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Evening star., 1918-06-02
A Hard Loser.
eSN IGNORANCE. sheer ignorance" said
a government official. discussing

eSH IGNORANCE. sheer ignorance" said
a government official. discussing
an attack by war expert.
This armchair critic" he went on.
sis as ignorant as the lady who got up
at the 8. P. c. A. meeting and said:
"'Can't something be done. dear
friends-oh. can't something be done-to
prevent horses from being scratchedf
The horse is mans noblest friend. and
yet we read about its being scratched
almost every day in the papers. The
process must be very painful.
Scratching a horse! Oh, dear
friends. Pm sure it is a cruel and
painful thing TO do. for my husband
attended the races last Saturday. and
all Saturday night in his sleep he
groaned and moaned and went on
awfully about a horse that had been
scratched. II you could have heard
him. dear friends! His grief would
have melted a heart of stone.'"
Evening star., 1918-06-02
The Deaf Stacker.

a IRMAN JOHN PURROY mitchell
~ said at a San Diego dinner:
ITS hard to make the Stacker un<
derstand his slackness. A brawny
Stacker of a tramp knocked at the
kitchen door of a farmhouse and
whined out a request for food.
young man. said the farmers
wife. you ought to go to the 'front.'
~ did go to the front, lady, the
Stacker answered, but I couldn't
make nobody hear, SO 1 come round
to the back.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
The Hard Shell.
ID 1sHoP FLIPPER of Atlant

ID IsHoP FLIPPER of Atlanta told
~ story at a strawberry festival
"One of our Baptist friends" he
said. was conducting a revival.
Come up. brethren and sistern"
the good revivalist shouted. Come
up and have yo' sins washed away.
"All responded. all came up to the
altar, save one man.
"'Brudder Johnson said the re-
vivalist reproachfully, don't yo' want
yo' sins washed away?
II done had 'em washed away las
week. pawson.' said Brother johnson.
calmly.
'Whar" said the reviva1ist. 'Whar.
I ast yo'. wuz yo' sins washed away.
sah?'
"'Ober at Ebenezer Mefodis' Church,
Brother johnson answered.
:" "'Shucks" sneered the revivalist.
'Yo' amt been washed: yo' only been
dry-cleaned.'"
Evening star., 1918-06-02

Soldier of Fortune
Pays Tribute to Allied
Fliers - War to Be
Won in the Air-High
Praise for the New
Liberty Motor.

that IL you make a war machine out
OF a man, IL you grind out all his
manhood and individuality as the
Germans do. you get a machine
soldier. Result. he works like a ma
chine in actual warfare and. no mat
ter what the losses. gains ground
Give me two years to machine
train two million Americans and I'll
make an army which no one in the
world can stop. Germany went into
this war with such a machine trained
army. and all the gains which Ger
many has made were made on that
account. The allies never had and
probably never will have that kind
OF an army.
I'VE have been told frequently in
the past two years that the German
army would revolt. Well, the only
way to make the German army revolt
would be for Ludendorff to order it
to revolt. Then it would obey. A
machine made army never does things
without orders.
will simply have to kill SO many Ger
mans that we will derange a funda-
mental part of the German army
machine. Or blow up a part of the
machine by our aerial army. We
will not build a machine army to
And in our own way. too"
Here the interview ended. for the
chauffeur announced the car ready
for the trip to the station. Capt.
Macklin's" thousands of friends will
hardly recognize him in what has
been quoted of his talk. Two years
ago this soldier of fortune, having
made his fortune, was the subject
of interviews on prize fighting and
other sports. and a real light on
Broadway. Today his talk is serious.
For it is the biggest adventure of his
life.
Copyright. 1918. by Edward Marshall syul.)
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Equals.

A CORRESPONDENT was questions
~ ing Charles NJ. Schwab anent his
appointment as head Of the shipk
ping board.
''Mr. Schwab." he said, (which do
you consider the most important factoe
in industry-capital or labor?"
Mr.. Schwab's eyes twinkled as ha
answered:
(Which wheel is the most important
in a bicycle?"
Evening star., 1918-06-02
THE OFFICER AT

