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Evening journal., 1918-11-27
RAILROADS NEED
MANY MORE WORKERS

Railroads are very much In the mar
ket for labor power at this time, ac-
oording to news from several sections
~ the country which has reached the
Department Of Labor.
Lines operating in the northwestern
States have sent out calls for all CLASSES
OF railroad help. One company wants
carpenters, carpenter helpers, mecnin-
lists, car repalrers, car laDorers, polleI
washers, roundhouse men, section men
tImekeepers and bridge workers. =,
With the present demand on labor u
is essential that every man should %
usefully employed according to fed,
eral officials, and thousands OF meI
who have never before engaged In any
essential occupation are now pecom'
ing real producers.
Evening journal., 1918-11-27
ORDER OF ST. LUKE MEETS.
Special to Tho Evening Journal.

SMYRNA. Del. Nov. T-The Indc-
pendent Order Of ST. Luke. met In Gen.
tennial NJ. q. Church last Friday and
Saturday. Grand Deputy Miss Willie
A. Elicit presided. The Rev. B. t.
Moore. D. D.. pastor. Shiloh Baptist
Church. Wilmington. DEL, the Rev. J. N.
King, pastor Ezion M. e. Church. Will
mIngton. the Rev. Henry Y. Arnett. M.
8. D. D., pastor Of Bethel A. NJ. e.
Church. Wilmington. tho Rev. Or. A. A.
Graham. OF Richmond. Va, the Rev. Or.
Jason OF the State College for colored
youths, Dover. and DR.. Henry. NJ. d..
Of Dover were the visiting delegates.
The address was made by the Hon.
William A. Hewlett, attorney OF Cape
Charles, Va.
Evening journal., 1918-11-27
THAT UNEASY
FEELING

That dull depression. that dragged
out spiritless conditlon-it's bilious
ness.
Why be out Of sorts with yourself
and everybody else when one dose
of Schenck's Mandrake Pills will do
wonders for you.
so years reputation for biliousness
constipation and bilious headache, etc
Csc per box-uneossed or sugar coated
Dr.J.H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia
Evening journal., 1918-11-27
Stomach Misery
Get Rid Of That Sourness, Gas and
Indigestion

when your stomach Is out OF order OF
run down, your food doesn't digest. II fer.
ments In your stomach and forms gas
which causes sourness. heartburn, foul
otssr fssrn miserable s ssymptoms. 81 '
Mi.o.na stomach tablets will give Joy
fui relief in Ave minutes; II taken regu-
lariy for two weeks they will turn your
sweet, energetic. perfect working one.
You can't bc very strong and vigorous II
your food only half digests. Your nppe-
ness. nervousness. sick headache and con-
stipation will follow
Mi-o-na stomach tablets aro small and
,nnis.,,on ann ana anv or All or tbc
above symptoms or money back. For sale
by N. B. Danforth and all leading drug
Evening journal., 1918-11-27
TO PREVENT
INFLUENZA

Spanish influenza, Ia grippe, pnous
monia almost invariably attacks weak,
run down, underweight people, wo have
lowered vitality and weak nerves. Tho
best way to guard against these ,ondi-
tions and to insure having plenty ofuerye
force, strength and surplus vitalityls 10
take a rve-grain food phosphate tblet
known among druggists as Bitro-b hos
phnte) with each meal. This Bitro- hos
platc, eminent physicians state, is qulkIy
converted into healthy, living nerve tfsue.
and Is the nearest In composition to the
nerve cells Of the human body Il INV
known substance. Bitro- Phosphate, is In.
expensive and can be obtained fom ali
good druggists.
Evening journal., 1918-11-27

days with her husband Captain John
p. Virden, in philadelphla.---Nlr. and
Mrs. Allen Maull, OF Wilmington, N. c.,
are visiting his father here.
Evening journal., 1918-11-27
GERMAN PRISONERS
ARE GIVEN FOOTBALL

