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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
L4NCOLN's DRIVE ON WAR GLOON.

One of the most famous Cabinet meetings
ever held in the White House took place in the
darkest time of the Civil War, when Lincoln
gathered with his stern-faced, gloomy secre-
taries to transact momentous business
The President came in, picked up book by
Artemus Ward the great humorist, and pro-
ceeded to read chapter aloud. The atmosphere
was tense with angry disapproval at the appar-
ent levity by the time he had finished With
deep sigh he laid down the book Gentlemen"
he said, 'why don't you laugh? With this fear
ful strain that is upon me night and day, if
did not laugh I should die and you need this
medicine much as l."
Then he turned to his. tall hat lying on the
table near him and drew from it what Secretary
Stanton afterward described as a 'little white
paper. The little white paper was the Eman-
cipation Proclamation. The application to the
present of this historic incident and the exam
pie of the great Emancipation does not need
pointing out.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
S338,885.17 FROM
|NHER|TANCES TAI

Charleston, July 3.-iWest Virginia
realized $33S,SS5.17 during the fiscal
year just closing from the collection
of inheritance taxes, it was reported
today by w. S. Hallanan, state tax
commissioner. Of this amount $780,
1889 was collected from the estates
Of deceased non-residents on stock
held in West Virginia corporations,
and $34 ,401S 80 from the estates of de-
ceased non-residents holding land in
this state.
Total forfeitures in the state for
the last year for failure to return
property for taxtions as collected by
the state tax commissioner amounted
to $3.50, 2O0.34 More than one-fourth
of this was paid in by residents OF
Kanawha county, the forfeitures here
being s55. 1888. Ohio county resi-
dents paid in the second largest
amount, $27456.52. y
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
THE POWER OF THE PRESS.

In democratic state, the fate of the nation
is in the hands of the newspapers Under many
circumstances they are needed to sustain the
moral courage of the people; and, under other
circumstances, to prepare mems minds for the
great congratulations which are necessary, for
example, on the morrow of war like that in
which we are now engaged.
We live in very truth under a regime of pub
lie opinion which makes it impossible to carry
through any reform without the approval of
majority; and how are the people to be stirred
to action unless the newspapers devote them
selves to the task; unless they are guided by
ferVent and unselfsh desire?
Immense poWer-immense duty, And so the
press must take account of its mission, and de-
termine, above all things, not to allow itself to
be enslaved by any combination whatsoever to
the profit of one knows not what organization
which may have designs against the country
The Atlantic.
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comfort.
One is the support and sympathy
of honest and reasonable people. The
other is the conviction dwelling for
ever, like a we'll of living water, in
the hearts Of all of us who have
faith in the country, that all we do
in the fear of God and the love of
the land will somehow be overruled
to the pubic good; and that even
our errors and failures cannot great
~ check the Irresistible onward
march of this mighty republic, the
eonsummate evolution of ages, called
to destiny grander and brighter
than we can conceive and moving al
ways, consciously or unconsciously
along lines of beneficent achievement
whose constant aims and ultimate
ends are peace and righteousness
John HAY.
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IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.
Says the Evening Post:

1t IS only vaguely reassurng to have the
Feel Administration urge people not to worry
about the next winters coal that they have or
dered but have not been able to get They will
hope that the officials are correct in their as
5ertion that everything will be all right but
they would feel less uneasy if instead of en-
Qhatlc but general assurances they were given
few facts a basis for the serenity that
washington wishes to see. The Bronx is agi-
tated by rumors about less hot water or no hot
water at all, and nobody seems to have and GER
tain information capable of dispelling so dis
turbing prospect. The Fuel Administration
does say something about New England and
the Northwest being favored at the moment.
sections may reasonably expect to be in the
same enviabe class? Instead of definite infor-
nation like this, we have outgvings concerning
signs, with the interesting remark
and half tons night to make New York re-
splendent, while others hold that hundred
IS nearer the actual amount, and that the Bu-
reau OF Standards is finding out who is right
and is going to tell the Fuel Administration.
The average citizen will hope that the assur-
ances regarding his winters coal are based
more solidly than these estimates of the amount
required for electrical signs. Publication of a
few of the facts that must be in possession of
The officials would greatly relieve his mind.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
ITALIAN MONUMENT
AS RED CROSS ROOM
Qgy The ASSOCIATED Press)

