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'V- VTHE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, FRIt)AY SfNOOK JANUARY IX 1916 r PAGE FOUR EprroRtAts om . mr! : ADDRESS.' WILSON'S i" f ' , , 1 - - . ' - ' . if i J i i. c IHE1LMI1T0HDISPSTGH Published 1 DAILY AND SUNDAY X E. Y DISPATCH PUBLISH! NCr CO. TELEPHONES: General Manager's Office 44 176 176 t udverti,sing Department.. I Circulation Department. .. j t Managing Editor. . 44 .205 ; -City Editor... . FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE. EUBK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. i l-tied to the use for republication of all uews rSStlff-S hews bubllsbed herein. All rights or re i j 'pubUcatloin of special dispatchea herein are ' L 'also, reserved. ' " - ' . l , ' BY MAIL: ! I ""Daily and ' Sunday -$6.90 f sDaily.and Sunday, Six Months. . .$3.00 vl. 'Daily and Sunday, 3 Months $1.50 ! ' .'Sunday Only, One Year $2.0u yt DELIVERED BY CARRIER: i "Daily and Sunday, per week. 15c Or When Paid in Advanc at Office S :" Daily and Sunday. One Year $7.00 ii r Tlaitv and Sundav Six Monthhs. . .S3. 50 ' Dailv anJ Sunday. 3 -Sunday-Only, One Year. $2.0u I Entered at the Postoffice in Wilming- ; i ton N.tC, as Second Class Matter. Foreign Repressntatives: Frost; Graen and Kohn, Inc., 225 Fifth Vw: Avenue, New Rork; Advertising i-f: Building Chicago. - t Member Audit Bureau, of Circulations. P' PHI DAY, JANUARY 11, 1918. V : 'Not an inch of territory will be given up," says the King of Bavaria. ?Ali s territory overrun by the German armies must be evacuated say the Al lies and some people see signs oi 'peace -in the near future. I ;-;!3Che4 Times, of Asheville, complains vthat?themilk and water of that city r5." running each other a close race I icr;"jthB;lead in quality. Maybe they I stn-fbo close together to prevent oz-. j V caiiionaic mix-ups. , :f-Tire- - Columbia States-says: "The j j fountain pen ,of . President Wiiscn is j fnigntier " than th'e shining sword of the Kaiser." That sounds all right, I hut the facts are against The State. It is said. Mr. Wilson uses a typewrit er first hand in putting his speeches on paper. . jThe progress made in womaa suf- f. Xrage has already caused the coinage mos two new words "matriarchy" and V'oidinaidarchy," applying, from am al bican history and one of the perma- j : iiucai power is pemcoats. ' -'A. Louisiana farmer leads the coun- try In patriotic display along agricui I j tiiral lines. He grows cotton red, i white and blue in color so it is said, j He accomplishes this by saturating " the growing seed with dyes of those ! colors. . . . a;'rSome energetic fellow up High f;Pbint way has found use for the one ; . .'time used paper cups the soft drink !r fountains. He plants in them seeds , !. of such vegetables as tomatoes, pep ppefs 5 and the like and sells by the I package to persons who wish to raise 1 the. like- vegetables on small scale. That fellow ought to succeed. I - it is a remarkable showing Secre- j tary Bakerxnakes in his .statement as to what the War Department has done j f.- in the way of preparation for war. pAVben one' considers the immense i::jiount of work that had to be done the inexperience of the men call 1 ed on to do it the surprise is that ' more and graver mistakes were net : made. - - ;r,The Asheville Times 'points to the '. recent experience of that city in re- j Safd to ; fuel as evidence of the good j hatcan; be' done by intelligent con ' servation and control of supply. It j-. says that ..with the most severe weath . verin many years and that continued 'longer,, than any former freezing spells,: with day after day of unprece dented demand for fuel, when the sup ply has been below -the normal de- "Eiand 'almost continually, not a single case pf . suffering is known to have existed. - '''.! J The Germans have made another big mistake in their calculation's as to time required, to gain a contemplated success. As they failed in "their 6a- timate of the time it would takn their army 4.0 . reach Paris,' so have they again" slipped up on the Italian cam pafgn; v They dxpected thelrtroop to reach - the : Yen etian plains before win ter. " As it ' is', they will have tospend that season in ,the mountains, hemmed, in by deepjsn0w--ahd : with; their lints cf 4CommunicatIonVgreatly, interrupt ed, They i crossed the Tagliano riv Th e, Italian rally was a great surprise, r nd the French reinforcements Have" hiasted