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Pioneer 4 UKRi IHauL TfaA FRK>h, T1J K PKOPL* b HIGB11 fcAiJTAIH, 6M1WH) BT IMFLUKMOB AND UN BRIBED BY GAIN" USTBMSHBD 1882. * ARTINSBURG, W. VA., SATUKDAT, OCTOBER 3 1914. VOL. 33 NO. 31. Offer? Praye- of Thanksgiving That Ur.i ed Slates is at Peace With World his countrymen that they shou'd uive thanks to God for a gov ernment which has left America in pp;>ce, wh?le Eurore is in the horrors of \-'\r .Tam-s Cardinal Gibbons was n:in affectionate greeting in Be s t. 11 ves'erdav rorning as he stepped v.yh re fr'in, ;he Whi'e Star liner Can ore cn hia return from the Papal con olave. Accom*>anv\ns the venerable pro late was Cardinal O'Connell of Bo ? t"'\ After being given an official welcome at quarantine, the prelates were touched by the heartfelt recep tion extended by over 100 representa tives of all Catholic societies and or ganizations in New England. Depressed by the War. Cardinal Gibbons appeared in t h -> best of health, but it was appar^iv that he was greatly depressed by tl-o awful carnage that is now shocV.n r all the civilzed world. The card in:-' declared that too much praise con; ! not. be given President W'ilsm frr his admirable s? n 11 '1 rrj neutralit'" This was the one thin2: urrrmost '? his mind, upon again reaching Amo" shores, he said. As soon as the Canonic was bo^r^ ed by thosp who tork the oHTcial come, cn the upper deck of the ? Cn.rdinal O'Ccnnell maie a slior! a 1 dre??s ;n wVch he '-xtwi f low-prelate a? en ex?p1pip ?o fh world of a man who doe* his duty. Horror of the Corfiicf "Only those who have ??cntemplat 'c M'p so^nes ef de*nioion in En^ ope can fully realiz? ?.hn ?"uvr^'tv a* the conflict." said Cardinal Gibbon? "A few short weeks ago 1 foun ' peace and prosperity throughout Eur ope in the very places that are nov. trampled upon by military men So 1 feel that we in? America today should lift up cur eyes 10 God l.i thanks for the great ,?ove"pnient \v;i-cr. this country is blessed with, and : lso for the manner in which it f'cilil&ted the movement of Ameri can tourists from places of danger. "1 passed through Belgium shortly bpfore war started, and visited many of the places that have since been ravaged. All this destruction is ap palling to me. It is a great pity about the Kheims Cathedral, for it can nev- j ( r be replaced." War Killed Pius X. Cardinal Gibbons said that he was | positive that the war killed Plus X, j and he added that the present Popo ; is doing everything in his power to bring the struggle to a close at the earliest possible moment. Cardinal Gibbons said he was so j tired that he could not address the ! American General Conference of Catholic Societies in Baltimore next J Sunday. Both he and Cardinal O'Con nell will attend some sessions, but will speak briefly and informally. ATTEND HOME MARKET. The Washington Times calls atten tion to a phase of the war situation which is worthy of serious consider ation. After remarking that worry ing about how to get our products abroad - without ships is proper enough to a certain extent, it adds that in some other directions tbe worry Is unnnecessary, and makes its point ar follows: "We import around two billions worth or all manner of things annual ly. A large share of them come from countries now at war. Already the stress is felt. Those countries will pot be able to keep sending us the m FATE OF AN iri\LOO Widow of the lll-Fated Maximillian, of Mexico, Living In Oblivion. LONDON, i -In all the new.] that has come out of Belgium during the past two months, telling of the fireat battles, the destruction of cities the fall of the capital and the flight oi the royal family, not one word has been said concerning the fate of the insane Empress Carlotta, who for many years has been1 kept in {dose confinement near Brussels. It has been rumored, indeed, that the widow of the ill-fated Maximilian of Mexico, was dead. Recent arrivals from Bel g'um, however, state that these ru mors were false, though it was cur-j rent report in Brussels that the for- j mer Empress was so ill that only i taint hopes were entertained for her recovery. According to a story cir culated in the Belg'an capital the German armies were given special or ders, at the request of the Emperor ol Austria, not to molest the insane Empress in her retreat and to talif steps for her protection if necessary The Emperor of Austria, it will lit remembered, is a brother-in-law ( Carlotta, the Emperor Max'milir having b^en the youngest brother < Emperor Francis Joseph. The story of the poor, insane E:i press has often been told, but th< 'ra:,edy of her 1 fe is so interwove.) ?.vith one of the most thrilling chap es o!" New World history that it will b ar a repetition at the present time, when it is believed to be a matter A or 1 v a short time, perhaps of days, until her earthly miseries are reliev ed by death. Born a princess, and educated to wear a crown, Carlotta has passed forty-eight of her seventy-three years supplies; we will have to hustle around and make German sausages, French wines, Belgian laces, aniline dyes and ten thousand other things for our own consumption. In other words, a bigger home market is in stantly opened to the enterprise of Americans who will take the trouble to seek it. The first thing is to look around and learn just what special ties are