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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-02-10
The New Primary Election

Of West Virginia viii have their
their first try at a general pri-
mary where all candidates of all
parties for all offices will be Sc
lected on tie same day. There
are several new and interesting
turns to the new law and it is
not out of place to call attention
TO a few of the new kinks" at
this time.
Under the new Law registration
OF voters before the primary is
necessary and the county court
will meet on March 9th and ap-
point two registrars for each pre-
einct, one Democrat and one Re-
publican. The appointments shall
shall be made upon the recon-
mendation OF the county execu-
tive committees. The registrars
meet in their various precincts on
April 3rd and proceed to the reg
istration of voters, and for this
purpose it is made their duty to
visit the home Of every voter in
their respective precincts. May
1st and End the registrars shall
sit in their precincts for the pur-
pose of correcting their lists and
on May 9Th the county court meets
and completes the registration.
Even if a voter has now be IN left
off the lists there is still another
way provided by which he can
register and vote. By making
All affidavit on election day be-
fore the commissioners that he is
a qualified voter, which affidavit
must be supported by the afiidav-
it's Of two voter known to the
commissioners.
Tuesday. May 9th is the date
fixed by the new law when the
county court shall appoint three
commissioners for the primary,
not more than two Of whom shall
belong to the same political par
ty. and one Republican poll clerk
and one Democratic poll clerk.
The executive committees of the
Democratic party and the Repub-
lican party have the right to
nominate one each of the com
missioners and clerks.
On the same date, May 9th,
a ballot commissioned will be |
named by each e. ecutive com
mittee. who with the circuit clerk |
will constitute the board of bal
lot commissioners. Fifteen days
before the primary this board
shall make up the ballots of each
party and cause the same to be
published two weeks. 1t shall
also have the ballots printed and
distributed to the various voting
places.
The cost of holding the primary
will fall largely upon the candi-
dates. Before his name will be
placed on the ballot each candi-
date is required to pay an assess
ment as follows: For u. S. sen
ator, $500; for congress. govern
or and all other state officials, |
$500; state senate, $40; county
and circuit clerk, sheriff, assessor
and prosecuting attorney, $25;
delegate, $40; all other county
officers, $40. 1t is held by the
attorney general that as justices
and constables have countrywide
jurisdiction, candidates for those
offices must pay an as 5essment
of $40 each. Candidates fer pres
ident and member of the board
Of education are not assessed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-02-10

S. P. Bell, of PIT. Pleasant.
There is talk of a special meet
ing beginning here the second
Sunday in February.
The steel and flooring is on the
ground for the bridge at this
place.
THE FAIRIES
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-02-10

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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-02-10

Don't miss the opening
chapters Of our new serial
THE CITY OF
NUMBERED DAYS"
IPs a corker and viii be found
an the supplement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
ROTTERDAM TO
 BE COMPETITOR
 IN COTTON FIELD
Bremen Market May Lose Business After the War
 Through Dutch Move.

Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 1S.- The Bremen cotton market is prom ised a serious competitor in Rotterdam after the war as a result of the dec1s- on to establish a cotton, exchange here. The enormous extent of Rotterdam s transit trade in cotton at the opening of the war. in consequence of the sev- erance of Bremen's maritime commu- nications, opened the eyes of Dutch men to the potentialities of the posi- ton. Last spring the Twente (East- ern Ho1land) Chambers of Commerce invited the Rotterdam Chamber to take the initiative in the matter, prom ising the support of the Twente spin ners, and the establishment of a cot ton market is now assured by the for
 ma tion of cottoA corporation ana an association for tI ade in cotton.
 Several important factors favoc the new ventures success. There ar 3 some fourteen spinning manufactories
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
WRITERS ROW ON PLAN TO ORGANIZE
 kUTHORS' UNION
Committee Recommends AffiI- iatiOn With American Fed
 eration of Labor.

