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X THE MOKNINU STAK. WILMINGTON. N. C.; SUNDAY, DECEMBER l, 1018. iff.. ZLE SAM'S FOREIGN-BORN MEEtiNG TEST OF LOYALTY n Americanization has recently been Carried out in the engineers' training camp at Camp Humphreys, Virginia. The man who conceived the idea be hind the experiment wa6 a private sol dier of Italian . birth, Sailvatore Cudia by'name On his own initiative Pri vate Cudia built up a system of edu cation .among the thousands of Ital ians -at Camp Humphreys which has been in operation since early summer. - Several years of experience in the newspaper and theatrical world had brought Private Cudia into close con tact with many individuals and he knew especially the psychology of the foreign born. Realizing that the best way to attract his men was through . giving entertainment, he began by as sembling and training a small orches tra, the cost of which was defrayed out of his own earnings as regimental tailor. The first musical program which txe offered to the men was one calculat- vj ' attract them ani the Italian born soldiers at Camp Humphreys gathered in full force. An Experience Meeting:. After the musical program Private Cudia offered .to assist any one in the uudience in solving the every-day problems which beset privates in the army. Knowing the sort of stories he was to hear, Cudia had primed himself (with answers. One private at once Arose and complained of the way in which he believed the government was treating him. He had a wife and chil . dren in Italy; for months they had re ceived no money from the American government; for some reason the al lotments had not been received. The poor soldier, whose understanding of the situation was anything but clear, thought he was being cheated out of his pay. He even confessed that he lelt no particular loyalty toward a country not his own, a country which lie intended to leave as soon as he could, a country in whose army he was serving really against his will. The frank statement of this fellow's case aroused the keenest interest among the Italian born soldiers pres ent and Cudia was called upon to square the matter. Having investigat ed a similar case in the past, Cudia . was ready with an answer. He imme diately sprang to his feet and asked the men whether they knew English. Many of them admitted that they did .not. He then told them that many of the draft boards and camp officials simply could not learn their names and that because many European born people who had come to America to earn a livelihood had not been killing to learn the English language they had involved themselces in a great deal of trouble. The government was not so much at fault, he told them, as they themselves. He ' would be glad, of course, to help them straight en out their temporary difficulties, but as a step toward doing away with such difficulties in the future, he proposed that t-iey should all join classes in English which he would start for them. English Classes Started. These classe were started and per mission was obtained from headquar ters allowing the Italians to hold daily meetings for the purpose of reading and speaking English. Throughout the summer and lip to the present time f'rivate Cudia and his assistants have continued these classes. Through learning EuglishT the men have put themselves in a better position to un derstand what this country has been fighting-for. But Cudia's idea did not stop at the teaching of English to Italian born sol diers. It- was -a much larger thing than that. His aim was to bring his people into closer relations with America, the land of their adoption. He found that many of them had very hazy ideas on the subject of naturali sation; the primary thought with a large. .number of .them was to return to" "Italy as soon as the war was over. Cudia was much too wise to attempt - direct -'persuasion with these men; he endeavored Tather to bring them into close touch with the American soldier and present, step by step, the advan tages of American citizenship. To this end he organied dramatic clubs, read ing circles, and vaudevilles and even published, at his own expense, a book let of information so that when he made an appeal the men should be in a receptive mood. Many Decided on Naturalization. ; "When he felt that the proper time had come, Cudia' arranged a large mass meeting at which the proposition of ibecoming American citizens was pre sented to the men. At this first mass meeting over 100 Italians pledged themselves to become citizens of the to Avoid and Relieve" Influenza By Dr. Franklin Duane. United States. Up to date over 700 such pledges have been secured. ' Private Cudia feels that his experi ment has achieved a large measure of success. One of the most baffling problems in the country has been the reconciliation of the various dissatis fied elements among the