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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
PILLAGING ITALIAN TOWNS
Germans and AuStr ans Vylng
With Each Other IN Acts
of Vandalism.
By Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Paris Feb. 13.-The Austro-German
invaders in northern Italy daily are re-
sorting to increasing acts Of vandalism,
violence, pillage and brutality, according
to the statements of prisoners captured
by the Italians, a Hayas dispatch from
Rome says. Officers as well as soldiers
are participating.
Udine has been pillaged and stores
and buildings destroyed want only by
intoxicated troops. The rivalry in steal
ing, it is said, has been SO great that fights
have broken out between the various
groups of the Central Powers. In Udine
these fights resulted in the death of
/ fourteen Germans and three Bosnians.
There were also bloody conflicts at Polo
Cattaro between the Germans and
Austriaps.
Women and children, it IS added, have
| been stripped Of their clothing which
have been sent to Germany, while food
! stufTs, wherever found, also are sent away
| by officers.
The city Of Trigesimo has been plllaged
/ Of leather and copper and the church bells
! there have been taken away. Italian
prisoners working on roads for the Austro-
| Germans are reported to be underfed anC
| forced to subsist on the carcasses ot
I horses
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
HUGE NEW ARMY
PLAN IS REVEALED
Baker Asks Additional $268, $780,
900 for Military Establishments
Scores of Vast Plants.
WASHINGTON. FER. t3.

Many new construction projects Tor the
army, including munition plants, ord
nance depots, storage plants, port ter
ninals, hospitals aviation work, can
tonmcnts and housing are disclosed IN
statement given the Senate Military
Committee by the War Department.
The work will cost Sos, S,650000 and,
while some of the projects have been
announced before, in most cases the loca-
ton and cost had not been gwen.
The statement shows that S37 600 900
will be spent In building gasnakipe
plant at Edgewood, \. j., while 40
interior storage depots, To cost an aggre-
gate of $50 900 600, are to be constructed
at unnamed points. On aviation work,
including new cantonment, the loca-
tion of which was not given, S46,OOO,0O0
will be expended.
Ordnance depots are to be built on the
south Atlantic coast and at "some sea
port" at a cost Of $4,000, 900 each An
other on the middle Atlantic coast will
cost So, 100000. An ammunition depot
at some seaport" is to cost 81, SOC, 600
and like sum is to be expended for an
ordnance depot in central Pennsylvania
Hospitals for soldiers suffering with
tuberculosis are to be built In Denver,
Col. and Asheville, n. C., at cost of
$500, 900 and Sl2, 800 900 is to be spent on
hospitals at 81 army training camps.
MILLIONS ron REGULARS
A division cantonment for the Regular
Army is to cost So 900, 900, but its loca-
tion is not given 1t may take the place
of the Regular Army training camp at
| Charlotte, n. c., which soon Is to be
! abandoned because of the unsuitabllity
| Of the ground on which it is located.
Eight million dollars will be spent
| on a port terminal at Boston and Sl0,-
| 600, 900 on similar terminal at Charles
| ton, S. G. Two million dollars are pro
vided for three powder bag loading
points at sites not selected. For housing
I for the Shipping Boaru to relieve conges-
ton in shipyTd communities the de-
| partment plans to expend S35, 900, 900.
| In addition to this $4,000 will be ex-
pended at Newport News, Va, for hous-
| ing the Negro stevedore regiments en-
gagged there in loading vessels. Another
item is that of S250,0O0 for a high ex-
plosive plant at Sandy Hook, L. l.
Brig-Gen Littell, in charge OF can
tonInent division and other construction
Jobs, also submitted statements to the
committee, showing that, In addition tc
| the new work, his bureau has charge
of construction now In progress call.
ing for an expenditure of Sl35, DOC, 600
| making the total for present and future
work S404 $50 900.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
LENT HAS BEGUN.
Forty Days of Penitential Season
Lead up to Gladstone
Easter Day.

