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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
TO START PARCELS
POST JANUARY |
MANY CHANGES NECESSARY.
The Postmaster General Announces
That the Department Would
Be In Readiness Jan
aary !, 1918.

q
Washington. = Announcement was
made by Postmaster General Hitch
cock that the Postofnce department
would be In readiness on January r
1913, to put into general operation the
recently organized paFceig-p sys-
tenn. The postal express business
which must pc organized Wltnln the
next four months, VIII extend over
more than million miles OF r.ifh ae-
Livery and star routes, and VIII cover
In it's various ramifications az sys-
TENS Of transp ortation OF parcels now
utilized by private express companies.
In order to take UP personally ana
immediately the work Of organisation
OF the new service, MT Hitcncock mas
Cancelled engagements ne nao maze
Tor his vacation ana Will remain N
Washington to direct the organization.
The details OF the parceis-post sys-
tenn Will De worked out Dy series OF
committees composed Of omcers ana
experts OF the department. Inc gen
erat executive committee appointed
consists OF Cnief inspector hoDert Q.
~ =
OF the division OF salaries ana allow
ahees; Chief Clerk a. a flsner' OF
the second ASSISTANT postmaster gem
erals bureau ana superintendent
George 7. WooG' OF the DIVISION OF
rurai mails.
First OF all SAID MT. Hl1cncocK.
must be prepared ciasslncation OF
ahe articles tnat can pc accepted TOT
transportation pv parcels post. Inc
law admits to the malls practically al
KINDS OF mercnandise tnat can pc
transported safely, including products
OF the farm ana garden a. Well az lae-
tory products, PROVIDED sucn artlcies
90 not weigh more imam "A POUNDS
nor exceed ~ mches IN comDined
length and glrth. Inc MODE OF pack
ing VIII be prescribed carefully. Tne
present equipment OF the mail service
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
GEN. BOOTH BURIED.
Great Crowd Follows Body To the
Grave.

London.-The body of the late Gen
eral William Booth was laid beside
that of Catherine Booth, his wife, in
Abney Park Cemetery, amid signs OF
deep respect from men and women OF
all classes.
Representatives of reigning houses
and Of presidents of republics, includ-
ing the United States, Joined round
the grave, with many thousands from
the masses whom the founder Of the
Salvation Army had tried to uplift.
Delegates of legislative bodies, civic
corporations, the army, the navy, bust
ness men of all branches, workmen,
had sacrificed their days wages, weep
ing women and children of whom the
General was q true friend marched
shoulder to shoulder in the great pro
cession which followed the body OF
the General to its last simple resting
place.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
IMPORTANT NAIL
NOT AFFECTED
Hitchcock Perfects Plan for
Sunday Closing.
WILL SORT MAIL ON CARS.
Mail For Holders OF Lockhoxes VIII
Be Placed In Time, Az Usual,
BY Simple Arrange
nnant

Neutrality-suspicious. were perfected
by Postmaster General Hitchcock
Tuesday whereby the administration
Of the new law prohibiting the
delivery Of mail on Sundays will have
no serious effect upon the handling Of
important mall matter.
Holders OF lockboxes at first and
second class postofices will have ac-
cess to them as usual although no
mail deliveries will be made by car
riers on the street. or at postofice
windows. Mail for hotel guests and
newspapers will be delivered to them
through their lockboxes by simple
arrangement of having that mail
sorted on the railway mail cars before
| it reaches its destination Such mail
will be regarded as transit matter
and will be distributed Immediately
upon its arrival at the Offices of desti-
nation, thus, practically, insuring a
sIeedier delivery to the addresses
than heretofore has been the case.
This distribution will require mini
mum of Sunday work and the distri-
button Of other mail received on Sum
day will be made after midnight of
Sunday so that it may be delivered by
the carriers on their first tour on Mon
day.
There appears to. be some misap-
prehension, says the Postmaster Cen
eral," as regards the provision in the
postal bill relating to the delivery of
mail on Sundays This provision does
not require the closing Of postoffices
on Sundays, which would be quite i'm
possible. owing to the fact that the
transit mail has to be sorted and also
| the mail collected In cities for dis
patch to other destinations. To stop
| the movement of this mail would
mean a serious clogging of the whole
system of mail transportation and
consequent Inconvenience to the
| public.
At present most Of the mail re
| ceived on Sunday for delivery by car
| rier Monday morning is worked after
midnight on Sunday, and therefore
the law will nct affect this mail. It
Twill be delivered as promptly as
hitherto Mail received up to mid
night on Saturday for lock boxes will
be- distributed to the boxes and will
be available to box holders on Sunday
as usual.
There is at present no street de
livery of mail by 1etter-carriers on
/ Sunday, and therefore the law makes
no change IN this regard. IN short,
the only mail that will be affected
under reasonable construction Of the
new law Is that received at the post.
Offices on Sunday and hitherto sorted
on that day for distribution to lock
boxes.
As practically all business houses
are now closed on Sunday they do not
object to the plan, which has been in
force for year, Of holding their mail
until Monday morning, realizing the
| benefit thus conferred on postal EN-
EpIoyees who are thereby relieved from
Sunday labor.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
Girl Strikers Jailed.

