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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
HUNS PICKED TROOPS
OULDSTOP FRENCH
Germans Making Desperate Stand
North of SCISSORS; Allies Take
Five More Towns.
rcss 10 Every Evening

By Associated Press 70 Every ESenlng
With the American Army in France,
Thursday. Aug. 29s-~The Germans are
making d supreme effort to maintain their
positions on the plateau north Of scissors
They arc throwing fresh troops against
both the French and Americans and are
disputng the ground loot by foot
After the unsuccessful enemy attempts
n few davs ago 10 retake the heights
west of the ~olssons-C oHcy-c-C Chateau
road. known as the Orue de Montecouva,
prisoners taken by one French division
included men from three different divl-
sions OF infantry and two battall0ns Of
crack mountain troops.
The loss OF this height and a further
advance made 1t all the more necessary
for the Germans 10 prevent the Allies
from gaining ground on the plateau IN the
region of JuvIgny, where are the last
heights defending the valley Of the Ailette
where it runs eastward before turning
southwark again toward the Chemin des
Danes The enemy has reinforced his
line there with some OF his best divisions
of shock troops.
The rench thriyrdl m met with greater
PERSISTENCE today aong thae lire r tte
Somme and the Canal du Nord. The
German opposition was particularly stout
IN the region OF Nesles, where 1t was
necessary 10 have artillery to redu
some positions Tonight, the villages
of Rouy-le-Grand and Rouy-le-Petit,
east of Nesles, are in the hands OF the
French while south along the canal,
they have Bruci, Moyencourt, and
La Panneterie. North of Nesles. where
General Humbcrt's troops also are ap-
preaching the Sommc the Germans
launched counter attack against Nor
chain without success. The Germans
appear to be strongly reinforced by ar
tiIlery along the Canal du Nord where
their resistance Is stiffenng
After the capture OF Novon. French
troops advanced eastward 10 the southern
slopes of Mont St Simeon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
LONDON POLICE ON STRIKE
Metropolitan Officers Demand
More Pay and Recognition
of Their Union
nv Associated Press to Every Evening

ny Associated Press to Every Evening
London, Aug 80 The metropolitan
police arc ON strike The call was
issued AT midnight and II IS snid that men
nj every station except four refused 10
go on duty The strike effects only
some section of the city.
The city of London police, who number
500, are not affected The metropolitan
force has b-stuernssO00 and 5000 Members
light thousand of them have gone TO war.
The metropolitan police demand IN
creased wages. recognition of their union
and the reinstatement of discharged
man who was active IL the policemen >
union
Before cyclists went about the city
spreading the strike order, the Central
News announced that il was understood
the men would get u bonus of eight shili-
lngs weekly and that the percentage
bonus demanded would be considered
by the authorities.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
HUN U-BOAT OUTRAC rs
STIR SPANISH PEOPLE
Kaiser's Friend" in Cabinet Tell
Indignant Populace to be Calm;
Ministry Meets Today.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associate ed Press to Every Evening
Madrid Aug 80 The cabinet council
will meet at ) O'Clock this afternoon.
According to the official explanation, the
meeting will be held to discuss economic
problems and the budget. but it is the
general belief that other important ques-
tons will he brought forward Public
opinion displays symptoms of considerable
excitement over the international situa-
ton.
Count Romanones, minister OF justice,
declared there was no occasion for alarm.
Other ministers are making great efforts
to tranquilizc the populace Some of
them declare parliament will meet shortly
to deal with current question. While
Count Romanones Is taking steps to modify
or even suppress, the censorship, which
now is regarded as very severe
Diplomatic relations between SPAN
and Germany have been strained for the
past few weeks over the sinking of Spanish
ships by German submarines. Ii IS
probable other important questions re-
ferred to in the above dispatch IS the
failure of Germany to reply to Spain $
recent proposal 10 take over German ships
now interned in Spanish ports.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
BOL SHEVIKI ROUTED.
Retreat in Face of Attack by Gen.
Seminoff's Forces Advancing
to Chita.

