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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Railroad Wreck in England.

Northampton, England-Eight per-
sons were killed and 80 injured by the
derailment of the Irish Mail train on
the London and Northwestern railway
near the Stowe tunnel Three trains
were piled up in collision. The Irish
Mail, running in two sections, was car
rying holiday makers away from Lon
al soldiers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Revolutions Grandmother ExiIed.

East Orange, n. Mime. Catherine
Breshkovskaya, known as the grand
mother of the Russian revolution"
and now serving a life exile in ST.
IBERIA, has been transferred to the
Far Northern city of Yakoutsk, on the
edge of the Arctic Circle, according
to a letter received from her. Nine.
Breshkovskaya is II and suffering
from cataracts of both eyes, so that
she cannot read
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
GERMAN FLEET REPuLsEp.

Petrograd.-The following official
communication was issued here:
A German fleet of nine battleships
and twelve cruisers, with large num-
Der of torepdo boat destroyers, per-
slstently attacked the entrance to the
Gulf of Riga, but everywhere was
repulsed
The Gulf of Riga would permit the
Germans to give powerful aid to their
army now occupying the western
coast of the gulf With the object
OF penetrating the gulf of the fleet
appeared off Driven Channel. which
is the only practiCable way for large
ships to enter The enemy made
three attempts. with the object of
breaking the mine barrier protected
b. our feet.
Our seaplanes and warships CO.
operated to repel the enemy. The
Germans did not succeed in passing
our defenses. Three of his ships were
damaged by mines near Dirben.
None of our ships was lost.
London.-The Germans captured
Praga, a suburb of Warsaw. with it
great railway stations on the rail
roads leading to Petrograd and Mos
COW.
The invaders also frightened their
investment of Novogeorgievsk, the
only point west of Warsaw now held
by the Russians The stronghold was
cut off on the east between the Wis
tula and Narew rivers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Educators Go West.

NJ. p. Shawkey, state superintend-
ent of schools; ]. l.. Ramsey, an at
tache of the department. John C.
Shaw, principal of the state normal
school at West Liberty; Misses Julia
Wintz and Iona Holt, of Charleston,
and Miss Mayles, of Thurmond, are in
Oakland. Cal, where they will attend
the annual convention of the National
Education association. The conven-
ton will cover a period of two weeks,
from August 16 to August %.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
New Destroyer Commissioned.

Philadelphia-Th torpedo boat d
stroyer Erisccon was delivered
Acting Commandant Price of tn
Philadelphia Navy Yard by the Ne
York Shipbuilding Company Sin
was accepted and a crew of IS mer
under Lieut. Commander Pryor wa
put on board. The boat is of tn
latest type, equipped with four tor
pedo tubes and capable of 30 knots.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
German Warshins Sunk.

London.-A German cruiser was
sunk and several other German war.
ships damaged in an engagement with
the Russian fleet near Oesel. The
Germans are attempting to bottle UP
the Russian fleet so that they MAJ
transport troops to the Gulf of Riga
region without molestation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
RUSSIANS 70 MAKE ARMS.

National Industrial Movement Is Be-
gun in Petrograd.
PetrOgrad The general commit
tees appointed TO organize industries
for military purposes began their la-
bors under the leadership of Alex.
the Duma. Representative of all
parts OF the empire attended Che com
mittee meetings. Pledges 10 fight the
war to the end drew loud applause
from those present A message from
the Car was read to the delegates.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
New Bridge Planned.

new bridge will be constructed
soon across Davis creek at point
where the permanent roads connect
ing Jefferson and Loudon districts
come together. The county court in
structed Frank G. Burdette. county
engineer, to begin preparations at
once to have the structure built. 1t
will be located near the Chesapeake
Ohio railway track. The railroad
bridge at this point is $50 feet in
length, and the county bridge will be
about the same length. The court
has also decided to construct bridges
across Morris creek, short distance
below Montgomery and across Upper
creek, near Handley. The former
structure will have a sixty-foot span,
but this span together with the pro
posed fill will make the bridge 482
feet long. The upper creek structure
will have three forty-foot spans.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Attempt on Powder Plant.

