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PURCHASING POWER OF MON
EY IN WAR TIME

Pointing out that never before
in history has an understanding
OF the simple principle of econ
omics been so sorely needed, "a
committee Of eminent economists
engaged in the study of the pur-
chasing power of money in war
time, issued today its first public
statement.
After exhaustive investigation
this committee has reached its
conclusion unanimously 1t would
impress upon us the imperative
need Of a reduction Of consump-
tiOn and an increase of produc-
ton, of the repression of nom
essentials, and of promotion of
organization and redirection Of
industry.
I'm meeting the great national
readjustment to war conditions"
the committee says, 1--WE must not
let our 'business-as-usuar inn
pulses prevent the needed saving
and shifting of industry, lest we
pay a terrific penalty in higher
cost Of living and national inef-
flciency."
The committee finds the pub
lie confused and vacillating be-
tween two economic philosophers
the simple, direct, old
fashioned, correct philosophy of
saving and working and the fall
laciOus philosophy, best epitom-
lied as business as usual. "
zone of our greatest perils in
the future lies in further credit
expansion" the committee says,
land this peril comes largely
from our lending by borrowing" 8"
The committee points out the
right way and the wrong way to
lend money to our country.
1.-THE right way" it says, "is the
frank and honest way of saving
up the money by spending less
or earning more; the wrong way
is the at first cheap and easy,
although ultimately costly and
painful way, Of lending the Gov
ernment what we borrow at the
bank"
by giving up nOnessentials to
buy Government securities" the
committee further says, I'VE al
low the Government to buy war
essentials and at the same time
release productive energy from
the making of nonessentials for
us to the making of essentials
for the Government"
But" it goes on to say, eff
we won't make the needed sacri-
flee and perhaps delude ourselves
into believing that we do not
haYe to do so or even that we
ought not to do so, that, on prin-
cip'e, we favor business as
usual for ourselves while ex-
pecting business unusual to be
superadded by the Government,
we simply go through the mo-
tiOns of giving our billions to
the Government without really
The record., 1918-02-12

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Of testimonials.
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The record., 1918-02-12
NOTICE EoR PuRLIcATIoM

Department Of the Interior, U.
S. Land ONCE at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, January 12, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that
j. TrelOar, whose post
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
Say He Threatened
LIFE Of President
St9bo Pleads Not Guilty
and Will Give Bail
Pending Trial
MAXIMUM PENALTY
IS TWENTY YEARS

John Stobo, a structural engineer of
this city, employed at the Benzol
Products Company plant at ClaymonL
who was indicted by the Federal grand
jury yesterday afternoon on charge
Of threatening the life Of President
Wilson, was arroigned before Judge
Bradford this morning, having been ar
rested on a bench warrant at his home
i'm Van Buren street near Ninth street
cg7ly last evening.
Stobo. who is represented by An
drew e.. Gray, had s. d. Townsend act
as his attorney today. Mr.. Townsend
stating 90 the court that Mr.. Graya,vas
not able 90 Doe present
The indictment on which the arrest
was made alleges That Stobo on three
different occasions while in This city
since last August had used this Ian
guage: THE President ought 90 be shot
and ] would like TO be the one 90 do
IT,"
Stobo entered a plea of not guilty
today and bail was fixed at $500. Thi.
will be- furnished by a honding com
pany. according tO his attorney late
This afternoon. The court also alloWe &c
Slobo ten days IN which 90 change hii
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FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE
FOR BANK CASHIER
Robert Douglass Pleads
Guilty TO Making False
Entry in Book
MAKES DENIAL OF
FELONIOUS INTENT

Robert Douglas. Of Niddletown. for
mer cashier OF the Peoples National
Bank there who was indicted by the
Federal Grand Jury yesterday afternoon.
on a charge OF altering entries in the
hanks books. with intent TO defraud,
entered a plea Of guilty when arraigned
before Judge Edward Il. Bradford, in
the United states District Court, Qt
noon today. Douglass. who had been
on bail for several months, arrived here
this morning and appeared i'm court ac-
companied by Fred a. Brady, Of Mid
dletowm Tie was not represented by
counsel and when asked 90 plead, said
81 am guilty Of making the false entry,
but not with felonious intent A plea
NJ guilty was then entered and District
Attorney Charles +. Curley moved that
sentence boy imposed
In imopsing sentence. Judge Bradford
stated that he would place the mini
mum sentence. which was the costs oi
the case and i've years Imprisonment
i'm the atlanta, Ga, penitcntary.
Douglass did NOT appear 90 bs affect
ed. The trip 20 Atlanta may b. started
this evening by plputy United states
Marshal Conway.
The indictment lo which pousips-
pleaded guilty charged him with max
ing a false entry OF Sl,2oO In She books
of the bank.
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EXEMPTION BOARDS
Retreat FRON cold
Court House Boiler Bursts,
Leaving Building With
out Heat
SOME EXAMINATIONS
OFF FOR PRESENT

