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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Philadelphia A drive to break up
narcotic drug running between New
York and Philadelphia resulted in
four women and five men being held
by the police on charges OF violating
the Harrison act and seizing of drugs
valued at $4,000. Police swooped
down on dope distribution centers
and seized drugs in their campaign
Edna May, Negress, was arrested as
she stepped from a train from New
York The woman, # is alleged, was
transporting 80 pounds of drugs in
a hand satchel
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Prominent Man Killed by Auto,

Chicago.-Howard B. Jackson, one
of the best known members of the
Chicago Board of Trade and an Off
cial Of the United States Grain Cor
poration, during the war, was killed
by an automobile in front of his home
in Sheridan road. Mr.. Jackson was
struck by a machine driven by George
Kaufman, an interior decorator. Miss
Lucille Gray. who was crossing the
street with Jackson at the time of the
accident, tainted. Kaufman was held
on a charge of assault to kill with an
automobile.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
MINERS SURE OF
NO COAL STRIKE
One Hundred Union Chiefs Are
Gathered i'm New York to
Meet Operators
AGREEMENT EXPIRES APRIL 1
Future Contracts Will Protect Nation
Against Such SimuItane eous
Strikes In Hard and Soft Goals
AS Existed Last Year.

New York.-A hundred officials of
the United Mine Workers of America
are gathered here to seek, in confer
ences with the principal operators of
the country, an agreement which
would eliminate the possibility of an
other general coal strike this spring.
The union delegates, comprising the
general policies committee of the
United Mine Workers of America,
were confident of the success of their
mission in one vital respect They
and the operators were agreed, they
said, that future contracts should pro-
tect the nation against such simultan-
eous strikes in hard and soft coal
mines as existed for five months last
year.
The miners also expressed a convic-
tion that there would be no strike in
the bituminous mines this year, al
though their existing contract, the
Cleveland agreement, which ended
the strike last August, expires April 1.
John l.. Lewis, president of the
mine workers organization, called the
conference. Virtually every big oper-
ator in the four recognized "competi-
tive fields" is in attendance, as well
as score or more from outlying
fields" in a dozen states.
Phil A. Penna, secretary of the Indi-
ana Coal Association, is chairman of
the joint conference. Besides Mr..
Lewis, the miners are represented by
Phil Murray of Pittsburgh, vice pres
ident Of the United Mine Workers of
America; William Green OF Indianap-
oils, secretary-treasurer Ellis Searles
of the American Federation of Labor
at Washington, and district delegates
to the general policies committee.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Indian Dares Cop to Use Gun.

New York.-"Shoot me, paleface
copper, and have the honor of killing
the only full-blooded Indian in New
York" cried Chief Red Wing when
Policeman Freebarg arrested him for
disorderly conduct. The redskin was
reported to have a pistol annoying his
wife. a dressmaker, when the police
man was called. Red Wing said he
came to New York from Pittsburgh
where he used to work for the Penn
sylvania railroad
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Eioht Planned on volstead Law.

Cincinnati Organized labor pre-
pared a campaign against the Vol
stead act here. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
Of Labor, conferred with the execu-
tive board OF the Brewery Workers
International union on plans Comp
eTs declared the Volstead act goes
far in advance of what was contem-
plated by the original law The fight
will be based on the premise that
beer and wine are not injurious but
are actually healthful beverages, the
labor chief said.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Baltimore Threatened by Fire.

Baltimore, Md.-Fire destroyed a
large clothing warehouse in Hopkins
place and for time threatened the
entire wholesale district. The build
ing was occupied by the Wear-Well
Pants Company Several hundred
thousand dollars worth of goods were
stored in the building. 1t was the
same block in which the great fire
of 1904 started-in the heart of the
wholesale clothing and dry goods dis
trict. The loss is placed at approx
mately $500,000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
APPROPRIATION
FOR RIVER WORK
House Increases Amount to be
Spent in improvements by
Nearly $20,OOO,00O
CARRIED BY VOTE OF 1852 TO a.
Monongahela River, Conneaut Harbor,
Erie Harbor and Ashtabula Har-
Dor Will All Benefit BY
New Allotments

Washington. d. C.-Members of the
House, irrespective OF party, broke
away from leaders during considera-
ton of the army appropriation bill
and by an overwhelming vote of 152
to A, adopted an amendment to the
river and harbor section of the meas
ure increasing from $37 100000 to
$56,5S9,910, the appropriation for the
country's inland waterways.
BY this action the canalization of
the Ohio river from Pittsburgh to
Caro-, ILL.,, providing a nine foot stage
II months in the year, is given re-
newed impetus. For this work the
army engineers recommended a total
of S7,000,000 for a continuation of
the system of locks and dams and in
addition $526,000 for maintenance and
open channel work. The Monongahe-
la in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
will receive S2,000,000 for improve
ments, while for maintenance $4,000
will go to the Allegheny Other allot-
ments include Conneaut Harbor, $685.
600; Erie Harbor, $4,000, and Ash
tabula Harbor, $4,000.
Representative S. w. Dempsey of
New York, chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee, contended for the
larger appropriation. Backed by
members from the Ohio, Mississippi
and Missouri valleys, the budget max
ers who allotted s27,0OO,O0O for river
and harbor work were arraigned for
what was declared a short-sighted
policy in cutting down funds which,
it was declared by the army engi-
neers, was necessary to carry on i'm
provements OF the country's water
ways.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Bible Saves Pastors Cash.

