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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
Two Kinds OF Movies" "

Recently, a local moving picture theatre
made special feature Of n film that may
be described ms largely legs ltwas very
attractive, no doubt, with oil the merit
that attaches to such productions. And
it was advertised with special effort. 1t
stirred the interest Of the community,
especially of prurient-mi nded youth, and
was presented to capacity, at enhanced
prices. throughout a week.
This week the same house has been
showing-and, will show this afternoon
and tonight, by the way--a film Of one OF
the most remarkable productions that has
yet been made possible on the popular
screen 1t is q film showing the actual
operations of German submnrine-u-35
in its work of destruction during the
Great War.
There is no taking" no resort to art
or magma ton, in the presentation OF this
film 1t pictures the "real thing" Itwas
rule of the German Admiralty during
the war to require of all U-boat COM
manders actual proof of the destruction
of vessels before giving them credit.
What better proof could there be than a
movie" of the deadly work? So the
necessary picture apparatus was added To
the regulation U-boat equipment, and
the work of destroying vessels was re-
corded on the films, from the beginning OF
operations until the doomed vessel sank
beneath the waves. After the American
occupation Of part of Germany, the hlms
thus taken by U-S5 were most happily
discovered, and now the results are being
shown on screens in many places.
IL is really wonderful to view these
pictures. Each tells a thrilling story,
depicts narrowing tragedy First is seen
the stately ship, steaming along on her
mission of world service Then the attack
by the submarine, either bv the deadly
torpedo or the vicious, destructive shells,
or by explosions set off by crews sent
aboard for the purpose. And then de-
doomed vessel shuddcring
and rolling, and finally disappearing from
view. NOrus Canuul utSctipS tht oih"''"'A'
melted by these thrilling presentations OF
the real thing and most deadly and
dassardly thing.
Yet these wonderful pictures, these re-
productions of one of wars most tragic
features, were hardly featured in the ad-
vertising, indeed, given the place OF sec
ondary Importance. They proved draw
ing feature, however, but there is no doubt
if all our people had been made TO realize
what they are, the attendance would
have been enormous. There Is no doubt
that hundreds of persons, after hearing
from friends about this notable presenta-
tion, will deeply regret they overlooked
the opportunity of viewing it.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
A TRIBUTE TO
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Washington, Father of our Land,
For Liberty and Democracy you did stand
You made us what We arc today,
SO tribute to you we pay.
We celebrate your birthday, one and all,
Your picture is hung on every patriot s
wall,
We are proud that you were a true Ameri-
can,
We are proud that we had such a man
You were first in war,
You knew what you fought for;
First IN peace you were, too,
Men like you are very few.
OF your countrymen, you were first IN their
heart,
You helped America make a new start.
Well always stick by your wonderful
name,
Because you played Americas game,
In histories we read about you, George,
OF your sufferings at Valley Forge.
How you crossed the Delaware,
The British thought that you they'd
scare,
Your true American spirit with us will stay
Forever and a day.
George Shtofman, Ii years
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21

| purposes by the members. and not going
into the bnnds of pcrspns who resIly
need them.
He referred causticnIy 10 tho well
known practice of shipping the seed 10
political leaders in VARIOUS communities,
and demanded that the government, n
the seed distribution was " remain, take
the politics out Of II" and let the Depart
mcnt Of Agriculture handle II.
Already the department receives thou
sands of requests for seeds which IL has M,
authority TO I'll, and can only refer The
writer to his senator or congrngsman
Practically the entire output Is distributed
through the House and Senate Office
Buildings, or franked out from the biz
warehouse where they are stored waiting
for the congressional order for their dis.
tributiop.
The Department Of Agriculture, which
handles the seed business Of Congress.
and which IL lil<ewisc the governmental
agency which dsvotes itself assidu-
ously 10 a study Of the Improvement Of
the output Of the soil, IL strongly opryoscd
% this congressional distribution of seed.
II considers the appropriation for the
that the eoustitucnt would be better
served II he were given quarters worth
Of sugar or -four. IL laments the fact
that, while Congress Is maintaining the
fatness Of it's seed appropriations, those
for the continuance Of experimental work
that would eventually put tens Of mil
lions Of dollars into the national treasury
are being eliminated or cut to the bone
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
Just Folks
BY Edgar A. Guest

