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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
PRAYERS A WAR HELP
PERSHING TELLS CHIRCHMEN

Philadelphia. Sept 70 General PcrSh-
ing says that the prayers Of Americans
al home are helping the soldiers IN the
trenches. In a letter to the Rev. DR..
Charles s Mcfarland, replying TO greet
inCs of the Federal Council OF the Church
es of Christ in America, he says
The powerful resources OF the nation
which have been placed ungudgingly
at the disposition OF the army are in
dispensable for the accomplishment Of
our duty. But We know that mere wealth
of material resources or even of technical
skill will not suffice The invisible and
uncomfortable influence let loose by
the prayers and hopes and ideals Of
Christian America, Of which YOU arc
representative, IS incalculable. 1t fur
nishes the soul and motive for the mil
itary body and It's operations. II steadles
us TO resist manfully those temptations
which assail US IN the extraordinary
conditions Of life in which We find our
selves
I'VE of the army think with gratitude
of the unfagging service and wonderful
trust in us OF the churches at home
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
WHEN is A BOY STRONG?

Il never saw a boy yet who did not
not want to be strong! But how IS a boy
going to know whether ne Is strong or
not? That is mighty hard question:
"A wear or two ago a couple of BOYS
were going on hike One was quite
slender and the other heavy and thick
set all muscle, mind you The slender one
wished he were as strong as the big,
husky, other fellow But at the end of
the hike, II was the slender one who led
the procession and who was IN the best
condition. they covered about lao
miles, too.
In fact, that slender boy was really
very well developed Only he didn't
know il! And So we come 70 this point
there Is no reason in the world why a
slender boy, who Is healthy and WITTY,
should need to have rs big muscles and
girths as heavily built boy of the same
height You see, some of Us are born to
be slender, and others stocky, and still
Others to have an average kind of build.
So if you are slender and if your muscles
are hard, YOU may be better developed
for your height and weight than much
heavier fellow of your height whose
muscles are not developed in pro
portion to his weight You sec, it all
depends how we'll you are developed for
your own height and weight
Let us put il another way Suppose
two fellows are Of the same height, and
that one weighs % pounds and the other
l20 Suppose they are both healthy and
that their muscles are hard Then it may
we'll be that the slender fellow is just as
strong for his weight as the other is for
his height In other words, TO be strong
your muscles should be in proportion e
your weight and height. Charles X
Taylor, in the September St. Nicholas
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
DEATHS.

.COYLE-In this city on September II. lel q
samuel Coyle. ST. aged s. years
Relatives and friends are invited 70 at
tend the funeral services at the residence
of his son-ir-laW. Frank II. Manley, 1914
Elm street on Saturday. September "a.
al ; O'Clock. Interment Mt. Salem ceme-
terry.
-JEWELL-In this city on September Il.
1918. Graham II. Jewell, aged ~ years.
Relatives. friends. Liberty Fire Co. and
members of Firemens ; Relief ASSOCIATION
at his late residence. BIZ South Heald
q street, on Saturday. September IA, al 80
O'Clock. Interment at SilverbrOok ceme-
terry.
2 1919. Samuel r. Jones aged y years
Relatives and friends are invited 70 attend
the funeral services at his late residence.
112 Concord avenue. on Saturday after
noon. Septe mDer Il. al $50 0 clock In
terment at sllverbrooB cemetery
LEE-In this city. on September 10. 1918.
William Estell Lee. aged O. tears
Relatives and friends are invited 70 attend
The funeral services at ms iaIe residence
POO Van Buren street, on Friday after
noon September I3, al 2 O'Clock Inter
ment at Mddietown. Del
EEADER-In this city. on September 10.
l9l8. Brainard Ellis. eldest son Of Brain
4rd : and Edith A, Reader. aged 10 years.
months.
keIatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral services at the residence Of his
Hanson 1909 Lancaster avenue. on Satur-
day afternoon. September IA at 2 O'Clock
Interment at SilyerbroOk cemetery
ROBINETTE-In this city on September
10. 1918. Charles Henry Robinette. aged
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral services at the residence Of his
son. Hillary Robi nette. 1908 Kirkwood d
street on Friday. September 49, at 3
O'Clock. Interment at Wilmington and
Brandywine cemetery
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
BOOST FOR BALL.
Executive Committee of Non-Partisan
League Indorses Republican Ticket.

