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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
To Whom Honor is Due

W. would not hc good Amcucars Il thc
things the British Navy ha- hccn dolng
to tho Germans az Xcehrugec and Oetcnd
did MOI send thrills out upon transc"n-
tincntal JOURNEYS along our splucs And
this too. not because ol the mjhtarN
benefit, ,.nvcd FROM thcm IN lcsscnrg
the ac,lNlttc.. 81 the lFun boats lut
bg,ai.eo the officers and men who arc
rphoIlng tho hue traditions If hc klng r
firrt arc Of our blood and srcak ol'r tongue
thn, and act prctt> m'',h AZ W do and
% INTO a tight ready to use then hands
is nc 10. ~bnuld harp, fortune sullo
tho opportunity upon them thcsc
things ave q mattcr ot race and blood and
although Nc feel that N making ihcsc
United States We have improved somewhat
on the old Anglo-SaXon STRAIN. notahf,
in such matters rs agero.stvencss. int
tiative and energy, none the less It i tho
common stock IN The two nations that
brings them So close together
But there Is one little matter NC wish
to undcrscore as worthy Of more than
passing note the fact that the hotthng
M operations carried ont by the British
seem to have ha,kcd back 70 ono Of our
own little unplcasautnesscs with q foe
Tor an ancestor British naval history
IS distinctly lacking N such exploits for
the reason that the Rut,~h way - heat
an enemy was to get hlm ont IN the open
and hammer him Tins is what tho
Nelson's. the Colhugwoods the Hawkes.,
the Roducys. the Hoods and all that
glorious company of great sea-hghtcrs
did But they never thought very sori-
ouslv of putting him in cold s'orage by
shutting the doors Of his base upon hun
We tried It at Santiago and now nclc
Sans COUSIN John Bull, has tried II AZ
Os'end and Zecbruggc, and with just
the same tnc devotion and courage that
he fought Trafalgar. Abouklr and Cape
St Vincent Blessed bc the name Of tho
British tar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
The Circus and the People.

The circus was here Yesterday and
gave two performances. afternoon and
evening. the first to practically capacity
attendance and the other very liberal
which means that between 10000 and
10000 persons passed INTO the big
tent at the two performances, and en-
loved the shows, despite the heavy ram
IN the evening
Nothing in the line Of amusement has
such hold on the people as q great circus
Children attend, are delighted, and never
lose their love for it. But pater famlhas.
as be grows older and grayer. holds on as
long as he has children or grandchildren
10 take. Then he viii cndeavor to look
natural while he gets off the hoary false
hood: II do not care for the circus
myself, but / have to go to take the
children"
The old fraud. He loves the circus as
well as any of the children love it. A
boy or girl who is delighted with his or
her first performance never loses love for
the great show The attraction holds
throughout life.
And so it is that the circus holds first
place in the affections of nearly all persons,
young, middIe-aged and old, wherever
performances are given.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
THE NATION SIZED STATE.

Talk OF dividing Texas into two or
more States has been cropping up for
the last 30 or 40 years, but it has been
only idle talk Texas is about four times
as large as the average State in the Union
and more than 200 times as large as the
smallest one, but Texans are proud of the
size Of their State and will never consent
to see it divided
The talk is now for a division into
FIVE States. Texas could be divided
into FIVE States averaging a shade less
than Florida in area. The States Of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and Indiana
could be placed in Texas and then would
leave enough room for Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Delaware a second time
with Duval county thrown in.
Five States would mean five governors
and 10 senators where there are now but
one and two. The politicians might like
this. but we do not believe the people
would - Florida Tines Union.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
PRESS COMMENT.
STOP SNIPING.

