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One Year fS.Oo -Entered at the Poatoffic in wflming- ton, N. 0, as Second Clasa Matter. Foreign Representatives: -Frost, Green and Kohn, Inc.. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, Advertising Building, Chicago. WEDNESDAY, 'APRIL 17, 1918. Do.nt forget that this is cleanup weak. The latest addition to the Angora Crab ia Count Czernin. Ajnbassador Ishii is not as egotis tical as his name sounds. T We don't blame Major Peterson one, hit for wanting that $7,600. I rOf course the government is not worried about the strikes in baseball games. I'For fear that you have overlooked lkr is a little reminder ta buy that liberty Bond today. f Cam Morrison may be long on chewing the weed, but he is not ac cused of chewing his words. The Hearst papers look with (lis I gust upon the Japanese. Doubtless iitS is jealousy of hues. -4 Invest your larger denominations of money in Liberty Bonds and the small change in Thrift stamps. i With Bud Fisher already in France and Charlie Chaplin called for serv ice, trench life should be much more attractive from now on. i Burian is now the Austrian spoke- man. wonaerwnat Kina oi a peace movement he will start and then get ired for starting it? We can't see anything wrong in I letting German prisoners over here .r ,:f ' . a. 1 mi ii - earn tneir Keep. ney are uvin? a -rhnle lot easier than if thev were ill I at home, and they should be willing ; I fo) exchange labor for their board and I k ' srther comforts. j The more the government officials look over Wilmington the more pleas 3d they are with the advantages this city offers for shipbuilding. The announcement toaay tnat among ine ,sites under consideration for build ing steel ships, the one at Wilmington ifvas looked upon with the most la or. was a pleasing bit ot news locally. t While the war news today is dis- aieting, the situation is not by any eans hopeless. The British have een forced to give up valuable strat egic points, but they have been in tworse' (Situations prior to this and fworked out successfully, and there $ confidence that Haig will extricate is " army from the present gloomy ition. Despite the fact that the first base j?au . same in dusiuu was yiayeu in er T tne best weatner conditions in nany 'years, the attendance was about he smallest. We may be wrong in guess, but we'll take a Bhot at it ty-expressing the opinion that the ale of Thrift Stamps has been good n , Bean town this season, causing a carcity of four-bit pieces usually pent at the gates, of baseball park3 Senator Lewis in his Durham peech did well to remind the people hat ythe government could take all heir money without promise to pay bterest oh it or return the principal, If it wanted to, but instead of doing Gals it is offering a-goed investment. jVhen our government. Is so kind to s as all that we should not hesitate - . t k making It a loan to the extent of ur ability. It seems strange .that eople have to be begged to make a af e : and -paying investment and ald a the . preservation of their liberty. Ci then of . tb-Bse should "bd More: than ufficient reason for all of us to sub- tribe i to -the bond Issue to the limit I 'cur resources. THE NOT AS BAD AS PAINTED. Wilmington may not be what It should be with regard to the charges that have been brought as to certain moral conditions ; alleged to exist in the city, hut she is willing to pl her record alongside that of any other city similarly situated. One swallow doesn't make the spring, it has been said, neither does one dtunk make a sodden city. The Dispatch is in receipt of a letter written by a sailor lad concerning an incident here last Saturday in which those who are prone to take the soldiers to task as a body for what one of their number was unfortunately guil ty of, in which the holier-than-thous are given a good hard lick right be tween the eyes, provided the circum scribed space between the hair and the nose As . big enough to get hit. We wish we were able to publish the letter, but because of certain rules of ethics we do not consider it would be proper for us to do so. Of course there are blind tigers in Wilmington, and they are in every other city in this or any other State. The "man with the price may buy whiskey, or the stuff that passes for whiskey, in almost any city of this size and it is said that in many of them it can be had a great deal easier than here. By all means root out the blind ti ger and all other immoral elements to be found here; wipe them out com pletely, but there is no need to paint conditions worse than they are in do ing so. A little more effort and less hot air would accomplish better re sults. If the city is not good, get