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Evening journal., 1914-02-07
sHERIFF,s SALES.


SHERlfr's SALE -BN VIRTUE or A
wtit 90 i.oyar taciss. 80 nv directed, win
be cAposed 10 public sale AZ the Oouri
House, ON Market street, between lruth
and Eleventh HireefB in the city of VIII
mingtcn. New Castle county, Delaware.
ON MONDAY.
THE NINTH DAf or FEBRUARY, 1914.
At 10 o clock q h.,
the tolloNin dehcrlhed teal estate. viz.
Az that certain lot piece OF parcel OF land,
situate In tho said city OF Wilmington,
bounded and described a. follows to-wit.
begnning at a stake on the oouthcriy side OF
Third street, between shipley and Orange
streets n corner for this aud land late Of
tnoch Roberts. deceased; thence With tho
line dividing this from tho last mentioned
lot southcrly and parallel with orange street
about sAty'two feet 20 land now or late OF
Henry s. McComb thence Herewith
easterly aud parallel with Third street,
forty siA feet 10 the westerly side Of an alley
five feet wide, running between this and
lands Of Thomas Garrett and Marx rcdrick
70 Third street thence along tho westerly
side OF said alley, northeriy and parellel
with Orange street, about si1tytwo feet 20
the aforesaid side Of Third street, and
thence therowith westerly forty six feet 20
the place Of beginning; having a two.s ory
brick stable thereon erected he the contents
thereof what they may; with the right Of
the use Of the aforesaid alley and aleo with
the right OF use Of threc.fect wide alley
leading from the above described promises al
the Sontherly end of the lot late OF the said
Enoch Roberts, dcoenscd into Orange street
scisrd anu taken 10 execution as che
property Of Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, corporation of the State OF Della
ware, executor OF William G. Martin de
ceased morigagor, and Margarctta A. Martin
widow of William q. Martin surviving mort
gugur. and 90 be sold hy
WALTER s. RURRfs sheriff.
Sherh's Ohice, Wilmington, Vel. Iaauar,
20, 1915. ian22,2t, rs. .3i fcbd.7.
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THE aisT DAy on FEBRUAnT, i0l4,

the following described Real Estate VIZ.
An That certain farm or tract Of land
with the buildings thereon erected. situate
IN the hundred and county 81 Nav Castle.
and State Of Delaware, bounded and de-
rrrihed nr fntlotrr a. Init.
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THF aisT DAY On rrBRuART. isla-

The following described Real Estate viz,
All That certain iut piece or parcel cf
land with the three story brick dwelling
house thereon erected. situate in the CITY on
Wilmington Aforesaid bounded and de-
scrhod o. follows to-wit:
bcgining % point on tho westerly side
of Adams street AZ the distance Of one nun
dred and twenty-five feet southcriy from
The southerly side Of Tenth street: thence
westerly, parallel with Tenth street. ons huu
dred feet thcnce Houtherly. parallel with
Adams street aforesaid. twenty feet and
one inch thence eaateriy, parallel With
Tenth street and passing through the cen
trc Of The party wall one hundred Feet tc
the aforesaid westerly side Of Adams street
snd thence thereby northery twenty feei
and one inch TO the place Of beeinninr r,
The contents thereof what they NAV
scized and taken in execution a. the nron
eriy Of Ella p. Mayne and william A
Mayne, morigagors, and 70 be sold bv
WALTER S. BURRIS sheriff
sheriff 8 once Wilmington Del rehr,
Feb4.7.1l.1416.2O.
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me NINrH pAY on FEBnuARY, 1914,
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WALTER =. RukRlS. srsriH.
~irrin's Once. Wilmington, Del. Jalunr5
go 1914. jan22.24. "a. st-feb4.1.
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the following described real estate, VIA
an that lot or trnct Of land With The build.
inrs thereon erected. situate IN the city OF
Wilmington IN New Castle county and State
of Delaware, bounded and described az fol
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lm NINTH DAY on fEBRUARy. 1914
Evening star., 1914-11-15

