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The Pioneer Press. "WERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" ESTBLISHED 1882. CARDINAL GIBBONS HOME FROM EUROPE Offers Prayer of Thanksgiving That United States is at Peace With World Telling his countrymen that they should give thanks to God for a government which has left America in peace, while Europe is in the horrors of war James Cardinal Gibbons was give man affectionate greeting in Boston yesterday morning as he stepped ashore from the White Star liner Cancun on his return from the Papal conclave. Accompanying the venerable prelate was Cardinal O'Connell of Boston. After being given an official welcome at quarantine, the prelates were touched by the heartfelt reception extended by over 100 representatives of all Catholic societies and organizations in New England. Denressed by the War. Cardinal Gibbons appeared in the best of health, but it was apparent that he was greatly depressed by the awful carnage that is now shocking all the civilized world. The cardinal declared that too much praise could not be given President Wilson for his admirable stand on neutrality. This was the one thing unfortunate his mind, upon again reaching Ameri shores, he said. As soon as the Canople was boored by those who took the official welcome, on the upper deck of the first Cardinal O'Connell made a short ad dress in which he extolled his low-prelate as an example to the world of a man who does his duty. Horror of the Conflict "Only those who have contemplated to the scenes of destruction in Europe can fully realize the enormity of the conflict," said Cardinal Gibbons. "A few short weeks ago I found peace and prosperity throughout Europe in the very places that are now trempled upon by military men. So I feel that we in America today should lift up our eyes to God in thanks for the great government which this country is blessed with, and also for the manner in which it facilitated the movement of American tourists from places of danger. "I passed through Belgium shortly before war started, and visited many of the places that have since been ravaged. All this destruction is appalling to me. It is a great pity about the Rheims Cathedral, for it can never be replaced." War Killed Plus X. Cardinal Gibbons said that he was positive that the war killed Plus X, and he added that the present Pope is doing everything in his power to bring the struggle to a close at the earliest possible moment. Cardinal Gibbons said he was so tired that he could not address the American General Conference of Catholic Societies in Baltimore next Sunday. Both he and Cardinal O'Connell will attend some sessions, but will speak briefly and informally. ATTEND HOME MARKET. The Washington Times calls attention to a phase of the war situation which is worthy of serious consideration. After remarking that worrying about how to get our products abroad without ships is proper enough to a certain extent, it adds that in some other directions the worry is unnecessary, and makes its point as follows: "We import around two billions worth of all manner of things annually. A large share of them come from countries now at war. Already the stress is felt. Those countries will not be able to keep sending us the SAD FATE OF AN INSANE EMPRESS Widow of the Ill-Fated Maximillian, of Mexico, Living In LONDON, In all the news that has come out of Belgium during the past two months, telling of the great battles, the destruction of cities the fall of the capital and the flight of the royal family, not one word has been said concerning the fate of the insane Empress Carlotta, who for many years has been kept in close confinement near Brussels. It has been rumored, indeed, that the widow of the ill-fated Maximilian of Mexico, was dead. Recent arrivals from Belgium, however, state that these rumors were false, though it was current report in Brussels that the former Empress was so ill that only faint hopes were entertained for her recovery. According to a story circulated in the Belgian capital the German armies were given special orders at the request of the Emperor of Austria, not to molest the insane Empress in her retreat and to take steps for her protection if necessary. The Emperor of Austria, it will be remembered, is a brother-in-law of Carlotta, the Emperor Maximilian having been the youngest brother of Emperor Francis Joseph. The story of the poor, insane Empress has often been told, but the tragedy of her life is so interwoven with one of the most thrilling chapters of New World history that it will bear a repetition at the present time, when it is believed to be a matter of only a short time, perhaps of days, until her earthly miseries are relieved by death. Born a princess, and educated to wear a crown, Carlotta has passed forty-eight of her seventy-three years supplies; we will have to hustle around and make German sausages, French wines, Belgian laces, aniline dyes and ten thousand other things for our own consumption. In other words, a bigger home market is instantly opened to the enterprise of Americans who will take the trouble to seek it. The first thing is to look around and learn just what specialties are going to be wanting because of the war; then get ready to supply some one of them. If Americans should spread out to the extent of filling the big hole in the home market that will be left by the cutting off of imports, they would do very well. And it would be an expansion into fields which in all probability would be firmly held after the war." War such as this is proving to be a world calamity, and the whole world must suffer as a result. But there is no reason why we should sit down with folded hands. Opportunity beckons at home and abroad. For the next few years we must be the workshop of the world, and if the war should last two or three years, it would be a long time before our prestige would be threatened from any source. The advice of The Times, "the first thing to do is to look around and learn just what specialties are going to be wanting because of the war; then get ready to supply some of them," is the keynote of the situation. In that way we can add to the number of our industries and instead of depending upon foreign sources supply our own necessities and send the surplus abroad. And we can do this as a strong man would, standing upon his own feet and not depending upon crutches like a cripple as our protection to privilege friends would have us believe is necessary. within the walls of an asylum for the insane. Married at 17, a queen at 24 and a lunatic at 26, she was bereft of father, husband, empire and reason in the short space of 18 months, and then, by the irony of fate, forever banished from human memory. Her career was almost kinetosocopic in the rapidity of its changes—promising in its inception, magnificent in its rise, pathetic, dramatic tragic in its decline and fall. Although Carlotta was more potential in Mexican history during her short reign in that country than was her imperial husband himself the records of that time ignore her efforts belittle her achievements and refer to her endowments of executive ability, political sagacity, mental culture and strong womanly character in the most impersonal and incidental manner. As a matter of fact it was her regal training, her dominant spirit, her constant insistence