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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-09
DELAWARE CITY.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Delaware City, July q Miss Clara
Moore of Philadelphia is visiting her
parents, MIR and Mrs Benjamin Moore.
A dance will be given tomorrow night
in Fire Engine Hall for the benefit Of the
public school piano fund.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-09

Frank Irons. Town Councilman, is inn
proving his property by a concrete side
walk and curb
The dry weather is seriously affecting the
gardens of the Garden Club here. Some
of the boys are carrying water at night To
save their crops.
III. G. Clark's bird dog, Roland, was
run over by Ford truck, yesterday after
noon, and seriously injured. He after
wards disappeared and cannot be found.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-09

Every Evenings classified advertise
ments bring results. Proved TO the satis-
faction Of many and will be To YOU ADV
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
MRS. FOX ASKED
 ID RECOMMEND
 SPECIAL POLICE
Mayor and Police Commit tee Agree to Plans for
 Law Enforcement.

Mayor Simon Bloom and the mem- bers of the Police Committee of the City Council have conferred upon Mrs. Lee Fox the right to recommend any number up to 90 of responsible men and women to serve as special police without pay. This delegation of au- thority was contained in a letter writ- ten to Mrs. Fox yesterday.
 In letter to the council, Mrs. Fox, who is chairman of the Women's Divi- sion of the Council of Defense asked for the appointment of four plain clothes men to serve without pay to enforce many minor laws and ordi- nances which are now said to be ignored.
 The letter to Mrs. Fox, signed by E. T. Miller, chairman of the council Police Committee, and Mayor Bloom, follows
 Your letter of August 1, addressed to the honorable City Council, stating that your activities were hampered by neglect of law enforcement of the law, and making request for the ap- pointment of four plain clothes police men, to serve without pay. and one woman policeman with pay unless she will serve gratis, is referred to the chairman of the Police Commit tee.
 "The subject hardly appeals to me as one of the National Council of De- fense. However, as the suggestion seems to be good one, if co-opera ton can be obtained, we will take it as a special appeal from the govern ment. The city of Pine Bluff has less policemen to it's population of any city in the United States, which is one to 4,00O people, and what few police men they have, consisting of three men at night and three men on iadys. and they being the poorest paid men for the work they do l know of in any community.
 "I have this day called on the mayor and he is willing to agree entirely with your request and do more than you ask, and leave the naming of the patriotic citizens who will work with out pay to your good judgment and selection, provided. of course, that their work will be purely patriotic and without pay.
 ''The mayor will commission any man or woman that you name to act in the capacity of policeman, giving them the power to carry out and en- force the law. This also will. cover the sanitary part of your letter. If this meets with your approval note to the mayor, signed by you, will get the man or woman a commission to help enforce the laws.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
P. B. Youth
 Got Married
 on Third Try
Kept Asking County Clerks for License Until He
 Got It.

Score another for Dan Cupid He has gained another objective after two assaults on two different cities had failed.
 Robert Lindsay, IS year-old-son of MT. and Mrs. w. P. Lindsay, 123O Beech street, has taken Mrs. Belle Duggan as a wife, despite parental objecticn-his own parents-and the refusal of two county clerks to sell the necessary license. |:
 His parents, it is said, were not aware last night that he had wed They may not know it until they read this, then will they learn that love laughs at Locksmiths, also at fond fathers and mothers.
 Robert last Saturday attempted to obtain marriage license in Pine Bluff but failed because he was under age. Monday he went to Little Rock There, too, he failed because the county clerk had been notified that he was under age.
 But all the county clerks in Arlan- sas couldn't be notified and it was hard to guess which one Robert would visit next. Anyhow, Robert and his bride to- be- despite objections Monday took a shot at Rison, the capital of Cleveland county. The third shot shot 'em.
 Robert got the license, then he got a preacher, then he got married. And that's all there is too it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
GIVES $1,000 RING
 TO THE RED CROSS

Denver, Colo, Aug. 7.-In the many pieces of jewelry donated by residents of Denver to the Red Cross none per- haps has more varied and sinister history than that. of Bohemian poi son ring donated by J.. B. Zahn.
 The small gold band, manufactured more than 200 years ago, he said, has been worn by several princesses. at least twice with fatal effect for their enemies. The bezel of the ring turns upon a tiny hinge the pressure of a hidden spring opening small poison chamber. The ring is valued at $1,0O0.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
RESPONDENT WOMEN.

