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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
CHOKER OF WOMEN
HAS POLICE GUESSING
Intruder Is Fired On by Sew
eral New Castle Residents
But Escapes

New Castle, Pa.-Just as New Cas-
tie police were expressing the belief
that the demented man apprehended
recently was the author of the numer-
ousous outrages which have terroriz-
ed the citizens of East New Castle
for week, fresh reports of the ac-
tivities of the incendiary, who is al
legged to have set fire to several homes
and frightened women by choking
them and pointing firearms, were re-
ceived.
Margaret Helbley, aged II, is suf-
fering from nervous shock, the result
Of fright caused when an unknown
man entered the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Helbley, 1918
Croton avenue
After the introducer, who is believ-
ed to be the assailant of East Side
women, had followed her mother from
the kitchen to the dining room, he
fled when Mrs. Helbley shouted for
help.
The Helbley family were entertain
ing guests and about o'clock in the
morning Mrs. Helbley went to the
kitchen just as the man entered the
kitchen door.
AS the man stood in the kitchen
door she asked who are you and
what do you want?" AS the man did
not answer, she retreated to the din
ing room and the man followed, and
she screamed for help. The man
then ran to the kitchen door, but
turned in the exit and yelled at her.
Her son responded to his mothers
call and seeing the man passing
through the rear yard called on him
to stop. When the stranger failed to
stop the son fired his revolver with
out hitting the fugitive.
The Helbley home is located near
where Marie CotaIuca was threatened
in North street by man recently.
Mrs. ID. L. Davis, go Winslew ave
nue., fired at a man who stopped near
her home early in the morning. James
Barrett Of 210 Chestnut street fired a
shotgun at man who he claims he
saw near the family garage.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Women to Dominate Business.

New York, N. Y.-All the business
OF the world will be transacted by
women within a century, if the trend
now indicated by census statistics
continues, Mrs. Alice Foote MacDou-
gall, New York feminist, announced
after a period of intense research.
Since 1880, Mrs. MacDougall said she
had discovered the percentage of
women In business increased from t4.7
to 70 per cent, while the percentage
OF men gain fully occupied dropped
hye-tenths per cent. Il cont pretend
to predict what the men will do" she
said. Someone has to do the house
Keeping. / suppose, and If the women
are otherwise engaged, the men will
have to do IT,"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Get $4,000 In Loot.

New York, N. Y.-The crash of
chair through a second-story window
Of Louis Edison's jewelry warerooms
was accompanied by cries of Help!
Firei" Edison, his daughter and
three diamond buyers were found
trussed in chairs with ropes, Justify
yelling. The five had been robbed Of
$4,000 in jewels by two revolvered
young men, who entered unseen
while the quintet haggled over the
value of a diamond stud.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Landslide Kills Two.

Golfers, w Va.-Two employees of
the West Virginia and Pittsburgh
Coal Company were killed here when
a steam shovel they were operating
at the entrance OF the mine was bur
led in a landslide. Eugene Murphy
aged IS, and Frederick Cooper. aged
IS, both of Golfers, were killed. It
is believed that the heavy rains
caused the hillside to give way. 1t
took crews more than four hours to
rescue the bodies.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Victory Medals Go Unclaimed

washington, ID. G. .- The war de.
partment has discovered a new sur.
plus property account which II is bav.
ing trouble clearing up in it's postwar
activities. 1t has on hand 2.119 900
Victory Medals, for which no claim.
ants have appeared. The medals were
authorized by Congress to be issued
to every man who participated as an
American soldier in the World war.
Up to date 1,223.OOO of these decora.
tions have been given out, and war
department officials are wondering
how many years It will take to clear
the Victory Medal account if It took
nearly five years to dispose of about
one-third of the decorations
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Lloyd George Approves United
States Method With Alien
Liquor Ships
CREDIT FOR STAND TAKEN
Former Premier Congratulates ThlA
Government In Its Effort to En-
force Prohlbltion-He Advo-
Gates a Fair Trial.

