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Evening journal., 1919-06-06

There is no reason why brawn and
height just because 1t is hrawn and
height should be pointed out as cause
for believing Jess willard viii defeat
Jack Dempsey.
In the history Of pucilism there have
been several very large and powerful
fighters who have been defeated by
smaller men. 70 is not necessary 10 dig
very far back 10 md ,nsisnce'
Dempsey himself furnished the rec
ords with an episode Of This sort when
he stretched Carl Morris unconscious.
and again when he plastered tho huge
and ponderous Fulton IN Newark in a
single round
Evening journal., 1919-06-06

either be enclosed by fence or roped
or from The home plato 90 arst base
and from home plate 10 third base
Rule 36. In the event Of a tie be-
tween clubs Of This league Tor the
championship honor on The last day
OF the playing schedule, the president
of the lcague shall have authority 20
order ono game played 10 decide the
championship. Expenses Of such game
are TO be met IN The manner herein
outlined.
Evening journal., 1919-06-06

lts weekly shoot at Todd's Cut. tomor>
row afternoon with Clayton Gun Clun
as their opponents. As this Is the last
match OF the lnterclty league Di9
turnout Is expected.
Evening journal., 1919-06-06

After tho two-romd bo9
in Chicago, Iris Speaker ana
Chick Gsndil retired from the
ring at the request of Bancroft
Johnson. !.
Evening journal., 1919-06-06

If the weather keeps up one
can fry eggs at the ringside in
Toledo, July q, and thereby
down the expense OF the trip.
Evening journal., 1919-06-06

PENNsY To SHOOT CLAYTON.
The p, b. a W. Gun Club Will hold
Evening journal., 1919-06-06

?. lHi by pitcher. NOVEL; Umpire {
MullIn. 10
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30

Partly because of the situation in the
east, and partly because Marshal Won
Hindenburg and Gen. Ludcrdorff real
" thought they could erd the war b.
administering a smashing defeat to the
British and French before the Ameri-
can reinforcement could reach the
front, the spring saw most remark
able series Of German offensivcs, al
aimed, first at breaking the Allied front
in two, and then at containing one part
of the line and enveloping the other
The downfall of Russia had permitted
the German leaders to draw hundreds
of thousands of troops from the east.
By a tremendous concentration OF men
and an overwhelming use Of artillery
Ludendorff, who directed the Cerma'
campaign, won two great victorieS--'ne
in March 21 in front of Cambria, when
he crushed the British Fifth Army and
drove forward almost to AmienS, and
the other a couple of months later along
the Aisne, when he stormed the Cnemin
des Danes and sent the French reeline
backward as far as the river Marne.
AS we look back on those DAYS Of dis
couragement and alarm, which noV
seem so far away, il is easy 20 see why
those great victories were not decisive.
The plan was too pretentious and the
effort too costly The advancing Ger
mans outran their own artillery anc
supplies and were obliged in the end &c
face Allied reserves that were equal r.
the task of stopping them; out on both
OCCASIONS it was touch and 60 Both
at Montdidier and Chateau Thierry tbe
line only just held. Two or three thous
ans fewer bayonets or very feS hours
delay in getting them to The menaced
point would have given TO Ludendorf
the real victory that he planned.
But the peril in which the Allied
cause stood in those early spring days
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30