Nature intended every woman to be cheerful, light-hearted and happy, but when dragged down with pain and suffering from female ills, will power alone cannot overcome ner- vous, despondent condition. Multi tudes of American women, however, have found that there is one tried and true remedy to restore health un- der such circumstances, and that is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, made from herbs and roots. This old-fashioned medicine is now considered the standard American remedy for such conditions.
 Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
EVEN THE BIG GUNS
 ENGAGE IN SNIPING
smash German Concrete Posts and the British Sharpshooters Do
 the Rest.

Behind the British Lines in France June 29.-(Ccrrespondence of the As sociated Press.)-Sniping and eoun. tersniping has been reduced to fine art in modern warfare, and the sharp. shooter uses many other brances ot the service to assist him. An incl dent which occurred a few days ago Tn the British lines in Flanders show how little artillery work is some. times necessary in bringing about the undoing of the German snipers.
 Lieutenant Jackson, battalion snip. ing officer, was walking down the trench when he heard a sudden rattle of musketry-German bullets striking one of the British sniping plates. One of his sniping posts was being bat tered by German armor piercing bull lets.
 The officer hurried to the scene and With his periscope located the spot where the Germans were firing. II was big post on some ground behind the enemy firing line, hidden with earth and looking exactly like any one of the other tangled hummocks with which shells and mines had strewn the vicinity. But his trained eye quickly marked out four small aper- lures which he knew to be loopholes The excellence of his periscope even enabled him to see the puffs of un- burned powder which came from the four hostile rifles at every shot.
 "They are behind concrete and steel under that surface mud, sir" said the sergeant. "It won't be easy dealing with them.'
 It's case for the heavy artillery, Pm afraid" murmured Lieutenant Jackson, regretfully-he disliked call- ing in any outside assistance for his snipers.
 "I saw the major of that heavy bat tery which covers us, going by a mo- ment ago." suggested the sergeant.
 Lieutenant Jackson hurried off down the trench and found the major who was up on a survey of the enemy line for special targets. A hint of what had developed brought the ma jor back, and minute later he was in the nearest signal dugout, telephcning instructions to his battery.
 4uc1iI WIlllc LlGuCcIldlC J JdCkSOIl DECK oned the sergeant away out of the majors hearing. "Put Hagerty and Brown in Post 9, Sergeant" he or dered. l don't think the Germans have any day communication into that post of theirs and they will have to bolt for cover over the ridge"
 Presently the first heavy projec- tile came rumbling up from the rear. It burst fifty yards wide in a great splash of earth. The second shell burst in the German firing line, right in front of the sniping post, and tore a huge gap in the parapet. The third fell right on top of the post itself. But the concrete of the structure was strcng, and the shell actually ricochet- ed clear and burst several yards away.
 That has frightened them," exclaim- ed the major suddenly, as four figures from behind the sniping post and raced madly for the crest of the ridge. Just then a shot rang out from he British trench, and the first Ger nan pitched forward on his face. The second fell yard further on. The re- two were dropped as they cached the crest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
TO START BARGE LINE

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 7.-The United States railroad administra- tion barge line service on the Warrior river will be inaugurated September 1, it was announced here today. Two boats and two steel barges will be put into ~~-..~''--- between Cordova, Mobile and New Orleans. furnishing carrying capacity of 250,O0O tons of coal annually.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
OBITUARY
Mrs. Rebecca DOrman

Funeral services for Mrs. Rebec- ca c. Dorman, aged 77 years, who died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Glover TIA Ohio street, will be conducted this morning at 9 o'clock at the home of Dr. Glover, by Rev. w. C. Wood. h. torment will be at Faith.
 The following will act as pallbear- CTS: s. M. Meek, J. l.. Lee, w. l.. Meek, Harrison Hardin and A. H.. Martin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
HUSBAND AND WIFE

