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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
Thief Escapes In Balloon.

Sayre, Okla, July A pickpocker
closely pursued by the town marshal,
leaped into the basket of n balloon
near here today just rs the air craft
was leaving the ground and sailed
away to safety. The balloon had been
filled with gas and the aeronaut,
George Harvey was in the bask ct ready
to start when the marshal discovered
the pickpocket taking purse from a
pocket of a citizen whose attention was
centered on the balloon.
The marshal attempted to catch the
thief and the pursued man ran and
leaped into the balloon basket as I
cleared the earth. At the height OF
several hundred feet thief drew re-
voIver aud warned Harvey not to re-
lease the rip corduntil he was order
ed. After the pair had Travelled ff y
miles the unweIcome passenger gave
the word and the balloon was lower
ed.
Ten feet from the ground the thief
leaped from the balloon and ran. Re-
lieved Of part of the burden the bal.
loon again shot up and when Harvey
finally effected a landing several hum
dred yards from where the thief had
alig hted he had disappeared.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
HOte. Man is Shot.

Leon Gilbert, a young Winchester
negro, who is almost white, IS held a
prisoner in the Dauphin county Jail at
Harrisburg, charged with shooting
Daniel Miller, proprietor Of the Dau-
phin Hotel that city, III which he had
been employed as waiter. One shot
grazed Mr.. MIXERS hand, another left
an impression on his leg, the third one
grazed his breast, and the fourth shot
entered an inch below his heart.
The shots were fired by Gilbert while
be held the revolver in his right-hand
coat pocket concealed. Portions of his
coat were burned Ivy the powder
Gilbert has been employed for some
time past as waiter and early last
evening a man came in to be served at
a table at which Gilbert was stationed.
Upon gong upstairs, Mr.. Miller
found Gilbert loaf:ng in the kitchen,
and when asked why he had not serv-
ed the guest Gilbert replied in az 1m-
pudent manner that he could not wait
upon everybody at the same time
this, not understanding the fact that the
dining room was practically empty.
Mr.. Miller told Gilbert to go down
stairs aud get his money-that ms
services were no longer needed.
After being paid Off by the cashier,
Miss Filzgerald, the negro de Jared:
"Y on will see me here again this eve
ning.u About 7:45 O'Clock Mr. Miller
and two other meo iwere standing in
the hotel lobby talking when Gilbert
entered and broke up the conversation
demanding to know why he had been
discharged.
Mr.. Miller told the negro to go away
and return in the morning and Gilbert
began firing his revolver from the IN
side % his coat pocket. AS the hrsl
shot was fired, aud being so uneXpecl-
ed, by reason Of the pistol being con-
ceaIed, Mr.. Miller staggered backward
but his assailant continued to fire until
four bullets had been discharged. lie
may die.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
MALE HELP WANTED
Pennsylvania Automobile COL
leqe and Greater PittSburg
Automobile School now
Combined.
7I3I KELLY STREET
WANTED CHAPTERS!

Big wages. nice on tdoor work, plenty OF jobs
big chances for advances. Does it look good
Then learn It's easy, Don't cost much.
When considering school why not select the
best one, recommended Oy automobile dealers
one where they give practical instructions by
expert automobile mechanics and engineers
men who are conyersant with every detail of n,
automobile and its mechanism The road pract-
Use Is q miner part OF the course, as most any
young man can be taught to drive car in a
short time.
The aim Of this school Is TO qualify our stud
ents thoroughly IN the mechanism and general
up-keep Of the machine SO should he have tron-
bic on the road he knows where TO locate the
defective part and pow tie mr. edy 1t. CThacs
what countsl we have seven different cars,
including an electric. which we give instruc-
tions on. Al graduates guaranteed TO pass IL
cense examination, No cOlored students Spec
ial correspondence course Of home study for
those unable to attend school. Ask about it,
iTa winner. Call, write or phone for particu-
asst, Day or evening classes. Pennsylvania
Automobile College, 7i3i Kelly street. near
ormewood avenue, Pittsburg. Pa
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
ESCAPED Wlrn His LIFE,

