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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
BACK DOOR ETIQUETTE.
Trying TO Observe Rule Almost Causes
Two WomeR's Collapse.

1t Is backdoor etiquette for womsn
to send back the dish, in which her
neighbOr has sent her something 70 eat,
full. AS result OF irving to o. serve
this rule two Atchison women are on
the verge Of nervous collapse.
Sunday morning one of the women
sent her neighbor a pan Of string beans
Promptly the woman receiving the
beans returned the pan filed with some
plum butter. The other woman re-
turned the pan filed with fresh dough
NJ Is. Her neighhor sent the pan back
With some raisin bread in it The other
woman fired the pan back wlled with
tomatoes The neighbor quickly stirred
up cake and It was no time until that
pan was sent back filled with little hot
cakes
The other woman Was ready Tor the
pan and sent II over filed with picked
beets. The other neighbor tie@ 20 her
pantry and perked up some sliced ham
and sent the pan back but the other
wonaan's men folk met that pan before
il re ched j destination there IS no
enough left tor the junk msn. -Atchinson
Globe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
WILL LAY OFF 1000
MEN AT HOG ISLAND
Government Also Plans to Abandon
lS Shipways, Leaving Only 80
Instead Of so.
WASHINGTON. Fen. 4.

Extensive curtailment of the scope of
building operations at the great Hog
Island shipbuilding plant is assured.
This will result from the disclosures
submitted to the Senate committee on
commerce by the United States Shipping
Board regarding the character of opera
tions now being conducted at the plant.
Announcement of the cutting down OF
plans and of the lay off of workmen are
expected 90 be made officially in the i'm
mediate future. Adjustment of the work
at Hog island TO the limitations of prac-
ficahiltv is expected to follow closely upon
tho assumption by Admiral Bowles OF his
duties as assistant general manager of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation with head
quarters at Philadelphia.
According to latest information obtain
ed the major alterations in the plans
and operations will consist In the fol-
lowing:
First-The lav-off OF 1000 working
men The present force is 1000, and
the government has decided that the
efficient development of the feasible
plans can he achieved through the en-
plovment of 10000 men.
Second-The abandonment of Is ship
wavs, which had either been planned or
were under construction. The number
originally called for was so, and 1t is
now realized that 81 is the maximum
that can bc obtained by the available
material and transportation facilities.
The foregoing change; indicate de-
cided convection on the part of the au-
rhorities here that the managers OF the
company responsible for the work at
Hog island have seriously overreached
the practicable THIS corporation Is the
American International Corporation,
and it's contracts had been entered INTO
by "cOst plus percentage basis. Guar
anteed a minimum profit, the managers
,,f this corporation have proceeded since
the negotiation OF their contract last
Septenber 10 hire labor with the pur-
pose OF assuring a ponteous supply,
rather than with strict aud scrupulous
regard for economy
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
SEVEN BILLION TIN CANS.

''Thc Gamers Of the United States will
have to fill close to seven billion tin cans
in Year TO feed our Army and Navy.
"tf you allow only five inches as the.
average length of can, seven billion cans.
end TO end. would stretch $50, 600 miles.
or more than twenty times around this
little old war-torn earth of ours
Five hundred and fifty-three thousand
miles oi cans is d fairly long string of cans.
With the latest machinery, u plant
employing only ten men and few boys is
able to turn out sxty-fve thousand cans
IN day OF ten hours, and all but hundred
and thirty Of them guaranteed to be
perfect. That small force multiplied
many tines in big plant easily supplies
the calls To a packer who takes fifty
Thousand hushel baskets of tomatoes from
the vines and puts them up. all labeled
and ready to ship, between breakfast and
supper.
In a plant with modern equipment peas
are taken from the vine, hulled, graded
cooked, sealed, and labeled by machinery
while only those that are detective are
touched with the hands Everybody 5
Magazine
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
j. S. POWDER PLANTS
READY BY AUGUST
Will Have OUTPUT of a Million
Pounds
Day.
WAsHINGTo TH.

