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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-18
CROSS, FEVER|SH
CHILD IS BILIOUS
OR CONST|PATED
LOOK, MOTHER! If TONGUE is
COATED GIVE "CAlIFORNlA
SYRUP OF FIGS,

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish or
breathe is bad, stomach sour, LOOK at
the tongue, mother, If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleansing" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "Califor-
MIA Syrup of Figs" handy; they know
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a
bottle of California Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and grown-ups print
ed on the bottle. Beware of counter
feits sold here, so don't be fooled, Get
the genuine, made by California Fig
Syrup Company
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-18
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GEORGE ". B,JyT0N
Continued rrt,m Page o,.,

retired life. He was long fotor,....
agriculture to a great extent "
Mr. Buxton married twice. hi. e...
wife being Miss Susan rsr,.. "
which union Mrs. Fitz is tba s.,
Tiv0r, lbs second wife was Miss ~
len shaffer and he is also ar-.. ~.
by one daughter by this m.7.,-'
Mrs Paul H. Martin, wife Of Attor.--.
Martin, of Winchester avenue
Complete arrangement for ia.
neral have not been made. bat 81.
vices will be held some Time sms..
from the home Of Mrs Fl,s ana -.
be in charge Of DR. Henry Il If5s.44
assisted by Rev. A. u. Glgcs
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-18
CARD NEEDED TO
GET HARD COAL

Martinsburg residents who desire
that anthracite coal heat their homes
the City Hall, in the health office and
obtain a card, which will entitle them
to purchase a half-ton of the supply
due to arrive here tomorrow or Mon
day according to Acting Fuel Admin
istrator P. W. Letter
This is done in order that each
family may secure some of the city's
coal, and in order that no family may
obtain more than the other.
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CAN BEAT ON HIS
STOMACH THANKS
TO NERV- WORTH
Thankful Grocer Gave Remark
able Signed Statement.

Over his own signature and on his
own letter-head this well known and
highly esteemed dealer in dry goods,
groceries, etc, located in Clarksburg
w. Va, gave to his local druggist in
the following words, one of the most
remarkable endorsements ever set
down on paper.
Mr. Burke-I have been doctoring
with two or three doctors for my
stomach trouble and didn't get any
relief from them at all but got worse
all the time / couldn't eat anything
but what it hurt me and | couldn't
get any relief until | had taken
Wentworth. I feel entirely well af
ter taking one and half bottles of
(Nerv- WORTH. | feel as well as any
one could feel. can eat anything and
can't get enough to eat. My Stomach
was so sore and so tender that
couldn't bear my clothes to touch me,
but l can't get enough sleep and
couldn't sleep at all before taking
Wentworth. But thank the Lord
can sleep and eat and feel like a
young man. (72 years old.
Yours truly,
J. S. QUICK,
After signing the above Mr. Quick
added the following statement:
eff any person wants to know
about Wentworth call and see me.
cannot give it just right on paper,
but I can show the people,,
e. C. Shepherd sells Nerv-Worth in
Martinsburg. Your dollar back if this
famous family tonic does not benefit
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-18
GASoLiNELESS SUNDAYS
ARE ENDED BY GARFIELD

Fuel Administrator Garfield yester-
day lifted the ban on the use of gaso-
line on Sundays, effective at once.
If gasoline supplies again become
dangerously low, it was stated at the
fuel administration, the request will
be renewed 1t is probable that pri
GRITTY orders will begin for shipping
of gasoline overseas.
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SOON TO LEAVE FoR F4R Wra+

Miss Marion Rothwell. OF Buffalo
Wyoming, who has been the guest +,
Mrs. Lynn Brumback. Of BaltInoto
for the summer, will spend a few dave
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Thorn and
then leave for her home in Wyoming
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-18
OLD STATION AS HOSPITAL

The old Cumberland Valley statian
in Chambersburg, which has recently
been used as a rest room. has been
converted into an emergency hospital
where patients for the FIN will he
treated.
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SPEEDER AND 2 DRINKS.

