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Evening journal., 1918-02-09

in the forehead and his son had the
top OF his head blown or by snol
Last Of an NJ. Stricfiert and one of Vas
ses sons were murdered, while Mime
Menlre received three bullets. one in the
LEFT leg. another in the arm on the same
side, and one on her forehead. which
was only grazed NJ Gullaume was
dragged into the street and there found
dead. Simonin, a Young girl OF i7. came
out last from the cellar with her sis
ter Jeanne. aged three The latter had
her elbow almost carried off by a ball
let. The elder girl ilung herself on lhe
ground and pretended 20 Doe dead re-
naming for five minutes in terrible an-
guish A soldier gave her a kick cry
ing 'Kaputr
An officer arrived at the end Of this
buichery. ordered lhc women who were
sim alive TO get up and shouted 10
them. Go 10 Francer
While AN these people were being
massacrcd, others. according io on cX-
preston used by an eyewitness, We're
driven like sheep into the fields under
the threat Of immediate execution. lho
cure, in particular owed his escape
from being shot to extraordinary cir
cumslances
At least 80 civilians were Killed at
Nomeny that number are known by
name, and The list is probably incom-
plcte AT > o'clock writes soldier
of the Slh BaNarian Regiment. 1--WE were
ordered by ihe officer in command TO
shoot am the male inhabitants OF No
meny and raze lhe town to the ground.
because the inhabitants We're foolishly
attempting 90 stop lhe German troops
advance by force of arms We broke
into the houses and dragged OF an who
resisted, to shoots them according 10
martial law. Houses not destroyed al
ready by the French artillery or our
own We're set on fire by US. so That
nearly the whole town was reduced 20
ishes. 10 is terrible sight when help
ess women and children are reduced 90
iiter destiiution and driven forth into
france"
Continued Tomorrow
Evening journal., 1918-02-09
MISS ECHENmOFFER TO BE BRIDE.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NgDDLETOWN, Del. Feb 9-Nir. and
Mr.. George Echenhorfer, of Middle
ts~,n, have announced Tho engagement
OF their youngest daughter. Louise, 10
Edward T. Gorsienberger Of Green
Vile. Texas
The Five Hundred party which was
10 have been given at the Century Club
on next Saturday evening. .bas been
postponed indefinitely. because Of
the weather.
Richard j. Price is critically ill az
the Homeopathic Hospital Whining
ton
AT the last meeting OF The Century
Club three new members were elected
Mrs George B Pearson and Mrs Henry
u Roberts associate members. and Mrs
Watson r. Bolts active member Mrs
Howard A. Pool gave report Of the
state Executive meeting recently held
in Dover
Evening journal., 1918-02-09
CARLOADS OF SOUP
ARE SHIPPED EAST
Bv The United Press

By The United Press
ST PAUL. MINI, Feb. 9.-Carloads Of
live soup are being sent east almost
weekly
The average car contains 1000 live
poppy. swapping turtles for bejeweled
and broadclothed epicurians OF the ef-
feto east The average car weighs 10000
pounds
c. Wicklund Twin City turtle soup
king. realizes about $4,000 annually In
profit from the business. Il takes O force
Of men six weeks TO catch and sack one
carload Of turtles
This will be the last year IN which
the turtle business will be good In Min
nesoia Since the average age Of the pro.
duct is 300 years, newspaper readers arc
not likely DO be bothered by n repetition
of This story
The turtle are caught 10y training a
400 candle power gas lantern on sur
face of lake. Ten 10 twenty turtles
usually catch each other by the tails.
and come 90 the light Then @ screw
driver is used to pry the turtles loose
from each other.
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

one glance around the
floors - indeed, o n e
perusai Of the hand
somely Illustrated 16-
page pamphlet, "T h e
+ e bruary Furniture
Sale" which We'll mail
to a n Y 0 n e W h o
requests it-shows that
in quality Wanamaker
Sale Furniture is the
cream of the furniture
market.
An expert selects first
our furniture makers
and then our furniture.
Usually it's made from
designs furnished by
and exclusively reserved
for us.
This is true of pat
terms in fabrics used in
upholstering the furni-
ture as we'll as the fur
niture itself.
Furniture obtained
through most mail-or-
der catalogues is apt to
look so relentlessly like
furniture everyone else
has seen, even if by
good luck the hext-door
neighbor's suit is differ
ent (as it will be if he
purchased it here).
It's like the bad dream
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

