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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIDED BY GAIN" A PROCLAMATION To the People of the State of West Virginia: GREETING WHEREAS, on the 20th day of June, 1916, the State of West Virginia will have had fifty-three years of continuous and honorable existence, and WHEREAS, the State is rich in resources of the soil and of mines, and WHEREAS, under the influence of a free people the State has made great progress in its brief existence. THEREFORE, I, Henry D. Hatfield, Governor of the State of West Virginia, do proclaim the 20th day of June, next, from noon onward, as a public holiday, in order that each community following its own bent and impulse may plan for public celebrations, parades, banquets, and so forth, and thus impress upon the young people of the State the need that the State has of their services and enthusiasm, and thus emphasize to all within the State and in neighboring states, the knowledge of West Virginia's comparative youth, its splendid development, its great resources, and the spirit of its progressive people. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Less Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Charleston, this 25th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1916, and of the State the fifty-second. By the Governor, # STABLISHED 1882 A PROCLAMATION To the People of the State GREETING WHEREAS, on the 20th day of June, will have had fifty-three years of continuo WHEREAS, the State is rich in resourc WHEREAS, under the influence of a great progress in its brief existence, THEREFORE, I, Henry D. Hafield, Go ginia, do proclaim the 20th day of June, public holiday, in order that each commun impulse may plan for public celebrations, and thus impress upon the young people State has of their services and enthusiasm, the State and in neighboring states, the comparative youth, its splendid development spirit of its progressive people. In testimony whereof I have hereunto Less Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of CP in the year of our Lord, 1916, and of the By the Governor, Birthday of West Virginia Gov. Hatfield Issues a Notable Proclamation Picnics In All Places Fifty-three Girls, Dressed Alike. To Be Feature In Parade. Congressmen Dowers, Moss and Neely Send Messages. Thousands of Letters Mailed. A Creed Issued. Parkersburg, W. Va., June 5—The greatest birthday party in the history of any person living in West Virginia is rapidly taking shape through the activities of the West Virginia Board of Trade. As Henry H. Archer, Secretary of the West Virginia Board of Trade, says: "Birthdays mean much to children. We are all the children of West Virginia—born into the family or adopted. Let us all be children for the day, June 20th, entering into the spirit of that day even as if it were our own birthday, sending and receiving greetings, having a birthday dinner, having a rest from our usual duties. This birthday celebration is intended to impress upon more than a million people, the thought of how great West Virginia has grown to be in fifty-three years, and then to make us think how we can make it greater and better." The proclamation of Governor Henry D. Hatfield, appointing the afternoon of June 20th to celebrate the Fifty-third birthday of the State, has been distributed to over 6,000 places or offices in the State. It has gone to every post office, every railroad station, six or more offices in each county courthouse, every Womans' Club, every Country Club. It has aroused very great attention. Associated with the proclamation was a Creed of West Virginia, which has already been read over by several hundred thousand people. Word has come here that in some cases groups of children are learning the creed by heart. Enlisting the Children. In a letter received from the Hon. George M. Bowers, the newly-elected Congressman from the Second District, he showed his appreciation of the plan of the West Virginia Board of Trade to take in thousands of children as Junior members for the year at Ten Cents (10c) each. He sent to Henry H. Archer a check for $2.50 to pay for twenty-five such memberships; he also sent the names and addresses of the children. Each child will receive a certificate of Junior membership and a special button to commemorate the Fifty-third birthday of the State. Let hundreds imitate Congressman Bowers. On the certificate appear these words for the Junior member to repeat now and then: "I live in West Virginia. I want to grow up to know all about my State and to serve it as well as other men and women who have made it great in the 53 years that have passed State. Governor. about character, about the character of West Virginia, and about the great things that have been done. "Great as West Virginia is in natural resources, grandeur of scenery and industrial supremacy, we must always remember that her future greatness and welfare will after all be most largely determined by the character of her citizens. Character can not be bought; it can not be lost; it is not a fleeting shadow. Though West Virginia were by some mysterious calamity deprived of her vast wealth and resources, the high character of her people would still stand as an eternal monument to be admired by future generations. Your present effort, therefore, to secure the interest and co-operation of our youth is evidently of the highest importance. It is the best birthday present you can give to West Virginia." Patriotic Duty. Congressman Neely, of the First District, has also sent a message. He is particularly impressed with the valuable idea of reminding ourselves, by a birthday celebration, relative to things that we might otherwise forget. "Your ambitious undertaking to celebrate the Fifty-third birthday of West Virginia in the manner outlined in your letter of May 18th, merits the hearty support of every patriotic citizen of the State. Your plan is admirable. Its execution should result in giving to the world a great deal of valuable information regarding the wonderful natural resources of a commonwealth that is destined to be one of the foremost States of all the world. I wish you, your organization and your enterprise boundless success." The Flag's Body Guard. There is a very pretty idea being worked out in Parkersburg. The parade will be headed by the flag of West Virginia and the flag of the United States, carried side by side. The escort of these flags will be fifty-three girls, or young ladies, all dressed alike, and they will swing into the reviewing stand as the body guard of the flags, while the rest of the parade goes by. The fifty-three girls will typify the fifty-three years of the State's life, and this beautiful idea could be worked out everywhere; so Henry H. Archer has sent suggestions along this line to every community of the State, asking; first, that a provisional Committee of three be appointed to organize a local celebration; that this provisional Committee then meet with the men and women connected with organized bodies, churches, orders, schools, Boy