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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
3ADy.'S DEAD BODY
IN SEWING MACHINE
Winchester Mother Too Poor
To Bury the Little One.

Wrapped up neatly in death and
deposited In the drawer OF sewing
machine is the dead body Of new
lyborn child out in Pluck's alley in
Winchester. While the body Of the
little one who never knew life, is
there, the police Of that city made
arrangements for its decent burial
while the mother is i'll at her home
The first information OF the case
was conveyed Tuesday to the police
by a boarder in the house. He stat
ed that the child was born on last
Sunday and was dead; that the par
ents had no money with which to
bury the infant and that the mother
had gotten out of bed, wrapped the
body In a cloth and had hidden it in
q sewing machine drawer.
Just what final disposition was in
tended to make Of the little body, is
not clear, but the boarder who found
int about the birth also ascertained
what disposition had been made of
TIE corpse and then informed the POI
lice.
The poor committee of the council
was appealed to and arrangements
made to have the body inferred in a
cemetery at later date.
The mother Of the child is said to
have gone here from Mineral county
W. va, and some time ago she mar
ricd an elderly man with some mo
ney. The man was unable to work,
and the money was soon spent, with
q 2 result that when the child died
there were no funds with which to
bary il
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30

speculation, extorfionate profifs. and
In the refining alone the American
people win save over $25.000.000 OF
the refining charges last year A part
OF these savings goes TO the Cuban.
Hawaiian, Porto Rican and Lousianian
producer and part TO the consumer.
Appeals to prejudice against the
food administration have been made
because the Cuban price is "a cents
above that of 1917. Ii is said In effect
that the Cubans are nj our mercy
that we could get sugar a cent lower.
We made exhaustive study of the cost
of producing sugar In Cuba last year
through our own agents in Cuba, and
we find 1t averages 1899, while many
producers are at a higher level. We
found that an average profit of at
least a cent per pound was necessary
in order to maintain and stimulate
production or that minimum price of
$f-37 was necessary. and even this
would stifle some producers.
THE price ultimately agreed was ~
cents above these figures. or about one
fifth of a cent per pound to the Arneri-
can consumer. and more than this
amount has been saved by our reduc-
ton In refiners profits II we wish to
stifle production In Cuba we could
take that course just at the time Of all
times In our history when we want
production for ourselves and the al
lies. Further than that. the state de-
partmerlt will assure you that such q
course would produce disturbances in
Cuba and destroy even our present
supplies. but beyond all these material
reasons is one Of human justice. This
great country has no right by the
might Of Its position to strangle Cuba.
Therefore there is no imposition
upon the American public. Charges
have been made before this commit
tee that Mr.. Rolph endeayored to BEN
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30

eft the California refinery OF which he
was manager by this "a cent Increase
in Cuban price. Mr. RoIph did not fix
the price. 1t does raise the price to
the Hawaiian farmer about that
amount. 1t does not raise the profit OF
the California refinery. because their
charge for refining is. like all OTHER re-
finers. limited TO s1.30 per hundred
pounds. plus the freight differenfiaI on
the established custom Of the trade.
MIR. Rolph has not one penny of In.
terest in that refinery.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
EXPERT ADVICE BY
U. S. FOOD ADMIN.
In An Effort to Aid HOUSEWIFE
TO Save Food.