Padua, italy, july 9.-The Salons,
or Juris Basilica. one of the famous
old monuments Of northern Italy, is
now having its ancient corridors put
to new uses as vast salesroom for
the American Red Cross. The sales
are held on Sunday afternoon and as
ahe goods are sold to soldiers fami-
lies at nominal prices, great crowds
Of working people and the peasantry
from the heighboring country dis
tricts flock 10 the sales.
The rush became so great that the
city authorities mad to assign large
forces OF police 10 keep the crowds
in line, and use this niog amental
structure 50 that the big crowds could
get fol scope. The wide stone cor
ridors on the second floor were found
best suited for the sales tables, and
here the sales are held, with the ven
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
WARTIME ECONOMY.

One finds at every turn evidence which shows
how deeply and how thoroughly the wartime
standards are permeating the every habit and
activity of men and women One sometimes
feels that it is not so general as it might be-
but the observant citizen does not find it neces-
dence of the operation of the desired economy
in everyday life.
case in point of recent construction is the
action of the National Association of Clothing
Designers, in semi-annual session at Baltimore.
Under the terms of the resolutions passed by
the convention, it will no longer require nine
tailors to make a man, or at least patriotic
American.
In consonance with recommendations by the
war industries board there is to be iudicious
economy in the making of all masculine attire
Every recommendation advanced for the saving
Of material was adopted by the association All
unnecessary seams from the back of coats will
be eliminated This does away with the panel
back Those who do not know what this means
are informed that reference is made to fancy
''pleated" backs and 'yokes." Other embellish-
ments, such as patch pockets, belts and the like,
are to disappear with the superfiuous seams.
Much more>is involved in the resolutions
than appears the surface. They stand for
the highest order of econ6my in war time. ifI
only for the reason that the masculine clement
is attacked in its most cherished stronghold
namely, its vanity. One has but to wander
through the art galleries Of any portion of the
world and there study the warriors of the past,
70 be made aware that the paraphernalia of the
lighter represented unbrided sartorial waste.
From towering shake to spurred boot he was al
riot OF colors and an orgy of superfuity. TheI
current resolutions are admittedly not aimed at
the warrior of today. He has already econo-
mized in every particular, excepting perhaps,
possible conserving in portions of the neither
garment.
Nothing is said in the resolutions with regard
to feminine apparel This is well. There are
limitations to the temerity of even a war indus
tries board. The N. A. C. D. has wrought eff
fectually. The ukase from Baltimore, though
lacking the rounded period, will be henceforth
associated in ali liberty-loving minds with the
memorable occasion on which the three tailors
Of Tooley Street uttered the portentous words
at which tyrants tremble: I'VE, the People"
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SERVING THE COMMONWEALTH.

There are many crosses and trials
in the life Of one who is endeavoring
to serve the Commonwealth, but there
are also two permanent sources OF
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
FOR STATE SENATOR.

j am candidate for tho Democratic
nomination for State Senator and re.
spectfully solicit the support and in
fuence of all Democratic voters al
the Primary Electin to be held on Au.
gust The sixth.
s 6 If MILTON BURR
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

Our idea of the military expert who is always
right is the one who waits until the scrap is
over and then says 81 told you so
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11

the names of the heroes as follows
Corporal J. b. Gresham, Evans
vile.
private Thomas p. Enright,
Pittsburgh.
Private Merely Hay, Glidden."
"The cross of Lorraine is sculp-
tured on another side. 1t is en-
circled in a Symbolical wreath. The
cross bears the inscription, France
United States 1917; from Lorraine
to the United States
Bathelemont was in the direct line
OF lire in the operation in which
the three Americans participated.
1t has not been thought appropriate
to erect the column on the exact spot
spot where the heroes fell. The
work of providing the recognition
was supervised by M. Mirman, per-
feet of the department Meurthe-et-
Moselle, where Bathelemont is To-
Gated.
A reproduction OF the monument
will be placed in Nancy and
fac-simile sent to William G.. Sharp,
the United States ambassador to
France.
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ANOTHER MILLION AMERI-
CAN TONS.

