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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-08-11

Col. Russler, of the Cumberland
baseball club, stated yesterday that
they didn't expect a pennant winning
team this season. but they will go
into the race hot and heavy next
season. 1t is nice that the fellow that
holds last place is not discouraged
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-08-11

Eddie Moore, the Hustlers' third
sacker, has been handed his pink
slip by Manager Crooke. Heck a for
mer South Atlantic League man, has
been signed to take his place. Heck
was expected 10 sign with Martins
burg but delayed his coming too
long, and then too Shorty Long
anne back.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-08-11
SHERMAN roo MUCH FOR FRED.
ERlCk.

FREDERICK, Nd. Aug - Gettys-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-08-11
Cumberian
Martinsbure.

Totals ..........34 6 s q 9
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
WAR D|SRUPTS
 ALASKA SURVEY
 eas DIR. BROOKS WILL JOIN ARMY Fl. M. Eakin, in Charge of EXplOra- tory Work Has Already Joined and Both Will Be Engaged in Active Service-Sargent Resigns.


WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 19..- War is disrupting the Alaska Geo. logical survey. Dr. Alfred Brooks, head of the department. is expecting a commission as Captain in the army reserves and H. M. Eakin. head of the exploration department has already received a captaincy and both will be engaged in active service. R. II. Sar- gent. also member of the survey and we'll known in Alaska, where he has spent number of years in topOg- raphy work. has quit the service and intends to accept an invitation to teach topography in the Chinese War College.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
Guns and Munitions Taken.

LONDON. April 19.-Operations on the British front have been temporar- fly suspended while the captured po- sitions are being consolidated. The advance toward Lens and St. Quen- tin is largely process of absorption. During the past few days the British have captured two hundred and twcn
 ty-seven pieces of artillery and thou sands of rounds of ammunition. the Germans having massed their artillery at these points believing the second hold, and when these gave way before
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
CHAUFFEUR CONVICTED
 IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE

LOS ANGELES, April 19.-A yer dict of guilty of manslaughter was returned by a jury in the Superior Court against Clarence A. Tolle, law student and chauffeur for an attorney at his trial on a charge of having dis played criminal negligence in driving an automobile Two men suffered in juries which caused their death on the night of October 8, 1916, when a" automobile driven by Tolle crashed into crowd of people on a street cor ner Monday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
Hindenberg Line Shaken.

PARIS. April 29.-Nivelles terrific blows are shaking the Hindenburg line in the vicinity of Soissons and Rheims. The French are now with in the first lines about these power full positions and have relieved the advance troops with fresh formations. The French unquestionably have the upper hand and the fall of these cities is expected in the near future Thir- ty thousand picked German troops have fruitles3ly countered, having been repulsed with terrific losses. the attacks being weak when compared with the former desperate drives. The French guns are hammering away at the weak points in the German line at Point Berry. Aubac and Juvincnu:t. The German infantry is tactically out classed by the French.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
LEGISLATURE
 GETTING BUSY
WILL TAX ALL MALE ALASKANS
Bill Introduced Provides for Poll Tax On All Males for School Pur- poses-Other Bills and Resolutions Passed.

JUNEAU, April 19.-Bills intro duced in the House yesterday provid ed for a tax on all male residents of the territory for school purposes, amending the present dentistry prac- tice law. and authorizing city coun cils to vacate streets and alleys. The bill providing for a bounty of fifty cents on eagles was passed as was also the bill providing for the construction of shelter cabins along the roads and trails of the interior. A memorial was also passed urging the government to aid in the construction of such relief cabins and another memorial was passed urging the establishment by the government of a paper pulp mill in Alaska. Other bills passed by the House were the Bulk Sales Bill, a bill making 1t a misdemeanor for United States Commissioners to charge extortionate fees for filing proofs of labor on mining claims.
 In the Senate the memorial to Con- gress asking for the establishment of a quarantine station in Alaska was passed. and several other memorials. The Senate then adjourn ed until this morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
HEAVY FIRING
 IS REPORTED OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS, COAST Three COastguaiIl Stations Report That Heavy Firing Was Heard Off the ProyincetOwn StatiOn-OtficiaiS Do Not Credit Story.
OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS, COAST

