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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
THE NATION is SHOCkING-
LY UNPREPARED.

1t Is apparent that we nre
shocklngly unprepared There Is
no room for controversy on this
point since the object lesson on
the Mexican border. All our
available regular troops Cess, I
believe. than 100000 are there
or in Mexico, and rs these havo
been deemed insufficient tho cn-
uro national guard has been or
dered out That is. we arc sum-
moning practically all our NOV
able military forces In order to
prevent bandit incurSions. In
view Of the warnings OF tho past
three years. 1t IS incxcusable
that we should find ourselves in
this plight. For our faithful
guardsmcn. who with n fine pa
triot1sm responded to this call
and are bearing this burden.
have nothing but praise. But
think 1t little short Of absurd
thnt we should be compelled to
call men from their shops, their
factories, their offices and their
PROFESSIONS for such purpose.
This, however, is not all. The
units Of tho national guard were
at peace strength. which was
only about one-half the required
strength. IT was necessary to
bring In recruits. for the most
part raw and unframed. Only Il
small percentage OF he regiments
recruited up to war strength will
have had even years training
In the national guard. which at
the maximum means n hun
drrd hours of military drill. and,
on the average. means much less.
Men fresh from their Dcaccful
empl"ImcntS and physically un-
prepared have been hurried to
the border for actual service.
They were without proper equip
incut, Without necessary sup
plies; suitable conditions Of trans
portation we're not provided. Men
with dependent families were
sent. and conditions which should
have been well known were dis
covered after the event. And
yet the cX!gcncy. comparatively
speaking. was not a very grave
one. 1t involved nothing that
could not readily have been fore
seen during the past three years
or disturbance and required only
modest talent for organization.
That this adminiStrat ton while
pursuing It's course I'm Mexico
should have permitted such con-
dltions TO exist IS almost in
crrdible.-Fr0ln Mr.. Hughes
Speech Of Acceptance.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
PROMISE TO REDUCE THE
COST OF LIVING
NOT KEPT.

Our opponents promised to re-
duce the cost Of living. This
they have failed to do. But they
did reduce the opportunities Of
making living. Let US not for
get the conditions that existed In
this country under the now tariff
prior to tho outbreak Of the war.
PrOductiOH bad decreased, bust
ness was languishing, new enter
DriSes were not undertaken. in
stead Of expansion there was
curtailmcnt and our streets were
filed with the unemployed. What
ground IS there for expecting
better conditions when the un-
healthy stimulus Of the war has
spent its force and our Industries
hnC workingmen are exposed to
the competition OF an energized
Europel
1t is plain that we must have
protective upbuilding policies.-
Mr.. Hughes Speech Of Accept
ance.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
TRUE INWARDNESS OF THE
VERA CRUZ INCIDENT.

In the spring Of 1914, occur
red the capture OF Vera Cruz.
Men from one Of our ships had
been arrested at Tampico and
had been discharged with an
apology. But our admiral de-
manded q salute, which was re-
fused Thereupon the president
went to congress, asking au-
thority to use the armed forces
Of the United States. Without
waiting for the passage Of the
resolution. Vera Cruz was seiz-
ed. 1t appeared that shipload
Of ammunition for Huerta was
about to enter that port. There
was natural opposition to this
invasion and battle occurred
In which nineteen Americans and
over q hundred Mexicans were
killed. This. Of course, was war.
Our dead soldiers were praised
for dying like heroes in a war Of
service. Later. we retired from
Vera Cruz, giving up this noble
warfare. We had not obtained
the salute which was demanded.
We had not obtained rcDaration
for affronts. The ship with am
munition which could not land
at Vera Cruz had soon landed at
another port, and it's cargo was
delivered to Uucrta without in
terference. Recently the naked
truth was admitted by q cabinet
officer. We are now Informed
that Eve did not go to Vera Cruz
to force Hucrta to salute the
flag" We are told that we went
there "to show Mexico that wo
were In earnest In our demand
that Uuerta must go." That Is,
we seized Vera Cruz to depose
Hucrta. The question Of the
salute was q mere Dretext.-
From Mr.. Hughes Speech Of
Acceptance.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
IN PREPAREDNESS THE AD-
NISTRATlON HAS FOL-
LOVED, NOT LED.

