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result that a single hornet was found to be able to destroy dozen flies in . minute. He could kill more. but as he worked from sunup to sundown. there was no need for hurry. If he obtained nourishment from the flies it was so slight that he was always hungry
 The hornets. wasps lived in holes made in the adobe with which a stone chimney had been plastered tonigether long before Their habits of life and their appearance were much like those of the southern wasp which is known as q mud dauber." but their houses are not exactly the same They dig circular holes straight into the adobe as a cliff swallow punctures a mud wall with holes for it's nests.
 The hunting hornets were never ob- served to carry flies to their nests. merely to kill them swiftly and savagely, leav- ing heaps of the severed heads and bodies behind after days work They never offered to modest the family.
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A FTER Schley had Ceryera bottled
 A up in Santiago harbor back in 4 lS9S every day or so came reports of heavy firing heard.' These rumors had their origin at Mole St. Nicholas, cable station in the West Indies, and in the vicinity of the expected naval en- gagement. At first great interest was excited, but as the days passed the ru- mors became tiresome. and their origi- nator was denominated the Mole St. Nicholas Liar During the war between .dhe Russians and the Japanese the Liar took up his abode at chefoe. near Port Arthur, from whence came many accounts of 'sheavy firing heard" Now the Liar" seems to be scattered to the four winds.
 Te has residence along the coasts of many nations. His activities are annoy ing and pernicious.
 Modern warfare is shrouded in all the mystery it's managers can employ. The day of the flashing war correspondent is past and gone. The strictest censorship is exercised over all dispatches, whether by mail, telegraph, cable or wireless. The reliable accounts of engagements will come from official sources. Each govern ment issues bulletins making public such news IS it deems the people should know. The British admiralty office already has had occa sion to denounce the dissemina- tion of unfounded rumors dealing with .fhe doings of the English navy. First accounts of battles will be transmitted to headouarters by the commanders en- gagged, and brief note telling the essen- tial facts will be posted. The embroidery may be supplied by the fine writers at d later date
 Before the reforms effected by Sir Rob- ert Peel the London policeman was con sidered in the light of a most enjoyable joke. Usually he spent his time dozing in a little sentry box just large enough to contain his corpulency The young blades of the town considered it great fun to- sneak up to one of these diminutiveI houses, tip it over and leave its strug- g,jnS occupant as helpless as a turtle on it's back. But change has come. Now the London Bobby is considered mod el for his kind the world over. He is brave, intelligent, courteous and cool. He faces a mad militant calmly and as
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up of the scholars themselves, and each true democrat is willing and eager to learn from his fellows as well as to teach.
 The colleges may inculcate theories of government and economies. That is their work, to point out the past for the guidance of the present and the fu- ture
 But they cannot teach democracy That is to be learned only in the fields and the workshops. in the offices and the market places, in the stock exchanges and the business offices, wherever man meets with man and woman with woman and man with woman. for the interchange of ideas and work.
 Teach your son and daughter that wher- ever human beings congregate the les sons of humanity are to be learned.
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w the sssss'as s,saiss'y s ','s or sass. @as
 ing out anything that can be called rational defense of the Christian belief in heaven. And the radical cause of this exceeding difficulty is that the whole doctrine of human immortality rests not on science but on widespread speculation, Which probably originated among Greek thinkers. This speculation was itself based upon d general instinct or feeling after immortality. the confes- Eion that all men are conscious of a life consciousness which refuses to contem- plate annihilation.
 From Greek sources this speculation passed into the post-exilic theology of the Jews and there became positive dogma. Thence it passed into Christian teaching, and was momptly associated with the Resurrection of Jesus. Now the thought of Christians has long been divided be-. tween two possible interpretations of the Resurrection. To some II seems essential
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'In fooling one man you are usually unconscious of several others who are watching you" says Ed Howe, the fs.- Notes."
 By concentrating your attention on the fooling of the one man. ofscourse.
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An American military attache serv- ing with the French on the frontier has been compelled to doff, his uniform in order to maintain his reputation for sobriety. Every French officer he met, so the story goes, wanted to know
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-05-07

