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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15
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have re- Cciycd the following interesting
letter from their son, Henry, with the
coiors IN lrance
u. s. Air soryicc A T. r.
Nav \. l0tS
Thanks for all Your letters md The
Times, which arrive pretty regularly
uow live IN "A very comfortable barn
with about fifteen cid Field Service inen,
winch makes il very nice. NJ ell Of us
have been together more or less for two
months To cone back o. the barn.
Won walt IN through gate INTO sort ot
combination court ward aud harn ward
On one side, facing the South. IS "a lovely
little ncW brick huuae with rcd tile floors
and q stove with hrase handles winch
are ALWAYS looking rs though they lad
ilFt been polished An old lady and an
old man, who Is the farmer. live there
Next 90 the house thor. IS . sort al ehcd
whore thcy keep carts and things. W
live upstairs III room. Across from Us
about sixty feet away There - a COW static
with lovely clean Guernsey COWS. II
the stable arr five pcrchrruns and littie
hor7,c about the size of polo pony
1t ia really a wonderful place, as everything
Is SO new and splck and span, and yet
have never seen anyone working m una
hero except the old man, vito Is very
tHTfRTtN tii man sl4L ltsAs III - 81 kBAtF'
n liking for e lparcttcs Amcrlcalnes
We arise about 4 aud have coffee and
bread at : We nre on tho field, which u
some two klomcters away and Il the
weather permits, we fly until about hall
past eight; then we return and 1t 10 some
Of us PEEL potatoes. At Il We eat We
have soup, meat and potatoes or other
Vegetables, gallons a milk, which Is
excellent, Camenhert cheese which -
also excellent, and lots OF Army tread
tie kind We used to have last summer
At 40 VIC are on the fieid again and tiy
until halt past eight, when we come III
and have supper and 90 TO bed. 81
course, We do good deal OF sleeping n
the middle Of the day. We take our
blankets out under the trees and sleep
for a couple Of hours or 50 We have
all been pretty busy tins week, rs the
weather has been excellent | have not
missed day and would have flown this
Iuofnlr z, exc ut ] = hol daS. Ike
il very much and find II bit more exciting
than driving n car. Everyone Is dong
well - far everything has been fine
In every respect.
have made several very good friends
among the Fenchmeu. My monitor
! Il very nice, his uaIne Is lie Las
toured tie whole Of the United States on
an indian motorcycle and says b likes
! Bronx cock tails better than milk lie W.
! formerly in the Chslsseurs, has been
+ wounded twice. can tlv like II streak, and
/ il IA very good instructor | have another
! { hases ar friend We spend our time
/ teaching HIM 10 sing American ragtlIae
/ and IN turn, ne teaches us French slang
Altogether have been up ateut fifteen
/ times, and / am beginning to get the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15

70 one was injured IN q collision last
night at Concord avenue and Washing
ton street between q trolley car and an
automobile driven by John Packard If
Claymont Both vehicles were badly
damaged however
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15

If the phlegrn floats on water
pin your faith on BRAZILIAN
BALM. Not only take il, but
be sure to- rub il hot on chest
every night. Same treatment
for old coughs and bronchitis.
Narcotics mean death.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15
For Sale.

Good, sound g-vcar-old horse weight
$50 lbs. WORK ~ driving Blackburn
Stable Twelfth and Madison Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15

Husband Have you done your best
to economize this month. Mary, as
requested?
Wife brightly Oh. yes, I sprnke 70
tho grocer, the butcher and the landlord.
and got thorn 70 put off sending in their
bills till next month Stray Stories
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15

TIindcnburg has seen enough N make
SICK
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15
HENRY II. THOMPSON. JR..
WRITES OF AIR SERVICE

Mr. md Mrs Henry y Thompson
have re- ccivcd the following interesting
letter from their .son, Henry, with the
coIors IN france
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26

life of his bride In chaps
and spurs. with nothing
to lure but the man. And
his impression was. there
fore, the first one that was
made without the aid OF
social and financial props
that must be counted In
the game of life.
Not, by any means. that
Baker lacked social place
and wealth. Far from 1t.
He had both. but he had
fed from both and was liv-
ing his own life. In the
rough way that appealed
to him. discarding every
thing that might have dis
tinguished him from the
star cowboy Of the 1ol
Ranch out for a fling in
the nearest town.
As a young man he
turned his back on pink
teas in San Francisco and
hit the trail for the gold
and copper country. He
was in when Goldfisld and
Tonopah and Greenwater
began to get on the map
I'm the days when they
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26
Again the Ocean Tragedy

