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The Washington times., 1923-05-22
CIVIL WAR LOOT
FOUND To Be
PETR|F|E
Stock Stolen From Tannery in
1868 Is Found Hidden
in Virginia.

WINCHESTER, Va, May pa
large quantity of leather stolen in
a raid by Union forces west of here
in 1863 has been found by H. Rich
ard Frye, an aged resident of Leb-
anon Church, who said that as II
boy he well remembered the Incl.
dent
The leather now has the appear
ance of stone. it having become
petrified by its long exposure TO the
elements. Mr.. Frye found the
leather in some laurel bushes in an
almost inaccessible place, and 1t is
being exhibited at his home.
Describes Raid
Frye, who is seventy-five years
old, said that in 1863. when Federal
forces were encamped in and around
Winchester, it was customary Fer
large parties to go on raiding ex-
petitions, and these trips frequent
~ carried them many miles. away
from the main body of the army. 1t
was on one of these marauding ey-
cursions that the Yankees" raided
what was known as Stump's tan
merry, now Star Tannery Postoffiee.
They appropriated, Stump's horse
and cart, and. ! loading it with
leather taken from the tannery,
started back to Winchester down
the Wardensville grade.
About mile northeast of Noun
tain Falls they were confronted by
detachment of Confederate sharp
shooters, whom Frye alluded to in
his narrative as "bush-whackers =
and a brief but decisive engage
ment ensued. One raider was killed
his body was buried nearby and
never taken up.
Helped Hide Leather.
The horse attached to the carl
became frightened and ran away
The cart was upset at a SHARP
curve known as Horseshoe Bend
and the leather scattered about
Later persons living in the neigh
borhood, including Frye, hid TIE
leather in laurel bushes. There il
remained through sixty years. and
was found only day or two age
by Frye, who readily recalled a!
the circumstances.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
ST. LOUIS HOST
FOR AIR
MEET
Valued Trophies to Be Hung
Up for Speed and Other
Contests in Autumn.

ST. LOUIS. May 22.- Elaborate
preparations are being planned TO
accommodate 100000 visitors at
the Bridgeton Field where the Ma.
tional Air Meet win be held October
Fl. 2 and B.
Eeyen races for heavier,th an,air
planes are on the program for-tfrer
meet. On the first day the ohser
walton plane Race for the Liberty
Engine Builders Trophy and
Jenny" race for JIM planes and
OX-5 planes will be held. These
planes are used in army training.
Both light and heavy planes will
! be entered in separate races on
the second day, while the Pulitzer
prize race and competitive race
for model planes will be held on
| the final day.
A prize of a $4,000 cup for the
best flight by a model plane has
been offered by b. III. Mulvihill,
vice president of the National Aero
nautical Association.
During the three-day meet nu-
merous air stunts and feats VIII be
exhibited Several lighter-than-aif
i races, freaks and improvements
from the army experiment station
lat McCook Field. including radio
controlled auto or plane, are sched-
uled in the varied program of
events.
The committee arranging to care
for the crowds at the field has
encountered unexpected difficulties.
4 according to Col. "A. T.. Perkins.
chairman of the committee The
creek that crosses the field was OF
larger size than at first regarded,
draining 27,OO0 acres, of which
5000 are higher than the field.
Al large cuIvert must be built
through the field TO care for rain.
falls and to straighten and clear
the channel below all the way .
the Missouri river. Between six
land eight miles of fencing will 5e
required
One thousand delegates to the
National Aeronautic Association
land the National Air Institute will
attend their annual meetings to be
/ held here during the air meet.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
ENGLISH HERO HOMES"
ARE SHY ON PARLORS

