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Evening journal., 1915-09-29
Am sOcIETY SOCIAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
EBENszER, Del, Sept. 29.-Ihe
Ladies Aid Society Of Ebenezer M. j..
Church met at the home OF Mr. and
Mrs h. Frank Comfy OF near Christi
ana on Thursday evening. The guests
were; Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Davis, Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Little, Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph X. Worrall, Mrs. Sara
T. Worrall Mrs. Paterson and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Comfy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Orlando Strahorn. Mrs. Cordrey
OF Newark. Mrs. Henry Singer, Mr..
and Mrs. George l.. Denny, Mr.. and
Thomas Moore. Misses Sara Davis,
Alma Little. Elizabeth Little, Lora
Little. Katharine Mousley, Reba Com
ly Elsie Comfy Sara Little, Edna
Worrall, Gladys Davis, Messrs. Way
land Fellows. Charles Wilson. Clar-
ence Dempsey, Harold Little, Her
man Little. Albert Strahorn, Robert
Strahorn. Loring Cordrey, Joseph
Singer. William Singer, Clarence
Walton. Clarence Davis, Raymond Da-
Wis and others.
Miss Elizabeth buckingham was tho
guest on Friday at the home Of her
brother. Frank IT. Buckingham Mrs.
George Medill Of Newark has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin PEN
nock-Miss Mary E. Dennison has
eutered the West Chester Normal
SCHOOL, Charles Wilson OF near Hoe
kessin is visiting mt the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. joseph all.-Mrs. Kath-
ariue Vansant and daughter. Miss
Nellie Nansant were the Thursday
guests Of Mrs. Lewis Lee.
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
DUPONTS TO HAVE
". VA. MUNITIONS PLANT

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Sept 29.-
The dupont Powder Company Of Della
ware. with an authorized capital OF
S2fO 600, 900 has been authorized to do
business in West Virginia by Secre-
tary of state Stuart II. Reed.
II is reported that the company will
spend a half million dollars in this
state in locating magazines and ac-
quiring real estates in this city. Kel-
logg, Martinsburg, Huntington. Clarks-
burg, Blaine, Piedmont, Blueheld,
scarboro and Rock, all in this State.
The charter permits the company to
engage in the manufacture of powder,
dynamite and all kinds of explosives,
including munitions of war.
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
NEEDHAM PROPERTY SOLD;
CATS AMONG The Living

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. Sept 29.-At an ex-
ecusor's sale Of the real estate and
personal property here yesterday of
the late Mrs. sallie S. Noeman, the
following properties were disposed Of;
Lot Of land in Wyoming, containing
ls.05O square feet with brick dwelling,
purchased by }. r. wilds of Dover
for $1,000.
Lot of land in Wyoming having a
front of 6S feet and a depth OF $50
feet with two.story frame dwell
Ing by Wallace Holden. Of Wyoming,
for $685.
lot of land in Wyoming with a
frontage OF 6S feet and a depth of
100 feet purchased by Wallace Holden
for 5000.
Lot Of land in Wyoming adjoining
the other three lots, containing 51lO
square feet purchased by George M
Fisher, for S399.
Dwelling situated in Division street
purchased by r. L. Hardesty, fol
- Double dwelling situated on Cover
nors avenue. containing 6060 square
feet of land. purchased by A. b. Ma
gee. for S. H. Carson. Si605
Double dwelling on Mary street
containing 1000 square feet purchased
by A. b. Magee for.S. II. Carson, SlllO
Five bonds OF the Kent Count,
Light Water Company, purchased by
Reynolds Clough. Of Dover for S6l.5'
each.
Two shares OF the Peoples Guaran
tee and Trust Company, of Dover, fol
$l24 each by Romulus A. Hopkins.
Evidently the provisions of Mrs
Neeman's viii as TO the chloroforminl
Of her pet cats was not fully carried
out by the executor as at thehomestead
yesterday fully half dozen cats were
seen about the premises.
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
MUST keep CARS UP
TO HIGH STANDARD
Railroads Of Country Take
Pride in Modern
Freight Cars
REPAIRS WERE
ONCE UNKNOWN

