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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-11

Likes Naval TraInins-Harry B,
Clark ha sreturned from an eastern
trip. He visited his brother Kenna
Clark at the Brooklyn Navy yard
where he is taking training for the
q. S. navy. He reports that Kenna
has gained ten pounds during his
stay at the yards and that he likes
the training and is in splendid physi.
cal condition. Young Clark is entire.
ly satisfied with the work In which
he is engaged but has asked for a
transfer to another point where sew.
eral other local boys are located
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26

have gone down into history. We
must have no more of this business,
evidence of which has begun to show
itself at Washington.
1t is a situation of peculiar difficulty.
If checks and projections are estab-
lished against graft, they are apt to
become systems Of red tape, that delay
action. This is a time when no delay
is possible What the government
needs is competent, practical advice in
every department When it advertises
for bids for any article, it should know
to whom to go to get a competent
opinion whether it is paying too much.
And it is no time for splitting cents.
Haste som etirnes makes it necessary to
accept bids known to be too high.
A great deal can he done by appeal
ing to the patriotism of the manufac-
turers The banks and bond houses
gave their services free to sell the
Liberty bonds. Now let the contrac-
tors do something corresponding fine.
1t will tarnish the name of the Ameri-
can commercial world. il while our
boys are risking their lives in the
trenches, the vultures at home are to
make money out of their needs.
A contractor who charges more than
a low return on his money may make
a dollar. But he will get little salts
faction out of his gains. Palaces erect
ed by such funds will be but monu-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
old FOLKS FULL OF
LIFE and GINGER
They Come Back Strong

AL arc very enthusiastic in their
support OF their new friend, PHOS-
PLATED IRON.
Most middle aged people fail to
realize the importance of their future
health and happiness, by still trying
to do a young man or woman's work,
when the human machine is wearing
out.
They are not aware Of the changes
in their bodies, are nervous, irritable,
and the days work looks like whale
of job. They are all in and played
out before they start.
What one needs when they get to
this stage and what they are always
short of lis Phosphates and Iron in
their systems, it renews the red blood,
puts new life and vigor in all the
nerve centers SO you can stand up
and fight LIES battles with confidence
and a smile.
PHOSPHATED IRON has surprised
the whole medical fraternity with its
wonderful effective results. 1t is the
one combination they can depend on
to quickly supply the blood with Iron,
and strengthen and renew the entire
nervous system by feeding the Phos-
pilates directly to the nerve centers,
thus rapidly building up and strength
ening the whole body.
Iron and Phosphate are two ele-
ments everyone must have in their
system to be healthy and strong.
Every doctor will tell you this
PHOSPHATED IRON produces re-
suits. men and women right in your
ovtn ciyy can testify PHOSPHATED
IRON has given them a new grip on
life, put energy and courage in their
hearts so they could stand up and do
their turn with the best of them.
Go to your druggist and get a pack
age today. do not cheat yourself OF
this lfft-over You owe IL TO yoI1r-
self and family.
Special Notice. To insure your re-
ceiving the genuine Phosphated Iron
we have put UP in Capsules Only. Do
not allow dealers to substitute Tablets
OF Pills. w. p Hindle's drug stores
Bridgeport. Conn. and leading drug
gists everywhere.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26

tense, the domination of the high seas,
or in cruiser warfare. The only OBJ
ject OF the giant vessels owned by the
various belligerents was to destroy one
another, but meanwhile any such cap
ita1 ship, constructed at a cost of from
1000 900 to 10000 900 marks, could
be destroyed in few moments by a
well-managed submarine built at a
cost of only 100000 or 100000
marks. It was upon the submarine.
therefore Dr. Flamm predicted, that
the task of defense both in home wa
tiers and farther afield would devolve
in future, and this, he remarked,
would open up for small states a pros
pect of liberating themselve from
Britain's brutal use of her supremacy
at sea. In cruiser warfare, again, he
continued. the Emden: tEa@ Karlsruhe
and other small German cruisers had
shown that they could traverse the
high seas fear1essly, while the British
capital ships did not dare to approach
the German coast Hence he conclud-
ed that the armored cruiser of the
future would have to undertake in
part the mission. of the capital ship
of the presents and that in conse-
quenee the type of cruiser now In use
would be developed in manner
which could not be touched upon al
present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
Ut. S. Citizen Wants
To Leave Denmark
But Isn't Able

