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, 1923-10-21

How the new 1924 line Of Oakland
motor cars received the name true
blue" is n question asked every
whore by the pubic.
The answer is interesting. In or
der to enhance the artistic appear
ance and Individuality of the Oak
land cars produced by the pleasing
body lines and top construction. It
was decided 70 finish all the bodies
In color. As a result the Oakland
is the only a in its price class to.
day that is furnishing standard bod.
les in ether than black. making tho
cars distinctive and different from
all other cars in the same class.
The second reason was hat the
phrase true blue" most adequate
ly described the line. The phrase ap.
pears to have originated In the
seventeenth century and to have
been used latere in the writings Of
Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott.
The Significance of true blue'' is
, 1923-10-21
TRUE BLUE" OAKLAND TAKES NAME FOR COLOR
OF NEW MODELS NOW BEING SHOWN BY AGENCIES

faithful. staunoh, real. unwavering,
genuine. sterling. also It has stood
for loyalty. fidelity and q spotless
reputation.
Thus for nearly three centuries
the expression "true blue" has sig
nified that which has been tried and
found to be absolutely reliable.
stea6fnst and honest. The Oakland
Motor Car company had been de-
singing and testing this new model
for a period of approximately three
years before 1t was placed in pro-
duction and believes that the new
line has been 10 thoroughly and
completely planned and tested as to
merit the title "true blue"
The standard Oakland cars are
finished in Holland blue striped
with red on the beading around the
body and a circle Of red around the
hub caps.
, 1923-10-21
YELLOW CAB EXPRESS
WILL Be MARKETED
THROUGH SUBSIDIARIES

The new Yellow Cab one-ton truck,
known as the Yellow Cab Express.
will be marketed through a dealer
organization and factory. sub
salaries, according to a recent an
nouncement by officials of the Vel
low Cab Manufacturing company.
This is the first time in the his
tory of the company that a Yellow
Cab product has been made avail.
able TO dealers. and was prompted,
1t is said. by a countrywide demand
that the new truck unit be dis
tributed through conventional trade
channels.
This new policy will in no way
, 1923-10-21

-
II. TO tho above. you should add
about n pint of glycerine. it will
prevent the alcohol from evaporat-
ing to a certain extent. Keep a
gallon of alcohol handy in the ga,
rage. so that you can always replace
regularly that los by evaporation.
Just a word of warning. There
will, no doubt, be thousands of mo.
florists who will read this article. yet
will neglect 10 take the advice
given, until It is too late, SO will
find some morning On going to the
garage to take out the car that the
water in the cooling system is froz'
en-. 1t is quite probable that you
will find the cylinders cracked and
the radiator will leak from certain
points. However, if there is circu-
lating water pump on the engine. do
not attempt TO start the engine i'm.
m~ediately. or, in addition to the
cracked cylinders, you will probably
have a new pumpshaft to pay for.
The first thing you should do. is to
thaw out the pump by pouring hot
water owe It, and II possible. thaw
out the radiator with hot water also,
Now. disconnect the fan belt and
, 1923-10-21

best all around anti-freezze is alco-
hol. As soon as the first sign of
cold weather appears. take no risks,
but pour about a quart Of alcohol
into the radiator. When the real
freezing weather arrives. fill the
radiator with water to within four
Inches Of the top. then drain II off
to sec now many gallons OF water
Il holds. For your anti-freeze. mix
alcohol with tho water. in the fol-
lowing proportions.
, 1923-10-21

affect the present plan of selling
Yellow Cabs. which are sold direct
to the user.
Before any definite selling plan
had been decided unon, scores Of
applications for deaierships were re.
ceived from all over the country, 1t
is said.
, 1923-10-21

cover the hood and front OF the
radiator with a good thick blanket.
then let the engine run with the
spark lever fully retarded. until you
see the water begins to circulate
again.
Cut out this article. and those to
follow during the next few wesks
and paste them up on the wall of
your garage for reference. They
will contain Information that will
be valuable to you during the COM
Ing months.
Continued next week.)
, 1923-10-21

An anti-freez.ng mixture of some
kind in the cooling system is abso-
lute'y necessary. and as this mix
ture is generally alcohol which will
, 1923-10-21
SPEED AND STABILITY
BUILT into OVERLAND

Speed and stability Is built into
the motor used in the new Overland
, 1923-10-21

