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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-21
MILLION TREES IN 1923,
IS PLANTING PROGRAM
American Tree Association Gives
Free Information and Seeks
Larger Membership.

A million trees planted in 1923 Il
the objective of the American Tre'
association just organized by Charles
Lathrop Pack, former president OF TN
American Forestry association. TIT
new association will make anyone wh'
plants a tree and registers Ii with the
association a member. There are nc
cash dues. and there is only one way
to ioin the association. and that is tc
plant a tree. The association vii
send n certificate of membership after
the trees have been planted, and will
give tree planting instruction TO any
who ask for it.
Mr.. Pack has long been Identified
with public welfare work, particular
ly in relation to forestry, having Tor
many years been president of the
American Forestry association. Dur
ing the war Mr.. Pack organized and
directed the work of the National
War Garden commission. Last fall,
he, together with the secretary, 2. 5.
Ridsdale, and Directors DR.. Henry s.
Drinker, John Hays Hammond,
Charles F. Quincy and Standish
Chard, resigned from the American
Forestry association.
Response TO the call for tree plant
ers has been remarkable, P. s. Rids-
dale, the secretary of the new organi-
cation, says. Every one who planted
a tree in 1922 is eligible to member
ship. From Louisville, KY, 5000
members have been received from n
bank that gives deposltors trees to
plant. The national t~ree-voting plan
has been taken up in a number of
schools. and this feature has proved
Of the highest educational service in
teaching children the value of trees.
The planting of memorial trees, roads
of remembrance, memorial parks and
memorial forests is going forward in
a remarkable way, Mr.. Ridsdale adds.
Mr.. Pack Is continuing the sending
of millions of American tree seeds to
England. France, Italy and Belgium
to help to reforest war devastated
areas in those countries. AS a result
OF THIS WOfk millions VI AMERICAN
trees are already growing In western
Europe.
Another educational campaign of
the association is the Make Wash
ington the National Arboretum of the
Country" The hub of the idea was
the planting of the armlstlce elms by
Mrs. Warren G. Harding a year ago.
Seeds from the famous Dumont Ken
nedy elm at Charlottesville. Ind, have
been received for planting at the Lin.
coin Memorial. This spring will see
the planting of memorial trees by sew
eral state societies in Washington.
the trees to come from the home
states.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-21
MRS. D. FRANK lNGERSOLL.

Final services for Mrs. Nina Inger-
soil. wife of D.. Frank Ingersoll, who
died Saturday at her Somers Point
home. were held Tuesday afternoon,
at 2.30 o'clock, from the funeral par
Tors of Parsels &c Sons, Pleasantville.
lnterment was in Mt. Calvary Gene.
terry. Pleasantville. Rev. DR.. Louis D.
Stultz, pastor of Bethany NJ. P.
Church, Somers Point, had charge of
the services.
Mrs. Ingersoll had been i'll for some
time. She had many friends about
The Point, and was a member of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Volunteer
Fire Company No. l.. She is survived
by her husband and one daughter.
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-02-21
DIED.

ATKINSON. of spinal meningitis. on
Feb. 10, Elvira, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Atkinson. Of Absecon, aged
3 years. Funeral this Wednesday at 10
a. m. Interment at Asbury Cemetery,
English Creek.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
BRITAIN ACCEPTS
U. s. DEBT HEME
Practically Unanimous Action
Follows Report of Chan
CellOr Baldwin
PR0MPTNESS is SURPRISE
Time for Repayment To Be 62 Years,
With Interest of Per Cent for
Ten Years and 3Ia Per
Cent Thereafter.

