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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-07-11

able value to the tax payers of the
county, as they show Just what roads
are being built. what progress is being
made, what il is costing, aud what it
should have cost, according to enqi-
neers' estimate. With these figures
before them the tax payers of each dis
trict can decide foe themselves whether
or not the work is being done in an eff
tcient and economical manner and if
the work is not progressing as rapidly
as 1T should, it is up to them to take
such action as will insure economy in
the operation of the work.
1t will be noted that the cost of the
plants are not included in the table and
for the information of those interested
will say, the cost of the plants and their
installation were - follows:
Jeffersonville District-Plant No. l,
(old plant, installation only, S444. go;
plant No. 2, SIS. 621. 39.
Maiden Spring District-Plan No. /,
81, 1875 so; plant No. 2, Sc, $751;
A summary Of the reports of the au-
ditinG committees for the two districts
reporting as filed in the office of the
county engineer on Tuesday follows.
Expended on Roads Built in TazewsII
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
WHITE ANTS DESTROY BOOKS
In India All Valuable Papers Are
Kept in Dust Tight Cabinets to
Protect Them.

London-The ravages of the white
ant among books and papers in India
have become so serious that the gov
eminent has appointed an entomolo-
gist. T. B. Fletcher, to make an ex-
haustive study of the insect. There
are, 1t is stated, five kinds of insect
that ruin office records in India, the
white ant Ssh bug, water bug, cock
roach and borer. There is no way of
preventing ravages by these enemies
except keeping all records in dust
tight steel cabinets and bookcases.
The white ants reduce an entire book,
binding and leaves, to dust; the fish
bug eats holes in the records, while
the water bug and cockroach expend
their energies on bindings. The borer
starts in at one side of a book and
bores directly through, coming out at
the other side The white ant COM
pletely destroys any book it attacks
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
Climb TACOMA PEAK
Five Men Make Discoveries in
Rainier National Park
Two Members of the Party Barely
Miss Death on Rocks at the Bot
tom of Ice Sides-CrawI
Over II Glaciers.

Tacoma, Wash-Five mountain
climbers, headed by Prof. J, b. Flett
Of the Tacoma high school, have com
pleted an exploration trip around the
peak of Mount Tacoma, in Rainier Ma
tional park. Two of the climbers
barely missed death on the rocks at
the bottom of steep snow and ice
slides. A hitherto unknown route
around this, the most massive and
highest mountain peak in the United
States, was followed and unmarked
glaciers were crossed and unnamed
peaks scaled. The complete circle OF
the mountain was made in seven days.
Seventeen glaciers were crossed and
the explorers dipped into almost i'm
penetrable canyons and assembled al
most perpendicular walls of snow and
fee to cross ridges that before had
been the awe of all mountain climb
ers.
In the party weree Prof. J. B. FIett
G. A. Barnes, Jr., mountain photog-
rapher; Percy Raleigh, ]. H. Weer
and Calvin Philips, Jr.
First, Philips, climbing up SO per
cent. grade snow slope, slipped and
slid downward with terrific speed to-
ward huge jutting rocks and wide,
open-mouthed crevasses in the packed
ice. At the speed at which he was
sliding, to have hit one of these rocks
would have meant the breaking of
every bone in his body. The crevasses
were huge cracks of unknown depth
In the packed ice, and to have fallen
into one would have meant sure death
On the very brink of this danger Phil
Fps succeeded in SO righting himself
that he could gouge into the ice with
his alpine stick, and thereby stop his
fight.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
SIX PERISH IN
BURNING HOME
Father Helpless to Save His
Wife and Little Ones.
CHARRED BODIES FOUND.
Husband In observation-disclosures Had
To Restrain Him From
Taking His Own
Life

