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;-V; 1 V . ,'-.; ,..'.:.v 'VSE I Star -. WILMLKUTOK STAR COHPANY, INC., '.t;?:?-- Wilinlnctos N. C : ' UEHBBU THIS ASSOCIATED PRESS. '.;,Th Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the tise for publication of Wise credited in 'paper and also the local news p-3bed herein. All . rights or re-publica.uon or special axs , patches herein are also reserved. C - - 1 . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ; . , 1 Yr. Six Mo. By .mail, postage paid. ..$6.00 $3.00 O By carrier . . . . . .$7.00 $3.50 &unday edition only. .. 7:. $1.00 $ .60 i P&ily by carrier or mail less than v three months. 60 cents per month. TELEPHONES i Business Office Editorial Rooms . . .No. 51 .No. 61 Entered as secknd-class matter . at the postoffice in Wilmington, N. C., un der the act of congress of March 2, 1874. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1918. TOP O THE MORNIXC-. It is from Ignorance that moot anifer. If once they could know God aa Ho Is, and realise the love and joy and peace of friendship frith Him, they would come to Him in ab solute confidence and devotion, find ind in Him the deliverance in their perplexities, forgiveness for their ins, satisfaction for their desires and realisation of their hopes. Do what Ton will for a man, you can not do anything that will so abso lutely satisfy and feles him as to teach him to know God. MEYER. L The real Big Noise "was at Brest on i Friday afternoon: " The tug of war didn't tow John Bull's navy anywhere. ' You can '. expect to see things get on the move early after New Years. Remember that this week you should , buy war savings and thrift stamps ! for holiday gifts. Those who think they can rock the boat are just as apt to drift up Salt i Creek without a paddle. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be Just, ruling in the fear of God. II Samuel, xxiii, 3. "President Wilson's voyage' agreed with him and improved his health." At the fame time, it made a lot of republican senators sick. Has Uncle Sam been running the railroads or have regular railroad men been running them for him and mak ing him believe he has been running them? 1 ; The curtain ought to rise on Wil mington's program as soon as the New Year holidays are at an end and we once more turn our attention to busi- ' ness as usual. The urham Sun goes and says:. "If fmarriage doesn't take the conceit out of a man, nothing else will.". Oh, no. Tain.'t marriage does it. It's one of the parties-concerned in it.' If at any time you spill your milk, wipe up the floor and forget all about it. When you drop your candy, don't loose your nerve. -Stay in the recon struction game and see it out. The former kaiser is said to employ most of :his time writing his1 autobio graphy. Maybe after he finishes it, his book can be filed as Exhibit 1 of the international evidence for the prosecu tion. When the National Security League impugns the loyalty of Representative I E. W-- Pou, of North Carolina, it shows that the security of a patriot's reputa tion is not secure in the keeping of the Security League. A slitk politician is not an electric ian because he wire n and wires out. He wires in and wires out to keep somebody from getting his goat, on the same principle that a steamer zig-zags to keep a U-boat from hitting her with a torpedo. Of course, plotters may plot, critics f may criticise, naggers may nag, and ' they may be wild and wooly and wily, yet they may be switched off onto a track 'that will get them nowhere. Psalms xvi, 2: "For they intended evil against thee; they imagined -a mis-. chievous device, which they are not :&ble to perform." The latest report concerning Grand Duke Nicholas Nickolaievitch, several times reported as slain by the bolshe viki. 'is that he;is.in southern Russia , In command of a Cossack force flght- ing the reds. Of course, if the last Teport be. true It shows that the Grand "Duke has had more luck than he was supposed to have had. - - - 1 The parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom were held yesterday. We anticipate that the .coalition cab inet, headed by Lloyd-George, will sweep the country. All parties in "the tignt uttie islands'" approve Qreat Britain's war policy and her adherence to her insistence "dri beirig mistress of the seas.. The Unted Kingdom is more united than the United States of Amer lea. Lawsy, they are now paying that by reason of the world war' "women have become self-optonated;; self-assertive, self-reliant and maryelously. developed u iuiumivb. j-xiiij. 