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New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

J3ayarian Diet the xsoldiEr head
 c4ermany is now placed at 1,5o0, 900.
 There is no way of checking these
 nq,1res since the War Office of the
 Imperial German Government long hro ceased to give out the list of dead. It is thought, however, that the figures are substantially correct The last statement of the German made in June, 1917,
 placed the dead at 1,105, ,760. Unless
 the German army has been decimated
 to such an extent that it has lost
 moro than 350,000 in the past seven
 months the official figures under-esti-
 mated the number of dead soldiers. a million men slaughtered in that slength of time. The toll of the heavy artillery is great. There have been as many, if not more, men wounded as have been killed. Since there #were seven million fighting mon at Mthe command of the German Em- |aperor when the battles were at their H3fun height it is easily figured how .3long the war might last if every man
 must be killed before peace comes s Which is merely another way of
 fgurirg that the contest cannot go Non indefinitely, that it must be
 brought to an end before many more "casualties are recorded. One great sdrive, or one revolution, might turn ssthe tables.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

stern is going back and forth, back and forth. Nobody round. mark wh3t l say, but. the compartmen cleaner You. Mate, don't you see? AbSo- lutely nobody around--except now and then at inspections.
 Now why" Shorts voice here be- came dramatic whisper, couldn't man harness som ething up-ice- cream freezer, sewing machine, print ing press, or anything, and make things with all that power running loose? Who'd there be to know the difference?'
 Daily licked his dry lips for an an- swer. And his look of relief was study when drill call broke on the bugle.
 Gosh A'mighty!". was all he could get out as he trotted down the white deck.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
CALLS KING WILL FORGERY
General of Illinois Declares
 Document Discovered by GasUorw Means, Widows Secretary, is Fake.

Chicago, Feb. 6.--In a petition on file today in the probate court Ed ward Brundage, attorney general of the state, charges the will of the lata John c. King, filed some time ago. is a forgery. March 12 has been fixed as the date for hearing the attorney generals petition.
 After Kings death in 1905 a will was filed leaving the widow only a nominal sum. It was understood at the time she had waived all dowry rights on the receipt of s1O,000 be- fore her husbands death. Some timo later new will purporting to be tho last was discovered by Gaston Means, secretary to Mrs. Maude King. who was tried recently in North Carolinit' and acquitted of her murder. This later document was filed in the pro- bate court here. By it's terms Mrs King received an estate the value of which was about $30OOO0O
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi has long been noted for HIS punSeHt way of putting questions. ln his reply to Senator Gilbert M t1ltchcock's speech assailing the ad ministration's conduct of the war tho Southerner asked the Westerner.
 hat do you know about runnine ehls War?'' Then he gave the an- o"er' "hlch might well be taken to heart by self-appointed critics: s.you hho" less than I do, and know nothinlg"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
\ FTcncE, AdrnirarS FauIt
Waterbury American !

The news of the sinking Of the Breslau and the driving of the old Goehen ashore by the British is al most coincident with the introduce ton into the French Chamber of Deputies of a. demand for the i'm peachment of 8 former Minister of Marine, who did not take steps against Admiral de Lapeyrere for failing to obey orders which resulted in per uniting the Breslau and Goeben to reach the Dardanelles. in safety. One wonders what wiz be done with that resolution now.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
T0DAY'S TABLOID TALE
The Things That Count
By Joe Blast

