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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

Rumsnia's entry into the war on the
side Of the Allies is imminent. This
10 the Interpretation placed here
on the new Russian offensive that
has been launched from Pripet 20
BukoWina.
IN tho terrific battle IN the Vosges for
the summit Of Hsrtmanns- Weller.
kopf the French beat back German
counter attacks made with aren.
AIDES.
Every French soldier received "A
New Years Gift from the govern.
meHt a slice Of ham, q jar Of lam.
pint Of wine, a cigar, an orange
and two apples.
6oVcnty-five thousand serbisns have
reformed az Soutsri and Eioaenan.
~ Albania, and the Monteneqrin
army BE- now throwing Itself ener
geticslly into the contest soslnst
the Austrisns.
The Russian advance ln Persia ie A.
points too remote 60 menace the
Turks who are fighting the British
under General Townshond, but the
move is counted upon 70 have an i'm.
portant political effect
Vienna assorts the renewed onslauosfs
against the Austro Hunosriana
north Of che Bukowina frontier
failed. with losses 20 the Pussiara
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
Arson Is Charged.

Investigation has been made in elev-
en- counties of West Virginia during
the last two months by representatives
of the state fire marshars department.
and a number of instances of arson
have been shown. In each of these
some direct testimony has been found
and in each county a number of wit
nesses have been summoned to appear
before the grand jury in January to-
give information obtained by the dep
uty marshals. In some instances re-
venge sought by persons led to burn
ing of barns and stores In each
Of these some direct testimony has
been found and in each county a num-
Der of Witnesses have been summon
ed to appear before the grand Jury in
January to give information expected
to result in indictments against fire.
bugs. Several fires followed soon aft
er properties had been over-insured
and paid incendiaries have operated
extensively, according to the informa-
ton obtained by the deputy marshals-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
LINER PERSIA
SUNK BY SUBBOAT
Two Americans, a Consul and a
Salesman, Among Passengers
247 LIVES ARE KNOWN LOST
only Four Lifeboats Left the Sinking
Vessel-Tragedy Took Place in
the Southern Mediterranean
Was Bound for Bombay

London.-The Irish liner Persia or
the Peninsular and Oriental Company
was torpedoed and sunk in the Medi-
terranean with large loss of life
Between 200 and 300 of her pas
sengers and crew are believed to
have perished The fate of two
American passengers is unknown
The liner carried 23O passengers.
including Ill women and children,
and a crew of more than 200. Only
four boat loads of Survivors have been
accounted for.
Officials said that maximum ca
pacity of each of the Persia's life
boats is 60. in the quick rush for
safety they believe not more than 40
or so persons succeeded in entering
each boat
American Consul a Passenger
The two Americans aboard the
liner were Robert n. McNeely of
Monroe, N. c.. recetly appointed Unit
ed States consul to Alden, Arabia, and
Charles II. Grant OF Boston, sales
man
McNeely sailed from New York for
England on November 27. A fellow
passenger was Robert p. Skinner,
American consul at London. Mr.. Nc
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
Patrol system For Road,.

Ritchie county deserves the distinc-
ton of being the first county in the
state of West Virginia to establish the
patrol system in the maintenance Of
roads, information Of the innovation
having been communicated to the
state road headquarters in Morgan
town by A. NJ. Douglas, member of the
county court. The court in that coun-
ty has appointed one man to look after
the roads in one district and he Is be-
ing held responsible for every inch Of
highway in that district
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
Water Tests Provided.

Printed cards for the identification
or samples Of water to be shipped By
water companies operating in the state
to the state department OF health for
examination. have been sent out bv
Mayo Tolmsn. state sanitary engineer.
The cards provide for the shipment az
six samples OF water to be taken bv
the company from the various points
in It's service system. The Durpose OF
these examinations OF the water IA "a.
be sure that II is kept pure Exam.
nations will be made only once a
month. except in instances where
there may be an epidemic OF typhoid
in the town. and in that case samples
Of the water may be required more
often
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coMpuLsIoN FoR eRITAIN.