New York, May 19.-With Ellis Par ker Butler proc1ain1ing neutrality Prof. Brander Matthews on record as unalterably opposed, and Walter P. Eaton, Thompson Buchanan, Rex Beach, and scores of other younger literary lights bristling with argu- ments on the other side, the question of putting the union label on liter ature came up for formal considera- ton before the council of the Authors League of America yesterday after. noon. Winston Churchill is president of the league, and Theodore Roosevelt vice president. They were among those not present when the mobiliza- ton of the as yet nonz union authors took place in the City club
 The council received a. hot pro-union report from a committee of authors headed by Thompson Buchanan, and including Rex Beach, George Creel, Walter P. Eaton,/ George Barr Mo Cutcheon, Louis Sherwin, Leroy Scott, Frtderic c. Howe, and Ellis Parker Butler. This committee has been in conference with officers of the Amer jean Federation of Labor for several days, and has come to the conclusion that an authors union is the one best bet. The report was signed by every member of the committee, but appar- ently Ellis Parker Butler was not so sure about it when he showed up to defend the document yesterday after noon.
 stCaT me neutral said the man swho discovered that a pigs pig, But you signed the report,'' inter rupted Chairman Buchanan.
 'eYes,''. ,''.replied MT. Butler, "but some kbody's. got to be neutral
 There was every indication that the proposal to affiliate with the American Federation, thus putting the Authors league on the same footing as the Pile Drivers union, would cause an up- heava1 in literary circles, if the meet ing yesterday afternoon decided to put | it to a vote of the whole league. There are l, 300 members of the league scat tered all over the country In order to unionize the organization, a refer I endun vote must be taken. According to Chairman Buchanan, a majority of l the ], 300 members would vote 'yes'' if the question were put up to them to- iday.
 we must wait six months before taking a referendum he added By that time nine out of ten will be with us."
 i So determined are the pro- union au-
 thors to hitch up with organized labor
 that they will go right ahead with
 their plans. even if the council votes the proposition down this afternoon. A postcard canvass will be taken, un- der the supervision of Walter P. Eaton and others, in order to show that a
 majority of the 1900 men and women i members favor the union idea. l The main object of the union would
 be to back up it's members in their
 difficulties with publishers, theatrical producers and motion-picture mag mates. The league would still remain the Authors league in name but it would have behind it all the moral support of 2,500 ,0OO union members of the Federation of Labor
 stThe league could not be called out on strike by the American Federation Of Labor said the report. '.The pow Ter to strike or to refuse to strike would
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

rest entirely with the governing body of the Authors 1eague.''
 The report also points out that the publishing business ''is practically. at the mercy of the Typographical union'' and that fellow 1aborers the Big Six' members are bound to stand by when the authors make their demands. The same benefit is held out in the case of the moving-pieture field, now undergoing unionization. When the carpenters and stage hands have all joined the Federation, the picture pro- ducers will simply have to come down off their high perch and be reason able in dealing with union scenario writers.
 Law-rnakers also will sit up and take notice of union writers, the re- port adds.
 ''In the matter of copyright 1egisla- tion,' it says, cit has been the experf- enec of the leagues representatives that when you tell a congressman what you want he yawns, and when you speak of the power of 1,17o Who's Who's he remarks: Yes, but some of them are women and most of the oth- CTS only vote once
 But if you mention to him 2,501, ITO, all of whom vote once, he remembers there is a great wrong to be lighted and he is willing to take off his coat and lick anybody trying to right it be- fore he does.''
 l The pro-union authors pride them selves on the fact that they are all young and live Their only oppo- nents. they say, are the bearded an- tiques now living on their past liter ary triumphs. These constitute about 10 per cent. of the leagues member ship, according to the pro-union fig ures.- Said one of the older members yesterday, when he heard of the pro- posa1 to unionize the profession of let ters:
 '.If this thing goes through, then I and lotrof others quit the Authors league. I have no desire to wear the union label. Downtrodden labor need led unions to gain reforms Authors are not downtrodden. They do not want uniform wages or sanitary work | ing conditions, or eight-hour days Among writers, collective bargaining 2 is impossible. see no call for an authors union. andd shall get out if one is formed"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Lieberum Estate Is Inventoried
 At Over $6, 900

