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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
WANT RAILROADS RESTORED.
Executives Association Oppose Fiys
Years More L. S. Control.
ed rress to Every Evening

fiy hesociated l'ress % Every Evening
New York, Dec. 20.-Reurn OF the
railroads To their owners after the signing
Of peace. with remedial railway legisla-
ton by Congress in the meantime was TO
be urged upon the government it was
Opposing as unnecessary and unwise
Direetor General NcAdoos plan t. main
tain Federal control for five years, the
railroad men, it was said, believed that
Congress could deal adequately with the
problem in less time than that, and prob
ably within the twenty one months Of
government supervisor after the end of
the war permitted by law.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
WOULD SELL L. S. SHIPS.
Colby Urges Merchant Vessels Be Turned
Over 10 Private Con Germs.
By g latcd Press ID Every Eyeuil

I1F A9fVV iaV1l 4-t"as @ lively EFtuIng
Detriot, Mich Dec. 20-Bainbridge
Colby, Of the United States Shipping
Board In an address here last night ad-
vocated the placing of the millions of
tons of shipping built by the government
as war emergency measure into the
hands Of private concerns for operation,
either through lease or purchase.
The government, he said, should
absorb the initial cost Of re-establishing
Americas merchant marine, and this
would be justified by the large benefits
flowing to the nations trade.
BY the end Of the present year, he said
this country would have total Of about
Z, 100000 tons of shipping, besides l2.-
100000 more tons either on the ways
or under contract.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
H|NDENBURG HEADS
REVOLT AGAINST
HUN GOVERNMENT
Keeps Two Armies Intact and VIII
Operate in Neutral Zone; To
Occupy Frankfort.
PLOT LIKELY TO SUCCEED
BY Associated Press 70 Evory Eyening

By Associated Press % Every Evening
Paris, Dec 2O-Field MarbsaI Won
Hindenburg has telegnphed the Berlin
government advising IL of bis intention ~
form a new front six miles behind the
neutral zone fixed by the arrnistioe. &C.
cording To a despatch TO II Journal from
Zurich today.
The government has asked the Field
Marshal for an explanation, sdds the
despatch, but has not yet received a reply
IL NJ also announced that two regiment
Of the active army will he sent 70 Frank
fort. on-the-Majn at an early date
The correspondent afirrns that Major
General Scheuch, the Prussian war minis
ter; Field Marshal von Hindenburg and
General Leqnd, probably Lieutenant
General Iequis, former Governor Of Metz
who is in command of the active troops In
Berlin, are behind a counter revolutionary
movement. He declares the existing
government is unanifestly incapable %
preventing the realization of their scheme
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
| FIVE KILLED As AUTO
SkIOS FROM BRIDGE
Frost on Plank Flooring Sends
Touring Car Into Atlantic
City Thoroughfare.
ny Associated Press to Every Evening

by Associated Press TO Every Evening
Atlantic City, N. j., Dec. D.~-Five
persons were killed when n largo touring
car skidded on the frost coated planks
and plunged through the railing Of the
second drawbridge in the meadow boule-
ward between this city and Pleasantville
carly today.
The dead are Herman J. Startzenbach,
proprietor of restaurant here, his ~ile,
Mrs. Catherine Startzenbach; Daniel Nc
Carthy and Casper Baldee, both Of
Amatol, n. J., and an unidentified woman
Tho automobile crashed through the
railing and dropped 30 feet TO the waters
of the thoroughfsre below piniouing It's
occupants beneath it. All wero dead
when extricated n half hour later.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Bernstroff Leads BerIin's League.

Hy AhsociaTed Fress 70 EVery EVening
London, Dee. 20, 4 peoples league,
Central 1 ns News sG dispatch II from % CopenSaaen a
today The leagues committee includes
Prince NIaximilian Of Baden. former
German Imperial Chancellor, Hugo Haase,
independent socialist, Count Won Bern
storff, former Ambassador to the United
States, and Matthias Erzberger, the
Centerist leader
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Electric Strikers Picket Plant

~ Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Schenectady, n ", Dec 2O.--Picket-
ing began today at the local plant Of the
General Electric Company, many of
whose employees here, at Pittsfield, Mass
Fort Wayne, Ind, and Erie, Pa, are or
strike. There was no disorder. The
piclleting here was done by representatives
Of the organized office force, about half
of whom are out. Virtually al Of the
organized operatives OF the other depart
fnents are idle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
COTTON GINNING REPORT.
10. .252, ,402 Bales This Year Against
iOI3I, ,59i Last.

