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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-04
APPLIES TO ALL.
editor Every Evening

Editor Every Evening
Sometime ago the merchants OF the
city met at the request al the Fuel Adj
mnlstrator and agreed To certain closing
hours for different lines Of business The
writer was Informed nv several cigar
dealers then that IL WINS agreed cigar
stores should close at @ r. m.
Today the Health Department /
am told, requested that all places whore
people congrcgat~ should close early
10 AVOID the spreading of influenza, now
epidemic IN Wilmington II WIS notice
allie IN passing along Market street
a few minutes past nine O'Clock that NIL
hut one Cigar store were closed
The ono renamed opcn until near 10 30
y III. and there wrrr. all evening. n dozen
or more persons sitting md standing
IN rear room where a checker game
was IN progress business was gong
on at the usual rate in the front of this
same cigar store.
Several passcrs by were heard 10 ask
whether the closing order or request
applied 10 all or only some of the cigar
stores IL certainly seemed unfair to
the other cigar dealers and indifferent
on the part of the proprietor OF that
store where probably more persons
congregnte than in any other Market
street CHAR store
There should he no partnlity shown
Ivy the Health Department and no in
difference on the part OF any merchant
or merchants should be tolerated All
the people of our city ought to cooperate
cheerfully with our Health Department
in their efforts TO check the spread of
disease
The writer If not engaged IN the cigar
business, nor related 10 anyone engaged
in that line. hut Is prompted to write
YOU this letter ~ desire for fair play
and the checking Of the present epidemic.
Subscriber
Wimiu gton ID oct 2 1928
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Learning Our Lesson.

When he war Is over Americans will
have become a greatly changed people.
They viii he more democratic more con
siderate of the rights Of Others, less that
lamentabie cocksuienes- which was the
result of their quick conquest Of s virgin
land and their rapid rise to great wealth.
less reckless OF National resources and de-
cidedly more thrifty
The war has taught rs that We have
been great wastcrs Where We once COB
bled useless quantities OF food we have
teen taught to cat just enough and no
more Where We once threw away old
rubbers and old shoes or the decoration
Of ash cans and dumps we have learned
to save them and TO use them in other
ways The same thing NAV
be SAID Of score of other
things once regarded as junk and
rubbish, but TOW made 10 90 new and
important duties The latest addition to
the list is the humble peachstone, which is
being carefully saved for the chemists,
who viii extract from the kernel chemi-
cal vitality necessary IN the making of gas
masks. Think, please and therefore. of
the millions q dollars worth Of this chemi-
cal We have wasted through thc years
right here IN Delaware winch IS only a
small spot on the map Of Uncle Sans real
estate holdings
Let there be 10 doubt about il After
the war the canny Scot vail have been
made TO turn over 10 thc American his
reputation for thrift
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Watch the Little PimpIes;
They are Natures Warning

remedy which has n. -'~pj - par,H~r
& s. s., The purely 7--~,tabl> b.~,d med
enc which h,- b-rr ~ III un.-,t-s frr
nnore than fifty year, IA . srsd h- drug
gsts ev~TYwhers.
II yen arr afflicted wiyh srv '---n ~
skin dvvaer, Do ma .rrs,a b ~ erwes bg
lotions, osrHx>nts estv-~ nd oth,r io7I
remedies, az they ean noe possibly reseh
the srarcs Of The fror1hle, >+riet, 10 ~ IN.
blood. Penn taking S. & 3 to-day, and
write a complete history ri y~v ,sR 10
osIr chisf nnesiIcai sdvser ~hS vii gsr.
you SPECIAL InMxrneonnA wrshnsa a,Argr
Write at oncs 10 SWIM Snanhs Ca al
Swift IAboratory, Annn&A> ca
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Ry Edgar A. Guest.
THE MEANING OF

THE MAYFLOWE
Looking back. IL seems To me,
God knew war was goihgAo be
Knew in ages past and gone
That the day was coming on
When the troops of hate and lust,
Trampllng honor in the dust,
Would set out 10 overthrow
All that's noble, here below,
So against such danger, He
Sent the Mayilowcr out To sea.
Little did the pilgrims know
When they knclt upon the SNOW,
Thanking God in humble prayer
For deliverance, then and there
In their breasts was sowed the seed
That should serve mighty need
That in time should be unfurled
One flag in troubled world
That should fly on land and sea
SyIubolizing liberty
Now to-day our work We lind
That If what God had in mind
When the Mayflower took 10 sea;
Here America should be
Strong OF limb and clean Of heart,
Trained IN every human art,
Cherishlng the seeds Of truth,
Ready with its finest youth
To defend, in dangers hour.
Freedom from the tyrant's power
Now we sec behind God 3 plan
When America began
Here the fires Of freedom burned,
Here succeeding ages learned
Truths great lessons; here to-day,
Putting selfish thoughts away,
Millions march from field and hill,
Gods great mission To fulfill
Twas to set the whole world free
That the MayHower put to sea
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THE EVENING SMILE.
IN DOUBT.

