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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" The Pioneer ESTABLISHED 1882 WIRE DRAG SURVEYS AT KEY WEST, FLA. Geodetic Survey Will Extend the Work Further to the Westward. So valuable are the results of the wire drag work done by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in the vicinity of Key West, that the navy department has requested the extension of the work in the region further to the westward. As Key West is a naval base, besides being a railway treminus, and an important commercial port, the necessity of having the whole region systematically examined with the drag is apparent. The principal work of recent season was a very close examination of the West Channel from a point west of Man Key for a distance of 10 miles to a point south of the eastern side of Marquesas Key, and an examination of the doubtful portions of the channel from Key West to Dry Tortugas. A depth of 28 feet is indicated on the charts but many shoals and coral heads with only 22 feet were found. The coral formation in that region abounds in abrupt pinnacles which it is impossible to detect with certainty with the sounding lead as they are of very small area and project irregularly from the general contour of the bottom. The United States Engineers are improving the principal channels by blasting and dredging. In all about 100 shoal spots were found with the drag during the season and of these 13 were discovered in a single day. So numerous and so irregularly located were these shoal spots that they could not oe descripied adequately by positions and bearings, and in order to show them it was necessary to publish sections of the chart with corrected soundings in the Notices to Marines Key West is the terminus of the Florida East Coast Railroad and is connected by steamship lines with New YoLrk, Tampa, Mobi'e, Galveston and Havana. The harbor is west and north of the city which is on the west end of the island and is navigable for deep draft vessels. The anchorage is due west of the city and north of it in a pocket between the shoals is Man of war harbor. The wharves along the west side of the city belong to the navy department and lighthouse service; north of these are the commercial wharves and the railroad wharf is the most northerly of all. Large vessels may go to most of these wharves. There are marine railways for hauling out vessels up to about 1,000 tons. Some of the principal channels ap proaching Key West have been improved by the United States engineers by blasting and dredging to tc the required depths, and the drag work has been utilized by them in verifying the results of their work. RETIRING JUDGE EMPTIES JAIL Democrat, Giving Place to Republi can, Frees 23 Prisoners. CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 3. Jurge George Boarsky, a Democrat, judge of the Intermediate Court, who is succeeded by a Republican, celebrated his retirement from office by releasing all the prisoners in the city jail. There were 22 set free. Complete preliminary estimates from all internal revenue collection districts, receivd at the Treasury Department, indicate incomes tax this year will not only come up to the original estimates of $80,000,000, but probably will exceed that sum. DUCKS LIKE THE BABY MOSQUITO And Eat Them On Sight—Watch Your Rain Barrels and Oil Them Occasionally. In this week's "Little Talks On Health and Hygiene" Samuel G. Dixon, M. D. LL. D., Pennsy State commissioner of health, discusses "Mosquitoes." Mosquitoes born now not only live all summer, but each female according to the species, about 150 eggs. These multiplied by the generations of a season would add up to millions of mosquitoes. As their breeding season has begun we must be diligent in our efforts to destroy their breeding places. Should we fail in our efforts we will be annoyed by their buzzing and their biting and by an increase of malaria fever, and should yellow fever be introduced to our shores, it would make for a serious epidemic. The battle must begin at once. If we have to use rain barrels for our water supply, they should be carefully netted so that the mosquito cannot reach the water and lay its eggs. If fresh pools exist about our places they should be filled up or drains should be laid carrying away the rain water and not permit it to collect and become stagnant. If our swamps are too large to drain and fill up, they should be treated with petroleum, so that the oil will prevent the larva of the mosquito from reaching the atmosphere to breed. It will then drown for the want of oxygen. In country places ducks, particularly mallards, will do much to keep down mosquito pests, as they are very fond of the larva and pupa. Tomato cans, sardine boxes, broken cups—any vessel that will hold the rain water will afford favorable breeding places for mosquitoes. One tomato can half full of water will be sufficient for the rearing of thousands of mosquitoes. The saucers underthe flower pots in and around our houses offer favorable breeding places. Water vessels that are set out for birds and animals are often full of mosquito larvae. Therefore, such receptacles ought to have the water changed daily, so as to destroy any eggs that may be laid in them. Water pitchers in rooms that are only occasionally used have often been found fertile breeding places and where houses were well screeed they were filld with mosquitoes, owing to the fact that maybe one or two female mosquitoes had found access to the water in these pitchers of a spare chamber. RAW SKIMMED MILK IS