Officials nd clerks Of the four local
exemption boards who have charge of
the work OF summ0ning men for the
new national army We're up against
10" this morning. Sometime last night
the boiler attached % the heating ap-
paratus in the basement Of the old
Court House burst. putting the heating
system out Of commission and leaving
the old court house where the eXeihp-
tion headquarters are located. without
any heat and as a result the big struc-
ture today was more like cold storage
plant than a place for human habita-
ton.
Consequently the entire Government
machinery I'm connection with the Sc
lection Of men for the army was al
most paralyzed. As 10 was beyond hui
man endurance for any one 60 remain
I'm the Offices because of the cold the
boards had TO close for the day or seek
other quarters. Just when the heating
plant will be repaired and again M
service is a question that could not Doe
determined today and 10 is not thougnl
nrobable that the exemption boards
win be able TO resume work at their
accustomed places until next Monday
at the earliest. 40
Local Board no 4 had summoned iO'
men for physical examination today,
hut these examinations had TO he called
or. The men were reporting an morn
ing. but il was not expected that they
would be asked TO strip for the eNaini-
nation i'm the cold bpilding They Wer,
accordingly informed that there would
Continued on Page TWo.)
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
.SANNIES READY
FOR HUN ATTACK
ON Their front
Raids on Lorraine Sector
Regarded as Warning of
Coming Battle
TROOPS SHOW BRAVERY
UNDER SHELL FIRE
BY Tho United Press.

BY Tho United Press.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-I nder almost
ceaseless fire from the German guns
American troops holding q section Of
the battlefront In Lorraine are prcpar-
ing for German assault of great
magnitude.
"The repeated raids against the
American lines since discovery OF
Pershing's front line trenches indicate.
military men believe that The Germans
are trying ont ihc strength of the force
preliminary 90 an assault.
Successive German raids on January
90 "a and %. apparently launched 90
Identify troops In the American sector
resulted In five Americans helms Killed
and ten wounded There followed n
period Of several days pause. prcsum-
ably while reports of results were for
w0rded 20 German general hoadquar-
tcrs, During This cessation from at
tack a heavy fire was dropped contnu-
ously on the American trenches.
Then on january 27. the assaults We're
resumed IN greater violence with
heavier artillery and mrrago Gre pre-
paraiion. three Americans being Killed
and sixteen wounded in action during
the ensuing days.
All of the Germans war weapons
We're thrown into This ilrc-gas shells
/ included with the evident intention of
Z testing tho American nerve under
stress
Every raid was rcpulsed hy the Amer
leans and the harrage was answered
gun for gun.
Through thc misis that hang over ~
mans Land the eyes of the world are
centered on the sector held by Per
shing's men as the 0rst great strok'
AGAINST them Is awaited.
Already there have come FROM th
front stories OF the bravery OF Ameri
cans under nrc-storie- 0f soldiers ighl
ing with their fists io resist capture ai
tor their guns had been rendered us'
less and since tho American troops too
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SOLDIERS
FROM CAMP DIX

Frank Mackem and Harry Virgins,
United states soldiers members of the
Delaware regiment az Camp Dix, We're
arrested yesterday by Onlcer Hunter for
begging money. The men were arraign-
ed 10 Municipal Court today and order
ed held for the military authorities at
Camp Dix.
Virgins lfas been before the court on
the following charges during The last
fow years Twice for drunkenness,
twice for disorderly conduct, once for
receiving stolen goods. once for Tres
pass once Tor breach of The peace twice
FOR carrying concealed deadly weapons
and once for pointing firearms and has
served several years in the workhouse
Virgins is a brother of the Homer O..
Virgins who figured in a general shoot
Ing AFFAIR in This city few years ago,
and who finally killed himself when the
police were about 10 arrest him.
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NOVATER.FLANES
LICK UP DOCTOR s
HONE::L0SS HEAVY
Robin Residence Containing
Medical Laboratory and
Library, Smoldering Ruin
HOT Goals FROM heater
MAY HAVE Started FIRE

