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Middletown transcript., 1919-10-25
SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Lev. Fac. to me directed
will be exposed to Public Sale at the
Court House, Southeast Corner of
Eleventh and King Streets, City of
Wilmington, New Castle County,
Delaware,
THE 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1919
at 10 o'clock "A. M.
the following described Real Estate viz:
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel
of land situate at Oak Grove, Christiana
Hundred, New Castle County and State
of Delaware, more particularly bound
ed and described as follows, to-wit:-
BEGINNING at point on the south
erly side of Spruce Avenue, at seventy
feet wide, said Spruce Avenue being
parallel to the dividing line between
the Oak Grove property and the prop
erty of Eva Foreman Derrickson, and
said point being located at the point
where the southerly side of Spruce
Avenue intersects the land sold to Gil
pin S. Wood ward, said poirt being also
distant nine hundred and eighty-four
feet and eight inches more or less along
the southerly ide of Spruce Avenue
easterly from the point where the south
erly side of Spruce Avenue defects to
the south; thence in westerly direction
along Spruce Avenue, sixty-five feet
and eight inches to point; thence by a
line drawn at right angles to Spruce
Avenue, southerly two hundred and
eight feet to point in the said Eva
Foreman Derrickson's line; thence
easterly and at right angles to said last
mentioned line and along the said Eva
Foreman Derrickson's line, fifty. tn, ee
feet nine inches mere or less to point
in the line Of the land of the aforesaid
Gllpin S. Woodward, thence northerly.
along the said line Of Gilpin s. Wood
wards land, two hundred and eight fe.
and three inches more or less to the
place of Beginning. Be the contents
thereof what they may.
Seized and taken IN execution as the
property Of Charles Henry Writ and
Mabel C.. Writ. his wife Mortgagors
and to be sold by
JOSHUA 2. CROSsIAN,. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington. Del.
Oct. 14th. 1919.
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Middletown transcript., 1919-10-25
SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
q writ of Lev. Fac. to me directed
will be exposed to Public Sale at the
Court House, Southeast Corner of
Eleventh and King Streets. City of
Wilmington, New Castle County,
delaware,
ON SATURDAY
THE 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER. 1919
at 10 o'clock A. M.
the following described Real Estate viz:
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel
of lard with the buildings thereon erect
ed, situate in the City, County and
State aforesai !, and more particularly
bounded and described a. follows. to-
WITT
BEGINNING on the northerly side
Of Eighth street, between Orange and
Tatnall street, at the corner of the
messuage and lot conveyed to John
Redden; thence northerly, fifty seven
feet to stake; thence easterly parallel
with Eighth street, twelve feet and six
inches to stake, corner OF a three
feet wide alley; thence continuing the
same course by the said side of said
alley, three feet to stake by corner
of John Melear's lot; thence southerly
with said Melear's lot and parallel with
the first mentioned line. fifty. seven feet
to the said side of Eighth street, and
thence thereby westerly fourteen feet
to the place Of Beginning. Be the con-
tents thereof what they may. With
the free use and privilege Of said alley
in common wath others entitled thereto
forever.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Isabella diFranc0, Admin
stratrix Of the Goods and Chattles OF
Filippo diFranco deceased and Isabella
diFranco, his wife Mortga&ors. and To
be sold by
JOSHUA z. ROSaLAND3 Sheriff.
Sherif's Office, Whining on. Del. ].
Oct nth, 1919.
Middletown transcript., 1919-10-25
Why Teddy Lett.

~ the Sunday school teacher was.
entering the classroom she saw little
girl and her small brother leaving In
great haste.
sW,hy. 3ArI1aa." she exclaimed in sur.
prise, 'syou aren't going homer
"Please. Miss Jones, we've gotto 60"
said Anna, In distress; .Ereddis's swal-
lowed his collection.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04
Crystals Of Unlimited Size.