NE. A. Special to The Evening Journal.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-Germsn prisoners
IN the hands Of the Americans are even
permitted to play football Amazed
that their captors should give them
such a privllege--in sharp contrast TO
treatment the Huns give their prison
ers-the Germans at one prison stock
ade stared incredulously at the football
thrown them. II seemed too good 10
be true. Then, shouting with delight
like children let out Of school, the pris-
oaers picked sides and played game
Of soccer. One side was made up OF
Bavarlans, the other OF Hanoverians.
The Bayarlans won the game, Ave goals
10 one.
Evening journal., 1918-11-27

All successful business folk know
the worth OF WANT AID Advertising
Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-11-27

Pleased landlords ana satisfied ten
ants are the result Of WANT AID dlplo-
mscy.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-11-27
GASOLINE FAMINE
HELPED WHIP HUNS

N. z. A. Special to The Evening Journal.
PARIS. Nov. 21-A gasoline famine
was one Of the contributing factors to
the German downfall. Many Hun motor
tractors were abandoned for lack OF
gasoline. The allied armies found all
In perfect conditlon-with empty tanks.
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
HUNDREDS OF SIGNAL O. T. S.
MEN RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Many More, However, Will Continua
Course and Receive Commissions.
Goodwin Asks Advice.

One hundred and sixty-eight candi-
dates Of the Signal Oficers' Training
School at Franklin cantonment have
been discharged, having been offered
the chance. Many, however, will
complete the course and receive
reserve officers commission. Col.
Christian announced. in an address,
the names of sixty-six candidates who
were positively certain of getting
said commission If they continued the
course.
Secretary Schall Of G hut journeyed
to Philadelphia for a four day vaca-
tion. He will enjoy fine visit, for,
according to Mr.. Schall, Philadelphia
is Arcadia, magnified.
Gwilynn Miles. the "peppy" song
leader, visited his family In New
York for two days last week.
Franklin Carnahan, noted piano
virtuoso, soloist with many leading
symphony orchestras in the country,
has a regular practice hour at G hut.
1t is certainly worth while to drop in
and hear him.
The leading man in last Saturdays
performance Of stop! Look! and
Listen" certainly had an aversion to
second lieutenants. 1t was a source
or much amusement to the soldiers
and source of chagrin for the VIC
Tins to listen to the leading mans
caustic comment.
Robert d. Goodwin, novelist, hu-
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
CELEBRATE RAISING
OF $4,000 FUND
Big Show Given by Meade Soldiers
in Dorsey Hall.

No one can say that the entertainers
Of contributing to the recent war
work campaign, in which $4,000 was
raised in Meade. in the camp, to pass
by unheeded. 1t has always been a
fact that performers were always
about the first to boost a good thing
along, and the same thing can be said
of former show folk here in camp.
When a number of them were given
an opportunity to assist in an enter
tainment held at Dorsey the other
night they eagerly seized the chance
to lend a hand. The show was given
by the Dorsey Improvement ASSOcia-
tion in behalf Of the war workers
campaign, and the evening proved to
be one of the most enjoyable occa-
ton.
The "troupers" from here made the
trip in ''Y" truck, with "Jeff' Fry
at the helm. Jeff" had never been to
Dorsey, but he knew that it was To-
Gated, "the other side of Jessup." Some
replied 1.-The other side is right" The
bunch left the base hospital, all right,
and within ten minutes were right
back where they started from. "Jeff'
had to take lot OF JOSnlng as q re-
suit of losing hts way right off the
bat" Ask Jeff" about his trip to the
oyster supper But that's another
story.
The Dorsey entertainers gave a min
strel show that had the town folks
shieking with laughter from start to
finish. On the ends were Charles
Country and Harry Levine, while AL
Greenbaum worked as interlocutor. liz
the circle were William Hoff, Pease
and Mitchell, the de luxe singing act,
"Y" Secretary Shackley and few
other boys. Country and Lavine gave
the best they had, and each hit the
100 per cent mark by way of spread
ing laughter. Lavine did the Dixie
Volunteers with success, while his
partner did all sorts of things from
reciting genuine sob stun down to his
inimitable imitation of C. Chaplin.
Before the act was over both ends
were out of jokes. but they fixed up
some impromptu stuff that had just
the right flavor. William Hun put on
his dancing number, and before the
folks could get enough William was
in a sorry plight from the lack OF
breath. Pease and Mitchell are the
genuine song birds of the artillery.
Their repertoire wasn't sufficient to
satisfy the demand, and their several
offerings received a great reception:
Secretary tShackley did couple OF
ballads.
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
HER0ISM OF THE MEN
ON BATTLEFIELDS WHO
MARK THE GRAVES

