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Smyrna times., 1916-01-05

An encouraging sign of the times
is to watch the march of prohibition
as one by one one il is claiming
states Of our Union. Seven more
States took their place in the prohi-
bition .olumn when the New Year
came in at midnight last Saturday,
swelling the total to eighteen. They
are Arkansas. Washington. Idaho.
lows. Colorado. South Carolina and
Oregon. The eleven States previous
ly dry are: Maine. Kansas. Ten
nessee. Mississippi. Arizona. North
Carolina, West Virginia. Georgia,
North Dskota. Oklahoma and Alabama.
Virginia will become dry November
1st. About five million persons will
come under Statewide prohibition
laws. II has been reekoned that
500. 600. 600 capital invested in the
liquor industry will disappear 50 far
as its previous use Is concerned. al
though it will not be a total loss
Four States-New Jersey. Pennsyl
vania, Nevada and Montana ar
wet" virtually throughout. Thi
laeves twentv-five local option States
most Of which have rural prOhibitiO
and license cities. Ia the six State
Vermont. Michigan, South Dakota
Nebraska. Montana and California-
will put the question Of custing demo
rum before the voters. Florida WI
also probably ballot on prohibition
Most of the Southern States are no
in the no-drink class.
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05

War. for Europe. is meaning devas-
tation and death; for America a
bumper crop Of new Millionaires and
a hectic fastening of prosperity re-
vival. The coming Of war orders has
created more value. by five times.
than the war orders themselves
When the great war began. Amer
lea had about 41OO millionaires. How
many will it have when the war ends!
Nobody knows, but if one is willing
to count those who have been made
millionaires on paper" since the war
began. whether from wsr orders direct
or not, and estimate those who log
icslly will become millionaires If
the war continues two years more.
there will be a crop of at least 500
more millionaires.
The making Of 500 milliOnaires
is a mere detail compared with the
psychological brace which war orders
have put into a slack and snailpaeed
return o. prosperity. II is as though
an energetic doctor had pumped oxy-
gen or a salt solution into a limp
patieEt and turned him into a jump
ing jack.
Just what have been these famed
war orders? Have they been wildly
exaggerated? Stripped of all the
color and exeitment of pussy-foOted
confidential agents. rumOr-spreaders.
and stoek-manipulstors, the ''war
orders" placed in this country COM
prised. nevertheless, a gigantic in
dustrial piece de resistance. A
grand tota Of about two billion dol
lars in war orders have been placed il
this country. The DUPONT powder
firm and the Remington Arms people
naturally secured a great slice Of wa
order. The DUPONT firm. on excellen
authority. has war orders totallinl
about 1920. 600. 600. 1t paid 2OC
per cent. dividend on October Is
last. sending the stock up to 75O
Before the war it sold at 129. Stock
holders Of DUPONT since 1912 cashe
in. or could do so. at so per "ent
profit. In other words, a 1OO-share
holder if he chose could make S93. Co
profit From Americas Busines
Boom." by J. George Frederick. i
the American Review Of Reviews fo
January. 1916.
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

uel. Charles, Enoch. Weimer; Mrs.
William Mag. Miss Rosie Heite.
Miss Bertha Heite and Miss Bessie
Heite. all of Dover. Funeral and
interment took place in the old Meth
odist Cemetery in Dover. Monday
afternoon. Comrades. L. 7. Davis.
]. C. Garner and Silas Thompson. Of
the Smyrna Post, attended and con-
Quoted services at the grave.
Sudden Death of Mrs. n. 7. GreenweIt
Mrs. Ethel W. Greenwell, aged 27.
wife of Harry t. Greenwell, of this
town, who had just moved here from
Kenton. died early this morning after
a short illness of pneumonia. Mr..
Greenwell purchased the butcher busi-
ness of Davis Turner and had just
moved in and taken possession Of the
residence on East Commerce street
vacated by the Turner's. The sudden
and untiniely death has produced
profound sorrow. She was formerly
Miss Ethe Willis and was popular
with Kenton folks, where she resided.
She leaves besides her grief stricken
husband, two little children. Funeral
will take place Saturday afternoon at
1.3O. internent at Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
Mrs. George E. Jones of 5rYn Mawr
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Alaband. wife
of George F. Jones. formerly of
Smyrna. died at Bryn Mawr. Pa,
January End. after a lingering i'll.
ness. She had been in failing health
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05
PUBLIC SALES.