'tsnows mat- men are Just obliged to cultivate the fae Ulty of precaution, acquire 'more equl librium and be In complete control of "the dirigibility" of their steering gear. It isj.even said tha..the women Wani fnen?to ,talk;-back, ajisavMng wtdd and paying notnmg. ndtcateVj masgullne ; timidity ; or show; conclusflly . that a capaoie or -auietnr niotttne :.4S?1.; lo w orderof GOVERNMENT WILL . . HAVE TO - JHOl'LDER ITS LOSS. The ' Sfcrernment -can not afford to put an embargo on the importation of nitrate of soda in order to protect Its holdings of nitrates imported at high cost during the war. Nitrates can now be Imported by private parties at some fifteen: to twenty dollars a ton cheaper than the government's nitrates cost but the government will have to stand that loss just the same as pri vate parties who happen to have bought on a high market and find themselves in the position of being compelled to lose money on the goods. bought at war, prices. No doubt there will be thousands of such cases. In volving not only nitrates but commodi ties and merchandise of every descrip tion. That is one of the fortunes of war. To protect the government by an embargo would- be applying the doer trine of protection to the government. An embargo "on :nitrates -would be a means of unloading the government's high priced nitrates on the farmers, when, without an embargo, they could import nitrates much below the cost of the government's nitrates. Wil mington is one of the nitrate Import ing orts, hence it is commercially and vitally Interested in seeing its commerce with Chile resumed at the earliest possible moment. An embargo would mean that no steamships eould ply between Wilmington "and Chilean ports till the embargo had been lifted. If the farmers aTe compelled to buy In an embargoed market they would have to pay $95 a ton for nitrates, whereas JLn a market not restricted by an embargo, they can buy nitrates at $75 a ton. Of course, the government could save money by means of an embargo, but it would be equivalent to putting an embargo tax of $20 a ton on the consumers of nitrates. Private par ties who also bought nitrates at war prices would also be protected, but all such protection -would be at the ex pense of the farmers. In fact it would shift the burden from the government to agriculture. It would not be a good idea to put that tax on agricul ture at a time when production needs encouragement by every possible legi timate relief. v When the prices of all commodities fall, as they are bound to do, thousands of private parties can not hope to get cost for goods they stocked up on at war prices. The government is in the same boat with them, and if it pro tects itself It should protect them, but in doing so, the tburden would simply be shifted from broaa shoulders to those less able to bear the burden.- It would be a bad idea for the govern ment to protect its nitrate monopoly by an embargo. The policy would not be commendable or justifiable. It will help both agriculture and commerce for the government to unload its- ni trates on a basis of after war compe titive "prices. The . effect ' of corner ing the nitrate market by means of an embargo would be bad. We don't be lieve the government would do it, ev en to save a few millions of dollars. THE LAST HOURS' FIGHTING. Far be it from us to sit In judgment upon, the wisdom of the orders of our military scientists some three thous and miles .away but that last bloody fighting right up to the minute No vember 11 is a hard nut for our civi lian mind to crack. With the armis tice signed, to be effective at the stroke of eleven, November 11, why was it necessary to fight on to that time and sacrifice many a brjjve fellow while many another suffered wounds? We would like 'to read a military reason for it. In a soldier's letter reproduced in this issue, the young man "writes of the last morning's activities: "Our. barrage lifted at 6 o'clock and about 6:30 we started after the Hun and we ran him until about 10 o'clock. when we found ourselves in a trap, We had barbed wire entanglements so thick on our right,, left and front, that no man could- go through it and about 50 machine guns, were firing on us from three sides. - I think I became a Chris tian right there. I forgot to say that artillery fire (the. worst of all) was back - of us. - I suppose 'we lay tinder that for about 45 minutes, and they kept getting them all around me. and I learned what a( horror a battlefield is. About that time one came along with my name on It and zip! went right through by helmet. . - Be fore I left : there, the firing ceased. I did not know what was the. matter. I heard the armistice was signed,' but it was too, late'formany brave men. We surely must" have suffered 'some' casualties - in bur company. I can count 16 and I don't suppose I know half."' All along the front the -same" bloody business went right on until 11 o'clock, November 11. If Marshal Fbch ended the war when in a week's more time he could have smashed the whole Gerr man machine, in order to save precious lives, why -was It.