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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
GERMAN VESSELS CARRYING
AMERICAN SOLDIERS

It. must gail the Germans To hear about
sixteen Of their greatest vessels carrying
thousands Of American troops to France,
where they will 60 out on the fighting
line and take hand IN the warfare against
the Kaiser's men. While half a million
Germans are striking and rioting in Ber-
lin, and while nearly all the people Of the
empire are half starved and with no show
Of getting anything to eat N the future,
the well-fed Americans, fit and readv. are
being landed in Europe. 1t is pleasing to
hear that ships formerly owned by the
Germans are being used When the war
started more than four score Of these
craft were interned IL this country, and
after il appeared that America would enter
the war, the German crews disabled their
vessels. American worEmen put them In
condition ia short order, and even improV-
cd on them The great Naterland. the
pride Of Germany marine fleet, can do
several knots an hour more now than
she did when the Germans manned her
This monster has been renamed the
Leylathan and can comfortably carry
10000 American soldiers She headed the
squadron Of sixteen vessels which landed
our fighters in Europe Thus are German
vessels turned against herself, and there
is no question now about the ability Of
America to send TO Europe all the men
required TO bring the war to a successful
end.-New York Morning Telegraph.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
WHERE COAL is WASTED.

Women are traditionally good house
keepers, and it is not surprising that IT.
is the Women's Committee on National
Defense which calls attention to the waste
of coal through throwing away cindcrs
with the ashes. A subcommittee of the
organization has been inspecting the dumps
and declares that nearly 900 tons day
of this partly burned coal arc wasted.
through the carelessness of private house
holders and the ianitors OF apartments.
The big industrial plants stoke their
coal economically and get the last ounce
of heat or power out of IT, because the
saving is large enough to pay for the labor
required. But the private householder,
who sifts his own ashes loses more in the
wear and tear of his clothing, or else in the
time required to dress properly for the
Job. than the saving comes to. The lanltor
of an apartment house finds sitting ashes
the most disagrceable work he has to do,
and, as there is no profit in it for him, the
temptation To shirk it is great Hence
the tons Of cinders thrown away daily
and hence the difficulty Of finding any
effective check on the waste Brooklyn
Eagle
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

pose to win this war and they have sum-
moned TO their aid all the intelligence,
character and courage they possess. The
war cannot be won by rhetorical phrases
or displays of patriotic emotion. IT
must be won by the stout blows and CO.
ordinated effort OF the intelligent manhood
and womanhood of the country, and they
must be satisfied that Mr.. Baker and
any other official charged with such re-
sponsibilites are equal TO the task imposed,
and the Secretary of War must hold
himself amensble to any just criticism
that he may incur.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest
MOTHERS LECTURES TO PA.

When Pa and Ma are going out, with
solemn face and grave,
Ma always lectures Pa awhile on how nc
must behave.
As soon as they are dressed to start, she
says For goodness sakcs
! hope you'll not disgrace me now WITH
any of your brcaksl
And promise me you will not tell those
stories any more,
The guests that we shall meet tonight
have heard them all before
And PA says yes. my dear" anu then
Ma SAYS: And further, Ed,
At ten O'Clock don't show your watch
and say it's time for bed.
And please remember as we dine the salad
fork is fat.
Don't pick it up and loudly say. The
peas can't fall from thatp
Such humor isn't very smart, tonight
from il refrain.
IL grleves the guests and ! am sure it
gives the hostess pain.
And Pa SAYS Yes, my dear" and then
Ma says: "Now if perchance
The fat Miss Whatshernaine is there, YOU
must ask her TO dance;
ION do the WAY YOU always 90 anu baht
the fluffy girls;
You're past the age of silly talk, and
pretty frocks and curls.
! will not 20 a step. with YOU until you
first agree
To dance with every woman there whose
husband favors me.
Don't get into a corner with some man
you long have known
And spend the evening with him there,
as though YOU were alone;
Remember other people want yonr com
panv 10 share,
Don't act as though YOU do not see the
strangers who arc there
But sometimes half that mother says
I'm sure he doesn't hear
Because his answer always -. Yes,
YES, all right. my dear
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
Something of Senatorial Minds.

