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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" BOY SCOUTS WILL HAVE BIG GARDEN J. William Stewart Donates a 2-Acre Plot Near Quarry on Rosemont for That Purpose. Through the generosity of J. William Stewart the Boy Scouts have been provided with a large garden this year, where they expect to raise sufficient vegetables for their summer camp and also aid in the preparedness work undertaken by the Preparedness League of Berkeley county. Mr. Stewart has given the boys a 2-acre plot near the quarry on Rosemont, only making the simple request that they cultivate it to the best advantage and endeavor to prove themselves worthy of the donation. The boys have entered upon their new duties as gardeners and declare they will teach some of the older fellows a few things about tilling the soil. The boys request everybody not to trespass upon their garden, and should the request be violated the guilty parties, if apprehended, will be punished. KANSAS WOMAN IS MADE PRESIDENT Mrs. George Thacher Heads D. A. R. by a Majority of 414. Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, of Independence, Kans., was elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution on the first ballot on the fourth day of their 26th Continental Congress in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, last night. She was 414 votes in advance of the next candidate, polling a total of 677 votes. Elected with Mrs. Guernsey was her complete ticket, as follows: Recording secretary general, Miss Emma L. Crowell; organizing secretary general, Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher; treasurer general, Mrs. Robert J. Johnston; corresponding secretary general, Mrs. Woodbury Pulsifer; registrar general, Miss Grace M. Pierce; historian general, Mrs. George K. Clarke; in charge of the Smithsonian report, Mrs. Benjamin D. Heath; librarian general, Mrs. James M. Fowler; curator general, Miss Catherine B. Bärlow; chaplain general, Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce. Vice presidents general—Mrs. Sheppard W. Foster, Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger, Mrs. Edmund P. Moody, Mrs. William C. Robinson, Mrs. William H. Talbott, Mrs. James Benton Grant, Mrs. Charles E. Longley, Mrs. Fred H. H. Calhoun, Miss Jeanie D. Blackburn and Mrs. Samuel McKnight Green; for unexpired term, Mrs. C. B. Letton. PUPILS EXCUSED TO WORK FARMS Washington County Board Orders Credits for Boys Who Help the Farmers. The county board of education has sent instructions to the teachers of Washington county instructing them to excuse all male pupils in the 100-day class who are actually needed upon farms to increase the production of foods. Pupils excused must be above 13 years old. Pupils excused will have their daily averages for the last three months count as their daily average mark in the final examinations for the year. Parents are urged to permit their children to return to school for the May examinations. OUR CONGRESSMEN GET APPOINTMENTS West Virginia Republican Members of First House Get Old Places. In the assignment of Republican congressmen to committees, Edward Cooper got his two old committees, those on mines and mining and war claims, and in addition, was placed on the committee of coinage, weights and measures. Mr. Bowers got his two old committees, those of merchant marine and fisheries and expenditures in the treasury department. Harry Woodyard was assigned to the committee on post office and post roads, and Stuart F. Reed, the new member from West Virginia, was given a place on the committee on the District of Columbia. HOBO FOUND TIED TO RAILROAD TRACK HOBO FOUND TIED TO RAILROAD TRACK Guards Find His Lifeless Body on Lynchburg Bridge—A Notorious Character. Jeff Reed, a notorious hobo who spends his time riding freight trains in Virginia and the Carolinas, was captured a few nights ago and tied to the Southern Railway bridge over Campbell avenue and was run over by a train. Reed was found by Petersburg soldiers, who were guarding the five or six bridges in the vicinity. The police and railroad detectives are hunting for one or two men who were said to have been drinking the night of the killing. PLOTTERS BUSY IN STATE'S GAS BELT Destruction of Pumping Stations Were Planned, It is Reported. That the destruction of the pumping stations on the Pittsburgh gas lines in the Lewis county field would have hte result of closing the munition plants in Western Pennsylvania, is said to be the chief of a certain gang of eemies of this country who are in that vicinity. Their plot has been discovered, so the report had it last night and the arrest of the leaders of the movement will be made by government officers who have been ordered to the county. Quite a good deal of gas is piped from Lewis county to Pittsburgh. In the field there are a number of pumping stations and other plants used in the transportation of the fuel. The rumor current here last night is that a plot to destroy at least one of these important plants was accidentally discovered and that the government agents were immediately notified of it. That the declaration of war is not pleasing to a certain Weston element has been known for some time and the statements accredited to some of these have been so defiant that acommittee of citizens has waited upon those in question and requested that their language in regard to the government be more temperate. $ \mathrm{T}_{0} $ what limit the arrests to be made by the government officials will be carried is eagerly awaited at Weston. Some believe that a number will be included in the plan to destroy the pumping stations. BACKWARD SEASON HANDICAPS FARMER Unfavorable Weather Marks the Week in Many Sections of the Country. American farmers are starting under a handicap in their efforts to carry out President Wilson's appeal for increased production of foodstuffs. Almost everywhere throughout the country during the last week temperatures were unfavorable and the season is generally backward, according to the weekly review of the national weather and crop bulletin. Pastures and ranges started slowly, and over the upper Rockies snow still remains over large areas. In the northwestern states vegetation is nearly dormant. Germination is slow in southern districts. Decided improvement, however, was reported in the condition of winter wheat in Kansas and Oklahoma and small but steady improvement in the crop in the Ohio valley and in most other east-central districts. Not much improvement was shown in Nebraska, and there was but little improvement in Illinois. Winter rye, which promises a record crop, was generally improved. An appeal to the farmers to increase the production of corn to the fullest extent was issued yesterday by Secretary Houston, of the department of agriculture. BERKELEY SPRINGS BOARD IS NAMED Governor Cornwell Announces Names of the New Members of State Board. Governor John J. Cornwell has announced the appointment of three members of the Berkeley Springs Board, who will serve during the will and pleasure of the governor. The appointees are: Allen T. Edgar. of Pocahontas county, succeeding G. W. Biser, of Morgan county; Joseph Ditson, of