Helmets Worn by German War Lords on Exhibit at Methodist Centenary Celebration THREE helmets, absolutely guar teed to have been worn by the former Kaiser William of Germany, Von Bethmann-Hollweg and General Ludendorff, will be on exhibition in Columbus, 0., as a part of the Metho dist Centenary Celebration, June 20 to July 13. They were brought, out of Germany during- the revolution by Lowell Thomas, world traveler and explorer, whose travelogues will be given in Columbus as a feature of the celebration. Thomas entered Germany at this most critical period, without pass Leading Lady In The Wayfarer' at Methodist Centenary Celebration ( ( MME. BLANCHE YIIRKA creates the role of Understanding, lead ing female part in "The Wayfarer" pageant, which will be presented at the Methodist Centenary celebration in Columbus, 0., June 20 to July 13. Henry Herbert, English Shakes pearean interpreter, will have the other leading role. Nearly 1,000 costumed characters will appear in the majestic religious pageant which will be presented every evening during the celebration in the Coliseum at the exposition grounds. The Coliseum boasts of the largest stage in America and seats 8,000 persons. A seated chorus of 1,000 trained voices will augment the effectiveness of the pageant. » „ Soloist in 'The Wayfarer'' at Methodist Celebration MISS NjESWITT, dramatic lyric soprano, will be the so prano soloist in "The Wayfarer," the great religious pageant which will be presented as a part of the Methodist Centenary celebration in Columbus. 0., June 20 to July 13. Henry Her bert, English Shakespearean interpre ter, and Mme. Blanche Yurka, will have the leading speaking parts. Viola Ellis, contralto, will be a soloist. The pageant will be presented on the largest stage in America, in the Coliseum of the exposition grounds, which seats 8,000 persons. Nearly I 00 cost'iiT! 1 characters and a ' ' of 1,000 trained voices *• - .-geunt. ports or authority of any kind. To do this he was forced to hide out for days on the border. He was turned back twice, but on his third attempt succeeded In getting past a Swiss guard. He made some wonderful pic tures in Berlin, showing street riots and the general chaos of the city at that time. In addition to these views and in cidental lectures, Mr. Thomas will show pictures taken in Palestine at the time of General Allenby's occupa tion. Thomas accompanied the Brit ish troops on this expedition. METHODISTS SHOULD GATHER NEW ZEAL ■ i Centenary an inspiration say* Or. fisher. I DT. Fred Fisher of New York, who ! has been assistant executive secre i tary of the Methodist Centenary I drive, has turned his entire organiza tion to the job of mobilizing Method ism in Columbus, June 20 to July 13 in outlining the campaign he has placed before 78,000 committeemen of the Methodist Churcti, he says: "We must stress four things. First, this will be a big Victory Celebration. The Methodists of the United States have lived more in the past year than in any 10 previous years of their ex istence. Now is the time for them to get together and celebrate their victory. "In the second place, this is an op portunity for Methodists to have vis ualized the scenes and activities of I which they have been talking for the ! past year, but of which they have no personal knowledge. Of these 78,00b ' men. only a negligible per cent has ever had the opportunity of going abroad. At the celebration they can get the trip around the world at their | convenience "Third, this is the time to 'finish the job,' to gather inspiration and in formation to enable the organized j workers in the church to carry out the program which has been mapped out for the next four years. "Fourth, and most important of all, if the Celebration realizes the ideals which those who are back of it hold, it must be the inspiration for plan ning work for the next century. As we look upon the marvels that have been accomplished we should gather new faith and new zeal for enter prises that can be measured only in terms of another century. We must, in a word, weld ourselves together in a great spiritual purpose to strike the bull's eye." Dr Fisher indicated that 150 train ed executives, in addition to the 78,- 000 volunteer workers, will stimulate interest in the Centenary Celebration during the next six weeks. JULYTNEGRQ DAY Trips Planned For Visitors to Methodist Centenary. Negro Methodists, In Columbus as Centenary Celebration visitors, will make a pilgrimage to Upper Sandusky, birthplace of the Home Missionary movement, to honor the memory of its founder, John Stewart, a man of their own race. The trip is scheduled for Saturday July 5. Other trips planned include a visit to the grave of Ben Hanby, author of "Nellie Gray," in Otterbein cemetery; to Ohio Wesleyan University, Dela