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St - h WILMINGTON, NOHTH CAROLINA. -WEDNESDAY A , FTERNOON, FEBRUARY .1 3, 1918, ?ACE FOUR . t 1 ItiifWiLMINGT ON D1SPATGH l-if published. - I SXlLY AND SUNDAY if DISPATCH PUBLISHING CO. $ J j-v TELEPHONES: Ge heral Manager's Office 44 A'i Ivertising Department 176 CI rculation .Department. ..176 lilt basing Editor. . 44 Cx t--', Editor. . . . : '. -208 4 XujLLt LEASED WIRE SERVICE. in 3MBEH OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. I rlie Asscciated Press is exclusively enti tle 1 to tbe ase fnr republication of all news 3L patcbes credited to it or not otherwise ',. fitted in this paper and also the locai W s published herein. All rights of re n Plication of special dispatches herein are fiit ( 4 . reserved. BY MAIL: u ,- jt4ily and Sunday -?6.oo v lily and Sunday, Six Months. . .$3.09 r iiivflnfl Snndav. 3 Months Sc&day Only, One Year $2.0J jlll 'DELIVERED SY CARRIER: '3)iy and Sunday, per -week 15c 'Or -When Paid in Advance at Office IV'ifly and Sunday, One Year. .$7.00 D- illy and Sunday, Six Monthhs. . .$3.50 D 111 and Sunday, 3 Months. ..$1.75 Sv coax Only, One Year $2.0u E itered at the Postoffita m wllming jj. ( in, N. C, as Second Class Matter. it Foreipn Representatives: jrrfost, Green and Kohn, Inc., 225 Fifth I 'Avenue, New Rork; Advertising I .Building, Chicago. . 1 1 Wednesday, February 1918. til -.DoIng good is a luxury," says an be -phange. I3ut there are lost of folks o do not enjoy it. jjf Doesn't this weather make you feel i r:Vo getting out in the garden and 'ajrging in the ground? : x f- - x 1UI1 T- iU ;n - s I - "p, discredit Colonel House before U. , 3 American people by referring to in as a "former Texas lobbyist." The -spokesman of civilization vf ainst Prussianism" an apt deflni If Ji6i President Wilson's position by secretary of the All-Russian con- ation held in New York. ,.T The Charlotte News editor "rises to '.ark, and his language is plain," ? it "it is not at all essential in these lfs to be a fool in order to get soon i1? :rted with your money." : 5 The Germans in the trenches op- Vf11" ine -jnerican soiaiers nave ai jidy learned to respect the ability . tf UiO XCbLt-CX IU OUUUl tlUl CLUCIJ' WILLI ' i rapidfire gun and cannon. ! velocity gasless until tomorrow," was st'lr ad-line of a Richmond, Va. ''ejf wspaper. What a blessing it would ; pj out the Senate only with the time pi jit considerably extended. hThirt American aviator who "got 1 ? V. machine" the first time he ever 1 15 1I,viA. - ir vjurjuiaxea a rama-nre snin rrom a. I -jnlane shows how quickly our sol- ' tl o ti i a n4-rrr ? Tfare. . i . i; 1- 'f?,c 1 f: All- public men in Great Britain, th those of the government and of r t.'.''-.vixi. ii . wpiwiw, are tjniauBiasuc over address of President Wilson ' to the Congress last Monday. e leader of th nations combined to MhUate Prussianism. Hip public p - J - " a j, t WAX l L '.Ut... i .11 uu unuso ui any omer man in ail world. The .new movement by President lson to hold frequent conferences t important public questions with racers of Congress of both polit- 1 parties will strike the country as jyery sensible one. It is well for p head of the executive department, 0 also has much influence in shap- r legislation, to be in close touch f- th leaders of the legislative body. p it will increase the Presdent's ; uBnce with members of that body !- jl rWill tend to decrease captious ticism in Congress of his action. ; c ',jt :itvas announced several days ago eit; Generals Hindenburg and Luden I : ..''ft, had established headquarters in lginm. Now comes the news that $ Kaiser has moved his headquav a j s to Spa in the same section of intry, under the pretense that his ,Uth requires that he drink the wa ' s of that famous health resort for ,1- jhiie. There is most likely some ; gt behind these movements that O Wnot been tnlrl fho nMiV vnt win r- w " jmvxxv, MCLU nut made manifest when the spring ip'aign opens. .Vhile Colonel Roosevelt has great improved, which the whole nation glad to know, his physicians tell a he will have to "keep quiet" 'bile, They don't tell him though it he cannot write political editpr- s for The Kansas - City Star. The Wei will be able' to relieve heavy- am pressure that way while under 'ban against speaking. GERMANY AHO AMERICA. We have read quite a number of editorial comments on Germany's ac tioa in sinking the Tuscania, but wt think