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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-27

James King, in a special letter to
The Courier calls attention to the fact
that the majority of the boys in Com
pany G, and other companies of the
Iowa guardsmen are young. He
reminisces back to the days of the
civil war and tells of some of the
young men and boys who gave their
hearts and lives to their cause at that
time. Mr.. Kings letter follows:
81 see that the enlistment rolls OF
our land are once more thrown open
to the patriotic American youth, hence,
desire to say word about the one
time army Of boys. What those boys
did is a matter of history which tells
the gruesome story of blood and
carnage and final victory and peace.
Very few have ever given thought
concerning the ages of the boys Of
81 to '65. 1t is nevertheless a fact
that 1t was actually the little boys Of
fifty-two and fifty-three years ago
who saved this mighty nation from
destruction. 1t was the boys in their
teens, filled with the patriotism of the
fathers and the hearty vim and Chris
tian good will of the mothers, who
put down the rebellion, freed the
slaves, closed up the breaches and
sustained the stars and stripes. In
doing SO they fell by the hundreds Of
thousands into the heroic death
which awaits better life to come and
to whom America and the whole earth
lis indebted for the spirit of freedom
which this generation enjoys.
For the benefit Of this question and
| to prove to everyone herewith may be
found statistics, compiled In the war
department at my request and forward
ed to me by the lamented q. s. Sen
ator Gear many years ago. These
statistics show the ages of the men
who volunteered in the war Of the re-
bellion as shown by their enlistment
napers
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-27
IT. g. A. DEMANDS
RELEASE OF MEN
TO HOLD RAILROAD.

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11

Of all the new senator's chosen at
the recent elections, none is better
known and none will be moro in the
limelight than Hiram w. Johnson,
the California Progressive Repub-
lican. Johnson is known as dynu-
mic personality. He is fifty years
old, won his first prominence through
prosecuting San Francisco hood
ling cases in 1867, was elected
governor in 1911, was the Progress
sive vice presidential nominee in the
1912 campaign, and reelected gov
ernor in 1915 BY the enormous plur-
atty Of 195,505.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
Reptile DRIVES
MAN TO RICHES
Snake Breaks Its Neck and In
tended Victim Finds For
tune as a Result.

DENVER, Colo Dec. Ii" pursued
by II Snake, or 100000 to the
Good, = might be the title OF a thriller
enacted in the Arizona desert by Her
man Hertz, Of Los Angeles, and
friend reptile.
Seeing no one but Hertz around, a
six-foot rattlesnake occupying an eX-
elusive den near Wittenburg, Ariz
gave chase. Hertz dashed madly for
ward in the general direction OF Cali
fornfa, but the wriggler gained rap
idly
Then everything turned dark be-
fore his eyes. But it was not fear nor
faintness. Just a prospector's hole.
Hertz realized that he could not
leap the chasm that yawned before
him. Meanwhile the fangs of the
reptile yawned in back of him.
With rare presence of mind Hertz
brought himself to an abrupt halt,
took one step to the left and waited
the end
The snake, however, was not gifted
with Hertz's cleyerness. 1t slid on
and on until it plunged into the abyss.
Hertz, who is business man and
not a miner, reached the snakes b ody
(for the snake died from its iniuT-
ies), and had himself photographed
with it. But before he left he picked
up several specimens of the rock the
miners had discarded in their search
for gold. The rock looked yellow,
but recalling the famous saying that
all is not gold that glitters, he had it
assayed and learned that it was yana-
dunn
Hertz returned to Arizona and
bought the hole that had saved his
life.
Today he dashed madIy into Den
yer. He had received an offer OF
l5S100,000 for his property.
CNote-Movie rights unreserved.J
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
News Sent Out by Weather Bu.
reau Aids Operations and
Protects Crops.

