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Evening journal., 1918-08-13

We do not know whether Genera
March's warning against oser-conA.
dence and hope Of early collapse o.
Germany's armies Issued on Saturday
in Washington, was designed TO sup
press any particular optlmlst, or was
Intended merely to moderate popular
expectations based on the great vic
tories the forces under General Foch
have recently won. His words were
sound, although we have observed. no
general tendency 10 over-estimate the
effects Of the battles that have gone so
gloriously against The Grown Prince
and Prince Bupprecht Americans gem
orally recognize that the road to the
Rhine IS not open yet; Germany is still
powerful
But while grave injury would re-
suit from exaggerated conceptions OF
what the Allied and American troops
fighting on the western front have
actually accomplished injury Just as
grave may be wrought BY timidity in
acknowledging what they have done
The first thing that is essential TO our
success IN the war IS the destruction
Of the elab0rately constructed theory
that Germany is uncomfortable Not
once but many times General Pershing
has urged Americans TO rid their minds
Of the monstrous myth Of Teutonlo in
vincibility One Of his most notable
messages to his fellow countrymen con-
sisted Of twelve words They were:
Germany can be beaten; Germany
must be beaten; Germany will be
beaten"
And Germany today Is being beat
en-, beaten by men Of all civilized ma
tions, beaten in all kinds Of warfare.
beaten In the open and beaten in her
carefully prepared positions. beaten
wherever her abhorrent militarism and
its boosted product the German army.
show their heads This we are entitled
to proclaim with confidence and with
joy; and this we may proclaim without
forgetting for e moment hat arduous
labors and along period Of violent fght-
ing are still ahead OF US.
Moreover, the beating Germany has
been getting does not give the measure
Of the beating the civilized nations
intend to give her. Where her shat
tered divisions fee today from a re-
deemed land, Germany IS receiving only
a foretaste Of what Is to happen To her: |
for the operations now in progress. in |
the words Of on Chief Of STAFF. must
not be mistaken for the offensive that
will be launched against the Hun when
the Allies and ourselves are ready TO
begin the flnal advance on the strong
hold OF humanitys worst human en-
emies.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
A pELawAnE IounNALrs11o prNrplcr.


n FF1cLAL information at last has reached us that
~ James Chapman wlckes, creator and general man
ager Of the Dover State News, Is married Previously
we had received unofficial information 10 that eject
but be had fingered long outside the realm Of matrl-
monal bliss that refused to credit until the oclal
returns had been received.
For many, many years VIC had felt that he should
be happy married instead Of an unhappy bache-
lor, When him in his ONCE IN the streets
OF Dover pacing the thoroughfares Of Wilmington.
ounging IN the Hotel dupont lobby and wearing down
the concrete the boardwalk at Atlantic City, there
seemed to be something lacking. He did not seem to
know what It was but his friends did. Their opinion
Of II that nice fellow such he was ought to
have nice wife, Most OF them being believers IN the
powers Of mental suggestion they concentrated their
teepatho powers with the result that Mr. Wokes Joined
the Benedots August T.
We fellcltate him upon the happy event, and wish
him and his bride the fullest possible measure Of hap
pness In conclusion suggest that IN honor OF the
long-deferred event. the State News its next ISSUE
come out with its pages embellshed with orange bios
SONS and brides and that the editorial leader DO
solemn warning TO the young Of Dover not TO
hght shy OF the Of matrimony. but to pung IN with
out hesitation secure prize from tts rose7scented
depths. and be happy aftervard
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
Our Commander
lFrom the New York Trlbune.l

There was never in this country the
opposition TO a united command that
developed in England and that delayed
the appointment OF Foch until necessity
compelled It, Perhaps oar lack OF
military traditions enabled us 10 view
me problem in clearer light, without
bias or prejudice. We Ike TO think.
however, that an underlying sympathy
with the French, an admiration for the
French way Of thinking and doing,
made US more than ready to sacrifice
any national pride and place our arm
les under the command Of that swift.
brilliant intellect which has so Law
ishly justified its choice.
Certainly there are only enthusiasm
and admiration for Marshal Foch today
among all the Allies. The task which he
faced was a desperately dlflcult one
to improvise out Of five separate arm
les unity Of action that would be able
TO meet the superbly Organized and
highly centralized unity Of the Central
Empires. There was Babel OF
tongues There were national differences
OF temperament There troops Ike our
Americans partly trained, who could
be used IN attack with confidence, in
defense with less certainty. There was
every grade and quality Of fighting men.
This was the conglomerate mass out
OF which Marshal Foch has in a few
short months welded the keen, swift
weapon with which be struck at the
Marne and strikes again IN Plcardy-I
and again and again. A greater tri-
umph Of executive intellect II world be
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1a, 1918.
MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THEM.