oil was rendered, along with the apologies
Perhaps, the Mexicans made q mistake in not
Offering Admiral Mayo barrel of oil, as an
evidence of their distinguished consideration.
Anyway, Mayo was mad. The more the
Mexicans apologized, the madden Mayo got
He "drew himself up to his full height" =
| believe that is the phrase of the military
regulations sternly insisted that the
Mexicans at Tampico fire twenty-one big
guns, by way of salute to our deeply insulted
flag
It made no difference to Mayo that the Mex
leans at Tampico did not have any big ammu-
milton, nor twenty-one big guns.
Probably, if he had required the local Mex
lean forces to fire off twenty-one rifles, they
migth have done it, rather than have Mayo
get any madden.
But as the big guns were not fired, our
dignity was hurt and our flag ''insulted"
especially as Mexico is country that we k1o2o
we can whip.
If it had been Germany, or Great Britain,
my opinion is that the apologies, promptly
and voluntarily rendered, would have been
gladly and promptly accepted.
AS it was, oar official lecturers on The
Prince Of Peace could not be placated by
apologies They demanded blood.
So, on account of the miserable little Incl
dent at Tampico, we began to kill and be
killed at Vera Crus.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-05-07

man was convicted. On the contrary, there
was hardly term Of court at which I did not
see guilty men escape. The extreme tender
hess of the law, the firm impartiality of the
Judge, the ease with which shrewd lawyers
for the defense could confuse witnesses, the
power of eloquence In touching the feelings of
the jury, and the never failing power Of the
Reasonable Doubt where there was any room
for it-released men whom the Jurors them
selves bezaeaed to be guilty, but whose guilt
had not been legally established beyond
reasonable doubt
am sure that my experience has been that
Of every. lawyer in Georgia whose practice
covered the same period.
AS to prejudice against defendants on
account of their race, | never saw it, except
ing when a negro was accused Of crime against
a white man. Even then I never knew it to
resist the testimony. In the court records Of
this State, there are some marvellous cases
that will support my assertion. [ myself
lost, to Judge II. D. D. Twiggs. one Of the
most notable cases ever tried in Waynesboro,
where young white man was tried for the
killing of a negro, and con1ujcted.
In another leading case, tried in one Of our
so-called 'black' counties, Judge Twiggs
defended and cleared q negro aoAo shot and
killed q deputy-sher5f.
The white officer was attempting to arrest
the negro. The black man was in his own
house, and the officer had not disclosed has
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.
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separation Of those witnesses, so that one may
not know what the others have sworn in the
exhaustive cross-examination Of those wit
nesses; In the impeachment of those witnesses;
and in the preparation of testimony over
throwing the evidence of those witnesses.
More than that-far more than that! the
doctrine Of Reasonable Doubt stands beside
the prisoner, all the way along the trial,
veritable Angel Of Mercy, armed with all
the glorious majesty of the Law, and saying
to the avengers of blood "Prove has geSi1t to
MY satisfaction, or yom shall not harm q
hair Of his head"
Not until that heavenly principle-of- JUS
tice has heard enough, and has sadly turned
her back on the accused, withdrawing her
d50aqae protection, can the jury and the Judge,
the law and the evidence, say, "Guj2ty"
AS [ look back over my own experience at
the bar-an experience which soon convinced
me that [ was too sympathetic by nature to
prosecute anybody-it is impossible for me
to recall a single case in which an innocent
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-05-07
William Jackass Burns Another Angle Lawyers;
Some Bought Newspapers Murder Georgia

I is bad state of affairs, when the idea
gets abroad that the law is too weak to
punish a man who has plenty Of money.
Under our system, the defendant in a crimi-
nal case is given greater privileges than any
where else In the world.
When the pendulum swung away from the
extreme rigor with which, in past ages, the
supposed criminal was treated, it never
stopped until it had swung to the opposite
extreme There it still rests.
In France, the first thing that happens, is
careful examination of the accused, by
magistrate skilled In the business No limo
cent man could possibly object to such
questioning.
None bit the gritty, fear 1t.
But in our country, we are so tenderly con-
siderate of the defendant that he cannot be
made to answer a single question, or furnish
any of the evidence against himself.
Because in former times, prisoners were
tortured to compel confessions, and were thus
made to choose between dreadful suffering
and self-conviction, we go to the absurdly
opposite, Of allowing the accused to make any
statement his lawyers may manufactures and
the State is not permitted to puncture it, with
a legitimate cross examination.
Yet, our common sense tells us that none
but the guilty would object to being asked
fair questions.
Under our system, the prisoner is allowed
extraordinary privileges in the facing of the
witnesses who testify against him; in the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-05-07
Does Oil Cor0l The UNIFIED States Army