LONDON, May 22.-Great Britain s
housing problems are great. Lloyd
George toward the close of the war
ventured into campaign of national
home building and promised TO build
Government homes ''fit for heroes to
live in
The promise has been difficult to
fulfill. The Government is building
homes, but they don't suit the
heroes.
First the heroes wives protested
because there were no parlors in
the homes. The Government con-
ceded parlors, but now all over Eng
land one hears this popular refrain:
''Will you come into my parlor?
Said the spider to the fly.
Il amt no blinking acrobat"
Was her indignant reply
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
MUSIC MEN WILL HOLD
CONVENTION IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, May 22.-That the
smile of prosperity which has
frightened up the whole country
has not failed to beam upon the
music industry of the United States
will be proven when music men OF
the nation-maunfactu of musi-
cal instruments of every kind, mer-
chants. band men and publishers
gather here in convention on June
4. The convention will continue
for a week, to be known as Pros
perity Week. according to the an
nouncement by those in charge OF
arrangements.
The convention will be under the
auspices of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, with headquarters
here. Hundreds of delegates are
expected to attend.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
NATIONWIDE SEARCH ON
FOR PoLlcEMAN'S SLAYER

CLEVELAND, May 2S-The face
and general description of John
Leonard Whitfield. hunted as the
slayer of Policeman Dennis Griffin,
will be flashed on the screen of
motion picture houses all over the
country before another week passes.
The Cleveland local of the Mo-
ton Picture Operators Union has
ordered glass slides containing this
information, and has made ready
20 forward them to union head
quarters in New York city, whence
they will be distributed to every
section of the country as police
direct.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
INVENTION AIDS
A|RPLANES IN
LANDING
Endless Platform May Render
Every FIat-Top Building
Potential Aerodrome.
BY CHARLES A SMITH.
international News Service.

LONDON, May 22.-Every bullo-
ing s~ith a flat roof has become a
potential aerodrome by reason OF
the invention of arr apparatus to
facilitate The landing and taking
off, of aeroplanes on small sur
faces, and it is no small guess to
state that the business man OF
the future will ride IN an elevator
to the top of his building and leave
for home by aeroplane.
The invention which has made
this possible will also enable every
navy of the future to put to sea
with not only vast number OF
aeroplanes, flying boats and sea
planes, hct with its own aerodromes
and workshops, entirely Independent
Of land aerodrome stations.
Affects War Craft.
Already some vessels have been
converted into aircraft-carriers by
America. Britain and Japan. and
others, Incorporating the results
of such research, are known to be
being secretly constructed by all
three countries.
Britain has laid down two of
these ships, which are claimed TO
be superior TO those OF any OLHeE
power. These not only afford land
ing facilities, but are stated to be
as well equipped for the carrying
out of repairs as any ground sta
ton, and, with an ingenious rotaS-
ing endless platform method to
enable machines to take Off and
land, it is claimed that it is pos
sible for the fastest machines TO
land with as much safety on the
decks of an aeroplane carrier as
on an aerodrome field.
Decks Are Cleared.
The decks of the carriers being
constructed in Britain are entirely
free of all distractions, the tunnels
being set on the starboard side,
and all boats. gear and other gad-
gets are assembled on the forward
portion of the ship, well away from
the landing deck.
The aeroplanes themselves are
accommodated on the second deck
and are raised to the flying-off
deck by means of huge lifts.
Cranes, fitted on both sides of the
ship, enable seaplanes which are
forced to. alight on the sea to be
hauled aboard the mother-ship,
and searchlights and landing
light tower enable aeroplanes to
land in darkness.
The third deck down is fitted up
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
SOLDIERS AT MONUMENT
JAZZ UP" DRILL MANUAL

Execution of army maneuvers
and contests were "jazzed" today on
the north slope of the Washington
Monument grounds by Officers ard
enlisted men from Boiling Field,
Fort Myer, Fort Humphreys and
Fort Washington.
Hundreds of men were to com
pete in every conceivable stunt Mil
itary equipment and airplanes were
to be utilized for fun and action.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
BOYS BURN BELL ROPE
TO AVOID SUNDAY SCHOOL

