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PRESS COMMENT.
THEIR GREAT MISTAKE.

What impartial history will show, and
what We see today, is that Bolshcvism
never had tho chance Of permanent, or
even Of long life, in Russia, because it
attempted to impose upon the people an
ideal which, enormously difficult to at
tain in any country was absolutely inn
possible OF attainment in Russia. Boil
shevikm set out with the primary idea Of
city 'pfoletariat" and tried TO justify
itself in power by evoking a prolctariat
in country 90 per cent rural. In the
long run il is neither Czecho-Slovak nor
Allied armies that will have destroyed
Lenine's power, but the Russian muiik
himself BY his indifference TO the Boil
sheyiki after the first few months of
fcrvid agitation the Russian peasantc
made IT possible for $4,000 Cxecho-Slovak
troops to shake the Bolshevik structure
from it's foundations. If the heart of the
Russian MASSES were with the Bolsheviki
they could at least have done to the
Czecho-Slovaks what the Russian peas
ants of 1912 did to Napoleon.
From indifference the peasants have
passed TO active opposition They are
In revolt all over Russia. The mujiks
who have captured Nijni-Novgorod, who
arc waging war in the vicinity Of Petro-
grad, have not been bribed by Anglo
French gold. They have never heard of
Anglo-Freneh Imperialism They have
risen against system which began by
sacrificing Russia 10 the foreign enemy
and went on to bring anarchy into the
village. From the beginning the Bol
sheviki have been bitter against those
who would sabotage" the Revolution
First it was the bourgeois" who sabo
tagged. Then it was the Social Revolu--
tionists, the Mensheviki, and all other
revolutionists who did not think as Lcnnine
thinks. More recently il is the rail
road workers who have sabotaged by
refusing to transport the Red armies.
Now II is the pesants who are sabotaging
il makes very respectable
number OF saboteurs in a country where
the heart of the masses was supposed
to be with Lenine. York Evening
Post
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Allies Still Press On.

Although the German resistance has
stiffened, the advance Of the Allies con-
tinues. slowly, but irresistibly. They are
closing in on st. Quentin, Cambria, Laon
and La Fere, all important strateglcal
points. 1t seems certain that in q short
time they will secure possession OF these
places. and compel the Germans not only
10 retreat still further towards German
territory, but in a manner that Will pre-
vent them making a stand a. any place
this side of the Rhine that Will promise
any security whatever.
The tide of the war seems 10 have
,urned. After the dissolution OF Russia
and its traitorous surrender 10 Germany,
German forces. largely augmented by
armies previously held by the exigencies
OF the Russian campaign, were able TO
make great drive against the Allies on
the western front and 10 beat them back,
lest sprng. But today the Allies have re-
gained the ground thus lost, and are still
eope ahead. This. thanks 10 our assist
ance
The outlook is now bright and assuring,
Ii really seems that Germany is being
beaten to the wall. May the end come
eoon
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brothcr-in-Iaw; with his authority gone
the members started qnareIing among
themselves, and one turned traitor. Mn
Kose WAS sentenced 10 prison, but later
succeeded in obtaining pardon from Col
Roosevelt, who war then president, on the
plea that she wanted 10 return 10 Ken
tucky and support her large family Of
children.
While moonshining is Usually confined
70 the southern mountains fhc illicit
distilling of liquor IN sometimes carried ON
in large cities right under the eyes of the
federal authorities. Every once in awhile
an internal revenue officer discovers that
some apparently harmless fixture conceals
The mouth of an untaxed whiskey barrel,
or federal agent, becoming suspicious
as 10 the destination Of large quantities
OF sugar, stufnblee upon an unlicensed
distillery For some mysterious reason
people have always attempted 10 avoid
paying tax on alcoholic beverages in this
country. Let the government place a
tax on their shoes, their soap, their SER
wants, their theatre tickets or their legnl
documents, and they pay il without muir
mur, but the tax on Whiskey is consistent
ly evaded. The spirit Of the Whiskey
Rebellion Of 1874, handled so astutely by
Alexander Hamilton, seems 20 have es-
capped the confines Of Pennsylvania alto
gether and 10 rise on every hand 10 chal-
lenge the authority Of the government and
ITS internal revenue men.
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NO USE FOR CONyICTs IN WAR;