Tho vote in the House of Commons
shows that the representatives oil tho
English people believe the government
is doing everything IL can To win the
war, and if there nre other mon who
could do more, there is no way oil know
ing il, and the course of common sense
as well as Of patriotism In TO stop hnr-
nsglng and darrrditing the government
and give il complete and hearty support.
We trust that the American people
have an equal amount of sense. we
believe they have Not all the snipng
our government has suffered from y
open attack Much of IL is covert II
the government proposes nm army oi
million, there is loud clarnor tof three
millions. II the government talks o'
three millions. the patriots who are
never satisfied call for five millions, and
il they are apprchcnsive that the
government might call live millions they
demand ten millions, in order to he nj
ways demanding something more than
the government ~ likely 10 attempt or
could possibly achieve II the govern
mcnt contracts for 900 ships they m
sist that il ought to order 2oUO.
Our government, like the British
government is doing i,s utmost Fer
have no supermen, and could not get
them into possession of the government
II we had them. Doubtless there are
government measures which may
properly be discussed There may be
objections to one step, and another may
seem to offer great promise. We are not
barred from discussion Of the measures
taken bv the government.
But LEI IFS recognize that the govern
rncnt IS doing remarkable things II ~
unqucstonahlv doing everything that
able and devoted men can do. We have
no means of knowing that any other
men would do more. we are quite lusti-
fled in believing that they would not.
Don't demand tho impossible. Don't try
to show superior energy or foresight hE
keeping M demands always q little
III excess oi anything the government
does Don't nag the government Don I
'smpe The government ls entitled
to every presumption that II - doing
the utmost that human officials can do
Philadelphia Record
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
JUST FOLKS
By Edgar A. Guest.
THE BURDEN BEARER.

oh, my shoulders grow aweary oi Tho
burdens an bearin',
An | grumble when I'm footsore at the
rough road ! am farm,
But strap my knnpsack tighter till feel
the leather bind me,
An I'm glad To bear the burdens for the
onea who come behind me
It's for them that | am ploddin for the
children comm after,
| would strew their pnth with rpses and
would fill their days with laughter
oh, there = splfahness within me, there are
times IL gets TO tallein
Times | hear IL whisper tn inc, TITS
dusty road you're walkin'
Why not rest your feet little7
Why not pause an take your leisure9
Don't you hunger in your strivin' for the
merry whirl OF pleasure
Then | turn mn sec them srniin' an !
grip my burdens tighter,
For the ioy that I am seekin' Is 10 see
their eyes grow brighter
Oh. I've slipped the cup Of sorrow an I've
felt the CAD Of trouble.
An know the hurt Of trudgin through
field o'errun with stubble,
hut n rougfer road to travel had my
father good before me,
An I'm owin' all my gladness to the Tasks
he s,nuldered for me
Oh, didn't understand IL. when lad !
played about him.
But he laborel for my safety in the DAYS
pd he without him.
Oh. my kindly father never gave himself a
wear of leis'ire
Never lived one selfish moment. never
turned aHide for pleasure
Though he must have grown aweary Of the
burdens he was bearin'
He was tryin hard to better every road
I'd soon he farm
Now ! turn an sec them srnilin an !
hear their merry laughter,
An I'm glad ~ bear the burdens for the
ONES that follow after
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
THE EVENING SMILE.
THE RURAL rROFITEER.

Men relate that Mrs Newlywed
went to the grocery store 10 do her morn
ing marketing And che was determined
that the grocer should not take advantage
of her youth and inexpereuce
These eggs are dreasifullv small. she
criticised
Il know it. he answered but that 8
the kind the farmer brings me They
are just fresh from the country this
morning
Yes, said the bride. "and that's the
trouble with these farmers They are sn
anxious tn get their eggs cold That they
take them uif the nest too sooni tleve-
land Plain Dealer
'pa. what's scintilla2" a scin'lla,
my con, s a thing there is never any
thing of Boston Transcript
'My poor man, aren't ,ou something
of an invertelrate2 No, ma nm, ! never
tech drop Baltimore American
NV whni stretch ~ the imagination
can you call this q bachelor apartment
why. it's single room ian IT. hrlf-
falo Lsprrss
I'VE used e. hear q great deal about
the idle rich 50 We did Are they
All nj work now Not !, perhaps But
here If late they are taking care to Keep
out of the way uf people who do work.
birmingham Age Herald
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
A Had Record 10 Face.