London The advocates in the
British Cabinet of compulsory mill
tary service for all unmarried SLACK
~ers" apparently have won the day.
The departure from London of many
of the leading Ministers after the Cab
met meeting is taken as indicating
that a final decision has been reach
ed. The question at issue was whether
or not compulsion should be applied
Immediately to bring into the army
every eligible unmarried man who
had failed to attest his willingness to
serve under Lord Derby's voluntary
enlistment plan.
Acc, ing to the Daily Mail the re-
suit was a triumph for the principle
OF single men first.
Andrew Bonar Law, the Colonial
Secretary, Is quoted in an interview
given to the London correspondent Of
an Australian news agency as saying
that when the time comes for the con
.clusion OF peace the dominions will
be consulted and their views will have
great weight in determining what the
terms OF peace shall be-"
a QtopdlGu ilOM flSund othyn SHah-
-cellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg. OF Ger
many. Is expected in Vienna soon
with the full conditions under which
the Teutonic Central Powers viii ac-
cept peac6.
After discussing the terms with
Baron Won Burian. the Austrian For
eign Minister, the conditions will be
ofiicially communicated to the Allies,
Germany suggesting that the first con-
ference be held at The Hague. asserts
the despatch.
French gun FIRE frustrated Ger
man sortie over an extensive front in
Alsace. The French soldiery. then
under cover OF the same guns. flung
themselves upon their retiring foes
and captured a number Of trenches
between the Rehelfelsen and the
Hirzstsin.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06

New York-CounBel for the White
star line. owners Of the Titanic. de-
posted with the clerk Of tho courts
&1f9.125 representing all that is Ieft
Of the passage and freight charges
and salvage Of life boats Of the sunk
ca liner This sum vii be the court
fund for the settlement OF claims. n
Judge Mayors decision as 10 iinita-
tions Of liabilities is upheld The to
tai claims are about g. 800, 600 but
nearly an claimants have agreed TO "a
aettlement for 1861 900
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
viii Inspect Bridges.

Chief Engineer J. K. Anderson. Of
the West Virginia Public Service Com
mission. stopped in Parkersburg en-
route to Harrisville to inspect several
bridges in that community. Although
Mr.. Anderson refused 10 divulge the
real nature OF his visit, 81 was learned
from other sources that complaints
had been fled with the commission
recently concerning several bridges.
both railroad and footbridges. setting
forth that these were unsafe for travel.
II Is said that the commission will
take immediate action upon the mat
ter as soon as Mr. Andorson's report
Is filed. Many Richie county people
are also said TO have complained about
the bridges and appealed to the com.
mission after other Efforts had failed.
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RUSSIANS PRESS THEIR OFFENSIVE
ITALIANS IN DURAzzO, ALBANIA;
BRITISH CABINET FOR CONSCRIPTlON
rar'lamentary Bill Giving Power to Draft Unmarried Men
It COmpulsion Proves Necessary to Meet
d Pledge to the Married Men
sALONlKI LINES REINFORCED AS 1EuToNs RETIRE

Amsterdam.-Two new landings by
t2e Allies in the near East are report
ed. The British have transferred some
troofJs from Salonih to Orfano. a
small Greek port sixty miles east OF
Salon:li, with the intention OF check
dng any possibility of a hostile ad-
vance from that quarter.
The second landing was made by
the French on the Greek island of
Castelorizo. off the southeast coast of
Asia Minor. not far from the import
ant seaport of Adalia.
An Athens dispatchs says that the
occupation of Adalia is the object of
the landing. A railway runs north of
-Adalia, and the presence there OF a
strong allied force would menace the
communications of any hostile force
operating against Egypt or the lower
Tigris region.
Rome reports that the Central
Powers have begun general with
drawal from the entire Macedonian
front owing TO the serious Russian
campaign in Bessarabia.
Durazo, capital of Albania and one
of the chief Albania seaIorts. was oc-
cupied by the Italians. according to re-
ports received by way of Geneva.
Exemption of Ireland from compul-
sorry military service, and compro-
mise on a mild form of conscription.
7averted the threatened crisis in the
British Cabinet, according to the gen.
eral belief in London.
Russians, continuing their strong at
tacks in Galicia, were again repulsed
with heavy losses, according to Wien
ma The Cars troops attempted to
storm the bridgehead at Bukanoy, on
the Strypa, but were thrown back,
.aeaving dead and wounded on the field
and 900 prisoners in the hands of the
.Austrians.
An overwhelming force of Turkish
troops destined to cooperate in the
Teuton- Bulgarian drive on Saloniki,
rs being rushed into Macedonia.
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FnENoH ooN0EMN soLvEIa.

