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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
McADO0'S STAND
BY {. c. RODGER S.

WASHINGTON, Dec 9@W G. Nc
Adoo turned in his resignation as sec
Rotary CT the ,reasury and director
general of the railroad administration
because he and his .ather-in-aw. the
president of the United States, didn;
agree on what was TO be done with
the railroads
tMcAdoo. it is told me, was urgent
in his demands that the government
retain the roads until the last day of
the q months following the expiration
of the war. President wilson wants
10 turn the roads back within the
next few months. I'M ess, as he said in
his speech before congress. some de-
finite action is taken by congress to-
ward ownership of the roads
1t is believed in official circles that
McAdoo wanted the president to take
a stand For government ownership and
to retain operation of the roads until
McAdoo could demonstrate what she
GOuiu UI lii RiiCitI III ptaSc tAiiiSf anu
thus produce big argument for per-
maneEt retention
NcAdoo wiz be out Jan 1. 1t is
thought probable that he will then
launch a government ownership of
railroads campaign, to be carried on
even afehr the president turns the
reads back to private I'M erests. and
which politicians insist, viii play a
large roll in the presidential cam
paign.
Astute political students be iese
that McAdoo is a good bet for the
Democratic president fal nomination,
If the railroad plank is in the plat
form.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
M'AOOO FAvORS OWNERSHIP, AND
PRESIDENT WILSON FAVORS L|CENS|NG?!
Washington Political Circles Say Secretary Treasury Quit Be
of Disagreement with President Over
Future Railroad Policies.
WILSON'S IDEA?
BY w. G. ERD.

/ WASHINGTON. Dec 9.-Buying o,
public utilities by governments has be-
come o'd-fashioned, they say
/ The twentieth century way and the
way most talked OF in Washington
these days is brand new but SIM
pie one President Wilson is familiar
with it ana his best friends beiieve he
had it in mind when, Gin his speech to
F.. congress Dee. . he saide
1T woud be disserv;ce alike to
the country and TO the owners Of
railroads to return to the old condi.
lions unmodined"
The new idea is this
To license corporations who op,
crate railways. 49,.
The idea is spreading like wi,dfre
in Washington.
1t is intended TO operate like this:
A man or any set of men who OWE
a raj road property will be expected
to appeal to the government for gov
ernmen license to operate their
property.
Certain fixed regulations will be
made for railroad operat ton. These
will involve earnings. rates, and all
t6e details of railroad operation.
$50 iong as operators abide by the
license regulations they will. he per-
mitted to conduct their business
Whenever they break regulations they
will be summoned before the license
board.
II the license is taken away from
them. they must step out and permit
the government to conduct the rail,
Way until other licensees appear. To
lose The license does not mean to lose
the property In fact, under the plan
company that loses a license to OPP
crate public utility may retain its
ownership in the property indefinite
ly The properly is NJ licensed, in
any respect The license is only the
right to operate the property for pub
lie use.
President Wilson's suggestion that
private ownership, uncontrolled, will
be uncomfortable, is believed to point
lFeward belief in the licensing system
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Other Communities


BUNKER IiILL. Dec. 11.-iButcher-
ing is the order OF the day at Bunker
Hill. Many fine porkers have been
killed the last few days
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. KEGS and daugh-
ter spent Saturday night. and Sunday
visiting in Martins burg.
Mrs. NJ HI Amnel spent several days
last week as the guest of Mrs. J. D.
Powell d. Winchester Avenue. -.
Mr.. S. S. Cline has sold. fine herd
of cattle to ]. ]. Ridseway They viii
go to market this week
Messrs. Cline and Chapman recent
ly sold 10 hogs that weighed $500 lbs
and they brought S600.30.
Back home from Camp Meade are
| Privates s. Page Cline. Ellsworth Gets
and Marion Laise, having been honor
ably discharged
| Mrs. j. H. Willingham and son
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs NJ. III
/ Anel
| Born Ito Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bar
bour a daughter
| Mrs Harry Bowen and Miss Fannie
NJ Aamel spent Friday in town shop
lping.
i Miss Della Morgan entertained 8
few friends on Tuesday evening.
4 Miss Mabel Chapman, and her aunt
Mrs Will Clemmons. spent Monday il
Martinsburg.
\ Mrs J. w. Price spent last wee,
visiting friends in Winchester.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
RAY BROWN DISCHARGED.

