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New Britain herald., 1918-01-21
OTEER POLICE COURT NEWS

John KobeIlas was arrested Satur- day night for assau1ting his wife, Annie, but in the interim successful peace negotiations between tho two must have been effected because the woman today said that her husband
 only shook his fist at her and she
 wanted him liberated anyway. The
 couple were sent home With a warn
 ing not to bother the police any more.
 Drunk on Wedding Eve
 Emil Reut Of Grove street was in
 court on a charge Of drunkenness and breach of the peace, preferred by his sister, with whom he boards. Evidence
 showed that Emil intended to get
 married today an dyesterday gave a farewell bachelor party at his home. On his promise to behave in the fu- | ture he was let off with suspended sentence.
 Other Gases on Docket Causes Disturbance at Hotel Among the other cases on the days docket was that of Julia c. Lawrence, charged with making a drunken dis turbance at the Hotel DeVille Julia asked that she he sent to the hospital where she might recuperate from Q sprained ankle. She was given a fin, of s3 and costs instead.
 School Boys in Court Tn addition to the other visitors in police court there were about a dozen high school boys there-but only as interested spectators. The boys oc-
 cupied front seats In the gallery and l watched the procedure with interest Later they were taken around the po- lice station and shown the sights" said sights consisting chiefly of a trip to the cell room.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21

The health department has quar- antined 6 case of diphtheria on Glen street
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

FURNISHED ROOMS-Steam heat and bath; near shops. Also table
 board. 20S East Main street, New
 Britain 1~zI-0dN
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21

WANTFD-1 or rooms furnished
 for light housekeeping. Herald Box eAA 1-21-2dx
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21

Willie Hoppe, the worlds greatest bi11iardist, may become a billiard ln- structor in the army.
 "rhe government is installing oll- Hard and pool tables at all or the army camps, not only to amuse pu' instruct the Sammies, says Wllle'
 The ordinary layman would ho1
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21

believe that billiards could be used a means of developing the preci and accuracy of the Sammles'
 sight, but such is the case. rece made an interesting experiment WI . I tried trapshooting and found St1a my ability to shoot straight was oVe 50 per cent. better than that or tn ordinary novice at the game
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21

2':sV o'cIock at the Swedish Lutheran church. Rev. Dr. s. G. Ohman will off1ciate and burial will be in F'airview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21

Bradbury's CrulIers and Dougl1nuts for sale at all leading grocers.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-21
DIRECTOR OF IMPORTS
 WAR TRADE BOARD

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Evening journal., 1918-03-08
THE COMMUNITY SING -

THE season Of music which rapidly is nearing ts
end In Wilmington, has beyond question proved the
most successful both in point Of merit and quality Of
the entertainment afforded and size Of attending audi
ences' Of any the city has yet known.
Aside from the series Of symphony concerts by the
Philadelphia Orchestra there have been so many other
musical events Of note that to attempt to list them would
be futile. Then, In addition entirely new musical
organizations have been formed the orpheus Society,"
under direction Of Ralph Kinder Of Philadelphia and the
Westminster Glee Club under the baton Of Frederick
w. Wyatt, long and favorably known In this city
What possibly Of even more import than such
activities, however has been the formation OF a Com
munity Sing founded by Mrs T. Coleman dupont and
supported by The leading musicians Of the CITY, as well
as by bankers lawyers and business men who realize
keenly the possibilities Of such an organization not
only In its relations to civic life. but 10 the WARRIOR
from the war has sprung the Community Sing" When
from 800 TO 900 men, children foregather on
Monday nights In the High School auditorium to sing
music Of the American folk lore and sing did their
fathers and mothers and grandfahers and grandmothes
In the days Of "Ye Old singin skule" then we repeat
there Is movement foot which will eventually cause
all TO sit up and take notice Before the summer is far
advanced call will issue for Community Sing" In one
OF the public squares or In Brandywine Park band
probably will provide accompaniment and the entire city
Will be invited to attend and join In. The nucleus OF
such a "sng" viii be the Community chorus. The
phrase "sins For Wilmington and Win the War" will
then and there take much deeper and significant
meaning than now The underlying idea Of all this is TO
let the boys in the camps trenches know that while
they themselves singing their way victory
Kaiser the folks at home likewise singing for them
and their What sentiment indeed could be inner?
So then, Wilmington has kept apace with its sister
cities Of the nation this in music well in the
prosaio oommerciallsm and trade Such things
speak well for any municipality in times OF peace and
far more In times Of war Those who have assisted In
maintaining the divine art 10 be congratulated as
we'll those who have kept Wilmington in the fore
front as a great manufacturing centre.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
BOXING CLovEs ron o~,p nrr.

