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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
TWENTY-FIVE KILLED,
80 To 70 INJURED,
TRAINS IN CRASH
Six Passenger Coaches Demolished
and,Two Burned in Accident
Near Nashville, Tenn.
SEVERAL CARS TELESCOPED

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Nashville, Tenn, July Q. Two pass
cnger trains on the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st Louis railway were IN collision
early today near Belle Meade Park, IN
the western suburbs OF Nashville.
Telephone reports from the scene OF
the wreck arc to the effect that % were
killed and between fifty and seventy
five persons injured.
Six passenger coaches IN all were
demolished and two cars Of the through
train caught fire and were burned mp.
Wrecking crews and volunteers worked
heroicaIly in the wrcckagc to rescue the
injured
The wreck occurred Mt 7l5 o clock. on
the Dutchman's Grade, seven miles from
Nashville Every doctor and nurse
available in the city was rushed to the
scene with all the ambulances.
One train wns castbound from Memphis
and st. Louis. and the other from Nash
Vile To Memphis.
Both engines and two baggage cam
were wrecked A combination coach
on the local filled with white and negro
passengers was ripped from end to end
Several coaches were telescoped and
passengers arc being taken out with
difficulty.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
HUNS MAY SEIZE
MOSCOW TO AVENGE
MIRbACH MURDER
Berlin Press Preparing Way for
Kaiser to Strike in Russia
the Chance Welcomed.
THE czECHs ARE BLAMED
BY As-ociatod prsss . Every evening

BY Ar-o~infad Press ~ Every Evening
London, July Occupation Of Ruasia
and seizure If its resources vii ~ the
penalty imposed bv Germany for the
assassination n ifa Ambassador ~ Mos
COW Berlin j. taking The opportunity NJ
forded hy tho Mlrbach murder 70 pre-
pare q great campaign of prone gsnda
and arms against the Russians and N
inspire tho w8r-weary pHopie ~ homo
with aorne tangible evidence Of material
SUCCESS
The inzpirnd German press j. pre-
pairing the public for radical now
against Russia "a punishment for the
murder Of Count Won Nirhach
Dutch and Scandinavian newspapers
hint at march on Moscow, and dis
patches are printed showing thai Crer-
man forces n0w are about 800 miles
vest Of that city and are being heavily
reinforced.
The murder Of Count vou Mirhach
has caused great excitement IN Ter
many, the Exchange Telegraph GORE
spondent at Copenhagen reports- All
the German newspapers Use v1olent
sxuressions n commenting upon ne
event. They are generally in agreement
that The Bolshevlk government Was not
connected with the assassination.
The Wolf Bureau telegram from
Moscow, the Copenhagen dispatch adds,
declares the Social Revoiutionists adj
rnitted thew were concerned IN the plot
70 assassirate the ambassador.
German newspapers point n General
Savinkoff. VINO was War Minister IN
the Kerensi6v cabinet, as the man De
hind the Won Nfirbach Dlot, which is
beng gradually developed hy me leu
ton press into great antl4Terman
movement backed Dv all those men
whom Germany has found 70 oe hin
ORANGES IN her plans of aggression n
Russia. 4 Moscow telegram circulated
by the Wolff News Bureau OF Berlin says
'sSavinkofT i considered TO be respon-
sible for the deed. He l. moreover SAID
70 he closely connected with the CzecnO-
Slovak and social Revolutionary move
ments His whereabouts are unknown.
German newspapers give many COZ
unns 70 the Developments IN the Mir
bach case, particularly long kilograms
from Moscow praISing the work that
Count Won Mirbach did tEers and descrlb-
ing the alleged treacherous manner ~
which the assassin rs gained entrance to his
Office BY posing as delegates OF 3 COM
mission for combating the Social Revolu-
ZIONIST movement. Il IS stated that they
fred their reyolveTs not only at Count
Won Nlirbach. bus also st German Coun-
cilor Kiezler and Lieutenant Muller, VINO
were in the room Immediately after the
firing they jumped from a window, hurting
hand grenades back Of them SIS they
jumped. They leaped into 3 waiting auto
mobile and escaped.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
TWO W|N-TRE- WAR
MEETINGS TOMORROW
Public Gatherings at The Play
house Under the Auspices of
the Defence Council.

