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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
ST. FRISCO MAKES
NEW WORLD RECORD
Piloted by Pop Geers Famous
Stallion Beats Own Time
Last Year.

Pop Geors once more came into his
own Yesterday at the gateway Grand Cir
cuit meet at Belmont track, Philadelphia,
when he pioted the great st Frisco to a
world's three-heat stallion trotting record
in the free -for-al trot BESIDES making
n new worlds record, St Frisco also lower
cd the State mark IN the first heat while
he also euualcd his own figures made
ut poughkeepsie last year, when be trot-
ted a mile IN 201 "a, the same time ~
which he covered the first heat at Bel
mont Yesterday The 205n mile record
alsn went by the boards. for IN every
heat st Frisco bettcrcd that time, which
was credited to Mabel Trask IN the
Grand Circuit meet last year at Belmont.
The times of the heats were 20l "a,
20424, 203
The free-for-all which was trotted on
the quarter-nile plan with the first four
horses sharing q division Of the purse,
brought together four of the leading
champion tfotters IN the country They
were 81 Frisco, La PRINCETON, Miss
Bertha Dillon and Heir REAPER, the lat
ter being dlstanced in ihfs first heat, and,
Of course, was not allowed IN start m
the second heat Mabel Irask, who IS
considered the best trotter Of the year,
has been scheduled 10 stari "a thus race
earlier in the week. but on Wedntsday
night she was scratched This took some
Of the edge of the racc for many went
10 the track for tho express purpose of
witnessing Mabel Traak and - Frisco
compete Il was sald the reason for
withdrawing Mabel Trask was for the
purpose of saving her for tho big meet
at Poughkocpsic next week
WITH apon" (,eera bphind 81 FTisro,
coupled with the fact that he has not
vet been beaten this year, made the stal-
hon the favorlio among the majority IF
tho spectators lie was backed 50 high
when he came ont 10 hc exercised that
II Was hard matter 70 place any money
on him before the bell tolled for the
start of tho first heat Mise Bertha Dil-
Ion. who made such a great showing last
October At Lexington, IN the era d n
emit whom she covered the mile IN l.03 a,
also had her quota Of followers She
did not 70 just right, however, as she
seemed 70 fater when the pace became
too fast. but according to the wise ones
should better her mark after "A few more
starts
In Princeton. another stallion with
a mark Of 202 /. and whlrh was driven
bv Cox. another driver Of unusual promi-
ner ~, took tho fancy 81 many Who have
eccn this big stallion start this year,
but he did not scem 10 have enough
speed when it. came to he last quarter
10 head off ST Frisco. which trotted
the best race of his career 80 we'll did
Gccrs time his stallion that no matter
how close he was pushed n the bend
he always had enough left IN reserve
for tHr final arttTf
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
CONCERNING THE A. T.. r.

"Since the American ENpcdlnonary
Force is unique IN American history,
everything IN connection with ITS organ
ization and management and develop
mcnt is unique We had no prcccdCnts
10 60 upon We were starting with the
proposition to send thirty-tvc hundred
miles from its base across q submarine
infested ocean, with all its equipment
and food and supplies. an army that
would increase from thousands 70 hundred
OF thousands to millions as rapidly rs
possible And this army was gong
to establish itself in a country invaded
and suffering from three years OF conunu-
ous fighting Before we came, France
had been maintaining under arms for
three years most Of her manhood popula-
tIon From the beginning every nerve
had bccn strained and every resource had
been drawn upon TO meet the needs oi
her own armies II was manifest that
the United States army could not hope 10
live OF the country in which il was 10
fight The problem Of transportation
Was to be complicated by tn" fact that
our European allies were growing daily
more dependent upon us for aiding them
IN meeting the needs OF their CIVllan
population and their armies On top
Of all this we were gong to take our place
raw recruits. most Of us-o.ficers as
well as men-bv the side of soldiers who
had purchased knowledge through wears
OF experience and nj the cost Of unpar-
allecd sacrifices Shortcomings and
errors would have unavoidably arisen
out Of growing pains alone. But the
4 T. f. has had also TO contend with
unique conditions
Criticisms of the A. f. F. during its
first wear in France. sober and we'll
founded criticisms, would hn books. !
doubt if the books Will be written The
longer war correspondents remain IN
France and the wider they travel, the more
they realize the perplexity Of the situation
here They question their own initial
judgments, formed in ignorance OF the
background of problems. And they ques-
ton, too the wisdom of discussing prob
lens and setting forth facts, without
doing which criticism is unfair, one-sided,
and lacking in constructive value. -
Herbert Adams Gibbons, in August
Century.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
MADE-OVER MEN

