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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
As OTHERS PAINT US.

Philsdelphians may thank Bondsmhth
and the Wares for the very uniiattcrlne
comments which the recent revelations
of vice here have brought from the
newspapcrs Of other cities. We have
already quoted from the press oi pun
tanicai New York, which TX shocked over
the wickcdncss OF Philadelphia tIeve-
land, too. takes it's fling, and the fiain
Dealer Of that city very truthiuIiy re.
marks, apropos Of The course oi 'oionei
Hatch, that "it is doubtful If any AmcrI-
can citv ever received more stineihE
rrbukc. No matter what it's municipal
officials may say IN cxtcnuatIon, the pubic
will believe tho charges true
old Corrupt and contentcd IS dragged
into service again. and the turpltude
that j. properly charGcablc against our
indifferent mayor and the ashcart bosses
X attributed To the whole body OF citizens.
Tins is not true. uf course. Bondsmith and
| the Wares are not typical Of Philadelnhla,
| hut nd on a distinctly lower plane than
| the average voter They are IN politics and
office for purely personal reasons. not
| from anv desire to bc OF service 70 their
| fellows Their standards arc dcbascd.
| and tho great bulk rf the people are
| heartily ashamed Of them. Outsiders,
/ however. cannot bc expected 70 make such
distinctions They take thcr cuc from
| Bondsmuh and his bounding business and
| the Wares and their MUNICIPAL contracts
and draw their conclusions accordingly
The Cleveland paper continues ITS lndict-
| mont
Municipal conditions have progressed
toward dcccncy cvCrvvhcrc. i seems but
in Philadelphia Only hy occasional spaSlr
| i Philadelphia honest or ylrtuous Nhl'
every other community IN America IN
volvcd IN government camn or huldlnl
operations has responded e. the appeal e
keep its local conditions clean for he ~ k'
Of the country manhood called to th'
nation s service Philadelphia remains IN
different It is difficult 70 believe that ever
Philadelphia will endure such . caStICa
tinn rs this without making the citor
necessary 70 smash the partnership be
tween government and vice
How de- PhiIad,lphians ike such I
picture II thc.r city Philadelphia Rec
| ard
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
MONDAY. APRIL 20. 1918.
Now for the Final Drive.

Thus far. the State of Delaware has
done noblv in forwarding the campaign
for the third Liberty Loan But there is
more 10 be done.
The minimum allotment 70 Delaware
was a little moro than six million dollars
The maximum allotment little more than
twelve millions. Very high sounding these
figures. but they did not appal the people
OF Delaware.
Last week the minimum allotment was
not only reached. but exceeded by the
subscriptions in this State Thereby the
STATE gained The right 10 an honor flag
- did the CITY of Wilmington, New 6 Castlc
county. Kent county and Sussex county,
besides numerous towns. Tins Of itself, IS
i high honor
But NC arc not through vet, by any
means. Like Paul Jones in his famous
naval combat in he days q the American
Revolution. We have not Yet begun to
fight But We Will start fighting
in earnest today ank keep UP the ti1ht 10
the end, with every assurance Of reaching
the goal
Not even tho maximum limit oi 2 little
more than $4,000 coo Will satisfy Chair
man Rosscll and his earnest and able as-
s;stants. men and women. who arc 50 gal
Iantlv conducting the Liberty Loan cam
paign. They have a higher goal
The purpose Is u secure 10000 sub
scr,bcrs for total ii sl7 100000 Seem:
lne fot small state doesn't i? But j
can b. done We have the people th'
money and the patriotic spirit
- from TIN, timc % lct every effort hc
directed to tins end Sl1.lo0, ,000in Ilhcrt,
Loan subscriptions ~ 10000 patriotic
DcIsWarc8us
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
pNgee COMMENT.
NEVER A GERMAN-sLAv EMpiRE

The most cnlightening comment on
the Moscow report of a union OF British
and French forces with the Bnlsheylk
red guard in mttle against hc Fin
nish white quad" came f-on hmstcr-
dam Be,lin papers which reached The
Dutch city told of the decision ol the
German national liberal leaders tp AJAX the
Kaisc, to accept The crowns Of The
former Russian governments of Esthonia
and bivunia.
President Wilson's determination not
TO forsake Russia, however difficult those
now in control may make friendship, has
thus cleal ly gained n certein measure OF
practical approval among our Allies.
The Presidents position must increasingly
be accepted II matters not how Ieereant
some feel that the new and the old Russa
have been to their obligations. The
fact is that German-Slav empire would
be continuous threat against the peace
of the world 1t existence cannot bo
permitted Russia must be free state
and not n servile dominion of the Berlin
imperialists, because America, France,
Britain, Italy, Belgium. ,ltumania, and
serbia intend 20 njoY self government
In the present condition of society the
world can empha tically not ronnin hall
slave and half free. To save ourselves
we must assist Russia To achieve her
freedom e Chicago Herald
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
JUST FOLKS
=, Edsas A. aussA
HIS PRAYER.

