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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCH AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" Department of Archives The "HERE SE ESTABLISHED 1882 HETTY'S MONEY TO SON AND DAUGHTER Will Leaves Few Small Bequests to Friends, With No Gifts to Public Charity. BELLOWS FALLS, VT., July 6. The will of Mrs. Hetty Green, long known as the wealthiest woman in America, who was hurried here yesterday, leaves the bulk of her estate to her son, Colonel E. H. R. Green, and her daughter, Mrs. Matthew Asctor Wilks. The remainder is distributed in smaller bequests to old friends of Mrs. Green. No estimate of the total value of the estate is contained in the will and the closing clause provides that the son and daughter shall not be required to file an inventory of appraisement or give bonds, and "shall not be required to account in or to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Probate Court." The will was filed by Colonel Green in the office of the Probate Judge. It is dated March 28, 1911. After directing that all expenses incurred through Mrs. Green's illness and funeral shall be paid promptly, following "tokens of esteem" are bequeathed: Mrs. Herbert P. Bankroft, of New York, a friend of Mrs. Green $5000; Amery A. Lawrence, of Boston, $10,000; Ruth Lawrence, New York, $5000, and Matthew Astor Wilkes, husband of Mrs. Green's daughter, $5000, as "an appreciation of having made an antenuptial relinquishment of any action on his wife's property." The will disposes of the estate of Mrs. Green's husband as directed in his will. This property goes to the son and daughter. All jewelry, household furiture, portraits, paintings and other personal effects of Mrs. Green are to be divided equally between son and daughter, as they may agree. A trust fund is then provided for the daughter, and the son is directed to serve as trustee without pay, in order that the daughter may have the benefit of his experience. The will provides that nearly $5,000,000 in bonds and mortgages shall be held in trust by the son and daughter for ten years, the income to be given to the daughter every three months, and the capital to revert to her at the termination of her trust. The residue of the estate is left to the son and daughter "in trust for ten years." No stipulation appears in the will as to the disposition of the estate after the trust expires. CELEBRATES HIS 74TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATES HIS 74TH BIRTHDAY George S. Hill Celebrates His Natal Day at His Home Tuesday. Tuesday George S. Hill, one of the most prominent citizens of the city, celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday anniversary at his home in West Burke street. No special preparation was made for the celebration, but a large number of friends called to felicitate the venerable gentleman upon his reaching another milestone, and express the hope that he will see many more. Although having passed the three-score-and-ten mark, Mr. Hill is hale and hearty, and attends to his duties as cashier of the Old National Bank in his usual business-like and genial way. EAGLE PASS HAS AWFUL WEATHER Thermometer Goes Up to 120—Wind Quits. EAGLE PASS, Texas, July 6.—Imagine a giant sugar scoop slightly flattened on one side, and you have approximately the topography of the camp in which some of the troops are now located and which will be the home of the rest of the brigade upon its arrival. The camp lies directly east of Eagle Pass with the lip of the scoop towards the town. An errormous plain covered with alkali dust on which no living thing grows except the rank cactus and chapparal, forms the bottom of the scoop, while on both sides great buttes rise off the all prevailing flatness and constitute the rims of the bowl. Toward the east the ground slopes gently upward to a level with the sides. There is not a tree or a shrub over three feet high and over it all the sun beats down with merciless intensity. It is hotter here in the shade than it ever was in the East in the sun. Many men in the regiment who have been all over the world say it is the hottest place they have ever encountered. A jackrabbit would travel all day without finding enough shade to cover him completely. The nights are cool, the air then is fresh and crisp. But by 7.30 the sun begins its work. In the shade of the tent of Captain Bond of the Thirteenen infantry, United States regulars, the thermometer exploded yesterday at 120 degrees. When the weather is considered moderate the glass registers from 99 to 105 degrees. All of the elements conspire to make life uncomfortable. When the sun lets up the wind has its turn. At 5 p. m. as regular as clocskwork the dust storm begins like fog. It rolls over the camp in white clouds, filling eyes, ears, nose, mouth, clothing and shoes. All tents are closed and the men stay under cover. AUTO TIRES OUT INFURIATED BULL Driver, Pinned in Field, Keeps Going Longer Than the Beast. Twiford Williams, a farmer living near Federalsburg, Md., had a thrilling experience yesterday with an infuriated bull. Williams ran his automobile into a field to look over the bull, which he was contemplating buying. The bull became frightened at the machine and made a dash for it. Williams quickly turned on all the power the car contained, and the automobile shot away at a 50-mile-an-hour clip, but when it reached the gate leading out of the field Williams could not make the turn at such high speed. The bull chased him around the field repeatedly, and made desperate attempts to head off the car, but Williams, by carefully manipulating the steering wheel, managed to elude the beast, which finally became tired and gave the frightened man a chance to escape through the gate. William Bayard Hale has gone to Germany as a representative of Mr. Hearst. The two of them hate President Wilson quite enough to stir up a lot of trouble for him over there. Chicago News and Courier. MEAT PRODUCTION AND THE DEMAND Has Not Kept Pace With the Increase in Population of the County That meat production has not kept pace with the increase in population and that its failure to do so, combined with increased cost of production and diminished purchasing power of the money unit, has contributed to higher prices not only in the United States but all over the world is stated in Part 1 of the exhaustive report on the meat situation in the preparation of which specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture have been engaged for some time. This country, it is said, is participating in a worldwide movement and it is not expected that the situation will undergo any radical change in the immediate future. On the other hand, it is believed that there will be a gradual growth and expansion in the world's production of beef, mutton, and pork which may or may not equal the rate of increase of the meet-eating population. In