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weakened the courage OF the soIdlers
of honor by their tears.
"They have bravely given to their
country those whom they loved. !.
the blood Of mothers is flowing on the
6attlenelds with that of their SONS.
4.Those who are taken away today
do not go to perform glorious duty.
They are slaves in chains who, In q
dark exile. threatened by hunger,
prison, death, will be called upon to
perform the most odious work-service
to the enemy against the fatherland.
Rights Of Honor and Conscience.
"The mothers cannot stand by while
such an abomination is taking place
without making their voices heard in
protest.
'They address you In the name Of
the unalterable rights Of honor and
conscience.
ut has been said that women are all
powerful suppliants.'
"We have felt authorized by this
saying, Mr.. Minister, to extend our
hands. to you and to address to your
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-11
Birds Weigh Themselves.

An ingenious naturalist has been
making the tomtits record their weight.
In order to obtain the food which he
places for them they have to alight
upon what appears TO be twig. but is
IN reality the beam OF tiny scale.
As they rest upon IL so they register
their weight. which averages about
one-third OF an ounce per. bird-forty.
eight tomtits to the poundl-Littie Pa.
per, London.
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BELGIANS HERDED
IN CATTLE PENS
Participants Testimony Of Deg
radiation Accompanying De-
portation From Mons.
SCENES OF FIENDIsH CRUELTY
Women Forbidden to Give Food and
Clothing to Men Facing Privation
and CoId-United States
Appeal Unheeded.

Conspicuous among cold-blooded
acts of cruelty committed By the
Germans, to their everlasting DIS
grace. the deportation from Mons IS
prominent. Official documents pub
hshed by the committee on public
information tell part of the hdrrow-
ing story.
A vivid sketch of the depOrtations
from Mons, ordered by German author
tiles, drawn by participant, may well
be cited here:
II will take the 18th of November
of last year [1916l. A week or so be-
fore that placard was placed on the
walls telling my capital city of Mons
that in seven days all the men of that
city who were not clergymen, who
were not priests, who did not belong to
the city council, would be deported.
"At half past five, in the gray OF the
morning on the 18th of November,
they walked out, 600 men at Mons,
myself and another leading them down
'iiC SOUDleStO1eS VI lIlS SuCCl nhu 49,
where the rioting would be less than
In the great city, with the soldiers on
each side, with bayonets fixed, with
the women held back.
1.-THE degradation of it! The degra-
dalton of it as they walked into this
great market square, where the pens
were erected, exactly as if they were
cattle-all the great men OF that prov
ince-the lawyers, the statesmen, the
heads of the trades, the men that nao
made the capital Of Hainaut glorious
during the last 20 years.
"There they were collected; no ques-
ton Of who they were, whether they
were busy or what they were DOING
or what their position in life. Go 10
the right! Go to the left! Go to the
right" So they were turned to the
one side or the other. ss
Trains were standing there ready
steaming, to take them to Germany.
You saw on the one side the one
brother taken, the other brother le1t
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A hasty embrace ana they were sepa

A hasty embrace ana they were sepa-
rated and gone.
you saw the women in hundreds,
with bundles in their hands, beseech-
ing to be permitted to approach the
trains, to give their men the last that
they had in life between themselves
and starvatien-a small bundle of
clothing to keep them warm on their
way to Germany. You saw women ap-
proach with a bundle that had been
purchased by the sale of the last
Of their household effects. Not
one was allowed to approach to give
her man the warm pair of stockings or
the warm jacket, so there might be
some chance of his reaching there. Oh
they went John II. Gade, in the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine, May,
1917.
The Belgian women sent a touching
appeal to Minister Whitlock:
Appeal Of Belgian Women.
Brussels, Nov. Is, 1916, 46 Rue de la
Madeleine.
"His Excellency, Mr.. Brand Whitlock,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America.
'Mr. Minister:
From the depths of our well Of
misery our supplication rises to you.
'In addressing ourselves to you, we
denounce to your government, as well
as to our sisters, the women Of the
nation which you represent in our
midst, the criminal abuse Of force of
which our unhappy and defenseless
people is victim.
"Since the beginning Of this afro
cious war we have looked on impotent-
ly and with our hearts torn with every
sorrow at terrible events which put
civilization back into the ages Of the
barbarian hOrdes.
ssMr. Minister, the crime which is
now being committed under your eyes,
namely, the deportation of thousands
of men compelled to work on enemy
soil against the interests of their coun-
try, cannot find any shadow of excuse
on the ground of military necessity, for
It constitutes violation by force of q
sacred right of human conscience.
Called "Monstrous Extremity.
"Whatever may be the motive, 1t
cannot be admitted that citizens may
be compelled to work directly or indi-
rectly for the enemy against their
brothers who are fighting.
"The convention of The Hague has
consecrated this principle.
Nevertheless, the occupying power
is forcing thousands Of men to this
monstr0us extremity, which is con-
trary to morals and international law,
both these men who have already been
taken to Germany and those who to-
morrow will undergo the same fate,
IL from the outside, from neatral Eu-
rope and the United States. no help is
offered. -g:... t.
"Oh! The Belgian women have also
known how to carry out their duty In
the hour Of danger; they have not
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-04-11
Frequent Cold. In the tle.d..

