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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Compensation Law.

Although the supreme court OF ap-
peals sustained the provision OF the
workmen's compensation law denying
to certain classes of employers of la
Dor the benefit of the common law
defenses OF contributory negligence
and assumption Of risk on their fail;
ure to become subscribers to the com
pensation fund, the court held that the
failure Of an employer to warn an in
experienced miner of the danger OF
taking a stick of dynamite with an
ignited fuse attached, from a drill hole
was not negligence. The opinion,
written by Judge Poffenbarger, was
rendered in the case of Antonio De
francesca, who brought suit and Sc
cured judgment in the circuit court
of Raleigh county against the Piney
Mining Co., which had not at the time
become a subscriber to the state com
pensation fund.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
May Postpone Rate Appeal.

All the cases pending before the
public service commission was called
at the monthly hearing day. 1t is be-
lieved that the rate case of the Balti
more & Ohio Railroad Co. will be con.
tinued again. This company seeks to
increase its passenger rate to two and
one-half cents mile, one-half cent a
mile more than the state law in that
connection allows. The majority OF
cases for early consideration are OF
minor Importance other than that with
reference to freight charges by rail
roads in the northern part of the
state for hauling Stag from industrial
plants.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
MAS. HILoEeRANoT PROTESTS.

Reports TO Washington She Was Or
dered Out Of Germany.
Geneva After spending twenty-four
hours i'm two German prisons Mrs.
Merrick Hudebrandt of Louisville. Ky.
author and editor OF a womans maya
zine. was ordered by the commanding
officer Of Lindau prison TO leave Ger.
many. then escorted to the frontier
and warned not TO come back
Arriving here Mrs Hldebrandt sent
a strong protest TO Washington
through Minister Stovall
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
PUBLIC ROADS IN
MUNICH ALITIES
MAY BENEFIT FROM THE COUNTY
BOND ISSUE, is RECENT RUL-
ING BY PANHANDLE COURT.
CIRCUIT COURT is REVERSED
Words Must Be Given a Reasonable
Construction to the Matter in Rela-
ton to Which They are Employed.
Especial Charleston Correspondence,

Especial Charleston Correspondence.)
Charleston.-A county court is not
precluded from lawfully expanding the
proceeds of a county bond issue on the
roads of municipality, provided it is
included in the order of submission
the Supreme Court of Appeals ruled
when that body reversed the circuit
court of Mercer county in a suit
brought by l.. M. White against the
county court of Mercer county at
tempting to prevent the expenditure OF
the bond issue on the roads of Mercer
county municipalities.
Judge l.. Judson Williams, in writ
ing the opinion of the court, declared
that words must be given reasonable
construction to the subject matter in
relation to which they are employed
stating that the propositions ito" and
FROM" used in describing a public
road as leading from one city to an.
other, are not intended to describe the
road as terminating at the corporate
limits of said cities, but as extending
within them.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
$4,000 Are REGENTS.

The receipts of the Charleston post
Office for the quarter ending Septem-
Der 30 amounted to S41,752.5S. It is
shown in the quarterly report of j. A.
deGruyter, the postmaster. This in
cludes all moneys derived from the
postage on letters, newspapers, par
cells and periodicals. Compared with
the official records of the correspond
ing quarter of last year. the report
shows an increase of 81. 9298s in favor
OF the quarter just closed, the receipts
for the third quarter of 1914 amount.
ing to 500 ,S227O
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
EXPLOSION ENDANGERs MANY
Cleveland Has a Thrilling Fire In
Downtown District

Cleveland, O.-Flames destroyed a
six-story building in the heart OF
Cleveland, doing more than $1,000
damage and threatening to wipe out
millions of dollars worth of property.
An explosion, set off mysteriously
on the fifth floor of the Britton build.
ing, started a flaming trail that en-.
veloped the entire structure in flames
before firemen had time to reach the
scene.
Hundreds of lives were in peril for
more than an hour while firemen
worked desperately to confine the
flames to the single building.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Farmers Concerned over Disease.

