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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
OCEAN AUTO RIDES ON AIR.
Viper V. Runs Over Water at Rate of
Thirty Miles an Hour.

Albert Hickman, young Boston man
OF wealth, has sea automobile, the
Viper ", that has attracted much at
tention In Boston waters, and yachts
men are asking what type the strange
and speedy craft may represent, When
n hydroaeroplane is running great guam
titles of spray are thrown from under
the hull ut the sides. Mr. Hickman be-
lieved it would be better for the boat
to gather this water and sit on it In
stead of throwing it out. This was the
basic idea in the design of the Viper V.
Her bottom is so constructed that
every little ripple as it goes aft acts as
an air compressor, forcing the trapped
air under the boat, so that she rides
in part on compressed air The bottom
of the craft Is made with inverted V
sections, something like V bottom
boat turned inside out. The keel line
is higher than the bilge throughout,
curving downward aft. The inverted
V sections are deepest near the bow
and the sides of the boat. Instead of
being drawn in 10 meet at the stem
they remain parallel and rapidly di-
minish as the stem head is reached
The Viper V. has covered thirty miles
an hour without trouble.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
Ant Eats Everything.

1t eats whatever man eats. IL penc-
trates ieeboxes, breadboxcs, paper par
cells and even glass fruit jars If the
housewife forgets 10 put on the rub
Der gasket before she screws the cover
down IN houses infested with it
there Is no sleep unless the legs OF
the beds are wound with tape poisoned
with something that win affect and
stop this ant. and only certain poisons
win do that Beds 10 be secure must
be pulled out from the walls so that
no part of bed or bedding touches the
wall and the person before retiring
must stand upon an insulated chair
and make certain he Is not taking any
of the ants to bed with him. Let the
baby but Kick tho corner of sheet
against the wall and IN few minutes
the screaming infant has to be snatch
ed from It's crib. disrobed and i'm
mersed In water 10 make certain that
all the ants are removed
In such house the use of poisons
and repellents must be continuous. A
little carelessness and the foodstuffs
of the household are filled with count
less numbers Of the ants in short
time. The ants are predatory social
lists. If one finds way TO get into
sugar fruits. meats, lard, olive oil.
cream. butter eggs. raw or cooked;
fish, cornmeal and even wheat -four he
does not keep the secret to himself.
The ant scout informs the tribe and
they all come
II is customary to wind the legs OF
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
HEAT HINTS FOR BLoNDs.
Wear Orange or Blue Underwear, Says
Dr. Fucker,

Blends are especially susceptible to
hot weather, according 10 Or w. q
llucker, assistant surgeon general of
The public health service. in Washing
ton Here are some Of his suggestions
TO them;
avoid the bright lights
Wear colored glasses when in the
sunlight"
Have orange eolored Innings to
gourhats"
Have your outside clothing white. y
"Wear orange or blue underwear"
Heat waves, nr. Rucker says, have
a deieteriouS eiiecs on the nervous sys-
tenn % blends, whose skins cannot re-
duce the potency Of these waves.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26

For Boarders Advertise in The
Worlds Classified column.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
FREE MAN GUILTY OF MURDER
Jurors Give Prisoner Another Chance
Because Mother Needs Him.

A jury in the criminal court in Kan
sas City, Mo. acquitted William +.
Mcneil charged with second degree
murder, although twelve men, accord
ing to the foreman, were satisfied of
the prisoners guilt" Mcneil was
charged with shooting Lee Self to
death in a quarrel.
,iWlIen ,the JURY came in Arthur
Brown, forenoon. asked permission to
speak 10 the prisoner
Mcneil" Brown said, I'VE are all
satisfied you are guilty, but we are go7
Ing to give You another chance we
want you to go home aud make a man
Of yourself Your mother is getting
old ana needs YOU
The verdict Of acquittal was then
handed 70 the court.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
ENGLISH DISCOVERY MAY
UPSET COTTON MARKET.
Hailed as Meaning End of Our World
Supremacy.

