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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
The Future OF Our Canal.

Some perturbation has teen occaslonod
by a report -,inoff cial however that ( g
Federal governu ent, up,n taking over
tie Chesapeake and / elawaIe Canal.
will improve il only - tic extent of ~
creasing its dNpth to twelve feet rs
present depth, from cnd io end. does not
average more than nine feet, and tfcIe
arc places where the regular line Of Foats
travcising II G canal Oh the route bctN
Philadelphia end Baltimore almost srTaTe
the bottom, 50 slight IS tie depth Of water
beneath tler irlls
TIE main ob cct ci Il taking oHcr oi
lie csnai b. Il { I clclal fovesnn ent VS.
10 male il an imporJsnt G meeting link
in tlc line of intercos stall COMMUNICATION
from New nd 70 lo1ida Mrch q
this line al-cady is il e Isrcntc Tic Care
Cod canal afoicS safe passage % large
vessels on tie way from Pcston 70 >ew
York. without incui1ing tie denae's oi
TIE outside rsSsaee Tie Ielawa, nd
RaIi;sn csnal. across tie tpper paTt q
New Jersey. nav te chan nGcd 20 accor-
modate vessels of large size and ttcn
cones the Ctc-sreflc md Teiawa.e
canal to perm il such ,csscls 70 oYe
from the Delaware river 10 tic Chcsa-
peake bay Tie soutiern intcrccastal
connections already a,e III good share and
rendering good service
II il apparent. therefore, that what tie
Federal governn ent should do in respect
Of the Chesapeake and delaware Canal IS
10 improre it, in depth and width, 80
as TO make it available for large vessels,
capable Of accommodating coastWide
trade in the most eff cient manner. In
the first place, it should make it wider
and deeper-at least twenty feet in depth
Also, il should do away with the an
noying and delaying locks, and make II a
sea-levcl canal along us entire length.
At present. vessels that sail through this
canal must be locked at Delaware City.
at St. Georges. and al Chesapeake City,
the entrance to Chesapeake bay. TheIe
is no reason why it should not be convert
ed into tidewater level waterway from
the Delaware 70 the Chesapeake
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
To HELP STUDENTS.
Cooperative Plan TO Enable MANY AZ
Delaware College to Continue Their
Studies.

On account of the discontluaanee Of
the Student Army Training Corps oi
Delaware College, under the provisions
of which all students receive their cloth
ing. board and $50 a month each, a mum
her OF students viii nd it necessary 70
earn money enough 10 pay at least part
az their expenses il they are 10 reI0aiu IN
college. As the period Of reconstruction
that " Ill follow the war will lemand as
many college trained men the country
can supply. the faculty Of Delaware Col
lego has appointed 4student clip commit
tee for the purpose Of making II possible
for deserving students 20 secure work on
SATURDAY afternoons and At other times
when their college duties do not require
their attention This committee requests
he ro-oleratian 81 all residents Of Newark
and neiraborins towns who are in need
pf n lp4t various times Students Who hav
registered with hr COMMITTEES and asked
f,r uorf> include nen RAc haya had
nrryioI!s experience rs draf,~meu. sales
men. clerks. etc ANYONE dc ,iriug stGdeu,
help Will confer nfavor upon bot the
students aud the college ii they viii COM
municatc IT once with Professor q. Il.
Dutton. Delaware College Newark.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
PRESS COMMENT.
ON TIE &c -RMAN RHINE"

