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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
DELAWARE TROOPS
NEAR BATTLEFRONT
Down State Officer Writes of Work
of Fifty-ninth Pioneer
Regiment.

The 59th Pioneer Delaware Regiment
is doing splendid work near the battle
front in France, according to letter re-
ceived by Every Evening from Lieut..
Robert W. Dasey of the United States
Field Artillery. Lieutenant l,asey 5
home is in Frankford, this State, lie
writes concerning the Delaware Regiment
as follows:
Somewhere in France, Oct, 1918
just note i'll reference to Delaware $
Pioneer Regiment and what they are
doing. | have just seen them and have
been talking with them and IT surely was
good to run across someone from my
own home State After several months IN
the French and American Artillery, nome
State news is welcome.
Some days ago when We went forward
with our artillery, during the Nerdun
drive, we crossed the famous swamp IN
No-Mans Land that had baffled the
Crown Princes army nj Nerdun. Our
course was a road of she'll holes. After
being relieved we came back to the rear,
and instead of the awful shell holes, we
found a wonderfully we'll constructed road
vav that had risen out of the chaos and
rum Another lasting monument to
American energy While convcrslng with
the engineer officers In charge | was
greatly pleased to find that the Pioneer
Regiment. composed Of Delaware boys
was responsible for the excellent work
which has enabled thousands of motor
trucks and teams to rush forward with
munitions and supplies. The boys looked
fine and were Il cheerful lot. Fritz
was entertaining them occasionally by
dropping over a few ''whizz-hangs rs a
parting salute of farewell.
Just another example Of little Della
wares big part in this scrap and I'm
sure the folks at home will be pleased TO
hear Of their boys good work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05

All These Are Charming Furs
Beautiful MUS d match. Sl2 ia Sl0O.
Matched Its. $500 aa t1 S215.00.
Handsome hudson Sea. aatS $500
to 1895.
Wolf anina. Scars. SlS.75 IL $500.
Large animal FoN ~CTf9 S29.7o 81 SIS.
Natlra. ShMUh ~l4r.~. S27.50 un
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
VETERAN SHLPYARD
PILOT FINDS PORT

T Palcy Of >waintown, Cape Mas
county \ J., I6 years expert pilot for
The \ y. ShIp5ulidng Co and one OF
it's trusted men. saws Tanlac led hiln
10 the hari,or Of 1caIth i suffered from
gastritls. indigestion. water hr:.sh, heart
turn; bclched gas and had no desire for
food Was il a rundown condition
from typhoid-pncumonls I went from
1O4 10 80 pounds: seemed couldn
get back Several men aboard our ships
got me to try Tanlac and Tanlac started
me back to health Soon went to $50
pounds and now am considerably more
Kelchng stopped and have relish for
food
Tanlac is being sold at y b. Danforth
Drug Store
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
Now isthe | ime and | his
is the Place to Get Your
\elvets and \ elveteens

Nehet>. silk NelNets. costume NeiNets.
chiffon NelNets, in fact any kind o: Ne.Net
IN all staple aS well as the new autumn
shades.
Panne Velvet. 18-inlh. $3.50 the sart.
silk Velvet, fs-lnln. s1.50 T. $500 tie
yard
Costume NeINet. Nard N.de 50 tie ard,
Lyons dye NeNef 1o-lnch. $3.50 tie
Nard
Corduroy. p Itehe> Wde, N.de NaLs
sl5O the yard
NeNeteen. y fa55e- VIDE. al eoIar>.
S1.5Q tie Yard
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
MADE ELIEUTKNANT COLONEL.
Hooers for c. B. Young, Pennsylvania
Railroad Official.

G. B. Young, superintendent of mo-
tive power, OF the Southern Grand Divi-
sion of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was
notified yesterday that he bad been ap-
pointed lieutenant colonel IN the En-
gineers Transportation Corps, with or
ders to report for overseas service. The
commission was dated Nov. l.
Mr. Young, who has been making
his home In this city, Was born in Wash
ington, d. C., May 19, 1878 He is a
Cornell graduate and has been engaged
In railroad work since 1900
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
Missionary Meeting .

