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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" BONES OF MOTHER FOUND IN THE RUINS Home of Robert Parker, Colored, Destroyed By Fire and Two Members of the Family Meet Horrible Deaths. ---Two Sons Also Badly Burned and They Are in the Hospital. ---Funerals of the Victims Tuesday Afternoon. ESTABLISHED 1882. BONES OF MOTHER Home of Robert Parker, Fire and Two Member Horrible Deaths.---Twed and They Are in of the Victims Tuesday In a fire caused by the explosion of a lamp in the home of Robert Parker, colored, at Bunker Hill, Sunday morning, the wife, Mrs. Belle Parker, was burned to death and her daughter, Viola, so severely burned that she died a few hours later. Louis, aged ten, Floyd, aged thirteen, two sons were also badly burned about the face and hands and were brought to the City Hospital for treatment. The girl was seen to be dying after they had started with her to the hospital and the vehicle was turned back and she died on the way home. Mrs. Parker perished in her home, which was destroyed, only a few incinerated bones of her remains being found. The home of William Henderson, another colored man, was also HOTEL KEEPERS SHOULD GET BUSY Restaurant Man Also Should Act Before the State Inspector Acts. All hotel and restaurant keepers should get busy at once to secure their Licenses for next year. Under the new law all persons desiring to engage in such business must first make application to State Hotel Inspector A. D. Sees, Huntington, and if his approval is not secured the license cannot be granted. It is imperative that the applicants now file their applications because the inspector must pass on them, then they must be acted upon by the city before the county court passes judgment. All of this will require at least 90 days, hence the necessity for prompt action. Applications can be secured from the county clerk. ENROUTE TO GOLDEN GATE TOURISTS WRITE FRIENDS From the "Top of the World"—Visited Relatives in Salt Lake—Encountered Severe Storms. The party of California tourists who left here more than a week ago bound for San Francisco, have been heard from as they crossed the Rockies in sight of Pikes Peak, on a postal mailed from the "Top of the World" 10,242 feet altitude, and later from the city of Salt Lake, where the party visited a few days Mr. George Smead, the husband of Mrs. Smead, one of the party. The other members of this party of Martinsburgers are Mrs. Anna Dutrow, Miss Ada Dutrow and Lawrence Dutrow. The tourists report an enjoyable trip though they have been traveling all the way in one of the worst storm periods of recent years. They marvel at the wonderful things of burned and the flames spread to a third house, but it was saved. The Parker woman was filling a lamp, from a coal oil can, in which was a burning wick, which set fire to the oil, and caused the awful catastrophe. The unfortunate woman was entirely covered with flaming oil and perished in a few minutes to agonizing pain, before aid could be possibly had to take her from her burning home, which was set on fire by the explosion. The burial will take place tomorrow at two o'clock in a cemetery near the home. Besides the husband and children already mentioned, she leaves several others, the family of children in all being nine. nature is seen in crossing the pathless western prairies, and great Rocky Mountain system. And are enthusiastic in describing that and inspiring city of the Latter Day Saints, built by Brigham Young in magnificent grandeur unsurpassed in modern times. PHILLIS CARTER'S WILL ADMITTED TO PROBATE Distribution of Property Made and Julian Lee Carter Named Executor Without Bond. In the office of County Clerk Hobbs Monday forenoon the last will of Phyllis Carter was admitted to probate. The document stated that a lot on West Burke street shall go to Celestine Carter, a daughter; a son, Julian Lee Carter, gets the home property, and the remainder of the estate is bequeathed to the four children. Julian Lee Carter is named as executor without bond. The will was written July 8, 1910, and is witnessed by Nota Wever and J. M. Woods. LEGISLATORS IN STRIPES West Virginia Solons, Convicted of Bribery, Entered Penitentiary Senator Ben A. Smith and Delegates S. U. G. Rhodes, Rath Duff, H. A. Ashbury, and David Hill, convicted of bribery in connection with the last contest for United States Senator, are wearing stripes in the state penitentiary, and they have lost their identity and become mere numbers. Warden Brown has not yet decided what occupation he will give the men and they are allowed to roam about the corridors of the institution. The men group together and keep aloft from the other prisoners. Their terms range from five to six and a half years. NEXCAN GHAR Attorney Burkhart Wll Represent This Government in Importal Case. U. S. District Attorney Summers Burkhart, or Albuquerque, New Mexico, who is here on a visit to his aged mother, Mrs. James S. Burkhart, of 150 Court Square, has an important mission before him in the trial of a Mexican general. On April the first the case of General Jose Nex Salor, on a charge of violating the neutrality laws will come up for a hearing at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Attorney Burkhart by virtue of his office will prosecute the case on behalf of this government. This Federal general with a body of troops, following a battle at Chihuahua, in which the rebels were victorious, retreated across the border line of the United States, and was arrested on a warrant in the state of Texas. The case is one of international interest at this time when there is such tense feeling that has come of the long drawn-out insurrection in Tuxelo, which has involved the vital interests of this government and many others of the civilized world because of outrages perpetrated upon their subjects. Mr. Burkhart will remain here for some days while he renews boyhood acquaintances. CART BEFORE THE HORSE. (Pittsburg Press.) It seems that the first step toward improving marriages is to make it possible for the average young man and the average young woman to get an income sufficient to maintain a fit home for children. This does not mean a home of luxury, by any means. Luxury is not a benefit; it is a danger. Too much income at the beginning of a marital partnership is as pernicious as not enough. There is splendid value in the discipline to two young persons in learning how to spend money sparingly and with intelligence. The talk of rich men who say they were happiest when poor and struggling is far from being all humbug. They probably were happier then, even if they didn't know it, for they were not suffocated by things—they had room for their real affections to exercise. But the couple about to marry have a right to expect enough income to keep them above want; and if they lack it, though being themselves willing to work, then clearly society is at fault and is justly to be penalized. These states, therefore, which are enacting eugenic marriage laws before they have just laws regulating industry are putting the cart before the horse and, it may be, compelling men and women to live together without the formality of a wedding ceremony. The state has a right to insist that men and women seeking its sanction for living together shall not