According 10 recent dispatches from
London. revolution in cotton grow.
ing is promised by discovery which,
it Is asserted, will give the British do.
minlons an opportunity of breaking in
brief space of time the supremacy Of
the United States in the worlds cotton
markets
The discovery, which was made by
Waldemar SchutZe, consists in a sim
pie means of producing perennial cot
ton crops without the degeneration Of
the plants and developing within the
plants such healthy characteristics
thut they become not only immune
from pests, but resist frost In mod
crate climates,
Mr. Schutzc, it is stated, found that.
whereas the qualities OF good moth
or plant are not produced with any
certainty 10y seedlings, these qualities
can be maintained by grating from
a high quality mother plant on to a
daughter plant
Mr.. Schuze says that II British cot
ton growers adopt his methods immcdl-
ately they will obtain a five year lead
on America.
On the other hand, another side of
the picture is shown in recent reports
from ST, Petersburg. where some time
ago the Russian government embarked
mt great expense on plan TO encour-
age the cultivation Of cotton in Asiatlc
Rnssia. principally Transcaspia and
Turkestan, to such degree as to
emancipatc Russia from American cot
ton imports
Great irrigation works were under
taken. and bounties We're provided for
cotton planters; but. according TO "a
report recently received by the Rus
sian minister Of commerce. all the eff
forts proved absolutely unavailing AS
heretofore Russia win have to depend
on American cotton
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26

II YOU want all the news al the
time, read the WORLD,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
Ants Kill Babies.

IL is IN these gfatements collected
from the Infested territory That the
reports OF infant fatalities due to the
ants are found Authentic cases are
found by the hundreds, the experts
say. where the ants had covered the
bodies Of babies aud crawled into their
mouths. ears and nostfils.
SO destructive Is the Argentina ant
to certain forms of vegetation that In
southern Louisiana land values are
governed TO a considerable extent by
the presence or absence Of this ant.
The insect Is partial to nectar and
causes 1t 10 be feared by those who
raise flowers II 1t cannot reach the
honey ia blossom otherwise 1t will
Glt its way TO 1t. This has been found
Highly destructive TO certain fruits
among them oranges. Some garden
seeds also find favor with the ants
and this is why colmmeal always is
sown with lettuce seed in nm ant in
tested district. While the ants are
harvesting the meal tile lettuce seed
has time TO sprout Otherwise the ants
would eat the lettuce seed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
Fighting crasshoppsrs In Kansas.

Farmers of western Kansas are ear
ryf4lg on q campaign to exterminate
the swarms of grasshoppcrs which for
some time past have threatencd TO de-
stroy the growing crops OF that sec
ton A carload Of bran. mixed with
$500 pounds Of poison. was distrihu-
ted among the farmers This mixture
is being scattered over every green
field in which the pests are found.
Two state entomologists are superia-
tending the work k
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26

&oISFUfu1Ht axes Glepa 70 odFeguaTO
Migratory Species In Their Travels
From Summer to Winter Quarters.
Mclean Law Proposes Negotiations
With Lawmakers Of Other Lands.
Persons Interested in the national
campaign for the adequate protection
Of wild life in the United States are re-
joiciug 10 the adoption Of Senator
George 4. sIcLean's resolution provid-
Ing for the chilling Of convention with
the governments or other countries for
the mutual protection and preservation
Of birds.
The first step III the protective cam.
paigu was the recent enactment OF the
Weeks Mclean law. placing the pro-
lection of these creatures in the hands
OF the federal government. The pres
ent action Is the second step. and is
scarcely less important. 1t means that
migratory birds viii, in time, be pro-
tected not only in the United States,
but throughout the entire line of their
Fight from breeding in wintering
grounds md return. When 1t is con-
sldered that some of the species fly
from the arctic zone to Argentina. and
many Of them from Canada well into
South America. the importance of the
Mclean resolution will be realized
Senate's Action Timely.
"The senate's action in the present
fga.. IA
penent to the good results that are
insured by the Weeks Mclean law"
said John y. Burnham, president of
the American Game Protective and
Propagation association, which took
the lead in the fight for the adoption
of the Weeks Mclean law. THE prin-
cipal countries with which 1t will be
necessary TO open negotiations now
that the resolution has been adopted
are: Great Britain, with Canada to
the north and insular possessions to
the south Of us, which harbor many of
our migrants; France. on account of
her colonies in the West Indies and in
Guiana; japan, with which we have
had trouble in the past because of the
activities of her feather hunters in the
Hawaiian Islands; Mexico Brazil, Ar
gentina Columbia and Ecuador
Other Countries Concerned.
"There are other countries with less
important possessions TO the south or
near our colonies In the Pacific. These
include Holland and Denmark. the in
dependent republics in the West In
dies and certain of the smaller re-
publcs in South America Russia also
will probably be included by reason
of the migration between the Aleu-
tian islands and Siberia,
"A strong sentiment already exists
in Canada for Il treaty with this coun-
try protecting the migratory game
birds that breed largely within the
borders of our northern neighbor. In
Mexico progress will probably be slow.
owing to the unsettled state of affairs
in that country. Conditions were ripe
for the negotiation Of just such a
treaty at the time of the fall of Pres
ident Diaz; but, Of course, his DEPOSIT
ton knocked things completely in the
head"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
NORTHWARD
ALL IN ITS PATH !:
Creature invades Everything
In House and Even At
tacks Babies.

