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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-26

Mr.. C. X. Hood, OF Huntington, w.
Va, is city visitor today
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-26
PRESIDENTS HANG TOGETHER.

The full number of railway presidents in session this
morning at II o'clock Following the meeting they
statement that all hanging together and making
efforts find plan the demands of the and
safeguard the investments.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-26

Mr. T. A. Reed. of Winchester. is
spending the day in the city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-26
Railroad Employees Grow
ing Impatient Because No
Action Is Being Taken

WASHINGTON. Aug 23-Following hour conference
between President Wilson Charmen NewlandS
the senate and house interstate committees respective
~ became known that the President had urged immediate
ton by the senate the mill passed by the house for
in the membership of the interstate commission.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-26
INCREASED RATES ANTICIPATED

is believed that the Presidents action the
to afford rapid hearings the for increased
freight which is anticipated the railroads
the Presidents plan for eight-hour day.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-26
MAY WAIT rs HOURS.

Then the brotherhood heads spoke against drastic
course and Donovans plan killed without reaching
ton stage The strike threat plain however that one of
the brotherhood leaders said the men could be held
in check more than forty EIGHT hours.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-26
STRIKE TALK AGAIN.

Strike talk broke out the employees this
Charmen Thomas and Donovan of the Boston Albany
proposed to the brotherhood that they return their
leaving the four heads here the strike tim,
appeared that sentiment for quick action would
manded
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
Laws That Help the Poor
Do Not Hurt a Country.

There were numerous experts. financial and
otherwise. who assured us We had already done
.. and t.at fre country could never recover from
r.s "nfI.If' .ee.-a alton and the drain il h1a
made uHon our material reserves OF an sorts
Politics had become class war and little else.
and ] am pretty confident tn. II a general
election had taken place before Germany
struck The verdict o. the electorate would have
been 800 favor u putting the brake on for
awhile.
know plenty of admirers ~ Mr ssquIfh
srI DIS forC.'Il Chancellor OF Tho Evrlrruer
who Thought DO WAS time f1 SAY 800 Doubtless
tHr Kaiser ar' biz advisers were awake 90 this
arI shaped their policy accordingly
NrI rH H.rN Hrlr-. The RlDip I.f ~ us
Kaiser. German Bureau. British TorIaa rtaIt,nt
liberals. .andnFners bankers. manufacturer.
a..p. ..I.-s. taxpayers generally. ana probably
fr. Ir.lUfar.ff Zoo. DO is nothing short 0f
amazing H.fa 90 are huriirg our arCamu.
.a..a s.urr. ol wealth into hell tHo bell Of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
How All Glasses
Have Been United.

When the war IS over We may have an
amount Of distress 20 cope with that we do
not visualize AZ present. and economic problems
will emerge which will tax our sratesnanshtp
to The utmost We shall have tens OF thou.
sands Of manned and crippled soldiers on our
hands. and gigantic national debt on our
backs which will be a crushing burden for
generations TO come
We may hear Of unemployment then with =
vengeance: and We have a convenient way. 10
Judge from the precedent OF former vars. OF
forgetting the debt Ne owe 20 the man who
has given up his place 60 lie 20 20 and Shit
for US and been made incapable OF earning his
living iu consequence Perhaps that will not
happen this time
] found while addressing soldiers meeting.
en- France last Autumn that our lighting men
are quite alive 90 it and determined to prevent
g 81 they can.
No'hluE reused more enthusiasm IN the
course ot our discussion than any expression
'i resolve that when tine war .s over au Tort
or sacrifice shall Dee spared IN seeing that
Justice is done to tho claims of thos, who have
suffered iu our cause. not least the fathers OF
.7ui.t.. NH' have been permanently lusa4lod
ty what they have gone through.
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Proof That Poverty
Is Not a Necessity.

