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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
FRENCH SEAL HUNS DOOM
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has resolved 10 hold ms present line At
all costs. and 70 20 noEthward 20 fhc
line Of Tie Vcsle only before allied pres
SURE Reports from 'he battle zone say
the Germans are fighting to the bitter end
and seldom retire. The crown prince
also seems to have made every effort 10
organize his deienccS rs well Us time and
allied attacks permitted
Notwithstanding TINS resistance ana he
evident intention 10 fight rather than 70
withdraw, the Allies continue 70 progress
in the center Of The pocket Gen Foch s
policy seems 10 be to hammer hard al
vulnerable points and thus ease The way
for gains on adjacent sectors. These
tactics brought worthwhile gains Thurs
day.
Only the artillery has been active else
where on the western front The Germans
seemingly paying al their attention -
the Marine battlefield The aeria. Sighting
on the British front has been heavy for
the past few days, generally ign Of
approaching infantry movements. We'd
ncsday British aIrmen accounted Tor
thirty-fve enemy machines, twentv--ix
Of which we're destroyed. The British
lost four
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
ACCUSE CONDUCTOR.
Traction Company Charges Man With
Failing TO Fling Up Fares.

Charged with the cmbczllcmcnt of
funds. from the Wilmington and phiIa-
delptla Traction Company, Edward J
Mcadus, aged -, a conductor for the
company, was arraIgncd before Mags-
trate Harry ellis last night. and Was
held under 5000 bail for the Court Of
General Sessions An Inspector OF the
traction company, told the court. that the
defendant had rung up ont Of Il ear
loaded with % people. bat IS fares
However the specific charge pressed
against him. and on which he Was arrest
ed was that he had failed TO ring up"
rs farcs, while operating as conductor on
Spruce and du Point street ear late ycster-
day afternoon lie vas arrested by Con
stable Wilmington, and gwen II hearing
Immediately after the arrest
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
ORPHANS COURT.
Argument Over Sale of Real Estate of
Late f. w. Manlove.

Chancellor Curtis, in the Court Of
Chanccry, today, began hearing tcsti-
mony IN a case relating TO the sale of real
estate 81 Edward W Manlove, deceased
10 John Heldmycr, Jr
Robert G. Hartman, Robert II Richards
and Martin b Burris represent the hti-
giants
The suit has reached stage at which
there has arisen the question whether Mr.
Burris can be both counsel and witness
Some Of Mr. Manloves heirs are oppos-
ing the sale because they are dissatisfied
with the price paid. The htigants reside
At MiddlctOMn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
DIR. RUMELY FACES JAIL.
Evening Mail Head and German Lawyer
Under Indictment
0ciated Press % Every z genine

BY Associated Press % Every Evening
New York, Aug Federal indict-
ments were returned here today against
DIR Edward A. Rlmcly former vice
president and secretary Of the New York
Mail and Express Co, and S. Walter
Kaufman, former counsel for the
German embassy in the United States, as
alleged participants in the purchase Of
the Evening Mail for the German govern
ment
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
LAY ANOTHER KEEL.
Frame work For 7,500-To Oil Tanker
Is laid at Harlan Plant.

The keel Of another Z ,5OO-ton OIL tanker
was laid at the Harlan plant yesterday.
While tankers are more tedious to build
than cargo carriers, because Of the add
tional work, they are vitality essential
during tins war, because of the ned forl
them to carry supplies OF oil for fuel
purposes to the torpedo boat destroyers
and battleships Of the American navy
that burn oil
A new way at the Harlan plant Is
practically complete, hut the inability
to obtain parts for the crar es, which are
a necessary part Of the building of ships,
is preventing the laying OF a keel on the
new way.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
BLUE HENS CHICKENS.
Name Given Originally to Delaware
Soldiers Because Of Their Fighting
Qualities

livery Evening having received M
curry As 70 why the people q Delaware
are called "Elue Hens Chickens, the
following is gwen by an authority as the
reason
There IS a legend that cock lighting Was
al one time a CONSPICUOUS means Of dl-
version in the little state Captain
Caldwell Who commanded the First
Delaware regiment during the Revolution
ary War, and who was famous fighter
Of chickens, had always asserted that no
cock could be truly game whose mother
was not blue hen From this. it IS
said, Delaware came 70 be called The
Blue Hen State and the Delaware
regiment, the Blue Hen Chickens.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

By Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Chicago, Aug > Hogs receipts 5000
20 70 p cents higher butchers 1910 A
1875; light 1870 10 50 packing $50 a
10 %: bulk az sales $3.50 a 1875, pigs
good and choice 1900 1875.
Cattle receipts 5000 market slower,
calves good and choice 1850 9 Zoo.
Sheep, receipts 5000 choice western
lambs, strong 10 higher, native sheep
stcadv, feeders steady.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
PLAN PRISONERS EXCHANGE
Swiss President VIII Open u. S.-Germany
Conference
BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington, Aug 2 The President
of Switzerland will open the conference
between commissioners Of the United
States and Germany for the exchange of
prisoners, which is to be held in Switzer-
land as soon as date can be agreed upon
by the Washington and Berlin govern
ments.
Everything affecting prisoners in both
the United States and Germany their
examination repatriation, condition and
treatment-"lil be taken up at the con
ference.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
Will SON FOR SUFFRAGE.
Writes Senator Baird Of New
Jersey Asking Him to Sup
port Amendment.
By Associated Press TO Every Evening

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Washington. Aug , Enactment Of
the Susan b Anthony suffrage amendment
to the Federal Constitution was char
acterized in a great and now critical
reform. in letter written by President
Wilson 10 DAVID Baird. the new Senator
from New Jersey asking the Senator to
vote for the amendment The letter
was made public today at the White
House
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02

privates John + Becker, Philadelphia,
Gilmore Brown. Br0okville, Pa.
Previously RgppnTgD MISSING.
tnow reported killed ia aetion)
Privates Osburn fell, pietOu, ~ n !;
Ray g Eates, Whitdfcld, N H., George
Franklin, pekin, H.; Theodore Grimes.
Springfield, Ohio; Henry l.. Miller, Pitts
ford, N -; Jack Rochin, Paratschi,
Russia. Hyrnan W9lene, Chelsea, Mass.
Previously RHPoRTED MISSING
Now reported died II wounds
Private Joseph v MctJnn, PhiIadel-
phia.
pRHVTDUHFT HEPOHTED MISSING.
Now Irepdrted wounded
Privatea CycorRt w, Brahap, Spring
field, NJ; Carl VI Burgess. Arnold, Kas F.,
Vernon X. D9vis. Bkalaka, Mont
Cornelius Paisley. McCorkle, w. Va.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
LIBERTY BONDS AT TOP.
Three and Half Per Cent Go To Par on
News of Victory

Star Correspondence % EveryEvening
New York Aug Liberty ; 12s per
cent bonds. which are exempt from taxa
ton. sold at par today on the Stock TX
oh ,nge here for the first time this year
Stea IL buying of this issue by leading
finar ci Al interests has been noticeable
recently
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
U-B0at Sunk Morse Brig

By Associated Press to Every Evening
London, Aug 2 The Norwegian brig
Aikhor Of Aredei, was sunk off the coast
Of Norway on Wednesday by a German
submarine. The crew was saved.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02
BOAT REGISTRATION.
Local Cuatoms ONCE Prepared With the
Necessary Data.

The local Gust rns Office mas rccrived r.
supply n COPIES n the rbw Uotorhoat
regulations nder a newt iaw ail power
hoats except those IN puzzle service. are
required 20 he registered and numbered
They can lie registered Hn Inc 'istom
House office. in the PoSTotFce Binding
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-02

Every Evenings classified advertise
ments bring results. Proved to the salts :
faction OF many and will be to you.-Adv.
The Press., 1918-08-01
SIMPLY PLACE OF DES0LATION
Little for the Traveller to Enthuse Over When He Vislts the Old City
 oF Jerusalem.