Every patriotic Delawarean who wants
to learn the WAY that he or she can help
Uncle Sam To win the war IL urged and
expected 10 attend one or the other Of
two public meetings Mt The Playhouse
tomorrow under the auspices Of the
State Council Of Defence. when the chan
nela for personal service to nation will be
outlined bv Federal representatives One
Of the meetings Of this State win-fhe-war
conference will be hold at 2 o clock in the
afternoon, when DR.. j. II. Sherer, field
agent for the National Council Of De
fence. viii Ia the chief speaker The
other meeting Ia at 8 O'Clock tomorrow
night and at this big massn~eting Lieut..
Paul Peregord, French army officer,
will tell wildly of warfare over there
and how the folks At home can help
Miss Julia G. Lethrop. chief Of the L. s.
Children s Bureau, will explain ways to 20
after some of our vital problems NJ home,
brought about partly by the var.
Elliott Dunlap Smith, the speaker st
the afternoon round table discussion, IL
perhaps the best qualified man IN the
National Defence Council TO tell the
Delaware Conncil how 10 go ahead with
Its work.
In the evening Lieutenant Peregord
dicnce that will thrill his hearers TO
their hearts depths.
Miss Lathrop .bas been responsible
more than any other woman fer the
definite, active program OF the entire
nationa TO save its young in this chill
dren wear and she will have a message
that ia bound 10 interest everyone.
The Fort du Pont Band will furnish
music and it is hoped that the COM
munity chorus, especially at the night
meeting, will turn out in large numbers.
SENATOR SALISBURY DETAINED.
United States Senator Willard Sauls-
bury will be unable 10 attend the Defence
Council nassInccting at The Playhouse
tomorrow night Judging by the follow
ing telegram which the Senator has sent
Every Evening from Washington:
Please state prominently that ID is
impossible for me To make engagements
or accept invitations 10 come 10 Della
ware while Congress is In session here
This condition will probably exist until
tho proposal to take over the telegraph
companies is disposed of While the Vice
President is away, must neglect my duty
or be in the Senate il physically able
every day il is In session The lnterstat to
Commerce Committee is considering the
taking over by the government of tho
telegraph and telephone lines. which the
President has declared To be an important
war measure. As member of that COM
nittoe | must attend It's sessions | have
Ii number of invitations tn como TO Della
ware To meetings and functions and should
be most happy 10 accept them all and
want very much to get home for timo
and have some needed rest, but cannot
do so, for reasons given. ! reques. that
the other Delaware newspapers make
this statement us prominent as possible
Willard Salisbury"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
ORGANIZE THE COUNTY.
Rural New Castle Women Line
Up for Food Conservation.

Nineteen sections of rural New Castle
county viii be represented at meeting
to be held on Wednesday afternoon IN tins
city in the interests of food conservation:
The meeting will be held in the dlrec' ors
room of the Central National Bank, tItth
and Market streets, beginning at q clock.
This meeting is one chiefly for organizing
the communities of the county SO that The
work from now on may proceed on
systematic basis Since the food con
servation program was begun the work
of saving for the boys across the seas has
been proceeding individually, but with
this meeting 1t is hoped that the work will
go forward more successfully because of
the concerted effort
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
TO TAKE OVER CANAL.
Assurance to This Effect Given at
Meeting in Washington,
This Morning.
special Dispatch to Eysr, Eeentns
NJ AsAIAafaA, -

w AsHIA4FaN, July D.
interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty, sitting for Director General
AcAdoo Of the Railroad Administration
this morning gave practical assurance that
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and
others In the Atlantic Intra-Coast Chain
will be utilized to relieve present railroad
congestion.
Action Of the Director General, he told
representatives from the districts To be
affected. will be contingent probal " on a
favorll le report by the inland Water
ways Commission app iIted ~ the Presi-
dent
Representative susil.fN rtL Carolina
heir uan Of the House Rivers md i.ar-
RS Cor ittee, and Senator inu or4,
+ North Or lima have been III TIA the
rep 1T Of the commission, noI YET for IL
ated, will lie favorable to the use Of the
waterways They were at the meeting
together with j. Hampton Moore, Penn
sylyania representative, and others in
terested IN the project,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
THROW OFF MTRBACH MOOSE"
CRY OF MOSCOW WORhMEN

The Hague. July 9. Germans return
ing from Moscow recently, says the Vos-
sische Zeitung referring 10 the Won
AIirbach case, have expressed fear that
complete anarchy there might endanger
persons. who, IN an orderly country,
would be safe from harm 1t gives the fol-
loving alleged quotation from q speaker at
a railway strike meeting in Moscow;
at is time 20 throw of the moose Won
Nfirbach has put around our necks, other
wise shameful death threatens US.
Away with German capital, Away with
Won AIirbach and his whole counter
revolutionary band
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
500 CONvALEsSCEET ROBES.
Imp eratiye Appeal Made by Washington
to Red Grass of ID ataWsre

