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tic in general. The German people
are docile, but such a vast economic
structure as the German industrial
leaders have erected cannot have come
into being without the existence of
great number Of imaginative, daring,
individual thinkers and organizers.
Herr BALM, the shipping king, is said
to have gained the kaiser's enmity
by more or less publicly fretting over
the three years idleness of the Ger
man transatlantic liners. These Ger
man business men cannot act publicly
in defiance of autocracy. They must
pull strings. They have long been
in league with the kaiser, because the
success of Imperialism, adding new
slices of territory to their trade area
every few years, seemed linked with
commercial success. But once let i'm
perialism show signs of failure, what
have they to hope for? What if the
North and South American ports were
closed to the German liners and mer-
chantmen? What if British and
American ships would not carry Ger
man goods?
The junkers have an answer for
this. They declare that Germany
cannot consider peace that does not
insure her commercial future. This
surely is the widest nonsense that |
even junker could talk. How can a
government be coerced into coercing |
its people to buy German goods? But |
still the junkers have an answer,
"close the markets of all the world to
u.s." they say, "and let US dominate
the Balkans and Russia, and
we shall have trade empire on land
which will eventually reach from the
Rhine to the Sea of Japan. After we
have developed Russia we will devel-
op China. And England and Amer
lea can keep the sea routes" That is
what the policy of domination to the
east, Cancellation to the west" means.
That is why we can never make
peace on a give-and- trade basis,
1ut only on a basis in which a free
German people come to sane terms
With other free peoples, because free
peoples do not seek conquests. The
niger of business enterprise and con-
ervatism is on the pulse of Ger j
nany's waning resources. We do not i
lave to kill A million Germans to
make peace. The steam in Germany's 6
,oiler is commercialism and CONNER (
ialism does not fight to a finish. 1t
S trying to save its chestnuts from &
he fire at this moment, and if the t
,aiser will not raise the white flag, 9
1erman business will raise it sooner !
r later. What we have to do is to y
make it realize that our dictum about r
he hypothetical impossibility of adj |
hitting Germany to .'free economic 1
Intercourse" is real and tangible, an
law with teeth in it
Public Ledger. =
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Why They Left Home.

An exchange publishes the follow
ing reasons why certain editors found
it necessary to leave home:
Mrs. J. T. Miller read an article on
Personal Devils" Seventeen were
present.-From the Boone, Ia, News
Republican.
The first fall meeting of the La
dies Matinee Musicals will be hell in
the Central Christian church, Satur-
day afternoon at 2:20 o'clock.-The
Columbus, Ind, Republican.
Mr.. Roberts went to Kansas City
with a car of hogs. Several of the
neighbors went in together to make
up the car.-From the lola, Kan,
Register.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10

MONG our large circle of readers
there are great many who are in
terested directly or indirectly in
fruit growing, dairying and other
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
WATCH YOUR SUGAR
Sackfull at Payette Found to Cont ain
Large Quantities of Glass

Considerable excitment was caused
Friday at Payette by finding broken
glass in sugar at the Boston grill.
One of the patrons found fragment
of broken glass in his coffee and on
investigating the sugar bowl it was
discovered to be full of the minute
particles. The management of the
grill at once notified Marshal Jeffries.
He examined all the sugar in the res
taurant and it was found that one
freshly opened sack was impregnated
from top to bottom with bits of thin
glass, some of them as large as a
thumb nail, but mostly as fine a pow
der as the sugar itself. Mr.. Jeffries,
in company with Mayor Woodward,
Sheriff Hanigan and Night Marshal
Fenske then went through all the res
taurants and hotels in town and thor
oughly examined their stock of sugar
but no more broken glass was found.
The management of the Boston grill
threw out 80 pies and a lot of cakes
and cookies in the preparation of
which sugar had been used The sack
of poisoned sugar was part of car
load that had just been shipped by the
city's restaurants. 1t is therefore |
difficult to find the guilty parties as
the sugar was doctored before it was
shipped. All housewives have been
warned to watch their sugar as brok-
en- glass is one of the most insidious
Doisons known
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
Eighth Grade Examinations.

