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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17
st. Johns Lutheran Church

W. z, NICkHIS, I dSCOT.
Fifth Sunday in Lent.
English Sunday School 1880 1000
German Sermon ------ 1880
A special congregational meeting
will be held after this service.
English sermon at ------- 1880
Special Lenten service with Ger
man sermon on Thursday at 10000.
You are cordially invited to our
services. The church IS building
and loan society to erect mansions in
heaven.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17

Harry Callaghan of Clements was
a Saturday business caller here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17

hole that burned through the roof ne
great damage was done.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17

Subject: THE Valley of Decision"
The Woman's Fresbyterial Mission
airy Society will hold meetings at the
church starting Wednesday evening
and continuing until Friday noon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17
Church neWs
ano hotes

First English Lutheran Church
E. A. Fretheim, Pastor
Sunday school at ---------- $3.50
No services this Sunday.
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Church of Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church

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Thursday evening service ------ 1880
Sunday evening service with Sermon
by Prof. Guy Menefee of Seabury
Theological School, Faribault, Min
Church School and Bible Class II :45
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-03-17
Catholic Church
w Jiracok Pa stor

]. w. Jiracek. Pastor.
Masses-8:00 and 1890 A. M, LIST and
Bird Sundays in month, $3.50 A. M.
only, End and 4th Sundays of the
month.
Evening Service at ---7:30 P. M.
Evening star., 1926-06-20
CAPITAL REPRESENTED
AT PHILADELPHIA FETE
Military Service Legion Attends
Flag Day Celebration-Applause
Given During Parade.

The National Capital was repre-
sented at the Flag day celebration
in Philadelphia last Monday by the
Military Service Legion of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the members of
which were escorted by the Corcoran
Cadet Corps-Company A, 121st En-
gineers, d. c. N. G. Maj. c. Eu-
gene Edwards headed the service lie.
gion, while Capt. Roy w. Keesee
commanded the Corcoran Cadets.
Applause greeted the visitors from
this city all along the line Of march.
the members of the Service Legion
appearing in continental uniforms
and the Corcoran Cadets in the well
known distinctive attire of white
coats with blue and gold trimming,
white trousers and helmets of blue
with flowing white plumes.
The District of Columbia delega
ton was the only outfit" in the
parade other than those representing
the thirteen original States Maj.
Edwards and Capt. Keesee received
medals from the Gate City Guards of
Atlanta, Ga, and were guests at
banquet given by Mayor w. Freeland
Kendrick of Philadelphia at the
Bellevue. .Stratford Hotel in honor of
the governors Of the thirteen original
States and the officers of the visit
ing orga nizationS.
Evening star., 1926-06-20
ed in the United States2"

ed in the United States?"
Because I have my customers and
got their money"
I'VE get $50 more a case in the
United States than we could get here.
We are out after the dollar, the good
old American dollar. We are bring
ing 1t to Canada and we need 1t. We
are not working for love. We are
working for dollars and cents. / get
my orders. my customers get their
whisky and l get their money. That is
all there is to it.
"Cargoes billed to Yokohama, Japan,
seldom get farther than Buffalo, N. Y.
Then to this extent you deceived
the government even IL you did not
deprive II of dollars and cents?'
"You can't be too scrupulous in the
liquor business. The breaking of gov
ernment regulations is no new thing.
All of them are doing it.
Nobody would take the trouble of
importing raw alcohol from the
United States. There is no market for
to those in the United States. They
know what to drink.
ut is not violation of the Canadian
agreement with the United States to
give liquor clearances to Detroit.
The Canadian railways have learn
ed they can take shipments billed to
the United States without violating
the treaty"
It was suggested the railroads had
undertaken not to ship liquor to the
United States. fearing their cars would
be stopped. Witnesses replied this was
not true; that today the railways are
taking cargoes billed direct to the
United States.
One Canadian skipper testified he
had made as high as two or three
Yokohama trips" a month-to Buff
falo.
Bootlegging, after all, is apparently
an international art.
Evening star., 1926-06-20
CANADA CONDUCTS
SMUGGLING PROBE
Amazing Facts Revealed Re-
garding Bootleg" Trade
With United States.
BY the Consolidated Press.