BOSTON, April 19.--Three Coast guard stations along the Massachu- setts coast yesterday reported to have heard heavy firing off the station al, Provincetown. The firing is said to day morning and aroused considerable excitement. The naval officials are Investigating the report, but announce that the give no credence to the report of an engagement off the coast
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
RUMOR CAUSES GERMANS
 TO MAKE RUN ON BANKS

HILLSBORO. Ore. April 19.- Fearing that the government was go- ing to confiscate the bank deposits of Germans. local TeutOns today made a run on local banks, demanding gold for their deposits. Germans have about $2OO,OOO deposited here. but officers of the institution were able to stop the run before more than few thousand dollars had been drawn out
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
SUITS FILED IN
 THE DISTRICT COURT

The following cases were filed to- day with the clerk of the Superior Court:
 Rudolph Henderson vs. J. A. Fagerberg and H. M. Fagerberg. On account of services rendered as pack Ter and freighter during the years 1914 and 1915, $500 with interest. J. l.. Reed and Lyons and Ritchie appear for plaintiff.
 Oscar Wilson vs. Town of Cordova. For injuries sustained by reason of falling through unguarded trap door in the town of Cordova on the 9th day of October. 1916. Judgment prayed for $2500 damages. c. M. Frazier and J. L. Reed appear for plaintiff.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
FLOUR BREAKS RECORDS
 THE PAST WEEK

PORTLAND, Ore. April 21.-Pa- cific Northwest wheat prices reached the highest mark ever made here to- day, when all grades advanced from 3 to cents per bushel, as a result of the shortage of the coming crops Bluestem sold at $1.86 bushel. Yes terday it was $1.81.
 Flour prices also topped all old records when the price leaped 40 cts to $9.40 per barrel. wholesale. fol patents flour. The retail price went to $1O.8O.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
WILL NOT MAKE
 SEPARATE PEACE NOR DEAL WITH SOCIALISTS Russian Provisional Government Sends Communication to Secretary Lansing Assuring That Russia VIII Fight Until Victory Is Assured.
NOR DEAL WITH SOCIALISTS

WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 1a.- The Russian Provisional Govern nent has sent to Secreary of State Lansing a communication assuring .he United States that the Russian Government will not negotiate with ,he German Socialists, nor will it make peace with the Central Powers. The Pote states that Russia is now in a better position to carry on the war than ever before. the whole people being united and standing firmly for he government, and that the war will pc carried on the victory.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
BODY 0F kRAUSE
 |S INFERRED NO DOUBT AS TO HIS IDENTITY Hundreds View Remains of Dead Murderer-FrandsO Who Shot Escaped Prisoner Is Paid Reward of One Thousand Dollars.
NO DOUBT AS TO HIS IDENTITY

JUNEAU. April 19.-The remains of the late Edward Krause. the es- capped murderer who was shot on Ad- miralty Island last Sunday by AL bert Grandson, a rancher, were in tered here yesterday. Hundreds of citizens viewed the remains, and there was not the slightest doubt as to the identity of the body. Grandson who shot the fugitive, was paid the reward offered for the prisoner dead or alive, of one thousand dollars.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
GUAROSMAN GETS
 TWENTY YEARS NEGOTIATED WITH MEXICO Lieutenant Hall of the Indiana Na- tional Guard, Sentenced to Leaven- worth Prison for Seeking Com mission in Mexican Army.


WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 19.-- Lieutenant Robert Hall. of the Ind!- ana National Guard, was yesterday sentenced by court martial to serve term of twenty years Imprisonment in the Fort Leavenworth military prison. having been convicted of ne gotiating with Mexico for a commits
 sion in the Mexican army, swindling. bigamy. forgery. disobedience of or ders and desertion. The lieutenant was found guilty on all the charges.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
VALDEZ BABY
 cHR|sTENs BOAT WAS LAUNCHED LAST SATURDAY Three Year Old Daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. Nj. LathrOp Sponsor for the Cannery Tender Minnie E. Belong ing to Kodiak Fisheries Co.
WAS LAUNCHED LAST SATURDAY

SEATTLE, April 19.-The three year old daughter. Sallie, of MT. and Mrs. J. M. Lathrop, of Valdez. was sponsor for the handsome $20,0O0 cannery tender Minnie B. launched Saturday. The vessel is one of the finest cannery tenders of it's size on the coast, being 80 feet in length and equipped with engines of the latest design. She will leave in a few days for Kodiak under her own pow CT.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
FOOD SHORTAGE
 GETTING SERIOUS CONSULTS KAISER Reports Received Through Amster- dam State That Food Riots Are Frequent and Feeling of Unrest in- creasing Among the People.
CONSULTS KAISER

