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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
A BANK BOOK FOR
ALL us. SOLDIERS
CONSIDERING ENGLISH SYSTEM
FOR AMERICAN ExPEDl-
TioNARY FORCES.
tBy the Associated Press.)

With the American Armies in
France, July livery American
soldier in France will receive a
bank book enabling him to draw
$3.50 a month from amy disbursing
officer, if the change in pay methods
of the American Expediidonary Force
now under consideration is put into
effect The purpose is to enable
every soldier to obtain promptly at
least part of his monthly pay re-
CARELESS of where he may be, wheth-
er in a hospital or with some organi-
zation other dhan his own.
The pay book system is in use
in the British army. The sum of
$3.50 month has been fixed as the
minimum which a soldier should have
for his personal wants every month
and it would be given to him on his
demand.
Each three or four months there
would be a general accounting, at
which his total pay, his insurance
and other allotments, his liberty loan
subscriptions and other items would
be cast up, together with his month
ly drafts. The balance then due him
would be put at his disposal
The soldier. would have the advan-
40 o1 pf bai,,o oh ut aIl
under all circumstances to draw
something from any quartermaster lin
whose district he might find him
self.
The proposed system would elimi-
nate the present necessity of having
on hand each soldiers service record
whenever he draws any money. The
service record system, designed for
times of peace, does not take into ac-
count the frequent shifts which all
military men must be prepared for.
In many instances nowadays it
works hardships on individual men
who are transferred faster than their
service records can follow them and
who consequently cannot draw their
money when it is due, merely be-
cause the formalities canot be com
piled with.
The proposed new system appeals
as specially advantageous for camps
where there are constantly large
numbers of scasuals"-strays belong
ing to dozens and scores of organi-
cations waiting to join their outfits
yet unable to draw what money is
due them until the service records
have caught up to them.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
WAS SHORT OF TOES
But LONG ON SPIRIT

When Garland R. Anderson, o.
Quincy, KY, applied at the Hunting.
ton United States Army recruiting
station, for enlistment and an exami
nation showed he was physically dis,
qualified because part of two toes
and all of one were missing, he was
rejected. 1t made Quincy mad.
IF you@fellows think can't walk
as far and as fast as anybody" he
said, ''or fight as good as anybody
just step down stairs with me and
Ia show YOU" lgrtss
Major Stuart, in charge, accepted
Anderson because of his pugnacious
spirit. Anderson is SO years of age
and the father of five children. His
wife is dead.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
.PERSH|NG' WORK
. ON BORDER RECORD
OF REGARD FOR MEN
C CONSCIOUSLY FAIR IN ALL
HIS DEALINGS WITH SOLDIERS
IN TIE SOUTH.
COMPANIONS THERE NEVER TIRE
OF REHEARSING HIS DEEDS
OF KINDNESS.
ADOPTS ORPHANS IN MEMORY
OF FAMILY WHICH DIED
WHILE ON BORDER.
(By the Associated Press.1


Ell PASO, TEX, July 17.-Ameri-
cans who accompanied General Per-
shing to Mexico in the various civil
Liam capacities never tire OF talking
OF the little sidelights ON the char
-acter of the general commanding the
American forces in France, as shown
to them while he was in the desert
of western Chihuahua.
Il saw better character sketch of
General Pershing than any of the
writer's can picture" said one cattle.
man here. she squatted in front of
camp fire at San Gerinimo, frying
his bareback in the bacon grease of
his mess pan, with the wind blowing
sand INFO his face and food and the
General grining good naturally all
the time as one of our cowpuncher
scouts spun yarn about a buffalo
hunt he was on in the Little Cana
dian up in the Panhandle"
These men tell many incidents of
General Pershing's stay ON the Dor
der and in Mexico as illustrations of
his regard for his men and for the
service
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20

Pershings headquarters to ask for a
pass back to the border. He got the
pass as a free ride as prisoner and
was forced to dig and repair roads
en- route.
The announcement that General Per.
shing had adopted two French or.
phans recalled flood of tender me-
mories to friends of General Perish.
ing on the border, for it was while
he was in command here that his
wife and two children were burned
to death at the Presidio in San Fran
cisco. General Pershing's hair, a
chestnut brown, slowly turned to
gray after his loss and he could be
seen frequently riding on the mesa
beyond Fort Bliss alone with his
great grief.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20