WAGES.
The man stands at his task by day,
And this is what he draws for pay
The prattle of his babes at night,
Their shouts OF innocent delight,
Their fond carcsscs, and the bliss
OF every little hug and kiss.
Above the clnng Of heavy things
Hc hears the song the kettle sings;
Beyond the smoke and CRIME and oil
That mark his daily round Of toll,
He sees his little home aglow
With every Joy that man may know.
Think you his wages can he told
In coins Of silver and Of gold2
Think you he stands the beat and smoke
Of molten steel and smouldcring coke
For merely minted money, which
Alone can never make him rich2
All, mol The man is working there
For treasures far beyond compare'
And though his pay in dollars comes,
His soul translates il into drums,
And dresses, and thousand Joys
Which he can give his girls and boys.
II he has vision he can see
The happy years which arc 10 be,
Can see beyond his hours of care
The glories which his own shall share;
And in their love and laughter gay
Tho true man earns aud counts his pay.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
EVENING SMILE.
AND CHILLY TOO.

Jlmson meant well, but somehow be
WAS always putting bis foot in it.
At o dance he was presented to young
lady, whose proportions were anything
but meager. Az usual, he asked her for a
dance She replied with desolate air
II am only free for the two-step, and
] cannot pledge myself for that because
I'm afraid my people will be leaving be-
fore it comes off.
.Iimson thought he saw chance for a
compliment and said.
"Oh, how empty the room viii seem
when YOU have left itT-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
Browne-"It is never too late to mend -
Towne-''But that is no reason why O
fellow should wait until he dead broke "
Cartoons Magazine.
Dauber-"I hear you are painting q
Madonna. Gone in for religious art, eh?''
Smiers-"Not exactly-it's a prima dom
ma, Boston Transcript.
Fussy Passenger ION board steamer)--
Doesn't the boat tip lot, stewardY''
Steward Yes, shes setting a good ex-
ample TO the passengers. Thank you,
SIR. London Ideas.
Reading maketh full man" "Well,
here's library crowded with books, said
the host gIoomily. ''Shall we have g
souse with Shakespeare or a snifter Of
Byronf nf'-kansas City Journal.
Sober-'What's this near-beer that
they sell noss like?' Souse-"Well, it's
Just like having your girl throw Won kiss
The sentiment il all right, but you don't
get any real thrill Pitt Panther.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
A HOGS HIND LEG.

Within the memory Of men young
enough 10 register for the last draft hams
sold for eight cents pound. People used
to eat them then whenever the high cost of
living shot porterholise steak up TO is
cents; and they were also useful to piece
out fried eggs at IL cents dozen. Now
a whole great city is divided on the ques-
tlon whether a cooked ham weighing
eleven and one-qusrter pounds is worth
s25.
IL is a common working basis in valuation
that a thing is worth what you can get
for 1t or, on the other side, that it is worth
what you are willing to pay TO end your
hankcring for it. We have never seen, IN
that interesting part of the Museum of
Natural History where counterfeits of
foods are temptingly displayed, q ham
that appeared TO bc worth s25; yet the
man who sold the ham now at issue says
it was worth that much, and the man who
ate IL appears TO have been willing To pay
si4 for it. II ham can be worth sl4
maybe it can be worth S25.
How should SIS ham be eaten? If
it were TO be fried, nothing would suit 1T
but silver skillet, nothing mate it except
the eggs Of golden pheasants. \ cold
cooked So ham, such as the one which
threatens TO be an issue before the courts,
certainly ought 10 be eaten with mustard
grown on the south slope of Olympus or
made into a sandwich the upper and neither
parts of which are thin slices of ambrosia
carved with a knife of rubies!
Down IN Virginia, or wherever those
Virginia hams come from, there may be
proud old SOW who is even now boasting
in measured gr,mts that her grandson's
hind leg was sold on Broadway for s25.
Ii is pleasant to think that the Great White
Way can bring sunshine into even a hogs
life -Nay Work, SIM
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
Draw the Line at Women.

New York Republicans, at their State
Convention, yesterday. gave Endorsement
to Equal Suffrage. This, however, was
not unusual, as the people of New York
favored votes for women at a popular
election by large majority.
The convention. however, baked at
naming a woman as one of the partys
delegates-at-large 10 the Republican Ma
tional Convention. Finally, a woman was
given the empty compliment of being
named as alternate.
1t is rather surprising that the
New York Republicans did not en-
deavor to make strike with the women
by honoring one of their number with this
special distinction.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
BY Walt Mason.
JOY AND GLOOM.

