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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
DEATHS.

AKMOI.-On Decomter %. 1915 near Red
Clay Creek Church Howard r Armor.
EGIs.iyes and friends are invited to attend
fhe funeral srrt ices at bis late residence.
srterrno~ 'D.4Yints.r - ~ > o'clock IN
iroley> wing at Greenbank. Monday
al II n
n,A>LI--As Z and VINE SPRINGS. Pi. l'el OF
daughtc- OF George x and Mabel p g.
Bail aged year. month
fanera, serN ices will Il held al the home
ui her parents on Saturday afternoon at
~ ocinck Intcrrncnt rriS ate.
CoNAoLLY this city. on December
tn, late Elizabeth I. Connolly. nee Aiul-
I;slatiyes. friends. members Of r 0 f..
%u. = and Wilmington Lodge. No. 1874
aiachini-te Cnion. are inyi;ed 10 attend
inr funeral from his late residence. 1929
Aiapi street. on Monday morning at 9
Church. intermtnt ~ Cathedral cemc-
ters.
CAILAHER In this CITY on December
10 1915, John i Gallahcr. in his 18th
kei.tives and friends and members Of
Gu Po:i Post No 2. - r. arc invited
residence. so Clayton street. on NOnda,
Decemtfg -. ~ > - o'fioch. lntcrmcnt al
Ait. Salem CO meter.
HAYES In This city. on December 20.
1918, Mary. widow Of William Hayes
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend
the funeral from her late residence 63G
Past Fifth street on Monday morning a. .
oci uck solemn requiem mass AZ 1t
MaTys Church. lnterment at Cathedral
cemetery Please omit flowers.
LYMAN In TINS city. on December 10
1918. Joanna Lyman. aged 20 years
itelativcS AMI friends are invited % attend
the funeral services a. Newport VI 4
Cu"Tch. on sunday afternoon az 2 O o'clock
intcrmcnt AZ st. James' cemetery. New
port Dci
NOR KlS IN this city On December Is
1918 lillian husband of Mary J Mnrri,
Relat.tcS. friends and MENTORS Or Work
Tnen > oic6 and Death Benefii Fund and en-
pioycs of \ . railroad shops are in
Altcd - attend hc funeral from his late
Residence. 9l6 Read strart on SATURDAY
morning a. 0 ciocS Requiem mass ~ 81
phuis Church. lDtcrmeut At Cathedral
- metcTy
REED on December ~. ms Martha
dagRhtf~ Of Jesse and Mamie Tribbit
Reed aged 10 months
Funeral services will be held al her par
ents resldence. summit avenue Ashley
on saturday aftcrnoon. December Il at 2
terry.
WEIGH In thus city. on December II.
1919. Catherine 81 Wclch
Relatives and friends are invited N attend
tln tunerai from the residence Of her par
tntE. jlci Walnut street. on Saturday
morning. Dercmtler ~ at . O'Clock Re
ternlent 81 Cathedral cemetery
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
BUSY SESSION OF
CITY COUNCIL
Various Matters Considered at the
Weekly Meeting Held Last
Evening.

