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May II, 1919, as required Dy the
Act of October 6, 1917.
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Grdii0ent NtIion uatte Ser GiS
fuiiion ilbcr Die ,Srnge, oh Der Gnn
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crtl0rtc, 6oB iic oo3n bcitragc, Die
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Die Iurhiuhrung ocs arieges &c
idluiiru peroen io1tcn Bic neucn
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miliien gerehterneiie in eriter Yinie
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fnmncn uno Don Gurus 2IrtifeIu er-
hobcn pcrocu
GOngrck lit einUeritanocu.
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oa5 ser Gouareb ictt. no Der aricq
gauf 6eIn &oobcWtnft uno oes ariiis"
araclouqt 1T. iciue 4iIitlt 3u @ouie
thln miiiie, tuie Die 1olonten iic
llcbrricc in oer SdliiBeu9roben tbln.
fano miaia 8ehor. mcan oud bier
uno' o0 nod grniiic 3neiiel bciton.
Sen, o6 ioiortigc nele Steuerqeicbc
orinqeno nothweuoiq icieu y}idlts-
6eit0pcuiqer muroen Gle Bldne CUR
3crta1unq i'm CONNER aufgeqeben.
uno bic oemofrntiifen ionobl, ols
auf sic republifnniifeu 3iibrer 60
BEN ibreu feiten GntihIuB tlul6, cine
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SeutIdc uebmen $4,000 Mann
gefaneen.

Die lteber5obl oil (ruppc1 crntog
lihte es oen Oeutiden, IN ibrem er-
item 9lnqrifi allf oie 2inie Ser 9Illiirs
ten bis ijber Die Ni5ne binms nor5u-
hrinQen uno einige 9ubeno Srts
idaiten 5u erobcrn un0 10000 @e-
fougene 5u lnnfcn. Ser grobte Vor-
marih erfoIgte i'm Centrum, 4 Vfei-
len bis an Die 9lisne unb 0ann ieda
D}ciIen bis an Die Gesle, cine 0e.
idmnltitrefc bon 5ebp YiciIcn. g8lc
BEL Den Gffcnltpcn in Der Hicor0le
luo IN 7Ianoeru hat Der feinolid)e
Ginbrud Die ,Sront zines ittmpien
9ciles ongeuonlmcn, oeNeu Spibc
meuiQer els brei Dfeilen brett lit
3tpiidlel go5odes uuo sSi3mes.
(0ltrdj Die neuen Grfolge oeS 8eg.
uers bat Der &eiIseiue cntipreheltoe
Grmeiterllng eriobren.)
Sieg Der slmerifaner bel Iuntoioier.
Iie amerifoniihcn 5rllpeen ha.
Zen in ihrem eriten gngriif gegen
Die 0eutlden III Der @icoroie einen
qIdn5en0en Griolg gu per5eihnen
gehabt. SSnoem Die 2cute ocs 8ene.
raIs 8erihing ben i5eino on elmer
Stelle ongriffen, an Der er am Gage
oorher 5uriidgeihloJen woroen mar,
riiftcu lie ibre 2inie eine betrdftlide
Strede por, un6 5por OIL elmer
Front bon IA Wieile. nabmen oas
mcitlid, pom 9tontoioier qeleQenc
9orf Gontienp umo uohmen 300
0onn gefon9en. Zen 3elttiteu
nurocn idmere Gerluite beiqebrafE,
mahrcH Die Amerifdner perbaltniB-
mdbig nenige 8erIldte hntten. SIC
Groberlmg oes eriten Gories pon oen
Ielltiflen nnbm Die gnlerifdner nid1t
mehr aIs oreiuierteI Stun6e. lno
pieIe Der angreiien6en Iruppeu mo-
! rem NIT 0ahei QetDefer. nls am Gage
rorber Der oeutife anariff obaeifIo-
gen ipuroe. 9elitidle 8eaeuangriffe
uuroen ourh Die oHlerifaniidle ar.
tillerie. ourh Maidlinen. uno alein-
geiDebrfeIer Dereitelt.
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10.
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mangels firth i'm 2lpril nui Die Ncioc
0ctriebcn puroc, YbCginllt iidl 5u er-
holcn" 9ingcaen iii naS @ich, onS
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io ooB i'm ndditen Nerbit mobrihcin-
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Inter Der NcQliiricring bon Nieh
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3l1ft onqebIih lehr idlmer 9clittcn,
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lln3uiric6Cnbcit pcruriod1t Der Nan
aci on Nrbeitsfrditcn bchlnocrt bic
rcdtc QoocnbeItcuung.
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Ole gmpiehIuua oc5 3rdiiocnten.
oaB Der grobtc Gheu ser ncuen
Stcuern poraISiihtlidl ali Ginfnnl-
pcn, &ric9sAelpnme rmo gurus. 2lr-
titel fallcu miir0e. umo oaB &ricos-
Nut)erer m,i oicic 99eiie heranQc.
io9cn mcr0en founten fano nlbeln-
Gen Seifau; ipatcr crfldrtCn ole
GonQrcBiiibrcr, iie milrorn oafiir
lorQcn, baB 0ie n0tbigen @elocr ans
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Stcucrn onigCbrnht nurocn, Der
ooppclt peroen miiiicu.
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Srlegrapbiide Noti;cu.
Nenrn Nmcrn ircinclniicn.