The Dominion of Canada has reached the
stage where it has been found absolutely
necessary To conserve all man-power, not
only for present war purposes but also for
the national needs which will follow when
hostiltics have ceased Probably stern
necessity has forced the government to
use to the limit the productive power OF
the whole population, but certain IT rs that
the problem Is being couragcously met,
and for the most part the plans already
in effect have resulted in more, than or
dinary success The creation of the new
Department Of Soldiers Civil Re-Estab-
lshmcnt and the recent plan OF holding q
national registration of the whole nduit
population are actions which were to Il
large extent, forced on the government Tor
the purposes Of war, rather than Tor the
purposes Of peace. Yet the results
will to n very large extent help IN the work
of reconstruction when johnny Canuok
comes marching home
The commission had only been IN ex-
isstcncc for some months when IT was DIS
covered that the problem was rapidly cX-
banding in many new directions II was
found. ms the mon continued 10 como back
in large numbers, that there werc many
mon so disabled that they would be un-
able TO follow their former occupation, and
that some adequate provision would have
To he made by the government to meet
the situation Provision was therefore
made hv ordcr-in Council for tho creation
of a Vocational Branch To hc attached to
the commission, having charge of the work
for training disabled men for futurce in
dustrial activities.
The development of the vocational
training from its inception has been one
of evolution II was thought ut first that
the technical schools of the country and
tho general run of school teachers would
be the best mediums for training the men.
Later it developed that the training nj
fordcd by these technical schools was en-
tirely too limited III its scope, inaSmuch
rs the number of occupations for winch
training was provided were too few.
To continue under these circumstances
would have resulted in the dlluting oi the
labor market with very large number Of
men trained in few trades Moreover,
il would have undoubtedly resulted IN
placing these men in competition with
/ themselves on discharge Industrial str
vcvs. however. arc now provided for this
work and the main work of the vocational
| training is divided into two major depart
mCnts commonly known as (ll Occupat-
ional Thcrapv, and ~ Industrial Re
education Tie former deals solely with
the curative side Of the patients life hy
providing him with interesting industry
Tor employing his mind and hands during
tho convalcsccnt period when his bodily
| ills would otherwise very much dctest hun.
| The second department deals with him
after discharge from the hospital, and pro
parcs him for taking some place IN the
! general industrial life of the community
the training being Of a tuitional character
and harmonizing with his needs and re-
qmrcmcnts Owen r. McGilliCuddy, in
/ Lcsies
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
GERMANY'S WORST CRIMES

Can anv one say what the worst wicked
ness of the Germans has been? If you
choose one there are always other crimes
which contest your choice. We used at
first to fix the guilt of them upon the
Kaiser, but event by event we have come
To realize that no man or order Of men can
pervert a whole people without their
cOmplicitv There was moment when
we thought tha: tins or that sort Of
! German was incapable Of the things which
they have all shown themselves capable
of. or so nearly all that the exceptions
have not appeared There have been
rumors of dissent from the faith which
Is always seeking and finding precipIta-
! ton IN e3me atrocity, but these rumOTs
never harden in fact
1t seems the doom OF a whole people to
90 from bad to worse, and to mislead the
people whom they have perverted by
their friendship or spared by their cruel
mercles The Turk IS a worse Turk with
| their favor than he would be without it,
and 1t Is doubtful if the followers Of Mo
| hammed would not be better Christians
than the worshipers of the Old German
God whom the TeutonIc theologians have
latterly discovered, if they were not par
takers Of the Germans crimes. In their
static nature these crimes seem 10 have
occurred III transformation and not
separately; there is still the apparent
simuItaneity in them which there was
from the beginning, and the continual
purpose Of evil forbids distinctive
cognizance Of them The bewildered
observance fails TO time the first crimes
in their due priority Were the AR raids
Of London with their slaughter Of women
and children III their homes earlier or
later than the long-distance lombard
ment Of Paris with It's butchery Of women
and children in their churches? w. ID.
Howells ID Harpers Magazine for August
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
HEAVEN HELP FISH
| IN THE CHESAPEAKE
Business Men Fishing Club Starts
on its Annual Piscatorial
Offensive.

