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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
HEAVY PENAL TIES
FOR MEN WHO CARRY
DEADLY WEAPONS
Two Offenders Given a Stern Les
son in the City Court
This Morning.
MUST OBEY THE LAW

Two pistol toters were severely dealt
with by Judge Churchman in the City
Court today.
John F. Nelson, guard Of the sun
Oil Co Of Marcus Hook, Pa, was ar
raigned on two serious charges lie
was accused Of pointing a pistol and carry
ing concealed a deadly weapon Harry
Brown, colored. claimed that While he
was walking along Sixth street near
Spruce. on April 20, he was approached
hv Nelson. who drew pistol and. point
inc il az him threatened to blow out hls
brains. Nelson told the court that the
prosecuting witness had robbed him
ON the charge Of pointing pistol .he
defendant was held for court and on the
other charge he was fined $50.
Charged with larceny and carrying
concealed a deadly weapon, benjamin
Gibson, colored, was also arralgued. lie
was accused of stealing a stlcA-pn from
William Jones, also colorcd When ar
rested he was found To he carrying two
razors On the larceny charge nc was
held for court and on the other charge he
was fined 500.
Lester Carter, colored, was also charged
with carving concealed a deadly weapon,
but he had his case continued until Fri
day
Joseph Papillo charged with vioIating
the State law regulating poolrooms, had
his case continued until Friday. Il is
alleged that the defendant allowed minors
TO play pool in his room
Morris Coleman, q chauffeur for the
Friendship Fire Co. pleaded not guilty
Id violating the traffic rules. Traffic tf-
fcer Jordon told the court that ColeIIraR
refused to obey his signal The defendant
was adiudged guilty, but Judge Church
man suspended sentence.
Victoria Barto accused Andrew J.
Peterson of threatening 10 do her bodily
harm. Judge Churchman ordered the
case continued until tomorrow for IN
vestigatlon
Thomas f. Ryan, charged with wife
beating, had ms case continued until
Friday.
Jennie johnson, colored, for disorderly
conduct. was fined 81.
Giovanni Fiorentlne was charged with
disorderlv conduct ii was alleged that
he used bad language while in Third street
market-house A fine Of 81 was imposed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
ARGENTINE WILL
SOON ENTER WAR
AGAINST KAISER
Berlin Announces That Uruguay
Also Will Officially Declare
War on Germany.
BOTH HAVE BORNE MUCH
ny Associated Press TO Every Evening

~ Associated Press 70 Every Evening
London. April q Uruguay and Ar
gentina are expected - declare ~ar
against Germany IT an early date, ac-
cording to Berlin advices forwarded bv he
Exchange Telegraph correspondent AZ
Amsterdam The German newspapers
have been notified to prepare the pHbic
for this development, he adds
Argentina apparently has been on the
verge of a break IN relations with ter
many over the submarine situation sew
eral times since the publication last sum
mer Of the documents in which Count
Won Luxburg. German diplomatic repre-
sentative at Buenos Aires, advised the
Berlin Foreign Office, among other things,
that q certain Argentine merchant vessel
should be sunk without trace
There has, as a matter Of fact, been
Iittle diplomatic communication between
Buenos Aires and Berlin IN this period as
Count Won Luxburg was handed ms pass
ports and only remained IN Argentina
because his health Was represented 70 be
such as to require him 70 De treated IN q
sanitarium.
Dispatches from Bnenos Aires IN
February indicated a growing tenseness IN
relations and q growing anti-t1erInan
sentiment Since then, demonstrations
have been held in the -Argentlnian capital
IN celebration of the entry Of The mted
States into the war, and the Jruguayan
authorities have made 1t known that
Argentina has agreed to place the Ar
gentine armed forces at Jruguays dls-
posal if Uruguays $ northern provinces
were threatened by i German uprising
IN southern Brazil
lnguay 5 relations with Germany are
known to have been tense for sometime
On April II a AIonteyideo dispatch lndI-
Gated that a Uruguayan mission 20 France
+ had been captured by German sub
/ marine Uruguay. the dispatch stated,
! had asked Berlin through Switzerland, Il
! Germany considered that "a state OF war
j existed with the Iruguayan republic aS
stated by the commander of i submarine
who captured a lruguayan military ms
sion bound for France. Ii the reply
was IN the affirmative 1t was announced,
] Uruguay would declare "A state OF war.
Uruguay definitely broke diplomatic
relations with Germany by act OF Con
gress on October :, following the crisis
over the relations between Argentina anO
Germany brought about by the LuXburg
incident Passports were handed TO the
German minister and the neutrality rule
was waived rs to the Entente Allies. The
attitude of Uruguay towards the United
States as belhgerent had previously
been markedly sympathetic
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
INADEQUATE SEWER
FACILITIES ALONG
DEL LAWARE AVENUE
Great Damage Resulted From
Recent Storms Street Board
Is Told.
TO REMEDY THE DEFECT

