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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
TWO men GIVEN
S141,OOO BONDS
Thieving Pair Dine Messenger
Boy and Secure Large Sum
In Securities
BOY ARRESTED, MEN ESCAPE
Stunt Worked on Innocent Messenger
BY Two Strangers Results in
Loss Of Large Amount
In Bonds

New York. II. Y.-A roseate future,
described by two strangers who sup
ported their claims by acting as hosts
at a hectic excursion and sumptuous
dinner at Coney Island, proved too
strong a temptation for James Foley,
1S-year-old messenger for Charles
Barney and Company, brokerage
house.
Arrested, charged with stealing
on Tuesday that he had lost, he de-
clared that the night at Coney Island
was all he had received from the
strangers in return for the bonds. Ac-
companied by police, he toured the
city looking for the men to whom,
he said, he had given the securities
on their promise to dispose of them
and split the proceeds.
Foley, police said. admitted that
seven months ago he lost" $4,000 in
securities which he turned over to the
two men. In payment, he said, they
gave him $40, took him to Couey
Island, told him he was a fool to work
for a salary and promised to split
with him proceeds Of any securities
he would give them.
He declared to the police, he met
them again and was induced to hand
over the bonds. He told his employ
ers he had lost the securities. but a
subsequent investigation disclosed
facts which did not tally with his
story
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Docking Disabled vetsrans.

Washington, d. C.-An appeal haa
been made to the veterans bureau by
Representative Clyde Kelly for a
more elastic application of the rule
authorizing deductions OF pay for alb
sence Of vocational trainees in gov.
ernment schools. In the Allegheny vo-
cational schools. training 3S5 men.
complaints were made by the trainees
that they lost a days pay for each
days absence, regardless OF the neces-
sity for it. officials Of the veterans
bureau said the deduction OF pay un.
der such circumstances was discre-
tionary with local administrators and
that the appeal accordingly should be
made to the school heads or district
managers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Dies on Wedding Eve.

Camden, N. Jon the eve OF her
wedding Miss Clara Beacon. aged SO,
died here. The Rev. Rudolph Brestell
went to st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
Church and was to perform the mar
riage ceremony of Miss Beacon to
John Schfartz. The minister will of.
fciate at her funeral instead Ed
mund Beacon, a brother, said CLARA
and John were engaged to be married
10 years, but the wedding was put off
so my sister could remain with her
mother. who was growing old and
feeble. When mother died last No
vember in her ninety-fifth year the
wedding date was set for this June"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
MINISTER IS SLAIN
DURING GUN BATTLE
Shooting ARRAY in Virginia
Town Results i'm Death of
Baptist Divine

Richmond, Var. o. Garrett and
his brother. L. C. Garrett of Cumber-
land were held responsible by a cor
oner's jury for the killing OF the Rev.
E. L. Pierce, Baptist minister, in a
shooting ARRAY in front OF the latter's
home. ..-. - y s,-.~.s... ..---..-.-.a-
R. o. Garrett, county clerk of
courts. is in a hospital suffering from
bullet wound in the back. The ac-
cused men have been bailed on $4,000
security each
1t was brought out at the coroner's
inquest that Pierce was given a beat
Ing by l.. G. Garrett, just prior to the
shooting. Pierce was active in poll
tics and was lending his support to
the opponents OF the CARROTS.
Pierce went into the house after
he was beaten and got a shotgun and
revolver. r. o. Garrett took the gun
away from the minister. and then it
appeared that the shooting became
general, according to witnesses at the
inquest
William NJ Smith, commemorative g
attorney for Cumberland county, de.
clined to make any statement in that
he was present at the time OF the
shooting and will be a witness when
the CARROTS are tried
l.. c. Garrett told Richmond author.
tiles that the shooting came about
directly from an alleged slanderous
remark the minister is said to have
made during the church services on
Sunday about Mrsi Garrett: .. -
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
FAMILY OF FOUR
KILLED BY TRAIN
Auto Driver Approaching Rail-
road Crossing Becomes Ex-
cited and Wreck Follows
DEATH TOLL is FOUR LIVES
Father, Mother, Son and Grandmotn-
er Victims Of Automobile and
Train Crash at Rail-
road Crossing.

