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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
.ERASING THE HOOP
PRINT OF THE TURK
Interesting Bulletin Of Geogra.
phicaI Society.

Washington. Oct 23--The magnifi-
cent victories of the British forces I'M
der General Allenby in the Holy
Land gives timely interest to war
geography bulletin issued today by
the National Geographic Society. The
bulletin, which is based on COM
munication to the Society from
William H Hall. says:
where Turkey joins to Egypt is
Palestine. No spot on earth in all
the world bears such memories for
so many and such variety of peoples
as the rugged mountain slopes, mar
row valleys. and half desert wastes
CT Judea and Galilee. Peersheba,
Hebron, bethlehem. Nazareth, Jeru-
salem-.the mere mention OF these
names tell the story of Abraham and
Moses and David, of the prophets OF
Israel and of the Son of Man.
Kings ard priests and people come
(. IN the north and south, from the
east and west and bring the glory of
the nations to the homage to the
memories that cluster about these sa-
tcred shrines.
IN Syria was the one green spot
of Turkey-the Lebanon mountains.
+ In 1850, because of massacres, the
European Powers insisted that these
mountains be made autonomous. And
since that date this little district has
been living demonstration of what
good government will produce and of
what the people of the land are capa-
BILE of becoming.
'The steep mountain sides have
been terraced to a height of 1000
feet and planted to olives, figs and
vines. Taxes have been low, safety
to person and property secured, good
roads built and kept in repair. Thf
people have constructed more com
Portable homes and have sent theil
sons to schools and colleges.
THE story of the achievements O
the Lebanon and its sons during
these sixty years OF autonomy would
be thrilling narrative of itself. Nov
that autonomy has been taken away
the Lebanon is PROSTATE in famine
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
BASEBALL RECEIPTS
FOR WAR ACTIVITIES
Cash Derived From World Ser
les To Be So Applied.

A check for sI6.o3432 was for
warded to Secretary Baker of the
War Department Monday by the ma
tional base ball commission at Chi
cago.. and with s2.s15.ee7 already
gwen by the Boston American Lea
que club players, represent - per
cent of the revenue received by I'M
interested parties in the recent
world series TO be donated toward
charities.
The total amount is s1s.34959 but
the Boston players contributed 81
315.27 shortly after the series end
ed. Secretary Baker is asked to dis
tribute the amount.
Among the amounts noted in the
letter to Secretary Baker,. are-these.
Boston players, s2.315.27; Chicaa9
National players, s1.54S-41:; Boston
American League team $3,454 Sc
Chicago National League team, So
454.85: New York Nationals and
Cleveland Americans, s733.50 each;
Cincinnati National and Washington
Americans, $464.10 each: Pittsburgh
Nationals and New York Americans
$309.50 each: the umpires. $50 each;
members of the commission, s2s
each and the National League ant
the American League $1.15IS1 each;
National Commission $1,79619.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23

Practically the whole Turkish En-.
pire is OF the same surface coniigu-
nat-high mountain ranges along the
sea-coast. with elevated9S plain and
plateau in the interior These inner
plains are generally fartiic, being
constantly renewed by soil washed
from the surrounding mountains.
Where rain liz sufficient, 4 or where
water can be obtained for irrigation,
they produce fine crops of grain.
in ancient times the mountains
were everywhere covered with for
ests. The eedars Of Lebanon not
only furnished timber for the build
ing of Solomons Temple in Jerusalem
hut the kings of Egypt annually float
ed large RATS of logs from the Sy-
fian coast ito supply the demands of
the cities of the Nile. This constant
demand from foreign lands. together
with the lack of any system OF re-
forestation, has practically denuded
the mountains OF the whole land
Once more to cover the mountains
and hills with pine and cedar and oak
would be mp, task if carried on
systematicl :, chief enemy to-
day of refoiesslt.0n by nature is the
herds of coats, which every spring
roam over the vhole country and de
your every g.3n thing The lits!e
Seeding trees suffer especially
THE population of the Ottoman
Empire. not Including Arabia is about
I1S,0O0,Oeo. q. vas before the war. In
giving statistics on any subject re-
garding Turkey one speaks in ap-
prp1imate terms, for only estimates
can be given, as no thorough census
is taken or other statistics systemati-
cally gathered. Among the various
races til 5. total was distributed as
sollows: Turks, 100000; Syrians
and 4 abs. 100000; Kurds, a,000.-
600; Armenians, 100000; Greeks,
100000; Jews, 100000; other races
100000.
! "All of these peoples can trace
| their history back to the period when
fable and legend blend with the be.
ginnings of historic facts And all,
except the Turks, have inhabited.
frcm time immemorial, the districts
in which they are now found.
These races represent the three
great monotheistic religions, which
have also originated. within the boun
diaries OF the Turkish Empire. About
two-third ofsthe entire population are
liMohemmedan, but of different sects
The Christians, also, are divided intt
many sects, representing nearly al
the great divisions of the church.
1.-THE Christian races areathe mos
progressive part of the population
they have been most responsive t
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23