A series OF twenty or more leaflets
have been prepared for publication
by the Department Of Agriculture in
conjunction with the Food Admins
tration in an effort to assist the
housewives in saving food and win.
ming the war. AS funds are not
available to print and distribute
these among all Of the homes in the
ira the department had asked the
newspapers to publish them serially.
Help your child to grow big an6
strong. Plan meals like these.
Here are two sets of the right kind
for your youngster. Grown people
will like them, too. If sometimes
these Seem too much work, bread and
milk alone will make a good meal
Breakfast.
No. Apple sauce. Oatmeal with
milk. Milk to drink
No. 2-Stewed prunes. Cocoa
weak. Toast and butter.
Dinner.
No. stew. with carrots, potatoes
and little meat. Whole wheat
bread. Creamy rice pudding Milk
to drink.
No. 2-Fisi, with white sauce.
Spinach or any green's. Corn bread.
Milk to drink.
Supper.
No. 1--Cream Of bean soup. Crack
ers and Jam. Milk.
No. BAKED potato. Apple Betty.
Milk.
Your child must have the best Of.
foods.
Good dishes for children. These
dishes are good for children and
grown-ups too. The recipes provide
enough for a family Of five. s. ......
Milk-Vegetable Soups quart Of
milk (skim milk may be used, ~
tablespoons -four. Q tablespoons but
ter or margarine or other fat. tea
spoon salt. cups thoroughly cook
ed vegetable finely chopped, mashed
or put through sieve. Spinach,
peas, beans, potatoes, celery. or as
paragus make good soups.
Stir flour into melted fat and mix
with the cold milk Add the cooked
vegetable and stir over the fire until
thickened. If soup is too thick, add
a little water o.
Rice Pudding quart milk. 1-3
cup rice. 1-s cuo angar, * cup rails
ms or chopped dates. X teaspoon
salt, " teaspoon scua, nutmeg or
cinnamon.
Wash the rice. mix all together
and bake three hours in a very SLOW
oven, stirrirg now a. then at first
This may be aade OF top Of the stove
in double boiler, or in a fireleas
cooker. Any coare cereal may be
used in place OF ice.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
COON LOSES FIGHT
FOR HIS FREEDOM

After a spectacular fight before
the supreme court OF appeals. Char
les w. Coon was denied his liberty
and returned to the penitentiary at
Moundsville. Coon, who was accused
Of killing o. Kirk, was serving IF
teen year sentence in the penitenti
airy when he asked the court for free
dom on the ground that the Kama,
wha county court had delayed his
trial after he was indicted. He was
given permission to plead his case in
person. and was taken to Charleston
by an officer from the prison.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30

lnIng, uses. cost Of bags, labor, iDsur-
apce. ifAerest and other things, rather
more than cover the difference. After
prolonged negotiations the .refners
were placed under agreement estab-
Fishing these limits on October /, and
anything over this amount to be agreed
,extortionate under the law.
.sIn the course of these investiga-
tons 1t was found by canvass of the
Cuban producers that their sugar had,
during the first nine months Of the
past year, sold for an average of about
S4.24 per hundred {. o. b. Cuba, to
which duty and freight added to the
refiners' cost amount to about $3.50
per hundred. The average sale price
Of granulated by various refneries. ac-
cordIng to our investigation, was about
$3.50 per hundred, or differential Of
S1.S4.
I'm reducing the differential to $1.30
there was a saving to the public Of 81
cents per hundred. Had such diff
ferential been In use from the 1st OF
January, 1917, the public would have
saved in the first nine months Of the
year about S24.80O.00o."
Next Year.
With view to more efficient organ
ization of the trade In imported sugars
next year kwo committees have been
formed by the food administration
]. A committee comprising repre-
sentatives OF all of the elements OF
American cane refining groups. The
principal duty of this committee is to
divide the sugar imports pro rata to
their various capacities and see that
absolute justice is done to every re-
iner.
2. A committee comprising three rep
resentatives of the English, French
and Italian governments; two repre-
sentatives Of the American reflners,
with member of the food administra-
ton. Only two Of the committee have
arrived from Europe. but they repre-
sent the allied governments. The du-
ties Of this committee are to determine
the most economical sources from a
transport point OF view of all the al
lies to arrange transport at uniform
rates, to distribute the foreign sugar
between the United States and allies.
subject to the approval of the Ameri-
can, English. French and italian gov
ernments.
This committee, while holding strong
views as to the price to be paid for
Cuban sugar, has not had the final
voice. This voice has rested in the
concerned. together with
the Cuban government, and wish to
state emphaticaIly that all of the gen
tlemen concerned us good commercial
men have endeavored with the utmost
patience and skill to secure a lower
price. and their persistence has re-
duced Cuban demands by Is cents per
hundred. The price agreed upon is
about $4.60 per hundred pounds. {. o. b.
Cuba. or equal to about Sc duty paid
New York.
"This price should eventuate,"
Mr.. Hoover said, ito about $3.50
per hundred for refined sugar from
the refiners at seaboard points or
should place sugar in the hands Of
the consumer at from 8Is to 9
cents per pound, depending upon
locality and conditions Of trade, or
at from to 2 cents below the
prices Of August last and from one
half % cent per pound cheaper
than today.
There is now an elimination Of
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
CUSTOMARY PEACH
FREEZE STORY OUT

