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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
HENRY FORD BUYS
W VA. COAL MINES

The properties of the Marmet Coal
Mining company, Kanawha county,
and the Otto Marmet mines, Putnam
county, have been purchased by Hen
IS Ford, Detroit automobile manu-
facturer.
Ford, it is said, acquired the prop
erty to furnish fuel for his Detroit
plants, which are now largely en-
gagged On war contracts. 1t is said
that the entire output of both opera
lions will be used exclusively for the
Detroit and other plants now operat-
ed by the Ford company. Controll
ing interests of both mines were
owned by Nsarnet brothers, of Gin
cinnati The two operations have q
daily output of approximately IN
tons.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
REPLIES TO HUN PEACE
NOTE WITH LIBERTY BONE

Columbus. o., Oct 26.--"You're
looking pretty good this morning,
George What are you so happy
about?"
This question was asked by we'll
known Columbus banker, who stop
ped to buy his customary paper
from George, the newsboy.
Got a right to be happy, and to
smile" replied George. ~ just
answered the German peace note
you did, eh?p asked the man OF
money.
Il sure did" replied George.
How did you do it?" asked the
banker.
George pointed TO the Libert,
Loan button on his coat lapel.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
OHIO REsJAuRANTss KEEP
SUGAR IN CASH REeisrss
tBy international New, s.-v;..,

eeiunisua. o. Oct. 2s.-Byer he1r
OF keeping sugar in cash regis,s5
Thas i.-where it is kent in = s,r;,s
Of popular Columbus rce,aursnts
You get your sugar allowance when
you pay your check The ewee,
kept in glass-Hned compartmen,
between the nickels and pennies
When you pay and the cashier rinqs
up the amount OF your check ana Tho
cash drawer flies open YOU see N.
little sugar bin
If you happen to have oatmeal. co,.
fee, grapefruit or breakfast food. the
cashier will ask you upon which ~
these She shall bestow your allow.
ance of eugar-and She will neva,
wink an eyelash.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
FAMOUS BELFRY AT
BRUGES DESIGNATED

The famous belfry Of Bruges was
used by the Germans as garage
and workshop during their occupa-
ton OF. the city. Allied troops on en-
tering the city, according to a. dis
patch received by the Belgian lega.
ton at Washington, found the inter
ior walls of the historic structure
broken down and chimneys added to
meet the needs of the workmen. The
principal damage to the city itself
was inflicted in the neighborhood OF
the station and the Porte Mere
ehale.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
Is THE SEASON FOR
THE KAISER TO PRAY

Comment on President Wilson s
latest note to Germany is beginning
to appear in the German papers.
The National Zeitung of Berlin
says:
President Wilson has answered
quickly, Wen if ever Emperor Will
hams invocation that God be with
him is in season, it is right now"
The Neueste Nachrichten of Der.
lin says: I'm spite of everything we
feel that this answer brings us near
er. peace"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26

is every reason to know that just
the opposite will be the effect Mr.
Oglebay in support of thos view
quotes part of telegram from
Mr.. Hoover as follows:
European developments makes
emphasis upon this conservation eff
fort particularly important because
the evacuation of occupied territory
imposes upon us the responsibility
for additional civil population.
The ground being recovered by the
Allies through Belgium and north
ern France is destitute of vegeta
ton even the fruit trees having
been destroyed by the Germans. 1t
will be years before these grounds
can be made to produce as they did
before the war. and it is incumbent
upon the American people to help
supply the destitute population of
this territory with food until they
can become self-sustaining.
SO il must be understood by all
the people of this State that there
Should not be any slackening in the
effort of conservation and extra pro
dnction of foodstuffs. 1t is the farm
ers and gardeners patriotic duty tc
feep up the most intense cultiva
ton of their lands, and it is also the
imposed duty Of every patriotic citi
z 10 save food in every possible
manner
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
OF SILVER
FOR ROYAL ENTRY

Everybody believes that King AL
bert's birthday anniversary on No
vember Is will be celebrated in
Brussels and that the reception Civ
en- the royal couple and the army
will probably surpass anything of
the kind on record. Belgian women.
il is said, have been busy for four
years embroiderings silver carpet
with which to line the streets for
the royal procession. The carpet is
two miles long.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
movie" FRENCH CLASS
FOR AMERICAN DOUGHBOYS
NV international News service.)

