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Evening star., 1923-04-15
1924 PARTY WOES
BESET PRESIDENT
Troubles Started by Daugh-
erty ForeshadoW Greater
Strife to Come.
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

President Hard.ng's political trou-
bles, which were patiently awaiting
his return from Florida vacation, lost
no time in leaping full upon him. 1t
was not until he got back to the
White House once more to take up
the burdens of his office, that Mr..
Harding realized the political posi-
tion into which he has been ma
reuvered by combination of cir
cumstanccs over which he at least
feels he has no control.
In Florida the President smiled
compIacently when he read the inter-
view given out by Attorney General
Daugherty, virtually placing him in
the field as an aspirant for a second
nomination and a second term. But
here in Washington the Presidents
hot resentment of the comments made
upon the Daugherty announcement,
and the inference drawn from 1t, has
fared forth on more than one occa-
sion.
Political Deluge Breaks.
The President has found that with
only a little more than one-half OF his
term gone a political deluge has
as he may to do his full duty as
President of all the people, already he
is being Judged in the light of a
politician seeking further tenure of
the high Office he holds. It Is GER
tain that Attorney General Daugherty
did not reckon the full force and
effect Of all that he said that ,beauti-
full Saturday afternoon among the
palm trees of Miami Beach. He
thought merely to squelch a few little
presidential boomlets that were
springing up here and there and
threatening to become troublesome in
time. He did not realize the extent
to which he was robbing Mr. Harding
of his presidential seclusion and pro-
jecting him once more full upon the
screen Of national politics.
Mr.. Harding today, however, real
ICES the latter phase to the full, and
he frankly has stated that If he is
to be regarded as playing politics in
all that he may say or do during the
next year he will stay strictly at
home in the White House, say as lit
tie as possible and fight it out with
Laddie Boy" The President hopes
that frankness and a demonstration
of his determination not to play poll
tics at this time in any of his official
acts or views may ameliorate the po-
sition in which he finds himself. He
is like a swimer breasting an ad-
verse current, fighting the ebb tide
when he expected the food.
Some standbys Desert.
Deeply as he resents the attempt
to strip him of his presidential robes
and stand him forth nakedly as a
candidate for reelection. Mr.. Harding
has discovered in the last forty ight
hours that this is by no means the
fullness of his political cup. He has
found that his advocacy of America S
entrance into the international court
organized by the league of nations
has touched the wellspring cf added
opposition within his party, and
whereas a few weeks ago he could
count as antagonists only those pro-
gressives, or radicals, if you will, who
felt that Mr.. Harding was perhaps
too much 70 the stand-pat type, he
is being opposed today by elements Of
the party upon which he has had 10
count for his surest support in the
past.
The seriousness of the situation
which confroats the President is
Evening star., 1923-04-15
STIRRING SCENES
EXPECTED BY D.A. R.
Congress Opens Tomorrow
With $500 Attendance
From Over Nation.

At the clarion summons OF Il Marine
bugler more than $500 members of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution Will assemble in Memorial
Continental Hall at 1890 o'clock to-
morrow morning and convene their
thirty-second continental congress
When Mrs. George Maynard Minor,
the president general, bangs down
her gavel moment later it will
mark the Official opening OF what
promises to be the most exciting
convention in the history of that
blue blooded society.
Before the congress is adjourned
next Saturday it will have been
called upon to decide not only ques-
tions of high moment to the future
progress of the society, but it will
have selected an entire set of new
national officers, including a presi
dent general. seven vice president
dent generals and nine other officers
Immediately subordinate to the
reigning head of the organization.
Excitement of Session.
.SelQOm mas q convention charged
with the important task of selecting
a President of the United States open
ed under more exciting and uncertain
| circumstances than this convention
in whose keeping rests what Is widely
considered to be the highest gift in
| the hands Of American Womanhood-
! the presidency general of probably
the most noted association of women
| on this continent.
This morning the presidency gener-
al of the Daughters of the American
Revolution almost seems within the
grasp of any member of the society
| who chooses to run for 1t, according
| to members who have been watching
| the campaign. Only three candidates
| have announced themselves openly
| thus far. They are Mrs. G. Wallace w.
Hanger of this city, Mrs. Anthony
| Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania, and
Mrs. William Cumming Story of New
Evening star., 1923-04-15
WEATHER.