Kingwood, Preston county, succeeding V. E. Johnson, of Morgan county; Carl W. Neff, of Clarksburg, Harrison county, succeeding M. L. Hutchinson, of Marion county. The other members of the board still serving under former appointment are: James H. Marcum, of Huntington and Oscar Jenkins, of Parkersburg. CUMBERLAND VALLEY WILL DOUBLE TRACK CUMBERLAND VALLEY WILL DOUBLE TRACK Contract Awarded for Work In Eastern Territory and Also Near Hagerstown. In view of the fact that railroads in the easter nterritory may be called upon at any time by the federal government to handle large quantities of supplies, munitions and also troop movements, the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company has decided, in spite of the present high prices of labor and material, to make certain improvements in its facilities A contract has just been awarded the Mason & Hanger Company, of Lexington, Kentucky, for the grading for the extension of double track from Oakville to the eastern limits of Shippensburg, a distance of about six miles, and also from the present end of double track at seventy-one mile siding into Hagerstown yard, a distance of about one and one-third miles. CHARLESTON GETS GREAT GUN PLANT Gun-Forging Plant will be Located Near the Armor Plate Concern. In addition to the proposed armor plate and propectile plants to be constructed near Charleston by the federal government, a gun-forging plant also will be established nearby, requiring the use of two of the five sites offered by the city of Charleston. It will be similar to a plant used for the same purpose near Washington, D. C. This plant will cost between five million and ten million dollars, and while it will be close to the other plants, it will be entirely separate. This was announced today following information given to the chamber of commerce by the navy commission, which this week inspected the sites offered. Statistical information is being compiled in the offices of the Assistant United States engineer in connecting with the inspection of the sites, and the land selected will be judged from these. It is not known which locations will be reported favorably, but the recommendations will be forthcoming just as soon as possible, the authorities say. NEWARK PLAYER SIGNS CONTRACT Former International League Player Will be Here—Johnson Not Signed. The signed contract of William H. Mortimer, of Bloomfield, N. J., was received today at the local baseball headquarters. Mortimer is an infielder and comes well recommended to the local moguls. During the end of last year he was with the Newark club of the International league. He is an infielder, and while he played shortstop last season, can easily be converted into a second-sacker. A letter was received yesterday from Roland Jones, of Alexandria, Va., who has played amateur ball about Washington, asking for a tryout, which he was granted. He will report here some time next week. Johnson Not Signed. A communication was received this morning from George "Stuffy" Johnson, who caught here the past two seasons, asking for more salary than his contract called for. A report was current last night that Johnson had already signed but that proved to be incorrect. Many Berkeley County Educators Will Attend Annual Event Miss Ambrose Instructress. Catalogues for the nineteenth session of the summer school at West Virginia University have been received here by a number of local educators who anticipate going to the annual affair. Among the many instructors at the school will be Miss Nancy Ambrose of this city. The summer school at the university has attracted much attention throughout the state and each year there is a large representation from every county. A larger number than ever before are expected to represent Berkeley county. FOOD TO GO FREELY TO REAL NEUTRALS United States to Fix no Embargo Except as Germany Might Benefit. In any policy that may be adopted to regulate the export of food supplies during the war, the American government has no intention of interfering with shipments of supplies to European or other neutral nations, except where assistance to Germany is likely to result. This was learned yesterday after Minister van Rappard, of the Netherlands, had conferred with President Wilson on the subject. Representatives of other neutral European countries have displayed anxiety on the point as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war, and the introduction in congress of bills giving the President authority to place embargoes on exports. Food exports will furnish one of the principal problems to be taken up with the British and French commissions now en route to Washington. The general policy of the American government is to take cognizance of the serious food situation existing in several European neutral nations, although its first object will be to provide for the needs of the American people and assist, as far as possible, the entente allies. Senator Fernald's bill giving the President authority to embargo exports in time of war when he finds the public safety or welfare demands, was approved yesterday by the senate commerce committee. A similar bill is pending with administration approval in the house. PARALYSIS FOUND IN FIVE COUNTIES Several Counties Did Not Report. Diseases in Many Counties. Infantile paralysis was reported as prevailing in the counties of Harrison, Fayette, Jackson, Marion and Ohio, in March, according to the monthly report which has been completed by the state department of health. A number of counties did not make the reports as required by law. Measles are present in many counties, this report shows, 453 cases being reported. There were 43 cases of diphtheria, 40 of tuberculosis of the lungs, 104 of German measles, four of trachoma, seven of small pox, 17 of typhoid fever, five of corebro spinal meningitis, seven of infantile paralysis. WAYNESBORO AGSAILED BY GERMAN MEASLES County Health Officer Kinter, of Chambersburg, was in Waynesboro looking after the ten cases of German measles which have broken out among the older people and adults. Dr. Kinter is afraid of another measles epidemic here and in order to prevent this has ordered a rigid quarantine of all the cases reported. More Slackera In Frederick 38 more slackers come for war to claim exemptions. One man, Geo. W. Root, says it violates "the laws of our Supreme Being." One exemption was O. H. Crawford, a rural carrier. He won't even fight for the country that employs him. lS —————————_—_— Batered at Postoffice, Martinsburg, ‘Weat Virginia as second-class matter. rt Subscription Rates: ————————— ne Year ..............0. 00s. $1.50 Bin Months ...........6.0...06. 78 Vhree Months ................. 