THERE was a grim irony in the tale that
was told about the trouble at Tampico.
1t began aoith OH.
Some months ago, the Constituencies
were within an ace of capturing Tampico.
One Of our battleship commanders ordered
them to cease firing. Why?
The OH aoeUs qoere IN Danger.
It didn't seem to matter haw many Mexi-
cans might be killed; but it was of supreme
Importance to save corporation oil-wells
Consequently, when the Waters Pierce
gushers appeared to be in danger of the shells
of the Carranza-Villa forces, the gallant
American commander called out, ''HoztE'
The Constituencies, had to obey, and
Huerta's sea-board city was saved.
Later, we were told that our gallant COM
mander ran short Of oil, and landed some of
his bluejackets, in full uniform, and in viola
ton of Mexican martial law, to get the OIL
A subordinate officer of the Mexican army
did has duty, according to has lights, and
arrested these apparently hostile combatants.
An officer of higher grade in the Mexican
service ordered the Americans released, and
apologized at once for their temporary arrest
General Huerta was telegraphed the news,
and he also apologized, at once.
The fullest apologies were made before any
had been demanded. The Meaicare authorities
did not aOa5t for the demand.
/ don't think any of us know whether any
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-05-07

Which illustrates the horrible injustice and
Wickedness of hasty war. Vera Cruz hud not
done q thing to as.
Yet, when Admiral Mayo lost his temper
at Tampico, dead men soon Uttered the streets
Of Vera Cruz!
Consider the facts
President Wilson refused to recognize
Huerta's usurped and blood stained govern
ment: he still refuses to take the hand of the
traitor and the murderer of Madero: vet he
goes to war, killing Mexicans and causing
Americans to be killed, because Huerta's gov
eminent will not salute the American flag.
In other words, Huerta's government is
non-existent, SO far as President Wilson can
make it SO: and because this nonresident gov
eminent does not salute our flag, we 90 to
war!
Could anything be more indefensible?
Now, my son, you can believe that our
battle-ships had to depend upon Mexico for
supplies, if you want to. That's your privi-
lege Likewise it is my privilege to say that
l don't believe a word of it.
The landing of those marines was DELHI
crate proceeding, intended to bring on blood
shed. THE OIL interests IN Anae7ica and an
England are behind the achoze business, just
as the Oil interests of the Rockefellers are
behind the Civil War in Colorado.
If our Government is so very sensitive
CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN,
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IN CLUBS OF TEN ONLY.

With cash accompanying the order, can The
Weekly Jeffersonian or Watsons Magazine.
be offered at the rate of fifty cents fn~ a year.
Where lists containing less than ten names,
sent, the subscriptions will be entered
only for six months.
There can be no deviation from this rule.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-02
Z WHITE SIAVER

'DLEJEFIELDs w. Va, April a..
James Owen, white. was arrested at
Weleh, w. Va, and jailed without
bond, charged with violating the
Mann white slave law. 1t Is charged
he; induced a respectable girl from
Galax, Virginia, TO accompany him
TO this section under promise TO mar
rage and then forced. or tried to
force, herintoa litcs6f shame 10 sup
FORT him. totbe the most
aggravated AID sgsious white slave
case ever brought to light here and
the assistant district attorney an
nounced the case would be prosecut-
ed to the bitter end. The girl escap-
ed Owens and came to Bluefeld,
where she informed the authorities
and Owens was arrested and jailed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-02

Level because Of large increase in
wages; tile policy OF regulatory body,
increased demand of the travelling
and shipping public, the necessity for
o higher standard OF track ss.ucturc
and road bed on account Of heavier
equipment and traffic and tile policy
CT eliminating grade crossings, estab.
fishing various safety devices; and
systems; Strengthening lines. and sim
liar work, He indicated also the
higher cost Of rails, ties and mate
rials used IN deeping road beds. lie
dwelt particularly upon the cost Of
safety appliances demanded both BY
lay lava alpp public sentiment rsl':e
PresidentRea said emphatfcally in
d carefully prepared statement that
not onlysthe Pennsy lSadfa 'butssafi5
Americans railroads ywere confronted
with the necessity sof lretrenchnenti
which nights prove < serious unless
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-02
ROYALTY r TAILOR I BILLS.

