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PAGEXW01 THP W M I INIl i 1 1 JTM )LSPA I HI iRSri AY "At IKKINUUIN. lUiNtL.. 11-; ---v.. THE .iJlff.ylMH' VILL1INGT0N PUBLISHED" ?.PAItiY AND 8UNDAY I BY DISPATCH PUBLISHING CO. : TELEPHONES: Business Qfnft . . Editorial Rooms 176 ,...205 ON THE BUSINESS WATCH TOWER possibility and be unprepared.' Secretary of War Baker's statement at Chapel Hill yesterday thatthe war is just beginning (for America, of course), is to -.-be ; commended ' In re- FULJU LEASED WIRE SERVICE. ... BY mail: f. -n BajUyjand Sunday. , . . J Dalljuand Sunday, fSix Months .v . J3.00 Daily And Sunday. Three Months .jl.50 Sunday. Only, One Yjear,.... v?2.00 i) t DELIVERED BY CARRIER: DaJJy and Sunday, per. week. .". ji15c Or Wfcen PaisMn Advarrae at Office. Daily and Sunday. One Year $7.00 Bailyfid Sunday, gix Months. . -f0 Paily and Sunday, Three Months. ?1.75 Entered at the Postoffice In Wilming ton, N. C, aa Second-Class Matter. Foreign Advertising Representative: MaeQuoid-Mttler Co., Inc., New York and Chicago. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917. The Teutons may know how to bottle-up Budweiser, but not Haig. At least Russia seems to be waiting to 'see what America has to offer. Bill Spivins Opines that the weigh of the world is powerful short these days. - It's true America was late in getting Into the war. but better late than never to swat autocracy. JUSTICE FOR BOTH: - "America Is dead right!" shouted au orator. Well ahem right, but not dead, nor apt to be. Speaking about lumber, don't some f these summer collars, when you be gin to" tug, make cross-ties? Certainly, you can't believe all you hear, but the most unfortunate part is that you can't hear all you believe. While the gun and sabre are essen tial, it is also necessary, back-homers, to use the hoe on the Hohenzollerns. The fellow who "cussed" the Stars and Stripes should be given opportu nity to enjoy life under the bars and stripes. -By now we bet Charles Evans Hughes Is ready to approve the judg ment of the people at the polls last November. -: ! Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of iftinois, is 'trying to awafcen his home State to the - importance of competing With New York in a? business way: &n& sets forth' that 51 while-"tne nation Is fleeting whar this statesman thinks, spending billions for war needs Cljji- based upon chance to obtain -Intimate cago and the rest of the State ishoiiU knowledge. it is not . a call to shroud get a portion of 1t. "Chicago an Ilii-j . , .. . B . . .one's self in crepe, ut to realize, and nois make everything needed, but sell, little of it to the government," he says. ( so realizing prepare to wage a stouter Of course, the government if not' fight. There is such a thing as abid dlplomatic and feeling' in a facetious! ng in a'Fool's Paradise' but the time hrein, might set forth, as a rejoinder,,' f residence there is always brief and recollection of what Chicago sold the, sequel. lnevltably painful. government in ine way or emoiume'i beef" during the Spanish-American war. However, Senator Lewis is on L"c l w' """" Business men of the country, with nlnHne- thp. pxtra. heavv exnense the country has to bear, In consequence of the War Department acquiescing, we i the war, has to he philosophical about Relieve, are calling attention to the it, realizing that it is going to be spent necessity of the government, either in regardless of its wishes because ' rn 0fficiai capacity or as an instrument the necessity Is here-and then be to focug attention and direct tne gatii. alert enough to endeavor to have some , ... . ... ... k, ering and distribution of funds through of the money spent with its business j 6 houses and industries. a call to the people and association "New York," says Senator Lewis, "is with some organization, providing monopolizing the privilege because it' money for the dependent ones of those has a committee of its business inter- j who go to war. The business men ests permanently located on the complain (merely setting forth their ground. It is ready on a minute's no-gide and nQt in wtter trmg howeVr) tice to present a bid on any subject , z .. ... . T . - 'that it will be a financial hardship, it and to show the goods. In this way it gets the contracts." not an impossibility for the business That New York should have a com- concerns of the country to pay the sal mittee on the scene rill be hailed byjaries of their employes, who have; some as a lobby.' Perhaps, it is, but j0ined the