Scouts, farmers' organizations, and so on; then that this general Committee arrange whatever seems best to commemorate the day. But the particular thing that Mr. Archer wants borne in mind is the desire of the West Virginia Board of Trade to receive word at once as to all who serve on Committees, and particularly the names and addresses of the girls who dress to typify the fifty-three years of the State. Local Celebrations. Local celebrations are already being planned on a large scale in Wheelling, Huntington and Charleston. But even if every large town in West Virginia were to have a birthday celebration on June 20th, this would not be enough. Every county seat should do something to mark the day on the memory of all its people. In addition, the people of Let everyone repeat this: CREED OF WEST VIRGINIA I believe in West Virginia and honor the men and women who have built the State to greatness in fifty-three years. I believe that the mountains and valleys of West Virginia shall forever be the home of a free and self-governing people. I believe that the men and women of today, living in West Virginia as the inheritors of what has already been done for the State, must themselves serve the State. I believe in the children of West Virginia as the richest resource of the State; for into their hands will pass all that we are proud of in the history and in the possessions of West Virginia. As a gift to the State on its fifty-third birthday I pledge myself to serve it with honor, in public and private; to do my task with patience; and to over strive to build a better State through the character of service which shows out in my daily life. since the State was created. I pledge to West Virginia the services of my hands, my mind and my heart." Mr. Bowers, when enlisting twenty-five Junior members, said this: "I feel much interest in our celebration on the 20th of June. I am the only West Virginian who has ever been elected to Congress from the 2nd West Virginia District, having been born September 13th, 1863, in the State of West Virginia." The State's Character. Congressman Moss, of the Fourth District, has sent a message to be read all over the State. Every person in the State will echo what he says SENATOR CHILTON SPENDS SMALL SUM SENATOR CHILTON SPENDS SMALL SUM Democratic Candidate Has Small Expenditure—Hite Spends Nearly $3,500. (By George W. Summers) WASRINGTON, D. C., JUNE 6. Sworn statements filed with the clerk of the senate by aspirants for the Republican nomination for senator show conclusively that running for a Republican nomination for senator is a costly undertaking. The federal law requires that sworn statements be filed by candidates ten days before a primary election and not more than ten days afterward. The statements of the aspirants for the nomination have been made for the former period and show but part of the total expenses of the candidates. They show that up to ten days before the primary election Howard Sutherland had spent $2,410.60; Albert B. White $2,866.27; and W. F. Hite $3,499.68. The statement filed by Senator Chilton showed he had spent $931, including the $500 which he is required by law to pay for getting his name on the primary election ticket, and which, under the law, need not be reported. Candidates for the nomination for Congressman had spent up to ten days before the primary the following amounts, according to their sworn statements filed with the clerk on the House: M. M. Neely, nothing; Sam V. Woods, nothing; F. N. Alderson $318.96; Ernest Randolph $240; T. A. Null $45; Adam B. Littlepage, nothing; Republican candidates for Congressman reported the following expenditures: J. G. Hearne $230.16; Thomas W. Fleming $758.55; George M. Bowers $150; J. W. Harmon $430.55; L. J. Forman $422.05; Stuart F. Reed $255; R. L. Gregory $550; Harry C. Woodyard $300; Edward Cooper $490.30; M. V. Godby 460. HORSEMAN ENTERTAINS FAIR GROUND CROWDS HORSEMAN ENTERTAINS FAIR GROUND CROWDS Exhibition Given by Prof. Bunce Pleased the Many People Gathered. Notwithstanding the rain on Decoration Day, which prevented the matinee races, which will be held on Sat- Department of Archives BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED JUNE 10, 1916. a district who could not take the trip to the county seat, should act together and have a community picnic; and where just the folks of a neighborhood want to do it, they ought to make up a little party among themselves. Send Greetings. Let every family in West Virginia resolve that on June 20th one or more letters will go outside the State to relatives and friends, telling them that June 20th is the Fifty-third birthday of West Virginia, that West Virginia has wonderful opportunities in it, that the latch-string of the State is out to all who will come here to help use its resources and thus build it to greater things. WEST VIRGINIA honor the men and women who have three years. valleys of West Virginia shall forever ing people. men of today, living in West Virginia been done for the State, must them- st Virginia as the richest resource of pass all that we are proud of in the st Virginia. fifty-third birthday I pledge myself to private; to do my task with patience; state through the character of service urday, June 10th, the large crowd that had gathered enjoyed immensely Prof. Bunce's part of the program which was rendered as advertised. Three green colts were ridden without saddle or bridle, much to the amusement of the crowd. The reward of $5.00 for backing "Whirlwind" for thirty seconds, was accepted by a well known colored horseman, Charles A. Douglas, who was landed on the ground in five seconds the first round and in seven seconds the second turn. Prof. Bunce cuts the time ten seconds for the June races, making the $5.00 offer to any one to ride "Whirlwind" for twenty seconds. POLICE RECEIVE NEW INSTRUCTIONS POLICE RECEIVE NEW INSTRUCTIONS Mayor Leiter Outlines Duties of City Constabulary—Must Keep Moving. Last night Mayor Leiter held a lengthy consultation with the police and discussed with them their duties. This morning he issued instructions that only one officer should remain in the office at a time; while he is there the others must patrol all sections of the city. That is, they must visit North Martinsburg, the eastern section, the Boom, West King street and West Martinsburg, and upon their return other officers will be sent to perform similar duties. The police were also notified that they must not smoke while on duty. The officers were also instructed to carry with them note books, and report all complaints they hear to the mayor. In this way, the chief executive will be kept in close touch with affairs and know what the people desire. Another matter of equal importance is that the police must arrest all persons heard engaging in the use of profane language on the streets. For some time much complaint has been heard about certain classes of men congregating at corners and using language of the most vile and distasteful character. The mayor stated this morning that this custom must cease, and