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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
CAMPAIGN sLUsH FUNDS.

Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars $780,
A 600. count END Is the amount fixed by the
managers Of the Republican State Eaadquar-
T. tiers In Carksburg to be raised for their slush
fund this fall" etc.-Watson-Corn Con-
solidaton Claim Department.
HERE is nothing like 'fxin' - the sum desired
high enough, but the sane and level headed
managers of the Republican partys campaign
tn this state haven suddenly gone daft even if the
Democratic dope shooters have. The sum 'fixed'
sby the dreambook squad, which has done so much,
and with much alacrity, to make the Cornwell cam
paign D Joke and comedy in the eyes of the intel
hgent people Of the state, would pay all the ex.
penses of both State Committees in every campaign
which has been fought out since 1896.
The presumption is that the monetary artillery
lson the Democratic side this year. 1t is safe as
sumption that it is in West Virginia at any rate.
SO lar a. Mr.. Cornwell's candidacy is concerned.
# is common talk among the politicians on both
sides that 1t is planned to buy its success They
will have the money to try it, but whether enough
unworthy voters can be corrupted is serious cues.
ton Of doubt. We hate to think that this plan can
succeed, and we refuse to believe it. It is unthink
able, We have too much pride in the mass of West
Virginia citizens to entertain for fraction of
second thought that such numbers as must be Sc.
eured to carry through this detestable and corrupt
plan to successful fnality can be rounded up BY
'the 1awless minions Of multimillionaire.
In addition to the largo SUM af mapsx which 1T
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
Truth versus Politeness.

Mother Ito Elsie returned from
party)-"Did you bid good night I,
Marlan's mamma and tell her you hat
u very pleasant time, as I told your
Elsic-"NH 'zactly, mamma. You see
Marian took the biggest piece of cak,
and spilled lemonade on my new dress
so l couldn't say what you told me
but I told her mother goodnight ant
said guessed Marian had had yer,
pleasant timc."-BostOn Transcript,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
RUFF STUFF
BY RED.

Politics" according to one who
knows. 'is an ass" But It has dons
one good thing for future historians.
1t has discovered that guy diogones
was hunting with his glimmer. He
is Cornwell.
Wonder II Nicely told the people .oi
-Worthington that Ben Rosenbl
was working for him in Ohio county,
Ben's q good skate. He's for I'M
ker and jails full Of husbands and
sons.
II Gerard is coming back 10 settle
the war. 1t will be the war between
Democrats and Republicans. He's com
ing back to help Woodrow.
Now some fool says that soft drink
are vice. But II everybody has the
same idea as to what vice Ia Il would
be a ticklish world,
Some big league baseball plsyer,
are better writer's than some profoS
sional writer's. But the way 20 looh
at 1t is this. what would Joe Tinker
say IL a newspaper Man was put %
short stop?
Wonder what the small town Demo
cratic writer's would do II the. Nev
York World didn't exist?
> 80 4
One thing about the BIB lunch 4,
lnat the plates are very pretty, II
one has a desire for beauty when
"Today's the Day" seems to be /,
paragraph Of iii.
Times. s" 49, = ss =. ~;
City M. Ds. Please note.
wonder where the NJ. v. T. compan,
~, S1t nose +. A. Y. E. cars which look
IKE tne ark ought to look by now?
Regardless Of Commodores instrnc.
lions to run miles an hour IN ths
CITY the eight o'clock car from CIarts.s
Durg made little less than 90 aIons
Main street last night. -.
In Uniontown the cops get on ina
cars. arrest the motormen for snaaS.
ing and they are generally fined
Xxx d,
Let a cop dare to touch an employee
OF the traction company here md said
cop appears no longer on the monthIy
pay roll. 80 A-1sA.ss
We'd fire him II we had d. change /
the ordinance to do 60.
Willie Hearst wired the Times last
night that according to Nev YorE
paper the war was over.
But We note that all the news .bout
It this morning is that "outlook n
bright for Democratic success ia <
state" - -
Babe Ruth and Cady and Marouard
game!
=
MusIo. T.
After the war is ovef. q
Well all be out Of work. 80.
- ~;
Same as in 1914 and early months o.
1915 until Hopewell sprung up ma
several ammunition plants ana steei
mills got busy killing Germans.
ies."-Times. =
And their going to send tha5 &c.
ond regiment to act as movie astoys
as soon as transportation can 10 ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
Not Very EIatterlna.