Monday. Jan. 10th-Stoek and Farm
ing Implements. of James ID. Nc
Matt. on the Miss Maggie Collins
farm, on road leading from Iron
bridge to Collins Beach, two and
one half miles from Iron Bridge.
u. A. GoldsborOugh. aue.
Wednesday. Jan. 19th-Stock. Farm
iag Implements, &c. Of Frank C.
Armstrong. on the 'Hollow Tree"
farm on the state road two and one
half miles north of Smyrna. d.
A.. Goldsborough. auc
Thursday, Jan. Goth Stock end
Farming Implements of F. c. Hep
burn, on the Blendt farm one half
mile from Walkers School House.
on road leading from Walkers 10
Blaekbird woods. 5 miles from
Smyrna d A GOldsborough. suc.
Monday, Ian. oath Stock and
Farming Implements, of James
T. York, on his farm at Brenford.
opposite Railroad Station. d. A.
GoIdsborOugh. aue.
Tuesday. Ian. 25th:-Stock. Farming
Implements. &c. of Mrs. Mollie P.
Boggs. at her residence on the state
road. one mile north Of Smyrna.
ID. A. Goldsborough, aue.
Wednesday. Jan. 26-StOek, Farm
ing Implements. &C., Of Jas. w.
Price, on the ]. E. Carter farm, q
miles from Clayton. d. A. Colds
borough. auc.
Friday, Jan. 2Sth-Stock. Farming
Implements. &c. Of Henry Nabb.
near Green Spring. d. P. Hutch
inson, auc.
Tuesday, Feb. 1.--Stock and farming
implements of Kline E. Carey on
the Nudge Farm. on the road be.
tween Clayton and Kentou. d. P.
Hutchinson. aue.
Wednesday, Feb. 2nd Stock. Farm
ing Implements, &C., Of Daniel S.
Thomas. on the state road nea
the 'Big Oak" d. A. Colds
borough. auc.
Tuesday. Feb. s.-Stock and farming
implements Of Thomas Kirby on hi
farm on the State Road leadin
from Smyrna to Big Oak. 2 mile
from Smyrna
Wednesday, Feb. 9th Stock an
Farming Implementso of P. Gears
on his farm known rs the Masse
Farm. on road from Smyrna I
: Kenton. two miles from Smyrns
d. P. Hutchinson. aue.
Thursday. Feb. 10th - Stock. Farm
ing Implemlsnts. Household Good
&C., of Jnhn C. David. at HI
. residence. the J. H. David farm. {
the road leading from Fleming
n Landing 70 Taylor's Bridge. sbo'
!, two miles from TayIor's Bridg
ID. P. Hutchinson. auc.
: Tuesday. Feb. 15th--Stock, Farmii
" Implements, &C of Christoph
Boyles. on the Hutchinson farm,
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05

Will the year 1916 see ban placed
on hog pens and surface closets with
in town limits? Now is the time for
Smyrna Town Council to make move.
They owe il to the citizens Of Smyrna
in the interest of public health and
hygiene. The doing away Of hog pens
and surface closets is in line with clean
streets and clean surroundings and
Smyrna will not be the ideal. healthy
town until Council acts with authority
in this matter. It will be a splendid
resolution for Council to make in
this year Of 1916.
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05

miles from Clayton. d. A. Colds
borough, auc.
Wednesday. Feb. 16th:-Stock and
Farming Implements. of William
H.Aafferty. on the Wilson I. Cav
ender farm. in White Hall Neck. on
road from Smyrna to White Hall
School House. D.A. Goldsborough.
auc.
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05
ROBERT D. HOFFECKER,
saitor and Publisher.