,s discovered a building whose roof:
fioor and foundations are constructed or
exceptionally thick concrete and might
annarently be employed as the Gun
niacement of a heavy gun. IN rack. one
~ those seyenteen-inch howttzers Tor
which such careful arrangement were
fownd to have been made around Ant
wern and Namur We are very Tar
from suggesting that the premises at
wiiiesden were deliberately arranged
Considering the German workmen. " "
at least probable that in the event OF
an attack upon London the attention OF
the Germans commanders would nave
been called to that convenient con-
crete floor, even II they had not known
of 1t before their arrival
ut is highly probable that there 90
exist such places around Lonooh anu
in the neighborhood OF our Ereas
fortress positions which nave oeeh
carefully prepared for siege guns; anu
the chief value. to our mind. OF the
Wi,lesden discovery Is that II may be
exnected to stimulate authorities to
search for them.
The suspicion that many wireless
equipments are operating in London
was justified by the discovery OF such
| a plant in the homo of a German pro
| fessor. AS wireless apparatus can ne
operated for so short a distance as
from London to the European coast
| without an outside tower the discovery
! Of Illicit wireless stations is very dif-
ficult. The Times advocates that the
f, war ONCE issue a statement stipulating
| that persons found sheltering such ap-
| naratus will be treated as spies and
| handed over to military power.
Evening star., 1914-11-15
Bitter Feeling Against Ger.
mans Said to Pervade De-
spoiled Country.
TEUTONS WELL BEHAVED
IN OCCUPYING ANTWERP
Residents of Holland Freely Give of
Necessities to Refugees From
Neighboring Nation.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
VLISSINGEN. Holland. November l.
At the hotel in Flushing. where by
great luck shelter was found under
the roof, were two Belgians. One was
o tall, erect, soldierly looking man OF
seventy years. His wife was eight
years younger. Once she must have
been uncommonly pretty. At seventy
she was a very charming elderly wom-
an. Her hands were slender and very
white. A diamond or two were lustrous
upon them.
I'VE lived outside of Antwerp" said
she. I'VE did not know that the
Bosches were coming until one night
we heard a banging at the door. Ger
man soldiers were cutting it down with
axes They drove my husband and my
self into the street in our night clothes.
We had no time to even pick up a
coat"
My husband had been a general in
the Belgian army" said she. Some
years ago he retired. We had enough
money to live comfortably. Today We
have nothing. We have not heard from
our two sons. My husband
She need not finish her sentence. The
old mans vacant smile as he sat con-
tentedly in the sun told his story.
The bitter longing for vengeance
Evening star., 1914-11-15
HEAVY CONCRETE FLOORS
FOUND IN BIG FACTORY
London Becomes Excited When It Is
Suggested ss Base for Ger
man Guns.

Correspondence
LONDON. November 2. london has
been greatly excited by the report that
q German-owned music-printing plant
in Willesden, a prominent mnuafactur-
ing suburb Of London. has an immense
building whose heavy concrete founda-
tions, floors and roof are well adapeed
to the use of siege guns.
Twenty Of the German employees Of
the firm were taken into custody and
military experts are studying the
cited public is fully convinced that the
plant was designed to act as German
base for attack upon London proper.
The building unquestionably occupies a
strategic position. 1t stands high with
a clear range to Crystal Palace. Will
lesden Junction. where two main lines
entering London center. is but short
distance from the plant.
However, the English architects who
designed the building and supervised
its construction eight years ago say 1t
is similar to many other printing plants
and has no heavier foundations and
floors than are required where heavy
| machinery is to be installed.
The building Is about 200 feet square
on the outside and Is constructed about
| story and the founda tions are of con-
! crete and six feet thick. The English
| manager of the concern says this un-
usually thick foundation was laid as
| the firm expected to add additional sto-
ries to the plant when business ex-
panded. A concrete roof covers most
| of the building.
Discovery by the allies that Germany
| has prepared concrete bases for Its
| howitzers surreptitiously in many
| places in Belgium and France has made
all Englishmen suspicious of possible
German preparations in England.
In discussing the Willsden factory,
the Sunday Times says:
TN a situation which commands ar
almost uninterrupted view of that
| great tract of London which lies be-
tween Willesden and the Crystal Palace
Evening star., 1914-11-15

