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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-07

ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
American
Y. M. C. A

Y. M. G. A. With the American Expd. Force
Somewhere in France Feb. b. 1918.
Editor Journal. Sir: A copy Of the Journal
would be appreciated very much "over here" if
one Of the patriotic citizens of my home town
would be kind enough to subscribe for it and send
it to me, as there are five of us from the Old Burg
in the same battalion All are we'll
SERGT. J. O. WOLFORD
Co. d, 505th Engineers,
American Expeditionary Force, France.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-07

Shade trees pruned and sprayed on
short notice. work guaranteed. J. r.
Svarrenfeltz, Bell Phone 383sW
. % In A,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-07
CATTLE AVERAGE, siss.ss
,sy InternationaI News servIce)

Polo, H., March flames Detwell-
er, farmer living near here. recent
~ sold seventy-two head OF Hoistein
cattle, thirty-four Of them pure bred
and thirty-eight grade cattle, for
s13,62O.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-07
DANCE COMREY'S HALL

Saturday night. Admission - cents.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-07

Mrs j. r. Dawson, OF Frederick,
Md, is in town today.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-07
WEATHER

Probably fair and warmer tonight
and Friday.
Evening star., 1918-11-29

A steel steamship, the Aledo. freight
er Of $500 tons, was launched Satur-
day at the Standard Shipyards.
Evening star., 1918-11-29

feet are idle and. folks have nothing
in particular to do.
Now wouldn't you suppose that
when Happy Jack Squirrel found those
heaps of nuts and corn right at the
foot of his tree he would have been
duced him to do anything which would
get him into trouble? He was happy.
He was SO happy on that Thanksgiv-
ing day that he just had to bark with
joy every time he started back from
his storehouse to get more nuts OF OF
had just the kindest thoughts of
Farmer Browns Boy you can imagine.
All day long he worked carrying those
nuts and that corn into his stores
house. When night came he was
tired squirrel, but his storehouse was
nut into it.
Happy Jack was ready for winter
now. There wasn't thing to worry
about. There wasn't a thing he really
needed to do. He could be as idle as
he pleased. The day after Thanks
giving day he slept most of the time.
for he had worked very hard the day
before and was tired. The day after
that he just sat around; that was all
there was to do.
It was the same the next day and
the next 1t was then that Mischief
started in to find something for Hap
py Jacks idle hands and idle. feet
to do. He began to wonder what his
cousin, Chatterer. the Red Squirrel,
was doing. He wondered if Chatterel
had filled any of his storehouses. He
didn't know that Farmer Browns Boy
had been as good to Chatterer as he
had been to himself, and so he won
dered.
The more he wondered, the more he
wanted to know, SO presently he be-
Evening star., 1918-11-29

of old gloves cut circular. and gath
cred into a ball stuffed with cotton.
Paint the faces and sew black beads
for the eyes. Collections Of silk and
satin scraps for dolly's wardrobe OF
a size to make a bonnet, muir or an
apron, with larger pieces OF dimity.
ap o. g a,Is M;sn
the addition of a tiny thimbie. will
delight any little girl. Red flannel
and blue cloth braided in with wide
white tape with three sleigh bells
attached will make jolly pair Of
reins for small boy.
Evening star., 1918-11-29
Germans Appeal to British.

HULL, Wednesday, November 27-
British civilian prisoners arriving
here from Ruhleben, Germany. say
that when they were leaving the
prison camp there long written
document was handed them by the
Germans, appealing to them to in
tercede with the British people in
behalf Of the people Of Germany who
"have freed themselves from the
chains of a barbarous system" and
not to hold the Germans responsible
for the deeds of their former auto
cratic rulers, "Who are now utterly
poweFleSS"
Evening star., 1918-11-29
ARMY CUTS TRAINING TIME.
Central Officers Camps to Close
Earlier Than Was Contemplated.

Central officers training camps will
close February 10 next. one month
earlier than was contemplated. ac-
cording to War Department an
nouncement.
Students who do not desire to enter
the Army Reserve Corps will be per-
mitted to resign at once. Those who
graduate will be given commissions
in that corps.
Evening star., 1918-11-29
SAILOR QUINTET TO SAIL.
Great Lakes Musicians to Accom-.
pany President Abroad.

