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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-05-13
Attorneys Gilmor S. Hamill, Fred.

Attorneys Gilmor S. Hamill, Fred.
A. Thayer and Julius C. Renninger of
the Oakland bar, were in Cumberland
yesterday where they appeared in the
United States District Court in a case
involving the rights of their clients
to certain property undertaken to be
removed from Maryland to Pennsyl-
vania by an order of the Court for the
District of Pennsylvania.
A corps of engineers is engaged in
surveying and plating the land of
the Eastern Land Company which is
being sub-divided into lots and which
will be placed on the market as soon
as the survey is completed. The prop
erty being surveyed and which will
later be offered for sale has water
frontage and with the purchase water
and boating rights will be granted.
While engaged in playing baseball
with some of the students of the Oak
land High School at the Fair grounds
Tuesday afternoon, James Pollock suf-
fered a severe and painful injury to
his right elbow when, as he was about
to throw the ball, his arm was struck
by runner and dislocation at his ell
bow resulted. Surgical treatment was
rendered by Dr. M. C. limbaugh.
The new house of the Maple Grove
Child Rescue Hora near Eglon, w.
Va, will be dedicated on June 9Th, the
services in charge of Elder P. S.
Thomas, of Harrisonburg, Va, who
has had wide experience in child res
cue work, and Elder J. W. Thomas. of
Bruceton Mills, W. Va, who is fluent
speaker and church worker The SER
vice will be an all-day affair and all
are invited to attend.
Mr.. j. c. johnson, of Oakland, who
suffered serious and painful injury
Tuesday of last week as he, in COM
pany with his sister-in-law, were re-
turning home from a point in Penn
sylvania north of Waynesboro, was
brought to Oakland Monday and is
confined to his bed. Mr. Johnson, it
is said, received a slight fracture of
the skull and had his leg badly bruised
when a moving van and his automo-
bile collided. Mrs. Gray, the sister of
Mrs. Johnson, was also painfully in
jured about the face and body.
At the last session of the Orphans
Court for Garrett county, held Tues
day morning of this week, letters tes-
tamentary on the estate of the late
Ami Rodeheaver were issued to his
daughter, Mrs. Henry G. Sanders, the
executrix of the testator's last will
and testament
Rev. George Luecke, of Accident,
spent last Friday in Oakland on bust
ness.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-05-13
Miss Gertrude DuBrau, of Cumber-
land, visited Mrs. BENZ. H. Sinecll on
Friday last.

Miss Gertrude DuBrau, of Cumber-
land, visited Mrs. BENZ. H. Sinecll on
Friday last.
Mr.. Lester C. Yutzy, of Crellin, Wis
tied Oakland Tuesday morning on a
business mission.
Mr.. Andrew Salzman, of Hutton,
was a business caller at The Repub-
lican office on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weston Dodson, of
Brett, West Va, spent the weekend
in Oakland with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Craig, of
Kingwood, West Va, visited friends
in Oakland Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. John Kennedy, Of Parkersburg,
West Va, is spending this week with
her mother, Mrs. Ellen Martin, in
Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Sincell and
Mrs. George L. Sincell, of Keyser, w.
Va, visited their mother, Mrs. Leah
F. Sincell at her home in Oakland on
Sunday.
Mr.. G. w. Diefenbach, cashier of
the First State Bank, Grantsville, was
in Oakland on business Monday when
he visited The Republican office for a
few minutes.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. R. Hamill and
daughter Miss Margaret Hamill, who
spent the winter in Huntington, W..
Va, returned to their home here last
Friday evening.
Mrs. Edward ODonnell, of Oakland,
who recently underwent surgical OPP
GRAFTON at the Western Maryland Hos
pital at Cumberland, has returned to
her home IN Oakland.
Mr.. w. w. Frazee, of near Hoyes,
who has been at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Harry Naylor, in Oak
land, for several weeks recovering
from an injury to his hip, was re-
moved to his home on Sunday.
The sale of 900 of lateral road
bonds was authorized by the Board of
County Commissioners of Garrett
county at meeting of that body held
Monday of this week, notice of the
sale being contained in The Republi-
can today.
George Hanst, of Oakland, was
elected editor in chief of The Athe-
neaum, tri-weekly publication is
sued by the students and faculty of
the West Virginia University at Nor
gantown, West Va. The election was
held on Friday of last week. Of the
1913 votes cast for the two candidates
for editor in chief, young Hanst re-
ceived 1853.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-05-13