An observer Of railroad conditions
in this city remarked the other day
of the different appearance OF the cars
on The sidings from that of the bur-
den carriers Of some years ago. Ihe
Pennsylvania railroad, =. x ,. and
other leading railroads throughout the
country today not only pride them
selves i'm having the most modern
passenger cars, but freight cars as
well. One railroad official in speak
ing of the modern freight car, ex-
planned that under present condiuons
the old-fashioned cars wouldn't stand
up under the traffic.
Rolling stock must be kept up lc
high standard The Old-time freighS
cars, that were never repaired unill
thev broke down absolutely, would he
pulled to pieces by the big engines
and heavy loads of today.
Time was whcl, as the remarks oi
the railroad man Indicate, the rail-
roads never shipped a car as long as
IL would travel Boz cars lost men
1a'nt q rough stress OF wm1 ana
weather. coal cars which were then
btlt of wood ab1yo their king bolts
were never painfsi efter they lett the
shops of the 'A.ilders until they went
through a wreck and had TO have a
few new planks sneared owe. WIN
metallic pigment and oil AS usual
tning the whole car was not repRin.-
ed The new woodwork was given a
.aw dauEs of paint by painters WHO
we're by no mems artists in theiI
line. and the car went back into
service. Probably shabbiest o. all
we're stock cars. In time they look
ed like worn out corn cribs on
wheels
Cars we're rarely destroyed unless
they were reduced TO klndlng Wooo
i'm wrecks. Nobody thought Of scrap
ming them because they had become
worn out. They were patched up as
long as they would run. or until they
were finally dismemhered IN smash
up that left nothing to repair.
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
FRIENDSHIP LODGE SUPPER.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STANTON, Del, Sept 29.-Friend-
ship Lodge, No 4. S. of b., will hold
supper in Stanton Hall on Thursday
evening, October A.
Mr.. aud Mrs. S. II. Taylor recently
entertained Miss Helen Whitfield, DIT.
Samuel Ewing James Whitfield and
Stanley Hugh. Mrs. Charles Webb
was a recent Wilmington visitor
Mrs George Banks was a recent guest
of Mrs II. B. Donaldson. Miss Edith
Colt was n recent Wilmington visi-
tor Mrs. Matte McElweo was re-
cent guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Mar
vei.-M Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Shaw were
the recent guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. +. j.
ellison
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
WAR NEWS OF ONE
YEAR AGO TODAY.

French and British war Office
reports declare that the movement
20 flank the German right was de-
veloping at the northern end Of
the western front.
Berlin admitted that there had
been heavy lighting. but said that
there had been no decisive result.
Advancing Belgians reoccupied
Malines. Antwerp forts we're be-
ing bombarded.
Russia reported repulsing des-
Q perate attempts of four German
9 army corps TO cross the River Me
man to cut the Warsaw railroad.
Italy protested to Vienna against
. sowing bombs in tho Adriatic.
Austrians lost great stores of
war material in the recent defeat
in Galicia.
sas
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
NEwPoRT's SOCIAL SIDE.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWPORT, Del. Sept. 29.-Ihe
monthly meeting of the Ladies' Aid Of
the Methodist Church will be held this
evening at the home of Mrs. Willis
Groome-Alrs. Sarah Finn has returned
home after spending some time with her
sister. Mrs. Ellen b. Woodward-Miss
Irene Gregg entertained number OF her
friends at her home last Saturday. Those
present were: Misses Madeline May,
Ruth Bennett. Charlotte Cohee, Madeline
Dixon, of Wilmington; Emma Maclary,
Mary Lyman, Nellie Ball, Irene Gregg,
Eta McCardle, Francis ball. MIR. and
Mrs. Harvey Gregg, Miss Eta Lyman and
Devices Chandler. of Newport-Nlrs.
Harvey Gregg entertained Miss Lillian
Chandler of Philadelphia, on Saturday
and Sunday Warren Vedder, of Will
mngton, has been spending a few days
with his aunt, MS John Whaun-AlisH
Mildred Chandler has returned nome
after spending a few days in oxford, Pa,
Mrs. ID. W. Chandler is spending sew
eral weeks in oxford, Pa.-Miss Bernicc
Attix was the weekend guest of rela.
tives in Dovcr-Miss Clara Weldin was
the Sunday guest of Mrs. Louis Bali
Mr. and Mrs. Brynburg Morrow, of vii.
mington. spent Sunday with Mrs
Morrow's parents, DIR. and Mrs. Francis
l.. Springer Bessie Lyman was the
weekend guest of Miss Rebecca
Springer.
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
RADN DANCE AT TOWNSEND.

