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Evening journal., 1918-04-02
BY l.. HARPER LEECH
(Special staff Dispateh)

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 2.-why
don't the boys at the front get theis
letters? Thousands Of soldiers wives
and mothers have received letters from
France complaining that nothing has
been heard from home, when letter
after letter has been written.
Here is the unvarnlshed reason rs
given by Congressman Isaac Slegel OF
New York who has made a searching
investigation in Washington and al the
ports Of embarkation and has received
direct eye witness evidence from France
In the last few days.
Segel has been on the trail Of the
Postoflce Department for months and
he is going to keep after it untR some
thing Ia done.
He says:
"The entire trouble with the handl-
ing OF the mail in France Is a lack OF
coordination between the Postofilce
Department. War Department and the
Transportation Department.
John CLARK chief postal agent In
France, has repeatedly asked for more
help The mail, when received. goes
TO general headquarters. and although
the four army field clerks have worked
days and nights, beside receiving vel
unteer help on Sundays. the mail can
not be easily distributed. Very often
mail which goes TO a division and
which must pass up 20 the front Is
held in the rear for two months
AZ & single port there are $1,000
/ baga OF mail, which have been distrih-
uted, not according 10 the time at
which they were received, but hap
/ hazardly.
There Is what is known IN the sta
/ tistical division as Dead Letter ONCE.
/ Formerly four men tried to do The en-
/ tire work. which Is now being done by
20 men. This new system was inaug
urated by Chaplain Elkln C. Noor-
zanger.
zone OF the additional troubles is
that the statistical division has been
unable 10 keep up 10 date with the card
lndexing Of the names Of the men as
our troops arrive.
"The result Is that AN these troops
have had their mail considerably de-
layed. No one over here can reaiize
what It means TO a boy in the trenches
TO fail TO receive his mail The min
utes there seem like wears. and each
one Of the men is constantly making
/ inquiry as to whether there Is a letter
for him. The morale of the American
soldier cannot be kept at a high stand
ard when he has 60 wait two months
in order to receive letter from home,
and then receive letters. some Of which
were written months before.
"No real excuse can be advanced for
this delay. and the country has deter
mined that there should be immediate
relief. even to the extent Of having a
congressional investigation committee
/ look into the whole question
War Department officials here who
have had anything to do with the
transportation OF mail all say that
Representative Siegel is thoroughly
familiar with the subject and knows
what he is talking about So far a.
they are familiar with the facts they
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
RED CROSS ELECTION.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MDDLETOWN, Del. April 2.--The an
uud meeting OF the Red Cross viii be
held at the Century Club on Friday
evening April 3, when all the members
and all interested persons are expected
TO be present A special program win
be given Mrs. r. l.. Plossanton Will
sing "Laddie in Khaki" Miss Louise
Railedge will sing "Smile. Smile Smile -
Mrs r. Parvls Browne will sing
There's a Long. Long Trail;" Charles
Stewart will sing Keep the Home
Fires Burning" and Purnel L. McNVhor-
ter. Jr. will sing "Long Boy" Com
munity singing win be feature Of the
meeting.
Mrs. Joshua ?. Grassland entertained
the members of the L. r.. C.. Sewing
Circle at her home on South Broad
street on Wednesday evening.
Miss Mary Msloncy OF Rockford Hail..
has been the sues. Of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs John MalOney.
Mrs. Alexander Maxwell of Tome In
stllute. Port Deposit Md. visited here
over sunday
Mr.. and Mrs John Robertson. OF VII
mlngton. visited relatives here last
week
Robert r. Cochran snd family, OF
East Oranse, y. j.. who have been
spending several months IN Flor ds
have been spending several days with
Mr. Cochr8n's mother. Mrs. Thomas
Cochran. before returning TO East
Orange.
Mrs. Gcorgc w. NaudRin has returned
20 her home here. after spending the
winter months with her daughter. Mrs.
Oscar G Goodhsnd. In Brooklyn. \. \.
Miss Pearl Atwell. % Seaford, Is
visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs jefferson NansSnt, OF
Philadelphia, visited Mr.. and Mrs. J.
ElwoOd Denny last week.
Dr. and Mrs. NJ. B. Burstan and son,
oc Chester, Pa. visited Mr.. and Mrs.
s. Burstan last week
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
1.716 Ships BUILT
OR UNDER Order
Total US. Tonnage 10, ,4O4,-
2SS, Of Which 100000
Has Been Completed
MANY OTHERS ARE
UNDER REQUISITION

