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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10
THOMPSON SOON WILL
GIVE: SHIP LINE FACTS
en-mil!ion-DoI!ar Project to Con,
meet Baltimore With South
America.

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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10
ANT|ETAM POWER
PLANT WRECKED


.....1 40 probably. sew
." ..." o..D.ri was d1.n at
.H' ....,. 49,. along the Ar.ie.Am
Monday uiHht,
'... "Ha.n.hurs and
hocr.'b.'.'. =. ~. 'nNr and s., Tie
1:t~hi,@r, -...! Wiil The ni2 Nv
wheel III the plant ran away ami was
torn loose and hurled through the
roof in hundreds Of pieces. thn big
IN" shelf twisted out of shape and
several Il The hvnamOs torn from
l., II c~ncrete foundations.
The wreckage shattered the end Of
the building and left the plant in a
demOraliZed condition.
Station Stockslager, the night cr-
%;necr. who was on duty, was in the
engine room at the opposite side Of
the building when the accident hap
pcned and escaped injury The dam
age was done before. Mr.. Stocksiager
could get to the dynamo room.
ne was startled by the sudden roar
ana ripping sound as the flywheel
sper round in it's fatal revolutions
and by the crashing Of timbers as the
end Of the building. AS quickly as
possible to shut off the current One
dynamo was left in working condition
ana will furnish current for Fairplay
and Breatheds, but Sharpsburg, Kce-
dysEille and ROOnsbOrO will be left in
darkness uu1I rcpairs can be made
The 0Yiauo building was a frame
structure en- was so badly damaged
Ia; il will practically have to be re-
built. The plant is operated by O. O.
MOSer.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10

next few weeks and will return laden
with South American products
Shipping men and trade organiZa-
tons also are watching the activity
OF Christopher Hannevig. Of Sweden,
who is head OF new steamship line
to operate between this city and
South America. That concern recent
~ WAS incorporated for 81 900 900 in
Delaware and offices have been open
cd N this city. MIR. llanncvig has had
hrydocks and Shipbuilding Com
pany'S plant and several others are in
;He course Of construction
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10

This experiment shows that more
than one-half OF the total fertilizinR
value Of the manure was found in tho
liquid manure. II we permit the Ii.
quid manure to leak away, as many Of
us are doing, then we permit about
$7.0O worth Of fertilizer to every 1000
pound dairy COW to be destroyed. Ii
quid manure is soluble and ready for
Immediate use, whereas, the plant food
OF the solid manure is not immediate-
ly available to the plant
The agricultural value, as worked
out by the West Virginia Agricultur-
al Experiment Station on fifteen
year average may be stated as fr;.
lows: For each ton of manure @,p j.
ed, an increase valued at 1912 has
Deen produced. The manure was us
ed at the rate OF II 1-2 tons per acre
ana gave the average yearly value Of
increase OF $4,000 per acre At about
eight tons per acre still higher values
would have been expected. Dr.: =,
pay, then, to save manure The Faro
Bureau is Of the opinion that it does,
Why pay $4,000 per ton for nitrate of
SOMA for your fruit trees and nnrnit
one-half the manure on tho rsr.., 40
go to waste? Save go t:-,...... "a.
necessary. use n.'',.
A meeting Of the farm Butaa,. viii
be held in the county agents ofire az
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10
FARMERS URGED
TO SAVE MANURE.
county Agent 6ranson ":r:ic< '7'r.,
esting Article on the
Subject.
(By D. P. Branson., ,

Ihere ls no subject Of greater i'm
portance to West Virginia in connec-
tlon with the maintenance Of the sol,
fertility than that Of farm ,,ar,re.;
Farming without the use Of manure or
IertlhZers must sooner or iar"r .,3f!
~ the exhaustion Of the soil. Main
tanning the fertility of the soil by tho
use OF commercial fertilizers alone is
expensive, therefore, it would seem
tnat the most rational system OF farm
Ing IS that one which first carefully
utllizes the home remedies and then
combines with these the judicial use
OF commercial fertilizers.
America has boasted of the virgin
FERTILITY of the soil but the run down
farms OF the eastern states stand out
pre-em1nently as warning as to how
quickly this fertility may become ex-
hausted. China and Japan have been
farming their soils for centuries and
yet these soils are feeding a popula-
tlon OF three persons per acre. On.
reason why these soils are able to
support such population is because
OF the intense economy practiced in
the use of manure.
The following result from Cornell
university Agricultural Experiment
station gives us some idea as to the
relative composition and value of SOL
Id and LIQUID manure Tho co,n,,o,;
ton and value OF fertilizer constituent
TO manure Of 1000 pound GARY COW
TOR six months feeding:
'Hanures Lbs. Nit. Ac-Ps. Pot. Val
oolo :. S740 rs 26 10 5 5.56
Liquid 27e0 81 0 2S sos
Total :1250n SO oe 90 90 RI
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10