The Home Missionary Society Of
Union M + Church viii meet this even
ing at the home Of Mrs Hardin, 6l0
North Broome street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
By All Means Visit Our Third
Floor Tomorrow

Floor lOmOrrOW
We place 0n sale q wonderful purchase
of Trunks. Bags. SUIT Cases. Draperies.
Blankets. Pictures and Quits. These III.
make useful gifts We offer Irlsh point
and point De Paree Curtains from $500
IL Sl2.50 the pair
Cluny and filet net Curtains. S2.25 to
$3.50.
Vote and Marquisette Curtains, $3.50
to $3.50 pair.
One and two-pair lots 81 NoiIe. Scnm
and Cluny Lace Curtains. about 100 pairs
in all. value up To $3.50, for $500 pair.
Solid mahogany Smoking STANDS. $3.50
to SI0 each.
Fumed oak Smoking Stands. $3.50 -o
$3.50 each.
4 good three-foId Screen, FILLED with
@llkoIne, At $500 each.
Cedar Chest. hand rubbed, $3.50 10
$500.
Our Bag and Trunk section.
Hand BagS. $500 to $500 each.
suit Gases. So 90 TO $1,000 each
Trunks. steamer or fulI size. $500 TO $50.
Wardrobe Trunks. $500 to $500 each.
We lead III Blankets and offer good
cotton Blankets. grey or Wnte, at $3.50
pair.
Plaid Or white. extra hea>y, At $3.50
pair
A special Blanket, White or plaid, $3.50
to S12.50.
Full size Quilt. wool filled. at $3.50 each.
Satine covered and down filled, at Sl2.50
Eskimo Blankets, many coiorS, at $3.50
each.
Teddy Bear Blankets at soc each.
Picture section.
4 wonderful display OF Pictures Tor din
ngroom, lNingroom, parIor or bedroom,
25c TO $1,000 each.
FLAGS.
Service Flags ana Banners IN many
qualities. 25c to $500.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
Attractive Blouses of Crepe de
Chine, $3.50

the blouses come IN Wlate. flesh. navy and
black Fronts are cluster tucked With
trimmings Of seIf-eoN cred OF fine pearl
buttons; the roll collar extends down trent.
necks are either square OF round cuffs are
in turn-back style
Satin BlouSes, snartly tailored. hNe
tucked fronts. flat collars and novelty
cuffs; front fastens with fine pearl but
tons, $7.95.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
Century Club Directors 10 Meet.

Tic board of directors oi the Wash
ington Heights CcniWy Cluh viii meet
at the hone of Mis- AIRY Rahy $500
Boulevard TINS afternoon n
n clnck
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
A Beautiful Display of
Muslin Underwear
for w ednesday

We al9o 1fer:
Flannel Gowns Of good. heavy quality
flannel i1 PLAN coors: all sizes. at SITS,
81 co. S2.25 and So 100 each.
Bath Robes Now IS the time to select
your bath robe. Our stock IS overflow
me In various color. and Iarge assortment
i sizes. We are selling them at $500,
s6.C0 ard S7.OO.
SILK skirts. With neatherbloom top and
Six rutt1-. st s3.25. All silk 9r jersey top
H.-h six rifle. At $500 and $500.
The better grade 9f fancy Skirts are all
i. K With Jersey top. and range from $500
u $1,000 each.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
THOSE "MIppLE.AeEpv MEN.

Detroit Free Press: So the Detroit
United Railway is willing to employ"
men from fifty to sixty years of age
as conductors! Isn't this one more
proof that this really is the long-de-
ferred day Of the "middle-aged men,"
and won't a lot Of them take advan-
tage Of it to prove themselves eff
cient and valuable not merely as
street car conductors, but in many
other lines of endearor as well? To
be sure they will.
And these "middle-aged men, up to
thirdy-five are wanted by Secretary
of War Baker for national service
behind the armies and navies fighting
the German advance. He'll doubtless
get lot of them too. And no doubt
they'll prove their worth in whatever
positions of importance they are
placed.
The idea that man is done for
and of little worth after As is on the
way to as great smash as that
shortly to befal1 the house of Hohen-
zollern. 1t never had any just basis.
Once on time an English professor.
talking to a bunch of young students
in Oxford, said that men of sixty who
persisted in working ought to be re-
tired or chloroformed to get them out
of the way of the young fellows. In
that day this was crowded. slow
moving world. And Professor William
.Osler. in an address to some medical
students in Johns Hopkins univer-
sity, approvingly quoted the delphic
utterance of the English professor as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
MAKING TRAVEL A LUXURY.

