Newspapers / Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, … / Nov. 14, 1917, edition 1 / Page 4
Part of Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE MORN ING. STAR, . VILMINGTON, N. C, .WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1917. FOUR. : The Stab Published by the WILMINGTON STAR COMPANY, INC., Wilmington, Ji. C. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Wilmington, N. ft under act of Congress. March 2, 1874. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED IRBSS. ' The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of re-publication of special dispatches herein are also reseived. PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MORNING STAR, the oldest daily newspaper in North Carolina, is pub lished daily and mailed to subscrib ers outside the county at $S per year; $3 for six months: 1.50 tor three months or served by carrier in the city and suburbs at 60c per month, or, when paid in advance, $7.00 per year. J3.50 for six months, $1.75 for three months. ........ THE SUNIJAY STAR, by mail one year, $1,00; six months, 50 cents; three months, 25 cents. ADVERTISING RATES may be had on application, and advertisers may rest assured that through the columns of thii paper they may reach all Wil mington, Eastern Carolina and con tiguous territory in South Carolina. Obituary sketches, cards of thanks, communications espousing the cause of a private enterprise or a politi cal candidate will, be charged at the fat of 10 cents per line, to persons carrying a regular account, of, if , paid lit advance, a half rate will be ' allowed. Announcements of fairs, festivals, balls, hops, picnics, ex cursions, society meetings, politica; meetings, etc., will be charged un der the same conditions except so much thereof as may be of news value to the readers of the paper, in the discretion Of the editors. 'TELEPHONES t Business office, No. 51. Editorial and Local Kooras, No. 61. COMMUNICATIONS, unless tbey con tain Important news, or discuss briefly and properly subjects of real interest, are not wanted, and, ir ac ceptable in every other way, they will invariably be rejected, unless the real name of the author accom panies the same, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee ot good faith. ALL DRAFTS, checks, express money orders and postal money orders for the paper should be made payable and all communications should be addressed to THE WILMINGTON STAR CO. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1917. TOP 0-THE MORNING. L And all shall count; the mingled Joy and sorrow. To fore at flner belnft rise at latj Front the crude ores In trial's fur nace smelted The Image of the perfect life la cast. HOMER. If you want td see the might of America, just look at her boys fn uniforms. Yes, honey, you may count on having a bitter experience if it gets so that you can't get sugar and candy. 'Some men vehemently Insist that they have their own opinion, whereas the thing that ails them is that they are obsessed of a" mere , idea. New York decided at the election to give the ballot to women, the idea toeing that It was "doing something" for woman. It seems more likely, however.that it was doing something to John Barleycorn. Romeo will -- 'no longer be able to take much candy to Juliette, but the philosophical Juliette, that is if she Is philosophical, can pass It all up with the consolation that candy is not good for her teeth, anyhow. While it is right to fight' for human ity, recent events . teach . Americans that it is not a good Idea i" to put faith .n foreign humanity .without knowing the psychology of the crowd Wore it Is safe to trust them with kaleseed. A Chicago woman who claimed that her husband kissed her under the be lief that she was aovr woman, took him to court and had him fined $200. This shows what is liable to happen to any bonehead who fails ;to be guid id by Davy Crocketfa ruie. "Be sure you are right and then, go ahead." Charity and ' Children remarks: "Thomas P. Ryan married a second wife 12 days after the death of his first. This was indecent, but Ryan has a barrel of .'money. That makes a difference." Of course, it's none of our business, but one flitting thought which comes to "us ts that, in: matrimo nial cases like this "money talks" and does not bave to wait two seconds for Its answer. THE PRESIDENT WANTS- PEACE In his address before the 'American Federation of Labor at Buffalo on Monday, President Wilson declared that he wanted peace just as much as any of the pacifists want it, but he said 66 In these words: "I want peace, but I know how to get it and they don't" America also wants peace but it wants it just . like , President Wilson wants it and knbwsi