Storms OF two weeks ago are causing
d food of complaints 10 come TO the Street
and Sewer Department and al the meeting
OF the directors, today many of these
complaints were received from persons
living on Delaware avenue. stating that
their cellars had been flooded The
directors stated that this matter was
being looked into and will be reInedied with
the widening of the avenue II seems
that the present sewer system Is not
adequate to carry of the water A
communication was received from the
Atlantic Refining Co, telling Of damage
done to It's plant, along the Chrstlana
river, during the recent storms. No
action was taken in the matter, which
has already been referred to City Council,
which body Is to investigate the advlsablIl-
Is Of building banks along the rlver.
Several property owners on Delaware
avenue sent communications to the board
IN reference to shade trees now along that
avenue, which will have to be removed
when the street Is widened. The directors
decided that If people having trees
worthy repl4nting will notify the board.
the city viii stand the expense
The second and final commission of
review for the widening Of Thirtv-third
street from Market To Washington has
been appointed and will hold its first
meeting IN the rooms Of the Street and
Sewer Department tomorrow afternoon
at J o'clock The commission comprises
Robert ID. Kemp, James b Oberly
Philip Burnet, Joseph II. Bartlett and
William G. Taylor.
It was reported at the meeting that I.
contractor doing work on Delaware
avenue had built frame structure in
the street, which is a violation Of the law.
1t was also cited that several other struc-
lures OF the same nature had been con
structed, and it was decided to have all
owners remove these buildings from the
-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
MEXICO MASSES
TROOPS ON BORDER
U. S. Military Officers Concerned
at Menace; German Agents
Hand.
By Associated Press % Every Evening

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening
FL Paso, April 23 4 Mexican Federal
military force OF sufficient size to be
considered by United states military
officers IS menace 10 thc American
border has been concentrated IN the
Ojinaga-Juarez sector Of the international
line
al patrols ana outpost bases have
been reinforced along he American side
OF the border the Big Bend district.
Entertainments have been discovered
on the Mexican side Of the border. 0p-
posite Eabens. Tex Reports from other
parts OF the border opposite the Big Bend
district tell Of eutrenchIng work being
done near the line Natives crossing 10
American towns have reported they
were being armed against a possible in
Vasiou of Mexico by United States troops.
These baSelcsS reports of q possible
American invasion are now believed 70
have been started BY Germans operating
on the Mexican side of the border be
tween Juarez and OInaga. Evidence
that Germans were spreading antl-Amerl-
can propaganda among the ignorant
Mexioans in the Olinaga district have
been received
American arrivals from Chihuahua
brought the information that lnti-Amerl-
can bills were being circulated through
out the mountain districts OF Chihuahua
State urging the AIeNicans TO oppose
any invasion by American troops
These circulars contain a picture ot
Uncle Sam Kicking a poor Mexican peon
with pair of heavy boots The CIR
culars are believed to have been insplred
by Germans, as were anti-American
manUestos circulated in Juarcz recently
Mexican Federal troops have been
detralnlng at various points along the
Mexican Central Railroad south Of Juarez
and on the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orlentt Railroad northeast ol Chihuahua
City during the past two weeks
Three large columns have been known
to have marched into the Opnaga dis
trict recently One 81 these included
100 Naqu: Indians All of these troops
now are opposite the Big Bend district
The announced purpose Of this unusual
troop movement into the OiInAga dis
trict was u prevent Villa : column reach
ing the border at Ojnaga- Villa is
known to be far south Of the border
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
HOLLAND FACES
CRISIS; MAY Be
FORCED INTO WAR
Cabinet Met in Extraordinary Ses-
sion Yesterday, is Suggestive
Flash From The Hague.
OFFENDED BY GERMANY
Transportation of Sand to Huns is
Basis for Threatened Break
Between Nations.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
The Hague, April 23-The Dutch
cabinet met yesterday in extraordinary
session.
The Naderland says an agreement has
been reached regarding one point which
has caused friction between Holland
and Germany, but that the old dispute
concerning the transport of sand and
gravel 10 Germany continues TO he n
stumbling block Germany desires to
resume the practice Of shipping gravel
through Holland but the Dutch govern
mcnt offers objections on tho ground that
new circumstances have arisen.
The British Foreign Office, according
to the London Daily News. has learned
that the relations between Holland and
Germany are very strained. The dispute
about the supply Of gravel from Holland
was said to have been the cause Official
and diplomatic circles in London were
reported TO look upon the situation with
uncasincss Rumors were that something
in the nature Of an ultmatum had been
delivered To Holland by Germany
The Handclsblad of Amsterdam on
Monday expressed the belief that Ger
many would not hesitate 20 use com
municaton through Holland even at the
risk Of war il she believed that by doing
so victory could hc obtained on the
western front.
II was reported recently that Germany
looked with disfavor upon Holland atti-
tude toward the seizure hv the United
States and Great Britain Of Dutch ton
mage in American and British ports.
The London Daily Tclcgraph's cor
respondent at Rotterdam. in his dispatch
stating that a plot IS being hatched IN
Berlin 70 compel Holland % enter the war,
Washington. April q. The dispute
between Germany and Holland over
gravel shipments. dispatches 70 the State
Department today indicate, j. far from
settlement, The controversy IS three
cornered one, involving Great Britain
also
Last November Great Britain withdrew
cable facilities from Holland after the
Dutch had agreed to permit the transit OF
sand and gravel through Holland into
occupied Belgium For more than four
months there was an embargo on com
mercial cables from Holland 10 overseas
countries isfcnlding ber sosoaies, but II
February cable facilities were restored
when It appeared the sand and grave
question was about 10 be settled. The
Dutch press had reported that as q result
OF the concillatory attitude the German
government had taken it appeared pos
sible 10 reach an agreement which would bt
satisfactory to all
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
RAILROAD RIVALRY.
Local Divisions of Pennsylvania Striving
to Make Liberty Loan Records.