An imperative appeal has been made
by Washington TO the Red Gross Of Del
aware. All women and others ID Whining
ton who can sew are asked to aid II 9ac9
in making sd col yJescent ro,eS, which
are to be u heavy iannelette.
The material is ~ the old City Hall,
cut ID shape and ready for sewing and
all who can make from one TO ten ia the
next two weeks are asked to do 80.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
U.S.ENVOY REPORTS
MURDER OF NIRDACH
Ambassador Francis After Fort
nights Silence Tells Of Revolu
ton in Moscow.
BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening

" 7taaV7Vll1- % E-E7a . ~ = ' 'E1I1a
Washington, July 9. Russia Am
bassador francis at Eologda, IN Il message
dated July T. bringing the first word
received from him By the state Depart-
ment since June -, has confirmed the
report OF tho assassination % Count Won
A4irbach, the German ambassador AT
MOSCOW
The killing occurred az p u, July
t. and latest reports reaching the am
bassador said lighting was pryl rtsslng
In the streets If Moscow " lreless
messages I'd the Soviet government told
81 the capture Of several prominent
Bolsheviki officials by revolutionists and
of the arr st Of revolutionary leaders by
Bolsheviili forces.
Similar information reached the Depart
ment from the Associated Press rell resenta-
tive ut Nologda, who said there wa street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
TYPHOON SWEEPS GUAM.
Our Wards Made Destitute by
Storm, Washington is Tolp by
Governor of Island.
By As.ociasod Press % Every Evening

by Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Washington, July o. The island If
Guam was devasted by typbOon on
July 6, Captain Roy Smith, governor Of
the island andscornrnandant of the naval
station. reported today ~ the navy
department
lie said half the inhabitants arc .dcstI-
tutc, crops have been destroyed and much
material damage done Steps have ten
taken 10 feed the destitute
Guam IL the largest Of the faflone
pro,rD Of Islands m the Pacihc; u ~ on
The route between Honolulu and Manila
The island ja p r,ossessiOn ~ the nited
States C,uarn's area ~ 226 square miles.
The u0pulafion. June. 1913, was l2,693
All are natives viii, Tho. exception 81 about
1Dl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09

Nicholas Marricincyn, before Judge
Churcbman in City Court today on a
charge Of assault and battery upon onr
Annie Nato, was discharged when the
State faded TO prodaGe sufficient evidence
10 sI3siantdate the accslssti0n.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
u. IS. ORDERS NEWSPAPER ECONOMIES.

u. ECONOMIES.
issued he following;
1910
Discontinue the of all samples Gmou0n copies
each foF checking
Discontinue the arbitrary
peing iegihaiely
hold Cerai
wholesale
senLaisn
dealers
of
to
desired
Observation-Disclosures
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
BRUCE A. CAMPbELL
HEADS THE fLKS
Illinois Man Chosen Exalted
Ruler al Atlantic City
Convention.
Is, Associated Press 20 Every Evening

ATLANTIC CRY, July 0,
Bruce A, Campbell, of Illinois, was
elected grand exalted ruler of the I.lks at
their convention here today There
Is L contest for grand secretary and grand
treasurer,
New York leads tbs membership with
4d,4l2i Pennsylvania is second with
80, 729.
General perzhing, vino heads tiie list IT
30 900 members Of tbs Eiks jD tbs mill
tary service of tbs country, eal3ied i mes
cage a greeting to the 500, 900 members Of
the order
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
FOOD OUTLOOK BRIGHT,
BEST IN MANY MONTHS
No Danger of Sugar Famine, Food
Administrators Tells People
of United States.
By Associated Press 10 Every Evening

u Ahst'ti aV5t T tt1ss % NssNfF = VEl-LLs
Washington, July O. Definite aaour-
ances that there is no danger of sugar
famine were given by the Food Admins
tration today and the food situation
generally was declared to be better than
at any tims since America undertook the
feeding OF the Allied world
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
No Helm No Crops.

Owing to the scarcity Of labor 1000
acres of farm land in BrandySine hundred
that usually produce large crops arc
non-productiye this summer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
g ARMY IRA NSPORTS
TO Be BUILT A! ONCE
Shipping Board Chairman An
nounces Contracts Have Been
Let for the New Boats.

