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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-17

it when I was suffering from nervous
breakdown and it restored me to health.
l really do not see how | could have
gotten along without Favorite Pre-
scrrption.' 1t certainly has been q
great help to me and will also help other
women who are ailing if they will give
it fair trial. No matter how much |
would say in praise of this medicine
could not do justice to it. am always
advising my friends to take IT,
MRS. LAURA G. NEIMER. 722 Market st.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-17

WHEELING, W. Va All through
nv married life DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-17

Had doctored and taken medicine with
out relief, but Favorite Prescription ,
soon did the work where all others failed.
1t is fine medicine for young girls or
women who are ailing." - Mrs. G. A.
S45 7th Street.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-17

Prescrip ton has
been a great help to
me - has saved me
many doctor bills
and lots OF suffering.
l have taken it dur
ing expectancy and
found it a wonderful
help in keeping me
well and strong, and
my children are all
healthy 7 also took
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-17

l became all run
down, weak and nerv-
Gus. | suffered with
suppression and my
mother gave me DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and it COM
pletely restored me
to health. l had been
ailing for at least
two years before.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-17

q ueS, IA
ached all the time:
| was tired and had
no ambition for any
thing. l had taken el
a number of medi-
cines which did me
no good. One day
| read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege--
table Compound and
what it had done for
women, so [ tried
it. My nervousness
o,J loaclache and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
SENATE o. KS OVERMAN BILL
President Given Authority to Co-ordi.
nate and Reorganize Government
Departments During War.

Washington, May Rejecting all
amendments designed to limit the
presidents authority the senate on
Monday passed the Overman bill. with
it's general grant of power for the ex-
ecutive to coordinate and reOrganiZe
government departments and other
agencies during the war.
The vote on the measure, which
now goes TO the house, was 63 to 13.
Only one Democrat Senator Reed
of Missouri voted against the bill. Re-
publcans who voted against it were !:
Brandegee Cummins, Dillingham;,
France, Gallinger, Harding, Johnson
(Cal), Knox. Poindexter, Sherman,
Sterling, Sutherland.
AS passed by the senate, the meas
ure authorizes the president to make
such redistribution of functions
among executive agencies as he may
deem necessary" and to utilize, CO.
ordinate and consolidate any execu-
tive or administrative commissions,
bureaus, agencies, offices or officers
now existing by law, to transfer any
duties or powers from one existing
department Or to transfer the person
mel thereof" These powers, however.
shall be exercised only in matters
relating to the conduct of the pres
ent war"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
THANKS ALE FOR AIDING LOAN
and Small Towns Have Bought
Liberty Bonds Literally.

Chicago, April 30.--William G. Nc
Adoo, secretary of the treasury, ar
rived in Chicago Sunday with heart
ening message of the nations third
Liberty loan achievements, glowing
tribute to the ardor with which Amer
lean citizens everywhere are meeting
the ccuntrv's financial exigencies, and
a determined plea for the unmitigated
strength which must characterize
the final week of the campaign.
IF Americas rural population suf-
fered cOntumely during previous bond
subscriptions Mr.. MCAdoo's enthusiast
tic commendatiOn of the farmers 10y
atty during the present loan campaign,
should afford grateful encouragement.
To the women of the United States, to
railroad employees; In fact, ito all
classes of people everywhere" Mr.. Nc
Adoo offers the approval of the gov
eminent for IAN unequaled and spirit
ed degree of support"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
TURNS OVER AT PIER
y. S. LINER cAPsizEs AT ALLAN
TIC PORT.
All but Three of Several Hundred
Workers Escape From the
Famous Ship.

An Atlantic Port, April 27-The
American line steamship st. Paul,
famous passenger liner, overturned
and sunk at her pier here while being
warped into pier preparatory TO
Loading for trip to Europe. Three
men probably lost their lives in the
accident
AT the time the St. Paul was not
under steam but was being brought by
tugs from dry dock, where for the
last week she had been undergoing
repairs
On her at the time were several hun
dred men-a majority of them eTa-
ployees of the dry dock-whO had
been sent with the vessel to complete
their work while she was being loaded.
The st. Paul was built at a cost Of
$2,65O,OOO and was launched in Phlla-
delphia on April IL, 1895.
She normally carried a crew of $50
men. The ship is 554 feet long, with
a 63-fOot beam.
Called into war service In 1898 dur
ing the Spanish-American war, the ST.
Paul, under command of then Capt.
Charles ID. Sigsbee, T. S. n, distin-
guished herself with the st. Louis. a
sister ship, in several engagements.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
AMERICANS HALT HUN RAID
Germans Take Clothing From the
Dead and Attempt to Reach YAM
kee Trenches--Ruse Discovered.

