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t i , 1 : , r. - . . 6 J., --. "J 3 A'd CI. 8 f "t - i t iu i it i r Hi! K ! PAGE TEN: ;- ii KUAtLY BIG HOT si DEAL IS C0NSUM1TEP SjddFCdmiSby ' Buys -Sblid Block CityProper ty to Develop ,? ? The v third - big realty ' deal of the j - nemyear was consummated late yes j terday afternoon when tire Standard 'Oil Company purchased a. solid block Tr lot, city 'property at ti&ifoot of Har tle rnett street and , adjoining property on 1U i which they have been paying taxes .for some time. The deal involved be 3 tween $40,000 and $50,000, according lis 1 to" the announcement, although the U $ exact figure was not made public. A Hf big;.portion of the property was for Ds f meriy owned by the . Wilmington I2 ! Granite and Brick Company and is Da flocated north of the property, now u fused by the company making the f Mpurcnase. ; ine aeai was uauuicu $j (through? James & Jame, Inc.,' as tho other two the 'sale of the Us (building occupied by Belk-Williams Ds ftpt'that firm and a 14-acre tract on Dr (the Belt Line, sold to a Philadelphia 3 . concern. !";A big parjt of the property that ,"1" changed hands Tuesday was held by iilr..GeoTge E. Kidder, and. the re- , jihainder was owned by Dr. Ernest S. Bullock and R. G. Grady, Esq. I J 1 ; The plant of the Cement Products I?? !jkmpany, located in the old building 'tjj, fcrmerly used by the brick company, I will continue operations on the pres- rut site, satisfactory arrangements v 1 paving been made as to leasing this ! property. 1 ?9i l fThe block transferred extends from & Bladen to Harnett and from Front ftfv Second strets. and is touched by j. j j the -Seaboard Raiiway, providing am- Iple facilities for development and en I Iargement of the jcompany's opera- P J Uons here. jij WhilA tic .j.J f derstood that the company antici (pates unusual developments in the I South shortly and that Wilmington 4 7 ihasvbeen selected . as one of the ports ffo be used extensively by the com- 15 YaTiv. nharleston. savannan. ana Richmond are understood to have been; selected when pressure waajof war aims they already. have made. brought tQ bear in behalf of this city by the Charlotte office of the com- ic jpany, resulting . in . the purchase of 3 j property bere wih the, idea of in ili I eluding Wilmingtik ' in the group of it. 4 FRITZ'S CUROSITfY COSTS? HIM DEARLY K2 tf ? London, Jan. 1 iBy Mail.) TheN , . teutonic lack of invagination hasv re .f suited in many dead Germans and piA saved the lives of many British sol- Idlers.- British gunners are utilizing an ab surdly simple strategem based upon this unimaginativeness. it works day after day and the stolid Teuton el continues to "fall for it" literally ft0 Jahd figuratively. J f'Fritz can't seem to learn to keep , rhls . head under, ground when his I neighbor is getting strafed," said an is I artillery officer, explaining the trick. l$l "We take advantage . of his abundant ; curiosity and lack of imagination and w, jSehd many of their gunners 'west.'" y fl"This is.' the way we do it. Sev j J jral of our batteries. . .start a lively jj 5 bombardment of two . or . three Hun I'r .batteries : opposite. Invariably the 1 j crews j of the nearby Hun batteries t j I pop ;out like prairie dogs to watch i I their pals: getting punished. Then we H j.iaerely, slew the guns, around and W I drop a few among the spectators and 1 always get some of them. The sur M jj prising thing about it is that it prac- ftically always works. H I "Some of their gunners' stunts are ! rineiplicable. For instance, there is u thefamous Eleven O'clock Square in I f rirmentieres. For months Fritz shell f ' fed -that square every day promptly at . j XI 4 in the forenoon. Of course, he ' never got anybody, because at five 1 minutes of 11 the square was va- I .-.-' . " - A- i i . - J'-Suet pudding is a good dessert for p ; cold weather. Have you made it? Have you consulted people who are experienced in handling estate matters? Have you considered the advantages a Trust Company offers in it f the capacity ot executor of YOUR WILL? r-. N Many people neglect this matter until it is too late. 5 - - - gDeath is an uncertain quantity. So DO IT NOW. We act as Executor, consult us freely before making your will. ., ' ., ir F1 Front and' ibiierican BaliitCa .."'