- necessary to drive on that fateful morning of November 11,. with the armistice fixed so that hostilties would end at 11 o'clock? What was. the need , for sacrificing thousands af men along the whole front when peace was a dead cer tainty? ... Many an American got one "with his name on it" that morning; for many a brave boy the afmitlce came too late. We, as we said at the start, wouldn't presume to criticise the military, lead ers who .ordered "the last hours' fight ing, but we would.. like to know their reasons for it. ' , In some of the large cities revival of the custom of putting lighted can dles in the windows all over the .house on Christmas eve Is being urgedVi It very pretty custom but numerous Christmas fires and homeless- families one Chtmas JnornlMr; dlscofiint' the toeatty and 'sentiment involved "in 11-. jumittaungHBpmes withUfcbtedrcan- PRESIDENT WILSON IN EUROPE That was a roaring welcome given to President Wilson upon his arrival in , France on Friday afternoon. It ought to thrill all American heartB that the president of the United States has received such a tremendous ovation everywhere, it Is not- alone a tribute' to our president but to the nation as well. France feels that the American republic has honored the European re public by. sending the, American .chief magistrate in person to. greet France and in turn to be so enthusiastically greeted by her.. ' t President Wilson and party reached Paris yesterday morning from the port of Brest where he landed: from . the steamship George Washington ever to be famous as the ship which car ried the president of . the. United States on the greatest mission, ever under taken by an American president. The hearty and sincere ovation given to the president seems to fully justify him in his decision to attend the peace con ference. His presence in Europe prom ises to have a splendid effect. The impression he Is creating will be wholesome. Already the people of Europe .and the world know that the president has gone to- Europe for the sake of world peace. Within a day after he arrived in; France events bave occurred with apparent rapidity. At the reception tendered .yesterday to the President and Mrs. Wilson by President and Madame Poincare, President Wilson voiced what should be the object of the whole world at the peace con ference. In his reply to the eloquent welcome extended by the president of France, in the midst of a brilliant as semblage, President Wilson said what he believes is the thought and hope of the people of the United States. He feels justified that he spoke for our people when he declared: "From the first, the thought of the people of the United States turned to wards something more than the mere winning of this war. It turned to the establishment of the eternal principles of right and justice. I realised that merely to win the war was .not enough, that it must.be won in such a way, and the questions raised by Lt settled in such a way, as to insure the future peace of the world and. lay. the foun dations for the freedom and happiness of its jyiany peoples and nations. Never before has war worn so terrible a vissage or exhibited more grossly the debasing influence of illicit ambitions. I am sure that I shall look upon the ruin wrought by the armies of the central empires with the same repul sion and deep Indignation that they stir In the hearts of the men of. France and Belgium, and I appreciate, as you do, sir, .the necessity of . such action in their final settlement of the, issues of the -war as. will not . only rebuke such acts of terror and spoiliation but that men everywhere shall be made aware that they cannot be ventured upon without the certainty .of , Just punishment." Evidently the president favors pena lization of the war devils in addition to a world peace treaty that ehttll safeguard the wWd from 'sucV another brutal and destructive war on the part of any nation. ' ' Peace for the world In the future Is what the world hopes the peace, conference will guarantee by the treaty that lt Is-to frame at Ver sailles. THE ROLL CALL. The idea of giving every American an -opportunity -of sharing in the great work of the Red, Cross is the inspira tion, of genius, and our people ought to feel grateful for the chance to get their names on the