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APT I ST HISTORY
1
m WESl VIRGINIA
mam? ^ .
Jigamzed Work in the State'
' by That Church Dates
r V Back to 1865.
Jrganized work among the Bap
~ churches, such as has been
Brought about through the Baptist
General Association or West Virginia
ate? back even further than the act
,U time that the organization has
toen in existence, as work of no ilt
ftle importance had been done while
? !L?ut? W8S 811,1 a Pan of Virginia.
ot th6 wt"-k in
.^eat Virginia as its boundaries are
?wn today took Place back in 1865
thls " wlu be readily seen1
pi ???? :^e assoclatlon has reached its!
v. 2;,r,en5 .5D?',ver8Cry' and u? record
- during that long period of years has
' 01 ?reat achievement, not
onlj^in the number of members add-;
\ ed to the denomination and the num-!
W ?35i. new churches.established, but1
? !L\ev,8reat amount of Rood in carry
?tate! g0BI>el t0 a11 Parts of the
:
-Association Organized.
At Jhe time the association was or
c?nventlon held in the
fn i8?KPU church in Parkersburgi
? ! there were .about 10,000'
' ?nn u ? c church. with about'
1 ti? .churches and 100 ministers. In '
' th? T/v of a?ressive work on.
' ' w.E?~V ,the asaoclatlon the mem
1 ??r"hlP has increased to 60,000 mem-'
bers, about 660 churches and 420
ministers. These figures covered the '
in adrt.H ,erS ?f the denomination
- IK nnn i f ?wrihlch there are about j
' Ow?n^ I?r^ B,aptlsts ln the state.:
ifin? ck of comm'unlca-i
of .tWfen d,fferent sections1
?taJe at the close of the Civil!
war and the need of something toi
counteract the efTect of the war on!
religious work such men as Dr. J.l
W. Carter, W. P. Walker, George1
?al'd.8<? a,nd D- T. C. Farrow con-'
- ?eived the idea of a statewide organ
' LT:e0t?n l00klDg to effecting
1 ' They unlted in a call for:
a" organization which was held
in Parkersburg November 15 of that1
yfiftr, I
aii Small Beginning.
All great movements have a small
beginning and the records show that
the convention was attended by thlr
' tl??rtei^ ?gater from 8ix assocla
nw . , ? vls'tors present from
other states, together with several
? Q?ra PIf-ent witllout credentials.
borne difference can easily be noted
then in the rapid growth of the
church when compared with the
rZLe,flgUre8 and in the fact ""at the
annua' session of the asso
ciation was attended by six hun
dred or more ministerial and lay del
egates.
First Officers.
?iJJljfl.rSt,?o'!!Sers of the association
elected in 1865 were:
Moderator?Col. Dan D. Johnson.
" ..Vlve moderators?The Rev. Jona
DaWdson nd the Rev- George
Secretary?D. T. C. Farrow.
Treasurer?J. M. Lyon.
the meeting for organization an
executive board was appointed and1
some money was raised with which 1
missionaries were sent to now fields i
wor? t r,Btj' Ihe flrRt m,S8,?narles!
were J. D. Leachman, M. B. Edmond
1% TZbJ: "? Lanef?rd'
The association's efforts each year'
has met with Increased numbers and i
enthusiasm and has stimulated the
TlfJ t, ?f .the c,lurch in every branch
and has Increased the enthusiasm in
the work, strong churches have been
built with missions established In
many places In the state are some of
the fruits of Its activities. In fact
Its progress has moved steadily on
ward each year.
On English Railways in the Last
? Twelve Months Larger
Than Ever.
_ AMOCIA>?D PRESS)
LONDON, Oct. 23.?The board of
trade figures for a year, not including
the most recent railway disaster in
which nearly 300 persons lost their
lives, show that on the 23,700 mile
duHnl1^5' iD U'e United Kingdom
year covered by the re
fi'?"""""
