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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-03
WILSON TELLS CONGRESS
PARIS TRIP HIS DUTY;
WILL STILL BE- PRESIDENT
Explains In Annual Address That He Will Keep in Constant
Touch With Nation By Wire and Radio Service; Says
Congress will Be Informed As To What He Is Doing At
Peace Table; Seized Cable Lines on Advice Of Experts
Observation-Disclosures
HIGH LIGHTS IN ADDRESS
OF PRESIDENT WILSON


/ Trim 10 peaee conference regard
I cd as paramount duty although he
! has no private thought or purpose
! In making the Journey.
| A formal declaration Of peace by
I. treaty, by spring Is hoped for.
!. His readjustnent program as
| announced follows:
Passage of woman's suffrage.
Use of fexisting government agen-
| eics 10 effect reconstruction.
Immediate resumption Of des el-
opment of public works to provide
employment for returning soldiers.
Ratification Of the Colombian
treaty To improve Pan American
relations.
Immediate determination of tax
I rs for 1918. 1919 and I92n and lift
irg rs much Of tax burden from
business rs government needs will
permit.
Priority Of distribution of smeri-
ran raw materials IN war stricken
nations.
Complete contamination of the
three year naval program,
Leaves determination of railroad
future 10 Congress, bnt recon-
meuds against return to pre-war
conditions of railroad control until
modified.
Urges railroad control question
be studied Nv Congress imnedi t.
~ 10 quickly remove doubt of their
future.
Reclamation of arid. swamp and
cut over land.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-03

ChaTnol5 cloth, O'irell3.
br0adtloth, >llvertone. plush
and mixture fashion thee
excellent oats
Economy Dept, ri Floor
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24

using IL In the trenchesf Every sol
with him one or more burlnp bags.
During the day, as the entertainments
are worn down by continuous shell
fire, these bags are filled with earth
or sand and then at nightfall are
thrown up to repair the parapet.
Here II Is not question of convent
ence-lt Is a question OF necessity.
The boys in the trenches must have
first call on the burlap supplies.
The larger Bugs even have certain
advantages. When emptied they may
be used to carry crops from the field
20 the bin or crib: 200-pound bag
holds two bushels of potatoes. very
few men ever carry two sacks Of pos
tatoes In a single trip, even though
each sack contains but one busheI.
On the other hand most men can cas-
lily carry two bushels when they are
In the same bag. and hence do this
part of their work more rapidly. So
Ii happens that the large bag becomes
q very real labor saver. and this at q
time when all farmers must cut cor
ners to make most productive a labor
supply all too short.
There are other advantages for the
larger bag. II is much more useful
as wrapping material than are the
smaller sizes. IL can be cut un for
packing purposes, and used in other
ways. Once farmer becomes accus-
toned to this size he never returns TO
the smaller sizes. Whole states In the
south have for years used nothing but
the 200-pound size. LIZ"
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
Be Sure of Your Ground.

Do not talk but Of what you know !;
do not think but Of what you have
materials to think justly upon; and
do not look for things only that you
like, when there are others to be
seen-this Is the lesson to be taught
to our youth, and inbred I'm them; and
that mainly by our own example and
confluence. Never teach a child any
thing Of which you are not yourself
sure; and, above all, IL you feel
anxious to force anything into its
mind in tender years, lat the virtue
Of youth and early association may
fasten it there, be sure it is no lie
which you thus sanctify.-John
Ruskin.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24

