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The Pioneer Press. "HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN" ESTABLISHED 1882 BAYONETS FACE CROWDS IN BIG SLACKERS' RIOT COAST ARTILLERYMEN OVER WHELMED BY INFURIATED MOB OF SYMPATHIZERS. HUNDREDS ARRESTED AT ANTI- CONSCRIPTION GATHERING IN NEW YORK. BIG MEETING HELD BY "PEO- , PLES' COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY AND PEACE." Rioting of thousands of persons at anti-conscription meetings last night marked the efforts of the police and soldiers to round up conscription slackers giving to the draft situation the most sinister tinge it has taken in New York City. Nearly 200 men were detained at two meetings last night because they couldn't how their registration cards. While the largest number—about 150—were detained at meeting of the Socialists of the Twenty-Sixth Assembly district. The meeting was rather tame, when it was noticed that so'diers, members of the Fifth Coast Artillery, were demanding cards of the men who were gong out one by one or n pars ormw going out one by one or in pairs from the hall, which was crowded almost to suffocation. This attracted the comment of the speakers and more persons started to leave. About thirty men who couldn't show cards had been pushed into a side room, when as if by one impulse the audience started to leave. The fifty or more soldiers tried in vain to stem the tide. But they couldn't stop the 2,000 persons inside whit hit the soldiers at the door in wedges and threw themselves outside, where 10,000 persons were gathered, hissing and cursing the soldiers. A hundred men would crowd in upon the squad, when the soldiers would turn about and drawing their bayonets dispersed the pursuers. The police appeared to regard the sold'res as somewhat overzealous and devoted themselves to trying to persuade the people to go home and let the matter rest. But the crowds would not go home. They were thoroughly aroused to a feeling of resentment against the soldiers and the screams of infuriated women did much to fan the ugly spirit of the gatherings. Martin-Tibbitts Wedding KEYSER, W. Va., June 16.—Lloyd Martin, Clarksburg, and Miss Virginia Tibbitts, Keyser, were married Thursday at the home of the bride by the Rev. A. N. Perryman, pastor of the Presbyterian church. The bride is the daughter of Arestes Tibbetts, a coal operator of this locality. She was a student this year at the West Virginia University, from which the groom graduated. Soldier on Furlough. Raymond Duke, a member of Company F, came from Fairmont today and is spending some time at his home here while on a brief furlough. Arthur Small, the young son of Victor Small. Hagerstown, was kicked on the head by a horse yesterday afternoon and probably fatally injured, his skull being fractured. $100,000,000 TO BE RAISED NEXT WEEK IN THE U.S. RED CROSS WILL ENDEAVOR TO GET HUGE SUM IN COUNTRY. MARTINSBURG CHAPTER WILL WORK HARD FOR THE CANADIAN SOLDIER WILL DELIVE RADDRESS AT LOCAL CHURCH. Commencing Monday the campaign of the American Red Cross to raise $100,000,000 in the United States will be on, continuing throughout the week, which has been set apart by President Wilson as Red Cross Week Martinsburg has been apportioned a large amount of money to be raised by the local chapter, and the ladies have been busy making arrangements and soliciting funds. They are glad to report that a number of very liberal donations have already been made and that they are looking for many more. Fact is, they expect a donation from every person, young and old, in Martinsburg, and to give all a chance a systematic house to house canvases by envelope will be made by a number of the ladies, assisted by the Boy Scouts. It will be the aim of Mr. Alex Parks, Jr., chairman of this work, that every house secures an envelope, and if by chance you do not get one, make it a point to see that you give something anyway. Send your contribution, no matter how small, to the Red Cross headquarters. The necessity of every one in Martinsburg contributing, as stated before, is to help finance the Red Cross liberally as to give it a chance to do the work of upbuilding and inspiring its allies while American soldiers are being mobilized and trained. In doing this you are not only rendering moral encouragement, but actual physical help to the fighting armies of Europe. As one member of the Red Cross said today: "We consider the order from the President to help raise this money our duty, and we will raise as much as possible in the time given. We consider that we are as much subject to orders in this respect as the soldier who will be sent to France." That is the spirit of many others and good work is sure to result. People of Martinsburg arise to this most stupendous call to aid suffering humanity. The occasion demands it. The Red Cross must raise money to care for the sick and wounded in this war. Many thousands of men who have been fighting for liberty lie dead or wounded. Millions of women and children are homeless and helpless. Hundreds of towns and villages have been destroyed, and disease and distress is rampant. Up to the present time this country has not suffered. While the countries across the sea have been pouring out their life blood, America has experienced a prosperity she has never known before. But America is now in this war, the most gigantic struggle in the history of the world, and must stand her share of the suffering they have endured. She must bear her burdens and do her part in the real way. And with the generosity and hearty co-operation of the people of this country she will again demonstrate her ability to handle a big task in a big way. The people of Martinsburg should feel indeed grateful that they are permitted to join in this great service of mankind. And just to impress you with the necessity of helping, your own son and brother may soon be going into battle. They will be going into battle thousands of miles from home in a land wasted by war, a land threatened with famine, a land smitten with disease. When they are wounded, as they surely will be in great numbers, are you going to allow them to suffer still more because you fail to contribute to the work of the Red Cross? If you wait it may be too late. Give now, and get in the work next week. Much has been arranged for the week whereby you may do your "bit." On Monday night in the Lutheran