Nemours, Va-An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to blow up the Ne
lnours Powder Works A handful OF
match heads was placed on the track
-eading into the press room and the
first car that passed over them e.l-
Tloded two of the matches. The dew
OF the morning had dampened the
match heads and prevented what
might have been a terrible disaster.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
half MILLION FOR
BETTER ROADS
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS ARE
PLANNED BY STATES HIGH
WAY EXPERTS.
BOND ISSUES ARE AUTHORIZED
Expected That Many Other Counties
Will Call Special Elections to Vote
on Bond Issues.
Especial Charleston corre.pond.no.)

Especial Charleston Correspondence.)
Charleston.-More than one and a
half million dollars will be expended
In making permanent improvements
on the highways of West Virginia dur
ing the next few years. This figure
is taken from bond issues already au-
thorized and proposed issues that will
be submitted to a vote of the people
In several of the counties. 1t is prob
able that many other counties will call
bond elections within the next year in
for permanency in road construction.
Monongalia county will vote on $440,-
600 bond issue September 8, and
should it carry the money will be ex-
pended for the construction of brick
roads in Union and Morgan districts
OF that county.
Summers county proposes to spend
$4,000 in the improvement of the
public roads in Greenbrier district of
that county and $4,000 in Talcott dis
trict. The people will vote on a bond
issue August %. The people of wy
oming county also will vote on that
date to determine whether or not $780,
600 in bonds shall be issued for the i'm
provement of earth roads in that coun-
ty. Logan county has proposed the
construction of permanent road
leading from the rural districts of the
county into the county seat, and early
in September the people will be asked
to express their sentiment in regard to
a S270,000 bond issue. Cabell county
already has sold 100000 worth of the
100000 bond issues of last spring.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Indiana pa Camp Colonel J.. T.
rutledge. where the Second Brigade
n. G. p was encamped has disap
peared Major j clyde Miller. br
pade quartermaster. started 20 wagon
trains until the last of the brigade
equipment was loaded ON trains
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
GOD LEADS US, SAYS KAISER.

Sees DeVine Guidance in Fall Of War.
saw and Other Victories.
Beriin.-Th Koelmische Zeitung
says the Kaiser. replying to congratu-
lations from the King of Wuerttem-
burg upon Warsaw's fall telegraphed.
1--WE can see i'm the fall of Warsaw
a significant step upon the road along
which the Almighty by His grace has
led as hitherto We are replying up
on him. Our glorious troops will con
tinue to fight until an honorable peace
has been attained"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Work to Begin Early.

1t will be two weeks, at least, be-
fore work can be started on the add
tion to the Kanawha county court
house. That much time will have to
be allowed to determine whether any
taxpayer wishes to take action to
prohibit the laying OF a levy Of FIVE
cents on the 800 valuation necessary
In making the improvement proposed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
President to Visit PIattsburo

Plattsburg, n. Y.-The date on
which President Wilson will inspect
the military camp here, where New
York business and professional mer
are drilling, has not been fixed, bu'
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood said tina
the President has accepted his invi
tatiOn
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Austria Calls YOUNG and Old.

Vienna-The age limit for military
service in the Austrian army has been
greatly altered. Young men Of but II
years hereafter will be eligible Il
serve, while men Of 81 will be liable
to a summons.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Fire Panic in Hotels.