LOGANSPORT, Ind, May 81
1.-THE church bell shall not ring to,
day. vowed two small boys who
were ready to go to desperate
lengths to keep from sitting in Sun,
day School on a beautiful spring
morning.
More resourceful than the heroine
of THE Cuffew Shall Not Ring
Tonight" the boys set fire to the
bell rope at ST. Vincent's Church.
The rope was burning rapidly when
discovered,
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Mitchell Starr. 80. of Baltimore. Nd,
and Bessie Plotnitzky. %. The Rev. M
A. Horwitz.
John J. Freeman. 21. and Ruth A.
Weakley, IS. The Rev r. Schmidt
Robert E. Peterson, "a. and Nancy
Hiteshew, 2S. of Smithsburg, Md
The Rev. c. S. Abbott.
Nathaniel w. Walters, &C. and Edna
M. Doyle, %. The Rev H. f. Downs
Homer M. Galley 2S of Havre de
Grace, Md, and Germaine M. LIE Per-
derci, %. The Rev. j. 8. Montgomery
Robert w. Poague, 81, and Wilhel-
nina Myers 10, both of Glen Wilton,
Va. The Rev. H d. Mitchell
Warden G. Parkins, %, and Frances c.
Adams, %, both of Charlottesville Va
The Rev. e. B. Jackson
Raymond J. Shoemaker. 81, and Edna
M. johnson, 10. The Rev. H r. Downs
Floyd C. Tucker, rs, and Hazel e
Logan. 90. of Pittsburgh, Pa. The
Rev. J. T. Kelly
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
DEATHS.

William Henry, Is yrs. Gallingel
Hosp.
Nettie l.. Clark. &c yrs, IS Florida
ave. NV.
Malindo s. Bogia, 10 yrs, 21Os First
st. NV.
Mary F. white. 10 yrs. s25 Twelfth
st. NV.
David r. Fort. 81 yrs. U. S. S. II
Hosp.
Katherine Douglas. ST yrs. st. Eliza.
beth's Hosp.
Francis Nj. Covington. % yrs. Walter
Reed Hosp
John P. Schmidt, yrs. Emergency
Hosp.
John Tana, mes. 1923 Sd st. ne.
Infants Clarence and Rosie Barnard, Ii
min, Providence Hosp.
Laura Smith, IS yrs, st. Elizabeth
Hosp
Rosie Peterson. so yrs. lille 1st St NV
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
stanIeY. Memorial Speaker.

Senator A. o. Stanley of Ken
lucky will speak a. the Confederate
memorial exercises on the birthday
of Jefferson Davis, Sunday, June 3,
in the Confederate section at Ar
lington Cemetery. The exercises
will be in. charge of Col. John Fol-
lin. general chairman. Music will
be furnished by the Columbian
Quartet, with Mrs. Claughton West
as director.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
BIRTHS.

James c. and Mary Bailey, boy.
Walter and Nora A. Gartner girl.
William HI. and Beatrice Leachman,
girl.
Lewis and Mabel Branch, girl ttwins).
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
Bandits Get $4,000.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 22.-Two
armed negro bandits entered a
branch of the Citizens Savings and
Trust Company today. held up the
employees and escaped with about
81. 900,
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
Hero Held for Nonsupport.

JACKSONVILLE, Ohio, May 22.-
Sheriff Pete Mckinley is on his wav
to California to bring back Manson
Lewis, wanted here for non-suppor.t.
Lewis holds Carnegie hero medal
for bravery here during the 1907
flood
The Washington times., 1923-05-22

with huge workshops. with stores
and spare parts-everything from
a propeller to complete aero
engine being carried.
Once at sea these superships,
with their flying children, need not
touch land, except for repairs or
refueling
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
FUNERAL FOR MRS. BARNETT

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at the Christian
church for Mrs Emma Barnett who
died following 4 lingering illness
Monday evening. The Rev b w
Rice conducted the funeral services.
Mrs. Barnett was II years OF ace.
Death was caused BY heart failure.
She has been 4 resident OF Caldwell
Tor II years. having come to Caldwell
with her son. W. II. Barnett. from
Knoxville. iowa. Surviving her are
her son who Tor many years was en-
ployed as foreman at The Tribune
and Mrs. Kate Cline. a daughter re.
siding in Knoxville
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
MANY HERDS NEED PICTURES.