foreign-born and foreign-speaking soldiers in our great draft army. Cudia is of the opinion that the surest way to devel op love and gratitude forvAmerica and American institutions is for the Unit ed States to see that its foreign-born soldiers enjoy every possible moral and material favor while fighting un der the Stars and Stripes. His work at Camp Humphreys represents a sig nificant attack upon one of the great est problems the nation is now called upon to face and solve. Russians Aid Bond Sales. Reports of purchases of fourth Lib erty bonds ere now revealing that the Russians in this country have con tributed in no small degree to the suc cess of that tremendous venture. Their assistance is the more significant when one considers the comparatively small number of , Russians in this country and the variety of political views which they entertain. It is frankly admitted by Russians that the first two loans were not heavily subscribed to by Russian peo ple in this country. The third and fourth, however, called forth all the energy of numerous Russian organi zations with highly successful results. During the third loan, for instance, at one Russian mass meeting alone, five million dollars was subscribed. In the fourth loan in New York city alone twenty-eight millions worth of bonds were purchased by Russians. During" the third and fourth loan campaigns mass meetings were held frequently, particularly 5 in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit and Pittsburg. These meet ings served to direct the attention of the government to the loyalty of the majority of Russians among us. Dur ing the fourth loan campaign, a "Rus sian day" was arranged" in New York city and a parade was held on Fifth Avenue. On this occasion, five thou sand Russian-Americans gathered be fore the Altar of Liberty in Madison Square to hear the speeches of the Russian ambassador M. Bachmetieff and the assistant secretary of finance of the federal government who said in part: "Great Russia sacrificed eight mil lions of her sons. They allowed the allies to gain time during their hard est struggles with the Tetonic armies. Germany cheated, insulted, and mock ed Russian- liberty, and did not stop in her selfishness at the most inhuman treachery. But America will not for get all Russia has done for the world's democracy. She calls on you, Russian citizens, who are loyal to the Ameri can government, to help her to free Russia from German tyranny. This celebration was followed by an other in Carnegie Hall, in which the Russian tenor Zinovieff, the pianist Prokofleff and the Russian ballet were the principal participants. Committee Directs Work. The activities of the 600,000 Russians in this country have been directed by a coalition committee, chosen from among the Russians of various poli tical parties, professional unions and educational societies. Many prominent Russian-Americans have been connect ed with this work. Among them are Mr. D. Staal, presidentof -the council of peasant-deputies and former state's attorney of the Moscow court; Mr. Sos kis, known in connection with the Kerensky cabinet; Dr. Zach. director of the Russian information bureau; Count Ilya Tolstoy; A. N. Boublikoff. former commissioner of the ways of communi cation; Dr. Ingerman, leader of the social democrats in this country; Gen eral Uberoucheff ; and Mr. B. Agafonoff, the Russian aviator. The great majority of Russians' in the United States have come to realize that this country is sincerely desirous of protecting the sovereign rights of the Russian people. They remember the president's promise that the Unit ed States will stand by Russia. The twenty-eight million dollars raised in New York" during the fourth Liberty loan was further supplemented by fourteen millions raised in other parts of the country by Russians wh6, it is now evident, are heart and soul in sympathy with the efforts of the Unit ed States to see that justice is done to all oppressed peoples. "HOME-SICK" BOOKS They Are Greatly In Demand at the Army Camps. "What might be described as home sick books are greatly in demand at the army camp libraries established by the American library association. A home-sick book means a novel usu ally the scenes of which are laid in the neighborhood of a soldier's home I certainly enjoyed 'Perch of the DeviV" said one strapping Westerner. You know my home isn:t 20 miles from the scene of that story." Part of Zane GTay's Immense ooDularitv in tv Iany peonle have been friehtened ' caniP3 is because so manv western What they have read or heard of influ- men know the country he describes so enza. The more you fear the disease vividly. A stray copy of The Country the surer you are to got it. Go right Gentleman pftfltaii . , y about your business and forget it. Ai "fn? nt.,'?,n?an instalment of the disease is spread principally bj serial story, The Desert