The War Department authorizes the
following:
An institution doing important
work with the American, expedi-
tionary forces in France is the grave
registration service. The mission Of
this service is the recovery of the
dead, the Identification and registra-
tion Of bodies, the location and re-
cording of graves, the sending of this
information to the families of the
deceased and the general care of the
American cemeteries in France.
Under orders from Gen. Pershing the
graves registration. service also CO.
operates with the American Red
Cross in photographing graves and in
distributing, when practicable, such
photographs to the families of the
dead
The Graves Registration Service.
The graves registration service is a
unit of the Quartermaster Corps. and
was established by general orders.
Each unit of this service is composed
of one captain, one lieutenant and
fifty enlisted men. There are now
fourteen of these units serving with
the American Rexpeditionary forces in
France, under the command of Lieut.
Col. Charles c. Pierce, Quartermaster
Corps. Col. Pierce is a retired chap
lain, major OF the Regular Army,
and was pastor of an Episcopal
Church in Philadelphia when the war
began. AS he had been in charge of
similar work in the Philippines, upon
the organization of the graves regis
tration service he volunteered for
performance of which he has been
awarded a promotion.
Letter From Lieut.. Col. Pierce.
The letter that follows was written
and allowances for class A as between
wife and children and as between
children:
Lieut.. Col, Pierce to Maj H. r. Lemly,
chief of the cemeterial branch,
Quartermaster Corps, Washington:
II have just had nine days of the
survey of battle fields and the human
war All that the censors will pass
in the way of news concerning, this
furious drive. in the vast triangular
arena between scissors, Chateau
Thierry and Rheims has already been
given you in the home papers. But
the work that has befallen my de-
partsnent is one of the unpublished
chapters of history. Sufice it to say
that my men have displayed splen-
did sort Of herpism--worthy of the
reddest-blood stock in the world
and that have had occasion to
recommend a number of them for
promotion and some of them for the
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
&C Tent.

4 MAN, you don't mean to tell me that
ySu missed athletic night at c. C.
tent last week, do you? Boy, we had
bSme time. A new stunt called the
II wrestle was pulled off. Bob
J waters Of the 18th Company threw
three men. It was funny to see them
4ugn complete somersault as he
tQksed them. The best thing of the
etening. though, was the boxing. Blad-
ehe and Charles Jones of the 37th
Company gave a classy exhibition,
lit the large crowd went wild over
&e work Of Kid Coleman and Isaiah
dbnes Of the 38th Company. Jones is
q good boxer, but Coleman is a star.
ts covering up, guarding and foot
rork proved unbeatable.
Harry Reynolds sat down at that old
1Aano and led the fellows in singing.
I made that box" talk, and, believe
no, the boys sang.
Take my advice, and go to the tent
al nights. Yon will always find some
ting GOOD there.
@Heard at the mess hall: boy, dis
BOT Brigade is sure hard luck to
worth OBJ tools. Now I can't find none
OF dem. Desc rockies up here mus
aieat dem. I been in de Army since
September 28, 1903, in de 10th Caval-
RI and amt never lost nuthin' befo';
n1w come up yere to dis Depot
Btigade and lose all dem tools. But
4 PAINT gwine lose no money. What
wfd all desc tools laying round here
T9e gwine to pick up some No sir,
Amt gwine pay for nuthing."
Bee. M.-"Soldier. will you please
take some of these papers and give
them TO the fellows in your barracks?"
Private Jones-"Man, does you know
how farzdown de road I lives? l can't
carry all dem papers"
Sec M@-"You can at least take two
or thnees can't your
Private Jones-'Well, 4 suppose I
can talD as much as dem."
Private Johnson-"Now just how
fat does you live down dat road?"
Private Jones-"I'se in de I'd Labor
BaktaliOn. It's way down dere. You
ai4't never been dere."
Z Private Johnson-"I has been dere
an& can prove it. Can't I, secretary
1'ee been down dere."
Private Jones-"Well, den, If you
hap h0w far is it to dere?'
Private Johnson-'If you start now
yok kim git .dere in about q hour an
Private Jones-"But man, don't you
knRw . man is supposed to walk five
miles ina hour?' .tta.
RriymfD Johnson--"Dat'B all right,
ted ! amt underrated you at dat"
a c. tent has lost Secretary Left
wt4h. He goes to take charge at
CapD H0labird.
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28