Heaven help the fish in the Chesapeake
this coming week. It's their only hope,
because the Business Mems Fishing Club,
Wilmingtonians who haven't n heart
where fish and it's catching are concerned
have started on their annual fiscatoriai
oiIensi We There are ten of themnnd their
trusty schooner is the Captain. The grand
admiral is Captain Il. f. McCready and
the campaigners set forth from Cristeld,
Md
Commssary J Frank Ayrcs went
to Crlsfcld on Thursday SO that when
the remainder of the party arrived yes
tcrday they found the equipment and
provisions on bonrd and everything IN
readiness to rush of The trip, under the
command of Captain Is I McCrcadY, pro
misses TO he one Of the best ever held by
the club despite the small party
The trip, almost exclusively will be
spent IN fishing 4 stop will be made
at Colonial Beach on Tuesday evening
and communication will be had with the
store of Commodore FllwoOd Souder,
Ninth and Orange streets Any ono hav-
ing message for any member OF the
party can have il communicated by lcav-
ing il with T. \ Soudcr, Ninth and
Orange streets, before 9 o'clock Ncdncs-
day morning, August y
Those who arc on the trip are J Ialley
Smith. \ W Swarts Oscar G Draper.
W II Ttnsman, William G. Bryan, WI
liam II Vance ] Frank Avrcs, tllwood
Souder Of Wilmington; Captain Is +.
Met ready and crew Of Crisiicld. Md and
Chef William Taylor and assistant
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
BRITISH DISCIPLINE.

1T was a wise decision on the part of
the English government TO create 10 new
regiments when they entered the Grea,
War Instead. the number Of battali0ns
IN existing regiments was increased.
MANY Of these regiments were verv old,
and about them hung the traditions Of a
glorious past In uniting h mself 10
such a body as the Royal Scots, the Welsh
fusiiers. or the Black Watch, as the
case might be, a man unconsciouslv lots
the sharpness Of his own individuality in
the eager desire TO conirom 70 the tradi-
tional characteristics Of a great com
pany He was. IN a way, no o7onger John
Doe or Richard Roe. but a ROYAL Scot or
Welsh FusllIer, guardian Of the usagcs
of an age-old organization, cXemplar of
It's soldlcrly conduct Proud Of his
regiment he was taught to 'roye bis pride
ID his manner and dress.
1t was with the view Of emphasizing
every detail Of thus pride that British
military authorities decided to replace
the bronze buttons Of uniforms with
buttons Of brass. which the soldiers are
required To polish daily. Even IN the
trenches officers and men must shave
daily. and when, after a week oI hard
lighting and sometimes, short rations,
the remnant of a battery i relieved, 1t is
required to march at attention, with
parade-gr3und precision, as it leaves
the trenches for its holiday rest in the
rear 1t is this rigid subjection to every
detail that has in part made possible the
heroic stand that British troops are max
ing today against a more numerous foe
Their lines bend back, but do not break !;
they lose bit by bit the ground they fight
over, but never their fighting spirit, their
cohesiveness. their esprit de corps -
L. Frank Iooker, in the Century.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
AN EAR OF INDIAN CORN.

Nothing could he more romantic
than the true story of Indian corn, vet VIC
have been in the habit of paving no
attention To it. or when we did notice
IT, of confusing il with many different
sorts of grain.
Strange to say. no one can tell when
this grain first began to be cultivated.
but Il is almost certain that il first grew
In South America When white men
discovered North America this was the
most useful article Of food the red men
had True they had beans and pumpkins
and squashes, and they gave these and
their corn patches 4 certain rude kind OF
cultivation but corn was their mann
stay. Sometimes they ground the kernels
into a fine powder and OF II made a sort
Of bread. They gave some pieces of this
To Columbus soon after he landed and he
fslnd 1t capital eating He wrote home
to Spain about H. calling the powder by
its Indian name mahz or rs near as
his Spanish tongue could come to it, and
ii Is from this that We get our word maize
1T Is hard for us 10 realize what this
plant meant in the early history Of onr
country Our ancestors saw how the
Indians planted tins grain Of theirs with
out any long plowIng or narrowing of
the ground They watched how they
'scra1ched the seed in. watched how they
'girdlcd the trees with stone hatchet,
- a. to destroy their leaves. and let in
the sunshine; and then saw to their
astonishmcnt how the corn grew and
flourished True. it would have given a
better crop if the preparation had been
better, but II did grow. and best Of all
without being either narrowed or winn-
owed. il made good food John Fisk, the
historian tells us that III his opinion this
plant actually saved the lives Of the
starving colonists in the first terrible
winter or two on that bleak New England
coast - Esther Matson. IN the August
St. Nicholas
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
MILLIONS ARE SAVED
YEARLYBY RAIL ROADS
Vast Economics Effected Through
u. S. Management of Lines
Through Cutting Competition.