Asbury Park, n. Hundreds q
persons were routed out of three no
tells by q fire which completely dc
stroyed onc of them. the Carlton aut
for time threatened Holland Hal
and lhe Ardslev ncarbv.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Galveston. Textile British steam
ship West Wales, laden with approx.
imately $4,000 bushels of wheat,
cleared and is expected to sail for Rio
de Janeiro. This is the first cargo OF
wheat to be sent 10 Brazil this season.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Berlin, (by wireless) German air.
ships raided the east coast of Eng.
land, says an official communication
,ssueu py the Admiralty, which fol-
lows:
German airships attacked fortified
places and harbors on the English
east coast.
In spite of strong defense British
warshlps on the Thames and the Lon
uon DOCK, torpedo boats at a point
near Harwich and important construc-
tiohs on the Humber were bombarded.
IL was observed that the results were
good
The airships returned from the
successful expedition"
ALLIES GAIN AT DARpANELLEs.
Paris.-Reinforced by $4,000 fresh
troops. the allies have made a big
gam against the Turks on the Gal
npoh peninsula in their effort to force
the Dardanelles.
Since more soldiers have been
landed, there has been almost con-
tlnuous fighting on the Krithia road.
~ANoti tiiduS anu new zeal
anders in the "Anzac" region. a name
taken from the initial letters of the
words "Australian-New Zealand Army
Corps" have succeeded in trebling
the area held by them.
The new offensive in the Darda-
nelles is simultaneous with the great
struggle of the Russians to extricate
themselves from the ring the Austro-
Germans are drawing around them in
Poland
If the allies can open the Darda
nelles they will let down the gates for
Hood of munitions of war to Russia
at a time when military supplies are
said TO be of the utmost Importance
TO the Cars hard pressed legions.
In their new drive on the Gallipoli
peninsula the Australians and New
Zealanders co-operated with new
forces to the north of the "Anzac"
zone. Although they were successful.
their comrades failed to win ground.
The French battleship st. Louis at
tackled the Turkish batteries on the
Asiatic side of the Straits which have
been bombarding the allied positions
on the peninsula, and put FIVE guns
out of service.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Twenty-three BUILDINGS Burn.

fremont Pa-Fire DESTROYED q
buildings comprising dwellings ware
houses and stables causing loss esti
mated at $4,000. Aid was summoned
from nearly towns before the fire wal
eXtinguished
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Cleveland o.. G. Rcineckc. brok-
or announced that s1OO,OO0,0OO in war
orders for the allies will be distributed
in the Cleveland district al once. The
orders viii be- for rifles. cartridges,
shrapnel and high explosive shells
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Grass Widows Barred.

Washington.-Gras widows ned
not hereafter try for jobs in the greet
army of postal employees Notice q
an examination to be held on October
2 by the United States civil service
makes This amply clear.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
sehwab Gets New Contract.

South Bethlehem. Pa.-The Bethle.
hem Steel Company has just received
from the Russian Government SIS,
100000 contract for munitions of war,
largely shrapnel and high explosive
shells
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Chatsworth Ga. Robert S. Knox,
SO. has been granted his sixth divorce
Hc says he probably will re-marrJ
again. as he is just as young as he
ever was
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

Lima. Peru.-It IS understood thu
the Peruy IAN government has enterd
upon negotiations for The notauon &
q loan in New York.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Coal Breaks Records.

Coal Breaks Records.
West Virginia broke all records in
coal production in 1914 with an output
of 71,707 ,626 short tons, valued at the
mines at $71,391 ,40S This was an in
crease of about half a million tons
over the production in the previous
banner year, 1913, according to c. E.
Lesher, of the United States geological
survey. The state still maintained it's
position of second place among the
coal producing states. Decreases in
production in some parts of West Vir-
ginia were more than Offset by in
creased output in new areas, where
during the last two or three years
development has progressed rapidly
and many new mines have been open
ed. Unfortunate strikes among the
coal miners in Ohio also enabled West
Virginia producers to capture, for the
time being at least, markets normally
supplied by Ohio. Seventeen counties
in West Virginia recorded increases
in coal mining, Logan county alone
producing nearly 100000 tons more
than in 1913.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Supreme Court on Vacation.

With the departure of Judge Ira e.
Robinson for Salt Lake City, Utah,
the entire membership of the SUI
preme Court of Appeals, is away from
Charleston. the seat of government.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
LITTLE ROMANCE IN MEETING
It Was Their First and Only Time, and
the Consequences Were De-
cidedIy Tragic.