New Castle, Pa.-The First Presby-
terian Church was entered, the safe
in the secretary's room damaged and
the place ransacked. Nothing Of
value was taken, although the combin-
alton, hinges and handles of the safe
we're knocked off with hammer in
an effort to get into it. The thieves
overlooked $22 which the Rev James
A. Patterson, the pastor, had left in
his Bible, lying on the table in his
study.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Treasury Note Issue oversold

Washington. - The recent treasury
Offering of $3OO,OOO,OOO in AZ per cent
treasury notes. maturing December
Is, 1927, has been oversubscribed by
about $2OO,OOO,0O0, according to an an.
nouncement by Secretary A. w. Mel
Ion. While detailed figures we're not
yet in the hands of treasury officials.
1t was declared that indications war
ranted the statement that the sub
scriptions were general and the re.
suits Of the Offering entirely salts
factory"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Uniontown, Pa.--Mrs John Katy OF
Continental No. 8, who barricaded
herself in her home after obtaining a
revolver, a rifle and large quantity
Of ammunition, was driven from it by
state police who used tear bombs.
When police searched the house they
found she had escaped by a back
door. According to the state police,
Mrs. Katy has been driven temporar-
lily insane by the disappearance of her
husband, who left with all their life
savings.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
HardIna sunerIna LON erlppe.

Washington. - President Harding
cancelled all Of his engagements in
order to remain in bed on account OF
an attack of grippe. It was said at
the White House that the rest was
decided on merely as a precautionary
measure and that the Presidents con.
dition showed no serious develop
ment
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
AnaHze Booze Which Caused Deaths

Jersey City.-A deadly alcoholic
concoction, alleged to have snuffed
the lives Of three men a minute
after they drank it, was analyzed by
chemists here. James Boris. sa.
loonkeeper; William Buzza, and a
man police believe to have been John
Hofsky. silently doubled up and drop
ped lifeless to the floor, according to
witnesses after Hofsky exclaimed:
God what was that stuff? IT'S
burning mel" Following analysis OF
the liquid, an autopsy win be held.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Two Prisoners Escape From Jail.

Altoona.-Sam Andreas, sentenced
to the Western Penitentiary on a
dynamiting charge, and John Roache.
cellmate, escaped from the Blair
county Jail by crawling through a
narrow window and dropping to the
ground. Andreas is still at large, but
Roache, WHO was injured in jumping
was found in a dazed condition, hid
ing beside the boilers in the engine
house.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
sunken Conner carno Looat.h-

New York - The S15O.OOO copper
cargo Of the barge Anode. rammed
and sunk by the army transport Blu
ford in the upper New York bay in
January, 1920. has been located %
feet below the waters surface by the
use Of listening device, officials at
the Brooklyn navy yard announced.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Christians Hanoed bv rurks

Constantinople.-T National.
lists have begun the execution of
Christians on large scale, accord
ing to information received by the
newspaper "Haya Tadana." II was
stated that 3S Christians had been
hanged in one group by the Turks
Turkish officials explained that the
Christians were prisoners and had
tried to escape.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Church Threatened BY K. x. x

Lawrence, Mass - St Mary's Ro.
man Catholic Church is under police
guard and its pastor, Rev. James T.
O'Reilly, also is guarded as result
OF threatening letters said to have
been received by members of the par
ish. The letters were signed *. X.
X"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Rootlen Buns Police Autos

New Castle. Pa.-Liquor confscated
from drunks arrested by the city po-
lice is being used in the radiators
OF the city police department ma
chimes. The alcoholic content OF the
liquor, used is so great no trouble is
experienced with freezing in spite Of
cold weather.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Waterman Stops Treasury Theft.