which prevailed over the week, vacillating, easily influenced and almost effiliminate character of the Emperor Maximilian. Cariotta was exactly 24 years of age, Maximilian 32, when their eyes beheld for the first time the land across the water where they hoped to regenerate a nation. Their entry into the City of Mexico was a triumphal one. The splendors of their court were unprecedented, for Carlotta knew well how to be an Empress. But the Mexicans fought bravely for their freedom, the United States interfered in their behalf, and the Emperor Napoleon was ordered to withdraw his troops. Here again Carlotta was dominant. She would go herself to France and intercede with Napoleon. What could be more pathetic than the spectacle of the girl Empress pleading with the Empero of France and the Pope of Rome for the means and soldiers to save from ruin the empire of her husband, at a time when Maximilian had been already many weeks dead. Carlotta's ambition and pride were crushed her heart broken. Young, beautiful, ambitious, loving, on the very threshold of youth and hope, she was seized and torn from the world by the relentless hand of unreason, and cast into the midnight of utter blank. For nearly fifty years she has been banished to an oblivion that is worse than death. Those who recall her to mind as a proud and imperious beauty, would fail to recognize her in her later years, all bent and broken, her snow-white hair framing a face waxy white in complexion and deeply furrowed with lines of pain and grief. In accordance with arrangements made by her brother, the late King Leopold of Belgium, the former Empress was placed in the old royal castle of Douchout, a few hours drive from Brussels. Here she has remained these many years, doubtless as ignorant of the history-making events that have been taking place around her during the past two months as she is of the execution of her husband, the downfall and death of his early protector, Napoleon III, and the many other events that have passed into history during the past half century. Spacious grounds surround the old castle of Bouchout and here the insane Empress has been in the habit of driving about frequently in her coach of state. Here, too, she has wandered among the flowers, plannin improvements, as she did about the grounds of Chapultepec, in Mexico. The constant run on Thompson and Thompson keeps them so busy, they have no time to even talk of hard times." It's the home of good clothes, and verily, they are hustlers. 250 BANKS HOARD TOO MUCH MONEY Continuing his campaign against high interest rates and the hoarding of money by banks, Secretary McAdoo last night made public a list of nearly 250 national banks, in all sections of the country outside reserve and centra' reserve cities, which are carrying reserves in excess of legal requirements. The list is based on reports to the Comptroller of the Currency in answer to his call of September 12. It banks run from 25 per cent to 74 shows that the reserves in these per cent, the legal minimum being 15 per cent. "If," said Mr McAdoo in a statement given out with the list, "the large amount of loanable funds hat are kept from active eployent, as indicated by these figures, was invested in commercial or agricultural paper, or loaned on proper security the present situation would be greatly relieved." The Secretary's statement refererd to the list as showing "some" of the national banks carrying excessive reserves, and it was understood last night that further lists would follow in accordance with his recent announcement From State Bank Commissioners in Missouri, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Connecticut and Oregon came yesterday promises to co-operation with Secretary McAdoo to prevent hoarding of funds by banks and high interest rates. All the commissioners said they were investigating, and the majority said they had seen no indications of such conditions as yet The National Park Bank of New York yesterday agreed to take care of a $1,400,000 loan to the State of Tennessee Secretary McAdoo, in a statement yesterday, said the state was having difficulty in making the loan, and that he would help if necessary Cites High Interest Rates Secretary McAdoo in a telegram to the New York, Boston, Chicago and St Louis Clearing House, chairmen, said: "I have received complaints about the high rate of interest charged by the national banks of New York, Boston, Chicago and other reserve cities. It is alleged that the New York banks are requiring their correspondent banks throughout the country to pay 7 per cent for loans and to maintain a balance with the New Yorks banks, which makes the money cost the correspondent banks the equivalent of 8 per cent or more Specific cases have been brought to my attention where banks in cities of the South have been required to pay these high interest rates. If New York charges the equivalent of 8 per cent interest to the correspondent banks of the South, these Southern banks must, in turn, charge a still higher rate to the small banks which are, in turn, their correspondents, thus making the money cost the ultimate borrower very high, if not exorbitant rates. From all the evidence before me I cannot feel that the charge of 7 to 8 per cent interest by the New York banks is justified in the circumstances. "Within six weeks I have approved the issuance to the national to the national banks of New York of more VOL. 33 NO. 31. ITALY IS ANXIOUS AFTER OUR GOODS Inquiry Made In Philadelphia For Army Shoes and Other Equipment. The Italian Government has entered the American market for the immediate delivery of upward of $500,000 worth of army regulation shoes, military accutrements, saddles, leather belts and knapsacks for soldiers. In a secret inquiry, which was reported to have been received at Philadelphia yesterday, 100,000 pairs of shoes is given as the number required. Prompt shipment is urged, and King Emmanuel, through his correspondents, promises to pay cash for the big order against bills of lading. The inquiry for the military equipment for the Italian Government was made by the general contracting firm of Pizzotti & Ghio, of Turin. This concern, according to information on file at at the foreign trade bureau of the Philadelphia Commercial Museums, through which the inquiry was transmitted, is the official army and navy contractor for Italy. than $140,000,000 of new or additional national bank currency. This was done to ease rates and help the situation generally. I have taken the position with all the banks of the country that I will not knowingly issue additional national bank currency to or deposit Government funds with banks which charge excessive rates of interest or which are refusing to meet legitimate demands for reasonable credits. Asks Only Co-operation. "I have also taken the position that I will withdraw Government deposits from national banks which are hoarding and restricting credits to the maintenance of excessive reserves. The New York banks generally have not been hoarding money or maintaining excessive reserves, but they appear to be charging higher rates of interest than the conditions seem to justify. "I am using every just effort to persuade the banks throughout the country to extend reasonable credits and at reasonable rates of interest to meet the existing unusual conditions created by the European