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Pocahontas star herald., 1914-03-20


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your health, strength and ambition.
Electric Bitters makes you feel like
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lit will put new life into you for
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All druggists. soc. and sl.oo
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Pocahontas star herald., 1914-03-20
from n. [. IIIgulubOtham
Fellow citizens:


As the ime is drawing near,
when YOU shall decide on the noml'
nees for the various Offices ot eur
county, take lhls method "'
making NY last appeal u YOU, IN
behalf OF my o.ud,dacl tor The oil
ice Of counl, AID piota'e clerk
The oficcs Of the county aud
state revert to the people once
every two yeals. aud II Is their
pleasure 10 bestow them on whom
they will.
Ally fellow citizens IN making the
selection think ~e ought 10 be ini'
Partial and not consider our indi
vidnal interest. but look To the vel
fare of the whole people financially,
morally and othersise. Since the
offices belong to the whole people
aud not to any special class or rank,
II Il the privilege Of any man, with
out regard TO bis rank or station IN
life. TO ask that these honor- be be
stoSed upon him.
Nv fellow citizens the very Tact
that some of our greatest men have
me from the hnmblesl cottage
Of the country, has IN my estima
tion kindled the spark in the breasts
Of thousand- of American boys
when all seemed gloom and disaster.
Now my fellow citizens | have
had the pleasure Of serving you for
four years in the Office Of assessor.
| come with heart full Of gratitude
TO thank you for yoar votes, for the
hospitality shown me in your homes,
and for the many other favors ]
have received at your hands.
As to how we'll | served you is
for you 10 say. Since l have taken
a vacation Of four years, IL | served
you well, l believe am entitled to
promotion TO the county and pro.
bate clerks office at this time.
As have said in my speeches
during this campaign, IT has been a
predict in county, state and nation
al politics. Whenever men make
good TO promote them. My bright
est ambition is to serve my people
aud my country As have SAID il
is the hope of attaining something
that prompts an intelligent action,
for without hope We are Of all men
the most miserable aud life is less
th n nothing.
| shall like TO be Of more SERVED
to my friends, TO the poor, to the
cause Of education and to tie canse
Of christianity. As TO my oppo-
nenlr, / have nothing TO say only
l regard them as gentlemen
On the s5th day of March you
will select some one for this posi-
ton. My friends ! come to you
with the belief that you will decide
this contest justly. ] want you to
weigh this matter fairly and square
ly and when you have decided /
shall be satisfied with your decision.
| believe the American people al
ways vote right on any question
when they understand it.
Now in conclusion will say that
anything you may say or do for me
on the s5th day Of March will ever
be appreciated and IL ! AN the nom
inee for this Office l shall try to
serve you with credit and honor to
myself and county. And when
through with this Office return it TO
YOU unstained and untarpished.
Yours to serve, X. L. Higginboth
Pocahontas star herald., 1914-03-20
Suffered with
Throat Trouble.

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Pocahontas star herald., 1914-03-20
sloe Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper Will Be
pleased TO learn that there Is at least one
able 10 cure In all IT'S stages. and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known 70 the medical
fraternity. catarrh being q constitutional
menf. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternaiiy, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
BY destroying the foundation OF the dis
bufldinr IN the constitution and assisting
noft1re In doing liz work. The proprletors
have 10 much faith IN It's curative pow
era that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that u falls TO cure Send
Tor list OF testimonials.
Address: r. J. CHENEY a CO., Toledo. o.
sold BY ali Druggists. 76c.
| Take Hairs Family Pills Tor constipation.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
DENIES AUSTRIAN VICTORIES.
Servian Statement Declares There
Were No Rig Battles Of Late.

Servian Statement Declares There
Were No Rig Battles Of Late.
Paris. From Athens, the CORE
spondent of the Havas News Agency
transmits the following communica-
tion as issued at Servian Legation in
the Grecian capital:
"Great Austrian victories are denied.
The Servian troops retreated from
their positions around Valjevo, which
they had defended for two months
against superior forces. Now they
hold more advantageous positions, and
they confidently await the attack Of
the enemy. The evacuation of Val
jevo and the retreat were effected
without incident or losses. Five can
non had to be abandoned on the
heights, as they could not be lowered,
and they were rendered useless.
No important encounters have TAX
en- place since the order to retreat was
given; consequently great Austrian
victories are impossible"
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
RUSSIANS VODKA
HABIT BAN|SHED
Miracle Wrought by Michael D.
TCheIisheff.
WHOLE COUNTRY NOW Day
Vast Population That Consumed ST.
oo0Ooo,Ooo Worth Of Strong Drink
Year Now Lets Not a
Drop Pass Its Lips.

