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New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
129 Stricken bv
Mysterious Cas
Workers in Loft Building
Made Ill and Army Off,
GERS Investigate

Army intelligence officers. the Health
department and the New York police
are investigating the illness Of 129 men
and women who work in the twelve
story loft building at 115 West
Thlrtietk Street. where two uniform
manufacturers are working on orders
ior the Cnlted States government. The
illness OF the employees is said to have
been caused by fumes of mysterious
origin. One of those stricken is in
Bellevue Hospital under observation.
On Tuesday afternoon load of two
hundred bolts of olive drab cloth was
delivered to the Progressive Uniform
Company. which occupies the ninth
tloor of the building. The goods came
from sponging establishment on Sixth
Avenue. John Ford and William Nc
Alllstcr, who carted the stuff up on the
freight elevator, were taken i'll late that
afternoon and had to go home
Added mystery i&given the situation
by the TACT that The fumes manifested
thelr effect only on the floors above
that occupied by the uniform company
Where the wool was stored. Late Tues
gay afternoon employees on the three
noors above complained of pans in the
chest; "A peculiar metallic taste in the
mouth and burning in the back of the
throat, Some of them were seized with
violent attacks Of coughing.
But 1T was not until yesterday that
any serious complaints came. About 2
O'Clock in the afternoon twenty-four
girls who work in the shop of Law
renee, FREEMAN e. Schulhoff. shirt
makers, on the tenth floor of the build
ing, were taken i'll. On the floor above.
whore Levine & Ginsburg manufactures
ladies' dresses, thirty operators, men
and women, had to quit work. On the
twelfth floor. occupied by FREEMAN &
Rosen, seventy-ive of the two hundred
employees were unable to continue at
work, and the shop was closed for the
day at i o'clock
At about 3 o'clock call was sent
to the police station across the street.
Patrolman John Fleming, who was sent
over. turned in call for an ambu-
lance. which came to the building from
the New York Hospital On it was
DR.. Weintrob, of the hospital staff,
who attended some of those who
were ILL.,
Shortly after this. DR.. II. J. Blu
an inspector for the Board
of Health, hurried to the building in
response to call to his department.
He had been on the twelfth floor but
a short time, when he complained that
he, too, felt ill.
Neither Dr. Weintrob nor DR.. Blu
mensohn were able to determine the
nature of the fumes. which had
peculiar. faint and scarcely discern
able odor.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
U-Boats Get Is British Ships in Week

o4>DoN feb 20Brish merchantmen bv mine or ub-
the last week numbered fifteen according to the Admiralty
sueo Tonight Of these twelve Of 1000 tons or
~ "'"sN' N"e 'islhg cra1t was also
noss ] snow drop in the German effective
os' shght one In the preceding durnp which tho
record was the highest January nnotonn p;t % 'e
@ were sent TO the BOTTOM thirteen them above 600 tone a
Ihe arrivals at ports in the United KINGDOM for th , -
oered 1922 salings, 1898 Eight vessels - m @ WEES num-
attacked. 'N''e'a we're unsuccessfully
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
German H,uasion
Ut Russia Unchecked:
Reval Now Menaced