White men should exhibit the same
inSeDSibility to moral tortures that red
men do to physical torments.-The.
ophile Gautier.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10
OLD VIRGINIA NAY
HAVE lust CLAIM
ON GOVERNMENT

6EARIN CON 1T
WHICH WAS DRAFTED TO s'',M:.
EQUITY IN CASE TO VIRGIN
las ATTENTION.
The Virginia debt committees Of
both houses Of the West Virginia LAG
1slature have under consideration
joint resolution presented which has
an important bearing on the iudqr,c-,-
against West Virginia Of almost S13.-
90" ~ in favor Of the commonwealth
Of i ,inia.
In effect this resolution provide.
that tie new Virginia debt commi.
sion' nF this state be directed to at
once bring to the attention OF the Vir-
ginia dot commission, as well as to
the attention OF the bondholding cred
itors Of Virginia, that the state Of
Virginia has a claim against the gov
ernment Of the United States in con
sequence Of the terms Of the decd o.
cession Of 1884, ceding from tho com
monwealth of the government the ter
ritory northwest of the Ohio river.
1t further directs that no steps be
taken looking toward the payment Of
this debt or any portion Of it, until
negotiations shall have been exhaust
ed; and that In the event the stat~
OF Virginia and her bondholdinc c~or
1tors refuse to make any rod;c.io7
on the Judgment on account oN 49,.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-10

"a"o:ye eqnity as well a4 4.
equity, but seeks instead to collect in
full. by execution or otherwise. iudg-
ment rendered in her favor by the
supreme court Of the United states
? a2a:nst West Virginia.
"It is the sense Of this 1ee;@.a. d..
the resolution reads in part. "hat tho
state Of Virginia shorld n -" =.
end voluntarily and make a eu',*'"n
ginia's equity in the northwest terri.
tory claim, or In the event OF her
failure or refusal to do so, that the
state should continue to resist before
the supreme court the issuance o-
execution upon the Judgment
tial reduction Of her judgment agz:n !.
this state on account Of West yir.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
SLEEPER NAMES
APPEAL AGENTS

LANSING. Mich. Aug l5-The
following district appeal agents TO
represent the government in exemp-
ton cases have been appointed by
GOV. Sleeper: Cass county. G ".
Hendrix. Dowagiac. Emmett. r n.
Halstead. Petoskey. Grand rray-
erse, X / Knapp. Traverse city.
Kent. r. O. Deweerd. Byron Center.
Macomb. VIM. a Kelley. Nj Glen
ems Manistee. Thos Smurthwaite.
Manistee: st Joseph. Theodore
Jacobs, Sturgis: Van Buren, David
j Anderson. Paw Paw Washtenaw
H. L. Quirk. Jr.. Ypsilanu Wayne
No. l. c. J Plagens. Hamtramck.
Wayne No. 2. Benz s Warren, De
troit; Wayne No 3, X Thiede.
Wyandotte. Wayne No 4, V + Vim
ming. Wayne. Wexford. A. W Pen
ney. Cadillac. Battle Creek. Or G..
S Gorsline, Detroit No. l. r 5 Du-
pont; Detroit No 3, Stewart Han
ley. Detroit No. rs. Alex X Gage
Detroit No "a. William NJ Donley;
Detroit No 26. Divic B Duiaeld
Grand Rapids, no /. Joseph En-
mer. Grand Rapids No 2. Frederick
d. Voss, Highland Park, John. l..
Austin.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
U.S.BOARO
NAMED TO
BUY GRAIN
Will Have $50,000,000
To Conduct Pur-
chase of Wheat