WASHINGTON. Dec 11.-Few city
people reading the weather forecast
in their morning papers realize the
Importance a warning OF rain. snow,
frost or high Winds may have for the
farmer. fruit grower or stock raiser
in the country. The message which
causes the city man merely to debate
whether he shall carry an umbrella
or take his oYercoat, when telegraph
ed to country points may be tele-
5phoned instantly from farmer to far
.nlcr as news Of the greatest aEricul-
turaI Importance. Such message
over the phone may cause the entire
countryside to become a scene of In
tensive activity There is. a rush TO
hay or grain fields to get In the crop
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
WEATHER FORECAST
MEANS 10 THE FARMERS

or. in the spring. work like beavers
young seedlings In the truck
gardens with paper or other protcc-
ton from frost, or preparing to build
fires or light smudges In orchards, On
ranches every available worker may
be dispatched to herd in sheep or
stock to protect them from storms.
TO them the message, which In the
city may have foretold only slight
personal discomfort. carries tidings or
conditions which may mean heavy
monetary losses to the unprepared
farm or ranch.
On the other hand a forecast pre-
dieting good or hot weather for three
or four days to come may sond thous-
ands of reapers into the fields to take
advantage OF favorable weather, and.
as If by magic, change the landscape
from one of waving grain or grass
into a scene Of liaycocks. or wheat
sheayes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
BITTEN BY SNAKE, HE
OPERATES ON HIM SELF

ALBANY Ga, Dec. 11.-Because he
had presence Of mind enough to.quiclL-
~ cut out the flesh surrounding the
wound in his leg caused by rattle
snakes bite, Wilbur Workman saved
his life where medical attention later
would have failed He has been pro-
nounced entirely out of danger by at
tending physicians.
Workman was spending the day in
the woods with a party Of friends. He
became separated from the others and
was unable to attract their attention
when the reptile bit him. After cut
ting the poisoned flesh out he tied the
wound up with his handkerchief and
made his way to a negro cabin nearby.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11

Abso ely Removes
Indigo ion. One package
provesit. 25c at all druggists.

~ { Il
the local situation and give expert
Information to the fruit growers ns TO-
the temperatures to be- expected and
MS to the probable need to light fires
in their orchards.
Stock Protecting Serv-tcc.
Special rain and temperature fore
casts for the sheepmen In Oregon,
MitsnlnEton and Idaho were made by
inc district forecastor Mt Portland
ore, during tho shearing and lamb
ing season OF 1915. 1t is estimated
that there were more than 6.0OO,00O
sheep IN these states. AZ winter feed
Ing is expensive. sheep are usually
shorn and nut on the ranges as early
MS possible. Early lnmbing Is on
couraEed also. Before being shorn,
If stormy and cold weather prevails,
tho sheep may succumb to fatigue
anu starvation, and after they are
shorn it is necessary to keep them
under natural or artificial projections
form short period II unfavorable con
ditions prevail. The forecasts enable
proper precautions to be taken BY. nm
.ttctpatlng these conditions for several
days in advance, so that the sheep
may he grazcd farther away from pro
lection. During the spring OF 191 81
this Information was teIegraphed to-
twenty-six different points In these
three statos. and from them diRtrtb
uted by telephone to hundreds of
sheep men.
lnaddition to the sheep service; the
weather bureau maintains special cat
tic range weather services with head
quarters Mt Amarillo. Tex, and Ros-
we'll N. NJ. Observations are made
al twelve special stations and reports
are received from twenty other points
in the cattle range district OF the
Southwest. Daily bulletins nre pub
lished giving stocl5men the rainfall
and temperature over the southwest
crn cattle ranges.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
ROBBED
of 10000 RoubIes, or 500 600
is the American Consulate i'm
the City of VIadivoSt0Ck
IN asooelArEs earsa,I

TOXIC, Dec. IL. Official adyioes
from Vladivostol1 report that the
American consulate In that eft was
robbed or 10000 roubles.
normal ante-war of exchange this
would be about $20.0 BOO.
According to the police, q Russtan
employee OF the consulate named
Alexander LANCE is suspected OK hay
ing absconded with the money
being charged that he has eloped to
Japan with a young Cossack gtrl5WhoF
also lived ut Vlad 1Yostok.
1t is understood that the money IN
question was chiefly Red Cross funds
intended for the German prisoners
OF war In eastern Russia.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
t'JOHN JAY EIcDETITT,

JOHN JAY McDISNITT,
Late candidate for presid
Note: Total expenses, s. o.,
Contributions, 81 u. Deficit. $237. O..
Being informed that the Demo
craft 4nati onal committee has sent out
the S. o. IS. sign, I am not opposed to
having the above balance cleared"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
PURE BLOOD MAKES
HEALTHY PEOPLE.