New York. Undue activity as pick.
cts in the furriers' strike here, said
activity consisting in part in the
throwing Of eggs which lad lost the
first bloom Of youth. drought Jail
sentences OF 80 days each to two
young and pretty girls. Magistrate
Krotel imposed the sentences upon
Catherine Urban and her sister Jose.
phine They were accused Of attack
Ing ella Rathegan on Sixth avenue
this morning when that young woman
refused to join the strikers ranks.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
Commission Form Wins.

New Orleans, La.A commission
form of government, including the
right Of initiative and referendum, was
adopted at the special election here,
$4,000 for and 2,11s against Both
regulars and reformers voted fol; the
new system Of government AT the
general election in November con-
stitutIonaI amendment viii be voted
upon, the carrying Of which will mean
that the right of recall win also be
made feature OF the commission
form Of government just adopted.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
Girl Causes Homicide.

Huntington. w. va Henry Grimm,
~, wellknown young society man
Of Ashland. KY. shot and killed Ed.
Hayden, 4s. bridge worker at q
cafe IN Kenova following an argu-
ment over girl Grifith fred three
lines one Of the bullets passing into
Hayden's heart and causing instant
death Grifath escaped and has not
been captured. Hayden. whose home
IS ct cobnrn. Va. was married. Both
Of the men were drinking.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
NEW TWo.cENT STAMP.
Postmaster General Hitchcock APP
proves Panama-Paclfic Design.

Washington - A new two-cent
stamp, in commemoration of the Pan
ana-Pacific Exposition in San Fran
cisco in 1915, was approved by Post
master General Hitchcock.
1t is about an inch wide and an inch
and a quarter long. 1t bears an en-
craving representing the Gatun locks
Of the Panama Canal, showing q
steamship emerging from the northern
lock and another vessel being raised
in the southern lock. In the middle
distance is q group of tall palm trees
and in the background rise the hills Of
the isthmus.
Across the top are the words ~
S. Postage" and directly below these
the line, San Francisco, 1915"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

BLEAsE MAJORITY 100.
Returns Show South Carolina Cover,
nor Has Been Renominated.

i
Columbia, s. C.-Practically com,
plete returns from the Democratic
primary, in South Carolina, indicate
that Gov Cole L. Blease has ma.
jority of more than LOO votes in the
race for Governor.
The figures are:
Governor Blease, 67,245.
Ira B. Jones, 64,072.
John T. Duncan, 2,036.
The vote for the State will total
10000. The largest vote on record Is
approximately 10000
Benjamin R. Tillman made clean
sweep over both Of his opponents and
has been reelected to the United
States Senate.
The Congressman returned are:
Legare, Byrnes, Aiken and Finlay.
johnson, from the Third, and Lever,
from the Seventh district, were un-
opposed.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

AS 1t is said that rats cannot be
kept from ports, and that they may in
troduce the plague. why do not the
vessels adopt the remedy of a police
force Of cats or rat terriers to catcb
the rodents In tie natural way
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