wv terfered with ON 2Sl days
during 1918. In otter
words, there will be only 81 days in
this coming year that are not Sun
days or special holidays in one or
more important commercial regions
of the earth. Nor is this an unusual
condition created by the war. we
are accustomed to jump remarkable
conditions into the category of war
evils these days. On the. contrary,
some of the fighting nations huve for
the time beng stripped their decks of
minor and unusually supertiuous holl-
days.
Ever since man was condemned to
earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow he has been putting IN a lot of
spare time trumping up methods OF
beating the game. Next to working
into the boss's job the invention of the
holiday has been one of his aDIest
little achievements in this line. Like
wise ever SINCE Losses and holidays
evolved, along about hisrorys Sun
rise, the former have been curslns
the latter as troublesome breaks in
the years work. BY the Middle Ages
holidays had become SO numerous
that they seriously interfered with
Industrial pursuits. A valuable re-
suit of the Reformation not generally
appreciated was the abolition of a
large portion of these holidays.
But as time went on political
and religious milestones accumulated
again. Today, while the years over
load in any one country is by no
means as serious as in the Middle
Ages, the growth of Internal onai
finance has made the worlds aggre-
gate of closed days a serious factor
and an expensive one. Not until now,
however. has any attempt been made
TO compile an exhaustive list OF holi-
days for the guidance of bankers and
mel chants. This task has just been
completed by the Guaranty Trust
Company OF New York city. The re-
suits have been published in book
let that should be valuable addition
to the reference library OF every bank
In the country doing more than pure
ly loo business.
/ Importance OF Bank Holidays.
Suppose a bank has n commercial
paper collectable In Picking or Athens
or Cape Town on January s. 1t La
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
REDUCING SOFT CORN LOSSES.

The 1917 corn crop is very poor In
quality. Much of II liz soft. so soft
that 1t fails to keep In storage. A re-
cent crop report from the United States
Department of Agriculture indicates
an average condition OF 1852 for the
1917 corn crop over against an 81 per
cent average for the last ten years;
this valuing mature corn at 100.
Early frosts and cold. late growing
seasons are responsible for much OF
the soft corn loss In the corn belt. We
cannot control the weather but by
proper cultural methods. we Gun hasten
maturity Of the corn by from one to
two weeks. thus ripening the crop be-
fore the arrival of disastrous frosts.
Cutting short the growing season OF
the crop seven to fourteen days will
In the majority of cases, make nine
ears out OF ten marketable instead OF
two ears out of three as during the
past season.
Proper Varieties Essential.
One great cause for the large amount
OF soft corn produced Is the planting
OF varieties which are not adapted to
climatic conditions under which they
are grown. In our fervor for bigger
crops. we have often gone South for
large yielding varieties which require
longer growing seasons than prevail
In most sections of the corn belt. Most
OF these varieties are large-eared and
weigh heavily because they contain
larger percentage of moisture than our
northern grown varieties, and thus
mislead the farmer but not the grain
dealer. for much of the grading Is done
on u basis OF moisture content.
Balanced Piantfood insures Crops.
Perhaps the biggest reason for the,
large amount Of soft corn produced In
1917 and In other years, Is the lack,
OF sufiici, AT available plantfood In the
soil TO give the crop a quick start to
enable IL to take advantage OF every.
growing day and to properly Hil the
ears and hasten maturity. All other
conditions being equal, the use OF suffi-
cient amounts of n weil-balanced, avail
able plantfood will shorten the grow
ing season of corn crop from ten to
fourteen days. This ten to fourteen
days often means difference between
O crop of marketable ears and crop
which In hardly worth harvesting.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
CURIOUS HOLIDAY FACTS.

X There is no national legal hoI- Sd
X iday in the United States.
r Massachusetts, does not OBJ
X serve New Years Day az a
X legal holiday.
n Five Christian countries do
X not observe Christmas as a Ie-
X gal holiday.
X New Years Day Is the only
X holiday observed throughout the
X world.
X Eleven different dates are OBJ
4 served az New Years Day In
r different parts of the world.
X international business will be
X interfered with by holidays or !.
X Sundays on 2s1 days In 1918, of
X these 261 days being holidays.
X This leaves only 81 days In
y which universal banking busI-
X ness is possible.
4 November, with Is holidays
X In different parts of the world,
X leads the months.
n March, with 10, has the few
X est holidays.
X Brazil leads the nations of the
X world with 81 holidays.
X The United States comes next
X with 81.
4
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
itself.

itself.
Since the historical sketch was read
last Wednesday evening, MISS Sarah
W Adam has furnished the following
lnf1rr' alton, taken from an old recoTh
book of her fathers "Uucle William
Lawrence tells me that the first Metho
dist sermon ever pre- ched in Canaan
was delivered in the old Tavern house
when he was s years old, (he wa
born in 1879 The preachers name
was Mr. Candle.
G. w. Parsons
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
TRENCH WARFARE
DEl.'NDS EU2LhP
To Save BurIap, Fertilizers and
Other Commodities Must Be
Shipped in Large-Sized
Bags.