all persons found guilty of the charge would be dealt with most severely. MARTIN A LITTLE SELLS FINE FARM New Yorker Made Purchase Monday Afternoon and Takes Possession August First. One of the largest real estate deals consumated in the county recently was made Monday afternoon when M. A Little sold his farm of 242 1-2 acres to Wallace W. Cockran, of New York. When asked about the transaction, DEDICATE RUMSEY MONUMENT, JULY 4 Those who haunt the upper reaches of the Potomac when the bass begin to bite will not fall to be impressed by the great shatt in course of construction on the banks of the Potomac at Shepherdstown, overlooking the scene of the first successful experiment in steam navigation," remarked former State Senator William Campbell, of Charles Town, who is director of the Rumseyan Society at the Powhattan. "The monument is to John Rumsey, inventor of the steamboat, for which West Virginia appropriated $17,000. "While Fulton is generally given credit for this epochal discovery there is indisputable evidence that Rumsey's invention not only antedated Fulton's but that the latter visited Rumsey at Bath. "Armed with letters from Jefferson, Franklin and others, Rumsey went to London in an endeavor to interest British capital in his invention. He had partly succeeded and had a boat under construction on the Thames when his sudden and tragic death robbed him of the honor which Fulton assumed. Called on to address the Society of Mechanics Aarts at the old Adelphi in London Rumsey was overcome with embarrassment and suffered a fatal stroke of apoplexy on the stage. His body lies in the shadow of Westminster Abbey in the churchyard of St. Margaret's, the official church of the House of Commons. The body of Sir Walter Raleigh is buried under its chancel. Whiflet in London a few years ago I obtained permission to erect a tablet to the memory of Rumsey on the church walls, a patriotic undertaking, which, it is understood the Society of Colonial Dames of West Virginia has in contemplation. "The monument at Shepherdstown is nearly completed and will be unveiled with imposing ceremonies on the Fourth of July." Mr. Little refused to state the consideration, but it is supposed to be quite large. Mr. Little, in addition to disposing of his farm, sold all of the crops and will give possession August 1. The farm lies between Bedington and Shepherdstown, and is about 2 miles from the B. & O. and C. V. railroads. It is known to contain a high grade of limestone, and there may be some developments in that section. Mr. Cockran is well-known in the city, having visited here several times. He also has relatives here. JUSTICE HUGHES STILL WON'T TALK Belief Now Is That Hitchcock Is Working for Roosevelt and Wall Street. WASHINGTON, June 8.—Although disavowing Frank Hitchcock's representation of him at Chicago, Justice Hughes has "nothing to say" whether he will accept the nomination or not if tendered him. That settled it, Secretary Lawrence Green said today. Green, however, did amplify the disavowal by saying that Hitchcock never asked the justice if he could be his manager, and Justice Hughes never said he could be or he couldn't be. Hitchcock has never asked for or received permission to collect the southern delegates for Hughes. One Hughes man, a senator, pointed out when the Hughes movement began to center around Hitchcock, trouble then began, and until now Hughes is "in bad" in the candidates' row. Washington has never considered Hitchecock a political blunder and the belief privately is growing that he is working for Roosevelt and the Wall street group headed by Porkins. Entered in Post Office at Martins- burg, W. Va., as Second Class Matter. J. H. Clifford, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1916 Now that a Jew has been made a Supreme Court Judge, let the next surprise be a Negro. It is bound to come in due time and that isn't going to be so long either. If we had our way, the white man who buys votes should be forever disfranchised, and if ever thereafter a Negro offered to sell his vote he should share the same fate. How can a man love his country and sell his vote? Impossible. Instead of president Wilson drafting a platform of his party's principles, he is going to do it on denials of what has been said about him, and that will doubtless deal from start to finish with Roosevelt, from the fact he has to cough when T. R. sneezes politically. Set it down as a fact, that political bossism has met its doom in Chicago, for all time to come. A hundred years ago, such conditions could not have existed. Too much patriotism then; too much rule or ruin now. The progressives went to Chicago last winter and sounded the keynote of harmony. If ignorant people could only realize that they will be slaves as long as they remain so, surely they would begin to enlighten themselves, for wiser men will so regard and use them. Manhood is the lever which can lift us up and out of our miry condition, without it we must stand where the hoof stands, compelled to bear the burdens of life. Iowa didn't measure up to her usual standard in voting against woman's suffrage. He who fails to see the hand writing on the wall of woman's right to vote, is half blind in one eye and worse in the other. If women can make home heaven, boys and girls great men and women and keep the churches going, why can't they vote? They can't do worse than men. When one looks carefully over the problems of life amid its complexities and man's duty to man, how must the Negro, denied his rights though an American citizen feel? In education and moral development he is hampered. Justice should rule. There should be no separate schools, no jimcrow enforcements nor infringements of any kind. Until the foregoing prevails divine justice will be withheld and vexation upon vexation crowd on this nation. --- If the Northern and Southern Methodist churches which split over slavvy can reunite under constant burning, shooting and lynching of the freed slaves, the Negroes can only appreciate rightfully by re- fusing to have white bishops over them. If they served God in slavery in that way and spirit that brought on the war, why can't they serve Him more faithfully and better, though only half free to be wholly free with their own bishops to stop the curses above named? We read with pleasure the State pride of reward for the best birdhouses. They are useful things - some wise persons claim they are the spiritual outgrowth of the human family. While we think differently, we do confess they need protection yet, it seems to us that a reward for people of dark colors for building and living in the best homes, would please the allwise God much better. Why not make it allowable for them to move out of alleys into better quarters and give to every one a reward who did for himself on the bird line in good homes? Think over it and come to a sense of your duty and you get by far a greater Godly reward. This paper has no retraction in the Major Moton affair. It thought then and knows now that no improvement was made by his promotion. Booker