Rain or sleet today: tomorrow
cloudy; no change in temperature.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ended at 10 pm. last night: Highest,
A: lowest, 32.6.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1923-04-15

The Stars carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition 10
delivered to Washington homes an fast
as the papers are printed
Evening star., 1923-04-15

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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
CONvICTS WALK
STREETS DAILY
Court Told Men Sentenced to
Institution Allowed Many
Undue Liberties
WILL BE SENT ELSEWHERE
Investigation BY the Department of
Justice Reveals State of Affairs
Which Causes the Court
To Take Action.

Wheeling, w. Va. - Federal Judge
w. e. Baker ordered all federal pris-
oners removed from the Ohio county
jail on information that those confin-
ed there have been permitted undue
liberty
AT the request of District Attorney
Brown the court issued a special or
der directing that all persons SEN
fenced in the United States district
court hereafter be sent to some other
jail than that of Ohio county.
II. II. Stroud, special agent for the
department of Justice, who has been
engaged here for that last two weeks
in presenting evidence to a special
federal grand jury, which is expected
to result in wholesale indictments of
Wheeling bootleggers, declared that
an investigation had shown that
prisoners in the local Jail are given
their freedom daily and permitted to
exercise any liberties they care to on
the streets of Wheeling"
The report of the special federal
grand jury which will be made in a
few days is expected to involve at
least one prominent Ohio county of
fetal, a score or more of local citi.
zens, two Bridgeport, O., policemen
and two state policemen, formerly
stationed at Triadelphia, near the
Pennsylvania state line
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Aoed Murderer Gets 20 Years.

Pittsburgh, Pa-Albert Cannoup, 67
years old, of Wall, who pleaded
guilty to murder of his wife, Carrie
Cannoup, last Christmas Day, was
sentenced to not less than 10 years
and 6 months nor more than 20 years
in the Western Penitentiary in Grim
inal Court. Visiting Judge Henry c.
Quigley, who heard the testimony in
the case, fixed the crime as second
degree murder. There were no eye.
witnesses to the crime, all the Com
monwealth's evidence being circum.
stantial. 1t showed that Mrs. Can
noup had died from a broken neck
and fractured skull, and had been
bruta!ly beaten before death.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
U. S. COURT FREES 29
IN RUM PLOT TRIAL
Judge Stops Trial of Mcconnell
and 0therS-Not Sufficient
Evidence Produced

Philadelphia, Pa. - William C. Nc
Connell, former federal prohibition
director for Pennsylv ania and 2S CO.
defendants were ordered freed by
Judge ]. Whitaker Thompson in the
United States District Court.
They were charged with conspiracy
in the issuance of alleged fraudulent
liquor permits.
The government submitted the bill
of indictment when it could not COM
ply with the demand of the court to
prove general conspiracy other than
on the evidence already given.
The end of the case, which origin
ally involved AZ men, and resulted in
a mistrial once, because of alleged
jury tampering came with dramatic
suddenness after nearly an all-day
discussion on what constitutes a gen.
eral conspiracy.
Early in the day Judge Thompson
interrupted the presentation of testi-
mony to inform the government, that
unless it produced evidence to show
a general conspiracy, he would not
let the trial go any further He want
ed the government to present evidence
sufficient for the jury to decide wheth-
er each defendant knew that the
other defendants were committing
the illegal acts alleged by the govern
ment
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Supreme Court Affirms Right to
Collect for Personal Proper
ty Outside of State
JUDGE FRAZIER DISSENTS
Inheritance Tax Must Be Paid To
State On Fund Of 100000 for
Park Purposes Left To
the City of Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia, Pa. - The State Su
preme Court affirmed the Allegheny
County Orphans Court in the matter
OF the Frick estate. except that part
OF the decree relating to the refusal
to allow the usual inheritance tax to
the state on fund OF $2,OOOOOO left
by Mr.. Frick to maintain the Frick
woods ,bequeathed to the City of
Pittsburgh as a public park, which
the Supreme Court reversed A dis
senting opinion was filed by Justice
Frazier
The opinion of Justice Simpson af-
firms the right Of the state to collect
an inheritance tax on the value of
tangible personal property of de-
cedent which, at his death, was To-
Gated without the commonwealth.
This property consisted OF the Frick
art collection in New York. valued at
S13,210,209.75, and also included prop
erty valued at $325,53425 in Massa.
chusetts
Reciting the tax collections from
the estate, Justice Simpson stated
that the executors paid to the United
States federal estate tax of S6.33S.-
S9S; to various states and the Provi-
dence of Quebec, S1,OS4,45942, being
inheritance taxes chargeable under
their laws; to the state of New York.
S131,OOO, and to the state of Pennsyl-
vania, $1,978,949.71, the inheritance
tax which the estate admitted to be
due.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
one Person out Of Elye Attend.