The governments that planned
hoped to profit by this most criminal
of wars are not only defeated but de-
stroyed. Not only Ferdinand of Rul,
garia, but his son, Boris, who sat OF
thirty days on his fathers throne. are
in flight, and Bulgaria is ruled to-day
by council of ministers supported oy
a peasant army. The Sultan still holds
nominal sway over Turkey, but he has
irretrievably lost the greater part of his
empire and his position as the heal Of
Islam, and the Young Turk leaders who
governed in his name are fugitives.
The Hapsburg Empire, Oldest II
Europe, came to an end when Kaiser
Karl abdicated on November II. Hun
gary and the Czecho-S -Slovak state have
become republics, one under the lead
of Count Karolyi and the other under
the presidency of Dr. Masaryk. The
Italians are in Trent and in Trieste, and
the southern Slavs have declared their
independence and are considering a
national union with Serbia and Morte-
negro.
In Germany the downfall of Prussiar
military power was followed by per-
feet clatter of falling chowns. The
Emperor and his son fled from the
wrath of their deceived and impover-
ished subjects to Holland; the King,
Of Bavaria and Saxony and Wurttem-
berg, the Grand Dukes of Hesse and
Baden and Brunswick and Meck!en-
burg, as we'll as a dozen minor prin-
ceilings, found that to abdicate vas in
evitable. Onesand all they had staked
their thrones on the Kaiser's gamble
when it failed, German royalty OF
greater and less degree went bank.
rupt.
An important element in the situa-
ton is the attitude that the victorious
Allies take toward the new Germany
and the kind of peace they impose upon
it. The conferences are taking plac
in Paris. Nj Wilson and Mr.. Lloyi
George and NJ. Clemenceau and Signor
Orlando have a task that will require
all their wisdom and good sense. !
great part of the world has fallen &c
pieces at their feet. Their aim mus
be to put it together again justly an,
equitably. 1t will not be easy TO do
There is vast quantity of gunpowdeI
loose in Central Europe to-day; it vii
be a marvel If the peace conference
avoids the friction from which may
come the spark that will ignite it. For.
tunately, this is a time of marvels. On;
more may not be beyond the reach o.
possibility.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
4 Voice From Home.

The mere presence Of the women
who serve in the canteens in France.
women Of gentle nature whe, submit
with enthusiasm TO every kind OF dis
comfort, turning their hands to any
sort of labor, always. gentle and kind
and indefatigable, is an inspiration to
the young soldiers. They represent
home and all that is sacred in home
ties. Often, says Mr.. Z. II. Sothern in
Scribner's Magazine, the tongue-tied
warriors will sit and stare at the smil-
ing canteen workers by the hour with
a loving hunger in his heart.
"Can | do anything for you?" said
a woman to one OF these lonely ones
one day.
The soldier had approached the
counter where the ruddy-cheeked lady
was dispensing sandwiches and hot
chocolate, and with several other fight
ing men was gazing on her with wide
eyes.
"Can do anything for you?"
"No, lady," said the shy son OF Mars.
81 just wanted TO hear you talk.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
Ordered To Respect Uniforms.

In general order to the army Secre.
tary Baker calls upon officers and men
to maintain the high regard for the
uniform which has been established
throughout the country.
Through hearty co-opration and
discipline of the\ officers and men of
the army the country has acquired z
new respect for the UNIFORM" the or
der read: "You men have maintained
your high standards, not only by SOL
dierly in the trenches, but in your re-
gard for civilian ideals when on leave
or furlough, and in this you have estab
lshed a record new 10 all armies. !
confidently expect you TO maintain
your standards throughout the trying
days of rehabilitation, when the ten
dency to throw off army discipline and
restraints will be strong an count
ing on you by your own acts and b.
your influence to keep up the record o.
which you and and our whole countr!
are so proud"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
San Francisco After More water.

A recent article in the Railway Ga
zette shows how San Francisco is
going 100 miles to get a water supply
in the Hetch Hetchy Valley.
The project will cost S45,0Oo,OOO in
dependent Of the pipe distribution sys-
tenn to the city, and will furnish a sup
ply of 4OO,OOO,OOO gallons daily.
A dam 300 feet high and about GOO
feet in length along the crest will be
constructed across a gorge at the lower
end of Hetch Hetchy valley. When
constructed TO the full height it will
contain approximately 100000 cubic
yards of cyclopean concrete. lmpound'
ed by this structure will be a reservoir
seven miles long and one mile wide.
containing l2,OOO,OO0,000 gallons Of
water. This will be released from stor-
age and allowed TO flow II miles down
the canyon Of the Toulumme river
where il will be diverted into a tun-
mel l2.3 miles in length and 10 feet
three inches in diameter, at the lower
end OF which will be a regulating reser-
voir, whence the water will drop 1,2l5
feet into a power house. From here
the water will flow through two tun-
nels, ST and 1l.3 miles in length, re-
spectively, across the San Joaquin Val
ley in a pipe line, IS miles long and
through the Coast range by tunnel 81
miles in length. From the westerly
end of this tunnel the watef will be
brought TO the San Francisco peninsula
through the pipe conduit l9 miles ir
length while II miles Of tunnel and z
miles of pipe aqueduct must be con
structed on the San Francisco penin
sula. The total distance from thc
Hetch Hechy Valley to the city limits
is l66 miles, Of which 66 miles viii b
tunnel, So miles steel pipe line and Il
miles river channel.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
Confirmed Testimony
The Kind Shepherdstown Readers Can
not Doubt.

Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test.
The test of time-the hardest test
of all.
Thousands gratefully testify.
To quick relef-to lasting results.
ShepherdStown readers can no long
er doubt the evidence.
It's convincing testimony-twice'
told and we'll confirmed.
Shepherdstown readers should profit
by these experiences.
Mrs Bcni. Hchb, E. German ST.,
Shepherdstown, says: 81 had dizzy and
nervous spells, but my chief trouble
was from my back. had dull, drag
ging pains through the small of my
back and when | stopped down to pick
up anything or lifted, this pain always
caught me right across my back. The
doctor said my kidneys and bladder
were the cause of the complaint. A
neighbor told me about Doan's Kidney
Pills and took them. They soon gave
me complete relief, restoring my kid
neys and bladder to a normal condition
and ! can now Stoop over or lift with
out it hurting me-" Statement given
May I, 1879.
On December II, 1916, Mrs. Hebb
added: 81 haven't had any return of
kidney trouble since Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured at Hills Pharmacy,
cured me. | consider the cure per-
manent one."
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Hebb had. Foster-Milburn Co..
MfrgS., Buffalo, N. Y.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
Correcting the Errors.

A teacher, ins,ructing her class on
the composition OF sentences, wrote
two on the blackboard, one 10 exemplify.
a missstatement OF fact and the other
10 illustrates bad grammar. The SEN
tences thus read as follows:
The hen has three legs. Who
done itf"
The teacher then called to one OF the
children.
Harry" she said, ego to the black
board and show where the fault lies In
those two sentences"
Harry slowly approached the black
board, evidently thinking hard. Then
he took the chalk and wrote:
"The hen never done IL. God done
it.n
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
NEW,.VOL. 54-No.4
Seagulls Spotted U-Boats.

In the wealth Of strange secrets mat
the sea is giving up now when the
finger is of the lips Of sailing men.
none is more strange and grewsome
than the "Sea Gull Mystery" another
Ancient Mariner and the Alabatross"
theme, fit to rival in prose'fact the epic
poem Of Coleridge.
British and American sailors, en-
gagged in anti-submarine warfare, we're
puzzled for months by the strange ac-
tions Of great Hocks Of sea gulls cours-
ing in definite and queer paths over
the water a few feet above the surface.
Every day the men on the destroyers
saw these hocks OF gulls, and finally
the commanding otcer of one OF the
British patrols had an inspiration. HE
steamed close to the head OF the flock,
cut across its path and loosed half
dozen depth bombs, timed to explode
at different depths. There was wild
frothine of the waves, and few
minutes later oil, bubbles, and final
wreckage and corpses from U-ooat
came TO the surface.
The secret was out. The sea guliS
learned that the long, dark shadow IN
the green depths meant food; that they
had only 20 follow Il. and sooner or
later human bodies would fall TO their
carrion appetites. So frequent were
the sinkings Of steamers, the loss OF
lives and the scattering OF the ships
larders over the waves that il is not at
all wonderful that birds OF the peculiar
shrewdness that characterize all car
rion species should have learned to as
sociate the idea of food with the u
boats appearance.
Everything above the U-boats spell
ed carrion, for large numbers OF the
submersibles themselves were destroy
ed by Allied depth bombs and the Ger
man corpScS left 10 float TO the surface
and be dcvoured BY the hungry birds.
The sea gulls, Of course, easily per-
ceived the submarines, no matter what
their depth, exactly as British and
American naval men could detect
them, by virtue OF the special clearness
which the water assumes when seen
from an elevator directly above the
submerged object.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
Pride Before Destruction.

