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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-23
Observation-Disclosures
TODAY'S NEWS TOD Az.

The difference in time between
Wilmington and the Western Front
in France enables Every Evening
to print TODAY the story Of the
war as it progresses from time to
time Afternoon papers printed at
3 O'Clock carry the news from the
front up until o'clock, SO there is
little that is left for the morning
papers next day The Associated
Press gives Every Evening readers
todays news TODAY
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-23
Weather Forecast.

By Associatoi Pros, 80 asery svea.n,
Washington. JGly - Forccas, for pc.a-
ware
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesdas
Evening star., 1918-04-09
GERMAN PUBLIC,S ANXIETY
CROWS OVER CHECKED DRIVE

demoralization Of the enemy armies.
the exhaustion of their reserves.
."rhese overemphasized explanations
and these encouragements betray the dis
may of public opinion In Germany. which
begins to fear check Of the great Ger.
man attempt on the west front"
Word that American reinforcements are
Picardy has revived argument in Ger
many over the efficacy Of the submarine
and drawn from Capt. Persius. military
critic Of the Berliner Tageblatt, the COM
ment that after being persuaded to un-
derestimate America German opinion Is
undergoing change.
Realizes New Danger in q. 8. Entry.
An official dispatch from Switzerland re-
viewing the latest discussion quotes Capt
Persius as follows:
1--WE were at first a good deal persuaded
to underestimate the participation of
America in the war. We begin now to
note a change of opinion. 1t is beyond a
doubt that it would be well to curb at the
present time these more or less fantastic
yagaries Of persons discussing the sub
marine war. We cannot for the moment
estimate when the United States will
have ready the millions OF men which her
population will permit her to raise. but it
is certain that America will in the very
which. in any case, will constitute a very
valuable aid for our enemies"
Capt Persius concludes by noting that
America is preparing for war of long
dura ton and expresses, without great con-
yiction, the hope that the present offen-
sive will attain a result which will frus-
trate these plans.
Evening star., 1918-04-09

An administration bill designed to
provide machinery whereby a soldier
or sailor who is disabled in the present
war may take a course of training
intended to re-educate him. SO that he
may become. if possible. self-sup-
porting and useful citizen in spite OF
his injuries, has been introduced by
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia. chair
man Of the committee on education and
labor. and has been referred to his
committee.
The bill creates no new government
agencies, but provides for the coop
Grafton of the Federal Board for Voca-
tional Education. the War Risk In
surance Bureau and the War, Navy and
Labor departments.
1t appropriates 100000 to be used
by the Federal Board for Vocational
Education to carry out the duties i'm
posed by the bill.
The bill provides means of furnish
ing an opportunity for all who, whether
in camps or on the field of battle, have
received injuries to their persons, or
to their health, impairing their ability
to follow the ordinary pursuit cf life
to be trained for the kind of work
they are still capable of doing
1t provides for the government car
rying the expense of the injured SOL
Evening star., 1918-04-09
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
THREATEN TO STRIKE.
Danger Of Nationwide Tie-Up Of
Lines Called to the Attention Of
Secretary Wilson.

The possibility OF . tie-up Of tele-
graph lines throughout the country
through complete walkout Of COM
mercial telegraphers has been called
to tho attention Of Secretary Wilson OF
the Department Of Labor In q COM
munication from a committee Of opera
tors, headed by c. H. Ludwig Of the
eastern general committee Of the Com
mercial TeIegraphers' Union Of Amer
lea.
Discrimination Of the telegraph COM
panies against union operators Is al
legged in the communication to the De-
partment of Labor. 1t is asserted that
experienced operators above the draft
age have been locked out or refused
employment, while other operators not
members OF the union and within the
draft age are employed, the companies
seeking exemption for such operators
on the ground of industrial necessity.
Serious delay to important government
messages results from this alleged ac-
ton on the part of the companies. 1t is
stated in the communication.
The union leaders demand that the
government force the companies to an
arbitration of the workers demands,
just as they have forced other employ
ers engaged in vital war industries to
arbitrate.
A call has been issued for "organiza-
ton day" April 20. at which time, It
is indicated. the ultimatum of the
workers may be formally presented to
the companies.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
GERMANS GET PARIS PEARLS.
100, 900, 900 Francs Worth Bought
SecretIv Since Earlv in 1915.

