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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25

who have gone to the army, az
well as the friends and relatives
of those yet to go. feel that this
man ought to be made to toe the
mark.
This man, because of his ia
ther,s wealth and standing in
the community, is able to enlist
in his behalf the powerful infiu.
ence of Senator Shields. These
other, not so happily situated, dc
hot take to it kindly that this
man is avoiding the service to
his country in this way.
Please take such steps as
may be necessary to corral this
man into the army, or direct us
what steps to take. His con-
duct is wilful and malicious, and
there is no end to the injustice
that the country will suffer if
this sort of thing is to be put
over successfully.
Il am writing this letter at
the suggestion of the local board,
and the sentiments and feeling
expressed herein is that of the
entire board. Very truly yours,
&C. .. Lannom.
"CNL-RF." Appeal Agent
Now, as to whether he was
actually or technically a deserter
| submit the following order;
Local board for the County of
Obion, State of Tennessee
Union City, Tenn.
Names of Delinquents Report
ed to Local Police Authority,
See Section 100 of Regulations.
ITO ]. M. Hickman, Sheriff
There is hereby certified the fol-
lowing list of the names and adj
dress of a person who has been
duly and legally indicted into
the military service of the United
States and ordered to report to
this local board for military duty
and who has failed to report for
military duty.
Under authority of section 6
of the acts of May Is, 1917, and
by section 140 of selective ser
vice regulations you are required
Immediately to visit in person or
through deputies each whose
name appears on this list to 10.
cate such persons if possible and
bring them before this local
board. If you are unable to pro-
duce each person within forty
eight hours of the date hereof,
exclusive of Sundays and legal
holidays. you shall report to this
local board all information you
may have obtained concerning
such delinquent registrants.
Further information and de-
scription concerning this person
is available in the records of
this local board.
Order No. 1874. Name-John
Vernon Verhine. Address I'm
ion City, Tenn.
&C. w. MILES, Jr.
April 3, 1918.
THE following is a copy of the
return on the back of warrant:
This notice, etc.. came to
hand and | am informed that the
defendant, John Vernon Verhine,
is in Washington, this April 5.
1918.
IS. S. WILEY, D. s.
Union City, Tenn.
April 26, 1918.
In re-John Vernon Verhine,
Major Rutledge Smith, Nash
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-07-25

iCu. 1OuIo u uiy,
&c. N. Lannom, Appeal Agnt
&C. w. Mills. Jr., Secretary.
"P. S. We have as yet receiv.
ed no formal information or re.
quest from the Emergency, Fleet
Corporation except the telegram
indicated and enclosed in the re.
cord"
The telegram referred to in
/ the letter as having been exchan-
ged between Attorney W. H.
Swiggart and Senator John K.
Shields are as follows;
March %, 1918.
Senator John K. Shields,
Washington, D. c.: John V.
Verhine, employed by the Emer.
gency Fleet Corporation on 25th,
local board mailed him notice on
the 18th to appear on April / for
military duty, which notice he
has not received yet. Emergen-
cy Fleet Corporation requested
release of Verhine on the 18th by
wire; formal request by mail will
be received tomorrow probably.
Major Rudledge Smith rules that
unless request is received by To-
cal board before notice mailed to
Verhine. it should be ignored.
This is not right. Will you get
General Crowder to rule other
wise and order Verhine released
under Section $50 S. S. Regula-
tions. Answer.
W. H. Swiggart.
Received at N. 81 F. S. 81 Govt
ST.. Washington, D. C. 6;18 p.
M, March 50, 1918.
Judge w. H. Stuttgart, IN
ion City, Tenn, Telegram re-
ceived. The records of Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation show
that J. Vernon Verhine entered
their service, March Is. Said
corporation asked for a deferred
classification for Verhine March
%. Provost Marshall Generel
rules that appeal should be grant
ed to the district board under
Section 1879 of the selective SER
vice regulations. His appeal
granted by the Government APP
peal agent stays action by local
board. He will be placed in class
3, necessary Government employ
es.
John X. Shields.
"706 2. M. Phoned Judge Swig-
CART 40 2. M.
1t will be observed that Sena-
tor Shields received a telegram
from Attorney W. Fl. Swiggart
on March 20, three days before
the time Verhine was to entrain
for camp. He knew he was call
ed into military service, because
Judge Swiggart told him so in the
telegram. and Verhine had also
stated in a letter to the Senator
March Is, and in a telegram to
his secretary on March i8.
With full knowledge of the
facts, Senator John X. Shields
replied to Judge W. H. Swiggart.
HE will be placed in Class 3,
necessary government employees.
To shed further light upon the
action of the Senator in this
case, as disclosed by the record
and the facts as they were un-
derstood by those who handled
and were familiar with the case,
| read you from the record a let
ter of C. N. Lannom, the appeal
agent of the government, as fol-
lows;
Union City, April Is. 1918.
I'm re j. V. Verhine, serial
No. 1900.
Major Ru tledge T. Smith,
Nashville. Tenu.; Dear Sir This
board today wrote to c. A. Bry-
ant, Jr., of Washington, d. c.,
the enclosed letter, which states
the facts of this registrant's
case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
Abstinence and Gloom.
FRENCH COMMISSIONER TARpIEu