GREAT LAKES. Ill. November 2S-
The Great Lakes quintet. sailor or
chestra, has been selected by Presi-
dent Wilson to furnish music on
board the presidential ship and in
Paris during the Presidents trip
abroad next month to attend the
peace conference
Evening star., 1918-11-29
For the Children.

To make dolls bed get a shallow
wooden box the desired size from
your grocer. Line it with lowered
Swiss which can be purchased for IL
cents a yard, then slightly pad the
box on the inside. Make a valance
Of the Swiss Now take an old
about foot each in length. Wind
round these pieces Of broom handle
strips of the Swiss and then tack one
to each corner Of the box.
Cover four triangular pieces of card
board with the material, cut the
form a canopy. Tack these to the
four posts. Put a three-inch ruffie
all the way around the canopy A
little bow at the apex will give a
finishing touch and complete bed
which will delight the heart Of any
little girl
A small piece Of outing flannel will
make pretty baby sacques. Bind the
edges with pale blue or pink ribbon
and ornament with featherstitching
or pink the edges and lay a contrast
ing pinked strip beneath it ana
herringbone it on. A pair of baby
mittens may be made from a scrap
seams as narrow as possible. and
crocheting the edges with a co1ored
wool, with small bows Of ribbon on
the wrists. Bootees may also be made
from the same material.
Save Christmas ribbons and boxes.
They make acceptable gifts at chill
dren's hospitals. The day nurseries
have many uses for bonbon boxes.
Do not send the boxes empty. but fill
them with bright ribbons attractive
pieces of dress goods. small lengths
of lace and other trifies.
Evening star., 1918-11-29

system in way of its own.
Nursing mothers and women gen.
orally will find it exactly fitted to
their needs. It lessons the pains
and burdens, and insures healthy.
vigorous offspring.
You will escape many ills and
clear up the coated tongue, the sal
low complexion, the dull headache,
the lazy liver, if you will take a
pleasant laxative made up of the
May-apple, juice of the leaves Of
aloes, root of jalap, and called
Pleasant Pellets" You can obtain
at almost any drug store in this
country these vegetable pellets in
vials for twenty-five cents-simply
ask for Doctor Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. Sold for fifty years.
Evening star., 1918-11-29
uTTILES10RE!:s uI
%rbEDTIrfE
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1918. By T. ". BarSess.)
Mischief.

Mischief always waits to greet
Idle hands and idle feet.
That is a fact. Mischief always is
waiting round ready to get folks into
trouble. There is nothing in the
world that Mischief quite so thor
oughly enjoys as getting folks into
trouble. and it never is SO easy for
Mischief to do this as when hands and
Evening star., 1918-11-29

gan to snoop around and peek and
pry. He didn't know where any OF
Chatterer's storehouses were. and try
ing to find out gave him something
to do Mischief went right along
with Happy Jack. He hadn't any spe-
cial reason for trying to find one OF
these storehouses excepting to satis-
fly his curiosity. But Mischief, going
along with him, was planning trou-
BILE. That is always the way with
Mischief.
Evening star., 1918-11-29
Enlisted Early in War.

Sergt Berry enlisted when the war
first broke out and was among the
first of the American ambulance men
sent overseas. He attended McKin-
ley High School here and the Mary
land Agricultural College Of Maryland
and was student at the latter at the
time of his enlistment. While sta
toned at Paris he served as sport
ing editor of the Radiator. a paper
published weekly by the enlisted men
of the United States Army ambulance
service. Early in August he was sent
to the firing line.
Evening star., 1918-11-29

Prince Yorihito Fushimi Of the
Japanese royal family has sailed from
England for the United States.
Evening star., 1918-11-29
DAINTY AND USEFUL
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
At SMALL COST.

Continued from Twenty-fourth Page, !,
Evening star., 1918-11-29
TIRED FRENCH TROOPS
ALWAYS CHEER YANKS
First Sergt. Banks Berry of. Rock
vile, Nd, Writes About His
Experiences at the Front.

