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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19

THE ambition of aviators to cross
the Atlantic ocean in one flight has
been accomplished! Last Sunday two
young British officers, Captain John
Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur W..
Brown, made the frst-non.stop flight
over the sea. They started from New
foundland and landed in Ireland,
making the 1900 miles in 16 hours and
II minutes The flight was made in a
Vickers-Vimy airplane, and though the
weather was unfavorable and the men
were exhausted when the journey was
ended, the marvellous feat was actually
accomplished.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19

LET our Republican friends in Con-
gress go ahead with their investigation
Of extravaganza in war expenditures.
We have no doubt that they will find
lots of extravaganza and many unwise
expenditures; yet We will bet dollars
TO doughnuts that nine-tenths of the
profits found their way into the hands
of good old Republican manufacturers
and profiteers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19
WANTED.

Wanted, a colored girl for general
housework. Highest wages and good
home to the right party. Apply to
Mrs. W. Murray Baechtel, ll35 N. Po-
tomac Street, Hagerstown, Md.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19

LAST Monday the Allies handed
their revised peace treaty to the Ger
man ENJOYS, accompanied by notice
that Germany may have five days in
which is to accept or reject it. If she
fails to sign the treaty as presented to
her, the armistice will be automatically
ended in forty-eight hours, and the
Allies will proceed with the war.
Germany can do nothing else but
submit. The fleets Of the Allies are in
position to lombard the German sea-
ports and blockade every harbor; the
armies Of France, Great Britain, Bel
GUM and the United States are on the
borders ready to invade the enemy's
country, which is almost entirely de-
fenceless.
II is true that the terms Of peace are
harsh-but they are not too harsh. In
deed, it is hard for normal persons to
conceive Of punishment too great for
those responsible for starting the ter
rible war, those who are responsible
for the death Of seven million men, wo-
men and children and injury and
manning Of twenty million others.
The time Of reckoning has come for
'soIId gu, Asd lsnm GUS puB 6uBuIsO
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19

1T is said that President Wilson will
land in the United States by July 1st,
and that he will make tour of the
country and speak in various cities
concerning the league of nations and
his foreign policies. We somehow
think that he will have little difficulty in
convincing reasonable people of the
soundness of his position and Of his
wisdom in guiding world politics.
FROM almost every city in the coun-
try comes the cry for more houses to
shelter the people. With all the in
crease in population there is practical
ly no building going on, and the matter
of housing accommodations has be-
come very serious thing. Of course
no one is willing to undertake build
ing operations, with materials double
the price they ought to be and laborers
wanting enormous wages for. little
work. General greediness in high and
low places is bringing about peculiar
state Of affairs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19

Come in and see the new DeLaval
separator. A. S. cambridge & Co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19

1T is reported that the Allied Medical
Association Of America in session this
week in New York, adopted resolu-
ton declaring that properly brew
ed lager beer was absolutely neces-
sary in the treatment Of certain cases,
and fayoring the manufacture of beer
containing not more than 2N per cent
of alcohol and light wines.
Skillful bunch of medical men these
must be, with their beer prescriptions.
The resolution was presented by DR..
Ottofy, Of St. Louis, city that has
been more noted for its breweries than
for its medical excellence, and his
name makes us wonder how many pro-
Germans it took to pass such notion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19

ALTHOUGH there is an abundant
supply of food of every kind in this
country, and storage warehouses are
filled to overlooking with all sorts Of
provisions, there is no reduction in the
high cost Of living. On the contrary,
profteers of every sort continue to rob
the people, and Of those who handle
provisions or merchandise few are
satisfied with a reasonable profit. Al
though il is agreed that relief must
come, no one is willing to prophesy
when it will be. There is no indication
of break Of any sort and exorbitant
prices are being charged for all the
necessities Of life.
The country has great need Of a
wise and courageous man just now to
tell US how to bring prices to sensible
level.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16
GREAT ENGINEERS URGE ADVANCE TO METRIC SYSTEMS

San Francisco, Aug. 15.-among messages of support received by the World Trade Club of San Francisco in their campaign for worldwide adop- tion of metric units of weight and measure, a large number have come from the foremost engineers of U. S. America and Brittania.
 John Hays Hammond, great mining engineer, wires World Trade Club from Washington, D. C.: T endorse metric system as the universal stan dard. I am convinced from an exten- sive study of international commerce that the adoption of the metric system would greatly facilitate promotion of the export trade of America"
 Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, of the U. s. Geodetic. Survey, who has the added distinction of being the one to induce President Harrison to prornul- gate the Board on Geographic Names, said in presidential address before the Engineers Societies, of meter liter-gram: "These units are bound to come into universal use in the near future. The prodigious advantages attainable thru their simplicity, econ omy and uniformity assure their worldwide use."
 American Institute of Electrical Engineers has voted for the adoption of meter-liter-gram for general use, bv a large majority.
 "Not one of the accurately stan dardized wages at present in use in British and American engineering workshops will need to be changed when the metric system is adopted" is the declaration made by the great inventor, Lord Kelvin.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16
One More Bid

