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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

so-called Stacker Bill which pro
vides that an alien Of allied citizen
ship must fight or be deportet so
that his own CONSUMPTION laws NAV
compel him to do his duty: when
Great Britain and the United States
are putting the finishing touches on
an international draft convention: il
may interest d great many able
bodied young men in this country
who claim British citizenship but
have not volunteered for service,
that the British and Canadian armies
have vast number Of these land
battleships, evidence of which Is
given in the accompanying photo
graph. This shows only one British
tankdrome In France. How many
more tanks are ready for action,
The censor may know, but he won't
tell. However, the Germans may
ind out--as they did when the mon
sters routed them or captured them
ct CAmbraii
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
BURNING SHIP SCENES
IN BREAKERS AHEAD"

Viola Dana thought she was goina
to be burned to death when she was
acting on burning ship for scenes
II .BfeaksFs Ahead which viii be
shownssat the Apollo Theatre on Mon
dag.
In Breakers Ailead,' the win
soInt Al pets out TO sea in a dory
10 save her sweetheart. who is on
the burning vessel.
The FIRST night out, by reason of :
i mistaken signal. the ship was halt
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

y SURPRISING IN interestsan3-s -pfcfure
heretofoGs dispRysd She Central.
-ssrh w hispering- Chnrns, !, -s..-special
.eeeii B. De Mflfe production sF6f Ant
Draft VIM be- presented tor tke FIRST
time, in. this city at the Central to.
morrow The. story lis bYss Perley
roore Sheehan, a leading magazine
writer and the picturizafioh is BY
Jeanne Macpherson, distinguished, au-
thor. of such notable cinema SUCCESS
es as Joan the Woman, : .sThe We
man God Forgot" "A Little Ameri-
can aud other pictures in which
Mary Pickford and Geraldine Farfar
and others were the stars,
self-sacrifice is the dominant
theme Of this unusual offering. u. and
the. players who interpret the .vari.
Gus roles form an. aggregation of
screen stars seldom If ever grouped
together lin a Single photoplay;
Also Fatty Arbuckle 81 his pew
est two act -aonledy, The Bell Boy "
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
BESSIE BARRISCALE TO APP
PEAR IN HAROLD MAC
GRATH'S STORY OF RO-
NANCE AND MYSTERY,
"MADAM WHO," AT THE
CENTRAL WEDNESDAY,.

Having established herself through
out the world as screen actress OF
supreme Importance, and having en-
acted many of the most notable POI
trayals in the realm of the silent
drama, Bessie Barriscale will be sen
on the screen of the Central theatre
on Wednesday, in her first Paralta
Play, Madam Who" an elaborate
film production tallen from the
story of the same name by Harold
MacGrath which appeared in one OF
the popular magazines last fall
~ The locale. Of Inc. story IS 1a1Srl IN
1.-THE south fduring''t the period ofathe
Civil WareiIt is mot warstofy Bow
ever, but 6bk III the thHilling advels
lures of a. ysdase girls Who, through
her great--s,loye for the. southern
cause has entered the secret aserv.
Ice Of the South. and is sent INFO
the enemy's country TO match wits
With the cleverest agents in the ma.
toms capitol.
Also the 4th episode of boy
Scouts to the Rescue" go Z
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
AEDeEsvILLE AUXILIARY

There will be meeting of the
'Hedgesville Auxiliary Of the Red
Cross, Wednesday afternoon at 2
O'Clock at the home of Mrs. R b.
Kilmer. Ali members are urged to
be present and get some work. y
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

to the beautiful stranger, while mo
mentarily expecting the arrival OF
his fiance and her father for a week
end visit.
At the Central today, also Powder
and Paint Club, (local.vtalent) sketch
Fun in a Cabaret.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
SWALLOWED PENNY


Master Donald Mongans sof East
Race street, swallowed a penny. The
youngster was brought to the City
Hospital and fiouroscoped In this
manner the coin was located and
measures taken to see that the lad
suffered no i'll effects.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
SHE IS IN TRAINING

,sssss fsriae s,sga a.%a9S lniqJy
Miss Marie I.ansfordt off, Mary
land University hospital, Baltimore
spent Sunday with her sister Mrs
e. L. Henshaw. Miss Langford is in
training to become nurse
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