Shipyards on the Pacific Coast,
the Shipping Board recently an
nounced, have delivered their first
100000 tons OF completed vessels.
To date these west coast yards have
turned out about half OF the total
tonnage production.
The Pacific yards started well and
apparently are keeping up their
good work. There was a time when
some people accused the West OF
not being interested in the war.
Ever since this country declared
war. however. the folks beyond the
Rocky Mountains have spoken
through deeds rather than words.
and the evidence all points TO their
loyalty, their enterprise and deter
mination to do everything possible.
with all the rest of the country, TO
win this war and win it right.
1t could not be otherwise. \
cause that can bring together in
eager cooperation the justice and
decency-loving peoples from the far
corners of the world could not leave
sectional indifference within the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11
Things We Should Remember

! licemen and its citizens summoned
to their help have been done to
death by gang OF cutthroats and
robbers accept from these criminals
an otter OF peace provided they re-
turn a part OF the loot, leaving them
free to wreak their vegeance upon
the same community in the future,
and count the mercy shown merely
as puSiianimouS. neurotic senti-
mentaliSm, or as plain cowardice
lacking moral courage to punish the
evil-doer:
Criminals know that they will be
punished ii caught they know that
any pity which would forbid their
punishment is contrary to the laws
of God and the experience OF hu-
manity They enter upon their
scheme OF murder and robbery with
their eyes open, taking the chance OF
death for the hope OF loot.
Germany is in exactly this situa
ton, Its people know that they are
murderers, highwaymen. robbers
and outragers who took the chance,
hoping and fully expecting to bring
home the spoils They entered joy
ously, hilariously upon the cam
paign. They cared not how much
suffering other people had to en-
dure; they cared not how many mil
lions they murdered. These things
moved them not. All they were af-
ter was robbery. individual and ma
tional. and no crime was great
enough to shock them if ii brought
them nearer to their goal of rob
berry and world dominion. Shall they
not be punished in order that civil
ization may be preserved through
the centuries to Gomez
In buying Liberty Bonds you are
helping to suppress and punish
these criminals and helping to save
our country from being turned into
a Made in Germany" hell or into
a Made in He'll" Germany. The
terms are synonymous. Have you
bought Liberty Bonds to the utmost
extent of your power?
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Manufacturers Record

(ManuiacturerS Record
We should remember that we are
not engaged in war as wars have
been known in the past,
This war bears no resemblance to
the Revolutionary War, to the War
OF 1872. to the Civil War or the
Spanish American War. 1t is not Il
war in the sense that they were
wars. They were wars for great prin-
ciples. waged by civilized human be-
ingS,
In Europe we are fighting not a
war as wars have been known. We
are as a community trying to stop
gang OF aSsassinS, OF cutthroats,
OF rapistS and looterS from carry
ing into effect the destruction which
for hall century they had been
planning. We are not fighting sol
diers as soldiers; we are trying to
overcome lot OF aSsaSSinS and rap
lists who started out to destroy civ
ilization and conquer our communi-
tv and all the world in order to muir
der. to enslave and TO loot all other
people
Never let us for one moment think
of Germany and OF its armies from
any other point OF view, because uil-
less we see the situation in the true
light we shall not fully understand
that Deace with an uncruShed Ger
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11
THE STANDARD OF VALUE.