How French troops. worn to the
point of utter exhaustion. had always
enough pep" left to give lusty and
admiring shout whenever they passed
American soldiers, is told In one OF
the more recent letters of First Sergt.
Banks Berry of Rockville, Nd,
member of the American Ambulance
Corps, who has been in continuous
active service. without a single fur
Tough, since the United States en-
tered the war. This service included
sixty straight days at the very front,
during which such incidents were ex-
rerienced as that of an ambulance
having it's tires shot away, and an
other receiving fourteen shrapnel
holes with no injury to the driver.
Thrills in No Mans Land.
my first glimpse of no mans land
was all 1 ever dreamed it could be"
writes Sergt. Berry. when it's dark
and rainy we get. a little peace, but
when it isn't Jerry scars overhead
and makes life miserable, and nothing
makes shivers play tag up and down
your spine like the peculiar and dis
tinctive buzz Of boche motor. And
then to hear the pills whing down.
ward and the rat-tat-tat of his ma
chine gun-ol. boy-it has the thrill
that comes once in a lifetime beat
mile . ="
In August Sergt. Berry's section 575
received an Army corps citation for
speedy evacuation and the courageous
work under shell fire.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
TEARING UP ANOME RAILROAD

Nome Industrial Worker: Billy Rowe, a few men and four horse team leave shortly for Solomon to fix camp preparatory to the taking up of the Solomon and Casadepaga railroad track. The length of the road from Dickson, near the mouth of Solomon river, to Penelope creek, a tributary of the Casadepaga river, is between 32 and 5 miles. The rails will be taken up and hauled to a convenient place near the beach ready for shipment to the Outside next summer, Whatever ties are loose will also be taken up, but it is expected that most of them will be found frozen to the tundra. Tho taking up of the track will work hardship next sumner in conveying supplies to the Goose and Canyon-creek dredges. These are the only two dredges which were in operation in the Casa country during the past season.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
ROADHoUSE MAN
 TALKED PLENTY

For alleged seditious and and alto gether unnecessary utterances made in the presence ot wayfarers who stopped at his roadhouse at Little river, on the Seward trail Paul Minnick, a German, has been placed under arrest at the in- stance of members of the National Council of Defense. According to re- ports, J. E. Moulton, the widely known travelling man for the Seattle Hardware Co.,, who was in this camp couple of weeks ago on his annual trip, was among the first to bring the matter of Minnick's alleged uncalledfor remarks to the attention of the local members of the Council, who shortly afterwards "got busy" on the case with the re- suits described in the following tele- gram received by Major Albrecht last Wednesday evening:
 McGrath, Alaska, March 20, 1918.
 Harry E. Pratt, Assistant District At
 torney, Fairbanks, Alaska:
 As members of the National Council of Defense we have investigated the case of Paul Minnick and have filed in- formation supported by affidavits charg- ing him with saying he had offered his services to Germany, hoped the United States would get theirs for but ting in, that Germany could call on him at any time, is glad of sinking of the Lusitania and other ships, that Germany should sink all ships regard less of nationality and other similar utterancGs. Minnick has been arrested. This community being so small makes it very difficult to secure a jury, and, also, owing to considerable pro German feeling, conviction by jury here is ex- tremely improbable. We strongly ad- wise the application of the federal law, which is more drastic, and will have a far-reaching and beneficial effect, Awaiting here to prosecute if neces- sarv. Also a stacker discovered and prosecuted. CHAS. T. TAYLOR. CYRIL r. WOOD.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
, 6 6 . 6 6 Q c Q Q . . Q Q . .
 LOCAL AID PERSONAL A A A A A A A H H H q q H q q q

Mir. and Mrs. J. E. Kcttlewell and family have moved back to the power plant for the summer.
 The Yukon Gold Co. finished their wood hauling last Saturday, and the tractor has been in placed in summer quarters. Preparations are now being made for the opening of the seasons work. The thawing plant will con- mence operations about April l.
 Julius Fritz, after spending the win ter in Tolstoi, returned to this camp Tuesday last.
 Migration from the paystreak at Flat Citv has commenced. Cabins are being torn down or moved, and the ground is cleared for the arrival of the dredge. John Smaller is moving his cabin to the space beside Jack. Peterson's home, and the McLeods have moved into the Meacham cabin while their own house is being moved from the paystreak. Mrs. Haggith is i'll at her home in Flat City.
 Greg Stewart and son Warren ar rived from Moore creek the first of the week, and are leaving for the new strike. at Nixon Fork.
 Mrs. Demiug is receiving medical treatment at the Reed hospital
 
