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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
SPUOS $40 A BUSHEL;
TEA S21 A POUND
Swedes Obliged to Pay 81 Pound
For Mutton; Long Drouth
Shortened Supplies.

Stockholm, June IL Food supply IS 80
short and prices so high that the situation
is becoming serious for all except the
welI-to-do No potatoes have been avail
able for weeks The new crop, II selling nj
the equivalent Of 81 20 n quart, or go 90
n peck Tea costs the equivalent of vi a
pound and IL almost nnohtalnable.
The last ration Of coffee issucd FIVE
weeks ago amounted 10 81 Dunes for
each person and the Same amount Of IN
ferior lard was issued a month ago.
About one ounce II butter Is issued to
each person once n week
Virtually the only vegetables on ne
market nrc spinach and asparagus l.t+
bring 81 20 dozen and the cheapest cut
Of boiling beef 3 20 per pound, mutton
and veal outlets s. pound poultry as
high ms 81 - a pound No - rk has been
issued since Nav -
Hothousc peaches virtua Is thn only
fruit obtainaFlc, sell at 81 caah <etthcr
rnacaroni nor any cereal product Oh
tainabIe nor are therc any legfno7 - ne
had, except m occasional iss nc u !
ounces Of dried peas
Long drought has affected ''lr "rap
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
TIRPTTZ BEARD tanned
BRtNDENHIiRG NOR

New York. July "a Grand Admiral
Won Tirpita. leader Of the Fatherland
party and one Of the most rahid OF Pan
Ger1naniats. had narrow escape from
being handled roughly BY m angry crowd
at the ralr1ad station 1t Freienwalde,
Brandenburg. recently. according to n
letter published in Norwacrts Of Berlin. n
copy Of which has been received here.
A passenger train was crowded and ex-
cited passengers were struggling to get on
when one discovered q compartment n
which sat ono man by himself
A rush WAS made for the compartment,
but the door was not opened Force WIS
about to be used when the conductor
opened the compartment. The long
passenger looked at the intruders, remov-
"a his hat TO show his bald head and
stroked his beard II was Admiral Won
Tirpitz. He maintained studied silence
even when some stepped up TO him and
cried out
YES, that's the way the Fatherland
people are. They reserve for themselves
the comfortable compartments and don't
caro if the people next door are crushed &c
death"
No reply was vouchod and no passenger
dared take seat in the Admiral's com
partInent.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
FUR PRICES TO MOUNT.
200 Per Cent Increase Announced
for Fall by Big Furriers.

London, July 25--Fur dealers IN Lon
don say that furs in America and Great
Britain are 90 be higher in price next fell
and winter than ever Alien furricrs m
London have advanced the price Of the
furs they are putting on the market 200
por cent since spring and many of these
were damaged skins.
Tn some of the I<ondo n shops fur coats
we're displayed recently at prices ranging
from 5000 20 $3.50 which short time
ago could have boe1 bought for $50 or
SIS
"We arc quite at The mercy Of the Rus
sian alien workman, a British furrIer
gajd They know more about the fur
trad than anyone else. would not
gllar. ntee the plaincst fur coat at 400,
as. owing IN the lack Of proper workman
shin and the shortage Of furs, coat -
often made up Of somc pieces that are
faulty, though Some parts of u may be
good .,
1T is difficult Just now ~ get the alien
fnrricra 10 do repairing They are keep
lpg conts and fur wraps ~ hand Tor
months. rs they do not want n be tothrr
cd With repair work while they can DC
prrparlng new garments for their ilil
harvcgt5 Of abnormal prices >
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
LORD SEEMS TIRED
OF BOCHE PARTNER
Battle Indicates That "Me and
Colt" Have Parted Company.
Gen. March Says.

