wlTxxiv, NO. 4.
GIG BRITISH T
Part of Campaign to Secure
Enlistments of British Sub
jects BRITISH VICE CONSUL
GETTING RESULTS
Seven Men in Process of En
listment Through Office in
4
Addition to One Recently,
jects
Capt. Donald MacRae, British Vice
Consul, yesterday received the fol
lowing letter from the officer in
charge of the British and Canadian
recruiting mission, stationed at New
York, with regard to the enlistment
of Colin J. McCall, who recently
signed up for service through the of
fice of Capt. MacRae, here. The let
ter reads: , v
'I have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of -the 2nd inst.,
with reference to the marginally
earned recruit.
'Mr. McCall reported at our New
York depot on the 4th inst. and pass
ed a satisfactory medical examina
tion, and was dispatched to Toronto,
Canada, for enlistment in the Cana
dian Expeditionary force." x
The British Vice Consul has now
in process of enlistment, besides the
above mentioned, five men from out
of town and two men from Wllming-;
ton. The enlistment of British sub
jects are being reported from all sec
tions of tao country, and the numbers
tre expected to terial in
case as the spring advances.- Re
emits tHH nefi it. SrAre lvtfv"!nf
; c R at -h is - office in the MuTc&F
son Building. ; ,i;
A nationwide campaign islto: bd
made during the coming , few; months
to secure such enlistments, and ttfe
campaign will have a unique feature,
one of the big tanks which has been
used in the service "over there" is to
be used, and it is expected to be a
center of interest wherever it. makes
its appearance in the United States.
Not only will it make a popular ap
peal in the securing of recruits, but
it will also demonstrate to the folks
here at home how the machine
works, and the tanks are playing a
very important part in winning the
war.
The British tank Britannia, which
starts on a recruitine tour of the
United State's about January 25 for
the British and Canadian Recruit'
Mission, was sent to the- United
States by the Britishwar office and
the tank and its crew of wounded vet-
erags, under command of Captain
Richard Haigh, twice wounded him
self, reached New York on October
23, 1917. It played" a" conspicuous
part in the Second Liberty loan cam
paign, in New York, and was cheer
ed by vast crowds as it lumbered up
Fifth Avenue flashing the barrels of
its machine gunn fro mone side of
the street to the other. Te '
was next taken to Canada to . help the
victory Loan and created a sensation
in loTonto and Montreal which was
duplicated later when it returned to
Xew York and was the principal at
traction at the Hero Land Bazaar.
On December 19, at Camp Upton,
iaphank, N. Y., 10,000 United States
soldiers, in Brig.-Gen. Evan M. John
son's division, watched the Britannia
c.imb over trenches, push over big
"ees and ascend steep banks at
"at seemed a well-nigh impossible
angle. While moving at a speed of
acout four miles an hour she can
;:Ped up to six the tank peppered
acnine gun targets with its six
T
eWlS riMfllina a-tiv rsA J,,1
vuiuc e, lllxo ciuu was iiocii
"Jed upon from a distance by ma
ne gunners, whose hail of bullets
merely flattened against her steel ar
mor. Recently the tank was turned over
Bng..Gen. w. A. White, of the
Jtfitish and Canadian Recruiting Mis
sion, and but for the zero weather
nen prevailing would have started
2 J" recruiting tour of the country
Z JanuaiT 4. As tanks are built to
operate in ,,a j x
v ami are not at tueii
"CSt On f m7n crvm-i-r, A V. T34.ito
Will b'uuuu, uic juiivauuia
hit move Soutb-. visiting all the
rge centers of population and.turn
north in March to Chicag, head
s'18 of Co1- J- S. Dennis, corn
ending the Western Division of the
ussion. The tank participated in
e battle of Arras and has been
hull r top" several times. The
Enti Jthe tank received repairs in
aanv n but BtiU bears -the marks of
Shr erman machine gun bullets,
tain ' however, according to Cap
camaSaigb' makes no dents. The
?ni T a veteran of tank warfare
The jf. been under ftp many times.
tank
Maiinia lO lrnnnrn n em - n famnla
and tips the scale at about 38
tons.