'l ...T a
 A Senator was condemning a novel on the ground that it was morbid.
 "Morbidness never pays," he said. "1ts always a mistake Take morbid curiosity, for example. They who in dulge in morbid curiosity are apt to find their worst fears realized.
 "A Portland broker who had mar rieda wife a'good deal younger than himself said to her morbidly one night:
 Darling, what would you do if I should die and leave yoa?'"
 The young wife squeezed the old fellows hand.
 Teave md ez- how much?' '" she murmured."-St. Louis Globe Demo crat.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16
AMERICAN MINING
 CONGRESS ANAL|zES
 EMPLOYEE DEMANDS

Washington, D. C., Aug. 1 G. America today is facing the most ser ious danger to it's social structure since reconstruction period following the Civil War. Not that there is an immediate danger of armed attempt to overcome the present body polite and theories of Government, but be- cause the American Federation ot Labor, which claims a membership of 5,5O0,000 men, is determined that the ultimatum of 1,820,660 railroad em- ployes who demand increased wages and the naturalization of railways must be accepted by the Congress of the United States or the transporta- tion and commerce of the Nation will be tied up through great National strike.
 In order that the American public may have full and unbiased under standing of the exact situation, the American Mining Congress, represent ing 65% of the tonnage shipped over American railways, issues this pre- pared statement and warning!
 Many misleading statements have found their way into print during the past few days. Among them are stories emanating from railroad men showing that an exces of 250,000 shop men were already out and that the ranks of the strikers were daily in- creasing. According to the official reports of the Railway Administration the total number of strikers has not at any time exceeded 10000 and large numbers of these men returned to their work even before President Will son demanded their return. The total number of shop men employed in all lines of work is 45O,OO0. The increas- es in wages demanded by the shop men are, by classification, as follows:
 Machinists, first class, increase ask ed from 68c to 85c per hour; tool mak- CTS, from CSC to soc; tool grinders. from 68c to 85c; boiler makers. sheet metal workers, coach and locomotive carpenters and painters, from 68c to 85c; blacksmiths and cable splicers, from 58 to 85c; hammer runners, from 45c to 60c; riveters, from 45c to soc; apprentices, from 25c to 35c for the first six months and from 50c to Gee for the eighth six months; helper ap- prentices, from 45c to ,60c in the first six months and from 55c to FOG in the sixth six months. The total increases estimated by, Government analysis for the 45O,OO0 shop men would be $230 100000 per year. In addition the retroactive increase demanded from January 1st until the increase is granted, which could not be before September 1st, would mean an actual bonus of $153,333,332.
 In addition to the demands of the shop men already analysed, there are now before Director Hines and h!s as- sociates, demands for similar increas- es in wages covering practically all of the remaining employees. The shop men have given a flat ultimatum that unless their increases are granted be- fore August 24th an n'work in the shops
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16
PREHISTORIC BONES
 DISCOVERED IN BOWL

An aboriginal ceremonial bowl which, when exhumed near Patagonia. about thirty miles northeast of Mo- gales, recently, contained the bones of prehistoric human being, soon will be placed in the state museum, ac- cording to c. P. Cronin, state librar- ian. The bowl and its contents are regarded as one of the most interest ing discoveries of recent years, from an archaeological standpoint.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16
MINING FOR STEEL
 ON THE bATTLEF|ELDS

The battle-fields of France are be- ing mined for steel. As result of a personal visit to all the Great-Wal areas of the erstwhile Western Front MT. c. D. Snow, commercial attache of the United States Embassy, has made an interesting report to the Bur eau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce, part of which we quote in ah- stract from The Iron Age. Says this paper:
 "Since the armistice, salvaging of metal on large scale has been going on in all of the war-areas of the West Front. Thousands of tons of scrap steel have been salvaged from all the battle-fields. A good share of this salvage work has been done by the troops of the Allied armies, but also a large amount of it has been done by the German prisoners of war. At practically all the railroad stations in the neighborhood of Etain and Earle Due train-loads can be seen of the crooked, rusted barbed-wire entangle- ment rods, stacked up like cordwood, waiting for shipment. There are small mountains of miscellaneous scrap-ironl and piles of heavy corrugated steel sheets are characteristic sight in salvage dumps and railroad yards throughout the battle regions. In the center and toward the eastern end cf the line this work has been carried nearer to completion than at the northwestern end. In the northwest, along the British front, the salvage work has proceeded bit more slowly perhaps, but certainly not less thor oughly. In the winter and spring just passed German prisoners of war were going over the shell-shot battle-fields which had been a part of the British front, tearing down the corrugated iron shelters, picking up 'duds' or un- exploded shells, clearing the thickets of barbed wire and chevaux-de-frise, storing and piling up all the salvage metal in the dumps and loading it on the freight-cars and canal or river barges. In the salvage dumps you can see wrecks of camions, tanks of all descriptions, great piles of metal helmets, rifles, bayonets, knives, shells and shell-cases, machine guns, and, in fact, all the metal debris of warfare. But the one lasting impression made on most observers is that of acres of corrugated steel sheets and barbed wire and the twisted rods around which the barbed-wire entanglements had been made. In good many areas, the artillery-fire had been so intense that the soil had been ruined for agricultural purposes. In such cases the salvaging is simply to re- move the dangerous explosive agents and recover the metal junk. In the agricultural districts, however, in cases where the shelling was compar- atively light and the land had been dug up to make trenches, the. salvage work is closely tied up with that of agricultural reconstruction"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16
Mild But Not Skilful

