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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03
FRENCH MILITARY ROADS.

The military roads which are used
by the French army have been the
subject OF q number OF comments re.
Gently. among which the following
note by correspondent OF the AS
aoc!ated Press is of interest as show
Ing how both maintenance of surface
| end direction Of traffic are cared for
constantly: <,A
Junior Officers. many OF whom in
private life occupy high positions in
business, seem to have adapted them
selves swiftly to the new life so diff.
ferent from their regular occupation.
AZ every intersection one OF them Ia
posted to direct the traffic, and thev
do so with all the efficiency OF the
members OF city police traffic squad:
Never during his sojourn with the
French armies has the correspondent
OF the Associated Press observed any
serious congestion, Occasionally a
German long.range gun Will tear great
holes IN the roads in the endeavor to
prevent reinforcements coming I'D or
the approach OF ammunition columns
At once large squads Of men suppus-
ed to be enjoying rest from the
r1gors OF the front line are put to
work TO fll the gaps with fresh ma
cadam and huge steam rollers appear
to level the surface Other men come
on with tar pals and brushes and.
coat the surface to prevent the ris-
ing OF dust as much as possible"
The technical aspects OF the French
military roads have received c0nsid.
cradle attention from Colonel f. A.
Stevens. commissioner OF public roads
OF New Jersey and for many years a
student Of military affairs. His
sources OF information are somewhat
better than the pictures he mentions
In the following notes, It is only far
to add. He made these comments on
the subject in recent public ad
dress:
"As Is well known, the French army
tin the Nerdun sector) has been kept
supplied by motor truck. The number
OF men Is unknown and 30 are the
weights moved. II, however, the ord
nance weights are from six to eight
fold the quart0rmaster and commits
sary weights. there will be not less
than 40 pounds moved per man The
French force cannot be less than 30O,-
900 men. This would mean some g.
900 tons a day, or say 1000 three ton
trucks each way a day, or one each
way every AZ seconds. The number
OF roads used IS doubtful. The photo
graphs published or shown as movies
allow us to Judge the type Of road It
is evidently a limestone macndam.
French limestone is usually soft Such
loads as one-third or one-half OF the
above will make short work OF any
macadam surface unless the repair
work is prompt and efficient. The
drive against Verdun concided with
the most trying season for roads.
Yet II the photographs show the
true conditions, the roads arc in
splendid shape. Il seems probable
that the motors could not have stood
the strain Of poor roads.
These conditions are not the re-
suit OF good luck. They are due to
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03
SENATE PAseEs BILL
TO PENSION v,pRnsu

a telegram received this aftoraoop
by Fire Chief Quinn from Charlestou
stated that the bill to pension Are.
men, which WAS INTRODUCED IN the
state senate by Senator Rossnblosnu,
OF Wheeling. was passed by the sen.
ate. The bill now goes to the house,
and 1t Is bs'teve1 1t will sxp>h
once no difficulty there.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03
REDUCTION IS MADE
IN LIGHTING Rates
BY POWER COMPANY
~ TOMAC LIGHT AND POWER
COMPANY MAKES INTEREST.
ING ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW RATES HAVE BEEN APPROX.
Ed 81 THE PUBLIC sHsvick
COMMISSION
WILL BECOME EFPEcrtvE NEXT
MONTH AND MEANS
DI0 SAVING