roll call, at the nominal outlay of Just one dollar. The beauty of it is that practically every one of us can meet the conditions-of membership without hardship. Ono is not limited to a dollar; one can give as liberally as be sees fit; but the roll call is a call to every one, and all -can answer.' v - The Red Cross merits the solid back ing of the American people If for no other reason whatever than the fact that It saved Italy rrom collapse. Waiving asiae. every other phase of the world-wide work of the society and remembering only that lt stiffened the Italian morale and held the allied line on ' that part of the front,orie should, feel impelled to stand by the Red Cross as a gratified patriot. Noth ing more brilliant stands out in the generalship of the society. However, there are many phases of the work, here at home, right In this city; and in countries the world over, particularly In the war cones, that should so appeal to ;.u all that every man, woman and almost every - Httl4 boy and girl, should be members of the jrreatest humanitarian moyement,the world has ever organized. . f The boys are coming from over ,the seas, and already some of our Wil mington boys are coming home from the interior cantonments. We are glad to see our heroes nevertheless heroes, although they did not get overseas to go after the HJuris. That Is what they, would have done had they gotten a chance. In our cantonments we had more than & million American soldiers Just like those who broke that Von Hindehbure line. . y Vi:-A' Colonel Roosevelt states that as to some matters, he has changed .'hlsv&indt This shows; that the colenel will" lYsten to Reason The man who won't change his mln , when he finds out that'he is mistaken Ms net a man who can roe relied upon for .fairness. Over BOO different types . of . husked rice or paddy were under examination last year at one 'of the government agC ricultural farms ia Burma, and over 200 types of -sassamum were grown? at -an other. Hitherto much; of the saBsamum grown JnLBurma has-been exported to Rnnn; 'irhMril.it iS VUsaft t BP ! tK -it- ductlon -ef the" so-calleaollve. oll f on wnicn Jtrrance ana xiaiy nave tong -oeen famed. Owing to the scarcity of ship ping,' more will tnow be ; sed -in Burma lXth?rau6:idft Letters To THe Star ' Brief communication from cltl sens on matters of public Interest ere welcomed for this column. In every case articles must be signed for publication - by the teal name of the -writer. -EVICTS ABOUT T IN FRANCE To the Editor of The Star; , A you yeVy correctly stated in your fair-minded . editorial of Thursday, the Y. A. record in this war music stand or fall by the estimate which the soldiers .overseas form of its ser vices. But relative to Dr. MoDanlel's -criticism, based on the testimony of a few returned soldiers; there are some extenuating- circumstances which per haps lt would be well for me to re state at this time. Whatever dissatis faction, has been expresed appears to be based on the belief of these soldiers that the Y. M. C. A. dellberfcely set out to make money Out of the soldiers through their canduct of the canteens, whereas the Salvation Army and other welfare orgahiaztions gave their wares to the soldiers. In the first day of our participa tion , In the war General Pershing, observing the thoroughness of the work being done by the Y. M. C. A. men in France, asked that organization to operate as many of the canteens as possible. The heads of the "Y" com piled with this request, even though they realized that it-was going out of their proper sphere. It has always been the aim of the army Y. M. C. A. to render services absolutely free to the soldiers, and so they knew that to enter on what appeared to be a business undertaking was fraught with unpleasant possibilities. Any soldier who would have taken pains to examine into the conduct of these canteens 'would have discovered that they were, being run absolutely at cost. But herein, was the grevlous mistake made by those officials who agreed to the undertaking. They ought never to have agreed to take over" the canteens unless the government had agreed on its part to let them have the goods at exactly the same, price as it did the army canteens. When the Y. M. C. A. had to pay ocean freight and transportation charges in France it was manifestly impossible for them to sell a bag of Bull Durham, let us say, at the same price that the quarter master did, when he had to pay -no more for a sack of tobacco in a Y" was In course of time relieved by the government's agreement to deliver stuff free to the "Y" canteens, but not -until after the harm had been done. Wiien the