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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-07
ARRIVING AT NEWARK.


Newark June Visitors are arriving
ID Newark Tor the annual commence
1nent exercises al Delaware College and
the Women 5 College One of the features
OF the program for tomorrow, the opening
day OF the commencement exercises. will
lie the annual reunion Of the alumni This
viii be held a, $50 o clock IN Old College
Luncheon Will be served and the usual
business meeting will follow
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special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Laurel June :. Mrs VI r Thomson.
who underwent serious operation ut
Wilmington Homeopathic Hospital, two
weeks ago last Tuesday. returned to
Laurel Tuesday evening, having made
rapid improvement
Yesterday. however she suffered
relapse and was taken back TO the hospital,
accompanied by her nephew DIR Harry +.
Thomson
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-07

the county between the ages Of IL and
81 years.
Miss Agnes Moore, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Henry Moore of Crisheld, Md,
and Carl Justice employed Mt the Newark
Post, were married on June 2, near Crls-
field by Rev Wilbur f. Corkran, a former
pastor of Newark NJ +. Church. They
will make their home in Newark
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DANCE AT ST. GEORGES.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
St Georges, June IA dance will be
given in Odd Fellows Hall Saturday night,
June s The Fort du Pont Orchestra will
furnish music
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-07

American firms now have an oppor-
tunity to supplant Germany in the hard
ware trade Of Italy Spain and Portugal,
according to a statement issued by the
Department of Commerce.
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New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Nearing's Plan to Get
Mccarthy Scalp Fails
Gregory Refuses to Remove
Marshal on Complaint of
Paciist Leader

Scott Nearing, chairman of the ma
'lonal executive committee of the Peo-
pies Council of America, was informed d
Yesterday by Attorney General Thomas
urcgory that he would not oblige Mr..
Nearing by removing Thomas D. Nc
Narthy from the office Of United States
Marshal in this district.
u have to-day completed my investi-
CATION of the charges you have made"
wrote the Attorney General. enc
Narthy denied having said to you that
Il nc were not ain officer Of the law, sworn
10 prevent disorder, he would stand on
lne fringe of the crowd and clap his
aands % while you were being hung in
oeh'ral al Park. He also denies having
sac ss!d anything substantially to that
eneet lie also denies having said, in
hSaos'ancc, the other things you charge
nun with saying.''
as TO the alleged statement concern
.ag hanging, applause and Central Park
sne feople's Council reiterated: "Mar-
st snal Mccarthy made statement to
s'at effect to Chairman Nearing at the
reporters' table at Peoples Council
. snn.ee'Ing IN New Star Casino, 1O7th
ssreet ss and Park Avenue, on the night
VI January X "
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Arrested for Threat
To Kill Ford and Son
Austrian Demanded That
$4,000 Be Placed Under
Stone; Decoyed Into Trap
ISDccioI CoyrcsDonde7,ce7


DETROIT. Jan. 29-John Slusarsk,
an Austrian, twenty-five years old, was
arrested to-day by postcfice inspec-
tors. He confessed he had written a
letter to Henry Ford, demanding S10,-
000 under the threat that he would
kill both Mr.. Ford and his son, Edsel
if the money was not Forthcoming
within thirty days.
The letter. which was written in bad
English, demanded tha5 Ford put S1O,-
600 under a stone at certain spot.
Mr.. Ford received the letter on Jan
uary and turned it over to a post
office inspector. He also engaged a de-
tective agency. A decoy package was
Gated by Slusarski.
seen sncaking up TO the spot by detec-
tives who were Watching. They wait
ed until the man obtained the package
and started to run with it. Detectives
finally overhauled the fleeing Austrian
and, after q struggle, disarmed him. lie
carried a knife and a revolver.
When arraigned before United States
Commissioner Hurd Slusarski pleaded
guilty and made a complete statement
in which he said that he was alone in
the plan. lie was hold for the grand
jury.
Only a short time ago a threat was
made to XIII Edsel Ford's young son,
unless a sum OF money was forthcom-
ing, the culprit being captured in the
same manner as Slusarsk
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30