1t is related of Francis OF Assissi
that he one day met peasant who
asked him: cart thou Francis ?" And
Francis acknowledged his name, it may
have been with something of pride
for it was name far famed for piety
and good deeds. But the peasant ut
tered this warning:
"Take heed that thou be as good as
men believe thee"
1t was startling admonition, ano
might have seemed superhuous. But
Francis was good enough and sensible
enough to know that a wise word had
been spoken, and he took the warn
ing to heart.
1t would be we'll for every man re
puted to be good if some one shou
thus admonish him. He, to whom me
look UP, has great need of hum;l
For if he fall, many will be caused tc
stumble by this fall.
Every good man is under obligation
to continue to be good, if only for his
own sake. But more potent appeal
to mans sense of right is that which
is based on the faith of others in him.
Pride goes before destruction, and he
that thinketh he standeth should take
heed lest he fall.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30

But it was not only in France and
Belgium that the war was won. While
ne chief enemr was being dri1en back
from the countries he had invaded and
ravaged, to confess defeat at last as
his own frontier was threatened, mis-
eastern allies were one by one forced
by catastrophes in the field to beg for
a separate peace. Almost on the same
day in mid-September Bulgaria and
Turkey saw their fate sealed, ono
among the hills OF Macedonia and the
other in the plains If Samaria.
Gen. Franchet d. E5pereJ wen his
victory by throwing his French and
Serbian troops against the Bulgarian
centre while the British and the Greeks
engaged and held the Bulgarian lefi
wing. With irresistible gallantry the
French and the Serbians took the diff
cult mountain positions west Of the
Vardar River, and then, pushing quick
ly down into the river valley, cut the
Bulgarian line in two and destroyed the
communications of all the armies that
lay farther TO the west. The defeat was
crushing. The Bulgarian leaders saw
that the profit for which they had
entered the war was lost and knew that
there was no help TO be had from Ger
many. They asked for an armistice
and agreed to whatever terms the Al
lied commander imposed; their King
the willy Ferdinand, whose greed!
policy had overreached itself, fed from
Sofia in disgrace.
In Palestine Gen. AllenbY won {
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
1918 WAS A GREAT YEAR.

We have just lived through most
wonderful year in the history OF the
world-a veritable annus miraollis'
We have seen the climax and the swift
dramatic denouement of the most tre-
mendous of wars; we have seen our
own armies fighting vigorously on
the age-old battlehelds Of FranceS we
have glorifed in the defeat Of most
audacious attempt to gain the empire of
the world; We have watched throne af'
ter throne totter and fall and the old
political and social order Of Europe
crumble into dust. A dozen grea'
events, any one of which would make
year memorable have been crowded
into the last twelve months.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
Disputing.

Don't argue with a man whose mind
is already made up. II is like fight.
ing the wind with dust. Say your
say and 90 about your business, what.
ever his answer is. Truth does not
lie in detail, and the more a person
deals in that the farther away he gets
from agreement. The only substance
OF argument that is worth considering
is a generalization, a self-evident truth,
an intuition or an inspiration, things
that are born in the heart and arc
common to every man. Any other bas-
is or argument is simply a challenge
to dispute. The waste OF words IN
controversy is infinite. We can settle
more issues with a neighbor by shak-
ing his hand and saying cheery good
morning" than we can in a whole hour
Of tumultuous argument. You cannot
win a man TO your side unless you
like him. We tried II one time ard the
man went away and told monstrous
lie about US. We have tried to be c1re-
full after that.-Columbu Ohio State
Journal.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
Shephedsown Jefferson County, Virginia. Thursday January 0 1919

victory no less decisive over the war
sick Turks. b. 4 daring and brilliant
use of his caval-y-almost the sole
instance cf the kiI in the Var-ho
surrounded and wiped out the broken
army of the enemy and pushed forward
without any real resistance TO DamAs-
Gus and Aleppo. Isolated BY the col
lapse of Bulgaria and left without eth
er men or means to prolong the strug-
gle, Enver and Talaat followed the
example of Ferdinand and fled from
Constantinople. A new government
under Izzet Pasha made what terms il
could with the victorious Allies.
Only Austria Hungary remained
and it required only single battle to
show how fatally weak it was. Torn
by internal dissensions, with its Slal
subjects in Bohemia, Moravia, Croatif
and Bosnia already declaring theil
independence, and with Hungary
deadly terror lest its southern frontier
laid open by the detection of Bulga7i
be invaded, the empire was predestinet
to defeat. Late in October Gen. Diaz
the Italian commander, began a wide
offensive along the line of the Piave
River. Within five days he had forced
the river, driven a wide gap into the
Austrian front, seized several of the
essential lines of communication be-
hind it and taken hundreds of thous
ands Of prisoners. Austria at once
begged for peace, accepted the severy
terms imposed by the AllieS-and fell
into helpless ruin.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30