soldier had to pay one cent more r a sack of tobacco in a "Y' canteen than he did in a government shop he at once jumped to the con clusion that this organization was making money. In the front lines trenches the Y. M. C. A. secretaries gave away tobacco, chocolate, and such things, just as the Salvation army people gave away doughnuts: but. the free gift In the trenches and the enforced sale in the canteen were confused in the mind of the soldier. But after the whole story has been told, Mr. Editor. I believe that the Am erican people will be glad that they gave such cordial support to the Y. M. C. A. The" whole army will render a verdict that will satisfy even Dr. McDaniel. THEQDPRB PARTRICK, JR. ' touthpbrt. N. C.. Tedri8. 1918. f A CARPENTER DISSEJTTS. To the Editor of The Star: ,1 ,was 4reatl; surprised' at a resolu tion purprting tot havebeen the exr predion of Local 477, United Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiners, rela tive to the open Sunday, in Thursday's issue of The Star. I wish to reply to it. My attitude toward any meas ures upholding immorality Is positive and absolute7, opposition to the same. I favor and TsfaanV' movement for the uplift of humanity, socially, morally and spiritually. While this is true, I must in justice to all concerned say that the local has been misrepresent ed in the article referred to. At the meeting December 11 there were only 32 carpenters voting, 17 for and 15 against the adoption of the resolution. What the local would have done with .a full and fair attendance remains to be 4seen. It Is unfair, to the Ideal as -such, numbering:, over 300 members, If I am -correct, to claim adoption of resolutions "under conditions stated. There is one position 'taken in the res olution with which t must emphati cally take issue "That we volunteer our cervices in tw sacredness of our Wilmington Sabbath Inviolate." Any Sabbath, so-called, having: only man's authority behind It, has evbsolutely no sacredness attach ed, hence none to keep Inviolate. The fourth commandment f eads: "Remem ber the Sabbath day to. keep it holy. SIX days shalt thou labor and . do all ihy'work, but the Seventh day Is the Satta&h (not the first) of the Lord thy fiod.- In it thou. shalt not flo any work," etc. : The Sabbath nas divine. sanction and our respect for and prop er observance of lt shows our love and veneration for the- God Who gave it. It is a sign of our loyalty to the Cre ator. The .observance: of Sunday as the Sabbath is absolutely without Di vine authority or sanction, hence there la no saerednesstconnected with -it, npn to keep nylolate. Christ-says, f ye love. Me,'.;eep my commana ments." - What shall we do about It? i W. E. WHITE. City, Dec 14, 1918. VISITED IN WILMINGTON. Sir Joaeph Maoalar Brttleh SUpptns Head, Wm . Here , Once. A few days ago in the published re port of Lloyd-George's great speech at Leeds, he referred to the dramatic ap peal by his .government to President Wilson for. ; reinforcements . from America In which the allies saw their only hope, and to President Wilson's laconic reply toy cablet "Send your ships and we will send the, men." Lloyd George said he turned at once to the very : capable; and silent, high commis sioner of shipping, Sir Joseph .Mac clay, who in. this, extremity and at the risk of famine in. England, withdrew the, most important .ships .of the lines of. supply from the east tend concen trated them as transports to bring the relief ferces from; America', which ul timately saved (the day or the allies. - This dramatic ;incent ' recalls the fact that Sir Joseph Macclay who plan ned this splendid servltje and execut edflf with precision and. suooess Is well known in Wilmington, . where he was the guest of our townsman, Mr. James Sprunt, for some days 'while he was here on si 'business trip. : . i Saying the' right UhlnV, at the right time 'is equiyalent : o kejSsplng your mouth V shuts whenw?yo:-We nothingr Judgintrv froh-the7? size f of enri i easi -biUr the . eaa-meter ?must SmakavLboti jk.onaBane.tay5 CURRENT OOftHOEHT. At .least two of our churches, the First of Wilmington and the Taber nacle of Raleigh hefd their ThanksgfvV Ing service in the early morning. This innovation- was established toy Dr. Hurt of the Wilmington church, and lt strikes us as being very, sensible and-practical. People love- to assem ble onoe In awhle in the morning twilight. -There is something fasolnat ing In worship before sun up. And we imagine hearts are more responsive to an appeal in the freshness and beauty of the early morning. Then the whole day Is left fo hunting and visit ing and whatever one pleases oh Thanksgiving day. This does not suit all communities but where it does suit lt suits twell. Charity and Children. It. is-reported from time to time that some members of organized labor who have for many rnonths been working over-tme for war emergency -output, are being reduced to the scientific and humane 8-hour principle and in some cases are actually threatening strike for over-time. This is a humiliating repudiation of the principles of the organized 4bor movement.