If anybody in this city remembers
Richard \. r. Scharff. who claims he
formerly lived in this city, he might
be able to rescue Scharff from exile
IN Copenhagen. Denmark. Naturali-
zation Clerk M. J.. Flanagan received
q letter from the Department of
State this morning in which 1t was
said Scharff had mentioned Flana-
gan as d man who could testify
Scharff was born in this country.
Clerk Flanagan cannot remember
the man and although he made an in
spection- of the naturalization records
ae cannot find any such name.
Scharff wants passport to leave
Copenhagen for this country. Any
body who can furnish Information
about Scharff should communicate
with Clerk Flanagan at the county
courthouse.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
DIRECT EXPORTS,
NOT CHECK THEM,
IS PLAN OF LAW
President Wilson Issues State
ent Explaining
Intentions.

Washington, June 26.-In explanation
of the executive order creating an Elk
ports Council, President Wilson last
night issued this statement through
the Committee on Public Information:
1t is important that the country
should understand just what is in
tended in the control of exports, which
is about to he undertaken, and since
the power is vested by the Congress IN
the President, I can speak with au-
thority concerning it. The Exports
Council will be merely advisory to the
President.
There will, of course, be no prohibit
ton of exports. The normal course OF
trade will be interfered with as little
as possible, and. SO far as possible, only
it's abnormal course directed. Inc
whole object will be to direct exports
in such a way that they will go first
and by preference where they are
most NEEDED, and temporarily to with
hold them, if necessary, where they
can best be spared.
Our primary duty in the matter Oh
foodstuffs and like necessaries Is to
see to it that the peoples associated
with us in the war get as generous
proportion as possible Of our surplus,
but it will also be our wish and pur-
pose to supply the neutral nations
whose peoples depend upon US for
such supplies as nearly in proportion
to their need as the amount to be di-
vided permits
There will thus be little check upon
the volume of exports, and the. prices
obtained for them will not be affected
by this regulation.
This policy will he carried out, not
L. l-s1 LII =
but by system OF licensing exports,
which will be as simply organized and
administered as possible, SO as to con-
stitute no impeachment to the normal
flow of commerce.
In brief, the free play of trade will
not be arbitrarily interfered with; 1t
will only be- intelligently and system
atica1ly directed, in the ligLe of full
information with regard to needs and
market conditions throughout the
world and the necessities Of our people
at home and our armies and the ar
mics of our associates abroad.
The government is taking, or has
taken, steps to ascertain, for example,
| Just what the available present supply
Of wheat and corn Is remaining from
the crops of last year; to learn from
each of the countries. exporting these
foodstuffs from the United States what
| their purchases in this country now
are and where they are stored. and
what their needs are, in order that we
may adjust things; 50 far as possible,
to our own needs and free stocks; and
this information is in course of being
rapidly supplied.
The case OF wheat and corn will
serve as an Illustration of all the rest,
of supplies Of all kinds Our trade can
be successfully and proftably conduct
ed now, the war pushed to a victorious
issue, and the needs of our own people
and of the other peoples with whom
we are still free to trade effieiently
met only by systematic direction; and
that Is what will be attempted
| WOODROW WILSON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
LIGHT ON U-BOAT
CAMPAIGN URGED.
BY BRITISH PRESS
Figures Accurate, But Distorted
Version of Value Often
Printed.

