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Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07

Tristan Southerd, age thirty-three,
formerly captain Of the hockey team
at Harvard, who died in New Jersey
on the last day Of the old year after
strenuous exertion at his fav0rite
game, illustrated the fact that any vio-
lent exercise may be harmful. A pop
ular educator in the East dropped dead
last December while laden down with
Christmas presents and hurrying to
catch a car. Matthew Arnold, it will
be remembered, came to q sudden end
while attempting to leap over gate.
People will die sooner or later whether
they don't exercise or whether they do.
A discreet amount Of moderate exer-
else is necessary for everybody. It isn't
always easy to know how to be care
full. So there you arel
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CARRY YOUR BUNDLES.


The census bureau at Washington
has just completed an investigation
into the cost of delivering the neces-
sary commodities of life. A prelim-
mary survey Of the subject, published
on December IS, shows that in Wash
ington the cost Of delivery is about
eight per cent of the retail price.
Doubtless it is higher in other cities.
The pavements, the distances and the
habits Of life in the federal capital
make relatively cheap delivery posi-
Bile. In New York or Chicago the cost
Of delivering the things that most peo-
pie buy is doubtless heavier. One Of
the large department stores in New
York has informed us that their aver
age expense Of delivery even in the
busiest time is seven cents per pack
age, and That the selling price Of the
average purchase is less than a dol
lar. This would about bear out the
conclusions Of the census department,
says Chicago Evening Post. In the
West some stores are offering cash
discount to those customers who will
carry their purchases home, and it
would be well if this policy were intro
duced throughout the country. There is
great deal Of false pride about the
American aversion to carrying bundles,
and it is becoming evident that the
qualification Of this pride adds very
substantial sum each year to the cost
Of living in the United States.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07

There will be little surprise to learn
that the destruction Of property by fire
last year in this country showed
marked increase over losses from the
same cause in 1915. Munition indus
tries, which occupy such prominent
place in our national activities, are
particularly conducive to fires. At the
same time, the existence Of many idle
plants cannot be cited as reasons for
numerous fires, as it has in the past,
says Springfield Union. An active in
dustrial state is ordinarily safer, from
the standpoint Of fire risks, than in
termittent activity, though the clutter
ing of factories as an incident to
rush of orders is bad. The factor Of
incendiarism will be regarded as more
than ordinarily accountable for the
swelling of fire losses. At any rate,
the record of destruction from this
cause in the United States is found to
have aggregated 100000 more In
1915 than in 1915.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07
SHERlFF'S SALES

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Lev. Fac. to me directed,
will be exposed to Public Sale at the
County Building, S. E. Corner 18th
and King Streets, City OF Whining
ton, New Castle County, Delaware. :
ON SATURDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF JULY 1917.
At 10 O'clock A. ~,
the following described Real Estate viz:
All that certain lot or parcel of land
with the buildings thereon erected,
situate in the City of Wilmington, New
Castle County and State Of Delaware.
bounded and described as follows, to-
wit:
BEGINNING on the Southerly side
of Second Street at the distance of
Thirty-three feet six inches from the
corner formed by the intersection of
the Southerly side of Second Street with
the Westerly side of Poplar Street,
thence SoutherIy, parallel with Poplar
Street, Seventy-six feet to the Mortimer
ly side of an alley, now Eight feet wide,
leading into Poplar Street; thence along
said side of said alley and parallel with
Second Street, Westerly Thirty-six feet
nine and three-quarter inches to APPOINT,
said point being Seventy-six feet from
the Southerly side Of Second Street
measured at right angles thereto;
thence in Northerly direction
feet to point in the center of a party
wall at the distance of Fifty-one feet
nine and three-quarter inches measured
at right angles from the Westerly side
of Poplar Street and Twenty-four feet
six and one-quarter inches measured at
right angles from the Southerly side
of Second Street; thence Northerly,
parallel with Poplar Street and through
the center of said wall, Twenty-four
feet six and one-quarter inches to the
said Southerly side of Second Street,
and thence by said side of Second
Street, Westerly Fifty one feet nine
and three-quarter inches to the place of
Beginning. Be the contents within
said bounds what they may.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property Of Joseph H. Rabinovitz and
Rose Rabinovitz, his wife, Mortgagors
& It's, and to be sold by
THEODORE w. FRANCIS. Sheriff.
sheriff Office, Wilmington, Del, June
%, 1917.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07