America this gradual expansion appears to have begun already. Between 1907 and 1913 there was a marked decline in the number of cattle in the country but in the last two years this has not only stopped but has given way to a perceptible increase. The estimated number on farms and ranges on January 1, 1916, 61,441,000, is, however, still much below the corresponding figure for 1907, 72,534,000. With the exception of temporary checks due to losses from hog cholera there has been in recen years a persistent increase in the production of swine. On January 1, 1916, the number in the country was estimated at 68,000,000 as compared with 58,200,000 in April, 1910. On the other hand, the number of sheep declined during this period from 52,500,000 in 1910 to 49,200,00 in 1916. As the decrease, however, is not sufficient to offset the increase in cattle and swine, it may be said that the total production of meat in the United States is increasing but that this increase is not yet proportionate to the growth in population. The available supply of meat would be much greater if it were not for the enormous losses caused by disease and exposure. Since 1900 it is estimated that from 1,100,00 to 1,475,000 cattle have died each year from disease and from 600,00 to 1,500,00 from exposure. With sheep, the losses from disease have been about the same, but from exposure much larger. With the swine the relative prevalence of hog cholera is perhaps the determining factor in the annual loss. In 1894 this was as low as 2,200,000. If these 7,000,000 hogs had been savbut in 1914 it amounted to 7,000,000,duced enough meet to furnish every ed, it is said, they would have profamily in the United States with 40 pounds of pork. Despite these facts the United States remains the greatest meat eating as well as the greatest meat producing nation in the world. Approximately twice as much meat is consumed in this country as in Germany before the war and the total normal consumption in Russia, Great Britian and France is less than in Germany. The per capita consumption is also far greater in this country than anywhere else with the exception of Australia and New Zealand. Our own exports now consist largely of pork and pork products and these are derived to a great extent from corn. In the fiscal years of 1914 and 1915 we imported more fresh, chilled, and frozen beef and mutton than we exported, and more beef of all descriptions was imported in 1914 than we exported. In this limited respect we have joined the great majority. Practically the whole of the world's export trade in meat is maintained by nine countries—Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, under normal conditions, New Zealand, the United States and Uruguay. VERY SAFE AND SANE WAS FOURTH VERY SAFE AND SANE WAS FOURTH The Natal Day Was Quetely Celebrated, But Everybody Appeared Happy and Contented. Martinsburg celebrated yesterday her most safe and same Fourth. There was practically an absence of fireworks, especially in the city, but on the outskirts a few young Americans celebrated the natal day in a rather lively manner. No special celebration being planned, thousands went early to Kilmer's Grove and enjoyed the Sunday school picnic. The ball game in the morning at Rosemont was well patronized, and in the afternoon hundreds followed the teams to Hagerstown and helped bring home victory. A large crowd of Red Men went to Frederick and participated in the celebration there planned by the Red Men order, while several spent the day along the river enjoying fishing. At night it seemed that the entire city population was on the streets, but all was quilty and orderly, and the day passed without incident. THE "BLACKSMITH PREACHER" BUSY THE "BLACKSMITH PREACHER" BUSY Will Soon Open Tent Meetings at Several Places in This Section. Early next week Charles Beard, popuarly known at home and Berkeley county as the "Blacksmith Preacher," will begin his tent meetings for the mid-summer and autumn season with a big revival meeting at Kessel, in Hardy county, W. Va. Following this start among a substantial element of farmers, which meeting he will probably continue for several weeks, he will host meetings at Hancock, Md., Keyser, W. Va., and at other places as now planned, extending the time into the cold weather season autumn. Rev. Beard, a few months ago, conducted most successful meeting Petersburg, Mount Carmel, and Laymansville churches, in Grant county. He is an evangelist of nature's type and his work shows results as evidenced of his sincerity. MR. RHODES BREAKS ARM IN TWO PLACES While walking down the steps at his home in West South street early Tuesday morning, Philip Rhodes, the well-known keeper of the Norbourne and Catholic cemeteries, fell and sustained a severe injury, his left arm being broken in two places near the wrist. Dr. Sperow was immediately summoned and treated the injury. Reports today state that the arm is very sore and that it will be several weeks before it will be available for use. INCOME TAX TOTALS ENORMOUS AMOUNT INCOME TAX TOTALS ENORMOUS AMOUNT New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Massachusetts Paid Two-Thirds of $124,867,129. Four states—New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Massachusetts—paid twice that $85,000,000 of the $124,867,429 in income taxes turned into the national treasury during the fiscal year 1916, which ended June 30. A table issued by Secretary McAdoo of payments by Internal Revenue districts shows that New York alone paid $55,239,679 and that the greatest percentage of increase, which raised the total from the $89,099,000 collected last year, came from the tour states headed by New York. The total corporation tax from the six New York districts was $14,944,675 and the personal tax was $30,286,604. New York's total corporation tax last year was $10,221,206 and its tax on individual incomes was $17,417,337. Pennsylvania contributed the second largest toll, $13,102,434, of which $6,790,230 was corporation tax and $6,312,004 individual, as compared with $4,725,139 and $4,642,557 for the previous year. Illinois was third, with $5,579,152 and $5,166,689, a total of $10,745,841. A year ago Illinois paid $2,293,527 and $2,670,630. Massachusetts' tax this year was $6,762,017, of which $2,668,144 was corporation income tax and $4,193,873 personal as compared with $1,853,057 and $2,683,084 a year ago. Seven other districts paid well over $1,000,000 each into the fund. Ohio contributed $6,043,935, of which $3,647,656 was corporation tax. California and Nevada comprising one district, paid $1,937,865 corporation and $1,493,389 individual; Connecticut and Rhode Island, $1,692,183 and $2,132,866; Maryland, the District of Columbia Delaware and two counties of Virginia, $1,787,680 and $2,741,761; Indiana, $814,207 and $410,319; Michigan, $2,025,472 and $1,875,744; Missouri, $1,583,235 and $1,206,727, and New Jersey, $2,928,299 and $1,537,732. Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas Fro rida, Georgia, Kentuckey, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia paid a total of $5,389,670, of which $3,491,423 was from corporations. HON. CHAMP CLARK TALKS TO BAPTISTS Speaker Is Drawing Card at Opening of Chautauqua at Virginia Beach. Thousands of Baptists gathered at Virginia Beach Tuesday to attend the opening session of the Virginia Baptist Chautauqua. The metings opened under a mammoth tent, which was packed with men, women and children. Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was the drawing card. He promised several months ago to deliver an address on the opening day of the Chautauqua. Lieutenant-Governor Ellyson, of Virginia was also at the opening session. Carlos Loveira, Mexican labor delegate says we "ought to send a punitive expedition into Wall street," as headquarters of the Mexican trouble. There is force in the idea, but Wall street walks in the water with practiced skill and the trail is hard to follow.—New York World. Entered in Post Office at Martinsburg, W. Va., as Second Class Matter. J. K. Cliftord, Editor and Proprietor. Drawer 869, and Bell 'Phone 60K, Martinsburg, W. Va. The Pioneer Press believes in a "fair field for all, and special favors to none." With such a slogan as its guiding star, this country would be still greater than it now is. In a large measure, the colored people of this country hold their salvation in their own hands, and the sooner they come to a full realization of this fact, the more powerful they will become, and the better able to handle themselves they will be. The redoubtable Jack Johnson cables from Barcelona, Spain, that he is going to fight a bull, and that he will fight Sam McVey, Sam Langford, Jess Willard or anyone else. Jack, "like the cork, will not down." If J. Wesley Frye and his wife, who made an attempt to run a restaurant and lodging house on East Martin Street, were made to "shut-up-shop" solely as a bow to prejudice, it is a sad commentary on the sense of justice as possessed by our City Fathers. The Grand Lodge of Masons met reeently in Parkersburg and had a very pleasant time. J. W. Robinson was elected Grand Master and Mr. Goodwyn Deputy Grand Master, Alex. Redman Grand Senior Warden and Prof. Curtis Grand Junior Warden, Mr. Trent Grand Treasurer and S. W. Hughes Grand Secretary. Rev. Samuel M. Beane, the popular, energetic and progressive divine who pastored Mount Zion M. E. Church, this city for eight years, was in the city for a day or two last week. He looked the picture of health and everybody was glad to see him. He reports his work in Roanoke, where he is now located, as progressing nicely. With the proper support from the Negroes everywhere, newspapers published by colored men will prove a source of untold benefit to them, and would serve them as no other medium can or does. But Rip Van Winkle like, our people seem so slow to wake up and realize what a wonderful lever they have, and are either too unappreciative of, or too slothful to use. We see no reason in the world why the City Council, when granting J. Frank Briscoe a license to run his restaurant another year, should admonish him to conduct his place properly. He has done that, would do it without suggestions from anyone, and keeps an establishment that is a credit to the town of Martinsburg. The best white people in this community are agreed that Briscoe's restaurant is a first class one in every particular, and that the proprietor is a very progressive young colored man. The Negro has an example and a good one at that politically in the conduct of the Jew. He does not wear his politics on the lapel of his coat, nor boast of what he is going to do. The Negro does both. The Jew refrains from organizing his people into a separate political unit to be drilled for a certain party. The Negroes do. In this state they jimcrow themselves into a separate party and do the same nationally, and many use and abuse their secret societies by claiming they can be landed. Its plain on its face that its done for the prospective dollar, and therein lies the shame. Be a party to none of it. Be men and draw unto you American respect, instead of American odium. Mr. John Streets, of Keyser, W. Va., has by hard study and work made himself invaluable to that excellent city. Those going to Keyser and seeing the beautiful stone masonry that decks it with more glory than diamonds do men, would not after seeing and talking with Mr. Streets, believe he did or could do such beautiful work. The secret of the whole matter is, he followed his calling—any other effort would have been a failure. How important then, that the tendency of every child's nature be figured out and encourage and to strenuously pursue it as has Mr. Streets, of whom we are proud. Not satisfied with a comfortable house he owned and lived in for years he has built and furnished another house that's fit for a king. An article in the Philadelphia Tribune, of June 24, respecting the deceased and the present Principal of Tuskegee Institute, regarding them and their attitude toward manhood rights, is highly illuminating and is directly in line with the ideas expressed by The Crisis, The Saint Paul Appeal, Richmond Planet, Cleveland Gazette, Boston Guardian, Detroit Leader, Savannah Tribune, Rochester Chronicle, and many other race loyal publications for years past. While somewhat belated, the clear exposition of the Tuskegee idea as expressed by the present editor of the Tribune is nevertheless very timely, invigorating and calculated to have a wholesome effect. What Negroes want, is to labor unceasingly until every right is theirs which is possessed by all other American citizens. The National League on Urban Conditions among Negroes has been very successful in listing students for summer work in the tobacco fields of Connecticut. The demand for this work has been unusually large, but nevertheless, there is need for more applicants. A large number of students have beer listed from the states of Georgia and South Carolina, and in order to accommodate them free transportation has been arranged from Savannah to New York. Students coming from Savannah will be given their fare one way, which will make it necessary that they pay their own way back home; while those coming from Norfolk will be given their round trip fare. Every student must report at Norfolk or Savannah not later than three days after receipt of notice. They will be instructed where and to whom they are to report upon their arrival at either of these cities. Each student should be prepared to pay for a night's lodging as well as a couple of meals as these expenses will not be defrayed by the company while they are waiting to be transported. They will not be kept at either city for more than three days if they respond at once 17.10 to our call. The harvest season begins the middle of July, and from the 10th of July on, each student may expect his notice. It will be necessary for each one to bring his notice with him. Every person must be identified. For further information, apply to the headquarters of the National Urban League, 2303 Seventh Avenue, New York City, New York." Washington, D. C., March 3, 1916. Dear Friend: As the National Republican and the National Progressive Conventions will meet in Chicago, Wednesday, June 7. 