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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
DENTISTS TO HELP RESEARCH
Each Member of State Society to Be
Assessed One Dollar.

Charleston. w. Vain annual ses-
sion here the West Virginia State
Dental Society adopted a resolution
amending the constitution and bylaws
so as to provide that each member
contribute one dollar a year toward
fund Of one million dollars to carry
on the work OF the research institute
OF the National Society throughout
the United States. DR.. Weston A.
Price, of Cleveland, Ohio, president
and managing director OF the research
institute, lectured on systematic dis
eases occasionally originating through
dental work" Other lectures on the
program included DR.. Martin Dewey.
OF Kansas City, Mo-, and DR.. Alden ].
Bush, OF Columbus, o. A banquet was
rendered the members OF the society
with DR.. o. w. Burdatts, OF Wheeling,
a tOastmaster
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
COURT FINDS THAT BACON
WAS THE REAL SHAKESPEARE
Chicago Jurlst Renders Decision In
GILih "a RnrAraIn D1,hIinaAinn

Chicago Jurist Renders Decision In a
Suit to Restrain Publication.
Chicago, HIT is settled at last
Francis Bacon wrote William Shakes
peares works.
The decision was rendered in a
suit brought by William ~ Selig, a
moving picture promoter, to restrain
Colonel George Fabyan from publish
ing a book supporting the Baconian
theory. II was alleged that the pro-
duction OF this book would act to
the detriment OF certain screen plays.
After listening for three weeks to
the testimony OF exports" who ex-
pounded or attacked the famous
cipher on which the Baconian theory
rests, Judge Tuthill held
THE court finds that the claim OF
the friends OF Francis Bacon that he
ia the author OF said works OF Shake
speare, and the facts and circumstan-
ces in the vast biography OF the con-
troversy over the question OF author
ship and the proofs submitted herein
convinces the court that Francis Ba-
con Is the author"
Selig was ordered by the court TO
pay Fabyan $4,000 damages. He viii
appeal
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
SPEAKER JOHNSON INDICATED.
When West Virginia Damage Suit
Against Him Is Dismissed.

Martinsburg, W. Va.-Vernon e.
Johnson. OF Berkeley Springs. Speak
OF the West Virginia House OF Dele
gates, was vindicated in the circuit
court in Berkeley Springs when the
$4,000 damage suit OF John w. Cross
against him was dismissed by Judge
Woods. Cross charged Speaker John.
son with having attacked his fifteen
year-old daughter, Ruth Cross, while
she was a domestic in the home of
Johnson's mother. Counsel for Speak
er Johnson declared to the court that
they had an affidavit from Ruth Cross
swearing she had consented to her
father institutng the suit only after
he had threatened to kill her If she
refused, and that Speaker Johnson
was innocent of the charge against
him
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
ARMY To STAY
ACROSS BORDER
President Decides to Continue
Hunt for Villa
NILLP0LICE N0RTHERNPARTS
General Funston's Plan Adopted by
Washington-Obregon May be Taken
into consultation-New DISPOSE
ton May Hasten Settlement.

Washington. - Behind the formal
announcement that President Wilson
had approved a plan for re-disposi-
tlon Of the American troops in Mex
leo, there was a plain intimation
that Washington had determined to
maintain a military status quo be-
yond the border until the Mexican
de facto government has demonstrate
ed its ability to capture or crush
Villa and his adherents, and prevent
repetitions of the Columbus raid
In the interim it is understood the
American troops will be so placed as
to safeguard the border towns by
virtually policing the area south OF
the line where General Carranza has
been heretofore unable to check BAN
dit operations.
Secretary Baker announced the an
proval of the re-disposition plan after
consulting with the President over
joint report submitted by Major
Generals Funston and Scott. The
plan was proposed by General Funs.
ton.
Villa Hunt At StandstilI.
The new military plan leaves the
pursuit of Villa at a standstill. but
frees General Funston's hands to
make the position OF the forces in
Mexico secure by grouping them in
posts OF such strength as to protect
them from attack by irresponsible
elements OF the de facto govern
ment's soldiers. 1t will also serve as
a plain warning to General Carranza
that he must bend every effort to-
ward securing complete control of
the territory south OF the most ad-
vanced American post IL he hopes for
recall OF the troops.
During the Encouragement OF the
line. at least. there will be opportu-
nifty for the state department to
make counter proposals to General
CarranZa, urging greater co-opera-
ton as a means to get early with
drawal. The halt will also give the
men and horses of the American fly
ing columns chance for much need
ed rest.
Obreeon Is Factor
1t is known that the possibility Of
asking General Obregon, Carranza's
war minister, to come to the border
for conference has been suggested.
El Paso. Tex.-Pablo Lopez, Villa
lieutenant, held responsible for the
murder of II Americans at Santa
Ysabel. and who was shot through
both legs in the raid on Colum bus,
N. NJ. was captured by Carranza
forces near the scene Of his crime
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