The board OF directors OF the Potp,
mac Light and PswoT Company IT
It's meeting In baltimore, ON January
l"th' voted in favor OF reducing sl>o,
ric Ngting IHtes In the city Of Mnr.
tinsburg.
New schedule OF rutes have bean
filed with the Public Service Commts-
sion. and approved by them WI, he-
come effective February. 1917. All
Lighting bills covering the month sf
February will he rendered At the r.
duced rates.
In Martinsburs. the maximum rats
VIII ba cut from ten TO nine csn,s nar
klIowatt hour. with q further df,c,ou.&
or rive per cent for prompt payment.
which will bzrins the net price of
electricity. to the small consumer. 10
about eight and one-half cents per
hilowatt hour. or the sans rats ss -
now IN effect in Baltimore City. III.
now rates are on aiding scale. the
reduction in tho net rate vsryins
from five 20 twelve per cont.
The minimum charge has also bean
reduced from one dollar and tsn cents
to seventy-nine cents less r1ys per
cent. OR seventy-five cents not. This
Will enable a large number OF s,uala
consumers TO save. during q large
part or tho year, from twenty to twel-
ty-fonr percent Of their light BILLS.
1t is worthy OF note that though tho
cost OF living has been steadiiy In
creas1ng. the cost OF electricity has
been as steadily going down. and this
IN spite OF the fact that tho cost OF
all raw materials which 90 toward fts
manufacture and distribution havo in
creased, in some cases one hundred
percent.
For example. the cost Of coal ts
now 100 percent higher: copper wire.
&, percent; motors, switchboard a.
pl1ances and repair parts. 30 percent
meters and transformers, 20 percent.
ana all other products IN like or oven
greater proportion. Az result OF those
there have been practically no rate
reductions by public utility corpora.
tons within tho past year aud . bali.
Many Of the Public Service Commis-
sions throughout tho country have
been receiving applications from pub
lie utilities for permission to raise
their rates, and In number OF tnstaa.
cos permission has been granted.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03

oter got it and proceeded TO bore out
the eye OF his brother, after which Q
called his mother and told her TO
come and see what he did" A physi-
clan who was summoned believes that
the instrument penetrated the brain
and that the child will die.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03
HANGMAN'S MOOSE
WILL REMAIN IN
WEST VIRGINIA

| WEST Virginia
sTArE SENATE REcohsloErs 8
VOTE TO ABOLISH CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT.
PARTY LEADERS ASKED TO DIS
CUss HOW TO SETTLE Viz.
GINA DEBT.
MAY ESTABLISH A SCHOOL FOR
THE PURPOSE OF TEACHING
FARMING.
Experiencing change OF opinion
as to the 'advisability OF making the
! use OF the hangman's moose an oAso
lete custom in this state. the Wesr
West Virginia senate Saturday recon.
sidered the vote by which 1t had pass.
ed the Duty bill abolishing capital
, punishment BY vote OF Is to u and
; recalled the bill from the house of
delegates.
Friday the bill was passed BY tho
close margin Of II to l3, and a more
ment was started Saturday among
some OF the senators who though.
they might have acted with undue
haste, eliminating In reconsideration.
upon q motion made by Senator Lowe.
OF Marion, who said he desired fly
:ther time to consider the question
before finally passing upon it
An invitation probably will be OK.
tended to Gov. Henry D. Hatfield, Gov
ernor-elect John j.. Coxuwell. Attor-
ney General A. A. Lilly, members Of
the West Virginia delegation in con.
sress. and such others az the legis,a
ture believes will be able to shed
light on the subject, by the West Wiz.
sinia law-making body to address,
that body In Joint session upon tho
Virginia debt litigation. which forms
one OF the most important and DER
picking probltms awaiting legislative
solution.
Such an invitation Will be extended
IN joint resolution introduced to.
day by Senator Kump, OF Hampshire,
supplemental to Senator Rosenbloom's
Joint resolution calling for joint
session OF both branches OF the leg!s-
lature to consider tho debt question.
Farming School.
Establishment Of state school for
teaching practical farming, domestic
science and industrial arts is propos.
ed In a bill which will be introduced
in the two houses Of the state legisla
ture during the next few days and
which will have the support of Com
missioner OF Agriculture Howard F..
Williams.
The proposed law would make an
appropriation OF $4,000 for each OF
the ensuing fiscal years and the gov
ernor Is required to appoint, before
Juno 80, next, a commission OF four
men. no fewer than three OF whom
shall be practical farmers and not
more than two Of whom shall be
members OF the same political party.
1t is the duty OF this commission,
under the terms Of the proposed law,
70 visit the various agricultural see
tions or the state, where the location,
soil and climatic conditio nappear TO
be suitable for demonstration and e1-
perimentation Of the esta blishment
or an agricultural and industrial
set ool, the location also TO be suita.
BILE FOR q permanent, annual, agricul-
tural. horticultural, mineral and man.
ufacturing exhibit TO be known az the
"West Virginia State Fair" The
commission fs empowered to enter
into a contract for the erection OF
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03
PITTSBURGH MAN
MAY BRING SUIT
FOR LARGE AMOUNT