AnfNInaptle7 Hea0 me want AOb
cd by patrol boat, which fired d
shot across her bow, and sent up a
faresSto warn the shore batteries.
The skipper had to explain to the
boarding officers that his craft was
in the hands Of picture producers
and not smugglers- or enemies.
When the fire scene was staged
some sparks fell on Miss Dana's
dress, a flimsey, summary frock.
81 just screamed and ran she
said, telling Of the incident. Some
body grabbed me and put me out, as
it were. However. | was really frighi
,ened,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST-Saturday night between the
Leader and Lutheran churchn blue
hand bag and small PURGE with
s1.04. Finder please leave at 423
W. Martin St. 44ss /, R2*
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
WILSON DOESN'T WANT,
# WORKING HOURS CUT
(Ry International News service)

by International News .Service)
Washington July president
Wilson has vetoed the Legislative
bill because of the Berland amend,
ment, providing an sSihour day for
government workers, it was announ-
ced al the White House today.
Mss Mary Frances Groves, of West
King street. has returned from spend
ing some weeks with relatives near
Strasburg, Va.
Mrs. G. w. A. Wolfes and son, Mr..
William WTolfes,, of North Spring
street, have returned from visit to
Atlantic City.
Private Herbert Runkles, of the
veterinarian department is home OF
visit before leaving for "over
there
Mrs. Charles H. Teller and daugh.
Raleigh street. have returned from a
visit to Washington.
Fsfaf, 3 -
! Miss Bessie DeHaven. of Fiery 5
Shoe Store, is off on her vacation
She will spend portion of this
timo IN Richmond Va
Miss Marie Mclntire. of Rosemont
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs
William McIntire, in Berkeley
Springs
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

Uncle Joe-Why, Edith. where did
you get that pretty ring?
Little Edith Mamma bought it for
me- -
Uncle Jofn-S 1t real diamond?
Little Edith-Weil. should say 1t
Is. Mamma paid forty-nine cents for
1t.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

Wa will load car apples Wednes-
day rnd Thursday at C.. v. depot, For
any information call Martinsburg
Fruit Exchange. II 3t
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
ACCEPTS POSITION

Miss virgipia West, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. holland West, left fo,'
Washington to accept department,
tai positiony
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
CITY HOSPITAL NOTES

Miss Janice Duekwal. of Berke-
ley Springs. was admitted as a sur
gicar patient and Miss Alice Ding
man and Mrs. Agnes Leasure .recoy-
cred from operations were dismis
sed.. S7AanT Hs;ss ~ sfisY4ssg
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

Miss Louise Harrison has return
ed from Washington where she spent
some time with relatives. z s$;
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
IN MEMoRlAM.

In memory 'af my dear mother, sis
ter and husband.
To forget is vain endeavor
Love. remembrance last forever
II. VIRGINIA CRUAIP.
June 80. 1918
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

We will load car apples Wednes-
day md Thursday at G. V. depot. For
any information call Martinsburg
Fruit Exchange. II st
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01
ARBUCKLE'S NEW COMEDY
"The Bell Boy to be Shown at the

Roscoe tFatty) Arbuckle's newest
comedy The Bell Boy" will be
presented at the Central tomorrow
The scene OF this latest Paramount
Arbnckle comedyi is laid in the. vii
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

Ar,onosil., Read The Want Ad.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

Read the journal.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-07-01

Mrs, Charles H. Teller and daugh
Raleigh street. have returned from I
visit to Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
THE TIMES: OCTOBER l8, 1yls


 Still the strangeness of 1t bothered me. What with having to keep con stantly on my guard for fear of giv- ing myself away and bringing ton of trouble on my head, and the feelings that seemed to fight inside me under my dark green lounge suit, began at times to get very downhearted. But it was only for few moments Looking back on 1t, now that am a girl again in my woman's clothes and no longer-like Rosalind in "As You Like It'-dressed as a boy, I remem- Der that even then it was one great big joke, as I walked with bit of sWank.
 It was no real swank, of course. just did 1t because I had to do some- i thing to carry it all off. When ] caught a glimpse of my mother try | ing bravely to do her housework and look after the children amid her suf- | fering; I thought of the comfort it would be to her when I took home a weeks wages and felt jolly glad. 1 It put a bit of devilment into me to know I was not doing anything in l my strange guise that l should ever be ashamed of in after life.
 Seeking Boys Work, | But had not got job yet. That was the next thing I must look after. 1 Getting up at half-past five in the morning before even the milkman was 1 on his rounds I set off to walk three miles to the Labor Exchange, tighten | ing my lips and steeling my nerves for 1 the bold act of seeking work as a boy The doors of the Exchange were not open. atd I had to wait in the cold morning air for nearly two hours Then I saw an old gentleman go in, and I followed him after a while. He was so nice that I felt like telling l him everything, but I thought better of it.
 My first words were: ''Can you give me work, sir. in connection with elec- trical engineering? I think I'll like that" I spoke as gruffly as I could and felt my heart humping. Would he penetrate my disguise? Would he suspect?
 | He teIephoned somewhere. I think l IL W NdS w OO4M4N44y anu IlACIA EodIus am afraid, lad, you must be conten' with some other work at present. HOW old are your"
 told him I was 16, and felt pleased that I could tdl the truth about my age if not about my sex.
 He said: "Oh, there is time enough yet for you"
 He was looking at me in a keen wa! that made me feel most uncomforta ble. However, I soon saw that he diC not suspect that I was not what seemed.
 Raise In Wages.
 was asked to call the next day when there might be something fo1 me. Thanking the nice old gentleman I went home, pleased as Punch. In the morning I returned, and h. gave me a reference to a government controlled firm in the city. I could | have kissed the old gentleman ther' and then, but that might have beer too gushful for a boy.
 I was given my protection card ant engaged at 12s. Sd. week which yer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
(BY Nellie CaDon.l

