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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
ATTACKED By THIEyING CAT.
special Correspondence Of Every Evening

special Correspondence Of Every Evening
6eaford, May 20 Mrs Perry Adams,
who keeps a large flock oi young chickens,
thought that she detected sounds OF
someone bothering them Saturday utter
noon. and went into tie yard % lnFestl-
gate She soon discovered that q large cat
vas after the chickens and vas about to
kill several
Arming herself with a slender stick, Mrs.
Brown attempted 10 frghten the eat away,
but it turned against her and badly
scratched her about the hands and arms.
Several shots from a small rife were fired
at the cat, but it managed to escape.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES

Special CORES ~pondcncc Of Every Evening
naver NJ ll targe and ca-
fht,sla.tlr audience -eath,rcd ~ thc Dover
0nr4a llouso ye--rraak afternoon to
hear p.i~la-l,. addresses Ny Chuet .lustIco
Ie.acV}si nt anNo1 = I'oWueN "i
lincoln. \eH *Ha ticnTN holtFetN
Dover II thc interest ot Isc.! NfoSs "
{ a't1 Ga43ttlasa w"Hk
P.t9,e-le ~ane- wc' sumo h, bo Dover
elhaa ehila~.r and uamlcr-- ~ the
several cht.rch ,hor directed ty Rev
\ Ilghti4uuruc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
NURSES TO PARADE.
Grnduatesof Red Cross First Aid Glasses
10 March I'm a fpdy

All graduates Of Red Groaa First Aid
olnHses are rqucatcd 10 march in the
parade Thursday night. II In quito irnpos-
aible to reach all except through the news
papors, and they are asked To watch the
papers for the time and place Of meeting
before the march Announcement will he
made just as soon ns possible. The rradu-
atte are asked tn wear white dresses aud
Che Rcd Cross veil
The doctors who instructed tho frst
aid claRspa also nfc asked 10 participate @
IN this section of The parade and io look
for the announcement of where and when
thIe section will meet
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
o,rA< VIEW ~uoME COMING"

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Nea,.-,j,, Suen., IS Persons
,ti r.,ts n ~rse,.> raut, Journey
l..:,..,.f l4rdl,4 uu hrlnr coming
al. n4rt # I. aflalr. whiie
I.,.. tI4I -s,tion uho are
r.,.l.,rd n fh, .tttee make il =
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1.,t, ., ,.,.-..i.pt v.rctt llfrk
r.rt -. rgtatt Nlar1 SEAMS treasurer.
Z4- Ittr Burton
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
SOLDIERS FROM KENT.
arec,aI Corresponderce of rvery Evening

Fk7fF TT =
Dover. Nav % kont COuntyF rs
ernrtion Board has INDICTED into tho
United Statcs service tho following hent
county rcgIsfrents who have hcen as
signed g various camps
eandcr leroy tlrt7an, Dover, SIGNAL
Corne radio station, COLLEGE Fark. Nd
1luood " Bar ictf ~myTna. cnE'
nc-rs. alrcl Md
raul 4 ATcnzrl Dovnr gas defence
services. now Intcrer RuIlaing " ashine
ton. u G
cster Ba}r Icyeg5 tl'v- \ J., 70 Fort
in pont Del
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20

pound ny husband wanted me to try it.
! took 1t for week and felt little bet
ter. / kept itup for three months, and
/ feel fine Gnd can eat anything now
withaIIt distress or nerg BUSINESS. =" Mrs.
J. WoRraLifgE., 2842 North Taylor St,
Philadelphia Pa.
The majority Of mothers nowadays
oyerdo. there are so many demands
CI,en their time and strength; the result
is invariably a weakened, run down,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression and
soon more serious ailments develop.
1t ig at such periods inl life that Lydia e:
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
restore a normal healthy condition, as
it did to Mrs Worthlipe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
Amusement Parks Omen

Nth The exception III the theatres all
of he 7rusornrntz ~ ~heiiDut FarF are
nar ,u operation The formal opening of
iIr uark az wcll as the formal opening rf
RrandFuinr Springs Park will t4kr plarr
II NfrrnnrInl Dr..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
MILITARY FUGITIVE RED.