FRENCH COMMISSIONER TARpIEu
said the other day in New York:
France. since the war hogan, has
abolished absinthe. We French, be-
lteve In the moderate drinking OF
pure wines rather than in teetotalisn,.
I'VE like to tell the story OF the
town drunkard who signed the total
abstinence pledge. At a total alb
stinence meeting the reformed
drunkard was called on for a speech,
lie mounted to the platform and
said:
Dear friends, ] never thought TO
stand on this platform with Dr..
Forthly on one side OF me and Faith
er Brannigan on the other I never
thought ito tell you that since August
] haven't touched anything stronger
than tea. I've saved enough in a
month. dear friends. to buy IL hard
wood coffin with silver pla ed ham
dies. and. ] tell YOU, IL keep the
pledge another month. IN be want-
ing it,"
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rative has to do with Rumania in
the midst of the war. and with the
fate that overlook 1t through the
military developments in the east.
The book is stamped with the writ
the intimacy of her informa ton and
with the enthusiasm of appreciation
that she manifests toward it. 1t is
an informal story, that talks it's way
through the affairs of the Rumanians
in a vivid attitude of interest that
immeasurably to the fine
substance of the material itself. >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
RUMANIA, Yesterday ard To-day

RUMANIA. Yesterday ard Today.
BY Mrs. VIII Gordon, F.. r. G. S.,
author of "A Woman in the Bal
kans,' etc. New York: John Lane
Company.
To Mrs. Gordon's own work here is
added a eorrowful account of the
present tragic state of Rumania by
H. M. Marie, queen Of that country.
Mrs. Gordon's story is sympathe
and eloquent narrative of Rumania
wherein it's past Is brought to bear
pointedly upon the years Immediately
preceding the war. and, by way OF
sharp contrast, upon the war period
itself. The natural beauty of this
country, the origin Of It's people. the
resources of the land. the development
of industry, the neighbors of Ru-
mania, its political iueals-these are
the TOPICS that, In a wealth OF Hum
mating detail. this writer weaves
into a comprehensive view of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
Reviews of New Books

EOCH THE MAN; A Life of the SUI
preme Commander Of the Allied
Armies. BY Clara e. Laughlin. IL
Illustrated. New York: Fleming 1T
Revell Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22

ZIGZAGGING. BY Isabel Anderson,
Lift. ID. illustrated. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
This is Mrs. Anderson's personal story
of eight months in the war-that Is to
say, for this period Mrs. Anderson was
at a point and in position to observe
many of the aspects of war and to come
In contact with many persons who were
most intimately affected by it--for in
stance, the king and queen of Belgium.
1t is a readable story-bright, straight
forward unpretentious. Indeed. COM
mon sense appears to be the outstand-
ing attraction of this record. The war
Is theme that soicits extravaganza Of
recital to those who are near 1t, but yet
not of 1t. Mrs. Anderson has SC success
fully resisted this seduction that the
book conmends itself as dependable
end informing account of certain fea-
lures Of the war work OF women in
France.
BIRTH. BY IONA Gale, author of
Friendship Village" etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
A novel that is bound to take its
place without successful challenge as
work of distinguished artistry in
literary realism. The story Is that Of
Marshall Pitt and his son, Jeffrey
Pitt-the story of two generations of
futility. In genius Of seizure and
portrayal the author presents the
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The Vamp in the Window.
Continued from First Page.)