Last night | tnok him up To bird
And wnited whle hIs t$hvrf h" sntd'
We'd had our fnn and rncrd about,
The troubled world was nll shut out
And ns stood besids hie cot
wns at peace the war fnrgot;
The suffering nnd the grief aud carr
That mrn arss bearing uscr there
Were swept away Iuprrmely glad
| stood and watched that little lad
] think try to bear ia mind
My duty to my fellow kind,
Few moments come to me thcse days
That am lost in selfish ways
And yet when | AIN ut home with him
| try tn turn from duties grim
And live for just little while
Within the sunshine of hia smile.
And 90 it was that happy night
The world appeared suprcmeiy brish.'
| watched him kneel beside his bed
And heard the prayer he d often said
Now | lay me down to sleep.
| pray the Lord my seul To keep,
And az on through You know the prayer
lie asked of God to bless us there
And then amen, stopped To gct
His hand ~ haven't finished YET,
lie said, "l'Il ask before IN Through
The Lord to bless our aold,efs, too.
| kissed HIM And my eyes were wei
II such as he cannot forget
In moments that ARE rich with play
The dreadful burdens Of the day
And keep in mind through frolic lseuf
The men who brave the tyrsnta posel
And pray to God To bless them there
Should we ON highways that ate fai
Fail To remember, day 10y day
That tbs for us they iace the fray7
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
REVIEWS OF NRW BOOKS.

Over Here" ny Hector MacQuarrie,
lieutenant Hoyal Field Artillery. author
OF ',IIuv tu 1lvr ut The Front" With
frpntispiece. Philadelphia, Pa j. u.
IAppincots To, Price, 81 IN net,
Lieutenant MacQuarric whose How
ip Live nj thr Frunt' gained high approval
by itr sound and prnrticai advic1 Ia Hola
dicrs, eftrr being invnlihed IN consequences
NJ wounds rrrriyrd In battle, wna sent IN
this country, 10 look after sumo business
mattrrs for thr British government, ipr
cidentallv, and later to tell our people
nbout tho ealire " thu Allies and gain
their deepest interest, He made his
hendanart~rr nj. Brthlrhrn, Pa.
Lieutenant Mac}uarric evidently had u
very pleasing time, and enjoyed hls. stay
He anon came b. like our people, and they
liked him. Hs reception everywhere vga
rgr,linl aud grneroua And being ke~nly
ol,serynrt, his comments on the people he
met mud the things he saw ara highly
interesting. =.
The great fenture Of Lieutenant Meo-
Qtlnrriefa stay hare eoneisted OF = humber
of srcsking tours, which TOOK him p'
many Pennsylvania tguns and cities:
Nearly everywhere he found y. spiut oi
rial t,atrjotism and interest, few oUm-
| fuIIuttIeA fnitfNP ip HfbN y HT
lie ,ea plcaged with nll the placea he visi {
ed end with mort Of the people he met
And ever he displayed . srpe~Ys hppreeia
sion Of The pvple with whom he eas9r am - n
contact. I1is comments are keen ana re-
freshIpv, nj times enustic, but alrsyl
e,nineutlv fair. And HE delight In the
work to which he wss assigned ~se un
! bounded
/ Tbi. brief review does not give sny ide'
of thr h,,rnor. the rest the delightful
quality Of this book And more than 81
| eI.e II ,s A ir,ok about people people grea
and small people good and bad, 'nelud
ing the American manufactures, whom h
found sp honest uentlemsn,' with bette
manners. particularly toward women, thai
the English have Throughout The pool
flows the current Of good feeling. The lov
America hrs inspired In his beart, and th
;n-n;r.t;on IL gives toward hearty fellow
ship end cooperation with our Allies =
prosecuting the war TO final victory
Received Of the publishers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
Railroads and Railroad Men.

