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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
We hate to hear a man damning,
but love to see a woman darning.
Theeditor should write for all; but
not necessary to be right with all.
Now former Governor Hanly is what
wo nnU a nrohibitionist of the first
water.
Wilson's 'defense of the eight-hour
bill was also an attack against the Re
publican party.
Washington society is dancing upon
oiled floors, which . gives one a sub
stantia) idea of oily ways.
From whacking each other William
II. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt have
gone to smacking one another.
A cow fell forty feet in Rochester, N.
Y., the other day, and that is about
the only way beef will go down.
"Tiie gen'Ovho tells that he doesn't
like Wilson but can't vote for Hughes
might cast his ballot for Bill Sulzer.
If they don't do something shortly
in the Dobrudja region it will look
as if they were Rumaniacs for getting
into the thing .
Wobbling undoubtedly, yet King
Constantine is managing to keep his
equilibrium upon the high swaying
wire of neutrality.
This silent contempt business may
be a form of sizzling, red-hot punish
ment, but the irate wife has no idea of
adopting it.
Believe the world would wag along
a. little better if there was less at
tention to fashion plate and more tc
dinner plate.
Another strange thing is that man
does not mind being called a lucky
old dog, but woman can t stand Deing
called a lucKy oia ieime.
The wiseacres tell that cold weather
is on the way. Well, in these day of
high prices, most every fellow will
welcome a little change.
The use of ice bags on Mr. Hughes'
throat may, of course, be in effort to
acclimate him for the - cold deal the j
voters will hand him in November.
Nothing better exemplifies "anything
to beat Wilson" than the- news that
Taft and Roosevelt are to shake hands
and publicly fraternize in effort to
elect Hughes
"Hughes Bound to Live in White
House."' Well, as every man has a
right to dqwith his own property as
he pleases and there is plenty of paint,
no doubt he will be able to live in a
white house,
Two-dollar wheat. May sound good
to some folks, but not to the poor
family every, member of which has to
get out and work for a living with no
time to indulge in domestic science
at home .
. With the center of the booze ship
ment moved, after October 31, from
Virginia to. Maryland, and the Price
of flour going up, u iooks as ir it is in the case of .Serbia; ffiy conventra
goins toba harder; for a man to get,ti buferudja fegion the Teu
a bun. tons are showing big effort to crush
: " Rumania right on the start; to stamp
Either the newspaper, press associa- out the menace from that directon be
,tions are, treating him. powerful badly fore the Rumanians eet onuortunitv of
or he's not the. same old. Bill Bryan, combining their forces with the en
because th telegraph wires are not 'tente n was with a rush into and
being made, to burn and popthese days over Belgium and on to" French terri
with his hot tirades against-G.-O. P. tory that the Germans carried r suc-
THE END OF AVI ATOft ROCKWELL
soul of a man that makes him court
death as diT the Tar, Hejelr Kitten
Rockwell, -who died at' his post on
hirh In Alsace Saturday . Patriotism'
will sprfng the iriost latent fre of
eourage into fierce flame in the breast
of a man ; it seems" often to create
bravery. But it is the patriotism of de
votion, to- country? or love of family;
seldom only the. fascination of battle.
Yet - there is an pujside magnet, as
eiemplif iei in the case of Kiffen Rdck-
well. It came- to Rockwell nrst, no
doubt, in. desire .for
adventure; then
in the excimentot battle, but admit
tion and devolion w tne Allies cause
were not lacking, 'as" the young
American aviator - ha ' written home,
time and time again tin glorious terms
of the Allies' cause and of his determi
nation to fight for them. It was not
wholly, too, excitement that kept him
at the front. . He had -been away on
short furjoughs), when he had time to
reflect and behold' the . result of the
carnage and to' realize that as other
airmen had' been'snt to death, so he
would likely be: Yet he went back;
sought even a more active field and
died. ' ' . - .
Kitten Rockwell was a' hero . Some
may argue tht-he5 was foolish; per
haps he was, but no One knows the
feeling that throbbed in his heart. At
any rae he did noble part in cancel
ling the LaPayetteadbtKi And there
are. other Americans on the front in
France that are making payments.
AFTER THE OYSTER CHEATS.