Church, Corporal R. D. Aget, a Canadian soldier, will describe the horrors of the war as he witnessed it while in the trenches of France. Corporal Aget is wounded and is in America recuperating, before returning to the front. Other noted speakers will be at this meeting, and a musical program is also being arranged in charge of Mr. H. M. Grove. A silver offering will be lifted. Wednesday night a benefit performance will be given at the Central Opera House, at which time the picture, "Mothers of France," will be shown in conjunction with the vaudeville show. Mine. Sarah Bernhardt is the star in the picture. Manager Irons promises to give all an opportunity of witnessing the performance that night. On Thursday night a benefit dance will be held at the residence of Mr. Charles Kilbourn, Winchester avenue, and it has been arranged by the auto squad to see that all who will attend be conveyed to that place. Many things will be on sale in conjunction with the dance. Saturday night the ladies of Falling Waters will hold a festival. They will serve sandwiches and coffee, ice cream and cake, strawberries and cream, beginning at 7 o'clock and continuing until midnight. Sunday afternoon a sacred concert will be given at the Apollo Theatre, at which a vocal and instrumental program will be rendered. A silver offering will be lifted at this entertainment. There will be much doing and you are urged to attend all these entertainments with a well-filled purse, and if you were ever before liberal this should be the time. Much is expected of you. Do your share and at the close of the week the ladies will feel that they were well rewarded for their efforts. Remember this is not charity. This is debt paying. Do your part. PUBLIC SQUARE IS WELL FILLED With Music Lovers at Initial Open Air Concert by Comrey's Con- cert Band. From 8 o'clock last night until 9:30) the Public Square was well filled with the music-loving public of Martinsburg, hearing a splendid concert by Comrey's concert band. The program was rendered with the usual ability of the artists, and the numbers were well appuded by the crowd especially the duet by Prof. Comrey and son, Lawrence. The people hope that Prof. Comrey will continue these concert. Mr. John Riner has returned home from Hagerstown, where he spent several days, having been called there by the illness and death of his brother, George Riner. SELECTION OF CLASS A ROADS Is the Great Importance Says A. D. Williams, Chairman of the State Road Commission. One of the most important steps in the development of the State of West Virginia is the establishment of Class A roads. The location of these roads will have bearing on the future road, agricultural and industria development. It is very important that every citizen of the State join hands with the Commission and the County Courts in getting the best locations, the cheapest routes, and the routes that will serve the most people all costs considered and be the easiest maintained. This proposition is of each magnitude as to demand and require the attention of every person and should have it because who ever is done now will be reflected in future years; if it is well done the reflection will be for good but if improperly done it will be a detriment. The demands on the Commission are very great and the cooperation of the loyal patriotic citizens of the State will be appreciated. The location of the Cass A Roads must be done with a patriotic spirit free from selfish interests. It must be done with an eye fixed singly upon the best interest of the State and its people as a whole. PAYS $64,000 FOR VA. FRUIT FARM Big Orchards Near Winchester Have Changed Ownership in the Deal. WINCHESTER, Va., June 16. — One of the biggest real estate deals that has been consummated in recent years in this section of the state was transacted yesterday between H. Clay de Grange, formerly of Frederick, and Robert M. Ford, when Mr. de Grange purchased the Ford property near this city. The consideration is stated as being $64,000. dt is the largest farm and apple orchard in Frederick county, Va. It contains 234 acres, with 144 acres in a high state of cultivation and 90 acres in different varieties of apples. The section that this farm is located in is considered one of the best fruit-growing localities in Virginia. Mr. de Grange is a member of the sales organization of the Ox Fibre Brush Factory, Frederick, with offices in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. de Grange was Miss Ensminger, Frederick, and owned many large apple orchards which she manages herself. In 1916 she sold 10,000 bushels of apples. She will continue in the fruit growing business. SEPTEMBER MORN NOV MILWAUKEE, June 16.—A youth walking into one of the recruiting offices downtown and volunteered. He had on his forearm a copy of "September Morn." He was rejected and went to an artist and had a bathing suit put on the figure and was then accepted. GRAVE REVOLT IS ON IN SPAIN Rumors Are Scattered Broadcast No Direct News Ominous. Ominous. LONDON, June 16.—The Daily Chronicle says there has been no direct news of events in Spain of a later date than Tuesday, and, in view of the uncertain political situation, vague rumors have gained currency as to the spread of the revolutionary movement in the country. British business firms with interests in Spain regard the situation as grave. The censorship is of the strictest character, and all business and trade communications are held up. Demands for reforms by military committees led to much trouble and directly produced the Cabinet crisis which, apparently ended Monday last when Senator Dato took office as Premier. The issue is one between the army and civil government of the country, and the signs of late have been that the effective power was slipping from the hands of the latter. FOOD ADMINISTRATION The law of supply and demand has broken down as a controller of prices. The entente powers are bidding against each other for America's own killing food reserves. It's a case of anyone: American and European fighting for his own interest without thought of the interest of the rest. The strong hand of the federal government is required and at once. America needs an intelligent, efficient, food administrator.