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done economically"

done economically
The Chicago Tribune Ind. Rep.)
also calls attention to the fact that
suspensions OF coal mines and rail
roads have shown us that there must
be emergency enterprises upon which
the nation may CALL" and it ex-
presses the opinion that with a sys-
tenn of liberalization it is conceiy-
able that the nations streams might
do all its work. Water power
means more factories, more Subur-
ban lines, and greater and cheaper
distribution of light, heat and pow
er. Hand in hand with system of
fine highways, water power should
make this nation well nig1 irwin
chile in production"
While the great water power re-
sources are found chiefly in the West,
there are many eastern streams
capable of large DEVELOPMENT. The
Atlanta Constitution GEemD tells us
that the hydroelectriG power re
sources in the vicinity of Atlanta"
would "electrify the Atlanta railroad
yards and at the time place at the
disposal of the Industrial plants elec
trio current to be used In lieu OF
steam, thas making Atlanta Il
clean city, more healthful city.
city vastly greater both in point of
industry and in attractiveness." l.
is learned, too. from the Albany
Tfmes-Gnion fDem1 that The enact.
ment of this Legislation =. opens lep
q new era Of industrial development
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
TIE NOBEL AWARD
.aNDAL,

Tho Nobel Prize Commission has
given an award TO German chem
-st 'ierr Haber. who was one of the
developers of poison gas for use in
military operations. Paris dis
paches say that this action will be
protested by the chemical societies
Of the Entente nations. 1t certainly
ought 10 be.
Germany was the first beligerent
to employ poison gas It is safe to
say that no Allied government
would have thought of adding this
new terror to warfare 1t was bar
rcd by the Hague conventions regu-
lating the usages of war It was a
barbanous innovation, representing
q return to the sayagery which the
belligereuts Of the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries had put be.
hind them.
1t is an offense to the humanitar-
ian spirit to honor a man who help
ed to introduce this illicit weapon
tried first, with horrifyng effects.
t the second battle of Ypres. The
Nobel Prize Fund was established
to encourage humane intellectual
effort and to promote progress in
the civilizing arts and sciences. 1t
IS being misused when it rewards a
scientist, whatever his work in
other branches of his profession,
who has aided in spreading death
and has contributed to the perfec-
ton Of a weapon outlaved by intr-
national contracts.-Ncw York Tri-
/ hune lRepD.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
ALIEN LAEORERS
- AViEG AN ERICA

According to a statement issued
by the Inter-Racial Council, nearly
a million foreien-horn laborers
have lett the United States for
Europe since the armistice was
signed, and million more will dc
part as soon as passports regula-
tons are made less stringent. No
figures are given of the number
who have returned, nor of laborers
who have come to this country for
the first time since the armistice;
but we know from migration sta
t5tics that if the above estimate
IS correct the net loss must be con-
siderable.
AS to whether the movement is a
serious national loss there is room
for argument. Much depends upon
the reasons prompting the FOREIGN
born laborers to leave us. If they
have gone in search of better
wages and better living conditions
in short, If the exodus is mere
y ecOnomic-we can rest assured
lat most of them Will not only
return, but will bring many others
win them.
Compared with wages, Americas
cost of living is no higher than
that of European countries, and
there are many things enjoyed by
the wage earners on this contin-
ent that are the Injuries of only
the rich in other lands. Indeed,
very much of our living cost is due
to the standard Of luxurcs de-
manded and actually enjoyed by all
classes.
If the rTasons are more politi-
cal than economic. the loss may be
in some respects a gain. Foreign
crs who fail to enter into the spir-
It Of American institutions and who
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
GERMANY'S SURRENDER
CAUSED BY MILITARY REVERS
ES NOT BY INTERNAL
TROUBLES.

