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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
nRAFT GROUPS MARRIED
MEN IN FOUR CLASSES
Wedding Ring Cannot be Used
TO Keep Eligibles Out
of Trenches.

Washington. Aug 20 In answer TO q
letter from Chairman Chamberlain oi
the Senate Military Committee, asking
whether IL was true that the War Depart
rnent pronoqed to exempt marri cd
men as n class under the new man-powcr
Till. Secretary Baker today informed the
Senator that the existing regulations rs TO
married men would continue IN force.
Senator Chamberlain had written 10 the
Secretary saving If it vas true that dc
ferrcd classification for married men gen
crallv was contemplated, many Senators
would oppose lowering the present draft
age to IS years.
aThe present situation MIR Baker
replied with regard 10 married men IN
Class / IS that four classes Of married men
arc included within the limits Of that
class First married men who do not
support their wives or families: second,
married men whose wives support them
third. married men whose wives have
independent means; fourth. married men
engaged in useless occupations, and VINO
are not the main or principal support
Of their families
'tTherr is no intention to change thus
situation In concurrinR the regulations
with regard to dependency of wives and
children financial dependency has been
looked upon rs the reason for deferred
classification This will continue 70 be
the cnse
II am told that IN some parts 81 tho
country there IS an abnormal increase
IN the rate of marriages, which suggests
tho possibility Of a desire - use marriage
as basis for claim Of exemption
The status of rcgistrants married n a
time or under conditions suggesting any
such purpose will be that Of unmarried
persons. 50 far rs their classification ls
concerned
Philadelphia. Aug. 20 In an effort
to speed up the government sshp
building program Charles N Schwab
SAID Yesterday after a conference with
representatives If all the Atlantic Coast
steel shlpvards. that the direction and
management of the Yards hereafter would
he collective rather than individual,
and that pIccework would be adopted ~
the wage basis More than ninety ship
rard officials attended the conference,
which Mr. Schwab described as get
together and speed mp meeting
The change of wages. of working con
dltionq and All other improvements that
are brought about IN one yard will be
introduced n All he other plants. said
Mr. Schwab What We find best n one
case will be adopted IN AIT
Everything was harmonious at thf
meeting and every one present was anxious
10 do All possible toIncrease the productlor
of the lr Yards, Mr. Schwab SAID
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
BRITISH TANKER SUNK
OFF NANTUCKET SHORE

Philadelphia, Aug. ia German
submarine was sunk in running
battle with a British tank steamer last
Friday, about 300 miles northeast OF
Nantucket, according TO members Of
the tankers crew. The oil ship arrived
here last night from MeMco.
When first sighted, the U-boat was
two miles away, according TO the cap
tain of the tanker, who said he i'm
mediately opened fire Two shots from
the submersible struck the British ship,
one Of them passing through the boiler
room and the other through a tank
Neither of the shells exploded, and did
no material damage, the captain re-
ported.
Twenty-seven shots were fired by the
tank ship, one OF more OF which, her
master declared, scored clean hits, as
flames were seen bursting nom the
port side Of the submarine which. he
said. sank few minutes later
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
MOTHER 'DROWNS TWINS
Deranged Woman Also Shoots
Son and Wanders Away Dazed.

Woodbury., y j., Aug. % suffer
ing from an unbalanced mind, Mrs
Gertrude Powell, 80 years, wife of j.
Stewart Powell, farmer living about
a mile east of Scwcl, early Yesterday
morning killed three of her four children
and fled, but was afterward found Ind
ing IN a cornhcld three miles from her
home. utterly unable TO give an account
Of the terrible tragedy, The slam chil-
dren were Stewart, 2-year-old boy;
Samuel and Augustus, 4-months-old
twins
The fact that the other boy, Ellison,
5 years old, was spared IS supposed to
hc because he was sleeping with hired
bov. Theodore Gciscl
The murder was not known until
after o'clock III the morning he
father had left for market shortly after
midnight, and the other occupants oi
the house were Plumcr Powell and
wife parents Of Jacob. who live with
the Powell family Mrs Powell, Sr
was the first to arise and discovered
what had been done She aroused her
husband Tie made search Of the
house, hut young Mrs Powell could
not bc found
Coroner DowncS. Of Niulhca Till,
found that the twins has been drown cd
and that the boy had been shot and
almost discmbowclcd The fact that the
mother is still scmi-conscious, q condl-
ition in which She was found, makes II
impossible to gam any knowledge Of
how or when She did the killing, tut
from what could to found around the
premises Il i supposed She carried the
hov outdoors So that tie gun shot would
aro,lsr no one. and carried the twins
10 the pump-box and drowned them
The gun was left in one corner of the
she'd After killing the children, the
mother carried the hoy back to bed
and placed the dead twins in a coach.
So far as can be learned, Nrs Powell
retired last night about 10 O'Clock, APP
parcntlv as well as usual but what
time the killing took place is not known
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
Tan, Red or Freckled
Skin is Easily Shed