Eighteen ounces of wering apparel
will be the sum total of what the
"well dressed" lady will wear during
the summer months. Half of this in
many cases will be the powder on her
face. In fact the face gives promise
of the most completely covered part
of the anatomy.
Congressman Frederick N. Zihlman
has just notified Mrs. Mary Ann Lit
tie, of Oakland, Of his success in Sc
curing prompt and favorable action on
her claim for the benefits of the World
War Adjusted Compensation Act as
the mother of John David Little, an
Oakland soldier who died in France
while serving with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces during the World
War. Mrs. Little will receive S502.75
in ten equal quarterly installments.
School Commissioner J. o. Thayer
accompanied County Superintendent
F. E. Rathbun to Swanton on Friday
last where land was purchased upon
which a modern school building for
the community is soon to be erected.
The site purchased by the officials is
delightfully."- located opposite the M. E.
church and is of such area as to afford
excellent play ground for the pupils.
The Swanton people generally are
we'll satisfied with the selected site.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Schilke
and their little son, of Walkersville,
Nd, motored to Oakland on Thursday
of last week and spent the night here,
returning to Walkersville the follow
ing morning. Rev. Schilke, at a re-
cent meeting of the official board of
St. Marks Lutheran church of Oak
land, was extended a call to become
pastor and on Sunday morning at a
congregational meeting of the men,
bers of the church the action of coun-
ell was concurred in. 1t cannot be
stated at this time whether or not
Rev. Schilke will accept the call.
Eighteen months worth of silk
"undies" is what "Chuck" Perry, of
Uniontown, provided for his Sheba.
The sweet thing complained to her
hero that her lingerie was not of mod
ern vintage, so, with all the valor of
the knights of old, the young sheik
went forth to right the wrong. Six
pieces of silken underalls of excellent
quality were procured by "Chuckie"
for his lady fair, but he overlooked
the small detail of enlisting the serv-
ices of clerk while doing his "shop-
ping" Pink silk ribbons dangling
from under the hero's coat suggested
to a store detective that something
out of the ordinary was doing. He
relieved the customer of his store of
the purchases" and the judge said,
Eighteen months" 1t will be long
time for the Sheba to await the return
of her gallant knight with the much
| coveted "undies."
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GAUER
Observation-Disclosures

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mosser and fam
lily and Mrs. Mary Mosser were at
Davis, West Va, last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shaffer visited
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Fowler at Noun
tain Lake Park last Sunday.
Quite a number of folks from this
community visited our school last
Friday afternoon and enjoyed the Ju
nior Citizens program.
We are planning a social at the
school on Friday evening, May 81.
Everybody come.
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100 per cent complete. Nearly all of
the violations of our Maryland lazy
requiring the prompt and accurate
registration Of births, are due to care
lessness. Busy doctors forget to fill
out and send in the records of births,
not realizing that they may be de-
priving individuals of records that
may be of the greatest Importance to
them in later life"
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A Card of Appreciation,

We take this means of expressing,
in a small way, our sincere thanks and
appreciation to the people of Oakland
and Mountain Lake Park for their
kindness and ready response to our
fire alarm on Friday.
w. C. HUNTINGTON AND FAMILY
Advertisement 12-1t.
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Copyright by W. @. Chapman.)