When you heard the church bells ring
ing nj 6 o'clock this morning YOU were were
listening to the opening of Lent. ms
is Ash Wednesday and the scason-one
of fasting and penitence-runs until
Holy Saturday, the day before Easter a
period of forty days. 1t is chiefly obscrv,-
ed by the Roman Catholic, the Greek,
the Anglican and the Protestant Episcopal
Churches and in their calendar marks the
FORTY DAYS fast of Jesus in the wilderness
The word comes from the old Anglo
Saxon lencten," meaning the lengthen-
ing DAYS of Spring. The institution
itself goes back to the early days oil thc
Christian church.
There is ample evidence that part OF the
season at least was observed early IN the
third century, especially that part known
to moderns as Holy Week. Athanaslus
urged upon Christians the extension oil
the period to cover the whole forty days
and in 325 A. D., the Council OF Nlcea
recognized il rs an established custom
Then the whole idea of the season was a
pcnitential one, the fasting being .hci-
dental. During the Middle Ages, how
ever, fasting became strongly component
part of Lent and has continued to he sc
since
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
HOUSING PROBLEM
PARTLY SOLVED BY
CONGRESS ACTION
Uncle Sam to Supply Money to
Build Homes for Ship
yard Workers.
LOCAL SITES INSPECTED

Through the passage yesterday by the
House, at Washington, OF a hIll appro-
priating money for housing for shipyard
workers, progressive citizens Of this city,
interested in obtaining suitable homes for
shipyard workers believe that a portion
Of their problem has been solved.
There has been action already as TAR as
this city is concerned. The Shipping
Board has been presented with tentative
agreement by the Wilmington Housing
Company. In addition to thisfan agent
of the Shipping Board is expected 70 come
to this city from Washington, either
TODAY or tomorrow.
II will be the business Of this man 10
inspect sites for the location Of community
housing here. and report on the selection
determined upon. There are several sites
on which the Wilmington Housing Com
panv has obtained options, SO that the
corporation is protectcd IN the way Of
abnormal profits from realty agents.
That the plan for community housing
suggested by the local corporation has
much merit, is indicated 1t Is said be-
cause the Shipping Board IN its consider
alton Of the housing problem, has adopted
some Of the ideas This would make il
appear as though the agreement offered,
by the Wilmington Housing Company
would have smooth and speedy progress
to settlement.
But the adjustment Of the whole matter
lies with the Shipping Board. The local
corporation is waiting the pleasure Of the
Shipping Board relative to the acceptance
or rejection of the agreement offered, and
this may follow speedily upon the
inspection Of the sites Tor the homes here.
With the shipyards Of this city lncreas-
ING the number Of employees Us rapidly as
additional equipment can be obtained,
the need for homes becomes greater.
There are hundreds of men now at
work in the shipyards whose wives and
families are living in other towns and
cities. " said an official OF one Of the local
shipvards today. "These men are anxious
t. aring their families to this CITY and make
a home for them here but they are un-
able to obtain any kind of a house. The
insufficient housing has caused us more
trouble and complaint than anything else.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
LLOYD GEO,.GE MUM
ON WILSON'S TERMS
Challenges Parliament, However,
as TO Actions of the War
Council at Versailles.
ny Associated Press to Every Evening
LOwD0E, FER. ~ (DELA YED) y


Parliament rcasscmbled today on tip
toe with curiosity as - how Premier
Lloyd George would meet President VIII
son s latest declaration and the dis
satisfaction manifested BY n section of the
press and public over the Versailles coun-
cil, and also us to how far II II AsCluth,
the former premier, would respond ~ the
demand of the extreme wing Of his
followers for the abandonment Of the
policy Of bcnevolcucc toward the gov
ernmcnt IN favor of act i've opposition
based on disapprovol ~ the general war
policy and especially the enlargement Of
the functions Of the Supreme War Coun-
Gil
The House Of Commons was not dis
appointed for .he sitting proved unusually
exciting. H. could hardly be said that
Mr. Asquith rose 70 the expectations Of
the most eager Of his party but the temper
0f a large section 0f the members seemed
to show his tactics would meet with
considerable support.
Perhaps the most notable thing was
the contrast in the speeches Of the premier
and the former premier with reference to
President Wilson's speech. While Mr.
Asquith endorsed fully the Presidents
view, Premier Lloyd George did not
even mention Mr.. wilson last speech
and declined to see in Count CzernIn 5
statement any nearer approach TO rea-
sonable terms than in Count Won Hcrt-
ling's. Moreover. the premier regarded
the German chancellors demands that
Great Britain give up her coaling stations
as proving fully that the controllers Of
German policy we're il no mood to dis
cuss reasonable terms Of peace.
Declaring absolutely he would not
Weld on the matter of revealing more
about the Versailles conference, Premier
Lloyd George challenged the House, il
dissat sized with the governments con,
duct Of the war, TO put another govern
ment IN its place.
The House adjourned and thus far M
motion Of want 81 confidence in the gov
eminent has been placed on paper
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
MRS, MARY WALLS,
SEAFORD WOMAN,
SHOT TO DEATH
Murdered by Her Husband
Edgar, Who Next Commit
ted Suicide
TRAGEDY NEAR BALTIMORE

