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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
SHIPWORKER LOSES ARM.
Charles Zebley Injured by Loco,
motive on Leaving Harlan
Plant

Charles Zebicy Il shipfitter employed
III the Harlan hhipyGrd, whose nome is nt
32l South Heald street, had lis right arm
cut of by u Reading locomotive as be was
leaving the plant 1T noon today
With number Of other men lac war
proceeding east OF the Heading tracks,
when ho was struck by the locomotive
and knocked down, his arm falling across
lie track and being crushed Whether he
knew the engine vas approaching is un-
certain.
The unfortunate man wAr pirkod up by
fellow workmon and plant officials, who
summoned the PhuniN ambulance, il
which he vas hurried "a Tie Delaware
Hospital where ID Was stated thai re
covery of the patient IL expected.
psrtt4,tI.r r,.,,,,in rboasr Cloosr Dajrv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
AMerIcan Avialal NIlsslna-

g. Associated Pres, % Every Evening
parl. May n Lieutenant Paul h.
Baer Of Mobile, Ala, all aviator, i posted
az missing sInce May -. Ii il hoped he
il alive, as lac may have been taken
pt.a0nef
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
Order Ever. E.ening ReaularIY

huu l.ar a....t~, ..e.ier nr carrier The
psper IS uau-rrtaruAnle and the surest
way * getting rae paper daily s % give
Tx dealer a order to sav, vou .vpv
Delivered yo our home hy carrier, l2i
week, ~ newsstand, PC a cOpy -AlY.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
Amnscments Tnnlghl

tEaerR-h PrNf NuhammaA
AQcyu Mime tt.rONA.
MAJESTIC Jack PNAfOrd
victoria ON Trial
tlal house No attrAC ION.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
Grx FaeH NOT MAPPING

ON FtfSH NOT MAPPING.
TIE eoufherlv blow. which covers a
front If SeIne 40 miles and apparently
IS bs far the more important Of ne two.
hss come 81 peiut which had not been
considered he most probable field for 3
renewal II The German attempt The fact
that both British ard French troops tre
found ho.dlug tlHs front. how ever. gives
Indication that General Foch the Allied
commandcr-su-chlef mas hardly been
caught mapping and has large forces mass
tsi there
It was. indeed on this front, between
the TIP of the Montdldler salient and
Rhe!ms. that the enemy flank was most
dangerously exposed, and where he must
lave felt himself most vulnerable 70 a
eoauter-bloW Il Fus attack here IS neither
! demonstration M force. 20 cover the
tirIye 1t Pans. the possibility remains
that II " Is launched with ohe intention Of
driving the Allies from thcr advantageous
poel tions along the Glse and the Ailette
4ud thus snreStaliug "a h8nklng counter
effort y toch 5 great reserve army
FLANDERS SMALLER sTRokE.
The stroke IN Flanders, while OF far
less magnitude covering front Of less
than 10 Mules Is nevertheless aimed at the
points which the Germans must take
before they can nope 70 carry their April
advance further toward the coast
Behind the Locre-N o0rmczeele area lie
the hills which constitute the backbone If
the Franco British position, only the out
lv;ng peak Of heh the Germans captured
when they took Mount KENNEL last
month Scherpenherg, Mont Rouge,
Mont les Cats and other eIninences are
vet barring the way t. the Germans
noIH POINTS NOTABLY STRONG.
The allied positions along both fronts
under attack Art notably strong THIS is
particularly true oi the southerly hne
guarded bN the rivers Olsc and Adette
and tht Chcmn- Des-Dames ridge. whlch
the German CroWH Prince spent many
weeks last summer trying TO take Not
only dld he fail hut he was forced still
further back last tall when General
Petaln launched "a decisive blow ii The
Plnon region, drove IN for depth of two
miles III day and compelled the Germans
t0 TALL back to the positions behind the
Ailette whero they have since remained
ALLIES PREPARED ron THRUsT.
III the north, the French recently
have strengthened their held on the hlll
region by pushing forward IN tho Loere
sector III Ioeal thrusts nnd capturing
important high ground In general the
Allies eeon vol prepared for the thrust
md while they appear likely to he forced
% give ground al points, the opinion Of
their hgh oomluand has been reflected
Is confident iii the ability oi the Allied
forces to prevent the Germans from gain
lHg ANYTHING decisive
On the Italian and Macedonian fronts
the artillery und aerial arms are more
active than tic infantry. At some points
there Mtve been patrol encounters and
nlnall attacks, tut no inlantu operations
OF moment have developed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
Weather Forecast.