? iblhiZ is a vastly worse showing
; than ever before, a fact due perhaps
? : 11 *i K0 ln service and sched
ules owing to the war.
AUTOS SKID
TVlien They Strike Thousands of Frogs
in Itead.
~ j"" "" Oct. 23.?Progs by
'tn? thousands, going on the sun heat
ed Barnesvlllc-Mooheud highway to
warm their cool roet. are being killed
? by passing cars. They have caused
. several machines to skid and are forc
^ fL dpivers to take extra precautions.
From the ditches and sloughs along
. the road the fross mobilize each night
, and move onto the hard gumbo road
/ Never before have so many been seen
here.
OLDEST SOLDIER N
b!
French Army Is Secnty-two Years
of Arc.
:: 1
<sr ASSOCIATED PRESS)
PARIS. Oct. 23.- The honor of
Bp?-; oldest "poilu" can be
Eg claimed, it appears, by Alclde Verd.
? 72 years of age. Having seen ser
vice at Sedan, Verd was again nn
m Xious to serve his country and de
? nuuid^d Immediately that he be sent
I' to the front. His request was grant
ed and he now is serving with the
Forty-seventh territorial regiment In
the first line trenches, surprising his
. comrades by his high spirit# and
- auaAJuuttos. > -
NEEDLES REIVED
FROM WOMAN'S SIDE
??? ?
Accidentally Swallowed Paper
Six Weeks Before, She
Remembers.
SENECA FALLS, N. Y.,Oct. 23.?
After baffling all' the sklllod physic- -
lans (or six weeks, Dr. Fred Les{er, j
of Seneca Falls, has cleared up the!
mysterious illness of Mrs. Homer;
Wjrer by removing Ave sewing J
needles from her loft side. Seven |
more needles are known to be some-;
where in Mrs. Wyer's body. They j
will be removed by the aid of elec-1
triclty.
Six weeks ago Mrs. Wyer acclden- ?
tolly swallowed a paper of- needles j
which she placed in her mouth in ?
order to take care of her baby. Noth-j
lnf; more was thought of the inci-;
dent. A week later she -jvas taken
ill and complaincd of severe pains In
her left side. It was diagnosed as
pleurisy at first, but fits theory was
Inter given up and her condition baf
fled all physicians that were called.
An examination by Br. Lestern
.disclosed t.ho points o ftwo needles
rxotruding through the skin on her
lort side, which recalled to Mrs. Wy
er the swallowing of the paper of
noedles. The phyBlclan removed In
all five needleB and the remainder
will be extracted by the aid of strong
magnetic, current.
bquatfs are
Respected
By Indians
She Has Same Problem as the
White Woman, Says Mod
ern Red Man.
LAWRENCE, ICan., Oct. 23?Mod
ern, progressive red men, such as are
attending the meeting in Lawrence j
of the Society of American Indians,
have great respect for the squaws. |
Unlike the blanket Indians who de- i
manded that their women do the
menial work without questioning,
their every wish, the Indian men here
listen with great respect to what they
have to say.
There appears good reason for
this. Two of the best speakers who
have been on the, program are wo
men, Mrs. R. T. Bonnln, of Yank
ton, S. D., and for years a worker
among the Ute Indians, led the at
tack made against. the government
Indian department. Mrs. Bonnln Is
a colllege graduate, as is Mrs. Marie
L. B. Baldwin, of Washington, D. C.,
and descendant of hereditary chiefs
of the OJibways. She was the ilrst
Indian woman to receive the right
to practice law.
Mrs. Baldwin believes Indian wo
men should be oducated just as white
women, according to their natural;
i abilities, instinctive tastes and sta-!
tion In life.
"The practical problems of life
| that the Indian woman meets are es
: sentially identical with those the
I white woman confronts, and their
: treatment should be identical," Mrs.:
: Baldwin says.