LONDON. April 19.-Advices re- ceived here from Amsterdam state that the German Chancellor Won Holl- weg has had a long conference with the Kaiser on the food situation iii Germany, which has become serious. Food riots are becoming numerous throughout the empire. and the feel ing of unrest among the people is rapidly growing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
GERMANS STILL RETREATINC
 BEFORE ADVANCE OF ALLIES

PARIS, April 19.-The French are progressing east of Soissons and have captured the important positions of Chavonne and Chivy. The Germans yesterday made three desperate coun- ter attacks on the Champagne front, but were repulsed with heavy losses. Fourteen thousand unwounded Ger mans have been captured by the French since Monday. The German line has been pierced to a depth of four miles at some points.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
LARGE CONTRACT FOR
 ARMY CLOTHING LET

WASHINGTON. D. O., April l9.-- The War Department will soon open bills aggregating $15.000.00O for clothing and equipment for the reg ular army for 1918. The clothing will include several hundred thou sand ldollars worth of cloth which will be made up into uniforms by contract tailors. The bids will be opened at the various army headquarters, but not in Washington, D. c.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
ORDERS SALOONS CLOSED
 BETWEEN | AND 6 A. M.

NEW YORK, April 19.-Mayor Mitchell has issued an order that all saloons in the city shall be closed be- tween the hours of a. m. and 6 a. m. after May 1. The Mayor stated that the order would be enforced during the period of the war and insinuated that it was quite possible that still more stringent regulations would be enforced in the near future.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
ACTRESS HAS A
 FIGHTING CHANCE
BERNHARDT DANGEROUSLY ILL
carious Condition, But That She Still Has a Fighting Chance for Life and May Pull Through.

NEW YORK, April 19.-Mme. Sar- ah Bernhardt. the noted French act ress who was taken seriously with an acute attack of kidney trouble a few days ago. is reported by her phy- sicians to be dangerously ill. They state that she has a fighting chance for life and that they hope to bring her through.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
REPORTED DAN STEPHAN
 MARRIED IN SEATTLE

Angus Mcdonald is authority for the statement that Dan Sheehan. a we'll known resident of Valdez. who spent the winter in Seattle. was re- gently married there to Miss Ryan. Dan came north on the last Admiral boat to Katalla, where he will spend the summer and Mrs. Sheehan will follow on a later boat.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
EVANS SAILS FROM
 SEATTLE FOR VALDEZ

SEATTLE. April 19.-The steamer Admiral Evans sailed at g o'clock last night for Valdez and way ports with a capacity freight cargo and large number of passengers. Her passen- gers for Valdez were Mrs. Lilly Nor rell, w. Jordan. Mrs. Eva Leonard and Charles Miner, and one steerage pas senger for Latouche.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
FRENCH TAKE MANY PRISONERS
,:. <. .. .. **s*+ *+*+* + |
. CALLED TIN SOLDIER .
 . GUARDSNIAN KILLS MAN .

4 KANSAS CITY. Mo-, April 19. .s # Leslie McGrath. Missourian Ma ! < tional Guardsman. who last < f night shot and killed J. Presley <
 < Eganbright because the latter < + called him "tin soldier" com |
 + mitted suicide today by shoot < + ing himself through the heart < < Two notes were found on the < + body. One was written to his < + captain and read: Have Bill | + Bateman blow taps over me, < < please" The other was to his <
 * mother. It read, Good bye to <
 + all. am doing my duty" 4
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
ALLIES MAY
 RECRUIT HERE
BILL Is PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Webb Measure, Providing That En. tente Nations May Recruit Their Own Citizens in United States, Passes Both Houses Congress.

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19.-- The Webb bill, providing that the Entente may open recruiting offices in the United States for the purpose of enlisting their own citizens resid- ing in the United States, was passed by the House yesterday afternoon by the Senate.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
Now Watch Elm Join.