80 nae ee eT Issued every Saturday by J. R. Clit ford, Editor and Owner. —_—_ Prawer 869.......... Bell Phone 3017 | ——_—_——— | SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1917. | —_— What a pity the South is partisan | to a fault and strictly secticna'. A well poised mind is judged by sincerity and cordiality of manners, manifesting a repose of dignity marks such a person—the kind we so badly need. One of America’s greatest scholar and thinkers is urgently agitating the substitution of the word social istic, for the word democracy. He contends that its meaning heretofore has been subverted; that instead of meaning; by the people we rule, itis made to mean, by a sectional few, we are ruled. He says it has no sympathetic reflection or fecling for the one-blood family, but that ‘socialistic has. He is right and we endorse the change. One of two things has been done, two-hundred million dollars loaned to England; the other is declared to be of vastly more importance, and that is, to furnish the allies with foodstuff. ‘The all important ques- tion with us is, can we, in the face of -home starvation prices, afford to make them go higher by sending our needed foodstuff to the over-sea warring elements? May it not bring on a famine-war here—foreshad- owed recently in New. York City? It’s a peculiar state of affairs when foreign countries are on the verge of ecstasy over the possibility of their tottering monarchies aud empires, to be replaced by a repub- ligan form of government like ours, while our own is not only bordering on their systems of government, but the very things that have ruined their countries, are being rigidly enforced here. Let the true and patriotic lovers of America keep in mind that free speech and a free press constitute the basic foundation of.our government, but both have stiff bits in their mouths and curb chains under their lower jaws. If they are allowed to be choked and strangled into submission, to pot goes the, best organized govern- ments: on earth.. Evidently, there is something rad- ically wrong. Patriotic defense is not yet atahigh ebb. [fit were conscription would not be advocatc« and it is a good token. It indicates that we are getting to be a farseing and a deep thinking people. Flash- lights give evidence that we have helped to bring about existing con- ditions which estop fervor of that burning Patrick Henry patriotism. Yet, if just cause prevailed ten times Lincoln's call—300,000 would respond within 24 hours. Will not conscription throw a wet-blanket on and partly smoother the apparent slow gtowth of patriotism? As we gee it opposition should prevail. The South is fearful to see the Negroes armed. In justice, they have a right to be,but in fact, none. Arm every Southern Negro and in acrisis, he would defend and pro- tect the whites of that section. We base our opinion on their conduct, honesty, labor, protection an’ ‘ove for the white women and chilcren, whose sons, husbands, brothers and fathers were from home fighting to keep them in slavery. It is divine judgment in justice working on their consciences. If the whites hal enough sense to treat the Negroes as God wants and wills, the world would call the South a paradise .of love and devotion. Onur necessity is your opportunity. It may be necessary that the ‘Till- mans, Vardamans, and scores ‘of others must be paralyzed as wes Ben ‘Tillman, or die before, it’ can come to pass. When Ben ‘Tillman was living ard making meney by abusing Negro She said." Through. out the South every white fom! y is living, ina state of : ) apine, but Governor | ‘ Arkansas’ declared he dg did, and’God paralyzed bin When Virginia's Grand Laid ef Pythians, under the ou rl guidance of John Mitchell, Jamier Grand Chancellor sou ht to rest: air Supreme Grand Chancellor $. W, Green and the Supreme Gran Lodge from expelling the Virydini Grand Lodge from the supreme body, this paper made the predic tion that the Virginians would emerge from the struggle with all xeceptions concurre! in by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and a permanent injune tion against the supreme organiza tion’s illegal suspension of the state one. The decision is a sweeping one, shows upthe ulter fallacy of the arbitrary actions of the supreme lodge officers, and stamps Editor Mitchell as a lay-lawyer of no méan ability. Congratulations confrere and may your efforts in your fights against wreng and in favor of right always be crowned with’ success. A great principle was involved, one dear to subordinate lodges every- where, and all liberty-loving men should loudly acelaim the name of fohn Mitchell, Virginia's noble son, who fought and vanquished Green and his cohorts in one of the most noted legal battles that Ne- svoes have had to do with isi a decade. The Planet editor, along with the brave men who stood be- hind him, was fighting despotisin, and it has been smashed. Mr. John W. Corsey, teacher of the Locust Grove School, near ‘Ia- bler’s Station, is doing excellent work. {[t is marvelous to witness the pains, accuracy and specd of his pupils’ efforts in reading, spel- ling, writing, arithmetic, drawing &c. The one thing so commenda- ble is the patience and labor of the teacher with Lewis W. Jolinson. a helpless paralytic whose writing, and drawing are admirable. Ruth F. Williams, Arnold Bullett, fthel Lee Burrell, James W. Burrell, Geo. F. Williams and Edward F. Wea- ver, all under ten years are advanced signs of advanced men and women, TATE BUVCIATARO STATE PEYSICIANS.— TO BE Eyaynea _ AU Examination of physicia : part of the United States ary re serve medical corps will be made in all the cities of West Virginia soot under the direction of the Kuiciis of Defense, by the authority of Gic sur. geon-general’s department, of the United States army. Three examiners already named for this state are Dr. J. E. Cannady, of Charleston; pr. Frank Hupp, of Wheeling, and Dr, ©. $. Hoffman, of Keyser, The state committee is composed of the following physi-tans: i, Canady, chairman; W. . Golden, of Elkins; A, P. Bratt, of Davis; W. 1. Sinclair, of Bluefield; J. H. Ander- son, of Marytown; J. E. Rader, and H. D, Hatfield, of Huntington; R. Davis, of Charleston; Hupp and Hoff. man, of the examiners, Auxiliary medical defense commit. tees will be selected in each county of West Virginia of over 10,000 pop: ulation, and this will be done ag soon as practicable, HINTS THAT MAY HELP TO BET, TER UNDERSTANDING. The objectives at which the British and French offensives are aimed are Douai, Cambrai, St. Qeutin, Laon. By bear.ng in mind these names you can tell at any time whether the Breat battle is being won by the AL lies or whether the Germans are mak- ing good their defensive. The capture of these four points wouldgnot necessarily be fatal, but it would demonsirate beyond any doubt that the Allies had the. upper hand and that the German power of re istance was breaking down, with al- most a certainty of final defeat. © other hand, if-the allies de cin ¢ ring ese pein « ive will have proved to b © and the war will be practi- peak. Of course, only of the operation nour own judgment, the fate of t war depends upon the suceess or of the hmarine campaign inst England, : Wy decisive warvare is being sased now, exactly us iL has been in every great war between nations both inilitary and maritime, upon the waters, Who wins on the sea wins all—Ex. ©. & O. Wants Women Workers. Lorain, Ohio, April 26—The Balti- more and Ohio railroad yesterday made a public appeal for women to work in the division shops and ter- mMinals here as car inspectors, cross- ing guards and cleaners. ‘They will be paid the same wages as men. nua? Greatest Farming Campaign Yet Known in lowa Is Now Being Launched. DES MOINES, Aprii 26.