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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
PLAN SKY HIGH TAX
ON ALL LUXUR|ES
Congress May Double Rates on
Liquors; Heavy Levy on Jewel
~ and Clothes in New Measure.
ociatod Press to Every Evening

By Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington, July 10 Preparations for
framing the new war revenue bill went
forward in the House Ways and Means
Committee today with attention center
ing upon the list Of suggestions for new or
higher taxes on luxurics and necessities
submitted yesterday by the treasury
department
Members Of the committee Indicated
the list would form the basis for con
sumption taxes in their draft Of the bill
though some Of the proposals would be
changed and others disrcgaFded
Besides doubling present taxes OF Ii
quOrs and tobacco. GuadrIpiing soft
drink icyies, and making general increases
III other existing rates. the treasury sug-
gcations include taxes Oi fifty per cent on
retail prices Of iewelry, watches and clocks,
except those sold 10 army or navy men;
twenty per cent on automobiles, bicycles,
musical Instruments etc, ten cents a
gallon on gasoline TO be paid by the
wholesaler; ten per cent on hotel bills for
rooms over s.. so a day or American plan
over s.; ten per cent on all cafe Or rcstal-
rant bills and taxes Of unstated amounts
on mems suits selling for more than $50,
womcns suits over $40 and coats over
$50: mons hats over 81 shirts over 81,
DaIamas over - Try 0yc. 35 cC..ts;
Shoes over IS; glove. over s.. underwear
over So: all neCKWcar ard canes, women
dresses over $25; skirts over SIS; hats
over SO; shoes over St.; lingerie over IS;
corsets over s. and all furs, fans, etc. !,
childrcn's clothing including suits over
SIS: purses, toilet articles, etc, over s.
III addition to all these taxes, which
would he levied directly upon the con
surner, the list proposes doubling the
present motion pict4lrc admission tax
and imposing a tax Of five per cent on
moving picture theatre rentals, with the
present film tax eliminated
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10

The thought underlying the motive for
calling Statewide war conference was
fully explained by Governor John G..
Townsend. lr., in opening tho first session
OF the conference ut The Playhouse early
this afternoon. The governor said:
Citizens Of Delaware greet you, !
thank YOU for your cooperation and for
the inspiration Of your presence, With
such incentive rs shown here, we can well
take heart in the task before US.
In such crisis as We are now engaged,
Delaware by very inheritance. has
prominent part 10 play. Our State has
stood ever ready At the nations call and
has led ALWAYS in the nations service
In this war, Delaware. as individuals and
by organizations has rs usual done her
rightful part in full-and more. For this
the State ran boast with we'll earned
pride and for this the nation looks to us
with patriotic awe. But II our service as a
State rs one OF the forty-cight units OF OR
national government. we have Vet 10 ito
our full part in this war That We may give
that service Of the State, as 3 State. the
authorities al Washington have asked, IN
keeping with our sister States. for the
creation OF q Council Of Defense Needing
that request. and interested only III up
holding the honor OF the State and eX-
pressing the sentiment OF those who
understood our duty, a special session Of
the General Assembly was called. A bill.
outlined according 10 specific recon-
mendations Of those directing the national
policy. was presented. and when under
stood that 1t was designed for and in
response 10 national requirements, was
enacted into legislation.
The council has been named, non
partisan and representative Of all IN
terests The provisions OF the law are
such that II has tie firm support OF all
those Dclawareans truly and unseltlshly
interested in making good our part IN
the struggle No honest Delawarcan. en-
gagged In bcncSt work unselhshiv willing
to serve. need have fear l. attempts 10
advance no interest save the state and
nation i knows no party set or com
munitv. Its power IS only such as Is de-
fined IN Us nanc-Statc Council al De
fence.
There is an honest questioning in
Jelawarc-what IS my work III the Coun-
r1I of Defence II the keen desire 10 do
ones bit and best there Is need Tor better
understanding = just what the nation DC
eIres and expects Of Us For thus tlis con
ference Is called. Representatives from
the National Council come gladly and
with true American spirit to our call
so then, that our state may better
understand and more seriously appreciate
the privilege 10 serve and the response
hilitics imposed ] have called you thus
here today. We shall hope. get in closer
sympathy and cooperation and 60 back
TO our homes with clearer vision, more
Delaware determination and truer spirit
of American service-wlllng 10 give our
selves and all IF necessary for Della
ware we can pledge 70 the nation the
work and will to Win.
For myself. ] ask for naught save that
spirit Of loyalty the Office needs 10 best
serve For myself, in the task SCI ! pledge
nv all To YOU and my country Catch if
you can d vision Of the opportunity. then
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
ALLIED TROOP WILL AID
FIGHT AGAINST BOLSHENIkI
Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
London July 10 Measures taken
by the Allies to aid non-B olsheylkl Rus
SLAMS on the Thurman coast and protect
ing the Thurman railroad and the port
&c kola are summarized by the DAILY
EXPIRES. from Russian newspapers
White the Bolsheylk opposed the
landing Of Allied troops and even agreed
t. trade the Thurman coast to Finland,
the local population has decided TO JOIN
the Allies and secctle from the Bolaheyiki
4 dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Copenhagen dated Monday quotes Ger
man papers as saying there are $4,000
BoIshevlki troops left Oh kola peninsula
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
Gov TOWNSEND
OPENS STATE WAR
CONFERENCE HERE
Addressed Representative Gather
ing at The Playhouse This
Afternoon.
TO HELP THE NATION
STATE WIN-THE-WAR
CONFERENCE TODAY