J. ifave few words with herr"
But yes" says Madame Maurice.
1T is her hour for luncheon. l will
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
AND ALL CHURCHES
CLOSED TOMORROW

In accordance with the order of the
Board of Health, in its fight against
the epidemic influenza, all churches
and sunday schools will be closed
tomorrow, and all activities which
would bring together aSsemblages
will be postponed until further no
ticc.
Bishop John !. Monaghan, Of the
Catholic diocese of Delaware. au-
thorizes the following statement
made by him TO his people:
sour reverend clergy and faithful
people are earnestly exhorted 10
comply strictly with all the regula-
tiOns Of the Board of Health during
the crisis through which we are now
passing.
"Ihe closing OF our churches on
Sunday is serious prNatiOD, but
under the circumstances the Obliga-
tion of attending mass ceases. and
we appeal 10 people TO make up for
IL by private devotion in their homes,
praying that God may soon remove
from us all danger of the dread dis
ease from which we are now suffer
ing
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
(Signedl

NIay0r Lawson subsequently an
nounced that Washington had informa-
ton that one army officer and ten
nurses were on their way TO Whining
ton.
There are 1900 men out OF the $500
employees reporting sick to the Pusey
and Jones plant. The number OF sick
al the Harlan plant numbers about
$500. Both plants have been literally
dislnfected, and today were thoroughly
fumigated.
The city undertakers have more
burials than they can handle promptly.
Hearses are brought back swiftly as
possible from one funeral in order TO
be used in another funeral. An under
taker is not required to report death
until he takes out a burial permit
which ordinarily is from three until
five days after the death occurs. III
some cases days delay has occurred
before an undertaken can reach the
house. This explains the discrepancy
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
FIVE Delaware
SOLDIERS DIE At
DIX AND meade
Influenza Claims Heavy
Toll of Local Boys In
Army Camps
NORMAN c. Smith IS
PNEUMONIA VICTIM

Five Delaware boys, four from this
city and one from Laurel. were influ-
enza victims at Camps Dix and Meade
yesterday. The soldiers are:
Norman G. Smith, No. 7O5 Van Buren
street.
Lawrence witsil. No. 7O6 West Twen-
tleth street.
Walter sadler, No. 3i7 East Tenth
street.
Robert Causey, Wilmington address
unknown.
Levin James Ellis. Laurel.
Norman G. Smith, aged % years, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George w. II. Smith, Of
No. 705 Van Buren street, died at Camp
Meade at O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Before going to Camp Meade on June %
with a contingent OF Wilmington draf-
tees he was employed by the Delaware
Hardware Company. He has large cir
Gle OF friends The young soldier was
placed in the camp hospital on Monday
OF this week suffering with influenza.
Pneumonia developed and his parents
notified the middle Of the week that his
condition was serious. His father, who
is deputy clerk OF the Orphans Court
went TO Camp Meade on Thursday.
Yesterday morning It was thought that
young Smith was improving but he be-
came worse early in the afternoon and
died at 3 o'clock. He was a member Of
an ambulance company. As the body
had not arrived here at noon today the
funeral arrangements were not COM
pleted.
Lawrence Witsil, OF No. 7O6 West
Twentieth ststet, son Of former State
Detective Walter Witsil, also died at
Camp Meade yesterday Of pneumonia.
His father who is now employed by the
dupont Company, went to the camp on
and remained until his sons
death yesterday. He was q years Of
age and had been in camp several
Continued on Page Elevenl
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
HUNDREDS DEAD
AFTERT.N.T.BLAST
IN PERTH ANBOY
Accident. Occurs While
1000 to 5000 Work in
Gillespie Co. S Plant
DAMAGE IN Millions:
MANY TOWNS Shaken
BY The United Press.

/ BY Inc United Press
NEW YORK, Oct 5.-Hundreds OF
persons are believed to be dead AMI
many others manned in various de-
grees were in hospitals in New Jersey
early today, and the nations greatest
shell loading plant the property OF the
Il. A. Gillespie Loading Company Of
Morgan, n. j., near South Amboy was
in ruins as the result Of an explosion
Of 4. " T.. last night
IL was estimated That total number
Of casualties would reach 500, including
dead, several injured and persons only
slightly cut by flying glass. OF these,
il was believed 800 might be classed
as hospital cases. The Red Cross and
members Of a motor corps made these
estimates.
Explosions were continuing early to-
day. At 7 a. m, there was a blast that
shook houses in Brooklyn. shattering
windows In Flatbush. Houses near the
scene Of the explosions were swept
from their foundations.
Military authorities who have taken
charge Of the territory refuse to make
any statement OF the number dead. but
private sources indicated the count
would reach high. A military guard
has been thrown about the district.
Access to the devastated district was
practically impossible at an early hour.
Telephone and telegraph wires had
been swept away early by the ex-
plosions. Reports were made to New
York by means OF messengers sent TO
telephones from the area.
New York was experiencing the thrills
OF a bombardment by the heaviest guns.
Distant crashes doomed through the
lower section OF the city. Staten Island
and parts OF Brooklyn We're rocked al
times by the force Of the blasts. Black
Continued on Page Ninel
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
BY FRED S. FERGUSON

United Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST ARMY, Oct. $40 A. M
Furious fighting continued today all along the 50mIe front
the Champagne Argonne region.
Heavy American artillery fire is supporting the infantry
sau The weather ideal and there is supendous of
aerial activity.
Violent German in the region of Fevle,
the edge of the gonne Forest rePued last night
By the United Press
PARIS Oct 5-The French made additional progress north
of ST. Quentin northwest of Rheims and in the Champagne yes
terday, the War Office announced today
The Germans the Monts threatened with envelop
by the toward the Anes have
evacuated the portion of that
North of ST. Quentin fighting continued with the
ence" the communque said eve drove the enemy fighting
by foot from height located 1900 southwest of Chaon
Vert adjoining Sequeha the SOUTH and from neghborng
woods More prisoners taken.
Northwest of Rheims started a push against the
enemy the whole front of the Ane canal which
several places We progressed until reached the borders of
Bemercout, six miles north of Rheims.
The number of prisoners taken in the last FIVE days
than $500 Thtyone guns have been captured ncud
20 of heavy cabre, which FIVE of FL cenmeer
Sharp attacks by French and American troops Cham
and made yesterday toward the Anes forced the
enemy who threatened with development his left
uated hurriedy the eastern of the Monts region.
French the Of the Suppe progressed
hills maintaining with the guards
night they reached the height located 500
vliers, IL miles directly east of Rheims"
"South of Monthos broke a German at
Crox-D Des-S -Souains. All gains maintained
"The Germans, greatly reinforced dispuing with
Continued on Page Two
Evening journal., 1918-10-05

Of the official death record Of the Board
Of Health and the estimate made by
city Undertakers. The greater number
Of deaths occurring in the last two
days will not be reported to the city
until the undertakers take out burial
permits. two or more days hence. The
city undertakers place the deaths due
directly or indirectly to the epidemic
at well over the two hundred mark,
although the city records show only
a total OF 81 deaths in the city for the
past week, ending at noon yesterday.
As an Illustration, an undertaken
came into the Board Of Health rooms
this morning to get a burial permit and
report the death OF a man who died on
October 4.
The trustees OF st. Paurs NJ. E.
Church have offered the use Of the
Sunday school rooms TO the city as a
Continued on page two.)
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
WORKERS KEEP
LOAN MOVING
Pullman and American Car
and Foundry Co. Men
Buy Literally
SEND IN YOUR
ORDER BY PHONE

Everything possible to get persons
who can subscribe to the Fourth Lib
erty Loan, but who have not done so,
to subscribe and send their sub
scriptions to headquarters or to one of
the banks, was being placed in opera
tion at headquarters, Tenth and Market
streets today. Both by letter and tele-
phone, captains Of teams and individ-
ual workers were being urged to report
promptly. and daily as often as possible
to headquarters.
The Pullman employees sent in an en-
courading report this morning. The
committee at the plant, reported that
1873 subscriptions yesterday, totalled $40.
$50. and that they had just about
started
The American Car and Foundry Com
pany sent in a glowing report to head
quarters Just before noon. The en-
ployes subscribed S22,JOO today. max
ing a total Of $4,000 for the week. The
amount sold today represents six times
the daily wage roll and the plant, through
its loyal employees, thus goes six times
over the top. They will fly the cham
piOn flag on Monday.
But the best showing Of all OF the
departments. was that OF the car trim
mers. They have the red blood Of Amer
lean citizens so finely developed, that
their subscriptions averaged s2S7.50 per
man. This is a record that will be hard
to duplicate, and is a gage for the en-
ployes of other industrial establish
ments TO equal.
u was brought TO the attention Of the
local committee through various ways,
that posters advertising the loan were
Continued on page twOl
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
Mine SINKS ship
OFF BABNEGAT
Cargo Carrier San Saba
Goes Down; Five
Known Dead
HOPE SOME OF
CREW ARE SAFE
sy lie United Press.