Hardin, via Picking Tuesday, Aug. y
Gen. Semonotf the anti-Bolshevik leader
continues his advance toward Chita and
has captured DaRila station and karanor
siding. The Bolsheviki have retired to
Sokatu siding.
General Seminoff's S cavalry is engaged
with the Bolshevik rear guard five yersts
west of Karanor The enemy main
force is concentrating at Borsa station.
Borsa is bout so miles north of the
Manchurian border in Siberia Ii is
.I75 miles southeast of Chita, the Bolshevik
base in this region.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
BOYS LEG BROKEN

Dover, Aug. 30-Edward Houston,
son of former Representative John NJ
Houston of this town, while runnig
across the street in front of his father 5
store, this morning. was run over by an
automobile and one OF MS legs was broken.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
Two Aviators Dive to Death.
Associated Press 70 Every Evening

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Pensacola, Fla, Aug. 30-Two naval
aviators were killed and third sustained
minor injuries when their machine made
nose dive into the bay here last night.
The dead arc James Lloyd Churchill,
Syracuse, n. T.. and Dewitt Clifford
Wilcox, Newton Center, Mass.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
Reeder Hearing Postponed

Magistrate Broman, Yesterday after
Of Cecil Reeder. supervisor Of bridges,
charged with embezzling money from
William Weldin. 8 bridge laborer by
means Of pay checks. No time for the
the hearing was fixed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
Woman yagrant Gets 10 Days.

Ella Mills, woman Of middle age,
whose face has been familiar one in the
beart of the city during the past week
or so, was gwen ten DAYS in the work
house today in City Court on the charge
Of yagTancy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
HAIC TROLLING UP" HUNS
RETREATINC LINES ON
ENTIRE PICARDY FRONT

British Armies Crash Clear Through Hndenburg Lines;
BuI|ecomt acknowledgement and Reucourl
Fall to Allies in WhirIwind Dasb CombIes Also Taken
After Terrific Fighting; British Troops Push Forward
1000 Yards on Wide Front
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30
Amusements Tonight

Oues,n The Great Loves
Majestic Green Eyes.
Victcria-" lbs Luxe Annie
Savoy-''The Power and the Glory.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30

Particular people choose Clover Dairy
Milk.--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-30

feeling OF security goes with Clover
Dairy milk.-Adv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Three New Applications

In spite of Che influenza epidemic and
the effect it has had on the motion
picture industry, the organization work
of the National Association Of the Mo-
ton Picture Industry goes steadily on.
The serious problems created by the
epidemic have served to bring to the
attention of those companies not affili-
ated with the association the impor-
lance of the work which it is doing for
the benefit of the entire industry, with
the result that three new applications
for membership have been received and
several other companies have the cues
ton under serious consideration. 1t is
expected that their applications will be
received in the near and immediate
future.
The three new applications are the
Triangle Film Corporation, applying
for membership in the producers divis-
ion; the Mutual Film Corporation and
the Triangle Distributing Corporation,
in the distributors division.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Parma" in the Films

Dr. 5. Simons, of Newark, has been
authorized by DR.. Max Nordau tc
translate into English his volume OF
novels, titled "Seenlenanalysen," and
10 transfer 10 the film his story OF
Parma" Dr.. Nordau, who is author
OF "Paradoxes," and who is now re.
siding at Madrid, wrote Dr. Simons re-
Gently with regard to this work. DR.
Slmons and Dr. Nordau, the celebrate
author, have been on very close re-
!ations because of their mutual in
terest IN Zionism. 1t is not unlikely
'nat DIR. simons will be given the
authority to translate into English
many other Nordau works.
81 thank you very cordially for your
very kind letter of June 4th and the
amlabie Intentions expressed therein.
authorize YOU with great pleasure to
translate into English, and to publish
IN that form, my volume of novels,
utied "Seelenanalysen" and to trans
Ter to the film the story Parma"
In Parma" Dr. Nordau, who was al
way fighter against Hapsburg abso-
iutsm, tells the pathetic story of q
young couple OF the soil, whose idyllic
IKE was destroyed at q mere whim of
hungarian noble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
A Concomitapt Phenomenon