"Twenty.one years ago | faced an
awful death, writes, HI. II. Martin,
Port Harfelson, s & doctors said |
had consumption and the dreadful
cough | had looked like it, sure enough
| tried everything, could hear OF for
my cough, and WAS under treatment
OF the best doctor in Georgetown, ). G.
for year, but could gel no relief. A
friend advised nae to try DR.. Kings
New Discovery. did SO, and was
completely cured. ! feel that owe my
life to this great throat and lut & cure"
It's positively guaranteed for coughs,
colds, aud all bronchial affections. soc.
aud 100. Trial bottle free at Al. Drug
gists. | mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
MAKES RAPID HEADwAY.
Add This Fact to Your store OF Know
ledge


Kidney disease advances 80 rapidly
that many person is firmly In its
grasp before aware OF its progress.
Prompt attention should be given the
slightest symptom Of kidney disorder.
III there is a dull pain In the back,
headaches, dizzy -pells or tired worm
OUT feeling, or n the urine is offensive,
irregular and attended by pain, pro-
cute good kidney remedy at once.
Your townspeopic recommend
Dosn's Kidney Pills. Read the state
ment OF this Mar,insburg citizen.
G. I. Custer, i43 East Burke street,
Martinsburg w. Va, says: II, is a
pleasure for me to tell of my expert
ence with Deans Kidney Pills. For
some time | suffered from what the
doctors called lumbago. My hack ach-
ed intensely and NJ one time was
laid up for several week. was unable
to stoop or lift and my ord eary work
was almost impossible. The physi-
clans consulted failed TO be eft me
and at last seeing Doan's Kinney Pills
highly recommended, began their
Use, They drove away my trouble and
during the three years which have
STAGE passed, the cure has been perma-
nent.h
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, N.
\ :, sole agents for the unted States.
Remember the name Doan's and
tate 10 other
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
pes MnInes plan

1
Secretary Gels Botsford of he Cor.
mer'csi Club Of Des Moiues is author.
'ty for the following:
April l, 1905, city government under
oia plan lacked Sis, 200 of enough TO
pay The obligations of the year preced.
ing On April /, 1909, there was a
balance in the city treasury over actu.
al cost OF running the town in the wear
Of slo4,so5. This was the first wear mn.
Ger the commission plan. Mind Won.
this was done with a commission Of
ave nen, feur ofwhom had held offices
OF mayor, assessor, councilman and
municipal Judge under the Old systemq
was II case of the plan or of the man.
Just case of doing away with the
ward apporuonment and The strife Of
the ward alderman to get all he could
for his immediate constituents without
ference tocost 10 the balance of The
c ",
These results were brought about in
way as follows; New lighting con-
tact that saved S5.549 to the city Sc
c red II gain of ISIS hours per lamp
pr year on 603 lamps; gross saving to
city Sl0332.
Mr.. Ash of the park department, by
the application of business methods
and with the incentive the plan affords
for individual record, kept our parks
up as they had never been kept before
and made improvements far in advance
of any single previous year and saved
little over $4,000 in his department in
one year.
The change in the bookkeeping sys-
tenn and the application of civil service
and business methods reduced The
clerical charges at the city hall $500,
aud the standard of efficiency went up
TO such degree that promptly at the
end of the year an annual report was
issued, The first annual report of the
city of Des Moiles, and this in city
lifty-seyen years Old.
The cost of creosoted block paving
on concrete base was reduced in the
first year from an average of S4.47 per
square yard to S409.
The last year under the old plan Va "
1922 catch basins cleaned at a cost of
Sl.4o each. The first year under the
new plsn saw 1861 catch basins clean
ed at a cost Of 81. II each.
Under the Old plan concrete culverts
cost the city Sl7,6l per cubic foot each.
Under the new plan they cost ST. 63
each.
Under the new plan the police force
was actually increased and the elf
cheney bettered to the extent that pup-
lie gambling, the red light and street
walking were actually abolished, the
excise laws strictly enforced, and the
cost was little over IS 900 less than
during the last year under the old
plan.
The saving was 81 400 in the health
department, with increased efficiency.
For the first time the city funds in
bank drew interest OF per cent on
time deposits and 2 per cent on aver
age daily balances, and from this source
the city received 1912 II.
Under the new plan the street clean.
ing area was more than doubled, and
for the first time this department has
flushed and cleaned alleys, and there
has been no increase in expenditures
on this account.
Uniform paving, sidewalk and other
specifications have been adopted.
The tax levy hiss been reduced mills
in the face of this.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07