Let the lesson be driven well home We car
do all that is required II we want TO do H.
Behold the economic miracle OF today and
consider what Is possible tomorrow There
need never be another hungry mouth. NJ
honest man ought 10 have TO dread the loss u
a Job or to lower his selfrespect by seeking
the aid OF the Poor law.
II is all nonsense 10 say that the problem Of
restitution is unsolvable or that our resources
will not bear the institution OF a standard living
wage for everybody and not for the aristocracy
OF labor only.
After the debacle OF 1871 France was ap-
parently ground to powder her manhood
decimated. her trade ruined. her treasury
empty. and an enormous indemnity 10 paw 10
her triumphant foe. She recovered so quickly
and completely. to the surprise Of everybody,
that in 1875 Bismarck, like the bully he was
wanted 20 hit her again. and would have done
so but for Queen Victoria and the British Gov.
eminent
All Europe will he IN a Ike position by the
time the present war is over-Great Britain the
least SO. probably. The indemnity we shall
have 20 pay viii be TO ourselves; namely. the
capital and interest Of the great war loans
that have been successfully raised. It will be
a tremendous task TO do IT, and We shall have
all our industry and commerce to organize
afresh
But It can be done-that Is the main point
20 keep before minds II has been done
before on a sufficiently large scale to afford Us
example and encouragement
Let MS be ready for f. DO not let US drift
and muidle til the problem Is upon us in an
intractalle form. II We can do what we are
doing now when We are daily destroying more
than We create. what will Il be when We cease
20 destroy and begin 10 build up once again?
We can DO So better then and without risk OF
failure 10 We are careful to avoid loss OF time
On preparing for 30. Il Is all a matter Of or
SANITATION and united viii.
4 New zealander was lecturinr some OF our
Tommies on our national deficiencies His
language was llr.d-he had been provoked
thereto 10y some caustic remarks made By a
British officer on Australian lack Of discipline
Anyhow he yelled ia conclusion. we 10
know enough 20 know there is a war on. which
Is more than you DO in your back number OF a
country. You viii wake up Co it, ] reckon. BY
the time IT'S finished WITH unless we have 10
come over and hammer 90 into your heads
And whatever you DO when you vin"-the Inn
plicarou in this phrase surely would soothe
the wounded amour propre Of the slowest going
Hrit1u" Dee sure sou make the Germans send
over their best men Co teach you how 20 feed
ana cloth" and educate your people. 10 would
b.. iA. best indemnity you could wiring out OF
tI.H. and The only one they will be able TO
pay
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war. and the workers as a whole were never
well on
We are able 20 pay. and We do pay. without
complaining. We are doing Il without suffer.
Ing very greatly. without hearing the cry Of
hunger going up from our congested areas as
II has too often done In time Of peace. and
without the slightest apprehension that are
drawing near to the end OF our strength
We shall be able TO go on doing II for year.
II need be- The savings OF the working classes
have hardly yet been touched for national pur.
poses. and report speaks true there has
been not too creditabIe increase in the pur-
chase OF cheap luNuries-and Injuries not com.
monty accounted cheap. too. such as pianos
among a section OF these. unskilled lAborers
especially. They are not unpairiotic but is It
20 be wondered az that they should suddenly
feel themselves well-todo and fail 10 realize
that war IS economic wastage as well as whole.
sale murder?
Three pounds a week. and no 'usbandl" a
lady cnFaeed iu muuit.Ou work IS credited with
sayins-.Ny. fits eaycu!" There is humor in
The sentiment one must confess. though E, was
not complimentary 90 the absent husband
There was said 90 ho some hard drinking IN
Dublin last year after the maintenance allow.
ances began % b. paid Dublin vas not the
only place. hy the Uay-aud 90 is stated that
some outspokcn females declared they wished
,he var would g1 on for ever on the same
terms They had never had So much money
to spend in their lives
We are NOT only -quaudcrinr wealth and
manhood in This insane business OF Va--tbourb
We had uo choice Boz The matter Hut 20 frht or
perish not only destroying t.. slowly built Nd
total or our national savings lu t., onor; 20
inhict o. s'h Er.atsr destruction ON those p
ine enemy. NOT ou.. causing world. side havoc.
mourning aus Hu.. .st ae have Withdrawn
NOT I'sa Han four million men rram productive
occupations and eco them .o smash and km
instead
Tb.rs no Ii' Ana trsr remember f..af f4o.s
men iarc fa Boz equipped aud maintained some
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
BY Rev. X. J. Campbell
The Mos, Popular Preacher In England.