Washington. July 25-It seems th,-t
the Lord was getting tired Of the part-er-
ship of Me und Colt, General March
said Yesterday IN discussing the waT slJ-
uation on the French front, on the Alsne-
Marine line The Chlef-of-Staf said the
situation bore striking similarity 10 what
had happened TO the Austrian drive into
Italy 4 gceat storm had cut of the
advancing AustrlaIls on the Pave line
and disaster resulted Similarly heavy
storm masked the movement Of tanks and
troops when General Foch struck on the
SoissonsLChateau Thierry front, and the
Germans were taken completely by sur
prlSs.
The French attack of Tuesday north
Of Moutdidier On the Plcardy front is
viewed, General March SAID, as "a local
operation not directly involved in the
strategy of the Aisue-Marne battle front.
1t has great value, however, he said. as
it serves to keoP the Germans guessing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
DEMOCRATS SM|TE
MURPH Y,OROP HEARST
New York Ticket Picked at Con
vention; Women Delegates
End Hearst's Hopes.

Saratoga Springs, July 25-With the
tlisgrtlnted Hearst element threatening
all sorts Of reprisals, the Dem ocratIc state
Convention today wound up ITS two-days
session by indorsing the following candi-
dates for State offices to be voted upon Mt
the September primaries
For Governor Alfred T.. Smith of
New York
For Lieutenant Governor Harry c.
Walker of Broome.
For Comptroller Bird :. Golfer OF
Kings.
For Attornev-Gencral Charles Morse
hauscr of Dutchcss
For Secretary Of State Franklin +.
Bard of Erie.
For State Treasurer Jacob G. Cohen
of Wcstchcstcr
For State Engineer and Surveyor
Dwight La Rue of Washington.
The designation OF tins ticket was
accomplished under comparatively happy
conditions, following the casting out oil
Hearst by the leaders last night
The only discordant note that Jared
upon the sensiblltlca OF the warning
machine Leaders. who had been brought
to the verge Of breaking of personal as well
"a political relations while Hearst re
NAMED possibility was supplied by form
or Justice Samuel SCabury.
n, common consent Mr. Scabrry has
bccn invested with the role of leader of
tho anti -Tamnauy forces in the State
Uc cast onc~hall Of vote against MIR.
smith ithc only vote against that mani,
Int afterward made amends hy moving
~ mako Mr. Smiths designation unan-
imo,,s He contributed thrills by dc
nnuncing Tammanv control Of the State
Dr,nocrac, and expressing The hope that
Tammanv aeon would he compelled to
limit ita activities to its home borough
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
THE Wm. II. Rankin Co.

"The Vim. Fl. Rankin Co.
Five years ago we made our frst
contract with your company. It's gen
timely gratifying TO US now to advise
YOU 10 continue TO place our advertls-
Ing for the year 1918.
I'VE know that the increase OF our
business is in no small degree due TO
advertising and the thorough manner
in which you have handled our copy,
art work, dealer helps, publicity and
merchandising.
The constant, industrious efforts
and the thorough spirit of cooperation
with our Advertising and Sales Depart
ments, as evidenced by the members
of your organization IN furtherin9 our
interests cannot help but be a tremen-
dous asset 10 your company as they
have been to ours.
I'VE have always felt we received
first-cIass service from your organiza-
ton but We have noted a great inn
proyement in service in all lines during
the past two years.
'In these times when it is SO nee
essary to make every dollar count, II
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
SOURCE OF KA|SER'S
OMNISCIEHCE Barred
Profound Wisdom Exploited at
Interviews; Borrows From
His Scholarly Coaches.