MONTREAL. Quebec. June 10
ANY kind of liquor is good enough
for the United States. They take
what you send them and ask no ques-
tions"
This is the testimony under oath of
q Canadian bootlegger, or liquor
broker, as he chooses to cali himself.
Canada is conducting an inquiry into
enormous smuggling operations-not
the smuggling of wet goods into the
tnifed States, but the smuggling OF
American tobacco and various other
products into Canada. Some of the
testimony is amusing as well as in
StructiVe.
1t would seem among other things
that the Canadian liquor brokers
have a queer but patriotic idea of
morality. They say it is perfectly all
right to violate the laws of the United
States. but they hotly resent the in
sinuation that they might violate the
laws of their own Dominion as well.
When such a suggestion is made the
attorneys for the bootleggers imme-
diately demand an apology.
There Is hot resentment. too
against the word 'bootlegger," even
when it refers to the illegal sale of
call the American bootlegger a lob
ber in whisky"
Many Rum Rows.
Inquiry into huge shipments of
whisky from England to Halifax,
upon which no duty was paid to the
Canadian government, has brought
out the claim that all this liquor was
destined for the American rum
rows" and not a drop of it was landed
in the maritime provinces of the Do
minion.
Some further highlights Of testimony
follow:
THE logical end of all whisky is
the United States. They pay for it all
YOU ask. Not so in Canada, where
there are loads of it,
There are more rum rows along the
American coast than the one at New
York.
Shipments of liquor billed for Ha-
Vana and Japan all went to the
United States These liquors were not
dutiable in Canada. They were all
for export.
Our ships put in to Halifax for
coal. Not dime worth of goods was
landed III Canada. We broke none of
the laws of the Dominion
1t is wrong to make such insinua-
tionS. 1t is wrong TO a citizen of Can
ada. You talk about driving people
out of the country. This is the way to
do it.
''It has gone out TO the country that
the Dominion lost S237 900 in liquor
duties and now We find il TO be un-
true. But we liquor brokers have TO
suffer the brunt. It is not fair
Asked what guarantees the Govern
ment had been given that all the
liquor went 10 the United States. one
of the witnesses replied:
All our goods are sold in the United
States. Why should we sell here?"
did you give certificates of landing
in the United States?'
mo. we could not get them.
"How do you know the liquor land
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
CHICAGO ASKS FOR
HELP FROM FEDERAL GOV

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-An ar
peal to the federal government to res
cue Chicago from reign of lawless-
ness under alien domination was pre-
sented to the Senate today by Vice
President Dawes at request of the
Better Government Association OF
Chicago and Cook County.
Alleged coalition between the I'M
der world and enforcement officials
the petition declared the community
was helpless and citizens were COM
PEELED to surrender many of their
rights without protest.
evidence multiplies daily" the
petition stated, "that many public Of
fcials are in secret alliance with under
world assassins, gunner, rum rum
ners, bootleggers, thugs, ballot box
suffers and repeaters; that a ring Of
politicians and public officials operat-
ing through criminals and with dum-
my directors are conducting number
of breweries and selling beer under
police protection"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
C. M. T. C. QUOTA INCREASED

West Virginia's c. M. T. G. quota
has been increased from 767 to 981
candidates, it was announced yester-
day by Colonel W. II. Waldron
Tooth Division, Huntington, w. Va.
Harrison County heads the list of
individual quotas with an allotment Of
rs candidates to be secured. Under
the arrangement, Cabell County has
been given quota of 25.
The general campaign for candi-
dates will commence March 1st in
stead Of April LIST as originally plann-
ed.
Candidates are urged to apply for
complete information to the county
chairmen of their respective counties.
If impossible to communicate with
those chairmen, applications may be
submitted to Chief of Staff, Tooth Di-
vision, 419-6th St., Huntington, w.
Va.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
ATTEMPT MADE TO CLEAN UP
NEW YORK LIQUOR DENS