"Yes, my brother was slightly wounded
IN the Marine advance We had letter
from the regimental surgeon
Where was he Rounded22
I'VE are not quite sure The sur
geon mentioned the place, tut we don t
know whether IL : an anatomical phrase
OF a French village Boston Transcript.
Your landiady cuts things tritlt
short doesn't She? Somewhat About
twice what she serves would he half
portion Louisville Courier-Journal
My daughter is taking fencing lessons
and should sec how she can icint -" That S
nothing You ought to see how mine
can throw a fit Baltimore American
First Private over there at i rest
station There 5 a bishop coming to
preach TO us At mne In the morning
and vaudeville star TO dance for us at
ten" Second Private Wake me up
at ten Life
"Bliggins says he's going to break
into the army for fear of beng non
essential But, protested Miss Cay
enne, won't he tie Just rs non-cssential
IN the army as he IS anywhere else?"
Washington Star
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Unsightly and Disfguring Sig
mails Of Bad Blood.

Don't close your eyes n tho w.srInv
which nature gives, when unsghtly psnp-
les appear on your face and other parts
Of The bodY
Not only are ths-se pinpies and splotcTrcs
dishgIuing, but they lead N srrioIs skin
diseas-ps that spread and csnse the most
dlsc0rnfortinR irritation and pam Some
times they fOretell Eoz@1na. rows blrters
scaly crrptions and other annoyarsrrs that
burn like flames Of fire and make Won feel
that your skin IS ablaze
When theae symptoms appear "a .nv
part Of the body, take prompt steps 20 nd
the blood Of these Disorders And the one
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NEGRo's ~ SONS IN WAR.


RAyville. La. Oct. 4 -Twslva s~sr ~,
active service il the record ~ X. II
Windslow. Negro preacher, u ls,
parish. Fight sons enlisted before ~. ~
,,ctpent 81 the seloctjve service law snd
the other four are in the National ARM
Two III the soldiers are twqns The At
three triplcfs.
Becatse 81 the remarkable record, p'sns
are under way for a public dsgnonsirafiar
Tor Mr. Windsl0w he already has -
ceived coBgratulatory letter from Pros
dent Wilson Mr. WindslOw condurs =
Red Cr,ss auxiliary.
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MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Fame Fire Co
First Regiment Band
Oriental Lodge, X of P.
Excelsior Lodge, X of p
Camp No 4, p O. s. A.
Fairfax Lodge, O. @ +
Alpha Council, o. r. G.
&. A. u r. A. of America
Laurel Council, e. f. of A
Liberty Lodge, A. o. L ".
Brandywine Lodge, S Of III
Columbia Lodge, [ 0. q +.
St. Georges Castle, i G. T.
Local No 1926, G Il J. A.
- j. hn'9 Chapter, n A. NJ.
Wilmington Tinsmiths Union.
Fncampment No. "a. L vi.
Third Ward Democratic Club
Msnitou Tribe, Imp'd o X Nj
Star Of bethlehem Lodge $ Of Il.
Friendship Conclave. $ w M
Delaware Tribe. impd 9 r. NJ.
Washington Council 4 Of A
DIiigent Council. Jr O. I A. NJ.
Lady Jefferson Home communion
Telegraph Council, Jr o. L. A NJ
James A Garfield Council, ID of A
Canton Delaware, p NJ. l. O. O T.
Washington Camp, No. 4, p O. S "a
Diamond State Lodge. No ! s. Of B
Plumbers, Gas and Steam Filters Union
Wilmington Lodge No 1873, j. O O. NJ
Wilmington Lodge, No Ia, l.. o. q. +
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TEAC HERS MAY HELP