Mrs Mary O. Wolls, 2? years old, who,
before her marriage was Marv Johnson
Of Scaford, this State, was shot and killed
late Monday night by her husband,
Edgar Walls, % years old, who next COM
mittcd suicide. The tragedy occurred at
Govans, Md, near Baltimore, at the home
Of John NJ Mckenzie, whose wife is a
cousin Of the woman, and il was the cul-
mination of family troubles. Walls was
\ chauffeur.
The marital troubles of tho couple
began last November, when Walls was
convicted of robbery in Anne Arundel
county, Md, and was sentenced to two
Years imprisonment but who was later
paroled When this occurred Mrs. Walls
found employment Mt q restaurant in
Baltimore and made her home with Mrs
Mckenzie Ii is said that Walls made
numerous efforts TO induce his wife to re-
turn To him, all of which proved fruitless,
and Monday night he waited TN front of
the restaurant until his wife had finished
her work and met her as she was leaving
for her home He accompanied her 10 the
Mckenzie house. where she talked with
him in the parlor shortly after 10 q clock
Mrs. Walls left her husband in the parlor
and went 10 the second floor of the house
and engaged in conversation with Miss
Elizaheth Ribsam, who is a sister OF Mrs.
Mckenzie and also a cousin of Mrs. Walls.
She told Miss Ribsam that Edgar tmcan-
inr Walls said that he would kill her, but
be did not have a gun. She later joined
her husband downstairs.
Members of the Mckenzie family i'm
mediatrlv notified DIR. Heff, who, after
examining the bodies. said that Mrs.
Malls was dead and that Walls was
bcyond hope Coroner John ], Hopkins
of TowSon. alter hearing the evidence
rendered 4 verdict Of murder and suicide
Nrs. Walls body will be taken To Sea
ford today for burial.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
AMERICANS LOST
ON TUSCAN|A ARE
NOW GIVEN AS 164
OF This Number 131 Have Been
Identified and 80 Sent 20
Unknown Graves
BURIED WITH ALL HONORS
by Associated Press to Every rv-,,pa


A ScoTCB PoRT, Feb. n, delayed
Up TO Tuesday night, week after tho
disaster III victims Of tho Inflated 'Tug-
cania had been laid 10 rest A. different
points On the Scottish coast TheHe we're
divided as follows:
Americans, l3l identified and - un-
identified; crow, 4 identified and 3 IN
identified
The Associated Press correspondent
co-opnrated with the American army
officers in obtaining these figures, which ~
forward 20 Washington AZ ~ most accurate
and complete obtainable The last seven
teen Of these bodies recovered al Amer
cans were buried this afternoon villagers
again coming many miles IN q dOwnpour
Of rain 10 pay their simple tribute ~ he
American dead
The bodies were brought 70 the burial
place on one big motor truck which was
followed along the route ~ several miles
by squad Of Z5 khaki-clad American s'ir-
vivors and the village rnournrrs. Ono n
the villagers carried the Union Jack whilo
an American soldier held aloft The Starr
and Stripes.
At the gravcsde the American soldiers
sang ''The Star Spangled Banner" followed
by the natives singing God Save the
King" The usual military salute was then
fired, ending the ceremony The 'ernp0r-
ary fences have been built around the
graves 70 be replaced by a permanent
enclosure as soon NJ the materials can he
brought ~ these desolate shores
British colonel who has worked day and
night since the dissster helping the
Americans bury their dead announced
today that the people If the nearby conn
tryside bad started "a public subscription ~
erect a permanent monument - no
Americans
There are eight Americans still here 10
III 10 leave, several Of them stIli dazed
by their experiences. They are quartered
in nearby farnhOuses and village hotels.
These men are r: /. Benefei Z. L-
Lystrom, Wilbur O. Mutt, Boyd r Ham
cock 4. r. Harpham, Henry Schurtlng,
James j. Colwell and Z. a Gocher.
One American officer and fourteen men
are still IN a hospital at Glasgow.
LIST or THOSE BURIED.
The following Is the frat complete list
| Of Americans now buried on the scottish
coast. Each body, whether ldentined
J or not, was gwen q number. Thus. az a
| point where 78 victims we're buried side
| by side In a long trench, the numbers
run from l to 75 i'm the following order
t. w. Herman, L. B. Reeder, William
| G. Kedwn, L. Roberts, Orville Casper
+. II. Duffy, Paul John 9. Wood. M H
Johnson, II. Z. Page, Q. 3. West. n
! Tuttle, Walter Brown, Clarence W. short
Fl. Stewart, fireman, member Do crew
/ RAYMOND Butler, State of Wisconsin,
James Logan, member Of crew; q. n.
! Zimmerman, j. Edwards Buttemont,
George H. Reinhardt, Walter Creilne,
William f. Bennett, G.. +. swanson,
| unidentified private, William r Moran,
/ g. J. Jenkins. Charles Mcmillan. crew
Raymond T. Hurst, + z. Lawton, 7. p.
Dawson, w. Hardey, G. II. Besner, B. L.
Weeks, Henry F. Spidel David g. Rem
ton, Julius ID. Wagner, William J. Ira
gresser, Alto Licarl
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
REV.J. A. LEE COMES
TO THE CATHEDRAL
Delaware City People Pay
High Tribvte 70 Young
Priest.