New York, March 1.-The ma
chinery of the Federal Courts was
thrown into high gear today to dis
pose of prohibition cases, with the
following results: Padlocking of five
public places, including the Maxine
Supper Club for one year; paddock
ing of three places for six months
and bonding of two. others for $1,000
in paddock court.
Indictment of five men and three
corporations for illegal diversion of
alcohol by a Federal grand jury.
Opening of the trial of four men
charged with having conducted from
New York huge mail order boot
leg business.
The men indicted for illegal diver
sion of alcohol were Leo Blume, Ma
than Sanders, Jesse Seligman, Jos.
Rizzo and T. C. MARITIME, heads OF
the corporations which handled a to-
tai OF 1890 gallons of alcohol
monthly under Federal permits. The
corporations headad by Blume, San
ders and Seligman were also indict-
ed.
In the alleged mail order bootleg
gers case Joseph E. Friedman plead
ed guilty when the case opened and
Louis P. Spayne was granted sew
erance trial because he was too i'll to
be in court.
The government charged that the
men did business as the Walker Mer-
camille Company and sent travelling
statesmen through the country OBJ
tanning orders for liquor.
Government witnesses include per-
sons from 16 cities and towns in Il
linois, Iowa, Ohio. Indiana, Tennessee
Wisconsin, Missouri, Virginia, Mich
igan and West Virginia.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
COPPER MINER FIGHTS FOR
NINE YEARS TO GET INCOME
OF 500, OOO, 900 FROM INVENTION

SAN FRANCISCO, March Geo
rye Campbell Carson copper miner
and desert wanderer, who has looked
up at the stars many nights from a
bed of sand for want of better
couch, was placed in position by
the United States circuit court here
today to receive millions from REIN
ing companies for alleged infringe
ment upon patent. Every court in
which the lowly, sandy haired miner
has brought his case has sustained
him, the list including the United
States supreme court.
The company sought to try the case
all over again on new grounds but the
circuit court said today that the book
of Carson's legal troubles was closed
and that he should be given his dues.
The case concerned improvement
and refnements in the side channels
of reveraberatory furnace, used in re-
fining copper ore. The patents pro-
cess greatly facilitated the work.
Smelling companies adopted the pro-
cess, Carson commended, without Civ
ing himself or his patent credit. He
demanded satisfaction, they told him
that they were using a process pat
ented in Dollar Day, Michigan, to
which they had right.
Carson carried on the fight for nine
year swithout weapons or resources
to begin with other than native
simplicity of speech and manner and
a few blue prints and etchings. The
United States district court of the
State of Washington favored him with
an imposing judgment, and the circuit
court upheld the district court. The
supreme court upheld the circuit
court. There are suits pending against
other smelling companies, but the &C
tion which was decided was the test
suit of the wanderer with a possible
$20,0e0,000 income coming to him.
He has no plans for the future other
than his laboratory. He said that he
did not want the riches that the ac-
ton demanded be given to him. He
merely wants the satisfaction of let
ting he world know he made a valu-
able and lasting contribution to the
refinement of copper ore.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
HOUSED IN BARRACKS

FAIRMONT, Mar 1st--Visitors, I'M
familiar with the mining situation In
this state often enquire about the long
low, implanted buildings nesting a
gainst the side of hill or along the
country roads, usually near a large
mining plant. They are told that they
are the "union barracks" and these
rough structures live the striking
miners and their families.
The construction of the barracks
has been made from time to time ever
since the first call to union miners
was used by Van A. Bittner, chief in
ternational representative in charge
of organization in Northern West Vir-
ginia. Even now, in preparation for
another call to non-uion workers to
quit their jobs on April l, more bar
racks are being built and vacant
houses owned by the coal companies
are being bought to take care of the
men expected to come out.
1,uUU Men luie
1t is stated by union officials that
between 1000 and 5000 miners are
now idle in this region and good
number Of them are living in the bar
racks with their families. 1t is the
general rule that miners families are
large ones so that the United Mine
Workers are being forced to keep at
least $4,000 persons on an already de-
pleted bank roll, if union reports can
be believed.
Roughly speaking, there are about
600 families in this section now either
in the barracks or getting ready to
move in.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
POLAR EXPEDITION TO SAIL
FROM N. Y. THIS MONTH