Cumberland, Md.-An entire family
from grandmother to S-year-old boy,
were killed when an automobile in
which they were returning home, was
struck by a Western Maryland pas
senger train at Herbert Crossing
about six miles west Of Hancock.
The dead are: Mr.. and Mrs Ray
mond Dineen and son Jack and Mrs.
April Henline, mother OF Mrs. Dineen,
all OF Cohill Station, Near Hancock,
Md
Dineen was said to have been driy-
Ing the automobile at a moderate rate
of speed as he approached the rail-
road tracks, but 1t is thought he be-
came excited when he saw the train
and attempted to cross ahead OF It.
The automobile was struck midway
and hurled considerable distance. All
OF the occupants were thrown high
into the air
An examination OF the victims was
made by Hancock physician shortly
after the accident and all were found
to be dead with the exception of Mrs.
Dineen. who was ordered taken to
Hagerstown. She was hurried to
Hancock on the train and then trans
ferred to an ambulance in which she
expired before reaching the hospital.
coroner's jury summoned by Con-
stable Charles Barnhart and Justice
Jerry Mason OF Hancock investigated
the accident and Immediately absolv-
ed Engineer C. C. Weller and Conduc-
tor Weber in charge OF the train from
all blame in connection with the 40
cident >a--,-4.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
DEATH OF BROTHER;
WOMAN Is CHARGED
Pretty Young Matron Accused
Of Causing Death of Bro
ther and MOther-in-LaW

Newark, n. IA second murder
indictment has been returned against
Mrs. Mary Creighton, pretty young
Newark matron, who is already wait
ing trial on a charge of poisoning her
brother.
The new indictment alleged that
she caused the death OF her mother
in-law by poison.
Chemists are now engaged in
analyZing the stomach of her father
in-law. who died two years ago, in an
effort to ascertain whether he was
poisoned.
Mrs. Creighton, who became a
mother for the second time just after
her arrest, is scheduled to go to trial
June Is on the charge of killing her
brother, Charles Raymond Avery.
aged Is, by slow administration Of
arsenic in chocolate pudding. Her
husband, John, is charged with the
same offense and will go to trial with
her.
Mrs. Creighton is accused of hav-
ing slowly fed arsenic to her brother,
SO that she and her husband could
collect his insurance.
After her arrest, the bodies of her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Anne Creighton,
and her father-in-law were exhumed
and the contents of their stomachs
submitted to analysis. A white pow
der found in that of the elder Nrs.
Creighton was declared by one an
alyst to contain traces of arsenic.
Mrs. Creighton, who is in the de-
tention home, with her new baby.
smiles at the charges. John and l
are perfectly innocent" she reiterates.
Her husband is in the Newark Jail.
He appears dazed but says he knows
nothing whatever about any poison
ingS
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Five Hurt on Rollor coaster.

Greensburg, Pa-Fur girls and
one boy. all OF Mt. Pleasant. we're In
jured when a board from overhead
fell and struck a roller coaster train
at Oakford park, near here. The in
jured are: Webb Hars, knocked un-
conscious, bruises about the body
Agnes Simandl. probably a fracture
Of the right arm and bruises about the
body; Hazel Sunny. bruises and lac.
erations about the face; Doris Koontz.
bruises and decorations ab put the face
Edith ROontz, bruises and lacerations
about the face.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
q, - - ~ -
Heavy Storm Near PottsviIle.

Pottsville, Pa.-One man was killed
and property damage to the amount
OF 100000 was caused Sunday after
noon in Mahanoy Valley by storm
which was accompanied by a severe
electric manifestation. Fred Schloff
of Mount Carmel, was killed when he
was struck by lightning bolt. At 3
O'Clock the storm, which broke in the
vicinity of Shenandoah with compara-
lively little rain accompanying it. re-
suited in a bolt striking the William
Penn breaker of the Thomas Colliery
Company, completely destroying the
structure and throwing 500 men and
boys out of work for the time being.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Preferred Death to Iona Hair.

