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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
GOVERNMENT GRAFT

The disclosures brought about by
the Senate committee investigating
acts of officials of the Veterans bu-
reau, in connection with the Liver
more hospital site, are disgraceful
indeed. 1t is not exspected, Of ours
that men trusted with the expendi-
ture Of public money become para
CONS of virtue automatically upon
their selection. 1t is distressing to
learn, however, that so many are
inclined to become ambitions thieves.
The most strict justice should be
meted out to those found guilty of
stealing from the people of the Uni
ted States. No political influence
shold be permitted to interfere with
a severe prosecution. This stealing
of public money, by connivance and
conspiracy, has reached an alarmed
degree. The nation, states and COM
munities in many localities are suffer
ing this plundering. The legal pen
alties provided, imposed without fear
or favor on all the guilty who can
possibly be caught, is the only GER
tain cure.
The squandering of public money
is bad enough, even that resulting
it into ofice-holders' pockets,
however, is infinitely worse. This
tendency must be kept under con-
slant observation, and particularly
now by West Virginians. We are
building new Capital at Charles
ton and great deal of money will
naturally change hands. Some has
been questioned already. 1t behooves
all taxpayers to watch this sitaution
very carefully. Wheeling Intelligence
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
GOVERNOR WALTON'S
LIFE IS THREATENED

Oklahoma City, Nov. End. (By AS
ISOLATED Press)-Governor J. G. Wal
ton, on trial before a senate court
of impeachment declared Late today
that his life has been threatened in
note handed him this morning by
senate page as he sat at his counsel
table.
The note was handed to page by
stranger, the governor said he had
learned The stranger then left.
Inquiries at the time were given to
understand that the note was insult
ing" but the governor later declared
it was a threat against my life" The
governor remained in his office dur
ing the afternoon session of the
court but declared it was for the pur-
pose of attending to personal bust
ness. Governor Walton declined to
show the alleged note to press re-
presentive.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
P. W. SCOTT DEAD

Paxton w. Scott, age IS years II
months and 90 days, retired farm
er, who spent nearly his entire life
on farm at Hardwood, near Bever-
ly, died last week at his home on Cen
ter st. Elkins, where he has resided
since retiring from active life three
years ago. Mr.. Scott was born in
Missouri, October 81, 1857, the son
of Rev. Robert Scott, a pioneer Pres
byterian minister of this section, hav
ing come here just after the war Rev.
Scott was man of liberal educat-
ion and literary tastes and was well
known to many Of the olders settlers
having built a number of churches
in the Tygarts Valley. He moved to
Beverly when his son Paxton was a
small boy and died there in 1887.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
MOTHER AND SON ARE
FOUND DEAD IN BED

PITTSBURGH, Nov. Mrs Will
liam E. Robinson 25, the wife of a
building contractor and her four-year
old son were found dead in bed in
their home at Hays, near here, to-
night by Robinson upon his return
home from his days work. Also 49,
800 which had ben plared in a
dresser drawer was missing.
1.-THE bodies. Of both the woman
and the son were unmarked and po-
Ice believe that they were chloform-
ed in their sleep by thieves. They
were unmarked and handerchiefs were
bound over their mouths DR.. ]. R.
Newell, examination Of the bodies,
said he found slight trace of poison
ing.
The bodies of the two were found
on the second floor of the home. On
couch on the first floor Robinson
found his two-months-old daughter
asleep. She had not been molosted.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
FORD GASOLINE

It's about time for Henry Ford to
get some more publicity, so the news
papers if the country are giving it to
him. This time is come as a result
of his announcement that he may go
into the oil and gasoline business and
that announcement is sufficient to
create national interest.
We're like lot of othre people in
and around Belington in that we be-
lieve Uncle Henry can make go of
most anything he turns his hand to,
and when he says he can sell gasoline
at 16 cents a gallon and make money
we're going to believe it. There is
said to be ample ground for believe
ing that it can be retailed profitably
at that figure, on even lower, by APP
plying scientific methods. The pre-
sent cost of manufacture is said to
average about ten cents a gallon.
Ford, with his own oil wells and re-
fineries might produce it for less
than that. There is no question but
he could market the fuel efficiently
in his own service station now as it
is to find filling station.
1t is very pleasing prospect for
automobile owerns and there are also
thousands of farmers and small man.
ufactures using gasoline engines who
would be benefited by cheaper gas.
Of corus there would be the gigantic
Standard Oil Company to buck. But
when we look back over the big thing
that Henry Ford has done in an in
dustrial way we can't help but feel
that if he did go into the gasoline
business the Standard would know
for the first time what competition
rally means, and their old game OF
crushing out the little fellow a
game they have played with greater
SUCCESS than any other American
monopoly would forever be at an end
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
KAISER HALL is RUINED AS
FIGHT BULLETS PIERCE
AK LA CHAPELLE