The Eighth Grade examinations for
January will be held on the 23rd, oath
and 25th.
The reading examination will be on
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address," page
80, Book 1 of studies in reading.
Seventh grade pupils who have COM
pleted the work in geography and
physiology may take the examination
in these subjects only.
Eighth grade pupils who have fin
ished history at this time may take
the examination in that subject
ELLA BRESHEARS,
County Superintendent.
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Prefers Chamberlain's.

"In the course of a conversation
with Chamberlain's Medicine Co.'s rep
resentative today, we had occasion to
discuss in a general way the merits
of their different preparations. AT
his suggestion I take pleasure in ex-
pressing my estimation of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. have family
of six children and have used this
remedy in my own home for years.
consider it the only cough remedy
on the market, as | have tried nearly
all kinds. Earl C. Ross, Publisher
Hamilton County Republican-News.
Syracuse, Kan.
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OUR TRUMP CARD

A RATHER hectic vision of what is
goin on underneath the Presidents
brain pan is reported by the Partisan
weekly gossip paper "On Dit" otis
said," this gossip says, that Mr.. Will
son told Colonel Houses mission be-
fore it left Washington that when he
had big enough army on the west
ern front he would send an ultimatum
to Germany. If the ultimatum wasn't
accepted within AZ hours he would
ask for law to bar German citizens
and goods from the United States for
so years.
Herein is a paradox, but paradox
which reveals a fundamental truth
about the delicate business of making
peace For while nothing could be
harder to imagine than Mr.. Wilson
talking like that in private, he has
nevertheless said pretty much the
same thing in public, but in very diff
ferent words and in a very different
spirit. Everything depends upon the
spirit in which overtures or threats
are made.
1t is all the seven wonders of the
modern world rolled into one that so
few Germans seem able to see what
the trump card is, and that we hold
tour trade, our friendship in the
years to come. And add to that the
trade and friendship of the Orient
and South America. Every new sue
cess of the German governments arms
in Europe closes automatically anoth-
er gate of trade to Germany's future.
This is so f1agrantly obvious a fact
and feel that the worlds horror can
not go on indefinitely, because it is
almost impossible to conceive of
ruling class, even in Germany, being
so blind to the welfare of it's own sons
Picturing Germany emerging from
the war still under autocracy, the pres
ident said that it might be impossible
ito admit Germany to the free eco
nomic intercourse" of nations, but
"such situation, inevitable because
of distrust, would in the very nature
of things sooner or later cure itself
by processes which would assuredly
set in"
What are the processes that would
assuredly set in? A gradual prying
off of the autocratic yoke by German
business interests. There is shrewd
realism in Mr. Wilson's prognostica-
tions. He knows that everything must
come slowly, imperceptibly. One bull
lying note in his messages to Ger
business men would spoil all.
He must appear to the most far-see-
ing of them as the only reliable adj
vance agent of the German trade that
will be starting out on its painful eff
fort to regain lost ground two or three
years from now. Some of them must
even now be slowly and subtly work
ing on the imperial imagination to-
ward parliamentary reform.
In a too we'll organized state like
Germany, where the newspapers are
state controlled, the first
real signs of revolt against Kaiserism
IAN be expected from business inter ,
,sts rather than from the body poll
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Annual Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the Reed Ditch Com
pany will be held on the Goth day of
January, 1918, at the Anderson school
house, seven miles west of Letha, for
the election of officers and the tran
saction of such other business as may
come before the meeting. Time
o'clock p. m.
D. j. WAMPLER, Secretary.
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Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Enter
prise Ditch Company, Ltd, will be
held at the Nichols schoolhouse, three
miles south of Falk, Idaho, on Satur-
day, January &c, 1918, at 1 o'clock
p. m. A full attendance is requested.
B. C. BERTLESON, Secretary.
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TtOmach Troubles.

If you have trouble with your stom-
ach you should try Chamberlain's Tab
lets. So many have been restored to
health by the use of these tablets and
their cost is so little, 25 cents, that it
is worth while to give them trial.
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Community Pests.