(sy international News SerVlce.)
London, Oct ga movie" French
class for Americn Doughboys is the
latest innovation at Eagle Hut in the
Strand.
One hour lessons twice day is the
schedule, and they are called movie"
lessons because each man gets only
one days tuition and the teaching is
done from the platform, where the
movies are displayed.
In two hours the Doughboys don't
get far into the French classics.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
HUNS LOSE 2 u-soATs IN
ATTACK ON HOSPITAL sHl,
t6yf iptsfnstionai News Service

Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. 2s.AFiye
submarine attacked. the ship Mount
Vernon. which was bringing $50
wounded American soldiers back In
the United States and two of me
U-boats were sunk, says William
Matthew, member of the crew in
letter to his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. c. Matthews, Chicamauga,
avenue, this city.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
HOME CARD DRIVE
IN STATE POSTPONED
Food Administrator Has 30O,'
900 Cards To Distribute.

Because of the prevalence of infiu-
'enza in many section of the country,
the national food administration has
deemed it advisable to postpone the
distribution of the home cards which
were to be distributed to every
home in the United States during
the week beginning October 90 I'M
til the week beginning December 2.
The home card embodies the food
program of the. food administration
during the remainder Of the war.
and will be placed on the walls of
the kitchens in twenty million homes
II we keep the presidents promise
through the food administrator.
Hoover, to our Allies TO furnish
them during the coming year with
seventeen million tons OF fooasuuffs :.
i, is absolutely necessary that all
the people practice the ssLTle.--st
economy in the use of foods during
the next twelve months. and while
less days prescribed, the people will
be expected to save along all lines.
and especially upon the staple ar
ticles such as meat, bread, sugar.
etc.
A rou conservation plan FOR MI h.
lie eating places has been widely
circulated laying down economical
rules for hotels, restaurants and all
public eating places. and these rules
are being very periodically followed
throughout the country. but since
nine-tenths of the population eat
their meals at home, it is necessary
that the same economy be practiced
in the home.
The West Virginia food admins
tration has had 100000 Of these
home cards printed, and many Of
them have been forwarded to tbs
several counties for distribution
and the remainder will soon be OF
their way to await the workers who
take up thiswork on December
The county administrators have
found ready response to their ap
peals for help and the schools, thu
churches, women's clubs and othel
organizations have agreed 10 assis
in the physical task Of placing ;
card in each and every home in thei
community, and until the distribu
ton of this card is made, the house
wives of West Virginia are request
ed to follow their own idea of ecor
cmy and practice conservation Q
food in every way possible in orde
to carry out our obligation to fur
ish a great quantity of food to I'll
Allies as Mr.. Hoover promise
them.
e. W. Oglebay, state food admir-
istrator for West Virginia, says ths
the great advancement our armie
are making in Europe should en-
phasize and not retard the conse
walton program. Some have take
an erroneous view that as our mil
tary successes are realized. that ii
necessity for supplying food woul
decrease. On the other hand thel
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
END OF WpRLD IN SIGHT
SAYS ILLINOIS PROPHET


Wy se'H~er0tH' 'veVS W v'esV
Zion City, H.. Oct. 26.-Once more
the end of the worl is near-but this
time it is authentic, and the signs
haye been given Thus speaks Over
seer Wilbur Glen voliva, the all-there
prophet of the Twentieth Century.
The sign, he wrote Dr.. C. st. Clair
Drake, of the State Board of Health
Of Illinois, is the influenza epidemic
now sweeping the world which, says
Wilbur, is tine first chapter Of the
book or orroWss signifying the end.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
CHURCH NOTICE.

3 The Stewards of the First U. B.
Church are urgently requested to
meet tomorrgw at go p. m. in the
primary room Of the church Please
be pesent if at all possible. w. F.
G9uyef.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
SICKNESS DECREASING.