how'to get it. No other kind of peace would assure peace very long fbr either: this coun try or any of the balance of the world. That is what -the good pacifists do not seem to know. What President Wilson told the American Federation of Labor at Buf falo expresses the temper" and senti ment of America as a whole. Presi dent Wilson kndws better than td make peace when (Germany wants it and ill the way she wants it. The President In his Flag Day speech ift Washington last June declared that the peace proposals made just about that time by Germany meant that she wanted peace for the reason that Ger many up to that time could and would regard herself as conqueror. Quite naturally, theref we. President Wilson is epposed.te peace at this time, and so declared Himself, because it would be the very thing that would suit Germany. Neither this ddtintry nor the Allies Could ; aff 6f d to make terms with Gee many "under the cir cumstances of her? apparent triumph and In her present state of mind, be cause she could logically regard her self as conqUerdi' and unconquerable- the worst thing passible ter the wdrld under the circumstances. President WilSott knows how to get the kind Of peace that will last, and America had better trust him t6 get it " his way so it will be real an4 last ing peace. He wants to give Germany enough of war to last her. He wants to fight her Into the attitude that her state of mind Will not be the state of mind of the Junkers and Paft-Ger-manists. Otherwise, the peace that would be yielded nOw wduld leave Germany ln-the slat of mind Of dom inant Junkerdont. It Is, therefore, the other kind of' peace that,. America and the world Wants. They cannot take chances on the peace that wottld save Germany from being brought to the necessity of being glad to get peace on the world's terms and be glad to have peace for years to come, possib ly till dooms day. The American Federation of labor declared its loyalty and pledged its support to its country as a matter of course. Nobody expected, anything else, and no one could doubt for a min ute the true Americanism of the work ing men of America.- It is a good thing for the Nation that labor at this time was so organized that it could be mobilized for the American cause, but the Federation's demand for rep resentation at the world peace confer ence, when one is held, Is entirely out of place. Doubtless, the labor lead ers will see it that way before the time for a world peace agreement ar rives. It will .he world peace not labor peace. The fact Is, peace will be arranged by America through Its constituted au thority, representing all the people, not alone for labor here or elsewhere but for every class in America and all the world. Peace arrangements will not? be a class matter but , a national matter. The capitalists might as well demand representation- at the peace conference that must sooner or later be held. The American delegates will represent America and not capital or labor. There may he labor and capi tal in the delegation' but not as such, for:, they will represent all the people and not part of the people. They will represent America and not any one class of Americans. America 'does not want German peace, nor labor peace, nor capitalistic peace, nor class peace, but . national peace. Indeed, the need will be for world peace for all peoples and all classes. Labor rung true at Buffalo and that -is Americanism enough for the whole nation, of which labor is the bone and sinew. hundred pounds ort the hoof, In car load lots, freight paid to Chicago. This means for prime cornfed. hogs, with prices lower for hogs of various classes. Hogs, of course, sell accord ing to erade. after they reach: the stockyards, but shippers to Chicago stockyards from a considerable dis tance may get a fair idea of the prices per pound they might get. less about two cents a pound freight which ship pers have to pay on hogs to Chicago. The weight and condition of either hogs or cattle or sheep declines in transit, so shippers have to takft chances on that when they ship a long distance. The difference between the stock yard price for porkers and the retail price of pork Is a far cry. something like one hundred per cent, which . Is certainly a big margin for freight Charges, commissions and profits. The hoof prices for beef cattle and the re tail pflce for beef is all the more as tonishing. Chicago stockyards " are paying $5.85 to $16.80 per hundred pounds, according to the grade of cat tle on the hoof, so that the range in hoof price down to retail is greater than the range for pork. Food Administrator Hoover can not very well keep his eye on the prime markets .; attd "the thousands of retail centres