WASHINGTON, Aug l5-Crea.
fion Of a food administration grain
corporation with $4,000 900 capital
10 conduct government wheat pur
chasc- and sales was officially an.
nounoed today
To carry on the gigantic work the
president appointed three commits
ions the wheat purchasing di-
vision. the price fixing board. the
United states millers committee and
those who will conduct the buying
ar the different terminal points In
The country
Tho great machinery for wheat
control is now practically perfected
The wheat purchasing division Of
the food administration viii consist
of The following members
Chairman Uerhert Hoover, presi-
dent JULIUS Barnes Duluth. MINI.
treasurer Gates w NcCarrah. pres
dent Mechanics and Metals National
bank. Sow York city president.
portatirn director Edward chambers.
chicago NICp- president santa Fc
railroad counsel Judge curtis II.
Ltndley. san Francisco secretary j,
Tic following mon VIII represent
thc grain division at the various ter
uluaIs
.a~ard NJ Flesh St Louis r. NJ
Houser Portland ore. g. y Fox.
New orleans n y Irwin. IN iladel-
rhla T ~ G!rdcr Duluth. MINI.
Frank l.. Carey. Minneapolis George
Jackson Baltimore
~" United states Miilets commit
tee 70 cooperate with the food ad-
si lsfratfon I'm ufgDfiafinE Volun-
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
Japan Ready With Ships and Men to
Help Beat tT-Boat. If L. S. Pays Price

been the opon door n Japan IL
ril.u her way thc door will not
oriy be- closed n will be saut With
reYerbrrating bang
Every impulse % ne American
fltc-m men wiil DO 20 insist upon the
urs- door Bat just about that time
European state mon. representing
uHr ANr. vii point ont what Ja-
rau con dos Tor The cause Shs
rtu and several hundred thousand
Wrn .gt1 it4--ia ty The siberian lins
and these raiued and perfectly
equipped troop would help sfi7en
'hc Russian troops facing the Ger.
man. and Ausfrians.
Hu. even more vital are Japan
ns'v h1s over 1000 600 men.
b Hof enough ammunition. be-
cause sh" lacks steel and coal Shs
tas troops 20 spare n she can get
these commodities japanese ships
'couii carry American steei and coat
% italy sai food 70 The Allies.
To pour japan - tremendous mer-
chant marine 'h~i The Panama ca.
nal. load g. AZ American ports. aud
sepd if across the ocean conveyed
bv American. Japanese and Allied
drur0yers would bc IN large
measure t0 defeat German boat
plans until fho American shipping
board could construct its tremen-
tcls number OF ships.
The oniy question ~ Issue N
whether Uncle sam will pay thu
price IN money ln immigration Laws
In q closed chlna-
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
MANY HELD
FORRI0TSIN
{. ST. LOUIS
Two Whites and 16
Negroes jailed BY
Deputies
PROMINENT MEN
SOUGHT BY POLICE
City EnvelOped In At
mOsphere of APP
prehensiOn

EAST ST. LOUIS. H.. Aug. i5--
East ST. Louis was living In an AZ.
mosphere OF apprehension today.
Early today deputy sherirs had a
ready arrested one white man and
l6 Negroes. charged with participa.
tion in the race riots Of July and
.. following the grand jury report
az Bclleyllle. county seat OF 81 CLAIR
county late yesterday The jury
returned 6S indictments against 1O5
persons. naming them in 345 charges
Of homicide, arson. assault 10 XIII.
conspiracy 10 incite rioting and ne
licious mischief
The indictments. accompanied by
a lengthy report reviewing the riots
and disturbances. starting May y
and reaching their elimination when
nearly 100 Negroes and six whites
were Killed Jnlv and 3. werc
handed 10 Circuit Judge Grew"
shortly after s o'clock last night.
Twenty-three Negroes and So whites.
including two women. are named
Deputy sheriffs Immediately started
the work OF rounding them mp
Richard : Brockway. claim agent
for tho last s. Louis 4 Suburban
railway, was tho first white man ar
rested Before midnight 10 Negroes
had been taken Additional Arrests
continued during the carly hours to-
day
While the Grand jury did not make
public the names az indicted per.
sons. it is known that a former po-
lice lieutenant Is one of Tho mon
other officials and prominent titi-
zens will be arrested today 90 ls
said
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
COPONERS KICK
ON PHONE SERVICE