Private Raymond Brown. of Camp
Meade, has returned home after hay-
y
ing received his discharge.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
7. R. URGES PEACE.
PACT WITH BRITA|N
FAVORS TREATY MAKING WAE
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ALL
TIME

NEW YORK. Dec 10 - That the
| today agree to Il universal arbitra-
| ton treaty which would make war
! between the two nations impossible
for all time, is the opinion expressed
by Theodore Roosevelt in a letter
made public here today, which tie
! colonel wrote to George haven Prt
man, president of the american
: Rights League
- am now prepared to say what
+ Rve years ago | would not have said.
the former President wrote. Il think
the time has come when the United
States and the British empire can
agree to universal arbitration treaty
In other words | believe that the time
has come when we should say tlI.t
under no circumstances shall there
ever be a resort to war between the
United States and the British empir !;
that no question can ever ar.Se be-
tween them that cannot be settled in
judicial fashion, in some such manner
as questions between States of our
own union would be settled
Col Rcosevelt's letter was written
in response to an invitation extended
TO him by Mr.. Putnam to join the
English-Spe Union. OF which MI
Arthur j. Balfour, British foreign Sec
rotary, is president Although declin-
ing to accept membership, explaining
that lie was devoting his time to Sc
cure in this country a spirit OF :.rdi-
vided American nationalism," Col.
Roosevelt said he was in sympathy
with the general purpose of the Eng
disappearing Union.
In his letter the colonel expire IS d
the opinion also that the United
States should not try to build a navy
equal to England's s, which he descrb
ed as probably the most potent in
strumentality for peace in the world.
but that Americas navy should be Sec
ond in strength
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
1900 SOLDIERS DIED
OF FLU IN i. S. CAMPS

WASHINGTON, Dec TO- An Off
cial summary of the results of the in
fluenza epidemic in army camps and
military centers in the United States,
made, public by the War Department
today, shows that there were 32S,257
cases of the disease UP to December
1, with approximately 1900 deaths.
Because deaths resulting from infiu-
enza and pneumonia were not separ-
ately grouped only approximate fig
ures were given for those due to the
epidemic From September Is, the date
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
WHY DEMOCRATS WERE DE-
FEATED

OF course no international question
had anything to do with this falls con-
gressional election Except for the
Presidents statement no one could
have imputed any international mean
ing to it.
This Democratic Congress was de-
feated because it had given poor ac-
count of itself 1t had furnished quite
as much redistribution to the Presidents
war leadership as the opposition par
ty had 1t had refused to organize for
war. In handling public affairs its mot
! to had been business as usual" It
had kept at the head of important
committees men who were generally
believed to be out of harmony with
| the war program or, were not fit for
committee leadership in a great crisis
| 1t had notoriously bungled revenue leg
lislation. when such legislation was as
tsuming feurfold-or eightfold Its for
mer Importance.
At the time OF the election, with
more than five-sixths OF the year elaps-
ed, when concerns and individuals were
getting ready to close their accounts
for the year, it was still engaged with
! a bill that would in some fashion or
other require eight billion dollars of
the years net income Within little
more than year and a half it had
appropriated billions OF public
money on plan which the President
had condemned as bound to cause
waste and extravaganza. It's own rec
ord furnishes abundant explanation of
tits decline in public favor
TIE United States admires its Dem
ocratic President. 1t did not. on the
whole, admire its Democratic Con-
gress. That is all the election means.
A certain purblind Republican lead
ership sought to make political capital
for election purposes out of the in
ternational situation, and even sug-
gested opposition to the fundamentals
OF the Presidents peace proposals.
on the general principle. that good Re-
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
NOTICE.

On and after Saturday, January. 4th,
1918 the banks OF Martinsburg MEM
bers -of the Clearing House Associa-
ton. will not be open for business on
Saturday evenings from six to eight
O'clock, az has been the custom for
some years past, but will observe the
same hours as on other week days, -
viz: from nine o'clock in the morning
until three o'clock in the afternoon.
THE CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIA-
TION OF MARTINSBURG,
THE OLD NATIONAL BANK,
THE PEOPLES TRUST COMPANY, :
THE MERCHANTS & FARMERS
BANK.
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK,
TIM BANK OF MARTINSBURG.
127s11ts 10 ~ rs 80 81 LIP
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This is the idea of Manuel Rosenberg Naval Aviation Head
quarters Station, Great Lakes iii.