AsHfNGTO ", EH. .
A million pounds of powder day will be
provided for the American and allied
armies by two new smokeless powder
plants, contracts for which have been
awarded
The plants will be situated near
Charleston, " Va, and Nashville, Tenn.
J Each will cost approximately SJo, ,O0O, 600.
Work has begun on the Charleston plant,
which will be constructed by the govern
ment under contract with the Thompson
Starrett Co. Of New York CON
tract has been signed with the du Pont
Powder Co. for the construction Of
the Nashville plant. The actual con-
struction work will be done by the du
Pont Engineering Company, subsidiary
Of the du Pont Powder Co After this
plant has been completed and Is in
operation it will be turned over TO the
government
: Much of the product of the two new
plants will be available for the allied
nations 1t is deemed eXpedient to ship
the finished products instead of furnish
ing the Allies with the raw material The
initial output at each plant is expected
not later than August next.
Negotiations for the construction of
the two plants were conducted by Assist
ant Secretary of War Corwell and Dam Ell
c. Jackliug of New York, special repre-
sentative OF the War Department
When completed the two plants prob
ably will be officially designated rs "the
United States Smokeiess Powder Fac
tories and will be under the director
ship of MIR Jackling, with Major Seeley
W. Mudds, Engineers, L. ;. r., as as
sistant director
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
DECLARES BRITISH BLUFFING.
Berlin Denies U-boat Warfare Has Proved
Failure.
Associated Press TO Every Evening

by Associated Press to Every Evening
Amsterdam, Holland, Feb "A dis
patch received here today from Berlin
gives the German reply 10 the statement
hast week OF Sir Enc Geddes, first lord
OF the British Admiralty, who in review
ing the first year OF unrestricted submarine
warfare said the submarine menace was
being held, that the sinking of merchant
men was decreasing and the destruction
of U-hoats increasing. and'that the morale
of the submarine crews was deteriorating
on-account of the British policy OF secrecy
in regard TO the fate of the men on sub
marines which failed TO return 10 their
bases. The German reply, in the forn
OF semi-ofiicial statement, follows:
What Sir Enc Geddes said is rot new
1t is merely repetition of familiar asser-
tions which are disproved by the facts and
appear periodically in the speeches
of talkative wire-pullers in England If
that brave optimist Geddes expects by such
TO lower the morale and the power of
resistance of our U-boat crews, he will
have as little success a. hiss been met
with in the attempts TO bluff the German
people, who long ago realized English
secrecy was nothing but an expression of
consciousness OF weakness"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04

We'll, If you put it that way, Mr..
Scissors, snapped the white thread,
crawling TO the edge Of the basket and
hanging over the side, I'VE are the most
important thing in this basket, for what
use would your work be or that Of the
needles If there WAS no thread? And Of all
the cOlorS / am the most important F"
THAT ls not true" snapped the black
thread, crawling up beside the white.
y am far more useful and can be seen
palmer than you, sister white thread. .
Ii you talk Of being seen, said ;he red
silk. Il claim that honor and will give
place TO no one. And up she ran N
the sldes Of the basket TO prove it.
In minute more al the colo.ed threads
and silks had crawled up the side Of the
basket, and for little while the quarrel
became SO mixed up that the needles and
pms stopped ~ listen.
The threads and Eii KS became 40 en-
tangled IN their anger to prove their
Importance that they could not get apart
and there they hung on the basket in q
regular gnari.
Now, see where you are''l said the
Pin brothers Our sharp little sister
have been pulling you IN and out al
their lives, but now you have got mixed
so no one can pull YOU out
No answer came from the tangled
threads and silks, and the little emery
ball spoke up in very fine, clear voice:
=. | feel, IN Justice 70 myself, / should not
let any one in this basket claim the i'm
portance that rightfully belongs to me-
Who would keep the needle sisters sharp
and bright if 1t we're not for me? think
you will all agree that am the one who
makes them keen and gives them polish,
and must say that they do me credit,
Tor sharper needles than the ones IN this
basket, have never seen.
Having spoken, the little emery bail
rolled over and went TO sleep under a
ball OF cotton
Have it your own wsy, if you feel
better, said the scissors Il am out
Of 1t, but | II stand on my points n spite
OF you, that without me TO cut out the
work the rest Of you ~ u.d become useless,
and | am sharper ana brighter than a
hundred needles and pins
The Pin brothers dared him to come
back, and their little sharp sisters pricked
the cushions to show what they would do
if they only could get at him, but Mr.
Scissors only laughed and stood firm.
Il will hold my points until | am forced
10 lie down, he said
The next morning when the mistress
took her work-baSket from the tskle
she exclaimed: "Oh, that mischievous
kittenl She has mixed everything up
in this basket l can never untangle
this thread. IN have TO cut it Then
she saw the scissors still standing on his
points "Oh, dearl" sheISaid, that IS a
sure sign We are 10 have visitors.
She picked up the scissors and shipped
of the tangled threads and silk, and ther
laid the scissors in the basket while the
Pin brothers and their sharp little sister.
wished it were night time, SO they could
scratch him.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
ONE SMALLPOX CASE.
Newport Patient Doing Well in the
Emergency Hospital.