 Ed Wilkeson, the widely known blacksmith, after spending the winter in the States, returned to camp last Wednesday. He says Dredgemaster Heitman will be here in & few days. MT. and Mrs. C. A. Duffy are moving from Iditarod to Flat, where they will occupy the Moore cabin.
 Bob Grf1s made a trip to Flat on Wednesday.
 Mrs. Leland and Mrs. Hunt returned to Flat Wednesday.
 Joe Cummings has contracted to haul l5 tons of supplies to Moore creek for Keller & Dawson. The goods will be transported by dogteam over the dis tance of 40 miles.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
PI0uEIE'RS' g
 BIC DANCE

That was a large and happy crowd of masqueraders that gathered in A. B. Hall Saturday night to attend the Pioneers Red Cross dance and enter tainment. Some very original and hu- morous characters made their appear ance on the floor, and quite a number of handsomely ladies were in evidence, in costumes appropriate for the occasion. The various booths at convenient places about the hall did a thriving business throughout the even- ing, and the donations made by mer- chants and citizens were placed on sale by an enterprising auctioneer. All the articles brought good prices The supper arrangements for the big crowd seemed to have worked smoothly, as there were no complaints either of the fare or the service.
 The gross receipts amounted to S77175; the expenses totaled S233 7]- leaving the sum of s538 for the Red Cross fund
 In the distribution of prizes the judges made the following awards,
 Best dressed lady, Mrs. NJ. Gulart e.; cut-glass bottle, Christy Anthonison.
 Best dressed gentleman, Earl Hunt; silk shirt, A. J. Weiss.
 Best sustained lady character, Mrs. C. Baker; copy of Shakespeare, Cam eron x Finnegan<
 Best sustained gentleman character, Wm. Solibakke: shaving set, N. C, Go.
 Most comic lady, Mrs. David Mutch- Ter; box silk hose, Smiths.
 Most comic gentleman, Harry Wat son, pair shoes, Tom McMahon.
 Best couple, MT. and Mrs. J. J. Smith; fashlight, c. R. Peck, perfumery, Enquist S Hardin.
 Most unique lady, Mrs. Frank Lar son; box of candy, Dr. Moore.
 Most unique gentleman. Mrs. George Mutchler; slab of bacon, Sam'l Apple baum.
 Most appropriate costume, Mrs. c. P. Wood; sack of flour, J. w. Farrell.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
TILL ROBBED AT FLAT

Last Saturday night while Al Currie was periodically contributing to the financial success of the Pioneers Red Cross function in Iditarod, some unde- sirable biped broke into his place of business in Flat City and robbed the till of it's contents-amounting to $65 or more. The theft occurred some time after midnight.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23

Spokane.-An abandoned marble quarry at Chewala, 60 miles north ot here, has recently been reopened for work of mining and extracting magne- site ore there from. Its output now of this valuable ore averages daily over five thousand net. The quarry, two years ago was offered to man for the loan of his automobile for days trip
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
Pioneers' Regular Meeting

The Pioneers held a well-attended meeting at Flat last Wednesday night. Tn the absence of the President, First Vice President Jonas L. Brewis Occu- pied the chair in creditable manner. Cy Atwell was in attendance and sub- mitted report of the big dance last Saturday night, of which affair he was certainly the guiding and ruling spirit. Not only did he spend many hours in making arrangements for the dance and entertainment, but after it was all over, like the gallant captain that he is, he stayed with the ship he loved, until every borrowed article of equip ment had been returned, and his report made ready for the igloo. Resolutions were presented and enthuSiasticall y adopted thanking the ladies of the camp for the splendid support so gen. erously given the Pioneers in their efforts to swell the community'S con- tlibution to the Red Cross. The Pio- hsers also expressed their appreciation of Capt. Atwe]ls good work, as we'll as to those volunteer workers who are not members of the organization for assistance.
 Two old-timers of Interior Alaska Dan A. Mcdonald and Lonis Gaumont
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
U. 6. TO ANCHOR AT ANCHORAGE

Anchorage Times, Feb. T: U.G c Nor ton. the well-known oldtimer, who ar rived with Mrs. Norton last week from the Interier, left this morning for Seward. After few days visit in Seward MT. Norton will return to An chorage, and will make his home per manentlY.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
FIRE FIGHTERS
 DO GOOD WORK