Scores of telephone calls and num-
erous kilograms are being received
daily by the department of agricul-
ture from stock raisers and farmers
in many parts of the state expressing
fear of an outbreak of foot and mouth
disease. Every case that has been in
vestigated, however, has proven to be
mycotic stomatitis, a soreness of the
mouth caused from moulded forage,
which is not contagious. The depart
ment is taking precaution to investi-
gate all cases reported to guard
against wide outbreak of real foot
and mouth disease, but all the extra
Investigations have shown the trouble
to exist only in the forage disorder.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
ITALY ARRANGES FOR LOAN
First Direct Loan Since Beginning
of the War;

New York. - Announcement was
made that the Italian government has
arranged to place an issue of S25,000,.
600 one-year notes in the United
States. This will be the first direct
loan negotiated here by Italy since
the beginning of the war and it will
be used in payment for the heavy
purchases of war and general sup
plies now being made by that govern.
ment in this country. Heretofore
these have been largely paid for
through London.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Baker Is President.

At the October meeting of the West
Virginia Society of Washington, which
was held recently in that city at Old
Masonic Temple, the following officers
were elected: President, Henry S.
Baker; vice presidents, William w.
Scott, c. H. Knott, E. T. Morgan, Col.
A. B. Wells, Capt. II. c. Duncan and
Oscar A. Price; recording secretary,
William E. Braithawaite; correspond
ing secretary, William T. George;
treasurer, Col. William De Grange;
historian, Mrs. George Atkinson. One
vice president is chosen from each
district.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Russia to Use rrlhesmer

Petrograd - Russian military ex.
perts have been advocating the use
of hardy tribesmen as soldiers and
it is said that large forces Of Kirghiz
RUSSIAN Turkestan) tribesmen per.
haps a whole army. are likely to ap
pear in the field after they have re.
ceived the necessary training.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Edison Predicts Machine War.

Chicago A. Edison. chair.
man of the United States Naval AID.
visory Board. on his way to San
Francisco. said: Our next war will
be a machine war-a war of brains
rather than a war OF blood We
should substitute machines for men
so that the efficiency of a man in
war could be multiplied by 20 by aid
of machinery.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
1000 Cases Of SMALLPOX.

According to a bulletin issued from
the Office of the state health depart
ment by DR.. S. L. Jepson, state health
commissioner. there have been ap-
proximately 1000 cases of smallpox in
West Virginia in the last three years.
DR.. Jepson says that ignorant preju-
dice against vaccination permits the
disorder TO become prevalent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

Greens burg Pa The eighty-sixth
annual convention of the Grand En-
campment of the Pennsylvania indie.
pendent Order Of odd Fellows and
the twenty-second annual session Of
the Department Council Patriarchs
Militant, was opened here in the odd
Fellows Temple, with over 900 dele
gates present
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Brother Of Villa Reported killed

El Paso, Tex-Friends of Colonel
Hipolito Villa received report that
he had been killed at villa Ahumada
while ON route to the border from
Chihuahua City Colonel villa was
a brother of General Francisco villa
and had been i'm charge of the fnan-
oial agency in Juarez.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Mine Inspector Hurt.

Enrochi Carver, of Charleston, dis
trict mine inspector. and formerly one
of the leading coal operators in south
ern West Virginia, sustained possible
fatal injuries in the Sunday Creek
mine at Longacre. He was caught be-
tween a moving coal car and mine
partition rib. He was brought to
Charleston on a special train.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

GIRL SAVES HER CAT
BUT LET'S FATHER DIE

Boston, Mass.-Mildred Dunn.
II, found her father lying on the
bed with a gas tube in his mouth
and the gas turned on. Her pet
cat was lying half unconscious
on the floor Mildred doused the
cat in water and then waited six
hours for her mother TO come
home before telling anyone about
her father.
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
wREsr "eAs CURE" FROM FOE

French Capture Machine With Full
instructions for Use.
London-The Daily Mails CORE
spondent in northern France tells Of
the capture by the French in Cham
payne Of complete German ambu
lance including a machine for curing
sufferers from gas poisoning. II con
sists of a cylinder OF two compart-
ments. one containing oxygen and the
other an alkaline substance which is
now being analysed. Instructions for
the use Of this machine were found.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

