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one side of the problem with which Mir
Garretson will have to deal in his new
duties.
1t is considered almost equally desira-
able by the regional advisors, as stated
in recent conference here, that every
means should be exertcd through their
organization TO prevent the idlcness and
waste incident to curtailment of the non
essential industries
To keep all industry on n sound and
progressive footing is under this principle
to be considered as a goal TO be aimed at
at the same time the war needs OF the
government are considered and met
Efforts will be made TO prevent any
plant from being wholly or PARTIAL
idle. The potentialties of such plants,
when living idle because of their non
essential nature, will be studied with a
view to converting them into use at war
work Then measures will be taken to
make this conversion effective.
DUTIES OF CHAIRMEN
In announcing the appointments of
sub-regonal chairmen by Charles A.
Otis, chief of the section on resources and
conversion the war industries board,
explained the duties of the chalrmen,
as follows:
IL II tiltif fldi tittitt iuiiEttbii W htti'
in touch with business men and business
conditions and to inform the government
as To the supply and industrial situation
in their respective districts, in order that
the government purchasing agents may
know where TO get the best and quickest
results on orders to meet war require
ments.
These regional advisers thus serve
as the points of contact between the
government and the business men Of the
country. They are the direct representa-
tIves of the resources and conversion
section of the war industries board.
The reports serve not only rs basis
of information to the government, but
also have led 10 the conversion to war work
of hundreds of idle or partly idle factories
throughout the country.
Other sub-regional chairmen in the
Philadelphia district arc: Charles ;.
Boyer Camden, n J.; General c. +.
Murray, Trenton, \. j.; Samuel " Cur
ven, Philadelphia; Irwin G. Norwood,
Bethlehem Jerre H. Barr, Reading;
A. H. Houston, CoatesviIle, D. f. Tracy,
Harrisburg; Worthington Scranton,
Scranton: Charles C. krouse, Williams
port; Samuel T. Nicholson, Wilkes
Barre
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be instructed to vote for and use every
honorable means 10 secure his nouinatio
at Dover on September 10.
The following were indorsed for In
spectors: First district, Joseph. Walker
Second, Clarence Jester; and Third,
9. Paul Murray.
George n Ferguson, the incumbent,
was endorsed for assessor.
Franklin Collins, native of lleia-
ware and graduate Of Delaware College,
who for many years was engaged IN busi-
ness in New Hampshire made short
address. Mr. Collins moved 10 Newark
about year ago. lie spoke Of the neces-
sity of getting the young men Interested
in politics.
W. Tr,Ixton Boyce Of Christiana and
George w. Griffith Of Newark also made
remarks.
Chairman Frazer spoke Of the necessity
for hard work to get the party strength
registered on the two remaining registration
days. Isaac &. Vansant, the hundred
chairman was instructed " notify each
member Of the hundred district committee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
GERMANS CRUC|FY
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ST. Louis Man Just From Battle
front Describes Atrocious
Treatment of Captives.

An Atlantic Port, Aug. 26.-How an
American private in France found his
brother, a sergeant in the same regiment,
crllcified by Germans, with his hands and
feet pierced with bayonets which held
his body against barn door, was told
TODAY bv DR. T. II. Howard, a member
of the Chamber of Commerce of st.
Louis, who arrived here wearing the
uniform of Salvation Army relief worker.
Doctor Howard went to France sew
eral months ago to make a personal
investigation OF the need for war-relef
work at the front, and has returned to
file his report with mercantile organi-
zations in st. Louis The story of the
crucifixion, as we'll as details of further
unbelievable savagcry practlced by Ger
man troops upon American soldiers
who have fallen into their hands, IS
contained in tabulated documentary evi-
dencc gathered at first hand. Doctor
Howards statement, which was issued
by the publicity department of the
Salvation Army, IN part, says:
HUN MUST RE DIFFERENTIATED.
"Doubtless part of America is awake
to the fact that the Hun must be ex-
terminated But from this moment
it is my sole purpose in life to arouse
that other part which because 1t does
not actually see the horrors of war is not
upou it's tlptocs to win | have brought
back the evidence in many specific
instances which will show the hopeless
abandonment Of the Hun to bestial
practices, as we'll as the marvellous ability
OF our troops to succeed. and the serious
necessity for sustaining war-reliet work
right where it is right where the fight
ing IS the iiercest
BROTHERS. DEATH AVENGED.
let me cite an instance of the Huns
bestialitv a. b. Cole was young
American resident at 40 Prospect street
East Liverpool, O.
July Is found him sergeant in the
American army and at the front His
brother. A. c. Cole, Is a private in the
same company When July q came
the Americans in certain sector were
hammering back the Hun with terrific
daring and force A. b. Cole went over
the top that day The brothers were
separated in the fighting, but. later on
a c. Cole, the private, fighting his way
past half-wrecked outbrmlding on a
farm that had been swept by the con
flict, came upon an American soldier
spiked by bayonets through hands and
feet, stone dead, of course The hayonets
were German Cole saw il was his own
brother, took down the crucihed man,
asked only that the body be laid aside 70
get Christian burial. which was later
attended to, then plunged on forward
and before that day WAS over he had
cvencd up the score
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Fur Sets