be so diseased as to make it probable that their offspring will also be wretched and defective. The objection to these medical certificate marriage laws is not that they exceed the state's rightful authority. The objection is that they are not rightly timed. Neither marriage nor bachelorhood can be wholesome if there is not enough to eat. AWFUL TORTURE IS SOOTHED IN DEATH Mrs. Alvin Shade Toys With Death in Treacherous Coal Oil Can and it Explodes Covering Her Body With the Flaming Fluid. ---Crazed With Fright and Agonizing Pain She Fights for Life. Husband Also Badly Burned. Department of Archives BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED FEBRUARY 28 1914. AWFUL TORTURE IS Mrs. Alvin Shade Toys ous Coal Oil Can and i Body With the Flaming Fright and Agonizing Husband Also Badly Despite the many warnings against the coal oil can, like the empty gun, it will have its toll of death. After a few hours of agonizing torture, early Sunday morning, Mrs. Mollie Shade, of Glengary, this county, succumbed to burns caused by a coal oil can exploding and throwing flaming kerosene all over her person, as she was kindling a fire. Frightened beyond sense by her awit predicament and the excruciating pain, she fled from her home, and the wind fanned the flames that in an instant destroyed her clothing and hair while the oil burned into her flesh. When neighbors rushed to her aid, attracted by her agonizing screams, she was burned beyond human help. Besides awful external burns that cooked the flesh, the flames had been inhaled into her throat and lungs. The first aids applied by friends at hand and the family physician, who was hastily summoned, only tended in small measure to palliate her awful suffering until death intervened and the last curtain was rung down on the heart-rending tragedy. She died at six o'clock Sunday morning. It seems that the family returned Saturday night about ten o'clock from calling at a neighbor's house and the fire in a stove had died down NATIONAL MEETING OF SCHOOL MEN NATIONAL MEETING OF SCHOOL MEN WILL Convene at Richmond on Tuesday for Four Days Session. Today Prof. E. C. Morton, superintendent of the Martinsburg schools, left for Richmond, Va. to participate in the annual meeting of the National Educational Association, which will close on Friday. State Superintendent M. P. Shawkey will be among those from West Virginia to attend. These meetings are held under the supervision of the United States Department of Education, and the association is made up of state superintendents of schools, and normal school principals, and city superintendents of schools. Usually the attendance runs about two thousand. Last year at Philadelphia the representation from this state was 64. Dr. P. P. Claxton. Commissioner of Education, will be in attendance at this meeting, and will be the chief speaker. A QUESTION WITH TWO SIDES. (Brockton Enterprise.) Twelve years ago Adam Foster, of North Woburn, it is said, was driving a coal team for $10 a week. Now he owns a $50,000 truck farm. He went "back to the soil" and found there a congenial and prosperous VOL. 32 NO. 52 SOOTHED IN DEATH With Death in Treacher- t Explodes Covering Her ng Fluid.---Crazed With Pain She Fights for Life. Burned. to a few embers, and in her hurry to rekindle it Mrs. Shade attempted to pour oil in the stove and a blinding flash followed. The oil was spattered all over her and instantly she ran from her home, screaming for help, and to those who came to her rescue promptly she appeared as a pillar of flame. The husband, who was near when the explosion occurred, was also severely burned, and could not aid her on account of his own awful plight. His hands and face are badly burned. This was Mrs. Shade's second experience of this kind. About seven years ago when the family resided in Stephen City, Va., she was severely burned by a flash of oil while kindling a fire. The funeral will take place from her home on Tuesday at 10 o'clock, and interment will follow in the Chestnut Grove cemetery. She was only 30 years old, the wife of Alvin Shade, a well known farmer, who survives her with a small daughter. One brother, Charles Whitacre, lives in Martinsburg. Her father, Joshua Whitacre, with one sister, Miss Onita, and four brothers, Lee, Austin, Holmes and Harry, live in Frederick county, Virginia, where she was reared in girlhood. Wilbur, Earl and Port Shade, who reside in this city, are cousins of the unfortunate woman. living. Only one of the many examples, to be sure, but not enough to justify a universal call for the city man to soothe his nerves and fatten his purse back on the old farm. To offset this picture we have that of the farmer who says: "Well, my brother Jim was wise enough to see that farman' don't pay. He went to New York and now he's general manager of Smith, Smith & Jones. Gets 410,000 a year." The field on the other side of the fence always looks attractive, and sometimes the maverick that jumps over grows plump on what he finds. It is not safe yet to accept as a general rule that the training of the country man fits him for success in the city, and that the city man is eminently fitted to make good in the country; but more and more dissatisfied persons are acting, perhaps not unwisely, on that for Perhaps the bird best known by name to those interested in the plumage question is the egret or white heron, from which the beautiful osprey plumes, now worth from eight to twelve pounds an ounce, are taken. Interest in this bird is the greater because it is known that the osprey is not part of the bird's regular plumage but is assumed before breeding time and shed by the time the young are reared. In tropical countries, many of the white herons are shot by native hunters as soon as the nuptial plumage is ripe, and in this way the heron colony may suffer seriously, the young being unable to look after themselves. Fa The Pioneer Press An Independent Weekly Newspaper Deveted to the Moral, Religious and Financial Development of Humanity. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: D YOer oo. cece cece eee ween $1.50 6 months ............0..- Toe. 3 months ................. 400. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising !s run by yearly contract, in which case the ad- Vertises pays every turce months. Advertising 1 inch one time ‘5c. Standing ........ .--------- 50€ Reduced Rates to Ciubds. Send for Sample Copies. Entered in Post Office at Martins- burg, W. Va., as Second Class Matter. J \. Cisfford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell ’Phone €0K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 28 1914 Since President Wilson bas appointed R.H. Terrell, Esq., a3 Magistrate in the District of Columbia in spite of Jim Vardaman’s defi, let us hope he may go out of office in imilar glory that alt- tached to Grover Cleveland. The time has never been in the histo- ry ofthis country whe: the colored people had as many s‘alwart frieuds, and the vast number is being added to daily. We believe as firmly that God is completing Lincoin’s work—begun, as we do He created Lincoln to serve the ‘and he did. The writeup by Mr.