WALTER KENNEDY. +R., EXPECT.
ED TO Ask $4,000 DAMAGES
FOR BEING ARRESTED.
YOUNG BUSINESS MAN HELD IN
HOTEL LOBBY UNTIL 3 A. N.
TuEsoAY.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES THOUGHT
hR WAS hoReE TAiEF FROM
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
1t was stated authorttaively hero
this afternoon that Walter Kennedy.
'r. son OF one Of Pittsburxh's most
prominent business men, ana wall.
known IN Martinsburx is eontsmplat.
ing insututing suit against local OIL.
GERS for $4,000 damages for holdinx
him under arrest in the lobby OF the
Hotel Berkeley Monday night until
s o'clock Tuesday morning on the
charge OF stealing two horses In Jef.
lerson county. - .AE
Mr Kennedy had come here Non.
day to attend to bu.i:i.ss and had
transacted some important matters
with Attorney ". II. Thomas and e
u. Henshaw, and late in tho night
had gone to the Hotel Berkeley. vher.
he was registered. and had written
several letters. He was up late, in.
tending to catch an early train to
Pittsburgh. when he was. placed -un.
der arrest.
Recently young man by the namo
OF Kennedy stole two horses in Jef.
1orson county. near Charles Town
and was said to have boon headed this
way, en- route to Harrisonburx, W.,
where he sold the animals. Tho local
authorities ascertaininS that tho
the name OF Kennedy was on the hotel
register. arrested tho young man.
held him until the Jefferson county
onfcials came to Identity him. n.xtns
him miss his train for Pittsburgh and
causing his much humiliation.
When the Jefferson countaina ,r.
rived they stated that the younr man
IN custody was not the one vanted
and he was. therefore released.
Young Kennedy told the ofAcers that
re was we'll acquainted with Judge
Thomas and Mr.. Henshaw and other
prominent citizens, and who ne VA.
but they hold him IN custody, Just
the same.
waiter Kennedy, 6r., tho younE
mans father is the owner OF th.
Cushws orchard at Nollville and
also about $4,000 OF Berkeley coun.
~ real estate. The young man had
been hero many times before and
could oasily been identified by cali.
ing somo OF his friends on tho phone.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03