education and have made some prog
ress in establishing schools of their
own. The Turks are the most back
ward of all; yet under proper encons-
agement and facilities they are capa-
Bile of good progress. In competition
with Greeks, Armenians, and Syrians,
however, they invariably fall behind.
1T should be noted that Of 4S
Grand Viziers who ave risen to prom
ineee within the past four centuries,
those whose names would be in his
tory's Who's VITO only II have
been Turks; all the others were eth
er of Greek or Armenian origin.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
YANKEE woHk D~pREsshf
WORLD WITH A CIRCUS

Pittsburgh, Oct 23.-The Ameri-
cans make fine animal trainers,
says Private Hugo Potter, of the
Twentyfifth Engineers, in letter to
his mother from France. and sit
won't be very long until we are go
ing to give the world one grand old
circus at the expense of the Ger
mans"
Before came over l had read
several articles about these German
People" Private Potter writes. 'but
it had been padded quite bit How
ever, have seen SO many of them
and they are all such poor dumb
looking things, really they are to be
ritied Imagine a person so dumb
that they stare at you like you were
come superhuman person. 1t seems
lard to realize that country sc
near France should be go different
really believe that if it had beer
so many French prisoners the,
would at least be lively and crack a
smile once in while, but not SC
much with the Boche; it is Away.
the same blank stare.
Il can understand why these PEG
pie have done so much harm in Bel
?ium and France Their commandin:
officers have trained them Will
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23

sprays, inhalers, atomizers, jellies
and other local applications. :
s. S. S. has proven most satisfac-
tory remedy for Catarrh because it
goes direct to its source, and re-.
moves the germs of the disease from
the blood. Get a bottle from your
druggist today, and begin the only
logical treatment that gives real re-
suits. You can obtain special medical
advice without charge by writing to
Medical Director, ~ Swift Labora-
tory, Atlanta, Ga.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
MARRYING HIS BEST ACT
(sy international News serviee.)

(By international News Serviee.)
San Francisco, Oct 23.-Marrying
rich widows has been E. l. Settles's
rnly means of earning a livelihood
according to Mrs. Julia Settles, his
fourth wife, who has secured an in
terlpcutory divorce decree here She
testified that Settles lived with her
until her money was gone and then
admitted that he had married three
ether women, living of their money.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23

brute force and they are sure as
close to animals as anything eopld
be, but the Americans make very
fine animal trainers and it won, no
long until we are going 10 give Tho
world one grand old circus at the
expense of the Germans"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
NEBRASKA WILL PROVIDE
90 PER CENT OF OUR POTASH
tsy International News Service,

fBy international News service)
Lincoln, Neb.. Oct 23.-Nebraska
will provide 30 per cent sofsthe potash
supply of the United States Athis
year. "a ecording to statement made
by VIII NJ Maupin, State publicity
director here.
Nebraska manufacturers who
have invested s5.o0o.00O in the de
ye]opment of the potash industry
will produce more than s2e.ooo.ooo
worth of potash in 1918. according 10
Mr. Maupin. Many requests are made
daily for information about the field
Because the potash does not have
any borax 1t is said to be superior
10 California potash.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
KANSAS "cRoP" OF BOY
BABIES oUTNuMBERs GIRLS
tBy. International News service)

(By International News Servjce)
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 23-Another
year of war, if the birth rate in Kan
sas is to be taken as a criterion.
More boy babies than girl babies
were born in Kansas during the first
eight months. of the present year,
according to figures announced by
the State vital statistics depart
ment.
In 1913 the birth rate for boy ba-
bies was 1000 in excess of the girls
rate, and the next year war was de-
clared. This year the boy babies
number 1871 and girls 1888.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
BAN ON GERMAN SERVICE


10y fhteThatIohaI News SefV'cey
Duquoin. H.. Oct. 23.-Since there.
are only a few members of the con-
stand English. while the majority of
The members prefer the English
language. the church council has de-
cided. to discontinue all German ser
vices. As a result there will be SER
vice only in English at 1e Evangel
ical Church here
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23
Don't Let Catarrh Drag A
You into CONSUMPTION
Avoid It's Dangerous Stage.

