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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-16
Height Indicators,

The height Indicator is n very dell
cate instrument. II is set at "O'' at
the airdrome from which the machine
starts. Consequently at night the pi-
lot has to beware in landing on any
other part of the earth. If the ground
during the course of his fight be
higher than that from which he start
ed he may bump into 1t, although his
height indicator may be registering
200 feet or more. This said a Brit
ish aviator recently, is rather awk.
ward II you meet mountain at sss.
eral thousand -
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-16
ICE FAMINE BLAMED ON
NORFOLK MANUFACTURERS

Norfolk Va Rear Admiral Harris,
chairman Of the war industries com
mite Of the f''h naval district, no.
.Ieed tho Norfolk & Portsmouth Trac-
ton Comnanv that he would take over
and direct the distribution of all cleo
trio current. in order 10 conserve and
utilize the SUNNY for the more i'm
nortant lines Of industry and transpor'
tation The stem was decided upon
IN ordor TO relieve the present acute
traction situation
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-16
NO MORE rNlIsrMFNrS
IN THE ARMY AND NAVY

Washington. --VOluntarv enlistment
In The srmv ard navv we're comnletely
susrended TODAY 70 nrevent disrun-
ton ~ industrv nendirc d'snosition OF
.he Hill ~roncs'ro 70 ev'end draft ages
10 include all men between ~ a"d IS
wears Orders were Issued nv Seore-
'ertos Poba~ and DANIELS directing
that ro ,o'r,to-v enlietmonte he &C.
cantod WITT, fr-ther orders. The or
ders also exclude civilians from an
monument to officers training camps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-16

misunderstanding TO an italian
scientists figures square mile Il the
earth's surface in six hours OF sun
shine receives heat equivalent to the
combustion of more than 2,GOO tons of
coal.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES your unThine
uox before the rush beg'us
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-16
1000 PRISONERS AND
100 GUNS CAPTURED

London Seven thousand rrisenors
md 1000 guns have been captnred In
the Frsnco-British offensive, Andrew
ponar Law. charcellor of tho tx
ehecuer. announced. He was address.
'ng the house Of commons. "Up to
o'clock on 20.tilometer front be-
tween Moriancm,-t and Montd'd'"r."
the chsnco,,or said I'VE had reachof
all our oN,ecsives and rerfurnd 100
runs and 7.ooo nrisorers The advance
"a befwen four ana 1--we miles, Z,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-16

Here are Jack r. Ainslelgh and his
mother. who were aboard the tug
Perth Amhoy when II was shelled by
German submarine off Cape Cod.
When the u-hoat opened fire, without
warning. jack, who is ten years old,
climbed the mast and waved Old Glory
detinutly AT the Huns.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
SOLDIERS TO VOTE.
Governor Said to Have Named
Commission to Arrange for
Ballots IN Camps.

The vote of Delawares soldiers Is 10
be taken, That has been decided upon
il is said by Governor Townsend, who by
authority granted him by the last Legis-
lature nill see that every Delaware
Sammie, expresses his preference, the
same as though he went to a ballot box
in this state and voted II is stated
that Theodore Townsend Republican
of Milford, and Theodore Ferguson,
Democrat Of BlackbiTd have been selected
to act as Commissioners To take the vote
Colonel Townsend and Mr.. Ferguson
were commissioners who registered the
Delaware soldiers at Deming, New
Mexico, and collected their ballots two
years ago
Any Delawar soldiers who may be in
cantonments iii this country will be
registered and arrangements will be
made for them TO vote, and Delaware
soldiers who may be III France or any
other country overseas also will be regis
tered and their ballots will be collected
by the commissioners, if the War De
paItment and General Pershing consent
to it.
Just how far the War Department will
permit official representatives to go in
arranging for and conducting soldier
voting in France and other countries
overseas has not been decided as yet.
1t may be that soldiers overseas will
not get a chance to vote.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
CASUALTIES OF PEACE.