Omaha Bee: AS affected by the in.
creased costs of travel under Director
General McAdoo's order, railroad pas
senger traffic is divided into three
classes.
The users Of Communication tickets in
suburban travel fare the best with an
increase of ten per cent. The longer
distance traveller in day coach fares
next best at flat rate of three cents
a mile, whether he uses a single ticket
or mileage. Where the rate had been
two cents, which had become seldom,
this will be an increase of fifty per
cent. Where the rate had risen to
two and one-half cents, which was be-
coming rather common, the increase
will be at least twenty-five per cent.
1t is, however, the long distance
traveller using a sleeping or parlor car
who gets it in the neck" SO to
speak. He must pay for his passage
ticket sixteen and two-thirds per cent.
above the regular three cent rate. II
he wants a section in a sleeping car
he must present one and a half pas
sage tickets: IL drawing room, two
passage tickets, and the same for a
compartment, where one and a half
tickets are now required: and If he
wants drawing room in a parlor car
there must be five adult passage tick
ets--the Pullman rates remaining the
same in all cases. Thus the percent
age increase here rises to almost forty
two per cent. and further, according
to accommodation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
COURTING ISOLATION.

No one not even a sincere Herman pnDhclss,
viii deny that the German government has
eonrtei a position as coldly isolated as pictured
bv a representation of the North pole There
will be ice IN the veins of the Germans after the
war: they will be as lonely as the eagle and as
about as useless TO human progress and coop
eratiye lsfe Time was when il was quite pos
sible TO believe Germany might have retained
considerable friendly sympathy among people
who were linked by blood and education and
thought Time was when ingenious apologists
eould have done much 20 gloss over the patent
facts that cannot now he concealed But Ger
many herself By blatant public utteranees- by
boasting Of the very deeds that isolate her
from civilized thought, has made such sym
pa1hy impossible from Tight-thlnklng people.
The kaiser. standing for the military coterle
which al present controls his acts and speech
Is proclaining continually the German purpose
10 lay hands on the life of the world. There Is
no argument for the Justice OF this and OF late
none Is offered In defeat Germany will be the
Isarial Of nations IN victory she would be even
IN her oEn intention the hated overload OF ma
15ors. IN g ssaleulate she would be the dread OF
the future 70 al nations In any event of war,
she has isolated herself From this it follows
Sic raEs4 fight 10 finish and abide by the out
egsrse, or she must be born again In thought and
aE
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
IT IS OUR WAR NOW

Henry Russell Wrar ~ :,
antes: Do the work that que n
you, even II you think vo, . 0a
for a bigger JOB. We s-s ore
Loyalty in these dars sS e. w
sist OF acts, not mere worda
war. ofas'
The only place for a 4crr,st e,,
or tomorrow, is his ground hoa
Nobody wants to see or hs,r &,
the open, now or after Inc w.u ~
Show consideration for othar .
ers, so as to make it easier ~, !.
to do their bit for our war ~
We are fighting for the live. ].
own and for those who han. y
justice and decency. II ,s . .i.s'
masked German barbarian,s us
thoroughly licked, and then !,
ed forever. It's war to tbs ~ ~
Every courtesy should BE- s,ona -.
the woman conductor. She i ~,
her position better probably /, m. IN
could, and perhaps the one sSa
released and the one Won bara
over there are fighting side nv
Soft words and soft gloves ar
known by Germans. Damnina
and bare knuckles they NAV co,
bend.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
THAT Lighted Hospital Ship.

Chicago Tribune: The remarks of
Representative Hustled. Of New York
condemning the project of sending
over hospital ship unprotected and
with lights showing are common sense.
The project is a piece of sentimental
ity which is the more offensive that
its proponents will not be endang cred
in case of disaster. AS Mr.. Hustled
says, it is a case of heads you win,
tails 1 lose. If the Germans call the
bluff and sink the ship there will be
many lives lost and absolutely moth
ing gained. We need no more evil
Gence Of German military logic. II, on
the other hand, the ship gets through,
what has been proved? That the Ger
mans are not sinking noncom blatant
ships? Not at all. 1t would prove
only that the Germans had decided for
their own purposes not to sink this
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
A Most GuIibIe Investigator

