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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-04
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7 rockets rom camp which they were send
ing UP, burst Just II few feet under thc
| machine, giving tis an idea where we were
| | expected any minute to be plastcrcd on q
| mountain peak, and saw one pass Just
: far enough below to clear the landing gear
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED.
Cur crew was mentioned IN both the
: Italian and American order of the day
! both DAYS We stand a chance Of getting
Il medal, but doubt It vcrv much now as
everyone is so cxcit about other things
The second dav we had to come down "a
800 meters to see anything and were sub
lccted to both machine gun and anti AIR
craft fire
Some prisoners told us that in one Of the
first raids of the offensive, l62 men were
killed besides considerable damage To the
objective. On one day, just after the re-
turn from a raid, tho mechanics were
filling the machines with bombs for an
other trip, when u machine caught fire
by the careless handling of an inccndlary
bomb The plane burnt up and was
blown TO bits by the explosion of the other
bombs The mir certainly was full of
shrapnCl for while Several soldiers
were killed and many wounded hap
pcncd to bc eating dinner at the time and
was far enough away not To be IN any
serious danger 1t WAS a terrific OK
plosion, however \ bunch Of us had just
left tho plane after seeing that il was beng
loaded.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.
Only wash | could tell Won about the
suffering Of these people in Northern
Italv. hrld by the Au>trIans. but it IS no
use for YOU would not believe me Many,
and IN fact "a majority, had insufficient
clothes TO prevent nakcdnc>S with moth
ing To eat tor eight month. except
mush. dealt out at starvation rates They
acted worse than brute animals ~ III"
sight Of food MI women and girls grlS
oi even - and ! / Years have been wrong
cd hv Austrian soldiers | know ot one
Italian prisoner. who, when hc Sald ic
WAS glad the Italians were coming, had
h~ cars ciIt on ana his rycs put out tie
later died III friendly hands Part oi thus
information ! get from the J NJ \
mon and the Rcd ross, and part, have
seen. but thank Cod wo ,io our bit above
ground and do not So, the suffering and
misery nor endure Il aS does the infantry
We have no idea now whether We Wlll
81 to France ur On the cast German border
nnU that the Kaiser Is down aud nut |
look Tor Germany u flll ~ pieces If
ilcy don't qut soon. God hcln thcm Whom
ai these arnir- II thc other trml- arc
ruasscd against them lust nov v, Aro
doing nothing bu awaiting d,ltlon
mcntS get up about $50 ~ teu IN thr
morning drink 4 cttp - tta which
ready. being prepared hv the orderly. and
spend the daH reading or walking Some
times wr get ear ana visit lCighhuruG
iaUD III IL rrtfiUr l4tr UUSy ~p must 0iui
Please pardon nc inr uot writing earlier
l.oyIn1Il
George
T s ono ycar aco TODAY ! landed j
Europe il seems iaug Iau tmh
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-04
Alexander Zenker

First Violinist the Philadelphia or
chfstrH. and pupil Of Leopold Auef. viii
teach ~ Wilmington oua day week For
appointment address Alexander Henker.
care OF Philadelphia Orchestra Academy
Of Music. PhladeiuhlA
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
United States in World War

Taking everything into consideration
the experts held that probably the
earliest date at which the war can end
is the close OF 1919. They admitted,
however, that the political aspect is
not reckoned much in such calcula-
lions, and that this phase may have a
tremendous part TO play In the turn Of
the wheel Of fate.
The past year has witnessed big
drive in this country 10 wean Germany
from her adherence to Kaiserism.
Whether this can be accomplished in
another year is something the future
alone knows.
As they looked back on the twelfth
month, authorities held that America
had done tremendously well. From the
opening Of the past year-when peace
talk was heavily In the alr--to the
close, with America plunged deep into
the war maelstrom is a long cry. But
America had Eridged that great gap
from peace to war in a spirit Of unity,
and minus some Of the delays that had
marked Englands part.
When the Kaiser declared unrestrlct-
ed warfare. he forced the L. S. 10 act
On April 6, the formal declaration Of
a state Of war with Germany was made.
Since that time we have taken on con-
scriptlon, built cantonments. started
destroyers, and a vast shipbuilding pro-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
JANUARY COURT.