Winchester. Va, Jan. 2S.--Accord.
ing to reports received from experts
who have examined peach orchards
In the Eastern Panhandle OF West
Virginia and in all sections of the
Cumberland Valley as far north as
Franklin county, Pennsylvania. the
zero weather has killed practically
all peaches in orchards below 700
feet In altitude. The harder variet
les on higher ground may produce O
few peaches, but few. If any, live
nuds were found on lower ground
No statement was made as to the
possible extent Of damage to the ap
pie trees in those localities.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
B'NAI BRiTv ORDER
MEETS IN WHEELING

The three days convention of the
18th bienniat meeting of B'nai Britt
began Monday at Grand Lodge No. 2
Wheeling. Mayor Weston welcomed
the delegates. Response were made
by Joseph l.. Kun, deputy attorney
general cf Pennsylvania, and Presi-
dent Eugene NJ. Baer, of Wheeling
Presiding addresses were made b.
Rabbi Solomon Foster, Newark, N
j.; Rabbi Isadore Rosenthal. Lancas
ter, Pa; Rabbi A. NJ. Silver, Cleve
land, o.; Judge s. ]. Strauss, Wilkes
Barre, Pa, and Joseph W. salus, AT
lantic City, N. J.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
s MOTHER SAW
ANNOUNCEMENT
IN The PAPERS
lfrest Johnson Took Her ADJ
Vice and Tried Nerv-Worth
vith Wonderful Results.

When Miartinsburg folks discover
class medicine they are not con
with merely selfish benefits
u it, they pass the good news
1g 80 that feelow-sufferers may
|oIit by the same. Forrest johnson
485 Faulkner avenue gives the
1et proof to that effect IN the
IQwtng signed statement made a
cxt time ago to e. G. Shepherd.
Nerye5Worth druggist In Mar
VAS employed in Berkeley Wool
co. Mills and got in such a run
<ln condition that / had to quit
81 FOB. Was so nervous that could
{ sleep OF nights and coa.l ssas
eat anything on account OF indi-
tstion. Suffered from rheumalis
North advertised In the papers, ask
4 me to try it. bought bottle at
g. Shepherds drug store, which
took. NV nrvous trouble soon left
~ dave 4 fine appetite. The rheu-
IRtism which a had with my other
|opbles. is much better, too. ] can
4sPrfully recommend Wentworth
n anyone.
FORREST JOHNSON"
onr dollar back at Z. G. Shep-
= II NerviHI5rth does not do for
no what II did for Mr.. Johnson
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
GOLDFISH CARG0ES
SPOIL THRU FEAR
(By international News servIce)

st. Johns, NJ ", Jan. 30.-Cargoes
of Goldfish valued at more than mil
Lon dollars have been destroyed
through fear of submarine. Word
has just reached here that more
than twenty sailing ships, heavily la
den with dried Goldfish. destined for
Greece. and Italy, was held at Gil
braltar for two months because OF
the U-boat danger in the Mediteran-
can sea. Large quantities Of the fish
had to be destroyed
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
WILLING 70 FORGIVE WIFE

(ay International News service)
New York. Jan. 80. Edward Earl
\ stationed on O. United States train
AZ ship at an Atlantic port. He asks
IA missing wife to return to her
Tome and little onesEdward. Jr-,
|Eed eight, and Helen. aged five. He
Promises nothing but forgiveness an
love ana devotion. In his
athletic plea for his wife's return.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
FIGHT FIRE IN SNOW

NV internationaI News service)
8ement, Ill.,, Jan. so Standing
ot6footed in foot Of snow and
>zsd a their night clothes only.
3. and Mrs. George Cook success
6lIy checked blaze which threat
asd to destroy their home at /
'clock in the morning. Mr.. Cook
l1upe1 water from well. while his
ne ran a bucket brigade.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
saaMsRs ON WATER BODY.
tBy international News Service,

10y HHkerndtIuHa' VIEWS oeFVIce.J
Albany. N. Y, Jan. 30.--Assembly-
man Showers. OF Greene county, has
been named as member of the Wa
ter Supply Committee of the Assem-
bly, by Speaker Sweet. The wise
ones are trying to determine wheth-
er the Speaker was inspired by a
joker Or whether he is natural hu-
morist.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30
FAMILY BURNED OUT.

