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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-12-18
GBE maibonn Gbroilifle.
Gas Fumes Cause Death

Columbus, Ohio, December 9.
Mrs. l.. 3. Hart. rs years old,
OF Werthington, a suburb is dead;
Miss Rachel Hart, % years old of
Charlottesville. Mo-, is in a dying
condition. and the latter sister,
Miss Barbara Hart, "a years old,
also of Caruthersville, is in crit
ieal condition. as result of hav-
ing been accidentally overcome
by gas fumes in Mrs. Harris
home early this morning.
The young women are grand
daughters of Mrs. Hart, and
came to Worthington to prepare
for the marriage of Miss Rachel
to DIR. Edgar Allen, of this city,
on December q.
First reports accredited the
Misses Hart with being nieces of
the late United States Senator
Falr, OF Nevada, who, the report
also said. left Mis-. Hart and er
two granddaughters a legacy OF
half million dollars. Relatives
have denied this report tonight
and said a large sum of money
had been left the young women
by their grandfather.
A small gas stove on the norti,
side of bedroom had been light
ed early last night, and when the
three retired for the night they
left it burning. The fiue p pc
had not been connected, and as
the burners were small, it is
thought that during the nig ht
the gas pressure become strong
err and the unburned fumes es-
capped into the room.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-12-18
Thaw's Case to 60 to Supreme
Court

Concord, N. H.. Dec. 8. Judge
Edgar Aldrich ruled today that
tho mental condition Of Harry K.
Thaw must be determined in
federal court.
The courts announcement was
made at hearing on Thaw's pc
titiun to be admitted to bail.
The constitutional question
involved in this case" added
Judge Aldrich, ARE of such i'm
portance that shall not pass up
on them myself but shall forward
them as promptly as possible to
the Supreme court of the Uni ed
States"
The constitutional questions are
concerned with Thaw's extradi-
ton, his status in New York and
his status in New Hampshire.
The attorneys for Thaw, who
are attempting to prevent the
extradition of their client through
habeas corpus proceedings in
United States district court. and
counsel for New York state have
agreed that the charge of conspi-
racy to escape from Mattewan
was a bailable offense, when the
question of whether the prisoner,
if admitted to bail, would be
menace to the community, was
raised by VIM. T. Jerome, special
attorney general from New York.
I'VE expect to take Thaw back
to New York" said Mr. Jerome
to try him for the crime with
which we have charged him and
to punish him for it, and then we
expect to put him where he be-
longs and to keep him there for
the protection Of the public"
Mr.. Jerome said any reasora-
BILE amount of bail would not suf-
fee to insure Thaw's appeara zee
in court. 1t was a matter Of
court record, he said, that Thaw
had given one of his lawyers $25,
600 with which an attempt was
made to bride the head of the in
stitution where he had been con-
fined.
Judge Aldrich replied that be-
fore questions of bail could be de-
cided it would be necessary to de-
termine the prisoners mental
conditions to the satisfaction Of
the u. S. District court.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-12-18
Six Killed in Explosion

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 8. - Six
men were killed and two injured
today in an explosion in the gcla-
tine mixing house of the Rapan-
no Chemical company at Gibbs
town. New Jersey. Seven humid
red pounds of powder blew up
from a cause that will never be
known.
The one story corrugated iron
mill in which the powder was be-
ing mixed was completely wreck
ed. The shock of the explosion
was felt in many parts Of New
Jersey.
The company is a subsidiary Of
the Du Pont Powder company.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-12-18
shariff's Sale Of Delinquent Lands

NOTICE descrbed tracts
oil the Calhoun
OF the be
Sheriff public auction OF
I'm the
on ~ 800 -
MONDAY, JANUARY
Each
is
set following
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-12-18
Woman Finally Receivers
From Nervous Breakdown