rr.HE distance from the smyrna-Clayton district Of
Kent county, Delaware. to Philadelphia is hfty-nve
miles
An express package shipped that line certainly
should reach its destination in four nve hours and
that too, without hurrylng anybody.
We see by a news story that a prominent farmer,
who lives less than a mile from Smyrna and Clayton,
shipped 400 young roosters TO Philadelphia to be mar
keted They placed in the Of the Adams Ex-
press Company for transportation.
When, after many hours OF delay, those 400 young
roosters finally arrived Philadelphia, OF them
was alive. The story goes that they had been placed
where they sunocated transit and the entire shipment
wasted.
Both the Federal Government, which now operates
the Adams Express Company and endeavorng to in
srssse and the nations food supply and the
and the Pennsylvania Societies for the Preven-
ton Of Cruelty Animals should institute searching
investigations with respect to this matter and punish
severely those responsible for such waste cruelty
II the waste Of that foodstuf due to careessness
those guilty Of such oareness should be driven from
the employ Of the company
II wanton cruelty be established as an accom-
paniment Of the careesnes those responsible should be
arrested, prosecuted and sent to Jail
There should be no temporizing in this matter by
either the Federal Government or the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals. An example should
be made that viii impress other handlers Of live com
modes that such practices will not be tolerated in this
country and that all persons guilty OF such ofenses
viii be punished.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

! hard TO conceive. We see no more
| breaks where lines Of separate srn!e'
| ioin We see more than ever a mingl'
ing OF forces. Americans and French
home troops and colonials form Man
gins shock force before Scissors
French regiments hght under American
command Scottish regiments turn W
al the right moment to save the day IN
tho Rheims line. AL the men Of all
Tie naIlons nght shoulder TO shoulder.
and there Is no confusion or break.
Marshal Foch has the rare ability 10
use alien leaders and alien organztions
IN his own swift strategy. His conceiv-
ing Nain places no narrow limits on
the brains that execute. 4 free hand
IN their own field has been given TO
American and British commanders
alike
But the genius is French. There can
be no mlstaking the swift, silant thrusts
that have changed the whole face OF
the campaign and sent the German arm
les retreatlng even further and further
from their coveted Paris. The super
flcial contracts with the colossal moves
Of Ludendorff are surely revelatory OF
an essential difference Of mind The
method, the mechanics Of the German
strategy are beyond praise. Here, how
ever, IS g swlfter, farer-seeing intellect
the product Of the best national mind
Of the modern age.
Americans are proud TO be lighting
under Foch II will always be G bond
between our nations that IN this great
campaign for civilization we followed
WHARF n VrATf hn0an led
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
How Old Are You
By Your Hair5

You may be thirty IN years, bet - you
are bald-headsd, gray, or your hss- q dry,
brittle. scraggly and ugiy-lookins, people
viii surely take you to be many years
older.
When your ha!- becomes faded, dry,
streaked and sersgsly, whsn It calls out
badly and new hair cannot grow, the
roots should be Immediately v.tsnsed and
properly nourishsd. To do this quickly,
safely and at little expense. there is noth-
Ing so effective as Partisan Sage Ciquid
form) which you can get At n. 3. Dan
forth's and al good drug src toilet
counters
It's guaranteed 10 abolish dard-uh-
stop scalp itch and falling hair and pro-
mote new growth or money refunded. It's
IN great demand by discriminating women
because Il makes the hair 50 soft, lustrous,
easy TO arrange attractvely, and appear
heavier than q really is.
A massage with Partisan Sage Is
real delight-easy TO use, not sticky or
greasy, and delicately perfumed-an anti
septic liquid free from dangerous ingredi-
ents and guaranteed not TO color the hair
or scalp. II you want good looking hair
and plenty OF It by all means use Partisan
Saga little attention now insures beau
tlful hair for years to cone.--Aov.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
With The ParaqrapheEs