war, and which, if dealt with in a helpful spirit by all concerned should quickly ameliorate, I should like to see the New York banks take the lead in establishing and maintaining moderate rates of interest for accommodations, as their example always has a large influence upon banking action and sentiment in the country. If this course is pursued by the leading banks in New York and other great money centers, a real public service will be rendered and a return to normal conditions of business will be quickened. "I have been using to the utmost every power of this department to assist the general business situation and the banks and I ask only for cooperation on the part of banks in s unselfish and patriotic spirit. I am telegraphing this message to Chicago, Boston and St. Louis. Our West Virginia Grown NURSERY STOCK Fine canvassing outfit FREE. Cash Commissions Paid Weekly. Write for terms. The Gold Nursery Co. Mason City, W. Va. The Pioneer Press Devoted to the Meral, Religious and Financial Development of Humanity RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: 1 year ..... $1.50 6 months ..... 75c. 3 months ..... 40c. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly contract, in which case the ad- vertiser pays every three months. Advertising 1 inch one time 75c. Standing ..... 50c Reduced Rates to Clubs. Send for Sample Copies. Entered in Post Office at Martins- burg, W. Va. as Second Class Matter. J. L. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 1914. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC. of Pioneer Press, published weekly at Martinsburg, required by the Act of August 24, 1912. Editor, J. R. Clifford, Martinsburg, W. Va. Managing Editor, J R Clifford, Martinsburg, W. Va. Business Manager, J R. Clifford, Martinsburg, W. Va. Publisher, J. R Clifford, Martinsburg, W. Va. Owner, J. R. Clifford. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, holding 1 per cent. or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: None. J R. Clifford. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of October 1614. Sir Lionel Carden, the British Minister to Mexico, has severely criticised this administration's Mexican policy. Not only has it got in bad regue at home, but the world over, even Turkey has spurned it. Now that President Wilson has set apart a day of prayer for European warfare to cease, this paper thinks it would be next in order for him to set apart a day of prayer that Southern white American heathens will stop killing American citizens whose only crime consists in being born black. Editor J. Thomas Harrison, of the Cambridge, (Mass) Advocate, issued a daily edition of that paper during the recent session of the Biennial Movable Committee of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in Boston. Said action showed considerable enterprise on the part of Mr. Harrison, and we hope those in whose interest the Daily Advocate was published, thoroughly appreciated the additional effort along all lines it cost him to produce it. The Turkish Ambassador, Hon. A. Rustem Bey, is going to leave this country, but like the dethroned king who dashed a bottle of ink against the wall of the palace, he leaves his black mark on this country, and it can only be washed out or rubbed off by godly conduct toward a class of people too tame to defend their rights. We have never stepped aside one fraction of an inch on that line regarding the rights vouchsed safe to us and never shall. Fight your battles in peace as manly men, for "peace hath her victories no less renowned than war." This country is making a fatal mistake in its devilish treatment to Negroes. Nothing to a near-sighted fellow may indicate war, but nothing in our mind can prevent it. Come when it may, before it ends, there is not a white man, rich or poor, high or low, who will not be glad to sleep, eat and embrace the humblest Negro patriot—and patriots they always have and always will be for the soil makes their bodies and they love it. They may, and should hate every white man who professes Jesus Christ and treats them like dogs. The idea of one class of people, because God's climate made another darker, depriving them of all respectable rights. To get rid of such a class, is as necessary as it is that a few European gods should be destroyed. The Nineteenth Anniversary edition of the Chicago Broad-Ax was a great newspaper triumph for its aggressive editor and publisher, Mr. Julius F. Taylor. Its general make up denoted that it was the work of a master printer, and aside from this distinction, it had evi- dences innumerable of the excellence of a publication the equal of any. It was printed on fine book paper, carried spicy editorials, health notes, society news, and contained the pictures of many of Chicago's most prominent and influential citizens. Never forgetting his sweet faced and venerable mother, Mrs. Mary-Ann Taylor Dixon, of Harrisburg, Pa., Editor Taylor also gave the thousands who perused the Nineteenth Anniversary edition of the Broad-Ax an opportunity of seeing a very good likeness of her. QUEER PEOPLE. For time out of mind, Negro editors have bravely and sensibly contended that the word Negro should begin with a capital N. And now, that two of the best American Magazines and three of the best and most powerful dailies have decided to do it, some of our editors persist in capitalizing the word colored. Tell us why? For it is as ir consistent as to contend that white—a simple adjective should be spelled with a capital W. Others are wrangling over the phrase Afro-Americans, which we are not. We are truly Americans, and when put in comparison with all others, in all the wars, in peace, love for this country and devotion to the South's women and children when the master class was on the field of battle to make them eternal slaves, they soar higher than all others. Because we saw as we see it, that if Negroes would UNITE, and do as Jews have, in Baltimore, and all the big cities, it would be better for them in a short time, than for a few to oppose the results of the curse of caste, while the vast majority of us, bicker about and tamely submit to them. That Booker T. Washington has, and is doing the race ten times more harm than good, is plain as the nose on a man's face, and for that reason, and that reason alone, the South honors him. Be that as it may, we must be good and broad enough, when he drops a word here and there, to pick it up and make the best use of it. If that Business League is not Mr. Washington's hedge fence, we see it wrongly. We have attended three of them, and all was done was an overflow of Negro boasting of wealth, influence and safety, right in the face of the worst degradation, lynchings, murdering, disfranchising, segregation, and what not? To keep it going he added to it the old dead editorial association; a legal body and now a new Negro editorial scheme. It is our bounden duty to puncture them all because they are full of hot air. To illustrate: Fourteen years ago, when the old Editorial Association was keeping for life, and but three old members were at a meeting in Chicago—viz. John E. Bruce, C. F. Adams and J. R. Clifford—hoping to give it a hard shove onward again, we called together the two men above named, nominated Adams for President; Bruce in turn nominated Clifford for Secretary, and Clifford nominated Bruce