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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-16

AIusTOE. Dec 6-Lo1n TfglrEy
NJ present and future status aud
f- political echoes were agslgzed for
thr United Press by one otthe prom
HaHf communist leaders ~ soviet
HuHla Boo an interviews
Tho communist spokesman, who .a
internationally known. stated That
party discipline forbade thr uar ~
DTS name boz this connection. but cone
@rufsl 20 give an authentic version
~ the situation
The most Influential communist,
bee 6aglared, do not intend 20 rtrk
Twu aFs removal from membership
,u The revolutionary military council
Dr fhr political bureau u the central
committee n the Russian e0mmun,
lsi party
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-16
DE NY UPRISING
Retreat in Morocco Ended,
Says Spanish General

PARIS urC no. - Cen Miguel
Primo Iivsm, head u the sauirH
directory vbD H taking uar-guaI
charge OF tHr campaign against ths
rufnans lu Morocco today srut 81
telegram setting 80 rst sensational
stories Bon the European press TINT
raiusu aud 90 connecting railway
was mruarrI hy IA fresh Moorish up
rising 8t AluEar SsEuFr
The telegram added the important
news that che difficult retreat from
POGO Abaa hss been completed with
little fighting. meaning that 10000
men have been safely cAJr.cafsd
along d narrow mountain road
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-16

a'TiIE moro set. tho more See
l. there Ia 20 get. cNciuima Iika,
tho leading character IN Olga Pc
iruya'a play. Hurricane" which
comes 70 tho Metropolitan wednss-
day evening. December a.. for four
days. with matinocs Thursday and
Saturday. after creating sensation
In New York last winter Pctruya
herself appears In Tho stellar role
The farther l 50, the farther soc
there - TO 20. Something just pushes
me an pushes me an I got 10 gor'
Tho force that urges Ilka forward
IN her struggle for Hight has beon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-16
Legion, Auxiliary
to Hold Exercises

Seattle Post 80 la. American H.
E.0u. Hlil Join ulfh ga suriHary in
Christmas exercise December i1 ~
the aa4 % co.. Third aFr An old
fashioned tree a.f Santa rau for
tHg future Er1rIlfEllE ni 1.1ilu.
GALORE and nurse sill feature
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-16
crash whatever.

crash whatever
"AH matter ~ fact. TrgfrEy'H ii'-
me- win tend fn mitigate mo party
Conflict
Regarding rum1rs n trouble .n the
red army, my Informant said
THE army b. not q pFnguaI in-
Efr4meut TrDtEky could not use the
armg for his own purpose More
over while broad masses u troops
are not intended iu party c0niro
rersy. tha political department of the
army b. backing the central commit
Dec against Tr0tEkyism
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-16

handled mastcrfuliy by Petroya. Tho
riddle Of Ito with ali i,H perpleSltieH
Is like a great oosmlc mcrry-go.ro round
--"ouco you're 10. rs hard 70 get out
again. You can't get of ull Il stops
But tho Fate that earriea iika for
ward Il not a depressing one. She
acgompllshes the great end she has
set Tor herself and cmeFEts supreme
~ triumphant
In tho role Of The heroine, Madame
rrtroya n given an opportunity FOR
THO greatest emotional work Of her
carver travelling the Esmut q hatred.
pity. tcorn and love.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-16

tet water and that placing such a
tablet Is violation OF the soviet o
Sovereignty.
Tchitcherln protests 20 the United
states against the ''lawless act Of an
official ship on hts territory"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09
)e Luca and MendezSohn Choir Unite
to GiUe One of Seasons Best EUe,ats

simple song is turned into classic by
this man.
1 am trying to be conservative, but
how can any one be careful after an
audience has created such a riot of
applause as was staged last nigpt?
Owen Wins Favor
In speaking first of De Luea, do
not do so for the purpose of detraet.
ing from the credit that the Mem
delssohn Choir and its director, Per
cival Owen, deserves.
This choir is an organization which
helps to increase the size of appre-
ciative audiences for good music. The
tonal beauty of this choir was ne
vealed in Gounod's Psalm CXXXVII. -
The popular number of the choir's
program was Burleigh's Swing Low.
Sweet Chariot" a negro spiritual.
This number resulted in the greatest
ovation of the evening for the choir.
owen and the choir are doing a
great musical service for Indianapolis
I wish that on some moonlight sum-
mer night this great choir could give
an oper-air concert in Garfield Park.
Why not?
Mrs. Percival Owen was aecompa-
mist for the choir and Wilfred Pe,le-
tier for De Luca.
A wonderful CONCERT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09
Bx WALTER D. HICKMAN