‘ummers of Washington, D."C., dead democracy’s scout and picket, shows plainly two things: 1, that he and his late party ure alraid of the combine, and by his expo- eure it may break it up. 2, so far as his alleged charge $f editor Ugden’s vile words of Roosevelt, it shows that wire menchange, fools never. It is not wha' we call men ina rage, but what dizpos! tion is made of it in after thought! cool deliberation, Mr. Ogden is dond 8 gainst your echeme and is (00 shrewd cr you, ow race prophets(?) can cougregat ¢ in a church pastored by S. L. Corroth ers, find fault with dur people’s prog. Tees, and foresee darker days, and not blame just such thieves, liars and ras- cals as 8. L. Corrothers, puzzles us, And Prof. DuBois and all other over and under educated wiseacres should forever hereafter stop talking about the Negro problem. There is none. It’s a white man’s problem, and when men will forget the dollars in love and duty to man and apply the golden ruls to al! God will be pleased. **Go tochurch—to any church, just #0 you go.”” That was the slogau for @unday February 22, 1914. Was it pational freak-streak? or was it a wedge that will split and destroy that ugly old knotty log of prejudice—the blackest and mostdamoable blot the churches purse and feed? All our efforts to get Protestants to go church, no doubt was risible to Cathoi- ocism, from the fact their churches are the childrene’ home and they are made tolovethem. Not only had they a 1000” day last Sunday here, but they have it eyery Sunday. To be frank, it looks to us. as though we have lost the power over the outside world to draw it into ourchurches. It may be done, but mark our word it will never be, by such steps as were taken recently. That work must be done in the bomes, and they ere too much absorbed in fash- ions, vulgar dances and in general die- Obedience, to heed the cries of churches, whose finery in buildings, and interest n the dollar, have done much to keep the seats empty, STORY OF A YEAR TOLD IN PIVTURES Tar North AMERICAN Orrers To READERS AN UNUSUAL RECORD. A very unusual publication along en- tirely new lines, is the North Ameri. can’s“Historyof the Year in tic tares,”’ a book that covers with artis ic photographic reproductions all the,-big events of,1913 that could be treated successfully in such a way. ‘The book: 120 pages in board covers,costs 25 cents, and isa faithful remioder of the year. early 500 finely : printed halftoues are made use of in telling the story of the year. The events so ftreated will surprise the busy man, who would find himeelf stumped if called upon to nam: a score of the great occurrences vi iLe year. The plague in Manochurla, the ori great inventtons, the inaugura: tion, the war in the Balkans, the com ‘pletion of the Panama caval, vaval xd vances, the conquest of the air, the suc- cession of gieat rulers, women and the vote, lighting disease. labor troubles, the western tl-ods, the Gettysburg cele- bration aud numbers of other events are fully and faithfully pictured aud photographed. The North Awerican book is a faith- ful book of re‘erence for young and old students of current evens. It is sur- prisingly good »nd surprisingly cheap. Price, 25 cents; by mail, 10 cents. ex- tra Literature BY WG No wate KNOWS: A poor ductor who bad met with great wisturtune, lay oa bis deathbed, saddened by the thought that he was leaving # large fam ly behind him,with- out any provision of maintenance. Not long before his death his youngest child was born, a scrawny. puny babe The morber was of course lett poor, friendiess avd alowe., with her family of Tittle ones, but that baby! what could she do with it? Whata tlessing if it should die! But—today his memory is revered as that of Dr. Jobin ‘I dd.the author of ©The Students Manual.” «nd of other works,by means of which, * being dead, he yet spraketh.’? No mother knows what she bas iv ber cradle. Dr. Abervathy, the famous Scotch surgeon, was a wan of few words, but beonce met tis match—in a woman. She ca led at his oflice in Edinburg one day and showing a band badly inflamed and swollen, when the following dia- logue, opened by the doctor, took place. “Barn?” “Bruise?” “Pouluce,”” ‘Phe next day the woman called again, and Ube dialogue was as foliows “Better?” “Worse.” “More poultice.” Two days Jater Lhe woman made another call, and this conversition oe: curved: “Better?” “Well.” “Pee? “Nothing,” exciaimed the doctor “Most seusible woman [ ever wet.” Paes ATTIKE “Is that your regular suit_o! clothes, Josh?” asked farmer Cornstaik of hss son, At is the correct thing, right from Uhe fashion plate.” “Well! well! Lthought mebte you bad to wear it because some 0’ your college chums is hazin’ you.” ae CIRCUMSTANCES ALIER Casts, Miss Pink—"Elias- why have you again asked meto marry you? L told you emphaticsily, Unee imuachs ago that I could never tove you.” Elias—"Y-e 8 but Lve fallen Lei tc @ fortune siuce then. Miss Pink—Golty! tha, alters the cas’.”” xk A Falters Not long ago a certain wealthy, mat praised in pabuc tor his achievements ip the interests of nis nome city, rose and said before bis cheering fellow citi- zens: “My whole life is {a fuilure, for every one of my boys has gone wo the dogs.” His boye hud too much money to ‘spend, and knew not the worth, of a dolar. Allow children to wallow in luxury, and you will ruin them for iife. Ailow them to spend every pean. they getand life later will be a mise.y to them Grant them every wish (hat your purse can meet, and you will teach them ney er to be satisfied and contented. CONVICT ALLOWED TO GO TO SON’S FUNERAI. A Case Without Precedent in the History of This State's Penal Institution. MOUNDSVILLE, Feb. 24.—A. C. Bissett, serving 20 years in the pent- tentiary, returned to that institucion here yesterday after attending the funeral of his son, Ralph Bissett, at Keyser, yesterday. He was given three days’ leave of absence by Gov. Hatfleld, the first time in the his- tory of the institution this has been done. Two guards accompanied Bis- gett to the funeral. DELINQUENT LANDS SOLD Liat of Real Estate sold in the Cour ty of Berkeley. in the month of Jan. 1914 for the non payment of taxes charced thereon for the year Hitand purchased by tadividuals AnvEN Disrin T—P. We Lenter, Le 260 Purchase:, Karz ond Mier. Ame 95. GEkaupstown Distnier— Albect Vine and JL Burer. 1054 Green spear Purchaser, Katz snd Miller, Aime s2 16 Heporsvinie piercer EC. Men shaw, 54 a, N. Mountain. Parebarer Katz and Miler Amt 69—E R Low is. he. B&O R KR Parchuser. G E. Speighte, Amt. $. O38 —F. G. Pavone 28a. Harpers Kadge Purchucer Kowz and Miller, Aint 91.32 MGLL CREEK DistiieT—Lewis Green Lot 22 Inwerd. Purehoeer. Bo 1. Gara ber. Amt. .S7. MARTINSHE RG DIsticer—Suste Bo bat Lot. Purchaser” George We Buxton JAmt. 87 Anna Mo Maier Sour 2 Mat Lot. Purchaser 8 Do Ganteer Aint $5. 66—F4inn le Meore Ure, fer Pin chaser, ROS. Marler Amt dG Dan Sutton, N Qu Pucheer, ROS Mitter, Amis? 3 OPrQrON Instate: —1 P Coprnhaser Lot land 2, bh. Mortow’s Adin, Purchaser, WoC) Morgan. Amt SiGb= Joho Pacrin, Lot 49 Re and TL. adn. Purcheser, Kutz nud Miller. Aait, S1— C, P, Rothwell, Low 127, i. L. Kettring. Purchaser. Katz and Miler. aAmtso— Joho Sutton, Lor Lab Cr es Road. Pur- chaser, Chas, beard. Ame $4.23. The owner of any reat estate above described nad sold. bis hers, or asaigns, or any person having # nghe to charge such real estate for a debt, may redeem the same by paying to the purchaser ie heirs or assigns, within one yeu from the sule thereof, the amount specs ified us above, end euch additional taxes thereon as may have been puid by the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, with interest on said purchese money and taxes at the mate of tweive per centum per annum, from the time dee sate may have beer paid. Given under my hand this 2ed, day of Feb 1914, Boi, TABLER, Sienier, SALESMAN WANTED to look at- er our interesi in Berkeley aid aajac ent counties. Salary) or Commission Address LINCOLN OL, CU., Cieve ba 0 KENYON LAW DISGRACE Federal Investigator Holds Up Act to Maryland Legislature as + Warning to State. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 20—Brand- ing as a disgrace to the nation the passage by Congress of the Kenyon law, wiping out the “red light” dis: trict of Washington without making any provision for its inmates, Stan- Jey W. Kinch, head of the National Social Wellare League, ana for many years connected wit the United ‘States Department of Justice, ‘Thurs: day sounded a note of warning to Maryland lest it do the same thing. Me. Kinch's warning was delivered to the members oi tie house ways and meams comimitice and the senate finance committee, which had ar. ranged a hearing for a large delega- tion that had come to Annapolis to urge State control of the Maryland Industrial School. Mr. Finch urged ihe committee to make arrangements for taking over the school, saying that unless such control is assumed, the State may find itself in the same position that the National Capital now finds itself. ‘there are some objeGtions to the idea of housing delinquent girls un- der the same roof as now is being done. Mr. Finch explained that by throw- ing the two classes of girls together the method would work to the dis- advantage of the dependents. He said the manner in which the in- mates of Washington’s “red light” district had been thrown into the streets without any provision what- ever having been made for them, was a blot on the national honor He pointed out that unless Maryland now takes the opportunity to provide for its delinquents it may find itself in a very awkward position when the reform wave, now brewing, sweeps over Baltimore. AN APPEAL 10 THE NEGRO BRETHREN for lvl wile collecting materials tor the fotcrcational Exhibition of the Goolinduclry ang Graphic Arts ke pig, hay-Ueiober, 1914. bite i adusiry et Leipas, Ger | wast Gace walt Ye a great EAuibi pia tuade up and organied co show he Graphic products of ail peopic Encs up te these days. ‘The plan tio cxiipition shows the following is groups: £ Graphic Arts; IL Ap Pieid Grapliics and Deokamaiiag, 1 0 rating; Gil. Instcuction, Educa tion, Schools: IV. Paper Sianufac- airing; V. Sutionery and Writing patuterials; VIL Colors, Lithographic: | aud Copper-plates; VIL. Photography; Vill, Reproduction; IX, Streotypy, mieetroevpys X. Printing Provesses; Xt. Bookbinding; XI Publishing, buok-trade; Xi. Newspapers, Ad- vertising, Canvassing. Periodicals: NIV. Libraries; XV. Machinery; XVI. Measures for the Protection and Welfare of the Workers, ete. These groups have been subdivid ed into about 63° classes, Each ‘group is to be introduced by a his [torical and ‘a technical instructive do partment. The development and the position in the history of civitiza tion of the various branches of the book industry will be clearly dem onstrated, models and apparatus fo: demonstrating purposes and the on aucagestie art will be shown. ‘Th publications of booksellers and aiusic publishers will be brought ¢ rectly to the potiee of the\ subi rough the medium of Vbraries an realing rooms, hrough — lectures ublic readings, recitations and con cert wecitals. Anything in our mind will be under the banner of tir “black art.” Many learned societir and associations connected with the book industry will have their con stresses and meet at the exhibitio fr ound, When I read the icws | asked my self if it would be possible to show at the exhibition some exhizits o the negro people in America, it whose matters 1 am especially inter ested. So I come to all willing to help me in my undertaking, to ask for their cooperation while coilect ing exhibiticn matters. Any printings, writings, photos pictures out of the slavery time un til this day will be welecme. Pupils and students, lessons, school plans and pictures, photos oi professors, teachers, students and buildings, whole modeis of publish ing houses, Schools, Colleges ana Universities will be heartily accept: ed. Likewise drawings of scholars and students. Authors or publishing houses should send of all books and pam phlets and writing they have pub: lished one or better two copies with order blanks that every exhibiton visitor may have the opportunity of ordering the exhibits through my- self. > | Lodges, banks, societies and oth jer, organizations should — contribute [some amount to cover the cost of certain matters to be bought while not on the market. |. Hdltors shou'd send the best they ihave, if possible a model of the ‘whole business pian. Here is an opportunity for the [Colored people of America and for those who have devoted their lives to the culture-work among the color- ed people, to demonstrate what they have done already and what they could do in the future. Another im- portant feature while collecting ex: hibition materials is that all will Ihave great value for the future, as Please do what you can in the matter.) Write about your help as soon as possible and send your ex- uibits—oid or new, goed and, bad— to PASTOR PAUL O. ILENYSCH, Guadorferstr 1, i, Leipaip-ui. Germany. Other negre papers ure asked to rut the foregoing times or vestor entvell in thelr cr spective cotanms HE SDIPOK WHAT THE RATES MEAN. ) di sews prediy well esiablisaed by stormation publisicd im the New York Sun, that the O2 custern rail- wUS Unt have peitioned the Inter- te Commuerce Commission for Lae sit lu increase ireight rates tive ef Gent, ure guige iv get at leas: wie concessions, and that the re: wl will be announced April 1, at cuga Uie mew schedule will not sly become cifective until Septem- yer Phis conclusion is drawn trom sue fact that it has become known vat members of the Commission and + coumnittee of representatives of the Uvoads have been working on a aew schedaie of tarilts. ‘The dedue- jon is made that Wf they ure enang- ing the tariffs at all it must ‘= in tn upward direction, In the absence of definite official information it is inpossible to fore: Just exactly what concessions will be nade to the curriers, There seems. lowever, to be reasonzbic ground for iseuming that the tl five per cent sil be granted, although at tie same ime some restrictions may be placed on the railroads, such as compelling hem to discontinue the practice of vobating to industrial establishments Nich recently was erticised by the snruiscion. On the whole the un niicial forecasters scem convinced hat the Commission recognizes the iecessity of ine carriers getting larg- * revenues, everything considered. This will be good news to the in- iustrial worid for ii is conceded that he granting of a material increase ) the Treight rates will be followed ys # period of increased expenditure “amoney by the railroads for new equipment, extensions and improve- vents, and (his will make all branen- ‘sof industry hum. WITH ELANK MINS HE MYSETES A GOLLEGE Man Cea Galy Remember Three cvenis la His Lis, Pullin, Wesh.