Judging from figures obtained today
concerning the Liberty Loan subscriptions
on the part of the men and women CON
nected with the local divisions OF the
Pennsylvania railroad, each division is
striving to obtain new Liberty Loan
record
Up to noon today the Maryland divi-
sion showed total Of SI54 600 from Z, ,564
employees, or 81 per cent as compared
with $4,000 as the entire total for the
second Liberty Loan The division is aim
ing at S250,000
The Delaware division up 10 Saturday
night reported $37 200, from 592 employees
or ~ per cent. The divisions eontrlbll-
ton TO the second loan was $5l ,O0O
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
TRUCKS COLLIDE.
Mrs. Harry Donohoe Injured in
Peculiar Manner at Ninth
and Tatnall Streets.

There was great deal of excitement
In the neIghborhood of Ninth and Iatnali
streets, today at noon, when two ice
trucks collided there. One belonged 10
the Diamond Ice and Coal Co, while the
other belonged TO Lewis W Denny, n
dealer. living at 204 North HARRISON
street and whose pace of business rs ut
Fourth and Harrison
The Diamond truck, driven by Warren
Pritchett, colored, was proceeding east on
Ninth street, while the other truck was
going west. and they colhdcd when they
reached Tatnall. After the smash the
truck driven by Pritchett jumped over
on the cub on the pavement and struck
Mrs. Harry Donohoc of ll9 North du
Pont street, breaking her nose. She was
taken to the office of Dr HARRISON w
Howell and treated Sergeant Hahn was.
detailed to investigate the case and
arrested Pritchctt, placing charge OF
assault and battery against him.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
E.PUSEY PASSMORE
HELPS DELAWARE TO
BOOST TRE LOAN
Governor of Federal Reserve Bank
in Philadelphia Addressed Cham
Der of Commerce Today.
A PATRIOTIC GATHERING