School teachers who are not other
wise engaged can be OF much assistance
to local boards at Sixteenth and French
and the old Court House, in classif ing
returned question aires
Their aid is required today and
Saturday
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Now the Kaiser's on tfs run.
Keep him there. The blasted Hun
With steady fierce advance,
Drive him from the fields Of France;
Press him on from place 70 place;
From the mountains u Alsaoe;
From the hills Il fair Lorraine
Never let him stop again.
Though ne Whlmper and he WHINE,
Run him Ger the river Rhfne.
Hunt the cunning Prssisn fox;
Chase him 10 MS final bc0.
Through his POtSdan lar. and then
Run him 10 ms Berlin den.
Never let him get his breath;
Never cesse until the death.
Drive him TO his Hole Of Hell:
Ram him m and do IT we'll
Do 4 With a righteous vim;
There's no room on earth for him
To these sentiments respond
Do Il now. and BUY A BOND
Jeror~ 3 PEI
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RIPPING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
PERYERSE NATURE.

The mountains have no valued
crops, that drauth might put III
wrong; and there the rainfall seldom
stops, the whole blamed summer
long | spent the summer in the
hills, hard by Longs famous peak,
where creditors with ancient bills
for me in VAIN would seek And
every afternoon Il raIned, no chance
To rain was skipped; the thunder
grumblcd and complained, the
lightning flashed and tipped No
corntield reared its thirsty stalks
along the torrent 5 path; oh there
was nothing there but rocks, and
rocks don't need a bath ind on
the plains, not far away where
crops man needed grew, the fierce
sun iourneyed day ny day, through
cloudless skies Of blue TIE farm
ers looked Tor signs Of ram, they
looked, and sighed, and all their
looking was IN vain tier crops curl
cd up and died Their crops curled
up and died, alas, while in the
mountain land ] Pluyius was cut
ting grass to beat the cornet band
The ways OF nature bother men. in
this strange world Of ours; the
rocks are soaked and soaked again.
while eorufclh pant for showers
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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
Thought and Comment of Every
Evening Readers.

rTee rull name and address nr the writer
N,ust accompany each ett~r, not nesS,s
ssrilv for publication hut as evidence 81
sccd faith Anonymous communications
eth ~ ignored Publication OF letters dpsss
-; carry with IL Endorsement 10y Every
Gveuins o. the upinon. therein oppressed
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Letters Granted.

Letters tsstamentary on the afts,r
Of Argus NJ Read have bcsn gyan'rf
20 Emma VI Read.
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Recovering From Grip.

Raymond Robertson, field clerk Of
the county Board of Assessment, is
recovering from an attack Of Influenza.
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KENNARD g CO.
Store opens daily $50 Closes at $50 .. m.
Of Interest Tomorrow


Daily arrivals from the best or supply gives
added value already large Here
few suggestions:
We singularly fortunate in just having received
several of white gray and khaki Blankets.
Wool, down and cotton filed Confortabies in a
wonderful range of prices and styles.
Sheets, Pillow and Bolster Cases only be found
in the hands of the retailer. No sight
for the present.
Our departments have started of with
wonderful snap. You should visit Art goods and
Infants and Children's departments, both Just a
little complete than you accustomed seeing.
On silk Isle and cotton Hosiery talk value
receiving orders placed months ago hence
you know they worth while.
We very fortunate in possessing real French Kid
Gloves which just arriving These in connee-
good place gloves for personal antic
patng Christmas needs.
By continually hunting the markets over We are
able to assemble a very remarkable line Of ATWOOD
fabrics, each and piece being the in great
demand.
Silks Linens and white goods sections are wonder
fully well stocked.
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KEEP HIM COIN.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ttt'ttttftttt
/ IT'S more than duty, les privii>~.
90 buy more Bonds.
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Second Floor News

You should see wonderful second floor depart
ments. Those who have similar departments
tell that nowhere do they know of
floor and conveniently arranged. Here shown
in lavish the products of the best makers
Of ready-to-Sear garments and similar lines.
Top Coats Suits, Dresses, Furs Skirts, Corsets.
Muslin underwear, Silk Pettieoats negligees and
fants' and chdren's supplies.
Don't fail to visit this floor your shopping
62l-623 Market ST.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use or republication of ali news DIS
PATCHES credited TO IL not otherwise
credited IN this paper.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
MORE THAN SHIP A DAY
Is Steel Vessels Delivered to Shipping
Board First Two Weeks in June.