SOL METZGER, OF the Army Y. NJ c. A. at Camp Dix
- n j, where the Delaware Pioneer Regiment Is sta
onod at the present tme made an appeal for 25OO
sets OF boxing gloves to be used as part Of the equip
ment for training soldiers for offensive and defensive
work in trench warfare He says the gloves are needed
70 meet military necessity; thai they are for the men
who will do bayonet fighting In Europe; that the prn-
cples Of boxing and bayonet lighting are similar that
gloves, and not money. are solicited.
The week Of March 10 TO i6 inclusive, has been desg-
mated as Boxing Glove Week A special appeal for sup
port made to those sections OF our country including
Delaware, which have sent men to Camp Dix II is the
desire that the gloves contributed shall be sent by parcel
post insured addressed to Sol Metzger Army Y c. A.
Camp Dix with the and address Of each sender on
the package that It's receipt may be acknowledged
No fund is available for buying these gloves; but It
IS believed there enough secondhand and used
gloves In those districts from which Camp Dix draws It's
enlisted TO meet this need II the need and the reason
for it be made clear to the people back home
There is no other medium 10 bring these facts before
the public back home than newspapers published in
those DISTRICTS; We take this opportunity Of giving
cooperation and support for just one week to
bring this important matter TO the attention Of our
readers Let US explain the for this solcila-
iicn Of your cooperation in supplying the gloves.
Boxing In the army IS necessity. II Is analogous TO
bayonet lighting that those best able to tight with the
gloves are best equipped the hand-to-hand lighting
10 be encountered there Il s fact that bayonet
lighters the same tactics boxers. That is why
boxing instructors have been placed in the training
camps. They instruct the soldiers IN the science or
man-to-man lighting.
At Camp Dix boxing is a recognized part Of military
training. Every soldier who is TO do bayonet lighting
abroad for his country is trained TO ngn with has
nss AS It Is obviously out the question to have these
men night each other with the bayone boxing Is the
worthy substitute The ecent boxer is the survivor Of
the bayonct nght-AND He CONES BACK HOME AFTER
THE WAR.
But this training In fighting with the gloves this very
vital part OF the preparation OF trench fighters,
not be carried out at Camp Dix the 18th Division
Headquarters wish Il to be carried outn short It can
be made enectlve-unless the $500 sets Of boxing
glovesthe number estimated necessary for the work
there by the military authorltlcs-are provided.
Also, boxing gloves supply the equipment for
healhfu and wholesome form OF athletic amusement at
Camp Dix popular form OF entertainment which Is
given every encouragement because contributes greatly
foward building UP company and regimental spirit
That briefly s the need and the reason Tor ths need
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
OUTRAGEOUS moan CONDITIONS.

IN view Of the large amounts Of money that have been
spent upon them for construction and so-caled
maintenance the condition Of many OF the public roads
in New Castle county is reproach to olciadom and
source Of profound irritation to tax-payng public that
has supplied those funds.
The road leading from Newark towards Elkton Is an
especially noteworthy instance OF poor construction and
even poorer maintenance. It constitutes an outrage
upon the taxpayers and the travelling public No one
who has not attempted 10 traverse It in team automo-
bile or truck can have adequate conception Of its
condition It is exaggerated Agure Of speech 10 say
that many newy-plowed neld in the spring is smooth
In comparison TO It.
1t and other roads demonstrate the folly Of building
roads which not deep enough to resist the frost up
heava or strong enough to stand up under the stress
Of present-day traflc that is placed upon them
Any expert who desires to see and TO photograph
road which typAes, from all angles the evil effects Of
poor initial construction followed by poorer patrol
and maintenance, VIII have has hearts desire Tsned to
the limit that Newark Elkton road between Newark
and the Delaware-Maryland State line.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918.
THE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONS PROGRAMME.


