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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" ESTABLISHED 1882 THEY SEE THE WORLD THROUGH BABY'S EYES Only Member of Family Who Can Tell of This World's Beauties. COLORADO SPRINGS, In a little home at Lake George, 25 miles from here, there is a baby boy, who, when he grows up, will be able to tell his father, his mother and a brother and sister, of the beauties of the mountain region in which they live, but which have been shut out to them throughout their lives. This baby, the pride and wonder of the entire district possesses the blessing of sight, denied all other members of the family. The baby's father is Benjamin Richards. He is blind. The little mother now the happiest woman in all Colorado, was Miss Myrtle Higby. She was born blind. She was a student in the State School for the Blind and while there met Richards. His sight had been destroyed in an accident. Drawn together by their affection which sent them through the world in darkness. Richard and the little blind girl were married. Five years ago a baby girl was born. Anxiously, they waited for the word that would tell them whether the innocent little newcomer had also entered the world in darkness. Their hearts were torn when they were told the baby girl would never see. Three years later a baby boy arrived and he, too had been denied the gift of sight. Two years passed. A little girl, now five years old, played in a world of darkness about her mother who had also never seen the light of day. A little boy groped about the floor, his sightless eyes turning toward the mother when he knew only by the sound of her voice, or the touch of love from her hand. It was a home of darkness; father and mother unable to look upon their children and the little ones growing and blossoming despite the blight cast upon them at birth. But neighbors told mother Richard that her little ones were pretty children and she smiled and coddled the little hands and faces she could not see. Time went on. As mother Richards heard the voices of her two little ones as they played in the darkness of their baby lives, she knew that the great, good bird, the stork, would soon hover over her home again. She knew that he was about to bring another baby soul into the world, and mother Richards prayed that this innocent might be spared the blight of eternal darkness. Mother Richards was cheerful and hopeful, but when the time came for father Richards to summon the village doctor, his heart fairly stood still. Some friends accompanied the man of medicine to the Richards home. They knew of the prayer of the mother and father and of their hope. The doctor could only tell them that he hoped, but there was pre-natal influence to be overcome. Before him was a sightless mother, waiting with the mountain friends was the sightless father and the children of night. The doctor came from the room. His face was wreathed in smiles. He grasped father Richards by the hand. "A boy; seven and one-half pounds—and perfect eyes. He sees," the big man told the father even as he himself was almost overcome with emotion. There were tears of joy in the Richards home that day. Though they did not know just why, thec hildish laughs of the little ones of darkness carried a new note of cheer and hope CANADIANS ADVERTISE EXCURSION TO GERMANY REGINA, Sask., March 2.—Posters announcing the assembling of the third Canadian expeditionary force to be sent to the war, on exhibition here today, show the lightheartedness of the Canadians. The wording is: TO BERLIN The country is arranging a trip to Germany, in the spring for a few SPORTSMEN. All hotel expenses and railway fares paid. Good shooting and hunting. Ages—18 to 38. Rifles and ammunition supplied free. Cheap trips to the Rhine. Apply at once, as there will be only a limited number (one million) admitted. SILK IN AMERICAN TRADE INDUSTRY SILK IN AMERICAN TRADE INDUSTRY Increased Imports of Raw Materials and Rapid Growth in Domestic Manufacture. The silk manufacturers of the United States in the 35 years since 1880 have increased the value of their output from $41,000,000 to upwards of $200, 000,000, have consumed in that time about 45 million pounds of raw material, and have increased their proportion of the domestic consumption of silk goods from a little over one-half the total in 1880 to more than four-fifths in 1910, the latest year covered by the reports of the government. The fiscal year 1914 surpassed all previous years in the quantity of raw silk imported into this country, the total for that year, according to the figures of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, department of commerce, being 34 1-2 million pounds, against 32 million in 1913, 13 million in 1900, 2 1-2 million in 1880 and a half million in 1870. This rapid growth in imports of raw silk is reflected in the rapid expansion in the product of domestic silk manufacturing establishments, the value thereof rising steadily from 12 million dollars in 1870 to 41 million in 1880, 87 million in 1890, 107 million in 1900, and 197 million in 1910. The importation of silk manufactures has been conversely affected and the value of silk goods imported last year, $35,455,000, is less than the total recorded 30 years ago, and substantially the same as that of 60 years ago. Japan supplies a large and increasing proportion of the raw silk consumed in American factories. Ten years ago she furnished more than half of the total, while last year she share was nearly three-fourths. Of the 12,631,000 pounds of raw silk imported in 1904, 6,691,000 pounds were from Japan, 3,385,000 from China, and 2,095,000 from Italy. In 1914 there were imported 28 1-2 million pounds of raw silk in skeins reeled from the cocoon or rereeled, exclusive of waste, and of this amount Japan's share was 20,196,000 pounds, against 5,927,000 from China, and 1,997,000 from Italy. It is interesting to note that a considerable part of this increased importation of raw silk from Japan is paid for by American cotton. In 1904 we exported to Japan 23 million pounds of raw cotton and in 1914 nearly 177 million pounds. Of the 35 1-2 million dollars' worth of silk manufactures imported in the last fiscal year $12,232,000 worth, or more than one-third, consisted of fabrics woven in the piece; $5,752,000 spun silk or schapp eyarn; $4,246,000 wearing apparel; $4,351,000 laces and about $3,000,000 each consisted of ribbons, and of plushes, velvets, and other pile fabrics. In addition over $4,000,000 worth of artificial silks, mostly yarns and threads, for use in domestic factories, were imported. France supplied over one-half, Japan one-fourth, and Switzerland one-eighth of the silk fabrics imported. Of the silk laces and embroideries imported France furnished over three-fourths. Of the plushes and velvets imported we bought $1,712,000 from France and $1,056,000 from Germany out of a total of $3,205,000 last year. Switzerland ranks next to France in the supply of ribbons, their respective shares being $1,136,000 and $1,830,000 out of