2 p. m.-Conference called by
Governor John 6. Townsend with
David SneIlenburg, chairman Of
publicity committee. presiding in
The Playhouse. for the general
public. members and delegates of
State Defense Council. TO be adj
dressed by DIR. ]. b. Sherer, field
agent for the National Council OF
Defense; music by Fort du Pont
Band.
4 p. M Round table discus
sion with Elliott Dunlap Smith,
secretary State Councils Section
of National Council. as the speak
er. Meeting open TO State. city,
county councils and representative
of women's committees.
s p. m. Public mass meeting in
The Playhouse TO be addressed by
Lieutenant Paul Perigord. French
Army officer. and Miss Julia {.
Lathrop. chief of National Children's
Bureau. Music by Fort du Point
Band. Open 10 public. Seats
reserved tos various councils,
delegates and the Delaware press.
At O'Clock. Governor Town
send will entertain State officials.
State. city and county councils.
Women's Committee and repre-
sentatiyes of Delaware press at
dinner AT the Hotel du Pont.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
ALLIES HAVE BORROWED
SIX BILLIONS FROM U.s..
Their Obligation Increasing at the
Rate of $500 100000 a Month,
Treasury Says.
BY Associated pres. % Every Evcnlng

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Washington, July 10 Loans made
by the United States 10 the Allies, the
total Of which nov amount ~ SG,Wl,-
59O,OoO are continuing 10 pile mp at .
rate nearly 40O,O00,W0 monthly, Urea
sury Department statistics available to
day Indicate
Great Britain TO date has been gwen
credits Of 50, ,OOO,OOO; France, 81
Yes 10000. Italy. SGG0, Op0,00D Rus-
sla, 1926 900. 90. Belgium, Sl3l ,|O,WO,
Greece, $3.50, 900; Cuba, Si5,0OO,UO,
and Serbia, S90OO,pCO credit IF
81, GG6, 900 was extended to Runanla,
but the exact status Of The loan - the
time when that country made pcace With
the Central Powers, has not becu de-
terInlned
OF the credit extended 70 Russia, only
1887 900 was paid out on treasury
warrants before the fall Of the Krrcnsky
government and the rcacc treaty made
with Germany By The BolshcWkl led ~ a
stoppage of the funds
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
20. O00, 900 BUSHELS or WHEAT
SENT TO ALLIES ~ 9 MONTHS
BY Associated Press % Every Evening

by Associated Press 70 Evcry Evening
London. Julv 10 The people ~ the
United state. by -cflrnpo4od food r.
strictions have aided greatly ia main
tanning the food -upphrs ~ the Euro
pean Allies Sir William a " Go0de
lialson officer 81 the Food Ministry with
the American food administration gave
striking figures, showing thc extent "
tmeridan sclf-sacrfcc N IN address ~
dav before the Consumers Council
From July. 1917 ~ April 1918 The
United states exported ~ thc Allies
80 900 900 bushels ~ aheat products
said Sir William
Exports n pork products ID March
1918. were 3O9 900 GO0 pounds
IN March IS 900 OOu pounds pr frozen
beef wcrc shipped
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
BuLGARs DESERVING KAISER.
Conditions in Country URbearable; Have
Given up Hope OF Victory.
ted Press 70 Every Evening

