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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
MARRIED MEN WITH
FAMILIES MAY Be EXEMPT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-President
Wilson today wrote Senator Weeks,
Mass. that he will take up again
with the War Department the ques-
ton of excepting married men with
families from the seleciive draft
The Presidents let er was IN reply
to one from Weeks calling attention
to great dissatisfaction throughout
the country on this point
Weeks also asked the President 10
include aliens in the draft.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
HAGLEY MANTs GAMF.

The Hagley baseball club. because
Of the team that was. scheduled for to-
morrow cancelling is without a game.
The Hagley management is anxious
for a game and would like any strong
club without a game TO communicate
with the manager Call Manager
Baldo. No 6455-W. after o'clock to-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17

OF the best medical men in the world
rp 10 this time. has been discovered
by a Japanese scientist Professor
Keno Fuiaki OF the Imperial Gov
eminent Research Laboratory The
name OF the germ which causes ~.
phus is as wonderful as the discov-
cry Prof Futah calls II spirochoete
hXanthemato typhis. Full details are
TO be forwarded 10 the Rockefeller
Institute In America
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
UNDERTAKERS ASK new Law
FOR REMOVAL OF bodies

The Undertakers' Association. Of
Delaware. met in the parlors OF the
Hotel DUPONT last night. with W. T..
Atkins, Of Lewes, the president, in the
chair. The subject Of removing dead
bodies from the different hospitals TO
homes was discussed, this main topic
Of the meeting arising from the ar
rest Of a Wilmington undertaken two
weeks ago for removing a body from
a hospital without a permit from the
Board OF Health
Il has been the custom for years for
the city undertakers to remove bodies
to homes without permits so long as
they did not take the bodies out Of
the jurisdiction Of the Board Of
Health and city authorities. Under
the recent Municipal Court ruling a
body has TO stay where it dies. hos
pital or street corner until a permit
is obtained from the Board Of Health
This might mean from the Saturday
noon holiday until Monday morning,
said the speakers. and there was fire.
quent impossibility Of getting a per
mti at midnight
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with City Council and the Board
Of Health TO see II matters cannot be
adjusted agreeably 10 all by the pass
ing Of a new ordinance. doing away
with the antique law on this sub
iect.
The association approved the Pur-
pie Cross Association. TO bring back
dead soldiers 10 the United States and
offered its serv ces.
The annual election of officers follow
ed n pleasant evening. Daniel T Kill
roy, Wilmington, was elected presi-
dent: W. l. Pritchett. Of Dover. vice
presidents Harvey r. Nichols, Whining
ton. secretary treasurer. John b. Mar
tin and James 7 Chandler. Of Whining.
ton; Charles II Cleweli Of New Castle.
and ". T Atkins. Of Lewes. were
electe as [slegNes 10 the National Con-
vention OF Funeral Directors OF the
United States. 20 be held in Jackson
vile. Fla, the middle Of November.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
INSPECTOR CONNORS Is
ASSIGNED TO Delaware

Il was reported today that Postal
Inspector Connors. OF the Peters,
burg. Virginia district. will be as
signed 20 Wilmington TO succeed In
spector NJ. s. Pmmmer. who. In Sep
tomber 1, will be transferred to Pc
torsburg
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
This Handsome Rocker


but handsome and
comfortable rock
err as pictured. in
oak or mahogany
finish. One of the
greatest values in
the sale. May be
purchased on our
liberal club plan
arrangement at
this special profit
sharing price
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
PROFANITY PROVES COSTLY.

Howard c. Smith was arraigned IN
Municipal Court this morning.
charged with having used profano Ian
guage to the crew OF King street
trolley car. on August 10. Motorman
Mahoney. Conductor Mason and sew
eral passengers testified tc Smith
having cursed the motorman when the
latter asked the defendant, an ice
wagon driver. TO move his horses Off
the tracks
The defendant was fined $40 and
costs.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
MESSENGER RECEIVERS WHEEL.

