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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." The Pioneer TARIFF BILL VOTE TO BE CLOSE ONE Finance Committed's Changes May Be Disregarded. MARSHALL MAY DEGIDE IT. Vice President's Ballot May Be Needed to Pass Measure—Farmers' Unions Try to Draw Senators From Caucus Pledges—Senator Burton Sees Business Diclocation. Washington—As soon as the Underwood tariff bill reaches the senate it is planned to bring it forward for consideration without delay. Democratic leaders are sanguine that they will be able to put the measure through the senate in practically the same shape as it comes from the house, and this in spite of the opposition of Democratic senators from sugar growing and wool growing states, who object to the provisions taking the protective duties from these products. There are ten Democrats and seven Republicans on the senate finance committee, which will handle the Underwood bill in the interim between its passage by the house and its consideration by the senate. Joined by two Democrats the seven Republicans on the finance committee would be able to amend the house bill with respect to sugar and weel, and there is a confident feeling among those interested in having the house rates on these products changed that the two Democratic votes will be forthcoming, with a possibility of three Democrats joining the Republicans in voting to prevent sugar from going on the free list at the end of the three year period provided for in the Underwood bill. But whatever the action of the committee on finance, the majority leaders profess a hopeful feeling that they will ```markdown ``` overcome the descretion of the wool and sugar senators when the bill is taken up in the senate itself. Putting the bill against every contingency they can conceive, the senate leaders figure that the vote on the final passage of the tariff measure will be a tie, and with Vice President Marshall there to cast the deciding vote for the bill they are confident of victory. But they expect to win by a wider margin. They feel sure that there will be at least two votes to spare in the majority in favor of the measure. Some of the district farmers' unions interested in cotton and wool growing are trying to prevent the transfer of their products to the free list or a reduction in the present tariff rates on those products by persuading Democratic senators to remain out of party caucuses called to consider the terms of the Underwood bill. These organizations are proceeding on the theory that Democratic senators who remain away from the caucuses will be free ESTABLISHED 1882. VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL Assistant of Archives, O W. Va. he ERE SHALL THE PRE 2. MARTI HALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE MARTINSBURG, to act as they please when the bill comes up for consideration in the senate. Concerted action along this line was agreed upon at a conference of the Farmers' union from southern states, held in New Orleans not long ago. Senator Theodore L. Burton of Ohio (Rep.) has given out a prepared interview, in which he expresses surprise that greater interest has not been aroused over the pending tariff bill, which, he asserted, would create changed conditions vitally affecting the welfare of the country. Senator Burton admitted that material reductions in the present duties on many articles would be for the country's good, but he contended that the changes now proposed "are too drastic and are not based upon any well considered or well defined principles. For one thing, the changes were too sweeping," he said, and that "notwithstanding a contrary impression prevalent in the country, the tariff act of 1909 (the Payne-Aldrich law) provided for lower duties than those therefore in force." This was proved, he said, by a computation of the duties actually levied during the operation of the act. The duties collected in the last fiscal year, said Senator Burton, showed a decrease of more than 9 per cent on durable goods and more than 19 per cent on durable and nondurable articles combined, as compared with the experience in the last fiscal year that the Dingley tariff was in operation. TEETH IDENTIFY SKELETON. Dental Work Shows That Bones Belong to Lost Girl. Albuquerque, N. M.-The finding of a woman's skeleton in lonely Los Huertas canyon, thirty miles from this city, explains the disappearance on Nov. 14, 1011, of Margaret Greb, twenty-two, daughter of John Greb, a carpenter, who afterward went insane over the loss of his daughter, while a brother contracted tuberculosis from exposure in the search and died. The girl started out for a walk in the sand hills, lost her way when night fell, and, although the mountains and meas were searched for a trace of her, none was found. The skeleton, which was found stripped clean of flesh and clothing, was identified by a gold filling in the teeth. CATCHES PUMA WITH ROPE. Mountain Lion Measures Nine Feet From Note to Tip of Tall. Montrose, Colo.—A mountain lion, the largest ever captured in this part of the country, was caught by Uri Hotchkiss, hunter and trapper of Colons, six miles east of here. The lion stands three feet high, is nine feet from tip of nose to end of tail and weighs 143 pounds. Hotchkiss heard of the lion and, in company with his son George and Roy Humphrey, started out with a pack of dogs. The dogs treed the lion. Hotchkiss climbed the tree armed only with a rope. The lion chased him down several times, but finally he threw the rope around the boast's neck. The other men hauled the animal down, secured him with ropes, and the party took the lion to Colons. TO MAKE SPARROWS DRUNK. When intoxicated They Will Be Killed Humanely. Greeley, Colo. -- This town, founded by Horace Greeley for the promulgation of temperance principles and which never has had a snoon, is soon to see drunks in large numbers if the plans of ten women are carried out. They plan to get intoxicated English sparrows and finches, especially the females, in order that the two may be separated and the sparrows put peacefully to death. The idea is to put out pans of seed soaked in alcohol. The birds flock to the pans, cut and soon are drunk. The English sparrows, which kill off the finches, will be killed, and the finches, which destroy harmful insects, will be allowed to get sober and fly away. organi- theory remain be free Washington.—E. Dana Durand, retiring director of the census, will become a member of the faculty of the Uni- versity of Minnesota next fall. --- HATFIELD MAKES ATTACK ON KERN Governor Calls U. S. Senator a "Twister of Truth." COURTS FEDERAL PROBE. "Mother" Jones Not Imprisoned, but Merely "Detained," Says West Virginia Executive—Labor Agitatora Must Keep Out of State—Peonage Does Not Exist There. Charleston, W. Va.