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. NEED NO AWAKENING No harm can come from statements such as first of Congressman Fitzgerald, who fears that we must be shocked by a long list of casualties before we begin to realize the seriousness of the war. None the less it is a fact that a race beginning has been effected. There was reality enough about the registration And all who registered realized. They need no awakening. Nor can the buy-a-bond movement be whistled down the wind as a source of arousal. It has stirred and is stirring. It has taken hold.—The Brooklyn Eagle. "BONE DRY" LAW FOR VA. LIQUOR STORER. DANVILLE, Va., June 16.—O. E. Hatcher, president of the Danville Creamery, was convicted of storing liquor here this afternoon and sentenced to pay $70 fine and serve 30 days in jail. An appeal was noted. The other officers of the company were exonerated. Judge Frank P. Christian said from the bench that he though confiscation ofthe $5000 worth of liquor would meet the ends of justice and that if he were the governor he would relieve the defendant of the jail sentence. He also stated that hethought it was wrong to destroy the liquor and that it should be denatured and given to a hospital. The judge also said that if Hatcher had stored the liquor at his home he could not have been dealt with. THE PIONEER PRESS Entered at Postoffice. Martinsburg West Virginia as second-class matter Subscriptlon Rates: One Year ..... $1.50 Six Months ..... .75 Three Months ..... .50 Issued every Saturday by J. R. Clifford, Editor and Owner. Drawer 369.....Bell Phone 101J SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1917. The lateness of this issue was caused by our absence in attendance upon the Grand Lodge last week. To refuse colored men the right to enlist and fight for the flag is as poorly based in law as it is in logic. Greece is establishing a new government and Constantine has abdicated his throne and left his country. It's brutal butchery in the Germans with air machines to kill fifty London women and main hundreds of other people. Root and his party are busy reasoning with the Russians. If profound reason and logic can convince them, Root has the rare ability to do it. --- The laboring people of America are up in an endless war for the reduction of food prices—fight it to a finish. The cause is a worthy one. Russia has set an example to this country in allowing old "Nick" to vote and declaring that all citizens in good standing, except deaf and dumb persons should be allowed to vote. Counterfeit articles have the day now, and the genuine, meritorious proposition is being relegated to the rear so rapidly these days that it can hardly be seen with the naked eye. We understand that Dr. Joel E. Spingarn is in training at Plattsburg, New York. If this be so, no one need fear that he will not take pleasure in doing his "bit" for the elevation of his darker complexion brother along lines military To find a people as loyal, and who have done so much for this country, treated as we are, in vain will history be searched for a parallel. But it is plain as sunlight that this world war is going to make things in general better. If the ten or twelve million Colored Americans in this country would band together and act as one person, the progress made by them along all lines would be marvelous. Is it possible that we will ever see such a condition ensue? We hope so. Roosevelt says he is happy. He said' "I wanted to go to the war and the people wanted me to go, but now I am feeling fine. I kept my good health by having a very bad temper kept under control"—it must be an awful hard thing to do. A NOTABLE VICTORY FOR GOOL OF MASONRY. For the past thirty years at annual conventions, the supreme ambition of the ruling element has been the election of officers in Free Masonry of West Virginia, and all kinds of tricks, schemes and devilment have been used to accomplish it; and for thirty years we have opposed. At this Grand Sitting it died and was eternally buried. By a resolution passed last year, fathered by ye editor, the rotation in office became a law, and while the old gang came united to kill it, it turned out that they were toothless lions. They bellowed and bristled, but could not bite. It is a law, and by it, Deputy Grand Master A. E.' Goodwyn stepped into the Grand Master's chair, and every member, including the Grand Pursuivant made one step in advance toward the Grand Master's place. So hereafter, instead of cliques of ignorance and down right deviltry, coming to the Grand Lodge, grouping and promising strangers a little of everything and branding real men as rascals etc., we have sealed their mouths forever and masonry is destined to go on gloriously in the future. Three days were spent doing not one thing till after 7:30 P. M., and had we not stayed there till 2 A. M. and beat them, and prevented their old rotten method of election, not one other thing could have been done. We were nobly welcomed by the Mayor of Clarksburg, and the City Park was opened and given to us with a good game of baseball, etc., but the cliques were too busy to go. Thursday night Clarksburgers must have spent a hundred dollars to give us a royal banquet, and we were told that the hall was crowded by the elite gowned in their best, but it was impossible to do the needed three days work and get to the hall. Adjourning at 2 P. M., the tables groaned, covered with the richest viands of the season, with many gallons of ice cream untouched. Good people, ignorance caused it. It will never happen again. Hereafter our work can and will be done in time to see your sights, and attend all of your friendly offerings with greetings. Be thankful for the good of masonry, that after a thirty year struggle, we crushed the ugly curse and buried it so deep it will never be seen again. "After the storm a calm, After the bruise a balm, The ill brings good in the Lord's own time, And the sigh becomes a Praise." Fifty-two Negroes were lynched last year. What is going to be the final payment for the thousands of innocent Negroes lynched in this shamefully boasted christian country, called "the land of the free and the home of the brave?" Has the public forgotten what Abraham Lincoln said when asked "when will this war end? and his reply was: "not till every drop of blood drawn from the black man's back by the white man's lash shail have been repaid by the sword, so just is God?" And we believe it was done. Why have a Supreme Court to sit in judgment to correct the wrongs of our