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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17
HUNS VINCE AT TAXES.
New Program Must Yield $500. 900 900;
Burden Price of Victory.

Amsterdam, April l6.-For the first
time since the war began. Germany rs now
attempting to help pay the expenses ct
war by new taxatio The new finance
program calls for new German taxes to
yield over $500, 900 900
This new burden is described by the
German Finance Minister rs the price OF
victory New taxes On beer VINE
and spirits tea, coffee and cocoa are TO
weld $3.50 0OO, 600 while postal and tele-
graph increases are estimated to return
$50, 900, 900.
There are also To be increases IN stamp
duties These taxes, which are SAID by the
newspapers to be only a beginning, are
the greatest in amount ever asked from
German taxpayers.
The Finance minister describes the
taxes as mainly aimed against only the
richer classes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17
HAS NEW CANCER THEORY.
French Scientist Reports Administering
Magnesia With Encouraging Results.

Paris, April 25-The theory that cancer
is not OF microbic origin. but is due TO the
excessive elimination Of certain sub
stances normally contained in the blood,
Is supported by report of the researches
Of Professor Dubard, Jus, published by
the Academy of Medicine
Finding that the system Of cancerous
subjects was particularly poor IN mag
large doses of 1t TO patients operated on
for cancer, and reports recouraglng re-
suits in a large number Of eases
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17

ton and the darkness from which they
were slowly, but surely. emerging, under
the guidance of the great liberal demo-
cratic coIonizing nations.
Germany alone has openly adhered 10
the medieval, mercantile theory that
colonies existed solely for the benefit Of the
home state. For cold-blo0dcd and
scientific diabolsrn. the conception on
which rests the German system Of coloni-
zation is without parallel in human his
tory
frhetierrnan has never been able IN deal
successfully with native people because he
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17
HUNS D|AbOL|SM
NEVER PARALLELEO
Backward Peoples" the World
Over Lining Up Against Ger
many, Says Judge Elliott.

Philadelphia, May l6-The "back-
ward peoples of the world are lining up
sohdly against Germany, said Judge
Charles Burke Elliott of Minneapolis,
IN an address today before the win the
War for Permanent Peace" convention.
under the auspices of the League to
Enforce Peace The speaker. who is n
former member of the Supreme Rench of
the Philippine Islands and of the Philip
pine Commission, discussed Germany $
colonial methods from his long experience
in the far east
MANY thousands Of the dark -hucd
people from the borders and hintcrland
of civilization. he said are fight ing and
diving under the allied flags
In the light Of Germany's declared
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17

designs for the conquest of the world
and the history of two decades of Ger
man colonization, il it not clear why
thousands of blacks from the edges of the
Sahara joined the British in annihlating
German power in Togo and the Kameroon,
why India has stood Loyalty by the British
Raj, and why the Filipinos have willingly
taxed themselves Ia pay for submarine
and destroyer for our navy and are
sending %, 900 volunteers for our army?
An instinct deep and true teaches these
people that the triumph OF the Central
Powers means their return TO the degrade
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17

recognizes only force and frightfulness
He madc himself hated and feared, and
the atrocities committed behind the ycil
which enshrouds the dark c0ntinsnt hit
foreshadowed those which hive made
the German name anathema throughout
the world "
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-17
Tame.

did yon have any trouble catching
( he train
Oh, no; if s1npd still and let me walk
right up % 10" William Purple Cow
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