Some folks are all eyes, and ears
and tongue, and go about seeing and
hearing things, and telling about it.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
Lynch BROTHERS
AWAIT DISCHARGE
Morton. Reported Wound
ed is Recuperating at
Camp Lee
SELBYVILLE BOY
DIES OF DISEASE

In a corrected list of casualties, is
sued by the War Department today. the
names OF two Wilmington men appear.
One Of the men. Private Bert Faults,
had been reported as missing in action.
but has been returned TO duty. Sergeant
Charles II. Z. Peck was also previously
reported as missing in action, but is
now reported as III in a hospital in
France.
Reported on the official war list today
Private James w. Brown. OF Selbyville,
is listed as having died OF disease. Mrs.
Lydia Purnell is given as his nearest
relative.
Private Morton Lynch, OF No. 30i
West street, is reported as wounded
severely. He Is the son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Philip II. Lynch, and formerly lived at
No. 26ii Boulevard. Last week the
Lynch family received word that their
son had been wounded on the right
side while in service in October. Young
Lynch went overseas in April with a
regiment OF engineers formerly sta
TONED at Camp Meade.
On last Saturday young Lynch ar
rived in this country, and is now at
Camp Lee. Va. and expects to be home
in ten days. Clarence Lynch, another
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch, Is also
home from overseas duty. A year ago
he left with a group Of engineers from
the James Stuart and Company. Of New
York. He is back in New York. and
expects to be home soon. Both Of
these young men before entering the
service were in the contracting busi-
ness here.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
y The United Press.

y The United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-On the bot
sm OF the Atlantic today rests nearly
10000 pounds Of high explosive. Fif-
en- miles out representatives OF the
abroad administration are dumping
iargoes Of TINT. smokeless powder, ETC.,
which have been stored in 22S railroad
cars at Pigeon Point, opposite VIII
oingtOn, Del.
The entire CONSIGNMENT Of high eX-
bslves reached Pigeon Point about
time the armistice was signed on
sNember H. The French government
whom 1t belonged, Immediately
nged its order and instead Of ship
It across the Atlantic, asked for
mission to store 1t temporarily In
lysri3a.
eanwhile the citizens Of Wilmington
d in daily fear that their city would
wiped Off the map by an explosion.
gor Lawson Of Wilmington appealed
the railroad administration 20 move
., shipment at once. French officials
I'd they could move It in ten days.
Ad0o said Wilmington would not
(. ,it. And so, on Christmas eve. two
hters left South Amboy, n. j., bear
:. Z nine carloads Of TINT.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
SAY HIS DEATH
FOLLOWED PRANK
William. Laskowski Fatally
Crushed After Pin
Sticking Fun
IN PULP
COMPAN MACHINE

Crushed in machinery at the Della
ware Pulp Mills, on Tuesday. William
Laskowski. aged 81 years. Of No. 7i3
South Harrison street, died at the Della
ware Hospital this morning.
.Acco ding to the coroner's Office, OH
clals Of the company say Laskowski
was playfully sticking pins in other
workmen at the plant on Tuesday,
when he lost his balance and fell over
railing placed about machine for
protection. Before the frightened work
men could have the machinery stopped,
the workman had been crushed.
Laskowsk was the first man to be
injured at the plant this week aud the
second man to die from injuries
sustained there. leste. day morning
Karl Ciermryzck, aged Is years. Of No.
POI Brown street. died shortly after be-
ing struck on the head by a falling
pulley at the plant.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
WILSON, LLOYD GEORGE
TALK LEAGUE OF NATIONS

BY the United Press
LONDON. Dec. 21-Great strides
toward amicable settlement Of highly
important peace preliminaries were
made today when President Wilson
Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Sec.
reiary Balfour conferred at Bucking-
ham Palace
This was the distinct understanding al
the conclusion Of the conversation.
President Wilson met the British
leaders In his apartment. The session
lasted an hour and half
The league Of nations, freedom OF the
seas and possibly the Russian situation
were known TO have been scheduled
for discussion.
As the President and the British min.
listers came down the. steps Of the pal
ace shortly after noon, they were in
good humor They departed at once for
Downing street. where they lunched
with other British statesmen and
American Ambassador Davis.
The United Press Is able TO announce
that Lord Cecil's interview with Lowell
Mellett regarding the league OF nations
the views OF the British
cabinet.
The President It became known TO-
day. expects TO carry out his deferred
plan for visiting the battle zone as soon
as possible so he may see where the
Americans fought. He may go TO Italy
follow ng his return 90 Paris. final deic-
sion in this regard depend ng upon his
in London. He expressed
conviction that the peoples OF France
are in complete sympathy with his
peace ideas. and he is anxious TO come
IN contact with the Italian people to
determine first hand how they stand.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
BY The unlled Press