Chicago, Il.-Other girls in her
classes rolled their stockings. had
their hair bobbed and called them.
selves fappers, and so she wanted to
be fiapper, too. But her mother was
an old-fashioned mother, who kindly
but firmly said No" She put a rub
Der hose in her mouth and turned on
the gas. That Is the story behind
the suicide Of Ruth Hornbacker. IA.
year-old high school girl OF Berwyn. A
suburb. She died in the home OF her
father, Robert Hornbaker, following
two days in comatoss condition.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Gag Outpnt Makea Rennrd

Washington, ID. C.-Petroleum re-
hneries Of the nation produced gaso-
line at the rate of $2O,634,756 gallons
a day, during April, a record rate. il
was announced by the Department of
Interior. Stocks on hand May 1
amounted to 1,336,417,871 gallons, also
a new high record. The department
reported that gasoline consumption
has lot increased at as rapid rate
proportionately since February OF this
year as 1t did in 1922" Exports in
gasoline during April were 67,64s. .46O
gallons, an increase Of almost syOOO.-
900 gallons over April, 1922.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Farmer Held In stabhinn

Washington. Pa.-Warren Mankey,
aged 20, farmer, Of near Amity. was
brought here and lodged in the Wash
ington county Jail, accused Of cutting
his brother-in-law, Alvin G. Huffman.
aged about %, of 124 West Beau
street who is in the hospital here
with a knife wound two inches deep.
near the heart. Huffman Is assistant
superintendent of the local Office of
the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany. Mankey is alleged &C. have made
another attempt to cut him, the knife
blade striking the crystal Of Huff
mans watch and breaking It.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
President Saves Hero,s Ioh

Washington.-Pres Harding IN.
tervened to save the job OF George T..
Williams, aged 81, hero OF a mail rob
berry at Jefferson City, Mo. in 1921.
where he is a laborer in the post Of
fee. Williams was injured by the rob.
bers, whom he later helped to convict
and was left jobless by a change I'm
the contract for mail messengers. Be.
cause OF HIS age he was eligible only
for temporary appointments aud
would have been succeeded by !
younger man had It not been for ~
Presidents aetiSn. IJA Z
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Bum Under Antn Eloor

Greensburg, Pa.-Ten cases Of
whisky. concealed in special contain
ers under the floor, were confscated
this afternoon, when state police
searched an automobile entering
Greensburg over the Lincoln High
way. Thomas II. Murphy and A. J
Siler, both Of New York. occupants
of the car, we're arrested and held for
court charged with illegal transporta-
ton of liquor The whiskey and auto
mobile were conhscated. The two
men we're jailed in default OF 81 900
bail each
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Bible Sells for 1921 400.

Rome.-Even wartime prices were
eclipsed when Commendatore Tree.
cani. wealthy Milan business man,
bought the famous Bible of Prince
Borso d'Este, Duke of Modene and
Ferrara, for approximately 1921. 400.
The wonderfully illuminated work is
in two volumes and took 10 years in
the making, being finished in 1865
A. d. The book was about to be sold
TO an American by Paris book dealer
when Premier Mussoini made appeal
that some italian retain the art treas
ure in Italy. ,,-4-- st.-s.s tvq tA
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Freed VIE Loses pIvoro. eoin.

Detroit. Mich.-Mrs. May IT. Ford.
who some time ago was charged with
conspiring TO kill her husband. Ney
j. Ford, wealthy farmer living near
Detroit, but who was set free when
the state failed to show an overt act
had been committed. lost her fight TO
have the divorce suit she started
against her husband indefinitely post
poned on the grounds that she has
been committed to an insane asylum
in Indiana. Judge Moynihan refused
the request until officers investigate
the facts concerning her commitment.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
OH EXCITEMENT N.sr pnn,,,

Punxsutawney, Pa. - Cleaning an
old gas well on the Dan Burket farm
at Oliverburg resulted in an oil well
estimated at 40 barrels a day break
ing through The well is the first
OF appreciable value ever found here.
Before the flow could be STONED
more than 100 barrels OF the crude.
which Butler oil men claim to be the
finest they ever saw, covered the
ground about the well
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
FIapjack Tosser wiIIed s15o.ooo.