Tokyo Chan-Tzuri who is believ
ed to have been an enissary of Presi
dent Yuan ShiKai of China i'm Yuan's
propaganda for a restoration OF the
monarchy. was shot and fatally
wounded by q revolutionary Chinese
student.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
STANFORD HAS NEW PRESIDENT
Or. Wilbur VIII be the Third Head
of the College Since Its
foundation

Stanford University, Cal-Select.
ton of DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur to be
president of Stanford University Is
announced He will succeed DR.. John
Caspar Branner on January /, 1916
and will be the third president of the
institution. DR.. David Starr Jordan
now chancellor, was the first
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

New York Seventy thousand dol
lars highest price of the year was
paid for seat ON the New York
Stock Exchange The previous high
price was $GS.50O. During the period
of suspension last year. seats sold
down to $4,000
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
TWO WOMEN DIE IN FILM FIRE
Others Are Hurt and Firemen Suffer
Injuries in MAKING Rescues

Atlanta, Ga.-Two women lost their
lives and two others were probably
fatally burned in a fire which swept
the offices of the Mutual Film Cor.
poration.
Explosion of an electric fuse is be-
lieved to have started the blaze. A
score of women and girls were trap.
ped. Firemen made several spectac-
ular rescues.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
Disregard "stop.Look-Listen.v

Disregard "Stop-Look-Listen."
While failure to do so may cause
death, or at least injury, it is not in
cumbent on persons to comply with
the "Stop-look-listen" injunction on
railroad crossing signboards. The su.
preme court in reversing the circuit
court of Randolph county in the case
of Elkins against Western Maryland
Railroad company says it is not negli.
gence in itself in all cases for travel
ers upon the public street, or road on
approaching railroad crossing not to
stop, as we'll as to look and listen be-
fore attempting to cross the track
The decision says: Whether one
has been negligent in failing to stop
is generally presented as a mixed
question of law and fact to be sub
mitted to the jury, and not as one OF
law for the judgment of the court"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

Concord n. Mrs Lucy Lambert
Hale Chandler wife of former United
States Senator William r. Chandler
of New Hampshire died at Waterloo.
the Chandler summer home
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
GeneraI Ereeman 3D..

Douglass, Wyo -Brigadier General
II. 3 Freeman. 20, retired, died here
He served 81 years in the army ris.
ing from the ranks
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21
100000 wAR TOYS COMING.
VIII Be Sold for Benefit Of French
Artist Soldiers.

Artist Soldiers.
Paris.-Mme. lie Verrier sailed on
the French liner Chicago for New
York with 100000 francs (SSOOOO0
worth Of toys and dolls made by the
best known couturiers and artists in
France and by the wounded fin the
hospitals. They are to be sold for
the benefit of the families Of French
artists who have been sent to the
front IT SIS hoped that the dolls will
be allowed to enter ia bond.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

Athens Ministers Of Russia and
italy are preparing to leave Their
families will probably sail on an It.
ally bound warship
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

Madrid - The Herald states that
the Ministry has decided to resign
Premier DatO was directed to inform
King Alfonso of the decision of the
cabinet
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-21

New York.-Anthony Flath, IS, died
from burns received when he sat on
A chair which companions had GOV
cred with carbolic acid as a joke.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-07
Administration Now
Worried by Fight on
Ship Purchase Bill

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6--Continued bell
ligerency on the part OF republican SEN
atoYs toward the government ship pur-
chase bill has begun to worry adminls-
tratlon leaders. who failed to day TO get
the measure before the senate owing to
nionopolization of all the time with
speeches and appropriation affairs.
Inasnuch as but two months remain
in the life of the Sixty-third congress,
and the senate has not yet passed any of
the big supply bills, the reiterated deter
mination of the minority to fight the
ship bill to the last ditch and to pre-
vent it's consideration whenever possible
has aroused the fear that the admins
trative legislative program is in danger,
Following last nights conference OF
republicans in Senator Gallinger's office
from which emanated the suggestion that
the appropriation bills might be endan-
gered before many more weeks passed
informal conferences of majority men,
bers We're held today to consider meth.
ods OF procedure. 1t is possible that
night sessions may be forced in the near
future. BY compelling the republicans
to be constantly on hand the democrats
think there win be an endurance contest
which would force an agreement to al
low the ship measure to be voted on.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-07
Control Of Sucker
State Legislature
Hangs on Two Seats