II is something more than coincidence
that on the day when an American
! battalion is hurried by train to Coblonz
TO iorestall local uprisings, British troops
| are needed in Cologne to maintain
order in one of the great historic towns
of the German Fmpire
Upon the conduct of Allied and Amer-
can troops in occupied territory we have
significant comment in the absence Of
any con- plant more serious than TIA
the Belgians for n few days cXacted such
compulsory sahtcs of oiioers as their
compatrots had invountarlly rendered
, for four years. Returning to Berlin
from the region occupied by our own
troops, Berlin Foreign Office agent
reports their conduct blamelcss. 90 he
American columns" he says, pay the
greatest respect to civilian street ti,.'Eic.
No DEGREES have been issued which
could in any way alarm the population.
So the lie is gwen TO all the wild talk
that has been heard on both sides of
the long-fought battle-lines, of Entente
cyccsseS if once troops angcred by the
sight of scnscless destruction came into
German towns. Whatever Ere nch-
men and Belgians may have threatened
they are not the men TO carry out = coldly
! Tcutonic policy OF Frightfulness. What
ever Germans NAV have feared or pre-
tended to fear. British, Canadian and
American men are not transformed INTO
cruel tyrants by treading on German
soil.
Today il seems not impossible that
the armies of occupation may presently
be rs welcome in Berlin and Munich
rs in Cologne and Coblenz. The mil
itary oligarchy that ruled Mitteleuropa
to its ruin set Polshcvism on its feet
in Russia and sustained it with their
arms. confident that they could ride
the whirlwind and direct the stu"m.
Now Germany looks anXiously to the
Moderate parties, whose power under
the old regime was almost nil, to pro-
tect the big centres of population from
anarchy. and soldiers lately arraycd
Us enemies may yet be as welcome as
ministers of peace and order in German
cit as they were IN Nladivostok and
kola. and as they would be LII Pctro-
grad and Moscow.
The Germans on the AIarne and the
Mouse bore with them pilagc and
pitilces destruction. slavery tor the
civil populat and iron rules designed
to break the spirit of an invaded people
The Americans on the German Rhine,
end their comrades in the advance Of
the Allied armies, represent in their
hricf but necessary GRAND order and
humanity New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
INROADS ON OUR FORESTS.

III the course Of time We viii know
ID nitelv what lnroad5 war has made
upon oar elpplv Of standing timber.
Without waiting for the completion If
tedious surveys by government timber
cstimatorS. VIC are satisfied now that the
requirements have been enormous
Crest areas OF spruce and piTe and
walnut nd other woods necessary 70 ~
construction Of ships apd other supplies
have been literally wiped away We had
no time 70 consider the extent to which
our forests we're being diminished VIC
had 10 have the wood and il was felled
hy the greatest army Of aXmen that has
ever been gathered together,
And while 50 may million trees were
crashing % the ground for usc Of the Army
and Navy, individuals n ail parts q the
country vcre ctop,iIc down trees for
fuel Tire shortage oi c"al II the paSt two
wears is- cu- tic I mfe1 states millions
and millions of feet ., fnibcr
In vit1A ot au thl~ $50 cannot begin
too early 80 'hiuk of ret5restragion and
restoration al oug domestic trees. The
great giants d the forest that have gone
INTO VA materials cannot be replaced for
the enjoyment of the present generation,
but they ran be replaced for generations
to come and they would constitute a
worthy legacy knoxville Tribune.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
ROUT OF SPARTACANS.

Red rrorism has not yet succeed j
IN mastering enough strength III Berlin
TO accomplish tn overthrow OF the present
government The effort To effect this
resulted in the killing Of twenty eight,
more or less, persons in riots, but the re-
publican troops guard the city in such
numbers as to give little promise for
success by the Sparticans. The group
50 named is that which corresponds to
the Russian BolShevki.
The tendency is now stronglN toward
the creation of democratic state Chat will
have as It's pattern the form Of government
of this country rather than one III which
socialistic methods will control. Upon
tie final issue of these two forms of popular
government rest the future Of Germany
The one points 20 the est blishment OF
orderly and constitutional government
the other 10 the creation of conditions
Of red radicalisIn, that will prove appalling
and end in a mongrel form Of government
that has no models in regulated national
history
The worst wishers Of Germany would
hardly be cruel enough to wish for II sue
cess for the element that corresponds vii !
those that prevailed in Russia Upon
The order OF Germany rests not little
the lessening Of the responsibilities of the
Allied governments and 0i the United
state Baltimore American.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
The Work Of Our Soldiers in War.