London, June 26-In the course Of
an editorial headed Submarine Fig
ures and the Public'' the Times says:
ut would be almost comical if it
were not so serious to note the fluctu
atoms in public opinion which follow
the weekly returns of shipping losses.
After our spell of legitimate optimism
last Wednesdays figures seem to have
produced an equally unnecessary re-
action. They were serious figures, as
every one agrees, and they would be
perhaps more serious if they were
presented in a less misleading form,
but they do not affect the broad facts
of the situation, which are familiar
to the few who are able to follow the
German submarine campaign with hc-
curate knowledge.
Its ultimate failure as method
Of winning the war is perfectly cer-
tain so long as extravaganza and
waste in these islands are vigorously
depressed Its immediate effect has
beyond question not been seriously
impaired. What is needed, apart
from Admiralty measures. is far
steadier and more general under
standing. Of the true extent Of the
menace. which is constant
THE unpublished sinkings of allied
and neutral vessels are a vital and
perhaps even a preponderating factor
in the situation. The figures of tom
mage are equally essential to accurate
knowledge, for it stands to reason
that there would be a difference in
carrying capacity among ships which
at present are classed together as up
ward Of 1900 tons.
I'VE know all the objections to
making these things public, but u
boats will not be beaten any more
than zeppelins by darkness and COM
posture The most certain weapon Of
derocracies at war is always a COM
plete understanding Of the danger to
be overcome"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
RUP TURE WITH
U. S. is SERIOUS
FOR The TURKS

Berlin.-Dr. Wilhelm Feldmann,
the Constantinople correspondent Of
the Ber1iner Tageblatt, has forward
ed his paper an article on the rupture
between Turkey and the United States
in which he observes that the general
public in neither Turkey nor Germany
is likely to- appreciate what that step
means for either country.
Not only. he writes, are existing
American interests in Turkey by no
means insignificant, but the hopes
formed of the development of Ameri-
can trade in Asia Minor after the war
were evidently far-reaching. At the
annual meeting of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Constantin-
ople in January last, for instance, Mr.
Elkus, the Ambassador, made
speech explaining why Americans
must regard the Ottoman Empire and
the rest of the Balkans as splendid
field for industrial and commercial
enterprise" while the meeting itself
adopted a far-reaching program sin
the conviction that mercantile and fl
nancial relations between the United
States and the countries of the Near
East will experience an extension
hitherto undreamed of provided that
measures calculated to promote this
QGfSlOpIuCHL are TAKEN D0IlInGS.',
AS for Turkish interests in Ameri-
ca, Herr Feldmann points out that al
though not very important, they are
nevertheless more extensive than the
uninitiated might think. There are,
for instance. more than 10000 Tur-
kish Mohammedans, and some 10000
to $4,000 large Turkish business con-
Germs in the United States, while the
number of non-Turkish subjects of
the Ottoman Empire, especially of
Syrians and Armenians, run to hun
dreds of thousands four or five Ara
bian papers are published in New
York alone. Turkey, moreover, the
German writer continues, had no rea-
son to regard Americas economic
plans in the Near East with an un-
friendly eye. On the contrary, she
could but view them with satisfaction.
In February last david Bey declared
/ in the Senate that Turkey needed
some 100000, OFF rom two to
three million marks, for agriculture
and industry, railways, roads, and
canals, and in further speech in the
Senate the following month he an
nounced that Germany had promised
] 500, 100000 marks for these pur-
poses For the remainder, writes Herr
| Feldmann Turkey could hitherto
count on America, and the prospect
that the two great powers would be
the chief participants in the enter
| prises of the future was probably not
an unwelcome one to the Turks.
! We owe 1t to our Turkish allies, he
concludes, to acknowledge that it
could not have been easy for the OF
toman government to decide upon a
rupture of relations with America. If
| daGraita the fnhiaPfiNnQ w
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26

larist policy at this moment would be
a dangerous game. Thus, once again,
that statesmanlike foresight has con-
auered that prompted the Turkish
government to send troops OF Galicia,
the Macedonia front, and Rumania
for attainment of the common final
success, undeterred by the occupation
of it's own frontiers on the part of
the enemy. The strengthening that
our alliance has experienced, thanks
to the decision of the Turkish Cabin
ct will rebound to the benefit of Tur-
key herself By the courageous re-
nunciation of future possibilities that
had become endeared to her she has
come nearer to realizing the securing
of her national independence, which.
according to the program proclaimed
by Ta1aat Pasha, constitutes her war
aim.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
Professor Isauds
Value of Submarines