the following, which is from Henry Clews & Co's. weekly letter, one of the best that have come under our eye: The first real blow of the wajr has been received by the United States in the sinking of the Ttts canla and the loss of about seventy-five American soldiers. This was the first positive reminder of what war is; it will carry sorrow to many homes; and it will im mensely strengthen the nation in its determination to crush such ruthless militarism. America has been the least bitter of all Of Ger many's enemies, and might hava been usful to Germany at the peace table; but Germany's ruth lessness has foolishly destroyed any spirit of consideration that once might have been of advan tage to her, and has accomplish ed nothing but solidifying the bonds between us and our Allies and confirming the resolution for victory. During the year or more previous tq April 6th last, when President Wil son was doing all he could to prevent a rupture between this country and Germany and the imperial authorities seemed to be determined that such break should come, many persons thought Germany's intention was to force the United States into the war in order that when the time for set tling peace terms came she would have at the conference the represen tative of a government which would be less inimical to her than wero France and England. If that were her purpose she has lost all chance of such condition, as is declared so forcefully in the above extract. On the peace outbreak and the probable lengthy continuation of the war the-writer above quoted says: . Aside from this event there has - been a subsidence of peace ru mors this week and a consquent decline of optimism. That dis tress and internal discontent are - -"widespreiad in Germany, hasten ing the termination of the war, i3 Well known over here; but it is unwise to underrate the endur ance of, Germany's military ma chine, which has a firm grip up on the home situation and will suppress all uprisings with a re lentless hand. What with an un broken military government on the one hand, and the character istic ready submission of the Ger man people to authority and sys tem at all times, the immediate outlook for any internal uprising, that would quickly terminate the . war, is not overencouraging. xIt is true that political dissensions in Germany are growing very rap idly, and that conditions in Rus- - sia and Austria are highly confus ing; but it must be remembered that in Germany the people have no means of expressing their win, such as exists in the United States, France or England. For all practical purposes the political power of Germany is entirely in the hknds of the Emperor and his military advisers, who have noth ing to gain by peace, unless on their own terms, which as every nation but Germany knows are impossible. Prom these circumstances and con ditions the writer here quoted drawa the conclusion" that the war must be one of exhaustion or attrition, victory coming only to the side which can do the greatest killing. Such, he savs, is the horrible, yet logical outcome of the crime of militarism. All this means that the Unite! States has a desperate and bloody conflict ahead, to gain which every possible exertion will have to be made. The correspondence between the Kaiser and Carranza on the occasion of the former's birthday shows that the two worthies are on mighty close re lations. There can. be no question that much, of the trouble on the Mex ican border was of German instiga tion. It was one of their many schemes to hinder war preparations J in this country. There is evidently a complete understanding between the rulers of the two countries. Durham's reputation for manufac ture of fine smoking tobacco started with the closing days of the war be tween the States. After Johnson's surrender nearby Confederate and Federal soldiers, scattering to their homes all over the country, North and South, carried some of the Durham tobacco with them. This gave .the city village it was then a nation wide reputation at once, j Now Dur ham is sending" its tobacco by the many carloads to the American sol diers in France, where no doubt much of it will fall into the hands of the soldiers of England and France and Belgium and we are sorry to say some qf it even possibly into the pos session of a German soldier now and then. So war again is instrumental in spreading the fame of Durham to bacco. Is it also an omen that this war