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Evening journal., 1917-11-28

Americas entry, Russia viii be deserted
by everybody and must bescech the
Kaiser for peace paying the price in
land and money"
A peirograd message said N Tcher-
non. formerly kerenskys agricultural
minister. NJ. Avksentien. who laier held
the same post, Professor Paul N Milu-
kon, formerly foreign minister under
the Duma cabinet, Admiral Ncrkhoy-
sky Kerenskys minister of marine: ~
lvan0n, a prominent moderate Social
ist. and a number Of others. had met
for a conference al army headquar-
iers. Their specific purpose was for
nation of substantial government. AZ
the same time the Russian crmy. now
facing starvation through utter failure
OF the Bolshcyiki government TO ar
range transportation offered. is never
theless torn with CONFLICTING desires IN
its choice of The faction which shall
govern Representatives Of thlriy-one
military units We're reported in front
dispatches today 20 have met in con.
Continued on Fage -wo)
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
SICK WOMAN BURNED
WHEN LAMP FALLS
Blazing Oil Fires Bed While
Mrs. Stein is Alone
With Babies
PASSERBY SAVES
VICTIM FROM DEATH

Taken an while carrying a lighted
lamp in her hand at her home last
evening. Mrs. Herman Stein, Of No. 1880
Elm street, feli, the lamp ignitins a
bed and the womans clothing.
Screaming with pain, Mrs. Stein rush
ed from the room and down ihc stairs
TO the front door 90 summon help. she
being alone in the house with two small
children at the time
As Mrs stein opened the door she
met stanley Wash. Of No 1922 Elm
street. who. while walking past the
stein home, smellej smoke and had he
gan pounding on the doorway 10 arouse
Mrs. stein Naski was too terrified 90
speak at FIRST but he recovered HIM
self and endeNoring 90 beat out the
flames by tearing the buring clothing
from Mrs Stein.
The woman's cries aroused other
neighbors and The Neccacoo Fire Com
pany was summoned on "a still alarm
and eXtinguished the blaze before any
serious damage had been done. During
the excitement two small children were
carried from their bed in The same room
where the fire occurred. They were un-
harmed.
Mrs. Stein was removed TO the Home0-
paihic Hospital IN a serious condition.
Mr.. stein was at work at the T0dd's
Cut shops when the accident occurred.
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
NO Delaware COLLEGE
FOOTBALL CAME TOMORROW

There viii be no football game. at
Delaware College tomorrow. Mt ST.
Marys College team. of Emmitisburg.
Md. which defeated Delaware College
ON Thanksgiving Day year ago. was
scheduled TO play at Newark again to-
morrow
Last night. however. the athletic
council Of Delaware College. received
a telegram from the Nc. st. Marys
team. cancelling tomorrow's game. The
reason given for the cancellation was
that a quarantine had been established at
the college because 0f a case ut couta-
gious disease and the team could not
leave the college. 10 also was stated
that the team suddenly had been weak
ened by the call OF several OF its play
ers into the army under the draft.
1.-THE Athletic Council of Delaware
College. tried an morning 90 book a
college team for tomorrow afternoon.
but was unable 10 do so, and at noon
announced that there viii be no Della
ware College game tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
s. Of ACTALON'S
CREW ARE missing
Only 20 Men From Tor
pedoed American Ship
are Landed
GUN CREW
ABOARD STEAMER
BY The United Press.

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov 2s.-slxiy-ihree
men i'm three life boats are slill MISS
ng from the torpedoed American steam
or Aclacon, according 10 Navy Depart
mont messages today. ono boat load OF
90 was landed at Cape Finisterre.
Press dispatches previously reported q
survivors landed in Sna,n but did not
state how many were in the three miss
ing boats The crew or ActaeOn. for
merly ihe German steamship Adam
siurm. seized at opening Of the war was
wnonicialy reported 10 consist OF 5S
men incluging 81 Americans.
There was a naval gun crew of i3
men aboard and possibly others.
Secretary Daniels stated that beyond
the 20 landed Yesterday and 63 missing
his reports contained no further de-
tails.
Press reports stated the steamer was
torped0ed sunday. ~ flew the nag OF
the United states shipping board and
Continued on Page Two)
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
2,OOO,OOO MEN
TO Be Called
IN NEXT DRAFT
Local Boards Prepare for
Enormous Task Which
Will Confront Them
UNMARRIED MEN TO
Be CALLED OUT FIRST