Sickness from influenza in Jeffer-
son is on the decrease. The number
of deaths in that county from influ-
enza is estimated TO be in the neigh
borhood OF IS.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-26
DROP "eEMs OF kuLTuR.'
nv international News service.)

west Hammond, H., Oct. 20
When school opened here this year
the course of study included German
But when in the course of time II
became evident that no pupils Wouio
ontc~ q German class, the gems OF
Kultur were dropped from me
course. g
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
D'Aununzio's Remarkable Feat.

~ 4a
When the final record Of the war is made up
no single feat will outshine that OF Gabrielle
D'Annunzio and his seven associates, who few
from Italy to Vienna and bombarded the Aus
trian capital. As mere exploit by airmen 1t
has Ito fascination, for 1t entailed fight over
shs Alps, soaring at height Of three miles above
The sea In order to clear the peaks and escape
The wind currents. Going and coming this alone
would constitute an adventure Of which any avia-
W might feel reasonably proud. But the real
significance Of the expedition was its character.
Instead Of dropping high explosives, to blow
innocent women and children to atoms to main
and cripple the helpless, a. the Germans have
nons In their flights over London and Paris,
D'Annunzio and his companions flooded the
sNienness with little pamphlets, telling them what
might be. The Austrian police are now doing
their utmost to wrest these from the people, re-
Allzing that they are far more dangerous than the
explosives they might have expected It was
NE fancy Of poet, carried out in admirable
fashion. and Vienna will yet bear testimony to
jts effectiveness.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
Paul Warburg's Warning.

Paul Warburg's final act on leaving the Fed
eral Reserve board at the conclusion OF his four
year term as its head was to warn his country
men against the dangers Of an inflated currency.
Especially did he emphasize the folly of under
taking to convert Liberty bonds or similar forms
of loans into money. The Federal Reserve bank
was constituted expressly for the purpose OF
meeting fuctuating demand for currency through
the issuance OF money based on commercial
credits. By this means it has been found easy
to Offset any emergency, either by issuing or
withdrawing circulating media thus readily sta
bilizing the volume and satisfying the needs of
business. II has almost perfectly solved the
quantitatiye theory Of money, If, on the other
hand, the huge sums represented by the Liberty
loans we're to be transmitted into money, the
volume would swamp the country and bring such
disruption of business as would be calamitous
The moderate increase in the amount Of money
in use has followed on the upward tendency in
prices, but so gently as to encourage and stmu-
late rather than to retard or irritate the course
OF trade. Our monetary system yet presents i'm.
perfeetons, but it would not be improved any by
dumping unlimited billions of fiat currency into
the hopper.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

Why is the Srnith-Howell-Do machine
concealed behind the so-called committee OF
500" directing its batteries particularly at Sheriff
Mike Clark, against whom they have set up a
dummy candidate for the primariesi
How did they come to pick the dummy, any
way?
What has Sheriff Clark done that should pre-
.elude him from the denomination regularly ac-
corded an efficient officer, who has made good on
his first term?
+ Why should Sheriff Clark, with his open
record Of energetic and impartial enforcement OF
the prohibition law be suddenly singled out by
these camoufage reformers, who never made a
move against his predecessor, notoriously in
league with the bootleg brigadci
Is the Smith Howell Dodge machine doing
this to enlist the support of the Johnny Lynch
crowd which is sore at Clark because he fought
Lynch to finish, took the lid off the court house
gymnasium" and put Lynch out of Office?
Or is there some other hidden and less de-
fensible motive back Of the masked offensive2
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
vardaman. Hardwick. Hitchcock & Co.