-—Aroused to the need of increasing the nation's foo dsupply as a war ineasure, Jowa is resounding to the greatest farm- ing campaign in its history, Governor W. L. ilarding’s speciai Dressage to the legisiature, which im- mediately appropriated $100,000 to push the campaign, resulted in a commission of farm experts being ap- pointed to lead the movement for in- creasing and conserving the food yield, ‘Phe commission at once announced that labor shoriage wag the most threatening sign, Among the steps it took to mobolize farm labor was a call upon high school boys to work on farms. Farm labor bureaus are to be established through out the state. Churches, schools, commercial bodies and individual business men and manufacturers are being urged to co- operate by encouraging city dwellers to help on farms during rush period. Nearly two thousand vacant lots in Des Moines are bing planted un- der the auspices of a city gardening yission. Railroads are consider- ¢ the soil alon, their right witile counties ave taking up mn of cultivating waste ioug public highways. ‘The nin vement is sweep- aie. 1 Suffragisis, inspired by a (ial plea trom Goversor Harding, go lize women for bor and to engage in canning and preserving on a large seale. The some ecouomie movement, with ent paasis on using every table serap ind cultimg out the garbage was c, has taken on new life. ‘The state commission is planning to sed a flying squadron of experts tush the state, urgig farmers to their utmost efforis as a_ patriotic duty. iiicipating a long war, the com- mission calied upon farmers to save breeding animals, cut’ down losses from animal diseases, put in more /poultry and more hogs and use better seel, Better marketius systems are t receive the commission's closest a tention this summer, Or Rrra ( 5 SLATED 10 "AL ‘ Sa ILD iv SALA At the Annual State Sun!sy School Convention ‘to be Heid in Parkersburg. The delegates who will attend the Thirty-Fifth ahnual convention of the | West Virginia, Sunday. School A: 9°; | ation to be held in Parkersburg Ma’ 38.9, 10, have in store for them a | great Gear nal the clfapacter of the iva ola speakers, who hifve been en- raged to speak at the various’ ses ions of the convention is taken into considerat on, ‘The personel through opt is of the highest type ad will not he excelled by nay state convention in the country this year, One amon those who -tands out weeminently in the lists is Prof, M. V. O'Shea, professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, who is «well hoown Chautauqua lecturer, and is in great demand over the coun ivy not alone for Sangay School pr - grams but for most exacting educa- tional programs. ie is one of the strongest educators in the country and will speak on such subjects as “fhe Child as Heir of the Past,” “The Trend of the Teens,” and “Con- structive teaching.” Ralph N. Meintire, a manufacturer and prominent business man ef Tope- ka, Kas., who has been devoting the most of hig time for the past year in speaking before = unday —gath erings, comes as another of the im- portant personages on the program. ie will speak on such topics as “Our Back Yards,” “Plugging the Leaks,” “rhe Secretary's Job,” ete. Other speakers of importance will be Mrs. Maude Junkins Baldwin, ele- mentary superintendent of the Inter natioal Sunday School Association: Wallave I, Woodin, general secretary of the Connecticut Sunday School As- sociation; Olive 1, Hodges who ha been a missionery to Japan under the auspices o. the Methodist Protestan: Board; Miss D. M. barnes, a ‘mission ary specialist, representing the World Outlook; Rev. A. B, Withers, jdirector of Sunday Schools antl young people’s work for the Baptisi General Association o£ West Virgin: ja; J. Ray Mayeuim, prominent atior ney of Huntington, W. Va. who is a boy's specialist, as well as other speakers of note. URGE PEOPLE 10 GROW MORE BEANS (Agronomist at The West Virginia Experiment Station, Morgantown) To help West Virginia feed her- self. No two crops are planted this year con provide more food for hu- man consumption that can these two. At the same time they fit into the rotation: Corn, soybeans, wheat, clover, by substituting beans for part of the soybeans. Corn does best on a rich, deep, joamy soil. The sme is trua of beans. Heavy clays retard growth of vines, but beans yield well in proportion. Comm schould come usually after a od, Beans will do well after a s°4, but fit the rotation best after cora. This year as much of the sod lard on your place that has been lying idle or producing a litle hay ought io be heavily manured, if possible, and plowed for corn. Where you had corn Jast year grow as many beans as you can, Now is the time to get ready, mak- ing every minute count. Hired men and owners for patriotic reasons, should spend more time in the fieli orn sChouid be planted in West Vir- sinia any time trom May 5 to cune 5. Beans and soybeans are planted from May 20 to as late as June 25. Late planting hag been found by most bean growers to be best. Feel pretty sure AM conger of trost. ts pax? -Hefore’ planting voow for cora early; then plow for yeas. Use dise on..comm ground. a coople of Umes; they if you: pave roUer, toe thal: uhew Spring tout’: ‘or smuothing harrow every two weeks nul ready to plant. Early hatrowing s ite best form of caliivation. If tabs are ploniéd ou edd plowed un- wae a} Houses yar Coin stubs lowing aa. anaisih rodtn Syvipact bed ischost, Hl carn sihlle ise (louble cutaway preferred) ine en owing..Work up “Gs nately’ 23 pessipio and harrow aften to get Hid of weeds, 3 Use 200 to 400 -pounls acid phos- yiats pex were for each crop, Use. 3050 lo $000 pounds of lime per 4- ear Gatation, In zows 3 12 feet apart. If corn is hecked, plant 3 or 4 kernéls_ per. “UH. Beans ure drilled 4 to 6 ipehes rpatt in row, : Use tested and, if possible, care- ‘wis: store! seod corn, Beans: Navy nd kidney bush, P (Phe Extension Department will onsider ft a service if all who have seed of any sort for sale will let the Extension Department I:now through the county agricultural aget or other- wise.) GREAT INCREASE IN hb % 4 i! i 000 Total Revenues Higher but Net Oper- ating Income Millions Less in February Report. Net operating income of raflroads dec:cased” approximately $22,335,000 during February notwithstanding an increase of $2,500,000 in total operat. ing revenue according to the moptb- y summary of report made public by the interstate commerce commission. On their face the report tends to sup- port the railroad argument that ex- penses have recently increased in ,*eater proportion than operating revenue. GT INFORMATION ABOUT HOSPITALS Jn anticlpation of the federal gov- ernment’s calling for the use of the hospitals of West Virginia ‘during ihe war, the state department of health is making a survey of all hos- pitals in the state and will compite stitistics of what West Virginia will be able to do in case of emergency. ‘rhe following information was re- quested of the various hospitals of West Virginia: Name of the hospital and address; distance’ from rail, roads; total number of beds; possible numbeor of beds available; number of staff physicians and surgeons; number of resident