Kingsland, \. IA mother (Mrs
Rosie Barbara, age 35) and five of her
six children, ranging in age from IL
years to five months, were burned &c
death in a fire that destroyed their
home here Emilio Barbara, the father
with his 14-year-old son Joseph, escap
ed. the father throwing the boy tc
neighbors from a second-story window
and jumping afterward to safety him
self.
Barbara ran a bakery on the ground
floor of his home His wife and five
of the children slept in the rear room
on the second floor, the father and sor
occupying the front. Policeman Ring
wood, on duty in the neighborhood
heard screams. He traced them &c
the Barbara house just as flames
broke through the roof. Barbara was
at the front window crying that his
wife and babeis were being burned tC
death. Neighbors who rushed to the
scene ran frantically about trying tc
locate a ladder, but failed,
Finally the fire became so hot that
Barbara threw Joseph through the
window. He was caught by Officer
Ringwood and two men The father
followed and the force of his fall was
broken.
By this time the fremen had arriv
co and ladder was raised to the rear
of the house, but the fire was so hot
the room could not be entered. After
a two-hour fight the firemen were able
to get into the room. The charred
form of Mrs. Barbara, clutching her
five-month-old baby tightly to heI
breast, was found just below the win
dow A few steps more and she would
have been safe. The bodies of the
other children were found in a heap
at the top of the stairs, where they
had fallen, overcome by smoke, and
had been incinerated by the swiftly
moving flames.
Barbara was so hysterical from
grief over the tragedy that he had &c
be restrained from committing suicide
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
PARCELS POST
BY JANUARY |
New Law Admits All Kinds o.
Merchandise.
MANY CHANGES NECESSARY.
The Postmaster General Announces
That the Department Would
Ee In Readiness jar
uary l, 1918.

Washington. - Announcement was
made by Postmaster General Hitch
cock that the Postoffice Department
would be in readiness on January l,
1913, TO put into general operation the
recently organized parcels-post sys-
TEN. The postal express business,
which must be organized within the
next four months. will extend over
more than million miles of rural de-
livery and star routes, and will cover
in its various ramifcatiOns all sys
tens of transportation Of parcels now
utilized by private express companies.
In order to take up personally and
Immediately the work of organization
of the new service, Mr.. Hitchcock has
Cancelled engagements he had made
for his vacation and will remain in
Washington to direct the organization.
The details of the parcels-post sys-
TEN will be worked out by series Of
committees composed of officers and
experts of the department. The gem
eral executive committee appointed
consists of Chief Inspector Robert S.
Sharp, Superintendent John c. Rooms,
of the division of salaries and allow
ances; Chief Clerk a. A. Fisher, Of
the second assistant postmaster gen.
erals bureau, and Superintendent
George L. Wood, of the division Of
rural mails.
First of all" said Mr. Hitchcock,
must be prepared classification of
the articles that can be accepted for
transportation by parcels post The
law admits to the mails practically all
kinds OF merchandise that can be
transported safely, including products
OF the farm and garden as we'll as fac
, tory products, provided such articles
do not weigh more than Il pounds
nor exceed 70 inches in combined
length and girth. The mode of pack
ing will be prescribed carefully The
present equipment of the mail service
is not adapted to the carriage of such
merchandise, and therefore, new
equipment must be provided. 1t is
likely We shall employ, extensively,
hampers, similar to those used in
foreign countries, in handling parcels
post mail The style, size and ma
terial Of such hampers must be deter
mined and advertisements issued for
their purchase
"The law provides that postage on
all parcels shall be prepaid by afiixing
distinctive stamps. This will neces-
state the designating and printing of
at least dozen denominations of
special stamps, ranging in value from
one cent to one dollar Provision for
the collection on delivery of the price
of a parcel must be made. Regula-
tions governing this phase Of the sye-
TEN already are being prepared.
The law provides decentralization
for lost or damaged articles and since
many Of the articles to be carried will
be fragile or perishable the question
of indemnity is one for careful regpls-
ton"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
GREAT BRITAIN
FILES PROTEST
May Appeal TO Hague for Canal
Decision.
Mr.. LAURlER is OPTIMISTIC.
1t Is Stated That If Satisfactory
Agreement Cannot Be Reached
England Will Appeal To
The Hague.