A United States Senator will be elected
in Kansas at the November election, to
succeed William H. Thompson Democrat,
who was elected by the Legislature OF
1913, which had a Democratic majority,
by reason of the wide division Of the
Republican party throughout the cam
paign of the previous year. Among the
aspirants to the Republican nomination,
this year, is newspaper editor named
Scott.
Scott is in hot water Ills partisan
enemies are after him most vigorously
and are opposing his nomination on the
ground of editorials printed in his paper
presumably written by him-during
the early days of The great war. They
are making these editorial uttcrances
public, and Scott is likely To find them
fatal to his prospects.
One editorial extract, in particular,
that Scott finds il hard 10 escape from the
consequences of, wns printed in 1918,
shortly after tho dastardly destruction
of tho Lusitania by German U-hoat
II reads rs follows: ''By the rules OF
this war the Lusitania was fair prey for
any German submarine that could get
close enough TO plant a torpedo IN her
vitals And so Germany. with enemies
hcsctt,ng her in whichever direction she
turns her eyes, is fighting with despera-
tion that stops NJ nothing which offers
possibility Of weakening one of those
enemies And who shall say she is not
justified. the circumstances being as they
are, in waging that kind of warfare
Wouldn't we do il if we were similarly
bcsct2''
II is no wonder such an editorial dc
Hvcrancc is hurtful 10 this Republican
editor who now asprcs To seat IN the
United States Senate II is doubtful
if Senator La Toilette ever went So far
as 10 make delivprance so foreign to
American sentiment and go hostile To all
feelings Of humanity II is likely 70
deprive him of thousands oi votes IN the
Republican primaries that IN all proha-
hltv would have gone to him had he
shown himself an American citizen, and
not German svmpathiYer. man willing
IL condone and excuse the viIcst net of
brutality ever committed IN al the world
That his opnions have really changed
since the time he made this scandalous
public utterance j. doubtful. ~ matter
what he may now say. aud such mon
should not be honorcd by election to The
United States Senate
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
OUR LABOR MEN ABROAD.

The American Labor Mission has
Just been visiting the American front.
II rs due to them and to Samuel tom-
pcrs. whose constant warm patriotism
and far sighted, statesman ike wisdom
m this war have hcen uf notable scrvIre 10
the | nltrd States ~ many WAYS, to say
that the refusal If the American labor
men tu have ANYTHING to do with the
German Socialists has also been a good
service Go the foes Of Germany
Unfortunately. The French official 30
cIalist- have Kept NJ Riu,e the war te-
gan. aud ~ spite of many disapInlut-
ments the lluslon that ut an iuteTua-
tiounl conference they might persuade
the German tOt IaIsta that then countries
muat overthrow nnhtarism The Ger
man ualulitv Sucialists are mere tools ot
the Lslzer The humbug Stockholm
Conference Was officially instructed and
conducted So iar as the So,Inillt dele
gates III the central Powders were con
,erncd Austrian. bulgarian aud German
Socialists were alike anueNatrmata and
thoroughly committed to the pohcy of
the rnllltars caste They play the tune
ordered ~ the government
Socialist International conference
can u necessity hc only trap act hN tho
tcntral Powers, whose Socialists seek to
dung the Entente Socialists Vet the
rcnch official Socialists have hoon hop
ING and working iol another 'nterna'"i'a'
conference and apparcntl, thcy can t
understand WHY o,ir labor men il faus
thie week like the IirItish abor Party
rr,c,t tic idea no give thcm cur hand
nov sald nnc oi the American dele
patcs would hc booked upon hy them
rs 4 sign Of Weakness ! would s'onor
20 to visit the doN'i IN hell, hinntN
SAYS the British munster d lal'"r,
than moe, The kalscrs Socialists New
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
RISKS 1T WOULD RE
MADNESS To TAKE

There are between twenty and thirty
Congress districts IN which the pro-
German vote Is So large that there ls
danger of a dISloyal member of Congress
hclng chosen # the loyal vote IS divided
between two or more candidates tins fall
These arc the danger spots IN the
coming fall elections These are all
districts IN which thousands If alien
cnc1nIcs subjects 81 foreign enemy
mouarChIes, who have not even become
naturah7ed American citizens. although
many of them have llvcd here for from
ten wears go quarter Oi century or
longer, are privileged under state laws Ia
cast their ballots for our national leglsla-
tors
There arc nine States IN which thus
dCplorable condition exists The laws
embodied In their State constitutions
which thus give foreigners tins always
improper and now Immnentiy dangerous
privilege were passed IN days, many years
ago, when these States were bOtly com
pcting with one another IN offering induce
ments In immigrants. All that Is lett To
such States now Is to contemplate the
folly Of their past lawmakers with such
degree Of patience as they may be able
to command 1t is too late between now
and the critical elections OF thus fall to
avert the evil
In each of the twenty or thirty Con
grcss districts mentioned there are enough
Of these pro-German, non-Amcrlcan resi-
dents endowed with the ballot 10 imperIl
the loyal candidate for Congress If there
is a division of the loyal vote To meet
this peril there are but two courses open.
Either there must be no disloyal candl-
date in the field, or if there is one Of whose
LOYALTY and true American determination
TO win the war there is the remotest sus-
picion there must then be but two parties to
the fight. and it must be fought out on the
issue of loyalty and loyalty alone New
York Sun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
BE Careful in Using
Soap on Your Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkal which IL very
injurious. as II dries the scalp and makes
the hair brittle
The heet thing fo usn is inst plain rnnl-
e,fied conoanut oil FOR this i pure and
entirely grcasolesa It's very cheap. aud
beats tho most expensive soaps or any
thing else all ~ pieces You can get
this At any drug store anil few ounces
will Inst the whole family for months
smply mnlston the hair with water
end ruh II IN. about a fcaspoonful "a All
that ls required II makes an abundance
of rich creamy lRther. cleanscz thor
oughly. and Tineas o,t easily Thr hair
drloz duickiy and evenly. and "a soft.
fresh looking. bright. fluffy. wavy and
easy 70 hanile Beeidas. Il Ioo7en= and
takes out every particle II drst. dirt and
1andrllG
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
MEETINGS. TONIGHT
llptl,any Rand

