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The Washington times., 1918-04-08
C. W. U. PRIZE SPEAKING
CONTEST ON TUESDAY

The annual Davis prize speaking
contest at George Wsship gton Uni
versity will be held at S:I5 o'clock
tomorrow evening in the assem-
bly, hail OF the arts and sciences de-
partment building, 2O23 G street
northwest.
There will be four cOutestants--
Mrs. Irene Hech and Misses Lottie
Stewart, Lyle Virginia Push. and
Elizabeth Peet. The oTations will be
original and will he limited TO twelve
minutes each. Composition and de-
livery will count equally. The man.
uscripts or the orations have been
nled and now are being graded priot
IN delivery. Three prizes are offered
-SI5. SO. and S5--and will be
awarded either in cash or in the
form OF medals. The formal presen-
tations will be made at the spring
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battery mounted on wheels, which
can be transported on. railroads. The
super-cannon are expected to be
ready in May.
Announcement OF the construction
OF the new war engine was made by
s. III. Vauclain, vice president of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, at the
annual banqnet or the Magistrates
and Constables' Association. given at
the Befievue-Stratford. The ability
of the British to Withstand the Ger
man drive, Mr.. Vauclain said. was
due largely to the equipment sup
piled the British army from the
workshops of Pennsylvania. He also
assured the 500 guests present that
the Kaiser will be defeated eyentu-
ally
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ficials had obtained five copies Of my
photograph along with my finger
print.
Keep a Watch on Her.
Was I watched on the train? l re-
member a weeping woman who had
a child with her and who was grief
stricken because the guards had held
her back so that she would now be
unable to meet her husband, a
wounded soldier interned in Switz-
erland. She said, "Tell him I'm COM
ing by the night boat"
Afterward she came to me and
said, 'Never mind about the mes
sage. It's all right. I've tele-
graphed." Was she an agent Of the
German secret service? / don't
know. / do, however, know that the
police had sent of a lot Of kilograms
about me, notifying officials down
the line to keep their eyes open.
How l dreaded what might hap-
pen at the frontier! When my fell
low-travelers learned that 1 was
'feindliche auslanderin" (enemy
alien) thew said, Astonishing! How
did you get permission to leave the
country? You're in for a fine peck
of trouble at the frontier"
Inspecting the Passports.
Ahghting from the train at Lin
dau, we were all taken in charge by
an officer and led to a board shanty,
where each traveller gave up his
passport and received a numbered
card in exchange. 1 could hear the
Lake Constance steamboat whistle
the steamboat l had expected to
take. AS passport after passport
was vised, an officer called out the
number. When my own turn came
/ was told, "Sorry, but We haven't
time to attend to your case now.
We will see. Come again in the aft
ernoon." This / did.
At one end of the shanty was a
small room. An officer ushered me
into it. There | saw five or six
officers in field gray uniforms with
paper and pencils in their hands.
One asked me very brusquely to
SpclA MY ildluG, dSSuillhSI SoPbNSSs
that if ! was travelling under an
alias l would probably misspell it in
my embarrassment. had to spell
my name to each officer in turn be-
fore they were satisfied.
All their talk was in German,
though German officers know Eng
lish, and the talk consisted of ques-
tions, questions, questions.
Still Further Inspection.
Then an officer took off my hat
and looked inside it and felt Of my
hair, after which he removed my
furs, long coat, and sweater, and
took my handbag and examined
them all most carefully.
] was especially anxious about a
superb gold watch fob given me by
Miss Garden-a very heavy one, con-
tanning a lot OF gold. People in Ger
many said: You'll never succeed in
getting that fob across the frontier
They let jewels through, but they
stick at gold. Germany wants every
ounce"
The officer examined the fob. Ny
heart was in my mouth. Noticing the
Jewel at one end, he said: as there
The Washington times., 1918-04-08
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO;
SIX PERSONS KILLED

FORT WAYNE, Ind. April s.--An
inquest is in progress here today
over the bodies OF six persons killed
yesterday afternoon when a Wabash
railway train struck an automobile
in which they had started on an af-
ternoon pleasure trip. The dead are
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Steagman, Ru-
dolph Alexander, Mrs. Max Brand. Ot-
to Fatzer. aged seven. and Elizabeth
Fatzer. aged four. all residents OF
this city.
In the bottom OF the automobile
stesgman had hidden a tin can con-
tanning 500 in gold. which he had
declined to place in a bank. The gold
was scattered along the railroad
track. The police have recovered $3.50
of il.
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BALDWIN WORKS MAKING
new ENGINE OF DEATH