WASHINGTON, April 2.-omcial ng-
ures made public by The statistical de-
partment OF the executive and admins
trative division OF the Emergency Flee1
cornoration show i,7i6 vessels COM
nlsted or under construction, win
Total deadweight tonnage Of iO'4otHoo'
This does not include thirty eight Jugs
hut docs include vessels contracted lot
kccls for which have not yet been lalu,
These figures represent the grand
foial OF an construction undertaken Dy
the Fleet Corporation for the shipping
BOARD The odd 100000 tons has Deen
completed and is already IN service
leaving n round 100000 as tina build
ing program Of the Fleet Corporation.
Oniciols are confident the total deliv-
cries for lgi7 viii reach A,OOOOOO' wllch
win double the prospective British con-
slruction for the year. 100
OF vessels included In the total i'ieo
are cargo carriers Of 6,523, $50 tons. con-
tracted for by the Fleet Corporation,
Among these are seyenty-tive combined
cargo and transport ships OF 6iO,OOO
TONS deadveight and twenty-seven tank
ers of 26f 300 tons, making the total OF
contract vessels 1890. with a dead
weight tonnage OF 739i,6sO. or the
lhirty-elghi tugs. which are contract
vessels. twenty-four are OF steel ana
fourteen OF wood
/ Vessels under requsition, Including
coluers, combined passenger and cargo
carriers, refrigerator vessels and trans
ports. total 325 In number, with a dead
weight tonnage Of 2.255,542.
The rcquisitioned ships Will be the
I nrst placed i'm commission. All the ola
yards I'm the East were filled win them
when the Fleet Corporation started to
distribute its contracts and many were
already under construction.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
W. H. HASTING DIES
AFTER AUTO SMASH

EASTON. Md, April 3 William Har-
ris0n Hastings, OF Delmar. Dell who
had his skull fractured in an sutomo-
bile accident by ihe car turning turtle,
throwing an The occupants ont IN the
State road between Wye Mills and
Iongv00ds Saturday evening. died az
the Emergency Hospital here sunday
nicht OF hemorrhage. He was iS years
Old. and leaves a wife and nine chill
dren. His brother, Charles II. Hastings
90 Salisbury, was badly cut up about
The face and body. Isaac sullivan. Of
Delmar, another occupant of the car
had his cheek bone broken and lef. eye
closed up Clarence Workman, iht
driver OF the car. which was runnirl
between 30 and 40 miles an hour, es
saped without injury.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
I,MANI-EL CnURCH VEsTRYMEN.

Emmanuel p. p. Church. Highlands
Yesterday elected the following vestry-
men: Walter Pyle, William Bush
George Powick, George W. Shinn, Jas
Brooks. Frank Z. Schoonoyer, Bartlett
r. Fisher and II. B. L. Taylor The fol-
lowing officers were chosen: Walter
pvle. senior warden and treasurer; VIII
liam Bush, junior warden and Secre-
tary; Bartlett Y Fisher assistant treas
urer. Walter Pyle and Frank E. Schoon-
over were elected delegates and George
powick and George w. Shinn alternstes
TO the diocesan convention which Will
be held In smyrna on May 10.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
nEAnmsr TIRE RATEs.