Washington, June 17.-Deliveries OF
steel ships to the Shipping Board in
the first two weeks of June numbered
16, with total lightweight tonnage
of IS, 162.
Five of the 16 were vessels built
on contract for the Shipping Board
and one-third of the total contract
steel vessels built to date. Eleven
requisitioned vessels had a tonnage of
$500 and the five contract vessels
80, $50.
Officials of the Shipping Board
disclosed today that the 10 fastest
built steel ships of the war program
have been constructed in an average
time of 99.9-1O days, or. slightly more
than three months, compared with II
months before the war.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE

Following is a letter from Jesse
Metcalf, now with the army in France
to his father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Metcalf, of near this place:
Somewhere in France, April 3O-18.
Dear Father and Mother:
Will try to write you a few lines
tonight to let you know that l am still
living, but not feeling we'll. It rains
nearly every aay over here and We do
as much on rainy day as we do day
when it doesn't rain. So you can i'm
agine what kind of a time we have.
Although we are happy and everybody
does his bit. We have got toughened
to it and therefore we don't mind it.
Hope you and mother are not worry
ing any more than l am. l had much
rather be over here than on the border
where l was this time last year. Not
ON account OF the danger hut the eli
mate. This is a fine country over
here and mighty fine people. They
make it as pleasant for us as they can.
that is the French and British. Well,
dad, l suppose you get all the war
news and see what we are doing for
the Germans and also what they are
doing for us. Although we haven't
got started yet. But, listen dad, l
haven't heard from you in almost a
month. Can't imagine what is the
trouble I don't suppose you have for
got to write TO me. The last letter I
received from you was the answer to
the letter l wrote you on the boat
when / landed in France, and that has
been almost meath ago. Well, as
can't write very mGch will bring this
to close, hoping this will find every
body we'll and having good time.
So bye bye to all and don't forget to
write often, as ever your soldier boy,
JESSE.
(Address)-Sgt. j. v. Metcalf, LIST M
G. Co., 1st Inf. TIN. Regiment Amer{-
can, A, =, r. in France, A. p. O. 727.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19

took to permit no wheat flour to be
shipped into his county without per-
mission of Hamp Williams, the FEEDER
al Food Administrator for the state.
AS result a number of counties have
agreed to go absolutely wheatless until
the next harvest.
Although the return of the flour en-
tailed an immense amount of labor and
/ in many cases long hauls to and from
stores and railroads, the people made
no charge for these extras. Several
jobbers cancelled orders at the mills,
directing that their consignments be
released for direct expectation.
The entire transaction was financed
by the Simmons National Bank of Pine
Bluff, which checked up all returns
did ELL the necessary bookkeeping in
volved in the return of the flour, pay
ing freight charges, etc., and drew
single draft for the whole amount in
volved. For this service no charge
was made
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
HOLD CAPTURED GROUND
L. S. Forces Now Are Fighting the
Germans in AlSace.

With the American Army in France,
June I5.-For the first time in the
war Americans now fight on terri
tory claimed by the Germans. 1t is
now permitted to publish te fact
that our troops are in the line in that
portion of Alsace wrestcd from the
Germans by the French early in the
war.
The sector is the most mountainous
of anywhere Americans are fighting.
The trenches are, for the most part
of the line, in green valleys between
grassy mountains. They are from GO
yards to mile apart In some places
they traverse mountain sides and
SUBMITS. Because of the nature of
the ground the fighting in confined
largely to artillery activity.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
DOWNS FIVE HUNS IN DAY
Sergeant Putnam Performs One sf
Most IBriIliant Feats OF War.
-W.S.S.--

Paris, June G5.-Sergeant David e.
Pntnasn of BFoGElyn, Mass. is report
ed to have dowAed five Germans on
June 10 Three of Putnam's aerial
victories now are official and the
other two are UNDER investigation.
This record, if the fac victories are
officially accredited, makes Putnam
total 10, experimenting Lieut.. Frank
Baylies of New Bedford, Mass, a
the American ace of aces.
The feat accredited to Sergeant Put
nam is the most notable performed by
an American aviator, and has prob
ably been eclipsed only once during
the war. The only other aviator get
ting a larger bag of enemy airplanes
in single day is Lieut.. Rome Fonck,
a French ace, who, on May 3, brought
down six German planes. =
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
ARKANSAS PATRIOTIC
Returned 4O,367 Barrels Of Flour te
Government by Conservation.