President Wilson has practically ended the
aspirations OF Senators Vardaman of Mississippi
and Hardwick of Georgia for reelection by ask
ing that the voters eliminate them because of
their opposition to his policies. In this he gives
timely testimony in support of the statement that
he has encountered the most persistent interfer-
ence with his war plans from members of his own
party. Nothing could more effectually do away
with the cry, raised in desperation by democrats
throughout Nebraska, that only democrats can
be relied upon to stand by the president and fight
the war to victory.
Reviewing the records OF Vardaman and
Hardwick and comparing them with the course
of our democratic senator from Nebraska, the
conclusion is forced that if the latter were seek
ing endorsement from the voters at present he
would encounter the same objection from the
president. Nothing done by either of the ex-
communicated senator's, before or after the war,
has embarrassed the administration to the de-
gree of the bold attempts made by Hitchcock to
aid Germany and to obstruet our own movements.
Loyal voters of Nebraska should not permit
present protestations OF the democratic senator
who msrepresents his state to blind them to his
performances at Washington. They should not
take his advice, nor the advice of his hyphen-
ated organ, as to what constitutes loyalty in any
candidate for public favor. They have chance
not only to rebuke him, but to give the president
reliable backing in winning the war by electing
none but patriotic Americans to represent this
state in house and senate and this opportunity
should not be neglected
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
Water Power in Nebraska.

Omaha, Aug. 8.--To the Editor OF
The Bee: I note with considerable
interest the remarks of Henry Ford,
relative to developing the natural re-
sources of our state, and dwelling on
the possibilities of the latent powers
going to waste, and the Indifference
of our citizens to harness and utilize
our streams. The writer has for the
past 30 years been agitating this very
thing; and in fact has been closely 'al-
LIED with promoters that have per-
mitted their franchises to lapse after
renewing them two or three times.
It was thought at time that the Fre-
mont proposition was foregone con-
clusion, their proposition being pro-
nounced a feasible one, and backed
by the best civil engineers in this
country but it was permitted to lie
dormant so long that people lost all
interest In same, and the matter
simply died a slow death. Personally
speaking, 7 was not so enthusiastic
over the Fremont proposition from
the fact that it was to derive its power
from the Platte river, tapping same
near Linwood or Morse Bluffs. head
ing for Elm Creek on the old Thomp-
son farm, directly south OF Fremont
Any old resident that knows the pc
culiarity of the old Platte knows full
we'll that at certain periods Of year
that one can cross 1t dry shod and 1t
could hardly be dependable. and the
enormous expense connected with
building a reserve reservoir would
more than Offset the results that could
be obtained by the project
But I am not oblivious to the fact
that there are places in Nebraska
where there is plenty of energy, II
conserved, to furnish power enough
to drive all the interurban trains in
the state and all the factories that
can be brought to the state and only
a mater of time that some Henry Ford
will see and develop same. l maintain
similar views to your correspondent
of a few days ago regarding the de-
veloping the Missouri near Omaha,
or in fact anywhere this side OF en-
trance Of the Niobrara, as the fall Is
so slight that it would back flood the
whole country. Now ! am not de-
pending on the editor from Columbus
to be sent to the United States senate
or considering it from any political
standpoint to bring about these de-
velopments Of water power. 1t Is
only a matter of short time-they
are bound to come and Furthermore,
If may predict, the power will come
from the Niobrara and Keya Paha
rivers, which are natures natural
production, of sufficient current to
drive any and all power needed in Ne
braska. The Niobrara river at
Carnes offers one of the finest loca-
tions for a development Of plant of
this nature of any in the northwest.
Not this alone-anywhere 25 miles
either side, east or west on the Mo
brara can be utilized for this purpose
and I further predict when this cruel
war Is ended that this portion OF Ne
braska is coming into her own.
JAMES HALE
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
State Press Comment