AS he came along TO manhood and business
place, his childhood sweetheart met and married
Col. John Jacob Astor The match created an in.
ternational sensation. By the same strange fatal
ity that obtained in the Vanderbilt case, the sea
came to play part in the romance of the girls
life by making a tragedy the vehicle by which an
early love rode to its triumph.
Col. Astor stood smoking cigarette while the
Titanic went down. and his bride. tossing about
in lifeboat. left alone. BY the right of mar
riage she held the social throne of the Astors
which was the family home. She had an income
from $4,000 900 that to vanish as the dew be.
fore the sun in the event that she married Few
women have ever had such a compelling influence
TO stand between them and a new venture into the
matrimonial field
II may seem strange to the reader. but in all
of the many thousands of printed words concern,
ing Mrs. Astor, there had never appeared the nsms
of William Karl Dick. The most astute euesser,
in the social world had not looked toward Broo.
lyn for possible successor to the popular Asto,
whose death brought genuine sorrow to many real
and women VINO knew him for man of real
heart and nerve.
And yet the most natural thing in all the wor,s
happened. Madeline Astor turned back To IN.
childhood days and the early love for her ,pa,e
She passed over all OF the social favorites wb.
had come into her life. over all OF the foreix,
suitors who paid court at her shrine. and we,I
back to the pinaforc days-the school.book ia y,
when William Karl Dick was Willie" ana Iis
had no glamor more compelling than a lolly.pon
Society was astonshed at the match. shown,
that Society reads no form sheet on human anaI,i
and does not know that hearts like horses run tr,
to form. Up at Bar Harbor. in Maine she becaul
Mrs. William Karl Dick, casting aside the ,r,
dtional social throne of the Astors. tossing ava,
the income that an Emperor might accent 10 mi,
an empire. and making everything else yield 4,
the call of a first love.
II is the story Of the ages. told only in a ne,
and attractive form. II used TO be the idea tha
love laughs at locksmiths. but the deveiopmen1
of latter days have shown that II laughs at mon
than mere physical BARRIERS and that gold .,
teemed the most potent influence in all the worli
finds in love the one thing that may not b
tempted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26

dug deep and they rolled
'em high. He didn't care
a hang what the moths
were doing to his eyell'
ing clothes back in San
Francisco so long as the
girth was cinched, the pis-
tol clean and the pony
would stand under fire
without doing a skirt
dance. He went into the
mining country as a ten
derfoot and came out as a
seasoned westerner who
could boss his fellows by
,ppealing to their better
sides.
One might follow his
career with interest all
by itself. but 1t is only of
interest in showing what
sort of a man the former
Mrs. Smith Hollis Mckim
saw come into the River.
tV-.t - D,xA III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26

manhood he had three perfectly good millions OF
dollars that he might squander, If so untoward q
notion ever hit one Of the Dick race But he was
no waster, and he gave his time to making moro
money. He was director in many banks and a
man of industry. Nobody ever thought that he
slated for love match in hurry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26

Mrs. William Karl Dick, VINO
Married a Girlhood Sweetheart
After Her Former Husband
John Jacob Astor, Died in the
Titanic Disaster.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26
The Romantic Meeting

All the world and Its aunt knows how Mrs. Nc
Kim came East free woman. how she met and
married Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. and how that
gallant young man went down with the Lustania
after he had sailed away in the face of the Ger
man warning that 1t was voyage of death. The
time came when the heart of the young woman
turned back to the West, and she saw the figure
Of a man in cowboy rig lowering on the horizon.
And the real love. the natural love that had no
accelerated setting. came into his own. He had
pursued his way alone. waiting. hoping. And the
love came back.
in the other notable case. when Madeline Force
was young-in the sense OF childhood, for she Is
not old now-she knew a CHEEKY young boy in
Brooklyn whose name William Karl Dick. He
came of that solid old stock that learned thrift
from the cradle. and his grandfather. William
Dick, one of the pioneers of the sugar indus
try. Money came to the family in ample store.
and IT came about that when young Dick reached
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26
By Elizabeth Van Benthuyson