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Washington, Dec. 2o.-Cotton ginned
prior to December Is, was l0,252, ,4O2
running bales, including 139,074 round
bales; II, 793 bales of American Egyptian,
and 81, ,060 bales of Sea Island, the census
bure Il to day reported.
Prior to December Is, last wear
total ginnings were 10, ,l31 ,594, including
I79, csc round bales and S3, ,2SS bales OF
Sna Island
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Churches Endorse Wilson's Leaene.

b. Associated Press to Every Evening
New York, Dec 20.The Federal
Council OF churches announced today it
had sent 10 President Wilson cableram
conveying the action Of its executive COM
mittee at Atlantic City favorlng the pro-
posal for league Of nations, supple
me ntlng this message with letter CON
tanning the declaration and the resolution
in full
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
GERMAN PEOPLES PARTY
WILL FIGHT SOCIALISTS
By Asso~tsted Pres . Eyerr Evenlnr

By Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Copenhagen, Dec % DR. Gustav
Stresemann, leader of the national liberty
party in Germany, has announced that
the German Peoples Party, in which bc
has been active since the revolution, ls
absolutely opposed 20 a social democracy
and will 6ght the socialist rulers, as
cording 10 Berlin newspapers received
here. The centre part has been sumrnon-
Ell % a conference 7'hich viii h bid ~
Frankfort on December 81
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Peace Before League, Lodge Insists.

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Washington, Dec. 20.-Senator Lod .e ol
Massachusetts, the Republican leader, lr
an address to the Senate today advocated
postponement OF the formation Of .
league Of nations until after the peace
conference. He said the question shouId
be considered separately and. later.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
ofbeer s.ruek Private, is Dropped.

BY Associated PTcss . Every hNtnlns
Washington, Dec 20.-Convicted q
having struck enlisted men under has
command, Lieutenant Clus g, Muller,
Sixtieth Pioneer Infantry, has been dis
missed from the army, the War Depart
ment announced today.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
PURPOSE OF RED CROSS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

That there shall be no more
money drives.
That the Red Cross shall be
maintained by individual member
. ships Of one dollar each
To permit every man, every
woman and every child to help
support the Red Cross, just as much
as any other man, woman or child
In the United States.
That one-half Of the money re-
ceived for memberships shall be re-
tanned in Del. ware for home use.
This fund shall be used for cots,
tents, anbulances and equipment
of all kinds, to help in any emergency
or need at a moment S notice.
That the Red Cross, with the
funds and equipment in hand, may
he able 10 help any member or any
Dclawarean in time of need with
/ promptness and efficiency.
old memberships renewed count
as new,
I5A5
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Harlan Can Use You.

II vou really want to work you can
hire out at the Harlan snpbulding plant,
foot Of West street Employment Office
open from ESQ am. until q m. Sunday,
0 q. m. until 4.30 ,. m--Ady.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
All Kinds Of Help Wanted at Hariap's

t'eheraI Helpers, Steel Shhters, General
Laborers are wanted, AZ once, at the
Harlan shipbuilding plant, foot Of West
street Employment Office i open daily
from go 8. m. to q p. m., and 9 a. IN
on Sundays until 40 p. m--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Harlan Employment Office Always Open

You can hire out at the Harlan Ship
building plant any time between $50
q N. and d p. m. daily and from 9 a. m.
until $50 on Sundays Foot Of West
street ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
Amnsements Tonight.

playhouse--Neil @, Br.en'S Ministries,
(Sarrick-Naudegille
Queen--"'rhe Greatest Thing in Lie.
Malcstic-"Mr. FIX II.
Yictoria--"FaIs First.
Lyric-Muslcal comedy and teatucc pic-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
The Weather.

ay Associated Press 70 Every RvsniR,
washington. Dec. 20.--ForsCsisc for Dcla-
Cloudy and warmer tonight and Sat9r-
day With probable rain
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

A feeling OF security goes with Clover
Dairy milk
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20

Particular people choose Clover Dairy
milk. ADV
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
l.W. w. Witnesses 7 ell
Of Camp Hardships