After more than three years pastor
ship Of st. Paul's Catholic Church, Della
ware City, Rev Joseph A. Lee, y. d.,
has been appointed assistant pastor at
~ Peters Cathedral. Wilmington, to
fll a vacancy caused by the absence of
Or. James NJ Grant, who has entered
tho army Although with hearty resli-
zation that the appointment Of Father
lee 10 such a charge Is IN line OF great
promotion, with larger fields for his ar
dent labors and efficient services, vet II
Is with much regret and sincere sorrow
that the members of st. Pauls Church,
Delaware City, learned Of the change.
After successfully completing his edu-
cation at St Joseph's College, Philadel-
phia. Pa, and afterward gaming his
degree at the American College at Rome,
Father Ice was appointed pastor of st.
Paul's Church, Delaware City. and
chaplain al St James Protectory, Rey-
bold. August 80. 1914. this being his first
rernanent charge after his ordinat ION
10 the priesthood.
During his three years IS pastor at
Delaware City, success has met with his
every effort, and many wonderful re-
suits have beep accomplished in matters
religious and Otherwise, the success due
entirely TO his excellent leadership and
untiring zeal. Marked strides have been
made along the line OF religious activities,
the most recent OF which was a week S
mission for the soldiers stationed at Fort
DUPONT The church property has teen
greatly improved, and many beneficial
changes brought about during hls stay
there, with all such improvements clear
Of debt up 20 anuary |. 1918
Upon his arrival at Delaware City
a magnificent marble altar memorial
To the late Rev. Edward l.. Brady, was
erected Following soon was the laying
of new concrete walks around the church
lawn. and erection of brick and co crete
steps al ali entrances. Next came the
painting and frescong OF the entire III
terror OF the church, together with the
installation OF d set o. beautiful new sta
irons The most recent improvement
was the tiling of the floor, which was
completed short time ago. These I'M
provements are but few Of the many
thing planned by Father Lee had ht
continued a. pastor.
Father Lees departure from Della
ware CITY will also be keenly felt by
persons outside his immediate congre-
gatlon, by whom he was greatly admired
due 70 has social an congcnial manner
. Rev Father Dolan will assume charge
al Delaware City during the absence OF
Father Lee.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
ABOUT POULTRY SALES.
Food Administrator Mitchell
Issues Instructions to All
Concerned.

In order 70 clear up any mlsunder-
standings regarding the sale Of hens and
pullets that the Food Administration
has forbidden until after April 30, Food
Administrator Edmund ~s1itchell today
issued the following bulletin:
''All hens and pullets in the hands of
country packers and packed for ship
ment prlor 10 February IL Tor lmmedl-
ate delivery, may be shipped, but 10
further purchases or shipments will be
permitted Poultry or commission deal
en- may receive and ~ell all poultry that
n in transit or that has been purchased
aud packed prior to February II for
immediate shipment, but they will not be
permitted 10 purchase or sell other poul-
try until after the 30th of April. All
such poultry must be out of the hands
oi the shipper and dealer by February %,
1918. This does not, however, apply
70 roosters, but only to hens and pullets.
Edmund Mitchell,
"bed. Food Administ'r for Delaware. /"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
FRENCH REACH 4TH LINE.
Raiders Succeed III Penetrating
German DefenseS Between La
Petre and Mort Mare Woods.