Jute for hurlap comes from India
that Is II used TO. Just now this NIL
important fiber either stays In India,
or on Its way TO our shores gets no
further than the European battlefront.
Because Of the resulting shortage fer
tilizers have TO he shipped In large
bags, ten To the ton. instead OF 10. 10,
and even 20 TO the ton, MS was form
erly the common practice. To men
unaccustomed to handling these heav-
fer packages this means Inconvenience
and even actual hardship.
Using the larger bags economies
burlap-in fact saves Is million yards
for more urgent needs. What farmer
would not be glad TO share this in
convenience II he hut realized TINT
one OF the big reasons for the burlap
shortage is that our soldier boys are
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
BY GARRETT SMITH.

HILE man plays or prays the
Al world business Will be in
~ terfered with ON 2Sl days
during 1918. In otter
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
21-Year- Odds to be Held Ready for
August Calls.

Washington, July 6.-Provost Mar
shall General Crowdcr today asked
governors OF states to direct their To-
cal boards that immediately upon
mailing notice of final classification
to registrants OF the class of 1913, who
have been finally classified in Class I,
they shall notify such registrants to
appear for physical examination with
out delay.
Local, district and medical advisory
boards were directed to have 2I-year-
old men in Class available for Aug
ust calls.
Motion picture actors and other
skilled person necessary to the pro-
duction and presentation OF motion
pictures are not affected by the work
or fight order, according to a ruling
issued today by General Crowder.
Today's ruling also includes musi-
clans taking part in legitimate con-
certs, operas or theatrical perform
ances.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Big Parade in New York.

New York, July 4.-More than
100000 men and womcn-Americans
of foreign origin, representatives of 81
acknowledgement in line today be-
hind contingent of American fight
ing men in the greatest patriotic pa
rade and pageant ever witnessed in
New York City. They were native
born Americans, too, but from the
city's melting pot came the majority
of the marchers.
The last contingent, composed of
Russians, Ukrainians, Mexicans and
Haytiians, did not assemble to take
place in the parade until p. m, or 10
hours after the first section formed.
At the end of the parade course ma
tional units scattered to join in small
parades and celebrations being held in
all parts OF the city.
The pageant feature OF the parade
consisted of I25 floats. Great Britain
being represented by two, her first
participation in Fourth of July in
this city.
Above the heads OF the marchers
during IL hours of the parade 20 air
planes circled in battle formation.
In the reviewing stand with Mayor
Hylan and other city officials were
Secretary Daniels and about 70 Unit
ed States Senators and Representa-
tiveS.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
CLOSE PACIFIC TO HUNS
Delaware Senator'S Resolution Calls
for IN Alliance.

Washington, July S. - Senator
Salisbury, Delaware, today intro
duced resolution asking that the
United States, japan and Great Brit
ain form an agreement to prevent
German aggression on the Pacific
Ocean. .
The resolution states that 1T is OPP
perfume for the government of the
United States, japan and Great Brit
ain now allied in war against the pow
ers of Central Europe to enter into
lasting agreements to render it mex
pedient for any one and impossible
for said Central Powers to enter up
on, engage in, or pursue course OF
warfare or use methods of warfare on
the Pacific Ocean not justified or
warranted by the laws of war as here
tofore accepted and construed by this
government and its allies"
It also asks that the Chinese repub-
lie and the Russian people (when able
to establish a sufficiently strong and
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
SENATOR TILLMAN IS DEAD
Since 1894 South Carolinan Had Sat
in Upper House.