The allies advance in Palestine has taken them through Jerusalem and the little village of Jericho. The plain of Jericho, the scene of so many historic incidents In the past, is once again caught Tn the old glare of the spot light. Such a light reveals too plainly the hopeless poverty of the people, the cracks and holes in the rough walls of the novels, the fields and gardens, fal- len by neglect into a riot of weeds and wild flowers growing rank.
 It Is better to look at Jericho at sun set, and not too critically even then. In soft light the wretchedness of the matched huts Is less insistent, the jas mine and Oleanders seem sweeter and the ragged BedOuins acquire pictur- sequences in spite of dirt and squalOr.
 It is only a short walk through the plain from this Jericho of the present to the two other sites which have borne the same name. One, the Jericho of Old Testament, destroyed by Joshua, is only a memory, its reality proved by bits of unearthed walls and pottery. The third Jericho of the triangle is the
 
 of palm trees which Antony bestowed upon Cleopatra and which she later sold to HerOd the Great. Made gOr- geOus in the reign of HerOd as city of palaces, 1t Is now only a wreck of stones and battered towers. The palms for which 1t was famous are gone, with the palaces and circus which they shaded. The plain of Jericho is a will derness, bound to civilization by its many highways and Its tiny village. A few miles to the southwest lies Jeru- salem. connected witb the village by the authenticated road along which the good Samaritan travelled. All about the plain rise the cliffs, mounted by steep and winding trails. It Is not an attractive region, but even if 1t were more wild and desOlate than 1t is 1t would still be much visited, for at every step are landmarks of history.
The Press., 1918-08-01
PLAN AIR POSTAL SERVICE
Is Expected by EngIIshmen to Be One of the First Innovations When
 Peace Is Declared.

Airplane postal service will be one Of the first innovations of peace in Eng land. The problem Is already being worked out in detail, even to the cost of postage and hours of collection and delivery. It Is also said that within the first few months after peace 8 transatlantic airplane service will be established. Airplane engineers say that the problem of constructing a machine for transatlantic flight has been solved in theory, and machines which would cross the Atlantic could be built to-day if 1t were not that the long distance busSes of war time must also be heavy weight carriers. The most interesting result of these peace plans is that 1t has been found pos sible to arrange the collection and de- livery of letters between London and Glasgow with such dispatch that cor respondent in London will be able to receive q written answer within the. working day. Applied to the middle West, an exchange says, this means that a Kansas City business man will be able to send a document to St. Louis, Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis. Sioux Falls, Omaha, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Texarkana or Little Rock when he reaches his office in the mOrn- Ing and receive it back duly signed be- fore he goes home. The estimated postage for thAs service works out at cents per ounce.
The Press., 1918-08-01
GLADLY TOOK "WAR" BREAD
Horrible Thought Quickly Cured Small Girl of Unreasonable Prejudice
 Against the Article.

"Oh, mother, must get war bread"
 Little Daughter had been asked to go to the bakery for bread for her school lunch.
 ''It's wheatless day, dear"
 "But I don't like war bread. It's so dark and different. And the rules aren't for children, are they?"
 "NO. hut you know we were asked to send one million bushels of wheat to the allies by May first. We have given our word, and our baker is try ing to help by making this special bread, which has almost no white flour in 1t whatever. But, of course, if you don't feel you can help in this way, you may buy a lighter loaf"
 Little Daughter started off. In a few moments she returned. Mother unwrapped the package. There was the small, dark loaf, Indeed different, but really most palatable and nOur- ishing. Little Daughters eyes were glowing.
 Mother, the baker asked me if liked war bread. and I said did"
 Mother looked up In astOnishment. 'sBut. my dear, you just said"
 "Yes, mother, know just said ta you I didn't like It, but was afraid if told 1t to the baker, he would think was a German."-By Jane Dransfield of The VIgilantes.
The Press., 1918-08-01
FAMOUS FOREST QUITE GONE
Absolutely Nothing Left of the Once Beautiful Woods That Were the
 Pride of Verdun.

Lovers used to stroll arm in arm through the well-Ordered forests of Verdun. To stroll arm in arm where these forests once stood is no longer Dossible, GOuverneur Morris writes in Golfers. You must go alone. If there has been rain you should have nails in your boots. The smooth cOnvOlu- lions of the hills have been tortured and turned into ridges and hOllOws like the Atlantic ocean during the eQui- noctial gales.
 I doubt if there is to be found one single square yard of the original for est floor. | doubt if there is to be found one single perfect example of a shell crater. One crater breaks into the next, and there, merged into one shocking hollow, are a dozen which at the first moment of looking ap~ peared to have been but one.
 It has been we'll but truly "worked," !" that forest floor but not for 100 years can 1t ever again be worked by man in any peaceful and profitable pursuit. Rich soil (doubly rich nOw), 1t will be summed by the farmer with his blow a prospect very rich in copper and iron, the prospectOr will shun It. for here, buried and half-buried, the shells, great and little, which did not explode at all, are as thick as temptation in the life of every man.
The Press., 1918-08-01
chnnn.I Tunnel Is MIssed.