Vessel Owned by American Trsnsat-
lantlc Company
Washington.-Th steamer Solveig
owned BY the American Transatlantic
Company. has been condemned by the
French prize court The owners viii
appeal
Flying a Norwegian Gag the solveig
was seized while in a French port.
Har American papers reached her
Commander a few days later sus-
pccfed German ownership was given
al tho canso loT OBTAINING the vessel
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Protest Against Tariffs.

Formal protest will be filed with the
interstate commerce commission
against the adoption of new tariffs
filed recently by railroad companies
proposing an advance of fifteen cents
ton for hauling West Virginia coal
to western and northwestern markets.
This protest will be made by the pub
lie service commission and the coal
associations of the state A confer
ence was held by counsel for the as
sociations and commission in Wash
ington at which the protest was draft
ed. The bigger associations signing
the protest include the Consolidated
Shippers, Baltimore & Ohio Shippers.
the West Virginia Coal association,
Pocahontas Shippers and the Kanawha
Shippers association.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06

No one in Kanawha county had any
more fun Christmas day, nor enjoyed
the Christmas feast more than did
every one OF the men in the road camp
a short distance above Charleston. It
was a gala time there and aside from
big dinner, provided through orders
from Warden NJ y White. Of the state
penitentiary. a program Of entertain.
mont was carried ont during tho after
noon, in which music and dancing
were The features Among lhe con
victs are q number of good singers as
we'll as ln8tfumeutaiists
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
SUPREME JUDGE
J.R. LAMAR DEAD
lncapacitated for Some Months
Succumbs to 0verwork
FIVE YEARS IN HIGH COURT
Work on Mexican Mediation comis
sion Started His Breakdown-Ap-
pointed by Taft-SpecuIation
as to His Successor.

Washington - Joseph Rucker La,
mar. associate justice of the supreme
court OF the United States. died here
after an illness OF several months. He
was aged 5S and had been on the
supreme bench five years
The immediate cause of death was
gradual heart failure. hastened by
inflammation of one of the lungs
which threatened to develop into
pneumonia. The attending physicians
declared. however, that the primary
cause was overwork due to the ar
duous duties of member of the SUI
preme court and as commissioner Of
the United States in 1914 to the me-
diation conference between the Unit
ed States and Mexico at Niagara
Falls.
Last September clot in an artery
caused him to lose the use for a time
of his left arm and leg. 1t was some
time before he recovered from this
attack
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06

Hot Springs. Va.-President Wilson
and his bride will extend their vaca-
tiOn honeymoon The freedom from
official cares has greatly improved
the Presidents health and ne Is anx-
ious % stay away from bis desk IN
tu the last possible moment follow
ing the reconyenine OF congress.
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London According to the Times
tho allies have been unable TO hnd
the Bulgarian cons1 in saioniki an
carrying out The orders Of Gen sar
rail that all consuls OF tho central
powers and their families be- arrested.
an consuls OF The central powers
have been suspected OF espionage
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PASSPORT DENIED Or. COOK.

Papers 20 Travel 70 Germany Refused
BY Minister 20 Denmark
Copenhagen. - DR.. Frederick A..
Cook. the explorer. and his secretary.
DR. r. p. Thompson. called at the
American Legation They expressed
much disappointment because the
Legation would not give them pass
ports into Germany
DR. Cook and bis secretary may ap-
peal 10 the United States Government
against the decision not 20 supply
thom with the passports.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06
Protest to Be Filed.