The Caldwell dairy section has lot
OF dairy herds that are worth photo
graphing. the local Commercial Club
discovered when il had taken pictures
OF four Canyon county herds for use
in Union Pacific dairy publication.
From all over the county. owners OF
dairy herds have written or called up
X. T. HURT. club secretary. asking
that their herds be photographed and
included in the railroads publicity
program. 1t is impossible to take all
OF them, Mr. HURT explained. because
OF limitations set by the Union Pacific.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
FISHING WAS FINE

Deadwood. a stream tributary to
the south fork OF the Paye,te. was
the best fishing ground in southern
Idaho last Sunday. according to ang-
lers who were there. Catches OF the
limit were reported. the fishermen
who missed the Sunday rains also
were successful particularly in the
Little Salmon and Goose creek.
Among those who tested the latter
water were T. \. Walters. Curtis Hay
don. VI. d. Riner and the latter's son.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our thanks 10
our many friends and relatives for the
kindness and sympathy extended us
during our recent beareavcmen, in the
death OF our darling mother. Mrs. Al.
myra eastman. and for the many beau
tiiul floral offerings.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. H. eastman.
William. Margaret and Grace Cash
man.
Mr.. and Mrs James Cain
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Henry
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Coates.
Mrs. Fred Heller.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20

isiie type found in iresh-water de-
posts; and il lacks me rich ethane
content commonly found in oil field
gases. Methane is known TO form from
the decay. without oxidation. OF veg
etable matter buried in sediments:
considerable abundance OF such mat
erial IS known TO be present in the
Paye;te formation.
The question nigh, be raised
whether marine strata may not un-
derline the fresh-water Tertiary beds
The possibility is undeniable. bu, it
is improbable because unmetamor-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
PORTLAND BUILDING FAST

While Portland building in under
going one OF the greatest boom per-
iods in the history OF that city. there
are many vacant residences both for
sale and for rent. according to Ansc
Cornell. recent visitor there. Con-
tractors are building residences for
the turnover. Mr.. Cornell believes.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20

The presence OF gas a, such high
pressures and in such notable guam
tity might be construed as evidence
Tor the presence OF oil. The gas is.
however, almost entirely methane or
marsh gas" which is the character
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20

Particularly marked in the rapid grow
III OF the better class residence dis
tricts Business. despite the building
activity. Is NOT markedly good. Mr.
Cornell reports. Mr.. and Airs Cornell
returned last Sunday evening after
spending their vacation IN the Rose
City.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20

been found in the region. and while
the reputed oily sandstone found p
miles southwest OF Payetie might be
cited as evidence, it is so very differ
ent from the ordinary type OF oil seep
that it does not lend much encourage
ment
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20

phosed marine strata do not ouicrop
a, any point. 50 FAR as known. around
the margins OF the valley Their mere
presence in the bottom OF the basin
would not OF course assure an oil
supply for only a small fraction OF all
marine formations produce oil.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
OUTLOOK DARK

So lar As the petroleum possibil-
tiles OF this district are concerned the
writer is forced to express an uniav-
orable opinion. The bases for this
judgement being tina, marine strata
are lacking. true oil secps have not
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
Cambndye-Co

The areas on both sides OF the
Weiser River north of Weiscr. sur
rounding Cambridge and Council. con-
sist largely OF the same formations
exposed around Weiser. with this ex-
ception that as one goes northward
he finds the sedimentary beds decreas-
ing and the underlying lavas forming
more and more of the surface rocks.
The strata. mostly volanic. in the Cam
bridge-Council district. have been con
siderably folded No seeps are known
from this region. sedimentary beds.
even OF non-marie origin. are less ab-
undant than farther south. and the
prospects for securing an oil or a
large gas supply do not seem promis-
ing in any part OF this area.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
I Oil
Fbis Section
from page y

might be desired
frcs formation is
! absent. as the
foi nonmarine orr
In, OF course ORR
Z. strata. We have
far as the writer
NJ done SO in COM
Va oil seeps have
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20