VERY DANGEROUS Hogs Have Been Stricken With the Foot-and-Mouth Disease By Drinking It. A feature of the present outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease to which the Federal authorities attach much importance is the unprecedented large number of hogs which have been effected. Both actually and in proportion to the total number of animals stricken, this has been much larger than in any of the previous outbreaks in this country. The chief reason, the authorities say, is the sperad of the infection through uncooked skimmed milk and other creamery by-products returned to the farms to be fed hogs. Infected garbage, it is thought, is also to be held responsible for a portion of the loss. In the epidemic of 102 in which 4,461 animals were lost, only 360 of the total weer hogs. The loss in cattle amounted to nearly 87 per cent of the total, that in hogs to only 8 per cent and in other animals to only 5 per cent. In the present epidemic, however, the loss in hogs has been almost equal to that of cottage, each being with in a fraction of 47 per cent. Of 146,138 animals lost since the outbreak of the disease in Michigan last fall, 68,776 were cattle; 68,275 hogs; and the remainder, 9,087 sheep and goats. The epidemic of 1908 stands in this respect, as well as in time, midway between those of 1902 and 1914. In 1908, 56 per cent of the loss was in cattle. A MOTHER'S LOVE Next to God's love for His people is the mother's love for her children. A father's solicitude and care for his family may be great, but a mother's love is deeper, higher, and more intense. Who fed me from her gentle breast, And held me in her arms to rest, And on my cheeks sweet kisses pressed? My Mother. Who rocked me till I gently slept, And then her vigils o'er me kept, And dried the tears that she had wept? My Mother. Who ran to help me when I fell, And kiss the hurt to make it well, And then a pretty story tell? My Mother. Who taught my youthful lips to pray. And had some kindly word to say. To make me happy all the day? My Mother. Who kept and prayed from day to day. For fear her child might go astray. When from the home and far away? My Mother. In connection with the above them in a way, bearing upon this subject: A few days after the battle of Geing a charge in Lebanon county, Pa., of the battle ground, felt very much ed during the battle. He, therefore, burg to see for themselves, going by congested condition of the railroad. The near the town. In conversation with had been utilized by the Confederates wounded was a very intelligent officer mother! Oh, my dear mother! Will near dying, he said, in pleading tone me see the kind lady of the house. I vw that I may imagine I see my dear m soon he fell gently asleep. Oh, how p sands. How intense is mother love, and the setting apart of a day as "Mother In connection with the above the writer desires to relate an incident as, in a way, bearing upon this subject: A few days after the battle of Gettysburg, the writer, who was then serving a charge in Lebanon county, Pa., and had relatives living within the range of the battle ground, felt very much concerned as to how these relatives fared during the battle. He, therefore, with his wife, resolved to go to Gettysburg to see for themselves, going by private conveyance on account of the congested condition of the railroad. They stopped over night at a farm house near the town. In conversation with the farmer it appeared that his house had been utilized by the Confederates as a hospital. He said that among the wounded was a very intelligent officer, who was continually saying: "Oh, mother! Oh, my dear mother! Will I never see you any more?" And when near dying, he said, in pleading tone of voice: "Oh, sir, will you please, let me see the kind lady of the house. I want to have one more sight of a woman, that I may imagine I see my dear mother." His request was granted, and soon he fell gently asleep. Oh, how pathetic, and only one instance of thousands. How intense is mother love, and love for mother, and how appropriate the setting apart of a day as "Mother's Day." 37 per cent in hogs, and approximately 7 per cent in other animals. In the opinion of specialists these figures demonstrate the necessity for more rigid regulations in regard to the feeding of skimmed milk, similar dairy products and garbage. Since 1902 creameries have become much more common and the danger to the country of their returning unpasteurized milk to the farms has become correspondingly greater. In Michigan, it has been definitely established that in the early days of the outbreak the infection was spread through skimmed milk fed to hogs, and there is every reason to believe that the same thing occurred in a number of other localities. It is easy to pasteurize the skimmed milk and the extra expense is not sufficient to warrant the neglect of this precaution. Pasteurization has been shown to be complete safeguard against the speraed of foot-and-mouth disease through milk, either to human beings or to animals. The question of infected garbage is more difficult to handle, for by no means all of the meat in this country is subject to Federal inspection. In many sections meat animals are slaughtered locally. Cooking will destroy the foot-and-mouth germ so that this meat can be eaten without bad results, but the skimmings—the skin, the fat, and particularly the marrow—which are thrown away or fed to hogs, may be at the same time hightly infections. In Philadelphia the disease has recently appeared in several herds of garbage-fed hogs, and although it is not absolutely certain that the contagion was conveyed through this means, it seems quite possible that it was. The sterilization of garbage intended for hogs is, therefore, like the pasteurization of skimmed milk and similar products, a very desirable precaution. In fact, the Federal authorities do not hesitate to say that experience in this outbreak demonstrates the need of State legislation on this subject. In the absence of legislation the farmer who wishes to be sure of his skimmed milk should boil it after its' return from the creamery. Cross-examining Colonel Roose eat seems to be more or less like trying to spank a porcupine.