LONDON. Feb. 20. - The Cerna,
drive into Russia continues nncboc,,o,
l" aoo'e'on to the movement of the
armies operating at Dvinsk and f,o,,
Novel, already reported, General Hoa-
mann has flung force across tho o.,+
cih coastal waters of the Gulf Of Pioa
INTO Esthonia, according to an of;o;.l
statement issued at Berlin tonight.
GERMAN troops have already nassad
through the Esthonian town of Verde,
on the coast of Bol Sound. and on,,
about slXty-iive miles south of Ps,.a'
'he chlet Russian naval base n, tb.
southern shore OF the Gulf If Finland
l. is clear that the Germans have es-
'aDNshed communication between Moon
and Oesel islands, from which tho po,
sheVlk forces were ousted in the ,ast
campaign, and the Esthonian mainland
Scandinavian dispatches say the Ger
man plan is to seize all of Estbon,s
and Llvonla, simultaneously extend;no
thelr naval operations to the Finnisn
coast.
Advance From Dvinsk
North OF the Dvinsk region the Ger
mans have advanced more than twelve
miles since yesterday along both sides
OF the Riga-petrograd railway. Boil
shevik forces seem to have made some
attempt at resistance at Inzeen. north
OF the railway bat this was soon ove,.-
come From the great Fortress of
DvInsk itself Hoffmann's battalions.
among which are many cavalry units.
pressed north apd northeast. '''''
All along the vast stretch from,
Dvlnsk southwark to Lutsk, which lies
near the Galician border. Teuton com
mands took up the march and met with
comparatively no opposition. Lutsk has
ALREADY been left in the rear and the
Germans are nearing Rovno, one of
the triangle of fortresses from w,;ch
General Brusiloff thrust his orea+ of-
fensive Of 1916
900 Prisoners Taken
In all these widespread operations
the Germans took about $500 prisoners
which indicates that the Russian front
mas been practically stripped bare OF
troops by the Bolsheviki. Bootv
amounting to several hundred guns and
large quantity of narrow gauge roll
ing stock is reported
At the same time Austro- Hungarian
forces are moving forward. but the
Vienna official statements are careful
e point out that their mission is mere
~ that OF occupying Austrian TERRITORY
evacuated by the Russians Territory
IN the eastern corner of Transvlvsnia
gwen up by The Russians last week.
nos n"w mean takan ovsr hy Zoe AuS-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
Big Guns Foil
German Attack
On u. S. Trenches
Enemy Is Discovered in No
Mans Land and Driven
Back With Losses
fBy The Associated Pressl

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 2O.-The Germans again
attempted raid against the American
lines last night. but the raiders were
discovered. and the artillery, respond
Ing to the rocket signals, laid down a
heavy Darrage almost instantly.
The Germans path back to their line
was marked by red lines.
During the night a machine gun
bullet killed an American private.
Enemy planes flew over the entire
position repeatedly to-day. One Ameri-
can machine, in dash over an enemy
trench. sprayed it with machine gun
bullets.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
More Shipping
Now Available
For the Allies
Low Mark Was Passed
February |, Experts in
Washington Declare

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Oversees
snip tonnage available to America and
the Allies passed its low point about
february /, several weeks earlier than
shipping experts had predicted.
Officials believe the upward curve
will continue until the war is ended.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
Peace in East Must
Have dish Approval,
Says Great Britain

LONDON. Feb. 2O.--The British
government has instructed its agent
at klev to make the declaration that
Great Britain will not recognize anv
peace in the East which involves po-
land without previous consultation
with Poland
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
ants
loHelp Wilson
In Peace Plan
He Offers to Go Abroad and
Urge German Labor to
Overthrow Kaiser

Morris Hillquit, defeated candidate
for Mayor of New York. last night
offered his services to the United States
government to go TO the neutral coun-
tries surrounding the Central Powers
IN an effort to work with Teuton work
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21
German Army lnvades Baltic
Lands; Trotzky Denounced
By kuehlmann in Reichstaq
Austrian Socialists Demand Peace;
Germans Plan Munitions Strike
LBy The United Pressl

THE HAGUE, Feb 20 The Socialists
the Austrian Parliament asking to
President Wilson's and begin negotiations
possible according Vienna TODAY
LONDON, Feb. 20The German Independent Socialists are
munitions factories of
the empire
from Berlin and forwarded by the Amsterdam the
Exchange Telegraph Company.
LONDON Feb 20The that Trotzsy the Boshevik
Foreign Minister wir ess message German oera
Chancellor Count Hertz ing accepting peace terms Of the
Central Powers has caused Berlin accono
Exchange Telegraph dsp Amsterdam
Chancellor Hering expected make statement in tho
Rechstag tomorrow bearing reply
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21

VENUS pENCiLS--For cNactlng difficult work
VENUS PERI ECT pencils rcccssi'y.
e.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-21

White Sulphur Springs. w. Va.
nc Grcenhrier. Open ali the Nea- Wonderful
'rative waters Ideal Lime for the curc-Advt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
THE AGAWAM.

