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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
SALTS If BACkACHY
AND KIDNEYS HURT
Stop Eating Meat for While If
Your ladder i, Tro ubling
You.

When you wake up with bacSsche and
dull misery in tie kidney region it gen
orally means you have been eating too
much meat, Says = we'll known authority
Meat forms uric acid which Uverworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter it
from the blood and they become sort Of
paralyzcd and loggy. When your kidneys
get sluggish and clog YOU must relieve
them like you relieve your bowels. re-
moving all the body's uinous waste.
else YOU have backache, sick headache.
dizzy spells your stomach Sours, tongue
IS coated. and when hc weather Il bad
YOU have rheumatic tWingcs The urine
Is cloudy, ull III sediment. channels often
get sore. water scalds and YOU are Obliged
to seek relief two or three times during
the night
Eigher consult Il good. reliable phys.-
clan at once on gct from ycur pharmacist
about four ounces oi jad Salts. take
tablespoonful III K glass of water before
breakfast for few DAYS and Your kidneys
will then act fine This famous salts Il
made from the acid If grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia and has been
used for generat 'onS to clcau and stlmu-
late sluggish kidneys. aiso "a ueutralize
acids ia the urine 50 1t no longer irritatcs.
tlus ending bladder weakness
lad Salts is 4 life saver tor rcgalar
meat caters Il Ks inexpensive. cannot
inJure and uakcs 4 delightful, ctfel-
vcsCent lithia-water drunk
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
GREAT DEFENSE SYSTEM
VAST BARB WIRE TAhGLE
Peep Into Old Hindenburg Line
Shows it Was Won
drously Strong.

With the American Forces in France,
Oct 10 Desperate efforts were made
-. tie Germans 10 strengt hen the Hin
,lci4iurg Line when they were driven
back to il by Marshal Fochs great
offensive this summer More than nine
miles In depth at various points. II had
already been called the greatest fortress
the world has ever known Despite
tbiS. information has reached the Amer
,can intelligence officers from various
,ources hat the Germans began -
work upon il With renewed Vlgor soon
after the Franco American counter often
sIve Of july Is which drove them back
over the Marne. east Of 'hateau-
Thierrv and northwest across the Nesle
one section Of the lIindenburg line
examined by British experts had bel
Of wire eight wards deep the Wirc being
the size OF lead pencil and with barbs
OF an inch About one hundred Yards
to thr rear was the first German trench
and behind the trench 100 wards apart
were ferro-concrctc positions built to
hold from two 10 five tro ch machine
guns Behind ihcsc pIlboxcs were
other machine guns cmplacerflcnts
Behind the first line were belts uf
wire ARA ngcd in q cri-S-crosS geOmetT-
ca pattern and then. after an interval
vary ng from several hundred yards
10 half Il milo was the second trench
With the object Of preventing tanks
from Gro sing If. tllc second trench
was dug vide enough TO act IS a trap
when the big crawlers came along
To the rear Of the second trench line
was mother belt Of wire and after hat
he main or support line The part 81
tie line examined by the British officers
has been dug by Russian prisoners and
had running beneath it a continuous
tunnel al a depth Of about forty feet
Along this main or support line stair
cases led up from the tunnel every fifty
wards The tunnel had rooms opening
out Of it and was lighted BY electricity
Above were d mber Of machine gun
posts and trench mortor emplacemcnts
which are connected by hoists 50 that
ammunition may be sent up quickly
from below
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
40 MILLION To TWO WOMEN.
Mrs. CadwaIader and Mrs. Tyson of
Philadelphia Heirs of {. G..
Roebllng, Trenton,

Philadelphia, Oct. lS.-Ivo Phila-
delphia women are heneficiaries to an
estate valued at $40 O0O, O00 thr II he
will Of the latc Charles e. Roebling.
famous engineer, which vas admitted
to probate at Trenton \ J. yesterday
Virtually all Of the estate was left
to The two daughter Of Mr. Roebling.
Mrs Richard Mccall 'adWalader. ,lr. Of
1914 Locust street, and AIRS Carol
Sergeant Tyson. Jr., Of 1000 Spruce
street. In addition the RoebIing man.
sion in Trenton is left contIngently to
Mrs Cadwalader, who is to have three
months to decide whether she wants it
M part of her share in the estate.
Should Mrs Cadwalader not exer-
case her OPP ion a similar period of three
months is To be allowed for Mrs Tyson
TO take or reject the property
Only three other heqnests are made
cgacies Of $4,000 each to Mr. Cad
walader and Ar Tyson aud $40 900 TO
be distri buied among the Roebling
servants
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
ALLIES OFFENSIVE
NETS IMMENSE BAG
RecIairns 5000 Square Miles; Free
Many Hundred Towns; Take
$50 900 Prisoners.