busy and clean it up, but because there is a dark spot, don't for heav en's 6ake, try to accuse the whole city of being rotten. THE WORLD KNOWS. "Czernin lied!" That was one of the most seriois charges that could be brought against an ordinary individual, much less tb.3 spokesman of a great nation. Yet that is what Premier Clemenceaa said in answer to the Austro-Hungar-ian foreign minister's statement that France had offered to open peace ne gotiations with the dual empire. No man, much less a man of the high standing in the affairs of the world occupied by Premier Clemenceau. would make such charge? against in other great statesman unless thre was the greatest provocation. Count Czernin, for some purpose, whether in a cheap effort to save himself in the eyes of King Charles, bu more especially in the eyes of jmperor William, or whatever his reason might have been, issued . a declaration in which he sough to cast a cloud upon the faithfulness of France to her allies in this war. The statement was designed, no doubt, io create distrust among the Entente powers. France's Premier saw through the scheme, and, knowing that such a charge must be met with a bold and convincing denial, he broke precedents and diplomatic lan guage to smithereens by saying: "Czernin lied." There was no room left for quib bling; there was no loophole for astute politicians to twist the words of the French Premier into a meaning different from what was in- tended by the author of the state ment. It was a great big, staring sign pinned acrosa the world's polit ical horizon, proclaiming "Czernin lied." XrYtfftw!11 there could &e to it- The Austrian and German officials may send each other messages re-affirm ing their allegiance to the cause of the Central Powers; the monarchs may re-swear their faith in each other, but the rest of the world will always believe just what Clemencaau said : w Czernin lied. THE SWEET POTATO. Mr. D. J. Fergus has a communica tion in thii afternoon's ' Dispatch which Is most timely to the people of New Hanover county and Eastern Carolina. He gjves the benefit of his experience in saving sweet potatoes for consumption throughout the year, and incidentally says a good word in behalf of this tuber as an article of food value. It has occurred to us- often that not enough attention- has been given to the production of sweet potatoes, and its food value has not been exploit ed for its true worth. As Mr. Fergus exprasses it, the sweet potato is palatable and nour ishing food for any or all of the three daily meals, and makes a most sat isfying lunch for between meals. It is capabfc of many different prepar ations or table use, all comparatively eair'V; ay cook. It can be. mad into an excellent dish for breakfast, dinner (or lunch) and supper (or din ner), he many ways in whiefc WILMINGTON DISPATCH, it 'l may be served "make it available for frequent use. Sweet potatoes are not of extraor dinary trouble to produce, but rather; the., amount of labor and other cost involved, in growing them is much smilie than in many other crops. And - the yield is prolific. It has been stated that from 150 to 200 bushels may . be produced , per acre of land, and that these; may be marketed even a dollar per bushel at a profit to the producer. When the. present price is considered, which is above $2 per bushel, the great profit in raising them is readily seen. Farmers have in this crop not only a money-maker, but a strong addition to their food supply. . Sweet potatoes may be kept through the winter if - proper care ia used, and Mr. Fergus has given the benefit of his experience which has been a success, even under the ad verse conditions of living near salt water, where th conditions created by moisture make saving difficult. Be sides preserving the potatoes, as he suggests, there Is a method now be ing quite extensively used in some sections by which the potatoes are cured by a process which renders them easy of preserving in a pala table form for future use. One of these .plants, potato dryers, is located near New Bern,, we. believe, and is said to be successfully curing the po tatoes for home and market use. There are many other things pro duced on the farm for eating purpos es much inferior to the sweet potato, and ven should the time ever come when people would have to subsist wholly on this article of food th?y would not be in such bad circ nu stances. STATE NEWS George Lloyd, the guard on the Rocky Mount road district, who re cently shot and painfully wounded R. E. Stroud, a prisoner on the road dis trict at the time, was arrested Satur day afternoon at Philadelphia. Infor mation furnished the Philadelphia au thorities by Mayor T. T. Thorne and the