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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
FINE RAILROAD TREspAssERs.

Charged with trespaslng on the prop
erty OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway, George Mitchell. Emerson
Fall, William Powell and John Nc
Municipal Court this morning.
Wendell Husser, Negro, and Eugene
Dougherty, a white man, were fined 81
each on cha ges OF lighting At Fourth
and Pine streets on Satu day.
William Lee, a Negro, was fined IS
and costs on charge Of playing crap
Yesterday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
THOMAS A. GR.ANFY nFAn.

Thomas A Graney, aged % years.
died at his home, No POP North Lin
coin street, on sunday. He was In the
employ Of the Wilmington and Phla-
delphia Traction Company and had a
wide circle Of friends The funeral
viii be held Wednesday morning.
There viii be high mass OF requiem
said at ST. Thomas Church, Fourth
street and Grant avenue, at'9 o'clock
and interment viii be made in the
Silverhrnok CemeterY
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
Mr.. REAnDON A FISHERMAN.

Manager Waiter ]. Reard0n, Of the
Crosby and Hin store, has returned
from a trip TO tho Berkshire Hills in
Massachusetts, where he and Mrs.
Reardon with their daughter spent two
weeks at Mr. Reardon's fishing lodge
The latter is an ardent fisherman He
caught large number Of pickerel. the
largest Of which weighed two and one
half pounds an unusually large nsh for
this species Of the finny tribe.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
MARNIANn no GET cnrrN

Wesley Green, Negro, who was ar
rested last week on a charge OF de-
serilon OF his wife and seven children
IN Queen Anne county. Sid waived
requlsitlon papers In Municipal Court
TINS morning, and was remanded ~
.he custody OF the Maryland aulbori-
ties. ''0'
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
MNIsTERs nan NIeIrnR.

At a meeting Of the Ministerial
Union, held In Grace NJ. r. Church this
morning, an eloquent address was
givon rs George W. Crabbe. supcrin-
tondent Of the Anti-Saloon League az
America, In the interests OF the local
dry campaign.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
RICE-WARD NUPTIALS

Herbert II. Ward. Jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Herbert H. Ward and Miss Juli-
etc y. Rice daughter Of John L. Rice
WI be married tomorrow evening. Mr..
Ward - lawyer. aud Is associated with
ms rather, who rs a member of the frnl
81 Ward. GRAY and Ncarv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
MARKET IRREGULAR.
BY The United Press.

NEW YORK. Sept. Educational
and irregular changes marked the open.
ing Of the stock market today. Bethle.
hem "B." was up l,s at 100 IS. Marine
90 I'D. of Is. United States Steel.
lOI is. Corn Products, 26 Is, up Is.
and Crucible, GO l-2, up Ia.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
GOYERhMEBT WON'T TAKE
kent island ste
By The UnIted press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. i7.-The War
Departments plan to make an artillery
proving ground of Kent Island, Chesa-
peake Bay was killed today when Rep
resentatlve Sisson, Miss, struck II
from the urgent deficiency bin on
point Of order
That 1t Is Imperative for the United
States Government to have a proving
ound in close proximity TO Delaware,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
scy where 50 per cent Of the nation
ammunition is manufactured, is The
assertion Of Colonel Ruggles, COM
mandant at the Sandy Hook Proving
Grounds, while speaking about the adj
visibility and necessity for the govern
ment taking over Kent Island on which
IL is planned to establish station
where, the heavy ordnance pieces Tor
the my and navy can he tested.
He said 1t is essential for the govern
ment TO establish without delay a new
testing range for guns and ammuni-
ton, II the War Department is TO be
ready to prove the vast quantities OF
ammunition, the delay Of which will
soon begin.
BE added that Kent Island possessed
all the desirable advantages, and the
ordnance officials, who are In charge
Of these tests, believe they can get
quicker and better results than at any
other place in the country.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17

AYleNtheu "Niu go ssssssssssssss 600
Twelfth ward ....,.........,"... 54l
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ,044
The Fifth district Of the second ward
and Third district Of the Third ward
are missing from the above hst. Esti-
mating 90 votes to a. district, the total
on Saturday was about $3.50.
The previous total registration was
l4,09l, making the rogi ton TO date
about p 900 In round Lures, On this
basis IL is estimated that with the
growth in population, Wilmington has
at least $4,000 voters.
Both sides worked hard on Saturday
10 get their voters on the registration
lists, and automobiles were pressed into
service all day.
The registration for the first three
days in this city by wards was as fol.
lows
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
CHARGED WIru NoN-S1pnoD,

Constable liilyard, OF MlddletoNn
arrived here this morning with vi
liam A. B'nhley, arrested by him "A
that place on charge Of non-suppo /
The warrant for the mans arrest was
issued several days ego.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
SYSTEMIC CATARRH

Brazilian BAN is the one
thing that clears Catarrh out
Of head, throat, lungs, stomach,
bowels ard female organs. Get
large size and follow directions
in circular.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
GRANT LETTERS ON ErTATES.