With the American Army in France,
April 30-T'he enemy laid down a
heavy barrage in front of the Ameri.
can trenches in the Toul sector at
three O'Clock in the morning, the bonn
bardment lasting an hour.
After an interval of silence he re-
peated the performance at five o'clock
and half an hour later the German In
fantry started for the American lines.
SO intense was the American counter
attack that the enemy was repulsed
without getting close enough to be en-
gagged by the American infantry.
The Germans have been stripping
the bodies of dead French soldiers in
other sectors and, wearing these
clothes, have come over at the point
where the French and American lines
join.
This method of attack was used
during the attack on the Americans at
Apremont forest two weeks ago. On
that occasion they spoke French and
said they had come to assist the Amer
leans, but the ruse was discovered ana
they were driven off.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Sailor Now German Prisoner.

Men serving on the destroyer Jacob
Jones of the American fleet in foreign
waters had a terrific fight with the sea
after their ship had been sunk by a
German submarine. The attack came
suddenly, late in the afternoon. Al
though every effort was made to re-
turn the fight and save the ship, she
finally settled and went down. Many
of the men got into the boats and on
the RATS and q great number were
seen swimming in the sea. Two OF
these were picked up by the Germans.
One of these men, John Francis Muir.
phy, Is now held as prisoner by the
Germans. After having gone through
the ordeal of being tOrpedoed Murphy
made a heroic struggle to save men,
bers of the ships crew. No further
news has been heard from him beyond
the fact that he is held prisoner in
Germany. Murphy was q ships cook,
first class, on the Jones.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
U. S. AGENTS TAKE RAIL HEAD
William Edenborn, Louisiana Million
aire, Charged With Having Voiced
"SeditIous Treason.

New Orleans, April 30-William
Edenborn, president of the Louisiana
Railway and Navigation company and
a naturalized citizen of German birth,
was arrested by department of justice
agents on Sunday at Shrewsbury, La,
on an affidavit charging violation of
the espionage act.
The arrest followed a meeting here
of the executive committee of the Ma
tional Security league, Louisiana Sec
ton, at which resolutions were adopt
ed denouncing alleged utterances by
Edenborn at an Americanization meet
ing Of citizens of German descent last
Friday night as "seditious treason
against the United States and it's al
lies"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
20 SAILORS HURT IN WRECK
"Jackie Special" With 1,400 Men
Aboard, Hit by Train During
Fog Near Chicago.

Chicago, April 80. = Twenty-eight
jackies were hurt. many of them
gravely enough to be sent to a hos
pitaI and the lives of hundreds of 9TH
ers were jeopardized by a collision
just before midnight Saturday just
north of Summerville station. 1t was
due to a fog. The Jackie Special"
with 1000 men aboard, was struck by
the Waukegan local, which was fol-
lowing close behind.
The following men were taken to
the hospital:
Thomas Il. Collins, Roland Cleland,
Joseph H. Elliott, Harry Ehmcke, J.
A Renninger, Howard A. Selle, Alex.
J. Sikorski, E. T. Sewandowski.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
peserved a Happier Eate.

The remarkable career of Sir Sam
uel Romilly, the British statesman,
came to tragic end ninety-nine years
ago. He was the first influential man
friend as he died a bachelor ar sew
enty. quite soI' muttered Aldrich'S
taciurn soldier as he Suceumbed to
his wounds. "A little bit Of String-a
little bit Of string Look. here it is,
Mr.. Mayor" repeated over and over
the dying peasant. falsely accused of
theft. in Guy de MaupasSant's ia FL
celle. More dramatic than ali was
the startled cry OF the Napoleonic vet
eran in Daudet's Siege of Berlin
who rose from sick bed in Paris TO
steal a look ar the French army re-
turning. as he believed. victorious from
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
U. S. RAID NEAR MEUSE
SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN ATTACK
NORTH OF ST. MIHIEL.
Missing Yanks Are Found Alive in
Badly Smashed Dugout in "No
Mans Land"