Co h? Gets
"Souse d"
On Apflas
Gorge Themselves on Wind
falls and Then Do the
"Tipsy Canter."
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Oct. 23.
?Following a heavy rain and wind
storm which swept this section of
the state hundreds of barrels of ap
ples are lying on the ground in the
orchards and many farmers are com
plaining of their cows becoming in
toxicated by eating quantities of the
fruit.
It Is estimated that seventy-five
per cent of the crop was blown from
the trees, and as many trees are to
bo found In the hill pastures, the
cows and young stock have had an
opportunity to gorge themselves, with
the result that former dignified milch
cows are experiencing- the effect of a
"sure enough" jag and the younger
animals are cantering about the pas
turage while under the influence.
Old farmers say that they cannot
recall the time when so many apples
have been on the ground. Several
faimera have taken their cattle In
from the pastures for a period of
. sobering off and the hired men have
i gone to work picking up the fruit.
: Aside from the loss of the apples,
j the farmers feel the loss of milk, as
the cows fail to give their usual sup
! ply while suffering from the effects
j of their gorge.
SPHWERS
Now in Bloom in the Ozarks as
Result of Recent Warm
Weather.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct 23.?The
unusually rainy ffinaBer and the warm
weather of September have brought
the shrubs and trees Into blossom for
i the second time this season. - On many
1 lawns snowballs and honeysuckles are
as profuse with flowers as in early
? summer, the only tllfTorcnco being tn.-.t
,the blossoms are tinted a green al
most as deep as that of the leaves.
Cherry, peach, pear and apple trees
also are in bloom. Horticulturists aay
this .denotes excess of vitality and
not the approaching death of the trees,
u some persons belief*. _
Lawyers
Can Grant
A Divorce
Judge Not Needed in Suits of
This Kind in State of
California.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23?Judges and
lawyers learned with surprise that
through 4n amended provision of the
stKte constitution apparently any1 qual- j
Iiiod attorney may grant a decree of:
divorce: This became known by the.
recent granting of three decrees in j
feauia uosa by attorneys sitting as
judges pro tempore, after having been
selected to try the .actions of the liti
gants themselves without the sanction
of the court
The modified amendment reads:
"A case, in the superior court may
be tried by a judge pro tempore who
must be a member of the bar, agreed
upon in .writing by the parties liti
gants or their attorneys of record and'
sworn to try the cause and the per- j
son so selected shall be empowered j
to act in such capacity In all further I
proceedings In any suit or proceed-1
ings tried before him until the final
determination thereof."
The clause "approved by the court"
has been omitted.
Murder
Under Old Georgia Tree Causes
All Its Branches to
Droop.
THOMASVILLE. Ga., Oct 23.?
There Is an old pine tree beside a pub
lic road in Thomas county whose
boughs all bend toward the ground.
Legend has It that many years ago a
man was murdered under it, and since
that time the limbs have all grown
downward.
The colored folk attach much sig
nificance to the story, and when pass
ing always drive as far as possible i
on the opposite side of the road.
pastor
Of San Francisco Church Acts
as Waiter in Order to See
Private Play.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oc?. 2&?"He
also sees the play who only serves
as waiter."
This Is a new reading by the Rev. [
Arch Perrin, pastor of the church of j
St. Mary the Virgin, who in order to
see a play acted as a waiter for mem
bers of the Family club on their an
nual outing to their "farm" in the
foothills, out from Redwood City.
Men he had married and whose chil
dren he had christened didn't recog
nize him. He wore- a false mustache
and a waiter's Jacket, and he dealt
soup from the elbow without spilling
It and pasBed unnoticed.
The story has only just leaked out
among his parishoners.
The young pastor was very desir
ous of seeing Martin V. Ferlo's for
est play, "The Spirit of Youth," pre
sented with music by Case Downing
in the new oven air theater of the
Family club. He was not a member
of the club and invitations were ex
tended only to out-of-town visitors.