Readiustment OF hre insurance rates
has been made by the stock insurance
companies doing business In this state
although the rates by mutual insurance
companies has not been affected. Ac-
cordlng TO the new rules, It will be
noted that the rate on dwelling houses
has increased twenty per cent, while
that on household furniture has been
reduced Many other changes are mo-
ticed in the location OF buildings in
places where fire Is likely TO occur, but
in most cases the rate is the same as in
dicated above.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
Our Boys at the Front Don't Gef Their Mail
THIS TELLS WHY

confirm his statements as do men re-
turned from France.
II was due to slegel's insistence last
year that the Postoflce Department
began sending over mall on all army
transports without waiting for the reg
ular mail boats.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

DR.. James Francis Sullivan, formerly
Physician Of Bellevue Hospital (Out-
door Dept), New York, and the West
chester County Hospitals Dr. 4. J.
Newman. former Police Surgeon Of Chi
cagO; DIR. Ferdinand King. New York
Physician and Medical Author, and 9TH
ers give valuable advice and information
on the use Of organic iron as tonic,
strength and blood builder.
Careful investigation by designted ply
sicians among druggists and patients has
revealed the fact that there are thousands
Of people taking iron who do not distin-
guish between organic iron and metallic
iron and that such persons often fail to
obtain the vital energy, strength and en-
durance which they seek, simply because
they have taken the wrong form or iron.
They seem to think iron is iron on good
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

vous conditions due to lack Of sufficient
iron in their red blood corpuscles without
ever realizing the real and true cause Of
their trouble. without iron In your blood
your food merely passes through the body,
something like corn through an old mill
with rollers so wide apart that the mill
can't grind.
"But IN my opinion you can't make
stoug, vigorous, successful, sturdy iron
men by feeding them on metallic iron. The
old forms Of metallic iron must go through
a semi digestive process to transform them
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
U-BOAT MAN HOME.

Townsend G.. Motheral, a nrst-class
machinist in the United States suhmar-
inc service, who has been spending a
few days at the home Of his mother.
Mrs. Esther Motheral, Of No. 1900 JEFF
fersOn street, returned to camp this
morning. Mr.. Motherall has been sta
toned at the Panama Canal FOR the last
three years, but has recently been
to New London, Conn.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
Kills Pain in Half the Time
Every

mustard combined with other well known
dcstroyers of pain and a DC box does the
work Of fifty mustard plasters.
Why suffer for days using plasters or
continuously rubbing on liniment when one
application Of Mustarine viii take out
soreness in chest or any part Of the body
and will timber up stih neck or rusty
Joints IL banishes backache. toothache,
headache in ten minutes-many times in
five.
II you want to get rid Of sore throat,
neuralgia. neuritis, tOnsilitis, pleurisy, In
Illumination In the feet. or rheumatic agony
and swollen i0ints-rub on Mustarine right
away-lt's the quickest pain killer in the
worid-and the cheapest. Get true Mus
tarine in the yellow box at any drug store
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
CHECK OuARRY FlnE

The Brandyvine Fire Company
which responded 10 a call 10 the woods
near the Tyre quarrles. above she'll
pot Park yesterday, extinguished the
flames before any serious damage was
done. The powder house, which was
near the flames. is constructed OF con-
crete. and the fremer beat the flames
out before they reached this structure.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
Lumbago, Backachc, Toothache, Neu
ralgia and All Aches and Pains are
Banished in Half the Time il
Takes other Remedies-One
Application Does the Work.

GrandmOther's old fashioned mustard
plaster did the work alright. but IL hlis-
tered the skin and was a mighty unclean
remedy.
Aiustarine IS the original mustard pre-
scription that has made Grandmother
mustard plaster hut n relic OF bygone days.
It's ten timss better, cleaner and will not
blister: it Is made OF true. honest yellow
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
$3.50 FOR ALLIANCE.

