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Semi-weekly herald., 1916-10-12

BERLIN, Oct. 10.-Rumanian re-
endorsements attempting to block
the Austro- German Pennsylvania
drive were defeated south of Marien-
burg, Vienna announced. The Ru-
manians are retreating everywhere.
An Austro- German flotilla captur-
ed n Rumanian island in the Dam
ube. All Russian and Italian attacks
have been repulsed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-10-12
Final Score

Batterles-Smith and Miller FOR
Brooklyn. Ruth and Thomas for
Boston.
Umpires-Dinneen at plate. Quig-
lay on bases, O'Day in left field,
Connolly in right field.
Who The Batteries Are.
Sherrod Smith had chance with
the National League us a member of
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-10-12

LONDON, Oct. 10.-As n result o
the summarizing, Lloyd's have dou
bled their insurance rates on Allan
tic shipping.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
500 Gallons Destroyed.

Further destruction of intoxicants
was made when Sheriff Bonner Hill, at
the instance of Prosecuting Attorney
T. c. Townsend. made way with all
the liquor that was left over, when
an amount OF whisky equivalent to
1000 pints. was destroyed. It is esti-
mated that 500 gallons of whisky was
destroyed. The lot included FIVE sugar
barrels full OF pints, two ten-gallon
jugs, two ten-gallon kegs, four five
gallon jugs and over one and one-half
two-horse-wagon loads OF filed suit
cases and cartons. So far as the Off
GERS know not a pint of whisky re-
mains about the court house. The last
lots confiscated. as well as all tha:
was held for long time. has been
thrown into the river. The suitcases
and other containers were thrown over
the bank, and scores of them were
picked up by the men who watched
the destruction of the liquid.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
RAILROADS LOSE
FIRST CONTEST
w. VA. COAL OPERATORS REJOICE
WHEN INTERSTATE coMMIs-
SION SUSPENDs TARIFF.
APPEALED TO COMMISSION
Were to Be Increased IS Cents on
Shipments to Western Markets.

Especial Charleston Correspondence)
Charleston, w Va-West Virginia
coal operators regard the action OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
suspending the freight rates on the
transportation of coal to Western mar
kets until May 10 as the initial victory
in the contest being waged by the op-
orators against the trunk lines operat-
ing in the state. In suspending the
new tariffs, proposing a 15-cent in
crease on the bituminous Goals shipped
from West Virginia and Western
Pennsylvania to Western markets,
the commission acted favorably upon
the brief filed by counsel for the coal
operators and the state public service
commission in which a suspension of
the tariff was asked to permit an in
vestigation TO be made into the equity
of the proposed increase. The new
freight rate, paralyzing the coal in
dustry of West Virginia, would have
gone into effect on January 20 but for
the suspension order just issued" said
former Congressman S. b. Avis, coun-
sci for the public service commission.
THE effect of the suspension is to
place the burden of proof upon the
railroads seeking the increase in
freight rates"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
British RattIeship Sunk.
FORD PARTY IN GERMANY
curiously Watched as Pilgrims Pass
Through kaiser's Empire.

curiously Watched as Pilgrims Pass
Through Kaiser's Empire.
The Hague.-The Ford peace party
arrived here after passing through
Germany on the way from Scandina-
via. The members OF the party will
start their peace propaganda imme.
diately. 1t was reported that cable
gram from Henry Ford. stated his
health is better and that he hopes to
rejoin the delegates.
The Ford entourage was the first
tourist train passed across German
soil since the beginning of the war. A
dining car. the first to be run since
the war started. was attached to the
train. Marvellous efficiency was
shown by the railroad officials. The
train arrived two hours ahead OF
schedule time.
Warmly Greeted.
A warm reception was given the
party here. After the peace work ana
conferences scheduled for the next
few days the party, or at least the ma.
iority will sail from Rotterdam jan
uary Is.
Good Wishes.
Some Of the comments Of German
officers who chatted with members
OF the party are illuminating on the
attitude OF the Germans toward the
war
81 wish you success" said lieu
tenant.
Don't take all the peace back
TO America. We want some over
here" was a majors comment.
General Conditions.
There were no signs of war to be
observed IA Germany except that
troops were TO be seen at every sta
tlon and an occasional Red Cross
trains passed
The food was good and plentiful
There was little meat to be had. but
bread and other staples were abund-
ant
No representative OF the American
Government was on hand to protect
the train or meet the tourists AS a
matter OF fact, none was necessary.
None of the persons aboard was per
mitted 10 step from the cars while In
Germany
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
Census OF Steam Lsundries.