Nethany Rand
C.nemilb ere Union
IlacLs lths Union
nrandVwlne ilre Go
Division No / A q "
Waueta Council. l. ~ I
Calnnthc ludeo Is uf l.
Hunsatt, titrl. y - I
Coruthan udee. = II II
Crusaders Castle. Is 6, 1
Eureka Conclnve. : " NJ
Gcrmnnla TeIuplo q 1
PAINE Cratle. 4 @ Is II
Corlnthinn Lodge 4 4 NJ
German nenohettl SociotY. W
Fcorlcfa SnuclAvn. II 'f " NJ
KoN nolds lnoampmout, 9
Hrnutl, wine Gem A 4 Q i "
Sheet Metal Workers local No .sf1
Harmony Counell. W I. 81 4
Itaat End German Democratic Tub.
" Arlington Camp. No IL L 9 <
Guiding star Temple No q. 9 of
Noricl t.ncatnpnont. No. | g Is II
VI, Ilranch. M -, t,rand trateruitf
Car and Ship Painters Protective Asso
y l. ; Iion German Lutheran Church
Snowflake Lodge No Gh /, II Il
Camp trrrpll. \" l. spanish War Nete
Camp 1i26 kny.si Nolghb"rs ef America
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
Attend Leather gervenfiuu

.lohn u. RIat1, If Z Rlumentha 4
Co. Writ Willis II The New Castle
Leather co. and perhaps other leather
manufacturers of tins city will attend
the annual meeting ~ The American
Leather Chemists Aesneiation ~ con
luuct,nn with the meeting a the Ma
tlonal Aesncia.ian ~ Tanners n The
Hotel TraYnure. Atlantic CITY. newt
Thursday Fridoy and SATURDAY.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14

Again the Red Cross asks for one hun
dred million dollars for the war work it is
so splendidly performing, and the Red
Cross should get this sum- to the last
dollar. OF course, Delaware Will do her
part In raising the money
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14

An entire American regiment has been
decorated by French officials for bravery
IN battle. The American soldier has
proved that he knows how to fight as
effectively as soldiers of any other nation,
especially when he has a good cause to
fight for
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14

Go for German spies in this country.
They are dangerous enemies, and every
good citizen who gains knowledge Of their
Vaccinations should at once report them
to the authorities
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14

Germany is laying an iron hand upon
the Ukraine. Now the people of Russia
must realize what their surrender to Ger
many means. 1t is not peace, but
despotism.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14

1t is apparent the airplsne construction
service in this country has been permitted
TO lag. From now on its should be
speeded
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
WAY TO DEAL WITH AUSTRIA.

There are said to be signs that a plot
is already well developed for an uprising
by Slavs, Slovenes and Croats OF southern
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14
LlPPIING RHYMES.
by Walt Mason.
MAN POWER.