To free your summer soiled skin of its
muddiness, freckles. Slotchcs or tan. the
best thing TO do is to free yourself of the
by the use of ordinary Tnercolized wax.
which OF course can be had al any drug
store Use at night as you use cold cream
washing il off N the morning. Immedi-
atelv the offending surface skin begins TO
come of in fine powderiike particles. Grad
ually the entire outer scarf skin is alb
sorl5ed without the least harm incor-
venience The second layer or skin now
in evidence presents a spotless whiteness
and sparkling beauty obtalnable in no
her way One ounce of mercolZed wax
usually is sufficient e completely renovatc
q bad complexion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION.

Washington, Aug. 20-The merchant
steamer Proteus of 1900 tons was sunk
last night in collision the Navy De
partment was informed yesterday. The
announcement of the Navy Department
said:
The Navy Department is informed
that the merchant steamer Proteus, 5000
tons, was sunk Sunday night in collision
with another steamship about thirty-four
miles southwest of Diamond Shoals, of
Cape Hattcras, n. c. The other vessel
was not seriously damaged and stood by
10 rescue the crew of the Proteus.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
A SUMMER TONIC-DRfNk
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

Healthful, and most agreeable to the
taste. Refreshes and inyigorates. Use II IN
place Of lemons ns.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20

Jose. also victim of the same sub
marine that DESTROYED the Penistone.
The San Jose was sunk some time yes
terday. Captain Evans, who had been
kept prisoner on the submarlne eight
days, was put into one of the San Jose $
small boats, which was picked up later
by government vessel Twenty-Five
other members of the San Jose had not
been accounted for last night Naval au-
thorities refused to give out anything
concerning the experience OF captain
Evans or the sinking of the San Jose
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
DON'T SHOOT PIGEONS.
They May be Carrying Messages
for Uncle Sam

DO not shoot pigeons which YOU may
observe FLYING or sitting anywhere This
adjuration of government and state oiil-
cials The bird may be n carrier flying
from loft under government SUPERVISION,
and its death may seriously handicap the
progress of events which are SO important
just now.
Such birds are being educated IN mum
bcrs for use in France ON the battle front.
and also being used for service IN carrying
messages herc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
OLD MANCHU HAT TO GO.
Chinese Servants to Discard a
Quaint Feature of Livery.

Peking, Aug 10. Some Of the legations
in Peking have been requested by the
Chinese Foreign Office to abandon the
custom Of using the old Manchu hat IS
a feature Of servants livery. 1t IS usual
throughout the foreign colony in Peking
10 see all the servants who wait upon
guests decked out in the siken robes OF a
Chinese gentleman and wearing the
Manchu hat, whic~ IS shaped like the
rain-shields one sees on top Of smoke
stacks. with a bushv red silk or horse-halr
tassel hanging from the apex.
1t was the recognized livery of the
Manchus and, in the opinion of the For
eign Office officials, should have passed
out with the Manchu house. 1t is a very
effective livery, and foreigners dislike TO
abandon it.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
U-BOAT SINKS STEAMER;
PART OF CREW MISSING

Boston, Aug. 20-Captain David
Evans OF the British steamer Penistone
who was taken aboard German sub
marine as a prisoner after the undersea
boat sank his vessel off Nantucket last
week, was landed here late yesterday
With Captain Evans were eight members
Of the crew Of the Norwegian steamer San
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
Ford Car Rams a Pole.

When the steering gear on has Ford
touring car became out Of order last night,
at Eighth and King streets, ] " Smith
of Marshallton suddenly found his ma
chine butting It's head into telegraph
pole. The damage was slight
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
GENERALLY PAYS TO "STICK"
Man Who Is Constantly Changing Jobs
10 Not Usually an Employee Of
Special Value.