London.-The cabinet council. with
unexpected promptitude and almost
without further debate, decided to ac-
cept the American terms for funding
the British debt. and so far as known.
without reservations of any kind.
That the Cabinet should have decid-
ed after practically only one sitting.
causes general surprise, for although
decision was fully expected before
the expiration of the week, il had
been supposed that it might entail
possibly two or three councils. The
alacrity with which the dissenting
ministers have been brought into line
says much for the strength and cog.
ency OF the arguments in favor of ac-
ceptance, which the chancellor of the
exchequer, Stanley Baldwin. was able
to bring before his colleagues.
Mr.. Baldwin as chancellor of the
exchequer charged with balancing
the country's budget, had every in
ducement to plump for acceptance of
terms permitting him to know pre-
cisely the amount to estimate in the
budget for interest to America, in
stead Of being in an indefinite posi-
tfon while waiting for an arrange
ment, and at the same time being un-
der obligation to pay approximately
95O00O,000 yearly on the existing 5
per cent basis
The total amount of the British
debt to the United States. including
$61,OO0,000 for Pittman silver ad-
vances, is s4,135.S1S,35S. The terms
of payment offered to the British debt
commission, as stated by the United
States government, are:
Settlement in 62 years, with inter
est at per cent for the first 10 years
and BIZ per cent thereafter. a one
half of one per cent amortization
charge at the same time being paid to
provide for extinguishment of the
principal.
Between the time the debt was con-
tracted in 1917 and the date of final
settlement Of the funding terms, the
British will be charged only Az per
cent interest, instead of the per
cent specified in the demand notes
held by the government.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
LIQUOR RAID IN
WASHINGTON, DC.
Sleuth in Many Guises Collects
Evidence Against National
Capital BoOtleggers
80 HELD, INCLUDING IL WOMEN
Liquor Confiscated From Hiding
Places in Baby Cribs, Pianos,
VictroIas, Chicken coops and
Baby Milk Nursing Bottles.

Washington, d. C.-J. L. Asher, a
revenue agent from the Kentucky
mountains, who came to Washing
ton three weeks ago, and has put in
his time since in guises ranging
from an ash cart driver to a Ken
tucy colonel at a fashionable ball,
directed more than sixty capital rev.
enue agents and police in liquor raids
on so places, netting the arrest Of
about ninety persons, including IL
women, and the confiscation of more
than three hundred gallons of intox-
icants.
Evidence for the raids, which were
begun in five police precincts was OBJ
tanned almost entirely by Asher
The five precinct stations presented
their busiest appearances in years
as bondsmen fastened to gain the
release Of prisoners, practically all
of whom were held for $1,000 bail,
and police and revenue agents guard
ed prisoners and directed the stor-
age Of huge supplies of corn whisky,
bonded goods and wine carried in
from the raided homes in Govern
ment trucks and automobiles
Asher first drove into the under
world in quest of the bootleggers'
rendezvous aboard an ice wagon as
helper. He then switched to an ash
cart and quickly caught the trail Of
victims as he picked up the emp
ties" in all corners of the city. Then
as a coal wagon driver, he got into
the homes again, assisting in stor-
ing away the coal and modestly ac-
cepting pint bottle rewards. He later
appeared as a piano tuner and again
as a lawyer.
Before long Asher had won the
confidence Of the principal bootleg
gers in various sections, and by aid
ing to store away the goods in his
capacity as a wagon driver and help
er, gained knowledge of numerous
and clever hiding places for the
goods.
With this evidence in hand the
raiders went quickly to the secret
caches, these including holes in the
wall, baby cribs, pianos, victrolas
and chicken coops. In one home
more than ten gallons of liquor was
found tucked away behind the wall
holdings in various rooms.
One woman was reported by Asher
to be selling liquor in baby milk
nursing bottles and police confiscated
more than a dozen such receptacles,
well filled, from her home.
So complete was the agents dis
guise that while returning to police
headquarters one day, dressed as a
, tramp, with several quart bottles
bulging from his pockets, he was ar
/ rested by his immediate superior be-
fore the officer discovered his iden-
tity.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
BETTER BUDGET is
SEEN BY PRESIDENT 7
Harding Tells the Government
Business Organization"
Balance Near

