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Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
DOCTORS SONS WIN REN0WN
They Are Brought Forward as Rivals
of the Progeny of Both Farm
ers and Ministers.

At last a rival to the farmer and the
hood-Or fatherhOOd of the famous
is brought forward, the New York Eve
ming Sun observes. The changes have
been rung on the parentage of men
like the two chief candidates for the
presidency in the recent election and
of other leaders. But it remained for
William Browning, writing in the Med
ical Record, to contend that among
eminent persOnages a large number
were sons of physicians.
There is food for thought in this,
and as the author gravely prOphesies,
1.-The more embryotic science of his
tory may yet find activatOrs." He il
lustrates his theory by a list of the
men about Lincoln i'll the Civil war
times. The vice president, secretary
of state, secretary of war, speaker of
/ the house and the organizer of the
/ Union s-McClellan-were all doc
] tors sons. In the same group we find
( David Davis, the close friend and ad-
wiser of Lincoln; John Hay, his private
secretary; Stephen A. Douglas, his
leading opponent in the contests be
fore the war.
Exactly what part in the preparation
of these leaders for high station theil
fathers may have taken we are not in
formed. But a good case might b'
made out of clear thinking related Il
prompt action and of unselfish devo
ton to the needs of the public. I
may be said that the Old-fashionei
family physician was away from hom
good deal, but certainly his charaC
ter might well make q. deeper impres
sion on the children than the repeate
precepts Of a man Of another type.
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17

Governor Charles R. Miller re-
linquished the honorable post of
chief executive of the State yesterday
with the consciousness of duty we'll
done. In saying this we can fully
agree with the Wilmington Star which
truly says: "No governor has ever
been more attentive to the duties of
his office, none has ever held in higher
regard the dignity Of this ositi n,
none has ever heen more painstakingly
in earnest to safeguard and advance
the best interests of the State, or
more eager to give his time, his
thought, his energy and his substance
to make his administration yield the
largest benefits to the commonwealth.
Governor Miller has earned perman-
ent place of honor in the annals of his
State, as we'll as the sincere regarC
and esteem of all who had the oppor'
tunity to observe and appreciate his
devotion to duty and his sincere effor
to promote the public welfare. "
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17

The Board of Managers Of the Del
aware Industrial School for Girls is
making thru its president, Mrs.
Charles M. Curtis, an appeal to the
Legislature for an appropriation. Thi
worthy institution, as we'll as the Ferris
industrial School, we sometimes think
are too little appreciated among the
good people of our State and it is both
timely .and important that State aid
should come to them. Mrs. Curtis, the
president, in her letter to each mem
Der Of the Legislature sets forth some
facts concerning the Delaware Indus
trial School for Girls that should be
studied with care by the peoples repre-
sentatives. In its twenty-five years of
existence the school has gone about its
work so quietly and so efficiently that
the general public has known little
about it. Few have even seen tne
admirably located present site of the
school in BTandywine Hundred. Anc
not many realize the large sum which
its buildings. ground and equipment
represent. During its existence 32S
girls from all parts of the State hav'
been under its care and at present tim
IL girls are in the institution of whom
ten are from Kent County and seve
from Sussex. Girls are admitted onl
on commitments, after hearing. b
courts or justices of the peace, o
charges showing they need NOR
training as the school is we'll fittad
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17

