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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
HO is Browning?" Prac-

UHUENH0AH 0iCdlly ONOIyOuO II {
H@eSZ4HEA lenghth and breadth OF
GQ2ySgy the country was asking
this question on the morning that
the newspapers announced that the
United States War Department
had adopted the Browning ma.
chine gum
It was a natural question. Few
outside of his own townspeople
and those who are connected with
the manufacture of firearms, had
ever heard of this man.
Lewis" and Maxim are well
known names. When the contro.
versy came up over the matter of
machine guns for our army those
names were most frequently heard.
1t was the late Lord Kitchener,
* of K" who first made prac-
tical use of the machine gun in
warfare. He used the Maxim
gun. Then the Lewis gun came
into existence. And when it was
finally announced that our Govern.
ment was giving an official test to
a Browning machine gun-and la
ter there came the news that we
had adopted this gun everyone,
it seems, was puzzled and asked,
why not the Lewis or the Maxim
gun?"
1t was one of the most critical
times in history. A time when the
very best in firearms was needed.
And because the Lewis and the
Maxim machine guns were we'll
known and the Browning gun was
not, it was but natural that most of
US should look a trifie askance at
the announcement. Every one felt
that it was no time for expert
ments, no time for guesswork.
why not adopt a gun we all
know about9'' seemed to be in ev-
cry mind.
Browning? Browning? I'll bet
his name never appeared on fire.
arm!" one excited retired Govern
ment official declared.
He was right. Up to the time
that John M. Browning of Ogden,
Utah, perfected this new machine
gun his name had not appeared on
any gun. Yet
Every Winchester rifle; every
Remington shotgun; every Rem
ington automatic rifle; every Colt
machine gun; every Colt automatic
pistol (such as our army officers
carry); every one of the million
army pistols manufactured by a
Belgium concern-every one of
these, and more, WAS A BROWN
ING GUN!
He invented all of them!
And of the millions upon mil
lions of these firearms, known and
carried in every quarter of the
globe, not one bore his name.
There was time when Wilhelm,
Kaiser of the German Empire,
proudly carried a handsome pistol
presented to him by Albert, King
of Belgium.
John M. Browning invented it.
When Admiral Robert E. Peary
planted the Stars and Stripes at the
North Pole he had a Winchester
repeating rifle, model '92, in his
hand.
John M. Browning invented it.
When, on that fatal summer day
in 1914, Serbian fanatic shot ar
Austrian Archduke to death and
precipitated the world war, he die
it with an automatic pistol.
John M. Browning invented it.
An Englishman of title, on 9
government mission to this coun.
try, had occasion to call on Mr.
Browning at his home in Ogden
The English official bowed low.
"SIR John Nj. Browninge" he
asked.
John M. Browning, SIR" snap
ped Mr.. Browning. The English
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
OUR FLAG

There are many flags in many lands,
There flags of every hue,
But there is no flag in any land
Like own Red, White and Blue.
know where the prettest coors are,
Pm if l only knew
How to get them here, Itcould make flag
Of glorious Red, White and Blue.
would cut piece from the evening sky,
Where the stars shining through
And use it just as it was on high,
For my stars and field of Blue,
Then want piece of feecy cloud,
And some red from a rainbow bright,
And I'd put them together. side by side,
For my stripes of Red and White.
Then ''Hurrah for the Flag!" our country's flag
Its stripes and white stars, too;
There is no flag in any land
Like our own Red, White and Blue
By Mary Hoplster, IN Woman's World
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Nl HE Twin City Forge &
81 Foundry Co.'s ball toss
g ers, who were scheduled
gh to cross bats with the