Under ordinary circumstances, the
Kaiser trds u easv 10 play the role OF
apparent omnIsclenCe, because he can
summon 10 his isdc for his information
On any subject the most learned special
i-fs III the Fmpire who are always eager
to ENJOY this distinction Having utilized
this advantage to an extraordinary de-
gree. he is. urdouhtcdly, IN matters ~
which ia IS interested as far as German
knowledge extends and German prejudice
permits, one al the bcst-lnformed persons
IN the world
For all his important audiences and ut
teranccs he carefully prepares lie speaks
with American exchange professors with
fumess Of knowledge Of their subjects
that frequently surprises them. Nothing
gives HIM greater pleasure than 70 ex-
ulo.t in conversation with his guest some
new discovery Just learned Of from Ger
man professor, or from military or
naval officer. Sometimes. however, ms
informant hiss been wrongly selected or
has misunderstood the theme a. when,
for example, the Emperor delivered
rather tachlnal discourse 70 n supposed
expert in the science Of seismology, only
to learn that his visitor was EeCgT2pher.
Within the limits of his knowledge,
which IS wide, and served By an excellent
memory, the haiSers mlnd Is extremely
alert and active, prone 70 resort 70 aud
70 evoke reuartee. lie Is seldom caught
mapping, for his position gives him every
advantage, and his courtieIs are dIsposed
10 leave him tile victor ia every encounter
cf wit, and even in every serious contro-
vetsv Except by Americans, he is sell
dom frankly dealt with and MS Interest
in them when it lie not for purely political
/ p1i roses, arises largely from his real
interest In the freedom with which they
are accustomed 20 express themselves.
The legion Of the kalsers spona-
neity" has caused To be ascrlbed to him
some indiscretions which were not orig
lnal with himself Such, for example,
was the celebrated Kruger Telegram"
Of January 3, 1916 It Is new well estab-
lished that this Was not an lmpuislve aud
personal performances 1t was sc strictly
official that the text CT It was prepared
in the Foreign Office and brought ready
fo1 signature 20 the Chancellors palace
by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
Baron, NarcAall Won B!tbeIstein, the
Kaiser having been summoned to Berlin
from Pottsdum 70 approve It. lie at
first delnurred, bat at last permitted
himself TO he persuaded. David Jeyn
Hill, formerly L. ) Ambassador to
Germany, ii Harpefs Magazine.
Every Evenings classified advertise
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
BRITISH WOMEN MAKE
MUNITIONS FOR ARMY
king Heroically and Tirelessly
or Ten Dollars Per Week;
3etter Workers Than Men.

chester, England, July 24-The
on - England are making the shells
winch the British army Is beating
..e enemy, and are doing the work
aveTage pay equivalent to $40
Managing director Of q big naval
r.3n works here Is unable TO
i1mcstic servants because all
IN formerly employed as ser
sye gone to work IN shell factories
j.. the factory men were called to
rs. women quietly stepped INTO
f..aces The vast ms!ority Of the
81 mad neither skill nor training IN
J. ..litio6s WORK, but the factory engineers
bk installing what Is known as slngfe-prO-
cass machines made It possible for the
sDInen to do the complicated work that
prev.ously only skilled men had been
Sble To accomplish.
In week or ten days a woman learns
hOw TO operate a sangie-pr0cess machine
Bic does her Work efficiently and faith
fully Recently In one factory the women
mace 81 900 45-inch shells III eighteen
weeks and not haw could be found IN
sny shell
Many OF the women workers before the
war were operatives IN plants for textile
1EIG[LJgfs 1xic CaAlcs lltAtAct4N Al SA@1c
region. In peace tame their wages aver
aged about the equivalent Of five dollars
q week Now the average IS well over
ten dollars and, ID exceptional cases,
fifteen and more.
In some factories women work three
shifts Of eight hours each, rotating each
week. Their employers say that they are
not affected by the strain Of night work.
A large number of the women are doing the
b hrdest kind OF manual work.
Piece work Is the system used IL most
OF the shell factories, and tAe managers
CAV that the introduction Of piece work
increased the output To an amazing degree
Women" one Of the managers coin
r,Aepts7d. ARE more competitive than
hen workers Men will work up to o
,ertain point and stop, either because they
are indifferent and easily satisfied with
the amount Of their earnings or because
their mates would protest On the other
band, women do not seem 70 care what
their mates think or say Zach ls out
f9r herself .
He pointed to 8 machine where 8 glri
Was working at q great rate Of speed
sSThat young woman" ne went on
a.doubtIess wants ne.s ribbon for bel
hair. and she is going TO make the shop
pay for Il.
shell factories where the piecework system
y IN effect is about 81 o q week, bu
Unless a giri proves herself capable o
Making at least So a week she is not re
glrded as q good worker. 1t IS not un
eJn1rnon for g particularly intelligent
aid energetic woman to draw each weei
Il om SIT 20 $40.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
WAR UNIFIES CHURCHES.
l8 in Connecticut Town Effect
Union Until Peace Comes Again.