Handicapped by frozen water mains
which prevented them from using their
fire lighting apparatus, lwo-thirds Of the
local fire department battled with a fire
shortly after Z o'clock this morning
which Quilted the handsome residence
and office of Dr. Albert Robin. at the
northwest corner of Seventh and Rod
ney streets. shortly after the fire was
discovered by Russell Brown who re-
sides at the home OF Mrs. J.. j. Purci-
val. No. 1908 West seventh street and
John Feasting, a motorman on a West
Eighth street car, who was passing
along Eighth street with his car, the
men entered the burning building by
way Of a second story window leading
from a front porch and aroused Dr..
and Mrs Robin and other members OF
the family. They We're assisted TO safe
iy through window in the rear
while a Miss Barnhlll and a Miss Neus-
ser. the later a mothers helper, who
had been awake for some time and who
were the nrSt ones TO really discover
The fire. were able to leave by the front
door. The loss will reach $4,000. only
the walls OF the residence are stand
ing
The district ilremen on arriving az
the scene were unable to secure any
water, the fire plugs in that section be
ing frozen. The 0reinen utilized their
steam which had been generated In the
Ore engines in thswing the hydrsnts,
while other frcmen built bOn-tres
about the frozen plugs. Fire CHIEF
Golden on learning that the water ser
vice was useless summoned the city
chemical apparatus through the police
station. lie then sent In a second alarm.
The nrst alarm had been sent In from
the police station. which had been adj
vised OF the blaze by Police Sergeant
William r. Schel. who lives in the
neighborhood Of the Robin home.
When tire firemen arrived the flames
seMned 20 be in the basement OF th'
building and dense clouds Of smoke
were pouring from the house. lh'
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TO Make CEttSUS
Of AGRICULTURE
Government. EnliSts Rural
School Children in Work
Beginning March 4
WILMINGTON is
NOT INCLUDED

NJ. q. Pence. State leader of county
agents: l.. q. Armstrong. director Of
agriculture; the three county school
superinicndents and the three county
agents have made preliminary arrange
menis for conducting an agricultural
census for the entire state outside Of
the city of Wilmington, the work TO
be done largely through The public
schools OF the state. A circular letter
90 the teachers Is being sent out by
Commission Spaid. and letter Of in
struction will go forth with the neces-
sary blanks 20 the teachers within a
few DAYS. Those who have this mat
ter i'm charge are anxious that every
person will do everything In his power
10 help make this agricultural census a
success The school clerks can be OF
great assistance TO teachers 10y going
10 these school houses with their o. soss-
ment lists. and parents also can greatly
help by making out their own blanks
for fho teacher. This agricultural CEN
sus is being made at the request of the
Federal Government and has the APP
proyal OF the Governor and other state
officials
The state or Ncw York has made
such census for two years and exc
pecis TO make another durine ihis
month. From tho 1917 agricultural
census OF the state of New York th,
following facts were brought oul
clearly:
4. Shortage OF labor.
2. A poor distribution or seed ana
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO
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CITY ON VERGE
Of COAL FAMINE,
OFFICIALS WARN
Local Supply Almost Ex-
hauSted and Hundreds
of Orders Untitled
SITUATION AT LAST
BECOMES ALARMING

The coal situation in this city has be-
come alarming but due 10 the shortage
OF fuel OF an kinds It has assumed "a
moro critical aspect than at any time
lnis winter and Just what the final out
come is going to be- cannot be predict
cd. Already there Is intense suffering
rom the cold in many homes because
there is no coal in them and the 0ccu-
lnis have found 10 impossible to get
any fuel This situation il intensified
ry the announcement that the dealers
l0 not have any coal and none is being
shipped 10 Wilmington.
While at no time have the fuel adj
mlnistration been alarmists as regards
the coal situation they were frank TO
admit today that this town is now fac
ing a fuel famine, the worst the city has
ever known. There is practically no
hard coal and there is very little soft
coal oven for domestic consumption.
Yesterday only 2i0 tons Of coal were de-
liyered in This city and compared with
ihr demand, for fuel this amount. ace
cording 90 an official in touch With the
situation. is only a drop in the
bucket"
The whole situation is simply this
THE dealers have no coal and none i-
l..nc shipped Co them. The fuel adj
mini-tratlon has made and i- sin MAX
ing every effort to have coal shipped
io Wilmington. but their efforts are
rot meeting with much success. and
.n fhe absence OF any fuel on hand on
1.Ing shipped here, they are helpless
ri the dealers are i'm the same pre-
Hrameni The dealerh now have on
and hundreds of orders which they
annot nll
rhoy are hampered further by The
condition Of the snow and ice iilec
streets. which retard coal deliveries
Sven n The dealers had the coal. it va'
'aied TO-DAY. they could not lll th'
riers they have on hand for som'
me because of the condition of th'
-ireols
The local fuel committee met yester
CONTINUED on rage Two
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STRYCRHINE killed
BlBY JAR0SLOVSKl
Father is Committed for
T u; on Charge OF Muir.
der of Infant
WIFE SAYS HUSBAND
DENIED PARENTAGE