for Treasurer and Bruce fell off his chair in laughter. Next year Adams as President met and joined Booker T's association, and stayed with it as President for ten years, and on it got a place in Washington. So you see what a farce can do. Anecdotal Literature W. Q. CONSCIENCE A quick and tender conscience is among the best gifts of grace, and should be guarded with jealous care. Well balanced scales are tremulous at the fall of a single grain of dust. So let the minutest sin set me on the move. Poor weeds, rich corn, gay flowers together stand. Alas! death mows down all with an impartial hand. AN EXPLANATION A certain philosopher, with a gesture of despair remarked: "There are in the United States nearly twenty thousand unmarried adults. Out of every one hundred American men, forty are unmarried. How can you explain this?" Continuing, he said: "One explanation I heard at a picnic, in a dialogue between a bachelor of thirty-five, and a spinster of thirty." "Men," said the spinster, used to marry younger than they do now, didn't they?" "Yes," the bachelor answered, "but didn't women use to be more willing to wash dishes then?" LIKE A BALLOON. Referring to the divorce evil, Dr. Chisholm, the Reno statistician said, with a sigh: "An exhaustive study of divorce statistics forces me to the belief that the average woman's heart is like a toy balloon—lighter than air and most restless when tied to something." RASCALLY BILL SMITH George Newman, during the Baltimore Convention of advertising men, told at the midnight banquet, this anecdote, among others: "Then there was Bill Smith—the rascally Bill Smith, who put in all the papers an advertisement, saying: "Send thirty ten cent stamps for speedy, safe and certain rat exterminator." A good many people, their properties being overrun with rats, sent for the rat exterminator. In return for their thirty cent stamps they got this recipe from Bill: "Treat your rats with kindness—and they'll die of surprise on the spot." A STRONG RECOMMENDATION. Simeon Ford, speaking of a girl's mercenary marriage said: "She was led into this by her mother. You know what some mothers are—like Mrs. Avarus. Mrs. Avarus was urging her daughter to marry Naybob; but the girl cried: 'Naybob! Why he's old and he's ugly, he's mean and he's cruel. He's illiterate, and he's vulgar. Naybob! Naybob him nothing in the world to recommend him except his wealth." 'You forget his heart disease, my dear,' said the mother gently, but significantly. SEE THE REGISTRARS. Registration officers are engaged in the various precincts of Berkeley County in registering voters for the election, Tuesday, November 3. They will hold sittings Monday and Tuesday, October 5 and 6, to correct their books, register those who apply if not already registered and complete their books in order to turn them over to the county court. If you are not registered, you can not vote. This is an entirely new registration and the fact that you were registered two years ago or at the last election does not mean that you are registered this year. See that your name appears on the registration list. Hunt up the registration officers in your precinct at once. 168 GERMAN SHIPS TAKEN BY ALLIES Twenty British Vessels Sunk By Germans, British Admiralty Says. LONDON, Sept. 29.—Twelve British ships, with an aggregate tonage onf 59,321, have been sunk on the high seas by German cruisers up to Sept. 23, according to an admiralty return issued yesterday afternoon. Eight other British ships, whose tonnage aggregates 2,970, haev been sunk by German mines in the North Sea, and 24 fishing craft, with a tonnage of 2,324, have been captured or sunk by the Germans in the same waters. British ships detained at German ports number 74, with a total tonage of 170,000. On the credit side the admiralty gives 102 German ships, with a total tonnage of 200,000, detained in British ports since the outbreak of the war. Eighty-eight German ships of an aggregate tonnage of 328,000, have been captured since hostilities began. The return shows also 168 German ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 283,000 detained or captured by the allies. Fifteen ships with a tonnage of 247,000 wer detained in American ports, while 14 others, with a tonage of 72,000, remain in the Suez Canal. MISSOURI SENATOR DENOUNCES THE CLAYTON MEASURE Reed, in All Day Speech, Severely Arraigns the Conference Report. AVERS THE TEETH HAVE BEEN PULLEI Senate Battle Continues Today With President Overruling Bankers Protest—Provision a Pledge In the Democratic Platform, Says the President In Discussing Question With Callers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 29. Chargin ghis Democratic colleague with handling the trusts with soft gloved hands and proposing that instead of trust exterminations "no rude sheriff or marshal, is to lay callous fingers upon the perfumed collar of captains of industry," Senator Reed, of Missouri, yesterday as saulted the conference report on the Clayton anti-trust bill in an all-day speech. The Missouri senator declared that the bill, as agreed to in conferences should be called "the conferees' capitulation;" that in removing criminal penalties for various offenses the conferees had treated with monopoly as under a white flag and to the soothing melodies of "Peace on earth; good will to the trusts." "If the allies," declared Senator Reed, "had attempted to stop the Germans with dough bullets, the soldiers of the Kaiser would have taken Paris in 24 hours. So far as its anti-trust features are concerned, this is a dough-bullet bill. Instead of 'Clayton anti-trust' it should be referred to as 'the conferees capitulation.' It is a sort of a Hague propaganda, promulgated under a white flag to the soothing melody of "Peace on earth good will toward the trusts.' Rocker feller, like another Richard, can declare, 'Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by these conferees.'" Bill Had Many Teeth. "When the Clayton bill was first written," he added, "it was a raging lion, with a mouth full of teeth. It has degenerated to a tabby cat with soft gums, a plaintive mew and anaemic appearance. It is a sort of legislative apology to the trusts, delivered hat in hand and accompanied by assurances that no discourtesy is intended." Senator Reed insisted that the confeerees had so emasculated the bill as to repudiate the Democratic platform and the wishes of the President expressed in his trust message to congress. 