Xxi Something happened Ia s
L@ night at Caleb Mills Hall.
Men and women united in actually
yelling and cheering for more melody.
This seldom happens in Indian.
apolis. But this actually took place
after Giuseppe De Luca, baritone of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, had
sung a well known number from
Carmen.
The Carmen number was done as an
ncore after the programmed aria from
Figaro" Both numbers revealed the
beauty Of tone and technical perfec-
ton of the singer.
After the Carmen" experience, the
audience decided that the great mo-
ment of melody had arrived. I am
not throwing a rave when I tell
you that men and women actually
shouted and applauded for about five
minutes.
Then De L1ca returned to the stag
and closed his part of the program
with benediction in song. God
Bless You"
have covered a bunch of con
certs in the five years SINCE I have
been telling you about musical and
dramatic events, but this man De Luca
brought to me one of my most en-
joyable experiences with song.
Although he is grand opera
singer of the first line of the Metro
politan forces in New York, yet
there is none of the high and lofty
manner about him that one breads in
sonTe opera singers.
De Luca nearly does an Ed Wynn"
with his audience. Talks to them and
even confessed that he was happy.
but very tired afte- singing so many
numbers.
De Luca is 4 great Snowman and a
marvellous artist in song. He knows
how TO master an audience. Even a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09

mospheric songs and the result is
pleasing. The work. of the pianist is
above the average. Act nicely mounted
and costumed.
The Australian Watts, two women
and a man, are expert. whip crackers.
Vaudeville patrons are familiar with
this work. but this team does the
stunts better than the average.
Cervo and Moro mix comedy while
playing an accordian ana violin. Mel.
vile and Rule are handicapped by
some pointless material. "City Life
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09

is weak on material and talent. /
found this act tiresome.
The movie feature is Loves
Whirlpool, with James Kirkwood anG
Lila Lee.
At,the Palace today, Saturday and
Sunday.
Other attractions on view today in.
.clude: 'Nightie- Night" at English s,
Monsieur I3eaucaire" at the Murat
! Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hail. at
Keith's. Frank A. Burt in 1.-The Sub
stitute" at the Lyric, The Woman on
the Jury at the Circle. Girl Shy al
the Apollo, Three Weeks" at the
Ohio. movies at the Lincoln Square
Name the Man" at Mister Smiths
and North of Nevada" at the Isis.
Tonight at Caleb Mills Hail con
cert will be given by the Indianapolis
High Schools Bands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09
ALIIs WELL THAT Ends
WE'LL. AND THAT Is sONIETHIN

The new bill at the Palace might
be spoken of in the terms of the say
ing, Ais well that ends well -
The final act. Peg Mcintosh and
company in songs and dances, is by
far the best act on an otherwise
mediocre variety bill There are three
lads in this act who have a number
of good steps.
One of the women goes in for at.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09
MARSHALL is : SPEAKER

Thomas Fl. Marshall, former Vice
President is to speak at the monthly
dinner Of the First Presbyterian
Church Mems Club at $50 tonight in
the banquet room of the church, Six
teenth and Delaware SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09
COURTESY TOUR ENDS
sIunketeers Report Business Condi-
tions Good Through Section Visited.


tions Good Through Section Visited.
More than 125 Indianapolis citizens,
including seventy members of the
Chamber of Commerce, today ex-
pressed satisfaction over result of
the two.day courtesy trip which end
ed at Bedford Thursday.
The tourists left Louisville early
and visited at Salem and Mitchell
At Bedford they were guests of the
Bedford Rotary, Kiwanis and Cham
Der of Commerce.
The party reports business condt
tons good throughout the district and
only complaint heard was upon unfa
vorable agricultural conditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09

representative OF the Playground and
Recreational Association of America,
before the Advertising Club at Cham
Der Of Commerce Thursday. Lies de.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09

clared adequate recreational facilities
would cut down crime, improve
health, lengthen life, foster better
morals and advertise the community.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-09
J. Recreation Crime Prevention