True translation filed with the
postmaster at La Crosse. Wis, on
May 81, 1918. as required by the
Act of October 6, 1917.
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Gin 5armberidt aus
SeutlhlanD.

True translation filed with the
postmaster at La Crosse, Wis, on
May 81, 1918, as required by the
Act of October 6. 1917.
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Sfienilue erneuert.

True translation filed with the
postmaster at La Crosse, Wis, on
May 81, 1918, as required by the
Act of October 6, 1917.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1918-05-31
gQoihinntnn. % W}ni.

Iirh clu llcbcreinfonmcr 3mi
id)cH Dem (5cneroloireftor U2cA0oo
mo Der A0nms. amerlcou, 0eGs
Sarge m0 So,ttbern Gies. mur6e
qeitcrn cine UerciHis'e Grprcbgcica.
ifoit mir Die Ser Staateu qeidoiicu
Io5 lrausUoriQeifdit 0icier @cica.
ihditcu MIRO IN elmer ncuen pripa-
ten Cooperation peridlmol3cn ner.
Den, bic mahriheiulih ben Ramen
sSeoerol grpreB Company erholten
nirO. @eor9e s Iaplor. jett GRO
iioent Der Americnn. miro an Der
Spite Der ueiten Geieaihoft iteben.
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Gerelniannq Uon bier Grprcb.
tSeiellidDnftcn.

True translation filed with the
postmaster. at La Crosse. Wis. on
May n. 1913, as required by the
Act OF October 8, 1917.
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Sommer=Sagnng.

True translation filed with the
postmaster at La Crosse. Wis, on
May 81. 1918, as required by the
Act of October 6, 1917.
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Stcueru ami &rieasacmiune.

cntiprchcnoe Stcueruorlagc olBu
uchmCu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08

more, they greatly helped the Allies.
At least twice what they did greatly
aided the war on the other fronts Their
first great drive relieved the pressure on
Vcrdnn and when tho first pressure on the
Italian front became great the drive into
Galicia turned the tide again. In three
months there they took no less than jOO,-
900 prisoners.
"BELIEvEs RUSSIAN WILL. CONE nAcK"
Major Grow has firm belief that the
men he fought with will "comc back. I"
lie believes Tint the stock and backbone
of the nation is too sturdy not to do so
Nor can he conceive Of separate peace.
Things are mop or less chaotic, but the
Russian, he thinks, will find himself and
still do something in the great cause for
which the allies are fighting. Militarily,
he may only be n sort of holding force To
keep sufficiently busy goodly number
Of Germans.
"That's all we want" said the speaker,
with grimncss. "Well do the rest. E"
Then the audience burst into applause
But" he went on, 1--WE must not be
fooled by German propaganda for our
own sakes and the sakcs of Our fighting
men We must never forget that one
good American boy is worth ten Germans"
ne audience RnpNsu ttlab IL inpnpttt go,
too.
Major Grow illustrated his talk with
number of most interesting lantern
slides--real war pictures, showing how the
Russians suffered through lack of ade-
uuatc field transportation for the wounded
how they walked TO the dressing stations
because there were so few bearers, so Few
ambulances and go many wounded. To
illustrate this he said that on French
front $50 miles long there were 6i,000
ambulances, while on Russian front
/ 200 miles long there were but 5000.
SOMETHING ABOUT MAJOR GROW.
Major Grow is n Philadelphian and n
grad ate of Jefferson College, 1909 ono
Of the big medical schools of the Quaker
City. lie left lucrative practice and
went to RUSSIA in 1915 through the spirit
of adventure, choosing Russia because he
knew she would he short of medical men.
First he was in tho Iussar Hospital at
Isarskoe-Selo and then he went to the
front with the First Siberian Army Corps
After Is months with it he was knocked
out by shell concussion. He came home.
stayed awhile and then went back re-
manning until the revolution. In 1917
the United States government sent him
to Russia on mission which nc success
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08

