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New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

\ skull of prehist oric man. found in New Iexico. slows evidence of m attempt at surgery. section of front .al bone having been removed.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03
Prominent In West

Seattle, April so. N. Orlow, doc tor of philosophy, who was said by Nieomte Henri Dc Fries. Of New York. 10 be Prince Johann Salvador, one time archduke of Austria, con ducted curio and art store here in 1912.
 When he lived here. his home WIS a prctentious place. With him were two young women, the Misses Clara and Grace Wakefield, who had accom- panied him from San Francisco. They were said to have been given in- to his care by their father at his death.
 Sevefnl of orlow's pictures are now In the possession of John Bushell, q local anctioneer. ene is signed "orlow," and ancthr ''The Arch duke"
 -----.==-
 San Francisco, April TO. N. Or low, who died Monday in New York, was a striking figure in San Francisco in the early '90's and yas well Known in art circles here, it was learned to- day.
 He is said to have conducted a large furniture factory, the products of which were popular in society.
 He was known here as Oriow N. orlow. According to L. NJ. Hoeflcr,
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03
HUSBAND CHOKED
 HER, WIFE CLAIMS
New Yorker, Accused of Murder,
 Relates Family Quarrel

New York, April 3.-Mrs. Essie Gross told Judge Mancuso and a jury between periods of eonyuisive sobbinS yesterday how she shot and killed her husband. Irving Gross, on December II in their apartment at 155 Audubon avenue. Her story of the quarrel and shooting was vague and brief. She said little more than she shot in self i defense. Mrs. Gross testified that in the , early morning, q few minutes after Mrs. Molly Cohen, an overnight guest, iad left the apartment she and her husband began quarreling over a pro- test against her husbands treatment of her which Mrs, Gross had made to GrOss's employer.
 Do you remember your husband saying, T waited for Molly to get away and now l am going to Bill you,' Mrs. Gross was asked. Tciis Of Last Quarrel.
 "Yes." she replied. and then her story of the shooting was drawn from her by long series of questions. This was the story:
 "Hc grabbed hold of my hair and pulled me toward the window. I was just putting on my coat when he with him, and l told him l was going to my parents, and he said l won't live to go anywhere if I can help 1t. He was very excited. He was frothing at the mouth and his eyes were bloody.
 ''Hc said he was going to end it all and he made a wild dash for the bed room. I was going to run out of tho apartment, but he grabbed me, and I saw a pistol in his hand. l tried to dsarm him. l put both my hands on lis$hand, where he had the revolver,
 and tried to get it out of his hand. He put ono of his hands on my throat and he started to choke mo. ] strug- gied for the revolver. l remember l heard a shot"
 Mrs. Gross said she was bewildered and did not have clear recollection of the shooting. She could not re- member hearing two shots, although Irving Gross was shot twice. She did not know whether the revolver was in her hand or his. and did not recall saying 10 policemen, who testified earlier. that she had shot her hus- band because he didn't love her enough.'
 says He Beat Her Often.
 Mrs, Gross testified that her hus- want her to have children and did not want her to have children and din not buy her clothing or give her money. She said that he seemed to hate her and often asked her to divorce him,
 To discrcdit her testimony on these points James F. Mcdonald introduced in evidence several letters which she admitted her husband had written her in 1921 and 1929. He spoke Of her in each of the letters in the most alfectionate terms. and told nt length how hc missed her,
 In one letter he said hc had been made happy by a dream in which lac thought that they had . baby and in others he mentioned sending hcr clothing and other things. Irving closed one of tho letters by writing.
 Well, honey bunch. with love and kisses, rlfnty of love and kisses, plenty of them, ] am as ever your loving"
 Tho trial is expected to so to the jury tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

Almost every part of the whale has a commercial Naln-.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03
RaIIy for Women.