In telling the shipyard foremen that
every man killed or disabled represents
a loss of 4. 900 DAYS Of actual labor service
William A. Marshall, Of the Industrial
Accident Commission, called attention TO
the Importance Of reducing the number
Of prcventahlc civilian casualties TO their
lowest possible terms as a means of holding
down the number of casualties IN our
military operations. For the more eiI-
cicntly We support our armies IN the field
the shorter the war WI IL be and the lighter
the toll taken on the battlefield.
The number of persons killed and
manned in any one Of dozen important
American industries in a year would
stagger the country If reported rs a
list Of battle casualties In one day
recently IN which three New orkerS
we're Killed III action in France 20 were
victims ii automobile accidents, which
caused no more than passing comment.
Constantly ut home we are suffering
losses corresponding to those Of good
sized war
The military service does not call
upon it's men 10 sacrifice themselves
necdlcssly; indeed. it is part Of the high
duty ol the soldier to protect his life
when no good purpose can be served by
risking it. In nearly the same measure
the lives Of civilians are precious. Safety
FIRST Is a good motto for shlpyard and
other industries Portland Orcgonlan
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
MIR. Heald's Fine Stand.

Pro badly the most conspicuous feature
of the Republican State Convention nj
Dover, on Tuesday, was the stand taken
by ex-Congressman William Ii. Head
in respect of the nomination for United
States Senator. 1t was stand taken IN
the face of situation that would have
caused many politicians to seriously
consider and probably act differently.
II was known in advance that Mr. Heald
had the favor of Mr.. Alfred |. du Pont,
leader of the Independent faction that
was in control of the convention, and by
an exercise of Mr.. du Ports powers as
leader could have secured the sena torial
nomination. But Mr. Ilcald recognized
the plain fact that his personal friend,
DIR. l.. Heisler Ball, was the choice of a
majority of the New Castle county dele
CATION for the nomination
Against this situation Mr.. Heald refus-
ed to array himself. From motives OF
personal friendship and political precedent
he gracefully retired from the con test and
permitted the nomination to go to his
friend. DIR. Ball In the light of past
political and factional actions by those
who were in control oi the Republican
party of Delaware mp to this year, the
action taken by Mr.. lleald Mt Dover, on
Tuesday, stands out as highly commend
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
PRESS COMMENT.
NEW KIND OF CAPTAIN.

Either the masters of merchantmen
have strangely changed in recent years
or else the one who told to the Navy
Department officials in Washington OF
having seen a U-boat officer in New York
restaurant lacks the ability to take quick
and decisive action which every member
of his class has always been credited with
possessing ability without which
man would seem to be out of place IN
command of even the humblest craft.
Ii is not, indeed, incredible, though
highly improbable, that the captain OF
German submarine could and would
land one of his subordinatcs on one of our
unumerablc lonely beaches. and not inn
possible that the man SO landed could
and would make his way TO this centre
of the sort of Information needed IN his
business of pirate and assassin. Stories
about the dong Oh just these things have
been in circulation for months, always
ascribed To innominative men who had
been prisoners in submarines, and al
ways they were said to have seen while
there theatre seat checks and New York
newspapers of recent date. Never before,
however. have these tales come with
what is apparently the guarantee of the
NAVY Department, fact which explains
why this one is not dismissed as lightly
as were it's predecessors, in spite Of It's
having pecularity more trying to faith
than did even the least plausible of the
others.
For in this instance we are asked to
believe that an American sea captain
after period of captivity on German
submarine, not only would run across
one of the submarines officers IN place
of public resort ashore, but would have
to report that the man, when he saw
that he had been recognized, 'lmmcdi-
ately disappeared" Now, if the sub
mariners have acquired magical powers,
and can vanish into thin air, with or
without leaving sulphurous fumes be
hind them. then the failure Of the Ameri
can captain to seize the one he saw can
he understood. Otherwise, it is the deep
est OF mysteries TO anybody who ever
has had to do with our masters OF ships.
New York Times
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
The Women's Land Army.

At last organized labor has invaded the
ia American farm Ii does not, however,
call itself a labor union. 1t is, IN fact, con-
structcd along lines quite different. But
no labor union was ever organized on
more efficient lines II is the Women s
Land ARMY, whi h is establishing farm
labor camps through out the country and
tnlisting units of young women workers to
take the places of the men who have gone
into the army. The welfare of the young
women is carefully safe-guardCd IN these
camps They receive SIS month and
complete maintenance, including their
W rkin clothes, from the camp itself.
The farmer, in turn, pays he camp two
dollars a day for the services of each glrl,
and is relieved Of the burden Of feeding
and housing them.
OF such practical benefit to New York
State farmers has the Women Land
Army already proved 10 be that the New
York State branch IS planning for large
expansion Of its work next year. This IS
to take the form Of n drive for sustaining
members Of the organization. The drive
is being planned al State headquarters IN
New York City, in cooperation with up
State headquarters in Albany
Aside from fact that this movement
is bringing the women to the aid Of the
men. another splendid cooperative feature
is that il provides means for city dwellcrs
to JON hands with farmers in helping to
solve the problem Of labor and the at
tcndant food problem
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest
MADE IN GERMANY -