T4lIHT FOUNDRY CO.'S Dall TOSS
H9VEGH ers, who we're scheduled
&Ng to cross bats with the
locals in Recreation Park, failed to
appear, the reasons thereof being
unknown to US at the present
writing. After waiting some little
time for the visitors to arrive, it
was decided to gather a bunch of
players from the fans and offer
combat against the First team
Lee offering to give his services to
the Second team. The Second team
put up good defense and many
were the fast plays credited to
them and on each occasion it
brought forth cheers from the
fans. The most sensational plays
of the game we're two double plays
made by the same two players.
Both chances were accepted and
carried through in professional style
1t occurred each time with man
on first, then a line drive was
smashed out to Nc, who in turn
handed the ball to Map, completing
the two successive plays for the
Second team.
In the opening chapter the First
team after getting a single and one
three-bagger, assisted by Russ
error, two scores crossed the hcme
plate. In the second frame, after
getting one safe hit, stolen base,
another score comes home on a
sacrifice hit. In the fifth inning,
on a combination Of hits and errors,
three more scores were credited up
to them. No more we're made till
the eighth and last inning. Two
two-base hits were made in this
inning. However, the first one
went for naught, because the bats
man tried to stretch it into a three.
bagger and was put out at third by
a large margin. The second two
base hit counted as a score when
Flem's defense was too weak for
Bran's grounder.
All the scores that the Second
team made were of the earned"
variety. In the second inning two
clean hits were made and one run
crossed the home plate. In the
third frame, after making two sim
giles and one two Dagger, two more
scores came racing home. This,
however, ended the Second teams
score record. But nevertheless
they bad tied the score and it stood
thus till the last half of the fifth.
Lee worked hard to hold his
team mates at bay, but their bat
ting ability was just a trife deeper
than he could fathom. He allowed
nine hits, struck out eight men and
passed one on balls.
Wells, who pitched the first two
and thirds innings for the
First team, allowed five hits and
struck out four men. On account
of the excessive heat and consider
ing his batting opponents he did
not work very hard. After his
opponents had made two singles
and one two-bagger off him in
the third inning he relinquished
his position to Brad; the latter
doing very good work. During
the remainder of the game he al
lowed but two safe hits, struck out
six men and passed five on balls.
PLAY BY INNINGS
FIRST
Second Team-Smith struck out.
Ad out, Jam to Brad. Nc out,
Brad to Jam. No runs, no hits,
one error.
First-East gets a base hit and
scores on Brad's three-bagger.
Bush and Jam struck out. Burn
gets on by Russ failing to handle
his grounder. He then steals
second base but is thrown out
trying to steal third base, Smith
to Russ. Two hits, two runs,
one error.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18

Of Emperor Charles and Count Czernin,
will be communicated 20 the committees.
Prince Sixtus Of Bourbon communicated
the original text Of the cmperor's first
letter to President Poincare, but had an
exact copy made, which be gave 10 NJ
Ribot for the foreign affairs archives.
NJ. Ribot communicated the letter 70
the British prime minister, David Lloyd
George, ut Fokcstone, q few days later
When the French, Italian and British
cabinets met nj 81. Jean de M8urieDne,
in Savoie, the eventualty Of Austria
Hungary undertaking negotiations for
peace was discussed The Allies agreed
upon the line Of conduct thay should adopt
This FIRST letter coused the Allies TO
demand explanations, and, ~ copsc-
atIence Prince Sixtus communicated the
second letter Of Emperor Charles 10
President Poineare and VI Rib0t The
Allies decided that the second letter did
not permit them 10 continue these con-
Versations
lie Temps asserts that the two classes
Of facts with which the government .
explanations deal arc mo- of equal im-
portancc The first, connected With the
cmperors two letters, q -ags arc 70
serious import; tic sccard, connected
with the Armand-Revcftata conyersa-
tions, are considered only as attempts
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
CAFE PROFITS FADE,
BUT PATRONS KICK
Charge That London Restaurants
Fleece the Public Resented
by Owners.

London, March 81 3l.-Proprietors of the
fashionable restaurants In what Is known
as the West End have been trsy writing
letters 10 the newspapers III IN effort 10
counteract the criticism that they are
fieecing the now partly-rationed public.
The grievance of the public Is that they
are charged as much and sometimes more
for the smaller dishes than they paid for
the larger ones before the DAYS Of eompnl-
sorv rationing Nor have the eating placcs
made any allowance for the fact that they
no longer serve sugar and butter. lncreas-
ed wartime cost of labor and tablewear
is given by the restaurant proprletars as
justification for their action
The head of ono Of the most expensive
Strand hotels. popular with Americans,
takes the line that tho gross profits Of his
place are less than in pre-ww days. The
increased cost Of labor and materials has.
he saws, made necessary the extra charges
for less food IIc deals exhaustlyelv with
the subject in a letter 70 the papers. and
gives a table which shows that table
linen and other articles have been trcbled
in price since the war.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
.LAWLESSNESS At
PENN'S GROVE, n. J.
Salem County Court Asks Grand
Jury to Investigate
Reports.