PHILADELPHIA. April s.--An en-
CINE OF destruction, said to be con-
structed along new lines, is building
in the workshops Of the Baldwin Lo-
eomotive Works and will shortly be
taking an effective part in stopping
the drive OF the Germans on the
western front in France.
The device Is described as gun
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OF the seriously NO pded French and
British troops brough, In from the bat
tie line only 4 few mil 4 away. Heavy
artillery near the hospital fired over II
and German airmen few over It at
night attempting 70 locate the battery.
and the hospital was IN constaut dan
ger. Sleep was impossible for three
days.
The ambulapce drivers picked up
wounded stragglers and also aided 20
refugees in reaching n railway station.
They also acted as grayediggers and
pail bearers for soldiers who died of
their wounds The Americans in this
diers who would have succumbed 10
their wounds had they not received i'm
mediate medical attention
The Washington times., 1918-04-08
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REDCROSSWORKERS.
FROM u. S. GALLANT.
UNDER F|ERCEF|RE.


FAhis' APRIL Gas ehe
ment incident to the hrst rev Gays
OF the German offensive dies down.
reports coma 4, Of, the bravery in
o.. o,.a.n :, ,..-io,,. u,ork.r, In
the Ariericah heu Cross
Women workers OF the Red Gross
who were aiding civilians in recon
.struction and relief work at VII
lequler, near the River Somme, left
their posts Just two hours before the
Germans arrived in the town. With
their automobiles they aided in re-
moving the civilians and picking up
many wounded along the roads. The
women were the last civilians to leave
the town, just preceding the French
troops.
Chased fer MIIea.
lnother Rad Cross unit. stationed
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49,, Th.v ,.,, - . o,cIocl. In IN.
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line and eatabIished soup kitchens for
the troops and nrst-aId stations for
sick refugees and wounded strag-
gIers. The town was under contin-
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
Easy TO Make This
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You know that pine is used in nearly
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remarkable effect in soothing and heal
ing tho membranes of the throat and
chest. Pine is famous for this purpose.
Pine cough syrups are combinations Of
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easily make 10 yourself in five minutes.
To make the best pine cough remedy
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it is pure, good and very pleasant
children take it eagerly.
You can feel this take hold Of a cough
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The cough may be dry hoarse and tight
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
SUBSTANTIAL Gift FOR
della CRILDUEN'S HOME
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special 20 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETowN, Jan. i6.-Through
tho kindness Of John ]. Honeckcr. Of
Philadelphia, The Delaware Society OF
Philadelphia, has sent check FOR
ss75i to Mrs. G. A. Honecker TO be
given TO the Delaware Chlldren's
Homo Society.
The Sunshine Society reports send
Ing thirty-fOur Christmas boxes ia
soldiers, part Of them going 10 France
and the others to different camps IN
the United states. A box containing
seven sweaters and five pairs Of wrist
let's has been sent TO Company 3. OH
Infantry, A. =. r. And dozens Of post
cards and letters have been sent. MANY
Of the recipients have written grateful
letters TO the senders, and when the
sender Is q Miss many Of the boys
have said. please uond me your photo
graph and I'll send you mlno in re-
turn"
Mrs. Thomas s. Fouracro and Mrs.
John D. Gill entertained the L. r. c.
Sewing Circle at Mrs. Gilrs home on
Wednesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan NJ Cochran on
Thursday entertained at a family din
ner In honor Of the birthday Of Mrs
Cochr0n's brother, Fred CHM. Their
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. George Colds
borough, Mr.. and Mrs. George CHM.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geoi &c A. CHM. Mr. and
Mrs Wilson Cochran, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred CHM, Mr.. and Mrs. Woodoll Coch-
ran
Mr.. and Mrs. n. T. Cochran and
family. Of East Orange, n. j., utter
spending a few days with Mr. Coch-
rams mother, Mrs. Thomas Cochran.
have gone TO Miami, Fla. for a three
months stay.
Miss Clara Frame has returned TO
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
The Crossing of the Marne.