Hoods Sarsaparilla removes
scrofula sores, boils and other erup-
tions, because it drives out OF the
blood the humors that cause them.
Eruptions cannot be successfully
treated with external applications,
because these cannot purify the
blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes rich,
red blood, perfects the digestion,
and builds up the whole system. In
sist on having Hoods Get it now.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
CrISs.Cn,rxiIe,.

Kyle CULLEN Criss. of Peel Tree.
and Miss Rosa Corder were married
at 10 O'Clock Sunday morning at the
home or the Rev. w. B. King. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Mr.. King.
Mr.. Criss is a son of w D. Criss,
a prominent merchant of Peel Tree.
Miss Corder is a prominent young 81
5ciety girl OF Barbour county.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11


who is soon e b sen
design fancy of varied motifs
and finished
s1derablyeto the tvenesssofst the bonnet
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
EIGHTY BUSHELS OF GRAIN
SIT TFtROU Gil THE FLOOR.

WILKES BARRE, Pa. Dec. liz.
While tearing down an old grlst mill
IN this city Jacob Pinskey, contractor,
found unde the floor boards and above
the ceiling boards more than eighty
bushels Of grain, consisting of oats.
wheat and meal, which had sifteG
through the cracks years ago:
Pinskey had sold the lumber and
when the grain was found dispute
arose as to the ownership. A6thtrl
party was called IN to settle the dis
pute and his verdict was "ffty-ffty''
one Pittsfeld CMass.) man. eats
twenty-eight pancakes for breakfast
every day:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
OMBINED GEES D E SIX
RELAT YES is 5O7f YEARS

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec t1.--At al
meeting at Phil Ups, Me-. an a11-rela5I
,tiyes affair, the ages OF the guests
amounted to 81 q years. The party
consisted of six persons making the
average s4 ears
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11

understanding that his wife should.
not know anything about It. as it
would make the balance of his life
miserable mean more miserable.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11

tContinnad on page 5 I
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
Vet Delegates Costly
To Butch !" McDeDiff
Late Presidential Candidate
Files His Expense Account,
Showing $237.5O Deficit.

WILKES-BARRE Pa. Dec. H.
John Jay Butch McDeyitt, late can
didate for president on the John ].
IMcDemftt party ticket, has made UP his
expense bill and wishes it und erstood
that he Is not opposed to the Demo
cratic plan OF having campaign
deficits paid off by friends.
In making public his campaign ex-
spenses, Butch" late millionaire for
a day" late Candidate for presi-
dent - etc., says:
First. allow me to congratulate
Wilson on his manly fight. Again
let me say that Hughes was a worthy
foe. / do not know what Mr.. Hughes
contempIates doing for the future,
but as for me, presume it is back to
the foundry. am sorry for my
uncle, Hugh McGeady, who had hoped.
for my success.
No man who never entered the
contest for the highest Office in the
world will ever realize the feelings Of
defeat and all that it means. Butt
people know best. at least they think
they do
Il am giving below a list as close
as j can now recall, of my eXpendi-
lures during the campaign:
Special train to New York
City s.. 80. IS 3 65.OO
Hall rent for convention 10000
Spent entertaining delegates
favoring booze 10000
Entertaining dry delegates 1.5O
To William D. Bryan for a few
pointers 600
To former Governor Sulzersto
foreman on ticket in order
shat I might not be the
worst beaten candidate in
the country 5000
For general publicity 10000
Fines paid to police authori-
i ties in New York City 80. $500
! The above was for wet delegates
Contributions received:
lsFormer Mayor Riddle, of At
lantic City. my vice presi=
dent 81. 81. $3.50. s525.00
Daniel I. Hart. q. so. 1000
4 Bill Leslie ~. -, .3.s.5.s... -. 100
Mayor Kosek ..5.s.s.s.5 5000
4 Judge O'Boyle 1855. 1000
4 John Calvin !. ii. $500. 500
Todd Walsh Y. 1850. 10000
From my brother Joe. 40. 1000
''The last amount was given the
II understanding that his wife should
II mot know anything about IT, as II
IsWould make the balance of his life
miserable III mean more miserable.
Yours,
JOHN JAY McDENITF,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
DR.. TURNER IS
EXTENDED AN
OFFER IN WEST
To Take Charge Of Bible Insti-
tute Work But Does Not
Accept the Same.