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
WrrH TIE French ARMY ~ FRANCE,
TUESDAY, FEB. u.
In the course of three successful trench
raids early this morning, the French adj
vanced as far as the fourth German line
between La Petre and Mort Mare woods,
in the Woevre, and took prisoners te-
longing to the Ninth Bavarian and the
Ninety-fourth Landwehr divisions.
The German entanglementS had been
DESTROYED BY French artillery last night
and the progress Of the assaulting column
was favored by heavy mist. AS soon
as the French reached the I rst positions
the Germans opened a sweeping machine
gun fire as well as an artillery barrage,
but the French penetrated the shell
curtain almost without casualties, de-
molished all the enemy shelters and en-
placements and returned to their lines
with most valuable information.
While the French attack was IL prog
ress the Germans attempted a raid al
Regneville, IN the same district, but were
repulsed with heavy losses.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
OUR BOYS" COMING HOME
Furlough for Fifty Per Cent OF
Delaware Regiment on
Saturday.

According to information received from
Camp Dix this morning, fUlough IS 20
be granted fifty per cent of the First
Delaware Regiment, beginning Satur-
day, s. siInilar furlough to be granted the
remainder Of the regiment the following
Saturday.
Very few of the boys have been able %
get home since leaving AnnLston, Ala
bama, as the regiment has been quaran-
tined on account Of an outbreak OF measles
in camp. The quarantine has now been
lifted and the furloughs granted 50 that
the members Of the regiment may he
enabled 70 visit their families.
This wholesale granting OF furOughs,
it Is thought, Indicate some radical
changes in location OF the regiment and
MAY mean that the regiment IS soon ~
be sent to France.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
AGED MEN QUARREL.
One Goes TO Hospital With an Injured
Head and Other to Police Station.

Abraham j. Mason, aged "a years,
and Samuel Nickerson, aged 90 years,
had an argument at the delaware pulp
mills today and as result Mason Is said
to have struck Nickerson over the head
with an iron bar. 1t was necessary to
remove him to the Delaware Hospital In
the Phoenix ambulance.
Mason was arrested and charged with
assault and battery. He will be given q
hearing in City Court tomorrow morning.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
PHILA. TIMES BUILDING BURNS.
Former Home of Discontinued Paper
Swept BY Flames.

By Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Philadelphia, Feb. 13.-The former
home of the old Philadelphia Times
which was merged with the Public Ledger
in 100 was swept by fire today and
totally destroyed Poor water pressure
made it necessary 10 turn IN -four alarms
to save surrounding property
The flames, which started on tne second
Hoor. spread with such rapidity that busi-
ness men with offices IN the building
narrowly escaped with their lives, e.
NJ. Vessel, an advertising man, had 70
slide down S rope from the fourth hoor
10 the street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
NEW DEMAND 10 huhANlA

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. 13.-The
Berlin Tageblatt says the Central Powers
have addressed a demand to Rumania
to enter peace negotiations and requested
an answer tonight.
The newspaper says the demand did
not take the form of an ultimatum with
an inherent threat.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
CURZON SUSPECTS BLUFF"
Believes Germany and Austria Striving
TO Separate Allies.


TO Separate Allies.
BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
London, Tuesday, Feb. 12-The re-
cent speeches of Count Won Hertlng and
Count Czernin were q coIiusive per-
formance between the two statesmen in
tended to drive a wedge between the
Allies rather than to secure peace, Earl
Curzon, government leader in the House
of Lords, declared in a debate today in
the House Of Lords on the address from
the throne No attempt, he said, had
been made to meet the minimum de-
mands of the Allies.
Earl Curzon added:
'"The most critical times that have
ever confronted this country are in front
of us. But do not think the position is
at all dangerous and our military ad-
visers do not think it is. At the same time
we shall have to put every ounce OF ef-
fort into the common cause. If we do
; ,at, am confident we will win and, thus,
save civilization"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
BRITISH WIN In RAID.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

by Itas %
London, Feb. 13-''We carried out q
successful raid last night upon German
turing Ii prisoners, including an officer, F"
SAYS todays official statement Patrol
encounters, in which casualties were
inflicted on the enemy, took place last
night southeast of Lens.
apart from hostile artillery activity
in the neighborhood OF Epehy and north
east of Ypres, there is nothing further
to report"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
Fear Lightship is Lost.

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Boston, Mass, Feb 13.-For tie first
time since it broke away from its anchor
age iii Nantucket Sound on Feb, l, officers
OF the lighthouse service today expressed
the fear that the Crop Rip lightship with
it's crew of six probably had gone down.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-13
Suicide Recalls Suicide.

The inability of the authorities TO iden-
tifv the suicide at the Hotel Cassidy re-
Gently recalls a somewhat similar case at
the CLAYTON House in 1894, when a man
came there and registered as IN. Hoyt,
New York, and the next day was found
dead in his room, the result OF asphydatlon
bv letting the gas let be turned on.