Washington, June IA train of
1877 freight ears, containing 40,367 bar
rels, valued at $442,914 the repur-
chase price, represents wheat flour
! turned over by the people to the Food
Administration for shipment abroad
as the result of drive throughout the
state of Arkansas to obtain flour for
our Army and the Allies.
The average price of the flour turn
ed in was $1O.97 per barrel, f. 0. b.
shipping point. 1t was moved at an
average of about 81 O3, or considerab-
ly below market at New Orleans, the
shipping point, where $11.7O was quot
ed at the time of repurchase.
When the appeal for America to go
wheatless until the next harvest was
made, Arkansas was one of the first
states to respond. Churches, clubs,
civic bodies, fraternal orders and Or
CARNATIONS of all kinds joined in urg-
ing the people to turn in their accumu-
lation of wheat flour. Every county
food administrator in the state went
to work at once.
Holders of flour in practically every
the merchants from whom they had
bought Merchants who Joined the pa
triotic movement handed the flour over
to the county administrators, and at
,, the same time each signed an agree
ment net to buy any more wheat flour
outside his county until the harvest.
Each county administrator turned in
a 3. gned agreement IN which he under-
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
q. s. MEN BETTER THAN Huns
British Writer Considers Yankees Ret
ctr Than TOmmies, TsG.

London, June 15.-American sol
diers are more than "a match for the
Germans, in the opinion of Reuters
correspondent with the Americas
forces in France, who has been with
the Americans for the past month.
Whenever the Germans meet tine
Americans, he. says, the Germans have
been beaten
my impression" he adds, sis
that the Germans will find in their
new foes men more resembling our
dominion soldiers than the home-borp
Tommy They are full of tenderness.
as the German wounded have cause to
know. But they Will not have mercy
on men who do not fight straight and
viii avenge comrades slain by treach-
cry to the utmost platoon"
Resnarking how quickly the Ameri-
cans gre learning by experience the
correspondent continues:
"Thete is plainly much to be ex-
pected from the American army only,
and it mpst be said with subsistence.
We want q lot of them. Secretary
Baker has promised a million soon.
That is good but million goes a
wonderous small way out here. We
want that millien doubled as soon as
possible. A millien soon will be worth
many millions later.'
Referring to the large infusion of
Americans of German descent the cor
Respondent says that hey make good
soldiers.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
DUE TO INTERNAL BROIL
Spirit Of Revolt Is Reported Sweep.
ing Dual MOnarchyFeeling Of
Discomfort Said to Have Spread
to Army and Navy.

London, June 15.-Reports of SER
ious crisis in Austria are current to-
day. They come from various outside
sources, but there is no direct confirm
atory news A news message today
from the semi-official Fabra agency of
Madrid says private information from
reliable sources states that grave
events are about to occur In Austria,
where the population is demanding
peace at any price.
Amsterdam messages say a rumor
was circulated on the Bourse yester-
day that rioting had begun in Vienna.
London, June 15.-Internal strife
and discomfort bordering Oh open re-
volt is sweeping Austria-Hungary
with a force and persistence absent
in the many previous crises. Hunger
war WEAKNESS and hate of Germany
are fast breaking down the last
bounds of restraint. We're it not for
a virtual empire-wide state of martial
law the flame of rebellion would have
long since burst forth to start the
conflagration that seems inevitable.
Ludendorff has impaired to the
Austrian military authorities some of
his pet rules of quelling discomfort,
as applied in Germany early this year.
But the Vienna imitation is poor
one. Instead of improving the stu
alton, it is making it worse and worse.
There are the strongest indications
that the malcOntent sparks have
sprung over from the starving cities
into the army and navy.
In the midst of this crisis of crises
and, perhaps, on the eve of a real ris-
ing, a gigantic offensive is to be
launched, unless all signs lie, it is to
be Austrias last militery effort.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-06-19
WSS
CALL FOR 1850 MEN
Must Have Grammar School Educa
ion and BE Qualified for Service,

Washington, June 15.-A call for
1850 draft registrants of grammar
school education and qualified for
general military service YVES made on
the various states today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder The men
of whom 1851 are to be negroes. will
be sent to schools and colleges for
training
The entertainment date was set for
July /, but the call will be held open
for volunteers until June 21. If on
that day enough are not obtained
boards are authorized to draft the re-
mainder needed