The remark is often made, especially
by farmers of the older generation,
that it did not used to be necessary to
wage such a warfare in farming to
keep crops from being injured or des-
troyed; that fruit grew to perfection
without spraying; there was no such
thing as potato blight, or serious in
vasion of the cerals, neither were
cattle and hogs subject to the ravages
of disease as is the case now. Some
times it is Intimated that these things
have been especially created and
sent to plague the people of this gen.
Grafton. "a little thoughtfulness, says
the Pennsylvania Farmer" will show
US that the multiplication and spread
of theselfpests and diseases is logical
and natural rather than special dis
pensation of Providence. They pro-
bably always existed, but in the days
of sparse settlement and difficult trans
portation, their spread was slow and
in some instances impossible. AS the
country became more thickly popula-
ted, and the plant and animal hosts
more numerous, and the means of
transporting them from one part of
the country to another made possible
the spread of pests and disease, the
isolated sections were inoculated and
what might have been a local infesta-
tion became a common plague. A no
ther reason for the multiplication OF
insect pests is that their natural enc
mies-the birds-have become less
numerous as human population in
creased, hence these enemies tend t.
increase in the absence of their natura
enemies. The only thing for th'
farmer who would succeed is to dOp
such methods of control as experienc
and scientific research suggest 1hi
means when summed up, the sci &c 10
Of such varieties of seeds and plant
as are most resistant to disease
There is more need of care in thi
direction. Buy the best instead of tn
cheapest. 1t means the careful an
systematic application of such spray
as will destroy the enemies. In nus
bandry it means the buying or raisir
of healthy stock. and the adoption {
such methods as will best conser'
their health. In fact, success in al
line of agriculture can only be achiev'
by being continually on the watch al
ready to apply such remedial agenci
as will keep in check, if not eradicat
the agencies that threaten to inva
and destroy"
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an independent paper
devoted to the welfare of the town it repre-
sents and the State of which it is part. 1t
also gives the items of importance of the East
ern Shore of Maryland.
A AOVERTISEMENTS-TH SMYRNA TIMES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
resents, but for the outlying district of which it
is the centre embracing the towns of Clayton,
Kenton, Cheswold, Townsend, Leipsic, &c.
A rate of so cents an inch for first insertion and
25 cents for each subsequent insertion will be
charged for transient advertising Locals and
Reading Notices, 10 cents per line per issue,
A special discount on all semi-annual and
yearly advertisements.
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17

In the death of Admiral George
Dewey at Washington, D. c.. yester-
day, this country has lost its most spec
tacuIar hero of the Spanish War Battle
of Manila Bay) and its highest rank
ing naval officer. Admiral Dewey had
an eventful career and leaves an i'm
perishable name.
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
Get Jane Do It."

Let Jane do it" is the new law
in California since women got the
vote. Nowadays" says Miss Helen
Todd of San Francisco, when a man
is approached by political slave driv-
ers, who ask him to serve on all kinds
of tiresome committees, he just says:
Well, I'm too busy boys; just ask my
wife-she knows more about it than
l do, anyway From Below the
Rio Grande."
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
NOTICE.

All those having claims against the estate
of David Rees will please present same and
those owing the estate will make settlement
as it is the desire to close the estate at once.
DAVID Il. REES, Administrator,
Middletown, Del.
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
To Make Little Folks Happy.

There may be no children in your
household, but 1t is wise to save, new
ertheless, those trifes that children
like, and when you have some little
guests you will be able to produce
something that will entertain them. It
is surprising, too, how little 1t takes
to give pleasure to a child. Odds and
ends of ribbon, a pretty card, some
pictures cut from catalogues, bits of
colored string, tinfoil, all will be ap-
preciated. A box kept for the purpose,
in which all such treasures" may be
stored as they are picked up from
time to time, will be a help, and when
one box is full, fill another. 1t is safe
to say that your little friends will re-
meJnber their visits long after you
have forgotten them
Unearth Bones of Homan Soldiers.
The discovery has been announced
from Rome, Italy, of large ossuary
or place for the deposit of the bones oi
the dead, near the port of lebanon
The discovery is on the scene of the
battle of lebanon, fought in the yeal
225 B. c., during the invasion of ltal1
by the Gauls, wherI the invading
hordes were defeated by the Ro
mans. The ruins Of Temple o
Thanksgiving, erected by the Romans
in memory of this Victory, were un
earthed In 1852. Further importan
discoveries are expected as resul
Of the present excavations.
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
FOR SALE CHEAP

GRAY HORSE, years old gOCud gSs%d " YOrt
work anywhere, also Seoono'
Wagon. W. G. ROE
Smyrna times., 1917-01-17
THE SMYRNA TIMES
SMYRNA, DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon, by
ROBERT D. HOFFECKER, Proprietor.
Founded by Robert D. HOffecker July 5, 1854
Editor and Proprietor until February 10, 1907
FFICE:-Next Door to the Frnii Grove S
ltional Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
MOOSE WILL FORM
HOME GUARD AT JACKSON
WILLIE TO PROTECT HOMES

Jacksonville, April 21.-Jackson-
vile Lodge No. 456. Loyal Order of
Moose. in session last night. unan-
imously voted to form home guard.
A committee was named consisting of
Frank ooons. s. A. Thompson and H.
A. Godbold. to solicit all members Of
the order here to serve in the home
guard. This matter was taken mp
directly after all other matters Of the
meeting were disposed Of.
Data was held by Dictator G. A.
Rushing which outlined the matter
before the members. and after read.
ing much of this he placed the matter
before the members. The lodge i'm
mediately decided to begin training.
There are many men in the ranks Of
the l.. o. o. NJ. here who have seen
varied military service.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
LARGEST SUBSCRIBER TO
WAR FUND IN ENGLAND IS
MISS EMILY TALBOT
BY Associated Press. }