SPRINGFIELD. Iil.. Jan. 6.-Republican
control OF both house OF the Illinois legis-
lature which convenes here tomorrow
for its forty-ninth biennial session. hinges
on the results OF contests for two seats
in the state senate, Governor Dunno,
democrat, having refused certificates OF
election TO two members of his own party.
With the assistance of the two pro-
gresave members, the democratic have a
majority OF eighty to seventy in the lower
house. The one progressive in the senate
also Is expected TO align with the repub-
licanB giving them a strength of twenty
four against twenty-five democrats The
senate, however, will convene with two
members missing because of the refusal
OF Governor Dunno to certify the election
of two democratic members from Chicago.
In both cases the republican candidates
were certified elected by the county au-
thortties. but the state oanvasslng board
rejected the certification and declared
the democratic candidates returned. Gov
eraor Dunno decided that the casos should
be put up to the senate itself for decision
and recommended a recount of the ballots.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-07
Quiet Dundee Aroused by
Unique Electrical Disturbance

Wells DAYS OF the Comet" started pre-
dieting the end OF the world
Remembering that Laurie ]. oulnby
had gone TO manage the legislature at
Lincoln. no expert data could be So
cured on the phenomenon, so several
citiEens went forth into the wet to dis.
cover the source OF the display
The adventurers found that the rain,
coupled with atmospheric conditions,
created the balls OF moving fire, where
the trolleys OF the street car touched the
wires overhead. The flashes were caused
by the sputtering connection Of the two.
On the West Leavenworth line the cars
experienced some difficulty in progress
ing up the steep hill from Forty'-eighth
street. west. Dundee cars, and many OF
the lines In omaha, met with the same
trouble Several OF the oldest conductors
and motorntn in the service state that
they never before witnessed or expert
enoed such a spectacle In their railway
careers.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-07
Salts Fine For
Aching Kidneys
We eat too much meat, which clogs
Kidneys, then Back hurts and
Bladder bofhers you.

Most folks forget that the kidneys, like
the bowels. get sluggish and elogged and
need flushing occasionally. else we have
hackaehe and dull misery in the kidney
region. severe headaches. rheumatic
twinges, torpid liver. acid stomach, sleep
iessness and all sorts OF bladder dis
orders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active end clean. and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney region,
get about four ounces Of Jad Salts from
any good drug store here, take a table
spoonful IN glass Of water before break
fast for few days and your kidneys
will then act fine, This famous salts Is
made from the acid Of grapes and lemon
juice combined with lithla. and is harm
less 20 flush eIogged kidneys and slim
ulate them TO normal activity. II also
neutraiizes the acids in the urine 40 d
no longer irritateA thus ending bIaddes
disorders
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive:
makes dslightful effervescent lithis-
water drink which everybody should take
now and then to keep their kidneys clean
thus avoiding serious complications.
A weli-known local druggist says he
sells lots OF Jad Salts to folks who be
ieSe in overcoming kidney trouble while
it l. only trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-07
COMMANDER VISITS POST
General 0. H. Durand Attends
Grand Army Installation of
Officers.
NEW STAFF FOR RELIEF CORPS