New York, N. Y-An average OF al
most one out Of every five persons in
the United States attends motion pic
ture plays daily. according to a par
tial summing up of the governments
contention in The suit being present.
ed against the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation by w. H. Fuller. chief
counsel for the Trade Commission. in
a statement issued Mr.. Fulier's
statement also brought out that there
care approximately 14,OOO motion PIC
ture theaters in the country with "a
total seating capacity OF more than
10OOO,OOO and daily attendance CT
100000 to 2O.OOO,COO."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Arrest Unlawful Without Warrant.

Harrisburg, Pa-In a decision or
dering return Of seized liquor to Pa
va Kekic, a Steelton man, arrested
last October under the Woner act on
a charge OF operating a still, Judge
John +. Fox, Of tke Dauphin County
Court, ruled houses may not be
searched, liquor seized or persons
arrested without warrants. Attaches
OF the attorney generals Office were
studying the decision, with a view to
asceTtaining its effect upon the new
eaforcemsnt act.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Don't Like paxIlaht sauinn-

Monessen, Thousands of steel
workers in the Monongahela valley
towns of Monessen, Charleroi, Belle.
vernon, Allenport and other places,
after "a hours operation under day.
light saving time are back at work
on Eastern standard time. Monesseu
borough authorities did not adopt
daylight saving time this year. Shifts
were arranged for the advanced time.
however, at the plants Of the Pitts.
burgh Steel Company, Page Steel
and Wire Company. After one full
day of Che new schedule notices were
posted that the plants would go back
to standard time The PITTSBURGH
Steel Products Company did not
change over to daylight saving time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
PASTOR PRAISES KLAN
AND INSTIGATES RIOT
Entire Police Force Called Out
To Combat Menacing Mob
Of Directors

New Brunswick n. ]. - Four hun
dred Holy Rollers" were imprisoned
on the upper floor of their Pillar OF
Fire Church at Bound Brook, near
here, while the local police force with
drawn guns held at bay menacing
mob which gathered after a riot
which occurred while a meeting was
in progress.
The Holy Rollers" men and wom-
en-, locked themselves in the second
story when a crowd estimated at 500
non-members precipitated the riot by
stopping the services when some of
them took exceptions to a remark
made by church speaker lauding the
Ku Klux Klan.
Three of the non-members were
badly beaten and numerous combat
ants on both sides were less serious
ly hurt in the melee in which stones,
chairs and sticks were hurled. The
women church members fought at the
side Of their men until police arrived
and the angry citizens went outside.
Two members of the church, Elias
Horner and Lawrence Winter we're
Will ululCulJy NY pOllCc anu
Immediately arraigned and held for
the grand jury on charges of assault
and battery. The courtroom was
crowded when they appeared and a
mob followed them to the Jail.
Fearing that the local Jail would
not withstand the assault of a mob
the police spirited their two prisoners
in automobiles to Somerville.
Lord CarnaVon Buried in England.
Newbury, England.-In a grave dug
in the chalk atop Beacon Hill, the
scene of his childhood's games and
overlooking mis- old home, Highclere
castle. the body of the Earl of Car.
narvon was laid at rest. The cere-
mony was private, only members OF
the family being present. Simuitane-
ously a memorial service was held in
st. Margaret's Church, Westminster :
at which many who mad been close
friends of Lord Carnarvon and mem
bers of Students of Egyptology were
present to pay tribute to the memory
of the discoverer of Tut-ankh-amen' g
tomb.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Moonshiners "Mopped Un.D