A AOvERTIsEMENTs-THK SMYRNA TTsEs Il ths
business medium not only for the town Il rep
resents but for the outlying district Of which It
is the centre. empracing the towns Of Clayton
Kenton. Cheswold. Leipsic sc. rate of 50
cents an inch for first insertion and 25 cents
for each subsequent insertion will be charged
for transien advertising. Locals and Readiug
Notices. 10 cents per line per issue. special
discount on all semi-anuual aud yearly adver-
tisemenn.
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05

Sounded by Robert d. HOfecker July 5. / s54
Editor and Proprietor until February 10, 1877
lFFICE.-Next Door 70 the Fruit Grower
n ttiona Bank
Telephone. No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1916-01-05

T IE SMYRNA TIMES is published 81 smyrI a
Del. every Wednesday afternoon.
The TINES is an independent paper devoted 70
he welfare Of the town q represents and H.
state OF which Il Is a part. Il also give in'
TENS Of importance Of the Eastern shore Of
MARYLAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
RECALL OF U. S. CONSUL
HIGGINS MAY BE ASKED

BERLIN, January II. via London,
1855 PIMA Wolff Bureau dispatch
from Stuttgart announces that an Of
fetal investigation has been begun of
the case of Edward Higgins. American
consul at Stuttgart. Mr.. Higgins was
accused by the Stats Zeitung of New
York of unneutral and anti-German
declarat tions The Stats Zeitungs ar
ticle was reprinted last week by the
Cologne Gazette.
An English correspondent at Amster-
dam reported Saturday that the Cologne
Gazette and other German newspapers
were demanding the immediate recall of
Mr.. Higgins on the ground that he had
given expressions to anti-German SEN
timents
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin has been
authorized by Secretary Lansing to in
yestigate unofficial charges against
Consul Higgins at Stuttgart, alleging
that he is pro-British and objection
able to the German government Should
the charges be proved. it was said, Mr..
Higgins will be informed that this gov
ernment will not permit unneutral ac-
tivities on his part. No official charge
or complaint has been made against
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
INCREASE IN THE FARES
IS DECLARED JUSTIFIED

Increased conamutation fares on the
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton railroad between Baltimore and
Washington were declared to be justi-
fed, in an opinion handed down by the
interstate commerce commission today.
The case was known as that of George
T Mace and others against the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company and others.
Commissioner Clements dissented from
the opinion of the majority of the COM
mission.
The commission also held that it was
a violation of law to sell special-priced
tickets for school children, and sug-
gests that the only relief in this regard
lies in having Congress specifically in
clude such traffic within the classes to
which carriers may accord reduced
rates. In its current opinion. the COM
mission goes at length into the cost
of train operation. and says:
1.-The train service in this local traffic
taken as whole, does not appear to have
been remunerative, even when viewed as
by-product of the main line passenger
business. In 1914 the number of COM
mutation passengers between Baltimore
and Washington was l69,067. as against
175,0O4 non-commutation passengers So
that while about 40 per cent of the total
number of passengers on these local trains
between Baltimore and Washington
Travelled on commutation tickets only
about 81 per cent of the revenues of these
trains in that year was derived from the
sale of commutation tickets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
BEATEN BACK,
IS CLAIMED BY PARIS
Berlin, on the Other Hand, Reports
Failure of French
Attacks.

PARIS. January II. via London. $50
pm.--The French official report of
this afternoon states that the German
offensive. undertaken Sunday in Cham
pagne by at least three German divi
sions. was a complete failure. the
Germans being driven out of all the
positions which they had seized. with
the exception of small rectang1e to
the west of Maisons de Champagne.
Claims Repulse of French,
BERLIN. January II. by wireless to
SayvilIe, y. Y.-The war office state
ment OF today says that French troops
in the Champagne were defeated in an
effort to recapture the trenches north
east of Massiges. which were taken nv
the Germans in the offensive movement
reported yesterday. The number Of
prisoners taken by the Germans has
been increased to $50.
A French battle aeroplane. armed
with 3.S centimeter guns. was COM
PEELED by German fire to land near
Woumen, south of Dixmude, in Rel
gium. The aeroplane and its occu-
pants, uninjured, are in German hands.
A British biplane was shot down in an
rial encounter near Tournai. Belgium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
SHOE STYLES DISCUSSED.
New Methods of Manufacture Also
Considered at Convention,

NEW YORK. January 11.-Shoe styles
and new methods of manufacture
adapted to the rapid expansion of the
shoe trade are the chief topics under
in the convention of the
National Shoe Retailers Association in
session here. Manufacturers and deal
ers say that there was an increase of
100000, 900 in the shoe business last
wear. and they predict that the increase
will be greater this year. This is at
tributed to the development of shoe
ia shions, as well as to the war.
A conference committee to which
was referred questions affecting styles
and materials for the coming year will
report today. High-top boots, with
color schemes in white, pearl. ivory,
champa gne and bronze will be in style,
itF was said today. Pumps are again
coming in favor, and there will be
many Innovations in them. High heels
are favored. and even walking shoes
are to be of smarter lasts in tan and
white combinations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
CHILDREN BEING DEFRAuDEn
Court Points Out Theft of Guardians
Without Bonds.