by AesoClaIou FTess 9 ENeFy ENtnIHs
London, July I0-Desertions from
the Bulgarian army on the Macedonian
front are increasing greatly French
headquarters Ill Macedonia informs the
Salonika correspondent Of the Times.
The deserters SAY conditions III Bull
garia have become unbearablc and that
hopes of an ultimate victory haze vanish
ed INSTRUMENTATION ia the Bulgarian
army has increased
The submarine danger Id The Mcdii-
terancau is declining, the correspondent
adds
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
American Aviation Officer Missing.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Paris July Lieutenant de Ora
mont, commander Of a squadron Of
American aviators, disappeared recently
during a patrolling expedition, accord
ing to the Matin The lieutenant was d
son Of 3 member Of the Academy Of Science
and previously had been attached 70 the
British armies a. oficer-intcrprctcr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
GERMANS WEAKER.
ALLIES STRONGER
ON EVE Of Assault 7
Huns Gathering Forces 70 Try
Again n Open Road IN Paris
and English Channel Ports.
WILL FINDOPPONENTSFIT
French Swat" Foe at Novon and
Take $50 Prisoners and 30
Machine Guns.
BERLIN REPEATS FALsTTIEs


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Ff0hfiup ,cfjvif, an fhc -. torn ra
Italian fronts -tlll d rnnGnca ~ a~s
operations The il,l in .s-t -n-.
hoUrvrr tjli r9t W 9-,l.ryp5 X .te-
~" many 4iyr- that he yT. .rt.f
which marked b. C,orrn.n reu-,g..
On tho west and tso Austrian t-..a r
italy rill -tortlg ~ invaded
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arr preparing 3r effort some aagnI
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ground son uE the N4sf~oliare 4rd
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
REFUSE To BE LED
BY HUN GENERAL
Won Below Must Bring u German
Divisions to Win Welcome on
the Italian Front, Rome Hears.
REVENGE CRY DROPPED

By Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Rome, Julv l0-Anstria mas cieciinea
n accept the German general Otto Won
Below Is commondcr-In-chlef II the forces
on the Italian front because Germany re-
fused To send twelve German divisions
with nm. according to the newspaper
Epoca. which ha@es the statement IN
advIccs from 2 swiss source.
Austria. il adds, temporarily has
gwen up the idea Of revenging herself
for her recent defeat by Italy.
Dispatches from Rome through Paris
on july Z reported that Germany intended
sending three army corps 70 the and Of
Austria 70 be pat under General otto
Won Below - commanier-In-chie5 on
the Italian front Reports from Zurich
several days earlier declared General
Non Below had been appointed command
er-in-chlet, but here nas been no official
confirmation that such change IN com
mand bad been effected or was con-
templated.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
TRAIN WRECK 5 DEAD l25.
Number of Victims Of Tennessee Col
iisi0n May Increase Still More.
.sOciated Press TO EVERY ENening

b4 AssoSLdtcu tftsa 70 Every ENSAihA
Nashville. Tenn, July 10 The
Total number of identified and unidenti-
fled dead from Yesterdays collision on
the Nashville. Chattanooga and st
Louis Railroad near here reached l25
early today.
The injured number r.. many ri them
serious.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
Amusements ToRghl.

Queen h0W Could ol lCanF
Mates Be hc Matlrt ~ NarCcLAA-
Victoria A. the Mercy oi Men.
SavOy-'C Chase AIc, CA..rhe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
AN ALLY Of GERMANY
Would Join Huns Against Anglo
Japanese Intervention III
Russia.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

by Associated Press to Every Evening
Amsterdam, July 10, \ declaration
that the Soviet government OF Russia
would ally itself with Germany IN case of
Anglo-Japanese Intervention IN Russia
is contained in Moscow wireless message
printed in the Vienna Neue Freie Presse,
says a dispatch to the Berlin Lokal
Anzeigcr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
Weather Forecast.