Champion. a closed al announced
recently by the willys-O Overland.
which is sweeping motorists toward
its ranks Of admirers because Of
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
PIUTE REDSKINS
HOLD UTAH TOWN
Two Indians Arrested For Rob.
berry Imprison Sheriff and
Make Their Escape

Salt Lake City-Blanding a town
or SI5 inhabitants, is beleaguered by
a small band of Piute Indians, tele
phone wires have been cut. and a
message received at Monticello by
courier urged the formation of an
armed body to aid the inhabitants.
The latest outbreak, occurring in
San Juan county. in the southeastern
part OF Utah, was caused by the ar
rest and detention of two Indian
youths on charge of robbery. News
or their Incarceration soon reached q
small band of renegade Piutes. in
Guiding "Old Posey," who has figured
in previous outbreaks. Preparations
were made to rescue the young bucks
but the latter succeeded in escaping
When Sheriff w. E. Oliver took din
ner to the two jailed Indians, they re
fused to eat, and he attempted to
strike one of them on the head with
his revolver. One of the Indians
grabbed the sheriff and the other dis
armed him. They then forced the
sheriff into the corner and after lock
ing him in the jail escaped
Blanding is isolated, the Indians
hvaing cut telephone wires, and the
last word from the Indian beleaguered
village was taken to Monticello by a
courier, asking for the formation OF
an armed body of men to aid the in
habitants of the town.
When the courier left none OF the
white defenders of the town had been
wounded, although a horse had been
shot from under John Rodgers, and a
bullet went through the trouser leg
Of a rider
The townspeople have placed men
at all advantageous points on the out
skirts of the village. and sniping was
carried on all day long whenever one
OF the Indians showed his head
United States Marshal Ray Ward is
inclined to take a serious view of the
situation
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PLOT TO EXHAUST
U. S. OIL INDUSTRY
Roxane Corporation Denied the
Right TO Take Over Certain
Oil Lands in Oklahoma

Washington, d. C.-Albert B. Fall,
who retired as secretary Of the in
terror a fortnight ago, looks upon his
last official act in that office, his deci-
sion denying to the Roxana Petro-
leum Corporation the right to take
over the operation of certain oil lands
in Oklahoma under assignm ent Of
leases, as the most vital and import
ant to the country OF any that he was
called upon to make during his serv-
ice in President Harding's cabinet
Mr.. Fall made this assertion in an
interview before leaving Washington.
For" he added, this particular
case is linked with and is a part Of
a gigantic movement, international in
its nature, and charged by the French
writer. Delaisi, and others to be car
ried on with the aid and assistance Of
certain foreign governments, to ex-
haust oil supplies OF the United
States. while denying our explorers
the right to prospect for oil else
where
This is charged to be to the end
that great oil monopoly shall be ere
ated in which Americans shall have
no part. 1t is a trust plan, modelled
on the original plan OF Standard Oil.
but increased to world magnitude, and
aimed directly at the United States.
at is aided by European govern.
ment participation, even to the extent
Of investment OF government funds in
certain instances, and it is so daring
and audacious that it even has enlist
ed American money with which to
place us under tribute to the rest of
the world.
Under its successful operation.
which now has gone so far that the
menace may be clearly discerned. and
in accordance with the publicly made
boasts Of its promoters, the United
States will pay to Great Britain dur
ing the next few years many times
more than the entire refunded British
debt to US"
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Plane FALLS; z
BURN TO DEATH
Heat Too Intense For Specta.
tors to Save Army Reserve
Officers
BOTH ARE WAR VETERANS
Plane, After Being Caught In a Heavy
Wind, Fell To the Ground and
Caught Fire, Pinnins FIiers
Beneath the Wrecksae.

Ell Paso. Tex.-Jay C. Richenback
er, aged 27, and Kenneth p. Brown.
aged 2S, reserve officers OF the United
States army air service, were burned
to death at Fort Bliss, when their De
Haviland plane, in which they were
making flight, crashed to the ground
in full view of hundreds of spectators.
The plane, after being caught in a
heavy wind, fell to the ground where
1T caught fire. The two fiiers were
pinned beneath the wreckage. Army
officers, commercial airplane pilots
and spectators were powerless to res
cue the victims, so intense was the
fire.
Brown was an Ell Paso confectioner
and was born in Gotham. n. II. He
formerly lived at Portland, Me.
Richenbacher was assistant ore
buyer for the Ell Paso Smelling
Works. His home was in Centralia,
Ill. Both were officers in the air serv-
ice in the World war.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
HOUSE OF DAVID
DEF|ES The LAW
Tunnel and Auto For Escape
From Arrest Revealed BY
Former Followers
WIFE KNOWN AS "QUEEN,
Spy System Instituted and Girls En-
dansered, Among Charges Made
BY Witnesses-suilt Tube
To Flee the Gentiles.