Washington, D. C.-Representatives
of the governments business organ
ization." assembled for consideration
OF budget problems, were told in a
message from President Harding that
for the first time since the fiscal year
1916, the nations income and outgo
probably would balance at the end of
the current fiscal year on June 30
The Presidents message, delivered
by Vice President Coolidge, an.
nounced that instead OF deficit of
$69S 100000, estimated at the begin
ming Of the fiscal year, the economy
drive had forced a reduction to $92.-
000, 1000.
President Harding urged a continu-
alton of the efforts at curtailing ex-
penditures and eliminating waste, de-
claring that by such continued atten-
ton would the balanced budget be
realized on June 80. Supplementing
the Presidents plea, Brigadier Gen
eral Lord, director of the budget, call
ed on all government workers to sub
ordinate local, departmental or sec
tional requirements to the greater
good Of the whole people, admonish-
ing the officials that "U. S." means
the United States and not "us."
Declaring it was very significant
and encouraging" that Congress had
lent its cooperation in keeping down
expenses, Mr.. Harding said he desired
to point out that budget figures as
sent to the Senate and House emhOdv
simply "the administration policies
which the President has decided to
recommend" 1t is neither expected
nor desired, he said, that Congress
should relinquish any of its preroga-
tives regarding public funds-preroga-
tives so widely given to the peoples
representatives"
What now confronts u.s." the Pres
ident's message continued, "is the
overcoming OF this estimated deficit
OF s92,000,000 and, If possible, the
closing Of this fiscal year with a
balance on the right side OF the led
ger. / must look to you, therefore.
for continuing efforts to control your
expenditures during the remainder
Of the fiscal year, for in this way you
aid materially. ! know that / can rely
upon you.
Honest work, we'll and faithfully
done, brings it's own recompense in
the consciousness Of duty performed" 4"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
LIQUOR RUNNERS
ARE AGAIN ACTIVE
Jersey Coast Reported Busy
Under Cover of Darkness
and SnOWStorm

Highlands, N. J.-Rum runners of
the New Jersey coast, idle for more
than two weeks, resumed brisk activi-
ties, it was learned. Many small
boats were said to have made several
successful trips, carrying from rs to
$50 cases of liquor to shore on each
run.
First operations in the rum trade
since public attention was focused on
the Jersey coast line were carried out
under cover of darkness, during a
snow storm.
Not all runners were able to elude
the attention of the prohibition en-
forcement marine forces, however.
Two boats came to grief when they
were sighted by vessels of the dry
navy, which chased them close to
shore. The rum runners eluded cap
ture by jettisoning their cargoes of
whisky.
One observer said that from mid
night until almost daybreak the sput-
ter of high-powered motor boats could
be heard off shore. He declared cases
OF liquor were landed and loaded onto
motor trucks with as little secrecy as
month ago. The rum runners were
said to have utilized their two weeks
enforced idleness to make necessary
repairs on their boats.
Rumors that a rival gang of boot
leggers was prepared to hold up ship
ments Of liquor, caused excitement.
1t was said large nuantities Of Io,,or
were removed from trucks and taken
for safe storage to the homes of local
residents interested in the rum trade.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
War On Robbers Cuts Mail Losses.

Washington.-Losses to the govern
ment through mail robbers in major
mail robberies have been materially
reduced by the relentless warfare
waged by the post Office department
They have aggregated only $24,553
for the last nine months compared
with $1,129,36 for the year ended
March 81. Two years ago $3,367, ,47O
was stolen from the mails. There
were no major train holdups or major
mail truck holdups in which the out
laws made their escape with loot in
the last nine months.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Initiation Fatal To Bow stnasn.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-Glenn Kersh. aged
16, son of NJ. G. Kersh, city clerk of
Tuscaloosa. died from psychic effects
OF excitement following an initiation
OF the Sigma Nu fraternity house on
the campus of the University of Ala
bama here, according to a verdict OF
a coroner's jury. The young man
with 16 others was initiated into the
fraternity and a few minutes after
the ceremonies ended he suddenly
died, according to authorities. The
doctor said death was probably due to
a weak heart
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Importation of oruos stoDned

Washington.-All importation of
narcotics into the United States was
ordered summarily stopped by the
customs division of the treasury de-
partment. Alarmed at the seemingly
large quantities Of dope" coming in.
to the country through the various
ports OF the Atlantic and Pacific sea
boards, treasury officials ordered all
importations stopped until the FEEDER.
al narcotic control board determined
just what is "a proper amount" for
medical and legitimate needs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Plague Rases Among Greek REFUGEES

Athens. - With plague rampant
among the thousands of refugees
from Thrace and Asia Minor crowd
ing this city and the port OF Piraeus.
the populace is becoming panic
stricken. The cathedral at Piraeus
is filled day and night by expatriates
who pray pitifully for deliverance
from the plague. Refugees kneeling
at prayer often drop dead from small
pox Meningitis has broken out and
the medical authorities are unable to
cope with it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Mother and Two BOYS Burned.