Honolulu.-Two hooded and masked
bandits, who attempted to break into
the territorial treasury, the depository
OF $7,OOO,000 in negotiable securities
and $750,000 cash, were beaten off by
George Peka, aged so, Hawaiian
watchman. The bandits escaped with
out obtaining any loot.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Four KILLED In Msmsl crash

Paris.-Serious clashes between the
Lithuanians and French are reported
from Memel Four French soldiers
we're killed, says the dispatches. and
the French are digging in preparing
TO meet further attacks. The L,itbu.
anians are said to be massing fog a
new onslaught The allies are send
ing 1900 reinforcements. COMMANDED
by a French officer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Six Killed in crosslno Crash

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Four school
teachers and two boy pupils are dead
from injuries received when a north
bound Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe passenger train struck the automo-
bile in which they we're riding. The
accident resulted from an attempt to
beat the train to the grade crossing.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
ex-Envoy,s wfe kiIIed Rx Motor car

Washington.-Mrs David Jayne
Hill. go years old. wife OF the former
United States ambassador to Ger
many, died in hospital here from ~
juries she received when struck b, q
motor car. Mrs. Hill received inter
nal injuries, several broken ribs.
we're bruises and possibly broken
back, when she was struck by n de-.
livery truck in front Of her home TIE
driver OF the truck, Carl lie. colored.
is being held. Mrs Hill was one OF
the capitals leading hostesses
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Cory, Pa. The heaviest snow
storm in many years has drlfted rail-
roads and highways in Northwestern
Pennsylvania into an impossible con-
dition. Upwards OF two feet of snow
fell and a terrific gale drifted cuts
full In some places drifts were 20
feet high. Snow plows are working to
open up railrOads
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Radio Man Burned To Death

Bar Harbor, Me.-Clinton w. Ward
of Longview, La, radio man, first
class, was burned to death in a fire
that destroyed the recreation hall and
garage at the Otter Cliffs naval radio
station, five miles from here. All
wires from the station were down,
and news of the tragedy was brought
to Bar Harbor over the snow-blocked
roads
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Germany Refusea Pavment.

Paris.-The reparations commission
has received a note from the German
government signifying its intentions
to suspend payments and in kind be.
cause Of the occupation Of the Ruhr
which it says it considers a violation
Of the Versailles treaty.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Health Of Nation Best in Years.

Washington.-The general health Of
the Nation during 1922 was better
than during any year in the history
of the country with the exception OF
1921, the department OF commerce re-
ported today. The death rate per
100000 was 1875, as compared with
t21 during 1921.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Capture Liquor After Running Fight

New York.-A launch, with FIVE men
and a case of Scotch whisky aboard,
was captured after a chase through
the craft on the North River, in which
a dozen shots were fired The men
we're bound for a christening i'm New
Jersey they said They were held in
$4,000 bail each.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Wallace Reid Dies as Drua Victim.

d Los Angeles, Cal.-Wallace Reid.
hero OF filmdom. died in the Holly
wood Sanitarium, in which he had
been under treatment for more than a
month The direct cause Of death.
according to physicians at his bed.
side, was congestion Of the lungs and
kidneys, induced by the patients re.
cent nervous collapse. According to
DIT @. s. Herbert. who has been at.
tending Reid, the actors health was
broken by his fight to break himself
Of the use Of narcotics.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
snow han stops street 60

Yonkers.-A snow ball hurled by a
playful youngster tied up all street
cars in Yonkers 12 minutes The
missile went through the door OF the
power house. struck the dynamo and
caused a short circuit There was a
binding fash and the boy disappear
ed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Two No. Planta for zaneaulll

GAINESVILLE. O.-Zanesville is to have
two new factories. The Ball Milling
Company, incorporated at 500 900,
will erect a mill here, and the ErtIe
Paper Company, incorporated at $780,
900, will build a new plant 1,2OO by
400 feet, which will give employment
to 400 persons.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25
Hawaii Hit By Gale and SHOCK

