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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" Department of Archives. The ESTABLISHED 1882. EARLY DECISION IS EXPECTED IN THE RATE CASE Evidence in the Hearing Before Interstate Commerce Commission Submitted. DIFFICULTY SETTLED ABOUT JUNE FIRST Decision Will Be Favorable to the Railroads and the Commission Will Expedite Its Work That the Suspense May Be Relieved—But Little Work Remains Undone. WASHINGTON, March 23.—A canvass of the Interstate Commerce commissioners who will decide the rate advance asked by the railroads shows: First—The evidence is practically all in with the exception of a few briefs and there will be few if any additional hearings. Second—The decision will be expedited and may be looked for in about 40 days—not later than June 1. Third—The impression gathered from the evidence of the need of increased rates, in whole or in part, is said to be convincing and the decision will be favorable to the railroads: Fourth—The commissioners are keenly alive to the closeness of relationship of prosperity of the railroads with the prosperity of the business and general conditions through out the country. Fifth—Other important matters before the commission have been held up until action shall have been closed on the general proposition of the five per cent rate advance asked by the railroads. Sixth—President Wilson is urging individual members of the commission to expedite the decision and clarify the minds of railroad and business men on the subject before the political campaigns for congressional nominations start. Practically the only additional testimony yet to be taken in the rate increase case is that of the executive heads of the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, Erie and New York Central in rebuttal of the testimony of Clifford Thorne, attorney for the Western railroad ocmissioners. PRODUCE BY PARCEL POST. Law So Amended As to Benefit Farmers and Truckers. Postmaster General Burleson has lations so as to enable farmers and truckers to ship their products by parcel post in a less expensive manner than heretofore under the old amended the postal laws and regu-regulations. Butter, eggs, fruits, berries, vegetables, dressed poultry and other articles in parcels weighing more than twenty pounds and up to fifty pounds for shipment within the first and second zones—approximately 150 miles—can now be packed in boxes and crates similar to those generally used when shipping by express. These large parcels will now be handled outside of mail bags. Packages of these articles weighing twenty pounds or less are required, as heretofore, to be so packed that they can be safely handled in bags with other mail matter. Austria and Hungary have 600,000 trade unionists. HATFIELD HAS NO APPLICATION HATFIELD HAS NO APPLICATION Governor Says He Knows Nothing of Pardons for the Legislators. Asked concerning the rumor that he is considering the pardon of the first legislators serving sentences 'n the state penitentiary at Moundsville, for bribery, Governor Hatfield has stated that no petitions have been presented to him and that the matter has never come before him in any form. "I understand that petitions are being circulated but I have no official knowledge whatever of the matter, and there is no pardon case before me for consideration," he said. Friends of the unfortunate men, who have been circulating the petitions, are pouring them in upon Pardon Attorney Pierson at Charleston, by whom they will probably be acted upon before the matter is officially submitted to the governor. In view of this, it is believed that it will be several minoths yet before the cases reach the chief executive. AT HER OLD TRICKS. (Washington Post.) Emma Goldman, who had disappeared for a while, has made her appearance in New York at the head of a mob of I. W. W. loafers, exhorting them to march forth into Fifth Avenue and upon churches, hotels, restaurants, stores, and private houses and "take what is yours." The Goldman woman has been in many jails throughout the country. She has incited to riot in most of the large cities, and has preached disorder wherever she has gone. Her sex has shielded her from a long term in the penitentiary. There may have been a number of honest, well-intentioned men in the mob that marched up Fifth avenue, assaulting pedestrians, but if so, Miss Goldman should be made to answer for the suffering that she will bring upon them. The gospel she is preaching to honest men will lead them eventually to jail. It is regrettable if thousands of men are out of work, but they cannot expect to obtain employment by marching up and down Fifth avenue in mob form. The men who join mobs mark themselves down as loafers. If an applicant for work were to say that he had marched with Coxey's army he would be regarded as unreliable. Business men who need help do not go to the headquarters of the I. W. W. They advertise in the newspapers, as a rule, and the unemployed who are really anxious for work watch the ads instead of marching with mobs. The able-bodied and industrious man can usually find work without much trouble. He may not find the kind of work he likes, but he can always get something to do in order to tide over a rough period until he can find more congenial employment. The followers of Emma Goldman d. not deserve public sympathy or support. They are not seeking work, but are trying to live on the community without work. Aged Vetrean. WHEELING-Samuel Turner, veteran of the Civil War, one time inmate of Libby prison, prominent Republican and one of the staunchest Methodists in Marshall county passed away Saturday morning at the home of his son, William at Sand Hill, in his 84th year of age. He was a federal soldier. Former Local Citizen Relieved of Twenty Thousand Dollars Worth of Diamonds Twenty thousand dollars' worth of diamonds rings were secured by two robbers, who entered the establishment of Harry J. Homrich, a Huntington jeweler, Saturday night, and took the gems at the point of a pistol, after which they mingled with the shopping crowd. Charles F. Renklein, a jeweler, gave chase, and pursued the men until they started into an alley a block away from the store. He followed them into the alley, but one of them pulled a revolver and fired at him twice. He was unarmed, and gave up the pursuit. The robbers were last seen going toward the hills in the south of the city. his was the boldest and most successful robbery which has been committed in Huntington since the James gang robbed a bank in the city in the seventies, getting $20,000. So daring were the robbers that they did not wear masks. Mr. Homrich was born and raised in this city. At one time he operated a jewelry store in the Lambert building on South Queen street, where the St. Louis Shoe Shine jarlor is. He recently visited his father James Homrich of West John street. Mrs. Homrich was formerly Miss Edwards of this city. BIRDS OF THE CANAL ZONE It is estimated that there are about 990 varieties of birds in the Canal Zone, a larger number of species than is to be found in any one state in the United States. In a recent number of the Canal Record there is published a list of 250 different species of birds found in the immediate vicinity of Gatun Lake. From this list it appears that many of the birds known in this section of the country are to be found in the Canal Zone, along with others which are strangers to this part of the United States. According to the Canal Record, Lion Hill, one of the settlements on the old line of the Panama Railroad, is said to have furnished "more type species of birds than any one locality in the Americas." A representative of the biological survey at Washington in the course of two short collection trips to the zone procured some 300 different specimens. There never has been any published work of the ornithology of the isthmus, but such publications doubtless will be forthcoming at an early date. A