From Nervous Breakdown
Impoverished nerves destroy many
people before their time. Often be-
!Ore sufferer realizes what the
uouDie IS, he is on the verge Of a
complete nervous breakdown. Ii
IS al me utmost importance to keep
your nervous system in good con-
uiuon' as the nerves are the source
81 an bodily power Mrs. Anna
5CsOuHz' 2II Mechanic ST., Pueblo,
Colo, says
or many years / suffered from
nervous prostration; | was unable
70 40 any house work and doctors
i"hcd to help me. Remedies |
trIec from druggists did not do
me particle Of good A neiehbor
told my husband about
DR.. Miles Nervine
and he procured a bottle. After the
!irSt rev doses | showed a marked
improvement and after taking two
polticS was entirely cured [ have
Decn perfectly well for years and
too highly" '' vino
III you are troubled with lose ~
3: 49,. NBN9LlDni weakness.
inability to sleep; il you are in =
general run down condition and
unable to bear your part OF the
daliy grind of life, you need some
tniHg to strengthen your nerves
ou may not realize what is the maj.
Ter "th you, but that is no reason
why you should delay treatment.
Dr.. Miles Nervine
]. proven its value IN nervous dis
orders Tor thirty years, and merits
d Wy no matter how many other
Sold by an druggists. lf nfst bot,,.
is.1 70 benefit your money Is returnss
NILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhsrt. ind.
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$3.50. virginia Auditors ice
as take
'''e' my doy Of Oh office
Any Of aforesaid tracts or Io,. s. DARST Auditor
under nv Lpd ore amount dne o pay
KNOTS
Sheriff OF hounCo
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-12-18
EVANSVILLE IND. DIS
LEE DISTRICT.

Adams. G.. G., Harriet,
and X. f. Kerby .....
Adams, Granderson ...
Adams, p. c., r. w. Cev-
enger, 8. A. Simmons
and Etna Oil and Gas
Company ...........
AIfirnr Enrrnll OF oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
AUTOM0BIL ENEWS
County Motorists Will Discuss
New State Law.
Meeting Monday Night at
Commercial Club.
new GUIDE BOOKS READY
GILL; nI url VrI A.
State Books for Those Who At
tend Meeting.
Motorists Pay Millions for
Gasoline in Year.

A mass meeting of the motorists of
Topeka and Shawnee county will be
held Monday night in the main room
of the Commercial club. This is the
meeting called for the purpose of dis
cussing the new state automobile law
which was originally scheduled for Fri
day night, but which was postponed.
AS an incentive to the autoists to
attend D. Z. Watkins, secretary of the
Kansas State Automobile association,
has agreed to deliver the new state
guide books put out by the association
to the motor car owners of the city
In speaking of the meeting Secretary
Watkins said today:
There is a tendency on the part or
many car owners of Topeka to COM
plain continuously about unjust ordln-
ances and laws, yet these very men DO
not attend these meetings or try TO
use their influence to better conditions.
If each man will be present at TINS
meeting, road conditions Ill be chanS-
ed. The united effort of LOO car own
ers in Shawnee county is bound to OBJ
tain results. Each motorist is urgent
ly requested to respond to this call. At
this meeting the state guide books VIII
be delivered to the car owners of the
city.
Shawnee county will receive between
five and six thousand dollars under the
new automobile law. If this money Is
properly expended on the highways, 1t
will keep all the leading highways OF
the county in f1rst-class condition. IN
asmuch as this is an extra tax on the
car owners, they should have some
thing to say with reference to its ex-
penditure. 1t will, of course, require
united effort to obtain results; so II
you fail to attend this meeting do not
censure others for not accomplishing
things that you take no interest in
Millions in Gasoline.
1t would take a gasoline barrel
nearly as tall as the Woolworth build
ing. New York, to hold all the gaso-
line used in the United States in 4
year. 1t is estimated that 100000 gal
Ions of motor fuel will be used the pres
ent year. Forthis the owners of motors
will pay sec, 0o0, 900. Add to this the
money spent for lubricating oil and
grease used for motors and the total
will pay $50, O0O, 900. Add to this the
The quantity of gasoline used Is ar
rived at by figuring upon the number
of cars in US at an average mileage
1t is claimed by manufacturers that
there are a million pleasure and com
merciaI cars in use. These cars VIII
make an average of 5000 miles a year
and average twelve miles to a gallon or
gasoline. At the low average price o.
fifteen cents a gallon the fuel will cost
the motorists sec, 600, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
BLAMES BAD WATER.
Italian Scientist Says Pellagra Not Due
to Infected Corn.