Honolulu, T H.-A bowling 55-mile
gale, the stiffest ever recorded in the
islands, accompanied by two earth.
quake shocks. swept and rocked Ha-
waii, causing at least one death.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Weston-Voters OF this city beat
municipal bond issue of 100000 for
improvements by vote of 6SS to
527, or a majority of 161 against the
issue Part of the funds were to have
been expended for a sewage disposal
plant.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Wheeling learning to ride
her brothers new bicycle, Margaret
Hartwig, 8, fell in front of a Wheel
ing street car, sustaining severe in
juries TO her right hand.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Wheeling-TO discourage the use of
drugs. Wheeling Illks adopted a reso-
luton urging the president to set aside
week 10 be nationally observed as
national antelope week"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Benwood-"Pat" Sculy, chief of po-
lice, has notified parents that chill
dren cannot discharge air guns within
the city limits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Wheeling-The Fort McHenry Hos
pital at Baltimore, where several West
Virginia World War veterans are now
located, is to be discontinued accord
ing to word received here by the dis
abled veterans bureau.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Charleston-A toll of approximately
40 lives were taken by traffic in West
Virginia in 1922, the state road com
mission estimates. The commission
said that no accurate count of acci-
dents had been kept.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Clarksburg = The local Automobile
Club plans to conduct a state referen-
dunn to determine what legislation
autoists favor. Proposals would be
presented to the coming term of the
Legislature.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Charleston-Boy scouts OF Charles
ton are holding a campaign to Increase
their membership TO 1000
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Logan-Fire here totally destroyed
the office and warehouse of the High
Grade Oil and Gas Company, causing
loss of $4,000 covered by insurance.
The blaze is believed to have been the
result of defective wirint
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Sistersyille-Two hen eggs, both
about the size of partridge eggs. were
found in a nest on the poultry farm of
Thomas V. Leach of First Run. near
hear. The eggs were united at the
ends at right angles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Huntington - The West Virginia
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs VIII hold the annual state con-
vention here May IL and II. it was
announced by Miss Virginia Foulk,
state president. Committees have been
appointed to arrange the program.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Clarksburg-Clarence L. Brown, Of
Stealey Heights, has secured a patent
on changeable auto license that is
designed to save counties money.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Wheeling = st. JOseph's Cathedral
will be razed within the next three
months. A magnificent new structure,
costing nearly half million dollars,
will take its place, Bishop John J.
Swint of the Roman Catholic diocese
of Wheeling announced.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Charleston Miss Medora Neer
Mantz, newly appointed physical di-
rector of the local Y. w. G. a.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Clarksburg-A little girl looking for
dolls dress struck a match and let
1t drop into a dresser drawer at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Helnze.
A fire which resulted caused $50 dam
age, which was eXtinguished before
the fire department had answered the
call
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Kenova-Cletus Lett, % years old.
was Killed here yesterday when his
head came In contact with an electric
wire and he fell ten feel 10 the floor
from a platform on which he was
working In the plant OF the Jeffry-De.
witt Company. His widow and two
children survive.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Huntington-E. E. Adkins and w.
A. Hinchman, Cabell county commits
stoners, will be succeeded by T. H.
Nash and Irwin Morrison, recently
elected to the office. Thomas Hays,
now chairman of the board, will re-
main as the third member.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Parkersburg-Turnlng cold water
into the boiler of freight engine on
the Baltimore & Ohio, when the crown
sheet was practically red hot was Civ
en- as the cause for the boiler explo-
sion in Eatons tunnel, IS miles east of
this city, in which three railroad men
were badly injured, one dying later in
a local hospital and another not bellev-
ed able to recover.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Morgantown-The athletic depart
ment OF the State University here has
hit upon the plan Of sending cast-off
footballs used by the varsity squad to
athletic departments Of the smaller
High Schools Of the State.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Clarksburg Recommendation that
all persons prosecuted i'm the munich
pal and state courts for violation Of
the prohibition laws also be prose
cuted In the federal courts is contained
in "a resolution adopted by the CIarks-
burg ministerial union. The resolu-
tion is to be sent to Congressman s.
+. Reed, Of the third West Virginia
district, for introduction in the House
with the request that be give his aid
TO securing enactment Of the legisla-
tion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Charleston - Consolidation of the
Sheltering Arms Hospital of Hansford
and the Charleston General Hospital,
with provisions whereby the Episcopal
Church would carry on in connection
with the new buildings to be erected
here and its social service work at the
HansfOrd institution, was announced
by Bishop w. L. Gravatt of the EpiscO-
pal diocese of West Virginia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Charleston-Charleston is just about
1850 arrests better this year than
last, according to a comparison Of the
arrests for 1921 and 1922. In 1921
1925 persons were taken into custody
compared to 5777 up until yesterday
or 1922. A classification Of offenses
was not available. Charleston's city
Headquarters has been, during the
greater part Of 1921 and more than
half Of 1922, in such cramped condi-
ton that the making and fling Of
records were not encouraged
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Falrmont-That happiness, not sor-
row, exists in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Brummage at White
Rock is due to a miracle Monday
their little sixteen months old son
was run over by an lnterurban train
and escaped unhurt. That he was
not ground to death beneath the
wheels cannot be accounted for by
members Of the trains crew and the
officials of the company.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Sistersville-L. II. Enoch, passenger
train engineer on the little line running
out of Spencer, south of this city,
stopped his train in the middle of
a trestle and rescued a beagle hound
The dog was trapped on the bridge
directly in the path of the train.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Morgantown--Dr. George Richard
Lyman, director Of plan diseases Of
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture, In Washington. who was ap-
pointed by the State Board Of Educa-
tiOn as Dean Of the College Of Agri-
culture Of West Virginia University,
bas taken up his new duties.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-25

Wheeling-The historic st. Joseph's
cathedral Of Wheeling, which dates
from before the Civil War, Will be
razed within the next three months
and a magnificent structure costing
100000 will take it's place, 1t was an
nounced by Bishop John ]. Swint, of
the Catholic diocese of Wheeling.