—New York Evening Sup BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED MAY 8, 1915 VO R'S LOVE is the mother's love for her children family may be great, but a mother's se. when I fell, make it well, may tell? writer desires to relate an incident as, Haysburg, the writer, who was then serviced had relatives living within the range concerned as to how these relatives far with his wife, resolved to go to Gettys-private conveyance on account of the they stopped over night at a farm house the farmer it appeared that his house was a hospital. He said that among the sir, who was continually saying: "Oh, never see you any more?" And when of voice: "Oh, sir, will you please, let want to have one more sight of a woman, other." His request was granted, and aesthetic, and only one instance of thou-love for mother, and how appropriate is Day." —W. G. AUDITOR DARST GIVES OUT TABLE AUDITOR DARST GIVES OUT TABLE The table of refunds made by State Auditor Darst to the counties, districts and municipalities of the state taxes collected from public service corporations gives a clear idea of the insense growth of industrial development in West Virginia. About $3,000,000 was collected as the proportion to be refunded, Harrison county leading in the refund with $179,111, and other counties in the northern end of the state receiving amounts as follows: Marion county, $124,168; Jefferson, $29,961; Mineral, $29,573; Berkeley, $30,612; Taylor, $46,517; Tucker, $22,384; Pendleton, $34,520; Morgan, $46,463. Another indication of revival in West Virginia investment is shown in the record-breaking number of charters taken out in the office of Secretary of State Stuart F. Reed the past month, the capital stock of which runs into millions. Among the larger corporations are: Union Natural Gas Company of Charleston, $250,000; Litz Smith Island Creek Coal Company. Huntington, $100,000; Crawford Motorcycle Company, of Morgantown, $100,000; Kanawha Grocery Company, of Burnsville, $100,000; East Gulf Coal Company, of Beckley, $100,000; Mead-Tolliver Coal Company, of Mullens, $100,000; Devils Fork Coal Company, of Mullens, $100,000; Wood Sullivan Coal Company, of Mullens, $100,000. The larger non-resident corporations chartered during the month include Continental Cement and Material Company, of St. Louis, Mo., $1, 000,000; Becker Steel Company of America, New York, $750,000; Bailey Oil and Gas Company, of New York, $500,000. Increases in capital stock included Press. -W. G. VOL. 34 NO. 9 DERNBURG AROUSES PRESS OF GERMANY DERNBURG AROUSES PRESS OF GERMANY LONDON, May 3.—Dr. Bernard Dernburg's letter read at a mass meeting in Portland, Me., on April 17, in which the former German Colonial Secretary said that Germany would evacuate the occupied portions of France and Belgium only on condition that the seas be reed and that Germany be given freedom to expand beyond her frontiers in Europe, has caused considerable discussion in the German newspapers, says a dispatch from Amsterdam to Reuter5s Telegraur Company. The Post of Berlin says the letter occupies a "full and final proof of Dr. Dernburg's incapacity as a statesman," and characterizes his remarks as "a fine piece of political foolery." Count Ernst Reventlow, writing in the Deutsche Tageszeitung, said: "It is impossible that Dr. Dernburg, without direct instructions from the Imperial Chancellor, should publicly announce in the United States the German war aims. He should, without delay, furnish a correction, and we cannot doubt that the German Government promptly will take all steps to obtain an explanation." The Vorwaerts considers that Dr. Dernburg said nothing which was not justified by the Imperial Chancellor's speech at the beginning of the war, when Dr. vonBethmann-Holweg said that Germany wished to wage only a defensive war. The Dortmund Arbeiter Zeitung has been placed under a preventive censorship for attacking those who favor the annexation of Beigium. the following: West Virginia Timber Company, from $300,000 to $750,000; North American Car Company, from $90,000 to $150,000; Flat Top Insurance Company, from $25,000 to $10,000; Ethel Coal Company, from $150,000 to $200,000; Pen Table Company, from $100,000' to $150,000; Sparks Drilling Jar Company, from $100,000 to $150,000. STATE'S FINANCES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS State taxes (p. 6 Governor's Message, message, March 3).....$1,150,000.00 License and other taxes (p. 6 Governor's Message, March 3), 1,175,000.00 Total, year 1916.....$2,325,000.00 For both years, 1916 and 1917.....$4,650,000.00 Other income from Blank Appropriations (p. 28 Auditor's Report).....282,433.72 All revenues for both years.....$4,932,433.72 Disbursements Appropriations (p. 4 Governor's Message, March 13, 1915).....$4,220,967.55 Deduct $172,400 appropriations to pay Compensation Dept. expense, which by House Bill No. 3 was required to be paid by employers and employees.....