When the king OF Sweden com.
manded the presence at the royal
palace OF the Indian athlete who Won
the all-around athletic championship
at the Olympic games, the winner
refused to 60. The situation is un
precedented, and the winners bash
fulness has thrown the royal entour
are into near fit at the idea OF q
mans allowing his own inclinations
to take the precedence Of royal pleas
ure.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
Moore dno Moore
Insurance, Real Estate, Loans, Surety Bonds.
Representing the Following Fire Insurance
Companies


Companies.
North British and Mercantile Insurance
Company. of London and Edinbnrs Atlas
Assurance Co., Limited, Of London. Con-
tinentai Insurance Co., New Ynrk. Under
writer's Agency, Hanover Fire Insurance
Go German Alliance Insurance Associa-
ton. Fidelity; Phoenix Insurance Com
pany. Fidelity Underwriters and German.a
Fire Insurance Co.. Of New York. Glenn
Falls Insurance. Co.. OF Glenn Fnlls n Y
Philadelphia Underwriters, Pennsylvania
Fire Insurance Co. Spring Garden Insur.
ance Co., and Girard Fire and Marine In-
surancs Co.. Of Phiiadelphla. Springfield
Fire and Marine Insurance Co., OF Spring.
field, Mass. Citizens Insurance Co. and
American Central Of st. Louis, Missouri.
Fireman'a Fund Insurance 00., OF San
Francipco and Colonial Fire Underwriters.
1.-THE JOHN HANCOCK Mutual Life Ir.S
suFance Co., ot Boston, Mass. The UNITED
STATES FIDELITY Il GUARANTY CO.,
Issue all forms Of Surety Bonds. Bonds fof
Administrators. Executors, and all other
Judicial Bonds issued Immediately upon
notice. Fsrms; Town Properties and Real
Estate Of every description for sale, We
ersPrepared to max . loans both large and
Bmali on short notice.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

IN New Orleans the school board has
adopted rule prohibiting a pretty
teacher from kissing her pupils. Of
course all the te2chers VIII at once
take Ii for granted that the rule ap
plies to them.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

A philadelphia man died while tell
ing Joke. When one reflects on thu
way some people do tell jokes, II
seems that the interests of society at
, large would be served If retribution
we're to follow oftener.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

A man in Chicago stole 4 piece o.
ice and then stole tongs with which
to handle IT Then he stole an UNI
brella to keep the ice from melting
and then the police stole upon him
ID this case the fall from grace
seemed 70 be somewhat progressive.
x not headionz.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

An exchange tells us that there is a
fish in the vicinity OF Hawaii known as
the Observation-Disclosures. Compos
itors and proofreaders will be glad to
hear OF the observation-disclosures.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Woman In New York was struck by
lightning and cured of her rheumatism.
but we do not expect to see any rheu.
matte sufferers going around with
lightning rods On their heads. II
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

The small boy. now a big one. who
years ago was sternly reproyed, II not
mere vigorously punished. for catching
dies In church instead Of listening to
the sermon is at last indicated.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
1000 MEN ARE IDLE.
Hoistins Engineers Strike stops
Work At colllery.

Hazleton, Pa Claiming that the
change from monthly wage to an eight
hour day basis was In effect reduc-
ton. the hosting engineers Of the g..
B. Markle 3 Co, collieries struck
Monday. Their walkout tied up mining
machinery and 1000 milers were
thrown into enforced idleness.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

A somnambulist in Pennsylvania
walked to work In his sleep. This is
the first instance on record In which
a sleep walker ever did anything use
full.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
WOMAN SAVES THREE.

Drags Unconscious Husband From
Their Burning House.
Logansport. Ind.Mrs VIM. Bowyer
rescued her husband and two children
from 1re IN their home near here. but
q 15-month-old child was burned to
death. Mrs. Bowyer was milking and
her family was asleep when the fire
broke out In the house. she saved
her two older children and dragged
out her husband, unconscious from
smoke. but the roof fell III before she
could return for the baby.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
BRYCE ON WAY HERE.
British Ambassador Leaves Mel.
bourne, Australia.