After the opening OF the January
term Of court, next Monday, Il is prob
able that the court will take a shoyt
recess TO allow the members Of tho bar
TO finish their work In connection with
the questionnaires There are a large
number of indictments to go before the
grand jury
Three cases will be heard in the
Court Of oyer and Termner, as fol-
lows: Arthur Thomas Silas Davis and
Walter Hopkins, charged with murder
ing Gill Long at Hockessln; Thomas
WEIGH, charged with numbering sophia
J.. Hayes, in this city, and Herman VI
Duffy and Albert n. Lewis, charged
with manslaughter i'm having struck
and killed Marion Billngsley with an
automobile at BellefOnte
CT 100 cases to be heard i'm the Court
Of General Sessions the most important
include: Several employees Of the Bush
Line, charged with the larceny Of
groceries from the corporation; Peter
Greco, charged with attacking women {;
Thomas Drew, charged with witchcraft
larceny and obtaining money under
false pretences.
There also will be many cases in the
superior Court.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
Pui Your Ee's on he National Guard"
Soldiers in France, Is lyons Advice

, tude and a clean moral record was put
I to instructing the new recruits. Hun
dreds Of them won commissions.
The National Guard regiments. IN a
lot Of instances, contain men who have
been drilling much longer than men
in the so-called regulars.
How Will the National Guard take
10 war discipline? Most OF the officers
and men came from the same towns
ana have been IN the habit of calling
one another by their FIRST names"
This is o comment often heard
But this situation prevails only in a
limited degree now. The doubling and
trebling Of the Size Of Idilitia regiments
has made It necessary TO so outside
for new officers While most of the
militia units still have their dome
Colonsls, Majors and Captains hun
dreds Of lieutenants from the officers
training schools have been assigned to
them One battalion, with which ] am
well acquainted, has eight such new Of
fcers and they hail from six different
States.
AS far as my fellow officers from
home 60" said one National Guard
colonel, Il can't see any harm in my
continuing my former civilian familiar
tiles with them We all come from the
same neck OF the woods back home,
have been in the guard together for
years and years and believe they're
quicker TO cooperate with me and car
~ out my orders II | continue to treat
them as members Of the family and
call them Dick and Bob and Harry
What I'm after Is results and If / can
get them without having a ramrod up
my hack, so much the better
There's a certain home spirit in
the National Guard regiments than
makes for cheerfulness, good behavior
and cleanliness.
A militia captain, on inspecting som
blliets one day. came upon particu-
larly dirty corner lie called the cul-
prits on the carpet
III | hadn't lived In the same town
with you boys all your lives and known
your families I'd say you'd never had
any bringing up" he said Ted, your
mother never allowed you TO lie on the !
bed with muddy shoes on, did she? |
Sure, she didn't. And look here, Bill |
you wasn't in the habit of splitting |
all over the sitting room floor at home |
were your Ill bet your parents would |
be mighty ashamed Of you fellows If |
they could see this muss around your
hunks here
i've never had to speak Of cleanl-
ness in billets again" he told me
10 speaks volumes for the stun that
Is in the mililiamen TO say that hun
dreds Of them are putting in their
spare time preparing for examinations
10 enter army schools that will gradu-
ito enlisted men into officers
Put your bets on that type OF en-
listed man He'll deliver the goods WHEN
he call comes.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
CUTTING ICE At IcEDALE.

Cutting Of their FIRST harvest Of ice
Of this winter, at Icedale on the
Brandywne, was commenced last Fri
day by the Diamond Ice aud Coal Com
pbny The scarcity Of labor is causing
the company some Inconvenience
While formerly q force Of about 100
men have been put to work on the job,
this year only 40 are employed in the
work. The crop that is being harvest
ed is about p inches thick and of extra
ordinarily good quality. After it Is cut
In ihe field 10 great cakes about l6 feet
square 10 Is guided 10 the shore ice
houses and there put through Two other
cuttings with massive saws Then il Is
sent along an elevating conveyor and
stored away against next summers use
The FIRST cutting will last about ten
days and as Don as another crop grows
it too will be cut and stored away It
usually takes two cuttings to M the
capacity Of the icehOuses.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02