AK LA CHAPELLE, Nov. -
The famous old Kaiser hall at AK,
a Treasure house of art wherein 81
German rulers were crowned was a
sorry specific today as the result
Of the fighting that took place with
in its walls yesterday between the
Matthes Seporatists and the small
guard of police and firemen. The
damage done is irreparable. Eight
frescoes ranked among the finest
examples in modern painting were
ruined. Celebrated portrait Of Char
lemange suffered seriously while an
other picture was pierced by % bull
lets. When the Separatists, temper
orily successful, were ordered by Be-
gians to leave the city it did not
take them long to comply. The Bel
gian officers ultimatum placed the
time limit as Republicans entrained.
-Four Of them who flaunter Sepor-
atist proclamation from the trains
rear platform were yanked off by the
crowd and taken to an open space
where two were beaten to death.
The other two were rescued in a
dying condition by poice.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
MINE EXPLOSION
AT GLEN ROGERS
Sixty-five Men Were Entombed
In the Mines At The Time Of
The Terrible Explosion

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. 6thr-
Twelve bodies have been taken from
the shaft mine of the Raleigh-W yom-
ing Co.. at Glen Rogers, Wyoming
Co., in which an explosion ocrurred
this morning and little hope is enter
tanned for thirty men still within the
mine, the State Department Of Mines
reported at noon today.
SIS men were in the mines at the
time of the explosion and % wero
brought out uninjured in addition to
the IL bodies found by the inside
squad. The Officials Of the Depart
ment said. Their report, they de-
clared came from the company's of
flee at the mine.
BECKEY, VIVA. Nov. 6 Between
So and so miners were reported to
be entombed in the Glen Rogers mine
on the Raleigh Wyoming Coal CO.,
at Glen Rogers, Wyoming County,
by an explosion at 1880 this morning.
First reports were lacking in detail
but it was said that at the time OF
the explosion between so and rs men
were in the mine an that 23 had been
brought out uninjured.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
TIMES HAVE CHANGED

Yes, times have changed. We had
commenced to suspect as much, but
we looked out and saw a Belingtor
citizen or two still in the same old
rut and still knocking progress, and
we doubt if times have really chang
ed. Then our eyes lit on the follow
ing in exchange-and we Immediate
ly changed our mind, we realized
things are different now from what
they used to be. The editor of the
paper referred to say:
"Gone are the happy days when
we used to wear katy, ride a safety
drive rubber-tired buggy, carried
torch in Bryan parade, ate free
lunch, smoked Creme cigars, dance
the two-step, went to Chinese mag
ic lantern show and thought the
Black Crook was a racy burleque
show. We didn't have much mazuma
to spend then, but we were the bugs
hustle with what we did have. And
a nickel in those days had more rub
Der in it and would stretch farther
than a two-bit piece will now. Yes
brother-gone are the good old days.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
BROKEN RAIL CAUSE
OF ORLANDO WRECK

Clarksburg w. Va. Nov S-Offisial
announcement from the Baltimore
and Ohio offices for the Charleston
division yesterday said that cracked
rail, weakened by sudden changes in
temperature, and breaking under the
weight of engines and cars of trains
No g. passing over it Thurday morn
ing near Orlando was the cause of
the wreck in which all of the passen-
gers received injured of some kind.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
SOME DEER ARE BEING TAKEN;

REDWOOD Nov. g. The first
trophy of the deer hunt came to town
today when Morris Parsons Stanley
Hollingcorth ard Kenna Cox. Rich
wood young men arrived on the noon
train, and brou ght with them the
head and hide of buck which they
killed Thursday on the Beechy Fork
of the Williams river.
The stag which weighed about $50
pounds had a magnificent spread of
antlers and when the head was put
on display at the Corner Drug store
here this afternoon it attracted a
great deal of attention and the young
hunters are being heartily congrat-
ulated upon being the first in this
section to get a deer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
FOUR KILLED IN
CRUSH OF CAR