army, during their absence rom work. Their complaint is not cold-blooded, cannot alone bear that it would jjot The fellow in Richmond who regis tered twice must have thought he was voting in an election or was it double- barreled- patriotism? We suppoee the word "ehic as ap plied to one' of the female of the spe cies in the old days wa an abbrevia tion for chickens. ' : Having failed to "tame the bear that walks like a man" with gun and whip, Germany is now trying to do it with Boft words and sugar. -"Do your bit." Sure. Take the bit between your teeth and don't let any one pull back on the reins hard enough to stop you. it" is a legitimate lobby. New York simply has salesmen on the job alert, wpll informfid and with samnles to display.". The government is naturally.1 Poetical in every way. It is mere looking for quick action. The press of I common sense' and wnile U should the times is such as to demand quick e understood that the dependent ones response. So it hasn't time for dick- the soldhrs must be cared for' ll m should likewise be understood that the cities can do. Not on as large scale, business concern v.. ...iu i , u the burden. Not uui cvruiuitsusui die wini mc oiic ui tiic town. There are many things that are do so, because the business men constantly coming up that a city canof the country have snowB themselves get, if it is only alert and ready to to be Patriotic, but because it would show the government. But it is not likelr be financially impossible. The a time to run novices up against vet- reasoning in this respect is very easy, erans. The city must have some of The Sreat majority of business con its biggest and best posted business cerns are not making swollen divi men at the fore, to explain and to dends- Yet they wil1 contribute, from guarantee. There is no time for a the ranks of their employes, many men referendum. Tho government doesn't to the ATm These gaps' in order tc want to know if a city "will see about continue business, must be filled. Now it," but will a city "do it." The delav to Pa 1)0111 the absent employe and in waiting may cause a greater loss nis successor would add extra expense than gain by obtaining a better bar- imu ine DUSine55 mieUL utJ it did stand tne au- gam. j The government will spend billions, while the Allleat.wHl- spend billions more in the United States. That not only requires work, to fill the orders called for by the huge expenditures, but will place giant sums in circula tion, to -flow into every sphere of trad?. Wilmington must keep alert to the sit uation and its business men should be ready to answer promptly. Camns are to be established not oniv can tonments, but naval stations ships are to be built and other things per formed, and Wilmington should get a part of such. Take an inventorv to stand, or if ' ditional burden it would be at the ex pense of the people in general, which would force higher prices. This would interfere with business conditions, as well as .cause discord. At the same time," the" employe who goes to iwar must be assured that his family is go ing to be cared for. It is not alone a reward for the great sacrifice he i makes, but it is justice. I In order to be fair to both employer and employe there must be a plan I whereby neither will suffer. The only way to accomplish this is for the gov ernment to create a fund or see that such fund is raised by popular sub- What the Chinese are fighting about among themselves is about as compre hensive to the American as the pro verbial ' Chinese launtigy ticket. Not only does an army fight , on its stomach, but also an army of other folks, as vigorous support of Bro. Hoover is plainly demonstrating. 'Extremes are" found everywhere. Orer in Virginia a man was found vil lifying his country, when the commander-in-chief wf the country is a Virginian. ... rr The health rate of the country is very apt. to take a slump after July 1st, forn and after that date whiskey can only be ordered in dry States for .medicinal, purposes;. . and post a lookout, with an armv nf business men, equipped with facts and scriPtion- and to which we take it, the big business concerns, those who can well afford it, would make large contributions. It would be their duty to do so. Just here, too, is where one of the strong features of the selective draft can be seen. Under the stipulations Secretary Rakor Ainnr wHh o0,. 