-TrX-'VV BRITISH PftEKilER HAS UTTLE FAITH i IN VON HEITLING (Cont'inued. ,fiPom'Pa:e rOne).-;:( ; merchantmen. ; They were German coaling firms there - conducting trade under the exactly the' same condi tions as British firms. . "To make such a demand, for the first time in the fourth year of the war is the best possible proof that the German empire or those at pres ent controlling it is not in a mood to discuss reasonable terms of peace. I regret it profoundly, but thef e is no use in crying 'peace,' "hen. there, is no peace. , "These s terms were- examined care fully and were ; examined "with a real desire to find something in them which indicated the Central Powers were prepared to come somewhere near a basis of agreement; and I con fess the examination of these two speeches proved profoundly disap pointing to those who were sincerely anxious to find any real and genuine desire for peace in them. "The action of Germany with ref erence to Russia proves that all her declarations', about no annexations, indemnities tor contributions have no real meaning. No answer has been given" with regard to Belgium which any one can regard as satisfactory. No answer has been given with-regard to Poland or , the legitimate French claim for the restoration of her lost provinces. Not a word is said about the men of the Italian race and tongue now under the Aus trian yoke. When you come to Tur key, so far from Von Hertling or Czernin indicating they were pre pared to recogniie the rights of the Arabs in Mesopotamia and Arabia, it was a pure denial of those rights and an indication that they were de termined to maintain what they call ed the integrity of Turkey. "I should like any member of this house to point anything in these speeches which he could possibly regard as proof that the Central Pow ers are prepared to make peace on terms he would regard as just and easonable. I fail to find anything of the kind and it is with the most pro found regret that I say ' so. "But the governments do not re cede in the least from the statement They still consider these as the alms and ideals for which we are fighting and there is every indication that the nation as a whole is prepared to ac cept them as a fair, just and moder ate statement and until there is some better proof than is supplied by the speeches of the statesmen of the Central Powers that they are pre pared to consider them it will be our regrettable duty to continue making all preparations necessary in order to establish international rights." Premier Lloyd-George then turned to the question of the Versailles con ference and said he was not prepared to , enlarge upon the extended duties of that body. He said it was giving no military information to say that until the present year the Allies had had a preponderance on the Western front and no attack which -the - Germans could bring to bear upon the British or French armies could not have been dealt with in the main by the reserve of the respective armies. "That situation is ntirely changed" he said. "If we had not dealt with that situation we should have been guilty of gross dereliction of duty." . Contrasting previous councils with that at Versailles, the Premier em phasized the fact that at Versailles the civilian and military members were sitting together. the nrime ministers, the commanders-in-chief, and the chiefs of staffs of three coun tries. The discussion was absolutely free and there was complete unanim ity reached. There was no division of opinion upon any resolution ar rived at 1 must sneak r.autiousiv." thp Pr. mier continued, "because military,6 Leonard Whittington Sherman, decisions are involved. Ah ! I wish;futenant' ? pmP LiJshtall, W. E. there had been some one Tin Germany Wil?? unidentified Private Daniel nr Austria vhriep ours wofo rUiA tn the keyhole of the war councils of Germany and Austria and who pub lished their decisions in the newspa pers. A man who had - done that could give us information . which would be worth. 20 army corps. I must talk with" catuibh because it might give information to the enemy. Market Streets.