I
HI MAKE A TOUR
OF UNITED STATES
Accused of Shooting W. L.
Princev Then Assaulting Mrs.
Prince in Their Home
CRIME COMMITTED
EARLY SATURDAY
Charged That Negro Entere3
Home of Prince's Between
1 and 2 O'clock Saturday
Morning
Raleigh, Jan. 12. LeRoy Smith, ne
gro, is held in prison tonight follow
ing his identification as "the assailant
of Mrs. W."L. Prince, after he had
shot Mr. Prince in the head with a
.32 calibre pistol. -
The negro was captured, by Sheriff
Sears deputies and Chief Barbour of
the police force. They made Smith
dress and in his Sunday . togs, Mrs.
Prince said, only his features looked
familiar. He was made' to change his
clothes again and Mr. and Mrs. Prince
identified the prisoner.
The negro is alleged to have enter
ed the Prince home between 1 and 2
o'clock this morning, where he shot
Prince, criminally assaulted Mrs.
Prince, then leisurely stole six pounds
of beef, five pounds of sugar, a watch
and some small change. He was cap
tured by county and city officers in
the afternoon.
The Princes say the negro ordered
them to cover their heads, when they
detected him, then he shot the: hus
band, ordering himt.to give up his
money. , After getting, about a dollar
the negro made;Prince cpyrhiavhead
and then assaulted MTs.jftwG$tJFbic&
grown sons in the house were not
atoused, :
THREE GERMAN RAIDS
REPULSED BY BRITISH
London, Jan. 3.2. Three raids in the
neighborhood of Lens were repulsed
early today, the afternoon statement
jr - i . .
irom . Jieia. xviarsnau naig siaiea.
There was hostile artillery action in
the neighborhood of Lense, Cambrai
land Messines.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
E
E
Conference Will Be Held Mon
day Morning to Study
Local Situation
President M. W. Jacobi, of fie
Chamber of Commerce on yesterday
appointed the following committee to
co-operate with the fuel administra
tion and other organizations, looking
i to a solution of the fuel, problem for
this community: Mr. W. H. Sprunt,
chairman; Messrs. William Gilchrist,
Hugh MacRae, J. A. Taylor, L. Blue
thenthal, L. E. Hall and Roger Moore.
Thp committee will meet tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock at the room oi
the Associated Charities in the cour:
house. They will at that time con-3r
with Mr. Martin S. Willard, fuel ah
ministrator for New Hanover county
and the other members of the fuel
administration. Members of City Coun
cil, who have been active recently in
theNendeavor to solve the fuel prob
lem, will also attend. Archdeacon
Thomas P. Noe, whose efforts in the
past several week3 toward the allevia
tion of distress caused by the fuel
shortage, have been the subject or
much favorable comment and praise,
will also be present. Chairman W.
A. McGirt, of the county commission
ers, will co-operate in every way pos
sible to relieve what is considered a
most trying situation.
It is not known what plans, if any,
the. cnmmittpp of the Chamber ov
Commerce will present to the meeting.
It is known, however, that fuel situa:
tion in this community has been.any
thine but satisfactory during the past
several weeks, much suffering having
Jreen occasioned oy tne low tempera
tures, through lack of fuel.'
The city authorities in co-operation
fwith Archdeacon Thomas P. Noe, have
been untiring in their efforts to relieve
those really in need. The city has
furnished transportation for the deliv
ery of fuel in those cases where neea
was most urgent, and distress was in
Lsome measure alleviated.
The supply of fuel is still very mea
ger and any steps that may be taae
as a result of the Chamber's action
Avill; be watched with Intense intereet
by the public generally. - ;
NAM
S FUEL COMMUTE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUAY MORNiNG,
WHISTLER
An Officer at Camp Funston
Became His Own Execu
tioner Yesterday
ACCUSED OF MURDER
AND BANK ROBBERY
Whistler Alleged to Have Rob
bed Camp Bank, Killing
' Threje of Four Men in
the Institution
Camp Funston, Kans., Jan. 12.