were filled with explosives, suIphuric
acid being put in one compartment and
sodium nitrate and permanganate oe
potash in the other When the acid,
through corrosion, penetrated the zinc
compartment and came in contact with
the other chemicals blaze was engcn-
dered, the government alleges, and in
this manner ships on which the bombs
Fad been placed we're set afre. Bottles
containing chemicals similar to those
which, it is said, were used by Scheele
were found in the Germans abandoned
laboratory.
., Harry Lane, an employe of the Fabrc
steamship Line, was the last witness
called by the government. He testified
that the Kirk Oswald, on the voyage
which terminated with the finding Of
lire bombs at Marseilles, was laden
with sugar, tobacco and sundry food
supplies, but that she carried no bombs
or ammunition.
George Gordon Battle, representing
Rintelen, and the lawyers for the other
defendants pleaded for time in which
to prepare their arguments They had
been taken by surprise, they explained,
by the governments sudden action in
resting it's case. They were anxious,
they further explained, to argue sev-
eral motions to have the defendants re-
leased on lack of evidence. An oppor.
tunity, Federal Judge Howe promised.
would be given them to-day at 20
o'clock. The jury was excused until 2
p. m. to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Red Cross to Keep Kin
In Touch With Troops
Camp Service Established in
France, to Be Put in
Effect Here

" WASHINGTON, JAN 2o.-To assist
N keeping relatives in personal touch
with soldiers in training camps and
hospitals. the American Red Cross has
notified Secretary Baker that it is pre-
pared to establish at homo the same
camp service already established in
France.
Secretary Baker recently wrote to
Chairman Dawson of the Red Cross
War Couacil suggesting that the Red
Cross assist in establishing this med
UNI of communication.
"American Red Cross representa-
tivcs at the camp here. as in France
wrote Secretary Baker, 'would have
access TO daily lists of admissions and
excavations from the hospitals. and
so far as it is in accord with neccs-
sary medical rules. would be allowed
to talk with sick men. They would be
expected to keep families constantly
Informed as to the condition and prog
resS of the men in the hos pitfalls, to
write letters for men unable to write
themselves and in general to fulfil
that clause of the Red Cross charter
which designates the society as a
medium of communication between
troops in the field and their families
at home
Chairman Dawson replied that the
Red Gross would Immediately appoint
suitable mon "scarchcrs" in thc vari
Gus camps to pat the service in opcr-
A.ion as quickly as possible and would
abide by whatever regulations the War
department prescribed.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Embargo Burdens Mails
Steamers Carry Parcels Post
to Relieve Congestion

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 - Freight
embargoes and weather DELAYS have
thrown heavy new burden on tho
mail service by adding thousands Of
tons to the parcels post. Otto Prac-
ger. Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral. said to-day that steamers wore
being used for the first time in car
rylng parcels post in an effort to
forestall congestion and that various
changes in practice had been made
to speed up the service.
Owing to missed connections and
weather conditions, deliveries now are
twelve to twenty-four late between
New York and Chicago and from
twenty-four to forty eight hours to the
Pacific Coast. Delays to southbound
shipments are less.
Nightly parcels post service by
steamer from New York to Norfolk has
teen put into effect with a schedule
OF nineteen and one-half hours, faster
than by train III the present condi-
tions.
Distribution of westbound mail now
is being done after the mail crosses
the Mississippi, instead of at New
York, to relieve the "jammed' con-
dltion of New York terminals.
Parcels post business in December
was 1,173,000 sacks more than in the
same month Of 1916.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Ship Plot Bomb
Powders Tested
Before Jury
Demonstration of Com
bustible Materials Made
in Rintelen Trial

The governments case against Franz
Rintelen, Otto Wolpert and fourteen
other Germans, accused Of conspiring
TO blow up the British freighter Kirk
Oswald, was closed yesterday after
chemlcal experiments mad been made
IN court to prove the combustible ma
ture of materials contained in the
bombs which several of the defendants
orc accused Of manufacturing.
Under examination by James ". Os-
borne, jr., Assistant United States At
tcrney, Leo Lieberman, an inspector of
combustibles of the Fire Department,
mixed minute quantities of sulphuric
acid and sodium nitrate, thereby gen
Grating nitrogen trioxide and produc-
ing heat The addition of permanga
nate OF potash to the compound resulted
IN the production Of both heat and
flame.
Evidence offered by the government
mas shown that several hundred lcaden
bomb cases, similar to those found on
the Kirk Oswald, were manufactured
on board the German liner Friedrich
der Crosse, intcrned at Hoboken. Sew
cral OF the defendants were members
OF the crew of that vessel Further
evidence has shown that the tubes. in
which there were two chambers divided
by zinc partition. were taken to the
laboratory of DR.. Walter p. Schecle. in
Iloboken.
There, the government alleges. thcy
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Belgian, 50, Who Fought Liege,
Tries to Enlist in Naval Reserve
Anton Laroche Living Here With Family Wants to Serve
as Cook Despite Honorable Discharge-Gives
Graphic Picture of German Atrocities