CHICAGO, July I'm the l.. w. W.
conspiracy trial to-day, Archie Sinclair,
en- organizer among the Minnesota log
gers, testified Of hardships suffered by
Northern timber workers.
L. F. Doree, of Philadelphia. told of
hlne months spent among the lumber
and turpentine camps of the South.
Mill towns" he described as "walled
tlties" owncu and controlled bv some
lumber company, which usually barred
'ncers OF the law.
Broken dishes" was the reason given
ey Edward Hamilton, of Chicago, for
Joining The /. w. w. He told of being
aned so much for breakage while a
waiter that sometimes ne had no pay
coming at the end of the week
Walter 7. Nef- secretary Of the ma
rne transport workers of Philadelphia,
testified that the I. w. w. organization
here kept the workers in far more
ealet state than did the American Fed
ystatlon of Labor in the Port Of New
York.
John NJ. Foss, Seattle, a member OF
ae general executive board for two
years, testified that he knew CT no con-
.giracy OF l. ". w. members, and conl-
a.slhed that they had been misrepre-
sshled by the lying press" although
as lald no blame on the government.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

tween July % and %. OF this number
a'oOo VIII &c to Camp FIumphries, S,240
20 49,. lamp Upton. 1917 to Camp Dix ana
a,o'o to Camp Meade, Maryland, train
ing camp rev to New York men.
1T became known yesterday that dur
ing the month Of June the district draft
board reclnsstied from Group "A to
Groups TX and 2-X between 1900 and
b,OoO registrants who were marie d
after May 18, the date Of the passage
OF the conscrption act
In cases whore there is child, or one
expected, tho registrant is placed in
"a. Otherwise he is subject to call
Win any contingent from his board
CLASS TX being practically the same in
the order Of summo ons as Class la
The reclassification is result of the
changed views of Secretary of War
Baker, member of the district beard
said yesterday.
The board here was overrulcd by Sec
rotary baker six months ago, when it
placed all who married after May 18 in
classes subject to early call. He
1t could be proved that the marriage
was not effected to escape the draft the
men were to be placed in "A. He has
since rescindcd this order.
Local boards throughout the city YES
terday began receiving questionnaires
from 70 per cent of their new reg
lscrants. These were mailed to the 191 8
youths on June &c, with the Injunction
that they be filled out and returned
within seven days. Reports rhow that
the return has been prompt with tho
average of delinqucnts very low. An
cther 10 per cent are due to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
10 Safeguard Allied
Industries After War

LONDON, July Important deci-
s,ons have been reached by the Imperial
war Conference regarding the best
methods of securing the command Of
essential raw materials produced with
in the British Empire, with view to
safeguarding the interests of the en-
pire and the Allies during the period of
reconstruction, it was announced in the
House of Commons to-day by Andrew
Bonar Law, Chancellor Of the Exche-
Quer.
Mr.. Bonar Law, who made this state
ment in reply to a question by Briga-
der General II. p. Croft, member for
Chrstchurch, said he hoped the de-
cisions, the substance of which he did
not announce, would form the basis of
discussions with the Allies and lead to
the cooperation desired.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
rs Are Killed
BY Explosions
AT TINT Plant
Continued from page /

