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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
IRATE MAN SHOOTS
HIS WIFE AND SELF
Maryland Tragedy Results In
Death of Wife, Husband and
lnjuring Four Persons

Hagerstown, Md. - Concealed in a
clump of bushes along roadside, Roy
Smith, aged 20, of Woodsboro, Md,
shot and killed his 19-year-old wife,
seriously wounded her father, two sis
ters and another girl, and then com
mitted suicide, according 10 the police
Smith had been separated from his
wife for a week. He lay in wait for
the party accompanying Rev. ]. A.
Saxton in a carriage and opened fire
as they approached. The minister's
11-year-old daughter was wounded.
Smith then ran to a wheat field.
where he sent bullet through his
brain.
The wounded are Harry Wilhide,
father of Mrs. Smith; Mildred Will
hide, aged 16. and Beatrice Wilhide,
her sisters, and Frances Saxton. aged
II, daughter Of the minister.
Smith jumped out of the bushes.
according to the authorities, and fired
with a shotgun. The first charge
killed the wife. Reloading the gun
he fired again when others were
wounded.
A posse of mountain folk found
Smiths body later.
According to the police the tragedy
followed an elopement of the couple
last March. Parents Of both parties
objected to the match. Mrs. Smith,
1t was said, contemplated divorce.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
REBUKE ISSUED BY
u. S. LABOR BOARD
Attitude of Railroad System In
Dealing With Shop Crafts
Union Is Criticized

Chicago. - Severely criticizing the
Pennsylvania System as unfair, un-
just and inconsistent in it's method
OF dealing with the Shop Crafts
Union in an employees representation
election, the United States Railroad
Labor Board issued it's long expected
public rebuke to the carrier for viola
ton of an order directing the carrier
to recognize the Shop Crafts Union.
BY its refusal to count the ballots
cast for the Shop Craftps' Union rep
resentatives and its refusal to hold
another election without discrimina-
ton between the union and the COM
pany association, the Pennsylvania,
the boards rebuke states, deprived
the shop employees OF Essential
rights as laboring men to which Con-
gress had declared them entitled"
''If employe representation means
anything at ALL" the board states, "it
signifies the right OF a class OF en-
ployes, through majority action, to
select their own representatives to
negotiate with the carrier agreements
covering wages and working condi-
tions. This is what Congress said it
meant, but the shop crafts so far have
been deprived OF this plain, indispu-
table, simple right on the Pennsylva-
mia System. While processing its ac-
ceptance and observance of this prin-
ciple Of employe representation, the
carrier has set up a system which
throttles the majority and establishes
the representation of a coerced and
subsequent minority"
Since the board has rebuked the
carrier for its attitude toward the
shop crafts union it is expected to
take the same action within a short
time in the clerks case.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
TrumbuII Dividend Hioher.

Youngstown, O.-Directors Of the
Trumbull Steel Company, Warren,
have declared a quarterly dividend
on common stock of 35 cents per
share. an increase of 10 cents per
share as compared with the disburse-
ment the previous quarter The reg
ular quarterly preferred dividend OF
s1.75 on Trumbull and Liberty Steel
stock also was authorized. All divi-
dends are payable July Q to holders OF
record June 30. Directors OF the
Newton Steel Company declared a
quarterly dividend of so cents per
share on the no-par value common
stock
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Legion Raps U. S. system.

Philadelphia, pam appeal for
better hospital service in Pennsvl.
Vanla, drawn up at an executive com.
mittee meeting Of the American LIE.
gion OF Pennsylvania, has been sent
TO President Harding It is as fol.
lows: THE state executive commit.
tee OF American Legion views with
alarm the imminent breakup of the
disqualification program I'm the com.
monwealth Some unknown sinister
force is preventing the building of es.
sential hospitals, is permitting the
closing of existing temporary hospit.
ais Is cancelling needed trips of the
appeal board of the veterans bureau
and causing great suffering and dis
tress TO wounded veterans.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Heavy Loss In Oil CITY Fire.