ware; perhaps in smaller numbers to Wirberforce. and possible to Oberlin, where so many found, by underground route, safe haven in Civil war days. Monday, July 7, has been desig nated officially as "Negro Day," and will be observed at the Centenary Celebration grounds with an elab orate program of pageantry, ad dresses. special music and parades. For this occasion, Dr. W. E. Dubois, editor of The Crisis, published in New York, has written a pageant. "The Star of Ethiopia," which will be pro duced in the Coliseum by colored par ticipants. The theme of the pageant is the evolution of the race traced through progressive stages of achieve ment to !': * o; - 'ay A chorus > "> • es. will pre- GG£)D NEW ROAD BUILDING PROGRAM Amount of Money Available for Fed eral Aid Largest Ever Set Aside by Any Nation. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) With full state co-operation accord ing to the terras of the federal aid road act, the United States will have a total of at least $574,000,000 for co operative road building during the next three years. The federal part of this fund is assured by an extra appropria tion of $209,000,000 in the post office appropriation bill just passed by con gress and signed by the president. Officials of the bureau of public roads, United States department of ag riculture, which administers the pro visions of the federal aid road act and co-operates with the state govern ments in the expenditure of the money, point out that this amount of funds is the largest ever appropriated for simi lar purposes and for a similar period by any government in the history of the world, and that it enables the fed eral and state governments to carry out a road-building program of a mag nitude never equaled. In connection with the great federal aid program it is also noted that ex penditures for highway work in the United States this year are likely to amount to half a billion »lollars or more. On reports received from stato highway departments, the bureau of public roads estimates the 1919 ex penditures for roads and bridges at $385,000,000, or .$110,000,000 more than the average expenditures for 1916 and 1917. An important effect of the law con taining the new appropriation is that it broadens the definition of a rural post road, under which class a high way had to qualify in order to receive the benefits of the federal aid act. Under the old act it was required that mail should actually be carried on the road or that there should be a reasonable prospect that mail would be carried on it within a short time after improvement. The new act says: . . the term 'rural post roads' . . . shall be construed to mean any public road, a major portion of which Traction Engine Hauling Material for Construction of Road. is now used or can be used, or forms a connecting link not to exceed ten miles in length of any road or roads now or hereafter used, for the trans portation of the United States mails, excluding every street and road in a place having a population, as shown by the latest available federal census, of 2,500 or more, except that portion of any such street or road along which the houses average more than 200 feet apart." The new act also raises the govern ment limit of contribution from not to exceed .$lO,OOO a mile to not exceed $20,000 a mile, taking account of high er present costs of labor and materials. The law also authorizes the secre tary of war to transfer to the secre tary of agriculture material, equip ment and supplies suitable for highway improvement and not needed by the wot department. The original federal aid road act, which became law in July, 1916. appro priated $75,000,000 to aid in the con struction of post roads during a five year period endir* .Tune 30, 1921, and $10,000,000 to aid in forest-road build ing during a ten-vear period ending June 30. 1926. Not over $3,000,000 of the original $85,000,000 had been ex pended prior to 1919. so that $82,000- 000, plus $209,000,000, or a total of $291,000,000 of federal funds, will be available, of which $287,000,000 will be available during the next three years. POOR HIGHWAYS ARE COSTLY Economic Loss to the United States Placed at Annual Figure of $504,000,000. The congressional report of 1914 placed the economic loss to the United States through poor roads at an an nual figure of $504,000,000 for trans portation costs alone. The heavy in crease in tonnage since that time probably makes the loss today close to fi.000.000.000 a year, PROPER DRAINAGE FOR ROADS Tile Drains Are Much Superior to Open Ditches or Those Filled With Stone or Gravel. (.Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Open ditches have been used fre quently in some of the southern states for subdraining roads through low, flat sections. Ordinarily only one ditch is used, and it is located a few feet outside of and parallel to the road. This ditch usually is made about two feet wide and three to four feet deep, with vertical banks. The material excavated from the ditch is used to build up fhe roadbed, and the surplus water from the side ditches is turned into the deep ditch at conven ient intervals. The use of such ditches HI * • • > •'*:> • „ ' : - ®j '/'VO.V" V '• V v "I ' • <' - ; "" *• ;X '■ *s : i' >''&:*'■ \ \ ( v.-i -.■K'-.- >' i. /» t#.' .X... x /. '.VS-Si.. .< Good Road Leading to a Farmhouse With a Good Stand of Grass or Each Side—Very Few Weeds in Ev idence. should be decided upon with care There are ditches in the South, withiE the coastal plain, where sand clays and indurated clays occur a feu Inches underground, that have stood with vertical sides since the middle of the last century. They have beer cleaned repeatedly, and no doubt have become somewhat enlarged, but con sidering the cost of maintenance and the service given, they have been en tirely satisfactory. In other soils ot a gravely nature, however, the sides of such ditches would not stand, and the cost of keeping them clean would be excessive. In certain localities the open ditch soon will become obstruct ed by the banks breaking away and by the growth of vegetation, and is very seldom economical in the long run. Ditches filled with broken stone 01 gravel sometimes are used as a sub stitute for the tile drains. These have been used in all sections of the coun try, and when properly constructed usually have proved satisfactory foi a considerable period of time. When such ditches are used It is eommor practice to place one on each side the road immediately under the open ditches. They are excavated to a depth of two to three feet with ver tical sides and usually are made about eighteen inches at the top or just wide enough for a man to work in them conveniently. To be effective they must have a uniform grade and be carried to a suitable outlet. Tile drains in general are much su perior to either open ditches or ditches filled with stone for subdrain ing roads, and though generally more expensive than either open or stone drains, they usually can be construct ed at comparatively small cost. As a rule the tile need never be over six inches in diameter, while for ordinary conditions a diameter of four inches is sufficient. CHECK ON ROAD ENTHUSIASM Building of Highways That Will Not Wear Is Very Discouraging to Taxpayers. There Is only one fause that can check the enthusiasm, now so evident, for good roads, and prevent a steady development in cemstruction. This is Lhe building of roads that will not wear. It is very discouraging to tax payers to appropriate money for noad Duilding and then to have roads con structed that wear out long before the )onds are paid off. Yet this has oc :urred in many instances. KONEY FOR COLORADO ROADS Bill Now Pending Before Legislature Calls for $20,000,000 for Bet ter Highways. Colorado business men recently united in a movement for a $10,000,000 sond issue. After getting well into he campaign they discovered their ;hief opposition was in a general criti cism because they asked for too little. 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The most notable express-mail service of all i was the "pony express." which carried messages by relays of riders across mountains and deserts and through hostile Indian territory from St. Louis to San Francisco, covering 1,966 miles in 10 days. Orientals Believe in 13. Thirteen has n« terrors for Orientals. This was shown in Seattle, Wash., when the little Japanese sailinp ves sel Kashima Mam arrived in port from the Orient with a crew of exactly 13 men aboard. Officers of the vessel ex plained that 13 is considered in the Orient just like an even dozen or a score when it comes to manning ves sels or inviting wedding guests. Great Alexanders. Alexander Bell was the great Amtt* can who invented the telephone; which Is still called the Bell tel©- phone; and Alexander Humboldt wmm i German traveler, statesman and tH« most distinguished naturalist of an times. One of his most important dis coveries was the decrease In Intensity of the earth's magnetic force from tb» pole to the equator. His most impor tant hook. "Kosmos," was written in his seventy-fifth year. He did much in his long life to further the science of the world. Britisher Has Odd Motor. An English engineer has developed a novel form of rotary motor havlnj four cylinders that operate Inside th« blades of the propeller. The propeller blades are made of metal and the ex haust issues from tLt CLds of th« blades. Preferred "Motorhouse." in England during the early days o€ motor vehicles, there was a decided preference for tli" n.*iine rather than "garage.'