7 Up TO the present England has not been
hard hit by the war Those who say so
DO not know what they are talking
about
Mourners We have IN plenty and are likely TO
have many more. individuals once prosperous
have been Impoverished through the sudden
stopuage 81 ;he.r particular business or source
OF Income owing 90 the diversion OF the nations
energies into other channels Most ~ them will
recover in time n they can hold out but not yet
And We can only marvel at the patience and
seifcontrol exhibited by these unfortunate ones
whom economic disturbance has victimized We
hear almost nothing about them. SD silent are
they ami so ready TO accept the inevitable But
they exist. and some day perhaps may become
srticrlate Their story is as well worth telling
as any one el~e's
But on the whole We as a people have not sui
forcd much So flr. nothing comparable 10 Ger
many, and nothing 20 be mentioned In the same
breath with little Serbia and helpless Armenia
NJ. we have not been sorcly hit by the war
not yet One OF the stranscst paradoxes about
tIis period OF destructivene>s through which we
are passing is that there is very little dire pov
crty about II has taught me a lesson. a lesson
which probably the workers as a class are AZ,
Stimulating too. namely. that destitution and the
DEGRADATION which 50 generally accompanies II
could p" got rid Of IA a month in time 81 peace
81 We Nero only in earnest o. do IT,
II IS caused simply Boy an unfair distribution
81 wealth. We always knew that but what we
did not know was that IL could be so speedIlv
remcdied We thought II would take a long
time even II the nation were willing 10 tackle
the problem seriously. which 81 has not vet
shown any anxiety 20 do We were afraid q,
drastic experiments ~ a social nature with
the consequent displacement OF capital. the
shock given 20 that very delicate entity the ma.
uonal credit. and So on
Co more slowly was tho universal cry Cive
us breathing SPACE. These drastic changes one
after the otlcr-au IN the direction OF making
tho rich i1y more into the pockets OF the poor-
are very dangerous You are Impairinc public
confidence. do wait awhile before You atternnt
anything further. You are imposing tax on
industry which is certain to hinder productive
ness
Call halt. We said Turn the present Gov.
eminent out-meaninE the Government respop.
sih.e FOR Lloyd George fnance-and let us bava
one which viii give us time TO recover from tbs
inroads 80 has made upon the big incomes Ola
Age Pensions and the Insurance act need nav.
ing Tor. and who IS going 90 do Il? Let Us see
whether We can meet this obligation before in.
curing any new ones.
This was what We al thought more or less
We dId not know how much the national re-
sources could stand. We were terribly afraid %
killing tine goose that laid the golden errs
namely the Employer and his profits with their
bearing 90 commercial enterprise generally.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
How the War Is
Curing the
Bnton' S
Geographical
Ignorance
ut Is Producing What Half
a Hundred LAUNDERING Edu-
cation Acts Have Failed to
Do" Says Mr.. Chesterton.
BY q. X. Chesterton
By q. X. Chesterton
The Famous English PublleIs,.

TVTHE the hrst English sergeant or
w private soldier found Il necessary 20
shout through the shell-hre the per.
picking name OF Ypres and courageously do
eided to call Il wipers land stick 20 both the
name and the place. England made the first
real stride in popular education that she has
made for centuries.
II was In every way the re-entry OF our nation
into Europe. For In the days when the English
were really In touch with the creed and cut
ture Of the Continent when Nicolas Brakespear
wore the triple crown and Occur de Lion. unlike
George ". was really the first gentleman Of
Europe. English people pronounced French
names Just as they chose. sometimes following
the example OF the French In the matter hut
quite as often giving the word an entirely
English twist There still remains sonic tradi-
ton Tn the Of familiar and imrortan.
places that the too-correct pronunciation Is not
only pedantc. but nl bred while the rough
national pronunciation is more WORTHY or a
really educated man. A gentleman pronouncrs
Paris as Paris and only a Cockney calls q:
Paree. And this again establishes the para
dox. for the cultured class which AucUci7ed
Paris was the only class which knew Paris
The more polished gentry were the better Eng
iishmen for being better Europeans
In this war We have for the arst time very
large masses Of Englishmen who are not gen.
uemea' living. working AMI lighting in
foreign land. and forced to some kind ~ famili.
arity with its language. its food It's climate aad
aus religion. And this IS producing what Salf a
hundred numbering education act7 have entirely
failed 70 produce a comparatively educated
common people What peasants are Ike. what
priests are like. what frontiers are liVe--these
were the three things which English people
prominently did no; know. And they arc
things which some million or two OF them can
not now defend their own country witbou.
showing
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
English Insularity
Is Now Being Cure