q understand he never swears when playing golf"
 "That's true. He's very mild-man- nered."
 "He must play great game"
 q wouldn't say that. If I played the kind of golf he does I'd be swear ing all the time. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16

It may please the professor who says that locusts taste like shrimps to know that thousands of persons will take his word for, it and go no further in the matter.-New York Sun.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16

) "Parisiennes are wearing long un- dervests, with BUG turnover collars made of butcher-blue or rose Dubarry linen, with simple tailor-mades in the morning."-Femina, Paris.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-08-16
No More Games

1He HOHcyHHOOIi IS OVeI.
 Are you quite sure of that?"
 "Yes. She no longer hides when she hears hubby inserting his latch key in the front door because she knows he wouldn't hunt for her if she did."1Birmingham Age-Herald.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
FIRE DEPARTMENTS
WOULD SUFFER FROM
NEW BILL, DECLARED

Bismarck. N. D., Feb. 5.-(Spe-
ciaD-House Bill 1870, repeating
state aid for fire departments, would
kill rs to so of the fire companies
in the state if made law, State Fire
Marshal Reade informed the house
committee on appropriations this
morning. The fire marshal declared
that this comparatively small am
cunt of state aid received by the fire
departments OF the state from fire
insurance premiums paid in their re-
spective communities has contributed
greatly to the maintenance Of those
organizations and that without such
aid many of the departments will
lose interest and gradually disinteg-
rate. He was very much opposed to
the bill, which would repeal the
present statutes providing for the
payment of funds for the organiza-
ton OF city, town and village fire de-
partments.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
BROAD POWER FOR
WILSON URGED TO
GET WHEAT PRICE
julius Barnes Advocates Step
to Guarantee Farmers Fair
Price For Grain.
{By the Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. S. Julius
Barnes, head of the food administra-
tion's grain corporation, asked con-
gress today through the house agri-
cultural committee to delegate broad
powers to President Wilson as a
means of making effective the govern
ment's guaranteed price for the 1919
wheat crop.
Mr.. Barnes asked for an appropria-
ton of at least one billion doNhrs
with authority to borrow more if nec-
essary on credits and property of the
grain corporation and to buy and sell
wheat and wheat products at home
and abroad for cash or credit. He
also asked that the president be given
import and export embargo power,
authority to build or requisition
storage facilities and to license deal
ers, millers and elevators, control
over the exchange trading and au-
thority to give preference over rail
on American railways and steamships
in the transportation of cereals to
market at home or abroad.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
NOT
CAUSE OF TEUTON
DEFEAT, CLAIMED
Ludendorff Wa. Whipped On
All Flanks, Military Expert
Says in Article.
tBy the Ar.oc,ated PROSE-,

London, Feb. 4.-(Via MontreaD !.
An idea that the Germans final COL
lapse was due to revolution or solely
to blockade is secuted in an article
in the Frankfort Zeitung by the mill
tary writer, Major Paulus.
General Ludendorff was beaten" F"
says Paulus, "when he commenced to
retreat to the Aptwerp-Metz line, for
this line could not be held. Neither
flank was secure. In the north, the
Dutch frontier left no room for any
retreat which would not have been
catastrophe. In the center, Verdun
provided an invitation for the enemy
to break through. The line from Die
denhofen to Metz was already out
flanked when the st. Mihiel salient
was lost, while the whole south flank
was full of disadvantages and too
close to the Rhine to be held stub
bornly without risk of catastrophe. f"
Paulus therefore maintains that
Ludendorff was right when at the end
of September he announced it was
impossible to continue the war any
longer. This was not due, says Pau
lus, to anything that occurred in Ger
many, but because of the military
situation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
TOWNLEY ENDORSED
FOR REELECTION
AS LEAGUE CHIEF
tBy the Associated Press)