One speeder was fined $40 in police
court last night and TWO men, WHO
had been under the influence pad
$3.50 each and were dismissed.
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Funeral of Mr.. Waehtel.

| Funeral of Mr.. Wachtel.
Elaborate floral designs marked the
simple funeral service held at the
home on Wednesday afternoon for the
late Martin L. Wachtel 4 number of
relatives of the deceased from his ma
tive community at Myersville, Md,
were here for the funeral which was
conducted by the Reverend Charles S.
Trump, pastor of the Lutheran Church,
of which the deceased was member.
Mrs. Charles &. Blamer.
Word has been received here telling
OF the death of Mrs. Isabella Naomi
Blamer in Keyser Sunday afternoon
of pneumonia supe1induced by Span
ish influenza. She was the wife of
Charles E. Blamer and was 81 years
of age Before her marriage Size was
Miss Isabella Naomi Dorsey, of Green
Spring. Surviving are her husband and
two daughters, Mrs. Orrie L. Rice and
Geraldine, aged and her mother, five
sisters and four brothers. All of her
married life except one year in Cum
berland, Md, has been spent in Key
ser.
Mrs. Holmes Talbot
Mrs. Florence Talbot, wife of Cor
poral Holmes Talbot, died at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. King, at Vanclevesville yester
day morning early.
She is survived by her husband,
who is stationed at Camp Sidney
Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla, and one
child, four months of age.
Mother and Infant Die.
Mrs. Bessie L. Watson, widow of
John Watson, and infant child died
last night at the Kings Daughters
Hospital.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been made.
Harvey Robinson.
Harvey Robinson, aged "a years,
died at the City Hospital yesterday
afternoon, death being due to influ-
enza
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. d.
T. Robinson, and the husband of Mrs.
Emma Robinson.
The remains will be buried i'll the
cemetery at Smoketown, near which
the deceased lived.
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Neighborhood agencies: Robert Glib
son. Shepherdstown; Miller's Phar
macy, Charles Town.
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Turner Pitzer and will be conducted
by the Rev. King, of the Presbyterian
church
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

OF essential goods and the lou., J,
scale OF individual consumut;os ~
even to the point of self-den;s,' :.
greater the placing of all sur,,as ~
funds at the disposal of the eosp.a ,p'us
ment, the less will be the amount -, :,
imitation necessary, the soundsr sls s,;'' :,
be the banking and the industr;s, !
condition of the country, and, H.. :
but not in every sense least 'as' -
cheaper will be the cost of }v;, ~
the Individual. s y
Patriotism Plus
Common Sense
1t is not only a matter Of !,
triotism, it is not only matte, = !,
securing a good return on the ,,t...
security in the world, that snonss
induce people to subscribe to IIr;..s
States government war bonds +
is matter of vital self.;rt.....
wherein everybody can do snlend;,
teamwork to help himself as wall :.
his neighbor to keep down thu ~, :
of living, or at least to keep It firm,
going to dizzy and painfully burden
some heights.
Every man should take th.,.
things to heart. He should p,ens,,
Immediately to subscribe to thu r.x.
issue of government bonds to n.
limit of his present savings. ana !,
addition to the limit of the fund,
which he can save by consuming
less. 1t will be much better as >
practical matter 70 go the limit IL
win the war now, while we have tho
help of the Allies, than to hay. to
defeat Germany alone. For, if ne.
essary, we are going to do Just that,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

government made not from savings
but from borrowings will tend to in
crease bank credit. Further extern
sion of bank credit will chiefly bring
about rise in commodity prices"
The normal annual savings fund
of the people of the United States
available for the purchase of govern
ment bonds is estimated variously.
The figures accepted as most nearly
accurate indicate that our gross an
nual income in 1917 totalled about
$4,000, 100000. Out Of this total it
is estimated that our savings ranged
from six to ten billion dollars. In
view of the economic adjustments
under way and the curtailment of
profits in many industries, it would
be surprising if the figures of gross
annual income or Of savings in 1913
should equal those of 1917. Certain
ly it does not seem to be safe to
count on normal savings this year
of more than six billion dollars. Es-
pecially does this seem to be true
considering the utterly inadequate
scale on which individual economy
presently is practised. The only
way in which total savings can be
increased lies in the direction of un
usual efforts to reduce consumption.
For the sake of our national finan-
cial health, it is out of the surplus
of production over consumption that
government loans ought to be
paid for.
War Taxes
insufficient
The plain unvarnished fact is that
annual war taxes of, say, $780,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