Washington, Oct. 80 The remarkable
progreag made by the allied troops IN the
world war since July -, 1918. when The
big fighting started IN tho Marine salient
md up to and including October -, As
shown bv a compilation of the official
reports for he three rnoHths, gives these
remarkable tofala
Territory Reclaimed Approximately
1000 square miles, counting from the
point of greatest German penetration on
July T.
Towns Freed Many hundreds, n-
Guiding among the most important Mid
dcIkrrkc. Ostrnde. Ghistcllcs, Iocbrugge
Bruges. Rourrs. Lopheu, Ihlelt, our
trai, Menin, Confines. Tourcoing, Ron
baiy. Lille. In Basacc. Do,iai, Noyon
Camtrai re- Catelet, Sc Quentin, In
Fere Laon. Bcrry-a'I-Bac, Bourgogne,
Craonne. scissors, Rheims, Chqteau
rhicrry St Mihicl
Prisoners Taken $50 600
Guns Captured -fC Cannonl, $500.
Machine Guns Captured 10000.
french Mortars Captured 1000 'ayl-
Icntiy an underestimate
Airplanes Destroyed 100 lapprozi-
mate and probably underestirnatedl
Captive Balloons Destroyed Eighty
Long Range Rombardment stopped
Forest of st Gobafn taken where Germans
had installed big guns that sheIled Paris.
Notable Advantages Gained st. Mi
hiel salient wiped out, German L-boat
bases on Rclgian coast taken, All corn
handing terrain ~ the famous Ia Fcre-
Iaon line captured German lines nf rail
way communication tapped Forest of
Argonne cleared. allied communicating
lines freed from German interruption,
German offensive stopped and turned
INTO 4 ro1it
In Ogher Fields British advance not
abiy in Palestine. pushing forward hr
inc originally stretching from the sea tn
the River Jordan, British checkmate
Turks il Caucasus and block route ~
India, allied forces III Macedonia break
Bulgarian front, forcing the surrender n
Bulgaria and creating new menace
from R,irnania. Italians take Fhirazzo
in Albania and push forward, Alirs de-
feat Austrian fleet In Adriatic, Allies push
forward into Russia from the north, and
more than 500 miles into, Siberia from
Vladivostok
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
LID At CAMP DIX
IS SOON TO RISE
Officials May Lift Quarantine
Monday if Conditions
Continue Good.

Camp Dix. Wrightstown, y. j., Oct.
1o.-If conditions at Dix continue In q
favorable way, the quarantine, whIch
has been i'm force here since September
-, will be lifted Monday. Only one
death from pneumonia, nlne new cases
of pneumonia and seven new cases ot
influenza were reported yesterday by
the camp surgeon for a 2i-hour period,
and only one of the influenza victims
had TO be taken TO the base hospital.
For n week past similar reports have
been made to General Scott, but ne has
kept ON the ban to make sure that visits
of soldiers would not work any harm to
the surrounding communities The con
,litions here now arc such, however,
that he feels they can safely go To their
homes. The regulations now in force
regarding the crowdng of buildings
aud all sanitary rules will be rigidy
enforced until all danger OF possible
contagion is passed.
The news that the han is 10 nc lifted
was well received by the men, who rec
ognizc the fact that If it were raised
over the week END visitors from stricken
cities would flock here on Sunday, and
thus probably would carry contagiou,
while If the men themselves spent the
Weekend i'm such places, that they might
carry the disease back. In another
week. however. it IS felt that this danger
will be avoided. and in the meantime
the soldiers Will have the advantage Of
short trips 10 Wrightstown and other
places and the theatrical managers and
others will have time 70 prepare plans
Tor their entertainment
General Scott. on behalf Of the men OF
has command. has officially thanked ali
who in any way assisted III fighting tho
epidemic which took big toll "f hfc
here Many offered their services to
assist in caring for the sick while other,
sent all kinds Of dclcarics. \ number
Of nearby communities also rendered
assistance
Through the efforts II Captain J. J.
| lllv. Of the camp intelligence depart
u.cnt. arrangements arc being made for
= meeting probably on October - Of
thc Polish men at DiX The purpose Is
10 have men Of their own nationality adj
dress them on The war and the reasons
Why they arc lighting III the army Of
nclc sam I'll. program i being ar
ranged hy Professor Or,ly1lskl general
stage manager uf the Metropolitan Opera
House. and all the numbers will be in
Polish with the exception of one English
address
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
AMERICAN AIR FLEET
GETS 10 FOE PLANES

