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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Treasury Comptroller Williams Asks for
Fair Treatment In These Strenuous
Times.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 5.--Ihe
annual report of John SHELTON Williams,
Comptroller of the Treasury deyotes
consideral le space to the financial straits
of pu1lic utilities including electric rail-
ways, gas and electric lighting companies.
The report calls attention to the treineho,,
ously increased demands Tor service ana
efficiency which are being borne by tnese
utilities in order to further the war act'vi-
ties and the vital importance OF their very
best services during these tunes. most
III prcssivc sentence dealing WIN the
financial condition of these utilities is that
due to heavy increased costs ot labor
and materal ''now they are threat
ened with ruin" and ''if they are allowed
to sink into inelhciency, much of the most
important war work OF the government
will be crippled or paTalyzed.
increases in various materials are
shown to run from 100 per cent to 4oo
per cent. it is stated banks and citizens
suffering severe losses from investment IN
these legitimate and once promising enter
prises will be discouraged from lending
money to the government or deprived oil
the means to lend.
Mr.. Williams continues: The trst
and most direct relief to the pubic
utilities corporations can be gwen by
the State Public Utility Commissions and
municipal and local authorities. 1t IS
essential that forehoarance and consldera-
ton be exercised by the State commis-
sions and municipal authorities and that
the corporations also be permitted to
make such addition To their charges ior
services as will keep in them the breadth OF
soIvency. protect their owners against
unjust loss, and give them basis OF credit
on which they may obtain the funds with
which TO meet the strain put on them ny
the governments needs. The trea KING
down OF these corporations would be
national calamity"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
AMERICAN AVIATOR
KILLS FOE IN DUEL

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. S. - The
shooting down of a crack German avi-
ator in thrilling duel far above the
clouds by Francis Peabody Magoun,
Jr., Harvard graduate, now second
lieutenant in the ROYAL FLYING CorTs,
is described in brief letter from him
which his parents in this city have made
public. Msgoun, who was graduated
from Harvard in 1918, has been with the
British forces for some time, but has
been on active duty over the fighting lines
somewhere in france only two months.
He was FIXING scout plane, Deccm-
her q, more than 10000 feet above the
lines, he wrote, when he encountered
a German fiicr. Ii was the Young Ameri-
cans first combat, but jockevinp for
position he suddenly outmanuuvred his
opponent and let 20 with his machine
gun
The duelists were so near each other
that Magoun said he could see clearly
every feature Of his opponent, and
could see him crumple up a bullet
struck him squartlv in the forehead.
Ii developed later, Magoun wrote, that
the German was one of the most noted
of his corps, with a. record of down
ing sixteen allied planes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
KINGDOM GOULD PROMOTED.
Made Battalion Sergeant Major by Gen.
SCOTS Order.

Camp Dix. Wrightstown y J.,
Feb. Sergeant Kingdom Gould, who
declined to take an appointment to the
officers training school short time ago,
has been advanced TO the grade Of battal
on sergeant-maior one u the best non
commissioned places in the army. The
appointment was made by direction Of
Major-Gen Hugh L. Scott
Sergeant-Najor Gould has been attack
ed 10 the division intelligence staff where
his knowledge OF a number Of languages
gave him unusual value IN an outfit thai
has some units which might have been
drafted from the we'll known Tower of
Babel
The British tank Britannia reached
camp today for instruction use It is
n be driven through house and given
. bath Of bullets for the upbringinp
= n student officers in trsining here.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

Nowadays We get this famous mixture
improved by the addition Of other ingredi-
ents by asking at any drug store for q
bottle Of "Wyeths Sage and Sulphur
Compound, which darkens the hair so
naturally, 50 evenly, that nobody can pos
s'blv tel il has been applied : You list
.dampen q sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time BY morning
the gray hair dis ppears: Tut what de-
lights the ladies' with Wyeth Sage and
sulphur Cobpound Is that, es des eauti-
fully darkening the hair after a few appli-
cations, it also brings back the gloss and
iustre, and gives II an appearance Of
abundance
Wyetb's Sage and Sulphur Compound
Is a delightful toilet requisite TO impart
color and q youthful appearance to the
hair. II is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention Of disease
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