No further cases OF smallpox have been
reported to the State Board OF Health
since the removal OF the one patient from
Newport last week. The patient has
now been placed in the emergency hos
pitaI Of the County Hospital. Farnhurst,
and IS being given every necessary
attention. a nurse has been employed
who STAYS with the man all the time, and
the resident physician Is making frequent
calls.
Food is provided by the regular hos
pital cooks, meals when prepared, being
placed on the porch of the pest house and
after the cook leaves the nurse goes out
snd gets the food. Every preparation is
being taken 10 prevent q spread of the
disease. ard while the health authorities
will not feel safe for at least another
week, II is thought the danger Is over.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
BURIED UNDER SNOW.
Children Have Exciting Experience by
Slide From Roof

A number OF small children at play on
Esst Fourth street. yesterday afternoon,
were completely buried when tons Of
snow and water. suddenly released. slipped
from the roof under which they were
standing.
Fortunately for the children a special
officer Of the Wilson Line witnessed the
accident, and calling help, ran to the rescue
pulling the helpless tots from beneath
the pile Of wet snow and ice. While
several Of the little ones were slightly
bruised and al were thoroughly soaked,
apparently none Of them was the worse
for their burial They were hurried TO
their homes nearby and gwen first sid
Ireatment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
"PITTSBURG" EFFECT.
Use of Soft Coal Resulting in Cinder
Deposit

Numerous complaints have already
been heard Of the sprinkling Of cinders
over freshly washed clothes, which have
been hung out to dry, and as the amount
of soft coal being used in this city IS likely
TO be greatly increased within the coming
week, there is every indication of damaged
clothing all over the city.
In some parts of the city yesterday
where soft coal is now in use, the snow
was covered with a black SCOT. Those
using the fuel are satisfied with the warmth
it throws off, but considerable complaint
is heard of gas and dirt, which are gen.
erousIy distributed through the entire
house.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
BY MAY MANTON.

This is one OF the pretGest little play
frocks or school frocks that the winter
mas TO offer. Il would be charming made
UP in plaid serge, IS it Is here; or n Just
plain serge with plaid trimming; 1r yo4
could use the design for one of the Inei.
or cotton materials, If you Ike. Il Is
very simple little dress and At the salay
time very smart one. Body anu ,NT
are cut together, 50 that here 4re th,
fewest possible seams. There are b.oOmen,
to6, and the dress with blcomers IS Away
a satisfactory one for winter wear. Her
plaid gingham IS trimmed With plan
linen.
For the 6-year size vail he nee led 5a
wards Of material - inches N.de.
Yards 36, yards s. tor ;hc 5resS,
yards -, Is. yards 81 3r a. for
boomers.
The pattern No. Dos IS "a p -ia-
from 10 wears. Il viii b' 'ualict 70 s-
address on receipt oi = -.l.s Z cents t..-
ditiOnal for mailing
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
GOING AFTER CHINESE REBELS.
President Orders Armies to End Rev olt
in South.

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Peking, China, Feb delayed
more hostile attitude toward the southern
revolutionists has been adopted by
President Feng-Kwo Chang since his
returned from a visit to the south He
issued mandate today, ordering the chief
military commanders, Generals Tsao-
Kun, Chang Hui Chih and Chang Ching
Yao, to lead troops to punish the rebels
who 'even dare 10 fire on foreign gunboats,
courting foreign Intervention"
The rebels, who recently captured
Yochow, now threaten Wucbang The
government troops are concentrating
at Wuchang. Refugees from that city
are overrunning Hankow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
Stops Stubborn Coughs, Colds and
Bronchitis.