NOO,0O0,0 YEAR
10 A BIG MENAcE TO THE NUN.
eRouS cATTIEMEk OF THE
ooUTh.
MANY sUGcKsTioNs HAVE DEEM
OFFERED 70 DUST THE
PEST.
NOTED DEAlERo WILL MAKE Ap.
oREesEs At MEETING HELD
so0h.
DALLAS. Texss. Jan. W.--The cat
; tie tiok-te boil vasv1l of the livet.
stock industry-is coating southern
ssttlsmsn l1oO. .0oo. 900 4 year.
A nrty dollar bath tub on each
ranch. in which cattle may be given
weekly dips in An Arsenical solution.
would absolutely eradicate the
scourEe.
To enphssize thia, q conference of
federal and state cattle experts today
met here for four days conference.
Ways and means OF educating the
southern farmer in eradication and the
outline OF comprehensive campaign
10 that end are to be the business of
the conference
Ehe only barrier to "clean-up" OF
The section. now remaining, experts
declare, is the apparent reluctance of
the southern farmer himself. to put
into practice the measures worked
out by cattle experts for extermina-
ton OF the pest.
The gospel. according to the out
line OF the U. 8. bureau OF animal in
dustry. In cooperation with state au.
thoritles. will DO carried into eyery
corner OF the infected area-includ-
Ing practically all OF tho states south
OF the hason-Dtxon line.
The tick, unlike the boil weeyil. is
Vulnerable. His habits are not shroud-
ed IN any impenetrable mystery. Not
only ts he vulnerable, but, cattle ex-
perts point out. It takes but the very
simplest measures to oust him once
and for all.
Concrete vats. containing an nrseni-
cal solution. the formula for which
may be obtained from the Bureau of
Animal Industry, through which the
cattle are driven-weekly or bi-week-
ly-Hould completely solve the pro-
lem-if the interested party, the
farmer. will but cooperate.
Tho watts. built under government
specifications. can be constructed for
$50 to 500. They are durable and
easily installed.
Cattle, when freed from ticks, are
worth approximately $3.50 per each
and every head more than before. In
addition to lowering the value of the
steer about ono cent 4 pound ticks
materially lower the weight OF tho
steer. keeping him sexanny and un.
well.
PTesenee OF the seourge prevents
mo importation Of valuable prize
stock for breeding purposes. thus i'm
pedinE tho improvement Of breeds
throughout the south.
]. A. Herman. b. II. Hansom and
Robert A. Chaplin, sattle experts Of
the bureau, will address tho confer.
enoe at todsy's session. s. A. Wat
ters, veterinary inspector at Houston,
Texas, and J. w. Smith, veterinary
inspector 1T Louisiana, will also
speak.
Ticks" The Dement'S of Tick Erad
"Arsenicsl Solution" arc to
be subjects thrashed out today.
BURNED OUT EYE OF
HIS BABY BROTHER
RUSSELL Hornbraker, son OF John
Hornbrsker. near Kaufman, Pa. was
fatally injured Friday, when Frank,
u" '"nr,rear-oh brother ran red
- poker Into his eye.
'Ehs boys mother had been using
tho poker "Ssa' tho stove. Tas young.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-02-03

we'll built roads, we'll maintained. But
TINS has been possible only by the
organized effort OF trained men, and
whatever success the French may OBJ
tain at Verdun will be duo not only
to the soldier In tho trenches but 20
tho patient. enduring and humble Ia
Dor OF the men who mado tho supply
Of the necessities OF life and of munl.
tions for the fighters possible by ths
condition in which they kept the
roads. This thoy were able 70 do on
account OF the centuries of training
and careful study that the French
have given their roads. In . wsrd,
they were ready sAd nsa@s gvv1",
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-19
Commission to Select
Site For New State
Inebriates Home Named

Members of two commissions to
make inquiries into penal affairs in
Pennsylvania and commission to
select a site for the new state insti-
tuition for inebriates were appointed
by Governor Brumbaugh to-day
William e. Mikell and Edwin NJ i.
Abbott. Philadelphia; Clarence d.
CoCghlin, Wilkes Barre; Representa-
tive Lex N. Mitchell. Punxsutawney,
and George c. Bradshaw, Pittsburgh,
were named on a commission to re-
wise the penal laws Mr.. Mikell is
to be secretary and craftsman.
The commission to investigate the
prison system was named as fol-
lows: Louis n. Robinson, Swarth-
more; Albert II. Votaw. PhiladeI-
phie: A. E. Jones. Uniontown; Mrs.
Martha p. Falconer, Darling. Della
ware county, and Representative
Fletcher w. Sites. Narberth, who is
to be chairman.
The members of the commission to
select the site for the inebriates in
stitItion are: e. P. Young, To-
wanda; Harry X. Keller. Bellefonte:
s. $. Woods. Lewistown. and ex-
Judge James w. Shull, New Bloom.
flclo.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-19
EVERY AID TO
BE GIVEN u. s.
BY POS. OF A,
War Advisory Board Pledges
Everything to Govern
ment in Crisis
COMMITTEES SELECTED
Delegates Here From Each
County of State; Their
Names