So Father Perrin unlisted with a
band of extra waiters for the dlnnff
preceding the presentation of the
play, and passed the evening undetect
ed<
Also, he saw the play he went to
see?and liked it.
Desertion Charged in
Sait by Woman, 62
ST. PAUL Oct 23.?Desertion and
non-support are charged In a suit for
divorce filed in district court by Mrs.
' August Geldermann, 62 years old,
I against Fritz Gelderman, 63 years old,
a blacksmith.
The Geldermanns were married in
1300 and the wife alleges her husband
!lett her in September 1911. She as
; serts that during the first years of
1 their married life she worked daily
las well as he-.
; snqe
I Badly Frightened When They
Find Snakes in Their
Lockers.
! LA CROSSE, Wis.-, Oct. 28.?Normal
'? school maidens an? walking circum
spectly since the discovery or a nest
: of BO-callcd water moccasins deposited
?\n the lockor by a reptilian mother
.evidently anxious to obtain education
jfor her family.
1 There was real excitement when the
! nest of small top tiles was discovered.
; With the opening of the locker the
snakes darted ont and about the floor
and there wa? a scramble. Some of
the snakes met violent deaths, but sev
eral wriggled into holes of safety.
Hence the circumspection.
JAPANESE OFFICER
Is to Study Naial Conditions In This
Country.
<BV AMOCIATSO
TOKIO, Oct. 23?Lieutenant Com
mander Denzo Mori, staff officer of
i the fourth battle squadron, has been
: ordered to Washington and Lieuten
ant. Commander Chusuke Shlpjomura
adjutant of the naval department and
i private secretary to the minister of
1 marine, to England. The two offic
ers are to study naval affairs In tlio
United States and England respec
tively. They will be unofficially at
tached to the Japanese embassies.
They are both- able' officers of the
lerrlce.
Beautiful Broadway Star is to
Be Filmed in Leaf
Garment.
After a long search and a bard one
to lind the right actress to play the
role of "Eve" in the forthcoming
Rialto star feature "The New Adam
and Eve" which Klchard Garrlck Is
producing at the Gaumont studios
for the regular Mutual program,
Grace Valentine, the beautiful
Broadway star has been chosen to
play the part. There were hundreds
of applicants but the casting re
quired great discrimination, since
"Eve" roust be possessed ot an al
most classic beauty of form and face
and of unusual Intelligence to fit her
for the part In the modern adaption
for the screen of Nathanial Haw
thorne's story. ,
Alisb Valentino was secured at a
salary of (500 a week'until the pic
ture is finished.
Rolo is Reminiscent.
The role ot "Eve" which Miss Val
entine will play la the Mutual re
lease is somewhat reminiscent of her
part In "Yosemlte." in which she
followed Laurette Taylor some time
ago. As the whimsical first femi
nine resident of the "Garden of
Eden," clothed in a fascinating gar
ment of wild flowers and leaves, is
turned loose in the modern world as
it is today. Miss Valentine will be
very charming. Her face is unus
ually expressive. One can well im
agine that for a clever interpreta
tion . of the curiosity of Eve when
che sees the inventions of- dress and
science or today is required an ac
tress of real ability.
Grace Valentine was born in
Springfield, O., on Valentine day. Her
real name is Grace Snow, but be
cause she was such a pleasant valen
tine to her family, they always called
her that. She decided to take that
name when she went on the stage.
Favorite in West.
Miss Valentine was a tremendous
favorite in the West before she came
to New York. She was one of the
leading women in the Morosco stock
companies in California. She crea
ted the role of the stenographer In
George Lait's play, "Help Wanted,"
which played In the West before
opening In New York.
This season the clever actress has
.been playing in Philadelphia. She
appeared in stock with Prank Mcln
tyie in "Brother Masons" and other
productions. She is at present in
New York. ' ?
The Gaumont company will re
lease "The1 New Adam and Eve"
some time during the winter.'