In happiness ] used to go, afoot,
both near and far; | never knew the
depths of woe, until bought car.
oh, many versts and parasangs be-
hind me then put, communing with
the cheerful gangs who also went
afoot. Id walk a rood, perchance
a perch, then meet some iocund jay,
and we would lean against the
church, and gossip half the day. |
took In all the fragrant morn, when
] went on my feet; I'd pause to view
a field of corn, and then a stack of
wheat And here and there ID rob
a tree that luscious apples bore, or
chase some busy honey bee that led
Inc to its store. But now | ride i'm
pomp and state, on tires with non
skid tread; my eyes are glaring, fixed
and straight, upon the road ahead.
And If anon | glance aside upon the
landscape rich, the blamed old car
is sure to slide and land me in a ditch.
| drive my boat along the pike, and
TO the wheel | cling, and never see
the things like, or hear the birdlets
sing. lido not see the cloud wreaths
reel across the blinking stars; I'm
hanging to the steering wheel, and
dodging other cars. l ought to
store my choo-choo cart and Join the
trudging flock, and yet 'twould
break my foolish heart if / were
doomed to walk
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
DEFICIENT IN ENGLISH

She has studied all the ologies,
And taught in modern colleges;
She can talk in French and Spanish,
German, Hebrew, Sancsrit, Greek
She can quote the Latin grammar,
And speak Russian and not stammer:
She knows all the ancient poets and
can quote 'em by the week.
The truth is as linguist.
She is certainly distinguished,
Yet she lacks in Anglo-Saxon, though
The fact you'd never guess;
I've been trying for year, sir,
Trying hard to train her ear, slT,
And to teach her lips to utter just one
simple little, ayes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
SETTLING ESTATES.

Register of Wills Isaac r. Brown has
granted letters as follows:
Administration-On the estate of Ellen
b. Blanken TO Edmund p. Moody; estate
of Henrietta S. Bedford to Charles L.
Bedford.
Testamentary-On the estate of Viii
liam G. Duggin to the Equitable Trust
Company; estate of Leonora Hutchison
to Lavender G. Hutchison; estate of John
II. Irons to John ], Monaghan; estate of
Belle Jackson to Lillian Virgins; estate
of Mary l.. Ward to William 5. Rosen-
helm.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
OPEN ON MONDAY.
Internal Revenue Office Will Not Observe
Usual Holiday.

Though the patriotism OF the Internal
Revenue force cannot be questioned, the
income tax office in the Postofhce Build
ing (third floor viii be open all day next
Monday, which will be generally observed
as Washington's Birthday.
The purpose of keeping his Office open
on Monday, Collector Harry Graham ex-
planned today, is to accommodate income
taxables, who require all the time they can
get TO fill out their blanks and pay their
tax, which all must do by March Is
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
nEAsTyRS SHORE DEATHS.
csARLss rr0gY.

fptitfsEe hftTs
Charles Rigby, rs ycaE old or~ n
Talbot county's bsvt-kDo~n farrner.
died at h,s home near Eisfon Ne,In~~,isv y
MRS. EARL COrggkN.
Mrs. Fsn Corsran, 40 ycars I'D, died
at the bpnc Of her psrcnie, Hr. ard
Mrs. 1bouss Fergpgon, IN EastJn, Oh
Monday.
Mrs. ytTTE soplppfs.
Mrs. Katie Young Griffin, 15 years old
wife Of Joeeph e. Griffin, NJ Easton. dieG
at her hornc here Tuesday.
gssuyL ". aTHvgNs.
Samuel y. Stevens, son u thc lair
Edwin X. Stevens, Of Talbot coUnty and
grandson N the late Cov. ssnue
Stevens, Of Talbot county, died Thursday
ut tho residcncc of Capt Thomas {. y.
Howard in Cambridge. Mr.. SteVens va
10 years old. 4.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Olive Temple, l.. G.. +.
Wenonah Lodge, 5. Of II.
Liberty Conclave, S. ". NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, l. o. OF
Lenape Tribe, imp'd O. r. NJ.
Sheet Metal Workers Association.
James A. Garfield, Council, d. of A.
James Young Conclave, H. or 5. w. Nj.
Apache Tribe, No. 81, lmp'd. O. r. NJ.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21