LONDON. Dec. 27.-Wivcs and sweet
hearts OF the mullnous German sailors
have seized rifles and joined in defense
-ef- The e-rnNal- pIalaee-agaiHst- the civil
guard, according 10 a dispatch illed Ia
Berlin Wednesday night and receive 4
by the Daily Express today.
Although The sailors have technically
surrendered they refuse TO leave The
city and have announced they VII con
tinue 20 support Chancellor Ebert Who
permits them 10 remain
"Tho city Is on tle verge OF anarchy
and flghtlng Is expected TO continue,
the dispatch said
Two distinct conflicts are now under
way In the city-the armed opposition
Of The sailors and their women 10 orders
transferring the men 20 coastal cities,
and the efforts OF the reluvenated Spar
tlcldes 10 overthrow the Ebert
Schiedemann government.
The Spartac'des. under the leadership
OF Karl Liebknecht. have announced
their intention OF forcing The present
ministry 10 resign. The dispatch sail
they continue in possession Of the Nor-
waerts plant, from which they are
issuing the "Red NOrwaets." The build
ing Is defended by is machine guns and
an armored ear
A portion OF the palace was stlll held
by the sailors while government troops
held the remainder. Il was believed
that Ebert, fearing the sudden growth
In power OF the Spariacides would halt
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
RED CROSS TOTAL
is NOW 34,934

Late returns of the Red Cross Christ
mas Roll Call were received today. They
total 2,7i4, making the total to date
"a ,934.
There are still many more to be ac-
counted for. In this city and from one
or two places down the State, returns
OF nearly 1000 more names are being
tabulated and will be sent in tomor-
row or early next week, so that indca-
tions now. point to Delaware realizing
20 per cent. Of her population, in adult
membership, in addition to the junior
members.
1t was believed today that not before
the middle Of next week, would all Of
the returns be reported.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
PR0TRUD|NG GUN
MOUNT SNASHES
B. { D. station
N. c. Minker, Avenue Bag
gage Master. Caughtin De-
bris But Not Injured
BROKEN axle Lets
CAR BUMP ON rails

Matthew C. Minker, baggage master
at the Delaware avenue station Of he
B. and o Railroad Company, had mar
low escape from death this morning
when an extra freight train was wreck
ed as Il was passing the station. Minker
was on a stepladder adjusting electric
lights when huge gun mount aboard
gondola car which had its forward
wheels broken, smashed the top OF the
station platform. The next instant, the
car on which the mount was loaded
swung around and fell with a crash
across the east bound tracks.
The car was one OF a number which
were loaded with camOuflaged guns and
gun mounts and when a hot journal on
enc OF the car wheels caused the car
exile to crack. the car piled up along
side the track.
The heavy engine hauled the train
with the car minus It's wheels from
Gilpin avenue 20 a short distance west
of the railroad station when the con-
lections broke, the wrecked car tearing
Town several hundred feet Of iron fenc-
.Rg between the rails and also the ties
= the west and eastbOund tracks.
Luckily no trains bound east were
lear the station at the time and no one
vas injured. Had such a train been
sntering the station at the time, tl
might have plowed into the end OF the
wrecked car which extended onto the
eastbouni tracks.
Following the iieup Of traffic all
trains on the B. & o. railroad lines
through this city were transferred at
Elsmere Junction on the south and
Gray's Ferry on the north. The com
pany wrecking crews soon had force
of men on the job but-before the wreck !
bd car could be moved, it was neces- |
sary to unload the gun mOuIt.
Following the smash Minker stated |
that had the platform roof not caught ]
he end Of the gun mount as well as
The car, he would have been crushed /
beneath 10, the edge Of the platform |
roof being splintered by the heavy /
mount.
Word OF the accident was sent to the /
police station and Patrol Sergeant Nc
Bride and Patrolman Carey were sent
% the scene and kept the crowds back
while the workmen cleared the tracks.
It was stated that Il would be. at least
s o'clock this evening before the line
could be opened. William NJ. Gabler,
engineer, and A. B. Pasquate, conductor,
we're in charge Of the train.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
GREAT BRITAIN
WILL INSIST ON
NATIONS LEAGUE
Lord Cecil Says Pact Must
be Part of the Peace
Plan
MUST Guard AGAINST
POSSIBILITY OF WAR
By the United Press.

