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Evening journal., 1918-05-22
FAIR ASSOCIATION
HURRIES NEW HOME

At a meeting of the directors OF the
Delaware State Fair Association yes
terday afternoon, the i05-foot strip Of
land lying along the Baltimore and Ohio
Railrosd was ordered sold to that com
pany. This land had been requested
by the railroad authorities in Washing.
ton for increased siding facilities near
the B. and o. yards. On account OF
this sale, the engineer was authorized
TO make relocRtions OF buildings
The building committee reported thai
two horse barns would be finished in
a few weeks
An investigation will be made by GER
tain members OF the board OF directors
as to the relative merits OF different
water systems.
Detailed reports OF construction were
made by 6. H. Wilson, Jr, secretary OF
the Fair Association. Two cattle barns
are being built OF hollow tile TO ac-
cOmmodste i44 head OF cattle each, and
the track is nearly graded.
The directors who attended yester-
days meeting in the secretary's office
were Frederick Brady, II. F. dupont
J. F. White, Richard Bucklnham. Lam
bert j. Foulk, Charles Megginson. Fred
erick Snyder, Joseph Gould and 5. II.
Wilson, Jr. Frances NJ. SOper, OF
Camden. and Oliver A. Newton were
elected 10 Nil the two
on the board.
The next meeting Of the directors
will be held May is.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
EDEN LODGE MEETING.

Members OF Eden Lodge are requested
TO assemble at Eden Hall, at 730 O'Clock
on Thursday evening, to participate in
the Red Cross parade. The regular
meeting Of the lodge will be held at J
O'Clock.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
ARTFUL DODGER
HAS NO CHANCE
Put a few drops on that old
touchy corn then lift it
out without pain
....'.-.-.-.-.-.-...s-

Ouch 9i?l This kind of. rough
talk Will be heard less here in town il
people troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice Of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that q few drops
of a drug called freezone when applied
to a tender, aching corn stops soreness
at once. and soon the corn dries up
and lifts right out without pain. A
delightful surprise awaits all who try
this.
He says freezone is a sticky substance
which dries Immediately and never in
flames or even irritates the surround
ing tissues or skin. A quarter OF an
ounce Of freezone which will.cost very
little at any drug store, is said to be
sufficient 10 remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet Millions
OF American women will welcome this
announcement since the inauguration
Of the high heels.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
INsIITuTE IIRRARY MORK

At the meeting Of the board OF man
ayers Of the Free Library, held last
evening, the report Of Arthur L. Bailey,
librarian, showed that during April the
total number Of books issued for home
use was 26,Si6, an increase Of 3,i97, the
larger part Of this increase coming from
the Central Library, which circulated
~ 449 volumes. BrandyNvine Branch
showed an increase OF 633 volumes,
while other agencies OF distribution
showed Slight decreases.
After several weeks Of closing on
Sunday the library was re-opened from
to o'clock, and the number using
the library was i57. which was so less
Nthan during April, 1917. Four hundred
sno sixty borrowers were registered
making the net registration 1908
The usual routine work Of the IL
brary was carried out in full, although
the 1000 books given for the soldiers
entailed much additional work. In pre-
pairing these books for use in camp H.
braries the library staff has been very
materially reinforced by the voluntary
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
COUNTY TO repair
MANY HIGHWAYS
Also Awards Contract for
Rebuilding st. Georges
Marsh Banks
REJECT BID ON
ST. GEORGES ROAD