Fur Sets
42.50 Natural Raccoon 34.OO
$500 Taupe Fox -. 44.OO
$3.50 Hudson Seal. :. 5000
67.50 Black Wolf :. 54.O0
$500 Pointed Fox. $500
$3.50 Kamchatka Fox $500
1880 Beaver . $500
l55.00 Moleskin 124.OO
282.50 Nat. Blue Fox 226. 90
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| SAUL LSBURY |NDOhSED
| IN WHITE CLAY CREEK
State Convention Delegates In
structed to Vote for His
denomination.
Special Correspondence Of Every Evening

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Newark, Aug. 27.--Denocrats of White
| Clay Greek hundred, at a meeting held
in Odd Fellows Hall, this town, last night
elected FIVE delegates to the State Con-
vention to be held at Dover on September
10 and adopted resolution instructlng
them to vote for the nomination Of Viii
lard Salisbury for United States Senator
The meeting was attended by about 40
representatives Democrats from all parts
Of the hundred Eben B. Frazer, was
chosen chairman.
At the opening Of the meeting former
State Senator David {. Rose said he had
talked with many Democrats in the hun
dred and had failed to find one who was
not favorable to the denomination Of
Senator Salisbury. He suggested that
under such conditions, the delegates
elected be instructed 10 support Senator
salisbury at Dover.
Mr.. Rose J. Pearce Cam and W
Truxton Boyce were appointed COM
mittee to suggest list Of names for
delegates and alternates and the COM
mittee made the following report to the
meeting:
First district-Eben B. Frazer, and
David G Rose, delegates, and Nathan
b Mothcrall and Robert J. Grove, alter
mates
Second John Pearce Cam, delegate,
and p j Ewing, alternate.
Third James Marshall and w Trux-
ton Boyce, delegates and Alvin Morrison
and G. Paul Murray, alternates
This report was accepted and the del
egatcs and alternates elected
The committee also offered the follow
ing resolutions which were adopted
without n dissenting vote:
Whereas, Willard Salisbury has attained
high honors for the Democratic party,
the State of Delaware and himself as our
senior representative in the United
States Senate: therefore, resolved, it
is the census of this meeting that the
delegates Of White Clay Creek hundred
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A WIND WARRIOR.

Whats become of Bliggins?"
He's laid up, victim Of the war "
II didn't even know he had enlisted :
"He hasn't. He sprained his larynx
telling how things ought to be done =
Transcript
First Nillager: Hello Aaron Hear
you've got married What kind Of a
match did YOU make?
Second Villager Well, neighbor, |
didn't do as we'll as expected but, to
tell the truth, don't think she did
either New York Times
Why do you always dine where ther's
an orchestra"
AS matter OF precaution some
times the music helps me to forget the
food. and sometimes the food helps me
10 forEc. the music Transcrint
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SUGGESTIONS FOR A LUXURY LIST.