bl Associated Press to NNrry Evva.ng
W4,h.ns ton. Aial ~ Weather rure, ..sb
fug Delaware
pagtS cloudy luNish. Aud Tuesday
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27

n Y rl.
hat the nade
IN
ON urdan
front
atacko of "
dto be
The CSerma alta of Kern-
nelwas launches al
waeg .
Arsa ad
10 o'clock
attacks
meno o
and
French troops
The Paris official statement In The latter part r ne night he Germans
This attack
thrust de'-ha
vao
and in the
III
o Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27

sell
> Pierre :. DIN pout $50. .536.9I
= d,, Pont So. 60
Iar,aeI Ford LISA so
H b. Thompson I'i56'oo
Judge George Gray 4.lI3' "
I Mrs Charles Il. Miller 2o'2l9- -
VIM. p. Megear 2'6sl 40
Mayor ]. W. Lawson l.Z53.OO
10 W Harold Smith l'Z53-OO
II A. Rae du Bell i'z6J. -
II l.. Scott Tow nsend 5,3'4.oZ
II DR. 6. Layton Grier
e:rand total 1000 .235 Is
The Red Cross nurse on the ladder. at
the old Court House tower ma rNng the
progress 81 the Rcd Cross fund shows
the true spirit of thus organization he
soldier and the sailor have gone 't'ver the
Top. the Red Cross i following close
behind them. and tins has inspired Miss
Emily + Blsscll. ono Of Delaware most
earnest Red Cross workers, 70 write the
following final appeal for funds
THE RED Cross NURSE o< TIE LADDER
Come help me up
The cannon roar AL day. all night
The vast. unendinE. angnshed fight
Goes on without a cease or stay,
And Delaware within the fray
Has flung her brave, courageous sons
To man the trenches and the guns
And fight the battles Of the air.
VIII YOU neglect their needs. their care2
Come. help me up!
Come! help me up
Pv every wound. BY every groan.
Rv every mothers angnshed moan.
u l I I.,or4f- tIc}T{aE
By every orphaned. suffering child
Nv every Voc 81 tortured France
The Red Cross calls YOU 70 advance
on. on beyond your first proud goal
On, Delaware. and lead the whole
Come help me up!
Having passed the $500. 900 goal. a
new goal Was set by Delaware. and that
was $2.G00. 900, ana il was passe AZ nCo7
today Y S2S5 ..
II was evident. AT the luncheon al noon
today. when the teams reported, that
there would be no difficulty IN reaching
this new goal. and II Is expected that It
viii be passed when the final reports are
made tonight
Among the notable contributions on
Saturday. which made Il possible 70 g
over the top st that time. was one Of
fO.tebl from 1IIP1 L III pAlt *
Delaware Trust Co. OF which he : the
head. had already gwen S25. 900, appor-
toned among It's several branches.
GRAND CLIMAX At ToNIGHTs Dinner
The complete story Of Delaware :
stupendous answer 10 the Humanitarian
appeal OF the Red Cross TO help our boys
and our Allies on the other side viii be told
tonight at the closing dinner Of the cam
paign III the Hotel du Pont.
There Is no question that Delaware
vii once again lead the union ID her gen
erous response to the cry for help from the
battlefield The giving has been WIDE
spread Women and men IN every walk oi
lIfe have contributed substantially and
generously according 70 their means The
number Of individuals subscriptions vii
Yun into the thousands and there are
thousands Of Others which vii never be
recorded because they gave 10 teams and
workers on the streets IL the hotels and
restaurants and II other public places
where there was no opportunity TO rec
ord their numbers Not one effort Of the
campaign has failed whether II was soIici-
tation By teams, public collections. house
toulouse canvases. the gathering II Of
small coins on the two miles O! dimes
plan. hotel activities. or the organizations
o. workers.
Continued on page .
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
S2,OOO,OOO GOAL
FOR RED CROSS
PASSED TODAY
Great. Climax to State Campaign
Looked for at Final Dinner
Tonight.
NOON TOTAL s2,ooo.235.2s

