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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18

terest can be aroused IN this feature
Of the campaign because any single
unit, regardless Of is sixs or loca-
ton, may compete for this honor. Ths
only requisite to winning 10 In thu
showing Of results by tho Liberty Loan
bond sales committee. You cannot do
better than to impress this point on
every one In your community. Call
particular attention to the fact that
this 10 the finest way on earth TO get
your town on the map. The name Of
the town that wins this honor win be
flashed from coast to coast by the
biggest press associations In the coun-
try and IL doubtless will be on the
front page Of virtually every metro
politan newspaper In the United
States the day altar the first flag In
WON
Other HonorH
Next In Importance 10 winning tho
right to ny the first honor flag in the
United States Is to have the privilege
Of unfurling the first honor flag in
your state. Even II you do not win
this second honor all hope is not lost,
for you still can be the first unit in
your section Of the state to win the
right to fly the flag; failing again, you
can strive to gain unit honors in your
county, and last, but not least, you
should try to win this right before
the local unit that Is your keenest
rival for honors Of all kinds.
Tho helpfulness Of tho window sign
and tho honor rolls In selling bonds
and obtaining the honor flag cannot
be overestimated.
Every subscriber 10 the loan, regard
less Of the amount Of his subscrip-
ton, Is entitled to q window sign. The
great Importance Of displaying it
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18
BUY BONDS, SAYS BOX.

If every woman in America cor
rectly unde~4tood the safety to her.
self in an Investment in a Liberty
Loan bond, doubt if there would be
many bonds left for the men to buy.
These bonds should have an unusual
attraction to woman left with small
means to invest, since she is gener-
ally not as well informed as man
with regard to safe investments. She
wants to put her money where il II
safe, because, as rule, it is all that
she has, but she does not know where
to put it. There are thousands of
such women all through the country
who are naturally timid about invest
ing their money, and / wish that my
words might reach every woman so
placed so that she might look for her.
self into the unusual opportunity Of
fered her for a safe haven for her
money. Her own intelligence would
then quickly convince her that her
dream of placing her money where she
cannot lose it had come true. If any
word of mine can help such woman
to reach a decisionsI am only too glad
to speak it and to urge her to do the
double duty that is hers: First, the
duty to the safety of her own money,
and, second, the duty that she per-
forms to her country when she buys a
Liberty bond. Edward Box, editor Of
the ladies' Home Journal.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18
ANTI-sPY SLOGANS.

The following are culled from =
series Of slogans submitted by the AS
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs Of the
World:
If you know anything Germany
would like to know, let this be your
speechless day.
Keep your eyes peeled, your heart
steeled, your lips sealed-dont talki
Your idle prattle may lose battle.
Don't tell all you know.
One German army has already oc-
cupied America-the invisible host Of
spies is everywhere. Don't talki
Swat the flyi Spot the spyl Spies
feed upon little crumbs Of converse
ton, little glances Of observation.
Starve them outi
Don't tell all you know to people
you don'tl
Keep your eyes open. Report sus-
picious persons who ask curious. Ques-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18
SOCK MONEY MUST COMB
OUT TO PROTECT FARMER

Since the dark ages the farmer-the
most peace-loving citizen-has been
the man who suffered most from war.
His crops, his everything. are usually
consumed by the invading armies.
But the farmer Is O warrior when
he once realizes that war Is the only
thing that win keep him free. Sincs
the war was declared against the CEN
trail powers he has not had the same
chance to quickly grasp what it is all
about.
But now he Is coming to fun
knowledge of the barbarous enemy
with which we are at war.
Reports from the rural districts
throughout the Fifth federal reserve
district indicate that the farmers are
ready to assist in heavy subscription
to the third Liberty Loan.
We are low in the crucial year of
the war, Our boys are at the front,
hundreds of thousands of them in the
trenches and million more ready to
go. The treasury department has tho
whole burden of the war on its shoul-
ders.
Every nickel and dime that can be
raked up and scraped together will
help Uncle Sam whip the HUI. Don't
think the money left in the sock or
other hiding places will help. 1t must
be put into Liberty bonds.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18