The Federal authorities are giving
notice that they intend to be active in
inspection of oysters to see that ship
ments in Interstate commerce are nor
of fraudulent character; that they are
neither polluted nor of shucking type,
soaked to increase their weight. But ,
the work of the Federal inspectors can
only apply to Interstate shipment of
bivalves, and to the District of Co
lumbia, of course. Would that it
could go further. The danger of pol
luted oysters is not very great on the
markets, which sell to the consumers.
but there is frequently danger of swell
ing oysters, so that the purchaser gets
considerably les for his money. There
is no excuse for this and It should not
be allowed. It is plainly as fraudlent
as short weight on . scales or under
measurement in a quart cup.
Washing oysters is probably neces
sary, but not to the extent of letting
bivalves absorb water like a sponge.
We have read of incidents where deal J
ers would allow oysters to remain in
water until soldor pour a little water
upon them from time to time. Of
course, there are cases when dealers
may innocently victimize the people
by washing the oysters too long. But
in .view of information imparted by the
Federal authorities there is, no excuse
now for that.. Upon this point a bul
letin issued by the governmental de
partment handling -this . matter-says:
"Those in charge of this work re
port that the oyster trade in general
have expressed a desire to co-operate
with the Department , in securing a
grade of oysters which are free from
adulteration of any kind.. Many have
asked the Department to suggest a
method of washing oysters without
swelling them to an extent that con
stitutes adulteration under the regu
lations. The Dpaft'ment'believes that
mo4erajtegwasn3ibably neces
sary an5 desirable, but objects to any
method of excessive washing which
increases the volume of the pysters
tion an appreciable extent, either by
permitting Ihe oysters to remain in
the liquid and absorb the water by the
so-called 'plumping' method, or by the
introduction of an excess free liquid
in the containers in which, the oysters
are shipped. The Department's an
swer tb such inquirers, is that oyster
dealers are entirely able to .determine
for themselves whether or not, any
particular method of washing results
in an appreciable increase ln the
volume of the oysters or in the amount
of juice that normally should be pre
sent. Any method which, produces
appreciable increase should be,-dis-carded
or modified. Any method that
calls for soaking or washing for an
excessive period, excessive agitation in
water for a short period, or incomplete
draining of the washed oysters should
be avoided."
MEETING THE RUMANIAN
MENACE.
Germany, in the newly dawned Ru
manian campaign, is showing that it
has lost none of its shrewdness . and
still possesses' that ready, daring.; in
itative that so surprised the Allies in
the first part of the war and gained
so much ground right on the start,; and
that again ma(Je itseif quickly evident
etisfuli battling : almost to 1 Paris; ' and
then, with a wonderful power of..coin
blatfonthey beat back . the : Serbians
and yfrlual'ly crushed the danger 'on
that front before the- Allies could give
the propers support . Npw with the
"same idea, they rush into the Du
brudja region, and if the Rumanians
can be beaten back, can be thrown
away from the big railroad artery it
will pull their teeth and will make
them . of little use for sometime to
come in case of a big offensive on the
part of the Allies.
By such moves, resting on one front,
while Smashing into another, hitting
from the center and in possession of
I . . . . '
an area over wmcn troops can uw
Speedily transported from one point
to another, the Germans have suc
ceeded iirnot only holding the enemy
at bay,' but in gaining ground. " The
Allies have had their overwhelming
numbers too widely scattered.
W'hether or not by now the Allies,
with plenty of evidence before them
for over a year, to act as a warning,
made preparation in anticipation of
such tactiqs, remains to be seen.
.Rumania has had ample time to meet
such a move, and . it Tias the help of
thousands of Rumanians. But if the
Rumanians failed to, take into account
the well known rush tactics of the
Germans they are in a" decidedly bad
way. If they are hurled back from
the important railroad ( line they are
in a box, so far as rendering im
mediate aid, while, they will be a ter
rible sufferer. Russia will also suffer,
in that it will ; not obtain that easy
entrance to attack the enemy that It
had longed for and, no doubt, bargain
ed for, as per the entrance of Rumania
into the war.