Constantinople The Russians have
met with a check In their operations
I'm Southern Armenia. according to
the official statement by the Turkish
war office.
Hostile forces which we're I'm the
sector of Motk. south OF BHHa.
were compelled To- retreat toward
Bitlis, fighting rear euard engage
ments. They Left hundreds of dead
After four hours OF fighting from
kozma mountain TO the cast of
Mush the enemy was repulsed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
DUTCH SHIP SUNK, 5 DEAD
RUSSIANS LAND IN FRANCE
TO FIGHT BESIDE ALLIES
Czars troops Arrive at Earseies on FIotIIa---French
infantry Engages Foe on Both Banks of Meuse Hurting
Germans Back---CrOwn Prince Prepares New Drive
BIG TEUTON GUNS TAKEN WITH BLACK SEA FORT

Paris.-As an immediate result, 1t
is believed, OF the recent Allies con-
ference in Paris, a great hotilla OF
Russian transports arrived at Mar
settles and began disembarking a
strong force of Russian troops who
are to fight beside the French on the
western front.
The landing OF the Russian troops
heralded by Gen. Joffre in an army
order as another striking proof OF
the devotion OF Russia to the com
mon cause" came as one OF the sur
prises of the war. The plan had
been known only to the heads Of
the Allied stats and was devised, it
is said, at the recent Paris confer
ence
There are several factors, that ir-
dicate the transports came from
Vladiyostok. Archangel did not be-
come ice free until very recently. Be
sides, the present railroad facilities
from the interior to Archangel are
extremely bad. the new railway being
still uncompleted. The belief that
the transports came through the Medi-
terranean is strengthened by Englands s
recent closing of the Suez Canal to
neutral shipping. The distance from
Vladivostok to Marseilles is about TO-
$50 miles. Figuring on an average
speed of twelve knots the trip must
have taken the transports about 81
days. If the troops had started out
from Archangel 1t is believed that
they would have been landed at Havre
or some other point on the northwes-
tern coast of France.
Not many hours after the news had
been flashed to various European cap
itals, excerpts from comments OF the
afternoon papers in Berlin and Vienna
were received. All admit that Rus
sian aid on the western front, while
generally expected in the early part
of the war, had been entirely unex-
pected at this time.
News of the German gain at Ypres
was hailed in Berlin as the beginning
OF a great drive against the British,
with Calais as the ultimate objective.
For two weeks past the ever growing
violence OF the artillery duels on the
Anglo-German front, coupled with
great mining and hand grenade ac-
tivity, have indicated that something
was brewing" on the northern end of
the far flung battle line In the west.
The British positions at Ypres form
a dangerous salient in the German
line, and is well comparable to the
French positions at Verdun before the
giant battle now raging there, began.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
Spain HOnors shakesnears.

Madrid.-On the occasion OF the
three hundredth anniversary of the
deaths OF Cervantes and Shakespeare.
klng Alfonso telegraphed King
George:
"On this day the noble nation and
Spain commemorate at the same
time two immortal genuises who are
the legitimate pride of our race.
express TO thee, with my greetings,
and those of the Queen, my country's
and my own sincere appreciation OF
the homage given to CerVantes and
Spanish literature"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
RUSSIAN TAKE TREsIzoND.