Washington, July 3.-Senator Ben
jalnin X. Tillman, South Caroline,
died early today.
The senator had been i'll for several
days as result of paralysis attacks
and all hope for his recovery was
abandoned Sunday.
Members OF his family were with
him at the end.
The death of the senator from
South Carolina marks the passing of
one of the most unique and interest
ing members who ever sat in the ur-
per branch OF Congress. He repre-
scented his state there twenty-four
years and as he had wished, died in
action
The sobriquct of "Pitchfork Ben"
was given him because of a habit he
had OF pitching into opponents when
good fight was on. From early life
he was active in politics. always sup
porting the cause of the farmers.
AS chairman of the Senate naval
committee he had been instrumental
with Senator Swanson of Virginia in
putting through the great naval legis
lation OF the last two years.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11


stable government and any other
government on the Pacific littoral
prepared to contribute to the common
purpose reasonable proportions of sea
power. be admitted as signatories.
1t also states chat no warship or
other armed vessels of any power
which has heretofore or shall hereaf-
ter pursue an unwarranted course OF
warfare, or use illegal methods Of
warfare on the high seas shall be per-
mitted to have, hold, or obtain ports,
harbors, possessions and landing
places on the Pacific Ocean whence
such warfare may be waged or which
may be used as bases of offense or
places OF refuge; and,
Binding such Allied nations to en-
force such agreements by their united
sea power and such auxiliary forces as
may Ne necessary"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Launch Aerial Dreadnought.

Elizabeth. n. J., July 6-.\r1erica is
preparing for three more years oil
war, Assistant Secretary of War
Crowell declared here today at the
launching" of the frs: American
aerial dreadnought.
This machine. a Handley-Paige
bombing airplane. made successful
flight carrying six men after it had
been christencd Langley II as ex-
pected this airplane and others of its
type will fly across the Atlantic t.
participate in the aerial offensive
against Germany.
The giant plane, measuring $50 feet
across the wings, is equipped with
four Liberty motors. can carry from
two to three tons of bombs besides its
crew, and has a speed of ninety 10
one hundred miles an hou-. 1t weighs
500 pounds.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Three Killed in T. N. T. Blast; Elk
plosive Plant is Wrecked.

Kenvillc. n. J.. July s.-Three men
are known to have been killed and
several are missing as the result OF a
fire of unknown origin followed by an
explosion in the T. n. T. building OF
the Hercules Powder company here
this afternoon. Fifteen men were in
the building at the time of the ex-
plosion, and Up to late this afternoon
only three bodies had been recovered.
The blast of the powerful explosive
was heard for miles around the STIR
rounding country. The victims SO far
are: Thornton. Closwell and
O'Brien.
In addition to destroying the T. n.
T. building the explosion wrecked two
other buildings of the plant, which
employs about $4,000 men. All ex-
cept those who were. i'll the T. N. T..
building escaped.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Promotion is Declined by Maj. Gen.
Crowder.

Washington, July 5.-Provost Mar
shall Gen. Crowder, now major gen.
eral. today declined a promotion to
be a lieutenant general. In letter
to the conferecs on the army bill, he
expressed hope that the senate
amendment giving him the rank of Il
lieutenant general would not be
adopted.
Since there were thousands of 9TH
ers who had contributed to the sue
cess of. the draft, he wrote. he did not
wish to be singled out for promo
ton.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Wipe Out German Contingent.

Washington, July 6.-Wiping out Of
German contingent on the night Of
July "a by Belgian troops on the
western front was reported in an Of
fetal Belgian cablegram received here
today. Forty-five prisoners and two
machine guns were taken and the re-
maindcr of the Germans in the shell
ter attacked, numbering about one
hundred, were killed. The raid was
performed by several dozen men from
demounted cavalry regiment, which
went eighteen hundred feet back of
the German trenches to make the at
tack with hand grenades.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Movie Actors Are Essential"

Washington, July 6.-Under a rul-
ing on the work or fight" regulations
made today by Colonel Warren, head
of the appeals section of the provost
marshal generals office, all movie
actors, all musicians connected with
the production or presentation of per.
formances, and all necessary skilled
stage workers. will be considered in
effective" industries.
There is no change in the original
ruling as to base ball players.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
1877 PROFIT WAS a,1s3 PER
CENT FOR ONE FOOD
DEALER
Treasury Department Report to Sem
ate Shows Enormous Earnings
Made in Year.