If, however, the Rumanians and Rus
sians can hold the road, Turkey will
be menaced and the central powers
will be beset upon a side that is
important, and will be especially dan
gerous whfn the Allies begin to draw
nearer, particularly if the offensive in
tae west is maintained and the Rus-
sians continue to hammer away in the
Carpathians.
CONFESSION
fN
ORDER.
Who's wrong and who's right? It is
announced "that William H. Taft and
Theodore Roosevelt are to forgive, if
not forget, and publicly appear on the
same platform, in behalf of the same
cause the election of Charles Evans
Hughes. Yet as each has or did have
views that were far from the other:
views, too, that were not minor, but
involved the entire government of the
United States, as it was upon the presi
dency that they parted company, it
i3 interesting to know who admits that
he was wrong before.
Does --the Colonel confess that the
harsh language he used against Mr.
Taft and that gentleman's cohort was
wrong, and that his idea of govern
ment which he proclaimed was so dif
ferent from Mr.- Taft's (otherwise he
would not be in the running),, was
wrong, or does the Judge admit that
his position was the false one; 'that
when the Colonel desired to run for
the job four years ago he should have
stood aside; that when the Colonel
claimed that his (Judge Taft's) friends
robbed Roosevelt of the nomination he
,was right; that he pleads guilty to ev-
erything Roosevelt charged and that
he has reformed and is the same old
Bill who eight years ago was willing
to do what Roosevelt advised in order
to get the nomination. This is an in
teresting question. Taft and Roose
velt may have been sincere in their
views four years ago, but the views
of each could not have been correct
One or the .other Nmust, or rather,
should
which
acknowledge the corn . But
CLEARING HOUSE
Village on The Danube Now
Knows The Horrors of
The War
Mauthausen, Austria, Sept. 25.
From a picturesque though little
known village on the upper Danube,
Mauthausen, has become the "clearing
house" in Austria for "Italian prisoners
of war.
Its peace-time population of a few
t - J .J 1 . A 1 !.
uuuureu persons nas grown 10 me size ;
of a small city, and each month there
pass, through it, with a three weeks'
F
stop for quarantine purposes, several cents a day if "privates,-12 cent if cor
thousand Italian soldiers and several porals or sergeants., and 18 cents if
hundred Italian officers. higher non-commissioned officers. If
The town consists of a group of pic- thoy go out to work on farms or in
turesque houses, a church or two and quarries or roads tney get a settled
an ancient, palace that clings to the sum insaddition. - I
edge of the Danube. What may bej Self-government, insofar as it is pos-j
called the new city consists off acres sible, has been Introduced, and the com
upon acres of white-washed barracks, mon soldiers are commanded by their,
holding in air when full. 42,000 sol- ov-n non-coms and merely supervised;
diers. v by Austrian troops. According to the
There were only some eight or ten number, in camp theyl live, 150 to 250,
thousand Italian soldiers interned in , In the .big, airy, lighf barrack's, with
the "city" when The Associated Press ' their own superiors told . off to keep
correspondent arrived to pay the camp tnem in orcer. . I
a visit, two days earner mere nad I Their food, spvfeaSj tlje. correspond
been 25,000, .but. the , greater part of ent could judge from an examination
them had been sent out along their of a week's bill of fare, appears to be
way to permanent camps in eastern ample though, somewhat ' TOpnatonbu .
Austria and Hungary. , Thev have' two meatless day? week,
Daily there arrive at Mauthausen as all the -rest 4 of Austria does, a fat
some 8,000 bulky parcels or "love gifts" less day, and the other Restrictions.
v ;: i-: -v are a'jnost'nourishind flour:feod.-r . .Si , -t , V ? ' j1
Viwi v-l-TTfMlo fnv -tint! -rrrr? utIiipl ' ' Y , : ' .: ' :
J V4L5 3) COMPANY
. .'M&.s?". v nn' .- -- - " ' . ! -- - 1 1 '- Li
from relatives and friends Tn Italy.
The banking, and bookkeeping depart
ment of the camp has Vd'maintain ledg
er with something : ovr -41,000 running
bank accounts, the total of which far
excfteds a million crown's. Each pns
oner, wherever he maybe, is permitted
to possess tentcrowns.a week for can
teen spending money. All that he re
ceives from home oyer that goes into
his account. The actual handling of
cash devolves upon Austrian officers;
the bookkeeping is done by Italian pris
oners of war, who are thus in a posi
tion to Know 'hat the funds of their
compatriots "a re honestly and accu
rately administered.