Official documents proving that
Germany's surrender in November,
1918, was caused by Allied victories
in the field and not by revolution in
Germany. as claimed by Hinder
burg and Ludendorff are published
by the Sparticst journal Freihelt.
of Berlin
Freiheit quotes Il secret commun-
ique from the military cabinet dated
October 10, 1918 Gust a month be-
fore the armistice), which openly
states that "the armistice was ne
cessitated by the continued military
defeats on the Western front"
The C0longe Zeitune, comment
ing on the Kautsky collection of Of
fetal documents on the origin Of the
var, says that 80 long as the Al
led powers do not publish their Sec
ret documents, the question OF the
sponsibility. for the war can not
be absolutely decided"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29

no tpermitted."
As stated, there can be no obiec-
;ioE to that purpose. Let US ind
out where we stand; if we can't
trade, let us know why; our govern
ment which has steadfastly refus-
cd to be hostile to the B9lsheviki
when hostility would have done
some good, is under some obligation
to explain its extremely obscure
reasonings. Perhaps such a demand
might bring definite sttement of
policy; the situation would even be
somewhat clearer If the government
confessed that we have no policy.
These gentlemen also have reason
on their side when they say that
British. German and other interests
have been manoeuvring for the
trade of Russia, and that in such a
case Americans should not lag be-
hind. If the group Of nations which
took counsel together at Versailles
IS to break wholly apart upon the
Russian question, if it is to be every
man for himself, the Americans
must be sure that nobody gets
ahead of them. But since this Stu
alton would mean that each OF the
principal allied nations must make
d separate peace with Lenine, while
ire smaller states abutting On his
borders would probably be left at
AS mercy, it would be equivalent to
urrendering Europe to Bolsheyism
M Of lIa must hang together on this
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
FIPoT STEP TOWARD
TOBACCO PROHIBITION

They're off. The crusade against
the use Of tobacco has won its
first victory, and having tasted the
blood OF the wicked, will now seek
rev zones Of conquest, new buck
cts OF blood. Down in South Caro-
Ina, the state senate has passed,
at the bchest of q lobby, a law
which would prohibit smoking il
hotels and other public places.
Do not smile complacently and
puff at your cigar as if distance let
you ard your favorite habit in.
munity. Prohibition began the
same way. and today conviviality,
induced by the lager that cheers
even If it does not inebriate, is
history. The ladies and gentlemen
whose special province is the
minding of other peoples business
and the impairment Of other PEG
PIES liberty, are out after the
Smokes And they'll get you, CT
gar and all, if you don't watch out.
The governor OF North Carolina
IS saying to the governor Of South
Carolina, with a felFor such as he
mover displayed before, It's a
long time between drinks" How
long will it be init the governor
Of North Carolina vii be complain
ing to the goyernor of South Caro-
lima that it is long time between
stoeies? The future, which is a
sphinx says nothing, but gl0wers
Observation-Disclosures Times star
(Ronl
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
GOLDEN WEDDING IS
pRETTILY OBSERVED
Mr.. And Mr.. Samuel Hedges
Married Fifty Years.

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hedges, Of
Back Creek Valley, near Tomahawk
celebrated their 50th wedding an
niyersary at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. L, Boyey, of 106 Georgia
avenue, Rosemont. Tuesday. Also
The fifteenth birthday of their
granddaughter, Bertha May Hedges.
daughter of Mr. A. 3 Hedges. Of
Brunswick Md The table was beau
tiful with all the good things to
eat that could be had; also a white
birthday cake with Is pink candles.
Mr.. and Mrs Hedges received quite
an amount Of golden presents. \
notable feature Of the occasion
was that Mrs. II. s. Butts, Of West
King street, was the bridesmaid at
Mr.. and Mrs HEDGES wedding and
that well known lady sDent the day
with them on their golden anniver-
safy. The day was spent in a most
enjoyable manner music and remin-
1fcences of years ago
Those present were: NJ. and
Mrs. Samuel Hedges, NJ. A. B.
iledSeS anu vile, brunswick, Md,
daughter, Bertha May Hedges.
Mrs. Theodore Butts, Cumberland,
Md; Mr.. and Ms. Jacob Hedges,
sons, Claud and Douglas; Mr.. Char
les Hedges, children, Ward. Thel-
ma, Winona, Mr.. Hunter Hedges
and wife, children. Earl. Hugh, Blu.
lain, Marvin, Leona; Mr.. and Mrs
D. L. HEDGES, children, Herndo,
Margaret, Paul, Bruce, Marce; Mr..
and Mrs. n. /. Boyey and children,
Robert, Max, lDorothy Mary Ruth;
Mrs. Ruth Woods. Mrs. Charles
Williams, Miss Bessie DeHaven.
Mrs. Artie Shanholtz and daughter
Margaret, Mr.. Lawrence Hedges,
2Ir Bernard Butts, wife and son,
Granville; Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
RAILROAD
TO BAGDAD