—The most reifarka- bie case of lost identiiy ever brought to the attention of the instructors in psychoiogy at the State college is, that of a tan about thiris-tive years old, intelligent and of sta, ious inclina- ons, who cavolled in the departinent, of civil engineering at the beginning at the college year, He gives the name of William Summerville, but the col- eee authorities have no proof that that is his (rue mane. Evers recole tion of his past life is Hlotted fron: bis meimory with the es- ception of three items, Sunimerville gays that he remembers, early thet bis parent were drowned. ia the Galveston flood. Besides. this, he has a faint remembrance of seeing Mande Adais. the actress, and of bee ing a member of a surveying crew in central Washington some months ago. An examination of Sunimervitie by the colloxe professors in psychology shows that he has an ace: aintance of surveying instruments, bit that he is deficient ina Knowledge of mathemat: ies essential todhe practical survegor. He has proved an industrious’ stu. dent and spends much spare time in the college libvary reading works on history and science, He seems famil- far with textbooks on botany and trig. onometry Summereitle is tall and well butte and speaks with a southern accent He is paying his expenses at the col- lege by dag labor on ihe new college building. NO LIMIT TO POSTAL SAVINGS, Houes Passes ‘a Bill to Revise the System. eae a Te | Washing ton.—The honse has passed a bill incressing the timit for individ. aal deposivors in the postal savings system by removitu: all limitations as to the amount a deposiior may keep to his credit. IHeretofore there has been a limit of $500 fora denositor, FAIR TO BE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER Max Robinson, First Vice-President; James H. Fulk, Second Vice-President; Max von Schlegell, Recording Secretary; Edward Rutledge, Treasurer; Former Senator A. C. McIntire, Attorney---Chairmen of Committees Named. The board of directors of the Eastern Panhandle Fair held a meeting Wednesday in the directors' room of the Old National Bank, and elected officers. Considerable other business equally important was also transacted, and it was a late hour before adjournment was taken. Those present were J. A. Phillips and W. H. Somers, of Berkeley county; George B. Geotz and W. A. Higgs, of Jefferson county, and Max Robinson, Charles W. Thatcher, Adolph Kogelschatz, Max von Schlegell, C. M. Seibert, John W. Dodd, James H. Fulk, John A. Rickard, John W. Stewart and L. H. Thompson. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Robinson, who briefly stated its object, and he asked Mr. von Schlegell to act as secretary. The chairman stated that George Ryneal, Jr., had requested that he be not elected president because he felt he was not physically able to perform the duties incumbent upon that official. Mr. von Schlegell then offered the following resolution: "Whereas: It is the unanimous choice of the board of directors of the Eastern Panhandle Fair as well as the wish of the stockholders, and in deference to the sentiment of the community that Hon. George Rynal Jr., to be the first president of the association, Therefore, Be it resolved, that we do hereby unanimously tender him the presidency of this association with the urgent request that he honor the association with his acceptance." Yielding to the wishes of Mr. Rynal, the resolution was adopted, and his name was not placed before the board. Nominations for president being in order Mr. von Schlegell nominated Charles W. Thatcher, president of the county court, and Mr. Rickard named James H. Fulk. Messrs. Rickard and Somers were appointed tellers and the vote stood 9 to 6 in favor of Mr. Thatcher, and he was declared elected. Upon taking the chair President Thatcher said he had no speech to make, but thanked the board for the honor, and pledged his support to the association. Mr. von Schlegel moved that a nominating committee of three be appointed so the election of the remaining officers could be expedited. The chairman named Messrs. von Schlegel, Goetz and Somers, who retired and in a few minutes offered the following report: The Officers. First vice president—Max Robinson. Second vice president—James H. Fulk. Recording secretary—Max von chlegell. Treasurer—Edward Rutledge. Chairmen of committees—George Lynneal, Jr., John W. Stewart, John V. Dedd, Max von Schlegell, Edward Rutledge, L. H. Thompson, Alex Johan, C. M. Seibert and Max Robinson. The committee recommended that John W. Stewart be named second vice president, but he withdrew and asked that the honor be conferred on Mr. Fulk. The Attorney. Mr. Robinson stated that the next ing was naming of an attorney, and ce former Senator A.C. McIntire he been very active in the organiza- n. he moved he be elected. Agre ere was not a dissenting vote Mr. Entire was declared elected. The ator was sent for, and remained the meeting until the close offer suggestions and assisting in the k in whatever manner he could. The Martinsburg Clearing House Association was asked to recommend ink as a depository. As an office must be secured Mr. Stewart kindly offered the use of his office on West King street temporarily. The offer was accepted, and for about thirty days the office will be there. Bank Thanked Mr. von Schleckell offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That the board of directors extend their thanks to the Old National Bank for their kindness in granting the use of their director's room for this meeting." To Select Committees It was arranged that the various chairmen meet with the first and second vice presidents and agree upon what committees they shall represent. Mr. Frame Appears. Mr. Nat T. Frame, who is engaged by the government in farm demonstration work, appeared before the board, and discussed the question of securing an expert whose duties shall be to interest the farmers in intensive farming, the preparing of exhibits for the fair, and also to work in conjunction with the association in prangling the farm exhibits, and to report at least two months of this time exclusively in the manner of the preparations for the event. Mr. group showed what benefits would be obtained from the work, and that the public and the government would benefit and will be satisfied. It was shown that wherever an art has worked among the farmers, good results have been secured on the farmers greatly benefited. Mr. Name spoke of J. S. Pullman, director of the farm at the Eastern Keas lucky Normal school, who could come about the first of April and devote its entire time to the work under his supervision until October 1. To get the matter properly before the board Mr. Robinson moved that county agricultural agent be secured April 1, who shall devote two months exclusively to the file, and should his services be satisfactory that the contract would be renewed, and that the Board of Trade, the Martinburg Clearing House, and the Berkeley County Horticultural Society be asked to assist in defraving the expenses. This motion provailed, and arrangements will be made immediately to secure a competent man. The Architect Mr. C. L. Harding, the well-known Washington architect, presented plans for the buildings, and discussed in general the work to be done there. He said he was interested