"N1en cry Peace PeaceP when there
is no peace" This despairing wall was
uttered years and years ago, but how APP
plicable it is today There is no peace
now, either at home or abroad, and
judging by the daily happenings at Wash
ington, the state of war will continue in
definitely.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21

''Hi'' Johnson, in his campaign for the
Republican nomination for President,
proposes to trail" General Wood. That
is, he will speak where Wood speaks,
doing his best to belittle Wood and pro-
mote his own cause. How these Re
publican aspirants love each other.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21

That blizzard predicted by the Weather
Bureau, Thursday afternoon, fortunately
was headed in northeasterIy direction,
and went out to sea. Its departure was
matter of great relief TO many persons.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21

The 'anti's'' among the women are not
dismayed at the apparent progress of the
cause of Equal Suffrage. They propose to
continue their fight to the end and either
rejoice N final victory or go down in de
feat
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-21
RIPPLING RHYMES.

Observation-Disclosures
New-York tribune., 1920-11-02
; Arrested i'm Red
Plea to Voters to
Boycott Election
Two Arraigned for Posting
Communist Notices Pay
Fines of $40; Worked
Near Scene of Bomb Blast

Three Firms were arrested cnrly yes
terday when found posting large no.
tees of the United Communist party,
urging voters to Soyc9tt the election
toIay.
Two of the men, Otto Matsen.
twenty-nine years old, of 341 East 124th
Street, and Peter Twane, thirty six
Years old, of 341 East 124th Street, were
fired $40 each by Magistrate Corrlgan
in Harlem court when arraigned, but
Erich Walden, twenty seven years old,
Of 81 East 123d Street, requested an
adjournment and was neld in $500 bail
for examination to day.
The two men who were fined told the
1olice and agents of the Department Of
Justice that they were carpenters and
admitted that they had been employed
IN that capacity in the construction OF
building at Wall Street and Broad
way at the time the Wall Street ex-
llosion occurred. They knew nothing.
however, about 'hc eXp.Cslon. they said.
They and Walden told the police
they had been promised $50 a day each
for posting the placarGs by man in
.>ew jersey The first two men we're
arrested in Mount Morris Park. where
New-York tribune., 1920-11-02
Cox Would Let Russia
Work Out Own Salvation

The League of Free Nations Asso-
citation yesterday made public tele-
gram fom Governor Cox declaring that
if elected he will see to it that Russia
"is enabled to work out her salvation
in her own way and admitted to the
mem bershp of the League Of Nations"
Governor Cox s telegram was IN an
swer to a letter sent by the League Of
Free Nations Association to all Presi-
Dental candidates asking them to state
whether they would support the pres
ent Administrations policy toward
Russia.
Governor Cox's answer, sent from
Gary, Ind, reads.
at is my purpose to give every at
tention to the Russian situation. ]
have stated in my addresses my con-
viction that Russia should be enabled
to work out her own salvation in her
own way and be admitted to member
ship in the League of Nations.
"America is interested in and should
help the oppressed and starving or any
nation I shall support any policy
which makes Of America the moral and
humanitarian leader of the world, but
cannot in propriety at this time eE-
press what in unfriendiy quarters
New-York tribune., 1920-11-02
Defeat of Bonus
AT Polls To-day
Urged by Major
Compton, in Last-Minute
Plea, Points Out Flaws
in Proposed Legislation;
Speaks for Manned Men

Carrying his fight against the pro-
posed bonus for soldiers up to the eve
of the election, Major George Brokaw
Compton, former chairman of the New
York County Committee of the Ameri-
can Legion, yesterday addressed an
open letter to Charles G.. Blakeslee,
New York State Commander of the
American Legion, in which he sets
forth in detail his objection to the
legislation upon which the voters of
New York are to decide to-day.
Major Compton organized the Ameri-
can Legion in New York County, but
resigned as county chairman last April
in protest against the national bonus
policy.
In his letter Major Compton points
out that if the state bonus proposition
carries at to-day's election it would
necesstate a bond issue of S45 900, 900
to pay all who would be eligible, and
that by the end of twenty-five years,
when the bonds should mature, every
family in the state would have paid
$3s
"The proposed payments are to be
maze to all who were in the service,
those who have to work for a living
and those who have independent in
New-York tribune., 1920-11-02