their - hope's of success. The T!Ql1r.a, campagnma-bot pronounced - THE -WORM TURNETH ' " Had Barnum been ahead of hi3 time enough jto, know the' word stung" as it is used ' today, it js Quite jlikely "he would have used it in his observation concerning what he-considered the de Fire of the American people tt be humbugged. The famousold showman directly applied his remark to the re- laticn of the public to the circus, but it holds eouallv true to all matters in I pjr everyday life. In fact, our ability to absorb humbuggery is one. of t.oe vonders of modern civilisation. Yo;r sting" -us good and hard until cne would think we had a life-time sufficiency, but instead we will go off iud tne nurt to ourprme ana come:Deen re-stacea vDy Mr. Wilson, wo right back for more. - itrut t0 satisfaction of those wjio r -h 4b ' irrviinV. 'v.8 -SQ persistently demanded ro uut the signs s oi the Immediate atai -u , . statements,, may we now hope that times point toward a revolution in seme further and satisfactory proe tao future against this habit, ;and i rtss will bemade in fightng' Germans? ;t comes, credit for it should be giv- There is n6 other way in which the on to the war. Those of us who used TmJn0ileeanblai0? , , . (Germany is far from having been to take a "stmg" as a matter, of course , brought to ,a condition bearing any and show our "sporting blood".' by j recognizable relation to the picture eimlinsr everv time Wa "eot it n the 'Resented in the words of Mr. Wilson - r - I ceck'V. hay e, lost much of this after math smile, and our: return for more punishment is ndt as quiefcly made as a few months ' ago. The" hurt from getting "stung" is not so easily balm- id, and it will take only. a little, -more cne of the great 4ocuments'in Amer of this revolutionary spirit to make lean history and one of the perman- the life of those who "stine" not onlv.n611t contributions of America to world undesirable.. . but unbearable. ' The'erjj: fornl a8 in substance tW tightening up of the many loose endpraiae. ne has 6poken what his coun of our mode of living brought about, try felt; he has translated from ty the war has made us more unwill ing as victims of, tho stinger, and as stingees we are not acting just right for the future happiness of the stinger. This change is applying to every line of endeavor. - We are more apt to raise a row over underweight or overcharge by our grocer or coal deal er than ever, and' we are acquiring a habit of trying to find out just what we receive for each hundred cents we spend. This Is a healthy '.business sign, and its development will sound the ; death knell of the profiteering cJass. of business men. The retailer who takes advantage of war-time con ditions to extort profits from the pub lib will soon be a marked man, and he should be. We should not wait for the food or fuel or other kinds xt administrators to give us relief, but a little co-operation with the severa? government departments by the cit izenry will prove effective in secur ing, common rights. Public opinion ir. frresistible. The people do not knefw the latent power they possess. Orfce they are aroused to "ther wrongs their fury is often excessively ueed, but who can heap blame upon them because they once overstep the hounds in an effort, to break bonds that have long galled them? The pinch of war-times will yet bring about the liberation of the stingees, or mass of American people. BUY THRIFT STAMPS. Because a thrift stamp does not cost but a quarter of a dollar is no reason that its sale is not of great im portance to the country. The smal amounts make the big sums. Iiy the sale of these .twenty-five cent stamps the government hopes and expects to raise two billion dollars, and it will do so if the people will do their du ty, which is to put tLeir money in these stamps in as large amounts as possible, but for some sum at least. What the government wants is for the people generally to become inter ented in the purchase; to make it a popular loan. Remember, the pur chase of these stamps is simply mak ing a loan to the government. Thrv bear interest and will be redeemed a I any time after a certain amount has been purchased. They can be had at any postoffice or bank and at some business places. If the American people had the same information as has Secretary Eaker on conditions at the front, in cluding the number of American sol diers present and ready to take part, they would be as