With the announcement from Wash
mgton that the War Department Is
planning 10 raise en- army OF more
than 100000 men. the local exemption
boards are preparing themselves for
the enormous task they Will have on
their hands when the next call Is is
sued, and they believe this Will be In a
very short time. BY December 1, GER
tsinly not later than December IS. they
expect they viii be called upon TO send
heir remaining quotas Of the first
nall to Camp Dix and then they will
hsva cleared the decks for the activities
that win be necessary IN arranging for
the next call.
In aeleotlng the men 70 be drawn in
the next and subsequent calls, unmar-
ried men without dependents Will be
taken first. Il Is hoped It will be pos
sible 10 get the entire number needed
without taking any men from their
families. approximately ninety men
are needed behind the battle lines for
every four hundred men In the trenches
and under the new graft regulations "a
man not considered physically nc TO
stand the EigOrs Of trench warfare may
be taken into the service for work I'm
the commlssary or ordnance depart
ments. In fact, It IS not thought many
unmarried men who have no depen-
dents Will be able 10 escape service OF
some kind under the next draft.
shlpbuilders and skilled mechanics
who can be used in shipyards will be
exempted from the call for the second
National Army. Local exemption boards
Continued on Page Two.
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
no Local BAN on
COAL heavens NIP
City Drivers Paid 10 Deliver
Fuel, Do Not Forget
Their Task
USE JUDGEMENT IN
ORDERING SUPPLY

Coal wagon drivers in Philadelphia
must 60 on tho water wagon during
working hours, according TO the ruling
OF the Government through the fuel
administrator in That city. but when
Charles n. Ten Weeges. fuel admins
tralOr fer Delaware, was asked this
morning n ANY such order had been
issued here ne said that no action of
this kind had been taken.
Ia Philadelphia any saloonkeeper
who sells the driver of coal wagon
any liquor between the hours Of 6 a. IN.
and 6 p. No., will clash with the Federal
authorities and may have his license
CONTINUED or yhgs TwCA
Evening journal., 1917-11-28

British wireless stations today pick
cd up a message sent by the Petrograd
station and signed second Lieut..
Shorin." which urged an Russians 10
participate IN a Congress 90 be held
40 Pctrograd, December O." The mes
sage asked for participation Of an The
people.
Whether the Congress" was a Boil
shevikl-conceiyed plan or part Of the
growing movement Of opposing pollil-
cal factions 20 replace the Maximalists
with a stable government was not in
jicated
The Russian constituent assembly
had been called to meet by Premier
Kerensky. December 3. 10 may be this
Is the Congress referred 10.
a Haparanda dispatch today reported
that The committee on public safety
had issued q proclamation to the army
declaring:
"The Bolshevlh peace proposals
have destroyed Russia. Foreign states
will consider such a step as making Rus
sia a traitor. They will withdraw their
support. AT the very moment Of
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
CHRISTMAS TREAT FOR
CITY POOR K.DDIES.
Old Kris" Tells Police
Chief TO 60 Ahead
With Plans
MAY NOT HAVE
COMMUNITY TREE

Wilmington kiddies whose parents
do not enjoy as much of the worlds
wealth as others may have. and who
have 10 depend upon The generosity of
others for their Christmas cheer. are
not going 70 be forgotten this year by
the philanihrOpic citizen who for sew
eral years has been playing Santa Claus
for them They are going 10 have their
Christmas tree and they are going 10
get their presents the same as they
have been doins for tbe past several
years
This citizen. who has been providing
the money to defray the expenses for
Continued on Page ywo)
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To GIVE thanks FOR
blessings OF Year
City Prepared for Elaborate
Thanksgiving Observance
in Church and Home
UNION RELIGIOUS
SERVICES ANNOUNCE

With the general observance ol
Thanksgiving Day tomorrow. banking
houses. schools. public Offices aud in
duslrial plants will be- closed. Services
of Thanksgiving will be held in the
churches tomorrow morning. There
Nill be football games for The lover Of
sports. Tomorrow morning at 1913
o'clock, the lIigh school Hm will
play Delaware College p rs. at
Front and Union streets. after
noon Chesro0k and the Dci.,aro SOL
diors from CampDiX. will play at Front
and Union streets, at 3 O'Clock.
There was keen disappointment today
when it was learned that Mt. st. Marys
College team, from Emmiltsburg, Md
had cancelled its game scheduled with
Delaware College, at Frazer Field, New
ark Hundreds OF WilmingtOnians
had counted on going 20 the game.
Many Wilmingtonians viii see the
Pcnn-Cornell game, In Philadelphia, to-
morrow afternoon.
Soldiers as Dinner Guests.
Many families IN the city and some
organizations will have soldiers and
sailors stationed at Fort DUPONT and
at other places near Wilmington as
guest. at dinner tomorrow. Every sol
lie ,,ho cares TO accept an invitation
Continued on Page Twoj
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
SUPERIOR COURT WORK.