It was all for my mothers sake that I became @ boy-girl war-worker for two years, between. .my sixteenth and my eighteenth birthday and in q sense I am sorry now that my great adventure has come to an end.
 I did not masquerade for fun, though l got a great deal of fun out of it. l shall tell you of many strange and amusing experiences and you will agree that I got, as they say, a run for my money.
 ?. It was money l was after, for the best of all reasons. My mother is T confirmed invalid, and I was hard put to it to hit upon a means of bringing the needful into our home so that mother should have all the nourish- ment and, medicine she required.
 Secret We'll Kept
 When I look back on it now re- member that all my days there was a good deal of the tomboy in my char acter The kind of stories I prefer red in books and newspapers were about girls who either played the part of boys or behaved rather like boys
 It will surprise you to know that my secret was known to good many people besides the members of my own family. But they never gave me away. They knew why it was that I put on boys clothes, and Il they did not exactly admire Iuo foI it, they certainly sympathized with me.
 The street in which I live is in the neighborhood of the Crystal Palace London, and I suppose almost every one in that street knew quite well fo1 the greater part of these two years that Charles Capon-fOr that was thl name I took-was Nellie Capon.
 imagine that even thetpolice knew what 1 was up to, but they never irterfered.
 Once I met a detective Of my ac quaintance in a railway carriage. felt sure that he knew me; l certainly knew him. l could not help blush ing and was glad when he looked out at the opposite window of tn, carriage. I looked out at the othel window.
 My First Suit.
 I have mentioned those things a the beginning of my story to give vol some idea of the curious position il which found myself I think per haps the best thing I can do now i just to begin at the beginning ant show you how the idea of my mas querade came into my mind and hoy l started out on 1t,
 Two years ago this month I hap pened to be visiting at a friend house where she asked what shoul be done with cast-oR suit of clothe that belonged to the woman's son who had just joined the army.
 She said she thought it might b possible to find a customer for tn suit, which she was willing to se1 for 9s. Cd I laughed, and remarke that the suit might fit me. Of course the seIdier's mother pooh-poohed tn EdSea of my buying it, to say nothin of,,wearing it.
 To her surprise I persisted, an then told her that I was very anxiou to get work, and that thought ther
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18
TWO YEARS MASQUERADE AS X MAN
Nellie Capon Tells Why She Put on Male Attire-Her sweethearts When She Was "Boy''- Startling Revelation After Six Months "Courtship'' Never Discovered Until Called for Military Service.

would be a better chance if 1 be- came a boy than if I remained a girl. This only made her laugh, but I soon gave her to understand that it was no laughing matter with me.
 Cutting My Hair.
 Then I changed my tactics and turned it off lightly saying it would be great fun to be e boy for the dur ation of the war, and the soldiers mother at last agreed that she had no objections to letting me have the suit if she thought my father and mother would not object.
 had only shilling, but I said I would go back home, where I had another los. saved up, and return to buy the clothes, In due course l came into possession of my mascu- line outfit, and well do I remember going into my bedroom, locking the door, and taking off my female attire. to put on the jacket, waistcoat and trousers of young man. When I appeared before my moth CT she disapprovsd very strongly. Sc did my father. But I am afraid l was very wilful, for nothing would make me abandon my great resolve. | In the end father and mother fell in with my plan, because they knew 1 what were the motives that made me | adopt it.
 l The next thing I had to do was to l cut off my curly brown hair, and l think that was perhaps the saddest | business of all I could not go to a | barber, as he would be sure to ask 1 questions I did not want to answer. l got 8 pair of large scissors, and with the aid of two mirrors began the shearing process. Two or three times l pulled the scissors back shrinkins 1 from the task, for I was very proud | of my hair, which was long, and | curled naturally. But once I start ed and saw several curls fall to the floor I knew that I had to go or with it.
 q Was a Boy"
 Never shall I forget the sleepless hours I spent on my pillow during the night as my thoughts chased each other through my mind regard, ing the future
 I was sleeping with my sister, who Is g year or two younger than my self. She had a lot of nice light | golden hair, and I remember stretch ing out my hand and enviously strok- ing her hair as it streamed over the pillow.
 She was sound asleep, but there was no sleep for me till the morning when I dreamed that I had become a soldier and was fighting in the trenches under the name of the boy whose suit of clothes I had bough from his mother. I cannot tell yo; the boys name. But I hope to tel him all about it one day.
 In the morning I was a boy Any body seeing me in the street would be sure to take Ene for a boy; thougl I imagined everybody looked at m as much as to say that I was a yer, } girlish boy.
 ; I am not going to say that I an goodlooking, and I am not going t say that I am the reverse. All tn same I think without vanity I migh , describe myself as passable in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