London. April 2l.-The largest
woman subscriber to the war loan In
England is Miss Emily Talbot. of
Galmorgan. Miss Talbot. who is
seventy-seven years old. is the daugh-
ter of G. X. NJ. Talbot. who sat In
the House of Commons for sixty
years and died In 1890 leaving a for
timated at 100000 pounds to his
daughter. Her land holdings of over
acres OF valuable coal deposits. and
nearly the whole of Port Talbot and
the Port Talbot railway and docks.
iss Talbot's contribution to the
war loan is estimated at 4.000.000
pounds. This is quite characteristic
of the woman. who has been known
to go to great lengths to avoid pub
licity in connection with her philan-
thropies. Her favorite device to
avoid publicity is to contribute a COM
paratively small sum to a charity in
her own name and then add two or
three much larger donations annoy
mously. Thus. her subscription to
the war loan was for $4,000 pounds.
although in roundabout ways IT has
become known that she is the hold
er of about fifty times that amount
Miss Talbot. despite her age. keeps
her hand on her own business affairs.
and her property has greatly in
creased in value during her twenty
seven years stewardship. She has
a ondon house on Cavendish Square.
but spends considerable part of her
time i'm Wales
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
Argentina Threatens
To Arm Ships If
Germany Fails
To Make Amends
(By Associated Press.)

Buenos Aires, April 2l.-The
&c rernment has sent Germany an
energetic note demanding complete
satisfaction for the sinking of the
to lido The Argentinian minister
vas instructed to Immediately break
off relations If Germany attempts to
evade the responsibility for the loss
of the vessel. He was told to inform
Gei many that If prompt satisfaction
is not granted Argentine will follow
the course of the United States and
Brazil and will arm ships against
submarines
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
U. S. DISPATCH AGENT
IN LONDON IS HONORED

London, April 81 The man who
for the last fifty years has handled
Uncle Sans dispatches and mall for
his naval men when they happened
to be on this side of the Atlantic,
has just been singularly honored on
the occasion OF his entering upon his
flftieth year OF service. He is G. I.
Petherick. deputy United States gov
ernment dispatch agent IN London.
who remembers Admiral Farragut
when the latter was commando in
chief Of the European station In
1868 and who was a close friend OF
Admiral Dewey and other United
States naval officials.
Mr.. Petherick was requested the
other day to step into Ambassador
Pages private office when the am
bassador surrounded by ms embassy
staff, made formal speech In which
he reviewed Mr.. Petherick's long
and faithful career in the service of
the American government, extended
the thanks of Uncle Sam and con-
Guided by presenting to the veteran
deputy agent, a large silver punch
bowl, as token of the esteem In
which he is held by the embassy
staff.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
USE OF AFRICAN MILITARY
WORKERS BEHIND THE LINES
IN FRANCE A SUCCESS
tBy Associated Press. }

London. April 81 The corps of
African military workeres behind the
lines in France is to be very large
ly Increased this spring. By summer
1t Is expected that the native labor
army will be multiplied to many
times Its original size. The expert
rnent, according to army reports, has
been a brilliant success. The chief
fear. when the first detachments o.
natives were sent to France, was
that climatic conditions would prove
an obstacle, particularly the rigor OF
the European winter. The mortal
ity last winter. however, was very
low. and the disease that was most
dreaded. pneumonia. hardly existe I
among them.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
EFFORT MADE TO.
EXTEND POWERS
R. R. COMMISSION:
MATTER AGAIN
Be Up MONDAY
(By II. A. Felkel.)

