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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01
Eleven Killed Wednesday.

BELFAST. June 1--(BytA The AS.
ISOLATED Press. )--Grosveno Road
was the.scenes Of intense firing to-
day A boy was struck by one OF
the bullets and killed:
In Falls Road there was cons!d.
cradle shooting at an early hour.
-Four: wounded persons were taken
to hospitals from this area.
Special Constable Roulston,
whose shooting: precipitated last
nights troubles, died of his wounds,
and this, with the death of another
wounded person, brought the total
Of the fatalities from yesterdays
shootings to eleven.
A blind man and his landlady
were shot as they stood at the door
of their home A house was afire
nearby at the time, and the water
from the hose flowing down the
street washed over the bodies.
which were not removed for an hour
and half.
In another district a mob swarmed
around butcher shop and shot
ter.
It was officially announced to-
day that in the course of searches
made in the Falls Road territory
made last night, the police arrested
two persons who were found in pos
session of. documents which were
being investigated.
The result, it was added. might
be disclosures Of startling ma
ture.
Advices from the Strabane sec
ton pictured the section at this
border point as considerably easier.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01
WOMAN EOUNDIb|
CONSPIRACY CAST
OF WAL 1 !.'T':.E..RVlARD
ModIste Who Ward Attempted
to idnap Located
in Hollywood.

Los ANGELE, Cal, June L.
Hiss Martha Kendall, who once
fled a#suitScha criminal con
spiracy against Walter; S. Ward,
under bond satfWhite Plains, N. Y,
foHowing his confession that he
Killed Clarence Peters for alleged
attempted b1ackmail has been
located IN sthe Hollywood district
by the Los Angeles Times.
Thegpo1ic eatsPitsburgh Pa, are
said To have urged the White
Plains8author to hunt for Miss
kendall IN the hope she could aid
them IN the present case.
ffss send all Ia niodists, said
She had not seen Ward for several
years, sine shortly after his
fathers George Ward, a wealthy
baker settled with her out of
court onshera$10 5000 suit for dam
agesSagainstEhis son. She asserted
the young er$Wards had broken into
herapartment and attempted to
kidnap her.
can throw light upon the
u1ysterys all right, the Times
quoted Miss Kendall
Know few things that those
interested n prosecuting Mr..
sadiaI Know if they ask me--------not
tit then ssss
she said she concurred in the
Aopininn Of aSwoman friend in New
York, as expressed In a letter re-
ceived. She quoted this friend
whose name she declined to give,
as having written:
Find the woman, and you'll
Ind fhe SOII1ti on ''iT
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01
New Conference Planned

q LONDON, June Hope Of d
meeting @betwaan- reoressn tat1feS
of the Ulster government and the
government of Southern IRELAND
was expressed after a yconfere nee
held todoy between PRIMER Sin
James Craig and Lord LondonderrJ
OF the Ulster cabinet with Prim>
Minister Lloyd George. The con
ference lasted an hour and a half
and it is understood the conferees
will meet again tomorrow.
Premier raig informed an inter
viewer that he was not here to
meet the IrisCh delegates now in
London but amicabIy to discuss the
Ulster situation with the British
premier.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01

pills. I don't think there
IS. any other nerve medicine
chat will do what Dr.. a. w.
Chase's Tonic Pills will.
You can buy Dr.. a. "
sChase's remedies at all.
drug stores. To be sure Of #.
getting the genuine, see
thatportrait and signature
of "A. w. Chase, M.D..,-
are on each box. This,
trade mark is your, pro- no
lection against limitations
and Adver-t
tiseneDf
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01

EVERY BIT OF DIZZINESS
disappears with a Golden Clint
Shampoo.-Adv-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01
1; !. !, (: case Recalled.

