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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
CAMP DIX PR.|SEO
BY CE NERAL WILSON
Never Saw Anything Like 1t in
My Life" Says Distinguished
Veteran Of Three Wars.

Like all army osicors, General James
II. Wilson II proud Of the srvioe-and
the higher their rank and distinctions
tho greater the pride-fecls tremendous
" keen interest in all that 10 going on in
il and 4 sort Of fatherly interest III the
private soldier, upon whom the brnt
Of the fighting falls. Today he is pronder
than ever of il and the reason lies in
what he RAW at Camp Dix when he went
there Wednesday with the big Whining
ton contingent that accompanied the
Spellenburg minstrels.
As distinguished officsr who. fought
through the Civil War, the unpleasant-
ness with Spain and the trying Boxer
campaign and commanded large bodies
Of troops, his opinion regarding any sort
Of military matter In ono to listen to with
attention and decided respect. Therc-
fore, what he thinks about Camp Dix
should prove of great interest 10 those
fathers and mothers, swcethearts and
wives who have dear ones there.
Naturally enough, when the general
reached Wrightstown, one of the first
things he did was TO look about him with
the sharpcat kind OF q professional eye.
He wanted 20 gee what was what and
how and why lie tramped the camp
over from end To end and inspected t
critically, incidentally getting his feet
wet. Sodid some Of the Others in the
party, men very much younger than the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
MILITARY MIN6TRElS.
Camp DIX Boys 70 EutcstAln q New
Century Club Tonlaht.

Some time this afternoon the DclnWarr
minstrel infantrymen will Arfivp In this
city and viii 60 directly TO the New
Century Club where . fehAAsanl Will be
held for the performance to be given this
evening.
The Chamber Of Commerns received
letter yesterday containing the. cheering
news that the government musical director
assigned to Camp Dix, Ststson Humphrey,
will accompany the Delaware soldiers and
participate In the program. The in
fantrymcn were to leave Camp Dir this
morning nt 1920 and the train was
scheduled to arrive here at 208 in the
afternoon. Arrangements are being made
to accommodate the largo number of
relatives and friends who will welcome
the soldier actors home and To help swell
the fund which will 20 towards the enter
tainment fund for the regiment.
Judging from the number OF tickets
sold, the house will be n capacity one.
A ways noted, since its organization, for
its exec ept music, the First Infantry
Band. as it was known during the militia
days, has exec Ell even it's previous
standard since it's induction into the
service, and patrons Of the show tonight
may be assured Of hearing very high
quality of music. Arrangements have
been made so that these who have been
unnb c to secure tickets from any Of the
p aces where they have been on shle
may secure them at the New Century
Club this evening, 80 that tho lack Of
previous y-purchssed tickets shou keep
no one at home who desires to sec their
soldier friends and relatives At their
best. As has been told already, the
proceeds of this evenings entertain
rnent will be devoted to the music fund
for the benefit of the entire regiment.
Should the outfit be ordered South TO
join the other pioneers, M u expected
now, this may be the last time Whining
tonians vii, pe nb.c to see their soldiers
either in play or work for mAnv \ day,
and ell ehould take advantage Of the
opportunity. 4 little snow should not
prevent anyone from attending the
performance.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
FIRE AT REPAUNO.
Plant Of du Pont Powder Co. There
Slightly Damaged

Fire in one Of the buildings of the
diphcnvlamine plant OF the du pont
Co located at Repauno, y. j., opposite
Chester, Pa. yesterday afternoon dam
aged the building and caused the loss
OF material contained IN it. No person
was hurt and the structural and plant
damage will not amount 10 more than
$1,000. The fire was due to a faulty
fiange on an autoclave, machine used
in the manufacture of diphcnylamine.
The pressure on this fange caused it TO
break and the concuSsi on was followed
by flames There was no explosion In
the sense that material was detonated.
Diphenylamine is chemical used for
making dye intermediates and in the
manufacture of powder. The building
in which the Ere occurred is situated in
a part OF the Repauno plant approximate
~ half mile from any of the buildings
where high explosives are manufactured,
and there was no possibility OF the Ire
communicating to those buildings.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22

