The Messenger from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 1

I Til VOLUME VIII. BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, TUKSDAT, SKI'TKMBKR 11, NUMB Kit Eleven Billion Dollars 'War Measure is Passed Without Dis- senting Vote. Washington, Sept, no dissenting vote the. bond and certificate bill was passed late this afternoon by the house of representatives. TTTforts a committee on war expenditures were continued until the last minute Rep'TStntiitivc Moore of Pennsylvania, finally moving to re- the measure to committee with a request it include a section providing such a committee.

JTe wanted a committee of six and seven representatives. Chairman Kitchin, of tho ways and means committee, rose to a point of order and was sustained by the chair ruling that Representative Hoono'? jnotion was our of order. Representative Albert of Washington, offered an amendment providing for newspaper advertising for the next bond issue. The real feature of today's fight was not on the forms of the bill, but a sharp warning from Speaker Clark that the government, faces ultimate disaster in its finance pro.sram. Ho demanded that money be.raised "50-50" from taxation and sales.

"I am opposed." he "to loading this war debt. on generations. This generation entered into this war and' it ought to pay the Madden, of interrupted to declare that, any taxation designed to raise half the cost of the war would ruin the country's business in 2.0 days. see about that," said Clark. "This country is worth two hundred 'billions, and the highest tax yet proposed would not be unreasonable.

1 would not impose an iinjus.t or erne! but the men of this generation who are' not going into this war ought to be willing to contribute their share of the expense. "In England they are levying an excess 1 'profit tax of 80 per cent, nnd it not be a bad idea to copy this Jjongworth, Ohio, interrupted to assert that England is raising four- fifths of her revenue by sains of bonds. "Yes, and I am willing to bet," snapped the speaker, "that those English bonds will never sell at par." "Those bonds are being sold at par this very moment," said Fordney, of Michigan. "Yes. to us, but to no one else," interrupted Speaker Clark.

Representative Sherley, of Kentucky, warmly supported Speaker Clark in his stand for fewer bond sales and higher taxation. MUST SEND RECORDS. Ho Credits Will Be Given Until Records Have Been Received. A number of local draft boards in West Virgi-nia are forwarding men to- Camp Lee, national army me'nt at T'cterslnirg, with no rVc'ords whatever, according to messages ccived at Thursday by Major floorge S. Wallace, in charge' of the draft in the state, from Lieut.

Col. Lee, chief mustering officer at Camp Lee. Wallace sent telegrams to the', local boards of the state urging them to send the records required at once for men already sent nnd to supply the others before they leave their home stations. According to the. message from Lieutenant Colonel Lee, five men from Monroe county appeared at cantonment headquarters with no record where they were from or what board had sent them.

Other drafted men, it was stated had wau.dcrcd into camp individually no records. Other boards are providing tickets, for the men to Petersburg only instead of Camp Lee, eight miles from the city, resulting in the men being stranded in Petersburg without means of reaching the camp. Major Wallace in his telegram to the loc.nl boards explained that no credits can he given their district and their men cannot be mustered in without records of their physical examination Mid their serial and liability numbers. OIItL ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Charleston, Sept.

McMorrow, of GuMaway, was seriously wounded late Friday evening when her little brother, 0, playfully pointed a revolver at her and fired. The girl was brought to a Charleston hospital today in condition. An operation wu performed in the hope that she would Hived. SEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. John Snuffer to O.

I'. Riffe, lots on ('rah Orchard creek. Heaver (ton! to Summit Coal lease on 8S-1 acres of coal. land. B.

Earwood to Aubrey O. Smith, lotsdn Beckley. R. C. Jarre!) to Wood Jarrell, tract in I'ncksville, $250.

Howe Johnson to Herbert Stansbury, small tract near Beaver Cojil Bniley-Wocd Con! lease on 40S acres of coal land: Reaver Coa! to Pembertoa Fuel lease, on 62;" acres of coal land. MARRIAGE PERMITS. John Hall. -14, Spragiie, nnd Ruth Bradley, 21, Spraguc. Flnbert Walker, Sullivan, and Nannie Sarver, 2.0,.Sullivan.