The National Army" says Major
General ] franklin Bell, rs composed
70 the bcst Of the Nation and is not a
refuge from criminals The particular
case which calls for this protest is that
of Alfred Rambcrg. who has served time
for grand larceny and who. on conviction
Of . second offer ding has been allow cd to
enter the army by Judge ROsalsky in
General Sessions
Strongly a. almost everybody will
feel like indorsing the position Of General
Bell something is 70 be said for that Of
the Judge To the chief belligerents Of
Europe this war has come IS a maximum
tax on their man-poWer, and 10 the
United States it Is necessarily so pre-
senting itself Germany and France
have emptied their prisons Of the physi-
cally fl and put them into the army, while
the largest possible industrial use of
British convicts is being made
We, on the other hand. have done
nothing 10. utilize for war olIr prison
population. Not State appears ta
have acted In this direction, even to
the extent Of diverting its convict labor
toward any replacement of the free labor
in essential industries that may be
available for the fihting-lines And what
would happen were the effort made?
II ould these industries give any greater
welcome TO the convict willing and eager
10 work than Gen. Bell and the army
give him when TT and willing and eager
to fight? Is the attitude of society
in general any different?
With all their moral delinquencics,
there will be often found among the
inmates OF our prisons as sincere a desire
10 help in this national crisis as any
where else 1t has been finding frequent
and pitiful expression in letters there
from to the newspapers. It's salts
faction would be beneficial alike to the
nation and to the repentant malefactor.
There is something TO be said for the |
position Of Judge Rosalsky New York |
" orId
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Should He RemeAiod.

II is too bad that the fine auditorium
Of the Wilmington High School should bo
SO sadly marred by miserable acoustic
conditions. The location Of the school
makes this auditorium most convenient
for public gatherings, but the acoustics
are so bad that it is not possible for those
who assemble there To inteliiFcntiy hear
. speaker unless they are very clcec 10 the
stage. This defect wns strkingly illus
trated, Tuesday evening, when the audi
torium was used as an assembling place
for the draft registrars doing service to-
day, for the purpose of receiving in
strIctions
The Board of Education should give
immediate attention to this serious defect.
1t is possible to correct acoustic dc6cicn-
cies in public halls, and this hall, of all
Others, should be put in proper condition.
The annual high school commandments
are held there, and difficulty in hearing
satisfactorily mars all of these most
occasions.
This condition should not be permitted
10 continue any longer than the desired
measures of relief can be devised and
applied. II is real misfortune 70 have
such fine public hail. one that could be
made so useful to the people, marrcd in
this manner
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AMERICA.

Everyone has noticed the very large
number Of names of foreign character
in our casualty lists. They generally
outnumber what may be called native"
names. Native" names of Americans
are now the name found in every country
in the world, though we still persist in
the odd discrimination. Now note what
the Treasury Department reports re-
garding subscriptions to the last Liberty
Loan. Eighteen per cent. of that loan
was subscribed for by people of 38 for
eign nationalities, with the Germans
showing in the largest numbers
No one needs to be told that this land
is full of men of German birth who
could not be more thoroughly American
if they had been born here. Just so
With other thousand of aliens All are
Americans; all believe in America; to
them America is everything.
Ours is a wonderful country Buffalo
Express.
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Circulation Every 20 40
Evening Yesterday 1Z440
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1918.
Refuse TO Submit to the Extortion.

Refuse TO Submit to the Extortion.
Announcement has been made on be-
half of the employing BARRIERS of Whining
ton that on and after Monday next the
charges for service will be 25 cents for
shave and 50 cents for a hair cut.
Our advice to the barbershop patrons
of Wilmington is to resolve, firmly and
irrevpesbIy, from the first, not to pay
such charges. As to the shaving, any man
ean buy safety razor, with the requisite
supplies, and shave himself as accept
ably as a majority OF the journeyman
BARRIERS of Wilmington can shave him.
II is full time for our people TO rse IN
revolt against this most injurious policy
Of outrageous and utterly indefensible ex-
,crtion. Long have they submitted 10 the
impudcnt imposition. With ample sup
plics of farm products all around them,
they have gone 10 their free and open
street markets, week after week, and been
confronted with charges very much higher
than those prevailing IN other communl-
ties where general conditions were on
par with those of our city And the more
willingly they met these exorbitant
charges. the more greedy the cormorants
seemed 70 become, until now the street
markets of Wilmington are striking ex-
emplars of the insolcnt gall and check that
sellers Of produce can command in holding
up customers and insisting that they stand
and deliver, regardless Of real values.
The time has come for the people OF
Wilmington 10 make rcsolute fight
against exorbitant pnces-far in excess
of those charged in other communities.
Let them resolve to be fleeoed no longer,
but to fight, and fight TO finish.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
Cocoanut Oil Fine
for Washing Hair