President Wilson has written euloglstic letter "a
that pink whiskered Lewis person urgLg him TO gel
into the senatorial race in Illinois Sometimes we are
inclined to believe that President Wilson's idea OF ad-
Journing politics is for everybody to get OF the job
except hmsef-Fort Wayne News
Supposing you were TO run across manufacturer
who hadn't raised the price OF his since the war
began-would you feel grateful toward hiro r would
you wonder what he had been doing TO yol all those
years OF peace time?-Kansas City Star.
We were compelled 10 listen during the warmest Of
the warm days last week 10 the most nnocu1gs speech
we ever have heard The speaker not only ssl nothing
but qualified that-Emporla Gazette
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

OTTAWA. Ont. Aug. 13-A telegram
received here from Vilhjalmar Stefans-
son. the explorer, announced that one
Of his lieutenants. named Sterkerson
at the head OF an exploration party
had penetrated TO a point t75 miles
north Of Alaska.
This report, if correct. Stefannson
says. indicates the party has gone sew
enty-hve miles beyond the point reach
ed by previous explorers. Il would
also indicate, the telegram adds, that
Keenan, Land IS not located at the point
given by previous maps
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
WAN KNITTING HATED

WASHINGTON, Aug t3-Hand knit
ting for the soldiers and sailors IS to
be checked until the war industries
board can survey stocks and ascer-
tain whether there IS enough woolen
and worsted IN the country for winter
uniforms and overcoats The board has
directed splnners TO discontinue manu-
featuring woolen and worsted yarns
for hand knitting and the shipment OF
yarns or wool until further notice, and
TO furnish inventories Of their stocks
with full information concerning the
contracts on which they are working.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
BLAME PENNSY FOR
CROSSING FATALITY

The jury summonder by Coroner
Spring last night in the case OF Abra-
ham Kieman and James and Elsie splro
who were killed when an automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
q train at State Road crossing on July
%, returned verdict holding the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company negligent
IN not maintaining safety gates and a
competent watchman at the crossing.
The three persons were killed when an
extra freight train ran them down
while they were bound for this city.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
STEER CLEAR.

their journey from the body OF one victim TO the
body Of prospective victim the germs which cause
typhoid fever travel certain well known, well de-
nned paths routes.
These routes ars Ave in nunber-oontaot water, milk,
food and nies.
In the private NTH route OF contact the human hand
IS the great agency which carries the the fingers
become soled and carry the germs direct TO the mouth
or to the food that later reaches the mouth.
Water becomes the route Of infection through polu-
tion with infected sewage.
MIX becomes infected usually by contact with soiled
hands or infected water.
Flies obtain Infection by eating infected discharges.
They carry the germs both their feet and IN their
somaohs
So you any Delawaran may steer reasonably clear
Of the typhoid germ by keeping his hands clean his
water and milk pure his food wholesome and swatting
the fly.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
GEMS OF THOUGHT

seneath heavens gaze they stand-these naked trees
Ano, unaoashed, lift brawny arms on high
IN suppieation; 1outed by each breeze
The Jest and mockery OF the earth and ssv
Frederic Lawrence knowles
Know the true value of time watch seize and s,ios,
eyery moment OF IT, No dleness, no laziness no nro
crasnaton' never put on till tomorrow what YOU can
do today,-Lord Chestsrhsd ~
t--s-
All Christening ssemeth for the present TO be not ,ev
Gus, but grieyous, yet afteyard II yiedsh
fruit unto them that havs been exercised therebvst
Pau's, D'
f-@-!
Rsadsr, farewell All happiness attend theet
May each new year better and richer find thee
Benjamin Fsanlin
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