1916, we believe that much important political information and great political Benefit would accrue, if we would hold a National Negro Conference in Chicago, on Monday and Tuesday, June 5th and 6th, 1916. We are losing prestige; we have lost in representation and it might be well to find out just where we are "at" and on what we are standing. Do you approve the idea of a National Negro Conference open to all who may come? Will you kindly send us a brief expression along this line for publication? Respectfully. The above letter has been sent to a large number of the race's most influential men, and to the best-known of our editors. We believe the time is ripe for action, and we shall publish from now on all replies and suggestions to the above letter. Ed. The above letter appeared in the "Washington Eagle" a short time ago, and while late for the occasion expressed, the suggestion was a good one, and should be given careful attention and consideration by our people, especially in States where they are looked upon as holding the balance of power, like in West Virginia and many other states. They should hold County and State Conferences prior to each election for County and State officers, and then every four years a National Conference prior to the Presidential Convention or election, so as to pass resolutions to support such parties as will guarantee to us our equal rights, not social but necessary accommodations in hotels, restaurants etc., whenever a license has been granted to a person to run a hotel or restaurant for the accommodation of the public. The refusal on the part of a landlord is one of the most humiliating and degrading hardships the colored people have to contend with, for we are now beginning to find it necessary to travel as well as other people, and the first thing a colored man or woman can do when he or she lands in a strange town, is to look for some little boy, or "Aunt Jane" to inquire where some of their people can be found, so as to get a place to stay all night or get something to eat, though they may have plenty of money in their pockets. G. N. Nor is it likely that in filling the present army contract Chicago will take a chance on supplying the kind of canned beef that was sent out in '98.—Indianapolis News. The Democratic party has deserved another term because of its domestic reforms—it is a reproach on the common sense of our citizens that the result of the next election will be decided by the apparent success of foreign policies.—Florida Times-Union --- Some day the country may learn that 48 little armies each under a State government, some with equipment and some without, some with training and some without, do not constitute an effective force in a modern war.—Kansas City Times. KEYSER COMPANY WINS THE PRIZES At Cumberland Valley Firemen's Con- Vention at M'ddletown, Pa., Yesterday. MIDDLETOWN, PA., JULY 6. The industrial parade yesterday closed the three-day celebration incident to the convention of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firmen's association. The parade traversed the same streets over which the firemen marched Tuesday with the exception it did not go to Royalton. The Shawnee Fire company, of Columbia, took part in the parade and received considerable applause while enroute. The parade was divided into three sections, which formed on Anna street and started at 2:30 o'clock. The first division contained the floats and automobiles and was headed by the Liberty band. Some of these came from nearby towns. The second division was made up of the Rescue Drum corps, the Brownstone Castle, No. 56, Knights of the Golden Eagle, the band of the Hopping carnival company which is exhibiting in town this week, and the Shawnee Fire company, of Columbia. The third division was reserved for the fantastic organizations, and was headed by the famous Rarktown band of the Rescue Hose company. This was followed by their unique, home-made fire fighting apparatus, modeled closely after the approved style. The Rescue boys had a large number in line. Owing to the necessity of many of the companies being in their home town by the end of the holiday, they were unable to participate in the contests which were held Tuesday morning, and most of these prizes were not awarded because of the few entries. The Cumberland Valley Hose company, of Carlisle, which had been entered into the engine contest, notified the committee in charge that while fighting a fire in Carlisle on Sunday night, several of flues were burned out of their engine and they would be unable to engage in the contest. The Viligant Reel and Hose company, of Keyser, W. Va., was awarded second prize of $75 in the contest for drill teams. This company traveled 1873 miles with its band, to attend the convention and received a $50 pair of the company coming the greatest distance. The expense of this company during the three days and including board and rail road fare are reported to have reached all of more than a thousand dollars. Immediately after the industrial parade, the Viligant company with a band, was escorted through the streets by Liberty Fire company No. 1, of town. After posing for several photographs the band entertained a large crowd by a concert. The fire company then sang the state song of West Virginia in splendid fashion and responded to several encora. WAR I am the God of Battles. Born in that hour when Cain lifted his club, I have come down through all time, breaking the silence of the centuries with the tread or armies and the clash of steel. I am the maker of history. Epochs begin with the passing of my banners, and dynasties end when my trumpets sound. I am the builder of tombs, the chisler of monoliths, the sculptor of laureled bronze. I am the leveler of haughty and imperious empires, the debaser and humiliator of earth's proud and mighty. At my chariot wheels are dragged the great and powerful. I know no fealty. I have espoused the banner of the crescent moon and have fought beneath the cross of Constantine. My Viking ships have sailed the seas for Thor and Issus and Osiris. I have dared the Alps with Hannibal. Bartholomew was to me a golden night, and the song of the bronsides was an anthem of my inspiration. I am the great Anthithesis. I am the forger of letters, but I have brok- er the shackles of ten million slaves. I am Oppression's ghastly weapon, but I am the last tribunal where serf and king must plead their cause before an equal