going to be wanting because of the war; then get ready to supply some one of them. If Americans should spread out to the extent of tilling the big hole in the home mar ket that, will be left by the cutting off of imports ,they would do very well. And it would be an expansion into fields which i.n all probability would bo firmly held after the war." War such as this is proving to be a world calamity, and the whole world must suffer as a result. But there is no reason why we should sit down with folded hands. Oppor tunity beckons at home and abroad. Fcr the. next few years we must be the workshop of the world, and if the war should last two or three years, it would be a long time before our prestige would be threatened from any source. The advice of The Times, "the first thing to do is to look around and learn just what specialties are going to be wanting because of the war; thr-n get ready to supply some of them," is the keynote of the situa tion. In that way we can add to the number of our industries and instead of depending upon foreign sources supply our own necessities and send tho surplus abroad. And we can do this as a strong man would, standing upon his own feet and not depend ing iiron crutches like a cripple as our protection to privilege friends would have us believe is necessary. within the walls Of an asylum for the insane. Married at 17, a queen at 24 and a lunatic at 26, she was bereft of father,, husband, empire and reason in the short space of 18 months, and then, by the irony of fate, forever banished from human memory. Her career was almost kinetosocopic in the rapidity of its changes?promising in its inception, magnificent in its rise, pathetic, dra matic tragic in its decline and fall. Although Carlotta was more poten tial in Mexican history during her short reign in that country than was her imperial husband himself the rec ords of that time ignore her efforts belittle her achievments and refer to her endowments of executive ability, political sagacity, mental culture and strong womanly character in the most impersonal and incidental manner, As a matter of fact it was her regal training, her dominant spirit, her con stant insistence which prevailed over ! the week, vacillating, easily influenc ed and almost effiminate character of the Emperor Maximilian. Cariotta was exactly 24 years of age, Max.niilian 32, when their eyes beheld for the first time the land across the water where they hoped to regenerate a nation. Their entry I into the City of Mexico was a tri umphal one. The splendors of their court were unprecedented, for Car lotta knew well how to be an Em press. But the Mexicans fought bravely for their freedom, the United States interfered in their behalf, and 'bo Emperor Napoleon was ordered to withdraw his troops. Here again Carlotta was dominant. She would go herself to France and intercede with Napoleon. What could be more pathetic than the spectacle of the girl Empress pleading with the Empero of France and the Pope of Rome for the means and soldiers to save from ruin the empire of her husband, at a time when Maximilian had been already many weeks dead. Carlotta's ambition and pride were crushed her heart broken. Young, beautiful, ambitious, loving, on the very threshold of youth and hope, she was seized and torn from the world by the -relentless hand of unreason, and cast into the midnight of utter blank. For nearly fifty years she has been banished to an oblivion that is worse than death. Those wnw recall her to mind as a proud and imperious beauty, would fail to recognize her in her later years, all bent and broken, her snow-white hair framing a face! waxy white in complexion and deeply furrowed with lirie^, of pain and grief. % In accordance with arrangements made by her brother, the late King Leopold of Belgium, the former Em press was placed in the old royal cas tle of Douchout, a few hours drive from Brussels. Here she has remain ec3 these many yeafft, doubtless as ig norant o?f the history-making events that have been taking place around her during the past two months as she is of the execution of her bus band, the downfall and de$th of his early protector, Naj)ol$Qn HI, and the many other events that have passed into history during the past half cen tury. Spacious grounds surround the old I castle of Bouchout and here the In sane Empress has been in the habit of driving about frequently In her coach of state. Here, too, she has wandered among the flowers, plannin improvements, as she did about the grounds of Chapultepec, in Mexico. The constant run on Thompson and Thompson keeps them so ihev * hftVf* no time to e\e* *alk of hard times." Jt's t,b^ home of good clothes, a^d yeiily ? they axe huatleie. McAdoo Cites Many In All Sections Carrying Reserves In Excess of Requirements. Continuing his campaign against high interest rates and the hoarding or' ? oney by hanks. Secretary Mc-, Adoo last night made public a list of nearly 250 national banks, in all sections of the country outside re-i serve and centra' reserve cities, ! which are carrying reserves in excess . of legal requirements. The list is based on reports to the Comptroller of the Currency in an swer to his call of September 12. It. J banks run from 25 per cent to 74 shows that the reserves in these per cent, the legal minimum being 15 I per cent. "If," said Mr McAdoo in