Special Correspondence 81 Every Evening
Dolawarc CITY, MAY 20 Slnton Ash
the civilian member oi the quartet 81
urisoncrv who escaped from the guard
house at Fort du Pont on Saturday, was
captured later in the day ard returned to
the fort lie was captured on thf farm ID
ugcpc B.icbson NJ odcssa where he had
aIit,i,cd tsr w,4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20

EGAh4 II ?
time. | went to a
doctor and he said
! bad nervous indi-
gestion, which ad
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most Of
the time and he
said if ] could not
stop that, ! could
not get well, |
heard somuchabout
Lydia E. Pinkham 8
yFo~a+ah1a Corp7-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
No Red Cross Work Tonight

On account Of the Red Cross meeting
At The Playhouse this evening there will
the Red Cross force, SO that they can at
tend the meeting
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20

enough ~ ,tue Il ploutifullv in 'hnao in-
vtrutnontq The German maek Is of
leather ~ treated sn hadlY thnt Grrrpan
gae ca-ualiire have bron iuorlinafsly
hravv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia z. Pinkham' 5
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

Philadelphia. Pa--'T was very weak,
always tired, my back ached, and ] felt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20

rnrfatr uar r.uf SINH
pDotir brpF rl eu
lu7t hat +r rrfrt id ue
r ,er-f
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-20

Oversubseribe to Win the Liberty Loan
and the war
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-18

neighbors Of the Hun in the presence
of American forces sent to help them
get their new governments into run
ming order. The Americans would be
simply helpers as order-keepers while
needed, and not only ready but anxi-
Gus to go the moment they were no
longer needed. Hence, it may seem
quite awhile, from the viewpoint of
impatient families and friends, before
Johnny comes home.
So in many cases Johnny will not
come marching home with his COM
pany down Main street There are
few regiments now whose men all
come from the same locality. In
thousands Of cases Johnny will just
walk into the house some glad day
to say, Hello, mother" perhaps with
out even notice of the train he is COM
ing on. This Is the biggest war this
old world has ever known, and such
masses of men have been engaged
that it is impossible to project them
all into their homes again at once.
But whenever, and however Johnny
ZONES he will find the home fires
burning and the welcome ready for
he victor in war fought for the
noblest ideals.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-18

When Johnny Comes Marching
Home" or some equivalent. promises
to be sounding from brass bands and
In popular chorus somewhere over the
land for year or more to come. OF
course everybody is looking for the
troop trains to come in and the khaki
clad ranks TO come swinging down
the street. But little reflection
must show that any nationwide cele-
brati0n of the victorious return Of
Our Boys" from lover There must
be symbolic rather than marking the
actual homecoming of them all. to be
over and done within few days.
To bring 100000 men back from
France all at once is as physically i'm
possible as It was to get them there
all at once. And 1t took about year
to get them there. Such a spectacle
as was the grand review at Washing
ton at the close Of the civil war prob
ably must be foregone, though some
similar demonstration may be staged,
either at the capital, since 1t Is con-
venient to one of the great sea gates,
or at New York. where landing facil-
tiles make 1t possible for many troops
ships to dock at once.
1.-THE Grand Review"
The grand review at Washington in
1865 was possible because the sol
diers engaged in 1t could march to the
capital overland without really going
out Of their home-ward way. For the
armies OF Grant In Virginia and Sher-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-18
aggression and for commercial pene-

aggression and for commercial pene-
| tration
1t must not be forgotten that in case
all the properly German" states de-
eide to hang together, and to invoke
for themselves the principle of ma
tional self-determination' to which
the allies are pledged they will con-
stitute compact nation of about Co.,
100000 Look at the map and consid-
er the sweep Of territory from Posen
over to Holland and then up the east
side of the Rhine and along the west
side of Bohemia to the lands of the
Jugo-Slavs. There is the Germany"
that will remain united unless its
people relapse into their disunity of
the eighteenth century which is ex-
tremely unlikely.
There are political and racial rea-
sons why tie American rather than
the European armies may well be
called upon to furnish such order
preserving forces as may be neces-
sary in these border lands of imperial
Germany and anarchic Russia until
their own people find themselves" in
governmental sense.
Yanks as Order Keepers.
The disinterstednes of the United
States is everywhere conceded. II
seeks no territory in Europe and
would take none as gift. No suspic-
ion of design against their freedom
and independence could be felt by any
of these recent subjects or weak
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-18

man in North Carolina, which receiy-
ed the surrenders of the last armies
of the confederacy that was the most
convenient way home. And magnifi-
cent as was the spectacle of the host
that for two days swept down Penn
sylvania avenue, its numbers were
but one-fifth of the total then under
arms for the union and but one-tenth
of the army that is to be brought
home from France.
Great Problem in Russia.
Moreover, it is far from certain that
the task of our soldiers will be fully
completed even when unconditional
surrender ends the German plot to
rule the world by force of arms. It
may be necessary for some months fer
the allies to occupy certain strategic
points on the German borders, and
perhaps to execute a sort of parade
march" to and through Berlin in or
der to bring home to the masses of
the people the completeness of the
overthrow of the ruling class to whom
age-long habit has made them so
strangely submissive.
Moreover, there is Russia to be
Strengthened out" and the freedom
which has been promised the Poles to
be assured them. These long sun
dered and lately disorganized terri
tories can not be wholly left to them
selves to work out their own saliva
ton. The Hun is too near them and
too we'll organized both for military
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
AMERICAN WAR PRISONERS
PROBABLY ASSASSINATED