physicians; num- ber graduate nurses at hospital and number of public nurses; equipment of laboratory and for what kind of work; land available and conditions for tended colony; source of water and milk supply and whether hospital ig fitted for general or special work. HALLANAN SENDS OUT : PAMPHLET ABOUT LIQUOR When West irginia’s new prohibi- tion law goes into c.fect on May 2, ignorance of the law will be no bar to prosecutions for violations. How- ever, uni order that the people may be thoroughly familiar with the law and its. provisions, W.S. Hallanay, state tax commissioner and ex-officio commissioner of prohibition, has caused a 22-page booklet to be print ed which contains the West Virginia prohibition law, including the consti- futional amendment, the Webb-Ken- ron law. parcels post regulations and the Reed amer'ment, and these hook lets are being distributed over the statve and may be had upon applica- tion to the office of the state tax com- inissioner, as bets BERKELEY COUNTY MAN SHOT WHEN HE GOES INTO YARD TO PREVENT MORGAN COUNTY MAN FROM BEATING HIS SON. BROUGHT TO CITY HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT AT A LATE HOUR. ALLEGED SHOOTER ARRESTED AND LOCKED IN JAIL AT DERKELEY SPRINGS. In attempting prevent Charles Corbin from whipping his son at his home at Hoverdale, Morgan county, a short distance from Berkeley Springs, Charles E. DeHaven, a resident of Berkeley county and a well-known well driller, was shot by Corbin, and as a result is in the City hospital here minus three toes and a portion of his left foot. About 7:30 o'clock last evening, according to reports, DeHaven, who has been working near Berkeley Springs, and near the home of Corbin saw the latter beating his son and accosted him. Corbin, not liking the manner of DeHaven and thinking that it was none of the outsider's business, told him words to that effect, whereupon the latter threatened to enter Corbin's yard and make him quit. "If you come over here I will shoot you," is what Corbin is allaged to have replied to DeHaven, and the latter not heeding the admonition made his way for the yard. Corbin, it is said, got a gun and shot DeHaven in the left foot. The injured man was then rushed to the office of Dr. A. L. Grubb at Berkeley Springs, who brought him to the City hospital at 11 o'clock last night in his automobile, where it was found necessary to amputate three toes and a portion of the foot. His condition is not serious and the physicians applied serum so prevent tetanus. Hearing of the affair Sheriff Hovermale arrested Corbin and lodged him in jail at Berkeley Springs, where he will remain until this evening to await a hearing. It is said the men had been drinking before the affair occurred. MANAGER MORRIS WILL REPORT HERE MONDAY MORNING BASEBALL PILOT TO COME TO CITY ON B. & O. TRAIN NO. 15. SEVERAL PLAYERS WILL COME HERE SUNDAY AND BE READY FOR DUTY. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY MAN IS SENT A CONTRACT—SELLING SEASON TICKETS. Manager "Country" Morris, who has successfully piloted the Martinsburg club the past three years twice to a pennant contender and once to top-notch honors, and who will again direct the affairs of the club on the diamond, will arrive in Martinsburg Monday on B. & O. train No. 15 and will have the initial workout in the afternoon at Rosemont Park. Players Coming Sunday. Outfielder Reggie Rawlings. First Baseman Blue and Pitcher Frank Colley, who reside in Washington, have written the management that they will arrive here Sunday and be ready for practice. Morris is expected to bring "Shorty" Long with him, and probably some other players, while a number of newcomers may come on that day. Everybody Here May 1. In sending out contracts the directors plainly stated that all players were to be in Martinsburg on or before May 1, when the training shall start in earnest. It is expected by that time at least twenty players will have reported and practice games begun. Catholic University Man. It was announced here today that Pitcher Kendrick, of the staff at the Catholic University, had been sent a contract which he will probably return signed in a few days. Kendrick is a right hander and is said to have a good record on the Washington college team this season. Some Other Pitchers. Pitcher Ewing, a southpaw who lives at Newark, Delaware, has written or a contract and the management mailed him one today. He is a High school pitcher and worked last season in the All-Wilmington league. He is 6 feet in height, weighs 175 pounds and 18 years of age. Pitcher Gleason, who worked in a few games for Frederick last season, may also be signed. Gleason is a former Mount St. Mary's pitcher and has a good record. In the games he worked at Frederick he showed considerable "stuff," and is said to have improved since then. Pitcher Bowie, of White Post, Va., who was here last season, has written for a tryout and may be here soon. Mortimer's Contract Here Yesterday the contract of Infielder Mortimer was received at the headquarters. Mortimer is a resident of Bloomington, N. J., and played last season with the Newark Internationals a few games. The communication from him stated that he would be here Sunday ready for duty. Grounds Being Repaired. Men have been at Rosemont Park for the past few days and the grounds are now in good condition. The fence which was blown down is again in its former position and the grandstand is being repaired today. Everything will be in readiness by the end of the week for the advent of the team. $350 on First Day. On the first day season tickets were sold (yesterday) about 35 were disposed of, which is considered a large number. The tickets are selling for $10 each, which is cheaper than last season. The club anticipates selling about 100. RAILROADS AFTER MORE YOUNG MEN All Systems Figure on Employing More Hands Each Day-B. & O. Is Active. There is more opportunity for young men who contemplate following railroading at present that ever before in the history of the big sys tews in the country. The Baltimore & Chio, Pennsylvania, Norfolk & Western and other big lines which operate in this vicinity are employing numbers of men each day, and are still anxious to add mony more. Quite a number local young men have become affiliated with the Baltimore & Ohio company recently both on the main ifne and in the car shops. Since the passing of the Adamson law things have become much better for the railroad man and his employment now is most desirable 400 TEMPLARS TO COME HERE AT THE ANNUAL CONCLAVE BIG MASONIC EVENT SCHEDUL ED FOR MARTINSBURG ON MAY 16-17. BANQUET SERVED ON WEDNES- DAY NIGHT AT THE HOTEL BERKELEY PARADE HEADED BY SHRINE BAND WILL BE WITNESSED THURSDAY More than four hundred visitors will come to Martinsburg on May 16-17 when the annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of West Virginia will be held in the Equality Lodge room here under the auspices of Palstine Commandery No. 2. The conclave will bring delegates from all parts of the state and will be a big affair in Masonic circles. Will Arrive Wednesday. The largest contingent will probably arrive Wednesday morning early, while many more will be in before the day is history. At 