Artificial crystals Of great regular
fly and clearness. and Of almost un-
limited size. are claimed as products
Of the perfected process of r. w.
Moore, an American physicist. The
usual growing of crystals consists In
evaporating the solution in which 4
little crystal is suspended Is q nu-
cleus. In the new method, the solu-
ton is kept slightly unprecedented,
and the. growth continues as long a.
this condition is maintained. Crys-
tails Of Rochelle salt (sodium-potas-
stun tartrate) more than three inches
long and two inches thick have been
produced, with all surfaces and angles
perfect. This salt is most soluble
In hot water. and sunersaturation is
obtained by dissolving In hot water,
and slightly cooling. With the aid Of a
thermostat the temperature is so regu-
lated as to keep up the supersaturated
condition. The seed crystal Is sus-
pended in the solution Of the material,
and growth is said to continue indef-
lnitely with efficient control.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04
WOMAN, 80, WORKED IN MINES
GRANDMOTHER, Vet Able to Be on
the Job Ten Hours = Day,
Toilino Like 4 Man.

Mrs. Bridget McHugh, the oldest
'.pit-brow" woman in the Pemberton,
Eng, coal field. Is dead at the age of
50 years. For more than half a CEN
fury she had worked at the mines.
"Old Bridget" as Mrs. McHugh was
Familiarity called. was q hale and
hearty. strongly built woman who
could use. shovel in filing mine cars
as well as any man. and was always
looked upon as an expert pit-brow
worker, few being her equal. The
shorter working day was unknown
to her. and summer and winter. rain
or shine, she was accustomed to leave
home at five o'clock every morning,
and was in her place at the coal bank
before the whistle sounded at six. Her
day continued until five or six at
night. HRS. McHugh was q grand
mother. and two Of her sons are en-
ployed in the colliery where she work
ed 50 long.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04
For Better Education.

The honors for literacy must. alas.
60 to Germany. where the illiteracy
percentage is far less than one! Eng
land follows close behind. But In the
United States nearly 6 per cent of the
people can neither read nor write our
language. This sounds bad, but IT
really isn't when you consider our
heavy inning, alton.
Educational bureaus throughout the
country are constantly bettering con-
d,tions. for greater literacy means
greater labor production. In many
counties travelling Libraries are sent
oot-wagons fitted up with book
shelves.
But careful education Of the chill
dren is the most important branch Of
all, and 50 many cities provide con-
veyances for crippled children to 60 to
school in.
When we consider that India and
Egypt are over 90 per cent illiterate,
our fast decreasing six looks very
small.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04
seAL" GOOD WORD BUT SLANG
Term In Good Society Accepted ~
Meaning "chum;" In Vocabulary o.
Crime Stands for Aeeempliee.

| The dictionary recognizes the right
Of '.pal' to inclusion in our language,
though designating II as slang. Like
pany words thus classed. II is a terse
way of expressing relationship
readily understood but not SO easily
defined. In good society 1t is accepted
as meaning chum. congenial COM
paniOn; In the vocabulary of crime
It stands for q confederate or accom-
plice.
The most natural and instructive
thing in life Is q desire for congenial
companionship; only the abnormally
developed mentality can live on 4
sufficiently exalted-or shall we say
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as to other per-
sOnalities.
pal is an intimate friend Of either
sex. to whom one may '.talk as the
heart BEATS" may confide hopes. fears.
happiness and disappOintments. GER
tain the trust will not be betrayed.
Between opposite sexes is excludes
lovemaking or ''spooning." but means
broad. intelligent, faithful. yet subtle
friendship. since all friends are not
pals; not necessarily q unanimity of
opinion, but disposition to agree
to disagree" In case of differences.
There is tacit respect for each
others individuality.
Perhaps one Of the best tests of q
pal is that the two enjoy silence to-
gether; there is a sense of companion
ship In being together without the
constant trickle of words which most
Of US feel necessary unless one would
be thought unsocial.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04
Mesieo's Pyramids.