$172,400.00 Also deduct $260,000 appropriated to pay hospital and asylum expense, which by Senate Bill No. 342 is required to be paid by the counties.....260,000.00 $343,866.17 There will be due according to departmental estimates, from the revenues of 1915, on July 1st of that year, the sum of... Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg, W. Va. as Second Class Matter. J. R. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915 Mayor Thompson, the new chief executive of Chicago has promised great things to the Negroes of that city, and in a speech the night preceding his inauguration, he emphasized his determination to stand by his pre-election promises. The fight for more christianity and less whiskey drinking is without doubt a noble one, but humanity would be much better served if race prejudice was done away with in every section of this country, because of all the evils known, it is the worst. The fact that the Democratic ticket was victorious in Baltimore should serve as a sort of solace to the members of that organization in various parts of the country, because occurrences such as that noted above with regard to Democratic success in the Monumental City are very exceptional in these days of hard times, and every other misfortune accompanying them. Arthur Brisbane, the great New York editor, has no prejudice toward the schools of journalism as conducted by the various universities, but he says, and truthfully at that, that the best school of journalism is the one to be found in the average newspaper office. No one knows better than he does as to the various requisites needed by a real journalist, and what he says must needs carry conviction. John Purroy Mitchel, present Mayor of New York, was long on promises regarding his intended fairness toward Negroes preceding his election, but since he has been in office he has been mighty short on action when it came to recognizing the colored men who helped put him in the mayor's chair. If he fails to square his actions with his words, and continues to ignore his Negro constituency, they ought to roundly remember him at the very first opportunity. Medical opinion is authority for the statement that rattlesnake serum or poison is being prescribed with an appreciable degree of success for patients who suffer with epilepsy. If the new treatment proves efficacious in a large majority of cases of those who suffer with this terrible disease, it will be a distinct triumph for the medical fraternity, and an untold blessing to every human being benefited thereby. In fact, it will heighten, rather than diminish the worth of the "deadly rattler," and make him more sought after than ever. With how much accuracy we do not know, but it is said that the discovery of the value of rattlesnake serum was made possible through the biting of a man who was affected with epilepsy and who was cured as a result of coming in contact with the venomous reptile. It looks very much like Japan and China will go to war. The former country has delivered an ultimatum to the latter one, and unless the Japanese demands are acceded to, they say they will strike. It is a pity that these two nations, instead of being continually at odds, would not band together for common good, and present an alliance which would be well nigh impregnable. This could be done if they were alive to their interests, but they are like many other peoples who have strength and don't know how to use it. As Governor Hatfield, whose ambition is said to be go to the United States Senate, has picked out Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court as his choice for Presidential timber, the Pioneer Press will trot out its, in the person of Governor Whitman of New York State. And with an interest as sincere it prefers editor Ogden, of the Wheeling Intelligencer to any man in this state for its next Governor. No man in the state has cleaner hands, a brighter mind and richer thoughts, and the whole is centered on the state's welfare in the proper conservation of its incomprehensible natural resources. One of the things Negroes do they should not, and that is consider any connection with Africa obnoxious. We have no objection to be referred to as from African descent. Africa is one of the richest countries of the world. Its people are the most hospitable and honest living on earth. The unknown civilization and science of Africa would astound and put this and all other countries to shame. The Pyramids are world puzzles. Jesus Christ when sought for murder took his flight into Africa. Livingston's dead body was carried on the shoulders of Africans over a thousand miles, and now and then buried for safe keeping in order that he could be sent home. Edward Wilmot Blyden, the world's finest linguist, and many others were Africans, and I am of African descent and proud of it. If it be true that J. V. Thompson, banker and coal baron, has negotiated a loan of $20,000,000, and will pay off all of his outstanding obligations, it shows that he is not a fraud, but the same honest and rugged J. V. that his friends and neighbors in Uniontown were once wont to style him. Rehabilitation of his and kindred interests as proposed by this financial wizard is a task of stupendous proportions, but if successfully accomplished, it would mark an epoch in the financial world equalled by few and surpassed by none. Many men, less stronger than Thompson, and smarting under the gibes and jeers of one-time friends, would have sought the suicide route, but none of this for J. V. He says "he is coming back," and we believe him. May success crown his efforts, because hundreds of nearpaupers, made such by his failure in January will be beneficiaries as a result of the huge loan secured by him. OFFERS REWARD FOR MURDERER OF OFFICER Governor Hatfield has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $250 for the capture of F. S. Rose, wanted for the alleged murder Friday night of G. O. Thompson, chief of police of Gassaway. The county court of Braxton county has offered a like reward, making a total of $500 price on the head of the fugitive. An army rifle is today effective a range of 700 yards, whereas in 1870 the range was only 400 yards. FRENCH PEOPLE ARE UNDER GERMAN RULE Cities Are Filled With Them Who Have So Lived For Nine Months. PARIS, April 26, (by mail to New York.)