- --. Wi ttWlCMCrON NORTf AROhlty HCTira lP ffl-K i VrS"' -SEEK tUK VORW. IhW - 11 5 1 f ' IS v I : .'il fflf A y Aifr 1 .r. T.ommr lt-tH t ximH wy ht II I 1 Vi H ?.M:FEEU 50RTAV -THl R5T THIS ,(l U, AVUS?AY MAT&E J i My -' - m W - ' " ". vafearep! T oRmK : , - I would rather that the responsibil- ity was on other shoulders than mine. "To give away such information (concerning the enlargement of the duties of the Versailles council) is treason beyond description and I de cline to do it. There b no army whose : security more depends upon these decisions being carried out than the British army, which is hold ing the most important part of the line." Some commotion was caused in the House ; by the Premier's refusal to give more details of the Versailles conference. " In conclusion Premier Lloyd George said that if the House : and the country are dissatisfied with the conduct of the war, and if they think there is any government that can conduct it better, it was their busi ness to put the other government into power. ( TUSCANIA VICTIMS ARE BURIED ALONG SCOTLAND'S COAST (Continued from Page One.) - ley, W. Matthews, unidentified soldier, Samuel P. Riggs, Norman C. Cruckcr, P. A. Agrien, J. J. Byrge, Fred W. Ru dolph, Milwaukee', Wis.; unidentified private, Herman Rupp. At another point In a long grave are 49 bodies. They are all in coffins and are numbered from one to 49 in the following order: Unidentified "private, Jesse M. Rhol les, Captain Leo P. Lebron, John Jen kins, wireless operator; James -""A". Price, Boise; two unidentified pri vates, Claude W. Walker, Los An geles, E. O. Peca, George W. Tom lins, Ethan Allen White, unidentified private, Oscar Lee Smith Winters, Edgar E. Burns, unidentified member of crew, George M eras,, unidentified Private, Tula B. Thompson, Dell Wal- . A 1 uulIU6e uiyaiiL, . uuiucuuncu Vn vate. William O. Williams,'. Fletcher Odell Pledger, three unidntiiied pii: vates, W. E. Bickers, unidentified pri vate, J. J. Buckley, J. B. Bishop, two unidentified privates, E. Fl Young, Gilmore Engel Percy, three unidenti fied privates, Captain Philip V. Sher man, unidentified- private, unidentified member of crew, three unidentified privates, William Arthur Moore, Oris E. Hutchins. - At a third place :4 4 victims are bur-, ied in three trenches, the largest holding 18 bodies, another 16, and a third 10. In the first named the. bod ies have been numbred from, one to 18 in this order: -Harry Carpenter, two unidentified privates, John A.' Laakko, Rocco Cal arese, A"de McCoy, two unidentified privates, Stanley A. Anspurger, E. A: Houston, Stanley- L. Collins-, Joseph G. Maxstruck, Otto. Ray Martin, Colum bus Hill, Clare" Metzenbaumer, WJl 11am Clark Jackson, John Eichammer, Ben Barker. ' ' . : .Those in the next grave are num bered from 19 to 34 as follows: Unidentified private; Wesley W. Hy att, Anstad Gunder, Van Smith Pe ters, William H. Raisner, Fred N. Unger, Frank Drahots,- John O'Roblh son, Edgar Cullen, J. P. Wasson,' E. F. Churchi, Henry A. Stemmer, N. B. Short; three 'unidentified privates. In a third grave only ten men were buried, tagged from one to 10, as fol lows: ' .-' John Sloss.iRiley F. Murray, H. G. Bates, Anthony' Elboni, Winston A. Harsock, L. N. Collins, Claud Brad ley, J. B. Crow, D. E. Inglehart, A. S. Gillespie, i V RED CROSS PREPARED FOR ANY EPIDEMIC - Washington j Feb. Pullman coaches, specially, fitted - with medi cal., and surgical equipment, chemi cals and manned -by - a- staff of "skill ed surgeons-and "physicians ready to AV? WJSPNESPA Y k FlliKlsqpNrf EBRU ARY I jlK be rushed instantly to" any military . camp . in the United States for fight' ing epidemics, are maintained" bjr, the American Red Cross, it was an nounced today.. These cars are stationed at strat egic points with bacteriologists and chemists in attendance ready for in stant dispatch at the outbreak of a serious epidemic arnqng ,; United States soldiers. Eight highly-skilled medical specialists in epidemics are assigned to each car. . Hundreds .of lives would be saved in case of a dangerous epidemic by Jhese cars, medical ' authorities believe. A TEXAS WOMAN'S PICTURES SAVE FOOD Washington, Feb. lZ The niece of Colonel House and the daughter of a former