Recent investigations show that dis
ease OF the sinuses may be suspected
when persons suffer from recurrent
headaches and neuralgia incident TO a
cold In the head. An X ray plate OF
the sinuses is advised, and autogenous
vaccine. say the experts. should be
used In the treatment
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Advantages of Travail.

AN travel has fits advantages. II the
passenger visits better countries he
may learn to improve his own, ana Il
fortunes carries him to worse he may
learn to enjoy his own.-Johnson.
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Watch Your Exarx Ao..

The fool act OF today goes to make
the regret OF tomorrow. And all along
the path that finally leads TO the ceme-
terry We encounter more OF them than
telephone posts.-Florida Times-Union.
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man government. In an interview
with The under secretary OF state for
foreign affairs, Mr.. Grew was handed
an official statement OF the German
plans. which is, In translation, as fol-
lows:
German CsmouHape.
Against the unemployed In Belgium,
who are a burden TO public charity,
In order to avoid friction arising there
from, compulsory measures are to be
adopted to make them work so far as
they are not voluntarily inclined to
work, In accordance with the regula-
tion issued May Is, 1915, by the gov
ernor general In order to ascertain
such persons the assistance Of the mu-
nicipai authorities is required for the
district of the governor general in
Brussels, while In the districts outside
Of the general government, 4. e., In the
provinces of Flanders, lists were oe-
manded from the presidents OF the
local relief committees containing the
names OF persons receiving relief. For
the sake of establishing uniform pro-
cedure the competent authorities have,
In the meantime, been instructed to
make the necessary investigations re-
garding such persons also I'm Flanders
through the municipal authorities;
furthermore, presidents Of local relief
committees who may be detained for
having refused TO furnish such LISTS
will be released"
Mr.. Grew pointed out that the depor-
tations were a breach Of faith and
would injure the German cause
abroad. In his official summary of the
negotiations which he carried on he
says:
81 then discussed In detail with the
under secretary Of state for foreign af-
fairs the unfortunate impression which |
this decision would make abroad, re-
minding him that the measures were |
in principle contrary to the assurances |
given to the ambassador by the chan
cellor at general headquarters last
spring and dwelling on the effect which
the policy might have on England's at
titude towards relief work In Belgium.
I said understood that the measures
had been promulgated solely by the
government I'm Belgium and
that / thought the matter ought at
least TO be brought to the chanceIlor's
personal attention In the light of the
which the new policy
would entail. Herr Zimmerman inti-
mated in reply that the foreign Office
had very little influence with the MILL
tary authorities and that 1t was un-
likely that the new policy in Belgium
could be revoked. He stated, how
ever, In answer to my inquiry, that he
would not disapprove Of my seeing the
chancellor about the matter"
Solemn Protest by United States.
The formal protest OF the United
States was as follows:
The government Of the United
states has learned with the greatest
'orsearn and reRret Of the policy of the
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visitor-Have your employees had
any experience in military trainingf
Employer-Well. most OF them have
been soldering on the Job for years.
Puck.
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and other Representatives, or the 1er-
man government. In an interview
with The under secretary OF state for
foreign affairs, Mr.. Grew was handed
an official statement OF the German
plans. which is, In translation. as fol-
lows:
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25
TO TEST STRENGTH OF HEART
Simple Method Which Is Credited to
the Invention of German Men
Of Science.