A fire in the Front-street end of Fin negan & Cameron's big store at Flat City last Thursday morning about Il o'clock got under considerable head way, and only by the rapid and very effective work of volunteer fireman and neighbors with private fire-fghting apparatus were the fast-spreading flames controlled The fire was caused by defect in the heating stove in that part of the building. The weather at the time of the fire was very calm, an item that made it's control less strenu- ous. The loss to stock, building and fixtures will probably amount to Sl, 800.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23

John Novak, the drilmaster (uot an army drillmaster, but of Keystone drill), returned to camp last Tuesday from ali extended trip to Fortuna Ledge, Bethel, and other points in that part of the Interior.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23

Mr. and Mrs. James F. Fullerton, re- turn home last Tuesday after week. 5 visit in IditarOd and Flat
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23

San Francisco. March 16.-Troops are moving to St. Mary's, Idaho today, to prevent any further rioting in con- nection with the trial of w. W. Nelson secretary of the I. w. w.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-03-23
WEATHER REPORT

Following are the daily temperatures from readings taken by Captain E. J. Smith. volunteer observer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-16
GERMAN FACTIONS IN CLINCH
Hertling's Speech Before Reichstag
Expected to Mark Crisis.

London, Jan. 16.-The climax of a
death struggle between the Reichs-
tag peace majority and the German
annextionists is expected before the
Reichstag by Chancellor Won Hert.
ling.
The present conference in Berlin
of military and political leaders Is
regarded as an effort to obtain some
agreement among German parties as
to war aims.
In many quarters 1T is believed
annexationists, headed by Won Lu-
dendorff and Won Hindenburg, will be
victorious and that the chancellor
will proclaim new war aims with In
tended annexations both on the east
and west fronts as their basis.
The slated speech Is also expected
to take the form of reply to the
recent addresses of President Wilson
and Premier Lloyd George. Upon
1t may also rest tae ultimate result
of the peace conferences with Russia.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-16
Arrested at Norfolk While Trying
To Blow Up Army Aviation
Magazine.
THOUGHT ACTIVE AGENT
Documents Found Indicate Connection
With 6ernstorff and Capt. Boy
Ed-others May Be In
criminated.

Norfolk, Va. Jan. 16.-Walter
Sporemann, suspected of being an
active figure in plots concocted here
by Captain Boy-Ed, the former Ger
man military attache, and believed to
have been a captain in the German
army, has been taken to Baltimore
by naval intelligence officers.
The alleged spy was arrested
while attempting to blow up a mag
azine at the army aviation field un-
der construction near Newport News.
The prisoner will be turned over
to officers of the Department of
Justice at Baltimore for a hearing.
So far the only charge formally
lodged against him is understood to
be that he is a dangerous enemy
alien.
Others Persons incriminated.
Documents found on his person
and in his rooms I'm Baltimore tend to
reveal his connection with Boy-Ed
and former German Ambassador
Bernstorff and to incriminate persons
la Washington, Baltimore and other
cities. 1t is understood a number
of arrests may be made in a day or
two.
Documents found on the prisoner
show tLat he began his work some
time before the United States en-
tered the war. In one letter from
Boy-Ed there is said to have been
reference to $4,000 Boy-Ed advanced
Sporemann
Posed as Army Officer.
Officers followed Sporemann night
and day through several cities and to
at least two army camps. FIRE.
quently, it is said, the prisoner posed
as an officer of the United States
army. Finally he visited the great
army and navy base on Hampton
Roads, but before that young naval
agent, posing as friend of Germany,
had made himself acquainted with
Sporemann. The officer followed his
man in Newport News and finally to
the aviation field where the arrest
was made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-16
TO USE AUSTRIANS IN WEST
Teutons Making Transfers---AmerI-
cans In HiQh Spirits.

Teutons Making Transfers---AmerI-
cans In High Spirits.
Washington, Jan. 16.-Austrian
troops are being transported to the
western front, Secretary OF War N. d..
Baker reveals in his weekly war re.
view.
THE Identification OF Austrian army
units along the western front is OF in
terest," the review says. For some
time past we have been receiving in
formation that Austrian howitzers,
which had been participating in the
offensive in Italy, were being detached
from the Italian theatre and trans
ported to the west"
OF the American forces in France
the department announces their prep
aration for the ordeal of battle is be-
ing pursued steadily and that General
j. j. Pershing reports their health and
lighting spirit extremely good.