of Minresata's old school politi-
clans. who is not actively In the
political game, said this today IN
discussing the loyalty issue:
"If this talk of disloyalty Is
true. why does it come that
North Dakota, which the league
controls absolutely, is making
such a great war record? But
don't quote me-"
One might with equal logic ask
FL 1t is true that there are 80 many
socialists in Germany, why don't tney
upset the autocracy instead OF ilgnt-
ing the allies?" Or one might say,
How is it that men are able 10 Dcy
whisky in Ottumwa and get DRUNK
when Iowa is prohibition stale'
without a single saloon?
AS to the query of lone of the old
est and sagest of Minnesota's Old
school politicians" which we sus-
pect was merely Mr.. Evans non, Dc
plume for the moment, the answer
suggests itself Immediately to anyone
with a real knowledge of North ia
kota's politics and the Nonpar.isan
leagues activities in that state
The Nonpartisan league does
control the house in North Dakota,
together with the governor and seV.
eral senator's But it does moi controi
the hearts and minds and loyal
thought of a great many thousands OF
people in the state, from whose fam
lilies soldiers have gone to war ana
from whose earnings money is being
contributed to the Red Cross ant otn-
er war funds. Go. into North Dakota
and you will find that the Nonpar-
tisan league, despite its political VIC
tory in 1916, has not injected Its poi
sonous virus into all or nearly all the
people of the state.
But the record Of North Dakota 3
loyalty has been made in spite OF the
Nonpartisan leagues political
strength not because of 1t nor with
its aid. Thousands of individual mem
bers Of the Nonpartisan league are
loyal Americans who were victimizeC
by the eloquence of commission-grab-
bling league organizers. They are dis
iIlusioned, but their money has gone
into the leagues Golfers and is being
used by Townley and his satellites
to spread disloyal sentiments and So
ciaIistic doctrines in new fields. It is
the league leaders, its literature and
its influence that tend to dislcyalty.
sedition and destruction OF govern
ment; the members merely are the
voiceless tools and providers Of cash
for Town1ey and his crew.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
INTERCOLLEGIATE EVIDENCE.

According to Professor Osborn, Of the
American Museum Of Natural History, and Pro-
fessor Gregory, Of the chair Of evolution at
Columbia university, the Prusgian is round
headed man with a curious straight upand-
down back head entirely different from the
head Of the pure Teuton type which is a long
head protruding behind. The Prussians are of
Wendish origin and reached Germany from
Asia by war Of the Carpathians. It is be-
lleved that ninety per cent. Of the German peo-
pie have an adnixture Of this blood, and that
only ten per cent. Of them are the blue-eyed,
fair haired, long-headed element which consti-
tuted the knights, the leaders and the chival-
rous, romantic class Of Teutonisrn of middle
ages. This class, divided against itself, was
nearly exter1ninated during the thirty years
war
The interest of this lies in the fact that the
Wends and the round-headed tribes, their racial
cousins, the Mongols and Tartars, were cal
lous cruel and inhuman to an extraordinary de-
gree. They always lacked in magnarninity. wero
absolute brutes in their family relations. re.
garded all women as their natural prev and
specialized their brain power solely as a func
ton of might. All the flat-back skull tribes
Including the Huns and Vandals, showed the
same characters ics-treachery, ruthlessness
obedience to authority lack Of morality and the
habit of acting in masses-recognized in tba;
descendants of today. This anthropologica]
evidence may be taken for what # is worth 7,
certainty confirms the growing opinion that the
savaSery shown IN this war is a racial charac
'eris'ic u the herman people and not of theil
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
IuLeARITY, NOT PATRIOTISM.

Los Angeles Record: Patriotism,
the Hottest, most sacred sentiment Of
a nation, today is famed into a white
heat
Mothers, wives, sweethearts-men,
women and children are dedicating
their lives in its name.
But when a woman-C1ara Kimball
Young. the noted film actress-is plac-
ed behind the screen at benefit at
tended by 5000 persons and garments
are passed over the screen, piece by
piece-stockings underGarments-and
sold on the cry that they are being
taken from her warm body-that is
vulgarity
Some thought Miss Young did not
disrobe, but had another set OF gar
ments behind the screen. which were
passed out, but the auctioneers made
sale and ran up bids with the cry that
these garments come from her warm,
pulsating body
1t is bad enough that patriotism
should be made the subject OF sugg rest
i've cabaret songs; it is shame, dis
grace and crime that profiteers can
rob the worker in it's name
The spirit which led to the holding
of this entertainment was OF the best.
A big thing was done in big way
for a big cause. But this one feature
of the affair stands out as repulsive.
Other film stars were there and dia
their share in the entertainment with
clean, wholesome stunts. Blanche
Sweet sold flowers; Doug Fairbanks
and Kid Mccoy staged a boxing match
that was scream; Bill Hart was a
bartender, selling soft drinks; Charley
Murray was funny. Of course.
The time has not come in this coun-
/ try when, in order to raise funds for
the dependents of soldiers, it is neces-
sary for the claim to be made that a
woman is selling her clothing right
from her warm, pulsating body
There are many mirthful, clean.
wholesome things that can be done
to raise funds when the cause is
worthy. The people are willing to
give of what they have.
1t is not necessary to devise meth
DDS of this kind to help those in need.
and when a thing like this is done it
is time to call a halt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17