would prevent the spreading OF the
disease. 1t Is not claimed that the
serum is cure. 1t would be given
In the form of Shot" as with the
anti-typhoid injection.
Following were the deaths reported
yesterday: Raymond Loud, Salem,
Mass, Medical Department.; s. w. Nc
Cullum. 4th Company, Signal Corps
camp; William Hunt, Ashland, Md,
18TH Company, Depot Brigade; Albert
Smith, Brandywine, Md, Company B.
18th Ammunition Train; Earl Fran
tum. Cambridge. Nd. Company E, 72d
Infantry; J. Seals, Company I, 18th
Infantry; Glen Rayne, Delmar, Del,
25th Depot Brigade; George Jones,
Port Edwards. N. Y. 10Th Co.. Depot
Brigade; Walton Smith. Wicomico
county. Md. 18th Company, Depot
Brigade; George Schillings, 5th Com
pany. Depot Brigade; William NJ
Knox. Philadelphia, Pa. Remount
Depot; Joseph Scankowinkinsa; Com
pany M, 18th Infantry: Nelson J.
Moore. Little Brownsville. N. Y,
Headquarters Company, list Infantry;
James A. Edgar. Company c, list In
fantry: William ]. Burnye, East
Thompson, Mass. Company /, list In
fantry; Howard Wallace. Company D.
I1st Infantry; Raymond Rose, Glen
Falls. N. Y. Company M. list In
fantry; Sergt. Raymond l.. johnson,
Rome. Ca, Machine Gun, list In
fantry; J. e. Compton. Montrose, Va:
Company L, list Infantry; George Z.
Thornton, Washington, d. c.. Com
pany b. list Infantry; Alexander A.
Boteler. Catlett, Va, Medical Depart
ment; r. Shaw. Quakerstown, Pa, Med
zeal Department.
Others who died prior to yesterday
were: David Ross, Thomas Scyze-
ganiak. Giovanni SotiIle. Eugene
Sortina, Thomas L. Campbell, John H.
Anderson, Nathan McAllister, M. J.
Callahan, Paul r. Conner, Annunzio
Cucchella, James NJ Smyth, John D.
Bondeleur and H. M. Dougrey.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
IF YOU WANT US TO GO ON.
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO HELP.

The organizations that trying to keep taines
cheerful for the that winning the have united
in great campaign for funds with which carry ON their
work.
Every in uniform has into contact with one
or more of tem some of you have with all Of them. They
the " M c. A.. Y. w. G. A., National Catholic War
Council knights of Columbus) Jewish Welfare Board War
Camp Community Service, American Library Association
and Salvation Army
The dat of the campaign fixed by President Wils06
is November Ills, and the amount for which the
is $17O,5OO,COO. 4
II is amount of money but it is not one
cent less haney need If they to keep up with the
Army and Navy.
And they will get it, too That Is If the folks back home
realize what these organizations yOu
YOm men IN uniform make this campaign success
If every Of in your letters will tell the folks back
home to get behind this campaign they will make IL the
greatest success which America has seen.
VIII you do IT.? Can count you to boost from now
until November Iii We know
Help these organizations get the money they need
for every dollar Of It comfort and enterkaim
trent and service q you - s,--E ss
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
PORTER REJECTS CHANCE
FOR ARMY COMMISSION
Popular Singer in M. G. Co., 63d
Infantry, Declines Offer Which
Would Break Up Quartet.

This Is little joke on the members
of the staff Of hut. but it is illus
trative of the tremendous amount Of
talent in the Army and of the diff
Guilty of running 1t down.
The Machine Gun Company Of the
ed Infantry Is a live organization,
which the boys in that body appre-
ciate, and they constitute a sort Of
self -entertainment society which
would be hard to beat.
One of the principal sources Of
amusement Is the Harmony Quartet,
and the reason that holds 1t together
more than anything else Is the in
tense regard with which Private POr-
ter holds the other three singers and
the members of the company whose
appreciation Of the quartet's work
has been demonstrated so often.
Warmly Commended.
Porter has a very good voice and
the boys have told him so in very
emphatic tones. Not long ago his
commanding officer came to him with
the news that he had been selected
school where he might study to OBJ
tain q commission. He was a good
soldier besides being a good singer.
THANK you very much" said Por-
ter, "but IL left the company the
quartet would be broken up. / pres
fer to remain"
Porter's wish was granted and his
decision has been all the more COM
mended by those who knew of the
sacrifice he had made for the benefit
of the quartet and the company as a
whole.
This story was told by a former
member Of the company and the "Y"
men in s hut knew nothing about the
incident.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
TWENTY-FIVE SOLDIERS DIE
IN ONE DAY OF SPANISH FLU
Yesterdays Reports Bring Total Number
OF Deaths In Meade Epidemic Up to
62-New Gases Number 9OO