The greatest thing this country has to
fear from Germany lies not in her mill
tary strength, but in her propaganda and
her espionage. The first of these is
devised and conducted with almost
stanic cunning; the ,last is everywhere.
Americans never should permit themselves
into being deludcd, but stick everlasting V
at the job of beating the Hum by backing
up the Government In every possible way
and by helping make thewar easier Tor the
fighting army at the front by Red Cross
work and by response in cash when the
country calls for money.
These two big thoughts were the high
points of the talk Major Malcolm G. Grow,
Medical Reserve Corps, made before the
Rotarians They listened with the deep
est interest and IT was plain To be seen that
the twin Ideas sank deeply into their
minds and would be taken home with
convinced consideration and thoughtful
reference for the future.
For Major Grow was plainly man who
knew whereof he spoke. He served two
wears with the Russian army on the cold
northern front in the midst of gruellng
campaign and he had n concrete example
of German propaganda 10 prove to his
hearers that what he said was true.
PROOF or THE PUDDING.
German propaganda and espionage
were everywhere in Pctrograd and they
had their results Mt the front" said he
eve had few guns over three inches;
We never had enough rifles to 90 round:
was 50 short that for guns
that could fire eighteen shells minute we
often had but three shcllsfa day; we found
that shells made for certain guns wouldn't
fit them but that when the Germans came
along and took those shells they fit the
German guns to a nicetv.
but that was not oil While our
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08
Commissioned n Lieutenant.

Frank -. Wilson, Of 80f Harrison
street, former High School and Della
ware College student, has been appointed
first lieutenant in the motor section Of
the Ordnance Reserve Corps. He re-
ceived bis commission on Wednesday
from Adjutant-General McC ain and now
is awaiting orders and preparing for
leaving for post. Lieutenant Wilson is q
son of J. &. Wilson, for many years a
wholesale commission merchant, at Nos.
l03 and los East Fourth street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08
Sour Stomach
Mi-o-na Puts tie Stomach in
Fine Shape in Five Minutes.

up n disturbance; you feel bloated and
distressed If you belch gas and sour food
into the mouth. then yon need Mi-o-na
Stomach Tablets.
Mi-o-na stomach Tablets give instant
relief. of course. but they do more they
drive out the poisonous gases that cause
fermentation of food and thoroughly clean
renovate and strengthen the stomach so
that II can readily digest food without
artificial sid
Ml-0~na stomach tablets are guaranteed
TO end indigestion. acute or chronic. or
money bnrk. This means that ner vUtts ness,
dizziness and biiousness will disappear
druggists everywhere and n ~ Danforth
Market and Second streets sell Ni-o-na
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08

troops were lying inactive in the trenches
at Postava not expecting fighting a
German airplane flew over and dropped
handtills. These handl ills said we would
attack the German positi 1ns on March
6, at Q a. III. which was then some distance
in the future. They intended to mass
great number of divisions against us and
cut us up. We laughed at it. II was
absurd that they should know what we
intended to do and when. But we went
into the trenches on March 5, Just the same
and at o n. IN. the next day went into
action
"The command was in-First Siberian
Army Corps-made thirteen distinct
attacks and oft of the 10000 that went
across only 500 eventually came back
"What ! want to bring home to You
are these facts: Germany depends upon
her propaganda for sixty-fvc per cent of
her success. The other thirty-fve she
leaves TO her fighting forces. Americans
must realize that German propaganda is
everywhere, but that absolutely no
attention must be paid to it except to
must not be dcluded into believing Ger
man lies, either They arc put out for
n purpose and that is to deceive Know
ing these things, reports that seemingly
look most innocent are really most
guilty.
THRICE DECORATED.
Major Grow addressed his audience
garbed in the uniform of Russian
lieutenant Colonel Of the medical corps
On his breast he wore three blazing
decorations the third and fourth class
of the Order Of st. George and the Order of
st. Stanisaus One of the Georges was
pinned TO his breast by the man who is
now just plain Nicholas RomanoH, but
who then was Gar Of all Russia.
Major Grow paid high tribute to
the valor and courage of the Russian
peasant He is n fighting man Of the
first class, the speaker said. and, having
lived with him and seen him fight, and
dressed his wounds for two years, II
would seem that he spoke by the book.
81 have seen them he in the trenches
under fire, said he "and take the bitter
est kind of punishment and then when
the German infantry attacks came along
roll them back And ! have seen our
reserves lie back Of the line in the woods
with no rifles and stick there waiting for
weapons hut being killed hy the hundreds.
TO show how they have fought
believe that today there are Mt least two
million of these peasants lying in lonely
graves. They fought without arms be-
cause OF German propaganda hut they
died bravclv for their country. What Is
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08
Green Room Reopcned.