Nmj,, We arc q patriotic pcopic- ami
earnestly disposed 10 support our gov
eminent in I'll rs MAR measures. NC arc
sriH dI>po~ad 10 crlucsc ihos" things
that appcar Is IL lo fail in their object
a. securing the most effective results
from our measures And one source
Of criticism j. The railroad service OF the
co4n,ry uudc- practical government CON
,rol with Secretary 81 The Treasury
NcAdoo - ei.rector-gcucral
Secretary Mctdoo : man ot great
4t,l.rv. with = severely prac'ica! mind
Tho man VINO could construct : rall-
road ,unncI under the Hudson river and
do Il successfully i moi man ~ hc
set down as u mediocre But when II
comes To running the entire railroad
system oi the country as we'll as direct
ing the vas. financial system Of the
government IN these days Of stress and
severe requirement II may we'll be ques-
tloned If he has not undertaken too much.
There arc complaints Of the railroad
administration under goyernmen, aus
pices The people are not satisfied
with the general service Especially
is there complaint IN respect OF freight
TRANSFORMATION and delivery. While the
var1ous railroad systems have been in a
measure consolidated and schedules
adopted that viii empIoy any or al the lines
in the direction 81 effective and rapid
through service results have not been
satisfactory There are complaints o
an insufficlcn, employment OF all tht
freight transportation resources Of th'
railroads
The experiment ot government opera
ton Of the railroads having thus failed
TO completely satisfy the people, IS y
not time 10 give consideration. At once
and with q view to radical and speedy
improvement, 10 the proposition Of re
turning TO former conditions ?
Under the former mana gements. th'
railroad service Of our country, both
freight and passenger, proved itself t
be the best in the world, It was vastl,
superior 10 the government manage
nent and operation Of any Of the rail
road svs' eIns Of Europe
Nv trairrd ~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
Russia Now Regretting.

1t * not surprising 10 read reports 70
the effect that some Of the bolSh'N'h
headers Of Russia. who now are IN control
II the decidedly uncertain government oi
that country. arc rcgrctting their cowardty
ana d,shonorable surrender "a Germany
Evidently. they are approaching no"
what al the rest 81 the world understood
i, the time. that their treachcrous ahan-
donmcnt Of the causc Of the Nhc> and
their abjcct surrender to Germany meant
,hc subsection Of Russia to ruthless Ger
man domination
Even TrotzAy. he ">klrockct leader
Who conducted thc negotiations q sur
render 10 German, is sand % bc disposed
IL resist German domination Tho news
napcrs arc commenting freely on the
situation. and they arc giving expression
10 strong favor fo1 the Alhcs. especially 70
he / nitcd states. The indications are
that another revolt -ouc against German
domination may soon come to pass IN
Russia
Unfortunately that great country no"
Mas No stable government There are at
least iour political parties Of effective fol
lowing and The Boishevik dominance that
now prevails apparently holds power by
slender thread Almost anything may b'
czpccted III RussiQ during the next few
months
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
USELESS WORRY OVER FUTURE

One Of the subjects for worry in the
East Just now IS what arc we going 10
eat and with what will we be clothed in
the future Here we arc putting up with
various innovations in our dietary,
abroad even more extensive has been the
substitution Of strange and unusual
foods for The normal Diet Of the people
So far as is known Germany is the only
place where paper is used 20 any great
extent for wearing apparel but on the
shortage III fabrics there available somo
imaginative persons have built up d
considerable structure, involving all the
world in the practice Of Berlin at present.
Assurance might he given, were II
really needed, that when the war Ia over
and mankind can return 70 his activity
A. a producer, be will bring forth from the
earth plenty to eat and to wear without
the need OF initiating Ncbuchadnessa'
or obeyIng any Of MIR Hoover : mandates
further than tho matter 0f price Is con
cerned Sofna Of the things that no@ ar
novelties may retiaain as staples, but !
will bs hecause they have been foun'
good Omaha Ee6
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
Harmony Strikes . 6nas.

Possibly Il mny he significant Co
incidence Of the return OF General Coleman
ylu Pvnt, long the managing leader OF the
eM Republican Organization, to Deiawnfe'
last vrck, with his welt down the State;
possibly il may not. But at any rate, as
was shown by political correspondence
in Saturdays Every Evening, the har-
mony program Of the Republican party,
born Of the sggrcsSiveness OF the In
dependent faction, seems to have struck
n sneg, And the snag is manifest in the
harmony committee, which was appointed
nv Chairman Benson Of the Republican
State Central Committee, heretofore the
centre of power Of the old Organization
II is rift in the lutte, At least, and 1t
may be attended by very important con-
sequences.
In fact, it appears there may he lack
of harmony in the harmony COMMITTEE
There are Indications of revolt before the
harmony committee even enters upon con-
sidcrat,on Of tentative plan for bringing
tho two factions together. When Rcphbii-
cans of the Organization stripe come rlght
out with doclarations that they viii not
submit To the dictation Of Dan Hastings
in New Castle county. or of Frank Alice IN
Kent county" depend upon 1T there 's
trouble floating in the air Nor iF II any
more probable they will consent to SUB
| init to the dictation of some of the Lay
! tons in Sussex county, or yield to the per
suasivr arguments of Colonel Robert u.
! Houston Of Georgetown IN favor oil har-
monv that will leave the open door open TO
| Indcpcndcnt Republicans to rcpudiatc
harmony program il they could indorsc 1t
without violation OF conscience
And no it viii be seen that RepublIcan
harmony in Delaware is still very doubt
| fuI proposition. In the old days OF Addickf
and the revolt against his rIlc, unity o'
| action at the election. if not actual har'
monv in spirit, was possible OF attain
mcnt. In the most surprising manner u
several campaigns, the Addlcks Repub
icans and Regular Republicans came
together on the very cvc OF election ah'
Joined in support of a compromise u'ke'
notwithstanding they were APPARENT,
ready to cut each others throatS
Perhaps that may bc the situation TN
wear. or. il may be the proposed harmon,
conferences viii result N continued op'l
wrafarc. But 1t present, ovcrythinglS "
Il the air There is no telling what
week. or even day, may bring forth
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29