A Kansas editor complains that no
body sticks" In these times of plenty OF
Jobs for all. The statement is too sweep
Ing, says the Portland Oregonian, but
there Is truth in it. A good many do not
"stick" who ought to do SO. They
ought, in the first place, to cultivate
the habit of sticking. Some day jobs
may not be so common. and It will sur
prise some Of the wandering ones to
find that they have not learned enough
about any one trade to make them val
liable to any employer. The young man
who Is doing one thing today and an
other the day after tomorrow is over
looking the chance to establish himself
in a career, and he is breeding III him
self the spirit Of dissatisfaction which
will make 1t hard for him to be happy
In all the years to come. Nothing can
be said against quitting one job Sfor
better one; ambition ought % be en-
couraged; but the worker ought to be
sure himself that the change is for the
better and not merely for the sake Of
change. Employers nowadays know
how great is the loss to industry re-
sulting from mere aimlessness.
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
SPORT.

Battling Nelson. sick, down and out
and broke. So says story from Chi
cago. Seems unbelievable to any one
who knew Nelson when he was light
weight champion and amassing a for
tune. He never squandered any mon
ey in those days and he didn't drink.
The plan for a nationwide carnival
of sports the week of Nov. Ills has
the Endorsement of President Wilson.
The commander-in-chief of the United
States has requested the United War
Work Council. to raise $170,500,000 to
provide amusement and recreation for
our soldiers and sailors who are fight
ing for us.
The Colorado Kennel Club has
opened headquarters at 1921 Seven
teenth street, Denver. where it is pre-
pairing to give its official American
Kennel Club bench show, Nov. 7, 8
and g. The entries will close Oct. 81
Denver dog fanciers are uniting to
make this show the best show that
has ever been held in Denver.
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
w ERIN.

Jerome Dreyfuss. convicted in 1914
of obtaining $4,000 from Denver
banks by fraudulent methods, Is dead
In Chicago.
Kurt Grunwald of Denver was
elected vice president of the new or
ganization when the International Soil
Products Exposition and the Interna-
tional Farm Congress met in Kansas
City in joint session and were merged.
George A. Smith Of Salt Lake City was
elected president, Andrew Kimball of
hatcher, Ariz.. and e. E. Ben son of
Olympia. Wash, the other vice presi-
dents. and W. l. Drummond. manager
of the expositions and chairman and
secretary of the board OF governors.
Deaths from Influenza are occurring
SO fast In northern Mexico 1t Is impos-
sible to supply coffins for the dead or
to bury them for days after they die.
Robert e. Fitch, pioneer Of Wyo,
ming, senior vice commander of the
Department of Colorado and Wyoming
Grand Army Of the Republic. and adju,
tant OF Custer post, died at his home
in Laramie.
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
WASHINGTON,

President Wilson will be urged to
fix a minimum price of $2.46 bushel
for No. Northern wheat or its equiv
alent. Chicago delivery.
An extension of the Red Cross "fol-
low up" system has been inaugurated
by the War Department so that de
tails even of minor casualties among
American soldiers abroad will be re-
ported to the department.
President Wilson has answered the
peace note of Austria-Hungary with a
declaration that the Austro- Hungarian
government must satisfy the national
aspirations Of its own people and that
they, the people. shall be the judges
of their rights and destinies
Another series of three-day recesses
was agreed upon by the House from
Monday, Oct. 2S, when both houses
plan to adjourn to Nov. 12 over the
elections, and to continue from Nov,
12 until the Senate has passed the war
revenue bill Democratic Leader
Kitchen said the Senate probably
would pass the bill between Nov. 20
and 25.
British cavalry has occupied Tripoli,
forty-five miles north of Beirut. and
HONS, about eighty-five miles north of
Damascus. according to an official
statement on operations in Palestine.
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Allied troops on front Of more than
100 miles from the North sea to the
Disc are pressing closely the retiring
Germans.
The British Third army is smashing
its way forward to the south of Valen-
ciennes. Success so far has attended
this effort.
During the last fifteen days Of their
occupation Of Lille the Germans took
away into captivity $4,000 of the in
habitants of the city.
Up to the present nearly 100000
British lives have been sacrificed in
the war. according to information re-
ceived by Reuters Limited.
The American troops have occupied
the town of Grand Pre- on the north
bank of the Aire river. north of the
Argonne forest
Fighting desperately to hold their
positions to the north and south of lie
Cateau, the Germans, on front Of
forty miles, have massed nearly 50O,-
900 men.
British troops have crossed the Selle
INcip nave ieCOHQucieu ooicoLhCo anu
had hard fighting not only in the sec
tion around that town but at st. Py-
thon, to the east Here the British
have captured more than 1000 prison
ers.
Germany has lost the whole of the
Belgian coast, which for four years
has been the base of submarine and
aerial attacks against England and
English shipping. Ostend has been
taken, Lille has been occupied and
Douai and Zeebrugge have fallen to
the allies.
The American forces operating in
conjunction with the British north OF
Wassigny have advanced to the Sam
bre-Oise canal. They occupied Rejet,
east Of st. Souplet. at the point of the
bayonet. Wave after wave of machine
gunners faced the Americans. who in
flicted enormous losses on them.
Victory crowns the allied arms on
every battle front. Northern Belgium
Is being rapidly cleared of the enemy
by British and Belgian forces. Bel
gians have occupied Zeebrugge and
Meysty. have crossed the Ghent,
Bruges canal and on their left have
reached the Dutch frontier, where 49,
900 Germans. cut off from their re-
treat are reported to have withdrawn
into Holland. where they were in
termed.
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
HUN LINES SIN .sHED
vaIeneIennes In Grasp OF British
While Armies Close In on ohent
~ . 5000 Prisoners Taken.