But they are not the
people who are actually
acquainted with this
sale of furniture.
A 4s-inch extension table in
a good quality of nut-brown oak
can be purchased for as little as
$50; in golden oak. s1275;
chairs in golden oak at $S.75
apiece.
A beautiful golden oak To-
piece dining-room suit. of the
Adam period, can be bought for
S137.25.
The various pieces of this suit
can be purchased singly, if de-
sired. The round extension table
is $50.
Thebuffet-characteristically The
low. graceful and rOOmy. having
a long linen drawer. a specially
equipped drawer for silver. an
extra drawer and two side cup
bOards-is S2S.
Serving-table 10 match, s14.75
The china closet. with its lat.
ticed front. is particularly effec-
tive. and costs S31.5O. 1t would
look well with any golden oak
suit. The chairs. with seats
upholstered in genuine brown
Spanish leather. are very rich
looking. The entire set OF
chairs. consisting of one arm
chair and five side chairs, is s33.
A complete and handsome
l0-piece suit Of dining-rOOm
furniture. in the fashionable and
durable nut-brOwn finish, costs
just S2O6.5O.
The buffet has the two fea-
lures of beauty and usefulness.
Four large and two small draw
ors. and specially arranged sill
yer-drawer with dust-prOOf par
titiOns. Two deep side cup
boards. Price SAL.
The pretty serving table is
also unusually rOOmy, having
two drawers and deep bottom
shelf. $3.50.
The china closet, with its dou-
Evening journal., 1918-02-09
CADDOCK WINNER
OVER ZBYSZK0

DES MONIES. Iowa, Feb earl
Caddock, of Iowa, O private in the Ma
tional Army.w0s awarded a referees de-
cision over Wladek Zbyszko, the Polish
wrestler. in their match here tonight,
after each participant had won fall.
Caddock took the first fan after one
hour and twenty minutes Of strenuous
wrestling. using head scissors and
wrist lock- and Ibyszko won the second
with a side hip lock in ihlrly-one min
ules
When the agreed limit of two and a
galf hours Of actual wrestling had ex-
pired at iij this morning, The referee
awarded the contest 90 the lOwan.
Evening journal., 1918-02-09
CALLS ON CHILDREN
TO HELP RED CROSS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. Feb o. Governor Town
send today issued a proclamation calling
upon the school children Of Delaware to
make drive for Red Cross membership
beginning on Lincon's Birthday, Tues
day next, and continuing until Wash
inglon's Birthday, February %. In ad-
dressing the children. Governor Town
send adds In no other branch is the
spirit Of youth, with its kindness and
good cheer. so well ntted."
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

bic glass doors, and back mir
ror panel is most effective.
China, cut glass or silver will
look the better for being placed
ON any Of its four shelves.
Price, S39.
The big extension table of
this group is very handsome and
OF an uncommon type. IL can
be extended to measure 8 feet,
making a very practical pur-
chase for large family use. s4s.
The chairs are gOod-lOOking
and comfortable. They have
shaped, cane panel backs. and
seats upholstered in cOlorful
Evening journal., 1918-02-09
THREE TIMES A DAY
Should Be Selected Wisely
That MeQnS-At W0n0m0keTS

rep. Side chairs, $3.50 eaehi
arm chairs, $12.50.
DUT make no mistake
- on one point.
Bright conversation,
friendly glances, a we'll
cooked, even if Hoover
lied meal, and simple,
low priced furniture
chosen judiciously at
Wanamaker's, can make
a dining-room sunshiny
at small cost.
But just the same,
the beauty and dignity
of fine classic furniture
are we'll worth the diff
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

from which a woman
woke sObbing;
Why, I d-dreamed l
was in a m-market," she
told her anxious spouse,
"where they were sell
ing h-husbands! Some
brought thousands of
dollars, some $50 or
S100, s-some $25-'
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

"Well," asked he, "did
you see any there like
me?"
That's Just it," she
walled. "H-hundreds!
all hung up in b-bunch-
es, like radishes, at t-ten
cents a bunchp' p
COME people still have
- the mistaken notion
that they must dig deep
down into the money
bag, or draw heavily on
the bank, in order to
furnish a dining-room
in good taste and style.
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

ference of a few hun
dred dollars for the one
who has it to spend.
For a person who
ought to pay but S13725
to purchase one of our
suits for $500 would be
a sad mistake.
But for one who could
afford to buy the $500
suit to be satisfied with
the S137.25 one might
be a sad mistake.
Fine looking furni-
ture earns its keep.
The dining room is
the focus of the home
life. The busiest or the
gaddingest family eat
together, if they lack
time to sit together.
Nine hundred and nine
ty-five times a year
someone must face that
buffet.
It should be able to
stand the scrutiny.
There are 316 buffets
in the Sale, prices start
ing at S26.
A T one time, it is said,
L n a visit was made
by Thoreau to the home
Of Emerson, and at the
breakfast table the first
named philosopher no
ticed a large section of
pie placed in front of his
hosts Mate
Why, Mr.. Emerson"
he said, you aren't 60
ing to eat all that pie,
are you?"
Why, Mr.. Thoreau."
replied Emerson, whose
fork was already poised
for the attack, what is
pie tOr?"
What is money for?
We all know what
furniture's for.
And what this Sale is
for is to enable you to
buy furniture at reduc-
tions averaging 39 per
cent.
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