 How great have been the demands upon the British merchant marine Tor the reservation of ships for purely mil- ltary purposes Is shown by the statis- ties of the first two and quarter years of war. During that time S,Ooo,- 900 men were transported across the seas and over a million sick ana wounded. Of supplies and explosives g.42O,OOO tons were carried. besides 1000. 900 horses and mules, and 4T,- 5OO.OOO gallons of petrol. If the chan neI tunnel had been built in the days before the war, a vast amount or merchant tonnage. now employed on transport service, would have been available for the worlds commercial service.-Scientific American.
The Press., 1918-08-01

ditions, I suppose. The shipping tie-up has knocked our business sky-high. I've been hoping against hope we'd find way out. But we've had to close down one of our plants-and that means that the salaries of men at the top will have to be cut In half. If 1 get out and start In some other line I'll have to begin at the bOttOm-every business In our line Is crippled-it may mean two or three years after the war ends even before things are back on their feet"
 Caroline was still calm. That leaves you with just about twenty-seven hun dred, doesn't it?" she asked, and the surprising bluntness of her reply served aS a bracer to HOrace'S willing spirits.
 Now listen to the sequal. My in- come has been dwindling. My little money Is all In K. and B. and that is worth about half what 1t was be- fore the war. I've been meaning to tell you. I hated tO-but I've got to give up the apartment. I'd do more work but there's no market for 1t now"
 Horace forgot his own troubles and was leaning over Caroline with two Outstretched arms. "POOr, dear girl, " he said. How you must have wOr- ried-and now comes my tale of woe and even now you aren't crying about 1t. Caroline, you've more pluck than any man I ever knew" He knelt be- side her, looking with infinite tender ness and admiration into her unfiinch- ing blue eyes. Have you thought what you are-are going to do about itT
 There's only one thing to do," she said slowly. "Tn have to give up this place and I suppose you'll have to live some place cheaper than the Hotel Bradford"
 "Yes, of course"
 Well, why couldn't we both live here?" Caroline's usually firm voice faltered a little as she made the sug- gestiOn.
 You don't mean-CarOline- could you? You don't mean that we can be married? Don't you know what you said about making toast and fry ing eggs for twO-yOu've told me so often that you cOuldn't-Caroline don't let me hope if you don't really mean It."
 i've thought it all out" she said resumIng her calm manner that HOr- ace thought the finest thing he had ever seen In any woman. Tt is one thing for two persons to live separate ly on two small incOmes-and 1t is an other thing for those two people to live together on their joint incomes. Don't you see how simple 1t is. It's just a matter of plain arithmetic. We can pay rent for one apartment instead of for two; we can read by one light in- stead of two, and we don't have to go out to the theater and places for amusement. because we'll be married and can just stay home. It's such 8 simple solution, Horace, that Pm sur prised we never thought of it before. '
The Press., 1918-08-01
British Rura, Life chanues.

With women taking the place of met workers, conditions in many parts of the country are undergoing remark able change. This Is most noticeable in parts where woman land workers are making their homes.
 The WOman's Institute Is largely | 2 spOnsible for the movement. which a gradually revOlutiOnizing village lif,S making 1t more attractive and stimu- lating a sense of citizenship. In con- junction with the food production de- pertinent. a parliamentary meeting is called which elects a democratic com mittee representing farmers wivesD cOttagers and landed women, who thereafter manage affairs, arranging for monthly social gatherings where useful lectures are given, exhibitions of hOusecraft or gardening skill helds and old, treasured recipes and house. hold hints exchanged.
 Several hundred villagers already have their committees and the food de- partment is inundated with demands for organizers and lecturers.
The Press., 1918-08-01
p.euII,rItIe. of Electric Rag.


 The electric ray Is a species Of nsh found on the Pacific coast. It Is known from central California southward to santa Barbara channel and Is very common in Monterey bay. This fish is provided with an electric organ com posed of hexagonal cells, reaching from the skin of the upper surface to that nf the lower. and situated at each side of the head and gill chambers The electricity discharged from this ray has the properties of other electricity, such as rendering an iron bar mag natfc. decomposing chemicals and pro dncIng a spark, says the American Angler. Stories vary as to the vol ume of the discharge, but even a small ray is capable of infiicting considerable pain. After few discharges the nsh becomes exhausted and must rest be- fore It's electric organs are again fune- uOnal.
The Press., 1918-08-01
MAKES STEEL HEAL ITSELF
Remarkable Machine Deslgned and Constructed In French WorkGhop
 During the War.