Someone stole a S35 bicycle. the
property Of Edward Hurley. a mes
senger boy employed by the DUPONT
Company, from the Market street side
OF the DUPONT Building yesterday af-
ternoon. shortly afterward the wheel
was recovered by Patrolman McGil-
lion at a local pawnshop. where Il
had been sold The bicycle was re-
turned to the boy upon identification.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
TRINIrY TEsTIYAL TONIGHT.

Because OF the rain of last evening
the festival which was to have been
given by the Ladies' Aid Society OF
Trinity NJ. %. Church. at Twenty
second and Church streets, will be
given this evening on the porch Of the
home of Mrs. NJ. C.. Pullman, No. 92l
Nandever avenue.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
SOC MARIAN NrF CHOCOLATES SEQ

SOC MARIAN NIT CHOCOLATES ssc
Packed in one pound boxes Eacn
box contains rich Maple and vanilla
Creams with walnuts. Ffberts Brazil
Nuts and Peanuts
Special. ssc the pound
Danforth's Dependable Drugs. Mar
ket and Second SITS Adv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
RAILROAD DREAKMAN IS
KILLED BY EXPRESS

Special to TIFF EVENING JOURNAL.
aEoRGErOWN. Del. Aug. IL
James Wilgus. a brakeman. was in
stantly killed at Harrington today
when he was struck by the Norfolk
express while walking down the
track TO throw a switch
Wilgus was 10 years old. His home
was In Georgetown.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
G A. r. MEN OFF TO BOSTON.

Delaware's delegation to the Ma.
tionsl Encampment, Grand Army Of
the Republic, win leave tomorrow and
Sunday for Boston, The encamp
ment will be held on Monday and
Tuesday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-17
JAPANESE PROFESSOR
Discovers TYPHDS Germ

BY The United Press.
TOXIC. July l0-(By Main-rhe
specific cause Of typhus fever a
problem which has haffled the efforts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

men who have learned from this war to
feel as he does" said this mother Of war
rtors, land we have got to live up to the
vision Of our ladies. We are to learn
anew what empire building is. Money
means nothing now but what 1t may ac-
complish toward the great end. Do you
know that we were almost going to per-
dition because of our love of money be-
fore the war came? We were literally
worshiping money. We thought that
that meant empire building.
mo one can build an empire like the
men who have gone to the war. They
know now what empire building is. and
1t is going to make a new race Of men
with a great big vision. They will work.
not for building railroads and digging
mines: those things will be set in the
second place. but the men who have
gone to the war will work for better
laws-laws which will make the whole
human race better.
You know that even while we have
given our husbands, sons and brothers
to our country, and our money offerings,
large and small, have been laid on the
affairs OF our country, We must nerve our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
CRAIG KENNEDY DETECTIVE STORIES +: +?

it was a pile of junk. but most inter-
esting junk. Practically all Of It con-
sisted Of broken bits of the celluloid-
like stun we had seen in the aban-
about were steel wires and bits Of all
sorts Of material. In the midst Of the
wreckage was something that looked
for all the world like the remains OF
a gas motor. It was not rusted. either.
which indicated that 1t had been put
there recently.
AS he looked at it Craig's face dis
played a smile of satisfaction.
Looks as though 1t might have been
an aeroplane of the tractor type" he
vouchsafed, finally.
Surely there couldn't have been an
accident" objected Macleod. NO avi-
ator could have lived through 1t. and
there's no body"
mo: It was purposely destroyed
continued Craig. ut was landed here
from somewhere else for that purpose
That was what the man in the picture
was doing with the ak. After the last
brought the machine here to destroy
the evidence"
But" persisted Macleod. eff there
had been an aerop1ane lowering about
we should have seen 1t in the air. pass
ing over the works at the time OF the
explosion"
Kennedy picked the pieces. signih-
cantly.
Some one about here has kept
abreast of the times. II not ahead. See
the planes were of this non-inf1amma-
BILE celluloid that made 1t virtually
transparent and visible only at a few
hundred feet in the air. The aviator
could fly low and SO drop those pas
titles accurately-and unseen. The en-
CINE had one of those new muller
boxes He would have been unheard
too. except for that delicate airshiI
detector."
Macleod and could but stare at eacf
other. aghast. Without doubt. 1t wa:
in the old merry-go-round building tina
the phantom aviator had established hi.
hangar. What the connection was be.
tween the tragedy in the Snedden famil,
and the tragedy in the powder works We
did not know. but, at least. now we knew
that there was some connection
1t was growing dark rapidly. and, Will
some difficulty. we retraced our steps t.
the point where we had left the car. W.
whrled back to the town, and, OF course
to the Snedden house.
Snedden was sitting in the parior wheI
we arrived. by the body Of his wife. star
ing, speeches.. straight before him. whil'
several neighbors were gathered about
trying to console him. We had scarcel!
entered when a messenger boy came vi
the path from the gate. Both Kennel!
and Macleod turned toward him. ex
sages Of alarm sent out earlier in thu
afternoon.
Telegram for Mrs. snedden." announc
mrs Snedden?" queried Kennedy. sur
prised. then quickly: oh; yes. that's al
He signed for the message. tore 1t opel
and read it. For moment his face
which had been clouded. smoothed out
and he took couple Of turns up ant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
BY........
ARTHUR B.
REEVE.