Rome, May 31-Pellagra, the mys-
terious skin disease prevalent in semi
tropical climates which has baff1ed
medical authorities for nearly 200 years,
is caused by infected water, according
to Professors Scala and ,Alessandrini
of the Institute of Hygiene in Rome.
The scourge has long been ascribed
to the consumption of bad corn, but &C
cording to the professors announce
ment they have found that in the dis
tricts of Italy where the disease is most
prevalent, the water is infected with
flint stone in colloidal solution. The
professors declare that the theory or
the maize ptomaine is altogether
groundless. They are endeavoring to
induce the authorities to proceed with
thorough examination of all the waters
of the infected districts and rid Italy
of a plague which claims 10000 cases
annually. The professors have found
that the infected water may be easily
made safe for drinking purposes by
putting into it a quantity of carbonated
chalk.
In the United States, a commission,
whose work has been made possible
by gift of $4,000 from Col. Robert M
Thompson, of New York, and John II.
McFadden of Philadelphia, has been at
work for more than a year in study
of the cases of pellagra in the southern
states The commissions final report
is vet to be issued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
IN conference
Bankers Worried Over Frisco
Receiverships.
Want One of the Cases Against
Road Dismissed.

New York May 31.-Members of the
international banking firm of Speyer
& Company held a conference today
with Frederick w. Lehman, their
counsel 20 determine a plan of action
in fight to bring about the dismissal
of at least one of the receivers ap-
pointed for the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco railroad and the substitution of
a man to represent the interest of the
bond holders. 1t was expected that
Mr.. Lehman would leave today or to-
morrow for st. Louis, where the re-
ceivers now in charge of the road were
appointed and that legal proceedings
would be begun early next week.
James Speyer has Cancelled an in
tended trip to Europe and will remain
here to look after the interests of the
holders of $65, 100000 Frisco bonds
which Speyer & Company f1oated, and
for whom is said on behalf of the firm,
it feels a responsibility. Dispatches
from Paris say French investors in the
bonds are indignant that the receivers
should have been appointed without
consulting the bond holders and pro-
posed to send representatives to this
country to follow the reorganization
proceedings. The fact that Speyer &
Company issued a statement saying
they were mot consulted in the ap-
pointment of the receivers, both of
whom are officials of the road, has
brought about what is characterized in
W. all street as open warfare between
the firm and B. F. Yoakum, president
of the road. and it is predicted the
coming legal contest will amount vir-
tually to fight to control the Frisco.
The Securities Are Safe.
Mr.. Yoakum is quoted as saying
that, 1.-The securities of the company
all are safe. The stock will be worth
more than ever. 1t will only take a
little time to demonstrate this"
The fact that the Frisco's bonded
Indebtedness far exceeds its outstand-
ing stock issues is, according to Wall
street opinion, the chief cause of the
roads troubles. On behalf of the
Speyers, it is said the fate of the bonds,
which are a lien ahead of the stock,
is the more important question to be
determined.
Friction between Speyer and Com
pany and Mr.. Yoakum began a few
months ago, it is said, when the firm
declined to finance maturing notes
for $2,250,000. This brought about
the receivership, although the earn
ings of the road, the bankers say, did
not warrant such action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
TRUST BUSTING PAYS.
Fines Alone Almost Pay Cost of
Prosecutions.

Washington. May Shines i'm
posed by the federal courts against
''trusts'' during the current fiscal year
for alleged violations of the Sherman
law aggregate to date $151,957, or
moro than three-fourths of the $780,
600 originally appropriated by con-
eress for the years prosecutions of
com binations in restraint of trade.
Most of all this amount has been paid,
and the remainder is subject of ap-
peals in courts.
The largest fines of the year in any
one case were those imposed a few
days ago, in the socalled coaster
brake trust" case, aggregating $S1, 500.
Fines assessed in other cases were:
Bath tub trust, $51,007; Portland,
Ore, Produce Merchants exchange,
$S,450; National Cash Register, 1000;
James A. Patten cotton pool" $4,000,
and the Hunter Milling company of
Wellington, Kan, and the Blackwell
Mill & Elevator company of Blackwell,
Okla, $4,000.
Some of the fines were levied during
the administration of former Attorney
General McReynolds, but all of the
cases were in direct charge of James
A. Fowler. assistant to the attorney
general, who has broken the records
of all other trust busters" of the gov
eminent in the number of antitrust
cases lodged in the courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
KID FRATS" OPPOSED.
College Fraternities Start War on
High School Organization.