Archaeological Investigations by
governmental commission to solve the
mystery of who built the great pyra-
mids at San Juan Teotihuacan, q
miles from Mexico City. says the De-
troit News, have brought to light two
great granite heads Of the ancient
Mexican god Of the mir. Quetzzalcoatl.
These heads are almost perfect spec
linens, bearing all the symbolic mark
ings. The long-disputed point as to
who erected the pyramids is. as yet.
unsolved. These huge mounds, one to
the sun and the other to the moon. the
former being 761 by 721 feet at the
base and 211z feet high. are general
ly attributed to a tribe that preceded
ne Toltecs. probably dating from
about the sixth century.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04
PRINCESS PRO- GRAM

Friday
Take a joy ride on the speed
way. of Joviality with Taylor
Holmes, in Taxi" Full of pep.
Also a Ford Weekly.
Saturday.
Pauline Frederick in "The
Peace of Roaring River" a story
that strikes at the depth Of
worldly things, presenting Miss
Frederick, in a role in striking
contrast to anything she has
portrayed before. Also James
j. Corbett in ''The Midnight
Man."
Sunday
Bessie Barriscale in Kitty
Kelly, M. d. Pretty Miss Barri-
scale plays the role of a woman
'medico in a rough mining town
of the Southwest. A murder
mystery adds zest and suspense
to one of the prettiest stories
she ever played. Also Larry
Semon in .1The Simple Life"
a comedy of laughs only.
Monday
Norma Talmadge in "The Way
of a Woman" from the drama
Nancy Lee" by Eugene Walter.
A very pleasing store. Also
Mutt and jeff"
Tuesday
Roy Stewart, Robert McKim
and Wilfred Lucas in 'sThe West
ners," taken from the novel by
Stewart Edward White. A
story of the pioneers who blaz-
ed the trail of the west. Class
ed among the big pictures ,of
the year. Worth while for
everybody.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04

and mighty drama Of the North
Woods Children of Danish
ment." He sacrifices to the limit
for the happiness of the woman
he loved. Also a strand comedy.
Coming Soon
Olive Thomas in Loves Pris-
oner."
Louis Bennison in the "Misfit
Earl"
"The Open Door,"
Alice Brady in RED Heads"
"The Girl from the Outside"
a big Rex Beach production.
Anita Stewart in "The King
dom of Dreams"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-04

-Pimples, bad breath, sallow color
It's awful-take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea and be in the
swim. Dec.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22
Diagram Shouting General Staff Organization Of tue A. F.

code was placed in service by the Germans. This was considered of great importance as indicating that the long expected attack would take place. All vailable men were as- signed for its solution. On March the 18th, a message in an old, solved code was intercepted by the signal corps. It was from station which had received a message in the new code. It reported that the addressee was unable to read the message in the code and asked that it be repeat, ed in the old code. From the letters given in this message it was possible to find the original message both in the new code and the repetition in the old code. Comparison of the two gave number of solutions which were at once communicated to Brit ish and French code men. With this as start rapid solution was made, so that before the Germans them. selves were really familiar with their new code it was being read by all the allies. The importance of this solu- tion can hardly be overestimated. Failure to get all of these messages correctly would have indefinitely de- layed the solution. When it is con- sidered that the messages copied all appear to the operators as simply a series of letters without meaning, that these are the hardest kind of messages to copy, that in order to be sure of getting the valuable messages it has been necessary to copy several hundred useless ones per day over long periods of time, and that copying is done under difficult conditions in i the front lines, it is impossible to ap- preciate the fine work done by the signal corps operators. In this one case few seconds inattention, a mistake in the letters or the missing of one letter would have made the others useless. The American oper. ators were the only ones of the allied armies who copied all these messages with sufficient accuracy to be of any use."
 The records of the signal corps at | O' II. 70. SAOU OlhCE AAlCIcSl1u6 Qc' 1 yelopments. On the afternoon of April A, 1918, a German message was intercepted from the St. Mihiel sector announcing that an attack had been postponed on account of the bad weather. At 1925 p. m., again at 1852 p. m. on April 25, messages were received ordering batteries to be at absolute attention and announcing that the barrage signal would be BLUE. Our troops were notified and took the necessary steps to success fully repulse the raid which took ! place that night.
 German Attack Orders Known
 At S:O5 p. m, April 2s, German message ordering an attack for 1:OC
Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22