printed photographs of the first
American prisoners. surrounded by a
taunting crowd in Berlin-and the
photograph showed only five prison
ers.
The bulletin makes no suggestions
as to the fate of the missing seven,
but few officials are hopeful that they
are yet alive.
A certain famous major general
commenting to the United Press to-
day on the German atrocities, de-
clared:
1.-The Huns mistreatment of pris-
oners is one of the most frightful
chapters Of the war. The Sammies
must be warned and must be pre-
pared to sell their lives at the highl
est price; to fight to death, even, in
the face of overwhelming numbers"
The traditional good humor of the
American soldiers was transformed
into bitter rage when the Sammfes
today read bulletins announcing the
German plans to treat future Ameri-
can prisoners as persons of no in
telligence." and to place them under
unusual hardships.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
Jewish Relief Fund.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Jews Of Chi
cago today had subscribed 100000
in addition to the s1.000,000 which
julius Rosenwald expects to pay to-
ward the s10,O00,O00 war relief fund.
Should the final figure show less
than $10,000.OO0, Rosenwald, who
gave S150000 independent of his
pledge will contribute in proper
ton to the final amount. The fund
is to be used for the relief of suf-
fering members of the Jewish faith
in the war stricken countries OF
Europe.
The federated Zionists of the
middle west closed a three day ses-
sion here last night with banquet
at which 100000 was pledged for the
Palestine reclamation fund. This
subscription puts Chicago and the
middle west district over the $780,
900 quota set.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
EASTERN COLD WAVE
CAUSED TWELVE DEATHS

measure, all lights except those neces-
sary for safety, will be extinguished.
The lightless order is effective six
night a week. Advertising signs. ho-
tel and theatre signs as well as un-
necessary street lights will he per-
mitted to be Illuminated only on
Saturday night.
Deep Snow In Illinois.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Chicago's coal
supply, depleted by the recent cold
weather, was in danger of serious
shortage as a result of transported ton
being tied up by the heavy snowfall
yesterday and today. The wind piled
five-inch precipitation in this viein-s
ity into huge drifts and freight traffic
was greatly delayed.
The Wisconsin Steel company. a
subsidiary OF the International Har.
vecter Co., shut down Part of its
plant through lack Of fuel, throwing
1000 men out Of work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
Session to be Resumed After
Holiday Vacation, With
Much Quizzing on
Program.
FOUR INVESTIGATIONS
If America IL to Win the War, Some
Changes Must be Made, In
the Opinion Of
Critics.
rBy Lawrence Martin, United Press
Ctoff Corrac1,Ondant j

