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The rattle Is closely watched, because
Tommy Is suspicious when 1t comes to
gambling with his rations.
When the issue Is finished the cor
poraI sits down and writes a letter
home asking them If they cannot get
some NJ. p. (member of parllament) to
have him transferred TO the Royal Fly
Ing corps where he won't have to Issue
rations.
At the different French estamlnets
In the village and at the canteens Tom
my buys fresh eggs, milk, bread md
pastry. Occasionally when he is flush,
he invests In tin of pears or april
cots. His pay Is only shilling day,
81 cents. or cent an hour. Just mag
Inc, cent an hour fer being under
tire-nQt much chance of getting rich
out there
When he goes into the fire trench
(front line), Tommy's menu takes Il
tumble. He carries in his haversack
what the government calls emergency
or iron rations. They are not supposed
to be opened until Tommy dies of star
yation, They consist of one tin of
bully beef, four biscuits. a little tin
which contains tea, sugar and Oxo
cubes concentrated beef tablets),
These are only to be Used when the
enemy establishes a curtain of shell
FIRE on the communication trenches,
thus preventing the carrying In of
rationS, or when in an attack body
of troops has been cut off from It's base
of supplies.
The rations are brought up at night
by the company transport, This is a
section of the company in charge of
the quartermaster sergeant, composed
Of men. mules and limbcrs two
wheeled wagonS), which supplies Tom
my's wants while in the front line.
They are constantly under shell fire.
The rations ure unloaded at the en-
trance to the communication trenches
and are Carried in" by men detailed
for that purpose. The quartermaster
sergeant never goes into the front-line
trench. He doesn't have to, and have
never heard of one volunteering 10
do sc.
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the ratlons and sends them in.
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tho buIly beef no can eat biscuits
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ASSETS DEC. 81. 1917
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Evening journal., 1918-10-24
SCOTT NEARING
OUT FOR CONGRESS

The issue Of patriotism against paci-
ilsm has been squarely jolnted in the
Fourteenth New York Congressional
District New York City, where Scott
Nearing, under indictment for activity
against The United States in war. is a
candidate against r. II. LaGuardia.
present Congressman from the district.
who is now leading American aviators
against the Germans and Austrians on
the Plave
Nearing, once dismissed from the Uni
, versity OF Pennsylvania because his
v0icing OF radical views embarrassed
the university, and later ousted by a
Middle Western university for similar
reasons, continued TO preach his doc
trines until the United states had him
indicted for violation OF the espionage
act. That was last March Nearing has
not yet come 10 trial
Congressman LaGuardia. anticipating
the entry OF the United States into the
war, entered an aviation school In 1916
and when the United States declared
war he was ready 10 go 10 Italy and
fight which he did. lie is stlll there
and still fighting This puts him a
long way from the political battlefield
In New York. But his friends are look
ing after his campaign. Nominated by
the Republicans. he was indorsed by the
Democrats fusion being thus effected.
Nearing was named by the Socialists.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
FOOD saving
AFTtA THE WAR
Conservation Rules to be
Enforced Through 1919,
Say Officials
ALLIES NEED
MANY SUPPLIES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i.-The absolute
necessity OF the American people going
through with a fOOd-cOnservatiOn pro-
gram, whether the coming year brings
either war or peace, was emphasized by
the food administration yesterday by the
publication of a summary Of the French
crop situation.
The summary quoted NJ. BOret, French
food controller, as saying in a recent
address before the French Chamber Of
Deputies that 1.-THE total nutrition value
Of the 1918 crops Of cereals, as well as
beans and potatoes, in France is below
the nutrition value Of these products for
last year.
"The wheat crop" continued the
French food controller, "is larger and
Of better quality, but the maize, barley,
oats, beans and potato crops are c0nsid-
erably smaller.
The potato situation is particularly
grave, for whereas the average for the
last ten years is 100000 long tons, this
year the potato crop will not exceed
100000 long tons. Despite this short
age, we must supply the Allied troops
fighting in our land. We cannot posi-
bly, refuse this indispensable food TO
English and American troops who are
constantly increasing in number"
According to private estimates, the
wheat crop I'm France for 1918 will be
about iSO,OOOOO0 bushels, an increase OF
about % per cent. over last year. In
striking an average, however, for the
three years preceding the war, there is
shown a production Of 32i,is7,OOO bush
els, while in 1914 the crop amounted to
only 2.6s9,OOO bushels, and for the |
crops of i9i7-i9ls production dwindled |
TO i4i,i49,OOO bushels.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
BY Il. 4. TOMBSTONE.
n. +. A. STAFF Correspondent.
Passed by u. :. Censor.
thapdaa., nrnxrfno IronnI