chatting for an hour or So he sug-
gested to Schwartz that he would be
more comfortable with his gloves off.
Schwartz accordingly removed them,
and revealed red marks on the backs
of his hands, such as might have been
made by fingernais digging into them.
How did you hurt your hands,
Schwartz" asked Mr.. Pinkerton.
"Oh l did that handling baggage
night before last" explained Schwartz {;
and then he related incidentally that
as he was on his way back to Chicago,
the conductor of the train, Conductor
Danforth, had discovered valise left
by somebody in one of the toilet rooms.
Later in the day Mr.. Pinkerton sum-
moned the conductor, who said that
the valise was an old one, Of no value
and, having no contents, he had thrown
it out on an ash pile. The only thing
he had found in the valise was piece
of paper that attracted his attention
because 1t was marked with red lines.
Examining this piece of paper care
fully, Mr.. Pinkerton saw that it had
been torn from money draft, and at.
once thought of the package in the
express messengers safe.
Mr.. Pinkerton at once ordered a
search made for the missing valise,
and also an inquiry regarding the pas
sengers who had ridden on Conductor
Danforth's train between Davenport
and Chicago on the night following
the murder. The valise was found on
the ash heap where the conductor had
thrown 1t, and in the course Of the
next few days the detectives had To-
Gated or accounted for all passengers
on Conductor Danforth's train, with
the exception of one man who had
ridden on free pass. The conductor
could only recall this mans features
vaguely; and, while some Of the pas
sengers remembered him well enough,
there was no clue to his name or
identity. AS it appeared that no other
of the passengers could have been
connected with the crime, efforts were
redoubled to discover the holder of
this pass.
SO great was the public interest in
the crime and the mystery surrounding
it that three separate, well-organized
Investigations of it were undertaken.
The Rock Island railroad officials, with
their detectives, conducted one; Chi
cago newspaper, with its detectives,
another; and the Pinkertons in the
interest of the United States Express
company, third.
Mr.. Pinkerton, rs we have seen, con-
Guided that the crime had been COM
mitted by railway men. The railway
officials were naturally disinclined to
believe i'll of their employees, and an
incident occurred about this time
which turned the investigation in an
entirely new direction and made them
the more disposed to discredt Mr..
Pinkerton's theory. This was the re-
ceipt of letter from convict in the
Michigan City penitentiary, named
Plunkett, who wrote the Rock Island
railroad officials, saying that he could
furnish them with important Informal
ton.
Mr.. st. John, the general manager
Of the road, went in person to the pen
itentiary to take Plunkett's statement,
which was in effect that he knew the
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DO him any wrong. but he must be
looked after Now my idea Is to have
Won go a. out witt him as much as you
can, see IL he meets any strangers or
spends much money, and let me know
whatever happens. VIII you do it?'
Schwartz readily consented, on the
ASSURANCE that the railroad people
would give him leave of absence. The
next day he reported that Watt had
met d MIN who wore a SLOUGH hat, had
unkempt red hair, and in general
looked like a border ruffian He had
overheard the two talking together in
saloon on Cottage Grove avenue,
where the stranger had discussed the
murder Of Nichols in great detail,
showing remarkable familiarity with
the whole affair. Schwartz had q sort
of Jesse James theory (Which he
seemed anxious to have accepted)
that the crime had been committed by
gang of Western desperadoes and
that this fellow was connected with
them.
Mr.. Pinkerton listened with interest
to all this, but was less edited than
Schwartz imagined, since two of his
most trusted shadows, who had been
following Schwartz, had given him re-
ports of the latter's movements, max
ing ii plain that the red-haired des-
perado was a myth, and that no such
meeting as Schwartz described had
taken place. Nevertheless, processing
to be well pleased with Schwartz's eff
forts, Mr.. Pinkerton sent him out to
track the fabulous desperate.
Schwartz continued to render false re-
ports. Finally, without a word to
arouse his suspicion, he was allowed
to resume his work on the railroad.
The shadows put upon Schwartz af-
ter this reported a suspicious init
macy between him and Watt, and a
detective of great tact, Frank Jones,
was detailed to get into their conf
dence, if possible. He was given
run" as brakeman between Des Moines
and Davenport, and it was arranged
that he should come in from the west
and lay over at Davenport on the
same days when Schwartz and Watt
laid over there, coming in from the
east. Jones played his part cleverly,
and was soon on intimate terms with
Schwartz and Watt, taking his meals
at their boarding house and sleeping in
a room adjoining theirs They finally
CAME to like him SO well that they
suggested his trying to get a transfer
to their run, between Davenport and
Chicago. This was successfully ar
ranged, and then the three men were
together constantly, Jones even 60
Ing to board at Schwartz's house in
Chicago. About this time Schwartz
began to talk of giving up railroad
work and going to live in Kansas or
the far West. It was arranged that
Jones should join him and Mrs
Schwartz on western trip. Mean
time Schwartz applied to the company
for leave Of absence, on the plea that
he wished to arrange some family mat
ters in Philadp'
(To be Concluded tuesday,
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L ENTHUSIASM for the new modes
A< in afternoon frocks mounts and
mounts as, the season advances ana
one dainty and pretty gown follows
another across fashions stage 1t is
the becomingness of afternoon dresses
that places them first in our affections
and everything conspires to help them
to success in this regard. Beautiful
colors, In supple or sheer fabrics, new
skirt and neck lines and unending
variety in sleeves, are all contributing
their part toward making afternoon
frocks that will prove tlattering to
their wearers. The trick is simply to
make the right choice. in all these
matters-to select a becoming color,
a graceful silhouette, the proper neck
line. There Is so much variety in de
signs to choose from that there Is no
excuse for failure,
The factors that account Sor the
daintiness Of the new modes begin
with the fabrics used'-georgette, chif-
fon, taffeta and other silks, crepe de
chine and similar crepes-and is fur
thered by the vogue for lingerie ac-
cessories and for laces used in com
bination with materials. Nothing is
more popular than landings of lace on
georgette dresses, unless ii is the com
bination of plain and printed mate
rails, which is developed in many
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ways. A pretty combination of this
kind Is shown here In a model that IL
recommended fox the slender woman's
consideration. A crepe dress with
straight bodice and skirt with shirred
fullness, In apron fashion, across the
front, introduces printed silk in collar
and landings and in puffs for .ile
sleeves at the wrist. Crepe, like the
dress, makes the narrow girdle and
the prim bow at the neck. Circular
or plated skirts of plain material are
joined to TUNES In printed patterns
and occasionally narrow lengthwise
panels of the printed material are in
serted in the plain skirt. Or the dress
may be m;. de of printed fabric with
long sleeves and deep border at the
bottom Of the skirt. introduced In
plain material
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
t0l, 1925 Western Newspaper UnionA
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-20
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
Playing Cards