Coroner Jacob ROthachor and HE
assistant. Edward Conley. are seek
inr eomc means 20 force the Michi
gan State Telephone company 20 inn
prove rs service
Jlodlos Of wreck victims and
Others meeting violent deaths On
Tho s'root lie for several hours IN
public view because tho pollco and
public cannot roach our homes by
telephone" declared Mr Conley
Wrdno day
Frequently We have fo caU The
police switchboard over the private
notice iino and have the chief oper
ator notified when va want % use
our tclophones
"This morning Coroner Ro'hach
or's phone WAS useless for three
honr and uo trouble was reported
on the lno ifs simply impossible"
fo ret central from our Office IN the
moruing"
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
ex MILTON RRoNNER-

WASHINGTON - g. Aux
w hen me Japanese war mission ~
rlnes IN mus country iho te>f ard
"ilies' Nipnones" diplomatic brains
viii De puird against urle sam 1
one oi mo greatest hli
matches DO history pon ih' n
como VIII Iiffeiy c'r'ct nr' 1n
'hf Iu'Nrc ol h.'h,i'" 'tniai'' f'.t
'ions between 'h" Z n'''d state
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
POLICE DEPT
HARD HIT IN
THE DRAFT
100 Men May Be Called
Into Federal
Service

Four hundred and seventy patrol
men, 120 OF whom are included in
the first call registered for the
draft, according to a detailed report
just received from the precincts by
Secretary Walters.
Out OF tho total number regis.
tered. 173 have claims for exemp-
tion in having wife and children.
while $50 have no claim 70 exemp.
ton Only eight of those exam.
ined so far have been turned down
because OF poor physical condition
Allowing for exemptions in the
cases OF the l2J called on the flrsf
draft, the police department VIII
lose over 100 patromon. The first
precinct with % men liable for call.
and but four out Of the s registered
physically unfit. will be the hardest
hit
The police department Is 255 men
short m the present tif71c. and tne
loss Of those IN tho draft viii seri
ously hamper the workings OF this
department Supt Marquardt and
Secretary Walters declared that tho
deficit will have 10 be made up by
q strenuous campaign for new re.
cruits a score OF more are i'm the
police school now. bur II will take
3e0 men 70 bring the department up
20 normal
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
SPEEDERS
T0BE TRIED
At NIGH 7
Police Justices Will
Hear Cases Every
Friday

In a conference Wednesday morn
ing it was decided that Judge Hes
ton and Judge Stein. would divide
mp the speeding cases and that
hereafter al speeders would be tried
Friday night an o'clock Judges
Stein and IIeston will alternate IN
hearing tho cases This will serve
rs sort OF makcshift speeders'
court for the time being Those In
the conference besides Justices Hes
ton and stein were Police Secretary
George Walters and Police Sup'
Marquardt
Attorney Louis Colombo. repre-.
senting stephen Cavanary. No 1885
Field ave. who was arrested for
speeding week ago. presented his
client 20 Justice Heston Wednesday
morning for trial. and said n a
hearing was not given. he would
sue Commissioner Couzens and Sec
i-tar, Walters for the return Of the
go deposit mis- client had 10 make.
The conference followed soon after
A letter sent 20 Judge Connolly
by tho corporation counsel had not
been received Wednesday noon In
n tho corporation counsel proposes
that tho recorders court petition the
circuit court 10 dispose OF the pend
ing cases judge Connolly said he
would take no further action in the
matter and that hc had made his
position clear The cases are ont
of his jurisdiction. he said
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15

WASHINGTON, Aug. l5-rhs
great war must go on until Ger
many is willing 10 talk reparation.
s--irruiion ana guarantees
1ne united States government
stands with the Allies in a determ-
ination 10 fight until their detectives
arc secured The pope's peace APP
peal has made no change in the war
aims ~ this country. the state de-
partmen' announced today.
And Americas aims for the most
part coincide with those OF the Al
lies II added
This summarized the situation IN
government and Allied diplomatic
quarters today while Secretary Ian
sing awaited delivery OF the formal
note understood 10 he on its way
from the vatican II reflected an
unmlstakablc determination 70 re-
fuse tho pope's proffer az thls time
Roth The United States and The
Allies viii reply TO the pope Eng
land is expected 20 speak FOR the
Allies
Admission Is made by high AL.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
SENATE MOVES TO QUE
Pre- MATURE PEACE talk
SAMM|ES SOON TO TAKE
OVER SECTION OF LINE