buy goods and to employ labor as
they have been accustomed to do in
the past. The government and the
individual consumer struggle with
each other to obtain the same goods
or different goods made by the same
labor. The volume of goods being
strictly limited by the amount of
labor available, when neither pur-
chaser gives way to the other,
neither obtains all of the goods he
needs or wants.
The result is twofold: The gov
ernment pays more for the goods
and services it needs, and thereby
the winning of the war is deferred or
endangered, and the individual con-
sumer pays more for the commodi-
ties required to satisfy his wants,
and his own self-interest is injured.
Folly Of
Self-Delusion
1t would seem that the mere state.
ment of the facts in this way would
be sufficient to make the American
public see that it is "fool PROPOSE
ton" to continue to delude itself.
That there should be an authorita-
tive statement on this subject, the
Treasury Department has recently
made public a report of special
committee of the American Eco
nomic Association, in which occurs
the following paragraph: "While
the war lasts the commodity price
level will inevitably mount by leaps
and bounds unless we adopt rigorous
preventive measures. In particular
we must avoid, so far as possible,
lending by borrowing. Loans to the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

100000 plus normal annual savings,
of, say, $6,000,OOO,000, or total of,
say, $8,500,000,000, promise to be
wofully insufficient to take care of
the fifteen to twenty-billiondollar
war expenditure requirements of the
government for the calendar year
1918. Another plain unvarnished
fact is that to the extent that thes.
two sources of revenue shall not
prove sufficient all of the preaching
of economists will not prevent the
imitation and its attendant economic
evils which have proved to be more
or less inseparable from the conduct
of all wars. The conclusion is inesca-
pable that the amount of credit ex-
pansion will depend invcrsely upon
the excess Of production over private
consumption, or real savings, and
the extent to which these savings
shall be turned over to the Federal
government.
Banking
And Industry
Here is matter of vital signifi-
canoe to every man, woman and
child in this country. The man who
is able to lend his savings to the
government in one form or another
and does not do so is not only un-
patriotic, but he is helping to raise
the cost of his own food and rent.
The man who can save more than he
does and who fails to turn the addi-
tional saving over to the govern
ment likewise contributes to the
postponement of victory and to his
own discomfort in the rising cost of
living. The greater the production
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