bar. I am the instrument of Caste, but the thunder of Revolution is the signal for my avenging hosts. I am the Scourge. I change the golden wheat fields into trampled straw. I scar the landscape with red trenches, wherein are thrown the wrecks of men scorched and torn with flame and shell. Where I have passed are fireless forges and the spider spins across the mouths of furnaces. In my wake the plowshare dusts besides the furrows; sheepherds flocks go straying through the hills, and the lowing herds jangle impatient bells beside the pasture bars; he swinging ax is heard no more at lawn, and women's voices call in vain for husbandmen at noon. I have reaed the battlefields with lead, until its stench has called the endor from the crags. I have filled the world with orphans, and have wrung an Atlantic's tears from the eyes of white-faced women. I have left fair-visaged boys staring with glassy eyes into the noon-day sun. I have left young fathers with wide-dung arms lifeless in the gathering dusk. I have left grim warriors stark and cold beneath the silent stars. I am in league with Woe, and Death I am War, and—war is hell—Ex All Citizens Interested The coming convention promises to be the most largely attended in the history of the organization. Noted speakers of national reputation and recognized authority have been secured and the program promises to be of special interest, not only to liquor dealers but to all citizens of the United States who are interested in this question. Many of the allied lines of industry affected by prohibition, such as bottle manufacturers, carpenters, coopers, tobacco dealers, harness manufacturers, hardware dealers, ice dealers, lithographers, motor truck manufacturers, painters, printers, railroad, real estate, telephone, wagon manufacturers, etc., will be represented by men who are in a position to speak authoritatively on the different phases of this question. THEY SIGH FOR CIDER Since the states of Washington and Oregon went "dry," according to the Round Up (Mont.) Record, their citizens have developed a frightful thirst for hard cider. The Record says: "Cider wanted, and wanted at once and badly," is the cry that has come from Washington and Oregon to local railroads from their representatives in those two states. A whole carload is needed at once and more later. It is claimed that since both states went dry the manufacture of a "hard" cider, consisting of the old-fashioned cider that was placed on the Sunday table in the good old days back on the farm, with something that gives a "sensation of a kick," has gone ahead by leaps and bounds and practically every quart of cider in the two states has been bought up for "remodeling." RESULTS OF PROHIBITION: The Cigar and Tobacco Journal, of Milwaukee, says: Out in Washington, where prohibition is on trial, the courts have held that it is lawful for officers of the law to raid a private house for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the occupant has in stock more than two quarts of spirituous or twelve quarts of malt liquors—this being the maximum which the law permits. What a beautiful thing prohibition is, to be sure. Think of it, ye who are inclined in that direction. PATENT MEDICINE IS TOO MUCH FOR MIKE PATENT MEDICINE IS TOO MUCH FOR MIKE A special to the Topeka (Kas.) Capital, from Ft. Dodge, in "dry" Iowa, says: Because Mike MacKey drank too much of a patent medicine, which is said to contain 60 per cent alcohol, he was fined $25 in police court here. He claims to have purchased the medicine at a drug store in a smaller town in the vicinity. Kitchener's spirit is with his army Providence Journal. FIND WHISKY BOTTLE IN COLORADO STATE HOUSE Broken Flask—Air Smells of Liquor—Public Official Sniffs— Horrors!—Suspects Anti-Saloon Leaguer of Drink ing—But, Honest, Whose Was It? FARE $3.00 DAILY BETWEEN CLEVELAND & BUFFALO C.S.B. LINE The Great Ship "SEEANDBEE" The largest and most easily steamer on any inland water of the world. Sleeping accommodations for 150 passengers. "CITY OF ERIE" — 3 Magnificent Steamers — "CITY OF BUFFALO" BETWEEN CLEVELAND-Daily, May 1st to Nov. 15th-BUFFALO Leave Cleveland • 8:00 P.M. Leave Buffalo • 8:00 P.M. Arrive Buffalo • 6:00 A.M. Arrive Cleveland • 6:00 A.M. Cleveland (Standard Time) Connections at Buffalo for Macau Calls on 11th, Eastern and Canadian points. Railroad tickets reading between Cleveland and Buffalo are good for transportation on our steamers. Ask vene ticket agent for tickets via C. & B. Line. Beautifully colored sectional puzzle chart, showing both exterior and interior of The Great Ship "SEEANDBEE". Sent on receipt of five cents to cover postage and mailing. Also ask for our 21-page pictorial and descriptive booklet free. THE CLEVELAND & BUFFALO TRANSIT CO., Cleveland, Ohio It's Rev. Mrs. S. H. Norwood now, but the Rev. Mr. will still be the man in the church. It's said a certain Beane is unsettled and may slide into the sea of matrimony. 'TIS ILLEGAL TO STORE ALCOHOL "Dry" Law Prohibits Keeping It For Manufacturing Purposes According to the Denver (Colo.) Times the following article shows the extreme to which the prohibitory law may travel: According to an opinion rendered this morning by Assistant District Attorney Paul McGovern any chemical company which uses pure alcohol, which is kept stored in the plant for manufacturing purposes, is violating the prohibition law. The decision was made following a visit of officers of the Idaho Springs Medical Company, with offices in the Barchay block, to ascertain whether they will have to move out of the state to continue the manufacture of their goods. According to Mr. McGovern, it is a violation of the prohibition law to store alcohol in a building. In the manufacture of the chemicals put out by the company alcohol is a necessary ingredient. Mr. McGovern advised the Officers to move their plant out of the state. Officers of the company are Frank X. Spitz, president; Mrs. M. A. Young, vice president; J. A. Bradley, secretary and manager, and Mrs. Frank X. Spitz, treasurer. THAT'S WALLOPING 'EM! [London] (Miss) New York The Daily News makes no pretense of being even friendly towards the professional reformers who are keeping alive an agitation of the liquor question in Mississippi. We are frankly, avowedly, openly and aggressively hostile to professional reformers of every kind and description. The man who reforms for revenue only is one of the worst pests in the universe. FIND WHISKY COLORADO Broken Flask—Air Smells of Horrors!