Max Litchenstein. defendant in a suit
brought by William NJ. Fowler, Frank
Fowler, Wallace underkofler, Joseph
A. Davis and John G.. Davis, trading
under the firm name Of William NJ
Fowler and Company for damages, con-
fessed Judgment for s2S645 in superior
Court this morning.
seven Of the eight cases slated 10 be
heard in Superior Court on Monday
were continued until next term. In six
OF these cases the Wilmington and
Philadelphia Traction Company is de-
fendant.
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BY The United Press.


LONDON
Is scnse slowly.
declared
hhe
expressive
a a whole
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
Bv JOHN H HFARLEY

United Press stan Correspondent.
ROME. Nov. 2s.-Within the last %
hours Italian troops assuming the Of
fensive, have smashed German first and
second lines. inficting tremendous
losses on the invader The announce
ment was made here today.
Details OF the victory We're withheld
for the present The news was cited
as evidence Of the growing strength OF
the italian army. its complete rehabili-
tatlon and as an illustration that the
enemy's most powerful efforts TO
break the piave-Mountain line have
been utterly frultless. With French
and 8riiish aid now rapidly approach
ing the 'front.' Rome looks for a decisive
strategic movement
Mrs. William Vanderbilt, Mrs. Have
meyer, Miss Ruth Morgan and a num-
her of other prominent American
women reached Rome from France, TO
Continued on Page Twelvel
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ITALIANS Smash
GERMAN TRENCHES.
ON PIAVE FRONT.
Huns Lose First and Second
Lines; are Expected
to Retreat
CAMDRAl SHAKES today
UNDER artillery fire
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES, Nov:
26.-SO appalling have been the casu-
alities suffered By the enemy in his
fruitIess attacks that Il was reported
today he had Withdrawn seven Grip
pied divisions (nearIy 100000 mem.
Prisoners declare that some hat
talions Of several hundred men have
been reduced 20 thirty or forty by
the viBor OF the Italian defense.
There was no change i'm the dead
lock along the entire front to-day.
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
oldiers as Dinner Guests.
ToD,Ys Temperature

s. lhe -Neuing journal Ollcc.
so A. E.....3i 1901 p. M. SO
1900 a. NJ. b.. 30 i.30 p. NJ. &c
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
MORE TnE ToRAccn FI-Nn-

The following contribution to the
"Our Boys i'm France" tobacco fund is
acknowledged:
Previously acknowledged ....si63f.75
c. Harper, 6i1 w. Front ST.. 100
Total TO date ................Sl,6 ,632.75
Evening journal., 1917-11-28

y The United Press
WASHINGTON NOV, 2s-The United States Government is.
waiting Of Russian events before deciding its course
amstce proposal The state Department
today steps had taken yet toward dee'"4
merican attitude except to study proposal was
metals believed there might be developments
rldically affecting the general situation ,
Russian embassy onoss on other a'0'
fom the United States -is ABSOLUTELY Necessary
Evening journal., 1917-11-28

By The United Press TN, ,he po,s,syit
,e.r. At p,rosa to the D'i''ia l', ''iaa'no'' '''
q..' s-.aso for emo is loosins toward conclusion Or
h'T ,., and democratic peace" were announced In wire
=. message picked here today
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
London Reports Formidable Movement Among
SIavS for Overthrow Of MaximaliStS and
Establishment of Coalition Government
Expressive Of People as Whole
SAY BOLSHEVIKI HAS MADE NATION
A TRAITOR; DESERTED BY REAL FRIENDS
BY the United Press

BY the United Fress
AMSTERDAM Nov 2S.-Peace demonstrations have occurred
Berlin and Budapest according reaching here today
Police both cites declared had cahed with the peace
advocates.
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
sAMM.Es GET Their rur@E,s.

sAMM.Es THEIR IUm,E,s
y The United Press
WASHINGTON. NO,. sssafe arrival Of He rhanszsi,in>
t-anpor carrying turkeys and ro the smmies
isported officially at the Wa Department today
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
SIN AND TIDES.


i-h , lrr ..ii.25 A. -. iii5 f.. ".
.o aat-r So. 600 4. ~ 6.i0 P NJ.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-13
Sidelights on The War.