IF 1t be true that the stars have an influence IN
/ shaping human destiny, there must be some
mysterious connection betweenthe astral Dodles
which control the fate of the former Mrs. John
Jacob Astor and of Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Wander
bilt.
Both of these beautiful young widows nave
been recently welded to former girhood sweet
hearts as the result of series OF happenings
which have an astonishing similarity.
For years their paths have been running paral'
lei toward the same goal
Both met and married husbands emihehtY
wealthy and of pre-eminent social position
Roth became social leaders Of international
note.
Both lost their husbands in epoch making ocean
disasters, one on the Titanic the other on the
Lusitania.
BotR have now married their former girihood
sweethearts
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26

dressed in khaki when she was out there waiting
for her divorce from DR.. McKim She was try
ing hard to dodge social affairs. and he was not
looking for them. So they naturally drifted to-
gether, and became friends in that sense OF the
word that means that one has only to fan the
friendship just trihe to develop grand passion
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26

Newspaper Feature Service. 1913.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-26
The claw Of Love"

When Mrs. Alfred Gwynne VanderDiit DE
Mrs. Ray r. Baker she followed 'he law VI
eravitation that is as nexorable as 'ne '"''
that Newton discovered while trying i"
,,ol,o nm his mind TO climb up certain
apple tree.
The same was true in the case oil MIS-
John Jacob Astor when she went pack "
the day of small frocks and ta1iy puiiihs'
TO find her fate with William Karl DICK.
Both proved the law and both called
attention to the underlying rule OF the
game of love which is that when the hre
is once started. it cannot be put out by any
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
SOLDIERS MOTHERS
TO ASSIST CHILDREN
Start $4,000 Thank Offering
Campaign for Destitute In
fluenza Victims

As thank offering for the coming OF
peace, nearly 400 mothers Of enlisted
men, under the direction of the National
Congress of Mothers, today began a
campaign to raise $4,000 to take care
of Philadelphia children left destitute by
the Influenza epidemic.
The women so appreciated the release
of their own sons from danger on the
battlefield they were eager to demon
strate their thankfulness. When DR..
Wilmer Krusen. Director of Public
Health and Charities, said there was no
city fund to care for the hundreds OF
babies left destitute during the epidemic.
the mothers of men in the service volun-
teered to raise an emergency fund. This
will be known as the home aid fund and
will be distributed by committee con-
sisting of Doctor Krusen, Mrs. Frederic
Schoff, chairman of the National Con-
gress Of Mothers; DR.. Ida Stewart
Cogill and a representative clergyman,
who will be chosen later.
A small nursery has been fitted up In
the window at 1343 Chestnut street,
where some of the epidemic orphans"
will play each day from IL to o'clock.
on the theory that the child can best
appeal to the human heart, these little
. ones will be living demonstrations Of
persons who in some way or another
were affected by the epidemic and are
in need of aid. A city health nurse Will
take care of the babies in the miniature
nursery. There viii be games and puz-
zles for the little ones, and lunch will
be served for them at a little table set
with the sort Of dishes and food children
love-
Campaign workers, under the leader
ship of forty-seven captains, will make
house-to-house canvass of the city this
week and members of the campaign
committee will also visit the business
section, They will turn in their reports
at 3:45 o'clock each day at campaign
headquarters, Sam s. Shubert Theatre
building.
The executive committee includes: !:
Mrs. Frederic Schoff, chairman: Mrs.
William T. Carter, Mrs. G. B. Evans,
Miss c B. Cook Mrs. o. D. Finnigan,
Miss Mary S. Garrett, Mrs. Joseph NJ.
Gazzam, Mrs. John Gribbel, Mrs. w. S.
Jewell, Dr. Wilmer Krusen. Mrs. H. w.
Lippincott, Mrs. William L. Mclean,
Mrs. Joseph p. Mumford, Mrs. N. Allan
Stockton. Mrs. L. S. Thorne, Mrs. Jones
wister Mrs. Maxwell Wyeth. The cap
tains are: Mrs. Mary DUNCAN, Mrs.
Ryne Monaghan, Mrs. Katie Souer. Mrs.
T. Kess, Miss Mercia Trenner. Mrs. e.
Pond Cooling. Mrs Durnbaugh Mrs. D.
Harkins, Mrs. S. Sparry. Mrs. A.
Kramer, Mrs. Anna A. Major, Mrs. II.
Baer, Mrs. C. Miller, Mrs. Lillian
Whartnaby, Mrs. Walter Hall, Mrs. John
Chambers, Mrs Mary Quigley, Mrs.
Anna Simendinger, Mrs. Matthew Elliott.
Mrs. S. Carroll, Mrs. Anna Luckman.
Mrs. Sarah Wise, Mrs. r. Leith, Mrs.
Mallotte, Mrs. Roy d. Ward Mrs. Eliza
beth Hamilton. Mrs. Sarah King, Mrs.
Minnie Butterworth, Mrs. Frederick
Page, Mrs. Frank Watson, Mrs. L. Yary
nell, Mrs w. NJ. Everhart, Mrs. Cath
crime Mccarthy, Mrs. Laura Hagen
bottom, Mrs. Albert Wood Miss Anna
Snyder. Miss e. P. Dickey, Miss Genette
FAIRIES, Mrs. Alfred Hand. Jr., and Mrs
W. II. Sulzer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS
FINISH WORK TODAY
Records Ordered Completed
and Sent to Washington
This Afternoon

