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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-02
FLYING SQUADRON
CAR KILLS FARMER

Henry Spindler, a farmer Of mar
GAINESVILLE. W Va. was struck and
instantly killed Saturday night at
Terra Alta by an automobile driven
by Percy Whitaker, Of Terra Alta
The machine was carrying a part of
The Prohibition Flying Squadron of
West Virginia. who made addresses
in many parts of AlleEany and Gar.
ret counties. Mr. spindler was wait
ing at a mill 10 unload Grain, when
the first car Of the squadron passed
frightening his horses. lie ran out
to hold the horses when the Whit
aker car struck him An inquest viii
be held tomorrow morning
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-02
MISS WILT MARRIED
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

Mis- Blanche Wit daughter # Nj
and Mrs. William Wit. Of nippon
and Mr William Lewis Bnfsa. Of
Roanoke. Va we're married Wednes
day in the baptist church Of Char
Ies To#n By The Reg s W. Cole Tho
matran Of honor was Mrs LOWS q
hibta. sister Of tho bride. and th,
maid Of honor Was Miss France.
Burks. sister Of me groom Or J. G
Bunk of Roanoke Va. was bee.
man TIE othrr attendant were =
HH8za4 HHa fJWper Fesf9 and
# Geac. Neatlue. ffaeef 9Rn
Nd. and G. Guh HaHa3IIe. 81
Charles Hams R1anofo 81. IF u
Beek4 BerrysIile. Ea. md ff9ga1S
VIE Rippou
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-02
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
KILLS HIS BROTHER

Playfuy poiulas a shotgun n biz
13-yeafold brother. cyril Weaver
nd calling 10 him 10 look out" 81
yatne Weaver aged 4 years, of New
oxford, Pa pulled The trigger Of tiIe
weapon Wednesday morning aud Kill
cd the little fellow The boys wefe
hunting rabbits cyril Was crawlng
over Il fence when shot Tho boz
were sons of Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Weaver New oxford.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-02
PITTSBURGH NEGROES
TO HAVE Y. M. c. A.

The negroes Of Pittsburgh have
gone into raising among themaelvc-
$4,000 towards q building 70 house
the Negro Young Men Christian As
ISOLATION members A building TO
cost 100000 will result If the men
raise the $4,000. OF the remaining
100000, Pulius Rosenwald. of ehiea2o
VIII present S25.090 The other sG5.
600 has been promised By The board
of directors of the Young Mems Assoc
citation Of Pittsburgh
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-11-02
LYpRESACE
ELECTION RESULTS
PresidenhI Betting Better
Tha "StraW Votes"
(gy IntnationaI News service)

New Yk, Nov. 2.-Watch the
election rs. Wall street wager rec.
ords sbo,that in the last thirty six
wears tb odds on Presidential can
didates the week preceding cleo
ton hay always picked the winner.
II is so a curious fact that only
once /, the last thirty six years
have Il odds on candidate at first
favore fallen, and that time the can
didateost the election.
Thiwas in 1883, when the odds on
clevend dropped from 10 to s To
IN i'd to even money, and then to
10 IS on Harrison. Harrison Won
Theodds on Mr.. Hughes have fail
en- ON II to !.
dng back thirty six years to
1sq-the Presidential contest was
begeen Garfield. Republican, and
Hlcock. Democrat, Garfield was a
song favorite all during tho cam
pgn, with some fluctuations in the
rting, and won the election.
In 1884 in the neck-and-neck fight
stween Cleveland and Blaine, the
cts were at even money up TO cleo
ion day
In 1888 Cleveland ran against Har-
rison. Cleveland started out in Sep
TENDER at 10 to favorite. Late in
September big business took a deep
CT interest in the Republican fight,
and with an influx of campaign con.
tributions for the Harrison feht the
odds reversed uDdl Harrison was a
favorite at 10 10 8. The odds remain.
ed there until Election Day when Har-
risen was successful.
Cleveland opposed Harrison again
in 1892, and started out fayorite at
small odds, which increased in the
last week of October He WAS sue
cessful on Election Day
In the free silver campaign of 1896
when Bryan was opposed by MaKin
ley the odds settled in favor Of Ne
Kinley after Bryan famous speech
in New York on August u, and rose
until in the week before election, the
Republican candidate was a to
favorite. Mckinley won.
In 1900 Bryan and Mckinley were
again the contestants, Mckinley wa
a favorite at 10 TO and 10 to Z
from the starr, and in the weeks be
fore election was "a . TO / candidate
Again the betting odds presaged the
result on Election Day
Roosevelt ran against Parker in
1901, Roosevelt started out to ]
fsvorite in September. The odds Of
! ie Republican candidate rose to
10 l. to | and in the week before
election, when the signs of land
slide became apparent, bets were
made at 70 on Roosevelt He sue
cessful candidate.
In the campaign Of 196s. when Tai.
ran against Bryan the ODD were lone
on Taft from the outset. They went
from to TO II to .. 10 to- ]. to
Z 70 ., and in the week before cleo
ion Lloyds was Offering 9 - ] that
Taft would be elected. and he was.
In the famous rhree-cornered CAM
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
Federal Attorney Named TO
Direct Food Cost Probe.

