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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

In accordance with the charter, no
tice is hereby given that the annual
stockholders meeting Of the Virginia
and Maryland Bridge Company will be
held on the first Monday in April next,
the lst, at the residence OF E. Z.
Billmyer, Shepherdstown, W. Va, at 3
o'clock p. m, to elect a board Of d.
rectors and transact any other business
before il.
E. E. BlLLMYER, Sec'y.
March IA, l9i8-3w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21
AHurry-Up Call For You

Here's hurry-up call for you from the government:
is important that you decide NOW what your implements
needs will be for the coming yearhow many implements and
what kind of implements you will need.
The government in one of its recent bulletins says;
Orders for repair parts and machines should be placed
possible This will acquaint manufacturers and their
agents with the demand in different sections and enable them
make the best possible distribution AT the same time twill elm
mate expensive delays in transportation the busy season
And there is still more serious need for making your i'm
plement requirements known AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
You doubthave read about the steel situation You know
that in the face Of limited supply there demand
for steel make munitions owar You realize that the govern
must handle the steel supply with the greatest intelligence
and care
But have you understood fully that the government
making OF your implements?
The govenment needs of greatest Importance
recognzeS the fact that small measure the success
failure of this with the farmer Ii recognizes the vital
importance OF implements 10 you wants you TO have the
most improved farm mpementSal of them that you reasonably
need for the production of more food
But the government cannot afford to risk any haphazad
method deciding how much steel will be needed for your i'm
pemenS Too small portion of steel might be apart for
you Or there might be too much Either result would be
costly.
The government wants to know as EXACTLY possible
and as SOON as possible what your needs
And there is only prompt effective way get this
formation to the government
Decide NOW what implements you will need See US as
possible and place your order We will tell the mpe
ment manufacturers And the implement manufacturers will
place your needs before the government
Get busy today 1t of the most important things you
can do to help yourself and your government
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21
Sellinc a Forbidden Book.

During the past week two women
who gave their names as Mrs. Elsie
Sharp and Miss Otis Bowman, of Front
ROYAL, Va, have been in Shepherds
town selling a book, "The Finished
Mystery which its publishers claim
is a message from the late pastor
Russell" a somewhat notorious figure
for a number of years past. The book
is a humbug of the rankeSt sort, of
course, but, worse, it is regarded as Sc
dtiOuS and unpatr.OtiC and its publlCa-
ton and circulation are believed 10 be
a German propaganda Ii was COM
piled by Clayton J. Woodwork, of
Scranton, Pa, who has been arrested
on a charge of seditiouS writings. He
is alleged to have prepared the book
since the war started, and to have in
serted derOgatory references 10 Ameri-
cas- cause in the war The Depart
ment of Justice at Washington has been
active in depressing the book, and the
Canadian authorities have also barred
it from the mails. Thousands of copies
have been seized in various sections
Of the country and in some cases those
selling it have been arrested.
When the activities Of the women
named became known here a member of
the county council of defense notified
Col Stuart w. Walker, of Martinsburg,
u. S. district attorney, and in an hour
or two he had a deputy marshal and a
special agent of the Department of
Justice in Shepherdstown investigating
the matter. After interviewing per-
sons who had been solicited to purchase
the book, the officers went after the
two agents. The women disclaimed
any intention of violating the law and
said they had just received a letter from
headquarters telling them not TO sell
any more of the books, which it was
admitted were tabooed by the govern.
mcnt. The officers confiscated a con-
siderable number of the books, appar-
emily ready for distribution, and re-
leased the two women from custody
pending a further examination into
their activities.
II is to Shepherdstown's credit that
this insidious propaganda was so
promptly squelChed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21

For Sale-A good work mare, will
be sold cheap. Apply to Sager Broth
ers, on the c. G. Felker farm, Sandy
Ridge
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21

FOR SALE-One Smith Form A
Truck, brand new, capacity ~ tons.
Apply to Licklider Corporation.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21

FOR SALE-One used Domestic
Power Sprayer on two-horse truck, in
fine condition The Licklider Corpor-
alton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21

For SaIe-A pony, safe for children
to drive, also a pony cart and harness.
Will sell very cheap. Apply to 6. J.
Knott, near ShepherdstoWn.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21

For Sale-One hundred barrels of
soft corn at $500 a barrel, suitable for
feeding cattle or hogs. Apply 10 Nc
Donald Bros, Media Farm, near Charles
Town
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21
Uniform Examination For Teachers.