With the American Army Northwest
Of Nerdun. Oct ~ More than sixty
american day tombing aviators yes
terdav attacked Bayonville. Ruzancy
both about eight miles northeast of
Grandpre4 and other towns north Of the
American line 1T GFandpre F,seortng
planes doWncd ten German machines.
This Is said to have been the largest
enterprise vet carried out by an All
American flying force
More than four tons Of bombs were
dropped by the American aviators, the
bombers paying particular attention to
Payonyile. where u concentration Of
German troops had been reported Ru-
zancy received its share owing to its
Importance as j railway town aud til
supply dcpots there In hc region ot
Eavon vile twenty Fokkers attempted
to drive Of the Americans, who kept
the upper hand everywhere
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
CAM MGUFLACE Sk|PtRS
INITIATE GRASS PLOT
Tufts Of Green Hay on Suit
Merge Hun Into the Rural
Landscape.

Behind The American Lines in France,
Oct ia Correspondence Of the As
sociated Press The American sniper
wears a fantastic suit of green burlap
with tufts Of rafia, or Madagascar grass
scwcd thicklv all over the coats and
trousers The coat has a headpiece with
eve-holes So that the sniper head Is
completely enveloped
American troops in the NoSges have
used these camoutiagc suits WITH great
effect The grass-cuvered hurlap is
merged INTO the grass through which
the snper crawls and even when only
twenty five feet distant his presence
cannot be detected
These suits are made by French wo-
men in the American camouhage station
behind the lines
The disappearing building Is one
Of the curious Contrivances Of the camOu-
fage artists here The building is the
size Of a two-story frame cottage Viewed
close at hand i stands out plainly enough
and even at 100 feet the cottage is quite
clear But at the distance from which
the enemy observations would be made
or from an airplane al 5000 feet, the
building does in fact disappear This
is done by the painting IN great wavy
lines of green and brown which, at q
distance. obliterate the straight lines
of roof. gable, windows and doors
and transform the whole structure into
a blur Of green-brOWn color which blends
into the grass and ground
That r. the director of properties
for David Bclasco. said the escort, as
We passed 4 soldier This disclosed that
besides. the artists Of this moufagc
coloring. there are Well-knoRn actors.
stage managers. scene painters. property
directors and cinema artists.
The actors gave a show the other
night for the women workers There
vas carnoufage chariot race, camou-
lage gladiators and camoutiage lions
and tigers One of the camoufage tigers
looked 50 real that it nearly caused
panic when it got down among the Wo-
men
Colonel Bennion camoufage force.
besides the 900 people here, has $50
more along the front l5 men md an
officer with each American division
erecting camouflage devices and putting
into use dummies and decoys.
Two Of the camnuhage force at the
front have been killed Sergeant Ernest
a Herter, son OF a well-known interior
decorator Of New York, and Lieutenant
Harry Thrashcr, and American sculptor,
who fell as the Americans were hammer
ing their way into fismes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
HUNS PILLAGED LILLE.
Levied Contributions Of $50. 900, 900, ard
Dcposted Is 1000 Men; Anticipated
Retreat Two Weeks Ago.