T. Washington's palliation gave us double work for manhood rights not only in the South but the North as well for untold years to come, and his successor's ambition is to be patted on the back and be called "a good darkey"—to the lower regions with the good darky class. Any man who goes back on his wife when abused for contending for her rights paid for to ride in a Pullman car, is unfit to lead and teach our children. Senator A. R. Fall of New Mexico said the following: "President Wilson's policy in Mexico has been one mistake after another. Every step he has taken has been wrong. Every step has increased the contempt of Mexicans for us, has enhanced the danger to American lives and property in Mexico, and held the United States up to the ridicule of the great nations of the earth. "I have always said that give me the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry the two Negro outfits—and I could march from the Rio Grande, capture Mexico City, and hold it against all Mexico. The authority that removed the patrols along the border," concluded Senator Fall, "was responsible for the Columbus massacre. I believe that authority was the State Department." If all Americans would have the same respect and faith in us, what a happy country this would be. The newspapers are talking about the Negro delegates at Chicago in a way they never have before. Some say they were huddled together in groups, sitting on boxes etc. That they are not in demand as heretofore, when they were buttonholed and used to suit the bosses. They also say that they are not seeking quarters from the whites at their expense, but paying their own bills. Good for them. A few are styled "wealthy,"—standing on their manhood—good for that also. From it, plainly it is seen that a new issue is coming to the front, and they must be reckoned with. Heretofore, in National conventions, they have been used precisely as they were in reconstruction days, but if the politicians will take time to read the "Awakening of Hezekiah Jones." and take heed, they can stay in power, otherwise, otherwise. By Roosevelt settling the anthracite coal strike; reinstating Miller in the government printing office; his stand on sound money; his action in the Pius Fund; his splendid conduct in the Venezuela case to the tribunal at the Hague, and causing the Alaska boundary to be amicably and equitably settled, places him far above his competitors in wisdom, manhood and will power to do things in behalf of peace and brotherly love the universe over. He boldly advocated an open door for China; he defended the christains in Turkey; and spoke in no uncertain tones in condemnation of the massacres of Hebrews in Russia and Roumania. He dined and lodged Harry Burleigh in the executive mansion of New York; dined with Washington in the White House; made John R. Lynch temporary chairman of the National Convention in 1884; closed the post office in respect for Miss Cox and stood by Dr. Crum to the last. All men up and no man down was then and is now his propaganda. Grant and Lincoln excepted the colored people never had a better friend in the nation's capitol, and had it not been for that political hypocrite of hypocrites, Taft, he never would have turned out those soldiers at Brownsville. KNODE GRADUATES WITH HIGH HONORS Local Young Man Completes Course at Maryland Agricultural Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Knode, of West King street, returned this morning from the Maryland Agricultural College, where they attended the commencement exercises last night, at which their son, Kenneth T., graduated with high honors. The exercises said to have been the most elaborate in the history of the school, and the class of 45 completed the course with the highest average ever made by any class. Governor Harrington attended. Mr. Knode made an excellent record during his four years of college work. In his freshman year he was a member of the student conference committee, president of the class, and a member of the baseball and football teams. As a sophomore he was class president, member of the student conerene committee, member of the baseball and football teams and a corporal Company A. Hq was president of the junior class, secretary of the literary society, first sergeant of Company A, captain of the baseball team, member of the football team, and chairman of the program committee. During his senior year he was president of the chemical society, chairman of the program committee, vice president of the literary society, captain of the baseball team, member of the football team, and commissioned second lieutenant of Company A. For the gold medal three students competed, it being won by Robert White, but honorable mention was made of Mr. Knode, who discussed the stomach in his thesis. The young man will play this season with Lonacning in the Potomac League and next fall will enter the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and study medicine. his predecessors ever had.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. All Europe should by this time be frankly tired of economizing on bread and meat in order to buy more explosives and projectiles.—Washington Star. Senator Stone declares that no in crease in the army is needed, which convinces a host of Missourians that some new blood in the Senate is needed.—Kansas City Journal. Justice Brandeis has the satisfaction of going upon the Supreme Court with more of a record than most of some new blood in the Senate is.— PEMBERTON-BILLING SAYS WE WILL HAVE TO CAREFULLY WATCH THE JAPS By William G. Shpeherd (United Press, Staff Correspo (United Press Staff Correspondent) LONDON, May 25-(By Mail)Pemberton-Billings, who is trying to a waken England in the matter of the mastry of the air and who made the charge in the British parliament to which he had been recently elected that British airmen were being murdered wore a puprple dressing gown and called me "old sport" as he sat at his breakfast table being interviewed. Once or twice he called to his secreary, standing nearby. "Where in the world is my breakfast? Why doesn't some one bring me my breakfast?" "Have you ever been in the United States?" "Do you suppose the United States could be wakened up in the mater of air service?" "Not until you begin to get some hard bumps. You'll get them some day; too, from the Japanese." Pemberton-Billings has raised such a tumult conversationally, in England about the air service that his ideas or how great and extensive the air service should be made are of interest. His idea is to have the air service the greatest arm of the British forces. He believes that it can be made more powerful than any navy. "I contemplate a force of 100,000 aeroplanes soon, and a force of 250,600 within the next ten years. In general there ought to be five different kinds of aeroplanes. First there will be a scout, small, and very fast. Another will be a heavier machine, armored, for bomb throwing, caarying, perhaps, one bomb. "The third sort will be a cheap and large machine, made in vast quantities, for