Petrograd, Russia. There is prohibit.
tion in Russia today prohibition
which means that not drop Of vodka,
whisky, brandy, gin or any other
strong liquor is obtainable from one
end to the other Of territory popu-
lated by 150,000.000 people and cover
ing one-sixth Of the habitable globe.
The story Of how strong drink has
been utterly banished from the Rus
sian Empire was told by Michael
Demitrovitch TcheIisheff, the man d.
rectly responsible for putting an end
to Russia's great vice, the vodka habit.
1t should be said In the beginning
that the word prohibition In Russia
must be taken literally. Its use does.
not imply partially successful at
tempt to curtail the consumption Of
liquor, resulting in drinking In secret
places, the abuse of medical licenses
and general evasion and subterfuge. It
does mean that vast population who
consumed $1,000, 100000 worth Of
vodka year, whose ordinary condition
has been described by Russians them
selves as ranging from a slight degree
Of stimulation upward. has been lifted
almost In one day from drunken
inertia to sobriety. The nation has
been compelled, virtually over night. to
abandon its enormous daily consumD-
tion OF vodka, a liquor that is almost
pure alcohol. and become abstemious
to the extent Of letting no liquor pass
its lips.
On that day when the mobilization
Of the Russian Army began special pO-
licemen visited every public place
where yokda is sold, locked up the
supply Of the liquor and placed on the
shop the imperial seal. Since the
manufacture and sale OF vokda Is a
government monopoly in Russia. 1t Is
not difficult thing to enforce prohi-
bition.
From the day this step was taken
drunkenness vanished in Russia. The
results are seen at once In the peas.
antry; already they are beginning to
look like a different race.
This miracle has been virtually ac-
conpIished by one man. He is Michael
d. Tchelisheff, a peasant by birth,
originally a house painter by profess
sion, then mayor Of the city Of
Samara, and now millionaire.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
GERMAN ARTILLERY RAKES YPRES;
GAR AND KAISER DEADLOCKED
An Army Of 1900 900 Russians Halts the March Of $780,
Teutons in Poland
BELGIAN BATTLE SHIFTS TOWARDS THE SEA GOA

Rerlin.--M Ia admitted In Berlin
that the German. armies ia Poland
havs not baen able "a break through
tha R,,s,a,an aafanca ana advance on
wsssa y me Carman Covernment
ma,-ss No slain, to victory and saws.
4 tha latAst statement that the issue
bas Il NOT baan de,tar,mfned The fresh
- -, of8c;al stateuoant from petroerad
clss,ns. c,,s li,s mtt,s more altbouph Il had
No., s,..-,- ,.o,,,,..tod tbot n, : cermana mad
bssn ,, d,.iva, , haclr c.D ear 1,odz and that
abe Gernan advanca Il defindteIv
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
The Audaeioiis Sunk
By a Submarine, Is
Report From Berlin
Tale From German Capital Describes
How the British Dreadnaught. Was
Tcrpedced BY Underwater Graft
Sent on Spies Report.

Washing ton. From Berlin comes g.
report, a full week after It was
learned here from British mail ad-
vices that the British dreadnaught
Audacious had been sunk off the
Irish coast, that the Audacious was
sunk by German submarine and not
by mine. The reports received
here by mail from the north of Ire
land stated that the Audacious. after
being 50 badly damaged that she
could not be saved, was sunk BY the
British to prevent her becoming a
menace to navigation.
The Berlin report declares that the.
Audacious was torpedoed twice, the
second torpedo causing her magazine
to explode. The German submarine
declared to have hit the Audaeious
is said to have been one of the type.
which is about ITO feet long with a
surface displacement OF from 600 to
700 tons.
Reports from Berlin have declared
that the British ships Of the first class
are being kept out Of the North Sea
1CSA upO SAAC3 AC<AA gu CtAU4AAosA AAAC At%AN9s
The present report declares that
through their system Of espionage the
Germans learned that q battle ship
base had been established at Lough
Swilly, on the northwest coast Of Ire
land. A submarine flotilla was sent.
out from Wilheimshayen, and after
skirting the coast of Scotland worked
around to position of Lough Swilly,
/ it is alleged. One of the submarines
rs declared to have sighted the Au-
dacious at q time when the rough sea
made It feasible to approach close
to the dreadnought. The submarine
is then reported to have dived and
fired torpedo: At least two tor
! pedoes are said to have been dis
charged.
The olympic. ten miles away, got.
the dreadnought's wireless call for
help and tried to get her into Lough
'Swilly. but was unable to do so, al
though her crew was saved.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
LABOR REFLECTS
SAMUEL GOMPERS
American Federation Retains
All Present Officers.
NEXT MEETING IN FRISCO
Ohio Leader Named For Place Left
Open BY DecIination OF President
/ White 70 Serve In the Position
He Was Elected Last Year.