Inlianaplis, Ind, Nov, -four UNI
Identified persons, one man an three
women, were killed and other man
seriusly injured when an automombile
in which they were riding was struck
by a Pennsylvania passenger train
at crossing at Bridgeport near here
tonight. The only clue which would
lead to the identity of the persons
was card found on the injured man
which bore the name of Roy Buck
AMMAN, Of Aderson, Ind. He was un-
able to talk.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
ONE ACCIDENT REPORT is
RECEIVED

WEBSTER SPRINGS, Nov g.
With the passing of the third day of
the open season on deer a few re-
posts have begun to trickle isato town,
but no particulars can be obtained
of any of the occurrences.
One report is to the effect that a
deer was killed on the head of Tur-
key creek Tuesday by Parkersburg
hunter. Another says that one was
also killed on Williams river,
The first accident of the season
occurred near Slaty Fork Tuesday
according to report brought to
town yesterday by two young men
who had been hunting in that local
ity. Two inexperienced hunters were
after deer which went into thick
ct, one following it in to drive it out
On his return to the open he was
shot by his companion.
w. B. Tracy, who has been hunt
ing on Back Fork and Struight creek
returned to town Wednesday,. He
reports seeing several of the animals
and getting two shots Gripping two
deer, which he was unable to get OF
account of being compelled to return
to town.
T. M. Hicks returned from Gauley
Wednesday. He also came in with
out deer, but reports seeing ont
buck, which was out of range
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
GERMAN PEOPLE MAY
NEED FOOD SUPPLIES

Washington, NOV. q Reports of
an official nature have reached Pre-
sident Coolidge indicating strongly
that the population Of Germany may
soon need assistance in the way Of
foodstuffs, but the American gov
eminent thus far has formulated no
decision as to steps It might take.
The reports have told of lack of
food and of an inability to supply
considerable portions q Germany's
population with the food that is a.
Nvailable.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
THREE DROWNED IN
PLUNGE OF AUTO

Lowell, Mich, Nov. A. Three per-
sons were drowned tonight when an
autmobile in which a party of four
persons were returning from Belding
to this city, went through the railing
of bridge spanning the Flat river,
near here, and plunged into the
stream.
The dead are: Miss Winnie Mccall
16; Miss Thelma Smith, Is; both of
Lowell, and Earl Judson, II, Of Sar-
anac..
The other members of the party
Paul Weber, II, of Saranac, manag-
ed to free himself from the submer-
ged automobile and swan ashore.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
UNWILLING OF
MONUMENT SUNDAY
Armistice Day November 18th
Very Appropriate For The
dwelling OF This Memorial

The Soldiers. Monument in the
Court House Square at Philippi is
now ready to be unveiled The erec-
ton of same was completed last week
according to contract.
The strong box which is to be bur-
Jed in concrete at the base of the
monument will be sealed Saturday
and deposited for all time. This box
is to contain articles of historic val
ne
On Sunday, November 18th AR
rnistice Day" the veil will be lifted
from the monument at which time
special services will be held under
the auspices of the Barbour county
Post No. "A, American Legion. Hon.
John ]. Cornwell, ex-governor, and
other prominent men will be pres
ent an have part on the program, the
principal part of which will take
place in the afternoon.
This Monument is great mark OF
respect to the American Soldier.
The Monument which is eight feet
high, surmounted by bronze statue
of an American soldier, seven feet
in height making the complete mon
ument fifteen feet high. The base di-
mansions are six feet and two inches.
The statue is reproduction of the
sculpture known as the spirit of
the American Doughboy," and was
the work of the sculptor E. M. vi
quesney. This sculpture represents
a soldier in full equipment, ready for
action.
On the face Of the die is large
bronze tablet containing the names Of
the Barbour county soldiers who
made the supreme sacrifice in the
World War, which are as follows:
Oscar Granville Alexander
Clayton Bosworth Brandon
Jesse Gordon Cole
Quincy c. Dadisman
Okey R. Duckworth
James Blame doVaIter
Everett Earl Ice
David Oren Jones
Fred E. Jones
John Irwin Kramer
Andrew L. Matthew
Lawrence L. Maybe
Charles Wayne Moore
Wilbur Simpson Moore
William Hobart Mcdaniel
William Myers
Nelson Newman
Carl Frederick Nitz
Lloyd F. Reed
Lawson D. REGISTER
Robert j. Ritter
Carl Simmons
( Walter Ray Smith
Loring Carr Thorpe
Thomas Cation Wilson
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
THE CIVIC LEAGUE PLAY