a total of $3,112,000. The silk clothing imported into the United States is largely from France, imports therefrom totaling $2,848,000, as compared with less than a half million dollars' worth from England or Japan, a quarter million from Germany, and about $109,000 from Switzerland. The customs revenues on imported silk manufactures in the fiscal year 1914 aggregated $16,704,000, equivalent to 48 per cent ad valorem, against $13,988,000, or 52 per cent ad valorem in 1913. Under the present tariff law the rich man's silks cost him more and the poor man's silks cost him less than formerly. The law changed the rate of duty from $3 per pound and upward on silk goods to 45 per cent ad valorem. Thus a 32-ounce bolt of silk containing, say 20 yards, and worth $2 at the foreign port of shipment, which formerly paid $6 duty, now pays only 90 cents. The perversity of human nature is found in the fact that a chronic dyspeptic, placed in the war zone, would work up a pork and beans appetite in five minutes. Washington Post. NEARLY A BILLION IN PHONE CAPITAL NEARLY A BILLION IN PHONE CAPITAL Figures for 1912 Give $991,000,000 Invested in Main Concerns Burleson Would Take Over. Postmaster General Burleson's proposal that the government take over the ownership of telegraph and telephone companies and operate them make especially interesting statistics of them, soon to be published by Director William J. Harris, of the bureau of the census, department of commerce. The figures relate to 1912 and, for telephone concerns, are for companies having yearly incomes of $5,000 or more. According to the report, the capitalization of such telephone companies increased from $758,000,000 in 1907 to $991,000,000 in 1912, or by more than 30 per cent. During the same time the capitalization of telegraph companies decreased from $253,000,000 to $232,000,000 or approximately 8 per cent. This decrease, however, was due entirely to a reduction of $23,000,000 in the capitalization of wireless telegraph companies. Outside of these, an increase in capitalization of $2,200,000, or about 1 per cent, is shown. The net income of the telephone 000 in 1907 to $51,300,000 in 1912, while the net income of the telegraph companies decrease from $9,650,000 to $6,400,000. The number of employees reported by the telephone companies increased from approximately 131,000 in 1907 to 183,000 in 1912, while the number of telegraph employees rose from 28,000 to 38,000. These telephone companies, operating 84 per cent of the instruments, reported 13,375,000,000 calls in 1912, against 10,400,000,000 in 1907. Telegraph messages increased from 103,949,000 in 1907 to 109,663,000 in 1912. In 1912 there were 20,000,000 miles of telephone wires in use. The Bell telephone system in 1912 controlled nearly 75 per cent of the total wire mileage and over 58 per cent of the total number of telephones. It also controlled nearly 51 per cent of the public exchanges and handled 66 1-2 per cent of the calls. The wire mileage of the Bell system increased from 8,947,000 in 1907 to 15,133,000 in 1912, or by more than 69 per cent. During the same time the wire mileage of all other systems combined increased from 4,052,000 to 5,115,000, or by a little over 26 per cent. The total number of telephones in use (exclusive of railway, governmental or private telephones not connected with public exchanges) increased from 6,118,000 in 1907 to 8,730,000 in 1912 The development of independent rural telephone systems is indicated by the fact that the total number of systems or lines increased from 22,971 in 1907 to 32,223 in 1912. WOULD ELIMINATE SURPRISE TESTS Many enginemen running on railroads operating in this district are identifying themselves with the movement having for its object the elimination of the so-called "surprise" tests to which many claim they are subjected, and which they say instead of making them efficient in safety, has the opposite effect. The surprise tests consists of making a sudden and unexpected display of danger signals by representatives of the operating department in order to determine whether enginemen are on the alert all the time. The engineers and firemen assert that the nervous shocks experienced by them when so surprised is detrimental to their health, declaring that the tests are not needed for the safety of their own lives prompts them to be constantly on the lookout for any danger which may suddenly and unexpectedly appear. One engineer on a local road has cited one case which was brought out in the controversy in the western MANY MINERS HAVE THEIR OWN HOMES MANY MINERS HAVE THEIR OWN HOMES And In Some Instances They Own Automobiles—Many Thrifty Men. In these days when the high cost of living makes the average tradesman or laborer hustle for a living for himself and family, and real luxuries are not considered, it is interesting to note that in a mining town in the New River field of West Virginia there are several coal miners who own automobiles, and good ones, too, and get as much pleasure out of them as the capitalist in his silcylinder. The fact that they have been able to buy them is not surprising, for when conditions are normal they can make more money digging coal than many college graduates earn in their offices, and who could not dream of the luxury of an automobile. And in this same town are a number of coal miners who own their own homes—men who have worked for good wages where living is not excessively high, and are the proud possessors of comfortable homes or their families. And a visit to the bank in this same town, where all the residents make their living directly or indirectly from the mines, disclosed the industrial depositors in the Savings Department, one Italian miner heading the list with $3,000 to his credit, and many others with accounts running into four figures. A number of these men could buy automobiles if they wanted them. On the street a husky colored miner was asked to tell the most he had ever made in one month in the mines, and his reply was, $327.82, out of which he paid his helper at the rate of $2.50 a day. The truth of this statement was vouched for by the mine manager. These facts give weight to the claim that of all classes of workmen the West Virginia coal miner has the best opportunity to earn good wages, and save if he wants to. The Czar must wonder where all those Russian come from that the Germans capture.—New York World. rate case in which an engineer and fireman were suddenly confronted by danger signals while running at high speed. The engineer threw on the reverse brakes and he with the fireman jumped, and as a result sustained a fractured collar bone and other serious injuries. He said that there are many engineers who would do the same thing if the signals were flashed on them under the same conditions and the shock which they receive is even worse than bodily injuries, as it is sometimes weeks and months before they get over the effects and in a few cases it has been known to ruin good engineers forever. The railroads on their part claim that the surprise tests are productive of much good, but the local engineer claims that they have failed so far to show in figures during the controversy where it has at any time been of benefit, while the engineers have proven that, not one wreck in a given number was caused by the disregard of signals. Queen Wilhelmina has been asked by the International Peace Committee of Amsterdam, through a much-signed petition, to offer mediation to the belligerent nations. The proposal could hardly do any harm, and it might serve to show that the Queen didn't regard her sovereignty as of the scrap of paper variety.