captured and held towns and roads in
the midst of the German hordes. and
they have attacked and dispersed
large bodies of infantry after dec
mating the ranks.
I'VE expect to devote a great part
of our aerial strength to bombing
Germany. l am hopeful that 1t Will
not be many days before we Will be
dred machines five hundred yards
apart. carrying and dropping such an
enormous weight of explosive that
the ground will lift beneath us. that
German munitions plants and the
Rhine works and bridges will be
will be only a part of putting an
army into the air and winning the
war in the air. as has so often been
predicted.
THE men in the air service with
whom / have talked, both here and
at home, but especially here. regret
extremely that the impression was
given that all this would be done in
the course of a few months. We all
feel confident, as 1 have said. that 1t
will be done, when all is ready for
doing it. We are proud of the speed
with which we are getting ready. 1t
will not be long now"
The major was one of the first to
fly a Liberty motor. and he believes
in it. I told him the views of the old
established european MOTOR makers,
which may be summed UP in the ques-
ton of one. that IAN aeroplane motor
cannot be built; it must be developed"
THAT was a natural thing to say"
commented the major. land there is
some truth in it. The best motor. of
course. is developed. Also. the best
motor is made by the best workmen
and the most experienced. Who
wouldn't prefer an engine made by
workmen who are so expert that they
can tell by the colonization of a piece
of metal what 1t will stand in serv-
ice? But the victory is for the Lib
erty motor because 1t is. first of all.
a great motor. and because it Is
being made by the thousands. and be-
cause 1t will make possible aero
planes by thousands: and therefore
large formation flying. And when 1t
comes to large squadrons in the air
1t will make little difference if some
machines are a little slower. SO long
as the formation is big enough to
keep off the few enemy attackers
left. and the bombing is done sue
cessfully. We do not expect a Lib
erty motor to last as long as a hand
made motor. but we can make a
thousand or so of them to one of the
other sort.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
MAJ. r.

airplAne In France.
have our aces today. although every day
1t is becoming moro difficult to win a
battle single handed.
Naturally this is going to take some
Of the glory out of the air game for our
boys, for the daring exploits OF the aces
have inspired all OF US. But as large
formation fighting is the aerial way to-
day and will become the only way to-
morrow. the credit will he for our air.
men as units just as it Is for the in
fantry or artillerymen below us, as
units"
At this point Maj R probably re-
called something which tickled his mem
ory. for he turned a smile into a laugh
-puserv-htash. 1-morunits. ad ad adll
Say" he said, "if you had been in
would have thought the whole war
was up in the air already. The way
those bombs rained down on us and
the way the village kept a-jumpin'
up in pieces-that was a sample of
what air warfare is coming to-"
He reverted to the subject Of large
formation fighting.
I'VE have heard great deal about
the aeroplane becoming the new
cavalry. inasmuch as the present war
ployment of cavalry in its former
manner and substitute was needed.
But cavalry of the air does not by
any means justly describe the coming
aviation organization.
Nearly all the branches of the
military service are and must be more
fully developed for the aeroplane.
There is no longer any secret about
the use of small cannon on aero
planes, and we must expect that with
the development of guns with the
minimum of recoil larger pieces will
be mounted and fired from planes in
flight.
X
Our Intelligence work Is now de-
pendent and will become almost
wholly dependent on aerial obser-
walton.
"As cavalry. the successes of the
British Royal Flying Corps in the
present German offensive are our best
guides, for they have done wonder
full things. They have prae ,ically
Evening star., 1918-06-02

"As for the men we have here now.
they are equal to the best of all ma
tions. I do not say that they have
the battle experience. but they are
pilots. machine gunners. observers
and stunt fliers of the first order and
we have the advantage over the other
nations in having more of them and
reserves just as good. have just
been with the British and French
airmen and they have nothing but
praise for the American aviators
from what they have already seen of
their work. Remember that I am
speaking for the men trained in the
camps in America"
We spoke on other than the air
phases of the war. The former Capt.
Macklin" is perhaps more justified
in expressing an opinion than many
officers of higher rank, for he has
seen every form of service since his
boyhood.
''One thing l have never DONE" he
said. els to underrate the German
army. Not that have ever had any
liking for it or any respect for it's
methods. but do know one thing.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Climax t o the Won
derful Career of a
Twentieth Century Ad-
venturer Commander
of a Flying Unit Was
Famous Explorer
BY GEORGE h. sELDES.
cial Correspondence Of The Star.