The Civic League will give a play
in the High School Building, Thurs
day and Friday evenings, November
18th and 10th. This promises to be
great treat for those who attend.
The price to all is50c. The follow
ing is brief synopsis.
MRS. AND MR.. POLLY TICKk"
When the curtain rises on the OPP
ening scene, the audience beholds
Father Time an Dame Fashion dis
GUESSING the approaching fashions for
men and women. Father Time reads
in his record book of girls in hoop
skirts and pink bonnets as in the days
of long ago. Dame Fashion sees in
her crystal ball men in ruffled trou
sers and frills-all of which will be
protrayed in an ensemble of music
composed Of the entire cast,
The time is 1875. The women,
since getting the ballot, have taken
the reins of government and grad
ually exchange places with the men.
The women now dress in mannish
clothes and attend to practically all
the business, leaving the men at
home to do the homework, sewing,
darning nursing, etc. The married
men dress in frills and furbelows,
and seem at the beginning of the
play to have lost all their masculine
habits and to have surrendered all of
their male attire except their pants,
to which they hold with bulldog ten
acity.
In the first act, the women go off
to the lodge, leaving the men behind
The negected husbands get together
for knitting party. Billy Lawson,
who still retains his masculine dress
drops in to chide his friends about
the shackles they are wearing and
is told that afer he is married he will
surreder his freedom just as they
have done. This brings on an argu-
ment during which Sullivan O'Brien
rushes in with the startling news
that the women are planning to send
Daisy Ann Gray to Congress so as
to pass the Anti-Treuser Bill After
the meeting the Emancipated Wo-
men" march in armed with brooms
and in military style, present them to
the men. ~
The second act opens with an en-
semble of music showing house
cleaning scene in which Tickk is as
sisted by his married friends. While
they are in the midst of the scrub
bing, in comes Billy, announcing that
he is about to start a movement
which will overthrow this petticoat
government, in which plan the men
join heartily. Just as the house
cleaning begins again, Sullivan o.
Brien breaks in, announcing that SEN
ator leila Highbrow, the author of
the Anti-Trouser Bill, will speak to
the women that evening, whereupon
the men devise a scheme to keep SEN
ator Highhrow from the meeting and
at the same time stage their revolu-
ton.
The development of this scheme
comes in act three. The voting pre-
cinct where the women have planned
to bring about the climax of their
triumph is stormed by the men. Then
follows an exciting controversy. The
result Of this we cannot disclose, suf-
flee it to say is all ends happily.
The grand finale is beautiful
chorus featuring the entire cast.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08

Some girls around Belington would
rather dance than eat, and they can
always find some fellow who would
rather sign dance program than
a check for grocery BILL
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08

Why it it that the Belington man
who does the most preaching about
"back to the farm" isn't going there
himself?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-08
HOW THE DEBTS STAND

Washington, Nov. 6,--The Amer
lean Debt Refunding Commission has
completed the draft of it report to be
made to Congress. 1t shows consid-
cradle progress drink the past year
toward securing eventual repayment
to American taxpayers Of the vast
sum loaned by them to the allied ma
tions during the war.
The Cubans obligation, amounting
to about $S,000,000, has been paid
in full. A settlement with Great Bril-
tain has been effected under which
$4 900 100000 will be repaid over a
period Of 62 years, and British bonds
to that amount have been delivered
to the United States Treasury. A set
Element with Finland has also been
reached, involving about $9,000oO0,
which will be submitted to Congress
for approval.
France, Italy, Belgium, Czencho-
via, Poland, Roumania, and Jugo-Sla-
via have had more or less discussions
with the American commission while
no word has been received from Arm
enia, Austria, Greece, Liberia, Nicara
qua or Russia. OF the latter coun-
tries, Austria has been granted to
postponement Of 20 years for the
payment of both principal and inter-
est Of it's obligation.
The present states of all the debts
now awaiting bettlement IS given
hxr tho com mission as fnllnMs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
Other Livestock