—Springfield Republican. MAN'S MADNESS HAS UPSET THE BIRDS MAN'S MADNESS HAS UPSET THE BIRDS Even They Have Gone Wrong in Europe Because of the War LONDON,F eb. 13. (By mail to New York)—Even the birds have gone wrong in Europe. Man's madness has upset their lives and habits and the very few ornithologists in England and France who can stick to their study of birds, in spite of the war, are scratching their heads about it. The pathways of the birds, as they fly to the south in winter and back again, in the spring, have been mapped out for years, in Europe. But the birds have forsaken their old routes and the birdsmen say it is because of the war. Shore lights, and even the lights of the town, it seems, are guides for the birds in their long southward journeys and, this year, the lights are gone. The same lights that would direct a little feathered fellow toward sunny Italy would also direct a huge Zeppelin toward an English count town. So all the folks of the air, whether covered with feathers or canvas, are traveling in the dark this year. The canvas birds can carry their own lights, in a pinch, but the other kind must get along as best they can, without lamps. There is no doubt that the birds found their way to the south, as usual, but they groped their way, and it was probably slow traveling. Their return to the north, when spring comes, will be as difficult. The bird men have proved, beyond a doubt, that the birds are distributed by the sounds of flirng. The Rev. Charles Kent, of Thetford, one Saturday night recently, heard a terrific chattering of the pheasants and small birds around his in the birds in their neighborhoods, birddom. The cries were shrill and wild. The birds left their beds in the trees and flew about in terror. Their ears were catching sounds in the air that rector and his family were missing. But, when the rector picked up the Sunday morning paper, he saw that the German Zeppelins had bombarded the coast, some miles away, during the very hours of the birds' excitement. He was so impressed that he wrote a letter to the Times about it, whereupon many other residents of that part of England said that all in the birds in their neighborhood, had conducted themselves in the most extraordinary manner during the raids, even though the writers, themselves, had not been able to hear the sounds of shooting. At a distance of 97 miles the pheasants shrieked themselves hoarse over sounds of firing. Whether the birds will become tired of the incessant firing on the continent and impatiently leave the war districts remains to be seen. Speaking of wild things whose lives have been upset by the war, there is also the leech, known among American kids as "blood suckers." There are thousands of old-fashioned folks in England who continue to believe that illness comes from having too much blood in one's person and that the thing to do is to be bled, either by a lance or a leech, and they prefer the leech, who does his work without leaving scars. But the leech market went dry. A physician of one of one of the great hospitals wrote a public statement complaining that the armies of Europe are fighting over some of the best leech fields in the world. They are probably trampling to death leeches that are greatly needed in England. Leech patrons, however, rested easily when two days later another statement appeared to the effect that a fair supply of leeches was being obtained from Australia. They didn't have the same Latin name as their European brothers, but they had just as good suckers and just as deep a thirst for blood. International law is something which all civilized nations highly respect and uphold—in times of profound peace.—Kansas City Journal. German children have been asked to eat a little less sausage as a patriotic measure. The fact that there is a good deal less sausage will make it also a practical measure.—Louisville Courier-Journal. er sen meio or fhe Dionecr iiress Devoted to the Moral, Religious and Financial Development of Humanity. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dear oo. c eee e eee eee $1.50 6 months ..........6..... Toe. 3 montus ................. 400. Pay for all advertisements is due in advance unless advertising is run by yearly coniract, in which case the ad- vertises pays every three srcuths Advertising 1 Inch one time Toc. BURGE sucnicsarcseveccne GOO Reduced Rates to Clubs. Send for Sample Copies. Entered in Post Office at Martins- burg, W. Va. 5 Second Class Matter. J &. Ciftord, Editor and Proprietor, Drawer 869, and Bell ‘Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, MARCHE 6, 1915. Tho fact that Rounmsia is to enter war on the side of the allies, 1 inst, it may account fur Germany's liberality toward America’s proposition As the Pionesr Presa sees it this coun try can stop the war if it will keep food stuff at home, and reduce ite high est to its home consumers, Why uot de icy Now that W.C. Kilmer bas resigned his dutios as public aervice commission or, Why not appoint a wide awake col. cored mar Many of such live to thin etate. Asa rule and history sustains it, wars not only leave countries demol:shed, but breed all kinds of diseases and they travel from country to country, like the dropping of seeds from migratory birds Tt may be that the hoof and mouth dis- enee ate eticcestive; The plot to kill Camegie, Vanderbilt Rockefeller, his eon and the placing of two bombs in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, to blow it and them up, was one of the most wicked plots known and the dis. covery of it by the New York police gives them a renown the decent world will applaud. Germany has accepted our proposals and will before destroying cur ships, investigate them, as to whether they are carryiug aid to the’ allies. ‘That's fair eo far aa the promise goes. Carry itout and avert war with us, for our flag and rights will be defended at all hozurda. If it can be possible to reform the fasbions of women, a wonderful start for better homes, better women, better wives and better mothers will follow. Not only is our present day dressing too expensive and suggestive, but down right vular. Simplicity is beauty and without it there is none. It is not pity that we want, bot the strict application of tho principles of justice. The Negro is counted cqual to the white man in the payment ot fercs, fines and taxes, but inferior in the shar ing of privileges end opportuniiies With brains in his head and the ballot in bis hand, no one can ultimetely be euppreseed.