In view Of all the praise that has been given in the last
few to government-owned telegraph systems
eign countries whose superior incredibly
rates won so much commendaton among American advo-
Gates of government ownership we shall await with inn
patience the orders Of the director telegraphs
ering the charges for wire service and improving the
service given. Let's what the rates look like.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
TIE AMERICAN Spirit

p ECHNTLY troop train rolled into French street
~ station this city, and stopped
It was loaded with Negro soldiers. SONS Of whom,
were standing on the car platforms
white man who was standing on the station Mat
form decided TO be pleasant. Addressing dspper-
looking young Negro soldier he said:
You are bound for France. presurne7"
To which the young Negro his face wreatssd with
smiles, replied:
NO, sab; not exacklyl We may stop of IN Pra,es
Tor little WHILE but WE ARE BOUND FOR BEnIrNpr
Gould American war spirit and American optimism
have been expressed better7
1t was fine reply and the fact that IL Just bubhled
out IN response TO chance question made it all the
better and all the more significant
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

The Food Administration has announced Increase Of
five cents per hundred IN the price Of sugar due to in
creased transportation charges We little rusty on
the technique Of bookkeeping viii some expert advise
how this should be entered the ledger-debit Nc
Adoo and credit Hoover or debit Hoover and credit Nc
Adoo or debit them both?
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

Under the caption, "Wheren send Kaiser Bi9" the
Washington Herald prints map giving few island sug-
gestons FOR his future banshment The place where we
intend to send Kaiser Bill has been located by car
tosrapher but is where his crosses and his badges
viii be resolved TO molten tears
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

With Austria bowling Bulgaria bawlng and Turkey
yeppng the central pow-wowers constitute a House
Divided and such decorative edinces said to fall In
this case Democracy will rise ike Phoenix mid the
ruins.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

II the Western pioneers OF 40 were writing slogan
for this war would probably be Berlin Bust" And
that is what up against We shall dictate terms OF
peace in Berlin the peace VIII be Of doubtful value
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
SLACEERs. sLICRERs, VAGRANTs!
TAKE NOTICE
Go 70 War-GO TO Work-or Go 70 Jaili

And that South Carolina city means H. too Usually
we don't go much signs weather otherwise, but in
this Rock Hill sign we place much faith. It's great war
winning sign It's sign that Rock Hill is doing it's best
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

Because an English comedian was drafted the rn,,s
no Lea failed and It's company discharged He had
snir1y-sx chorus girls dependent him Think of II
land then decide what chance OF exemption there "a tor
the Britisher with merely wits TO supportl
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
A COON SIGN.

II OWN in Rock HILL s. c. they have this sign in con-
~ spcuous place where strangers and residents alike
may see 1t early and often:
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

The beasty Hun glows with pride ct having sunk
another hospital ship Next to bayoneting babies he
would rather Kill helpless wounded
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

About the only family in Germany not mourning lost
son is the Hohensolern tribe Of potsdam.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

Money to loan. securities 10 offer and
business partnerships will be well ad-
yertised through the Want Ads.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13

Old Fritz is more frightened than trighttul now.
Evening journal., 1918-08-13
The Huns Are Being Beaten
EAR NORTH RFCORn MADE.

(From the New York SUM-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

one hundred. look at it with soldiers
somewhat direct view. Humanity went help
less and alone in fiery furnace and came
through holding onto Gods hand. We have
ciung closely to that powerful grasp since
ghshman-Certainly the race has
emerged from epoch of intellect to an
epoch OF spirituality which comNrahends
and extends intellect. There have never
been inventions such as those of our era.
And the inventors have been, as it were,
men inspired. Something beyond them
selves has worked through them for the
world A force like that was known only
sporadically before our time
American (loohs into old ditcb)-rt
would be strange to the lads who CHARGED
through horror across this fowerv field to
near our talk and to know that to them and
their deeds we owe the happiness and the
greatness of the world we now live in.
EngRshmdn- short, Homaric epi
sode OF life admitted few CONGRATULATIONS.
fancy. To be ready and strong and brave
there was scant time for more than that
IN those strenuous days. Yet under that
SIMPLE formula lay subconscious sea OF
patriotism and self sacrifice from which
sprang their soldiers force Tho
motive power of life is proved, through
those dead soldiers, to be not hate, as tho
Prusslans taught, but love
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Leading Articles in the Current American, A1a6o,ee