| 4HSoSuIy department Report 10 OS0-
ate Shows Enormous Earnings
| Made in Year.
Washington, July s.-Excess profits
as high as 2.I83 per cent were made
by some businesses in 1917, Treas
ury Department report submitted to
the senate today showed. The re-
port is partial answer to the Borah
resolution asking data on profiteer-
ing. The 2,183 per cent example was
that of food dealer.
The report listed the percentage of
excess i'll 1917 profits over those for
1916, together with changes in capital
and other statistics relating to the
business, but gave no names.
Next to the food dealer who made
2,IS3 per cent came liquor man with
capital stock of $4,000, who had an
excess profit of 1870 per cent. An
other liquor man with $1,000 capital
made I52 per cent.
A cold storage concern, capitalized
at $4,000, exceeded it's profits by
Az per cent over 1916. Another CAPT
talized at $4,000 made 81 per cent.
/ In the dairying business excess
profits ranged from nothing to 1872
per cent; banking nothing to 81 per
cent; contracting nothing to 500 per
cent; clothing manufacturers up to
Io1 per cent; chemicals as high as 81
per cent.
; A flour miller with 100000 capital
showed an excess profit of 236.24 per
cent. In 1916 he made $4,000 profits
and in 1917 he made 100000. An
other, capitalized at $4,000, made
$4,000 i'll 1915 and in 1917 raised it to
$4,000 an excess of 437.67 per cent
on his capital.
On $1,000 capital, soft coal min
ing concern made 5o4 per cent ex-
cess. A 100000 concern showed an
increase OF IT'S per cent, having
made $4,000 in 1916 and $4,000 in
1917. A retail coal concern showed
80 per cent on $I,25o,ooo capital,
making SIS, 900 i'll 1910 and S2S5,ooo
in 1917.
Paper manufacturers. ran from
nothing to I76 per cent. On $4,000
capital concern in the retail cloth,
ing trade made 1871 per cent, jump
ing profits from $4,000 i'll 1916 to
$4,000 in 1917.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Sunday Was 4 Hot One.

Sunday, July ?, was the hottest day
of the season, so far. Different Their
molpeters registered all the way from
100 10 1903 degrees in the shade. Most
of the day there was 4 hot wind that
did considerable damage to corn and
whst little garden stuff there was left.
Abouk bed time that night the hot
wind stopped and the mercury began
falling and before morning It reached
the sixties. Some cay that the day
,roIre I'll records for heat in July in
this pGls Of the country.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Kaiser Is Shot in Effigy.

Cliffeside Park, n. J., July 4.-The
German emperor was shot in effigy
here today as part of the Independ-
ence Day celebration. The "emper-
or" was taken through the streets. a
mock trial held and the jury found
him guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. Then he was lined up against
a wall and shot by detachment of
soldiers.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

One day the press dispatches from
Europe say that the late Car of Rus
STA and certain members of his family
have been put to death by the Bolshe-
wiki and the next day it is denied
Then the next day they commence il
all over again.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

Some time ago citizen OF Cedar
county was placed i'll Jail for boot
logging and the good people thinking
his family destitute took care OF them
while he was serving his sentence.
Last week he surprised folks by buy
ing over $1,000 worth of war savings
stamps. Bootlegging must be profit
able in that locality.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

Ash Grove has placed the license
on street carnivals So high that that
form of entertainment will be "cn-
joyed" no more in that town.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

The city council of Springfield has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
issuance OF saloon licenses after Oc-
tober /.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

The u Dorado Springs News says
that the rain a week ago Saturday
night was very welcome, but they
could have got along without the
lightning that set the court house
afire. >;
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

Lord Darlington, who is serving a
life sentence in the Missouri Peniten-
tiary for the murder of prominent
horseman in St. Louis some years
ago, was not given Fourth of July
parole. He is one of the oldest pris-
oners in the ''pen," in point of years
served and it was expected that he
would be given his liberty.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

IL persons were injured in Fourth
of July accidents in St. Louis and SO
fires were started by fireworks.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11

In the sixth event of the racing pro-
gram at Independence Thursday,
Boyd, driving a Packard car, ran into
the fence at the conclusion of the race
and was removed from the wreck as
dead. Lampkin won the purse of
5000, the distance being three miles,
John Boyd comes from Tulsa, Okla,
and has been we'll known in racing
circles for some time.