London, Observation-Disclosures Q
large congregation in the Welsh Bap.
tist Chapel here, former Premier Da-
vid Lloyd George made some interest.
ing observations regarding the pro.
hibition situation in the United States.
1T is not merely that America
seems to be we'll within her rights,
but l think we ought to extend GER
tain measure of sympathy to her in
her difficulties. 1t is not a question
whether we are or are not prohibit
tionists. But America is making a
very bold experiment to deal with
probably the greatest curse of mod
ern civilization. She has tried many
experiments, but they have been only
comparative successes.
She has made the decision with the
courage that characterizes that great
people to try the prohibition expert
ment-one that has never been made
on this earth before. Let us give
her fair chance. Let us be quite
frank. One of Americas greatest diff.
hculties has been the liquor which
has been pouring in by surreptitious
means from Europe.
1T is all very we'll for us to say
that all this liquor is merely for our
own sailors aboard ship. / don't say
this with regard to any particular
ship. 1t may not be so, but speaking
generally, there is no doubt fortunes
have been made by smuggling liquor
into the United States in defiance OF
law which was passed by a greater
majority than almost any other great
law in any country.
Give it a fair trial / don't say
the experiment will succeed. 1t ia
just possible that America may have
to modify it. They are a people of
more than 1O0,OOOOOO, highly educat.
ed and progressive. Therefore IT is
in the interest of civilization that
they be allowed full time to test this
effort to solve a problem which ia
just as much ours as theirsp
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Aiding Culture of plants

Yonkers, N. Y-Colonel William
Boyce Thompson is building on a
nine-acre plot near his home here a
100000 plant research institute, to
be devoted solely to plant culture and
scientific inquiry, which will be the
only institute of its kind in the world.
Dr. William Crocker, director, tod
today of the plans to make seeds and
normal plants grow under powerful
electric rays. Seeds found in the
tomb of King Tut will be tested for
growth under special conditions.
which Dr. Crocker hopes and be.
lieves may result in germination.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Curzon Gives Views.

London, Eng. - The British-Ameri-
can dispute over enforcement of pro-
hibition on the seas has been thrown
into the field Of open diplomacy, after
extensive secret negotiations. Lord
Curzon, secretary of state for foreign
affairs, announced in the house of
lords that friendly discussion" with
the United States over the question
had been in progress for about one
year. Curzon, in response to an in
terrogation, stated there is no
chance of our agreeing under any cir
cumstances whatever, to the Ameri-
can proposal for a 12-mile limit to re-
place the three-mile limit"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
orphanaae coIIapsea; 80 Die.

Calcutta, India. - Thirty-nine Mo
hammedan boy orphans were killed
in the collapse of a section of the
orphanage building in the heart OF
Calcutta. Thirty-three injured were
sent to the hospital and % others
were slightly injured. Two hundred
and twenty-nine inmates from 3 to 18
years Of age were asleep in the dor
mitories when the building, which
recently had a second story superim-
posed, collapsed, burying about 100 OF
the children in the debris.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

New York, ~ Y.-An analysis OF
existing free-speech iaws and clear
public statement Of the limits OF civil
liberties constitutionally guaranteed
to American citizens will be made by
the National Civic Federation. Alton
B. Parker head of the federation. an.
nounced today. A committee made
national in scope, he said, will attempt
to clarity popular understanding on
the subject to prevent unwarranted
strictness on the part OF the authori.
ties and unwarranted complaints from
the public.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Eseaned convIots cantnr.d

New Castle, Pa. - Claire Jameson
and Arthur Price, who escaped from
the Rockyiew penitentiary, Center
county June 10. were captured here
by officers Thomas Lynch and u. s..
Harper Of the city police force. They
were found In the abandoned building
Of the Shenango Pottery Company.
Jameson was convicted in Lawrence
county for robbery while Price was
committed from Philadelphia coSnty
for attempted robbery. They were
returned to the penitentiary
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
After Oil SYndicates

Washington, d. C.-Fraud orders
were issued by Postmaster General
New against the Shallcross Five Hun.
dred Per Cent Syndicate and the
Smackover Five Hundred Per Cent
Syndicate, oil companies, at Fort
Worth, Tex, and El Dorado, Ark. ana
against 5. Shallcross, S. Shallcross.
trustee and S. Shallcross, bonded
trustee The order charges that the
syndicate promised 500 per cent divi.
dends at 100 per cent monthly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Taxes Poison 70 soaro ri...

