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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
Anril Il. 1915.

French made gains near Berry
au-Bao, but were repuIsed at other
points.
Germans near ThionvIlie and
Metz heavily REINFORCED.
Austro-Germans violently at
tackled Russian left wing.
Russians gained In uzsok region,
near koziouwka and on the Me
men.
ossowetz bombarded by Ger.
mans.
French avIators bombarded mill
tary hangers at vIgneulles.
Many killed by explosion at naval
reserve station In LerwIck, shet-
land.
German shells fall on Swiss ter.
ritory.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
April 10, 1915.


French repuIsed German attacks
near Arras and st. Mihiel.
Operations In Carpathians
checked by flooded rivers.
Great defeat of Turks at Shaiba,
Mesopotamia, by British reported.
French cruiser, bombarded e.
ArIsh, Palestine, and Russians
shelled Asia Minor ports.
zeppellns ralded East Kent, Es-
sex and Suffolk.
Rhine towns ralded by allied
aeropIanes.
Two allied hydropIanes shot
down by Turks at Dardanelles.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Nashville will be represented In the
conferences Of the Southern Sociolog-
ical Congress meeting in New Orleans
April IL to 16.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Dabney M. Crump, cousin to former
Mayor Crump, rendered his resigna-
ton as commissioner Of finance, reve-
nue. and accounts b the Memphis
hoard of city commissioners.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
ON FIRST SYMPTOMS

use "Renovine" and be cured. Do not
wait until the heart organ 10 beyond
repair. "Renovine" is the heart ana
nerve tonic. Price SOC and $1.00.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
April IL, 1915,


Fierce fighting In France, Ger
mans being repulsed at Les Epar'
ges, but gaining In Ally and Ia
Pretre forests.
Russians badly beaten near kaxl'
ouwka and repuIsed east Of uzsok
pass.
German attack on sxafrankl re-
pulsed.
French battieshIp and aeroplanes
lombard Turk camp at GAIA.
German dlrigible dropped bombs
on Nancy.
British defeated Turks and kurds
In Mesopotamia.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
April II, 1915.


Germans made some recoverles
against the French and took three
towns from BeIgians.
Germans In infantry advance
lost heavily by artillery attack OF
French.
Russians held all the main ridges
of the carpathians and approached
the Uxsok valley.
German cruiser kronprlnz VIII
helm arrived at Newport News.
Allied fleet bombarded Darda-
nelIes forts from gulf Of Saros.
Austro-Hungary accused allies OF
atrocities and breaches Of inter
national law.
Great recruiting campaign be-
gan In London.
Germany protested the shipment
Of arms from America to allies.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Admirable Combination.
First Patriot-What this country
needs is more red blood!
Second Patriot--Yes, and more gray
matter.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
GIRL COULD
NOT work
How She Was Relieved from
Pain by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Taunton, Mass. --"I had pains in bot
sides and when my periods came ha

70 3 tay at nome
from work and suf-
fer a long time.
One day q woman.
came to our house
and . SIX ed m y
mother why ! was
suffering. Mother
told her that I suf-
fered every month
and she said, why
don't you buy q
hottie of lydia r..
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
A Circus Union.

Married above him, you say?"
Yes. He's a ringmaster. She per
forms on the flying trapeze."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

To keep clean and healthy take Dr..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver. bowels and stomach.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

There is nobody SO easy for
woman to fool as herself.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Have Hanford's Balsam on hand for
accidents. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Trading compliments is good deal
like swapping green goods.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer d Co.
Binshamton. N. Y.
Prove Wh.t Sw.mn.Root WIN do For You

Prove What SWamp-koot VIII DO TOT Iou
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghsmton, N. Y, for sample size bot.
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet Of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

When man falls in love he seldom
lands on his feet.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

For any sore use Hanford's Bal
sam. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Few men can convince themselves
they are having good time in trying
to be good.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
April is, 1915.