PARIS. May %, 1918.
f[IHIS story opens the climax
III chapter in the history Of one
man who sums up the Amer
1 lean spirit of adventure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
PENROSE LEADS FIGHT
AGAINST FOOD BILL
Qriticizes Items for Exter.
mination Of Prairie Dogs
and Insects
BY the United Press

"ashhStou, July H.
What relation prairie dogs and H.
sects have to win the war" problems
was one of the many matters wearied
Senate had to battle with today, when
the food stimulation bill again came up
as the unfinished business.
The bill, which appropriates more than
s11, ,0OO, 900, is having the toughest sled
ding that any agricultural bill ever en-
countered in the Senate. This sum is in
addition TO the regular agricultural bill
for s2S.000,000, which passed Congress
some weeks ago.
What bearing does the prairie dog
have on the great battles on the western
front" demanded Senator Penrose sar-
castically when a huge appropriation for
the determination of these animals was
being considered.
Appropriations for controlling the in
sect family are also being carefully con-
sidered. They total $229,O0O.
Senators Penrose, Sherman and Smoot,
on the Republican side, and Thomas, for
the Democrats, have led in the criticism
of many items in the bill
Waste Of public mSney," outrageous
and duplication" of items in the regu-
lar appropriation bill are some of the
harsh terms used in describing the meas
ure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
SHOEMAN FALLS DEAD
AT 18TH AND ARCH SITS.
William c. Thomas, Formerly
of This City, Had Returned
in Search of Health

William 6. Thomas. former Philadel-
phian, well known in the shoe industry
who only a week ago returned to his old
home in search of health, fell dead to-
day at Thirteenth and Arch streets.
DIR, s. G.. Lehman. Twenty sixth
street and Columbia avenue. who was
passing, said dpsth was the result Of a
heart seizure.
The body, after being taken to the
Morgue was identified by Mrs. Thomas
II will be taken to Mr.. Thomas old
home in Kentucky for interment. Mr.
Thomas, knowing he might not have
long to live, had requested that.
Mr.. Thomas is survived by a son. an
officer in the British Army. and a
daughter, Cincinnati stenographer,
who had planned to come here next
Tuesday to make her home with her
parents
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas took an apart
mont iri the anne e il. md Mrs. Jacob
FIshman, 1917 Pine street when they
came here a week ago, They lived for
many years in philadelphia, but in
1914 went to Georgia where Mr.. Thomas
became manager Of shoe factory.
Later the same concern sent him 10
Mexico, but the climate affected his
health and he returned to Georgia. Pis
condition improved little SO he came 10
Philadelphia and was seeking a position
when death arrived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
LIBERTY BONDS BAIL
FOR DOCTOR RUMELY

New York. ulyJ 0.-Bondholders in
the old Mail and Express Company
Americans whose fortunes are largely at
stake-have taken the control of the
Evening Mail and have set to work to
salvage whatever of public good will re-
main to the paper following the arrest of
DR.. Edward A. Rumely the publisher
and the concurrent revelation that for
three years the Mail has been owned and
supported by the Imperial German Gov
ernment
Thirty-fve Liberty Bonds of the third
issue. each OF the thousand-dollar de-
nomination. had bought for Doctor
Rumely his temporary freedom. Who
provided them was not made known
The Federal authorities and Frederick
J. Powell, of 1G5 Broadway. the doctors s
lawyer, refused to say. Rumely is to
appear before United States Commits
soner Hitchcock for hearing a week
from next Tuesday.
Out of the investigations, it was pre-
dicted. were likely to come develop
ments which not only would measurably
increase the jeopardy of Doctor Rumely.
but would involve others Of prominence.
These developments may not be swift
in appearing, and Mr.. Stoddard did not
wait for them or for a further hint from
the authorities TO start cleaning house
in the Evening Mail office. His first ac-
tion was to demand the res gnation of
such directors as had been brought into
the company by Doctor Rumely. What
he went after he got. When reporters
saw him in the afternoon he had before
him the abdication of young Kurt REFS
. niger, who had been on terms Of closest
intimacy with the erstwhile publisher.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES

John W. Motley. Sd. Camp Meade. Nd, and
Audrey T., Kane. 6hl4 Lincoln Drive
Howard Hillig. s91s ". 10th St. and Kath-
i ryn Smith. 3el3 v. 10th st.
samuel Martin, 4aS KeniIworth ST.. and
T.. Gosnel, Baltimere. Md.
own ANNA Gerson' s asd cross 'Gy"'e' 81 St. ana
Robert Kriner 33ie w. Harold st. and
Thsina T. Ellis. 1920 +. Rittenhouse st
Harry s. Hall, rs ". Dewey st, and Anna
q Heron. aO1 5, Goth st,
P<tsr Slusarski 462 Melrose st. and Jose
phine olejnizak. 453a Mllnor st.
Carlo p NJ Jacobson 4+aa Garrna town
ave. and Elizabeth Work iiss cleve-
william villa + McGee, L. $. m r.. and
sysrs Rsst.r RsPi 1873 soS a Yfsa9n is,s st. and
Jacob friedman. 52s Mercy St, and Sarah
= pubin. $40 Mercy st.
James W. Rrsgs. Jr,. 1892 Fitzyater st.
and Nav Bell Harris, 1925 Catherine st.
HAIRY r. Creighton. 152S y. warnock 81
I and Julia NJ Hsushney. 1928 y. wArnock
yssaes c. ouIrk. s27e Locust st.. and Agnes
z III Mccormitk. 252s +. Lehigh ave
cASrles sIlverman. Pittsbnrgh. Pa, and
NiidreG Freeman. 2l2s Columbia ave,
Nsnnis, Goldbers spa osass ave, and Jen-
<.>Sion Eush. 2N2s Lombard ST. and Ruth
7f7A Ps~ps. eoea Lombard ST
eeoe3 k'!':s s4ys s. ssisfs sisf i AVS ana c-rF's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
CHICAGO WOMAN HAS
FRENCH SERVICE FLAG
Five Stars, One Gold, Tell the
Story of Her Sons
Sacrifice

What is thought to be the only French
service flag in Chicago hangs IN the
window of the little apartment OF NINE.
Madeleine Hebreard at 1410 East Sixty
sixth place 1t has four blue stars on
it and one gold one.
They represent a heroic mothers con-
tribution to the fight Of civilization
against anarchy. Moreover, the men
whom the four stars honor entered the
war at It's beginning. nearly four years
ago. and one Of them Is in it yet; an
other invalided home, a third captive
and the fourth. represented by the
gold star, resting gloriously somewhere
in France"
Six years ago Alexandra p. Hebreard,
himself former soldier OF the frencn
republic, came to America In his ola
age to make home for his family here.
Just eight months before the European
war broke out Mrs, Hebreard followed
Then came the war She had ten
children. six boys and four girls. -Four
of the boys were in France. AT once
they entered their country's service
They were Jean Cyril, twenty-nine !;
Henri, thirty; Louis, twenty-seven, ana
Felix, twenty-five. Louis was severely
wounded in Belgium. After getting out
Of the hospital he again entered the
service and was killed. Felix, an aviator
was captured and is now prisoner IN
Germany. Henri was invaded and Is
now in France, behind the lines, Jean
Cyril, after fighting at Verdun and in
other great battles for the full term
of the war, Is still hard at 1t and is
scathless, having never been scratched
He Is a noncommissioned officer in the
Eighth Regiment of French Engineers
A few months ago, having been given a
long furlough because of meritorious
service, he came to America and visited
his mother for five weeks.
The two other sons, Philemon, twenty
three, and Emile, nineteen, are in Chi
cago. Philemon is married and has been
rejected for the American army because
of a broken leg Emile, the baby, the
sole support of his mother, for the
father died two years ago, Is eager to
60, and his mother does not say him
nay. although dependent upon him.
Therefore there may be also an Amer
lean service flag in the window soon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
FEDERAL AGENTS RAID
RUM STILL in JERSEY
Molasses Shipments G iv e
Clue-Two Held for Turn.
ing Out Moonshine.
Atlantic City, n. j., July 10

WY ~ uly ~.
Options taken upon large quantity
of molasses in Philadelphia and New
York, which aroused the suspicion of
food administrators in the two cities are
said to have furnished the clue which
led to the raiding of an alleged Illicit
still for the production of crude rum in
the woods a few miles from Pomona,
this county. late last night. The region
is one of small farms and devoid of
population for several miles.
Government men are said to have
found a complete still, with all the para
phernalia requisite for the turning out
of the same brand of moonshine runm
that is produced in the south.
Charles Pfeiffer and John Albert, the
supposed owners of the still, were taken
into custody by the Federal agepts, and
brought to thisS city. They We're held
in $4,000 bail each by United States
Commissioner Lewis for a hearing when
the Government completes its case. Pfeif-
fer and Albert are said to have promised
Pomona residents largedividends IL they
would go into the enterprise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
CAMP DIX SOLDIERS
TO GIVE SHOW HERE
Wild West Pack and Wagon
Train Drill and Boxing
on Program

