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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-21
Award Contract for Olympic Hotel
Mediterranean
Meanderings
Three Interesting Islands.
One of Them Produced Garibaldi
And Another Housed Napoleon for Time.
What a Country-ltaly!

mitted 60 charge a pound per capita
more than i6.knot boat. Tor carry
ing immigrants 90 America from
Naples She made Il. and our cap
tain and chief engineer are CORE
upondingiy happy. But Italy 10 TAX
ms the omigrant carrying business
away from competitors with her sub
sldizcd merchant marine.
There are 1000 Italians 20 be
brough, over this year. according 10
tho 5 per cent quota. which al 800
tho head average makes a gross
business ~ $4,000 900. not a bad
prize 20 work for Ana hundreds OF
thousands OF Italians are continually
returning TO the land Of their birth.
Italians so 10 America 10 find work
and money. but when they want 10
iiiisss they sss.sis7 back 10 sunny Italy,
And why not7 one can live here In
any part Of tho peninsula for frae.
ton OF what Il would cost In Amer.
lea and BE- In land a. beautiful as
Paradise,
thought OF Italy OF today az We
sailed down the western coast of
Guarda, where lies tho body of Carl
baldi. unselfinh patriot. who gave his
lie for tho unifleation and liberty
OF his country Garibaidi. like Lin.
coin. believed in the people Musso.
llni. like Henry Cabot Lodge. thinks
Gnribaldi and Lincoln we're wrong.
on the next island We caught a
fleetlng glimpse % tho great. gloomy
old house where that other great
Italian. Napoleon. spent tho months
OF HIS first exile IN the winter and
early spring OF 1914 before his e.
cape. hin hundred days OF rcnais.
sance. Waterloo and 81 Helena,
what a land to have produced two
such characters IN one century an
Garihsldi. the democrat. and Napoi.
con. the autocrat' And away Off.
with powerful binoculars. some Of
our party declared they could zee
tho leaning tower OF Pisa and the
BAptistsry. forever associated with
that greatest OF early astronomers.
Calico. and the forerunner OF Co.
iumhus hln,saR. Down the coast we
steamed while thought OF Italy. a
nation whose story runs back into
tho prehistoric centuries Of the
Etruscans, a land which has un.
douetsdiy produced moro phiioao
pliers and poets and artists and
Statesmen and warriors than any
other land In All the stery Of man.
kind
! by All the rules Of the game. Italy
should today be dscadsnt. with her
candle burned out Instead. abe IL
producing artists and writers and
historians and men who are chai.
longing the admiration Of the very
greatest OF the western nations.
| What II the secret OF fialy'a yiril.
iiy. while Spain. with far greater
natural resources. sleeps on the
sunny aide Of ths wallf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-21

you didn't II You though, Yes We
Have No Bananas" would be the
winner. what7 Wei. you are badly
mistaken. Not that Yes. We Have
No Bananas" didn't stand well Up to-
wards the front. nosing out Iran.
nsrsl' hy fsw votes. as our fFiena
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-21
Business Men Will
Inspect Skagit Site

Mayor Brown will take a party OF
business men to inspect the skagit
project next month. he said Monday
The mayor. with City Engineer J.,
d. Blackwell and skagit Engineer
Carl F. Uhden. inspected tho work
on the power plant and said that Il
is progressing on scheduled time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-21

tho contest in thu language OF the
race track. dlscoursinK on how schu.
bcFt's ssrsuads. Annie Laurie
and Souvenir" we're tied in dead
heat for 26th place. on 70 on.
But the point Of real interest abou,
this contest was the commentary
upon our national musical taste pro.
vided by tho choice for first place
IN other words Tho choice Of tho mos,
popular musical composition.
No. !, wasn't opera As tho writer
explains in his srticia on American
appreciation OF music. tho first oper
attic piece on the lie, held 18th place
And u was the sextstts from "Lu
car
MO. sir. None Of that hlghbrog
~ stuff for US. It's all right for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-21

was a great stimulus 20 national
musical appreciation. The Music In
dustries Chamber OF Commerce was
well pleased with the result Twenty
million records OF Home. Sweet
Home" on the saxophone viii be dis
tributed as result.
| Yes. music is quite all right.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-21

these foreigners They understand
lt-mAybs. Maybe they just pretend
to-trying 10 act smart No sir We
want real value in our music, The
real goods.
Not jaxz. either unh.unh' Fooled
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-21
!he writer informs US.

