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Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
THE WORLD OVER

Success las followed planting on the
Gandhills of Nebraska. Jackpines
planted there by the government for
est service ten years ago now have
height Of Is feet and a diameter of
four inchesL
To protet.t Swiss railroad from fire.
duent avalanches numerous snow re-
tanning walls have been built on a
mountain side at points from which
the slides start, to hold the snow until
It melts.
An electric heater to be placed in
a bathtub after it has been filed to
raise the temperature of the water to
any desired degree has been patented
by an Ohio inventor.
A spark plug with two gaps, prOduc-
ing two sparks at once, is finding fa-
VOr in England, the idea being that
one gap is sure to work even if the
other becomes clogged by SCOT.
By series of interesting expert
mentS with chickens, beginning before
they are hatched, a Paris scientist has
demonstrated that bacilli are not nec-
essary to the life of vertebrates.
Willis A. Calkins of Arlington, a
large chicken raiser, hired an expert to
come from Boston to pick chickens.
The man arrived about 1O:3O in the
morning, stopped to eat dinner, and
at five o'clock had 100 birds picked.
The efforts being made to educate
the public to the necessity of care in
the matter of fire prevention are bear
ing fruit as shown by recently com
piled figures. Fire losses in 1915 de-
creased $52, 1855, 900, as compared with
the 1914 record for the United States
and Canada. The total losses by fire
last year were only $182,836,000, as
compared with $2S5.591, 900 the previ-
Gus year.
DR.. N. P. Crooks, ship surgeon en-
plOyed by the Pacific-Japan Steamship
company, has crossed the Pacific ocean
l23 times, covering in that time more
than 100000 miles.
The telegraph and telephone systems
Of the United States and Canada re-
quire about 4,0O0,0O0 poles a year for
renewals along old lines and the erect
ing of new ones.
Commercial houses are urged by the
government to save their old CORE
spOndence as material for the paper
mills. One large house that formerly
burned about 500 tons Of old letters
each year is now selling them.
Owing to the war women are taking
an ever broadening part in operating
the railways of France.
A stand to hold lce-cream cones
erect, made of stiff paper, is the inven-
ton of a New York man.
Helmets for aviators have been in
vented with wireless receiving tele-
phones built into the ear flaps.
The production and distribution Of
electricity in Edinburgh nus bee11 Instde
q municipal monopoly.
Paper dust exploded with fatal re-
2 suits when workmen carried lighted
lanterns into room filled with 1t in a
papertube factory in France.
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MINERS TO CONTINUE STRIKE.
Would Keep coIIieries Closed Until All
Are Unionlzed.

Shamokin, Painted Mine Work
ers at Is Philadelphia & Reading Coal
and Iro nCompany and SusQuehanna
Coal Company collieries in the North
cumberland county fields at special
meetings determined to continue the
tie-up at all the mines until they were
completely unionized. About 400 men
remain unorganized. Sixteen thousand
employees are affected.
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FUsILLADE ACROSS BORDER.
Negro Troops Exchange Shots With
Mexicans.

Naco, Ariz.-More than 100 shots
were exchanged across the internation-
al line about a mile west of here be-
tween patrols belonging to the colored
militia troops from the District of Co
lumbia and a party on the Mexican
side. The militiamen say that they
halted some Mexicans who attempted
to cross the line. In answer to the
challenge the Mexicans fired.
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MENU CARDS TO BE SMALLER.
Hotels Will Also Distribute Less sta
tionery To Patrons.

New York-Because of the scarcity
and high cost of paper one Of the lead
ing hotels here announced that it
would reduce the size of its menu
cards beginning September 1. Other
hotels are expected to adopt the same
course The hotel which has taken
the first step will distribute less sta
tionery to its patrons in the future.
Those wishing to write letters in the
writing-room will be required to apply
to the desk for paper and envelopes.
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REBELS HOLD UP TRAIN.

Mexican "LegaIistas" Capture IS Car
rama Soldiers.
Ell Paso, Texas.-Sixty revolutionists
held up passenger train on the Mcxi-
can National Railway last Tuesday
near Aguascalientes, Durango, taking
prisoner the 25 Carranza soldiers who
cOu1pL 4aOV1 -aELHLulHS= 10
passengers aboard the train, which ar
rived here. Two baggagemen also
were taken captive, but the remainder
Of the crew and the passengers were
unmolested. they said.
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1s LIVES LOST IN GULF STORM
Damage in Corpus Christi Section Put
At $2,oO0,ooo.

