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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Poison Llnuor Kills Einh4

New York.-Eight deaths were at
tributed here to drinking poisonous
liquor over Christmas. A score or
more OF victims were confined to hos
pitals. OF the eight persons who died.
two were women Prohibition Direc.
tor q. c. Yellowley declared that
while the dry navy was busy in hold
ing rum runners outside the three
mile limit, land rum runners succeed
ed in an old ruse, smuggling liouor
into the city under thousands Of
Christmas trees.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Philadelphia.-George Meneker wsA
electrocuted while taking a bath at
his home. He attempted to turn the
water off in the bath tub while hold.
ing an electric massaging machine in
his hand, the full force of the house
current passing through his body. The
insulation on the wire Of the massag
ing apparatus is believed to have been
defective
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Batter Way Free With RroomstioL.

Detroit. - Using broomsticks and
mop handles as weapons against Jail
attendants and sheriffs, seven prison
ers, four Of whom are said by police
to be desperate characters, escaped
from the Wayne county jail here. A
police dragnet that was spread across
the entire city and extended to To
ledo and Cleveland failed to result in
the capture of any of the escaped
men
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Children Drown sleishina On Ice.

Lancaster, Pa.-While playing with
sleds which they had received as
Christmas gifts, three children, the
Oldest aged z, broke through the thin
ice in the Conestoga creek at the
Eden Paper Mill and were drowned
while parents wondered at their dis
appearance. The bodies Of two we're
caught underneath the ice at the
point where they broke through, that
of the other was found about 60 feet
down stream.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
$50 Escape Death From Fire

Portland, Ore.-More than $50 per
sons narrowly escaped death and Sc
rious injury in a fire which swept the
fourstory Lillian apartment here. All
were forced to flee in scanty attire.
A mother and her 20-year-old daugh-
ter jumped from a second story fire
escape landing and were caught by
passersby. Neither was injured.
Firemen carried a score or more WON
en- and children from the burning
structure. The loss approximates
SIS, 900.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Wood commutes TT Riot Sentences.

Manila, p. death sentences of II
non-commissiOned officers of the Phil
ippine constabulary were commuted
to life imprisonment, and life SEN
tences of &c privates were commuted
to II years Imprisonment here. by
Gen. Leonard Wood, encouragement
of the Philippine Islands. The SEN
tences grew out of the riots of Decem-
Der 10, 1920, between the Philippine
constabulary and the native police,
during which four Americans and
seven Filipinos were killed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Water Rationed At wssblnoton. o,

Washington, Pa. - Washington has
been placed on water rations. On ac-
count of the prolonged drought and
consequent water famine each person
will be allowed only six gallons a day
until the water company's supply is
replenished. According to officials OF
the Citizens Water Company, the
present supply of water is 100000 900
gallons, sufficient to last about three
days. There has been no heavy rain
falls here for months.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Threats Preoede slayino Of Three

Seattle, Wash.--The coroner's Office
tried to learn something Of the his
tory Of Emil Neuriter, aged 40 years.
terryboat operator who invaded the
home OF d. G. Engel. a wood worker.
with three pistols, slew three OF En-
gels children and killed himself.
Helen Engel, aged 16 years, sister OF
the victims, said that the slayer made
love TO her last spring, shot at her
when she repealed his advances and
afterward wrote letters threatening
to kill her and her family.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Leans ~ Riuer Nith chil,l

Chicago The prospect of a cheer.
less Christmas with nC money to buy
presents for her G-year-Old son. Bobby
caused Mrs. Florence Fern Golden TO
tie her son to her back and leap into
the Desplaines river. she told police
after she had been rescued by two
boys from the ice-caked river Both
It was announced will recover.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

The biggest wireless station In the
worId-at ST. Asisi, about twenty-sevep
miles from Paris-was recently opened
for traffic. The station Is eoulpped
with IL masts, each 800 feet high. Mes.
sages sent out eXperimentalIy have
already been received in China and the
Argentine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
BandIts eet 10000 Jewelrv.