Avoid It's Dangerous Stage.
There is a more serious stage of
Catarrh than the annoyance caused
by the stopped-up air passages, and
The hawking and splitting and other
distasteful features.
The real, danger comes from the
tendency Of the disease to continue
its course downward until the lungs
become affected, and then dreaded
consumption is en- your path. Your
own experience, has taught you that
the disease cannot be cured by
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23

Asst Dist. Attorney c. n Camp
hell. who was i'll With influenza, has
gone to Charles Town to recuperate
at his home there.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-23

Asst. U. S. Dist. Clerk A. c. Naden-
bousch, who was confined to his homo
on East Burke street with influenza,
is out again.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
BELLA|RE NINE
TACKLES COINS
NOEL WILL BE ON THE MOUND
WHICH MEANS A FAST AND
CLEVER EXHIBITION.
Pittsburgh Club Comes With Reputation
and Is Foremost in the Sernt-pro
Ranks There.

On the Sixteenth Street Park grounds
sunday AFTERNOON. the fast going Sch
lnire Athletics will try CONCLUSIONS witt
the strong Conn Cullcgian nine from
Pittsburgh in what should prove 10 b.
the fcatur. hulnc attraction al the sea-
son.
Reilarr has boon playing cNcertionai-
" good bail the past few weeks ana
seems to have struck it's St-iGc. With
Mel and Ilridelbach In do tho hurting
th., visitors muSt have an extraordinary
hitting combination IL stop these boys
Tint Rrl!airc has thr punch is cEidcnc'
cd when Il is considered what the boys
did las; Sunday. Coming from behind
in III, eleventh inui,tS with three runs
needed to ;ir The team got 10 tn" Wash
lhctr1l hurl"r aud pushed across four
runs and II" game.
Word comes irum .rittShurEH that IN"
conn ,'nilcgans HAY" H." speeches,
team eyer gathered together under that
un,uc AID has h"cu playing tho best or
,.a;nS with the greatest success. An
rNr,h,tiun game WAS played with Connie
Mack'S pluCky athletics several weeks
nrn and tho Genus lost in ten innings
hy IN. count OF Il.
TEXTURES; park il expected I" I've PACK
ID l.. .ryrrfI"wlug and with any kind at
weather, nothing should keep down inns
attraction and make II IN" banner on
If th,. season. l;rllaire fans arg r'ucl
,,,-,rcrnrd over the outcome and ar"
;uxious for L victory.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30

jngtnn or Fairmonl, with only Weston,
With her large entry, and Parkersburg.
New Ma?tinsvillr and MorSan:Own.
with their limited entry of stars 10 Sc
rinuSly menace tkrir supremacy. local
interest crntcrS chiefly IN the perform
ancrs of The large number Of stars who
VIII APPEAR in the various events.
In The l00-yard dash. Freutrl, Of
liunin&Ion, is the favoritc. In his
school try.nui Hpr1 At Huntington TWO
weeks ago he stepped I'll" distance in
IL 81 seconds. WHICH j.: within 10 sec
und uf the j>::::iNE State high school
record. There are. however. "a en-
iranrS in This event, and in Jefferson,
Of MurlinshUr%: Quinn. The New Mar
rinsvil!r src"drr, and y. Kelly he Will
have CLASSY opposition.
In me pole vault there arr two men
who stand nuI rs strong cunlrnders.
these being Thomas. nf New Martins
yillr, with n record made at Wheeling
last year Of IN feet inches. and Stu
art. of Huntington. who has hcrN going
up to 10 feet with regularity this Ecar.
In the mile there H. Il long list Of tai
cntcd cnntcndrrs. this event promising
tn develop .hc best record Of any made
during tho day.
Many nr thu less prominent schools
athlc,ically. such rs Suninorsville.
RivrsviGlc. Kincwnnd Flrming'nn.
rcnnshnro, etc. will no doubt hiring
forward s!rOn. mon in this event. as
il is n popular one and th"rc is no
predicting IFS russihl" outcome. This
event also has "a starters.
Workman. of Huntington. has been
throwing ihr shot within couple OF
inches Of thr State record for high
schools. and is The favnri'e 10 win his
event. though KiEcr. Of New Martins
Vile; Scircn. of parkcrShurg. and Tur-
knvirh. Of Fairm0nt. will b" close con-
tenders.
The 900 has strong field. with
Quinn. Of New Martinsvillc: Merrr, Of
Mnrsaa!nwn: Mills. Of Fairmnni;
FrruirI. Of Huntington, all OF whom
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
GREAT ARMY QF SCHOOL ATHLETES
GATHERFOR STATE TRACK MEET