The Offering at the closing session Of
the missionary conference Of the Chris
iian and Missionary Alliance on Sunday
amounted to S2i5O. At the morning and
evening sessions H. Miller Herr. OF Al
ioono was the speaker. and in the
afternoon the lecturer was Miss Emma
Krater. Of India.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
sILvER MEDAL CONTEsT

A silver medal contest will be held
on Thursday, April :, at Eastlake Pres
byterian Church, under the auspices OF
the Headquarters Y. p. B. There will
be eight contestants, some good music
and a little sketch called TOO Much
Bobby"
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

they feel weak or rundown instead OF dCF-
ing themselves with hahit-forming drugs,
stimulants and alcoholic beverages. there
are probably thousands who might readily
build up their red blood corpuscles, in
crease their physical energy and get thom-
selves into a condition TO ward off the
millions OF disease germs that are aim 1st
continually around us. Il Is surprising
how many people suffer from iron def
cheney and do not know IL. IF you are not
strong or we'll. you owe Il 10 yourself %
make the following test See how long
you can work or how far you can walk
without becoming tired Next take two
five grain tablets of Nuxated Iron thrte
times per day, after meals, for two weeks.
Then test your strength again and sea
how much you have gained
AfANUFACTURERS' NOTE: Nuxated
Iron which Is prescribed and recommended
above by physicians, is not a secret rem-
edy. but one which is well known TO druI
gists everywhere Unlike the older inor-
ganic iron products, it is easily assimilated,
does not iniure the teeth. make them black,
nor upset the stomach. The manufat Z
turers guarantee successful aud entirely sat
isfactOry results TO every purchaser or they
VIII refund your money. IL is dispensed
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
GRAnEn SCHOOL MEETING.

The New Castle graded sunday School
Union will hold its April meeting in
Central Presbyterian Church this
evening. Officers will be elected All
departments OF all the sunday schools
are asked TO bring In their annual dues.
General sectional conference will be
held.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

ated Iron DR..
sullivan
says: Il have
strongly en-
phasiZed the
great neces-
sity OF ply
sicidns max
ing blood eN-
aninatiOns
of { b @ r
weak, amaze
mic. run
d o W n pa
tients. Thou
sands OF per-
sons 20 on,
year after
year, suffer
ing fro IN
physical
Weakness and
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

and the meme DIR. A. J.. Newman, late Pos
ory fails, and lice Surgeon Of the city of
often they Cbicneo and Former House
b g C. o IN @ surgeon jefferson pari
weak, ner- Hospital, Chicago.
vous. irri-
tobie, despondent and melancholy. Wheu
tbe iron goes from the blood Of women, III
roses 20 from their checks
Dr schuyler c. Jaques, Visiting Surgeon
Of ST. Elizabeth's Hospital, OF New hoSh
onv medical information or advice for pub
iicstion. as l ordinarily do not believe In II.
But In the case Of NuXated Iron 1 tee'
.vou1d be re
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
Tn nIscrss FARM RrREAu.

On next Monday evening Diamond
state Grange, Of stanton, win discuss
the proposed New Castle County Farm
Bureau. The meeting win be open to
the public.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
MIss nEyINE INIuRFp.

Falling. while running to eaten a
trolley car. Miss Sally S. Devine. prin-
cipal Of no. 80 School. sustained bruises.
Although painfully injured. Miss De-
vine continues TO attend her duty
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
COunte rfeits.
Read what one Of the GREATEST NEWSPAPERS

pd bo+ o f the gREATBsT NEWSPAPERS IN AMBRIOA has to
say this subject -, taa. Ot
"be manufacturer Casa been compelled spend hundreds
thousands marze the public with the signature OF Ohas
This has been ne by pirates counteeng the OastOra trade
mark This oouneng only against the lrOpeors OF OaStoIa
M ara the growing generation persons should be careful see that
Ca hears the signature Chas Fletcher they would guard the health
their children Parents and mothers in particular ought to carefully examine
member that the wrapper every bottle genuine CasOa bears the fac-simile
SIGNATURE Of Chas Fletcher under whose supervision has been mnuea
ontinnonalH for thirty yeaTs-Ehiladpba BuAet1n ~ v .
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
INSTALL OFFICERS.