—Governor, Henry D. Hatfield of West Virginia in a red-hot statement here attacked Senator John W. Kern of Indiana because of a resolution introduced by him in the United States Senate providing for federal investigation of conditions in the West Virginia coal fields. Governor Hatfield declared that Senator Kern had been misinformed; that the coal strike no longer was in force, but that he intended to arrest any person adding and abetting lawlessness. At the same time he stated that he courts a through investigation if the senate decide that it is necessary. "I am informed," said Governor Hatfield, "that Senator Kern has made a statement that poisonage exists in West Virginia and that Mrs. Mary ("Mother") Jones has been on trial before a drumhead military court since her arrest some weeks ago. "In reply to the senator's statement relative to peonage I wish to say that his allegation is a fabrication out of the whole cloth. Mrs. Jones is not now nor has she at any time since her arrest been in prison. She is being detained (and is not in any way confined) at a pleasant boarding house with a private family on the banks of the Kanawha river at Pratt, W. Va. "I do not intend to permit Mrs. Jones or any other person to come into West Virginia and make informatory smuggles." [Image of a man in a suit and tie, facing left]. GOVERNOR HENRY D. HATIELD. es that have a tendency to produce riot and bloodshed, as were experienced under the administration of Governor Glisscock. We have evidence in abundance to prove that the class of speeches made by Mrs. Jones and her coworkers did bring about a riotous state, which resulted in murder and the destruction of property. We have a dozen of the same class of people confined in different jails of the state, some of them guilty of murder, others guilty of aiding and abetting by furnishing the necessary firearms and ammunition with which to commit murder. "The honorable body of which Senator Kern is a member has a perfect right to investigate West Virginia or any part of it. I shall be delighted to have such an investigation and will use my best efforts to aid the investigation committee in any way I can, but Senator Kern must remember that I am responsible to the people of West Virginia for the maintenance of law and or Press. BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED 17 MAY 10. 1913. VOL der, and they will be maintained by me during my term of office at any hazard, and when it becomes necessary to detain or jail people to accomplish this purpose it will be done unhesitatingly. "The long drawn out strike on Ida and Cabin creeks is at an end. Fewer than fifty persons are without work in that section, and in a short time every one will have been cared for. "Such twisters of the truth as Senator Kern seem to be largely responsible for these falsehoods and misrepresentations, which work untold hardships upon those in office who have due respect for law and order and who are trying to carry out and maintain the principles of good government. "I note that one of the statements of Senator Kern is to the effect that he knows positively that one newspaper correspondent was elected during the trial of 'Mother' Jones and deported from the state. I can use no better terms and cannot express myself more forcefully than to say that this was a willful and deliberate lie on the part of the one who informed Senator Kern, and it would not at all surprise me to learn that the senator knew this to be the case when he made the statement." SECOND TRIAL SOON FOR SZABO MURDER Burton W. Gibson to Be Tried In Newburg This Time. Newburg, N. Y.-Burton W. Gibson will shortly be placed on trial for the second time charged with murder in having strangled Rosa Menschik Szabo in a rowboat at Greenwood lake, July 16 last. The previous trial of the lawyer took place last November at Goshen, Orange county, before Judge Arthur S. Tompkins and a jury of farmers. There seemed to be every indication of conviction, but the jury disagreed. It was later learned that jurymen were afronted by the fact that the prosecution was conducted by Assistant District Attorney Iddor Wasservogel of New York county. "Orange county has as able lawyers as New York county," said one. "At the next trial there will be an Orange county jury, an Orange county judge and an Orange county prosecutor." District Attorney John Wilson will conduct the case in person. It is said new witnesses have been discovered and the testimony of some who appeared for Gibson may be impeached. The fact that Gibson will be tried again, in spite of the expense, indicates that the prosecutor believes he has a very strong case. Gibson will be arreigned before Judge Tompkins in Nowburg instead of Goshen. CAT IS GOOD ALARM CLOCK. Whon Six o'Clock Whistle Blows Animal Awakens Master. Sharon, Pau.-Mark Moeller, a steel worker of near Farrell, would not trade his pet Maltese cat for the best alarm clock ever invented. He vouches for the story that within the last year he has not once arrived late at his work, while before Tom came into the family circle he was frequently tardy. Moeller's cat wakes him every morning at 6 o'clock, and if he turns over for just a few more winks the feline begins clawing at the covers until Moeller arises. Moeller used to have an alarm clock. Sometimes he would forget to wind it. He would oversleep and arrive late at work. There is a whistle at a factory close by, and this always blows at 6 o'clock. The cat knows when the whistle blows it is time for Moeller to arise, and it jumps on the bed and stays there until the sleeper is aroused. The cat has been more reliable than the clock and has not missed awakening Moeller except Sundays for several months. Thompson and Thompson are in reality the hustlers of hustlers in the clothing line and their stock is up to date in style and shade. BY GAIN." L. 32. NO. 10 DOG'S WHINES CLEW IN MURDER MYSTERY Lead to Discovery of Skeleton of Missing Woman. Harrington, Del. — Following their dog into the cellar of an abandoned and partly ruined house on the Delmar road, two sons of U. Grant Nicholson made a discovery that led to a partial solution of the mystery surrounding the disappearance ten years ago of Mrs. Ann Maloney, who at that time lived alone in the house. The boys were attracted by their dog whining as if he had discovered an animal, and when they reached their pet it was pawing at the ground. Lighting some matches, the boys found what looked to them like human hair protruding through the earth. The boys run home to their father, who summoned neighbors, and the son, with spades and picks, soon disinherred a human skeleton, to the skull of which the hull was still fast. On examining it Dr. J. S. Strickland, who lived here at the time of Mrs. Maloney's disappearance, decided it was hess and showed the farmers a mark on one of the bones which, he said, might have been made by an ax. At the time Mrs. Maloney disappeared it was thought that she had been murdered for her money, and a negro was arrested on suspicion, but was discharged when no trace of the woman could be found, and the belife grew that the woman had moved from the vicinity, as she had talked of doing. PORK AND PIES BY MAIL. Gant From England to British Woman In California. San Francisco. There seemed to be only one thing lacking to make living in southern California one long dream of happiness to Mrs. Fred C. Cline, and that one thing was an old fashioned home made pork pie, the kind she used to eat when a girl in her English home in Refford. In a letter she sent to her cousin at Retford Mrs. Cline made mention of this, and the other day a somewhat bulky package was deposited at the Cline home by the postman. It bore postage amounting to 2s. 3d., or the equivalent of 54 cents in American money, and smugly packed inside were one pork pie and five old fashioned English nance pies. The package had come from Retford by parcel post and was delivered in excellent condition. APPETITE OPENS JAIL DOORS. Magistrate Lots Man Go When He Shows He's Hungry. Philadelphia - Charles Miller, forty-two, of Pittsburgh ate his way out of a police station. The man was arrested for stealing two bottles of milk and two leaves of bread and was taken before Magistrate Hughes. The stolen articles were still under his arm. "I was hungry," said Miller when asked why he stole. "Show me," said the magistrate. Thereupon Miller devoured the bread, drank the milk and walked from the station a free man. Incidentally he also accepted some money from the magistrate. BEES KILL 200 PULLETS. Honey Gatherers Also Give Auto Party a Hot Time. Porterville, Cal.