KLEins
fflMOPS
Noted Frohman Stage Star to
Appear in Rupert Hughes
Film.
After twenty-three years on the
dramatib stage, during which time
ho w.as starred in many of Charles
aud Daniel Frohman's greatest suc
cesses, Arthur Hoops has joined the
ranks of film players.
His initial appearance ? in Klelne
films will be in the role of "Cana
van, the Man Who Had His Way,"
founded on the Saturday Evening
Post story by Rupert Hughes.
Mr. Hoops made his acquaintance
with the footlights twenty-three
years ago In Augustus Pltou'B
"Across the Potomac," one of the
most sensational successes of its day.
He was the original Rupert of Hent
i7.au In "The Prisoner of Zenda" and
j his success in this led, naturally, to
I the leading role in its celebrated ae
! quel "Rupert of Hentzau," He wfes
: for eight year3 leading man with
j James K. Hackett and for another
' eight years played leads with Nat C.
i Goodwin and two years with Sol
i Smith Russell. During thlB experi
ence ho played the original "heavy"
In "The Crisis."
The Gaumont company is going to
Introduce a novftl innovation in the
way of comedy. In the near future
the Gaumont comedy company, re
leasing Casino star comedies on the
regular Mutual program will pro
i duce a series of extremely clever and
original burlesques. These burles
ques. Instead of parodying well
known plays and books will be amus
ing and overdrawn take oils on the
serious dramas which the Gaumont
company has already released.
Edward Mlddleton, the experi
enced director, is at the head of the
Casino comedies, and will be respon
sible for the burlesquing of the
dramas. There Is' one story?not a
Gaumont drama?which Mr. Middle
ton wants-to burlesque. That Is the
time worn and honored story of
"Red Riding Hood." This will prob
ably be done in the near future.
OLOESTJEMBER
Of Red Cross is Pointed Cap, a
Canadian Indian, Who is
108.
I OTTAWA, Can., Oct 24.?A novel
picture ha? been reoeived by Sir Rob
ert Borden, the Canadian premier, and
forwarded by him to the local .Red
Cross rooms. It Is that ot the oldest
member ot the Red Crosss society In
the .worW and at that a weatern In
dian. Pointed Cap. who belongs to
the FUe Hills Indian retire in Sas
katch'ewah will' Be one hundred Mid
?Wti tmk.M ?
Censorship
Attacked
By Latfyer
Censor Has Nineteen Tentacles
and Not a Single Head,
He Says.
?'. '
PARIS, Oct. 23.?The censor, af
ter coming in tor so much criticism
i from Clemenceau of the Homme En
ichalne and-other disconcerted editors
i has Just been attacked before court
I martial of Parte by M. Jaciues Ban
! zon, who was defending before the
I second court martial of Paris M.
(Louis Leroux, charged with spread
ing alarming reports. .
"The tensor," cried Mr. Boncon,
I "Is an Indefinable person with nine
teen tentacles without apparently a
I single head."
"The law of 1881," Mr. Bonzon
recalled, "punished only the publica
tion of false reports spread in''bad
faith, while the law of 1914 prohib
its even the divulging of military or
diplomatic truths if they are of a na
ture to exercise a harmful Influence
on the state of mind of the army or
tho population. Only the government
may tell the truth, even political,
which means that we have accorded
to the present ministry what the Vis
count Chateaubriand would not have
conceded to the king, what Locard
airo would have denied to the pope,
;and what Victor Hugo would not have
1 permitted to the rising republic."
The court martial appears to up
hold the censor, for In spite of Mr.
Leroux*s regrets they fined him fifty
francs.