London.-Trebizond, one of the
most strongly fortified and most i'm
portant Black Sea ports In Asia
Minor. has fallen into the hands OF
the Russians.
The Petrograd War once annOuRc-
ed that thanks to the cooperation
OF the army and navy the city has
been captured. A terrific battle ap-
pears 20 have taken place at the
gates OF the city, in which the Turks
made a last desperate stand but were
defeated by the MuScovite forces.
whose attack was aided by the Rus
sian naval guns of the coast. Most
daring" landings were made, the Ru5-
sian War Office reports, under the
protection OF the naval artillery.
The German infantry attack east
OF the Meuse, launched by 10000
picked troops. netted the Crown
Prince part Of salient east OF the
Chauffeur wood. west of Douaumont
village, and 1888 prisoners. including
~ officers. or this total only so men
we're wounded, the German War OF
fec reported
Paris frankly admitted that the
powerful onrush OF the Crown Princes
fnfantrists on the front between the
Meuse and DOuaumOnt shattered an
theories OF German exhaustion" !"
The French official report emphasizes
that the attack was "of extreme Yio-
lence"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
OFFICER FACES LIQUOR LAW

Clarksburg, w. VA man who
says he is Jesse Berg, deputy sher-
in of Fayette county. Pa, has been
arrested by deputy sheriffs of this
county. on a charge OF bringing six
pints OF whisky in the city in a satch-
ell, in violation OF the Yost statute. He
was taken into custody as he aHghted
from passenger train on his way
here to attend federal court, as a wit
ness from Point Marion, Pa. He was
released under bond.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

London. - The British steamhip
Saba. owned by the Frumentum
steamship Company, Limited, of Lon.
steamship Company, Limited. of Lon.
captain and her crew OF twenty-four
men were saved and have been land.
ed in England.
Lloyds despatch from Ymuiden,
Holland, says the Dutch steamship
kodewijk van Nassau has been sunk.
She went down in six minutes. Five
or her crew were drowned. Thirty.
six survivors have been landed at
Ymuiden.
All the crew were Dutch subjects.
The five who were drowned met their
death by jumping out of the ships
boats, which were nearly filled with
water. The survivors say the steam.
ship, which had been held up for a
long time by the British authorities,
was released and was sunk a few
hours later.
The Rotterdam correspondent of
the London Daily Mail cabled that
the crisis in Holland continues to
cause gr7at anxiety.
The Germans heavily bombarded
the French positions on all the fronts
around Verdun, the fire being espe-
cially intense against LIE Mort
Homme, northwest of the fortress.
and in the sector from the eastern
bank of the Meuse to Fort Vaux.
Ground had been wrested from the
Crown Prince in both of these re-
gions in the preceding night.
The heavy shelling is similar to
that which hitherto, in the nine weeks
of the battle, has always preceded
big infantry attack by the Germans
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
FEWER FIRES IN THE STATE
According to Deputy cherrington Good
Business Conditions Responsible.

Huntington. W. Va-Deputy Fire
Marshal F. S. Cherrington, who was in
the city said that there have been
fewer fires than usual and much less
loss. so far this year. He said that
business conditions are improving.
this always being responsible for
fewer fires. Arson and hard times go
hand in hand. The deputy said Mar
shall John S. Horan would be here
about the first OF May to further CON
slider the establishment OF Hunting
ton branch OF the state marshal's of
fee. There is now a branch at Wheel
ing.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
cAeeLL COUNTY WILL SEND 100

Huntington w. Va.-CabeiI county
has been called upon 90 send 100 dele
gates to the annual convention OF the
West Virginia State Sunday school az.
socihtion, which will be- held in Nor.
eantown May 1912 Tho convention
is Co De one OF the best and biggest
in the history OF the Association and
County President Frank M. Thorn.
burg says That Cabell viii not be- con
tent TO take second place TO any othor
in the matter of it's representation
nero.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
SUGAR Repeal am Passed.

Washington-The senate approved
the house bill repeating the free SUI
gar section OF the tariff law, under
which sugar would have gone on the
free list May I BY vote OF 50 20
10 the senate receded from an
amendment it had passed extending
the existing duty Of 1 cent a pound
for four years, and which the house
refused to agree to in conference.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
SPECIAL TRAIN IS CHARTERED.