Charleston, w. Va.-Sergeant Tay.
lor and Troopers Watts, Hatfield, Tur-
ner. Hawkes. and Streagle, state DO
lice accompanied by four Federal pro-
hibition officers and a Lincoln justice
of the peace, 'mopped up on moon
sinners in Logan and Lincoln coun-
ties, Captain Brockus reported to Su-
perintendent Arnold of the state DO
lice. The raiders captured and de-
stroyed 1,6OO gallons of corn mash, a
$50 gallon mash vat and barrels. %
gallons of whiskey, much still para
phernalia, and arrested three men on
charges of violating the prohibition
law.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
OPERATORS ASK
PUBLIC REPORT
Corporations Attorneys Want
Information About Miners
Funds and Disposal
DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION
Claim is Made BY Operators That
"Cheekoff" System Collections
Are Used for Strike Defense
or Other illegal Purposes.

New York, n. Y = sserting that
the United Mine Workers of America
compel the coal operators to serve as
tax collectors through the "check-off"
system, counsel for the bituminous
operators special committee made
public a letter demanding that the
United States Coal Commission inves-
tigate the uses made of the 5000, 900
annual war chest of the mine unions
and that the commission abolish or
regulate the system.
Col. Henry L. Stimson and Gold
thwaite Dorr, counsel for the opera
tors. in their letter to the Federal
Fact-Finding Commission allege that
the union funds raised through the
medium OF the "check-off" constitute
the commissariat of a tightening labor
monopoly.
1t also is charged that crime, in the
interest of extending the unions pow
er is encouraged by the knowledge
that unlimited funds are available for
the defense OF indicted offenders
against the law
Citing the $S75,OOO special assess
ment in Illinois for the defense OF the
men indicted after the Herrin MUIR
ders, Colonel Stimson and Mr.. Dorr
quote the following statement of
union officials at the time the assess
ment was discontinued:
The acquittal of our members is
without parallel in the labor circles
OF the country and perhaps in any
other country and tO know that THAR
defense was financed and made
strictly by the Illinois mine workers
without their calling for outside help
bespeaks volumes of praise for the
loyalty of our members and the power
and efficiency of your district organ
ization."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Girls, Hike Enda in weddinns.

New York, n WHEN the Miss
Hannah and Miss Margaret O'SulH.
van left their home at Roselie Park,
N. j., on a hike to the Pacific coast
last August they didn't dream they'd
walk up to the altar Word has been
received By their parents that they
were both married at San Fernando,
Cal. Hannah became Mrs. Martin
Johnson and Margaret Mrs william
Boyles. The couples expect to live
in Hollywood. The girls met the young
men during the hiking trip last sum-
mer. Both young women are in their
early twenhes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
30 40 Years: tleara Radlo.

Du Bois. Pa.-Rye Richards Of this
place, aged about As, deaf since in
fancy. was able to hear the musical
programs from the Pittsburgh. New
ark and Schenectady radio stations a
few nights ago when he placed the re-
ceivers to his head The radio was
turned in on second stage OF amplifca-.
tion and Mr.. Richards face showe1
great JOY as he listened to the ~,
cal program, the first sounds ~ Y
heard I'm 40 years. He indicg gI,r./ 7
his fingers the rise and falkt~f/ II
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
France Replies To Germany.

Paris, France.-The French reply
to the German reparations offer is
short, terse document. 1t is an un-
equivocal refusal of Chancellor
Cuno's proposals. 1t can be asserted
that the note in no way takes the
form of a counter proposition. Pre-
mier Poincare, NJ. de Lasteyrie, NJ. LIE
Trocquer, M. Rebel and NJ Barthou
collaborated in drawing up the reply
All agreed that by setting forth a
reparation plan France would only
fall into a time-worn German trap,
whereby Germany, they believe, was
seeking to induce her opponents to
make concessions, without giving any
promise herself.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
sIeepwaIker Foraets Name.

New York, N. Y. - Patrolman Mi
chael Maloney met sleep-walking
woman clad in a white nightgown,
and when he touched her elbow she
awoke with scream, and became so
hysterical that she could not give her
name or address. Maloney took Off
his coat and wrapped it around her,
hailed a taxi and took her to a hos
pital. Later John Andrews identified
her as his wife and took her home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Much Damage by Storm.