The formal protest which will be
made by the West Virginia public
service commission and each of the
various coal associations of the state
to the interstate commerce commits.
sion against the proposed increase oe
freight rates on shipments of coal
from West Virginia to points north
and west, has been filed II was pre-
pared at a conference of counsel in
Washington.
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The Liauor lniunetIon.

Herbert Fitzpatrick. counsel for tho
Chesapeake e. Ohio railroad. made a
motion before Judge Sam ID. Little
page. Of the Kanawha circuit court. 10
dissolve tho recent Injunction against
that road prohibiting it from carrying
labeled packages OF Intoxicating lilo.
uors as the personal baggage Of nas-
sengers on its trains. The motion waa
Overrul8d
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.xpIosIon Wrseks TMo aundInas.

Los Angeles--A terrific explosion.
occurring in the midst Of the noise
Of the New Year celebration. blew mp
four buildings Joseph Rosslni and
his wife, who lived in the rear OF the
structures. are missing. Rosslni is
said TO have received a number OF
threatening letters
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justice contracted cold. His weak
ened heart was unable to bear the
added burden, and he died in a deep
sleep.
Burial will take place at Augusta.
Ga for many years the home OF the
Justice.
Appointed by Taft.
Associate Justice Lamar had the
distinction of being one of the few
members of the court appointed by a
President OF opposite political faith.
President Taft appointed him in 1910
with only two precedents for such ac-
tion.
Justice Lamar was born i'm Ruck-
ersville. Georgia, October Ia. 1857.
He attended the University of Georgia
and later Bethany College, where he
was graduated in 1877. He was a
cousin to Associate Justice L. Q. G..
Lamar Of Mississippi. who served on
the bench from 1888 to 1893.
Secretary Lane Of the Interior de-
partment and Secretary Garrison OF
War are both mentioned for the va
cancy and yet It is not thought either
can be spared at this time from the
cabinet. Geographically the appoint
ment may logically come from the
middle west which at this time has
only one representative in Justice
Day OF Ohio
is assumed the President viii ap-
poSt a Democrat. because Justice
Lamar was Democrat and before his
death The Democrats had but three
representatives IN the highest court
and the Republicans six
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Alexandria. Va Dispatches from
Gordonsville. va. said fire which
started on the main street there was
burning hercely and that the business
section was doomed
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Deputy u s. Marshal Oakes haa re.
turned from Moundsville. where he
took May Swami, recently convicted
Of white slavery under the Mann act
at the last term of federal court. for
transporting Eselina Dixon. young
girl, from This city To- Ashland. KY.
for immoral purposes and sentenced
to l8 months in the ponitentary. to
begin serving the sentence imposed
on her lt is thought that after tho
woman has served a third of her term
that an effort win be- made by her at
t0rneys to have her par0ied.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-06