Edward JaroslowsM OF 40. l05 Cole
man street. was before Municipal Court
oday. charged with causing the death
If his il-mouth-old baby girl on Fri
.ay night January -. when he is al
oged to have administered strychnine
.o the child while the mother was alb
Mt. The defendant whose actions ap-
cared strange at times. was held with
mt bail for trial.
Dr. p 4. NJ. Royill testified Go haN-
ne made an examination of lhe dead
laby's stomach after the body had been
,xhumed. and of binding strychnine
which. hc said. caused The bsby's death.
Mrs. Mary Jaroslowski. The defend
ants wife and mother 0f the dead baby,
testified that her husband never treat
I'd the child MS a father should, because
he always insisted that he was not the
bsby's father.
The mother said mat on the evening
her child died her husband had asked
her 90 go 40 the store. saying that Do
would remain home and attend tho
baby. This, said the wife, was unusual
as De never wanted 90 look after ih'
fullu. MNfu sue f'ihlh'N ii'iAt tA'
store the husband was bouncing th'
little girl on his knees Tie then wen
To- the cellar.
In "a little while ne called me %
'omc TO the cellar When ! arrived al
lhe bottom Of the stairs The child be
came blue and stiffened out in my
rms."
on that Saturday mornlns Mrs. Jaro
,loWsk said her husband went away
telling his wife that he was going e
work He did not return home unit
Monday evening.
The child was buried I'm due form
but because the corpse swelled to sucl
a size that there was difficulty in put
ting on the coffin lid, neighbors re-
ported the ease 20 the police.
Detective kempski, who arrested th'
husband. said that Jarosolowski ho'
confessed TO him and Detective Wlel
that he had bought the poison and AL
ministercd II 90 the child.
Miss Helen Jones, a clerk at Dan
-forth's drug store, testified 90 selling
Continued on Page Tvo.)
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
PIGS In EVERY BACK
YARD, NEWARK HOPE

NEWARK. Feb 6. owing 10 the
high cost of Twins. the Town Council
of Newark has decided To- amend the
ordinance passed several years ago
which prevented the keeping OF plss
within the town limits. This ordinance
at the present time is working hard-
ship on many citizens, and especially
colored residents An amendment 10
tho original ordinance TO allow the
keeping Of pigs within the town was
given a first and second reading al the
meeting OF Council Monday night Jn-
der the amendment 10 will be necessary
for those who desire 10 raise hogs
within the town limits to get a per-
init from the Board Of Health.
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
"SKIP STOP" CARS
RUN ON FRIDAY

The "skip-siop arrangements ol the
Wilmington and Philadelphia Traction
Company We're 90 have become elec-
tive today. Sbut the time allowed for
making them was so brief that the Off
cials OF the company announced this
morning that they would not put the
order into effect before next Friday.
Numerous signs will haye TO be made
showing where The cars will make stops
under the new schedule and these have
not been prepared The traction COM
pany. however Will give ample notice
of their new plans and the public will
be fully informed as to an the details
Notice VIII De given relative 10 the
street intersections where the stops Will
be- made.
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
MUST QUARANTINE
SMALLPOX CASES

Thomas !. Pceney. secretary OF the
Board OF Health. has notified the med
ical department of ihe PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Company that in the future
when smallpox or other contagious
diseases are discovered among its em-
ployes who live In camps along their
right of way. the company must es-
tahlsh a quarantine about such camps
and also to keep an employees who have
come IN contact with the patients away
from this city.
Ii is thought that by adopting such
measures the spreading Of smallpox and
other contagious diseases here would be
checked
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
NORWAY wANrs TO rRADE WITH GERAANY.