q. With the Allied Armies, Oct. "a
British troops in smashing through
the formidable German positions along
the Selle river, north OF LIE Cateau,
captured more than 5000 prisoners.
The Germans were forced from posi-
tions of great natural strength on a
wide front, and the British gains were
maintained, notwithstanding enemy
counter attacks. The British now
hold the heights between the Selle
and Harpies rivers, and are in a posi-
ton to outflank the Moral forest and
cut the railroad between Valenciennes
and Avesnes. s5
Farther north the allied forces con-
tinue their progress through Belgium
and French Flanders from Denain to
the Dutch frontier. On the north the
Belgians are approaching Client. while
in the center the British are marching
on the Scheldt river and outflanking
Tournai, an important railway juno
ton. Both towns have been made use
less to the Germans. ~
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
GEN ERAL.

Maxwell McNutt, counsel of record
of Thomas J. Mooney, announced in
San Francisco that he will go to
Washington to petition for writ of
certiorari from the United States Su-
preme Court to secure new trial for
Mooney. ..
Cardinal Gibbons was the recipient
of testimonials and congratulations
from Great Britain. France and Italy
on his episcopal golden jubilee.
Nebraska women will not vote at
the coming election Nov. under the
suffrage law granting them partial
voting rights. according to an order
entered in District Court at Lincoln.
State and government officials are
conducting separate investigations Of
suspicious incidents connected with
the recent fires which swept Mime.
sofa. it was learned at the state cap
itol in St. Paul 4-.
The abdication of Emperor William
and the crown prince is the only
means of solving the terrible crisis
according to opinions expressed by the
Munich Post, the Swaebische Tag
wacht and Frankische Morgenpost.
Oversubscription of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan seemed assured Saturday
night when the three weeks campaign
closed. While official reports were
lacking, it appeared that again the
American people have given not only
the $4,000. 100000 asked but more in
order that the war against Germany
and her allies may be carried to a
successful conclusion.
Sunday, Oct. 27, arbitrarily the
clocks of the nation will be turned
backward one hour, and residents will
find themselves subject to the old
time-the time by which they were
guided before the solons in Washing
ton adopted the "daylight-saying
plan." which became effective April 1.
Until March 81. 1919. that plan will be
laid on the shelf.
More than 4, 900 prisoners were cap
tured by Field Marshal Haigs forces
in their offensive in the Bohain-Le
Cateau region, the British war office
announced
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
FOREIGN.