On an inspection trip from Wa1ni.
quipa to Colonia Dublan he saw a
mule driver beating his team because
they would not pull an overloaded
wagon out of a rut. Jumping from
his automobile, General Pershing
lectured the mule driver, forced him
to tighten the load, deity swung the
team around and drove the wagon
IN 20 the high road.
Again he reprimanded a colonel
who forced his. men to march all day
with a 60-pond field pack when emp
ty motor trucks were passing all day
en- route to the same destination
z IAN American soldier will fight har-
der, live on less food and accept
more hardships than any other sol
der in the world" General Pershing
said, in commenting upon the Incl
dent. But he can see no reason why
his pack should not be hauled in
empty trucks if trucks are passing.
Neither do l."
A camp sutler at Colonia Dublan
smuggled in an automobile load OF
bad whiskey. After disposing of his
stock, the man appeared at General
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
BAPTIST CONVENTION
IN PH|L|PP| IN AUGUST

Baptists of /, West Virginia are
looking forward with great interest
% the ninth annual session of the
baptist Assembly OF the State which
win be he'd in Broaddus College
buildings, Philippi, beginning Tues
day afternoon, August 9Th, and clos
ing Monday evening, August 18th
The Assembly has three fold pur-
pose, the deepening of religious life,
better training in Sunday school
work, and wholesome recreation for
the delegates for nearly a week un-
der favorable auspices.
-Four general lines OF work are
carried on each year at the Assem-
bly,: Bible study; Sunday school
work; Young Peoples problems, and
church efficiency. The corps of in
structors includes some we'll known
and talented Sunday school workers
They are Rev ]. IS. Massee, of Day
ton, Ohio; Rev. Selden L. Roberts, of
Indiana; Rev Wlalford Lindstrom, of
Seymour, Ind; Miss Erna Wells, of
Huntington, w. Va; Rev. James Asa
White, of Chicago; Prof. Francis H.
Green of West Chester State Normal,
Pennsylvania; President James A.
Hurns, of Oneida Institute, Oneida,
KY; and Mrs. John G. Killian, of
Philadelphia.
The officers of the Assembly are
Rev. w. J. Eddy, president West vir-
ginia Baptist Sunday school conyen-
ton, Fadrmont, w Va; Rev. G. E.
Bartlett, Parkersburg. W. Va; Miss
Fairy Van Glider, Fairmont, w. Va;
Rev. W. B. Pimm, Philippi, w. Va;
Rev. w. H. Bayles. Charleston, w
Va.
Rev. John c. Killian, district SUI
penintendent of the Southeastern dis
trlct of the American Baptist Publ
cation Society, will conduct the ves-
per hour service on Tuesday, August
9th and Monday, August 18th, at 7.30
O'Clock. Mrs Klil!ian, his wife. will
conduct a course Of study at the
morning sessions on THE Girl Prob
lem There viii be special pro-
gram Sunday, August 18th. and the
annual sermon will be delivered by
Rev. ]. c. Massee, his subject being
The Kingdom of Heaven"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
1T. HANNls SAFE IN FRANCE.

Word received from Lit Herbert E.
Hannis, U. s. r., by his mother. Mrs.
Susan Hannis, Winchester Avenue,
tells of his safe arrival in France
with his command.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, the antiseptsc powder 10 be
shaken into the shoes ana sprinkled in the foot
bath. The PIattsburg Camp Manu- al advises men
in training TO use Foot Ease in their shoes each
morning. IL prevents blisters and sore spots and
relieves painful, swollen, smarting feet and takes
the sting out or corns and bunions. A certain
relief fs- sweating, Gallons, tired, aching feet.
Always use Aliens Foot-Ease TO break IN new
shoes. Sold everywhere, 25c.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE

by virtue OF she authority vested in
me by a deed of trust, dated Deem
Der 4, 1916 and recorded in the office
of the Clerk of the County Court of
Berkeley County, w. Va, in Deed of
Trust Book No. 10, page II, executed
by Maud NJ Chapman and husband to
the undersigned ]. Nevin Kilmer, as
trustee, to secure to Annie D. Small
the payment Of an indebtedness there
in described notice of default in the
payment thereof having been given
me, the undersigned will offer for sale
at public auction to the highest bid
der, in front of the Court House in
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, w. Va.
ON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 1918,
at 100 O'Clock P. M, the following
described real estate, with appurten-
ances thereto belonging, situate on
Arden District, Berkeley County, w.
Va, to-wit: Lot No. 70, of Section
"A" Hill-Crest, an addition to the City
of Martinsburg, plat of which is re-
corded in the office of the Clerk of
the County Court of Berkeley County,
w. Va, in Deed Book No. $50, page 8,
being the same real estate conveyed
to the said Maud Chapman by deed
from the HiE4Crest Land Company, a
corporation, dated the 4th day of No
vember, 1914, and recorded in the
aforesaid Clerks Office in Deed Book
No. 131, page 221," reference being
had to said plat, deed and deed of
trust for more particular descrip-
ton.
TERMS: One-third cash; balance in
two equal, annual payments, with in
.terest from day of sale, to be secur-
ed by notes of purchaser and lien
retained upon the property sold until
the purchase money is paid in full.
]. NEVIN KILMER,
7 II Is 20 s / Trustee.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-07-20
CUMBERLAND VALLEY -,
TABLE

In Effect Sunday, January 20 ,a,,
at 4 A. M.
xDaily except Sunday.
sDaily.
fSunday only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
IN A CRAFT NET
Bribery Used in Securing Gov
eminent Contracts.
Army Officers Involved and May
Be Arrested.

New York, July 23.-Extensive con-
spiracies involving bribery and graft
In connection with army contracts for
rubber rainccats sent to the soldiers in
France are disclosed by department of
Justice officials. simultaneously with
the arrest of seventeen officers sand
employees of fifteen manufacturing
companies of New York and Brook
lyn on charges of bribery. fraud or
conspiracy.
May Arrest Army Officers.
Army officers of the quartermaster's
corps. involved in the graft. now are
under surveillance and probably will
be arreste soon in Washington, or
other cities where their duties as pur-
chasing agents or inspectors take
them. Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars of raincoat contracts are tainted
with fraud already uncovered by de-
partment of Justice agents and other
disclosures affecting army orders for
clothing, <oldiers' equipment. machin-
cry and supplies and involving arrests
on criminal charges, may be made
soon.
Some as High as Colonel Involved.
Most army officers at whom the
finger of suspicion points are of the
lower rams, but few of the ranks of
major and colonel are said to be un-
der suspicion. Department of justice
officials tonight declined to indicate
whether they believed any 6reat pro-
portion of army contracts were OBJ
tanned by bribery or other fraud, but
they declared many millions of dol
lars worth o; goods have been de-
livered on suspicious contracts.
Direct bribery of unnamed officers
who had charge of letting contracts
or inspecting goods is charged against
a number of those arrested.
|. Part of Commission Agent System.
The arrests are an outgrowth of the
governments's campaign against the
Illegal system by which scores of
agents have obtained army contracts
on contingent fee basis. Significance
is attached>to the similarity of stories
told contractors by several contingent
fee agents operating independently.
inasmuch as each named the same Of
ficer or officers in Washington as be-
ing susceptible to money gifts. Quite
uniformly, it was the experience of a
group of contractors, acting in good
faith, to fail to obtain raincoat con-
tracts, which went to higher bidders,
and later to receive telephone calls
from men who guaranteed to obtain
contracts on payment Of retainer fees.
Coats Fell to Pieces.
Department OF justice officials de-
clared that many of the rubber coats
furnished by contractors charged with
fraud were reported unsatisfactory
by Gener;1 Pershing. Investigation
developed, it was said, that thru bri-
berry of inspectors, rotten cloth and
rubber was used for the coats, dimen-
sions were scantier than specifications
and seams were not cemented proper
ly.< A few transforms were sufficient
it was reported, to make these coats
fall to pieces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
WITHOUT WATER
American Unit Fought So
Hours on Canned Tomatoes.
Water Supply System Broke
Down in Rush of Battle.
SOLDIER CAPTURED BROTHER
German-American Lad Found
Him Shouting "Kamerad."
Fifty.One Captured German
Guns Parked in Village.
SOLDIER CAPTURED BROTHER
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

With the American Armies in
France, July 23.-As I went among
officers and nen fresh from the fight
early today. 1 heard some of the
most thrilling stories of the war.
A certain brigadier general person.
ally led his men in a charge, going
over the top with the first wave of in
fantry.
Fought SO Hours without Water.
One unit fought thirty-six hours
without water because of lack of
enough water to go round. Quantities
of canned tomatoes were hurried up.
The men opened the tins with their
bayorets and quenched their thirst
with canned tomatoes.
The same unit arrived at the front
line just five minutes before the time
for the attack on the morning of the
18th. They had marched at the
double quick thru miles of woods and
roads that were ankle deep in mud to
get there. When the advance was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
IT is FORBIDDEN
Carpenter Can Appear in No
More internally Bouts.
French Pug's Army Training
Shows in Field Events.