Washington, Feb. 28-M Manned al
most completely by volunteers from
the Navel Reserve, the Polar explora-
ton expedition headed by Lieutenant
Commander Richard E. Byrd will sail
from New York late in March aboard
the Shipping Board steamer Chantier.
The expedition hopes to blaze an air
route to the North Pole itself, sweep
over areas never before visited by
man and be back home again before
midsummer.
Plans for the expedition are now
virtually completed, Commander Byrd
said today, the assembling of the men
and equipment will begin immediate
ly. Byrd is confident of success in
the new undertaking.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
OUR FRIEND, MR.. ODBERT

The other day while Grant Graham
the druggist, was cleaning up about
his store, he ran across some of DR..
Odbert's Cough Syrup. This was
made and prepared by Chas. Odbert,
who now resides at the Luzerne Ho-
tel in Belington, when he was in the
drug business about twenty years
ago. Mr.. 0dbert is now 81 years
old. He served as a Union soldier,
and started travelling so years ago.
Mr.. Odbert holds the distinction as
the man who raised the first Ameri-
can flag in the state of West Virgin
ia, sold the first bill of goods in the
town of Keyser, and named the place
called Mountain Lake Park in Mary
land.
Mr.. Odbert came to Belington thir-
teen years ago, and seemed to like
the place and its people so well that
he has made Belington his "home,"
instead of living with either of his
two daughters or his son in distant
towns, tho they keep in touch with
him at all times. He was at one
time in business with James Henry
FELTON, in Philippi, but has been
travelling salesman for many years.
He is handicapped now by being
disabled, that he uses a wheel chair,
but when the weather permits you
will find out about town, or at church
on Sundays, always jolly, meeting
and greeting his many friends with a
smile and words of good cheer. We
nope he will remain with us many,
many years.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
ARK ANSAS TOWN RAZED BY
FIRE

NEWPORT, Ark, March New
port was under martial law tonight
with one dead, several injured and
one fourth of its population of 1000
homeless, as result Of fire which
destroyed more than 280 Of its homes
this afternoon. The total loss was
estimated at 100000.
Mary Johnson, negro was known
to be dead and child was reported
dead.
The homeless were sleeping in
churches, high school builing, which
escaped the flames, and some in the
park. A natural guard unit was en-
route to the city with tents.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
CITY ELECTION
HELD TUESDAY
Election Of New City officers Goes
or Quietly. Citizens Ticket Win
the Mayor and Recorder.

The City Election held Tuesday
went off quietly and about the only
star noticed was in Ward 8; it was
there that a contest was on for Coun
Gilman The Citizens Ticket won out
except in Ward 3. B. B. Rohrbough
headed the Citizens ticket and won
over b. f Holbert by majority Of
20 votes for mayor. R. G. Boyles had
a majority of sixty-five over his OPP
poncnt, w. S. Moore for recorder.
The newly elected officers will take
the reins of the local government
April 1sr. They have an excellent OPP
portunity TO use economy, finish put
ting in the water lines and reservoirs
from the bond money and at the same
time reduce water rents to the con-
sumers. There can be no question
about the ability of these men to
handle the situation in a business like
manner and it is hoped they will avail
themselves of this opportunity.
Mr. Grimes who will succeed Mr..
Kramer will have to "go some" to
give the same time and attention to
he city affair as does his successor
and it is believed Mr.. Grimes will do
that. Any way the citizens can rest
easy that efficiency will mark this ad-
ministration.
The vote was as follows:
First ward--For mayor, Rohrbough,
"a; Hoibert, so; for recorder, Boyles,
101; Moore, %; council, j. l.. Ernest.
Second ward-Mayor Rohrbough, 81
Holbert, 43; for recorder, Boyles, 81;
Moore "a; council, E. E. Wilmoth.
Third ward--Mayor, Rohrbough, 80;
Holbert, SO; recorder, Boyles, ~;
Moore, 105; council, H. B. Kramer, 80;
w. S. Grimes, SO.
Fourth ward-Mayor, Rohrbough,
65; Holbert, n; recorder, Boyles rs;
Moore 81; council, H. B. Shinn, II,
Warren Phillips, 66.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
SEPTIMIUS HALL, VETERAN
w. Va. LEGISLATOR, DIES