Capt Lewis Whistler, of the 354th In
fantry, became his own executioner
today after suspicion had been di
rected at him as the possible mur
derer of four men in the bank at the
National Artny Camp, here, who were
hacked to death with a hatchet Fri
day night. Whistler shot and -killed
himself with an army revolver after
he had writen a note in which he
said: "I ave been thinking of com
mitting suicide for a long time, but I
have never had a good reason. Yes
terday I went out and made myself a
reason." The note ws ddressed to a
woman whose name army officials re
fuse to make public.
Tonight, Major Lee, chief of staff
of the 89th Division, in an interview,
said: "Every indication points to
Captain Whistler as the murderer.
The circumstances and evidence are
so conclusive as to practically elimi
nate any possibility of a doubt." j
. The murders in the bank were !
committed some time after 8:30
o'clock. Woraall, who had been ter
'hbly battered and cut by the mur-i
'derer. stumbled from' the bank, com
rcL -"witto Stood an feU'atttfo ftet
of flcassmgentry-He declared
that a man in a captain's uniform had
killed Tour men in the bank and hd
fled. Within 10 minutes the military
police and provost officer, Cajt. J. C. j
Smallwood, had taken charge of the'
situation. Guards were thrown about !
tho nnmn and oil rltiaa tHIi1t a tq. I
dius of 100 miles were notified. Dogs
were placed on the tril of the mur
derer. Finger prints of the murderer
were found in the bank.
. Because of Woman's declaration
that a man in captain's un!formhad
done the killing, all captains in the
post were , ordered to report. - It was
soon after this that Whistler's body
was found in his room in the officers
barracsk. Bloody towels were found
in the room, and there were splotches
of blood on the washstand. Whistler
was lying, on the opposite side of the
room from the bloody exhibits. It was
then learned he had sought two
hatchets from the supply division
the previous day.
The men who were killed were C. '
Fuller Winters, of Kansas City, Mo.;
Carl Ohlqson, Kansas City, Mo.; John
W. Jewell, Springfield, Mo., and O. M.
Hill, a clerk. j
W'qrnall, who is seriously injured,
probably will recover.
Capt. Whistler was a veteran of
the Spanish-American war. At th9
time of the last .Mexican trouble he
offered to recruit a regiment for bor
der service. He was commissioned
captain recently at the Officers'
Training Camp, at Fort Riley, Kan--jftftivt
For five years previous to that
he liad been employed as a railway
'mair clerk. .His home was at Salena,
Kansas.
Wornall, in periods of conscious
ness in the hospital today, told a dis
connected story of the murder. The
employes were kept after regulars by
the large volume of business yester
day, he said. With the employes was
Jewel, editor of the Post's daily pa
per. There was an insistent knock
at the door about 8:30. They admit
ted a man who covered them with a
revolver. He forced Wornall to tie
the hands of the other four men.
Then he tied Wornall, stuffed all the
currency in the vault in his pockets
and turned toward the "door. "You
recognize him, don't you?" Winters
asked Wornall. Wornall replied in
the affrmative. "You know me do
youY cnea tne roDDer. "i sure ap,
you scoundrel," replied Winters. The
robber stopped short, hesitated, and
that moment became a murderer.
Springing at the helpless men, he
swung his hatchet; Wornall ,the last
one struck, was forced to see his
companions battered and hacked to
death without any chance of resist
ance. Jewell worked in the adver. sing
department of the New York Times
at one time, and his lather is editor
and publisher f the Springfield,
Missouri, Leader. Winters resided
in. Kansas City prior to th9 opening
of the Post bank when ne removed to
Manhattan, a short distance from the
Post. He was vice president of the
National Reserve Bank , at Kansas
City, and was cashier o . f tho A rray
Bank. Ohlesoh was 19 years 61d and
((Continued on page five.)
UNDER SUSPICION
COMMITS SUICIDE
1 11 t r 1 . . .