PARIS. April S.-Nearly 100.o00,o00
francs worth Of pearls have been sold in
Germany through agents in Switzerland
of Partisan jewelers.. according to a
Geneva dispatch to the Petit Journal
The Germans sought, and. but for the ac-
ton of the French judicial authorities,
would have succeeded, in cornering the
Paris and London market in pearls after
the war.
The clandestine trading. the dispatch
adds, has been going on unhindered since
early in 1916. All Intermediates are said
to have been known to the Swiss police.
who were astonished at the ease with
which they were able to purchase stones
| ih Paris.
A Paris dispatch on April said that
eighteen Partisan diamond dealers were
under prosecution on charges of trading
with the enemy. They were said to have
sold precious stones to Germans through
Swiss agents
Evening star., 1918-04-09

A digest Of German opinion on thu
situation In Picardy. given In an Off.
cial dispatch from France. says the
German general stan is instructine
the military correspondents to reas'
sure the public and with overempha-
sized explanations Is betraying the dis
may Of the public at the prospect Of 9
check Of the great offensive. The dis.
patch follows:
Among tho descriptions Of the wal
and the notices in the newspapers the
different currents Of German opinion
produced in Germany by the offensive
can DO dened. There IL first tho anx-
iety caused by the extent to the losses
The general stan charges tho Wolf
Bureau and the military correspondents
to reassure the public and to put them
on guard against the enemy com.
muniQues.
Calls Losses Normal.
''The stafc no longer uphold, as on
the first day, that the losses Of the as
sailants had been minimum, but 1t now
afirms that they are normal and pro-
Then the anxiety which the halt Of the
offensive excites. The general staff ex-
plains to the impatient public what
difficulties the transports are encoun-
tering in supplying the army. difficult
ties which have been augmented by the
bad weather. 1t recalls the success OF
the preceding days and describes the
Evening star., 1918-04-09
AMERICA IS CHEERED
IN CELEBRATION IN ROME
Anniversary Of q. s. Entrance in
War Occasion for Stirring
Demonstration.

By the Associated Press,
ROME, Sunday. April THE anniver.
sary Of Americas entrance into the war
was celebrated with an imposing mani
festation in the Coliseum today. Honor
was paid not only to the United States
and its efforts, but to the American
Red Cross. =
Government and city officials, diplo-
mats. representatives of all regiments
at the front and an immense throns OF
Roman citizens attended the meeting
The Duke Of Connaught who was pass
ing through Rome, also was present.
Signor Barenini. in the name of Pre-
| mier Orlando, presented to Ambassador
Page statue of Victory amid deafen-
Ing applause and cheers for America
H. P. Dawson. chairman of the Ameri-
can Red Cross war council, and Capt
F. H. LaGuardia were among the othe,
speakers.
q. S. Ambu1ances for Italy.
The climax in the enthusiasm wa.
reached when Ambassador Page an.
nounced that he had just received {
| telegram from Washington saying tha
the War Department had given order.
| for the transfer for service in Italy o.
thirty ambulance sections with thirt!
| officers and 1850 men.
| Gen. Zupelli, minister of war, gave
dinner in the evening in honor Of Mr.
Dawson. The guests included iRmbas
sador Page, Robert r. Perkins, head o
| the American Red Cross mission t,
Italy, and Ivy Lee of the American Ret
| Cross.
| Messrs. Dawson. Perkins and Lee lef
tonight for the Italian front. They ex
U rot, 70 Erria aoxy II
Duke of Connaught warmly thanke,
Mr.. Dawson for the generous gift tn
American Red Cross recently made t
| the British Red Cross.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
Eight Chickens Killed.

PARIS. April s.-The official an
nouncement yesterday that no casual.
ties resulted from that days lombard
ment Of Paris by the Germans. says the
Petit Parisien, was not in strict accord
ance with the facts. It affirms thai
there were victims-eight chickens.
AMSTERDAM, April lit was Prof
Rausenberger, an artillerist, manager o.
the Krupp works and builder of the IA
nous 42-centimeter gun. who planned
the giant long range gun. according te
the correspondent at Frankfort of the
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant- The
professor witnessed the first lombard
ment of Paris with the gun.
AMSTERDAM. April 81 Emperor
William on March % inspected the gun
with which the Germans are lombard
ing Paris. says Karl Rosner. war cor
respondent of the Lokal Anzeiger OF
Berlin. 1t looks more like an enormous
gray crane than a real gun, according
to the correspondent, and can throw q
she'll for distance of 100 kilometers
tS0.6 miies). Firing a shorter distance
than that on March %, he adds. it re-
quired exactly 1873 seconds for shell
to reach Paris.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
EDUCATIONAL AID FOR WAR
DISABLED, SENATE BILLS AIM