NEW YORK. January 11-srrroo,.
Fowler is authority for the sta,a.
that 46 per cent of the puardi.n. -
chlldren's estates who. under tba -.
OF 1919 and 1915. have been permifted
BY the surrogate's court here to sar,,a
without bond, have defrauded the es-
.ates OF their charges. The surrogate
announces that he will refuse hence
iorth 10 designate any guardian Tor an
infant without ample security. Cow
menting on the action of the qua rdians
the surrogate said:
II we were TO call them to account
having no security. they would nor ra
spond and TO commit them to jaiI FOR
disobedience would be a public charge
These children thus defrauded are now
peSinning 10 complain to this court.
but their cries must fall ON n deaf 60 =
as. where no bonds have been REQUIRED
or the guardians, they are personally
irresponsible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
Prosecutor Makes Preliminary
Presentation of the States
Expected Evidence.
WIDOW AND TWO NEGROES
ON TRIAL FOR KILLING
Rhode Island Physician Alleged to
Have Been Slain by Three
Hired Assassins.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. January IL
Before visiting the scene of the MUIR
der of DR.. C. Franklin Mohr the jury
the trial of his widow. Mrs. Elizabeth
+. Mohr, and two negroes. Cecil V.
Brown and Henry H. Spellman, charged
with responsibility for the crime. went
to the courthouse today to listen to
brief preliminary statement by the
prosecution. The complete opening
statements by both sides were re-
served until the return of the jury
from its inspection.
Killed While on Motor Trip.
Dr. Mohr was killed August 81 last
while motoring from Providence to
Newport with his secretary. Miss
Emily G. Burger, and the state alleges
that Mrs. Mohr hired three negroes to
commit the crime. One of the negroes,
George H. Heals, has since pleaded
guilty to manslaughter and is expect
ed to be state witness.
The men who were indicted for mur-
der and Mrs. Mohr as an accessory be-
fore the fact are being tried jointly.
Assistant Attorney General Abbott
Phillips in his brief outline of the
states case declared that evidence
would be presented to show that the
physicians ssassns lay in ambush and
when his automobile was stopped they
deliberately stepped up and shot DR..
Mohr and Miss Burger without having
given them the least warning.
Jury to Make Inspection.
Mr.. Phillips said the jury would be
taken also to DIR. Mohr's house and ga
rage in this city and to Mrs. Mohr's
home nearby.
William H. Lewis of the defense OBJ
jected to the plan of taking the jury to
DR.. Mohr's house, but was overruled by
the court.
Mrs. Mohr and the negro defendants
did not accompany the jury when IL
left for the scene of the murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
CHARGED WITH TAKING BRIBE
Former Illinois Mayor, Juror in
Alaska Land Fraud Case, Accused.

CHICAGO. January 10. w. Bourke,
former mayor of Blue Island ILL.,, a
suburb. is in the Cook county Jail to-
day following his arrest last night by
federal officials on charge of accent
ing a $1,000 bribe. Bourke was one of
the jurors in the so-called Alaska land
fraud cases in 1913.
In April. 1913, Albert c. Frost, George
NJ. Seward. Pierre G. Beach. George A.
Bail and Frank Watson We're acquitted
of the charge of conspiracy to defraud
the United States government out of
coal lands, the value of which was
several millions of dollars The de-
PENDANTS were charged with making
use of dummy entrymen' in an at
the Matanuska valley, Alaska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
WOULD SLASH SALARIES
OF FEDERAL employees
Senator Sheppard Bill Would
Strike Those in High and
Low Positions.