--Two hundred puillets belonging to W. F. Weems, a poultry raiser in the Plano district, were stung to death when a swarm of bees attacked them. The bees, which belong to the Kern County Land company, are brought to this district every year during the orange blossom season. Besides the chickens which were killed, several score of others were so badly stung that they will also die. After the bees had attacked the chickens they continued down the road and attacked an automobile party. The bees were so thick that after the car had emerged from the swarm the tonneau was covered with them. INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ENVOIDED TO POSSIBLE, RELIGIOUS AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ER. Rates of Subscription. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the ad vertiser pays every three months. Advertising lunch one time 75c. Standing 50c. Reduced Rates to Calbs. Send for Sample Copies. J. R. Cufford, Editor & Proprietor Drawer 869, and Sel 'Phone, 60K Martinsburg, W. Va. Beginning next week I will start out in the interest of the Pioneer Press, to collect and solicit subscribers. Please be prepared to pay promptly, for I have a large territory to go over, and my time is limited, owing to other pressing matters. Very truly youre, J. R. Clifford. Entirely too much fighting and maiming people are going on in this town by Negroes, who should be rigidly dealt with, and it is the absolute duty of every decent colored person to help ferret them out. In fact there is not a town in this state needs a stricter enforced vagrant law than Martinsburg. Set it down as a fact that all loafere, and there are too many here, are a menace to decency, and they should be arrested and made work on the streets or our public roads. One, if not the ablest men in the United State Senate is General Nathan Goff, Jr., and the whole nation will so agree within a year. He was right in the civil war; right always as a citizen of this state and to the nation, right as a lawyer and supremely so as a United State Judge, and he will be a bulwark of powerful prevention against all the infamous plans that may come up in the United State Senate. West Virginia and the world honors him for his heroism on many fields of battle and as lover of fair play for all classes of Americans. The filthy, lying set of pimps are again busily engaged in their devilish work of swearing that innocent men sold them whiskey. Every one of these pimps is a drunkard in this neck of the woods, and were it not for the money they get by going to Parkersburg, Wheeling, Clarkesburg and Philippi, nothing of the kind would go on. It is bailed with delight that the time for it all is coming to a close. A few influential men have been to Washington and exposed the graft with promises of good reaults to soon follow, thanks to the Department of Justice. Jack Johnson comes in for not a bit of our sympathy. He has made a foot of himself, and punishment is always its pay. True, had he not whipped Jimi Jeffries, the publicity he has gotten would not be, but that did not justify his laudable craziness for Jewd white women—the world's worst devils. No difference how bad white women may be, when Negroes tie up with them. America's prejudice places the blame, on the Negroes, and since they have all colour of their own, they are fools to have any dealings with them, and deserve to be punished, not so much for the alleged crime, but for disgracing the race. However, it ought to apply with more force to white slavery by white men, with black women the country over, and especially the South. Potential for good as Storer College is, let all fervently hope that never again will a similar exhition of the drunkenness that was seen there last year reoccur. Forty years ago, a drunken man or woman would not only abame students and teachers, but arrests would have been made and the law heavily laid on the woree than begets. Scores of drunken men and women were there, some drunk on the campus, and one beastly fiend hit a w mar, who fell out of the bunggy bleeding and unconscious, and when we appealed to a policeman to arrest him, the coward's reply was: "I have no authority." For what was be there? Men drank whiskey and cursed before women and children, and no arrests were made. Allow it to happen no more. Arrest every one who goes there drunk this year, and let the good name of Storer be echoed from sea to sea. We offer free our services to help prosecute the drunken rowdies. The Pioneer Press can't agree with the Cleveland Gazette anent the worthlessness of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People. Its in the middle of the road Lincoln trod, is destined to carry forward the completion of the work he started. Things that last never develop rapidly. That the best white men and women in America are members of it is undoubtedly true. So far as Dr. DuBois and Dr. Mason are concerned, while neither is our ideal of a man, they are doing their beat and wonderful good will follow it. Have patience Brother Smith and thank heavens we have Negroes who are able enough to get so big a salary. NEGROES STIKRED BY RACE MEASURE. Evident From Request By Cam- mings That Ordinance Hear- ing Bee Deferred. That the Negroes of the city are prepared for a hard fight against the passage of the new race segregation ordinance pending in the City Council is shown by the request of Harry S. Cummings, the Negro City Councilman from the Seventeenth ward, that action on the measure be postponed for a week or more. Behind the demand for the new ordinance there is a large and influential public sentiment. Cummings' request for a post-ponement was made today to Second Branch Councilman Curtis, chairman of the Committee on Police and Jails, to which the ordinance was referred. It has been granted to the extent that Curtis will not call the committee together for a public hearing on the measure until next week. The hearing on the ordinance is expected to be an interesting one. The white owners of real estate in Northwest Baltimore and other sections of the city where Negro invasions are feared look upon the new measure as their only safeguard during the litigation of the original segregation ordinance which has been pronounced "invalid and unenforceable" by Judge Eugot. An appeal from Judge Elliott's decision has been taken to the Court of Appeals, but as it is probable that it will be months before the appeal is reached, those in favor of race segregation legislation fear that, unless some means of prevention be adopted, the Negroes may take advantage of the "soapbole" established by the crippled state of the original ordinance and obtain houses in the formerly restricted neighborhoods. Although the new segregation ordinance differs but little from that introduced several years ago by Councilman Samuel L. West of the Thirteenth ward, and now in litigation, it is believed that Judge Elliott's decision in respect to the original measure will not affect the new ordinance, and that, it passed by the Council, it will serve to prevent the mingling of the races until the status of the West ordinance is settled. Finally, the Postmaster Evan Price Anecdotal Literature By W. G. A WOMAN'S DILEMMA. A woman who was a careful housekeeper, nevertheless was guilty on one occasion, of a serious oversight, which greatly humiliated her. One Sunday, after she had taken her seat in the church, she suddenly realized that she had forgotten to turn off the gas from the oven in which she had left a nicely cooked piece of beef. Visions of a ruined dinner rose before her, and penciling a short note handed it to her husband who was an usher, who, without reading it, handed it to the minister, to her amazement and horror, which