house should
be the dining-room.
That's agreed, isn't
it?
The bedroom should
dif'use the essences of
peace, the guest-room
those of hospitality, the
library the aroma of
books, the kitchen the
unrivalled fragrances Of
a good meal just ready
to set on.
But if the dining
room scowls at you,
from wallpaper to fur
nishings, or if it greets
you with a grotesque
grin, the day begins
wrong at breakfast,
isn't mended at dinner,
and unloads depression
on you at supper-time
with a last fatal slump.
And all the time the
cook doing her very best
in the kitchen. It isn't
a fair deal to her. No
wheatless OF porkless
meal is so bad as a
smileless dining room,
while even in a heatless
room, the chill is noticed
the less if the room is
sunny and its furnish
ings modern and attrac-
tive. (Not necessarily
expensive.)
A LII of which we
n thought of when
we laid in an exception
ally fine supply of din
ing-room furniture for
this Sale, in quantity
large enough to admit
Of big savings in the
cost, these savings to be
shared with the public
in the form Of February
reductions on prices.
The savings on each
piece or each suit range
from 10 per cent at low
est, to 25, 33, even so per
cent.
So that the purchas-
ers can smile back at the
furniture as it smiles at
them, three times a day,
and can think: We'll,
that was the time l
put through a good
deal"
A thought that in
itself aids good diges-
ton.
Altogether we have
more than 80 kinds and
patterns of complete
dining-room suits. Each
piece in each suit is the
most perfect of its kind
that can be made or
bought for its price.
Besides our own stock
-unquestionably t h e
finest to be found in any
retail store at any time
we have added at least
fifteen fine new pur-
chases from the best
cabinet makers in the
country.
One group in this lot
comprises rs complete
dining-room suits Of the
most attractive and de-
sirable kind and at very
unusual prices, begin
ming at $137.25 for 10
pieces in mahogany, and
Evening journal., 1918-02-09
"TRE GERMAN TERROR in FRANCE"

In Order That the People of Delaware May Realize What
They Would Have Suffer in Event Of Invasion by
the Germany Army, THE EVENING JOURNAL Purposes
Repratirs from Day Day, Chapters from 'The Ger
man Terror IN France by Arnold j. Toynbee late Eel
low of Baiol College, Oxford The Facts Contained
Therein Are Compiled from Official Records.
Evening journal., 1918-02-09
SAY, WHO GOES TO MY DINNER ?"

SAY, WHO GOES TO MY DINNER ?"
time that didn't -
WhO diuugTOOm niture?
the stranger 0
thought and % it, purchase casted
kinds '0
And to
0nItng deTCish Reductions off
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

BEFORE TODAY'S MAIL GOES OUT
clip this coupon fiji it in. and mail booklet will
help you to both know and select good dningroo
any other kind
JOHN WANAMAKER Philadelphia:
Please send 16-page fully illustrated pamphlet The
February Sale OF Furniture 10 the following
.'"'"e'
Address
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

ranging upward as high
as $500 through a de-
lightful variety in oak,
walnut, mahogany and
enamel.
s.
60 YOU'LL see that
~ we are abundantly
prepared to make any
dining-room look cheer
full, and it's one of the
cheerfullest parts of our
big, interesting job Of
F e b bruary Furniture
Service.
One trip to the Sale
Evening journal., 1918-02-09

rep. Side chairs, $3.50 eaehi
arm chairs, S12.50.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
HONOR MARSHAL FOCH
Send Him Copy of Sabcr Used by Cen
cral san Martin. South American
1ibCratOr.

BuENOS AIRES. December 25--
ciaD-Prominent Argentine citi-
shall Foch by sending him a cory of
the saber used by General San Mar
tin. the South American libcrator, with
4 model or the statue of San Martin.
The saber was made by the Argentine
Ministry of War. 1t is accompanied
by book of those who subscribed
20 the gift, containing the names OF
the Ministers OF France, Great Bri-
tain. italy and Belgium and the charge
d'anaires OF the United States
The saDer also is accompanied by a
parchment in which Marshal Foch Is
told that 1T is sent 10 him by those
same Argentine citizens who early in
the war signed the testimonial de-
manding that the Argentine govern
ment, join the allies; that no reverse
Of the war has ever shaken their
faith in the cause of the allies and
that they now wish to send this sym
Dol Of their JOY at the great victory
in which they have been denied IL
n ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
ASSOCIATED BILL POSTERS
ALLEGED TO BE MONOPOLY
Large Suits Entered by Two Concerns
Charging sherman Law
NiOlntfon.