is its closing stages? EA8Y SPYING, The Tuscania disaster has forcibly brought to the attention of the Fed eral authorities that among the res idents on Staten Island are several hundred German alien enemies. Many Qf these are in "position to note the departure of every transport that leaves New York harbor. It is sug gested that some of these people would have no difficulty in making a perfect record of the arrival and de parture of all trans-Atlantic steam ships and of course they could find a way to make this information known to German agents to be sent across the waters by some means. It is likely that among the several hundred alien enemies who have reg istered theer are a number in the pay of the German secret service. It is plain enough , that no German yalien should be allowed access to the water front or to any position which would enable him to make a record of the arrival and departure of steamships. As long as such is permited we may expect Germany to keep posted on the sailing of American transports and vessels loaded with war materials or foodstuffs. NEW GENERAL STAFF PLAN. By a general order Secretary Baker has divided the General Staff into five divisions each division to be un der a director who is to be an as sistant to the Chief of Staff, General March. They are: An executive di vision and divisions on war plans, on purchase and supply, on storage and traffic, and on army operations. The chiefs of ail bureaus and agencies connected with the army are to re port to the head of the staff division having jurisdiction over that .partic ular branch of the service. In this way the War Department can do away with a great deal of the red tape process of conducting the business of the department. It is hoped the plan will result in expe diting matters and doing away with much of the confusion that seems now to exist. WITH THE EDITORS. Durham Herald: The appeal which the Durham merchants are issuing to the people of Durham for a reduction in the number, of deliveries daily is not only a just one, but it is patriotic and, should receive the most consid erate attention of every housekeeper. Not a small part of the high cost of living today is the result of the elab orate and whimsical service the pur chaser demands from the grocer or other merchant. The Robesonian: That Governor Bickett had reasons which to him appeared sufficient to warrant him in pardoning the four negroes who beat up a Robeson county rural po liceman we doubt not at all, but many people of the section where the crime was committed fail to find any justification for the pardon. It would be rather remarkable if a Gov ernor who has the onerous duty of deciding every pardon issue present ed to him should make no mistakes, and there are plenty of people who believe that it is better to err on the side of mercy than on the side of stern justice, but mercy to a prison er may be at the expense of the peace of the community upon which those who receive executive clemency are turned loose. That side of the matter is too often lost sight of be cause usually only one side of the matter is presented when a petition for. pardon is presented. Greensboro News: Is Mr. Hearst going to get in bad about Bolo? We suppose not, but there is some indi cation that the mysterious French man is going to rise up, periodically, to plague the New York editor. Fayette ville Observer: It is claim ed now that there has been found documentary proof that Lenine, Trotzky and other leading Bolshevik! are paid agents of Germany, and as such are responsible for the torn and disrupted state of affairs in ( Russia. This announcement does not come as a surprise to many, but the trou ble is that-the rioting, bloodshed and suffering avail nothing to set Russia free. They only tend to plunge it deeper into the depths. Asheville Times: The polite cour tiers from Wall Street find the White House gates closed. The best they can do is travel down to the other end of Pennsylvania avenue, hunt up some Senator filled with ad justable patriotism, and persuade him that it is his duty to attack the President. Washington Times. And those attacks are well understood by the people. . Asheville Times: The need is great and it is not merely a duty it is im portant from the standpoint of self- preservation money must be provid ed in order that men and munitions can be sent to the front. Germany must be defeated and the quicker the better. The thrift stamp together with the wars-avings stamp is the reat opportunity of the people ft helps. the government clothe and feed the men and it provides money for Tiuntions. Buy thrift stamps every day.' iruuvd luoran ana Unique Stars in A FTJN1ST PAIR r. r. I t ; : . single Jmh Polly Moran and Ben Tarpin do more stunts and tlirflls than any other pair In screendom in the making of Mack Sennett Comedies Being a comedian Is not such a i cinch as it looks. If you don't think so, ask Polly Moran and 'Ben Turpin of the Mack Sennett Comedies. They are the stage lovers in the famous "Cheriff Neil" pictures. 