'of the draft the government has a right f m.vmo KJ V- guarantees, to respond at the first call and compete promptly with the best and readiest. : 1 BAKER'S CANDID STATEMENT AT CHAPEL HILL. tary Lane and other" cabinet mem- to exempt those who have dependent If Elihu Hoot can't show the Rus sians how to standpat, hope may as well be deserted and the Russians abandoned to their sins of ignorance fend recklessness. . The fellow who absorbs bug-juice tnay be filled with .happiness but not tvith optimism, if he is sane enough to think for a moment about the morn ing after the night before , The Atlanta Constitution wants the proposal of Senator Gore to limit the presidency to a couple of terms to be !"moth balled," Why preserve it? Why fcot let it be oannon balled? I It has been "anndtfneed that Billy Sunday is going to' write a "Who's Who in Hell." If he really has any: au thentic 'mf'ormaticto on the subject, .wouldiPt it "be r a" cinch to hlackmail a Jot ot Jfolfcs? a ? . ' . : r "Germanj seeks "a new bymn national bers, we believe, even though they ones ana 11 wlU n0 douDt' exercle may not be so recorded thinks the ,this rignt' so that tne financial burden war will be of long duration. The'wi11 not unnecessarily be heavy on statement, as harsh s u mav omin.i itne people. r v MVTUJ.AVp is by far better, by far fairer than at tempt to fool the people. This is not the time to bamboozle i.he people. The, personal comfort of the people and; the welfare of the country are entitled to fair treatment. To rive the wrong . tneIr declination with fighting antics, impression of the situation will mean.But Tar eel Indians evidently under greater suffering in the end; perhaps,' stood the cal1 because of the sitxy disaster, because the person who de-.counties that had reported up to 10 clines to see danger, who shuts his 'cloclt last night' in North Carolina, eyes when danger looms ahead does Person reported a registration of fif not avert calamity. He may shut een ReJskms out, for a few moments, a horrible sight, but he does not stop or dodge The government does not display as the danger. This is no time for per-!11111011 leniency as common sense in forming an ostrich stunt. America ns stretcning tne time of registration, so aJ 'country of too much sense to stick as to give those who failed to record Its head in the sand; of too much forti-ltnefr" names' making ail unintentional tude not to bear, with becoming grace, mistake, chance ' to register. We be burdens that may be imposed in be. lIeve most of the omissions were those Evidently it was not desire not to fight that prompted the Indians of some of the western States to decline 1 to register, because they accented '! t 1 . . half of righteousness; of too much I mxsunaerstanaing ratner than 01 intent to evade the law. This belief Is strengthened ' by thought of the giant registration beyond estimate dem onstrating the character of American patriotism. courage not to desire to know the truth; of too much pluck not to give battle when confronted by the wolf. To strgar-coat the bitter but delays the real taste5 arid" the shock is greater. These are days of" prevention and pre vention is founded upon realization of the truth, as it takes enlightenment to rear prevehtidn! Secretary Baker is not brutally frank in stating tjhe truth, or what experts conceive to be the probability, but logically candid. Soriie internal trouble In' Germany or Ausrrto-Ii'ungary' may hasten the end, but that is only a possibility. The pf obability ' is tha these countries will be able to cling on for months in fcopes'of something turning Up to side tra'clc' ttfe' power "of their enemies!1' it Wil also treed another kind is with the prob'aljility rather than the uoiu. grant- f1 'natI6nal? hfen, tt old Tonffindenburg possibility that the people must ligi hisses th4 und and ' Therefdfe;;tt is wiser to take1 lor j keep from slipping as he hag been do.:ed and be prepared therefor, that the 6I t9t tt fftSt couple 9? nontfts, 'war yrll last for,yearsraft to rlffisera.orceerMTlt r. The Lumina Season Begins Saturday. Big dance Saturday night. Concerts.- Sunday, .afternoon and even ing AdvW .!. ',. ; , . . , . FATAL STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA. AMERICAN CHICLE COMPANY ,. . . ........... f. . . r-. ... THE BIG BUSINESS-MANS GUM JESSE LA SKY, moving flat is Adams an some ciiieers me iteIlsioe.,, picture impresario, says: cliewin out .the mo habit I ever cqiiiredl. and relieves merve ab me famous -Ivfind Pepsin : wlioSe- It S 7 7 In. tke Struggle for Wealtli take care of your Health. r RAILROADS ARE TO OPERATE AS ONE " (By Associated Prss.) ' Johnstown, Pa., June 7.