New York.-Descending from an au
tomobile into the throng Of holiday
shoppers on Upper Broadway, three
men smashed the window OF a Jew
elry store with a brick wrapped I'm
towels and escaped with II diamond
rings snatched from trays in the dis
play window. The rings were valued
at 100000
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Camel sltes EIlm Aotrs.a

Indio. Cal-Mi3s Eleanor Board.
man, the leading woman of 4 motion
picture company working here was
severely bitten by one of the cameIs
being used in the production. Physic.
fans said the loss of her right arm
was probable
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Harrisburg-A Christmas postcard
mailed in 1911 by Daniel Riddle to his
cousin, Mrs Elizabeth L. Parker. both
residents Of this city and living a
dozen blocks distant, has Just been
delivered. It was in good shape. but
no one knows where it has been all
the intervening II years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Last Survivor Of Custer Band ples

New York John Martin. who
claimed to be the last survivor of the
Custer massacre ON the Little Big
Horn, died in Brooklyn hospital at
the age of Co. Mr. Martin was
trumpeter and dispatch bearer for
General Custer, and was one of the
little handful of men who escaped
when RainintheFace and Sitting
Bull sent their braves against Gus
ter's men
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Wanted, a Million Homes.

1--WE are short about million
homes" declared Herbert Hoover in a
recent speech. 'Tn cities such a
shortage implies the challenge of
congestion. 1t means that in practi-
cally every American city of more than
100000, from 20 to 30 per cent of the
population is adversely affected. and
that thousands of families are forced
Into unsanitary and dangerous quar-
ters. The condition, in turn. means a
large Increase in rents, throw back
In human efficiency and that unrest
which inevitably results from inhIbi-
tion Of the primal instincts I'm us all
for home ownership. 1t makes for no
mads and vagrants. In rural areas
1t means aggravation and Increase OF
farm tenantry on one hand, an in
crease Of landlordism on the other
hand, and general disturbance to the
prosperity and contentment Of rural
life"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Attempt to Poison Europes, prI,..

Rome attempt was made TO
assassinate Prince George. brother OF
King Alexander, of Jugo Slavia. while
he was dining at the home of Rada
Pasitoh the premier's son, according
to reports from Belgrade. The news
paper said the prince was taken seri.
ously III, a physician diagnosing his
sickness as stomach poisoning. The
premier's son is declared to have an
unconcealed hatred for the prince
because the latter publicly slapped
his face a few years ago.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Eormer ohlo EdItor pead

New York u Howard Edwards
said to be a former newspaper pub.
Usher Of Youngstown, o., and a per.
sonal friend Of President Harding.
fell dead of heart disease while walk.
ing in Fifth avenue lie leaves his
widow and two daughters.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Former Minister to Spain Eycir.s

Washington.-H Hannis Taylor. au.
thor, constitutional lawyer. and min.
lister to Spain under President Cleve.
land died in a hospital here, as re-.
suit of brights disease. He was
aged n. Taylor was a lawyer al
Mobile, Ala, for p years and was
the author of several notable Law
books
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Exehanae Of Values.

How long would you live I'm your
community If there were no Churches
there? II the church helps to make
the community, why don't you help to
make the church 2-E Exchange
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Jack the Ripper souobt for Mura.,

SaCN I0S 6ippeT sought Tor Murder.
Chicago-Police are seeking a mys-
terious Jack the Ripper" whom they
believe responsible for the Staying OF
Edward Joseph O'Day. As years old.
found dead with his iugular vein sew
cred on a bench I'm Douglas park A
few minutes previously ODay had
been seen on the bench beside an un-
identified man whose arm was about
him. No weapon was found.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
Closed the Hotel