Corpus Christi. Texas.-The loss of
life from the tropical storm which
struck Corpus Christi and 10 adjacent
South Texas counties on Friday night
was placed at 13, including members
Of the crew of the small freigher Pilot
Boy, which foundered off the Aranzas
Pass jetties.
Two Mexican men and one Mexican
woman were killed at Katherine, set
tlement on the King ranch, near Alice,
Texas, and one Mexican was reported
killed at San Diego. Both towns are
from so to so miles inland.
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SUBMARINES SINK
BRITISH CRUISERS
Scouts Seeking German Fleet
Are Destroyed.
ONE SUBMARINE SUNK
One OF Latter Sunk, Another Ram
med-German Squadron OF IS
Warships Sighted In
North Sea.

London.-TwO British light cruisers,
the Nottingham and Falmouth, were
sunk in the North Sea by German
submarines while the vessels were
searching for the German high seas
feet, according to an official announce
ment issued by the Admiralty. One
German submarine was destroyed by
the British, while another was ram
med and possibly sunk.
A German squadron Of some 10 war
ships, including large cruisers, is re,
ported in the North Sea by trawlers
arriving at Ymuiden, Holland, a Reu,
ter dispatch says. The squadron was
sighted in the region of White Bank,
and was accompanied by two Yep
pelins. 1t was on a northeasterly
course.
High Seas Fleet Out.
The Admiralty statement regarding
the sinking of the cruisers follows:
Reports from our lookout squadron
and other units showed that there was
considerable activity on the part of the
enemy in the North Sea Saturday, the
nineteenth.
"The German high seas feet came
out, but learning from their scouts that
the British forces were in considerable
strength, the enemy avoided an en-
gagement and returned to port.
I'm searching for the enemy we lost
two cruisers by submarine attacks
H. NJ. S. Nottingham, Capt C. B. Mil
Ter, and H. NJ s. Falmouth, Capt. John
Edwards
SO Men Lost.
"All of the officers of the former
were saved, but 38 of the crew are
missing. All the officers and men OF
the Falmouth, were saved, but one
leading stoker, Norman Fry, died of in
juries.
"An enemy submarine was destroyed
and another was rammed and possibly
sunk
There is no truth in the German
statement that British destroyer was
sunk and a British battleship dam
aged"
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LIGHTNING KILLS SOLDIER.
Montana Guardsman Meets Death AZ
Fort Bliss.

Ell Paso, Tex.-One soldier was
killed and thousands of others en-
camped in and near Ell Paso suffered
great discomfort as a result of heavy
rains.
During the all-night storm Private
Charles Johnston, headquarters com.
pany, Seventh United States Infantry,
of Chouteau, Mont, was killed by
lightning in his tent at Fort Bliss.
Other soldiers nearby were stunned.
Water ran through the camps of the
Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina and Michigan National Guard
nearby, inundating some tents and ran
three feet deep in the company streets
of the Thirty-first Michigan Infantry.
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KILLED ON FIRST AUTO TRIP.
A. w. Garner Had Steered Clear ot
Machines For 90 Years.

Salem, Va. - A. w. Garner of
Drapersville, was 80 years old before
he ventured to take ride in an auto
mobile, and he is dead. Sunday after
noon the car in which he took his first
ride plunged over 60-foot embank-
ment, turned over five times before it
struck and killed Garner and injured
four others, including his wife
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WATER SOLD FOR CHICKEN.
Fowls Fed On Pepper To Make Them
Drink a Lot

New York.-A pepper-fed chicken, if
kept thirsty long enough, will drink a
pound of water, and poultry dealers
are bringing to this city chickens with
thirsts excited in this manner and al
lowing them to drink just before they
sell them. This is what Joseph Harti-
gan, Commissioner of Weights and
Measures, announced he had dis
covered.
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CUTS OFF PRISONERS EARS.
Villa Chief Mains 20 captiVes WIKI
Refused To Join Army.

Refused To Join Army.
Ell Paso, Texas.-The story Of a
villa chief with his own hands cutting
of the ears of 20 prisoners who later
was shot was told by rescued pris-
Oner in the Ell Democratic Of Chihua-
hua City, copies Of which just arrived
here. The chief who committed the
atrocities was Baudelio Uribe, COM
mander during Villas recent raid on
Jiminez. Uribe captured small body
Of de facto Government soldiers, ac-
cording to the witness, and called on
them to join his band. Twenty failed
to respond. Finding them stubborn,
Uribe trimmed their ears and then Or
dered a captain to shoot them.
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August 27, 1915.