Altoona, Pa.-Two boys, Vernon
Litzinger IA years old, and his young
er brother Edgar, seven, we're burned
TO death and their mother, Mrs Rose
Bitzinger 36, died later i'm the Al
toona Hospital as the result OF a fire
that destroyed their home. Two
other children, Charles. 10. and May.
six, are lying critically injured in the
local hospital
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
counterfeIt war savInas stamns

Cleveland.-What is believed by Sc.
cret service agents to be an attempt
TO flood the country with counterfeit
war savings stamps was frustrated
here by the arrest Of a man in the act
OF cashing $500 OF these stamps i'm a
downtown bank. This man had cash.
ed $500 Of the same securities pre-
viously, which microscopic examina-
tion by bank officials revealed to be
bogus. When he returned to cash
more he was arrested. Banks I'm
othPr cities have been notified.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
SOLDIER BANDITS
CAUGHT IN WQ0D
Two Corporals Taken by Posse
After Robbing Officer of
Army Payroll
MOST OF LOOT is RECOVERED
$4,000 In Silver Reported Abandoned
In Flight of Highwaymen - Cap
tain and Four Others Gagged
and Bound To Trees.

Newport News. Va.-Corporals John
S. Wode and James S. Harvey OF
Langley Field, identified by Captain
Norman ID. Gotta, chief finance officer
at the field. as the bandits who held
up him and four companions at the
First National Bank of Hampton and
escaped with the army payroll of $43,-
600. were captured by posse about
20 miles from here, the authorities
announced.
According to telephone reports the
men were captured in the woods near
Big Bethel. Most of the money was
recovered, II was added although the
bandits had been forced to abandon
900 in silver.
The captain and the four who ac-
companied him were found nearly five
hours after the holdup. bound. gag
ged and tied to trees near Big Bethel,
beside their badly damaged automo-
bile. Their captors, they said, had
escaped into the woods with the
money. The search was Immediately
begun, even scouting airplanes being
used, and the woods were surrounded
by posses of several hundred men.
with bloodhounds.
The holdup occurred when the fl
nance officer was leaving the bank
with the payroll and stepping into his
automobile to return to Langley
Field According to witnesses, one
of the bandits, who wore an army
overcoat and an army hat, covered
Captain Gotta with two revolvers,
while his companion, similarly clad.
covered the others. All were ordered
into the automobile. which was then
driven at high speed toward Newport
| News
Roy Crockett of Hampton, one OF
the witnesses OF the holdup. said the
entire affair was carried out so meth
odically that he thought an army
guard was merely arresting some
military offenders. The man who COW
cred Captain Gotta, according to
Crockett, said calmly. Keep quiet or
I'll blow your head of"
Although Hampton is but 10 min
utes by automobile from Langley
Field, no alarm was taken by officers
at the absence OF Captain Gotta for
some hours, when city, state and
county officials in this vicinity were
urged to assist in finding them. 1t
was some time later that Captain
Gotta and his men were found. They
were taken Immediately to Langley
Field, where they declared they were
positive in their Identification Of the
| two corporals as the bandits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Century Old Hall DESTROYED in 81,

Lebanon, ~ H-Fire which start
ed in the rear Of the town hall de-
stroyed that structure, damaged the
Hotel Rogers and burned out several
stores in an adjoining wooden build.
Ing in the center Of the town. with
a loss OF s125,0O0. The town hall.
was erected more than 100 years
ago. Hotel guests were able to
leave their rooms before the fire
reached that building.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Girls Heart Moved During Operation

Green Bay, Wis.-Miss Rose Wen
ericke' aged II years, is recovering
from one of the most remarkable op-
erations ever performed in Wisconsin
Surgeons, in attempting to remove a
nail from her lung. moved the girls
heart an inch and a half. The girls
chest was opened and seven ribs tenn
porarily severed The nail, more than
an inch long, with a wide. round head
had been swallowed 13 years ago
lodging in the left lung.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Two Killed In Race Riot.