The executive committee of the Not-
crs' Non-Partisan League, at meeting
Yesterday afternoon at its headquarters,
JO4 Market street, Endorsed the Rcpub-
lican candidates. including DIR. l.. H.
Ball. the candidate for Senator, and DIR.
Caleb r. LAYTON, for Congress, and the
two other men on the State ticket, and
also. after a lively discussion, placed its
stamp of approval upon the Rcpublcan
ticket for New Castle county.
The discussion mainly consisted Of
how an Endorsement could be given the
county ticket. when there are men on IT
who NAV not he chosen +. NJ Davis,
president Of the league, declared that the
leagues committee had already ScrutInR-
cd the names that are on the ticket and
in the opinion Of the committee. IT docsn {
matter which of the men is chosen, that
they all represent the best factions for
which the league has been and IS fighting
He admitted. however that IN his own
choice. there are several men on the ticket
that ne preferred to others and thought the
Republican voters already know what the
issues arc. and will take care in voting
for the best man.
1t was stated that tho league will take
up the candidates Of the tickets IN Kent
and Sussex counties. after the primaries IN
those counties are held. Tho league Will
not work as a body IN tho primaries, It
was said. hut the organization has no
objection to the members giving their
efforts individually in the primaries, and
thcv can work hard for their candidates
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
NUMEROUS BATHERS.
Total Number at City Pools During tn
Summer Was 1881.

In connection with the closing OF the
swimming pools for the season, on Sep
tembcr IL, statistics are gwen showing n
total Of 39,0a1 patrons this season, oi
whom 1885 were women. AZ the
Brandywine pool l,72o men and ,2l3
women were pay patrons and bringing IN
n revenue Of &2O4. 50. This Information
was brought out mt the monthly meeting
of the Board OF Park Commissioners ycs-
tertlay afternoon.
II was announced that Robert An
drcws has been appointed park guard.
Commissioner Baynard will lay drains
in North BraDdywinc Park wesf OF frank-
lin street Mt his own expense.
The recommendation of the executive
committee that one months salary te
paid to Engineer Edward X. Mack, who
has been given leave of absence for one
year, to go with the Y M. G. A. overseas
forces, aroused some discussion, in which
President of Council Lyon objected on
grounds Of precedent, and the matter was
dropped.
The purchase of an adding machine
WAS approved, after similar discussion
The matter of the Christiana Pari
water front and alleged eneronchments b,
the Wilson Steamboat Line was discussed
and once more action was deferred TO th'
next meeting.
Henry r. Tatnal, who will succeed Mr.
Mack in his sccretarinl duties, was at tn
meeting
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
NEWS OF LEWES.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Lewes, Sept 12-Rev ". l.. White
former pastor of the NJ f. Churcg
here. was visitor here yesterday. He
will fill the pulpit in that church next
Sunday evening, IN the absence OF
Rev Omar f. Jones
Register OF Wills Oliver ID Robinson
has granted letters of administration
on the estate Of Hetty T Johnson TO
Harry C. Wright
Mr.. and Mrs George d. Salmon of
Philadelphia are spending a week here
with the latter's mother, Mrs II. q.
Bohm
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Lynch and
son, John and Mrs Edith Nelson made
a trip TO Newark and Wilmington dur
ing the week.
The L. 5. survey boat Gannet has
been lying In Lewes camel for the past
week while the engineers are surveying
for the inlet from the canal to the Della
ware bay across the beach front
Captain Alfred Johnsaen, master OF
Five-Fathom Bank light vessel, near
Cape May, spent the weekend here
with Mr. and Mrs Louis Lauritsen
L. A. Pepper of Philadelphia has
purchased the Armstrong cottage, ad-
Joining the Delaware House at Re
hoboth Beach, from Mrs. Helen W
Dodson.
Herbert II. Fisher has purchased
the farm of 20 acres of jacob Lu-
cas- on the road leading from Lewes TO
Loves creek. 1t adjoins the farm where
Mr. Fisher now lives
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
BIG CRANE HOSTS HEAVY LOADS
At PANAMA DOCK.