the writer INFORMS US.
Well. I'll not keep you in suspense
any longer. The winner was Home.
Sweet Home"
Now say we Americans don't ap.
preclate good music! Now just dare
10 say sol
AS the writer remarks. this contest
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
SODA pop WINS IN
UNDERGROUND FIRE
Scientists Make Successful Ex-
pertinent in Extinguishing
Underground Fire

Connellsville, PA new wonder
in science was confirmed in the heart
Of the COnnellsville coke region when
a party Of scientists, headed by DR..
w. A. Hamor, assistant director of the
Mellon Institute of Pittsburgh, entered
the Bitner coal mine Of the II c.
Frick Coke Company, fuel subsidiary
or the United States Steel Corporation
at Bitner, near here. In this mine a
fire that had ragged underground since
November, 1922, and covered a sub
terranean area of more than 13 acres.
has just been smothered and killed"
by liquid carbonic acid gas, the "fizz"
that makes the bubbles in soda water.
"The control of mine fires by the
use Of carbonic acid gas, fed down
into the fire areas through piped wells
from the ordinary high pressure drums
in which the product is distributed in
the market, is apparently a complete
success" said Dr. Hamor, after the
party had made trip far back into
the main heading of the mine.
"The new method OF fighting dan
gerous and costly mine fires first sug-
gested by J. r. Campbell, chief chem
ist Of the II. c. Frick Coke Company,
opens a vast field for research work
in the control OF fires aboard ships,
at oil and gas wells and tanks, and in
many other industries where ordin-
ary fire fighting apparatus is little
better than useless"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Revenue Sources.

AS the amount of the appropriations
depends on the amount Of revenue,
attention Is called to estimates of the
revenue for the next two years. These
estimates show q revenue from the
state general levy, of $1,575,OO0 for
the next two years the state levy on
public service corporations, S425,0OO a
year; state license tax, S95O,OOO a
year excess acreage land tax, $1,000
year; collateral Inheritance tax,
SJ00,OO0 a year; business-profession
gross sales tax, S4OOO,OOO each year;
fees at auditors Office, $4,000 a year;
fees at secretary of states Office, S2J,-
900 a year; fees Of commissioner Of
banking, $4,000 a year tax on insur-
ance and certificates Of authority,
S425,OOO each year; sale Of books by
secretary OF state, $1,000 Il year; tax
on seal, secretary Of state, $500;
statutory attorney fees, $4,000 each
year; collection from counties for i'm
mates Of Industrial schools, $1,000
each year; fines collected by hotel
inspector, $4,000 a year; money from
miscellaneous sources, 81 800 a year;
in the second succeeding fiscal year
100000 will be realized from the sale
Of real estate.
When the budget was prepared last
December it was estimated that the
receipts from all sources would az
gregatc for the twO-year period a
total OF S13,0SG.OOO With the re-
ceipts from the business, professional
and sales tax increasing, it is now es-
timated by members Of the board Of
public works that the receipts from
that source win be increased approNi-
matcly S2,JOO,OOO for the biennial per
iOd bringing the total estimated re-
ceipts for the two-year period up to
S1G.4SGOOO beyond which the legisla-
inrn cnnnnl 90
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
IS KILLED AS OIL
WELL EXPLODES
List of Dead May Reach rs
In Texas AcCident-0nly
Five Bodies Found
BODIES BURNED TO CRISP
Spark From Hammer On Rock Causes
Blast Which ignites Oil and
Gas Flowing Wildly
From Well.

Corsicana, TeXas.-At least 13 men
were killed by an explosion OF the G..
K. Hughes Developing Company's Nc
Kie No. 1 well, 10 miles southeast Of
here. There is a possibility that the
number of dead will reach %.
A spark from a hammer on a rock
as the control valve was being chang
ed at the we'll ignited the oil and gas
from the gusher.
A crew of 20 men. who came from
Mexia, have not been accounted for
The crew was working near the we'll
when it caught fire.. The bodies Of
five men have been recovered.
Twelve were killed outright Ira
Wis Owen, aged %, of Kerens, Texas.
died in the hospital here as a result
Of injuries, making the total dead 13
Physicians held out little hope for
Emmett Bird, another victim.
Reports considered reliable say
the well, which came in was flowing
wild at the rate of 5000 barrels of oil
and in excess of 20,OOO,0OO feet of gas
when it ignited.
The well is the third completed in
the new field from a sand between
2,942 and 5000 feet
Those recovered are so badly char
red that identification is impossible.
Two other bodies have been located
near the we'll
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
French Sentence eermans