Washington, Oct 1.-two weeks
ago, in anticipation Of their forced evacua-
tion of Lille. the Germans Carried of
to Journal and afterwnrd tn unknown
destinations. male inhabitants OF the
place between fifteen and hfty-fve
years Of age, according To an olIicinl
telegram received from Paris yesterday.
During the four wears of their oecupa-
tion of Lille, Ro,ibaix and Jo,ircoing,
the Germans. according tn the same dis
patch. levied war contributions asgre-
eating 500 600 ONO francs on these three
towns. half Of this having been paid by
Lille alone
THE release Of Lille, says the dis
patch. which takes place at the exact
time when a large part of Relqiun. IS
wrcncbed from the invaders yoke. has
caused great enthusiasm afnong the
French Lille counted before the war.
220,OU inhabitants and together with
the neighboring towns OF Roubaix and
Tourcoing formed an ageloneration of
4oO,oO0 souls According to the first
information received. there would still
be at Lille after the Germans depart
urc nearly 10000 Inhabitants, among
whom about 2o,oUN are refugees from
the neighborng country and towns.
"A fortnight ago the Germans carried
off to Tournai and afterward to no one
knows where all the men under fifty five
years. Of age, and the young men from
fifteen upward Some of them managed
To escape at Journal and returned to
Lille. Nearly 5000 were made prisoners
and carried away
During the four years of occupation
the town has paid war contribution
nf 250. 900, ONO francs, 5W WN 0n FOR the
three towns Of Lille, Roubaix and Tour
Going
The central part Of the town and the
principal public buildings have not SUI
fcred. but pillaging wns kept up almost
continually during the last four years
The suburbs OF Elves and ST MAURICE
have been devastated The usenm has
been completely robbed. and the Pre-
lecture also Pictures, works of art,
collections oi curiosities, all the bronze
statues, except General Faidherhc s. were
sent to Nalencicnnes and thence c
Germany long ago
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
BARS FOR TAKERS
OF B0cHE'S LINGO
Meade Men Who Can Speak
German Have Chance for
Commissions.
Camn Meade Admiral. Md. ns,t 10

Camp Meade, Admiral, Md, Oct. 10.
The poor old German language has been
getting booted around 80 much Of late in
this country that there arc comparatively
few persons who are willing to admit that
the lingo Of the Kaiser is good for any
thing However. there are n few fellows
at this cantonmcnt who understand
every word of it and are glad now that
they know the language Their joy
sprang up when they learned today that
all the members Of this camp who un-
dcrstand German thoroughly, who ran
read and write it and who can act as
interpreters will have n good chance to
become second licutcnnnts.
MANY interpreters who will he able
to understand the dying deposition Of
the Kaiser and the Crown Prince are
needed by the army They will be sent
across the ocean in the near future. pro-
vided, of course, they can pass the ex-
animation given them. Such men will
he of great service in the intelligence
section of the army German granmars
have been sent for and German text
books eagerly sought by some of these
fellows, every one of whom is n real
American and every one of whom will
use the language "a weapon to help
crush autocracv.
When the Tanks go marching into
Berlin none of them will have to limp
through the streets of that town because
of tight or il-fitting shoes At least
none nf the men Of the Lafayette Di-
vision will be in such n plight, for the
authorities here arc seeing to it that
every shoe put on n man fits him To n
niccty Special measuring machines for
such a purpose have been established
and mon who worked IN shoe stores be
fore they came into The army have been
given the job ms shoe inspectors.
The Meade authorities have offered
the Baltimore city authorities 500 ccf'ins
There has been a shortage vi coffins III
Baltimore as = result oi the number of
deaths from the influenza IN that city,
and The city officials accepted the offer
The Carlp officers ordered n big consirn-
mcnt Of cofiins when the deaths began To
mount UP here The situation here con-
tinues to show constant improvement
There were only eight deaths Yesterday
II new cases ot pneumonia and 10 new
iutiuenza cases The siodiers arr hoping
that tho quarantine will bc lifted soon, 81
hat they may bc given "a glimpse NJ the
outside world and may receive some Of
their friends in camp.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
TRANSPORT FIGHTS U-BOAT.
Pirate Wounds Eight, Two Fatally on
u. s. s. Amphon In Attack last Saturday.

