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owing to the fact that all the street
fajlway aud elevated employees of the
varicus surface and elevated lines in
The WINDY city have gone on a strike,
Chtcagoans arc getting around that
town as best they can. Those who
have rsachiness Or those who can
aiterd to nay Tor taxicabs are. Of
course. Iess concerned over the. strike
Than tie tollow'who has to get around
On shanlss Mare while the trolley
Iines are not IN alton. 1t is to be
heped that an adjustment between
the tyaction companies and the strik'
ere vim soon be made. as a tie.up OF
the trolley lines Ia Chicago is really
seraous matter Chicago is bad
enough at It's best without the addi'
ton Of o strike OF any nature.
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juries an over the country. Many
cities have already adopted safe and
sane programs TOR July and every
city int has followed this plan would
mot 50 back TO the old way for q rains'
ute. let's hayea me eelebrat ton on
ina ndence nay: but with IL az. let
IDS Sc sane. There are q sufficient.
number Of Speople5 being shot IN Europe
every day vi hout having hundreds OF
Americans ghtered on q national
holiday.
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EaEpEcT EAVoRIA.lnLEI:lI,RF Rely.

It Is the general opinion that the
reply 81 the German nation to the lat
est note to that country from the
united states viii be a favorable one
ana that al Of the difficulties con.
ceSning, which the diplomats Of the
two countries have been dtsputing for
1oine tine past win be- patched up,
America has no need 10 be appre'
nensiSe over Tie ply IS the German
nation to the.notes OF few days ago."
WAS the statement Of q high official
ia tie German foreign office yester
day. aud II he knows whereof he
speaks, the people: of this country have
REASON to take an optimistic view OF
the situation 70 IS not likely that
the German nation wants to get into
4 eonaict With the United States at
this time as tie kaiser has all he can
handle Just now. and with the United
states throwing IN their; strength with
the Allies, the doom Of Germany would
be- al the more quickly sealed. It is
reescnabIe % believe that the reply
Of eernsng win be most friendly and
ronciiiatory II III tenor.
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washtngton. 8. q, June Is.

. 80 . d
If the high officials OF the Grand
Army of the Republican for the De.
Epartment Of West Virginia agree with
the suggestion OF. the committee OF
west Virginia Society Of the District
of Columbia, which has in charge,
plans for welcoming and entertaining
the old soldiers, their families and
friends who will come here next Sep
TENDER to attend the semi-contennial
encampment Of the G. "A. r., the West
Virginia headquarters will be at the
Powhattan hotel, one Of the finest in
the city. It is located at Seventeenth
and the Avenue, one block beyond the
White House. The West Virginia
''yets" may rest assured that they
need not be ashamed to say. II am
stopping at the Powhattan," but rather
proud OF the fact, for. there Is none
better than the Powhattan in. Wash
,ington.
. The committee has secured remark
able concessions in the way of@rates
from Manager Owens, himself an old
West Virginian, and for many years
and up till yfewimo nths ago manager
of the Raleigh. Instead of}htss regular
rates. or increased rates, he wants
his West Virginia folks to stop at his
fine, big hotel so earnestly, that he has
offered rates that are surprisingly low.
when the high character OF this hos
telry is taken into liberation.
It was at the Powhattan that the
big banquets of the West Virginia
Society are held and it is there that
the society maintains its official head:
quarters. It will be there that the
entertainments for the West Virginia
visitors during the encampment will
be given by the society. where the
society will maintain its information
bureau. There the visitor, who may
want to locate West Virginian's resi-.
dent in the Capital, and any other
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THE5 IAN n EPLIED.