number of the birds in Panama are mere winter visitors from the United States. These include such familiar varieties as sparrows, tanagers, crioles, flycatchers, swallows, thrushes, warblers and catbirds. The bird resources of the Canal Zone evidently are of much importance. Possibly if they are properly conserved they will become one of the valuable assets of the United States. Having permitted so much reckless bird slaughter in this country that insect pests are increasing at an alarming rate it would be well to take care of the birds that have been added to our national possessions by reason of the acquisition of a section of Panama. William E. Kelly, the new postmaster, of Brooklyn, is widely known in labor circles as the president of the National Letter Carriers' Association. Judge Dayton Will Decide Confront Case at Clarksburg. No Special Term. District Attorney Stuart W. Walker returned home Sunday morning from Phillippi, where he spent the week trying the contempt cases before Judge Alston G. Dayton. Seventeen cases were tried, but Judge Dayton withheld his decision until April 17 when court will be in session at Clarksburg. The cases attracted considerable attention, and all of the big newspapers in the country had their representatives there. It had been arranged to hold a special term of court here, beginning March 31, and try the cases of Reherd vs. the Coal and Iron Railway Company. Attorney B. M. Ambler, of Parkersburg, who is one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, has been ordered south for his health, and Attorne, B. A. Richmond, of Cumberland, who is associated with defense, is also ill and could not attend. The case will, however, be tried here, but the date has not been fixed. The regular term of federal court will begin Tuesday, April 7, and will be a very important one. Many complicated matters will be presented to the grand jury, but it is doubtful if any cases are tried because the term must end on Saturday as the term at Clarksburg begins the week following. BIRDS WORTH BILLIONS. (Selected.) Do you know that insects annually do a billion dollars' worth of damage to the crops in the United States? This means a dollar a month for every man, woman and child in the country. Have you realized that quite a portion of this could be averted if we would do something to attract the birds to our gardens and farms? The wild birds are the only means we have that is at all effective in combating the myriad army of insects, and unless we foster these feathered protectors the insect pest will increase. The United States government has realized this and for many years has been combating the false impressions regarding our wild birds. They have urged the orchardist and farmer to offer them protection, and many laws have been passed with this end in view. We of the city and suburbs are not directly interested in the crops of our farmer cousins, but where the wild birds can save the farmer dollars, they can save us many heartaches by preventing caterpillars and beetles and other insect pests from devastating our little gardens. Every man who has a bit of a yard in the suburbs should place one or more bird boxes in the trees or on posts in an effort to attract the birds. Imagine what one pair of little wrens means to a garden! They are incessant insect catchers and when they are rearing their family will sweep clean any garden of all winged pests. If you aim to attract a pair of wrens, make sure that the entrance hole is too small for the admission of the English sparrow, else he will take immediate possession, and prevent any wren from setting up housekeeping on the premises. Blue birds are easy to attract to VOL. 33 NO. 4. SLATED FOR NEXI CHIEF OF STAFF SLATED FOR NEXI CHIEF OF STAFF Major General William W. Wotherspoon Will Succeed General Wood. WASHINGTON, March 20. -Major General William W. Wotherspoon, who is believed to be slated to succeed Major General Leonard Wood when the latter's tour of duty as chief of staff of the army expires next month, has the reputation of being one of the most thorough students of military matters in the army. He is an authority on the theory and tactics of war, and has published several valuable pamphlets dealing with phases of the war game. In addition, as president of the War College and more recently as assistant chief of staff, he has been foremost for several years in planning and deciding movements of the army. He, with his assistants in the War College, made out the schedule by which troops were first mobilized on the Mexican border when affairs in the southern republic assumed a threatening aspect in 1912. General Wotherspoon is a native of this city. He was appointed to the army as a second lieutenant in 1873 and was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in 1879. During his entire military career he has been identified with the infantry branch of the service. From 1905 to 1909 he served on the general staff and during a part of that period was president of the War College. For one year, beginning in May, 1909, he was assistant to the chief of staff and then followed another two-year period as head of the War College. At the beginning of 1912 he was placed in command of the Department of the Gulf and continued at that post until transferred back to Washington to act again as assistso that if he is appointed to the position of chief of staff he will have but eight months to serve before he ant chief of staff. General Wotherspoon was born November 16, 1850, is retired for age. your yard. They are not at all particular about the kind of house, but it must not be placed too close to the back door and must be at least twelve feet up in the air. They prefer boxes set up in trees. Of course, the more country-like these surroundings the better change one has of gaining wild bird tenants, but even in the crowded suburbs it is not so hard to attract a pair of little wrens, although the blue birds seldom leave the wooded districts. Try out the idea by putting up a bird box this year, but get it by the first of April, because by that time the advance army of birds are scouting around for home sites. WEBSTER—Sheriff O. C. Ferrell is over from Cleveland in answer to a call from the State Tax Commissioner Mr. Blue has sent a man here to start the officials off right in the new system of auditing accounts that has recently been introduced into the state's mode of bookkeeping It seemed at first that the new requirements would prove burdensome, but after they are understood they are found to possess many advantages over the old order of things. An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Moral, Religious and Financial Development of Humanity. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the advertiser pays every three months. Advertising 1 inch one time 75c. Standing ..... 50c Reduced Rates to Clubs. Send for Sample Copies. Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg, W. Va., as Second Class Matter. J. L. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, MARCH 28 1914 The Pioneer Press favors the submission of Virginia's debt or that part of it laid at our doors, to the voters. Let them say what shall be done. While the Republicans are giving the Wilson administration hail-columbia for its segregation spirit, it might be well to keep in mind that Mrs. Taft started it in the White House. The Philadelphia North American is one of the best newspapers in America. Full of news, facts loyalty is every issue, and every day's editorials should be filed. Then, too, its a logical Progressive newspaper. Send for sample copies. It is the duty of Senator Borah to not only do all in his power for woman suffrage, but to double it in cutting down Southern representation. Woman suffrage is sure to win on honest grounds—and not at the sacrifice of darker womanhood. Charies S. Hamlin, First Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, has ordered that the segregation of three hundred colored girls be done away with in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, that all eat together in the common dining room as of yore. Mr. Secretary you are right. Mr. Taft has written an eleven column article against Mr. Roosevelt's plan for the recall of judicial decisions. It will hardly be necessary for Mr. Roosevelt to use more than three sticks of type, to thread-bare his fluffy argument for the people are going to give that feature as glorious a backing as was Roosevelt's victory over William Howard Taft. What a tremendous crop of rascals this country is growing and growing them by the thousands daily. Every whipstitch some new cure for all kinds of diseases is being advertised, and thousands of poor suffering souls are relieved of their hard earned cash. They could get so much more good and comfort by spending the money they give these fakers, and by getting better clothes and better food. It is bad enough to beat well, credulous people out of their money, but to rob the poor sick ones, is a crime for which no punishment is too severe. Indeed the fakers who use the mails to get the consumptives' money, and that of those afflicted with cancer, should be put in the hands of Uncle Sam. TAKE OUR ADVICE By all means every poor man who owns mountain land should plant not less than one hundred or two hundred one year old "whip" peach trees. Put the trees at least 2 inches deeper than they were when taken up at the nursery. Mix no manure with the soil in which the trees are planted, but it may be spread on top of the soil around the trees. The reason people plant peach trees in apple orchards is, they know that they will soon die for the want of care, and they do. But there is no need of their dying, if proper attention be given them, and that proper attention can be given to as many trees as we suggest to plant. The main thing is to keep the worms out of roots. Spring is the time to prune them, and when the trees are two years old is the time to shape them. The solution to spray with may be made in this way: two pounds of sulphur, to one pound of lime and one gallon of water. Then boil it till a reddish brown appears on the surface. Then add as much water as the boiling destroys; then strain and apply it. --- It has long been a slogan that only the "fittest" can "survive." It is possible that evolution—evolved by the irksome toil of slaves, has made a few believe they are the fittest. Lincoln, Shakspeare, Burns, Milton, Dumas, Grant and others by millions were not considered of the "fittest class," while in fact and truth, they were born leaders and advisers of men, and will live, embalmed in the choicest literature for all time to come. What gave rise to the above thought was the action of a Michigan Judge last week refusing to allow a white child to be adopted to a Japanese. Can there be found a class of women on earth, more loving, attentive and dutiful to their offsprings than are the Japanese women? But the judge would not allow it, because of the Japanese's odd facial looks color &c. Does that judge know whence he came? Was not his ancestry five or six hundred years ago the worst type of slaves the world ever witnessed? Had they not brass collars on their necks and faces uglier than those of Japanese? Not only did that judge refuse the adoption on the ground above stated, but said he would do so with all of Southern Europe's inhabitants. Whence comes the world's greatest singers, musicians and actors? Who tied the world on land and sea in one knot of knowledge of wireless telegraphy, but Marconi, born and reared in Southern Europe? Why did not some of that judge type do it? Not able. And as we have said before, it will be left to Marconi, to tie the world together in wireless telephony. If the judge's class are so far ahead of those Southern Europeans, why have they not done so many big things foreigners have? Does that caste cursed Judge know, that in science, philosophy, telegraphy and telephony, America is behind, and only gets what the old countries have used, and only gets what the old countries have used, and gone on to better services? its true. They are the ones who went so far as to make it possible for persons talking, for each to see the other while doing so. Get off of the bench, or stop believing that God is a partial friend to the whites of the world, and a despiser of all others? Lifting the embargo on arms and ammunition into Mexico, will not be condemned by dealers in military tactics, but are not our own people suffering because of it? It was the first act of free trade. It was a woofful blunder on the part of President Wilson. Why condemn the sale and use of five arms all over this country, and ship them to a class of murderers in Mexico? Before and ever since the lifting of the embargo, scores, yea hundreds of ours and other country's human beings have been butchered, and for years to come that act will enable high-handed and wholesale murder to go on, and the assumed goodness of neither Huerta nor Villa over the other, will justify the act. Mr. Wilson doubtless has found out to his sorrow that there is a big difference between being a school teacher, and President of a country like this. UNITED STATES SENATE'S RECIPE. It is in circulation that this unique august body will are long tell the world how to cure paralysis, based on Ben Tillman's self cure of that fatal disease. That body ought to know that there are many kinds and many causes for paralysis. One in particular, and it may be that Benjamin was its victimnamely "Liver Paralysis." caused by drinking too much whiskey, and its only cure, if not gone too far, is abstinence. It is possible it had a hold on him here once, when had it not been for a bystander, he would have been killed by a passing train, and another time, he passed through Martinsburg doubled up in a common car, and that in a back seat. This is based on the fact that Benjamin likes it, or did, for once when a party of them were taking a driving trip in the South, he remarked: "Its a long time between drinks" which indicates he had been used to regular ones. PROGRESSIVES IN EARNEST. At the conference of the thinkers of the Progressive Party at Huntington last Friday, it was decided that any office from a constable up should be filled by a Progressive. The marvelous strength of the party in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Indiana have given increased encouragement to West Virginia Progressives throughout the state. There is no more certainty of the Progressives going back to the ringsters who sickened at Chicago, 1912, than there is of President Wilson resigning, raising a regiment and going to Mexico to fight either of the alleged Negroes—Huerta and Villa. When a party outlives its usefulness it must be supplanted and precisely as we are being opposed and beset so was the Republic in party in 1856. It is ro 192. its infancy, it gave this state the best laws the poor people ever had, and every sane one will, or should vote the Progressive ticket. It will hold the balance of power in Congress before 1914 passes into 1915, and from the signs of the times, 1916 will witness its control of this nation—giving it a new emancipation. The best sermon, for profound reason, as to the knowing of loved ones in the hereafter, was one delivered by Rev. Dr. William Gerhardt, our 97 year old correspondent, which appeared in last week's issue. Two recent cases on earth, strengthen his prophecy. Thirty five years ago at the close of a foreign war, a brother and sister were separated. For a time she thought he was dead, but finally concluded he was not, and having means decided to travel the world over to find him. Pressing against a man in one of our big railway stations, a man said in a peculiarly refined voice: "pardon me." The woman looked up and said: "Aren't you my brother?" and he was. Did God have a hand in that? The first of this month at Greeley, Colorado, a man