At 87 He is Active is
The German
Army
(?V ASSOCIATED PRESS)
BERLIN, Oct. 23.?The man who
probably Is the oldest to serve ac
tively In the German army 1b 87 year
old Chief Hospital Inspector Engel,
of Thale, who went through the cam
paign of 1870-71 as hospital Inspec
tor, .then became barracks inspec
tor, retired five years ago on a pen
sion and then enlisted for the pres
ent war. He was first called upon
to organize a hospital in OscberBleb
en, and then was put in charge of the
institution in Thale, with its 468
beds.
Max. Metzger, of Landau, of. the
Palatinate, aged 70, another veter
an of 1870, Is one of the compara
tively few whose son and grandson
are actively serving along with him
in the war. He volunteered from
Karlsruhe last fall and now is a non
commissioned officer In.the Grenad
ier body guards. His son, Slgmund
Metzger, aged 44, is a corporal in
a force stationed at-Karlsruhe. The
latter's son, 17 years old, is a non-"
commissioned officer In a Baden In
fantry regiment now at the front.
GENIUS
Three Year Old Oklahoma Baby
Can Read and
Write.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct 23.?
A three year old baby that can read
several books, cdunts and knows much
of the geography of the country In
which he lives, as well as dpeB other
work generally only accomplished by'
a child" treble his age, Buch is little
James Harlow, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Harlow.
At the age of twenty months he
knew several words ln?script on the
blackboard, which was increased to
one and one-half dozen at the age of
twenty-two months, arid when he was
two years of age he had read fourteen
pages of the primer.
Now ho has a vocabulary of prob
ably 1,000 words which he recognizes
readily at sight, has r4ad through sev
eral books such as Wheeler's "The
Wonder World" and Heather's read
ers and the "Overall Boys.' t
BAlSlpS
I To Win Series, and as Result
Must Do His Neighbor's !
Work.
SELBTVILLQ, Del., Oct 23.?The
farm chores for this winter have no
torrors for Martin Richards, who lives
in the lower end of Baltimore hun '
dred, and who has been an ardent
rooter for the American League basei
ball teams. This year his neighbor,1
i Alviti Tiuiriell, who has been a strong
jPhillle fan, bet Richards that the
Phillies would win the world's cham
pionship, and agreed that the loaei
would have to split wood, water and
feed the stock and do the farm chorea i
both morning and evening from now
until the first day of May.
'Both were in Selbyvtlle when the
final score came, and that evenln?
Tunnell did both his own and his
neighbor's work. After milking the]
cow, feeding the hogs and beddmg
the horses, he announced that al
though he would etlck to his bargain,
he Intended hiring a colored man ?o
do the work lor him.
Richards doesn't care how It is done |
Just so it is dfcne, and is lotfktng for
ward to a life of ease this winter.
HEAVIEST TETEBAJT.
SANDUSKY, O., Oct 23.?William
S. Baldwin Is the heaviest veteran
ever admitted to the Ohio soldiers
and sailors' home. He weighs 294
stripped, but says he has been losing
flesh lately, owing to the fact that he
has not been feeling well.
The' establishment of a branch of
the Red Cross society for these In
dians shows how deeply, the people of:
all in the domJtiioii aw: int#r-1
Ttte war and eager to tad H
El
/
Wartime Economies and Alter
. ations to Time Tables Do
Not Check Speed.
nr ASSOCIATED M11I1
LONDON, Oct. 23.?In spite of
war time economies and alterations
In railway time tables, England still
has the fastest trains, the longest
non-stop runs and the the lowest
fares in the world, according to the
Daily Chronicle. *
The fastest train "for a fair dis
tance," it is explained, is the morn
ing express from Lcsdcu to Bristol.
which makes the run of 119 1-2
miles in 120 minutes. A special test
trip over this route was made several
years ago In exactly eighty-four mln
utes- ,
The longest non-stop run Is by the
Cornish express, London to Exeter,
174 miles In 180 minutes. The
cheapest fare is the round trip excur
sion rate between London and Skeg
ness, which offers a 262 mile trip for
seventy-five cents, or about one-Quar
ter cent per mile.