7 o'clock Wednesday night a banquet will be tendered the Past Grand Masters Association of the state at Hotel Berkeley. A. A. O. N. of M. S. in Charge. On Thursday afternoon the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will take charge of the meeting, and at night services will be held in Feller's hall on North Queen street, at which time a class of about thirty will be initiated into the mysteries of the order. Big Parade on Thursday. At 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon the usual parade will be held, marching over the principal streets of the city, headed by the Shrine band, of Wheeling, one of the best musical organizations in the state, and one that has made a reputation in every city in which the conclave has been held. It visited Martinsburg a few years ago and made a decided hit with the people. Grand Commanded Biancy. Luther W. Blaney, of Wheeling, is the Grand Commander of the lodge, and Thomas C. Bowling, a prominent Jefferson county citizen of Charles Town, is Deputy Grand Commander, Thomas E. Nichols, of Fairmount, is Grand Recorder, and J. S. Vandevort, of Weston is the Grand Treasurer, The Rt. Rev. W. L. Gravatt, of Charleston. Bishop of the Episcopal church of the diocese of West Virginia, is the Grand Prelate. Much business will be transnested at the annual conclave, including the election of officers for the ensuing year. The next place of meeting will also be chosen. The conclave is one of the biggest ever to be held in Martinsburg and the members of Palestine Commandery No. 2, who will entertain the visitors, are planning now for it. SMALL POX FOUND Six Cases Reported Among Negroes Near Vlearspring—Whole Camp An outbreak of smallpox in a railroad camp near Clearspring has been reported. Six unvaccinated negroes are down with the disease and kept under a rigid quarantine, the state board of health having no place to send them for treatment. The whole camp has been vaccinated and is being watched by county health officers. It is believed that several negroes who were ill some time ago had smallpox and that the outbreak spread from them. Three have recovered. The situation has been reported to Dr. C. Hampson Jones, chief of the state bureau of communicable diseases, Baltimore, and an investigation as to the source of infection is under way. The officials say they are confident that the disease can be confined to the camp and that they have no fears for other sections of the county, although some cases have been reported from Hagerstown. Used 40 Years CARDUI The Woman's Tenie Sold Everywhere Says 65 year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved After a Few Doses of Black-Draught. Beautiful Bust and Shoulders are possible if you will wear a scientifically constructed Bien Jolie Brassiere. The dragging weight of an unconfined bust so stretches the supporting muscles that the contour of the figure is spoiled. 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Theodore Roosevelt was gleeful last night when told that a gun on the Mongolia, named after him, had sunk a German submarine. "I am greatly rejoiced," he said, "and I congratulate the captain, the gunners and all the crew of the Mongolia. Thank Heaven, some Americans have at least begun to hit. We have been altogether too long purely at the receiving end of this war Germany has waged on us." --- PROCLAMATION Martinsburg, W. Ve., Apr. 3, 1917. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsburg, pursuant to the law in such case made and provided, on the 8th day of March, 1917, duly and legally passed an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG, AS FOLLOWS: FIRST. FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING AND PAVING IN A PERMANENT MANNER CERTAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. SECOND. TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE, ERECT BUILDINGS AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY HALL. USE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. THIRD. TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBWAY OR UNDER-GRADE CROSSING OF THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD AT QUEEN STREET IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. FOURTH. TO REPAIR AND EXTEND THE SYSTEM OF WATER WORKS OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. FIFTH. TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A BRIDGE OVER THE BALTIMORE & OHIO TRACKS, YARDS, AND TUSCARORA CREEK AT MARTIN STREET IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. SIXTH. TO PURCHASE AND ERECT AN INCINERATING PLANT. SEVENTH. TO CONSTRUCT STORM WATER SEWERS IN STREETS IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. EIGHTH. TO AUTHORIZE A MAXIMUM SPECIAL BOND LEVY TO PAY THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ON SAID BONDS, which ordinance is in words and figures following, to-wit: AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG, AS FOLLOWS: FIRST. FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING AND PAVING IN A PERMANENT MANNER CERTAIN STREETS IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. SECOND. TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE, ERECT BUILDINGS AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR THE USE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. THIRD. TO AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUBWAY OR UNDER-GRADE CROSSING OF THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD AT QUEEN STREET IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. FOURTH. TO REPAIR AND EXTEND THE SYSTEM OF WATER WORKS OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. FIFTH. TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A BRIDGE OVER THE BALTIMORE & OHIO TRACKS YARDS, AND TUSCARORA CREEK AT MARTIN STREET IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. SIXTH. TO PURCHASE AND ERECT AN INCINERATING PLANT. SEVENTH. TO CONSTRUCT STORM WATER SHEWERS IN STREETS IN THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG. EIGHTH. TO AUTHORIZE A MAXIMUM SPECIAL BOND LEVY TO PAY THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL ON SAID BONDS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG: Seo. 1. That the Mayor and Auditor of the City of Martinsburg be, and they are hereby authorized to make, execute and deliver, as hereinafter provided, bonds of the City of Martinsburg to the aggregate amount of $210,000.00, known as "GENERAL IMPROVING AND PAVING BONDS," the denominations and terms of payment of said bonds shall be as hereinafter provided and prescribed, the proceeds of the sale of which bonds shall be appropriated and expended for the following purposes, and none other; that is to say: FIRST. The proceeds of the sale of $115,000.00 of said bonds shall be appropriated and expended in improving and paving in a permanent manner certain streets of the City of Martinsburg as follows— West King Street from the East side of Maple Avenue to the Cumberland Valley Passenger Station, North Queen Street from the North side of Race street to the South side of Moler Avenue, East Martin Street from the East side of Queen Street East to the line of the right-of-way of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Raleigh