should be impressed upon every sub
Scriber. Once he has placed IL In his
window, Il win begin to have adver.
Using value, particularly in the minds
Of persons who have not bought bonds.
II Is obvious that If John Smith has
q flag In his window, Samuel JoneA
who lives next door to Smith, viii want
to have one, also.
OF equally as great value Win be the
honor rolls They should be placed
ia the most conspicuous locations In
your community, such as the Liberty
Loan headquarters, postoffice, banks,
railroad stations and any other points
where q number of persons are likely
to congregate or pass.
Celebrating Your Victory.
A fitting celebration should mark the
raising Of the flag. If your commu-
nifty is the first in the United States
to win the right to fly it, you should
obtain q speaker Of national reputa-
ton to deliver an address, If you
win the state honor, your governor
doubtless will be pleased to make an
address for you. Even il you should
not win either Of these two honors, the
flag raising should be big event In
your community. You might have .
holiday declared in your schools and
utilize the school children in a huge
parade. Persons who have bought Lib
erty bonds might be permitted to 90
cupy a distinctive section Of the pa
rade.
This honor flag plan is ons that
will separate the quick and the dead
towns beyond all shadow Of doubt.
It puts the classification right up to
the citizens Of the communities them
selves.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18
Pastor Walter Lehman.


eve 60 forth to war as Christians,
precisely as Christians, as we Germans
understand Christianity. Thus we can
say; With God will we go about our
work. Can the Russians, the French,
the Serbians, the English say this7
No, not one of them; only we Ger
mans can say it.
of God is for us, who can be
against usf 1t is enough for us to be
a part of God.
Germany is the future Of hui
mainly. He who in these days sets
forth to defend the German hearth,
sets forth in a holy fight; he sets
forth to a great, Incompatible Divine
service, in which, indeed, one neither
prays nor sings, but in which one
stakes life itself, this single, sweet,
beloved life, for the life of the whole
nation, nation which is Gods seed
corn for the future.
eve can't may sound strange,
but it has it's deep meaning-we can
say: We love our earthly Fatherland
SO much that we gladly barter our
heavenly for it.
"The German soul is the worlds
soul. God and Germany belong to
one another. The German soul is
Gods soul; it shall and will rule
over mankind.
"Am 1 exaggerating when say that
we feel at the present time, when ~
ing passion, selfshness prevail around
US, that we are actually the people
God has chosen for His heirs, feel our
selves in this fight, if not His chosen
people, yet-in all humility-the in
strument of God.
"Oh, that the German god may per-
meate the world; oh, that eternal vic
tory may blossom before the God of
the German soul"
Pastor Karl Koenig.
"God does not will the war, but He
wills that we, as Germans, shall will
freedom, because otherwise we can
not fulfill our great task in the SER
vice of mankind, and be enabled to
become source of light and love, of
truth, virtue and religion. We Ger
mans did not will the war, but we did
will and were bound to will freedom.
And because they would not let US
have it, it was Gods will that we
should will the war.
Pastor John Rump.
owe must fight, not only for our
existence as nation, but also for all
the treasures of Kultur which the
German race, in all parts of the world,
has acquired for the worlds good.
The German thought in the world has
proved its benefcent might, has shown
what it means to go to work with all
your strength in the name and power
of God.
"Thus we see, and thus the world
secs, our kaiser; heroic figure, in
truth knight by the grace of God,
both king and prophet, prince and
servant, not only the general bent
upon victory, but also his peoples
prayerful house priest.
Brethren and sistersi In a moment
we, the children Of modern humanity,
have become the hairs of Israel, the
people of the Old Testament covenant.
We shall be the bearers of Gods
promises, the living proof that it is
not man who creates history, but God
through man.
Germany shall be the Israel Of the
future.
eve fght-thanks and praise be to
God-for the cause of Jesus within
mankind"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18

Your country is calling you. What
Is your answerf
Will you give yourself, your money
or only your sympathy
When the shattered wrecks Of man
hood return, grief will then enter into
your soul if you have not given every
waking momen. and every available
penny in support Of those whs are
making tho Supreme sacrifice.n Ngs.ss !
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18