Chicago, May 31.-An organized cam
pafgn for the determination OF high
school fraternitieS was inaugurated
here yesterday at conference of dele
gates representing 55 Greek letter col
lege societies A public pronuncia-
mento against the preparatory schooi
organizations possibly will be issued TO-
day.
The statement will include definitions
of the nature and purposes of college
fraternities and sororities to offset ad-
verse public criticism and threatened
hostile legislation 1t is planned to bar
from admission to any Greek letter
college society any person who has
been a member of a high school frat.
1t was the opinion of several speak
ers yesterday that antagonism to fra
ternities is due to the activities of the
academic organizations. Suggestions
that a campaign of education be start
ed to acquaint the public with the real
purpose of college fraternities and COR
rect erroneous impressions, met with
approval
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
KING AIDS CHILD.
Alfonso First to Assist Child Struck
by Train.

Madrid, May 31.-According to General
Azona, chief of King Alfonso's mill
tary household, the young king recently
figured in a tragic incident near Utrera,
while travelling in the royal train one
of two little girls, who had been play
ing on the railway line was struck by
the train and badly injured on the
head King Alfonso looked from the
window of his car to learn why the
train was slowing down and upon see
ing the wounded girl he jumped from
the window of the still moving train
and was first to give aid to the injured.
When others alighted from the train
they found the king with the little girl
in his arms endeavoring to stanch the
flow of blood, but she died in few
minutes. The king was profoundly i'm
pressed and endeavored to console the
mother of the girl, who was the woman
in charge of the railway crossing and
he gave her a sum of money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
HUERTA HESITATES.
He Gives No Intimation of When He
Will Call Election.

Mexico City. May 31.-No intimation
has yet been given by Provisional
President Huerta as to when he will
issue the decree calling a presidential
election. 1t is considered certain that
he will not delay for long the formality
of issuing an official call as both
houses of congress have passed a
measure fixing October &c as the date.
General Feliz Diax is the only candf-
date who has frankly entered his name
for the election but it is regarded as
probable that he will be met by the OPP
position perhaps of Manuel Calero,
former Mexican amba ssador at Wash
ington and possibly of Francisco de La
Barra, minister of foreign affairs as
the representative of the Catholics
party.
The tone of a large part of the press
and the expression of opinion of many
people including numerous friends of
Felix DiaZ indicate that his popularity
has waned and that there is little
chance of his election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
SEARCH TROUT SECRET
Presence of Fish Indicate Subway to
Arctic Ocean.

Washington. May 31.-Officials of
the federal bureau of fisheries are
awaiting with interest the arrival OF a
trout taken by the Indians in Iceberg
lake in Glacier National park, Mon
tana, which never has been known to
exist outside the icy waters of the
Polar sea. Biologists believe that sub
terranean channels may connect the
frozen waters of the far north with
the lake of northern United States and
they likewise are awaiting the verdict
of the fish experts who VIII determine
whether the trout belongs to the
arctic finny family.
While there are several divisions of
the trout family in Iceberg lake and
adjacent stretches of water, the
species that has raised the conjecture
is the first of its kind known to have
been taken outside of Behring sea. 1t
is reported to be a splendid specimen.
some two feet in length, and it has
been preserved for the benefit of the
naturaliStS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
COURT HOUSE BURNS.
jay County, Okla, Feud Breaks Out
Anew.

Muskogee. Ok. May s1.-The county
court house at Jay. Ok, was burned
Thursday night and all Of the records
of Delaware county were destroyed. 1t
is believed the court house was set on
fire as a result of the court house hght
in that county. The court house was
a two story frame structure and there
was a general mercantile establish
ment on the first floor. All the county
officials were on the second floor. The
records of the register of deeds ana
the treasurer were in a vault out they
also were destroyed. All the criminal
records of the county were burned. This
was the building around which 100
armed men worked and kept guard for
four weeks, defying a court order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
MAY NOT PROSECUTE.
Sharon Springs Girl Married to Mar
Charged With Assault.