'Polly doesn't have to do anything strenuous except ride her saddle In The News Ernest M. Hopkins, who is to have charge of the industrial relations of the Quartermaster-General's Depart ment of the United States Army, is best known to the general public as an educator, holding the position of president of Dartmouth College. Un like most men of his position, how ever, Dr. Hopkins is not without a wide and practical experience in t'.ie business world. Prior to his selec tion as head of Dartmouth in 191 he had been in the service of one of the largest publishing houses of the country, and also had organized and administered the executive depart ments of several great commercial and industrial concerns. He is the son of a New Hampshire Baptist clergyman, and was graduated from Dartmouth in 1901, and served for" some years as secretary of the col lege. f ' A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY. One Hundred Years Ago Today. 181& General George , Roge.1. Clark, famous soldier and pioneer, died near Louisville, Ky. Born in Al bemarle county, Va., Nov. 19, 1752. Seventy-five Years Ago Today. 1843 Comomdore Isaac Hull, who commanded the famous "Constitu tion" in the War of 1812, died in Philadelphia. Born at Derby, Ct., March 9, 1773. Fifty Years Ago Today. 1868 Settlement of boundary dis pute between Italy and Switzerland. Twenty-flve Years Ago Today. 1893 Mr. Gladstone introduced the Home Rule bill In the House of Com- mons- i M.jJIM ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN WAR. February 13, 1917. The German ambassador, von Bernstorff, left Washington en route for home; Nor way, Sweden and Denmark presented an identical note to Germany, refus ing to recognize the submarine block ade as legal. OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY. C. E. Borchgrevink, celebrated sci entist and Antarctic explorer, born in Christiania, 54 years ago today. Victor Rosewater, Omaha news paper publisher and editor, born in Omaha, 47 years ago today. Brigadier General James Allen, U. S. A., retired, former chief signal of ficer of the army, born at Laporte, Ind., 69 years ago today. Joseph G. Lincoln, well known wri ter of Cape Cod stories, born at Brewster, Mass., 48 years ago today. Hal Chase, first baseman of the Cincinnati National League baseball team, born at Los Gatos, Cal., 35 years ago today. Edward C. Foster, third baseman of the Washington American League baseball team, born in Chicago, 30 years ago today. STATE NEWS. Miss Elizabeth Dexter, teacher of the first section of the first grade, is very sick and will leave this after noon for her home, Elizabeth City, to undergo an operation for annendi- fcitis. Her grade will be closed for a few days at least, as the work in her department is of such nature a special teacher for the work will have to be employed if her case is of such a serious nature that she cannot return this spring. The Rob esonian. Effective February 15 the physi cians of Lumberton will raise the, charge for their service The ad vanced prices of the things a doctor has to buy' is responsible for the raise. . After February 15 the doctors roen mruiu Sennett Co OP DARE-DEVILS. horse over chasms, jump down from roofs onto her saddle or leap, as in a recent picture, from a bal cony down on top of a mob of fighting men. But Polly's work is mild com pared with Ben's. More than once Ben has begun a comedy in the studio and ended it in a hospitaL ; will charge $2 for day town calls in stead of $1.50, and $3 for night calls instead of $2. Charges for country calls will be raised in proportion to those in town. The Robesonian. Mr. J. W. Carter, Jr., returned Sunday from Washington, where he was detained several days with the1. grippe. While in the Capital City, having had his discharge from the edies army on account of a