New York. July }3.-As the result
of decision by the French military
authorities Georges Carpenter, the
European champion, will not take part
in any further bouts until after the
war. This means that. Carpenter will
meet no more rising American soldier
pugilists until after the declaration of
peace. The, French pugilist has been
in the habit of taking on some of the
aspiring United States army heavy
weights and so far has demonstrated
a marked superiority over all corners.
Promoters had begun negotiations
for staging a match between Carpen-
tier and Blink McClosky. the Philadel-
phia light-heavy, who recently out
pointed Albert Lurie;- a promising
French heavyweight, in a bout at Bor-
deaux. The authorities took up the
matter and decided that it was mad
visable to stage any more pugilistlc
encounters between the European
champion and others before the end of
the war.
Francois Descamps, Carpenters
peace-timc manager, has promised all
the army aspirants plenty of his
champions matches-as soon as the
task of defeating the Germans is over.
He Develops Into AH-Round Athlete.
Reports from France indicate that
the war training Carpenter has I'M
dergone has gr thy improved his ath-
letic ability. Apparently he has de-
veloped into an excellent, al1-round
athlete having shown fine form and
speed in track events. In a recent
set of e. les held at Paris, Carpenter
was noSd out of first place in the
trial heats of the hundred meter sprint
in classy field. Had he been step
faster he would have been entitled to
compete in the final of this event. He
did succeed in winning third place in
the running high jump and showed
we'll in several other contests.
AIMING the American athletes com
peting at this meet were Lennon. for
merly of the University of Pennsyl-
vania: Jack Eller of the New York
Irish-American A. c. and several col
1ege track stars from the middle west.
While the reports do not specify that
Carpenter competed against any of
these performers, 1t is evident that the
general entry W. high class and his
work must ha-n been above the ordi-
nary to place him in any of the big
events.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

ordered they outstripped the units on
either side of them.
At the end of the first day they had
taken $50 prisoners and captured
twelve batteries, including six bat
teries of IT'S, two of .21O's and four
number of machine guns. Their
prisoners included sixty-six officers.
one of them a colonel of artillery.
The first day the unit advanced
thirteen kiiometers (more than eight
and one-third miles). The second day
meters (more than six and a third
miles,.
Defied Machine Gun Fire.
The engineers jumped into the
fighting at Very (six miles south of
scissors, taking the town by storm.
All fighting was thru wheat fields.
with packs thrown aside the men go
ing to it in old style bayonet charges.
At one place, the Americans charged
They kept right at 1t and finally swept
over the boches' positions despite a
murderous rifle and machine gun fire.
AS they swept down upon one group,
all the boches yelled "kamerad." A
German-American among the dough-
boys advanced to take charge of the
prisoners and found that one of them
was his own brother. The advance
was so rapid that headquarters in two
automobiles moved from place to
place. telling the couriers where the
new location would be each time.
Staff Officer Hid Under Ammunition.
A staff officer was in a farm yard
not far from the advance line when a
boche airplane came over. The Off
Ger lodged under an ammunition pile
to escape the airmen's machine gun
fire. The airplane continued to cir
Gle about him and he wrote out or
ders for the next advance while still
under the ammunition pile. The in
fantry in this unit brought down two
airplanes with rifles when a flock OF
boches came over and tried to strafe
them. Returning from a part of the
line occupied by these fighters. I saw
their fifty-one captured German guns
parked in village. All bore femi-
nine names, such as Hedwig Anna
Dora, Margot and E,na
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
WON TAVERN STEAK TWICE
Race Was Cose-Tfckets On Winner
Sold for Song