Up TO noon today. when the ked ross
campaign committees reported al 'he
lupcheon at the Hotel du Pont, the
state had contributed $4,000, ,235.2S.
Today's total was S439,O49.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
FIND THE RIGHT WANT
AID AND ANSWER III

And your troubles IN servant
hunting will be at an end Ii tie
case is urgent aud The right sort Of
situation wanted ad does not ap-
pear. print help wanted, ad.
yourself telling whnt sort Of ser
vunt you wnnt. and what sort ol
place you want her ff and you'll Il
end your quest satisfactor lyl
Every Evening classified advs
bring results
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
RESISTING GERMAN THRUST

Sy 'hcIr attack ~ todav fhe fre-rre rs
have extended ne art1ve battle front
'ar ''--t ~ Rheims taking n z npv apc-or
Which tar rcen guef snce At fali fe
'hrIFt re'wrcr iccre and b00rmezeeie
along he northern rz ~ the F1nncr-s
salient IN -crtDr uraEirna 4hmIt
eight miles Ehcrr me Germans ref z.ta
one III the hioodirs; defeats M ito ,e4r
when her drive f1r the ~hannel tnr'-
"ae halted -tst month
SFw feature ~ 0pERA-rOVs
Ihr attack between -oissnns md
Rhcims, however + the distinctive tea-
tflrc III the new German operations. Thls
~@ttle 1eInZ fu'Iznt along he sector
which .siiaiv referred ~ AZ the Aivne
front owing II the facr 'aat tar 4 lnz
tlme the line Gi battle followed the Aisne
River The present battle me rms along
sAe Ailsftn river. north ~ fhe Aisue ospr
stae arVer p2rt 81 tlls sector me F Frenrn
having advanced trer inc The f-oat
q attack j. aDout ~ miles. wnica L aoour
- nIes shorter rhan the Inc 81 the ongln-
a. Ferrnan attack TINS sprng, On March
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
HUNS TRY AGAIN
FOR PARIS AND
CHANNEL PORTS
General Foch and His Reserves,
Watching Enemy and Ready to
Beat Back His Advances.
ALLIES MUCH STRONGER
AssacIatea I.rfss snnmary Igsned a ) > n

Associated Preas Summary Issued At ; p m
Germany has resumed her drive for
lfclslor on ,hc Western front after iarec
II nearly four weeks striking u tho south
betwecn Rheims and S0issone and in
Flandcrs on the Northcriy sid Of the I.ys
salient
Wh!e It i too carly FOR the true Ger
man Intentions - be disciosed the effort
apparently Is simultaneously - push
through 10 the channel ports in the north.
n y breaking itp the Rritish front. and n
strike for Paris IN the south IN an effort
amed mainly st tho French
The main field of The German attack
begun last March and halted after the dls-
astroue enemy reverse IN Flanders ate in
April he ~oume region In the direction
II Amicns his been neglected by the
German cofnmand in this new thrust
Fhe posslrllltv eHIsts. however that the
fighting viii IL extended - this area -
the hAtEle develops
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
HERIlA>- rRaBABLr IN sArrL5