If you want to keep your hair in good
condition, be careful what you wash it
with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very
harmful Just plain mulsihed eocoanut
oil (which is pure and entirely greaselessl,
is much better than the most expensive
soap or anything else you can use for sham
poolng, as this can't possibly iniure the
hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub 1t In. One or two teaspoonfuis
will make an abundance of rioh, creamy
lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out easily,
and removes every particle OF dust. dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and it leaves it fine
and silky. bright. fluffy and easy 10 man
age.
You can get mulsihed coeoanut oil st
most any drIg store. II is very cheap,
and few ounces is enough to last every
one In the family for months.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
A Protest From Italy.

The announced purpose of this country,
as expressed by Congress, to soon go under
prohibition during the continuance of the
war, has brought a formal protest from
the Italian government. Italy is great
grape-growing country, and large pro-
duccr Of wine. The Italian wine-growers
saw in our national prohibition program q
summary cutting of of wine expectations
10 this country, and have entered pro-
test.
The Italian Ambassador at Washington
urged that the prohibition measure before
Congress be amended so as to permit the
wine-makers of his country an opportunity
to padjust their business. As under the
proposed law the manufacture of winc in
this country would continue until May j,
1919, the Ambassador asked that imports
of wine from Italy he allowed UP to that
date also
II is understood the request of the
Italian Ambassador, representing the
views of his home government, will be
granted, and that the importation Of
Italian wines will be allowed until next
MAY The situation, however, is quite
in revealing the unexpected
that arise from move TO
place an entire country under prohibition.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
JUST FOLKS
By Edgar A. Guest
THE BRAVE LITTLE MOTHER AT
HOME

Brave little mother at home,
Take the word of your lad;
His cheeks as an apple are bronzed
And the heart of huns glad,
And something has come to his soul
That peace couldn't give
The Joy of hard-won goal,
And Flag that shall live
Brave little mother at home,
The long battles through.
The boy that you nursed and you loved
Is thinking of you;
With the prayers that you taught, on
his lips,
He is serving lifes needs,
And the lessons he learned at your knee
Are engraved in his deeds
Brave little mother at home,
Cease to fret and to sigh;
have learned the big lesson of life
And its happy am j.
There's thrill in just being worth while
And joy In the difficult task,
And this mighty adventure for truth
Is the one that I'd ask
Brave little mother at home,
Be as happy as /,
Keep the smile on your face as you go
And the light in your eye;
For whatever the fates have in store
And whatever tomorrow may hide,
/ want you TO think of your boy
Not In -sorrow, but pride.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
As 10 MONDAY Lunches.

Recent arbitrary Increases III prices
charged by restaurants in New York
CITY, especially for lunches, melted one
New Yorker TO radical reform, and the
results were so satisfactory TO him that
he has made them public by letter in the
New York Sun His scheme was a very
simple one-that Of bringing his daily
lunch with him from home On the first
day OF the resolve, che and his wife put up
a conservative, but ample lunch 1t was
neatly tied up, brought down in the sub
vsy, and left TO repose until lunch time.
At the proper time it was consumed with
more relish than the writer has experienced
In all the time he has been partaking of
restaurant lunches: And, moreover, il
was more economical" SO says this con-
vert
One amendment may be offered TO the
above practical solving of an important
problem This New Yorker should not
impose upon his wife the work Of putting
up his MONDAY lunch. The man who can
bot prepare aiIu put up Ills lunch HiHloeH
is poor stick, indeed. There ID. no oeca-
saon to burden the wife with this service
IL is enough for the wife TO provide the
breakfast; the man may easily attend to
hls lunch
Judging by the tenor OF this mans
letter, the taking of lunches by men TO
their places of employment must be
rare thing in New York City. But it is
very common in most places. Also, it is
sane and practical
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ment to pay man who has not yet finished