NEW YORK. December 25.-Two
suits alleging monopoly and combina-
tons in restrain OF trade. in violation
or the sherman antitrust idN were
brought Tuesday in the Federal Dis
trict Court here against the Associated
Bill Posters OF the United States and
Canada and Associated Companies.
me complainants were the w. II
RANKIN Co. and the Charles \. Ramsay
Co, Illinois corporations. The former
aSKed treble damages in the sum OF
$4,000 and the latter 100000.
The plaintiffs assert that because of
the acts Of the defendants between
1910 and 1918 their business with in
dependent bin posters in all parts OF
inc United States and Canada has
been rendered unproiitable"
IL is also alleged that 4 decree order
ing the dissolution as monopoly Of
the combination headed by the Asso-
GATED Bill Posters was ordered by the
Eederal court in illinois on July G,
1916, but that, despite this decree the
power and influence of tho combina-
ton mas very greatly increased and tho
number of independent bin posters has
been reduced To al very few"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
AS YOUNG AS
YOUR KIDNEYS

The secret Of youth is ELIMINA-
TION OF POlSONS from your body.
This done. you can live TO be a hundred
and enjoy the good things OF life with
as much pep" as you did when in the
springtime OF youth. Keep your body
in good condition, that's the secret
Watch the kidneys. They filter and
purify the blood. all OF which blood
passes through them once every three
minutes. Keep them clean and in
proper working condition and you have
nothing to fear. Drive the poisonous
wastes and deadly uric acid accumula-
tions from your system. Take GOLD
MEDAL Haariem Oil Capsules and you
will always be In good condition. You
VIII feel strong and vigorous, with
steady nerves and elastic muscles
GOLD MEDAL IIuarlem OIL Capsules
are imported direct from the laboru-
tories at Haa rlem. Holland
They are n reliable remedy which
has been used by the sturdy Dutch for
over 200 years, and has helped them
to develop into ono OF the strongest
and heartiest races of the world Get
them fromSyour druggist. Do not take
Substitute. In scaled packages
three sizcs--Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
INFLUENZA MAY HALT
LEGISLATURES MEETING
North Carolinn's Assembly Likely to
Hold Brief Session Now and Meet
Again In Spring.
Especial to The Times Ibis patch. ]

tSpecial TO The Times Dis patch
RALEIGH. " c., December 25.-
There has been some Improvement in
the influenza situation here the past
few days, but there is still serious
condition that raises the question in
the public mind as to the advisability
of either reopening the public schools
December 80, or the holding of a full
hedged sixty-day session of the Cen
eral Assembly. y
Mayor Johnson is in favor of OPEN
ing the schools anyway and trying
out the situation av least for a week
or so. There is increasing advocacy
of the idea of holding only few
days session of-thc Legislature at this
time, and adjourning with the agree
mont that the Governor will later in
the spring order a special session Chat
VIII have the advantage of both avoid
ing the great danger OF an influenza
outbreak and having advantage OF fur
ther. settled conditions following peace
Dreliminaries and rcadjustment of
business conditions that would make
possible. il is claimed. much more in
tclliEent legislative work
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
HOW DOCTORS TREAT
COLDS AND GRIPPE

Ask any physician or druggist and
he will tell you that the best and only
effective remedy for bad cold, sore
throat, influenza or la grippe is what
he calls "a brisk calomel purge" which
means p big dose of caloinel at bed
time. But as the old-style calomel has
some very unpleasant and dangerous
qualities physicians and druggists are
now recommending the improved nau-
sealess calomel. called "Calotabs,"
which Is purified and refined from the
sickening and dangerous effects and
whose medicinal virtues are vastly i'm
proved.
One Calotab on tho tongue at bed
time with n swallow OF water,--that's
all. No salts. no nausea nor the slight
est interference with your diet, pleas
ures or work. Next morning your cold
has vanished and your entire system 10
purified and refreshed
Calotnbs are sold only In original
sealed packages. price thirty-five centy.
lerundinr tha prIss IL you nrn not asy
aightede-Adv. N
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26