HOBOES JUST WORK
City Offers Free Lodging to
Everyone Who Breaks
Bushel of Stone.
PON DU LACK, Wis., Oct 23.?Due
to the fac> that the village of North
Fon du Las has decided to make ho
bocB work for their nights lodging
and breakfast, hereafter all who ap
ply at the office for a night's housing
and a "bite" in the morning will be
required to break two busliols of
stones, one bushel for tho bed and
the other bushel for the breakfast.
The stone that will be broken by
the "visitors" will be used on the
streets next spring. Should the vil
lage havo as many callers during the
coming season as were accustomed to
call last winter, the pile of broken
stone by next spring will be enormous.
lip
With Pack of Fourteen Wolves
and Kill Two of the
Animals.
RH1NELANDBR, Wis., Oct. 23.?
While digging ginseng near Uing
Lake, Forest oounty, Dewey and Roy
Dangenbaugh. boys. IS years of age,
saw a pack of huge timber wolves and
succeeded in killing two of the anl
mFrom a hillside they counted four
teen wolves at play In a little marsh
below them. At first the boys thought
they were collie dogs, but suddenly
realised that the animals were Um
ber wolves and opened lire on tnem
with shotguns. They knocked down
six of the animals, but killed only
two, the others making their escape.
One wounded wolf ran directly at the
boys, but before they, could re-load
their guns he disappeared. He ran
so near them that they struck at him
their guns.
Boy of 19 a Professor
At HarvardUniversity
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. N?r
bert Wiener,. 10 years old, has been
appointed assistant professor of phil
osophy at Harvard. In this capaci-v
he will be called upon to instruct tuea
who arc his elders.
"When 13 years old, Wiener received
the degree of bachelor of artsi Irjru
Tufts College. He was awardsd llw
degree of doctor of philosophy at -lar
var l in ?nd lor two years nas I
been a traveling fellow of Harvard, i
at Cambridge University. En,; u.''. j
Rattlesnakes Batched
Out in Coat Pocket
PIjATT^VILLE. Wis., Oct. 23.?John
Udelhoven thought he was the cham
; plon snake killer. He killed a_ nice
bunch the other day which ^ thinks
are blacksnakes. But he, tan t n i
any more. John Hlman Is telling an,
"actual occurrence." He says he,
killed sixty-five? rattlesnakes, noti
speaking of those that got away. He
picked up a number of the snake egg, I
put them In his pocket and hung the
coat up in the, house. Several days
later he put on this coat, and. run
ning his hand into the pocket discov
ered the eggs had hatched and he had
a pocketful of young rattlers. Next.
TO SEND MORE TROOPS.
" ' ' i
C?V AMOCIATBO
MELBOURNE, Australia. Oct. 23.
?So pressing Is the call for more
troops for the operation at the Dar
danelles that the commonwealth gov
ernment now proposes to furnish at
least 10,000 men monthly and to
systematize recruiting more Uior
oughly by means of co-operation from
several states. .
ZEPPELINS GUIDE FASHIONS.
civ AMOCtATBO
LONDON, Oct. 23.?The Zeppelins
have made 'heavy window curtain#
fashionable. Most houses had been
content with half curtain* before the
necessity of darkening aroae but
since the recent air rail housewives
have rushed to the Mg shops forfull
curtains of heavy material. JJere
have had to be made on rush orders.
One firm say* it received several calls
tor Mack corftOM. . M V '
Witt) That End in View Samuel
B. Montgomery is Given
an Appointment
Former State Senator Samuel B
Montgomery, of Klngwood, has been
selected by Wraden M. Z. White, ot
tho West Virginia penitentiary, to
install and work out the new parole
law required by the rules recently
adopted placing the institution on
tfc^ honor system. Mr. Montgomery
has been a student of prison reform
for years. Warden White has rev
olutionised the rules governing the
state prison. The "black list" has
been abolished. All Implements of
torture have been destroyed. One
half the prisoners have the privilege
of tne prison grounds each evening
One evening the north hall Is out
und the next evening the south hall
The prisoners also attend a picture
show in the auditorium each week.