—Suspects Anti- ing—But, Honest Another of those states that went "dry" last January 1, is Colorado. Like Washington and all other prohibition states, Colorado is having a hard time trying to enforce the new law. The following was taken from the Denver Post: It happened right in the midst of the administration—under the very nose of the prohibition governor surrounded by prohibition counselors. Enter E. E. McLaughlin, anti-saloon leaguer and chairman of the state industrial commission, at the private door of the governor's office. Arthur Morrison, civil service commissioner, is just emerging. Simultaneously with their greetings, the noses of the two men lifted themselves heavenward in a prolonged sniff. "Whew!" says Morrison. "Where'd you get it, friend? Lead me to it." "I like that," retorts McLaughlin. "Your breath is enough to knock a man down." FARE $300 C&B LINE KANSAS BOARD MEMBER WHO SOLD KIDS LIQUOR MUST SERVE SIXTY DAYS The Topeka Capital, owned by Governor Arthur Capper, which told recently of appalling conditions in Kansas, resulting in young girls being ruined and babies allowed to die through neglect of their parents, publishes the ensuing tale of more doings in prohibition Kansas: John Sonefeldt, a member of the Leavenworth school board and president of the Leavenworth branch of the Miners' Union, pleaded guilty in the federal court here to a charge of violating the federal liquor statutes. Judge John C. Pollock sentenced him to sixty days in jail and assessed a fine of $200. Sonefeldt was indicted in January, 1915, but was not imprisoned until last week. According to the evidence of the government, Sonefeldt sold liquor to children at his home near the Soldiers' Home, who were sent to him by their parents. In this way he managed to avert suspicion for a long time, as no suspicion was attached to the visits of the children. HANDING IT TO THE E. M. C. [Jackson (Miss.) News.] Our esteemed morning contemporary is too moral to print liquor advertising, yet we find in its column this morning an advertisement containing eleven female figures wearing nothing but their corsets—necks, busts and limbs being totally naked. One of these days somebody is going to rub the gold off the goldbrick, let the cat out of the bag, and spill a whole sack of beans over our E. M. C. NO TIME TO WASTE. In some counties (of Idaho) there are so many bootleggers that they are contemplating wearing badges so as to avoid endeavoring to sell booze to each other, which is a manifest waste of time. Just as we go to press, our good friend Rev. George S. Lawrence, BOTTLE IN STATE HOUSE Liquor—Public Official Sniffs— Saloon Leaguer of Drink- , Whose Was It? Casualties were averted by the discovery that the source of the aromatic odor that filled the corridors of the state house was a broken whisky bottle which lay in the midst of the hallway. The owner of the bottle had disappeared, but the booze—a whole quart of it—was trickling in all directions. Ah! Sherlock Lynch. The state pure food inspector, John Lynch, was sent for immediately to do a Sherlock Holmes act. From the broken bottle he was asked to discover the owner. The broken bottle is considered significant inasmuch as a certain firm in Denver which has been under suspicion for some time has made the boast that it has delivered booze in considerable quantities to the state house. The deliveries are said to have been made in a wagon marked "stationery," which has been seen standing in front of the state house, early in the morning, several times. DAILY BETWEEN CLEVELAND & BUFFALO "SEEANDBEE" of Frostburg, Md., came in to see us and extended his loyal hand. 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Begin taking Cardui today. Sold by all dealers. 21,071,076 MEN OF MILITARY AGE IN UNITED STATES NEW YORK HEADS THE LIST WHILE NEVADA COMES LAST. WEST VIRGINIA RANKS WELL WITH NEARLY THREE HUND- DRED THOUSAND. BUREAU OF CENSUS MAKES REPORT ON THE SEVERAL STATES WASHINGTON, D. C., July 5 How many able-bodied citizens of military age have we in the United States? The Bureau of the Census, while it is unable to make any estimate of the proportion who are able-bodied, estimates that the total number of male citizens and prospective citizens that is, foreign-born persons who have declared their intention to become citizens 18 to 45 years of age, inclusive, is not far from 21,004,000. This estimate is based on the assumption that there has been an increase of approximately 10 per cent in the population of the country since the census of 1910. When that census was taken the total number of male citizens and prospective citizens 18 years of age and over but under 46 was 19,182,000. Of this number, 14,224,000 were native whites, 2,857,000 were foreign-born whites who had become naturalized or had declared their intention of doing so, 2,052,000 were negroes, and 50,000 were Indians. The number of foreign-born citizens is partially an estimate, since the census enumerators were able to obtain information as to citizenship from only about seven-eighths of the total number of foreign-born males. Native whites thus represent about 74 per cent of the total foreign-born whites nearly 15 per cent. Negroes nearly 11 per cent, and Indians about three-tenths of 1 per cent. During the civil war, when the population of the country, exclusive of the seceding states, was less than one-fourth as great as the present population of the entire United States, the total number of men serving in the federal armies at one time and another was approximately 2,560,000 (due allowance being made for duplicate enlistments, that is, cases in which men enlisted more than once.) The following table gives, by states, the total number of males 18 to 45 years of age enumerated at the census of 1910. The figures in this table include approximately 1,796,000 alien whites and 92,000 Chinese, Japanese, and others, together representing about 9 per cent of the total, who would be ineligible for military service. The Census Bureau has not compiled the numbers of these classes of the population, within the given ago limits, who were living in each state in 1910. Taking the country as a whole, however, the probable increase in population between 1910 and 1916 will approximately counteract the number of alien whites. (Cause, Japanese, etc., included in the figures for 1910, so that these figures may be accepted as roughly representative of the number of male citizens and prospective citizens 18 to 45 years of age, inclusive, in each state and in the United States in 1916. Total number of males 18 to 45 years of age, inclusive, 1910: State. Number Maine 156,449 New ampsihre 93,321 Vermont 76,017 Massachusetts 785,581 Nhode Island 129,131 Connecticut 266,697 New York 2,223,633 New Jersey 617,013 Pennsylvania 1,842,266 Ohio 1,107,888 Indiana 596,682 Hinois 1,369,910 Michigan 634,518 Wisconsin 512,161 Minnesota 505,187 Iowa 489,829 Missouri 741,180 North Dakota 148,920 South Dakota 143,895 Nebraska 274,507 Kansas 379,730 Total for North 13,094,615 State. Number Delaware 46,199 Maryland 279,818 District of Columbia 80,888 Virginia 410,422 West Virginia 281,179 North Carolina 401,917 South Carolina 283,490 Georgia 507,688 Florida 177,152 Tennessee 434,641 Alabama 414,454 Arkansas 21,924 Oklahoma 366,339 Texas 828,756 Total for South 6,006,139 State. Number Montana 126,862 Idaho 88,839 yoming 55,826 Colorado 210,627 New Mexico 75,371 Arizona 60,915 Nevada 30,489 Hashington 350,746 Oregon 196,165 California 687,822 Total Jet Hest 1,970,222 Total for Hest 1,970,322 Aggregate for United States, 21, 671,075. We've a lot to be proud of America on the Fourth of July, but nothing of which we're much prouder than our volunteers and regulars in this call to the border.