persists among the Belgians, but not
among the refugees. These latter poor
folk have had the spirit crushed out Of
them. But in the back country. sleep
.ng under hedges, moving only at night,
alert. suspicious, impla cable, are the
legitimate descendants of the water
beggars of four centuries ago in
F'landers-the landless men who tore
down many high-walled keep. They
are no longer soldiers. Some of them
never have been soldiers. They are
ministers of vengeance.
There We're four German officers in
little Belgian soldiers who found asylum
at Flushing. They stopped one night
to ask their way. dozen Of the
Night Men leaped into the tonneau."
Three Died Silently.
Three German officers died there,
silently. Because the fourth cried out,
and thereby spoiled a plan. they took
him away. AS he liked to cry, he
should have his fill of crying. the Night
Men said. Strong men die silently. but
as weeping seemed to comfort weak
men in the article of death he should
weep until he was content before he
died.
They heard him cry for miles.
m'sieu." said the little Belgian soldier.
shivering. But it was dark, and the
German soldiers could not find him
until it was too late
German war correspondent / met in
Flushing-just before he was evicted by
the Dutch government-added to this
story.
THE Germans do not mind these hedge
dogs" said he, angrily They kill men
on post, but we do not mind death in
war. But when they capture our men.
herr, they kill them slowly"
1t appears. also, that there is singu
larly little pleasure to be extracted from
the execution of these hedge dogs"
They laugh at the ri1emen. and tell of
the Germans they have killed and how
these Germans died.
1t was after Antwerp had been evac-
uated that the silent hell came OF
which my refugee friends spoke. Many
Anversois had determined not to leave
their town. Most of these were in
fected by that blind panic which seized
on the town and ran with the rest.
The others waited until the Germans
came.
Then we left" sal they. "Msieu. it
is quite true that the city was COM
pletely empty. 1t was not harmed great
Iy. Many of the streets looked just as
they had before. But there was no one
in them"
1t is impossible, of course, that every
man and child and woman left Ant
werp. But it probably Is true that those
who remained hid themselves for the
first few hours. The Germans seized
and sentinneled the streets. They had
Evening star., 1914-11-15
PRISONERS PUBLISH PAPER.
French in German Concentration
Camp Near Zossen Issue Weekly.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. November l. - The
French prisoners in the concentration
camp of Zossen. near Berlin. are pub
fishing a weekly paper in the French
language, which they call lie Heraut
(The Herald).
LIE Heraut boasts of being the only
paper which Is In connection with the
whole world-by telepathy. The aim
of the paper is ITO overcome the ar
dent longing for their country by the
reaction of a sound, amiable. inoffen-
sive and salutary humor."
The last page is reserved for adver-
tisements Here the chief editor. the
proprietor of a once fiourishing fur
business, recommends to all ms COM
rades his Ia-ge stock in furs and n-om-
ises them his most careful attention.
The market report" for example, con-
tains a pious lament that in the coun-
try of Gambrinus there is not drop
Of lager beer for the war prisoners.
Evening star., 1914-11-15
HOSPITAL FOR INDIANS