street from King to West Race shall be paved with an improved paving brick. The following Streets shall be improved in a permanent manner with asphalt macadam and shall include the street crossings where the same begins and ende- Raleigh Street from the South side of jail-yard fence to King Street, Vinginia Avenue from Bowers Street to Stephen Street, West Virginia Avenue from Bowers Street to Faulkner Avenue, New York Avenue from Bowers Street to Faulkner Av- All said street improvements shall be made and all moneys arising from the sale of said $115,000.00 of said bonds appropriated and expended in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Martinsburg as ammended and none in force. SECOND. The proceeds of the sale of $25,000.00 of the par value of said bonds shall be appropriated and expended for the purpose of acquiring sites and erection of buildings and purchase of equipment for the Fire Department of the City of Martinsburg. THIRD. The proceeds of the sale of $25,000.00 of the par value of said bonds shall be appropriated and expended to aid in the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of rights-of-way for, and the construction of an under-grade crossing or subway under the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Queen Street in said City. FOURTH. The proceeds of the sale of $5,000.00 of the par value of said bonds shall be appropriated and expended for the purpose of repairing and extending the system of water works of the City of Martinsburg. FIFTH. The proceeds of the sale of $10,000.00 of the par value of said bonds shall be appropriated and expended for the purpose of erecting, constructing and maintaining a bridge over the tracks and yards of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Tuscarare Creek at Martin Street in said City. SIXTH. The proceeds of the sale of $5,000.00 of the par value of said bonds shall be appropriated and expended for the purpose of purchasing, constructing and erecting an incinerating plant to care for the garbage of the City of Martisburg. SEVENTH. The proceeds of the sale of $25,000.00 of the par value of said bonds shall be appropriated and expended in the construction and sewers to care for the storm water on the streets of the City of Martinsburg. Sald bonds shall be issued in the several denominations of $100.00, $5,000.00 and $1,000.00, not exceeding in the aggregate, however, the sum of $210,000.00 and shall be payable to bearer at the office of the Treasurer of the City of Martinsburg at Martinsburg, West Virginia, thirty-four years after date, and redeemable at any time after twenty-years after date, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, payable annually on the 1st day of January of each year after the year in which they are issued at the office aforesaid, according to the tenor and effect of interest coupons to be attached to each bond respectively; and said bonds shall be dated the 1st day of January, 1917, and shall be signed in the corporate name of the City by its Mayor, countersigned by the Auditor and sealed with the Corporate seal of the said City. The name of the Treasurer of said City in office when said bonds are issued shall be signed to each coupon, but said name may be either printed or engraved thereon Sec. 11. That H. H. Emmert, G. A. Miller and John T. Nadenbousch, who are hereby appointed Commissioners of the City of Martinsburg for the purpose—be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell publicly said "GENERAL IMPROVEMENT AND PAVING BONDS," for cash, at not less than their par value, to the highest bidder in writing, to be approved by said Commissioners; but before any such sale shall be made the same shall be advertised in some convenient newspaper or newspapers, as the said Commissioners may elect, at least four weeks previous to such sale. The proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds, as fast as realized, shall be payable to the Treasurer of the City of Martinsburg and deposited by him in the Treasury of said City to the credit thereof in a separate and distinct account, known as "General Improvement and Paving Bond Account," and said account shall be kept separate and distinct from other accounts of said City and the funds in said account shall not be appropriated or expended for any purpose than that heroinabove specified. Sec. IV. The sinking fund herein provided for shall be kept by the Commissioners hereinabove appointed for the purpose of paying the principal of said bonds, and all investments of said sinking fund shall be for the purpose of redeeming said bonds, and no part of said fund or the investment thereof shall be paid by said Commissioners except upon the special warrant of the council directed to them and specifying that the amount of the warrant is for the purpose of discharging so much of the principal of said bonds. The Commissioners shall make a report in writing to the Mayor of the City of Martinsburg on the 1st day of July, 1917, and on the 1st day of July in each succeeding year until the maturity or refunding of the bonds herein authorized; said report shall embody all things done by said Commissioners up until the date of said report. The report shall be transmitted by the Mayor to the Council of the City of Martinsburg at its regular meeting in July of each year. Sec. V. That the maximum rate of levy which the Council of the City of Martinsburg may now levy for general purpose under the Charter of the City of Martinsburg will not produce sufficient funds to pay the interest on such bonded indebtedness hereby created and provide a sinking fund for the discharge of the principal in thirty-four years. That a sinking fund is hereby created for the redemption of said bonds and that the Council shall provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to pay annually the interest on said bonds and the principal thereof at maturity, and for that purpose may direct a rate of levy each year up to an amount of 20 cents which rate of levy may produce sufficient funds necessary in each year to pay the interest and to provide such sinking fund; but before the Council shall make an additional levy, a majority of the votes cast for and against said levy as provided in the succeeding section shall be in favor of such authorization. Sec. VI. The Mayor shall issue a proclamation reciting this ordinance and appoint a day on which an election shall be held by the qualified voters of the said city to determine whether they shall reject or ratify this ordinance; and he shall also specify in said proclamation the aggregate amount of indebtedness of the said City issued, authorized and existing at the date of the proclamation. This proclamation shall be published in all the newspapers published in the City of Martinsburg, at least once a week for four consecutive weeks, the first publication thereof being at least thirty days before the date fixed for such special election, and such proclamation shall be posted at the same time at the front door of the County Cour House of Berkeley County, West Virginia, and at the front door of the City Hall of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and at a place