'The President,' he said, "asked for laws applicable to trusts and corporations, and to the practices of trusts and corporations. He asked relief for oppressed and outraged business, and now come the confeerees with soft-gloved hands and tender, delicate words, proposing to cut the injured business man off from the right to use decisions heretofore rendered against wrongful corporations, and practically cutting him off from the use of decisions in cases now pending in the courts." Follows Platform Pledge. "The members of this congress compared with that which passed the Sherman law," he continued, "are a lot of wet-nurses as against soldiers on the field of battle, swords in hand. John Sherman and other Republicans of that day were fearless in their stand against the trusts. Their little fingers were stronger than our loins." The conference agreement, the senator asserted, would be welcomed by men who organized the Standard Oil Company, the Tobacco Trust, the Sugar Trust, or "the men with looted the New Haven railroad, and they would stand around it like scores of witches singing around the cauldron, 'Bubble, bubble, boil and bubble—this bill will cause us no trouble.'" MILEAGE BOOKS GO UP IN PRICE The Date Set As October . First— Many Local People Have Made Purchases. Thursday, October 1 and thereafter those who are desirious of buying mileage books in Martinsburg, will ind that all railroad mileage will be higher. The new law which increases the price of mileage books takes effect on that date. Mileage books will cost more for all who travel on the Baltimore and Ohio and the C. V. roads. A good many mileage books are bought at the local ticket offices. It would be safe to say that at the Baltimore and Ohio office in Martinsburg between one hundred and one hundred and fifty books are sold every month. Many persons, especially commercial travelers are buying several books, so that they may save the amount of the increased cost. The interchangeable mileage books have been selling at $25, with a refund of $5, so that the book ultimately costs $20. On and after October 1, the interchangeable books will be sold in Marinsburg and at all other stations along the line at $25, but a refund of only $2.50 will be allowed, instead of 5 as at present. The regular books, non-interchangeable mileage, which haev been selling at $20 will also be raised in price. These books contain 1,000 miles, and at present the cost to the owner of a mileage book in the Baltimore and Ohio is 2 cents per mile. On and after October 1 these books will be sold at $$$22.50 with no refund. Therefore, the rates one-quarter of a cent a mile. All books, whether interchangeable or non-interchangeable, are actually at present sold all over the three lines at $20. One week hence they will be at $22.50. There will be a refund in the case of the interchangeable books as heretofore, only the refund is $2.50 instead of $5. Saturday one person is said to have bought twenty-six mileage books at the Baltimore and Ohio ticket office. TARIFF BLAMED BY JOHN WANAMAKER TARIFF BLAMED BY JOHN WANAMAKER Millionaire Merchant Makes Address Before Business Association PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 29.—In an address before the Walnut Street Business Association, John Wanamaker said: "Conditions are not due alone to politics and war. hTe tariff has had a great deal to with the unrest that has closed mills and sent people way because capital cannot be had to finance enterprises." Referring to the income tax, Mr. Wanamaker said there may be some sense in making the rich come out with their money, "but it touches all and diminishes the volume of money that ought to be in circulation. But we have no fault to find," he continued, "for we elected the people who notified us in advance as to what they would do if elected." Although he drew no bright picture of the present situation, Mr. Wanamaker was optimistic as to the outlook. "Conditions are bad enough in Philadelphia, but they are worse in New York, in our experience. Philadelphia may be slower, but we are steadier. New York is so linked up with financial movements and bonds that the effect is felt over a large part of the city's business." "The quickest cure for sick business, as prescribed by Mr. Wana-maker, is to talk it up, not down. "If you are discouraged," he said, "the man next to you will be discouraged." J. R. CLIFFORD Attorney At Law MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Practices in all the Courts of West Virginia, the Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Courts. BEAUTIFUL CITY OF BRUSSELS IS A CITY OF HOSPITALS It is Performing its Great Work Calmly and Efficiently BRUSSELS SEEMS LESS AFFECTED THAN PARIS Guests Are No Longer Received At the Hotels Because the Red Cross Is In Every One—Fashionable Homes Are Given Up to the Wounded. LONDON, Sept. 28.—Upon Belgium—the country whose peace was guarded by covenants—have fallen the first blows of the war, and no one will deny that they have been heavy ones. Brussels is today a city of hospitals, and every hour its citizens see the tell of suffering steadily mounting up. But Brussels is also a city of beautiful order. It is performing its great work task of relieving the agonies of the wounded calmly and efficiently "Oatwardly," says Miss J. L. Findlay, a young English lady who just returned to London after a week's visit to the Belgian capital, "Brussels seems less affected by the war than Paris. The cafes are open, the tramcars are running, and business is continued save here and there where a boarded shop front recalls the tumult which drove German traders away when the war began "The manner in which the city has organized its hospitals," said Miss Findland "is wonderful. Practically every hotel has the red cross in its window. Guests are received no longer. The beds are reserved for the wounded. Fashionable people have given up their houses, and there is hardly a woman in the whole city who is not doing something to help. "I heard of one lady who had a hundred beds fitted up for soldiers in her own mansion. Provision has been made in one place and another for 50,000 wounded." Miss Findlay has many influential friends in the city, was permitted to make a tour of the Hospital de Saint Jean, the largest of the Brussels hospitals, and also of the Louvain Hospital, where Dr. Leon Saroleo, brother of the author of the much discussed book on the Anglo-German problem is in charge. She talked with some of the soldiers, and heard many vivid narratives of the fighting around Liege fro mtheir own lips. "The Belgian soldiers spoke with great indignation of the conduct of the Germans in bayonetting Belgian wounded," said Miss Findlay. "One soldier told me he had not believed Germans capable of this, but had with nessed their barbarity with his own eyes. He was one of a party of 1330 who had' been surrounded by Germans at Waremme, quite near to Liege. "A small Belgian force found itself, suddenly confronted by a large body of Germans, and when the order was given to retire this company of 180 men was cut off. This man was wounded and his leg was broken. As he lay on the ground he saw the Germans bayonetting his comrades who had fallen. He heard his commanding officer appeal for mercy for his wounded men, but this was ignored. The officer himself was shot. When expecting death every moment the soldier was lifted to his horse by some comrades who were escaping, and six of themt—he solye survivors of 180—galloped back to the fort. "I saw at Louvain one very pathetic case. The man was a Belgian advocate, who had been shot by a sentry by mistake. The sentry called to him to halt, and the adovcate mistook the command for Pass, and went on. He was instantly shot, and I was old he was dying." Miss Findlay elicited from some of the men on account of their sensation when fighting. "The worst momen," said one, "is when you are lying wailing and listening and you hear the ceaseless, jarring noise of the mitrailleuse. SEEK TO RESTORE CUMBERLAND ROAD D. A. R. Urge Government to Take Over Famous Mail Route Csoting $7,000,000. The women of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution are confident, they say, that some time the United States Government will take hold of