The advisory war board of the
Pennsylvania branch of the Patriotic
Order Sons of America met today
in the Senate Chamber at the
Capitol.
The meeting was attended by dele
gates from nearly all the counties in
the state. John w. German. Har-
risburg, presided as chairman, AMI
among those present were State
President Gabriel II. NIoyer, Pal
myra, and State Secretary Charles r.
Helms. The meeting was for the
purpose of organizing a complete
war board and to act on the recon :
mendations made by the Pennsyl-
vania camp at the meeting held in
Wilkes-Barre August 29.
The Patriotic Sons of America
boast of having the greatest number
of enlisted men of any organization
in the country. The motive of the
recommendation made by the state
camp was for the benefit and COM
fort of the ENLISTED men, and also fol
the aiding of those members at home
The meeting opened at 10 oclorl<
and Chairman German read the fol.
lowing recommendations:
That the name and address OF
the thousands of p. o. s. of A. mem.
Continued on Page 1871
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-19
German Drive Into
Gulf of Riga Influences
Government to Change

Washington, oct. 19.-Russian Of
fIcials here had no dispatches to-day
on the removal of the Russian pro-
visional government from Petrograd
to Moscow, but said the plan of NOV
ing the seat of government, con-
Ceived some time ago, undoubtedly
had been hastened by the German
advance in the Riga territory. Ever
since the removal of the capital was
first discussed. Russian officials here
have reiterated that the kerensky
government felt it could work with
fewer hampering influences in Mos
COW than in Petrograd, which is the
center of the opposition. The Ger
man advance, Russian officials here
say, undoubtedly has strengthened
the extreme radicals in the Council
of Soldiers and Workmen's Dele
gates.
After the capture of Riga by the
Germans preparations for removal
of the government to Moscow were
begun. The failure of the Germans
to develop their offensive after TAX
ing Riga as we'll as the approach of
winter weather, making open CAM
paigning impraCticable, relieved the
fears for the safety of Petrograd for
the near future. Last week announce
ment was made that the prepara-
tions for transferring the seat of gov
ernment had been stopped, as there
was no prospect that such action
would be necessary at least for some
time.
The new offensive operations by
the Germans, resulting in the cap
ture of Oesel and Moon islands, and
the threat of an invasion of Esthonia.
again changed the situation, how
ever. and may be responsible for the
decision to remove the government
TO Moscow, the ancient capital. The
turbulent political conditions in
Petrograd and the presence there of
large numbers of extremists and agi-
tators may also have influenced the
cabinet.
Reval, town of about So 900, two
hundred miles southwest of Petro-
grad, is a naval station and with
Helsingfors and Hango. on the north
ern coast of the Gulf of Finland.
guards the approaches to the gulf.
The landing of German forces on the
Esthonian coast would menace this
town from the rear.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-19

The girl in the center is Mary
Campbell and she lives at 3l2 South
Fifteenth. She is cashier. mornings,
at the Manhattan. That's a pair of
knitting needles in in her hands; and
she's working on a sweater for a
soldier.
rs that how you're doing your
bit'?" I asked her.
That's one way" she replied, And
then 1 have bond
Good Lord l reckon Mr.. Rookie
feller couldn't have mentioned his
S25,000.000 worth with any more
pride in them.
William Sawyer. of 1913 Berryhill,
is the man walking into the picture
on the cash register side. He's a
foreman in the heat treating depart
ment at the Pipe Bending Works
And he owns a Liberty bond or two
Furthermore, he's going to own some
more.
"Why not?" he said to me. "Ain't
this my war, too?"
Can you beat it? No wonder the
United States will win!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-19
ORGANIZE FOR
Y.M.C. .A.WAR
FUND DRIVE
Leaders From Ten Counties
Meet Here to Discuss
Their Plans