OIL city. Pa. - Fire originating in
the explosion Of a still at the Penn
American oil Refinery entailed a loss
estimated at from St5OOOO to $780,
200 Volunteers aided by fremen and
apparatus from TitusvilIe. Franklin
and oil City assisted I'm fighting the
blaze Two stills the pump house
containing 13 oil pumping engines
and four water pumps the coal tpple
and receiving house i'm which there
were 10 stills. were destroyed. Two
tanks with total capacity of 1000 bar
rels of distillato. two 1S.OOO.barreI
tanks full Of crude oil and one slop
tank Of 12oO barrels capacity were
on fire at once
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
TeIIs Klansmen to unmasL

Trenton, ". J.-Members of the Ku
kIux klan must shed their masks if
they wish their grievance appeals lis.
tened to. Gov. Silzer declared i'm con.
nection with letters broadcast by the
klan protesting against disruption of
their meetings by organized mobs %
The Governor said ne had not re.
ceiyed the letter the Klan announced
it had sent to him on the subject
IF the Ku Klux Klan leaders viii
appear i'm person with their masks
of and show a real grievance they
will receive consideration and action
the Governor said
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Banker Becomes EmbezzIer.

Waynesburg, Pa.-Charles II. Coov.
er, secretary and treasurer of the
Waynesburg Trust Company, was ar
rested charged with embezzlement OF
s15S,000 OF the banks funds. He
was held for court under $4,000 bail.
When the shortage was discovered,
according to Charles H Graeff, sec
ond deputy secretary OF banking,
Coover confessed that the money
was lost through speculation in
stocks. The banks depositors and
stockholders will sustain no loss,
however, as Coover was bonded for
$125,OOO and he turned over $4,000
of his own property to make up the
balance NJ .,s--
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Many Arrested At Horse Rso.

New Kensington. Pa A squad of
state police entered the wickets I'm
the mutuel room under the grandstand
of the fair grounds at the local race
track Immediately after the close of
the seventh race and arrested 25 or
30 mutuel operators and confscated
all Of the tally sheets. it is reported
Payment of money ON the seventh
race was held up on account of the
missing tally sheets but it is said
that after the sheets are recorded the
amount viii be posted and the money
paid. The operators were arrested ON
the charge of maintaining a gambling
device. They were taken before a
justice of the peace and bail bonds
obtained
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Concerns Stock Is Worthless.

Cleveland, o. - The common stock
Of the Cleveland Discount Company,
one of the largest mortgage concerns
in the country, which went into re-
ceivership last February %, is believ-
ed to be worthless, and the value Of
the $7,1O5,OOO preferred stock is Eek
tremely problematical," but the COM
pany is still solvent, according to a
summary OF the auditors report,
made public by the receivers. or
$9,566.67O capital paid in only $2,331,-
847 remains. Losses sustained by
stockholders would appear to be ST.
234,S23. The receivers statement
reveals a series of deficits extending
over two years with net total of S3,-
994,63S. The deficits include dis
counts unearned and charged back.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
War Debt Aareement slnnsd.

Washington, D. c. The Anglo.
American debt funding agreement,
providing for repayment to the Unit
ed States by Great Britain OF war
time loans OF s4,6OO,OOO,OOO has been
signed formally and began it's life of
62 years. Exchange Of the linden
lures, the documentary evidence OF
the agreement, was made between the
treasury and the British embassy.
The execution took form Of pro-
posal by Sir Auckland Geddes. the
British ambassador, and acceptance
by Secretary Mellon
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Auto Kills Norman ~ 90

Spangler, Pa.-As a result of injur.
les suffered when she was struck by
an automobile along the Nicktown
road, Mrs. Barbara Reider, so years
DID, OF Wilmore, this county, died in
the Miners Hospital here. She suf.
fered fractures of the skull and right
leg and severe lacerations of the face
ami arms. Mrs. Reider had alighted
from an automobile and attempted to
cross the road when run down by an.
other automobile running at an exces.
sive rate of speed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Pair Absolved of Numbering
Wife'S Brother for His
Life Insurance
WIFE FACES SECOND TRIAL
Husband and Mate Acquitted of Pol
soning Charge Wife Return
ed To Jail for Trial On
Another Indictment

