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Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
Money for PIotters
SENDS SYMPATHY

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1S.-The Col ogne Gazette prints d telegram sent by the direction of the emperor to the burgOmaster of Frankfort, stating that the emperor deeply sympathizes in the misfortune which has befallen the open town of Frankfort as the result of an enemy attack which was contrary to the international law and claimed many victims"
 The telegram requests that the bur gOmaster convey to the victims rela- tives the sympathy of the all high est
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
MACHINE GUNS

WASHINGTON. Aug 1S.-The war department announced tonight that 108.975 machine guns have been pro- duced in this country and accepted for army use. Of these 30,226 have been of the Browning type. During the week ending August 10, machine guns passed for -.se totaled 6,22S.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
SPIRITED FIGHTING

PARIS, Aug. IS. There has been spirited artillery fighting in the region between Canny Sur Matz. and Beuvraignes. says the French official communication is sued this evening. South of the l Ancre river in today's fighting the French took 400 prisoners.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
FRENCHMAN FREED

PARIS, Aug. IS. (Havas News Serv- ice).-General Lavrgne and the staff of the French military mission at Moscow, who were placed under arrest there when the allied consuls were taken into custody by the bolsheviki, have been liberated according to a Co., penhagen dispatch to The Temps.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
DIVISION EXPELLED

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE. Aug. 1S.-Reuter's s)-The British this morning attacked the Fourth Saxon division holding Outer steen and expelled it from the village and from the adjoining ridge.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
GERMANS TURN
 L|Q U|D FIRE
 0N PRISONERS
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

iONDON, Aug. 1S.-(Nia MOntreal) Details of German outrages on Brit ish prisoners have been made public. Affidavits of Scotch prisoners testify to the authenticity of the charges.
 A private of the royal Highlanders tells how he and a number of comrades consisting of one officer and 15 men. 10 of whom were wounded, were com pelled to surrender near Monchy, March 2S. A German officer ordered one of his men to turn a stream of liquid fire down the trench in which the Rritishers were standing. Not withstandng the fact that they were unarmed a German continued to spray them for-siX or seven minutes. He and few of his companions who were able to move scrambled down a communi- cation trench and got over the top and back into the British lines
 Another private testified that he and other prisoners were marched down a trench to an emplacement about six feet deep, nine feet wide and from nine to 12 feet long and wh;;e tightly packed in the enclosure two Germans, one ot whom carried a revolver and seemed to be an officer, appeared. The other man had a cylinder on his back and attached to it was a flexible pipe.
 Manages to Escape
 Just as he reached the entrance tc the enclosure" he added, "a flame spurted out in a stream from the pipe ana caught the men who were nearest to the entrance. The other men lay ir heaps around and partly on me. heard kissing sound for a short while Then it stopped but started again During this time the men were shriek- ing and writhing. The flame reached right back to where 1 was. My over coat and tunic caught fire By this time all the men were on the ground
 The soldier said he managed to craW up the slope and get away.
 Another soldier told how an officer wo;..ded in the head and foot, and foul other wounded and three unwoundet men, including himself were in an ole trench when two Germans appeared and used liquid fire. One of the Ger mans, revolver in hand, ordered thu ] Britishers to get back to the German line. The narrator said his hands an' right ear were burned. Three of tn, | party managed to escape and reach tn l British lines, but the Germans eithe 1 must have suffocated or burned all tn l five wounded men, as ndthing furthe | has been heard from them.
 The British government has protest | ed to the German government agains these outrages.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
0N[Y NINE SHIPS
 UNDER SHIPPING
 BOARD SUNK BY |
IRenuhIican A. p. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-Only nine ships operated by the shipping board have been sunk by submarines. and their loss with that of all others due to ordinary marine perils is but frac- tion of the total premiums paid for marine and war risk insurance.
 Estimated losses of all kinds suffered by the Emergency Fleet corporation. which conducts the insurance bureau, amount to about s13.500 900, while ap- proximately S30,O0O.0o0 in premiums had been set aside up to July %, last.
 Four former German vessels. valued at s6,750,000, and five commandeered ships. worth s2,S5O,000 fell by the sting of the German sea wasp. These fol-
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
Final Inspection Next