The Crossing OF the Marine.
Tho treatment Of Senlis on sept. ?
was the measure Of what Paris had 10
expect within tho next few days. Al
Gouyleux. cast Of senlis IN the dlrec-
ton Of the Disc, Uhlan advsnce-guards
fired on q woman driving with her son
and daughter in a trap-tne son and
daughter died Of their wounds; the
mother, though seriously wounded. sur
yived-and IN the same commune a
young man was murdered as lac was
bicycling along q road. Paris was bare
~ twenty miles OF. but az this point
Won kluck suddenly changed direction.
and. swerylng aside from Paris, headed
s0uth-eastward for the Msrne.
At Baron, a civilian, NJ. Alberto Mag
nard. fired on the Germans who had
surrounded his villa. killing one soldier
and wounding another-the frst au-
thenticated case Of firing by q civilian
in the whole course Of Won Kluck's ad-
vance from Liege. The villa was set on
fire, and w. Maynard shot himself in
The flames. In further reprisals the
commune was plundered-"under the
direction Of officers" states the notary.
'or, at any rate, with their consent.
One officer forced me 10 open my safe"
he continues, land took possession. in
my presence. Of a sum OF $500 francs
which the safe contained. I refused at
first to obey, but he ordered two men
TO load their rifles. I saw an
other officer wearing nine women's
rings on his fingers. and three brace
let's on either arm. The sol
oilers who burned VI. Magnards house
bore the word Gibraltar on their
sleeves. The officer with the rings on
his fingers and The bracelets on his
arms belonged 70 the same corps"
Continued Tomorrow
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
WAR AEROPL Lane VOL. D
Be USEFUL ABOUT FAT N
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan lJ.-rhc hard
ware going into a simple war type
aeroplane is sufficient to:
Nail 2,i63 shingles on a roof
Screw down the coffin lid on a thou
sand Germans.
Veneer 81 square feet Of diningroom
table.
Hang the Kitchen with . pounds OF
aluminum.
Wire a third OF a milo Of three
strand fence.
Spruce the porch for at least pa
square feet--and IN addition, put 5s
feet Of pine on the chicken coop, 81
feet OF ash on the dog house, and sim
have a few things left over. such as
79s forgings and 92i steel stampings
and turn buckles FOR the junk man.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
united mine WORKERS
TO RAIIFT AGREEMENT
BY the United Press.

uY TIC lHlleu flcSS.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Jan. i5.-Tho
biennial convention Of the United Mine
Workers OF America opened here today
With about 1900 delegates In attend
anco. Every local Is represented.
During tho convention, vote viii be
taken on the 20 per cent. wage increase
agreed upon at a conference between
Fuel Director II. a. Garfield. mine
operators and union men.
There Is no doubt but that the
agreement Will be ratified" said VIII
liam Green, secretary Of the union. to-
day.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor. aud
John Mitchell, former president Of the
United Mine Workers, VIII make the
principal addresses.
The convention will bo in session
for about two weeks.
Dover after visit at Tie home OF her
grandmother, Mrs Richard Clayton.
Miss Blanche Wright, OF Atlantic
City. \. j.. IL the guest Of Niddletown
friends.
Miss Clara Vaughan. Of Milton. g.
spending some time with her brother.
Dr.. f. NJ Vaughan. and family.
Mrs y. +. Williams, Of Cambridge
Mass. has been here for O two weeks
stay with her brother, the Rev. C. a.
Crawley.
Mrs. j 3. Messick has been spending
several days in Philadelphia, Pa. TO
be near her son, Or. Victor Messick
who has been III In the University
Hospital.
Miss Lillian Miles, Of Philadelphia
visited friends here last week.
James D. Lockwood has gone 90
Florida for an extended stay.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15

The main sources of available
S, ar for the United States and
the Allies are narrowed down to
theWeSt Indies principally Cuba.
Hawaii, the Philippines. Louisi-
ana. and the susar-beet fields of
the Middle West.
Cuba has now increased its pro-
duction of sugar cane. but Eng
land, France and other foreign
countries perforce have increased
their importations of sugar from
Cuba.
There is an abundance Of sugar
in far-away Java. 1t is as useless
to the world as unmined gold, be-
cause no nation can spare the
ships to carry it.
This country and Europe could
only procure sugar from Java by
using ships badly needed to carry
American troops and supplies to
France.
II takes $50 days for a cargo
ship travelling at the rate of 200
miles day to so from England
to Java and return. counting in
the loading and discharsing at
both ends. The same ship travel
ing between New York and France
takes so days for a round trip.
Therefore the same ship can
make three round trips between
New York and France while it is
making one round trip between
England and Java.
The competition among nations
for Cuban raw sugar has forced
up its price. with a necessary cor
responding increase in the cost Of
refined sugar. This competition
has now been overcome by the
combined efforts of the United
States Food Administration. the
Allied Governments. and all ele-
mentS Of the sugar industry.
In the midst Of such abnormal
conditions, this Company has
done everything within its power.
in cooperation with the Govern
ment. to provide an even distribu-
ton of sugar to consumers at the
lowest possible price.
In constant effort to stabilize
the price. we have even sold sugar
at less than market priceS-for
some time at a full cent pound
below the market.
Last February and March there
were severe strikes in the re-
fineries of this and other COM
panies. But in the face Of the
r>'w problems thus created. we
In war time and at all time
interests Of the public we Serv
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
War and Sugar