At the session of City Council last
evening. The report of the finance com.
mittee included among allowances rec,
commended for payment the Sl5,OW
for use of Street and Sewer Department
asked for At the last meeting.
The balance to the credit of the city
treasurer was reported at S59S, ,22Sl al
Communications from l.. i. Kane,
chairman of the executive board of the
Wilmington Fire Department, favor
ing the present volunteer system; Dr
John Ball, president Of the Ferris In
dustrial School, asking that the council
make visit of inspection to the institu-
tion were received Geo. b. Miller and
Councilman Robertson Spoke IN favor
OF the project.
The Poard Of Health sent communi-
eati n recommending a city laboratory,
which Was referred to a committee.
\ letter from DIR. X. +. Ellegood
enclosing a communication from Dr.
\ \ Perkins. advising that if the salary
attached to the office Of city physician
were made 5000 per month. he would
consider taking the position, was referred
70 the committee of the whole.
An application by the Lynch Com
S-ruction Company for the revocation
of two building permits recently issued
10 them for structures which have since
been countermanded by the L. :. Shipping
Board. was referred 10 the finance COM
inittec
\ communication from the Voters
non Partisan League protesting against
the appointment rs probation ofhcer
of W II r Wentzcl was referred to
CITY solicitor B4varl for an opinion
as t. his eligibility under the statutes.
Councimcn Mearns and Kane were
appointed members Of a Joint committee
az Council and levy Cout 10 consider
the Wcnzel appointment
4 request for The Use Of the room
formerly occupied as dental clinic asked
for by Dean Harry Hayward was re-
fused on motion of Councilman Robert
son. on 30 plea that the space was needed
for ,-seS of Council
On motion of Councilman Robertson
IN order YVES authorized for the sale Of
So nG1 worth of bonds on special ac-
cnrnt. for The IS Of the Water Depart
n.cut
President lyon declared the enact
ncut INTO Law If the ordinance IN tho
matter of garbage contract and tho
licensing nf pool rooms.
Following the close of the business
session. 0nnclithan NaFu Ttdu SSNtIal
mv>tcrio, 5 cahlcgrans whose purport
v9> that hc had been appointed a com
rirtccc II cre to present CommCnlca-
flans .;.prupr,itc 10 the season TO Clerk
lrrfrun>. #, Miss lorise NJ BALDWIN,
stenoqral.hcr. and BaIlifT John Simmons.
The communications. when handed up,
l,A ,aueh tho ~izc and shape of pay
envelopes. .nd It Is suspected that they
contained yellow backs at least
In declaring adjournment President
Lvon included reporters in his season s
greetings
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
STOCKS F|RMER AFTER
BREAK Of YESTERDAY
Rails and Other Staple Shares
Show Gain; Liberty Bonds
Still Dropping.
BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening

New York, Dec. 20. 0.--(Wall street
1890 q. m).--Short covering exercised
stabilizing influence at the opening OF
today's stock market, particularly In
rails and other representative shares
which suffered in the heavy selling of
the final hour of the previous session.
Oils Also improved and Brooklyn
Transit rallied Is points but coppers
and shippings fell back with assocl ate
spccialties.
There was no let-up. however, to the
liquidation of Liberty Bonds, the Fourth
l4s showing gr ut weakness at the new
minimum of $3.50.
PRICES SLUMP BEFORE NOON.
Noon-Initial rallies failed to hold,
prices reacting after short covering had
run its course Inquiry for rails proved
light and gains in that group were almost
entirely cancelled, although Pennsyl-
vania's new bond issue was not con-
sidered adverse factor
BROOKLYN Transit lost its substantial
recovery and Marine preferred lost ! -
points.
Industrials, equipments and coppers
reflected intermittent pressure, T.. >.
Steel making its lowest quotation OF the
week.
Oils alone showed a degree OF strength,
Mexican Petroleum rising 2l3 points.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
RAILWAY MEMS DINNER.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening

bpeJai Correspondence oi Every ENehink
Delmar, Dec. 2O.-Thc second annua
dinner of Delmar Division, No. AS
Order Railway Conductors Of America,
was given here yesterday afternoon at
o'clock These in attendance were:
Rev. and Mrs. w r. Cooper, Rev. and
Mrs. f. N. Faulkner, Rev. and p.
T.. II. Jones, Elder A. B. Francis, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert S. Hurtt, Mr.. and Mira.
Jerome Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. d. J.
Truitt, MIR. and Mrs. +. G Ross, MIR. and
Mrs Lee Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
w. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Mills,
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. L. Powell, Mrs. William
Knox, Mr. and Mrs Carl wilkins, Mr..
and Mrs. L. w. Tr,itt, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. T.. Penuel, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hayman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Mills, Mrs and Mr.
Clarence Hearn, Mrs. Rufus Lowe, Mrs.
s. f. Donaway. Mrs p. w Vim ent, Mrs
Emma West, Mrs. John Stnrgis, Mrs.
John Conaway, Mrs. William c. Truitt,
Mrs Thos r. Phillips, Mrs. {. y bandon,
Mrs. r. Il. Phillips, Mrs. Thos. Phillips,
Mrs. Carroll Ashmead, Mrs. j. +. Long,
Mrs w. u. Lear, Mrs. Louise Jackson,
Mrs. ". q. West. Mrs Mabel Ellis,
Mrs. Frank Truitt, Mrs A. w Wilkinson,
Mrs n. Is. Sutliffe, Mrs. n. NJ. Waller,
Mrs Virgil Ennis, Misses Elsie Hearne,
Virginia West Conductor Daniel j.
Truritt was toast-master and addresses
were made by B. J. IIayman, MIR
Levin Powell, G. NJ Ellis, Rev. w G..
Cooper, Rev. +. II. Jones, Rev. +. N.
Faulkner and Elder A. b. Francis.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
LOCAL SOLDIER REPORTED
MISSING Is WITH COMMAND

,'ohn ! tiorIn4r. of 1910 ShalIcOSs
avenue. tins city was reported as missing
III action IN "Wednesday morning : casual y
list. aud notification Of that fact was
scrt - tI> Vlfe SIX DAYS ego BY the War
department.
Yesterday came a letter from him that
lc has hecn two months IN base hospital
recovering from mustard gas lie stated
nat he VAS gassed on October l, but
had rejolned Lls company tie has been
awarded The gold chevrons, with an
honor stripe he said
C;ortnan l. with Company q. 10th
Infantry. Pennsylvania regiment
vI-h the 2S1h DIVISION
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Nobody Home in Hun Foreign Oihce'

Rv Associated Press 10 Every tvenhs
Amsterdam, Dec 20.-All the leading
officials Of the German foreign office are
on strike as the result Of the government 5.
acceptance Of the resignation Of Dr
Solf. as Foreign Minister, according 70
the Rhenish Wcstphalian Gazette. None
Of the officials has appeared for duty IN
several davs In their absence the routine
work Of the foreign office is pillng up and
there is nobody TO look after it
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
WEDDING NEAR DELMAR.
oecial Correspondence Of Every Evening

Special Corrcs poudence OF Every Evening
Delmar. Dc % The wedding of
Mss Ithel MAY Galloway, daughter Of
1-r ard Nirs. Isaac VI Galloway, and
lir Dallas r Gordy was Solemnized at
nc home II the ride near Delmar
+ cdro-,da> =, noon Rev Harry Taylor of
t.e-hcl officiating The attendants were
~ William c Galloway and Miss Ruth
Callaway brother and sister of the ride
The wedding march was rendered hy
A,rS ]. Bayard Aiorris
\ wedding reakfast was served. after
which the bridal pair took the Norfolk
and New York express for 3 trip 10
Philadelphia ard New York CITY They
uii reside near Delmar where the r ON
!, oueseod IN farming
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
.'FIu" Declining at Army Camps.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington, Dec. 20-al'houRh in
fl cenza still prevails in virtually all army
camps at home, report today by the
Surgeon General showed q decline in
the number of cases for the week ending
December l3, as compared with the
preceding week Total cases we're $500,
n decrease of 426.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

II thought you were going to quit talk
ing politics"
"Truc," said Senator Sorghum, remi-
niscently. There was time when |
thought | was going TO give up smok-
ing Washington Star.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Foch Rolls the Enemy {
Back on -Four Fronts