No false pretense has marked the ca
reer of Ely Is Cream Balm. Being en-
tirely harmless, it is not responsible
like the catarrh snufis and powders,
for minds shattered by cocaine. The
great virtue of Ely's Cream Balm IL
that it speedily and completely over
comes nasal catarrh and hay fever.
Back OF this statement is the testi-
mony of thousands aud reputation
OF many years success. All druggists,
soc. or mailed by
Ely Bros,
So Warren st., n. Y
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07

Under the Taft Administration the
Department of Justice has spent $780,
600 for the employment of special
counsel, but not one reasonable man
is in Jail for violating the Antitrust
law.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07

"Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headaches, lacked ambition,
was worn-out and all run down. Bur
dock Blood Bitters made me wei
woman. Mis-. Chas. Freitoy, Moo
sup, Conn. mo.
A belle aud wedding ring make
acrimonious combination.
Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Bitter taste? Complexion saiiow? Liver
needs waking up. Doan's Regulets
cure Bilious attacks. IS cents at any
drug store. | mo.
June divorces are running une wed
d ings dead heat.
DoA't think that piles ctn't be
cured Thousan S of obstinate cases
have been cured by Doan's Ointment.
soc at any drug store. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
KILL MosE THAN WILD BEAsrs.

The number Of people killed yearly
by wild beasts don't approach the vast
number killed by disease germs. No
life is safe from their attacks. They're
in air, water, dust, even food. But
grand protection Is afforded by Elec-
tric Bitters, which destroy and expel
these deadly disease germs from the
system. That's why chills, fever and
ague, all malarial and many blood dis
eases yield promptly to this wonderful
blood purifier. Try them, aud enjoy
the glorious health and new strength
they'll give you. Money back, ifnot
satisfied. only soc. at All druggists.
| mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07

Farmers, mechanics, lrailroaders, la
berers rely on DIR. Thomas Electric
Oil. Takes sting out of cuts, burns or
bruises at once. Pain cannot stay
whe re it ID I'D. ! mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
A PEEP INFO HIS POCKET.
PsJ
So Warren st., N. Y

would show the box of Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve that Is. s. Doper, a carpen-
ter of MarilIa, N. Y. always carries.
have never had cut, wound, bruise,
or sore 1t would not soop heal" he
writes. Greatest healer ofburns, boils,
scalds, chapped hands and lips, fever
sores, skin esuptions, eczema, corns
aud piles. 25c. at All Druggists. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07

WANrED-Some last years chick
ems. Call OF address this office. IA
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-07
Six Best Sellers
Legislation.

Legislation.
judicial Decisions.
Ice.
Special Privileges.
Hot Air.
Franchises for Public Service Cor
porations.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
RECEIVERS TO SELL
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
W., B. & A. Will Be Disposed
of Under Foreclosure.

The Washington, Baltimore and Annap-
oils electric line will be sold at a fore
closure sale in the next few days. At
torneys for the receivers of the company
are at work drawing bill which will be
satisfactory to all concerned, and will be
filed in the United States Circuit Court,
at Baltimore, asking that the property
be disposed of under foreclosure From
present Indications, the receivership.
which has been hanging over the road
for a year, will be lifted about April
The members of the reorganization
committee propose to bid for the property.
A reorganization plan was thoroughly
gone into by the attorneys, receivers, and
officials of the company yesterday after
noon at the general offices in Baltimore.
George T. Bishop. Of Cleveland, one of
the receivers, was present and took an
active interest in the proceedings. He was
pleased with conditions
Several of the new cars recently ordered
from the Niles Car Manufacturing Com
pany have been received. They will be
placed in operation next week.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN BY WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

The local advertising solicitor,
particularly in the smaller cities,
can be of GREAT HELP to the
merchants in his community if
he is willing to take the trouble
to LEARN something about the
business transacted by each mer-
chant in his town.
With this knowledge he is in
position to suggest special copy
for individual cases, and can
point out just where ADVER-
TISING will prove to be of ad-
vantage.
In other words, the sue
CESSFUL advertising solicitor
is the one who is something more
than visitor to a merchants Of
flee, calling merely to ask for
copy for his own paper, without
advancing any REAL REASON
why the merchant should use the
paper. That kind of solicitation
is of no value whatever.
A solicitor should study a mer-
chants business-what the POS
SIB1LITIES of that business
are-the class of people that will
be interested sin its advertising
announcements.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
BOYS ARE FATALLY SHOT
BY THEIR GIRL PLAYMATE
Revolver Used by Strike-breaker and Found by Chill
dren Is Factor in Tragedy.