So long as lie stays in Mauthausen, j
which may be for a year if nis conduct
is good ,' the Italian soldier is offered
1.1, A? nnV,rrt in -nrViiVl lllif.
erates are taught to read arid write j
and in 'which the better educated may j
take courses in German, in English j
and in 6ther useful subjects. If so in- j
clined the materials, his "product" will ;
be sold at a price not under a minimum j
set by himself, and he will be given the
balance between sales' price and cost
of materials. Or he can enter either
the stringed orchestra, ' or the brass
band.
The correspondent saw an exhibi
tion of one of the half dozen fire com
panies,' composed wholly of Italians,
who guarded the camp from a possible
conflagration, ' and; who as a matter
of fact have kept the fire loss, despite
the wooden construction,1 down to two
barracks and no loss of life. Fire pre
vention is further aided-by a high fire
tower -hi. the center of the campr on j
which two. men constantly stand guard, j
with a horn, to warn of at blaze and a j
flag to indicate its direction.
The colonel of the camp, led the
correspondent through the wash rooms
huge barracks fitted with showers
and heated in winter time, or equipped
with rows. of faucets o,r, washing hands
and feet and through the living bar- j
racks. The latter are large androomy
and very clean far better than any
the correspondent had seen in the
course of visits to camps in other coun
tries. , r
The hospital section f the camp is
one of the best in Austria, in cleanli
ness and equipment. It ist.he colonel's
boast that there never has been an
epidemic of any character, that only
such diseases as were brought by the
men have ever been encountered, and
that there have been a Jarge number
of course. Deaths, occur regularly
as in any large, community, but now
the cause is chiefly tuberculosis of an
cient standing among the prisoneis.
Since the wounded as well as the
well often come to Mauthausen camp
has met the .need for artificial limbs
by creating a little factory for marittW
facturing these grim implements, and
up to date has turned out about 150 and
trained the war victims to use them.
The Young Men's Christian Associa
tion amusement half with its tiny
stage has Tieen equipped with scenery
made ' by the prisoners and with a
drop curtain showing the Bay of Na
ples. Here too are the educational t
classes, conducted by ' the intelligent j
and gifted Italians. 'j
The English classes "are conducted
by "Tony" Tenore, who told the cor
respondent that a brother in New York
(Frank Tenore of 300 Bridge Street,
Brooklyn), believed him to be dead
because he had had no opportunity
to communicate with him. 'The Italian,
who said he Tiad lived two' years in
America, begged to be remembered to
the brother," r !, " ; ' ; r
One of, the'chief aims ot the author
ities is to give, the men' as much oppor-
tunity to worK as possiDie, ana on tne
a . '" A 1
1 whole find them tractable and willing. f
(If the men do nothing they receive 6j
But the authorities find it hard to com
pel Italian tastes to accustom them
selves to Austrian food.
The few Serbian prisoners delight
j in the Austrian bread but the Italians
loathe sj.t and eat it only when their
families have sent them none of their
favorite Italian bread which arrives
to the extent of about twenty thous
and packages a weeK. . ..
Though the men are Inclined to be
moody at times, in keeping with their
temperament, none of them seem to
have lost spirit so far as to the war
is concerned. The colonels laughed
School Time
Your Children's Vacation is About
Over.
You are preparing your children
with comforts while gaining an edu-
cation. They will need Books, Cloth
) ing and Shoes; they will get them,
). Now, seriously have you thought of
j your children's Eyesight? Is it not
very important that you provide them
Good Eyesight while providing other
; comforts?
Let me examine your children's
Eyes. I will advise you fully. Abso
lutely. FREE OF CHARGE. .
Dr. Virieberg
Masonic Tempfe.
' CopyrlflitlSW
Some one. has said:
A 'man is worth one dollar a
day from his chin down. His
sky-piece, is the part that pays.