twenty-five more deaths resulted
Yesterday from the epidemic of Span
Ism hu," which attacked Meade ten
oays ago and which has been Faging
1uriousiy In many other camps in this
country.
IN addition to the deaths 900 new
cases were reported to- division head
quarters, bringing the total number
sO1 cases which have been noted I'D to
tnat time to something more than
$500. This is still far short of the
highest number in anv ono canton
ment. Sixty-tWo deaths have Resulted
1rom the FLU" here.
Hope for Better Turn.
The authorities hope that the eni.
oemic has reached its high water
marx, as 1t has been particularly yio-
lens mere Tor nearly a week. The
me0lcai officers, nurses and orderIies
nave been -Overworked and many Of
Cardinal Gibbons offered the services
p tne sisters from the Mercy Hospi-
tais baltimore. and it Is not unlikely
ttnatthese will be asked to serve IL
the number of cases does not show a
marked decrease shortly.
Quarantine has not been relaxed.
Ine quick segregation of cases in the
early stages OF the disease is expected
70 work benefit and the ENCOURAGE
ment OF athletics in the late after
noon and evening Is also regarded as
mne preventive measure.
the hostess house, many "Y" and
3. or G. buildings and barracks have
Deon employed as emergency HOSPITALS
ana the base" is so crowded that
many wards have double the number
OF patients usually admitted.
Preventive Discovered (P)
# was reported in New York yester-
cay that the well-known scientist, DIR.
FaFke, mad discovered a serum which
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
COL. COMPTON HEADS
NEW ARTILLERY Unit.
Twenty-Second Brigade to Take
in S2d and SD F. A.
N
Regiments.

Fulfilling the prediction that artil.
lery would continue to play a very
large part in the war. a new artillery
brigade has been organized here. 1k
will be called the 22d.
The commanding officer will be Col.
G. M. Compton and the brigade win
contain two regiments, the 32d ana
$50. These regiments have hitherto
been parts of the 18th Brigade. The
new unit Will be sent to France a
a part of another division or as parE
Of what Is called Army artillery "a
be employed by corps or Army coma
selects. s.
1t Is understood that Col. Henry
L. Stimson will command the 11thF
Brigade, which will consist OF tns
31st F. A. and the 73d r. A., the la
named to be created shortly. This
command will remain In the 18th ID.
vision.
It is not at all improbable that Col.
Compton and Col. Stimson will be
made brigadiers. In view OF their eraa.
larged sphere-of action. Both ofIiceFa
have Mne~fecords and Meade would
be delighted to have them elevated
to higher rank.
The presence Of three aviators here,
who worked in conjunctiofi<. with the
Signal Corps men in the mAneuver9
held here yesterday. was source Of
wonderment and inspiration to tho
ground" soldiers. who never before
had had the opportunity OF seeing
an airplane on active scout duty. Is
It was soon learned that the fiiera
can be of great value, especially. to
the artillery commanders. who soIne-
times have trouble in locating the
enemy with ordinary old-time obs
servers.
The aviators will be in Meade sexs
era1 days and 1t is not at all Mnaiixe1w
that many soldiers will ask to be
transferred to the air service a@ q
result of their visit.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
The Lone Bulls Eye.

(After Adelside Anne Proctor's Lost Chord. u
(By Private G.. II. Mitchell, Co. G, 33d Eng }
Shooting one day at 200.
From pose that would break your back,
My gun was wabbling madly
As took up the triggers slack.
I hardly knew where YVES shooting
Or what was shooting at
But / banged away with "Old Betsy"
And the bullet struck with q spat.
It kicked MP the sand and the pebbles,
And the target dropped from sight,
And nearly fell of the rampant
When the disc they showed was white.
have sought. and still seek vainly,
And will while I'm yet alive.
To find where / aimed on that target
When got that count Of Eve.
It may be some time In the future
When I've had more time to train,
And I've got more used to Betsy,
That I'll hit that bull again.
-Deyen'a
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
Needed Repairs.
Harper's Magazine.