Washington, ID c.. Aug l6-By re-
ductlon of passenger service, climlna-
ton of freight train duplication and
pooling of facilities under government
operation. economies Mt the rate of
So, 600 n year have been effected
IN the northwestern operating district,
Regional Director Ashton reported to-
day to Director General McAdoo. More
than $4,000, 600 of this was IN passenger
economics, Officials say the other SIX
districts. are making similar records
The so-callcd bllion-dollar budget APP
proved early this year by Director Cen
eral Mchdoo for railroad improvements
and equipment has proven insufficient to
meet war needs, and II has been in
creased to 81 ,097 39S 600, or Sl56,
100000 more than the original agGicgatC
of budgets of all Fcdcrally-controllcd
roads This was disclosed today IN de-
tailed report Of capital expenditures
authorized to date
Most of the increase was made neccs-
sarv by the growing need for ears and
locomotives Originally SiS6,OOO,oOO
was authorized for purchase of sSw roll
ing stock. but this has been raised To
S635. est, 600 bv huge orders placed by
the Railroad Administration.
For additions and hcttCrmCntS, IN
Guiding new yard and industry tracks,
terminal facilities, stations and bridges.
the budgets of first class roads provided
originally for S433. .OOO,0OO This has been
pared down to Si0f. 100000, chargcahle
To capital accounts. but additional work
costing $l05.OO0000 has been authorized,
TO he charged 50 operating expenses.
The 100000, GOO approved early thus year
for extensions and branch tracks has been
raised 10 So, 900 GOO
The 81 ,097 100000 now authorized
for additions. bcttcrmcnts and equip
mcnt docs not include an additional
S125, ,G52 600. which viii be considered
as part of railway operating expenses.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
WRESTLING AT CAMP DIN.

Camp Dix, \ j. Aug I7.-Ivan Llnow,
the Russian Cossack, won over Tommy
Draak, the Belgian, in wrestling match
here last night when the latter quit after
the second fall as the result Of an injury.
Draak won the first fall with head lock
and body hold, while the second fall
was gained by the Russian, who threw
his opponent in minutes and Is seconds
In the opening contest Frankfort, the
Russian light heavyweight, defeated Joe
Mclegae. the Italian IN too out of three
falls. The former won the deciding fall
with toe hold.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
SOUTH BEND GIRL WINS.
Takes Fast Pace M Cranwood in Straight
Heats.

Cleveland. Aug IL South Bend Girl,
the had-scorlug daughter of Great Heart,
NJ Cranwood Yesterday won the greatest
speculative event that has been raced on
an Ohio twice-around this season She
captured the > OS pace IN straight heats.
hut was compelled to step three pretty
glib miles
The , 10 trot was a different kind Of
race. It took five heats before Hollywood
King, the favorite, eventually landed the
victory. his second Of the meeting
In the two opening heats Hollywood
King was not on the best Of behavior and
Bcdiha HiCginson won without much effort
In the third mile however. Hollywood
King was ready and stepped out in front
and won in one, two, three order
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
WORLD SERIES MAY
NOT Be PLAYED
Some Players Refuse TO Take Part
Unless Draft Boards
Approve.