In the demand for reasonable
preparedness the administration
has followed, not led. Those
who demanded more adequate
forces were first described as
nervous and excited" Only
about year and a half ago we
were told that the question Of
preparedness was not q pressing
one; that the country had been
misinformed. Later, under the
pressure Of other leadership, this
attitude was changed. The ad-
ministration. it was said. had
learned something" and it made
a belated demand for an in
creased army. Even then the
demand was not prosecuted con-
slstently and the pressure ex-
erted on congress with respect
to other administrative measures
was notably absent.
We are told that the defects re-
vealed by the present mobiliZa-
ton are due to the System" But
1t was precisely such plain de-
fects that under the constant
warnings Of recent years, with
the whole world intent on mill
tary concerns, should have been
studied and rectified. The ad-
m1nistration has failed to dis
charge its responsibilities. Ap-
parently 1t is now seeking to
meet political exigcncies by its
naval program. But 1t has i'm
posed upon the country an in
competent naval administration.
From Mr.. Hughes Speech Of
Acceptance.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
POWER COMPANY
ELECTS OFFICERS
Potomac Light and Power Company
Perfect Organization in Baltimore
This Afternoon.

BALTIMORE, Md. Aug. 1S.-At a
stockholders meeting Of the Potomac
light and Power Company, held this
afternoon at the banking rooms OF
he Fidelity Trust Company, an or
sanitation was perfected and the fol-
owing officers elected
President-E. l.. Coblentz.
Vice resident-Joseph J. Hook.
Secretary-E. J. Wade.
Treasurer-Dr. S. N Myers.
Board of directors-Gray Silver,
Frank e. Wilson, Howard Warfield,
Frank II. Jacobs, E. l.. Coblentz, JOS
eph ]. Hook, e. J. Wade and DR.. S.
\. Myers.
Executive committee-Gray Silver,
e. l.. Coblentz and Howard Warfield.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
FAVORS WOMAN SUFFRAGE,

Some time ago consideration
OF our economic conditions and
tendencies, Of the POSITION Of
women in gainful occupations,
OF the nature and course Of the
demand. led me to the conclu-
Sion that the granting Of suf-
frage to women IS inevitable.
Opposition may delay, but In
my Judgment cannot defeat this
movement II women are to
have the vote, as I believe they
are, 1t seems to ue entirely
clear that In tho interest of the
public life Of this country the
contest should be ended prompt
ly. / favor the vote for women.
from Mr.. Hughes Speech Of
Acceptance.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
SOUTH AMER{GANS :
RESENT BLACKLIST
AS Much as the United States. Docs
III Feeling Against BrIt-
iSll.

HuENuS AlltES Argentina, Aug.
|2l.-South Americans resent the Brit
ish blacklist as much rs tia, United
| States does.
There is today pronounced i'll feel
| ing between the Bucnos Aires Com
mcrcial and Corn Exchange and the
| British government io1
Early in the war the authorities
in London began issuing lists OF Ger
man concerns i'll foreign countries,
Argentine included, With WHICH En-
glishmcn in the same countries were
| forbidden to have business relations.
These lists have been added to from
| time ii time OC
The two big Bucnos Aires axchang-
cs took official notice OF this, 'situa-
ton to the extent OF recognizing that
the British and German interests
in question could not meet on d com
mon footing. ~
This was an embarrassmentuO the
Germans and commencement the
i1h hoioii, iii.tH uCH DIS ~ ODVldLcu COLl-
plications in transactions which in
ternatiOnally or incidentally Involved
Argentina and numerous other for
eign houses in transactions IL might
have been difficult, otherwise to have
Identified as OF 4 distinctly Anglo
German character. "A
In the last few weeks, however,
the British government has observ-
ed that companies OF friendlyoa
origin feqeuntly do business, eht one
side with German and on thev other
with British companies. An order was
accordingly issued from London, plac-
ing all such establishments on the
| blacklist
The Buenos Aircs Commercial and
Corn Exchanges have gone formally
on record as recognizing no r such
mandate. The result will be pracI-
| cally to nullify the British blacklist
in Argentina except in the cases Of
the British houses that are dispbsed
to respect it voluntarily. EvahWthe
ones in this latter class can hardly
| respect their governments ,pGder
| without running their business, as
| they have now no longer any guaran-
| tee that they will not be trading in.
| directly with Germans. OF
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26