For placing heavy tuuefs, guns, and
boilers abroad warshipe m dry dock
At Balboa, Canal lone, a 500-On
loconotive crane is employed n Is des-
crited IN an illustrated article in Popular
Mecanics Magazine This - snpfos'h
TO be one of the largest hoisis Of ~ kind
that has ever bcen built for handling
heavy machinery II has bern II, oFcrat- ?
ION a comparatively short time, and
since our entrance into the world war
has proved ~ h. valuable equipment.
n b constructed with box- -gircle ?
,Indefrnrne that rests on eight two
wheel trucks and supports the rcvolv-
ing table carrying the Jib, counterweight =,
hoists, boiler, and cab The crane ls
provided With three separate hois's.
the chief Of which is rated to handle %
groas tons AZ n maximum radins of 81 fret
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
MUCH COAL STOLEN.
Children Being The Offenders, They
Are Brought To Book In Juvinile Court.

The quarters of the Juvinile Court
fairly overflowed yesterday afternoon
when % children from to II years,
were arranged on charges of trespass and
larceny of coal from the yards of the
Diamond Ice and Coal Co. in South
Wilmington.
Time was when the picking up of odd
humps of coal dropped from wagons, or
from cars in handling, was looked on as
the perquislte Of cleaners, as IN Bible
times was the wheat
But now that coal is a precious stone
and raids in force are made on coal
pockets, something has TO be done.
So the % children and their parents
were summoned, and fined restitution"
money" and costs, and the children were
put on probation besides
A family Of six children, from / year
to "a years, had to be separated and
distributed among institutions, because
of the dcpravity and neglect Of the mother
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
WASTE COLLECTION.
To be Resumed in October for the
Red Cross

The first week Of October will sec
the start of the Red Cross campaign
for waste Publicity has been gwen
this project for several weeks and re-
suits should show that IN this. as IN
the May collection, Wilmingtonans
have once more shown their patriotism
in helping the good cause Everything
that housckccpcrs discard during clean
mp time is acceptable in this collection
rags. paper, books. old clothes and
shoes, rubber. metals no matter how
small tho amount
Place everything in the bags that
will be distributed three days before
collection and if there - anything over
tie M securely and the collectors viii
take it. Tin fol IS accepted and this
shnuld be sent 10 the old CITY Hall
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
VISIT BY ROAD ENGINEERS.
special Correspondenee OF Every Evening

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Dover, Sept rs State Highway Com
missioner Upham had as his guests,
yesterday, Chief Engineer Thompson
of the State Highway Department of
New Jersey and his assistants, Messrs
Reed and Crawford The New Jersey
visitors paid an official visit and were
taken over the road construction already
done, and shown the contemplated
improvement of the roads throughout
the entire State
The visitors expressed themselves as
being much pleased with Delaware and
their roads and said that when the con-
templated road construction is fully
completed, Delaware would be as well
off as any State in the Union for good
roads
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
Y W G. A. Cafeteria to Reopen.

The Y. ". G. A. cafeteria alterations
will be completed and the eating place
will be reopened with greatly increased
capacity next Monday. The aim Of
the committee in charge is not 50 much
to accommodate more people but TO give
them more space and therefore better
service. The kitchen which will occupy
the building on Shipley street just below
Ninth will have large plate glass window
where patrons can inspect for them
selves the sanitary conditions under
which their food is prepared
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
AS The Germans Express IL.

"Bund-Arbeitvernit is
the formidable til Of the United States
Employment Service in the German
language.
In spite Of this handicap to the com
positors, the German-language press of
the country is in many cases giving gen
erous publicity to the centralized labor re-
crnting program Of the service.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
NEW TROLLEY sKIP-sToP PLAN.

An inspection of the routes Of the city
trolleys was made yesterday by the
Board Of Public Utility Commissioners,
with special reference to the skip
stop" schedule. 1t is stated that the plan
of = stopping at alternate streets, the
"even" ones outbound and the odd"
ones inbound will probably be adopted
at the meeting, next Wednesday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
Foreigners Seeking Employment.