are interested in saw
INGS, we invite ex-
animation of both our
price-tags and our fur
niture. Both will
stand it.
That there Is one
piece of furniture on
these floors that can
actually be bought for
less anywhere else we
do not believe.
The saving offered
may be only 10 per
cent: more likely it
will be 25 to 1914 per
cent. but whatever may
be its size there is no
doubt about its actual
ity.
II ERE'S some Of the
IL proof of the pud-
ding. We've said before
that this Sale is univer-
sally strong in fine bed
room suits.
The following are
examples of such suits,
reduced from one
fourth TO One-half the
regular prices:
A four-piece suit in Circas-
sian walnut Of the Empire per-
iod, mounted with delicate
touches of brass ormulu. Twin
beds, bureau. chiFonier. The
February figure on the tags is
S225-just half of the regular
price.
A 6-piece suit, American wal
nut trimmed with gold, shows
Adam influence. Full-sized
bed, bureau. chifTonier. triple
mirror dressing table. s232.
A f0-piece English mahogany
suit of the Windsor type of the
Colonial period. Twin beds,
bureau. chiffonier, dressing
table. desk, chair, rocker, bench.
Very exceptional value at 1925.
a very beautiful S-piece shad-
ed ivory enamel suit, with the
classic Adam motif. exceptional
value at $500. Its original
price was twice again as much.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
AMERICAN Av|ATORS
DOWN ENEMY FL|ERS
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., Scores
Two Victories; David +.
Putnam One.
PARIS. Fen. s.

PARIS, FEB. ..
Taking advantage of the fine weather,
members of the Lafayette Escadrlle
continued their brilliant exploits over the
French front during the last few davs,
bringing down three German machines
and losing none themselves.
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., son of the
American turfman, whose home is in
Long Island. downcd two enemy airmen
within a short time Of each other, his
first victories in the air David +. Put
nam Of Brookline, Mass, brought down
his third machine.
Details of these combats in the air
have not been received in Paris. Both
Hitchcock and Putnam have been on
the battle front less than thrc months
and have not yet been transferred to
the American army.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
Druggist Says Ladies Are Using
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Har that loses its color and Illstre or
when IT {: =, turns gray dull and lifeless,
e caused by lack OF sulphur in the hair
Dur grandmother made up q mixture of
Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep her locks
dark and beautiful, and thousands OF
women and men who value that even
color, that beautiful dark shade Of hair
which is 80 attractive, use only this old-time
-rclDe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

good-looking than ours.
"Pen and paper re-
fuses n y. t h n, If
there's .rong hand
behinl " guide EN-"
said the Irishman when
asked if he regarded a
certain document as
genuine.
But if you are buy
ing FURNITURE and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

ately carved. One of
the m IS t handsome
suits ever exhibited on
our floors.
IF you're a judge Of
L prices and Of furni-
ture, you are not like
ly TO make a mistake,
buying here or else
where, when you ex-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

ty, and the quality of
the furniture is a GER
tainty.
The guam tity is
something the custom
ers rarely realize till
they see it. Then they
grasp, and hit on the
actual fact in a single
comment:
"Why, you h a We
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

To the eager eye Of
the connoiSseur this
suit at the price of
1913 tells the Savings"
story more emphati-
cally than words could
relate it: A 13- piece
French gray enameled
suit of the Louis XVI
period. Very elabor-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

more than anybody
else on earth, haven't
you'll"
~ HIS Sale which
l. comm e nee S its
third day this.morning
is going at a pace to fit
our highest expecta-
tions.
Asked how high we
pitched these expecta-
tions, we could answer
in crisp figures some
what like this:
A million dollars
worth of furniture
placed in the Sale.
Six acres of floor
space wholly give e n
over to it.
Fifteen thousand sam
pies kept continuously
on the floor, replaced as
fast as sold. with dupli-
Gates while duplicates
last.
Prices reduced from
10 per cent TO as low as
hale the original price.
Which brings us to an
interesting su b j e c c:
price tags.
We use price tags
thousands of them. Far
it from us TO under
alue t h e ir proper
sphere of usefulness,
which Win us, in this
February Sale of Furni-
ture, is TO show the
ft mer. price and the
present one-an honest
story both ways. The
pre-February price hav-
ing been as low as it was
possible to place it, the
February reduction fig
ure means something
tangible and depend
able. Something to tie
to.
But the tags not the
whole thing.
What you spend your
good money for, at a
Furniture Sale is good
furniture, isn't it?
Why buy price-tags?
If you're especially
keen on getting lower
quality furniture, go
shopping around wher-
ever furniture's sold,
believe the price-tags,
and don't look too close
ly at the goods.
If your test of value
is the fiat price, cling to
t h e price tags. BY
patient seeking you may
find tags that are more
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
GERMANY'S HUGE ARMY.
Has Mass Of From 2 200 .0G0 to 1850 .0GO
Men i'm France.

