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Evening journal., 1918-12-21
MARTINIQUE MAY
B[COME U.S.. ISLAND.
American Progress in the
Virgins Influences French
In West Indies
MAY BE SUBJECT
AT PEACE TABLE
BY the United Press.

DJ llt fiCoos
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2i.-Martinique,
largest island OF the French West
Indies. may come into the. possession OF
the United States as result OF nego-
tiations at the peace conference. it was
reported in diplomatic circles here to-
day.
Authoritative advices were that the
natives of the island staged a recent
demonstration TO express their willing
ness for the proposed change in SOW
ereignty.
There has been no official disclosures
here in ve-i1cation of the proposal, but
1t has been indicated from more than
one diplomatic source that France might
offer portions Of her remaining terri
tries in the western hemisphere in ex-
change for assistance from this coun-
try in rehablitating Northern France.
Diplomatic opinion is that France will
be glad to rellnquish these possessions
In view of the fact that they are larger
than needed for her trade activities in
the Americas. but OF not sufficient size
TO be colonial assests.
Martinique. one OF the Windward
islands, ranks second In size among
these possessions to French Guinea, on
the South American mainland. 1t is
flanked on the north and south by Do
sessions.
minicia and st. Lucia, both British pos
Reports are that the inhabitants OF
ST. Martain. French and Dutch island,
and st. Bartholomew, French. lying
near the Virgin Islands. have expressed
the desire Of being annexed by the
United States. 1t is believed that this
desire has resulted from the extensive
Improvements in the Virgin group be-
gun by the Americans.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
BACK TO JAIL ON
NON-SUPP0RT CHARGE

For falling to comply with an order
for the support of his child, William II.
Bell was sent to the workuouse for a
second time by Judge Churchman, in
Municipal Court, this morning. This
time he will serve one year instead Of
six months, to which he was sentenced
on the first occasion.
Special Agent Stout, told the cour.
that Bell is $40 in arrears; that he has
not contributed to the chiid's support
since he was released from the work
house in November. The six months
Imprisonment he served because OF his
failure TO comply with the order.
Williams wife was sentenced in Court
OF Common Pleas yesterday TO one
years Imprisonment for larceny, and
their child is now living with Ms.
Bells mother.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
Sam Loyd's Brain Food
Ten Minutes to Digest This.
Puzzle No. 355.