In the days of peace for the world OF trade.
They stamped their mark on the goods
they made;
But never again will they faunt their
name
For they have made il badge OF shame:
They've stripped it bare OF it's outward
pride
And shown the greed and the lust inside
And men will shudder whcne'er they see
Hell's label red: Made in Germany"
Before their eyes, dead men will foat
Who were left To die in an open boat.
To ths end of time, will pictures rise
N desncns high in the summer skies
Seeking the haumts where the wounded
lie
To murder them MS they hurry by.
Nor all their skill nor their art will hide
The captive boy that they crucified
4 little child with his right hand gone
Will live when the years have Travelled on
As the sign Of the German heart and
schools
With the crimson blood of the babes in
pools.
And the innocent dcad, with their faces
fair,
Bombed by the towards high IN air,
Will rise long after the war shall cease
To shame the Hun in the years of peace.
Made in Germanvl men will start
As they sec that badge of the German
heart
On whatever that stamp Of shame is seen
There will be the curse Of thing unclean
They have fouled with sin, what wns
once their pride,
And they shall live by the world denied !;
For wherever that mark through the
wears is met
There will rise the scenes that men cant
forget
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL
LAW

Bewailing the bonibaTdlng of the
open town Of Frankfurt" the Kaiser
declares that il is contrary to lnteFna-
tional law Yet il was he who once told
Ambassador Gerard that there was no
international law, and who described the
open towns on the English cost as foTti-
fled place. Why the Germans are such
bad losers has often been debated One
explanation is that they have no sports
III the English and American sense, and
consequently do not understand that
principle of give and take winch Is the
very essence Of sportsmanslnp. \ more
adequate explanation may be used that
they have the defects Of their vices, 4
bully Is almost always a coward
The Germans have attacked the de-
fenceless, they have murdered nOncOm-
batants, men women and children, on
land and sea, they have broken all the
rules of civilized warfare; but the moment
their own devices return to plague them
they whine for mercy. As the tide OF
war continues to fi3w against them We
shall have more and more evidence that
they are bad losers They will deplore
their own suffcrings quite oblivious to
the suffernes they have inflicted
upon Others, and they will hope by this
means to wiring from the Allies terms Of
peace by which they may escape the
consequences Of the infamies. The Kaiser $
sudden conversion to a belief of lnterna-
tional law is an appropriate opening for
a peace drive Philadelphia Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
HAD BETTER WAIT.

1t is a useless form for Germany to
install a Hohenzollern scion as King of
Finland and set up an Austrian Arch
duke as King of Poland Even some
German newspapers indulge IN sarcasm
at this precious folly When Germany
has the Allies kneeling for mercy before
the throne Of William II it may parcel
out Europe and the rest Of the world
and plant Teutonic royalties upon old
thrones and thrones erected for the
purpose.
But with the German cause in Russia
on the verge Of wreck with the Bolsheviki
Austria crumblng. and the whole German
western front giving way, this creation
Of German satrapies is CHASTITY mocl,ery.
Germany had better win the world before
it distributes pieces Of philadelphia
Record
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
SPARE THE BIRDS AND CAMP.