- NNH AnANNA ANaae
WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-The cargo
steamer san Saba was sunk off Bar
negat. \. j.. yesterday, presumably by
a mine, the Navy Department an
nounced today.
The Navy Department issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"The cargo steamship San saba was
sunk yesterday 70 miles southeast OF
Barnegat. n. J. While the cause has
not been definitely determined it is
supposed to have struck a mine. How
many Of the crew were rescued 1t IS
not yet known. A steamer proceeding
to New York reported that she mad
picked up four men and one dead bodY
from the wreckage. Naval vessels were
promptly sent TO the scene to seareh
for possible survivors and TO sweep the
vicinity for mines. The san saba was
owned by the Mallory line and was q
steamship Of 2,45S gross tons
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
URGE FIREMEN
TO FLUSH STREETS

Urgent appeals were made today by
DR.. Robert Watt, superintendent Of the
Wilmington District NJ +. Conference.
snd Colonel J. Ernest Smith, through
The Evening Journal. on the city ON
cials for the immediate cleaning up Of
the city streets. 10 is realized mat the
Street and Sewer Department is hand
icapped because Of lack Of labor to
properly clean the streets at this time
It has been suggested, however, by
those making the appeal that the fire
department take the matter in hand
and each company get out its apparatus
and flush the streets every evening
until the Nth is gotten rid Of. Some
OF the streets are in horrible condition
and it would be very little hardship on
the flremen TO assist in the present need
by flushing them.
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
CHILL TO oUsT HUN.

BY the United Press.
SANTIAGO. Chilli, Oct. 5.-The Chill
can Government is only awaiting the re-
port OF the naval staff before delivering
passports to the German ministers here
according to well informed circles here
today.
The measures, II declared. may be ex-
pected within ave Or six days.
Evening journal., 1918-10-05

day may make it clear what proportions the
epidemic of Spanish influenza will reach in Wilmington.
Today is of suspense.
The majority of physicians state informally that they have
had calls in the past ~entyfow hours than
the outbreak.
A very few said their calls less in number.
Mayor Lawson thought the situation improving
Eight bodies lying cemetery chapels awaiting their
burial Hundreds of have vay tried medical
help in the last teno hours and several have died be-
a doctor could not be had.
The doctors and promised by the Government add
ona help have arrived The following explanatory tee
gram this morning by United States Senator Willard
Salisbury from Victor Blue, of the Public Health
Service Bureau;
Delay arrival Of physicians due to demand for their
localities of the prevailing influenza and the
smz number of doctors available Some doctors way
number needed will be there Red
: ross making effort to supply necessary nurses
(Signed) BLUE"
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
HUNS ARGONNE
FRONT SMASHED;
LOSSES HEAVY
South of Aisne German Retirement
Appears to Haze Ended Temper
drily. Foe Seeks Refuge from
Americans Behind the Kriem-
-telde-Sfelliing Line in the Cham
pagne Sector
By the United Press


LONDON, Oct 5.-(1.02 P. M)-Franco-Americsn forces
have definitely broken the whole front of the defensive
line behind the Suppe of the Agonn according bat
Hefront dispatches received this afternoon.
South of the Asne the German retirement before General
sngns and General Behelos armies appears have ended
temporarily.
The have definitely retired behind the Kriem-
hedeSteung ne American of the Champagne 'front.'
reported Sitter resistance
heretofore s expected
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
SERBS GEL WORE TEuToNs.

By the United Press.
LONDON oct 5-Repulse Austro-German renforcemens
was reported by the Serbian once today.
Yesterday repused reinforcemens and
pursued the frontier probably in
vicinity Of Vranja" the communique said
took a hundred prisoners"
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
C. @ ROERIING DEAD.

BY the United Press.
TRENTON. n. j.. Oct. j-Charles G.
Roebllng. president Of John A. Roeb-
ling's Sons Company builders Of the
Brooklyn Bridge, died at his home on
West state street here this morning
Of Brights disease. lie had been m
eomn weeks
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
GIVES
PTHRONE::BORIS
RULES BULGARIA
By DE United Press.

BY the United Press.
ZURICH, Oct. 5.-CrOwn Prince Boris
has assumed the reins Of government
in Bulgaria, following the abdieatiOn
Of King Ferdinand. according 20 a dis
patch received from the Official KOr-
respondent Bureau in Vienna today.
BY the United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-King Ferdinand Of
Bulgaria abdicated Thursday in favor
of Crown Prince Boris, II was stated in
unconflrmed reports from Vienna re-
ceived through Swiss sources today.
Evening journal., 1918-10-05
WOULD 0USTPRO-
HUN TURKS IND
MOVE FOR Peace
Washington Hears Appeal
Will Come When Enver
Bey is Removed
YOUNG ARMY OFFICERS
READY TO REVOLT
Bv The limited Press

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON, oct. 5.-Secret steps
are being taken by pro-Ally elements
in Turkey 10 overthrow the young
Turks and end the war, according TO
well-informed diplomats here today.
Unofficial feelers reaching London
this week are the first visible result
Of this activity, It IS said. Direct sp-
Continued on Page Twelve.