RegistF Of Wills Brown today grant
cd lrtters Of administration to Thomas
!. Mulliu ard Mary NJ. O'Neal on the
estate Of Francis Mulfn.
Similar letters were granted to James
F. Kcclins on the estate of Mary A. r.
Clark
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17

See how many people are ASKING Tor
Just the sort Of a position YOU have 70
oaer-you viii never regret hiring The
Want Ad kind Adv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
ATTENDED DINNER TO
JAPANESE MISSION

William B. Megear, president. and
Clarence c. Killen, secretary Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, attended the
dinner in Philadelphia on Saturday In
honor Of the Japanese mission.
Jones, Stanley Radulski, Manning
Drake, Elmer +. Palmer, Acil /. SOM
merson, Charles Williams, John Smith
HOw0d Perry, Howard Fountain,
Geo ge Reese two cases, Alfred Ring
goa 'oh" Iohnson, Leclair Green.
Charging pointing a pistol-Thomas
Coo
Charging breaking into house with
Intent 10 commit larceny-John Ma
luns Mulhe-n
Charging neutrality-suspicious. D.
Myers.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
Local. SECURITIES MARKET

Laird aud Company. dupont Building
furnish the following quotations on local
securities
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17

ihe opportunities and che human IN.
terest which the Want Columns hold
help people 70 profit by their own ideas.
ADV.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-17
MORE Than 10000
Register IN LITY
llonlInuod ZION FIrsl Page.l

NAfvhfhHNN AAoiA AAet "oD'i
Eleventh ward 80. ,............. 3,
Twelfth ward ................. s.
, 1917-12-27
ABomb Raid by ShelI-Light

The picture of a night attack executed by the
English on a German trench in France is drawn
in the Cornhill Magazine by Boyd Gable:
The hour chosen for the raid was just about
dusk. There was no eXtra-special preparation
Immediately before 1t. The guns continued to
pour in their fire, speeding it up a little, perhaps,
but no more than they had done a score of times
in the last "a hours. The infantry clambered out
of their trench and filed out through the narrow
openings in their own wire entanglements.
out in front n faint whistle cut across the roar
of fire. They're off, said the forward officer into
his phone, and a moment later a distinct change
In the note of sound of the overhead shells told
that the fire had lifted, that the shells were pass
ing higher above his head, to fall farther back in
the enemy trenches and leave clear the stretch
into which the infantry would soon be pushing.
For u minute or two there was no change in
the sound of battle. The thunder of the guns
continued steadily, a burst of rifle or machine
gun fire cracked as spasmodically.
Men gulped in their throats or drew long
breaths of apprehension that this was the begin
ming Of discovery of their presence in the omen,
the first of the storm they knew would quickly
follow. But there were no more shells for the
moment, and the rattle of machine gun fire d.
minished and the bullets plped thinner and more
distant as the gun muzzle swept around. The in
fantry hurried on. thankful for every yard made
in safety.
But at the attacking point the infantry were
almost across when the storm burst, and the
shells for the most part struck down harmlessly
behind them. The men were into the fragments
of broken wire, and the shattered parapet doomed
up under their hands u minute after the first shell
burst. Up TO this they had advanced in silence,
but now they gave tongue and with wild yells
leaped at the low parapet, scrambled over and
down into the trench. Behind them a few forms
twisted and sprawled on the broken ground, but
they were no sooner down than running stretcher
bearers pounced on them, lifted and bore them
back to the shelter of their own lines.
In the German trench the raiders worked and
fought at desperate speed, but smoothly and on
what was clearly a settled and rehearsed plan.
There were few Germans to be seen, and most of
these crouched da2ed and helpless, with hands
over their heads. They were promptly seized,
bundled over the parapet, and told by word or
gesture to be off. They waited for no second bid
ding, but ran with heads stopped and hands above
their heads straight to the British line, one or
two men doubling after them as guards. Some
OF the prisoners were struck down by their own
guns shellfre, and these were just as promptly
grabbed by the stretcher bearers and hurried in
under cover.
, 1917-12-27