II il IS true that Babe Ruth, Sam Ag
new and Amos Strnnk, Of tie Boston
Rcd SuN, hnvc been ordered by draft
boards To seek useful employment ON sep
tomher |, there may be no worlds
ties involving the }caneaters These star
players according e. report from Bos
ton. have been notified IT, obey General
Crow der work or fight" order on the
above date. when the exemption Of base
ball players IN the deferred classes ex
pres Providing the Red Sox win the
pcnnant, il Is believed that Ruth. Ag
new, StrunlI and other Boston players
will refuse to take part IN the world
series unless a special permit from Sec
rotary Of War Baker IS obtained
So far.thc National Gnmmsalon, which
has announced that the worlds series
will begin ON September : or 4, has
made no attempt 10 place the matter
before Secretary Baker and General
Crowdcr II II said that one Of tho
American League club owners. when ask
Cd the other day to interview Secretary
Baker. declined with the explanation
that hc didn't believe II would be nd
vlsahlc 10 request another baseball CON
ccssion from the War Department NJ this
time Acting on this advice, therefore,
the commission Is sitting tight, while
tho players, who may be eligible for the
worlds series, arc high in the AIR. feel
ing that they will run the RISK Of being
placed III lass ! \ II they arc not USE
fully employed after the FIRST day Of next
month
Eight Of the Cleveland players, who
must obey the work or fight" order, will
not attempt 10 participate IN the world =
series, providing the Indians beat ont the
Red Sox. unless the commission reaches q
complete understanding with the War
Department. The commission now is
composed Of August Hermann, chairman;
B B johnson and John A lieydlcr Il IS
assumed that these baseball leaders will
meet rs soon as the pennant races have
been decided "a make arrangements for
the worlds series.
IIcrrmann's statement that 1t will re-
quirc ten DAYS or two weeks for the
PLAYERS to comply with tn orders of the
draft boards and that the worlds series
can be settled meanwhile without inter
ference hasn't impressed the members of
the teams that have pennant chances
Consequently 1t seems advisable to put
the question up 20 Secretary Baker as
soon as possible to find out definitely
whether the big games can be played or
not.
Colonel Rupert, IT is said, doesn't fa-
vor the proposed series between the reor-
ganized teams of Yankees and Giants at
the Polo Grounds IN September He
believes that when Labor Day has pass
ed the public will have had enough of
baseball for this year at least The
colonel who advocated the ending of the
pennant races on August 70, as suggested
by President Johnson of the American
League, has made up his mind, it IS re-
ported. to close the season on Septem-
ber ,, which means that there will be
no more baseball at the Polo Grounds
after that date President Hampstead
and Manager NIcCiraw, who suggested
the September games to be played by
men over and under the draft age linn
its, therefore, vii be compelled to act
accordingly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
NEW JOBS FOR PLAYERS.
Cubs Offered Chance 10 Shoe Liv e
Stock From Cars.

Chicago, Aug. II Baseball PLAYERS Of
the local National League team who are
affected by the work or fight order need
not leave the city to find jobs after
September l. according 10 an offer TO
them made public by stock yard
firm The company says that any or
all Of them can shoe live stock out of cars
and along runwavs and 10 other necessary
work to help win the war Il u added
the men will be- off on Saturday and
Sunday 10 play on the nompany's base
ball team
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
Two Airmen Killed in Fall.

New York, Aug. 17.-'Second Lieuts
G. + Gedeon of 1itusvile, Pa, and
Harold + Maxon of Los Angles, CAL
were instantly killed when the airplane
in which they had been flying in battle
formation with seventeen others, near
the Henry j. Damn Flying Field, at
Commack, J.. l., went into tail spin
Yesterday morning.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
YESTERDAYS GAMES.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
ST. Louis. 5; Athletics. ,.
Boston. >: Chicago, O.
Cleveland. y; New York. 4.
Detroit. 3; Washington, (l6 nnngs)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia-Ch Chicago
Brooklyn, 5; Pittsburg, |.
Cincinnati, 5; New York, 4
St. Louis, s; Boston, O.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit at Philadelphia. e games),
Chicago at New York.
st. Louis at Washington.
Cleveland at Boston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia at Chicago q games
Boston at st. Louis.
New York at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Plttsburg q games
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
Order Every Evening Regularly

Don't depend on choice in securing a
copy, but place an order with the nearest
dealer or news stand Every Evening is
non-returnable and the dealer must be able
to Judge his demand and base his order
accordingly See him tomorrow and give
him "reguar order ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-17
AT THE BOTTOM.

"Tbis war has brought out one thing.
It shows how low man can fell
THAT s right ! know fellow who
since il began, actually boasts that he
ENJOYS the moving pictures at a summer
resort Judge