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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Leader of Plutes Dead

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The body of
Old Posey, leader of the vanquished
renegade tribe of Piute Indians which
went on the warpath in southeastern
Utah last month, rests today in a rude
rockcovered grave somewhere in the
mountains near Blanding, Utah, where
he was slain last month in a skirmish
with white settlers. The aged chief
tain-he was reputed to be 100 years
old-made his last stand with a hand
full of braves at Comb Wash on March
28 last. and he died alone while white
possemen routed his small band.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
BANK IS CLOSED:
100000 SHORT
Cashier and Assistant Arrest.
ed in York, Pa. One Ad-
mits His Guilt
BOTH WERE GOOD SPENDERS
Trading In Stocks With Bad Results
Caused the Manipulation of
Money and Books For Some
Time, II Is Alleged.

YORK, Pa.-Following the closing of
the City Bank here, after discovery of
an 100000 shortage was made by
state bank examiners, warrants were
issued for the arrest of Cashier Thorn
as Baird and his assistant, William H.
Boil.
Cashier Baird admitted to State
Bank Examiner C. p. Ferguson. now
in charge OF the bank. that a shortage
exists.
The closing of the bank by the state
banking department came as a sur
prise even to the directors, they say.
The banks resources, as given in a
recent statement. total S4,494,756. It's
surplus is 100000; it's capital stock
s25O,O00, and undivided profits $72,21S.
The New York Clearing House AS
sociation Immediately convened after
the news of the banks closing reach
ed its officers, and it is said that eff
fore will be made to ease the loss to
the depositors.
The shortage was discovered after
bank examiners had sealed up the
vault and ledgers without warning the
cashier. 1t is said that there has been
alleged manipulation of money and
books for score of years.
Both of the accused men are mar
ried and have children. They were
known as good spenders and Baird,
especially was what his friends term
an active trader in the stock market
When taken into custody Assistant
Cashier Boil said to Detective White:
"The inevitable has happened
told Tom, our cashier, TO take other
bankers into his confidence some time
ago, but he refused. / am now ready
to face the music"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
1.soo Miners on strlk.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-More than 1900
miners at the Butler colliery of the
Hillside Coal ard Iron Company at
Dupont are on strike while the 800
men who have been on strike at the
No 8 colliery of the Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company at Sugar
Notch returned to work The Sugar
Notch men voted 20 negotiate their
grievances with the company and re-
turn to work in the meantime. They
want the same rate Of pay for the
placing OF short as long props. Tho
Butler men said that their determine
tion not to work was not wholly due
to differences with the company but
to internal affairs Of the union as sew
eral miners have refused to join.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Fire Breaks Out in cirous

New York, N. Y.-Fire broke out in
Madison Square Garden, where a cir
Gus is being held. Hundreds of wild
animals, excited by smoke and the
activity Of Keepers. who sprang to
their posts when the alarm was Civ.
en-, stirred uneasily in their cages.
many roaring with fear. There was
no general panic. however The
flames were confined to the stock
room, were thousads Of dollars worth
OF popcorn, peanuts. ice cream ard
soda pop was destroyed. Twelve
Keepers asleep in the basement OF
the historic structure where the com.
bined shows are being staged, we're
awakened as smoke poured into their
quarters and made their escape.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Leaaue Council o. k!s Bio Loan.

Geneva, Switzeriand.-The loan OF
Austria of $12O,OOO,OOO was approved
by the Council OF the League of Ma
tions at a meeting that developed op-
timistic reports on the leagues plan
to put that country on a firm fnan-
cial footing so that she may be able
to balance her budget within two
years. The councils approval Of the
plan for a large loan came after an
extended examination Of the progress
made since the reorganization was
begun. A preliminary loan Of e3.5OO,-
900 was authorized by the council last
January
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Want Salaries lncreased.

Chicago. Ill.-Application of the
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employees and Railway shop laborers
of 2S roads for pay increase averag.
ing 105k cents an hour was placed be.
fore the United States Railroad Labor
Board today. The application affects
more than 100000 men and would in
volve a total payroll increase OF S25..
100000 yearly. The petition closely
followed one from the Order OF Rail
wav Expressmen asking a 10-cent an
hour increase.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Ambassador VIII Return.