a bit Of taffey to his hearers. Then q
square-headed reporter sent out from
Baltimore the cruelty CARRIED state
ment that DR.. Osler, believing them
of little worth. advised the chloro-
forming of all men more than forty
five years old. But the world is bus
Ter now. And every day men are be-
coming fewer. The world won't be
nearly so crowded when Prussianism
has been stamped out OF it And
while the job is being done by men
under forty-five. every man beyond
that age. up to the age of second
childhood. will be needed for vital
tasks at home and behind the fight
ing lines.
When the war is done, what will
become of the men of fifty to sixty
set to work during the days Of stress
and storm? Will they be pushed
aside. Will they fall down on the
job" or modestly back out of sight?
Won't they likely be needed for a
long while to come in reconstruct
ion? And will the world learn, mean
time, to value experience and stead
mess at their true worth?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17

Ottumwa Courier: The Chicago
Tribune is publishing series of arti-
cles by a member of its staff, Arthur
II. Evans, dealing with the Nonpar-
tisan league and its activities in Min
'nesota and North Dakota 1t was an
rounceri as an impartial review OF
the situation, but Mr.. Evans has fall
len into the error which has trapped
several other writer's. He has found
A. C. Townley, the leagues presi-
dent, a plausible talker: he has in
iected his own particular sort of hui
NOR into his stories and he has at
tempted an experts discussion OF the
situation the NonpartiSian leagues
Idisloyai activities have aroused with
out the advantages of AN experts
thorough knowledge of that situation.
Newspaper men, who have worked
with Mr.. Evansville admiral is
their name for him-know exactly
how 10 read his literature, how
much salt to apply and where to
sprinkle it They make allowances for
his individual peculiarities because
they know them. but the casual read
er is apt to take him seriously at the
wrong time.
In his contribution to the series
which appeared yesterday he cnats
entertainingly about the Nonpartisan
leagues attack on big business" and
its organizers joy rides in tin liz
zies," and he sympathizes with he
Nonpartisan league on the ground
that its confidence was betrayed by
Senator LaFollette. He omits to men,
ton the enthusiastic applause with
which the leaguers at the st. Paul
convention greeted LaFollette's at
tacks on the governments war pol
icies; he fails to tell of the numerous
speeches and published articles in
which the leagues leaders echoed
and enlarged on LaFollette's dis
graceful statements even after pub
lie opinion had warned them to de-
sist
Evans greatest mistake thus far
in his articles is that he undertook
to write without sufficient under
standing of his subject and chose TO
discuss it in iriyouous fashion. As a
keen investigator, he is ready-made
victim for the gold-brick salesman's
wiles.
Typical of his tendency to believe
the plausible talker Ia tendency
which has permitted less gullible
newspaper writer's to scoop" him on
numerous Gccasions-is the last port
ion of his story of yesterday. 1t fol-
lows:
One Of the oldest and sagest
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
The Djsorace Of IdIeness.

Topeka Journal: If there be Il
men in q community, the fact is a
Election not only upon the idle M
themselves. but upon the entire Cd
munity. To be idle in these days
scarcity OF labor and scarcity of 10
is disgrace. To permit idlers to \
in a self respecting town is no less
disgrace. There must be some way
force every able bodied man to fold
some useful occupation. If he beion
to the class commonly known as =
idle rich, he should be forced by
cial .ostracism to find some pla
where he can make himself personal
useful to the town and the matte
Every idle able bodied man is star
ing disgrace to the community as
whole.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-17
ToDAYS BIT OF VERSE
PROFESSIONAL

God Of our fathers, known Of old,
Lord of far-flung battle line.
Beneath whose awful hand bold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God of Hosts, be with yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget.
The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart,
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice
An humble and contrite heart,
Lord God OF Hosts, be with us yet
Lest we forget lest we forget
Far called. navies melt away.
On dune and head1and sinks the fire.
So all our ponnp Of yesterday,
Is with Nineyeh and Tyre,
Judge of the nations. spare US not
Lest we forget, lest forget.
II drunk with sight of power. we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings the gentiles use,
On lesser breeds without the law,
Lord God OF Hosts. be with yet,
Lest we forget, lest We forget.
For the heather heart that puts her trust.
In rfeekfug tube and iron schard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust "
And guarding calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boagt and foolish word,
Thy mercy On Thy people Lord!
-Rudyard Kipiing.