Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-02

These are days when IL - necessary
10 be careful whore we leave cur iJDcrty
Bends and our cash SO many people
bought Liberty Bonds last month, that
it has occurred 10 the petty thieves 10
make unobaerved and quiet entry INTO
peoples houses Ia look for them. hore
has bee nrnore then one instance Oi their
| success, and there hns been more than
one instance Of their failure.
They failed IN "a house ono day recently,
| but their efforts were not entirely unre-.
wardcd because they did get cash ana
| cigars The family had left the house
at O'Clock III the aftern' m, and they
| returned at ten IN the evening. Things
seemed 10 be cutie at sixes and severis
| and il made the atmOsph re- of the home
n little distraught, when the family began
| to acclse each other Of leaving doors
| standing half open, drawers altogether
| open with things hanging out, and otner
seemingly ncgIcctful rnings that Irr1tate,
| especially when the day IL done and hll
| are tired II was not such a complete
| rness ae burglars sometimes leave 80 that
/ there ie m doubt rs 70 what has hlppened
/ II was more IN the nature IL a lnusslng
| MP than thorough upheaval and there
was 50 little taken that me time passed
/ before i Was finally decided that rea!
! burglary hsd beon put over u had.
i however for Mater Familias discovered
| twenty dollar g)ne from hcr purse, and
several small t,is of Iewelry were gone.
put and hero came the rub Pater
| Farnilias discovered that every ono of
| his cigars had becn taken, and ne ha''
/ land ia = goodlv lppiy against any regi-
lation 81 smoking nv the Fuel Admins
traitor. and he dotted upon each and every
/ smoke rs np0n ono ard only child
/ Then II Sas that fhings began To happen
/ The police we're summoned by telephone,
+ The ncIghhors called in. and thorough
searrh made u house and premise 4
front pirdow wag found open The
hurgulars had entered that way The
pevt door neighbor- stated that two nicc
looking voung men had been on the porch
after dark lnaairlng for well known
clergyman The neighbnrg had directed
them and thought no more abont II
Vow # il supposed that they were taxing
inquiries - 10 The clergyman, 70 ind on
II the residents II the house were away
THIS little burglary incident serves
~ show how necessary i i 70 guard cash
or what can easily be converted INTO cash
from these Innvted callers who have
adrolt waye ~ finding ont whether people
are ST home
BALDWIN Springer Mauil has Just Deer
awarded the ePhiladclphIa District Regiona
Scholarship, gwen 20 under graduate
At Princeton. because Of AZ round merit
Ii is AWARDED IN the Rhodes scholarship
Dan fo those standing highest IN the
entrance cxamInatIons and i Of strictly
competitive character The scholarship
4 gwen hv he Alumni 81 PhIiadeiphla
Distinct. 1t amounts 20 $3.50 per veal
and viii be continued for four years Il
conditions warrant.
BALDWIN Maull was graduated iron
Friends school last June, and durlns
iii his college preparatory course ther
he showed splendid aptitude for study
ana IN every way displayed intellectual
ability and character that viii undOubt
,4ilv develop INTO q nne personality
He Is q nephew of Baldwin /. Springer
and. ike his uncle, viii become M attorney
NJ law
Caieb z BurcneRal has been honoral
by appointment 70 the Army Service
Corps, Judge Advocate General Depart
Tnent. and ne i 10 report ii Camp [ ptor
in about 3 week
This IS an honor, well deserved by one