The independence Of Poland was
proclaimed at Warsaw
Tourcoing, city six miles northeast
of Lille. has been entered by the Brit
ish troops.
Baron Burien, the Austrian premier,
has resigned. according to Vienna
newspapers.
Sir Edward Fry, former lord justice
of appeal, died at Failand House, near
Bristol, England.
Subscriptions in Peru to the Fourth
American Liberty Loan have reached
$4,000, more than twice the amount
expected.
Greek troops completed the reoccu-
patton of the regions of Greek Mace
donia which have been held by the
Bulgarians and Turks.
The Amsterdam Handelsblad pub.
fishes with reserve" an unconfirmed
report that all German submarines
have been ordered to return to their
bases.
A mass meeting Of Jews was held at
Vienna, Oct IA, and a resolution was
passed asking that the Jewish people
be admitted into the league of nations
according to advices received in Paris
The plenipotentiaries of Rahnil Bey
governor of Smyrna, have arrived in
Athens for the purpose Of negotiating
for the surrender Of that Turkish prov.
ince, according to dispatch from Ath.
ems.
w. A. Holman, premier and treas
urer of New South Wales, has relin
quished the treasury portfolio so as to
devote all OF his time to the premier.
ship. Assistant Treasurer Fitzpatrick
becomes treasurer
Denmark, according to news agen
cies kilograms to the Dutch press, has
sent a note to Germany suggesting
that certain terms of the treaties ex
cuted between the two countries ex
the period from 1860 to 1870 should be
carried out.
ported in the hills near Dawson City
Y. T., bound for their ranging grounds
near Forty Mile, Yukon river point
west of Dawson. Every year the carl
bou move in large numbers. Reports
said this years run was very large.
In a literal transport of joy the 5000
inhabitants remaining in Laon rushed
to the gates OF the city to greet Gen
Mangin. who made his entry into the
city. Men, women and children, with
the tears running down their cheeks
and waving the Tricolor, cried: Long
live Gen. Mangin! Long live the army!
Long live our liberators!"
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24

VeRetablo Compound cured me % d1d
not need the operation. and am telling
iii my friends about it-Mrs. 4 W.
BNzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
Vt IL lust such experiences @ that o6
Mr.. Binzer that has made this famous
root and herb remedy q household word
from ocean to ocean. Any woman who
suffers from Inflammation, ulceration.
disbursements, backache, nervoucness,
irregularities or I" the bluee" shcud
not rest until she has given II . trial
and for special advice write Lydia f
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Cheyenne record., 1918-10-24
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE DE-
MANOED OF HUNS AS REPAIR
ALTON FOR LOSSES.
STOP NOTES,LlCK HUNS
TURKEY NOW SEEKING TO BAR.
GAIN FOR PEACE WITH RE-
FORM MOVES.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union NEWS service.
London, Oct. 22.-Some of the items
figured on Germany's bill in Belgium
Belgian source:
Local contributions and fines lev
led by Germany on Belgium in 1914.
$40. 100000.
War contributions from November,
1914, to October, 1916, $1s2,ooO.Ooo
War contributions from May. 1917,
to May, 1918. 100000.
War contributions from June to Oc-
tober of the current year, $75,O00,0U
Raw materials and machinery taken
by the Germans were reckoned by
them In January, 1915. at $200,000,000.
The damage to December, 1914. esti-
mated by the North German Gazette.
amounted to $1,e0O,000,000. This
makes a grand total of $1,921 100000.
destruction and requisitions since JAN
uary. 1915, which alone must be reck-
cned at several hundred million
pounds.
During the winter OF 1916 Belgian
working men to the number of l,75O,-
900 were deported to Germany. The
future production Of these men was
thus totally lost to their country.
PoIndexter Would Stop Notes.
Washington, Oct. Ex-senator Poin-
dexter of Washington, Republican, in.
troduced a joint resolution proposing
that Congress forbid further negotia.
tons by the United States with Ger
many looking to the granting of an
armistice or peace until the German
military forces have surrendered un-
conditionally. 1t was referred to the
foreign relations committee.
The resolution further calls for the
prosecution of the war with the ut
most vigor and the occupation and
control by the allies of such German
territory as can be obtained by our
military forces until peace negotia-
tions have been concluded.
1t would declare 1t unlawful for any
official of the American government
to answer In any way any note, mes
sage or representation from the Ger
man government or the German peo-
pie from any official representing or
purporting to represent them ON the
subject Of peace or an armistice until
the German armed forces shall have
surrendered.
Turkey Would Dismantls Ports.
Amsterdam.-The correspondent at
Constantinople OF the Weser Zeitung
of Bremen says that it must be ad.
mitted public opinion for some time
past favored a separate peace for Tur-
key. This view underwent a change
as a result of Prince Maximilian's
speech in the Reichstag. which also
strengthened the position of the party
Of union and progress. Proposals are
now being discussed, the correspond
ent continues, for reformation in
Turkey, according to which CONSTANT
nople would become free port and
the Notifications of the Dardanelies
dismantled, on condition that the
powers guaranteed the continuance Of
Constantinople as the capital of
Turkey. 7t't.-
1t is further proposed to grant
autonomy to Arabia, Syria, Armenia
and the Jewish zone in Palestine.