a state ment given out with the list, "the large amount of loanable funds hat are kept from active eployent, as 11 dicated by these figures, was invest ed in commercial or agricultural pa per, or loaned 011 proper security the present situation would 'be greatly re lieved." The Secretary's statement refererd to the list as showing "some" of the national banks carrying excessive re I serves, and it was understood last night that further lists would follow in accordance with* his recent an nouncement From State Hank Commissioners ill Missouri, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Connecticut and Oregon came yester day. promises to co-operation with Secretary McAdoo to prevent hoard ing of funds by banks and high in terest rates All the commissioners I said they were investigating,* and the majority said they had seen 110 indications of such conditions as yet The National Park Bank of New York yesterday agreed to take care of a $1,400,000 loan to the State of! Tennessee Secretary McAdoo, in a statement yesterday, said the state was having difficulty in making the loan, and that he would help if nec essary Cites High Interest Rates ?Secretary McAdoo in a telegram to the New York, Boston, Chicago and St Louis Clearing House, chair men, said: * "I have received complaints about ma nign rate or interest charged by tlie national banks of Now York, Boston, Chicago and other reserve cities It is alleged that the New York banks are requiring their cor respondent banks throughout the country to pay 7 per cent for loans and to maintain a balance with the New Yorks banks, which makes the money cost the correspondent banks the equivalent of 8 per cent or mora Specific cases have been brought to my attention where banks In cities of the South have been required to pay these h'gh Interest rates. If New York charges the -equivalent of 8 per cent Interest to the correspond ent banks of the South, these South ern banks must, in turn, charge a still higher rate to the small banks which are, in turn, their correspond ents, thus making the money cost: the ultimate borrower very high, if; not exorbitant rates. From all the. j evidence me I cannot feel that| the charge of 7 to 8 per cent inter est by the New York banks is justi-j fled In the circumstances "Within six weeks I have approv-| ed the issuance to the national to the national banks of New XorH, of more ITALY IS ANXIOUS ? AF1EH OUR GOODS Inquiry Made In Philadelphia FO|J Army Shoes and Other ? i t Equipment. 1 The Italian (Jovernment lias cniup I ed tin? American market fur the im? ; mediate delivery of upward of i 000,01)0 worth of army regulation shoes, military aecutrements, saddltifj leather belts and knapsacks for sol* diers. In a secret inquiry, whiak was reported to have been recoivod at Philadelphia yesterday, 100,00Q pairs of shoes is given as the numb op required. Prompt shipment is urged* and king Emmanuel, through bin cop respondents, promises to pay cash for 11 ie big order against bills o^ lading. The inquiry for the military e<iuii>? inent for the Italian Clovernment WiU< made bv the general contracting linn of Pizzotti Ac CJhio, of Turin. This concern, according to information on tile at at the foreign trade bureau o$ the Philadelphia Commercial Mur seums, through which the inquiry wu| transmitted, is the ollicial army and navy contractor for Italy. tliaii $140,000,1)00 oL' new or addition al national bank currency. This wa.? done to ease rates and help the site uation generally. 1 have taken th$ position with all the banks of tht| country that I will not knowingly is* sue additional national bank cur* rency to or deposit Government; funds with banks which charge ex cessive rates of interest or whlcli are refusing to meet legitimate de* inands for reasonable credits. Asks Only Co-operation. "I li^ive also taken the position! that I will withdraw Government de posits from national binks which, are .hoarding and restricting credits to tlie maintenance of excessivo re serves. The New York banks gen erally hav^ ijot been hoarding money or maintaining excessive reserves, but they appear to be charging higher rates of interest than the con ditions seem to justify. "I am using every just effort to per suade the banks throughout the coun try to extend reasonable credits and. at reasonable rates of interest to meet the existing unusual conditions created by the European war, and which, if dealt with in a helpful spirit by all concerned should quick ly ameliorate, I should like to see the New York banks take the lead in establishing and maintaining mod erate rates of interest for accommo dations, as their example always has a large influence upon banking ac tion and sentiment in the country. If this course is pursued by the lead ing banks in New York and other great money centers, a real public serivce will be rendered and a return to normal conditions of business will be quickened. "I have been using to the utmost every power of this department to assist the general business situation and the banks and I ask only for co operation on the part of banks in s unselfish and patriotic spirit. I am telegraphing this message to Chicago, Boston and St. Lou iff. SALESMEN*""*?, ?' I# Mil Our Wtak Virginia Grtw* NURSERY STOCK <** outfit FRED. Cash Commis sions Paid Weekly. Write tor terms. Th? Gald Nur??"r> Cm. Mmh thy, W?