will be
arraigned before Commissioner Cotton
on Friday. Both offenders furnished
preliminary bond. The arrests were
made b. Federal Prohibition Officers
Adkins. Spurlock. Heide and Prince.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18

John r Markham has been commits
stoned postmaster for Ario. w. Va.
new Office opened WN in Logan county.
Acting postmasters have boon appointed
at GlenhAyes IN the person Of Nannie
Crum and ut P!cksh!n IN tho Tcrson ~
Joseph A. Atkinson: ais" Charles y.
Lewis At Glen Rogers. N!)e Topping
has hccn sent his commission as post
master at Atenv!Ile W. Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18

Ten Thousand Persons died in one
day OF bubonic plague at Constantine
pie.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18

Imagine coming into our Won
<de.ful stock OF dining room
furniture and choosing from
ANYTHING in our entire stock
nj big discount. Here are
suites Of every kind. in all the
most desirable period styles and
newest finishes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18

You can take your choice OF
anything or everything at prices
that AFFORD the greatest savings
in years on dining room furni'
rure. Original price tickets re-
main on every piece-you can
see for yourself the savings you
effect by buying during this July
Sale.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
FINALLY REACHED THE TOP
Result Of Years Of Striving on the
Part Of Bottom Of the Straw.
berry Box.

st. Peter was on his way down to
the gates to set them ajar for the day
for some people and to slide the bar
In place for others. AS he passed
along the street he spied an object
SO small, so tiny, so micrOscOpical in
appearance that he stopped to gaze
on him and inquire how he had come
on high without passing the gate in
the usual way.
"How did you come to get so high
as this?"
Just naturally. For years and years
I've been getting higher and higher,
every year, closer to the top all the
time. and now I'm this high"
what are you--a sOul?"
Not at all. ] never had soul and
nobody who ever had anything to do
with the making Of me ever had a
SOUL
"Well, l certainly do not understand
at all how you could get here"
II admit that l don't exactly belong
In any such place as this, but when
you know who and what I am you
will easily see this, being the highest
place I could possibly reach, simply
had to get here in time. just had to
60 out of sight 50 far as the earth Is
concerned"
"Would you mind telling me who or
what you are?"
I'm the bottom of strawberry
box"
And the spoOk editor says that II
this did not happen 1t is about DUE
San Antonio Light.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
MAY IMPORT ENGLISH IDEA
American Railroads Likely to Adopt
the System Of Articulated Trains
in Use There.

Articulated railroad trains devised to
lessen the passenger rolling stock and
increase the capacity are those IN
which the ends of adjoining cars are
carried on single truck. They have
been used in England for several years.
The cars are permanently coupled
together Each train, says the Scien-
tifc American, whether Of two, or five,
or ten cars, forms unit, the trucks
Of which are so disposed that the dis
tances between their centers through
out the train are all equal Trucks
are placed under the outer ends OF
each train, the other trucks being
placed under the adjacent ends of the
car bodies forming the system. Sets
Of five bodies on six trucks have been
running for many years on the Great
Northern; and there Is no cOnstruc-
tlonal reason or any other apparent
reason why trains consisting of 10 or
Is such cars should not be built, where
the traffic calls for the use of larger
units.
There are four principal advantages
which have been proved In the expert
ence of the company, with these trains.
l, reduced first cost 2, reduced weight;
8, reduced running cost; 4, improved
riding of cars. The last Is due to the
fact that there is no overhang of the
bodies beyond the trucks, and that the
adjacent ends Of the bodies are car
rled on a common truck center.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
REVEALED BY "LIFE TABLES"
Census Bureau Statistics Show That
Women May Expect to Have Longer
Lives Than Men.

According to the new "life tables
about to be published by the census
bureau, residents of rural districts in
this country live longer than city
folks. Their death rate Is much lower.
People of all classes and both sexes
live longer than they did In 1900. That
is to say, they live to an older average
age. The limit Of human life does not
seem to have advanced.
Women live longer than men. The
average white female, at birth, may
be expected to live three years longer
than the average male. There are
more very old women than very old
men, because, when 1t Is question or
survival, the former hold on to life
with greater tenacity.
Even the boy babies have not nearly
SO good a grip OH life as the girl
babies. OF 1000 white male infants
born, 127 die in the first year. OF
1000 females, only 105 succumb dur
ing the first twelve months.
Notwithstanding hospitals and high
priced doctors, the death rate among
babies in the cities Is higher than in
the rural districts. One reason for this
is doubtless bottle feeding. The public
health service says that during the
first week Of life more than four times
as many bottle-fed babies die as
breast-fed babies.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
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"MARVELS" THAT ARE REAL
Surely Ben Franklin Started Some
thing When He Began His Elk.
periments With Lightning.

What a marvel 1t Is! Our modern
miracles are so much more unbeliev-
able than the wonders of old. Radio
concerts cover thousands Of square
miles, the human voice carrying
around the world, and one after an
other Of the plaques of men falling
before serums. A great French scien-
fist declares that discanate spirits
are physically ponderable. Possibly
he Is wrong. But why not?
With the air about us filled with
sounds we cannot hear until science
opens our ears; with printed page
radiating music that gives forth words
and from the succession of words,
thoughts and from the thoughts full
fellowship with all aspiring minds,
what is not impossible? If the air is
full of things unheard, why may not
space be filled with things unseen, and
why may not 1.-THE forms of the de-
parted" "enter through the open door
when science has pried 1t open?
What show it is, the phantas-
magoria that the curious mind of man
has made out Of rather simple old
world that our grandfathers knew.
When we can call old Ben Franklin
up on the phone, how we shall Jolly
the old man for sending that key
UP on the kite to bring down the light
ming from the clouds! He surely I'M
locked Pandora's box of grief and
trouble and amazement with that old
key !-William Allen White, In Judge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
Opera at Labor WAGES.