The Young Women's Christian AS
ISOLATION of Seattle. Washington, In
conjunction with the Young Mems
Christian Association of the same city
has taken steps to establish a Bible
school for the Northwest.
There are three outstanding Bible
schools in the United States at the
present time. These are Dr. R. E.
Torrey's Bible school in Los Angeles
CAL, the Moody Bible Institute In
Chicago, ILL.,, and the Bible Teachers
Training school Of which Dr. w. W..
White is president, in New York City.
The Young Women's Christian AS
sociation. of Seattle, has the finest
city association building in the Unit
ed States. 1t cost S325,OOO and has
1000 members. The Seattle Young
Mems Christian Association Is also
rrv vigorous association.
The Rev. f. B. Turner, OF Clarks-
burg. has recently been asked to take
charge of this Bible school and to
develop 1t for the Northwest. 1t Is
field of large opportunity but Mr..
Turner has sent word to the Seattle
officials that he can not leave Clarks-
burg at the present time.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
Stock Valued at More Than
$15O,0OO Must Be Disposed
of in Ten Days.

Preparatory to vacating their old
store In order that 1t may be razed
and work started on the new build
ing, Nusbaum's clothing store on
Third street will inaugurate one Of
the largest sales in the history Of
Clarksburg at $3.50 O'Clock Thursday
morning.
The sale will last ten days only.
In that limited time, the stores
stock, amounting to at least $780,
600, must be disposed OF,
About midnight on Saturday, Sep
tember 2, the great sale will close
and Mamie Nusbaum will lock up
the old store for the last time. For
thirty-seven years, this veteran mer-
chant has been in business In the I'M
mediate vicinity of the present store.
He IS going back to the old site
about January 1, but 1t will be In a
different building.
Work of razing the old structure
will begin within few days after
the sale is closed, and 1t is said the
new building will be completed by
the first of the year. The new struc-
ture will be four stories high, OF
steel, stone and brick construction
and cost in the neighborhood Of $780,
900. The business Of the Nusbaum
store has increased to such an extent
IN tha last few years that a larger
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
SUICIDE
Is the Verdict Of the Coroner
in the Case Of Thomas A.
Henneghan.

Probably case of death by suicide
was the verdict Tuesday afternoon OF
Coroner Green, Washington county
o., after viewing the body of Thomas
A. Henneghan, of Marietta, which
was found floating in the Ohio river
at Constitution, after the river had
been dynamited
Henneghan, 1t Is said stopped at
the Keystone Camp" on the Ohio
side of the river last week after at.
tending the local fair, The cause OF
the drowning has not yet been estao-
llshed, as the evidence points to Two
theories, one Of accidental drowning
and the other Of suicide The latter
seems to bear the more weight as
Ezra Mankins, who found the man, 8
coat and hat, stated that the articles
were neatly piled along the bank near
the waters edge.
The body was taken from the river
about 200 feet below where MS
clothes were found, by william Ly-
ons, Of this city, a member OIL the
fishing club.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
NUTTER'S BODY
TO Be BURIED
At PETROLEUM
Funeral Services Will Be Held
at Home Of His Sister,
Mrs. B. F. KernS.