of the country, but if he could do so he would be astonished at the profiteering going on in this country. PRICES HERE AND PRICES THERE. ENGLAJfD DEPENDS ON HER GREAT ' NAVY. By TTte Wayside f Passing :fotti onetfeliiigerertt coun try a anbtherv these day 18 probably a more strenuous undertaking than all the labors of Hercules rolled into one. A Wilmington sailorman, in an offi cer's berth aboardship, reached France, where their-cargo was discharged and where for some reason the crew, un expectedly, was transferred. The Wil mington man .had counted on return ing to .New, York- on the ship, and so had no passport. His friends had theirs, were all Britl&hers, in fact, and they managed to get him to London. There, however, John Bull in the person of a stolid official, stopped him. The other officers argued in vain. Jonn Bull said he couldn't land. He had no passport. "Orders is orders." After four hours of wrangling, and arguing, pleading and huiiylngr, the Wllmingtonian said, sighing, "Wen, if i can't land. I guess the only thing to do is to go back to France" "But you can't leave the country, you can't go hack," said John Bull.- "Why?" gasped our American friend. "You haven't got a passport," was the reply. Lenine may never find it out. but from the very start he has not had a particle of standing with us. Bolshe viki, people and others of the radical family lack wisdom and can not main tain any sort of mental equilibrium very lonr at one sitting. This indi cates a total lack of efficiency and the impossibility of stability. Therefore. If Lenine can stay on deck any length of time without being thrown overboard he can have our last summer's lid. Xdke the dregs of a boiling pot-coming to the top while the boiling is oing on, only to settle to their level again wfcen ebullition ceases, so 'also It r; 1 "with men who hob up serenely, and "r et to the top and slide right back to ? the base when they haven't got the U9. . c . -ir The commercial page of The Star ought to prove quite interesting and beneficial to householders and others who will read the market reports daily in order to keep posted on the price situation. It was announced some time ago that prices have fallen considera bly in Chicago, New York and many other big cities, but In many small cities all over the country they do 'not seem to have found it out. Consumers who are almost desperate because of high prices have seen them increased instead of lowered, but they may find some comfort in this price reference from the Philadelphia. Record: "With pork and bacon reduced in price at Chicago, flour selling at $11.50 a barrel against $13.25 a month ago, sugar pegged at a reasonable figure, despite, the admitted shortage, and some other staples neid in check, Food Administrator Hoover seems to be making good, notwithstanding the enormous difficulties of his task. He never will be able to satisfy everybody a feat impossible to .-the food control ler even in submissive Germany but he is undoubtedly doing better than any other man in the United States could do. Mr. Hoover is an entirely reasonable . gentleman, and when he make suggestions the public can rest assured that they are based upon com mon sens and patriotism." The difference between retail prices and wholesale prices in the basic mar ket centres shows a wide range of profits, while the difference between the retail price prevailing in different cities Is astonishing Both sellers and buyers . canlearfiv'something to their advantage' by vrading the market re ports every7 'day. On Monday, Chicago quoted hogs of It had been quite apparent to close Observers ever since the world war be gan that Great Britain's main strategic aim all along has been to conserve her navy for. the last eventualities of this war. Her main dependence is on her predominant navy, and back of Eng land absolute confidence in the final result of the war is her powerful navy. Those who have many times asked why England did not use her navy togreat- er purpose, ought to know now. She is Conserving it for the last. That's why. The central powers, perchance, might whip all Europe on land but they could never, conquer England, till her match less navy was overcome d possibility which nobody in Great Britain would admit for a minute. Certainly the cen tral powers never could deceive them selves into believing that tlney could possibly overcome the navies of Great Britain, and the United States.