pubicanism consists in attacking any
thing which emanates from the other
camp. That brand of Republican lead
ership counts for nothing The country
is overwhelmingly with the President
in all the essential points of his inter-
national program. The congressional
election had nothing to do with that.
Saturday Evening Post.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stoci.
holders OF The Bank of MarliDsbnr,
will be held at the Bank. on
TUESDAY, JANUARY IA, 1919
between the hours of Il A, NJ and
p NJ. The meeting is for the purpose
Iof electing Board of Directors and
the transaction of such other b0sjray.
as may properly come before it
IL II Wed 4 Fri to Ia
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OF the outbreak, TO December IL
694 deaths from all causes were raros.
ed by military stations in the r-nf,.,
States. Army medical authorizes o.
innate that about 1900 of these vo..
due to causes other than infIpa,,a
and pneumonia.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
sSnAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

AHens Foot Ease, the antlseptc powder to be
shaken into the shoes ana spriDkled in the foot
hath. The Plattsburg Camp Manual advises men
in training to use Foot Ease in their shoes each
morning. Itprevents blisters and sore spotsand
relieves painful, swollen, smarting feet and takes
relief &c. sweating, cailous. tired, aching feet.
Always use Aliens Foot-Ree 10 break in new
shoes. Sold everywhere, Ssc.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-11
HODGE ST. SCHOOL TO
DEDICATE SERVICE FLAG

On Thursday evening. December IL
at four o'clock. at HODGE Street school
the new Service Flag recently purchas
ed, will be dedicated with appropriate
exercises,
The patrons and friends of the
school are cordially invited to be pres
ent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
MRS. POTTER PALMER
DIES IN FLORIDA HOME
BURIAL WILL BE AT CHICA-
GO, FORMER HOME OF
NOTED WOMAN.
PNEUMONIA EN- DS LIFE
Gifted With Wealth, Culture and
Beauty, Was One of First Promi-
nent Society Women to Take Part
in Public Economic Affairs.

Sarasota, Fla, May 6.-Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer OF Chicago, is dead at
her winter home here.
Mrs. Palmer, who was born i'll
Louisville, and was the widow OF
Potter Palmer OF Chicago, where she
was a social leader, had been i'll
some time. Several days ago,
though her family was summoned to
her bedside and medical specialists
came here from the north. The
body will be taken to Chicago for
burial, leaving here tomorrow.
During the Chicago international
exposition, Mrs. Palmer was presi-
dent of the board of women man
ayers and visiting Europe for the
purpose OF interesting foreign gov
crnments in the fair. Later she was
appointed by the president OF the
United States as the only woman
member Of the American mission
to go to the Paris exposition. She
was the possessor OF membership
in the Legion of Honor, awarded by
the French government.
For wears Mrs. Palmer had spent
her winters at her home here,
which is considered one Of the most
beautiful in Florida.
Later it was learned that Mrs.
Palmer died of pneumonia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
Field Marshal French
Viceroy of Ireland
PREMIER HOPES THUS TO
GAIN FRIENDS IN THE
EXCITED COUNTRY.
MANY DOUBT SUCCESS

London, May 6-The appoint
ment OF Field Marshal Niscount
French as viceroy OF ireland came
somewhat as a surprise. 1t was
known that the government was cN-
pericncing considerable difficulty in
finding successor to Baron Vim
bourne, and that this was the rea-
son for the delay in announcing of
hcially the appointment of Edward
Short as chief secretary, which was
known unoflicially many days ago.
No one however, anticipated such
a purely military appointment as
the celebrated field marshal. His
name had been mentioned, but only
in connection with a scheme for
placing the lord lieutenanceship in
a commission as way out OF the
difficulty; and even in that case the
name of General Mahon was gen
orally favored as a likely member Of
the triumvirate.
Niscount French is Of Irish eX-
traction. He has a seat in Ireland,
is colonel of an Irish regiment and
popular hgdre in the country but
this is hardly likely to reconcile the
Irish people to his appointment, for
they will see in its nothing but a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
ENEMY ARMIES
PLAY FOR TIME
HARASSED BY STRONG AT
TACKS OF FRENCH AND
BRITISH ARTILLERY.