state courts as it does in all other matters and allow it to declare it has no jurisdiction over the states that lynch Negroes to stop it, and refers them back to the perpetrator's abode for remedy? Why then did this same court approve and uphold the law that made this country pay Italy a big indemnity for the murder of an alleged member of the "Maia" in Louisiana? Why didn't the same court refer it back to that state? "Some- thing rotten in Denmark." To us it seems ridiculous that the various race, and other groups that are laboring for the betterment of humanity should be at variance. The National Association For The Advancement of Colored People, The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, and The Fellowship League, are all three organizations constituted with the idea in mind of ameliorating any untoward conditions that attach to our affairs in general. This being the case, why is there any need of friction among the various organizations and different public men? As we see it, our methods may differ, but our aims are the same. We are all going the same way, and if we must disagree on minor matters, let us get together on the essentials. Race solidarity, with the help of our brave and uncompromising white friends, is the medium through which we can surmount the barriers which stand in the way of our progress. Let us have peace among ourselves, and then we can conduct a withering fire upon the common enemy. HAWAIIAN SINGERS AND PLAYERS BIG FEATURE SUNDAY AT COMMUNITY CHAUTAUQUA---- "ALOHA OE." FAREWELL SONG OF QUEEN "LIL." "KA-LI-MA" WALTZ IN PROGRAM, RENDERED IN THE TRUE NATIVE MELODY. TONIGHT ROYAL BLUE HUSSARS (BAND AND MR. ROY, NOTED LYRIC TENOR. Thrilled with music, artistic conditions of the world's greatest composers, by Prof. Leon Weltman and his great Russian quartet, last night the big crowd at the Community Chautauqua, was in prime humor for the main feature of the evening an address by Dr. E. L. Williams, Chicago's noted "Fighting Parson." Dr. Williams told in his own way, with strong word illustrations, as only a man can, who has had his vast and varied experience, with the evils of a great city like Chicago, of the wickedness, the vice, the misery of the under world to which humanity in measurable percentage, regardless of birth station in life, drifts if subjected to the temptations, and especially urged the country-bred boy and girl to stay on the old farm. Tonight's feature will be the big double concert—the Royal Blue Hussars Band and Mr. Irving F. Joy, lyric tenor. John Kendrick Bangs, one of America's most versatile public speakers, will deliver a lecture entitled "Salubrites." The closing feature tomorrow night and one most popular, is a concert by Hawaiian singers and players. The natives of the faraway Pacific island will introduce musical specialties on the native instruments which will be familiar to the audience from phonograph records, music flowing in strange melody, the expression of deep heart-sentiment of the native Hawaiians. Among the numbers on their program will be "Aloha Oo," the farewell song of Lilahaukali, the deposed queen of Hawaii, and the three steel guitar pieces best known on the phonograph records; the "Khoala" March the "Ka-lima" Waliz and the "Hilo" March. The Marshburg Juniors want to face back today to battle that team in the opening of the season in the "wet" town. The locals are expected to present a strong lineup. Early in the spring there were rumors of an Austrian offensive in the Trentino. A successful invasion of Italy at this point would entangle Milan and perhaps Turin and Venice. The vigorous Italian offensive in the Carsa avenged this peril. But the military paralysis of Russia has released the Austrian forces formerly employed on the eastern front. Thus Genera Cadonna has been checked, and it is gritti an open question whether he can continue to hold his own against the increased odds. Perhaps he can; the Austrians have not yet accomplished as much as they hoped to accomplish. But it is clear that Italian resources would be strained to the utmost to meet a simultaneous attack in the Trentino. There is one of the victories for "liberty" that the radical revolutionists in Russia have won.—Philadelphia Ledger. Dog Attacks Woman. . HARRISONBURG, Va., June 15. While hoeing corn yesterday Mrs. Charles K. Hensloy, of McGaheysville, was attacked by a vicious dog and biten about the nuck and throat in eighteen places. The young woman had a desperate fight with the dog, finally overcoming him to the ground. Her husband arrived later and shot the dog. Its head was sent today to the Hygienic Laboratory in Washington for a rabies test. Colonel Perin Suicides. BALTIMORE, Md., June 16.—Lawrence Perin, a local society idol, son of Mrs. Nelson Perin and the late Nelson Perin, a Baltimore street railway magnate, and a colonel on the staff of former Gov. Hatfield, of West Virginia, episodes in whose life sometimes startled many persons on two continents, committed suicide yesterday in his room at the Belvedere Hotel by shooting himself through the head. Since he dropped out of the high light a few months ago, after he had deferred the efforts of his relatives to have him declared insane, Mr. Perin had been a patient at the Phipps psychiatric clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital. He left there last Wednesday and registered at the Belvedere. HARRISONBURG EDITOR WINS HARRISONBURG, Va., Juns 16.