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TOWNSEND, Del, Sept. 29.-Mrs.
Nelson Alfree gave a barn dance at
their country home near here Friday
evening. Music was furnished by
the Davis brother of Lambson. Dur
ing the intermission refreshments
were served. II. H. Vanhorn enter
tanned the party with both vocal and
instrumental music Those present
were: Misses Amanda Carey, Cora
Ivory. Elizabeth Shockley, Ada Ivory
Bessie Savin, Helen Grier, Margaret
Austin. Vena Ivory, Ida Carey. Anna
and Helen Alfree, Jane Tucker, Mrs.
George Stuart. Hilda Emerson, Eliza
beth Zebley. Anna Wentz, Josephine
Willard, Messrs. IT, II. Vanhorn, Al
fred Grier. c. w. Baker. Roy Grier,
Roy Austin. L. " Watts, David Grier,
Roscoe Emerson. William Howell
Clarence pierson. Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Ivory, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Alfree
James Howell. Sterling Lockerman
Mr.. and Mrs. Malvern Naylor. Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Charles Jones'
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
SLEFpYTrFa'
How Jane Helped Her Uncle
BY VIRGINIA VALID.

Once upon a time Jane was
playing with her dolls. when all
at once she heard Uncle Ned call
her. I'm here, Uncle Ned, do you
want me2' called Jane. Eyes
I'm going for walk and il you
want you can come with me" ans
wered her uncle. So they started.
Jane holding tight to her uncle's
hand. AS they walked along her
uncle told her rhat he was very
anxious TO find a certain kind Of
bird and wished very much to
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
FOR INSPECTION COMPLETED.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY. Del. Sept. 29.--
General inspection of the coast de-
fenses of the Delaware by Brigadier-
General Frederick Strong and his
aide, Lieutenant William A. Shedd,
has been completed.
The Epworth League of the Port
Penn Methodist Episcopal Church will
hold a business meeting in the church
Friday evening
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
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Evening journal., 1915-09-29
TO OBSERVE COMMUNITY DAY.

Mayor James f. Price announced
today that he has received several
letters from clergymen Of this city
who have promised TO preach special
sermons in their churches next Sun
day. in accordance with the plans Of
those in charge of the Community
Day exercises. AS the observance of
the day is national. it is thought that
members Of all denominations will as
sist in making the observance of the
day here a success.
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
FIVE MEN HURT
IN TRAIN Smash UP
Work Train Ditched Be-
tween Marion and
Kingston
DELAWARE MEN
AMONG INJURED

CRlSF1ELD, Md, Feb. pa work
train. composed Of five fat cars, caboosc
and engine No. 20. which has been dis.
tributing new rails ON the branch OF the
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
Railroad between Kings Greek and Cris-
field, jumped the track between Marion
station and Kingston yesterday, and the
tender and several cars were thrown m
the ditch. A number Of laborcrs on one
If the flats we're thrown considerable
distance and buried under the heavy
rails with which the car was loaded. Five
were seriously injured Dr. ira A. Allen,
III Marion, was soon on the scene, and
the injured were ioaded into automobiles
and brought to the General and Marine
Hospital this city.
Those injured are Arthur King, Of
Delmar; James Sadler, Of Princess
Anne. and George Washington, George
w. Wales and Herbert }. Smith, all of
Delmar. They are All colored
The regular passenger train which was
due 20 arrive at Crisiield Mt $40 could
not pass the wreck. and a number Of au,
tomobiles were summoned from this city
and by this means about 90 passengers,
mail and baggage were brought 10 Girls
field
Evening journal., 1915-02-23

Belgium or TO die under It's floods is
the Kings slogan. so his men say and
with him stands every able-bodied
Belgian facing this scene OF surpass-
ing desolation with fervor almost
uncanny. The King mas become al
most a god to the Belgians. patriotism
a religion. the army a church, death
a glory TO aspire to. The Belgian
story OF the battle of the User. still in
progress, is here set forth for the
first time. II was told me by one of
the Kings principal aides.
Following Antwerp, the Belgian
army OF 10000 men OF all arms retired
down the coast to the North Sea,
closely purused by the Germans. The
1 lielgians were given no rest They
had no reserves and withal a light ar
tillery could do little against the
I heavy German field pieces Also the
Germans had pitted against the Bel
gians at this time by their own Of
fetal reports 10000 men
When the User was reached the Bel-
gians were ordered 90 hold their posi-
iions for three days at amy cost until
j the allies could send reinforcements.
4 This was on October IL Instead Of
three days they held out for six. 1t
was Liege all over again. with the
Belgians bearing the brunt. ON the
22nd the Germans broke through by
! sheer weight of numbers. On tho
23rd the French came up at Lom-
baertzyde. but the Belgians. worn out
/ though they were, instead OF resting
4 fell back on their own centre and aid
ed in checking the Germans.
RI was now decided TO flood the
country. The User is a small Missis-
sippi in that its bed is higher than Tho
! surrounding country. The sea, TOO
is higher So the gates in the dikes
were raised and the water was let in
flooding and running thousands Of fer
tile farms for years to come. SLOWLY
but surely the waters rose, trappins
the Germans. who bravely fought for
ward instead of saving themselves
as they so easily could have done b,
retreating. Belgian officers make n,
pretense Of hiding their praise anf
admiration OF the Germans for this
feat
For two weeks in the rising food tn
Germans tried to advance to hie
ground on the allies side of the rivei
leaving thousands OF dead, much ammu
milton and stores OF all sorts, canno
and transports to be covered by the en-
eroachine river and sea. A letter foun
Evening journal., 1915-02-23