Werden, Germany. - DR.. Gustav
krupp Won Bohlen head Of the Krupo
works at Essen, and one of the rich.
est men in Germany, must serve Is
years in prison and pay a fine of
lOO,OOO.0OO marks for resisting the
French. Won Bohlen, with nine os
his directors and workers council.
were convicted before a French court.
martial The Industrialists. his iii.
rectors and members Of the workers
council were charged with fomentipr
the riot at the KruDp plant i'm Essen.
during which IA German workmen
we're killed by French soldiers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17

Legislators, sfter three days of rest.
reconvened here for the extended ses-
sion to consider appropriation bills.
Two different appropriation bills are
expected to be presented to the legis-
lature in the house of delegates. No
great difference in the aggregate
amount of each bill is expected, but
while the senate bill is expected TO
conform to a great extent to the bffl
prepared by the budget commission,
the house bill is expected TO conform
as closely as possible to the law Of
1882, which fixes the salaries Of state
officers and employees in consider
able detail, if the ideas of Speaker
Byrne are carried out.
Neither the senate bill or the house
Dill is expected to carry appropria-
tions for the biennial period exceeding
S16,OOOOO, an amount equal to the
maximum revenue under the tax laws.
Material reductions are expected to
be made in the budget bill prepared
by the budget commission. The SEN
ate, for instance, is expected to re-
duce the appropriation for the new
capitol from S1,50O,OOO for each year
to $5OOOOO.
No agreement, it is claimed, is like
ly to be made between the two houses
during the seven remaining days Of
it Is declared the governor will find
it necessary to call an extra session
until an agreement is reached.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Blaze at Warren, Pa, Does
$4,000 Damage and Burns
Home of Children
ESCAPING GAS THE CAUSE
Fire In chiIdren's Home Causes One
Death and Serious Injuries To
Eight-Building Practic.
ally Destroyed.

Warren, Pa.-One of the nine per-
sons burned in the fire which follow
ed a gas explosion in the Warren
Children's Home, died in the Warren
General hospital. The condition of
three others was reported by the hos
pital authorities as critical, while four
others are said to have been serious
ly burned.
Miss Esther Currie, aged 27, died
as a result of inhaling flames. Nora
James, aged s, Ethel Reardon, aged
13, and Sammy Sarapata, aged g. are
those whose condition is said to be
critical. They are suffering from
body burns.
Miss Currie, daughter of the ma
tron of the home, entered a room on
the second floor and lighted a match.
Gas, which had been escaping from q
faulty gas pipe in the room, was ig-
nited and the explosion, which tore
the northern side OF the two-story
building away, followed.
Miss Currie was carried out of the
burning building by residents, who
were attracted by the report OF the
explosion. She had been trapped by
the fire which quickly followed the
blast. The children were sleeping in
an adjoining dormtory, to which the
flames quickly spread.
Chief ID. NJ. Gordon OF the local fire
department was overcome by smoke
while attempting to re-enter the
building after he had rescued several
children.
The other children burned are: Mil
dred Catherine White, Stephen Sara
pata, Eva Fiscus, Chester Wilcox and
Dorothy McChesney. The condition
of all except the McChesney child is
reported as serious
The asylum was practically de-
stroyed, entailing a loss of $4,000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Neqro Prisoner Shot

Connellsville, Pa.-After swimming
the Youghiogheny river here in an at
tempt to escape, it is said, from two
Baltimore e Ohio railroad detectives
today. Charles Galloway. a Negro, was
halted by a bullet fred by Detective
Bledsoe. Galloway was found i'm the
Baltimore & Ohio yards and placed
under arrest on the charge of tres
passing. lie broke away from the
officer IL is said, but ran into Detec-
tive Bledsoe, and again fed. police
say, from his captor. When the Ne
gro emerged from the water on the
opposite side of the river from where
Bledsoe was standing the officer fired
and the Negro fell with a bullet in
the leg
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
BAND OF CHINAMEN
HOLD UP EXPRESS
Friendly Relations Between the
Governments Strained By
Train kidnapings