Home from your summer cottage
so sOonT"
Yes, had TO come back to get rid
of our friends"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Wheeling-Much excitement was
caused in eastern Ohio by the drilling
in this afternoon of a gasser at May
nard, in Belmont county, II miles
west of Wheeling, which is reported
good for 100000 feet.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Sistersville-A few pennies taken
from a chewing gum slot machine and
other coppers taken from weighing
machine comprised the loot secured
by thieves when they broke into the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad dero' at
Friendly, near here. This is the
second robbery of the station within
the past few months.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Logan-Mike Sidebottom, % years
old, was shot and fatally wounded
after, it is alleged, he had threatened
to kill John f. Farrell, president of
the Logan planning mill company. The
shooting occurred in front of the Far
rell home here. Farrell, who formerly
employed Sldebottom. was arrested
and later released under bond. Ac-
cordng to authorities, Sidebottom
made threats before several to kill
Farrell
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Charleston-The Ku Klux Klan of
Charleston subscribed $500 to the
Charleston public library fund. it was
announced following a tabula:ion Of
all subscriptions in the recent cam
paign. This donation, it was said. is
In addition to the subscriptions Of in
dividual members of the khan. No
ceremony was attached to the gift,
one of the members simply handing in
letter containing the klan's sub
scriptiOn.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Wheeling-The acquisition of 500
acres of coal land adjacent to the
mining properties along the Ohio river
south of Bellaire, o., was announced
by officials of the Central coal mining
company. The property was original
ly owned by the Joseph Thompson
heirs and is considered one of the best
blocks of coal along the river front.
The purchasers expect to double their
output which at present is 1000 tons
a week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Morgantown-From IA pupils the
first night to 76 within six weeks, the
night school being conducted in con-
nection with the Morgantown schools
has been pronounced success by the
city superintendent, II. c. Smith. The
age limits run from 16 to Al years.
Everything is being taught from the
alphabet to special high school work.
Many foreigners taking their first les
sons in the English language are en-
rolled
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Mannington-Usually the husband is
sent to Jail or otherwise punished for
beating his wife, but a case disposed
of by Magistrate j. NJ. Harrack here
reversed this procedure. The magis-
trate sent Mrs. Katy Peccola, of
Downs, to Jail for beating her husband,
Thomas Peccola. When officers ar
rived at their home the woman had
turned her husband out of doors in
his bare feet and was threatening him
with a gun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Logan-The Main Island creek coal
company at Omar is to produce not
only coal but a smokeless blasting
powder, A. J. Dalton, president of the
company announced here A powder
manufactured by a new process has
been gwen tests TO determine IFS
adaptability for coal blasting at the
Omar mines, Mr. Dalton said. and as
a result Of these tests the coal com
pany has decided to undertake its
manufacture.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

MISUNDERSTANDING an anony-
nous telephone call into police head
quarters Patrol Driver Rutherford and
City Jailer Strobel Fulweiler journeyed
TO the Pentecost church on street
where they unearthed a complete
moonshine still from its place of hid
ing under the building.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Wheeling-A building permit to
erect 100000 brick building for use
of st. Vincents home for girls at Elm
Grove, was granted by City Permit
Clerk John j. Quinn to the Wheeling
hospital and orphan asylum. The new
building will replace the st. Vincents
home that was destroyed by fire last
spring.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Professionalism sisters, 16 years
old. married brothers in a double we'd
ding here. Miss Adaline Booth mar
ried Basil Bright and Miss Angellne
Booth married James Lott Bright. The
brides are daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Booth, oe Point Comfort, and
their husbands are sons of Mr. and
Mrs. George Bright, of Northvlew.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Wheeling - The winter of 1922
claimed its first gas CRATE victim, when
virginia Bittman, siX-year-old girl Of
Glencoe, Ohio, died at the Glendale
hospital. The child was burned while
playing in front of the CRATE with an
older brother The father wrapped a
rug around the victim, but not before
she was fatally burned.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