French carried with bayonet spur
northeast Of Notre Dame de Lo-
rette and gained In the Argonre.
Germans repulsed French at
Marcheville and elsewhere.
Russians crushed Bavarlans at
lacking their left wing, and defeat
ed Austrians on extreme east.
Austrlans defeated Russians near
Oiexkowice on the 6lala.
Allied battleshlps destroy Turk
camp at Enos.
Russian squadron bombarded
Kara-Bornu.
German submarine sank British
steamer Ptarmlean.
French airmen made several
raids on German positions.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
April IA, 1915.

French penetrated German line
at Marchevilie, but were driven
out.
French artillery checked German
attack at Les Eparges.
Russians drove Austrians from
MEDIC Iaborcz, Hungary.
Germans attacked Szafrankl
near ostroIenka.
Dutch and Swedish steamers
blown up In North sea.
Zeppelin made night raid over
Tyne district Of England; another
was wrecked by gunfire In Bel
GUM.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
over s26o.ooo In March.

The report of the collector of inter
nal revenue for March, 1915, in this
district shows the following collec
tons:
Cornoraffon axriee and in
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
MANAGERS CLAIM
RYE IS ASSURED
H11DUE SAYS NEARLY LOO in.
sTRUcTED DELEGATES ARE
FOR THE GOVERNOR.
RESUME PROBE IN CAPITAL
/. G. N. Hearing viii Begin Before
Interstate Commerce Commission
On April 27th--lnqulry Into
Many Charges.

Nashville.
Delegates to the state Democratic
convention instructed for Gov. Rye are
in such number as to insure his nomi.
nation to succeed himself, his man
ayers say, and Rye's headquarters
here were closed by the governors
campaign manager, Lit ]. Pardue Mr..
Pardue announced that the campaign
was "all over but the shouting" Rye's
managers say he has 932 instructed
delegates and other counties will run
his total to nearly thousand.
viii Presume. Railroad Probe.
The interstate commerce commits
sion's investigation Of the Louisville
& Nashville railroad, which began ear
ly in 1914 and already has resulted in
one report by the commission charg.
ing the road with expanding millions
Of dollars in campaign to influence
public opinion and eliminate compet-
ton, will be resumed April ~, when
hearings will be opened in Nashville
by Chairman Meyer.
In announcing the resumption of
hearings, the commission at Washing.
ton issued an order Incorporating In
the investigation the case filed with
the commission by Senator Luke Lea
Of Tennessee. charging various cor.
rupt practices, including improper fl
nancial relations between the road and
other carriers. Senator Lea was au
thor of the resolution on which the in
vestigation was ordered by congress,
and in urging its adoption made in the
senate virtually the same charges as
those on which his case filed person
ally with the commission was based.
Over 100000 In March.
The report of the collector of inter
nal revenue for March, 1916, in this
district shows the following collec-
tions.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14
a HINT 70 WISE WOMEN.

Don't suffer torture when all female
troubles will vanish in thin air after using
"Femenina" Price soc and sI.oo.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

A woman who killed herself by
drinking poison in downtown Wash
ington hotel has been identified by
authorities as Madge Suratt.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

William L. Barrett. president Of the
Adams Express company, announces
that the controlling interest in the
Southern Express company has been
acquired by his company.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Charles Alexander Spancer Perce-
val, As years old. British consul-gen-
eral at Philadelphia, IS dead after an
illness of eight weeks.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

The Austrian minister at The
Hague has informed the Dutch gov
eminent that no Austrian submarine
was near the Dutch steamship Tr
bantia when sac was sunk.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Appointment Of L. F. Fletcher to
succeed A. ]. Reno as deputy warden
at the Leavenworth penitentiary has
been announced.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-14

Appeal, was made here to the Illinois
board of arbitration by the carclean-
ers at the Pullman car shops to settle
the strike for higher. wages.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
NEW FOOTWEAR FOR iARMY
Improved Shoe Model Will Be Hob
nailed for Service in
Mexico.