The Hotel du Points main dininrroom
temporarily closed, has been rooponod
moderating weather and change .
the winds direction permitting tho rOo
10 be heated more easily.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08
Collector Schneider Recovering.

Deputy Collector Of Internal Revenue
G. A. Schneider, who has been III for
some weeks, IL greatly improved and
expects TO be back on the Job within
week or ten days.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08
ROTAR|ANS HEAR THRILLING TALES
Of WARFARE IN BELGIUM AND RUSSIA
German Propaganda More to be
Feared in This Country Than
German Guns, Says Major
Grow.
Miss Suzanne Silvercruys Tells
of Dreadful Days When the
Hun Desce nded on Her Ma
tive Land.

pendidl o
the Hotel du bleeding Belgium and her call
srro German
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08

fully filed. He is writing n book -
Fighting North of Firty-Onc' which
will be published in March.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
A NezV Feature in Tennis
Deals Win the Buckhuud"

Once again we are confronted by a
treatise on lawn tennis from the busy
and precise pen Of Pembroke A. Vale,
that stormy petrol OF the lawn tennis
and golf world, whose criticisms on
these games and their strokes have
otter before this raised answering COM
ment from players and fellow critics.
Some years ago, in the enthusiasm
of youth, we had the temeri:y to crit
else at some length, Mr.. Wales state
ments about the form Of certain
players then in the public eye, and
were later Mortified to discover our
selves involved in heated written
verbal argument that lasted through
several successive Sunday columns,
with the author Of the "Soul OF Golf"
"Atodern Tennis" GLOW to Put" Glow
to Approach GLOW TO Drive" ETC.,
etc, etc.
Following that cscapade We made
mental VOW never again to heard the
lion in his den. for Mr.. Vale reeks
with science raised TO the nth power
aud he uses it with lavish pen. ard
plenty of ink. AS d matter Of fact.
our author thinks lawn tennis and
golf with greater speed pace and fol
low-through than Mclaughlin. Lieu
tenant Williams. Billy Johnston,
Walter J. Travis, Chick Evans or
Jerome Travers ever presumed to play
on court or links.
e -.
thrown at Us in the form Of Mr.. Wales
lates. worl:, "The BACKYARD Book
published BY Thomas /. Wilson &
Co. and "llus,rated b. one hun
fred action Photographs - Well
hardly. but we shall pick our openings
carefully and not burn any Of our
bridges behind us, in case we should
wish to make "strategic retreat" at
some later date.
In the preface to This book, the
author works right into has full stride
al the start BY declaring: There is
no book in tho biblioSlaphy Of tennis
that deals adequately with the bac.1
hand stroka," but the reader Will under
stand, OF course. that This vas before
M. Wales OWL work. came into being
AS the accompaniment 10 his words.
the author OF THE Backhand Book
has called into service one hundred ac-
tion pictures Of himself and Theodore
Roosevelt Pell, in Illustration of his
methods. and these photographs are
among the most excellent for The pur-
pose We have ever been privileged to
look upon. As matter of fact. the
pictures in themselves Should asjs. The
average player 20 obtain better IN
ierstandine OF the bachhand stroke.
without the more or less intricate ex-
plantations giYen BY the tuohor. who
tells US about the mysterious supinetor
longus muscle, used by tho Japanese
III their practice o. jiu-iitsu; about .he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