was sent from Syracuse, but at mid
night the water system broke down.
A shift of 500 workmen was in the
plant when the fire, the origin of which
has not been ascertained, started. The
workers made efforts to subdue the
flames and liter, in speeding to safety,
were caught in the first of the two ex
plosions. Men were hurled in all di
rcctions. Two who were caught be-
blown through a wall Still alive when
picked up, there was not q shred of
clothing on their bodies.
The second big explosion followed
fifteen minutes afterward. The first
and the combined force of the two
crumpled buildings in the vicinity.
The homes of workmen across the
road from the plant, collapsed and
burning tlmbers were blown to the
roofs of buildings across the railroad
tracks which divide the plant.
Workmen and their families fled
across fields in indescribablc confus-
carrying tiny kitten clutched to her
breast.
James Russo and Arthur C. Goodfel-
low were analyzing samples in the
plant when the cry Of "Flre!" called
them to building No. /.
Describing their efforts to subdue the
flames, Goodfellow said
"Russo grabbed hose. | endeavored
to help him. The smoke was so thick it
explosions kept letting go inside the
building. We could do little good.
There wasn't enough water to be of
any use.
eve knew that big explosion was
coming and we turned and ran for our
lives down the hill. We were just at
the foot of it when the big blast 'let
CO. 1t knocked us both fiat on our
faces"
A telephone message from Split Rock
brought the first word of the accident
to the city. 1t reached Police Head
quarters in the form of Il request for
all the ambulances and all the police
men who could be spared The shock
of the explosion, few minutes earlier,
had tied up all the phone lines, caus-
/ ing delay before the ambulanccs
were on the way.
Flames Make Headway
Both fire and explosions, according
to workmcn who escaped without in
jury, were confined to the east side of
the plant, which is made up of fifteen
buildings, including the Offices and lab
oratories.
There are three of the INT plants,
in the first of which the flames orig
ihated. Next to them are six plants
IN which nitric acid is handled. Be-
yond them, only a hundred yards away
were four plants in which picric acid
is handled. All of these are clustered
together on the south side Of the rail
road tracks.
At midnight the flames had eaten
into the picrc acid plants and were
making slow headway toward the giant
tanks of cleum.
Most of the small explosions were
due, according to workmcn, to the con
tact of flames with small "nitrefers'
of "pulverizers."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Whitman Gives Cohen,
Baf Slayer, Reprieve
Postpones Execution Until the
Simon Conspiracy Case
Is Tried

ALBANY, July "A repreve until
the first week in October was granted
by Governor Whitman to-day to Joseph
Cohen, whose execution has been set
for the week beginning July Is, for
directing the murder Of Barnet Baff,
the poultry king" in New York in
1914. The stay was granted with the
understanding that William Simon,
charged with conspiracy in the Baf
case, shall be tried before the reprieve
expires. Otherwise the stay will be
extended until after the Simon trial
Frank Moss, attorney for Cohen, and
a committee headed by DR.. Samuel
Bucher, former chaplain at Sine Sing
Prison, and now Deputy Commissioner
postponement of the execution. on the
ground that evidence will be offered at
the Simon trial to prove that Cohen
was the victim of conspiracy.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
lrish1nen Condemn
Members of Race
Who Aid the Enernv
United League Adopts Res
olution Against Pro-
fessional Agitators

professional" Irisnmcn who wit
tingly or unwittingly are playing Ger
many's game were condemned in
speech and resolution by the New
York Municipal Council of the United
Irish League at meeting held in the
Emmett Arcade, Madison Avenue and
tlfty-ninth Street, last night.
e record our emphatic and uncon-
ditional condemnation, read LOYALTY
resolution that went through unani-
mously, while several hundred persons
cheered and applauded, "of the con-
duct and actions Of those Irishmen
and lrlsh-Ame ercans who have shown
themselves to be adhercnts of Ger
many and apostles of the German gos-
pei of barbarism and brutality, but who
90 not represent the Irish race here or
abroad"
This same spirit of contempt for the
pro German was manifest in the speech
Of DR.. John G. Coyle, who said:
takes part in any conspiracy that
forces single British soldier away
from the Western front and into Ire
land to preserve the peace there is a
traitor to the United States. We are
ready to search out such traitors. if
they exist, and prosecute them"
John j. O'Connell, who offered the
loyalty resolutions which pledged all
war support, even to the sacrifice of
life, also condemned the professional
Irshmen.
81 have as little love for England as
any man." said O'Conncll, "but | have
. great love for the United States
Uncle Sam is fighting for democracy
and l don't care who is fighting beside
him. If a. enemy is lighting with him
pll stand by that enemy until the wal
is over. Then III have my inning
This time, at least, England is on the
right side. She's with the Stars anc
Stripes"
There were cries of "Go back to Ger.
many. where you belong!" when a mar
in the middle Of the hall interrupted
O'Connell to shout
"What is England fghting for?"
Richard Hazleton, member of Par
lament for North Galway, Ireland de
clared that any attempt to force con
scription on Ireland would be an at
tempt to apply the "hateful doctrine
that necessity knows no law At
tempts to make Ireland appear pro
German were false" he said, ant
added:
"All political differences are forgot
Ten now. Ireland mas her quarrel Will
England, but she'll settle it with Eng
land when the war is over. You ma,
rest assured that we are not going t,
let Germany put her dirty finger i'm ou
affairs."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Convicts Swear OFF,
Send Smokes to Army