ment to pay man who has not yet finished
his fist term in Congress.
La Guards il major in the American
aviation service on duty in Italy. When
the war came to America he did not
stand On his exemption rights ~ men,
Der of the House; he volunteered for
active duty and accepted service in the
most dangerous arm Of the service
Though his district had not had the benefit
OF his counsel or his vote in Congress
it has had the inspiration Of his example
as a patriot and fighter in the cause Of
liberty. The Fourteenth district has
been highly distinguished and honored
by its representative.
II is not supposed that La Gunrdia
will return to America for the full cam
paign there is, indeed, no particular
reason why he should. II is possible he
will not be able to sit in the next House.
But his constituents will be content
They are furnishing an example Of
patriotic devotion that might well be-
emulated elsewhere re.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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THE EVENING SMILE.
ADVENT OF THE MONARCH.

Camp Pike IN not used To much gold
braid on the uniforms of it's officers,
and so the dress uniforms of the mem
bcm OF the state staff of Governor Bilbo
OF Mississippi, created an impression
upon colored soldiers, who rank an officer
by the amount OF fine feathers on display.
As the car with the staff passed up South
avenue one negro poked his head out Of
the barrsck window and then h,,r-
riedly called to his companions
'Niggers' Nipgersi Come heah A.
runnn'-do King of Arkansas done
cum to townr-Cnmp Pike Trench
and Camp.
History repeats itself" began the
purveyor of pithlcss platitufdes. go
do all the rest of the boresr' snarlcd old
Festus Poster r.-Judge
And your epic poem in twelve eantos.
EdRardo? | hope the publisher hasn't re-
lccted IT." "No, he hasn't rejected IL
Llcla- In fact he says he'll print II :"
"How nice" For $500. ."-LouisyiIIe
Courier-JournaI
My wife tries every war receipt she
reads about or hears OF . "How does il
AFFECT your meals?' Well, YOU know
what they say war is Baltimore
American.
Every once in while, said Uncle
Eben, III keeps runnin' across de same
mans picture till begins TO wonder what
he does TO he famous. besides gittin his
self photographed, Washington Star
Motorist-"Well. what damages do
YOU want for your ditched wagon"
Farmer Brown Wa-al, $500 is my
upset price boston Transcript
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TAXES AND LOANS.

Money obtained by the government
for the Fourth Liberty Loan must come
In the main from three sources: from
large aocunulataons in the hands Of
private individuals and institutions con-
trolling funds for investment; from the
profits of industry and of trade, and
from the very numerous class of small
investors, wage earners, and Others
who pay for bonds out of their savings
There is a grave reason TO fear that
the War Revenue bill, ss it was report ed
TO the House by the WAYS and means
committee, will in large measure remove
the second class from the list Of possible
subscribers TO the Fourth Liberty Loan.
II is Of public knowledge that the great
industrial and mercantile concerns of
the country subscribed heavily to the
first three loans The aggregate of
subscriptions from this class amounted
TO billions But Mr. kitchin's War
Revenue bills imposes very high taxes
upon profits. Under the war profits
section SO per cent. OF gains and over
above the average pre-war period will
he taken by the government. Under
the sliding scale classihcations Of the
excess profits tax, which Is the alter
native 10 the other, the lmpOSt ranges
from 81 per cent to 20 per cent OF the
gains above the allowed percentage on
capital. Complaint will not be made Of
the burden Of these heavy imposts;
the President mas pledged "al our
sources to the winning 70 the war. and
the payers of taxes will willingly contribute
TO that all-important end The question
that arises concerns not the amount
Of the tax. but the wisdom Of Congress
in taking by taxation so very large a
part Of the fund out Of which money
must come Tor the purchase Of Liberty
Bonds New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12
RITPLING RHYMES.
by Wait Mason.
VIEWING WITH ALARM.