Branch No !, United States Employ
ment Service, at Front and King ots. is
admirably situated for catching workmen
Of foreign nationahties, as is shown by
some Of those applying there for employ
ment yesterday The foreign countries
represented were Costa Rica, Norway,
Chill, Colombia Panama, Argentine,
Mexico, Switzerland, Canada, Spain,
Italy, Germany, Scotland, Greece, Swed-
on oud Russia
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
Roth Ways.

''Now, son. said the business man to
his new Office boy, Il want you to re-
member that the way to succeed is never
to look at the clock
Thanks, boss; took your tip, said
the boy the next morning as he ambled in
two hours late.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
DOVER NOTES.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Dover, Sept l2.-Dover fremen have
had to abandon the carnival this year
because of the inability of carnival COM
panies to secure transportation to this
part of the country
Several Dover boys, members OF the
Delaware Fifty-ninth Pioneer Regiment
now overseas have sent cards to their
relatives here. telling Of their arrival.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
Touring in New York State.

Mahlon Belts, registrar OF the Water
Department, and Mrs Belts are touring
New York. They will 20 up the Hudson
River to Albany and on Lakes George
and Champlain to Plattsburg, where
they will visit military training camp.
They will return Sunday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
British Lose Parliament Member.

By Associated Press TO Every Evening
London. Sept. l2-Sr George Reed,
former high commissioner for Australia,
and member OF Parliament for St Georges
died In London today, after prolonged
illness
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12

Mrs Mary +. Mackin has received
cards telling of the safe arrival Of her sons,
Corporal Charles J, and Sergeant James
J. Mackin of the 59th Pioneers, Della
ware Regiment overseas.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-06

Volity. but were out to arouse the spirit of the Liberty loan in order to carry Bisbee's quota lover the top"
 The c. & A. band. playing national airs, led the great parade to the City park, where hundreds of people assem- bled to hear the address of MT. Ingles, who was sent here from Phoenix for the occasion.
 The background of the platform from which MT. Ingles delivered his oratOrical address was most impres- sively set with the flags of the allied nations, together with Liberty loan banners bearing the many newly coin ed war slogans. Mir Gaines, county chairman for the Liberty loan, intro duced MT. Ingles.
 Every power of oratorical deliver ance was manifest in the address of the evening. and ever holding before the public the meaning of the great spirit of American freedom.
 Doing your bit for the war in a common, simple. every day eXpres- sion," stated Mir. Ingles in the open ing of his address, but remember" !"
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-06
HeaLth Officers Take Drastic Steps

to be found in all of the cities of the west.
 Up to last night there had been forty cases reported to the health of ficers. but it is expected by morning that the number will be greatly in- creased. There is no need of the citi- zens of the district becoming unduly excited and it is up to them to try and assist the health officers in stamp ign out the disease.
 At tho meeting yesterday morning Dr. c. H. Hunt. county health officer, outlined conditions as they nov exist. He explained that to date he had wis ited about twelve cases of influenza. In every case, he declared. the patient was young and healthy. With only a few hours of illness. they appeared to have been very sick for several days. and some showed markedly the effects of the disease. He explained the ease with which the disease is spread and the rapidity with which it finds its way about a community. and the eX- treme necessity of taking immediate
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-06

The spirit of freedom and democra' cy and no peace but a victory peace, flamed as brightly in Bisbee last night in honor of "Wome1s War Work Day" as a beacon light.
 Buy Liberty bonds until it pinches {; load up to the limit and then some, was the rallying cry of the hundreds of enthusiastic lion workers. who partic- ipated in the great patriotic demon stration of the Liberty loan parade.
 There was never such a spectacular appeal in the Warren district in fos- tering the spirit of patriotism as this, and the cry in the soliciting of bonds instead of being "buy a bond" as it was in the former campaigns, was "buy as many bonds as possible"
 It was an inspiring example of emu lation to see all Bisbee turn out in it's array and the crowds of people who did not take part in the parade gath cred along the sidewalks and cheered the serried ranks of women who mov- ed along down Main street, up to the City mark. The crowds were not out to celebrate with any hilarity and fri
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-06
Continued on Page Twol