—Baltimore Sun. Carrizal taught the American soldiers what they should have known long ago—that the Mexican is not a coward. Jose cannot shoot very well and he is ascominably lazy, but he does not run merely because someone threatens him with death.—Chicago News. DRUG STORES SINCE the first of the year, 65 new drug stores have sprung up in King county, according to county officials. A good many of these have been established in the city. ALL these new drug stores cannot be supported legitimately. No man can conscientiously or in reason believe that all of them are on the square. There is no use beating about the bush. Great quantities of liquor are being sold and some of the old drug stores as well as some of the new ones are making a farce of the prohibition law. Drunkenness in Seattle is becoming almost as common as it was before the state went dry. The people of this state voted for the prohibition law. It is not the square thing to wink at this open violation of the law. It is un-American and unprincipled. It is detrimental to public peace and to private business. It serves to keep up an agitation over the "booze" question that should be, by this time, definitely and forevermore settled. Seattle and the state have more important and larger affairs to deal with. They can not afford to be eternally bothered with a saloon question. OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE WORK TO DO. WHAT'S THAT? SNIFF, SNIFF, IT'S THE GASOLINE RAG Keep a Breathin', Honey; Get a Gasoline Jag—Out Oklahoma Way. They're Doing It All Day A MILITARY SALOON THE BAR When the Germans went to war, at a convenient distance from the fighting front in Belgium, they established temporary "cantines" or saloons. These "cantines" are not only tolerated by the leaders of the wonderful Teuton army, but they are endorsed by them. When the Germans went to war, at a convenient distance from the fighting front in Belgium, they established temporary "cantines" or saloons. These "cantines" are not only tolerated by the leaders of the wonderful Teuton army, but they are endorsed by them. "Which is worse"—they are asking in "dry" Oklahoma—"liquor or gasoline?" For, according to the Detroit Free Press, citizens of Oklahoma are sniffing gasoline when they cannot get anything better. It comes high, but they must have it. The Free Press says: There is nothing surprising in the statements coming from Oklahoma that natives in that country, unable to secure ordinary liquor, have discovered a solace in "gasoline lags." Discovered Secret. Back in the days when motorcycles were first introduced into America and when they were used for pacing bicycle riders in the contests of the time when Jimmy Michael, Johnny Nelson, Harry Elkes, Bill Stinson, Eddie McDuffie, and scores of others were the reigning stars, the boys of the eastern section of the United States, and small boys at that, found the secret of the "gasoline jag." The pace makers who used motorcycles did not have carburetors up to the quality of those of today and were forced to search the highways and byways for gasoline that would show full 76 Baum test. They often secured gasoline that ran as high as 80 Baum test, and the odor from this, when filling the tanks, was overpowering. There was a reason for this high test gasoline for the lower test petrol caused the slowing down of the pacing machines and in those days a second added speed to the pacing machine meant dollars in the winnings. Around the bicycle tracks the boys repeatedly asked for a "dip." It was at the Philadelphia track that an investigation was made and much to the surprise of the cycle racing crowd a considerable number of the boys were found lying under the track practically unconscious or in a hilarious state. It was found that the effects of sniffing the gasoline dipped rag brought on a "jag," and in many instances resulted in serious illness for the young lad. From that time on the gasoline cans were guarded and the boys were driven away from all of the tracks. It was learned later that, unable to secure their "dip" at the bicycle tracks, the boys sought the headquarters where gasoline could be obtained, and there secured the petrol. Publicity given to the fact resulted in barring the boys there and in that way the habit was broken largely. THE FUNNY SIDE OF PROHIBITION THAT PROVES NOTHING. [Topeka X-Rays Democrat.] "Used neither tobacco nor liquor — is dead," says the headline in one of the daily papers. That proves nothing. Some who have used both for years are dead. WE'LL VOLUNTEER, TOO. Indianapolis, Star1 Nothing seems easier than to get "dry" volunteers who are willing to go out and sample evidence at times when the saloons are supposed to be shut. THIS IS SARCASM [San Francisco News-Letter.] Despite the fact that states are dry, the output of whisky in the United States last year was seven and a half million gallons in excess of the year before. Prohibition prohibits? Oh, yes! Everybody else having thrown cold water on Bryan the Prohibitionists talk about picking him to run for President on their ticket. One can't be wholly friendless in a normally sympathetic world. APOLOGIES TO KIPLING. [Luke McLuke, Cincinnati Enquirer.] When the last state has gone Prohibition, and the last town is arid and dry, And the last big town is saloonless, and the last cafe has passed by: We'll get booze, and all we need of it, and the sale will never be slack. But we'll hand out a dollar a bottle for a mixture of lye and shellace. "DRY" IOWA'S NEWEST DANGER. [Moving Picture World.] A newspaper out in Iowa assures its readers that a man "may become drunk on motion pictures." We agree. He may if he sees too many at one sitting. That's one of the reasons we are opposed to more than seven reels at one session and seven reels is our maximum. Personally we prefer five or six and most of the intelligent patronage of motion pictures is with us. An exhibitor who overfeeds his audience with pictures is various kinds of a fool. MAINE MAKES THIS HONEST CONFESSION The oldest prohibition state in the union is Maine. Therefore it is interesting to read what a newspaper in "dry" Maine says about the recent election in Vermont, in which prohibition was defeated by a vote of two to one. Vermont was "dry" for many years, but after a thorough trial of prohibition returned to local option. Here is what the Augusta (Me.) New Age has to say regarding the second victory of the Liberals: The recent vote of Vermont in favor of local