The new frame dwelling Of How.
ard Hoseholder near clearspring.
Nd. was burned Tuesday with all OF
the furniture and provisions The
tire vas discovered when the family
sat down to breakfast. The family
escaped with only the clothing they
wore
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30

cattleg CO 70 Shippers sale on
February 6 ID
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30

Attend yenes liie ala veh Il.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-30

KS PHARMACY, w. S HARPER & co.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
sUccUMB TO ARCTIC TENSION
Few Explorers In High Latitudes Sue
cessfuIIy Resist Peculiar Psyche
IouicaI Effects.

In q paper dealing with the Un!ver-
sity of Oxford expedition to Siberia, of
which he was a member, Fl. Z. Hall Of
the University of Pennsylvania refer
red to the striking psychological eff
fects of long daylight and long dark
American states.
AS to the former, apart from the
tendency to shorten sleeping hours in
order to make the greatest possible
use of the long day, there seems to be
q kind of stimulation Of the nervous
system, urging people to feverish
and purposeless activity. This is
especially noticed in newcomers. but
the natives are not exempt from 1t.
On the other hand, the coming Of the
long winter night is followed by-a kind
O. reaction. though no general depres-
sion of vitality is apparent.
With the cessation Of work the
period of sociability begins, and the
circumstances favor lapse of self
control. This is the time when Arctic
hysteria' is likely to show itself. Such.
for instance, is q form of hystericai
Seizure for which the fungus have a
special name, in which the patient
sings improvisatiOns of his own which
are likely to contain absurd exagger-
atoms or laughabIe Qualifications Of
himself.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
Cherokee Once Powerful.

The Cherokees are an important
tribe of North American Indians. The
name means upland field, the tribe be-.
ing peculiarly upland. They may have
so designated themselves to their first
European visitors. They are probably
the people known additionally to the
Delawares as Talligewi, a powerful
body which once occupied the val
ieys of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers,
and afterward was driven south by
the Delawares and lroqnoiS When
first known to Europeans their center
was in the southern Alleghenies, and
they occupied the mountains of south
ern Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima. Georgia. Alabama and Tennes-
see Their chief settlements were on
the head waters of the Savannah and
Tennessee rivers. and were respec-
lively called Elatl Tsalaki. or Lower
Cherokee and Atali TSalaki. or Up
per Cherokee. speaking two different
dialects. As the white settlers pressed
upon them they retreated westward
until by the treaty of 1885, they sold
all their remaining country, and the
main body removed to a tract assigned
to them west of the Mississippi. A
considerable number remained be-
hind, and gradually concentrating in
western North Carolina, are now
known as the eastern band of Chero-
KEGS, numbering about 1000.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
WOMAN DIES. POLICE
PROBE LOVE AFFAIR
Man to Whom She Was En-
gagged Held in Florida.

Selinsgrove, Pa, May 29.-Police of
st. Petersburg, Fla, are probing the
strange death of Miss Anna Klinger.
thirty-f1ve years old, of Salem. near
here. who died at the City hospital in
ST. Petersburg.
Friends in ST. Petersburg declared
she starved herself because of the al
legged conduct of Ralph A. Chandler
ier sweetheart
Police found his suitcase in her
home and in it were letters begging
money and note for 500 FOR money
she had apparently loaned Chandler.
In one letter he pleaded for $50 to
save him from death.
, When arrested, Chandler told the
police:
81 admit I borrowed nearly $500
from her, and 1 intend to pay her
back l got q marriage license and
intended TO marry her nearly two
years ago. but we decided to wait, as
she was in bad health. l loved her
devotedly and am as innocent of her
death as a newborn babe"
Miss Anna Klinger was of prOmi-
nent Snyder county family. She fell
in love with Chandler shortly after
she went to st. Petersburg. and he
was apparently devoted to her
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
Allies Counter Attack,

With the British Army in France,
May 29-British and French troops
on the northern side Of the Flanders
salient launched counter attack east
of Dickenbusch lake, retaking a few
bits of ground which the Germans
captured in this section during their
drive between Lovre and Voormezeele
The operation appeared to be going
we'll at the outset. Its success was
all that was needed to make the enemy
assault a complete and costly fail
ure.
When the correspondent visited the
French virtually the entire sector in
volved was intact. 1t was stated that
the gains which the enemy made in
the Dickebusch region were small.
There was very hard fighting on the
French left flank throughout the day
and the artillery duel was intense,
but the German attack was not made
In great strength. It's object appears
to have been merely to regain the
high ground which the French captur-
ed on May 20.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
DEFENDS LOWER BIRTH-RATE
Writer in Leading Scottish Publication
Sees No Cause for Alarm in
Its Continuance.