1 by tne united Press.
LONDON. Dec. 27.-Great Britain not
only is willing. but is determined that
the peace Congress shall organize
permanent league OF nations before its
adjournment.
Lord Robert Cecil foremost British
authority on this subject. made this
clear In an interview with the United
Press tod2y
Cecil said he had never entertained
any notion OF the peace delegates
simply giving the league OF nations
idea their blessing and leaving the de-
tails TO be worked out in the future.
ON the contrary, he wants no opening
left for possible failure Of the league
TO materialize.
Investigation In government circles
reveals that Cecil is speaking the Brit
lsh governments mind, as well as his
own.
Now, we know the horror OF war"
he said. "A year from now the old
glamOr may return. We must guard
against this possibility"
Cecil gave the following provisions
as the necessary foundations OF the
league:
First-A permanent secretary.
Second-A lxed place Of meeting.
Third Periodical meetings.
These meetings must include a.
working members men really entitled
TO speak for The peoples OF their
country. such as premiers and foreign
ministers or their equivalent. Meet
ings must be held at least once a year.
Fourth-lt is essential that no war
shall be possible until IL is discussed
either at the periodical meetings or
at a meeting especially called fer the
purpose. B..
Those are the vital things" Cecil
said. "Of course, as / recently out
lined the league must have non
contentious as well as contentious
features. lt must have broader pur-
poses than merely prevention OF wars.
IL must have administrative powers,
as well as the authority to settle dis
putes."
II is impossible yet TO get the close
ly guarded official views OF freedom
OF the seas.
other important principles Of the
peace settlement are freely discussed. /
In regard 10 cOnscriptiOn a high gov
ernment official suggested To the United
Press that the fact that Germanys mill /
lions OF trained men are still available.
renders abolition Of c0nscription in
other European countries more diflcult
than at first appeared
The official designated 10 prepare the
governments case on disarmament
pointed out that Il Is necessary 10 de-
wise a system 10 prevent fabrication OF
submarine and aeroplane parts in fac
tories making peace time goods
1T involves the necessity for accept
ing "Germany's word" he said III
way can be found to make her word
good, the problem will be solved Other
wise the difficulties OF preventing trick
cry are almost insuperable."
Indemnities are also serious issue.
II is known that President Wilson adj
heres TO his determination TO keep TO
the armistice agreement. Since the re-
cent elections little has been heard here
in regard TO compelling Germany 10 pay
the whole cost OF the war
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
CHANDLER HELD ON
FORGERY CHARGE

On a charge of forgery. John Chan
dler was held in $500 bail for court. and
for carrying concealed deadly weapon,
he was fined $50 and costs by Judge
Churchman. in Municipal Court, this
morning. He is alleged to have forged
the name OF George Genopolis to a
check on the Central National Bank.
Detectives Fairchilds and Mahoney.
who arrested Chandler, testified that he
told them. first, that the check was
given 10 him, and later, said that he
made the check out himself When he
was placed under arrest by the officers,
he willingly gave up the revolver that
he was carrying.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
MEAT CHARGES TO
BE INVESTIGATED

The Jewish Koshers' Association. OF
Wilmington. sitting as an arbitrary
body last night, heard statements from
Jewish women relative 10 alleged
by the kosher meat stores
OF the city. Proprietors OF the stores
who deny proflteering were also heard.
The association named committee OF
three to investigate the charges and
report back 10 a future meeting.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
HIS ANKLE SPRAINED
BY 40-F00T FALL

Falling 40 feet from the top OF lad
der at Fourth and Shipley streets this
morning, John Ahern. a roofer, alighted
on his feet and sprained one ankle.
The workman was employed by William
Faulkner, a roofer Of Seventh and Wal
nut streets.
Ahern was taken to his home.
Evening journal., 1918-12-27
FINED S10O FOR
SELLING LIQUOR

For selling liquor without a license, at
No. 7i9 West Fifth street, John Will
Iiams, a Negro. was fined 500 and
costs. by Judge Churchman, in Munich
pal Court this morning.
John jenkins and Mary jenkins, Ne
groes, arrested in a raid on Williams
place. last Saturday night, were held in
$1,000 bail for court, on a charge OF
selling heroin
In the raid on the house. Josephine
Knotts. a Negress, was found stupened
by the drng