f. Plisey Passmore, governor OF the
Federal Reserve Bank at Philadelphia,
addressed the members of the Chamber
Of Commerce at their MONDAY luncheon
In the Hotel du Pont today. The subject
of his address was "Put the Liberty Loan
Over Quickly" Mr.. Passmore Is a
forceful speaker, who is thoroughly
imbued with practical patriotism. tie
furnished much new information when
viii be of great value of Wllmingtonians
in their effort TO be of service TO their
country In this emergency.
William B. Megear, president oi the
Chamber OF Commerce, presided and hrSt.
introduced John ). ROssel, county di,
rector of the Liberty Loan. Mr.. Rossei
said so far about S5.000,0O has been SUD
scribed in the county The government
expects a maximum subscription, which
means as much more, and IN order TO get
it every man will have TO work for the goal.
He praised the women for what they are
doing and urged the men TO manifest the
same aggressive spirit. He believed the
full amount would be subscribed
MIR. Passrnore said the Secretary OF the
Treasury and financiers believed So
oOOOOO,0O0 loan could have been obtain
cd In the third drive, but in view OF the
fact that the income tax Will Dc que III
June it was made s. 1000 .0OO,OOO and no
payments will be due in that month IL
is the aim of the government TO get the
widest distribution Of the loan possible
If should be represented IN every house
hold: at least ono bond should be held by
one OF every FIVE Of the inhabitants q the
country. With proper effort ne believed
this could be done
Mr.. Rossell having said that il the State
Is. {. It
will be duplicated BY the du Points, Mr..
Passnore thought there should be no
question Of the success of the efforts IN
Delaware.
Having noticed the Liberty Bank, at
Sixth and Market streets, he compliment
ed the bankers for providing local
facility which he had not seen elsewhere.
The country has 800 900 men at war.
the speaker said, some in France and some
still in America. which shows the serious
ness the government places on the sltua-
ton: therefore ii Is the duty OF every
person to do all he or she can to help in
this fight. All should work for an early
victory and the only way to bring that
about is to use all of the force at the
command of the country and its people.
The way the people who cannot go 70 war
can help is to buy Liberty bonds, and they
should buy all that If Is possible TO buy.
rEsiiRTY DAY CELEBRATION
Because OF the shortness Of time IN
which TO arrange for q suitable demon
stration, Chairman Rosseil. after CON
ference with the Executive Committee
and the Women's Committee yesterday
decided To confine the celebration Of
Liberty Day To an open-alr meeting at
4.3O o'clock on Friday afternoon in front
OF the Public Building There will be 3
woman speaker and q speaker. represent
ing the men and plenty Of patriotic
music.
Principals OF the public schools Al q con
ference he'd with Mr. RoSSell al the High
Continued on page 6
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
RED CROSS PICKUP" WEEK.
New Plan for Converting Household
Waste Into Wartime Revenue.

Having arranged 10 convert household
waste INTO money for war needs, the Red
Cross today announced that pickup
week will be observed four times a year
IN Wilmington, as a means Of obtaining
household waste following housccleaning,
etc. Old clothes, waste material, metal
etc. will be accepted and in order to
receive it bags will be distributed during
the preceding week The week Of May
IL viii be the first one oil we'd N tins
manner
While Mrs H. A. kittinger is in charge
Of this work, it must not he confused with
the tinfoil saving project, Of which she
Is also in charge TinfoI should be
delivered as heretofore, at the old City
Hall. The proceeds from its sale are
used toclothe Belgian children, while the
money from the waste that is collected
will go for the general uses Of the Red Cross
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
PRISONERS BUY BONDS.
At Suggestion of Warden Cross
Men at the Workhouse Help
Liberty Loan.

That the men in the New Castle county
workhouse are eager to do their bit was
evident from the report received today
from that institution from Warden Cross
At the opening of the Third Liberty
Loan campaign, the warden, IN the chapel
encouraged the men doing long terms u
buy Liberty bonds and War Savings
Stamps with their bonus money
The men took the matter up with great
interest and at once every man in the
warehouse tried to outdo the others, and
as q result it was reported today th { the
men had bought $500 worth Of Liberty
bonds and 500 worth of War Savings
Stamps
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
MRS. T.. M. DIETRICH DEAD.
Wife Of n oted Artist and Mother Of Mrs.
J. II. Mahany.

Word was received here today Of the
death, in Baltimore, Md, yesterday, Of
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ Dietrich. mother Of
Mrs James r Mabaffy and sister Of Mrs.
Charles Masters Of Wilmington Mrs
Dietrich was well known here, where she
had other connections Death followed
an operation al Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Mrs Dietrich's husband Louis Diet
rich. is prominent Baltimore artist and
president Of the harmony Singing So
ciety There are four sons and two daugh-
eTs The funeral Of Mrs Dietrich takes
place IN Baltimore today
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
U-BOAT BASES IN BELGIUM
RAIDED BY BRITISH FLEET
Cruisers Laden With Concrete, Sunk In Channel Bottle Up
Sea Pirates at 0stend and Zeebnge; Washington
Regards Action as Highly Important
War Movement
CAREFULLY PLANNED RAID A SUCCESS