MISUNDERSTANDING Grover and
Hugh Thompson, of Peach Creek,
were brought here to await arraign-
ment at the March term of the United
States district court on a charge of
burglarizing the Peach Creek post
office and rifing the United States
mails. Both boys confessed, according
to Deputy Marshal Il. f. Buskirk. who
brought them here following arralgn-
ment before United States Commits
sioner Hagar at Logan.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Wheeling Officials of the LaBelle
Iron works, a subsidiary of the
Wheeling steel corporation, have con-
tirmed the report that they expected
to build the largest nail plant in the
country here as soon as their plans
are approved by the city council. The
building will be erected on the site OF
the old factory on the south side
which was erected in 1852.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Morgantown-The project to provide
Morgantown with new hotel, launch
ed short time ago, has met with sue
cess among the citizens, according to
the promoters, who announce that the
entire capital stock of 100000 in the
Morgantown hotel company has been
oversubscribed. The structure is TO
be built within the next twelve
months
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04
n E w S
CULLINGS
So FROM
WEST VIRGINIA

Clarksburg-R. Warden, of Elkins,
and j. VI. n. Downs, Of Buckhannon
were elected presidens and first vice
president respectively Of the Monon-
lgahela valley association.
Clarksburg-Mrs. Emma Ferkel, "a,
wife of Louis Ferkel, an oil operator
of Salem. died of burns received at
her home when her clothing caught
fire at gas heating stove as she. was
taking dresses from bureau drawer
for her two little girls to wear at a
church entertainment.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Parkersburg Thirty-hte business
men have organized the Parkersburq
progressive club.
Moundsville- The annex" at West
Virginia penitentiary, where nearly 20
men doomed 10 pay with their lives
for capital crimes against the laws Of
The state haye spent their last hours.
has been converted into sleeping
quarters for prisoners, and each night.
80 men sleep on cots placed In the
rectangular corridor Which surrounds
the four death cells.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Fairmont-Rollo ]. Conley was
elected president of the Fairmont
Kiwanis club. Other officers elected
were G. II. Colebank, vice president :;
Ward Downs, treasurer; L. d. How
ard, district trustee; and w. f. Bus
key, w. d. Evans, w. C. Kline, o. S.
Mckinney, d. NJ. Osgood, James H..
Thomas and Earl II. Smith, directors.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Clarksburg-A quarrel over deliv-
cry wagon resulted in triple tragedy
at Meadow Brook near here when
James Aillo, coal miner, fired sew
eral shots from a revolver at Josepb
Tuessi, driver Of a grocery truck.
killed Tuessi, the latters six-months-
old baby and Annette Bart. niue.vear.
old daughter of Tucssrs employer.
The Bart girl was holding the baby.
the same bullet killing both. The
shooting occurred in TuessIs home and
followed o bitter quarrel between the
two i'm front of The IDuse
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Morgantown with more than 300
workers, The annual Red Cross rol
caII in Morgartown was completed in
one hour Charles T.. Hughes, chair
mah Of The campaign, aqnounced that
@iOOO had been collected Church
bells throughout The city tolled dur
Ing the hour.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-04

Wheeling Community welfare com.
mitice OF the Elks club endorsed the
project 10 amend the city charter 10
permit levy not in excess of ten
cents for playground and park pur-
poses
Evening star., 1923-06-14

full working order. She was being
escorted over the grounds by a
councillor, a college girl who spent
her summers here teaching nature
lore and keeping an eye on a tent
full of bubbling youngsters. The
councillor smiled and spoke quietly
This is rest hour. For one hour
right after luncheon every girl is
required to go to her tent and keep
quiet. She does not have to sleep
If she does not feel like it, but she
may read, write letters home. mend
her clothes or any occupation that
she can manage while on her cot
She is supposed to lie down and re-
lax during this hour. No talking is
permitted and no moving around the
tent.
las a matter of fact, most of the
girls do take nap at this time.
They have been strenuously active
all morning and when they lie quiet
ly and read awhile they are apt to
exciting and interesting events of
the day is very wholesome, and this
enforced rest keeps them from keep
ing things up too long and getting
too tired
The mother was much impressed.
Il am going to try to have nv
girl keep it up after she gets home
at least until school opens. / think
all young creatures need to ston
their unceasing activity every now
and then and rest while whv
this very silence is soothing and
quieting. Rest hour at home as we'll
as at camp-that's my idea for
growing girls"
Evening star., 1923-06-14
Sweeping a Beauty Exercise.