Local draft boards wind up their
work today. An announcement to this
effect was received from Harrisburg to.
day by Philadelphia draft officials. Ac-
cording to Major W. G. Murdcck. head
Of the State draft bureau, a message
from Provost Marshal General Crowder
at Washington, directed that the work OF
compiling local board data in Pennsyl-
vania be closed at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon. All local board reports have
been called for at once.
Exactly 2,os7.242 men were registered
under the draft law in Pennsylvania
according to a statement issued by
Major Murdoch. One board alone reg
!stered more than $4,000 and another
between $4,000 and 10000.
The registration by the days desis-
mated is given as follows: June 8. 1917
S24,966, of whom 9513 registered late
June s, 1917, 62.765, Of whom 21l reg
istered late; August "a. 1913, 14.o7S
Of whom ass registered late; Septem.
ber 12, 1918, 1,165,433. Of whom l6.4sA
registered after the day set.
Local boards records are to be sealed
prepared for permanent filing and sent
to the adjutant general at Washington
Histories of the draft boards and Sim
liar data will be deposited In Harris
burg.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES

Carlton L. Wright 334s Lancaster ave-. and
Margaret Roche. G026 SAMSON st.
Arthur Rnmams. Willams Bone Rome y. W.. and
Harry Kaufman. 25l8 s.. Philip ST., and
Pauline Schwartz. 2S03 S. 4th st.
Elizabeth C. Nowland, 1907 Locust st.
David Gibson: ALL Chestnut st, and Daisy
Seymour, Washington. d.: c.
san%ss Anna T. F. Motthswy. sS r. nsn Arma. ST. 81 anu
Philip RosnV, 515S Parkside ave. and Eliza.
beth ElEaSt; 1917 oS6, n SgS ,s,d,,n s. :, .n,
Sarah 2, Harper. New York city; -,
Beckie Gibbs 1914 N. 9th st.
Harry !. Na'To. 2a4S G St, and Anna c.
Hegeie. 222 E. Stella st.
Michael Verreccho sos FitZwater ST.. and
Rose CapaIdl iI8s s. nth st.
iSisSF sSels efsErH Pia asss s FTsTsn sTsHE st. ano
Austin D. Gilbert, coatesyille Pa. ant
Alfred GregeTy. 1880 Montrose st.. and Anns
wlliam r Thomas F1,ryisw. Pa. snt
Robert ii, sudekim. u. s. N, Nashville
Tenn. and Ellen ]. cantreii. Nashville
Join Rellace, Blue Anchor N. j.. ant
III r-'ro T-rnerno''da. hdO Manton st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
FRIENDLY FIGHT FATAL
Man Held for Coroner Following Death
of Companion

AS a result Of friendly scuffle,
Joseph Haebit. thirty-five years old.
nerformed for a fracture of the skull at
University Hospital failed to save his
life He died last night
Harry Bacher. thirty-seven years old.
who lived with Haebit. was held with.
the Thirty second street and Woodland
avenue police station. to await the ac-
ton of the coroner.
According to Detectives Quigley and
Printz, OF the Sixty-fifth street and
woodland avenue police station, Haebit
and Bacher had a friendly argument the
night Of November 23. at Eighty:seventh
street and Eastwick avenue. They say
Bacher pushed his friend. and before
Ha ebit could recover his balance. he fell,
striking his head on the street car
tracks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
FIVE SOCIALISTS PUT
ON TRIAL IN CHICAGO
Victor Berger Among Those
Accused of Violating Espion.
age Act
BY the Associated Press
Chicago. Dec. Q.