ing to escape from the gigantic trap.
but everywhere they turn they are baf-
ned. Will Foch win this year? That
Is the only question now. If Luden-
dor.f escapes now the war will last for
many months. Foch is striving to end
IT immediately. Ludendorff cannot find
reserves to counter attack anywhere.
Lille and Laon are in the deepest
salients The enemy's lateral COM
munications are threatened at three
points. If bad weather should i'm
pcde the Allied advance the enemy
would have an advantage in his lines
of communication. Still, Foch's sue
ccsscs multiply in number and size.
The German army is exhausted, de-
moTalized, dispivited. beaten, but not
yet crushed. Only supreme effort
VIII save them. The British have
passed beyond lie Cateau, and, with
the French. have reached the general
line of the Disc Canal. Their line is
only seven miles from Valenciennes
and the railway. There has been
stifening Of the enemy defence, and
the British are tired from their lone
eNcrtions. but the Allied advance con-
tinues
After fortnight the Americans and
the French have Joined hands. and
henceforth Pershing and Gouraud will
light one gigantic battle from Rheims
to the Meuse. Really the battlefront
extends from Lens to Verdun, because
Berthelot and Mangin are again hitting
hard, and seven Allied armies are bat.
tering this long front with close to
100000 Allied soldiers smashing
Ludendorff.
In the Champagne Gouraud has taken
Vouzlers. Through the Grandpre gap
the Americans and the French are
linked up, while to the east of the
argonne Pershing is trying to breach
the Kriemhilde line.
The latest reports indicate that the
Germans are in the midst of a general
retirement from north Of the Scarpe
and north of Chemin des Danes to the
Sulppc area and Eastern Champagne.
There are no signs Of retirement from
the Flanders or Laon salients. but this
Is likely at any moment. These with
drawals must affect profoundly the
morale of the enemy. He NAV avoid
debacle if this morale is strong
enough.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

now to be applying that principle in
France. The German front forms q
vast salient from the Escaut to the
Meuse, the extreme point Of it being at
Anizy. Marshal Toch is attacking it not
only. on one flank. but on both alter
nately. while he is pressing the centre
in the section between La Fare and
Berry -au-Back to prevent the enemy's
breaking contact and slipping away.
At the beginning of the week it was
The turn Of the left of the Allied forces,
which struck in the direction of Mau,
bcuge and Guise. Yesterday it was the
right that delivered the blow, aiming
it in the direction Of Mexiercs.
Whether both wings break through or
only one is immateral. The result
would be the same, and the longer the
Germans resist what appears to be the
inevitable the worse for them. Every
day adds to the wastage of their cf-
Iectives and material, and should they
hold on too long their retreat would
become rout
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

three and a half miles from the i'm
portant centre Of Douai.
1t is not improbable that one of the
enemy's principal ideas in trying to
slow up the advance in the area south
east of LIE Cateau is for the purpose of
protecting his forces in the Douai
salient, for every foot gained in this
battle area increases the menace to the
Germans in the Douai pocket.
Northeast of lie Cateau the Cana
dians were in the outskirts of the town
of Forest, fighting their way forward
against other Stubborn enemy machine
gunners.
The British aviators have become
fatigued with the labor of killing Ger
mans. During the last twentyfour
hours they have fired hundreds of thou
sands of rounds from their machine
guns and dropped hundreds Of tons of
bombs on targets it was impossible to
miss.
Bombs were also dropped upon
massed German troops and transports
in the neighborhood OF Wassigny and
other towns back of the German posi-
tiOnS.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
1cal and the Response Must Be Complete President Wilson

dered and then countermanded. which
1ustif'es the inference that General
LudondorfY is no longer guided by
purely military considerations, either
from fear of the demoralixing effect a
retreat on large scale would have in
the interior or with the idea that the
more territory remains the stronger
will be Germany's position in its con-
versations with Washington.
Ludcndorff Will Repent
In the mean time General Ludendortf
IS letting Prussia's time slip by. This
he will repent sooner or later.
Marshal Foch in the preface Of his
celebrated book. con the Conduct Of
War;" says:
"Nogi's army at Mukden sought not
so much to crush the Russian right by
a, hank attack as to get in his rear, and
thus determine the retreat of ali the
enemy's forces"
The Allied commander in chief seems
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Germans Continue to Retire Along
Famous Chen1in des Danes Line