The French LUXURY list" on every
item Of which war tax IL being levied,
~ constantly embracing new items Tho
latest are fur coats, pet cats, oorsets
howcrs and sheets.
News rcport.
heavyweight prize fights
Folk who consider war-bread a hardship.
Imitation beer.
Woebegone faces.
People who trernble at German bl,rstor.
Paper Towels
lh,ose who think the administration
can do nothing right
Those who think the administrator,
can do nothing wrong Life.
Russia is still "a tyranny tempered by
assassination
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
Alkali Makes Soap
Bad For Washing Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. which Is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes
the hair brittle
The best thing TO use is just plain null
sihed cocoanut oil. for this Is pure and
entirely greaseless. Its very cheap and
beats the most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can get
this at any drug store, and few ounces
will last the whole family for months
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub 1t In; about teaspoonful Is all
that is required 1t makes an abundance
OF rich. creamy lather. cleanses thor
oughlv, and rinses out easily The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and Is soft,
fresh looking, bright. fluffy, wavy and
easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and
takes out every particle of dust. dirt and
dandrlff
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"A. G. Cole survived and later nt-
tened his brothers funeral. | cannot
give the details, but the American boys
are satisfied with The penalty Fritz paid
for that piece Of fiendishnens
WOUNDED ITALIAN sHor.
Again, to show the utter lack OF
manliness and mercy in the Hun, there
is the case of Joseph Chicano, machine
gunner, who may come out OF the war
holding the long-distance record for
individual suffering and with the greastest
personal grudge against the boche. On
July Is, northwest of Chateau Thierry,
Chicano was moving up with his gun
mates under protection OF an American
barrage when chance shot put out
his right eye Blinded by the blood, but
not unconscious, he was captured by
oncoming Germans, who temporarily
bent back the American thrust. Cbicano
could scarcely see his captors, who
offered him no first aid or other relief,
but stood him up at once to be questioned
by an officer.
"The questions we're put IN German,
which Chicano does not understand
and to which he, therefore, could not
reply. Waiting only an instant, the
German officer whipped out a revolver
and shot Chicano point blank, the bullet,
as it later proved, plunging into his left
side and lodging in his left hip. lie
dropped and the horde swept on
"Chcano was positively out there
for four days and four nights, enduring
the terrible wounds, half blinded, with
out food or aid and barely BILE To stanch
the flow of blood And then, after an
eternity Of misery, the tide turned and
the Germans, crumbling at last before
the onrushing Americans, began TO
sweep back the other way"
PRussIAN GUARDS ANNIHILATED.
Doctor Howard told Of the annihiation
of the crack Prussian Guards by the
American soldiers III stood within a
city block of one of the points of attack,
he said, "and saw the flower of these
boche fighters rush forward | saw
Americans tear into them and | don't
believe it is profane 10 say that | saw
our men from the United States simply
knock the hell out of them There isn't
enough left of that picked Prussian
Guard today TO make q respectable
link sausage for a canniba That par
ticular contingent was wiped of the map"
Will pay $500 cash for names of pross-
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OASooNS
Materials are t1feta. orgasdie, uoile,
Tnssdh, net and gtngh ham
These are clever styles with ruffies ane
tiny plaits. Surplice and large round
collars are distinguishing features. Man,
show pretty stitching, soft sashes, Gcorg
ette vestees and button trimmings On.
pictured
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27

Of the urgent need for getting the men
registered, and also 10 call a meeting a
the district committees 10 discuss matters
pertaining to registration.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27

Will pay $500 cash for names of pross-
pective phonograph buyers Ask for
details Address B2 Every Evening office
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
1t Isn't FooIproof.

Crowds who had gathered to wit
ness an intercollegiate boat race Oh
the Housatonic river In Connecticut
recently also saw young man and
woman drowned by the overturning
of q canoe which had ventured into
the wash Of a fast motorboat.
The canoe Is an invention Of our
first families-the American Indians
1t Is absolutely unrivaled for trav-
ersing inland waterways, where. shall
low water may be met or portages
required. For lack Of such q native
contrivance many large rivers In
South America remain unexplored to
this day. Portaging q waterlogged
"dugout" weighing 1000 pounds or
more is apt to discourage any party
not having a Roosevelt at its head.
Yes, the canoe is the first great
American invention. But 1t can never
be made foolproof.-Rochester Times
Union.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
MOVE FAMOUS CHESS GAME
Club Where Leading French Player,
Have Gathered Since 1851 ls NO."
In New Quarters.