1t is not surprising tift among the
European Allies. following 3ar intci, en-
tion in the great war. ii ere WIS an i'm
preston that tie soldiers of I'll | nited
States would not, at FIRST, lie saluabie
IS elective fghteIs They knew the
conditions lat lad prevailed i'll this
country foi many years. and did not be-
lieve VIC ca, ld quickly send soldiers into
the field Of battle, tiaired 10 Il C Toint
and ready to Go est valiant service.
This feeling wcs only natuIal. On
more than half a century or co, ntfy
had been ut peace, with tie e,cCIticn OF
our very foolish tIcGk with spain. two
decades ago Wien We entered upon tie
war in Europe we were c;llod rrcn to
raise n army end send il broad Ills we
did with marvelo, f:oi!i'y Ard wien
our men arrived on Il e oti or size Of q {
ocean. they ve:e cor<ifLCd TO tam g
camys, under tt natural Tss' ption
that they would have TO Undclfo lot OF
training before they could stgnd side by
side with the veteran soldiers of France
and Great Britain.
But. sooner than was anticipated, the
test came. AZ fist IL WIS l;y call upon
our gallant marines, :nd at Chateau
Thcrry and in Pcileau " cod Il eS 81 owed
the trimmed and experienced soldiers oi
Germany what fighting meant. These
marines checked tie German dive en-
Paris that before their advent had threat
ened 10 be successful 80 cf I'VE was
their fighting capacity that tic ffned
Prussian Guard was sent into action
against them. and tkev beat back II rs
flower of the German army and forced 1t
into retreat The marines of tie lnited
States Navy saved Paris from invasion
by their work.
And on all he other battle f'Cnts where
PeIshing's men were engaged in tattle
they fairly crencd the eyes Of their soldier
contemporaries Of the allied forces ~
their ability. They showed that tfcy TN
dcrstood the work Of war - tLorol Ghly
as the best trained soldiers Of Europe.
And from the day they started 70 f'eht
until the end OF the war, tl,y never know
defeat
All this is 10 the honor Of our country.
and to the lasting credit Of our gallant
soldiers
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
IDEALS AND PRACTICAL REALITIES.

Fine words butter no parsnips, n
peace councils Or elsewhere We may as
we'll accusto ourselves to the prospect
If the Eatente Allies seeking 70 retain
as mlcn J.. material advantage as they
NAV secure from the settlement 10 be
arrived at ahcn the great conclave gathers
al Versailles. And this docs not ncces-
sarily imply that either Of them IS ready
10 abandon any Of the high id e4is en-
bodied in the Il points laid down by
our President When il comes to giving
those abstra tions vitality and transmit
ing them into active principles, difference
Of opinion may be expected. Equally We
NAV look forward to seeing the Allies
standing together until the treaty is
formulated. Just as they stood for four
years against Germany Notice aIready
mas been served Of rcustance on part OF
Great Britain to sacrifice any national
interest which may properly be conserved
without menaclng the peace Of the world,
and II may be accepted that France,
Italy Portugal and Belgium arc in like
mind @t)mah BE
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest
WHAT HE LEARNED.

II learned this over there. said soldier
lad To me,
THAT the general and the private orc as
like AS they can be-
And though one is giving orders and the
other one obeys,
There'd be no such thing as freedom If
they pulled in separate ways.
The thing that counts in battle is CEN
tralized control
With everybody in it set 10 reach com
mon goal.
"The general wasn't fighting Just tc
cause he loved to fight:
He'd the everlasting notion that his
country's cause was night.
The Flag that waved above us meant as
much to him rs me.
And the thing that he was ter WASH +
fame, but victory.
And | came TO understand il, that be-
meath the shoulder straps
And the markings on the tunic, VIC were
ordinary chaps,
"He was thinking of his children in the
way | thought oi mine,
He was wondering where men went to
when death took them from the
Oh, | don't know how 10 tell it, but down
underneath the skin
We werc all alike i'll Flanders, with
common goal to win.
And we just forgot our notions and our
separate ranks and creeds
And worked and pulled together, and
that ; all nation needs.
II learned this over there said a soldier
lad to me.
''That the general and The private are as
like as they can be,
And when people come to know t-when
they learn that every man
Wants 10 win his way 70 Heaven and TO do
the hest he can
They'll Just work and pull together for
the glory of the soul.
And be one united army marching toward
common goal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
THE EVENING SMILE
TlNE-SAyING DEVICE.

Two war workers were discussing
slackers
bothered with time-wasting callers,
are you? Whv don't you trf my plan,
said the FIRST
aWhat is vorr plan9' said the seeond
'tNhv. when the bell rings ] pHt or
my ila. and Stoves before OPEN the
door II il proves to ie someo7e don't
aant q SO | sa,:: 80 sorry. bit tn
Just going CIT
.Pu, suppose lis someone yoa y NJ
20 See" asked lie second
"Oh. then ! say. 'Sc fortunate,
I've list come IN sail The frst =
los angelo Times.
Mr. Jiggcrs, did yoa ever belong q
= minstrel show No, Willie, VIII. fio
YOU ask rrc that recause pa lays
you're always rafting obi homes -
baltimore American.
Trc T&rcctant Far II ooks like re
we're gong l., lave a !cagu,. If nations
Didn't tel! >,tI ,yc'd have souc vonslev-
ful h;.:etau not summer - Washing
ton Sfar.
Fso,oligtt TT see arataer set At .t.e
stock FScfance has feea sold fer 50,
600 " Miss sue Prc.tc Wouldn't i g
awful If tic man who pad tor i. found
il Nas right behiai = ms. y onkers
Statesman.
Mrs Flank John, Spoke u pm
ii olt t..sing you into he b"siness, u
he says you htve too many vague i'd
John HURRY That's clever Il m.
My first wife father used % sly ! fai
no idc.s 1t all - Hoston Transcript.
Charley, dear, said young Mrs.
Torhn-. when you play the races do
you dcpend On tips or Gse Your Own
judgement why Go you ask L
was hoping you depend on 'ips Id
hate 10 think your Judgment about
n%thine could be - bad W ash
ngt0n Star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
BOMB PLANT IDLE.
Marlin Rockwell 60. Awaiting Aduees
From the Government.