dfer or sailor while he is receiving this
training. and it further provides an or
ganization to aid in securing for the
injured soldier or sailor the class OF
work which after training he can do
effectively.
The bill also provides fund of half
million dollars to pay the expenses of
disabled men pursuing courses in ex-
listing institutions, either public or pri-
vate. 1t follows a line pursued in
France, England Germany and Canada
where it has been found practicable to
successfully train for useful occupa-
tfons a very large percentage of those
who have been injured in the service
and thus make them not only econom-
ically productive, but give to the
wounded the privilege of still being
factors in the life of the country
Evening star., 1918-04-09
DAWN Of new ERA
seen IN JERUSALEM
Peace and Security Follow
Distress, Thanks to Brit
ish Soldiers.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April s.-Jerusalem's nrst
Easter since the British occupation was
celebrated with quiet solemnity. says
Reuters correspondent in the Holy
City. SThe usual swarms Of pilgrims
who throng Jerusalem at this season
were missing. naturally. but their
place was taken to some extent by
khaki-clad figures who participated In
the services Of both the Protestant and
Catholic churches.
"Pontifical mass" the correspondent
adds, was observed in this Church OF
the Holy sepulchfs, and was attended
by the governor of Jerusalem and
numerous officers including repre-
The Passover coincided with our
festival and was celebrated with a
new meaning of Joy for the Jews in
the occupied territory.
Big Change in Four Months.
Although occupation only dates
four months back, the very atmosphere
of this region seemed to have under
gone a change. Distress has vanished
and sickness and fear no longer are
at the thresholds of the towns and
villages Everywhere there is evidence
of reviving industry and prosperity.
What has contributed more than any
thing else to immediate relief has been
the employment OF thousands OF natives
upon the repair Of roads.
Entire households work together In
little groups breaking stone and draw
ing fair wages which are paid regu-
larly. The roads in the neighborhood
Of the bigger towns are lined sometimes
for miles with busy laborers. Christian
Moslem and Jew: men, women and chill
dren. Road-making and repairing pro-
vides an occupation for all who are
able to work.
Everybody realizes that new era
has dawned for their land. The Beduoins
can graze their hocks In peace and Sc
curity and husbandmen can till the
soil with the knowledge that they will
not be robbed of the fruits of their
labor. The roads which are being built
solidly in every direction and the rail-
way to Egypt will insure them easy dis
posal of their surplus yield, and the
means of satisfying their wants as re-
CARDS imports from abroad.
The benefits of rule of liberty and
Justice already are making themselves
felt. and the people are beginning to
feel a lively gratitude to the British
soldier who moves in their midst show
ing them nothing but kindness, fairness
and good nature"
Evening star., 1918-04-09
LIES ARE DENIED
BY TIMELY BOOKLET JUST OUT

traced the tobacco to France and ascer-
tained that it was given away, as in
tended.
among the credulous in backwoods
communities, and others which have
been whispered in Washington:
THAT no soldier or sailor, after he
leaves American soil, is permitted to
write home"
'That Base Hospital Unit (Washing-
ton University, No. 21, had been ami
hilated while en- route overseas, or that
leading members Of the organization
,had been executed as spies by the
American government"
Concerning Canned Goods.
"That canned goods put up by house
wives were to be seized by the gov
ernment and appropriated for the use
of the Army and Navy" :.
THAT the Pullman company will not
hire a man who does not wear but
ton showing he has contributed to the
Y. NJ. C. A. war fund"
THAT all the 'plums' at the officers
training camps fall to Roman Catho-
lies"
dress this time:
..That a mother sent her son at a
training camp a big birthday cake and
then wrote asking him how he liked It
He replied he had never received the
cake, but that he had passed an offi.
GERS tent and had seen him eating It.
"The sweater with the $40 bill seWed
into its fabric which the pro-Germans
say the Red Cross sold has appeared
this time in jefferson City. Man told
Missouri council of defense of the Vie,
And there are many more OF the sans
sort. ranging from one circulated in
the west that 10000 Englishmen are II
Colorado waiting until Uncle Sam sends
ali his soldiers and equipment te
France, when they will seize the United
States and annex it to Great Britain. te
the -rumor, also spread in the middle
west, that the government will confis.
cate all the money deposited in national
banks.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
FRENCH A|RMEN LOCATE
AND BOMB FOES BIG GUN