aPITTSBURGH,s June 1.-Miss
EAIartha$ whose name en-
tered the Wa1ter5S Ward case to-
Los Angeles, was recall
ed by Pitts burgh&peop closely
ASSOCIATED with the Federal base
ball league five years ago. Wards
fatherSWas interested in the or
ganizatlon, and he was an official
gof tn esBrooklyns club.
There was a Miss Kendall
who was waitress in restaurant
near the hotel where Federal
league players were quartered
when in SPittsburgh,'' said Will
liam NfcCullough, former secre-
tarys Of he Pittsburgh club. IT
recall she had Ward arrested and
he was taken before an Allegheny
AIdermanN but&I# don't remember
name. From there the case
TO trial, and II have heard it was
settled for $4,000, not because
Ward was guilty, or was afraid
to&stand trial, but. because in the
1l@Situation at the time he
did not want the publicity. I
\ Know he was not guilty of the
charge.
CarefulRsearch of the Allegheny
County district attorneys office
tailed o8reYealt any papers bear
ing on the case, nor was there a
recordsofsac civil suit. R. H. John.
son who was district attorney at
that stime,sw later disbarred, and
his chief assistant, discussing the
N5VardNcase, said he had no recol-
lectfo nwhatever Of such prosecu-
ton. Sss
superintendent John c. Cal
hou ii, when asked if the Pitts
ssbuTgh police had unearthed any
ching in the case, declared the
Pittsburgh p dice had not been
asked for Information, and would
make no investi cation until they
were asked.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01
sBeIie,Yl,,i..s Ross, q Myth.

ID
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, June
srhesentrance of one group of
detectives brought into the Ward
Peters Killing case by District At
stofneysWee to Investigate every
8anglesof themysterious blackmail
and shooting affair. and the exit
8o1 anoth group, who now de-
clare their failure to find Ross
mentioned ne by Ward as black
mai1er-in-chief'' convinces them
oss,,@is a pure myth, mark
ed the sixteenth day since the ex-
sailor sWas&found shot to death on
the Kensico reservoir road.
Tho search OF the Ward home
was declared to have failed to dis
Sc1ose9anyYevidence of a gun fight
there. Westche ester County Of
EdciaIsS are to begin another sep
sarate examination today of all
New Rochelle police on duty in
sornear the Ward home on May
I6,s the day of the shooting, ac
scording to the story told by the
son Of the millionaire baker.
Evening journal., 1922-04-14

worst that may befall. Two years
ago the girl went 20 one OF the lead
ing dance clubs in London; not a
night club. She was seventeen; a
small, blue-eyed blonde. with curly
bobbed hair. perfect features. per-
fectly modelled, graceful soft-spolxen.
She was a really beautiful girl. She
had never had a drink. She had
never been away from home for a
night
Three months after her debut, the
girl was still as beautiful and had
never had a drink. But in the cups
of tea she had during the dance in
tervals was opium, served surrepti-
tiously by a Chinese waiter.
Six months later. the girl, still
beautiful was drinking heavily. She
changed her Job to one in a might
club A few weeks ago the girl lay
drunk. cursing. hysterically crying
heels kicking. on the sidewalk out
side a cafe, refusing to move from
the gutter until she was given an
other drink.
Another girl. not OF the dancinl
Evening journal., 1922-04-14
Other Dope Victims
BY CHAs. NJ. MCCAIN
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1929. by United Press
CHAPTER III.

Copyright, 1922. by United Press
CHAPTER III.
LONDON. April ID. - CUnited
Press)-The story OF Freds Kemp
toms life among the gayest OF the
gay under London's blazing night
lights. and of her death by poison
has opened some OF me chapters in
the lives Of some other West End
Fredss.
The newspapers are barring to a
public always conscious OF Its pres
ence and unconscious of Its work
ings. the night life OF the apparently
sleepy old city along the Thames.
There has been, as the result Of
F'reda Kempton's death. tighten
ing-up rather than a closing up Of
the more notorious night resorts. II
is expected. as usual. 10 be tempor-
airy.
Nobody has stopped drinking; no
body has stopped dopingi some OF
the more notorious night clubs are
closing Some are restricting their
visiting lists. Others, feeling a loss
OF patronage among tho occasional
visitors just having a night out. have
found the loss balanced by the
hordes OF people who go for the first
time to see the places they have read
about
So far Freda Kempton's death has
caused a number OF arrests for
dope-sellins and the tightening-up
among some of the night resorts
Principally It is bringing out some
OF tho striking pictures TO be seen
any night-plotures OF the girls who
plunge or are plunged into the mael-
strom, and Of their descent.
One story is sufficient to show the
Evening journal., 1922-04-14
London Dope Sellers
Bv cHAs. MccANN
tied Press Stan Correspondent
upright. 1922. by United Press