only special feature about them be-
ing that they must report monthly to
sOme general head and be governed
by the states parole laws
Many prisoners are now being train
ed in road construction and it fol-
lows that they can use the knowledge
thus obtained in the maintenance of
roads. The state thus not only gains
the benefit of their work during their
terms but also trains them for useful
service when. released. There are
Il number of instances where prison
ers who worked on roads have been
employed by cOntrac ctors as free la
bOrers, by farmers who watched them
while engaged on the road work, and
by county authorities
The success or failure Of convict
labor on road work depends on the
man in charge. But with firm man
who keeps his department. out Of pol
itics, this procedure insures the i'm
provement of both the criminal class
es and the roads.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
MAINTENANCE OF
AMERICAN RIGHTS.

Had this government by tho
use OF both informal and formal
diplomatic opportunities left no
doubt that when we said "strict
accountability" we meant pre-
cisely what we said and that we
should unhesitatinsIy vindicate
that position ! am confident
that there would have been no
destruction of American lives by
the sinking Of the Lusitania.
There we had ample notice-in
fact, published notice. Further
more, we knew the stu alton, and
we did not require specific no.
tice. Instead of whiting away
our formal statements by equiv
ocal conversations. we needed
the straight. direct and decisive
representations which every dip
lomat and foreign office would
understand. | believe that in
this way we should have been
spared the repeated assaults on
American lives. Moreover, a firm
American policy would have been
strongly supported by our people
and the opportunities for the de-
veIopment of bitter feeling would
have been vastly reduced.-From
Mr.. Hughes Speech of Accept
ance.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
ADEQUATE FEDERAL WORK.
MEMS COMPENSATION
LAWS.

stand for adequate federal
Workmen'A compensation laws,
dealing not ONLY with the en-
ployees Of government, but with
those employees who are engag-
ed In interstate commerce, and
are subject to the haznrd Of In
jury, SO that those activities
which are within the sphere Of
the constitutional authority Of
congress may be dealt with un-
der a suitable 1aw.-From Mr.,
Hughes Speech Of Acceptance.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
WILL PROBE WEST: 6: 6:
VIRGINIA VOTE
Attorney General Gregory Decldess to
Investigate the Alleged Fraudh
Charges. -

grand jury investigation of fraud
charges in the primary elections I'm
Mingo and Mcdowell counties was de,
termincd upon at Washington Satnr-
day at confer ence between Atforney-
General Gregory, Assistant Attorney
General Wallace and w"Y0Iisa;mn "a e.
barnhart' attorney for the southern
district Of this state
Oliver E. Pagan, an assistant aa}jjsstta after
ney-general, and David e. French, 9f
Blueheld' will assist in the presents.
tion Of the facts ,to the, grand jury
Tuesday and in any roseeyuons that
may be institutAd oh, yabnu2 o, yab
1t was saija 9hthlPeF sefHqn8 yefe t9e
state might be found to be involved
as the investigation proceeds. .,g.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-26
USING CONV|CTS
ON THE HIGHWAYS
Virginia Highway Commissioner Tells
of His Nine Years Ex-
perience
BY GEORGE p. COLEMAN.