With the addresses by General o. II.
Durand OF Falrbury. commander OF the
Department OF Nebraska, and Assistant
Adjutsnt General A. NJ. Trimble of LAn-
coin. the annual installation OF officers
was held in Memorial hall OF the court
house. last night. by U. S. Grant Post
No. 11o, Grand Army of the Republic, and
Women's Relief corps No. l04 of the post
The new commanders and other speak
ers made brief reminiscent addresses and
remarks appropriate to the occasion, and
a program OF music and recitations com
pleted an enjoyable evening. The attend
ance was large. many OF the old veterans
and their wives and families Drawing the
disagreeable weather to Join in the sing
ing of patriotic airs and witness the an
nual ceremony
The new officers of Grant post are as
follows;
Il. p. Tuten, post commander; M. r.
Auedoh, esnkr vie9 ooinmand0ri a, j,
'fOrrnan, Junior vluu commander josapn
Aoiilson, naJutanti ID, "A. slavery, quar-.
lofmhRtort h, h, Bryant, auraoon: n X
van Ausen, Chaplain; ~ ~. Ftuiatt, OF.
iioer OF the day. James poherty, otfiosr
or tho guards Z, Al, Alion, aorRoant Iuajori
G' g. Guild patriotic instructor.
of ths RelieG eorps, those new Officers
wers lnsthlisdi
Mrs. Bello n. Diffsnbaossr, nraaiaant,
Mrs. Adolo A, Whitney, sonior vlau prasl.
dent Mrs. Alice sreeves, Junior vleu
preSidont;s Mrs. IDA A. Miller, ohapIaini
MrE. Cora IRlliaterro, treasurer .Mrs,
Lois Richardson, guard Mrs, Kate q.
ouhd, conductors Mrs. beulah DaviA, SEQ
retary; Mrs. Lillian EDDY, patriotic ia.
structor; Mrs. Lucy z, McMurray. proes
| correspondent; Mrs. Helene Them, nlu.
sician; Mrs. Anna Long, MRS. Matte
DaNls' Mrs. Josie Sweezy and Mrs. Sophia
7ehiieiuer, Goior Dearsrs, Ailss RIaa n ueriIo
:" ..S~-' s~~S.ssaa.e SOnAsStV4, RaIs. Anua
| - - iss..i, assIstGa.Is Suaru-
AS ceiegates 10 tnu next state encamp-
ment, these members were elected at the
last meeting and were announced last
night
For Grant post of the Grand Army
Joseph, Doherty, Edward Updlke and l.
X. II. Randall and r. p Morgan, alter
mates. For Grant Relief corps, Mrs. Anna
Long and Mrs. Kate c. Guild, delegates.
The interspersed entertainment included
reading by Mrs. John w. Evans and
piano selections by Mrs. Helene THEM,
Relief corps musician. assisted by her
husband. Charles THEM. on the cello.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-07
HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN
IN SERVlA ARE WOUNDED

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.-Conditions in
the devastated ports OF seryia are as
distressing. and the misery as great as
in Belgium. according to a letter received
at the Red Cross headquarters here to-
day from Madame Grouilch. wife OF the
under secretary of foreign affairs OF
Servia.
Every available building near the front
has been converted into a hospital, "
Madame Grouitch wrote. "and the
wounded must sleep some times on floors.
in corridors or sheds. often wounds can
only be dressed every third or fourth
day for want OF baneages and gauze.
Surgeons are working eighteen hours a
day. nurses and local committees are
exhausted from the strain"
She added that there were 100000
wounded servians and Austrians in
Servia.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-07

DUNDEE, Neb.. Jan 6--One OF the
most vivid electrical displays witnessed
in this village In many moons took place
last evening. Accompanying the heavy
rain sheet after sheet OF electricity flash "a
across the sky, interminRled with balls
OF green electric fire. Although no dam
age was done the villagers were eN-
tremely agitated. and many spent a large
portion OF the early hours OF the night
Watching. the weird midwinter spectacle
from the windows OF their DWELLINGS
No. dear reader, the staff correspond
ent from fair Dundee has not taken to
strong drink or hasheesh. bat Is merely
stating fact which many OF his fellow
villagers, as ven as number of citizens
Of Omaha. can well confirm.
Electricity in gobs, punches, streaks,
sheets, flashes and otherwise. lighted the
sky for a good many hours. At first It
was thought to be lightning then when
the balls of green fire became apparent,
several individuals who had read H. G.