"' - 1
Great Damage Throughout the
South Friday and Friday
TERRIFIC S0RM LS
FOLLOflEl) BY COLD
Severe Cold JWave Followed
on Heels ofeTerrific Rain
and Wind Storm Causing
Additional Damage
Washington, Jan. 12. At least 16
are dead; many injured and thousands
of dollars worth t property destroy
ed followmg the terrific wind and rain
that swept the ipSouth last night.
Freezing temperatures predicted fftr
tonight threatened additional damage,
and may develop into the coldest wea
ther on record. , . Communication was
almost totally paralyzed many hours.
Incomplete reports over wires inter
rupted throughout the day indicate the
following dead:
Cowars, Ala. slat. killed; many in
jured. 5
Doathan, Ala., seven dead.
Troy, Ala., one dead.
Macon, Ga., two dead.
Camp Sheridan, 1 Ala., and Camp
Wheeler, Ga., suffered heavy damage
from wind and rain. V
Loss of cattle? w,as heavy around
Durham, N. OV, jpne school building
was wrecked, and roofs and signs
were razed by the wind. ,
Velocities of 46 miles an hour were
reported in some sections, which up
rooted, trees, snapped telephone poles
and crashed. , do'1 bars aid ' Arm
coc, near .'Angusiaroa.i were mown
tdth.e, :grt4C--Miiin Harril, ot the
122nd' infantry, was crushed when the
corral at Cam j Wheiler was wrecked.
An old negro was reported frozen lo
death.
Vicksburg, Miss. reported four de
grees above zero, while New Orleans
shivered at 201 degrees. Sleet weigh
ed down wires' throughout the South.
Newport News reported four ships
driven aground near there:
Fruit farms in Florida, it was fear
ed, would suffer from the freeze.
Coal shortages in many places will
cause intense suffering and heavy loss
of livestock may result from the al
most unprecedented cold. t
Columbia Suffering.
. Columbia, S. C, Jan. 12. Columbia
is tonight experiencing the coldest
weather since 1899 when the Canal
froze over. Local Weather Forecast
er Sullivan perdlcted that the ther
mometer would drop to zero or below
before morning. The cold wave fol
lowed a severe wind storm last night
when wire communication was great
ly demoralized and considerable
property damage done. This city was
cut off from the outside world, but
communication was restored about
noon today. The bitterly cold weath
er finds the city ill-prepared for it,
the coal shortage still being very
acute.
No Casualties at Augusta
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 12. Reports from
this section indicate that no casual
ties resulted from the 46-mile an. hour
igale which swept this locality Friday
night, althoup;h thousands of large
trees were uprooted or blown down
and hundreds of small huoses depriv
ed of their roofs. Telegraph and tele
phone wires were put out of commis
sion at many points, and tonight Au
gusta was partly isolated from this
standpoint. The damage to the build
r'ngs will amount into the thousands.
At Camp Hancock, about 500 tents
were blown down, two theatre tents
completely demolished, and an army
,Y. M. C. A. building which was under
'Construction, and which would havu
been occupied within a few days, was
ormoletely wrecked.
Uittle Damage in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 12. Rain and
a temperature , reaching 62 degrees
have cleared Hampton Roads, Lower
Chesapeake Bay and Portsmouth Har
bor of ice. The Upper Bay, however,
is still packed with "floes. The gale
which struck here last night passed
out to sea early this morning without
doing material .damage, beyond shat
tering numerous! windows, and show
cases in the business districts. The
thermometer has been dropping stead
ily since noon, and registered 32 at
S p. m with the" fringe of the cold
wave in Fight.