ordinary battle purposes. "A transport aeroplane will rank next in importance. It will be capable of carrying from 15 to 25 men from one part of a battle line to another and also of moving guns, ammunition and other supplies; it will probably have five or six decks." Such a machine would rank as the army motorbus. "There are going to be huge pattle-planes in the future that will carry batteries of perhaps four-five-inch guns or three six-inch guns with fire control like battleships and with a captain and crew." "Get your army and your navy, too, into the sky. Make your enny come into the esky to fight. Move your troops in the sky; feed them in the sky; let them live in the sky. Just as Napoleon used to force his opponents to give battle on fields which he himself had selected, so let the generals of the war-to-be force their enemies to come up into the sky to meet them." This is the philosophy of Pember- EASTERN PANHANDLE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WILL Meet Here Next Wednesday Morning at the Hotel Berkeley. The regular quarterly meeting of the Eastern Panhandie Medical Association will be held Wednesday, June 14, at 11 o'clock at the Hotel Berkeley. The program: "Treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Young Wowen"—Dr. J. M. Hundley, of Baltimore, Md. Some conclusions from the Recent Diptheria Epedemic in Martinsburg —Dr. Noland M. Canter, of this city. 'The treatment of New Groyths with Radium"—Illustrated. "Mr. Barnes, of New York," was at one time a hero of fiction. Mr. Barnes, of New York, now is regarded by the Roosevelt crowd as a real life villain without an equal in turpitude.—Louisville Courier-Journal. ton-Billing's campaign. He has very definite idea of the plane that would be made for the use of the ordinary "infantrymen" of the sky, the machine that would make up the bulk of the sky flotilla. "We would stamp the wings out of of metal by the thousands. The parts would be stardadized.. The frames would be of steel tubing and the things could be put together quickly. strongly and scientifically, like you in America put together your small, popular automobiles that you make by the thousands. The pre-war cost of such aeroplanes would have been about a thousand dollars apiece." 'But you could develop pilots to man so many air machines?' "I can guaranteee to develop 5,000 pilots in England within the next six months. I would use a cycle track, and automobile speedway and a riding track for horses. "First, I would put my pupils on the cycle track and have them learn the sense of balance. Then I would put them in automobiles to have them gain a sense of speed. The cycle track and the automobile track would give them headtraining. Then, by controlling horses, their hands would be trained and they would be ready to take up flying very shortly." "From details, the new member of parliament pased again to generalities. He put forth the old argument that the more terrible war becomes, owing to improvements in the methods of killing, the less likely the world would be to see war. "War can be wiped out absolutely," he declaren energetically, "by the other over night, and having such tions with a hundred thousand aeroplanes each wouldn't dare to fight each other. One could wipe out the other over night, and, faving such terrible chances, no nations would wish to begin a war. I prophesy that, within the next ten years, it will be possible for nations to use at least 100,000 aeroplanes in warfare. War is developing in that direction." "Have you an idea as to the possibility of awakening the United States to the importance of air preparedness?" 'I think you're like the English, old sport. You know what the Irishman said about us? He said you could speak to an Englishman once and the English won't answer. You speak to him a second time and he doesn't answer. Then you hit him on the side of the head with a brick and he looks around and says, 'I beg your pardon. You spoke to me, didn't you?' It was at this point that Pemberton-Billings said that, sooner or later, the United States would have to look for Japan. They're able people," he said. WEATHER MAN IS HOLDING BALANCE Matinee Races at Fair Grounds Saturday Afternoon Depends Upon Him. If weather conditions are favorable the Auburndale driving club will give a splendid program of racing at the Eastern Panhandle fair grounds Saturday afternoon. The program arranged for Decoration Day will be negotiated. The track has been worked and placed in first-class condition, and several horses have shown they are in form, but it all depends upon the weather. At this time it doesn't look very favorable, but all are hoping that the sun will shine tomorrow, and if it does the track will quickly dry and be ready for use. Are candidates really elected on "platforms;" and how many voters read them-or need to?—Wall Street Journal. LOGALS UALD. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Miller went to Sharpsburg Decoration day. Mrs. Arwilder Hart of Kearneys- ville was in tne city Thursday visit- ing old friends. Mrs Charles Thompson of Charles- town was in MartinsbUrg this week on business. Rev. J. H. Quiett of Winchester Va. preached at the Ebenezer Bap- tist church on last Sunday. | Miss Matilda Green who has _closed her school in Hedgesville is visiting her brother in New York ciiy. Mr, P.R. Fletcher propietor of the West End Grocery Store took advantage of Sunday excursion rates over the B. & O. to visit rela- tives and friends in Washivgton. As hby W. Hawkins a prominent attorney of Baltimore Md. will lec- ture in Martinsburg at Mt. Zion M. i. church June the Zoth. at 8 P. M. We acknowledge an_ invitation for the editor and his wife to attend the Commencement exercises of St. Joseph’s School at which time Miss Loretta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George MacDonald will grad- uate. Tells Chief to Quit. *: This also is from the Star and illus- trates the inability of the police to cope with the situation: « Charles L. Beckingham, former coun- ty commissioner, was named by Mayor Gill Tuesday noon to succeed Chief of Police Louis M. Lang, whose resigna- tion the mayor had demanded in a let- ter written earlier in the day. Mayor Gill made the following state- ment: “Mr. Beckingham is thoroughly fa- iiliar with the liquor situation in Seat: tle, and I believe he can help me clear up that problem, “The one thing I think the police de- partment ought to do is to stop boot- legging in Scattle,” Charles Becking- ham said after his appointment as chief, “Every man, woman and child in the city knows that it is a simple matter ty get liquor. I tbink something can su¥ely be done by the police depart: ment to stop the illegal trade. The drug stores ought not to get away with the stuff they are pulling now.” Donald D. Olson, superintendgnt of the Monroe state reformatory, was of. fered the position Monday afternown, but did not accept it. “Victims of Necessity.” There are three forces working to break down one’s sense of personal ,Fesponsibility to God. The first is a cyrrent