Grand Rapids, Mich. - Testimony
that Benjamin David Purnell, head of
the House of David, at Benton Har-
Dor, mistreated young girls, that he
feared exposition of alleged condi-
tions within the colony, and had made
preparation for flight through a tun-
mel and by means of a fast motor car,
and that he dictated the manner In
which members should vote in local
and state elections, was offered In the
suit of John w. Hansel, former mem
Der who seeks a financial accounting
with the cult
New interest was injected into the
case by report that Purnell, who is
considered by his colonists as i'm
mune from court action, was in Grand
Rapids, preparatory to taking the wit
ness stand. Attorneys for the plain
tin had sought, in vain, to force the
personal appearance OF Purnell
Mary Purnell, his wife, known as
the Queen" of the colony, has occu-
pied a seat at counsel table since the
opening of the case and in one in
stance arose from her chair and
raised finger toward a witness who
declared he had overheard her up-
braiding Purnell for running a house
Of i'll fame"
Testimony about the tunael was of.
fered by Emil ]. Rosetta. a former
follower of Purnell, who followed his
wife on the stand. "T helped dig the
tunnel myself" Rosetta testified. "It
is ready for use"
Mrs. Rosetta testified to have wit
messed improper practices between
Purnell and six other girls. She also
asserted that she had heard Purnell
read the confessions of men of the
colony before girls in tho House of
Shiloh.
She further testified that for two
years she was out of favor with Pur-
nell, while her husband told on the
stand that he was advanced to lead
ership at High Island, owned by the
cult, because he supported Mary and
Benjamin Purnell against his wife.
He testified he lost his position be-
cause he held the head of a school
teacher Of the island when she faint
ed
Mrs Rosetta declared she and her
husband were expelled from the coll
ony on IL hours notice because she
had told Rosetta OF relations with
Purnell.
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Minister'S Home Destroyed by Fire

Greensburg, Pa.-Fire Of an un-
known origin destroyed the parsonage
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Murraysville, causing damage esti-
mated at $1,000. The parsonage was
occupied by Rev. and Mrs. Frank A.
Callahan. The pastor was away and
Mrs. Callahan barely escaped with her
life. Mrs. Callahan had gone to the
furnace room to FIX the fire for the
night Later she smelled smoke. and
hurried into the cellar. By that time
the room was furnace. Nothing was
saved. The parsonage was hand
some stone structure built six years
ago.
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COLLISION WITH
PHANTOM CRAFT
Three Masted Schooner, With
out Lights, Escapes After
Smash In Fog
OCEAN LANES ARE MENACED
Rum Runner Skittering Across the
Ocean Traffic Lanes at Full Speed
In Heavy Fog Jams Into
Big Freighter. e.

New York, N. Y.-The American
freighter Birmingham City arrived in
quarantine with big dent in the steel
plates OF her bow and a story about
the menace of wind jamming" rum
runners skittering across the ocean
traffic lanes, full speed without lights
or signals, through a dark night
weighted with fog.
The freighter had reached a point
about 16 miles east of the ever-chang-
ing anchorage Of the rum fleet-when
suddenly and without warning a three
mastered schooner appeared like a
wrath directly in her course, coming
head on under full spread of canvas.
She carried no lights and sounded no
whistles, the captain declared.
Lookouts on both ships raised cries
of warning; the schooner veered a
bit; the steamer reversed engines.
They struck PROV to bowsprit; there
was a crash of splintered wood and of
groaning steel and crews of both ves-
sells made for the lifeboats.
Although l am positive her bow
was smashed, l received no answer"
Captain Arnett related. Her canvas
was still up and she staggered away
and off into the fog" Coast guards
and wireless stations said they had
received no word of a schooner in dis
tress.
The 60-foot cabin cruiser Avenger
was seized by customs officials at
the Staten Island landing and her
captain AMI crew arrested, charged
with illegally transporting liquor. The
Avenger was reported to have carried
$50 cases of whisky from Rum row.
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New Pneumonia Cur. Fourd

New York.-A remarkable new cure
for pneumonia has been discovered
and found to be practical, according
to an announcement by doctors in St.
Mary's hospital in Hoboken. Known
as the diathermic treatment, it con-
sists Of placing metal plates on the
chest and back of the patient and
passing an electric current through
the lungs. The temperature inside
the lungs is so increased that the
congestion is said to be broken up
after a few treatments.
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Find Man After Lonn Search.