Race Was C1OSe-TfcketS On Winner
Sold for Song.
Cleveland, July 23.-For the second
time the Tavern Steak" one of the
principal events of the recent Grand
Circuit meet here. was won by
Cleveland-owned trotter. In 1910
Joan. owned by Capt. David Shaw.
won it over the North Randall track,
and co-incidentally eight years later,
Prince Loree, owned by the same
horseman, took the prize.
Prince Loree was the cheapest horse
in the field-cheap most any way ia
ken. At a public auction several years
ago he was sold to A. C. Pennock for
$50. 1t was the only bid. From ZEN
mock Capt. Shaw bought him for S125
In taking down the Tavern the son of
Prince Mckinney beat trotters that
cost as much as $4,000.
In the pool selling he went begging
"a $25 ticket calling for S505. In the
pari-mutuel betting a 81 ticket netted
its holder $3.50 straight in the first
heat and $3.50 in the third.
There was no question, however, of
his gameness. In both heats he came
from behind to gain the decision by
neck and a nose, respectively, and
In the first heat he equalled the state
record Of 2:06h, made in 1916 by
Grand Chimes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
SENDS SCHOOL BOOKS
Lizzie Wooster of Salina Gives 5000
for Illiterate Soldiers From South.

Miss Lizzie E. Wooster, of Salina,
has sent to the soldiers at Camp Fun
ston 5000 school books. The books
were recently purchased by Miss
Wooster and were sent to the soldiers
as a personal contribution to the war
education of illiterate soldiers from
southern states.
In addition to the books for the
troopers. Miss Wooster also sent three
foreign maps for officers. Baedeker
and a book of conversational words
and sentences in four languages. Dur
ing the Spanish-American war, Miss
Wooster answered the call of the gov
eminent whel she went to Harvard
and taught in a training school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
FINISH UP SEASON
Baseball VIII Get Sufficient Lease on
Life, 1t Is Planned.

Washington, July 23.-Organized
baseball will get sufficient lease on
life to allow it to continue to the end
of the season, according to plans to-
day.
Following conferences between
baseball leaders and Provost Marshal
General Crowder, the plan was to al
low players to continue in the game
until their local boards notified them
that they must get productive employ
ment or join the service.
This was regarded sufficient to per-
init the game to go on to the end of
the season.
The decision is expected today or
tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

=. X Fl. f.
New York .......4 IL o
Wright Houck and Nunamaker; Thor
mahlen. Finerman, Mogridge, Heating and
Walters; Hannah, OConnor.
Detroit (at Boston) ............O 5 /
oO5toA Il . L
James and Spencer; Il. Bush and Agnew.
Second game
Detroit ............O 3
Boston :.-.-...............3 o
Chicago tat Washington ...-.......2 3 1
Hasnlneton 49,. j L
Berry and Schalk; Harper and Picinich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
SPOR T DOPE
By JACK KEENE.

An organization known as the Ma
ton Tennis Women's War Relief as
ISOLATION has begun a countrywide
series of net tournaments which
promise to raise a large sum of money
for war purposes. Each woman in
each tournament is expected to hold
a tournament in which eight women
will enter. Each of these eight must
stage a tourney in which four women
will enter. 1t is believed this method
will take the tournaments into every
city in the country.
Small golf courses of three, five or
nine holes may be placed in army and
navy training camps next year for the
recreation of the boys in service. Off
cials of the training camp activities
division of the war department have
approved the plan. Camp command
ers have been asked their opinions. If
the courses are laid out golfers all
over the country will be asked to send
their old clubs to the boys. It's a
cinch they'll be glad to aid the cause.
The Yankee and White Sox players
are still discussing the unique records
hung up by their clubs in their recent
series. They played a double header
on one of the days. The two clubs
played seventeen consecutive innings
without a single player striking out.
Leibold was the first victim when he
famed in the ninth round of the sec
ond game. The Yanks went thru
nineteen innings without tanning the
breeze. The two clubs went thru the
first game fan-less and eight rounds
of the second. It's unusual enough for
two or three innings to pass without
one hurler getting three past batter.
We lamp that AL Orth. former
American league hurler and umpire,
may go to France for the Y. NJ. c. A.
as athletic director. Any man who has
faced big league batters for years and
then has taken the abuse of fans as
an jumps ought to feel at home in the
war.
Powell, Kelly and Rehg in the out
field make the second naval district
baseball team look like major league
club, on paper at least The trio
guarded the gardens for the Braves
| before the kaiser tackled the world.
Clarence Speers. all-American guard.
has again signed up as head coach at
Dartmouth college. The success of
his light squad last season has
strengthened him in the opinion of all
Hanover graduates. No assistant will
work with him. A depleted treasury
! causes Graduate Manager Horace Pen
| dor RI ont fo tho hope on al oyponSaS