and woman had counted and decided to marry, and just as they were getting the license, Miss Mary Hardy, a homesteader, learned Frank Cameron was her brother—their real name being Howard. Twenty-three years ago when they parted, his sister gave him a ring, and seeing it for the first time since she gave it to him, she asked: Where did you get that ring? His reply was: My sister gave that to me, the last time I saw her 23 years ago." Then you are my brother exclaimed Miss Hardy and fainted. When she revived, she proved their relationship by opening her jewel box and taking therefrom a silver coin bearing the date of her brother's birth and his initials which he had engraved when a boy. Both strange? Stranger things await us. STORY OF A YEAR TOLD IN PICTURES THE NORTH AMERICAN OFFERS TO READERS AN UNUSUAL RECORD. A very unusual publication, along entirely new lines, is the North American's "History of the Year in Pictures," a book that covers with artistic 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 is a faithful reminder of the year. Nearly 500 finely printed halftones are made use of in telling the story of the year. The events so treated will surprise the busy man, who would find himself stumped if called upon to name a score of the great occurrences of the year. The plague in Manchuria, the world's great inventions, the inauguration, the war in the Balkans, the completion of the Panama canal, naval advances, the conquest of the, the air succession of great rulers, women and the vote, fighting disease, labor troubles the western floods, the Gettysburg celebration and numbers of other events are fully and faithfully pictured and photographed The North American book is a faithful book of reference for young and old students of current events. It is surprisingly good and surprisingly cheap. Price, 25 cents; by mail, 10 cents extra. AGRICULTURAL DAY FRIDAY, APRIL 24 Will be Held Throughout State for Benefit of High School Students. In order that the students of high schools my become better acquainted with the opportunities that are open to young men and young women in the field of agriculture as farmers, teachers and state government demonstrators and experts, circular letters have been sent out from the departments of schools to the principals of high schools, at the recommendation of Professor M. J. Abbey, state supervisor of agricultural instruction, requiring that a day be set aside and observed in high schools as "Agricultural Day." The letter from the state superintendent of schools asks that Friday. AN APPEAL TO THE NEGRO BRETHREN for help while collecting materials for the International Exhibition of the Book-Industry and Graphic Arts Lepzig, May-October, 1914. On account of the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Academy for the Graphic Arts and the Book-Industry at Leipzig, Germany; there will be a great Exhibition made up and organized to show the Graphic products of all people, lands and nations from the earliest times up to these days. The plan of the exhibition shows the following 16 groups: I. Graphic Arts; II. Applied Graphics and Book-making, Illustrating; III. Instruction, Education, Schools; IV. Paper Manufacturing; V. Stationery and Writing Materials; VI. Colors, Lithographics and Copper-plates; VII. Photography; VIII. Reproduction; IX. Streotyp, Electrotypy; X. Printing Processes; XI. Bookbinding; XII. Publishing, book-trade; XIII. Newspapers, Advertising, Canvassing, Periodicals; XIV. Libraries; XV. Machinery; XVI. Measures for the Protection and Welfare of the Workers, etc. These groups have been subdivided into about 63 classes. Each group is to be introduced by a historical and a technical instructive department. The development and the position in the history of civilization of the various branches of the book industry will be clearly demonstrated, models and apparatus for demonstrating purposes and the cinematographic art will be shown. The publications of booksellers and music publishers will be brought directly to the notice of the public through the medium of libraries and reading rooms, through lectures, public readings, recitations and concert recitals. Anything in our minds will be under the banner of the "black art." Many learned societies and associations connected with the book industry will have their congresses and meet at the exhibition ground. When I read the news I asked myself if it would be possible to show at the exhibition some exhibits of the negro people in America, in whose matters I am especially interested. So I come to all willing to help me in my undertaking, to ask for their cooperation while collecting exhibition matters. Any printings, writings, photos, pictures out of the slavery time until this day will be welcome. Pupils and students, lessons, school plans and pictures, photos of professors, teachers, students and buildings, whole models of publishing houses, Schools, Colleges and Universities will be heartily accepted. Likewise drawings of scholars and students. Authors or publishing houses should send of all books and pamphlets and writing they have published one or better two copies with order blanks that every exhibitor visitor may have the opportunity of ordering the exhibits through myself. Lodges, banks, societies and other organizations should contribute some amount to cover the cost of certain matters to be bought while not on the market. Editors should send the best they have, if possible a model of the whole business plan. Here is an opportunity for the Colored people of America and for those who have devoted their lives to the culture-work among the colored people, to demonstrate what they have done already and what they could do in the future. Another important feature while collecting exhibition materials is that all will April 24, be known as Agricultural Day and that it be observed as such in district and county high schools and that at least the first hour of the day be observed as suggested. Suggestions for the observance of the day will be sent to all high schools by Professor Abbey. great museum-library of Leipzig will participate in the exhibits when the fair is over. You will have no expenses to pay for the exhibition of what you send. I will care for that. But whatever you send write your name upon it. Please do what you can in the matter. Write about your help as soon as possible and send your exhibits—old or new, good and bad—to PASTOR PAUL O. HENTSCH, Gundorferstr. 1, I, Leipzig-Li. Germany. Other negro papers are asked to print the foregoing lines of Pastor Hentsch in their respective column. THE EDITOR. WHAT IS IT? Ten year Combina ion Distrib uction Certificate of Membership as devised by the American Workmen Fraternal Insurance Company, of Washington. D. C., one of the most liberal strongest and reable fraterna institutions in the fie'd. For further particulars see D.E.V. JORDAN, GEN AGENC. W.VA. BOM 2 K P. BUILTING CHARLETON W VA OF GENERAL INTEREST. It takes much imagination for Mr. Mann to find any relation between Raisuli and Huerta.—Springfield Republican. The curfew tolls the knell of toils dispute. President Wilson is the champion bell-ringer of his age.—Brooklyn Eagle This is a hard and cruel world. Several thousand able-bodied men in California are forced to go without sufficient food simply because they refuse to work. The shame of it!— Kansas City Journal. The stock market continues to be as sensitive as a man with a new black eye. In comes a report from Chicago that 15 woman have taken the cigarette cure and down goes American Tobacco a quarter of a point.—New York Press. Perhaps the reason why we don't recognize Felix Diaz is that we feel we know him already.—Washington Post. A woman in Cologne, Germany, was fined for calling a school teacher a suffragette. It was once scandalous to call a man an abolitionist. —Detroit Journal. If Benton really did go into Villa's office of his own accord, why—it looks like a case of suicide. —Chicago Inter-Ocean. Uncle Joe Cannon manages to go weeks at a time without expressing any great faith in the will of the majority.