Chief Justice white OF the supreme
court Of the United States refused
writ Of error applied for By opponents
To- the Williamson charter. according
20 adyice8 received from washington
az the capital
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Nicely was on his way to take his con
sular post. Mr.. Skinner advised him
to sail for the East by the Dutch line,
but the young man already had en-
gagged passage on the Persia.
Edward Rose of Denver, COL who
boarded the Persia here, is believed
to have left the boat at Gibraltar.
The Persia was sunk southeast OF
the Island of Crete, while en- route
from London to Bombay. and while
approaching Alexandria,
The captain was drowned. When
last seen he was swimming. after the
liner had plunged beneath the sur
face.
In addition to the passengers who
sailed from London. a large number
embarked at Marseilles. The total
booked at these points was 23O. OF
these S6 were women and 20 children.
Lord Montagu was on the passenger
list He was proceeding to India to
assdme the post OF inspector of me-
chaDical transport vehicles. He ap-
peared in the list Of New Year hon
ors, being given the Order OF the Star
Of India for services In connertion
with the war
Carried No Munitions.
Officials Of the company announced
that the Persia carried no war ma
terial. but she did carry heavy malls.
Except the Lusitania and the Arabic
the Persia is the largest liner yet
sunk by an undersea boat.
Mine or Submarine
It remains TO be determined:
Whether the Persia was attacked
BY submarine or struck a mine.
2-If attacked by submarine
whether the attacking craft was a
German. Austrian or Turkish subma
rine. or OF any other nationality.
Unofficial dispatches from Cairo
state that the British steamship Per
sia was torpedoed without warning
and sank in five minutes.
One hundred and ffty-eighf survi-
vors have been landed at Alexandria.
Egypt.
Robert N. McNeely. American con
sui at Alden. Arabia. is believed 10
have been drowned.
Reuters Cairo correspondent makes
the unreserved statement thai Mr..
mcNeely lost his life. Charles RI.
Grant OF Boston was saved
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Paris.-To meet the mounting cost
Of war. the senate voted for the en-
actment Of an income tax measure b.
vote Of 170 to 65.
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ing symptoms OF sick baby and
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over TO local physician lie
prescribed by a wireless and the
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Paris.-More German defenses In
the Vosges Mountains were added by
the French to the trenches captured
by them in the last few days.
Terrific fighting marked the battle
Tor Hartmanns-Weilerkopf and the
struggle is fast developing into one of
the big operations of the war
The French say their gains in
establishing themselves on the crests
OF the foothills dominating the plains
are OF the utmost importance.
They have captured 1868 un-
wounded prisoners, and the losses of
the Germans in killed and wounded
since the attacks began on December
p have been large
After preparation by an tntense
cannonading in which guns Of all cali
bre were employed, the Germans made
several counter-attacks in an effort to
recover lost ground. The troops came
to grips in the open. and the Kaiser's
forces although fighting with the ut
most determination, were repeatedly
driven back. yielding each time a
little more than they did before.
AT other points in the Vosges sector
the artillery duel was spirited. the fire
being especially violent between the
Fecht and the Thur.
In Belgium and Artois the artillery
was active on both sides. and to the
north of the Aisne German machine
gun shelters were destroyed by we'll
placed shells.
British experts say the Allies are
now so strong in men and munitions
on the western front that they can
break through the German lines when
ever the right time comes. and that
the weather is the chief reason for
postponing a general offensive move
ment.
Further progress by the Russian
troops in Persia is reported from
Teheran The Muscovites have occu-
pied Kashan. a city of about 10000
population. 100 miles south of the
Persian capital, and are advancing on
the much more important city of
Ispahan, leo miles further south.
The Russians are still pressing their
offensive on the Galicia-Bessarabian
front and have attacked the Austro-
Germans eight times since Christmas
night, with lavish expenditure OF am
munition and men
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New York Two tons Of paper we're
required for the record of the New
Haven directors trial. consisting OF
more than 10000 ords
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RENEWED UNDERseA ACTIVITY.

RENEWED UNDERSEA ACTIVITY.
London.-Vigorous resumption of
German and Austrian submarine ac-
tiyities is evidenced by the announce
ment Of the sinking of five vessels Of
the Allies. and the firing of a sixth.
Eighty lives were lost when the
French liner Vile de la Ciotat was
torpedoed in the Mediterranean on De
cember "a Two boat loads OF the
crew from the Belgian steamer Minis.
tre Beernaert, sunk by a submarine.
are missing.
Although not officially announced.
it is understood that no warning was
given to either of these vessels.
The Daily Mail understands that
David Lloyd George threatens to re-
sign from the Cabinet unless Premier
Asquith strictly adheres to his pledge
to apply cOmpulsion to unmarried
"slackers" if they fail to present them
selves for attestation under Lord
Derby's recruitment scheme.
Successful attacks by the Turks on
the British land and sea forces re.
manning at the Dardanelles. a battle
OF some magnitude between the Turks
and the British in Mesopotamia. an
Arab assault on England's forces In
Egypt and renewed activity among
the fighters in Belgium, France and
Italy are late features OF the war
news.
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Passed PeaeefuIlY Awav.

For several weeks it has been rea.
lized in official circles, because of the
character OF his illness, that Justice
Lamar would not resume active work
on the bench. About week ago the