ing away like so many lighthouses
near the sea. Then the day the coun-
terofensive started hung over the
lines and saw the last German blast
about nfteen minutes of IT,, very heavy
IRE on the American line.
II was under cover of this fire that
the Germans began withdrawing their
men from tine Chatcau-Thierry peck
ct. Maybe they thought we were get
that day and the following days and
we saw that all the heavy guns were
going behind the Eeslc River, and
we reported the movement. We
watched tho whole retreat"
They told me tales of going through
a log and finding nine Huns on their
tail at the other side OF il, of pieces
OF shrapnel cases cutting through their
planes, and OF countless battles with
the enemy. And then, when the sun
was setting. and the Aging day was
out sprang a lieutenant who looked
about mysteriously and picked out
Lieutenants Harry Aldrich and Erwin
and took them aside. He gave each
OF them piece OF paper and the mo-
ment they read the penciled words and
noted the round rubber stamp on the
documents. they became eXhilarated.
AT last said Erwin.
They let me into the secret They
had obtained permission TO go on a
trench raid that night.
But for heavens sake" Erwin said.
don't tell Jay Bird or any of that
crowd of old-timcrs about this They
will be jealous as hell"
They were going on an infantry
raid. That was their idea OF thrill
ling time.-Copyright. 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
ROMANCE OF WAR
Two Parcels in Paris Contain Two Dia-
mond Rings and One Thousand
Francs.
PARIS nnnnn,hnr 1.

PARIS, December 1.-two parcels.
as valuable az they are small. are
slowed away in Y. NJ. &. a. safe at
!ppecourt. France. They give the only
clue 10 one OF the unfinished romanccs
OF the war. Each is addressed and
ready for mailing to girl back in
America. Each, contains diamond
ring and more than thousand francs
They Will nave to lie in that Red
Triangle safe until the last casualty
lists are published. for they were
turned over to the ~" secretary in
trust by two young officers just a
day or TWO before the lighting ceased
Say. doe" said the spokesman. I'VE
want to leave these with you in case
we'll, you know. In the morning were
going after Heinie again. If we don't
come back. send these things TO the
addresses on them"
They haven't come blackwell. but
the ~" man is not sure. Rings
diamond ringS-should be messengers
of joy to American girls. not har-
bincers OF tragedy. So the ~ man
is Keeping the rings until the officers
turn up--or until the last casualty
lists tell their tale OF supreme sacri-
a..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
WILL TRANSLATE IDEALS
into INTERNATIONAL LAW
Notwithstanding Nations Have Now
Power to Remake Their
Dcstinics.
FATE OF World IN HANDS
London Times, in Article Welcoming
President to London, Declares Oc-
casion Ono of Most Momentous in
History Of Two Countries.

LONDON, December 25.-"Tho arr
rival OF President Wilson will be one
OF tho greatest events In our own aud
in American history" says the Times
In an article OF welcome to England
of the American executive. ITO Will
come" the Times adds, "at a critical
period in our history. we have won
the war thanks in no small measure
to American assistance. We havo now
to win peace, and peace Will not be
won 1a for this co country or the world
friendship OF the two Groat English-
speaking nations. Z
History never repeats itself. least
wise in the same form. but our states
men. American and British. now have
the power to rcmako the destinies OF
the English speaking peoples; to re-
mold them as they might have been
nodded IL the two nations had parted
not In anger. but in amity and good
fellowship.
There arc many bonds Of fellow
ship between us. but next to common
language is the joint possession of
our common law. We are attempting
to turn aspirations and international
jurisprudcncersinto genuine operative
international las&. and to cndow it with
sanctions like those OF municipal laws.
Without tho active good fellowship OF
England and America it simply cannot
be done
We alone speak tho common idiom
late political ideals into tho form !or
International legislation and only.
our cordia! friendship can give this
legislation the sanction necessary TO
give it validity. ,.s&
"A league of nations is the ideal
of the English speaking peoples, and
it is a libel. traceable ultimately to
The enemy, that we in England have
less enthusiasm for this ideal than
they in America.
IF President Wilson mas a great
popular following In Europe, 1t is be-
cause he expressed this ideal of flu
turc international relations with the
greatest cloarness and force. 1t is an
ideal nowhere held more strongly than
hcre-an ideal to which no nation can
contribute moro practically than our
own. - =
~ league of nations. however. viii
seem to be policemen on both land
and sea. The British navy always has
worked in behalf of ideals like those
Of league of nations. Let us not
throw away tried and trustv weapon
until We are sure that we have an
other as good. That is the English.
view, and we believe that when ideals
have been exchanged 1t will be found
TO be President Wilson's also. -
IN coming to us he is awakening.
harmonies rich and deep enough TO
resolve into themselves all minor dis
cords" Ms