Having passed through this ordeal successfully, he next encounters the final inspector who makes sure the job is done properly before the soldier leaves
 This completes the job as far as the recruit is concerned. But the grist has only got a fair start as far as the in surance bureau is concerned All the information and records written on the policy are placed on army records files. One dopy is sent to the bureau of war risk insurance in Washington, and the other becomes an asset of the company commander who files them in the mans service record and therefore fol- low him through all his journeys and are eTer on hand for reference
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
Can Chance Beneficiary

A soldier can change his beneficiary whenever he wants to, or can discon- tinue the policy at any time. The in surance office is kept open certain eve nings to occomodate the men. The Camp Funston insurance office main tains a branch office at the base hos pital at Fort Riley, which is under the supervision of Chaplain G. Charles Gray. Every opportunity is afforded men sick in the hospital to take out policies immediately upon arrival and many applications have been made out by men ill on their bed
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
DOOMED POLISH SOLDIERS ASK
 HELP OF POLAND
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lRepubllcan A. F. Leased Wlrel
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Held for Austrian courts martial which prob ably will sentence them to death, 125 Polish soldiers who led an armed re- volt in the Austrian army in February, have issued appeals to the Polish peo- pie throughout the world asking them not to compromise the freedom of Po- land with the idea of securing any al- deviation of the prospective sentences according to dispatches received here today by the Associated Polish Press
 The officers and men are a part of the Polish Carpathian iron brigade which marched from Bukowina into Ressarabia under the command of General Haller. Part of the force was captured by the Germans but the larg- CT portion is said to have been con solidated with the Czecho- -Slovak army.
 The fear that torments us." the text of the appeal says. "is that the real Polish strength, so vital to the sue cess of our hofy couse, may be less ened by the attempts of our political representatives in the Austrian parlia- ment to- secure for us relief or to avert the fate that awaits us.
 Make Ardent Plea
 Tt is, therefore, in our name and that of our soldiers that We plead ar dently with the Polish nation which has surrounded us with such moral comfort, to take full cognizance of our words and to desist from exercising any influence in our case upon the Polish parliamentary club in Austria. If they make any attempt to secure concessions for us, it will be contrary to our wishes for we know that such l concessions cas only be had by pledg es, compromises and commitments, which will make to the detriment of the Polish nation and the lessenng of the strength in the battle for Polish i freedom and independence"
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
GERMANY PLOTTED
 LONG BEFORE WAR
 ID EMBR0|L J. $.
[RenubIican A. p. Leased Wirel


 NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Alfred L. Becker, deputy state attorney general, issued a statement tonight giving de- tails of what he characterizes as world wide propaganda plot launched by Germany long before the outbreak of the war.
 N1r Becker said George von Skal of New York. who worked under Captain Franz Von Papen. military attache of the German embassy admitted he had been arranged with" as early as 1909
 T happened to be in Berlin in 1909 and met the chief of the intelligence office,' MT. Becker quotes von Skal as saying. He told me he had often thought of me because, if a war broke out they wanted to have somebody here In the military attaches office who could be in touch with the press and who could tell them what might be done with the press.
 Non Skal, who is a naturalized Amer ican, agreed to do the work as long as America did not become involved in any war, according to MT. Becker.
 In Turkey Also
 Evidence also has been secured, MT | Becker declared, showing that Ger ! many began propaganda work in Turkey at least year before war was | declared on France and Russia. Sali Gurdji, now living in New York, but ! formerly president of the Ottoman tel egraphic agency, the official news or ganization of the Turkish government, was approached by the German ann | bassador in Constantinople and of- | fered 40,000 marks to exploit German 1 propaganda through the agency. He i later was offered 100000 marks but re- 1 fused both offers.
 Then, according to Mir. Becker, he l was summoned before the chief of po- lice and ordered to close his agency which was taken over by German agents. Gurdji fled for his life and it took all the skill of neutral diplomats to save the lives of his family. Money for Plotters
 In America, MT. Becker said, the propaganda work was actually started as soon as Dr. Bernhard Dernberg ar | rived here. Mir. Becker said he has traced s40,0O0 as paid in 1915 from the joint accounts of Dr. Heinrich F. Al bert, former financial attache of the | German embassy, and former Ambassa : dor von Bernstorff, to various alleged l prODagandistS
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
AMERICANS KEEP
 POSTED 0N HUNS
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 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE. Aug. 1S.-While the French and American and German heavy guns have been barking at each other across the Nesle. American pa trols have been particularly busy en- deavoring to keep informed oi the enemy infantry movement and ascer- tain generally what the enemy is at- complishing.
 A few days ago an infantry captain while reconnoitering, killed at least two Germans and, in order to escape hid in a shell hole for 13 hours while the mid summer sun beat down upon him. Here is the captains official report of his experience:
 The patrol, consisting of myself and two corporals. started at 8 o'clock in the morning to ascertain whether the Germans had retired. We encountered a German post in a semi circular hole There were Il of the enemy there, ten of whom were asleep and the other was on sentry duty.
 Shoots the Sentry
 q shot the sentry. We then with drew and in doing so ran into another post similar to the first, also contain ing about ten Germans. We shot two of them and then went back toward our line. The Germans began firing wounding one corporal in the leg, but
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19