Before the ENGLAND imported practically all Of its
sugar from Germany, Austria and faraway Java France
produced all the sugar needed and had export
Italy supplied itself.
The abruptly shut off Ensand supply Of sugar from
Central Europe. The armies of Europe have the
beet fields of Northern France Belgium Poland
Today the battle lines encrce the vast sugar beet of
the Central Powers About oneth of the worlds former
production is unavailable to the European Allies
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15


were able to deliver a normal
amount Of sugar every day.
The supply Of raw sugar in the
early summer gave evidence of
being enough for all needs
But the rate of consumption had
increased. An extra 450.O0O.OOO
pounds were required to meet the
needs of the people from June up
to November.
You can't eat your cake and
have it too"
A part of this increased demand
for sugar was due TO the nation
wide save the fruit crop move
ment The sugar thus used is not
gone. II is saved. II is simply in
the fruit and jam Jar instead of
the sugar bowl.
Sugar has sold in the United
States throughout the war at an
average price lower than in any
other country. II is one Of the
cheapest foods the nation has.
Admittedly one Of the reasons
for this brilliant showing. in view
of changed world conditions. has
been the fact that the domestic
cane refining industry is in large
units.
II is a noteworthy tribute to the
domestic refining industry which
will be better appreciated the
more the events of the last two
years are studied.
Franklin Package Sugars have
been of great value in the wider
and more even distribution Of
sugar.
A barrel holds $50 pounds Of
loose sugar. all of which usually
goes to one grocer. II has been
possible to ship practically the
same amount of package sugar in
three l20-pound cases TO three
different srocerS.
The grocer has been able 70
handletheSe Franklin Cane Sugars
already paokased in cartons and
small cotton bags. thus tending to
check boarding.
II will be necessary for Srocers
and consumers to watch carefully
their distribution and purchases
during the approaching period of
readiuStment.
Housewives can cooperate with
this plan by buying Franklin Pack
age Sugars.
The refinerieS are now starting
up and supplies of raw sugar com
ing forward. but IL will take weeks.
and possibly months. for the re-
turn of normal conditions.
it is our aim to safeguard the
Refining Company
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
MIR. POOLE ILL.

William Poole has been confined TO
his home for several days with a
severe cold. He is threatened with
pneumonia
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-15
"TRE GERMAN TERROR IN FRANCE"

In Order That the People Of Delaware May Realize What
They Would Have to Suffer in Event Of Invasion by
the Germany Army, THE EVENING JOURNAL Purposes
Reprmtng, from Day to Day. Chapters from 'The Ger
Terror in France" by Arnold j. Toynbee late Fell
low of BalEol College, Oxford. The Facts Contained
Therein Are Compiled from Official Records.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

tae llfst year, with an increase Of 81 a
week Tor each succeeding year, and they
work only six days in the week They
are also given all legal holidays, like any
othcr business woman, and they receive
pay at the rate of 25 cents for every
hour that they work overtime. With
these conditions it is easy to see that
domestic service is quite a different
proposition from what it was under the
Old regime, and the "housc assistant"
can hold up her head with the assistant
IN amy other line Of work.
AS matter Of fact do you blame anv
selt-rcspectng young woman for despis-
ing position where she had no indie
pcndcncc, where every minute Of the tlav
and night she was obliged to be at some
body's beck and call, where she was re
qulrcd to work from fourteen to sixteen
hours a day with only one evening a
week and possibly every other Sunday
afternoon and evening of duty? DO you
blame woman III such Il position for de-
serting the kitchen for The factory or
munition plant? OF course you do not
Labor laws have never been taken into
consideration when the affected women
engaged in domestic service In fact, in
one case, that Of the cight-houl law for
women in the District of Columbia
hotel servants are included, but ''domcs-
tic servants in private homcs' are dis
tinctly mentioned as not included in
the law.
With the new order of things, how
ever, the "housc assistant" goes to her
work just as she would go to an Office
or factory, and she works the same num-
Der of hours. Moreover, there is q va
riety to the housework that she would
not get in business organization, and
the conditions and surroundings are
much more sanitary and congenial. Di-
rectly the better class of working girls
realize the advantages Of the position Of
"house assistant" it is safe to predict