1t was the first time they met
Save for a gray, overcast sky. and
heavy rain or snow, the day was per
feet.
He came along rapidly, as was his
wont, looking neither to the right
nor the left, but gawping at the sky
like a rube
Much more slowly she approached
from the opposite direction. walking
daintily, as usual
She saw him.
How handsome he is" she thought
How big and bold and strong look
ing! How rapidly he moves!"
But If he saw her he gave no
sign
A little bird lowered in the air far
above
He seems in such a hurry" she
sighed.
And really he was going some
It was then, for the first and last
time. they met
The little nanny-goat went sailing
over q picket fence with a hurt look
on her piquant face, while the fast
mail for New York sped onward
Detroit Free Press.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
MUCH SOUND; LITTLE EFFECT
Protest of Champ Clark Reminded
alabama Statesman of
Humorous Story.

Tue most dramatic day of the Sixty
third congress was when Champ Clark,
the speaker of the house, took the floor
for his famous speech explaining why
he opposed President Wilson's policy
of repeating the Panama canal tolls
exemption law. Clark was on the los
ing side, and everybody knew that the
vote would certainly uphold the presi-
dent
While the speaker was delivering
his remarks in his vibrant, booming
voice, Tom Heflin of Alabama walked
through the Democratic cloakroom.
Even there the thunder of CIark's
voice was audible.
Helm stopped, laughed and said:
''That reminds me Of an old colored
man down in my state. He was work
ing out In the middle OF field on a
hot summer day. It was so hot that
the heat seemed to be simmering Wis
IDLY wherever you looked. After q
<Rhile the Midday train rushed by
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Ccopyright. sO1s. BY w. ]. Watt & CAD
SYNOPSIS.

On Misery creek Sally Miller finds
George Lescott, landscape painter, I'M
conscious. Jesse Puryy of the Holman
clan has been shot and Samson is sus-
pected of the crime. Samson denies 1t.
The shooting breaks the truce In the
HoIlman-South feud. LeScOtt discovers
artistic ability in Samson Samson
thrashes Tamarack Spicer and denounces
him as the ''truce-buster' who shot Purvy-
Samson tells the South clan that he is
going to leave the mountains Iescott
goes home to New York. Samson bids
Spicer and Sally farewell and follows. In
New York Samson studies art and learns
much of city ways. Drennie Lescott per-
suades Wilfred Horton, her dtlettante
lover, 70 do mans work in the world
Prompted by her love, Sally teaches her
self to write. Horton throws himself into
the business world and becomes Well
hated by predatory fnancierS and poiltl-
clans. At a Bohemian resort Samson
meets William Farbish, sporty social par
asite, and Horizons enemy Farbish con-
spires with others to make Horton jeal-
Gus. and succeeds FaFbish brings Horton
and Samson together at the Kenmore
clubs shooting lodge, and forces an open
rupture, expecting Samson to kill Horton
and so rid the political and financial thugs
of the crusader. Samson exposes the plot
and thrashes the conspirators.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13

deserter; they felt no need of him or
his counsel. Very well, let them have
it so. His problem had been settled
for him. His Gordian knot was cut.
Sally and his uncle alone had his
address. This letter, casting him out,
must have been authorized by them.
Brother Spencer acting merely as
amanuensis. They, too, had repudi-
ated him-and, if that were true, ex-
cept for the graves Of his parents,
the hills had no tie to hold him.
sally, Sally!" he groaned, dropping
his face on his crossed arms, while
his shoulders heaved in an agony Of
heartbreak, and his words came in the
old, crude syllabIes: 'I lowed you'd
believe in me eff hell froze!" He rose
after that, and made a fierce gesture
with his cIenched fists. "All right, 3"
he said, bitterly, I'm shet Of the lot
of ye. I'm done!"
But it was easier to say the words
of reputation than to cut the ties
that were knotted about his heart.
With a ranking soul, the mountain
eer left New York. He wrote Sally a
brief note, telling her that he was 60
ing to cross the ocean, but his hurt
pride forbade his pleading for her con-
fidence, or adding, 81 love you" He
plunged into the art life of the ''other
side of the Seine" and worked vora-
ciously. He was trying to learn
much-and to forget much.
One sunny afternoon when Samson
had been in the Quarter Latin for
eight or nine months the concierge of
his lodgings handed him, as he passed
through the cour, an envelope ad-
dressed in the hand Of Adrienne Les
colt. AS he read it he felt a glow Of
pIeasurable surprise, and. wheeling, he
retraced his steps briskly to his lodg-
ings, where he began to pack. AdTi-
enne had written that she and her
mother and Wilfred Horton were sail
ing for Naples, and commanded him,
unless he were too busy, to meet their
steamer. Within two hours he was
bound for Lucerne to cross the Italian
frontier by the slate-bIue waters OF
Lake Maggiore.
A few weeks later Samson and Ad-
rienne were standing together by
moonlight in the ruins of the Coli
scum. The junketing about Italy had
been charming. and now in that circle
of sepia softness and broken columns
he looked at her and suddenly asked
himself:
Just what does she mean to you %
If he had never asked himself that
question before he knew now that it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13