of Wheat," contact through sneezing, coughing oi was brought to a certain librarian pitting, many health authorities hav with an eager request for thp rpst r.r .advised that everyone wear a gauze, the tale "T wna h,,vK . which is daily washed and saturated "he a ranch " M g ,Up n a with a one to five hundred solution ol wneat rancn. said the soldier, "and I tine sulphate in water, and then dried i sure want to know how this fellow before wearing over the nose and came out with his big harvest " mouth. You should avoid crowds,-com- An architect with a Harvard riiira mon drinking cups and public towels. ! tlon wanderer! mrTe, 11 - I ,uca" Keep your strength us by taking lots n, ? mo"uUy into the li Of exercise in the open air and plenty Drary at Camp Devens looking for f nourishing food. j something to read. He almost weDt Jf,.you have any 1 ?uch symptoms as for joy when "Life of the Mississippi" ehilliness, nasal obstructions, flushed was handed him Hp lLI -t F,P face, headache, feverishnesa. rPsti(aa. i V rV . mm: He d known it all in ness, weakness, or irritating cough 1 l Doynooa- and turning give up work at once and go to bed. ! snowed the librarian one the leaves he his will save your strength to hpln ! of familiar Dlaops overcome the disease. Put your feet in ' The librarian at r-ov. n hot water for fifteen minutes. Thor- Georeia wTt it?i Camf Hancock, oughly loosen the bowels with some Vreoria- was a little puzzled to know such mild and non-irrltatihg physic as ' to Please a tall, taciturn Ameri- ur. trmruos nensani i-enets. urink ul lIie original brand, Joe Yel- imtcipny i iiol xemonaae ana then iowtnunder by name, until shP a cover up with plenty of clothes in bed denly thought of mn " , " o as to get a good sweat. When v ! Ramona. To her aweatiner is free a.nrl the fevoi- I Jov tf,lS proved to be lust thp tl,.intr take a dose of two Anuric Tahlfttaovrirl and the big aboriginal went r.,, ; i Jour hours, followed by drinking at inS. his home-sickness quite forsrotl least a glass or two of hot water. Anu- ' ten H"'- iorgot- ric Tablets help quickly to relieve the t soreness of the muscles and bones ! ,,, t from which most patients complain and i Missouri Farm Bureau Unite, help the kidneys flush out the poisons. Tne Missouri farm bureau associa r To relieve nasal obstructions and ex-I tion. recently organized bv the Pntv cessive discharge from the nose, prob- I farm bureau in tw J . county ably nothing is better than such a mild, trlul" tt ? . that state and cen" oothing, antiseptic wash as Dr. Sage's ?ra!lzin the,r strength and influence. Cataarh Remedy. It will give great re- 1S work for the advancement and : lief. Employed as a gargle, in same! Pro.tectIon of farm and home interests. trenth as made up for use in the I 18 to advocate desirable legislation. cr "1" n newspapers witn material con- BMXCVAJ DUIOIICIO BI1U UI jrilcSS in ine tnroat. k k NY'n 11 rnVJLWJLLi H t The Great Credit Store A Little Down and a Little Each Week Buy Your i CREDIT Qlothin oil Open an account here and pay a dollar or two a week on what you purchase, or you can pay spot cash without los ing a cent.. No exclusive cash house can sell cheaper. We are doing a growing cash business because we carry larger selections and show more different styles than most cash stores. Shoppers don't like to be confined to a few styles. They are more sure of getting what they want when they are given a lot of fashions to choose from. So what's the use denying yourself the oppotunity of wide selection just because you think you blight to deal at an exclusive cash store? Save money and see all the styles by coming here. WOMEN'S STYLISH SUIT An assemblage which you will agree is most extraordinary ! Of finest $5.00 to $8.00 a yard fabrics magnificently tailored with custom-made precision. Stunning taileurs, semi-tailored, trimmed and sport models with new shoulders and sleeve. Materials Wool Velour, Men's Serges, Tweeds, Poplins, Oxfords, Brotdcloths. : $22 and Up Women's Winter Coats The greatest collection of high-class Coats we believe, ever assembled at this price. You have the pleasure of choosing from newest and smartest looseback, semi-fitted and belt ed styles with raglan, satin, and tailored sleeves, fancy and tailored pockets. Large collars of self-material or fur, including Hud son Seal, Kit Coney, O'possum and Marmot. Some attractive stitched and trimmed with buttons. $15. and Up M N 9 S mJm' AI UITS 1 The tailoring on these garments speaks for itself. The new Flannels, the new Cassimeres and the new Worsteds are specially distinc tive. Young men and the older progressive fellows will be delighted with the endless dis play of styles, now shown in our Men's Wear Section. We also have an immense line of conservative models. $20 and Up MEN'S SNAPPY WINTER OVERCOATS We are not only showing you more up-to-the-minute styles from