German advance northeast Of
6rest-LitoVsk drove Russians
nearly to KobrYn.
Austro-Germans broke through
the Zicta Lipa line in Galicia.
italians developed great move
nent against Trent and Trieste.
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RECORD IN OIL PRODUCTION.
Output Greater BY 2s,194,so7 Barrels
Than In 1914; U. S. Leads.

Washington. = The worlds produc-
tion of crude petroleum in 1885,
S92,673 barre,s-was the greatest in
tie history of the industry. Figures of
the Geological Survey show that the
output was greater by 28,194,3O7 bar
rels than the previous record in 1914.
The bulk Of the increase in output
in 1915 came from the United States
and Mexico, though Russia, Argen-
tina and Japan recorded significant
gains.
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eARkEEPER ENTERS PULPIT.
Pennsylvania Man Quits Saloon BusI

ness To Enter Ministry.
Chicago.-The Rev. VIM. M. Saund-
ers has deserted the saloon business
for the pulpit. Rev. Mr.. Saunders,
who formerly conducted saloon in
smithton. Pa. has been appointed pas
tor Of the Avondale Presbyterian
Church, here Wien Saunders decided,
a few years ago, to devote his life to
the ministry, he closed his bar and en-
tered the Mccormick Theological
Seminary as a student
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eattIeship Hit, Says Berlin.

Berlin.-The Admiralty announced
that German submarine sank small
cruiser and a destroyer near the Brit
ish east coast and damaged another
small cruiser and battleship.
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AIRsHlP PASSES TESTS.
Convertible Land and Water Machine
At Newport News.

At Newport News.
Newport News, Va.-The new con
vertible land and water flying machine
being built here under inspection OF
the Navy .Aeronautical Board passed
it's tests in an initial fight here.
ascending 5000 feet in 10 minutes;
,11e, = ========-.ood of OK miles
an hour, minimum of As and leaving
the water within $50 yards. Three
naval officers made flights on the
tssts.
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EIGHT KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Entire City In Tennessee Shaken
Others Escape.

Jackson, Tenn.-Eight men were
killed and number are missing in
boiler explosion at Harlan Norris
stave factory A large number of men
were out of the works at the time.
The shock was felt throughout the
city.
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August 25, 1915.

AUGUST 20 1918.
Allies on GaIIipoIi peninsula
advanced on 12-miIe front.
German cruisers bombarded
signal stations near Riga.
Austrian aeropIane bombarded
6rescia.
Sixty-tWo French aViatcrs at
tackled DiIIingen, Rhenish Prus-
sia.
Sixty allied areopIanes shelIed
Mont duest forest in Belgium.
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BLACK TOM ISLAND VERDICT IN
Lehigh Valley Railroad And Storage
COMPANY Censured

Jersey City, N. 1.-THE coroner's
Jury which has been investigating the
causes Of the recent disaster en- Black
Tom Island, that resulted in several
deaths and about $2O.OOO,OOO property
damage, brought in verdict censur-
ing the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the
National Storage Company for failing
to take adequate precautions in the
transportation and storage Of ex-
plosives.
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ouARRELs WITH SON; ENDS LIFE.
Body Of Mrs. Monnen Craig Found In
Woods Near Home.

Parkersburg, w. Va.-FollOwing a
quarrel with a son who threatened to
leave home, Mrs. Monnen Craig, go
years old, committed suicide by taking
strychnine. Her body was found in a
woods not far from her home. The
family resides about two miles south
Of this city.
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FIVE DIE IN QUEBEC FIRE.
Fourteen Others Hurt In Blaze At
Powder Factory.

Powder Factory.
Montreal-Five men were killed, six
probably fatally injured, and eight
others seriously hurt in fire in the
Aetna Chemical Company's powder
factory at Drummondville, Quebec. The
fire is believed to have resulted from
an electric spark which dropped from
the conYeyor belt into one of the pow
der bins in the blending house, which
was destroyed. The money loss is
estimated at $4,000.
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AUGUST "a. 1e15.