Tonight the rcpubicans VIII hold their first public. rally when Judge R. W. AIling. the standard bearer of inc e. Q. F.. and Lieut.. Gov. Hiram Bingham Wili speak at Judas hall on Main street. T. is expected that the hall viii be packed since ii is Judge Aiinr's first appearance in thc cam paign. Lieut.. Gov. Bingham scrvrd wiih Judge filling in tho legislature and is an ardent admircr Of tho re- publican nominee.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
GOSSIP IN RHYME

Washington, Mar. 12. Especial
correspondence The gossip style
of scandal-mongering, to which the
Democrats in Congress have resort
ed, was very aptly described by SEN
ator Lodge when he recently read in
the Senate parody on "Brot'er
and sisters | have none" The lines,
read in the midst of one Of the fire.
quent Observation-Disclosures of inuen-
do, have created much amusement
and have served to emphasize the
vague character of many of the ac-
cusations directed at public officials
The parody is as follows:
"VANDERLIP SAYS"
Absolute knowledge have / none,
But my aunt's washwoman's sisters
son
Heard policeman on his beat
Say to laborer on the street,
That he had letter just last week
A letter which he did not seek
From Chinese merchant in Tim
buctoo
Who said that his brother in Cuba
knew
Of an Indian chief in Texas town
Who got the dope from circus
clown
That man in the Klondike had it
straight from a guy in South
American state
That wild man, over in Borneo
Was told by a woman who claimed
to know
Of well-known swell society rake
Whose mother will undertake
To prove that her hlsband's sisters
niece
Has stated plain in a printed piece
THAT he has a son who never comes
home
And who knows all about the Tea
pot Dome"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
POTOMAC STATE SCHOOL

KEYSER, March Up. G. Rous-
err, former state supervisor of voca-
tional agriculture, started the year
at Potomac State School under add
verse conditions. With the opening
of school in September only four stu
dents enrolled in the vocational
courses but since that time five more
students have enrolled for the Col
lege Poultry courses, beginning the
second semester and six farmers
joined up for the Dairy Short course.
Mr.. Rouser also has charge Of the
state farm and is gradually wedding
out the undesirable accumulations of
the past few years, and, as rapidly
as consistent with the growth of the
courses in the school, Is equipping
with better lines of machinery and
live stock. This year he expects to
raise pure-bred stock only and has
decided uon Ayrshire cattle, berk-
shire hogs, and white leghorn and
Plymouth Rock poultry.
The crops planned for this year
are Wilson soy beans for seed and
hay, alfalfa hay, Reeds yellow dent
corn, and large truck garden with
small fruits. That bee keeping will
be an important project on the farm
is indicated by the increased number
of hives to be added this Spring. >.
Potomac State School is the only
state institution with the exception
of the State University planning for
the development of teaching of ag-
riculture. While the subject is Civ
en- in other schools none have the
land nor the ground work mapped out
for the growth Of this department
as the Keyser institution. Although
the enrolment is very small it is as
large as the first year at the Univer-
sity when the department was es-
tablished there.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
THE AUTO LICENSE

CHARLESTON, w VA, March 10
1924.-Even though the cost of West
Virginia's state road system is being
paid principally from the proceeds of
automobile licenses, it is pointed out
by the State Road Commission that
West Virginia is charging a smaller
sum for license than the enormously
rich ard well developed state Of New
York. A license for which the West
Virginia motorist pays s21.O9 costs
the New Yorker $27.75.
This license for which West Vir-
ginia charges $21.o9 costs s31.45 in
Vermont, $4,000 in Iowa, $50-81 in
Minnesota, and $4,000 in Oregon.
Other states which have higher Ii
cense rates than West Virginia, are
Arkansas, Delaware, F3orid9, fyai-
ana, Kentucky, Michigan, New
Hampshire, Texas, Washington, and
Wisconsin.
FROM this it will be seen that
West Virginia motorists are receiy-
ing very fair treatment in the way
Of License fees. In fact, for state
with great road building program
on it's hands, the rates are consider
ed quite moderate.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
SEN. LENROT RETIRES
FROM GUARDIANSHIP
OF SENATE OIL PROBE