gram. Since then. too, we have added
Austria to the war list
Today finds US with forces-air, sea
and land-on foreign service.
II finds an eager army Of youth
training here and abroad for an early
/ participation In the vast conflict.
~ mas science and invention strug-
! silns TO Improve existing war machines
ana to create new ones which shall
WORK annihilation even faster than the
/ present means.
And peering into the future, we nnd
america prospects splendid 80 not
chlld's play, but mans work.
Army experts made a rough estimate
OF 100000 men fed into the European
struggle by the end Of 1918 Some said
perhaps that was too generous, mas.
much as shipping Is scarce.
However, along with this prediction
went one that a cure for submarine ills
VIII be found the coming year-or at
least that something will be developed
which will make the U-boat almost
negligible. In such an event, the ship
ment OF men and supplies viii so for
ward vastly more rapidly than the
present estimated million total.
Within a few months, a new group
OF the national army win be in train
ing; aeroplanes from the s6i0.OlO.OOO
program viii be ferretins out German
secrets on the west front; and vast ad-
ditions will be made TO the daring
destroyer fleet which has accounted
Tor Itself so valiantly in It's few months
Of service.
Already the army and navy have
been tested In fire and found nt..Amer-
lean. losses, when COMPARED to the
monthly reckonings Of the allies, have
been Insignificant A few navy vessels
nave come TO greater or lesser grief
ana some lives have been sacrificed in
wlthstanding Teuton trench-raids
The army deserves .deai Of credit
for Its expansion into force Of past
a million within a few months; the
navy for its quick and valiant response
In patrol and convoy work.
And, while the New Year finds a
troublesome problem in Russia-with /
the Teuton the possessor Of too much /
territory-the outlook on the whole is /
such that with America unified there /
can now be no doubt as TO the out /
come.
That outcome will be the end OF
kaiserism, with its serpeutine inroads /
on friendly neighbors and distant ac-
quaintances.
AT Nerdun, as the Chemin des Danes
and In Champagne, the Germans admit
ted the seriousness OF their losses by
heavy counter actions North Of Yer
dun the battle still continues principal
ly against La Chaume wood which the
enemy considers a key position.
In addition to other great battles Of
the year French troops, assisting the
British In Flanders, during August adj
vanced by successful bounds from the
User canal toward Houlthulst Forest
formidable German STRONGHOLD, con
tlnung % the left the British action
which resulted in the capture Of the
bill system east Of Npres, including
Passchendale ridge.
French success followed In Lorraine
Turing November where the largest
operation Of the year in that region
wiped out an enemy salient and took
scores Of prisoners
Featuring French action Of 1917.
tanks charged with success ahead o.
he troops Aeroplanes IN battle for
nation charged through the air over
he heads Of the infantry.
Military calculation shows that the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
Local MAN THINKS He
has BEATEN 5UBNARINE

w. E. Tibbitt. Of No. 500 King street,
has invented a devise 10 protect ships
from submarine attacks and he expects
to offer the invention to the Govern
ment.
The submarine protection device is a
metal net so arranged as TO extend 70
feet on each side Of the boat, as deep
as it is desired to carry 10, the device
TO be attached 10 an endless chain
running around the sides Of the deck Of
the boat, so operated as 10 haul the
net in as the boat proceeds carrying IL
to the opposite end OF the boat and
dropping it overheard. This arrange
ment will not impede the boat, as the
net will be stationary while the boat
proceeds, beng played out from the
bow and taken 10 at the stern.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
THE MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.

A visit 20 the laboratory where this
successful remedy Is made impresses
even the casual looker-on with the rel-
ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
which attends the making Of this great
medicine for woman's ills.
Over $4,000 pounds Of various herbs
arc used annually and all have 10 be
gathered at the season of the year when
their natural juices and medicinal sub
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
n extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes in
contact with the medicine is sterilized
and as final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
in sterile bottles.
1t is the wonderful combination Of
riots and herbs, together with the
sill end care used in its preparation
which has made this famous medicine
so successful in the treatment Of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored TO health by the use OF
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound which we are continually pub
fishing attest TO its virtue.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02

enemy's losses against the French dur
ing 1917 have been Of the heaviest. He
has used and withdrawn on account
Of losses nearly 300 divisions on the
various battle lines
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
DELAWARE DEADLOCKED
With ICE At CHESTER

CHESTER, Pa, Jan. 2.-Whlle they
are making trips with great difficulty
the Wilmington steamboats, stopping at
this city and the boats OF the Chester
shpbuilding Company are managing to
make their daily trips on the river
Never in the history Of the Oldest resi-
dents was the river so illlcd with ice at
this time Of the year With the aid OF
GoN eminent ice boats, however the
chanuel has been kept open so that the
local boats could run The greatest
difficulty Is experienced in the early
morning after the river has bad time
10 freeze up over night.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
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THE EVENING JOURNALS Special Re-
porter With the American Army
in France.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Jan. 2--The old-time regular
army man used 10 sheer that he'd
rather be a private in the regulars than
a general in the National Guard"
Picking fun at the State militiss was
one form Of amusement for the regu-
lars. And more often than not the
guardsman took The lests and quips
without serious protest, probably adj
hitting inwardly that maybe. after all.
he was a mutt at the war game
But there's no sneering at the Ma
tional Guard troops IN France these
days
A very high general in the regular
army not long ago was reviewing o
militia regiment from Middle western
State
The troops came down The pike be-
hind crackeriack band every head
up, uniforms clean and spruce, guns
aud side arms glistenlng--a body Of
fine outstanding stalwart intelligent
American manhood
III NNfIf AVMNN|A1AAAI aAll1 ANAA AlukN
they looked like liberty lads.
When the review was ended the gen
eral turned and with an exclamation
that showed intense satisfaction, said
to those near him:
"By joye those arc fine looking
boys Mark my word. they'll produce
a lot Of efficient officers II this war
lasts very long
The so-called state mlltiamen" over
here is putting into his work a degree
Of intelligence. pep and willingness that
simply amazes some Of the Regular
army officers who have high command
over them.
In a good many cases, these officers
have had 70 revise completely their
nreconceived notions about such
troops.
IT'S q foregone conclusion that tho
National Guard units are going 10 make
good In France because big majority
of the boys have brains and they'll
know how to use them In the pinches
one regiment boasts more than 700
college mon out OF total membership
Of about 300 and some 1900 OF the
boys in the OUTFIT have had one year
or more in higf school
In football game the other day be-
tween two militia outfits. Is Of the p
players were former college players
and only two Il the IS were officers.
The particular star OF the contest made
the all-American team a few years
back He's a sergeant now.
There's no such thing over here as
a company or regiment composed en-
tirely Of old time regulars.
The quick expansion Of the Amer |
can army from 100000 TO 100000 bust |
ed the old army 10 smitheroens and
every regular man who showed aptl-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
hsr maLe. 80 -,
HEAVY NEW YEAR MAIL.