Germans crossed the Narew
river.
Germans planned to invade
Serbia via Bulgaria.
Austrians attacks checked by
italians.
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Indeed II nnea

Telephones are great time savers.
aren't they%
swell, that depends upon who calls
you up"
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GERMANY CALLS OUT BOYS.
Youths OF Seventeen Ordered To Re.
port For Service.

Paris.-The Intransigeant publishes
under reserve dispatch from Lau-
same to the effect that Germany has
ordered all youths Of II to report i'm
mediatel yto recruiting bureaus. This
class in normal years would be called
to the colors in 1919.
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august 2s, 1915.

II 5rest-LitoVsk captured by Aus
tro-GerHans. y
Germans took 6iaIystok.
Relms again sheIIed by the
Germans.
British aviator 5igsworth
sank German submarine with q
bomb.
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AUGUST 23, 1915.

ossowetz captured BY the Ger
mans.
italians evacuated heights Of
MonfaIcone.
Austrians repuIsed italians
east of Polazzo.
British fleet Of 80 vessels
shelled Zeebrugge.
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THE EURO CPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
August 2f, is15.

August 2f, 1915.
Germans advanced on osso
wetz.
Russian feet defeated German
Eeet IN Gulf of Riga.
British submarine F-1s.
aground on Danish island,
slIeIIed by German torpedo boat
Great Britain and France de.
eiared cotton absolute contra
band.
VeBizeios accepted Greek
premiership.
August %. 1915.
Severe artillery fighting in Ar
ras region.
italians gained ground in the
carso front.
Two French torpedo boats
sank German destroyer off os-
tend.
Russians retired from the Me
men and 5obr line.
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THIRTY MEN ACCOM-
PANY BODY

Walter iiigvinbotham, 30 years old
married, said To have lived i'm Iyr ch-
burg, came To an untinely death i'm this
city, Monday about Ia p. IN. The
accident Occurred in the Keystone Coal
and Coke Company mines Higginbot-
ham bad stopped work and was coming
out OF the mines, when he came in con
rrt with a live wire. IL is reported that
tile driving boss Was near him. When
the voltage struck the unfortunate man.
his lamp and cap fell in the arms OF
Psyton Tucker.
Tuesday morning, thirty men passed
through the streets Of Keystone with the
body OF their former associate AMI CO.
laborer- The palltearers were PAXTON
Tucker. William Wooden, Clarence
Freeman. Henry and Chsrls- Coi,t-.
The body Was shi .Ted 10 Virginia ON
No !6.
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Pulaski

Il - 81 WIS.
Pulaski ha- l'ern favored With lots OF
music recently. There ~a- an orrfe-trs
Tuesday from Roanoke. AMI another
Thursday from Bristol each staying one
night for a dAnce
Me-srs. wilbur Harm anil Jo-,.- Tray
J. -Ient sunday evening in Ea-t Eadfor.l
visiting friends.
Mr. Burnard Trirg j. At home after
spending several months in Eiueneld.
Tie Women'- Mite Missionary held p
convention IN the New Century VI. p
church June .. = anil .. A large dele
CATION from ont of town attended.
The base ball team 1T the Young Men -
society Club plays a series Of game With
Wytiieville the latter part If thi- week
Mr.. VIM. IIe,irick- 81 Morri-toun
COliege. Tenn, j. IN Pulaski % -f.en.l
his variation.
Mr.. Harry scott j. az home for th,
last two months ~ the ~chlo-- CLOTHING
Company. Of Baltimore. a. packer
lie talks freely Of hi- extensive TIN
through the western part Of the intel
~tste~. lie y now At the Jones Barber
shop at his Old trade and ~ are glad O.
So him back.
Mr. Ben Robinson returned to the city
Friday, after spending three years away
10 receire the welcome hand Of everv ON,
Misses Ruth Bibbie AMI Annie Mitchell
we're here sunday with friends. They
returned 10 New River the same evening
The young ladies Of the .'-..--e ...-
ton very deiIghaully ntertained th<
audience TUESDAY night vish 8 Jspaoc =
~ According 70 rspors ~ vas
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j. W.EDWARDS
WINS THE NOMINATION
IN BROWNS CREEK
DISTRICT

One Of the 'aew fare-'' 10 ut.lolJ Law
AMI order and Co dispense jn-tice IN
Browns Greek District j. our old friend.
Jack Edwards. II Welch Mr.. I'd
wards conducted rl~sn cut campaign
Tor the no'nin alton. which VA irrr from
mud singing anil shu-e. lie ha- lived
IN the county or yesr-. has held nun. r
ous POSITIONS Of honor aDs trust and j.
em'nenty fitted both training and ~
perieDce o. di-rhsrTr the duties Of tins
office.
A. a. nomination - tantamount IN
e'ection, 49, doh our hats D. D.. w. ID
wards. the new Ju~ti~e Of the Peace Of
Browns Greek District.
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FRIDAY JUNE -. 1916
Who WILL Be THE REPUBLICAN NOM
InEE?