Salem, ~ j., April 1S.--At the opening
of the Salem county courts yesterday
Justice Black called the especial attention
of the grand jury To the alleged breach Of
the criminal laws in Penn's Grove and
vicinity. lie said the court has reason
to believe that there is secret violation
of the statutes governing the sale of
intoxicating liquors, doubly demoralizing
that such violations are allowed to
continue CAS- the conservators Of the
peace of the county the court said,
matters of this kind should be brought
to the attention of the people of Salem
county and it is the citizens duty to
aid in the enforcement of the criminal
law. Such crimes or violations grow
and spread and the only safe course is a
complete enforcement of the criminal law,
which is part OF your duty.
The charge has created a stir in the
vicinity of Penn's Grove, where the
Illegal sale of liquor has aroused the
better class of citizens. Spcakeasies
abound, it is declared, rs well as gambling
joints
At the request OF the court the first
case considered bv the grand jury was
that OF Ernest Williams, accused Of
murder Of Mrs. Ncrna Hogatc, and within
Is minutes an indictment WAS returned.
Justice Black had the prisoner brought
before the bar and he pleaded not guilty
Thursday, Nav Is. was set for the trial.
Judge Waddington's court received
apnllcations for liquor license renewals
from Israel c. Harris, Aloway; Samuel
II. Murphy, Elmer; Isaac J.. Stetser,
Woodstown: William y. Acton, Pcnns-
vile. William II Moore, Ccntreton;
Samuel Stiles. Pole Tavern and the
French Hotel Company, of Penns Grove.
All the applications will G acted upon on
ADril % unless remon frances are tlcd,
and then they will 90 over until tho
2q4h. when they will DC taken up IN thor
turn. \ rcruunstrancc Is sure 10 hc
filed against the PcnnS Grove Application,
and WoodstoWn went dry yesterday, SO
that its hotel will close M IN 30 days,
Members of the Sa,cm county bar made
an appeal through former Prosecutor
/ ForInan SInnlcksOn to have nothing
but the most important cases considered
n tins term Nr Sinnickson showed
Cirrtllt Judge Carrov that Of tho present
panel Of petit jurors about 70 arc tarmers,
many wholly dependent upon themselves
10 opcratc thclr farms because OF the
scarcity of help and 4 would he great
inirSticc 10 them 70 bc detained IN court
10 settle minor differences IN hlgauon.
Judge Carrow agreed with the suggcs-
ton. saving that il IS far moro important
to tin and soil and produce the crops 50
essential to tho country and he would
co-opcratc with the farmers Therefore
all hut two eases of the 3O-odd on the list
ycro marked of These two will
bc tried without jury today The
criminal business will ne taken up Mon
dav and also disposed Of Is speedily rs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
WILL LOWER HUN FLAG.
American Emblem to Fly Over
Berlin. McAdoo Tells Rail
road Workers.

FL Paso. Tex. April IS hero is
not enough room in this great world FOR
the German flag and the American
flag and we arc going 70 make the
American flag fly over Berlin before
VIC get through, Secretary William 6
McAdoo told the railroad men Of II
Paso and the southwest at a mass moot
ing held upon his arrival here late yes
| tcrday
The railroad must function $50 per
cent for we arc not employees Of the
railroad companies, but Of Uncle sam,
enlisted in the great legion of liberty,
| Mr.. McAdoo said Tie asked the men
not to become impatient because Of the
delay in the fixing OF the new schedule.
adding that if a raise was granted to
the railroad men it would be retroactive
and they would then be able 10 buy
| Liberty Bonds
You are all my boys and | don't IN
tend TO let anyone kick you around,
for | will defend YOU to the limit when
you are right, and you wont go wrong
| | am sure, he said
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
ANOTHER LETTER
To my DEAR S|XTUS'
Austrian Emperor's Second Peace
Fccler to Be Laid Before
French Deputies.

Paris, April 18.-Prcnicr Clcnenceau
and NJ. pichon, the foreign minister,
will place before the Committees on For
eign Affairs, the Army and the Navy,
full information ON the Austrian omper-
or $ letters, and the declarations Of Count
Czernin, the former Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister. These committees com
prise 148 Deputies, or more than one
fourth of the chamber
Alexandra Ribot, who was premier
when the incidents occurred, asked VI
Clemenceau to notify the committees
that he was ready 10 complete the cx-
plantations. if the committees desired
All documents reports and conver-
sations connected with Austria's over
lures, having a bearing on the attitude
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
Every Sufferer of Rheumatism is Urged
10 Call and Get Free Bottle.