There is a new way of diagnosing
heart disease. 1t was discovered in
Germany and is based upon the prin-
ciple that extremely slight motion In
the air will form similar changes In
burning flame.
Two small smoking gas flames are
used, and around these is twined
wide paper tape. The flames cause
bands Of SCOT to appear upon the sur
face of the tape.
Over the heart of the patient an in
strument somewhat similar to tele-
phone transmitter Is placed. This
transmitter has very sensitive
diaphragm. Its vibrations are dupll-
Gated by the diaphragm and transmit
ted by tube to. gas chamber
through which passes the gas for one
of the flames.
The slight flamings Of the gas in re-
Spouse to the various vibrations result
In characteristic rings of smoke on the
paper tape. From these abnormalities
in the heartbeat can be read. Time
Is recorded by the second flame, influ-
enced similarly by vibrations from
tuning fork. The smoke rings vary in
shape and position according to the
character of vibration causing them,
and so help to simplify the diagnosis.
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25

headaches disappeared. gained In
weight and feel fine, 30 can honestly
reeesamend Lydia e. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound to any woman who 10
suffering as ! was. - Mrs. ADELrNR B.
LYNCH, 100 Plain St, Providence, r. I.
Backache and nervousness are symp-
toms or natures warnings, which In.
dictate functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel.
ops into more serious ailment.
Women In this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound-and for special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. Lynn, Mass.
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25

"win IT. he exclaimed. Indeed 1
will. I warn you, Captain Warren,
that I shall probably keep you busy
spinning sea yarns"
"Nothin' like better, though I'm
afraid my yarnsll be pretty dull along
side of your Uncle Jim's."
"I1l risk 1t, Goodby and good luck.
/ shall see you very SOON"
'That's right, do. So long,"
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25
(ro BE coNTINUED.)
SEN WIId PonIes at FaIr.

King John of England is said to
have visited the farmers fair at
hampton and 1t is known at least that
the fair was held regularly during his
day. Since that time 1t became one
of the best known gatherings of the
kind in the west of England. Among
the animals on sale are the wild ponies
bred on Exmoor. These are bought
for use at the coal mines OF the Md.
lands
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25
Past UNDERSTANDING.

"Do you understand the European
situation?'
mo-" replied Senator Sorghum. II
am inclined to think that If 1t could
have been brought to point where hui
man understanding could grasp 1t, the
fight would have been unnecessary"
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25

&c u0bp III DhCk
ached all the time.
1 was tired and had
no ambition forany-
thing. ! had taken
q number Of medi-
cines which did mo
no good. One day
! read about Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compoundand
what ithad done for
women, so I tried
IL. My nervousness
ard hao1raohA ~ns1
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25
THE CAPTAIN STARTS OUT TO DO ALITTLE INvEsTleAT-
ING ON HIS OWN HOOK

synopss-Awood Graves, lawyer goes
boro Elisha
while the he Capn Warren by accident
his home The
that his he had
and guardian of his children
Stephen nineteen The captain
New York and look the situation before
The captains
sternaton among his wards and their
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25
Making Good.

"The' hen is poet" How do you
make that out?" Doesn't she annual
ly mt forth mn Faster layT
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25
HOW TO AVOID
BACkACHE and
NERVOUSNESS
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
Own Experience.

Providence, r. I.-"I was all run
down In health, was nervous, had head
The Jasper news., 1918-04-25

The captain decided to accept
the guardianship Of hls brothers
children. sylvester 10 pleased,
II some others are not.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