—H. W. Bertram, editor of the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record was awarded a verdict of $2,000 against R. B. Smythe, editor of the Daily Independent, by a jury here yesterday. The case aroused much interest. Governor Stuart designated Judge B. R. White, of Princess Anne county to sit for Judge T. X. Huas, who was indirectly interested in the case. The trial got so hot that the court and the lawyers requested both papers to cease printing the accounts of the proceedings. Anonymous letters have been written to some of the lawyers, and Judge White asked the jury if any sue billters had been received none had reached them. FREED ON ONE CHANGE: Pete Heck was given a hearing last night before Justice Wolf and was freed on one charge and found guilty on another. He was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Jan Richards, who stated that Heck had attempted to take his life, but was found not guilty. He was fined $5.60 for assault and battery. THE FARM CROPS IMPROV H. R. Sperow, a proseperous Berkeley county farmer of the Bedington section, was in Martinsburg today on business. He says the rains have caused wheat to take on a new growth, though the crop will be short. Meadows and pasturage are in good growing condition and the late hay crop promises to be about an average. The late planting of corn, especially, is showing well in average stand. TO SOLICIT FOR THE RED CROSS Many Local Young Ladies Will Assist in Work During Red Cross Week. The following young ladies will receive and solicit subscriptions and contributions to the Red Cross during the coming week at the court house, postoffice and places where Red Cross benefits are being given: Miss Frances Henshaw. Miss Anne Snodgrass. Miss Virginia Emmert. Miss Elizabeth Harper. Miss Mildred Crow. Mrs. A. A. Westrater. Mrs. Eleanor Grove. Miss Catherine Miller. Miss Mary Fiery. Miss Laura Shepherd. Miss Mary H. Durdette. Miss Elizabeth Payne. Miss Lee Bond. Miss Catherine Wever. Miss Elizabeth Wever. Miss Clara G. Thompson. Miss Virginia Thompson. Miss Lucille Henshaw. Miss Laura Henshaw. Miss Byrd Fiery. Miss Imogene Miller. Miss Mary E. McDonald. Miss Grace Bentz. Miss Louise Foreman. Miss Conie McKown. Miss Louise Geyer. Miss Ellie Daulita. Miss Gladys Skadden. Miss Frances Watson. Miss Frances Durdette. Mrs. Ad. Nicklas. DISMISSAL ORDER BY U. S. ASKED BY CONFEDERATES. WASHINGTON, June 16.—As a result of courses of Admiral A. O. Wright of Jacksonville, Pha., commander-in-chief of the Confederate Naval veterans, a movement has been started in Congress to remove from the records of a number of Confederate navy and army officers an order of dismissal from the United States forces, which was placed against the Southern Confederacy. Admiral Wright has pointed out to members of the House and the Senate that many officers of the Federal army and navy resigned and that their resignations were accepted, while others when they offered their resignations were dismissed. He says there is no just reason for this discrimination, and thinks Congress should adept a resolution directing that the descendants of these men, said orders of dismissal be changed to acceptance of resignations. Many of Admiral Wright, are now serving in the United States Army. Others have enlisted for the war with Germany. BIG GAME HUNTERS' FIRST CHOICE and Big enough for the biggest game of North America. STEVENS "High Power" Repeating Rifle No. 425. List Price .25-.30-.30-.22 and .35 calibers Use Rom. Auto-Loading Cartridges with copper primers SURE FINE NO BALKS NO ARMS Our "High Power" Rifles also furnished in fancy grades. Get your Dobber. Send for headsome, new Rifle Catalog. J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL COMPANY, © P. O. Box 5004 CINCOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS A business man was seen running around Hingerstown yesterday wanting to know where he could buy Liberty Bond buttons, observes the Hagarstown Mail. Co a genet ee ee ee local Notes. Mrs. Abraham Miter is hat hoo he t 1 Mer & % Miss jacin Move on, “harles Soi, ted nmer in cour city Mi, dat ‘ {oinewn West Purke Sucet roi tent, ismak- ine some extens ve ious to his a Hep epers. Mis. Baie Silo. of New York, visited frends here and at Charts ‘Town secently, fe gocs Hunest without saying Unat they were giad to sce her. Mr. Charles Marshall, owner, manager and director of Marshall's Orchestra, was a business and pleasure visitor to Hagerstown one afternoon recently, He reports an enjoyable trip. Mr. Henry N. Hopewell, one of our best known and most popular citizens, who recently purchased a finé Dedge Brothers touring car, is rapidly developing into an Al. driver of his machine, Mr. George Miller has returned home after au absence of several weeks in Siebert, ANegheny Coun ty, Maryland, where he did consid erable paiming and some general repairing for one of the more prom- inent citizens of that place. ‘The following Martinsburg young ladies were members of the 1947 f¥aduating class of Storer Collene: Misses. Olia Warrick, Hilda Hope- well, Brent Lee and Lena Fox. Jt is hoped the four of them may do great service for those with whoa they come in contact who have not been as fortunate as they. We acknowledge the yecipt aninvitation to attend the gradua- tion exercises of the Uniontown, (Pa.) High Schooi, whieh ce ur Wednesday evening, June twenti- eth. Among the names of gradua- tes who took the four year commer: cial course, we notice that of Miss Junious Annetta Burd. This brigest youn ledy has our congratulations. Mr. Kenneth Knode, a student at the University of Michigan, Ann Har bor, has returned home for the sim. mer vacation and is at te home of his parents, Mr, ang Mrs. J.T. Knode, West King street. CUMBERLAND, Ma, June 16-- Former United States Senator Georze J. Wellington received a telegram last hight advising him of the sudden death of his only brother, John Adam Wellington, aged 69, in New Orleans He was a pharmacist ang umil a year ago, when he retired was man ager of the New Orleans branch of a Baltimore drug company. SOLDIER TRIED FOR ae SHOOTING SPY SUSPECT, POANOKE, Va, June 16, In the General court-martial of the Second Virginia regiment now being held here the case of Private Frank Bowe n, of Company K, for tie killing of a su- posed German spy is being heard. Bowen. while on guard d ity ata bridge on a southern railway near Prowit, Albermari county, saw a form: in the darkness and his command to halt. was ignored until he fired sever. a) shots. He finally bro: aght his man in and he appeared to be a foreign With a decided German aceon While boing heid for the sergeant tie man {ried to escape and was shot qdend by Rowen. No explanation of his. pr ence around the bridze was vor found. | No intimation of the findings of the court will be made public here. MAYOR OF BLUEFIELD DIES OF WOUNDS. (BLUEFIELD, W. Va, Juen 16— Mayor E .B. Carter, who was shot and inortally wounded by Bessie Young, a i-yearold girl, died at the St. Luke's iluspital last might ac 12 o'clock. 