Berlin, Germany, 1via Amsterdam
June 26-Prof. Oswald Flamm, who
is the head of the marine engineer
ing faculty of the Charlottenburg
Technical College, and president of the
German Association for Internal Nav
igation, and is regarded as one of
Germany's most eminent authorities
on shipbuilding, gave a lecture in the
Berlin Polytechnic recently, in the
course of which he predicted that the
era of the superdreadnought had
passed. During the present war, he
argued the superdreadnought had
accomplished nothing considerable,
either in the matter of coastal de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
w. G.. Steele Again
Business Agent Of
Plumbers Union

W. G. Steele, who for two terms o,
six months each has been elected bus
mess agent of local 17S United As'
sociation of Journeyrnen Plumbers arlt
Steamfitters, was again reelected t.
the office last week. With JACK
Doyle he was also named delegate te
attend the grand convention in Toledo
this summer.
Mr. Steele has SO we'll attended t.
the affairs of his union that harmon.
has prevailed throughout his admin
istration between the journeymen ant
contracting plumbers of this city HI
return to office is generally sat1srac
tory to all sides today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26

NOTE: If you are too old to go, do the next best
thing by taking your son or another eligible man
to the recruiting station and start him toward
humanity's army. Give at 'o' = '- 70 the
service of your country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26

ments of ignominy A reputation of
gouging the government at this time
will follow man to the grave. If the
thing Is put up right to the manufac-
turers, they will in most cases re-
spond. The should he made to feel
that low hcsures are their share of the
general burden land they will be hap
pier al their lives for having helped
the government make its money go as
far as possible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
GRAFT MUST CEASE
If AMERICAN CAUSE
is TO BE SUCCESS

Graft follows in the trail of war like
disease and f1eas. The story of en-
balrned beef is inseparably linkes1 with
our Spanish-American conflict. AL
ready paper soled boots, Supplied the
lFrench army by certain Americans,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
French Diplomat
Grecian Arbitrator

Athens June 26--M. Jonnart, diplo-
matte representative OF the Allies IN
Gyeecs. has been called on to act as
arbitrator OF the differences between
bhe ZAimas minister and the govern
ment Of former Premier venezelos.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26

long section of the Denver Ris
Grande Railroad at SchofeFd. aeou
five miles from where the reservoir
dam near F'airview. Utah. broke. wa
wiped out by the flood
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26

CoRTEz C. ROCKWELL, plumb
ing and Heating. jobbins speciality
1851 Main and Hillside avenue
Phone 326-2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-26
STANLEY AT TT AGAIN.

Policeman (this term used advis-
ediy) and Police Commissioner John
T.. Stanley, prosecuted another VIOLA
tor of the traffic laws in the city court
yesterday morning. Stanley testified
that while he was driving his machine
yesterday in the city. Joseph Raph-
aelo. 36 Popular street. passed him in
another machine at speed of IS
miles an hour. . Stanley caused
Raphaelo's arrest. Judge Frank
Wilder fined the defendant $50 and
court costs.
The city of Leipzig has purchased a
three~fourths interes. in the Leipzig
Hochlitzer coal mine for the purpose
of assuring an uninterrupted supply
of fuel for it's municipal mower MIA nf
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27

Wilson has devoted much of his re-
cent time to it. 1t may now be stat
ed that preparations are already we'll
under way to put down any trouble
which may result from the actual
drafting. Registration day passed
without hitch, but there never has
been a draft in this country that was
not attended by trouble or riots Of
some sort, and the Department of
Justice has been charged to see that
there are no serious outbreaks at this
drafting. In preparing to handle the
situation the department is employing
practically the same machinery that
it used at registration time.
The trouble, of course, will begin,
if it begins at all, when the officers
go Unto the homes to call the men to
the colors. Out of 625,000 a certain
percentage is almost sure to refuse
to respond and it is these and their
families with whom the authorities
will deal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27