With the French Army in France,
April 20. - American troops Sunday
made successful trench raid near the
heights of the Mouse, in the vicinity of
Vaux-les-Palameix Con the front below
Verdun, nine miles north of ST. Mi
hieD. Their French comrades har-
assed the enemy in the same way at a
number of places in Lorraine and in
The Vosges.
The sector along which the Germans
made heavy attack against the Amer
leans is situated among very broken,
hilly country about IL miles eastward
of the important st. Mihiel salient on
the road between st. Pizier and Metz.
The town of Seicheprey is surrounded
by hills about 800 feet high.
The line of the allies passes 1000
yards north of Seicheprey and few
hundred yards from the edge of Rem
neres wood. Tie Germans were able
to seize this wood and a strip of
ground 1000 yards long and half mile
wide lying west of the wood, on Sat
urday morning. and the attack on the
American sector In the vicinity Of
Seicheprey was a sequel to this ac-
ton.
With the American Army in France,
April %. - Two American soldiers,
wounded in the engagement around
Seicheprey. were found alive in dug
out in mo Mans Land" The dugout
had been badly smashed by German
shellfire and how the men managed
to keep alive in the rain and mud and
under continuous German lombard
ments, physicians say, is little short of
miraculous.
The American troops in the Seiche-
prey fight, additional details show,
were outnumbered in some instances
eight to one The latest reports are
that the American casualties are much
under the first estimates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
81 Y. M. c. A. men
SAVED FROM SHIP
British Steamer 0rissa Bearing
Workers to France Torpedoed
by Submarine.
DESTROYERS TO THE RESCUE
Passengers Taken From Lifeboats-
liIinoisan Is Hero of Disaster as
He Saves Injured Soldier and
Unconscious Wife.

London, May IA party Of 81
American army Young Mems Christian
association workers under Arthur Il.
Hungerford arrived in London. The
ship on which they sailed was tor
pedoed Sunday morning and sank in IL
minutes. All the passengers and all
put three of the crew were saved.
The passengers were picked up in
lifeboatS and landed at British port.
On their arrival in London they were
taken in charge by the American Z. Nj.
C. A. and Red Cross.
The number of persons on board the
vessel was about $50. One of the ships
officers said the Americans conducted
themselves in an admirable manner.
DestrOyers were sent Immediately
to the rescue and all the lifeboats were
picked up within half an hour.
The vessel was struck amidships
while proceeding in large convoy
under the protection of number of
destroyers. 1t was proceeding at about
ten knots in bright moonlight when
struck. There was an immediate heavy
list and three minutes later the boilers
blew up, extinguishing the lights all
over the ship.
New York, April 30.-The vessel
which was sunk in English waters
while carrying 81 Young Mems Chris
tan association workers was the Brit
ish steel steamship Orissa, of 8, 436 tons
gross, it was learned here. She left
an American Atlantic port on April II.
Among the passengers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Thring had the most exciting
experience Mr.. Thring is an Austria
liam who was invalided from the Brit
ish army several months ago after two
years of fighting in Africa and at Gal
lipoli. He went to Australia, where he
was married, and was returning to
England with his bride to settle the es-
tate of two brothers who were killed
recently in France.
The torpedo struck just beneath their
cabin and they were thrown from their
berth and injured severely. The state
room door was jammed so that it could
not be opened. Mr.. Thring broke the
partition and carried his unconscious
wife to the deck, where he, too, fell I'M
conscious. Both were carried to a life
boat by Arthur Bogue, Y. NJ. c. A.
man from Chicago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
CARS SON ON
RUSSIAN THRONE?
Counter Revolution Reported to
Have Broken Out in
Petrograd.
GRAND DUKE REAL LEADER
Dispatches From Finland Tell of Seri-
GUS Rioting In Former Capital
Washington Officials See
German Plot.