New Haven, Conn, July 25.-At least
n temporary union of churches in Is
Conncctlcut towns has been accomplished
within year owing to circumstances
resulting from the war, reports n com
mttee of the Connecticut Federation OF
Churches. Denominations joining IN the
movement were Baptist, Methodist, Con,
gregational Free Baptist, Lutheran ana
independent Methodist Thlrty-seven
church organizations now are combining
services in eighteen buildings. In one
town Baptists and Free Baptists united
under Methodist minister
Each church organization has retained
it's own officers and adhercs to its own
denominational beliefs In most cases
the union is considered a temporary
expcdicnt for the period Of the war:
1t is pointed out that the federation OF
churches is not irrcvocable.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
BEAR HALTS FUNERAL PARTY.
Raises Himself on launches and Blocks
Way of Uearse.

Stroudsburq. Pa, July "a Pocono
Mountain bears already have had nm
tipathv for hcarses, and Iuesday big
black fellow, rearing on his Launches 70
q height Of six feet Temporarily blocked
the WAY Of funeral.
The funeral party were riding on the
motor hearse with the remains Of Mrs.
Sophia Storm, % Pocono Luke, md
when about two niles above Tohyhanna
they spicd a large black bear IN the mid
die of tho road II was not until tie
car was within nhout 100 wards Of Bfnn
that he took to tho tall timber
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
War Awakening Irish Industries.

Dublin, July 10.-Ihe war has gwen
. stimulus 10 some Irish industries which
Once fourished and had fallen INTO decay
Cooking ware Is now beng produced IN
Wexford equal 70 the best made IN France,
81 d drain pipes and sanitary ware equa! to
tbe best obtainable from England. tx
d rts declare that there Is abundance
Of excellent clay deposits ID the country
suitable 4or the industry
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
BELGIAN QUEEN BESTOWS
MEDAL On CALIFORNIA GIRL

London, July 24-biiss Julie HoIea
Heynenan, oLal rman Of The "CaifoTni ,
House for disabled Belgian soldiers
has received tho Medailo De Ia koing
Elizabeth from the King Of the EelgiaGs
Tie presentation Was made today by
BGlon Monchour, the Belgian Minister
'CalIicTnia House was started early
in the MAR ~ group Of CaInoTniana
living in London 1t hae been supported
by contributions from the iGundcEs and
fiom the people Of California
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25

Dublin, July lO.-The IRISH Association
for the Prevention Of incompetence has
approved the recommendation Of the
LIQUOR Trade Finance Committee that
at least one half Of the 1905 houses
for the sale Of drink IN Ireland should
cease to be licensed, and that oompen-
sation for the loss Of the licenses should
be provided by levy on the remaining
houses
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25

Clerks If rural school districts are
examining county assessment hooks Tor
thc purpose Of ascrrtainIng the amount
Of hool tax he districts Will receive
I tbs ypar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-25
MANN & DHKS
A Tribute to Advertising
r1n2 CHESTNUT STREET
Philadelphia


WE TAKE great deal Of pride in the act n11 we nave s
NJ honor handling advertising OF the Haynes
First Car-durng period winch its g-x II"
more than ISA
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5 q relief 70 know IRON scznal ~zp-~
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uv
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interests as thoroughly ss gOodoyur
own business and Tor frxt reason SO
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citation of your services by y~ne~1ns
With Won for the SIKH cosxsz111yvS
year.
We sxe Interested IN nEak2rs, cx1sln~-<4rx4saxs-
lions with other companies who n~se n. sHznr
deals Of service efficiency khsS the SxyuEs
Automobile Company has.
The liagra1n below gives 81 &narzesenssr
OF our newspaper business since 1879
II IS interesting TO note that Our DxwSs4fG
billing has more than trebled since sos
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Every Evenings classified advertise
ments br ing results Proved to the salts
Grand Forks herald., 1918-09-23