WASHINGTON, Mar. Ire
tirement of Senator Lenroot, of Wis
consin, as chairman and member of
the oil committee today, overshad-
owed other developments in the oil
inquiry.
He will be succeeded as chairman
by Senator Ladd, of North Dakota,
a Republican identified with the La
Toilette group, who has been active
ly in charge of the committee since
the departure of Senator Lenroot
for Southern Pines, N. c., week
ago, to recuperate from threaten
ed attack of nervous exhaustion.
Senator Lenroot's letter of res
ignation was made public after the
oil Investigators had cleared up some
of the remaining mysteries in the
celebrated Mclean kilograms by a
grilling cross-examination of John
F. Major, one of the agents of the
Washington publisher.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
GUILTY IN SECOND DEGREE

GRAFTON, March s.-vengesso
Longo, who was on trial here for be-
ing an accessory in the. murder of
Pete Ray in mine at Coffman dur
ing the Summer of 1921, was found
guilty of murder in the second de-
gree this afternoon and Judge Kittle
sentenced him to serve 18 years in
the penitentiary at Moundsville.
Longo is already under sentence
to the penitentiary and was brought
here from that institution to stand
trial for the murder. He was con-
victed in the Harrison county courts
some time ago of shooting police
man at Lumberport and was given
two years.
In the trial which ended here to-
day the state charged that Longo
and Philip Migische, who was con-
victed of first degree murder last
week and drew a life term, fired
four shots into the body of Pete
Ray and then after robbing him COW
cred his body with carbide after
which they applied match and af-
ter it had burned while piled slate
over what remained.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
SINCLAIR AND D0HENY TO
FIGHT AGAINST OIL
LEASE ANNULMENT

Washington, March Special
government counsel in the oil lease
cases left today for Wyoming and
California to initiate this week the
long court fights looking to the re
covery of the naval fuel reserve in
those states from the Sinclair and
Doheny interests.
The government bill for cancella-
tion of the Doheny leases in Reserve
No. / will allege that they were
made in consideration Of promise of
great reward" and it is understood
that there will be allegations Of
fraud in the case of all the leases.
Both the Sinclair and Doheny in
trests viii vigorously contest the gov
ernment's annulment suits. Harry
F. Sinclair and six attorneys left
Chicago today for Cheyenne to join
issue with the government counsel,
Atlee Pomerene and Owen j. Rob-
ers, at the initiation of the litigation.
Preliminary steps in the 'litiga-
ton against the Doheny interests at
Los Angeles probably will be I'M
opposed, an arrangement having
been made between counsel for the
government and the Pan-American
Petroleum Company for the request
for the impounding of royalty re
venue and receivership. Also the
request for an injunction to prevent
the drilling of new wells probably
with be uncontested.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
RAILROAD PRESIDENT KILLED

NEW YORK, March 8.--Alfred
Fl. Smith, president Of the New
York Central railroad was killed late
today when he was thrown from a
horse in Central Park
The accident occurred shortly after
5 o'clock and Mr.. Smith was taken
to the Fifth Avenue Hospital where
he died Of a broken neck. He was
81 years old.
Besides being president of the New
York Central lines, he was an officer
and director in each of the many af-
filiated and subsidiary railroads in
that system. He was a director of
the Fifth Avenue Bank in this city
and of large financial institutions in
Chicago.
Mr.. Smith was riding along bri-
dial path. He stopped his horse
suddenly to allow other riders to
pass him and was pitched over the
animals head to the ground.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
WHERE MISSING GIRLS GO TO

More than 5000 persons, mostly
women, disappear through the mys-
FERROUS gateway of missing persons
in Los Angeles, California, every
year. From every part of the Uni
ted States and on almost every in
coming train the arrive Where
most of them go nobody ever knows,
but many of them, discouraged,
broken hearted and ruined sink for
ever in the sea of oblivion. A few
chastened and repentant, rise out of
their misfortune or degradation and
return to the land Of their friends
and families to take up life anew.
Still others who have thus returned
to responsibility, fall again and are
lost forever among the denizens of
the underworld. Mrs. Nellie Schri-
ner, who for fifteen years has been a
policewoman in Los Angeles, tells
of some of the cases that came under
her observation i'm next Sundays
New York American. You may
mailed to your address to reach you
on Saturday mornings, ten weeks
for $100. Pin a dollar bill to this
notice and send it with your name
and address to Circulation Depart
ment, New York American, 238 Will
liam Street, New York City.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT

The Basketball Tournament starts
today, at p. M, at Buckhanon and
continues for the balance of the
week. The Belington team left this
morning for the scene of action and
will enter the third game VS.. Hun
bred Friday. Those from hare are:
Ralph ThornhiH, Lynn Moore, Dane
Simon, Russell Cffhaus, Paul Ben
nett, James Simmons, Harold Bran
denburg, Darcy Wilson; Okey J.
Woodford is coach, taking the place
of w. G. Waggoner, who is detained
home on account of sickness. This
is the first time out for the superin-
tendent this year-he likes little
sport, but thinks a three-day tourna-
ment is too long.
The Belington team have won some
prominent games so far and it is be-
lieved it will measure up with the
best on this occasion.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
DOHENY LOANED OBREGON
GOVT FIVE MILLION

NEW YORK, MARI 10.-Edward
L. Doheny denying the charge of
Senator Wheeler that he with Sin
clair and other interests had finanred
revolution against the Mexican
government today declared that he
had loaned $5,000,O00 to the Oregon
government which enabled it to put
down rebellion. Doheny said Wheel
ers statement was made with reck-
less disregard for the truth. II
would have been a fool to finance
gun runners into Mexico" he said.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
HIGHwAYS-THEIR BUILDING

One of the factors retarding road
development is lack of appreciation
of the modern science of highway
building and using.
We know too many things about
roads which are not so!
Many of our highway ideas are
twenty years behind the times. We
haven't caught up with the engineer.
For instance, "all roads wear out.
The enormous money invested in
them is thus capital loss"
Roads do not wear out. The sur
face of a good road wears, of course
So does the roof of house. But
replacing the house roof doesn't
mean that the rest of the house isn't
good The surface of road is its
roof. If it wears out is must be re-
placed. But doesn't mean that the
right of way, the grade, foundation,
and all the material is any less valu-
able than at first.
Trucks destroy roads. Therefore
trucks should pay for roadsW That
too is fallacy. A truck no more
destroys road, when truck, and
road fit, than baby carriage des-
troys a garden path. 1t is lack of
maintenance which destroys roads,
it is allowing too light road to be
built for the traffic it will bear, which
destroys roads; it is failure to enact
wide tire and maximum load laws
which destroy roads.
"There isn't money enough to pay
for national highways, We will all
be bankrupts!" More fallacy, There
are fourteen million motor cars in
the United States, If they are worth
on an average Of $500 each (Which
is an underestimateA they repre-
sent an investment Of $7000,000, 900.
Did we get bankrupt buying them
We did not. Why should we get
banrupt buying seven billion dol
lars worth Of roads and the
interest on seven billions will build
today more national highways than
we have as yet engineers and mach
merry to build.
Transportation has been, for us
Americans, nothing but rail and wat
er for all our history. Now we are
compelled to translate the word in
to highways" and motors" Mo
tors we understand highways,
as yet, we only partially compre-
bend, and ''motor transportation"
as whole, is yet sealed book to
most of US.
The first step in opening it is to
get rid of falIacious thinking :.
to realize that what used to be, is
no more true today, than what is
proper road width and cost today,
will fit conditions fifty, a hundred
years hence!
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13

or ignore the fact that in his very
first message to congress, delivered
on December 6, President Coolidge
said:
mo expenditure Of public money
contributes so much to the national
wealth as for building good roads"
West Virginia, the State Road
Commission says, has been and will
continue to be greatly benefited by
Federal Aid. Before the present
Commission was appointed, this
state had received $2,926,369 from
the government. Under the present
Commission, it has received $2,033,-
352y08, making a total Of close to
five millions. Under the system of
apportionment used in this state, all
of the counties have received their
share of governmtnt money regard
less of wether they had a Federal
project within their borders or not
The Federal Aid was particularly
valuable in the days from 1917 to
to 1921 before w. Va. begun finance
her road building program with the
proceeds of state bonds. 1t was, to
considerable extent, the roads built
with Federal Aid that brought to
West Virginia a realization of what
Good roads all over the state would
naean.
The State Road Commission is I'M
able to find the slightest reason why
the nation should discard this splen-
did activity, which is carried on at
no cost whatever to the general tax
payer.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
FORD SHOALS BID ACCEPTED
BY HOUSE