Don't depend on colds or badly run
down conditions to right themselves.
They won't do it All too often they lead
10 decline. Even those who seem in the
best of health need good body-b building
tonic periodically.
CHASCO-VIN, the Iron and Tasteless
Cod Liver combination, feeds the nerves,
makes rich warm blood and builds up the
tissues Of the body.
Try it; YOU will be surprised. Don {
put it off
Sold III Wilmington by Miller Drug
Store, 4Oi-406 Market street; Harmonson
Drug Co, Sl6 Maryland avenue; Francis
T.. Gallagher, 200i Market street; Smith
g. Streyig, Delaware avenue and Adams.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
ENEMY WAR PLANT BLOWN UP.
Many Reported Killed by Explosion Near
Bohemian Capital.

By Associated Press TO Every Evening
London, Feb 4.-The explosion Of a
munitions depot near Prague, capital of
Bohemia, involving the loss Of many
lives, is reported in dispatches forwarded
by the Exchange Telegraph Go. Accord
ing to some accounts, the depot was
blown I'D Intentionally
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
A CHANCE
FOR EVERYBODY

lf TAX en- According 10 Directions For Two
Week s. CHASCO-VIN, The Iron and
Tasteiess Cod Liver Tonic, Will In
crease the Strength and Vitality
OF Nervous, Weak Anemic.
Underweight apd Badly Run
down Men. Women and
Children Fully 1000
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04

The woman who buys for the home
and who resOlt - her buying into strictly
business proposltion-wl play large
part m stabihzing business conditions
Tor the period or the war She will serve
through exercising her trained judgment as
% values her knowledge Of commodities
reinforced always by 3 study Of the ads.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
| HIS WIFE LEFT HIM
FOR ANOTHER MAN
He Had Her Arrested on a Bigamy
Charge, But it Would
Not Hold.
Special Corrcspondence Of Every Evening

Elkton, Md, Feb. 4.-Mrs. Marion
Ross, aged 10 years, who was arrested on
Friday last in Baltimore and brought "a
Elkton jail to await charge Of bigarny,
preferred by her husband, Hugh Ross OF
Windsor, Vermont, was given hearing
Saturday evening by Magistrate Harry
NJ. Jackson of Perryville.
According to the husband the girl was
married TO him Mt Windsor, VT, Septenl-
Der IL, 1917. One month after, he said,
she deserted him and went To Below
Falls, VT, with Clarence Giles Of tho
latter town, a former sweetheart, and, he
alleges, was married to him. The pair
were traced to Perryvillc, where Giles held
a position as freight brakeman ON the
p, B. IL w Railroad. When Ross arrived
in the latter town the couple soon fed to
Baltimore, where they were later arrested
and brought to Elkton. The young wife
denied she was married to Giles and the
bigarny charge was dismissed by the
Justice. Giles was held for the Federal
authorities under the White Slave
act, while the young wife WAS released
Ross became disguised and left town last
night for his home in Windsor, VT
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
CECIL COUNTY NoTrH.

DR.. J. H. Stier Of Peuyrnaus has been
commissioned q first Lieutenant in the
Medical Officers Reserve Corps and
ordered 60 report at Fort Oelethorpc, Ga
At special meeting of the managers of
Leslie Canpmeeting Association it was
decided TO hold the annual campmeetine
this year from July 26 TO August IL.
Miss Pearl Bradley, aged IL years, Of
Colora, who few weeks ago broke her
leg while shedding. died, Friday, Of pneu-
monia ut the home Of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs G. II. Bradley.
Miss Elizabeth b. Knight, formerly oi
Flkton, and Lieutenant Horace G. Nc
1 ldery Of Baltimore were married, Satur
day evening, in Baltimore.
Henry A. Iindamood Of Rising Sun
who is member Of the Twentieth Acre
Squad, United states Army, has cablec
his parents at Rising Sun Of his arrival II
France, and is ready for scout duty IN The
aviation service
Flwood Mcclure, a passenger brake
man on the Octoraro branch OF the p, B
& w Railroad, has been Informed he Il
one of the heirs Of an estate vailed n
5000, 900 left by an uncle who recently
died in Beaver county, Pa
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-31
mo ONE SMILES IN LONDON"