Wilkes Barre, Pa-After 75 hours
Of intensive search, during which time
the state troops and their bloodhounds
we're called on to no avail, party OF
fellow employees found James Kowol-
ski, unconscious, in the underground
workings Of the Stanton mine OF the
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Com
pany. The Stanton is the deepest and
one OF the largest mines in the anthra-
oite neld. Kowolski has been lost
since Saturday nighs.
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Dead Spots Puzzle seientisss

Washington, d. C.-Government sci
entists are trying to determine the
cause Of dead spots" between a
number Of cities in the United States
which form an almost impenetra bic
barrier TO the direct exchange OF ra-
dio messages. The most pronounced
of these appears to be between Wash.
ington and Baltimore. To get a mes
sage to this point, less than 40 miles
distant, Washington senders are us
ing Chicago and other comparatively
remote cities as relay points The
pleasures of radio concert are almost
completely lost between the two
cities.
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Models Slayer Suspect Known.

New York.-A denizen of Broad
ways underworld whose chief busi-
ness is said to have been levying
blackmail upon the gold diggers" of
the half world of the bright light area.
is being shadowed by the police, and
probably will be arrested in connec-
ton with the Staying by chloroform
of Dorothy keenan,, also known as
Dorothy King, whose body was found
in her bed in studio on the fifth floor
Of a Fifty-seventh street house.
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Have Asked for New Trial.

Philadelphia, Pa-Henry NJ. Stew.
enson, counsel for Matthew F. Grif.
fin, former federal secret service
chief, and six other men who were
found guilty by a jury in United
States District Court on charges OF
conspiracy to defraud the government
in a gigantic whisky plot, made a
motion for a new trial. Thirteen men
were indicted in the alleged fraud
but Harold l.. Smith, formerly a star
athlete at the University of Michi-
gan, and Joseph Kleinman pleaded
guilty and turned government wit.
nesses.
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Wellsburg, w Va.-A funeral pro-
cession, vending its way north on
Charles street. was halted here while
Rev. A. r. Shaw. pastor Of the First
Christian Church. performed mar
riage ceremony at the parsonage. Mr..
Shaw conducted funeral services at
the home OF Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Clemons, then asked the undertaken
to take the Charles street route to
the cemetery. When the procession
passed the parsonage. the pastor was
engaged in tying the nuptial knot.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
Can Meet SUGAR Demand

Washington, d. C.-The United
States may soon declare her sugar
independence, government officials
have announced. With prices climb.
ing, world supply said to be in the
hands of a half dozen spectators
and the market ridden with foreign
combinations and monopolies, this
country has a potential sugar produc-
tion to more than meet domestic de-
mands. The United States at present
produces one-fourth of the sugar 1t
consumes-the normal beet sugar out.
put being 100000 tons and the cane
crop about $4,000 tons.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
Evade Capture After Esoane

Chicago. 1.-Two convicts who
choked a guard into submission and
fed while being transferred from
Joliet penitentiary to the Statevlle
prison, had apparently made good
their escape The prisoners we're
Thomas Pruett Chicago, serving is
--ears for murder. and John Hale,
Chicago, serving 10 years to life for
robbery. They were being taken to
Statewide in an automobile in custody
OF F. N. Wllkey. a guard, and Frank
Cressi. a "trusty."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
HARDING LOUDLY cHEEREp
Crowds Greeting Presidential Party
Take Cue From Dauaherty.