—Prof. William Pickens. Asa rule if you ask the bulk of col- ored people for the most important Ubing they are engaged in, the answer will almost invarixbly be—preparing to die, forgetting or, not knowing that the highest success is achieved by mak- ing the most of one’s powers and oppor- tunities governed by the Golden Rule, which flowers life’s end here with cu thenas'a!—not death. It is Rev. Dr. Clayton Powell, we think of New York, who declares that. “American religion is an abomination, in God’s eye view. Ail kinds ot crime have been and are beiig Committed in ilgname. If the colored people copy American religion they shali die. 1 they embrace and imbibe christianity they shall live. Since it is a well known fuct that fleas spread the bubonic plague, morqnitoes the yellow fever and iles wil kinds of other diseases, how important itis that every living soul's duty isto kill all the flies that can be found in their first com: ing. ‘Io do so, millions that would multiply would not if our suggestion were strictly curried out. Let it be done and that rigidly, for many new forme of disease will be in the nir—they erer. nally follow the end of wers Now that the 63rd Congress dics, the democrats are busy bees charginy the financial conditions of this country on Presidemt Wilson, No doubt the blame is well placed, but why not take a share of it to themselves? From the fact this is not and never was intended to be a one man’s government, True Mr. Wil- son has been dogmatic in his urgencies and plana, but if the men elected to to make laws fail to unite for the good of this-country, are they not equally responsible for existing conditions? The truth of the whole matter is the foolish tinkering with the tari and nigger leg islation is the cause of it all There ie much stir relative ta the de- struction of the foot nad mouth disease and hog cholera. Allsnch having the two dreadful diseases are to be killed and the owners paid for sume As concerns all stock affected with the hoof and mouth disease we hi ve no remedy to offer, but as te hog cholera wohave. Killthe buzzirds and kil! the hogs, bury them deeply and cur be- lief ie the apread ef it will be stopped We got our information from oa very sensible Jferson County famer by the name of Me Starry, about a mile north of Charies Town, Wo Va. who allows no buzzards wbout his place and baries all of bis stock that dies and has po choles: The Pioneer Press is gtad that the present ages PT Barras — Gily Sun day ois being regulated by time, that never fails to throw light on all thurs false and true. Precieeiy as Barnum hamborged the people and teld then of itor te Tally Sueday doug. ta rergion he is doing what slivery didote he slaves degaade and disyrace then, and ibis wicked for the mascer cliss to de- ery them relative thereto, but atlas. and Lines Worse fora preacher in re ferring to the whites eins. to exclaim v You are lower than niggers? TP ye editor had, in the opinion of bis eg ta. ted and exeited world to put tis hand in Billy Sundays to go to heaven, he would never gee there. Huminay of humbugs. Hi expert prophecy ean be banks don, two sears hence, beet will be 40 cents a ponnd and shoes tea dobars a pair So itmay, but if it comes to that, who will be to biane for it, but the laboring element the attic salt of the earthy The laborers cai rile this country if they will, for they are the electorate ‘Prue they may not be ae teelmeatly and politiealiy wise as sore ef the aw making bosses, bie they ane die soncee of what hte honesty there is oa be found on this kand floated ever by Uhe stars and stripes. Every industrious poor man by all means should ees hun self a few acres of ground. and not only raise his meat, but everyihine necessa ry. Tteaneastiy be done Tf it were done, slaughter houses would eo to por, and we would eat purer and by far bet- ter meat. Mr. John FD Carter wishes in dis- finetly understood that he bad nothing todo with coercing Lilhe Smithy to say Vhat J. R. Clifford forced her to swear that Pred. Re Ramer was the tacher of her child, and threatens legal re ress iv apy further mention is made of hun in connection with the affair. As lo the above. the ediior bas. this to say. Your name in last week's issue, having formerly depied and declared you bad no part in that wicked acu of Ramer and his attorney forciog Lillie Smith to swear to lie, meant no evil coanection on your partin that game Lt was simply mentioned toinelude all those who were presont when it was done, and since you ask that your name hereafter be kept aloof from tie others who were parties toil, it will be grant- ed. You not only clear your skirts, bat have done what Ramer and all the rese should ard would do if they wer ino- vent. Once on atime, during the diosa of slavery, a Negro’s master ondore! hie slave to cut off his dog's tail two inches from its body. The master teft home, ard was to be gone ei ht houis. so the Negro full of meiey concerved a piun to obey by not cutting the tudo at cace, but measured the tril of 4 1 und found that it was ten inches tony. and decided to cutoff only one ine sta time. and by go doing by the tase the master returned two inehes wou d only remain, The master got buck an « ven hours, and three inches or the tar res mained. * 1 told you" said the miter, “to cutoff the dog's tail avo + seg from its body.” ‘The poor ol sy .uon- thetie slave replied: “Massa I hated to cut it allolf at ooce and only ent cit a inch ata time, and if you bad come at the eight bour, it would have been done.” “What did you do to get i. off to where it is?” Cat off an inch every hour, “Why?” said the master. © thought by cutting off an inch every hour, it would not hurt Don so much as to cut it al! off at once.” While the uy ition to Mayor Tar ner is not logical it certarily is a good lesson for him. He has ordered that atl dogs, tagged or untagged be killed to prevent the spread of the mouth and hoof disease. How can a Mayor who ordered tags put on dovs and charees a dollar for it, got the dolla’, whieh at lowed the dogs to run al large, revere his law and ordered tagued dogs k ce? Would it not cos) the corpora’: thousands of dolar? | Mayor Purse inay bea Billy Sunday chris ian, but a we see hit, he is a sleepy politica Wake up, Mr. Mayor. IN DAYTON’S FAVER fib ‘ Vuk t ' tee consress, ‘The sub-comumitice whic | has been investigating his judieln | conduct reported recommending tia there be no further proceeding T report wis signed by Judge Gard Ohio, and Henry G. Danforth, of New, Yori, a majority of the committec. | while D. i. MeGillicuddy, of Main dissented, in the belief that furthes proceedings looking to impeachment were justitied The majority report reviewed the | churees, reportin findings in each ease, amd eoneluded thu The « denes shows many uiatters of indi vidnal bad tatste apon the part of Judge Dayton, some not of that hie standard of jmdieiai ethies whic shoud crown the federal jadicinry but a earetal consideration af all the evidence and attendant circumstanes CONVIDEC