range the circumstances OF that crime
that it will afterward appear, point BY
point, as an accident"
Kennedy had US all following him
breathlessly now.
II do not consider It an accident" he
went on. rapidly piecdng together the
facts as we had found them. ida
Snedden was killed because she was
getting too close to some ones secret
Even at luncheon 1 could see that she
had discovered Gertrude's attachment
for Garretson. How she heard that
following the excitement Of the ex-
plosion this afternoon, Gertrude and
Garretson had disappeared. I do not
pretend to know. But 1t is evident that
she did hear. that she went out and
took Jackson's car, probably to pursue
by the river road she might have heard
It, too.
Tn all probability she came along
just in time to surprise some one work.
ing on the other eide OF the old merry
go-round structure. There can be no
reason to conceal the fact longer.
From that deserted building some one
was daily launching a newly designed
invisible acceptance. As Mrs Snedden
came along she must have been just In
time to see that person at his secret
hangar. What happened do not know.
except that she must have run the car
off the river road and into the build
ing. The person whom she found must
getting her out OF the way and making
it look like an accident Of some kind.
perhaps persuaded her to stay in the
car with the engine running while he
went of and destroyed the aeroplane.
which was damning evidence now"
Startling as was the revelation of an
actual phantom destroyer our minds
were more aroused as to who might
be the criminal who had employed such
an engine of death.
Kennedy drew from his pocket the
telegram which had just arrived and
spread II out fiat before US on table.
1t was dated Philadelphia. and read:
Mrs. Ida Snedden. Metropolis:
Garretson and Gertrude were married
today. Have traced them to the VOL
colt Try to reconcile Mr.. Snedden
HUNTER JACKSON
I saw at once that part Of the story.
1t was just a plain love affair that had
ended in an eiopement at q convenient
time. The fire-eating Garretson had
been afraid of the Sneddens and Jack
son, who was their friend. Before
could even think further Kennedy had
drawn out the films taken by the rocket
camera.
with the aid of a magnifying glass"
he was saying, II can get just enough
of the lone figure in this picture to
identify Ii. These are the crimes OF q
crazed pacifist one whose mind had
so long dwelt on the horrors Of
Look outr' shouted Macleod, leap
ing in front of Kennedy.
The strain of the revelation had been
too much. Snedden-a raving maniac
had reeled forward, wildly and i'm
potently. at the man who had exposed
him.
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspaper
SyndicateD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