place. About the mantelpiecc, over his
mead, there hangs the only picture in the
room, a portrait of the ill-starrcd Lord
chancellor, Francis Bacon, master of knowl-
edge but slave of himself, rather strange
presence to preside over the fortunes of
England
"The Cabinet room is Mr.. Llovd Gcorcc,s
1aVorlte working room, and here he spcnds
most OF his days. 1t is singularlv con-
Vehlent for Prime Minister'S labors. The
doors on each side open into the rooms
OF his secretaries, who can thus be easi]v
summoned. The big table enables mans
ana documents to be laid out with oaso
Here deputations be received without
inconvenlent crowding. The War Cabinet
can JOIN the Prime Minister at anv mo-
mont, and as they always meet once a dav
and often twice, the Prime Minister can
receive them without constantly shjft;nc
his room" e
Mr.. Spender conducts his reader all
through the house, and on into No II
where the Chancellor of the Excheouer
holds forth. The article contains much
pleasantly presented information and
isn't egregious
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
India
lSin

Asst week The Review called the
attention of it's readers to an
article by Lajpat Raj in "The Nation"
which dealt with home rule for India
This writer found the situation in India
pretty critical, with Germany knock
ing at the doors of Asia" and England
again face to face with the problem of
how to save India for herself" His
conclusion was that the remedy is
simple. "lt lies in Great Britain's grant
ing home rule to India"
In the April issue of asia" there is
an article by Tyler bennett, which asks.
in It's title: what Does India Want?"
The writer begins; F.;
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

impossible, in the short space here allot-
ted, to give even an approximation Of tba
varied substance of this unique contribu~
t1on. But snatch of dialogue from the
last act will give an idea of the drift and
style:
Enghshmnn-No nation at that time
realized how vital was your country's en-
trance into the war. Three months later il
would have been too late Your Young. nm
tlred forces lifted worn-out France and
England and swept all of US to victory. It
was Americas victory at the last. 1t IS orr
America has been our kin.
Amcrican (smiles) Yes. England is
our well beloved elder sister for all time
now, | believe
E"ghshman-The soldiers who died there
gestures to the ditch) and their like did
that also. They tied the nations together
with bond of common gratitude, common
suffering, common glory.
Ame11con-You say we'll that there was
common gratitude. England and France
mad lought our battle for three years at the
time we entered the war. We had nestled
pehlnd the English fleet. Those grim. gray
ships of yours stood between rs and tro
barbarans very literally.
American (7nusmgly) Its odd how long
IL TOOK the -governments-hum be-
1ngs-to find the truth of the very old
phrase that "he who fndeth his life must
lose it,"
E"ghshman-The simple fact of that
phrase before the Great War was not COM
monty grasped. People thought it purely
religious and reserved for saints and
thurch services AS working hypothesis,
lt was not generally known. The everyday
sdeals OF our generation, the friendships
ana brothcrhoods of nations as we know
them-the peace coalition, for example,
would have been thought utopian.
american Utopian? Perhaps our civil
lzation Is better than utopian. The race
mas grown with bound since we all went
through hell together. How far the civil
lzat'on of 1914 stood above that of 1914!
Ihe difference between galley slaves and
ablc-bodied scamen of Your and our navy,
Greater yet than the change in that three
hundred years is tho change in the last
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
"Ihe Citadel of Order Is
Within"

N IHE course of recent address W.
B. Guthrie made the following state
ment with regard to the potency and good
sense of the American Constitution:
Eve feel in the las. analysis that the .sys-
tenn of government committed to US by the
fathers has in it much of sanity and sense.
'rltcs lave attacked it, rebellion tried !"
destroy it, seditons and preiudices still
hawk and tear it and sow the dragon teeth
OF hate against it. Still it remains the hope
OF its friends, widening circle claspins
hahds around the earth of those that know
you can have law without liberty. bat not
liberty without law. Our Constitution still
combines conservatism and progress modef'
"'''''' wlth movement; like tree whos'
leaves rustic IN the slightest breeze. but 'hs
roo's grasp the rocks with clasp storms
cannot loosen. The Good Book says, nc
'""' r"'eth hls own spirit is greater thar nc
'""' 'aAeth IL city | know of no m'i'
herolc self-abnegaton than where in ou'
Nohst'tution sovereign people binds ~
own hands against haste against impuns..
against all the passion and partisansnip - :
INC years. In such a citizenship pewcf IN
s~1es ZOE tho citadel Of order il witnlnT ssS