Samuel Gompers says: sTiberty
bonds are a safe investment, and it is
patriotic duty to subscribe for them"
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Kaiiser'sPulpits
Continued From First Page.)

fight in the cause of humanity and
Christianity.
"The Germans are the very nearest
to the Lord"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18

tions. Three cowboys caught the spy
whose papers exposed Benedict Ar
mold. Keep sharp lookout.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-18

These are the people Of Our IoMn
Government Bonds, of the Third Liberty Loan

Is a he o ho who pure
. be "a in pop~rio L. paio
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
LLOYD GEORGE TALKS
 or "AFTER THE WAR" In Addressing Delegates of National Union of Manufacturers.

London, Aug 1-"No man should boast until the battle is over But all men who know are pleased at the way it is going
 Premier Lloyd George thus comment ed in addressing deputation of 200 members of the Naional Union of Manufacturers, whom he met yester- day for a discussion of after the war commercial problems.
 After discussing the necessity of promoting after war industries essen tial to the country economically and militarly the premier continued:
 ''The longer the war lasts the stern CT must be the economic terms we i'm pose on the foe. think the sooner he realizes that the better. He is fight ing in order to impose his own econ omic terms on the allies. He will nev- CT succeed in doing so.
 50 far as that is concerned, we must be in position to determine the conditions which we regard as fair without having them imposed upon us by the will of the enemy.
 If he goes on fighting. imposing greater burdens on us. destroying oul young manhood and guilty also of out rages which shock humanity, and makes it difficult to shake hands witf him when the war is over. sterner vii be the terms imposed upon him"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

Washington Aug. 1.-Wage increases ranging from 5 to 65 per cent were granted to emploeS of ? street and interurban railway companies operat- ing in Is cities in an award announced today by the war labor board. Wages of motormen and conductors in the larger cities were fixed at from 4S to 50 1-2 cents an hour, while those of similar employees in smaller cities and on interurban lines at from 38 to 45 cents, with a general minimum wage of 42 cents for trackmen, pitmen, con- trollers, oilers and similar employees. Approximately 50,000 were affected by the awards
 Recommend 1tions that the president urge enactment of special legislation which would enable some federal agency to consider the very perilous financial condition" of the street rail- way companies of the country with a view to increasing fares wherever warranted. were made by the board, which declared this to be a war neces- sity.
 Past wrongs of street car companies due to over capitalization, corrupt methods or exorbitant dividends should be forgotten, the board declared, and 'in justice the public should pay ar adequate compensation for service which cannot be rendered except foI i war prices"
 1 The awards and recommendation
 were made by former President Tafr and Frank P. Walsh, joint chairmer 1 of the board. after extensive investiga i tion during the past two months dur 1 ing which large number of witnesse: i and great masses of statistics wer | examined. Controversies between em ployes and IS other street railway ant Interurban companies still are befor
 the board.
 The wage increases awarded toda
 were on a shding scale and varied
 being based on local conditions an
 facts peculiar to the individual case
 In virtually ell instances the award
 were made retroactive and in all ca SC
 where employees are compelled to wor
 in excess of the period of their regu
 lar runs the companies must pa
 overtime on the basis of time and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