tallahassee, Fla. April 2l.-
J1hnson's bill to provide free text
books to the children in Escambia
county has passed the House.
stringent general dog law was
proposed in bill introduced by
EIyan II creates dog officer ami
DOG fund in counties.
An innocent looking local no
fence measure by Mr. Perry or Lee
caused considerable commoton in
the House and brought on heated
debate until it was passed informal
~ al request of the author.
The House was engaged all morn
ing with debates on the reconsidera-
iion Of the bill extending the powers
OF the tax commission The measure
apparently gained friends over night
II WAS defended on the floor by
speaker Hardee. Gomez, Cash.
Light and Tilghman Gomez today
charges unfair treatment yesterday
al the hands of the members opposed
to the bill in resorting to parliament
tary rules to throttle debate. Gomez
said 1t Is a most damnable rule
which would stife a voice Of the
ll,sise. Amos Lewis is speaking this
afternoon against the reconsidera-
ton of the vote by which tho bill
giving the tax commission more
power was killed yesterday by strik
ing out the enacting clause.
The House recessed till Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock without taxi
ing a vote on the reconsideration of
the vote by which bill to extend pow
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
WON, H|ND[SSERC
DECLARES STRIKES A
CRIME AGAINST
FIGHTING FORCES
LEADERS OF BERLIN STRIKE
XAN Dsa[ANDs, COMPLIANCE
wTTH.wAICH WOULD BE THE
PROMPT END OF MILITARISTIC
RULE IN GERMANY
(By Associated Press. J

Interest in the great offensive on
tAe Aisne river gives way to startling
news from the interior Of Germany.
Yelled though the situation Is in the
mists Of rigid censorship and oh
scured by the shackled condition OF
the German press. sufficient has
leaked through to indicate that thu
German empire is facing a great
economic and political crisis. The
latest information is that ten thou
sand striking munition workers have
ergaged in a bloody riot in the great
Prussian fortress of Magdeburg and
we're only prevented from burning
the city hall after a sharp clash with
tire military forces. The story comes
from the Dutch frontier with suf-
fclent detail to make its claims to
authenticity impressive. On It's
heels arrives an account of the de-
mands of such revolutionary char
eoter by leaders of the Berlin strike
that compliance with them would
moan the prompt ending to the mil
itarist regime in Germany. 1t is Sig
nficant that they include the de-
nant for the release OF all political
p, p,lsoners.
Indication of the seriousness of the
situation is noted in the fact that
Von Hindenburg has made person.
al appeal to the workers in which
he denounces the strikes as inexcus-
ellie and crimes against the fighting
forces
Meantime the French maintain
their relentless pressure against the
mos; vital point Of the German de-
fenses. at a sharp angle where the
German line from Lens turns east
toward Rheims. The British are
believed to be preparing soon to de-
liver antoher tremendous blow. The
fritish last night. after sharp nght-
fnr. captured the village Of Come
Hen. advancing for more than mile
near the German line between Gam
hrai and st. Quentin. The French
rained ground In the movement to-
ward Brimont Plateau. Also north
vest OF Rheims and repulsed Ger
man attack In Champagne.
Italy announced she had repulsed
sirpianes and torpedo boats seekin2
10 approach Venice.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
TO EXAMINE SEIZED SHIPS
Government inspectors TO Find What
Is Needed to Make Them Ready

Pensacola, April 21.-Machinists
and boiler-makers from the city are
under orders to proceed to the seized
Teutonic vessels, at anchor in the
bav this morning. for the purpose or
taking off cylinder heads and remov-
ing man holes from boilers. with a
view to having the vessels ready for
insnection Friday or Saturday OF fhis
week. and Captains Luderus and Bean,
of Mobile, government inspectors OF
hulls and boilers. will conduct the
examination.
Last Friday Catpain Bean was
here and. accompanied by Collector
of Customs Weeks and several other
federal officials. went out to the
steamers. going over the boilers and
examining the engines. A report
was not made as to conditions the
steamers we're found in. because OF
the fact that they were unable to ex-
anime the intereior of boilers and
cylinder heads. and as other parts OF
the machinery were not accessible. IL
was decided to dismantle boilers and
engines. for final and thorough In
spection. which will probably be done
tomorrow, as stated above.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
1910 SHOE FACTORIES WILL
CLOSE IN GERMANY
(By Associated Press. J

Berlin. April 20.-Of 1,4oo shce
factories in Germany. 1.o7o Will De
closed this month and the remainder
placed under government control. or
tho latter, one hundred will be op-
Grated to meet the requirements OF
the army. and the other $50 to sat
isfy the needs Of the civilian popu'
iation. ITHvvv
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21

crs to the tax commission was killed
yesterday Recess instead of adjourn
s;dncd Monday instead of tho regu
lJr order of business. Both houses
adjourned till Monday afternoon. 1t
Is believed here that the House will
refuse to reconsider and will later
m .ss!on but the Governor will veto
tho latter.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
(By Associated Press. }