There is probably nothing in TINS
scientific age so unscicntiiic as the
way we reckon material values. We
use Il, the standard of value, dol
lara certain quantity OF gold
without doing anything to stabilize
that standard. We reckon all other
forms OF wealth by the value OF L
unit which itself i, continually
changing. We let the economic tail
Wag the dog.
At present we are all Witnessing,
and being affected by, the greatest
demonstration OF this fact in all our
history Prices OF everything are
soaring; many OF them are already
at unprecedented heights. There
are specific reasons for some OF the
increases. But when the whole
plane OF prices rises, in such a near
ly uniform way, it is ,elt-evident
that the general rise is deceptive,
and it is the dollar not the mer-
chandi,e, that is changing. 1t is a
change not OF real value. but OF the
system OF counting bv which we
estimate the value. Instead OF call
inc thing worth two Odollars). we
call it worth three or four. And
thereby we upset our whole finan-
cial system.
We make it necessary to raise
wages and ,alarie, over and over
again. in an effort to keep pace with
,he rising cost of thing, a, reckoned
in the cheapcnine goId dollar. We
can do that. alter fashion. Bat
wha; we cannot or least do not. /
do i, TO make the corresponding
changes in loans. bank balances. etc.
!, !, absolutely true that if a loan
Won made five wear, ago /, paid
hack today. Won Get back only about
hall a, much as Won loaned. That
+. line for the debtor bur not so
fine ior the rreditor The wealth .
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11
IN MEMORY OF
FIRST 3 AMERICANS
KILLED IN FRANCE

Paris, Sept. 20.-(Correspondence
OF The Associated Press lin men,
oriam to the first three soldiers Of
the American army who fell i'll ac-
tion on November 3, 1917. a monu-
ment consisting OF tall granite
column designed by Louis Majorelle
will be erected at Bathelment, To-
Gated in the sector where the
heroes fell.
One side of the shaft will be en-
graved with the following inscrip-
ton
Sons OF their great and glorious
country, they fought for right. for
liberty and civilization against Ger
man Imperialism, the scourge of
human race. They died on TIE field
of honor
On another side will be inscribed
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Observation-Disclosures.

,, ,I
You might be surprised TO III
the best thing you can use ipf
cough, is a remedy which u 81
pared at nome IN lust a ~
IL 5 eheap, put lor prompt MS
anything else you ever tried. \
stops the ORDINARY cough or chesl
~ ~ hours. tastes pleasant, 100
IKE it-and II Is pure ana gooo
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IT'S UP TO YOU.

Ii YOU want to do something toward
ending the war,
Subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
II YOU want to do something toward
making Bill sore
Subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
If YOU want to haul oil for a good
healthy swat
That will tie little Willie ct al in a
knot,
And consign his whole gang OF as
sassions to pot,
Get in on the Liberty Loan!
If YOU stand for the decent and fine
things OF lie,
Subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
If YOU value your home and your
kids and your vile,
Subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
If YOU think that a swamp is the
place for a frog,
II YOU think that an adder should
stick to his bog,
II you tnlnk tndl SdIuell lo PlaO'
for hog,
Dig down Tor the Liberty Loan
Ii YOU want to put punch IN the
men over there,
Subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
If YOU can't go yourself, you can still
do your share
Subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
There are some who must labor, and
some who must shoot.
But we can all do something, from
poor man to plute.
Ii YOU can't make the team, for the
love OF Mike. root
For the Flag and the Liberty
Loan
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:l...::1YKRWR REE:9

this cause as is the United States
OF America.
West coast shipbuilding records
are not simply recorded OF local
achievements. They express the ma
tional ability and temper the un-
divided American purpose and the
American punch to carry it out
which are the same on the Pacific
and Atlantic coasts as they are in
the great interior, from Canada to
Mexico.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11
NEWS BULLETINS