With the French armies in the field,
Feb. The Gcrmansto date have cone n
trated $50 and 100 divisions Z. 700, 000 10
2.S50,00 mem on the western front in
preparation for the expected spring
Offensive
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
GOLNG-G -GOLNG-BUT NOT GONE!
The February Furniture Sale Goes Merrily
But Lots of Fine Pickings and Savings Remain
AT WANAMAKER'
~Thrss - make rsedy, and feus
for the got"

"Thrss r. r,ah. rssdy. and 'es'
FOR the goF
r T did not take four
seconds to open our
February Furni-
ture Sale last Friday,
although it took three
months or more to make
ready.
When our people
came, early in t h e
morning, to sell the
furniture, they found
people waiting to buy
the furniture. Bright
and early these, too, had
risen, and they were
standing inside t h e
warm enclosure of the
big storm doors, await
ing the removal of the
signs:
"Store Opens at s.3O."
And by the time
the Store closed at 5
there had been thou
sands of visitors, thou
sands Of purchases,
and hundreds of solid,
substantial d o lars
lsaved to solid, substan-
tial citizens on solid,
substantial pieces of
furniture. With solid,
substantial satisfaction
on both sides.
A LII due to solid,
"A substantial prep
aration for w h a t
some folks insist on
calling our furniture
SHOW" because it is
such a beautiful. taste
fully arranged display
of fine examples of
classic furniture.
"Three to m a k G
ready" for this Sale sig
nifies three months, or
more nearly t w c e
three.
There doubtless are
in fact, we know
there are : furniture
sales whose goods are
scratched up from
the market as hastily
as a hen scratches up a
grain from the grourS 4
to feed the ever-op
b2ak of her offspring.
And, of course, in
such a case there's no
collection of 5,G00 diff
ferent beautiful pieces
to offer the public as
there is here. With
lots more where these
came from-our snug
ly-filled warehouses.
The American pub
lie is not quite SO
voracious or undiS-
eliminating as a fam
lily of pin-f e a t h e +
chickens. From the
thousands who have
writnn to ask us TO
mail a copy of our
booklet, "The Febru-
airy Furniture Sale, /"
and the thousands who
came, saw and pur-
chased on last Friday
d Saturday, W e
know that it is hungry
for furniture
But hungry only for
good furniture.
That's why the thou
sands come here. A
Wanamaker Furniture
Sale is no speculation.
1t is q certainty. Its
savings are a certain
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
MEATLESS TUESDAY

IS one of the good days to attend the Fe6FHaT3 FuTai
ture Sale and hare delicious fish dinner in the
Grand Crystal Tea Room.
Otter good days are Wednesday, Thursday. Fri-
day and Saturday. Tuesdays best because it's today,
and SO G0rn the line.
Any days better than day, but the fYSt day
that g0a is to be the BEST
EueH Tomorrow comes, Wednesday
GII0a, does.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE

unusually
cr0on Stur,ber"
In
pnya audg
Colonial the spindle
Uhich bespe1k the ChppendnL
patern
But ehandmu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

ice with u II d mia Bile
beauty.
Make no mistake
about it. Only a sale
that best serves al the
people who want the
good kinds of furniture
could have become The
largest retail merchan-
disc event in the world
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

The intake canals of the Niagara power
plants are kept free from ice by the move
ments of an electric moter-boat
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
BURNING PLANE KILLS
U. s. CADET FLIER IN TEXAS