Ane1ca1 hoops tlAg - aking r-r'
n he new a,t.e tari- II be- sp- <
SheTe we're ~evera- --ierpnces u -1s
dispatches - -ae presence Auterlr4u>
at ,hAt par- +, he le psr- =: these
.QEces consisted 81 .tr. .-,acntu,a's
Il training -gr a. pre- point IL asAs
Ia r. mem were ID -1e .7elrae, There
has 6een na recent reference Is Amer. .ae-
-hcrs. however iua -he. n4, n5-e ea
withdraw
TAe front between -. Sous suG Bn,
Is dlrhcur ane. offering -he Aa,e r.
ceAeu, facilities for ne defence 1e
s07nrrt : h..ly ath ser.e, 7' Stro
uatU-a. positions to re rear I the .sa
lines. The Germans Already have s4S t.s-
cd 80 >svere defeats 3u his .r)n- --
July they undertook VIA t,4
referred % as be crown prince &
tenaive winch met Nlth the same fate
sI the o,ner military ventures r.. -ay
her to BE German -hn5ue. He -.rr-c
oa HE attack for several wcCNs an4 rct
NTH p COSTLY f9lnlre
la~f October ., French a.neheo sd
at,aek aaa wcn S brilliant ~aeeeS>, .aAlu-
900 prsou,r> ne lrst "a, Fine ruem
was arvea asf i. h" \.Su' ys It, nd ae
tr Nas aav-ueea rs fhe tlettr t0e
Germans o>HE sl tat .aE-..lsp4tr1
1age 8. -n, hrr s-DaHts
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27

Particular people choose Clover Dairy
iailk-AdF,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
HUvs PLAN SURPRISE

.n '!rnlng 70 3 rev scctor to STRIKE
'Eelr Glow ne 4eruans nave -aken /.
course rontrary 10 ma whicA aAs genera
r Heeu predicted 81 artillery comments
rars -Ee last few 8ceks. during --e
Pause p ne .ucrarlons The German
S-rssrg5 uay contemplate surprise
ATTACK II efficient strength ~ -rru...t
haneraI t0cn IS Withdraw --nops f-,n
2ne north, n the non. Il .nvoly7na ne
3lie- ..tcrut.y III ne ,zt.. -rn-
we;.aeu -leir lines "a Ploarlv aaC riap0e-s
ne erMal- eo.lre'i 2a me -n.Frr
-. surprise rs asst -acm ia ne -eH 81
te- me -roaaa.y Hsva alien -
Els>sa.c'llaJtYl segdeur -on
Ei6la. Srlr--a s.ateurl -.5f new a-
>itoals Is troop, -avt cen Mace y
tae Al>1e -t
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
GERMANS IN NEW DRIVE;
STRIKE AT TWO POINTS
Attacks From Rheims to Soissons and From Locre to
Voormezeee Allies Troops Resisting Foes Thrusts With
Habtual VaIor Paris Reports French Repuse
Germans in Apremon Section
AMERICANS PROBABLY IN BATTLE

By Associated Press 70 Every Evrniny
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27

Observation-Disclosures
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-25
From 7ow-boy to Worlds Champion;
Life History of John L. Sullivan

toward his body Sullivan chopped
downward with his left, against the
guard of the champion, and swinging
his right for the head. He missed and
Ryan came back again with his left
hand. He also missed and Sullivan
lost his patience. He rushed Ryan and
the champion broke ground as the
demon from Boston rushed, his arms
flaying the air. Left and right thrash-
ed past the champions head. and no
blocked. them at first. But Sullivan
was irresistible and, as he swung again,
the blow smashed through the uprais-
ed guard, and caught Ryan Non the
neck. He staggered backward and fell,
the round lasting less than a minute.
Sullivan triumphantly standing, look
ed contemptuously at his fallen op-
ponent and walked back to his corner.
Ryan's hackers already were squirm.
ing. They had noted the arc described
by that murderous right arm when It
crashed through and fell on the neck
Of their champion. There had been
hard hitters in the prize ring, but new
er had anything been witnessed like
the trem mendous smashing Of John l..
Sullivan. They worked fast and silent
ly as they rushed to their champion,
picked him from the turf and put MN
in his corner. Across the ring sullivan
was standing defiantly. He refused
to sit down, preferred to prove to the
ringsiders that he was fully in condi-
ton and needed no rest between rounds
save a brief breathing spell.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-25
ALUMNI GIRLS
DEFEAT SCRUBS
High School Seconds Lose in
Game at Y. M. C. A.-Gym.
Exhibit a Success.