Paris, Oct. l0-The German min
lister OF foreign affairs shortly will
appoint committee OF officials. par
liamentarians and jurists to frame a
German plan for a league OF ma
tionS, the semi-ofiicial North Ger
man Gazette announces. according
to dispatch from Basel today.
London, Oct. l0.-French and
British warships which entered
Beirut, the chief seaport of Syria.
on Sunday, found that the town had
been evacuated by the Turks. SAYS
an official statement issued today by
the British war office. Beirut was
occupied by detachmcnts OF British
Indian infantry Tuesday.
London, Oct 10,-Serbian troops
pursuing the defeated Ninth Aus
trian division on Monday. entered
LeskovatS. p miles south of Nish.
and Nlasotintze. according to an Of
fetal Serbian statement issued to-
day. The Serbians took several hun
dred prisoners and captured a large
quantity of material
London. Oct. l0.-French troops
operating in Serbia are pushing to-
wards the Montenegrin frontier, ac-
cording to the Central News agency.
The Serbian army has reached line
between l5 and lS miles south of
Nish.
Railway, n. J., Oct l0-Two Of
fcers are reported killed and sew
eral others were injured in a fire
which DESTROYED the officers quar-
ters at base hospital No. ) early to-
day at Colona, three miles from
here. Capt. Ralph T. Walker, med
ical corps. whose home is in SYRIA
cuse, \. Y, and Capt Fred F. Cole,
OF Portsmouth, ~ H., were report
ed burned TO death 1t is believe the
FIRE started from an open CRATE
Washington, Oct. l0.-The prac-
tce by some merchants oj giving war
savings stamps as premiums with
purchases is strongly condemned by ,
the treasury. A treasury official in
a statement today said: When a re-
tail dealer gives away a war saw
ings stamp he does so that he can
sell man something that he does
not need. The government gets
25 cents from the dealer and the
dealer gets S. or $40 from the GUS
toner for the articles the customer
ought not to have bought, and which
the war industries board and the
war department cannot spare the
facilities and labor to mauufac-
-ure."
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Red Terrorism
Never Ceases In
City of Petrograd

Stockholm. Wednesday. Oct. o.
In spite of the assurance of Nikolai
Lenine. the bolshevik premier. the
red terrorism continues in Petro-
grad.
NJ. Zifovieff. close political asso-
ciate OF Lenine, declares it the duty
OF every revolutionist to be ter
rorist.
The soviet was rejected by an ov-
erwhelming majority the proposal 10
release proprietors. General Volk-
off, former price commissioner, is
reported to have been shot at Tam
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11
lBv The Associated Pressl


Vigorously pressing the advant-
age gained by the beraking OF the
German line between Cambria and
ST. Quentin. the British, French and
American armies have w;dened the
great wedge in this area to such an
extent that the entire German front
from Rheims northward seems to be
collapsing.
The disintegration OF this line is
being hastened by the vigorous
strokes delivered by the French on
the Aisne, while further east, the
German left flank in the active bat
tie area is being hammered hard by
other French forces and the Amer
lean First army in the Champagne,
Argonne and Nerdun regions.
Most telling in its immediate ef-
iect is the thrust by Field Marshal
Haig southeast OF Cambria, where
American troops also are operating.
The British command has swung the
main direction OF his drive north
eastward and already has pushed
to within two miles of the import
ant railway junction OF lie Cateau.
Soon Cut Railroad.
The taking OF lie Cateau which
seems imminent, will cut the last
OF the later railway lines connecting
the German northern front with the
great salient of Laon and apparent
" will make inevitable the evacua-
tion OF the entire Laon area.
Before lie Cateau. the British are
on a line fully ten miles in advance
OF the longitudinal line running be-
tween Cambrai and ST. Quentin,
having swept through the great part
OF this area in great strides. driving
before them a disorganized enemy.
The resistance OF the Germans was
reported to be stiffening during the
night. however. indicating that
stand must be made in an effort to
save the railway junction as long as
possible from capture.
Meanwhile. further south, the
French are pushing toward the Disc
in the general direction of Guise.
They have made particularly good
progress to the east and southeast
of st. Quentin, where they are
closely approaching the river. Their
columns here have passed Fontaine
Notre Dame. nearly six miles di-
rectly east of St. Quentin. This push
is likewise having marked effect
in closing the Laon pocket.
Douai May Fall Next.
In the north. the wedge driven
from Cambria east is already affect
ing the front north to Lens. The
British First army is moving for
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11

Metz has been held by the Ger
mans since 1870. a garrison of 25.000
men being maintained there. The
city is surrounded by veritable net
work of massive forts, armored bat
teries. infantry positions. countless
shelters, and magazines to supply
the lines and WAYS OF safe communi-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-11
FERDINAND AT COBURG

Amsterdam, Oct. 1o.-Former
King Ferdinand OF Bulgaria. accom-
panied by Prince Cyril and a large
suite, has arrived at Coburg. cen
tral Germany. according to a dis
patch received here. The ex-ruler
OF Bulgaria will make his permanent
home in Coburg.