Value of recreational facilities was
stressed by Eugene T. Lies, Chicago,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
KILLS SELF BY GAS FUMES

Burton |. Teter, a prominent citi-
zen and farmer of near Buckhannon
committed suicide last Thursday
night at his home on his farm by
putting a gas hose into his mouth
and turning on the gas. He left a
note which read Trouble has brought
this about. forgive everybody
and leave matters in the hand of the
Lord. l am writing this in the dark.
He also left a will, but it is not
witnessed. He recently moved to
Clarksburg where his wife and family
were at the time of the tragedy.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
Mr.. Editor:

noticed piece in your paper a
week ago headed" Not What the
People Voted For" and l wish to say
that there is not; word of. truth in it
that the man that wrote this item
/ is misinformed as, to leaving the old
Road bed, thee is only few places
we made change, and as to- j"dilly-
dallying a round and putting in the
time" is untrue if the man who wrote
that sketch had made fill at Big
Run as he was paid for the road
would not have had to be changed 10
get the grade Now, Mr.. Johnson,
our County Road Engineer, is a man
of great ability and think our coun-
ty Court made wise choice when
they appointed him, for there must
be, head to our road business Some
people are SO ignorant they do not
know a good thing when they see it.,
and as to Mr. Johnson running it over
the Committee is untrue and if it did
not look so bad in print | would say
| it was a | can not under
stand why that some people will
knock the Court and the Engineer
and then Expect $40,000,00 to be Civ
en- to Valley District to extend the
Good Roads. He is back number
and will net do to fill public. office.
have been in the Engineering and
Surveying business for more than 80
years and l never worked harder on
q job in my life; if that man would
hop out and see what we were doing
instead of taking some ignorant re-
port he would change his mind. Some
people are so ignorant they would
build the Road without an Engineer
and call it class "A Road" and ask
for State Aid. For my part | am
proud of our County Court and our
County Engineer and know that Old
Valley District will receive help to
extend her "Good Roads"
ELLSWORTH WILSON
Civil Engineer
June 23rd 1924
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
THE VALLEY DISTRICT ROAD
SURVEY

The survey of the Audra Road ir
Valley district was completed last
Friday 31a miles out from Belington.
This survey Includes Location, Lew
els and Cross-sections and the cost
was from $500. to $4,000, not count
ing the time of the Road Engineer
whose time the district does not have
to pay. His work also put in on this
survey would approximate 500. The
cost does not include the set of plans
which are now being prepared.
The cost of surveying the River
Road will be about the same. The
cost including plans for each road
will not exceed 5000, making about
$1,000 for the surveys ready for the
contractors or day work as the
county court may determine. Then
after the work starts engineers will
have to be on the job checking up and
placing grade and location stakes,
thus it is estimated from good au-
thority that the entire cost of en-
gineering the Valley District roads
will not exceed $4,000 to $24,O0. E.
economy in this respect is promised
from the road department.
The Engineers are under the di-
rection of the County Court and the
Road Committee, and no location,
grade, plans are final until passed
upon by them, So those who had or
have fears that the engineers were
going to put it over ON them can be
reasonable assured that this is not
the case.
The following letter expresses the
desires of the engineers to do their
best for the Roads Of Valley:
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
Cats once worsn,peo.

After the !,onans conquered Egypt,
they, with their usual sagacity, toler-
ated cat love or worship. Diodorus
tells the story of mob tearing a
Roman soldier ito pieces" because he
had accidentally slain cat An Office
OF keeper of cats was hereditary. The
Turks adopted Fells domestica. In
Cairo homeless cats were fed by order
Of the kadin. According to Lane, the
translator Of the Arabian Nights, the
Sultan Ez-Zahir Beybars founded
home for cats in a garden near his
mosque.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
LOCAL NEWS


