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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

reservation. Automobiles will be allowed
to travel 20 miles an hour on clear roads
and motorcycles likewise; light trucks,
equipped with pneumatic tires, Is miles
an hour, and heavy trucks both light and
loaded, 10 miles per hour. Outside the
reservation the State laws will govern
This allows q speed Of rs miles an hour
In the country and l2 miles in cities except
when on sharp curves or when turning
corners, the speed then being one mile
in seven minutes, and at the intersection
Of prominent cross road one mile in
four minutes.
Military policemen nre cautioned TO
report to headquarters any violations Of
the speed law and To take steps to prevent
speeding outside the reservation. 1t
has been reported that automobiles and
trucks have been used for ioy-rding and
investigation has shown that the drivers
have taken the machines from the garage
without permission Commanders nre
to SEQ that this order il not violated and
that motorcycles nre used for official
business only and rnrely outside the
reservation
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
U-BOATS RA|DIKG HERE
ARE OF CRUISER TYPE
Probably Converted Merchant
men of Low Speed and Wide
Cruising Radius.

Washington. Aug Is - German
submarines now raidlng in American
waters are of the cruiser type, probably
converted merchantmen such as the
Deutschland, which made two peaceful
trips To the United States before this
country entered the war They are
low-speed craft, with great cruising ra-
dlus, carrying large crews, 80 inch
guns, and mine-lsying equipment IS well
as torpedoes.
These conclusions have been drawn by
naval officers from reports which have
been gathered from time 10 time since
the C-boats first appeared off the At
antic Coast last May Tie largest of
hem probably Is not more than 800 feet
ong, and officers are satisfied that they
are not the super-submarines which re-
ports have said Germany was building
The raiders have made no effort TO at
tack troop ships leaving for Europe. and
aone of them has been sighted by out
bound transports or conveying WaTships
This fact, together with the general
character of the operations Of the sub
nersibles, is accepted here az proof that
the sole purpose of the raids is TO hinder
commerce and incidentally 10 carry Ger
man 'frightfulness' TO the United States
The Germans are believed TO have
built six merchant submarines, and two
of them, the Deutschland and Bremen
are known 10 have been completed be-
fore this country declared war AT
least one and possibly two of these YES
sells have been destroyed, but the Others
unauestionably have been conv verted
INTO fighting ships.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
NEGRO SOL LD|ERS TO
BECOME OFFICERS
Candidates for Commissions to be
Sent to Training
Schools.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. j., Aug.
I6.-Dix viii send candidates from the
various negro units here to the officers
training schools which are under way III
three camps The infantry candidates
will go to Camp Pike, Ark, the artillery
to Camp Taylor. Ky, and the machine
gunuors To- Camp Hancock, Ga. Each
month n list of recommended students
will be sent to headquarters, and from
them will be picked enough men to
insure enough attendants at the schools
for the graduation monthly OF enough
men quaiIied for commissions To provide
number not to exceed , per cent OF
the totrl numl er of combatant colored
officers in the army ut that time.
The automobile school is now located
in new building back of the barracks
of the headquarters troop and here ses-
SONS III repairing are being conducted
each day for the men of the S7th Division.
\ lot of new equipment has been received
lately aud is being Installed so that the
school IL now able to give thorough
instruction in automobile mechanics.
Lieutenant Smith is in charge OF the
school
,Ioy-riding and speeding by soldiers
will be tolerated no longer by the mili-
tary authorities who are working IN
conjunction with the State Automobile
Department in an effort 10 prevent ~
far M possible attractions Of the law by
men in uniform. Unit commanders tfave
been instructed by Major General Scott
10 bring before the drivers of automobile
trucks and Motorcycles the fact that they
must not think themselves immune from
arrest simply because they are IN tho
military service. for the State authorities
viii proceed against violators OF traffic
in the military service rs they would
against any other persons.
Regulations have been announced re-
gardng the speed for driving within the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