Newark, n. J-Mrs. Mary Creigh.
ton and her husband, John, were ac-
quilted by jury of the murder by
poisoning of Charles Raymond Avery,
Mrs. Creighton's brother
The jury was out but an hour.
The defendants awaited the verdict
with tense impatience, Mrs Creighton
clutching nervously at her handker-
chief. She fell sobbing into her hus-
bands arms when the verdict was
read, and it was several minutes be-
fore either could recover sufficiently
to acknowledge the congratulations
of their counsel and friends.
Mrs. Creighton was taken back to
Essex county Jail to await trial on
another indictment charging her with
the murder of her mother-in-law, Mrs.
John F. Creighton, who is alleged to
have been poisoned several years ago.
Mrs. Creighton's lawyer said he
would seek to obtain her release on
bail pending her next trial
The state contended in its summing
up that it had proved Avery died of
arsenic poisoning and that the accus-
ed were the only ones who attended
him during his illness.
In support of the states claim that
he was murdered for his insurance
of $1,000 the prosecution asserted that
Creighton's bank account had shrunk
from $1,SOO to $21 and that he was in
need of money.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
MEN WILL GUARD
U.S.BORDER LAND
Would Keep Rum Runners and
Aliens Out of Country
Is Object
DAVIS GIVES HIS APPROVAL
Government Proposes To Use All
Power at Its Command To Close
Country's Borders to In
ternational SmuseIers.

Washington, d. C.-Creation OF an
American border patrol of 1000 pick
ed man-hunters, with full federal po-
lice powers, is now being considered
by government officials as drastic
means OF closing the country's bor-
ders to international smugglers it was
learned.
The border patrol would be flung
along the $500 miles of Canadian
frontier and the 5000 miles of arid
lands facing Mexico. 1t would be
used to crush out the present wide
spread smuggling OF aliens, booze,
narcotics and customs across the two
international borders.
Conceived by immigration officials.
the plan has been indorsed by Secre-
tary of Labor Davis. II approved by
treasury department officials, legisla-
tion will be introduced in the next
congress to bring the patrol into ex-
istence.
The patrol rather would be used to
close smugglers loopholes in sparse
ly settled sections Of the two great
border lines
Organization OF the patrol would be
effected along the lines of the Texas
Rangers, with carefully selected
"sharpshoOters" and trained man
hunters as it's personnel These man
hunters would locate. track down and
arrest all smugglers whether the
smuggler was bootlegging, an undesi-
rable alien, a case of contraband Ii
quor, carton of deadly drugs or a
bag of diamonds on which no duty
had been paid
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
ENROLMENT OF
ALIENS is URGED
Secretary of Labor Davis To
Carry Plan To People In
Contemplated Tour
TO HIT AT "UNDESIRABLES"
A System of Registration of All
Aliens in the Country Is Proposed
Until They Become
Citizens.

Washington, d. CA proposal for
the elimination of undesirables from
the tide of new American citizenship,
through the compulsory enrolment"
Of all aliens, will be carried to the
American people for approval this
fall by Secretary of Labor James j.
Davis, he told the International News
Service today.
The secretary proposes a system
of registration by which all aliens
in the country would be added to the
roll until they became citizens. Davis
will explain his plan on a nationwide
tour either late this summer or early
in the fall. On the trip he will visit
every state and speak in every large
city from coast to coast.
While erecting an efficient barrier
against alien bootleggers, the Davis
plan also provides a legal "dragnet"
for the apprehension and deportation
of undesirables who slipped through
immigration loopholes i'll the past.
With compulsory enrolment in opera
ton, immigration officials believe at
least 100000 aliens who were illegal
will be located and deported. They
also believe the plan Will completely
check the existing wholesale snug
Cling of undesirable immigrants into
the country.
Secretary Davis said: There are
100000 aliens now in the United
States. Ny plan would enable the
Government TO sift them for unde-
sirables. Those aliens not fit for citi-
zenship would be given fair deporta-
ton trials. The Nation would then
be rid of them. To those who were
desirable as citizens we would extend
helping hand.
1T would surely curb the snug
Cling of Chinese and Japanese into
our Pacific coast cities" he added.
BY the enrolment process we could
locate every smuggled Chinese and
Jap. No other plan would have the
same success"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Now Selling "Hot poas."