Sweeping is a beauty exercise, and
SO is making, though I much
doubt that housewives believe this.
Perhaps I should say that sweeping
properly done-is a beauty exercise,
for 1t isn't IL the woman lunches
herself over the broom and shoves
away with flying dust to breathe in
and to cover her hair. with her shoul-
ders rounded and her chest fiat.
If you are your own cook and
housemx:d you have at least one
great advantage. Your time Is your
yourself extra time to rest, you may
stop a. bit after a lot of bending over
to do shoulder and arm exercises and
breathing exercises to take the crick
out of your back. And there's no one
about to criticise lie you choose to
smear your hands and nails full of
oil or cream, after a siege of very
dirty work. and go on with your
tasks wearing rubber gloves.
But about sweeping. Your broom
should have sufficiently long handle
so you need not stoop to hold it.
Then you should sweep SO you stand
always upright, chest and shoulders
back. At first you'll find it awkward,
1t will seem hard to put any force into
the strokes. But, like everything
else, it will come easy after practice.
AS for bed-making-whic / called q
beauty exercise because.it ID. good for
the arms, waist and abdomen-there
il no right and wrong way to do this
except as applied to the bedi The
constant STOPPING and Strengthening
Evening star., 1923-06-14
Listeo,
~ Goe MhS7soo

The world is hungry and sullen
poems.
1t is tired of the little, jingling
rhymes which bleat of love as
though 1t were assured to everyone
sugar plum for each poor grasping
hand.
Once on a time we thought those
rhymes were true. We labeled our
selves Christians and. SO tagged,
went forth and scattered wide the
pink confetti of our platitudes.
But now the war hate prowis
across the land and is not stilled by
any armistice. And everywhere the
hungry voices howl, I'VE must have
love, real love, not empty bla- -bla-
bla."
And so the hurt world waits for
poems of love. But they will not be
written in studios nor sold per word
to yawning editors. Such things no
longer soothe our human pain. Our
poems must be laws-great laws that
shall at last make love come true
and lift 1t from the realm of fairy
tales.
No sonnet on some little baby's
shoe-but laws which keep our babes
from making shoes for us to wear.
laws which give her smiles instead
Of sighs. No tender talks about the
brotherhood of man-but laws which
make us sweat for that great broth
erhood.
What right have we to write sweet
odes about the light Of home. when
homeless hundreds prowl along our
Evening star., 1923-06-14
Flag Day.

June IA is the flags birthday. You
see it floating at the top of tall
buildings. You see il carried at the
head of professions. You cheer it
You love it. Day after day you prom
ise your allegiance to the ideals it
stands for.
Sometimes you think a bit about ii
and wonder what there is in a bit OF
bunting marked with stripes and stars
in bright colors to make a people feel
that way about it,
The flag is a symbol a sign. II
stands for everything we of America
hold dear-ideals of liberty, justice
humanity and loving kindness that
every American likes to think inspire
his life. You see it is a plus sign.
We believe in justice. But We
you and / and the eighborS-believe
in justice. plus. There must be mercy
to temper It, good nature to sweeten
1t, impartiality to acquit it, love to
shrive it, or we will have none of it.
We believe in liberty, you and
and the neighbors, but it is liberty
plus. Liberty, as we see it. is not
alone liberty of the body. 1t must be
that of the soul as we'll; liberty OF
thought. of speech, of written word
and self-directed deed.
And more. The liberty Of thought
word and deed carries with 1t de-
cent regard for the opinions of man.
kind" No act of ours. however free.