Another treat was in store for
those who were present at the con-
ference in the Y. NJ. C. A. this after
noon, when Henry Israel, for many
years closely associated with Dr.
John r. Mott, told of the conditions
in war-swept Europe.
Before this country entered into
the war, Mr.. Israel was one of the
men selected to represent this coun-
try in, the prison camps in England.
Later he made a study of conditions
in Switzerland and Germany, and be-
cause of his knowledge of the Ger
man tongue, his appointment as a
Y. NJ. e. A. secretary in Germany was
under consideration when America
officially entered the conflict.
Mr.. Israels knowledge of condi-
tions in the warning countries is first
hand, and the story he told this af-
ternoon was an intensely interesting
one. Many of those present, men
who are closely associated with the
activities of the great Christian as
sociation represented by Mr.. Israel,
were surprised to learn that no less
than twelve Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries
have been shot to pieces" while in
action with the men. Two secretar-
les, when the crisis came, led the
men "over the top" when their off,
GERS fell.
Organizer Here
c. c. Michener, an organizer of
national reputation, was here this
afternoon to assist in completing the
organization of a committee in this
district.
Following a luncheon which was
enjoyed by more than forty persons,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-19
British Repulse German
Raid at VermelleS

London. Oct. 10. - 1--WE repulsed
hostile raiding party last night east
of Vermelles." said to-day's official
statement I'VE had no casualties"
"On the battlefront the enemy's
artillery activity has been directed
chiefly against positions in the
neighborhood of the Menin road and
against Zonnebeke."
Many bombs were dropped yester-
day with satisfactory result on the
NarsSenaere airdrnme (Flanders) by
naval aircraft" says another official
announcement. "All our machines
returned safely"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-19
MANNING'S TREE
PLANS APPROVED
BY BRUMBAUGH
Governor Arranges For Plant
ing First Six on Arbor Day;
VIM. Penn First

Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap-
proved plans submitted to, him by
warren II. Manning, the Boston
landscape architect, and George A.
Shreiner, superintendent of public
grounds and buildings, locating
places on the proposed Mall to be
laid out in Capitol Park extension
for a tree to be dedicated to each
of the cities of Pennsylvania. The
plans call for the placing of every
tree, not only in the present Capf-
tol Park, but in the extension as
well, over forty-six being in the two
properties. There are 3S5 trees in
the present party and some of them
are in such bad condition that thev
must be removed, while others are
located so close together that they
will be changed.
The inauguration of a "girdle of
trees" about the whole park, one to
be dedicated to each governor, will
take place on Arbor Day, marking
that day and the commencement of
the Capitol Park Identification plans.
Six trees will be planted on that day.
the planting of the rest having to be
deferred until the extension is grad
ed.
William Penn the First
All of the new trees, as we'll as
the shrubbery to be planted in the
park, will be of Pennsylvania spe-
cies. The first tree to be planted
will be named for William Penn and
will be planted on the morning OF
Arbor Day by Governor Brumbaugh
just Inside of the park at Third and
Walnut streets, opposite the new
Penn Harris Hotel. The five remain
ing trees will extend along Walnut
street in fifty foot centers and ninety
five feet from the Walnut street
houseline.
DR.. Thomas Lynch Montgomery
has been asked to correct the list
of the governors as the record in
Smull's legislative handbook and the
portraits in the office of the COVER
nor are not the same in some in
stances. Governor Brumbaugh saws
DR.. Montgomery does not agree with
either.
The board will designate all
memorial trees as we'll as municipal
trees hereafter as numerous requests
to plant trees for state officials who
died lately and by cities and bor-
oughs have been made. The definite
plan will be made for the next sew
enty-five years.