1 understoog he made a statement ex onerating the girl LicHT ENGINES To BE SENT TO FENCH FRONT. CHARLESTON, W. Va, June 16. While General Manager Paul Stevens Chesapeake ang Ohio rail toad. refused today to state to the public service commission at a hear- hy on discontinuance of trains, why trains must be discontiued on rail roads now, Goveror John J. Cornwell in address at the Elks’ flag day cele. bration, saiq four hundred lisit pas senger cugines would be sent. to France to transport American troops and that th National council of de Tense bad asked such curtailment of service. ‘The governor urged the people to help bear the burden of the inconvenience, Prominent coal operators protested against cancellation of tratlic on sev- eval brauch lines, saying it would drive labor from the coal fields. TWO CONFEDERATE VETERANS ANSWER CALL TO BEYONS Se Rare oe ee aa Rca a ve es Se win ade: ES: Tee John L, Utz, aged 81, a carriage builder here for 50 years, died today at his home on Sceond street. He was born at Slate Mills, Rappahan- neck county, Va, and married Miss Mary FF. Weils, of Richmond, who survives. Mr. Utz entered the Con- Tederate army as a imeniber of the Culpepper Minute Men. ‘Thirteenth Virginia infantry, but later joined a cavalry company. At Orange Cour house he reecived two saber cats about the head and spent several months ina Culpepper hospital. Sandy Gibson, aed su. a leading died yesterday at his home near Nor tonsville, folowing a roke of p: ralysis, Me. Gibson was born near Shafter and married Miss donnie 1. Eddins, of Standardsville, Greens county, He was a soldier in the Con federate army A spent ball struck lim ft th ef arm, rendering it Virtually useless. SOCIALISTS HELD ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE. CHARLESTON, W. Va, June Making a voluntary appearance in the federal district court, Edwin Firth, Ben Croone, Henry Howes and Hitton Bins, indicted for conspiracy in seck- ing to prevent operation of the selec. tive service Jaw, were released on bonds for their appearance in court om Fone 2 for trial Firth, state seevetary of the Givtist party, who is accused of being at the head o tthe cons) tracy to de feat the operstion of th registration fet, was held under £5,009 bond. ‘The three alleged confederates gave bond in thd sum of $1,000, Motions were made to quash the indictment. whtel: as overraied Wy the court. A. con. tinuanee was also asked for * tti mental reasons, SARA AT Sa ey = Ps a i HD Geen - e Usd iy tous & ' io fa Fo Fe Oe we fap aragga Bedi oagtae | Pl ogg Gok Tay Bw wd wed ea Oe a Tal Wymee’s tute @ ff HGS meg id a ee our Pyare B The body of Athert Hone, Fleming: ton, W. Va 4 found ‘Chumeday heat Oakiand, Md. by the erey of a freight train, It is thought Hope had deen struck by a passing train wile trespassing or had fallen off a train f — | lege tt 4) HE | a oh ans | a. ' Ts REV. STRISLIN DE boc 2 Lee Unive’Sity i v c : ‘Ago. burg. Wit, mid cones hin by the bowed of tus Bree of Woetur of Davinicy. 4 ding is a native of Berkey « amd some years azo before en 5 the ministry. ne was an instee motte Shenandoah Vid Nead: Winchester, He has many 1 here. DR. OSBURN ASSIGNCO TO DUTY IN NAVAL HOSPITAL Dr. J. Neison Osburn, the popuay young, eye apecialist and baschal magnate, wil leave shortly — for Washington to be designed to duis in is Hine of surgical work al the Unites states Naval ilospita’. by, Osburn has been notified that bh 3 passed the examination road Siok jute tte medieg! aeyavament « the United States army. Ue will hold the rank of a diewenint County Court Adjourns. After yesterday's session of ihe county coun, that body adjourned wit Monday mornin when work wil) be resumed. ALL CHOIRS URGED TO iiss Fahrney to Wed hivilotons have been issued b Tr ond Mrs. DOP. Rahrnes, Hegery town, to the wedding of their daurh t M Amy Pahrney 1 Malcom Long. con of Mrs, D. Melvin hon also of Hagersiown. FORTY ENROLL AT SUMMER ESHOOL AT SHEPHERD COLLEGE Tho summer term of shepherd Coilexe State normal schoo opened ho few days azo wita an enrollment oe i quite a mumper yet to Weetde', Pls packers far ike term pre Profs. W. AL puke, &. 0D, Kena- mond ant Mos Bla May ‘Turner Woters to Hidgeway. BE AgeMt al T, brane, who has been gere jor a jew day ahi, Cal, un will saccced Henry Borsey BS COUMLY Aen! motored to Wane way might to mingle among the farm ers. “WRAT oARS OO SUG TS Bat! Michigan hee sete dry dita se Ory mftot Art a, aa. 4 hatels and barrovins hace eam ssvamped Withtir Tere, WHEE Fou Fatie to Co? To ylence firtioe deienogetion the feiloy jaa Presi ai ail Datzolt betes wid ext “hon't eats 4 A aia What are soe solu se dul’ pt | A Pa Mute Lecger a Se ae a ix CORN OFIRS Been as ua ae El atl pie We CS Bat Reali, dD orals vecepts Path cate Rocih te ana 4 Sanit fox sixteen da Cha. peat ie Ma Ban We, ie Pee AGERE DOG rentt Woh 78 39 folt Thomas. Bloaminsipa, Md alienating to steal a rié freight train at Bloomington, te was taken to the Hoffman Hospital a Keyser, W. Va. “Blue Sky" Benartmant This department, ‘oharse 3, xcith, the | administration 62 (10 Shy Hany Ras Se is. ohges neat itad ns cipile’ top t aime to Net he bao ‘ horse is: % a veatrds, b+ the pier finguet of all cana jar ow ” dint TAIN afew 5 ot Ioke stocks, est r eg ol tote rit t fe hh Hedty ve aay oO ka at Le pa Heonee ‘ (ide gtte a eye 3 or dee of this tens ‘ ‘ 1 land i a xno pest abe ated for a? ‘ { connection . in: Dit decided ional, iuteriion t 4ay Urke 3 it the: 1 Waited State om greek on mene: | P se a, Oi GGetiouak sist tt court, but which ; geaietek 1 wok Se ue Week: t our, but yh et, Sake mee eet a RA A 4 WPM fn a OF 2 ER bh * a ‘ | ies. ; Be SN Se kc ans : ie ¢ warm A. } «© pattcone hue i rworld hes ever Go inet ie cok vom gtorted ae a avi 4 this catrourdiaary offer. We will : TAR CoH. Baas TL wean teh ats of rahe picky Ay ee Waa ica eechanged baer A Mica aaa vane ee” ee een a | cccunabicaily piotaiad and prewestel. t Cit Phen Dated ai | Soret soem tay, | ; OS Shp ie Cheats Ree CR pe Chia otal eho same pur At the came fyat exonptions, * 4 maimimum {ts in ~timato conserva , go proposed 1a¥ + Legisiature of oat frable oppost wee t ed ang made trom are. Tt stort: he Termer itor dinst Ba ve vaued fas tho Federal yautt Neate t use of th mails. ~ EDA LY - CEPARED a 7 ve ee Seve A ye pee AG oh OR ay ye FS, TERA se je on Ty, HANEC NED TLLUST RATION! Progen (ves at pgtend eee Caritas ise ‘ant Ws ‘ a Understand i vel ‘¢ a oO 13 op nae 2 wos ‘ i Xs “4 a ery feotish and wivial on 1 runibling, mailed acmour aw T leve for the tile of ‘ope Aitics end see 1) layed. See upon what a stim, se ig, rificed. Road the ston by seie of the greatest fear lie naked, shameful truth, f s cubservber, we