on the body Of dead German oii-
Ger described the lighting as far worse
than anything he had seen curing the
battle Of the Marine.
III was simply hell he said. the
food an about MS, getting deeper all the
time. the enemy IN front shooting We
dying in punches and no help for Il at
ALL
This was how the Germans were
checked. Reinlorccments brought up on
both sides have not materially changed
the situation beyond the steady but
necessarily slow driving back Of the
Teutous.
Today the floods have reached their
highest. They extend tens Of miles "a
every direction from the User. Roads
built higher than the countryside. criss-
cross the inundations like strips ol
crust across a pie. Here and there are
farm houses in ruins, occupying islands
scarcely above the water. Most of the
trees arc now prone in the mud and ooze
the ground having become too soft t.
hold the roots firmly An occasional
Windmill. like dead thing, IS seer
lying on lis side III the waters. Wagons
carts, caissons Of cannon, haymows anc
what not dots the waste, but as on,
looks about over the expanse he does moi
see single living thing save few
water fowl.
This is the scene Of the ightns
in Flanders. Both the German
and tile Belgians have built mp
rather than dug, trenches along th
roads, and every intersection is d small
fort. Throughout the day the artiller.
is pounding away. but very seldom doe
the infantry come into action SO long IL
the daylight lasts. When they do it j
20 fight in water waist deep with occa
sional stumblcs into the drainag
bitches with which the always somewha
wet farms literally cut before the waI
/ The slightly wounded fall strangling T.
death in the water. Infantry engage
ments. because Of tho foods. must nee
/ essarily be along the roads where ma
chine guns play havoc. Surprise attack
/ are practically imperative unless Il com
/ mander wishes TO see his men annili
1 lated. Dark even stormy nights, ar
best for this kind OF fighting. and
/ bright moon puts stop TO stormin
expeditions
But rain or moon. the night is KEEP
+ fairly light by means of aerial bomb
1 which the Germans shoot a hundred fee
into the air. When they explode noise
lessly. they leave a great white mmi
nous ball Of fire. making things every
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
REDUCE HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES
Make Your Own Cough Medicine

The difference in buying one Of the
most efficient. latest and up-to-date
cough and cold remedies (Which can
be made at homel, and buying the old,
ordinary, ready-made kinds. Is that
with the new one you get all pure
medicine, instead OF buying a large
proportion Of sugar and water, besides
paying for bottles. corks and labels;
and 1t usually requires or bottles
of tho old-fashioned. ready-made rem
edies TO break up a cough or cold,
while ounces (50c WORTH Of Schiff-
manns new Concentrated Expector-
ant. which is altogether different from
any other cough remedy, and is so
strongly concentrated that ounces,
when mixed az home with simply one
pint Of granulated sugar and one-half
pint Of water. makes a full pint (16
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
street NERVOUS Wreck
after RETURN TO PRISON

Cornelius G. Street, who was arrested
last week in North Carolina By Detec-
tive Marble and returned 70 the work
house here, from which place he escaped
on November last. il physical
wreck Warden Crawford says Street
lost twenty pounds since his escape. Iii,
condition IT is thought, is due 20 worry
and care. Ile Is heiug given careful ~.
tcntion at the wOrkhunso and every 1t.
fort i being made To nurse him baeh
10 his previous good health.
Street is not iu his old cell That wa
occupied when he wns returned last
week So BE was placed IN another one
He has not beep aermitted to return q
work in the shops Tor the reason that
be i phs sicalls unable 10 work. lie Will
not he permitted 10 work for some time
or until he has been restored to health
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
NJ WILLIAM PHILIP srMMs.