ABERDEEN. Md, Oct. 2i.-On the
I greatest Ordnance-testlng reservation In
The world have Just witnessed a thrill
I ling exhibition OF airplane bomb-drOp-
ping. trench warfare and big gun bonn
bardmcnt which made me think ! was
with those Nanks on the western front
| Nothing goes overseas in the way OF
guns. ammunition or supplies that has
not been proven 100 per cent perfect by
/ the government. Here at the "rOvins
ground every gun that goes across Is
/ fired at least five times: every shipment
/ OF shells or bombs is thrOughly tested
and every hand grenade is put through
4 its PAGES TO see what IL will do 10 tho
/ Huns.
All day long the guns. big and little
I thunder their salvOes across Chesapeake
Bay. Big airplanes soar overhead and
drop bombs which tear great craters in
what was once peaceful farmland
Trench mortOrs OF all sizes and varie-
ties hurl their whizzing prOiectles over
the landscape Gas projectors discharge
what seem to be large tin olns into the
air-gasless here but loaded with dead
ly fumes "over there"
And the din Is more than the naked
ear OF The l8yman can stand, although
you jam into them all the cotton waste
they will hold
The Aberdeen proving ground strech-
es for 5000 acres on the bay. 4 gov
ernment railroad has been built to con-
meet the various testing fields. There
are scores OF long, low barracks build
nys for the $500 enlisted men employed
here, miles OF concrete roads, dozens Of
stOrehOuses for ammunition awaiting
tests. and shops OF all kinds. A great
new steel structure is going up 10 house
some OF the departments. Il will con
tlnue TO be used by the ordnance de-
partment after The war.
The most thrilling experience OF the
day was the airplane raid on the bomb
dropping field. There was nothing
"phOney' about 10; one bomb exploded
not 100 yards from the observation
tower and gave the spectators a real
scare
From This tower nearly 100 feet high,
sthetches nOrthward for several miles
broad, fat expanse OF meadow-land
torn up by bOmb-craters. Coming up
from The aviation field - miles south.
at an altitude OF 5000 feet, a squadron
Of three Curtiss planes, each carrying
three iO0-pOund high explosive bombs
few one by one over the tower. Almost
while they were over Il they released
their bombs, the momentum OF the craft
them forward onto the field.
/ could see the bomb from The mo-
ment it dropped from the plane until
Il hit the ground, throwing a cloud OF
sand and smoke % feet in the air with
a terrific detOnation.
Circling back over the tower and de-
scending, the aviators loaded up again
this time with incendiary bombs. These !
are dropped in the same way-simply I
by pulling a chain-but the effect is /
iinferent The bomb penetrates three /
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
Test Americas Big
Guns at Aberdeen, Md.