Marion Riddle. eleven years old. who
lives on the floor above the Kennedys at
137 Steuben street
In spite of the stories OF both girls and
by Norton Richardson. of 1S3 Emerson
place, Brooklyn, to the effect that both
little girls were 100 feet away from the
boys when the latter fell wounded to the
street, the police held the Riddle girl on
the story Of Tommy Britton. who re-
tained consciousness and kept insisting
that Marion Riddle shot him.
The detectives who took the little girl
to the Gerry Society rooms said later
that she practically confessed to finding
the revolver herself and firing the shot
that wounded both boys.
After the hospital surgeons had made
a thorough examination of the wounds.
they concluded that probably only one
bullet struck Kennedy. and that II passed
through his neck and then struck the
Britton boy in the head. House Surgeon
Cummins said at midnight that neither
boy has mach chance to recovee
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

New York, Feb "A revolver, thought
to have been used this morning by an
Italian strike-breaker in a Brooklyn
shoe factory to shoot down striker who
attackede him on the way to work. was
thrown into a vacant lot by the man as
he fed. 1t was found later in the after
noon by four little children who were
playing house. in the lot, and as q
result two boys are dying in the Cumber-
land Street Hospital and little girl Of
eleven years is held by the Brooklyn
Gerry Society. suspected Of shooting both
boys with one bullet
. The children involved are Thomas Ken
nedy. seven years old. son Of ThomaS
Kennedy. a driver. living 1t 137 Steuten
street; Jo1eph Britton. r.. five years old.
son Of horseshoer. living at 20 Classon
avenue; Josephine Kennedy. ten years
old. slster Of The Kennsdy boy. ana
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

With this knowledge in his pos
session, he can go to the mer-
chant with a DEFINITE PLAN
OF ADVERTISING, and the
merchant will listen to him; and
while he may not respond to his
arguments the first time, nor the
second time, nor the twentieth
time, if the solicitor keeps on call
ing, each time bringing up some
NEW FEATURE ABOUT AD-
VERTISING and IT'S APPLI-
CATION TO HIS BUSINESS,
the merchant will sooner or later
adopt his suggestions.
The advertising solicitor who
talks more about other papers
than his own-who spends more
time in knocking his competitors,
instead of boosting his own pa
per-such a solicitor will never
attain REAL SUCCESS.
Every merchant | know-and
| have called ona great many in
the twenty-five years that have
been an advertising nlan-has al
ways been willing to listen to
some definite plan that meant, if
adopted, the BETTERMENT of
his business.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
STATEMENTS OF PRINCIPALS
IN BENNET LIQUOR CHARaES