option is something in regard to which the ramrodders of Maine have but little to say. The most significant feature about it was the fact that the towns which habitually vote against the saloons gave the largest vote for local option. These towns prefer to remain dry themselves but they do not insist that other towns with entirely different local conditions shall remain dry. They are willing to let each town make its own police regulations. That is the Vermont idea. Here in Maine Fayette, Wayne and Rome make prohibitory laws for Augusta, Gardiner, Hallowell and Waterville, and Buxton says what and how Biddleford shall drink. The Maine cities and the country towns as well would be better off if Maine would decide to be honest on the rum question and adopt the Vermont idea. CUTTING THE SUPPLY. A dispatch from Steubenville, O., to the Cincinnati Times-Star, says: Officials of the Steubenville, Wellsburg & Weirton Railway company have announced that beginning today passengers from Steubenville bound for West Virginia destinations will not be permitted to carry a package containing more than one-half gallon of intoxicating liquor. They said this action was necessary because passengers have been carrying so many packages of wet goods that regular patrons of the line have been greatly inconvenienced. NAB ALLEGED QUEEN OF THE TOPEKA (KAN.) LIQUOR GANG POLICE RAID THREE "JOINTS," CONFISCATING BEER AND WHISKY-PLAN MAMMOTH CRUSADE AGAINST MANY OTHER DEALERS AND KANSAS HAS BEEN "ORY" 35 YEARS! Authorities Seek "Higher-Ups"—Bootleggers Go Into Burglary Business As a Side-Linx. As Thefts Increase—Chief Parsons Almost Has a Clue THE WINE CENTER After a desperate engagement, the German army captured these wine kegs from the French. Note the glad look on the faces of the captors. The newspapermen who run the state of Kansas, by virtue of holding down most of the important public jobs, no doubt obtained material for a "whale" of a moving picture scenario, or a short story, when the alleged "Queen" of the Topeka (Kas.) liquor "gang" was arrested. Chief of Police Harvey Parsons, of Topeka, who is a newspaper reporter and led the raid, has probably finished at least one reel of the scenario. Just how there can be a liquor gang in Kansas, the model prohibition state, which has been "dry" for 35 years, has not been explained, but this is how the Topeka Capital describes the raid: With Mayor J. E. House and City Attorney George Hayden directing operations from easy chairs in the police station, the purity squad, under Chief Harvey Parsons, last night raided three alleged joints. Hera She Is! Mrs. Kathryn Tassell, 219 Jackson street, was caught in the first exposition and Dean Better, William Butler and Beniah Jones,纵s Jessie Strong were found at 319 Kansas avenue on the second. All four were looked up bond being refused on the orders of Mayor House. Several young men caught in the Tassell place, were grilled by Mr. Hayden at an inquisition held before "Bing" Bartell, assistant city attorney, and a justice of the peace. A quantity of beer and whisky were found in each place. In the arrest of Mrs. Tassell, city officials claim they have a queen of the liquor gang in Tobeka. It was announced that the raids last night were started in a campaign to rid the town of liquor dealers. Mayor House said that herafter bond would be refused jointists at the time of arrest and that they would be locked up over night. City Attorney Hayden said that the administration was out over night. City Attorney Hayden said that the administration was out after the "higher ups" in the booze selling game and enough evidence had been secured to rid the city of these undesigibles. Dude Cop Escorts Her. Mrs. Tassell, the first victim of the purity squad, floated into the station on the arm of Spence Arthur Abbott, the Beau Brummel of the force. Mrs. Tassell, becomingly gowned in sport coat and hat and with streaming green veil, was in a particularly amiable frame of mind as she stood before Frank Parcel, night jailor. "How old are you?" he asked, as he squinted over his spices at the Harvey House guest. "Twenty-one," bubbled Mrs. Tassell, winking at Carl Goff, a plain clothes man. Parcell marked down 31 and went to the next item. "Have you ever been married?" "Have you ever been married?" "Only once." retorted Mrs. Tassell, smiling over a row of rum, beer and whisky bottles and shooting another sly wink at Goff. The "Queen" Meets the Mayor. Parcell cleared his throat and proceeded to the next part of the formula, the usual question. "How about bond?" Mayor House stepped to Parcell's shoulder. "No bond tonight," said the mayor, in a husky whisper, "put 'er in." Mrs. Tassell eyed the retreating form of His Honor with some disfavor. "Who is that man?" she asked. Parcell smiled pleasantly, "Oh, that's the mayor," he remarked. "He says, 'put 'er in,' and I guess, in she goes," she laughed. "Well, I'd just as soon be in as out." And Mrs. Tassell went upstairs to the woman's ward. Several bottles of beer, wrapped, as if ready for delivery, a third of a barrel of the same beverage and a choice assortment of other liquors, was found by Sergeant Lon Sauls and Officers Geff, Walker, Woodward, Wyatt, Abbott and Miller, composing the purity squad, in the visit to the Tassell house, At 310 Kansas avenue, the second place raided, over a negro pool hall, twelve half pints of whiskey and nine bottles of beer were found. The Capital, which, by the way is owned and edited by Governor Capper, of Kansas, also tells the following story of increased crime in Toneka: Because persons who heretofore engaged in bootlegging are no longer permitted to make a living that way they have become desperate and are now turning to robbery and burglary for a living. This is the explanation of Harvey Parsons, chief of police, for the increase in the number of burglaries in the city. Rob Paxton Store. The last place to be burglarized is the Paxton & Paxton store at Sixth and Quinney streets. Yesterday morning the discovery was made that approximately $500 worth of merchandise had been stolen. A dozen men's suits and as many silk dresses and several pairs of shoes were stolen and other goods taken, to just what extent can not be determined until a careful checking has been made. Entrance was gained by climbing over a transom of a window and apparently the thieves went out the same way. It is the theory of the police that more than one man was engaged in the robbery, for more goods were taken than one man could carry, unless he made several trips. As to whether or not the police have a clew, Chief Parsons is not saying, he is emphatic, however, in declaring that the guilty persons will be caught, "We will get them, but it may take some time. It took us six weeks to land the men who blew the Fritton safe, although we knew the following day who the men were, and we will get the men who robbed the Paxton store."