Harrington Herald: For a year
when politics Is supposed to be "ad-
journed." this campaign is not at all
bad. ..E
Fremont Tribune: The self-styled
German supermen know how to beat
it, when they've got to, just like COM
mon mortals. ~.
Wayne Herald: II we were invited
to edit and rearrange the months OF
the year, we would be tempted to
eliminate August. We might also, on
reflection, use the olue pencil on Feb
ruary.
Norfolk Press: Next to the Hun
the profiteer comes in for more abuse
than any other mortal these days
But as he has both hands in the peo.
ple's pockets clear up to his elbows
he manages to bear up pretty wei
under the affliction.
Kearney Hub: with all the bait
ing Of the press that we have had II
these latter times by men delegated
to act in public affairs, 1t was sap
posed that we had about reached tn,
limit but II remains for an exemption
board at Waterloo, Ia, to play tn,
high trump. This board has notified
IS employees Of a Waterloo newspaper
according to telegraphic advices. tina
they must engage in productive EN-
ployment or be transferred to Class
OF the draft 1t is fair to assume tina
this action Is taken entirely withou
orders or authority from the prove S
general. and II so II is a rough jok
that will be pretty difficult to appre
ciate
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
The KQiser's Proclamation

The greatest condemnation of Kaiser Will
helm is to be found in the evidence that he
is the arch-hypocrite of his time. 1t is pos
sible for men to sin deeply and yet have
such a profound reverence for God that their
feeling Is nearer love for Him than is that
of such as vaunt Him loudly in the midst of
crimes. 1t is not surprising to fnd in Viii
helms proclamation, addressed to the Ger
man people at the beginning of the fifth year
of war, repeated expressions of reliance on
Divine assistance, concluding with the pre-
sumptuous boast that God is with us" But
the damning evidence to- convict such pro-
testations of being hypocritisal is to be found
in that short, curt letter sent to Frau Meter
'he German woman, who has lost nine sons
in the war. In writing to such bereaved
woman. man of religious inclinations, yes,
even man of good heart and taste without
such inclinations would have found occasion
to commend the sorrowing to that only
source of hope and consolation the bereaved
may have Instead, the kaiser, expressing
his qualification" at her loyal sacrifice, SIS
pleased to send her his picture, framed, and
with autograph signature" There was no
remotest reference to Deity in the kaser's
letter to Frau Meter.
With the German kaiser the name of God
Is only war cry. He is not the first his
torlcal hypocrite or MS KIND, put the signs
are multiplying which lead US to hope that
he may be the last Even as he Illuminated
this Pharisaic proclamation, his armies in
France were ietreating before the allied
might OF men leagued against oppression
and for the natural rights of man, believing
that, in the sight of that God whose name
he so often profanes, any one Of his crea,
lures Is as any other, and that divine right
of birth" is a DEVILS fiction. Presumptuous
boasting cannot now change the current oi
events or turn back the tides of circum.
stance. Neither by the strength of might
nor the wiles of diplomacy can autocracy
win.
Presumptuous vanity and hypocrisy mus
be always linked IF, in this struggle" the
kaiser writes, "our nation was given leader:
capable of the highest achievements, it ha:
been daily proved by fidelity that it has de
served to have such leaders" The German
people should have had far better and noblel
leaders than they have had in this war. Suct
leaders would have saved them from the wal
itself, and the defeat which now grows more
and more certain.--St. Louis Globe-Demo
Crat .+. .a
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-13
Tribute to Watterson.

Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 10.-To the
Editor of The Bee: With the retire.
ment from the field of active newspa-
per work Of Colonel Henry Watterson
there passes from the stage one Of
the few remaining exponents Of per-
sonal Journalism.
He had been editor of the Louis
Vile Courier-JournAl since 1t was
founded. But he was more than ed
itor-he was the soul of the Courier
Journal: he was the Courier Journal
itself.
"Marse Henry" is as much of an
American institution as was Mark
Twain, whom he closely resembled.
He Is probably the best known citizen
in the United States, with the excep-
ton of President Wilson, ex-President
Taft, William Jennings Bryan or
Theodore Roosevelt.
Colonel Watterson was a traveller
in many lands and a keen observer Of
conditions in foreign countries. He
had been the guest Of every press
club in the United States. But If he
has indeed said his last word. 1t is
this: Now and ever, to hell with
autocracy! Now and ever, to hell
with Hohenzollern and the Haps-
burg!"
He was a mighty strong and able
writer, as was your able and honora-
BILE father. the late Hon. Edward
Rosewater, whom we loved.
A. W. ATWOOD.