It makes no difference what your wants may be. you can have them sup piled by using and reading The Re publican Classified Pages - ArIzona'S Leading Advertising Medium.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
To insurance Building

Within 24 to 36 hours after a man arrives in camp, he is assigned to his company in the depot brigade; the men are assembled and marched by companies to the insurance building. Here they are turned over to the in surance officer, who in turn takes them to the big central "Y" auditorium. A full explanation of the various phases of the operation of the insurance is made. A majority of these lectures are made by Sergeant Parlle M Banta, who, before he entered the army. was an attorney practicing in Washington county, Mo.
 After this explanation, the men re- pair to the preparatory room of the insurance office, where a battery of 30 typists prepare in duplicate the insur- ance and allotment forms. Papers in hand, the soldier next passes into the inspection and signature" rooms where four expert inspectors check over and verify the matter written on the policy. Then he signs all state ments with still mother clerk officiat- ing
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
MAJORITY OVER ALL

TOPEKA. Kas. Aug. 1S.-In the race for the republican nomination for United States senator in the recent Kansas primary. Governor Arthur Cap per received plurality of 70062 and ma ajority over all republican candidates for that office of 31.746 votes, according to unofficial but complete records.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-19
SOLDIERS IN CAMP
 GIVEN INSURANCE

CAMP FUNSTON, Kan, Aug. 1S.-A system by which every soldier in Camp Funston, shortly after arrival. is pre- sented with an opportunity to secure government insurance. make an allot- ment of his pay and apply for govern ment allowance for his dependents is in operation here. The new system has made a successful start, having been in operation since July 15 and so complete has the insurance canvass been that for the men who have re- ported for duty here since that date, the insurance policies average s9S10. The average before the new system went into effect was $S.600. The maximum amount a soldier can take out is $10,000.
 At the time this information was gathered, the total amount of insur- ance applied for by men at Camp Fun ston was $599, ,14S.500 the total number of applicants being 65,S04. According 10 a recent announcement by Secretary McAdoo, on July % there was more than Twenty-Five billion dollars applied for by soldiers. more than 2,954, ,609, ,000 applications having been filed. The national average, including both army and navy is abOut SS500
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
Sr> So. ~ERs