confident as he re- carding the result of the -expectec. Gorman offensive in force. Mr. Baker evidently has reason, te believe there in soon to be desperate fighting some where in France. Southern farmers last year had three-quarters of , a -million acres 5n poanuts more tHan for the' year before. Most of. this' increase was in Texas, where the boll-weevil forced many o: the planters to abandon cotton ar.d substitute the peanut, - which they found very- profitable. No one pays any attention to the threat of Generals Hindenburg and Lndendorff ' to resign if the Pan-GGr-nan principles are abandoned. They may go out of office, but it will not be through, voluntary '.resignation. '. Kaiser William would have secured that coveted place in the sun had hi3 ability -een equal to his ambition and vanity. , ' We give below editorial comments fronvcome of the leading newspapers oi the country, on President Wilson. address to Congress on the war aims oi this nation: -. The President's address cannot fail id bring new inspiration to: all the iree nations that are battling against militarism, autocracy and imperialism ,of thls the culmiaatmg and final war tor human liberty. has-eome." It-? can nd only-, when a democratic peace s established or democratic government v.y. w'.,ri una surreuaereu viu autocracy. IN ew . The war aims of the Allies having . . . . . . ... . j. waen ne saia .tnat tne tree peoples of the ' world must be delivered "from the menace and the actual power of a vast military- establishment contrpllee by an irresponsible government." New York Times. Mr. Wilson's address will live n,s vague aspiration to clear and definite fact the war ajmis of his fellow coun trymen. In . a deep sense Mr. Wil son's words constitute second eman cipation proclamatipn.-New York Tribune. We recommend the admirable pre cision with which President Wilson has stated the principles which the Allies regard as essential to a per manent peace. We likewise comment the practical sagacity which appears m his avoidance of the attempt to speak with finality in regard to ques tions which naturally are subject t further discussion after the present belligerents have found their way try the threshold of the house of nego tiations. Most of all we commend the unbounded resolution and unwaver ing pluck with which he expresses the American people's determination to win all that for which they are right eously at war. New York Sun. TOO MUCH CENSORSHIP. When Seicretar-BaJteTriinounced that America had a million and a half men under armsbe ought to have gone further and., announced howj many of them were in France. We coubt if that would be furnishing Trer iuany with any information she C.oesnt already have. This is a mat ter his own people are vitally inter ested in and he could make this state nerit without particularizing as to the exact location of the troops or their strength at any particular point Some of the government censorship senms to be entirely without reason. For instance, what difference did it make at what American port a navpl barge was caught in the ice, and the EHilors had to walk ashore on tho same? The most trivial naval items of news are sent out as occurring "at Fome American port," when nothing of advantage would accrue to the en emy by having the name of the port mentioned. 2 DON'T WORRY. Some very optimistic person las gotten up the following for the bene fit of our soldiers in camp or at tho front, i thinking it might help them keep up their spirits: Dont' worry; -there's nothing to wor ry about. You have two alternatives; either you are mobilized or you are not. If not, you have nothing to worry about. If you are mobilized, you' ha v 3 two alternatives; you are in camp or it the front. Ifs you are in camp, you have nothing to worry about. If you are at the front,, you have two alternatives; either you are on the fighting line or in reserve. If in reserve, you have nothing to worry about. If you are on the fighting line,-ycu have two alternatives; either you fight or you don't. If you don't, you have nothing to worry about. If you do, ou have two' allarna tives; either you get hurt or you don't. If you don't you have nothing to wor ry about. If you arp hurt, you have two alter natives; either you are slightly hurt or badly. If , slightly, you have noth ing to" worry about. If badly, you have two alternatives; cither yon recover or you don t. I you recover, you have nothing to wor ry about. If you -don't, and have fol lowed this advice clear through, you have done with worry forever. GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER Has been used for all ailments that aro caused by a disordered stomach and inactive liver, such as sick head ache, constipation,' sour Btomach, nerv ous indigestion, fermentation of food, Palpitation of the heart caused by gases in the stomach. August Flower is a gentle laxative,' regulates digestion both in s'omach and intestines, cleans and sweatena the stomach and alimen! fary canal, stimulates the liver to se crete "the bile and impurities from' the blood. 