Rochester, N. Y.-William Oldham.
who makes fapjacks in true Western
style in the window of Front street
eating house here, put aside his white
coat and apron forever today, having
fallen heir to $15O,OOO from a relative
in England. Next week he intends to
travel in easy stages across the con-
tinent to California. There he will
take a ship to London via the Pan
ANA Canal. Il want TO get some of
that old English ale," Oldham said.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Prince "Mlkey To Be ReaItor.

Chicago, Ill.-Prince Michael Can
tacuzene, great-grandson Of President
Grant and granddaughter Of the late
Potter Palmer, pioneer Chicago mer-
chant who made fortune in Chicago
real estate, is learning the real es-
tate business here. Prince Mike" as
he was known at Harvard University.
remarked: I'm going to get busy
and learn the ropes" as he took up
his duties with a downtown realty
firm.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
SUSPECT Identlfied bx Victim.

Monongahela. Pa.-Returning from
Perty Amboy, N. j., after a years alb
sence, Paul Cherchi, aged 80, of Mo-
nongahela, was arrested here in con
nection with the holdup of an interur-
ban street car near Brownsville on
March IL, 1922, in which a $4,000
mine payroll was stolen. Albert
Fleming, one OF the men in charge Of
the payroll, identified Cherchi after
the arrest, the police say, as one Of
the robbers. Cherchi disappeared
shortly after the holdup.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
1O1 smuaaIed.ln Chinese raksn-

New York, ~ Y.-Police Of the
bomb squad and 20 immigration in
spectors arrested 1O1 Chinese.
charged with being illegally in the
United States, I'm series Of raids in
Long Island City factories. The raids
followed a complaint OF the American
Legion, Of Queens, that coolie labor
was being used in the factories. TO
the exclusion OF war veterans. Ac.
cording to officials, the Chinese are a
part OF 5000 members Of that nation
VINO are smuggled yearly into the
country.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Former Burgess Kills Self.

Connellsville, Pa.-Former Burgess
Joseph p. Kurtz, aged II, ended his
life with a revolver, according to a
report to the coroner Kurtz was
found lying across bed in the home
OF his daughter in South Pittsburgh
street by George B. Freed. his broth
er-in-law. There was a bullet wound
through his right temple and a re-
volver With a discharged cartridge
was lying nearby.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Move Starts to Bar Arbuckle.

Kansas City, Mo.-With the an.
nouncement today that Roscoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle, former film come
dian, now barred from the screen,
would be in Kansas City personally
this summer to fill weeks engage
ment at Electric Park, ministers and
heads of women's civic organizations
evinced strong disapproval, and a
movement was started to prohibit his
public appearance. 1t is said Arbuckle
is to receive $4,000 a week for his en-
gagement here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Liohtnino Hits Car. IN uu-.

Cleveland, O.-Ten persons, five OF
them women, were injured in an at
tempt to make their exit from street
car which was struck by lightning
during thunder storm. More than
100 passengers, homeward bound.
were thrown into a frenzy and every
window in the car was broken in the
mad rush when flames burst from the
mOtorman's vestibule.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
German Tonnne .nal

Washington, d. C-The supreme
court of the United States ruled that
statutes prohibiting teaching I'm the
schools OF the German language are
unconstitutional. The court upheld
Robert Meyer, a school teacher. who
brought suit following his conviction
and punishment for violating the anti
German statute in Nebraska, at the
same time deciding test suits brought
in Ohio and Iowa
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Carnegie Man Believed DROWNED

Danville, Ill.-A man, thought TO be
}. b. Gibbons OF Carnegie, Pa. is be-
lieved to have ended his life by leap
ing into a secluded lake near here
Belief that the man was drowned is
based upon the finding Of clothing and
an empty suit case on the bank The
man, police say, had a quarrel with
his sweetheart, Miss Hazel CRUDE Of
Danvilie. Police were unable to To-
cate her.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Soldier Bonus annas solA

Des Moines, Iowa-Iowa's $4,000.
600 soldier bonus bond issue was sold
to the Estabrook Bond Syndicate of
New York City. The Estabrook com.
pany bought the bonds on a basis OF
AZ per cent interest on the first Sf2..
100000 to mature; the remaining
S9,9O0000 TO draw AZ per cent
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Elkins Man Dies In Accident.