Is II planned to deal with all the acute suffering,
such as is summarized above, and to reconstruct
many villages in the devastated war zone so as
to give the refugees a fresh start In life and pre-
pare the way for again cultivating the soil, but 1t
Is the purpose to apply the American system Of
Home Service on a scale so grand that it is
bound to have a heartening effect on the whole
French military organization, for the French SOL
ones are being cared for.
In furtherance of this great scheme, designed to
bring comfort and cheer in the family of every
French soldier that is needy, General Pershing,
General Petain, commander in chief of the French
forces, and Maj. Gen. NJ. p. Murphy, American Red
Cross commissioner, have formed themselves into
a committee of cooperation. Company officers will
go through their ranks and ascertain from each
soldier whether he has any worry on his mind
concerning sickness or want at home. Reports
will be made to headquarters weekly and not a
single case will be overlooked In the relief work
that Is to be guided by the addresses of families
listed. Special attention will be given to the treat.
ment and prevention of tuberculosis, which has as
sumed proportions almost as deadly as the Internal
machinery of war itself. Food and clothing will
be supplied when necessary and the spirit and
courage of the previously depressed soldier in the
trenches will be enlivened by the news that his
family is having its wants attended to.
1.-The great struggle of the winter will be the
economic struggle" said MI. White. THE Red
til our boys take their places on the firing line
next spring. 1t should be kept in mind that every
French soldier who is saved this winter means the
, 1917-12-27

wore winter dresses and February was
In skating costume.
April and May we're sitting on a
grass bank. April was dressed like
a beautiful Bloodroot, in a pure white
dress, with yellow stars in her hair.
and she wore shoes and stockings of
a blood red color. May was lovely
she looked like daffodills on a moss
bank, and tiny streams trickled off
her dress. June was a glorious mass of
roses and green leaves. She fluttered
with pleasure as Old Year approached
her, and threw a rose at him crying:
In memory Of the happy morning
when you babe me live"
July was resplendent and Old Year
felt warm all through when he got near
to her. Beautiful summer month" he
murmured, "is this the last time I'll
feel your" AS he said this May let
one of her little streams trickle down
she was crying for the Old Year.
August wore q sailor costume and
smelled of blue grass. September and
, 1917-12-27
NEW WRITING IMPLEMENT.

A writing implement composed of a mixture
Of wax and finely ground pumice stone contain
ing particles of ink has been invented by William
Z. Geer OF Akron. o., to take the place of ordinary
ana fountain pens, pencils, crayons and all other
writing implements, says the Popular Science
Monthly. As the body of the new writing device
Is composed of a mixture of wax and pumice
stone, which Is easily worn away when rubbed
against a paper surface, the inventor claims that
the cells of ink intermiXed with the wax and pum-
Ice stone will also be liberated, giving a uniform
supply of ink. =
The device Is made by mixing the wax, pumice
stone and Ink together. When 1t is heated to the
proper temperature 1t is suddenly immersed In
cold water. This chills and solidlfes the wax
mixture, producing n body having u cellular struc.
ture, each cell being filed with ink.
, 1917-12-27

Throwing its petals all over the floor,
and a little man stepped out. He was
white from head to foot.
BLESS mel If you aren't Brother
January!' said the old man. "What
brings you to visit me-? It's only the
thirty-first Of December"
"But I'm last January" said the
little fellow. Old Year laughed. "Of
course you are. You came in my
waistcoat pocket and popped out be-
fore the others-they were afraid of
the cold"
"Ohl glad you haven't quite forgot
ten me. Now listen, Old Year, we
Months have a great scheme for to-
night. We're going to feast you in the
Ice Palace on Time Mountain. We
shall all be there, the whole lot of us,
and you must come, too"
you're very kind" said Old Year,
"but really I'm so tired I'd rather sit
here and dream away my last hours"
snow, don't talk like that, Old Year,
the party can't take place if you don't
come. How can we Months hold to-
.gether without you?"
81 Old Year smiled. "All right" he
said, "Tll come, but all my clothes are
worn out"
y Another excuse" cried January.
'Come along, they're all waiting. Be
sides, there's a surprise outside"
a Old Year started at the word 'sur-
prise" and her he strobe out of the
house with January on his shoulders.
Now although he had lived every
minute of the year there was one
q thing that Old Year had neve done
he had flown in an airplane. So
Imagine his establishment when he saw
b great white biplane covered with sill
yer frost outside his door. A gay,
breezy little fellow, whom he recog-
nized as March, sat in the pilots seat.
He wore silver goggles and looked
every inch an aviator.
Old Year and January got in behind
the pilot, and oon the great silvery
bird was soaring up into the cold,
starry night.
They passed over cities and viii
lagos, lakes and forests, and every
where Old Year noticed preparations
for the coming of his successor.
They'd be surprised If they knew
where l was now" he thought. And
then he gave up his spirit to the joy
of the flight.
Finally Time Mountain came in
sight, and as they approached they
saw a dazzling sight. The whole
mountain was blazing with light, and
the trees shone as their boughs radi-
ated electricity.
When the airplane came into view
a great cry of joy was heard, and a
, 1917-12-27