I The golf hend who raves at tho
antics of the baseball bug during an
exciting game, and who can't see how
anyone can. get so excited over a game
Fof ball should remember that, perhaps
the baseball fan can't for the life Of
him understand why any person with
common sense would chasesa pesky
little white ball all over several acres
OF ground on boiling hot day, spend
ing half the time hunting the ball and
the other half cusstng luck and the
bat boy; pardon, pardon, we mean
caddie.
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information or assistance he may re.
ouire, can get his needs attended to
cheerfully and speedily. n
The committee in charge has not
worked out its plans in detail, but it
is hard at work. governor George
Wesley Atkinson Is chairman Of the
committee. There are a number
majority in factS--of prominent West
Virginia G. "A. r. men now residing
here, who are mem bers. The active
work is being done by the. younger
men, however, with the approval and
under the direction of the elders.
Charles Brooks Smith is secretary of
I the committeS and Col. j. lillian Da
Grange, who has done more thai. any
t3other individual ito make the state
Society here a great success, is the
assistant and devoting all the time
Iyhe can spare from his private interests
In promoting the success Of the plans
to give the old soldiers from the state
"the time Of their lives" during their
attendance on the encampment. :
Washington's most historic spot is
to be replaced For more than 100
years the stone steps on thess east
front Of the Capitol have staged many
leventful and historic scenes: There
each president has taken the oath OF
office and delivered his inaugural ad;
dress; there President Lincoln made
his famous second inaugural; there
Coxey tried to make a speech which
he didn't get to make there until 30
years later; there automobiles have
sought to ascend for advertising pur-
poses, and various other efforts have
been made to stage Stunts includ+
ling that OF the motion picture men
when a dancer tripped it lightly down
the fight in Grecian garb, and there
the suffragists reviewed their parades.
All this, and the constant stream OF
visitors flor legislators and those hay ::
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TI5EspAY. 5pNg E15. 1915.
HAsps TIMES.

An evidence of the hard times
indicted py the pemocrats was shown
Ia the cass % the Grant Town man,
WHO warted To- et1 one q. his daughters
married on before she was 16 years
Of age. Ii order 70 cut down the living
expenses q hts rather large family.
owing to tie fact that the laws Of
West virginia Tequire a person to be
a. least 80 years Of age before en-.
feting into wedlock; the father
who was 80 willing to get rid Of one
Of his daughters viii be forced to
carry het On the family payroll until
late this AN. when the said daughter
will have arrived ct the sixteenth mile
post II like,s Journey.
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WHAT. Is Sd RARE, ETc.2

What is SO rare as q day in June?
According to the up to the minute
phraseology, it reads: What is SO
rare as a day IN June when de don't
have a rain storm some time during
the "a hours.
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coMELleTs IWITR TREATIES.