Once upon a time the self-styled up
per- house of the national legislature
began an inquiry into how the Great
War began. II did not bother itself
much as to whether it was q commercial
war or q war OF peoples and races. 1t
merely concerned itself with interests IN
which il long had been identified. These
interests were, naturally, the common
place materials, such as meat, fuel and
housing. Immediately, thercupon, there
arose a community of interests which far
outnumbered in votes the interest sup
porting the self-stylcd upper house.
But the upper" house was not satisfied.
1t could not believe that such things as
wisdom could exist outside its own con-
fines Hence its inquiry.
The inquiry began with the ordnance
or "big gun" bureau 1t availcd nothing.
Then it switched to the supply depart
ment, saying paper solcs were put upon
soldiers shoes and wool was not to be
found in mems shirts and undcrgarments
supplied to men in cantonments.
These charges disappeared from ken
as quickly as those that the Germans
were sinking more boats than VIC can
build
But slowly, to the great minds IN the
upper house, great light appears The
fuel system of the entire country can be
taken over by the government at stroke.
Likewise the oil and the food system OF
the country And yet the authority to
take over these necessities was granted TO
the Federal government by the last
Senate, which boasts of being a hold
over body.
1t is well within reason to make the
inquiry, then, if the present Senate is
really capable of investigating its own
acts; or, for instance, being investigated
bv the War Department in the same way
in which il is Investigating the Dcpartc
ment Of War There are always, as tn
Greeks wisely said: Two sides TO every
shield
Moreover. the Senatorial mind seems
10 have drifted into a certain slough OF
despond not so far remote from that
pictured by Bunyan, in his Pilgrim $
Progress" In fact, there is just rs much
similarity between the carping critics Of
the United States Senate today and the
''pussy-ioot' pacihsts as between the
weakfish and the sca-trout.
Good fortune and forty-seven States
are to be thanked that there are no more
Chamberlains in the upper body but one.
We all appreciate outspoken, democratic
criticism, but VIC do not, most decidedly,
want TO grill our Secretary Of War upon
subjects which he knows ought not 10 be
discussed even with our own people
let alone the world at large for the simple
reason that our own people have not IS
vet learned the imperative need OF secrecy,
semi-private or let alone public places.
The upper house, the so-called most
delibcrative body in the world, Is
progressing in its own measure, but its
senatorial mind wants to catch, and catch
quickly. the tune Of its master, the COM
mon people, who no longer depend upon
State legislative votes, but elect their
Senators, as well as their Representatives
in the Congress
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
THE EVENING SMILE.
A WINNING co MpIINENT

Speaking ut q dinner, Senator Gilbert
NJ Hitchcock of Nebraska referred to
the happy faculty nf being able t. say
the right thing at the right time, and told
the following story as an illustration
John Henry was greatly cnamored Of
a charming girl named ldythe Estelle,
and eventually he reached the proposing
point.
Dearest, he softly munnnred one
gentle moonlight night. Il love YOU
devotcdly | have always loved YOU,
and beg the privilege Of laying my for
tunefat your feet.
Your fortune,' exclaimed Elvthe
Fstcllc showing considerable surprise
Il didn't know that you had fortune
''lt isn't much Of fortune. dearest :
cooiully admitted John Henry, hut
beside those TINY feet Of yours t Will
look like n real Rockefeller lump.
a ship isn't 50 dependent on her
anchor " "Nhy isn't She" Because
even if she loses it, she still keeps her
hold. Baltimore American.
''Do you think competition is the life
Of trade" YES, replied Mr. Dustin
Stax. "But competition was misnanaged
for a long time The real trick is TO get
people to come around with money in
their hands and compete for q chance to
buy something. Washington Star.
Staylate-.'I see a French physician
SAWS that yawning is good for the health
The Girl Indeed I've wondered
number Of times why I've been SO unusu-
ally well since you began coming here
Boston Transcript.
"Do YOU dictate Your speeches to
stenographer?' No, replied Senator
Sorghum. MY stenographer now con
slders her time too valuable to be wasted
Congress '-N Washington Star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
GIVE THEM HELL, GENTLEMEN. .