nlteu ireSS Stan correspondent.
WITH THE BELGIAN ARMY
HEADQUARTERS AT ---. Feb. Z.
(By Mail 10 New York. Did you
ever. in the most hideous nightmare
Of your life. dream OF what He'll is
like with the River Styx running
with dead bodies floating in the
stream. and miles and miles OF ooze
and mud, and stencil and ruin aud
desolation all along its shores? Af
you have, YOU can picture what things
are like here along the User where
tho Belgian army is fighting the Cd
oesi. gfuesomest and most frightful
battle tho world ever has seen.
Elsewhere along the great line OF
trenches there is slush and mud. for
this winter has broken records for
rainfall. And everywhere the troops
are suffering war at its worst. But
the worst conditions at other points
would be the best in Flanders, where
ihe whole country is one vast marsh.
fun Of wreck and ruin. dead men and
dead animals. all purifying together.
where few months ago were beauti-
ful farms, not TO be bought for 5000
an acre.
Grimly determined TO drive the Ger
mans out of their country a new Bel
gian army has sprung up. 1t gets its
inspiration from King Albert, who re-
fuses now. as ne has refused all
along to acknowledge defeat To free
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
no RuILp sIMMER HOME.

W. Percy Morrison. OF this city. has
engaged J. NJ. Ulmer. the well-knoWn
contractor of Richardson Park. TO
erect a handsome summer cottage at
Charlestown. Md. The new building
will have ten rooms and It will be
encircled with porches. The building
will be located on a high point over.
looking the waters of the North East
river II will be completed by May /.
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
LAUDER AIDS KITCHENER.

LONDON. Feb. 23- Harry Lauder.
the Scotch comedian. has organized a
band Of ppers which is 70 tour Scot
land and the north Of England 10
stimulate recruiting. The band has
received the official recognition Of the
War Ofiice
Mr. Lauder has issued the following
appeal over mis- signature:
II want a thousand men. Our coun-
try calls for the best that is In us.
Anything we can do let MS do II volun-
tarily and without force Your coun-
try calls YOU"
Evening journal., 1915-02-23

ounces) Of excellent cough remedy
and will be sufficient 70 probably Ias i
the whole family the entire winter. ia
positively contains no chloroforml
opium. morphine or other nareoticsl
and is SO pleasant that children liksl
to take IT, Arrangements have been|
made with NJ B. Danforth to refund
the money to any person who finds ID
does not give perfect satisfaction. or "A
II IS not found the very best remedy
ever used for coughs. colds, bronchi.
tis, Group, whooping cough and
hoarseness. In fact. all druggists Of
this city will sell this new remedy
under the same guarantee You viii
be the sole Judge, and under tho
positive guarantee by these druggists
absolutely no risk is run IN buying
this remedy. r. } Schiffmann, Pro
prictor. st. Paul Miss. (56)
Evening journal., 1915-02-23

where as clear as day for nearly min
ute. So the Germans guard against sur
prise attacks.
The war IN Flanders is u war unto IL
self II has rules Of its own, special 70
it aud applicable to no other part OF
the line. And drearyl Il is the gloom
lest spot on earth One is given the im-
preston that when all living things
shall have perishcd from the face Of the
earth. the world will look just like
Flanders.
Evening journal., 1915-02-23

William Philip Simms, manager
OF the Paris bureau of the United
Press. has just returned from a
tour Of the Belgian fighting lines,
made upon special invitation of
the Belgian war office. This is the
second time he has received a
special invitation from one OF the
belligerent governments. He was
the first American chosen by the
French government to make a
tour of the battle lines under Of
fetal escort. being the only Ameri-
can newspaper man who made
the trip to the front with the
party of foreign diplomatic at
taches carly in November. Simms
made his trip to the Belgian front
accompanied by a staff officer and
was affored exceptional opportuni.
ties to sec exactly how the Bel
gians waged war
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
VETERANS SONS,
PER CAPITA q. K'

EAsTON. Pa. Feb 2s With dele
gates present from Pennsylvania. Nuw
Jersey. New York. Delaware, Mary
land. Ohio and Connecticut, the an-
nual convention Of the Death Benefit
Association Of the Sons Of Veterans
was held here yesterday A proposi'
ton TO increase the per capita tax
from 10 cents to 25 cents was defeated
by an Overwhelming vote The 1915
convention will be held at Whining
ton Del
Evening journal., 1915-02-23
r0nAY,s 0nnEsr STORY.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS. Col,
Feb. 23-To doubling friends
who have noticed no signs OF
rabies. Emil Freidheim, a ranch
er is exhibiting a sore foot and
dentists bill to prove that he
was bitten by his false teeth.
Freidheim said that after go
ing to bed he sneezed violently
and his teeth flew out on the
floor. He jumped up 10 rescue
them and two molars which had
broken off snapped" him in The
foot