Texas Governor, is not the $1 a year picture woman for Hoover's Food Administration. She is Mrs. Ellis Allen, chief of the photographic division of the Food Administration. She is the author of the appetite tempting picture of griddle cakes, apple pies and Hoo ver's war bread. The photographic division of the Food Administration gives photo graph service to newspapers and other publications to tempt the peo ple to adopt the food .recipes recom mended by the Food Administration. DEATH NOTICE We take this method of expressing our sincere thanks to those who were ?o kind to us during the illnes and death of our father, Mr. A. H. Croom, assuring them that their kindness will never be forgotten. THE CROOM FAMILY. BUSINESS SPECIALS MESSENGER SERVICE. For this service we use the Pos tal Telegraph Cable; Company's messengers. They will call for your "ads," in the same manner and quick time as they now cover the city for telegrams, night letter grams, cables, etc. , Fcr further information as to "ads," call 176, but for telegraph service "Call "Postal Telegraph." FOR SALE HORSES, WAGONS, buggy, harness, collars, names" and traces All very cheap. Also ; good snaking horse. Lingo City Metal Works. . 2;13;tf- WHEN YOUR BOY GOES INTO THE Trenches see that he "takes with hiro your8, portrait. 'He will . treasure It abdve'all tho gold on earth. Foltz and'Kcnirix. 12-1 3-tf WE DELIVER ALt. MAGA2INE8 ON date of issue when so requested Phone your rder to 745. Gordon's Newsstand. . 10-i-li TOLEDO SCALES NO SPRINGS. Honest weight E. A. Shands, Jr., s now, representing Toledo Sotale Co, . iu una icmiurjr. riwue ojv.. 12-29-tf. OLD -FALSE 1 TEETH WANTED- Don't '-matter if broken. pay $2 to v $15 per 3et. Also cash for old gold, ; silver,' and broken jewelry. Send ". by? parcel post and receive check by : return mail. Will hold goods 10 days for sender's approval of my offer.! - L. Mazer, 2007 So. 5th St., Phila-. Pa. 1-15-30 ti. FOR SALE MY HORSE, WAGON, and j surry Reason for selling put tmgin auto .service... Can be seen i at 416: N.- Fifth street, Dickinson, Dyer and, Cleaner. 2-12-3U. CUT WOOD FOR SALE HARD wood-' and pine mixed, sawed and split for heater; cut three months. Half-cord $2.75: cord. 27.60. deliver ed. 'Phone 1250-J or 481-J. 2:5:tf FOR SALE THE TABERNACLE Building and out buildings, near Fourth and Castle Street. Apply to Jos. W. Little, Chairman.. Fifth Annual Cora Show. . 2-ll-3tl, AUTO TIRES WHEN 1HEY NEED repairing take them to The Fair, 2 in 1. We -will fix them so that they are as good as new. 1-24-lmo. $5.00 PRIZE GUESS THE NUMBER of Mazda Lamps in our window City . Electric Co. Pythian Bldg. 206 Princess. 1-31-2 w FOR SALE- TWO LARGE MULES. 1,200 pounds each. Reason for sell ing will put on auto trucks. W. T. Farris, Prop, Farris' Bakery, phone 626-627. 2-8-tf. UNREDEEMED VICTROLA' ' CABI- inet Style, in first-class condition, worth $100.00, Unredeemed price $47.50. Call .at Chas. Finklesteins, 6 South Front street. Phone 642. 2-9-tf. BUTLER WANTED- E X P E R I- enced buttlerand chafleur wanted. Middle .aged man preferred. . Ap ply 207 North 5th St. City. 2-ll-3tiJ. FATHERS BRING YOUR 80N3 FRI- day evening 7:30 St. Andrews Memorial Building. Father and Son Banquet. Secure your ticket before Wednesday. On sale Platts 108 Market St., Boyland and Han cock. Price 25c each. 2-11-3U. W A N X E D TO BUY CLEAN cotton rags will pay 2 1-2 cents per pound.. Bring or send them to the Queen City Cycle Co. 209 Mar ket St. 2-11-tf. ALBERT BAKER, VIOLINIST ROYAL Theatre, wants a few more pupils . to learn the violin. Don't let this opportunity go by. Begin today. Studio 106 N. Front St., over Mun son Co. 2-12-3U. WHY DOES JEHOVAH PERMIT THE Great War? The prophetic answer is contained in "The Finished Mys tery," a handsome 600-page volUma just off the press 60c, delivered. Address Box 1044, City. 2-10-7tij. MACKEREL,. MACKEREL, MACKER- el, Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Fresh , Mackerel, Rest of week. . R. C. Fer gus, Phone 1637. 2-12-2tij, WANTED A GOOD MAN WITH $1,000 or $1,500 capital to become a part ner in a good business. Address Box 92, Wilmington, N. C. 2-13-tf. WANTED STENOGRAPHER FOR general office work. Write to Typ ist, Box. 73. 