We have known one OF the new Kansas
lieutenants from childhood, and he viii
direct his lnen thus: Now, gentlemen.
let Us desist from further conversation
and charge the enemy. | will be vcrv
much gratlfed, gentlemen, if YOU will
treat the enemy with great sternness =
an even with brutality. Gentlemen, will
YOU kindly charge? All give them he'll,
gentlemen. give them hell ''-Atchison
Globe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Apache Tribe, No. 81
Olive Temple, J. G. =.
Wenonah Lodge, 5. Of II.
Liberty Conclaye, 5. " NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, O o. T
Lenape Tribe. lmp'd O r. NJ
Sheet Metal Workers Association.
James Young Cone ave. II or 5 W NJ
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

We may well wonder, at this time,
how the Kaiser now regards his personal
alliance with the Almighty, Of which he
used TO boast 50 complacently. It
is apparent now that the alliance has
been broken, no matter how the Kaiser
would have 1t otherwise.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

Now is a proper time for good citizens
to look around and think about candidates
for the Legislature. We will have to
have Legislature and the members will
be chosen at the general election, next
November, and the better men we have
as members, the better the results OF the
session will be
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

Remember that income taxes, Federal
and State, will have to be paid this year
All who may be liable should pay atten-
tion 10 the matter right away. Delay
might result in trouble
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
National Progress I907-I917."

National Progress I907-I917." By
Frederic Austin Ogg, Professor Of Po-
litical Science, University Of Wisconsin
With Maps New York City. Harper
Il Brothers. Price, 81, net.
This is an authoritative and compact
history of the decade, i907-I9i7. period
beginning in the middle Of President
RonseveIt's second term. II meets the
need for information about recent events
that is more digested and Trustworthy
than can be found in more ephen al
sources In order to present the cause Of
events more completely, it goes back to
1000
The author has brought into relief the
events and tendencies Of time Of great
unrest and change. lie has contrasted the
policies 81 the two political parties which
have been in control Of the government
He has brought out the significance Of the
relations Of the United States in the Pa
cifc, the Caribbean, and the continents
Of North ard South America, and it,
status toward the European war. He haa
kept in mind the steady growth Of a
national sense Of responsibility, not for
the United States, but in the affairs Of
the great world
Received Of the publishers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

Germany may be able, temporarily,
to suppress internal disorders, but not
for long. Her people evidently have como
70 the conclusion that the war has no
promise of good results to them
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

So far as snow goes, none OF the "old-
fashioned winters of the past has any
thing to call on the present winter We
have already had snow enough and TO
sr1are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

whats so rare as a day in June is q
quotation almost enough to make one
wrathy toward James Whitcomb Riley.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

A German playing an English horn is
about the saddest thing to be seen in d
symphony orchestra today
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

Instead Of tagging the coal shovel it
might have been more appropriate TO
have tagged that used for snow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

Nevertheless and notwithstanding some
United States Senator'S, the war will
go on
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

Much McAdoo About Nothing" ap-
pears to be the title Of the latest Wash
ington motion political scenario.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

German labor has lost it's strike for
democracy, but it viii win in the end.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

If snow were worth money, how
wealthy we would all be at this time.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
BY " ali Mason.
GROUNDHOG DAY.

Now Gr0undhog Day, my frie nds,
is here, most fateful day of all the
year. The grounding has all pro-
phcts skinned who fuss with maps
and measure wind, who multiply
the world 5 distress with bughouse
forecasts in the press. The ground
hog scorns all lows and highs; he
views the landscape and the skies,
and if the WcatbeF's 5 bright and fair,
with signs of spFingtlme everywhere,
he crawls right back into his ho,e
and sighs, "Oh winter, let her rol
There'll still be snow and ice 10
burn-you cannot fool me worth
dernr' But If the skies are over
cast, and there's chill and wintry !
blast, the grounding says, 'Ill
stay outdoors. and start to do my
vernal chores. Old Boreas has come
and went--he cannot fool me worth
cent. The groundhogs gram ::
mar may be punk, but his predic- !
tions are not bunk As we grow old :
our faith declines in goosebones
and other signs; and human pro-
phcts make Us sore they don't
guess right one time III four, and
they are guessing every day. until
they guess their lives away. The !
grounding, most retirlng seer, !
hands out Il guess but Once a year, !
with moderation most sublime, and
hits the bullseye every time.
f4fF+4+4t8t+Ittt+4 !
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02