morist and editor of Column Rights
has been seen writing to BeRtrfc4
Fairfax for advice. Tough luck that
Beatrice isn't interested in Qual@N
city girls. so Goodwin viii have q
accept defeat at the hand OF the
'"more deadly Of the Species"
The Signal Corps camp (Frankliny
Is ftted up with bathtubs and shower6
In every barracks. This Is goinm
some. especially when 1t Is rememe
bered that the coal beavers OF the.
Quartermaster Corps are not so fOp@
tunately situated. -
When Rudolf Chrystel Of the sd
Czecho- -Slovak Regiment came to Camp
Sunday for the big celebration or hia
friends he had the pleasure Of meets
Ing his old friend and side kick, Corps
Louis Kubat Of Company L, 72d Ina
fantry. The Meadite used to be Ia
the 9Th Czecho- -Slovak Regiment, and
the tive deserted from the Austrian
army in the early part of The war and
went over to the Russians. Then they
began the fight for independence 1ON
the Czecho-Slovak nation.
The foreigner was much admired by
the girls and by the Meade soldierA
who had the pleasure of meeting hiuif
He could not speak very fluent Eng@
1ish, but he made himself understood
by his smiles.
The 31st Field Artillery. under Cot
Henry /. Stimson, formerly Secretary
OF War. gave a special review Satur9
day morning in honor of Gen. Carters
Mrs. Stimson was present, as was Mrss
Burr of the Hostess House, whose
husband is Gen. Burr of the Army I'D
France.
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
I'D" Hut.

~ 4AWts
At the same time that the ban was
lifted D hut reopened after having
been closed for about week, during
which time the entire building was
thoroughly cleaned and put in shape
for activities on full program. Since
then capacity houses have been the
rule, and not the exception.
Mr.. Kraybill left his educational du-
ties at "E" to become executive secre-
tary. The others on the staff, Messrs.
De Kay, Latimer, Blewett and Hick-
man. are all comparatively new on the
job
The movies" have been of the best.
Doug Fairbanks is no doubt used to
drawing crowded houses. but he would
seldom find more enthusiastic audi
ences than he did at 3D." Especially
since the Treat 'em roughs" have
come to this neck Of the woods aero
battles and slap-stick comedies are
much appreciated. The boxing bouts
have ranged all the way from slug
ing matches to first-class bouts, such
as the one between Sergt Hahn and
Corp. Underwood. Last Tuesday there
was a particularly fine address by
Lieut.. Cru of the French High Com
mission. in which he told many of his
experiences in the trenches. Follow
ing this was a musical entertainment
by Mrs. and the Misses Howard of
Baltimore, who played the cello, violin
and piano. and sang both for and with
the boys.
We are sure that most of the men
love their officers. but usually we are
afraid they are not as thoughtful and
considerate as the man who wrote this
letter:
Dear Captain: am A. w. o. L. again.
but don't worry, I'll be back in a few
days.
Have you ever tried to tell the time
by clock that has a third hand for
the date of the month? One darky
here did. Say, look at dat clock; dat
amt right, dere's somethin' de matter
wild de hans"
The Other Darky-"Co'se dey is, mig
gar; dat's de reason it's in de Deve'p-
ment battalion"
Lieutenant-Look here, private, you
ought to salute me. What company do
you belong to?
Private-Why, belongs to the Y. M.
c. A. company. boss; dat big green
building is my headquarters.
J. p. HICKMAN. ..
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
"N0 MANS LAND"
By CAPT. HOWARD J. BOLTZ, o. 8. u
fAntry, 1918.
Some Gun.