The construction division OF the EoE
erlment having cancelled war contrse
with the Marlin Rockwell Cons tructlui
Co. which was building a huge plant f..
aerial bombs at a place midway oetwee.
Port Penn and Delaware City, and occl
pving some 1900 acres, work has beer
halted \ railroad. approximately eign
miles IN length, extending from Nj
Pleasant. on the Delaware railroad.
the plant. has been practically completed
The cancellation OF the contract leave
the construction company rather up IN ia,
air. Steps have been taken 70 stop th'
work and many worlsmcn have been let g.
The company cannot plan further, how
ever, until It hears from the government
Much material IS on the ground, i
addition 70 what has been used IN q
construction work. which is IN 9 partial
finished state The future ot this
problenatical
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

II r1-. r.tnning: relieves sich heads
,hin,~-. grtvtishO,SS. sore throat. sue.
ing. sur>R..Ss and siifns~s
'Pap,'s Cold Compound" Is the q,n,
e,t snrcst rehes known and costs only
few cents AZ drug store, Il acts W.
,,ut assistance tastes nice, and causes
Inconvenience Don't accept suhstitG,
Insist ou Pap''s nothing Use.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
Don / tal suacd-up

Iuu Blowing and ,nuiHrg do.n
st ,lapr eId un'puuud yaAcn cvct>
two hour until three doses are taken
uill tnd grippe misery and hreak up
severe cold either ia the head chest
body u Limits
4 promptly apsas clnGgciup aaatri.s
sal ait p1-~31c>. stops ua-tN al a1t@u
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Moose Band
Camp ,, 2 o \
Christian Scientists.
Cigarmakers tuion.
Cyrus Temple, L. G. L.
Hope Lodaa, / o. o. L.
Sheridan Post, O. \ Il.
America Lodge, = of II.
Franklin Circle, T. OF ID.
Welcome Lodge, o. s. i.
Knights OF St Lawrence.
Delaware Lodge, ID. q. II.
Temple Lodge, A. +. l. NJ.
Star OF Bethlehem, |. q. l..
Delaware Council, G b l..
Temple Council, l.. O. K. {.
T ~ p I.ols. A + & = VI.
Columbia Lodge, A. q. l. w
Wilmington Council, {. B. l..
Usage Tribe, Imp'd o. Il. NJ
Delaware Council. o [. 4. NJ.
. NJ y ette Lodge. No. ,, h. of Z.
German Bene, cial Society, No T.
Welcome Council. Jr o. L \ VI
Harmony Couacil, No. 1, [. L. A.
Mattahoon Tribe, Imp d Q. K NJ.
Washington Camp, No. 4, T. q. 5 \.
Evening Star Lodge. No ;, .. 5. of Il.
VIM. Mckinley Com. q. L. IL NJ \
Local 626, Carpenters aud joiners thu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

1t is said the colonel and there is
only one colonel, T y will 20 abroad 70
attend tie Te. &c torfeIence Eut,
fortunately, lie will not g ~ iccToGitcd
delegate, and il is not pIotaile tie or
ference will pay any attention 10 lis
rafid Iowlirfs fIom tie outside
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

some pelaops look f,r iedrclion of
pIices and III ircIe; e of w;fos d enc
81 tie results d tie future. Wages may
increaac although this il h,'d5 prcb-
able but il il tc5oud lunan ecnprc-
hcIlsion that pIic,s slould lo ary iel cr
than they nov are.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

Tie Detroit Free Press makes the
pertinent S, geesticn tfat anyone WHO
wants to lire fJst-cl;ss Jack-ot-All-
Trades should get into toveh with Sec;e-
tary McAdoo Immediately. True enough,
he is Il most valuable man. And whie
he may be called a Jack-of-All-TIadcs.
it cannot he truly sa d lie SIS master Of
none
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

Tie Republican party Managers spent
rcore thsn three hundicd tlors, nd dol-
lars in tie Noverni er election camp; ign
il Pcnnsylvania 4 sad waste Of neney
Pennsylvania is such a hopelessly Re
publican State hat tic g. o. +. could
carry it without spending a dollar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
charge Against Rsg, Withdraw.