Melbourne, Australia. James
Bryce, British ambassador to the Unit
ed States, who has been touring
Australia for some time, left for Wash
ington Tuesday via San Francisco,
where he is due to arrive September
II on the liner Ventura.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

We have not noticed the boat rock
eTs this season particularly, but the
person who smokes cigarettes in bed
has begun to figure in the casualty
lists. -a
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

One may hope that SO many of
those new style nickels will be issued
that nickel viii always be handy
when the telephone is to be used.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

A scientist tells us that a grass
hopper can jump 200 times its own
length, butt has nothing on the poll.
tician when the time comes to jump
on the band wagon.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Ohio woman, ninety-one years old,
boasts that she never has been kissed,
but It sounds more like confession
than q boast.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

We are informed that every time
we swat fly we kill 100, 100000 bac.
terra. Our notion Of no job ON q hot
day is to count 1oOO0O,000 bacteria.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

e A New Jersey woman, to get rid Of
flies, got them drunk on whisky. She
says that she went on the principle
that drunken fly was like drunken
man-easy to handle.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
CONFER TItIe on Late Mlkado.

Toxic The title of aMeiji Tenno''
will be conferred on the late Mikado,
it was announced here. The term
means Emperor Of the Era of En-
lightenment.' =
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Every time we attend a ball game
we are led to wonder how the man,
ager holds his job when there are 30
many superior baseball generals in
the bleaehers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Hammer throwing should be encour-
aged In every town. athletics or not.
Throw It into the river. Don't knock,
boost
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

South American railway trains are
reported to be stuck in snowdrifts.
slip this under the sweat-band OF
your hat and keep cool
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

A Des Moines choir loft is to be
screened to hide the singers ankles.
Muf1ers might also be provided for
hunting-case watch covers II the ser
mons run long.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

It Is claimed that goats milk win
prolong life, but to the goats milk
drinker, like the married man. life
only seems longer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Next to breeze from the north or
east, one from the south or west Il
most acceptable.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Earthquakes" says physician,
fare good for the liver" II you have
q weak liver. move to San Fran
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

The society for the suppression Of
unnecessary noises calls itself the
biological congress. The very name
Is an Unnecessary noise.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Few pesfimlSts are able to shave
themselves, and even soms optimist1
fan
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

No, Rollo. the backbone Of summer
has not been broken sincerely chill
running up its spine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Boneheads are people who go out In
launches without a sufHcient supply Of
gasoline to bring them back.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
|FORhAL PROTEST
| FILED BY BRITAIN
May appeal 70 Hague for Canal
Decision.


washington. Great Britain has re-
affirmed its protest against the Pan
anna Canal Bill. III note fled with
the State Department by A. Mitchell
Inness, charge OF the British Embassy
here, 1t was stated that e q satihfac-
tory agreement could not be reached
Great Britain would appeal to The
Hague Tribunal for arbitration.
The note. submitted says Great
Britain will give careful consideration
to both the bill and the message Presi-
dent Taft sent to Congress relating to
discrimination In favor of American
coastwise shipping in the canal II,
after due consideration, 1t is found
that no satisfactory agreement can be
reached in the matter, Great Britain
declares that 1t will be necessary to
appeal to arbitration.
Mr.. Inness, who has been acting a.
charge Of the embassy during the
absence of Ambassador Bryce, came
to Washington recently from the sum
mer headquarters of the British EN-
haasy at Kineo, Me-. to remain during
EAA discussion in Congress OF the bill
end to nls for his government, the pro
tests against 1t.
One State Department official de
clared he did not believe Great Britain
had case to carry before The
Hague Tribunal Senators Root
Lodge and other senators are on rec
ord as declaring that the United
States would certainly lose should the
case be referred to The Hague.
Ottawa, Ontario. Speaking on the
Panama Canal question at a dinner
! to visiting British flnanciers and legis
lators here, Sir Wilfrid Laurier said
he believed British Canadian and
American diplomacy would bring
about an agreement satisfactory tc
ALL
Pointing to the fact that for more
! than 100 years differences between
Canada and the United States had
/ been settled without resort to arms
| Sir Wilfrid declared that poor arbi
tration was better than the most sue
cessful war.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
MAN, q, AANeED FoR MuapER
His Son, Under Sentence, Promises
To even Up Thinas.,,