The Agawam, launched Mt Newark
BAY Yesterday, is perhaps the best H.
lustration Of industrial coordination
that America in war has yet seen This
standardized fabricated ship, built under
the direction OF the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, is not ut all the product
Of single shipyard, but the assembled
work Of nearly three hundred plants
scattered all over the | nltcd States Each
steel mill. foundry and shop did its bit
and sent the result to the shlpway At
Newark Bay, where those tireless final
Ordlnators-cOmmonly known as nvet
crs. heaters and holders on-took hold of
the contribut metals, like boys with
ugsaw puzzle. and put them together
Ia make a vessel 343 feet long with dead
weight carving capacity of $500 tons
That such a composite marvel could
he turned out in a year IS perhaps due
10 the fact that the Submarine Boat
Corporation, which has the yards NJ
Newark Bav, had early experience III
fabricated construction, having built
hundreds 81 submarine chasers for the
British government This has given to II
some advantage over the other yards
where ships Of the fabricated type are
being put together although OF course the
tools and patterns lhat naQ bcen llsed IN
making the parts OF the submarine chascrs
were OF no avail for the American ships
There was, however, i general plan ty
which the shipyard was allie TO reach out
and find the materials, the fabricators
and the tools necessary for the standardz-
cd ships of which the Agawam is the first
but not the largest
One Agawam does not make q fleet
but She is comforting evidence Of the
possibility OF rapidly producing assembled
ships The sisters 81 the Agawam ought 70
come faster and faster from the ways now,
for they will be rs alike rs peas yes n
Ford cars She is comforting evidence Of
system IN government smpbmldlng.
factor which seemed sadly missing until
recently: evidence too OF STANDARDIZED
ton. which was one OF he great needs
in our mechanical industries Money.
materials and men We had always, but
they did not work together to the best
end Now We have system and standard
ization the savers OF that most important
factor IN the war time There Is some
thing else that has come 10 the American
shipyards in the last few weeks. Call 1t
spirit. or Schwab. or what YOU will, It is
putting ships III the water New York
SIM
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
PRESS COMMENT
WHY TEACH GERMAN?

Before the war il was possible To urge
the teaching of the German language ms
cultural study. Since the war kultur has
gained such odum that the cultural
argument has not merely ceased to
force. The thoughts unfit to be thought
even by adult thinkers are surely unit TO
be printed or to bc taught to youthful
minds in a formative stage That culture
is worse than useless which is acquired at
the cost of character and morality. Al
ready there ia complaint that our schools
are deficient I'm teaching that first quality
OF citizenship, DR. Parkhursts last ser
mon ill the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church this week lamented that our
public schools teach their pupils Ito he
keen, and qualify them to plot mischief, to
break the laws without detection, to set
loose restless ideas, and To talk revolution.
The teaching of German Kultur is no
antidote To that tendency toward Boil
shcvisn And the teaching of German
gives nothing which cannot Toe got as we'll
in other languages equally cultural and OF
greater utility in the conditions OF tins
continent
Our situation is not like that of the
countries which are neighbors of Ger
many. 4 few hours put the Traveller
In Europe into Germany from almost
all countries near Mitteleuropa, and
carry the Germans into those countries
Where there is such an interchange of
citizens there is similar interchange of
trade, and German language Is among the
near necessities The same ~ true of all
the European languages, and il Is true of
any of them here in far less degree. We
are fortunate enough not to be neighbors
of Germany We can do all the trade
we are likely To do with Germany without
the use of German. Let the Germans learn
our language If they want 10 trade with
those who will prefer to trade with others
than Germans
Our continental conditions point tn
instruction in a language with peoples
more compatible with our culture and
our trade Spanish is n better Pan
American language than German, and the
better we speak it the better friends we
shall be with those with whom IT is to
our advantage to be friendly, because we
and they are opposed TO Germany as
common enemy, if there were no other
reasons New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01

DANIELS YINDICATION.

In commencement day address al
Brown University, Senator Lodge said
Have you heard Of any invest cations
or criticisms Of our navy ! have heard
none. and am fairly familiar with il Is q
member Of the naval affairs committee
The navy has done extremely we'll Secre-
tary Daniels has made no statements to
the public Of what he hoped TO do He
has not said IN 1917 what he IS going TO do
in 1918 All he says is what has beer.
accomplished. He has serong men as his
bureau heads He deserves credl, for hay-
ing selected them.
This is fine, generous tribute TO Secre-
tary Daniels, who for years was the most
abused and most ridiculed member Of the
Cabinet There was time not SO long ago
that The World was almost the only
important newspaper in the Fast that gave
the secretary any support or encourage
ment in carrying out the policies which
the war has SO brilliantly indicated
AS Senator Lodge SAYS, nobody now
criticises the navy. Its efficiency IS every
where recognized There are no more
silly, hysterical demands for Mr. Daniels
resignation The "misfit" has proved
himself TO be one Of the greatest Secre-
taries Of the Navy that the country ever
had New York World
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
JUST FOLKS
A GOLFERS WISH.