Contracts for distributing stone on the
county roads north Of the canal for ap-
plying top dressing OF tar on all roads
OF the county, and for the building Of
the Delaware river bank OF the st.
Georges March Company. between
Delaware City and Port Penn, were
awarded by the Levy Court at It's ses-
sion yesterday afternoon The entire
session was devoted 10 consideration Of
bids for work on the county roads and
on the river bank.
A. II. Mcdowell. OF Marshallton, was
awarded the contract for the distrib-
uting Of stone on the roads OF the
county, designated as group "B" south
OF the canaD w. S. French was award
ed the contract for the tar treatment Of
the county roads at his bid Of 10 cents
per square yard; and the Jones Con-
sTuction Company received the con-
tract for the rebuilding Of the Delaware
river bank Bids for these contracts
were received by the court at It's meet
ing last week.
The Jones Construction Company was
awarded the river bank contract when
II agreed to reduce its bid 10 cents per
cubic yard. The United States Govern
ment VIII pay for the work on the bank /
directly In front OF It's lighthouse prop
erty and the balance Of the cost viii /
be divided between the Levy Court and |
he Marlin-Rockwell Loading Company
which is constructing a plant in that
vicinity less such amounts as shall be
paid by the st. Georges Marsh Com
lany. The bank to be built extends
bout two miles, and II is estimated
hat the work will cost about $4,000.
Bids. received last week, for dlstrlbu-
ing stone on the roads Of the county.
as group "A" below tn
anal were rejected by the court and
he county engineer authorized TO re-
dvertise for bids. making two divisions
4 the group, one 10 include those roads
4 Blackird and Appointments
and the other to include all
he remaining roads in the group The
Xtent Of the roads below the canal is
bout fifty miles.
The three bids received by the court
I its session yesterday morning for the
OF an asphalt penetration
0ad through the town OF st. Georges
we're rejected and the county engineer
authorized 10 readvertse for bids for
he construction OF an asphalt and con-
rete road through the town. This
ction was taken as the bids were con
idered too high and 1t is felt that a
oncrete road, which is equal to an
sphalt road, can be constructed at less
spense FThe order OF the oil division
( the fuel administration at Washing :
on last week, limiting the shipments
Z petroleum for the making Of asphalt.
oad binder and the like was also a
ause for the action.
John Sarcoski Of this city, was elected
for Wilmington hundred for
he ensuing year.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
SEVERE WINTER KILLS
MANY BELGIAN HARES

r. II. Phillips, proprietor OF the
Peninsula Hotel in Salisbury Nd. was
In town last evening. He was enter
talned at dinner at the Hotel dupont BY
his brother, Olen F. Phillips, OF this
city.
The Phnlipses are two Of the largest
breeders OF Belgian hares on the Del
marvia Peninsula On their farm near
Salisbury they have GOO Of the animals
and before the end OF the year. expect
TO double or treble their stock. For
the accommodation Of the animals and
the big increase looked for, they have
built mp an elaborate up-to-date and
scientific plant They have put in some
registered stock, but expect 10 make a
specially Of raising hares for the meat
and not for prize purposes. II they
have success in the undertaking, they
expect eventually TO have at least 1900
does on the farm, and with this many
hares they can depend on shipping a
very large number Of young hares killed
for their meat every week. They plant
certain crops on their farm for the pur-
pose Of furnishing feed for the hares,
and gave gone into the business in a
scientific way. They are convinced that
there Is nothing which can be made
more profitable on the farm than the
raising Of Belgian hares, and have come
to this conclusion after making a very
close study OF the conditions surround
ing the industry Many persons who
are interested in the industry are visit
Ing the farm to get information and to
see the manner in which Il Is 1tted up
for the business.
During the intensely cold weather last
winter the Phillipses last 200 young
hares, but that fact has not caused
them to lose faith in the success Of the
enterprise.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
BmDMAN ALIGHTs HERE

: Running out OF gasoline. an aviator
In a military alrplane descended on the
farm OF j. Atwood Wehn. neac Blue
Ball, at noon yesterday. A largo crowd
gathered at the place, attracted by the
descent Of the machine. According to
Mrs Weldin, the birdman would give
no information as TO his destination.
but simply inquired as TO where he
could obtain the necessary gasoline
and stated that he would spend no
time here. While he was at the farm
the regular L. S. Mail aeroplane passed
nOrthWard.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22

work Of various young women from
the High School Over 1000 books were
turned in, and At the present time.
about half Of them have been prepared
for use.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
NOTICE.

All members Of jefferson Lodge. No
?, !. o. o. F., are requested to report at
the building at 7i5, to join in the
Red Cross parade.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
NOTICE.

All members Of Jefferson Lodge. No
2. !. o. O. F.. are requested to report at
the building at 715, to Join in the
Red Cross parade.--Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
DRUG sTORE IN THE DUPONT.