London, England. - Within a few
days Ambassador George Harvey will
sail for the United States on leave.
having completed two years Of serv-
Ice as the diplomatic representative
OF the United States at the Court of
st. James. There are repeated ru.
mors. always denied. that Ambassa-
dor Harvey will not return to London.
but will remain in the United States
to take up his old vocation OF politics
II he is leaving London for good. II
Is hard to say just what impression
he is leaving behind him.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Ienemant Blaze Spreads So
Rapidly Many of Occupants
Smother in Beds
16 FAMILIES ARE TRAPPED
Pile of Rubbish Under Stairway,
Soaked in Kerosene or Gasoline
Isnited by Unknown Party
Cause of Fire.

New York, n. Y.-Twelve persona
we're killed by fire in a five-story
East Side tenement. So swift was
the burst OF flames, which had swept
up the stairway, trapping 16 families
in their apartments, that 10 members
of the two families in the front apart.
ments on the top floor were smoth-
cred and burned to death in their
beds.
There was suspicion of incendiar.
ism and Fire Marshal Brophy began a
rigid investigation.
1t was apparent Immediately that
the fire had started in a heap of rub
bish under the stairway from the
street floor. Whether kerosene or
gasoline had been sprinkled on the
carpet on the stairs is yet to be de-
termined, though the rush of the
flames may hardly be explained other
wise.
About 20 were treated for minor in
Juries by ambulance surgeons, and
two, man and a boy, seriously hurt,
are under care at Beth David Hos
pital.
Michael Kaufman saw the flames
from his front window. He ran down
stairs, blowing his police whistle. In
a short time panic-stricken tenants
began appearing at windows and fire
escapes. The stairs were burning.
One of those attracted by the po-
lice whistle was Angelo Maginatta, a
taxicab chauffeur. The drop ladder
on the front escape balcony had not
been lowered and the escape was con.
gested with scantily clad tenants.
Maginatta drove his machine up on
the sidewalk under the balcony and
allowed the refugees to use the roof
Of his cab as a step. About 40 es-
capped in this way. The last two who
jumped down on the taxi, David
Braunstein and his son, Edward, were
so badly burned they were rushed by
the chauffeur to Beth David Hospital
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Auto Plunnes into Riu.r

Kane, Pa.-Daniel Sandwich OF Lar
rabee, near here, recently bought an
automobile. Feeling that he had mas
tered it's intricacies, he invited four
children of the neighborhood to take
a ride with him. Reaching the low
lands along the bank of the Allegheny
river, his attention was diverted from
the steering wheel for a moment and
the car plunged over the bank and
into the water Is feet below, coming
to a stop 10 feet from shore in water
deep enough to submerge all but 10
top. BY almost a miracle Sandwich
and the four children safely reached
the shore
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Foruery Leads TO JaiI.

Charleston. w. Va.-FederaI Judge
George w. McClinic has labeled My
ron Corwin, of Huntington, as prob
ably the meanest man in America"
and sentenced him to five years III
Atlanta prison Corwin pleaded guilt
TO taking his aged father, a veteran
of the Civil War, from a soldiers
homo, forging his name to pension
vouchers, obtaining thereby more
than $1,000 due the father. and then
casting him off to live as best he
might in a scrdid alley home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Dlvorce Costa 20 c.ntn

Moscow, Russia.-7-An American can
got divorce in Russia for 20 cents.
This amount is spent for stamps anu
publication costs. The divorce takes
about two months All any foreigner
does under the soviet system is to
file an application with the civil court
which published the desire in official
papers. If the foreigner wants to no.
tify mis- wife-or she her husband II
can be done, but it isn't necessary. II
no reply is received in two months
the divorce is granted
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
elrI iKIAed In savIna aroth.r.