With the British Army in France,
! Nav Sunday - ,,ct- e.o,,s to
t, ,,-,;,, ,..,...;.... H.. l,.r,.,..,. ,l-.,.
o ~" 7's ''''''' '''O VIZ man B ''o''s b
.'c crucial norlnerh u1JtIe area
Sunday still found the Prussiau
commanders working desperately to
whip their organization in shape for
a renewal of the delayed offensive,
while the allied forces, aided by the
weather, continue counter opera
tions which are most disconcorting
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
GERMAN TANKS
POOR MACHINES
LUMBER AROUND AWK.
WARDLY; ARMOR IS
INFERIOR
(By The Associated Press.)

With the British Army in France
Sunday, May 5.-Further details
are now available from various
sources regarding the new German
tanks, several of which made such
poor showing at Nillers- Breton
neux April n. The machine weighs
45 tons and is so unwicldy it is un-
able to negotiate broad trenches
and cannot move over ground
turned heavily by shells.
The tank is pointed at both ends
1t is approximately q feet long and
Q - feet wide and / feet high. The
armor is of a poor quality OF steel
and varies in thickness up to 81
millimetreS.
A direct artillery hit will put one
out of action. and they are also
vulnerable in various points to ma
chine gun and rifle fire. The arma-
meut consists OF tWo-inch gun for
ward, which fires high explosives
and case shot; six heavy machine
gun, two on each side and two in
the rear. 1t is equipped with two
lO0-horsepower, four-cylinder pop
pet valve engines with an electric
starter. and one man can control
and drive it easily. Its top speed
on good ground is ten miles an
hour. \ crew OF ~ is carried. con
Sisting OF one officer, three gunncrs
for the forward gun. two drivers.
two mechanics. ten machine gun
ncrs, and one signal man.
The drivers and mechanics are
volunteers from motor transport
units and the gunners are drawn
from the artillery and infantry. F.
These volunteers are promised dou- I
bic pay and rations.
There Is slight cohesion among
the crews which have had little .
training. The tanks appear to have .
been hurried out OF the works and .
used as soon as possible. Their op-
orators have no training except in
fantry. as was quite evident at Vii
s-Bretonneux.
Prior to the appearance OF these
tanks south OF the Somme. Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg inspected
some OF them at Charleroi. One
was taken out for a trial and got
iitched in a trench. The field mar
shall said he did not think the tanks
would be of much use. but since
they had been made they had bet
ter be given 4 trial.
This naturally did not improve
he morale of the tank corps and l
ater when two of the machines got |
INTO trouble at -Bretonneux. Il
heir crews abandoned them and
led, though later the tanks were
The manufacture OF the
anks was begun at Daimers. near
Berlin, in the spring of 1917. but
were encountered in n
heir construction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
AVIATION OFFICER IS
KILLED AT FT. WORTH

Fort Worth. Texas. May 6.-Licu-
tcnan Fred a. Keep of East Milton,
Mass, flying instructor at Taliaierr0
field, died today Of injuries received
last week when his machine fell.
Tie had been located here since No
vembcr. coming 60 Texas after hav-
ing received his commission at a
Canadian field. This was his second
accident. the first resulting in a
broken leg.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
HUNS FINALLY DESTROY
HOSPITAL NEAR FRONT

Paris, May 6.-The hospital cs-
tablished near the front by DIR.
Alexis Carrel Of the Rockefeller
Institute has been persistcuty
bombed by German aviators and is
now almost entirely destroyed. de
spite the fact that It constantly few
q flag bearing a huge red cross and
WAS further identified by an i'm
mense white cross marked on the
lawn. The wounded were success
fully removed early in April.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
STORM DEALS PROBABLY
FATAL INJURIES TO
RESIDENT OF SHAWNEE

Oklahoma City, Okla. May O.
The heaviest rain Oklahoma City
and county has experienced in FIVE
years, fell last night. accompanied
by a high wind which did minor
property damage in and about the
city. The precipitation here re-
ported a total Of 4.0S inches. and
many other points in the state re-
ported severe windstorms and much
rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. John 4. Smith OF
Jones, Okla. aud their daughter. a
Mrs. Christ, Shawnee, Okla, were
probably fatally injured when the
wind demolished their home at
Jones.
The storm reached its greatest
heights about two miles north OF
Jones. where it tore several houses
from their foundations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
Enemy AOidtors Resort To
Contenlptuous 7nckery In
Effort to OutlUH americans

rounding of the corner OF the cross
OF the wings Of their planes to make
them look like allied badges. The
game OF the German airmen j. to
play around. get in a shot If they
can and then run. American flicrs.
for fear OF attacking a probable
friend. must get up close to an en-
cmy machine, usually after oonsid-
cradle mancuvering. before opening
a fight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
PRESBYTERIAN MERGER
UPHELD BY COURT