Included in the Improvements to the
Hotel dupont IS a drug store IN the
space now occupied by the brokerage
Offices OF C. l. Hudson and Company,
while the brokerage Offices win be
moved TO a position back Of the regis
try counter The drug store VIII
Evening journal., 1918-05-22

face the corridor leading TO The Play
house and also TO The corridor on the
north side OF the store. On tie eas'
side Of The Playhouse. extending
towards Eleventh street. there viii be
a gentlemen's lounging room and
restaurant, which will be two stories
in height and have a glass dome.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
KEEP SUPPLIES ron pED CROss

The Red Cross has had great difficulty
in obtaining bags TO contain the do
nations Of miscellaneous material
which is being contributed by the peo-
pie Of the city. People living on the
east side are requested to hold their
donations a week or ten days until
the necessary containers can be pro-
cured All gifts will be called for,
II is announced.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
JT is sERGEANr RuRRnws

KELLY FIELD. Texas, May 22.-James
r. Burrows, Of Wilmington. Del. who
enlisted in the aviation section signal
corps on March 49, has been appointed
acting first sergeant on Line III, Trades
Division, First Training Brigade.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-27
Guynemer's Boyhood Forecast Aces Future

air battles. A rather more perronal de-
scription is recorded by M. Bordeaux,
quoting from the Journal des Debdts. The
writer says:
"He was restless looking little boy,
thinner and paler than the others, whose
round, black eyes seemed to shine with a
sombre brilliance Those eyes, which
eight to ten years later were 10 hunt and
pursue so many airplanes, were passion
ately self-willed. The same temperament
is evident in snapshot of the same period
in which Georges is seen playing at war.
"Tbe college register Of this year tells
us he had clear, active, well balanced
mind, but that he was thoughtless, mis-
chief making, disorderly, careless; that he
did not work and was undisciplined
though without malice; that he was very
proud and ambitious 10 attain first rank
In fact at the end Of the first year young
Guynemer received the first prize for
Latin translation, the first prize for arith-
metic and four honorable mentions"
NJ. Bordeaux's book, @The Life Of Guy
nemer, Knight of the Air." is repiete with
similar personal descriptions and its Eng
hsh version should prove as popular as
has the original. .s'
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"Guynemer, who was somewhat weak
and siekly, always remained private SOL
der. His comrades, who wanted a gen.
eral with strength enough to maintain au-
thority, never dreamed of placing him at
their head. But when choice of soldiers
was to be made his name was called among
the first, for he was counted among the
best.
although he had not much strength,
he had agility, a quick eye, cleverness,
cautiao and a talent for strategy. He
played his game himself, not liking to
take suggestions from his chiefs. He fol-
lowed his own ideas. Always he attacked
the strongest enemy and attacked those
comrades who held the highest rank.
with the suppleness of a eat he climbed
trees, flung himself TO the ground, crept
along barriers, slipped between the legs
Of his adversaries and bounded tri-
umphantly off with number of brassards.
It was a great joy to him 10 bring the
trophies to his general"
The abbe's portrait delineates nearly all
the characteristics that made Guynemer
the ace Of aces. The individuality of his
fighting, his skill and daring, his bent for
strategy al counted TO the extreme in his
-
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INTERESTING light on the boyhood Of
i Georges Guynemer, the great French
zee, is given by book written by Henry
Bordeaux and just translated into Eng
ish by Mrs. Louise Morgan Still. His
father placed Georges IN Stanislaus Col
lege, Paris, at the age Of II, and one of
the projects there, the Able Chesnais, in
hitherto unpublished notes says Of his
pupil:
"His eyes vivid;y expressed the head
strong, fighting nature of the boy; he did
not care for quiet games, but was devoted
to those requiring skill, agility and force.
He liked best of all Ia petite guerre,
highly popular among the younger
classes.
"The players were divided in two
srmies, each commanded by a general
chosen by the pupils themselves, and hav-
ing officers Of all ranks. Each soldier
wore on his left arm movable brassard.
The object of the hattie was the capture
of a flag, and its defence, set up on col
urnn or a wall or a tree in the courtyard.
The soldier from whom his brassard was
taken was considered dead.
- :,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-27

