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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
GERMAN COMMERCE
Being STRAN6LED
The Blockade is one of the
Most Effective Weap-
ons of the War.

LONDON, March 25-(Correspond-
ence of The Associated Press]-'%The
blockade is one of the most important
weapons in the hands of the Allies. y
asserts the British War Cabinet. Deal
ing with the development and ampli-
fications of the blockade of Germany
during 1917, the cabinet says il its
annual report just made public:
THE chief method by which this
amplihcation has been effected has
been the conclusion of series of
agreements with neutral shipping
compan. rs. The weapon IL the back
ground du i>s such negotiations has
been the British contro: OF bunker
facil ties AID the powers welded by
the Iater-Allied Charterins Commit
tee.
"A very considerable amount OF
success cab ,airly be claimed for the
policy. In the Far East. the German
commercial establishments have been
almost completely destroyed and re-
cent events will probably make it
possible TO complete the work.
Thanks to our agreements with
American shipping companies. the
financial stability. of enemy firms in
South America has been very gen
orally shaken. and in some cases they
have been forced into liquidation In
other Instances firms containing GER
tain interests have been obliged to
eliminate this interest
I'm Spain the policy has worked
admira bly,, and is considered to have
gone far to counteract the more in
sidious methods of German .propa-
ganda. In all countries the moral
effect of the Statutory List has been
very prominent. and definite stigma
is attached to inclusion in the list. an
effect which has been accentuated by
the growing dislike Of the world IN
general for German objects and
methods
Tie main preoccupation OF the
Ministry of Blockade during the year
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(BY coN0o9

1917. it is stated, was directed to
diminishing trade between the Ger
mans and neutraIs on her borders.
1.-The neutral tonnage employed In
Allied trade increased by million
tons between the German declaration
OF ruthless U-boat warfare and the
end of the year" says the cabinet.
1.-The great blockade event of the
year was the declaration of war be-
tween the United States and Ger
many, followed by similar declara-
tons from. or the rupture OF relations
By. considerable number of South
American States. This has enabled
US and our Allies to stop imports to
the border neutrals at the source.
Public attention has been fixed,
not unnaturally. more upon the food
blockade of Germany than anything
else. but it Is very doubtful whether
this is its most important aspect. The
evidence is strong to show that Ger
many is also suffering gravely from
the want OF such things as wool,
leather. cotton. rubber and 80 on.
''It is hoped that we may see con
siderable results in the future from
the new forms of pressure which the
entrr of America into the war has
enabled US to employ.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
I' TALKS DE-
lie POTATO CROP
otezsor Alderman Advis
es Farmers to Grow
Plenty This Year.

s4RoRGANToWN. April NV II.
A1deFmon, professor of Horticulture.
West Virginia university. mas issued
TIE following statement regarding the
pptato crop for 1918:
aGan afford to increase my pota-
10 planting this year2" is the Ques-
lion come Of our West Virginian grow
Ges are asking themselves this spring.
It's not entirely a question OF "af-
lord for the potato is one OF the prin
cfpal food crops Of the nation, and
one Of the measures OF a mans patri-
otfsm (some say the most important
measure) Is the amount OF food he
produces. No man can question the
patriotism Of the West Virginia far
Hder, and If he believes it to be his
duty to plant potatoes he will do 50
90 the full extent Of his ability. The
question being asked arises out Of the
present decline Of potato prices. With
potatoes selling for less than was Of
fered last fall isn't there an indication
81 over production? And may not
the same thing happen again this year
resulting in financial loss to the
grower?
Il would not seem that there IS any
serious danger Of very low prices for
tho coming crop. In the first place,
POTATOES are selling today at reason
ably good price in the state They
ara cheaper than they were last fall
for two reasons: First. because the
crop was large and. second, because
not enough of the stock was put upon
the market IN the fall. There were
many who refused good prices and
Estored hoping for still higher prices.
and there were more who were caught
by the early winter and the car short
are and were unable to sell. AS a
result the price held high and the
consumption OF potatoes was below
what It should have been When the
fuIk Of the crop did move in the spring
& brought lower prices.
There is no reason to expect that
Sndces viii be unreasonably low next
an. We are not likely to meet con-
4itions which held last year. west
RirRfnia has never produced enough
6otatoes to feed herself and so local
markets are always good. Further
more, in farming it is usually a GOOD
Sule to plant heavily Of that crop
SEftfch sold low the year before.
Z we need for our own state an In
Srease Of nearly third in potato pro
: Iuction. Let every farmer produce all
he needs for his own use and tneH
s4raise an acre for sale and West var
Zinia viii do her part by feeding her-
sslf. For full information as to the
best methods OF growing and caring
for the crop write to West NiIs. III
Agricultural Experiment Station, Nor
gantoWn, W. Va.
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BAD BREATH
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets G
at the Cause and Remove Il

