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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1921
Page
5
Auditorium presents the melodrama A Woman of Pleasure featuring Blanche Sweet in a seven part screen adaptation based on James Willard's work. The program includes Snub Pollard and Sunshine Sambo comedy and Topics of the Day reels with admission 10 15 and 20 cents.
Police investigate two young men posing as High School students soliciting magazine subscriptions to fund college. They were insolent when refused. Cumberland reports a batch of similar canvassers removed. Authorities warn arrests expected if credentials are not produced.
Virginia farm input data show 24 million dollars spent on fertilizer for the previous year representing about 494 201 tons. Commissioner George W Keiner submitted the report to Governor Davis noting ten percent of crop value returned to soil and detailing the department publicity efforts and farmer mailing list.
Why Trust Your Husband stars Eileen Percy in a clever farce where a wife and husband miss a business event leading to a masquerade ball and a tangle of matrimonial complications. The showing also features Pearl White in The Black Secret with thrills and surprises.
At the Virginia Sunday School Association meeting in Petersburg February 8 9 and 10 four talkarounds discuss teaching experiences and challenges across age groups including cradle roll mothers meetings and organized classes. Leaders will be specialists in Sunday school work and offerings include practical evangelism lesson study and increasing church attendance.
Warden Terrell of the West Virginia penitentiary plans to lead an armed posse into Braxton county mountains to recapture W H Griffith an escapee convicted murderer following a prison fire and inmate death. The warden suspects Griffith killed Ira Roush whose body was found in the Ohio river and says descriptions of a man with Roush match Griffith.
President-elect Harding and his party stop at Fort Pierce aboard the Victoria, enjoying a midday golf outing before resuming voyage toward Palm Beach. The trip has featured limited recreation with fishing planned later in the vacation.
Mrs Anna M Chase of Cincinnati was granted a divorce from Hal Chase in a court proceeding reported by the Associated Press. The ruling formalizes the separation details in a 1920s era filing.
SICK MAN FINDS WOODHOUSE A FIRE WHITACRE VA Jan 26 They are very near having a serious fire at Mr Robert Kern s asea ten night Some ashes had been near the woodshed and during the lot ignited Lawrence Kerns who ill and is still sick got up to take some cough syrup and discovered the fire which was then well over way and consumed the wood The hen house and poultry were saved by prompt action Mr H H Adams and family of Michigan left Sunday for Florida y are touring by way of Washington Mr S J Adams eld wife were in Winchester Monday Mr Clark Keller and family spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs F T Keiter
The New York stock market advanced in morning trading on January 26 as asphalt shares led gains. Common stock rose nearly five points while preferred climbed about four. Motors, equipment, sugars, leathers and tobaccos were among the strongest classes, with the Exchange showing further gains and London rates rising to $3,833.8. Call money remained firm at 4 percent amid expectations of federal withdrawals.
The Walsh committee found no proof that Charles M. Schwab received government payments for expenses while directing the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Representative Steele said the finding was based on testimony and documents and acknowledged the perceived injustice to Schwab. Schwab expressed gratitude, saying the news was the best he had heard.
Five men attacked an auto carrying Grover C. Bergdoll near Ebersbach as he traveled to a wedding. Two American intelligence officers and a sergeant were among the captors. a German bystander was wounded. Police later arrested two alleged intelligence men and another assailant.
A Welsh railway wreck near Abermule on January 26 killed 15 people, including 11 passengers. Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, brother of the Marquess of Londonderry, died later, raising the death toll and leaving many injured.
About 600 to 700 delegates expected at a regional convention in Starinton on February 26 for the laymen's missionary movement of the Southern Presbyterian Church. A concurrent convention for the women's auxiliaries will be held there the same day. States mentioned include Maryland West Virginia and Virginia District of Columbia.
Thirty six Filipinos, mostly women and children, drowned when the schooner Pikeland wrecked at the mouth of the Agno river Pangasinan after being blown ashore. Twelve more Filipinos died in a launch wreck off Casiguran island about 200 miles southeast of Manila.
Justice Worsley reserved a decision in the police court today on P. R. Rosen charged with selling goods without a state or city license. Testimony showed Rosen took orders for check protecting machines. others testified he sold a machine outright in a single transaction.
A blaze at the Sarsfield Opera House in Avoca near Scranton Pennsylvania swept the town’s business area causing an estimated loss of $150 000. The fire broke out today and damaged multiple storefronts in the mining town.
Former Ohio governor James M. Cox reports a marked improvement in President Wilson's condition after a 40 minute White House visit. Cox notes Wilson looks heavier and more robust and mentions a possible June trip to Europe but says he will not carry messages for the President.
Allied experts presented the supreme council with a plan for disbanding German military units. The report aligns with French disarmament clauses of the Versailles treaty and grants Britain a further delay requested by Premier Lloyd George. Two thirds of operations in Liège must be completed by March, with full work finished by July 1.
Mrs Evelena Gleaves daughter of Admiral Gleaves is spending the winter in Baltimore at 1004 Park Avenue with Mr and Mrs Edgar Allan Poe. The Baltimore American notes her as very pretty and the daughter of the admiral who commands the Asiatic fleet.
Madrid January 26 Elizabeth Willard daughter of Joseph Willard of Virginia United States ambassador to Spain is betrothed to Melvin Herbert secretary of the British Embassy in this city announced by La Epoca.
Farmers seize timber profits as a quick cash source while Congress debates farm aid. The piece notes firewood ranks sixth among crops, with log saws turning standing trees into fuel, ties, fence posts, and timbers. Machines cut 50 cords a day, delivering efficient wood production for home use and markets.
The first day of depositions in the Paul Harrison congressional contest was taken in Charlottesville. Contestant’s side examined B A Brown registrar and Fred Harlan assistant registrar, focusing on ward registration practices and education requirements for written applications. Brown testified he treated applicants equally and registered a forthcoming case of a Negro woman. Harlan said he acted as Brown’s aide and recorded names as his father’s amanuensis, with no broad irregularities found.
A brief item notes a classified want ad in The Star drawing attention from readers. It highlights the ad as a notable call for help or opportunity within the community.
After a quiet day in first hand channels on January 26 in New York dry goods markets, wide print cloths grew easier and dressing hams were ordered for fall. Wool blanket lines for fall sold fairly, cotton yarns stayed quiet, silks moved more generally, and worsted dress goods were purchased moderately.
Mrs R T Barton of Winchester will spend a few days in Richmond this week and preside at the Junior Auxiliary meeting of the Episcopal Churches to be held in St James parish house Friday at 3 30 o'clock. Miss Etta Ambler and Miss Hallie Williams of Japan will be speakers.
Tomorrow night Dorothy Gish will be seen at The Empire in a witty Sennett comedy double feature with the film Little Bellion. The program promises laughs with a ridiculously funny performance and engaging audience appeal.
An advertising blurb promotes Bert Lytell in a feature about English life in India. It touts an all star Metro lineup and invites readers to attend Fantomas Friday.
A 1 reel Wallace Reid film titled Hurry released Saturday at Pathr shows Harold Lloyd in a light hearted comedy offering lively antics and quick pacing with the two stars delivering cheerful entertainment.
A large crowd enjoyed the farce Twin Beds at The Empire last night. Two married couples and a strong cast, led by Miss Dorothy, provided lively humor as mistaken flatroom mix ups sparked many laughs.
The U S Supreme Court upheld Virginia and Culpeper County tax claims against the estate of ex congressman John F Rixey. Trustees argued immunity but the court affirmed local assessments totaling about 34 000 since 1907, with additional sums for earlier years. The decision followed appeals in Virginia and state courts.
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