Rapid, for 100 miles on a mail barge, and
arrived NJ Fairbanks on Juno 2. He tok
steamer for Dnwson on June 70, and
went 900 miles down the Tanana and up
the Yukon, arriving at White Horg on
July 8. While on the Yukon, which
makes vide bend and goes north Of The
artio circle, Hudson with 30 other draft
men who were going To Fort Yukon
drilled on the uppor deck ot the river
boat under tho light n the midnight
sun.
Ha took the White Pass railroad from
White Horse 20 Skagwav, paying $40 for n
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
OUR AIRMEN DOWN FOES.
Capt. BiddIe. Pennsylvania. Adds Hun
Filler TO His Scalp Belt

With the American Army in France,
Aug. l6-Captain Charles j. Biddlc of
Andalusia, Pa, is the latest American
aviator To down n German airplaue
While out with patrol yesterday morn
ing Captain Blddle met three monoplancs
north of Lircy. The Americans attacked
and ono of the German machines fell,
apparently out of control 1t vanished
in the mist, SO that Captain BIddlc's
victory has not yet been confirmed
Lieutenant Vaughn r. Mccormick Of
Columbus, Ohio, got his second German
airplane yesterday when he engaged the
enemy in the air north of st Mlhlcl
French observers have confirmed the
destruction of the German.
Another enemy machine was shot
down ON Aug. 10 by Captain Ray &.
Bridgeman Of Lake Forest, Ill.,, near
Xivray, in the destruction of which
Lieutenant Mccormick also shares Of
ficially
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

Every Evenings classified advertise
menta bring results. Proved to tho sats-
faction of many and will be IN you. ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
Rig Reduction In SILK Shirts

Mt 0'Donnelrs Midsummer tlearan
Sale. 3I3-3l5 Market street. Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
"GOD HELP U.s." SAID CZAR.
Nicholas. in Diary. Laid His Downfall
to Treason

London, Aug. l6.--Thc Exchange Tele-
graph correspondent at Copenhagen Quots
from the newspaper lvestia of Petrograd
fragments from the diary of the late En-
peror Nicholas dealing with the events of
March, 1917, Mt the outbreak of the revoltI-
ton. The entries recorded for the most
part series of movements from place
To place by the emperor, who apparently
did not know which way To turn. Under
date of March Ia, after noting his arrival
at Pskov, he wrote:
Il an unable to proceed to Tsarkoe-
Selo. AL my feelings and thoughts
centre upon how difficult it must be for
poor Alix tthc Empress Alexander Alix)
to cope with events. God help usP'
The next day, after learning. from
Rodzianko, the president of the Duma,
that the cabinet and the D,tma were
powerless, the emperor wrote MY
abdication is necessary"
The emperor finished his diary record
on this occasion by writing:
IL left pskov under the strong i'm
preston that these events had been
caused by treason and cowardlCe."
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
S. S. s. Clears Skin Of Erup-
tions, Drives Poison From
the Systern.

Get 10 fred in your mind that skin
eruptions, ScrofIila, Eczema, burning,
itching skin and all skin diseases are
due entirely To impure and infected blood
n the trouble was on the outside Of the
skin, by simply wishing and keeping it
clean you could obtain rclief-not even
ointments, lotions and salves would be
necessary. Agree With us in this belief.
and your trouble ran be relieved You
can he entirely restored 10 health 8 S s
is a purely vegetable treatment that you
can secure from your own drnggist,-it in n
blood tonic that will purify your blood
and enuse most decided abatement
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
AWard Printing Contract.

Members of the printing committee
Of City Council have awarded the Con
tract for printing the city ordinances
to the Star Publishing Company, at
their bid of 81 40 per page. The other
bidders were A r. Saylor, 81 rs per page
the Mercantile Printing Company, So. IS
per page and William 4. Taylor 81 per
page The pamphlet will consist Of
about POS pages
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
GREAT OLD REMEDY
FOR SKIN DISEASES