by the Wage Commission, less the
amount of increase already granted.
This application of the system adopted
by the commission is explained as fol-
lows:
ABSORPTION OF INCREASES.
These increases are to be applied to
the rate of wages in effect on Dec 81,
1915. They do not represent net IN
crease al this time Because our fig
urcs as to the increase of living costs
have been gathered with reference to
the two-vcar period. January, 1910
April, 1918, the wage increases are reck-
oncd with respect To the same dates.
The teleeraphcr who holds the same
position today that he did the last day
of December, 1915, and who then re-
ceived So a month and has received no
increase since. will receive an additional
wage of S3O.75 per month. CThe schedule
provides an increase of Al per cent In
addition TO n wage of $40 on December
m loI5A If he has received an IN
crease in these two years OF $40 per
month. the recommended increase OF
his wage will be cut down by that much
making his net advance 500.
The section hand, who, on Dec. 81,
1918. received n wage OF 500 per month";
will receive an increase OF 81 .oo N'lc
schedule provides an increase OF As per
cent in addition to n wage OF sou on
Dee. 81. 1879. less whatever his month
~ wage aS section hand may have been
advanced in the intervening two years
I'm the application of the scale the
wage runs with the place If in the last
two wears an employee has been pro-
NOTED his new wage is based upon the
rate of increase applicable to the new
schedule governing the new place.
Reductions in hours, the commis-
sion holds. ARE not to he regarded as
increases in pay This rule is made
necessary, first by its Justice, for it IS
moi 70 be contemplated that hours are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

reduced 60 decrease earnings, and, sec
ond. bv the impfacticability OF applying
any other rule In some cases the de-
crease in daily hours did effect an m
crease in wages paid, by reason OF over
time. but in other cases, where the rali-
roads adjusted themselves to an cight
or nine-hour day, there was no increase
in the daily compensation. 10 difier-
cntiate between these cases would bc An
intcrminable task. Moreover, we as
sumo the good faith of all reductions
in hours as being what they pretend to be.
BRoTHERHooDS DISAPPOINTED.
Washington, MAY 9.-Leaders OF
the four principal railway brotherhoods
found last night on examining the Wage
Commissions report that they had been
recommended for less than half the m
crcases they had asked of the railroad
arrangements before government con
troll started and which they repeated
before the commission. Their demands
had been for An advance of somewhat
less than 40 per cent, and increases Tor
them averaged less than 20 per cent.
Some union leaders who anticipated
that the commissions recommendations
would not be for rs great amounts as
they had asked, already have appealed
10 Director-G General McAdoo 10 amend
the proposed scale to give them higher
pay.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09
HARLEM OIL CAPSULES
If YOUR BACK ACHES

germs. which are causing the infamTna-
ton. nre Immediately attacked and chased
out of your system without Inconvenience
or pain
DO not delay minute. 90 W pour
druggist and INSIST on his supplying you
with box Of Gold Medal Haarlem OH
Capgulcs. In u hours you will feel
renewed health and vigor After you have
cured yourself continue " take one ur
two capsules each day 20 ~ r. keep IN
Grgt-class condition, and ward III the
danger Of future attacks. Money re-
funded Il they do not help you. A8k
for the original imported Gpld Medal
brand, and thus be- sure Of get'Ing thr
genuine
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

Graves in France to be Marked by La ureI
Leaf and American Flag.

by Associated Press TO Every Evening
Paris, May 9.-CommenoratiDg the
American soldiers and sailors who have
fallen in battle, LA Cocardc Du Sonvc-
MR." patriotic society, plans to decorate
the graves of all Americans who are buried
in France. Decorated markers, known AS
the ''War Cross of the Dead will be
placed over each grave.
A committee Of the society, headed by
Senator Poirrier, today called on Mr..
Sharp, the American Ambassador, 10
make the preliminary arrangements. The
Ambassador thanked the committee and
informed them he would discuss the plan
with General Pershing, the commander
of the American Forces IN France.
Markers now decorate the graves OF
French. British and Belgian soldiers. The
marker consists of metal laurel leaf.
about six inches in diameter, surrounding
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

DO YOU feel tired and WORN outY'
Are YOU nervous and irritable Don't
sleep well ut night Have a dragged
out unrested feeling when you get up IN
the morning Dizzy spells Bilious
Bad taste in the mouth, backachc, pain
or soreness in the IONS and abdomen ?,
Severe distress when urinatiug, bloody
cloudy urine or sediment Al these
Indicate gravel or stone IN the bladder.
ar that the poisonous microbes, which
are always IN your system, have attacked
your kidneys
You should USE Gold Medal IIaarlcm
Oil Capsules Immediately. The OIL soaks
gently INTO the walls and lining Of the
kidneys and the little poisonous animal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09
Labor OfiicinIa Confer.