good makers who are advertising their productions and prices in the magazines and newspapers, but we are giving you these productions on little easy weekly payments, at same prices at which they are being sold all over the country for spot cash. $20 and Up WOMEN'S HATS Farley Hats have created a furore in .Wilmington for their smart style. Every day we see new faces in our Millinery Department for one woman tells another about these wonderful values and individuality coupled with a low price make these hats the most popular in this city. WOMEN'S FINE FURS Featuring a ,superb col lection of furs of the most choice and elegant qualities at wonderful savings and then you know our easy credit system will be a won derful help in securing a high grade fur on the easi est kind of'payments. WOMEN'S DRESSES Afternoon and street models to please the most critical, in styles for the youthful, as welV as ma ture woman. The latest tunic Panel and-apron effects that give the straight and'slender silhou ette. , Some are beautifully em broidered; and braided . in new ways of fashion. Favored colors are navy, ' taupe,' brown, plum, burgandy and black. They ' are priced $10.00 and up. ; .,- MEN'S PANTS $3 and UP - This season's newest styles in every conceivable,' serviceable de sign. It's a conceded fact that Farley Pants give the very best wear for the money, and besides, you. can take .iust as long as you -want to pay the bilK Come in. Men's HATS Pick your Winter Hat from one . ..of the largest stocks in the city Varying weights every desirable shape and color. Farley G lot him 116 MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, N. C. MINISTERS TO APPEAL FOR WORKERS TODAY Thirty-Five Thousand Pulpits will Call for Y. M. C. A. . Workers Over Seas Urgent. c Influenza weakens the patient's re- veying correct ideas of farm nrohlpms and farm people, and co-operate with Atlanta, Nov. 30 From 35,000 pulpits will sound, on Sunday, Dec. 1, a ring ing appeal for overseas, workers in the Y. M. C. A. Thirty-five thousand min isters of the gospel will spread the message that has come from France, Belgium, Italy and Russia telling of the pressing need for men of charac ter, men of educational and executive ability, to participate in the work of reconstructing the mental and moral 'status of those war-ravaged countries and to maintain the morale ofv the American soldiers stationed there. The southeastern department of the national war work council, comprising seven states, will, in common with the other sections of the country, inaugur ate an intensive recruiting campaign on December 1 to continue until the necessary number of workers has been secured. Dr. W. W. Alexander, head distance to disease, so that there is dan-: ' and slate agencies. Any Mis ter of bronchitis and pneumonia de- ; souri county farm bureau co-operating yelopinfir. To combat this tendtnev a-nA i with tvio oto i...u . that he keep in bed at least two days, frobably nothing wiir at thia stare lasten. the recovery and strengthen the patient more than an iron-tonic tablet Jailed "Irontic." or that well known erbl tonic Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical DlRcnvrv vrhirfe - Via. V a a n :, ,,-Jt Vr thousands in the past two fenerft- and United States department of agri culture is eligible for membershin. Each county farm bureau Is 4:o- toe en titled to one delegate for -each ,350 members ' or fraction, and each farm bureau supporting home idemonlstra tion work will be entitled, in addition, to a woman delem " A Rare Book Bargain. For immediate delivery,. I will - sell the complete works of O. Henry, the most fascinating pf all story Writers, in 12 fine volumes for , only- $12; $l with order ad $1 a month. CThe pub lishers' price is $17). -Send me your order . ; .today. i J. T: ' Norswbrthy, ; .li 3 Chestnut St., -Wilmingtop irf. C dv.. of the recruiting department in this territory, with headquarters in Atlan ta, has instructed every local represen tative in the seven states under his jurisdiction to bend every effort to ward securing the required quota. Five thousand high class workers are needed at once, says Dr. Alexand er, who is in close touch with the situation overseas and of this number the southeastern department must fur nish about one-fifth. Special suita bility for the task is the paramount qualification and the highest type of men must be immediately secured as volunteers for six months after the signing of peace, or for even a longer period. The greater proportion of the new workers will be sent to -France to work among the American troops. In accordance with the urgent request of the war' department, the Y. M. C. A. is ; intensifying its educational, relig ious and entertainment programs, thus necessitating the enrollment of a large number of thoroughly qualified work ers. It is pointed out that with the troops