Steubenyille, OF said took
poison just to frighten my sweet
heart Miss Margaret Hartman told
doctors and nurses at the Ohio VALLEY
Hospital after they had worked on her
in the belief that she had swallowed
several bichloride of mercury tablets
She explained that she had quarreied
with her fiance and wanted him to
come back to her quickly. She
dressed herself and told the nurses
and doctors she was sorry for tho
work she had caused them. Her
lance met her at the front door
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
"Union Bar" Sign Fails.

East Liverpool, O.-When Chief OF
Police Hugh j. McDormott OF East
Liverpool Sheriff Conner Lewis of
Lisbon and County Detective william
o Coulter OF Beaver Falls, and a
squad Of p deputies raided "HelPs
Half Acre" a wooded resort for boot
leggers and gamblers. near the Ohio
pennsylvania line, east of here, they
found this sign posted on tree
Union Bar" But 1t male no differ
ence to the police, they arrested eight
men, three for illegally possessing IL
NOR and Eve for drunkenness.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Railroads Grant waoe Rais.s

Chicago, Ill - Clerical and station
employees and common laborers in and
around station, store houses and
warehouses, will be granted wage in
creases effective July 1, 1923, c. l..
Bardo, general manager Of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road and the Central New England
Railway Company advised the United
States Railroad Labor Board. The
clerical forces were granted an in
crease of three cents an hour; the
station employees an increase OF two
cents an hour. Common laborers
we're granted a fat 40 cents an hour
wage scale. The increase will affect
about 6,1OO employees.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Beer Not Medicine

New York, N. Y-Beer is not medi.
cine, according to the treasury de-
partment. At least it isn't on board
foreign vessels and cannot be carried
as part Of their medicine supplies, DR..
T. X. Sprague, senior medical officer
Of the United States Public Health
Service, has been instructed from
Washington. DR.. Sprague, who deter
mines the amount OF medicinal liquor
needed on foreign ships, declared he
would follow instructions implicitly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
To Flood EAST With eranss.

New York, N. Y.-The Eighteenth
Amendment and the Volstead act will
be the cause of record-breaking ship
ments OF grapes from the far west
this year according to railroad esti
mates At the same time. railroad
men announced that preparations had
been completed TO handle the largest
grape movement in the history OF Cal
ifornia. Many of the grapes that have
heretofore been made in raisins will
this year be moved to the east for use
in the manufacture of homemade
wine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Steamer Wrecked on Reef.

Halifax, Novia Scotia.-Passengers
aboard the Royal Mail steamship Car
aquet which went aground on a reef
IL miles north of Bermuda, have been
taken off the ship by tugs, It was an
nounced at the company's Offices to-
night. Mail was also removed and
no casualties we're reported Several
holds Of the ship we're reported filed
with water and prospects Of salvag-
ing her were considered poor. Details
OF the accident have not been re-
ceived. but IT is known that the Cara
quet stranded in thick mist.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
DRY" LEADERS
TO FIGHT ''WETS"
Anti Saloon League Gathers In
Convention and Lays Plans
. For Future Activities
SEEK LAWMAKER CONTROL
Prohibition Leaders Convene and
Decide to ForestalI Every Move
ment Made by the "Wets" In
Future Political Campaigns.