SAID friendly patron Of Evcrl Evening,
continual subscriber and reader for
man, wears. in reference To the increase IN
thr charge Of the paper from one 70 two
eent> copy or May That 5 ail right.
r., WORTH FIVE cents. This Is very com
plimcn,ary and very gratifying, but there
1 not the rcmotcst probability OF any IN
crease to such an extent Two cents copy
nill be the charge on and after May ], and
there il Will stay for All tune The day OF
the one-ccnt daily newspaper Of any merit
in this country has departed, It's not pos
eible to produce the right kind OF paper
al that price.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29

People are now ordering coal for next
winter. but still there Is some difficulty
in securing delivery 1t is hoped there will
be no trouble in this respect during the
coming summer All who decide upon this
practical plan for making sure OF coal the
coming winter should be accommodated.
If there are any doubts Of the arrange
u.cnts for production being sufficient to
tins end. Coal Administrator GARFIELD
should bestir himself and see that the
way is kent open.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
THE EVENING SMILE.
HE HAD CHANGED ALL TVAT.

Sergeant "Ercl You nin't getting
along very fast with thus lobf
Tommy "Well, Rome wasn't tuut m
a dnv. you know
Sergeant II know all about that my
lad, but wasn't sergeant them lNm-
don Byetandcr
"A rose bv any other name would
smell ns sweet Il Doubt however, II
an orchard hy any other name would cost
as much Louisville Courlcr-Journal
"Ten wears elapee between Acts and
II "Ycs .aaald Mrs flubdub, bitterly,
"and see the briitcs wife is still wear
ing the Same hat louisville Courier
Journal
"A good many ladies were disappointed
this afternoon How was that ne
"T'he guest was spoken Of ~ a bridge
EXPERT and he turned out to 10 nothing
but famous engineer Roston Trans
script
DO YOU believe the old assertion that
n policeman is statesman out OF Job
Not altogether, rcphed Senator sor-
| ghum. Sometimes n statesman gets
| job and turns politician irving 10 hoid OF
| to it Washington Star
will YOU kindly place this cigar IN my
mouth and light II for me- s'oot
heavens man Are YOU too lazy 20 llf'
| vour arm" NO j promised my w1f'
| wouldn / put another cigar IN nv mouth
| for slx months Birmingham Age
Herald
First Broker What do you usually
! oive volr WAITER" Second Ditto oh
T he serves me we'll give him tip o
| q quarter. Il badly | give him tap or
stocks - Boston Transcript.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
MIR. CLARK DECLINES.

speaker CLARK declines the offer Of
Senator stones vacant place because
he believes be "can render more ser
vice in the speaker chair than IN the
senate Tie is undoubtedly right We
are III NJ SAYS. in an awful crisis OF our
country affairs and IN the senate there
! need far other kinds Of talents than
those 81 Mr. Clark lie presidcs we'll
over the House In the Senate he would
tin the place Of the great Senator
Stone ~ he calls him. and his habits
of thought are too much like Mr.. Stone 5
and Mr. Reeds To promise much change
from their methods Of dealing with this
au.fuj rri~l. Senator Reed undoubtedly
counted on this for up 70 the last moment
he Was ahoring 10 gel the speaker 10
change III. decision Whatever VIC may
think of the attitude of Nj Stone and
Mr. Reed toward the war there Will be
agreement in the opinion that one OF
them in the Senate was at least enough.
The Republican leaders, with great
roo,t sense and nafrlutiSm had waited on
Mr. Clark and assured nm that II he
chose 70 90 10 the senate their party
world make no attempt 10 eject sue
ces>or To him. and thus he had free
hand That would have meant the cleo
tion Of q Democratic speaker But tins
sneaker would undoubtedly have been
/ CIaude kitchin. the present majority
lcsdnr In the present situation Of the
worlds affairs Mr.. kitchin would not add
greatly TO the ImpreSSlveneSS of the hgurt
| which the I -nitcd States cuts IN the eyes
| Of other nations if ne were the head OF It's
| House Of Representatives. This view
Of the matter would not appeal 10 Mr.
| CLARK but il is one which will strike Other
| citizens with great force, and they will
anpIaud his decision with a sense Of relief
| and even Of narrow escape, for that reason
alone They will applaud II for another
which is that Mr.. Clark really is gooc
| --..l.u n nu. NorL Iirnps
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29