The war department appointed a
shoe commission in 1912 to design
model embodying the best points OF
all the army shoes, surprising them,
If possible. The shoe which was
adopted was of good materials, well
made on a rational last designed by
the department. The interior is per-
fectly smooth, with heel broad and low
and sole moderately thick. The arch
Is flexible and without metal shank or
other stiffening. Eyelets are used
rather than hooks. The shoe reaches
but little above the ankle; it is wide
across the ball Of the foot and has a
high toe cap. 1t is comfortable, neat
looking, light in weight and easily re-
moved or put on.
AS soon as the soldiers wear out the
shoes of the type which they are now
using on the border they will be refit-
ted with the new type which the gov
ernment has ordered, says a writer in
the Outlook. The newest shoe is hob
nailed and weighs three pounds seven
ounces. 1t has been adopted for Mexi-
can service because the present type
has not worn Won in mountain climb
ing and has been readily cut up by the
malpais rock in Mexico. The shoe is
similar to that in use in the Italian
army.
Whether this model will be perma-
nently adopted is open to considerable
doubt. The weight of the shoes and
the stiffness of the leather used de-
tract from the comfort Of it. 1t has
some disadvantages, therefore, but the
severe usage in Mexico made it desir-
able to give this type thorough try
out in regular service.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
Welded IN WAR BY WIRE
Private in Washington National Guard
on Border Is Married by
Telegraph.

Calexico, Call. P. Cryster, pri-
vate of the Washington National
Guard, on duty here, and Miss Flor
ence Sweeney Of Duquesne, Pa, were
united in marriage by telegraph few
days ago, it was stated here. Minis
tiers and witnesses, it was said, partici-
pated in the ceremony here and at Du-
quesne.
Chaplain S. G. Sulliger of Vancou-
ver Wash, oficiated at Calexico. The
entire wedding ceremony was repeated
by the telegraph between the soldier
and his bride in Pennsylvania.
The couple, it was stated, had been
friends for years. Cryster's sister was
married recently to Miss Sweeney's
brother and Miss Sweeney then re-
newed her acquaintance with her
brother-in-law. A proposal by mail,
followed by reply of acceptance, was
said to have led to the telegraphic
marriage.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

at once. IN the second place the ac-
tivity of the wireless apparatus Of
both allied and German machines over
head, signaling directions to batteries,
would "jam" the connection necessary
to fire the mine by activity.
italian Works Fake.
Some years ago an Italian naval
officer named Valatti announced that
he had invented a contrivance for det-
onating explosives at some distance
off by wireless rays. Tests were made
at Ostia, (harbor Of Rome) and on one
occasion he apparently exploded a
mine buried on the far side of one of
the hills surrounding the harbor. He
flashed the rays from an Italian war
ship. Investigation indicated, how
ever, that he used fake mines, pre-
pared automatically so they would ex-
plode after certain time had
elapsed.
Grinnell Matthews proposition is
quite different, however, the actual
starting of the contrivance for setting
off the bomb being begun by the eff
feet of the ray of light entering the
eye of the lens, and thence being car
ried out by the electric battery and
the clockwork. The mines can be set
off in daylight, ordinary light having
no effect on the lens. Only if the
lens were directed squarely at the
sun would it produce the required eff
feet.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

which of bygone days
field
The the had before working model Of
adopted from
o. a padded lining
completed the equipment.
All known designs of helmets likewise being studied in order
Besides designs
the British Germans
studied
hand although
devised which,
better than the kind Europe
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
Opportunity.

The train was passing through a
prohibition state, and the hardware
drummer had forgotten to provide
himself with a flask. When the train
stopped at a little station he got out
and asked native ON the depot plat
form if there was any place in town
where he could get a drink.
you're just day too late, stran-
GER" he replied sadly. "The sheriff
raided every place in town last night
and confiscated all the booze They're
tryin' the fellers that sold it up to the
courthouse right now"
LEAD me to that courthouse" COM
manded the drummer, pressing a coin
into the natives hand. svThey might
want an expert up there to sample that
stuff and tell 'em what it really is"
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23


Chesapeake
the decline of the
life
hand
chief
fishing
lobster
pursuit Of the hard
which beginning show
crowded with fishermen
field
different
the followed crab fishers
handne baed
But his nearly always negligible
the
OF
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
Youth Can't Smile or FIirt Ever.