From Harper's Magazine.
The old practice OF badgering wfkS
nesses is still kept UP in some western
courts. sometimes, however, to the at.
riment Of the cross examiner
Lawyer Smith. partially bald, are
very infreQuept patron of the l0cas
barber shop. was grilling q witmesS
on the stand.
Now, Mr.. Barker, you pass for :an
intelligent farmer, and yet you CAN'T
tell how old this barn is: and %oSH
have lived on the next farm 1evF k6n
years. Come now. tell us how N1A
your own house it, II you think YOU
know"
Whereupon> the old farmer sOlifss
what testify replied: We'll. it's lust.
about as old as you are. and n9edsl
shingling about as badw
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
SON OF RUSSIAN ADMIRAL
PRIVATE IN DEPOT BRIGADE
lila Diterichs, Former Lieutenant in the
Late Cars Navy, Wishes to Avenee
the Death of Parents and Sister,

lila Diterichs, second lieutenant in
the Imperial Russian navy, son.of the
late. Vice Admiral Diterichs and
nephew Of Lieut.. Gen. Diterichs of
the Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia,
Is q private in the Depot Brigade,
Camp Meade. He was wounded three
times and decorated for bravery.
Above everything else. even the
gaining Of a commission in-the United
States Army, lila wants to fight
against Germany and the bolsheviki,
the German agents in his native eoun-
try. And the strongest motive pow
err behind This desire is the fact that
his father and little sister were MUIR
defed in their home by the bolsheviki
and his mother died as a result of
the shock caused by the killing of her
l5Ted ones.
Ready to Fight Again.
81 care not in what capacity I
serve" he said, $50 long as they send
me across the sea. / have had my
hard knocks, but the hardest of all
4 to be placed in the development
1iia nag talk yesterday win SSc5
rotary Demberg~ of the main ~"
The secretary is a native of Russia,
having been born on the shores Of
the Baltic sea. The soldier unfolded
his story with q sincerity and sim
plicity which he perhaps had not be-
fore been able to display in this
camp
First OF all, 1t should be known that
the former Russian naval i. officer
speaks French. has Q slight knowi-
edge Of German and has acquired suf-s
ficIent acquaintance with Euglish
since coming to America to At him.
he believes. for q position OF acona-
faand He would like chance % set
q commission I'm the navy or the aF-
tfl1ery. preferably kh1 latter b,rE ne
does swami t@nf4Ml ~ 48nss1 nee<iaasl maatz'
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
Fought on Three Fronts.

lila. according to the Russian sys-
tenn, served. after leaving his military
college in Petrograd. with the army
in minor capacity on the Galician.
Dvinsk and Riga fronts. He then re-
ceived his commission in the navy.
at the beginning of the war, in it's
war on Germany. as there were many
old scores to be settled.
"Kerensky." he said, was much to
blame for the present situation and
frequently released Lenin and 'Trot-
arrested for starting counter revo-
lutions."
lila was sent with several other
officers to America to bring back a
ship which had just been launched
for the Russian government. While
here the bolsheviki got control and
the officers and men were ordered to
return to Russia IL they would remain
true to the new regime. But the off,
GERS resigned and remained in New
York.
Embassy With Them.
1t was then that they tried to get
commissions with the United States
forces through the Russian embassy
This fell through, 1t Is thought, be-
cause 1t was felt that they were still
technically subjects of. Russia.
lila started q taxicab company and
was making $500 a month when the
draft came along and sent him to
Meade. Others of the. officers were
serving as conductors on street cars,
while some worked for IS week as
track oilers. Most Of them, including
lila; had taken out their first citizen
ship papers and they believe that they
have fortified their positions in their
fight for overseas duty. Diterichs was
fully naturalized here on Friday.
And in all this hard shedding In
country with which he Is not familiar
lila was successful also as a wooer,
for he became engaged to New York
lady Of high standing.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
PVT. KNAzEFF WALKS
FROM ROME TO PARIS
Russian Lad, at Seventeen, Once a
World Traveler-Now Busy
at Cartooning.