philosophy which undertakes to explain all there is in human life in terms of force and matter. We are what we are by force of natural laws, Will Hold I*nportant Meeting Friday Night—Number of Addresses and Other Matters of Import. A regular meetiing of the Opequon District Good Roads Association will e held Friday night at 7:30 at Fair iew school house. important di bussions are promised on this most Important member. A full attendaa:« f’ members of the association is o: ecially urged, and a cordial invitation lo everybody is extended to parti- ipate in this meeting. R. LANGFORD OPERATED UPON AT CHARLES TOWN The many friends of Dr. W. EB. Lang. rd, veterinary surgeon, greeted him is morning when he resumed his ities at his office in North Queen irees. Dr. Langford has returned bm Charles Town, where he under- mt a minor operation in the Char- Town hospital. STILL LOOKS LIKE WOODS HAS BEATEN While no definite news has reached the ciity concerning the econd con- gressional discrict, it is believed that Hon, Sam V. Words has been renom- inated. Reports state than How. Bon Hi, Hiner has carried Pendleton Grant, and Presten counties. C. E. Nethkin has won in Mineral, Monon- galia and Hardy, while Mr. Wov!s Las carrieg Jetforson, Berkeley, Mor- gan and Barbour, and it is though: his vote was large in Tucker and Randolph. 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The career of Mohammed ts now recognized as one of the nine or ten great careers in history. A son of the desert, born with a keen poetic and epsuons nature, his early life was spent in dreams, visions and medita- tions. Gradually there dawned upon hin the conception of the unity of God. In his fortieth year his work of proselyt ing began. , Persecuted by the older religions, he barely escaped with his life, and fled from his birthplace, Mee. ca, to the city of Medina, Rapidiy the new faith gained adherents; the forees of Mecea were defeated and by the time of his death the whole of Arabia had been subdued and an army was seiting forth to assail the Py. rences Mountains and march on the plots of India. Scene at His Death. Like all great ren, his death was moving and impressive. ‘The night after bidding farewell to his. troops as they started for Syria he was seiz cd by a violent pain and vertigo and betook himself to the house of his favorite wife, Ayesha. In the second day of his illness, while tormented hy a burning fever, he bade his slaves arry him to the mosque, and there, atter devoutly praying, addressed the congregation. “If any of you,” he sail, “have ought upon his conscience, let him speak it out that Pmay ask God's pardon for him. A man who had pavcod for a devout Moslem stood fort and confessed himself a hypo- crite and a weak disciple. “Out upon thee!” cried Omar. “Why dost thon make known what God has suffered to renizin concealed?” But Volammed turned rebukingly — to Omar, “O son of Khattab," said he, ‘better is it to blush in this wortd than suffer in the next.” Then lifting Mis eyes to heaven and praying for the acensed, “O God," he exclaimed, “sive him rectitude and faith and take from him all weakness in fulfilling such of thy commands as his con- cience dietates.” Again addressing the congregation: “Is there any one among yon,” he aid, “whom I have stricken? Here is my back; let him strike me in re- turn, Is there any one whose char- aeter T have aspersed? Let him now cast reproach upon me. 1s there any. one from whom T have taken aught unjustly? Let him come forward and be indemnified.” Upon this a man among the throng reminded Moham- med of a debt which he owed him and was jnstantly repaid with inter- est. “Much easier is it,” said he, “to bear punuishment in this world than ihroughout eternity.” Hours of Delirium. “His malady,” said his biographer, Irving. ¢“increased from day to day, Apparently with intervals of delirium, for he spoke of receiving visits from Gabriel, who came from God to in- (uire after the state of his health, and told him that it rested with himself to fix his dying moment, the angel of death being forbidden by Allah to en- ter his presence without his permis- sion.” At last, on June 8, 632 A. D., after a temporary recovery, his end came while atone with Ayesha. Feeling death approaching, he gave orders that all his slaves should be restored to freedom and all the money in his house distributed among the poor; then, raising his eyes to heaven, he exclaimed, “God be with me in the iast struggle.” If the American people were as practical as they are reputed to be, they would re-elect Wilson by acclam. ation and save the bother of a use. iess Presidential campaign. Charles. ton News and Courier, If Justice Hughes is to run on a silence platform, there is no power known that can cut Murray Crane off from the Vice Presidency.—Washing. ton Post. Attendance at the Republican con. vention in Chicago is larger than ev. er before. Of course. These are Dem- ocratic times, and every one, though ruined, has money to spend.--Roches. ter Herald, PRESIDENT JAMISON ON GROUND RULE President Jamison of the Blue Ridge League has instructed the um- Pires as follows in regard to ground rules: Ground Rule: “On any pitched or thrown ball, which leaves fair groung, whether it be a ‘wild pitch,’ ‘pass ball.’ ‘overthrow,’ undesthrow,' ‘wild throw,’ or ‘error,’ by any player, cith- er at ‘home plate,’ ‘first base,’ ‘thira base.” or elsewhere, the base runner shall be allowed to advance not more than two bases, if he can make them before being legally ‘put out.” ‘This does not mean the base run- ner is entitled to advance evon one base if he cannot make it, but to the ena, ft means that he must ‘make’ each base, and shoald he be le- sally ‘put out? while making either base, he shall be declared ‘out by the umpire, “By two bases is meant the base second in advance of the one he oc cupied when the ball yas last put in play by the pitcher.” Umpires Averages. President’ Jamison also gives the folowing averages of the umpires for last week in regard to the time con- sumed for games Glatts’ average, his full 9 inning games last week:.......1 hr, 40 min. Raphun's average.......1 hr. 48 min, Warner's average.......2 hrs, 3 min. AROUND THE CIRCUIT Ben Spencer an outfielder from tho Petorsburg Club, of the Virginia Lea- gue, has been signed up by the Han. over Raiders. Spencer played in 69 games last year, with a batting aver age of .234 and a fielding average ot 064. Gettysburg would have a fair work- ing team if it only had a few pitchers ow whom the Ponies could rely. As fast as other teams in the league fing twirlers who are worthless in Blue Ridge company they reicase them and Gettysburg snaps them up. It's all right to be tender-hearted, Ira, but break even in your kindness with cast-offs and battlefield fans. The latter can't get very. enthusiastic over a tailender that never revives. Owner Boyers, of Hagerstown re- ceiver word from Smith, the pitcher who is under suspension because of his failure to report at Hagerstown at the opening of the season, that he would be here for duty in severad