The Things That Count
 When Malolo Monlmer. wealthy trouser seat importer and philanthropist founded the great Malolo Mommer Re- search Foundation, he express- 1y stipulated that once a year public meeting should be held, at which the common people might be introduced to the eminent scientists who were working in their behalf. AS today's story begins. the meet ing has just been called to or der.
 Ladies and gentlemen" announced pr. Hoighty c. Mo Toighty, who was acting as chairman, II take great pleas ure in introducing to you Pro lessor Bisnuth Chistie, who, solely in your interest, com pounded chistiefrude, the new and marvellous specific which makes yellow fever zjpwang poisoning, influenza, tippleshfv- CTS and tuberculosis things of the past"
 As Prof. Chistie rose and bowed, @ polite stipple of. ap- plause ran through the vast audience to the accomnani- ment of "Ain't science wonder fu!?" and "Goodness, what next?''
 Next, ladies and gentlemen" pursued McToighty, "it gives me extreme delight to present Professor Rissoley. Perhaps, owing to whose discoveries you may now live to be 130 years old, With all your senses unim- paired
 Again tbe audience politely and unboisterously showed their gratitude, murmuring, We'll" and "Well. wel1!" and Well, well. well!" etc.
 T now experience glow of skVlation," resumed Dr. Me Toighty, "in presenting Dr. Dibble Sizzick, whose discov- cry, sizzickine, will, by the ap- plicatiOn of a few drops, make the ordinary penny oblong of slot machine chewing gum hold it's flavor for threc days, and the ordinary five cent cigar taste like a fifteen center"
 The mighty cataclysm of ap- plauSe that burst from the aud fence brought nine tons of plas- ter down from the ceiling and the city fire department out en maSSe-
 Copyright 1918 by George
 Matthew Adams)
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
 LIEUT.. F1rzHUGF GREEN U N
Steering Engine.

Short" said Daly as the two sat 1 swinging their heels on the barbette
 what do you think of my new job 2"
 Name it." replied the older man in the tone of one who has eaten three potatoes for dinner. He had put in dozen years. trying all the jobs to be held aboard a man-of-war. and he wasn't expecting anything new from this recruit.
 "Compartment cleaner in the steer ing-engine room.''
 ''Yes, and you don't even know how to get there.'
 Daly laughed. "You're bout right. Even now when I want to get there I just go aft as far as I can and do1n as far as l can. But, say, Bo, how's it to eloocidate slightly upon the vibratory independence of that en- zine. Just what is it and why?"
 Short finished rolling a cigarette before he finished Mate" said he, that station is worth a million a year to the man who can milk it just right. I'd a done it myself long ago ,but-welI. I never yet wasted , year on one job, and I ain't agoing to-
 Daly evinced more than a languid interest by letting his brand new hat blow overheard without going after it.
 Its like this. You've seen A rud- der on 8 Lincoln Park rowboat, Cross the top fits a wood piece with lines at the ends. Your best girl holds each line and steers while you look into her eyes ana catch a crab every other stroke.'
 "A battleship's rudder is just the same except for size Cross the top fits a steel piece, and in from this comes lines, only they happen to be powerful metal shafts. You know it ain't no child's play to turn sea elephant like the one we're astride of now.
 Yet a child could turn her. Way up there on the bridge is q little SIX inch lever kid Of six could push it over. And when he did he'd put juice on that cow-size motor five hun dred feet behind him, down there where you're going to shine bright work.
 "The motor turns over. It's shaft connects by gear-wheels to two great big bolts, one turning one way and the other the other And them two steel shafts which I said, was the rudder lines, is threaded through the bolts so that when the motor turns one pulls in and the other pulls out"
 Daly strengthened up and put his a rm across the others shoulder. "Fei- ! low" he declared you talk like tho Public Library in fever. But I think I see, because my Jane has l steered for me; and 'tis then I've felt ] as strong as the engine you describe. l But say, you old Mud Hen, how bout 1 this million dollars? Not that Pm 1 hard up or broke. or otherwise Ier i sonally interested. But I had great 1 uncle on my mothers side who was ;t hnancier, and I dunno but what you and l may be related.
 Short shook his head until his sun faded bangs slipped down. 'l nope l Kid" he said bluntly, flor your ] sake as well mino.
 As for the million it's like this: Steering undarway- is a delicate job. l Sllre the old girls steady but 1t takes everla sting wiggling of her rudder to make her so. Not q helmsman in the l bunch don't put his rudder over dog l en times a minute.
 What does that mean-means hun l dreds of times an hour that that gall | jumping engine way down there in her !!
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
LTGHTSHFP ADRIFvT
Breaks Away From Anchorage in
 Vineyard Sound

Nantucket, Mass, Feb. 6.-Ships at sea were requested today to watch starply for the cross rip lightship which broke away from it's anchorage in Vineyard Sound Friday, and was last reported helpless and adrift far from it's station. She carried a crew of six or seven men.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