Munyon : representative II IN Penn $
Grove for the purpose Of proving that
he has an almost lnfalibe remedy for
rheumatism lie proposes 10 give away
this remedy absolutely free.
His proposition IS certainly a far one.
He does not ask the people 20 invest
one penny On the contrary lie invites
everybody 10 cali for free bottle fyen
the greatest skcptic must admit that
this is fair and generous proposition
Munyon's remedies arc sold through
out the civilized world, and he claims
that Munyon's rheumatism Remedy
has helped more rheumatics than all the
medicines that have ever been com
pounded
1t acts by neutralizng the, uric acid
He specially invites those who have
what is called chronic rheumatism and
all those who have stiff and swollen joints
and are unable To walk without cane.
to get a free bottle and see how quickly
this remedy will timber up the joints
and take away aches and pains.
If YOU are aching in any way come in
and have a chat with AIunvon man at
Tuohy q Lounsbury's ) drug store, Penn $
Grove, \. J.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
GAS KILLS 1000 GERMANS.
Lurcd Into Laying on Their Masks by
Initial Harmless Fumes.

Paris, April ls.-The evolution of the
use of gas shells has taken surprising
form in the present battle. One new
method is to fire heavy, slowly DIS
pcrslng gases along charted lanes against
the enemy, filling III the alternative
spaces with quickly dissipating poison
fumes. Storming attacks are then made
by troops. who charge when a sufficient
interval OF time has been gwen for the
light gases TO rise.
The British glinners at one part OF the
line threw shells charged simply with
n sinking composition. The Germans
after few hours, discovered that this
was non-poisonous, and began laying
aside their masks. After these shells
had been fired for another tweive hours
there was n sudden change To poison
gases About 1000 Germans were
caught without their masks and suffocat-
cd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
BABIES SUFFERING
FROM MILK SCARCITY
Investigators Deplore Uses of Tea
and Coffee as Substi-
tuteS.

Washington. April l7.-How many
babies and little children in Baltimore are
being deprived of sufficient milk to prop
erly nourish them and the fact that some
are actually getting no milk at all as the
result of steady decrease in milk produc-
tion. is brought out bv an investigation
by the Chidrcn's Bureau of the Depart
mcnt of Labor.
The investigation included 756 children
between the ages of and Of whom it
was found only 2l9 had fresh milk to
drink against 454 year ago OF those
only 20 received as much as three cups n
day Babies under two Jared slightly
better, their needs being more generally
undcTst ood than those of children OF two
years and over.
II was found that l07 families bought
no fresh milk at all as against 81 year
ago. The families included one-fourth OF
all the children under :
Substitution OF tea and coffee for milk
in children : diet was found prevalent
That is regarded bv the Children Bureau
as the most serious aspect Of the Invcstlga-
tion OF j1j children not drinking milk
sos were found 10 h" drinking tea and COL
ice and l3S were sharing the family
diet
Tho children investigated represented
families with various incomes hut the
decreases in the amount of milk pur-
chased was not unlike for families Of
different earning capacities some mothers
seemed 10 realize that milk should hc
provided At any sacrifice while Others who
could better afford IL. the report SAYS.
failed to grasp the importance of what i
meant O their children
Foreign mothers with very limited IN
comes were generally the last 70 cut down
on their children milk
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
HUNS KILL 9 WOMEN.
Super Guns Victims in Paris
Bombardment Number II.

Paris. April is Nine women and
two men among Tuesday casualties
due to the long-rangc bombardment Of
Paris were Killed by a shell falling in
a courtyard outside . work>h
When the shell exploded a fragment
passed through glass wall between the
court and the shop where the women
were working The panic which cnsued
was quickly Gained The factory was
equipped with hrst-aid appliances. and
within half an hour all the injured had
been taken to the hospital
Work was resumed this morning at
the factory with all the women employees
present except those who were wounded
Another shell fell in the middle Of a
barge on the river cutting II in two
The crew dived overheard and escaped
unhurt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
CHECK-PRODUCTION METHOD.
, Milwaukee Lawyer Exposes Workings Of
German Spies and PropagAndists.