Sharon Springs, May 31.-The young
man Rouse, who was recently arrested
with Albert Love on the charge of
committing a criminal assault on a
Miss Willard a fourteen-year-old girl,
was married to the girl here last week.
Tn two men were to have been tried
during the recent session of the district
court but the case was continued :or
the reason that Attorney Beckstrom,
the prosecutor. was called away on &C
count of the illness and death of his
father.
Love and Rouse are out on bond and
the citizens are " wondering if the mar
rage of the girl to one of the prfnci-
pals, will cause the state to drop the
prosecution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
BALKAN WAR ENDS.
Peace Pact Signed-Montenegro Com
plains of England's Greed.

London, May S1.-The eight months
war between Turkey and the allied
Balkan states is ended. The Peace
of London" was signed in the picture
gallery of St James palace.
Sir Edward Grey, the British for
eign secretary, presided over the for
malitieS. The following peace dele
gates signed the preliminary treaty:
Osman inland Pasha, for Turkey;
DR.. Danef, for Bulgaria; Stefan No
vakovitch, for Servia; Stephanos Sko-
ludis, for Greece, and NJ. Popovitch,
for Montenegro.
The only dramatic feature of the
historic occasion was NJ. PopoVitch' s
expression of keen disappointment
that Montenegro had been ''despoiled
of her just share in the spoils of a
triumphant war And of the hope
that England, which took the lead in
the spoliation, would take every step
to compensate Montenegro for her
sacrifice"
The actual ceremony was very
brief. The delegates signed the treaty
without reading it, evidently in full
confidence that all the seven articles
were in such wording as the powers
chose to have them.
The Bulgarian delegate proposed
that peace become Immediately eff
fective without ratification of the
treaty. This proposal was rejected
and the delegates then left after hav-
ing agreed to meet June 2 to con-
slider the advisability of an eventual
annexed protocol.
The relations between the Balkan
allies show a distinct Improvement.
The proposed meeting between the
Bulgarian and Servian premiers is
now definitely fixed to take place on
the frontier. The latest suggestion
for a settlement of the quarrel be-
tween the two countries is that Servia
and Bulgaria denounce the old treaties
and conclude a new alliance providing
for joint administration of Mace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
TO PROBE STRIKE.
Senate Considers Plan to Investigate
West Virginia Conditions.

Washington, May 31.-Considera
of plans of the senate probe of con-
ditions in the strike zone of the West
Virginia fields was begun today by the
senate committee on education and
labor.
After four days of effort, advocates
of the investigation finally succeeded in
getting the committee together 1t
was expected that the investigation
would be begun by a subcommittee
which will visit the strike district and
take the testimony of mine owners,
strikers and officers of the militia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

of is "goner' You apply GETS
IT. in . seconds. that's all. GETS
IT. does the rest. There's no more
fussing no more bandages to fix, no
more salves to turn the flesh red and
raw. No more plasters to get mis-
placed and press on the corn. No
more pulling" no more pain, no
more picking and gouging. no more
razors.
"GETS-IT'' stops pain, shrivels up
the corn, and the corn vanishes-
"GETS-IT'' never fails, is harmless to
healthy flesh. Warts, calluses and
bunions disappear.
"GETS-IT'' is sold at drug stores at
Csc a bottle, or sent on receipt of price
by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles,
as the prescription othine-double
strength-has been discovered that is
guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-
double strength-from your druggist
and apply a little of it night and morn
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. 1t is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to COM
pIeteiy clear the skin and gain a
beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back if it fails to
remove freckleS.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
ATHLETE SAVES TWO.
University Star Pitcher Rescues Pair
Who Were Exhausted.

Lawrence, Kan, May 81 Lloyd
Bishop, K. US star baseball pitcher
and athlete, showed his prowess as
swimmer here by saving two Lawrence
boys from drowning in the Kaw river
George Price and Frank Holiday were
the two young men held in the water
by Bishop until other university stu
dents came to the rescue with boats
When help arrived the big athlete was
almost as exhausted as the men he
saved from death