The intermediate gymnastic Demon
stration given at the Y. M. G. A. here
Saturday night was well attended
and successfully executed event.
Demonstrations of gymnasium work
were given by boys from the Bayonne,
Plainfield, Orange and local associa-
tions. Work on the parallels, hori-
, zontal bar, horse, buck, mats and
| drills were given which were well
received by the audience.
The feature of the night, however,
! was the basketball game between the
High School girls scrub" team and
, that of the Alumni girls team. The
graduates won the game 25-8, it be-
ing the first girls game ever to have
been played in the local association
gymnasium.
During the first half the Alumni
players got off to an early start and
were in the lead before many minutes
had elapsed. The first half ended
with the score 11-3 in favor of the
older girls team, which on Friday
night was defeated by the high school
court.
During the last half the high school
girls managed to increase their score
to eight points but the alumni play
ers continued until they had annexed
twenty-five.
Anna Jensen, playing forward for
the Alumni five was the star of the
game, she scoring thirteen of her
teams twenty-five points, the result
of six field goals and one foul shot.
Angeline Gunderson with three dou-
BILE pointers to her credit was next
high. Irene Warter, Cora DeRusha
and LaVerne DeHamm each scored
one field goal.
The four field goals made by the
high school girls were the work of
Miss David, who scored two and the
Misses C. Jensen and Waters, each
getting one. The game was fast
throughout but the alumni's past ex-
perience proved too much for the
high school scrubs" to compete
against. Harold Evans refereed the
, game.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-25
STERL|NCSL0S
To AMbOY FIVE
South River Team Defeated,
42-32, in Fast Game Here
Saturday Night.

The Amboy Five annexed another
victory Saturday night at the local Y.
NJ. II. A. when they defeated the
Sterlings, of South River 42-32. The
Amboy Five played with three of its
regulars missing but nevertheless
they managed to win by margin of
eight points. Chick" Evans, "Blac-
kie' Regan and "Togo" Miller were
all out Of the game for various rea-
sons, Evans having a bad cold, Regan
an injured hand and Miller was not
able to get here for the game. Four
regular Amboy Five men were pres
ent and for the fifth "Yi' Hibbard, of
the First Methodist team, champions
of the local Sunday School League,
was used.
The game was fast and hard
fought from start to finish. During
the first half Schwartz and Hibbard
did most Of the shooting for Amboy,
both of these men caging three field
goals. Handerhan and Wilentz, each
with two double counters, helped to-
ward boosting the score as did La
Forge with one field shot. During
this initial session Handerhan made
three points as the result of free
throws. Amboy scored twenty
points during the first twenty min
utes Of play.
The Sterlings did not allow the
Amboy Five to get much Of a lead
on them in the first half, however,
they making eighteen points which
gave the locals a margin of seven to
serve as q handicap when the final
session would be begun. Eppinger
with two field goals, and Janicker,
Mark and Dickinson, each with one,
made ten of the points and eight
more were added by Fitzpatrick from
the foul line.
The last half found the going Just
as even as in the former session. The
Sterlings were held to four field goals
as compared to the Amboy F'ive's
seven but Fitzpatrick located the
basket for six more foul shots during
the last twenty minutes as compared
with three made by Handerhan. The
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-25
BY H. C. HAMILTON.
(U. p. Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1918, by u. P.)
CHAPTER v.