25 and 75 cerit bottles. Sold by Ireeo's Drug Store adv. ' Rear Admiral -v Leigh ' C. . Palmer, who, as chief of- the ' bureau ot navi gation holds one ofKth most respon sible posts In the administrative sys tem; of the United States' Navy, cel ebrated iis 45th . birthday anaiver saiy. today. Admiral Palmer is a na tive of rMissouri and., a graduate of Annapolis in t the class of 1896. Dur ing, the war with Spain he ' served onithe' jU. S; .g "New York, flagship of the North Atlantic fleet,. which, de strewed the Spanish, squadron in the battle of Santiago, His first com mand -was; that of the clestroyer Ayl- Win. Sjbftn.uently, he commando i the destroyerMcUou2las. and served as cii'of staff ioder Vice Admiral Coffman . of the Atlantic fleet. In August,- 1916, he- wad appointed 3 r.ip preeAt post as had of the nav igation btuwsCul , - , A DAILY LESSON. IN HISTORY. Ona Hundrdd Years AflsTToday. 1818 Swedtsi obscn od he ..40th an; niversary of thcr death pf Lin naeus, the world famous bo tanist. . Seventy-five Years- Ago" Tcdav. 1843 Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner," died, in Baltimore. B,orn in Frederick county, Md., Aug. 6, 1780. Fifty JYears Ago Today. 1868 The ship' Leibnitz - reached New York; from Hamburg, af ter a passage of 60 days, dur ing which 105 of the passeng ers had died of cholera. . Twenty-Five Years Ago Today. 1893 Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, civil .war commander " and governor of Massachusetts, died in Washington, D. C. Born at Deerfield, N. H., Nov. 5, . 1818. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE WAR. January 11, 1917. Italian air squadrons bombedv Trieste; Turkish litres near Rafa, on Egyptian fron telr, captured; London reported Au strian troops were "knocking on the doors of the Holy Land." , OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY. Miss Alice Paul, who led the suf fragists in ' picketing the Whjte House, born at Moorstown, N. J. 33 years -ego today. James H. Hustis, receiver of the Boston and Maine Railroad, born in New York city, 54 years ago today. William P. Jackson, Baltimore bank er and one-time United States Sen ator, born at Salisbury, Md., 60 years ago today. Thomas Dixon, author of "The Clansman" and other well known stories and plays, born at Shelby, N. C, 54 years ago today. Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, chief of the bureau of navigation of the Navy Department, born in Mis souri, 45 years ago. today. Max G. Career, outfielder of the Pittsburgh National league baseball team, born at Terre Haute, Ind., 28 years ago today. ' 4 1- WITH THE EDITORS. 4i'i Concord Tribune Undoubtedly there must be a curtailment of tho passenger service. " In some cases passenger service vhas been increased within the past few years, more as a matter of convenience than absolute necessity. A decrease will mean in convenience and crowded trains, but we will have to put up with many in conveniences before the war ends. There is, as The News says, much un necessary traVerby people who come and go because they have the imf! and the price. This ought to be elim inated, and the space given to people who have to travel as a matter ot business. New Bern Sun-Journal. Berlin is said to be stirred up over the peaco plans contemplated with the Russians and is worried over the fact that tho proposition seems to be about to fall through. We can't blame the people cf Berlin for their anxiety. Peace at any price is going to be what the Berliners will be looking for . b-jf ore many months- have passed away. The New Bernian President Wil son has the happy faculty of saying the right thrng-at the right time and in the. right manner and his address to Ccmgress Tuesday, in which he re stated the aims of the war, insofar as the United States is concerned, came