Liberty bones are again rising, bat
not through undilutcd infiation
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.
"The Collapse Of Superman." BY William

''The Collapse Of Superman. BY William
ton MifIin Co, 4 Park street. Price,
6O cents, net.
This small but brilliant book traces the
| growth Of the German conception OF
supe rmen, and compares Priissian dreams
before the war with their realizations, and
with the truly great exploits Of history.
Mr.. Thayer writes with ripe historical
knowledge, deep feeling, and gift Of
irony and satire recalling Swift. he
Collapse OF Superman' deserves place
beside such books as Wistcr "Pentecost
of Calamity, in the little group Of smaller
classics OF the war.
Rece vrd of the p bl shers
THE Scar That TrIpled." A True Story or
the Great War. New York City: liar
per & Brothers. ic 80 cents, net
This is "A brief story OF the war, the
story of a young American who enlisted
with the English army, got a severe wound
across the stomach that left a scar. in
CURED when he risked his life TO bring a
wounded British comrade out of danger,
and then got home-sickness to such an ex-
tent that he determined to desert and go
home. He met on his way three good
Americans Richard Harding Davis, John
&. McCutcheon and William q. Shepherd,
the latter the author Of this story-in
Salonica, and they endeav0red TO dissuado
him from dcserting, but apparently in
vain. lie left them intent upon returning
to his homo in the United States. It was
from this incident that Richard Harding
Davis wrote his story, "The Deserter.'
But he appeared later, and MIR. Shep-
s1Ei b,.ssy
lie did not desert, and, unfortunately.
Richard Harding Davis never learned this,
having died meanwhile. This homcsick
soldier went back TO the service, and
earned not only the scar Of wound across
the stomach that first challenged the at
tention of his American friends, but two
other scars. And in the end he was on the
path to even more distinguished sorvice
and honors.
This is ono of tho most pathetic, the
most appealing, brief war stories ever
written
Received of the publishers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
Circulation Every 1A1c0
Evening Yesterday 141OO

Members Of the Associated Press
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"a the use for rrpubIicstioD o, all news
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
RIpPLING RHYMES.

Observation-Disclosures
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-26
SUPERVISION TO GIVE 4 LECTURE
 FUR RED CROSS

From late arrivals rom Fort Yukon il is learned that Explorer Nilhjalmur Stefansson is contemplating the lee ture field, being engaged to appear at Carnegie hall, in New York city. on October 6. in the interests of the Red Cross. This will be the only appear, ance of the noted explorer as d free agent At the completion of the Oc. tober engagement he will tour the United States, leCturing under the management of Lee Keedick of the American Geographic Society, appear, ing in all of the principal cities.
 The explorer is restored to complete health, weighing about 1S6 pounds, as against 133 at the time of his ar rival at Fort Yukon from the Arctic last April, and no traces of his recent illness remain. It is his intention to go Outside by the upper river route within the next few days. The trip by way of Nome was abandoned.
 At the conclusion of his lecture tour he will again outfit for the North and conduct an investigation regard ing the white Eskimo, in which he is deeply interested
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-26
SUMMONS