By CHAS. McCANN
united Press Staf Correspondent)
Copyright. 1922. by United Press
CHAPTER /.
LONDON, April l2.-(United Fress)
Five men compose the inside circle
OF the International dope ring which
has headquarters In London.
The ring employs. in administering
the vice, a vast army OF crooks eN-
convlcfs and gunmen for the distribu-
ton OF the drugs. Radiating from this
ring are others reaching every part or
a large part Of the drugs are brought
rules from London consist Of:
1. wealthy bookmaker and money
lender.
s. The proprietor OF London res
4 An Assyrian Importer
o. Another Near Eastern allen.
The ring controls shops and stores IN
London where tho drugs are stored and
from which they are shipped TO All
parts OF Great Britain. tho continent
and In fact 10 all parts or the world,
where agents handle this commerce,
London's recent murder wave Is blan-
ed BY Scotland Yard on the widespread
use OF cocaine. morphine and other
* result Of recent disclosures re-
Eardlng this dope ring Londons half
world Is under the spotlight as It has not
been since Billie Carleton died or an
overdose OF cocaine in her fiat In the
exclusive Savoy Court.
Night-oluba are selling drinks. for a
time, only 10 accredited visitors.
oouplo Of the more notorious ones have
closed, and n couple moro are contem-
plating closing paying bonuses 70 their
stars who iniimated that TO keep the
wolf from tho door they would have 10
publish fneir memoirs.
Dope- sellers, tho sallow, shifty men
who hang about tho Leicester square
tube station and other dope-disuibutinE
centres. are beconling bit more care
full as TO their customers.
Tho police are raiding right and left,
closing up an occasional night-oluh ana
arrcetlrE Chinese, Germans, Americans,
Frenchmen. Englishmen and seizng
their stock OF synthetic happiness In
the form of drugs
The pilgrimage along the broad road
continues aimot as usual, and the pill
grims who sorrowed briefly at Freda
kempton's death and are stin gossipng
as 10 It's aftermath, present and pros
pective, are carrying on.
Evening journal., 1922-04-14

crowd. but one of those who found
the restaurants and cafes the medi-
um Of happinessl Three years ago
she was beautiful. with furs and
beautiful clothes and Jewelry. To-
day she is at the flower girl stage,
barred from night-clubs. barred
from restaurants and cafes, a shak-
ing. wild-eyed dope"
There are thousands OF girls of
both types. and at all the stages.
END CHAPTER III.
Evening journal., 1922-04-14
nassed hv tha House.

passed by the House.
The item of sseO.oOo for the free
distribution OF seeds was included
in the measure as It passed the
House, and, therefore, will not be
subject to discussion when the bill Is
taken up for adjustment Of differ
ences between the two houses. The
vote by which the appropriation was
stricken out was 20 TO "a, but on re-
consideration was restored by a 81
to 80 vote. The free seeds amend
ment Of the Appropriations Commit
tee was the only one which the SEN
ate did not accept.
Evening journal., 1922-04-14
LEARN A WORD
EVERY DAY
word Is soPHIsTI-

Today's word is SOPHISTI-
GATED.
It's pronounced - so-fiss-ti-
kayt-ed, with accent on the Sec
ond syllable.
II means - worldly wise,
versed in the artificial phases of
life, experienced.
II comes from-Latin -sophis-
ticare." to make wise, from
Greek "sophos," wise.
Companion word - unsophis-
ticated.
It's used like this-'City girls
have the reputation Of being
much more sophisticated than
their country cousins"
Evening journal., 1922-04-14
AGRICULTURAL BILL
PASSED BY SENATE

WASHINGTON, April 14.-An-
other Of the annual supply bills, the
Agricultural Appropriation was
passed by the Senate late yes
terday, after It had reversed itself
and restored the free seeds item for
another year. The bill carries ap-
proximately $s7.25O, 900, or about a
million and half more than was
Evening journal., 1922-04-14
ARE YOU FArq JUST TRY Tms

Thousands Of overfat people have be-
come slim by following the advice OF
doctors who recommend Marmola Pre-
scription Tablets. those harmless httle
the famous Marmola Prescription. II
too fat, don't wait-go now to your
druggist and for one. dollar. which Is
the price the world over, procure
case OF these tablets. II preferable you
can secure them direct Dy senuing
nrice 10 the Marmoia Co., 1912 Wood
ward Ave, Detroit Mich. They reduce
steadily and easily without tiresome
exercise or starvation diet and leave no
unpleasant effect.
Evening journal., 1922-04-14
INSTALL REBEKAH OFFICERS

Rebekah Assembly installed Of
fioers OF Ruth Lodge. st. Georges,
last night. The installation was In
charge OF Mrs I. M. Bailey, presi-
dent Of the assembly. A delegation
from Naomi Lodge OF this city at
tended.
Evening journal., 1922-04-14