New York, N. Y.-Roy H. MacMas-
ters. nominal head OF the stock firm OF
r. H. MacMasters & Company, which
failed recently for $2,OOO,O0O, has
opened a frankfurter stand in an out
lying section Of Brooklyn, and is at
tempting to make a living by selling
refreshments to motorists 1t is un-
derstood that he used his last 100000
in an attempt to stave of failure.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Frick Estate Tax Is Reduced.

New York.-Surrogate Foley grant
ed the motion Of executors Of the es-
tate Of Henry G. Frick, who died in
1919. that an impending 10 per cent
state transfer tax OF $1.947 be reduc-
ed to 6 per cent. The 10 per cent tax
was imposed for exceeding the time
limit. but the executors showed that
the delay was unavoidable OF the
S9O.OOO.OOO estate less than 21OOO.-
600 was taxable here, the rest being
paid in Pittsburgh.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
euy erize.Winninn Cattle

Frankfort, Ky.-The entire herd of
$50 head of Hereford cattle, belonging
to the estate of Colonel +. II. Taylor
was sold to r. II. Cunningham & Sons
Co, Pittsburgh coal operators. The
Woodford farms herd which Colonel
Taylor accumulated, purchasing Here.
ford show winners from England, car.
ried off national honors at cattle
shows season after season. Accord
ing to a statement, seven of the no
table animals brought $52,7OO. Wood.
ford Sixth topped the list at $15,1OO.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Pastor Works To euy FIlvver.

New York. ". Y-To earn money
to buy an automobile to visit mem
bers OF his congregation, the Rev.
Charles f. Taylor, pastor Of the Elm
wood Presbyterian Church OF East
Orange handed in a bid to clear
trees and shrubbery from plot near
his church bought by the Board Of
Education His bid Of $3.50 was low
est and he got the job The amount
will just cover the cost Of an automo-
bile which he felt he needed ever
since he took over the Elmwood
Presbyterian Church.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
- DO As rraln Hits 49,

Punxsutawney, Pa.-Paul Sheesley
aged 10, Of Deckers Point, died in the
Adrian hospital from injuries suffered
when an automobile in which he was
riding with a companion was struck
by a passenger train on the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad at
a crossing six miles south OF this
place. ira Douglass, aged %, also of
Deckers Point, the other occupant in
the machine, was killed The men
we're en- route to their homes from
work.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Butler Realty Makes Record.

Butler Pa.-The highest price per
foot front ever paid for real estate on
the business section of Main street.
this city, was made public with the
filing Of a deed conveying the John
Berg & Co. bank building to the But.
Ter Savings and Trust Company. for
100000. The property has a frontage
Of 40 feet in Main street and a depth
OF 75 feet in Jefferson, with a three
story brick building, occupied for 40
years by the John Berg G. Co. bank
ing firm. The property adjoins the
Butler Savings and Trust Company.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
DIvoree 80 Woman stoo.ooo

Chicago, Tll.-A divorce decree oh,
tanned by Mrs Joseph Switson i'm Ne
vada on June g, will cost her 500. 900
left in trust by the will Of her father.
Charles p. Ford a Chicago banker. If
a suit fled by her brother, Eugene
y. Ford and the other executor OF
the Ford estate is upheld. Il is al.
legged that the will provided that in
come from the fund be paid her as
long "as she is married and lives with
her husband" The case attracted ma.
tion-wide attention.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Escaped Convict cannh.

Richwood w. Wi1iam Coot,
aged 80, an escaped convict from
Moundsville Penitentiary, was can.
tured after a battle in a woods. near
this city, by a posse led By Deputy
Sheriff Clowser. Cook was shot and
is in a serious condition. -Four pbvsi.
clans are attempting to save his life
Cook was serving three years for
making moonshine in Nicholas conn.
~ lie began serving his term last
FEBRUARY and escaped three weeks
ago while working with road gang
in Marion County. .
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Noted American Artist Dies

New York, ". Y.-Paul Cornoyer.
noted artist, died at East Gloucester.
Mass, frienis here were advised. He
was born in st. Louis in 1864. He
won first prize at tho American art
exhibition in 1890 and was awarded
medals at exhibitions in Paris. st.
Louis, Philadelphia and elsewhere.
One Of his best known paintings.
After the Rain hangs in the Brook.
lyn Institute Museum.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Flag pefilers Arrested