While the local postohlce was closed
Yesterday the incoming and outgoing
mails were very heavy and almost
equaled the Christmas rush. This was
fipe 70 the large number OF New Year
greetings and calendars being sent by
mail
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
results GRATIFYING
Declares M'CLUSKEY

10 surely knocked the pains right
out Of my system" said Harry Nc
Cluskey, 2s0O \. oath St., PHILADELPHIA.
IN referring TO Tanlac
Ny troubles for months have been
a dlsordered stomach and weak kid
neys. ] would almost so crazy with
the pains across my back and kidneys
at times ] had no desire TO eat, as /
knew what awful suffering was in
store for me afterwards. a local drug
gist urged me TO try Tanlac and | did
The results were gratifying. feel
years younger without a pain or ache.
Ny food disests right. and never
suffer after meals. Tanlac is certainly
q great medicine"
Tanlac is now being specially intro
ducod In Wilmington at Smith and Sire
Wigs Drug store.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
BY CARL D. CROAT.
nlted p-ess SIAN Corresnondoni

United p~ess stan C0rresnOndent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Perhaps L.
100000 men scores Of destroyers; and
several hundred aeroplanes-plusa VIII
30 do and devil mark Americas
share in tho war this year
Military men today epltomized the
u. S. contribution thus. Those who
were willing to venture into the risky
realm Of prophecy however, doubted
that even these things could so sway
the balance as TO make for an Entente
American military victory In 1918.
Looking facts squarely In the face,
they admitted that the task ahead Is
one Of severe test--one in which Amer
lea must not alone do It's bit, but It's
ALL Their predictions were not stepped
In pessimism, but in distinct frankness,
they held that tho nation must not be
misguided as TO an early end OF the
struggle.
They had looked for an overturn Of
Teuion horrbleness by the close Of
1918.
But. as the old year died and the new
was born, thew confessed they saw no
chance OF such a victory yet. unless
porchance psychological things shake
the Teuton morale and cause the much
desired revolution with The Kaiser's
domain.
The Russian lasco; the Teuton In
yasion Of Italy; and the swaylns for
tunes at Cambria had left the situation
IN such shape that experts gathered
small consolation from the year as a
whole
Their chief optimistic thought was
that America is getting into full swing;
that the British have big man power
reserves; and that the allied artillery
is superior 10 the Tcuton resources.
Germany, on the other hand. has lift
the crest, ard is slowly going down
the decline, even though she stlll has
vast punch left.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
Great SNOW STfRM
hits Md E WEST

CHICAGO. Jan What is said 10 be
The worst snowstorm I'm half a century
swept over the Great Lakes territory
yesterday, extending west 20 the Mis-
slssippi River and south 10 the Ohio
Valley. The snow was falling last night
with no prospect Of ceasing. and an
lines OF transportation, already badly
crippled, viii be moving with great
ii1iculiy by morning.
The storm comes az a time when
many cities are on the verge Of coal
famine. Dispatches from the Calumet
region, which takes IN an the steel and
manufacturing cities and towns, say
the snow there Is two feet deep, and
that all coal movements have been sus-
pended. Merchants arc unable TO make
deliveries Of foodstuns.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-02
FINIsH OFTIcE NspEcnnN

g. Elmer Blown, assistant cashier Of
The oiilce Of Internal revenue collector
40 Baltimore. has completed his ox-
animation Of the accounts OF The local
revenue ONCE and found everything in
excellent condition. Alr. Brown was
assisted by Timothy j Mooney. q form
or deputy collector OF revenue here.
Mr.. Brown came here on Monday and
took charge Of the ollce, owning 10
Charles Schmelze-. the deputy. being
sd. Mr.. Schneider was operated on al
the Delaware Hospital for stomach
trouble and IS now recovering.