From London Tit-Bits.
A British soldier met an American
soldier in London, and conversation
ensued during which the absorbing topic
of the day cropped up.
What do you think of Fritz's big
gun that's shelling Parish" asked the
,Briton.
''Oh, not much" said the American.
but come" said the Briton, 'ft's a
pretty tidy gun that can put a shell
over seventy miles,
''Oh, that's nothing" retorted the
American. Jest you wait bit. We're
making gun in Chicago that can nut
it in the shade. The first time we fire
1t the gun crew are getting a fortnight's
leave, to wait for the recoil.'
-Gorddn.
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
Driving q Bargain.

tNm tha Boston Transcript.
Eother--Where have you been, you
bal b0y3 You should be ashamed to
worry y0nr mother so.
BobbY-Well, ma, I'll be ashamed
that / worried you If you'll promise
not to tel pa anything that'll worry
me.
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Does that new restaurant serve
,.splerdidl Why. even the prom1stpr
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28

bestowal Of the distinguished servicG
cross.
"Just now I am burning midnight
incandescence In order to send you
my departure In the morning for
another long journey in O rogiOn
where trouble Is massing and my
forces need to be deployed in readfs
ness for the sort of trouble that does
not always wait for men to be ready
One must watch the signs and play
the game according to ones best
Judgment as to where and when the
opening guns of the next great ona
.slaught are to be heard.
"Weirdness Of Wonder.n
Their is weirdness of wonder
about 1t all-these overarching skies
of beauty and these fertile fields.
dotted here and there with the crush.
ed homes of absent populations; these
devastated spots, where once the
laughter of children and the Grooming
Of happy mothers and the call Of the
cdurch for people to kneel at the vii.
lage shrines for benediction have 80
often hlIed the air, and to which q
rev furt1ve refugees creep back s0me~
times to find only dumb, dead dust
and debris, and then to hear the thurs
der of wild cannonade and the whix.
zing Of myriads Of aircraft as they
hur. splitting bombs at every move
ing object on the landscape
-Four times In a single day on my
last trip we were compelled to find
shelter from these sleuths of the sky.
and sometimes the notes they drop
led were quite discordant and not
comfortably distant.
Can you fancy a lot of young men
going calmly about their duty under
bursting shells and bombs that excas
vate cellar every time they strike
the ground. going about to minister
10 the dead, laying out cemeterfess
and putting up crosses over the
graves OF their valorous and fallen
comrades as fast as the grenades OF
hate can tear them down? Then you
VIII know. the place of these brave
lads of mine. who worry when they
see me. lest may have 1t in mind to
move them to a safer place.
AND the men who are going over
the top! All, you will need rapiA
transit to keep up with them, for they
nave the crusaders spirit and they
on with rush that the Hun cannot
understand. Germany would yield to-
morrow If her imperious Hohenzol-
Terms could only sense the spirit OF
these intrepid men who have crossed
me me sea to conquer and to conserve
~. ~ . 'NOolo Hcy Will Win ana
they have no other thought
Often have the privilege of
preaching to them as layman; and I
give you my word that / have never
looked into such faces before. Per-
haps have seen as comely features.
but there is fire in all these eyes
and the, light of a sublime consecra-
ton such as the world has never seen.
save in the faces of martyrs, who
deemed 1t an honor to die for cause"
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28