A Chinese dictionary of 1878
claims that cards were invented
in the reign of Emperor Scum
no. 1l20 A. D., for the amuse-
ment of his concubineS. One
authority says cards evolved
from the game of chess. Cards
were manufactured in France as
early as 1892, Italy 1925, and
England 1853.
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-20
FAMOUS DETECTIVE CASES
By Gle leland Moffett
Mysterious Murder and Robbery of an Ex-
press Messenger and the Final Solution
of Most Difficult Crime Problem
BY Gle leland Moffett

HE through express on the
Rock Island road left Chi
cago at 1910 p. M. on
March II, 1886, with twen-
ty-two thousand dollars in
fifty and one-hundred-dol-
lar bills in the keeping of
Kellogg Nichols, an old
time messenger of the Unit
ed States Express COM
pany. This sum had been
sent by a Chicago bank to
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07
JUDGES NAME PRIZE
WINNERS AT FAIR HERE

Attendance at the Randolph County
Fair held here last Thursday. Friday
and Saturday completely shattered all
records. The number Thursday and
Friday was not unusually large but
ON Saturday it seemed the entire c0un-
ty turned out for the event.
The exhibits, while>not so numerous
as could be desired on account of the
unfavorable weather which preceded
the Fair, were good and attracted wide
spread attention.
The Randolph County Fair Associa-
ton, which put on the Fair, is well
pleased with the results and members
are already preparing for next years
event.
Prize winners announced by judges
in the various departments of exhibits
were as follows:
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07
SINGERS AND PIONEERS
MEET AT FAIRGROUNDS

Friday was Old Settlers Day at the
County Fair and the records show hat
a greater number than ever before was
in attendance. A feature of their pro-
gram was an address by Hon. II. L.
Ponder of Walnut Ridge. Mr.. Ponder
paid a glowing tribute to the e,rly
pioneers of this county and his speech
was well received and appreciated rS'
the old people. Hon. w. L. Pope fol-
lowed Mr.. Ponder in short speech
urging the people especially to vote
for Amendment No. 10.
New officers elected were e. Dalton,
president, and Rector Johnston, secre-
tary.
Abou. fifty members Of the Old-Tlme
Singers Association was present and
an hour was spent in singing the old
songs, but on account of the small rum
Der present it was agreed to defer the
election of officers until the next meet
ing, which will probably be held at
Reyno some time in May, 1927.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07
STAR HERALD OPENS
SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE

Our fall campaign for new and re-
newal subscriptions is now on and we
are very much gratified at the ready
response we have received since Our
announcement last week. Nearly one
hundred new and renewal subscrip-
tions have been received already and
the campaign is just starting. We are
expecting big things to take place in
the next two or three weeks.
We announce the following men who
are authorized to take subscriptions
in their respective communities: In
Black river bottoms and ReynO district,
JEFF Lawhon Biggers, JEFF Cavenar !;
Shiloh. Attica, Foster, Ingram and
Columbia township. VIII Hufstedler;
Warm Springs, both routes, Esselman
Holt; Sloan, Lewis c. Johnston; Lit
tie Black, Sam Stout.
These men will appreciate your pat
ronage and the Star Herald would like
to have the cooperation Of its readers
in clearing up our subscription lists.
There follows a list of Honor Roll
members during the past few days:
G w Friar. Ben DeClerk, VIM Ben
nett, Mrs f r Barham, Eugene Frank
enberg, T ID Mock, J w Adair, J J
! Jones, J II Pratt, II Bennett, Mrs
w Jingle, J I Simpson, I Parker,
+ Marshall, G A Johnson, l. Il Boyer,
o f Graham. b o Brown, Myrt Wal
rOnd, J w Bishop A J Phillips, Mrs G
NJ Rogers. T II Hickman, NJ II Pace, J
w Segraves, Mrs c e Morton, John
Stauffer, John L Fry, John Leaf, Eu-
gene Thompson, II II Granger, II l.
Throgmorton, II II Price, w II Nesbit,
Phillip Keifer, w Price, Agnes Prom
berger, Jones Bros, G Slayton, Arch
Lemons, J W BurrOw, Ebert Owens,
Erman Haynes, Joe Jansen, q w Mil
lion, l. II Pace, w l. Dixon, l. II Harm
den, Keiffer Campbell, Jno II Kizer,
Dan Bates, Tom Creath, + King.
Walter Prevett, Mrs Eva Layl, Jacob
Thennis, NJ Burrow, b e Murdoch, Joe
Price, Ben A Brown, Walter Reed, ii
G Hollowell, J A Waddle, Mrs II A
Peters, c Z Jones, Jas Favor, John
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07
MANY ATTEND REVIVAL
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

A revival meeting opened at the
First Church of Christ here Sunday,
conducted by Rev.. Roy Cogsdill Of
Oklahoma.
The meeting was to have started
Sept. 80 but on account of an unavold-
able delay, Mr.. Cogsdill was not able to
reach Pocahontas until Sunday.
Excellent attendance is marking the
services and the preacher is proving to
be an able and willing exponent of the
Gospel His sermons take hold of his
congregation and remain with the
members long after their departure.
Song services are being ably conduct
ed by Theodore Rice. The meeting is
expected to continue for two weeks.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07

p. w. Hurn Of Attica brought three
enormous sweet potatoes to the edi-
tors Wednesday. He said that the
three potatoes, each bigger than a
quart cup, came from the same hill
together with number of smaller
ones
The same day, J. A. Johnson of this
city came in and gave us six big yams
which he had taken from one hill.
If the flavor compares favorably
with the size Of these potatoes, We edi-
tors will feast nightly
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07
BAPTISTS TO HOLD
REVIVAL MEETING

Rev. Greenleaf of Tuckerman, Tas-
tor of the Baptist church here, will
open revival meeting in his local
church next Sunday, October 10. As
sisting Rev. Greenleaf will be Mrs.
Coleman of Little Rock who will n
der personal service and assist in
the musical program.
Services are expected to continue for
two weeks, or as long as conditions
warrant continuance.
The public is cordially INVITED to
attend and participate in all services
at the church and hear the word from
these excellent Bible students.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs James Morris and chill
dren spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIII Sage here and met many Of
their old friends, returning home Mon
day. They were accompanied by Mrs.
Eva Dawson who visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Kennison, who also
live at West Plains. They made the
trip in big truck and had jolly
time on the way. They were glad to
see their friends again, and regretted
that there were some they did not get
to see.
Joseph Martin. who suffered a brok-
en- back i'm an accident last spring, was
in Little Rock first of the week for a
consultation with his surgeon. His
condition is so far improved that he
has dispensed with crutches AMI is
able to walk with the aid of cane.
J. II. Ciferd has returned home from
Cash. where he had been visiting rela-
tives for some time He was accom-
panied here by Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Smith, Mrs. Nora Smith, her son, jim
ME, and Miss Thelma Smith, who
came up to attend the Fair.
J. w. Segraves Of P0cahontas was in
the Office Saturday and fixed up for his
fiftieth years reading of the Pocahon-
tas paper. He has taken this paper
and its predecessors for 40 years, ever
since there has been a paper here.
Mrs A. II. Keith of Neely's Landing,
Mo-, visited in Pocahontas the IA ter
part of last week. She had us change
the address on their Star Herald to
Portagevllle, Mo-, where they are NOV
ing to reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Parker and son,
Ebert, of Middlebrook were in Poca-
hontas last Thursday Gilbert was en-
route to Bonneville, where he was to
enter the state sanatorium for treat
ment.
Prof. W. J.. Skaggs Of Paragould Is
in town this week meeting friends and
attending to business.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-10-07
Some Nice Peaches

Clifford Riggs, who lives on the New
berry place between Pocahontas and
holland, took first prize in peaches at
the Fair last week.
He had five peaches which together
weighed pounds, ounces. Mr.. Riggs
presented the editor with two of the
prize winning beauties after the ex-
hibition.