The first examination will be held in
Shepherdstown on April 4th and 5th,
commencing each day at 8 a. m. Appli-
cants will notify County Superintendent
by mail or phone
JAMES GRANTHAM,
County Superintendent,
r. F. D., Kearneysville, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21
Look Ahead.

Plan now for your spring planting.
Lime your land and fertilizer your corn
and you will double your yield.
Washington, Alexander & Cooke Co.,
High Grade Fertilizer Works,
Charles Town, w. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
FOOD-SAV|NG TEACHERS
ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE
Home Demonstrators in Wheatless
Bread and Potato Use Have
Busy Week Ahead.

Tho home demonstration organization
Of the Department Of Agriculture
in the District of Columbia is
meeting with great success in fur
nishing free to societies and groups Of
women trained demonstrators to teach
methods OIL food conservation. particu-
larly the making of wheatless bread and
the varied uses Of potatoes to save
wheat.
MRS. Ellen P. Dabney. District d.
rector. said that many demonstrations
have been given and the cooperation
shown by organizations was wonderful.
This week more than seven demonstra-
tors will work among the womens Or
CARNATIONS, and all such bodies inter-
ested may arrange for a demonstration
by notifying Mrs. Dabney: The slogan
of the demonstrating society is you
can serve II you can conserve"
Demonstrations arranged for this week
follow: Tomorrow. pm. Georgetown
Presbyterian Church and the Elizabeth
Brown School OF Chevy Chase: Tuesday,
10 a. M, Church of Our, Father. 18th
and L streets northwest: Tuesday. 2
p M, the Elizabeth Brown School: We'd
nesday. 2:so p. M. Church Of the Good
Shepherd. 9Th and Q streets northeast;
Wednesday,. q p. M, Peck Chapel,
Georgetown; Friday. $3.50 p. M, Jeffer-
son School. 9Th and streets southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
Two Injured in Runaway.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va. May 4.-Lee Pan
nett and wife. prominent Frederick
county residents, were severely injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
DIMINUTION OF Wheat,
WHEAT FLOUR AND OATS
Figures Given Out Following Food
Survey by the Department
Of Agriculture.

A food survey by the Department of
Agriculture made April and an
nounced yesterday disclosed that COM
mercial stocks OF wheat. wheat flour
and oats were considerably less than
year ago. while commercial stocks
of corn. barley and rye and all wheat
-four substitutes were much larger.
Wheat stocks were placed at 29,124,-
PTS bushels in the hands of 1876 firms.
decrease of 81 per cent compared
with last year. No figures were re-
ported for stocks on farms. but the
March 1 canvass showed 111,650,000
bushels against 100. $4,000 the year be-
fore. Movements to the primary mar
kets in March were considerably larg-
er than last year. indicating. the de-
partment states. that stocks Of wheat
remaining on farms April 1 were
greater than a year ago.
Stocks of other cereals. in round
figures, were: Corn. 100000 bushels.
or 4 per cent more than a year ago:
oats. 100000, or "a per cent less;
barley. 100000. or ~ per cent more;
rye. 100000. or 80 per cent more.
Wheat -four stocks amounted to
2.31S.Sf barrels. or 16 per cent less
than year ago; corn -four and meal,
100000 pounds. or 100 per cent more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
DOWN 8 PLANES,
DAMAGE II IN A DAY

The successful activities OF French
aviators on May 2 are described In an
official dispatch from France yester-
day. On that day eight German air
planes were brought down. Three Of
these, however, were destroyed by the
anti-aircraft defense. In addition
twelve enemy machines were serious
ly damaged and fell within their own
lines after air fights with French
pilots. French bombarding aviators
were also busy.
During the day Of May 2 and that
night $1,000 kilos Of explosives were
thrown upon the railway stations of
Ham, Nesles. Roye, Chaulnes. San
Quentin, Jussy and upon Divowac and
cantonments in these regions. Eight
thousand kilos of explosives were
dropped upon enemy establishments
in the region of Rethel and upon the
railway station of Asseld-Laville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
LOCAL HOTELS AND CLUBS LEAD
IN DEMANDING WF1EATLESS BASIS
Managers at Meeting in Office of Food
Administration Propose Ban
at All Eating Places.