local police department was re sponsible for the apprehension of Lloyd. Rocky Mount Telegram. Mr. C. G. Ingram, who was serious ly wounded during the last term of Forsyth civil court by Mr. B. U. New som, at the conclusion of the trial in which Mr. Newsom was the plaintiff and Mr. Ingram one of the defendants in a cause alleging slander, died at the City Hospital Sunday morning about 9 o'clock. Mr. Ingram had been in the hospital since the tragedy, which occurred on the north side of the Court House, immediately after the litigants left the court room where the jury had just returned a verdict for the defendants. Twin City Sentinel. The worst frost in several weeks occurred Saturday night and early Sunday morning the ground was thick with a white coat. In low places the frost nipped potatoes and fruit, but in high places the damage mu6t have been small. Examination of fruit trees yesterday proved sat isfying to a number of men who know when damage has been done, and it is believed that there will yet be a pretty fair fruit crop. Hickory Rec ord. Mr. A. W. McLean has been ap pointed counsel for the State of North Carolina for the United States alien property custodian. Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer . of Pennsylvania, is the United States alien custodian, and by an act recently passed by Congress he has charge of all of the property of alien enemies during the war. and will sell the property and hold the proceeds until the end of the war. Mr. McLean will represent the alien property custodian in North Careikift, There is no compensation attached to the work, and it will be done as a patriotic contribution to the war work. Lumberton Robesonian. WITH THE EDITORS. .i. ......I... Lumberton Robesonian: The Repub lican brethren could hardly have been sincere in deploring, In their platform, "the partisanship in the administra tion of our national affairs, which is depriving our country in this great crisis of the wisdom, experience and service of some of its ablest and most competent men." They know that the Democratic administration has drawn liberally on Republican aDiiuy ana experience. Maybe they want President Wilson to let Roose velt run the whole show. Fayetteville Observer: It werp hart enough for the Democratic State con vention to snub the woman suffragists tue omer day, but, when Cam Morri son gave as a reason that nothing must interfere with th of the war, the snubbing was changed " au insuu. it is safe to say that the average woman of America, bo she suffragist or anti-suffragist, ii doing and will continue to do more to win the war than the average man is doing or will continue to do. New Bern Sun-Journal : Hon. Thom as D. Warren, chairman of the Demo cratic executive committee, states that ftf i8,weU Pleased with' the result of the State convention which was held at Raleigh a few days ago. The meeting was one of those which will go down In the history in this State na nn of tha jmosl fcajmonious and benejfisial. eyr WEDNESDAY AFTCKNOON, APRIL 17, 1918. held. The Tar Heel Democrats are more united now than they have ever been before and they mean to stand by the President and the administra tion at all times and to back them up in these parlous times by united support. , Lumberton Tribune: It is gratifying to the whole State to know that Wil mington is to have a government ship yard. It has taken the government a long time to find out that Wilming ton is a suitable place for something big, but now, having found it out, we are going to see North Carolina's chief seaport go forward as never be fore. ! IN THE NEWS. William R. Day, who enters upon his 70th year today, haa been an as sociate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for fifteen years. He is a native of Ohio and an alum nus of the University of Michigan. After his graduation he began the practice of law a Canton and by 1886 he had won a place on the bench of a State court.. He was a neighbor and Intimate friend of William McKin ley, and went to Washington when Mr. McKinley became President, tak ing a place in the Department of State. In the interval between John Sherman's retirement and the ap pointment of John Hay, Mr. Day fill ed the post of Secretary of State. This position he resigned to accept the chairmanship of the commission which negotiated the treaty of peace with Spain. On his return from Par is he was made a circuit court judge, which post he held until named for the highest court in the land. RAISE SWEET POTATOES. Wilmington, N. C, April 16, 1918. Editor of The Dispatch: I gave you an article last year on the importance of North Carolina pro ducing a large sweet potato crop, and proved by an analysis made by Mr. George