Funeral services over the body of
Forest B. Nutter uGed 80 years,
night watChman at the Clarksmrg
Glass Company's plant at Adamston
who died at 1890 O'Clock Tuesday
night in n local hospital from injur-
les hO received several hours earlier
when he was struck by n street car,
will be held ut 1890 O'Clock Thurs
day morning at the home of hia ais
ter. Mrs. f. B. Kearns, at Petroleum.
The burial will be In the family bur
lRl ground.
Mr.. Nutter and brother. Dale
NuttCr, were on thCIr way to u store
near their home late Tuesday after
noon when the accident occurred.
They had crossed the railrond truck
and Os they approached tho street cur
track Forest turned his head to speak
to tho baggage muster of the Short
Line train and stopped on the street
Cur track and was hit by tho work ear.
The crew in charge Of tho cur stop
ped II as soon as possible and placed
MrI Nutter aboard the car and
brought him to the interurban sta
tlon where he was taken charge Of
by physician who had him removed
to local hospital. Upon examlna-
tIon at the hospital 1t was found that
his loft hip and side were badly
mashed and TINT he was internally
injured. An operation was deemed
necessary. 1t was performed and he
partially rallied from the anaesthctIc
but never regalned consciousness.
Tho deceased man ia survived by
Mrs. Ona Nutter, his wife; Opal Nut
ter, daughterj and m infant son.
His mother, and Mrs. Clara Costello,
Mrs, Bruce Kerns, Of this city and
Mrs, D. T. Kerns, OF Petroleum, sIs-
ters, also survive,
Tho body was prepared for burial
by tho Lynch Osborn Undertaking
Company and may bo seen ut Its Cs-
tabllBhment on West Main street un-
til It Is removed to the depot We'd
nesday afternoon to be taken to Pc
troloum on the afternoon accommo-
dalton.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
new SOLDIERS
As a Result Of a Visit Of the Re-
Cruiting Officer to the
Local Station.

Resulting from visit OF Captain ],
f. Mcdonald, Of Huntington, recruit
Ing officer Of the United States army,
to the local station in charge OF Ser
geant Alexander w. johnson, enlist
ments have been accepted as follows:
David 0. Jones. OF PhIlippI, for in
iantry; and Stephen A. Mcdaniel, Of
KingwoCd, for cavalry.
Both men were sent to the barracks
at Columbus, 0, From August to
August %, inclusive, nine men applied
at the local station for enlistment,
four of whom were accepted for the
following branches
Two for cavalry, one for coast ar
Hllery and one for infantry.
The five men rejected were turned
down for the following reasons: I'm
derwelght, one; declined enlistment,
one; minors, two; and married, one
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
LEVY LAID
For the Year at An Adjourned
Meeting of the CityS
Lawmakers.

At an adjourned meeting Of the city
council Tuesday night the annual levy
OF sixty-one cents was fixed. This Is
one and one-haIf cents lower than last
years levy.
The council directed the clerk to ad-
vertise for bids for paving West Pike
street from its junction with West
Main street to the West Fork river.
Wire cut block is to be laid on five
inches of concrete. The street is to be
raised nine inches at the east end Of
the projected paving and cut down
twenty-five inches in front OF the Sea
ion property.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
Nusbaum S Big Remo0a1
Sale Begins Tomorrow

store was an imperative necessity.
Speaking of the sale, which vii!
begin Thursday morning, an official
of the store said Wednesday, we
are simply caught with the goods;
that's all. We have been notified to
yaCate, and vacRte we must Goods
that had been ordered for fall are
coming in every day, and the total
stock is worth more than $50. 900
1t must be disposed Of" and with an
air of confidence, he added: 1T Will
be disposed Of"
The store official called attention
to the fact that the Nusbaum store
Is the agnecy for at leafs fifty stand
ard articles OF clothing. These
articles have a standard price," he
said, land are never sold below that
figure. In order to cream our shelves
we are forced to sell these high
grade articles at a. sacrifice"
1t was explained that one OF the
reasons for the stupendous sale was
the desire OF the management to
stock the new store with new goods.
Mamie Nusbaum first opened for
business in Clarksburg in the year
1879. He has grown old with the
store in point Of age, but more and
more progressive In spirit. His as
sociates are also modern business
men.
The new building will be one OF
the most modern store buildings in
this section of the state. There will
be elevators and all other modern
Conveniences.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-23
GUT SOY BEANS
At TAIS TIME
SAYS MR. Z|NN
Who Will Discuss "Curing Of
Soy Beans for Hay" at
Next Meeting.
By W. ID. Zlnn.)

The soy beans that were rOWn ear
Iv will soon be reodv to cut for hay,
While the orop may contain a little
larger per cent OF dlgestble nutrients
If allowed to form the pods, yet am
of opinion that the hay is a little
more palatable If cut when In full
bloom. and If cut then there Is less
danger Of losing the leaves hnother
advantage Is that the days are longer
and the beans Will be easier cured.
1t win also enable the farmer TO gtt
tho ground sown to some otner crop