at the psychologically opportune mo ment when it "should have a weighty influence, nott only on" the Russians, but also on the rank and file of the German people. Greensboro News. Secretary Bak- er 1 adds confirmation ' to , the lotion that the Teutonic armies are m epar inn fr what may be their greatest a: st'.ult, . on the Western ;jront: And when it is made and' over, the result may have much more to do wijh the cjuiiuK ijl peace tnan uie uimoai wis dom and eloquence of diploma an3 statesmen! Charlotte Observer.Secretar J Bak er appears to feel sure of the iuipend iug uerman offensive on a vicious scale. At the same time 1 he! ex presses the utmost confidence it the ability , of the Allies to withstand it successfully. The Secretary evfcent ly knows the war strength off the Western front, and it is likely that his confidence is founded on the pan; ho knows America will be able to pl ir. ii.. it 13 runner liKeiy rnat u ne yere permitted to tell just how many Urn encan . soicuers are mere andrlaay isr business the public would j the lit n -t , a i I murt? reauuy ran into me same con fidence he feels. rDo- a '-Bit "at" - every Bite-Wheat,- Butter, -Sugar, eat. ' ave ' : $2.50 English long cloth, special at . . . $3.00 English long cloth; special at .............. . . $3.00 white nainsook, special at . . . 4'. . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . $3.50 white nainsook, 40 inches wide, sheer quality, special at . Final Clearance of Aadies Suits and presses jatf prices on thesearmehts . or tomorrow 's Selling i We are closing out the remainder of our suits and, dresses at half price against the advice of baveling representatives from our. connections in the East. They tell us that styles will, not be altered to any great extent and that we could sell thesegarments at a higher" price during the coming. season a3 the quality is better than what can be offered at the same regular prices be cause of the increased cost in merchandise. But it has been the policy of the Bon Marche never to carry garments from season to season and we prefer taking a loss now than to have people think that our apparel is not strictly up to the minute, so the remaining dresses anduits go at just half price. $1 5.00 to $35.00 silk and serge dresses, priced at 1 $7.50 to $17.50 $20.00 to $45.00 woolen coat suits, mainly blues and blacks, all sizes to 40, priced at $10 to $22.50 -One lot of blue and black suits are offered at this sale at soecial .59 55 NEW YORK DAY-BY-DAY. (O. O.Mclntyre.) (By O. . O. Mclntyre.) (Special Correspondent of The Dis patch.) New York, Jan. 11. One by one the ancient, institutions and revered landmarks of Manhattan pass away. People .write to the newspapers de ploring the fact that community life is not longer picturesque. There is, as it were, a conspiracy of the gods to destroy the cherished ideals of the metropolis. Lyon, the Bowery Delmonico, where the singing waiters deal the food off the arm, shut up hop long ful pf engraved tickets, another hand wayward girl dropped carbolic in her beer and dropped to the floor in death agonies, is, but a memory. The Bucket of Blood the famous saloon of murders is no more and even The Doctor's where one could buy a "shock" of whiskey for five cents, is declasse. And now comes the announcement of the debacle of the bread line, the collapse of the cantonment of home less men who are clean down- and completely out. Because of the gen eral employment last year many of the missions on the Bowery suspend ed the free distribution of bread for lack of patronage. The bread -line was a great insti tution for the sob sisters. tMany times they found former bankers aridi men formerly high in the profession al life of the city shivering in the line for a crust of bread and a cup cf hot coffee. O. Henry wrote of the bread line and so did Jack London and it was the inspiration for many of our latter day poets. The abandonment of the bread line will fall heavily . upon those who make it a profession to sympathize with the miserable, and, also, it will cast a glown over the impresarios of slumming' parties. But one thing is needed to close the scroll and completely denature temperamental New York. Suppose the fake actors of Chinatown should ! respond to the lure of the munitions factories and the rubberneck wagons should go into cold storage? ; Seen around the town: A publi city seeking actor in a Palm Beach suit and a straw hat on Broadway. A red-capped .porter singing a darkey hfllaby to a little lost child in a de pot. A man with a throat muff 1 en r.nd ear . muffs wearing low shoes. A Boradway peddlar crying on the curb because a limousine upset his s'tock of apple3.