down the hall, as though undecided.
Finally he crumpled the telegram alb
stractedly and showed it into his pocket.
We followed him as he went into the par
Tor and stood for several moments. look
ing fixedly on the strangely flushed face
Of Mrs. Snedden.
Macleod" he said. finally. turning
gravely toward US. and. for the present.
seeming to ignore the presence Of the
others, this amazing series of crimes has
brought home to me forcibly the alarm
ing possibilities of applying modern scien-
tif1c devices to criminal uses New modes
and processes seem to bring new men,
aces"
Like carbon-monoxide poisoning?" sug-
gested Macleod. 'Of course. 1t has long
been known as a harmful gas. but"
Walter. you were there when examined
Jackson's car. There was not drop OF
gasoline in the tank, you will recall.
Even the water in the radiator was low.
tempered with the carburetor. 1t was ad-
justed 30 that the amount Of air in the
mixture was reduced More than that
1 don't know whether you noticed 1t or
that. when l had put gasoline in the tank
I had but to turn the engine over and II
went. In other words. that car had been
standing there. the engine running. until
1t simply stopped for want Of fuel" He
paused while we listened intently. then
resumed. THE gas engine and gas mo-
tor have brought with them another OF
those unanticipated menaces of which
spoke. Whenever the explosion Of the
combustible mixture is incomplete or OF
moderated intensity gas. OF which little
is known. may be formed in considerable
quantities.
'In this case, as in several others thai
have come to my attention. vapors arts
ing from the combustion must have
emitted certain noxious products. The
fumes that caused Ida Snedden's dealt
were not of carbon monoxide from the
stove, Macleod. They were splitting
products of gasoline. which are SO new
to science that they have not yet beer
named.
Mrs. Snedden's death. I may say fol
the benefit of the coroner. was due te
the absorption of some of these un
identified gaseous poisons. They ar,
as deadly as knife-thrust through ths
heart. under certain conditions. Due Il
the non-oxidation of some of the ele-
ments of gasoline they escape from ths
exhaust Of every running gas engine
In the open air, where only a Whit oil
they are not dangerous. But in a CLOSED
room they may kill in an incredibly
short time. In fact, the condition ha,
given rise to an entirely new phenom
enon which some one has named
'petromortis.'"
"Petromortfs?" repeated Snedden. who
for the first time. began to show inter
est in what was going on about him
Then 1t was an accident"
corrected Craig. There is an old adag'
that murder will out. And this expires
sion OF human experience Is only re
peated in what we modern scientific
detectives are doing. No man bent OF
the commission of a crime can so ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

selves for still further service. I am
urging the women of Canada to dedicate
one day a week to real self-denial for the
empire during its supreme trial
would have it called the National Self
Denying day. and let US yield it wholly
to the cause of abstaining from every
luxury, every amusement. And l would
not only give what We save in money.
but l would have every woman concen-
trate her prayers and her thoughts on
the soldiers and sailors upon whom so
much depends.
"Who can measure the power of con-
centrated thought? Think of the wire
less messages that pulse through the
ether, Think of the power we often un-
consciously WELD. Consciously exercised.
it might carry great strength on its
wings. 1t might steel the hearts and
nerve the arms of our dear ones who are
upholding the honor of our flag on the
battlefield. Even those to whom we are
not bound by ties Of love and kinship
might be cheered and their determination
deepened by the knowledge that the
women of their home land were sending
out united message of love and cheer
and sympathy. And they might be up
lifted by the thought that on one day
each week the women of their home land
were sending out a prayer that God 8
fullest blessing might rest upon them
while they were remaking continent
and aiding the oppressed peoples of
Europe"
The interviewer asked Mrs. MacIver
question regarding the effect of the
war on women who labor.
in Canada today there are many woman
workers in munitions and other war in
dustries. and the drafting of men of mil
itary age to the army is going to draw
more and more of them into the de-
pleted industries hitherto regarded as i'm
possible for womens handling" she re-
piled. "Of course you know that this
process has gone much further in Eu-
rope than with u.s. In all the warning
countries abroad women have largely re-
placed men on the farm and in the
workshop and in the public services.
while this movement in woman labor
had begun long before the war and had
made considerable progress. the crisis
that followed gave it accelerated impetus,
and this again has created new questions
affecting the future position of women.
Conditions that existed in normal times
cannot be altogether restored and the
necessary readiustment must include
great and permanent changes.
You may have observed that the for
eign newspapers express general sur
prise at the assured success of many
women in the various departments OF
semi skilled engineering into which many
have SO suddenly been thrown. One
English paper stated that figures were
produced in proof of the very startling
assertion that the output of the woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