Stockholm, April 30.-Correspond-
ents of Swedish newspapers in Finland
telegraph persistent rumors In circula-
ton there of Important happenings in
Russia. The most definite rumor de-
clares that former Grand Duke Alexis,
son of the former emperor, has been
declared emperor, with Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch as regent, and
that the new government would refuse
to recognize the bOlsheviki peace treaty
with Germany.
London, April 30.-A dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph
says 1t is reported there that counter
revelation has broken out in Petro-
grad. 1t reports that while no tele-
grams have been received from Petro-
grad for several days, there are rumors
from Finland that there is serious RI
oting at the capital and that the ru-
NOR is persistent that Grand Duke
Alexis Nikolaivitch has been pro-
claimed emperor and that Grand
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch is the
real leader in Russian affairs.
Copenhagen, April 29.-The Stock
holm Aftenblodet says that definite re-
ports have been received from Ado,
Finland, that Grand Duke Alexis Niko-
laivitch, son of the former emperor
of Russia, has been proclaimed en-
peror, with Grand Duke Michael Alex
androvitch as regent
Washington, April 30.-Reports from
Copenhagen of persistent rumors from
Finland that Grand Duke Alexis NikO-
la1vitch, son of the former car Of
Russia, has been proclaimed emperor
of Russia were taken here to indicate
that Germany was attempting to carry
through a well-formulated plan for re-
storing monarchy in that revolution
tinO country
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
HOLLAND HITS AT THE U. S.
Puts Embargo on Tin and Medicine
From the West lndies-Cuts Off
War Supplies.

The Hague, April 3O.-The comman-
der in chief of the land and sea forces
In Holland has Professionally stopped
all leaves of absence.
Washington, April 30.-HolIand has
placed an embargo on the expectation
from the Dutch East Indies of tin, tin
ore, cinchona bark, Quinine, quinine
salts and kapok, all of which are need
ed by the United States for war pur-
noses
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Tree Within a Tree

One of the giant redwoods in Men
ioeiGo county, California, has shown
that in spite of It's combined foes the
wind and the forest fire, il has made
M It's mind to keep right on living in
me same spot where il has stood for
dozens Of years. During terrible
storm on the mountain the top of this
BIG tree was broken Oft. aud later the
trunk was nearly destroyed by Tor
est IRE; yet enough vitalitY remained
tor young rec t6 rise from the roots
Of The older one and to grow up within
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
SLAYER OF FIVE TO PRISON
German Farmer Who Murdered Mich
igan Family Is Given Life Sen
tence Day After.

Alma, Mich, May l. = Herman
Wittig, a German farmer, was sent to
Marquette prison Monday night where
he will serve life term Sunday
morning he murdered in cold blood
Mr.. and Mrs Willard Kimball, tenants
of his, and their three children. That
night he was arrested and confessed
his crime. Monday he pleaded guilty
and was sentenced. Justice never
moved more swiftly in this part of
Michigan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
GOT HIM STARTED
Wife's Conversation May Have
Been for Effect.
While She Deplored the Average Mans
Lack of knowledge of Tools He
Evidently Had Been Doing
Some Thinking.

The woman put down the magazine
she. had been reading and addressed
herself to the family in general
There" she cried, lit says exactly
what | have been thinking for ages
and ages and never had sufficient sense
TO write about"
What is thatY' inquired her hus-
band Sleepily.
1T says that boys should be pre-
pared for matrimony exactly as girls
should" replied the woman. 1T says
that they should have a course OF
training in putting up pictures. in do
Ing simple repairs to the plumbing, in
taking care of the furnace, in hang
ing curtains, making shelves and do
ing other carpentering work. just as
girls should be taught how to cook
and keep house."
AT this her husband looked self-con-
sclous and he resumed his reading with
an ostentatious air of absorption. so
that his better half was fain to con-
tlnue her remarks to the more recep-
tive sister who sat by.
Especially when one lives in the
country should a husband have had
some manual training" she went on.
For instance, last week we found 1t
impossible to turn off one of the spig-
OTIS that fills the bathtub. A full
stream of water ran from II all day.
L telephoned Walter of the tragedy,
and he replied that l was not to bother,
for he would fix IT as soon as he came
home.
when he reached home that even
ing he found that he could not do any
more to check the water than l had
done, and so he sent a plumber out
from town the next morning.
The plumber examined the leak, said
that the washer on the spigot had
worn out, and that If l would give him
washer he would repair ii at once.
But / had no washer - what Is
washer anyway? And so he had to
go back into town to get one. He
returned two hours later, put on the
washer stopped the leak and sent us
a bill for ST.
But it was a peculiar sort of
washer" interrupted her husband
alphabetically. eff it had been just a
plain washer l could have done it."
His wife disregarded this explana-
ton. "Then the laundry tubs became
stopped up" she went on, land though
| worked at them with a hatpin and
the poker, l could not open them. The
plumber had to come out from town
again. He brought with him a long
stick with q rubber cup on the end OF
it, placed this cup over the vent in the
tub, pressed, and 10! all was well. The
bill for this piece of work was $3.50.
Il wanted a simple shelf put up I'm
the bathroom and the carpenter who
put it up charged $3.50 for that job.
The door leading to our side porch
had not been locked for a year because
no one in this family can move a lock.
Sometimes I wish that I had married
a carpenter or plumber. 1t must De
lovely to have a man who can use
tools constantly in the house"
And as for the woman's husband, he
put aside his book impatiently and
arose. "Well, get me the nails and
the boards and hammer and I'll make
that window box for you that you've
been pining for" he said. "I'Il show
you that l am as good as a carpenter
any day i'm the week. providence
Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Ghost Photouraphs.