The Cafe de la Regence no longe'
shelters the chess players whose tenn
pie it has been since 1854. The play
ers now make their headquarters AZ
the Cafe de universe, facing the The.
alter Franchise, says New York Herald
The Cafe de la Regence has been
in Its present site in Rue Saint Hon
ore since the early years Of the second
empire. Before that it was at the
angle Of the Palais Royal square,
where the Hotel du Louvre now is, and
In that locality it operated from 1861
until it was appropriated in 1854.
In the eighteenth century the Cafe
de 10 Regence was frequented by tn"
encyclopedias; Diderot, Grimm, Mar
montel, even Voltaire and later Robes
pierre were habitues of the place. Il
is said that Napoleon gave a chess
party in the old cafe. The caft
charged by the hours for the use o.
it's chessboards and an extra charg'
was made at the night games to pa,
for the two candles which each pai'
of players used. La BourGonnais, ia
nous chessmaster Of the Restoration
played there and after him Alfred d.
Musset, Saint-Amand, Rosenthal, d.
Bornier and other celebrities Of litera
ture and chess.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Atmospheric Pressure.

when q high altitude. say 1900
feet, has been reached" says L. j.
Wilson, airplane expert, writing IL
a Southern newspaper, there is an
atmospheric pressure equal to about
one-nalf that at sea level. The effect
Of this lessening of pressure is no
t1ceable to one who for the first time
experiences it. At about $4,000 feet
there were physical sensations at
once experienced by the writer, that
of increased blood pressure and the
exertien following exercise being the
most apparent. The altitude. whether
attained in mountain climbing or by
airplane, to q certain extent produces
the same effect upon the organism,
the amount differing with various in
dividuals.~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
SEES LITTLE IN ALEXANDRIA
Writer Srys Famous Building Ex-
presses Mere Beauty, Without ANY
Sense of Power or Vigor.

The Alhambra is on the shoulder OF
a mountain. 1t overlooks the town.
Bart Kennedy writes In the Wide
World. 1t was built by the Moors, and
I take it that it was built overlooking
the town for the usual reason. The
ruling Moors lived therein and they
wished to be in q position to give tint
nonruling Moors "what for" when they
became too critical. There is a lot OF
human nature in ruling people just as
there Is in ruled people. A beautiful.
place, this Alhambra. But to me It's
architecture expressed decadence and
weakness. There was nothing strong
or massive about it. Whether a race
expresses truly It's character In archl-
lecture or not is not for me to say. 10
be able to give a reliable opinion as to
this would necessitate the living OF q
life that lasted through a couple OF
thousand years. But certainly the Al
hambra did not suggest power ana
vigor. Beauty, yes, and also fancy
but nothing more.
But on the Cuesta de los Muertos
1.-THE hill Of the dead), which was out
side the actual palace of the Alham-
bra, were three massive square towers.
They expressed strength. In them hao
lived-centuries before-the Moham-
medan soldiers Of the guard. Ihese
towers impressed me and often went
to see them in the moonlight, for then
there seemed to be in their strength
and power some weird effect.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09

The United States Food Administra-
ton asks YOU to save sugar:
Dry some Of your fruit instead of
canning 1t.
Try pulping fruits according to the
English method: That Is, place fruit
over gentle heat until enough mois-
ture comes out to prevent burning,
then increase the heat until the fruit
boils. Boil an hour, stirring constant
ly, and can in sterilized jars. With
some dry fruits, such as apples, 1T
tie water will have to be added 10
prevent burning.
Can fruits without sugar.
Omit sweet pickles and watermelon
rind pickles this year.
Make fruit leather.
Let corn syrup and other syrups sup
plement sugar for preserving OF al
sorts.
In France the weekly allowance OF
sugar is about four ounces per person
about 10 pounds per year, as com.
pared with the allowance in our coun-
try of pound per week, "a pounds
per year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Charm of Old San Antonio.