days, He has been working near New York City and playing ball on the side so far this season. His com- ing will give another twirler to the staff who should prove dependable. Although his work last year was not sensational it was steady ana tnere is a chance that this season he may show better form. Smith will be given a tryout and it remains with him to show that he is with the class shown by Blue Ridge teams this year. Four Maroons are hitting over .200 Pedrone, .295; Kolseth, 321; Strick- er, 318; Hooper, .308, ‘The Maroons, it was announced last night would obtain the service of Thormalen, of the Baltimore Oriole pitching staff, who has not been show- ing up very well with that team. Thormalen will likely report to Chambersburg immediately. It is said Manager Ira Plank has signed an- other Blue Ridge cast-off in the per- son of Llewellyn, formerly of the Champs. Gettysburg has a kindly feeling to every ball player that loses his job, and they all know where to hit for when they get their papers. Is it a wonder that they are trailing along at the bottom? Walter Herrell, who was given a tryout with the Ponies, has been handed his release. Barber, who play- ed in left for Gettysburg also was given his pink slip. They are trying Chambersburg's plan of last year. The railroads will have to run excursions to tho battlefield town soon, if they ship many more players in there. The regular trains can’t get enough there. President Vincent Jamison, of the Blue Ridge, has notified the Cham- bersburg Board that he fas appaint- ed Thomas K. Scheller to be official scorer tor Chambersburg. CITY COUNCIL WILt! ILL NOT MEET WEEKLY Meetings May Be Held Semi-Monthly, But Finance Committee Will Meet Weekly. "y diereafter the city council will not. meet weekly as was the custom dur- ing the past year. While tho new plan va not been definitely worked out, ‘it is thought the meetings will be held semimonthly, having the finance ‘committee to meet weekly and audit ‘the bills and order their pay.ayat, ‘ly this method, it is believed, con- siderable routine work can bo dis- bensed with and no diftisalties ex- | perienced, | HUNTINGTON: Five members of ‘the John 'T. Hinton, Jr. family were ‘injured, Mrs. Hnton probably fatally, when the Hinton automobile was stuck by an interurban car in the western section of the city. HUNTINGTON: Caught in a whirl- ‘pool in the Ohio river at the foot of Sixteenth street, Halley Adkins, 19, was drowned. It was several hours before the lad’s body was recovered, LOGAN: “Whiskey at $3 per quart. Step up genUemen. If a quart is too much have w drink at twenty-five cents, Those are the prices that whiskey retails for in Logan county as told by certain inerviduals who paid the price once but never again, they say. HUNTINGTON: Firemen rescued six persons, a man, woman and four children, from the seoond story of a building at 934 Third avenue, when flames threatened the structure. WHEELING: A large rat attacked tho six-year-old daughter of Albert Doty, of McMechan, while she was asleep. The rodent severely bit the child about the nose and fingers, and was frieghtened away by the screams of the mother. _ HUNTINGTON: The American De- fense Society has opened negotiations with Mayor E. Sehon for the holding of a monstrous preparedness parade ‘here sometime in the near future. A local committee on arrangements ‘probably will be appointed by the mayor. | WHEELING: While walking down & flight of stairs at the home of Mrs. William Utermohien, where he haa eaten his dinner, Michael Travis, 26 fell from the top of the stairs into the rear yard. Mrs. Utermohlen went into the yard and found him dead. Heart trouble was the cause. WHEELING: A double tragedy was enacted at Brilliant, near here, when after remarking to a neighbor, “Good- bye, I won't see you any more,” James McNeal, 44, went to his home a short distance away, shot his wife and then turned the revolyer on himself. Mrs. McNeal succumbed to her wounds a short time later, while McNeal is lin- gering at the point of death, GRAFTON; A movement has been started here to have the city selected, as the camping place for at least one regiment of the West Virginia nation- el guard this year. Organizations of business men have taken up the mat- ter, and the movement is gaining a strong Impetus, WELLSBURG: Ray Curtis, of this city, is the owner of four young coy- otes, which he recelyed from his brother, who is in Colorado, The coyotes are about three or four weeko old and resemble a fox, WHEELING: Isreal Lazear, who jas gained somewhat of a reputation as a political prophet, says that Theo- dore Roosevelt is certain to be the Republican nomination for presidey-ty AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OPPOSES "DRY" LAWS ADOPTS RESOLUTION Players of Entire Nation, at Annual Convention in Cincinnati, Declare That Anti-Liquor Movement Circumscribes Individual Liberty. Which is Essential to the Principle of Democracy By what was almost a unanimous vote, the American Federation of Musicians in convention at Cincinnati, declared itself opposed to prohibition as an unwarranted interference with the liberty of the individual. The following appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer: A strong resolution against prohibition and the nomination of officers were the principal business of the convention of the American Federation of Musicians yesterday. At the afternoon session the following resolution was adopted by a practically unanimous vote: "This convention protests against any movement that has for its purpose the circumscribing of that liberty of individual thought and action which is essentially the underlying principle of a democracy founded on the basic declaration of guarantees such as inaugurated in the United States. Why They Did It. "As an organization for the purpose of assisting the economic progress of the wage workers we are entirely within the province of moral consistency to emphasize that more especially do we take issue with all propaganda which, if adopted, not only destroy vested property values, acquired and developed under protection of law, but also deprive a multitude of wage earners of their means of existence as being without justice or equity. "The intellectual, commercial, industrial, political, social and physical condition in countries where some of the theories now being agitated here have already been in force are not such as to invite or warrant application or experiment in the United States." WHAT RHYMES WITH DRY? A BLACK EYE! The ensuing is from the Washington Post. "Prohibition has certainly received the blackest kind of eye in the recent Nebraska primaries," said R. B. Howard, of Omaha, at the Ebbitt. "The most prominent adversaries of liquor, Col. William Jennings Bryan and his brother, Charles W., the former running for delegate at large and the other for governor, met overwhelming disaster. The successful candidate for the governorship, Mr. Neville, is an anti-prohibitionist; so is Senator Hitchcock, who won easily, and so is former Mayor Dahlman, who was elected