what We call our publ. schools are very
wealthy private schools What We call nopula-
education could much moro correctly be called
unpopular education And even whore tho
schools Of the rich may have fitted them for
strictly British Leadership. oven where the
schools of the poos NAV have atted them for
strictly British trades and industries. neither
OF them ever came within a hundred miles 2
enishteument about the rest OF that white
civilization in which. as a Roman province.
Britain Yves horn.
Things which are literally the same eve-v.
where tsuch as arithmetcl and .hiues which
are quite peculiar 20 our particular society
tsurh as cricket may be taught ;olerahly we'll
B1t al those noble matters which are AZ once
universal and varied. an the endear.ne differ.
o1ces of our ua1y-cclorcd Clristendor. all fra,
glorious tree % life which has 90 many
branches and so single a root-an that is 81,
England dried zap into tao dismal objects called
History and Geography The English ueorla
until this new 'risHts. aad fruitful experience.
have been not only ignorant of real history aud
geography. but even ignorant o. alat they
are
win take the case 81 geography. since 70 e. A
subject o. which sW especially ignorant. hav.
irs been taught o. for about fy. years al m
excellent English public school am Ear from
msi'aininF that should have learned g., even -
anybody had tried to teach BE-. 5It In 'hs oaIy
vital sense s., happens that nobody DID,
The nrst Tommy ah. se' 200. ir northern
France saw 90 glance Hr truths about Tie
country which ars important as chat 90 #,
agricultural chat 20 Del m1.... es. That round .t.
.escoa.t 3. BE- t"rf Uke South England but shat
cares much more 'or t.s practical suf u..l
Joel. far ns picturesque. cutting Hp -..e .aur.-..
.Ie into ..tr.en gardens and clipping the
LIMOS. f. Old. ..U... .r. t........
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
Startling Lessons the War Has Taught
Rev Dr. Campbell Points Out the Strange Anomaly That while Has
BenSundeg Wealth and Manhood Destroying National Savings Support
100000 Men Withdrawn There Has Come
End Unfair Better Paid Than Ever
SISZssN
SS2e.s

Again and again one met men who had held
good well-paid positions at home and given
them Up TO go and serve In the ranks. Tho
orderly who waited on me at mess on several
occasions was. or had been. a Weather man
than any officer at the table. Al almost any
service ever held would be addressed after.
wards from the floor by privates or noncom-
missioned officers whose very accent showed
them TO be men OF education and good breed
ing.
The army as # exists to-day is a fine all
around levellcr A good many artificial
prejudices and social distinctions are being
swept away by the power Of actual daily
comradeship IN the face OF death. These four
million citizen soldiers have votes. How will
they use them when they come homer Is II
conceivable that they will either FORGET or allow
us 10 forget that a first charge upon the ma
tional exchcquer for long TO come must be the
proper maintenance or the reinstatement in
their callings OF those who did not wait to be
fetched but sprang TO arms 90 defend their
country. and have done 1t at great cost in
body and substance?
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how or other by the rest OF US. and that most
OF them are the very pick OF the country's
early manhood. And we can afford to do IT,
We can DO Il. and in the process make an end
Of restitution for the time being and secure to
wage earners a higher standard Of comfort than
they have ever enjoyed before
VIII the electors Of Great Britain, rich and
poor try to digest that fact and grasp iis i'm.
pioations? The logic OF It is that we can 10
and when We choose get rid for ever OF the
crying disgrace OF starvation and misery at one
end OF the social scale and senseless ostenta-
tion at the other.
The thing is demonstrated now
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wv HEN the hrst English sergeant o
w private soldier found Il necessary ,
w ehout throvrh .ba .hoV g., ,ho ~,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
U.BOAT MAY SLOW
UP SOMME DRIVE
Allies Depending on U. S. Mu-
nitions, Says Military
Expert.