Boston, Mass.-A storm which for
Is hours ravaged the New England
coast took a toll Of nine lives and
wrecked at least seven vessels. Seven
members of the crew OF the Boston
steam collier Seaconnet were lost
when that vessel foundered a mile
from the Vineyard Sound lightship.
Twenty-Five other persons aboard. in.
cluding the wife Of the wireless oper.
ator' reached the lightghip IN life
boats.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Eavors Oversee Grave Decoration,

Indianapolis, Ind.-President Hard
ing sent $50 to the American Legion
national headquarters here as his
contribution to the permanent en-
dowment fund being raised by the le-
gion to provide for the annual decora-
tion OF graves of $4,000 World war
dead in Europe each Memorial Day
"The American Legion graves endow-
ment fund has my heartiest support"
declared the President in a letter ac-
companying the check. "It is a ma
tional duty to assist the legion in rails
ing this endowment The World war
veterans, whose bodies still lie over
seas, died with the hope that their
gift to fTeedom-the gift of their lives
would suffice to save their brothers
and children in making like sacri-
fees"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
seottdale Has 100000 Elro

Scottdale, Pa. - Plant a. of the
United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry Company, here, was almost
destroyed by fire. Practically 1000
men are thrown out of work tempor.
arily. The loss is estimated at $780,
600. The watchman who was on
duty said that two barrels Of kerosene
were stored in one end of the build
ing which he discovered burning. A
minute or two later the barrels ex-
ploded, scattering the burning fluid
over the entire interior OF the plant.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Wanted Home, Sweet Homey Sinners

New York, N. Y Park Commits.
sioner John N. Haaman of Brooklyn
has begun a search for the 1000 chill
dren," who in 1873 sang Home.
Sweet Home" at the exercises dedicat.
ing the John Howard Payne memorial
IN Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Commits
sioner Haaman wants these Chill
dren," most of whom must now be
about 60 years old, to be the guests
Of honor at the celebration which is
scheduled for Sunday, May 6, in honor
of the one hundredth anniversary of
the first public singing of Payne's ia.
nous song, Home, Sweet Home"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Stop Bernhardt's Bier Picture.

Paris, France.-Copies Of a drawing
by a Partisan artist depicting Sarah
Bernhardt as she lay on her death bed
almost buried in the mass of floral of
ferings, has been ordered sequestrat-
ed by the courts pending trial of a
suit filed by Maurice Bernhardt
against the publisher of the picture,
lie Captain Maurice contends that
as the son OF the tragedienne he alone
has the right to authorize publication
OF such a picture.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Mate Lynched; Wife Rewarded.

Cleveland, Ohio. - Mrs. George X.
Tanner will receive $2,5OO from Cuya-
hoga county in settlement of a suit for
$4,000 for the "lynching" Of her hus.
band in a payroll holdup more than
two years ago. Tanner and his bust.
ness partner, w. G. Sly. were shot to
death when resisting a payroll rob-
berry. An Ohio law makes the county
in which a lynching takes place re-
sponsible to the relatives in the sum
Of $4,000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Heavy Freiuht Traffic.

Washington, D. C.-All seasonal
records in traffic volume continue to
be smashed by railroads. the car
service division Of the American Rail
way Association reporting that dur
ing the week ending April 2f the car
riers actually loaded 957.743 cars with
revenue freight This was 251 sos
cars greater than the number loaded
during the corresponding week Of
1922 and 25311f cars more than dur
ing the same week Of 1921 I'm spite
OF the tremendous traffic. car short.
age has decreased and ON April D.
the roads we're only 1920 cars short
of having enough to fiji shippers de-
mands
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
husband Dies From Fright.

Bull, Mimi Carl Nelson, believing
that his wife had poisoned herself az
ter a quarrel died Of fright. Mrs.
Nelson emptied bottle Of poison I'm
a sink, after which, in tho presence
of her husband, she placed the bottle
TO her lips, giving him the impression
she had drained the vial Mrs. Mel
son tainted when the few drops OF the
poison burned her lips Nelson died
while attempting to revive her.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
Reynoldsvills's only Negro Dead.

Reynoldsville, Pa-"Joe" Obey, for
nearly 40 years the only Negro citi-
zen Of this town, is dead at the county
home. Hundreds Of the aged Negro's
friends have contributed to a fund to
have the body brought TO town for
burial. Joe came here years ago as
a servant to Tom Reynolds for whom
the town was named. No Negroes re-
side here now