on business.
Amos Sherman of Concord who
has been quite sick is improving.
Happy" Shinn is here visiting his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. H. B .Shinn.
Floyd Teter and son, Berne Teter,
were Clarksburg visitors, Saturday
Capt. F. P. Rease who has been
on business trip to the east return
ed last Friday.
w. A. Stone and family of Philippi
passed thru here Sunday in their car
for trip to Mingo Flats.
Mrs. Hoy Harsh and daughter,
Hazel, of Elkins are visiting in Mea-
dowville this week.
Mrs. L. Jones Wilson and daugh-
ter Miss Eva, spent Saturday with
friends in Philippi.
Miss Catherine johnson of Har-
pers Ferry is the guest at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Jones Wilson.
Jas. X. Hall of Phihppi has taken
another sight seeing trip, this time up
north thru the New England States.
Ira Skidmore, wife and three chill
dren came in Tuesday from Indiana
for few weeks visit with relatives.
G. w. Baughman, who has been
liz - l.. WT
B. Gall has returned to his home
near Philippi.
Mrs. Columbia Hinkle left on this
afternoon train for Buckhannon to
visit here sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Will
Hams who is sick.
The fellow that sets back and lets
the planting time pass is not even
planting blade of grass where one
grew before.
1t would appear that the Primary
election is not over, at least it is not
determined yet who all the candi-
dates are in Barbour county
A heavy rain struck Belington
Thursday afternoon and seemed to
have been confined to the corporation
limits and the mountain range This
indicates dry weather.
Elihue Ware is having great sue
cess with his new process of enlarg-
ing pictures. He believes in the old
adage that eve never get to old to
learn something"
Miss Altha Phillips who has been
here the guests of Mr.. and Mrs F
E. Thompson for the part week re-
turned to her home Friday.
Mrs. Beaumont and little son who
have been the guests of Mrs. Beau
monts father DR.. Campbell return
ed Sunday to their home in Morgan
town.
Judge and Mrs. R. E. Davis who
have been visiting at the home of
Mrs. Davis parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. K. Blatchford have returned to
their home in Morgantown.
Miss Alma Edmund, one of Beling=
toms Telephone operators and Miss
Rose Watk.ns ore OF the Philippi
telephone operators are spending
their vacation in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. G. w. Beer, who spent the
winter in Ohio is spending a week
or so with her daughter, Mrs. S. j.
Kittle. She is accompanied by Helen
Hanifan of Willard, Ohio.
John Wilmoth of Mclean was in
town this morning and asked if the
Republicans were going to make SUI
gar any cheaper. They have made
it so cheap now that it is the cheap
est commodity compared with other
values, on the market today. @
Farmers are late about planting.
Not much corn is being put out, not
only here but all over the United
States and as a result corn is soring
high, and the fellow who doesn't
plant corn will surely pay for his
bread. 1t is not too late yet to
plant corn, the season beir.g about 6
weeks late.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
SMALL TOWN HUMOR
AND PHILOSOa EY
By BUCK CAMPBELL

~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~@
If mans wife is his better
half and he marries twice, what
is left of him? Not much.
1t is not surprising that there
are microbes in kisses, but the
most Of US are willing to take
chance.
a married man objects to his
wife going to a card party be-
cause she holds hands that are
better than his.
If the average fellow was half
as good as he tries to make
others believe he is this world
would be paradise.
When a man says: 81 run
things at my house" he means
the lawn mower or the washing
machine, or something like that.
You do not have to cultivate
bad habits; they grow lux
uriantly without 1t. Boil weevll
and other pestilence are no bar
rier to a good crop.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26

This glass insulator is celebrity.
Forty years ago was taken, bright
and new, from the shelves of the
Yves Electric Company and
placed on a Douglas fir tree near
Eureka, California, as part of
local telegraph line through the
forest. Later the line was abandoned
and its wire, ii.5ulators and brackets
were salvaged. But this insulator
and its bracket were overlooked be-
cause the tree had grown around
them and had gradually embalmed
them in resin and woody material.
A few weeks ago the tree was felled
to be made into barrel slaves. The
sawmill walked the glass Rip Van
Wrinkle into vivid life and the sud-
den screech it gave revealed its
presence.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26