This is the rule of evolutiOn-fewer
offspring, longer period of infancy
and more careful parental care. Wher-
ever one looks In the animal kingdom
he finds that rule working, writer in
the Edinburgh Review points out.
Among fishes, species that exhibit
no sort of parental care, the average
of 40 gives 100000 eggs TO a female
each year; while among those which
make nests or any apology for nests
the number is only about 10000.
Coming down through human history
one finds the same law working.
Among savage or semicivilized peoples
the birthrate is very high, as is also
the deathrate through enemies and dis
ease But, as fast as civilization makes
a lowered birthrate, accompanied by
better care of the fewer children who
are born.
HavelOck Ellis recently pointed out
that the nations in Europe which were
most ready and eager for war--Ger-
many, Russia. Serbia, AuStria-are the
countries OF highest hrthratp and
hence of greatest economic pressure.
And he adds: Those who would seek
to restore the hirthrate of half cen
fury ago are engaged in a task which
would be criminal if il were not based
on ignorance and which is in any case
fatuOus."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
Heiobt zenoeIins Can Reach.

Basing his statement on accurate
measurements of Zeppelin that was
brought down in England last Octo-
Der, on known facts regarding the lift
ing power of hydrogen gas, on the
state of the barometer during the
flight, on the temperatures Of the air
recorded in tn airship's log, Jhadoo
Jahoz writes In Aeronautics as fol-
lows:
at would appear from the foregoing
that the latest type of Zeppelin is de-
signed to be able to attain height OF
II 900 to $4,000 feet when over its OBJ
jective and after dropping its bombs,
but is capable of going even higher
under stress of circumstances and at
the risk of suffering some slight dam
age on returning to its base. These
conclusions accord well with Mr.. War
ner Aliens statements that these air.
ships are built with view to flying
between 10000 and $4,000 feet OF
course, on a short flight they could go
higher in view of the reduced quanti-
~ of petrol to be carried"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
Allies Rush Reserves to Hold Line.

Paris. May 29.-The Germans are
trying to force a passage of the Vesle
at Fismes, which is the center of mosi
important communications, according
to the Liberte correspondent at the
front, who adds:
"The battle is being fiercely contest
ed with alternating fortunes. Our re-
serves are commencing to arrive south
of the Vesle and their effect is already
felt at Fismes'
At least twenty-five German divis-
ions Joined in the attack and forced
further back the few French and Brit
ish divisions holding the line.
Tanks, machine guns and poison gas
shells were the principal factors in
the successful advance. aside from the
numerically superior forces of the Ger
mans.
Latest information from the front
shows that the allies are still holding
their large bridgehead position on the
north bank of the Aisne and are thus
menacing the German right flank. The
Germans have been repulSed at Braise
12H miles east of Soissons).
Allied reserves are being rushed to
the battlefield between the Aisne and
vesle rivers, the war office announces.
Though faced by superior German
forces, the Franco-British troops are
falling back only gradua/'. fighting
step for step. The German crossing
Of the Aisne was made possible by the
arrival of fresh German forces.
Details of the initial phase of the
new German drive are beginning to
come in. They show that four British
divisions held the front between
Berry-auBac and Corbony. They were
caught by the first impact of the Of
fensive but did not bulge.
The French retreat to their feft,
however, forces the British subse-
quently TO fall back. They are now
holding the line between Gernicourt
and Concevreux.
The new allied line now runs from
vailly to Chassemy to BraiSne to Mont
Notre Dame and thence up to the Ais
ne to Concevreux.
The German assault was opened on
front of thirty-five miles. but the
heaviest fighting centered on front
of twenty-fOur miles.
The war office statement says:
Late Monday the Germans. with
the assistance of newly arrived forces
succeeded in crossing the Aisne be-
tween Vailly and Berry-au-B BAG. Fran
co-British troops, confronted by enc
my forces of greatly superior size,
are continuing their retirement in good
order. The battle is going on with
violence between the Vesle and Aisne
rivers. in the region of the plateaux,
behind which French reserves are
coming up.
an the Champagne, on the right
bank of the Meuse and in the Woevre
great artillery activity continues. A
strong raiding attack in the sector Of
Chambrettss was repulsed by our fire"