81 Associated Press 10 Every Evening
WASHINGTON, JUly TO- Forecast Tor Della
ware. .
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday .tt,o
change la temperature gentle y moderate
west 10 northwest winds.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
The Haskju Daily Letter

IN Every Evening is alone worth The price
Of the paper. II is only one { many eX-
elusive features printed in Every Evening
every day. Order copy regularly from
your nearest dealer ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
DOWNED TEN BOCRE..
NOW ACE" A|RNAN
Lieutenant Putnam Now Leads
America s Corps of Daring; Lieut..
Meissner Lands Five.
81 Associated Press . Every Evening

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Paris, July 10 Lieutenant David +.
Putnam Of Brookline. Mass has formally
become the leading American ;sce in
Succession 10 Lieutenant Frank Baylies
who has been missing since June II.
Putnam tenth victory on June 80 now
has been verified officially
In the month Of June Putnam brought
down seven German machines equaling
tie monthly records made by the late
Captain CuNnemer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
John 2. NieEds a Captain

John r. Nieids having been appointed
3 captain ID The Ordnance Department Of
the army, he went to Washington today
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10

With the American Army in France,
July TO- Lieutenant James A. Meissner,
Of Brooklyn, won his ffth aerial victory,
thereby Becoming an ace, by bringing
down il company with Lieutenant Hamil-
ton Coolidge, Of Boston, an en4my two
seated airyiane over Chateau Thierry.
The German machine fell in flames.
The victory has been officially con
frrna,4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10

Particular people choose Clover Dairy
milk.-Adv.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

seems the French call it the Boul Meesh,
just like Michigan Boulevard in Chi Off
to one side Of it they was big fenced in
place with lot of ruins in it.
WAS that what the bomb done?" I
asks a Tommy standing by.
NO." he says, "them's the ruins of an
old Roman palace and it's baths"
"Oh,' says |, "is that so? | didn't
know the Romans took baths. I thought
the English invented it,"
Leaving him to think that over, rolled
along my way to the Lower. Somebody
had told me l oughtn't to miss it. so
tried to get in. But it was closed up on
account of it being Saturday or some-
thing, and | couldn't make it.
Then | got lunch at restaurant. but
had to eat outdoors. l thought | was
through with eating outdoors when
come to city, but it seems they do it
because they like to. And in the after
noon l went to real movie" house on
the Grand Boulevard-and what do YOU
think l saw?
The same show saw in New York the
week before leaving! The same picture
OF Charlie Chaplin's, only with French
titles on it. And then, when they got to
the news pictures, what was there but
our Old regiment, passing in review be-
fore that French general, and me in the
rear rank of the third platoon of ] Com
p'ny with my left leg putt coming down.
got out of there. had spent all day
trying to find something new in Paris,
and l couldn't. All the time they was
throwing up old things at me that I'd
seen before.
Well that night l went to vaudeville
house, or rather saloon and vaudeville
house combined 1t seems that's the wav
they do it here, SO as to save paper on
door checks when guys want to go out be-
tween the acts. The bar is right out in
front of the theatre part, so they get
you going and coming. They charge YOU
a franc for the same beer you could get
up at Looneyville for ten sous, onlv it's
little staler beer because it has IN
travel so far
Just Dogs and Jugglers
And then the show starts. Say, there
was nothing but dog acts, and Juggling
acts, and more Juggling acts, and a dame
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

Liberty Bonds, and fines and ct cetera
are paid for, on foo'ishly expensive gifts.
Do not buy any old French chateaux
and arrange to have them transported.
stone by stone, to "the states," as YOU so
charmingly put it. Do not buy your girls
\any French farms, either outright or on
the instalment plan. Modern women
you know, simply loathe having to work
on farms, and the charm and fascination
Of even nice, ruined French farm would
soon wear off
Do not try to buy the Eiffel Tower for
them; it is not for sale. And do not
waste your money en- expensive jewelrv
and oil paintings of yourself!
A simple photograph, with very SIM
pie background for your very simple face,
will be all that the yearning heart on the
other side of the water could possibly
wish for, dear composite" doughboy
(lsn't that perfectly !ovely word?).
Save your hard earned money and send
1t to some reliable real estate dealer in
your home town, and get him to buy YOU
part interest in little lot where Won
can build little home of your own, for
you and "The" girl. BY the time the war
is over you will have saved up enough to
buy the very best corner lot in the place
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
FREE ADVICE FOR
L0VEL0RN LADS
BY MISS INFORMATION
Conducted for Suffering Doughboys Far
Removed from Their Affinities
HEART-TO-HEART TALK No. .