—Washington Star. There is talk of Charles W. Morse's Bank of North America reopening. Another case of marvelous recovery of health afterward.—New York World. There is considerable disagreement as to just what the Monroe doctrine is, but it is generally agreed that it is an unsafe thing for foreigners to monkey with.—Kansas City Journal. Another Litigation. Another long drawn out litigation before the supreme court in which West Virginia is interested came up in the court Monday when Attorney General Lilly requested the court to advance the two cent passenger fare case of the Norfolk and Western Railway against that state for an early hearing. RATE DECISION AGAIN DELAYED Railroads Will be Heard Again Before Controversy is Settled. MORE TESTIMONY COMING, THEY SAY Ruling May Not be Given Until Just Before the Summer Recess, But Early Action Has Been Urged as it Will Relieve the Business Situation. An official announcement has been issued by the interstate commerce commission, indicating the likelihood that additional testimony in the eastern advance rate case will be taken as late as April 22, was accepted as making it quite certain that a decision could not be expected before some time in May at the earliest, and probably not until a short time before the commission adjourns for the summer, late in June. The railroads have requested the commission to afford them opportunity to present additional testimony as to their need of increased revenues, and also to offer evidence in rebuttal of the testimony introduced by those opposed to an advance in rates. The commission announced that it would begin to take the additional testimony on March 30 and 31, and that, if necessary, the hearing would be completed on April 20, 21 and 22. As Clifford Thorne, chairman of the railroad commission of Iowa, representing eight western states in opposition to the proposed advance, it to present his views on March 30 and 31, it is hardly possible that the hearings can be concluded until late in April. Ordinary Procedure Protracted. Those in intimate touch with the procedure of the commission regard it as likely, therefore, that the case cannot be argued until some time in May. After the hearing of the testimony has been concluded a reasonable time—ordinarily it is 15 or 20 days—will be given for the submission of briefs by counsel for the roads. These will be followed with briefs by counsel for the opposition. After the briefs have been submitted a time, extending, perhaps, over several days, will be consumed in oral arguments. In the usual course of events this procedure would consume the time until nearly the first of June. How long after that it might take the commission to determine the issues involved and to prepare a formal decision is a matter of pure conjecture. It was recalled that Chairman Harlan announced from the bench a few weeks ago that the rate case was being expedited in every way, and that it was the expectation that a final decision might be reached "before the summer recess of the commission." Commission's Statement Given. The statement issued by the commission follows: "The carriers have expressed their desire to present at an early date additional testimony touching their financial requirements, and also to have an opportunity to offer evidence in rebuttal of the testimony recently introduced in opposition to the proposed increase in rates. "Having no other date available in the near future, the commission has thought it wise to postpone until further notice the argument on the spotting question now assigned for March 30 and 31 and to devote those dates to the hearing of such further evidence. If the carriers are not able to complete this additional testimony at the close of March 31 the hearing will be continued on April 20, 21 and 22, those being the earliest available additional dates. "As none of the commissioners were able to be present when the testimony was given on this subject by the representative of the railroad commissions of the states of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri, he has been requested to appear again on March 30, to restate in substance the testimony already given by him." Early Decision Was Urged. The desirability of an early decision has been conveyed to the commissioners from many sources. Various reports have gone so far as to interpret President Wilson's attitude as favorable to the increase, but the President has repeatedly told inquirers that while he had his own opinions he never had expressed them to any one because he regarded the case as being before a quasi-judicial body. The railroads have already submitted evidence at one set of hearings, and the shippers have had their inings. The question of allowances by railroads to large industrial plants and proposed charges for services now free have entered into the question and will be among the elements to determine it. CRITICISM FOR THE OPERATORS John Mitchell and Congressman McDonald Testify in Michigan Mine Case. John Mitchell and Congressman McDonald Testify in Michigan Mine Case. Washington, March 24.—Flans for concluding the congressional investigation of conditions in the Michigan strike district have been made by the sub-committee of the house mines committee. The committee heard John Mitchell, labor leader, and Representative McDonald, who represents the affected district in congress. The Calumet and Hecla Mining company, through its attorney, Jas A. Emery, was requested to furnish lata of the financial conduct and history of the company, and the committee decided to close the hearing as soon as Quincy A. Shaw, president of the Calumet and Hecla company can be called and questioned as to the attitude of the company toward organized labor. Mr. Mitchell told the committee that there was no connection between the Western Federation of miners, which organized the Michigan strike, and the Socialist party of the Industrial Workers of the World. He defended the Federation, declaring that it was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and that it lived up to its contracts with employers. Attorney Emery endeavored to show that the Western Federation as an organization was opposed to agreements with employers and could not be depended upon to carry them out. This Mr. Mitchell denied. Representative McDonald declared that all of the trouble in the Michigan copper field was due to the "autocratic control" exercised by the mine operators. Both Mr. McDonald and Mr. Mitchell urged legislation to prevent the importation of armed guards into strike districts from other states and to prevent strike breakers from being deceived as to conditions in a strike field to which they might be taken. SITUATION IN JAPAN CAUSES CONCERN HERE Believed That Resignation of Cabinet Will Result in Pressing Cal- ifornia Land Controversy News of the resignation of the Japanese cabinet was received here yesterday with a certain uneasiness, a change of government in Japan at this time being regarded as undesirable from the viewpoint of the United States because of the political capital the opposition made out of the failure of the late ministry to press more vigorously the California land controversy. While the information the state department has is thus far unofficial, no reason is known here to doubt the authenticity of the reports. Ambassador Guthrie cabled that the news agencies in Japan were his authority for the statement that Premier Yamamoto had presented to the Emperor his own resignation and those of his colleagues. The resignation of the Japanese cabinet, while technically due to the failure of the parliament to pass the naval budget, really has its causes in matters of much greater significance. To observers here it is not at all clear as to where the Emperor will turn to find a premier to form a new cabinet. It is now feared that the