Catlett, the city chemist, that the sweet potato was far superior as a food for the human race than the Irish potato. In fact, it is the most complete food that is produced by man from the soil, as it requires no seasoning before, it is put upon the table. It will not only sustain life; but it will fatten and make mankind healthy and saucy. I think it would be wise for the newspapers of the State and the county farm demonstrators to im press upon the farmer the importance of producing a large sweet potato crop. They not only take the place of bread, but of meat also, as they are a delightful dish to have on the table three times a day, and nothing is better between meals than a cold Porto Rico sweet potato as a lunch. I would like also to suggest to the farmer a method of saving the sweet potato crop: After a good many years of experience I have found that it was best to dig potatoes before the frost kills the vines for two reasons. 1. That, the rains wash the hills so that it exposes a good many of the ends of the potatoes, and while these do not show when they are dug. they will rot after they are banked, and cause a good many others that were sound to rot also. 2. It is a well known fact that potatoes grown from the vines keep better than those grown from the sprouts, which fact goes to prove that a potato will keep better when it is in a growing state than after it is fully matured and al lowed to stay in the ground. I have seen potatoes after the vines were killed by frost and a wet spell of weather set in so they could not be dug at once get water sogged and rot in the ground before they were dug, which makes it the wisest to dig them before the frost kills the vines. I have found the best way to house them is to take a flour barrel, have both heads In and saw the barrel in two. then have rope handles. Let two men follow the diggers, pick them up as they are dug. as the sun will blis ter them if left to dry on the ground and cause them to rot. Then put these half barrels in a wagon, carry them right to the banks and pour them out. By this method you only handle the potatoes one time, which saves them from being bruised, which, of course, causes them to rot. One of ifcheo first essentials is having the grchind" where you plant potatoes well drained, and I will venture to say or dinarily manured, the ground will produce a larger bulk of sweet pota toes than anything else that you can plant. I have found that It Is best to se lect a high, dry place and put about 25 bushels of potatoes to a bank in a pyramidical shape. Then put about enough straw sufficient to cover them well, then put exactly that much more, then you will be certain to have the straw thick enough. Let them stand this way until the weather be comes cold; then put earth over them sufficient to. protect them from a freeze. On top of the bank put a ventilator composed of two six-inch strips nailed together in the shape of a trough about two feet long. Let this rest on top of the straw, then put the earth over the trough, so as to hold it in place, and by the ends being left open it will act a3 a ven tilator to the bank. I suggest about 25 bushels to the bank on account of taking the bank down all at one time. Yours very respectfully, D J. FERGUS. A DAILY LE8SON IN HISTORY. One Hundred Years Ago Today. 1818 Norvin Green, one of the no ted pioneers of the telegraph business in the United States born at New Albany, Ind., died at Louisville, Feb. 12, 1893. Seventy-Five Years Ago Today. 1843 Samuel Morey, .who con structed a successful steamboat in 1792, died at. Fairlee Vt. Born at Hebron, Conn., Oct. 23, 1762. Fifty Years Ago Today. 1868 Magdala, the , Abyssinian stronghold, was burned to the ground by the British troops Twenty.Flve Years Ago Today. 1553 JMsy -JUicomxeJehrated poet GERMAN PRISONERS TO U I Those At Hot' Springs. Are to Be Offered Farm Work (By George H. Manning.) Washington, D. C, April 17. The German and Austrian prisoners of war held by the War Department at the internment camp at Forb McPherson, Georgia, are to be compelled to work on the Georgia roads or farms. The civilian prisoners arrested by the Department of Justice and now interned at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in charge of the War Department, are to be offered work of the same char acter and may undertake it or not as they please. ' The enemy aliens confined at the civilian camp under the Department of Labor at Hot Springs, N. C, are to be offered work, on the farms but they will be given the option of working or remaining within their camp and do ing the odd' jobs incidental to "the camp upkeep. Because of the general criticism di rected by the people towards the at titude