An official statement issued in Metz
informs the people Of that city tina,
the bombardment Of the place bv
American lons-range guns is merely
"a concomitant phenomenon"
The idca was put up to Rastus. the
bootbiack. who did q double shuttle
IN honor of the boys. but he wanted
to know what the word "merclyo was
doing with the other two. 1t struck
him the Americans must have old
Metz in an awful fix when they can
do that to il.
"Concomitant phenomenon ought to
be delicious morsel in Boston, Green
wch Village, New Rochelle and Indi-
ana where literary culture is farmed
lntenslvely. but in the rest Of the
country it sounds & lot like swear
ing. indeed, it sounds to the average
American like swearing when ex-
pressed in :German. Here's the WAY
the English German dictionary ono VIC
lation of the espionage set intended J
puts it:
"Concomitant--Beg leitend, mitwirk
end. damit verbunden."
We did not raise or train our boys
to do "a concomitant phenomenon, "
but it's remarkable how readily they
have picked it up. Now if they could
only get at Potsdam with a parallelo-
piped and Berlin with hypochon
driac. we might expect the war to be
over in short time thereafter.
SO fer as we know "concomitant
phenomenon" is not mentioned in the
laws of war Of Christian nations. hence
the people of Metz cannot appeal to
those laws in protest against the use
Of this new and strange device. Min
neapolis Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
A Dean of Directors

Within little less than one year
J. Gordon Edwards. director general
Of the Fox Film Corporation, staged
two great film spectacles-"C Cleopatra"
and "Salome with Theda Bara play
ing the title role in both.
For months before the actual start
Of the filming of "Sa,ome" Director
Edwards spent ali OF his leisure time
looking up historical data for the great
ensemble scenes and the dramatic in
cldents IS embodied in the finished
rho-oplay 1t is hard mental work
vsualizing the sequences of scenes
ana the task becomes greater when the
ectual scene is ready for the camera.
Handling the great mob scenes is ono
of the most difficult tasks that con-
front any director. but to Director
Edwards it was comparatively easy
his army training standing him in good
stead. Seated on a horse, Mr.. Ed
wards would give his orders to his
many lieutenants after he had map
ped out the days work, and never n
detail would he forget in the heat of
the big scenes.
Mr.. Edwards has been connected
with William Fox since the great pro-
dueer started in to manufacture film
amusement for the entire world. Be
lore that he was director of Mr.. Fox's
Academy of Music stock company He
has just completed his thirtieth photo
drama, twenty of which were mad.
with Theda Bara as the star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Very Good Eddie

PRISCILLA Dean. Of the Universal
rum Company, has just received q
letter from Eddie Rickenbackcr 4bc
famous American lace" ANNOUNCING
'nao ne Is Paris hospital SUFFERING
with broken eardrums. Rickenbacker
recently figured in dispatches Tho,
told of his having brought down HE
eighth enemy aeroplane.
IL was also reported in the nevc
that he had been disabled. but "details
were lacking.
Inc alrman's letter, which bors
marks showing hit had censored il him
self, reached Miss Dean at the coast
studio over the United States Military
Post express.
1t was as follows:
Hello, my California Sunshine.
Tour letter and photographs re-
ceived. Gee! I'd give some years of
my life for just one week in dear Cali.
1crn'a--but no-I must stay to the
flnish, for there is lot to be done.
Have been in Paris hospital with
broken eerdrums, which have given
me some trouble. Will probably be in
for few weeks more. Gee, wish
you were here to nurse me wee bit.
Hello ii mother and all the bows
ana girls. Write when convenient
"As ever,
Rick of Old"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Beauty in Bohemia