the movement to improve the ateway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This movement, which would use as a basis for a national trans-continental highway the celebrated old Cumberland road, built by the United States a century ago, in response to the demands of the people living west of the Alleghenies, started with Kansas City, Chapter of the D. A. R. and has since received the cordial indorsement of the national organization. The D. A. R. has no objection to the building of the proposed Lincoln high way across the country along a more northerly route, but are convinced that the Cumberland road and the historic trails which led from the Mississippi river to the Pacific were selected by the pioneers because they were the natural highways offering the least resistance, and for that reason were the best routes known to the hardy settlers of the early day. Uncle Sam spent $7,000,000 on the Cumberland road, which was completed for a distance of about 800 miles, one of the longest straight roads ever constructed by any government in the world. The original plan was to build this famous pike from Cumberland., Md., to St. Louis, but a portion of the Western end never was nacadamized. The survey was run to Jefferson City, the capital of Missouri. It was the plan to have the road run through, the capitals of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to St. Louis. Partly surveyed in 1806, this road was not thrown open until 1818. From that time until 1852 the Cumberland road was the great artery of travel into the Western country. In the cities the railroads took from it the oak of the traffic, as well as the mails between the East and the West, ushering in the period of its decline. Was Highway For Mails. A feature of the road are the many ponderous and handsome stone ridges and culverts, striking in appearance. The "pike boys" believed that the stage line of the National road had never been equaled for dash and spirit on any road in any age or country and they declared that the golden chariots of the celebrated Apian Way, drawn by the fastest horses of ancient Rome, were but a dismal cortege in comparison with the sprightly procession of stage coaches on the great American highway. They were especially proud of the finely equipped mail coaches. While the road served as the great artery of travel for the hardy pioneers, and gave the people of the western country a sense of security which could not have been afforded by any other means, one of the most important functions of the $7,000,000 highway was to provide easy, quick and safe means for the transportation of the United States mail. Contracts were made for carrying the mail with stage coach companies much the same as they are now made with the railroads. The most important mails carried over the road were those between Washington and St. Louis. Many other lines of mail coaches were operated. The "express mail" corresponded to the fast mail train of today. The time made by some of these "express mail" lines was regarded as a wonder. For example the Government's contract called for the delivery of mail in St. Louis 94 hours after it left Washington. Ten miles per hour was an ordinary rate of speed. Relays of fresh horses were placed about 12 miles apart, and these were changed in less time than it takes to tell it, the driver retaining his seat and sending his fresh team away on a dead gallop. Men were stationed at the foot of the long hills, with two horse teams to help the coaches uphill, thus facilitating their movement. Profitable Investment. The women of the D. A. R. believe that no other force contributed more, compared with the number of years it was in active use, than the old national road to the general welfare of the country. No other investment made by the government has returned such dividends as has this thoroughfare, for the upkeep of which the states were made responsible after the steam engine put the stage coach out of business as a mail and general carrier. From, a historic standpoint this road, the famous Santa Fe trail, the Lewis and Clarke train and other main arteries of a century ago appeal strongly to the patrotic woman as a proper subject for consideration whenever the government enters upon a general plan of national aid in road construction. For long distances the Cumberland road is still in good condition, while in other places it is badly in need of repair, its upkeep not having been carefully looked after by the states. The Santa Fe and other trails, of course, never were improved in the same sense as the Cumberland road. Many road enthusiasts insist that the federal goevrnment never should have dropped the Cumberland road. CANADIAN FRENCH TO JOIN BRITISH ARMY Five Thousand to Enlist and $50,000 Offered By Dr. Migneault to Equip Them. OTTAWA, Ont, Sept 29—A French-Canadian force numbering 5,000 men to be raised for service with the British army in Europe Among the 30,000 men gathered for the first expeditionary force there are 2,500 French-Canadians. Leading men among them feel this does not adequately represent them. Sir Wilfred Laurier last week wrote Premier Sir Robert Borden, asking the government to undertake the enlistment of a distinctively French-Canadian force for service abroad. Yesterday a delegation of leading citizens from the Province of Quebec conferred with Sir Robert Borden and Minster of Militia Hughes. One of the delegates, Dr. Arthur Migneault of Montreal, offered $50,000 as a gift to the government to defray the expense of equipping the force. The government accepted the gift and recruiting will commence at once. BASE BALL CHATTER George Stallings, manager of the Braves, is now called "The Miracle Man" over the National league circuit. Catcher Frank Hand, recently purchased by the Giants from the Perth Amboy club, had a batting mark of .313 in the Atlantic league this season. Harry Lejeune, who has been burning up the Western league in stick work this season, and recently sold to the Pirates, had a trial with the Superbas a few years ago. Of the 17 National league players batting for .300 or better, six are members of the Brooklyn club. The Superbas in the honor list are Steele, Myers, Dalton, Daubert, Wheat and Stengel. Cleveland fans enjoy themselves jeering the Naps whenever an error is made. All a player on a tail-end team has to do is to lok happy while living a dog's life on the diamond. Fred Beck of the Chicago Feds received a personal invitation to attend the National association meeting at Omaha in November. Perhaps the minor leaguers overlooked the fact that Fred is a Federal leaguer. When Bill Doak of the Cardinals and Bill James, the Braves' star finger, hooked up in the twelve-inning 11-to-1 tie game in Boston recently, Hub fans witnessed the most spectacular pitching, duel of the year. Arthur Irwin says it wasn't because of any real trouble with the club owners that Frank Chance resigned his managerial berth with the Yankees. It was merely because he wanted to quit baseball. Published interviews with Chance tell a different story. KEEPS YOUR HOME FRESH and CLEAN THIS Swiftly-Sweeping, Easy-Running DUNTLEY Sweeper cleans without raising dust, and at the same time picks up pins, lint, ravelings, etc., in ONE OPERATION. Its ease makes sweeping a simple task quickly finished. It reaches even the most difficult places, and eliminates the necessity of moving and lifting all heavy furniture. The Great Labor Saver of the Homes—Every home, large or small, can enjoy relief from Broom drudgery and protection from the danger of flying dust. STEPHEN M. NEWMAN, A. M., D. D. PRESIDENT. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES Courses in Engineering Domestic Science Domestic Arts Manual Arts CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ACADEMY Three Preparatory Courses (Classical, Scientific, Normal) COMMERCIAL COLLEGE Stenography typewriting Economics Bookkeeping, Etc. Professional Schools LIBRARY SCHOOL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. College of Medicine College of Dentistry College of Pharmacy SCHOOL OF LAW. All Courses begin Sept. 30th, 1914 For Catalogue, address Howard University, Washington, D. C. America's Greatest Weekly THE Toledo Blade TOLEDO, OHIO. THE BEST KNOWN NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES Over One Million Readers Weekly. POPULAR IN EVERY STATE NO OBJECTIONABLE ADVERTISING. This marks the seventy ninth succe sful year of America's greatest national weekly—The Toledo Weekly Blade. From the year of its establishment, the influence of The Toledo Weekly Blade has been tremendous. Its editor has clung to the original ideal—a constructive newspaper for the information, entertainment, and education of every member of the household. It stands for our national hope of better homes and better Americans. Wholesome, sane optimism is its platform. It seeks to build through the spread of valuable knowledge and the betterment of those who put their faith in its word. The Toledo Weekly Blade is today as always it has been, the most respected of all our national publications and its columns are notably the vehicles of truthful news and staunchly honest opinions. You will not find a publication anywhe e which appeals so thoroughly to the family circle as the Weekly Blade. It is indeed a fireside companion. It carries the news of the world crystalized and complete. Its various departments are edited by men and women who understand the needs and ideals of its readers. The Household Page is a delight to the women and children—current events and national problems are treated editorially KEEPS YOUR FRESH and LOCAL NEWS After being indisposed for sometime Mrs. Berkeley Fairfax is considerably improved. Mr. William Spears has started a grocery store. The Press wishes him much success in the new venture. Mrs. William Braxton, who went to the City Hospital a week or so ago for treatment, has returned home feeling somewhat improved. Mrs. Percy Fletcher, wife of the west end groceryman, has sufficiently recovered from her recent illness to be about again. Somebody told us Mr. William Woods was wearing a mighty broad smile. Reason—a fine son was left him by the stork one day recently. Messrs. James Jones and James Berry, two well known and industrious young men who work at Blairton, were callers at our office the other day. Mrs. Lzz e Burrell, and her little grand daughter, Mildred Crane, drove in from Arden on Wednesday afternoon. For shoes, go to Charles E. Thompson North Queen Street. His stock is excellent, and the courtesies of his clerks can't be excelled. Try him and be convinced. Rev. A P. Shaw, pastor of John Mann M E. Church, Winchester, Va., exchanged pulpits with Rev. Samuel M. Beane, pastor of Mount Zion M. E. Church, this city on Sunday last. The exchange was quite acceptable at this end, and we are reasonably sure it was likewise so at the other one. --- Mrs. Julia Green departed this life at her home on West Martin Street last Sunday after a long illness. The deceased came here several years ago from Covington, Va., and during the time she lived in this city, her pleasant disposition and womanly bearing made her many friends who will ever remember that she once lived among them. Mrs. Green is survived by four sons and three daughters, who have our sympathy in their sadness. Funeral services were held over her remains at Ebenezer Memorial Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. George H. Carter, the pastor officiating. Interment followed in Mount Hope Cemetery. without prejudice—its serial stories are selected with the view of pleasing the greatest number of fiction lovers, the Question Bureau is a scrap book of invaluable information—the Farmstead columns are designed purely for the purpose of giving its readers a means of exchanging ideas and information on farm topics. No department of family interest is neglected—but every feature is taken care of with the desire to make the Weekly Blade worth intrinsically many times the price of subscription—$100 a year. Sample copies mailed free. Address, THE BLADR. Toledo, Ohio. HOME LEAN WAR IMPOSSIBLE UNDER BRYAN'S PLAN Peace Scheme Would Have Given Europe a Year to "Think It Over." Announcement made recently that in the midst of the European war Great Britain, France, Spain and China had agreed to sign peace commission treaties with the United States has raised the interesting question at Washington. What would have happened had the peace plan of William Jennigs Bryan, secretary of state, been put into effect by the warring natons? According to friends of Mr. Bryan, the answer to the question is "Nothing." In other words, declare these gentlemen, the present great conflict across the water might have been avoided, had the plan of the American secretary been given an opportunity to show what it could do. Questioned with reference to the matter, Mr. Bryan smiled and elected not to discuss "what might have been" aspect of the case. It safely may be asserted, however, that the secretary of state feels confident that his peace plan would have prevented the struggle now raging, and spared the thousands upon thousands of lives already sniffed out at the very outset of the war. A man close to Mr. Bryan, and familiar with his ideas and his plan, said: "There can be no doubt that the present great war will show more conclusively than ever the necessity for such a plan as that suggested by the secretary of state. There can be no doubt that, if Mr. Bryan's plan had been followed, there would today be no newspaper headlines telling in big, black capitals fresh details of the toll of death at the scene of conflict. The year provided for investigation in thep lan would have been ample for passions to cool and for the questions of fact to be separated from the questions of honor and the result weighed. What the Plan Is. "The scheme for the preservation of peace is simple, and in that, perhaps, lies much of its strength. It works out, as you know, in this way: First, diplomacy is to be used. When that has been exhausted without an agreement having been reached and this includes the taking of the dispute to The Hague and the possibility of even that failing), an international commission takes hold. The commission suggested must be in existence prior to the outbreak of the trouble, according to the terms of the plan. "That body then investigates for a year and makes a report to the respective governments, who either accept or reject the conclusions of the investigators. The strong point there is. of course, that the nations will have had a full year to think things over, and the chances of warfare are decreased appreciably—so much, in fact, that in a majority of cases they would be