III ERE are the road improvement plans agreed upon
"A yesterday by the State Highway Commission:
New Castle county-Philadelphia pike from Whining
ton 10 the Pennsylvania state line; distance 60 miles.
Kent county-Road between Smyrna and Dover dis
tsnce 81 miles.
Sussex county-Road between Delmar and Brldgevile;
distance II miles, and the completion OF the dupont road
between Glendale and Milford, distance Of 5 miles
Under the plan adopted by the commission New
Castle county which contributes than two-thirds
Of the State revenue, viii receive six and two-tenths
miles Of road from the State funds Kent county will
receive nothing from that source. while Sussex county
will receive seventeen miles
Through the generosity Of General T Coleman dupont
Kent county win receive and one-tenth miles OF
New Castle county will receive nothing.
It is wde-open question how a State revenue ex-
pending plan that favorable to Sussex In the matter
Of road mileage viii be regarded by the taxpayers Of
New Castle and Kent counties, In view Of their large
contributions to the state funds
With respect TO the dupont Sits the people OF course.
have nothing TO do They recognize his right 10 bestow
his fayors where he peases. We think, however that
there many taxpayers who viii question the fairness
OF giving to Sussex county, from the state al
three times the mileage given New Castle county
ard cutting Kent county out altogether
Both New Castle and Kent counties pay Infinitely
into the State treasury than does Sussex county,
fact that can be substantlaed easily by reference TO
the books Of the state and 10 the State income
Tax law estimates.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
MnERE AnE THE sHIps2

From the Christian Science Monitor.
In the matter Of providing merchant
ship tonnage the United States cannot
be SAID TO be keeping it's word with
the allies. Notwithstanding the nu-
merous so-called shake-ups IN the ship
ping Board and the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, each change being accent
panied by the assurance that now the
work OF construction would be pushed.
the outlook Is anything but satisfac-
tory. 10 would be a mistake and
worse than a mistake, TO attempt to
disguise the fact that merchant shin
building in the United States is behind
every schedule announced by Washing
ton since the Shipping Board was Gre
ated. Statistics without number. in
tended to encourage 'he thought Of the
public, have been issued by the Ship
pins Board and the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, and frequently with ad-
ministration endorsement. but the
promise held put in these statistics has
not been fulfilled Nor from present
indications, is it likely to be.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
Editorial Opinion
InONY
lIiONl.
lm the ChIcago evening Post

Fom the Chicago Evening Post
THE meat division. United states food
administration, has issued a letter to
all the packers of CHICAGO urging them
not 10 buy hogs from the farmers at
less than an average Of SIS 80 per 100
pounds" So said the papers Of last
night.
There is q fine irony in this request.
in view Of the present "tru t-bustlng"
activities OF Mr. Francis J. Henev
IIeney is breaking open safes and
making sensational charges in an effort
to convict the packers Of the deadly
sin Of having acted in common, while
he is doing so. the government through
the food adm nistrailon, asks the pack
ers please TO act in common
It is the same old paradox that comes
flom the attempt TO label an economic
necessity as economic sin But the
point now is that Is again demon
strated that while Mr.. Henev is irving
to dig out evidence OF an ancient COM
bnation, the government is asking a
present combination In order to win the
war. And winning the war Is the most
vital need that faces us. far more vital
than the need Of reviving the art of
undertaking.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
DEPARTMENTAL DEATH DEFIANCE.