DE- Edwards Olive Tablets the substf=
tGte for calomel, act gently on the bowels
AID positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath ind
quick relief e ttIoughl DR.. Edwards
Olive Tabtsts. y The pleasant sugar
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
IL all who know them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
E=t firmly, ON the bowels and liver,
8 .rnulating them to natural action,
Gearing the blood and gently purifying
tie entire system They do that which
T1aperous caIomel does without any
Of the bad after effects.
All the benefits Of nasty, S5ekenlng.
criDTn9 cafharticS are derived from Dr.
EdwardS Olive Tablets without grlpinS'
oSIn q any disagreeable effects.
Or. E. NJ Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years OF prae'
ice among patients afflicted VIA
bowel and liver complaint, with the
sfteodant bad breath
: -. Edwards Olive Tablets are pursg
a Ve0etable compound mixed with OILS
nj: Won win know them by their Of.
color. Take one or two every night {
4 wees and note the effect 1oe and25e
oer box. AL druggists
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
IF YOUR EARS RING
WITH HEAD
NOISES

If you have Catarrhal Deafness or
head noises 20 to your druggist and get
1 unce Of Parmint double strength),
and add to it IA pint Of hot water and
a little graduated sugar. Take table
spoonful four times day
This will often bring quick relief
from the distressing head noises. Clog
ged nostrils should open, breathing be-
comes easy and the muscus stop drop
ping into the throat. 1t is easy to pre-
pare, costs little and is pleasant tc
take Any one who has Catarrhal Deaf
ness or head noises should give this
prescription trial.
Holt Drug Co.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
DOCTOR CAVE
THIS RUNDOWN
WOMAN VINOL
And She Got Weller
Nervousness DISAPPEARED

Flint. Mich.-'T keep house for my
family OF six and got into generally
rundown condition. I was weak, ner-
vous and could not sleep. and bad
headache a good deal Of the time. My
doctor prescribed Tinol and it made
me we'll and strong. I am good deal
less nervous and can sleep nights. :
Clara Smith, 121S ". 4th Ave, Flint
Mich.
We sell vinol on a positive guaTan-
tee to make nervous. weak, rundown
women well and strong or return their
money. Try it anyway
Cranes Drug Store, Fairmont. Vi
mol is sold at Warrington by the Pre-
scription Pharmacy and at the best
drug store in every town and city in
the country.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
1lg S
NATIONAL HERO
Itch TapIeys Cheerfuhess
Inspires Army From
One End to Other.

BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES
IN FRANCE, March 25-( Core
spondence OF The Associated Press)
One Of the familiar characters of
pre-war days in London was a street
Arab newsboy who sold papers out
side one Of the hotels most FREQUENT
ed By American visitors. Delighting
IN the nickname "Frog-faced Itch, y"
he won the admiration of visitors as
a master of repartee, varying his
nightly refrain OF "Au the Winners"
and '"Orrible Murder" with ironica1
comments on the worlds events and
caustic replies 10 pedestrians who
ventured to handy words with him as
they passed
the old days would scarcely recognize
him now in his khaki uniform. with
a crossed" ribbon on his breast, IN
dicating that he has been twice
awarded the priced Military Cross.
His comrades OF the London ReSi
ment, moreover. declare that If he
had been awarded medal on every
occasion on which he has merited 1t.
he would be covered with ribbon
from head TO foot OF his dimt1utITe
body
Too small to so into the arm! By
the regular channels, Itch after sew
eraI trials. was accepted as a stretch
er bearer in the London Regiment. At
the front, he quickly became one OF
the most popular men in the regI-
ment. One Of his officers. in report
To Headquarters. said of him, Cheer
fitness. courage, devotion to duty.
and disregard of danger are as much
a part of his equipment as his haTer-
sack and his waterbottle."
Tapley probably looks less like a
hero than any other man in his bat
talon. But his caustic. good-natured
humor, which was little more than an
amiable diversion in civilian life, be-
came an invaluable asset in the
trenches. keepingu . the morale and
optimism of the whole battalion. His
Officers find themselves continually
paying tribute to his usefulness in
this respect. One of them wrote in a
letter short time ago:
His gospel. whether consciously
or not. is the gospel Of cheerfulness,
and in practice it works out that his
spirits grow lighter in proportion as
dangers and discomforts grow heaT-
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- = p - : M : . : Etr pro
5ilsE. eIsCtrI z 5 ~ Z llIllls
the 1ieaarts Of men = ON El6ollI Dessi=
Iiiisai into 7unafnous defiance. ?
The ex-neWsboy has the reputation.
from Lens % st. Quentin. ofbet7S Gb-
solutely fearless. In his work as
streteher bearer. he goes bus,ly about
among the falling shells always oEhis-
Ting popular tune. with a ever
ready word of sympathy and ececu--
agement for the wounded. He Is gen
orally looked upon as one who bears
a charmed life. for he has never re-
ceived even a scratch. and his very
presence Is regarded as mascot
Tapley won the second OF his two
decorations under heavy shell fire IN
the Chalk Pit north OF 1oos, when.
single handed. he bandaged and car
ried to a safe part OF the trench all
the wounded OF his own company and
several from neishboring battalion
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
COUGHS AND COLDS
QUICKLY RELIEVED
DR.. KINGS NEW DISCOVERY SOL:
SINCE GRANT WAS FRESi-
DENT AT FIFTY CENTS.

That was fifty years ago. In all the
years since millions of colds have
been checked by It. coughs relieved
grippe vanquished, crouDy children
eased.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is very
effective in checking the development
OF an oncoming cold or the advance
OF neglected one.
1t soothes the tortured throat, loos
ems conzested chest, and dissipareC the
tightpacked ph3eGm. Standard fol-
young and old as faithful remedy for
and enemy OF new and old coughs and
colds and kindred attacks. Try it to
day.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

While the Swedish bark Naorilauds
was being towed from Rotterdam to
England by British tug. six German
airplanes made an attack on the two
vessels. Bombs we're thrown and the
planes came down. using machine
guns freel=. Some of the crew of the
bark jumped overheard. but we're res
cued. while the tug. after dodgtnE the
bombs and shower of bullets, tore
back to the waterway, showing every
where marks Of attack
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

The rise in the price Of silver has
given the Peruvian sol a value in
bullion greater than the value 1T has
in coin. and the result has been the
disappearance Of the coin from circu-
latIon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

civil engineers in West Virginia died
at the home Of his daughter, Mrs. VAL
Ter c. Hardy at Charleston recently.
Colonel Abney was the man who laid
out HuntIngton's system Of streets
and avenues and responsible for its
beautiful wide streets. He also built
Fort Spring tunnel as engineer with
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
and was the first president OF the
Coal and Coke railroad
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
Always Lead to Better Health.

Serious sicknesses start in d3sorder:
Of the Stomach and Liver. The best
corrective and preventive IS Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. They prevent
Constipation, keep Liver. and Bowels
in condition. No change in price. Still
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

Quite a romantic wedding took
0Iace at the court house this week
said the last issue OF the Buckhan-
non Delta. A. J. Bean Of Sage.
through matrimonial paper had been
corresponding with Josephine Wittig.
of Kirkwood. Ga. One day this week
they met at the depot for the first
time and Immediately went to the
court house. procured a license and
SEere married within q few hours at
Eer hrst seeing each other. we hope
they may have a happy and prosper
Gus journey through life. Marriage
IS somewhat OF gamble at best, but
fFlfs appears to be more so than COM
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