Houston, Texas, Feb. 5.Wales b.
Bradley, .Jr., of Mount Vernon, n y,
flying cadet, at Ellington Field, was
burned to death when his plane fell 30
feet Yesterday, the gasolcne tank ex-
ploding
Bradley. who was % years old, with
his twin brother, Lyman C. Bradley,
joined the United States FLYING Corps
last Christmas Wales was sent to
Houston. His brother is at the San An
tonic aviation camp.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05

anime both tag and
goods. Let yourself Be-
carried away by q
fasty first glancs,
however, and you may
see what isn't there,
like the captain who
was training his awk-
ward squad.
He had just issued
the order; Raise right
leg TO horizontal"
One flurrte a
rookie" h o " yer,
made the mistake Of
stretching out his left
leg, which brought IL
into immediate juxta-
position with his
neighbor's right leg.
The startled captain
gave one look, then ex-
claimed:
"A n d who's the
blooming galoot that's
raising both legs7"
NUR Furniture Sale
attempts no sucn
feats of levitation. It
attracts attention-ano
attendance - from he
four corners OF our own
city, our own state, our
own country, it has be-
come not only a great
sale, but something Of
a national institution,
through the fact that it
has always served best
the people who wanted
good furniture at al
prices, from the most
inexpensive but worthy
kinds TO the finest sorts
that carried actual sGv-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not Square
With The Views of The Forum.

The Duluth Herald: The Outlook is worrying
because President Wilson scrupulously refrains
from referring to the allies as our ''alles" and
uses the term associates" instead. 1t would like
apparently, to create the impression that there
is something sinister behind this practice. 1t
says:
why is it that the same phrase, or an equi-
in all of the recent official semi official utter
ances by Secretary Lansing? Why is it that for
some time in the utterances of President Wilson
the term associates" has been frequently used
where the term "allies" might be expected? If
any explanation has been made OF this singular
way of speaking OF the relations of the United
States to France Great Britain and the other
forces in fighting and defeating the Huns, it has
failed to attract our attention"
That, surely, is straining language and COM
mon sense Unfortunately to make point against
the administration. The political enemies OF the
administration must be hard UP indeed for
arguments when they can do no better than that
Popularity and informally speaking, America
and4the allies are allies Technically, they are
nothing Of the kind IL The Outlook had really
wanted to know why the President never speaks
of these nations as our allies, it had only to con-
suit the dictionary, Webster says that an ally
is zone united to another by treaty or league"
In that sense America has no allies. The mem
bers of the Entente Cordiale-Great Britain
France and Russia--are allies, because they were
united by a treaty in league against another
group OF real allies, the triple alliance
Both ways, 1t is purely technical. Tt is techni-
cal, perhaps to call us associates" rather than
allies; but it is entirely and scrupulously cor
rect And it is highly technical, and done SOLE
" for the purpose of creating disgension, to crti-
cize the President for being correct even though
his cargectnasa rs rather technical
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
THE BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Despite the prestige of the Northcliffe news
papers in England. they do not seem to be trust
ed, and they have never won general election.
The elections being held today in England will
disclose whether they have won any greater
measure Of confidence among the voters OF
Great Britain. Forecasts OF the outcome would
indicate that they have not, for it is generally
predicted that Mr.. Lloyd George will be returned
by very comfortable majority. -.
For three years of war the Northcliffe news
papers have supported the government. Last
week they suddenly veered to a much more rad
ical policy of reconstruction than that advocated
by Mr.. George Mr. George has been accused
of trying to please all parties in Great Britain,
by promising all things to all men. He promises
home rule land reform, the retention of the
German colonies, the presentation Of British sea
power the punishment of the kaiser and many
measures designed to conciliate the progressives
and the radicals.
The Northcffe papers have ever sought to
anticipate popular opinion and ride with the tide
Now they are stalking all a great growth Of
radical sentiment with the return Of the British
soldiers, The services of the British premier
and his wonderful war record are forgotten, but
it is doubtful if the effort OF the best known
of British publicists to toss the pilot overheard
during the critical period of reconstruction, will
have any effect but to strengthen the cause Of
the sturdy little Welshman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14