Bobby, aged five. though just two
years his sister Lucy's senior, was fa.
thcrly toward her, always explaining
everything to her that she had the
least doubt about. One day We over
heard this little lecture on the discrim'
nation between beans and human be-
ings: Snow, baby, a bean is some
thing that's good to eat, but a human
bean-why, that's lady,"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
Complicated, but Easy.

"How do you get your husband to
do what he doesn't want to do when
you want him to do iti" "Thats easy.
! make a big fuss over something he
has already done which I didn't want
him to do, or I remind him of some:
thing which I have done which he
wanted me to do and didn't want to
do, and soon he is doing what I want
him to do Just as though he had want
ed 10 do It all along.r-Detroit Free
Press. -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
0RRINE SAVED
HIN FROM Drink

That orrine really does bring q,iict
relief to those being tortured By tie
liquor habit. is the testimony pf many
mothers, wives and daughters.
This scientific preparation promptly
kills all desire for whiskey, beer and.
other intoxicants. Il can be- gvien N
the home secretly without the loss az;
time from work. No sanitarium ~ {
pense.
We are SO sure that orrine VIM hem
eft that We say to you Il, after q trisl.
you fail to get any benefit dom rs
use, your money viii be refundsd
Costs only 800 q box. Ask us for fIres
booklet telling al about orrfne. s
Cranes Drug Store. Corner Ma.
and Madison Street
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
To Amuse a convaleseen. Child.

Get one Of the common toy balloons
of bright color. Tie piece of news.
paper TO the end of the. string. tear of
or add 10 the paper until the balloon
is balanced, and give to the child to
turn loose in the room. 1t will per-
form the most curious antics. con-
stnntly changing and going about the
room exploring everything, due to
The air currents.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

There seems to be wide difference of opinion about
the result Of that Rumanan raid into Bulgaria but
there is not the least doubt that the Bugarans
regular devils at the fighting game quite equal to the
best Of the German units
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

Now comes Tennessee doctor who declares that the
SOFT drink habit has become an American vice, He de-
eares that the desire for soft drinks is born of real
craving How horriblebut stay, is not that also the
case with the desire for food?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

Today's Puzzle-fnd one lone Re.
publican In West Virginia's politica;
woods who has 80 far announced that
he will vote for William Z. Chiffon for
reelection to the United States Sen.
ate.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
Through The
Political Periscope
Better leave Henry Drury Hatfield
alone. lawn. He's a b'arcat!

"Mr. .Cornwell's health is holding up
pretty we'll" writes one Of his partisan
pen pushers. But how about his tenn.
per!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

The Democratic organization has ia.
ken to the habit OF having outof.the.
State cartoonists draw caricatures OF
Judge Robinson for West Virginia
Democrats to laugh at. HE laughs
best who laughs last" runs the pro-
verb that nobody has ever denied
and foreign artists will not have q
chance TO vote in West Virginia No.
vember Z.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

Somewhere in the trenches a son
Of the Right Rev. Bishop of Worces.
ter. DR.. Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman.
Briggs, is guiding a tank" against
the Germans. Bishop Yeatman-Briggs
is in the United States to attend a
convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal church in st. Louis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
SHORT AND sNAPPY.

Am Italian married Hungarian girl in New York
Neither Is able to speak the language the other but
noth understand the language of Overwhelming Reg
Mr. Rockefellers comparison of st. Paul to. himself
will have effecton the reputation Of etherbarIss
ton Mall. SAtso
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