Palm Beach, Fla. - The prediction
made by Attorney General Daugherty
In Miami that President Harding
would be a candidate for renomina-
tion and reelection received its first
public approval at West Palm Beach,
when Mr.. Harding, with other mem
bers OF the vacation party. boarded
the houseboat Pioneer for the cruise
northward to ST Augustine
Several hundred residents Of West
Palm Beach, which. incidentally went
Republican in 1920, were crowded on
the pier awaiting the President.
When the automobile bearing him and
Mrs. Harding drew up there was a
thunder of applause
He thanked those on the pier for
the welcome and said he was glad
they had come down to bid Mrs Hard
ing and him farewell, and that both
OF them had a warm spot in their
hearts for West Palm Beach.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
Storm causes Heavy Ioss.

Chicago, Ill.-The country from the
Rocky Mountains TO near the Allan
tic coast was in the grip of biz
zard. Four persons were killed in
Colorado as a result of the storm.
Damage to the Kansas potato crop
and the Oklahoma peach crop will!
run into, millions Wire communica-
tions was paralyzed in many sec
tions. Telephone and telegraph com
panies reported miles of poles down.
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VIII Defend Free sneenh

st. Joseph, Mich.-The right of free
assemblage formed the basis of de.
Tense in the trial Of William H.
Foster, Communist. charged with vic.
lation of the Michigan Syndicalist
law Efforts were made to show the
Bridgeman convention which resulted
in the indictment OF Foster and other
leaders OF the Communist party did
not promote acts of sabotage or vio-
lence in order to obtain political and
industrial reform.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
Bank Officer Ends LIE.

Newburg Ind.--James L. Allen aged
81, former director of the Farmers
State Bank, which closed its doors
here a few months ago, committed
suicide at his home here by hanging
himself Worry over the numerous
civil suits against himself and other
officials OF the bank, pending in the
courts here since the failure OF the
bank, is believed by relatives to have
caused the act
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Takes Long Term for Mothers Sake

New York, N. Y.-Morris Reisler
son of John the Barber" sacrificed
20 years of freedom for the sake of
his mother. Reisler assumed all re-
sponsibility for the murder of Bertha
Katz. his aunt with whom his father
had been intimate. Together with
his mother, a brother and an uncle
he went to the woman's home July
20 last and one OF them killed Miss
Katz. Mrs. Reisler herself sought to
plead guilty during the investigation
that followed At the time both she
and her son claimed to have done the
murder. Morris walked smilingly to
the bar, pleaded guilty, and was sen.
fenced to from 20 years to life. In.
dictments against his mother and
others were dropped.
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czarists Plan coup IfIerir. n,..

London - Russian royalists, antici
pating the death Of Nicolai Lenine
the Soviet premier, are assembling in
Paris to plan czarist coup, accord
ing to the Paris correspondent of the
Daily Sketch. The Grand Duke Cyril
is the Legitimate heir to the Russian
throne hut many factions are rallying
around Grand Duke Dimitri, who took
a prominent part in the killing OF the
monk Rasputin.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
Bond Permission Asked

Washington. d. C.-The Penpsyi
yania Railroad applied to the Inter
state Commerce Commission for per
mission to assume obligation and liza
bility for S31,5OO,OOO OF 5 per cen
equipment trust certificates to fnanc,
the purchase Of new equipment.
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Banker Jailed; Wife Held.

NaDles.-Frencesco Tisbo, the New
York steamship ticket agent and
banker who is under indictment in
that city on grand larceny charges.
was imprisoned here. The police said
they found a considerable quantity OF
jewels in the couples baggage.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-03-29
Pioneer Hard Coal Operator Is Dead

Philadelphia. - Calvin Pardee, who
with his father. Ario Pardee. and
brother, Ario, Jr., had a prominent
part in the development OF the an
tracite industry of Pennsylvania, died
at his home in Germantown He was
aged 50, and until a few months ago
had been in active charge of his va
rious business interests.
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Three Autoists Drown At Ferry.

Brownsville, Pa. = Trapped in a
closed car, three persons were drown
ed at Fredericktown. five miles from
here, when the machine backed off
the ferry into the Monongahela river.
The victims were identified after the
bodies were recovered from the
sunken car as Rock Reilly and Mr..
and Mrs. John Furajtar, all OF Mather,
Greene county.
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Stock Yards Endangered by Fire.

Chicago, Ill.-A spectacular fire
marked by flares OF gas and explo.
sions Of numerous gasoline tanks en-.
dangered the Union Stock Yards. The
flames wiped out the plant Of the
Mercury Manufacturing Company and
caused damage estimated between
100000 and $250.00O