make you. % iA pre , all AX nuhicaty tell thee io) history 90 vivid. uo drae : cies teameg Gal Hihaauie operate 1 ‘ows Clarified i fed tie aady Ges fhe caer ea the ee ieee re chu nad the are oe raYea yt Year etl ri ‘eet amid con- ee cers Re Wwerde at ie geen cuprates atria i sday-and y ¢ tn ; eto 2 fs 1 4 Unsins, ff ft trai. : ak . a aa se ae wien Sooke ouks & few cone masa te isu Gare wanetiioe scones ttm eae HOW SHALL WE ~ PAY-FOR THE WAR? A.Gonstructve Criticism on the House Revenue: Bill LOANS BETTER THAN TAXES ec Vickar wrokessor of Political Econ- omy, Columbia University, On May 23, 1917, the Louse of Rep- resentatives passed an uct “to provide revenue to defray war expenses and for other purposes.” In the original bill as presented by the Committee of ‘Ways and Means, the udditional reve- nue to be derived was gyizontca at §1,- 810,420,000. ‘The amen@fhent to the in- come tax, which was tacked on to the Dill during the discussion in the House, Was expected to yield another $40,000,- 000 or $50,000,000. In discussing the House bill, two problems arise: I. How much should be raised by taxation? IL In what manner should this sum be raised? 1. How Much Should Be Ralsed by Taxation? How was the figure of $1,800,000,000 arrived at? The answer 1s simple. When the Secretary of the Treasury came to estimate the additional war expenses for the year 1917-18, he calculated that they would amount to some $6,600,- 000,000, of which $3,000,000,000 was to be allotted to the allies, and $3,000,- 000,000 was to be utilized for the do- mestic purposes. Thinking that 1t would be a fair proposition to divide this latter sum between loans and taxes, he concluded that the amount to be ratsed by taxes was $1,800,000, 000. There aro two extreme theories, eack of which may bo dismissed with scant courtesy. The one $s that all war ex- Penditures should be defrayed by loans, and tlie other 18 that all war expendl- tures should be defrayed by taxes. Each theory is untenable. It is indeed true that the burdens of the war should be borne by the pres- ent rather than the future generation: but this does not mean that they should be borne by this yeur’s taxation. Meeting all war expenses by taxation makes tho taxpayers in one or two years bear the Hurden of benefits that ought to be distributed at least over a decade within the same generation. In the second place, when expendi- tures approach the gigantic sums of present-day warfare, the tax-only pol- icy would require more than the total surplus of social income. Were this absolutely necessary, the ensuing hay- oc in the economie life of the communt- ty would have to be endured. But whero the disasters are so great and at the same time so unnecessary, the tax-only policy may be declared im- practicable. Secretary McAdoo had the right 4n- stinct and highly commendable cour- age in deciding that a substantial por- tion, at least, of the revenues should be derived from taxation, But when he hit upon the plan of 50-50 per cent., that is, of raising one-half of all do- mestic wat expenditures by taxes, the question arises whether ho did not go too far. The relative proportion of loans tc taxes 1s after all a purely businoss Proposition, Not to rely to a large ex- tent on loans at the outset of a war 4s @ mistake. Disadvantages of Excessive Taxes. ‘The disadvantages of excessive taxes at the outset of the war are as follows: 1. Excessive taxes on consumption will cause popular resentment. 2. Excessive taxes on industry will Aisarrange business, damp cnthustasm and restrict the spirit of enterprise at the very time when the opposite is needed. 5 3. Excessive taxes on incomes wiil de plete tho surplus available for invest. ments and interfere with the placing of the enormous loans which will be neces- Sary in any event, 4. Excessive taxes on wealth will cause a serious diminution of the in- comes which are at present largely drawa upon for the support of educa- tional and philanthropic enterprises, Moreover, these sources of support would be dried up precisely at the time when the need would be greatest. 5. Excessive taxation at the outset of the war will reduce the elasticity avail- able for the increasing demands that are soon to come. Great Britain's Policy, ‘Take Great Britain as an example. ‘During the first year of the war she ncreased taxes. only slightly. in order she levied by additional tayos (ver and above the pre-war level) only “slightly more than 17 per cent. of her | War expenses. If wo should attempt to do as mucy in the first year of the war us Great Britain did in the third year it would suffice to raise by taxation $1,250,000,- 000. If, in order to be absolutely on the safe side, it seemed advisable to increase the sum to $1,500,000,000, this should, in our opinion, be the maxt- mum. In considering the apportionment of the extraordinary burden of taxes in war times certain scientific principles aro definitely established: How Taxes Should Be Apportioned. Q@) fhe burden of taxcs must be spread as far as possible over the whole community so as to cause each Individual to share in the sacrifices ac- cording to his ability to pay and ac- cording to bis share 4 the Government. (2) Taxes on consumption, which are necessarily borne by the community at large, should be imposed-as far as pos- sible on articles of quasi-luxury rather than on those of necessity. (3) Excises should be Imposed as far a8 possible upon commodities in the hands of the final consumer rather than upon the articles which serve pri- marily as raw material for further production. (4) Taxes upon business should be imposed as fur as possible upon net earnings rather than upon gross re- colpts or cupital invested. () Taxes upon income which will necessarily be severe should be both differentiated and graduated. ‘That is, there should be a distinction between earned and unearned incomes and there should be a higher rate upon the larger Incomes. It is essential, howe ver, mot to make the income rate so excessive as to lead to evasion, administrative diMeutties, or to the more fundament:t objections which have been urged above. (6) The excess profits which ure due to the war constitute the most obvlous and reasonable source of revenue dur- ing war times. But the principle upen which these warprofit taxes are Inid must be equitable in theory and easily calculable in practice. Tho Proposed Income Tax. The