fercnt shapes in all governments, more or
less stifod, controlled, Of rcprcssed; but,
in those Of the popular form, IL Is seen
in its greatest rankncss, and is truly
their worst enemy
The alternate domination Of one fac
tfon over another, Sharpened by the spirit
OF revenge, natural To party disscnsion,
which in different ages and countries
has perpetrafcd the most horrid enor-
mites, is itself frightful dcspotism.
But this leads at length TO
more formal and permanent dcspot-
ism. The disorders and miser
les, which result, gradually incline the
minds of men 10 seek security and repose
IN the absolute power of an individual,
and sooner or later the chief of some
prevailing faction, more able or more for
tunate than his competitors, turns this
disposition 10 the purposes Of his own
elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.
Without looking forward 10 an ex-
tremity OF this kind (which nevertheless
ought not to be entirely out OF sight, the
common and continual mIschiefs OF the
Spirit OF Party are sufficient TO make 1t
the interest and duty of WISE people to
discourage and restrain II.
1t serves always to distract the Pub
lie Councils, and enfeeble the Public Ad-
ministration. 1t aeitates the community
with ill-founded jealousies and false
alarms, kiEdles the aRImosity Of one
part against another-fomeI.tS occasion
ally riot and insurrection. 1t
opens the door TO foreign influence and
corruption, which find facilitated access
to the Government itself through the
channels OF party passions. Thus the
policy and the viii OF one country are
subjected TO the policy and will of another.
There is an opinion, that parties In
free countries are useful checks upon the
Administration of the Government, and
serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty.
This within certain limits Is
probably true, and In Gov
ernments of Monarchial cast, Patriotism
may look with indulgence, if not with
favor, upon the spirit of the party.
But in those of the popular character,
in Governments purely elective, it is q
spirit not to be encouraged.
From their natural tendency, it is GER
tain there viii always be enough of that
spirit for every sa1utry purpose
and there being constant danger Of ex-
cess, the effort ought to be. by force of
public opinion, TO mitigate ard assuage
it. A fire not TO be que nched;
it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent
its bursting into fame, lest, instead of
warming, il should consume.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
CAMP DIX BOYS
HONOR WASHINGTON
Soldiers Appropriately Observe the
Holiday With Patriotic
Exercises.
CAMP DIX, NJ. j.. FEs. %.

&tAhP LIN, iNs J., Il EE. 20.
Washingtonis Birthday is being ap-
camp here The central celebration will
be held in the afternoon at the main build
ing of the Knights of Columbus, where
there will be addresses and an interesting
program. Several of the New Jersey
companies will entertain home folks at
their barracks and one of the largest of
these receptions will be held by the Ma
chine Gunpcrs of the 3llth Infantry
Captain Cook, commanding heads the
reception and entertainment committees.
Camp Dix Soldiers can again eat
chocolate candy without fear that ground
glass hidden in the CONNECTION will begin
gnawing at their vitals as Federal in
vestigation Of the suspected "plot" TO
poison men through candy sold at rcgi-
mental exchanges has shown little cause
for the alarm.
ave ate the samples and are still alive,
Is the reply of the surgeon generals
investigating board nc Washington that
made analyses of the hundreds of cakes
OF chocolate seized after the discovery
of glass in some OF the candy sold to
soldiers at the 30Sth Exchange. Pieces
of glass actually found in the candy,
officials believe, might have been ac-
oidentally introduced by the breaking
of a jar or contaIner, says Captain John
Wanamaker, Jr, assistant quarternaster
and until recently division exchange
officer in charge of goods on sale within
the cantonment. The glass, it is now
announced, was not ground, but broke
into rather large particles. The Massa-
chrsetts Chocolate Co. of Boston, IN
whose goods the glass was discovered,
sent its agents TO co-opefate with the
government III every way in making
the investigation. Goods OF the com
pany that were recovered from the
exchanges have been restored.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
IT'S UP TO YOU
In Two Weeks Time Chasco-
Vim, the Iron and Tasteless
Cod Liver Tonic Will Build
You Up and Make You
Strong.
Stops Lingering Coughs, Colds
and Bronchitis.