Grafton, w. Va. e. C. Young of
Elkins, superintendent Of the Key
stone Manufacturing Company, was
killed near Erwin when a box car on
a lumber road left the rails and rolled
over high embankment into Cheat
river. Two other men were seriously
injured and three escaped by jump
ing. Erwin is in the mountains, seven
miles south of Rowlesbure.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14
Gas Well Blast Iniuree Two

Kane, Pa-Henry Olson and Emil
Latt, oil well workers, are in the Kane
Summit Hospital as the result of an
explosion at a gas well The men
were repairing the pumping apparatus
of gas well when there was a ter
rife explosion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Huntington - The existence of the
historical Colonel Samuel S. Vlnson
estate of Westmoreand, the last Of
the line of old family estates in south
western West Virginia, terminated
when the vast acreage bordering the
old Vinson homestead, which has been
owned by members of the Vinson fam
lily for more than half a century. was
sold to be developed into a suburban
district.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Charleston-Chief Brltton is pre-
pairing an application blank for use
in selecting new patrolmen hereafter
In addition to the usual questions ask
ed any applicant for any job, there
are queries as to the prospective Off
GERS past record, his attitude towards
liquor and the state of his domestic
relations if married. The chief says
man with trouble in his home is al
most sure to make poor police Off
Ger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Huntington-The Safety Appliance
company of this city, has just received
contract for safeguarding the in
cline planes of the Store Norske, Splits
bergen Kulhompani, Spitsbergen, Nor
way. This coal company is owned
by Norwegian capitalists and has the
distinction of being the farthest north
coal mine in the world, situated on
the Island of Spltsbergen in the Arctic
circle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Charleston - Bert Sechrist, under
sentence of five years on a charge of
malicious wounding growing out of a
shooting scrape at Crown Hill, obtain
ed a continuance Of execution until
next term of court. Bond was placed
lat $4,000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Charleston Charleston's debts
amount to S1,s23,OOO, its assets total
$699,611.53, and it has $72,74O.68, plus
a few small special funds for operat-
ing expenses until the close of the
current fiscal year, June 80, according
to statement given to City Manager
Wise by City Auditor Mottersheard
and made public This statement rep
resents the condition of the city's fl
nances at the close of business May
z, when the new administration took
office
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Wheeling-Ragged urchins, vendors
or local newspapers, with tear dimmed
eyes, mingled with older folks at the
funeral Of Max Goetz blind ncwsic.
who was found hanging to the end of
rope in his bedroom a victim.
Coroner Hobbs held, of self destruc-
tion. In note left behind. Goetz.
a man Of 80, for years king Of the
newsies, said his business had dropped
on so much because Of the younger
generations tendency to encroach on
his territory at street corner here.
that he felt it useless to continue the
battle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

C1arksburg-Census shows SO varie-
ties of birds may be seen here within
ten minutes walk Of the city hall
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Charleston-Four hundred and thir-
ty-two arrests were made by the state
police during the month of April, ac-
cording to the monthly report Of the
department announced by Superintend-
ent Jackson Arnold. The fines assess
ed in these cases tOtalled $12,479.5O
in addition to costs of S2,351 "A which
goes to the counties in which the cases
were tried. During April the state
police destroyed 739 quarts of whls-
key and 1924 gallons of moonshine
mash.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Fairmont-Nelson s. Pearl was held
Tor manslaughter as result of the
death of William Il. Hartley, 6, struck
by an automobile which Pearl was
charged with having driven.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Parkersburg g-Matters pertaining to
legislation before state legislature.
plans for the state convention and q
number of other matters were dis
cussed at the final session of the
executive board Of the West Virginia
league of Women Voters held here.
Mrs. William G. Hibbard, regional Dr.
rector Of the fourth district, made
the principal address on international
Co-operation.' The resignation of Mrs.
r. c. Sweet, Of Adams, as a director,
was accepted.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-14

Observation-Disclosures will soon
be in position to secure for park
purposes a five-acre tract of virgin
forest on the Buckhannon river just at
the outskirts of the city. This tract
us the property of the Belgrade Glass
company, which is in the hands of
a receiver.