in the enterprise, and had subscribed to the stock simply for the purpose of auditing Martinsburg. As to the landscape work he offered his services gratuitously, adding that he wanted the city to have a park, and since Mr. Ryneal had agreed to build such he was eager to add his mite to that particular work. As to the remainder of the work he asked the usual per cent allowed architects. Referring to a picture of the grounds, which would be suitable for framing, or post cards, Mr. Harding said he had consulted an artist who had agreed to do the work for a stipulated sum, which he considered very reasonable, and to insure only first class work he would supervise it. Mr. Harding retired, and after a brief discussion it was decided to employ him, have plans made immediately for the buildings and at an early date award the contracts and have the work started. Mr. Harding appeared and thanks he board, saying he would supervise very building, and guarantee the he specifications would be strictly complied with. The Fair Date. As to the date there was some discussion. All agreed every effort should be put forth to make the initial fair a success. In looking over the dates of other fairs near here the first week in October was found was cant, the nearest competitors being York, Pa., and Mt. Holly, N. J. So it was decided to select that week, and as the Hagerstown fair is the following week better attractions can be secured, more race horse men will come because the distance to Hagerstown is short and the expense of shipping will be reduced to the minimum. Arrange Bonds. The finance committee was authorized to arrange for the bonds of the officers. Bills Ordered Paid. The preliminary expense of the organization such as soliciting subscriptions, etc., was ordered paid. To Purchase Land Mr. Stewart submitted his proposition relative to the sale of the land. In all there are about 44 acres, which the association desires to acquire, including the brick house, it being thought best to purchase the latter because a tenant will be required and the building can be gotten for less than the cost of a new one. Mr. Higgs moved that a committee of three be appointed to consult with Mr. Stewart, and make the purchase on the same terms as the subscriptions are taken. This meeting will be held at once. The question of collecting the money, and the mode of procedure caused Mr. Robinson to offer the following resolution, which was adopted: "That the finance committee prepare in conjunction with the attorney proper form of notes for the deferred payments and receipts for cash payments under subscriptions made. Also allow 12 1/2 per cent discount to all subscribers who desire to pay their deferred payments in advance other than give notes. "That the certificates of stock be issued and sealed for every stockholder upon delivery of first payment and notes. "The all subscribers who pay in full with certificates be delivered, otherwise said stock certificates be attached to notes for deferred payments thereon as collateral security for any loans for borrowed money by the fair." April 15 was named as the date for the first payments of the stock. The president was empowered to make an advisory board. Auburndale Driving Club. The question of what disposition should be made with the money paid by the Auburndale Driving Club brought forth a resolution by Mr. Robbison which was adopted and is: "That the subscribers to the Auburndale Driving Club to the extent of $250 be credited with $5 each on payments of stock subscribed to the Eastern Panhandle Fair, and the finance committee be instructed to accept such subscriptions to the Auburndale Driving Club as part payment and the same be charged to cost of property." After several minor matters had been discussed the board adjourned to the Tip Top restaurant, where a luncheon was enjoyed. Every member present agreed that this was the most important meeting ever held, and all were imbued with the spirit of making it a success. Icid on Warrant CLARKSBURG. --- Escaping the penalty of passing counterfeit dollars on North View merchants, John Hamazee, an Italian was held on a warrant sworn out by Justice T. G. Nicewarner' charging him with getting money under false pretenses. ARBITRATION TREATIES. An arbitration treaty, with a string to it would be of little value in the adjustment of disputes, and it is gratifying to know that a majority of the United States Senators are fully cognizant of the fact. The amendments, which it was proposed to attach, but which failed by a large majority, should have nullified the object sought. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, aided by Senators from that section, /troub'ed by visions of an imaginary peril, attempted to withhold from arbitration matters re ating to immigration, the admission of aliens to public schools, the canal tolls question and other matters which, more than anything else, are likely to give occasion for an appeal to arbitration. If the treaties had been amended in this matter they would have been worthless. Fortunately the majority of the Senate was not misled by the action of the Western Senators, as a result of which the treaties will be such in fact as well as in name. In the adjustment of international disputes arbitration is to be the influence that will lessen the danger of rupture between nations, and it is obvious that if the questions over which disagreements arise are eliminated, there would be little left to arbitrate. It is plain that the Senate acted with wisdom in rejecting the Scottish amendments. ```markdown ``` NOTES FROM The average annual wage in Australia is $435. Trade unionists in Italy number about 700,000. Feminities in Australia employ 76,215 women workers. The United Garment Workers issued 50,000,000 labels last year. The Tendies and Labor Council of Vancouver gained 1,500 members in 1913. The number of organized wage workers in the world is estimated at 15,000,000. The next convention of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor will meet in Oshkosh. In France the Government reimburses a fixed percentage of the amount expended by the labor unions for the support of the unemployed. If present plans of the Denver labor unions are carried out the building of a great labor temple in that city will be commenced before the end of the year. The proposed consolidation of the United Mine Workers and the Western Federation of Miners would result in a single organization of more than half a million members. Figures compiled by the Department of Labor at Washington show that wages in the lumber industry in the United States have increased 29 per cent in the past 25 years. The House District committee has reported invariably on the LaPollette bill providing eight-hour work days for women employed in the mercantile and manufacturing establishments in the District of Columbia. Thomas Kennedy, president of the United Mine Workers of the Hazleton district, will go to Europe next year as one of the representatives of American miners at the meeting of the International Mining Congress. A FORWARD MOVEMENT. There is sweeping over the country a great religious wave. The churches have awakened, as it wore, from a state of lethargy and inactivity, and are endeavoring to reach men and women of whom they had never before thought. New