'HaVlng announced that ho and General Hindenburg intend to be in faris on or before April 1. some one should now inform his Imperial H1ghness, the Kaiser, that that '. April Fools Day.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

The fact that more street cars were ordered for Waterbury shows that open cars are preferable to no cars and the laboring masses grabbed at the opportunity. An open car in zero weather is no picnic but 1t is prefer able to some of the hea.tless closed cars, the ventilation of which would sicken the healthiest dog-Middle- town Press.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

Another way of drafting farm labor which might appeal to the govern- ment would be to discourage a lot of good farmers from quitting the old place to run for sheriff next summer Kansas City Star
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
FACTS AND RANCHES.

AHeFe are enough signboards be- tween thls city and Boston to keep tue nome 1lres burning quite while Wlthout hurting the scenery a little blt.-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

When the coal problem is sna11v oI1 our hands we shall have a lot to contend with in relation to ice.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

Dr. Royal Meeker"s latest bulletin from the bureau of labor statistics seriously suggests that" we need clothing administrator All right, But if we do, and the clothing administra- tor acts like the fuel administrator, Washington will look like a chorus from '-The Follies" before spring. Washington Times
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

tHe coal. The unfortunates must not De allowed to suffer more than they can bear
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

For some reason or other WaShlflS- ton doesn't appear to be taking Lfle representations regarding the 1ue' conditions in New England very Sefl- ouSly-NorWich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

AFLer our present experience it is possible that congress can be encour- aged to start an investigation for the purpose of standardizing our winters Norwich Bulletin
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06
PLOT AGAINST |. s. EXPOSED
German Military Agents in America Instructed tO Recruit Union Men Of Property.

Paris Feb. 6.-A letter of insStrl1c- rion to Germon military agents in the United States dated January s. 1915 and signed General Headquarters Dr. Fisher'' is published by the Petit Pa risen. Tn the letter directions are given concerning the destruction of property in the United States bv ex- plosions and otherwise. The follow ing is added:
 Agents to carry on destructive work can be recruited among the Workingme men's unions which have <ari.- archistiC tendencies
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

AS director general of the rail- roads, MT. McAdoo wisely decides to rush 100000 bales of cotton to New England by water. There is no con- Gestlon on the ocean just now--New Y ork World.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

task of making the
 f democracy. The dec-
 Rdo so came on the sixth
 last April, less than year g0: Starting then with practically 3nothing. an army of less than 90, 900 der arms almost twenty times that number It was on June last that the young men of the country, the men between the ages of twenty one and thirty-one were ordered to ap pear for registration under the Selec- tive Service law. Monday in New York the first of these regiments, trained in the school of the soldier, came back for review before the home folk. And they presented the perfect transf ormation. So 1t is with nearly all the men who have been called to the colors- In a few iso lated instances there have been some neglected That is to be expected, just as it must be expected that some children even in a small family will fare worse than their brothers and sisters.
 ITO me-" says Senator Borah, "the wonder has been that more funda- mental mistakes have not been made" That is the wonder that overcomeS any thinking man who will sit down for a few quiet mo- ments and think things over. The world was not made in a day. The armies of the United States cannot be called forth in a day. The men from peaceful nation, pursuing the lines of least resistance, cannot be called from their homes and offices and made into perfect soldiers over night, supplied and thoroughly equipped, without some hitch in the programme. The idea now is to help not hinder tae war work And the way this help can best be extended is for the political fault-f1nders to keep their mouths shut and allow honest and sincere men to do what is necessary.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
Cost of War Savings Stamps
During June, July and August, 1918