CONFLICTS With TREATIES.
When the so-called seaman's measure
was before congress it was pointed
out that ifdt was enacted into law it
would conflict with some Of our treaty
obligations. At the same time several
OF the maritime nations with which
we had commerce and navigation
agreements protested that the measure
would raise the standard OF labor and
Attest the equipment Of merchant ships
that enter and clear from American
ports. However, the measure was
passed, due largely to the EFFORTS OF
Senator La Toilette.
The administration through its diplo'
matte corps is now asking the nations
interested to annul the conflicting
clauses Of their treaties with this
country. It is now recognized that
the law and the international agree
ments are in conflict. Whether or
not the request be granted remains
to be seen. The law does not go into
effect until March, 1916. :,
In the meantime the Pacific Mall
Steamship Company has formally mott
fed those interested that 1t would dis
continue It's Oriental service in No.
3yembei and begin to sell on its II
great steamers and close up its bust
ness. It was pointed out that La
Follette's seamen's bill would increase
the cost of maintenance $500 900. Prior
to 1913 the company lost money and
since then the amounts earned IN
dividends have never reached $4,000
| q year. The value of the ships alone
is estimated at a little over 81 ,000, 900.
The company points out that it cannot
compete, under the terms OF the sea
mans bill, with Japanese ships. This
will throw the entire Pacific ocean
shipping into the hands Of the Japa
nese. Building up an American mer
chant marine in this way Is rather
slow work. Pittsburgh Sun.
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ing business in the capitol seldom use
this enlrance) have worn the virginia
Heestone or sandstone thin. II Is
cracked IN spots and ig nnsightly. Is
wen is dangerous. The new steps BiH
be either OF marble or gfanite, aud
the work. IS 10 be completed before
winter sets IN
College grad ties, who hold q,
bachelor degree IN chemistry. are
eligible for the position of associate
chemist TIA salary OF s., 600 a year,
for which the Civil servic Commits
sion today announced ian open com:
petit ion. The uccesaful {appli cantl will
NIL a vacancy at the Bureau OF Stand.
ards. TO fill vacancies I'M the Job OF
mechanical Craftsman, !, the comn1tssio sion
ANNOUNCED examinatio ions would be
held. This pays from $500 :tol$ 200 a
year. A. a y 5S s53l
Ten thousand consumptiyes go west
to- die each year. Western Texas and
New Mexico have a tuberculosis popu.
lation Of 10000 or more: Migration
of Tuberculosis pations is increasing.
despite the fact that many states. Ike
FFeSk} " II k1uld1v u4N onA4t tA4 Aot44S
the treatment Of the disease. Western
states are beginning to resent this
influx of invalids and many even with
means, are made unconfo Portable. The
Mexican population OF the 2southwestSls
being readily decimated by ltuber-
culosis. The percentage of infection
is high, and recovery almost unknown,
because Of low racial immunity and
insanitary living scond itions. III n
These are some OF the statenents
contained in a report by the Public
Health Service upon an extensive IN.
vestigation Of the subject Just com:
p1eted. The report states that, from
20 to Q per cent of all families in
western Texas and New Mexico have
some member who is or was infected.
The consumptive population, which
has migrated from other states, ts
more than 1000 at Albuquerque,
above 5000 at Ell Paso, and $500 at
San Antonio.
The effects of the transportation OF
thousands Of eonsumptivest to and from
the resort cities upon the health OF
fellow.travelers, the dangers arising to
the communities themselves from the
influx OF invalids, and the social and
economic results are the subject OF q
broad study Of the situation Just COM
pleted by experts in the service.
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Senator Nathan COT was the only
member Of the states congressional
delegation in the city this week. He
came over from Atlantic City to per.
sonal1y attend to considerable official
business which he had on and was
pressing him to be looked to. When
he left here he went to New York,
where he has considerable private
business,to transact. He is anxious to
get that over with and get back to. his,
home in Clarksburg which, he says.
is more comfortable for him even in
the sumner than any. other place he
has found. While here there was an.
authoritative stop put rather suddenly
to the gossip that he intended to re
sign, and to another canard that he
had expressed a preference for senator
from west Virginia. There is abso-
lutely no chance of Senator Goh re-
singing or Of him taking any hand in
behalf OF any ind vidual's senatorial
ambition to the disadvantage OF any
other person aspiring. The dtstin:
guished senator was feeling ut" while
here, and looked to be in as good
health as his genial spirit indicated.
4 BY recomme ding Frank HiggsS for,
appointment as postmaster, at Elm!
Grove, an important and pretentious'
little suburb Of Wheeling, Congress
man Medley settled a contest that
was; daily growing more interesting.
Mr.. Higgs is retired farmer and
presented strong endorsements: Thtsi
office is in the presidential class.
4 Examinations Of applicants to i'll
Vacancies IN the rural carrier force
will be held as indicated in the follow:
ing: Any able-b lied male citizen,
between the ages of 10 and So years,
having his domicile within the terri.
tory supplied by, an office in the,
county, for which the examination is
announced. Is eligible to compete: A
5yacancySs at Arb vale, Pocahontas
county; will be filed at an examination
10 be held there June 26 s one at Bur
linEton, Mineral, viii be held at Key,
ser, same date (all these will be held
on the same date: June 26); another
at Cox's Mills. GilmerS will be held.
at Glenyille one at Elky view, Kanawha,
Will be held at Charleston; that at
Lewisburg, Greenbrier, will be held at
CONTINUED on Page Nine n
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A,.Fl:; j. FER i: + ]: YER /: !. |: /.
MINIS

That whiskey dealer who arose in
convention and declared whtskey re:
!lieves more misery! than it causes must
Just have swallowed his first braceT
after a hard night. 55l
1--WE are thinking Of opening a new
subdivision Just of the Equator for
those people who are clamoring for 2
place in the Sun: B Il /
The thing that fri CITIZENS us most!
about eI5SecretaryS Bryan s. resignatio {,
is the joy with hich Wall z street Y: !.
greeted the !neWs. MI i. Nh e
q We sincerely hope that IN deiendinst
the city the Russians do not use
shells made Of Lem urger cheese.
Ia Texas man uses q mule to- locate
new oil wells; lots of asses have done
well in that business.
Senator Beveridge says he found
Paris quiet; andtwe wonder how Paris,
found Senator Bevertdge.
!. - & Il . q y . 81 II
The axiom that the good die young
never is proved by eating spring I
lamb. NJ
4 j. Ham Lewis may be expected to
rise and protest Indignantly agalnst
the appointment Of John Bassett moore
as secretary Of state on the grounds
that his whiskers are likely 70 sD o!;
iecltpsed.
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Edit rial Comment
on Current Subjects
CHANCE FOR MEXICAN PEACE.