- After la bor has spent its resources to have the 8-hour priiwjfple recognized, for "any part of the brotherhood to ' put tip a fight for long hours Is a plain betrayal of the movement. They should be dis ciplined. No man or set of men should be permitted for' selfish reasons to dis grace the movement at large . by any such tactics. Wilmington'1; Saturday Record. . - As announced in the news columns of this issue, Ashevllle has a chance to secure a valuable relic as well as a tribute to the prowess of Buncombe county's soldiers in the shape of a captured German gun, something on the order of the famous French "seventy-fives" It -was taken in a hot engagement "by the members ojL com pany I, 32st Infantry, Eightiei di vision, this company being cornVosed largely of Ashevllle -and- Buncombe county boys. In a letter to his father, Sergeant Theodore B. Sumner, son of B. H. Sumner, declares that his com pany had dragged the gun for many miles, but would eventually - have to turn lt In to the ordance department unless permission from the U. S. war department to send the gun to Ashe vllle were secured, TEe young- ser geant would like to see a movement to this end started at once In this city, so that when our boys come home the gun will be mounted on Pack square, a perpetual reminder of their heroic achievement, and of our glorious sons who have made the supreme sacrifice. Ashevllle Citizen.. The Park Department of New York cjty has begun the enterprise of 'plant ing trees In memory of soldiers who have given their lives for their coun try. A number, of elms, thirty feet high, have already been ordered, and each tree will - bear a bronze tablet with the names of a soldier engraved upon It. They will be planted in an avenue in Central Park. The idea of planting memorial trees at this time originated with the American. Forestry Association, and it is the hope and expectation that the suggestion will be adopted all over the land. It is already planned to make Lincoln High way an avenue of memorial trees, and here in Maryland -there is an excep tional opportunity. 'This has already been begun In Carroll and- perhaps other counties. The great State h1Shr .way, extending from -Baltimore through the (western counties to the northwestern section qf . Garret coun ty, and. from Grantsvllle . to Oakland, ies In a country as fertile and .beautl- pTul In its natural scenery as any section of the United .States. If each county would plant trees' along this highway, each tree bearing the name of a sol dier from that county, it would make a wonderful and magnificent avenuei The camt thing might be done to beautify the State roads In air of the counties. It would add vastly to the attractions o'f Maryland. The idea of memorial trees is not a new one. Abraham's oak at Hebron, the tree in which Prince Charlie concealed him self from his enemies, and Treaty Oak, in New England, are examples. In many parts of Massachusetts the highways are overarched t with great elms, and there are numerous trees bearing taDlets ",n memory of some person or of some event. Baltimore Sun. " SONG OP PERSHING MEN. . The "Song of Pershing's Men," writ ten early in the summer when thous ands of boys were calling weekly to France, may, still be of interest -In the hour when the joy of victory, is tem pered by the memory of the list of the heroic dead. It was written by Mary Jasper Willis, with music ar ranged toy Henry D. Tovey, president of the MuSio Teachers association of Arkansas. and director of music In the university of that state. The song follows: We are sailing-, O great mother! 