1t appears. that at primary meet
ing, an electrician was given a con-
tract to place an annunciator in the
back OF the hall, to be connected
with a push button at the front door
so that the Boss standing inside
ihe front door, could push the but
ton and notify the long-winded ora
tors when TO ring OF.
The hall was just i2 feet wide by
~ feet high and 80 feet long. The
wire was to be strung along the
walls, ceiling or floor. from the an
nunciator. three feet from the cell
Ing, in the center Of the rear wall, to
a push button three feet from the
floor, in the center of the front wall
near the door.
Neither the thickness Of the wall
nor the question Of single or double
wire need be considered. The prob
lem Is merely to give the shortest
possible stretch Of wire between the
push button and the annunciator.
Answer TO No. 35i.
Crowd plus Rake minus Drake
equals Crow.
fCnnyr.ght 1917 hv sam I-nyd
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
INJECT QUININE TO
HALT pneumonia
Army Physician joins Ci-
william Practitioner in Rec
ommending Treatment
FIND EARLY TESTS
SATISFACTORY
By the United Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2i.-Development
OF influenza into pneumonia can be pre-
vented by the injection OF quinine into
the veins, according 10 an open letter
appearing in todays issue Of the Medi-
cal Record. The letter is signed by
Waters NJ. Burrows, NJ. D., and As
sistant Surgeon Elliott C. Burrows,
lieutenant u. S. n. r. f..
Judgment on the efficacy Of this treat
ment was reserved by members Of the
medical profession until the results Of
its more extensive use are determined.
One patient, according to the letter,
who had temperature Of t0i. a pulse
OF 90 to los and all other symptoms Of
Influenza at the time of an injection Of
22Is grains of quinlne, responded TO the
treatment within twelve hours.
IL is not suggested In the letter that
Influenza can be cured by the injection
OF qulnlne, but that II the disease has
not been controlled naturally In the first
three, four or ilve days. quinine should
be injected before resistance is lowered
or pneumonia Is extensive.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
BOYS HURT when
MACHINE HITS COW
New Kent County Officers
Qualify and Are Ready
to Take Office
ALEXANDER M. DAILY
Is MUCH IMPROVED
specIaI TO The EvenIng journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER, Dec. 2i.-Nowel and Frank
Wharton, sons OF ]. Burton Wharton,
while returning TO their homes on a
farm near Little Creek. last night, In
an automobile. collided with a cow,
damaging the machine. Both the boys
were injured.
A meeting OF the Mothers Pension
Commission was held yesterday at the
State House, with the following mem
bers present: Mrs. n. l.. Holiday,
Dover; Miss Burton, Georgetown: Miss
Long, Milton; Mrs. Woodruff, Miss
Tschudy, Smyrna. and Mrs. Ferguson,
of Wilmington. Miss Dame, the investi-
gator. was also present and made her
report.
Red Cross exercises were held yes
terday by Dover schools. The exercises
were held In the assembly hall OF the
school house The program follows:
Music, school orchestra; essay. "What
the Red Cross Has D0ne,v Edward VIII
lin; recitation, THE Red Cross Spirit"
Ruth Way; music. WAR Choruses.' the
school; exercises by pupils OF the Sec
ond grade; recitation, THE Christmas
Spirit" by Mildred Helte; Red Cross
exercise, led by Cornella Harper Taylor
and Raymond Enright; "A Guessing
Contest" three Red Cross Celebrities,
Elhenrah Torrey. Stuart Barnett and
Mary Hardcastle; song, 1--WE Three
Kings OF the Orient" school; recitation,
"Plccola," Elizabeth Holt; representa-
tion OF war and Red Cross Posters"
recitation, "The Rose OF No Mans
Land" Gwendoln Steele; recitation. "In
Flanders Field" George Wright;
Americas Reply" Irma Robinson;
music. WAR Choruses," the school; Mi
randa's views on "A Rational Christ
mas, Elizabeth Stewart; song, ITO Lay
At the Christ Child's Feet" school.
The following newly elected officials
have taken the oath OF office and are
ready to enter upon their duties
Sheriff, John Evans Cook, Camden;
clerk OF the peace, Jacob Heyd. FELTON,
recorder of deeds, Charles G Coverdale;
coroner. oliver J Lafferty. Clayton. All
the officers will assume charge OF their
respective offices the first Tuesday in
January
The Dover Benevolent Society has
elected the following officers for the
year. President, Mrs. Angelica II. Jones;
FIRST yice-president, Mrs. James Pen
newill; recording secretary. Mrs. Annie
+. Slaughter; treasurer, Mrs. A. Z. Wat
son. The following committee has been
designated to visit the sick and needy
Mrs. A. f.. Watson Mrs. A. n. Jones,
Mrs. Anna Denny, Mrs Mary NJ. VOL
colt, Mrs. George Carroll, Mrs. Ella
Hutton, Mrs. Alice Pennewill, Mrs. An
ME F. Slaughter.
Alexander NJ Daily, who has been a
patient in the Hahneman Hospital. Phil
adelphia, for two weeks following an
operation, shows Improvement.
General A. r.. Benson. and family have
gone TO Florida for the winter.
Richardson Cole and Roy Clark OF
Dover, wounded soldiers. are in New
I0lk hospital.
The Dover Public school; closed yes
ierday afternoon for the Christmas hol-
days and VIII reopen January 2. Christ
mas entertainments were held in the
assembly room yesterday afternoon, by
The primary and grammar grades.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
WHEN A FAMILY
NEEDS A FRIEN

In the Absence of Doctors NobIy Col
to War, After Influenza, the Grip
Those wonderfully useful medicine
Hoods Sarsaparilla, Peptiron and Hood
Pills-comprising the new comblnatid
family treatment-are warmly recon
mended.
II taken regularly, Hoods Sarsapl
rilla before meals, Peptiron aft}
meals, and Hoods Pills at night A
needed, they are reasonably sure 4
keep family in health and prove 4
be reliable and always ready friend
They purify the blood, build up strengd
and regulate the system.
Get all, or any one, as you think yo|
need. from your druggist today.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
HIT Buy WITH PIPE,
NEGRO FINED $50

For assault and battery on 7-year-old
Francis Cook, Howard O'Boyle, Negro,
was fined $50 and costs, In default
Of which he must serve three months
Imprisonment. by Judge Churchman, in
Municipal Court this morning.
Francis looked through the door in
the tinsmith shop, in Third street. be-
tween Madison and Monroe, yesterday.
and as he put his head in the door
O'Boyle threw a long piece of rain
spouting at him. striking the boy just
above the forehead. Five stitches were
necessary TO close the wound.
Frazier Franklin, who was passing by
the shop at the time, said that the as
sault was unprovoked.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
LIGHTLEss NIGHT ORDER IS LIFTED