Washington. d. C.-Action OF Chi
nese bandits of Shantung province in
holding up an express train and cap
turing number of foreigners, includ-
ing II Americans, has created a situa-
ton regarded as seriously affecting
the continuance of friendly relations
between the United States and China.
The situation is held by some officials
as containing elements of still broad
er scope, possibly involving other
governments in a similar entangIe-
ment with China.
Minister Schurman at Peking, in an
Official report to Secretary of State
hughes openly characterized the de-
velopments as serious" and was i'm
mediately instructed by the state de-
partment to press his inquiry. report
the facts to Washington, and make
strong representations to the Chinese
government
Still other steps were said to be
in process, but officials here declined
to throw any further light on the
course taken by Minister SGhurman
1t was indicated that many phases Of
the situation which could not be the
subject Of detailed instructions from
Washington were left in the hands of
Mr.. Schurman for execution.
One of these was understood to be
the question of initiating a concerted
military action against the bandits, In
cooperation with the Peking govern
ment, in the event the Chinese au-
thorities proved impotent and no
other effective way of attaining the
early release of the prisoners was
found
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Granted Wage Increase.

Altoona, Pa.-As a result Of a con-
ference held here between the works
manager, P. F. Smith, Jr., of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and represen-
tatives Of the machinists, boilermak-
ers, blacksmiths, electricians, sheet
and metal workers, carmen, moIders,
meters, coremakers and their helpers
and apprentices of the Altoona works.
an increase of three cents per hour
was made to the day rates of the en-
ploye classes mentioned The differ
entails for piece workers were in
creased the same amount, expressed
in cents, as the day work grades
were increased.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Gets IS Years for ATTACK

Cumberland, Md.-Andrew McGee,
a young married man of Homecoming
was today sentenced to Is years in
the Maryland penitentiary, having
been convicted Of criminal assault on
Mrs Margaret Jackson Of Bay City.
Mich, who had arrived in Western
port on her way TO Bloomington TO
visit her parents She was seeking a
taxicab when McGee and Joseph
Miller, a young man, also Of Lonacon-
ing, solicited her as a fare and while
en- route to Bloomington they brutally
attacked her, it was testified, making
her pay 81 fare and then forcing her
to leave the machine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Greatest American Women Named.

Washington, d. C.-Here are the IL
greatest living American women in
the opinion Of special committee of
the National League of Women Vot-
ers: Jane Addams, philanthropist;
Cecilia Beaux, painter; Carrie Chap
man Gait, politics; Anna Botsford
Comstock, national history; Minnie
Maddern Fiske, stage; Louise Homer,
music; Julia Lathrop, child welfare;
Florence Rena Sabin, anatomy; NJ.
Carey Thomas, education; Martha
Van Rensselaer,, home economies;
Edith Wharton, literature, and Anna
Jump Cannon, astronomy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Woman Goes Alone Into Africa.

New York, N. Y.-Mrs. Carle E.
Akely, well known for expeditions
into African jungles on which she ac-
companied her husband, a noted big
game hunter, plans to sail next month
for Nairobi, Africa, to search alone
for specimens she has been commits
stoned to obtain by the museum OF
the Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and
Sciences. 81 am going unaccompa-
MED" Mrs. Akely said. 81 divorced
my husband last month. Benefiting
by his experience l am setting out
with the idea of earning my own liv-
ing and making a name for myself
as famous as his"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
sacramentaI Wine Cause of Trouble

New York N. "a sign in Yiddish
characters on a store at 1927 Amster-
dam avenue announces to those who
are to read it that sacramental wines
ore solo there. Detectives Shelley
and Budke testified that when they
saunterod into the place and asked
for whisky, the proprietor, Joseph
Donahue, who is anything but Yid-
dish, countered with an offer Of
jewish sacramento sherry wine at
81. praising it highly. The Irish
IS arrest and arraignment fol
lowed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Pepper Offers Brief In Coal

Washington, d. Senator Pepper
appeared before the United States
coal commission at the commissions 8
request to explain certain phases Of
Pennsylvania laws relating to Ieas.
ing coal lands. He volunteered to
prepare brief for the commission.
and it is understood the offer was
accepted. In connection with their
study Of the anthracite industry the
commission has been interested in
the relation between royalties AMI
coal prices and has gone into the
subject exhaustively.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Gasoline Tax.