AS we go TO press the eyes of
the entire country are conferred
on Chicago. Who will be the
nominee for president and what
position the Republican party
will take on the great question
of preparedness, Americanlsm,
hypenated citizens and the Mex
lean problem are the questions
that are engaging the attention
OF all thoughtful Americsns.
The country Is sick and tired
OF the vacilating do nothing poll
cy OF the note-writing Wilson ad +
ministration and is demanding
that we place at the head OF this
great government a statesman
who can retrieve the prestige
among the nations of the world
that the present administration
has lost, that will safeguard our
rapidly growing commercial in
terest and will put into operation
those policies that will best con.
serve and develop our natural
resources and our industries.
Colonel Roosevelt and Justice
Hughes appear to be leading the
race for the nomination while
the "favorite sons" of many
states are bending their ener-
gies to capture the rich prize. Ii
Is reported today that Roose-
welt has issued an ultimatu N tina,
he will run on an Independent,
ticket IL Justice Hughes Is nam
ed by the Republican party
Our country is passlngthrough
one Of the grayest periods in its
history. This is no time for
petty politics and we sincerely
trust that the leaders Of both
the Republican and Progressive
parties will unite on a candidate
who will be acceptable TO the
rank and BILE Of both parties.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
OF MCDOWELL COUNTY

CIRCUIT COURT: Eighth Ju-
dicial Circuip Counties OF Me
Dowell. Mercer and Monroe.
Hon. Isaiah q. Herndon. Judge
WEIGH: W. Burbridge Payn
Clerk.
Terms OF Court Seconi Tues
day in February June and Sep
tenn Der.
CRIMINAL COURT: Hon. Jas.
French Strother. Judge: w. Ii.
Payne, Clerk.
Terms Of Court Second Mon.
day in January. April, July and
October.
COUNTY COURT: DR.. r. X.
BragOnier. President. keystone.
Col. Jas. Elwood Jones.
commissioners
w. w. WHITE. clerk, WEIGH.
Terms of Court. First Mon
day in January, April, August
and October.
License Term. first Monday in
June.
COUNTY OFFICERS:
Sheriff, } F Johnson, WEIGH.
Prosecuting Attorney &c
Cook
Assistant Pros Attorney, GIL
COUNT
Clerk Circuitand Grim. Courts.
Burb ridge Payne
Clerk County Court, w. w.
Whyte
County Surveyor, W Morgan
Vivian
Supt. Free Schools. w Cassius
Cook, WEIGH
Assessor. G. + Rusmisell
County Road Engineer, W ]
McClaren
County Health Officer and cor
oner, DIR. Ii. g. Camper
Commissioner School Lands
y r RusmIsell. Mcdowell
Members House OF Delegates
w w Hughes and C.. T.. Hartman.
State Senator'S, Sixth Senate
rial district counties IF Mellow
ell, Mingo, wayne AMI wyoming
Jas A. Strother WEIGH; Wells
'sOOdykoO:z. W williamson.
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Entered As Second Glass Matter March
~, 1904, at the Post Ofiice At Keystone,
W. Va, under act Of Congress, March 3,
1879.
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Prior TO last Tuesdays Gle, =
ton, It was predicted that the re
would be trouble at the polls in
Keystone and vicinity. We were
proud TO note that the expected
failed 70 materialize. for not only
was there no trouble but we f. eli
safe in saving that there was not
. set Of better behaved and more
courteous men in the state and
there was no drunkenness what
ever that was noticeable. We
were also proud TO note that the
voters here acquitted thero selves
like men when it came TO a cues
ton Of bartering their manhood
rights for the "6lshy lucre -
There were no voters TO be seen
holding out TO get their price bu,
they walked up 10 the polls with
. strsighsforwsrdness born only
Of Intelligence and confidence in
Ne righteousness of their DO
si>6ea md voted their convictions
$500 - q fovor.
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