Housskeepers may hire help to
their advantage, and seamstresses
will be we'll placed today by the
Want Ads
Evening journal., 1922-04-14

Most money makers are close
students of the Want Ad Columns.
ADV.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-27
LESSEE OF PLAZA
 POPULAR IN EAST END

Joseph Sapperstein, who has leased the Plaza theatre in Fairfield avenue, will take over the managerial reins On Jan. l.
 Mir. Sapperstein Is at present Tn New York attending to detail rot.- tine making preparations for the new policy which will go into effect when ,his popular snowman takes over the active management of the house.
 In the East End of the city Mir. Sapperstein is known to all theatre- goers due to his successful efforts at the Hippodrome theatre where quite Is a snowman upon whose word pat rons rely as he has always given audi ences square deal and in the east end he is favorably spoken of as "the little fellow with the big ideas"
 MT. Sapperestein is a member of @ number. of leading local societies as well as secretary for the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Connect cut, in which organization he has done some excellent work which has attracted statewide attention.
 The show business is an open back to Mir Sapperstein who far many years has successfully managed thea tres. and booked pictures, vaudeville and other variety entertainments.
 The Plaza under my mana cement will offer only Class A programs, ar popular prices,'' said MT. Sapperstein today when interviewed. ''I am m position to bring many of the Tore m ost first run feature pictures to this house and furthermore I believe the theatregoers of this city will be pleasantly surprised when my com plete policy will be announced"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-27
PARK.

The extraordinary enthusiasm for the policy of ''burlesque as you like it," under the new management at the Park theatre, is being maintained throughout the week. and the sen sational Mutual burlesque attraction. 'The Monte Carlo Girls has gone far towards establishing the Park as 'Brdgeport's Fun Center"
 The Monte Carlo Girls, with their galaxy of headliners, remain for ali of this week, with two shows a day, at popular prices. seVenty-fiye cents including all taxes being the top price. With the Girl with the Black Mask the sIithery dancer who only a short time ago was the favorite of the Sultan's harem; Grace Good ale, Bridgeport girl. back in her home town in the leading female role ed Violet Buckley; Tommy Burns and Willie Mack. the adept tummy-tick- lers, rivalled- for comedy honors by the dinges, Easton and Stuart, all provide plenty of reasons why the show should remain popular with Bridgeport pleasure-seekers.
 ''The Mischief Makers" new musical revue in two acts and six scenes, will be the attraction for "burlesque as you like it." next week at the Park. with Rags Murphy. Ar Mcdonald, Esther Hughes, Simpson Barnes, Eddie Welsh, Rose Gordon, and Flo Wagner in the principal roles, and actions characterized as "giggling and gleeful." The show will open it's engagement here with a special midnight performance start ing at 12:01, New Years Day. It
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-27

Douglas Wiggin's play "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm will live forever and so will her latest work, Timothy's Quest" The story of two children who wander out into the country from their homes in the slums in quest of a home and change the hearts of the people in a narrow Maine town. is utterly lacking in sen sationalism and has no kinship with the usual hokumiZed material or which pictures are made. but to a public whose taste if still fine enough to appreciate wholesome and tOucn- ing story. beaTtifuIly acted, the pie ture. 'Timothy's Quest will come like a breath of fresh air. That is what Gertrude Chase's criticism said. -
 Phil Ott and his Musical Flappers, who created such a hit the first three days of this week will present an en- tirely different revue the last half. It is a pleasure to recommend % such clean, wholesome entertainment as is contained in this tabloid for it meas ures up to anything seem here this season.
 For the last times today rom Mix in Arabia; Phil Ott's musical com edy hit, and Round eight of H. c. Witwers ''The Leather Pushers' with Reginald Denny will be shown. The whole bill is the talk of the town and record attendance has been the order since Sunday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-27
TWELVE-FAMILY BLOCK
 ON PARK AVE. SOLD

A real estate deal involving be- acted yesterday by Schnee & Schnee. The twelve-family block at Park and Harral avenues was sold by Oliver Jennings of Fairfield and Walter Jen- nlngs Of Cold Spring Harbor, N Y.. to Lester Bowman. Bridgeport The property in a second deed was resold to Abraham Weissman of New Haven for approximately S35.OOn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-27
GREENWICH WOMAN CHARGES
 HUSBAND WITH CRUELTY