II you are nervous and run down, weak,
ansmic and underweight and cannot eat
or sleep as you should, Chasco-Vin, the
Iron and Tasteless Cod Liver Combina-
tion, will correct these conditions and at
the same time increase your strength and
vitality, often 100 per cent in two weeks,
if taken regularly.
Don't suffer and drag through life;
you don't need to do SO. Don't put it
off but give Chasco-ViD a trial. 1t will
surprise you and then YOU will tell others,
as we are now telling you.
For sickly and frail children and for
the aged and feeble, Chasco-Vin viii
work wonders.
Sold in Wilmington by Miller Drug
Store, 4O4-406 Market street; Harmonson
Drug Co, SIG Maryland avenue; Francis
j.. Gallagher, 2004 Market street; Smith
a. Strevig, Delaware avenue and Adams
street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
GOOD SWEET POTATOES
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Six Thousand Baskets Lost at
Laurel. Yesterday, in a Fire Of
Mysterious Origin.
Special Corrcspondcncr of Every Evening

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Laurel. Feb. 22.-About six thousand
baskets Of prime No. / sweet potatoes
were destroyed yesterday morning when
the large potato storage house Of Horace
Greeley Sirnan, located about two and
one-half miles west Of Laurel on the
Bethel road. were destroyed The pota-
toes werc owned jointly by Mr.. Sirman
and Captain George b. Insley of Bethel
They were worth about one dollar
basket, a total of $4,000 They will bc
n total loss to the owners, who after
carrying insurance on them during the
autumn and winter. let it lapse last Mon
day, expecting TO ship them during the
next ten DAYS.
Mr.. Sirman's loss is about 81 900
The cause OF the fire is unknown. When
Mr.. SirInan went TO the house at Gas
o'clock this morning be found it full of
smoke and IN an instant the third floor
was a mass of flames The fire had
evidently started on the third. where
there was no heating apparatus and that
adds to the mystery Of the blaze.
A hurry call was sent here and within
ten minutes after the taps on the fire
bell were sounded an engine was on the
way to the scene, but too late TO be of any
service Just as the hremen reached the
building it collapsed
This ma es the fourth time the fire.
men have been called out within a week
and since the FIRE engine was found to
have been tsmpercd with. The normal
average of fire calls is about one III sIx
weeks Only two weeks ago the granary
Of William B. Gordy, with 600 bushels of
corn, was destroyed by fire of 3 mysterious
origin 1t is thought the attempt TO
disable the fire cl.ginc was for the purpose
Of preventing the firemen from saving
property
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
MAJOR GAsKIIL WRITES HOME.
Living in a Century-old Frenc Chateau
With All its Periods Conveniences.

In letter to friends in this city Major
Charles S. Gaskill, now with the Nine
teenth Railway Engineers in France,
writes of the building or rehabilitation,
OF the French railroads which is the work
of Major Gaskill's regiment. He has
been making a survey OF the work at the
English bases and fully realizes the
enormous task he has in hand. The major
is living in an old chateau, built 100
years ago and, as he expresses it, "has all
the convenienoes of that period" He is,
in spite of this, very comfortable and with
his fellow officers is not finding the living
particularly meaTe.
Word comes from Major Gaskills
father, Judge Gaskill of New Jersey,
that he is the senior officer in his COM
nand and is next in line for promotion,
all of which will be gratifying news TO his
Wilmington friends and former Pennsyl-
vania railroad colleagues.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
GREETING SENT TO PARIS.
Delaware College Interested in Celcbra-
ton Held In French Capital Today.


Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Newark, Feb. 22.--Delawaro College
students, as we'll rs the alumnus, are
greatly interested in the celebration being
held in Paris, today, by the American
University Union. Delaware College is n
member of this Union, which is composed
Of college students from this country now
on duty in France. Henry b. Thompson,
president of the Board of Trustees Of the
local college, is treasurer Of the union and
Pierre s. du Pont has been one OF its
liberal supporters.
Colleges throughout the country sent
greetings by cable to the great meeting in
Paris today. These greetings were sent
through Roger Pierce Of Harvard College,
Cambridge, Mass. The one sent by Della
ware follows:
The students of Delaware College act
ing through their class presidents send the
following message:
Delaware College sends its Hail, and
a wish for the best of luck to the college
men at the front.
Harry Alexander,
President Senior Class.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP M0STRllS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from Head Colds. It's Splendid

In one minute your cloRged nostriis
will open. the mir Passages bf your head
will clear and you can breathe freely.
No more hawking. snuflng, blowing.
headache. dryne.s. No struggling for
breath at night; your cold or cAtarrh
will be gone.
Get a small bottle Of Tly's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
n little OF this fragrant, sntiseptie,
healing cream in your nostrils. II pen
ctratcs through every air passage Of tho
head. soothcs the inhamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
stantly.
It's just hne. DONE stay stu4 ed-up
with = cold or nasty oatArrh-kelief
comes 30 quickly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
MARSHALLTON SOLDIERS RELIEF.