negligible." Speaking of his plan, Mr. Bryan frequently has said in illustration: "When a man is mad he talks about what he can do. When he has thought things over for a while he becomes aware of what he ought to do—and usually does it." Applying Mr. Bryan's plan directly to the European war, one may go back to the very beginnig when the dispute involved only Austria and Servia. Austra made certain demands on Servia which that nation accepted excepting only the insistence that an Austrian sit upon the commission appointed to investigate the assassination of the archduke. That said Servia, with dignity, would hurt the honor of the nation. In which connection, it may be pointed out, just what does touch a nation's honor and what does not is a matter resting solely with that one nation and not always understandable to others. Membership of Court. The point is that under the scheme of the secretary of state an Austrian memer would have satb upon the investigatng committee. By the prowisions of the plan the commission consists of five members two representing each of the nations "at outs" and a fifth to be appointed by the other four. Of the four, one member or either side must not be a citizen of the warring nations. Thus, a commission of the sort might be composed of five men of five different nationalities, and in the case of Austria and Servia, one Austrian and one Servian certainly would have served While the comm'ession was investigating the matter in dispute no war would have been declared and hostilities would not have been begun. In any event, a full year would have elapsed before either possibility might have materialized—and during this time is not unreasonable to suppose that the war might have been prevented altogether. According to the friends and advocates of Mr. Bryan's peace plan there is no doubt of this—that the war positively would have been aevrted. That treaties, to be honest, and worth the name, must be kept fully, in spirit as well as in letter, is the firm belief of President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. A striking example of the President's conscientious attitude has been his stand on the Panama canal tolls. "Some of these fine days," said the admirer of the President, recently," with fine irony, "the people of the world will rise up and demand what hitherto has seldom been the case—that treaties between nations and political platforms be respected and kept." ELECT SENATORS IN THIRTY-TWO STATES An Analysis of Contests to be Held This Year—Democrats Will Gain (From the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Ind. Red.) The United States senate at present consists of 53 Democrats and 43 opposition, Progressives and Republicans. Senatorial elections occur this year in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Of those whose terms expire, 16 are Democrats and 16 Republicans and Progressives. Of the 16 Democrats, it is reasonably certain that Democrats will be returned from: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina. Republicans are reasonably certain to be returned from: Iowa, Kansas, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin. The result is in doubt in: California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington. If the Democrats elect their candidates in 5 of the 12 doubtful states, it would give a net increase of three votes, making their numerical strength in the senate 55, as against 40 opposition. In 1917 the Democratic expirations are as follows: Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. The Republican expirations in 1917 are: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Of the 16 Democrats whose terms expire, it is reasonably certain that the following will return Democrats: Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware, Virginia. The Republicans are reasonably certain to be returned from the fol- loving: Missachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Leaving 14 doubtful. If Republicans carry 8 of the 14 doubtful states in 1917, it will give em 17 new senators to offset the expirations of 16, giving them a net gain of one in the general result. It is too far ahead to make any reasonable prediction for 1919, but the figures above very clearly demonstrate that it would be practically impossible, unless there is a Republican tidal wave in 1916 and 1918, to overcome the Democratic majority in the United States senate before 1929. President Wilson will be re-elected in 1916 if the division in the ranks of the Republicans continues. Unless there is a general union of all the distracted anti-Democratic forces of the country, it is undeniable that the only hope of a change in the tariff law would rest with President Wilson and a sympathetic Democratic plurality in the senate. It is not impossible that the Democrats will realize the futility and peril of their present tariff law, and will be compelled by public opinion eventually to establish a non-partisan commission and readjust the tariff upon a sound, sane, commonsense protective basis. Unless this be done, the country will deliver its mandate in 1916 in no uncertain terms. A careful study of the above facts reveals the weakness of the argument that the Democrats will realize the tem is in any way contingent upon the election or defeat of Senator Penrose. His defeat in no respect will affect the final solution of the tariff question. RUSSIA TO HAVE ANOTHER TREATY Peace Convention May Lead to a Commerce Treaty—Russia Wants Our Friendship. Russia's manifestation of friendship for the United States expressed in her announced intention of signing a peace commission treaty may lead to negotiations for a new treaty of commerce and navigation between the two countries, to replace the one abrogated during the Taft administration. This was the view of many diplomatists and officials when it became known that Secretary Bryan had received word of the inteltno had received word of the intention of the Russian government to negotiate a treaty along the same lines as those with Great Britain, France, Spain and China, reported favorably by the senate. These treaties would submit all disputes that cannot be settled by diplomacy to a permanent commission for investigation during a period of oneyear, and are regarded by the Washington government as a practical safeguard against the sudden outbreak of war. Officials expressed the view that Russia's ruined modification of stringent regulations against the Jews because of their loyalty to the government in its struggle in the present European war might pave the way for an understanding for a new treaty. The treaty was denounced by congress and became inoperative January 1, 1913, because it was interpreted by Russia as permitting the exclusion of American Jews from her dominions. WILLIAM WINS PACING MATCH He Beats Directum I Three Straight Heats Over Grand Rapids Track. By defeating Directum I in three straight heats Thursday afternoon at Grand Rapids, Mich., William become the world's champion pacer. Each heat of the match race, which was for a purse of $6,000, was a real contest. Directum I broke at the start of the first heat and William took a two-length lead. Directum I slowly cut down this advantage and forced William to a whipping finish to win the mile in 2.01 3-4 by a nose margin. 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