-One man was killed and .three , were injured late vesterdav by a tornadO-like wind stprro- that swept aeross the top of jService either through elimination or Atlanta, June 7. Railroads of the South are to abandon competitive ac tivities and operate their lines during the war as part of the one national transcontinental system under the di rection of the Railroads' War Board for the benefit of the government. Steps to make this plan effective were completed at a conference of -the ex ecutive officers of the different south ern lines called to meet in Atlanta by W. J. Harahan, president of the Sea board Air Line Railway and chairman of the southeastern department of the War Board. In order to make available the max imum transportation energy for mov ing fueL- food, materials and troops necessary : for the .successful conduct ot the war, the. southern lines adopt ed the policy of reducing passenger tho Alleghany - mountains in this section. The men had driven -vinto a barn for shelter and the barn col- more important ;service of, the Govern lapsed. Thousands of dollars of dam age was done to-rchards and growing crops. ,onsolidationi and utilizing the equip ment, men, and coal thus released for Concerts at Lumina next Sunday afternoon and night by promptly as possible m oraer to m- lumorfi unerno i,i; crease the car supply. . 1 "y part or the body,, safe A committee of five will he appoint. ' niRKLiAiiLE. Jri A ed to visit the Railroad Commissions bo"C' 11 I HI of the different States and acquaint vvl ii IJ the State authorities with the facts as ' il A . I NJ JjfkJuttr to what the railroads are trying to do TXll 'm1 D'r'tmit stSSJ for the success of the war. ; J joaephine L.e Fevr rZ , I i Phtln.lelpfcia. Another Aerial Raid. ureen's Drufl Store. iOjT Market Street London, June 7. Another aerial j . raid on Belgium is reported "today by j -.-. the admiralty. Naval airplanes drop- ' SUMMER SCHEDULE ped bombs on the airdrome at Niemv- Steamer Wii.nington mun'ster, near the coast, between Zee-1 To South port, Carolina Beach and brugge and Ostend. All the machines j landings on the Lower Cape Fear. returned. ' Iffective June 1st,. 1917. ment. This policy, it was announced. will be observed with 'every possible effort to safeguard the coiiVenience of ; tne puDllc.. State of North Carolina, County of New Hanover. In Superior Court. NOTICE. Carlie Faulk vs. Rosady Faulk. f The above named defendant, will take notice, that an action entitled as above na been commenced in the Superior Court 01 XNew Hanover-county, ror tne purpose ! Leaves Wilminetnn nailw Q a m obtaining a divorce on the grounds of ; IV vvumingion uauy. 9 a. m. and adultery. 2:45 p. m. for Carolina Beach and That the said defendant will further taXe Southport. notice, that she is required to appear at ! T ' the next term of Superior Court -of said Leaves Wilmington Sunday at 9 a. county, to be held on the 2nd Monday of m. and 2:30 nm for Carolina. RpnPh September, 1017. at the court house of mM L,- o..7,l" IOF arollna eacn oaunty, in Wilmington, North " Carolina, ' .u-uport- , and answer or demur to the complaint m I Arrives Wilmfnetnn 2-00 n m nnHl said action or the plaintiff will anpllT to t U." wnmmgion Z.UW p. m. ana' court for the relief di-mnnrloirl in t-ho. ,o I u" P 111 . owu . ... x-iease snip u reignt on Morning boat. reignts will be received until 8:45. Special Round Trip Rates given to SEABOARD AIR LINE RAI Kffectlve Not. "th. --0-DKPAKTUKE OF TRAIN S"" WltMINOTON. . No. 13-3:55 P. M.-Traln for "XVaB iqtermedlate Point. VM'toC LiUTTJS. No. 195:00 A. Intermediate RHTWP.KN W1I LOTTHJ. Open at 10.00 1'. rlotte"" M.-Train for CfV points. R'fc'Jnr0 HA"' M. for i"' ;Tn! Brers. . ixc. ARBIVAI. OF TRAINS AT "'r? Hate I1" P'.mVklOII1 L. M. Train ',0 Hate Points- S 'g r vp No. 1412:30 P and Intermedl PARLOR CAR AND WILMINGTON No. 2012:10 A CAR BETWEEN CHAKI1 ' MaT WILMINGTON. PASSKM-yi'.. REMAIN IN 8LEE1 A. M. .rrn For detailed Information buIM"1' call on City Ticket Agent. Orton Phone 17S. - p A H. E. PLEASANTS. T. Witmlnston. N. C. , & JON H. WEST. D. P. A.. k' 1'",a , Plans were outliried' to ask the co- CThi7th day of June, 1917. " Frelerhl md night by pperaUon of shippers in loading cars t w. N. HAHRISS, , 2nrr1o - Ctofu opacity m mni$m as-6.Maw-4w.thu- Superior Court. ;.j Jjg al . T ' ''".- ' - ' . - " -,- ' Jf , i '"... i a s . ' ' v ' ;j - , - . - r i . ' - j '- 1 - COAST LINE HOTEL CAFE. Rooms by the dav, veeeais m.ontjtj at. reasonable ritea. t at any hour, 208 North Front"; Phone 208-W.