Berkeley County yesterday gave up twenty
.hree more of her sons as an offering to the
Country in the righteous cause for which Amer
icas men are fighting today. She gave them
willingly, although tearfully. That they hay all
come back is the most earnest hope Of every sane
person III this world: but that they may not
come back from an unfinished task is also the
earnest hope of every civilized person Called
10 a duty which demands from some the sac
rfiice of life and which demands of every ser
vice man the sacrifice of home ties. they cannot
turn back until their cause.-the cause of justice
and right,-has triumphed The heart-rending
time for those at home is when the boys first go
way: that is when the ties are first severed
If the boys go to France, they probably go from
camp; and there is no leave-taldng of home
folks But yesterday they left home,-for the
first time for such work. One could not help
noting the under tone of seriousness and solemn
which played beneath the attempted lighter
conversation on the street and at the station,
A Goodbye had powerful possibility yester-
day.
For the men themselves, there will be so much
20 think about and much TO learn and do
that they will not be lonesome, and very few
will ever reel any regret that they have been so
called. There reigns lnsthe heart Of the soldier a
spirit which drives him on to his duty. He can
not Go otherwise.
There is perhaps good deal in the field
philosophy which is credited to the French, ard
developed since the began They argue in
this Way,--or some of them do:
Why worry? If you are man, you are either
called to service or you are rot: if you are not,
why worry? If you are called to service, you
are either going to see actire duty or you are
not: if you are not, why worry? If you are to
see active service, you are eitAer going into the
front line trenches or you are not if you are
not, why worry? If you are going into the front
line trenches, you are either going to be sent
across No Mans Land or you are not: if you
arc not, why worry? If you are sent across
No Mans Land you are either going to be
killed or you are not if you are not, why worry
and if you are killed you will not know anything
about it, 50 why worry?"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
OBSERVE REVIVAL
SERVICE Oh SHIPS
FORANERjCANDEAD
FOUR U. 5. SOLDIERS RETURNED
ON BOARD OF SUPPLY
SHIP
eHlTlSH AND AMERICAN FLAGS
AT HALF MAST DURING
SERVICE
FIRST AMERICAN NAVAL MAN
BURIED AT SEA FROM A
DESTROYER.

BASE AMERICAN FLOTILLA IN
BRITISH WAIVERS, March 1.-The
bodies of four American naval men
who have died over mere have been
shipped back home on board a United
States naval supply ship. A brief
funeral serylce-the first of it's kind
to be held hsre-took place Oh the
qaar or deck of the supply ship
when the bodies, in sealed leaden
caskets were received on board. The
ahip had just finished unloading
American supplies at dock SO that
several hundred townapeople wero
able to witness the funeral service
from points of vantage ashore
All flags on the American and
British man.of-war were half mastcd
during tho service which was con
Quoted by the chaplain of the Amer
lean flotilla flagship. The conins
were placed in the center Of the
deck and each was covered with
"Old Glory while grouped about
were several bluejaekets. The read
ing OF the funeral service over, the
band from the flagship played Near
err My God to Thee Then the cot
fins were lowered into the ships
hold, All the time the service was
in progress the civilian onlooker3
stood with barred heads.
One of the bodies was that of bud
ley w Queen. eurgeon on one of the
destroyers who came to the navy
from Texas and whose death was the
first from disease since the arrival
Of the American forces over here
The other three were victims of ace
dents on beard their ships They
were William Lusso, an electrician
of Kansas City, and Martin O'Cal-
laghan and John Boprke, water
tenders.
There also took place the other
day the frs, burial of an American
destroyer over here He was Willis
Martin Goodrow, a machinigts' mate
whose home was in Charleston, S. C.
He was killed in an accident on
board ship and was buried in a u
boat infested area.
One o'clock on bright afternoon
was, chosen as time for the service,
hebodyawgplaced Wig
The body was placed in canvas
casket Draped with the stars and
stripes, it reposed on the afterde
of the ship while the bluejackets lis
tened to the Episcopal burial prayer
read by their commanding officer.
This over, the destroyer was brought
to a stop for thirty seconds while
four sturdy bluejackets lowered the
body of their sllipmate over the star
board side of the vessel.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918.
POPULAR ESTIMATE OF HOSPITAL WORK.

Ii has always been something OF mystery T.
rs 10 see. as was remarked last night by one
0I j.. o. aeors a. the City Hospital conn cree
l..s4. .0ltlees now large crowd viii respond
.soa - .ao.eIld s1ln Commencement.
Iule acknowledgements aIe cry ana untitJef~
es> ng except 70 those persons lmnediaJsly m
-. -. W see no inherent reason why the
= --.4a.4oI. 4 hospital nurses should be unlike
the run OF such exercises. But, whatever the
explanation certain it is that the people do
arm out, and it probably is more or less idle
- raise any question as to the reason.
.s.e glad TO believe, as we are being corn
4 by the evidence to believe, that people
Awe 4. civic interest IN their hospitals which
perhaps does not attach in the same degree to
any other civic institution, And certainly this
is an admirable thing Perhaps it is truar IN
of war when service is at premium
man during times of peace; for. certainly prac-
using a.prox:mates more nearly to the
Of the times than any other endeavor with
"a We are acquainted.
We only wish to call attention publicly IN print
- a nar the work Of the hospitals here,
~ Of both the City and the King s
e14.--a a matter Of popular interest and
ce aa nave only too much evidence to sup
port this statement and we are thoroughly hap
py to be able to make it.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
THE PRODUCER AND CONSUMER.