fields of labor have been entered and the golden harvests are being garnered. In Pittsburg Sunday the Rev. "Baily" Sunday closed a most remarkable revival meeting. More than 25,000 people confessed their sins, and pledged themselves to lead better lives. Some people condeem the evangelist, but the good he is doing is plainly evidenced when the most responsible and influential people of the Smoky City were his strongest supporters. This is not a time when people can secern at a movement like this, and those who do will eventually pay the penalty. Seeks Franchise. Valley Traction Company has made application to the town council of Rivesville for a franchise to build an electric railroad terminus at Believew to Rivesville, a distance of a few miles. Mr. Downey Qualifies. Today Prosecuting Attorney W. W. Downey qualified as administra- tor of the estate of Phyllis Carter, deceased, giving bond in the penalty of $7,000 with the Fidelity Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore, as surety. Charles A. Becker, through the grace of the supreme court, is granted a new trial, and the indications are he will never be tried again. His four companions did not fare so well, and all must pay the penalty. So it goes, and proves the old saying "the way of the transgressor is hard." BARBARA FRITCHIE. There are those who aver that the story of Barbara Fritchio is not true; that Whittier's poem telling how she saved the Stars and Stripes as "Stonewall" Jackson's troops were marching through Frederick, Md., during the Civil War; how certain soldiers were inclined to object, and how "Stonewall" reprimanded the soldiers and forbade anyone to offer any indignity to the old, gray haired woman, is a myth. It is one of the most delightful of the many romantic incidents of that fatricidal struggle. It shows that the hearts of great commanders beat true to the higher instincts, were tender, and how rights were respected. It is therefore proper that the memory of such occurrences should be kept green, as it shows that it was a matter of principle on both sides and not that of hate or greed. The reputed action of "Stonewall" Jackson is strictly in keeping with his well-known high, Christian character of which all West Virginians are so proud. Likewise, the action of Barbara Fritchie, in waving the flag she loved, is typical of the courage and strength of character of American womanhood. It is therefore a pleasure to record the fact that the citizens of Frederick are arranging to erect a monument to the heroine of the occasion, thus completely disproving the claim that the incident did not occur as beautifully described by Whittler. BIRD TREATIES The women of the United States, and especially the many thousands who belong to the various Audubon Societies throughout the country, will warmly applaud the efforts of Secretary of State Bryan to negotiate treaties with Great Britain and other European powers for the protection of migratory birds. The Secretary of State is now trying to effect a treaty with England for the protection of migratory game birds that pass between Canada and the United States. The treaty also applies to birds that visit the British colonies in Central and South America. In these negotiations Mr. Bryan is acting under a law of Congress. Treaties are also to be made, if possible, with other European countries having colonies in the Western Hemisphere, such as France Denmark and Holland. The purpose is the same as the provision in the Underwood tariff bill as it passed the House of Representatives, forbidding the importations of the skiing or plumage of wild animals for commercial purposes, to protect the bird life of the world from ruthless slaughter by market hunters. When Mexico has a government that can be recognized as such by the United States a treaty with the same object will doubtless be made with that country, which is noted for a great variety of game birds and birds of brilliant plumage. The women of West Virginia especially should be interested in Mr. Bryan's efforts to save the birds from the butchers, as it is through their efforts many of the birds of the State have been saved. A Serious Charge CLARKSBURG.—E. F. Hays, a young man, was Tuesday held for the action of the federal grand jury at Martinsburg and remanded to the county jail here in default of bond on a charge of stealing a letter from a box in the Parkersburg post office three years ago. H. E. Dodge, federal deputy marshal, arrested him on a street here. GOV. HATFIELD TO TRADE THIS STATE TO COL. ROOSEVELT In the Next Republican National Convention, Says a Rumor BE STATE LEADER If Deal Goes Through Chief Executive to Receive Roosevelt's Support for United States Senator, and Voters of the State are not to be Considered, Only the Politicians. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Rumors are current in Washington of an alleged agreement by the terms of which Governor H. D. Hatfield is to deliver the vote of West Virginia to Theodore Roosevelt in the next Republican national convention, and in return is to be recognized as the head of the party in West Virginia. and to receive support of Mr. Roosevelt in his ambition to be United States senator. Possibly the existence of such an agreement may be denied, but the course of the governor and his lieutenants tends rather to corroborate than to belie the rumors. Stands for no Fixed Policies. When Stephen B. Ekins died the Republican party in West Virginia lost the only leader it has ever man who could successfully guide and direct the party and its policies and hold it firmly together. Many have aspired to lead the party since his death, but such leadership has invariably failed. The party is no longer united; it stands for no fixed policies; it acknowledges no leadership. Governor Henry Drury Hatfield seems to have been selected by himself as the Moses who is to lead the lost children of the Republican Israel into the promised land and out of the land of bondage, and he was selected as the guiding power Theodore Roosevelt, against whom his anathema were hurled during the campaign of 1912, and who was damned by almost every one of the Hatfield lieutenants who are now crying to him for help to show them the way out of bondage and into the land of promise. Instead of the villification and abuse which were heaped upon Mr. Roosevelt in 1912, he is now being plastered with the common barnyard variety of encomiums, thickly spread on, and is held out as the only possible savior of the party in 1916. Building Up a Machine. Whether the Republicans of West Virginia will permit this self-appointed Moses to deliver them bodily into the hands of the man who took from them the last hope they had of party success in 1912, and who destroyed their party after half a century of success, remains to be seen, but some of those Republicans who were the most outspoken in their abuse of Mr. Roosevelt in 1912 are now the loudest in their clamorous support of the governor's policy of building up a machine with himself at the head of it, using the name of Roosevelt to do it with. Dawson Always Figures. Having, with the assistance of W. M. O. Dawson, whose reward comes out of the state treasury, forced the Progressives to support the Republican ticket in 1912, Governor Hatfield may now feel that with the assistance