Charles q. Fury Of The Emergency
Fleet Corporation Of Philadelphia con
ferred wi In T.. s. Employment officials
in this city yesterday. Mr.. Fury and
John G. Saylpr will go To Now York
today to arrange for exchange Il
prospective shipyard workers from dis
trict No 2. COMPRISING New York. New
Jersey and Connecticut, with district
No 3 comprising Pennsylvania and
Dclawore. making arrangements with
John r. O'Leary, district superintendent
Of district No 2.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09
Others Should Benefit
Through His Experience
Suffered for Nineteen Years
With Stoma ch Trouble Be-
fore Finding Remedy.

After suffering for nineteen years
with chronic stomach and kidney trouble
Mr. Chas Froclich. r I y No. ,
Gorham. Has found simple remedy
tbot ouicklz. relieved INN He saws
~ bod tricJ olI the doctors for miles
,ro,nd hui they did moi help me and
bad about gwen an. when my wife read
- nc Kansas CIV Post about Frmtola
,rd Traxo and what II had done for 4
,non Nth stomach trouble She sent
Tor Fr,Iitola and Traxo. and from the
very first felt better took only two
bottles and am well now ami can eat
and work like Young man. iruitola
and Traxo did it, and ! III DO all | can
10 get others 10 try II
FrntoIa and Traxo arc compounded
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

the rginaF 4
in necessary
tina
rebuild the weakened run
downs he
Of to who stomach olhe can DC
BY ito the FinusIa Monticello" III
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09
Eclipse of Sun on June s.

There will be an eclipse OF the sun on
SATURDAY. afternoon, June s. II will be
visible throughout the whole OF the
United States and Canada II will be
total along a narrow strip crossing the
nitcd States from northwest la south
east. partial elsewhere.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

an American flag. They are 10 be supplied
To units in the army, the name Of the
soldier, the unit and the date Of the mans
death to be placed on a metal strip which
In hung from the marker
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09
BumStead'S Worm Syrup

safe and sure remedy for Worms. stood
he test Tor 50 years. 1T NEVER FAILS. To
children ar angel Of mercy. PLEASANT TO
TAXI; NO s!CkNEss; NO PHSsfC NEED,
Ed. 'One Ootfle has killed i32 worms AT
drug xfsts and dealers. or IN mail 25c !. bot
Est. &. A. VOORHEES, NJ. d.. Phila.. Pa
r. q bs.4l4ofe' .1ls -r:Dueor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

Lost something Try n classified
advertisement in Every Evening Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-09

We arc located between Front and
second on King; all kinds Of fresh fish;
como down and buy of the automobiles
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-23
NEW ASHLAND PASTOR ARRIVES
WITH FAMILY FROM CANADA
Rev. MIR. Ellis Comes From
Toronto and Will Preach His
First Sermon on Sunday.

Rev. Hugh A. Ellis. the new pastor
of the Ashland Baptist church, arrived
ia Ashland yesteTua2. accompanied by
his family. and will enter upon his du-
ties at once, RE VIII preach his first
sermon sunday morning, The unton
services Of the Ashland churches VIII
be held at the Baptis, church Sunday
night. when Rev. Dir, Richards. " the
Christian church. win preach
Rev. Mr. Ellis succee6s Rev Will
liam Hedley. who after n very sue
cessful .psstorate OF six years, resigned
a few months ago TO accept the pas
fnrate Of CS4nter PARK church, MI Ell
lis like Mr.. Hedlay Is an Englishman.
He has been IN this country for per
hsps nfte~n years aud has held several
successful pastorntes IN Canada. He
comes from the city o. Toronto, whore
be did an excellent work, and
mis- church YVES $40 aaPreciatlve Of his
services that a substantial increase tU
salary WAS voted 10 him 1ust a short
while before ne resigned. lie Ia "a
man OF fine education ard earnest and
attractive SPEAKER. and has gnboUndrd
enthusiasm and energy. he is held in
htgh esteem by the leading men Of
hts denomination. hoth 20 England and
cankdA.
TIE Ashland couareg CATION are en-
thusiaEttc over the coming NJ MI FL
lie. He paid + short visit 20 Rich
mend during tho wtrtcr, and spent n
SUNDAY ia Ashland, preaching At the
BAPTIST church. morning and nlchL
The people we're greatly pleased with
atm. and a unanimous call 20 the pas
torsts Of the church followed fe"