Concentrated and with hostilities at an end, it is much more" necessary to sustain morale now than in time of war, when the incentive was, strong in every soldier's mind; and his leisure time was comparatively limited. The latest demand for increased per sonnel comes from Russia and Siberia, where the Y. M. C. A. maintains oper ations on an increasingly elaborate j scale. . A letter just received by Drl Alexander from one of - the secretaries! in Russia declares that the reputation of America among the Russian people has been saved by the war work agen cies. The ; reconstruction- of r' this . tool- j shevik ridden country xiupylriaf a. prominent place in the program of the national war work council and a pressing need of 50 workers for the Russian field is streeed in the present campaign for recruits. Men properly qualified educational ly and morally will be accepted for overseas service if they are between the ages of 32 and 50. AH details as to qualifications and methods employ ed in entering the service may be ob tained by communicating with Dr. W. W. Alexander, Y. M. C. A, headquar ters, Atlanta. : .ENGINEERING FEAT. Receiving Ship of Navy Now a Land Structure. An interesting and unusual piece of engineering has changed a ship, which for years has xbeen the floating home of sailors, into a land structure that will never ride the waves again, says the October Popular Mechanics Mag axine. The vessel -so transformed , is .the "Commodore," which lay at anchor in the Chicago river in the days 'ot peace, serving as headquarters for the Illinois naval militia, . V Since the outbreak of the war it has served as a receiving ship for the navy. Since the vessel was' never to :be used for navigation again and was being badly racked by storms, it was recently decided to All in around the hull with cJay and rock. A bulkhead, made of . rick and 40-foot piles, was built close to the boat on- the .lake Ward side and at the ends, and the intervening- space filled in with clg.y, well tamped down. . , - STILL EXPLAINING THE ZIMMERMAN CONSPIRACY Plot To Excite Mexico and Japan Against United States Now Blamed , To a Subordinate. There is one f ood policy that 'fcanrfot change, and that is the vital necessity or sinmi nyiat. - Amsterdam, Oct. 17: (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) The German plot to incite Mexico and Ja pan to war against the United States originated with Herr , Von Chemnitz, who bore the title of legation counsel or and was employed in a subordinate capacity in the Gerrqan foreign office, it is now asserted. This is disclosed by Professor Bonn, rector of ttfie Com mercial Academy at Munich Baraviar according to the Munich Neueste Nach richten. "Von Chemnitz," says the Munich newspaper, "imagined himself an au thority on Latin-American affairs and suggested the 8chere to Dr. Albert Zimmermann," trten uerman secretary for foreign affairs. "Zimmermann dis cussed it with other foreign office offi cials but they thought it unfeasible; "Zimmermann kept the matter in mind, v Presently Von Chemnitz came and told him that in the next Xewr days an especially reliable messenger would leave for Mexico, to whom the message could safely be entrusted, and that it was a matter of now or never. "Zimmermann allowed himself to be over-persuaded and so the fatal step was taken." - . Vnr:iAlbert Zimmermann on January ; ' ' directednhe: German' minister, Von Eckhardt, at Mexico City, to pro pose an alliance between Germani Mexico and Japan to take effect a soon as it was certain there woulfl war between the United States Germany. The German minister w directed to urge President arran of Mexico to ask Japan's ad!ieren" d tnis scneme. lmniriii.au.. .v, lost i j that Mexico should "reconquer tne i j territory of New, Mexico, ux Arizona. lbj0 The German plot was made pu by the United States governrnen i February. 1917. Its disclosure of the startling incidents ti c" ceded America's entrance into in ip Professor Moritz. J. Bonn. :rcfun. the Commercial High School at e ich, was lecturing in the 1 nlt ,,''rrn8n on German history and defined war aims in addresses dlere & before the United States becam belligerent. i - i Fashion Show for War '' A fashion show in tune V.hln"Ai. ; time economy was recently n- legan county, Michigan. "n",tratIoB rection of the homd.e"0how leader of that locality. . ' , , coUntT given in connection 1 . ugUal fair. Instead of wearing. at fashion displays creations Paris or New York, the made-over govyis construcit niit.of-date earments. from wore from - pud.ee More Fooi. m the prod"c- A 10 per cent, increase Jn J;" vl9 was tion of swine and wheat m j. pledged by the deferred niens ,n xation of Madison county, i he,d ,B two rousing meetings recen . coU. Anderson. Spring wheat in gn acr ty yielded as high as 33 bushes t ' V' . . ..''.
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