Kllis A.r'ett Kiser, Winding Gulf, and Dessie Winding Gulf. Oeo. Poster, 2S, Royal, and Ruby Thelma Blair, Ki, Royal. Durwood'L. Prude, 20.

Winding Gulf, Delia in, Winding Gulf. Andrew Gotsky, -10, Riley, and Mag- Raleigh County Will Be on Nat! Highway If Plans Made at Meeting of Trans-AUegheny Good Roads' Association Cau be Carried of Population, and Route Favors Running Higiway from Mobile, Alabama to Pittsburgh Through Beckley atd Raleigh County. fourth annual meeting of Trans. Allegheny Good was held at White-Sulphur Springs last Sat- I unlay, with George. Stevtiis, presi- jilent of tlie' Chesapeake Ohio railway, AN OLD TORTOISE.

C. C. Neely, of Loreisa, Summers county, found on his place a few days ago, a land tortoise that hail Hie initials of his great, grandfather. John N.MjIy. on it, ami also the-date'of This is the oldest tortoise we have ever heard of, 'it being years old as.

reckoned from the time the date was placed on it. and it may have been years old this was Negro Troops Start, Riot "Another Brownsville and Houston" Threatened at Chicago. Uhicjijro, 'Sept. 25 to'40 IH-- jrro soldiers of Wijiiith Illinois infantry, shortly after midnight, started r'iot at Tliirty-fifHi street and Wentwoi'tli avenue. With bayonets they held off a c.rowd of wMt.es, estimated at 500.

The ne- groes shouted they would "Start another Houston and another Brownsville. "Six or seven white soldiers'from the Seventh regiment armory tried to subdue the negroes, but the. latter formed in a hollow square and with fixed bayoncta threatened death to anyone who- approached them. Several white soldiers were slightly wounded by bayonet jabs. Five policemen ami several detee.tives the first civil officers on the scene, were threatened with death by the ne- groes if they attempted to arrest them.

The commanding ofiicer of the black company finally arrived and marched Ins men off. The trouble is said to have started xvlien an effort was made by a policeman to arrest negro soldier. The policeman said that' thn soldier was intoxicated. CQAL SHORTAGE IN GERMANY. Sept.

threatens to claim' many victims throughout Germany durjng ttte coming winter not only by starvation, but also by 'cold, ar cording to news which has seeped out from Berlin. The entire German nation expects a coal famine. A census was taken last Saturday, and the conl controller has admitted a big shortage. Replenishment of the supply is all but impossible, because there are' not enough miners. The men needed in the mines are in the army.

The few left at home to work are said to be poor specimens physically, at best, and are now still further incapacitated by continuous overtime work and lack of proper nutrition. SEEKING PHYSICIANS. Hundred More Physicians Are Needed, Sayi Major Cannady. Ma.jor ,1. Cannndy, of Charleston, head of the military enlistment of physicians in tlie medical corps of the United States army from West Virginia, announced Thursday that the state IIHS contributed about 150 medical officers the quota, however, being 242.

He announced that, former governor Hatfield, now a major in the medical officers' reserve corps, will make a oud tour of the state soon to make additional efforts to neturc the enlistment of other physicians and surgeons. His former trip through the northern anrl eaatern iwctions of the itate WHH very The meeting was ealU'd to order just before noon by Slovens, who appointed S. Puffer to act as sccre- in the absence of--Albert'K. Joint- Monroe, who was detained. -liitcr arrived and took up'his duties secretary.

From every direction good foads e'n- thuaiasty and boosters hat! -gathered. Raleigh county furnished the largest of any single comity. Kniijiwlia luiil as many piesem but hoi'it' of them' were lliore -'ill their officials, coim- tics lir.d capable then. 1 to report on the progres.s of vvns represented from Charleston, fraiu Monroe by A. S.

Johnson, and Knicigh county by D. P. Oadd, of HIP Italeigli Herald and Heckloy Messenger and ('has'. Hodol, editor 1 TffgisU'r. After a short speech by Govorno 1 MneCorkle explaining the organisation and aims of the Trans-Allegheny Asso- chition and the Midland Trail Association, President Stevens called for report from each county in which will be traversed or touched by these "rapidly developing Reports were made on behalf of those counties as follows: T.