New York.-Magistrate Krotel sen
fenced Philip Levine, eighteen year
old, never to smile or flirt with any
girl in the city as long as he lives
Levine had been arrested on com
plant of Dora Rubinowitz, who al
legged he smiled at her and blew smok.
at her in an elevated train.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

ton IN this one line is IN jeopardy
Season by season for the past ten
years the crab supply has been slowly
diminishing, and this year the dealers
are noticing that the number Of crabs
sent to market is showing a marked
decline. 1t is difficult to secure as
many hard-shelled crabs as the trade
demands, to say nothing of the soft.
shelled ones, \ which are unusually
scarce.
Is it possible that the snowy crab.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

effort to ind the best KIND or prOtec-
ton for American soldiers in trench
warfare.
And the Office of the chief Of
ordnance is getting to look like the
showroom Of the royal armorer in the
days of Richard Occur de Lion.
Since the European armies began
to adopt steel helmets and breastplates
as protection against the hailstorms Of
shrapnel and the spatter of machine
gun bullets, a crop Of inventors has
sprung up throughout the United
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
Crab Supply of the Capital City Is Diminishing

M place for crabs Well this be
principal
coahOe Chesapeake bay But the cty puta
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
Our Soldiers May Look Like the Knights Of Old

the of breastpates Shields helmets
middle
bureau
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

will find
cells the andi n a
Take II them thir
That worked be worth
$1OOOOO
apostles
ampes
written President Wilson, Bryan Roosevelt Others trying to
emblem the
perfect symmetrical group
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
Inventor Proposes National Emblem Of 13 Balls

V3 ASH1NGTON-At
w
to r. Gibson who organizing students WASHINGTON figure
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

town, Pa, predicts speedy downfall of
Turkey.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23


Cafes
we supplanted English"
"Wi
the gastronomic environs Washngons gourmesY
"Never
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

The chap who courts more than one
girl at time is courting trouble.
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

out an Invention worth $1OOUOU. The
new invention, when it is discovered,
will be the result of close study of
cluster of "stones" which he says he
has discovered to be the basis of all
nature.
Gibson, who claims to be the in
ventor of the paper headrest for barber
chairs, pointed to a chart on the wall
of his room. The chart was picture
of II balls grouped around single
one in the center, and on the bottom
was printed these words, "What means
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23

the capital.
This is the opinion of August F.
Moeller, maitre d'hotel of the New
Willard.
1--WE have decided to be strictly
NEUTRAL" said Moeller, with a twinkle
in his eye and decidedly Teutonic ac-
cent when questioned as to the pro-
posed obviation Of the French from the
bill of fare.
why, it would be just the same
as asking the average English-speaking
The Benson signal., 1916-09-23
French Remains the Menu Language of Washington

RENCH will
the French of the bills of fare
fair to holdf in
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-21

cept by paying a mysterious strang-
er $3.50 1t developed today that he
] asked the Standard Brewery Co. to
help him and had circulated a petit
. ton among his neighbors, addressed
to the mayor, at the suggestion of
. Charles Vavrik, deputy oil inspector
and Thompson-Lundin committee
man Of 34th ward, in which Gaynor
resides. It was for this he was held
to the grand jury But he chung to
the following story in substance in
spite of the attacks made on him by
Judge Olson and the Thompson
Lundin forces, led by Atty John J.
e. HeaIy and Sam Ettelson:
After his license was revoked he
r visited VaYrik in his City Hall Office.
, Vavrik was the dispenser of City
, Hall favors in the Gath ward. Vavrik
said it would be a hard job. Finally
he agreed to help him. Said it would
: be a good idea to have petition signed
by neighbOrs, saying Gayor was
. good man, etc. Gaynor agreed to
+ that. The next day the mysterious
o. 'Feldman," to whom Gaynor said
he paid the $3.50 graft, appeared with
e blank petition. Gaynor had it filled.
License was restored. Gaynor paid
b the graft.
Atty John J. Healy, counsel for
: Chief Healey, signed the perjury
complaint against Gaynor. Asst
States Atty Frank Johnston, Jr.,
agreed to join in the investigation.
Johnston said he believed Gaynor
was shielding the name Of the man
to whom he paid the graft because
Gaynor said: 81 may lose my license
again and need him." It was appar-
ent, also, that Gaynor did not like the
idea of mentioning the name of Ward
Boss Vavrik. Rocco de Stefano was
appointed by the court to defend
GaynOr.
Z That OIson's action was antici-
8 pated by the Thompson-Lundin fac
L l. IL a .
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-21