TWELVE INDIAN
STUDENTS BURNED
Marble City, Okla,, Jan. 12. The
death toll of fire which destroyed the
Boys' Dormintory at the D wight In
dian Mission school, near here, early
today, was fixed at 12 tonight. All
were Indian boys from nine to 17
years , of age. . Three others i were in
jured in jumping -from window. '::3 'M
JANUARY 1 3, 1918
"Appointment of Mr. Walter
Smallbones as Distributor is
Confirmed
GOVERNMENT WILL
MAKE DISTRIBUTION
Wilmington Will Receive the
Third Shipment of Needed
Fertilizer Being Imported
From Chile
The announcement of the appoint
ment of Mr. Walter Smallbones, or
this city, as government representa
tive for the distribution of the nitrates
to be imported by the government
from Chile for the benefit of the farm
ers of this section . was confirmed yes
terday by the receipt of ,the official
appointment from Secretary Houston,
of the Department of Agriculture.
However, it is stated that Mr. Smali
bones, so far as is known at present,
will have nothing whatever to do with
the sale or the collection end of this
matter, but will only act as distribu
tor from stocks in storage, 1st from
vessels, as directed by the - Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington.
While no information has been giv
en out on the matter of sales, yet It
is said to be probable ti;at this will
be handled through some ether chan
nel by the Department of Agricul
ture. Information was also -received in the
3ity yelerdayf totnei? e(Bcf$!foe;.
.first iparp-of nitrates sailed from U
Chilean port, on Thursday of the -fast
eelkT'rTfieT'fii' car sol it is under-
stood wUl be .unloaded at. Savannah,
the .second at Charleston and the thtrrt
at Wilntfngton.
It is probable that the .nitrates will
be handled through the farm demon
stration agents of the different cuon
tles who will- receive tne amount
needed, on a pro rata basis, from the
port where it Is delivered, and will
dispose of it direct to the farmers.
There has been no announcement with
regard to what price will be charged,
as this will depend upon the cost of
handling, freight, storage and other
necessary charges. It Is estimated:
that the price should be In the nelgn
borhood of $75 to $80 to the farmers.
Local fertilizer manufacturers say
that the demand for fertilizers is mncn
ahead of last year, and last year was
one of the best among recent years in
the history of the business in this
section. The year 1914 was a ban
ner year, with a bad falling off in the
following year, which "was to some
extent increased in 1916. Last year
showed an increase in all the South
Atlantic territory, with the Wilming
ton section showing the best record of
all. This year is starting out with a
rush, the indications being that the
demand for the present year will run
around 33 1-3 to 50 per cent greater
than last. But there Is little chance
that the production will reach mucn
more than it did for 1917. Scarcity
of materials is the chief reason why
the factories will not be able to turn
out sufficient product to meet the de
mand, and lack of labor also enters
as a material factor in the situation.
DAN DELEGATES
TO FORCE A
Declare Their Intention of
Showing the World Teuton
ic Peace Aims
Petrograd, Jan. 12. Russian dele
gates to the Brest-Litovsk peace com
ference-reported formally today their
intention of continuing : the negotia
tions 'So as not to leave a single pos
sibility in the battle of peace."
The break in the negotiations over
a technical point, the dispatch said,
after referring to the German's de
termination because of their disinclin
ation to transfer the deliberations to
Stockholm, would have made worse
the position of the democracies of Ger
many and of other Central Powers to
understand the cause of the conflict.
It would have aided the annexationists
to mislead the people. "Therefore, we
remain at Brest Litovsk in order not
to leave untouched a single possibility
in the battle of peace for the people,
declaring before all our readiness to
try again to discover whatever peace
between Russia and the four Central
Powers is possible without outraging
the Poles, the Letts, the Lithunians,
the Armenians and others to whom
the revolution guarantees full and un
limited development without ulterior.
motives. . '
DECISION
1
It is "Dig or Freeze, Shovel or
Starve" Among the
People '
RICH AND POOR JOIN
HANDS IN THE FIGHT
Many Deaths and Hundreds of
Hospital Cases Already Re
. ported Ministers Call
Off Services to Shovel
Chicago, Jan. 12. The stormbound
Middle West was was fighting for its
life tonight the most jlevatating. bliz-'
zardof a generation b.ad welded all
classes in Chicago young and old -in-
ton one gigantic community that was
battling snow and , cold to prevent
death by starvation or freezing, and
according to reports to the weather
bureau . this condition prevailed
throughout the West. .Officials frank
ly admitted it was the most critical
situation this region had ever faced
and issued the edict: "Dig or freeze,
shovel or starve."