primary statement OF the results
of the census OF steam laundries in
West Virginia has been issued by Di-
rector Sam L. Rogers, OF the bureau
of the census department at Washing
ton. 1t consists OF a summary COM
pairing the figures for 1909 and 1914,
prepared under the direction OF Mr..
William M. Steuart. chief statistician
for manufactures. The figures are pre-
liminary and subject to such change
and correction as may be found neces-
sary from a further examination OF
the original reports. Strictly speak
ing. laundries are not manufacturing
establishments, but the laundry indus
try has grown so rapidly and become
so important in recent years that an in
dustrial census would not be complete
without statistics regarding it. The
statistics are confined to power laun-
dries and do not include figures for
hand laundries using no power. AS a
rule, establishments included were op-
Grated by the steam power and are
known as steam laundries. In some
however. steam and electric power are
combined, and in others electric power
is employed exclusively. steam and
hot water being used only for washing
purposes. The figures, therefore. COM
prise all kinds Of power laundries.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
THIRTEEN DROWN
AS PACKET SINKS
Struck Pier in Ohio River and
Side of Vessel Torn Off
LIGHTS HIDDEN BY STORM
While One Life Boat 10 Known On
Have Left the Wreck Only ~
Out of rs Aboard Are Ac-
counted for Now.

Parkersburg. w. Va.-Thirteen pas.
sengers and members of the crew are
believed to have been drowned when
the Pittsburgh &c Charleston packet
Kanawha struck a lock pier at Dam
No. 10 in the Ohio river nine miles
below this city Forty-one survivors
landed at various points along tha
river. Officials of the Kanawha pack
ct line, owners of the steamer, said
no estimate of the loss could be made
until the lists were checked.
The boat had made a landing at
Little Hooking. o.. and had just
pulled away when the big packet
crashed into the pier OF the lock, the
whole side of the vessel being torn
out. Confusion reigned aboard and
the steamer began to settle. The
hanawha fioated about a half mile
down the river. where 1t landed on a
sandbar and turned completely over.
The cries OF the passengers were
heard ashore and several small boats
were put to the steamer and those
whose names were not included in
the list of survivors were thought to
have been carried down the river on
pieces of wreckage
The packet carried about 80 in her
passenger list. and a crew of about
40
This is the first sinking of packet
in the Ohio river since that of the
Queen City at Louisville several years
ago.
Government Steamboat Inspectors
w. II. Clark and c. c.. Thomas OF
Point Pleasant. began an investiga-
ton into the disaster. Members OF
the Kanawha's crew and surviving
passengers were interrogated private
ly and made sworn statements. The
government officials, after visiting the
scene OF the wreck. declared they
would not discuss the case until they
had ended their investigation.
There We're II women on the boat,
and only four have been accounted
for.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

A dispatch from Toxic credits to
Count okums, the japanese pre-
nnier, the statement that Germany
has made overtures TO both Japan
and Russia for separate peace,
which we're rejected In both in.
stances.
Bulgarian and German troops to the
number Of 100000 are now massed
on the Greek border awaiting the
attack on the Allies at saioniki.
According 60 advioes from Constants
nople the Russians have been de-
feated and driven back with heavy
losses from an attack on a town in
the province Of Azerbain, Persia.
The Russian position 25O miles fur.
thor north on the Middle styr River
hae been much strengthened by s0c.
cessfui operations IN the region Of
tho great marshes.
The Austrians are hard pressed In
tho cxernoWitz section along a wide
area, end are rushing huge rein.
forcemente into the district.
The strained situation az salonlkf
arising from ihe arrests made there
may be solved by the Withdrawal Of
the Greek forces from the town.
Bulgaria is reported 20 have approved
war credit Of 100000. 900 for IN
msoiase ose
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
Does Not Affect Ohio County.

There Is no existing Injunction
which restrains any common carrier
from hauling in Ohio county a pas
senger who has more than two quarts
OF lGuor with him, despite publica-
ton to the contrary The Wheeling
Traction company continues to haul
passengers who have baskets Of intox.
icants with them from the Ohio side
into Wheeling. and so far as any in
junction applies here the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad could haul passen-
gers who have more than two quarts
OF intoxicants with them in this coun-
ty. The Yost prohibition law permits
persons to carry. unlabeled, two quarts
OF liquor with them. but requires that
any amount over two quarts be labeled.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13