additional income tax as passed by the ITouse runs up to a rate of 60 per cent. This fs a sum unheard of in the history of civilized society. It must be remembered that ft was only after the first year of the war that Great Britain increased her income tax to the maximum of 34 per cent, and that even now in the fourth year of the war the income tax does not exceed 4254 per cent. It could easily be shown that a tax With rates on moderate incomes sub stantially less than in Great Britain, and on the larger incomes about as high, would yield only slightly less then the $532,000,000 originally estimated in the Touse bin, It ts to be hoped that the Senate will reduco the total rate on the highest tn- comes to 34 per cent, or at most to 40 per cent, and that at the same time It will reduce the rate on the smaller in- comes derived from personal or profes. sional earnings. If the war continues we shall have to depend more and more upon the in- come tax. By imposing excessive rates now we are not only endangering the future, but are inviting all manner of difficulties which even Great Britain has been able to escape. Conclusion. ‘The House bill contains other funda- mental defects which may be summed up as follows: (1) It pursues an erroncous principle in imposing retroactive taxes, (2) It selects an unjust and unwork- able criterion for the excess-profits tax. (8) It proceeds to an unheard-of height in the income tax. (4) It imposes unwarranted burdens upon the consumption of the commv- nity. (5) It is calculated to throw business into confusion by levying taxes on gross receipts instead of upon commodities, (6) It fails to make a proper use of stamp taxes. @ It follows an unscientitic system in its flat rate on imports. Fates On Uie filztier tncomes, So us fot to exceed 34 per cent. A careful eal culation shows thet an income tax of this kind would yield some $150,000, QO additional. @) The tax on whisky and toeba ought to remain approximately as ici with a yield of shout $29,000,009, These three taxes, tovethor with t! stamp tax at even the low rite of tt House bill, and with an improved a tomobile tax, will yield over $1250, 000,000, Which is the amount of anon thought desiral le. The above provram would be in bar mony with an approved scientific rvs tem. It will do away with almost al of the complaints that are being urged against the present. [t will refraly from taxing the consumption of tl poor. It will throw a far heavier burde upon the rich, but will not go to tl extremes of confiscation. It will of viate interference with business x will keep uni Mred the sovhul 4 ductivity of Cie comunity Tt will establish a jusé hal come tween loans ard taxes and wil ne succumb to the danger of axppronchi either the tax-oaly policy or Ure tox only poliey, Above all, i will keen : undisturbed elistfe omereiy wh: moust he mero and pore heavily dray upon as the war proceeds CREWS OF TORPEDOES SHips DIE OF STARVATION AT Day LONDON, dune 16 ‘Tw t instances of the Inhumaniy of Cos man submarine method, have heen published. Ten mendey . crew of the British € is i which was torpedsed withou! warn ing. 230 miles from land « pri were picked np outer ts 4 open boat, hor 7 day 1 bee without food and tw we sul ws died after thelr re 4 Anoth boat with 2f mon has mot been heart from and it is feared it was Tost with all on board, The British steamer Caithness was torpedoed without warning on Apr 19 while 240 milos from land. "Phe captain and 200 men were drown and the remainder of the erew wer LIMESTONE FROM THIS " SECTION IN MUSEUM Raymond S$. Ftasster, curator of paleontology, United States Nollonn Museum, Washineion, loeuted ‘Phare day, along a highway noar Piery's Station, several miles south of Ua gerstown, a reimarkalve saosin of blue limestone weighing at 100 pounds. Arrangement ve made to send the stone to Washine ton. where it will be dressed ant placed in the Nationa! Muscum MEMBER AVIATION CORPS KILLED BY FALLING TREE CHARLOTTSVILLE, Va. dane 1 A message peceivid here today fron: Sen Ontonio, Texas, told of the death of John Mayes Cot ett a fed cal student at the Universty of ¥ ginia, Collett was a momber of picnic party at Sanda Park, Now Braunfels, ‘Texas, all of whom wer seated at a table beneath a ghant pe can tree. when. without warning. 2 hig limb fell, striking Co lett on ts head, erushing his skutl, Collett and Angust G. Kimmer'e left tte university last month to jet the Army Aviation Corps. Thes had about completed their — previminary training and expected to receive thei commissions within 2 month. ae - SOLDIER TRIED FOR SHOOTING SPY SUSPECT. ROANOKE, Va., dame 16-— In the general court-martial of the Second Virginia regiment now being held ier the case of Private Frank Bowen, of Company K, for the killing of as posed German spy is being heard Bowen, while on guard duty at a bridge on a southern railway near Proflit, Albermarie county, saw a form in the darkness and his command to halt was ignored juntil he fired al shots. He finaly broi his moan in and he appeared to be wr with a decided German accent. While being held for the sergeant the man tried to escape and was shot dead by Bowen. No expthnation of iyis pr ence around the | bridge was evor found. i No intimation dt the findings of tho court will be made public here, LIVED BION'T AT Livocd BLY dbl CRO TAMTIANY ghee mT Bayt ot \ » 9 WHEE sued Yee beh Says 65 year CMM Zeatectiy Lotz, Who Tels How She Was Relieved Aiter a Fou a2 of Bleeh-Braucht, a ae a | ie yeas Sit ee Fa BN os Ne xd LF es wr ENG I ie af sl VE Ses s ecdAlts tia Sah ESE ES BASE A ‘ Veen SS. a 4 nee : é flee Ne . a #N\\¢ ia! [PEN We? Na ae A Yeu 7 | Maes ; \ ea aN More is f a Fg Cyl Pe ae, mf ein hk é V4 | PO AAAS Uieuencs Vif len Y NM “KAS sets TB Ross Yo fs : wo BL My Fa’ ee Rasetes hae Seed A steal! Samy sh FS at settee Ra x! B\\t, mane GF SPR St eh . \ SS SoS pert rage oe = [Pale Se ER SE Oy Ss MP Ae: ee ee NA |< egg SS eee ERIC ERS | 7 did Soa ay uy by ee See es! a a ee Wee. 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J. 69 LL CHOIRS URGED To TAKE PART MONDAY NIGHT AT choirs tron, churehes, Christ- jan Endeavor — societies, Epworth euges, Sunday schools and other iusical organizations are nextended ninVitation to be at St. John’s Luth n church Monday night and ag. tin the singingat the Red Cross fait, Natioal hymns will be fur. lished. Harry M. Grove, Lutheran chorister. ai