Mrs. Frank P. Wood, Box IS, R. F. D. 2, Morrill,, Me-, writes: Foley Kid- ney Pills help me so much. My hus- band also has received much benefit from them. He was so lame he could not stoop oyer and now he feels no pain" Lame back, sore muscles, stiff joints, rheumatic aches and pains quickly conquered by Foley Kidney Pills. Mann's Pharmacy.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
IT'S IN THE AIR

Windblown pollen, carrying the germs that cause hay fever, is abroad in the land. One remedy is known to give relief and comfort from chok- ing, gasping asthma and tormentng hay fever. Foley's Honev and Tar spreads healing coating on inflam. ed membranes, stops coughs and colds. Mann's Pharmacy-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
REP. J. H. DAVIDSON.

Washington, Aug. 7.-Representa- tive James H. Davidson of Wisconsin died of heart failure last night in this city. He was a member of the Military Committee of the House and was serving his ninth term in Con- gress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
Lola V. Hankins.

Lola Virginia Hankins, the 13 months old daughter of MT. and Mrs. w. M. Hankins, died Tuesday night at the home of her parents, 72O Texas street, after months illness. Inter- ment was in Friendship Cemetery in Cleveland county yesterday afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

Lrvsy Club
 l s Meeting .,,; c,,lt,re Club ke Dollarway ,n,;na Asn at gao 1 Wednesday mor'',"s a"a.d was the |cs. Making Of war a;ah J,' Interesting l; |ss Mrs. critz, Miss rSe1ma Sehes' nrsi and
 Tsssy. The 13 nsss nssf psss3"s petsso %'t3 snd |elads |ela nse will be demonstrated. b.s To [, Have : ;: nee se,viee rias'f flag with one star indi,
 that rsgste1sd dss to mar narsS will ffGm be Bluff has gone 1o WEI WIT -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
Nick Catalina.

Funeral services for Nick Cataline, aged 24 of Star City, who died in a local hospital Monday night, were held from the St. Joseph's Catholic church Tuesday afternoon at o'clock by Rev. Father Higgins. Burial took place in St. Joseph's cemetery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

Mrs. H. M. Davis and little daugh- ter Helen, 816 West Twelfth have re- turned from two visit with Mrs. Davis parents, Sheriff and Mrs. Jchn H. HasFins, at Rison. They were ac- companled home by Miss Willie Has kins.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

placed at Berbig's drug store on aMin street, following action by the meet ing of registered nurses at the Davis Hospital yesterday. Miss Mallie Faint has volunteered for Red Cross ser vice and now is awaiting to be called Enlistment in the army nursing corps was discussed by the nurses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08
Dance at Doris Park Tomorrow N;rht

Dance at Doris Park Tomorrow Night. There will be subscription dance Friday night at Doris Park. Dorse, Duncan has the list. The Camp Pike Jazz Band will furnish the music. The Friendly Girls class of flaw ley Memorial church will give an ice cream social on the church pla, ground, tonight.
 Mrs. P. R. Galloway, 1416 Wes, Fourteenth avenue left last night fo1 Shreveport, La., to visit her sister Mrs. J. P. Smart. l. MT. and Mrs. H. K. Hennis, 9Ol Pine street will go to Hot Springs Monday. Their little son, H. R., Jr. will accompany them. Mrs. T. D. Davis, 815 East Third ] avenue ent to Little Rock yesterday for few days visit with her aunt Mrs. H. R. Smith.
 4AloS SdCIcI lIlC 'JdluWcll anu guest, Miss Louise Turner went to Fordyce yesterday for a few days visit with friends.
 Miss Mae Bridges returned yester- day to her home in Kedron after a few days visit with her brother, G. R. Bridges, 820 West Twenty second.
 H. B. Taylor of Camp Beauregard and Mrs. Taylor of Rison are visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Sheppard on South Cherry.
 Miss lone Cash of Rison has &C., cepted a position with the Conner cial office of the Southwestern Tele- phone Company here.
 Miss Ruth Harold of McGehee is visiting Miss Wilene Alexander on South Olive street.
 Miss Merle Mays and Miss Hazel Mosely are visiting Miss Thelma Da- wis at Rison.
 Mrs. Ona R. Day, TOT West Second avenue, has gone to Rochester, Minn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