MORGANTOWN. W. Va. May %
Tonight the large majority Of The high
school track leans from All sections OF
West VIRGINIA are already M IN"
ground, and tomorrow 1T O'Clock the
most largely attended and She most
ilnporian, and conrluSiv" track and
field event thai has EYER been staged
Tor W"st Virginia hch scho"is "ill
begin. The entries include Hunting
ton. Fairmonl. ShinnsI0n. l'arkrr*hlrg,
Weston New Martinsvillc. kingwoGd,
West Union. pennShnrn, MartlrShnr".
Riyrsvillr. Pennington. Mnr@antown,
WillianStnwn. SummrTSvillr. BuCkhan.
non, Clarksburg and Mann!nGt"n, as
representative bunch Of high schools
AS could be- gotten together IN Nest
Virginia.
Fairmnnt and Huntington are the IA
voritcs 10 win team honurS III Hi"
meet. Huntington. with h"r squad W
nine mrn. was Incorrectly advised mat
there would be preliminary events to-
day, and arrived here last night IN
charge Of "DouG" F'rculrl Il former
West VIRGINIA University star. and the
present holder q: III" Collegiate sale
record for he pole vault. The Hunt
ingion team embraces Workman. lion
akrr. MulI"n. Anderson. Thornhur%,
Spassard. Frcur"l. Crawford and Stu
art. in addition ia "nrua" Fr"utrl and
Stnddard. the Huntington HUN athletic
director. Workman and Honakcr. are
foOlb STARS. being All-Stal" men last
fall. and III" entire bunch looks likely.
The f'Hirmom; aggregation. which
will hr l!unlinGIOnS chief rivals for
the hi"h Donors. viii not com" down
iii Thursday morning, AMI vii likely
bring Il !arg,. rr"wd g; supporters. All
he Other teams nam"d ah"v" arrived
Today or tonight. with TN" exception
of RiycSvillc and I'lrm'n%ion.
These. .ia""il"r with fairmont. Will
arrive tomorrow morning early. and
all the contestants wil! b" ready 10 to-"
he mark when Rrf"r"" Conrh gives
The si@nal promptly n | y. m. since
thnrc seems 10 b. lizzie doubt bui mat
team hnnors will fall 10 either Hunt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
DENN|SON MEETS
FAST FERREANS
7rysock's Soys Are Getting in Trim
for TWO Zig Games This
Weekend.

SATURDAY afternoon tho fast Martins
Ferry Athletics will journey To Deuni-
son, o.. t. Ilay III" boys OF that place
in IN. ur. min. game there. Sunday the
sn,,.. teams will meet Z; the League park
grounds.
Ucnuison IN years past has been n
(; rong combination and last year wal
lup.d the E-ilair' boys and others ni
rrcrit i'll this vicinity. lust how tho
team shapes ul n"w is net dc"nit"lE
known and III" result or the first game
viii give n lin. IN what to eNncc, on
Sunda:.
Ferry has been out each evening this
wax. Preparing Tor tough games and ~"
matter how hard IA" opposition expects
to- con both ami boost tn" t"tAl "t games
wur, L. such an "%t"nt that the one
game lost Will u" forgotten.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
BETHANY COLLEGE
TO MEET BAUERS
PREPARATIoNS MADE FOB BIG At
FRACTION AT BETHANY
TO-DAY.
Teams Are Very Strong and the Interest
Is Becoming More Keen With
Players on Edge.