Nashville, Tenn 7O-year-old man
was hanged here The States victim
was George Rose, recently convicted
for the murder Of q neighboring plant
er. J. NJ. Miller. in McMinn county.
One Of Roses sons is in prison for
murder. He promised Rose he would
''even up things when he had served
his 15-year sentence.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Some people who have never worked
IN harvest held wonder at the
scarcity Of harvest hands.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05
FLAGSHIP REcHRtsrENED.
Armored Cruiser Pennsylvania Is Now
the Plttshurak. 4.

Bremerton, Wash. Pennsylvania
having been selected by the Navy De
partment as the name of the new $15,-
100000 battleship authorized by Con-
gress, the armored cruiser Pennsyl-
vania, flagship of the Pacific reserve
feet at Bremerton. was rechristened
Pittsburgh on orders from Washing.
ton, D. C.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

ch.IIss Gown WMt VI:EInl.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-02
Proposed High School Building is Long Step 7ouard
Making Albuquerque Real City

G nc opl b
5 o f
is ( a
and he
lis
X neN uec1c1 o
school The Central school building which
a is
small
smaller Albuquerque y
he a Roswell Las o l
a I as o aref f c c g
e , o
enrolment children formerly accommodated
the
a it o II school building
wit enes the enrol va
it it
number 1872 This 2l9 high school students
Two hundred pupils make respectable high school anywhere large
the will pn'ei
ca, rooms 10 tn II
boards ; considerable additional for
the overflow all ,Mhn,l dle takenc areo in the
bond carried 'rh
cnt in 70 only
a ear
site fr n neN wa ur some
5 to j. distinctly
% hen II a on December
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-02
DETECTIVE OFFERS
To MURDER FOR
ONLY $4,000
It IS Believed Mind Of SIeuth
is Unhinged from Reading
About RoSenthaI Case in New
York City,

tby Morning journal Sneeiai Leased WtrrD
salt Lake city. Dee l.--Fletchcr
Preston, who represented himself az
private detective, was locked up in
the city Jail here last night aitcr he
was said to have offered to XIII Al
fred Sorcnson II he was paid $4,000.
Sorenscn recently was tried ana
acquitted on the charge of killing
Thomas McGillls here last spring.
Preston is sald Dy the police to have
made proposition" to abe" Me-
Gillis a brother of the murdered man,
TO put Alfred Sorenson out of the
way"
McGilis notified the police OF the
"prcposltion' that had been made to
him and arrangements were made to
trap Preston. Two detectives were
hidden in basement where presto,.
was to meet McGillis. Preston APP
peared at the appointed hour and rc-
pcated his offer, which was over
heard by the detectives. He said that
things were duh in the detective
agency ana ne could arrord to do the
job for $1,000 although his regular
price for such work was S2,5OO."
The local police say Preston's mind
has become unbalanced from reading
about the Roscnthal murder case n
New YORK.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-02

erals retired after eight hours fight
ing, their ammunition becoming ey-
haustcd.
ON the arrival OF fresh supply OF
ammunition the fedornls renewed tie
engagement with the result according
to an official dispatch from the GOV
Vrnor OF Puchla, that the rebels were
routed. The governor of Vera cruz
reports that with the capture OF CAV.
Ella Bravo near Tuxpam, tho last
band of rebels In the state has nenn
cNterminatcd
Francisco de Ia Harra, former pro.
Nisional president, was one of the can
didatos IN the election today for gov
crnor OF the state of Mexico, but owing
To Interrupted communication 1t is
impossible to learn the result.
Mcxicans are not wholly rcassured
by the Washington declarations ana
are kecnly interested IN the proposed
visit OF four American hattieships 10
Nern cruz and the motive for thcn
coming.
Much interest is displayed in the
character of the visit of those battle
ships II Is no secret that the Amcri-
can note Is not pleasing To the MeNl-
can government and the failure Of
the Mexican foreign office to discuss
the nature Of the reply gives some
basis for believing II is not cntirciN
pleasing To Washington