dredth time Mt Miss Marsh's likeness tn
our adored Billie Burke. when Miss
hoos took up the cudgels for Miss
Marsh--and yet they soy women mr..
jealous!
Miss Loos's dissertation on beauty
was not IN uninterrupted one. The
hrst interruption came in the form Of
anchovy toast. This was consumed in
silence and it was not until after il
was gone that Miss Marsh said: "You
mustn't say things like that to me- What
every one says is true. I'm not a bit of
beauty and no one knows it better
than l. There are two beauties in our
1am'iy, but neither of them is named
Mae.
oh, | know just how I look! You
Know l am an incipient sculptress and
one day sat in front of mirror and
took piece of clay and sculncd NV
own face
here the roast ham with tandied
sweets came on and nobody talked for
a"h'ie, but while we were waiting for
the fruit salad and we discussed films
ana MIN stars. Only persunctorily. OF
course for uppermost in the mind Of
each was that salad de cell.
We must admit that Miss Marsh has
mueh better taste than Miss Loos. be-
cause Miss Marsh agreed with us in
everything and Miss Loos hardly at all:
ana because we like Miss Loos' pictures
s" much we had fancied that We shou,a
De very much en- rapport.
VI course, we all agreed that Mary
iickiord did not owe her popularity to
the tact that she wore curls and had
olg blue eyes; that any comedian who
could attach pair Of shoes Ike
onaries Chaplin's could not command q
naii mllllon year and that William s.
harts bid for fame had not been made
'nrough his ability to shoot STRAIGHT
But after that Miss Loos d;trered
from US in all of our opinions and wa
should have felt quite crushed only We
mad Miss Marsh to back us up.
and finally, we said, land now there
is Mae Marsh. What do YOU think of
her" But before our question could
De answered the waitress asked an i'm.
por'ant one, which seemed perfectly
SAFE topic of conversation. What shr
SAID was "Nesselrode pudding or numn.
NH PIE = Here Miss Marsh deserted
US. She went over to Miss Loos and
ofrered pumpkin pie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
unless they can gain something by so

unless they can gain something by so
doing.
Now the Marques de Comillas may
know no hing about the activities of
his agent at Las Palmas, but, however
this may be, there seems to be album
dant evidence to show that such activi-
ties would certainly not be deplorcd by
him. He has never, it appears, made
any secret of his strong pro- German
sympathies. And it is to this man that
d stone monument is to be erected at
the end of the jetty ut Cadiz, aud Il
great "homenaie" is to be extended.
The project is already we'll under
way. Launched by the Consul General
Of Columbia in Andalusia, describing
himself ns "a bird of passage through
the sphere of SPAIN" the inaugural
meeting was held. amidst scenes Of
great enthusiasm, under the chairman
snip OF the Alcalde of Cadiz. The com
mlttecs of propaganda are Mt work;
the press has given its full assistance:
the Banco dc Espnna is receiving de-
posts; the committees are preparing
TO approach The King and the ptesi-
dents OF the South American republics
and Senior Dato's newspaper has given
the whole movement its uneuuivocal
blessing.
AS has been said. however. perhaps
too much significance need not he at
tached to the matter. A Spanish elcc-
ton. a Spanish political crisis. Span
Ish "homenaje," are all one. They are.
par excellence, "atfairs in Spain -
Christian Science Monitor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

spoken drama just because their ears
are sensitive. Many American actors
and actresses are like children
should be seen and not heard"
"But what do you mean by saying
that the public selects the authors and
the line of work for each particular
starr Can't an actor be the master of
his fate or the captain of his soul If
he wishes to be-"
"He may think he is" said Mr.. Gold
fish. But the moment he thinks it too
strongly the public promptly puts him
in his place. Let comedian take it
into his head that he wants to dc
serious parts and he will soon be on
the rocks. 1t is the public that de-
cides. And il has ruthless, positive
way OF enforcing its decisions"
'The difficulty is." we suggested. "to
find out what its decisions are"
mot at all,' said Mr.. Goldfish
! calmly.
"Not difficult? Then why aren't
there more successful showmen ?" we
| asked, with the air of one who has
just sprung a poser.
Because most of them try to impose
their own tastes On the public, and the
public resents it. There is q terrible
lot OF hocus pocus talked and written
| about the show business. II is mat
ter Of plain common sense, calculation
and observation"
docs that mean you think anybody
can go to work producing pictures OF
plays and wait for the public to show
him how to DO it," It sounded SO easy.
"Nc, Of course not It requires E
certain peculiar quality Of imsgina-
ton, though the most important thing
is 80 be decently humble, TO approach
the Job without an attitude Of superi-
GRITTY. There are producers, for in
stance, who have had the luck 20 pro
duce one picture which the public liked
They Immediately began to think they
we're a combination OF Barnum and
George Conan and Charles Frohman
and il was up Co them To teach the
public"
Nov, if you ever see me trying TO
convince Mabel Norfnsnd and her pub
lie that she is not comedienne-and
am sure she is the greatest come
dienne on either the screen or the
stage to-day, that she will be as great
some day not very far off as Chaplin
If l ever lose sight of that fact and
try to convince the public tina. she is
& Margaret Anglin, you may sit right
down and write my obituary Or if
ever cast Madge Kennedy for YAM
pire! OF course, these are extreme
instances of imaginary foolishness.
And yet / have seen things done on
the screen only slightly less foolish"
For instance ?" We said, wishing TO
get away from generalities and hear
some real gossip.
But Mr.. Goldfish shook his head and
hurried away to talk to Los Angeles
on the telephone. II. U.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
To Autograph Liberty Bonds