had cast him out OF their councils!
They ALREADY thought Of him as one
who had been.
In that passionate rush of feeling
everything that had happened since
he had left Misery seemed artificial
and dreamlike- He Ionged for the
realities that were forfeited He want
ed to press himself close to the great,
gray shoulders Of rock that broke
through the greenery like giants tear
ing on soft raiment- Those were his
people back there He should be run
ming with the wolf pack, not eoursing
with beagles.
He had been telling himself that he
was loyal and now he realized that he
was drifting like the lotus eaters.
He rose and paced the floor, with
teeth and hands clenched and the
sweat standing out on his forehead.
His advisers had Of late been urging
him to go to Paris. He had refused,
and his unconfessed reason had been
that In Paris he could not answer a
sudden call. He would go back to
them now and compel them to admit
his leadership.
Then his eyes fell on the unfinished
portrait of Adrienne. The face gazed
at him with it's grave sweetness; its
fragrant subtlety and its fne-grained
delicacy. Her pictured lips were 81
lently arguing for the life he had
found among strangers, and her vic
tory would have been an easy one, but
for the fact that just now his con-
science seemed to be on the other
side. Samson's civilization was two
years old-a thin veneer over a cen
fury Of feudalism-and now the cen.
fury was laundering its call Of blood
bondage. But, as the man struggled
over the dilemma, the pendulum
swung back. The hundred years had
left, also. heritage of quickness and
bitterness to resent injury and injus-
tice. His own people had cast him
out. They had branded him as the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
BANoUETs THAT ARE FAMOUS
Old Romans Would Send to the Ends
of the Earth for Deiicacies That
Appealed to Them

At the famous banquet Of Trimal
chic which. l. shoul1 be remembered.
was not merely a banquet, but bur
lesque, and was given by a multi-mil-
Iiunaire, as :. should call him today,
the gustus would have served the most
of men for a dinner A donkey OF
Corinthian bronze held two baskets OF
olives, white on one side, black on the
other. Then there we're dormice COW
cred with honey and poppy seed. hot
sausage on a silver grill and beneatA
them damsons and pomegranste seeds
Bus a Roman dined with TrimalchiC
as rarely as with Lucullus, and the
freedman's f@ncy was separate aad his
own
After the Custus came the regular
courses (fereula they are called,
which might be three, or even seven,
in the houses OF epicures- The satir.
lists and historians, as we know. con
denim the extravaganza. which vastly
increased uEder the empire. and which
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
sneezina az a Diagnosis.

A sneeze is responsible for the dis
covery by City Clerk Newton that he
had three broken ribs and dislocated
shoulder, says q Hanford CCaI) dis
patch to the Los Angeles Times Sew
eraI days ago Newton and a number
Of friends were returning from an
automobile ride when the machine
turned over. He was Slightly injured
but thought nothing Of it
Later he sneezed vigorously and
the pain increased; he sneezed again
and then FASTENED to see q doctor.
The physician, after an examination,
informed him that he had three bro
ken ribs and shoulder out OF joint.
Since then Newton has been too i'll to
work His friends are now wondering
whether he would have felt the In
juries If he had not sneezed twice.