able form in which the coming at. tack would take place.
 German Operations Against Riga
 The offensive operation of the Ger. mans of March 21, was probably the most important operation of the war and so in order to appreciate the important work of the intelligence section in furnishing not only infor- nation of the enemy but real esti mate of the situation as it existed several weeks before the operation. I will give you few extracts from the summary of intelligence issued by this section on the operation against Riga as showing the probable form which the operation of March 21 would take.
 From vast number of captured documents, orders. maps, and sketches, issued confidentially by the second German guard division, it has been possible to reconstruct the maj jority of the details of the campaign in the course of which the Germans, under General von Hutier, command ing the Sth army, captured Riga on September 3, 1917. The operation, executed by eight divisions of infan- try and two and one-half divisions of cavalry, was planned to break through the Russian lines on front of only four and one-half kilometers, and the breach was to be extended by flanking movement to the left. The brilliant success which crowned attributable to the low state of the morale of the Russian troops; the fact remains, however, that the care full preparation as well as the rational and powerful execution of all meth ods of attack should attract att tention all the more because certain of these characteristics may be found again in the course of the future of- fensives by the German army.
 The principal facts concerning the period of preparation and the period of execution should especially be noted.
 The day of the attack having been fixed as SeptemDer l, an lnltlal con ! centration of the attacking force seems to have been made during the month of August about 120 kilometers 1 behind the front. The region chosen resembled in its physical character istics that which was to be the scene of operation on March q. The troops were trained for about ten days in 1 the execution of the details of the projected operation. They were trained in taking their palces silently, by day or night, in the departure trenches; in entering the pontoon bridges without noise, and in good or der; in disembarking and attacking from position along the edge of the river; in advancing from the first DO
Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22

a. m. was intercepted, telegraphed to G. H. O., decoded and the troops warned. Warning reached them thirty minutes before the actual de- livery of the attack Without a well organized system for translating, copying and transmitting these mes sages, this information would have been too late to be useful and it should be remembered that in these cases the operators do not know the code and had no knowledge of the inn portant nature of these messages.
 On June 14, 1918, a German mes sage was intercepted, stating that the enemy (French) was preparing an at. tack and giving detailed instructions for meeting it. The French were mo- tified G. H. 0. was later informed by the French that they had planned an attack at the designated point, and that our information that the Ger mans were prepared to meet it saved their situation.
 . Goniometric Service
 In spite of daily changes in call letters of enemy stations, our gonio- metric stations made daily locations of nearly all enemy stations. The care, and accuracy shown by opera tors enabled us to follow the move ments of enemy stations with preci- ments it was possible to get much valuable information, obtainable from no other source, in regard to enemy intentions. Just before the attack on the St. Mihiel salient there were many indications that the enemy had withdrawn, and the advisibility of ad- vancing the infantry without artillery preparation was seriously considered. But the final decision to make the at tack as originally planned with artil- lery preparation was based largely on the evidence of the goniometric service that the enemy was still ac- tice in their old locations.
 The telephone listening stations furnished much valuable information of the enemy. Perhaps the greatest value of these stations was their re. ports of American telephone conver sation. They did much by limiting the indiscreet American conversation on our own telephones.
 German Offensive Plans Known Six Weeks in Advance
 On February 8, 1918, six weeks be ofre the beginning of the German of : fensive of March 21, 1918, the intelli gence section secured complete re ports of the offensive and operations | of the Germans against Riga. At this i time, it was well known that the Germans were preparing for an of ] fensive on the western front and this information was given to the com manders and staffs to show the prob
Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22
Webb To TeH Of U s. Camps In France

One andh made and from their this
 What they and what confined and they might will tell the Sunday exclusively in the Review about all of the looked them then departed but who has lived these day by day and month by month during the debakaion periods and embakaion periods
 Sergeant Webb will explain how of the largest fea the world and how how the American handled the of returned home of in
Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF US. INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS A BIG FACTOR
 IN OVERTHROW OF HUN M|LITARSM