On a warm sunny morning 5000
men assembled at Mississippi City,
and went from there to a spot near
Scott's Station. With them were John
L. Sullivan, the young fighting demon
from the east, and Paddy Ryan, claim
ant of the American heavyweight
championship.
Within fifty yards Of the murmur1ng
waters of the Gulf Of Mexico. and with
the warm breezes from the south watt
ing q scent of spring, they pitched a
ring on the turf. And there the fight
that made John L. Sullivan the heavy
weight champion Of America was held.
Less than ten minutes after the time
the men were called to scratch by the
referee Ryan lay a broken, bleeding
|relic of man, fondled IN his corner by
his attendants, and John L. Sullivan,
painting from his exertions, his fists
cracked and bleeding, stood leering
across the ring, a champion.
The two gladiators formed a Won
derful pair as they stripped in the
glistening sun. Mumurs of ad-
miration went around as the champion
peeled down to his white flannel
breeches and white stockings. He was
a huge man, weighing about fifteen
pounds more than his younger an
tagonist, and muscled superbly. But
admiration turned to the other man
when Sullivan peeled off his clothes
and stood, young Apollo, In green
breeches and white stockings. No one
doubted as they looked at the chal-
lenger that the most dangerous man
Ryan ever faced stood to meet him
that day. And the betting mediately
was Influenced. Ryan, the champion,
was on the short end when the bet
ting started. Sullivan was made q
10 ito favorite.
There was some trouble over the
referee, so an agreement was reached
that two men should administer rules
of the battle. They were Alexander
Brewster and Jack Hardy.
Then the fight was ON without any
preliminaries. With the shouts of the
1000 fight mad fans ringing in their
ears the men leaped from their corners
at the call of time, and walked br1skly
to the point designated as scratch"
in the old London prize ring rules.
There they stood for an instant, eye
ing each other. s...
Sullivan's plan Of battle included, as
much as anything, system or faclai
expressions and actions-terrifying in
the extreme. Most Of his opponents
were cowed into submission before
they ever felt the iron weight OF his
treln endous fist And this was the
method he employed against the cham
pion. He cowed and growled as Ryan
walked nervously forward, and barely
moved his head as the champions left
shot at him twice in feinting move
ments.
To the surprise of Ryan, Sullivan
did not jump backward or step for
ward to renew the fight. Glaring vic
iousfy he stood his ground. 1t always
had been rule Of Sullivan's never to
move backward. His line Of battle
was simply to find his base Of opera
tions, plant his feet there and defy
anything to remove him. and that was
the disconcerning method he used
against Ryan.
AS Ryans left hand flashed twice
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-25
Horses Jumping Powers.

II the reader will carefully measure,
out 80 feet an idea of horses capac-i
lty In this direction will be gathered,
Such q distance a steeplechase horse,
called Old Chandler Is reported to have
covered at Warwick many years ago ),
and there is more than one apparently
authentic record Of horse clearing,
over seven feet In height. The scene
Of such an exploit was at the Phoenix
park, Dublin, and the horse was called
Turnip. The animal belonged to Sir
e. Crofton, and the duke Of Richmond,
then lord lieutenant Of Ireland, wa
gered $500 that this height could not
be cleared. A wall Of the requisite d.
mensions was built, and when finished
Turnip was ridden at 1t. He did what
was asked Of him In perfect style. but
1t happened that his grace, not know
Ing that the feat was ready for per-
formance, was not looking when the
jump was made. and Turnip was there.
fore ridden over 1t again, not only sue
cessfully, but easily.-London Tit-Blts.,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-25

Out of the west has flashed a new
meteor Of the boxing world.
Jack Dempsey, young husky and
ambitious, has designs on Jess Will
lards jealousy guarded title and ap-
pears to be the most likely contender
in the heavyweight ranks.
Dempsey's great handicap at pres
ent is his lack of experience. He has
only been in the ring game for about
three years and most Of his battles
have been in California where bouts
are limited to four rounds. ar -4
About two years ago Dempsey made
his first eastern appearance when he
blew into New York and knocked out
Wild Burt Kenny and Andre Anderson
in quick succession. He outfought
John Lester johnson, q big clever
negro in ten rounds but could not stop
him.
Dempsey then went back to the coast
and placed himself under the man
agement of Jack Kearns who imme-
dlately guided him toward the cham
pionship. His most notable recent
bouts have been with Gunboat Smith,
Carl Morris and Homer Smith. Demp-
sey beat Morris and Smith on the coast
and later gave Morris such a pummel-
ing in the east that Carl resorted to