pounding the Nesles and Meuniere Woods unmercifujly.
 Observers and prisoners who had been brought behind the lines previ- ously reported the forests as having been damned with German troops and also with large quantities of supplies. The German losses in men therefore must have been very great, as the heavy guns started shelling the woods several days ago.
 The allied troops continued today to encounter barber wire. Between Ser inges and Sergy there were woven fields of wire entanglements. At creek crossings and in the valleys the Germans machine gunners held their commanding positions until the heavy guns of the French and Ameri- cans blasted away through the wire and busted the enemy from his posi- tions. Some of the enemy machine gunners stuck to their posts under terrific fire until they were killed.
 Americans Pushed Germans Back.
 The American heavy artillery com mands the village of Chamery. north east of Sergy, the Americans having wrested the hin beyond the last named village from the Germans in a battle lasting for hours. The lines swayed back and forth many times but the Americans eventually pushed the Ger mans back. This fighting was in the open and the American infantrymer showed great courage.
 To the north of Cierges the Ameri- i cans also advanced their line. The fight began early Thursday for the posses sion of farm from which the Amer. clans swept away the Germans. Norti of Sergy the Americans crossed whea l fields that had been planted by Frencl peasants, the crops of which had beer partially garnered by the Germans l What remained of the wheat was re | covered by the Americans.
 Numerous Battles in the Air. | There was much aerial 1ctivit, | throughout Thursday The German sent out large numbers of aviators who appeared to be determined to pro tect the forests from the allied air men. There were numerous battles i the air.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
ALLOTMENTs OF QUOTAS
 OF UNSkILLED LABOR
Connecticut Must Furnish a,46o Men
 During the Next Two Months.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Allctment of quotas of unskilled labor to be fur nished by the various states to war industries during the next two months under the system of government re- cruiting put into operation today un- der the Umted States employment service were annourced tonight by the department of la6or By assigning quotas of unskilled laborers to be furnished in each state the employ- ment service took the first step in meeting the shortage of common la hor estimated by reports received to- day IS approximating 5G0,0G0.
 The announcement of the state quo- tas followed a conference here today of representatives of a dozen war in dustries with officials of the depart- ment of labor. The eStimat ted labor needs of each Of the industries was submitted by the representatives and these estimates will ba used in ap- portioning the first quotas. Among the state quotas announced
 were
 Connecticut S,460: Delaware s55;
 Maine 3.915; Maryland 1885; Massa- chusetts 30 150; New Hampshire 2,52o; New Jersey 24.7O5: Ohio 25.245; Penn sylvania 42,510: Rhode Island 4,S15;
 New York S6, ,49O; Vermont 1.575. The quotas, it was said, are the net requirements of the various war in dustries and do not make allowance for extra needs or for labor turnover. Complete returns of the labor need are ] expected by Aug. 15 and when the es- inmates made at that time are tabu- lated, a supplemental lis. or quotas will be issued State directors of the i employment service were instructed ] today to begin immediately the ap- i l'ortioning of the state quotas among 1 the local districts
 In the industrial states the quotas
 announced tonight average about five | Ter cent. of the estimated number ot
 men not in military service or already engaged in war work, agriculture
 mining or transportation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
A SERGEANT OVERPOWERED
 BY A MILITARY PRISONER
Frank Smith, the Prisoner, Was Be-
 ing Taken to Camp DeVens.

Stamford. Conn.,, Aug. IA soldier, who said he was Albert NJ. Stone. q sergeant of artillery at Camp Merritt, N. J.. walked into police headquarters late today and told Chief of Police Brennan a s'E.y of having been over powered on a New York New Ha- ven and Hartford Railroad train late today by a military prisoner he was taking from Camp Deyens to Camp Merritt, handcuffed by his prisoner and then dropped off the train near this city.
 His prisoner. he said was Private Frank Smith. The prisoner was hand cuffed Seizing a moment when they were alone in the smoking Comnart- ment of a parlor car. Stone said, Smith struck him over the head, dazing him, took the handcuff key from his pocket, removed the manacles from his own wrists and snapped them on his. Smith. he said. then dragged him to the car door and dropped him off, aft CT he had taken the railroad tickets and his revolver from him.
 After he recovered, Stone said. he made his way to this city and to po- lice headquarters. Chief Brennan no- tifed the New York authorities and gave Stone money enough to take him to New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