Governor Hatfield promptly answer.
ed every charge made and every in
sulting question asked by the mad
and confused gubernatorial candidate
who bears the crest OF Ross Watson.
But Cornwell hasn't yet replied to
the charges and questions put to him
by our Governor. He hasn't cheeped
about the charge hurled at him by
Governor Hatfield that he is travelling
on Railroad passes.
The secret of success with Howard
Sutherland is his strict attention to
his job.-Weston Free Press.
Yes. Mr.. Sutherland has had neith-
er the time to take from his official
duties nor the inclination to use his
position to influence persons with mo-
ney to invest in fake gold mining
stock.
A continuance of present high pri-
ces is almost certain to increase the
number Of home gardeners next sea-
son.-Wheeling Register.
It will also have a decided tendency
to increase the number of Republican
votes on November 7th, too.
The Presidents telegram to Mr..
O'Leary, Of Chicago, to the affect that
he did not want the votes OF dis.
loyal citizens like himself" may be a
clue to his mental processes when he
deliberately snubbed Col. John T.
McGraw by completely ignoring him.
Well. guess what the Governor of
West Virginia said to the would.be
Governor Of Consolidation will hold
him for while.
It Is on record, and there is no sus.
picion abroad that he ever did, that
John Cornwell ever Thanked God for
Wilson" But he is nightly willing
right now. It is believed. to thank the
deity or anybody else who can fur.
nish him an issue to base his subsid.
lied gubernatorial candidacy on.
The reputation achieved by Candi.
date Cornwell with his speeches this
year, make the narras:on OF the fol.
lowing anectdote appropriate for use
by any chairman OF any one of the
Cornwell meetings in introducing
Boss Watson's noble "non.partisan"
candidate: Announcing that a white
preacher had consented to occupy his
pulpit on the following Sunday the
Colored Brother said in tribute OF the
pale-face: "Dis noted divine Is one
OF de greatest men of de age. He
knows the unknowable. he kin do the
undoable, an he kin onscrew the on.
scrutible."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

A Monroe County Democrat writes:
"Mr. Cornwell has clearly shown that
he is more the candidate OF Clarence
Watson and the corporations grouped
about Watson, than he is the canuiuate
Of the Democratic party"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

Without Illinois and New York's
electoral vote, Woodrow has a fat
chance OF succeeding himself, now
hasn't he?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07

He has baptized himself with his
wild and reckless speeches-John
Joke Cornwell.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-07
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET
NATIONAL.
JUDICIAL.

Nv. N Miller. Parkersburg Harold A Ritz. Bluened.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
An Old, Family Cough
Remedy, Ho1,,e-Made
Easily FFeHarea-Cs Costs Very
Little but Il Prompt, Sure
and Elective

BY making this pint OF oid-time cough
syrup at home you not only save about
81, as compared with the ready-made
kind but you will also have q much more
prompt and positive remedy in every way.
1t overcomes the usual coughs. throat and
chest colds in "a hours-relieves even
whooping cough quickly-and is excellent,
too, for bronchitis, bronchial asthma,
hoarseness and spasmodic Group.
Get from any drug store 2h ounces Of
Pinex $50 cents WORTH, pour it into q
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
granulated sugar syrup. Full directions
with Pinex. Keeps perfectly and tastes
good.
You can feel this take hold of cough
or cold in q way that means business. IL
quickly loosens the dry, hoarse or pain
full cough and heals the infiamed MEM
branes. It also has remarkable effect
in overcoming. the persistent loose cough
by stopping the formation of phlegm in
the throat and bronchial tubes.
The effect of Pine on the membranes is
known by almost every one. Pinex is q
most valuable concentrated compound of
genuine Norway pine extract combined
with guaiacol and other natural healing
pine elements.
There are many worthless limitations
of this famous mixture. To avoid dis
appointment. ask your druggist for "2ix
ounces of Pinex," and do not accept any
thing else.
A guarantee of absolute satisfaction,
or money promptly refunded, goes with
this preparation. The Pinex Co., Ft
Wayne, Ind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
Beimond News Items.