Every hotel, club. restaurant or other
eating place Of any character or de-
scrfption will go on an absolutely
wheatless basis, If the recommends
ton of the leading hotel and club
managers Of Washington is adopted by
Clarence r. Wilson, food administra-
tor for the District Of Columbia. The
hotel men at a meeting at the Office
Of the food administrator for the Dis
trict yesterday afternoon exchanged
views on the wheatless meal PROPOSE
ton. which they voluntarily inaugu-
rated about the middle of last month:
They told Mr.. Wilson that the results
were highly satisfactory. and that there
was little or no complaint from their
patrons.
They recommended that Mr.. Wilson
take some action to cause other places
in Washington which serve meals to
the public to stop the use of wheat in
any form. They pointed out that the
lunchrooms and many of the smaller
hotels are now observing Monday and
Wednesday as wheatless days. but that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

on these days they serve victory
bread. which is Is per cent wheat and
only rs per cent substitutes. 1t was
the consensus Of the meeting that the
least thing the other eating places in
Washington could do to win the war
was to observe a program OF wheat
less meals for every meal, every day
in the week.
They also recommended that a cam
paign be started to better acquaint the
public with the difference between the
so-called victory" bread and the
wheatless bread, saying that many pa
triotic people in Washington thought
they were observing a strictly wheat
less program when they used victory
bread.
Samples Of bread baked by Washing
ton bakers, which contained no wheat
at all. were exhibited at the meeting.
The hotels and clubs represented at
the meeting were New Willard, Lafay-
cite. Raleigh. St. James, Occidental.
Powhatan. METROPOLITAN. New Ebbitt.
Congress Hall. Continental. the Logan.
University Club. Army and Navy Club.
Metropolitan Club. Chevy Chase Club.
Cosmos Club. Commercial Club and the
the National Press Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
WEATHER.

District of Columbia. Maryland and
little change in temperature; gentle
shifting winds becoming south
West Virginia. fair; continued warm
today and tomorrow.
Yesterdays Temperatures.
Midnight, Il: am. s.: am. go:
noon. -: pm. IS: pm. so; 8 pm,
IS: PM. 20; 10 Pm, "a. Highest, 81;
lowest, 50.
Relative humidity-s am. 40: 9 PM.
p.m.), trace. Hours of sunshine, 81.
Per cent of possible sunshine, %.
Departures.
Accumulated deficiency of tempera-
ture since January 1. 1918. 80. De-
fciency Of temperature since May 1,
1918. .. Accumulated excess of pre-
Deficiency of precipitation since May
I. 1918, Obj
Temperature same date last year
Highest. 40; lowest. Al.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, 1896 am. and II
PM; high tide, 3:4S am. and 4:12 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, II 80 am. and
II :56 pm; high tide. $50 am. and
4:17 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose COG am; sun sets
500 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises Cos am; sun
sets sos pm.
Moon rises 2:47 am: sets 2:37 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

A Marine Corps casualty list issued
last night contains the names of one
man killed in action, three dead from
shell wounds and five slightly wounded.
The list follows:
KILLED IN ACTION.
CROW. Raymond Franklin, private.
Salt Lake City.
DIED FROM SHELL WOUNDS.
CONROY. Frank, sergeant. Chicago.
CLARK, Harry Elton. private, Tacoma,
Wash.
MANNING. James Beverly. private.
Detroit, Mich.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
MAYFIELD. Lloyd J., private, Anna,
Ill.
Dyer. Alfred Grover. private. Ell
linger. Tex.
Grand Island. Neb.
THOMPSON. Charles Laurence. pri-
vate, Detroit. Mich.
DAVIS. Henry Herman. private.
Gainesville. Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
LABOR BUREAU FROWNS
ON WOMAN CONDUCTORS

Employment'of women as conductors
and motormen on street cars is not
practicable, according to the bureau Of
labor statistics, which has just COM
pleted an investigation in New York,
where women have been employed on
tho cars for several months.
Conditions Of street railway employ
ment cannot be made endurable, the
bureau decided from its investigation.
and the operation Of street cars is
one Of the last occupations into which
women should be pressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
MOUNT VERNON BOAT RESUMES