Washington.-Grea Britain has re-
affirmed its protest against the Pan
anna Canal Bill. In a note filed with
the State Department by a. Mitchell
Inness. charge of the British Embassy
here, it was stated that if a satistac-
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. If,
after due consideration, it is found
that no satisfactory agreement can be
reached in the matter, Great Britain
declares that it will be necessary TO
appeal to arbitration.
Mr.. Inness, who has been acting as
charge of the embassy during the
absence of Ambassador Bryce, came
to Washington recently from the sum
mer headquarters of the British En-
bassy at Kineo, Me, foreman during
the discussion in Congress of the bill
and to file for his government the pro,
tests against it.
One State Department official de
clared he did not believe Great Britain
had a 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.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
Flight of the Peasants Before the
Rapidly Spreading Flames in
Cars Country.

st. Petersburg. -Midsummer in
Russia has been ushered in by great
epidemic of fires on the steppes, the
Hamburger Nachrichten reports.
The intense dryness of the season
has spread the fires over a huge area
One Of the most dreadful fires that
the Russian steppes have ever seen
ragged lew days ago in the province
OF TuTgai on the other side OF the
Oral mountains, and to the northeast
OIL the Caspian. On these steppes
vast seas of grass stretch to the no.
rlzon, raised only by shrubs of the
Wild cherry and dwarf almond on the
hillside or by clumps of NORWOOD
when the soil is clayey. Herds of cat
tie and horses Craze on the plains.
1t was early in the morning when
mighty clouds of smoke suddenly rose
up from the steppes, a sure sign to
tue inhabitants that a fire was in
progress. So appalling was the speed
with which the fire rolled over the dry
and yellow grass that the peasants
had quickly to concert measures for
saving just their own lives from de-
struction. Feverish activity prevailed
In all the villages until the tongues
OF lame which came on nearer and
nearer with uncanny swiftness ap-
peared on the horizon.
Swept forward by the rushing wind,
sparks from the con1agration kindled
in advance another fire, which in a
short time enveloped 10000 acres of
grazing ground. Swifter and swifter
before the wind dashed on the wall
OF fiery waves. Enormous pillars of
flame shot up into the air. The sue
ton was so strong that slabs of turf
and burning branches were hurled
high up into the air and thrown far
away.
Men and cattle were hard put to 1t
to save themselves. Their least dan
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
Farm Hand Discovers Can of
Gold in Missouri.
Wyckc Patterson FIees With Fortune
Secreted by Civil War Bandit
Refuses to Tell kmount-May
Share With His Employer.

Liberty, Mo-One stroke of the pick
made Wycke Patterson, a farm hand
rich beyond his fondest expectations
when he struck a pot of gold con-
cealed in the wall OF an old building
which he was helping to raze on the
farm of his employer near Huntsville
Mo- A notice of the discovery OF the
treasure was received here by c. E.
Yancey, owner of the place.
How the farm hands quick wit en-
abled him to make away with the
thousands in gold before the eyes of
seven helpers was told in the mes
sage.
The old building. used before the
Civil war as an inn, had long been an
eyesore on the big mule ranch owned
by the Yancey family. A force OF
workmen under the direction of Pat
terson began tearing down the ruins
last week.
After removing a stone casing in the
second story, Patterson struck some
thing that gave out a sharp metallic
sound. Two white laborers and five
negroes crowded about him as he dug
into the masonry and found sealed
pot. One blow knocked off the lid,
and the group gazed upon the vessel
filed with gold pieces.
Jaws dropped and eyes opened.
Good Lawd, we'se all struck it
RICH" said one negro. "Whatl We
But Patterson had his presence of
mind. He seized the treasure pot and
darted down the steps and out of the
door. By the time his companions
had recovered and followed, he was
out of sight. Through Saturday night
and Sunday the farm hand guarded
the pot of gold. Not even his wife
was permitted to know how much it
contained
IF Yancey don't know how much
is in it, he won't know how much to
sue for" said Patterson.
! Monday morning a man walked into
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
Commission Form Wins.