The opening Of the Bagdad-Gulf
railroad will not prove the great
commercial success anticipated UNI
less it redeems the whole Meso-
potamian region from its poverty
and squalor And this it can do by
providing an incentive to agricul-
tire and assisting in the extensive
plans Of irrigation needed to con
vert 100000 acres of desert into
farm land. Such conversion as is
possible i'll Mesopotamia have prov
ed in our western country wonder
fully fruitful in productiyeness.
The work already done along the
lines of this railroad are Arabian
night like in the transformation
that has already come. Pure drink
,ng water, system of sewerage, tel
graph and telephone wires, are al
lady there. Railway cars loaded
With silk, myrrh, gold and dragons
Ei0od have taken the place Of the
slow moving caravans of camcls.
Trains speed over sandy wastes,
eating journeyings by hundreds
Of miles by bringing creYices and
piercing mountains.
The possibilities are immense,
wen though the greater part of the
land to be served has been char
aeterized as "a miserable wilder
ness of barren desert alternating
with vast swamps with only one of
its twelve millions Of acres under
cultivation and with only 10 inhab-
itants to the square mile" This
Mesopotamia IS the land that In
the long ago was called "the gran
arv Of the world" its deterioration
was caused by wars, pestience,
and lack of distribution Of its Wa
ter supply. The railroad has the
task of giving to this land it's anci-
ent wealth, grandeur and produc-
tiveness.
There is room there for millions
Of people, there are riches for the
Industrious and the enterprising.
There is a new world" lying dor
mant awaiting colonists The new
Inc of railroad is but the begin
ming of what promises to be the
greatest human enterprise of many
centuries---Boston Post Gnd Dem)
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
AGAINST PROTECTIVE
TARIFF.

The shaky platform just set up
by the American Protective Tariff
League has decidedly antique and
frail structure for rational Ameri-
cans to stand upon. After several
whereases about what vitality af-
fects prices an dwill keep American
/ industries alive, it demands the en-
actment of an adequate protective
tariff law" at the earliest possible
date" applying to competing inn
ports from all countries alike
with mo reciprocity treaties, no fa-
vored nation clauses, nor any other
form of favoritism or discrimina-
ton" 1t also declared itself, with a
quarto of whereases, unalterably
opposed to the Covenant of the
League of Nations Or any such
league which endangers the SOW
eregnty. entity, and independence
OF the United States Of America
What these elf-protectionists
pray for is Industrial and commerce
ial isolation for this free country.
and its self-protection from all the
rest of the world. If other nations
wish to trade with US they must sell
to us only what we want from them,
but must buy from us all we have
to spare and pay our price for it.
We got mixed up with them dread
fully in the war and got out in much
better shape than they did, but now
we must turn our back upon them
and build up home industries and
home markets and leave them to do
al their own work for recovery. Is
it possible that Americans can so
shrink up and crawl into their
holes New York Journal of Com
merce Qnd).
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are not the raw material Of Amer
lean citizens are not working
here at advantage either to them
selves or TO us, and then there is
danger Of them organizing and &C
lively expressing their discomfort
it is better to encourage their de
parture by passport facilities than
to, bear the expense of it in depor'
tation.
Let the good work Of Americana
cation proceed, but let those who
will not be Americanized depart
as quickly as they can book a pas
sage. If they think they can find
better living conditions than are
to be found in America, permit
them to 80 forth on the voyage Of
discovery San Francisco Bulletin
Gnd)
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TRADING WITH
RUSSIA.

Forty-fve American business men
Who are said to have orders foe
aaads from the Government Of Boil
aeyist Russia met on Sunday in
Washington and organized the Amer
N Commercial Association TO
Promote Russian Trade. The chair
man Of the meeting declares that 1t
IS the first organized attempt TO
permit the shipment of American
goods into Russian ports or to as
certain why such trade relations a~e
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
% LOST LIVES.

Twenty-Five persons lost the
lives in the mines of West Virgin
during last December, according
figures announced by the State I
partment OF Mines. Five we
killed in Logan county; five in III
leigh; four in Mcdowell; two
Fayette; and one each in Braxto'
Kanawha, Marion, Marshall, Monol
gala and Ohio.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
MANAGES COMPAPMY.