Chaplain Morris delivered his first
talk to the boys at song service Sum-
day night The chaplain was former
ly on the 'Y" STAFF Of this building as
religious director, and 1t seemed like
old times to see him before the boys.
We are fortunate in having fine
types of Christian gentleman as
chaplains of the 1st and 4th Bat
talions. Chaplains Shirley, Mcdonald
and Hamilton make a combination
hard to beat, while the work of Chap
lain Morris is already wellknown.
Sergt. White Of the 18th Company
put his team on the map by defeat
ing the 18th Company in the first
basket ball game of the season by
the score Of 1913.
In the two weeks since the influenza
ban was lifted the boys have put on
eight volunteer concerts, which
speaks well for the talent of this
area. They are like base ball, they
follow the (Mr.) Flagg.
The vital question, Hey, Sec, going
to have movies tonight?"
Add non-essential citizens-The
soldier who chews tobacco-IN THE
HUT.
The Qld faces are getting scarce
arou4d these parts. Good luck.
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
Base Hospital Notes.

The men of the Medical Detachment
have formed an interbarracks basket
ball league, and from these teams
team will be formed to represent this
area. This team will play the camp
teams, and, as there is an abundance
of good players here, should give a
good account of itself.
Two games were played last week,
Barracks No. 46 and Barracks No. z
being the victorious teams. The gym
nasium floor of the new Y building at
the base makes an ideal place to play.
Barracks 40. Positions. Barracks 4.
Viehmeyer. ....... Guard. ...... 80. Patrick
McGreger. ......... Guard. 80. .Brannigan
Hibbits. .......... Center. ..........F. Kelly
CORY. y...............For Forward. 80. .Coursen
Tyrrel. ..............Fo Forward. ........J. Kelly
Substitutes: Barracks 46-Williams. Booze.
Time of halves-Twenty minutes. Referee
Joe Farkas. Score-Barracks 49, II; Barracks
4. 4.
Barracks z. Positions. Barracks 8.
Laird. Guard. ..... .... .Brittel
Kronthal. ........ Guard. :. ..... .Leventhal
DuntOn. Center. .McDonagh
Gaul.. Forward. Sector
Finkelsfein. Forward. -. .Cerabone
Time Of halves-Twenty nsinutes. Referee
WF. Wfl1iams.; Gcoge-bafxAeks z, 1es Bar
RACKS = 4 fsstf tF3Fi 49,
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28
"B" Notes.

Foot ball is in the air. In a hard
fought game last Friday the 4th
Development Battalion defeated the
418th Labor Battalion by the score
of 100. The star of the game was
Clay at quarter for the development
boys
Trench and camp., 1918-11-28

Sergt. Coughlin must be popular in
the big city nearby. What is a
twenty minute call in his young
lie?
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-17
TO OPPOSE FINING
 OF COTTON PRICES

Washington, Sept. l6.-Protest against any steps being taken by the government looking to the fixing of cotton prices will be made tomorrow to President Wilson by committees appointed for that purpose hy confer enceS of Southern senators and repre- sentatives last Saturday. Other en- agreements prevented the president from seeing them today.
 This action resulted from the state ment made public last week by Presi- dent Wilson upholding plan an nounced earlier by Chairman Baruch of the War Industries Board, provid ing for appointment of committee of three to investigate the cotton sit uation and to fix prices if necessary. Senators and representatives declare no authority under the law gives gov ernment officials such power
 Arrangements for the conference with the president were made by Sen ator Smith of South Carolina, chair man of the Senate committee. Sena- tor Robinson of Arkansas, in con ference with the president late today, called attention to the harm that will come from such action, and opposed any effort to fix the price for the present crops.