new government, which, of course, will represent more or less, the opposition which stirred up the agitation over the California controversy, will feel itself obliged to renew pressure upon the United States for settlement. As the matter stands today, both sides are standing by their original ground in the controversy, and there is not now the slightest prospect of the United States doing anything for Japan as a result. WARRIOR OF BIZANI HEAPED IN HONORS A. Drapanas, Veteran of the Greco-Turkish War, Being Honored by Countrymen Peter and Thomas Anastos, two well-known Greeks of Martinsburg, are in receipt of information that their uncle, Athan Drapanas, who has returned to Buffalo, after having gone back and served his native country through the series of Balkan wars, is being heaped with honors by his fellow countrymen there. When the first call to arms came for the Greeks who had located in this country, Drapanas answered, and saw war in all its horrors from exposure and in many big batles. Early in the contest he was promoted to sergeant for bravery, and was placed at the head of a body of cavry. Just before the fall of Jania, while the battle raged around that Turkish stronghold, he was severely wounded in the head and could not take part in the triumphant entry into that city. Later he won his promotion as second lieutenant, and at the battle of Athon while leading his men in a desperate charge, was struck by fragments of a shell, which put him out of service for some time. He participated in many other decisive battles and got other wounds. With a small body of horsemen he surprised and captured a notorious Albanian brigand for whom a big reward was offered. MURDOCK LEADS IN PARKERSBURG Present Mayor Renominated in Hot Primary Contest on Tuesday. Mayor Allen C. Murdoch and David F. Turner were the nominees for mayor of Parkersburg, in the hottest municipal primary in the history of the city, held Tuesday. It was midnight before all of the returns were in. The nominees for council are: Ed. G. Stephenson and David H. Bradford, present councilmen; W. H. Cecil, John O. Bullock, Harry Leonard, J. W. Burk, L. N. Pickens and J. R. Anderson. The vote for mayor was as follows: Allen C. Murdoch, 1,587; David F. Turner, 1,127; Harold W. Houston, 408; Jerry Dunn, 362; R. E. Horner, 121. The primary was non-partisan under the commission form of government and both nominees for mayor are Democrats. The election will occur April 7. For the best of all kinds of boots and shoes, go to Charles E. Thompson, 123 North Queen Street. His stock is excellent, and the courtesies of his clerks can't be excelled. Try him and be convinced. TORREON FALLS BEFORE GENERAL VILLA'S FORCES Pall of Black Smoke Over City Tells of the Effect of Guns. AFTER BLOODY BATTLE REBELS CRY "ON, ON!" Constitutionalist Forces Surround Huerta's Stronghold and With Telling Force Compel Federal Garrison to Surrender—Mexico City Now Goal of Carranza's Field Marshal. JUAREZ. March 25.—Torveon has fallen. Rebel army messages from the front to officials in Juarez report the capture of the city yesterday. The federal garrison surrendered to Gen. Francisco Villa after savage fighting and heavy loss on both sides. "Gen. Villa and Gen. Benavides have concluded to take breakfast in the finest restaurant on the Torreon plaza," said a telegram from Col. Trevino to his brother here. Attack Before Daybreak. The rebels began their victorious attack on Torreon proper shortly before daybreak. Gen. Benavides advanced from the east and immediately began shelling the city. Gen. Villa pressed forward from Gomez Palacio and Lerdo with the main body of his troops, and almost completely invested the city. The first footing in the town was gained by Gen. Benavides forces. They captured two cuartels or wards, and carried the battle into the streets of Torreon. The federals made a desperate resistance and poured a deadly fire into the rebels from doorways and house tops. City In Flames. heavy smoke could be seen arising from Torreon while the bombardment was the fiercest. Several fires were believed to have been started by the rebels' shells. They used an explosive shell that did startling execution. Their fire was well directed, probably by foreign artillerymen. Shortly before 9 o'clock a terrific explosion was heard just north of Torreon. This was reported here as being a federal mine, which was set off at the approach of a compact body of rebels, who were led into a trap. There was a vast network of mines surrounding the city. The mines are believed to have done slight execution. The federals had buried several hundred tons of dynamite, and thought the mines had made the city impregnable. The general artillery fire of the rebels was directed by Gen. Felipe Angelo, minister of war in the constitutionalist cabinet. He personally directed the disposal of many of the heavy guns, and continually urged the marksmen to attain greater accuracy. He did not want a single shell wasted. All through the day batches of wounded constitutionalists were carried through Gomez. Palacio to the field hospitals south of Bermejillo. Hundreds of captured federals were also rushed to the rear. Villa's Whirlwind Tactics. Gen. Villa in making good his boast that he would capture Torreon by March 31, continued the whirlwind activities yesterday that he began Friday and continued Saturday and Sunday in the capture of various towns lying in the suburbs of Torreon. Following up the admission of last night, where the federals were driven from Gomez Palacio, Gen. Villa tic fabrics produced by mills whose ordered the fresher part of his command to march on Torreon during the night. He continually brought troops up from the rear and did not give the hard pressed federals a moment's respite. The constitutionalists suffered heavy loss in driving the federalists into Torreon. The rebels were checked for a time at the Wazas River by fire from flanking Gen. Argumedos' troops before they could get behind the fortifications of Torreon. "On to Mexico City." Early in the afternoon Gen. Villa established his headquarters here, having rebuilt the telegraph line from El Verjel. Although he was in the saddle all last night, excepting for a brief period when he ran up to Bermejillo, he conducted yesterday's battle vigorously. Gen. Benivades sent work to Gen. Villa that he had driven in every federal outpost to the eastward of Torreon and that he was in complete possession of the railroads leading from Torreon to the eastward. With his compliments to Gen. Villa, he said in his report that he hoped to meet him and other officers of the constitutionalist army at luncheon in El Cafe de Gambrinus at noon. "On to Mexico City" is now the cry of Villa. With a series of brilliant victories to his credit and with almost the entire half of Northern Mexico under his sway he now plans to quickly attack Mazatlan, Saltillo and Monterey, and if these cities fall make a hasty march on the capital. With the capture of Torreon, added to the victories at Chihuahua, Ojinaga, Juarez and many smaller places, the rebels pride themselves on irresistible force. AMERICAN CLOTH (American Wool and Cotton Reporter.) A strong confirmation of our position relative to the comparative worth of foreign and domestic fabrics is furnished by the report of James A. Crabtree, official adjuster for the American Association of Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers in the Philadelphia market. Samples of serges made here and abroad, selling at the same price, 77 1-2 cents of the same weight, 8 to 9 ounces, were tested, the foreign fabric showing a breaking strength of but 18 pounds, while the domestic product, undor precisely similar conditionless, broke at 33 pounds, showing a tensile strength practically two and one-half times that of the competing fabric. It is not in the matter of strength alone that the superiority of the domestic fabric is evidenced, but also in the comparative freedom