J. r. Slayton, former adjutant OF
The Salvation Army at Huntington.|
has been named president and gen.,
eral manager of new 100000 coal
company just organized by Hunt
ington, Marietta, o., and Pittsburgh
men to be known as the virginia.
Elkhorn By-Product Co. 1t will
operate in Dickinson county, Va.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29
DOGS GET THE FLU

Roa.aents of West Moreland. 4
suburb of Huntington, report an in
f1uenza epidemic among the dogs
there, and thus far approximately
twenty have died as result. Somd
Of the victims include very valuao
BILE animals.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29

Hedges, Mr.. and ldrs. Carroll He'd.
ges, Mr. s. B. Stuckey, Mrs. Harry
Kitchen, Mrs. H. s. Butts, Mr. Gold
Weller, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Bageant
Mr.. Charles Shroades. All departed
for their homes wishing Mr.. and
Mrs. Hedges many more happy
years
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29

his own merits alone He might do
much worse than get a nice Ameri,
can girl for wife, and come over
here and grow into the best OF all
humans real American Of the
first grade.-Baltimor Sun Qnd.
Dem l.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29

certain cuts of meat at a cheap
price. And it's not all bone, either
there's a good deal Of gristle in
it.-Nashville Tennessean.
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Daily
Editorial
digest

(Title Appld for U. s. Pat off
Edited by the Washington
Feature Service
DAVID LAWRENCE, Prest.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-01-29

BY II. A. MacGlLL,
Creator OF tho Han-Room Yso
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-06-11
POSTAL MEN To
TAKE ACTION
Will Ask Next Session of Con-
gress to Grant Them In
creases In Pay.

Through a campaign to be started
on June 27 efforts will be made by
the United National Association OF
Postoffice Clerks to have the next
session OF congress correct the mani
fest iniquities and imperfections OF
the legislation which was passed by
the recent session of congress giving
a raise to the postofiice employees so
that the employees might be better
able to meet the high cost of living.
The bill which has been enacted into
law Is claimed by the postal employ
es to be only makeshift and cannot
afford either permanent or material
relief.
The meeting on June 81 will be
held at Newark by the New Jersey
Branch of the national association OF
postoffice clerks. The meeting has
been called by President Charles
Adams Of Atlantic City. The princi-
pal addresses will be made by the
National President, c. p. Franciscus
Of Washington, d. G., Thomas Slevin'
president of New York Branch NO.
i and William McKeon of New York
City.
A delegation of the Perth Amboy.
Branch, No 1107 will attend the
meeting. Among this delegation will
be William F. Coughlin, first vice
president of the New Jersey Associa-
ton, Edward ID. flynn ana victor
Benish. The main feature of the
meeting will be the laying of the foun-
dation for the national campaign 10
obtain the increase necessary to meet
the cost of living at the present time.
The association holds out that the
only fair and equitable readtustment
of the salaries of post office clerks
would be a minimum salary Of 81 500
with a maximum salary of $4,000
with annual progression from the first
to the fifth grade and with provisions
for the two grades of special clerk
with salary of $2,40O and $2,50O.
Under the present increase 1t was
pointed out today. that in some cases
the raise after the deduction of the
retirement fund is made is only about
81 q week.
At the meeting on June 27 a spec
ial meeting will be held by the State
Finance committee ON the call of
Vice President. William F. Coughlin.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-06-11
MORE COUNTY ROAD REPAIRS
PLANNED BY FREEH0LDERS
Blazing Star Road to Roosevelt to be Improved County Gets
Notification of State Taking Over Roads, Other High
way Matters Are Discussed by County Fathers.