The law provides that person hold his name War
Savings Stamps exceeding $1,000 maturity value War Savings
Stamps however for other members OF the family
including minor children
The money invested War Savings Stamps not gt or
donation loan the Government 1t will all be paid back
40 compound interest IT, because OF some serious financial
reverse calamity should be get money be-
January 1928 you do by giving days notice to any
Money postmaster which you what paid
stamps with date OF payment The Stamps are
free from and local when registered at the posotce
they are against they backed by all the property
the United fall value below the price pay
they and well paying investment has ever
been offered by Government
definite quota War Savings Stamps has been assigned each
meeting place community which will be announced at each
meeting 18th The Government of the United States expects
all every community and subscribe for its
quota and to pledge themselves and help
the
hoped the subscriptions taken at the meetings
will you your neghbor be loyal Americans
to whom our Government need does call
r. L. ARCHER,
Virginia War Savings Director appointed and acting under
authority the the United States Treasury
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
CONSTITUTION
And Sour Stomach Caused This
Lady Much Suffering. Black
Draught Relieved.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Pearl Pat.
rick, OF this place, writes: Il was
very constipated. l had sour stomach
and was so uncomfortable. I went to
the doctor. He gave me some pills.
They weakened me and seemed to
tear up my digestion. They would
grippe me and afterwards it seemed
was more cons.ipated than before.
heard of Black Draught and de-
cided to try it. I found it just what I
needed. It was an easy laxative, and
not bad to swallow. My digestion soon
improved. got we'll of the sour stom-
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal,
no more gripping, and I would take
dose now and then, and was in good
shape
l cannot say too much for Black
Draught for it is the finest laxative
one can USE"
Thedfords Black-Draught has for
many years been found OF great value
in the treatment of stomach, liver and
bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle
and reliable in its action, leaving no
bad after-effects, 1t has won the praise
Of thousands of people who have used
It. NC-135
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
Secretary of the Treasury Designates
Friday, June %, 1918, as National
War Savings Day
Governors AND MAYORS MAKE SIMILAR PR0CLAMATIoHS
Meetings Will Be Held In Every Community 10
Secure Subscriptions For War
Savings Stamps

Pursuant designation by the Secretary OF the treasury ~
United States the proclamation OF the Governor o. ~
War Savings Director West Virginia acting under the auto
v Of the United Treasury Department. have caed oil
navers and Friday June Zoh 10 give "
subscriptions for War Savings Stamps. In rural 0oh, ~
the smaller towns cities, meetings will be held at p H.
The appointed officers will conduct the meetings at the P
DESIGNATED keeping record of the proceedings and reporting w
names Of all persons and the OF War Savings Stamps
subscribed for bv them The OF absent persons ana OF ~
who refuse or neglect subscribe with their reasons or 50
will also be reported
War Savings Stamps (Which United States Government
Ronds the same Bond be paid during any month
the wear 1918 intended that subscriptions VIII be signed o
them June e.
The price of each Savings Stamp depends upon the month
d,rr which il is bought During each Stamp will cost SILL
In Iv each Stamp $8 and cent more each
month during 1918 January 1928 the Government OF the
limited States will redeem Savings Stamps $oUO each
matter during which 1918 they bought They cost
less during the early 1918 than during the later months be-
who buys earlier has loaned his money TO the oV
eminent for longer time than if he should buy later
By way of illustration, note the following table:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27

A final determination of draft CLASH
fications on the basis Of dependency has
been made by Provost Marshal-General
Crowder's ruling on the problems in
yolved in the classification Of those re-
Gently married. The first Of these is
that selective-service men married since
May IS, 1917, the date OF the intro
duction Of the selective-service. act IN
Congress, cannot claim exemption I'M
less child Of the marriage has been
born. A second ruling deals with reg
istrants who attained the age OF Il
since June 5, 1917, but who married
subsequently to the enactment OF the
act, May IS, 1917. These men are
placed in class one, except in the event
that children have been born as result
of marriage before June 9, 1918. Gen.
eral Crowder expressed the opinion that
these rulings will clearly settle the
policy of the War Department on the
question of recent marriages.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
NOTICE..