Various groups have orchestras and
brass and string bands. Others
pass the ball and play dominoes and
checkers. Warden White claim* that
since the introductoin of the honor
system, a sense of honor remains In
J'1?0 ? prison population ot 1,.
232. Infraction of prison rules has
been reduced to a minimum.
A complete reform in the parole
system is contemplated. Under the
old rules a parole prisoner who had
no friends or relatives and many are
thus.sltuated was bonded out by, an
employer, often resulting in abuse. '
Mr Montgomery is a member of the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science which Kus made pris
on reform a feature. He is' also
keeper of records and seal of the
grand lodge of West Virginia
Knights of Pythias.'
BE MANLY
is the Advice Given by Woman
to Girls, of Vassar
College.
POUGHKEEPSIE, X. Y? Oct. 23 ?
Emily Jimes Putnam, associate pro
fessor In history at Barnard College;
was applauded when she spoke.at tho
academic exercises In the chapel at
Vassar College thus:
"I would have girls' reared to be
manly, said Mrs. Putnam. "I would
have them trained In dangerous sports
where their-safety of life and limbs'
depends upon their physical powers.
I would have them learn the ordinary
arts of self defense. I would have
them openly carry guns."
Mrs. Putnam said there is no man
who would want to change places'with
his own wife, giving- as reasons wo
mans' inferior physique, her econom
ic Inferiority and her emotional insta
bility. She urged the college girls to
correct this condition.
Of $300 Offered by Detroit So
ciety for Design of Safe
ty First Poster.
DETROIT, Oct 23.?The slogan
safety first embodied in a pictorial
poster Is worth to the designer the
sum of $200. In due time this poster
will mark the streets and highways
or tne entire country, according to
the plans of the Safety First Society
of Greater Detroit
A contest for such a poster will be
launched by the society of the con
vention of the Safely First Federation
of America in Detroit, October IS and
20, and will close about January 1.
all designs to be submitted to the so
ciety at the Detroit board of com
merce.
The competition will be open to all
artists in the United States. There
* I ?e a secon<l prize of $100, a. third
tL* ' a fourth of "><1 a fifth of
$20.
BABHALK
Worries Old Maids and They
Form a Club, of Their
'Own!
SABETHA. Kan., Oct. 23.?An or
ganization of spinsters has been form
ed in this town to save them from
hearing talk about babies.
"At the women's club," says Miss
Georgia Hook, het^ of the spinsters,
'all we hear is talk of babies and hus
bands of various kinds. Oh, you can
not realize the unlntentldnal crueltv of
it all! What pleasure, can we have
In hearing talk of babies, babies, bab
ies .all the time? The small town nev
er gives the proper chance for all girls
to marry happily. Too many of our
best young men go to the cities. As
a result there are more marriageable
young women than young men."
WANTS PENSION
John Flnlayson, Age 108, ]? Oldest of
tho Sourdoughs.
SITKA, Alaska, Oct 33.?John Fln
layson, of Wrangell, declared to be
103 years oM. the. oldest of sourdoughs
has applied to the board of trustee*
of the pioneers' home for pension un
der the law passed by the last legis
lature. Flnlayson has been a resident
of Wrangell for forty-one years, hav
ing flrst arrived there In 1874. Hhe
left for a time and prospected In the
Cassalr country, where he made quite
a little stake. He returned to Wrang
ell and has made his home there ever
since.
TOTS TREE BEAB.
REDDING, Cil., Odt 28.?The com
bined voices, of six Any children is
greater than that ot a huge bear, is
the deductloh-of a learnei'school'
teacher of the-Oak school w.-vi?r
like dogs, a? half dozen tots treed-a
bear neat