from imperfections of various kinds. An instance of this nature is reported by the same examiner. A foreign poplin only 27 yards in length contained 96 defects, and in addition slipped on the warp so badly as to render it totally unfit for the purpose for which it was purchased—the manufacture of woman's suits. Experience of this kind will do much toward decreasing the high regard in which foreign fabrics have been held by a great many in the trade, and will result in increased orders for domestic fabrics produced by mills whose products have stood the test of our methods of garment manufacturing and proven eminently satisfactory. As Said By Children. "John," said the teacher, addressing a smiling, red-headed member of her class, "please make a sentence for us, using the word 'disposition.'" Said John, squaring his fists in pugilistic manner: "When boy wants to fight ye, youse takes dis position." History is often puzzling to the childish mind, and battles, in especial, prove troublesome. This is the examination paper handed in by a certain small boy doing his best to assimilate United States history. "General Braddock was killed in the Revolutionary War. He had three horses shot under him, and a fourth went through his clothes." A Sunday school superintendent toly the story of Elisha and the bears. Then, wishing to impress the moral lesson, he asked. "Now, children, what does this story show?" "Please sir," said a shy little malden, "it shows how many children two she bears can hold." Greater love hath no man than this—that a man lay down his life for his friends. Lincoln—the more I read and think and talk of Abraham Lincoln the greater he appears to me as a man 'that laid down his life for friends. I say this because from his own words he seemed to have had in mind his assassination, and still he went forward to his work as a lover of freedom for all men. There were others that took part in the agitation that freed the black man, but Father Abe was greater than any, because as I see it, he gave his life for the cause he loved so dearly. History tells me he did not belong to any church or rather denomination, and I am not surprised after I have found the then christian church had upheld Christ and slavery for two hundred and fifty years with some few exceptions. There are a number of traits in his character that commend him to me and I hope to all lovers of freedom. First as a boy he loved and obeyed his parents and those around him who was of riper years. 2nd., he was a great sympathizer for the opprest. He did not denounce slavery in a corner, but proclaimed his hatred of it as it were upon the housetop regardless of what would happen to him afterwards. 3rd., and above all he was an earnest believer in God, for history says he was seen and heard time after time on his knees in prayer and I must say no man could have proved equal to the task that he was engaged in, and succeeded as he did without God was with him. As a statesman and President he was greater than them all, and as a christian he has few equals He cannot die because always he looms up larger and larger, and all the world has learned to love him, and we black folks love him best. Speaking of the Hall of Fame—why it is too small a place for so great a man. He must live in our hearts. N. H. Fields. Elkins, W. Va. Anecdotal Literature BY W. G Senator Harry Lane of Oregon was a physician in his earlier years. In the course of his administration in that profession he was called to the bedside of a dying gambler. Knowing that the man's stay on earth would be short, Lane began to talk to him about his gambling. The man jerked out a pistol from under his pillow, and placed the muzzle against the pit of Lane's stomach and growled: "Don't poke fun at me; if you do I will shoot, and shoot to kill." "Oh, go ahead, old man," laughed Dr. Lane, saving himself by his quick wit. "Go ahead, I have killed a hundred in life myself," and the big gambler, dumbfounded by this bold and witty remark, dropped his pistol. FATHER LIKE SON. Mrs. Dix—"Your little son minds you beautifully." Mrs. Mix—"Yes, everybody says he's just like his father." Laden branches hang low. The nettle rises high, but the violet lies humbly under its leaves. Walking one day by a stream we were conscious of a sweet perfume, and looking down we perceived the little blue eyes looking up to us so meekly. Virtue is always modest. He who is discovered by his excellence, and not by egotistical boast of his own perfection, is a person worth knowing. CALLING OFF THE DOG. A stranger cannot call off a dog from the flock, but the shepherd can do so with a word. So the Lord and the Lord only can easily rebuke Satan when he makes a violent attack. STILL BLIND. When unrenewed nature puts on the spectacles of art she is still blind. THE EDITOR REGRETTED. An amusing story is going the rounds in Fleet Street about an editor who, to the surprise of those under him, has just accepted a large batch of contributions. The manuscripts are not of any remarkable brilliance. In the ordinary way they would nearly all have been returned to the senders with the usual formula announcing that the editor was unable to make use of them. The explanation of this apparent eccentricity on the part of the editor is that the other evening he took the manuscript home in his bag to read at leisure. Between the office and his station he stopped to buy a bottle of whiskey, which he put in the bag beside the manuscript. In the train the bag got an unnoticed bang and when he arrived home he was horrified to find the bottle broken and the manuscripts smelling strongly of whiskey. Now, that editor has a great reputation for dignity and sobriety, and—well, there you are. LABOR WORLD NOTES School teachers of Scranton, Pa. are planning a union. A labor temple is to be built by the labor unions of Hamilton, Ont. St. Paul union carpenters have asked for a wage increase of 5 cents an hour. The American Federation of Musicians will hold its annual convention in Des Moines in May. The miners of Montana have contributed $4,000 for the relief of the striking copper miners of Michigan. A new agreement of the Alaska Fishermen's Union and the Alaska Packers' Association provides for increased wages and better working conditions. --- A recent report shows that the United Mine Workers of America have paid virtually $2,000,000 in strike benefits to Colorado miners since April 1, 1910. More than five hundred petitions have been forwarded to the acting Premier of Ontario urging that the Ontario legislature pass the Workmen's Compensation Act. --- By an overwhelming vote, the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America has severed affiliation with the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor. In the past nineteen years the International Typographical Union has expended more than $1,250,000 in building and maintaining the home for aged and sick union printers at Colorado Springs. The National Association of Civil Service Employees has been formed for the purpose of arousing public sentiment to assist in the procuring of legislation to provide for the maintenance of persons who have grown old or who have been injured in the public service. --- Through the influence of Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, an agreement has been virtually concluded for an amalgamation of the international unions of broommakers and brushmakers. The agreement will be ratified by a referendum vote. The San Francisco Labor Council has inaugurated a card system by which delegates upon entering the assembly room shall register their names and the number of union labels attached to their apparel—admission being denied to those having fewer than five labels. 