Edna L. Moody of Greenwich in her petition for divorce, filed yester- day in the Superior court, charges her husband, Burt F. Moody of Green wich, with fntolerab1e cruelty. The Moodys were married July 2. 1919.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-27

will be a rare event for Bridgeport CTS to start the New Year righ-, and seats for the special performance are now being sold.
Evening star., 1922-12-26

excited the envy Of the young men
and was finally driven from his school
and into the unknown world beyond
by a rival who played the role of
1.-The headless horseman" to frighten
him. 1t is a pleasant story delight
fully screened and discloses Will
Rogers as comedian of real merit
Several vaudeville features merit
special consideration. Lipinsky's ami
NAL act, "a Day in Coney Island" is
an entirely new and amusing Offer
ing, with it's setting at the great New
York resort and its many attractions.
including a roller coaster which
comes rushing down ever and anon
with a carload of doggies. The bal
loon butting contest is really exciting
as well to the audience as to tho dogs.
Joe Belmont, with a large troupe of
beautiful canaries Of high ancestry
and singing voices. has an act Of real
charm that delights both yc1ng ana
old. 1t is handsomely staged. Parsons
and White. two girls with unique
ideas and "'Florodora" accompant-
ment by. the orchestra, almost stop
the show with their ludicrous antics.
They are purely original and theit
entertainment is a real winner. Flo
and Ollie Waters offer charm Of per-
son. graceful dancing and new songs
in an appealing manner. and Lewis
and Rogers keep their audiences in
roars with their "wap" colloquy.
Added features include a Neely Ed
wards laughmaker that really wins
Evening star., 1922-12-26

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properties of every known ''ready.
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could not get as much real curative
power as there is in this simple
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Get from any druggist y. ounces
OF Pinex. pour it into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with syrup, using
either plain granulated sugar syrup,
clarified moIasses, honey, or corn
syrup as desired. The result is a
full pint of reallv better cough syrup
than you could buy ready-made for
three times the money. Tastes
pleasant and never :poils.
This Pinex and syrup preparation
gets right at the cause of q cough
and gives almost immediate relief.
It loosens the phlegm, stops the
nasty throat tickle and heals the
lsore. irrifated membranes so gently
lnnd easily that it is really aston
shing.
IA days use will usually overcome
be ordinary cough, and for bron-
\itis, Group, hoarseness and bron.
lia1 asthma there is nothing better.
Pinex is q most valuable concen-
tted compound of genuine N Norway
pe extract, and has been used for
xderations to break severe coughs.
avoid disappointment, ask
xoA druggist for "z1z ounces of
Pink," with full directions, and
don1accept anything else.. Guaran.
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Evening star., 1922-12-26
B. F. KE1TH's:-B Ben Bernie and
Orchestra. =

A thoroughly original and uhique
top liner at Keith's this week Is Ben
Bernie and his orchestra, who are
carrying off the honors of a very good
bill. Heretofore Bernie has appeared
as monologist and violinist, rank
ing as one of the cleverest entertain
ers in vaudeville. Coming back last
night. he remarked as an Introduction
that he was taking no chances and
had brought an orchestra with him.
ira. all arts y in their line. and they
registered ig hit. many Of their
numbers having original arrange
ments that added zest to melodies.
Bernie between numbers apologized
for his orchestra and presented a line
sentence. He also played a violin solo
artistically, for which he was heartily
applauded. An original arrangement
Of ''Mr. Gallagher and Mr.. Sheehan."
as played by Hebrew orchestra, was
a scream. and as an encore "Tomor-
row" was given with telling effect.
After dozen encores the lights had
to be lowered to shut off the applause.
Another original turn that was well
received was that of Howard Ander-
son and Rean Graves, entitled Living
On Air" The pair are supposed to be
up in an aeroplane. having Il bath
room al one end and bedroom at the
other, with the engine and living room
in the center. Engine trouble creates
funny line of talh and helps to a
most enjoyable half hour.
Other good turns include Craig
Campbell, the tenor, in popular and
operatic airs; D. Appolon and COM
pany in fine musical and dancing
act; Bob Hall. the well known extem-
poraneous chap; Frank Dixon and
company in a good sketch. entitled
Lonesome Manor; the Kitaro Japs,
in a foot juggling act; Miller and Cap
man, eccentric dancers. and the house
attractions, embracing Pithy. Para
graphs, Aesop Fables, Current Topics
and Pathe News pictures.