Washington, May 6.-Thc merger
in 1900 of the Cumberland Prcsby-
tcrian Church with the Presbyterian
Church and consolidation of their
church property was today declared
valid by the supreme court.
Federal DEGREES awarding control
OF the 100000 endowment and the
buildings of the Missouri Valley
College, a Cumberland educational
institution at Marshall. Mo-, to the
Presbyterian Synod of Kansas. were
also sustained by the supreme court.
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(By the Associated Press.
With the American Army in
France. Friday. May 5.-GeTmzn
aviators are now resoriing to de-
spioable tricks in an endeayor 10
ouiwit American filters. The tricki-
ness Of the German soldiers afoot is
cmulaied by enemy airmen, who arc
marking their machines to make
them look as much Ike allied mari
ings as possible.
The Germans have taken TO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
D|LLOH BOLD IN
CONSCR|PT|ON
SPEECH TO IRISH
BRITISH GOVERNMENT STAG
GERED BY RESISTANCE,
HE DECLARES.
JOINS WITH Sim FEINERS
Nationalist Leader Asserts That if
the People Keep United and De-
termined for Another Two Weeks
They Will Have Won.

London, May 6.-Anti-conscrip-
ton speeches were made from the
same platform by John Dillon, Ma
tionalist leader, and Prof. Edward
de Valera, head of the Sim Fein at
aghadereen, in Dillon's constit-
uency OF East Mayo Good humor
and enthusiasm characterized the
demonstration, attended by $4,000
persons.
Mr.. Dillon said that If the Irish
keep united and determined for an
other two weeks they would defeat
cSnscription. 1t was an atrocious
form of oppression to try to COM
pei a people to fight for a country
not their own. lie personally OPP
posed conscription, whether in Great
Britain or in Ireland, and believed
it was a great blunder to depart
from England's settled policy
against compulsory service, "espe-
cially when it was not to defend the
soil of Great Britain, but to send
huge armies to the continent"
t the nations unity was unbroken
in the face of the present terrific
danger Mr.. Dillon continued. the
government would be encouraged to
continue its wicked and insane
policy
Says Government Is Staggered.
The Nationalists and Sim Fein.
ers. he said, actually agreed that the
whole struggle for Ireland's rights
was based on the principle of her
rights as Il nation. There was an
impression in the country that all
danger was over. This was ter
ribly false impression. There was no
question that the government had
been staggered and no longer was
50 confident about the practicability
OF its policy as professed when the
bill was introduced.
a powerful section of the house
OF commons and organized labor of
England had declared against con-
scription in Ireland, Mr.. Dillon add |
ed, until an Irish parliament and an
Irish government were established. |
These things, combined with united |
opposition in Ireland and the action
of the county bishops, had caused |
the government to pause, but it |
would be a disastrous mistake to
think that the danger had passed.
To Rally at Churches.
He suggested the formation OF
Irish committees attached to e,ery
church and chapel, so that in the
event of struggle being forced
upon them the church could be the
rallying point.
The Nationalist leader declared
he was convinced it would take an
army such as England could i'll
spare to carry out successfully con
scription in Ireland. He was also
convinced that the government
would split on the Irish rock and
instead OF destroying the Irish ma
tion, the Irish would DESTROY them.
Professor De Valera (Siun Feinj
said his followers would unite with
hose OF Mr.. Dillon to defeat con
With the reference to
The issue raised in East Cavan. he ,
said there was only one arbitrator to
whom the Sim Fein would submit.
namely, the free choice OF the cleo !
orS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
BILLION DOLLARS
EXTRA ASKED FOR
AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
BULLETIN.

Washington, May GA billion
dollar appropriation for aircraft
production was asked of congress
today by the war department. This
would add to the $640,OOO,OOO appro-
priation already made and expended.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-06
/. w. w. OUTLAWING BILL
PASSED BY THE SENATE
Bulletin.

Washington, May 6.-The bill de-
clared frankly TO be aimed against
the /. w. w, outlawing organiza-
tions which use or advocate violence
to bring about any governmental.
social, industrial, economic change
during the war, was passed today
BY the senate after brief debate, and
went to the house