The steamer Charles Manchester has
resumed its daily trips to Mount YER
non and visitors to Washington are
taking advantage Of the double oppor-
tunity Of paying homage to the mem
ory Of Washington and enjoying the
delightful sixteen-mile trip down the
historic Potomac.
The Manchester leaves the 7th street
wharf daily. except Sunday at
10 q. m. and 2:30 p. m. The daily trips
to Marshall Hall will be resumed on
Decoration Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

came frightened and ran. PAnne6
and his wife leaped. and in falling the
latter received a fractured ankle and
was injured internally. The horse TA0
into a pole and was killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
FLORIDA FISHING HURT
BY RULING, is COMPLAINT

TAMPA, ria. May 4.-State Fish and
ShelitSh Commissioner A. j. Williams
- IN washington to protest against the
food administration ruling that nrac-
tically removes all restrictions on fish
ing. Williams holds that permitting
unrestricted use of all kinds of nets
VIII ruin the fishing in this state
within a yea, to such extent that N
viii be I'VE years recovering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

Hawaiian Governor Confirmed.
Appointment Of Charles J. Mccarthy
% be governor Of Hawaii was con-
irmed yesterday by the Senate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-07
LITTLE MAJOR" BRINGS LUCK
Chicago Salvation Army Man Has
Been .Oyer the Top"

Paris, Aug John r. Atkins. who
was a Salvation Army major in Chi
cago, but who now is serving with a
famous battalion of the United States
army as a Salvation Army worker, has
been mentioned in battalion and regi-
mental orders and has been several
times ever the top" with the battalion.
He has been acclaimed the most popular
man in the battalion and recommended
for a commission as chaplain by the
regimental commander
Major" Atkins, who is known to the
officers and men of the battalion as the
little major" to distinguish him from
the real major of the organization, is
said to carry the good luck of the unit
with him. The boys believe that when
he is with them in an engagement their
casualties are light. On one occasion
when raid was TO be undertaken, the
little majors unit suffered with only
four casualties, while the organization
which followed them into action suffered
severely.
When payday was long time coming
recently the little major gave each mar
in the battalion an order for sever
francs on the canteen. Each took ad.
vantage Of the "jawbone." as the army
boys call loan, and when payday came
not opS failed 70 show up to the litti1
in<nR With IL jptuyA naymant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-07
AMERICANS BUILDING
BRIDGES UNDER FIRE
Lieutenant Braves German
Smelling Himself, but Keeps
Men Under Cover
BY the Associated Press
With the American Army on the vesle.-


Aug. Z.
The Germans appear to be determined
not to permit American engineers to
throw bridges across the Vesle and as
had thrilling experiences The bridge
builders had been eager to proceed with
their work despite the German fire and
their officers have had to hold them
back.
Lieutenant F. F. Mail, Of California,
on Tuesday was under cover with siXty
men on the south bank awaiting lull
in the German shelling in order to build
a bridge. 1t was intended to build a
footbridge on the foundations of a
bridge destroyed by the Germans and
then to put up larger structure. Rather
than expose his men. Lieutenant Mail,
carrying two planks, started out on an
q ploration trip by himself
The lieutenant reaChed the southern
pier just as the German machine gun
ners commenced a heavy fire. This did
not stop him. He tossed one plank into
a Temporary position and then put the
other in place from the south pier to the
pier in the midi" Cf the river Inc
enemy fire becoming warmer, Lieutenant
Mail jumped inlo the river and toua
cover on the north bank. Afterwards
ne recrossed to the south bank and c,.
j, med his command amid cheers from
'hc soldiers.
1T another poin' farther west I"
F-smes. Major Francis r NewcombeI
and Captain James P. Growden durIne
ua. light. felled tree across the Neclt
| ana crossed to the north bank. There
| soy chopped dowE another tree wh!rt
| fell toward the southern bank. Soor
| afterwards they had completed foot
bridge with the tree trunns as strilg
( els. Newcomber and Growd21 had gon,
ahead of the bridge-building gang Il
! the position and when the gang arrived
| they found the work well start"l. Th
enemy discovered the footbridge sooI
afterward and since has surJr"teI It t
I lively fire
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-07
F0CH IS AWARDED
.MARSHAL'S BATON
Commander in-Chief and
His Aide. Petain. Honored
by French Ministry
PERSHINC IS DECORATED
Paris. Aug. :.