One of the most remarkable ma chimes ever built Is in operation at the great workshop in France, where the Royal Flying corps repairs its damaged airplanes. This machine, the only one of its kind, which was both conceived and constructed in that workshop, is described by Gustave Babin in L'Illus- tration as one that makes wounded steel heal itself in exactly the same way as wounded flesh heals.
 It is almost automatic, is operated by electricity and uses galvanism as its principle. It needs only one or two men to watch 1t, they being guided by a chart, showing in many cOlOrs the piece of metal to be repaired, the ex- act repairs necessary, the composition of the galvanic bath, the current need ed, the diameter of the wires that con- duct 1t and the time of immersion. All this is worked out mathematically to the minutest fraction and the machine does the rest.
 It is used for restoring worn or broken parts of delicate motors, most of which are difficult to replace. When M. Babin saw it there were lying on the table beside it parts 1t had just repaired that would have cost $6,0OO and much time to replace. In the previous week 1t had turned out 300 pieces, all of great importance, for nothing less is cOnfided to 1t.
The Press., 1918-08-01
Siam Studies Philippine Health.

The Philippine model sanitary house which has aroused so much interest not only among FilipinOs but also among residents of neighbOring countries, has been adopted by Siam, and contractors located at Bangkok, having secured in StructiOns from the Philippine health service, have begun the construction of a number there. The Siamese. are keenly alive to the importance of pro- mOting public health, and inasmneh as the health problems of Siam are very similar to those of the Philippines Ow- ing to climate and products, delega- tiOns of SiAmese have arrived from time to time in Manila for the purpose of studying Philippine methods, one of them last year, being headed by his Royal Highness Prince Rangsit, broth CT of the king of Siam.
The Press., 1918-08-01
Take Care of the Dishes.

Don't smash crOckery; the govern ment is cutting down on the manufac- ture of ten principal clay products from 15 to to as high as 50 per cent. The manufacturing program of this industry was ordered rearranged and divided, placing it on the basis of war industry.
 Besides crOckery, this includes face brick, common and paving brick, terra cOtta, roofing tile, floor and wall tile and sanitary ware which were cur tailed 30 per cent; hollow tile, sewer pipe and drain tile 25 per cent, and stOneware, with the exception of chem ical stOneware, 15 per cent. Another order curtails the output of enamel ware 30 per cent.
 This action Is declared to be the fore runner of similar curtailment of prac- tically every industry considered not vital. Parts of the plants affected will be converted for war industries, and men. materials and transportation will be made available for war production
The Press., 1918-08-01
Use spIInts Of Wire Netting.

A new kind of surgical splint in which galvanized wire netting takes he place of wood, has been put on the market, says the Popular Science Monthly. It has been tried and offers many advantages. The steel entering Into the construction of this woven wire splint Is so tempered that it can be mOlded by hand. Being galvanized, the wire Is steriliZed and at the Same time welded into a single piece that can not fray out at loose ends. AS the splint is porous, it allows a certain amount of evaporation and air circula- ton to the dressing beneath, which wood or plaster does not. The splint comes rolled like 8 bandage and is lighter and less bulky than wooden Splints.
The Press., 1918-08-01
And Spain, Tool

Although neutral Spain may not be In the war, the Spanlards are certainly In 1t. The French have been perfectly we'll aware that hundreds of Span lards joined the Foreign Legion, at the beginning of the war; so that Paris was not taken the least by surprise when 300 Spanish soldiers paraded In French uniform to receive decorations for valOr. The Spanish colony patri- oticalIy welcomed them with fiery speeches, while the French loaded them with medals. Three received the re- ward of the Legion of Honor, and scores the Croix Militaire and the CrOix de Guerre. Since, from a strict ly legal point of view, the Spanish legionaries have imperiled their na- lions neutrality, 1t will be interesting to know what Berlin will have to say about 1t; or rather about the 56 sink lngs of Spanish ships and the 58 pro- tests made by Spain, which friendly
 Germany has consistently ignored.- Christian Science Monitor.