Uniontown, Pa.-Returning to res
cue her 3-yearold brother, Herbert
Perry, who had been left in their au-
tOmobile after 1t had stalled on tho
Pennsylvania railroad crossing at
Oliver near here, Miss Hazel Perry,
1S years old, was killed when the
machine was struck by 4 passenger
train. The child sustained minor
injuries as did Mrs. II. L. Perry and
an infant daughter, Catherine, held
in the mothers arms. Perry and two
other children escaped injury. Tho
tragedy terminated the second ride
OF the family in their new machine
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Soldier pies; Fort ls sau.A

FL Paso, Tex.-One soldier is dead
and another reported dying as the re.
suit Of a poisonous gas explosion in
the Seventh Cavalrys blacksmith
shop at Fort Bliss. The dead man is
Private Morris Pousky, aged %. g.
horseshoer. The man in the hospital
Is Private Martin B. Schultz, aged 25
years. Both were commended bv
commanding officers for heroism
which Is declared to have saved Fort
Bliss from possible destruction.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Hunt for Missina 2s7 Vain

London. England.-Search for 2S7
passengers Of the Portuguese mail
steamer Mossamedes, who abandoned
the vessel of Cape Frio, Southwest
Africa, a few days ago, and put out
in small boats, is apparently in vain,
according to a Daily Express" dis
patch from Cape Town. Many boats
have gone to the rescue, but no siga
Of the passengers has been found.
The coast on which they would have
landed if they drifted northerly is
uninhabited, and without fresh water.
The government is organizing a res
cue expedition
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Gasoline Stock At Hioh level.

Washington, d. C.-Secretary OF In.
terror Work announced that on March
gasoline stocks had attained a new
high level mark of 1,13O,34O,767 gal
Ions The figures show a gain OF
127,0OO,0O0 gallons over reserves on
hand February 1, when stocks for the
first time In history exceeded the bill
lion-gallon mark. During February
the indicated consumption of gasoline
was 373,564,47S gallons. The daily
rate OF indicated domestic consump-
tion during February decreased 81
per cent from the January rate.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Chained Dairy for Two Years.

Lorain, O.-Police are searching for
the father of 12-year-old Joseph Czal-
ka, who, after two years in chains
at his home, was rescued by police.
Young Czajka told authorities his
father chained him each day after
school and held him prisoner regu-
larly from Friday afternoon until
Monday Amornlng. The heavy chain
was cut from the boys bleeding
wrist in police headquarters as he
told his story. The boys mother
said she had never dared reveal to
any one her sons Imprisonment. A
delivery boy first learned of the prac-
tice.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
No More Meddlna RelIs-

WilkeSBare, Pa Charles w. Ia.
Wis, "a years old, alleged to have
married 20 or more women in diff
ferent states in the past two years
and shen disappeared with their va
uables, will not do any more marry
ing for at least two years and 10
months. Davis pleaded guilty to the
larceny OF valuable articles from Mrs.
Emma SeegeT Of this city. whom he
married at Cleveland in 1922. judge
Mclean at once sentenced him to the
Eastern peniteRtlary.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Cleveland To Detroit au Air.

Cleveland, O.-The Commute pas.
senger airplane service between
Cleveland and Detroit inaugurated
last summer will be resumed May l..
according to an announcement made
here. Airplanes will leave both CIeve-
land and Detroit daily, except Sunday,
at 8 a. m. and 4 D. m. An additional
route is expected to be opened be-
tween Cleveland and Buffalo during
the summer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Shoe Workers strik. Ended

Lynn, Mass-The strike of Lynn
shoe workers, which had practically
paralyzed the industry here, was end
ed when the 10000 striking opera
tives returned to their benches. The
operatives won recognition for the
Amalgamated Shoe Workers Union
and an agreement from the Manufac
turers' Association to drop all court
proceedings as we'll as to settle all
wage and other differences.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Misses First Execution In 30 Years.

Sing Sing, N. Y.-For the first time
in his 30 years as stenographer and
private secretary 10 the wardens at
Sing Sing prison Daniel j. Hickey OF
Ossining missed attending an execu-
ton when William Evans OF Brooklyn
was put TO death for the murder OF
Paul Gilman, a Brooklyn druggist
Hickey had been excused 10 attend
the funeral OF his mother Since 1893
Hickey has attended 100 executiona.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Ball Park ls Romhed.