to let go. thus keeping out the oxygen
necessary for life. 1t may be that that
that 1t is actual poisoning to death Of
men not killed by the immediate explo-
sion"
vious days disaster. No effort had yet
been made to clear 1t up. Kennedy went
over it carefully. What it was he found
do not know, but he had not spent much
time before he turned to me.
walter" he directed. IT wish you would
go back to the office near the gate. where
/ left that paraphernalia we brought
down. Garry 1t over-let me see-there' 8
an open space there on that knoll. I'll
Join you there"
Whatever was in the packages was botn
bulky and heavy. and I was glad to reach
the hillside he had indicated.
Craig was waiting for me there with
Macleod, and at once opened the pack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

patiently before the drug store. saw
Snedden wildly tearing down the street
in his car. He saw US and pulled up at
the curb with a jerk"
where's Gertrude?" he shouted, wild
ly. HAS any one seen my daughter"
Breathlessly he explained that he
had been out. had returned to find his
house deserted, Gertrude gone. his wife
gone, even Jackson's car gone from the
barn. He had been to the works.
Neither Garretson nor Jackson had
been seen since the excitement of the
explosion, they told him. Garretson's
racer was gone, too There seemed to
have been a sort of family explosion.
also.
Kennedy had heard the loud talking
and had left his work to the druggist
to carry on and joined us. There was
no concealment now of our connection
with Macleod, for it was to him that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

walled. my daughter Gertrude gone
now my wife dead. Confound that
young fellow Garretson-and Jack
son, too! Where are they? Why have
they fled? The scoundrels--they have
stolen my whole family. Oh. what
shall do? what shall DOR
Trying to quiet Snedden. at the same
time we began to look about the build
ing. On one side was a small stove.
In which were still the dying Goals of
a fire. Nearby were a work bench,
some tools, pieces Of wire and other
material. Scattered about were pieces
of material that looked like celluloid.
Some one evidently used the place as a
secret workshop. Kennedy picked up a
piece of the celluloidlike stun and
carefully touched a match to it. 1t did
not burn rapidly as celluloid does. and
Craig seemed more than ever interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Canadian Woman Praises Work of Americans

munition workers is slightly more than
double that of the men,
Again. a correspondent Of the Lon.
en- in Glasgow, driving the street cars,
are perfectly able to cope with the sud-
den demands called for by the unexpect-
ed Incidents Of traffic. Glasgow owns
and civic authority is quoted as say
ing that the results of employing women
have justified the most extravagant
hopes. The women were found to be as
punctual. careful and conscientious as
the men,. They work hard and give the
impression that they like the work.
Women's loss and women's gain in this
war VIII be measured largely by what the
awful sacrifice may mean for others. The
war has justified the claims she adj
vanced in the days of peace. She
Claimed that she was worthy to play her
part in the conduct of national life, and
surely her deeds have indicated her
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-23
DEATH OF F. d. PIKE.
Was Well-Known Stowe Man-Twice a
Member of the Legislature.

Stowe, Aug. 23.-The Hon. Psbliro d
Pike, one of the leading citizens of this
village, died here yesterday, from the
effects of paralytic shock, which he
suffered Monday morning. Mr.. Pike, who
was So years old. is survived by his wife.
who was before her marriage Miss Abb
gail Camp, three sons, Arba A. of Stowe.
Lewis A. of Chicago, and Fred NJ. of
Brooklyn, and six grandchildren. The
funeral arrangements are not vet com
pleted, but it is expected that it will be
held at O'Clock Friday afternoon at
Unity church.
Mr.. Pike enlisted in d company Of
the llth Vermont volunteers in August,
1852, and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in May, 1855, being discharged
in July Of that year He represented
Stowe in the Vermont legislature OF
1850 and was the Lamoille county sens-
tor in the legislature Of 1900 He gave
the Palisades park 10 the town Of Stowe
IN 1900 Mr.. Pike was for many years
= manufacturer Of butter packages un-
Der the frm name Of Pike & son
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-23
BARRE DAILY TIMES
THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1917.
The Weather

Rain tonight and probably Friday
Gentle southeast 10 south winds.