The Friendly Girls class of Haw- ley Memorial church will give an ice cream social on the church play ground, tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

Mrs. P. R. Galloway, 1416 WesY Fourteenth avenue left last night fo1 Shreveport, La., to visit her sister Mrs. J. P. Smart.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

~ MT. and Mrs. H. K. Hennis, 9Ol Pine street will go to Hot Springs Monday. Their little son, H. R., Jr. will accompany them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

There will be subscription dance Friday night at Doris Park. Dorsey Duncan has the list. The Camp Pike Jazz Band will furnish the music.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

Mrs. T. D. Davis, 815 East Third avenue ent to Little Rock yesterday for a few days visit with her aunt. Mrs. H. R. Smith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

Mrs. Ona R. Day, 707 West Seconc avenue, has gone to Rochester, Minn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-08

Miss Catherine Caldwell and guest, Miss Louise Turner went to Fordyce yesterday for a few days visit with friends.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
THE GREATEST GUN

The German wonder gun" isn't
such a wonder after all, in comparison
with an American gun now being
manufactured. The German gun shoots
about 76 miles. The American gun is
calculated to shoot ia miles; and
though it has yet to be tried out, itt
designers have no doubt as to its
range.
The published details are not very
specific, owing to the censorship. 1t
is stated, however, that the weapon
is made at the Midyale Steel Works
and mounted by the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works, and weighs over eco tons
In spite of its size and weight, it is
mobile, whereas the German cannon
is stationary and requires a heavy
concrete emplacement. The first Of
the type has been completed and ship
ped to the coast for final tests. Nine
more are being built
Needless to say, this monster will
not be used as the German guns are.
II is not intended for Smelling defense
less cities, demolishng churches,
blowing up hospitals and killing wo-
men and Children in their homes 1t
is meant primarily for coast defense
The military effectiveness of such
a weapon, for any purpose, is still
doubted by many experts At so great
a range a gun must necessarily be
fired blindly. A warship a hundred
miles off the coast, or half that dis
lance, is necessarily invisible, both
because of the misty air and because
of the curvature of the earth. 1t is
doubtful whether aviators could sign
al the position of a ship, a fort or any
other object at such distance and
whether the projectile could be aimed
with any certainty if the exact posi-
ton of the target were known.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
ENCOURAGING sEplrloN

The effective prosecution of the
war involves of necessary certain TO.
strictions in our accustomed freedom
We still have confidence in the AIDE
quacy of the courts to punish treason
and sedition Congress has ample
authority to provide for the punish
ment of seditious utterances as wen
as seditious acts"
These words, spoken by the emin-
ent jurist, Charles H. Hughes, to the
American newspaper publishers in
New York City. show the situation in
a nutshell. But they are little too
easy on congress.
Having the authority to provide
legislation which the country imper
atively needs, congress has had the
matter before il for many months
without doing anything. The depart
ment of justice is in despair over a
situation in which its hands are tied
The public is indignant and cannot
understand the failure of 1.-THE govern
ment'' to suppress sedition and punish
fragrant offenders. And congressman
still bubble about the danger to Amer
lean freedom and constitutional rights
involved in legislation for the very
lack of which our freedom is threaten
ed and our constitution undermined.
AS long as congress refuses to pro
vide the legal means of stamping out
this evil, congress itself is encoWag-
ing sedition.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
pRussIAN FREEDOM

The Berlin wireless informs the
world that Kaiser Wilhelm has pro-
claimed the conquered Baltic province
of Courland a free and independent
state.
We remember the Kaiser's doing
something Of the same sort with Po-
land And now the able-boded Poles
are serving under compulsion in the
German army, Polish women are
working under compulsion in German
factories, and there are said to be no
children in Poland under six years of
age.
GDd--GJt the Kaiser-help any
country that Germany makes free
and independent!
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17

are hearing a little of such whole.
some truth at home, and beginning
They have been offered home rule
and CONSUMPTION together. The more
sober mined among them realize that
freedom and military service are now
natural partners. They know that Ire
land may have freedom whenever
Ireland herself agrees on the method.
They must see that whatever measure
of freedom they may gain will slip
from their hands unless they fight
for it, and that the enemy for them
to fight is net England, but Germany.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17