Even II the ENCOURAGEMENT Is 60 be
but momentary, it Is worth while to
note that the CLEAN Of a silver lining
in the Mexican cloud has been dis.
covered. The latest proclamation Of
General Carranza to the Mexican PEG.
Pile conveys a promise of substantial
reforms which, IL carried out, should
tend to establish q, stable government.
1t Is altogether likely that Carranza,
even with the aid OF. Villa, whose will
ingness to cooperate with his former
chief has been reiterated SO strongly,
might not be able to. put quickly In
operation the program Of principle OF
the former. But it is gratifying to
learn that he has the will to do 80
much for his country.-The New York
Times.
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GOLD 70 US OUT OF WORLDS
lF77l CHEST

Foreign gold is coming to this couns
try in floods in the vain efforts OF the
belligerent countries OF Europe to meet
current balances on the prodigious
purchases in our markets and to hold
up collapsing exchange rates. In ~
days we have had from Ottawa, on
British account, $17,5OO.00O, and an
other $10,000,000 Is to arrive from
there this week. French gold, Scandl-
navian gold. Russian gold and Astattc
gold have been flowing In bigger and
bigger volume to our shores. Soon now
we, shall have back all the tens OF
millions OF our gold which we re.
leased to the rest OF the world in the
DAYS Immediately preceding and sue
tceeding the outbreak of the war.-Ths
New York Press.
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IA Texas man uses a mule to locate
new oil wells; lots of asses have done
well in that busi1e ss.
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Ii June = girl IS willing always to
look upon the brig side esp elIalty
of e. solitaire diam ond:
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4 j. Ham Lewis may be expected to
rise and protest Indignantly against.
the appointment of John Bassett Moore;
as secretary Of state on the grounds
that his whtskers are likely to be
teclipsed. NJ 4. Il 4. b s55 llsS
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& The axiom that the good die young
never is proved y by eating spring
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Book Agent dear sirs can't j
SsellSyouf aSnfceS eneyclop dia tliis after
noon?
Farmer joni ! III guess not, ~
heck. i couldn TT ride one oE them w
FhfeIes &ifS Ifhad gone!
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We sincerely hop that in defending
the city the Russians do not use
shells made Of Iernburger cheese.
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IA Minneapolis German was awarded
atiFiron cross 3 for playing ragtime lat
the front. We'll stand the asphyxtat:s
iing gases, fiery bombs and such things
but this last Is too terrible even Stor
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u senator Beverage says he found
Paris quiet; and we wonder how P e.: s
found Senator Beverage. y
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The iffererce etweenl q patriot; arg = 7
aEEommon scold som ttme ss ts Sha g " Y
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The thing that rightens US most
about e1=SecretaryS Bryan Isl resignation
iss the joy with which Wall street
greeted the !news. NJ H. 4. sl:as
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sree5 5ccIraa ~ iislSS Jus, nee pots
IA \ ao1f3If 5fceeaeh On sale
iEThursday 9th, eEoFy's.
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fcont,nued on On Page Nine.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-10
DERNBERG SAYS ACT
WAS "JUSTIFIABLE"

Cleveland. May s.-Dr. Bernard
Dernberg, former German colonial
secretary, who arrived here Saturday
from New York to address the City
Club, holds the sinking Of the Lusi-
tania by a German submarine to be
justifiable.
He takes this position because the
Lusitania carried contraband Of war
and also because the boat was classi-
fed as an auxiliary cruiser at the dis
posal Of the British admiralty.
Warnings given by the German
embassy at Washington together
with the note Of Feb. is from Berlin.
declares the existence Of war zones
relieve Germany from responsibility
for the loss of lives Of Americans. be
said.
DR.. Dernberg also characterized the
torpedoes Of the American tank liner
Gulflight, carrying a cargo. Of oil
from France to England. as justifl-
able.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-10
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN CR|TICIzES
CUNARD co, And ADMIRALTY FOR
LACK OF PROPER PRECAUTIONS