us that there is little pos- sibility of maintaining: to a coneln sion oF guilt the eluar made and impels us therefore to recommend that there be no. further proccedings therein Mr. MeGillicuddy added the fottow ing: “fo concur with my colleagues in the above findings of fact bur 1 do not concur in the recommendation that no forther proceedings be had, as it ig my opiniow that the evidence taken hy the snb-committee and the findings of fact above made warrant further proceodines looking toward im peachment.” The house judiciary committee. however, adopted the majority report by a vote of 7 ta 4 and no further proceedings will he had in the ease unless another effort should be made in the next congress, Referring (o the Inte Judge Jackson predecessor of Judge Dayton, the re port says: SH is but just to the memory of Judge Jackson to say that the cireumstances surrounding — his resignation do not make for miseon: duet in official or private life.” The committee does not find that Dayton conspired to bring abort the removal of Judge Jackson, but is of the onine jon that he was fully informed as. to the investization of his private and official Vite and save aid and advice to those in charze of said investi gation, ) They do not find the evidences suf. ficient to prove that he has shown favoritism to certain corporations While persons connected with rai roads have boon summoned as jurors, they do not find that any wrong or p Miscarriage of justice occurred as a jresult. ‘They do not consider the Levidenee siiiciont to find that Dayton has abused his power to further the interests of his son. While he is found to have given Wis marshal lists of persons io be simmoned as jurors if was only persons to be summoned [to fil vacancies on juries regularly jealled. | Cireumstances in labor trials are [found to have been very wnusnal and probably furnished opportunity for az sravation, but Dayton is reported to have been very impatient of hearing what defendants had to say, his man- fer was heaicd and impassioned. and his conduct generally was. that ‘of one who had prejndged cases be. fore him. Tis conduct of injunction and contempt eases is said in’ th report to have furnished abundant it jlustration of hig strong personal opin on on the question of labor and it hs stated in evidence that he sid if a defendant was a member of the United Min Workers he wanted no further evidence of his guilt. It is shown thet he is a stockholder in the Aen rhon Company and wrote to urge t 1 mont of larger divi- | donds, der coercion of a possible | proceeding in his court, but no con clusion this charge is stated. 1 is shown that he gave a letter. re citing | ef in the valne of cor. fain property being exploited, con- corning w here was some quoa tion, — Te shown to have used intemperate lanenage before grand juries and violent language regarding i Verdicts of juries, No official. mis pconditet is attributed to his borrow. ing from banks. The ceommittec re- fused to comment on his temperamen Hal filne for judge, saying the in- stances of his arbitrary actions and intemperate language may be isolated Dut are apparently so persistent as to excite more than passing com- ment. The committee stated its bo- rar-Reaching Effect of Allies War Against Ge:man Commerce Great Britain and France have order d their warships to pre- vent commodities of any kind from reachixg vr leaving Germany. Orly Such cargoes as are now at sea are exempt from capture. Facccer, ell ships carrying goods of presumed German origin, Owne.cn, or Cestination are to be detained and iaken into a port of the Allies. fs result, every rh p rot destined to an English or French port is Kely to be “detained.” . Such vcese.c or cargses are nox to be confiscated unless “other- Wise voble to coniiceation’ er, ia other words, contraband. This reacs that Germany ic ast to receive one ounce of food, cotton, or inedicing Gi tig Allies can prevent it. Nor is Germany atlowed fo expore Uyestulls or manufactures or anyching else which might! be said abroad. T ‘ pein, ir force until the war ends, it is presumed ‘ are Scated wii be heid that long. are (9 be enforced without physicai cisk to neutral 3 ANG neulrai or non-combatant lives. TO ALL HYPHENATED AMERICANS. . Heie rarewell Address.) other produc a variety of evils. sympuil 202 \ tion, fa ating the illusion of an We EMtLGs Of un ere ee Mruue quarrers and wars oi tie latver WItnOuL adequate mauce- Mentor justilecation, it leads also to concessions to the favorite tation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to in- Jure the nation making the concessions byq unnecessarily pari- figs With Waal ought to have been retained, and by exciting jeal- yey, ilewill and a disposition to retaliate in ihe parlics from whom equal privileges are withheld; and it gives to ambitious, vorruprod ov deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the fa- wile Hation) facility ve beiray or sacrifice the interests of their men countiy without oasiin, sometimes even with popularity, gild- pe Win Cie appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a com- | saaeine aeierence or public opinion or a laudable zeal for pub- fic good the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption | infatuation, sss avenues to foreign influence in innumerable Ways, such pcdciients are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened sad macpendent patriot. flow many opportunities do they afford v tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduc- F on, io mislead pubiic opinion, to influence or awe the public Verse. Such an atiachment of a small or weak toward a great ene powertii nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the a ler, against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure vou vw beheve me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people Mgnt to be constanuy awake, since history and experience prove pba fore didtucnee as one of Lhe igs: bauefui ives of republi- ean EC. Lut that jealousy, tu b- uselul, must be im- partial, Gise ie becomes the instrument of te very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. acessive partiality for pone foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those | whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the avis of influence on the other. Real pat- riots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to uecome suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the appliiise and con iccice of the people to surrender their interests.” Foot and Mouth Disease Develops in Berkeley County Cattle Herd Voliowing the discovery of a suspicious disease among (ne cattle on the premises of J. D. Feiker, who lives on the licugesvitie read in Berkeley county, today, Dr. Adolph Hichhorn, of the Bureau of Animai industry, Washington, came here, and in company with Veterinarian E. i. Hott, who had aiready been in touch with ihe matter, inspected the diseased animals, und pronounced them infected with Foot and Mouth Disease. . Dr. Eichhorn communicated with the federal authorities, who