! Boston, Dec. 1-Investigations
of the high cost Of living being
made by officials throughout the
country will be directed Ivy Geo.
Nv. Anderson, the United States
attorney for this district, it was
announced here today. Attorney
General Gregory, according to a
statement issued by the United
States Attorneys Office, has ask.
ed Mr.. Anderson to take charge
of the Investigations, so "that
the work may be co.ordlnated
and made as effective and rapid
as possible.
"While technically the jurisdic-
ton Of the Department of Justice
is only to deal with illegal re-
straints of interstate commerce, "
the statement continues, the in
vestigation will take a rather
wide range and all pertinent
facts and information will be
used as effectively as possible to
! bring about a coordination be-
tween government and business
forces.
Undoubtedly other depart
ments of the government. like
the Department Of Commerce.
the Federal Trade Commission
and the Interstate Commerce
Commission will have data and
views which will be of the great
est assistance in the matter.
"Of course, the department is
under no delusive notion that it
csn make short crops long, or
manufacture or repair needed
freight cars. bnt it does propose
to use alt power within the gov.
ernment's control to see thatin
terestate commerce moves un-
clogged and unchecked by any
illegal combination in restraint of
trade.'
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
Six New School Buildings
Being Built In Bogalusa.

Bogalusa, Washington parish,
which, in the past few years, has
grown from a small village to a
rank among the SIX or eight lead
ing cities in the state, is not lag
cling back in the matter of educa-
ton.
Six four-room schools are now
under construction in the city of
Bogalusa and plans are being
made for the erection of two more.
Inspector c. J. Brown of the
state department of education,
who recently toured Washington
parish in the interest of school
work, says the buildings are now
being erected in Bogaluss are of
a bungalow type, very attractive,
and that their style Of architec-
ture allows light to enter the
rooms from two sides, which is
highly commendable. A six.
room building would not allow
this.
! Another advantage the smaller
buildings have over one large one
is that they may be scattered in
various sections of the city, say,
ing much time in walk by the stu
dents. The schools of Bogalusa
at present employ % teachers.
) j. F, Peters is superintendent Of
, the Bogalusa schools, and &C.
cordhg to Mr.. Brown he has
, been ever alert and active in the
, progress of them.
= Agriculture is stressed in the
Bogalusa schools. Mr.. Brown
says that in that city are to bt
found some of the best sch0o
gardens in the state.
With the aid Of the Great
> Southern Lumber Company, anc
? two large paper mills which are
2 to be operated there soon, Mr.
Brown predicts a brilliant future
. for Bogalusa. The Baton Rouge
State Times.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
Waverley Notes.