half, which places the employees on the same basis with skilled mechanics in government industries.
 In awarding increases to employees in Detroit and Chicago, the board specifically recommended an advance in fares.
 While not going deeply into the question of labor unions the board in cases where the right of employees to organize has been an issue ordered that workers be protected in the ex- erclse of their right to join trade un- lons without fear of molestation by the employer.
 A step to accelerate the method of graduating men from one wage classi- f1cation to another also was taken by the board, which arbitrarily fixed the limit of apprenticeship on cars at one year.
 Among cases still being considered are those affecting companies in l Wilkesbarre, Pa. Philadelphia and | Boston, as well as the Rhode Island l company.
 The War Finance Corporation with 1 an available fund of $500 ,00O, 600 to ! lend war industries is prepared to I give financial assistance to some of the companies for whose employees higher wages were ordered The cor
 roration insists. however, that com- panies' credit be good. and that ade- quate security be furnished It is inn
 possible for some companies to fur niSh this, in view of the fact that their
 avenues have not kept pace with ex-
 penses. For these companies there is
 no direct help available in Washing
 ton
 Directors of the War Finance Cor
 poratlon. however, are said to be will
 ing to investigate applications from
 companies with impaired credit. an( 7 to recommend informally to state oI local Public Service Commissions tha the fare increases for the railways b. allowed.
 5 Persistent reports that Presiden 5 Wilson might take over street ca \ lines generally and turn over thei operation to the railroad administra. 7 ton were discredited specifically to l day by high officials.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Capt. A. W. Vaughan
 Has Pleaded Guilty
TO CONSPIRACY IN ARMY RAIN.
 COAT CONTRACTS
ACCEPTED COMMISSIONS
Has Agreed to Become Federal Wit ness-HIs Counsel Says He Is Ready to Make Full Confesson-Has Ex- onerated Other Army Officers From Suspicion.

New York, Aug .1,-Important dis closures in the alleged conspiracy of army ralncoat manufacturers to make large profits by delivering inferior goods to the government were indi- cated today when Captain Aubrey w, vaughan, quartermaster corps off clal, indicted in connection with the case, pleaded guilty and agreed to be- come federal witness He had pleaded not guilty when arraigned yesterday.
 Vaughan was charged with having accepted commissions, which later were alleged to have been divided with other army officers, for procur- ing raincoat contracts for Felix, Gou- led, Weehawken. N. J., manufac- turer
 Ready to Make Full Admission
 His counsel asserted in court that Vaughan was ready to make a full admission of the facts. His testimony was taken later at the United States district attorneys office, and it was said that the witness had exonerated ether army officers from suspicion
 Millions of Dollars Involved.
 Millions of dollars were involved according to federal officials, in con. | tracts of several manufacturers, whicl are under Investigation as part of al alleged conspiracy in the sale of sol diers' garments to the government i Joseph Pines. president of the Pine Rubber Company, was arraigned il federal court, charged with bribin. federal inspector to pass inferio rubber goods designed for army rain coats. Pines pleaded not guilty an was released under 5000 bail
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
SITUATION HAS CHANGED
 IN NORTHERN RUSSIA
Finnish Population is Now Intensely
 Hostile to the Germans.

London, Aug. 1.-There are indica- tions that the situation has changed in the last three weeks in northern Russia and that the Germans shortly will begin an offensive against the southern part of the Murman Rail- way. The Finnish population is now intensely hostile to the Germans, There is a great shortage of food and the people are entirely dependent on the entente for sustenance. Both the government and the army, however are completely under German con trol. and there is every reason to sup pose they will cooperate with the Germans.
 The Germans have induced the Bol- Sneviki government to agree to the cession of the whole of the Murnar coast to Finland, notwithstanding the desire of the inhabitants to remain Russian. The Finnish army capable Of undertaking an offensive probably does not exceed 30, ,000 men.
 In the Ukraine the peasant risine has assumed large proportions ant apparently seriously menaces the German and Austrian communications The peasants are destroying the rail. roads and have blown up the bridg, southeast of Kiev. The Austrian troops in the district have been unabl, to control them
 In the Caucasus there is great 'fric ton between the Germans and Turks The Germans are trying to proven the Turks from occupying Baku, ol
 which a Turkish attack appears to b.
 imminent. BSku is lightly garrisone, | by Armenians and Bojsheviki anC | probably will fall
 There is evidence of growing dis couragement in Bulgaria which is sai, to be due chiefly to the exploitation ] of the Butgarans by the Germans,