ChcaEO, Lee. y.
The trial of Victor Berger. Congress-
man-elect Of Milwaukee: Adolph Ger
mer, national secretary of the Socialist
party; Irwin st. John Tucker, william
S. Cruise and J. Louis Engdahl, indicted
under the espionage act, began in Fed
eral court today before Judge Kenesaw
NJ. Lands. They are charged with maxi
ing speeches and distributing literature
that had for their purpose the discour-
agement of enlistment of men in the
military forces Of the United States.
Appearing for the indicted men today
were Seymour Stedman, William A. Cum
neau and Sam johnson, of Chicago, and
Isaac Edward Ferguson and Henry
Kochems, of Milwaukee. The Govern
ment was represented by United States
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne and
his assistant, Joseph Fleming.
The prominence Of the men in councils
of the Socialist party. whose opposition
to the war was expressed In the plat
form adopted at the last national con-
vention Of the party in st. louis, gives
widespread interest to the trial.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
TO BURY MUNICIPAL WIRES
Electrical Bureau Plans to Ex
a. tend tCTnderurpund Cables


4 Radical changes and improvements
in the Electrical Bureau are outlined
in a report just made public by Chief
will see many wires installed under
ground and the completion of much
work delayed because of the war.
From the first of the present year
until October l total Of 26,123 feet,
or approximately five miles, Of service
cable for the Police and Fire Bureaus
was placed underground, and next year
this footage will be materially increased
program to complete the power plant
at City Hall will be carried out Be-
cause of the difficulty In obtaining ma
work on the plant has been delayed, al
though an effective measure of service
was always maintained by the bureau
in all of its activities, Other plans for
the future call for the installation of
new lines and extensions of present ap-
paratus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09

until further authority is obtained from
the capital Issues committee. The au.
thorization obtained some time ago
merely converted principal in each judg-
ment and provided for no interest for
funds to cover new mandamus items.
Controller Walton has issued a war
rant Of s115,00o in favor of the Penn
syivania Railroad on account OF work
done as the city's share In grade-cross-
ing removals. The city owes the same
company s3S4.oo0 additional in con-
nection with track elevation work In
Richmond.
officials Miled to provide for many total
payments. One instance Of how 'hn
mandamus situation works out is shown
hy one big writ ir far .w
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09

property taken between Twenty-thiIu,
Twenty fourth. Hamilton and Nooie
streets for s2s2.73s.
The property was placed on the city
plan bacl, In 1909 and the writ bears
interest from that time. The interest,"
item is sl53.67S.53, making grand
total OF S436,416.52. In this case the
principal will be paid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
WOMAN LOSES CITY POST

Miss Genevieve Carr. who for many
months has acted as publicity agent for
the Board of Recreation. has been drop
by Councils
Her $1,000 place has been omitted from
the list Of employees to be paid out of a
, miscelaneous item, and she may take
grau J.. services later. Judge Raymond
MacNeille, president of the board has
authorized Edward r. Gudehus, SUPER
Vising principal, over whom the old board
split, to perform the duties of press
agent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09

Peter McAnany, a trackwalker in the
subway, was almost Instantly killed un-
der City Hall last night, when In step.
ing out OF the way OF westbound
-ain he struck his head on a pillar and
fell directly across the track. McAnany
''vea AZ 47rs Merton avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
$1,OOO,OOO INTEREST
DUE ON CITY CLAIMS
Funds Provided Only Cover
Principal of Mandamus
and Contract Items

Nearly s1.ooo,ooo in obligations aris-
ing out of active contracts and man.
damuses will remain unpaid by the city
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-26

President Wilson will leave Paris Christmas
Eve and 60 to American general headquarters.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-12-26
A Long Drawn Out Christmas

In many parts of Switzerland the Yuletde Gus.
toms and festivities still have their beginning on
Dec. 6, which is the anniversary of st. Nicholas.
Markets and fairs then held in villages and Cit
ies and seeing that the old traditions prescribe for
this day the purchasing of presents for the children
it is event of utmost Importance to all youngsters.
In districts St. Nicholas parades around in per-
in attire very similar that of our American
Santa Claus, generally carrying big bag filled
with apples, prunes, nuts and homemade cookies,
which be distributes among the children who have
been obedient during the year.
The next and in modern days the most impor-
tant festive day of the whole ue is Christ
masday History relates that it was only in the year
1854 A. D. that the Roman Bishop Lberius regarded
this particular day the birthday of Christ and as
they furthermore DESTROYS of giving more re-
ligious Importance to important Roman festivals
which also fell do in the same period With the OBJ
servation of Christmas day the Christkindli. de-
scrbed as "a lovely angle with WINGS" gradually
started to take old Santas place in many sections of
Switzerland Chrstkindli, the Christ Child is said
to come from the far north and always brings won
derful Christmas tree, decorated with all the glitter
ing things associated with airyland and heavily la
ded and manifold eifts.-Selected.