S. Scanlon, for Cubcll; J. T. Gar- rrtt, for Putnam; M. P.

Malcolm, for Kanawha; Leslie Bayliss, for Fayette; A. D. Williams J. W. Johnson, for Monroe; Judge S.

W. Hinkle, S. McWhorter, E. D. Snioot and John C.

Dine, for Greenbrier; Judge T. J. McGinnis and C. L. Scott, for Unl- eigh.

Valuable facts data were compiled from these reports and the announcement was made by Acting Secretary Puffer that out of 170 miles of Midland trail between the Virginia and Kentucky lines 113 are already built, leaving 57 miles yet to be constructed and much of it yet to be provided for. Of these 57 miles sixteen are in the Cabin Creek district of Kunawha The most instructive address was probably made by Road Commissioner "Williams, whose knowledge of the road situation in the state cannot be surpassed. He told of the astounding progress which had been made and impressed tlie association with the idea that the district road building campaigns would finally merge with the county, the county with the state and the state, with tho nation, which is as it shot-Id be. Hxcellent speeches were made by ox- Governor MacCorkle, S. P.

Puffer and Commissioner Scan Ion, who with Mr. MacCorkle paired for the honor of being tlie most enthusiastic road man present. Mr. MacCorkle in his closing address made an earnest plea for the perpetuation of good roads in the state and nation and impressed his hearers with a deep conviction that no stone should be loft unturned until t.he desired goal was reached. The Raleigh county delegation, composed of Thos.

IT. Wickham, W. V. Shumate, Chns. Hoilcl, A.

B. Maxwell, J. 0. Freeman, B. Carter, C.

L. Scott, D. Gadd and Geo. L. Williams were impressed with one fact which stands out clearly with its relation to Raleigh county from all others.

It is this, that the Bristol trail from to Pittsburg, should pass through Raleigh county. The facts brought out at the meeting showed thnt thin highway was completed from the Gulf to Bristol, nnd would be completed a few months later lo Hlnefiold. From there it was planned to run this road through Mercer, Monroe, Grecnbrier nnd tlie eastern mountain counties to Pittslmrg. One block lies in the way, namely, tlie county of Monroe, which 1ms not. made any arrangements to build roads through its territory.

Another obstacle is the mountains in Tocahontas anil Randolph roiinties, cither of which in but slightly The Raleigh have pledged themiwlvei to aee road after leaving -Bluafiold be run to Princeton, over macadam, thence over one of Morcor county 's roads, thence tj Beckley over one ojf Itak'igb'ri fine new roads when eoinpft'U'd, (hence over class A roads of Raleigh and Fayotte tn Gaulcy Bridge, connect ing with the Midland trail there, or on.to Charleston on the south side of the luuiawha. From Charleston through the stngos to -Pittsbtirg, or' hrough count ry serving 1 he most poo- pie niid bc.st development. This route will'be but it t'i-w longer tluin tlic proposed route through Monroe and will pass counlics in a state of di'vi'lupim-iii in ngri- wealth, strrving the greatest number of people at tho same v. "then avoid crowing Monroe county -dirt." roads. It is the logical route and overy effort is going to be put iV.rtli sou ifs fuinHiiiont with the help of the people and wealth through which it will traverse.

An expression has not been had from tuid Kaimwhu and the oilier counties which tin 1 Bristol trail will but it is taken for granU'd th.it they wjll fnvor the.plan. Summers wris not 'represented at the mer.ting of the association, though that county is vitally concerned with Raleigh in the perpetuation of the Giles, Payettp and Kaunwlia turnpike. The association adjourned at -I o'clock to meet again on the call of the chairman. CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS. A judgment in I'nvor of He'ssio Steppe vs.

Uiirper from a justice court was reversed. Clifton Forge Bottling Works J. If. Hunt, on nppea'l, jury finds that there is nothing due plaintiff and calls differences even. Mary Spencer was given a new trial 1 on a writ of error.

Milton Curtis vs. Thomas Meadows; in unlawful entry anil detainer: jury finds for defendant, acquitting Meadows of the charge and Curtis recovers nothing. The Cur ley recovered a judgment for hlO againnt T. 1 Prince. 0.