Special TO imes-Republlcan-
Belmond. Jan. 1S.-E. Luck de-
parted Saturday evening for Ann Ar
Dor. Mich. 10 visit relatives
The Masonic fraternity held ban
quet Thursday evening in the Congre-
gational church parlors. A Mason City
orchestra furnished the music for the
occasion.
The Iowa Falls Electric Company has
purchased the electric light plant here
and will furnish the electricity from
the plant at Iowa Falls. The pole line
has been completed and the wire viii
be strung in a short time. This viii
mean continuous service for Belmond In
the near future. instead of only night
service.
B. A L.aBarr sold his place in North
Belmond last week TO Pat c. Barry, pos
session TO be given Feb. /.
At the annual meeting of the Bel
mond Commercial Club the following
year: President, George w. Butts:
&C.. O. Fits; treasurer, John Green
lander. The club is planning on a good
roads meeting in the near future.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Harberts last Thursday.
Ray La Barr is the new bookkeeper
in the First National Bank
Miss Blanch Robbins. of Des Moines
has been elected to fill the vacancy in
the high school faculty caused by the
resignation Of Miss Edna Simon.
H A Rule has located at Thornton
in the practice of dentistry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
FLUSH KIDNEYS
With SALTS If
BACK IS ACHING
NOTED AUTHORITY SAYS WE EAT
TOO MUCH MEAT, WHICH
CLOGS KIDNEYS.
TAKE GLASS OF SALTS WHEN
KIDNEYS HURT OR BLADDER
ROTHERS YOU.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says
uric acid which excites the kidneys,
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter the
waste and poisons from the blood, then
we get sick. Nearly all rheumatism,
headaches, liver trouble, nervousness,
dizziness, sleeplessness and urinary
disorders come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts or if the
urine is cloudy, offensive. full of sedi-
ment. irregular of passage or attended
by :. sensation of scalding, stop eating
meat and get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any pharmacy: take table,
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast and in few days your kid
neys will act fine. This famous salts
- made from the acid Of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations to flush
and stimulate the kidneys, also to neu-
tralize the acids in urine 50 it no longer
causes irritation, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
inJure; makes delightful effervescent
lithia- water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
Kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure. thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
Giidden News Items.
to Times Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Glidden. Jan. 1s.-The funeral OF Mrs.
Jesse Mavety was held at her residence
yesterday afternoon. She was born in
Kentucky. and was rs years old at the
time of her death. Her husband passed
away about a year ago. She leaves
nine children. Mrs. f. Daniels being
the only one who resides here.
Word has been received here that
NJ NJ. Culver. a former citizen of Gid
den. died at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Leuck. in Saskatchewan. Canada.
He was so years old. and lived here
until quite recently. Altho he engaged
in farming for the most of his life, he
had a wide reputation for his knowl-
edge of science and invention. He had
taken out several patents during his
life, but none Of them proved finan-
cially very successful.
The boiler which heats the Mcknight
shelving factory and the room OF the
local telephone exchange burst Thurs
day and it has only been with the
greatest difficulty that the telephone
service has been kept up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
Grinnell and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
! Grinnen. Jan. 1S-The body of Will
liam j. Adams, who died at his home in
, Whittier, Cal, Jan. 9, was brought here
| and laid beside his wife in Bethel
cemetery yesterday. Heart failure VISA
! the cause of his sudden death. Before
J leaving Grinnell about three years ago.
Mr. Adams was engaged in farming
and stock raising He was civil war
/ veteran and prominent in G.. \. f.
! work.
| The funeral services of William Fier-
| baush We're held at his home on West
| Fourth avenue at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. He died yesterday morning at the
! age Of 60 years, s months and - days
On Saturday Jan. Is, death visited
! the home of William Tlam. The body
! VAS laid away in Bethel cemetery this
! morning. He was - years OF age.
! Fires have been prevalent in Grin
nell Of late. Saturday blaze a the
home OF Amos Thompson resulted in
quite a loss. Sunday morning the fire
boys were called 10 one Of the repair
shops Of he VI. & 81. L. The entire
top OF the shop and considerable part
Of the walls We're destroyed before the
( fire could be eXtiH-uished.
Perry Arthur lost d Hne 2-yeaT-old
colt last week one of a splendid black
team. The colt was caught fast be-
tween two trees on the Campbell place
where il vas on pasture one OF the
trees had "a be cut down Before the
animal could he !oosed. Everything was
done 10 save The colt but 10 no avail.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. {. Lyon are enjoy
ing an attended visit from Mr.. anC
Mrs. /. +. Dutton. OF Canada Nj and
Mrs. Dutton have just come from
Mason City. where they came Tor the
reunion % the Lyon family on New
Years. Miss Edna Lyon has also re-
turned from Mason City. where she mas
been for the past two weeks.
Ted Crosby. the young son OF Mr. and
Mrs. :. y. Crosby IS threatened Will.
pneumonia.
Miss Gretchen Steiner has returned
home after three months in New York
City. where she has been doing settle
nent work in the Christadora House.
The GrinneN band has engaged the
services of Prot. H. .. KirNernell OF
the Iowa College faculty. a. director
The band will give a concert at Col
onial Thea;er some time during March
10 raise the money 70 secure Professor
fllSht men = SSEN4 ices lElAOBl the sum
ner.
Mr.. William Turnbull is very i'll al
the home Of his daughter. Mrs. 3. c.
Buck His sisters. Miss Margaret
Turnbull, 90 Neponset, III, and Mrs.
Oliver Murray, OF TouIon, H., came
Sunday 70 be with him.
Mrs. P E. Soners. Mrs. Flora Hal
sey and Mrs. Paul Peck entertained
about fifty ladies at a thimble party
ar the home of Mrs Soners on Park
street this afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Harry Wood, OF Caldwell. Idaho.
Mrs. Paul G. Norris Will give a
luncheon in honor OF Mrs. Harry WOOD
on Saturday. Jan %
The congregational Brotherhood will
have a social gathering in the Con-
sregat!onal church parIors Friday eve
aing OF this week. An invita- uon is
extended TO all men and boys.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
WRECK ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL
MORE SERIOUS THAN EARLY
REPORTS INDICATED.
THlRTY-THREEP PERSONS
MORE OR LESS INJURED
Member: cf p.koven Opera Company
on Board Train Which Plunged
Down Embankment Into Creek-Six
Cars of Train Leave Track and
Plunge OFF Bridge.