The ease against Morris r. HaG
Ciaymout. rharGed with SssSu't, wss q
posed ot Yesterday hy The Withdrawal .
The complaint BY his wife MsglStrs
ellis consented 70 this on the man
promise to refrain from liquor for .7aa
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
KENNARD S co.
Timely Hints for Christmas

Never have shown such excellent assortment
of merchandise for gifts ths As usual,
particular attention sensible things that
both quality and style.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

Let Christina. shopping be tbe order
Of the dal Make Il i week Q busy
Chiistnas i opping wock The stores are
ready, do not LET your negligence inter
elc Wish a. istuss ltsinas
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

Hats off to the Navy Of the United
,tntcs. il did great nolk il lie war,
pud Secretary E,lie'- ID iiH oil cisl
report pays luc liLGtc % our Jackles
foI what they did
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
RIPPING RHYMES.
by Walt Mason.
THE. REFUGEE.

10 a II Dated pgnse III t ollaud
Sncaked u ling, 10 suNc Is I cit, lie
wae feeling pretty small and look
ing smaller than he felt fieie
MAS no display Of bunting, neither
circumstance or =! ldc wien lis II s.
;esty was hunting FOR 81 ltole IN wiial
10 hide 1t Welc mean 10 .aeI ild
chortle Nlcn aWo1thy man cot down
l,c he king or con noh n.oltal Near
Le derby lld OF eIoN Il; bt.t Here Ms
10 kindl, feeling for Ills monal eh
on the blink wEo. latil fe Tit lie cell
In wts Il q world neat lated gink
sad lie Iut lecn cfaA en-leaited,
Lad h. scIapred. With sNoid mt
lance, IN he thiee-.lug war le stait-
ed leaking rich bite hlood in France
had he sent his sons, like otkc's,
where Il e carnage sed tn pow, fight
lng like TIC le, SAM S bs0ti els. with
their faces to tie foe. tten We might
have felt I'm thinking. pity, il enc
small degree, when We saw the uiit-
cast sinking hunting for a hollow
tree hut tie outcasi + name Is
craven on the siackeFs bastard roll,
and the treIho;s Of a crasen shook
TIE loud toInbastie soul; so no brlny
tears were leaking from tic eyes of
honest men, when they saw the kais-
or sneaking from palace to den
H Ittttttft45ttTtttitiftf sttttt4t 4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11

Lost something lry q CLASSIFIED adyer-
iscncnt 10 iycry I-yrning Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
Reliable Furs


Furs, of all things, should be bought ON
chance" We guarantee every piece of fur sell
be represented
In Coats show Persian Lamb, Hudson Seal,
Nutra, Russian Pony.
In Neckpieces and Scarfs have received . most
wonderful assortment today in black lynx, black for
black wolf. AS black furs very much n demand
these arrivals have particular Oth.r
kinds n equally good assortment.
Linens and Beddines
of these lines possess unusual interest this
time of their suitability for gifts.
Everything in both lines that is considered d.sir-
able be found here and values Of the best A
at this time will prove advantageous.
Other Suggestions
Equally as desirable and we'll selected as the
foregoing the following;
Kid Gloves
handkerchief.
Leather Novelties.
621-623 Market St.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
Millions Use
1t For Colds

Because Papcs Cold Compound relieves cold or grippe
.ai so> HI \ feN hours Rcall> uonderiui
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
MlM on p94o III

President Wilson has nade uo announce
mcnt is to the disposal he will make ol the
prize. Theodore Roosevelt, who Nas
granted the award in 1905, Tor results
achieved during his presidency, declared
that as his work was done Tan official
ealkaity as reprcscntlng the vii of the
United states he did moi uish to keep
the money Tor himself. cpeu tholich he had
siutc hecoinc private citizen lie there
fore aavc il as tol,Ieus to tound 1 per
manent industrial peace committee "t
Washington With hc idea that other 10
| nations would follow Rut eight YEAR
later. the committee grew weary Of hold
ing the $4,000, which had attracted no
further gifts and respes sttuly returned il
to Mr. Roosevelt who stated that IL
would Use ii III some Ole phllWtAraui,
cause.