was intensified when the minister read—"Go home and turn off the gas." SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT The morning was an inauspicious one for the new barber, for he had just started business. But he was full of hope, and as he industriously scraped away at his first customer he made the usual inquiry. "Razor all right, sir?" "My good man," said the customer, "if you hadn't mentioned it I should never have known there was a razor on my face." The barber smiled delightfully. There was a good omen, indeed, so he said, "thank you, sir." "No!" added the customer, reflectively, "I should have thought you were using a file." TRUE GENROSITY. A man asked a butcher,—"Have you any good beefsteak? It is good for a black eye, to take the color out—the best thing in the world. The butcher assured him he had. "Goodl then save me two pounds for Riley. I'm going to black his optics. He'll probably call for it in half an hour." Twenty minutes later the same man came back with his coat in rags, his collar gone, his nose damaged and both eyes puffed up. "Did you find Riley," asked the butcher. "I did, sir, and he has kindly consented to let me use the beefsteak." A USEFUL MEMBER. A minister upon entering on a new charge, found it all he could desire, with the exception of Old Bill Johnson, who was addicted to looking upon the wine when it was red, and the new minister at once determined to bring him to see the error of his ways. "Well, of course, we know you mean right, parson," said one of the elders, slowly stroking his white beard: "but it would be a mighty bad thing for the place if old Bill was to quit drinking. "Why, what do you mean," said the puzzled minister. "Well, parson, its this," the elder explained; "There ain't a more convincing talker nowhere than Old Bill: Every time he gets drunk and sobers down, he gets somebody to sign the pledge with him, and the other fellow nearly always keeps it." THE TWO DENTISTS First Dentist—My work is so painless that my patients fall asleep." Second Dentist—Hubl that's nothing. My patients, nearly all insist on having their pictures taken while I am at work in order to catch the expression of delight on their faces. J. J. R. C. L. B. F. O. R. D. MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Practices in all the Courts of Va., the Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Courts. JILTS PRINCE ON EVE OF WEDDING Princess of Baroda Says "No" to Maharajah's Son. BOTH FAMILIES VERY BIGH. Gaekwar's Only Daughter, the Fair Indira, Abandons Her Native Land Rather Than Marry Distasteful Suitor—"Most Beautiful Princess of India" Visited United States Twice. Bombay, India.—A profound sensation was caused here by the sudden breaking of the projected marriage of Princess Indira, only daughter of the reigning gaekwar of Baroda, to Prince Jitendra, son of the maharajah of Cooch Behar, which was to have been celebrated in Calcutta. At the eleventh hour the princess suddenly announced her intention to break off the match to her parents and her afflianced and immediately afterward set sail for England. Elaborate preparations had been made for the ceremony, in which descendants of two of the most prominent native rulers in India were to have been united. The hitch in all probability occurred owing to the family of the native princes of Baroda belonging to the na- M THE GAEKWAR OF BARODA. tion which at one time was one of the chief branches of the Maharatta confederacy ruling a great part of India, while the royal family of Cooch Behar is said to have come from a tribe of aboriginal descent and to have held claim to divine origin in order to conceal its low caste. This difference in caste would constitute a barrier to a Hindu marriage. The maharajah of Cooch Behar was educated in England, and so was his son, Jitendra, who was made bankrupt in London in 1911 for a small debt, which was afterward paid and his bankruptcy rescinded. The young Princess Indira is also a familiar figure in the British isles. The maharanee of Baroda is the author of "The Position of Women In Indian Life," and has advanced ideas on the subject. The gaekwar has written several books and is a man of high education. The gaekwar of Baroda and his wife, the "most beautiful woman in India," visited the United States in 1906 and in the summer of 1910. With them on their last trip was Prince Jalsink, then a junior in Harvard, where he was called "the gaek," and the Princess Indira Rajat. The Princess Indira is toasted as "the most beautiful princess in India," and as her father's wealth is a byword she is also considered the "greatest catch." During his stay in the United States the gaekwar and his son wore conventional English clothes. The maharanee and Princess Indira went unveiled, but wore their native robes. Both mother and daughter motored every day. The maharance was never without the priceless pearl collar and earrings and the great diamond bracelet that are the most valued pieces in the gaekwar's storied treasure house. The princess was then eighteen years old. She was slender and small. She had big, soft brown eyes, velled by long, silky lashes, and her complexion was the color of rich cream. Through her secretary she told an interviewer that she had never danced in her life. "It would not be considered decent for the princess to waltz or two step, even with another girl, and it would be unthinkable for her to dance with a man," explained the secretary. "She has never gone in for the more violent athletics either and looks with wonder on your tall, muscular young women who swim and fence and stride over golf courses." The princess admitted, through the secretary, that she had never met a man except the members of her own family. She loved the theater and saw all the modern plays from the seclusion of her box. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. Corrected to Dec. 1st, 1912. Train's leave Martinsburg as follows WEST BOUND No 55 Daily at 11:21 a.m for Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis. Connects for Romney except Sunday and at Grafton for Wheeling. No 15 Daily at 11:50 a.m for Grafton Pittsburg and Chicago. No 5 Daily, at 3:17 p.m for Grafton, Pittsburg and Chicago. No. 7 Daily 7.42 p.m for Wheeling, Columbus and Chicago. No, I Daily at 6:20 p m or Cincinnati Louisville and St. Louis. No 3 Daily at 2.36 a m for Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis. For Cumberland and way Stations, No 19 5 37 p. m. No. 9 Daily at 11.28 p m; for Pittsburg No 23 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 a m for Cumberland and intermediate stations. Connects for Berkeley Springs. EAST BOUND. No 16 Daily except Sunday at 11.55 a.m for Frederick, Baltimore and all inter- mediate stations via old line. No 18 Daily except Sunday at 6.30 p.m for Washington and Baltimore and all inter- mediate stations, Connects for, Frederick. G. W. SQUIGGINS, Gen. Pass Agent, Baltimore Md. R. S. BOUIC Ticket Agent, Martinaburg, W. Vs Cyclone City Objects to "Fake" Stories About Relief Given. Cyclone City Objects to "Fake" Stories About Relief Given. Omaha—Relief to the value of the 250,000 has been received for the benefit of the sufferers from Omaha's big Easter cyclone. This sum includes cost, supplies, labor, automobile and hospital service, tornado insurance and everything that was done for the victims to help them. The biggest single item on the list is the $650,000 in tornado insurance carried by the losers. Insurance companies have been very liberal in their adjustments of losses and many homes in Omaha are now being rebuilt which otherwise would have remained in ruins. The second largest item is that of cash contributed from all sources. This amounts to $470,000 