moment a sheet Of flame bursts into the
air and blazes away for IS minutes.
I Wnen these bombs are dropped on Ger
man Warehouses The Huns don't have
Time 10 move out, for The explosion Of
the bomb throws the liquid flames in
all directions. The bombs are loaded
with a highly inlammatory material
or secret composition
The bomb-dropping field adioins the
trench warfare range, where trench
mortars and trench bombs are tested
A modern trench mortar Is little more
than a length Of pipe about four inches
IN diameter, with a firing pin in the
lower or business end The bomb is
dropped in and before YOU can say
Kaiser Bill" 10 comes out asam and
Whistles of in a graceful arc over the
field.
For testing the mortar, bombs loaded
with sand. equal in weight to the
amount OF explosive they shoul hold
are used. These bury their noses in the
ground and do not, OF course. explode /;
they are dug out and used again.
But for testing bombs under actual
service conditions there is a stOckaded
""''NN AN 'iiN Hilh VI AIlt hItutii NdIldlt
range from which explosive bombs are
fired. These land on the RANGE peril
ously close to a collection OF abandoned
farmhouses, and throw up the ground
much as do airplsne bombs. making
craters three TO ten feet across
AT the main proof battery stands an
array OF field guns Of an calibers. siege
guns, machine guns. naval guns mount
cd on railway trucks. antl-aircraft guns
mounted on automobile trucks and on
permanent mounts. and giant howlizers
with their forbiddlng noses pointing
out for 20 or 30 feet. In addition field
artillery carriages OF al kinds used by
tne army are ined up here for testing.
The guns are mounted along a con-
crete platform shout a quarter OF a mile
long. with a railway running up 20 e
for bringing up the big railway guns.
All are elabOrdtely camOunaged with
green and yellow paint. on this range
all mobile artillery and all ammunition
are tested, with the exception OF the
detonating fuses and loaded high ex-
plosive shell, which are fired from the
water range out over the Chesapeake
Bay.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
NEW TRANSIT RULE
ADOPTED BY M'AD00

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i.-Regulations
Wiping out the old transit arrangement
on railroads whereby goods stopped in
transit had TO be billed out again over
The producing road have been issued by
Director General McAdOO.
A universal transit system has been
established, under which all such com
mOdities may be moved from a transit
point over the most direct route.
For years the railroads have allowed
transit privileges by which a car Of corn
for instance, could be shipped from the
farm 10 a city consumer on a single
rate. and the corn stopped at a mill,
ground into meal and placed on the cars
again TO the mill. The transit privilege
Is not abolished.
Producers Of any commodity may still
stop I'm transit for maufacture, but
under the old rule 10 had 30 20 out again
from the transit point on the road that
brought it in. The system was de-
signed so that producing roads could
hold the traffic produced by them.
nder the new rude the shipment can
be given to any road. Transit charges
are not disturbed, but notice is served
that they will either be made uniform
or abolished.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
Baby Colds
require treatment with remedy that con.
tains no opistes. Piso's is mild but efec-
tivei pleasant to take. Ask your druggist for
PISO'S
Tonall Brought
Wonderful Relief

Il am glad to recommend Tonall. Il"
says Miss Viola Wilhidc, Of No. $40 East
Market street York, Pa. 81 was Oper-
ated upon for appendicitis last Janu-
airy. II was no doubt brought on by
chronic Catarrhal Gastritis and Stom-
ach trouble. My general constitution
was run down 20 much that I was con-
lined to my bed for weeks at a time.
] could not sleep and / was simply a
physical wreck. My weight decreased
unit l weighed only elghty-seven
pod ds. So ] gave Tonall a trial and
The result has been most gratifying TO
me in every respect. | now eat what
] desire without the least discomfort,
and my bowels are regular. | now
weigh over one hundred pounds and
am gaining strength every day. ! sleep
well and feel quite refreshed in the
morning. My nervousness is fast dis
appearing. 1t is really wonderful how
feel compared 10 a few weeks ago"
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
MRS. C. w. cRuBB DEAD

Mrs. Charlotte Way Grubb OF No. 701
South High street, West Chester died
OF pneumonia yesterday. aged % years.
Until her marriage, Mrs. Grubb lived
in Wilmington. She is survived by
two small daughters and her husband
Norman r. Grub.
Mrs. Grubb was the daughter Of
Charles c. and L.. Anna Way OF 2ct7
Monroe Place, this city. She has three
sisters. Mrs. George Arthur OF City
Point. Va. Mrs. Harry J. Walter OF
West Chester, and Mrs. Robert 6. Betty
OF Wilmington.
The funeral will take place on Satup
day from her home in West Chester
Pa.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
CONNABLE CUP CONTEST.