Having been appealed TO by mer-
chants for the removal Of the restric-
tions pertaining to outsi l. lighting for
next Monday and Tuesday evenings, as
most Of the stores will be open those
evenings to accommodate Christmas
shoppers. 1t has been decided by the
fuel administration to not only grant
the request, but to reseind the tight
less night" order in the State.
In view OF the fact taat this is the
season of the year in wllich the great
est consumption occurs, the fuel ad-
only ask that merchants
be as conservative as possible.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
SHANNON, INTOXICATED
SOUGHT DEAD BODY"

John Shannon imbibed too freely yes
terday and then went on a hunt for a
dead body" in some weeds on the
property OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. While searching for the
corpse" an officer of the railroad COM
pany happened along, and when John
refused to leave the property he was
placed under arrest. He was fined So
and costs by Judge Churohman in Mu-
nicipal Court, this morning.
Shannon said that he could remember
nothing about the incident and grlnned
when told OF the dead body" hunt.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
CONTINUE CASE
TO GET BOYS AGE

That an investigation might be made
as to the defendants age, the case Of
Rodney Willis. charged with the lar
ceny Of the automobiles of Morris Levy
and Frank p Schllling, was continued
by Judge Churchman, in Municipal
Court this morning, until Monday.
Willis claims to be only i6 years OF
age, which would place him within the
jurisdiction OF the Juvenile Court. Bail
was fixed at 5000. .---- 4--
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
BURTON is NAMED SQUIRE.
clal 10 The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER, Dec. 2i.-John B. Wharton,
for several years justice of the peace
and notary public, has resigned and
Wilbur d. Burton, deputy clerk of the
peace of Kent County for the past sew
eral years, has been appointed to I'LL
the vacancy.
DR.. Burton's appointment is for four
years. Mr. Wharton has been appoint
ed notary public for two years with
general powers.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
TWO CHARGES AGAINST FRANKLIN

Benjamin Franklin, arrested In Clear
field, Pa, at the request of the local
authorities, will be given hearing in
Municipal Court, on Tuesday morning,
on a charge of larceny Of goods valued
at about $50, from his boarding house,
and on a charge of embezzlement of
money from the Wilson Line. he is
held in $500 bail in each case.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
MARKET IRREGULAR TODAY,
BY The United Press.

BY the United Press.
NEW YORK, Dec 2i.-Irregular
changes took place at the stock
ket opening today. United States
opened at 95%, up Is; Reading siss.
y Bethlehem B., 6iss, up h; Sumai
Tobacco 9i%, OF u; American LOGON
tive 6i, off y.
The market closed firm. IL. q
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
CHICAGO GRAIN.

BY the United Press.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2i.-Opening graf
Corn, January ii0Aaili; May f4ii
oats, January 7i%aik; May 7i%a%.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
IN MENInRIANI

In loving memory of our dear mother
Emma ]. Ireland, who died four years ago
today:
December once more is here,
To us now the saddest of the year;
For her we loved so passed away,
And made the twenty first the saddest
Her Loving Children
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
Help the Merciful Rest

Send a Christmas check TO the
Home of Merciful Rest. Help pro-
vide not only Christmas, but every
day living for the helpless. Checks
from IS TO $1,000 and more are need
ed. Miss Marion James, Eighth and
West streets, treasurer.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
NEW YnRK CnrrnN

NEW YORK, Dec. q The cotton ms
ket opened steady today. Decemb
sold at 1920. up 25; March 27i2, off
and May 26.00, off 9.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
IN NIFNfORIANf

ter, Florence NJ. Devine Stecher Two lone
some months. and every day we miss her
more. Mother Husband and Sisterss
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
INCREASE IN BANK oLEaRrNGs.

Clearings OF the local banks for q
week ending today as reported by Z
Union National Bank, the clearing hou.
amounted to s3,967 296.6i, as compar
with s3,l27 06696. the amount for 4
corresponding week Of last year.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21

The Judging OF opporrnnity's pulse
is accomplished accurately by means
OF the WANT ADS.-Adv-
Evening journal., 1918-12-21
LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company, dupont Bull
Ing, furnish the following quotatio
OF local securities:
Evening journal., 1918-12-21

When nourishing diet is required use
Horlick's, the original Matted Milk
Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-12-21

To do the most needed thing quickl|
satisfactorily and at minimum expend
use the WANT COlumns.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-09-27
TURKISH SOLDIERS
 ALL BUT CRUSHED
SEIZURE BY BRITISH OF GROSS. ING OF JORDAN PREVENT ED ESCAPE.
ROUNDING UP STRAGGlERS
cIean-up Effected By Gen. AIIenoy Is Quickest and Most Complete of En- tire War-Many Turks Wandering
 AmIessiy About in Mountains.