Correspondence Of the Associated fress.
LONDON, October S1.-Earl Roberts is
raising a fund which will be devoted ex-
clusiveIy to the use of the Indian forces
in the present war. Already he has re-
ceived $3.50, 900 and within two weeks he
hopes to have enough money to equip
special hospital in the south OF Eng
land for the care of the sick and wound
ed Indian soldiers.
The fund will also be used to provide
warm clothing especially suited to the In
dian troops Rations of the English army
are wholly unlike the customary diet OF
the Indians, and special dishes will be
provided for them out of the fund. In
dians are especially fond Of sugar, spices
and all sorts of sweets.
Princess Mary and her advisers are
making special preparations to send the
Indians Christmas gifts which VIII espe-
cially appeal to them. 1t is likely the
gifts will take the form of boxes OF
candies and other sweetmeats particu'
larly relishd by the men from the fal
east.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Antwerp-no reasoning man could-and
discipline has never ousted the faculty of
reason with these chaps. Their courage
is not questioned. They are good fight
can call them good soldiers.
Il saw a Belgian captain order his
men to retreat" one man said. They
had been lying in a hollow and had been
shells In order to retreat they must
pass an area that was being fairly busted
by shrapnel The men refused to go.
When the captain tried to force them
out OF their safety one of them shot
him"
That is the statement of an eyewit-
ness. but it may never be known whethe~
It is true Another man told of seeing
two Belgian officers pistol their men when
the latter refused to charge. 1 repeated
the story to a Belgian officer
II doubt it, said he. Il do not be-
lieve that any of US ordered our men to
charge that last day.
Retreated at Great Speed.
That British and Belgian alike re-
treated at a rate that almost reached
a rout must be admitted. The British
boast they did sixteen miles in two
hours-which is as fast as good
farm horse can trot. But they are not
to be criticised. The city was lost.
The one thing for them to do was to
save themselves.
1t was a fast three-hour walk to
Roosendaal, the nearest crossing OF
the Dutch frontier. Then they were
safe. The good Dutch began to
achieve merit by attending to their
wants. At o'clock in the morning
the man who keeps the little coffee
shop opposite the station in Flushing
was asked for a cup of coffee.
Il have nothing left said he. "All
is gone"
He actually had nothing left in his
shop except water. His wife and two
pretty daughters We're carrying water
from the we'll to fill the canteens OF
the thirsty soldiers who filled the
street. He had given away every
thing.
when a poor soldier asks you fol
a piece of bread" said he, you COM
prehend. M'sieu. one cannot say no."
1t is perhaps conservative state
ment to say that in the days imme.
diately following the rout from Ant
werp every church and pier and pub.
lie building in Holland was filled with
sleeping refugees. The Dutch men ane
women freely gave half their time te
looking after their visitors. Theil
own business was attended to in what
time they had left. Not less thar
half a million penniless people poured
into Holland in these days Hundreds
of thousands of equally poverty
stricken folk had preceded them. Be
Evening star., 1914-11-15
NOVEL INTRENCHING TOOL.
Canadians Carry Spade That Also
Serves as Shield.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
BASINGSTOKE, England, October 30.
Canadian troops at Salisbury Plain
carry an intrenching tool that is novel
to the Englishman. 1t is capable of
being used as shield and is slung
across the shoulder in a leather
case. The tool is a spade weighing
about four pounds and consequently
can be carried at all times. The spade
has an oval hole in the center of it
through which gun barrel can be
thrust The tool thus serves both as
a rifle rest and shield to the soldier
in the trenches.
All the spades have been subjected
10 heavy fire and the metal in them is
nractically bulletproof. At a distance
of 900 wards heavy ammunition only
cracks the shields and does not pene-
trate them.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

the man who had just come from Ant
werp. "One expects that Of German
soldiers. They required civilians to
salute the German flag and German
officers, but they were in no case
brutal or overbearing, so far as l
saw. They merely applied business
methods to war
They were all so happy. They
grinned at one SO cheerfully-not at all
like Huns, but like good little coun-
try Germans out or friendly lark
At night they stood about one of the
regimenta1 bands and listened to the
across bands of these round-faced.
straw-haired chaps. singing their
blithe young heads off. Sometimes the
officers seemed to act as choirmasters.
If the best voice belonged to a prf-
vate he set the pitch. At night one
heard the sound of violins and song
from the houses in which the men
were blleted."
happens in beaten town in that
frantic interval between the collapse
of the old authority and the incoming
of the new. These Anversois gave the
answer.
There was looting." said they. Not
much-not nearly as much as we had
feared-but enough. Those merchants
who were able had stored their goods
in the warehouses. All the others had
closed and battened down their shut
ters. Ruffians came out of cutters and
cellars. They stole where they
could"
One man said his personal servant stole
and shared his stealings with his master.
Another saw his chauffeur stink out of a
warehouse door upon the quays with his
arms Uttered with bottles.
Il was faint" said he II had not
eaten nor drank fer do not know how
long. l went in that warehouse in search
Of bottle. Just as l got my hand upon
the neck Of one shell exploded at the
warehouse door"
Bottle Held Pepsin Bitters.
He ran, carrying with him his bottle.
Many things happened. A stray soldier
in khaki-he does not know to what
army this violent stray belonged-began
shooting at him with rifle. More shells
fell about him. He lodged down alleys
and ran through dark ways He leaped
upon a wagon that was being gallope1
over the believing cobbles and drew his
revolver upon the driver when the latter
tried to make him get down. Hours aft
erward-as it seemed to him-he get into
a backwater of sa ETY.. He was positive
ly weak with hunger. For the first time
he remembered his bottle.
1t was a bottle of pepsin bitters.
There were countless stories Of the
breakdown of the Belgian troops. Part of
them are without doubt true. They could
not see what possible good could be ac-
complished by an impossible defense OF
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fore the machinery of the state was
set in action these were fed by private
charity. and we'll fed. It seemed that
every refugee had crumbs around his
mouth. All refugee children were I'M
bedded in bread and butter.
Evening star., 1914-11-15
no occasion to be noisy. 1t must have
been a muted nightmare of town.
Plans Carefully Made.