Inner Workings Of Great Military Information Department Revealed By Sergeant Webb Exclusively For Review; Codes Deciphered Plans Known In Advance
 Huns Thwarted At Every Turn By Tanks
Bisbee daily review., 1919-06-22
MaImalaon Battle

The early staff officers were given a little experience in intelligence work in the Malmaison battle of Oc- tober 21-26, 1917, by assisting in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
LABOR FIGHTS H. c. OF |.
Federal Employees Body Plans coun
try-Wlde Attack

Government workers in Philadelphia,
members of the local branch of the Ma
tional Association of Federal Employees,
have received word that their central
organization plans n country wide in =
vestigatiOn of labor costs, as part of
the campaign against the high cost of
living.
To make this investigation possible
Representative William l.. Carss, of
Minnesota, member of the House com
mttee on labor, has introduced into
Congress the following resolution:
Resolved, by the House of Repre-
sentatives. That the President of the
United States be requested to furnish
the House with such information as may
now be i'll possession of the Federal Trade
Commission which will identify or tend
to identify the proportion that labor
costs form in the total cost of produc
ton of coal, steel, copper, oil, cement,
lumber, paper. cotton textiles. -four,
meat, canned goods and other important
commodities as to which it may have
such information and which it may
readily supply. together with explana =
tion pertinent to the data furnished"
The resolution is aimed at what the
federation calls "the vicious fallacy that
labor costs represent the chief item ir
the increased cost of living
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25
STATE TO ARREST
50 FOOD V|OLATORS
Warrants Probably Will Be
Served Today Charging Over
storage of Supplies
U. S. SALE IS TO CONTINUE

Fifty warrants for the arrest Of per
sons who have food in storage beyond
the legal limit and for others who have
used alleged poisonous substances in
food arc expected to be served today.
The warrants are being prepared at
the instigation of Robert NJ SINNERS,
agent of the state food bureau. who has
conducted searching investigation into
storage houses in this city and else =
where throughout the state. The fifty
warrants were issued in blank by the
Harrisburg authorities.
District Attorney Kane declared to
day the government had nothing to dc
with the cases in which Mr.. SINNERS
was engaged. as they came within the
jurisdiction Of the state and not the
federal authorities.
Mr.. Kane was reticient as to his
rlans for libcling offenders or prose
cutting them. He expects to hold an
other conference with Mr.. SINNERS to .
day for the mutual exchange of facts
and division of the cases.
State and L. S. Work Together
1--WE are working together" said
Mr.. Kane, 'and ye want all the facts
we can get concerning willful destruc
ton"
Two cases of shipment Of tagged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-25

in special dispatch TO a Pittsburgh
newspaper MS saying:
Mr.. Heinz has reinstated county
food administrators and organized fair
price committees in several communi =
ties
The attorney general, I think, has
been misquoted or misunderstood in the
Pittsburgh interview. Mr.. Heinz has
agreed to 60 operate with him as far as
possible. lie will place at the attorney
generals disposal all of his experience
as former food administrator, but it will
be in his capacity as a private citizen.
Once fair price committees are named
they will be compelled to remain in T.
operative until Congress enncts legisla
tion that will give them legal standing
From that point on all their reports
and findings must be transmitted to the
Department Of Justice in the person Of
United States District Attorney Kane.
Mr.. 1Ieinz's voluntary services will end
with the naming of the committee, or
the selection of an individual or a body
that will assume the task
The food administration. as outlined
by National Administrator Richard,
cannot act as government organiza e
tion in this matter. Mr.. Heinz has
wired former county administrators
quoting Mr.. Richards instructions and
suggesting that in the present emer-
gency, and acting in an individual and
unofficial capacity, they place their eX-
perience at the disposal of the attorney
general and aid the Department of Jus
tice in the formation of these fair price
committees.
It is we'll for the public to under
stand. therefore. that food ndministra =
ton officials who assist in forming fair
price committees are acting purely in
their private capacity as patriotic citi-
zens. willing to aid the attorney general
and the Department of Justice in this
crisis.
In no sense. however. is this a rein
statement or re establishment of the
food administration, as Attorney Cen
cral Palmer is quoted as having said.