The y-another-bond movement was
given big impetus last weeS, when
three members of the big Four" Of
screendom, Douglas Fairbanks. Mary
Pickford and William s. Hart. started
under full steam movement which is
expected to add millions of dollars in
subscriptions TO the fourth Liberty
loan through the medium of last min
ute purchases Of "just one more bond"
by motion picture fans who will match
the purchases Of their fsvorite stars.
Each OF the Famous Players Lasky Coz
payment coupon books for the fourth
Liberty Loan. Douglas Fairbanks &C
quired Book No. 36,A74. valued at 500,
promising 20 pay for the bond in
twenty-three weekly instslments. Mary
Pickford announced that she had pur-
chased two $50 books, Nos. 972, 4S5 and
1888, on the same plan. while Will
lam S. Hart purchased a 500 hook, No.
1s1,72l, of Violet Leroy ut the Hotel
Aston
AS further incentive to their fan
friends to match them in this unique
game the stars have promised to auto
graph all the coupon books purchased
in response to their appeal on the first
visit they pay New York after the close
Of the Liberty Loan campaign. Match
ing the Liberty bond purchases of the
three stars, therefore, is expected TO
be the popular pastime of movie fans
throughout the country during the last
few hours of the drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Bv Harriette Underhill

~Jsn't IL funny, thing doesn't have
a. he true at all to have every one be-
,;eve e, II one person says something
.,1 some one else repeats it, all of n
.,dden every one thinks it is true.
aNow look at Mae Marsh We looked
- her. "A long time ago, when Mac
erst went ON the screen. some one said
nat she had great talent but no
,ooutv and people have been repeating
e and believing it ever since. And yet,
-. looks as much like Billie Burke as
ors nerson can look like another and
Miss Burke is famed as beauty.
.she is one too. and so is Mae. Why,
,ook at her lovely chestnut hair and
her big. blue eyes and her pink and
white skin.
ayes. and her freckles and turned-up
nose and everything" interrupted Miss
Marsh.
The first speaker was Anita Loos. the
little girl who writes scenarios that are
funnier than any other scenarios.
Miss Marsh had invited US to dinner
with Anita Loos and "a certain party
and had promised US surprise of "A
culinary nature.
Now. we should like to tell all about
that dinner and where it was held, be-
cause it was the most wonderful dinner
we ever ate; but in writing a story, one
must carefully avoid using names I'M
less it is $4,000 900 concern which
couldn't be suspected Of needing the ad.
vertsement
The tables, in this particular restaur-
ant. were painted blue or green and
had red legs. The draperies were
Oriental, and in the windows hung glass
oblongs, strung together so that they
tinked melodiously with each passing
breeze.
At our right sat Miss Marsh. She
wore blue frock, with Il turnover col
lar and little blue hat. We couldn't
help thinking that she looked about
twelve years old. Miss Loos sat at the
end of the table. She looks about six
teen, and it seems so discouraging
when one reflects that these children
are making as much in month as a
good, hardworking newspaper person
can make in year. 1T almost makes
one adopt socialism, il socialism is
what we think it is
We had just exclaimed for the hun