of the same man he could successfully swing the Republicans to the present leader of the Progressives in 1916. He may feel that having succeeded in defeating William Seymour Edwards, Isaac T. Mann and Davis Elkins for senator in 1913, he may again, with the assistance of Theodore Roosevelt defeat these or any other aspirants for that office in 1917 and elect himself senator. He may feel that the Republican party of West Virginia is in the hollow of his hand and that he will continue to do as he pleases with it, as he did in 1912 and in 1913. He may feel that Mann and Edwards and Elkins and others who have felt his power will fear to oppose him and will rush to the support of the Progressive candidate when he shall have made that Progressive the Republican candidate. Republican Committee Meeting. At any rate the Republican state committee has been called to meet in Charleston within a week and as it is entirely in the control of the governor's lieutenants it doubtless will lend its approval to his policy and undertake to assist him in carrying it out. Acting Chairman Harry Curtin, appointed by James S. Lakin, one of the governor's chief lieutenants, has expressed himself in favor of the plan of the self-selected Moses. Sherman C. Denham, another of his lieutenants, has approved the policy. Herschel C. Ogden, with whom the governor confers frequently on matters of public policy, has approved the policy. And most of the patronage-seeking followers of Taft, finding that Taft or any one like him is now a political impossibility, are shouting their approval of the plan to use Theodore Roosevelt to get the jobs back for them. Some Republicans may feel that it is unjust to ascribe the support of Roosevelt by these men to a desire for leadership and offices. But, in view of the things which they have said about Mr. Roosevelt, or concurred in when said by others, they can hardly be accused of supporting him now through principle. For example, the Wheeling Intelligencer, edited by H. C. Ogden, on October 15, 1912, said: Quotes The Intelligencer. At that very time H. C. Ogden was one of the most ardent supporters in the state of Dr. Hatfield and was regarded as his close personal friend and political backer. Neither Dr. Hatfield nor S. C. Denham, nor any of the lieutenants of the governor in his present plan to force Mr. Roosevelt on the Republican party resented this statement at the time it was made and they are supposed to have endorsed it. Dr. Hatfield, himself, while a candidate for governor, said: "He (Theodore Roosevelt) has left the party. I am no more his supporter." President Taft, who was being supported by Dr. Hatfield, Ogden, Lakin, Curtin, Denham and the others who are trying to carry out the plan of this Republican Moses and send him to the senate, said during the campaign of 1912: "Roosevelt is not a Republican, but represents a one-man party whose chief advisers are the harvester and steel trust magnates." Of course, the governor and his friends may have decided that this "liar," "demagogue," "hypocrite," this man who "is not a Republican," and "whose chief advisers are the trust magnates," is the right type of man to represent their party. Or it may be that they are even willing to surrender their party principles and follow a man they have so described, in order that their Moses may reach the senate and become the leader of the Republican party in West Virginia. It would appear that those men who are Republicans from principle and not for the sake of office and who would rather go down fighting for what they believe to be right than to win through a policy which they believe to be wrong are being asked to pay a pretty high price for their Moses. THE TURNPIKE'S LAST TOLL. (Boston Transcript.) New England's last turnpike road is to be abolished. To be accurate, the road will remain, but the tollgates, which are the modern equivalents of the ancient turnpikes, will no longer fret the traveling public. The remnant of an earlier system is the six miles of stone-faced highway in the towns of Peru and Winhall, Vt., known and dreaded as the Peru turnpike. Local protests did not avail to bring about the freeing of the turnpike, but when this highway, the only available pass through the Green mountains in Bennington county, became a part of the route used by touring automobolists, the tollgates had to go. An American traveler near the close of the eighteenth century noted that the only turnpike road in the United States at that time was the highway of sixty-six miles between Philadelphia and the little Pennsylvania Dutch town of Lancaster. He found it a perfect specimen of its kind, though when first built it was really a very crude turnpike. The company that built this highway was chartered in 1792, and while the road has long been free of tolls, Philadelphiaians still call it the Lancaster pike. The company that built this highway was chartered in 1792. Next year there was a bitter agitation against it, and farmers in the suburbs of Philadelphia were alarmed lest with improved communication more distant farmers would compete disastrously with them in the semi-weekly markets of the city. The road, however, speedily became popular, and its history for fifty years is interwoven with that of southeastern Pennsylvania. The white Conestoga wagons of a century ago traversed its whole length, some of them with six-nule teams, that traveled to the mellow music of the bells at the animals' ears or on the wagon tongues. Hostelries with huge inn yards sprang up along the route, and many were the stories of merry meetings of winter nights when the stables were crowded with tired horses and all the beds of the inn were engaged. Farms for many miles outward along the line of the road improved under the impetus of improved market conditions, and the Lancaster pike, by which name the highway is still known, was famous all over the state and in neighboring commonwealths. IN THE CHURCHES The Go-To-Church movement bore good fruit Sunday when the city churches opened their doors to entertain the large crowds that knocked for admission. While the attendance was not as large as had been hoped, yet the ministers were not required to address empty seats. The edifices were comfortably filled, and some were taxed; but there was room for many more. One minister said he hoped it was the initiative of a great campaign to induce men and women to attend worship every Sabbath and cause them to become so interested in religious work that hereafter all churches would be crowded every Sunday, and instead of finding men and boys walking the streets engaged in idle gossip they would be lending their influence to the up-building of mankind. The pastors never preached better. They caught a vision which so inspired them that they delivered messages of the most helpful nature. They were alive to the occasion and what they told to their audiences will be as "bread cast upon the waters, seen many days hence." It is evident Martinsburg is upon the threshold of a great church-going campaign; that the people are more interested in spiritual matters than ever before; that the churches are extending their lines of operation; and that all things point to better conditions. It was a day that will long be remembered. 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