—Within sixty miles of the capital are cities filled with French people who for the past nine months have lived under German rule. What is life like in these towns? When the Kaiser's hordes swept southward last July on their gigantic attempt against Paris the people of northeastern France heard them coming and fled in vast numbers, scattering to all parts of the country. Many could onto flee; many more would not; so the colossal gray flood swept over them and pinned them down and there they are to this day, their daily lives ruled and regulated by orders emanating from the local headquarters of the various German commanders. Here is a picture of life in St. Quentin, under German rule, St. Quentin, a charming French city but little more han an hour's ride on a railway train northward from Paris. The picture was drawn by a French citizen of the place who succeeded in making his escape through the German lines: "The city was never so bustling as now," the speaker told the correspondent. "Across the square in front of the City Hall rapid autos filled with German officers dash in all directions, they are coming from La Fere, from Laon, from Vernand and from Cambrai. Troops are leaving the train at the station, fives and drums playing; landwehr patrols come and go escorting small groups of prisoners, or relieving the guards in various quarters of the town; a group of townspeople stand reading a notice just posted by the German military authorities purporting to quote a Paris newspaper for peace; the notice is headed: 'Wise Words of a French Newspaper' "Under the gothic arches of the City Hall a detachment of landwehr stands sheltered. On the first floor, in the great gala' hall a group of municipal councilmen sit, night and day, issuing billets for lodging soldiers and requisitions demanded by the German invaders; the police commissary and his men, in civil attire, but with arm-bands in St. Quentin colors, are held at the disposition of the military. "The German commander's headquarters, are at the Credit Lyonnais, the city's largest banking establishment, but part of his administration has quarters at the second largest bank, the Comptoir d'Escompt. "The theatre houses a company of landwehr. Nearby the restaurant Aigle-Noir has become 'The German Restaurant,' and here the German non-commissioned officers have their mess. The commissioned officers frequent the more imposing cafes and restaurants, this being one of their favorite occupations. "At 5 o'clock the pastry shop, Caveug, becomes the rendezvous of the elegants of the army. Spik and span officers, in monocles and full regimentals, strut and gossip and devour cakes or group themselves around tiny tables and sip port or cherry with tartes and petitfours. "But the livliest table of all is that at which the Kaiser's fourth son, Prince Auguste, fraternizes with his cronies and cracks jokes with his dapper staff-officers. "All these officers live in the pretty villas bordering the aristocratic Rue Charles-Picard and the rich Champs-Elysees, up and down which streets every morning they caracole upon horses of great pride. The Emperor himself, when he visited St. Quentin, lived in the old Charles Basquim home facing the Champs-Elysees. This is one of the most elegant private houses in the country. "The Girls' Seminary has been transformed into a hospital. So has Fervacques Palace. The Henri Martin school also. They are all overflowing with German wounded and ambulances arrive throughout the day and night. "St. Hitaire Barracks are occupied by landwehr. In the courtyard of this group of buildings all the citizens of St. Quentin who are subject to mobilization, some 5,000 in number, must present themselves once a week. These men were surprised by the German advance before their day of mobilization had arrived. "The side streets are used for park ing automobiles, trucks and other wheeled conveyances but the principal thouroughtures are kept free for movements of troops. Practically no business is being done Only the New Galleries, a large department store, seems to get a trade at all; the German officers d their shopping there. "The railway station is reserve for troops. it is always built izens, out of work, station themselves along the grill separating the street from the railway tracks and peep through at the passing troop-trains. Others go to the St. Martin subarms, near the road to Haio and listen to the cannon boom. Some days when the wind is favorable, the cannons sound louder. Then there is much subdued joy for the poor people believe the French are advancing to deliver them from the German invader. In spite of the long months of waiting and the many times they have been deceived in this way, they are still confident. "The population has not suffered for food of which there has been no shortage thus far. Nor have