G FITTING aside the laws Of Is prerogatiye which
~ seems to have been assumed by certain men, and
is perhaps this example which has encouraged the
Childrens Bureau 10 go better with plan to set
aside the laws Of God for tho bureau has Instituted
campaign to save 100000 babies In 1915
Each State has been assigned It's quota Of babies to
save and In this instance at least no favortsm has
been shown the South which is pro rated equally with
other sections Of the country in this deahdeylng cam
paign. Whether any sumptuary legislation will be in
voked and what horrible penalty will be visited on
recalcitran States, have not been made public by the
Chdrens Bureau. Nor have we been Informed how the
selections are to be made what system Of birth con.
troll Is to be adopted in enecting this saving.
We hope the bureau will continue in It's originality
and not follow the example OF most Of our Democratic
bureaus by permitting politics to govern It's action.
II viii be interesting to study the measures taken by
the Chdrens Bureau In setting at naught Providence
the law Of the survival Of the nttes measles collie
and whoopng cough In this endeavor TO make the world
safe for babe-ocracy.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
Consider The Loafers
lFrom the New York SUM

We have seen no tabulation dlsclos-
Ing the number Of farm laborers taken
by the draft from the agricultural
counties Of this State, or from any
other State. The total number Of such
laborers now in uniform has been va
rlously stated; in the most modest est-
mate II Is highly Impressive But when
the total Is studied by political units.
the loss OF each Of them does not ap-
pear to be so Gripping as some declam-
atory statesmen would have us believe
Wherever success has been attained
IN replacing this labor II has not been
done by contemplating the withdrawal
Of 100000 men from the farms but
by finding out how many men each
farm in a given section has lost and
how many workers are needed 10 take
their places. To supply 100000 men
for field labor might well daunt the
most optimistic; to find a hundred for
a county is a task that any persistent
man or committee might survey with
out fear.
Several States, Including New Jersey.
have tried the experiment Of adopting
laws to compel all their male inhabi-
tants TO engage in useful occupation,
regardless Of their ability TO live in
idleness, whether on their own accu-
mulated property or on the labor Of
others. Whether these laws are Drac-
ticable or not remains TO be proved.
but they unquestionably are intended
TO tap reservoir OF potential labor
Of tremendous capacity City dwellers
are likely to commiserate themselves
on the theory that they suffer from
the presence among them Of all the
loafers in the country. This is an
error.
Every town. village and hamlet. East
West, North and South. has its quota
Of idlers. Some Of them have inherited
incomes that permit them to get
along" Others sponge on their fam
lies or their parents friends. They
are the decorators Of railway platforms,
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

the whittlers Of hltching posts. the ex-
pert observers OF pool played on the
village table. Most ,f them are not
Vicious or depraved; they are simply
lazy, and the easy going customs Of
their rural environment have encour-
aged them to develop into spectators.
supported without effort on their part
through the industry OF their kin or
their associates. From their ranks
came the wags who baited the village
fool before the authorities condemned
that poor lackwit TO institutional care
and their representatives may be seen
today, enjoying excellent health and
not worse clothed than their neighbors,
on the sunny side Of every crossroads
general store.
II all these fellows could be put al
work, and they are better ftted for
farm labor than are city bred or city
trained loafers, they would fill every
vacancy made in the roster of agricul-
tural helpers by the draft and by the
transfer Of more active men TO muni-
ton plants and factories. They are on
the spot, or on the thousands Of spots
where men are needed. Their transDor-
tatlon from the sites Of their present
-nviable existence 10 the land would
present no dlflcultles. Moreover even
their constitutional lethargy has not
enabled them 10 avoid all acquaintance
with agricultural processes, and II they
are not expert, they are at least
equipped with some knowledge Of farm
life.
Nobody wants TO see the city loafer
exempted from a fair share Of work
The most that can be made Of him
should be. But II we are TO have
draft Of shirkers. an analysis Of their
capabilities should be made. and it Is
reasonable to believe that the country
reared repre- -entatives Of this universal
pest will be found TO be better adapted
to rural activities than are the lounge
lizards Of populous communities.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
Wlih The Pafagraphers