GLENS FALLS, N. Y, July 2.-For-
swearing the use of tobacco for a
,m'onth, prisoners i'll Great Meadow
Inlson have started II Smoke" fund for
ninericnh soldiers and sailors, Warden
homer announced to-day.
Every convict is supplied by the state
with a package of tobacco on Saturday
rights. Last Sunday nearly every pris-
oner dropped his package into basket
or, on which was pinned poster reading,
Iobacco for the mon Of our army and
navy Moreover, nearly 5000 has been
contributed in cash.
>, Inc convicts will celebrate the
Fourth of July by appealing for con-
tflbutions to their fund at their field
and track meet on Homer Field.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
All Sent to Georgia Camp
Convicted of Espionage
or Propaganda Activity
Bokisch in the Party
kuhlenkampf, Associate of
Bernstorff, Also ON Way to
lnternment

Twenty-eight enemy aliens, all
branded as dangerous, who were found
guilty of various forms of espionage
and propaganda were rushed through
the Pennsylvania Station yesterday
and placed on special train which
started for Camp Oglethorpc. Georgia,
where they will be held in the Federal
prison camp for the duration of the
war.
Prominent among the aliens was
Gustave Bernhard Kuhlenkampff, a
wealthy German, who was associated
closely with Count Won Bernstorff and
Captain Franz Won Papen in their plot
to make New York base for Teutonic
sea raiders in the North Atlantic. He
was arrested by agents of the Depart
ment of Justice about a month ago, af-
ter his apartments had been raided and
discriminating letters found among his
effects.
He is a captain reservist in the Ger
man army, and in 1915 he received
$4,000 from the Deutsche Bank, Of
Berlin, for the purpose of Quitting
the steamships Berwlnd and Lorenzo
TO supply German raiders with food
and fuel Chief Charles De Woody of
the Department of Justice branded him
as one Of the most dangerous Germans
in the country
Among the others was Heinrich
Bokisch, we'll known organ manu-
facturer Of Poughkecpsie, who was as
sociated with DR.. Josef Stultz in
spreading dangerous form of propa-
ganda in the Hudson Valley.
Waldemar Zamora, of 298 Camden
Street, New&lk, another propagandist,
was also in the party. He came here
from Germany in 1913 on White Star
Line ship. He had served six months
in the German army and at the out
break Of the war reported to the Ger
man Consul for service. He is twenty
nine years old.
The others were Ernst Horrwitz, Ru-
dolph Back, Frederick Funk, Bruno
Unthgeannt, Martin S. Bernet, Desidcr
w. Bezeredy, Karl Lovenich, Otto
krahl, Heinrich w. E. Koenig, Robert
Oswald, Adolf Kruze, Theodore Ritter,
Joseph Verwick, Walter Fostncr, Otto
Winkler, Frederick Deiterick, Willy
Jaeger, John Hutt, Ernst Gegenbach,
Otto Blerken, Karl Mandt, George
Seidler, Anton Won Steidler, August
Meyer and Martin Robert Hamer.
About thirty others will be taken
aboard the train at Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Labor Asks Wilson
To Stop Prohibition

WASHINGTON, July 2.--President
Wilson was asked to-day by com
mittee of union labor officials to use
his influence to prevent enactment of
further prohibition legislation at this
time. The committee was headed by
Samuel Gompers, president of tho
American Federation of Labor, who
appeared recently before the Senate
Agriculture Committee in opnosit;on
to an amendment to the $1,000 900
agricultural appropriation measure
providing for prohibition as war
measure.
The President was told that no
necessity now exists for additional
prohibition legislation, and that for
Congress to provide for absolute pro-
hibit'on on the ground that it is neces-
sary for the conservation of food
would cause great dissatis faction
among the workmen, and the output Of
war materials would be reduced
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

circumstances. 1t was ordered that the
time and half rate be 10 cents an
hour and the double time rate 81.
Other demands allowed were 81 a
day subsistence for chief engineers
and S1.50 day for assistant engi-
neers, and the payment of wages and
suitable transportation back to the
point where articles originally were
signed, in the event a ship is sold.
The board denied the request Of the
union for pay and subsistence of a
chief engineer for one engineer OF a
crew working on vessel out of com
mission