and will undoubtedly reach the half million mark before the fund is closed. This $470,000 was raised almost entirely in Omaha itself. Many donations were sent in from Nebraska towns and the state of Nebraska contributed $40,000. New York city's donations amounted to $8,000. San Francisco, to which city Omaha was the first in the Union to send succor after the earthquake and fire, sent Omaha just $5. This was an individual subscription from the editor of a labor paper. On the afternoon following the earthquake Omaha started a special train of supplies and provisions and a large amount of cash to San Francisco. The great American Red Cross society has not aided Omaha to the extent of a single dollar, although Omaha hears frequently of subscriptions being handed to that institution for the benefit of the tornado sufferers. Omaha is not kicking against the Red Cross for nonassistance, but does object to the stories spread over the country telling of the quickness and speed with which the Red Cross leaped into Omaha and did wonderful deeds of relief. Entered in Post Office at Macsonsour W. Va., as Seccond Class Matter LONG STAY FOR TROOPS. On Border Six Months at Least, Says General Wood. Galveston, Tex. - Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, has declared that the second division of the United States army will remain mobilized at Galveston and Texas City "until the causes of the mobilization are removed." "I do not know just how long the division will remain mobilized," he said, "nor does any other man know. I am sure the stay will be a long one, six months or more." General Wood, who was on a tour of inspection of border camps, visited Fort Crockett here and expressed satisfaction with regard to conditions. Training of the men in maneuvers and mobilization would be valuable to the army, he declared, and he directed that the greatest attention be given to the solution of the transportation problem. He insisted that the evolving of a new plan for the distribution of supplies for an army in the field was all important. MAILED A CREEN COCOANUT. Case Where Postoffice Carried Package Containing Liquid. Indianapolis, Ind.—"Guess you'd better handle this carefully. Sounds like it might break," said a postman as he gingerly handed a big brown package over the desk of a hotel here. The clerk looked first at the package, then at the postman, with a puzzled expression on his countenance. He picked up the package and shook it. There was a sound of dashing water, then he saw the label, "Palm Beach cocoanut," and he laughed. It was not a patent bottle or an ostrich egg. It was just a coconut, but different in appearance from the kind offered in the local market. The smooth outer shell had not been removed, and the label and postage were pasted right on the nut. The coconut weighed three pounds, and it cost 24 cents to send it by parcel post from Palm Beach, Fla. The nut was sent to Homer I. Cutsinger. HIEROGLYPHICS IN OLD CAVE Carved Pictures of Indians Crudely Drawn Are Found. Ogden, Utah.—With what appears to be prehistoric hieroglyphics carved on its walls, a mammoth cave, rivalling the famous cave of Kentucky, was discovered in this vicinity. Thomas Whitaker, a racher, made the discovery. He will head a party of University of Utah professors on a tour of Investigation. The cave is located in the mountains near Promontory point, eighteen miles from Ogden, and probably never has been visited by white men, as the surrounding country is a bleak desert. The front chamber of the series is 75 by 150 yards, 41 feet high, and the walls bear pictures of Indians, crudely drawn. There is an Indian legend current in this locality to the effect that a great battle was fought years ago between tribes near the point, the vanquished having disappeared in a cave. Rooster Site In For Hen. Columbus, Ind. — Fred Ortel, caretaker at the City hospital, has a hen which seemed to want to sit, but she persisted in leaving her nest. Becoming disgusted with her unmotherly conduct, the rooster took the nest and proceeded to sit on it. Noting the rooster's steady habits, Ortel placed a setting of eggs under it a few days ago, and so far it has proved faithful to its trust, leaving the nest only for food and drink. FLIES OVER PANAMA CANAL Powler Makoa Trip From Pacific to Atlantic In Fifty-five Minutes. Panama.—Robert G. Fowler, the aviator, successfully flow from the Pacific over the canal in a hydroaeroplane with a passenger, landing at the Atlantic side in fifty-five minutes. A picture was taken of the operator and machine in motion. The flight has frequently been termed impossible on account of the air currents over Culebra. Fowler flew directly over the cut and was able to carry out various evolutions despite wind obstacles. Leaving Panama Beach at 9:45 a.m., he circled over Panama City and the canal's entrance for awhile, then rose high and steered toward Colon, where he encountered a twenty-five mile breeze. In continuing to Cristobal the motor suddenly stopped, after missing fire, through the gasoline giving out. Fowler succeeded in landing with ease on a reef. The pontoon was torn, but otherwise the machine was undamaged. This is fine weather to make the TRAVELER'S MIND A BLANK. When Memory Returna Wanderer Is In South Dakota. Brookings, S. D.—As Edward Jernstad, a farmer, was driving to town he saw a man staggering along the road and then fall unconscious. Jernstad put him in his buggy and hurried to Brookings. When the man regained consciousness he escaped in the temporary absence of a doctor, but was captured and confined in the county fall. For two days he refused to talk, but finally stated he was A. J. Buhlman and his home Chicago. The last thing he remembers, he says, he was in Chicago, and he has no idea how he came to be in Brookings. He has no baggage, and trafmen do not recollect the man being a passenger. Reports from Volga are to the effect that a stranger answering Bohlum's description was in that town a day or two before he appeared here and that his peculiar actions attracted attention. COST OF LIVING ONCE HIGHER Bean Soup Was $1 a Plate In Early California Days. Palo Alto, Cal.-Proof that the cost of living has gone down considerably since the early days of California is produced by E. F. Weisshaur of this city, who has uncertified a bill of fare provided the gold miners in 1849 by the El Dorado hotel, Placerville. Among the delicacies mentioned are: Bean soup, $1 a plate; sauerkraut, $1; hash, low grade, 75 cents; hash, 18 carat, $1; roast beef, plain, $1; with one potato (fair size), $1.25; beef, tame (from the states), $1.50; roast grizzly, $1; two potatoes, medium size, 50 cents; two potatoes, peeled, 75 cents. A notice at the foot of the bill of fare tells patrons that meals are payable in advance and that they will find gold scales at the end of the bar. SEEK CONTINENT IN REGIONS NEAR POLE Crocker Land Expedition WILL Start North In July. New York.