This afternoon one Of the fastest base
ball games Of recent years is scheduled
| TO take place on the bethany cOll"E"
grounds when tho strong l;aucr club Of
this city will meet the college lads III
commencement day attraction. with the
students all Interested over the import
ancc Of the engagement.
Coach Boyd Chambers reports his nep
in tip top condition and is very cptimiS-
tic in regard to the outcome Having
disposed OF some of thu best c"llcge
mines in the country. the bethany con-
tingcnt has enjoyed the most successful
baseball season in history. Coach
Chambers has been getting excellent re-
suits from his athletes and feels as
though n victory over the speedy semi
pros means much To the prestige of the
institution. Among the larger schools
tina, have been defeated are Colgate.
MuSkingum and Carnegie Tech. On soy
er;ll occasions Chambers had to develop
new mon for tho backstoppinG position
and other vacancies have arisen. due
TO unexpected calls in the draft and
the excellent way in which tho boys
PLAYED has been the bright feature ~
the years SUCCESS.
In the Bauer club the C"lleEians will
mcet worthy opponents and :. club So
complete and better prepared cannot be
found In this vicinity. With practically
tho cream of the Bauers. Strnchmanns
and tho T. and f.. &. mines! of last season
on the team this year. makes ii m all
star combination. Just who Captain
Welch will use on the mound remains
IN l." s'"cn. pugnn is n young. pr"nis-
ing hurlcr and has delivered on other
occasions and may receive tn" call. Like
n clear star from the sky comes iho
news that Harry N"uhart will still he
with ;hr NaucrS. AMI TINT hc has h.'"n
exempted for tho tirno being. This fact
has instiflcd unlimited spirit among tho
players.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
TWO FOR YANKS.

NEW YORK. May c9.--New York de-
rrated Philadelphia in both games Of the
first doublc-hcadcr played here this
season the scores being to and -
10 ..
Love easily won the first game. hla
teammates batting Grary hard Tho
Yonk"eS Also hit Myers and Adams hard
in The second game. liuneran. recently
purchased from st. Paul. started his
first game for New York and was
knocked out In the nth inning. after
Walker and Burns, successive bntSncn.
had ,nudc home runs int" the left field
bl"achcrs in the fourth. Sin double
plays were made III tho second Et,ne.
Score: Il. IT, IL.
PHILADELPHIA q 0 0 n o i: \
New York. al . . y - |
Ratt"rics-C;eary and McAvuy; Love
and Walters.
Second r7lme- +. HE.
philad.lphia 0 O o . o o O. !.
New York. q 0 o '-lc u 0
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Adams and Nc
Aroy; Finncran. Moeridgc and Hannah.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
Is Wrestling Dead Here?

F1nis has boon written on wrestling
In Wheeling. now that two very dis
GusttnG efforts to revive 1t have failed
Only one chance remains of over reilly
putting wrestling back on thu map her
and that chance rests on bringing only
the best and clcancSt mat artists "f ~"
world here and they will rot likely
como. since they arc cleaning up In:
coin in bigger cities.
The Grra; CO Darn had threatened ~
trim DR.. Roller and then hrin. SIr:trE
lrr Lewis hero for Il I'"rnritiou Iay
match ut Wheeling park. bat ~" rhySi-
cian-wrcstlcr took The wind "ut q
Daro's sails ny throwing him twI"" in -
hurry. To get even Daru tired - err
culatc the story that n" had Defeated
Roller in n western "l,:. wh"r'. h"th :tr-
p"arnd under falls" names. l:u; tho
story didn't work. Wheeling Sports HAY"
faith in Or. Roller and th'Y Were. :;!ad
tc. 500 him trim Oar" for The lnti"r pull
ed some stuff her" that mad" sport fans
dislike BIN. Stranger lewis w"i!d l"'
about the only hrnWInt; card III Whr'i.
ing and h. would have 20 bring St""h-
cr or some on" his SIZE to Wr"Sti" or
there would lc no match. :" II looks
for the present like Wheeling IL 1" h"
;:ivc-l a much needed rcst. after many
years Of lot Of poor bouts.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-30
TIFF, HORRIBLE HANDICAP
OF POISONED BLOOD

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moro than Nifty years 1t Is purely
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all traces Of the faint, and restoring
il fn absolute purity.
Some of III" most distressing cases
o. transmitted blood poison have
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and no case should be- considered in
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been given thorough trial. S. 5. ,.
!: l. as an antilnir To rvrry imnur'
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at any drug store Our chief medl-
cal adviser will take pleasure in CIV
Ing YOU without cost any advice that
your Individual case requires. Write
today 10 Swift Specific Co., 49,
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta Ga,