will at once assume charge of the matter, and all the cattle now on the prem- ises will be Killed, the United States and West ¥ inginia shar- ing equally i paying for same. immediateiy the matter of fuigating the belker premises will be taken up and the Movements of ai cattie that have been transferred front wie premises kulely traced and their conditions watched, uni ait danger is past. dhe iearned expert says this is the mosi highly infee- HOUS Giscase hnown, and waras ail peopie against letting over-cursosily attract them to the infecied premises, and agamst ihe dangers of runabout dogs or any animals that may carry the disease, along with human beings. The origin of ihe infection is as yet shrouded in mys- tery. Whiie the matter is serious enough to give general farmers and stockmen much concern, there is no reason for becoming unduly alarmed, as the national government and siate authorities may be depended upon to take drastie measures to stamp out the disease, and its spread at once be controlled. LIST OF BILLS THAT ARE LAWS ar citeea i sede tebe Mbt AR data tancetas era aires ‘40 of the 45 days’ session that ate set ‘aside for the passage of general legis- lation, follows: Senate Bills. No. 173—By Mr. White (originat- ing in judiciary committee) concern- ing competent evidence. : No. luu—ity Mr. McClung, Nicho- la_esounty igh school (vetoed.) No. 35—Mr. Goodykoonty, obtaining credit by false statements. No, 38—iy Mr. Gregory, Parkers- burg school’ district. No. 3S—By Mr. Gregory, Parkers- burg criminai court of Wood county. No. 7—isy Mr. Miller, parole ot minor offenders. No. 79--By Mr. MeAboy, strengti- ening Yost prohibition kiw. No. 1U5-Hy Mr, Billings, establish- ment and ciussilication of district high schovis aud distribution of state aid. 5 No. 34—By Mr. Coalier, fixing sal- ary of judge of criminal court ot Ral- gigh) county. No. By Ma, Coulter, fixing sale ary of judge of criminal court of Hob eigh county. So. buy Mr Marshall, abolishing tis of state supreme court of ap- Chae tuoi ana Wheeling. S specatt ic » build court ae irogory, powers aL GUueSs OF Syeeku rauroad police. No. Sd--by sir. Mccrum, distribu: Ucn of aeis of ce session, No. 6 by Mr. Gray, changing names of state hospitals and asylunis, No. 71--By Mr. Morton, pertaining to deeds and acknowledgements. No, 78—-y Mr. Gray, providing for payment of Uilion ives of high schuvi pupils by boards im counties not main taining high schools, No. 101-—-bBy Mr. McClung, creating examining board of veterinary sur- geons and regulating the practice of veterinary surgery. No. 102—Lty Mr. Miller, bail bonds. No. 275—by Mr. Blessing, amend- ing chapter 29, acts of ssi. No. 1-—-By Mr. Gray, authorizing os- tablishment of Wirst county high school. No. 82--By Mr. McCrum, establish ing standard of puricy ior seeds. No. H04--By Mr. Marshall, authoriz- ing trade mark for milk bottles. No. 122--By alr. Goodykoontz, iix- ing term of circuit court in twenty- second judicial circuit. No. s40--By Mr. ‘Yalbott, relating to shipmeut of Hauer by common car- rier, No. 183-—By Mr. Lowe, Mannington charter, No, 11 By Mr. White, general pri- mary election how. No. 232—y Mr. Goodykoontz, re- lating to practice of law. No. 106--By Mr. Parrish, corrupt practice act. No. 47-—lhy Mr. Gregory, amending divorce law. No. 8--By Mr. Blessing, dividing state into Six congressional districts. No. 129 -By Mr. McClung, -creat- ing state department of health, No. 231-—-By Mr. Kumm, relating to polution of streams. No. 93--By Mr. Coalter, — certain disqualifications of judges. No. 325—-by Mr. Blessing, filling vacancies in office caused by death. No. 185--By Mr. Rosenbloom, hos- pital service for poor, No. 305—By Mr. Gregory, providing for court reporter in Fourth circuit. No. 342—By Mr. Marshall, requir- ing bail for insane persons. No. 324—By Mr. Godbey, granting additional assessors for Ohio and Ka- nawha counties. No, 300—By Mr. White, rights of way over state property at Weston. No 65—By Mr. Fox, authorizing proof by affidavit of demands for mon- ey due on contract in civil actions be- fore justices. No. 67—By Mr, Fox, commission. ers in chancery. + No. 199—By Mr. Goodykoontz, Wil. liamson_ charter. « No. 57--By Mr. Parrish, authorizing county courts to assist in employment of county agricultural agents, No. 26-—By Mr. McClung, Nicholas county high school. Senate Joint Resolutions. No. 6--By Mr. McCrum, providing university Fw library with acts. No. 7—-By_ Mr, Goodykoontz, revis. ing joint rules for two houses. No. 5—By Mr. Keim, — proposing anendinents to constitution granting No. 257—By Mr Harman, of Me- Dowell, criminal court of MeDowell county. No 77—By Mr. Pilchard, Wells: burg charter. No. 211—By committee on finance, concerning payments into treasury by boards not located at capital. No. 13—By Mr. Rinehart, Prince- ton charter. No. 169—By Mr. Beard, Martinsburz charter. No. 156—By Mr. Scherr, revising “Blue Sky” law. No. 18i—By Mr. Duty, Pennsboro independent school district bill. No. 180—-By Mr, Duty, Pennsboro charter. No. 33--By Mr. Sinsel, Grafton ‘n- dependent school district. Ne. 53—By Mr. Boston, establisii- ing normal training departments in high schools. No. 64—By Mr. Otto, authorizing establishment of teachers’ pension fund in Wheeling school district. No. 157—By Mr. Hugies, fixing uniform fees for jailers. No. 173—-By Mr. Layne, school dis trict of Huntington, No. 65—By Mr. Cline, fixing time railroads must begin ’ construction funder franchises. No. 59—By Mr. Bailes, Clay county high school, | No. 14y—By Mr. Clark, revising Jaws pertaining to practice of dentis- ty. No. 158—By Mr. Kelbraugh, relating to terms of school. No. 6-—By Swiger, county salary bill. |} No, 174--By Mr. Yayne, Huntington charter, | No. 186-—By Mr. Scherr, weights and measure inspection, - No. 212—By committee on finances, penmitting cities and counties to ad: vcrtise resourees. No. Lu —By Mi. Wertz, seliool levy Calin Ron district, Mineral county. No. 293—By Mr. Swiger, governing syecial commissioners appointed — by courts, No. if1--By Mr. Sanson, Wayne eu inty igh school. No. ii -By Mr. Swiger, amend- ig acts of 1907, So. 217--Ly Mr. James, Mingo cour - ty high sehool. No. 240—By Mr. Waldo, Calhoun county high school. No, 322-—-By Mr. Kittle, Philipps charter. No, 214—By Mr. Burnham, —inde- pendent school district of Fayette- ville. No. 225—By Mr. Barlow, Charles ton independent school district. No, 33—By committee on redis ricting. reapportioning — representa iiou in house of delegates. No, 224--By Mr. Bender, Burnsvil. indevendent school district. No. 1#1—By Mr. Pilchard, Follans bee charter, No. 66--By Mr. Daviszon, protection against contagious diseases of ani shals. No. 332—By Mr. Otto, Wheeling charter, No. 199—By Mr. Moreland, estab- lishing juvenile courts, No. 125—By Mr. Kelbaugh, fixing minimum wage for teachers. | No. 159—By Mr. Smith, revising regulations for issuance of teachers’ ccc fhicates. No. $5—-By Mr. Hughes, instrue- tions to. injur'es, No. 191—By Swiger, relating to cor- porate sureties. No. 141—By Mr. Brown, election of United States senators. | No. 292—By Mr. Cline, Martinsburg | school district, No. 393—By Mr, Beard, authoriz- ling Berkeley county court to mark ‘grave of General Adam Stevenson. | No, 374—By committee on insur- ance, revising workman’s compense- | tion act. | No. 268—By Mr. Hughes, tuition of {cadets at West Virginia university. No. 185—By Mr. Talbott, of Web- ster, autigambling law. No. 285—By Mr. Lilly ,Blueficld school d sir'et. |" No. 285—By Mr. Swiger, reports of jstate financial transactions, No, 242-—By Mr. Wertz( common pleas court for Kanawha county. No. 112—By Mr. Pierce, preventing spread of San Jose scale. No. 399—-By Mr. Duty, creating new Virginia debt commission. No. 272—By Mr. Swiger, authoriz- ing counties to issue bonds to aid in leonstruction of Ohio river-lake shin Fairmont Bank Closed, FAIRMONT, W. Va.