Charleston, w Va.-To attend the
annual convention OF the West Vir-
ginia Sunday school association I'm
Morgantown, May 10, II and 12, a spe-
cial train will be run from Charleston
for the accommodation OF delegates
and others from that city and the
southern section OF the state.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
DETECTIVES CHASE HIDDINeER
He Is Wanted in Chicago. Where His
Bail Is Fixed at $e0,oOO

Charleston. w Va.-After life
time devoted to the merciless pursuit
OF criminals. which sometimes as
sumed the characteristics OF Javrot.
Detective Guy Biddinger, of New York
and Chicago, well known in West Vir.
ginia. where he has operated as a
detective for the state under tho di-
rection OF Gov. Hatfield and Prose
cutting Attorney Thomas c. Townsend.
is now the quarry and is the pursued
instead OF the pursuer He is wanted
In Chicago, where his bail has been
fixed at $4,000 Detectives are scour.
ing New York for him, and rushing
across the states from Springfield. Ill.
to Albany, N. y. with requisition pa
pers to bring him back to Chicago.
where 81 charges have been made
against him by The Citizens associa-
ton. OF Chicago, and which have been
preferred against him by r M. Sin
gleton, secretary OF the organization.
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$4,000 for Printing Walsh Report

Washington. - The Senate voted
$4,000 to print the report of the
United States industrial relations,
commission and 10000 copies of the
exhaustive testimony taken by It in
It's hearings on labor conditions, held
throughout the country. The resolu-
lion must be concurred in by the
House, which passed a resolution to
print the report only.
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Chicago.-Oscar w Neebe one OF
the eight men sentenced TO death or
imprisonment following the Hay
market riot OF May 4. 1856 is dead
Neebe was sentenced to 10 years in
the penitentiary and was given par
don by Gov John r. Atgeld in 1898
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
STEAM PRESSURE IS BLAMED.
Federal Inspectors File Report Con.
cernlnp Boiler Explosion.

Huntington. w Va Federal steam.
boat inspectors reported that the re-.
suit OF their Investigation OF the cause
OF the explosion of the Ohio river boat
Sam Brown which occurred here sew
eral weeks ago. in which fifteen men
lost their lives. showed that the steam
er's safety valve was weighted down
causing excessive steam pressure to
burst FIVE boilers The boat sank and
bodies OF some OF the victims have
never been recovered
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
DOES CANADA PLAN SEARCH FOR
GERMANS ON LAKE SHIPS2
ottawa Denies Report Emanatlng
From Shipping interests
in Cleveland

MISUNDERSTANDING officers of
the Lake Carriers Association have
notified officials of the Government
that they have information that Can
ada intends in the future to remove
sailors of enemy nations from Ameri-
can ships on the Great Lakes touch
ing at Canadian ports Department
is Investigating.
Ottawa, OMIT is officially stated
here that there is no foundation for
the fear that the Canadian govern
ment contemplates examining ships
touching at Canadian lake ports and
the removal Of sailor subjects of bel
hserent nations. At the marine de-
partment it was emphaticalIy denied
that any action OF that nature was
planned
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

Los Angeles, Cal.-Special agents OF
the United states Department OF JUS
tice and the American secret service
are securing the Mexican quarters OF
Los Angeles and town in the vicinity
In search for Francisco villa, who
Is now believed to be hiding here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

Paris.-A destructive fire in Bel.
grade, formerly tho capital OF Serbia,
is reported in p dispatch from Buch.
Arrest. 10 Is said the eastern section
OF the city was almost destroyed. sev.
eral hundred houses we're burned ana
thousands OF persons are homeless.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
sHIrlsH ORDER COAL SEIZURE

Neutrsls Can Avoid Action by Con-
sular Proof u isn't German
London Neutral ship owners we're
warned BY the British Foreign ONCE
that an cargoes or bunkers of coal
Of German origin in neutral ships
would be liable TO seizure under the
order Of Council OF March H.
The Foreign ONCE advised neutrals
TO obtain certificates from British con
sular officers. showing that che coal
iu their ships did not originate in
Germany
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

New York-Thomas Nelson Page.
American ambassador 90 Italy. arriv.
ed here on the steamship ST. Louis
from Liverpool Tie is home on
vacation
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

charleston, W Va - General good
roads days in West Virginia will be-
Tuesday and Wednesday May f6 and
l7 a proclamation win be isgued By
Governor Hatfield setting apart these
days. on which improvements will be
made ON the highways In every
county
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

Poughkeepsie. ~. ~, Burglars broke
into "springside." the estate OF Mrs.
William Nelson. and stole $4,000
worth of gold and silver plate Tho
place was formerly owned by Matt
thew Vassar founder OF Vassar Col4
lcge
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