St. Paul, Feb: 3.-Nonpartisan
headquarters announced today that
the members of the league have, by
a referendum vote, endorsed the de-
election of President A. g. Townley.
The referendum showed vote Of
9S ,391 for Townley and 97S against
him. He was reelected at the ma
tional convention Of the league held
here several weeks ago. {
When the national convention con-
vened to re-elect Townley, the latter
formally announced that he would
not take the ONCE again until the cons
ventfon's tact lion had been approved by
asreferendum vote Of the members Of
the league. The league statement
given out today says:
I'm MINNESOTA the vote was 26.-
lso to- So for sustaining the nation
alScommittee. In North Dakota 4 va
l2s.376 to 2l9 "a South Dakota i
was 1l.0z d % D 81, and IN Montana 4
lwsass s19, ,91S so. '' 81
Tho VOTE 10 taken Ii the thirteen
where the sue 9 or ani1ing.
the stitsmsnt declared AZ D 80
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
GERMAN STRENGTH
ON WANE STEADILY
TOWARD WARS END
Statistics Reveal Astounding
Facts-American War e.
forts Remarkable.
(By The Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 5.-The total
strength of the United States army on
November II when the armistice was
signed and when the American war
efforts were at it's peak, was 3,7O3,-
273 officers and men, including the
marine corps on duty with the army
in Europe. A statistical table by the
war department give this figure.
Included in the table is compare
tive statement of the strength Of the
allied and German forces on the
western front by the month, begin
ming with April l, 1918, showing that
on July for the first time allied
"rifle strength" exceeded that of the
Germans. In rife strength, which
means men standing in the trenches
ready to go over the top with bay
onets," the allied total on July 1 was
1,556,000, compared with 1,412,OOO
for the Germans. On November l,
when the enemy reserves had been ex-
hausted and the front line strength
reduced by half, the Allies had
rifle strength of l 1,4S5,000, represent
ed by odds of upwards of to 1.
From July l, as the Americans
continued to arrive, the allied super
iority showed continued growth over
the Germans, who dropped on Novem-
Der to strength of 100000.
When the great general drive was
launched in the spring of 1918, the
enemy had a defensive superiority of
approximately 20 per cent, the fig
ures for April showing the allied rife
strength of 1,245,000 and a German
total of 1.569,000. The Germans
reached the maximum on July with
1,639,00O, while the Allies reached
their maximum on September 4 with
1,682,000. Is. - ls s..
The meaning OF rife strength upon
which the table Is based is made
clear by the fact that an American
division with a total strength of
|27 900 fighting men is rated as 12,-
$50 rifles.
The department table shows that
the rush of American troops to Eu-
rope when the great German drive
was launched not only succeeded in
making good the allied losses from
month to month at the front, but
steadily Increased the strength of the
allied armies engaged. Figures on
the hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans who were in training behind the
lines are not shown.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
WILL RESTRAIN TAlLORS
FROM FURNISHING SUITS
DISCHARGED YANKEES
(By the Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. .5.-Command-
ants of all army camps and posts have
been instructed by General March to
prevent the sale or delivery of uni
forms by civilian tailors to officers
and men of the army about to be dis
charged. A circular containing these
instructions were made public today
and pointed out that even under the
act now pending in congress to per-
NIT the return of uniforms, discharg-
ed men would be permitted to wear
only that particular uniform which
they have been permitted to retain
with the distinguished marks provid-
ed by the war department. Under
existing laws honorably discharged
officers may wear their uniforms on
an occasion of ceremony and the en-
listed men are required to return
their uniforms four months after dis
charged.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-06
RECALL OF OFFICIALS
PROVIDED IN S. B. ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 5.-(Spe.
ciaD The recall of any state, judic-
ial, legislative or county officer is
provided for in Senate Bill 1853, In
troduced Tuesday by Morkrid, in the
form of a concurrent resolution for
an amendment to the
Recall petitions are e3required to be
signed by at least 80 per cent of the
qualified electors who voted at the
preceding election for the Office of
governor in the state, county or dis
Strict from which such officer is to be
recalled. The petition is to be filed
with the officer with whom the petit
tion for nominatio to such Office In
the primary election 4 is filed. Such
goficer shalfcall q special election to
be held not less than 40 or more
than rs days from the filing of the
petition. Other candidates for the
ONCE may be nominated In the man
sner8 provided by Il IN primary elec-
stions. The scand lat 3 who shall re-
,caive the ighest mum bef az votes
shall be deemed elected for the re-
mainder 81 the term. The name of
the date. .ags sinst whom the re-
call tition shall be directed shall
ko on the ballot unless He resigns
within j 10s days from the filing Of
tho pstition Unless hea resigns. the
iofiicer gafnst WI th0m the pet tions ~
filed shall remain 81 sof flee until the
result 81 tho rscalls ection: q ON a,