hiladelphia American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, at the final session
here Of Its thirty fourth annual meet
Ing, reelected all It's present oficers
and voted to hold its next national
convention at San Francisco in No
vember. 1915.
The officers reelected are as fol
e lows:
President, Samuel Gompers, Wash
ington. Cigarmakers' international
Union.
First Vice-President. James Dun
can, Quincy. Mass. Granite Cutters
international Association.
Second Weep President. James O'Con
nell. Washington. international Asso
citation of Machinists.
Third vice-President. D. A. Hayes
Philadelphia, Glass Bottle Blowers
Association.
Fourt vice-President, Joseph n. Val
entine. Cincinnati, Molders' Union oi
North America.
Fifth President. John r. Au
pine, Chicago, United Association Of
Plumbers
sixth yicelPresident, N. B. Perham
st. Louis. Order Of Railroad Tele'
graphers.
Seventh vice President, Frank
Duffy. indianapolis. United Brother
hood of Carpenters.
Eighth Vice-President, William
Green. Ohio. United Mineworkers.
Treasurer, J. B. Lennon. Blooming
ton. III. Journeymen Tailors Of North
America.
Secretary, Frank Morrison, Wash
nigton. International Typographical
Union.
William Green is the new member
among the officers He fills the
vacancy caused by the declination
early this year OF John p, White, presi.
dent of the United Mineworkers, to
serve as seventh vice-president, to
which position he was elected last
year. After Whites declination Duffy
was made seventh vice-president.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
EIGHT KILLED in ElRg PANIC.
Five-story Brick Tenemert In New
York Destroyed

New York. Eight persons are dead
two others were so badly burned that
they may die, and seven more. includ-
ing two fire captains, were injured as
the result of fire of suspicious origin
which virtually destroyed q five-story
brick tenement-heuse on East Twen-
ty-ninth street. AS a result of dis
closures made to the police by a tenant
who has been receiving Black Hand
letters for the last year. and upon
whom a demand for $1,000 was made.
Friday. under threat of bodily harm,
detectives are seeking men known to-
them as Black Hand leaders, whom
they suspect of responsibility for the
fire. Panic which seized the tenants
when they were aroused by rescuers
caused the loss Of life, the police say.
as the building was amply equipped
with fire-escapes.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
OVER HALF OF,
WORLD At WAR
The BelIigerents Occupy 80, 600,
GOO Square Miles.
BILLION PERSONS INVOLVED
Vast Preponderance OF Both Area
and Population On Side OF
Great Britain and
Allies.