the dining table with poisoned tape
and sometimes even set the legs Of the
tables upon panes Of glass coated with
yaselinc poisoned with some repelent.
Yet 50 persistent are the little imml.
grants IN their attacks TINT even these
obstacles do not always stop them. The
government reports are full Of state
ments to show the ineffeetiyeness Of
all repellent agencies when the ants
get on the Immpage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
Fondncss For Other Pests.

Another popularity of this ant is
it's fondness for the excretlons OF
plant lice. mealy bugs and many other
insect pests. In the case Of the mealy
bug the ant erectS 4 shelter for the
bug and cares FOR him much as a
dairyman cares for his cows This,
the government experts say, is n
straight and truthful statement. They
also say that In almost every Instance
where the ants are in attendance upon
plant bugs and lice the bugs and lice
flourish and multiply. This has been
more pronounced in corn and sugar
cane regions. The Argentina ant also
extermiImtes other and useful species
of ants rs fast as 1t comes into contact
with them. which Is another potent
reason TO call the Argentina ant an un-
desirable.
The Argentina ant was first noticed
in New Orleans twenty years ago. II
must have been brought there with the
cargo Of some ship. At that time it
was not known outside OF the city.
But now it has penetrated the interior
OF the country, has densey infested
the southern lmlf of Louisiana and is
steadily moving north Already it has
covered six counties in Mississippi and
three IN Alabama, and in some parts
of Louisiana it has reached practically
to the Arkansas line. Its movement to
the north has been by railroad. and the
has no means of knowing
how far small colonies have travelled.
The official observations have been CON
fined TO sections where the ant has de-
yelopcd Sufficiently to make its pres
ence felt
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
Minute "MOvies'
of the News
Right Off the Reel

Fish walk dance has turned the
scales of popular favor in London SO
ciety.
To stop aeropanes on Sunday Eng
llsh authorities invoked law enacted
under Charles l., but the judges would
not stand for it.
Woman in Brookline, Mass reversed
a common form Of will by leaving her
husband $4,000 on condition that he
does not marry again.
Schoolgirl in Chicago was awakened
by railroad car entering her bed
room. After smashup it stopped Ill
rectly in front of her bed.
When man remarrics after the
death OF his wife he ceases to bear any
relationship to the dead woman, ac-
cording TO a decision of New York
Judge
Yale student. son Of a Boston mil
lionaire. works nine hours daily in
temperature Of over 100 degrees in his
fathers rubber shoe factory to learn
the business
French countess has obtained a 5000
rebate on the purchase price of a new
motorcar IN court because the limou-
sine roof was So low as to damage the
plumes Of her hats
Congressman willis who won the
Washington spelling bee has RECEIVED
a letter from man whose card read
James ! Parnatheodorpkoummumoiin-
tour-eutpinuia, skiing him IL he bad
amy names Ike that TO spell.
II YOU want all the news al the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-07-26
UNCLE SAM TOBE
BIRD PROTECTOR
All Countries Asked TO Guard
Lines Of Flight.
CALL FOR A CONVENTION.