'Hear the waves surge round our keel! See the star-flash- of our banner! Read in it the love we feel. Britain, hall! Thy grandeur's story ' Thrills thy children with its glory! Refrain -We are sailing! We are sailing! How our swift" bark cuts the foam! - In the : rapture of ybuth;s - morning We salute our , fathers' home, O proud France, superb in ' Splendor, Fiery soul, Fame's beacon light, From the storm-cloud of War's bosom ' Leaps thy sword with . hurtling might! -Thy oriflamme, with red tides wet Is over us, O-Lafayette! Refrain ! We are marching ; JWe are -marching . - Hear the soldiers'- Bteady tread!. In the glory of youth's morning ' Peals our war-cry oerythy dead! O Italia, ' Queen of beauty! . Thou hast felt the oppressor's heel! Thou hast "hurled him from thy bul "" warks , ' With thy falchion's gleaming steel! Italy, "young Italy!" Mazalni's Voice etill speaks In thee! Refrain: " , - In the tumult wS 'ere singing! ' OnLwe go, a living' tide! .: In the splendor, of youth's morning America Is at.thy side! . - - A : - Land of Belgium, .true and loyal! , Thou hast Jheld brisbt honor's- swoTd! In the white , heat qf thy valor k ,Thou hast met the invadejr's horde! God Himself shall wipe thine eyes; ' houart , crown ed withveacriflce ! Refrain: , We are battling! We are dying! . Ebbs our life-blood ' on -thy sod. In the: passion of youth morning . v Liberty; has called and -God ! v -; " " ,;V'. '- X & Economy, J isa good thing, but - it" Is poor policy to set, a hen. on' one ' egg- to save eggs . - ' -- - - - r i " -' ' " " " - (A lour, Kersey and Broad- " vj cloth Coats, Fur Trimm ed or Pla;n, in all the s leading shades, includ- ing black. TO MAKE LIBERTY FUEL. Nenv Gasoline Snfartttute .will be Manu factured. Washington, Decl 14. Quantity pro duction of "liberty fuel," the war de partment's new substitute for gasoline, that can be manufactured and sold for half the present price of "gas," will be -begun by private interests aa soon- as patents protecting the government and the inventor can be obtained. Meanwhile the largest producers of gasoline are- feverishly experimenting and trying in every possible way tp eb taln the secret formula from the only two who know.it Major O. B. Zimmer man, o fthe engineer corps, and Capt. E. C. Wfeisgerber. Major , Zimmerman says that k ar rangements for manufacture are' now pending. The patents will be issued in the name of the government and of Captain Weisgerber. The" conditions permit Captain Weisgerber to' make a profit from the. new fuel sold -commercially,- but they give the government the right to manufacture'or purchase without the payment of royalties to the inventor, " '. V One of the chief advantages of the 'liberty fuel," is that it will conserve the oil supply. The base, is Vferosehe, which constitutes 80 per cent, l.pf the' fuel. Consequently 80. barrels ,'ofi kerosene, with the additional chemi cals required, will produce 100- barrels 1 of "liberty-fuel." . ' , - Major Zimmerman, who is " an ' expert on internal combustion engines, and who has worked nvith Captain Weisger ber throughout his experiments, says that the "gasolinesubstltute. will, save millions of dollars for users of motor vehicles through the' cut in price. Ordi nary crudeoil and percentage: of .gaso lien distilled is about 15 per cent, .while the percentage of kerosene is abqut 45 per dent; consequently the price.. ef the if mmwmw mm w i- 5i . f i iwi wn n'n ra . ' " . vrvn mm mm m m mm w m s . . . mm . a m immai mm ...... m w mm m n. . . k j . uu r- mtw m mr mwwwwa ii ilii uiu rnjttf iiiirn i ji ui wi.vw----t-j at home, father ofteriomits the essential protect ot his most vital asset strength. is as ' beneficial to hard-working man business as it; isi to vthelowin child. Scott's imp 'thyffili the body. fi&S I Just Received WvJr Thee Coats were bought 1 1 Vir our New York buyer much ; below their, regular price, and A jek we are offering, them at I ll A to 1 I J I v$2 9 SO 1 j! ij $30 ancl $45 Values I This lot consists of Ve- I icable-rise in the cost of kerosene,! to the new demand. DR. POTEAT AT MT. OLIVE. nut 4?ymn ivr uayusi -w - - ntl . m m : n T.i A J rn ins Oil Mill. , (Special Star Correspondence.) Mount .Olive, Dec. 14 Dr. W. Jatfl.r. of Wake Forest college, occupy xne puipit mo - nere ounaav at n u.""' . in xne interest oi me ""v""; . - . . . n anil nona.1 r.fl.mnfl.iK'n Liiai o An in t n mhth inr oiio mi"v" - . ft horfi now ' ... . n r movfimciiL is uii uuiiu. a, uuuuu0cqu 1 . - - - l ii - f tip" in been issued ror- a dudhu r.itv. hall here Tuesday iub v m mociaT dmAltnt nf RtOCK. 1 . anvh on itniufitrv nas u" flt yiai-a and it is hODea UiL ject will In the very sume. definite shape. Death of Mrs. B. F. Gmy. beinr confined to her Dea '"". t nr.. T2 v r.rev died l ., au - - n III uray was. years uiu. vivDva ij v uwi , . bi ters, Mrs. G. P. Willets winn - Mrs. J7. W. newctt Nna nun. i. i f nn war cemowry, xvov. . . . . - i oorv ce. u jng reiaiiTes County News. the quality;toither Uood . that enables the boay rgrip strength fast-;.:5cJoff V helps solve the P?ie that;faceseryliiTiess of keeping r
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 15, 1918, edition 1
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