Editor Every Evening:-A ooregTond.
ent Of Every Evening yesterday noted
hat several "sportsmen" Of a near
town had been blackbird hunting and
had bagged from two to three dozen
birds each. To shoot a blackbird must
give q sportsman q real thrill Killing
blackbirds brings sportsnanship 10 a
low ebb; reduces il 20 sample lust-blOod
liist--the desire 10 XIII or 10 destroy.
While the world is murder mad, and men
are being killed by the tens II Thousands,
and sorrow is finding lts way into nearly
every home in ChristeDdom, this would
be a good time 10 fly the flag of truce for
the birds and animals ~ our land. There
seems 10 be blood cutting and killing
enough without so-called sporfsnen shoot
ing migratory birds-birds that are price
less for the destruction Of the insect
garden Even though the blackbird
we're not an insect destroyer, which he
is. he has Q right % live and increase bis
hoeks and fulfill his mission without icing
wantonly slaughtered One can hardly
conceive Of a sportsman shooting orr
inseetivorous birds, except through the
brutal desire To kill something.
There must he as much spcrt m shoot
ing a blackbird a. in killing rat, and
AZ food they are hardly worth consider
ing.
OF course, these sportsrler will come
back with the argument that the black
bird destroys grains and crop. and is the
foe Of man. This old excuse q time
worn, h-5 IL is without a foo. 20 stand
on, az everybody knows who wants 20
know the truth There is always some
plausible reason-be u trie or other
wise-to excuse the slaughter of birds
Even the reedbirds are Dov accused
Of doing all sorts of violence % the south
ern nee crops and gunners n the north
have sought permits n shoot them, just
70 help the rice growers.
But the Federal government has inter
vened with a treaty with Canada 10
insure the protection u The migratory
birds-one Of the best, Visest and most
humane bits ot legislation ior half a
century-and the sportsmen who Kill
blackbirds and similar game would be
wise To make sure that the blsckbird is
not guarded by that treaty which Presi-
dent Wilson has Just proclaimed, and
Is now in operation.
Whether blackbirds are protected with
| other migratory birds or not. there ~
surely enough blood letting, and enough
sorrow and misery IN the world: and in
heavens name et " not wreak our inst
for destruction upon the birds--cven
the real game-at least, until the world =
madness Subsidies Instead of slaughter
ing the birds We should protect the life
OF every one of them. Nothing would
repay the Individual or the nation halt 20
| literally.
All the powder that can be uani-
! featured can be put 20 much better Use
just now than the destruction 0f bird
life and game in America
Sportsman.
Wilmington, Del, Ang 81.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
AUSTRIA'S BARGAIN.

If 1t hc true that Austria has agreed
TO furnish Germany with armed forces
10 the number of - divisions in ex-
change for Poland. then the Kaiser 5
extremity is greater than had been thought
The recent renewal of the bond between
the two empires was supposed to unite
them so closely that such ideals would
be necessary Austria was disappointed
in the German aspiration as to Poland,
but could not lnterpOse any objection
sufficient to turn aside the kaiser's plan.
Fifteen divisions, $50, 900 men on the
German scale is small enough price
TO pay for the empire if 1t can be delivered
The other part of the terms suggested
that Germany evacuate Belgium and
submit more reasonable peace plans,
is scarcely entitled to crcdence. Ger
many's interest still lies IN the west,
and Belgium will not be willingly re-
linquished by iunkerdom. Accompany
ing this piece of news is another TO the
effect that Austria has proposed autonomy
and home rule for the several states
composing the empire This offer, if it
has been made comes too late. The
Czccho-Slav nation is born Pan-Slayism
will triumph over Pan-Germanism, and
the long-delayed concession from the
Hapsburg to the BoheInians is now futile
Omaha Bee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

City Council
Grant Post, G A. r..
Iron Noulders Union
Cyrus Castle, L. G. f.
du Pont Post, G. A. r.
Delaware Saengerbund
Eden Lodge | O. o. F.
Clayton Lodge, X. of p
DIVISION No /, 4 O. II
Asylum Lodge, l. O. o F.
Camp No. =, p O s of A.
Crusaders Temple, l. c. +.
Voters Non-Partisan League
Delaware Conclavc, / o. o F.
keokuk Tnbe, lmp'd. O. r. NJ
kadosh Commandery, X of NJ.
Wilmington Lodge, 4 O. L. W.
Winona Council, Jr @. T. A. NJ
HIawatha Tribe, Imp'd O r. NJ
Palestine Castle, O 4 X NJ c.
Brandywine Conclave, :. W NJ
Wilmington Lodge of Machinists
Delaware Commandery, Il c. T.
Mizpah Conclaye, II or :. W NJ
Master Iorseshoers Nat Pro Asso.
Delmarvia Lodge, L. A. to b. R. T.
Windsor Lodge, O s of S G..
Washington Camp, No. 81, p O. s. A.
Lady Washington Home Communion.
Court Brandywine, foresters of Amerie;
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
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RIPPLiNG RHYMES.
by w alt Mason.
FREEDOM.