The newly elected officers Of Naomi
Lodge will be installed tomorrow even
ing by Mrs. Julia 4. DOuty, president
Of Rebecca Assembly
Evening journal., 1918-04-02
T1FHESE PHYSICIANS VAN PUBLIC AGAINST
IP5TAKINC SUBSTITUTES G0rNUXkTED IRONl
Say Ordinary Metallic Preparations Cannot Possibly Give the Same
STRENGTH, POWER AND ENDURANCE

digestion disturb the ecOns and thereby more harm
the epbGesgan aeepdng nfa in medicines
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

such "a valu-
abIo rcmedy that 81 ought fo he used i'm
every hospital and prescribed by every
physician in this country. J have taken ~
myself and experienced its health giving.
strength building effect l am well rist
my three score years and want TO say mat
believe my own great physical activity
is due largely today to my personal use OF
Nuxated Iron"
While former Health Commissioner Kerr
IL not himself n physician, still his expert
ence IN handling public health pr9Dleins
must give his opinion more than ordinary
weight g.
Dr. A. J. Newman, Former Police Sur
geon Of Chicago, and former House sur
geon, Jefferson Park Hospital, Chleaso
SAYS 1T has been my particular uutS
during the past six years TO assist IN keep
ing Chicago's Eve thousand blue coats pm
good health and perfect lighting trim so
that they would be physically equipped "a
withstand an manner Of storms anu ray
ages OF natures elements. Recently Was
prompted TO give IL trial. rms remedy
has proven, through my own tests OF H. tl
excel any preparation I have ever used 1ol
creating red blood. building up the nerves
strengthening the muscles and correcting
% digestive disorders.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

miss in my
duty not TO
mention IT, /
have taken IL
myself a n d
given it TO
my patients
with most
surprising
and satisfac-
tory results
nd those
who wish
quickly to in
crease their
strength,
power a n d
endurance
will find II a
IN o st re
rnarkable
and wonder
fully effective
remedy"
If people
would only
take NuXated
Iron when
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

jo-s a. for DR.. James Francis Sullivan
nore essv of Formerly Physician Of Bel
assjmiIation Ievue Hospital Outdoor
BY blood and Dep,J NeM iSrS, con1, anu ,rsc ,lc
issues No Nestchestot e'"h's H"7
one would pithL
hardly expect to derive the same strength
rom eating raw potatoes that he would
rom eating cooked potatoes, Yet accord
ng To the opinions Of some physicians who
nave made a study OF the subject, taking
raw unprepared, metallic iron Is some
what like eating raw potatoes.
Therefore. physicians mentlened below
advise those who feel the need Of "A strength
and blood builder, to 20 to their family
doctors and obtain a prescription calling
FOR organic iron--Nuxated lron-and pre-
sent this TO their druggist 80 that there
nav he no question about obtaining the
proper article. But n they do not wish 10
70 10 the trouble ~ getting q prescription
Tor NuXatcd Iron then bee sure TO- look on
the label and see that the words NJ y
ATTD TRoN are printed thereon. Not NuN
and Iron nor amy either form OF Iron, hut
NTNATED IRON.
Nuxatcd Iron and its widespread saie Ot
being estimated that over three million
peopie annually are today using II mas
led 10 the Offering OF numerous substitutes
and these physicians say that health OH
cials and doctors everywhere should eau
fion the public against accepting snhsti'
tutes IN medicines, ana they especially
warn against accepting substitutes ioi
Nuxated Iron. which, instead or being or
canic iron. may be nothing more than q
metallic iron compound, which may b.
some cases. produce more harm than good
The widespread publication or the abov'
Information In all Nuxated Iron advertise
ments, has been suggested by Dr. Jame
+ rancis sullivan, formerly Physician n
Bellevue Hospital (Outdoor l}eptl, \. \
ana the Westchester County Hospital; DR.
Ferdinand King. New York Physician an'
Medical Author, and others. so that IN
public may be Informed on this sublec
and protected from the use OF metallic irOl
under the delusiOn that II Is NuNate
Iron or at least something as good as NJ
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