—Plans for the invasion of Crocker Land, which was sighted by Peary from Cape Thomas Hubbard in 1906, are rapidly progressing. When the exploration party sails from Sydney, N. S., on the whaler Diana in July, under the leadership of Donald B. MacMillan, the explorers will include a seismograph and a complete wireless outfit in their equipment, which will be thoroughly up to date. Electricity will also be utilized for lighting, cooking the meals and heating in the remote regions of the far north. It is proposed by members of the expedition to establish a seismograph station at the home headquarters on the shore of Flagler bay, which will be in charge of Ensign Fitzhugh Green, U. S. N. The object of the expedition is to discover and explore the unknown area north of the present map of the arctic regions and if conditions are favorable to penetrate the Greenland ice cap. When the expedition was first planned MacMillan was a co-leader with the late George Borup, whose death by drowning about a year ago off Crescent Beach, Conn., caused a temporary delay of the starting of the party. According to Peary, who was accompanied by Messrs. MacMillan and Borup on his dash to the north pole: "Of unexplored regions in the north there are remaining but two of first importance, the inland ice cap of Greenland and the area represented by the large blank space on the map bounded by Bering strait, the pole, the western border of the arctic archipelago and the known open sea north of Siberia. The theories of the coastal experts have it that within this region lies an undiscovered arctic continent or a series of large islands, the whole not greatly distant from Banks island. Prince Patrick island and Grant Land (the western limit of the arctic archipelago), while tradition among the Eskimos strengthens the theories in fixing the southern edge of the unknown land not far north from Point Barrow and America." Several thousand dollars have recently been contributed to the expedition fund. The American Geographical society has added $3,000 to its previous subscription of $0,000 and Zenas Crane has increased his subscription by $2,500. Other subscriptions include $1,000 from George B. French and $100 from Colonel D. L. Brainard. The University of Illinois has made an appropriation which provides for the addition to the party of an expert zoologist, Dr. M. C. Tanquary, a graduate of the university. It is also proposed to establish a meteorological station on Bache pinin- sula. This equipment will be provided b) the weather leveau. MacMillan has known the hardships of the polar regions and has voyaged off the coast of Labrador in an open canoe studying the Lakimos of that country. UNIQUE HONOR TO A WOMAN Miss Harper Receives a Diploma In Tropical Medicine. London. - Miss Frances Margaret Harper, the first woman to gain such Distinction, has received a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene. This is granted by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. SUMMER SCHOOL AT THE WEST VIRGINIA COLOR Commences June 16, 1913 and Lasts Seven Weeks. Two MAIN COURSES: Teachers Review and Professional. Expenses Low. For further information, write Prof. Byrd Prillerman, Institute, W. Va. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. WASHINGTON, D.C. STEPBEN M. NEWMAN, D. D. Located in Capitol of the Nation. Camps of over twenty acres. Advantages unsuspassed. Modern scientific and general equipment. New Carnegie Library. New Science Hall. Faculty of over one hundred. 1382 students from 37 states and 10 other countries. Unusual opportunities for self-support. No young man or woman of energy or capacity need be deprived of its advantages. Devoted to liberal studies. Courses in English, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French, German, Physics, Chemistry Biology, History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences, such as are given in the best approved colleges. 16 professors. Kelly Muller, A. M., Dean. THE TEACHERS' COLLEGE. Special opportunities for teachers Regular college courses in Psychology, Pedagogy, Education, &c., with degree of A. B.; Pedagogical courses leading to Ph. B. degree. High-grade courses in Normal Training, Music, Manual Arts, and Domestic Sciences. Graduates helped to positions. Lewis B. Moore A. M., Ph. D., Dean. THE ACADEMY. Faculty of 13. Three courses of four years each. High grade preparatory school. George J. Cummings, A. M., Dean. THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. Courses in Bookkeeping, Stenography Commercial Law. History, Civics, &c. Business and English high school education combined. George W. Cook, A. M. Dean. SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCE$. Furinches thorough courses. Six instructors. Offers four-year courses in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, and Architecture. Professional Schools THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY. Interdenominational. Five professors. Broad and thorough courses. Advantages of connection with a great University. Students' Aid. Low expenses, Isaac Clark, D.D., Dean. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Forty-nine professors. Modern laboratories and equipment. Connected with new Freedmen's Hospital, costing half million dollars. Clinical facilities not surpassed in America. Post-graduate School and Polychronic. Edward A. Balloch, M. D., Dean, 5th and W. Streets N. W., W. C. McNeill, M. D., Secretary, 901 B St., N. W. THE SCHOOL OF LAW. Faculty of eight. Courses of three years, giving a thorough knowledge of theory and practice of law. Occupies own building opposite the court house. Benjamin F. Leighton, LL.B., Dean, 420 5th street N. W. For catalogue and special information address Dean of Department. STATUE FOR FIGHTING GOAT. Met and Defeated All Comers on Thanksgiving Day, 1865. San Francisco. Lovers of old Spanish mines now seeking to have the designation "Yerba Baja" restored to Goat Island, in San Francisco bay, may find that at least the physical semblance of the hated goat will remain. The navy department not only has granted permission to the Associated Naval Veterans to erect a fifty foot statue of a goat on the top of the island, but agrees that it may be a "pagan" goat or a "goat rampant" or both. Permission to install, erect or superimpose the goat has been received by Commodore Browne of the Associated Veterans from the secretary of the navy. The news caused some discontent among members of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, who have begun a movement to have the name changed to Yerba Buena. A resolution memorializing the federal government to make the change is now before the legislature. WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? Ten year Combination Distribution Certificate of Membership as devised by the American Workmen Fraternal Insurance Company, of Washington. D. C., one of the most liberal, strongest and reliable fraternal institutions in the field. For further particulars see D.E.V.JORDAN.GENAGENT.N.Y.A. ROOM 2 K. P. BUILIARO CHARLESTON. — W. VA. BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT NEGRO MEN AND WOMEN OF EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. Adapted to the use of Students of race history, and of Negro youth. A valuable and handy reference book with questions and answers. Is printed on heavy paper in good, large clear type. And compactly bound in boards. A copy of this book should be in every Negro home. Price one dollar per volume---$1.00. Cash must invariably accompany all orders postage paid. Good live agents wanted for West Virginia. No sample outfits. Starups not accepted. For further information and terms to Agents, Address, John E. Bruce Grit, Author and Pub Sunnyslope Cottage, Yorkers, N. Y. Refers to J. R. Clifford, Esq., Editor Pioneer Press. Couldn't Walk! "I used to be troubled women," writes Mrs. Ann nearly a year, I could not v I tried several different doctors our druggist advised Cardi thin, my weight was 115. never sick. I ride horse fine health at 52 years." "I used to be troubled with a weakness peculiar to women," writes Mrs. Anna Jones, of Kenny, Ill. "For nearly a year, I could not walk, without holding my sides. I tried several different doctors, but I grew worse. Finally, our druggist advised Cardui for my complaint. I was so thin, my weight was 115. Now, I weigh 103, and I am never sick. I ride horseback as good as ever. I am in fine health at 52 years." We have thousands of such letters, and more are arriving daily. Such earnest testimony from those who have tried it, surely proves the great value of this vegetable, tonic medicine, for women. Cardui relieves women's sufferings, and builds weak women up to health and strength. 