n your trouble, and finally make you
entirely we'll Fifty years AGO 3 8. 8.
was discovered md gwen to suffering
mankind. During this period Il hns proven
its remarkable curative properties as a
blood purifier and tonic, and hss re-
lieved thousands If casos Of diseass cau,ei
by poor or impure blood, and chronic ~
inherited blood disenses. You cnn be
relieved, but you must take B. 3. g.
Take IT II only pinpIes appear, for they
denote bad blood, and may be followed
by tho TifTerings from tnrturinv skin
erIptions Therefore be sure. Dop't
take chances, don't use lotions. Get
;. \. s. from your druggist. II your1
IS a special casa, write for expert rnediesi
advice. Address Medical Director, f3s
Swift Lsborhtory. Atlanta. Ca
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

passage ~ 10 miles, and arrived 10
Skagway IN time 20 engage pa1axs on
boat for Seattle, which ioft oD July z sr>
arrived there on July Q. fIs reprted 10
duty bore on July 26, but 10 was not until
yesterday when he presented voucher foi
his oxpenso5, totaiing nearly A1J, thst
officers wore aware of his long lourn y.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
Horse in Runaway Damages House.

Considerable excitement was caused
on South Franklin street yccstcrday
about = 80 O'Clock. when horse at
tached to n wagon, belonging To Broslus
and Smedlcy Of Thirteenth and Union
streets and driven by James Carey, ran
away. The wagon Colhdcd with the
front Of the house at AIS South Franklin
street. dan,aeing the house 10 the extent
Of about So. No one was injured
a genuine s. Luzon Panama for s. so
at O'Donnclls IIalf-prcc sale Of Panama
Hats 3l3-315 Market street Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
PANIC ALONG THE RHINE.
Allies Aerial Attacks Giving Huns Dose
Of Own Medicine.

Geneva, Switzerland, Aug l6-An of
ficinl dispatch received from Frankfort
saws thnt on Monday morning at q
O'Clock that Rity WIS attacked 10y
twelve enemy aviators. who dropped
twcntv-six bombs, killing twelve persons
and injuring five oihers.
Rcports from Basic, however, assert
TINT the casualties were far more nurner-
Gus These say that bomb fell in tho
crowded kaisorstrasse, killing many per
SONS and stopping the street OARS; that
another fell IN tho middle Of the large
station and several in its vicinity, while
two moro fell in the barracks and still
another near Goethes house, which was
undamaged.
The Basle dispatch says tho nerial
attack has increased tho panic reigning
in the Rhine towns.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

Black AND 20 your wife askod you for
two hundred dollars yesterday Aren't
YOU broker Whits-"Oh, no. only
gave her fifty eentgf--Judgs.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
JAP MISSION TO
 US. SUCCESSFUL
Associated Press)

TOKYO, Jan. 25.-In an address before the Japanese parliament to. day. Viscount Motono. Japanese for eign minister, declared that the Jap. anese mission to America, which was headed by Baron Ishii, accomplished its purpose to the complete satisfac- tion of the government and was able to reach complete agreement for perfect harmony whereby the Japanese will work in conjunction with the allies against the Teutonic allies. The plans for military CO., operation. said Viscount Motono, were in full accord.
 He also stated that the Japanese government was determined to make every possible effort to aid the allies in securing the objects for which the war is being waged. He stated that one of the big tasks of Japan was to maintain peace throughout the Asiatic countries so that there would be no embarrassment to the allied countries at this time from this source.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
ARMED BAND MEXICANS ENTER FL PAS0, FIRING HUNDREDS OF
 SHOTS; DRIVEN ACROSS LINE
Associated Press

Fl. PASO, Texas, Jan. 25.-The neutrality of the United States again violated by the Mexicans tonight when armed band of forty Greasers crossed the Rio Grande and invaded the southern part of this city. The Mexcans discovered before they had entered the main part of the city, and combined force of soldiers and pc icenen drove them back the river after sharp conflict
 The approach oi the Mexicans discovered by farmer living just outside the city mts and he gave the alarm in time for force to head them off It appar enty the intention of the raiders gain into the under of darkness and make raid the resi- dence part of the and unmoested the line before they could be attacked force by the Americans
 Their discovery spoiled the plan but they made stand for short time The engagement fought entirely in the darkness The Mexcans were armed with high power res and apparently pentifuly supplied with niton One American trooper was wounded slightly, other casualties being reported the American forces It is unknown whether any Mexicans wounded or not None found after the attacking party retreaed the river.
 The military authorities have sent large patrol par ties both north and south along the river to guard against another possible attack The raid has been reported to Washington
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
BAKER DESIRES
 REPLY CHARGES
 RECENTLY MADE
Associated PresS)