Cole l.. Blease, chairman of commit
tee, in Washington on Tuesday last;
which position is that the law with
reference to registration and exemp-
tion boards should be executed in
South Carolina as in other States
that is, that the normal boards should
be composed of the sheriffs, the clerks
of court and county physicians, men
who have been elected by their people
and hold their confidence. Should
this, in any event, be found imprac-
tical, then the minority, which we
think really constitutes in this case
majority, should have representa-
tion on these boards. Only in rare
cases has the minority any repre-
sentation whatever on these excmp-
tion boards.
"The Reform party is made up of
loyal and patriotic citizens, and any
discrimination against them is unjust
and founded on no grounds Of reason
or wisdom. No less a statesman than
John G. Calhoun said that minority
representation shauld always consti-
tute a fundamental principle of just
and wise government"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27
DRAFT TO BEGIN IN TWO WEEK S

Washington, June 22.-Final plans
for the draft were laid at the cabinet
meeting today.
Afterward it was announced that
the exemption regulations, which have
been before President Wilson for sew
eral days, would be made public,
probably on Monday. The drafting
itself will take place in this city not
later than July IS. The exact date
has not yet been determined upon,
but Secretary Baker today said it
would be not earlier than July l and
not later than July Is. Suggestions
have reached the War Department
that the draft be made on Independ-
ence day, July a, but as that is a legal
holiday the sentimental scheme will
go by the boards.
Difficult.
TIL draft has been one of the most
difficult questions which the admin
istration has yet faced and President
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27
AMERICANS IN FRANCE
Take Over Management of British
Base Hospitals.

British Headquarters in France
By Associated Press.-Quietly and
with every little ceremony, SO as to
escape practically all except official
attention, American doctors, nurses
and enlisted men have taken over six
of the British great general field hos
pitfalls, releasing the British staff for
duty nearer the front. American sur
geons have been rendering valuable
aid, also, in the forward casualty
clearing stations during the battle of
Messines. The Americans are much
impressed by the thoroughness and
effectiveness of the British field hos
pital system.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27
STATEMENT BY LEADER
OF THE "REFORM" PARTY
for Governor, Talks on Exemp-
ton Board.

Columbia, June 22.-William A.
Stuckey, of Bishopville, candidate for
Governor and recognized by many as
the leader of the Reform" or Blease
party, has issued the following state
ment on the composition of boards of
exemption in this State:
"The position of the Reform party
Of South Carolina was clearly set
forth in a set Of resolutions passed in
mass meeting held in Columbia on
May ID, and reiterated in written
statement handed to Gen. Crowder by
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27
SIX KILLED WHEN
TRAIN STRUCK AUTO

Baltimore, Md, June 22.-SiX per-
sons, two men, three women and
child, were killed when
their automobile was struck by the
Western Express of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Whitehall tonight. The
dead:
Charles l.. Wiley, owner and driver
Of the automobile, Mrs. Charles l..
Wiley, Samuel Kirwood, Mrs. Samuel
Kirwood, Mrs. Rebecca Anderson, g.
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wiley.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27

States base hospital No. 2, from the
hospital, New York, Or
ganized by DR.. George Brewer, with
Major Lucius Popewood, commanding,
has taken over British hospital No. 1;
United States base hospital No. 21,
organized in st. Louis by DR.. Frede-
rick Murphy with Major James D.
Fipe, commanding, has taken over
British general hospital No. IL;
United States base hospital No. 10,
organized in Philadelphia, largely in
the University of Pennsylvania by DR..
Richard Harte, with Major M. A. De-
laneyc6 commanding, has taken over
British general hospital No. 16; Unit
ed States base hospital No. IL, or
ganized in Chicago by DR.. Frederick
Besely, with Major G. C. Collins, COM
manding, has taken over British gen
eral hospital No. 18, all of course be-
Ing Somewhere in France"
Near Firing Line.
Each American hospital staff has
also organized mobile unit for serv-
ice in the casualty clearing stations
just back of the firing lines for emer-
gency work during the first days of
great battles. The American hospit-
ais present an interesting interna-
tional study with patients from Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland, Australia,
New Zealand and Portugal. Steps
will he taken soon to increase the
various units and bring them up to
the strength required for enlarged
hospitals. American doctors and
nurses have already acquired the tea
habit, which they enjoy every after
noon with the convalescent wounded