William Lieberum, late president of the board of education. left an estate of $6,o21-24. according to an inven- tory of his estate filed in the probate court yesterday. Of this amount Ap- praisers Charles w. Held and Louis Hilzinger, set the value of Mr. Liebe- rurn's share in the business of Will liam Lieberum &S Son. .undertakers. at $1,338.9O.
 The remainder of the personal property consists of cash in banks. Jewelry and furniture. There is an equity of $4,0O0S in the property in Main street which was the Lieberum home stead and a building lot in the East End valued at $350. It is reported that MT. Lieberum transferred con- siderable property to Mrs. Lieberunn prior to his death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
THREE WOMEN, LONG RECLUSES,
 RESCUED FROM |MMUREMENT;
 MINDS APPARENTLY AFFECTED

needed no help, that a physician had prescribed for her two years ago and she was taking the medicine.
 The Investigating party stepped into a long private hall, absolutely dark and reeking with ancient smells. Pe- terson struck a light and saw before him a slight undersized woman in calico gown. Dark as it had been with black shades sealing the win dows against street lights, she wore a big sunbonnet that completely hid her features from the flare of the gas jet, the key of which was gummed and stuck with disuse. Underneath the sunbonnet were found three dust caps.
 Following the sound of a child's moan the agents entered the dining room. There they found two grown young women of slight build like the mother. The table was small and COW cred with dust, dirt and dry crumbs of stale food.
 Were Unable to Walk.
 When an ambulance arrived from the Bushwick hospital with a surgeon and policemen James Green and James Brown, the two girls were bidden to walk. One got to her feet but inn >medfate1y collapsed. The other was able to take two or three steps before she fell.
 The only gas jet about the place that showed any use at all was that of a little steve on the coal range. The range was covered with medicine bot ties grimy and dusty.
 ''No one everA comes in here ex- cept myself,'' said Mrs. Hall. ''It is on account of my teeth"
 She explained then that she got an expensive set of false teeth some years ago. They were on the range cover ed with cotton batting and on top with newspaper. ':I come in here every morning and sprinkle them with water she said.
 From the Bushwick Hospital the women were taken to the Kings Coun- ty institution. It was found there that the hair of all three was in such condition that it could not be clean led. It had to be cut
 MT. Hall himself is old and he told the police he did not realize that mat ters could reach such a state. Mrs. Hall, he explained, was 50 years old and is his second wife. They had married twelve years ago. He had found he was unwe1come in his home and he did the next best thing. They had formerly lived in an apartment in Van Buren street, where circum- stances were the same. He paid the rent, $27 a, month, promptly and reg I ularly brought supplies to his family every day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

mountain, over which, silently, this great gray army moves.
 Sculptor Borglum claims that Stone Mountain. in it's colossal proportions, makes the Pyramids small and insig- nifcant by comparison The large fig ures- of Egypt, he says, are little more than symbols and awaken little inter- est in modern man.
 None of the figures will be placed on the mountain. All scu1ptura1 work will be cut in the living granite found in place. Models will be done by MT. Borglun, and a corps of assistants will beldirected by him in the greatest chiseIing feat ever attempted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Mother and Two Daughters Discovered In Pitiable Plight. Husband Left Food Daily at Their Door and Provided Them With Shelter.

New York, May 19-An amazing case of self-immurement, one of the strangest in the annals of psych oIogy, was brought to light yesterday when the police began an investigation of the story of an elderly woman and her | two daughters, 21 and 22 years old, | who had been in seclusion for two years in 9, dark apartment'at 166 Stuy- vesant avenue, Brooklyn. 1 The thre women are in the Kings County Hospital for observation. Physicians thought the minds of all 1 three may have been affected by the l long period of stagnation. The woman is the wife of Adam Hall, 70 years old, an employee of the City Park Department, according to the police and the young women, Flo renee and Frances are his step-daugh- ters.
 l From what the police learned and from indications in the apartment, the three recluses had not seen sunlight in the two years they had occupied the l apartment.
 Apparently not in a long time had | either daughter moved from the 1 straight back chair in which she was | discovered sitting at the dining table. They were covered with dust like inn 1 ages that had not known a duster. Helpless as babies, they walled in childish fa1setto.
 Authorities Notified. | The attention of the authorities was 1 directed to the case about o'clock Wednesday evening when some one telephoned the Brooklyn Society for l the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | that a woman and two young girls l were locked up at.tne Stuyvesant ave- nue address.
 1 Miss M. B. Shugg, Miss Elsie Mer- Till and Ralph Peterson, agents of the society, were sent to investigate At | the address, which is in excellent neighborhood. they found a three story brown stone front.
 | Receiving no answer to knocks at the door of the apartment, they ques- tioned the neighbors. Nobody in the house had seen the inmates since they moved in.
 T. After continued knocking the agents heard a noise within. First a wom- ans queru1ous voice and then the dragging of feet as if too weak to | walk. Then came child s vail from the rear of the apartment.
 The woman would not open the door. She complained she was i'll and asked not to be disturbed. Argu- ment was vain and the agents again sought the advice of neighbors. By this time it was 8 o'clock and the man arrived with the usual packages.
 It was some time before the. man was able to persuade the woman to admit them. She argued that she
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