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25.- The charges of Senator Chamber lain that thousands of American sol diers lost their lives from prevent able epidemics in national army can tonments during the last few months on account of the ineficiency of the war department stirred Secretary Baker to action today. He asked Senator Chamberlain to arrange a meeting at which all the congress men so disposed could attend.
 The secretary will reply in full to Chamberlain's charges, and declares that he will show conclusively that the war department was in no way responsible for the deaths. He will review in full before the congress men just what the war department has accomplished since the outbreak of the war and the problems which it has been called upon to solve.
 Senator Chamberlain will probably arrange for the meeting in short time, as it is the expressed wish of Secretary Baker that it be held be- fore the war council legislation comes up for action before the senate.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
FORTY KILLED AND SEVENTY THREE WOUNDED IN MUTINY
 OF GERMAN MINE SWEEPERS
Associated Press)

LONDON, Jan. 25.-The first direct information of alleged m,nes in the German naval forces received here today and tells of the killing of forty mtnous sailors and the wounding of seventyree The information given by German naval engineer who held the rank of lieutenant and who deesrted from German vessel Kie
 This man, whose withheld, declares that there is much dissatisfaction in both the German naval and land orces but that much serious in the navy than in the army He also declares that there have been several important revolts in the naval forces.
 The most of these have been in the mine sweepers and many sailors have been shot down during the ncpent vots One of these evos occurred in the arbo of Ham burg squadron of mine sweepers recently entered that port and the given shore leave for hour only
 All of them demanded that they be given time ashore than th had been weeks since they had been in port Their request refused by their commanders. One then threw lieutenant into the and tempted to seize the ship This attempt was abandoned and the small boats launched and the started for shore nearby German warship then motor launch with machine guns to turn them back The machine guns trained upon the small boats and fire opened When the guns stopped their e forty dead and seventy three wounded
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
LLOYD GEORGE
 BOOSTING FOR
 GENERAL WOOD
Associated Pressi


 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 25.- Confidential testimony given before the senate Investigating committee in it's hearings concerning the war departments war preparations. by Congressman Medill Mccormack, shows that Premier Lloyd George has been interested in the appointments made by America among its mili- tary forces. Congressman McCor. mack, who made a trip to the French front shortly after the close of the special war session, stated that the British premier wanted to know why General Leonard Wood had been shelved by the war department in stead of being in Washington or ap. pointed as an American representa- tive abroad. He said that the Brit ish leader was very insistent that General Wood be employed.
 Mccormack also stated that the allies were very apprehensive regard ing the coordination of American war management. He also testified that officers under General Pershing urged the retirement of General Gro zier from his position as chief of the ordnance bureau and of Quarter master General Sharpe.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
BANK HELD UP
 BY LONE THIEF
tASSOciated FreSal

tAssociated Press,
 VADER, Wash, Jan. 25.-A lone thief, wearing overalls, slugged and tied up the cashier, A. N. Cheney. of the Little Falls bank here this morning and robbed the till, secur- ing $6,000 for his trouble. He made good his escape without any diff. culty.
 Cheney was discovered by a clerk of the bank who entered the build ing short time after the crime was committed. The robber was un. masked, but Cheney was unable to recognize him. It is believed that the bandit Is member of a gang of I. w. w. which has been infest. ing this section of the state for several weeks.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
AVIATORS DROP
 BOMBS ON SHIP
Associated Pressl