| have no wish 10 dress in silk,
| do not care 10 wear n crown,
| do not yearn to battle in milk,
Or champagne wash my dinner down.
! have no great desire 10 be
A man of much importance, hero,
And have the public welcome me
With bands Of brass when | appear.
And should fairy kind and good
Grant me one favor. without price,
I'd make this golfers prayer, ] would:
ooh kindly rid me Of my slcef
] am not one intent on fame
| do not care to lead the throne,
Though strangers never hear my name,
Contendcdly I'll plod along
Enough to eat, enougl TO wear,
And strength to do my daily task,
With now and then n chance To fare
On pleasures WAYS, is all ! ask.
But should a fairy COME TO me
And saw "Whnt JOY will you snfficel
I'll grant one wish What shall IL beY'
Id answer rid me Of my sicef
You that have never swung club
And drawn its fnce across the ball
And muttered to yourself: You duh
As, in curve YOU watched II fall,
May never guess tho rage that lies
Within that shortened are Of flight,
Not how men curse the ball that flies
With loss Of distance 10 the right;
But every golfing fiend will know
Why gold and fame I'd sacrifice
If but some fairy. good, would show
Me how To drive without n slicel
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
Senatorial Aspirants.

There are reports Of activity among
Republicans Of Delaware in respect OF
the nomination for United States Senator
this wear. Despite the disastrous fate Of
Senator du Pont, who was 50 overw helm
ingly defeated by Senator Wolcott. two
wears ago > result accomplished largely
by Republican opposition there are
Republicans here who believe il would be
good thing to secure the party nomina
ton for Senator
Among the names mentioned" are,
first Of all, ex-senator L Hesler Ball,
who. in company with Frank Alice,
enjoyed the honor OF being Senator
from Delaware for a brief period by the
grace of ] Edward Addicks who con-
sented 10 their election when he learned
he could not secure election himself
And again comes mention Of the name Of
Ruby r. Vale Of Milford and Phil
adclphia
It is not assured, however, that a
nomination for United States Senator
by the Republican party-or by either
of It's factions will bc a valuable political
asset in this year of grace in Delaware,
The Republican party is split wide open.
into two hostile factions. That these
factions will be able TO unite for an ag-
gressive campaign Is very doubtful
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
More German Savagery.

Included among the war reports of
yesterday were stories of the unexampled
barbaritv of the German forces. Raids
by airplancs were made behind the
Allied lines. and not only was there no
discrimination in respect Of the objects
Of attack. but evidences Of what may be
accepted rs deliberate intention TO go
far out OF the way Of the recognized rules
Of warfare in order 10 infiict damage
In these raids villages were bombed,
with the death Of women and children
Hospitals were attacked, and an amhulane
carrying wounded soldicrss was made the
target of deadly bomb.
Never in all the wars Of history was
there known such savaEery. such a
vicious disregard of all the rules of fair
fighting as has been rcsorted to by Ger
many in the cruel war which she forced,
without just cause, upon Europe Ger
man armies first rcsOrted to the use Of
liquid fire and poisonous gases, measures
most repellant Germany INDUCED in q
remorselcSs destruction Of property not
called for by fair fighting German
soldiers poisoned wells and resortcd TO
other measures OF fendish devitry
As a natural result, after the war comes
to an end. Germany will not have the
decent respect Of any other country
Her close ally, Austna-Fiungary and
even the 'unspeakablc Turk Will dcsplse
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
ARE OLDER MEN VALUELESS?

Men between fhe ages of Is and 35
inclusive, will be accepted for the Coast
Guard service as seamen, carpenters
fremen and baymen, according to an
nouncement
When anyone hires carpenter for
private work he is likely to choose Il man
beyond 35 rather than younger man,
estimating years Of experience AS valu-
able part Of an artisan manual equipment
and esteeming seasoned middle age for
judgment and reliability
There are many old salts today, and
many artisans no longer young who are
fit physically and who, if allowed to enlist
for the period of the war in the service
for which they are fitted, would be tiptop
material quickly available 1t will be
found as the war progresses that while the
dashing spirit Of youth, and the physical
suppleness and reslicncy Of the young
man are indispensable in war, there are
many men not under so, we'll developed
by experience and young enough not TO be
spoken Of as well preserved in body, who
are ready to enlist and who would not be
in the way.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01