same view as william Allen White regarding
the Importance of giving primary attention to the
economic side of the equation during the winter
months. He quoted General Pershing as saying
that the greatest thing that the Red Cross can do
ut present to insure victory is to stand by the fam
lilies of French soldiers.
Gas Bombs Poison Soil.
An interesting fact dwelt upon by Mr.. Wishard
during a visit to Washington was that of the pois-
oning of the soil in agricultural regions by the
gases spread over the country by the Germans. 1t
is stated that this gas has worked its insidious way
deep into the ground, so that unless heroic means
are discovered and applied it will be years and
years before the land is fit for cultivation of any
sort. The devastation, he says, is beyond anything
in the history of the world, with shell craters so
thick that blowing of once fertile fields is abso-
lutely impossible. Yet In this hopelessly devasta-
ted region the Red Cross has set to work to repair
some villages and to restore certain agricultural
communities, not alone for the humanity directly
involved with respect to the people who will thus
have shelter and means to go to work, but as an
example to the thousands of others and an inspi-
ration to them to start in and begin life anew. The
hopelessness of it all might seem complete from a
man who had owned n mill in a village near Yer
dun. who told him that when he went to look for
the spot on which it stood he had to take a survey
or along to locate 1t.
1t Is into the hopelessness of hundreds of situa-
lions akin to this that the American Red Cross Is
advancing with its banner of mercy and its bugle
blast of inspiration.
So help the Red Cross!
, 1917-12-27

fast.
oiu Year patted them kindly with
MS hlg hands. They flew round him
very quickly, and in some magic way
oiu Year was carried to the top of
sno mountain. There he saw a won
uertui Ice palace and over the door was
written in huge letters 'In Honor of
Old Year"
accompanied by the Minutes and
aeeonus Old Year entered the palace,
'a IN the great bright hall he saw
: vi MS dearest friends, the Months.
very beautiful they looked in artistic
groups about the hall.
January, February and March were
standing together In a miniature park,
"'lh a lake in the middle of 1t: they
, 1917-12-27

Christmas tree over his shoulder.
After exchanging kindly greetings
with the whole company, Old Year
stepped up to June and asked her to
open the ball with him. For reply
she strewed him with her petals, and
then such a dance began as never
was seen before. The Minutes flew in
by the windows, and the Seconds
Jumped out of the cracks in the
Ice floor. Everyone was giddy with
JOY and excitement, and Old Year, who
a few hours before was meditating
by the fire, now danced till even lively
June began to weary. Then he took
sweet April in his arms and the little
red feet and legs positively twinkled
round the hall. March executed a
wild dance with October, and blew so
hard that bits of his partners dress
were strewn over the floor. ,
At half past eleven some of the
Minutes screamed out that p p was
served, and Old Year and his friends
flew to take their last meal together.
Every imaginable dainty was on the
table and the dancing had made the
jewellers hungry.
The Minutes and Seconds ate like
lightning, and then mi after another,
, 1917-12-27
Old Years
Party
w
BY Marguerite Hope

I'D Nv
If was New Years v and a thin
.pld man with a wizened face was sit
fipg by the fireplace. At first sight
lou would have said that he was
[ather a disagreeable old chap, but
pn closer inspection you found out
A hat he had very bright eyes and
5culte a humorous smile round his
mouth.
1t was surprising that Old Year
was feeling rather sad. 1t was his
Hast night on the dear old Earth. The
hext morning, long before it was day
NIGHT. he must fly away in a big snow
storm. and New Year, all fresh and
Rosy and splendid, would take mis-
place.
1 Old Year wasn't the least afraid of
what the future might bring, only he
, 1917-12-27