We want to buy all kinds of
FURS, HIDES, PELTS, ETC., in
Guiding muskrat 'possum and other
skins. Highest prices paid in cash
We are in the market for ali
kinds of Old Metal, Old Rubber,
Rags. Old Paper, Bones, and Junk
OF every sort, for which we pay the
highest market price in cash. If
you have anything to sell, send me
word and will come and buy il.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27

Clarke county, with the aid of the
Virginia Road Commission, has begun
work on a section of State road three
miles in length, on the county road
leading from the Charles Town and
Berryville pike at a point half mile
north of Gaylord to Marvin Chapel.
Grading is being done now as far as
Wickliffe lane, a distance of two miles.
Later it is planned to extend it mile
farther to connect with a mile section
of State road that extends from Mar
WINS in the direction of the Berryville
and Bluemont pike.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
Fifteen thousand workers in the

Fifteen thousand workers in the
shipyards, munition plants and other
governmental industrial activities in
and near Baltimore are being reclas-
sifed and will be sent in big squads to
Camp Meade. These men, most Of
whom are colored, have fallen into the
habit Of working three or four days a
week at wages which will enable them
to loaf during the balance Of the week
The places of these semi-idlers will
be taken by men who will work six
days week, and If they don't they also
will be sent to Camp Meade. The fed
eral authorities are going through the
munition plants and shipyards with a
fine-tooth comb to find men who are
working there in half-hearted way in
order to escape the draft. They form
a large part of the $4,000 men to be re-
classified.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
Hardware Department.
Paint and Oil Department.

Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil, Harness
Oil, Machine Oil, Black Strap, Tur-
pentine, N. c. and Gas Tar, Gasoline,
Varnish, Japan Dryer, Knot Killer,
White Lead, Red Lead, Spanish
Brown, Calcined Plaster, Portland
Cement, Lard Oil, Plasterirg Hair,
Coal Oil, Neat Foot Oil, Fish Oil,
Bath Brick Soap, Sulphur, Copperas,
BoraX.
Patent Plasteridg prepared for immediate
use.
international Stock Food and Gleason's
Horse and Cattle Powders.
Frank Miller'S Harness Dressing, Whale
Oil Soap.
Black Lambs Foot Harness Oil.
The Perfection Blue Flame Wickless Oil
Stove-safest and best.
The Four Leaf Clover Cream Separator,
where the milk is not mixed or d.
luted with water, leaving it pure and
sweet for family use.
Wall Paper furnished on short notice al
reduced prices.
Reduced Prices on Haying Tools and
Barn Doors Hangers and Track.
Force Pumps, Deep Well Pumps, Gal
vanized Bucket Pump and Water
Purifier, | x L Chain Pumps.
A Large Stock of Cooking and Heating
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27

Mrs. Maize Virginia Koontz, wife OF
Samuel Koontz, died last Saturday night
at her home in Martinsburg, aged %
years. She is survived by her husband
and three small children.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27

The name-Doan's inspires conf
dence-Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney
ills. Doan's Ointment for skin itching
Doan's Regulets for mild laxative
Sold at all drug stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
Norfolk &W eStern Ry.

Schedule in Effect Jan. n, 1918.
LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1880 A. M.-For Bristol and IN.
termediate stations Pullman Broiler
Parlor Car TO Bristol; connects
with the ST. Louis Express for all
points West; Pullman Sleeper Roam
oke to Columbus and Cincinnati,
cafe car.
No. 27-5.33 p. M.-For Shenandoah.
Va. and Local Stations.
No. l-l.13A. M.-Let of from connect
ing lines at Hagerstown or Shenan-
doah.Junciion or to take on Tor Basic
or beyond. Pullman Sleeper 10 VII
hanson, W. Va, and Winston Salem.
N. I. Cafe Car 10 Roanoke.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 28-9.35 A. M.-For Hage,stown
and intermediate stations, Connects al
Hagerstown for Harrisburg. PhiIadel-
phia and New York.
No. l4-8.34 p. NJ. - For Haperstown,
Philadelphia, and New FORK; Parlor
Var, Pullman Sleepers, HagerStown
to Philadelphia.
No. Z-l.B A. M.-Let off from Basic or
beyond. or to take on for connecting
lines at Shenandoah Junction or Ha-
gerstown. Pullman Sleeper 10 Phil
adelphIa and New York
II you are thinking OF taking a "trip YOU
want quotations, cheapest fares, reliable
and correct information, as to routes, train
schedules, the m . comfortable and quick
est way. W.Iie and the information is
yours for the asking, with one ofou CON-
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, la
borers, rely on DR.. Thomas Eclectic
Oil. Fine for cuts, bruises, burns.
Should be kept in every home. 3Oc
and Coo.