The charm Of an old city lies chiefi'
around the historic spots and building
in which the romance Of It's early his
tory Is centered. Rarely do we enter
a city that can boast of ancient edi'
fees and haloed ground the history o.
which Is known the country over. Rar
er still is the community whose qaint
buildings, picturesque scenes and 70
mantle atmosphere are Its main at
fractions, Turing thousands to its gate
each year. Such, however, is the boas.
of San Antonio, Tex, one of the quaint
est and most interesting cities In tn
United States, says Architecture. No
where else may you find greater ap
peal to the romantic and the pic
turesque and have such hospitabl'
welcome extended you; nowhere will
you find such a blending Of the ancient
with the modern as in this delightful
city Of our own Southwest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
SHOWN 10 CROWDS
How Germans Turn Their Cap.
lives to Account.
idea Is to DeIude the People into
Thinking That Military Victories
Are Constantly Being Won by
the kaiser's Soldiers.

ivan S. Rossiter, q Canadian soldier,
has lust been In to see me. For q
year he was German prisoner. When
the Germans caught him he was badly
wounded in the right hand. They
took him to hospital, where, without
the use of an anesthetic, they cut oil
one of his fingers and removed i've
pieces of bone from his mangled wrist.
They said that they had no anesthet'
les to spare for use on a "schWeln
hund," and added that they were saw
ing their anesthetics for their OWL
wounded soldiers. Rossiter showed
me what Is left of his hand. 1t isn't
much, and what Is left Is Of no use,
except as a reminder Of that German
surgeon who operated without giving
an anesthetic.
While Rossiter was In Germany he
was moved about from one prison
camp to another until he and other
prisoners were exchanged for German
prisoners held by the allies. This
moving-about process was the most
interesting thing he described. He
was never allowed to stay in one place
more than a few weeks. In the year
that he was there he was in nine diff
ferent prison camps, located In vari-
Gus parts Of Germany. On each trip
the train that was transferring these
wandering prisoners stopped at every
station, German officers got out eV-
cry time the train stopped and tnl'.
people that the prisoners were all Dew
ones-just taken! Rossiter says that
one excursion Of this kind began at
four o'clock in the morning and lasted
until late at night. And always at ev-
cry station were a crowd Of people to
ieer at these new" prisoners, many OF
whom were French and Belgians who
had been in captivity for two years.
It got to be like theatrical troupe
playing one-night stands-only far
more boresome, for the prisoners were
never allowed to leave the trains or to
communicate with the crowds that
came to see them. Rossiter says that
one company of British artillery
stakes the palm" for touring Germany
in the guise of new" prisoners. They
were captured In the fall of 1914 and
they are still playing to packed
houses.
In other words-to fool the people
is Germany's policy. Bismarck be-
lieved in that idea. He once said that
it is impossible to overestimate the
stupidity of the human race. No
doubt the kaiser feels just as con-
temptuous about us. In his mind, men
are nothing but so many tons Of flesh
and bone to be used to push back
boundary lines.
This war Is for the purpose Of pre-
venting human beings from becoming
as boneheaded as the German emper-
or would like them to be. 1t Is war
against the thick skull. On one side
are those great nations whose policy
Is to teach the people to think for
themselves. On the other Is the Ger
man autocracy, which says: Believe
what I tell YOU Imagine trying ir.
this country to palm off trainload Of
veteran prisoners as new ones.-John
M. Siddall, editor Of the American
Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-08-09
Source of LOYALTY.

There is a loyalty which springs
from affection that we bear to our ma.
tive soil. This we have as strong as
any people.
But 1t Is not the soil alone. nor yet
the soil beneath our feet and the skies
over our heads, that constitute our
country.
ut is its freedom, equality, Justice,
greatness and glory. Who among US
is SO low as to, be insensible Of an In.
terest in them2 Four hundred thou.
sand natives Of other lands every
year voluntarily renounce their own
sovereigns and swear fealty to our
own. Who has ever known an Ameri-
can to transfer his allegiance perma-
nently to q foreign power2-William
Henry Seward.