they been subjected to violent treatment. Officers are constantly on the go, to or from the front and while in St. Quentin are usually well behaved. "In the very atmosphere, however there is a load of sadness. An all of mourning hovers over the place. One is oppressed by an agonizing sense of calamity which has befallen the city, a feeling common to those living in all the cities of the invaded portions of France. One rarely sees an inhabitant of the town walking the streets for they appear to be hiding in their homes so sorrowful faces and tears may not be remarked by the enemy." HOW MANY MILES OF ROADS HAVE WE GOT? HOW MANY MILES OF ROADS HAVE WE GOT? Deparmtent of Agriculture Distributing Inquiry Blanks To Ascertain. The United States Department of Agriculture is now gathering information which, when complete, should not only give the total mileage of public roads in the United States and their cost, but should serve as a basis for estimating the relative value of the different kinds of highways. Some 15,000 sets of inquiry blanks have already been distributed through the State Highway Commissions, and some of these are now beginning to come back to the department. Each set consists of four cards. Of these the first asks for information on the mileage of different classes of roads in the county to which it is sent. The mileage does not include, of course, streets fn cities and towns. The roads are divided into 10 classes as follows: Brick paved, concrete, macadam with the addition of some substance such as asphalt, on, or tar, plain macadam, gravel, shen, other hard surfaced roads, sand and clay mixture properly graded and drained, ordinary earth roads properly constructed, and, finally, unimproved roads. The second card asks for information in regard to the tax rate for the roads and the amount of work and money expended on them. The third blank is concerned with the names of local road officials, and the fourth with facts in regard to the bond issues and the indebtedness of the counties for their road systems. As there are approximately 3,000 counties in the United States, in many of which the mileage has never been estimated, it is hardly probable that this preliminary survey will be exact. The department, however, will be able to detect any JUDGE LITTLEPAGE HOLDS TWO-CENT RATE MUST STAND B. & O. Railroad Refuses to Obey and Great Legal Battle is Promised. The ym. injunction Judge Littlepage Declares Railroad Must Stop Charging 2 1-2 Cent Rate, Put Into Effect Saturday — Officials Told Public Service Commission Is Their Only Recourse. In circuit a Charleston, W. Va., late today refused to grant an injunction to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, who sought to prevent the West Virginia public service commission and other public offices from compelling the railroad to continue the 2-cent passenger fare in this state. Commission Road's Only Recourse. The court held that the only recourse for the company was through the public service commission. Judge Littlepage declared he would entertain contempt proceedings against the railroad if it did not stop charging the 2 1-2 cent a mile rate, which it put int effect late Saturday. At the hearing it was shwn the company had been charging 2 1-2 cents a mile since Saturday, but was issu- Must Be Held For Redemption. The coupons are redeemable in case present proceedings are adverse to the company. Last week the public service commission obtained a writ in the State supreme curt of appeals compelling the Baltimore and Ohio to charge 2 cents a mile until a public hearing on the proposed increase could be held. The writ is returnable May 11 excessively inaccurate reports for the road mileage per square mile of territory does not vary excessively. Except in desert or undeveloped country less than half a mile of public road to every square mile of territory is rare, while in the most likely populated rural sections the maximum is no more than 2 1-2 or 9 miles. Thus, in France, there is an average for the entire country of 1.76 to a square mile. In Italy, however, this has fallen to .86 possibly an account of the mountainous character of much of the peninsula and of Sicily and Sardinia. In America the average is approximately .80 miles, which, in view of the fact that much of the country is sparsely settled, seems unduly high. An explanation, however, is to be found in the fact that in many states the law provides that each section line shall be a public road. Thus, for example, there are in the state of Iowa alone more than 104,000 miles of legal highways, manifestly a much larger mileage than When the information in regard to the existing roads when the department is now seeking is complete, it is the intention to continue the inquiry year after year in order to ascertain the durability and economy of the various kinds of highways. The data thus collected should be useful to road engineers all over the country and it is hoped that country agents and others interested in improvement of agriculture will do their best to facilitate the collection of the desired information. William Moffatt, of the Shenandoah Valley Importing Company, of Winchester, who received a cablegram announcing the death of his father at his home in Manchester, England at once made arrangements to sail for that place, is said to have engaged a state-room on the Cunard liner Lusitania, which sailed Saturday and grave danger is feared on account of attacks by German submarines. Unless her orders are changed the Lusitania will have to pass the Scilly Islands, where the American ship Gulflight was torpedoed and two other ships sunk late Saturday. The many friends of Mr. Moffat wish him a safe journey. 