LONDON, Jan. 25.-According to an official announcement made to. night by the British admiralty, Eng. fish aviators have dropped seven tons of bombs OK E.he armed cruiser Sultan Selim, formerly the German cruiser Goeben, which is beached near the entrance to the Dardanelles. Many direct hits have been made on the vessel, and it is not believed that it will be floated again.
 The cruiser was beached by its crew, following an attack made re. gently upon a squadron of British monitors, during which it struck a floating mine and was seriously dam aged. Its sister ship. the former German cruiser Dresden, was sunk by a floating mine during the same engagement after two British moni- tors had been destroyed.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
RUSSIA ADMITS
 FORCES ARE IN
 BAD CONDITION
(ASSOctatpd Fre ssl

Associated Fressl
 PETROGRAD, Jan. 25.-With the final breaking off of peace negotia- tions probable and a resumption of the war not entirely unlikely. the Russian government Is beginning to take stock of her means for making effective war. General Bonch Brue- witch, the chief of the general staff of the Russian forces, paints an ex- ceedingly gloomy picture of Russia's military resources.
 He reports to the commander-in- chief of the Russian armies, Ensign Krylenko, that all armed organiza- tions are utterly demoralized and disrupted. The maintenance of disci- pline Is declared to be utterly i'm possible. There is absolutely no means of enforcing soldierly obedi- Ience to commands, each unit being a law unto itself.
 He reports that 1t Is well nigh i'm possible to afford protection to the western front, which Is entirely open to the advance of the enemy in many places. Many avenues of entrance into Russian territory are open to the Huns in case of another imme- diate offensive. The reserve forces have refused to relieve the men in the trenches, and great masses of soldiers are deserting from the de. pleted Russian forces.
 The strong Notifications which for. merly have been bar to the Ger. man forces, and which have aided the Russians to hold the enemy at bay. have been destroyed by the Russian soldiers in numerous places. At practically every point of contact the Russians are openly fraternizing with the Germans. and there seems to be no certainty that they will re. sume hostilities at the command of their officers.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
FOOD SHORTAGE
 AFFECTS LABOR
GA SSociated PressD


 NOTTINGHAM, England, Jan. 25. Again the critical food situation now existing in England was brought out with great force, tonight, when the representatives of the British railway men told the British labor conference that they had reached the breaking point and that their work has begun to decline on ac- count of lack of sufficient food. They asked that the labor party en- deavor to secure some relief for them in order that they might not fall down doing their part in war work.
 The conference is giving the food situation close study and will CO., operate with Lord Rhonda in trying to work out a system of rationing which will supply all laborers with a nutritious ration.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
SOLDIER SHOT
associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25.- The war department authorizes the following statement tonight: General Pershing cables today that Private Fred Thompson. of Georgetown, Hi nois. was killed in action in France Wednesday, January 25. No details of the engagement in which the soldier lost his life were reported"
 This makes four men killed in action from the American forces dur ing the present week. Three other deaths were reported last Monday. In addition to these, three aviators were killed in an airplane collision.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
IGNORANT ABOUT
 l SPY EXECUTIONS
Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 25.- Officials of the department of justice when asked today regarding the al legged executions of fourteen Ger man spies in America, deny any knowledge of them. They state that no such executions have been car. ried out by the department of jus tice to their knowledge.
 c. s. Thompson, chairman of the press committee of the American defense society, is responsible for the statement that fourteen execu tions have taken place since the be- ginning of the war, but he did not say whether they had been carried out by the civil or military au. thorities.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-01-28
USUAL CABINET CONFERENCE ON
 FRIDAY MISSED
Associated Press)


 WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25.- Just as the cabinet officers were preparing to meet for their weekly conference this afternoon, a mes. sage was received from the White House from President Wilson stat ing that there would be no meeting today. but intimating' that it would be called probably the first of next week to consider some important measures. The President also can. celled all his other engagements for the afternoon and evening.
 He himself remained closeted in his study hard at work, with no out. ward indications to show what prob- lem is calling for such concentra- tion. Only two matters are believed to be of enough seriousness to cause the postponement of the weekly cab inet meeting. One of these is the attack being made upon the war de- partment and the other is the inter- national situation.
 Since the address of Senator Chamberlain yesterday. the Presi- dent has made no announcement concerning the fight being made on Secretary Baker and the war de- partment. nor did he make any com ment upon the peace addresses of the Austrian and German chancel- lors today.