t. y : r.
King George ". spends less on his
clothes than any other monarch, ac-
cording to extracts from the royal
tailorss bills published m Paris.
The5king7 orders q 5 lonnging and
morning suits. every year, paying $50
apiece, and 90 shooting costumes Ill
sac each. He pays s. 60 each for his
winter Iioxereeats and $50 for his
light overcoatss His ties cost him
from SIS toEs10 apiece: He never
wears suit more than 90 times.
Alfonso of Spain Is the tailorsr
ideal OF the finest crowned head Of
Europe because b fs extrayagant taste
in fancysyests, Silk hats, garters and
vests often lead to riotous designs,
which cost 500 each. He will pay
$40 for a silk hat, which he wears
only twice.
The Car has d superb collection of
fur-lined overcoats i@hi chycost $1,000
annually to keep up! and he spends
more than 5000 yearly for winter
gloves. His ordinary lounge suits
run up; to SIS, 900 annually.
\ iHegiyes his old eliot Ties to- q valet:
Alfonso sells his and pockets the
money; George ". hands ihisitoi Queen
Mary for charities; the proceeds Of
the sale. of'his left=offs the Kaiser all
so Fiyes ITO charity!
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! ''''!:ll.l' !, : I, Il
Arriiued Today
SERVICES OVER REMAINS OF
MRS P. Y. DEB0LT TO BE
HELD TOMORROW.

Funeral services over the remains
II Mrs. Philip Yeager DeBolt, whose
death occurred Monday in Hunting
ton, will be held on Friday morn
ing at II o'clock at the residence Of
her Brothers. Messrs, Luther and
Frank Amos on Spring street. Dir.
J. c. Broomtield will conduct the
services assisted by Rev. L. B. Bow
ers Of the Diamond street Nj. L.
Church and Rev. t., Meredith. "A
quartette from the Choir OF the First
NJ. E. Church will render music.
Both Rev. and Mrs. DeBolt were
former members of the choir. The
remains accompanied by Rev. De-
Bolt, AIrs,t George Amos, aud Luther
Amos arrived -herea this informing
shortly before noon. They left Hunt
ingtop at midnight coming by way
Pr Gtoslndsville Sfhes we're delayed
slightly on account Of high watef in
the ohiogvalley. Thesremains were
takep Hatt once Ito tfe Amos home.
The remains win he laid at rest in
Woodlawn Cemetery under the direc-
tion of Undertaken Musgrave and
sons. -!
Out of respect to Mrs. DeBolt the
Miller and southside schools will
close at II o'clock and will not re-
open until the afternoon session.
Mrs. DeBolt was former teacher in
both schools,
The pail bearers are as follows:
Prof. Joseph Roster, c. w. Robinson,
]. N. Tough, Jerry snider, NJ. j.
Lantz' and j.: NJ. Jacobs.
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FIVE THOUSAND
E||:.MP[QYEsAR
/. ]. !. FUR[OUGHED||.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD AN.
9NULS ONE HUNDRED EIGH-
TEEN PASSENGER TRAINS.
RETRENCHMENT. ON ALI PARTS
OF SYSTEM is OFFICIALLY
u 7 2 ANNOUNCED.
FINANCIAL SAVING Is2EsTIMAT.
ED AT TWO. MILLION Il
DOLLARS.

By ASSOCIATED Pass. %
PHILADELPHIA, April g.. - In
pursuance of the retrenchment plan
made public last week the Pennsyl-
iyania railroad today annulled lis
passenger trains on the lines east of
Pittsburgh and Erie and a large NUM-
Der on the western lines. The IFS
trains discontinued on the eastern
lines include the GO specifically
named in the original announcement
and others formally operated in con-
nection with them and are in saddi-
tlon to the &c discontinued some
weeks, ago when, cutting down in.
passenger Service first started. Tho
fnaneiai' Saving 6n rtiieleastern line,
it is estimated Milrtrunscloss to $2,-
100000 per year should the eurtail-
ment be enforced that .long. On the
western line It is roughly calculated
that Che economy Will erect d SINH
Jar saying nov
h About 5000 employees were fur
Laughed yesterday for various Pc
RODS and it was said the number Of
men already under suspension and
those to be laid off within the next
month would total $4,000 on the
lines east and $4,000 west of Pitts
burgh. 7.
Retrenchment on the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburgh us announc-
ed by the general offices here today
has already taken the form of 25
passenger trains with 25 more to be
annulled April 5th. Reduction in
working forces began late in the fall
and on.January list. last, 1900 less
men were employed than on the cor
responding date of the year before.
Since then there has been some fur
ther reduction untilathe working
force is now down to what the Off
Gals describe as ''bed rock,
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President Rea
(coxTINuEp tnoAt PAGE oNE.)