BY Associated Press Ia Every Evening
Washington, July d Hartman Hur-
lev. after a visit to the White House today
announced that the Shipping Board has
let contracts for "a army transports
After the war the transports will be put
into the passenger carrying trade
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
CROSS FOR EGB'T Z. LEE.
American Lieutenant. Grandson of Con-
foderato Leader cited for Bravery by
French.
y Associated Press 70 Every Evening

I'D A1SoSAAtSNI Less % L-FN4y = FOalLho
Chicago, July D. Lieutenant Robert
T. Lee, a grandson of the famous Con
foderate general, has been cited for the
croix lie guerre, according TO a letter Just
received from him by his wife
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
Amusements Tonight.

Queen Firefy OF France
Majestic The Mating Of Aiarcelia.
Victoria -'A the Mercy Of Men.
savoy &c Opportunity
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09

Particular people choose ClOvef Dairy
milk.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09

The Help Problem tan BE Solved,
if you look 20 Every EssmIng's classified
page eve dag Many business houses ds-
pend upon Every ERanfng ana 1t rarely
fails Results prase thaf.--Aap.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09

kntento airmen are keeping up AZ
active bombardmcnt Of tine area behind
the German lines British flyers again
Continued On page
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
CALL NEW REGIsTRANTs.
crowder Issues Order Touching Draf-
tees in Class one-Effective
Immediately.

lHlmcuidtcIJ.
Washington. State draft executives
we're directed by Provost Marshal
General Crowder to have local boards
call up for physical examination i'm
mediately all new registrants under
the selective draft law who have been
placed in Glass One
District and local boards and med
ical advisory bodies VIII be instructed
to speed their work, so as to have
new Glass One men available for call
to the colors in August.
Draft executives were also asked to
report at once the approximate num-
Der of registrants brought into Glass
One for the deferred classes by the
recent combing out and rectification
of those classes under the work or
fight order
1t is intimated that very large per-
centage of the 100000 men who regis
tered last June will go into Glass
One, since relatively few men just
attaining 81 have dependents.
Bank clerks also have been exempt
ed by General Crowder from the ope-
ration Of the work or fight regulations
This announcement was made by the
federal reserve board, which made
public part OF a letter from General
Crowder containing the ruling.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
AUSTRALIANS SWEEP
FORWARD ON SOMME
ADVANCE ON THREE THOUSAND
YARD FRONT TO DEPTH OF
SIX HUNDRED YARDS.
GAINS NEAR MONTE GRAPPA
Italians Score at Home and in Albania.
In Mountain Regions of Italy
They Continue Their
Advance.

With the British Armies in France.
The Australians made still another ad-
vance, carrying forward their line
astride the Somme to a depth of about
a third of mile, on front of nearly
two miles. This improves their posi-
ton In front of Hamel village and
strengthens the British front in the
marshes around Silly-Laudette.
There seems to nave been no serious
fighting. The German outposts fell
back when pressed, and the only op-
position was from machine guns post
ed some hundred yards behind them.
The Australians captured one officer
and 10 men. The German artillery has
INDUCED in heavy retaliatory fire on
the defenses held by the Australians
and Americans, and has sent over a
certain amount of gas. Villers-Breton-
neux has been severely shelled.
The German artillery similarly was
active north of Albert in the vicinity
of Beaumont amel and on the Flan-
ders front in the neighborhood Of Be-
thune
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
WAR PROHIBITION MEASURE
Legislation Proposed AS a Substitute
For Pending Amendment to the
Agricultural Bill.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to prohib-
It the sale of distilled liquor, wine or
beer after Jan. 1, 1919, and to prohibit
the manufacture of wine and beer
after Nov. next, was agreed upon
by the senate agricultural committee.
The legislation is proposed as sub
stitute for the pending Norris amend
ment to the emergency agricultural
appropriation bill. which would stop
the sale of distilled liquor and wine
June 80, 1919, and prohibit the manu-
facture of beer three months after the
bill becomes law.
Provisions for the expectation of
liquors already produced were consid-
cred by the committee and probably
will be reported in some form before
the senate acts on the amendment.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
ITALIANS FORTIFYING
GROUND NEWLY WON
ARE OCCUPYING TERRITORY BE.
TWEEN THE NEW AND OLD
PAVE.
YANKS RAID GERMAN LINES
They Bring Back Prisoners After Suo
esssful operation-Hun Raid Is
Driven From American
Positions.