Railroad transportation Is paralyz
ed In an area. extending from Buffalo
nearly to the Rockies and from Can
ada south into Kentucky and Ten
nessee, but the more serious and im-
local - deliveries. The majority of the
marooned cities had adequate supplies
of fuel and food, Snow filled streets,
however, prevented them reaching the
consumer. It was to combat this cri
sis that citizens- yielded, shovels . to
night ud3 wjlp tur ttj SUnday Jato a day
of labor. The distribution or rood . in
Chiqasa jrilt .bjakleft to jSie-discretion-
of local dealers. Bapies amT' aospi
tals 111 ? hate ;fhpjrfiaQ:;i; thrt
matter or milk. cool, will he handled
only on authority of the Fuel Admin
istration, the utmost economy- was
urged by State . Fuel Administrator
Williams. Who declared that nooline of
neighborhood supplies 1 may be nec
essary. .
In Chicago big department stores
and other places of business were
closed earj yin the afternoon to con
serve fuel. Several minUtftys an
nounced they would, not open their
churches tomorrow, but would polu
their parishioners wielding? shovels.
Many deaths from cpld and hundreds
of cases of frost bites were reported.
Ten deaths occurred here- were di
rectly attributable, to the storm, a.d
more than 100 persons were treat ld
for frozen hands fcncU feet.
Possible fires presented anotVer
danger. Fire apparatus could not ven
erate the snow drifts, and -many fire
plugs were frozen.
Fears were expressed for the safe
ty of passengers and crews of pas
senger trains stalled in the open
country. Many crack trains, including
the Twentieth Century Limited, were
so situated. Tonight railroads enter
ing Chicago had annulled all trains.
Suburban and interurban traffic
throughout the West was blocked.
Street cars in many cities could not
onerate. Only the elevated lines in
Chicago were attempting to maintain
service. This was inadequate, and
hundreds of persons, unable to reach
their homes, spent the night in down
town hotels.
The storm, which gathered over
Arizona three days ago will center to
morrow along the Atlantic oCast from
the St. Lawrence to Florida. Accord
ing to the weather bureau the temper
ature will reach zero. Miami, Fla., it
was said, and would be several de
crees lower along the Northern At
lantic, coast. This region will also he
visited by snow and high winds,
though not so severe as prevailed in
the Middle West today. No return to
normal temperatures is now in sight.
BRITISH LOSSES
LESS THAN TEUTONS
Washington, Jan. 12. British
forces took 33,50 Turkish and Teu
ton prisoners in Palestine and Meso
potamia and captured 232 enemy guns
in these theatres in, 1917, according
to official British War. reports receiv
ed today. Of this . number, 17,656
weer captured by. General AUenby's
Palestine army and 15,044 by General
Marshall around Bagdad and in Meso
potamia. Haig's losses on the West
front were 27,200 'men: nd 166 guns,
less than one-third, the Teuton' loss.
More than 530 German guns were
taken by Haig's mep."' " V
LIQUID FIRE ATTACK
FAILED TO ADVANCE
Paris, Jan. 12.Twb '.German attacks
with liquid fire around Chaume wooa
were thrown bak hy ' French .f drees
with "Appreciable? riosses to the ene
my' according . tt:. i tonight's official
RTAtpmpnt. - I ; 1 1 .
PRICE FIVE CENTS 5
Calls Attention of Contractor's f !
it
tox Advantages Offered
Here . - aMiiiH'
1 J - ' . " - VS.!
BE BUILT IN VICINITY
Chamber of Commerce -Bend?
ing Every Effort to Bring ij
Shipbuilding Plants to: f !
This Port -' :
' 'I,'
Secretary H.