Anton Laroche. discharged Belgian
soldier, who said he faced the Ger
mans at Licge, yesterday volunteered
to join the United States Naval Re
serve as a cook. A veteran past fifty,
who had been wounded in action. La
roche insisted that he be permitted to
serve again. The enrolling officer at
$50 Broadway has the eBlgians appli-
cation under consideration.
II succeeded in getting out of Bel
GUM with 10y wife and family" the
old soldier told the recruiting authori-
Ties. zone year ago, after | had fought
in the ranks Of the Belgian army since
Che outbreak Of the war. At Ostcnd
and Licge was in the thick of the
fight despite my years. The sights |
saw have made me an old man. The
atrocities which you Americans have
only read about l have been with my
own eyes.
Saw Bodies Breas: High
81 have seen the bodies of men and
women piled breast hish in the streets
OF cities and villages. have seen men
and women murdered l. stood up against
a wall and shot like dogs merely be
cause they smiled, because they could
not resist a smile. despite the horrors,
at the leuton arrogance and pomposty.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Jumps to Rank of Major
Second Lieutenant Promoted
on Pershing's Advice

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-second
Lieutenant Theodore C. Baker, of CAM
bridge, Mass, has been promoted to the
rank of major, on the recommendation
Of General Pershing, the War Depart
mcnt announced to-day.
Major Baker is a member Of the Goth,
or New England National Guard Di-
vision, now in France. He was at
tachcd 10 tho headquarters troop OF
Major General Edwards;s division un-
I'll his promotion, which dates from
January II.
The promotion was made on the
recommendation of General Pcrshing,
and 10 details Of the big jump in rank
were made known. Army men believe,
however. that Baker as a member of
General Edwards's headquarters troops
has had an rportunty of imprcssng
his chief with his military excellence,
warranting the promotion.
Other promotions announced o-day,
on recommendation of General Per-
shing, included the following members
of the New England Division: Major
Alfred +. Foote, IIolyokc. Mass, to- be
lieutenant colonel, and First Lieuten-
ants Joseph W. Mcconnell, Dorchester
Mass; Nathaniel S. Simpkins, Haskell
Street. Beverly Farms. ard Joseph w.
O'Connor, Worcester, Mass. to be cap-
tnlnS
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Board of Ce1,sors
Calls sN.Y.American
Story a Falsehood
Recommends That Facts
Be Placed Before Fed
eral Grand Jury
Wants Author Indicted
Not "Slightest Base in Truth
for Account of Theft of
Spy Evidence

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The fol-
lowing resolution was passed at a
meeting of the Censorship Board this
afternoons:
The attention Of the Censorship
Board has been called to an article
published in the New York American
OF Sunday, January 27, purporting to
be an account Of the theft from the
postal censorship in New York of docu-
mentary evidence revealing the work
lngs of the German spy system.
This article is malicious jumblc
OF falschoods and misstatements, not
one OF the many alleged facts having
inc slightest base in truth.
mo papers whatever have been
stolen from the postal censorship au-
thorities in New York
"Lieutcnant Arthur d. Brigham. of
the cable censorship. who was cited
as the witness from whom these
charges may have originated, was not
a witness before the House commit
tee, and no such statement was made
by any other witness at the hearing.
"Ihc article further states that the
removal of Captain Ogden l.. Mills, of
the military intelligence service, from
membership of the executive of the
censorship occ in New York is the
hrst result of the plot
Ihls is unquaihcdly false. Cap
tam Ogden l.. Mills, while awaiting
orders to proceed to France, was tenn
poraI1ly attached to the postal censor
snip committee in New York, where
ne did most excellent service. When
ordered to France his connection
ceased automatically.
he censorship board recommends
that these facts be called to the at
tcntlon of the Federal grand jury, with
view of obtaining an indictment
against the author of this criminal
libel, and the members of the censor
ship board hold themselves at the dis
posal of the United States Attorney
as witnesses should the United States
Attorney need them as such.
ut is resolved that copy of this
resolution, duly certified to by the
secretary of the board, be forwarde d
without delay to the United States
Attorney for the Southern District of
New York.
(Signed.)
"FREDERIC BULKLEY HYDE,
Secretary to the Board"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30