- By that token we know that there are at least two great nations that 'are not going to come out second best in this war. At a recent meeting at Sheffield, Admiral Sir John Jelllcoe as good as told a vast audience that whatever might happen on land in this- war, the navy would take care of the situation on the last great day. Several distin guished speakers addressed the work ing men and the people generally at Sheffield. As is customary with audi ences in England, the people wanted to know the. truth about things. Con sequently they searchingly quizzed all the speakers. That made their speech es all the more Interesting, because they had to talk about the things that the average man is anxious to hear about. The London . Times' report of the Sheffield speeches states that Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who was received with a great outburst of cheering, spoke of the work of the navy in the war. He said that only 52 of Britain's merchant ships had "been sunk by en emy raiders during-, the three years, as compared with 1,045 merchant ships sunk by the French" In the two years before Trafalgar. The losses from submarines, however, had been very serious. There had been a steady re duction in these losses In recent months, .but he did not want to build up too many hopes on that reduction. The figures for September were very good. The. figures for October Would not be quite so good, but he did not say that they would not get back to the September figures before long. . However, he assured the. people; that there should be no reason for anxiety as to the results of the submarine campaign, always provided the nation practiced the atrlctest economy. Per sonally he -would like to see -everybody . on 'three-quarters ration.' It would be good for their figures and for a possible time when they might 'have to tighten their .belts. He believed, however, the navy would pull ;them through. The navy would do its-est. but the people would put the najy - In a better position to do it by doing their part and exercising economy in food. ' X It should be emphasized that this is exactly the thing1 that should bepfcept in mind in North Carolina and Hhe whole of America. ' .. That knocked the sailorman silly. "You say I can't land, and then you say I can't go back what am I to do?" This brought matters to such an ab surd climax that stolid John Bull be gan to laugh. The ludlcrousness of the man's plight seized on them and they both laughed. "There's nothing left for me to do but Jump overboard." said the American, wiping the tears Out of his eyes. The upshot of it was that, though "orders wuz orders," the yourtg man was allowed to land. Then he began to go from one war office to another,, shuttled back and forth, try ing to get his status fixed so he could sail for home. He called at one office and was directed to another, where he was sent back again, and directed to another office. The very policemen on the streets got to know him and began laughing whenever they saw him. Hbw you coming on?" they asked. Af ter days of this, he finally got his clearance papers and sailed. Hereaf ter he will have a passport, even if he goes no farther from New York than Ellis Island. The Russian women's '"Death bat talion" defended the winter palap. at St. Petersburg, and the allegation is that the women soldiers f ought-? for four hours and then had to surrender to the Bolshevikl. All we've got; to say about it is that this version of the emeute does , violence to our - long prevalent conviction that, in addition to the "Old Guard," woman "never; fur renders." Perhaps, or peradveriSure, either one, a woman might "give.iln" for a confectionery or a mllllneryv6on sideratlon, but those who conjure Vvsith the surrender Idea are liable to b elite ve in that mysterious light which havers over Brown Mountain in the "LaSiof the, Sky." ' $11 v : ; The world insists that NapoleoifVWas great, but it is our recollebtionythat his greatness did not do a thing'for him but land, him on St. Helena to; die in exile. . When a man tfies to b6:too great he-is more than apt to geVblm self, in a hole. - - f;; The face of a woman knitting is enough to give you pause, even if you might be in a hurry. With lips com pressed, eyes wholly Intent on the growing stitches set up four, purl three, balance all and swing pahdners the ensemble of features as inscruta ble as Mona Lisa or the Sphinx, the knitting face is some face, believe me. Having heard of the ladies who sat near the guillotine of the French rev olution and clicked off lives with their stitches, one is persuaded that some thing of the same fateful atmosphere persists today in the picture of a wo man knitting, her thoughts thousands of mile's away, no -doubt, mixing- in strife on battlefields pictured in news papers while the sub-conscious machin ery knits and purs and sets up stitch es like a machine. I saw a lady of .niddle age in comfy house ' furnish ings, sitting on her