French fighting methods" he said.
They have made their training a
work Of pleasure by regarding bayo'
net. grenade and rife drills as sport.
They didn't like trench digging. but
u is Just as much a matter Of life
md death as bombing and shooting
he Germans
The greatest affection exists be
tween the American and French sol
1iers The Americans have 30 eff
fectually grasped the methods of
flghting that rivalry has sprung
up betw zen the Sammies and the
French chasseurs
Give my greetings 20 their fel
low soldiers overseas. who are aim
ing AZ the same noble object bid
them hearty welcome 20 France and
hope they may soon be able 10 share
the glory Of those men already
here
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
J. W. ROWLAND
DIES SUDDENLY
Well-Known Real Estate Man
Is Victim of Heart
Disease

j Ward Rowland, No 1851 Cass.
ave. we'll known real estate dealer
and former president OF the Fellow.
craft club. died suddenly last night
from heart failure
lie is survived by a widow. Eliza
beth daughter Ruth. aged 20. and
two sons. Dean and Glenn. aged, re-
spcctiycly % and % years tho first
two of whom reside in Detroit
The younger son. Glenn. has been
spending the summer on a farm in
Washington. and was recently held
for service In the army News that
the young man had been drafted. is
said by friends 10 have FASTENED his
fathers death.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
FIVE MEN KILLED
IN SPANISH RIOTS

MADRID, Aug. l5.--Five rlen
were killed and nine wounded IN a
clash between strikers and police
in Barcelona. an official statcm
announced today.
The agitation is continuing In "a
number Of provincial towns In
Madrid soldiers are on duty with
machine guns The police arrested
members OF the strikers control
committee. removing them from
their headquarters here today
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
RACE: s
Saratoga Results.

First RAce-Divcrsion won Reav-
efkil Second. Harvest King. third.
Time 90 2-5. Douglass : kinneN
Sandstone IT. ocean Prince Stariikc.
Onwa. phocion and Merchant also
ran.
Second Race -Syosset. won. Bally
Ray. second New Haven. third Time.
1855. Leumas. Reddest. Stucto. Rock
fish and Grey Leg also ran.
Third Nalor won Chlclot
second Woodtrap. third Time
IS 2-5 only three starters
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
PACKARD COMMON
SHOWS STRENGTH
a. O.HARA. FERRIss q 90

Prices remained stationary A. tho
opening of fhe Detroit Stock OK
change on "Wednesday morning
Among no motors there was very
Utflc movement Roo car showed
Grmness With q bid Of p 20 paige
slumpcd oG to bid Of g. and Ford
opened with bid % go Deiroit
Edison was up a fraction 10 il9 20
bid. Ico 10 asked Dctroii Iron &
Steel l5 bid. rs "a asked Packard
preferred a6 bid, Ga asked qn1
Parkard common with nominal
quotation of 1913 bid. 40 asked die
PLAYED fhc only strength and trm-
ne. OF fho market
Dr. general thc market was slow
nd ifrcerlar the volume ~ trad
MS being epfionaliy small
\ COMFORT NBIr sFOr ~ CHIC 400
HOTEL At .ANrfr CLARK resr 1ack-
con blvd 80 rooms tlh4 up-A1V.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
BY J. " PEGLER.
stan CORES sDo,.dent United Press

stan CORES DOhdent lnifed f'cSS
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE. Aug 15-American
soldiers will he IN the trenches OF
france. facing the Germans, in a
very short time
This was the forecast made 10 the
nited Press today by the French
general commanding the Poilus, Civ
ing the Sammies their lessons IN
trench fighting
Tho first American contingent
will be ready 10 begin actual fight
ing very soon. unless difficulties
now unexpected interrupt their
training" said the general thru an
Interpreter He Was sitting in his
Office with General Sibert.
The Americans have made sus-
prisingly rapid progress with the
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
DRINKS POISON
AFTER QUARREL
WITH EX-HUSBAND

MrS Frances Johnson, "a years
old swallowed poison in her home,
No rs Sproat.st. Wednesday after
noon. following a quarrel with her
former husband, from whom she is
divorced She was taken TO Re
ceivng hospital Her recovery is
eX pnCfed.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-15
KAISER DRAFTS
u. s. CITIZENS

WASHINGTON. Aug 15-Ger
many Is drafting Americans into
her army. Official state department
dispatches said this afternoon it
Is not known whether these are Ger
man born or naturalized Americans
The department Is inquiring about
the report thru the Spanish envo,
at Berlin