L. Harper vs. 0. M. Snider.

Carper gets judgment of I.akii' Blakie vs. Great Eastern Cas- I unity Co. Mrs. Rhiliie sued'the insurance company to recover money under a policy on the life of her husband, who died from injuries sustained while biilcht'j'ing liuus. Tito insurance coin pniiy contested on the ground that he from' injuries sustained in other occupat ions- from hat covered in the policy.

Judgment was given rs. Hlakir IV Alberta given a divorce from her husband, Richard A P. in) and Fred HofJ'lMcher divorced Mini the nnly rltilil left in tin 1 custody of the father. Harry Taylor Mia in, a' fou runout hs- ohl infant, was'adopted by Mr. and Chns.

II. Bhiiii. The identity of tho cliiold 'rf parents tire not known by fosl.er parents. 'Court adjfHir-ni'd Monday qflenio.uii until tlie next term. Puts Embargo on Gold Germany Will Not Fight America America's Cash, Says President.

SERGEANT TJIOMAS CAMPBELL Civil War Veteran Answers Final Call Va. Sergeant Thomas M. Chmpbell, father of MVs. J. T.

Robertson, of this city died on September 1 of a paralytii- stroke at his home at Monti-hello, aged 75 years. Mr. Campbell belonged to the same regiment of. which Captain Bumgardner was a member, whose death at Staunton, is chronicled' in this paper. He was also a member of the order of Odd Fellows for thirty years.

He is survived by eleven children and his second wife, his first wife having died 45 years ago. Mrs. Robertson attended the funeral which occurred at his home September 2. SCHOOLS AT WORK. Beckley and Mabscott public schools opened on Monday with an enrollment of about Sflfl housed under belter conditions than any limn in HIP past history of tlie city schools.

The rainy weather no doubt, kept a number of children away.at the beginning and the authorities expect to see the enrollment pass the one thousand mark during the first week of school. Teaching began at the very beginning of the first day and in the afternoon of the first day regular school, work commenced. NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED. To Do Brokerage Business and Sell in Beckley. Tlie Beckley Realty and Insurance Agency has been recently incorporated and will hove its main office in this city.

The officers of tlie new company are T. Combs, president; F. M. Cook, vice president; W. H.

Rardin, secretary and treasurer, and C. L. rfiipps, manager. Mr. I'tiipps is here now from Fay- otto county getting the new orgainxa- t'ion into.working shape and expects to move his family here shortly.

The Keck Icy Realty Insurance Agency as its name implies, will deal in real estate as brokers, buy nnd sell outright and in general insurance. Its or- fleers and directors aro all well known business men, which insures its succe.sH from the beginning. WOMEN RULE ISLAND. Women arn the rulers of tho Island of Tiburon, in the Gulf of California, and tho men arc made to do.nil the wor; find net as servants to do nil the work i to their wives. OVEft MILLION WOMEN FARM.

Over' 1,800,000 women are active furmera and ganlc.neri in the United Cornwell Denies Reports Will Not Ask For Regiment to Dp Guard Duty in the State. A report a.shingtoii, stating that flovornor Com well had Lies ted the Wfir department, to allow one regiment of West Virginia national guard troops to remain, in to guard agrti'nst the- possibility of a threatened coal strike and to defend the shite'prop- erty, which was current in the after- jiioon 'papers of the state Friday, was denied bv Governor Cornwell, when seen by a press representative. The governor stated tliat the telegram which he is purported to have sent was in fact never sent by him and the whole matter recounted in this article, in so far as it relates to the telegram or message from him to the war department, is false fiovernor Cornwell admitted that he had had some mutters with the war department under consideration, but Unit he had never made them public, ami i.lid not wish to discuss them publicly. Fie emphatically denied nny foundation of truth in the story printed in some of the'afternoon papers of the state Friday. STILL IN MCDOWELL.

A. Workman, of Filbert, was arrested Wednesday by I. after the officer Imd discovered a still twHvn miles from Filbert, McDowell county, said to be operated by Workman. xen Pound 1(10 gallons of mash and four gallons of corn whiskey at the still which lie confiscated and destroyed. KILLED IN BATTLE.

Princeton, Sept. F. Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. 8.