Those who are looking for novelty
In photography may find 1t interesting
to take photograph of ghost. OF
course 1t will be fake" glrost. Get
friend TO pose as the 'ghOst" and
expose your negative allowing one
third of the proper time. Then let
the ghost" leave the room and expose
the negative for the remaining two
thirds Of the proper exposure. OF
course the camera must not be moved
and the ghost" may be draped In
white.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Tanks Get into Action.

Then the tanks came up. and you
should have seen them rum Just like
rabbits The tanks retired; the
Boches reformed and came at it
again They tell me that at certain
places our men withstood fifteen sue
cesSive attacks and that the Germans
went down III thousands. One Welsh
man told me that his gun accounted
for II in three minutes during one
rave.
MachinegGn bullets We're nipping
around me. the shell fire was getting
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
lNDICT is FOR LYNCHING
Five colIinsviIIe UIl.) Men Already in
Jail, Seven Others Sought for
Staying Prayer.

Edwardsville, ILL.,. April 27.-Sixteen
residents of Collinsville, ILL.,, are I'M
der indictment for the lynching of
Robert P. Prayer in that city during
the early morning hours of April 5.
Twelve must answer charges. of muir
der, and four policemen will be tried
for omission of duty and malfeasance
in Office. The grand jury made its re-
port in the Madison circuit court at
EdWardsville.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Remarkable LAST Words.

Many last words of splendid aptneSS
are to be found in the mastery mod
ern short stories which have come TO
rank almost as a branch Of literature
oy themselves. Tel the boys I've
got the luck with me now" said Ken
tuck I'm the tale that made Bret Harte
famous as he "drifted awty into the
shadowy river that flows forever to
me unknown sea" Il alters meant to
-haYe asked yOu-to-marry me. ="
said the prpcrastinating old lover of
Mary wilkins sketch to his spInsteF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07

Shortage of meat has revived the
popularity of the rabbit in England,
and the Guilford food control commit
tee has asked the town council to
finance a scheme for starting a rabbit
warren in order to Increase the food
supply. II is estimated that, begin.
ming with 40 tame rabbits. there would
be 1000 at the end Of the season, and
as the initial cost would be only $500,
the venture would prove very profit
able.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Wanted Reduction.

"NOw, here is a showcase" said the
dealer, pointing to a pecuiar-looking
specimen of his wares, that is bound
to become popular. 1t magnifies ev-
erything put in 1t to double its natural
size"
Cant use 1t in my business" re-
piled the prospective customer. "What
! want is case that will seemingly
reduce the actual size of its contents
fully One-half."
"What is your line?" asked the
dealer.
my speciality is ladies' shoes"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
CLARK DECLINES SENATE SEAT
Speaker of House Tells Governor of
Missouri He Can Best Serve Coun-
try in Present Position.

Washington, April %. Speaker
Champ Clark on Friday definitely de-
clined the appointment as senator
from Missouri to succeed the late SEN
ator William J. Stone. Speaker Clark
announced his declination of the APP
pointment in a letter to Governor
Gardner of Missouri.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Bomb Kills Enemy Alien.

Seattle, Wash. April 30-Carl Oar
getz, an enemy alien, arrested by fed
eral authorities as draft evader, but
later released, was instantly killed
here when bomb, which the police
say he was manufacturing, exploded.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-05-07
Allies Get S. aas $50 600

Washington, April 29.-Belgium was
granted another credit of S3.250.O00 by
the treasury, making her total borrow
ings from the United States S107 $780,
600 and credits to all the allies s. 2SS,-
$4,000.