The demand came from the residents of North
sleswig themselves and it was based on the
treaty Of Prague, which gave them the right Of
self determination. No vote was ever taken
to determine whether the province should re-
main Danish or German.
Parts of the province are more German than
Danish, and the return of the entire territory
would prove embarrassing to Denmarck. She
would be acquiring a perpetual source Of trouble
with her powerful neighbor, and her right to the
province would have to be perpetuaIly defended
On the other hand, the Danish parts Of Sleswig
should be returned to Dcnmarck not at Dem
marks request, but at their own. This is but
of the minor problems to come before the
peace conference, but it is a. fair sample Of the
delicate racial difficulties that will have to be
adjusted,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
PSYCHOLOGY AND BUSINESS.

q BY carefully studying the writings and say
8ings of professors of political economy, socolo-
gists, labor leaders, politicians. diplomats, edl-
tors, and pampheteers may draw the follow
ling conclusions regarding latter the war" con-
@ditions
There will be an immediate drop in prices
There will be drop in prices for years to
come.
Wages will fall. ..
q Wages won't fall.
There win be great scarcity of labor.
The labor market will be glutted.
There will be period of business stagna-
ton.
There win be several years of feverish bust
ness activity.
Probably business conditions viii be about
what the business men of America make them
They are largely a question Of mass psychology
sat any time, and psychology will be higher
factor than ever in the present highly emotional
conditions OF American life. But nobody has
vet succeeded in selling America short" for
longer period than a few months and avoiding
Bankruptcy. 1t wasn't very long ago that the
rabbit hearted ones among our business men
were hunting cover because we were getting
into war. They didn't recognize the knock Of
Opportunity Probably these same rabbit
hearted ones viii hunt cover that the same
war is over, End Opportunity viii pass on
again. They may awaken to find that America
has cult being a. country store-k keeper and has
become a world merchant
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
DR.. S. ]. HILL Is
RENDERED HONOR
Veteran Secretary OF Shi-
lob Lodge Made Secre
ta1y Emeritus


DR.. S. j. Hill, veteran secretary OF
Shiloh lodge No. /, A. #. e A. NJ,
Fargo, was made secretary emeritus
with fun honors and perquisites for
z life in recognition of his long SER
vices at the annual meeting and cleo
ton of officers held in the Masonic
temple last evening. w. III. King was
elected secretary.
Other officers were elected and in
stalled by Past Grand Masters Alex
ander B. Taylor and Walter l..
Stockwell. as follows: George A.
Johnson, worshipful master; Walter
II. Jennings, senior warden; Virgil
]. McClaughan, junior warden; /. p.
Clapp, treasurer; III. L. Wilson, sem
Tor deacon; c. NJ Pollock, punior
steward, and o. P. Champlin, tiler.
Robert E. Hatcher, the retiring
worshipful master, was presented
with beautiful jewel by the lodge,
and was also given most attractive
ring by the class receiving the de-
grees during the past year; the adj
dress being made by Charles M. Pol
lock.
Shiloh lodge sent Christmas
letter to all members in the service,
the number being more than 100 of
q membership of 900.
The Masonic historian for war pur-
poses is Frank d. Hall.
The lodge is in a very furnishing
condition. and paid for $3.50 more of
Liberty bonds the past year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-14
he WAR CHEST AND THE PEACE CHEST.


A Minneapolis has just successfully completed
"a $3000G00 War Chest drive that had many
novel features.
49, The Mill City pooled all its efforts and all of
Its funds and made campaign to raise
money for the several welfare agencies and
for some forty odd local institutions doing So
sEcfa1 service and charitable work
81 The Minneapolis experiment will bear watch
ding Theoretically it has much to commend it.
Its benefits self evident and include the
Concentration of effort and the doing away
with the annoyance Of repeated campaigns. its
ssdrawbacks are less evident but less real and
einclude difficulties that might arise the di-
vision Of funds, and the loss of the direct per-
gonaI appeal Of individual charities.
IS But at least other cities may benefit from
the Minneapolis experiment. Americans have
with the habit once formed there should be
little difficulty in supporting local charities and
public institutions when the demands
ssslacI1en. If budget be made for all
such institutions 1t will be possible to add
greatly to their efficiency and to place them
S4on something resembling a business basis.
There is no valid reason why such institution
Jas the Glad Tidings Mission or the Public Wei
fare should be forced into position of perpet-
sluaI poverty, living from hand to mouth and
with its officers constantly worrying about the
next months rent or the next weeks payroll
If the Minneapolis War Chest plan works, a
Fargo Peace Chest plan might be equally sue
cessful.