WASHINGTON, March 10.--After
3 fight which lasted more than two
years, the House Of Representatives
this afternoon passed bill provid-
ing for the sale of the Governments
$100,000,000 nitrate and power prof.
ect at Muscle Shoals, Ala, to Henry
Ford.
The vote was 22S to 142.
By the terms of the contract,
which has yet to be approved by the
Senate and the Secretary of War,
Ford guarantees to keep one of the
nitrate plants in condition for the
manufacture of war materials for
100 years, but in the meantime to
use the plant to make at least 40,-
600 tons of fixed nitrogen each year,
from which there can be manufact-
ured 100000 tons of commercial
fertilizer. This fertilizer would be
sold to farmers at eight per cent
more than the cost of production,
the profit to go to Ford.
Earlier in the day the House de-
feated an effort by Representative
NORM, Republican, Pennsylvania to
send the bill back to the Military
Affairs Committee
Moxin's plan was an eleventh-hour
attempt to put Ford under the CON
troll of the Federal Power Commits
sion after he started operating Mus
Gle Shoals.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
BANDITS HOLD UP GROCER

WHEELING, March 8.-B. F. Oh
liver, aged keeper of grocery store,
was shot and slightly wounded by
one of three men who entered his
place of business while he was alone
at 8:45 o'clock tonight and tapped
his cash register for 1888.
The hold up was not discovered for
several minutes until Mrs. W. F.
Henry, living in an adjoining build
ing, went to the front Of the store,
found the door fastened from the
outside with a pair Of plyers stuck
into a staple, opened the door and
went in to find Mr.. Oliver lying
wounded across a show case.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
BENNETT FOR BOARD

In this issue will be found the an
nouncement of Sherman Bennett for
member of the Board Of Education
in Barker District, on the Democrat
&c ticket. Mr.. Bennett would make
a good member of this board and
his Democratic friends would make
no mistake in giving him the nomin-
alton.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
THE COST OF GOVERNMENT

The main facts of our Government
cannot be too often stated in simple
language understandable to every
body.
A recent table gotten out by the
Bureau of Statistics is plain enough
for anyone to grasp. 1t shows what
the government expense is in each
of seven countries, as follows:
Every individual in tn nation has
to pay for the support of govern
ment these sums in the countries.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13

At least when we speak of the ex-
pense Of government we will know
what we are talking about if we
keep these figures in mind.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
HESS POLLING DIE S

D. Hess polling, a prominent citi-
zen Of this county, died yesterday
evening at his home in Philippi He
has been sick for several months.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13

What science needs to do next is
to find way for preachers to tie
the wedding knot "a little tighter
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13
EXPLOSION In
UTAH COAL MINE
It's Men Trapped in Mine at Castle
Gate. Utah---Little Hope for the
Recovery of Any.

CASTLE GATE, Utah, March s.
With one rescue worker dead and
gas and smoke thwarting the eff
forts of relief crews, the fate Of
approximately 175 men entombed
this morning in the triple explosion
at the Utah Fuel company mine il
unknown tonight. Another twelve
hours must pass before definite in
formation can be gained.
The one hope for the miners is that
those not killed by the blast were
able to erect barricade quickly
enough to block the deadly fumes
permeating the mine. Some hope is
held for those fortunate enough to
be near the first aid station 5000 feet
from the mouth of the main tunnel
Most of the men entombed are
married with families. Two weeks
ago the company cut the working
force laying Off single mems
George Wilson, superintendent Of
the coal company, is the first known
victim. He was asphyxicatcd while
leading rescue crew into the mine
Five of his comrades were overcome
but revived.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13

Come hear KATER, the magician,
March 10Th at II S. Auditorium.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13

Subscribe for the Progressive, $3.50
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13

Born unto Mr.. ard Mrs. Darl
Ware Wednesday morning baby
boy.