road be built. as pointed out by Free
holder Louis J. Belloff, Is that the
tracks Of the Public Service street
railway company run through the
center of the street, and that company
seems very unwilling to proceed with
any more new work at this time. =
A representative of the trolley COM
pany will be requested to meet with
the board next week to talk over the
matter and 1t IL thought that an effort
will be made to start a portion of a
new pavement this year.
Metuchen Work.
Work on the new pavement on Am
boy avenue Metuchen has now been
practically completed, only the portion
between the trolley tracks remaining
unfinished. An inspection of this work
was held yesterday, 1t being found to
be in q satisfactory condition. reso-
luton presented by Freeholder Clar-
enoe N. Haight was adopted approv-
ing and accepting the job and author
king the payment to the contractor of
lninety-fve per cent. of the contract
price. Ave per cent. being retained as
q guarantee bond.
Tomorrow night At 8 o'clock the
,freeholders will again meet with mem
bers OF the South Amboy council rela-
tive to reaching an agreement regard
ing the paving of Bordentown ave-
nue.. Several conferences have been
held relative to this improvement and
at IL thought that arrangements will
J soon be complete for paving that street
from Broadway to the city Line at
Roses Corner.
Act ON Road Repairs.
Gravel for use in road repair work
Is to be advertised for by Road Su-
pervisor Walter @. Quackenbush. un-
der a resolution adopted. This mate
ri n fa hn "a de- In,
Monroe Cranbury Plainsboro and
South Brunswick township.
Formal notice from the state high
way commission was received yester-
day relative to taking over the coun-
ty roads in this county which COM
prise q portion Of route number four
Of the state highway system. This
road extends from the Union county
line through Woodbridge, Spa
Springs. Perth Amboy. South Am
boy, Morgan and to the Monmouth
county line. While this formal no
tice has just been given. the road has
been under state control since No
vember s. 1919.
At the next meeting OF the board
OF freeholders, which will berthe reg
ular night meeting next Thursday
night. further protests are expected
.. to be made against the continued use
Of high price patented paving mate
rials.
The New Brunswick Board of
Trade in a petition presented several
weeks ago voiced their sentiments
against any oom mprehensive road
building program this year on ac-
count of the high costs and incident
ly objected to the use Of Warrenite.
A committee from the same body
will be present next week to enter
further objections.
Hy ztt< fA11
needless or large expense in road
building this year Is freely predicted
should the county fathers fail to
heed the objections made.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-06-11
WOOD L0WDEN And Johnson PLACED IN NOMINATION
AT CONVENTION FIRST BALLOT, TO FOLLOW SPEECHES
LONG TERMS. FOR 8
Men WHO TRIED TO
CRACK SAFE IN CITY

times without success The prosecu-
tor declared the $1,000 bali forfeited
and the court agreed with this order
Shortly afterwards the prosecutor
sent a communication to the surety
company which furnished the ball,
informing them that immediate pay
ment of the $1,000 be made to the
county due to Silver's failure to ap-
pear
In relation to this forfeiture. the
prosecutor said that Immediately af-
ter the completion of the criminal
calendar a drive would be made to
collect all due forfeitures In re-
gard to the fines the prosecutor in
timated that action would be taken
to collect all imposed during his
term.
Pleads Non Vult
Though her attorney Thomas
Brown, Susie Tallay, of Roosevelt,
retracted her former plea of not guilty
to the Illegal practice of midwifery to
one of Won vult this morning before
Edward f. d. Reinhardt, pleaded not
guilty to an indictment charging him
with assault and battery on Harry
Jackson at Woodbridge on May 10.
Bail was fixed at $500.
Frank Bauman. of New Brunswick,
admitted his guilt of deserting his
wife and minor child on April 1S.
The case was referred to the pro-
baton officer.
George Buchan. of woodbridge
pleaded not guilty to an Indictment
charging him with carrying concealed
weapons on May "a. Bail was fixed
at $500. Buchan who was working
for the railroad company during the
recent strike was arrested during a
disturbance and later a revolver was
found in his possession.
Stephen Ondo. of Roosevelt pleaded
not guilty to an atrocious assault and
battery charge on May said to have
been committed on Regina Albok. In
this case the defendant Is accused of
kicking the complaining witness
causing her to fall down a flight OF
stairs, she being severely injured.
Bail was fixed at $500.
Chester Jennings. colored, Of High
land Park, pleaded not guilty to in
dictment charging him with grave
crime on Alice Brown July 4, of last
year Bail was fixed at $4,000.
John Linsey who was the driver of
an automobile which struck and killed
Mary Dunn at Woodbridge on May
16. pleaded not guilty to manslaugh-
ter. He is being held In $4,000 bail.
John Lod and John Bukasink, in
dicted for the larceny of twenty cop
per ingots valued at $50 from the
Company at Roosevelt on LAY 4
plead not guilty. Bail was fixed al
$500 In each case.
Adam Lins. of New Brunswick.
plead not guilty to an indictment
charging him with assault and bat
terry on Alice Harvey. He was held
for $500.