FOR SALE--Wagons and dearborns.
J. C. GREEN.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07
WOMAN'S WAR WORK

Topeka, KAs., Nov. 16.-Of 255
women candidates for county Offices
in 92 of the los counties in Kansas
at the Fall election 155 were elected
according to reports received today.
Kansas has 12O women holding
county offices.
0NE hundred and fifty-five women
- chosen in Kansas for county off,
ces at the last November election! Sew
eral Western towns are being run by
women from mayor down to town bob
ies-and needless to say well run.
In England and France big major
ity of the workers in munition factories
ire women, and in both those countries
in all the laborious employments women
have largely replaced men summoned
for war duties.
In Russia heroic women patriots are
enlisting in troop known as the
death Legion, thus shaming some of
the men who in the hour of their coun-
try's greatest peril were selfshly de-
sorting.
Finally, all over our own land wo-
men are springing to the Nations de-
fence with purse, brain and hand; in
countless ways from dull farm work to
daring aviation flights u miles an hour
doing hard, even dangerous work as
well as the men.
Yet tradition, not less assinine than
ancient calls woman the weaker YES
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07

Peach and Truck Baskets stored IN
warehouse for immediate delivery.
Jesse L. Shepherd.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07

FOR SALE OR RENT-My home place
on the outskirts of Middletown, Del.
Four acres of good land, under cult
walton, with orchards of pear, apple,
cherry. House of six rooms. Suitable
outbuildings, all in good repair. Terms
reasonable. Possession given on or
about Sept. LIST, 1917.
JOSEPH A. ARTERs,
Middletown, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07
Few individuals Honored.

France delights in naming it's streets
after some particular building, or some
happening, or great victory, and this
Is also true to a certain extent in
Canada, where there is only one CAPT.
tai city which commentaries an indi-
vidual. This is Charlottetown, the
capital Of Prince Edward Island. The
Charlotte so remembered was the
daughter and only child Of George ~,
who died only year after her mar
riage in 1S17.-Philadelphia North
American.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07
RuSSIA'S REDEMPTION

1.-THE recent action of two promi-
nent Russian Jews, M. Grousenberg
and M. Vinaver, in declining the
honor of senatorship, which the new
Government in Russia recently Of
fered them, is deserving Of wide
publicity. NJ. Vinaver is famous
iurist, M. Grousenberg famous
LAWYER, who braved all the forces OF
the Black Hundred to defend Bells,
at Kiev, five years ago. They de-
clined the honor in order that 1t
might not be said that the Jews
were fastening to take advantage
of the revolution Ito press into
offices of profit and power" There
is rare patience, and still rarer
wisdom, about this action, which is
full of hope for the future OF the
Jews in Russia"
"CHRIs. SC. MONITOR. >"
TLERE is the pleasing counterpart 10
this wise differentiation OF these
Russian Jews. The revolution mas
changed, not only the government OF
Russia but it's very soul. This young
sIay Democracy is determined that
every mark of the of the old regime OF
tyranny shall be wiped away, and every
victim, of that hateful autocracy, no
matter how humble, shall have restitu-
ton.
The prosecutors of Mendel Bells who
was falsely charged with the "rltual
murder" of lad slain by thieves whose
i'll deeds he CHANGED to discover, are
Themselves to be brot to the bar OF JUS
lice. Bolderieff, the courageous solicitor
who helped defend that hapless Jew is
now the magistrate in Kiev, and has
summoned to court all the parties to the
Bells outrage.
Like Dreyfus this poor Russian labor
er. the victim of a cruel conspiracy OF
the autocratic Car and the brutal Black
Hundreds with whom persecution OF
the Jews was pastime) was horribly
nistreated, he and his family-kept for
wears in jail and when atlast released one
loot had been frozen and he was re-
duced to physical wreck.
This granting Of justice and full
rights of citizenship to the once ostra-
cized and long prosecuted Jewsis deed
ef nobleness worthy of our own great
f3refathers.
Then Russia has put down the local
outbreaks that threatened disaster, dis
union and civil strife; her soldiers have
gone back tie the ranks and an effective
,ampaign has been resumed on the
Eastern front; she has enfranchised her
women without single question, and
is succeeding in reestablishing civil law
and order-all these things hold out the
the liveliest hopes that the new Demo-
cracy will live to achieve a career in
every way worthy that mighty people.
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07