The attraction at the Wilmington
Trapshooting. Association on Saturday
will be a contest for the Connable Cup.
This race will be at 80 targets in two
events Of % targets each, added target
handicaps
Two captains will be selected from
among the shooters present and they
will choose up sides and shoot a team
race for a war saving stamp prize. The
high score on the winning team with
handicap will receive the war saving
stamp. Ties, If any, will be shot Off at
% targets.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards a well-Known
Ohio Physician

DR.. F. M. Edwards for IL years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel
ailments. During these years he gave to
his patients prescription made of few
well-known vegetable ingredients mixed
with olive oil, naming them DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. You will know them by
their olive color.
These tablets are wonder.workers on the
liver and bowels, which cause a normal
action, carrying off the waste and poison
Gus matter In ones system.
fyou have pale face, sallow look, dull
eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, q
listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts,
inactive bowels, you take one of DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for time
and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as well as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sue
cessful substitute for calomel-now and
then just to keep in the pink of condition.
loc and 25c per box. All druggists
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
WRESTLERS TO GO ON
ATKEYSTONE TUESDAY

The Keystone Field Club will stage
another mat contest on next Tuesday
evening. 10 will be one OF the best
shows ever held in the city at which
skill and action will be the main feol
lures. Jimmy pappas recognized as
Americas flyweight boxer champion,
will appear in one OF the bouts. Jimmy
wrestled at the Keystone a short
time ago and made such a favorable
impression with the fans, that they
requested the club 10 match him with
the best man the club could secure. At
the public's request the club has Sc
cured a yOungster OF great promise,
Malcom Mccoy, who would sooner
wrcstle than work al HIarlans. Five
Glossy bouts are on The program. all 20
Evening journal., 1918-10-24

a finish. best two out OF three falls.
In the first bout George Ehlers will
meet Davis Palmer. Both are good
lightweigbis and can travel like a
cyclone. In The second bout Goodyear
will meet Herman Reed. These two
boys are bitter antagonists. The final
preliminary will be between Charles
Laggas, The Greek demon and John
Barclay. Barclay lost 20 Bearcat Wig
gins at the previous show. In the semi
windup. Bearcat Virgins will find it a
much harder task 10 win from Jake
Braunstein than he did from Barclay.
The final bout will be between Jimmy
Pappas and Malcom Mccoy and will be
show by itself. Johnny Cooper will
referee all the bouts.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
used RESINOL FOR
BAD SKIN TROUBLE
Considers Recovery Rcmarkable.

Brooklyn, n. Y. Aug. ii-"For almost
six years / suffered from a severe case
OF skin trouble which began with SWELL
ing and intense pain in my knee. Then
my leg became in1amed and sores broke
out, which itched and burned terribly
day and night. tried many remedies,
but gained no relief. / even spent six
months in the hospital, and the doc
tors wanted TO amputate my leg At
last ! tried ResinOl Ointment and Res
inol Soap and obtained relief from the
first application. My knee is now WELL
and ! consider the cure remarkable, as
my trouble was very serious" (Signed)
Mrs. Henri Mauer, 4i6 Hooper street.
All druggists sell Resinol Ointment
and Resinol Soap.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
Miners VOLUNTEER
TO WORN SUNDAYS
Offer Thus to Make Up
for Shortage Due to
Epidemic
HEAVY LOSS IN
COAL TONNAGE