IN this city by all druggists.
ated Iron. In regard to the value Of Nu1-
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

% n" 20
scribe more
organic iron
Nuxated
IT on for
their uer-
vOus, run
down, weak,
huggard
loOking pa
tients. pallOr
means ana
enlia. The
skin Of the
anaemic man
or woman is
p a e, the
flesh nabby,
the muscles
lack tone, the
hrnln lnEa
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

INTO organ
iron NuN-
ated Iron
before they
are so ready
to be taken
up and as
simulated by
the human
system"
Il o r IN q r
Health Com
mis- elnutE
VIM. r.. Kerr
Of Chicago,
says: From
my own cX-
perienco with
Nuxateil
Iron. I feel
fhuf ff o.
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

Dr. Ferdinand King says doctors
Evening journal., 1918-04-02

Il ca the
same theory
that a pOta
20 would be
"A pOta o
" n 2 ( h e r
cooked o r
raw, entirely
Ignoring the
fact that the
cooking pro
cess makes
certain i'm
portant eel
iular changes
in the pota-
10 that rem
ders Il far
more easy Of
assimilation
hy blood and
tissues No
one unlllI
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-02

by Interstate Commerce Commission
inspectors were referred to railway e1'
ecutives with instructions to clear out
the stalled freight as fast as physically
rossible and to notify the administra-
ton the extent Of their ability to move
certain quantities OF freight.
Early action to divide The country
jnto operating districts, with a govern
ment supervisor over each, and posi-
lily federal railroad agent for each
state, has been urged strongly upon
Director General McAdoo. and he Is
said to be considering this policy.
Many Of the t2egrams which have
reached him in the last few days are
from persons or Organizations urging
appointment of certain men to posi-
tions which may be available when the
director general decides on the form
and perScnne! OF his permanent oTS@n-
izaticn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-02
sPEoIAL. NOTICES
NOTICE.

To INES
At a meeting of the Public Service
Commission OF West Virginia. helo OF
the 18th day Of December. 1917, the
following order was made and enteFeo
n case No. 66s. I-ittieton Telephone
Company. Application to change Ns
rates in Wetzel, Marshall and Marion
Counties 49,
whereas application has this day
been filed by the Ltttleson Ielepnone
Company for authority to change It's
rates IN wetzel, Marshall and Marion
counties, it is ordered that leave be
granted to any person interested %
file objection thereto before the COM
mission at any time on or before me
25th da:y of January, 1918, and this
matter be set for hearing at meeLlns
of the commission to be held In CapI-
to1 BuiIdfng in the city Of Charleston
on said 25th day of January, 1918, at
ten o'clock A NJ. at which time any
nerson may appear and make such OBJ
lection thereto as may be deemed
proper.
cant publish a copy OF this order once
each week for four successive weeks
in two newspapers Of opposite politics,
II such there be, and Of general c!rcu-
lation in the counties affected by the
proposed change in rates: A copy OF
this order and the proposed change In
rates posted for public inspection at
each Of the exchanges Of the applicant
in the counties SO affected for four
successive weeks prior to said 18th
day of January, 1918. and said appli,
cant shall also mail or serve each OF
its consumers affected by the proposed
change of rates at least two weeks
prior to the date Of hearing, a written
notice in the form prescribed by the
commission, showing that it has apph-
ed to the commission for authority to
change its rates, the time and place OF
such hearing and the rates proposed
to be charged by it, making due re
turn to this commission OF the publ
cation of notice, the posting of rates
and service Of notice en- its said con
sumers prior to said January 10Th
LITTLEToN TELEPHONE
COMPANY
BY w. H. Lemley. President
! T. NJ. McIntore, Solicitor.