There is sad to be a possibility,
in case of a contest, that the collec-
ton of the tax of two cents a gallon
on the sale of gasoline, may be nulli-
fed in so far as such a tax applies
to wholesalers outside of the borders
of West Virginia. In such a case
the revenue from the gasoline tax in
stead of being from S1,000,000 to ST.
100000 a year will be more than cut
in half. 1t is stated by those who
are familiar with the manufacture of
gasoline that only a small proportion
of the gasoline consumed in West
Virginia is refined in this state, much
of the finished product being shipped
back into West Virginia after being
refined.
Hence it will be a difficult task to
devise a method by which the tax can
be collected from the wholesalers
without the state, even in the event
that such Wholesalers do not resist
the payment of such a tax as being
beyond the jurisdiction of the state
and as being an attempt to levy an
impOst duty in contravention of the
constitution and the laws relating to
Interstate commerce.
Somewhat the same principle was
involved in the case of the Eureka
Pipe Line Company against the State
of West Virginia involving the collec-
tion Of a tax on the piping of gas
through and out of the state, the SUI
preme court holding such a law to be
unconstitutional. If the same issue
is raised in connection with the new
est Of all taxes, the fear is entertained
that the state may lose revenue upon
which 1t had counted.
The bill as passed by the senate pro-
vided for a two cent tax collectible
through dealers and the house bill
one cent tax collectible through whole
salers. The senate yielded as to the
source Of collection and the house as
to the rate. 1t was pointed out to
those who were urging the collection
of the tax through wholesalers that
such a provision might endanger the
constitutionality of the bill but the
proponents Of the particular method
in question declined to yield and in
sisted that the tax be collected thru
wholesalers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Noted Ohio Minister Dies

East Liverpool, O.-Rev. Winfield
p Hill. aged 80, retired Presbyte-
rian minister and widely known as a
botanist, ornithologist and author, died
in his home here after an illness of
several months. He was a close
friend Of Andrew Carnegie. Rev. Hill
was the author Of two books on plant
and bird life and contributed articles
to many magazines devoted to bird
and plant life. His last pastorate was
at Rome. o.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
County Official In Dry Net.

East Liverpool, O-County Commits.
sioner Conrad Berg of Leetonia. was
charged with possessing liquor in VIC.
lation OF the prohibition law in an
affidavit filed in Mayor A. w. Ferren's
court in East Palestine, following the
searching Of the cellar OF his home by
two state enforcement agents. AID.
proximately 425 gallons OF wine, hard
cider and whisky were found in Berg's
residence, according TO the dry agents.
About 20 samples, which will be ana
lyzed, were seized.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Paid No Heed 70 sinnal

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Morris Baraff. 35
years old, a salesman of 1927 Wylie
avenue, was killed when an automo-
bile which he was driving across the
tracks Of the Pennsylvania railroad at
Dravosburg, was struck by a north
bound passenger train The machine
was dragged on the pilot OF the en-
gine and caught fire when the gaso-
line tank exploded. Dravosburg fire.
men extinguished the flames and re-
moved the body from the wreckaRe.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Married 7s Years; Asks p,,sion

Washington d. C.-Thc longest ma.
trimonial record in the history Of
the pension Office was revealed in
claim for pension by Catherine
wheeler of Union, Okla Il showed
Mrs. Wheeler had lived with her bus.
Dand' Civil War veteran, for 78
years three months, nine days. shs
was married December 9, 1s49, in I'd
gar county, Ill, and hor husband died
in Union. Okla, March 1s, 1928. Mrz
wheeler is 81 years old and her hus.
band Andrew Y. Wheeler, was os
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-17
Women Arrested For kIdnaplna.

Watertown, N. Y.-Mrs Wava b.
Fairbanks, Mrs. Ruth CrandaTI and
Mrs. IL A. Grinnell we're arrested.
charged with kidnapping in connection
with the disappearance of Werner
Alexanderson. aged s, Of Schenectady,
found at Theresa. Search is being
made for Stanley Crandall and Harry
Fairbanks. who we're wanted on the
same charge They we're seen in
Watertown a few hours after the au-
tomobile in which the Alexanderson
boy was taken away was found aban-
doned in Alexandria Bay.