London. With the addition Of Tur-
key and Portugal to the ranks of the
the beldgerents the area Of hostilities
has been extended to approximately
58 per cent Of the land surface Of the
! globe. and about Sc per cent Of the
total population of the earth must be
classed as technically belligerent. says
the London Daily Chronicle.
In round numbers. out Of a total
land surface of 51,50O, 900 square miles
(excluding the uninhabitable regions
| in the Arctic and Antarctic) 30,0O0,000
square miles Is occupied by the IL
belligerent powers. and about 1,000.-
100000 Of the 1900. 100000 human be-
ings on earth are directly involved
in the great war,
Apportioning the area and popuIa-
tion between the two opposing groups,
1t will be found that there is vast
preponderance Of both on the side Of
Britain and her allies, which avn H.
100000 square miles and have about
S40,060.OO0 people under their rule.
against the 100000 square miles and
$50 ,00O, 600 people to the credit of Ger
many, Austria a-Hungary and Turkey.
II the effected areas are analysed
by continents 1t viii be found that in
Europe 3.049. 900 square miles out of a
total area of 3.s50.O0O and $50. .000. 900
people out Of ats 5000. .000-or nearly 80
per cent. in both cases are at war
In Asia the belligerent area amounts
to 100000 square miles (leaving out
Of account the interior OF Arabia, q
political no mans land, of about L.
100000 square miles), the total area
the continent being about 16,500. 900
square miles. Hence. over 56 per cent.
is at war. OF the population of Asia
475. 100000 out Of 10000, 900 say. 4O11
per cent. must be classed as belliger-
ent.
Africa is proportionately even more
affected than Europe. About 10.500,-
600 square miles out of 11.7O0. .000-
nearly 80 per cent t-and 125, 900 900 of
the 137,00O.O00 inhabitants--over go
per cent-are at war. The only neu-
tral regions are the Italian and Span
ish colonies and the native States of
Abyssinia and Liberia.
Curiously enough, Australasia and
Oceania, although the most remote
from the primary zone Of hostilities.
have the highest percentage Of bellig-
erency OF any of the continental divi-
sions Of the earth-over 96 per cent.
in area and "a per cent in population.
South America occupies the happiest
position of all. Out of an area of over
100000 square miles and a popuia-
tion Of about 52,000.000 only 12S,500
square miles of territory and $4,000
human beings are subject to any Of
the combatants. The percentage Of
area is less than 8 and Of population
less than /.
Thus the continent whose very name
was formerly regarded as denoting the
most favorable soil ON earth for the
termination of wars has, strangely
enough, the distinction of being almost
entirely at peace. while more than half
of the world is at war
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
EPITOME OF
WAR NEWS

With the territory between the Bel
aian coast and DIxmude so com
pIeteiy Inundated that Infantry at
tacks are impossible, the Germans
turned the lighting into a continuous
bombardment Of the Allies lines.
The servlans are making stand on
the KoIubara River, but are hope
lessly outnumbered by Austrians,
and seem doomed to defeat.
In AsIatIc Turkey It Is reported that
three Christians have been murder.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
ARMIES DEADLO SKED

Paris.-The onfall of winter has
numbed the energy of Allies and Ger
mans In Belgium and northern France.
Snow is falling. Gales from the
sea have driven tidewater far inland,
widening the inundated district In
fantry operations are well-nigh i'm
possible.
Neither side can do more than ham
mer the other with big guns.
Russians Seize Passes.
In Galicia the Russians are going
steadily westward and at the same
time are seizing the passes Of the
Carpathians.
In the western theatre OF operations
It is officially announced that the Ger
mans were forced to abandon heavy
guns because of the spreading waters.
Near Ramscapelle the Allies salvaged
two large mortars which the Germans
had been unable to remove.
Both sides have lost artillery and
motor cars since the food changed
the character of operations.
Bad weather has increased the ex-
haustion Of the troops and there is
much illness In the trenches.
The Germans have made new eff
fort to extend the wedge they have
driven between Verdun and Toul at
st. Mihiel ON the Meuse.
French Advance.
The French appear to have antici-
pated the plan to have advanced a lit
tie from the north and south Of their
line, which forms three parts Of a
circle around st. Mihiel.
The Germans have again taken the
Western part OF the village of Chau-
voncourt, on the west bank of the
Meuse.
For the time being this region IL a
centre Of interest. The French are
making desperate efforts to close their
lines east OF st. Mihiel and thereby
cut OF large German force. The
Germans are trying as desperately TO
keep open the only breach they have
made in the barrier Of fortresses.
The operations to the north and
east are closely connected with the
lighting around st. Mihiel. The Ger
mans in the Argonne are attempting
TO break the French line, which bars
their connection with the German line
on the heights of the left bank OF
the Meuse. and three attacks deliv-
cred by them we're repulsed.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
GUARDS KILLED FOUR ALIENS.

british Fired Upon Prisoners in De-
tention Camp With Deadly Effect
Douglas, Isle Of Man.The grave
disorder which has prevailed among
the very large number of men IN the
aliens detention camp near here, re-
suited in five of the inmates being
shot. four fatally, by guards. The lat
ter had been attacked during riot.
The camp was established about
three months ago and the number Of
persons there gradually increased un-
til nearly 1000 Austrian and German
civilian prisoners were interned. They
are guarded by 300 men Of the Nation
al Reserve from Liverpool and the
Manx Territorials.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
FRANK JAMES is DYING.
srother OF Notorious jesse James
Stricken At Age OF rs.