launching a second boat. Much to my
full. This boat got away and carried
chiefly women and children. This boat
was successfully launched on the port
side.
We then saw our first glimpse of an
officer who came along the deck and
spoke to Lady Mackworth, Miss Conner
and myself, who were standing in a
group. lie said: Don't worry. The ship
will right itself He had hardly moved
on before the ship turned sideways and
then plunged head foremost into the sea.
Il came up after what seemed to me
an interninable time under water and
found myself surrounded by swimmers.
bodies and wreckage ! got on an up
turned yawl where ! found 80 other peo-
pie. The yawl was picked up by a tramp
steamer flying the Greek flag"
Or. Fisher continued:
1T was midnight before l arrived at a
hotel in Queenstown. There l found
neither dry clothing nor a bed, but was
compelled to sleep on the floor of the no.
tel parlor.
Il do not see SOW either the Cunard
Co. or the admiralty can hold themselves
free from blame for this tragedy The
with valuable cargo TO proceed through
known dangerous waters without single
torpedo boat as a convoy.
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Queenstown. May 9.-Among the volun-
teer physicians active in caring for the
injured was DR.. Howard Fisher of New
York, who was rescued after being in the
water three hours.
He is a brother of Walter L. Fisher,
formerly secretary of the interior of the
United States. and was on his way to
Belgium for Red Cross duty His story
follows:
1T is not true that those on board
were unconcerned over the possibility OF
being torpedoed. l took the big liner 10
save time and also because in case of a
floating mine l felt she would have more
chance Of staying up. But, like every
body else aboard, l felt sure that in case
of being torpedoed we would have ample
time to take to the boats.
Il do not know what case is being
made out for the Cunard people, but
canont say that either discipline or pre-
cautions were UP to the standard.
when ] heard the crash I rushed
to the port side No officer was in sight.
An effort was being made to lower the
boat swinging just opposite the grand en-
trance. Women, children and men made
a mad scramble about this boat, which
was smashed against the side, throwing
all the occupants into the sea
Then two big men, one a sailor and
the other passenger, succeeded in
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London, May s.-There no longer
remains any doubt that RussA's sec
ond invasion of Hungary has faiie1,
and that the Cars troops are IN 1uii
retreat northward from the passes 81
the Carpathians into winch they
fought their way so successfully a Few
weeks after the fall of PrZemysl.
The official war office report from
Petrograd Saturday night contains
the first concession of great Russian
disaster in the mountains, and mt
sNates that the retreat is being at
Aded with heavy sacrifices of life.
During the retreat from Dukla Pass,
according to the official statement
the 5sth Russian division, in COM
mand of General Korniloff. was head
ed o: by the swarming Austro- Ger
man forces, which soon surrounded
the 10000 Russians on all sides.
"A most terrific and desperate fight
evidently resulted, as the war office
says the Russians fully succeeded IN
cutting their way through, suffering
heavy losses. and rejoined the parent
corps, which is hurrying northward.
Teutons Growing Weary
The Russian official declares that
the great battle in western Galicia has
taken a decided turn in their favor
and that the incessant frontal attacks
of the maased Austro Germans begin
to show signs of fatigue. On tht
/ other hand, the counter attacks of tbs
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SAW VANDERBILT
GIVE UP LIFE BELT

London, May s.-Thomas Slidel Of New
York, who was interviewed in London
today, said he saw Alfred G. Vanderbilt
on the deck of the Lusitania as the vessel
was going down.
Mr.. Vanderbilt, who could not swim,
was equipped with life belt, but he gall
lantly took it off, Mr.. Slidell said, and
placed it around a young woman. Then
he went off to seek another life belt The
ship sank a few seconds later.
Mr.. Slidell said that he and Herbert
Stone of New York were sitting in the
smoking room by themselves when the
first torpedo struck the ship. Both men
intuitively knew what had happened and
they simultaneously uttered the word
torpedo" Together they left the room
and went on deck, which already had
acutely tilted. Mr.. Stone made for the
upper side of the deck and Mr.. S1idel,
moved downward. This was the last that
Mr.. Slidell saw of Mr.. Stone. Subsequent
~ he asked a number of survivors. but
could not find anyone who had seen Mr.
Stone.