Westerville, O.-The Nations dry"
leaders today made plans to meet the
inevitable onslaught of the vets"
Steps to dry pack" every state
Legislature to prevent it following
New York in repeating it's enforce
ment code were taken by high Off
cials of the Anti-Saloon League Of
America.
Forty state superintendents and 10
other officers sat in war council and
outlined the first Nationwide cam
paign to curb back tracking" on pro-
hibition.
The new fight will seek to:
1.-Readopt a strict enforcement
code in New York and combat repeal
er proposals in other states by pack
ing the Legislatures with depend
able drys."
make certain at least 80 per
cent congressional district in the
country before the next election.
3.-Prevent the inclusion of a wine
and beer plank in the next Demo-
cratic National platform.
THE onslaught OF the vets is now
inevitable" Baker asserted. I'VE are
confident that Mr.. Harding, who in ali
probability will run again, will remain
dry.
Many more state legislatures would
have attempted to repeal their state
enforcement codes If they had been
in session after the backward STEP
pers' success in New York We know
a real fight confronts us when the
legislatures meet again this winter.
I'VE are prepared to match their
strength, dollar for dollar, and not let
up until the opposition is effectually
whipped"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
One Killed Einht lni,,r..l

Scranton, Pa.-One man was killed
and eight injured, one perhaps fatally.
when the Central Railroad of New
Jersey flyer jumped the track and the
engine tender and baggage car
plunged into the Lackawanna river in
South Scranton. James Hennigan.
one OF the parry on the engine tender.
was pinned under the tender and
Killed. The others on the tender
miraculously escaped with minor cuts
and bruises James Burke. the engi-
neer' is in q critical condition in tho
state Hospital
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Army Not for That PURPOSE.

Washington. d. C.-Flat opposition
to any project for using the army to
aid in prohibition enforcement work
was voiced by Secretary Weeks.
speaking at the graduation exercises
at the Army War College "T can.
not believe" he said, chat persons
who advocate unusual employment
for the army, such as enforcement of
prohibition, have given serioue
thought TO the possible consequences
Of such a practice"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Exhumed eody shows PoIson-

Chicago. I'll. - Disclosure Of poison
in the body Of Matuesz Sieniantkow-
ski, aged 40, who died May 4 after
long illness, led Coroner Oscar 3.
Wolfe TO order a warrant for the ar.
rest of his widow, now Mrs. Carl
Tucholski, aged 40, on a charge Of
murder The body was exhumed aft
er three sons told Of their suspicious
that their father had been poisoned.
Mrs. Tucholski married again a few
days after the death Of her first hus-
hand
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
Murderer Sentenced.

Greensburg, Pa.-John Zassick, 30
years old of Marguerite, convicted Of
murder in the second degree for the
shooting and killing Of Mike Cerney,
81 years old, last October 16, was SEN
fenced by Judge Charles d. Copeland
to an indeterminate term in the West
ern penitentiary Of seven to twelve
years. Zassick shot Cerney at a
christening.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
UnoIe soId Her, Woman go.

Valparaiso, Ind.-Aheging that her
husband, James G. Baker So years
old, purchased her for S6,5OO when he
married her three years ago in Ken
tucky, Mrs. Sarah e. Baker. "a years
old, filed suit for divorce here. Mrs.
Baker, an orphaned girl declared she
was living with an uncle when the
marriage took place and was forced
by the latter under threats Of death to
marry the aged defendant
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Fairmont-Colonel Clarence W. Wat.
son, who has completed tour of the
Consolidation Coal company property
In the southern part of the state, has
announced the company, of which he
is president, has arranged TO spend
$5,0OO,OOO in enlarging its plants at
CoalwOod, Caretta and Richlands.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Charleston - Samuel Stern, presi-
dent OF the Federal Chemical company,
Nitro, announced that the company
has sold Its entire product OF alcohol
for a year TO Cramer and company,
New York. The sale was made on a
cost plus 10 per cent basis through
the Wellman Chemical company, New
York.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Williamson - Writ Hatfield was
elected mayor of Williamson. Com
missioners chosen are Mayor Farrar.
who ran 479 votes behind Hatfield;
NJ. u. White and Pearl Scott. Under
the Williamson form of government,
the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes Is designated mayor.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Charleston - Monroe Dotson,
sailor in the navy, pleaded guilty in
the federal court to the charge of
robbing the post office at Thacker
some time ago. He was charged with
stealing about $1,000 but he pleaded
guilty to taking only about $500. He
was sentenced to the Wisconsin state
reformatory at Greenbay, Wis.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Wheeling-Action of the state OF
New York In repeating the state pro-
hibition enforcement act and the
shameful lowering of bootlegging
liquor ships off our coasts" were con-
demned by the delegates attending
the biennial convention OF the West
Virginia Sunday School Council of Re-
ligious Education, in final session
here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Huntington-Ju Homer Melrose
issued a warning 10 youthful swim
mers 10 wear clothing when they go
near the water. Two pairs Of lads
were sent from his court with a warn
ing when they wore only smiles while
bathing.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