There's always some one going
round with weird predictions, dark
/ and grim; his accents have a dole
full sound, the future is a frost to
him. He vets the landscape with
his tears, and says well never whip
the Hun in less than forty-seven
years, and we'll be broke when it is
done. lie hears of victory and
scowls; the worst, he says, lis
yet TO come; your loud hurrahs
will change TO howls, the news will
soQn be fierce and bum" I've seen
him wander down the street and
queer the town in half an hour, with
tales of ruin and defeat, and fore.
casts drlveling and dour. No
doubt If some one said, "Old scout,
does Wilhelm pay you for this
graft" his rage would turn him
inside Out-he' d act like some one
going daft tie Is a patriot, you bet
For Uncle Sam he d lose limb; it's
just his way to scold and fret, and
show that things look black to him
In times of peace he used to show
how government was slipping cogs,
and pointed out, IN grief and woe,
that we were going to the dogs
In time ofpeace he cut no grass, his
dodderings could work no i'll; but
now that war has come to pass, he
is a help to Kaiser Bill Ii you're ]
inclined to scold and NOPE, Just !
can that stuff a little while, and /
hand out packages of hope, all deco /
rated with smile.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Liberty Loan Conference.

Henry 2 Scott, director for the Fourth
Liberty Loan in this State, went TO
Philadelphia yesterday, to attend a
conference of other directors in this
district, with Governor Passmore of the
Federal Reserve system Ii had been
intended by Mr.. Scott, to have meeting
of the Liberty Loan Committee of this
State yesterday, but this was necessarily
postponed when he received the hurry
call TO attend the Philadelphia conference.
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MEETINGS TONIGHT.
City Council

City Council
Grant Post, g. A r.
Iron Moulders Union
Cyrus Castle. L. G.. T..
DIN Pont Post G. A. X.
Delaware Sacngcrbund
Eden Lodge, l. o. o. I.
Division No |, A. o II.
Clayton Lodge, * of r
Camp No. 2. Y. o. s. Of A.
Asylum Lodge. l. @. O. =.
Wyncma Council ID. OF +.
Crusaders Temple, l.. G T..
Jefferson Lodge. l. O. O. f.
Voters Non-partisan League.
Windsor Lodge, o ( Of s. 6.
keokuk Tribe. Inp'd O II NJ.
Delaware Conclavc, |. O. O. +
kadosh Commandery, X OF NJ.
Wilmington Lodge, A. q. L. ".
st. Johns Cnm.nandefy X. T.
Winona Council, Jr. @ L. A. VI.
Hiawatha Tribe. Imp'd O. X. NJ.
Palestine Castle, O. A. X NJ. e
Wilmington Lodge OF MachinistS.
Mizpah Conciave, H. or = " NJ
Delaware Commandery. k G. +.
Master IEorscshocrS Nat Pro Asso.
Delmarvia Lodge L. A. to B. X. +.
Lady Washington Home Communion.
st. Johns Commandery. Ne |, X. r.
Circle "a, Lady Foresters of America.
Washington Camp, No q, p. o. :. A.
Court Brandywine, Foresters OF America
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HONORING AN ABSENTEE.

Fiorello II La Guardia was elected
TO Congress as a Republican from the
Fourteenth New York district two
years ago. This week he was renomi-
mated by the Republicans and indorsed
by the Democrats, though the district
in normal times is Overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic. And La Guardia was 5000
miles from New York during the entire
campaign. Ii was an unusual compli-
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Soon the Fourth Liberty Loan cam
psign will be under way and il will he the
will prove even more successful than the
others. Our people are aroused 10 the
highest pitch of patriotism and support
of the government.
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Many man will today. through the
draft registration. convert himself from
private citizen TO the honorable distinction
of a soldier in the army OF his country
And he will be all the better for the
change
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12

Now is the time for taxpayers of New
Castle county to give attention to the
very important matter of electing mem
bers of the Levy Court, the county ad-
ministratlve body. Do they not think the
tame has come when radical change in
that body is absolutely necessary? They
Will have an opportunity to make start
= this direction in November.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-12

The draft registration places will re-
main open until Q O'Clock tonight. This
should afford ample opportunity for all
who are required to register And no man
should neglect the opportunity Those
who do will only invite trouble for them
selves
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Russian people are said 10 be in dire
straits for food And they may as well
realize now, as later, that they will find
no relief, in this or any respect, as long as
they allow the despicable Bolshesik-
German regime TO continue in power
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Germans retreating? Oh, no According
to brilliant paragaphcr, they have
started on 24,000-mile msrch TO attack
Paris from the rear That IS sl.