Mrs. }. l.. Brock and Miss
Sara williamson were co.hostes.
ses, Saturday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Brock for the
meeting OF the Waverley Club.
The program on Natural Won
ders of America" was discussed
with much interest. Those con-
tributing to the program and their
subjects were: Misses Floyd
Ball, The Grand Canyon; Mrs.
J. Vol Brock, Orator Lake; Mrs.
W. J. Dunn, Mesa Verde.
Members present were Mes
danes j. Vol Brock E. A. Hood,
". j. Dom, Ada Darlington, P.
B. Carter, Robert Darlington, j,
L. Brock, NJ. M. OFT and 0. H.
Carter, and Misses Julia MacNeil,
Floyd Ball and Sara Williamson,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
A Political Priyilag e and Duty

all the school directors and
others interested in che progress
and success Of the schools of b.
galusa and Washington parish
should use their utmost efforts to
see that every whit, male citizen
OF the City of Bogalnsa and Par
ish Of Washington over the age
of q years pays his poll tax.
Then they would not only be as
sisting the schools Of our city and
parish, into which fund all poll
taxes are paid, but the citizens
who pay their poll taxes would
be qualifying themselves to take
part in all questions that have to
be decided by vote at the polls.
The school directors of Boga.
lusa and throughout the parish
ought to make a personal can
vass between now and December
31st to see that every effort is
made to get the poll taxes paid.
The schools of the city and parish
need all the assistance they can
get and by the united effort on
the part of the good men inter.
ested in the school work a con-
siderable improvement in this
direction could be brought about.
The honor and privilege Of citi-
zenship and the pleasure in the
power and force Of voice in the
political affairs of ones govern
ment gives an American pres
tige which to be effective must be
utilized. A non-paying of poll
tax withholds an influence that
might otherwise be argumenta
tive,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
Dies In Mill Accident.

Vaudeville, La. Dec. 2.-Dan.
iel Boyd, aged 80, a workman in
the Poitevant.Favre planning mill
near here, became entangled in
a belt he was repairing at II a.
N. today and was accidentally
drawn into the machinery and
killed, his skull being crashed
and several bones broken. The
body was viewed by the coroner,
Boyd. who came here from
Napoleon, Miss, and entered
the employ.Iof the company only
about a year ago, macried Miss
Phyllis Smith. daughter of Jos
NJ. Smith, member Of the st
Tammany parish police jury or
April ~, 1916.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
GeneroI News items N Brief

Costa RIGA broke diplomatic re.
IationS with Nicaragua and Saliva.
dor may follow a similar course.
The ragged remnants Of the
Carranza army which was de-
feated at Chihuahua City reached
Juarez, Sunday.
The United States navy pro-
claimed military rule in the Do
minican republic.
In an address to the Reichstag.
Imperial Chancellor Won Beth
maan- Hollweg again announced
that Germany was ready to end
the war by peace guaranteeing
the existance and future Of the
nation.
That William McCausland,
Baton Rouge banker, was lost or
drowned in Tensas river swamp
near Mobile was being doubted
by some, earching parties find
ing no trace of the missing man.
In his Thanksgiving Day Ser
mon, the Dr.. S. H. Werleln said
New Orleans is the most misruled
and sin.saturated city on the
American continent.
After looting Chihuahua City.
Villa seemed to be preparing to
move against Jaurez.
Germauy admitted that the
Marina was torpedoed but sale
the captain of the submarine took
the ship for a transport.
Acting on its behalf, thu
United States sent to Germany
another protest against the de-
portation of the Belgians.
1t was made plain that the pro
clamation of American militar,
rule in the Dominican republi
was not for the purpose Of sup
planting the law Of the country
Washington advices were I'm
favorable to the early recall o
the Washington Artillery iron
the Mexican border.
! G. II. Parsons, lumberman
charged with killing Ashby Well
at Crystal Springs, Miss, pleade'
not guilty whom arraigned a
Hazlehurst.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07

Thomas E. Watson. on trial on
a charge Of sending obscene mat.
ter through the male, was &C.
quilted.
Two arrests were made in the
association of Natteo RandaszO.
ST., an Italian merchant of
Donaldsonville.
James L. Wright and associ-
ates obtained stock control Of the
Rural Credits Company and an
nounced the Bankers Loan and
Securities Company will absorb
its mortgage loan assets.
Carranza troops reoccupied
Chihuahua City after the main
Villa force It the looted City.
The new Russian premier an
nounced the existence of an
agreement by which the Allies es-
tablish the right of Russia of Con.
stanttnople.
The transport steamship Kar.
max, crowded With French troops,
was sunk by a submarine.
The Providence Journal claim.
ed to have authoritative informa.
nation that two German subma-
rines are in West Indian waters
and two others are off the coast
of the United States.
Officials Of the Nashville, Chat.
tanooga and st. Louis road ACRE
ed to demands of brotherhoods
on a conference on grievances.
J. R. Holmewood, a painter, in
Jail at Meridian, Miss, admitted
stabbing a railway flagman who
died Of his wounds.
After day of general fighting
in Athens, an armistice was ar
ranged upon the agreement of the
Greek government to surrender to
the Entente forces a portion Of
the armament demanded.
i John ]. Dillon, New York food
commissioner, charged that IL
members of exchanges there con.
troll the food prices of the nation.
A proposal to admit laymen
leaders as eX-Officio members
! was voted at the North Mississippi
Southern Methodists' conference.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
Court Terms Changed.