Kennedy, of College 'Hill, this city was killed in service with the Canadians in France August according to a telegram received by the parents yesterday from Ottawa, Canada. The young man, who was- twenty-three years of had been engaged with the Canadians for the last two years. Tho message merely stated: We regret to inform you that Private Frederick Kennedy, of infantry, is officially reported killed in action August 2)1." FEDERAL ROAD AID. Washington, Sept. Virginia's portion of the.

federal good roads fund for the year omUug SO, 1WIW, will he $159,71 Tins money is tr lie expended under federal jurisdiction in the state. REPORTS DUTY. Dr. H. H.

Hcdrick, who has recently received a commission of. lieutenant in the medical department of the officer's corps, loft for Baltimore Tuesday to for duty. He expect soon to go to one of the southern cantonments. NEW SUIT. A suit liAfl been entered in c.hnncery, M.

K. his wife, for divorce. Washington, Sept. Wilson tonight pliii'Oil nu effective September 10, on the exportation of coin, bullion and i-uiToney. At tlie time 1m iiuthomud tin- secretary of t'lnr" to license such oxportations whe.re, in the opinion of the feilernl reserve lujnnl, they lire not liannf.nl to tluj pnltlir interest.

Tin 1 effect of tho embargo, which plies to all nations, wilt In 1 to placn nbsolute control over exports' in the hainls of McAHoo and the federal reserve boanl. OHicials believe, the measure will ijo far toward conserving the store of gold aec.uimi luted in this country the of the a store which recently has been drawn upon rather heavily by Japan, Mexico and Ppain. ytricl adhesion lu the embargo is yarded as unlikely anil undesirable. Curtailment, however, of tile free movement rruli! to II:" One-it appears probable, l-'or sniro lime Ireasni-y and' reserve board otiicials have viewed with concern the tendency of flow I'linni the States, a movement which started (lie fin.iiii'ini; hero of the allies. Recently the federal reserve luiard thnt bankers, of t.hn ceualry should aid, so far as possible, in the exports.

The president's proclamation amends and supplements liis general export enr- bai'Lro pt'oclamntion of August 27. Appended to it is an executive order. The trend has beon distinctly IHVH.V from Uie.Unitcil States rccontly. Witllin the five-week period ending August 17, exports, totaling than four times as frreat imports. Tin; movement lias been, too however, to affect substantially the urail volume of (-old in this country.

The stock is of which approximately forty per cent has been imported since January, IIHS. BECKLEY MEMORIAL LIBEARY. Will Be Perpetuated Is Plans of New Organization. At meeting held last Friday night at the court house, an organization wan formed for bettor co-operation of the of Beckley ami Haleigh county, in pushing better schnol and civic con- litious. Oat! of the concerns of the or- ganisation will be an establishment of a Berkley memorial library upon the site now occupied by the old Beckley public school.

The organization also expects to make similar action in every wny.to make it better for the life of the community. Mr. P. H. M.

I'atterson was made chairman of the and Hen I'l. Williams, secretary and treasurer. A meeting has been called for Friday night, September 1-1, at o'clock at the court house'. of Beckley is cordially invited to come out and assist in making this effective. WOMAN IS KILLED.

Kobbie. Halston, of Rouc.eve.rte, was killed east of Nutt.all Sunday when a train struck her as she was crossing the railroad, according to one of the reports received by the public service commission. The body was sent to her home at Uoncev.erte. (leorge M. Hiirrolil, an employee of tho Caflisli Lumber at Albright, died morning from an injury received the day before, lie was struck by train.

K. T. Iddiug, a flagman in the employ of the Norfolk Western Railway was killed at North fork Friday when a pnsscagcr train struck him. ONLY WHITE MEN. Will Be Sent to Petersburg From This County on September 19.

According to instructions received by the draft, board from the adjutant general's office, only white men will be sent from this county when 'Id per cent of Itnlcigh's quota entrains from September 19 to 211. It not known why the colored men ni-e left out at this time. WOMAN KILLED. Burrill wife of the 0. O.

track supervisor on Cabin Creok, killed on Momlny morning, vrhfln gntioliiie our on which riding her huslmml jumped tho track, cunning injuries which reunited in her dfHth..