An authority on American and Euro
pean military and naval affairs. who de-
clined to permit the use Of his name,
declared last night that Germsny's u
boat campaign, IL directed against mu-
nitions carriers. might slow down ma
terially the great drive in progress on
the Somme.
There has been steady increase in
American shipments of munitions ever
since the war began" he said. "and to-
day we are sending over more tnan
ever before. Germany is desperate. ana
the chance to overtake and TORPEDO a
munition ship near our coast IS much
greater than at sea. In ADDITION 10
the transatlantic liners. coast liners
operating between Canada and TINS
country can be torpedoed. On this
coast. too, ships are travelling without
naval escorts. and can be more easily
approached. 1T, hin;
ain addition 10 munition snlps'
TRANSPORTS bearing thousands OF cana
dian troops are constantly leaving this
shore. 1t would be OF greater advan-
tage to destroy one Of these ships than
IL would TO attack a freighter loaded
with explosives. and a submarine would
have a greater opportunity OF meeting
them in western waters"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
CAN RAID LONG
BY USING SHELLS
U-53's Torpedoes Only
Thing Scarce, Navy
Man Says.

"If the U-53 is sinking the Allies
ships with shells there is no telling
when she will stop. for her supply Of
ammunition could be practically unlim-
ted said Commander F. B. Upham, in
command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
in the absence Of Rear Admiral n. r.
Usher. yesterday.
Then We must take the submarine
commanders word for il and his act In
leaving Newport without taking any
thing on board that ne has plenty Of
supplies Of every necessary kind
added Commander Upham. "The sub
marines supply Of torpedoes, on tho
other hand, could not be more than
twelve at the outside.
However. it is not altogether i'm
probable that she is on her way homo
and simply waited around day TO take
a crack at any enemy shipping that
might come along. II the submarine
has a base il would necessarily be at
some remote point on shore. IL IN this
country il would, of course, involve our
neutrality, but her base might be on
British soil. That would be quite
original.
"If the English should find such a
base it's quite certain that by waiting
they would catch the U-53, sooner or
later, coming to the base or going
away"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
WILSON'S LAXITY
BLAMED BY I. R.
Raids Also Verify His
Prophecies, Roosevelt
Declares.
THREAT TO COAST
PREDICTED IN 1908
81 Was Wise Before the
Event; They Are Wise
After" He Says.

81 was wise before the event; they
are wise after the event"
Referring TO a message he sent TO
Congress nearly nine years ago, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, in discussing the
sinking OF six or more boats in Ameri-
can waters by the U-53. thus pointed
again TO the failure of the Wilson Ad-
ministration in delaying action on SUBJ
marine warfare.
The Colonel, while ne would not COM
ment on the international complica-
tions involved or as to the attitude this
country should take, until supplied with
further details as to the number of
American passengers involved, felt that
it placed before the people more fore
IDLY than any other thing could have
done the situation in which the coun-
try would find itself if called upon to
defend its shores.
until | know all the facts" he said,
sit will be impossible for me to make a
detailed statement"
But he added. pounding his desk
vigorously, you can say this for me:
In every sentence | have ever uttered
concerning the question of our inter
national relations under the present
Administration or concerning prepared
ness | meant every word, and they can
be applied TO this case.
az wish they would turn back and
read my message to Congress on April
Ia, 1908. | wish they would compare
the prophecy | made then with what
has come out now. The programme l
then advocated is at last the pro-
gramme they have begun to put into
effect. | was wise before the event;
they are wise after the event.
"And l wish, concerning what is in
that message, my pacifst friends would
study not only what | said about the
need of preparedness, but also about
our international relations"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
NEW JAPANESE PARTY
STANDS FOR DEFENCE
Motono Accepts Foreign Port.
folio in Terauchi Cabinet.

Toxic, Oct SIT is understood that
Viscount Kato, leader CO The majority
group in the House of Representa-
tives, has declined to support Lieu
tenant General Count TeraEchi in his
effort TO form a Cabinet. The Seiyukai,
or Conservative party, however, is
expected to take neutral position.
Viscount Ichiro Motono, japanese Am
bassador to Russia, has accepted the
foreign portfolio in the new Cabinet
A new party, named the Kyodokai,
or Cooperative Constitutional party,
has adopted platform pledging the
propagation of constitutionelisni, the
strengthening of the national defence,
the development Of education and in
dustry, and the improvement of local
self-governmen,. social and financial
systems.
Marquis Okuma has refused the
presidency Of the party.