heard todayf before. the, Interstate
Commerce Commission on behalf OF
the eastern railroads asking for an
increase in freight rates. Oral tes-
timony for theSroad was concluded
with his statement. Chairman Har.
Ian and Commissioners Clark and
Meyer We're on the bench today. Doc
tor Dumba, the Austria Hungarian
ambassador and his guest, Prince
MINISTERS Of lperneburg,Swere inter
asted auditors.
~ u o. Wallis, general superintends
ent of motive power Of the Pennsyi.;
vania road, Intercepted by Clifford
Thorne, explained that steel cars and
heavier locomotives had induced an
increase In repair costs while higher
wages materially had added to that
item of expense. j. S. Rogers, gem
erai superintendent of the Pennsyls
yania, testified that Charges to one.
rating expenses on the Pennsylvania
system east of Pittsburgh were s24
S5s. 624 in 1910 and s2s,41it21o in
1918. an increase of 1904 per cent.
He said that expenses for maifite-
nance of way during 1913 were much
greater than ever before and proba-
bly, would remain ut the present high
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-02
Mrs 4 Lloyd
Passes Auay
WELL KNOWN FIRST WARD Wo.
MAN IS A VICTIM OF
!, 4, PNEUMONIA.

Mrs. Matte Lloyd, wife of the late
John A. Lloyd, died this morning at
seven'o'el6cK at her home IN the First
ward! 'sheHhad been iii for several
weeksito fpneumonia,4 and her condf-,
ton WIS known q to liave"beenj hone
less $for'@ several days. Members hi
her family from odt ofi'thel city had
arrivedhere called BY Her fitness and
were with her when the end came.
Mrs, Lloyd was born in Brumfield,
Fayette COUNTY, Pa, on September Cd,
1888. She was united in marriage
with Mr.. Lloyd on December 18th,
1855. She had been member Of the
Christian church for sixty years and
was a devout Christian woman.
She was the mother OF eleven chill
dren. thirty-one grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren. The sur
wing children are Mrs. ]. ]. Brand,
of Morgantown; Mrs. F. H. Rumble,
Of Rochester, Pa; Mrs. c. L. Boggess,
Pittsburgh; Mrs. H. E. Meredith. Ma
rion, o.; Miss Emma Floyd at home;
Mrs, Jerome Steele. of Fairmont; Mrs.
;G.&F. Petty, of Columbus, O.; Frank
Lloyd, Of Marion, o.; William Lloyd,
Ct Emerson. Iowa, and George Lloyd,
West Helena, Ark.
Fnnent Services will be held on
Friday 'afternoonSa at 1880 o'clock at
the First ward Christian church un-
der the direction fof Sundertaker Mus.
grave, and sons. II
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they We're permitted to increase their
net income. Said he:
Unless the gap betwee. receipts
and expenditures can be widened we
must begin to retrench and retrcnch-
ment must begin on betterments and
improvements not directly necessary
to the movement of trains: We
should be very reluctantto do this as
II would be. to run counter 10 our ira
dition and practice ofshalfia century
and we aressure that it would not be
in the public interest and we do not
believe the public desireit.'
President Rea concluded his direct
statement with the following COM
parison of the condition Of the rail-
road cad, in I, ! 1898 and 1918 II, < Z
In 1888 tie company was eiiiiergS
IN from r3period of prolonged and
very severe depression where as in
1913 It was at the end Of a great ne,
! e. c D. e. Y T
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PEOPLES FORUM

T . ~
Pennington, r. No. 2 W. Va.
Editor West yirginian:
Dear Sir, Allow me TO congratu-
late you on the fight you are maxi
insSfor tile peoples. right. Lincoln
said. "The Lord loves the common
people, that is why he made SO many
OF them" or course the water ques-
tion of Fairmont does not concern
me but | am always interested in
fair government no difference what
The issue may be- So keep It up. |
believe the majority and the best
people are with you and who knows
1t may not only stop with Fairmont.
.ate Yours truly
HERSCHEL ICE. i !
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SteD!.e!'n. Bitten
BIZ Mad Dogs

BY ASSOCIATED PREssl 3
PITTSBURGH; April 2.-Mrs.
Robert Duncan, her, daughter Eliza
beth, and FIVE Of the latter,s guests
at childrens party yesterday after
noon were today hurried to the
Pathological department of a hes
pital swhen. it became known that two
Chinese dogs. by whom he seven had
been bitten showed signs OF rabies.
The dog valued at ssl 900 attacked
one Of the little girls and the others
were bitten while trying to save her.