comes; those who need financial hcl
and those who are not in greater need
of it than they would have been had
there been no war: those who deserve it
and those who do not deserve ir; those
who have dependents and those who
have no one but themselves to care for;
the widows and orphans of the dead
and those who were wounded or other
wise physically disabled in service and
those who are strong and able bodied,
many of the latter greatly improved
in health by their military experience
and training.
There will be n commission to ad-
minister AS a relief fund for the dis
abled any bonus payments that the
able bodied or others not in need may
turn back for that purpose. That is an
amazing proposition. BY it the state
leaves the disabled veterans dependent
upon the generosity and charity Of
their able bodied comrades. And when
you get down to the bottom of the
bonus question you will find in every
case that the actual result of it will
be to take for the able bodied who are
not actually needy large sums that
the disabled might otherwise get and
that they sorcly need and deserve"
Major Compton ridicules the nom
employment claims being put forth on
behalf of the legiOnnaireS.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-02

they are. alleged to have been posting
The notices to the trunks Of trees, and
Walden was alleged to have been post
ing similar appeals in various sections
ef Harlem.
The posters that the police allege
the men we're placing in conspicuous
places read:
"Workers! Workers! Don't Vote.
Strike! Boycott this electionl
"The whole election business IS
fake to fool you. The government is a
part Of the capitalist machine to keep
ycu down so the capitalist can oppress
and rob you. When you strike the
courts enjoin you, the police beat you,
the soldiers shoot you. That IS what
the capitalist government is for.
"Overthrow the capitalist govern
ment, establish the soviet government
The capitalist government will fight
your every effort to free yourself from
wage slavery. whether Republicans,
Democrats, Socialists or Farmer Labor
ties are elected.
"Workers should vote only for can
didates who will propagate the de-
struction of capitalist government. The
United Communist party is the only
party which puts up candidates for this
purpose. The United Communist party
has no candidate this election because
of government persecution.
"Therefore, boycott this election.
Don't vote, strike.
THE UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-02
Davis Advises
California ON
Japanese Law
Acting U. S. Secretary Of
State Warns That Stand
Must Be in Accord With
Laws and Existing Treaty
Appeals for Justice
Country Will Oppose Unfair
Position, He Declares;
Urges Amicable Relations
From The Tribune,s Washington Bureau

From, The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. Norman II.
Davis, acting Secretary of State, in
statement issued to-day in response to
inquiries as to the attitude of the
State Department toward the Japanese
land question to be voted on in Cali
fornia tomorrow, said that no outcome
of the California movement would be
acceptable to the country at large that
did not accord with existing and ap-
plicable provisions of law. and with
the national instinct Of justice.
The proposed California laws would
extend the restrictions against Japanese
By prohibiting the ownership or leas-
ing of land by Orientals who cannot
become United States citizens, pro-
hibiting the transfer Of title to Japa-
nese children born in America when
the land is actually for their parents
who were not citizens, and forbidding
Japanese ownership of stock IN corpo-
ratlons owning or leasing land.
Secretary Davis's statement said the
department had discussed the matter
in friendly and candid manner with
the Japanese Ambassador, and added
that the relation OF certain treaty pro-
visions to the proposed laws probably
would affect the states decision as to
adopting or rejecting them.
The statement follows:
The movement in California to re-
cast the state laws affecting alien land
tenure has been receiving since its in
ceptioN thc close and interested atten-
ton Of Ike Department of State. The
relation Of certain treaty provisions to
the proposed measure IS being dis
cusseG clearly and ably in California
and vii doubt css prove an element
in the states decision as to the adop-
ton or rejection Of the proposed
measure.
In the meantime the department has
had numerous discussions of the most
friendly and candid nature with the
fmhassa of Japan, and it is be-
lioved he thoroughly realizes, as we
have soUoht 70 make clear, that no cut
corae Of the California movement will
be acccp. Bic t. The country az lar
that docs not accord with existing and
app icaD.e provisions Of law and, what
is equ~.-g lnrortan1, with the nationa.
instinct Of Justice
Law officers of the State Department
have recently made camprehcnsive
review Of the proposed measure sug-
gested in California 20 provide safe
guards against any Japanese monopoly
Of Lard there. While il is adn.ittcd
that tho Federal government is without
authority 20 override any action taken
b. h . o..e of California. j, is ncvor-