Camp Dix. wriEhtstown, n. j., July I 0.
Dix soldiers, numbering 265 men.
under the direction of Major Thomson,
commander of the remount station, will
give an exhibition in Philadelphia on
the afternoon of July 10 and 20 under
the auspices of the Philadelphia Chapter
Of the Knights Of Columbus Straw
bridge & Clothier field has been OBJ
tanned for the exhibition and the men
will encamp there during their stay in
the Quaker City.
pack and wagon train together with
the performers will leave Dix on We'd
nesday, July II, and the men will ride
as far as Moorestown, where they win
pitch their tents for the night. Early
Thursday they will resume their journey
and on arrival in Philadelphia will be
met by. a band and delegation Of
sailors from the navy yard and escorted
to the field. That evening they will be
guests of honor at the United Service
Club and the following night will at
tend theatrical production.
On the first day the show will consist
of a boxing exhibition between seven
men from Dix and the best of the navy
Sdiu Oil cAuIpltioh urn Dy tne PACK
and wagon trains and a real Wild West
show by former members of the Buffalo
Bill and "101 Ranch" shows and cow
boys who enlisted in Uncle Sans army
after quitting work on the ranches. On
the second day the same sort of an
entertainment with the addition of a
baseball game between the Dix team
and representatives of the Fourth Naval
District will be staged. The men will
leave Philadelphia Saturday evening
and will arrive here some time Sunday
In order that the men from Dix who
go "over there" will be prepared to make
French cities. II. A. Townsend, Y. NJ
C. A. educational director, through the
cooperation of the war work council OF
the Y. NJ. c. A., has devised a plan
whereby through series Of short talks
to be given at various entertainments In
the huts the men who are shortly to &c
overseas will be made familiar with the
value of French money, the method OF
travelling about the cities and towns, the
differences that distinguish Frenchmen
from Americans and the relative value OF
the various French weights and meas
ures.
Owing to the fact that the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Company has notified the
camp authorities that they can only
cary per cent of the men on weekend
passes, the erroneous impression has
gone out that the camp will be closed to
visitors. There is no such intention al
the present time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
DONNELLY BAIL NOW S6O,OOO
Accused Real Estate Man Faces
Four More Charges

Four more charges of embezzlement
were made today against John ]. Don
nelly a real estate agent. formerly of
Thirty-second street and Ridge avenue.
He has faced Magistrates in all sec
tions of the city as a result of his alleged
Irregularities in handling estates. With
the additional charge made today. DON
nelly is under about $50. 900 bail.
He was taken from MCyamensing
Prison this afternoon for a regular tour
on the new charges. Donnelly was first
taken before Magistrate Harris, 3726
Market street. There he was charged by
John NJ. Allgaier and Mrs, Mary Hag-
gerty, owners of property in West Phila-
delphia, with misrepresentations in MAX
ing exchanges of properties. Donnelly
waived hearing, and was held in $4,000
bail on each charge.
He was then taken before Magistrate
Wrigley, 1871 East Allegheny avenue
where charges of embezzlement were
made against him by Frank Osberg and
charles p. Evans. Donnelly was held in
$1,000 bail on the osberg charge and
$1,000 bail on the charge made by Evans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
ENEMY GUNS SLACKEN
BEFORE FIRE OF U. S.
Pershings c o m m u n i gu e
Shows Germans Have Learned
to Respect Americans
Washington, July 10.

Washington, July 10.
General Pershings communique for
Monday said there was nothing i'm
portant 20 report from sections of the
front occupied by American troops. 1t
is as follows:
"section~ BIN the sector occupied
ny our troops in Picardy there was
some brisk artillery fighting July 4 to 8.
Our batteries shelled LAlval wood with
gas early in the night and the enemy
retaliated by firing on our front lines
from the Fontaine wood to Grivesnes
and on some of our positions in the rear.
The German artillery was particularly
active between 10 p. m. and midnight.
but it was noted that their fire slack
ened or ceased whenever our artillery
started counter-preparation
I'm the Colmar sector. July 8. ac-
tivity of the German artillery showed
some increase on portions of our front.
but did not become notably heavy at
any point. His airplanes also distrlb-
uted their activity over the sector, drop
ming few bombs at one point. More
German patrols than usual were OBJ.
served, one throwing few grenades
at our positions and another cutting
some Of our wire.
I'm the Mulhouse sector. July 5, Ger
man airplanes showed an activity which
Is unusual in this region. They circled
constantly over their advanced positions
and sometimes over ours. Our anti-air-
craft batteries and number of Allied
planes drove them back on numerous
occasions The enemy's artillery fire
was slight and widely distributed. Be-
hind the German lines, in addition to
the usual movements of pedestrians.
horsemen and vehicles. considerable
number Of infantry in a body was OBJ
served on the march during the after