The Russian professor who has been
displaying a model Of his invention for
travelling from New York to Chicago in
two hours, in a car for one person, shot
through a vacuum in an iron tube,
while suspended free from contact, by
the action of magnets, thus eliminate
ing all retarding friction, has our per.
mission to make trial trip.
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Overheated Air.

A rise Of temperature In the sur.
rounding air diminishes the amount Of
oxygen consumed and the amount OF
dioxde discharged. A fall Of TEN.
perature has the opposite effect. In
addition, the overheated air forms a
hot jacket around the body, which pre-
vents the radiation of heat necessary
to keep the body In healthy condi'
don. With a sedentary occupation a
temperature Of from IS to 70 should b
maintained for comfort and health.
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sel''i

So, altho all the illiterates and buns,
foreign and domestic, are allowed to
vote, these intelligent American women
are called unfit for self-government-do
not know enough to help make the laws
that dispose Of their persons and prop
erty!
Woman's war record in France and
England, glorious, heroic, has even in
those prejudiced lands, less chivalrous
than our own, reversed the injustice of
the centuries, and in recognition of
those patriotic services she will in those
countries be rewarded with full civil
rights-the ballot and the rest.
Despite all the learned bosh of courts
and judges to the contrary, the right to
the ballot, that is, the right of self
government, is not politically confer
red one, but is natural right as inher-
emily the privilege of every citizen of
proper age and intelligence as the
right to enjoy ''life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. How much
longer shall intelligent, progressive
America lag shamefully, even behind
Russia, in this great world march to
higher things?
Middletown transcript., 1917-07-07

Peach and Truck baskets, Georges
Creek Bituminous Coal stored in our
warehouse for immediate delivery.
Send your teams along.
Phone 5. JESSE l.. SHEPHERD.
FOR SALE-Late Cabbage Plants at
my resident. George F. Richards Jr.
East Lake st.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16

The best interests of the nation
he believed, demanded that the re-
ticence he had imposed upon him
self in the face of continuous clamor
since December. 1915. should be OBJ
served by him until the moment was
ripe. He was sure that such
course would be understood by the
nation at large.
The chancellor then briefly review.
ed the present military situation and
Germany's relations to the neutrals,
in the course of which he warmly
praised the policy adopted by Spain
"These interpretations demand
from me definite statement
on the question of our wal
aims said the chancellor. TO make
such statement at the present mo
ment would not serve the country''
interests must, therefore, decline
10 make Il.
Il now repeat this protest in thi
most conclusive form. What ! wa
ever able to say about our war aim
III say here In the reichstag publicly
Thar uega general principles. the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
SEPARATE PEACE
POLICY OPPOSED
DuMA STANDS WITH THE PRO.
vIsIoNAI GoVERNME EMIT IN
THIS ACTION

(Ffy Associated PreRa.l
PETR0GRAD, May l6.-Havtng
discussed the condition under which
representatives of the council OF
the workmens and soldiers delegates
would consent to enter the cabinet,
the present government decided II
was unable to accept the first con
dItion. This called for the enuncta,
tion as fundamental principle OF
foreign policy, openly pursuing
the aim of reaching general peace
as soon as possible, without annexa
tlons or indemnities. on the basis
of the nations right to work out
its own destinies. A committee ol
the duma has approved the govern
ment's decision.
Paul N. Millukoff, minister Of for
eign affairs, resigned, leaving the
cabinet altogether. NJ. Tereschtenko
minister of finance, was appointed
foreign minister. A. +. Kerensky
previous minister OF justice, was
named minister of war and marine
The government and radicals wh'
have been hampering activities
reached an agreement today on thre'
important points and cabinet recon
struction has been inaugurated. Th'
points are, unity of the allied forces
confidence of the revolutionary dem
ocracy in the reconstructed cabinet
and plenary powers for the govern
lment
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16