London. Twenty-Five thousand Turkish prisoners and 260 guns had been counted by Gen. Allenby's forces pushing northward through Palestine, according to an official statement is sued by the war office
 The war office announcement says that the Seventh and Eighth Turkish armies have virtually ceased to exist. The entire transport of these two ar mics was captured by the British.
 Seizure by the British of the cross ings of the Jordan at Jirs- -Ed-Dameer shut the last avenue of escape to the Turks west of tbe Jordan.
 Reports from the Palestine front in dieate that none of the Turkish force of at least 10000 men trapped by the British through the seizure of the last of the passages of the Jordan can pos sibly get away.
 Virtually the entire Turkish force is or will be accounted for in killed, prisoners and wounded. Hundreds of stragglers are being found wander ing about in the mountainous country, aimlessly, without a leader or pur- pose.
 The Turks had seven divisions south of Nazareth and west of the Jordan, but the exact number cannot be de ternnined owing to the weakness Of some of the Turkish divisions, the to- tals of different units varying.
 The total of 25,000 prisoners report ed, however, is believed to be far less than the final count will show, as at last report prisoners were still being brought in.
 The cleanup effected by Gen. Alter by, which is pointed to here as the quickest and most complete of the ell tire war, is counted as having definite ly deprived the Turks of Palestine. Iii addition, besides the personnel Of their army the defeat has cost them an immense amount of war material.
 So far as is known the Turks on the front only had four airplanes. and these have been captured.
The Monticellonian., 1918-09-27
TURKISH ARMY IS
 ABOUT VENTILATED
CAPTURED 1s,ooo PRISONERS AND 12o GUNS BESIDES FOUR
 AiRPLANES.

London.-General Allenby's forces in Palestine have taken 18,000 Turk- ish prisoners and have captured 129 guns besides four airplanes and ~ large quantity of uncounted transport. This means the virtual annihiIation of the Ottoman forces in this region. The British losses were surprisingly slight considering the importance ot the advance.
 British cavalry units operating be- tween t5e Jordan and the Mediter- ranean in Palestine, have adyancei some 60 miles from their original po- sition and have occupied the Biblical renowned town of Nazareth and Af- ule and Beizan, according to d British War Office announcement. The statement reads:
 "Palestine-By 8 D. m. on Septem- Der 20. the enemy resistance had co, lapsed everywhere, save on the Turh- ish left in the Jordan valley.
 Our left wing, having swung around to the east, had reached the line of Bidieh, Baka and Messudleh Junction, and was astride the rail ana roads eonyerging at Nabulus.
 Our right wing, advancing through difficult country against considerable resistance had reacbed the line of Khan Jibiet, 14 miles northeast of Fl Mughier and Els Sawieh and was fac ing north, astride the Jerusalem- Na5- ulus road.
 "On the north, our cavalry, traver5- ing the field of Armageddon, had oc- eupied Nazareth, Afule and Beisan, and were collecting the disorganizei l masses of enemy troops and trans ports as they arrived from the souln. All avenues of escape open to the enemy, except the lords across tae Jordan between Bisan and Jisr-Ed-Da- meer, were thus closed.
 East of the Jordan, Arab forces of the king of the Hedjas had effected numerous demolitions on the rail- ways radiating from Deraa, several important bridges, including one in the Yurmak valley, having been de- stroyed.
 By o'clock on Saturday, on our left wing, the infantry about Bnafll had reached the line Beitdejan-Sa- maria Kirafmh, shepherding the cue my on the west of observation-disclosures road into the arms of cur cavalry ops rating southwards from Jenin and Beisan.
 Already 18,OOO prisoners have been captured and 120 guns collect ed
The Monticellonian., 1918-09-27
WILSON PROCLAIMS
 LIBERTY DAY IN U. s.
ALL CITIZENS OF AMERICA ARE CALLED UPON TO OBSERVE
 OCTOBER 12