AprI23 submarine
old whch
blown up anda ndonedby
ceived.t the dmetw a
RAID REASONABLY SUCCESSFUL
he
ands
abandoned
An nrenn f naIM 8 rcreiged-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
ST .5g6,7O9,9 900 NOW
RAISED FOR LIBERTY
New York's Gain Overnight Total
ed S17,5OC, 900; Schools
Raise 100000.
By Associated Press to Every Evening

Washington, April 23-New subscrip-
tions reported today raised the total Of the
Liberty Loan already pledged to 81 $780,
ZOE, 900. Until further reports are received
il will not be possible to determine
whether the st LOUIS or the Minneapolis
district exceeded its quota first.
Philadelphia, April 23-New subscrlp-
tions to the Liberty loan IN the third
Federal Reserve district have climbed
sIO,S44, 400 over the figures reported
Yesterday. the total for the zone being
raised today to Sl23 l9S 900 Philadel-
phia has purchased S6l 1870, 200 of the
loan Delaware thus far reports sub
scriptions totalling S., 5,20l 900 and south
ern New Jersey has bought 81, l52 900
OF the bonds
New York, April 23-An overnight
gam OF nearly 17,500,000 in Liberty
Loan subscriptions carried the second
Federal Reserve districts total past the
$4OO. 600 600 mark. Official figures an
nounced at 10 a. N. today were $4O8,-
100000
While this total IS considerably behind
the amount hoped for, IT is about $50, 200. :
600 in excess of the subscriptions recorded
during the corresponding period during
the second loan.
Public school children and teachers sold
over $4,000, 900 Of Liberty bonds ia this
district during the first two weeks of the
campaign, it was announced today. This
figure is far IN excess Of the pupils record
for the same period Of the second loan.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
Bandits Gel Another American.

~ ASSOCIATED Press @ Every Evening
London, April 23 An American named
Love has been captured by Chinese
bandits in the province Of Shantung,
says "A Reuter- dispatch from Peking.
The American minister To China, it is
added, has suggested TO the Chinese gov
ernment the necessity q appointing an
official with powers % suppress bandits
and rescue foreign captvea.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
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CALL TO PATRIOTIC
WOMEN OF DELAW ARE


Our men over there are march
ing in close comradeship, high and
low, rich and poor. shoulder TO
shoulder, with one aim in view.
viii you march for Liberty Not
on weary miles Of muddy road, but
through the quiet streets of our
peaceful capital, to the historic
Green, where the Stale House bell
in 1916 rang out for independence.
10 register your approval of our
part in the great war 10 support
the Liberty Loan to cooperate with
those on whom the work of the
load has fallen heaviest No fur
ther invitation is needed, no uni
! form required, no badge even. BE
al The Dover railroad station before
3 o'clock on Thursday, The 25ih,
and follow in line.
Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee of Delaware.
Mrs. Henry Ridgely.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
BRITISH POSITION
BETTERED, SAYS RAIG
Army at Albert Also Reports
Capture of a Number Of
German Troops.
by Associated Press 10 Every Evening

by Associated Press To Every Evening
London, April % At , p. III. the
War Office issued the following statement
AS a result Of a successful local opera
ton carried out by US last night north Of
Albert we improved our position aud
captured sixty prisoners. 4 number Of
prisoners have been taken by Us also IN
the Robecq sector and near Mytschaete,
In both of which areas local lighting occur
red to our advantage
In the nelghborhood OF tampouN one
of our raidlng parties entered the enemy )
trenches and penetrated his support
lines.
"The hostile artillery was active yester-
day afternoon and during the night west
OF Albert and on the greater part Of our
front from south Of the forest Of NIeppe
to east of \ pres Concentrations of hos
tile troops observed in the Nillers-Bre-
tonneux sector and III the neighborhood Of
Serre were engaged by our artillery "
Paris, April 23 The following official
statement was issued at : p. nj.
Rather spirited artillery engagements
occurred last night on the Somme front
and east Of Rheims.
German raids between Lassigny and
Noyoa< northwest Of Rheims and in the
Vosages, were without results. Prisoners
remained in our hands
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
Change in Traffic Squad.

The vacancy on the traffic squad, caused
bv the resi- gnation of John Ward, has been
filled Patrolman George Abele taking
his place and going to Seventh and Market
streets. replacing John Scott, who has
been sent to Fourth and Market.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
Amusements Tonight.

Elay house" Rock -a-B%c baby-
tiarrck-N NaudCNtile
Ouean-"Thc Guilty Man,
laiestt His Majesty Bunker bt4R~
Victoria" Ghosts OF Yesterday,
@ayOy-"Ihe Claim