sE-ociai Correspondence OF Every Evening
Marshallton Feb. 22.-1he Home
Soldiers Relief Of Alarshallton held q
meeting tuesday afternoon al the home
of MIR Gregg Those present were:
Mn Mullins. Mrs. II. Milbourne, Mrs.
Pay Mir J. Il Guest, Mrs Barton, Mrs
Gregg Mrs : Clair. Mrs. ". Mitchell,
Mr. William Moore Mrs p. NJ Ford,
Mrs J Greenwood. Mn T. Broadbent,
Mrs Winfield speakman. Mrs Newlin,
MIR William Lord, Mrs. Miller Speak
man, Mrs Walter Gregg Mrs J. Arm
strong The society accepted Mrs. Fav's
invitation 10 meet at her home next
Tuesday afternoon 10 sew and knit for
the boys in service. All interested are in
vIted TO Join the society.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22

general, but they seemed very much
more alarmed and put out about IL than
he.
When IL WIS over, the gcnernl expressed
the excellence Of the camp and it's high
state Of eH cheney as military canton
mcnt. Today, when asked his opinion,
nc said:
at is n most admirnblc cantonment in
every respect. have never seen any
thing like it,. don't believe any other
country could do ~ we'll As n matter Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
FAMILY TROUBLES AIRED.
Mrs. Lucy Newloye Accuses Her Husband
of Non-Uupport.

Mrs. Lucy Newlove, in City Court to-
day, charged her husband, John Newlove,
with non-support. The wife claimed that
her husband had failed to support her
since November 3. She said her husband
had ill-treated her many times.
Newlove denied the charge and said
tAat his wife had left him and that he was
willing to make home for her and sup
port her The defendant was represented
by James Salisbury.
Judge Churchnan placed an order Of
So week on the defendant after hearing
the testimony Of the wife 9 aged father
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
EVERETT PALMER is NOTUL

Special Cores poncence OF Every Evening
Claymont Feb. 22.-Everett Palmer
Of Claymont, who was reported i'll with
pneumonia Is enjoying good health.
The item published referred TO another
person, and Palmer was mentioned In
error
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
To he Ru,ird Here.

The mother of Walter W Joline, who
was asphyxiated on Tuesday night, has
claimed The body and made arrange
mcnts with Deputy Coroner McCrery ~
bury it in Silverhrook cemetery on Satur-
day afternoon. The mother lives in Vino
land, " j.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
Washington arty .

The young people of the First Methodist
PROTESTANT Church will give Washington
party this evening at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. ". B. Osmond, 1915 Tatnall
street Washington games and patriotic
entertainment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
LEST WE FORGET.
From Washington's Farewell Address,
"I,ct mo now take

Let me now lake
a more comprehen-
sive view, and warn
YOU in the most sol.
cTnn IN a n n Q Z
against the baneful
effects Of the Spirit
Rarty, Of generally.
This Spirit, TN
fortunately. is in
separate from our
nature, having its
root in the strong
est passions OF the
human mind, .
IL axtefa ttrslpr f!if-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
COUNCILMAN WARD REPLIES.
Sets al Rest False Report of Padding
of Police PayroiIs.

City Councilman Ward has replied to
a letter from the Voters Non-Partisan
League, in reference to a rumor that
payrolls OF the Police Department had
been added.
MIR Wards letter is to the effect that
the rumor has been fully investigated and
found TO be false; that the payrolls and
bills Of the department are iternized.
verified and audited before they come 0
Council, and befor, they are paid. they
age given the same careful scrutiny by the
police committee of Council.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
When the Alarm Sounds

every man instinctively thinks of his own
property first. If he is amply secured
against possible loss he is naturally less
concerned than if he carried little or no
insurance. If you want more protection
consult c. Z. Pierson Co, 9l3 Market
street.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22

fact they never have approached us m
things II this sort. The layout d perfer'
So is the sanitation. Our men are beirg
taken care Of in tho finest and most ~
fcient manner Il ever bas beon my lof 10
see !"
And coming from General james ~.
Wilson such an OpiniDn means ths
eneornium a an expert.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
Eases the 'Oi,oop 'sndUards ofcroup"
FOLEY'S
HONEY AND TAR
COMPOUND