cial depression, and consols since the
Boer War have continued to go down
gradually, attributed partly to the de
probation of the purchasing power Of
money in the last ten years and the
absorption of capital in industrial and
foreign loans. In 1914, however.
slight upward tendency appeared, but
it was arrested by the outbreak of the
present war. In 1918 the high for con-
soils was 1915, the low 71}s; in 1914
the high had gone up to SO& in the
peaceful part of the year, but a low
point of 68 was registered that year
on account of the war. In 1915 the
highest point was only 761s and the
low was down to Sd, and in 1916 the
high was 62A and the low only so.
In 1917 the high was 562s, the low 81.
The history of French government
bonds, or rentes, records similar war
reactions. AS in England. the French
government debt is mainly in the form
of perpetual funded debt. In 1890
French rentcs were above par, going
in that year to 102. The July Revolu-
tion Of 1881 caused sharp decline to
"a. But this was only comparatively
temporary, for by 1916 the per cent
rentes were selling at 1926, the Is
at 110.5 and the 3s at S64.
The Revolution Of 1s4S caused the IS
to drop to so, and the 3s to 321s
After that there came a steady upward
tendency until 1867, vixen the IS
reached 1910. Then came the dis
astrous Franco-Prussian War, 1901.
The IS dropped to 5O.35 as result of
tins war. In the period subsequent to
this, although France had been de-
teated, losing Alsace Lorraine and hav-
ing to pay S1,0OO,00O 900 indemnity
to Germany, and although there were
two funding operations reducing the
interest rate. nevertheless the price of
FRANCES bonds continued to rise until
1897, when they reached their maxi
mum of 105.25. The present war, as
was to be expected, has again sent them
punglng downward. In 1914 the high
was 80, the low 1865. In 1915 the high
was only 69.5, the low 565. and in 1916
the high was So, the low 525. In 1917
the range was 55.5 to 1925.
Prussian bonds also reflected and
registered the existence of the Franco
Prusslan War. In 1869 the bonds of
the Prussian state debt were quoted at
el@s; in 1870 they went down to 7s1s.
But Prussia's bonds showed rapid re.
covery in keeping with the rapidity of
her military success, rising in 1871 to
1914 and in 1872 to 90Aa. And having
won Alsace-Lorraine and s1,O72 ,237. .S73
IN indemnities in the war, Germany
was enabled to wipe out her debt. with
half billion dollars to spare, so that
the disturbing effect of war on her
bonds was minimized. They have felt.
however, the full effect of the present
war; in 1914 Prussian as recorded q
nigh of Sc and low of 81; in 1919
the high was 65A, the low 52%. and in
1916 the high was 581s and the low
ooA. Other German government bond
issues show corresponding downward
fluctuations.
Japanese Conditions
SEohtlv D;G.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Japanese Conditions
Slightly Different

IN 1899 Japan borrowed in England
$4s,o0o,000 on per cent bonds nut
out at 80. Within year these bonds
Went up to 1o5, but during the
o-Japanese war they dropped to
'''s. Ihey were redeemed in 1910
and 1912 before their normal most t.war -
recovery was fully felt. In the present
war; although Japan has been able to
reuoce her national debt, being the
o"'y warning nation able to do 40.
nevertheless her bonds have not ~.
caped the depreciation In market QUO.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

to what the rise and fall of the ther-
mometer is to the weather. Just as you
can tell the change in the temperature by
watching the fluctuations in the height
Of the column Of mercury, an expert in
finance could almost tell the historic
changes of country from peace to war
merely by looking at the fluctuations
in the column of government bond quo
tations year by year. He could make a
pretty fair guess that the country was
at war when bond prices suddenly
dropped and fluctuated below the prices
of previous years and then in succeed
ing years returned to their former
levels or higher.
War Conduct Of
English Consols
Take the case of Great Britain. Her
national debt is funded in the consoli-
dated annuties or bonds, popularity
known as "consols." The fuctuaton of
these consols in response to England's
wars, big and little, are typical of the
conduct Of government bonds During
the Napoleonic wars, 1893 to 1915, con-
soils fiuctuated downward notably. In
1892 they were quoted at 81. France
declared war on Great Britain in 1893,
and consols fell to 70h. In 1897 they
dropped to 47i2. The next year they
went down to their lowest price, 471li
In 1902 they rose to 70, but in 1914
their highest quotation was only 67ls,
and they touched low point for that
year of SAY.
In the last year Of the war they were
65A, but after the Battle of Waterloo,
June IS, 1915, the general curve Of their
market quotations showed an upward
tendency. In 1917 the range was from
a high of S4il to low Of 62. In the
succeeding years radical shifts took
place in England's political and indus
trial life, placing severe strains on the
country, but the rise in consols con-
tinued In 1924 they touched 81. In
1914 they crossed par to 1013s. In 1852
the range was from a high of 1O2 to a
low Of 977s.
This upward trend Of consols per-
sisted in the face of great internal
changes which virtually amounted to a
revolution in the whole life of England.
Their firmncss, however, at once gave
way before war, even of a compare
lively minor sort. The Crimean War
came in 1896 and the Sepoy Re-
bellion in 1857, and consols went down
accordingly. In 1853 the high was 1o1,
the low 90&; in 1854, the high 95M.
low 85A; 1855, high 932., low S6A. and
in 1856, which brought the end of tho
Crlmean War, the figures turned up-
W. rd, the high being 957s, the low s5as.
But this upward trend was not fullv
maintained in the face of the Sepoy Re-
bellion, for in 1857 the high quotation
dropped somewhat, being 94A.
The next year consols tended IN
again sharply, and they reached their
maximum in July, 1896, of ia. the low
that year being 1861. In 1897 and 1898
they kept within about an eighth of y
point Of these figures.
But the Boer War of 1s99-1901, in it's
'urn' brought on marked drop in con-
soils. In 1899 the high was only 111h
the low 97%; in 1900 they swooped
down to 1Oals for the high, 96% for
the low, and in 1901 still downward to
~ 70 for the high, 81 for the low.
Franco-Prussian War
Depressed Rentcs
Wars, of course, are not tho on,v
force depressing government bond
prices. They respond to general t,nan.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