South Carolina Democrats are going
10 abolish the touring of the state by
candidates, if the plans as set forth
in the state democratic convention
Wednesday reach adoption. This good
state has suffered much from the abuse
of this electioneering privilege and
Georgia might do much to eliminate
peanut politics by taking up the same
plan.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
IRELAND'S ENEMY

The Irish situation is well put by
the New York Times:
''If Irishmen demand Justice, they
must not ask to be privileged from
the impreious duty which men OF
their blood and name here and in
Canada and Great Britain have not
shrunk form. Above all, if ireland, at
this critical point in the war, shirks,
malingers, resists, continues to stand
apart from the last stand of free in
stitutions, what friends, what hopes
what future not inglorious and de-
spised, can it look for?
III Irishmen of ireland expect any
help, any good officers, from America,
they must help America now. If they
are worthy of freedom, they must
fight for it. If they choose to be in eff
feet allies of Germany, they are
our enemies, and they deserve the
German tyranny they invite"
This is plain speech, but the sort Of
speech needed in Ireland today. And
there are signs that the Irish people
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
PRICES MAY Descend

The New York Times usually speak
with authority when it discusses bust
ness Affairs Now it records the encour-
aging thought that prices seem to
have reached the spex in their advance
and that from now on they must come
down
There have been reasont for some
price increases. But too generally the
large producing ageicies have been
making profits out of all production
to capital invested, cost of raw mat
erials or demands of labor. Uncle
Sam has felt the pinch of the high
prices, And it is because he objects
to paying them that there is hope for
the rest of us.
The War Industries Board is pre-
pairing to make those undue profits
come down from their naughty heights.
One suggested method of attacking
the problem was that of fixing pro
fits on raw materials and staple pro
ducts. The industries board began
with textiles and wool in particular
Wool has been put on the basis of the
market prices of July 80 last.
Fears of higher prices in the cloth
ing industry are therefore said to be
unjustified. And in regard to various
o'her commodities the situation is
still more hopeful.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17

A middle Europa" policy at this
stage in the game ought not to prove
so alarming to the Allies. This thing
was perfected as far back as 1915
when Germany realized that her dash
for control was not DOING to be SC
easy. The Central Empires have con
solidated interests since early in the
war; and now instead of consolidating
they are having quite a hard time
continuing. We wish them good luck
in this latter course.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

Muscegee county is asking for q
bond issue of 100000 with which to
build new school buildings through
out the rural districts. The teachers
Of the Muscogee system all fare alike
and get a ten percent salary increase
This is one of the advantages of hav
ing system Working alike for all
the schools.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17

Publication of the story that Ger
many had made peace offer to
President Wilson brings a denial from
the Professor Quidden who was said
to be representing the Teutons. This
at least proves that there was a man
of such name. Without further cor
roberation we may presume that
there was also further detail
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17

eve are Cinnamon, but we are
Americans first in the truest sense"
reads sign over a Chinese reseaur-
and in Arizona. Which means that
that restaurant is saving wheat and
pork for the Allies.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17

Three people gave their lives in
automobile tragedies in Macon Tues
day. There is wonderfully large per
eentage OF automobiles in this com
munity and there is urgent need OF
care in driving. There are grave
dangers attending.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
When the French go after an oil

When the French go after an OBJ
jective they fight for it like brave
men. There has been no time yet in
this war when the. French could not
master the Huns in a fight. The Kai-
ser has paid a frightful price in every
effort he has made to run rough shod
over France.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17
PRESIDENT BURDEN 4 /
OF NJ. & S. w. r. K. DEAD

OF N. < 5. W. K. K. DEAD
Macon, Ga, May 16- w MaDurden
president of the Milen and South
western railroad, died suddenly last
night at Graymont, Ga. Besies being
at the head ofstlre railroad, he was
president Of several banks, and oper-
ated number Of farms. @
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-05-17

Jacksonville voted whisky out
Tuesday Seriously where will the
clans that depend on the auto routes
go now from here?