piazza the oths day. In ten feet of a street vibrant with gongs and horns and the sounds of traffic, people passing and repassing, and she as utterly oblivious of it all as she would have been seated in the middle of the Gobi desert. Her spec tacles were on the end of her nose, and her lip was slightly caug-ht in her teeth. I don't think she was batting an eye. Nothing moved but her fin gers and they were flying. I imagined she had a boy somewhere In camp or trench or on the waters, and that she was making him socks or wristlets or a muffler or sweater or something, in tently occupied with her thoughts of him and his welfare and would he get back alive, and if so, what would he be like after passing through hell? But it was only Imagination. The In scrutable look was akin to something elemental. It was like a headland gaz ing out at sea, immovable, or a lofty peak looking across a thousand leagues of mountains. In connection therewith is the fol lowing poem that is going the rounds: Knitting and knitting; Jacket and helmet. Mittens and muffler; Intd the mesh of them. Thinking and thinking. Monarchies -crumbling, Democracies shaking. The blood of our manhood Spilling and spilling. Sorrow and sacrifice. Fatherless children, Desolate womanhood Drudgingly living. Wanton destruction That centuries builded; Nothing is sacred Killing and killing. Passions unbridled. Lust and despoiling, What does it matter? There is no, tomorrow. So little, so futile, This work of our fingers, Yet we keep knitting. Jacket and helmet. Mittens and muffler. Into the mesh of them Thinking and thinking. MaMtig Careful s elections It is of greatest importance when making your selections in wearing apparel go deeply into the correctness of the style, beauty and fabric, quality of workma racy of fit, just as closely as you would the price. . The shrewd, earnest bnvi that V(m hiP- accu. every detail that makes for value. The garments here mentioned were created to mt 0 conditional test. That is the reason for the rush just now in our Readj-to-Wear Departi Velour Coats, full length, heavy full collar, fur on sleeve belted, $27.50. value, at ' $44.50 $25.00 Value, at . '519.00 Heavy Cloth Coat, made with large collar and belt, dak green, navy, oxford, brown and taupe, $20.00 value at : ; - - ,$17,50 Extraordinary values in Heavy Coats; size 36 to 46. at $lg 5Q Misses Coats, size 8 to 14, and price range . . .$3.50 to $9 59 The selection is simply wonderful and we think even- m, a real bargain. Shirt Waist, extra values $2.50" waist, white silk and black silk, made up in the very best styles special $1.98 Silk stripe,- dark colors $5.00 Velours just arriv ed this week via express, on display Monday. . .$3,59 Special attention given to Mourning Wear and Mourning Hats. Ladies -with small feet, to 4; extra values $1.98 J. H. REHDER & CO. 615, 617, 619 NORTH FOURTH STREET We refund car fare on purchases of $2.00 or over. Kid Gloves, , Black, White ' and Colors 2 J ned this spectacle commandeered all the colors known to all the dye scien tists in the world and some they don't know. Flaming red and brilliant yel low and purple and green and drab and sad and gay and everything! A field of scrub oaks scarlet, ground of dead grass color, with a background of liv ing green of pine! and splotches, great splotches of all sorts of other shades tossed In surely here is a landscape painted by a Master Hand that is good for eyee dulled with too much bricks and mortar and asphalt and humdrum city scenes. You will pVobably recall that some time since the postoffice department published elaborate, jnstructibns about how to ' address properly a soldier's mail, giving models so that a wayfar ing man, though he be a fool, could not err therein. For Instance, one model was like thla: "John Doe. Co. C, 314th Infantry." A newspaper man in one of the camps says that there are thousands of pieces of mail undelivered and un deliverable in the camp postoffice, each one bearing the address: "John Doe. Co. C, 314th Infantry." The Charlotte postoffice at Camp Greene employes 15 men and handles 10 to 15 tons of mall daily, running as r high as 60,000 pieces. The men re ceive some 30,000 pieces daily and send away about 20,000. CURRENT COMMENT The county fair last week was a de cided success. The exhibits were fine and the crowds that attended each day exceeded expectations. Manager W. O. Thompson labored hard to make it a success and he is to be congratu lated. The exhibits of poultry, live stock, canned goods, corn iand other farm products would have done credit to any fair, and the b&by contest, the community booths there were decid edly too few booths and other fea tures of the fair were excelent. If