The salaries of employees of the gov
ernment. civil and military, including
members Of Congress, would be reduced
temporarily for the benefit of the de-
pieted United States Treasury IL a bill
introduced in the Senate today by Sem
ator Sheppard of Texas should become
. law The bill. in a preamble. recites
the fact tnat owing to the European
war and the falling off in customs re-
ceip's que TO the war the Treasury is
depicted The reductions in salaries
would range from II per cent on those
above $4,000 to per cent on thoss
from $1.200 to S1,5O0
Another bill introduced by Senator
sheppard provides that hereafter Tho
mileage for senator's and Representa- :
tlVes In Congress shall be S cents a
mile instead of 20 cents, as under exist :
ing raw This renews the old fight
which has waged over mileage in the
Senate and House for many Years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
INTERNAL EXPLOSION
MAY HAVE SUNK PERSIA
Opinion of Government Experts
Based on Affidavits of the
Survivors.

Information contained in some of the
afiidavits taken from the Persia sur
vivors has caused government experts
here to consider the possibility that
the ship might have been sunk by an
internal explosion rather than by a
mine or a submarine.
No final opinion has been reached and
Secretary Lansing when asked about
that feature of the case after todays
cabinet meeting replied that no official
conclusion on the cause of the destruc-
ton of the vessel had been made. He
said no new details had been received.
The cabinet was in session more than
two hours today and it was understood
that the submarine question, including
the Lusitania case, was discussed
President Wilson and Secretary Lam
sing now are awaiting word from
Berlin on the Lusftania settlement.
They expect the case will be closed
within the next week.
Extension of German and Austrian
assurances regarding submarine war
fare in the Mediterranean to their al
lies is still under consideration, but 1t
was said today that no definite steps
had been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
NEAR DECISION ON SITE
FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Commissioners Offer of $110, COO
for East Capitol Street Plot
May Be Accepted.

A site for the new Eastern High
School may be acquired before the end
of the present week.
The Commissioners today confirmed a
report to the effect that they are en-
deavoring to acquire by private pur-
chase the site between 18th. 18th, A and
East Capitol streets.
This is the same property upon which
an award submitted by a condemnation
commission, consisting of NJ. NJ. Parker,
Aulick Palmer and Thomas Gordon,
was rejected by the Commissioners re-
Gently on the ground that it was eX-
cessive.
Congress appropriated s150.000 for a
site for the school. The commissions s
award was s133,4333.43 The property is
assessed on a valuation of s52O29
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
ANOTHER BRITISH VESSEL
SUNK IN MEDITERRANEAN

LONDON, January II. .S:4S
p.m.-The British steamer Clan
Macfarlane, of 1888 tons, has
been sunk in the Mediterranean.
There are no details OF the sink
ing.
,rhe Clan Macfarlane was sent to the
bottom December 80. Six officers ana
eighteen IIascars have been landed at
Malta. Thirteen Lascars died in the life
boats.
The Clan Macfarlane left Liverpool De-
cember is for Bombay. The latest Marie
registers contain no further records of
her movements She was 400 feet long.
so feet beam and - feet in depth. She
was built in Sunderland in 1898, and was
owned by Cayzer. Irvine & Co.. Ltd.' OF
Glasgow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
REQUEST COMPLIED WITH.
Col. Roosevelt's Name Left Off the
Michigan Primary Ballot.

LANSING, Mich, January 11.-Secre-
tary of State Vaughn has announced
he will notify former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt that the latters name
will not appear on either the national
progressive or republican presidential
primary ballots in Michigan at the
spring election. The secretary's an
nouncement was made Immediately aft
err he had received a letter from Col.
Roosevelt requesting him to withdraw W
his name from the national progressive
ballot.
Henry Ford, the peace advocate, was
notified today a sufficient number of pc
titions had been received to place his
name on the republican presidential
primary ballot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-11
$4,000 May Be Accented.

It is understood that the Commission
ers have offered approximately $4,000
for the ground. and that all indications
point to the deal being consummated
within the next few days. If this price
is accepted. it will mean a saving to
the District of about $4,000, as COM
pared with what would have been paid
out on the basis of the commissions
award.
The Commissioners estimates. now
before Congress, call for an initial ap-
preparation with which to begin work
on the school. If the property in ques-
tion is acquired and the appropriation
is allowed, work on the building will
start about the first of July. 1t is said
the plans proba bly, will be made by the
municipal architects office.