By United FtHdHcidL
900; market, steady to loo higher light
weights. up mostly: top s. 30; bulk, 160-
225-lb averages, S815@ $50; 24O-340lb
500 a 80: estimated holdovers. 1000
Cattle-Receipts. 900; market compared
TO l5C lower. top matured steers and year
lings. S1O25, better grades beef COWS, 25c
lower; other grades and classes she stock;
about steady: bulls, 15c TO 25c lower, veal
calves. largely SOC higher; stockers and
feeders, uneven. mostly 25c 10 ACC higher
sheep-Receipts. 200; market for weak fat
wooded lambs 25c to oQc higher; week
top Sl535: clipped lambs. soc TO Zoe
higher: extreme top. $3.50; next best
S12 IS; few under. Sl2, sheep supply. very
er: weighty kinds drsggy; week bulk fol,
low fat wooded lambs, So q 1870. clipped
lambs. S12.50@l2-75; not enough sheep
and yearlngs to warrant bulk QUOTATIONS.
beginning Monday May :. Quotations for
Chicago will be given on shorn basis.
EAST BUFFALO, May .5.--Cattle-Re-
steers. $500 so; butcher grades, 81 q
S25; cows S2.25 q 675. Calves-Receipts,
200: market active, steady; culIs 10 choice
S3G 1880. Sheep and lambs Receipts
200; market active. steady; choice lambs.
SIS @16.60: Gull 20 choice. 81 q IA 90 ;
yearlings, IS all; sheep. S3Q9.25 clipped
lambs. $50 1925: Hogs-Receipts.
1000; market steady; Workers, $50 q $50 :
pigs S7.75 mixed. SS.60GSI5, heavles,
SIS q so; roughs, So q 6 80; stags 81 q s.
CINCINNATI May 5-Cattle-Receipts
$50; market steady; shippers IS 30
Calves-M arket steady; extras, 500 0.
Hogs-Receipts. 2.4OO: market steady to D
G1Oo lower; good or choice packers, $50
q 80. Sheep-Reccipts, 800; market
steady: extras, IS q $50. Lambs-Market
steady fair to good, S14 q 10.
EAST ST. LOUIS May 5.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 800; market. steady to strong; ma
tive beef steers, 81 20 4910; year.iugs and
heifers. S7.S5 q $50 cows, 500 a 800
Gamers and cutters, $3.50 "a $50; calves,
$50 Q9.75; stockers and feeders, $3.50
100. Hogs-Receipts. 5000; market
steady to loo higher; heavy, - 50 a $40;
medium IS q $50; lights, $500 ~ S.35; light
lights. 81 $50; packing sows. S615Q
800; pigs S5.76QS; bulk, S7.10@ $50.
Sheep-Receipts. $50; market. lambs, SOC
q 81 higher; sheep. 500 higher; ewes. 500
a 10: Gamers and cutters, So .50g 600; wool
lambs, S13@15.
CLEVELAND, May .--Hogs-Receipts,
900; market. steady; workers. $3.50: mixed.
So so; stays. $3.50. Cattle-Receipts, 100:
market steady; good to choice bulls. $3.50
G6.50 good TO choice steers, IS q 9; good
to choice heifers. $500 a 90. good 10
choice cows, $3.50 a $50; fair TO good COWS,
81 a , so common cows, S2.t56t 800. milk
airs. $40 a 70. Sheep and lambs-Recelpts.
l 300 market. steady; top, $3.50. Calves
-Receipts, 100; market, steady; top, 5000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
Births


Glenn and Ora Hubbard. 2749 Cornell.
Riley and Mabel Smith city hospital
Herman and Frances Leeth. Methodist
Hospital.
Harvey and Any Coons, St. Vincent Hos
pital
Joseph and Edna Raub. st. Vincent Hos
pitai.
william and Daphne stilz. Methodist Hos
pital
Cecil and Dorothy Delano 2029 Ruckle
Frank and Mau1ne Beck, ia Day.
Ansel and May Merritt, Deaconess Hos
pitaI
Ross and Mary Terry. TT y Haugh
Edward and Clara Chambers, 1913 Ken
lucky.
Walter and Martha scheibel. 88s Chad
wick.
Joseph and Essie Weaver, 1913 Madison
Girls
Ernest and SGlHe Quick. 227 Cora.
Paul and Esther GallamOre. 1920 Reisner
Oral and Rose Williams. ST. Vincent Hos
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Plush and Annie Glenn. III E. ST Clair
Walter and Agnes Blasengym Methodist
Hospital
OrvaI and Marguerite Hinshaw, Deaooness
Hospital
Edgar and Annie Duzan, 1914 S Pershing
William and Esther Allison. 2I22 Conrad.
James and Mary COmerford. 2S35 f, Mich
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