up and down the selected area of front line
trench the raiders spread rapidly. There were
several dugouts under the parapet, and from some
or them gray-coated figures crawled with their
hands up on the first summons to surrender.
These, too, were bundled over the parapet. If a
shot came from the black mouth of the dugout
in answer to the call to surrender, it was prompt
ly bombed. AT either end of the area of front
line marked out as the limits of the raid strong
parties made a block and beat off the feeble at.
tacks that were made on them"
, 1917-12-27

they fell asleep
round the table.
They would v
wake again, but
their short lives
had been very
happy. Then the
Months began to
get sleepy, and
Old Year too. He
sank into a big
chair and tired
June fell into his
arms and slept
cozi.y In their EN-
brace. At last De-
cember and Old
Y e W e e the
, 1917-12-27
A SAD CASE OF SUICIDE.

Ihere Is a very pompous artist in New York
VINO used to have a sense of humor. His ouins
were known everywhere. Now, however. since
himself and his work very seriously. ~
owen Johnson, the novelist, saw him in n ros-
taurant the other night. sitting solemnly alone.
TOO bad" he said, real pity and tenderness
ocular vein" nS
, 1917-12-27

October e r q
a of colors. 1t
wasn't very long
since Old Year
nae visited them,
so they were quite
familiar with him.
October t o s s e d
some of her pref
ty leaves into his
face. This was
her way of kiss
ing.
November look
e d hale an d
hearty, and De-
fember, in snowy
robe, carried a
, 1917-12-27

felt a little sad
a b o u t saying
~"good-by" to his
friends, and q
tiny bit Jealous
about New Years
arrival.
AS he sat there
musing a pretty
little snow flower
dropped on the
floor at his feet,
you beautiful
thing!" he cried.
"Where did you
come from? 2"
AS he spoke the
flower aynondad
, 1917-12-27
HIS POINT OF VIEW.

Mike didn't you tell me once you have a
brother who Is a ~bishop?' asked the contractor
"Yes, sor, 1 did that"
AND here you are a nod carrier. Well, things
Of this life are not equally divided, pre tbey
Mixer" Ne''
mo, sor," replied the Irishman, shoulderipe his
hod and starting up the ladder; "lndade they IL
loife. sor r.
, 1917-12-27
SOLDIER

Have you begun saving Jokes and n,ctrros o..
"sammie's" scrapbook? KIpling started these
scrapbooks in England for the wounded "Tom.
my" SO of course it's u good idea,
, 1917-12-27

chorus of happy
" e S cried:
.I"Eiurrah! for Old
Hear!" March ex-
|ecuted Il wonder
Pun ~vOlplane and
softly the Silver
bird settled to
earth at the foot
|of the mountain.
Thousands of lit
lie people rushed
TO greet the Old
leur, These We're
The Minutes and
'he Seconds. They
We're dressed in
u, sparkling
, 1917-12-27
q TUBERCULOSIS uc7z1 ~w

saving of an American boy
when the big drive begins a
few months hence"
L. d. Wishard of California,
a schoolmate of President
Wilson, well known for his
interest in Y. NJ. G. A. work
as well as that of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, Is another re-
Gently returned observer from
France. He brought a doubly
interesting story. First, the
awfulness of many conditions
existing; and, secondly. the
great work the Red Cross is
doing and the much greater
work it is preparing to do to
meet all the conditions scien-
tifically and energetically.
Mr.. Wishard expressed the
, 1917-12-27

only nes awake. Then the clock struck
midnight, and they closed their eyes
and slept, too.
At this moment some beautiful snow
flakes flew in through the windows.
They formed themselves into a kind
of blanket and wrapped Old Year ten
derby in its folds. Just as they were
going to cover up his face a pale blue
spirit fioated over him and kissed his
sleeping brow. 1t was the Spirit of
New Year kissing the Spirit of Old
Year.
, 1917-12-27
WtY The REQ Cross
Ne60SN Your Nelp*
Ame1zcu is gohng b SAGE thousands Of French
ana Belgian Women and MiM1eW fran Aeab
by &ar0uhon mr. IeezMg tits aOzuke,; but eyeyy
AMe7zcQH must lend hand h tie zO0rk|

ROM Everywhere in France" there
are being brought to the United States
with the arrival of nearly every pas
senger ship tales of devastation and
misery which are even more tragic
than the cabled dispatches which we
are accustomed to read under the
vague date line. Somewhere in
France"
Many of these narratives have been
, 1917-12-27

More Time to Work.
One good New Years resolution is
to complain less and work more.