CHRIsTIANLA. Feb c.NorNay unwilling % comply vita
Americas proposals cessation Of trading with Germany but
wishes to retain her relations with the United states
The following Official announcement made today
Norway cannot break commercially with ore hsso7eni
without impcrins its neutrality There lob bot iha hc
United states and the Allies VIII understand NorNe,
situation We justly should no. 10 wAo-l Dfe- a
oned with The alternative OF complete distress o. -
agreement that endanser neutrality ond possible e
pose the country war"
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
That Flour Order

an order 10 clear mp any misun-
dcrsiandina the following announce
ment i made:
"First-DealerS are not permitted
10 sell To consumer more wheat
flour and wheat -four substitutes
than will supply the family for more
than thirty days.
"SecOnd-DcalerS are forbidden TO
sell a consumer wheat llOur without
selling them at the same time an
equad amount or more by weight, of
the following substitutes:
Corn -four. corn starch, hOminy.
corn griis. barley flour. rolled oats,
oat meal, rice. rice llOur. potato
flour. sweet potato Hour, buckwheat
flour feteriia ilOur aud meals. soya
bean flour.
'sThe amount sold To individual
consumers residing in cities or town
shall not exceed harrel of -four
AT amy one time. The amount 10
the rural or farm consumer, shall
moi exceed barrel at any one time.
The above rules must be strictly
adhered tO.
"EDMJND MITCHELL.
.'Federal Food Administrator for
Delaware
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
Musr HAyE puRE KRAuT.
II MD InlInl prlss.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 6. - Immediate
prosecution Of shippers of saucr kraut
and other canned goods which have
been found TO be adultorated with eX-
cesslve brine or other notwithstanding
normal weight Of conienis-will be be-
gun by the Agricultural Department 10
was officially announced today.
Discovery OF excessive liquid odulter-
alton was made by the Bureau OF Chem
istry Of the department only enough
liquid Go illl up vacant spares ia the can
after % Is nlled with the product 10 con-
tains is permissible under the food law
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
C. W. SUTTON HEADS
VULCANIZED FIBRE

Claude W. sutton was elected presl-
dent of the American Nulcanized FiDre
Company at a meeting of the directors
of the company yesterday afternoon TO
nm the vacancy caused by the death OF
Henry NJ. Taylor recently, Mr.. sutton
has been secretary and general man
ager of the company and will continue
as manager along with his new oulce'
George b. Miller. treasurer of the COM
panv. was also chosen secretary at the
meeting yesterday
Mr.. sutton first went with the com
many i'm 1911. and was made secretary
ahd general manager three years ago
and had served in those offices since
then.
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
nrsEnrING snLnIER CAPTTREn.

FEDERALSBURG Nd. Feb. 6.-Mil-
ford Murray a private from Camp Han
cock. Augusta, Ca. was arrested here
today for oversiaying his leave. lie was
found I'm hiding at the home Of Herbert
Nichols. a farmer with whom he for
merly lived and was taken 90 Camp
Meade. the nearest army camp
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
.conNELL NIGnT, nd GRlCE.

Members OF The II. James Brother
hood of Grace N. r. Church are pre-
pairing for Cornell Night next
Monday evening. Special invitations
will be- issued 60 the visiting students
who are continuing their studies OF
The senior year at the Harlan plant
OF the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration
4 special program of entertainment
is in course OF preparation, and ihe
students will be given fun sway of
The church house on Monday evening
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
ARREST FORMER GREEK MINISTER'S.

LONDON Feb. 6-Eghi former Greek officials, including i've
exmnisiers Of the cabinet arrested the result Of
mutinies" Athens dispatches reported today.
They included former minister's zalososta, Haizororos
Tsadar Trananakos and Bzze General Goumoundo-o Jean
Resas Premier and Prince Ypsant former
Equerry King Constantine.
Ex-Premler skououd "under surveillance" was stated
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
LrNINE sEEMs MNRKED.

Hf ne ANltfN liNros
LONDON, Feb. 6--Anoiher attempt on
the life of Nlcholai l.enine. Bolsheviki
Premier. was made saturday, according
10 dispatches received from Petrograd
today.
A student armed with revolver.
ponctrated the reception room ot
Solmny Institute. but was mobhed be-
forc he could reach Lenines private
offices 10 was said.
Evening journal., 1918-02-06
COMPANY II WANTS .,..,.,.

Company b. Of the Delaware Regi-
ment. stationed at Camp Dix. has "a
Victrola but is shy Of records and
would appreciate gifts OF talking ma
chine records from Delawareons. Any
records for the Comapny b men may De
left at THE EVENING JOURNAL office
and Mil be forwarded to Camp Dix.