milk on the market. In the Puget Sound
district around Seattle labor has taken
over thirty-one single and lumber mills.
1t is generous checks from the unions
that have enabled cooperation to move
forward so rapidly in this district. The
market and the milk projects have
brought ready contributions from the
farmers. One union, the ship builders,
which numbers 10000 men in Seattle,
has given checks running as high as ST.
600 at a time.
The initial opposition, while embaras-
sing, was from the cooperators' point OF
view very beneficial, as it aroused among
working people and farmers the enthusi-
asm and the sustained effort necessary to
the movement.
In Montana the cooperative movement
really never became vigorous antil at
tackled by mining and milling interests
at was what put punch into the group"
explained delegate from that part of the
country.
In Great Falls, Mon, a smelling town
of about 10000, the cooperative associa-
ton which had organized an Office to sell
wheat in st. Paul, found itself opposed
by the millers who retaliated by refusing
to sell flour in Great Falls. This proved
to be an opportunity for the small local
cooperative store which the association had
started. 1t secured flour from independ-
emit millers and sold to the whole city. Get
ting the -four to Great Falls over the rail-
road was q problem, for some influence
would keep sidetraeking the freight. But
oooperators saw to it that friendly rail-
way employees kept slipping the freight
along and so the cooperative won.
Now Has Chain of 100 Stores.
The next move of private interests was
one that really made the cooperative store.
Labor was getting so powerful in the city
that at the suggestion of the Employers
Association the business men closed every
store in town to bring labor to terms. An
other opportunity for the little cooperative
store which was still so small that it had
been overlooked as the weak point in the
campaign. The cooperative fed the town
it happened that the store had just got
in large stock Of goods-but it was prob
lematical how long it could continue to do
so. There was just one days supply left
when the business men gave in and opened
their doors again. To-day this eoopera-
tive has grown TO wholesale with chain
of 100 stores. g..
Delegates crowded around the modest
little Scotchman who toIA the tale. "And
you people did all that" "And we-never
heard of it p men exclaimed rs they shook
his hand in turn.
In Illinois there is chain Of seventy
cooperative stores. 1--WE organized" the
miners said, because we couldn't keep
wages going up as fast as the price Of
goods" Here it Is the Italians who are
proving their ability as cooperators. In
one town where a cooperative had Just
been started an Italian came in and asked
the manager, "You could use one thou
sand dollarf / have one thousand dollar.
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than business meeting. 1t was a good
deal like one of those family conventions
where all of the Towards or the Perkinses
come together for the first time and dis
cover what their kin, whom they have
never met before, are doing. Only, Of
course, there were collective human inter-
est stories rather than individual MARIA
tives, for that is the crux of cooperation.
No natural leader can get anywhere
alone in this field. It's the sustained and
united effort of group that makes a sue
cessful cooperative store. The proves Of
cooperators in Seattle might have sug-
gested the cloud of glory that always
hangs over the almost mythical exploits
Of our ancestors had the Seattle story
not been so very modern and so replete
with figures.
Seattle Leads in Cooperative Work.
In less than four years Seattle has
reached point where it leads every other
city in the country in its cooperative
projects. The cooperative ball was really
set rolling by laundry employers who ig-
nored the minimum wage law for women,
with the result that group of laundry
workers decided to raise money and run a
laundry Of their own, and succeeded in
doing so after a struggle with certain bust
ness interests that hampered the project
at every turn.
Secret, battling complications delayed
the erection and control of their building.
Then it was found impossible to get any
firm on the coast or for a long way east
which handled laundry machinery to sell
them equipment. Certain firms confessed
that they had been warned that private
laundry owners would never do business
with them again if they sold to the CO.
operative.
At last a firm that was going out Of
business sold and sent them the ma
chinery, which was secretly delivered, in
stalled and kept under guard. Finel at
last they were going to do business. But
they found that no one would sell them
soap, starch and other supplies of that
nature. The eooperators had finally to
hunt salesman who would buy the goods
and have them delivered in his cellar,
from where they were secretly carried by
night.
At last the laundry opened. To-day it
is doing a business of $1,000 a week. The
corporations have also developed bakery
with three sales rooms and restaurants.
They have taken over the city market,
selling meats, dairy products, fruits and
vegetables. The sales in the meat depart
ment alone were $57 900 last month.
Helps Dairy Farmers Greatly.
Nor has cooperation stopped here. 1t
owns the largest sausage plant in Seattle,
has taken over slaughter house, and on
appeal from the farmers, who were get
ting only 20 cents gallon for milk that
retailed at go cents gallon, has rescued
them from the distributors by buying
$4,000 plant, which is being enlarged to
three times its former size, and will soon
put cooperative brand of condensed
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National Wholesale Organization Formed Successfully West
Encouraging Spread of Movement Eastward-Brooklyn
f=@~" Woman Leader in New York City