Rome.-The Italian troops on the
southern end OF the Piave line, having
driven the Austrians across the Piave,
are establishing themselves in the ex
tensiye region between the new and
old river beds which the Austrians
were compelled to evacuate, the war
office statement shows. The statement
highly praises the valor OF the troops
which won the pronounced success
that has been achieved,
Between the Sile and the Pave our
troops, having reached with perfect
maneuvering and irresistible elan the
right bank of the new Piave and driv-
en- the enemy to the other side of the
river, now are fortifying themselves
on the vast tract of ground recap
tured, every yard of which shows
traces OF the epic struggle and fur
nishes proof that the enemys losses
were much higher than he had fore.
seen.
The Twenty-third Army Corps, hav,
ing carried out the difficult operation
VIGOROUSLY, has added new laurels to
its glory. The Fourth Infantry Di.
vision particularly distinguished itself,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
Dupont Employees Reported AS Vic
Tins In Crash.

Memphis.-A large number of the
dead and injured in the Nashville
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad
wreck are believed to have been la,
borers sent from Memphis to work In
the Dupont powder plant.
These workmen occupied coaches
ahead of the pullman sleepers, and
H M Baugh, secretary to Superin-
tendent E. M. Wrenn at Nashville,
said over long distance telephone that
80 per cent of the deaths and injuries
occurred among the laborers and in
the day coaches.
Fate took hand in the forwarding
from Memphis of the largest number
of men we have sent 70 the Dupont
company" said M. M. Glidewell, in
charge of the powder plants Memphis
employment bureau. Fatalities among
their number are said to have been
heavy.
"We were without sufficient funds
to pay for the mems transportation
Late in the afternoon they sent dele.
cation to me insisting that they get
away at once. My hands we're tied,
but told them to be at the depot for
the departure of the l.. & N. at Sis
Thirty minutes before train time
received $1,000 by telegraph, rushed
to the depot and within 20 minutes
had the men in their cars. am sorry
now they left, for / expect many have
been injured and probably some are
dead
"The white men in the list were ex.
pert carpenters, plumbers, machinists
and other sorts of high-class laborers.
Most of them were from Memphis and
towns near this city.
"The negro men were from North
Mississippi and Shelby county. They
were farmers who had laid by their
crops and wanted to go to Dupont's
for two months work"
The cars the men travelled in were
placed in the train next to the bag
gage coaches. They were wooden cars
and reports indicate that the dead and
injured were taken out Of them.
The wrecked Nashville train was at
tached to the Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati train that left the Mem.
phis Union station at Sis in the eve
ming At Mckenzie the Nashville cars
were delivered to the Nashville, Chat
tanooga & st. Louis railroad and
hauled toward Nashville as No. /,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
FLYER AND MECHANIC
BURNED TO DEATH
MEN WERE STRAPPED IN SEATS.
AND UNABLE TO ExTRlcATE
THEMSELVES.
NEW REGISTRANTS CALLED
crowder Issues Order Touching Draf.
tees in Glass One-Wants Men
Available For Call to Col
ors in August.

Ardmore, Okla.-Lieut E. B. Sullt
van and Mechanic Doyle, of Barron
Field, Fort Worth, Tex, were burned
to death near here when their ma
chine fell into nose spin while as
cending, Lieut. Sullivan and Mechan-
ic Doyle, in one machine. with an
army aviator in another, came here
on practice flight.
The other machine had just passed
out of sight on the return trip when
Sullivan attempted to rise against a
brisk wind He was about 100 feet up
when the machine took a nose dive
and fell. Flames Immediately burst
out, covering the machine, which
burned fiercely for twenty minutes.
The two men were strapped into their
seats and were unable to extricate
themselves.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
COUNTER REVOLUTION STARTED.
Anti.Bolsheviki Began Uprising After
Mirbach Was Killed.

acknowledgements OF news from
various sources indicate that the as,
sassination of Count Won Mirbach, the
German ambassador to Russia, was &C.
companied by a formidable uprising
against the Bolsheviki in Moscow.
A Russian wireless dispatch claims
that the uprising has been completely
suppressed and the tone or the mes
sage indicates that the suppression
was accomplished with sanguinary
violence, the orders being that all who
showed resistance to the Bolsheviki
had been "shot on the spot"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-12
MITCHELL AiRPLANE VICTIM.
Former Mayor Of New York City Falls
From Plane.

Lake Charles, lanai. John Pur-
roy Mitchell. former mayor Of New
York City and an officer in the avla-
tion section Of the signal corps, was
instantly killed at Gerstner field when
he fell from single-seated scout.planc
at height of about 900 feet.
Maj. Mitchell, accompanied by Mrs.
Mitchell, came to Lake Charles from
San Diego. Cal, about three weeks
ago. and Mrs. Mitchell was at Gerst-
ner field but did not witness the acct
dent. The body was shipped to New
York