Paris. Aug. :.
The Council Of Ministers has elevated
General Ferdinand Foch, commander-in-
chief of the Allied forces on the western
front, to a marshal of France.
The ministers also have conferred the
military medal on General Petain. COM
mander-in-chief of the French armies on
the western front
President Poincare presided at the
meeting of the council. In presenting
the name Of General Foch, Premier Gle
menceau said:
AT the hour when the enemy, by a
formidable offensive on a front of 100
kilometers, counted On snatching the
decision and imposing German peace
upon us. General Foch and his admira-
BILE troops vanauished him.
Paris is not in danger. Scissors and
Chateau-Thierry have been reconquered
and more than 200 villages have been
delivered. Thirty-five thousand prisbn-
ers and 700 cannon have been captured,
and the enemy's high hopes before the
attack have been crushed. The glorious
! Allied armies have thrown him from the
! banks of the Marne to the Aisne. Such
| are the results of the high command s
strategy, superbly executed by incom-
parable commanders. The confidence
/ placed by the republic and by all the
allies in the conqueror of St Gond, the
| Ys0r and the Somme has been fully JUS
| tilted"
The awarding of the Medaille Militaire
to General Petain issa distinction rarely
given to officers, the decoration gen.
orally being reserved for enlisted men
Marshal Joffre is one of the few officers
! who have received this honor.
! President Poincare visited American
headquarters yesterday afternoon ano
presented to General John ]. Pershing
comma nder-n-c of the American ex
peditionary forces, the Grand Cross Of
the Legion of Honor.
The ceremony took place in thu
presence of General Pershing's staff anc
attachments of French and American
| troops.
During the presentation Presiden
Poincare expressed his compliments tC
General Pershing for what he termed
the grand success of the Americans il
the recent fighting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-07
IT, S. TROOPS START FIERCE DRIVE

Far north OF the road, out of the
wheat field, could be seen orderly rows
of shell holes, where our air artillery
had laid down a creeping barrage,
behind which the troops had moved
to the foes positions at the edge of
the wood. Here and there lay the
body of a boy in brown who had paid
the great price.
On to the edge of the wood I walked
and there was a picture that will ever
linger. In a pit, perhaps fifty feet
long. twenty feet wide and fifteen feet
deep the Germans had established
strong position, with emplacements in
the sides for machine guns-maybe
twenty of them. There In the bottom
of the pit in utmost confusion lay
fifteen or so dead Germans and per.
haps ten Americans. In front Of the
pit lay nine dead of our men.
The Americans had charged those
machine guns even into the pit. where
they fought hand.to.hand with the
gunners. It seemed that while fight.
ing there in the cockpit a shell had
fallen among them.
All along the edge OF the wood
smaller machine gun nests had been
broken up.
A more cheerful story was told by
the scene inside the wood where I saw
fifty or sixty Germans in a hundred
square yards, who had been killed bv
high explosive shells where o,lr Guns
had raked them in their flight There
were virtually no American bodias
in the wood. but there must have been
several bupdred dead C:ern,ars
Bury Americans First
As we came ont of the wood , l,,r,,
ing detail was hard AZ ro,,r ,no, ,'S
cans wore hurieJ 6rs+ T., ia,o
Grave we're bein~ nIacod ro,l,,, Gr.,.
bodies of mo, fron, tba r-,,itn, g.. 80. -!
,rbo had chnrgod ,,acI, i,,a 'r,,,, '.,a.ts n.s
aInng Tho ejere rf ,,,a ,,.,5 . ~ t,vS -
,,,r,ies, arh+;rr, ,,,ai.i. 80 ~ vi " "'iie
,,,oo,,,od "a '''''7 f''''io''S '"iS war mas
trha+ ,,.os .,,. to-. ,
mat was INC lasI stand me Ger
,lan' rI .i ..iaue asains' ,i Tue americans oe-
~, 'N' S" "IioSS 'he Nesle
river. .,
III shilli lillSi forth OF flStn"S Mon
''hS me @the ie'icdiS TOOK seven prison.
TIs lIoIl 'llt rLleth ffuSsian Guard
DiNlsion' Wnich hau been put back