- A policeman taking a New York reveler home in a taxi cab. James Montgomery Flags romping with a dog in Central Park. A famous singer singing "Six Drinks and the World is Mine,,' at a studio frolic. George -Graham Rice dictating-to his secretary in a limousine. A New Yorker cannot walk into Sherry's, Delmonido's or the Ritz or any, other moderate priced eating pavillion these days v without en countering" numberless maidens of jfamuat JanuaryLSctle of White (foods Mdlindermuslins begins tomorrow This event is worthy of attendance by every woman who has resolved to practicceconomy during 1918. The values are unusual inasmuch as they are on merchandise that is greatly in demand. Among the white goods specials you will find underpricing of high grade long cloths and nainsooks. --------- - - ....... - . w (Incorporated) the Four Hundred. They are behind flag covered booths and have a hand ful of engraved tickets another hand ful of five dollar bills aid one of those voices like a siren on a bat - tleship. ' Benefit work is now their hobby when they are not fox-trotting jvith able seaman off on shore leave. It means the loss of money to enter a; hotel lobby unless the poor male an imal has enough courage to with stand the appeals. There is an ifficiency man in New York who carries his profession to excess. He has a gir who lives in Albany. He visits her every Sun day and writes every day. For want of a new topic the girl asked him in a recent communication! if he really did like her eyes. In reply the efficiency man replied: "Reply ing to your inquiry of even date, beg to refer you to my letter, July 6, 1917, wherein the subject was treated exhaustively." Do artists like the community plan of living? It is a subject that has Ions been under disoussion. The i best answer is that a co-operative studio building in New York has rJUU was reflirea ior nis appearance nroven a failure. The build in e- T.tat tne next term ot the LauTinburg erected at a big cost, but tiffs started and most of them moved. LUMBERTON SCHOOLS. Will Re-open Tuesday of Next' Waek A "White Slavery" Charge. (Special to Tne Dispatch.) T ... V. XT -"I -i -tf ' juuuiuoriuu, i-N. yj., jan. xi. bum- certon s scnoois will open for the I ""V txftr. c-oai "When Jt Fours, It Reign WW . .$2.19 a bolt . . $2.39 a bolt .$2.39 a bolt . .$2.S8 a bolt orders spring term .next Tuesday, according o announcement by Superintendent R. E. Sentelle. The hurhjschool has ; sustained the loss ' of several teachers, ) and the ' school authorities "hay e been :"put to it" to secure others to fill the vacancies caused by resignations. At one time it appeared that jthe clas? work Would be seriously liana'icapped because of the shortage in the teach ing corps. This so aroused the citiz en s of the town that a number of. per sons qualified to teach volunteered their services until regular teachers could be secured. J. H. Bradshaw, .who gave his honia address as Chester. S. C. was arrest ed here this week on the charge of a; tempting to beat his board bill, and later revelations -made by the woman who was registered with him as hi wife resulted in charges of "white slavery" being preferred against him by Federal authorities. The charge is that the defendant carried one Min nie Hargett from Anson county. North Carolina, to points in South Carolina and Georgia, arid again back to Nortn Carolina in violation of the Federal statute known as the "white slave" act. Bradshaw was carried to Wil- 1 ington wner 4 bond la the sum of Federal court. John R. To I be it Dead. Greenwood, S. C, Jan. 11. John R. Tolbert, aged 84 for many years a Republican leader in this State and . former collector of customs at Char ' ... leston, died at his home at Ninety- Six, near here Wednesday. nltPonrs, It Reigns GANT you jpst taste that cap of good old Luzianhe Coffee? Steaming he; and ready to give you a whole d&fffy j of pep arid go. The flavor is wonderfully gbo6 and the aroma get it? oh, ma honey! Better run quick and get a bright, clean tin of Luzianne while it's there. If you don't like it every hit of it then your grocer will give you back every cent you paid for it. Try Luzianne today and see how mighty good it is. ,