LONDON, Oct. IL (By The Associated
fress).-German troops in the region
OF Douai are retiring behind the Sensee
Canal. British forces have reached a
line two miles west of Douai.
The withdrawal of the Germans
across the Sensee Canal has been
more or less completed. 1t is believed
Field Marshal Haig's men will be on
the edge Of the canal and in the out
skirts Of Douai by tomorrow morning.
South of Laon the Germans arc CON
tlnuing their retirement north of the
famous Chemin des Danes under the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Americans Advance,
Despite Hur, Attacks,
Pershing Reports

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.---Dcspite vio-
lent counter attacks by the Germans on
both sides Of the Meuse, the advance of
French and American divisions contin-
ues, General Pcrshing reported in his
communiquc for yesterday, received to-
night by the War Department. Ameri-
can troops have taken approximately
$3.50 prisoners since October 8.
One American army corps since Oc-
tober 5, has advanced more than ten
miles, capturing the villages of Escau-
fort, St. Bonin and St. Souplet, and
taking more than 1000 prisoners.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

pressure of attacks from the west and
south and it is confidently expected
that the whole of the famous highway
will be entirely evacuated soon.
The Germans are falling back ex-
ceedingly rapidly in the Champagne
and this morning the French had ad-
vanced for q distance of from three to
four miles
After capturing Vouziers, on the
Aisne River, the French have gone
some distance beyond that town. So
swiftly is the line changing that it is
difficult to follow the French advance
from point to point.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Germans Blo1u Up SeHe Bridges;
Dig in for Stand on East Bank

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Friday, Oct. II (By The As
sociated Press)-Thc enemy began an
attempt to-day to slow up the Anglo
American advance on the main battle
front. All the bridges across the River
Selle from lie Cateau southwark were
blown up and the Germans seem to
have been digging in furiously along
the line Of the high ground some 1000
to 1000 yards east Of the river, which
already has been crossed by the Brit
ish and Americans at several places.
Apparently the Germans intend to
make stand here.
In this locality all Of to-day's opera
tions have been devoted to gaining the
river crossings and establishing a firm
footing, on the east bank. There has
been sharp machine gun fighting and
Of LIE Cateau, have poured a heavy fire
upon the west bank Of the river.
AS soon as the Amcricans and the
cavalry entered st. Souplet, south Of
lie Cateau, they came under a heavy
fire from the German gun concentra-
ton. 1t is reported the enemy gun
ners fired their weapons here over
open sights.
South Of here the British and the
French have driven deeply into the
enemy territory and the French now
control long strip Of the west bank
of the Disc Canal. British advanced
mounted patrols also have reached the
canal bank at Longchamps but they
had made too rapid progress and re-
turned.
The British, by their drive launched
this morning on the northern fringe Of
the battle area are now operating we'll
on the other side Of the Scarpe River
and have reached positions less than
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
~, seals the fate Of the Crown
princes army in the Laon salient
French Hold Chemin des Danes
Continued from Faye l

chemin des Danes is now held by the
vrench, and there are many signs to in
a;c..e the haste with which the Ger
vsns are retiring. The most marked
rstrcat is that between Argonne and
psei,ns. where the French are rapidly
sSrancing 10 the lNle of the Aisne.
having already passed Nouziers. Pou-
,rns and the Retourne River. East of
,he Areonne and west of the Meuse the
Americans are drawing close to Dun.
This gigantic retreat indicates that
1ndendoltf is Going back TO the Meuse
line but it is not clear yet whether he
mans to retire by stages or to do it all
n one operation. All ships laden with
The most heavy materials have been re-
moyed from the Flanders coast, and it's
svaouation will follow on the retire
ment south.
X is no longer question Of territory
I.udendortf's sole problem now is to eX-
trcate his armies, which arc all but
caught between the Allied forces and
the southern end of the impossible Ar
dennes. So long as the 3Hirson- Me
zieres- -Longuyon Railway operates Lu-
dendorfr is safe. hut this is threatened
by British, French and Americans. and
Ludendcrtf can take no chances until
he can get MS armies out OF I.aOn.
Hun Generals Dcmoralized
To date the retreat in Champagne is
being conducted in an orderly manner,
but not without the loss of great guam
titles of material. Everywhere the AL
lies are in close contact with the enemy
rear guards-cavalry, tanks and cy-
cIists being used in great numbers both
along The Cambrai and Champagne
fronts. Cloudy, rainy weather has been
hsndicapplng the pursuit, because it in
terferes with aero observation.
1t is reported that the Crown Prince
has removed his headquarters to Me-
zieres The decentralization within the
German ranks seems to have spread to
the higher commands. and there are re-
ports Of confusion Of orders in ham
ding the withdrawal from Cambrai.
The evacuation of Laon will be the
severest test of the German command.
and if it is accomplished successfully
the Germans viii have escaped a com
plete debaclc.
The situation il changing hourly,
with the tide flowing ever stronger in
the Allies favor.
Ludendorff Fighting for Life
Foch is having his great battle and
Ludendorf is lighting for his life. The
supreme moment in the 1918 camnaio~n
Ii close a. hand The Germans arc try
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Vacillation of German Leaders
Forecasts Defeat of Armies