The suggestion TO abandon the eating
of sauer krout from patriotic impulses.
because the name IS German, will not
prove acceptable We may give il the
English spelling Of sour crout, which
means the same Or we may call il fer
mentod cold slaw as has been suggested
But sauer krout is product Of this
country, as we'll as of Germany. And il is
1ond
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
PEPPER TALKS.
BY George Matthew Adams
SCTsWAH.

TTncIe Sam has hired Schwab, The
great steel man, To work for HIM
early and late
The salary is TO be one dollar a
year
once tore up a contract for million
dollars a year salary before the eyes
Of the late ] r. Morgan. He Raid
that he didn't need q salsry ~
large
This il the same Schwab who once
. worked IN overalls, but who now
employs over hundred thousand
. workers and boasts thnt he has no
strikes in his steel plants.
. You sce this man has al vayS be-
I Ilevcd IN WORK ENTHt-
STASMl
. Well. watch him work and enthnse
. NOW. A bridge N ships must
: span the Atlantic ocean. i he
: bridge of ships will he built
f. They call hin Charlie. = DO
!. you get the point2 This man works
/. WITH his men Likewise, THEY
: work with HIM. The Bethlehem
+. Steel Plant is one Of the most
+. efficient concerns IN all the world.
+. But now schwab is ENTHG-
: SIASTIC, over giving his tune
: and brains 20 the cause Of Freedom.
; Freedom IL going 20 move pretty
: fast from now on The new ships
. will soon begin 70 float France
/. ward
Charles NJ. Schwab-up from the
; ranks Woodrow Wilson-up
F. from the ranks. The flag of uni
: versal Democracy Is sailing trmly
: from It's staff
There will be ships a4l right
!. And plenty of them. In record
: time.
+-+%+*+ - - 4+++* t~f+t
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
BY Walt Mason.
In LIE GARDEN

Il Jacks up all my being, 10
vresile With tht soil there Is u ioy
in seeing the fruits of honest toll;
there is u Joy IN growing string
beans. IN hIncks of i've perfect
loy in knowing that ! have iaade
them thrive But for my stern
ondeavor, with spade and rake and
hoe. the weesls would grow forever
where sweet potatoes grow you'd d
500 the bur and thistle but for the
work do and 30 | sing and
whistle giadsame tra-la-lee
The wilderness IN making te bios
som AS the rose, as | 20 deity Fak-
ing, and plying ali cooled hasa.
sueh Thoughts as these ara boiling
and seething in my dome. while |
ain daily toilihg around my humble
hefas, And there Is naught more
i.V than thfa - ltase
tH
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29
VINOL MADE THIS
RUNDOWN
WOMAN STRONG
Her Signed Letter Proves This.
Read Tt

keene. y. H. 4 was all run down,
had no strength, no appetite and a bad
cough. so that a good deal OF the time
was unfit for work My druggist told
me about Vinol. ] took it, and my cough
soon disappeared, my appetite improved
and I am strong and we'll again
Mrs. lrine DAVIS, 80 Russell street,
Koene, Y Fl
Vinol is. a constitutional cod liver and
ron remedy which creates an appetite,
AIDS digestion. enriohes the blood, and
in this natural manner creates strength.
We guarantee it. \. b. Danforth, drug
gist Wilmington, and at the best drug
store in every town and city in the country
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29

il il rot susp I'll g. TAb Taiee wofe ever
a patrintle people. fes yeats hopeful Of re-
gaining tho national status that Was afaee
their priAs. And they Lha~ they can
Aaver SECURE it through sibsefviehha 70
the brutal Fitis of Germany
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29

The cry Of frightened German. al Zee-
brusge: The Americans arc coming,
shows the effect ouf participation IN the
war has had on the average German, no
matter how the leaders may erldeavor 20
bcjittle the effect Of our intervention.
And Ce.f-.-r sc!i 5 or tie western war
@ Elz tt.rt.