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Plant the Roots and Stimulating the hair. Per Bottle, Use Johnson's Dandruff Cure, using the Scrap of gum, grit, conditioner, oats and dirt, and leaves it healthy and moist. Per Jar, Use Johnson's Itch Cure. It will stop that fuchsia Scab. Per Jar. DR. W. ALEXANDER JOHNSON OR Smee. MARY L. JOHNSON Sealp Specialists C81 Shannon 631 Shawmut Avenue, - Boston, Mass. Please mention this paper. WILLIAM SPEARS BICYCLE REPAIR SHOP. Repair, wheels of all kinds putting in new work, boners, & braces in my specialty. Don't bother with build houses, come to Spencer and get those reasonable prices, and street and other countries. Second hand bicycles bought and sold. I now have on hand 10 second head bicycles, good as new. In addition to bicycle repairing, I do repairing of all kinds, and saw the only town in town who repair Bicycles. STATE 50 YEARS OLD JUNE 20,1913 JUNE 20 WILL NOT ONLY MARK WEST VIRGINIA'S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY BUT ALSO STATE-WIDE CELEBRATION. WEST VIRGINIA AROUSED Official Celebration In. Wheeling Will Be Supplemented By Observance Throughout the State of Golden Jubilee. Scene: Any free school in West Virginia. Time: Present. Characters: Teacher, pupils, parents and other visitors including school officials. Teacher: Willie Tell, please arise. What date are all West Virginians going to celebrate this year? Willie: Friday, June 20. Teacher: What anniversary falls on that date? Willie: The Semi-Centennial of the State. Teacher: Give us in a few words some facts about the birth of West Virginia. Willie: The first steps that led up to the formation of West Virginia as an independent state were taken in 1861. On January 7, of that year, the Virginia General Assembly met in extraordinary session, and a week later ordered an election held February 4, for delegates to a state convention at the Capitol February 13. This convention passed an Ordinance of Secession April 17. The vote which was taken in secret was 88 in favor; 55 apposed. Meetings of protest followed, but on the 17th of June the Virginia Declaration of Independence was adopted in convention. Ordinance reorganizing and restoring the Virginia state government passed June 19, with Franois H. Pierpont as governor. Teacher: Very good, Willie. Now I shall ask Ima Speaker to take up the story from this point. Ima, what happened next? Ima Speaker: At a meeting of the convention August 20 an ordinance was passed ordering an election within the boundaries of the new state. Teacher: What was the date of this meeting? Ima Speaker: October 24, 1851. It was at this meeting that the questions of division and of delegates came up. The vote for a new state was largely in its favor, the vote being 18,889 for and 481 against. A new constitution was framed and ratified by the people April 8, 1862, by a vote of 18,862 to 514. The loyal assembly of restored government of Virginia met in Wheeling, May 18th, and gave consent of Virginia to formation of West Virginia. May 29th certified copy of the Constitution was presented by Senator Willey in the U. S. Senate. Bill for the admission of West Virginia passed Senate July 14th. In the House of Representatives, the bill was made the order of the day for December 9th. Passed the House, December 10th, and was approved, as a New Year's gift, by President Lincoln, the night of December 31, 1862. The Convention which had framed the Constitution, without emancipation, was recalled and reassembled February 12, 1863. The emancipation patch was put on, and the amended instrument ratified March 26, 1863. April 20th President Lincoln, having received the certificate of ratification, issued a proclamation declaring West Virginia a State in the Union sixty days from that date. June 20, 1863, West Virginia was inaugurated and first administrative officers assumed their duties, at the temporary capitol, the Linsley Institute, in the city of Wheeling. School Official: I wish to compliment the teacher who has so successfully impressed upon the memories of these pupils this particular blot of history that we all, young and old, should be familiar with. I also wish to express to these two pupils my pleasure at the intelligent manner in which they have related the incidents leading up to the birth of West Virginia as a state. You all know that there is to be a great celebration in West Virginia in honor of the state's fiftieth anniversary. The official place where these exercises are to be held is the city of Wheeling. An elaborate program is being prepared. In addition, however, to this official recognition of the Golden Jubilee, there will be observations everywhere throughout the time. I want the children of our great tree school system to take a lively interest in this great event, and assist in every way they can to make the day one long to be remembered. The Semi-Centennial Commission has been very much interested in the schools and school children of our state and are going to present two flags to every school-one U. S. flag and one state flag-the latter made and designed especially for the celebration June 20. You young people should play a prominent part in the exercises in commemoration of the state's natal day and the Semi-Centennial Commission will undoubtedly see to it that a place is reserved for you in the program. In addition to any formal part that you may take, however, there is notiding to prevent you from holding a meeting of your own, electing officers and preparing a day's outing for yourselves. Why not a picnic and games and a jolly good time after the official program is over? Think it over, and if it appeals to you call your meeting early, as June 20 is not far distant, and let your teacher assist you in formulating our organization or club. Why not call it after your school, the School Soral-Centennial Club, for instance. All children should observe June 20. Let our school be one of the first to take steps in that direction. FROFESSOR A HUMAN DYNAMO Thumb-Nail Sketch of the State Super- intendent of Free Schools. "Good morning! Is Professor Shaw- key busy?" "Professor Shawkey is always busy." The above question was addressed to an attractive stenographer in one of the offices of the department of Free Schools in the Capitol building, and the reply came back from aforesaid young lady with the rapidity of a Gatling gun. There was nothing in the tone of voice to indicate to the visitor that he has asked foolish Question No. 4-11-44, but he has since learned that all who are acquainted with the State Superintendent of Free Schools never ask "Is Professor Shawkey busy?" He is one of the human dynamos of the state's public servants. He is magnetic, forceful, and quick to think and to not. There is a crispness in his spence; his sentences are well turned, yet he is not at all pedantic. He is a man of tremendous energy and a glutton for work. He is intensely interested in his department, and is a leader—not a trailer. Those who are in a position to speak with authority have paid handsome tribute to Prof. Shawkey is an educator of the advanced school. As a member of the Committee on Celebration, Schools, etc., of the Semi-Centennial Commission, he is proving an able assistant. He is doing all that he can to bring about the hearty cooperation of teachers and pupils in the forthcoming anniversary, June 20, which will be generally observed throughout the state. NATION NEEDS MORE CATTLE Demand For Meat Shown by Big Changes In