Government Takes steps to Safeguard
Migratory Species In Their Travels
From Summer to Winter Quarters.
Mclean Lau Proposes Negotiations
With Lawmakers Of Other Lands.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-08-29
New Drug Store For Laelede

DR.. L. G. Sherry, of Kearney,
has leased the Shane building now
occupied by the telephone exchange
and will occupy the same about
October / with a stock of drugs.
DR.. Sherry will also practice medi-
clue. He has a wife and one child
and will move here to reside as
soon as the building is vacated.
He was here last week and was
laycrably impressed with Laclede,
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-08-29
An Old Citizen Passes Away

Simon Fl. Brown, one of La
clede's oldest and most highly re-
spected citizens, died at his home
here Thursday, August 81. He
had been in failing health several
months but confined to his room
only a few weeks. He was 79
years, Z months and 26 days of age
He was horn in Germany in 1888,
and at the age of Fl came to Am
erica, and to Laclede in 1870. For
a number of years he followed
gardening on a small farm east of
town and was successful in finan-
ciaT way and retired several years
ago. He was preceded to the
grave by all his family except one
son, Fred, who is supposed to be
in Idaho but has not yet been To-
Gated. The funeral services were
held at the M. E. church Sunday,
conduced by the pastor and the re-
mains laid away in the Laclede
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-08-29

Fifty motor cars bearing $50
people will pass through Laclede
on the morning of the seventeenth
of September. The cars will form
a motor trade tour of the Kansas
City motor car dealers association
of Kansas City, which will pass
through northwestern Missouri and
north eastern Kansas. The tour
lists leave Kansas City on the
morning of September 10. They
are scheduled to reach Kansas City
on the return trip September 20.
While the tour is essentially a
trade boosting tour, in which the
visitors will get acquainted"
with the inhabitants of the towns
through which they pass, it con-
sequently will evolve itself into
good roads boosting trip. Good
roads meetings will be held in
every town and prominent speakers
will address the crowds. Con-
gresham Borland and Judge Fl.
G. Gilbert, of Kansas City, will be
the speakers.
The pathfnding car, Paige,
passed through Laclede Wednesday
morning. In the car were E. E.
Peake, secretary and treasurer of
the Kansas City association, Cal
Reeves, of the motor firm of Hall
Bros. & Reeves, Charles McPhail,
driver, and Charles Il. Davis, of
the Kansas City Star. The Blade
acknowledges a visit from the
pathfnders and found them to be
a clever bunch.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-08-29
THE MEADVILLE CHAUTAUQUA
The Ninth Annual Meeting Maintaining the Record Established in
Former Years For Large Attendance and Variety
Of Entertainment for all Present

The ninth annual Meadyille
Chautauqua, like the others which
have gone before, is success in
every particular. Every program
has been fine, the music splendid
and the weather ideal. The great
city of tents'' is furnishing
temporary homes for more than
two hundred families and groups
of friends and everything is most
delightful.
Maupin's Chautauqua Band and
Orchestra, the best of the kind
ever at Meadville, furnished the
music the first five days-real
music-band, orchestral and vocal.
The male quartette was exception
ally fine.
DR.. Henry Clark, the best plat
form manager in the country, is
again acting in that capacity and
delivered a fine lecture Sunday
morning. Roland Nichols gave
two splendid lectures Saturday
afternoon and Sunday afternoon.
Monday morning L. F. Lybarger
argued for absolute free trade as
the panacea for the country's ills,
advocating the income tax to sup
plant the tariff as a revenue pro-
ducer. His speech Tuesday morn
ing attacked the present system of
land tenure and he apparently
favors the single tax" though
he denies being a socialist.
Probably the most interesting
number of the program rendered
so far was the demonstration of
the wonders of the gyroscope by
DR.. Montraville Wood, who has
what was formerly a
scientific toy and applied it to
boats, aeroplanes and the automo-
bile to assist in maintaining
equilibrium. A strong man was
unable to lay a 28-pound gyroscope
on the floor, but DR.. Woods, ac-
complished the feat by a mere
touch of his fnger-in the right
place.
Tuesday afternoon Henry A.
Adrian told of the wonderful work
Of Luther Burbank, the plant
wizard" r." and recommended similar
methods for developing and train
ing children. Clay's moving
pictures are new and up to the
usual standard, and are both en-
ana instructive.
As usual, a large number of
'amilies from Laclede and Jefferson
ownship are camping on the
grounds and enjoying a delightful
raeation outing, renewing old
and friendships, and
njoying the pure fresh air and
plendid programs, while many
more motor or drive or go over On
he train daily.
Sundays crowd was a record
reaker for the first Sunday and
bout 500 automobiles were parked
n the grounds. The attendance
ince has been good and is increas-
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-08-29
Attempted Suicide at MeadviIIe