defect in one'.T foot from contracted leader, he en listed as yeoman in the navy to en ter training at Key West, when call ed. This increases Maxton's naval contingent, which was already large. Maxton Scottish Chief. The retail merchants of the city held a meeting yesterday and decid ed to reduce delivery expenses in accordance with the request of the Council of Defense. They will make two deliveries per day at 9 in the morning T and 4 in. the afternoon. They will advertise a regular deliv ery system Monday. Wilson Times. The farmers of this section of the county ordered about 420 tons of ni trate of soda recently bought in Chili by the United States government by special enactment. The total ordered in the county amounted to 3,101 tons, the orders ranging from two bags to 40 tons. Those who ordered will get the proportion their order is to the total amount available. Scottish Chief. People are taking notice of the gravel on North Main street in Troy. It is standing the test as nothing else ever has stood it. It is white flint, or quartz, combined with top soil as it is dug altogether from the surface. SALTS FINE FOR We eat too much meat which clogs Kidneys, then the Back hurts Most folks forget "that the kidneys, like the bowels, get sluggish and clogged and need , a flushing occa sionally, else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, se vere headaches, rheumatic twings, torpid liver, acid stbmach, sleepless ness and all sorts of bladder disor ders. You simply must keep your kid neys active and clean, and the mo ment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region, get about four ounces, of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice; combined with lithia, and Is harmless to flush clogged kidneys and stimu late them to normal activity. It also neutralizes the acids in the urine so it no longer .irritates, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salta is harmless; inexpensive; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which everybody should take now and then to keep their kid neys clean, thus avoiding serious com plications. A well-known local druggist says he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be lieve in overcoming kidney trouble while it is only trouble: Adv. CHICHESTER S P1LL j TUB DIAMOND BKIMDl "i." I mueai AaK yor lrui riu in k4 uks i mm. eaJd -with Take M OlkM. Rnw -mm. years known as Best. Safest. Alwavs Rettabla ZT SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE ACHING KIDNEYS Pure) m. Ike ees The town and township road authori ties will doubtless make use of their Opportunity to surface all the roads within reach of this excellent mate rial. There is another zood road ma- tp-rifil that is standine the test. That is the brown or chocolate gravel ana I soil combined found in spots over the county. Troy Montgomerian. J. Coleman Ramsey appeared be- fore the board of county commission- , , , . ; - , . j ers last Monday and asked the board to consider releasing all soldiers who j may be serving in the army on May i 1 of their poll taxes. Marshall News:! Record. .( ., .. A VILLAGE PHILOSOPHER. ! (By A. P. M.) Monty was sitting in the sun out side his little box office, watching the wagons loaded with fertilizer and farming implements on their way to urban haunts. "Did you," he asked, "ever chauf feur a plow?" I shook my head in dissent. "Looks dead easy," Monty continu-. ed, "but if you have the least idea that it is a safety first job, you've got another guess coming, j The cusaed ness of some inanimate things is sure surprising, but a plow haa everything else beat a mile for devilment. View ed casually, from the top of a feDce and in the shade of a persimmon tree, a plow looks much less dangerous than its constant companion the mule. But, O, boy, a closer inspec tion and a lengthening acquaintance will show that this is an error of judgment, for there's nothing short of a torpedo that can give such sudden and unexpected surprises as a weather beaten and decrepit looking plow. Whenever a plow begins to feel gay hand festive, Jt looks, around for a sub marine stump, or maybe just a dinky little root bidden from human view, and proceeds forthwith to stick its nose beneath, stands on tiptoe, so to speak, and catches the unwary chauffeur under the chin. And while the chin is a favorite spot of attack, a plow will at times ignore the rules and deliver a solar plexus", or even