REPRESENTATIVE BENNETT sub
nit that for a member Of the excise
board to borrow money from the at
torney of a brewing company ap-
pearing before him constantly is an
occurrence which rises above i'm
propriety.
ATTORNEY KEANE-At the time Of
these transactions I was not the at
torney for any brewing company.
ASSESSOR KALBFUS-My record Is
clear and clean, and I have already
made a full statement to the Com
missioners.
CLERK WILLIAMS. OF the excise
board-It was a purely business
transaction, was promptly put on
record, and there was no attempt to
conceal 1t.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Hundreds of the friends of DIR. James
Kerr were shocked to learn of his death,
which took place at Antrim" in War
renton, Va, yesterday morning. DR..
Kerr was for many years one of the
most noted surgeons of this city, where
he had a wide practice until his retire.
nent through il-heaIth in 1907.
His professional skill and his promi-
nence in the educational work of many
of Washington's leading medical insti-
tutions made him one of the best known
and eminently respected of his profess
sion.
DR.. Kerr married Miss Laurie Bell.
sister Of Charles J. Bell, president
of the American Security and Trust
Company. of this city. He is survived
by his wife, sister. Miss May Kerr.
and by his children, Mrs. Charles NJ.
Harris. of Warrenton. Va; DR.. Harry
Kerr, of this city; Chester Kerr. of New
York, and d. Kerr. of Warrenton.
Burial in Warrenton.
1nterment will take place in Warren
ton tomorrow at 5 O'Clock. Services
will be conductedN by Rev. +. S. Kinks
and Rev. William Chinn in the Presby-
teriar church of that place.
DR.. Kerr was born at Port Stewart
County kerry. Ireland on December a..
1S4S. He was educated in medicine at the
Royal University of Belfast, where he
took the degrees Of NJ. ID. and NJ. Ch
He also took a course at the Coleraine
Institute
After graduation in medicine, DR. Kerr
was appointed surgeon in the Royal Ca
madam mail service from 1871 until 1873
He was attached to II. NJ. transport No.
r. through the African Gold Coast ex-
pedition during 1873 and 1874.
In the early days of the construction
Of the Canadian Pacific Railway rr
Kerr was the chief surgeon of this great
work between the years 1852 and 1855
During the rebellion of Louis Riel against
the Canadian government, in 1885, Dr.
Kerr was surgeon to the Canadian
militia.
Appointed at Manitoba.
At the close of his service with then
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, he
commenced the brilliant work in the edu-
cational field which then and afterward
contributed so much to his professional
reputation. His first work was done at
Manitoba Medical College where he was
professor Of surgery.
In 1889 DR.. Kerr came to WASHINGTON
and took the position of professor of
surgery at Georgetown Medical School.
He was chief surgeon of the Emergency
Hospital, Providence Hospital. the Wom-
ans Hospital, and Georgetown Hospital.
Dr. Kerr was prominently connected
with many learned societies and associa-
tons. including Washington Academy of
Medical Society of the District
Of Columbia, and American Medical Asso-
citation. He was also prominent in Ma
sonic circles in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Local Architects Selected.

The board of commissioners, of Hardy
County. w. Va, have selected Architects
Milburn. Heister & Co., of this
city, to prepare plans and specifications
for a new courthouse to be erected at
Moorefeld, to be a thoroughly modern,
Hp-to-date, fireproof building. Work will
be begun on the plans Immediately. in
order that bids may be taken in the
early spring.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

| Great Britain Japan, the Netherlands.
| Portugal. Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy,
| Siam. and Persia.
: China Deeply Interested.
China, the nation which has suffered
the heaviest from ravages of the opium
evil, and which has hailed with satisfac-
| ton the good offices of the United States
in bringing about aid for its campaign
of suppression, naturally is in the fore
front of The Hague negotiations. The
inclusion of morphine. cocaine. and
hasheesh as subjects of deliberation has
given China satisfaction. for the reason
that traffic in at least two of these drugs
is more vital to the welfare of United
States citizens than opium. and there
fore there is no danger of the Ameri-
cans losing interest in the conference. or
stepping aside in difference to Great
Britain, from whose dependencies in
India is shipped great part of the opium
consumed in China.
1t is said. in fact. that China, realizing
that nothing short of a wide interna-
tional traffic agreement could be effective
in her campaign to reduce the opium
evil. put forth the suggestions which
caused the other habit-fOrming drugs to
be included as subjects of the conference
in May. With each nation vitally inter-
ested in some particular feature of the
conference, it is felt that the great
opium trade. as well as commerce in the
other insidious drugs. may be stamped
out effectually in time.
The growing agitation against opium
smoking. and the stringent regulations
which the United States has placed on
its importation both into the home coun-
try and her possessions in the Orient
is said to have been OF wonderful aid TO
China in coping with the havoc made
by the drug. The reduction laws are al
ready producing effective results in China
as regards the use of opium, and it is
hoped with the aid OF other nations of
the world. to destroy the traffic entirely
in time
A Menace to This Country.
In the meantime the United States is
found to. be facing a nfenacing evil in the
use of morphine and cocaine. Opium
imported for medicinal purposes in great
quantities is being manufactured into
morphine at the rate of an ounce and a
half per pound. 1t is reported that I5o.-
0G0 pounds of opium are brought to this
country annually for this purpose. The
demand for cocaine is SO large and the
evil is so great that State and city
government have attempted to check the
evil by stringent laws. In the District
of Columbia the morphine and cocaine
law is very strict and it is believed that
the use of the latter drug has been re-
stricted
1t will be remembered that conditions
in Baltimore were recently found to be
so alarming that an anti-cocaine crusade
was inaugurated.