Princeton Men Ready for Camp.
Princeton. ~ J.-Ono hundred and
thirtysiX undergraduates slgnined
their intention of attending the sum
mer military camps.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

been issued banishing all Germans of
military age from Portuguese terri
tory The remainder viii be in
termed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
eEAoE RUMoas AFFEcT RATEs

Austria Likely 70 Make Move at Any
Time, Rotterdam Reports.
London.--An extraordinary crop OF
fumors have just had an immediate
and important effect on the rates OF
exchange both at Rotterdam and Am
sterdam
These rumors have all been connect
ed with persistent reports that peace
IS ia the air. Some people are declar-
ing that the internal position OF Aus
tria Is such an important peace move
may be expected from that quarter
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Washington Joseph ris-Mellkofl, ,
FIRST secretary of the Russian ombas-
sy here received notice OF his pro-
motion to bo Russian minister 70
Siam
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New York Princess Trouboiskoy.
formerly Amelia Rlyes. author of nov.
els and plays is suffering from many
bruises and sprains sho slipped and
foii ghe entire length of a stairway.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

Newell W. Va-Firo. originating
from a gas explosion I'm The boiler room
Of The Kennworth Tile Co.'s plant
here. caused damage OF e80.0 600 Two
hundred men win "a thrown out Of
employment East Liverpool aremen
assisted in lighting The flames.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27

Grafton, W va.-The FIRST oil well
In Taylor county has been brought in
ON The farm OF John Scranage. 1--WE
miles from Grafton 20 was learned
here. The wen is producing several
barrels q day.
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HOTIsn

Resolution Of inquiry regarding the
detention Of Samuel Schwartz. an
American, by British authorities in
troduce0.
Passed a Senate bill increasing the
number OF cadets at West Point
Academy after striking out a provi-
sion which would have increased the
Presidents appointive power.
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WITH NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Sayings and Ooings In Both Our
Houses Of Congress.
sENATN

Senator Newlands introduced reso-
luton to urge belHgerent nations OF
Europe to consider peace terms.
judiciary committee again post
poned action on Brandeis nomination
Agriculture Committee decided to
ask the Federal Trade Commission to
supervise distribution Of sisal held in
Yucatan
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-27
WEST VIRGINIA BRIEFS

Fairmont.-Walter wyer. u years
old, fell FIVE stories I'm a department.
store elevator shaft here and was
killed.
Wheeling F. Baldwin. OF this
city. who has been serving a three.
year term In the West Virginia peni.
tentiary for counterfeitlng. has been
pardoned by President Wilson.
huntington Secretary A. r.. Ar
mold OF the West Virginia Sunday
School association announced two
more charters for Sunday school
classes in the lower section OF tho
state.
Charleston James Martin. promf
nont timber dealer. and former Justice
Of the peace was drowned at Black
Betsy. Putnam county. when he feil
into the Kanawha river from raft Of
cross tics.
Clarksburg, W. Va-Mrq r. J.
AXup. wife OF an evangelist of the
Church Of God. died aboard q passen.
ger train OF the Baltimore a. Ohio rail-
road nearing here, tuberculosis being
the cause
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Gas Attack Eails-
10 FNNNNI~TN ' NFEWs
The statement SAYS:

An English hand grenade attack
made toward morning south OF st.
Eloi was repulsed. English patrols,
which advanced against our lines on
both side OF Bapaume-Albert high
road, after preparation by strong artil-
lery fire, were repulsed.
Near Tracy-la-Val an enemy gas at
tack was unsuccessful Clouds of gas
were swept back in the direction OF
the French.
ON the left bank OF the Meuse,
southeast Of Haucourt and west of
Dead Mans Hill. we have taken ene-
my trenches.
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FLOODS DRIVE
TEUTONS BACK
His Attacks Fail to DiSlodqe the
German Army
BRITISH REPORT SUCCESSES
turks Drive Russians Back From
Points in Armenia and Report
Heavy Losses Were Inflicted.
French Gas Also Fails

-0 'N'"V "I'o'
Berhn-German forces were COM
i'eiled to evacuate nowly-won trenches
on account OF nigh floods, which made
consolidation of the positions impossi-
Bile, according to a statement issued
by the German War Office.
A hand grenade attack made by the
English south of st. Hoi was repulsed,
French trenches on the left bank OF
The Melse. southeast OF Haucourt and
west OF Dead Mans Hill, were cap
tured.