New Martinsville, Feb. 27.--Sep-
timius Hall, veteran legislator and
Democratic leader and one Of the
three surviving members Of the fam
GUS constitutional convention Of 1872,
died at his home here early tonight,
following long illness.
Mr.. Hall had been i'll since che
meeting of the last Legislature, of
which he was a member, but his con-
dition was not regarded as particu
larly alarming. He suffered a fall
some weeks ago which is thought to
have fastened his death.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
GOVERNOR TRUMBULL GRANTS
CHAPMAN'S THIRD RETRIEVE

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 25-Ger-
aid Chapman's third reprieve from
the death sentence imposed by the
superior court was granted today by
Governor Trumbull, the stay being
until April 6. Chapman, under a pre-
vious reprieve, was to be hanged on
March s for the murder of a New
Britain policeman.
Governor Trumbull said he extend
ed executive clemency only upon the
urgent plea of States Attorney Hugh
M. Acorn at the request of Chap
mans counsel and this would be the
final stay of sentence.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04

w. M. Ry. train was unable to reach
Weaver Wednesday on account of a
big fall in the Dartmoor Mines under
the Weaver road beyond Tighview. It
apnears that the Dartmoor vein of
coal is under the Weaver vein. Many
have thought that the Billy Green
Mines worked the same coal as Dart
moor, but this fall shows about fifty
feet below the Green mines.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04
FRUIT FARM FOR SALE-I 0,

FRUIT FARM FOR SALE-I offer
for sale valuable Fruit Farm locat-
within mile of Belington, containing
so acres, ten of which is in all kinds
of fruit. Good 8-room house, fitted
with gas, good well, good barn, 3
story granary, farm well fenced. Fine
prospects for fruit Will sell at once
at bargain. See J. B. Moore, Be-
ilngton, w. Va. 3-4-2tp.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04

Miss Edra Stalnaker, teacher in
the Public School, who last week in
jured her ankle, is in a Elkins hos
pital for treatment Her mother,
Mrs. NJ. e. Stalnaker, who went to
Elkins Wednesday, reports that if
nothing further develops that she will
be home this week.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04

Not a week passes without Gov
ernor Gore and the Road Commission
meeting a delegation Of citizens from
some West Virginia county and dis
cussing doad conditions and some
days there more than one. These
delegations are cordially received by
the officials and given full opportunl-
ty to be heard. And the Governor
and the commission are making
strenuous efforts to make fair all
lotment of the road building funds
and to give every section and county
of the state all the relief and aid pos
sible. There may be some disap-
pointments- doubtless there will be-
but it will be for lack of funds, when
this occurs, and not because the gov
ernor and commission would not have
had it otherwise if within their pow
err.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04

The Identification Meeting called
for tonight will not be held until 9
later date, to be announced soon.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04

The reports of the Wheeling Steel
Corporation and the Hazel-Atias
Glass Company, the latter with sub
salaries in a number of West Vir-
ginia cities, are the best for num-
Der of years and are indicative OF
the return of improved business con-
ditions in West Virginia. The heads
of these great business institutions
are looking forward to better year
in 1926, Notwithstanding the demo-
cratic threat of tariff reduction II
that party should slip into power IN
Congress through neglect and n
difference of Republican voters. Y7S.
the tariff is live question in THIS
state, as long as Democrats hang y
the free trade fallacy.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-04

Governor Gore has been back from
Washington several days and has
been just as busy and working as
hard as he was before his illness. he
takes his responsibilities seriously;
too much so, some of his friends
think. They fear he is trying to DO
more than his physical strength will
permit or that anyone man is called
upon to do. Yet, until his recent i'll
ness. he seemed to thrive on long
hours and hard work. Possibly be-
cause he has worked hard and long
all his life and it has become a habit
as much as pleasure. Doubtless
not all people will agree with Gov
ernor Gore, either in his policies, &C
tions or views, but all will admit that
he is giving every ounce Of his time,
energies and strength to the people
of West Virginia. And the average
Woodworking citizen appreciates TINS
in the chief executive.