THE first national convention to dis
l. cuss cooperation, recently held in
Springfield, Ill, was significant event in
che rapidly growing cooperative move
ment in this country. Cooperative mar
keting associations have had marked sue
cess In the United States, but the exist
ence Of cooperative stores was for years
precarious- To-day they are prospecting
and this is largely due TO the interest and
enthusiasm with which working men are
taking hold Of them.
This is illustrated by the personnel Of
the convention. When the Cooperative
League of America issued call for this
first national gathering it remained to be
seen who would respond. The first day
Of the congress revealed the fact that the
delegates who had travelled from New
England, from the mining districts Of the
Alleghanies and the Central and north
Central States, the men who had come
over the Rockies from the California coast
and the Puget Sound district, the cooper
ators from the smelling regions Of Mon
tana, from industrial cities Ike Cleveland
and Chicago, were predominantly labor
men.
Seven Wholesale Ones Merged.
The significant event of the convention
from business point Of view was the
merging of the seven cooperative whole
sales in this country into the National Co.
operative Wholesale. The president Is
Dalton C. Clark, head Of the cooperative
wholesale for the tri-States district Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and Oho) the
vice-president, Carl Lunn, head Of the Co
operative wholesale for the Puget Sound
district; the secretary Duncan
Mcdonald, formerly treasurer of the
United Mine Workers and now head Of
the cooperative wholesale for the Central
States district. The four other directors
are Ernest o. F. Ames, head of the CO.
operative wholesale for the Pacific coast
district; 4. E. Grendahl, head of the CO.
operative wholesale for the Eastern dis
trict; John Nummivuori, head Of the CO.
operative wholesale for the north Central
States district, and C. F. Lowrie, head of
the cooperative wholesale for the North
west district.
That was surprise number one, the for
nation Of national wholesale. The next
astounding thing was the discovery that
this combination represents a turnover of
SO, 200, 600 from consumers cooperatives
and nearly $1OO,OOO,O0O from producers
cooperatives. This group does not repre-
sent more than a third of the business
done by cooperatives in the United States.
The Cooperative League of America has
up to date discovered 1000 cooperative
stores in the country, and part of the
work of the new wholesale eombina-
ton Will be to affiliate the two-thirds
that are still isolated and not receiving
the benefits of the wholesale discounts rep
resented by the allied group.
The three days convention was really
more like a continuous surprise party
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-26

TO RENT or three furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. Mrs J. F.
Bailey, j. Green St 2l9-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-26

WANTED-Two men for >utting logs
and chopping four-foot wood. Holden &
Martin Lumber Co. 5I.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-26
Sergeant Killed, Brother Wounded.

ST. ALBANS. Nov 26-Mr and Mrs.
NJ. l.. Tatro have received official mott
fication that their elder son, Sergt. Ar
thur l.. Tatro, was killed in action Nov.
5, also that their son. Henry Tatro. was
wounded while on sentry duty. degree
undetermined Scrgt. Arthur Tatro en-
listed in Company b, Isl Vermont regi-
mcnt, in July, 1917. which at that time
was NJ Fort Ethan Allen. He came here
from Plattsburgh. y. Y, where he was
employed rs chef at the Witherell
House, to enlist. From Camp Bartlett,
Westfeld, Mass, he went overseas Sept.
81, 1917, and he was q member of Com
pany b, l93d machine gun battalion
The last letter which his mother re-
ccived from him was dated October IA.
1t told Of his good health and his pro
motion from mess sergeant to sergeant
in charge of 4 squad of men. Il surely
viii make good now" wrote the boy
TO his mother. Sergeant Tatro. who was
"a years old Oct. S, attended school here
and graduated from the business col
lege ut Hamilton. Ont.