London.-The vote on the compuI.
sion bill after the first reading in the
House OF Commons stood 4O3 for and
1O5 against the measure when the
division was taken.
The Labor vote was divided. Tho
Irish Unionists supported the Nation
alists against the bill The follow
ers OF William O'Brien, who is for
the exemption OF Ireland from com
pulsion, abstained from voting. An
enthusiastic scene followed the an.
nouncement of the result.
The bill calls for the Immediate
compulsory enlistment OF all males in
England between the ages of IS. and
Al.
Arthur Balfour First Lord OF the
Admiralty, told the House that every
member Of the Cabinet was of the
opinion that the bill is essential for
the successful conduct of the war.
Arthur Henderson. President of the
Board of Education and Labor repre
sentative in the Cabinet, resigned I
from the Government as the immedi.
ate result OF the Governments stand
on ccnscription as made clear by the
bill
Charles Henry Roberts, Junior Lord
OF the Treasury, and William Brace,
Under-Secretary of Home Affairs.
both Laborite members of Parliament,
also resigned from the Government.
The National Labor Congress. rem.
resenting some 100000 trade union
members of Great Britain. took the
action that was expected of it on the
Compulsion Bill and came out in
strong opposition. BY a vote of L..
9SS.0O0 to $4,000, it decided to pass
a resolution demanding the withdraw
al of the bill from the House of Com
mons
A recommendation to the labor
members OF Parliament to oppose the
bill was also passed in the form of an
amendment to the original motion By
vote of 1,715,OOO against 934, 1000. II
was left to the labor members, howev-
er, to act on the bill according to their
own consciences.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
DERsWs REcRuIrINe FAILS.


London.-Out of 5,011,441 men OF
military age in England, Scotland and
Wales, 2,829,263 were attested, en-
listed or rejected under the Earl of
Derby's recruiting scheme, leaving @.
182,178 men who did no. come for.
ward and offer their services. OF the
men who did come forward 42S,S5S
were rejected by the recruiting Off.
GERS. bord Derby's report was laid
before Parliament.
Lord Derby's figures for the period
between October 23 and December Is
show that 1,150,O00 unmarried men
and 1,679.263 married men sought 20
enlist.
or the grand total of married and
single men. 100000 unmarried men
and 112.431 married men enlisted inn.
mediately; $4,000 single men and /.
344,979 married men were attestsd for
future service.
or the single men, 2O7 900 were re.
jected. while 221,S5S married men
were no. accepted by the officials.
Thus far there has been no official
statement as to the scope of the com
pulsion bill and the greatest interest
Is manifested by the general public as
to the attitude the measure will take
toward Ireland
The Russians are pressing their of
fensive movement everywhere in the
Stripa and Volhynlan districts OF Rus.
sia and in East Galicia. and are at.
tscking in great force at many points
on a front Of 300 miles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
Interested In RalIroad Renort.

Ceal men of the Kanawha valley
have expressed great interest in the
rumor of proposed connecting link
OF railroad to be built by the Chesa-
peake & Ohio to connect the Cabin
Creek branch of the road with the Big
River branch, affording a much greater
facility in the transportation CT coal
from the mines to the main line Of the
road. This extension is said to be pro
jected in addition to twenty-miles. At
present on the Coal River extension OF
the Cabin Greek branch is a mountain
known as Coal River mountain. The
grade OF this mountain is so steep that
an ordinary engine of the CT type
can haul up it only eleven loads of
coal at one time
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
Hospital Corp Inspection.

Inspection OF the hospital corps OF
each regiment of the national guard
and the adjutant generals headquar.
ters in Charleston. by Major Earnest
l.. Ruffner, of the Medical corps OF
the United States army, will be held
early in February. according to the an
nouncement of Adjutant General Bond.
The inspection of the hospital corps
of the Second regiment will be held
at Bluefield. Feb. 8; headquarters
here will be inspected at Piedmont,
Feb. IA. A part of the time to be
spent here by Major Ruffner will be
devoted to a school OF instruction for
a number of the medical officers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
GALLIPOLI IS
EVACUATED
Allies Claim to Have Left With
out Any Loss
EDWARD VII. SUNK BY MINE
This Campaign Saw Some of the Mos,
Terrible Fighting of tho War.
Position Has Been Complete
Iy Abandoned.

London.-It is officially announced
that the complete evacuation of the
Gallipoli peninsula has been success.
fully carried out.
A report from Constaninople claims
The capture by the Turks OF a great
enemy camp and nine guns. and the
sinking Of an enemy vessel with
troops near Seddul Bahr"
The official communication SAYS:
General Sir Charles Munro reports
the complete evacuation Of GallipolI
has been successfully carried out.
All the guns and howitzers were
got away, with the exception of IT
worn-out guns which were blown up
by us before leaving.
"Our casualties amount to one
member of the British rank and file.
wounded
There were no casualties among
the French"
The withdrawal OF so large force
from the tip OF the peninsula under
The guns of the Turkish batteries on
both sides of the strait would seem to
indicate that the Turks were again
out-witted.
Costly Undertaking.
With the withdrawal of the British
and French forces from the southern
tip OF the Gallipoli peninsula, after
the evacuation of the Anzac Cove and
Suvla Bay positions on the western
coast in the middle of December, there
has come TO an end a movement that
was begun with expectation OF
achievements which would have a
great bearing on the outcome of the
war.
British Battleship Sunk.
An official dispatch reads: H NJ
s. King Edward VII struck a mine
Owing to the heavy sea she had to be
abandoned and sank shortly after
ward. The ships company was taken
off without loss of life. Only two men
were injured.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
Save Money BY ~sIue Sky Law"