ny Associated Press.J
BERLIN, Via London, May lO.-ih
one of the most vigorous and plain
spoken speeches he has yet MADE
before the reiehstag since the out
break of the war the German chan
cellor bluntly refused to enter into
a discussion of Germany's peace aims
as demanded by interpretations by
the conservatives and Socialists.
DIR. Won Bethmann-Hollweg assert
ed that these called for the govern
ment's specific peace program, the
announcement OF which would al
the present time not only be prema
ture. but which il would be difficult
TO formulate. and also Of no prae
tlcal service to the nation in th'
present situation.
While appreciating the passionate
desire of all classes to conform will
lthe governments views. the chan
Ieellor plainly declared that he woul'
mot permit himself to be swayed b,
pressure from any source, and tina
lhe was not under the spell OF an
party eE elianA
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
MORE MONEY TO SPEND THAN EVER
BEFORE, SAYS OGDEN ARMOUR

advisory committee of the council
for national defence.
Modern war" Mr. Armour said,
requires the expenditure of huge
sums of money and means maximum
employment and high wages for all
workers. Other conditions peculiar
to this war make it certain that this
nation will enjoy a period Of busi-
ness and industrial activity the like
of which never has been seen and
which is assured whether war lasts
several months or several years"
| Speaking of the possibility that
over cautiousness might result from
war economy suggestions. Mr.. Ar
mour said:
There is some reason to believe
that economy rules will be misap-
piled for while, but conditions are
such that the public will soon see,
liz they have not already, that there
is no occasion whatever for them
to become alarmed. They will have
more money to spend that ever be-
fore and they will not find the things
they want disappearing from the
market.
"A continuation of the great pros
perity that has ruled In this country
for two years is assured. There is
an abnormal demand for everything
the workers of this country can grow
, ,or manufacture. There Is work at
high wages for every man and boy
, who wants work. The earning pow
er of the people Is restricted only
lby physical limitations, the buying
power of the people is greater than
ever before There are certain guar
, antees of continued prosperity and
of an ever widening scope to ouI
business and Industrial life"
I OF the billions to be lent to the
allies, Mr. Armour said.
) "It is a misnomer to cell 1t &
2 loan to our allies. We are primar
s lily extending them credit. Instea(
3 of sending billions of dollars out O
I the country the transaction meani
g THAT billions of dollars actually viii
I be freed for circulation in thil
g country"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
PAINT MAY SAVE
SHIPS FROM Loss

(By Associated Press.D
NEW YORK, May 16.-To save.
steamers from destruction by sub
marines. experiments have been made
off the Atlantic coast in the reduction
of visibility OF vessels by new meth
ods Of painting their hulls. it is an
nounced. The results. it is claimed,
show that the vessels when painted
by the new method cannot be seen
more than about half the distance
at which they would be visible II
painted in the ordinary manner. The
experiments have been conducted by
Lewis Herzog, an artist and member
Of the New York Yacht Club The
new method Of painting was mo-
made public.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16

IS WEAKENING
ASSURANCES RECEIVED At
WASHINGTON OF FAILURE
OF PROPAGANDA

tHT Aas0etated frea@.t
WASHINGTON, d. c., May To-
On the eve of the departure of the
American commission to Russia, the
state department has received ad-
vices from Petrograd that the Ger
man government is not meeting with
success in her effort through intrigue
md propaganda to break down the
Russian provisional government and
bring Russia to a separate peace or
lessen her military effectiveness.
Hope is felt here, however, that
he provisional government not only
will stand firmly by It's understand
pg with other allies that there shall
be no separate peace, but viii con
tinue to prosecute with vigor its
plans for setting up permanent
democratic government and rehab
IlItate the country.
! The provisional authorities have
been told that they can count upon
the aid OF the United States,
YIt was authoritatively stated that
The American mission to Russia con
TEMPLATES no interference in the in
ternal affairs of the newborn re
public.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
MAY
SELL BUT NOT BUY
CONDITION IN CHICAGO WITH
OUT PARALLEL IN TRADING
IN FooDSTuFF