would be made fairly rapidly out Of
future savings, so that the total
would be dwindling to small figures
before the next bond issue should
be made. 1t now appears that we
shall enter the campaign for sub
scriptions to the third issue of bonds
with a considerable volume of such
loans still outstanding. Credit ex
pansicn to finance the war already
exists.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Franco-Prussian War
Depressed Rentes

wars, OF course, are not the only
force depressing government bond
prices. They respond to general tinan-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
The Money
Cost of War

This preparation for, rather than
participation in, the war from the
beginning Of April, 1917, to the end
OF February, 1918, cost the coun-
try considerably over eight billions
Of dollars. OF this total about ST.
SOC, 900, 900 consisted Of loans to our
allies, about s2,350,000,00o of ex-
penditures for the army, about
$500, 600, 900 of expenditures for the
navy, and most Of the remainder for
the construction Of merchant ship
ping. The greater part of this
money has been raised by the nota-
ton OF the two Liberty Loans, the
total proceeds Of the two issues be-
ing $780,, 100000 Taxes To the end
of February are estimated To have
yielded about 10000 900, while a
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Methods Of
Raising Money

With an approximation of the
financial requirements in mind, let
us consider the two ways by which
what we colloquially call money"
can be directly raised-through tax
alton or by the use Of the credit of
the government. There is a limit
to the amount that can safely be
raised by taxation. Exactly what
that figure will be no one can tell. 1t
IS plain that taxation has already
been carried far enough to make
considerable inroads on our person.
al and corporate incomes, and that
1t can be carried to such a point as
TO provoke industrial paralysis, and
thus defeat its own ends. Official
estimates indicate that the proceeds
OF income taxation, excess profits
taxation and all forms of internal
revenue for the fiscal year to end
June 30, 1918, will total $3,400,00O
600. or this total estimated war
taxes will furnish 1854, ,870, 900.
Taxes evidently will supply only
small portion Of the annual war ex-
penditurcs which must be financed.
Great Britain has applied the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-29
Italians Win Patrol
Fights i'm Mountains
British Aviators Flying Under
Diaz Command Make
Splendid Record

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-Patrol cncoun
tcrs and artillery duels Of some inten-
sity occurred yesterday on the North
crn Italian front. From the Val
d'Arsa, west of the Asiago Plateau. to
the upper Piave River, Australian and
Italian accommodating parties mani
tested unusual activity, Rome asserting
that General Diuz's troops came out OF
most Of the engagements victorious.
The battle of the big guns burst out
with sudden fury betweci, the Frenzela
Valley and the Brenta Canal, whore the
invaders stand nearest the foothills Of
the mountains.
Lively aerial operations have accom-
panied the infantry activity. In he
last week british avlators accomplished
especially good work in combats and
scouting. six Austrian machines and
two observation balloons were brought
down in that period by t,.c British
niers.
The War Office statement regarding
air operations in Italy says that since
the end OF November, when the Sritish
armen began operations in Italy, they
have destroyed thirty-seven enemy
planes and brought two others down
out of control. In addition, four Aus
trian balloons have been shot earth
in flames The Royal Filters accom-
plished this with the loss o. only five
Cf their own machines.