CharlestOn-More dealers than Gus
toners have been cheaetd by defective
scales, according to reports received
from Huntington by G. f. Daugherty,
state commissioner of weights and
measures. The reports of inspectors
have not yet been fully tabulated, he
said, but it has been noticed that an
actual majority Of scales condemned
as defective in Huntington during the
present period OF inspection have been
found to be giving overweight rather
than under-weight.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Faimont - w. c. Holmes Of Fort
Haven, n. j., dropped dead here hav-
ing been overcome by the heat lie
was here as a travelling representative
OF an eastern concern. He had com
planned Of the intense heat and a few
seconds later fell over unconscious
and could not be revived.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Martinsburg-A justice of the peace
fined William r. Brightwell of Fred
erick, Md. $4,000 and sentenced him
to serve II months in Jail on charges
growing out of the killing of Z
year-old Kenneth Kneisley here. The
boy was run down by Brightwelrs
automobile. Brightwell waived at pre-
liminary hearing on a murder charge.
which will be brought to the attention
Of the October grand jury.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Wheeling hundred delegates
were here for the annual convention
of the State Sunday School associa-
ton. In the absence of President ].
d. Steele of Charleston, who was de-
layed owing to missing train, cornec-
tions, DIR. E. B. Purinton former presi-
dent of the State university, presided
over the opening session. 1t lasted
three days.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05
N E w S
CULLINGS
FROM
WEST VIRGINIA

Morgantown-A memorial tablet to
the late Senator John Prentlss Doliver
Is the latest to be donated to the uni
versity. Senator Dolliver, a native of
Preston county, was a member OF the
class of 1875.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Bluefeld - FOrty-five thousand
pounds of dynamite were used in one
gigantic blast tonched off in a lime
stone quarry at Pounding Mill, Va,
forty miles west Of this city. More
than 100000 yards of material was
blown into the quarry pit, the entire
mass having been lifted fully 100
feet from the quarry face. Within 20
seconds over $27 900 went up in
smoke. 1t was the biggest blast ever
fred in this section and not the slight
est accident resulted.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Charleston-Charles stood second
among the cities of West Virginia in
the number of income tax returns filed
for the year 1921 according to data
complied from the income tax files
at Washington. There were 6,228 re-
turns filed from Charleston for that
year while Wheeling topped the list
with 1875. Huntington was third on
the list with 5,75S.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Clarks6urg Frank Greer Of Wheel
Ing, was elected temporary chairman
0f the state convention OF brlcklaycrs.
plasterers and masOns, which conven-
ed to organize n state union. w. II.
Richards Of Clarksburg, was named
secretary.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Charleston - The distribution and
selling OF moonshlne whiskey, in West
Virginia, while classed as only mis-
demeanor, is considered by Superln-
tendent Jackson Arnold to be a worse
Onense than operating a still. That
Is the reason ne has instructed the
troopers on road patrol work to pay
special attention TO probable rum run
ners and the Justices Of Peace in
many Of the counties have pledged
their cooperation I'm striking hard at
this branch Of the traffic.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Huntington - Spontaneous combus-
tion Of charcoal stored in a shed
OF the Harry S. Stout charcoal plant
caused a fire whicoh ragged for sew
eral hours and caused damage ap-
proximately $1,5OO.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-05

Charleston-Under the will OF Betty
j. Lewis, filed with the county clerk
for probate, the five children and II
grandchildren are benefciaries. The
estate Is to be placed in trust for 10
years, with the Kanawha Banking
and Trust company as executor.