In recent issue the Noundsviile
Echo said: cat the Echo office are
two monster hen eggs. The eggs are
from Rhode Island Red hens belonging
to Master Charles Criswel OF IVES
tern avenue. who have five hens that
Ia:y i've eggs a day. One egg a few
days ago conained three yolks and a
second one contained two yolks.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

N the municipal election at Eliza
beth, Writ county. last week conduct
a on the Mitchell" issue. the redoubt
SbIe Shirley Mitchell, Elizabeth edit
=. was elected for the fifth term as
Mayor Of the Writ capital. He re-
IssI1ed 81 votes to IS for DR.. c. y.
8 rowa, his opponent. The contest
Sas spirited. Editor Mitchell receiv-
ID the largest vote he has ever polled-
4 @. W. Dye, J. A Jamison, ". 7. Cox
and ". f. Hickman were elected to
counen-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

at the instance Of the council OF
defense, ten citizens OF Princeton.
Mercer county. including persons OF
wealth and prominence were arraign-
ed before Justice L. A. Pine last week
charged with idleness and vagrancy-
they have hired an imposing array
OF lawyers and say they Will take the
cases to the supreme court II neces-
sary. The council OF defense will
prosecute to the limit and it will be
seen whether any man. no matter
Row rich. can violate this war meas
re against id1eness with 1mpunity-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

Colonel Francis Worth Abne-. az
% IS, one OK the .uaoSt widely Knox
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17

Parkersburg has a pastor who has
served one congregation in that town
thirty years. The Parkersburg News
the other day said: Rev S. scolley
Moore, the well-loved rector OF Trim
ity Episcopal church. on Friday cele-
brated the tF1irtieth anniversary CT
his acceptance Of the pastorate OF the
church and during the day was the
recipient Of the congratulations OF his
parishioners and many friends through
ont the city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-17
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Last weeks Weston Independent
contained the following: alley Cham
bers, who died at the State Hospital
Friday. was six feet nine inches tall
and as heavy in proportion. Undertake
er F'orinash had to order a special
casket before the body could be
shipped to Warrington for burial
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Genseric, First Kaiser.

THE coverlet on Baron Won Richtho-
L fcn's book exclaims, "One million
copies sold in Germany Whereat one
reader has obdurately refused to get ex-
cited. What of itf Anything is sold in
Germany, the populace for instance, as
often as the German high command sets
a date to dine in Paris.
Inside the cover is tasteful preface by
u Mr.. c. C. Grey, editor of the Aeroplane,
to whose literary discernment Richtho-
fen's writing seems "the writing of gen
tleman prepared for publication by
hack journalist" Which suggests tab
ulation of the levels of journalists accord
ing to the aneroid submarine Journal
ism, tube journalism, hack, hanson and
second story journalism, with perhaps
"lift' journalism operated somewhere to
elevate the profession toward the aero
plane journalism of gentlemen.
A Clean Fighter.
The book itself, when you get to it, is
authentic past serious question. 1t Is an
intensely interesting document to have,
ms any such narrative from conspicuous
German soldier was bound to be at this
time; and Richthofen was extra con-
spicuous in the cleanest and most honor
able branch of the German service-com-
bat, not bomb dropping aviation.
He was boy in his middle twenties.
His comrades honOred his remains with
the protection of box barrage, through
which the English rescued them in order
to give him notable military funeral. For
all their tenets of chivalry-to Germans
an incomprehensible, stupid, unbuslness-
like encumbranee-the men who had OPP
posed him held it nothing against his
memory that the flying "eircus" he or
ganized invariably hunted as flock and
won by "gitting thar fustest with the
mostest" planes.
Personally he preferred single ~eom-
bats or attacks against the odds, not from
any romantic motive but because of the
superior thrill afforded.
No nations aerial champions are quail
flied hymn-of- haters. They respect and
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ports himself in a manner most discour-
aging to the foes of civilization. Just call
the roll Of chapter headings: A Danger
oss Errand; The German Spy; The Ride
for the Camp; Promotions; Running the
Gauntlet; The Fight for the MIL: Pris-
oners Of War-and so on, all the way TO
Home Again.
There are some people who criticise
boys stories as untrue to life. mo boy
ever could have all these adventures
they say. As if that remark, which Is
fairly true, settled anything! Boys
books are like grown ups books except
that the boys simply refuse to stand for
theories of life, problems and other
things that clutter adult fiction. A boys
story must be about-not for boys, or
boy, but Boy. Its beauty is in its hon.
esty 1t shows boy life just as every boy
would like to have it. The bad boy is the
fellow who shows us what not to be and
do. The hero is Just the reader doing the
things he'd rather do than anything else.
THE RUSHTON BOYS AT RALLY HALL
BY SPENCER DAVENPORT. George Sully
L. Company. IS cents.
AT HIS COUNTRY 8 CALL. BY ALBERT
LEE. Revell. sl.25.
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Two Good Books for Boys