Chicago, Hl-A bomb exploded at
the entrance. of the Chicago White
sox baseball park, shattering windows
and doing other damage in the vicin.
ity, was attributed by police to labo
difficulties or the police war on
ball gamblers. rhe explosio
windows in the park Office,
in adjacent buildings
stand nearby was der
the park fence was
detonauon was hear
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
Sab RlvaI wlth Lee plnL

Steubenville, On a battle to re.
gain the love OF her husband. Mrs.
Belle Jones. aged 81, of Mingo juno
tion, o.. was stabbed in the right
shoulder with an ice pick by Miss
Peggy Black. aged 30 Mrs. Jones
told authorities that the Black woman
had taken her husband that he
shirked his work to enjoy her society.
She caught him strolling in the moon.
light and attacked her rival, who un.
sheathed the ice pick and drove it
into her shoulder
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
MILEAGE Book Order R.vok.d

Washington. d. C.-Orders Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
quiring railroads to begin sale OF in.
terchangeable mileage books at 20
per cent reduction on regular passen-
ger fare rates on May Is we're re.
yoked and the effective date OF the
mileage books sale postponed until
January 1. 1924.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03
"eacheIor" Turks Safe From Vows

Constantionople, Turkey.-The An.
CORA assembly has rejected the bill
introduced recently by the deputy for
Erzerum, providing that all Turks
aged % years must marry and that
each couple must have a child every
three years. BY this measure the
deputy had hoped that the population
OF Asia Minor might be increased
from 100000 to $4,000. 1000
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Observation-Disclosures that there Ia
TOO much loss of cattle with too small
a margin Of positive cases Of tuber-
culOSis, L. V. Haner, local dairyman,
has asked the animal husbandTy de-
partment Of the United States depart
ment of agriculture to conduct an in
vestigatiOn into methods being used
here to determine the presence Of tu-
berCulOsis in milk cows 81 am glad
to have infected cows taken from my
herd Harner said, "but when IS cows
are taken within two months and il
is established that not more than
three Of them show presence Of tu-
berculOsis, I feel that there is some
thing wrong with the system being
employed"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Morgantown-The city health de-
'partment has decided to enforce dras-
tic regulations providing for SANTA
tion about restaurants.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

CharlestOn-Arrest at a coal mine
in Blair Of Trian Sirbue, wanted by
Federal officers on a charge of cOun-
terfeiting, was disclosed in a report
to state police headquarters. Sirbue
was arrested on a warrant obtained
by Harry l.. Shepherd, a Federal
Agent from Washington, the arrest
being made by Troopers Hicks, Lott
and Kinkaid.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

misunderstanding to information
given out at the headquarters 0f the
Monongahela West Penn public service
company here, the company is cOntem-
plating establishing flyers" on the
Clarksburg-F -Fairmont interurban line,
making the run between the two towns
in one hour. The present schedule is
an hour and % minutes, and this will
still be maintained for the locals.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Clarksburg-A new phase developed
in the case of Kent w. Ogden. wealthy
oil producer of Wallace, whose lifeless
body with a bullet hole through the
heart, was found upon an improvised
bed in an oil we'll derrick on his farm.
AT first it was supposed that Ogden
committed suicide, the result OF
worry over having divulged secrets
Of the Wallace Ku Klux Klan, of
which he was formerly a member.
Now officers who are working on the
case declare It is quite plausible that
the man may have been murdered at
some other place and his body car
ried TO the derrick.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