DOUBTLESS an American crowd seems gay, after the
- grimness Of London, and DR.. Paul T. Haskell just
home from the British capital, probably had SONG basis
for his statement that mo ono smiles in London" A city
hard hit by Zcppelins and ]acroplanes Of the bochc, and in
which most homes have lost sons at the front and have
other sons facing the deadly hazards Of war, would be
likely to lack the hilariiy Of a region as yet almost I'M
touched by the toll of conflict. It is hoped the gloom j,
not so dense a, the doctors remark might indicate, and
the chances arc it isn't, for British humor lives still
endurcs, indeed, even up at the front line trenches, as
shown by soldiers letters and contributions to the British
press.
But undoubtedly there is an unwonlcd stcrnncss to the
people Of the tight little isle" and their kindred over
seas. 1t is rather the griuness Of determination, how
ever, than a trend toward dependency or despair. The
British lion is a lion still, and her whclps, the distant
dominions, still prove that blood will tell. The bull dog
breed holds on, and will hold until victory is achieved.
With them there is no question OF the outcome beyond
how long it will take.
Nor is this Idle flattcry prompted OF ncw-iound friend
ship for our mother country. 1t is evidenced clearly in
MANY ways; hy the uttcranccs Of LLOYD George, who heads
the empire, by the recent vote for war and draft in Canada
by the spirit Of the troops at the front, by the response OF
the people at home to make still further sacrifices to the
cause. The grimncss Of London bodies no good for the
kaiser and his kind.
And our time Of sorrow and suffering and sacrifice is
coming, a burden VIC hope, less heavy than Britain bears
But should the toll he great or small, we have an example
worthy Of emulation in British fortitudc, as we'll as in
the undyiug courage Of France and Belgium and our other
allies. For us the time may come when smiles arc lack,
ing, but if that must I've We can do no less than meet it
bravcly like those We fight beside.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-31
AGAIN THE CoNTEMPTIBLEs."

GERMAN military experts are running true to form in
~ their efforts to beltle America as a military power
Perhaps they even believe their statements that thi, country
will be unable 10 put an efficient fighting force in the
field in time to win the war, or that the allies are relying
wholly on America to put over the sopofiiic punch The
gallant army Of regulars and teuitoras which General
French led to Mons early IN the war seemed a contempt
bic force TO the Prus,ian war lord. and wa, thus classified
by the kaiser. Germany couldn't 'ce then how the British
army could ever become an able fighting machine, but they
have had demonstrations at the Sommc, at Viny Ridge,
the Ypres salient, at Cambria and elsewhere along the
western front. They are willing to admit now that Great
Britain has something Of an army as armies go even in
miilari,te Germany
From that they might expect similar development in
another great democratic nation, bot the Pm,'ian square
head learns slowly. and never admits anything 10 adj
vance. Il is true that we shall have to hurry 10 he in time.
to bend every energy TO putting the army in the trenches
Hut We are hurying, and have already come farther tow
ard efficiency than Britain did in a similar time. There are
signs Of a real fight brewing along the western front, and
that Germany is aligned in greater strength than since the
war began, but before the summer campaign is over, the
German, will know America has a fighting force, whether
their lying stuhbornness will admit II or not What now
seems so contemplate to a nation always armed, will have
been fdt by those fcni, who have respect for naught
but strength.
Nor is America the only entente nation gaining strength
For fear we might not be there In force hy spring, Britain
is increasing her man power during the winter, and will
have a stronger force IN France by the time the spring
campaign opens than any she has ma'scd there hereto
fore. France. despite the drains OF three years Of carnage,
still stands to say they shall not pass, and stands in greater
strength than heretofore. Pershing has said this war can
be won, and will be, and The sam spirit imbue' his forces,
which are growing with every passing week The half
million Germany says is orr maximum is already there,
or will be soon, and another million will hc following
them. It is one oi the faults Of Germany that it knows so
much that isn't true.