national committeeman. "If there is any lesson in the Nebraska elections it is that the people of the state are opposed to such radical legislation as Col. Bryan has been trying to put on the statute books, and my belief is that the agitation to make Nebraska a dry state will not be renewed for a long time." FOR CHAIRMAN FOR CHAIRMAN Solicitor-General is Doomed to Succeed William F. McCombs at National Chairman. John W. Davis, solicitor-general of the department of justice, is being discussed for chairman of the Democratic committee to succeed William F. McCombs, who has announced he will not accept another term. William Wallace, Jr., assistant at torney general, and Frank Polk, counselor of the state department, are also under consideration. National Committeeman Fred B. Lynch, of Minnesota, has been most prominently considered so far, but it is understood that his candidacy will not be pushed further. Henry Morgenthan, former ambassador to Turkey, practically has been decided upon for chairman of the finance committee. OLD OFFENDERS GET LEMON EXTRACT JAGS The Cedar Rapids Gazette, in "dry" Iowa, remarks: Lemon extract brought about the downfall of two Cedar Rapids citizens this morning, Ben Trimble and George Hartman, both old offenders, succumbing to the spirits of the cake flavoring. The imbibing of the extract gave Trimble a domestic jag, for he immediately proceeded to mistreat his wife, with the result that numerous complaints were phoned to the police. By the time the officers were on the way to the house he had desisted and was on his way to the city when arrested by Detective Christensen and Officer Kvapil. Hartman, on the other hand, was inclined to distribute his exuberance and was thrown out of some of the best barber shops in town before his arrest. BOOTLEGGERS JOY "THERE'S A REASON" When citizens grow tired of prohibition, the hardest job the authorities can tackle is to try to enforce the "dry" law. Take the case of West Virginia, according to this dispatch from Charleston to the Baltimore Sun: Bootleggers and speak-easy proprietors all over the state are jubilant over the possibility that all the special officers employed to enforce the state prohibition laws will be dismissed because of lack of funds in the state treasury. Of the $15,000 to the credit of the state prohibition department, but $365.86 now remains, and there will be no more money forthcoming before July 1. Officers of the state prohibition department are making desperate efforts to keep the officers at work, enforcing the prohibition laws. They claim there will be sufficient assurance of funds from private sources to enable them to retain all the officers. It is known that there are a number of wealthy men in the state willing to contribute liberally. COURT WILL BUILD HOME FOR STEWART On the County Farm, and it Will be Modern in Every Respect—Mill Creek Vote Canvassed. At Friday's session of the county court it was decided to build a home for the stewart on the county farm, according to plans and specifications prepared by C. E. Kent. The home will be a 2-story brick structure, containing 8 rooms and bath and be modern in every detail. The court decided to use a portion of the money bequeathed to the poor of Berkeley county by Josiah Alexander, which amounted to about $13,000. The contract will be let in a few days and work started as the court hopes to have it completed at an early date. The court also canvassed the returns of the special road election held in Mill Creek district, and found no errors, the result being as follows: Totals ..... 79 Majority against ..... 53. OLD VIRGINIA ASKS PAYMENT OF DEBT John G. Pollard Requests Court to Execute Judgement Against Us for $13,000,000. WASHINGTON, JUNE 5.—John G. Pollard, attorney general of Virginia, today filed a motion before the United States supreme court, asking that steps be taken to execute the judgement in behalf of Virginia for $13- 000,000 due from West Virginia as a part of the debt on January 1, 1861. About a year ago the court handed down a final decision, but since then there has been fruitless as to the method of payment, Attorney General Lilly claiming that state property is not subject to evy. The judgement is only persuasive as West Virginia cannot until the legislature convenes in January, 1917. JAPS WRECK WATER CART WONDERFUL LITTLE BROWN MEN DON'T WANT PROHIBITION THEY DRINK "SAKE" Diet Defeats Anti-Alcohol Bill Statesman Eulogizes Liquor, Declaring it is Used by Practically All Citizens, from Emperor to Laborer Without Injurious Effect The Japanese are a wonderfully efficient race. They use liquor freely. Their favorite beverage is a native drink called "sake." The following is from the Louisville (Ky.) Herald, and came from Tokio, Japan: The water wagon is not in general use in Japan. But many people want to see it started on the way, and annually a bill for the suppression of alcohol is introduced in the Diet. Laughed Out of Diet. One of the most prominent advocates of the prohibition is Prof. Katayama, of the Imperial University, and a mishap which he suffered caused the temperance bill to be laughed out of the House. At the coronation naval review, Prof. Katayama was the only guest to fall out of a launch after the luncheon on board the battleship. Beyond swallowing a lot of sea water and getting his cocked hat and feathers spoiled, he was none the worse. When the temperance bill was introduced in due course, Tomoya expressed his indignation as follows: "Honorable Gentlemen: "The honorable member who has been pushing this bill for years past does not seem to know much about the subject. Drunkards in Russia sometimes drink so much that they fall down dead in the road; is it believed that there are such drunkards in Japan? Even the Emperor, the Crown Prince and the Princes of the blood drink of the sake which is presented to the spirits of their divine ancestors and from this ritual emanates the sacred national principal of Japan. Lessens Care. "Again, our laborers can only forget a day's toil by drinking sake when they get back to their homes. However tollsome the day's work may have been, a man can easily forget all that if he has a drink with his wife at supper time. "As most of you are aware, Dr. Katayama, who is a strict teetotaler, fell off a launch at the review. He was saved by three mariners and I assisted in dragging him on board. When he got on board the launch, he was just like a sea demon fresh from the sea, but drink was not the cause of his accident." Loud laughter, amid which the antialcohol bill perished. THE FUNNY SIDE OF PROHIBITION LAWD, MAN, YOU'RE RIGHT! [N. Y. American.] We always seem to take the most interest in the Ten Commandments paragraph that fits our neighbor. AND RED NECK TIES— [Luke McLuke, Cincinnati Enquirer.] You can fool the People, but you can't fool Nature. That is why so many of the Prohibitionists have red noses. WAR! What Is It All About? HAS the whole world gone stalk mad over a very foolish and trivial question? 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