CHICAGO. April 19.-Twenty girls in khaki overcoats and army hats joined the First Illinois Infantry as auxiliary recruiting officers today.
 The girls were assigned to the au- tomobile detail which is securing the city for recruits
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
.CONSCR|P1|ON BILL REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE By Vote of Ten to Seven the Senate
 Committee Agrees to Report Favor.
 ably the Bill Providing for Select.
 i've COnscription.
BY COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE

WASHINGTON. D. C.. April l9.- The Senate Committee on Military Affairs last evening voted to repor; favorably to the Senate the bill auth orizing a selective conscription ot men for the army. The vote on the measure in the committee stood h to 2 in favor of endorsing the bill.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
HOLLAND GERMAN TRADE
 $21 ,OOO. 900 A MONTH

THE HAGUE. April 19.-Oficial trade statistics show that Hollands export trade to Germany, made up mostly of vegetables, horses and cat tie, has now reached a total of $21,- OOO,O a month.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
QUITS CANADIAN ARMY
 TO ENLIST IN AMERICA

HAMMOND. Indiana. April l9.--. Love of country prompted Joseph Ro. bineaux. a Chicagoan, to desert the Canadian army, where he had enlist ed and re-enlist at the United States recruiting office here. Robineax says there are hundreds in Canada who wish to enlist in America.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
. POPE'S MOUTHPIECE SCORES PRESIDENT

+ ROME, April 19.-The "Os- + sevatore Romano" the Pope's f official organ. says of President + Wilson's address to Congress on + the war: # "The man who last September + championed peace today cham + pions a vaster war and is lead < ing the new world to participate + in the horrors of the greatest 4 human butchery ever witnessed 4 by the old world" <
 + + + + & + < {. .e I. 1. <. + + 4 1. +
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
GIVES AMBULANCE AND
 HIS SON TO DRIVE TT

MILWAUKEE, April 19.-J. B. Day of Hartford. Wis.,. who has do- mated an automobile to the Milwau- kee base hospital also gave his son to drive the car. His wife and daughter are organizing sewing classes at Hart ford.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19

Ross Padden and H. Brenno made a trip to Bium's powder house this morning with a hand sled. bringing back seven boxes of powder. They re port the trail very soft.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
WEEKS TOLL
 k HEAVY ONE TWENTY-EIGHT VESSELS SUNK Admiralty Reports Nineteen Ships Over 1900 Tons Were Sunk by Ger maj Submarine" and Nine Smaller Vessels.
TWENTY.EIGHT VESSELS SUNK

LONDON, April 19.-The weekly report of the Admiralty, issued yes .erday, states that during the past seven days twenty-eight vessels have been reported sunk by German sub marines or mines. Of these nineteen were sixteen hundred tons or over and nine were under this figure.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
Could Not Go to War.

Could Not Go to War.
 CEDAR RAPIDS, April 1e.--Fear that he might have to go to war and fight against Germany is believed to be the reason for the suicide of Fred Conrad, 21, who hanged himself at Linn Junction. He left a note which said:
 "I cannot go to war"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19

the British advance no time was per mitted to remove the artillery. much of which fell into the British hands. Winter still continues with cold, rains and snow, considerably hampering the movement of the troops
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19

The launch T. N. B., Capt. Bert Cooper. left this morning for points on the Sound to the westward.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19
CITY EXPRESS, Phone S2; ready to transfe. t..at baggage for you. If

Paul Swanson brought in load of nowder on a hand sled this morning for the Mercantile company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-04-19

"I cannot go to war.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20

su b s-Mathematics, Natural
Science and English. During the
Twenty-Five weeks that these classes
Will meet the equivalent for an en-
tire years work in all three studies
will be accomplished. In other
words, those students who do salts
factory work IN these Express
courses will be able to graduate in
three more full years from the Col
legc Preparatory Course and in two
more years from the General Aca-
denny course exactly the same as /,
they had entered last September.
That is why we call them Express
courses They get you To your des-
tlnatlOn on schedule time in spite
IF the fact that they do not start
until several week, after the regular
course.
But Perhaps We Were Wrong1
II may be that you have no thought,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20
OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL
AT BEREA COLLEGE