plane Of force" and just when the
stroke Is "out of TRUTH
Summing it all up, however we hive
no doubt that the average man ov
woman player who spends his ar her
leisure hours this winter in connine.
over Mr.. Wales little book will, kna,s.,,
niue more about the backhand strole
yuan peiore they opened its pages: that
IS, about the backhand stroke as A.
Vail declares it should be made.
- The West Side Tennis Clubs Rcd
ross Aulilliary, OF which Miss Adele c
cragln ~ chairman, has lust held ;fs
final session at the Forest Hills c,nb
house, closing the season with a nots-
credit ~ us
Besides making several thousand s,r-
S'ca! bandages and dressings for The
foopsln Fr;|nce. the thirtv-odd nav
oeEs OF The auxiliary also knitted cor
siderable number Of socks and woollcn
helmets, and Eli the surplus cash in thn
treasury was used tor the purchase Of
L,lhefty bonds. All this WIS sccon,-
plshed as the result of The sjro}a
meeting every Thursday. ~ Tho 'n Xxx
mousse. inns work viii be taken IN
AGAIN the spring.
Nurel, INC members Of this Red CroSs
NuNliiary have sh@wn the kiaa of na-
trot'sm and the same unseliish spirit
o. h,e.iplns others, that have become
,ndellhly associated with the game nj
lawn tennis, both in this countrv and
IN IN the countries OF cur allies. And vet
there have been those who have shown
the rant heart about our ultimate
triumph aeainst the Hun.
Now that the outdoor courts have
been practically discarded for the sea~
son OF 1918, We can hold out no create
nope tAaA that the year OF 1919 viii be
IS completely successtul BY its Won
deTful aid IN developing the game o.
the younger players alone, the season
ju5s closed has more chan justified he
hopes and ambitions OF the officers Of
one United States National Lawn Ten-
ms Association, AVID the succeedin,,
[ears should see the full fruit al th;S
iokterlns OF the game In It's infaacy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Major Belmont
Disputes Leach
Import Theory

No man in the United States is bet
ter qualified 10 speak on the thorough
bred and the conditions which make
for his development than Major Az
gust Belmont, who for many wears has
bred and raced horses in England aud
France as we'll as in this country, his
nursery stud in Kentucky being the
birthplace of many famous perform
ers. Among the most noted Of these
are Jracery, and Fair Play, the former,
which raced exclusively abroad, being
regarded as the best horse of his day
IN England. where he is now 1nucn
sought after in the stud by the most
progressive breeders.
what he has to say on the question
OF acclimatization is antagonistic to
the opinion expressed recently by DR..
NJ. M. Leach, who, while he favored the
importation Of sires and brood mare .,
maintained thst it was a mistake to
BRING III oreignbred horses older than
1oals and expect them to achieve a full
measure of success on the turf.
consider it harmful" said Major
belmont in referring to DR.. Leach g
contcnilcn,, end not sustained by The
past. | admit there are cases where
accllmatizatlon has taken n long time.
particularly since the war, among
horses that came from France, where
tAey nave been undcrfed and have suf~
tered the rigors of unusual and abnor-
maj conditions Of climate. The weather
IN northwestern France since the be-
ginning Of the war has been excep-
tlonal. particularly during the first two
years OF the war, an excessive amount
OF rain having fallcn but in normal
Nmes Dr. Leach position cannot be
sustained.
:. "alares imported with foaI have de-
ilVefed good and even iirst class horses.
Accl'matIzatlon is necessary for them
as well as Tor horses intended for rae
ing, and according to Or. Isach fho
cnanEa should have affected the Ioai
"RAllot was conspicuous case Of i'm
media success ana when Mr.. Joril-
lard IN his day was shipping brood
mares and race horses in traininf- bach
ward and forward his experiences all
contradict DR.. Leach's 10 $780, Hour-
less ls an instance, Omar Khayyam is
another, and there are stili others that
recently have beer successful.
lnstead Of discouraging the inluor-
tation OF horses il should bo encour-
aged said the major IL concluding.
one OF the reasons is that We have rot
sHmcleAt distance racing to improve
our own breed as we should. Many
mule and Il quarter races scheduled in
these days have had to be given no be-
cause OF lack OF entries. The English
End French rr'cs make for better
horse, and believe they breed them.
In this country the racing authorities
do not get the support of the trainers
or owners in their efforts to increase
distances, particularly TIE trainers, VINO
are VIGOROUSLY commercial in their
TIeW1 about the turf