ward and rushed him to bureau. He
was unable to furnish bond.
ASST States Atty Johnston said
Olson's- action did not weaken the
states charges again Chief Healey.
He said it was plainly evident that
Gaynor had paid out graft money to
some one and the state was just as
anxious to get at the bottom as was
Judge Olson.
Jos, A. Thoney, slot machine in
vestigator for the Citizens assn,
was under crOss-eXamination at the
hands of Atty John J. HeaIy, but
stuck to his story that stories told
him by saloon owners who had ma
chimes convinced him that the earn
ings from the machines were $40O,-
900 month. He said the Mills Novel
ty Co. people said there were 1900
machines in the city. Among other
things he said:
Clerk in Walter Smells cigar store,
63d and Cottage Grove av., said he
got $40 from one machine in three
days.
One of the partners in Eaglemeyer
& Reker's saloon, 5124 S. HaIsted,
said machine paid his license.
Saloonkeeper at 18th and State
SITS. planned auto trip to New York
on slot machine proceeds.
-O-O-
REPUBLICAN, ELECTOR OF WEST
VIRGINIA FOR WILSON
Charleston, w. Va, Oct. 21.-De-
mocratic leaders here today claimed
to see an important victory for Presi-
dent Wilson in the action of J. w.
Dawson, Hughes elector, who asked
that his name be withdrawn from the
Republican ticket as an elector.
Dawson is a coal operator and bust
ness man of Charleston and a for
mer Republican party leader.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-16
(By Review Leased Wire.)

LONDON. Nov. 15.-The matter of the destruction of British shipping by German submarines came up in the House of Lords this afternoon. Baron Sydenham invited the right to make a declaration in the nature of a "ton for ton" policy in behalf of Great Britain and her allies as a reply to 'the monstrous procededings" of the German submarines. He declares that there was an uneasy feeling in the country that the submarine menace was more serious than the authorities were willing to admit.
 Admiral Lord Beresford said that Great Britain had arrived at a time for plain speaking. because the House of Commons and the upper house had been muzzied by the most autocratic government since the time of Pharoah
 Had the blockade been properly enforced from the first" he asserted i've should not have been faced by this submarine menace"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-16
'CGlifornians Who Entertained Hughes
 Blamed for Defeat
Coast Politicians Disobeyed Orders and Bungled Candi- dates Trip Is Charge of the State Committee.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 15.- Custer H. Rowell, chairman of the Republican state central commit tee, issued a statement today charging that the Republicans who undertook to look after Charles E. Hughes during his trip through California not only made a bad job of it but suppressed and disobeyed instructions from the east The statement planes them for the loss of the state from the Republican column.
 If the advice and practical de- mands of the national managers of MT. Hughes campaign had not been defied and suppressed by these temporarily in charge of it in California" the statement said, "Mr. Hughes would now be, be- yond question. president-elect of the United States"
 Francis V. Keesling, chairman of the Republican state central committee at the time Mir. Hughes was in the state. said, I'm not going to say anything. The tele- grams were published at the time"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-16
SUBMARINE MENACE MUST BE
 WIPED OUT, SAY ENGLISH LORDS

The Marquic of Crewe, lord presi- dent of the council. replying for the government. said it was useless to make such declarations as Lord Sy- denham's and Beresford demanded, without the power to enfore them. The only voices which would speak with influence now were the voices of cannon, he said.
 Tt is useless" said the Marquis of Crewe. "to threaten to exact particu- lar reparations in the terms of peace unless we are able to impose those terms by obtaining complete victory"
 The admiralty, continued the lord president. had been singularly sue cessful in the destruction of enemy submarines, but the difficulties in dealing with this menace had in creased.
 The Earl of Lytton. civil lord of the admiralty. having denied that the fleet had departed from it's traditional poli- cy of seeking out and destroying the enemy, the subject was dropped.