man idea Of war finance would have
worked, but the war went on; it is
still going on, and the German debt
is piling higher. Present day Ger
!, many is worrying little over the fl
nancial straits in which the nation
finds itself. Posterity must pay the
penalty.
Today the German public debt is
$27,757, 100000, about $1,000,000,0 900
less than that of Great Britain and
$4,000. 100000 more than that Of the
United States.
Austria has a public debt of $12,
! S2,000,0OO while the debt of France
despite the fact that this country has
been most torn by the actual fighting
has contracted about s6,00O,0 900, 900
less than that of Germany. Before
the war Germany had a public debt
of only little over $1,000. 100000, less
by a narrow margin, than that of the
United States.
Actual figures as to the amounts of
the various German war loans are
unavailable, but-it is generally known
that they have been larger than those
expenditure at the end of March 1918,
has been f7,00O.OO0,O00.
Through her present method of
taxation Germany cannot even hope
to pay the interest on her war loans.
| The attempt to levy an increased tax
met with stern opposition on the part
of the federal states and a tax on in
creased incomes. was then resorted to,
while an ad valorem levy was made
upon all property. Incomes were
then capitalized and taxed, and an ex-
cess profits tax similar. in way to
that in vogue in the United States,
| was adopted. But the German cor
| porations did not respond. Attempts
! at tax evasion through false book
! keeping and other means, were
brought to light and punished.
The personal property tax called
for certain exemptions. Among these,
Grand Forks herald., 1918-09-23
GERMANS VIII,
SUBSCRB TO
NINTH LOAN
Race Between Germany and
United States in Drop
ping Money into Pot.

Washington, Sept. 2s.-Germans
are subscribing to their ninth VIC
tory loan. whether it will be a
Victory loan depends on some
measure on how the American peo-
pie accept the new war taxes now be-
ing framed by congress.
The German loan opened today Just
five days before the United States
starts on it's fifth Liberty Loan. and
for the next four weeks Americans
and Germans practically will be en-
gagged in a race to drop their dollars
into the hopper of the war mill.
The amount of the German loan is
nHt known here, but it is known it
viii be made in the form Of bonds
noteA. Both securities are to be is
sued at ninety eight, which is about
the average at which all the German
war Ia ms have been flpated.
1t is through the war loan-a long
series Of them in fact-that the Ger
man e1n pire has financed its part of
The world struggle Taxation has
compared with taxation in England
and F'raus,e or in the United States,
the extra. tax burden which has fallen
to the lot of the German people has
been light indeed.
Before the war. Germany had
adopted so me rather stringent laws
for taxation. The wac once a reality,
they decided to meet actual expenses
by loans and impose only enough ex-
ira taxes to meet the interest on the
loans. But as 1t fell out Germany was
building her hopes on a poor founda-
ton. 1t was believed by the German
people that the war would be over in
few months; that Germany, by
means of the tremendous military
machine which :v3ae had been building
throughout the sars would crush her
opponents before the end of the year
1914. Belgium, leranc, and England
we're to pay heavy indie mrities to re-
coup the German treasury.
Had this plan m;sternllized the Ger
Grand Forks herald., 1918-09-23
MILITARY POLICE
ON DUTY NOW IN
CITY STREETS

Military police were seen on the
streets Of Grand Forks on Saturday
night for the first time since the ma
tional guard companies left a year
ago.
From now on the blue arm band of
the military police will be a familiar
sight on the street, on the "nights
off, of the soldiers stationed az the
university training camp, The mill
tary police are always assigned near
the larger cantonments and since the
university grounds have assumed the
proportions of a military camp the
M. P.'s have been stationed there.
The duty of the military police is to
maintain law and order among the
men In training when stringent meas
ures might be necessary, and the uni
Iormed men are now kept busy on
their Saturday night outings. avoiding
to offend the ever watchful eye of the
M. P.'s.
Grand Forks herald., 1918-09-23

man positions run, and within hear
Ing Of the dull roaring cannon hre.
Emperor william, conducted by Field
Marshal Duke Albrecht Of Wurttem-
burg, the commander in CHIEF OF the
army group, went from division to d.
vision, camp to camp and hospital 70
hospital
'was again told by his generals, 1ust
as by simple musketeers, that they
will never let the enemy pass. The
emperor passed along the entire Lor-
raine front but instead of visiting
stafrs he called on small units,
brigades, regiments and battahons:
It is true that the 'Hurrah' feeling OF
the commencement Of the war has
vanished, but everywhere one meets
with the same 'unshakeable and sure
calmness which never for a moment
doubts Of victorious resistance"
The correspondent reveals the fact
that the brigade commanded by
Prince Oscar, the emperor's son, is
stationed on this front He says that
Prince Oscar has returned to the field
Notwithstanding the after affect Of his
wounds.