Excelsior Springs. Mo. - Frank
James. one of the James brothers,
notorious as highwaymen shortly after
the Civil War, was stricken with heart
disease and was reported dying at the
James home, near here. He is 7s
years old.
James Is one of the last surviving
members Of the band Of robbers made
celebrated BY an almost unparalleled
career of crime during the unsettled
period that followed the Civil War.
He has been living the life Of an
ordinary farmer for more than 80
years,
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
xEAa SENTENCE roR 10 cEN1s:
vioiater OF West Virginia RroblbltIon
Law ls Hit Hard.

Clarksburg. w. ya.-Charles Foni.
the first man arrested for illicit liquor
selling after West Virginia became
dry. was found guilty in the Criminal
Court here and Judge Robinson Inn
posed a sentence OF six months labor
on the county roads and fine OF 500
and costs. which win add about six
months more, Foni had sold 10 cents
worth OF liquor.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
AUsTRIANs CAPTURE 7s
GUNS FROM sERvIANs

Gross River kulebra - Opponents
Falling Back Toward Belgrade.
London. The following dispatch
was received from Berlin by the
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com.
pany:
IN the latest fighting against the
seryians the Austrians captured AZ
guns and 81 machine guns
After three days fighting the Aus
trisns defeated the Montenegrina near
Fyahowr
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
FAMILY NEARLY WIPED our.
All But Wife Are Killed When a Train
Hits Their Auto.

Fort Dodge. Ia.-Five persons were
killed and one injured when an auto
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by Minneapolis and st. Louis
northbound passenger train at HALL
gan. IL miles from here.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
FRANk May LosE LAsr HOPE.
Georgia Supreme Court Refuses To
Certify Writ OF Error.

Atlanta. - The Georgia Supreme
Court refused to certify a write Of
error in the Frank murder case to the
United States Supreme Court The
only recourse now to get the case 10
the highest tribunal of the nation is
to have Supreme Court Justice Joseph
R. Lamar certify the writ
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
WAR WILL NOR INTERFERE.
France To Participate in the Panama.
Pacific Exposition.

Bordeaux. France. - The French
Cabinet decided that. notwithstanding
the war. France viii participate on
ciaIly In the Panama Exposition at San
Francisco. The exhibit win be in the
form Of a reproduction of the Palace
of the Legion of Honor. In the build
ing viii be installed historical objects
Of art. French tapestries. furniture and
schinaware. The exhibit also win In
clude examples Of contemporaneou
art and manufactures.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
LlNO sLAMEs LAND QUESTION.
says IT Must BE Settled To End War
n Mexico.

Chicago.-John Lind. personal repre-
sentative OF President Wilson In Mex
leo during the Huerta administration,
declared in an address here to the In
dustrial Club that the land question
was the cause Of the revolutions in
Mexico and that nghting there would
never cease until the workers were
able to own their own farms. Mr..
Lind pleaded for kindly feelings to-
ward Mexicans. asserting that Mexican
distrust Of the United States was
vanishing and that thereafter the
Mexicans would be the steadfast
friends Of the United States.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
100000 WAR ORDER ron i. 5.
Foreign governments Place ADVERTISE
ment In Papers.

y
New York.-Agents for the British
and French Governments announced
here that they were in the market for
1.S5O.O0O wool sweaters. 100000 wool
stomach bands. 100000 wool gloves
and 100000 pairs of wool socks. In
order to determine where such an
enormous quantity of woolen goods
might be purchased quickly an adver-
tisement was placed In a commercial
newspaper. 1t was said that the goods
were required for prompt delivery;
that orders would be given immediate
ly, and that payment would be made
in cash for goods delivered in New
York. The wholesale value of the
goods wanted is more than $4,000. 900.
The midland journal., 1914-11-27
rHREE BURNED 70 DEATH.
Woman Loses Life Trying To Save
Her Sleeping Children.

Pittsburgh. Pa.-Mrs. Marcia Petro
and her daughters. Annie and Eliza
beth. were burned to death when their
home in Homestead was destroyed by
iire. Mrs. Petro. who discovered the
: fire while preparing breakfast. was
burned while trying to save her sleep
ing children. An adjoining house also
was destroyed.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-20
An Investisator.

The young man in the bureau OF in
formation laid the railroad guide down
and looked reproachfully at the woman
Madam" ne said you can't possibly
take all those trains you are asking
Il know IT," she replied. serenely; but
as long as 1 didn't have anything else 70
do thought I'd just see for myself how
much you railroad men really know about
your business. w khington star.