—The City Dot lar Savings Bank of Fairmone was closed Wednesday by the state bank ing department at the request of the bank directors. Withdrawal of their accounts by foreign miners is said to have influenced the action. The bank had a capital of $50,000, ARMS PLANTS BUSY IN NEW YORK STATE One to Triple Its Capacity—Textile Mills Also Filling War Orders. é UTICA, N.Y, Mareh Vu story beilding of brick a ney struction now being ru to pletion on a plot the sto t dinary city blocks and ad) i present big plant of tl Arms Company at Hion, ty cast of here, gives anim y Hion’s share of wie pros) 1 the straggle in Europe x To til an order for guy be valued at $5,000,000 4 ton Arms Company is) er 1 new structure at the cost of $i 000, Work is being ri n night nad day | “Of course Hion and vielaity wil share in this prosperity.” Oo U. Rind, general anager or the! Arms plant declared We know nothing of the atfieunl of ord ceived, but the new construction indicutes t 1 share in the business 3 Feome in trom the New ¥ pand that is all we know We fill the orders and t From persons in ap 1 know it was ascertained present capacity of te | tripled; that wliere w S00 men are a , ‘ her will bei a , 1 The present weekly pays : neighborhood of S8.000 The ok) Remington Ar surrounded by a with guards at each ‘guards aise patrol th the vicinity, and extra are on duty behind the gots ployes are adaiiited hyp The new addition is surrou a high board fence Extraordinary procauti 1 taken in delivering new metetia the concern, Preivht cars are iy direct onto the company's pr t This is done in a roundabout wa AN goods for the Remington Ar Company are considered to the M hawk station om the West Sh railroad. ‘Thisline has boon eon nected with the tracks of tie Tocat trolley system by a switch at) Mo hawk. At night, when Hien is prac tically deserted a_ high-powered electric engine is rin from tie barn the ca®s for the arms commany are attached to it and the freight and other material is rushed througi the village streets 10 the plant When a shipment of hich powered guns is completed the cars ar peeked in the company Asan hauled to the steam roads by the electric engine. Hion is not the only town im Con tral New York to share it) America’ business boom as a result of the way The Saage Arms Company in this city, makers of rifles, has been encay ed for the last three months in fillies a war order for 150.900 gins. Sone of these have been shipped to the al lied powers, and others will be d spatched from time to time. ‘Phe Savage plant is working night and fday. It is said several months more will be required to fil the order | This section, the contre of the tex stile industry of the Kaapire Sate. la ralso been rushed with orders as a rr sult of the world war. ‘Phe Unies Knitting Company operates six mill Fin this vicinity. aud all of them la sbeen engaged for months past i tile ‘ing war orders. ‘The Anchor Krittis Mill at: Whitesboro, four miles w fof here. has heen working a nivi Fand day foree for some time to tut the shipument of a bie order for « For more of the bellicerent counts MARCH APPIVER iy iv PUESa Lead ‘Tive BT AWAD ST LIKE AL ARAR SUUG LiL A LAG Will the Old ‘Adage Hold Good and the Month End Lixe a Lion. There is an old adage among weath- er prognosticators that “Mareh corn: ing in dike a iam will xo out like lion.” Tf that is an infa Te wer er indication Martinsturs and + Shenandoah valley n for story weather along about four weeks hen for there was nothing ef the len quality of weather notiecable here today. March came in damivlike execp that the Ist day o month showed a temperature of fi#recn or more above ezro, With th tinner bright and clear 4 fine. day failed to moderate t id til) along toward noon, and at no time during the day did it warm up things outside to the point where overcoats and wraps were not necessary First days of March are supposed to have some influence on the remaining days of the winter. 4 not all fiction or old women folk lorebut a scientific deduction based on far that have been demonstrated as ing correct. Movements of the hie enly bodies have thetr influence on the earth, particularly as regards th: weather and as we are nearing thc equinoxial period, astrologers are able to give some rather definite idea as to what weather conditions may be ex- pected, ES USERERE HHH * ey TIM Jones looked at bis barren fields 2 “F And cursed them for their meagre yields cat know he was behind the tine I they nceded was a little lime F ‘came in to call one day, he, “Lsee you're short on hay. ‘ es | have done \ ELEY Hydrate, half a ton Tothe:a bs grass grow and gives corn a hump 1 veach stalk and all grains plump Wn money for me and it will for you, { ‘ bext year and see if it's true.” “ iwul said Jim, and so it was done ' } \ ati) fo every acre, he used half a ton. REY 4 And DERSELEY Hydrate well applied aN Did prove Sam's statement, bona-fide. ¢ Yi7 Jin sud, “Kine stuff, by George, it's great”? , Aud now he swears by BERKELEY Hydrate. } } iY PY YOURSELF AND SEE _| } YOUR DEALER (Giron. 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Swan plants ure grown on an island J oe MW JOE Just off tie coast, where the brisk, cold : 2 a Tar IS Lreezes of the Atlantic make them =o (took hardly and healthy, “Whe big. advantage in ¥ , enn 1 a month or a weeks, earlier than 7 86 plants, wh id heads three or four weeks earlier. hese Prost-Prook” planis are guaranteed to stand a t crate ol ten degrees above zero without injury. bs Lage plant re hordier, better, and worth more ty sure of this that we arte to refund the d conta for hiity—if they are not satisfactory and 5 “ heads than you grow from other plants— ry *Cobbage planta will be shipped direct to you from i 1 voor tine for planting in your territory. Send ua the a the price of the subscription; we will order the planta. fil ont the coupon below and get fifty or more plants free i ove plants send us Ove Dollar for one year’s subs men Var eruewor reaewal subscription one 4 soupon I low filled out, and we will have ow by ma ABSOLUTELY FREE, 100 we will send you 100 additional for each and ev- n,eilher of your neighbor or some friend that is oCOUPON?o: | 1915 1100 for Ong Year's Subscription in advance. Please Its, : = iia JUDGE DAYTON WILL NOT BE MERCED em ‘ BERG. Wo Va the pick pimple on his teen week ‘ wealon here Tuesday of . veod. oad poisoning de fe owas a brother of Cart county superintendent of MANY WEST VIRGINIANS ARE CLAIMANTS IN BILL WASHINGTON, March — 4.