New Orleans, LA commission
form of government, including the
right of initiative and referendum, was
adopted at the special election here,
$4,000 for and 2,119 against. Both
regulars and reformers voted for the
new system of government At the
general election in November a con-
stitutional amendment will be voted
upon, the carrying of which will mean
that the right OF recall will also be
made a feature Of the commission
form of government just adopted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
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 had lost the
first bloom of youth, brought 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
.his morning when that young woman
refused to Join the strikers ranks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
SIMPLE LIFE FOR Domino
Tacoma Minister Resigns Charge to
Farm and Raise Chickens-Calls
Self Failure.

Tacoma, Wash.-Condemning him
self as failure as a pastor, the Rev
William D. Buchanan, pastor of Pars
University church, has rendered DIS
resignation and in an open letter td
the public announced that he is about
to retire to the Simple life"
II am a farmer by instinct and a
minister by choice" the letter says. !
have come to feel that should first
practice and then preach, and from
now on l shall make my living as 5
breeder of chickens"
Mr.. Buchanan's eight years in the
Tacoma pulpit have been marked D.
dignity and reserve, and his unexpect
ed announcement has caused city-wid'
comment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
Senator Stephenson Well.

Marinette, Wis. - Senator Isaac
Stephenson is all right and will con
tinue his fishing trip down the Es.
canada River.
This was the substance of a report
received by his relatives here. The
report came from Watson, on the Els.
canada Railroad, the nearest point
The Senator had an attack of indiges-
tion, and it was thought best to send
for physician, but he recovered in a
short time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
FINDS BURIED LOOT

the Bank of Yates, small town near
the Yancey ranch He carried heavy
package under his coat. After recov-
ering from his surprise. W. II. Stark,
the cashier, counted out the thousands
in gold coin
Much Of it was in Mexican money
Of 1881. How much the total was has
not been given out by the finder or
the banker That it exceeded $4,000
has been admitted That it might run
as high as $4,000 or $4,000 has been
reported
Although the law gives the treasure
to the owner of the property, Yancey
said he was willing to divide with the
finder. The two men probably will
divide the sum equally.
The theory that Bill Anderson, a
noted desperate of the Civil war pc
riod. MD the treasure while stopping
at the place when it was used as an
inn, has been advanced.
Anderson spent the night at the inn
two nights after banks at Huntsville
and other towns had been robbed of
$4,000 or $4,000. He was killed near
Orrick, Mo. day or two later by
Confederate "bushwhackers."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
BLEAsE MAJORITY LOO.
Returns Show South Carolina Cover
nor Has Been Renominated.

Columbia, S. Practically com
plete returns from the Democratic
primary, in South Carolina. indicate
that Gov. Cole L. Blease has a ma
iority of more than 1,100 votes in the
race for Governor.
The figures are:
Governor Blease, G7,245.
Ira B. Jones, 64,G72
John T. Duncan, 2.O36
The vote for the State will total
10000. The largest vote on record is
approximately 10000
Benjamin R. Tillman made a 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 IN
opposed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
ON THE CRUST
OF 4 VOLCANO
Complete Destruction of Big
Mexican City Predicted.
CRATER UNDER THE PALACE.
Inhabitants OF Guadalaiara, Second
Largest City In Republic, Warn
ed That Within A Year Place
Will Be In Ruins,