THE Rushton boys year at Rally
l. Hall would have been dull if these
things hadn't happened, to give it
flavor: runaway; the loss of some valu-
able papers and a watch; run in" with
bully; football game won by the right
side in the last minute of play; the cap
ture Of Two thieves; the glorious frustra-
ton of a school bully's plot; the hero's
rescue of the bully from death in a snow
slide; baseball victory against team
counting on the good work Of ringer"
pitcher, and one or two minor incidents.
That is all that saves this story of
sehoolboy life from boring its young
readers-except the filling in with such
touches of character as are supplied by
a wrathy old uncle, boy who incor-
rightly quotes poetry, and another who
tells stories that fully merit place in
the Munchausen class.
Maurice Willard, in Albert Lees war
story At His Country's Call, is a per-
fectly satisfactory hero. He saves life
at fire and wins Boy Scout hero
medal He gets into the war, fighting for
England-he is an English lad-and COM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-11
| he History of the karma of the Kaiser

erick The rape of Belgium in Dl4 may
be compared with Frederiek's unan-
nounccd seizure of Saxony in 1I5G or
Genscric's capture of Carthage in 539
What are few centuries in the life OF
man, Why should We think that a Van
dial or Hun has changed in a few thou
sand yearse Because Prussian dresses
up 10 resemble gentleman, or a scholar.
must we therefore be blind to his real
qualities rs he has revealed himself to
us when off his guardr
The Human Pestilence
Once a Prussian always Turk. B.
meath the differences, manners and
methods, under the masks of expectancy,
we see the indestruetibiity of racial
characteristics individuals pass, bat
the Prussian soul will 20 on forever III
its path of destruction and rapine until
it IS extcrminated 1t is the eternal Fury
of the Western world. Prussia IS the
breeding patch of all things evil in 0cci-
dental civilization. 1t is so essentially
vile that it corrupts the Turk. 1t is
pest hole. 1t is the Mclokai of Europe.
1t was so in the day of Genserie, the
First Kaiser of Prussia; it is SO to-day
in the times of the most abhOrrent of all
the Fandals.
The world should quarantine against
Prussia. 1t should police the Baltic
premises or abate the nuisance with the
sword.
GENsERIC, KING OF THE vANDALS
AND FIRST PRUSSIAN KAISER. BY
PoULTNEY BIGELow. G. =. Putnam 3
Sons. $l.50.
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Germany's Great Filler Tells His Story

other military arm. The avion de chase
and some special latent attribute Of these
Otherwise commonplace men happen to
be suited to each other.
Nerves on the Edge of Battle.
Richthofen is good and clear on the
nervous reaction attending his successes.
Sight of the hostile plane keys him up
to an icy calmness and the absolute "con-
viction, He must fall The man
in front of me must come down, whatever
happens" Without this, zone will never
get his enemy down." He supposes his
face must be pale and set at such mo-
ments. He enjoys them immensely.
He is delighted with the honor Of his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-11

invitation to the ''holy of holies" where
he is to break bread with the All Highest
and Won Hindenburg. Of the occasion he
is too polite to chronicle half enough.
What is the dainty Won Hindenburg like
at tablet Does he eat peas with his
sword, and if so does he cut himself
badlyf
Richthofen denies us these tactical de-
tails.
Altogether, on the face of his narrative,
as decent and engaging a German hero
as the struggle may be expected to reveal.
THE RED BATTLE FLYER. BY Carr.
MANFRED FxEIHERR vow RIcHTHoFEN.
Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co. 41-25.