Twenty Sixth judicial District
Court IF L0uisiara.
Fran}:iintOn, La, Dec. 4. 1915.
1t appearing to the court that
the public business Of the Dis
trict will be best sub5ervcd by
making some changes in the
terms Of the Court, it is therefore
ordered that from and after this
date the following regular terms
of court will be he'd, viz:
In Washington Parish:
First Monday in January with
out jury.
First Monday in February with.
out Jury.
First Monday in March with
Jury.
First Monday in April with out
Jury.
First Monday in May without
Jury.
First Monday in Jnne without
Jury.
First Monday in July without
jury.
First Monday in October with.
out Jury.
First Monday in November
with Jury.
First Monday in December with
out Jury.
In st. Tammany Parish,
Second Monday in January
without Jury.
Second Monday in February
without Jury.
b. Second Monday in March with
Jury.
Second Monday in April with
out Jury.
Second Monday in May with
out Jury.
Second Monday in JDne, with.
out Jury.
Second Monday in July with
out Jury.
Second Monday in October
with Jury.
Second Monday in November
without Jury.
Second Monday in December
without Jury.
Prentiss B. Carter,
District Judge,
M. A. Thigpen,
Clerk of Court.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
M. A. Thigpen,
Clerk of Court.

Now is the time to make every.
thing cozy for winter. We have
bargains in the following: Mat.
ting Rugs, 27x54; Wool and Fl
Der Art Squares 9x12;; Tapestry
Rugs 9x12; Rag Rugs 24x36 ant
27x54. Also Heating Stoves
wood, coal and oil burning, al
sizes.
The Darlington Store, Inc
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07

Relatives to Arthur Muh, teller
of a Jackson, Miss, bank, came
to his aid when he was arrested
on a shortage of $4,000, which
he admitted he lostin two months
through specializing on cotton.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07
Effect of Good Roads.

appreciated by those who live
along the lanes Of improvement
or own the lands that skirt them
But the general public is only i'm.
pressed when the increase ir
values is reduced to figures.
With a view to bringing the
matter home to the doubling
Thomases the Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture has been en-
gagged in fathering some data or
the subject. Go determine as fal
as possible the exact effect in dol.
lars and cents which a county
or parish feels from road improv.
ment, experts of the Department
selected eight counties and made
economic surveys covering a per
iod of FIVE years. The result is
shown in a bulletin which says
This study Of increase in the
values of farm lands in the
eight countries reveals the
rather interesting fact that fol.
lowing the Improvement Of the
main market roads the increase
in the selling price of tillable
farm lands served by the roads
has mounted to from one to three
times the total cost of the i'm
provements, The increase in
values in those instances which
were recorded ranged from SO
per cent to 80 per cent in
Spotsylvania county, Virginia;
from 6S to 1874 in Dinwlddie
county, Virginia; 10 to 80 in Lee
county, Virginia; 25 10 100 in
Wise county, Virginia.; 9 to
ia in Franklin county, New
York; so to 100 in Dallas coun.
ty, Alabama; Is to so in Laud-
erdale, Mississippi, and from
so to 100 in Manatee county,
Florida. The estimates of in
crease we're based for the most
part upon the territory within a
distance Of one mile on each
side of the roads improved.
Why should any reasoning
mind doubt that such is the effec
of road Improvement? Does it
have to be argued that a farm &C
cessible in winter and summer il
worth more than q farm which
can be reached only after a .spel
of good weather?
There was a time when the re
moteness of a farm from its nat
ural market was a marked disad
vantage. Remoteness now hal
only a small relative value whel
the automobile has come to an
initiate distance.
During the war and after tn
war there will be a demand TO
increased production of every
kind of farm product. One c
the essentials to such an increas
is road improvement and one 0
the inevitable effects the sure in
crease of the value of the land
which this improvement benefit
It is an encouraging sign tia
in Louisiana no topic is now MOI
widely discussed than how
multiply our good road mileage
Daily States.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-12-07