the carnival bad been absent there would be no reason to add a "but" to the foregoing. As was to have been ex pected, the gambling schemes that were allowed to run full blast, unmo lested and unafraid, on the midway brought forth severe criticism. They should never have been allowed. No doubt the carnival people themselves were surprised. .They no doubt pulled those things on a venture merely, ex pecting that part of the midway to be closed; and of course they were tickled to death that it was not. It is all the more astonishing that these things were allowed whea one rememben that Lumberton has been one of tii most straight-laced towns on the ma It has been some years since it in been possible, until last neek. to ti! over anything like that here, and it a to be hoped that never again rill jjfr a thing be allowed. Aside from tis gambling devices the carnival had h especially objectionable features, i carnivals go. But many people oh?? to a carnival in connection with tit county fair. It is no doubt true tia it helped to draw the large croi that attended every day, but perhaj; the crowds would have been here an; way; and certainly some people fc' helped materially in making the fii a success the first two years M themselves aloof and would have noth ing to do with the fair this year soie'j because of their disapproval of tb carnival features. The co-operatiur I of these people is more to be desirsf than unv heln a. carnival can eit i drawing crowds. It is worth while ! try to build up a county agricultim fair solely on its merits as a competi tive exhibit of farm produets. livestock etc.. Without ringing in a carnival The Robesonian believes it.canbedos! and hoDes that next year no carnM will be allowed. Lumberton RobeK- nian. i This is a dav of service. TnlV t fin 1 v au rue, w -K.fcV. per I has seen its dy, . There are stray items here and there about such and such railway officials being around in their private cars. Now, big bugs, of course, must pa-5k along a lot of things in their travels anl doubt less need movable headquarters for the transaction , of their business, but in an era of retrenchment and economy and abbreviated train service, it might be possible for a railroad big bug to do his official traveling without a car. It ought to be a easy for him to deny himself a whole car as it is for Thomas, Richard and Harry to ride a hundred miles in a Crowded train without once having the chance of sitting down. The cry has increased to a roar from fail roads all over the country, that the.y are losing money, are crowded to death, must cut off this train and that train and so forth, nd the public is willing enough as a matter . of patriotism to lose conveniences and 'trains and be de layed hours; but as. long as an official can hook a whole car on to a train to make his trips, the public will think that railroads are not quite sincere and are more or less Inclined to seize the moment for profiteering.. If two train loads of people .must be packed into one, because one Jtrain is dropped as a war measure, theji an official ought not to be allowed peace-time private cars. , ' O, . you city; folks-have you been "out" and seen; November on parade? You who plan street parades and pag eants and you'; who "turn out" to view the military nikrch and the drum corps in their scarlet uniforms, and the lads and lassies of -this and that with their banner s. and their'flags hay you seen November in parade? This pageant beats them all!;! Miles out in the silent country; Vvhereho crowds stand to see November- pass,- Autumn is lined up .with, gorgeous banners. He who plan- DAY You will find many surprise values on display in our various departments. These are the kind of items that one seldom sees advertised, but are always worth going shopping for. Why not acquire the habit of visiting Fuchs' Department Store every time you are down town; w.e try to make it worth your while every day in the week. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Let us show you where you can save on I your millinery expendi tures, a splendid line of shapes and trim mings. We can maize you a hat to order on short notice. NOVELTY SWEATERS New shipment of Novelty Sweaters, pretty Cocn blue, rose and white, with, black trim, each $5.98 Ladies' Home Journal Patterns for December are here. Pretty new mid--:' winter styles. They are 10 and 15; no more. MEN'S SUITS One lot of Men's Suits, all sizes, ing, hard finish material ; per suit ' 0 $9.98 . - J. W. H. FUCHS' DEPT. STORE vvv PHONE 272 "The Store for Service" LUMBERTON, J, 1
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 14, 1917, edition 1
4
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75