They re talking NOW Of drafting
men whose wears have numbered
fifty and hope springs IN my breast
again, the prospects nov seem
nifty. Before tins bcastly war Is
done. fool rules Will go askltlng,
and loval gents who weigh ton
may gp and do Some fighting
They We barred me out because ! IN
fat and deaf md broken windcd,
and rules respon 5lhle for that |
hope will be rescinded When first
we broke into the game tppollos
were demanded: VIC do not wlnt
the old or lame the officers were
candid. No man is tit To chase the
Hun unlcfss he's hike Narcissus
And So dropped my sword and gun,
and went home to the mssus
They're mighty choice. said
Jane, my lad. To turn down becfy
writers. but wait while, and
they II he glad to get such deadly
fighters And now II seems that
Jane was right, the scrgeant's
growing thrifty, and he admits a
gent may fight who gives hls age as
fifty And pretty soon the fat and
bald, the spawned and the sweenied,
will from the paths of peace be
called 10y Uncle Sam subpu naed
For paths OF peace | care no hoot, |
burn with martial ardor, long 10
sIay the kraut fed Tcut. and con
hscatc hls larder Let down the
barsl Let every skate who wants to
fight go fighting. though he may
score three hundredweight. as | do
at this writing
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-14

And the Salvation Army asks for $3.50
600 for war service 1t does fine work of
relief, and should be encouraged.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-06-14

STATE or NEW MEXICO.
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF
NEW MEXICO.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPARISON
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE OF
NEW MEXICO, ~.
TT rs HEREBY CERTIFIED thai Inc an.
nexed IL full true and complete transcripts Of
CERTIFICATE OF Incorporation
OF
GRAPHIC SILVER MINING COMPANY
tNo Sl0ckholdefs' Liability
(N0. 0l0o)
Win the endorsements thereon, o. same ap.
pears on Gle and 81 record In the office al ia
STATE Corporation Commission
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. the
STATE Corporation Commission Of lhe
State Of New Mexico has caused thie
lsEALl certificate 20 b. signed b. IA Chair.
man and The seal Of said Commission
70 be affixed Of the City of Santa Fe
on this 2sih day o. May. A. ID. 1918
n, 3. GROVES.
49,. Chairman
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-06-14

arATn on ~ MExroo.


ATE CORPORATION COMMISSION or
NEW MEXICO.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-06-14
WHEAT AN1 FLOUR AEa
MEET AT gauEaoue


Albuquerque, n. NJ, June IS. The
nations cab for efficiency and above
nj for efficiency h the var. winning
wheat and flour industry was
answered By he whoat-erowine and
flour.mii'ne citizens Of New Msxico
enthusiastically and n a businoss-lll,o
way BY the meeting held here al the
gan Of Mr Pniney Of The food ad.
minlslfation.
The meeting voted 10 adopt tie
government standard tesl and price
on wheat in New Mexico. Il thereby
assured uniform and fair price for
wheat and -four, clean, properly
threshed wheat and a bigger crop.
i drew up applications for special
freight rates for the movement Of
wheat and flour in New Mexico. and
e took steps to secure for New Mex
leo a proper margin Of profit for
growers and millers under the conai-
lion obtaining in the state.
AT the urgent appeal Of a repre-
sentative Of the U. S. grain corpora.
tion the millers will prepare to run
to their fullest capacity to produce
flour for the government with the
most modern machinery possible.
The convention learned from reli-
able sources that she wheat crop in
New Mexico this year will be $780,
600 bushels, an increase over last
year Of a million bushels.
II was shown that bnt for the food
administration the price Of flour
would have scared TO prohibitive
heights.
Had il not been for government
control Of food, Mr.. Hunter declared,
flour would be selling at aSoLt $50
u barrel. The government is buying
7O,OOO,OO0 barrels yearly for its
troops in the field and needs 2,OOO,-
600 barrels monthly for the allies.
III the New Mexico wheat crop
reaches 100000 barrels, Mr.. Hunt
urged that New Mexico millers pre-.
pare themselves for continuous run
to make flour for Uncle Sam. Gov
eminent purchase and storage Of
wheat to be released subject to local
or national demand was forecasted,
this being a convenience and protec-
ton both to the grower and miller.
II was shown that New Mexico for
months has imported no flour so far
as wheat is concerned and is now
practically on a sustaining basis.
Notifications of regulations are
expected under which the farmer may
exchange wheat for flour in large
quantities.
An eloquent, patriotic and bust
ness-like appeal from the head Of the
state milling division met an equally
patriotic and business-like response.
The wheat and flour industry per-
fected working organization and
will act as a unit hereafter.
Practically every mill in the state
was represented at the convention,
there being some seventy-five milleFs
and dealers, with liberal showing Of
wheat farmers. SandOval and Val
encia counties had the banner delega-
A.n.,n