ably true" ''' 'e''''
l.aroch". who lives at 1G3 West Sew
cnty-thlrd Street, SAID he was twice
tatk'n prisoner b. .hc Germans and
exchanged. '''''
In arder TO assist the shippine in
GusSry' Martin Conboy. director Of the
draft here. yesterday ruled That All
.cam"n permits should no issued at
Local Boar; 10, at 400 Hudson Street
instead OF at any Of the lS9 boards AS
heretofore Men of draft age who 90
to sea must get permit before they
can leave.
Registrars Leaving Their Work
Attention was called BY tho adiu-
tant generals Office 20 the fact that
many rcgistrants who expect TO BE
called to service are promaturely yiv-
ing up their jobs. According to re-
ports from local boards, there have
been instances in which rcgstrants
qu't work as soon as they received
their qucstjonnairc.
Many mon who arc in Glass J. It
was said. will probably not be needed
TO fill the ncXt draft increment. and
'hose IN deferred GLASSES are almost
certain net TO be seut to camp for
many months at least. Even those who
arc placed in Class |. with low ore>.,r
numbers. may be rejected in the phvsi
cal 9Xami i2ticn.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Men With Ieuton Names Handled
lorpedoes, Treason Trial Shows
Effort to Show That Elenng Was CHARGED With Mutatno
oteenng Apparatus Through Enmity of Inspector
at Bliss Plant Fails

me dehcate gyroscopic steering ar
paratus for torpcdocs, which Paul
HenniS, now on trial for treason
IS alleged to have mutilatcd at the
r.. w. Bliss torpedo plant ut South
Brooklyn, passed through the hands
Of several men, before and after il
reached him. all of them Teutonic in
name, at least.
Apart from another unsuccessful
effort to show that the treason charge
lodged against Hennig was the out
come OF cnmity entertained against
him by Lieutenant Francis l.. Shea
chief naval inspector of the plant
this WAS the most striking feature of
yesterdays testimony.
Even the government inspector, who
claims credit for having discovered
the irregularities which resulted in
the arrest of Hcnnig, has been citi
zen of the United States for only three
years.
This was Charles Tcitelbaum, who
said he came from Russian Poland
in 1908 and who, according to the
record, entered the government en-
ploy three and one-half years ago.
Parts in Evidence
The gyroscope parts alleged to have
oeen damaged were in evidence, and
United States Attorney Melville France
sought to prove that so vital were they
to the proper working of torpcdoes
that a deviation of 1-1OOO of an inch
in measurements would render them
defective.
Among the men who handled them
were Hans Won Hof and Ludwig Ian
del or Steutzle, besides seventeen
!ear-old boy named Bruning This was
before they reached Hcnnig, and on
dissemination it was developed
that when Teitelbaum found sub
stance resembling emery dust in one of
the bearings company inspector in
the government inspectors cage, where
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30

ocivc on tho price of twelve ships. cor
tracts for which the Shipping Board let
to the Clinchfeld Navigation Company,
Of New York
Carl S. Stern, assistant counsel TO
the Shipping Board. told the committee
that the fund represented by the al
legged commissions would be deposited
ir a separate account and held until it
could be determined to whom the
money rightfully belonged. The Fleet
Corporation, he said, contends that it
must be paid to the Clnchtield COM
pany, the Sloane Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, of Seattle, to which contracts for
the twelve ships were sublct, or the
Fleet Corporation.
While MIR. Stern was on the stand,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30

1t was not customary to admit company
employees, tried to blow the dust or
Ieitclbaum was recalled to the stant
ns tho first witncss yesterday, and de.
CARED that scratches on various Eyro
scope bearings rendered them unfit tt
use in the steering gear of torpcdoes
Then he went undor the cross-cXamina-
tion Of Arthur Wing, Hennig's chiet
counsel.
"Do you remember that ten days be.
fore November ~, when these parts
were found, thet IIennig called you,
attention to another bearing thnt hal
passed your inspection and showed you
il was soft"" the witness was asked
eyes, he did that once" replied
Teitelbaum.
"Who cleaned those bearings?'
"a boy named Bruning."
The boy. Teitelbaum said. cleaned
the alleged defective parts with gaso-
lene to remove the vasclinc with which
were packed. Tcitclbaum said he then
took the bearings to Hennig's depart
ment
"What did you say?"
81 said wanted these parts assem-
bled." said Teitclbaum.
"What did Hennig do?"
"ToOk me over to another man.
"Was that other man Ludwig Landcl
or man named Steutzlc ?"
"It may have been Stcutzlc.'
"Frame-up" Charge Denied
Mr.. Wing then reverted to the
"framo-up" theory which he enunciated
when Inspector Hornbcrger, another
government witness. WAS on tho stand
several IaNS QWO,
"Is it not a fact that Lieutenant
Shea and uennig were not on speak
ing terms ." he demanded.
Teitelbaum said he did not know, and
Mr.. Wing then said:
Don't you know that Shea went to
Mr.. Flynn, manager Of the Bliss plant
and told him he wanted to have Hen
Mig fired. that he had nothing on him
but did not want him around?'
"Certainly not"
Ensign Joseph A. Flynn, former en-
listed man and a torpedo expert. tcsti-
fed that some Of the gyroscope parts
in evidence were unfit Tor use. He
vill undergo cross-eXamination to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Aid to Organ Named
Captain Jaeckel Made Senior
on Commanders Staff