r. E. Andres, about 40 years of
age, attempted suicide in his butcher
shop at Meadville last Wednesday
morning by shooting himself in the
left breast with a 22-rife. The
bullet penetrated the body Just be-
low the heart, going entirely
through the body. Doctors were
called and he was removed to his
home, but later taken to a hospital
at Chillicothe. Mr.. Andres has q
wife and two step children, all re-
siding in Meadville. He acquired
the meat market about a year ago,
and it is reported he had been
drinking quite heavily Of late which
is probably the cause ofhis attempt
It self destruction.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-08-29
NEWS OF LACLEDE AND VICINITY
NghbOrOod Dogs Of the Past Few Days Mostly Personal Where
Your NeighbOrs Go and The Company They Have. Just
Little Friendly Gossip Maybe Of You

/ A fine boy baby was last Sun
day arrival at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. F. w. Burke.
| A. j. Baum left yesterday morn
ing for short visit with relatives
at Lawrence, Kansas.
Miss Maude Matsell came up
from Brunswick Monday for a
visit with her many friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Resin Wilkins
came up from Walnut, Kansas,
yesterday for a visit with relatives
and friends.
! A daughter, Dorothy Bernice
Griffith, was born to Mr.. and Mrs,
! F. 7. Griffith at their home at
Walnut, Kan, August IA.
Ira Peer and family are on a
visit with relatives at st Joseph
and in Northern Kansas. They
will be absent about two weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. Brown, after
spending the summer here with the
latter's brother, John Nelson, and
family left last Saturday for Saline
county.
G. r. Goodman and l.. E. Libby,
prominent and we'll known farmers
ON route two, are each making
substantial improvements on their
residences.
Those new fall hats have just
arrived, the newest ideas in satins
and felt, for fall and winter wear,
Call and see them. Miss Ella
Hancock, ADV.
Ross Glenn, an industrious and
we'll known farmer on route four,
Brookfield, was in Laclede on
business last Saturday and called
and renewed for the Blade.
A. R. Bissett, who has had
charge of the Burlington section at
Cora for some time has been
transferred to Moulton, Iowa, and
removed his family to the latter
place this week.
j. B. Patrick and family return
ed home Wednesday from a motor
ing trip to Ohio. They went by
Quincy and returned through St.
Louis, and report a fine trip and a
delightful visit with relatives.
G. e. Hilton and wife and son,
Jules, left Wednesday morning of
last week in their motor car for
Keokuk to take look at the big
dam and then visit several days
with friends in other parts of
Iowa.
A. B. Henderson, prosperous
young farmer on route one, was )
pleasant caller at this Office last
Saturday and deposited a dollar
FOR the Blade year. Mr., and /,
Mrs. Henderson are rejoicing over :
i fine boy baby born to them
August %.
On the budget of new improve
nents for Laclede in the near
'uture is a brick garage and re- =
,air shop and automobile sales {
.ooms. The building will be J,
'5x90 feet and equipped with :
verything that goes with the i
BUSINESS. :
The Blade family this week re- b
eived from MIR, and Mrs. a. B. q
srunemer of Chanute, Kan. 5,
amples of their Elberta peaches. q,
hey were extremely large and Il
ne of exquisite flavor. They "
ave about 65 peach trees and the P
ruit is selling for 50 90 per bushel. d,
Ir. and Mrs. Brunemer are en- Il
,ying good health and send q
.pards to their many old friends !.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-08-29

and being a pleasant and affable
gentleman we believe Laclede will
like the doctor and extend to him
the hand of welcome.