I did not go from the station nearest home for fear of being known, cut ting quickly along our streets early In the morning and going to a further railway
 Of course, I could never be man unless I learnt to smoke. So one day I bought a packet of Woodbines, lighting one at the shop counter. had not gone 30 paces when the
 (Continued on page 9
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

do this" one of my mates would say to me. Here, Tommy, give me a helping hand" another man would ask. The humor of it never seemed to fail, and I slipped right into it till it became quite natural for me to be addressed or spoken to as boy or a young man.
 My First Smoke.
 At first, when I went to my work
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-18

soon rose to 15s, and so on till, at the time of my sex secret coming out, when they called on me to join the army, I was earning S6s. Cd.
 Today as I stand up in jacket and skirt, clothed properly once more, and a woman for good, the greatest com fort have in my heart in that I kept to my resolve. I liked nIy work from the first.
 NOW then, my lad. come here and
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-06-20

passsi.sszed every Thursday at 1912
California St, Everett, Wash.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-06-20

BARGAINS-In New and IN
redeemed Diamonds, High
grade Railroad Watches and
all kinds of Firearms. M. S.
Silverman. 1412 Hewitt.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-06-20
"a SLJC STENOGRAPHER

Hare you any work you want
tyrxs~yruten Whether they be
hs,sins.x or personal letters, stor-
les, zazams, or various and a
thaazssnn odds and ends, bring
tssan We me, and | will type them
ror Iaxl. Prices according to
c.hc hulk and kind of work. Miss
e Hzacl, 1880 Colby, near Hewitt.
Thsss= .1eeps down into Miller's
.seevesry Store.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-06-20
NOTICE COMRADES

Registration on 100000 Acres,
q. s. &C. (new Southern Pacific
R-RF sSrant Lands in Southern
Orrsrzz. opens April Goth. Gen.
eens EAaformation, Honest descrip.
tinm. gSorrect location numbers,
Ne,faEs5 OF disposition and acquire
Dsezzt- Fees, Sl.00 Louis H. Ber-
goksf-. fSusehurg, Oregon.
sE.tJfar's Note-This is a re-
lEaSles proposition and you will
receae value for your money.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-21
WOMEN'S LABOR
 DOUBLES IN PRICE

Rome, June 21.-Woman's labor has doubled in price during the past six months, partly due to the em- ployment given by the government to women in factories directed by the War Department or manufacturing materials for it. In order to be sure of employment a woman or girl must have a husband, father, son or broth CT at the front. Their lowest pay is lire per day, or 2 to lire above mans wages paid before the war. Many earn double this sum by over time. The wage is not now consid- cred unusual because in the same fac tories skilled men workers earn as much as a 100 lire a day, a sum once equivalent to $2O and before the war the average pay per month of a bookkeeper.
 Women not working in such gov ernment supply factories have lately struck for fifty per cent. increases in the dressmaking and Clothing estab- iishments, and obtained their demand now receiving an average of lire per
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-21
proposition not only is rejected by the

proposition not only is rejected by the inhabitants of the provinces them selves, but has aroused protests from several of the German States, and es- pecially from Wuerttemberg. Conse- quently for the time being it has been allowed to drop in favor of two other schemes, both unsatisfactory to some of the German parties.
 The first of them looks to the for nation of an independent State of Alsace-Lorraine under the rule of a duke, while the second formulateS the foundation of a republic of AL sace-Lorraine attached to the German Empire. Both of them have been widely discussed but without bring ing about any conclusion, and, should either of them be accepted by the Germans, it is believed the people of the two provinces would have noth- | ing to do with it.
 As the correspondent of The Asso- ciated Press has found in discussing | the matter with Alsatians and LOT
 rains of all classes, the only desire of i these people is to be reunited to
 France, with which they have remain
 ed in spite of the German annexation lclosely allied in all their ideas and ] in, all their. souls. They recall fre-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-21
AVIATOR HURT IN
 ATTEMPT TO LAND

Greenwich, June 21.---A large two- passenger biplane from the aviation grounds at Mineola, L. T., was wreck ed in the Stanwich section of the town when as the pilot, Capt. H. w. Lake, was attempting a landing in a field of tall grass, the forward end of the machine struck rise in the ground, the plane turning upside down and pinning the occupants under it. Capt. Lake was cut about the face and bruised and shaken up. His me chanician, Robert R. Belcher, was un- hurt. The machine left Mineola dur ing the afternoon and stops had been made at Piping Rock and Rye, N. Y.