hit below the belt. "Yes," Monty continues as he fills his pipe, "ploughing looks darned easy, and an experienced chauffeur can, barring accidents above mention ed, start a row that will run straight across a field, but the uinitiated will most likely meet himself coming back, or leave a trail that would give a blacksnake cerebro meningitis to fol low." . He paused a moment; then added musingly, "Plowing is quite honorable but as a sport, I have found it a mis erable failure." "A pessimist is a great institution," Monty remarked the other morning, as I was hurrying past. "You see that chap there. .Doesn't look like a fel low that's lost a million dollars, does he?" I replied that he didn't; in fact, that he appeared quite cheerful. "How did he do it?" "Hanged if anyone can find out. You see," he continued, "I've known him for a number of years, and at the end of each season he has lost umpty tumpty thousands of dollars J because it rained too much, or too lit tle, or something else, anyway, he's lost it." How much money did he have to lose?" "None at all; he loses what ho might have made, if he had made.it. It must be an awful thing to be al ways losing a fortune one. never has." CARRANZA'S MESSAGE PUT IN THE RECORD Washington, Feb.' 13.rThe recently published Birthday telegram said to have been sent by President Carrana to Kaiser Wilhelm was placed in the Congressional Recdrd' by Senator tor Sherman, Republican, of Illinois, who declared he was "moved to wi3h to do more than practice watchful waiting in view of the felicitations ex changed between those distinguished worthies." The Kaiser, Senator Sherman ob served, in making acknowledsrement "referred feelingly to the intimate re- Chewing a Slid 0 Gum A V $. a da V a away lationship between Senor Carraiuj and his own helmetted self. Just how intimate this relationship may b arouses more than idle curiosity ir we remeber that the Allies bought ! 60,000,000 barrels of oil from Meiicr, last year- How tnis Prosperity mav be promoted by our winning the war, is a pertinent inquiry, especially when ihe Kaiser fervently asks that the in- "mfV"dS bte ef ! i?" ed it may result m a victorious peacp Such a peace g stm fuU Qf menace for tnia country." . A A A A ! A tfh ti A A A A AAA A A . Jt, t, V V V V V 'Tif V V V VW p4' V TVTVrVTf HEAD STUFFED FROM CATARRH OR A COLD Instant relief no waiting. Your clogged nostrils open right up; the ait passages, of your head clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness, No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh ' disappears. Get a small bottle of Ely"s Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes instantly. It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed u? with a cold or nasty catarrh Adv. TO CUT SHORT A TAKE A CAL The New Calomel Tablet That Is Entirely Purified of Nauseating and Dangerous Qualities. Of all the medicines in the world the doctors prize calomel most hieMr to break up a cold overnight or to cut short an attack of grippe, throat or a deep-seated cough and pos sibly to prevent pneumonia. No that all of its unpleasant and danger ous qualities have been removed, tw new kind of calomel called "calo-tabs"- is the doctors' ideal treatment for colds, etc. . One Calotab on the tongue t bed time with a swallow of water-that s all. No salts, no nausea nor the slightest interference with your eat ing, your work or pleasures. NJ morning your cold has vanished and your whole system is puff ed and re freshed. Calotabs is sold only in or iginal sealed packages: price thirty five cents. Your druggist recommend and guarantees Calotabs by refunding the price if you are not delighted. Adv. IS THE DAY OF MIDDL E-AGED THIS THE WOMAN WHO LOOKS Yl Her experience, her ripened JJJJ ment, enable her to take advent of the wonderful opportunities tor men which the war has createn to succeed she must appear yow Gray, streaked with gray, or iV hair gives the look of age and many women from the success tn deserve. . von If gray hair is your handicap can easily overcome it witn Hair Color Restorer just as thousands of other women. . gradually bring back all tbo l color and gloss and take vea"bu: your looks. Q-ban is not a aye, a delightful toilet preparation cessity for every woman vb0 it stands the value of keeping J0" will not stain the scalp, asnn: oft ot interfere with washing ing the hair. 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