PARIS, Oct. 12.-T O. day finds Ger
many little nearer the brink of dis
sster- Marshal Foch's broom, applied
IN the Champagne this time, has swept
'he enemy back from wider section of
the front than ever before.
General Ludendorf is now reaping
the results of the cardinal error he
made IN thinking that the Allied efren-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

sives were bound to be spaced at wide
intervals like his own.
The continuity of the attacks of the
Allies has literally dumfounded the
Germans. and it is plain that there is
vaclllation at grand German headuuar-
ters.
, for instance, the evacuation. Of the
Belgian coast appears to have been or
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
1t Takes Steady Nerves

Guarding lines like guarding our ksahwe must encourage
the Of bodesan organs bodily endurance efficiency
and full achievement We must take advantage all the
conserve health II much necessity fight disease
u to cultivate health for long life happiness and
We wish prevent old coming the sudden attack
Of umbago rheumatism chances for long
Life DIR Pierce keep the kidneys in good order Try
eliminate through the and nesn the poons that otherwise clog
the Kidneys Avoid eating meat much possible avoid much
salt alcohol tea Try milk and vegetable diet Drink plenty water
obtain Anurc double strength druggists and you per
preth skin helps eliminate poisons and uric acid"
For those middle life for those easily recognized symptoms
Of inflammation backache scaldng water If acid in the
blood has caused rheumatism rusty" joints stiffness get Anur at
the drug store soc send Dr. Pierce Invads Hotel and Surgical
Institute Buffalo T. 10c for trial pkg You will find Anurc many
times potent than ha and eliminates uric acid as hot water
mes short trial will convince you Send sample OF your
water to Dr. Pierce and will be tested free Of charge
free medical advice to the Invalds' Hotel
Anuric regular insurance and life for all big eaters
and those who deposit lime salts in their joints Try no
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
1Ij|I|lSAY
|EIlEl THEY'LL
u EcoMscR|PTED'
Young Redmond Warns Par
lament In First Speech,

(. LONDON, Wednesday. April 10
lsiohmen msintain the right 10 say
,uhnlhes they shall be eonscripled or
- Cam. William A. Redmond, son OF
~ iase John z. Redmond, declared
~ II bis first speech In the house
0 oSmmous since he was elected to the
n9ituescy formerly held by his
nohef. His speech was during dis
e1ssioa Of the government man-power
M The captain was IN military uni
Nm and occupied his fathers old seat
y the house.
IN 1914. he said. ireland was almost
oblsse with enthusiasm on the side OF
Ske allies but, the people had since
chsneed toward the war, owing 10 the
disirust sf ihe British government and
n the word Of British ministers.
IN the governments present action,
~ Ireland OF tomorrow. he added,
Would be In open hostility to the war
4 would require armies In ireland TO
sDcruit bsttsIions, while II the gov
euuaent trusted ireland, that trust
vould NOT be betrayed.