he would never have gone
his fve-sixty!
Stripped of the official
and respectful assurance at til
and rear this was what the Cd
said in reply:
Dear Mr.. Secretary.
Il deeply regret the incident am
will request that the deposit be re-
turned.
Il not from the report of the Am
bassador that he is anxious that the
'culpable police officer be admonish-
ed.
4 WOULD most respectfully sug-
gest that the innocent action of an
untutored policeman is less deserving
of admonishment than the willful de-
fiance of lawful speed regulation
by such an important person as an
Ambassador.
Every respectfully yours,
"EPHRAIM F. MORGAN
Governor"
If anyone could press this modest
Southern gentleman hard enough to
make him talk seriously about him
self he would probably say that the
above is just about his code.
He treats 'em all the same way
from the German Ambassador to
Mother Jores. The latter, who has
nowadays without dropping in upon
led the miners in many bitter
fight, never comes to Charleston
the Governor for social chat.
"This. man" she said, is the first
Governor of West Virginia in twenty
years that l have been able to get in
to speak to-"
+ The remarkable old lady was fill
ing the Governors little room with
an Grafton to the effect that after all
Uncle Sam was bigger than any in
.dividual.
81 wished" laughed the Governor,
you'd talk like that when you get
up in Mingo County"
Il WILL" replied Mother Jones, with
a wise wink, ''but not just the same
way. I'll have to cuss 'em little
up there!"
Mother Jones presence in Govern
or Morgan's Office surprised me-
Back East the wise ones seemed to
think that Judge Morgan was defin-
itely on the operators side of the
West Virginia coal battle. Some
even said that he had been placed in
his present situation by the coal
barons for the, purpose of crushing
the laboring man and continuing
feudal conditions in the little noun
tain State. Perhaps, these things
were true. Morgan certainly cleaned
up the State. And he did not hest
tate to call on Uncle Sam to help
him do it. But to-day the mines are
working; and so are the miners.
And
The Governor who called out the
troops is sitting in his simple office
at Charleston shaking with laughter
at the witty sayings of the aged her
oine of the marching strikers.
That's Ephraim Morgan, modest
man.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-26
/" (Signed) 0. WIEDFELDT."

There's decree of some historic
League of Nations or maybe it's
just decree of Providence!-that
protects an Ambassadors body from
constables just as it protects his bot
tie from Volsteads. So the Secre-
tary did his duty, and passed Herr
Wiedfeldt's hard-luck story along to
Governor Morgan in the little old
wooden building at Charleston. But
if the German Ambassador had
known as much as you and | do a.
bout the Morgans of West Virginia,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-21

Tins bearing condensed milk or
tomato labels have been used for
smuggling forbidden liquor into the
mining fields OF northern Ontario.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-21

and don't think Shs will worry
about me any ionger--st least she
ouEhtnt 60,
Karl Whitney has always ap.
p.hisd 20 Aliee's romantic tendsn.
oiss. He has been the hero around
whom she has dramaiiEod her own
emotions. and she probably thought
u would be very dramatic episode
10 snatch him away from the other
woman. even n that other woman
was /
shes very Jealous woman.
mother. shc no, only wants 20 stand
first in Karl whltncy's eyes, but In
yours and dads as we'll rs In the
eye. OF every other pereon she hap.
pens 10 like The reason she is fond
II England IL because the English
made much Of her, and the reason
she doesn't like America any more
Ia because when she came hack It
was only 20 be one OF n number Of
bright girls as clever and perhaps
moro beautiful than herself"
You sec. Ruth dear. ! did not mean
TO be so unforgivns. at least | did
not mean 10 say all these things TO
mother. for after all, Alice Is moth.
or's daughter, but as was speaking.
II came over me again. how by writ.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-21
Tibet ANGLE
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES.
COTT TO RUTH BURKE. con.
TINlTEfl

Mother was 70 hearibioken over
Alice. rho kept saying that shs
wished rho had not sent her 20 Eng
land I tried 10 comfort her. Ruth,
and hltho / think that England dld
not do her any good. did not tell
mother 90, Instead. I tAid
Il do no, believe living in England
made any particular difference IN
Alice. mother. IL you remember. she
always insisted on having her own
way. and she was not &ways too
asru5ulauH as 10 the method by
which aho Eot Il,
Il wonder Il you remember. mother
dear. that when | was married NC
we're surprised one day when she
gave a VERY vigorous opinion Of me-
for not marrying Kari think even
before that she was In love with him
that h.. in love as much as she can
love any one except herself"
Hush. Leslie" said my mother.
'altho she has wronErd you. you
must not feel 20 bitter toward her @
why should ! nut7 wouldn't you
feel bitter. mother, toward someone
who tried and who has apparently
succeeded IN breaking I'M your home?
/ hardly thought e would DO my own
sister could even forgive another
woman moro easily.
Thank God ahe Is married 10 Kari.