Export Figures. Washington. — The decrease in the most supply available for exportation is illustrated sharply by the February export figures, just compiled by the statistical division of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. They show the number of cattle exported in the eight months ended with last month as 12,656 head against 270,210 head in the corresponding months of 1907 and the quantity of fresh beef exported as 4,700,047 pounds against 175,896,640 pounds in the same months. That this shortage in the exportations is due in part at least to an actual reduction in the number of cattle in the United States is evidenced by the fact that the total number of cattle on farms, according to figures of the department of agriculture, on Jan. 1 last was only 56,527,000 against 72,584,000 on Jan. 1, 1907. Still another evidence of the demand in the United States for an increase in its cattle supply is found in the figures of the department of commerce, which show an enormous increase in the importation of cattle, the number imported into the United States in the eight months ended with last month being 222,000 head against 12,513 head in the corresponding months of 1907. The table which follows shows for the years 1907 and 1913 the number and value of cattle on farms in the United States, of those imported, of those exported and the quantity and value of fresh beef exported, the figures relating to the eight months ended with February of the years named: CATTLE Number on farms Jan. 1. 1907. 1913. Number on farms Jan. 1. 72,534,000 56,557,000 No. imported, $ mos... 12,513 22,000 Value imported, $ mos... $711,802 3,670,000 No. exported, $ mos... 210,210 12,656 Value exported, $ mos... $711,731,000 $759,401 MUNSHI BORDER Value exported, $ mos 175,800,630 4,500,647 Value exported, $ mos 160,400,688 4,500,288 WEST VIRGINIA BIRTHDAY CAKE THREE MILES WIDE AND ONE MILE HIGH Illuminated By 1,200,000 Candles—Wouldn't the Children Have a Picnic Licking the Dish That It Is Made In? And What an Ocean of Ice Cream It Would Take To Go With It WEST VIRGINIA 1863-1913 JUNE 20 (Special.)—What would you think of a birthday cake nearly a mile in circumference and almost 560 feet high? And covered with delicious frosting. Wouldn't that be a picnic for the children? Just think of the fun in licking the spoon and the dish! Umt! Yum! But suppose the cake was nearly ten miles around the edge and a mile high. miles around the edge and a mile high. Wouldn't that just take your breath away? Strange what thoughts will come to a person; but as the writer sat daydreaming about the coming 50th anniversary birthday party of West Virginia, the natural subject of birthday cakes came into his mind. He said to himself that there are more than 8,000 WEST L 1863 JUN communities in West Virginia that ought to celebrate, and if each one had a birthday cake to commemorate the event that would make 2,000 cakes. But let us put the 2,000 cakes in one big cake. A newspaper man is not, as a rule, much of a cake maker, but after it is made he is equal to any magiclism in making it disappear. The writer is no exception to the average newspaper man as a pastry cook and is not, therefore, as competent to compile figures as some of the women who may read this article. However, he has estimated that the 2,000 cakes in one would require 16,000 eggs, 750 pounds of butter, 300 pounds of sugar, and, of course, other ingredients such as flavoring extracts, flour, etc. It is estimated that one cake would cost the modest sum of 35 cents; therefore, the big birthday cake would cost $700. But let us suppose that in every community where they are going to have a celebration and undoubtedly something to eat in connection therewith, that there will be at least ten cakes; so we multiply our original estimate of HON. H. G. DAVIS MAKES RECORD Chairman of Semi-Centennial Commission Does Not Miss a Meeting In Three Years. Many a younger man, with few responsibilities, may take a lesson in faithfulness from Hon. Henry G. Davis, chairman of the West Virginia Semi-Centennial Commission. The position of chairman was almost forced upon Mr. Davis by the members of the Commission. The Grand Old Man of West Virginia felt that one of his years should not be asked to head so [Portrait of a man in profile, wearing a suit and a hat.] Hon. Henry G. Davis, Chairman West Virginia Semi-Centennial Commission to institute a committee, but having no acceptance, he fast in duty bound to give one cake to a community and we have 20,000 cakes, 50,000 feet in circumference and 5,000 feet high. One can readily see how tremendous this cake can become if we keep increasing the multiple; but let us stop where we are with the 20,000 and multiply it once more by 51. Why? Whoever heard of a property decorated birthday cake without a candle? And as West Virginia is going to be 50 years young on the 20th of next June, we should have to have 50 candles for each year and one to grow on. So we have a cake with 1,200,000 candles. It would be interesting to go along with this day-dream and show how great a distance the light from 1,200- TRGINIA 1913 20 900 candles would be thrown and other interesting oddities that might come to one's mind; the size of the pan in which to hold the cake, the size of the oven to bake it in, the size of the spoon to stir it, the length of the ladders necessary to climb to the top to put on the leing, the number of tripe up the ladder to carry the white frosting, the size of the knife to cut it, and so forth and so on. If we can not have the mammoth West Virginia birthday cake, with its 1,200,000 candles to shod their radiance for miles around, we can have a rousing celebration in which 1,200,000 loyal patriotic and enthusiastic West Virginians will take part. And from these 1,200,000 bright lights of our state will radiate happiness and good cheer, loyalty and patriotism; love and kindness; good-will to our neighbors; best wishes to all our our sister states; a gratitude from hearts full of peace and contentment; a thankfulness for blessings received and an unwavering faith in the continued love and watchfulness of a kind Providence. it his personal attention with the result that he has not missed a meeting since the one held in Parkersburg in December, 1903. This is, indeed, a record. Mr. Davis has again done great service to his state and his devotion to the work of the Semi-Centennial Commission is purely a labor of love. He has been largely instrumental in preparing the program for the celebration and his skillful and careful guidance of the Commission from its birth to the present time has emphatically demonstrated the wisdom of the members in unanimously voting him the honored position. History on a Vase. Berkeley, Cal.-Lost for a half century, a Greek vase dating back to the sixth century before Christ has been discovered in the anthropological museum of the University of California, and through the discovery Professor Oliver M. Washburn of the department of classical archaeology is enabled to amplify records of history and mythology. From this black figured Attic vase, which was given to the university by Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, the story of the killing of the son of Priam has been deciphered. Ball of Live Snakes Peru, Ind.—Joseph Spangler and Robert Stanley, Chesapeake and Ohio railroad employees, found a ball of snakes near a pond in West Peru and killed twelve of the reptiles. The men were led to the snakes by a small one that had crawled to the track, and when they struck at the snake it made a dash for the ball, which was at least a foot in diameter. Some of the snakes were five feet long. 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