1 | votume of trade jp Petersburg, but | VE Je American woods, te seg what UNCOTTON PLANT | SseetSu Scecestacc] MINING EXPERTS YELLOW LYE FOUND isostatic ott G for lots in the vicinity of Hopewell, | a was finally taken because the color at phenomenal prices. Hundreds ,of | oy of the wood, anf the experiments WORKS 12,000 MEN|ss<"= "sues"! WHT MEET SOON AN WESTCOR THEE |e chee oe, tons ’ new tdWh and others are in course { ~ pects are now working on some Mex eee of erection. Experts In Wincensin Experimenting icin woods in search of some wood DuPont Powder Company's New essa ea: Summer Convention of West Virginia With Mexican Woods In Hunt feat will produce the reds. Plant, Costing $6,000,000 will Institute to be Held in For Red. The new dye, it is announced, ean ebay Ako MEE. CUCCD CNIICTEN eee De course of construction for the du- Pont Powder Company at Hopewell, in Prince Georgé county, on the ¢ Point Branch of the Norfolk and Western railway, nine miles cast. of Petersburg, one mile west of City Point, on the James river, and 30 miles from Richmond. The plant it is said, wili cost in the neighborhood of $6,000,000, and will give employ- Ment to ver 6,000 workers. It is ex- pected to have the plant completed some time next fall. There are now cver 12,000 men, representing almost every nation on the earth, at work on the plant, and over 50 teams are employed in hauling and the like. The company owns 1,500 or more acres of land, 700 of which are en- closed and no one is permitted to en- ter this inclosure without a permit. Within this inclosure are the build. ings of the plant, wnere work is done day and night by the many thousands of laborers. The work at night is carried on by means ot thousands of electric lights which the company has had installed. The company has many miles of railroad tracks, which connect with the Norfolk and Western railway, running into its yards, affording am- ple facilities for the transportation of material, Every day long trains of freight cars can be seen passing through Petersburg over the Norfolk and Western railway loaded — with lember and machinery consigned to the duPont Powder Company. Spending $2,000,000 a Month, The plant is with a easy reach + vessels for the suipiaent of its pro° vets to foreign ports. It is states that at present the guncotton mann facured at the Hopewell plant — is shipped in a dry state to Wilming ton, Del., and other piants of the company, where the manufacturing process is completed, and then it is shipped to Montreal, where it is load: ed into shrapnel, It is said that the company has already begun at the Hopewell plant, the manufacture of smokeless powder, It is creditably stated that the to tal disbursements of the duPont Com pany for work done at the Hopewell plant and other incidental expenses reaches the enormous sum of $2, 000,000 a month, For the accommodation of — the men employed at Hopewell and in order that they may havé' their checks cashed, the National Bank on Petersburg keeps open on Saturday night every two weeks from 6 to § o’cloek. The national bank, how ever, will establish a branch at City Point, and will begin at once the erection of a bank building there tc cost $10,000, and it is expected te hear of it in operation within 6¢ days. The Western Union elegrap? Company. has just. established an cffice at Hopewell. 4 Town of 15,000 In Woods. Hopewell, which a little more than a year ago was a lot of wooded land has now become a thriving little town of 15,000 or more inhabitants There are 600 or more stores in the place, and not a few merchants are carrying on business in tents, and all are said to be doing a profitable business. There is a line of jitney: and automobiles which runs almost every hour between Platsburg anc Hopewell, and it is said that — the sales of the tickets over the Norfolk and Western railway to Hopewel and City Point averages 3,000 daily Every afternoon 1,000 or more o volume of trade jp Petersburg, Dut ht tas brought about a great demand for lots in the vicinity of Hopewell, at phenomenal prices. Hundreds ,of cottages have been erected in the new toWh and others are in course of erection. United States Public Healtn Service Says They Are Sanitary Agents. Se aan TET TG TREE TT Re: | ae ee eee /Health Service have demonstrated their value as sanitary agents. Ticks } which carry Reky Mountain spotted | fever become entangled in their long greasy wool and die. This prevents the spread of the disease. No ticks —no fever, We have in the United States a truly American disease. So far as it is known this isthe only disease which is peculiar to the United Stat- es. It is called Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and is found in prac- tically all of the Rocky Mountain | States. It is conveyed to man by the bite of a wood tick which burys Jits head beneath the skin of its vic }tim and thus introduces the virus | which causes tick fever. In many of the states, such as Colorado and Utah, the disease is not very fatal, only about 5 per cent of the persons stricken with the disease losing their lives. . On the west side of the Bitter Root Valley in Montana the disease is un. usually severe and the United States Government, acting through the Pub- lic Health ‘Service, has been endeav- oring to discover a way to eradicate it, Passed Assistant Surgeon T. J. Me- Clintic visited the Bitter Root Val- ley in the summer of 1911 for the Eurpose of studying the disease