Washington, April lS.-The bill of
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon TO make
violators OF the espionage act subject to
trial under court martial was urged yester-
day before the Senate Military Com
mittee by W. =. Blood good, a lawyer of
Milwaukee, Wis. as n means OF giving
the government power to stamp out
German propaganda.
MIR. Bloodgood charged that as part
of German propaganda in the Seattle dis
trict, union cards have been purchased
for unskilled workmen who have been
placed in shipyards where they are PAID
the same wages as the skilled workmcn,
This, he said. slows down production.
MIR. Bloodgood said German propa-
ganda had extended even into army can
tonments.
He characterized Victor Berger as
"typically pro-German." The Industrial
Workers of the World problem, he de
clared, lis the simplest of this whole ques-
ton, and upon it undue blame has been
placed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
PARIS PLAYS UNDERGROUND
| Two Sukterrannean Theatres Soon 10
he onened in French Capital.

Paris, ApriI lS-Alr raid conditions
have suggested the founding Of under
ground theatres in Paris and tow such
amusement places soon will be opened.
One az them, the Abr Shelter *
located under SIX story building on the
houlcvards which has been officially
classed as safe retreat from lombard
ment.
The other underground playhouse Will
omen on the premises Of the former cabaret
called "Caveau dc La Revolution near
the Palas Royal. The Palals ROYAL
Theatre Wi transfer It's performances
to tins new location.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
CARDINAL ENDORSES LOAN
Baltimore PreIate Will Invest Catholic
Univ ersity Funds in Bonds.

Washington. April Cardinal Glib
bons in a letter TO the Speakers Bureou Of
the Liberty Loan organization Yesterday
indorsed the campaign In the following
words:
Il beg to say that am deeply in
terested in the placing of the coming
issue Of the Liberty Loan. and the best
ls the fact that | propose subscribing
larpely 70 Il for the CathoMc University
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
RICH PACKER MAY FIGHT.
Nelson Morris Must Undergo Examina-
ton TO Determine His Fitness.

Chicago. April Is Nelson Morris,
chairman Of the board Of Morris and Co.
the packer who originally claimed exemp-
ton from the draft on grounds that he
was essential to the conduct OF a business
having war contracts. Will be examined at
Washington,
Mr. Morris now IS dollar year man
in the QIarteunaster Department. He
was 10 have been examined by his local
board here TODAY. but his request that the
examiption be transferred to Washngto On
will be allowed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
Chsplain Goes to Fortress Monroe.

Transfer orders n leave Fort d1 Pout
and % 70 Fortress Monroe have bce0
received by Chaplain Maryinc and b.
expects 70 leave for his now past within
q lcw days The chou!su a wr.l xnDHa
ri Wilmington, and has spoken AZ a NUN
bcr 81 patriotic meetings 10 This c.ty
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
Enough CbapIains. War Head Says.

Washington i, april APr 'sIhg Iai,' "ar iIe- ,s
service and on its eligible list for al pres
cnt needs, IL was announced today, and
no more applications viii be sccepted.
More cIergylnen have applied lgr ser-
vice than the army could usc-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
DIR. A. ]. MckeIWav Dead.

Washington. April Is DIR. Alexander
Jeffrey Mckelway. clergvmen. sociolo-
gist and one OF the leading advocates
OF child labor laws IN this country, is
dead oi heart disease IN his home here
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
Cadet Aviator Killed: Pilot Hurt.

Hamilton, Ont, April IS Cadet Ed
ward b. Bonyngc, of New Jersey was
instantly killed and his pilot seriously
hurt in an alrplane accident a mile from
Beamsvllle aviation camp Yesterday.
Bonynge was to leave for overseas shortly
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
shipyard Transportation Bin Passes.

Washington, April l5.-President VII
son is authorized 10 take over transport
tion facilities near shipyards whore u b.
necessary for the adequate transportation
u shipworkera 10 = senate bill pa d by
the House ycstcrdav
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18

Of the Austrinn War Ministry 70 OBJ
tain information.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18

Social Dance.
Dance in Eden Hall. April 10 Ad-
mission - cents. war tax 3 cents Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
A Real Home Town

Cooperation will Mn. Every business man.
every merchant, every home oNre~ ana & er
working man interested ID the future ci VII
mlngton IS invited to attend
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
Big Plans for a
Greater Wilmington

are under Nay. Every k
about them. We need y,
TO make Wilmington
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18

Come early and learn Eli about THE most
stupendous home building movement ever under
taken in our city