Here we are Tres to come and go,
and do all kinds of knitting, and
while we lay no statutes low, our
course is right and fitting pack
my grip and journey forth, ON inn
pulse or suggestion; and it journey
south or north, no guy has right
to question And every time tour
the earth, where er | may deter
mine, | thank the gods who ruled
my birth, that | am not a German,
I'd hate to have my course laid
down by some tlnhorn official, To
tremble at kaiser's frown, reblik-
ing and judicial I'd hate to have
to sign my name to forty kinds of
papers, before allowed to play my
game and cut my useful capers.
Id hate to come when princes call,
and 60 when they demand it; that
sort of thing would stir my gall
methinks | couldn't stand 1T Here
we are free to live our lives with
no avengcr nearlngi we run up hills
and beat our wives, and no ones
interfering. No cheap policeman
comes along and puts me In the
cooler because III some immortal
song | rldiculed a ruler My little
home my castle is, where rhythmic
storms are brewing; no punk in
spector thrusts his phlz inside to
see what's doing But if the
Kaiser comes to reign, from Ger the
prlssian border, | will not dare to
chant strain, without a written
order
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
THE EVENING SMILE.
EA silly ARRANGED.

One beautiful summer night, when the
crickets were chirping in the grass and the
caterpillars were dropping from the trees,
John Henry turned 10 the charming girl
who was sitting on the veranda at his side.
Edith, said he, n trlfle timorously,
there comes to me thought, ] might
say a fear.
''Well, what is it," qlericd the fair
girl, as the other hesitated
II suppose responded John Henry
suggestiyeIy, hopefully, that were 70
steal kiss, YOU would have me arrestedf'
Perhaps, was the ready reioinder of
the girl, "but YOU could find somebody TO
pay your fine, couldn't YOU Ex.
WAS the new opera we'll scored" ut
was indeed. after the critics got through
with ii. Baltimore American.
what is it," "a rattle" Il never yet
won a prize at a rattle We'll, you We
never lost much at that louisville
Councr-journal.
Foreman THAT machine can do the
work Of a dozen men Visitor zee
whizl Ny wife ought 10 have married il. :
Boston Transcript
"A man ought never to learn to do card
tricks, said Broncho Bob. Why not
IF he wins in a poker game everybody
looks suspicious, and il he doesn't win
everybody laughs Washington Star
The young detective was enthusiastic
but inexperienced. Rushing into his chief {
office in great excitement he cried: we
L
80 that he cant escape The chief re-
garded him with whitening scorn. Allow
me" he said, Ito draw your attention tc
the fact that at present we are looking
not for the assassin, but for clues. =
IIIdna
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22
The CompanionaDls Woman.

Men marry for companIonship; some
get il and some 90 not. No woman VINO
IS dragged down with ailments peculiar
TO her sex can be a fit ana happy COM
panion for any man. There is, however
one tried ami true remedy for such con-
ditions in that famous old root aud her,
medicine. Lydia L. Pinkhams Vegstabl.
Compound, and no woman VINO IS afflicted
with displacement, irregularities. inham-
nation. liberation. backache, headaches,
nervousness or the blues. should rest
until she has gwen this good old-fashIonei
remedy a trial u will restore health and
influence your whole llfe.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22

How the old Republican gang in Kent
and Sussex counties must sigh for leader
Of the old Addicks stripe, or after the
manner Of his immediate successors.
Then the corruption funds for buying
votes were most liberal Now they are
drv. But this must tend to the good Of
the people, no matter how the old gang
leaders may regret the difference.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22

Republican harmony was demonstrated
at the State convention at Dover, or
Tuesday, with a decided drawba Ok.
There can be no harmony with a dis
satisfied element And the dissatisfied
element at Dover, Tuesday night, was
most decidedly in evidence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22

Steadily, but surely, the Allied advance
on the western war front continues 1t
will not be very long before the advance
will carry the aggressive forces of the
Allies on to German territory Then look
out for a German squeal-a protest for
specdv peace.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22

Buy War Saving stamps. They are
a good investment, in the first place, and
an incentive 10 economy and saving
Also, their purchase viii aid in winning
the war And the sooner the war is won,
the better it will ise for the entire world
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-22

Meanwhile, let US get after these Ger
man submarines on this side OF the At
lantic Ocean. Too long have they been
permitted to pursue their permcious ac-
tivity. They must be destroyed