WASHINGTON. Oct. .2i - Seventy
thousand coal miners in the Pennsyl-
yania fields have notified the Federal
Fuel Administration that they WI work
Sundays in an effort to prevent de-
crease in production seriously threat
ened by the influenza epidemic.
Word that the miners had voted TO
work the extra day TO save the situa-
tion was received here from Charles
ONeill, district production manager.
who has reports from more than 900
mines In this territory. Volunteer work
on Sundays already has been done in
some mines and in those places where
no Sunday work was done the men de-
cided to work from nine TO ten hours
instead Of eight hours. three Of four
days each week and two days with
irregular hours, that the output might
be increased.
Mines in which the epidemic is preya-
lent worked with reduced numbers OF
miners, although several districts, nota-
the Cleariield. near Dubois, portions
OF Indiana, jefferson, Clarion and Cam
bria, were obliged TO suspend operations
entirely early last week.
v For the week ended September %
central Pennsylvania produced i.306, ,i0s
TONS says the statement from Mr..
O'Neill. Since then we have been los
ing tonnage owing TO the influenza. For
the week ending October we produced
4 ,203.9i2 tons, or a loss Of i02. .i66 tons,
compared with the previous week; for
the week ending October ~ we pro-
duced t,23i. .337 tons, or a loss OF 72,07t
tons, campared with the week OF Sep
tember 2s, making a total shortage Of
i7i.537 tons to October ~.
"The week ending October 80 Will
show a ,greater loss. as the influenza
epidemic is growing worse. Thousands
are sick in this district and hundreds
have died"
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
LISTEN FELLOWS!

SpeciaI 20 the EVenlng Journal.
DOVER, Oct. 2i.-One Of the lsrg-
est big mouth bass was caught in Silver
Lake on Tuesday by Prof. A. r. Spaid
with an ordinary hook The bass
weighed pounds and 10 ounces, and
measured % inches long. The tail,
spread, measured Z inches. A few d3ys
before. a son OF Prof. Spaid caught a
bass weighing over pounds at the
same place.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
STANDARDIZED SUIT
is NOW In SIGHT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2i.-General
plans for the Standardization OF cloth
ing have been submitted to the War
industries Board by a committee Of
clothing retailers. Il is believed these
plans viii be put into effect with prob
ably slight notifications.
The details have not been made public
but Il is likely that action will be taken
similar TO that put into practice in the
Standardization OF shoes. The industry,
IL is expected, will play the largest part
I'm working out the details. which will
be left 90 the board TO pass on.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
Miller Drug Company

TonaI. is Sold Here at
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
HUN DYNAMITE TRAPS PULLED.

\. 2. n SDecial 10 The Evening journal.
PARIS, Oct. 2i.-In a region just cap
lured by the Americans a map was dis
covered showing the location Of more
Than 100 death traps left behind by flee
ing Huns.
American engineers took the map and
covered the territory, pulling" each
Of the dynamite traps without iniuring
q man.
Evening journal., 1918-10-24
1O6 MARKET ST

Torsli il sold and recommended b, tb.
following druggists In Delaware; ". ChsI-
Ienger & Son, New Castle; Rhodes Pbsr.
rrscy, Newark Jester's Pharmacy, DoIs-
wsro clts' Middletown Drug Company.
Middlctown; 'hss. Swain, Smyrna; w
". Keys. Clayton; James W. wise, Dover.
". VI. Lcog, Lewes; sharp & FIernlnr.
Harrington; PettyJohn's Pharmacy. MIL
fcrdi hsines Company, sesford; whay-
land Drug Company, Delmar, Msso.,.
Pharmacy, Lsuysl
Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-11-20
UNIVERSITY IS KEEPING
 WAR RECORD FOR FUTURE

The end of the great war finds the library of the Univer- slty of Arkansas in possession of an extensive collection of diplo- matic documents relating tothe outbreak of the war, official cor respondence, and books of every description on the various phas- es of the struggle. Students who will be in the University of Ar kansas for years to come will have an opportunityto study the history and underlying causes of the conflict in the original docu- ments of the period.
 Conspicuous in this collection arethe books, issued by the var ious nations in which they sought, to present their cases for the judgment of the world. A. mong these are the French Yel- low Book, the Russian Orange Book, the Belgium Grey Book, TheSerbian Blue Book, the Ger man White Book, the Austro- Hungarian Red Book and the British Diplomatic Correspon- dence.
 The service flag of the Uni versity now has 980 stars. Eight are gold stars inhonor of eight University of Arkansas men who have given up their lives for the cause. There are approximately 539 men in the Students Army Training Corps on the campus of the University. The men are being assigned to officers train- ing schools from time to time. Stars to represent them are ada ed to the flag as soon as they leave the University. Six of the stars represent University wom- en who are now serving their country.