Go into any department store and view the quantity ~
japanese goods on sale and gets an idea OF how the
war has benefited Japan by opening the American market
20 her cheap labor under the benencent Democratlc
Iarin Japan is now OF keeness Competitors IN
he homo market and unless a Protective Tariff Is e.,
seteo s competition viii increase rather than diminish
after the war. American Wogkmen should wake up 10
situation which viii affect them iniuriously and asainst
which their chief defence will be the election OF Re-
publican Congress pledged TO the enactment N protec
tive Tarin-Camden az. J) PostTelegram
By the way did you hear anyone ask what Ticket
Mr.. Stettnius voted? OF you didn't The puhllc
merely knows that he Is capabe serving as purebssn
agent for the War Department and the only question n
asks in regard to him is whether he gong to be gyep
fuii power whether he's TO be handicapped by some
cheap politician who is his Official supervisor-Fort
Wayne News
II the industries Of this country are saved from
wholesale rush Of cheap foreign goods after the war
will be by better tariff than have not because
there is nobody here who viii buy articles made il
Germany. Camden ~. J.. Post-TeegTam
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
FOR WOMEN

NEW Castle, PAT am glad to say
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have myself used It when in a delicate
way and the benefits were very marked.
1t is a fne medicine for that condition.
have recommended it TO several other
women who have used it FOR this purpose
always with satisfaction. have also
seen Golden Medical Discovery used in
a case Of threatened consumption, and
the result was to arrest the disease.
know DR.. Pierce's remedies are Just as
represented - Mas. JENER Lowers,
Al4lh Bartrsm Ava
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

cough became very alarming. When
would take these severe coughing spells,
! would notice blood Cot so / could
not move around; if 1 did, would have
ono Of these spells. / was ready to give
up vhsu I happened to get hold Of a
little booklet and read Of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. / made up
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and from that time on I gained fast,
for il completely restored me TO good
health which I am still enjoying thanks
10 this medicine. ''-MRs. GERTRUDE
IENNEWISE. 4O4 Hemloek st.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

Gay because OF llI
use. About five
years ago I caught
a severe cold which
settled in my bvOL.
chial tubes and on
my lungs. I had
the doctor, but his
medicine did not
seem to help me. 1
kept getting worse
all the time. Nv
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
HUNCHDACKs IN KAIsERs ARMY.

BY The United Press
NEW YORK, March s.-The Kaiser
now has a REGIMENT Of hunchbacks. ac-
cording to Crittenden Crittenden, IS, an
American who has just returned from
studying in Germany. He said tod1y
that even one-eycd men were forced to
aght
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

Captain Yamamoto for three years naval at,aehe at
the japanese embassy in Rome. is authority for the
statement that the Allies sank fifteen Austrian and
man submarines in the Mediterranean in month We
that his information is correct and that the Allies
viii be able to Impart to the ant-submarine campaign
in the northern waters the degree OF effectiveness
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

That Is why we tell you the people back or and closely
related to, the who form the division a. Camp Dix
that here is chance for you 10 TAKE A SWAT AT
THE KAISER. The boys up there want gloves and not
money. special effort should be made to enlist the
cooperation Of all athletic clubs In our section
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

The Louisville courer-Journal says that community
should put feebe-mlnded person in an institution and
not attempt TO dodge his keep by sending him TO Con-
In mind
Evening journal., 1918-03-08
Pure Blood
Brings Beauty
Pimples, Blackheads, Boils and Poor
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Evening journal., 1918-03-08

Real estate transactions are under
benCfcent ruling ard change Of l0ca.
tion, effected through a Want Ad, viii
h-ing happiness ano prosperity.
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

Eisht miles Of trenches now are held by the United
states troops the western front In Europe: and
when the word held is used It means everything that
It implies
Evening journal., 1918-03-08

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Evening journal., 1918-03-08
DANGER AT HONE
AS Well as at the Front

PuTsBuReH, PAT feel very CRATE
tul for what DR.. Pierce's medicine did
for me / am enjoying GOOD health to-