An excerpt from a Dresden paper
bewals the exodus of first-rate opera
singers In Holland, Sweden, Spain and
America, and describes the state OF
affairs In which the Dresden opera
company finds itself.
So hard up Is Dresden for talent,
the paper says, that guest singers
must invariably be asked from Leip-
zig or Berlin to fill In for others who
have left for foreign shores. On one
evening alone, four guests sang, and
as much as 1900 marks, and even T.
600 marks have been given out on
such occasions as hOnOrariums to
guest singers. Dividing by the 200
marks which it takes, these days, to
make an American dollar, that makes
$40 to $35 for an evenings aggrega-
ton of guest singers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
Safe and Short.

Copperish as to complexion, mono
syllable as to conversation, emphatic
as to clothes, he stood before the saw
ings wicket Of Kansas City bank a
few minutes after 9 o'clock in the
morning.
Keep money here?"
EYES," said the clerk.
The Indian fished out a roll big
enough to choke the proverbial COW.
Twelve hundred dollars" he counted.
you keep"
Zone Of those rich Osages," thought
the clerk, filling out the little book
and handing it to the new savings de-
positor.
In the afternoon few minutes be-
fore 8 the Oklahoma Redskin returned.
,"Want money now" he announced.
whats the matter?"
"Want money"
"But this Is the savings department.
You put 1t In only this morning"
Sure" said the Indian. safe here.
Came town 'smorning. Leave town
,'safternoon. Need money now"
And, of course, the flabbergasted
clerk had to give 1t back.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
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POETS AND THE OPEN ROAD
observant Veteran Seems somewhat
Contemptuous Of the Annual
call of the Wild"

"This Is the time of the great poet
exodus" remarked the observant VET
eran, according to the New York Sun.
"From now on you can look forward
with confidence to hearin' announce
ments from two or three thousand
minor poets that they're leavln the
deadly city behind and are takin' to
the open road. Several hundred Of
'em admit for the first time It's their
wild gypsy blood that makes 'em take
this desperate step. Others cry out
that they cant resist the appeal OF the
open road another minute, except 1t
was TO take ten or fifteen minutes to
dash off another poem startin' oh, no.
or words to that effect.
weakness, call it. Spring Is the
season of sap and sapheads. Com
mon sense is good enough for those
vagabonds three-fourths Of the year,
and then their character goes to pieces
like a snowbank under a March sun.
Its lucky they never quite get
started. They might get away If 1t
wasn't for the fact that one poem
leads to another. So they have to
stay in the heartless city and get on
with their work. Otherwise the brake
beams Of the country would be as
congested rs the East side, and the
trunk roads would be cluttered up with
hundreds OF poets, leapin into the air
every three or four yards, from the
sheer JOY of livin', as they call it.
"No, you expect love poems Mt this
time of year, and poems on the re-
markable color the grass is takin'
on, and poems on the unprecedented
tendency in trees to leaf out. But
the next poet that asks me up In his
Eighty ninth street piano-box apart
ment to listen to his Sing no! for the
open road is goin' to be given assist
ance on his way"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
Trout Fishing.

! All the Joy of trout fishing Is not
found on the streams. Along about
this time of the year, with the wind
blowing cold outside and the rain bat
tering at the windows, the real trout
fisherman is sitting before his CRATE
fire getting ready his book of flies for
the next campaign. With feathers and
silks he is as happy as mortal can be.
There's never bright lure passes
through his fingers but what in fancy
he is giving battle to some speckled
beauty. The fun Of trout fishing is in
the antlcipatory delights of getting
ready. In that field of happiness there
is no such thing as bad weather.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
FIND OLD ROMAN CALENDAR
Discovery Of immense Historical In
terest Recently Made-Antedates
That of julius Caesar.

A most interesting discovery was
made recently at Anzio, In the Roman
Campagna. 1t was of calendar made
Of plaster md much earlier than the
calendar as made by Julius Caesar In
the Year 10 u. c. This calendar evil
IDENTIFY dates back to between 1853
B. G. and 81 Il. c., ani Is the only
one Yet found which anredateS that Of
Julius Caesar.
Some parts of 1t are missing. but
the rest shows thAt 1t was based on a
lunar year of 35;' days divided into
twelve months of 70 and 81 days, with
thirteenth month, called intercalary,
of q days, interposed every alternate
year after February. Under this sys-
TEN the year had an average of 1861
days-that is, four days more than a
solar year should have.
Inevitable confusion arose from this,
and the college of priests had the right
to intervene and correct 1t whenever
they chose by emitting the inter
calary month. 1t was because they
often did II for political reasons that
julius Caesar decided to reform the
calendar and intrusted the work to
the celebrated mathematician and as
tronomer SOsigenes. He based his
calendar on the solar year In place Of
the lunar, and made 1t one of 365 days.
The year 46 Is. C.. when this took
effect was called the "annus confu-
siOnis" (year Of cOnfusion), because.
In order to make the year 40 begin
with the new sun, ninety extra days
had to be inserted In the year.
The ancient calendar, unique of Its
kind, has just been published by the
Royal Academy of the Lincei.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-06-15
"SIanu Based on Humor."

Slang Is hot stuff; 1t is accepted In
the best circles Of England and the
United States. These assurances Of
the responsibility of "the vernacular"
come from Pelham Granville Wode-
house, English writer, known to the
United States and England as the
master Of slang.
"Humor Is the basis Of all slang"
declared Mr.. Wodehouse. THAT Is why
this country excels in the invention
Of clever words and phrases. America
laughs and smiles perpetually, and
her colloquial expressions bear wit
ness to that fact."-Pittsburgh Dis
patch,