and letermining if possible a way in which to stamp it out. It was found that on the west side of the valley nthe Isnds which had not been clear ed of underbrush that ticks exist » ares numbers. The immature Ta Nokes were fauna attaches? ® weasels and chipmunks. w * aqvit tieka were to be found o- Dr. McClintic laid out an area sbout tiree miles wide and five (miles long and built a dipping vat ir which he gave all the cattle and horses in the neighborhood an anti- septic abth every two weeks. He also killed off as many of the ground sauirrels, chipmunks and weasles as possible. The following year, Dr. McClintic returned to continue the work, and lost his life from the dis: ease which he was fighting. In 1913, another officer volunteered for this highly dangerous work. He established his headquarters at Vic- tor, Montana, and there began op- erations against the disease. In studying the two sides c€ the valley, ke noticed that whereas there were many sheep on the east side of the valley where Rocky Mountain spot: ted fever does not exist, there’ werc practically no sheep on the west side of the valley where thed isease ap- pears every year. Opening into the west side of the valley there is a smaller valley in which are a good many sheep. In this valley tick fev er does not exist. This set him to thinking and he wondered if it were not possible that the ticks became entangled in the long wool of the sheep and died before they could reach the skin of their victim. In this way it might be possible that sheep grazing over a given piece ot land would free it of ticks. He secur ed some sheep and picked all of the ticks off of them. He then drove them through badly tick infested country and found that they picked up many ticks. Just as he had sup: posed, these ticks became entangled in the long wool and died. The following year the United States Public Health Service rented a band of sheep and pastured them in that part of the Bitter Root Val. ley which hitherto had had the most cases. It was found that they collect ed to kill the ticks which they pick ed up, and so successfully did they de the work that not a single case has occurred in that area since the sheep began their sanitary campaign More than this, the owners of the sheep have discvered that sheep rais Jing in the Bitter Root Valley is a profitable industry, and this year many more sheep are being pastured there than formerly. So well satis fied is the Public Health Service with tnese results that it has extended the measures against Rocky Moun tain spotted fever into the State ot Idaho. Fiften million rats have been kill- ed as part of the preventive measures against the spread of plague, taken by the metropolitan police board of the city of Tokio. MINING EXPERTS WILL MEET SOON ‘The West Virginia Coal Mining in- stitute will meet in| Wheeling in June. The program will be complet- ed during May. ‘The institute has just issued the first number of its bulletin, and it is hoped tat this may be issued montuly from new on At the Wheeling meeting some im portant matters in relation to the mining industry of the state wit come up fer discussion, among them the situation concerning the state geological survey, which State Geo: jogist 1. C. White reports will have to cease its operation June 30, 1915, for lack of funds, whieh will leave only two office men. The survey's total appropriation for the next two years beginning July 1, 1915, is $7,500 for each year, or $15,000, as compared with s44y00 for the year ending June 30, 1914, and $43,000 for the year ending June 30,1915. Field work will have to come to an end, as the $15,000. ap- propriated for the next two years can b» used only for publishing the re- ports now in preparation; the ficld work for which was done in 1914. These will melude McDowell and Wy oming counties, Raleigh and the cont area of Mercer and Summers, west of New River; Gilmer and Lewis coun ies and Jefferson, Berkeley and Mor gan counties. MeDowell and Wyou ing will be completed June 20, Ka leigh, May 31; while Lewis and Gi! mer are now completed The chemists of the survey will be lropped from the pay rolls about july 31, and Prof. Grimsley will also cease his labors when he conpletes the reports on Jefferson, Berkeley ad Morgan counties. Since 1901 the survey has completed reports on tie Rowing areas: Ohio, Brooke ana neock: Marshall, Wetzel and ‘ly: ser; Wirt, Roane and Calhoun; Jack son, Mason and Putnam; Doddridge ind Harrison; Cabell, Wkyne ani itacoln; Monongalia, Marion ana laylor; Kanawha; Preston, tosin and Mingo; Boone, ready for issue May 1. In addition to the counties named, the topographic work has been com: pleted on a string cf counties as tol lows: Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Up. shur and Barbour, and partially com- pleted in Nicholas, Webster, lan- dolph, Summers, Monroe and Tucker, with a slight amount of work done in Greenbrier, Grant, Mineral cr Hampshire and none in Pocahontas, Pendleton or Mardy. Dr. White's. re- port to the mining institute shows that of the 24,170 square miles in the ‘state, there remains 6135 square miles, or about a fourth, which has not yet been surveyed topographi- pealy, and only 19, or one-third of the counties, to study in detail geo eet! 1,200 PRISONERS IN PENITENTIAR Warden M. Z. White, of the state penitentiary at Moundsville, has com- pleted his monthly report of that in stitution, which has been submitted to Governor Hatfield, and it shows some interesting facts concerning the populaticn of the prison. 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