The men who design such
clothes, as Strouse "& Brothers,
,B.. Keuppenheimer & Co., and
College Cut Clothing get salaries
that would make some local tail
ors dizzy. It's all in the design
ingand if you would get the
benefit of the highest paid talent
in America you must come here.
FALL Clothes are ready."
0ne-Price;vClQjlhier8:janC
"Furnishers"
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9 North Front Streetl
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Jm. Solky
as they told of the marked change
-, -it. , ,
the camp when the prisoners read
i " ...... iut- hr
the beginning of tlie general offensives- not to be had.
against the Central Powers. And in "Health Insurance" says the Board,
the course of the walk through the1"" universally proved a promising
j a. , weapon with which to- fi slit ihe w&.
huge camp the Correspondent spoke ; mpture disease9 Df adult life."
with ho single soldier who did not ex- j
press a firm belief in' the eventual vie-!
tory of his side. Lr"'6' T" aboUt
J . .x . I 15 cases on the docket Superior
w .v-
camp lie3 a miniature 'Cemetery, half
full of prim little graves carefully
marked for the benefit of relatives who
after the war may wish to have-the
bodies of their loved ones exhumed
and brought home.
Rea
To add ginger to your sales to
cany a oieery message to serve
you in every emergency
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Ctt
1 The,PaIton is first of all an adding
macWe?;,vFor,,plain,. straight adding and listing it
has no equal, and on sueh work has set many a sensational record :
E under conditiQhs as divergent as the varying: activities of com- !
merce afford." ; '
But the Dalton is something rnore than
s simply an adding machine. It is a calculating ma-
chine as well, capable of doing all that can be done on any other
calculating machine, with the added advantage of a printed record
of the work performed. Easier, in fact, than any single, purpose
machine performs i ts solitary function, the Dal ton attends to its
s numerous duties; with increased speed and efficiency, ' $
J The Dalton addsi subtracts; multiplies;
divides ; figures fractions as weil as whole ? numbers ;
S cross foots; Computes interest; figures costs, pay "rolls, change
sheets; prorates; verifies invoices; foots trial balances; checks
postings; figures i percentages ""and discounts; makes' out monthly
statements, In fact, the Dalton tokes care of-anything that
comes; tinder the head of figure work with ease, accuracy and dis-
Patch, rendering: a , physical audit slip of the work performed.
Dalton versatility js; unique. v
I .hetHer you , buy ; a small ' capacity
Daltpij Mi $125. 00 or ,pay several times that amount
5 for a larger machine fully equipped with special features, you get
S She same high grade material andcareful workmanship. Let us
br,ng a O,altw,to your office and show vou how it t can expedite
5 jruui. accuuueing woric '
H. J. Mac?ILLANf
District Agent v
p! P Box 59 WilmingtonN. c;
. ; -'; Prion- 087, .
Health and
"iene
HEALTH INSURANCE FOR WAre
Adopted in Countries of Old World
Matter of Legislation for New
N U7,-. World.
"Health insurance for wage
,11 v, ... "'111,
wm ouuii uctume a maiier for A imp
ican legislation as it is now in Cana
'and in several countries of the on
World. Six European countries i,av
t adopted compulsory health insurant
measure worked benefits to the 1)0
rfi that, pvptv rlvilio ?j.
. j ,lt HHMStrrl
tuuuujr in tu via worici, with a few
exceptions, i3 now confronted Wtu
this new type of-social legislation
"Among the benefits derive, ' j"
this system of health insurance ha3
be-n' noticed a check upon the jn.
crease of degenerative .diseases
among wage earners of middle 'ij'fo
ealth insurance brings medical rare
within the reach of large )uiml)en
who are unable to afford this luxii"j
on the present basis of payment
Medical care is paid for in advance
on an insurance basis, calling for 0P.
ly small weekly contributions. s,1(.'a
conditions encourage wage earners t0
In Be c ana treatment
M I w lxll ouoiiiuuo ajf iiiuiuijjH occur nnA
ot . f ... trpnfmpn. nn, nn ' m
court convened nere this juorning
w;th Judge W. E. Harding, of Carta-
age on the bench Murder, arson, high,
way robbery and crimnal assault will
take up a major portion of the throe
week's sesion and some hitterlj
fought legal contents are expected.
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