ON the afternoon of New Years
Day. the New College Hospital Will
be opened and a reception held for
the people Of the community and
the College faculty and workers. 4
detailed program Of this occasion
Will br found in next weeks "Citi-
zen" II Is hoped that all the pco-
pie of the community and all the
College faculty and workers will ac-
rcpt this invitation and be present.
\ reception for the students will be
held the following Monday after
noon.
In another column will be- found
n short notice, giving some of the
special features Of interest in the
New Hospital.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20

| nut your experience since last Sep
t'mb"r has made you change your
mind. We have reason to believe that
you are one of the many young men
and women in this part Of the coun-
try who are IN Just this situation:
not in school. wishing you were here.
vet realizing the great difficulty
which confronts you If you try to
start your work late and under the
handicap Of being weeks behind
your classmates in your studies. II
we ar" correct in this belief. then
you are the very one for whom the
Express" Is waiting.
BY the Express. we do not mean
IN this instance train which travels
between New York and Chicago.
mat would not meet your needs. !
We have reference to the so-called.
Express courses of the Berea Col
ege Academy. Beginning January
second. just after the Christmas
holidays, and continuing until the
lose of the regular school year in
Iune, courses will be offered i'm three
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20

but you must come and get them
They cannot come to you.
Accurate statistics show that the
men in the United States who have
a common school education are earn
ing on an average Of 500 year.
Will" the men with high school
education are earning on an average
81. jH a year. Now do a little flgiIr-
lng. suppose that YOU work for
thirty years with only a common
school education. At the end of tina,
time YOU should have earned
s2f 600. Then again. suppose YOU
work for thirty years with a high
school education. Al the end If that
time yOu should have earned
$1,000. In other words, the four
wears that you have spent in school
would have made YOU the neat sum
If $4,000. That is just the differ
'nce between the average earnings
II common school man for thirty
years and the high school man for
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20
Secrets
ADVERTISING
GOOD DESCRIPTIVE MATTER.

Having written the Introduction for
the advertisement. the writer arrives
at the point where he Is TO tell about
the goods he Is offering for sale or
that he has just received In stock 10
be offered later.
This part OF the advertisement Is
every bit as important as those which
we have already discussed In previous
articles. Upon the clearness Of de-
scription depends very largely the sue.
cess Of the advertisement In creating
a desire.
Good descriptive matter IL, first OF
all, free from misleading or false
statements. Then, IL Is written In
simple, easily understood language
that makes you almost see the mer-
chandlse In your mind.
Too frequently the advertiser knows
the goods so well that he fails TO real
lie that the reader knows perhaps
nothing about them and he omits I'm
portant details from his description.
The good ad-writer places himself
In your position and asks himself
questions that you might ask. Then
he answers them truthfully and con-
cisely with the result that you can
clearly the correct nature
Of the merchandise.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20

Not since last spring have so many
men left the College Department
within So short time. The closing
days Of the period for volunteering
were responsible for the exodus. On
Tuesday, Reuben Batson left, as did
also Homer Mccain. who was a stu
dent in the College last year. On
Wednesday. Earl Lockin and Fred
Evans said goodby to Bcrea. On
Thursday. ;. +. Linton took his de-
parturc. And early Friday morning,
Professor Humphrey slipped out of
town. en- route to Covington to en-
list All the students above men,
TONED succeeded in joining the avia-
tion corps. and all are in the same
company at Fort Thomas. Professor
Humphrey. according to the latest
reports. was on his way to Fort
Thomas, accompanied by Mr.. Hack
EFT. to be- examined for the same
branch " service.
Professor Humphreys dcpartur"
has rendered some adjustments
necessary in the work Of the DEPART
ment. His English students have been
divided between Professor phalcn
and Professor Clugston. while Dean
Rumold i meeting the Science
classes for the present. Professor
I.IusSton l. now in charge over a,
pcarSonS Hall.
Miss True viii leave Wednesday
for Washington u. g.. to spend the
holidays with her brother
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20

the same period of time. Can you
afford To- turn your back on $1,000 q
year for four years? That is what
We mean when We say that good
things are in store for you. But you
must come for them, and the "Ex-
press is, for you. the shortest and
quickest route.
Furthermore, the cost Of "trip"
on this fast train is unusually low.
II is almost az cheap as staying at
home. Berea College, the Operator"
of these Express" courses, sees TO
it that those who take them receive
the largest possible benefit at the
lowest possible cost.
You had better plan now to take
the Berea Academy Express Courses
this year,
Come 10 Berea New Years Day
and watch yourself grow-physi-
cally, mentally and morally in the
congenial and wholesome atmos-
phcre Of this institution.