—Itoms. ounting to nearly $100,000 for West Virgina ehuimants are carried in the vnibus chiims bill whieh passed tho today, having passed the house n than a year ago. In fact this. Lohas passed the house in every neress Tor more than ten years ‘ly to be defeated in the senate. Tis fibe (he senatesamended the bill, Melty as far as West Virginia is voncerned but more so in other tutes, and it has now gone to con- Terence There a ons probability that WH pass and if it does practically Tithe elvis for damages done dur the civil war to West) Virginia tants which lave been carried in ebUL in past years will be allowed. More are more than 7) claims in the number, amd there probably will He change in them, even tt Ould be ia other states has the tivo howses: agen Daniel G. Reid: says that men eap- thie of operating S000 amiles of rail road are entitled to all they ean get nothe way of salary, And, for that daittar, So, presumably, is éverybody ‘ bor the setting in some other isitesses is not So good as it is in eorallroad business, Indianapolis "JITNEY BUS" WAVE COMING EASTWARD Pacific Coast Passenger Traffic Has Been Revolutionized by it. SAN FRANCISCO, City passenger traffic in every city and town of importance on the Pacific coast is being revolutionized by the advent of the jitney (five cents) bus. And even the officials of the big street railway corporations admit it has come to stay. When the first jitney bus operator appeared on the streets of San Francisco prepared to carry passengers for five cents from the Ferry building to Market and Castro streets, a distance of three miles, local traction magnates smiled. "He won't last a week," they said. "He'll starve to death if he sticks to the game of bucking the street railway company." Today there are 600 jitney buses operating in San Francisco alone, and they are taking thousands of dollars many from the street car railway company. Traction officials in every city of the state admit the jitney bus is making deep inroads on their receipts. "Our company," said Paul Shoup, president of the Pacific electric railway of Los Angeles, at a recent gathering of traction magnates in Sacramento, "has lost $500,000 in receipts in the past four months on account of the pitneys. We have millions of dollars invested where the owners of the jitney buses have but thousands. We want the jitney bus operator to come under the regulations of the state railroad commission. The street railway companies have opened up scores of suburbs by extending their lines and we think we should be afforded some protection." More than 1,000 jitneys are operating in Los Angeles. Everywhere the street car companies are laying off found, too. In San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles, the street car companies are laying off employes and these men are buying automobiles on the installment plan and operating them as jitney buses. In discussing the jitney bus situation in Seattle recently, Mayor Hiram Gill said: "It will surprise me greatly if another foot of street car track is ever laid in Seattle. In my opinion motor-propelled vehicles are as logically the successor to the electric car as the electric car was the logical successor of horse-drawn vehicles." Autobus owners and drivers in San Francisco have organized the Jitney Bus Association, have engaged a legal staff, and are prepared to fight any attempt to legislate them out of business. EUEBLO, Colo., Jitney buses are now operating full blast in Pueblo. They are in open competition with the street cars and doing a big business. In fact so serious have the jitneys become, from the standpoint of street car men, that a delegation of employees of the Tramway Company appealed to the city commissioners to put the jitneys out of business. The commissioners have looked the ground over, however, and are of the opinion that it can't be done. The concern of motormen and conductors employed by the street car company is due to the fact that they declare the company officials have reduced the number of cars being run on many lines and their chances of having steady employment are ruined. The reduction in the car service has resulted in many men being thrown out of work. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., -Its a long face the taxi cab chauffeur here wears these days. Fares are few and long between and it's all the fault of the jitney buses which go most anywhere in Kansas City now within a two miles radius for a nickel fare. The taxis have been hit the ardest at their stand at the union station. The "nickel chasers" get most of the business, makin ga loop from the station to all the hotels and charging only a five cent fare. One traveling man was arrested recently because he refused to pay a taxi charge of $1.10 from one of the hotels to the depot on the ground that it was exhorbitant. The company said that $1.10 was the regular rate, and he was fin ed. He made the next trip in an auto for a nickel and declared he would preach "jitney buses" clear across the country. Jitneys grew in Kansas City despite the most adverse weather conditions and the hills. So far no regulations have been applied to the jitneys other than the traffic rules 119,000 HEAD OF STOCK DESTROYED Foot-and-Mouth Disease Caused a Heavy Loss Throughout the Country To date the foot and mouth disease among cattle has claimed 119,000 victims in the United States. This number includes those which have died with the disease and those which have been slaughtered by government inspectors. Of the individual states Illinois suffered the worst, losing over 50,000 head with 36 affected herds yet to be slaughtered. According to Dr. C. L. Hall, of United States bureau of animal industry, who furnished these figures, conditions are now slightly better than they were a week ago. The East St. Louis, Cincinnati and Indianapolis stock yards have just been reopened. These yards were closed together with all other yards of importance in the country when the recent new outbreak started the country. The tremendous slaughter of cattle to prevent the spread of the disease is expected by Dr. Hall to seriously curtail the meat supply in the United States for the next two years, even if the disease is cleaned up shortly. Many of the animals killed were calves and breeding stock which will leave a great shortage next year. Then, too, farmers will probably be afraid to restock at once on account of the disease. HEAVIER TRAVEL OF IMMIGRANTS After a lull in immigrant travel through the local terminal of more than four months, it was announced this morning that all the through trains arriving in this city from the east and north are carrying many immigrants to settle in this state and in other states further west. 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