0 The International Union of Shingle Weavers, Sawmill Workers and Woodsmen has requested of the lumber manufacturers and logging operators of the Northwest an agreement for an eight-hour day, a minimum wage of $2.25 a day and time and one half for overtime. CONVICT BUILT ROADS The scheme to employ convicts in the construction of roads in West Virginia, which will be put in operation as soon as the weather is propitious for such work, will find great encouragement through the operations of convict labor in New York. The feasibility of such employment of convicts has been fully demonstrated in that State, as is shown in the report of the State Prison Commission, just made to the legislature. The following excerpts from that report will be interesting and instructive to the authorities in this State, who will experiment along the same lines followed in New York: The congestion in the prisons which in the past has led to the deplorable practice of placing two men in a-cell has been relieved. The men employed have had a taste of outdoor life, with an opportunity for physical and moral regeneration; better discipline has prevailed and several miles of highways have been improved. To the uninformed the prevailing idea of convict labor on the highway pictures the men in stripes, heavily shackled, toiling under the frowning muzzles of rifles in the hands of numerous guards. In reality the men from the prisons have been employed "on their honor," with one or two officers, one acting as foreman in charge of groups of from sixteen to twenty-five. They live in tents or in vacant farm buildings if the latter are available. The warden supplies the usual prison rations and the townz in which the work is being performed as a rule supplement these with milk, butter, sugar, tobacco, fruit, etc. When the day's work is ended the men enjoy comradeship, games or music until nightfall. One hundred and twenty-two prisoners from Auburn were employed in Cayuga county at various times during the season in four camps of from sixteen to twenty men. There were four escapes. Two of the runaways were captured within a week, one surrendered after being out about a month and one was still at large at the close of the year. If there is anything West Virginia needs more than another it is good and better roads, and there is no better way to secure them than by convict labor. It has been proved in New York that this sort of labor is as competent for road construction as that under contract. Besides, it is a diversion and relief for the convict under humane conditions, tending, as the report of the New York Commission relates, to the physical and moral regeneration of the convict. Every consideration in this State appeals to the employment of convicts in this capacity. LIFE SHOULD LAST 100 YEARS. (London Cor. in New York Sun.) "Don't stop work at 70; do more of it," remarked Sir Gilbert Parker a few days ago, and Sir James Crichton Browne, an acknowledged authority on longevity, agrees with Sir Gilbert thoroughly. "If you want a feeble and miserable old age, give up working," said Sir James, who, although born as long ago as 1840, is one of the busiest men in the kingdom today. "The most vigorous period of human life in its entirety is obviously between 25 and 40 years of age," he added, "but to say that men above the latter age are comparatively useless 's to fly in the face of the biographical dictionary. Much of the best work of the world has been done by men over 40, and we should by no means stand where we are, but be back in the twilight ages, if bereft of what these men accomplished. "Musical expression, like speech, reaches its acme in late middle life. But higher in the cereal hierarchy than speech or music centres are others concerned in the manifestation of purely intellectual powers, such as reason and judgment, which come to perfection late and may long preserve their integrity. A preponderance of the work involving calm and powerful reason is done by men from 55 to 70 years of age. Our judicial system in this country has been built up mainly by judges from 55 to 85 years of age, and in almost all countries the most momentous affairs of state have been reserved for the decision of men at this time of life. STOMACH TROUBLE FOR FIVE YEARS Majority of Friends Thought Mr. Hughes Would Die, But One Helped Him to Recovery. Pomeroyton, Ky.—In interesting advices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes writes as follows: "I was down with stomach trouble for five (5) years, and would have sick headache so bad, at times, that I thought surely I would die. I tried different treatments, but they did not seem to do me any good. I got so bad, I could not eat or sleep, and all my friends, except one, thought I would die. He advised me to try Thedford's Black-Draught, and quit "The way to make old age peevish and repulsive is to rob it of the hopes by which it is sustained and tranquilized. Depend on it, the best antiseptic against senile decay is an active interest in human affairs, and those keep young longest who love most. It is a cogent argument against celibacy and the limitation of families that they deprive old age of those vernal influences in which parents renew their youth. "We are justified in holding that given favorable conditions and barring accidents, 100 years is the normal duration of man's life, the goal which we should hold in view and at which, if we guide our footsteps aright, an ever-increasing number of men and women should arrive. JURORS DRAWN FOR THE APRIL TERM JURORS DRAWN FOR THE APRIL TERM Grand Jurors Will Report Tuesday, April 21, and the Petit Jurors Next Day. The following grand jurors have been drawn for the April term of circuit court, which will convene Tuesday, April 21. C. M. Bishop, L. C Wiest, Thomas S. Williams, John Welsh, J. C. Ellis, George Newkirk, J. Holland Sperow, Theodore Riner, R. N. Stewart, J. M. Dunn, Joseph Grove, George W Mish, M. G. Tabler, P. Otto Schneider, H. S. Cushwa, F. J. Trammell. Petit Jurors. The petit jurors, who are as follows, will report Wednesday, April 22: W. E. Wright, C. M. Porterfield, J. Frank Evans, John Lewis, John Riner, A H. Walker, Lewis Glover, C. H. Wolfes, J. H. Dehaven, J. F. Horner, I. D. Vanmetre, Emory Wolford, J. D. Burhardt, 3rd Charles Collins, C. S. Beard, C. T. Hollida, A H. A. Gardner, Luther Sperow, Robert Gold, W. R. Kline, J. T. Shaull, John Dorrance, J. S. Barnes, Morgan Shaffer, C. L. Stuckey, A. M Perry, L. H. Rooney, Edmund Stuckey, George Linton, Ernest Glover, J. M. Bressler, W. A. Roush, R. Horner, Jr., G. B. Williams E. E. Miller, G. W. D. Fulk General Carranza's maneuvering only adds to Secretary Bryan's perplexities. The Secretary must continue to find some way to make Carranza understand that the United States will do its utmost to protect the foreigners in Mexico, whether the Carranza government is officially recognized or not.—Springfield Republican. The high cost of living is still furnishing a lot of food for thought.—Washington Herald. Carranza's note to the United States indicates that he could, if leased, find time to correspond with several other nations. taking other medicines. I decided to take his advice, although I did not have any confidence in it. I have now been taking Black-Draught for three months, and it has cured me haven't had those awful sick headache since I began using it. I am so thankful for what Black Draught has done for me." Thedford's Black-Draught has been found a very valuable medicine for derangements of the stomach and liver. It is composed of pure, vegetable herbs, contains no dangerous ingredients, and acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely used by young and old, and should be kept in every family chest. Only a quarter. Want Lid On. HUNTINGTON — Acting under numerous complaints to the effect that Sunday was rapidly becoming a day when much business was transacted in Huntington, the ministerial association Monday morning appointed a committee to confer with the city commissioners regarding the matter. Those on the committee are Rev. W. B. Hendershot, Rev. S. W. Walker and Rev. Roscoe Murray. 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