The shaft of an aerial torpedo
which fell in London during a raid
has brought $40 at reffle.
A single bakery, somewhere in
France" turns out 10000 two
pound loaves of bread every day for
the British soldiers. This is only
one of many of such establishments
located behind the allies lines on the
wetern front.
Under favorable conditions of wind
and atmosphere the people living on
the southeast coast of England are
able to hear the sound of firing in
Flanders, while, still more remark
able the recent terrible mine eXplo-
sions on the Messines sector, were
distinctly heard near Dublin, dis
tance of $50 miles.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-13

Americans employed in this region
since about August 1. Two of them
have been occupied with The opera
tion and maintenance of light rail-
ways and the other has been con-
structing narrow guage lines.
The correspondent has visited
many of these engineers since their
arrival and has found them fit and
eager for work.
Love to Hear Guns.
The correspondent talked with
three officers today and the only an
xiety they expressed about the fu-
ture was the fear that they might
later be compelled to work far back
of the lines, out of the igting zone.
The engineers love to hear the guns
and to get as close to the fighting
line as military orders permit.
Some of them had an unusual ex-
perience, much to their liking, on the
first day of the offensive. The Brit
ish called for volunteer stretcher
bearers to go forward to the battle
field and bring in wounded British
and Germans. A large number of the
engineers offered their services,
which were accepted. They had just
finished a hard days work on the
railroad, but they gladly undertook
the new, arduous and dangerous task
and labored through the night get
ting injured soldiers back to the
dressing stations. They were high
ly complimented by the British for
their efficiency in the line.
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PORTUGAL'S PART.
The Result of Her Efforts in the
Present War.

In this world every effort is apt to
be judged, not by the purpose behind
it, but by the results. What are the
results of the Portuguese efforts, asks
a French diplomat in Harper's.
First of all, a Portuguese division
has been in France since the begin
ming of 1917. Led by two vigorous
officers, Gen. Tamagninery Abren
and his chief of staff, Major Battista,
it is at the disposal of the British
army. A second division, command
ed by Gen. Texeria d'Eza, has fol-
lowed, and third is ready-and all
this without having abandoned the
colonial war. This country of five
million inhabitants has, therefore, in
less than a year, prepared for the
Entente more than 5000 men. 1t
has more than 100000 in reserve,
trained.
The transportation of the troops
was performed largely by portuguese
vessels and German ships that had
been seized, conveyed by Portuguese
cruisers. Lemons by the thousand,
be it said, awaited them on the
wharf.-the gift of the French Gov
ernment.
But there is another more import
ant and far-reaching result-the
change in the Portuguese people since
this training for war. In two years
the Portuguese soldier, the Portu-
guese student who used to
be rather slender and often
round-shouldered, have develop
ed. Obligatory military service,
which has contributed so large
ly to the physical regeneration of the
French, is already showing splendid
results in Portugal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-13
i. s. ENGINEERS AIDED
TOOK PROMINENT PART IN
SMASHING HINDENBURG LINE.
Kept Railroads Intact.-Their Work
Has Called Forth Highest
Praise From Authorities.

American engineers, the first Amer
lean troops to be engaged in military
operations on the British front, took
a prominent part in the breaking OF
the Hindenburg line by Gen. Byng.
It is now possible to inform the peo-
ple of the United States that engl-
neers. of the American army had a
large part of pushing up the vital
railways behind the advancing Brit
ish soldiers. The American eng1-
neers have been laboring on the
roads through the devastated battle
fields of the Somme district for near
lv four months and two of their
men. who were wounded, were the
first American casualties announced
from Washington. The speed with
which the lines have been laid. up
through the broken Hindenburg de-
fenses during the past week has call
ed forth the highest praise from the
British authorities.
Working in Shifts.
The Americans have been working
in shifts, twenty-four hours day,
and no such amount of track has
been laid in this region in so short
a time before. The manner in which
they stood up under the strain has
led to their being dubbed the force
of American athletes For these
untiring soldiers are today as fit
and as willing as they were before
the battle began.
Naturally the Americans have for
a long time been working under the
range of enemy artillery and more
than once they have come under
heavy shell fire. One of the most
striking sights along the front has
been that of the engineers laborlng
coolly at their tracks while great
shells were bursting 100 yards away.
Quickly Repaired.
At one IlLue Iile Nei iie'i1e U"' Aoo'o
with their guns on section OF the
tracks and tore up three miles OF
rails. but they scarcely had finished
this bombardment when the twin
lines of steel began to creep forward
once more. After the engineers had
reached a point where they were eX-
nosed on the sky line it was neces-
sary to work at night or on foggy
days.
There have been three forces OF
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-13
War Adds Many to Payrolls.