B. Branch, of ith3 iv -1
Chamber of Commerce, yesterday -re p j i
ceived a communication stating thilt y : ;
Mr. Edward M. Hurley, chairman vjE j
the United States Shipping . Board ,v! ;
had advised Senator Simmons that jtijH
the shipping board was calling , the f ; I S
attention of builders to the advafi i : i
tages and facilities of Wilmington l ,
a location for plants for" the build- i
Ing of concrete snips. .,.;..; t:
From "this official recognition; com I
ing from the head of the Shipping ;
Board, ereat things may be expected
The concrete ship is something new, ,
comparatively, out enougn . nas oeen, $ j
done in the way of building to' dem f; f
onstrate the fact that they aW thp& jtiM
oughly practical, and the government I ; j
through the shipping board is prepax p; i ;j
ing to build a great . number, alonjf r !
with the wood and steel ships Aprs
vided for in the plans of the Emer s i
gency Fleet Commission. ;s';-'"
Aside from its location as aporf iU
and the availability of sif6sVand;l 5 :
bor, this City offers the. very; great
advantage . which, arises Ir6nir it8.i tli V i
matic conditions. Concrete . tan ; .be i
poured here throughout the yearl and
rtbe work would' not- be" handicapped
by the long . cbntlnued freezes ;Aor
Northern yards. . . :;V'&$p
By reason of his knowledge , of ce
ment work Mr. J. F. Harris hastre
cently been appointed on the Com?'
mittee on Shipping of the Chamfeelt '
Mr. C. C. Chadbourn being the chilr- I, j
man. A t i j
In view of the statement wttfcj-re ,
gard to housing facilities at Newport j( j
News recently made before the Shlp if j
son, presiaent oi ,uie ewpoii-er
Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., i ln
in which he pointed out the difficulty
of rushing work on government, con i
tracts because or tne maDUity to (
take, care of the number of men nee 'j; I
essary for the work, a special .com :
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
cooperating with the War. Shipping
Board of the United States Chombet!
of Commerce, yesterday advised 'Hon.
D. L. Ewing, chief of the Division of J
Operationes of the United. States
Shipping Board, of ample accommo
dations in this city for the housing of
workmen in shipbuilding operations;
together with other facilities offered
by Wilmington for the location ' of
shipbuilding 'plants. Similar advices
were transmitted to Mr. N. Sumneif
Myrick, vice-chairman of the United '
States Chamber of Commerce. . The
local organization is missing, nd-bp
portunity to impress upon theA re
sponsible authorities the fact . that
Wilmington is prepared to handle;
number of shipbuilding plants. :
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
Petrograd, Jan. 12 Nicola Lenine
of the Russian Bolsheviki governmenjt',
formally praised President Wilson's
speech today on receiving a full-copy
of that address. He found faunt, how
ever with the president's failure to
criticise England as well as Germany;
Lenine ordered that the president's"
speech be sent at once to Trotsky ,.by.
telegraph to Brest-Litovsk. .
TO BE PAID SO MUCH -'
PER O! cONNAIR
Washington, Jn;i. i2. Profit -thd
Great American War pastfme-r-has, . j
broken out in local draft boards or.
tried to at least. Because of this Pf o
vost Marshal General Crowder today
ruled that the compensation for the:
boards should be 30 cents for each: , ,
questionnaire handled, this is to be :
divided among the members as the'yf ;
desire, provided noone member Shall J
receive more than 15 x. cents and no ' '
two members more than 25 cents.
Eills from local board, members; ask t
ing $150 a month for their servicei' ;
kept pouring into the Provost Mar- '
shall General's office with such . ra i
pidity that the fund to pay tbe ex- !
P
penses of the draft was
soon , ex-
hausted.
Spring-Rice Startt Home.
Washington Jan. 12. Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, recalled British Ambas. f
sador, leaves Washington fbr JLeudba
tomorrow, it was - announced today. ',; j
Before sailing he probably? will 1
spend a few days ln7New yort-aui
the Dominion. ..Eari Reading, -his sue- "
cessor, is ..due .1 to arrive - ia Washlni ;
ton January IS.
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