The Merriman Baptist Church, Of
Ranger, Texas, which already has az
CURED an income of 100000 a year
through oil wells sunk in its church
yard, has refused 100000 for the
right to develop wells in the grave
yard which adjoins the church. The
graveyard now is surrounded by oil.
wells and numerous companies have
made the congregation, which has only
20 members, fabulous offers for the
burying ground. The congregation
has voted that none Of its members
shall profit personally b. its good
fortune, but that the entire income shall
be devoted 10 the glory Of God. One
hundred thousand dollars aiready has
been distributed among Baptist institu-
tions in the State
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30

The year began Win the SoTIy ldiIe
which, at the time, had so many as
poets of tragedy-that was played at
Brest-Litovsk. The Bolshevik gov
ernment of Riassia. conscious of tho
military impotence to which it had re-
duced the country, and eager for
peace behind which it could consoll-
date its own power and begin agita-
ton for a worldwide pTcletarian rev.
olution, put itself unreservedly into
the hands of the Germans. The dele
gates who came from Berlin were quite
prepared ruthlessly to exploit the
weakness of Russia. They demanded
that Poland, Livonia, Esthonia, CourA
land and Finland be surrendered and
be given either nominal freedom or an
nexed to Germany as circumstances
should determine; they insisted upon
a very large indemnify in money and
upon economic concessions that would
put Russia for an indefinite perlcd at
tbs mercy of 6 rmany. The terms
were so hard that TTotzky at first de-
clined to sign them; he hoped ap-
parently that the German socialists
would make an organized protest
against so imperlalist:c peace. But
the protest did not come; the Ger
man delegates turnel TO the represent
atives of southeastern RuSS.a-the
Ukraine and n lde witt them a sep
arate peace, wh'ch acknowledged the
independence IF that region; and the
German army was put ir lfot'on to IN
wade the remnant of the empire that
Lenine and Trotzky governed.
That brought the Bolshevik govern
ment quickly to terms, and on Match
2 the Brest-Litovsk treaty was signed
Russia lay PROSTATE at the Kaiser :
feet, and the most grandlose
projects of world dominion became
epidemic in Berlin. First Of all, the
Ukraine was overrun. German troops
occupied Kiev, and overthrow the exist
ing government and installed one sub
servient to Berlin under Gen. S%oro-
padski. Roumania, helpless and cut
off from all Allied assistance, had to
sign a humiliating peace at Bucharest;
and from its new vantage points on
the Black Sea Germany looket for
ward to the easy conquest of southern
Siberia, Turkestan and the road tc
India.
The vanity of those hopes soon be-
came apparent; even before defeat in
the west had weakened the grasp OF
Germany on its eastern conquests, I
was clear that the Brest-Ltovsk settle
ment was no settlement whatever
Germany could get little or nothing
from the Uraine or from Roumania
the people were stubbornly hostile ane
when aroused by the harshne;s Of iht
German commanders grew murderoLs
Gen. Won Eichhorn, the dictator at Kiev,
was killed; so was Count Won Mir
bach, the German ambassador at Mos
COW. DR.. Helfferich, who succeeded
Mirbach, fled to Berlin, in fear Of as
sasSination. Everything in Russia was
in flux; the Germans could confne or
control almost no part of the rest
less mass. Had they had free hand
in Russia, they could have accomplish
ed much-perhaps all that they planned
to accomplish; but a free hand the
Allies would not let them have; every
German suggestion of peace in the west
that implied the Allies recognizing the
Brest-Litovsk treaty was quickly ne
gatived in London and Par and Wash
ing or.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30

wrought good, after all. In the first
place it led to consolidating all the AL
lied armies under generalissino'
Marshal Ferdinand Foch; and it has
tened the dispatch of American troops
across the sea, so that by mid summer
We had more than million troops in
France-nearly half of whorl were
ready for service at the front. In those
two things lay the seeds of the grea
victories that were TO follow: unified
command under a soldier Of genius
and continual reinforcements Of quail
ity beyond anything the exhausted Ger.
man army could furnish.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-30
Why The Editor Left Town.

II was because the following items
appeared IN his paper:
"Mrs. Thomas W. Johnson read an
article for the women's club entitled
Personal Devils Seventeen were
present"
"Mr. John Grouse shipped a carload
Of hogs to Kansas City one day last
week. Three OF his neighbors went In
with him 10 make up the load"