preventative steps. He recommended the closing of every school and of all the other non-essential places of gath ing. the Immigration of street cars and carrying of only capacity loads. that is the seating capacity of the cars, and plenty of fresh air and light and sun shine in places which must be kept open and in the homes. No crow Is will be permitted to gather on th streets and it is urged that no gath erings be had in private homes.
 Dr. N. c. Bledsoe, member of the city health board. concurred with Dr. Hunt in his outline of condition in the district. but added that he believed the preventative measures should be carried into the mines and suggested that the companies be requested to load cages to half capacity during the prevalence of the contagion. He read reports of Surgeon General Blue of the United States army. defining the disease and giving preventative meas ures and told additional details of cases which he has seen in the dis trict.
 Dr. D. Brown city health officer. spoke briefly. adding that in cases which he had seen in this district one of the marked characteristics is a congestion of the lungs. He empha- sized the admonition of the preceding speakers that preventative measures should bo taken immediately. not only here in Bisbee. but everywhere in the county.
 They called attention to the fact that the drain of physicians from the dis trict for the army has left the dis trict insufficient medical men to cope with a drastic epidemic.
 Precautionary measures for indi- viduals were discussed. and the health officers agreed that they will give wide publicity to means which each person should adopt to prevent con tagion. Plenty of fresh air. plenty of sunshine. avoidance of crowds, Js similar exposures. were the principal preventative measures suggested bv the health officers. Later they will give wide publicity to means of in dividual effCrt to assist in checking the spread Of the disease.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-06
PASSES A BILLION IN
 SLOW DRIVE
Not Encouraging, Say Offici- als; Must Excel This Rate in Twelve Working Days That Remain
CBy Review Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.-Official re- ports of Liberty loan subscriptions gathered by banks up to the close of business last night and compiled late today by the treasury. showed a total of $1.O97. 7.s11, $50.
 While the actual sales through als agencies probably is somewhat in ex. cess of this figure" said the headquar- ters review. "the results obtained in the drive thus far are not highly en- cOuraging. The campaign now has gone through seven working days and only twelve more working days re- main. Approximately S5.OOO. 900 900 in subscriptions still must be raised if the totalgamOunt asked by Secretary Me AdOo is obtained. The daily average which must be achieved between now and October 19 in order to put the loan over the top is about $416.OOO. 900.
 Late official reparts show that only two districts, St. Louis and Boston are maintaining the pace that must be set if the loan is to be subscribed.
 District Subscription Der Cent
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-06

The city and county health officers yesterday at meeting held in the Of flee of the Warren District Commer- cial club, took decided steps to try and prevent the spread of influenza in this district. The matter was thoroughly discussed and as a result orders were issued last night to close all the thea ters. public schools and churches; that no lodge meetings be held; that all dances and other public meetings be discontinued and that all places be fumigated. Street cars will be allowed to carry only seating capacity. The mines will also endeavor to assist Tho change rooms are to be fumigated daily and instead of nine men going down in the cages only five will be allowed and they will be required to stand back to back so that none of them will be breathing in the others face. The soft drink places will be allowed to remain open. but no one is allowed to be seated. Drink and move on is the order.
 While there has been no deaths from the disease so far. there are one or two cases where congestion of the lungs has been noticed. One case. that of a man named McMillan. who is rooming at the Park hotel, is said to be by the physicians as quite dan gerous
 From investigations made by the authorities it has been discovered that the disease came into the district from three directions. Three families that returned from California last Wednes- day on the same trai<. are all now confined to their homes with the dis ease. A young lady came from Texas and went to a ranch near Osborn and she was taken down, as were all the members of the family that she cana to visit The case at the Park hotel was also traced to Texas Me Milan recently came to Bisbee from there. The Mexican woman on Chi huahua hill came from Sonora.
 There has been no quarantine placed against the town and parties are al. lowed to come and go at will. There is no use of a quarantine being placed against the district, as the disease is