Notice--Anyone hunting GA
my land or toaring dowl fences
will be prosecuted to the full ex.
tent Of the law.
Evening star., 1916-07-23
AMERICAN RED CROSS
NURSES ARE LAUDED
William Warfield Tells of Their De-
votion to Duty in
Russia.

The work of enrolled graduate Ameri-
can Red Cross nurses in Russia is the
subject of letter from William War
field. formerly an attache of the Ameri-
can embassy in Petrogad and now
charge d'affaires for the United States
in Sofia. Bulgaria. addressed to Miss
Jane A. Delano, chairman of the ma
tional committee on Red Cross nursing
service. The letter follows:
while acting as an attache of the
embassy in Petrograd. specially as
signed to war relief work. I had occa-
sion, as you know. to see a great deal
of the members of the American Red
Cross units in Russia. 1t gives me great
pleasure to take advantage of this op-
portunity to say that the nurses at
tached to these units have been the
greatest credit to the organization, and
to the country they represent. Their
professional efficiency is not only un-
questioned, but has excited a great deal
of comment in medical circles, having
been mentioned to me frequently by
their devotion to duty and their splen-
did organization and discipline, these
ladies have been a credit to American
womanhood and its ideals. I do not
hesitate to say that they have had an
influence for good quite apart from
mere professional services.
Il wish especially to express my ap-
probation of splendid work done by
the group that worked largely under
my personal supervision at Irkutsk.
sional in great part. shows that the
type Of woman you are sending out is
not only good nurse, but an all
round reSourceful woman as WELL
Evening star., 1916-07-23
TO PLAN FOR CONVENTION.
Washington Alumnae of Mt. St.
Agnes College to Meet Saturday.

Washington alumnae of Mount St
Agnes College have been invited to at
tend a meeting to be held at the Will
lard Hotel Saturday al pm, at which
time plans are to be discussed for par
ticipation in the convention of the In
ternational Federation of Catholic
Alumnae to be held in Baltimore No
vember "a, 25 and Is.
A number of receptions are being
planned for the time when the dele
gates visit Washington. Miss Ida Hill
Bowie has been appointed chairman of
the reception committee. Invitations to
assist in receiving have already been
accepted by Mrs. Newton D. Baker.
Mrs. Charles Henry Butler, Mrs. Marion
Butler, Nine. Calderon. Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey.
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Thomas
Watt Gregory. Miss Mamie Heath. Mrs.
Robert Hinckley. Mrs. Hugh L. Scott.
Mrs. Brinton Stone, Mrs. Hannis Taylor.
Mrs. Joseph Thropp. Mrs. Eugene Van
Rensselaer, and Mrs Edward Douglass
White.
Officers of the Washington branch of
the alumnae association of Mount
Saint Agnes College are: President,
Miss NJ. Harlow; vice presidents, Misses
NJ. O'Toole. E. Mcmahon. F. Harkness;
treasurer, Miss r. Clark: correspond
ing secretary, Miss Townsend, and re-
cording secretary, Miss H. Delaney.
Evening star., 1916-07-23
PRINTERS FOR MR.. CARLIN.
Steel and Copper Plate Men Indorse
Virginia Representatiye.

Representative Charles c. Carlin of
Virginia, in recognition of his work
in Congress for the interests of the
plate printers, was indorsed for re.
election by the Interna tional Steel and
Copper Plate Printers Union of North
America, now in annual convention in
Ottawa, Canada.
The two Washington delegates to
the convention were honored John J.
Deviny of Local No. 2, of Washing
ton, was elected delegate to the ma
tional convention of the American
Federation of Labor in Baltimore in
November.
Chris Lahmkuhl of Washington was
elected to membership in the executive
council of the International Union Of
Plate Printers. kilograms containing
this information were received by
prominent plate printers here, and
caused much gratifica ton.