BY GEORGE p COLEMAN
Estate Highway Commissioner of
Virginia.)
Naturlayy what is done to improve
the condition of convict as a pris.
oner will make for the Improvement
OF the prisoner as citizen. We have
&c temper our punishment Of, and
our mercies to, him with Justice In
executing the law it is our duty to
use our utmost endeavor to return
him to society better able to cone
with the conditions which will con-
front him when he regains his free
DOM After nine years of experience
| believe that the solution of the
prison question-certainly in Virginia
is TO use the men in the cOnstruc-
t1on and maintenance of our roads. In
road work there is little or no com.
petition with free labor. The work
and the healthy Out-of-door life tcnd
to build him up physically. Training
MIN as an expert IN handling road
building machinery places him in 9
position to earn an honest living af
ter his confinement. The work OF
which he, is engaged is one of press
ing need to the public and create:
IT. the worker a kind Of pride il
his own usefulness.
The prison population may be d.
weed into four classes: l, long term
and dangerous men; 2, short term
conVlcts and Jail men; g. TRUSTEES.
both convicts and Jail prisoners; q,
parOled men.
Glass Men should be dressed in
stripes and worked under guard in
stockades in state stone quarries or
gravel pits located on railways serv-
ing district where road constr11c
tlon Is In progress. These convict
operated quarries should furnish
stone to the counties for road DIR
poses at cost. To secure an econOm-
zeal distribution of this material. very
low transportation rates are neces-
sary; in Virginia we have alwavs
found the railway companies ready
&c cooperate with the highway de-
partment in it's work, for they realize
mat the highways are the feeders
OF the railways and that the develop
ment OF the two goes hand in hand.
Class 2-Men should have some dis
tlnctlVe dress mot striped) such az
blue or brown These men should
De distributed to the various state
road camps and worked under guard
IN the construction of county or dis
tr1ct roads. A small dailv sum should
be paid to them by the county, one
half each month and the other half
retained and given to them on the
completion Of their sentence. TO in.
sure their having some money when
released.
Glass 3.-Men, the rustics, should
wear ordiary kahki suits and be
worked without guards, either in
camps composed entirely of TRUSTEES
or as drivers, cooks, enginemen. ma
chine operators or concrete workers
IN other road camps. They should
be paid little more than the class
men, and their pay should be grad
ed according to the character Of the
work they perform. They should be
paid In the same manner that the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-28
|7sb Q WA r. SAW
: as:GATEE';;&GIT t.

\ WARSAW. ILL.,, Sept. 2s.-The fol
lowing out of town relatives and
friends attended the obsequies Of the
late John Wesley Shepherd. Mrs.
Susan Shepherd. Miss Mary Shepherd.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill, Willis Hill
", Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Hayes, all
Of Silvis, ILL.,, Emory D.. Beird, Bluffs,
H.; VIM J. Foster, Wyoming, Ill. j;
raul S. Doyle, Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs.
hoy Clancy, Bentonsport, Ia; Mrs.
Fred Voge Of Peters Shoe Co.. st.
LOUIS; VIM. G. Shepherd, ST. Louis.
The rain Tuesday night and Wed
nesday morning was just the kind
needed and will do great good to the
iate garden and lawns.
"A party from Ottawa, Kansas, ar
llved Monday in a Chevrolet auto, and
were taking in the beauties of War
raw
The Baptist congregation Is enjoy
,ng revival; the meetings are held
"a the Roessler building on Main
west of Third. as there has not been
enough growth to build a church; the
members make up in earnestness
"nat they lack in numbers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-28

Earl Wood, democratic candidate
for states attorney, was in town Tues
day, shaking hands with friends, ir-
Irrespective of party. Mr.. Wood thinks
that his chances of election are good.
r. II. Bowen of Hamilton was a
business caller today.
The Eckbohm building adjoining the
garage is being handsomely fitted up
as a salesroom for the Overland auto.
! Mrs. Stella Bruder entertained
about forty guests at miscellaneous
shower Wednesday afternoon, Sept
| 20, in honor of Miss Ada Hodges. The
house was prettily decorated with
golden rod and, the hostess served a
dainty two course luncheon. The
prospective bride received many beau
| tiful and useful gifts.
! Regular monthly meeting of the
Rotary club will be held Thursday
evening in the Masonic building.
Changing the name of the club will
be considered and besides other i'm
portant business both old and new.
! Capt j. r. Williams will be 100
years and six months old Sept. 81
and still enjoys fair health though
livery feeble.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-28