The Houston Post wraps whole lot UP in a
small package when it sits down to discuss the
subject Of producer and consumer.
consumer is town man who wants the
farmers toaeed him for nothing ard repay the
freight onFtne proyender And producer is a
country man who wants to get every cent the
town man has and leave him nothing for tobacco
'fad car fare How men love each other when it
comes to business
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
FIDuClARY NOTICES.

The accounts of the undersigned fl
duciaries are before the undersigned
for settlement:
C. D. Barney, executor OF ]. E.
Barney, dec. d
J. II. Lloyd, guardian OF Cletis,
Clifford. Boyd and Clarence Fizer
w. c. Kilmer guardian Of Leila
Cheshire, Anna and Odella Sanders.
E. d. seibert, administrator OF j
E. Sei5ert.
Given under my hand as commits
sionor OF accounts for The County
court Of Berkeley County, Feb. 18th,
1918
L. DEW. GBRHARDT, y
H. Commissioner
Imperial Ice Cream-'Nuff sed.
ks PHARMACY. 21o w King S..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
WHY is MARTlNssURe FIRM
Because Its Citizens Have Learned
The Truth.

The Truth.
After reading this generous and
encouraging report from Mr. Barn:-
ner, those who have the misfortune
10 suffer, ar he did, will naturally
long to get similar relief But to get
the same good as Mr. Brantner had,
Won should get the Same remedy.
There are, of course, either kidney
pills but there are no kidney pills
The same as Dosn's. That IS why
Martinshm'g people demand the gen
uine.
=. T Brantner, retired railroad
engineer, SIS n. Queen St, Martins-
hurg. says Il suffered from constant
pains through the small of my-bacS.
At night they kept me awake and
felt very tired when ! got up in the
morning. The kidneys secretioEs
Tassed too often and were painful.
This trouble continued for some
time and | seemed to be getting
worse until began using Doan's
Kidney Pills 1t wasn't long before
they restored my kidneys to a nor
NAL condition ad put stop to the
pains. I can ow sleep well and feel
all right when | get mp in the morn
ing"
Mr. Brantner is only one OF many
Martinsburg people who have crate
fully endorsed Doans Kidney Pills.
# your back aches # your kidneys
bother you, don't simply ask for a
Kidney remedy ask distinctly for
BOAN's KIDNEY PIE8Sy the same
that Mr. .Brantner had the remedy
backed by home testimony. 50
cents at all drug stores. Foster
Hlburn Co. Props Buffalo. \. y.
when Your Back is Iane-Remem,
Dor the Name
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
NOTICE or. INTENTION TO MAKE
APPLICATION FOR PARDON.
To whom II May Concern:

To Whom u May concern
TAKE NOTICE that on the 1th
day Of March, 1918, l will file an ap-
pHcation with the Governor Of the
state of West Virginia for the re.
mission OF a Jail sentence and fine;
I on the 18th day of February, 1915
having been fonud guilty in the
Court of J. c. Wolf, Justice Of the
Peace, to serve sixty days in the
County Jail of said county and pay
q fine Of 10000; said conviction
being for bringing from the State OF
Maryland into the State of West
Virginia more than one quart OF
whiskey within thirty consecutive
days. E. p. HESS,
sd %. 81 BY Counsel.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09
CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. 3. I'm,
TABLE

In Effect Sunday, January 20. 1878
at 4 A. M.
xDlily except Sunday.
"Daily.
fSunday only.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09

week is the assurance that he win be one of
the men to be heard here duying HE meeting Of
the Eastern Fruit Growers Association GA
March l9 and 90 We know that Mr.. Fort sFa
farceful tail1er. clear thinker and elean-cut,
inspiring American; and we are sure that his
visit to Martinsburg and community will be help
ful whenever it does come. We trust there may
be no entire cancellation Of the engagement nee
cssayy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-03-09

II. A. Riddle. Gen. Pass. Agent
J. II. Tonge. Surt.
w. A Gard. Agent. Martinshurg. ". Va