An Atlantic Port. Oct. l9.-The home
ward bound army transport Amphion
had two hours running fight with a
tr-boat when 500 miles off the Atlantic
coast last Saturday morning
Eight men on the American ship were
wounded two fatally. The transport
arrived here yesterday and reported that
so far as those aboard could determine
the u-boat was not badly damaged, IT at
all
The submarines first shots carried
away the Amphion's wireless and she
was unable to call for help. Her naval
gun crews replied to the enemy shots
and the transport crowded on all steam,
finally drawing away from the u-boat
The Transports supcrstructure was rid
died with shells and shrapnel.
The Amph;on formerly was the North
German Lloyd liner koeln. She was
seized at Boston and after being repaired
by the Shipping Board was turned over
to the army rs a transport. She Is OF
7,409 tons gross and has speed OF l2I2
knots an hour.
The above is the first news OF t-boats
in operation for several days. Yesterday
dispatch from Amsterdam stated that
the J-boats had all been recalled, to their
bases and their warfare ended.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
RHINE VALLEY TASTES
GERMAK-MAOE WAR
Great Physical Damage Petty Con
trasted With the Clio ,m it Has
Spread Over Empire.

London. oct 10 4 belt of the Rhine
valley. roughly $50 miles long, from
Cologne in the north 10 the Grand Dachy
of BADEN IN the south, region crowded
with war industries and ister ected by
n railway system of vital strategic I'M
portance to the German army IN Fran
Is now a definite part uf the war zone.
This il one of the most striking and
significant Developments of the Allied
campaign. and how big are IFS possibil-
itics may be gaugcd hv the vast dam
age. both physical and moral, already
inflicted upon enemy. 1t Is the achieve
ncnt Of the Royal Air Force.
over that region IN the Inst three
months the airrnen operating day aud
night, have made 24o raids, dropping
2O7 tons Of bombs upon enemy rail-
way ccnters, munltion works, poison
gas factories, electrical and engineer
ing plants. blast furnaces. aerodromcs,
and other important military ohjcctivcs.
The effects Of these raids have been
OF incalculabc benefit to the Allies
One Of the first WAS the compulsory
withdrawal by the Germans of n large
number of their airplanes from the
fighting front for the defense Of the
Rhine.
But 4 greater gain has been the pro-
found and widespread depression caused
to the German people. the home front,
to use the phrase Of Ludendorff. Cap
tured letters from places ~ widely
separated as Mannheim and Cologne
testify to the terror and panic inspired
by the raids among the civil popnla-
ton WelI-to-do families. in increasing
numbers, are seeking the temporary
security OF more distant inland towns
There are indications that the flight
OF the wealthy is causing intense re-
sentiment among the working popu-
latlon who being for the most part
engaged in war industries, are exposed
to almost nightly danger from the rad
ers.
But the terror of the German popu-
lace is not confined to the territory
actually added to the war zone. II ex-
lists throughout the country. partie-
ularly in far-distant Berlin where prep
arations already have been made to
defend the city against raids
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
SUFFS IN BATTLE FOR SENATE.
Miss Rankin and Miss Martin Cam
paigning for Congress.

san Francisco, Cal, Oct II Two
women from the far west arc working day
and night to secure enough votes 20 place
them in the United States senate Miss
Anne Martin Of Reno, Nevada, aud Miss
Jeanette Rankin of Helena, Montana,
now member Of Congress. are the as
pirants for the honor Of being the first
women to sit in the legislative hall Of
the nation Miss Rankin was the first
woman to st III the lower house
Both women hold university degrees,
having studied both in America and
European institutions Both are ardent
supporters Of equal suffrage Miss Martin
has been student. executive. professor,
traveller, lecturer artist and athlete
She Is an expert, horsewoman and Al one
time held the State singles tennis cham
pionship Of Nevada Both women passed
their girlhood III the outdoors
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-19
BELCIANs GREET KING.
SOverciRns Back in Ostend After -Four
Years Banishment: Population Rejoieed.

London. Oct I9.---Adrniral Keyes in
reporting his entrance with his feet into
Ostend notes the return Of King Albert
and the Queen % pclgium 10 their
capital;
The King and Queen ol the Bclgians
expressed the wish 10 visit Ostend, either
from the sea or the air. IN view of the
difficulty. Of landing and the uncertainty
of the situation, they Proceeded IN the
destroyer Termagant, flying The I,elgian
flag at the main, % the vicinity of Ostend
The senior officer Of the British motor
launch patrol of Ostend, which had been
reinforced by French motor launches
reported that all had been quiet for sorue
hours
Their Majesties therefore landed and
proceeded 10 the Hotel dc Vile They
we're received everywhere With indie
ecribable enthusiasm They returned n
Dunkirk about 10 O'Clock at night
The Pritiah naval forccs suffered NJ
damage and no casualties