Capetown. April 21.-The gold min
Ing industry is almost the only one
which has enjoyed freedom from in
terruption owing to the war. This
Is accounted for In a summary pre-
pared by the Transvall Chamber of
Commerce as due to "the national
Importance and the essential nature
OF the industry both through the ne
cessity of its products to the Imper-
ial government and the fact that its
discontinuance would mean a chaotic
condition OF affairs in South Africa"
Since the beginning of the war.
South Africa has produced 100. .00o..
600 pounds sterling In gold. Twenty
per cent Of tho white employees have
voluntarily gone on active service,
and the extra financial burdens i'm
posed by the war on the gold mining
industry are estimated at 100000
pounds a year Dividends last year
were about 100000 pounds less than
In 1914. although the production was
100000 pounds sterling greater.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
WEDDING RINGS NO EXCUSE
(By Associated Press. J

London. April 21.-A manufacturer
of wedding rings has just failed In
an effort to get the military tribunals
to declare his work Of national impor-
tance justifying military exemption.
do you think weddings would
cease IL there were no rings?" asked
the head of the tribunal.
81 cannot say that. replied the
manufacturer. "but we do good
trade. and so far as it encourages
marriage. 1T ia certainly Of national i'm
portance.
The tribunal refused his appeal de-
claring that wedding rings came un-
der the head of jewelrv as purely a
luxury business"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
WIFE AND TWO MEN
HELD WITHOUT
BAIL FOR THE
MURDER OF
v. H. CARCABA
(By Associated Press \

st Augustine. April 2l.-Mrs W
II. Carcaba, Victor White, and Ste
pher Tompkins. charged with the
murder in connection with shooting
Thursday of the wcman's husband.
are all held without bond, Prelimi-
nary hearing will be held Monday
Mrs. Carcaba admitted she killed
her husband from whom she had
been separated a year. She claimed
seii-defense
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
NEW AEROPLANE
FOR "AEROBATICS'

London, April 21.-In a test Of n
new aeroplane designed by army ex-
perts for "aerobatics'' or adroit ma
noeuvring In air combat, an instruc-
tor looped the loop sideways eight
times, starting at an altitude OF
1900 feet and finished within 200
feet OF the ground. The wings OF the
machine revolved like windmills dur
ing the manoeuvre. at the conclu-
sion OF which the aviator regained
his even keel and scared upwards.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
Turkey Breaks
With U. S,
(By Associated Press }

Basel. Switzerland, April 2i.-A
Constantinople dispatch says that
Turkey has notified the American
embassy she has broken relations
with the United States following the
example OF Austria-Hungary
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
RUSSIAN REGIMENTS ON
THE FRENCH FRONT EN-.
D0RSE NEW GOVERNMENT
fBy Associated Press. }

petrograd. April 21.-The Rus
sian newspapers devote considerable
SPACE to accounts OF a brilliant at
tack by Russian regiment in the
region OF Auberive. on the French
front in Champagne. All the Rus
sian regiments in France have re-
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
10000 NUN|T|0N WORKERS
ENGAGE IN BLOODY
RIOT; ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL CRISIS NOW
THREATEN THE nation
BUSINESS IN GERMAN SOUTH
WEST AFRICA is TILL CON-
QUOTED ON GERMAN LINES
(By Associated Press. J

Capetown, April 20.-Despite the
prolonged British occupation of Ger
man Southwest Africa, the business
Of the government is still being con
Quoted along German lines.
Tie old German official forms are
in use; all the government docu-
ments are still printed in German.
and all Official correspondence is
carried on in German.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
Spain ITO MAINTAIN
STRICT NEUTRALITY
TOWARD bELL|CERENTS
(By Associated Press. }

Madrid, April 21 The new cab
met after its first meeting an
nOunced that Spain would maintain
street neutrality toward all belliger-
ents and constitutional guarantees
would be restored.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
Portugal Cabinet
Has Resigned
(By Associated Press. }

Lisbon, April % Premier Al
n eida presented the resignation of
the entire cabinet after the chamber
of deputies voted adversely on the
question of the government estab-
fishing q national economies coun-
Gil.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-21
lBy Associated Press

London. April 2l.-A Copenhag-
eli dispatch says Norway has official
ly announced that the steamer Ber-
grnut was sunk by a German subj
narinee, and eight of the crew were
killed. 1t is reported the Norwegian
steamer Norden. captured by Ger.
rams. was taken into Cuxhavan.