[By Lawrence Martin. United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The win.
the-war congress resumes tomorrow
its task of forwarding American war
work and investigation OF what is
past.
Four OF the Investigations renewed
work today-the fuel ard food, war
department and interstate commerce
The navy inquiry will resume tomor.
row while on the eighth. new at
tempt will be made for action on the
probe of disloyalty charges agalnst
Senator LaFollette.
President Wilson's appearance be
fore congress Friday will be the oc-
casion for recommendations incident
to government operation Of the rail
roads.
That his requests will be met Is
certain.
Soon after congress convenes, an
urgent deficiency appropriation OF
about sl.33ss00o 600 will be asked. In
cluding a. $700,00O,0 900 item Tor quar-
termaster supplies. ordnance ana en-.
gineers, $2,000,000 additional for the
fuel administration and $6.000,00o
for seeds to aid the agricultural de.
With Food Administrator Hoover
to appear before the senate probers,
1t appeared likely that he and Chair
man Reed-already at swords-points
would clash.
With resumption of the navy probe
tomorrow, Representative Britten OF
IlIinois-listed as unfriendly to Sec
retnry Daniels-will seek to ascertain
the truth of information before him
that American transports were en-
dangered because conveyed by ves-
sells slower than themselves.
Spurred by knowledge from Chief
OF Ordnance Crozier that ship short
age is holding up artillery transporta.
tion, senate leaders today prepared
to demand a high pressure building
campaign when congress reassem-
bles.
The new demand followed an ex-
tended secret session between tho
senate Shipping investigating COM
mittee and Bainbridge Colby, ship
ping board member, and a military
committee meeting with General
Crozier.
American troops abroad, Crozier
said, must depend on allied artillery.
because ships enough to transport
our own can't be had.
Senators Harding, republican, Ohio,
and Fletcher, democrat, Florida,
planned to lay the high speed ship
building plan before the senate. Both
today were emphatic in pointing out
possible disaster to American troops,
not only from possible lack Of artil-
lery, but other supplies, with the
present inadequate overseas trans
portation The council Of national
defense also began to come under
military committee guns. Question
ing developed trend toward ferret
ing out the real relationship OF the
council with the war, navy and ship
Whether this organiza-
ton Is an aid or red tape hindrance.
is expected to be brought out sharply.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
Warmer Now and Fuel Situa-
tion Looks More Hopeful
in New York City.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-After four
days of below zero weather, resulting
in more than a dozen deaths and in
tense suffering, owing to coal short
age, the cold wave was broken here
today. The temperature rose several
degrees above the zero mark
With orders from Director General
of Railroads McAdoo to route freight
cars bearing coal through the PennsyI-
vania railway passenger tunnels, it
was believed the coal situation would
be speedily relieved
New York will see its first 1ightless
night today. AS coal conservation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
SEVERAL FIRES
At SAME Time
Two Million Dollars Damage in
Norfolk, But Navy Yards
Escaped Being
Scorched.
MAY HAVE BEEN PLOT
Spy Hunt Started While the Flames
Were Cracking and Explo-
sions Were Going
or.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 2.-While
shivering native patrols guarded the
fire swept business sections here to-
day. government and city officials
sought to learn If German plotting
was the root of fires and explosions
which yesterday did about $2,ee0,000
damage to the Monticello hotel and
other buildings. A spy hunt while
the flames still blazed. netted Hugo
Schmidt and H. Leasing, and num-
Der Of other suspects.
Winter winds stirred the flames
through the night in the ruins of the
hotel, CRANKY theatre and other
structures, but the fire chief believed
that any serious spread was doubt
full
Meantime the Hampton Roads dis
trict was the scene of two other
fires.
Several structures were destroyed
by FIRE in the, vicinity of Nelson and
Chestnut streets, Portsmouth, while
several negro shacks near Camp
Stuart were ruined.
The camp was alarmed by the
proximity of the blaze and while it
continued, a false alarm from an
other nearby section was sounded.
That the fires in the three sections
were part of plot to ruin naval
establishments here, is possible.
While the main fire was consider
able distance from the Norfolk navy
yard. it is regarded as possible by
officials that German agents sought
to divert the fire departments atten-
tion there while they worked on de-
struction at the navy yard and else
where.
In any event authorities purposed
characters meantime keeping closest
guard over the city. Warning against
incendiaries were sent out today and
the whole district is in turmoil Of
fear.
Several men were hurt during the
fire, while others may be beneath
heaps Of debris. Frozen water mains
and zero weather hampered the fire.
mems tasks, but they fought valiant
ly despite handicaps
American sailors and marines, too,
did heroic service, rescuing men
overcome or trapped in buildings.
twenty-five suspects were arrested,
but all but twelve Of these nave Deeu
freed. These twelve are being held
pending investigation into the cause
of the fire. The fire is under control
but not out. No new blazes occurred
during the night. Sailors, marines and
home guards were on duty all night.
The town has been placed under mar
tial law Entrances to the fire zone
are guarded by men with fixed bayon-
cts.
Late last night marine guards and
an unidentified white man had duel
with revolvers near the old dominion
marine railway. The stranger was
when the marine detected
him lurking around British steamer,
which was undergoing repairs. lie
opened fire upon the guard who return
ed it. Several shots were exchanged
but none took effect. The man es-
capped.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
Women are United.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. I
LONDON, Jan. 2.-The war has
brought English speaking women to.
gether as never before, Queen Mary
declared, in cable transmitting
New Years greeting to DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw, New York suffrage
leader:
women's committee on the national
defense council, the queen of Eng
land said:
1.-The horrors of war have taught
us to know one another better and
they have strengthened the ties of
kinship and mutual sympathy by
uniting the women of the English
speaking races heart and soul in the
struggle for liberty and civilization"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
Flour Price Raised.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. q
War -four will cost more. The in
creased -four cost, amounting to 20
cents barrel, was effective today.
Practically. every mill in the milling
northwest today was making war
four-that is, manufacturing bar
rel Of flour from 4.24 bushels Of
wheat Such flour conserves wheat
and makes a darker product than
standard patents, but just as palat-
able and more wholesome, millers
say.
Millers put up. the price of flour
when the government forced down
the price of middlings. a bi-product
of milling, millers admitted today.
The price of middlings is $40 a ton
lower.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-02
" Dozen Captured in Novem-
per, But Five Are Known
to be in Berlin.

/. - = w. pegler. United Press Stan
u,,r,- Correspondent
ERAM1sr TIE AMERICAN ARMY IN
< 81 a, Jan. 2.-What is the fate
2. seven missing American so,aiars
- the twelve taken prisoner bv the .
vember 3. n is'iu ol NO
Amsr;usds usands of Sammies over the
thair ean zone were left to draw
whath. own conclusions today on
sevsr el tne Boches had murdered
Tha helpless captives.
soldiar,a matter was called TO eyery
sion h,,,, attention in an official divi-
is's n rs sets forth these facts:
took two,, e november raid the Boches
an illustrated German paper