Their plans had been made. down to
the last detail The German passion
for organization and system was never
shown to greater advantage. Six
weeks before Antwerp was taken
Dutch photographer wrote from Rot
terdam to Berlin:
II know you are going to take Ant
wern." said he. Il wish to apply for
a pass in order that l may take pic
+ures of the city without interference"
He received in return a most impos-
,np narchmept, lettered in black and
red and blistered with golden seals. IN
which he was given permission to en-
ter Antwerp upon the same DAY uhat
the German troops entered it. When
he presented himself at headquarters
with the pass he was turned over to
Junior officer.
officer.
The Dutch photographer found
we'll set table. His place was marked
for him by a name card. His name
had not been written but printed.
The Germans were displeased by the
evacuation. They wished the Anver-
sois to remain there and go on about
their business. The Germans were very
distinctly upon their good behavior. IT
was not merely a reflection upon them
to capture only an empty city. but llv-
So they set guards at the city gates.
Very few were permitted to go out, but
almost any one could go in. In a few
days the Anversois, reassured by these
tidings, began to drift back to their
homes.
The Germans paid for every farth-
ings worth of goods they took" said
man who had just arrived from Ant
werp. They did not break open L
store, unless they needed the goods.
Then they took only what they needed
and left a receipt for it. That receipt
could be turned into cash at the Hotel
de Vile. The cash was newly minted
German silver"
First Repair Water Works.
For eight days before Antwerp fell the
water works had been out of commits
sion. A stray shell had knocked 1t
out The first thing the Germans did
was to restore the water works. Then
they took their own men. and every
other man they could find, and cleaned
the city. The streets were filled with
dead animals and debris and the fright
full refuse of siege. All this was cart
ed away. Lime was freely sprinkled
where it was needed.
1T was not the discipline of the
Germans that impressed me most" said
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@@ss Bea2eil Man i'm the Worla Found Greek Colony

But. on the other hand, We do not want
the luxury loving. There is whole
horde Of people who are gushing, effu-
sive and pseudo-artistic. They chase
geniuses perennially. hoping to capture
them for receptions and teas. The idea
Of summer resort filled with talented
bohemian persons appeals to them as
a novel and thrilling experience.
The type of worker whom we aim
to interest in our colony Is the honest
laborer in the realm of the ideal who
has something to express and is brave
enough to express that something. even
at pecuniary loss and in the face of rid
icule. / honestly believe that we must
return to something AIN to the simple
life. and 1t is my plan not to have any
servants in the community. each con-
tributing several hours daily to the light
tasks of cooperative service"
The scribe had a fleeing vision of a
somewhat disorganized cooperative
household run b. the mutual labor of
varying artistic temperaments. However.
the founder of the colony does not i'm
press one as either fool or a dawdler.
and his simple. practical manner, more
than any words or glowing prospectus.
soon established in my naturally skepti-
cal intellect deep faith and hearty in
dorsement-
You see'' he said simply, Il am at
heart nothing but plowboy. l came
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from a farm in Nebraska. l ran away
to 20 to school. trudging over long.
hard roads in q wild country when l
was only twelve years old in order to
obtain a high school education. I really
am thoroughly self-made and have earned
my way through varying vicissitudes
ever since childhood have slept in a
basement doorway on Broadway because
I had not the money for a nights lodg-
ing"
'Impossible." the writer exclaimed. see
ing the halo OF his recent days in Egypt
and Greece above his fair ringlets.
All about me was the luxury of a mod
ern. unusually elegant New York studio.
1t was Of the duplex variety. done in
wonderful woods. oarpeted with soft Per
sian rugs, its walls lined with rare paint
ings. expressions of the moods of the boy
chatting unconcernedly before me. And
Yet no one codld doubt that, amid the
comforts Of present material prosperity,
his soul was simple and sincere. 1t is
one thing to Use luxury as a background.
another thing to wallow in it. Things
will never suffCcate Paul Swan.
1t 10 q fer cry from a Nebraska prairie
to the sunny isles Of Greece. where
burning Sapho loved and sang" The
story Of this reincarnated Narcissus is
more fascinating than any fairy tale. One
cannot picture him amcng the rude farm
lands and severe storms OF the plains OF
Nebraska Rather does he seem the en-
bodirnent of the spiri. Of Athens.
Golden Greece was his loadstar from