of the government in permitting the imprisoned Germans and Aps trians to remain idle the War Depart ment and Labor Department made an investigation to determine what au thority they had under international law to put the prisoners to work. At the close of the investigation it was decided to apply to the German and Austrian prisoners the same treat ment accorded by England and France to the captured Germans and by Ger many to the prisoners of the Entente Allied nations. The other nations are compelling the prisoners of war (that is, mem bers of the organized armed forces) 'to perform daily work, but the civilian prisoners (men not actually combat ants) are not compelled to do any thing more than care for the upkeep of their camps, unless they volunteer for day labor outside. Prisoners of war at Fort McPher son are to be paid for the work they perform. This salary will be used to pay for their upkeep and what is left over, estimated to be about 25 cents a day, will be used to buy them to bacco, cigars and other luxuries, the War Department states. The same rule will apply to the civ ilian prisoners at the camps at Fort Oglethorpe and Hot Springs. They are to be offered work on the farms. It is believed in some quarters they will not accept this farm work in the belief that in so doing they will be aiding the enemy. Other officials be lieve they will undertake it because if they do not they will be kept bus ily at work preparing their food, build ing and maintaining their camp and work on the truck farm operated inj connection with their camp to raise! vegetables for their table. If they agree to work outside they will have practically no more work to perform and will have m5re liberty and receive same salary. The men at Fort McPherson were members of the German naval forces aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm ar d other German ships that put into Norfolk and Pacific ports and in terned. When war was declared bv the United States they automatica.lv became prisoners of war. The prisoners at Fort Oglethorpe are civilian Germans and Austrians who were rounded up by the Depart ment of Justice and turned over to the War Department. The American prisoners in Ger many, both war and civilian prisoners, are receiving scarcely enough food from the Germans to keep them alivt. it is asserted by the War Department But the civilian prisoners at Hot Springs are being given all the food they need, and food experts have re peatedly declared that the war pris oners at Fort MacPherson and Fc rt Oglethorpe are being given twice as much food as men of their habits re quire. The American prisoners in Ger many would have difficulty in main taining life on the German rations j alone, it is said. With the aid of the American Red Cross they are receiv ing all the food they need. As soon as the American Red Cross receive? word that an American is a pri.sone- 1n Germany a record Is made of his name at the American headquarters in Berne, Switzerland, and a package containing ten pounds of food is sent to him three times each month, to add and collaborator with John G. Whit tier, died in Boston. Born at Bever ly, Masss., March 5, 1824. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE WAR. April 17. 1917 United States Sen ate passed the bill authorizing 1 na tional loan of $7,000,000,000; Riotous strikes on wide scale reported in Ger many; First shot fired in war between United States and Germany in sub marine attack on U. S. destroyer Smith. OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY William R. Day, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born at Ravenna, Ohio, 69 years ago today. Willis Van Devanter, associate jus tice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born at Marion, Ind., 59 years ago today. Captain John Hay Beith of the British army,, famous under the pen name of "Ian Hay." born in Scotland. 42 years ago today. Mggie Teyte, celebrated prima don na, born at Wolverhampton, England. 28 years ago today. Maggie Teyte, celebrated prima don States senator from Delaware, born at Georgetown, Del., 57 years ago to day. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, New York clergyman, famous for his par ticipation in movements for munici pal reform, born at Framingham, Mass., 76 years ago today. mm GEORGIA ROAD ium X I - I lit ii EV "-'MWUL'X" 1 -mmu. us hi ii ihl. ii m Wa gner Distributing Company Wholesale Distributors Water and Orange Streets P. O. Box 604 Phone 1191 CENTRAL CONSUMERS CO., Inc., Louisville, Ky: to the rations offered by Germany. "The Germans have not an over-; abundance of food for any of their people and but little is being wasted on the American prisoners or prison ers of any of the other Entente na tions," said an official of the WarDe partment today. "But the American Red Cross sends from its Berne head quarters to every American prisoner ! in Germany a package every 10 days containing 10 pounds of good, whole some food, which keeps our men there in excellent shape." Woman Suffrage Council. Indianapolis, Ind.. April 17. Lead ers of the woman suffrage movement from many States are gathering here for the special executive council meet ing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which is to as semble tomorrow for a two-day ses sibn. In the opinion of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the as sociation, the council meeting will be the most important one in the history of the equal suffrage movement. The congressional elections of next fall will be discussed, with particular ref erence to the final "drive" to get the Susan B. Anthony amendment through Congress. But You Can't Rely Sprays and Inhalers CATARRH MOT : germs, which direct theBr attack against the tender and delicate mem There is no use permitting voir- braces of the nose and throat. Thess self to be deceived. Ferhaps, like germs cannot be reached by sprayi thousands of others amicted wjth Ca- cf douches, which, of course, have no tarrh, you are about ready to believe eSfect whatever upon the blood, that the disease is incurable, ani s. S. S. is a purely vegetable blood that you are doomed to spend th? remedy, made from roots and herbs remainder of your days hawking and spitting, with no relief in sight for promptly any disease germs or impo inflamed and stopped-up air passages rities in the blood. This great rem that make the days miserable and edy has been, used for more thaa the nights sleepless. fifty years, with most satisfactory r Of course this all depends upon suits. It has been successfully usei whether or not you are willing to by those afflicted with even the sever continue the old time, make shift est cases of Catarrh, because it drives methods of treatment that you and out from the blood the Catarrh germ, many other sufferers have used for and eliminates every foreign sub years with no substantial results. If stance from the blood. S. S. S. ie you are still content to depend upon sold by druggists everywhere, the use of sprays, douches, inhalers, For the benefit of those afflictel jellies and other like remedies by with Catarrh or other blood diseases, themselves, that are applied to the we maintain a medical department in surface and cannot reach below it, charge of a specialist skilled in these then make up your mind now that diseases. If you will write us fully, your catarrh will remain a life com- he will give your case careful stud, panion and will follow you to the and write you jast what your own in grave. dividual case reQuires. No charge is You must realize that the disease made for this service. Address Swift itself, and not its symptoms, 'is what I Specific Co., 406 Swift Laboratory. you have to cure. Of course you. Atlanta, Ga, Adv. 4 'Mark Its Subtle Flavor" You are always glad to know of delightful beverage to serve youi guests. A bottle of Ambrosia is greatly enjoyed with or between meals. Order A Case Sent Homt Ambrcs'a !s sold at Restaurants, Hotels, Cluba fountains, Drug and Grocery Stores. 1 Celebrating Illinois Centennial. Springfield, III., April 17. The se ries of meetings and exercises with which it is proposed to celebrate the Illinois Statehood centennial this year was ushered in today with a centen nial anniversary meeting of the Illi nois Historical Society. As special guests of the occasion delegates were invited from the historical societies oi all the States with which Illinois Ter ritory was related. These States in clude Connecticut, Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. Justice Day Nears 70th Milestone. Washington, D. C, April 17. Wil liam R. Day, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, entered upon his 70th year today, hav ing been born April 17, 1849, at Rav enna, O. Justice Day is the fourth oldest member of the supreme tribu nal, both in age and point of service. His seniors, named in the - order of their respective ages, are Associate Justices Holme? and McKenna, and Chief Justice vrhite. The Overseas Club of London has 1 collected nearly $5,000,000 for war , purposes. MM liJiLi know that when you are cured of any disease its symptoms will disappear. . Catarrh manifests itself by inflam i mation of the delicate membranes of the nose and air passage?, which ; choke up and make breathing very difficult. To get rid of these dls tressing effects you aust remov their cause. The blood is laden with the Catarrh direct from the forest, which combat n