Cherokee, Jan. 1S.-Thirty- three pas
sengers and trainmen were injured
yesterday when an Illinois Central
train, northbound left the rails at 4
point between GAIA and Primghar and
plunged down an embankment into a
creek. Many of the principals and
chorus of the De koven Opera Com
pany were among the injured.
The train was heavy, containing six
cars. The derailment occurred at a
point where there is a twenty foot en-
bankment at the approach of a short
bridge over small creek. Every car
left the track.
The first passenger coach followed
the baggage car and plunged thru the
bridge. The coaches dropped about
twenty feet but remained upright in
the bed Of the stream. The baggage
car also went off the bridge, but the
baggageman was not seriously hurt.
The car in which the members of the
opera company were travelling received
the worst shaking up of any coach in
the train.
Rescue Party Organized.
The engineers, with those passen-
gers who were not injured. organized
a rescue party and began carrying the
injured from the coaches The cold
weather caused much discomfort TO the
injured. Farmers came to the scene
and the injured were taken TO their
homes 10 await the arrival OF doctors
from Cherokee.
The most seriously injured were
George Walker Of Cherokee. internal
injuries, may die; Q. G. Sage. con-
ductor. internal injuries, may die;
Charles Knapp, Of Primghar, fractured
arm; Phil Branson. of New York, opera
singer. serious cuts aad bruises: P w.
Farman. section foreman. leg frac-
tured.
Others less seriously injured included
Miss Leonora Beck. of New York;
Professor Baird, of Ames: William
SchUster, of New York; Dr. G. W. Nor
rison. of Grand Junction, Colo; W. L.
Newell, Of Brooklyn; Manuel Tirnauer,
of New York
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Notice Is hereby given that there
will be special election held In othe
Incorporated town Of Albion. Iowa, on
the LIST day Of February. 1916, for the
purpose of submitting to the electors
of said town the question of the pas
sage and adoption or rejection OF the
ordinance hereinafter set out in this
notice.
The form OF the ballot will be as
follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT.
(NOTICE TO VOTERS: For an af-
firmative vote upon any question sub
nitted on this ballot. make a cross (X)
mark in the square after the word
YES" For a negative vote. make a
cross (X) mark in the square agter the
word MOI
Shall Iowa Railway and Light Com
pany. it's successors or assigns be
authorized to construct. reconstruct.
maintain and operate power plant
for the generation of electricity, sys-
TENS for the transmission. distribution
and use OF electricity within the in
corporated town of Albion, Iowa. and
to furnish electric energy to the town
and it's inhabitants for all purposes:
ali upon the terms and conditions SET
out in the following ordinance?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-18
Rowan News Notes.
al TO Times-Republican.

Special to Tlmes-R Republican.
Rowan. Jan. ls.-M-s. Nancy ParIe-
man, mother of Mrs. H. J. c Box. was
buried here Wednesday. Mrs. Parle-
man was one of the old settlers in this
community. She was 90 years of age
We are having siege of grip and
pneumonia here, but so far none OF til.
cases have proved fatal. Bernice Baily,
who has been very i'll of pneumonia,
was taken to Hampton last week. where
a large amount of puss was taken from
her lung. 1t was also found necessary
to place a drain in Earl Jacobs lung
On account OF the non arrival of the
safe and vault door, the new Peoples
Savings Bank did not open for bust
ness the 18th. as was intended
Hiram Steffins, of Milledg eville. H..
who has been visiting his brother. VIII
liam. has gone to Spring Valley, MINI.
for a visit with MS brother, John.