2-13-ti. LOST SEVERAL DAYS AGO, LA- dies' Lavalier and Chain. Reward if returned to Dispatch office, ad . dress "Lost" 2-13-ltj. FOR RENT 112 S. EIGHTH ST; five rooms; $9.00, water free. See M. C. Darby & Co. v 2-13-tf. FOR RENT m S. EIGHTH ST. five rooms; water free. See M. C. "Darby & Co. 2-13-tf. WANTED AT ONCE ONE OR TWO experienced job-press feeders. Har riss Printing and Advertising Co. ' '2-l3-3tl. BELLV TELEPHONE DIR ECTORY New issue goes to press ' February 14th. Subscribers contemplating any... changes. In their listing - yill please notify- the manager at once. 2-6-8ti r. ... . . t -y. rt r : mm FOR WNCE TJie War " Department Asked for Enacs to Go to rjaxjee Washington. Feb. 13.tH if War lie- nartment has asked t&ii' therhpod of Locomotive EngiheeV furnish 50 men for tank service airau.uuu en gineers for, trsportationjpervice ' in Francs. Warren S ' Stone. ?rand chief of the Brotherhood, today;Aoj$ljB railroad wage commission - fie- woma zurnisn tne aepartment tne names oi men available. 7. During the Mexican trouble, Mr. Stone said, the War Department also asked the brpthernod for aid in ob taining men who spoke Spanish and were competent to. move troop trains. He said. he furnished them the names of more than .30. These facts were given the -commission toVshow the pa triotism, of the engineer, and the part they played in a national emergency. Never before this winter in the opin ion of Mr, Stone .have;, the. railroads approached the bad weather season with so little preparation . . and with ?notive power in such "rotten" condi tions. 'It looks as if the railroads were .4 4 Has OUR 21ST SERIES OF STOCK WILL OPEN SAT URDAY, MARCH 2ND r SUBSCRIBE NOW Coca-Cola Grape Juice Mint Julep Grape Fruit Ola Lemonade IceTCream Banana and Van ilia In Buckets and Cones PAYNE DRUG CO. Phone 520 . Fifth and Red Cross Sts. be saying that it is too late to begin to save. to save a part of their income ALL THE TIME. Your account with this bank earns 4 per cent Com pounded Quarterly. THE PEOPLES SAVINGS JOIM u nci War ; j-Cltib f Buy War Savings Stamps. A profitable, simple, secure investment paying 4 per cent compounded, re deemable at any time upon ten days' notice, issued in two denominations, 25 cents and $5.00. 25 cents and $5 seem small amounts but remember that a single strand in a cable has no strength but thous ands of tliese sbands bound together uphold the Brook lyn .Bridge. Do your bit. j A country " worth fighting for is worth saving for. i '. B; Copper mm - . i , UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BONDS i Subscribers to LIBERTY LOAN BONDS . will please call and make settlement for their subscr.p" tions. ,' . .; '".i'.i This Bank will also exchange . BONDS, for INTCRIM CERTIFICATES ' The Murclfis Bank l"yt l1 ' tryingX to run dnwn -u . iuu8 so as to run ulon discredit the 8-hour law "Asarly as October ! TSai4 to . President Wilson that SUg2 took a hand in the coal h such trouble would h Jn atio C happened in the last tS WILL DISCONTINUF CHARLOrr Washine-tnn. tr Baker has decided that Ca,! varioxx-e xn. u., now occupied k ular divisions, will not be cW, by S permanent training cent oi unsuitaoiiity of thp ecais which it is located. b UUD(1 UC1 camp was at tho -n- '- partment yesterdav and tvith various oifiriaio o ConrrM arising from lack of draLC!nditi(i camp site is knee-deep in mJ, k.cv wxU6 tu an unusually V 8 winter and the clay soil whin? ues me surrace and uuuer- absorption. i i'ents rapid An extensive sewer svt.. have to be constructed' to fit It m ot summer use. The medir.i I Caa ment has determined, howeyer T, ' there is no danger to the health ;the troops stationed there until 01 mer comes at least. By that Ze"5 roops will have been moved ?5 5" icamp site will bp ah.."11 ing to present plans. in miii ri liiiHiWMiii iMarv Progressive Building & Loan Association Buy WarSavings 3tamps Everywhere SODA FOUNTAIN MENU MANY a boy thinks he will save when he gets to be a young man. Then he thinks he will save next time his salary is raised. And when he is old he wiU - . As a matter-off act, every person, young or old, ought BANK CORNER FRONT AND PRINCESS STREETS e bams Savings . 02 m o. KJ Wilmington, N. C.