Washington. President Wilson has proclaimed Saturday. October T.. the four hundred and twenty-sixth an niversary of the discovery of Amerl- ca, as Liberty Day, and called upon all citizens to celebrate it to stimu- fate a generous response to ta9 Fourth Liberty Loan.
 The presidents proclamation fol lows:
 Every day the great principles for which we are fighting take fresh hold upon our thought and purpose and make it clearer what the end must be and what we must do to achieve T. We now know more certainly than We ever knew before why free men brought the great nation and govern ment we love into existence. because it grows clearer and clearer what sll. preme service it is to be America ; privilege to render to the world. The anniversary of the discovery of Amer ica must therefore have for us m this fateful year peculiar and thrill ing significance We should make It day of ardent rededication to the ideals upon which our government IS founded and by which our present he roie tasks are inspired.
 Now, therefore, l, Woodrow Will son, president of the United States. do appoint Saturday, the 18th day ut October, 1918, as Liberty Day. On that day I request the citizens of eY- cry community of the United states, city, town and countryside, to eele- brate the discovery of our country in order to stimulate a generous rG- sponse tc the Fourth Liberty L0al. Commemorative addresses, paSeants, harvest home festivals or other denl- onstrations should be arranged for m every neighborhood under the Gener- al direction of the secretary Of the treasury and the immediate direction of the Liberty Loan committee, in CO operation with the United States bu- reau of education and the pubic school authorities. Let the people s response to the Fourth Liberty Lean epress the measure of their devotion to the ideals which have guided the country from it's discovery until now. and of their determined purpose to defend them and guarantee their triumph.
 "In witness whereof, l have hereua- to set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 "Done in the District of Columbia this 18th day of September, in rhe year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. and of the h. dependence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty third.
 WOODROW WILSON. By the president:
 ROBERT LANSING,
 Secretary of State
The Monticellonian., 1918-09-27
ADMITS D|SCONTENT
 IF GERMAN PEOPLE
HOWEVER. IT IS uNJusTIFtED BY MILITARY SITUATION ON WESt-
 ERIN FRONT, SAYS HERTLtNG.
THE SITUATION IS GRAVE
But We Have No Cause To Feel Faint Hearted-We Have Already Passed Through Harder Times
 Asserts the Chancellor.

London. = Count ven Hertliag lite German chancellor. addressed t4s Main Committee of the Reichstag. de- elared that the public discontent is not justified by the military situation on the western front, according 10 | dispatch from Berlin.
 The chancellor opened with ts, promise to meet the desire Of lae Reaehstag for information as far IS possible. lie proceeded 10 allnde 10 the deep discomfort which has selz- ed wide circles Of the population. and said that tue principal reason was the pressure of the terrible four years of war. with all the depriyations and sHlfefings brought in it's waAe and the sacrifices imposed on al classes, families and more or less on every individual
 q have no intention of trying 70 diminish this pressure by words he continued, but, gentlemen, il this discontent is influenced by our pres ent military situation, by the eYents on the western front, l must, without desiring to anticipate statement which we may expect from repre- sentative of the War Ministry, de. clare most emphatically that it far ex- ceeds justifiable limits"
 Count von Hertling admitted that the last German offensive was unsuc- cessful and that 1t had been neces- sary 10 withdraw 10 the Sieefried line.
 'fhe situation is grave he add. ed but We have no cause 10 be faint-hearted We have already had to pass through harder times.n
 The chancellor instanced the fail. ures of the Verdun offensive, the Somme battles and Brussiloff's mass assaults bringing in their train the well-remembered nnfaYorable reac. ton on the Austro-Italian front Then came Rumania's entry iato the war.
 We never lost courage" he sad, but showed our enemies what a res 0lute will 10 victory could do.
 How do things stand now? We have peace with Russia and Ruman' t, and even though conditions in Rus sia are not yet clear and the future appears uncertain, nevertheless the former menace from TWO sides has disappeared and a considerable part of our men of the eastern army can be employed in the west"
The Monticellonian., 1918-09-27
FOREIGN

A German paper declares that all nope Of peace is blasted by President Wilson's curt reply to the Austrian note.
 The pope has refused to read the latest Austrian note, and declares he has no interest in what the Teutons seek.
 Russia has signed a new peace treaty with Germany which provides for the evacuation of occupied terri tory.
 Germany is so sorely pressed for men that garrisons in parts of occu- ped territory are being reduced to two or three men.
 Belgian officials declare that Aus tria's peace offer was never intended for serious consideration.
 A certain detachment of German sol diers refused to go into action when ordered. and eight were killed and oth- CTS wounded by officers.
 Gen. Pershing reports that he has captured over 15,000 prisoners, 200 cannon and much ammunition at St, Mihiel
 A intuition factory at Vienna was destroyed by fire and hundreds of en- ployes. principally women. were killa1.