Parkersburg, w. Va.-Virgn Stern,
c. A. Bryatt and F. B. Scott, all Of
Parkersburg, were arrested on a war
rant sworn out by Mrs. Bertha A..
Ruble, postmistress at Mineral Wells.
charging them with unlawfully and
publicly mutilating and defiling an
Amernican flag, which they are said
to have taken from in front of the
postotfice building. The warrant also
charges them with the larceny of the
flag.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Germans XIII Two Reloians.

Essen, Germany. A Belgian cor.
poral and private were killed and
one private was wounded at Mari.
near Recklinghausen, when they en-
deavored to search two Germans at
control post. The German, chaI-
lenged, drew revolvers. They were
arrested by other members of the
post. Authorities have announced
that sanctions will be taken against
the town and district where the shoot
ing occurred.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Five Years In Ship Line Fraud.

New York, N. Y-Marcus Garvey,
self-elected Provisional President of
Africa" was sentenced to the Atlanta
penitentiary for five years for fleeing
the public through sale of Black Star
Line stock. Garvey was convicted of
having used the mail to defraud Gar
vey was led into court by the heavy
guard placed around him to prevent
attempts at rescue and to protect him
from duped investors
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
LARGEST Submarine Launched.

Chatham, Submarine X.1. the
largest and most powerful underwater
craft I'm the world, was launched here.
The mystery ship" as she has been
called displaces 2.7SO tons ON the sur
face and 5000 tons submerged. which
is greater by more than 1000 tons
than any similar craft now anoat.
The X1 will mount a 12-inch gun and
with her great speed will be a match
for many surface war craft.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28
Pershine To Attend Reunion.

Greensburg, Pa - General John J.
Pershing has assured members Of the
committee that he will attend the
Pershing reunion to be held in a park
near here in September. Arrange
ments for the reunion are being made
by Edward Pershing. Philadelphia
attorney and Rev J. TT Pershing Of
Grepnshnrr
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Huntngton-A sum totaling 1894 90
was carried away as loot by burglars
who broke into a filling station OF
the Standard Oil company here. No
arrest was made.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Charleston-The West Virginia SUM-
day School association, with headquar-
ters in the Moore building, has engag-
ed Miss Violet w. Johnson, formerly
of Portland, Oregon, as superinten-
dent Of the children's division.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Wheeling-Marsh Stahl. local bar
ber, stricken with paralysis while
shaving a customer, died without re-
gaining consciousness. He was 33
years of age and married. He for
merly resided at Washington, Pa.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Fairmont-Miss Mildred L. Gile, Of
Boston, late assistant pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church at Kansas
City, Mo, has arrived here and taken
up the duties Of an assistant pastor OF
the Methodist Protestant Temple.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Morgantown-John Natlas. head OF
lhe Morgantown Florist company, and
owner of the Kelley property, on
Spruce street, has arranged to erect
two office buildings there at total
cost Of $4,000. Contracts are to be
awarded Immediately.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Morgantown-The Morgantown de.
tachment of the state police has a new
commanding officer. Corporal George
r. Donalds has arrived to take charge.
In place Of Sergeant Olln r. Ruth.
whose enlistment expired and who has
entered private business in Wheeling.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Wheeling-Samuel Montgomery Of
Warwood, a suburb of Wheeling. was
instantly killed when he jumped from
an automobile about to collide with
another car into the path Of a street
car. The wheel Of the street car
passed over his head. He was At
years old and leaves a wife and two
children
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

MorgantOwn - Bernard Raymond
Madeira, 30 years old, one Of the pro-
prietors OF the Madeira hotel here,
died in a Pittsburg hotel Of uraemic
poisoning. Mr.. Madeira, who was well
known throughout the state, had been
in falling health for several years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-28

Charleston - Four Charleston mo,
VIII get increase in pay as a result
Of the Increase granted shopmen of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway at
Chicago. They are the only shopmen
employed here by the G. & O. Be
tween $500 and 5000 shopmen are
employed In the G. &. o. shops In
Huntington