band has been secured to furnish
music for the occasion. The parade
will be at ECO o'clock.
The church session will start at
7:45 o'clock with a song service. A
prayer for workers will be said by
c. S. Townsend of the First Baptist
church. There will be two addresses
by Rev. E. l.. Gregory and Rev. j. B.
Kendall of Muscatine. An Offering
for county and state work will be
taken at the close of the meeting.
The meeting tomorrow morning will
start at 900 o'clock, the afternoon
session at 900 o'clock and the even
ing meeting at 1880 p. m.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-28
|,ndustrial and Fraternal Pa
rade Will be Held Friday
Morning at 10 O'clock
it is Announced.
Use NEW DECORATIONS
xeok,lk Merchants Will Have
Street and Stores CARRIED in
New and Up-to-Date
Dressing.
a FEW OF THE BIG DAYS.
Wednesday,. October Club day.

a FEW OF THE BIG DAYS.
Wednesday, October Club day.
eriday. october 6-United Conmer-
eiaI Travellers day.
Friday, October 6-lndustrial and
,,a.ernaI parade, 1890 a. m.
saturday, October Especial day
| a. members Of A. Il. e. A., lodges,
eounty orange organizations, Com
munity day.
every day at Keokuks big fall fes-
lIval, October to z is a big day.
while every day at Keokuk's big
fall festival, October 3 to Z will be a
Bic day, and there will be something
doing along the line of excellent at
fractions which will please and enter
tain every one, several special stunts
/ have been planned by the committee
IN charge of the event for different days
during the week. The fraternal and
Industrial parade on Friday will fur
nish attractions which will MAKE
these two days unusually attractive
from the visitors standpoint. The
Keokuk fall festival is not a street
carnival, and the line up of attractions
~ lite Ul65Cot anu OSSk tAak AAohCy
can buy. That is why Keokuk Is go.
ing to have the only event of the kind
In southeastern Iowa. Several OF the
sAeokuk attractions are the same as
those at the Iowa state fair, and were
secured at considerable expense.
/ The fall celebration committee,
through The Gate City is extending
an invitation to all Of the oranges and
anti-horse thief association lodges in
the county to be Keokuk's guests on
Saturday. There will be such special
attractions as Ruth Law, queen OF the
air; Rollo, the limit. in his roller
skating novelty; Liberati's band. and
. splendid line of attractions in the
big tent. Miss Law will fly twice
daily, and all of the attractions will
be shown twice each day.
The New Decorations.
Keokuk's streets will be decorated
IN mass of American coiors in an
entirely up to date way. The red,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-28

with the secretary of state, the pro-
hibitionists had not handed in their
state ticket at noon today The Sec
rotary Of state had been notified,
however, that the party officials were
enroute from Oskaloosa and would
attend to the filing before night. ST.
mon Miller of Dubuque county, can
didate for the legislature, who was
defeated in the democratic primaries
and afterward refused to accept
the republican nomination, filed pa
pers to run as an independent candi-
date. J. F. Brooks, democrat, filed his
nomination as representative from
Woodbury. county.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-28
Taxes ae Too High.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-Local bankers
are asking that their tax assessments
be reduced 20 percent, alleging they
are unable to make their expenses at
the present rate Of assessment on a
100 percent valuation. George M.
Reynolds, president of Commercial
and National bank, appeared before
the board of review yesterday and
said his bank paid $4,000 a day in
taxes Bankers say this is the only
business in which taxes are assessed
on a 100 percent valuation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-28
Supreme Court Decisions.

limited Press Leased Wire Servicel
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Sept. 2S.-The
Iowa supreme court today upheld
James Salings contention that he
was wrongfully convicted Of con-
spiracy to burn houses in Creston,
Cromwell and Corning. In another
opinion the court reversed and re-