ElkinS-Isaac Thompson, 42, well-tO-
do farmer OF near W7hitmer, saving
down a tree, was caught beneath it
and both legs were fractured near
the hips.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Sstersville-A gas main was broken
and other damage done when the
floor in the store of the Wells Hard
ware Company gave way under heavy
weight.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Wheeling - George Kemp, 80, was
killed when an automobile plunged
rover 40-foOt embankment midway be-
tween Wellsburg and FOllansbee. Will
liam Liebfarth of Wellsburg, sustained
painful injuries.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Charleston-Only 131 ont of 800 stu
dents In FIVE junior high schools know
that the Ten Commandments are in
the Book Of Exodus. Only 271 can
write correctly the first ten words
or the bord's Prayer. Only 154 can
write any verse in the Bible and give
the book, chapter and verse Of II.
These and other interesting facts
have Just been revealed through
test made by f.. w. Halpcnny, gen
cral superimcnde Of the West Vir-
ginfa Sunday School association. A
QUESTIONABLE, containing 10 questions.
was put to 1850 Junior high school
boys and girls, q vast majority Of
whom are regular attendants at the
Sunday schools in the communities
in which they live
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Pineville-Voters of Huff Greek
magisterial district Of this county have
approved the issuance of $4,000 in
bonds for improvement of the Tug
River highway through the district
Stafford magisterial district approved
bond issue in February for the same
highway and the Huff Greek district
arrangements complete the last link
in the highway running from Hunt
dngton to Bluefield
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Grafton The annual May festival Of
Grafton has been set for Thursday,
Friday and Saturday May II, 1S. and
10, by the community music committee
on the chamber Of commerce. There
VIII be Juvenile and adult chOruses in
which several hundred voices Will take
part.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Wheeling-PaSsage of the Hugrls bill
in the state senate at Charleston. if
concurred in by the house delegates,
will mean an annual revenue loss for
Sheriff Harry T. Clouse Of Ohio cOun-
ty of $4,000, it was learned. The
sheriff receives so cents a day for
feeding prisoners in the county Jail
and this IS abolished by the Hugus bill,
which provides that the county com
missiOners shall maintain THE prisoners
at cost.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Clarksburg - Statements issued by
DIR. B. F. Matheny, county coroner;
James NJ. Deem, deputy sheriff, and
F. S. Estlack, Wallace undertaken,
after they had investigated the case,
were to the effect that Kent Ogden.
whose lifeless body was found near
mis- home, had committed suicide The
statement Of the coroner and the
deputy sheriff was made after they
returned from the Wallace community
where they made thorough investiga-
hion of the tragedy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

BuckhannOn - Carl Miller, athletic
director and alumni secretary of West
Virginia Wesleyan college is making
a tour Of the larger cities Of the state
I'm an effort TO organize alumni chap
ters in the cities
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Wheeling-The plant of the United
States fibre box company, at Warwood,
a suburb, was entirely destroyed by
fire. The loss exceeds 100000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Clarksburg-Right Rev. w. L. Gra-
watt, bishop of the Episcopal diocese
of West Virginia, has called special
session of the diocesan council for
May 81, in Christ church at Fairmont
at which time bishop coadjutor is
TO be elected The diocese has had
no coadjutOr bishop since the death
of Bishop w. G. Peterkin of Parkers-
burg, several years ago The pres
ent bishop was then the bishop CO.
adjutOr.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Clarksburg- Alleged activities of the
Wallace khan of the knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, described in a notebook
found on the body of Kent w Ogden,
40, wealthy oil man of Wallace, who
committed suicide by shooting himself
In an odl we'll derrick on his farm,
are to be placed in the hands of Will
e. Norris, prosecuting attorney, it was
stated 9O newspaper man by James
Ogden, father of the dead man.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Wellsburg- c. & P. Telephone
company of West Virginia has pur-
chased the property of the Wellsburg
Home Telephone company, a local
corporation managed by Claude H.
Wyant. Tire Chesapeake & Potomac
company will absorb the smaller com
pany gradually by taking over its sub
scribers and closing down it's present
exchange, at the same time increasing
g. & p. facilities for handling addi-
itional business.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Clarksburg- -Olarksburg has adopted
a city flag, the design made by Vir-
ginia NJ. Woods. The flag has a blue
field on which is a bright red star
on a white circle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

wheeling - Wheeling police made
more than 200 arrests during the
month of March.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-03

Charleston Urlah Barnes, Of this
place, who has just finished codlfying
the laws OF West Virginia, has begun
his work with committee appointed
by Governor Henry Allen, OF Kansas,
TO revise the KaGsas statutes, accord
ing TO a report in the Wichita Bea-
con, Of Wichita, Kans.