Blanford Ind.-Tension gripped this
city as the authorities prepared to
prevent further anti-Negro demonstra-
tions Two unidentified men were
killed and two others wounded. in
cluding Sheriff Harry Newland dur
ing a clash between a posse and a
group Of miners. The outbreak came
as climax TO more than a week OF
tension. following an attack on a 12-
year-old white girl. The attack was
followed by a warning to all the Ne
gro miners to leave the country.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Irish Residence DESTROYED bv Cir.

Dublin.-The residence of Sir Hor-
ace Punkett at Fork Rock was de.
stroyed by fire. A band of armed men
raided the house and blew up the
front part before leaving. The coast
guard station at Balbriggan was de.
stroyed by raiders who set off three
powerful land mines. The explosion
shattered the windows Of nearby
houses and the inhabitants fed from
their homes in terror. Telephone and
telegraph wires we're cut before the
mines were exploded.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Driver Upsets Nitro eIyoerine rruot

Arkansas City, Charged with
having been intoxicated and having
driven recklessly a truck loaded with
10 quarts Of nitro glycerine with
which he had started to the Butler
county oil fields. 4 NJ McChargue is
in jail here The truck was upset
just at the city limits and the cans
containing the explosive scattered
over the road. It was estimated there
was enough Of the explosive TO have
destroyed Arkansas City had there
been an explosion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
FIremen caueht In sailed EIevators

New York. A score OF fremen
rushing to fight menacing blaze on
the twenty-seventh floor of the 81.
story Whitehall building at the Bat
terry we're stalled in two of the sky
scraper's elevators and forced to
smash doors to escape Additional
elevators we're pressed into service
and the firemen, attaching their hose
to the stand-pipes, got the blaze under
control after two hours work.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Two coastere klIled; Thrss lnlnr.d

Erie.-Two are dead. one is dying
and two others are in Hamot Hospital
seriously injured as the result Of an
accident in the West Lake road when
a crowd Of coasters, riding a tobog-
gan, were struck by an automobile.
According 10 reports made to Coroner
Cardot the toboggan party was rid
ing in tow OF an automobile driven by
John Willets. The car. forced to turn
out for an approaching machine.
swerved the bobsled to one side. The
automobile crashed into the sled
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
Cotton Bale Brinqs 4,5s5, CPS Marks

Dallas, Tex.-One bale Of American
cotton has been sold at Bremen, Ger
many for 4,595,625 German marks, z.
F. Duggan, cotton broker here, who
made the sale, reported The cottoH
brought 321z cents a pound, which
amounted to $16125 American money
at the current rate of exchange.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
TarantuIa Bite Fatal 10 woman.

Steubenville, O.-The bite OF tar
antula' which lurked in a bunch Of
bananas, was fatal to Mrs. G.. c. VIII.
SON. aged 8S, of Bergholz, according to
information received from that town.
Mrs. Wilson was bitten by the taran.
tula at her confectionery and fruit
store a few days ago The wound
taied to respond to ordinary treat.
mnut
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08

Philadelphia.-James f. Chambers
aged 20. one of the best known news
papermen in eastern Pennsylvania
dropped dead from heart failure
Chambers was formerly editor of the
Philadelphia Record and for the last
20 years had been a member of the
editorial staff Of the Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-02-08
AIleeed Mixinq Of spouses, Asb.s

New York.-Mrs. Alwine p Anhert
aged 80 lost a 10000 damage suit
against the United States Cremation
Company, for the alleged mixing OF
the ashes Of her first two husbands.
The court directed a verdict, holding
Mrs. Anhert had failed to substantiate
her claim that the cremation company
carelessly handled the ashes.