ORoUP and whoopinx Cough are two - he
Il tsrrors of childhood. Thouss ndS OF
~ mothors Know the efficiency % Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, for this reliable
cough and cold remedy has been used SUCCESS
fully for three generations.
1t tastes good and soothes
the raw. inhamed surfaces,
stops the rasping, strangling
feeling in the throat.
Why experiment. with unknown. untriod
substitutes or imits tions vheu you csD got tbe
sefuin- foieyis nt reasonable pricsf Ia
&c. "A, and sl.u) xizes Guaranteed safe;
cratAtnS 10 opia tcs or other harmful drugs
for saie by y. b. Dsnforth. Market nd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22
Just a r,ew Couch Cover
thrown over that extra bed that has
to do day and night duty now

to do day and night duty now
will add cheeriness and charm TO your room
and will help keep the bed clothes clean.
Linene. Verdure, Oriental Stripe Couch
Covers in the newer combinations are in
for $50 to 5000.
A PAIR OR TWO OF SUNFAST CUR
TAlNS will also make wonderful difference
in the furnishing Of your room. Greens. browns,
Colds. specially pretty one at $6 pair.
ODD WINDOW SHADES. A lot of
odd sizes, only one or two of kind Mostly
custom made shades that We're not the right
size. All on good rollers and of best materials.
Regular Sl.25 quality for soc each
Third Floor, take elevator.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-22

Every Evenings classified afvrrtigo-
ments bring results Proved ~ tho AZ ~
faction Of many and will bo 10 you. Adv
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
On Flies in Amber
Which Do Not Destroy the Value of the AMBER but Are
Quite Superfluous
By Willis Fletcher johnson

trenzd Fiction by Lecoc exuberanty good
hate and hesitate to point out much
nanshp AS sheer rocng irresponsible quite irresistible;
"he as e penetrating satire the fob and fes
generation has scarcely been
fapers 10 Mr. lacoc and to the John Company,
Nevertheless there the thought
which call attention naggng capng
be from the critic indulge
s question OF literary art do with the
there other flies other pieces
amber with whichhe amber not the e-Mr
sure resent my braketng his delightful
1hs aforesaid
lacock represents New York Washington ng writing
souls when of
that it was bigger than that before
i've times big at the date question:
Now that insignificant Av Rut thonch
saith Master Francis Bacohe
forever help
wondering should be there ALL
The as we'll bv man Mr. Lea
COCKS fertile and facle fancy without the
There name writer who
other told
the new mon for that magazine which, every judicious
critic must be not necessarily invariably
capital L. But there Henry a real bound book
'elng US thunderousy
thin air Edgar Allan Poe who was of the
very elect telling how the speed of
with its length and how blade tapeed
And there Walter Scott where but it's
the set in the the
people, there Richard Harding making
the New York City 4aof
expected beyond in that making
merian sepuhre pooce glowing and scintiane
mountain of light all through the night.
o Brother Leacoc the little fly your crystal peucd
amber little But still And come back to
the question which asked before Why why
those others have been Without anv
abonnabe thing the like of which critic
should the unnees
kind, find Judgement our
And fnalyh is, after ALL the gst what
started out first paragraph ayf
the
manNassauese fails
keep fly from aighng upon his ephemeral essays?
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
New York i'm Lead
For Food Econornv.
Williams Declares

For selfdenial and economy in the
use Of foodstuffs, especially those most
vitally needed for the success of our
armies in the field, the people of New
York City lead the entire nation.
This announcement was made yes
terday by Arthur Williams, food ad-
ministrator for greater New York, on
his return from Washington, where he
had been attending a conference of all
the food administrators of the country,
including Herbert Hoover, national die
tator.
Five thousand barrels of flour and
thousands of pounds of meat are being
conserved daily through the efforts of
New Workers, Administrator Williams
announced. figure far in excess of
that Of any other city, and a condition
that evoked much praise from Mr..
Hoover
The pressing demands of our soldiers
and Allies, however, may make it nee
essary to institute q wheat saving day
in addition to whcatless Wednesday, A
new bread, made of fruit -four, may
make its appearance in New York.
Hawaii has tried with great success a
"banana bread" the administrator for
that territory telling his associates
that it was tasty and 'abundant in
calories." Mr. Williams took occasion
to dispcl the belief that bread is
cheaper IN England than in this coun-
trN.