within each voting precinct the Mayor may designate. The said election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as other municipal elections of the said City are held, and all persons qualified to vote at such elections of said City, and no others, shall vote at such election. The persons voting for the ratification of the ordinance and for the authorization of the bond issue shall have written or printed upon their ballots the words "For Ratification," and the persons voting against said ratification shall have written or printed upon their ballots the words "For Rejection." There shall be printed on the ticket the following: "To authorize a maximum special bond levy of TWENTY CENTS according to the ordinance of the Council of the City of Martinsburg, passed on the 8th day of March, 1917, to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund for the discharge of the bonds now being votel for"; and directly underneath in two separate lines shall be printed the words "For the Levy" and "Against the Levy." Persons voting for the levy shall leave upon their ballots the words "For the Levy" and persons voting against such levy shall leave upon their ballots the words "Against the Levy." The result of the said election shall be certified in the same manner as the result of the general municipal elections is now certified. Sec. V11. The Treasurer shall record the said bonds in the bond longer in his office in their number, dates, amounts, time when due, the name and address of the purchaser and holder so far as known, and file therein the bonds and coupons taken up and cancelled from time to time. Sec. V111. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and shall have been ratified at the election provided for herein as to the authorization of the issuance of said "General Improvement and Paving Bonds" by three-fifths of all the ballots cast for and against the same at said election and by a majority of the votes cast for and against the authorization of the maximum special bond levy of TWENTY CENTS herein provided for. NOW, THEREFORE TO WHOM ALL THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:— Know, ye, that in pursuance of and in accordance with the duty imposed upon me by the ordinance aforesaid, and under the statutes in such case (Continued on Page Four.) made and provided, I, P. W. Leiter, Mayor of the City of Martinsburg, do hereby proclaim that on Tuesday, the $8_{th}$ day of May, 1917, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, a special election will be held at the regularly established voting precincts in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth wards of said city, by the qualified voters thereof, to decide whether they will ratify or reject the said ordinance. At the date of this proclamation the valuation of all the assessable and taxable property within the City of Martinsburg, both real and personal, is as shown by the last assessment thereof, for state and county purposes, the sum of $2,443,811.74, on which valuation the City of Martinsburg is authorized to incur an aggregate amount of indebtedness of 2 1-2 per cent thereof or $211,082.79, except that the City of Martinsburg is further authorized to incur an additional indebtedness of 2 1-2 per cent or $211,082.79 for the purpose of grading, paving, sewering and otherwise improving the streets an alleys of said city—the term "sewering" including incinerating plants, mains, laterals, connections, traps and other necessary and convenient accessories. The total amount included herein for purposes other than paving, grading and sewering, as provided by law, being the proceeds from the sum of $25,000.00 of bonds, which is therein appropriated and required to be expended for the purpose of a quiring of sites, the erection of buildings and the purchase of equipment for the fire department of the City of Martinsburg and the grounds from the sum of $5,000.00 of bonds, which is therein appropriated and expended for the purpose of repairing and extending the system of water works of the City of Martinsburg; or the total proceeds from $30,000.00 par value of sald bonds. The proceeds of the entire balance of the bonds authorized to be issued, are appropriated and shall be expended for the purpose of grading, paving, sewering and otherwise improving the streets and alleys of the said city, and therein set out. The aggregate amount of indebtedness of said city, issued and authorized at the date of this proclamation is $146,309.00, consisting of outstanding bonds of the amount of $137,900.00, and floating debts of the amount of $9,309.00. The amount of indebtedness which the said city is authorized to incur in addition to the indebtedness above set forth is $275,856.57. That for the purpose of his election provided for in the going ordinance, the following named persons, nominated by the mayor and approved by the council of the City of Martinsburg, on the 3rd day of April, 1917, are hereby appointed commissioners and clerks to hold said election in the respective precincts, to ascertain and declare the result thereof, as provided by law, which said commissioners and clerks shall act at their respective precincts in said city, as follows: First Ward, 1st Precinct, Commissioners—W. R. Caskey, Hannon Reed and F. C. McBee. Clerks—C. E. Thompson and C. E. Kisner. First Ward, 2nr Precinct, Commissioners—John Lloyd, Jas. B. Shipe and Stewart Cushwa. Clerks—E. B. Chamberlain and J. Frank Seibert. Second Ward, 1st Precinct, Commissioners—C. C. Culler, L. H. Shaul and C. D. Burns. Clerks—G. B. Slifer and Carroll Sencindiver. Second Ward, 2nd Precinct, Commissioners—L. H. Thompson, A. B. Noll and John Gerling. Clerks—Lee Siler and Harry Thomas. Third Ward, 1st Precinct, Commissioners—A. M. Gilbert, J. R. Poland and Lewis Light. Clerks—Frank A. Minor and E. C. Trout. Third Ward, 2nd Precinct, Commissioners—Dan Heiston, Chas. Seibert and A. Nichodemus. Clerks—Low Young and Thomas Thornburg. Fourth Ward, 1st Precinct, Commissioners—Harry Whittington, Jas. Powell and Wm. Cumiskey. Clerks—J. Wm. Kastle, — Lowen. Fourth Ward, 2nd Precinct, Commissioners—Jas. Larkins, F. H. Baker and W. H. Wright. Clerks—J. Wm. Kastle, Br., and Thos. Youtz. Fifth Ward, 1st Precinct, Commissioners—John Oliver, J. H. Lloyd and Eugene Small. Clerks—Earl Lloyd and Wm. Cage. Fifth Ward, 2nd Precinct, Commissioners—Ed. Brandenburg, J. H. Bratt and J. T. Crawford. Clerks—George Dunn and Roy Edwards. THE COAST GUARD HEARD THUNDER When They Reported "Heavy Firing" Off the Cape Cod Coast—Some Say Blasting. BOSTON, April 19.—Maybe it was thunder on the Cape Cod coast that the coast guards heard when they reported "heavy firing" off the coast. That is the opinion of the captain of a merchant vessel arriving from that region today. Another theory is it might have been blasting along Thorl. MR. STAUBLY LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER FOR 17 YEARS L. H. Staubly, lighthouse keeper, at Palmers, Md., is spending several days in the city with his brother, An- thony Staubly, of West Martin street. Mr. Staubly, a former resident of Martinsburg, has been a lighthouse keeper for seventeen years, most of which was spent at Cape Charles.