tRy Associated Presa.) -
CHICAGO. May l6-The Ooara OF
trade opened today on conditloh
unprecedented as result OF pro-
hibiting trading in wheat future.
The ruling limits the buying OF
wheat and leaves selling unrestrict
ed. Operators said this would moi
pull prices down to normal bu'
would eliminate all initiation result
ing from speculation and the food
famine hysteria."
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
COLLECTOR INDICTED
FOR EMBEzzLEMthI
FEDERAL OFFICER IN SAN FRAN
CISCO HELD BY GRAND
JURY FOR TRIAL

tBR Associated PreAm.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May l6.-Jos.
eph ]. Scott, suspended collector OF
Internal revenue for the San Fran.
cisco district, and his brother and
former chief deputy, A Clyde Scott,
we're indicted by the federal grand
Jury today on charges of embezzle-
ment OF government property
twenty-five counts were filed In
the indictment against J. j. Scott
and six were against Clyde Scott,
charging embezzlement of money and
property respectively. United States
Dlutrict Judge William G. Van Fleet
Issued bench warrants for the arrest
Of the two men. both OF whom were
aald to have been in the fedora
building when the indictments wer'
returned.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 each.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
ENFIELD RIFLE
FOR i. S. ARMY
ADOPTED BECAUSE IT CAN De
DELIVERED IN UNLIMITED
QUANTITIES

(ny Associated Preea,b
WASHINGTON, d. c., May Ia
The use OF the British Enfield army
rifle in the new American war army
has been decided upon, to insure
a sufficient supply of guns f6r the
great force to be raised for service
abroad. BY taking the output OF
factories in this country who have
been making guns for the allies
enough arms will be obtained tC
equip any number of men called out
The announcement came from the
general munitions board OF the coun
ell OF national defence formed recent
liy to coordinate purchases for tbs
army and navy.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
VAR BILL BEFORE
EXECUTIVE SENATE
PLANS TO FIGHT GERMANY ARE
NOW BEING RUSHED TO
WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 16.-
The war army bill probably will be-
come law within the next few days
and before the end of the week, the
comprehensive plans of the war de-
partment for raising force to fight
Germany viii be In motion
Conferees of senate and house
agreed upon the bill. deciding to re-
tain the senate amendment under
which Colonel Roosevelt may be au-
thorized to raise not more than
four divisions of infantry for service
In France.
From congress the bill will so to
the White House, for the signature
of President Wilson before 1t be-
comes law. Although the admins
tration opposed attaching any volun-
teer provision to the selective draft
plan. It is generally believed the
%-~-A-s~-S-e
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
COAL COUNTRY WILL PRO-
DucE GARDEN TRUCK

(By AssOclated PresH.J
FREDERICK, Colo, May l6.-Bank
officials here estimate that the agri-
cultural products of this region this
wear will equal or surpass the value
Of all coal mined, though this is
considered generally as coal mining
section solely. The reason Is that
most of the miners are cultivatine
small individual plots of ground. II
is said that practically every acre
of irrigated land in the region and
much non-irrigated land, will pro
duce beans or corn under the miners
cultivation this summer.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
us. COMMISSION
TORUSSIA
TOBEAT GERMANY
NECESSARY TO cHEckMATE
THE SINISTER DESIGNS OF
PRUssiAN DESPoTS

= WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 10
The American commission Is gong
to Russia in what amounts to a
race against time with two objects
Ito convey to the Russian people the
United States satisfaction at the
transformation of despotism to
republican form of government ano
to render any helpful service to aid
the new government in rising from
the ruins of the empire. The com
mission has no purpose to sway the
peoples judgment as to which rae
tion shall control, as sinister Ger
man representations in Russia al
Iege has been announced.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-05-16
Nigh COST or LIVING
ENTERS INTO OLD MEXICO

thv Asaaetated Pseas.l
MEXICO CITY. May i6-The Mex.
lean Mercantile Alliance. composed
Of prominent Mexican business men.
began early in May their efforts to
reduce the high cost Of LIVING in this
capital. The alliance Is bringing in
train loads Of food and other neees.
sisiss from the surrounding country
sNs ssllinG tksas pEodaets At coat