in Holland itself with an annual con sumption of about 15O,OOO bales of cotton. Moreover, Belgium and a great part of western Germany can be reached by railroad-to say nothing of the Dutch ports fine water commu- nications-at less cost from Rotterdam than from Bremen. A comparison of railroad rates shows that GIadbach, Rheidt, Gronau, Bocholt, Cologne, and a number of other important German centers, using altogether over 400, 900 bales yearly, are thus situated, while neighboring Belgium takes another 25O,OOO bales.
 Rotterdam can therefore. it is point ed out, compete without difficulty for the delivery of about 800, 900 bales of cotton per year. Germany may be reckoned on to do everything possible, by railway tariffs, etc, to preserve Bremen's position, while Bremen firms have the advantage of a direct interest in many German spinning concerns. Nevertheless, Rotterdam has high hopes of more than recovering it's lost cotton trade of forty years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

Lord Curzon, former viceroy of In, dia, has been named President of the new British air board.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

faIo,/N. Y, has increased it's capital from $5o0oO to $1,0o0. 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

After complaining because writing paper has advanced in price. many people will proceed to have a. bonfire out in the back yard of every scrap of paper stock they can find after house cleaning
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

After circulating peace reports to make stocks go up so that they can be sold. Wan street proceeds innme- diately to circulate war reports to make them go down. So that they can be bought in again.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
EXAMINATIONS Of
DRUGGISTS CLOSE
| PAPERS OF THE APPLICANTS ARE;
FORWARDED TO THE STATE
OFFICE
Oral Examinations Occupied Greater
Part Of esterday-Visitors De.
part For Home.

The West Virginia Pharmacy board
concluded its examination OF 4 number
OF students here yesterday and he
students and members Of the hoard
arc now departing for their rcsprctiEr
homes. Hon. t.. T.. Ilaymak"r. who vas
! in charge Of the examinations. left yes
, Icrday for his home at ClarkShurg. H."
! said The examinations were passed DE
practically all the applicants and that
/ he expected they would all b" given
, The license.
| The board was in session here Cor
! TWO days having their headquarters in
the A. q. l.. ". hall, on Chaplina
street The first day was devoted 10
the written exams and the second -
practical work.
The papers OF those taking The W.
! animation were looked over by SOmn
members IF The board and were sent
10 thu state office 70" The percentages
average which will be- announced with.
in the next several days. Each apnii.
cant will be notified Of his perccntag"
through The mails.
While there We're nearly tifly appii-
cantS examined al this meeting 1t is
claimed This was The lowest numhr"
for sonic years. The falling off in an.
plicanlS is said To BIZ due 10 The long
hours tho druggists must work.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
Marietta Stops Sale
Of Ohio River Fish
Thousands of Finny Tribe Have Been
Killed BY Acid Emptied In
Stream

4 Marietta, Ohio. business man
while in Wheeling yesterday said that
dealers Of his city were prohibited a
few days from selling fish taken from
The Ohio river and unless conditions
are remedicd II will DO some time be-
fore fish from the stream may be sold.
The speaker said that during the
past several weeks thousands OF 1isn
have been killed in the Ohio river
by either sulphur wafer from mines Or
acid from mills being allowed 10 run
into the stream and il is reported that
some dealers have been selling fish
that have been found dead in the river.
Rivermen corroborale the statement
of The Marietta man. They declare
thai there have been more fish killed
in the Ohio river between Pittsburgh
and ParkerSburg this summer and Sal'
than ever in The history Of the Ohio
valley. 1t will be recalled that several
weeks ago thousands OF fish OF al!
sizes and species were seen floating
past this point. the majority Of them
were burned" white by the acid or
sulphur. Later. il is reported that
Two federal officials visited this sec.
lion and points above in an attempt II
ascertain from whence came the XIII
ing fluid.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
SIX CENT LOAF IN
WHEEL|NC'S STORES
Advance Placed In Effect BY Most CT
City Groccrs Yesterday