PARIS, April 9.-French aviators
have discovered the location Of the big
gun with which the Germans have been
bombarding Paris at long range. The
continual bombardment of the spot by
the French artillery and bombing by
the airmen have made the handling of
the piece difficult. This explains the
intermittent fire of the 1ong-range
weapon.
The piece is mounted at Crepy-en-
Laonnois, near the road from La Fere
to Laon.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
Costa Rica Suspends Guarantees

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua. April
9-The Costa Rican congress. according
to a dispatch from San Jose. has author
lied President Tinoco to issue n decree
suspending individual guarantees in view
of the revolutionary outbreak in southern
Costa Rica. The decree adopted by the
congress says the suspension should be
made in order ito vanquish the revolution
led by Vito, Germanophle priest, who
has invaded the country from the depart
ment of Chiriuui. Panama.
Evening star., 1918-04-09
WAR HITS GERMAN NOBILITY.
Hundreds of Members Of Aristocrat'
ic Families Are Among Lost,

AMSTERDAM. April s.-The heavy
drain OF the war on German nobility
is shown by the latest issues of Gotha's
Genealogical Manuals. Summarized by
the Kolnische volks Zeitung. the
manuals show these losses: 270 men,
bers Of families of counts, 733 mem-
bers Of baronial families, S43 members
of the old nobility and S36 Of the patent
nobility.
Evening star., 1918-04-09

You have met him, Mr.. Commercial
Traveller" says a booklet of the COM
mittee on public Information. And SC
have you. Mr.. and Mrs Civilian.
Who? The "clacker." the gossip .
the "inside information chap" the
''kaiserite." or whatever you choose to
call the person who spreads wild
rumors and tales which are effective
pro-German propaganda
Therefore, the book of zone hun
dred and one lies" and the book might
have contained zone thousand and one
If that were necessary. For the stories
encountered and run down" as false
are as numerous and fanciful as those
Of the Arabian Nights
The itemized lies were mailed" by
actual investigation by representatives
printed by the committee on public in
formation. with their refutations. for
the use of commercial travellers. be-
cause smoking cars and Pullman cars
have been fayorite stamping grounds
for the kaiser's agents or those who
unwfttingly pass along the stories that
originally were whispered by a German
worker:
"Lie No. ~ as an Example.
Some are absurd. like Lie No l."
which is that Joseph P. Tumulty. Sec
retary to the President, was found
guilty of treason and sent to Fort
Leavenworth. for intelligent folk can
ascertain that Mr.. Tumulty still is
meeting all callers at the White House
Others are Of the sort that skeptics
and cynics are apt to seize upon, and
the refutation cannot be made SO obvi-
GUS. Such are lies Nos. and A.
which state that sweaters knit for
soldiers in France have been sold by
Red Cross workers and that tobacco
collected through various agencies as
them instead. Nothing handled by the
Red Cross is sold. and the agencies
which collected tobacco funds have
Evening star., 1918-04-09
KAISER nNsPECTs BIG GUN.
Correspondent-of Berlin Paper Says
It Resembles a Gray Crane.

AMSTERDAM, April S.-Emperor Will
liam on March rs inspected the gun with
which the Germans are bombarding Paris,
says Karl Rosner, war correspondent OF
the Lokal Anzeiger Of Berlin. 1t looks
more ike an enormous gray crane than a
real gun. according to the correspondent,
and can throw a shell for a distance of
13O kilometers (80.6 miles). Firing
shorter distance than that on March %,
he adds, it required exactly, 1873 seconds
for shell to reach Paris
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-06-22

John Manninen was Houghton
caller Tuesday.
Victor Johnson and daughters AL
ice, Mabel and Doris left Wednesday
for Detroit to visit. Mr.. johnson will
spend week there, while the girls
expect to stay about eight weeks.
Herman and John Kunick and Sam
st. John were business callers in
L'Anse Monday.
Mrs. Bentzen, son Carl and daugh-
ire Irene, of L'Anse, were callers in
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-06-22

Baraga Tuesday.
Miss Mamie Real spent Monday i,
L'Anse guest Of the Misses Mar
and Adele Voetsch,
Jerry Spruce and son David and v
s. Bonner, of Zeba, transacted bus,
ness here Monday.
Supt. S. o. Clinton will leave t. :
morrow for Marquette, where l."
will act as an instructor at the sun
mer term of the Northern State MOI
NAL.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-06-22
Odd FELLOWS ELECT.