:. Walking from Rome to Paris or
from Paris to Berlin and similar lit
tie excursions across Europe is not q
simple matter these days. but few
years ago Serge p. Knazeff. Russian,
in the Sanitary Detachment. Depot
Brigade, b rs, made the first-named
trip on foot and enjoyed 1t.
It happened that Serge was only
seventeen years old. He was VEN
turesome lad and left his home in
Russia when he was still very young.
It Is eresting to note also that his
name, translated. means Duke, aAd II
is not customary for dukes to travel
except by horse or carriage.
Travelled More Than Year.
However" said Serge. II deter
mined to see the world and went
through Europe within short time
after left home. then took In South
Africa. Later / went to- Savannah.
Ca, and thence shipped for England.
/ kept this up for one year and
half"
Having seen many important places,
Serge decided to settle down to work
and came to Florida, where he had
an uncle. He studied at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and would have
become an expert in metallurgy but
for the breaking out of the war.
"My ambition" said the soldier. ''ts
to become a college professor. think
/ shall remain in this country as
have made so many friends on this
side of the water"
Now Trying to Amuse.
Knazeff is a cartoonist. too. and his
drawings will shortly make their APP
Dearance in set and C." He Is. tremen-
dously interested in the welfare Of his
fellow soldiers and 10 doing every
ming within his power to help them.
The. Lad thinks that Russia VIII
eventually come out of the war
stronger than ever. He thinks that
aid from the allies will work to-
ward this end very swiftly and that
the btB men which NuagIa mas VIII
then c0zzse to the 'front.'
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

relatives. His younger brother, ma
val aviator, was also killed in battle
with the Germans
In order that all may know that I
am an not pro-German.' said lila. al
I am, would like to state that for
the last ESQ years my family has lived
In Russia. About that time one Of
my ancestors emigrated from Austria.
Since then every generation has had
its fighting men.
Saved From Hanging.
THE most exciting experience 1 had
was on board a dreadnaught when
1900 sailors started a revolution at
Helsingfors harbor, and after arrest
ing twelve officers. including myself,
decided to hang us. The hour for the
hanging was set, and at one hour
before the time Comrade Michael, a
socialist from the town, heard of the
plot and, meeting the sailors, told
them that they. were wrong and that
the ofhcers had done nothing to de-
serve death. Refusing to listen to
him, they ordered the hanging to pro-
ceed, but he interrupted with the an
nouncement that IL they persisted he
would die with the officers.
WORD was signaled to q nearby
and sthe crew of revolu-
tionists were informed that all would
be blown to atoms the minute the
officers were harmed. That stopped
the proceeding and we were released"
Directed 12-Inch Guns.
lila stated that he commanded a
battery Of twelve-inch guns on board
the ship and that they defeated the
German high sea feet in a battle dur
ing the fall OF. 1915 His father. Vice
Admiral Ditericbs. he declared, was
successful i'm driving on German at
taclks, but that he was not successful
IN dealing with the. crooks IN. the
Navy Department at Petrograd. These
said, and his 20 nmecepk
5eoond<rake ammfznftton until ordered
- 90 - BY stlne .h&ni - 4 a. aas.y Ezl8i
fatherse Eood naFne Wa9 cleared u =
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
THEATERS.
WASHINGTON.

court-martial. when he showed the
letter from his chief demanding that
the poor ammunition be received.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-02-23
Candy and Galleries
FINDING OUT WHAT CANDY REALLY Is

Since the United States food administra-
ton has limited the candy industry to a GER
tain per cent of it's normal supply of sugar,
there have been many attempts on the part
OF candy manufacturers to prove that candy
is not a luxury, but food. Officials for the
most part have been inclined to regard these
arguments as attempts to boost up an indus
try, which had come under the ban of the
food administration. However, chemical
investigation will prove that candy manu-
facturers have placed too much stress on
candy as luxury in their advertisements and
have failed to recognize the important food
values of their own products. They have,
therefore, been overlooking big business as
set-the fact that candy is really food.
The following extracts from an article ap-
pearing in the January issue Of The I,atern0-
taonat Comfectsoner are of particular general
interest at the present time and throw new
light on this matter:
Few realize why the desire for fats and
sugar exists in their systems in the cold per-
iods of the year. It is simple matter to
teach the public why this exists, and when
once taught, the people will buy candy with
new, enlightened purpose.
In the summer months, the demand for
candy is practically confined to hard candy
in the form of acidulafed drops and tablets
favored with concentrated fruit acid flavors.
The human system Graves" acids in the
warm, dry weather; that is why nature pro-
vides us with acid in fruits during the sum-
mer months. -
Sugars and starches are carbohydrates
which are easily assimilated and which fur
nish fuel energy. Fats furnish the same ele-
ments for the same purpose. When the mer-
curry drops in the tube, the human body is
asked to furnish more heat energy to keep
the body supplied in overcoming the strain
put upon it by excessive cold. At this time
there must be supplied to the body some ele-
ment which will create an extra amount of