approximately 10000 employees
have been added to the government
pay roll in Washington since the war
began. Estimates place the increase
in population of the national capital
at more than 100000.
The war department leads in ad-
ditions to the clerical forces, having
added 5000 names to its roster of
Washington employees. The navy de-
partment today has double the clerl-
cal force it had prior to the war,
about $500 having been added. This
number includes 500 "yeowomen v
who have enlisted in the navy and
are now assigned to clerical duties.
The food administration now uses
a force of 1000; the war trade bu-
reau employs more than 700; the
fuel administration employs about
100 clerks; and the council Of ma
tional defense and the Red Cross have
engaged approximately 400 persons.
War time printing has added mater
tally to the large force of the gov
ernment printing office.
Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton plans for work in France include
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-13

Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion plans for work in France include
the establishment of rs libraries.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-12-13
Wagons, Buggies, Harness and Lap Robes

WE
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-30
AN EXCELLENT RECORD.

A Washington dispatch to The
News and Courier says that "James
M. Baker, of South Carolina, who is
the secretary of the United States
Senate, has been notified by the au-
ditor of the Treasury Department
that his accounts for the four-year
period have been balanced and set
tied in full without the disallowance
of a single item. The total amount
disbursed by Secretary Baker during
the period was nearly eight millions
of dollors-$7,767,670.51- 1t be ex-
act. This remarkable record of eff
fciency has never been excelled by
any former secretary of the Senate"
Secretary Baker is a native of Able
vile, who has a reputation not only
for efficient devotion to duty but al
so for courtesy and obliging service
to such South Carolinians as call on
him for aid in the capital. At the
time of his election, Joseph R. Will
son, the Presidents only brother, was
put forward for the position, but Mr.
Baker was chosen. The disburse-
ment of nearly eight millions with
out an error attests an uncommon
degree of efficiency.-The Greenville
Daily News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-30
THE COAL

There is nothing alarming in the
coal situation in Abbeville. AT
some points there is a shortage of
coal, and people are giving them
selves some worry everywhere about
the supply.
For some weeks the miners have
been on a strike in the Tennessee
and Kentucky mines where we OBJ
tain most of our coal for CRATES and
stoves. On account of this strike a
coal famine has been imminent here,
but the miners have now. returned to
work, and coal is beginning to move.
On account of the fact that rail
roads and the larger industries out
of abundant precaution prefer to
keep a supply ahead, which supply
has been depleted, it is hard just
now to obtain coal for immediate
use. It will be thirty days perhaps,
before much coal is moving, but af-
ter December first we believe that the
people may rest easy on the coal
situation. -
In the meantime there is sufficient
coal in Abbeville to keep the people
from suffering if cold weather should
come before the date stated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-30
GEORGE M. SMITH,.

MI. George M. Smith died in At
lanta Monday morning, October 20,
at 11:30, in the se~venty-irst year
of hi sage. Mr.. Smith was in Allan
ia on a visit to kindred and at the
time of his death was at the home
of his niece, Mrs. Mamie Thomson.
He had not been we'll for some time
but his kindred in Abbeville did not
know of his serious illness until an
hour before news came of his death.
George M. Smith was a son of
Joel Smith, of Stoney Point, and
his wife, Isabella Marshall Smith.
He was born and reared at the
Smith home at Stoney Point. At the
breaking out of the war he was a
cadet at the Citadel and went from
there to the war, serving for four
years in the army in Virginia.
At the close Of the war he went
West and settled in Arkansas. He
was engaged in the business of a
planter there for sixteen or eighteen
years, when he returned to South
Carolina and engaged in the
mercantile business, first at Lati-
mer and then at Calhoun Falls, S. C.
Some years ago he retired from
business and since then he has made
his home in Abbeville. He was never
married.
Mr.. Smith is survived by two sis
tiers, Mrs. o F. Simpson and Mrs.
J. A. Bowie of Atlanta, and by many
kinsfolk in Abbeville, among them
his nephews, Mr.. J.. Allen Smith and
MIR. A. M. Smith.
His nephew, A. M. Smith and his
grand nephew, Joel S. Morse left for
Atlanta Immediately upon receiving
news of his death. They will return
today to Greenwood and the funeral
will be held at that place at eleven
o'clock.
His friends over the county who
loved him so we'll will be grieved to
hear of his death.