At regular meeting held last Fri
day evening, the following officers of
Baraga Lodge No. $50, l. o. o. F..
were elected:
P. G., Perry Shulstad.
N. G., Peter Mathes.
v. G., John Greenblatt.
r. s., H. w. Raymond.
F. s., w. A. Graham.
Treasurer, Robert Martin.
Delegate, Peter Foss.
Alternate, w. A. Graham.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-03
The indian Sign Language.

A white man who visits a foreign nation finds il hard and sometimes impossible to make his most ordinary wants known The red man has no such difficulty; the problem of uni versaI language was solved centuries ago by the savage inhabitants of this western world. Should an Indian from northern Alaska go to Patagonia he could by means of this universal lan- guage converse with his southern brethren almost as easily as he could with his neighbors at home. That would also be the case if he visited Central America or met the tribes
 men of our own western prairies and mountains. When this language was invented no one knows, but every h. dian learns it in addition to his own. Recently two chiefs of different tribes met in the Geographic society rooms in Washington and held conversation
 that lasted nearly three hours, and yet neither one knew word of the oth- CTS language. This universal lan' guage is, of course, made up of signs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-03
Ccrnic Cookery.

To ho': an egg. you first catch the .gg. Ncvo; take any of tte 13 eggs lndcr the hen. Having caught the egg, prepare kettle of water hot enough to shave with, but don't stop ,o shave. You continue to neat the water while peelng tfo egg. An egg si;Hlld be peeled from left to right, al. ways. as otherwise you peel against the grain. Catc!, the water at pre-. clsely 7G0 degrees Fahrenheit. which you can ascertain by inserting the in. dex finger in the kettle. Then with hammer, nails. and tongre-apd-groo'e boards construct smGll chute, or slide, which you can attach to the ceil- ing, leaving the lower end to swing in the kettle. You then roll the peeled egg down the chute i:uO the water. You may then throw away the chute. Allow the egg to boil until completely finished. soft, Mcdium, or Adamant. to suit the taste. Pour off the water. lift the egg getty but ins.stent'y. 1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-03

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-03
Has Two "Mermsids-" |"

J. E. Smith. Spaniard, residing in Hamilton, Ont, possesses two crea- lures that are probably unique. Hs considers them to be mermatds. Though these are described as "fab- ied'' or Fictitious" creatures in ths dictionaries, those of Atr- Smith have heads shaped like those of human be- ings and bodies that are distinctly fisll-like. One Is much larger thnn the other anG IS considered to be the mother, and reckoned to be 800 years old. Both have fine hai. like human being, ond small mustache and $eard The head Is attached to a hu man-iike Eeck which merges into the fsh-like body, and the arals are like those of monkey, only that ths nngers are webbed. It is said that the "mermaids" were found in the wreck of ship iu tue Arabian seq
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-03
MEN WHO SHOULD JOIN THE HOME GUARDS

Every man who is physically able to dc so should join the Jefferson Home Guards. None can fortell when the services of an organization of this character will be needed, badly.
 Some of those most prone to criti- else the government for it's lack of war preparedness are most negligent in this respect.
 Every man able to bear a gun and stand the eXertion of drill should enroll in the Home Guards, but there is a class of men who should feel it their particular duty to do so. These are the men who have gained exemption from army service under the selective " draft act by reason of having de pendents.
 If these men are true Americans they will display their appreciation of citizenship in the United States and gratitude of the governments consid- eratcn in permitting them to remain with their families by doing their part to protect their home communities from whatever danger may threaten. These men believe it the duty of men without dependents to protect them from the Hun. The soldiers have a right to expect these stay t-homes to prot!ct soldiers families and home
 
 tors.
 If these exempted men do not volun tarily enroll in the home guards oi their communities, the government ought to take steps to compel then to perform this duty. If it is right to draft men for service across the seas-and it is-it is right to draf' them for military service at home.