HEART-TO-H HEART TALK No. 9
Dear, loyal, trusting boys! hope YOU
don't mind my calling you "boys," be-
cause you are all "boys," you know. to
me. How | wish l could "mother" YOU
all; for, from the letters you write me,
asking me to untangle the ravelled skeins
of your affections, you seem to me to be
very fine "boys" indeed.
| am going to tell you something that
perhaps only a fen of you have been
aware of. 1t is this: Your faithful
sweethearts at home do not expect you to
send them e~pemsive souvenirs of France
all they ask is your continued love and
regard in your wonderful, avonderful let
ters.
Send them letters, dear "boys": lots
and lots and lots of them. But do NOT
spend recklessly all that money that Won
have left over after your allotments. and
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

They was some statutes, too. l went
around looking at them, and the first
thing l know l ran into the Statute of
Liberty, only smaller
HELL" says |, 81 was boob to come
over here. l saw that in New York Har-
bor; what do I want to see it again for?
Besides, it isn't as good as what it was
there. 1t must have shrunk some with
the salt air or something. coming over"
Trailing the Bombs
So l beats it out and goes roaminp
down the Boulevard Saint Michael #
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

what came out and sang. There wasn't a
joke in it anywhere that l could get. And
the music? What do you think they
played for new and zippy stuff? "Alex-
ander's Ragtime Band" "The Merry
Widow" and every Little Movement!
It's a fact!
l went out when the show was about
half over, figuring that l wouldn't get no
vaudeville, but only more ancient history,
if l stayed. The next morning l paid
my hotel bill. slung my bag over my
back and beat it for the railroad station.
Nope, take it from me, bo, there's
nothing to this Paris leave There's
nothing new there. It's just like New
York, and I've seen New York. So
what's the use?
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
The Official
Newspaper
of the A. E. !
The Amy;s Poets
LITTER SQUADS

LITTER SQUADS
They tell of the doughboys' wonders
work
On the crooked firing line;
They tell Of the pluck of the cannonssl
AS they work in mud and slime;
And once in a while you may even hs.,
Of the engineers doing tier bit:
But what puzzles me-Tm green 70,
Is: Where do the Litter Boys fit,
Oh, it's plugging away in the battere,
trench
Working in water and goo..
Carrying a litter in mud to your knees
Trying to pull Bill through;
Ducking the low places here and there
Hearing the bullets whine,
But the glory is lacking, and so is III.
backing,
For these Litter Boys of mine.
They tell of the work Of the Signal Corn,
men,
Sticking close to the wire;
They hand it out to the courier scout.
Making his run under fire;
And once in while I hear them say.
"The @. MS coming fine"
But what puzzles me-I'm green. YOU
Is; Where do the Litter Boys shine
Oh, it's creeping out to a shell hole,
Hugging close to the ground;
Swimming along in mud to your eyes.
Wishing your heart was sound;
Making fast to dead one,
Dragging him back to the lines;
But the glory is lacking, they need more
backing,
These Litter Boys of mine.
You read of our boys going over the tor
And piercing the Huns third line;
Of the box barrage that helped them out
And the fifty-eight twos so fine;
They often speak of the plucky lads
Working the typewriter gun;
But what puzzles me-Tm green. yor
See
Is; Where is the Litter Boys fun?
Oh, it's the picking up the pieces,
Logging them in on litter;
Nosing around through filthy ground.
Hoping you'll get sitter;
Dragging them out of the dugouts.
Guiding the walkers and blind;
But the glory is lacking, and they neet
more backing
These Litter Boys of mine.
H. W. 7
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

the side of a big park, which is full of
statutes of people without no clothes on
They is one with three guys all holding
out their hand at something and strain
ing after it, think it was probly put up
to celebrate the opening of the first free
lunch counter
Well, / went into the Lux. I thought
when that Aussie officer told me they was
good pictures there that it was a
movie" palace, but it appears it ain't
They's nothin' but stills in it. But they're
in colors, so that helps some.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

front behind me when we hiked back
from Looneyville. Are they bringing the
front down here SOS won't be lone
some for it while I'm on leave?"
NO." he told me- "That gun is good
seventy miles away-up at Anizy, as
near as we can figure"
"Up at Uneasy?" says l. "Well, it
makes it plenty uneasy down here,
don't it,"
That one was little deep for him, so
he just says "Indeed!" Anyway, l reck-