Dover is very handsome town, a
most desirable place of residence. But
it suffers, summer after summer, from q
plague of mosquitoes. Yet its people
submit to this regularly recurring in
Fiction and refuse, between seasons, to
take measures that would bring relief to
them.
The Dover Index has mistakenly urged
the adoption of anti-mosqmto measures,
but thus far has failed to arouse the people
to the necessity of action. Every sewer
opening, every can, crock or hole IN
which water stands is a breeding place,
it says "A little oil put in places, little
cleaning up and care, and we should rid
ourselves of most of the mosquitoes that
make summer life in Dover SO trying.
But still Dover suffers from the mosqul-
toes, and it IS not alone In this respect.
So do many other towns in Delaware,
delightful places of residence, but cursed
by the mosquito pest every summer.
This situation has endured so long that 1T
seems surprising that remedial measures
were not adopted years ago. Can 1t
be that the people of our many charming
Delaware towns love the pestifcrous
mosquito, and would not be happy with
out the singing evidence of his annual
visits? 1t would seem SO.
Every town in Delaware should engage
earnestly in an anti-mosquito campaign
If they would do this, in few years the
irritating pest would become an unpeas-
ant memory OF the past
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
AhfIENS.

Anuens Amiens! Aniensl hear the
bells
OF your cathedral calling loud ON God
To shield the sacred precincts where
once trod
Peter the Hermit from Apollvon's shells,
From sacrllege too base for infidels,
From beasts whose object Is TO have
then nod
The law from Cork to JIM Novgorod,
Converting Christian homes to servile
hells
Aniens, your builders lived when war
was war,
Amiens. YOU were fortress of the soul
Your trinity OF porches could restore
Peace TO the weary, make poor eripples
whole;
To some your silent majesty meant more
Than right divine" to play Caesar S
role
BY Richard Butler Glaenzer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
Entertained for Son.

On Tuesday evening May 2S, Mr. and
Mrs William A Webb entertained u
number of friends in honor of their
son Ieander r. who is home for few days
from camp Mr. Webb has been stationed
at Kelley Field Texas for the past SIX
months He is now located at Hazelhurst
Field, Long Island
Many useful gifts were received by
HIM among them handsome wrist watch
from his parents and brother; an emblem
of the Odd Fellows from y b Warrington,
smokes from the office force of b. f.
Shaw Company, where he was formerly
employed, and snug purse from other
relatives and friends Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs Williarp A. Webb,
Mr. and Mrs S " Burnite, Mr. and Mrs
William l.. Beck, Mr. and Mrs William
W Webb and son William, Mr. and Mrs
George A. Autumn, MIR and Mrs Cecil
p. Ewing, Mr. and Mrs Earl A. Burnite
Herbert G Davis, Stephen Z Hamilton,
n Is. Warrington, Alvin W Burnite
Willard Fisher, Mrs A. w Cooper, Mrs
Samuel Fisher, and daughter Sarah
Mrs. Sallie Latimer, Jennie LatiIner
Lillian Burnite, Catherine Warrington
j Reese Warrington, Leander Il Webb
Jennie Morrison, and Ruth Perry of Ches
for Pa
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-01
Farewell PARTY.

The p r r. Shop clerks office force
held delightful social and dance on
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs n A Grub, 227 West Fourteenth
street, in honor of Ralph ID. Birmingham,
who leaves the office TO JOIN the L. 5
Navy. MIR Birmingham was presented
with wrist watch The following were
present: Mr. and Mrs w r. Cash,
Mr. and Mrs " 5. Wilkins, MIR and
Mrs. W G. Press, Mr.. and Mrs. n A.
Grubb, Mrs G. William X Bradford,
Mrs Eleanor klndell, Mrs Gertrude
Crooke, Mrs. Myrtle Mendenhall, Misses:
Catherine Durney, Marguerite Mooney,
Helen Whistler, Helen Marshall, Gladys
Marshall, Marie Walsh, Mary Walsh
Grace Paige, Grace Foster Esther Butler,
Margaret Bradford, Nancy Wilkins. Eliz-
abeth Miller, Anna Yost, Emma Pretty
man, Florence Rhodenheisor, Dorothy
Joyce Messrs. W W Rice, H. n.
White, Earl Kaufman, David Grol
Ralph Birmingham, Sigmund Schorr,
George LOOMS Harry Hurd, William
Gross, Francis OConnor, Norman Shtof-
man, Robert Reed, Francis Bradford.