Save Money BY "BIue Sky Law"
Reviewing the effects of the. opera
tion of the lately amended West Vir-
ginia Blue Sky Law" State Auditor
Darst, in the current bulletin from his
office, declares that investors in the
state have been saved large amounts
OF money by its strict enforcement,
keeping out of the state all fake COM
panies. Full publicity" he says, SIS
required of the condition of every com
pany that offers it's securities for sale.
The state does not in any way guar
antee the value of stocks or securities
sold by companies which have com
piled with the law, as the value of
stocks, particularly, must always de-
pend very largely upon the character
of the management of the company.
The law requires that the investor be
given full information concerning the
promotion. If he buys securities with
such information before him, he un-
derstands what he is doing and takes
his own risk. The law restricts pro-
motion expense to ten per cent of the
par value of stock. "Fake mining com
panies, bogus oil companies and land
companies with their estate several
feet under water were forced to give
this state wide berth after the pas
sage OF this law"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
Gain in School Children.

There are 10000 children OF school
age in West Virginia, or 10000 more
than in 1914, according to statistics
being compiled by the department o.
free schools. All but 5000 of the to-
tai number have been enrolled in the
schools, an increase of almost 5000
over the number the actual enrolment
showed at the end of 1914 The aver
age daily attendance of school pupils
in 1915 was $4,000 over that of the
former year. The attendance per
centage in 1915 was 1875.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
eood Roade 10 Re RuIlt.

II bond issues carry which are pro.
posed in various counties I'm the south.
ern section OF West Virginia this year
more than S5,5OO0OO will be spent in
the construction OF permanent roads in
Wayne. Cabell, Wyoming. Mingo. Mer
Ger and Kanawha counties. In each OF
a majority of districts in these coun.
ties IL Is proposed 60 spend as much as
100000 for roads. The state road bu.
reau IS engaged I'm compiling statistics
expected 20 show that West Virginia
HAS built as much permanent roadway
during the last year as any other state
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13

George r. Cook has been appointed
deputy mine inspector for the West
Virginia district. succeeding Clarence
r Orr who resigned TO accept su.
perintendency for coal company in
Black Hawk, Utah. The appointee was
formerly mine foreman at nnston,
In the Fairmont region. with head.
quarters 40 Thomas. Tucker county.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
ID Inspeet Pleament watsr.

To make a full examination OF the
Piedmont water system and determine
the cause OF its failure to supply pure
water for the domestic consumption
Of the citizens OF The town Mayo Tol
man, state sanitary engineer with tho
department OF health will go 10 Pied.
mont. Mineral county. Piedmont has
suffered from am unusual number OF
typhoid cases for tho last four or five
years. Recently the number has de.
creased to three or four a month. but
even that is regarded as entirely too
many for a town the size Of Piedmont.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13

West Virginia farmers produced
$4,000 fieeces OF wool during 1915.
according TO estimates of the depart
ment of agriculture. The production
for 1914 was 668.000 neeces. The
average weight for 1915 was five
pounds. compared With 81 for 1914.
The aggregate weight of wool bro.
duced in Che state. however. was about
the same. being 34O6.O0O pounds I'm
1914 and 8d05.000 ga 1915 The do.
pariment states that The average price
70 producers for unwashed wool has
averaged about 234 cents per pound
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
Cattle To ee Examined.

All cattle shipped from West Vir-
ginia into Ohio markets and from Ohio
into West Virginia must pass a tuber-
culosis test. Both states recently
agreed to this arrangement. by which
1t is expected that shipments of cattle
between the two states will be free
from infection. Similar arrangements
will be made among other states n
possible with the West Virginia
arrangements as the basis on which
TO work
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13
KAISER YIELDS New POINT.

Admits LusltanIa, Sunk by Wasp, Was
Not Armed Vessel.
Warrington Germany no longer
contends that the Lusitauia could be
riassed as an armed vessel, a conten-
Ion which was advanced as justifl-
cation for the destruction Of the ship
with more than 100 American lives.
sec. fary Lansing disclosed that the
oonten.ion had been abandoned in the
course Of the negotiations for settle
ment now IN progress between the
United states and Germany.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13

Washington Mrs Woodrow Wilson
was unanimously elected honorary
president OF the Womon's National
Democratic league Mrs. william j.
Cullop, wife of Representative Cullop
Of lndiaaa. was unanimously re.eleci
ed president The entire national
1oard was rn-elncina
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-01-13

Flagstac, Ariz.- Recent observations
of Saturn at the Lowell observatory
show a remarkable change in the
color and brightness OF the planets
bali. which is now of a pinkah brown
tint and strikingly darker than the
rings