Guadalaiara, Mexico Warning has
been issued to this the second city in
the republic, with population Of 800
GEO, that it is 10 be destroyed by a
volcano. The warning is given in all
seriousness by the Mexican govern
ment through the seismographic
branch Of the National Observatory at
Mexico City. Seven scientists, who
spent the latter part Of July and the
FIRST week of August here, have issued
q report following the $40 earthquakes
which have shaken Guadalajara in the
past three months, that the town is
built on the crater of a slumbering vol
cano.
Increasing temperature. sulphurous
fumes escaping from assures torn in
the city streets by the Quakes and the
bursting out of several hot springs led
to the investigation which showed that
400 feet beneath the surface OF the
earth there is a seething crater whose
last eruption was about $500 years
ago. The men from the observatory
cannot state when the eruption will
take place, but they believe it will be
within year.
Their report urges that the city be
vacated and they suggest a movement
10 Juanacatan, a town about 40 miles
from here, on the banks Of Santiago
River. A ridge of hills intervenes, and
1t is stated that the effects OF the vol
canic upheaval, if it is of the magni
tude they expect, will not reach tC
Jlanacatlan The center of the crater
beneath this city is located approx
imately under the state palace, which
is in the heart of Guadalajara
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
Girl Causes Homicide.

Huntington, w. Va.-Henry Griffin,
%, a well-known young society man
of Ashland, Ky, shot and killed Ed.
Hayden, 43, bridge worker, at a
cafe in Kenova following an argu-
ment over a girl. Griffith fred three
times, one of the bullets passing into
Hayden's heart and causing instant
death. Griffith escaped and has not
been captured. Hayden, whose home
is at Coburn, Va, was married. Both
of the men were drinking.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
FALLS 1000 FEET TO DEATH.
Boy Caught In Ropes OF Balloon At
Fair Grounds.

Flint Mich.-In the presence Of
hundreds of persons, 14-year-old Ches-
ter Belts. OF Flint, was accidentally
caught by the guy rope of balloon
and carried about 1000 feet in the air
before the rope untangled and hurled
him to his death. He crashed against
the roof of a barn and was still alive
when spectators reached him, but he
soon expired.
The tragedy occurred at a county fair
and when the balloon and aeronaut
shot upward, many people thought the
youth dangling at the end of a rope
was a dummy The heroic efforts of
the balloonist to rescue the boy soon
disclosed the truth to the crowd be-
low AS the big gas bag crept higher
and higher, the aeronaut in peril of
his own safety, could be seen working
desperately to pull the dangling form
TO the trapeze. Finally the rope swirl
ed away from the lad and the tiny
form dropped downward like a stone.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
NEW TWO-CENT STAMP.
Postmaster Genera! Hitchcock Ap-
proves Panama-Pacific Design.

Washington. - new two-cent
stamp, in commemoration of the Pan
ama-Pacifc 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 a
steamship emerging from the northern
lock and another vessel being raised
in the southern lock In the middle
distance is 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"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
GEN. BOOTH BURIED.
Great Crowd Follows Body To the
Grave.

NJ ~ O'S''N S''S'NS IVY t''S
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 a true friend marched
shoulder to shoulder in the great pro-
cession which followed the body Of
the General to its last simple resting
place.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
PRAIRIE FIRES IN RUSSIA

ger was of being scorched by the fiery
breath which swept on ahead Of the
furnace. Women and children who
sank helpless to the ground were
dragged along by the other villagers,
for only hasty fight was now Of any
avail. But even this would not have
saved them had not a lake lain IN
their path, into which they ali rushed
wading in as far as they could with
out drowning.
Imagine then, hundreds Of persons
standing in the waters up to their
shoulders, while all around them
masses of flames ran along the banks
and sent out Pickering tongues over
the water in their direction, baifleS
in their thirst fer victims.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
Killed In Auto Smash.

Milton, Pairs. George r. Smith,
81 years, Of Bellevue, o., was instant
ly killed and Miss Leah Gemberling,
OF this place, was probably fatally in
jured when an automobile owned and
driven by William Levon was ditched
while turning a sharp curve in the
road between here and Riverside
Park. Miss Grace Gemberling was
badly cut and bruised and a sister Of
Mr.. Levon, who was the fifth member
Of the party, was slightly injured.