In the District Court for the Territory
 of NHska, Third Division.-No. C.
 I4G
 Augustine Louise Gabelle. Plaintiff
 vs Fernand Gabelle, Defendant The President of the United States of
 America. Greeting, to Fernand Ga.
 belle, the aboVe.named defendant:
 You are hereby required to appear in the district court for the territory of Alaska, Third division, within thirty days after the completion oi the publication of this summons, to wit. within thirty days after the 23d day ot September, 1919, and answer the complaint of Augustine Louise Gabele, the above-named plalntiff. in the above-entitled cause, which cause is an action for divorce in one Of the cases prescribed by law. wherein the plaintiff prays for n decree dissolving the bonds of marriage between her self and you. and for such other and further relief as to the court may seem right and proper in the premises. And you are hereby notified that If you fail tO appear and answer said com plaint as herein required the said plaintff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the court for the relief demanded in her complaint, as hereinbefore set out.
 The order for the publication of this summons was duly made and entered on the 18th day of August, 1918.
 Witness the Hon. Charles E. Bun nell, presiding judge of said court, and the seal thereof, this 12th day of August, in the year of Our Lord the one thousand nine hundred and eight eenth. and of our independence the one hundred and forty-third.
 (SeaD ARTHUR LANG. Clerk District Court. Third Division,
 Territory of Alaska.
 First publication, August 15. 1918.
 Last publication, Sept, 23, 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-26
DELEGATES ID GAME
 CONVENTION ARE NAMED

Charles D. Garfield of Juneau has been named by Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., to represent Alaska at the national fish and game convention that will convene in New York, Sept. F and 13.
 The appointment was made by tele- graph.
 Governor Riggs also named Edward G. Morrissey of Fairbanks. Delegate Sulzers secretary, as another repre- sentative from Alaska to the conven- ton.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-26

'. s. Food Administration.
 Br'er Tater ain't skeerin' up q ghos' wen he say we alls mus cai less wheat en less meat en save al de fat en sugar we kin. We has jisl got ter feed dat big army CT fightin soJer boys, en we kin do hit by eatin right smart mo taters en garden sas, en eatin' mo fish en game 'stId CT pork and beef. Elf we alls don't gin ter feed dem sojers right now we'll be feedin' somebody 'fo' lon, en 1t won't be us.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-26

Use the classified ad column of the Times if you want results.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-26

In the District Court for the Territory of NHska, Third Diyision.-No. C.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-03
SEEKS REELECTION SUPERINTENDENT
 COUNTY SCHOOLS

A. w. Lowe, who has served as SUI perintendent of public instruction in Jefferson county since the establish ment of the system of supervision in Jefferson, announces that he is a can didate for reelection, and the har- mony that exists between the county superintendent, the trustees of the different districts and the teachers in diCates that his work has been appre- ciatcd, and that he will receive strong support.
 Superintendent Lowe is seeking re- election on the record he has made since in the office. When Jefferson county adopted county superintend- oncy he was the first superintendent elected and it became his duty to have the various rural schools in the var ious rural schools in the county adopt a uniform system of text books and of instruction in order that the best methods might be used at the schools and in order that patrons would not be put to unnecessary expense II a family moved from one district to an other, or removed from the rural dis tricts to Pine Bluff. When he took charge of this office there were only few graded schools in the county, but he has been instrumental in hay ing nearly all of the schools graded, a higher standard has been adopted in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-03
TRINITY RECEIVES
 MANY EASTER GIFTS

Easter proved q notable day for Trinity parish in the way of mater ial gifts, as well Hs in the way of spiritual inspiration. z The Young La dies guild. which is the strongest woman's organization in the parish, presented the congregation with enough new prayer books and hym- nals to abundantly supply every pew. In addition to this the guild, which had previously purchased four hun Grcd dollars worth of war savings stamps, has another nice sum on hand for investment. The other guilds made money gifts. to the parish. The most beautiful thing received for the enrichment of the church furnishings was fine linen altar cloth exquisite ly embroidered and trimmed with Cluney lace. It was made and pre- scnted by Mrs. John Jenkins and her mother, Mrs Downs.
 The offerings of the congregation were just "a few dollars short of those made last year altho. in view of the war demands, no plea for a large of fering was made. The Sunday school in it's Easter mission offering sur passed it's highest record by just one hundred dollars.
 Just a week before Easter this Sunday school purchased fifty dollars worth of war savings stamps.