CAMP WADSWORTH. s. c.. Jan. 20.
Captain II. Francis Jaeckcl has been
designated as senior aid to or Gen
cral John t. O'Ryan, commander Of the
21th Division. succeeding Captain t. W.
Moore. who recently resigned to accept
a position on the staff of Governor
W Whltman, 1T was announced to day.
Captain Jacckcl served first in New
Works ola 7th Infantry, and later was
adiutant of the 1st New Yorl: Field Ar
tillery. During the Mexican campaign
he served on General Organs staff.
Second Lieutenant Grswold B.
Danicll of the 10th Infantry, and Sec
ond Lieutenant Louis G. jaime, of the
l0Ath Field Artillery. have been pro-
noted to be first lieutenants, in orders
issued to-day. and Sergeant Paul A.
florlan, headquarters Company 1O6th
machine gun battalion, has been pro-
noted to be second lieutenant.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30

questions by Senator Johnson, Of Cali
fcrnla, brought out the statement that
banking interests and corporations sup
plying materials to the government had
intcrlocking directorates.
A resolution recommending that the
Emergency Fleet Corporation give
prompt consideration to the building of
concrete ships was adopted by the com
mittee to-day. The board now is ex-
perimenting with such ships, having
one or two under construction.
The committee adjourned tonight
until Thursday, when it will hear Major
General Goethals and Joseph Cotton.
former chief counsel for the Fleet Cor
poration in its investigation OF the Hog
Island shipbuilding yards.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Would Bar Sacred Tipple
''0us Indians Await Ruling of
CONGRESS- on Tevot,

"a "ANiii NGION, Jan. 29.-Legislation
~; prevent the importation Of tcyota, a
s,1"u'a,lVe liquor made in Mexico from
N V'us blossoms and used extensively
.;on eonhectIon with religious cclcbra-
ur 'Uns py Indians in the Southwest, was
Asa Asvu today before the Senate Indian
Of f.'s .h 'onmittce during consideration
,nc Indian appropriation bill.
a. Mrs. Gertrude Bonnin, secretary of
ela cIo society Of American Indians. de-
A'eu that Congress should prevent
,t."efican ta Indians from receiving teyo-
or,o I, as 1t has alcoholic liquors and
,;oa mepcatcd efforts to prevent importa-
os oi'n u. OF the liquor have failed because
ir.o onleclion that such legislation would
Ind;anfe IdG.,efe wlth religious freedom. Many
,haiahs from the Far West, clad in
hr hLaeir native costumes, attended the
nearing to-day. >''N
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
II Ounces Of Bread Voted
AS Daily Ration in France

PARIS, Jan. ga bread ration of
300 grammes (slightly less than eleven
ounces) daily for each person was ar-
proved by the Chamber of Deputies YES
terday by a vote of 3S5 to 92, after an
Interpolation by the Socialists, who
held that the quantity was insufficient
for laborer
Victor Borct, Minister Of Provisions,
explained that the present bread cards
were provisional. and that through the
efforts of the Agricultural Commission.
ers. the grain production would be IN
creased
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Owner Sought for
Ferris "Commission''
Shipping Board Counsel Tells
Senate Committee Fund
Will Be Held Up

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-The Senate
investigating committee to-day made
further inquiry into commissions
which, it is alleged, Theodore E. Ferris,
who resigned last week as chief de-
signcr for the Shipping Boards Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation, was to re-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
House Gets Bill Making
Shipyards a Military Zone

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-Thc adj
minstrati9n Bill to make shipyards a
guarded military zone, already passed
by the Senate, was brought into the
House late to-day with plans for hurry
ing it through.
Chairman Alexander Of the Mer-
chant Marine Committee told the House
that recent enemy activities for de-
struction OF ships now building made
its enactment Immediately necessary.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
Warns Against Export by
Parcels Post Without License

WASHINGTON. Jan. Warning
was issued BY the War Trade Board
tonight against The export shipment
Of goods on the conserved list bv
parcel post without obtaining the nee
essary license.
Such shipment is prohibited by the
espionage act, and persons convicted
are liable to a fine of $4,000 or two
years in prison, or both.