been discovered. the gas Is simoS; en-
iirely marsh gas. and the consider
able number OF wells pm, down have
made no favorable showing for oil
production.
The case for gas supply appears
slightly better Already 4 well or two
IN the district has produced gas on
a scale approaching that necessary
Tor commercial utilization.
Boise-Nampa- caldwell
While a considerable part OF this
dis;ric, is flat agricultural land. strik-
ing exposures OF the Tertiary forma-
tons occur from Boise northwest
ward TO Payette River and beyond.
and stretch westward between the
Payette and Boise rivers as TAR west
The Payctte formation lies directly
on the granite rocks near Boise. with
little OF the Columbia River lavas rep
resented As is the case farther north.
the beds are gently licked The pres
enoe OF later beds. presumably OF
pleistocene age. and OF land--laid or
iein. in the region southeast OF Em-
NETT has been mentioned. The Idaho
formation composed of soft sil,s and
sands. Pleistocene in age covers con-
siderable areas adjoining Snake Riv-
er itself No Tretiary sedimeniaries
are exposed south OF Boise. As the
PleiStocene and recent Snake River
baSalts overlie and conceal all older
formations south and east OF Boise
1t is clear that ii wells should en-
counter gas pockets of somewhat lar
ger size and the wells handled judi
iciously. they might become a COM
mercial venture. Enough wells have
been put down. however. to indicate
that such gas pockets do not under
lie a large fraction OF the territory.
and il must be confessed that the /
chances for securing producing oil 1
well.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
Leaue Memorial Park Cald-
weN Promptly at 8 A. NJ.


/ Leave Memorial Park promptly at a. m Arrive Frank
Chapman farm Leave $3.50 for Charles Dice farm at
Parma. Leave at 10 for Mills Mills farm Homedale
Leave IL for Jesse Vanderhoo farm Leave HAS for
Il Park; arrive 1:15.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-14
&4I1OH
SCOUT
(conductsd BY National Council Of ths 10y
Scouts OF Americk)
SCOUTS AND CAMPING

THE remarkable trend of the pres
ent day among people of all walks of
life toward outdoor activity, and espe-
cially camping" says student of the
out-of-doors, lis directly traceable to
the influence of the boy scout pro
gram" With the slogan Every Scout
a Camper" camping among boy scouts
Is becoming an all-year round feature.
Scouts like everything about camp
Ing, from thumbing camp booklets to
reading camp statistics, and following
are some unique ones, compiled by
scout executive of Walla Walla, Wash
ington:
Two hundred thousand scouts at
tended scout camps last year for one
week or more. They travelled an av-
erage of 80 miles each, in going to
and from camp, or a total distance of
100000 miles. At the average hIk-
ing pace of three miles per hour. 1t
would take $50 years to cover this dis
lance, which by the way, is about 400
times around the world. In an auto
mobile at the rate of 35 miles an hour
and with no stops. 1t would take 80
years.
Each boy scout. 1t has been esti-
mated, generates at least one-quarter
horsepower while taking his morning
calisthenics, which would give over
100000 horsepower, enough to drive
q heavy freight train over mountains.
The flag is raised each morning and
lowered each evening at camp. At the
average speed Of 90 feet per minute.
40 hours are consumed each day In
this one important part of camp life.
Ten train loads of food are required
to feed these scouts. If they were all
In one mess line this line would be
over so miles long.
A scout In water can support about
125 pounds. If all these scout camp
ers were brought together they could
support 125 tons or the equivalent of
a fair-sized ocean-going boat. The
scouts consume over $4,000 gallons of
water each day; or more than enough
to float this boat.
The boys consume approximately
1880 steers and all the eggs $4,000 !
hens would lay in one year.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-14
Georae AIDE on Women.

Women of high voltage are es-
pecially keen as ''arrangers." The
married woman decides that Herbert,
her husbands bachelor friend with
the false eyebrows), is just the man
for Ella, holdover from the puff
sleeve period. SO she invites the two
case-hardened waits out for the
weekend and issues secret orders that
whenever Herb and Ella can be as,
sembled together on one settee, then
leave them. And yet you may have
read In book somewhere that woman
is mans best friend.-From "Slngle
Blessedness," by George AIDE.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-14
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or tho
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Advertisemen
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-14
SCOUT RENDERS FIRST AID

While strclllng down a street Scout
Gus Phillips of Savannah, Ca. saw
motortrucis strike horse. injuring II
The animal received an ugly flesh
wound, which was viewed sympatheti-
cally by many bystanders, who were
unprepared to do anything more sub
stantial TO ease the pain Of the suffer
Ing animal. Having promptly secured
O handful OF bandages from scout head
quarters nearby. the scout had the sit
uation well In hand and had dresser
he wound