In most OF the grocery stores m
Wheeling I'll" price Of bread which
formerly rctailrd at five cents Il leaf
was advanced yesterday 10 six cents
The raise had been expected for some
time, owing 10 the high pric" OF wheal
The advance in the price of hrnGI is
but one Of hundreds of advances in
prices of staple articles required daily
in every household. which followed
Democratic promises four years asc 70
reduce thr high cost OF living.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
TAKING TESTIMONY
|. IN SHER!FF'S SUIT
Tedious Task Of Reviewing Records
And ADULTS Of MIR Clemens
Term Is Started

The taking of testimony in the suit
'of the county against former sheriff
W. NJ. Clemens was started before
Special Commissioner NJ j. Culinan
yesterday Afternoon in the circuit court
room. The morning session OF The
hearing wastaken up with The pres
entation of the case by counsel for
the state ami former sheriff and the
reading into the record OF an agreed
statement OF facts.
Deputy State Tax Commissioner
lake QUO. is The CHIEF witness for
the defense and coupled with his tcs-
limony for period of SeVera, Gays
will BE- the reading Of records and
reports OF Mr. Clemens term in Oh
flee. Former Chief Deputy Sheriff
Charles Is Welsh will be the leading
wilnrs for Ihr drirnS" i'll HE hearing.
The county seeks 10 recover from
Mr. Clemens the sum 0t $l4, I4I.63
charged against him in Il recent audit
made by the state Counter claims
amounting to approximately $4,000
We're made by the defense yesterday
Prosecuting Attorney D. a. Mckee
! is prosecuting the suit against the
former sheriff. J. g. Handlan is con,
Quoting Mr.. Clemens case.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
BEGIN PAVING TODAY
Panhandle Traction Company viii Start
River Road Work This
Morning.

Complying with a notice il gave ihs
county commissioners yesterday. tn"
Panhandle Traction Company this mrrn-
ing will begin work preparatory To pa
ing tho river road from the city water
works to the Richland coal tlpplr. y
steam shovel in on tho ground for use
in doing the grading and Il big force Cr
men will be put to work to complete the
Improvement OF tho ruau rs SC"!, as
possible The stretch 81 road which
becomes vcry bad in winter. has tnTnaln-
ed uu1av"d because OF condemnation
proceedings.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
OUT OF PRISON
Local italian Is Free after Serving
Eight Years Of Ten Year Sentence.
Was Model Prisoner.

Aitonip M"Lur". Il Wheeling Italian.
is 4 FREE. man again. having b"..u parol"'l
from that institution ny Governor Hat
field this week. He was SENTENCED III
19DS 70 serve ten years for Il relDninrS
attack on his wife. His viz ANA CHI
drsn have forgiven him an! H.. ra+ b""tl
q model prisoner. result: iu:. in hts Sscur-
ing his conditional frecdola.
Mcclure Is loud in his p":iSr at Wat
DIN Mont e. White. for tn" many b,.tt"r
conditions that have D"cn brought ABout
in prison life at MoundSvilEc Under W2:-
den Whites administrator.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-13
ANNUL MARRIAGE
Illegal Wedding of woman With Two
Husbands Set Aside by Judge
hdfleman

Judge r. N. Addlcman has entered ar
order annuling tho marriage OF Charles
l.. Davis to Edna Viola Wellington Fur
dctt. Evidence WAS introduced to Shn,y
that the woman married Davis illegally
while her husband No. J. George Bur
drtt. was living and undivCrccd from
her.
The case is i strange cu-incdcaca
with that Of Lester Burch, whose two
wives are now sucing him for frccdaIn
In circuit court in this county.