THE .WILMINGTON DISPATCH
SPORTJS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis. "
Boston at New York. ; cloudy. "
Chicago at Cincinnati, cloudy.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia, ; clear.
AMERICAN- LEAGUE.
Philadelphia at Washington, clear.
St. Louis at Cleveland, cloudy.
Detroit at Chicago, cloudy.
New York at Boston, cloudy. .
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Atlanta at New Orleans, clear
Mobile at Birmingham, partly
cloudy-
Nashville at little Rock, clear.
Chattanooga at Memphis, clear.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Xt St. Louis-Pittsburgh, cold.
At Cincinnati 1, Chicago 9.
Standing of the Clubs. "
Won. Lost.
Nev York ..
Philadelphia
Chicago . . .
Cincinnati ..
St Louis..
Pittsburgh. .
Boston .
Brooklyn.. .
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
i
l
2
1
2
3
0
Pet.
1,000
.750
.667
.500
.500
.333
.250
.000
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yeaterdap.
At Chicago-Detroit, rain.
At Cleveland 7, St. Louis 11.
Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. Pet
Boston 0 1,000
Hevel&nd 2 1 - .667
rhcAZo 1 1 .500
Washington 2 2 .500
at TxMii . 2 2 .500
tfr York .. 2 4 .333
Detroit 0 1 .000
PMIadelohia . 0 4 .000
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Results Yestenaay.
At Chattanooga 4, Atlanta 0.
At New Orleans 7, Mobile 0.
At Memphis 3, Little Rock 9.
At Nashville 3, Birmingham 2.
H BERN HAS OFFER
OF A
MARKET
HOU
E
Aldermen to Make Decision
Soon Police Rounding
Up Vagrants
fCH, MONDAY;AlRNOON APRIL 22, -19 1 8. W'tV' , v- TAGE THREE ,
FOUNDER OF MODERN
MILLING INDUSTRY
Today is Centennial of Birth
of Pioneer, in Modern
Milling:
Minneapolis, Minn., April 22. -In
view of the prominent part that wheat
Hour has long played in the world's
food supply, a fast that has been par-
A.M
ucwany impressed upon the minds
of the American people since . the
commencement of the war, it is in
teresting to recall, that today is the
centennial y anniversary of the" birth
or-tne most noted founder, and pio
neer of the modern flour milling in-
austry General Cadwallader C. Wash
burn. While General Washburn wrvn
a large measure 01 iame Dotn as a
soldier and statesman, it is likely that
he will be -longest remembered as
the man who first introduced the pat
ent process in milling.
General Washburn was a native of
Maine. In early life he worked on
his father's farm, clerked in a vil
lage store, taught in a country school,
and for a time studied law. At tha
age of 21 he decided to seek his for
tune in the West. His first home
in this section was at Davenport. Ia..
where he became county surveyor, and
at the same time completed his law
studies, being admitted to the bar in
1842
He later removed to Mineral Point,
Wis., where he was a successful land
agent and afterward engaged in the
basking business. He was a Whig
representative in Congress from 1856
to 1861, and was a delegate to the
peace congress held at Philadelphia
in 1861. At the commencement of the
Civil War he was commissioned col
onel of a Wisconsin cavalry regiment
By the end of 1862 he had risen to
the rank of major-general. He com
manded a detachment if the 16th
army corps f In the VIcksburg camv
paign of 1863. On the surrender of
VIcksburg he was given command of
the 13th army corps and sent to the
Department of the Gulf. In the early Clark and with a cast of well-known
part or i64 ne was given commana . t, 4j j
Sf the district of West Tennessee and Players wlU aPPear on Friday and
held this office until the close of the Saturday at, the Grand theatre.
war. Marguerite uiarK is taxing a snort
Soon after his return home he was vacation at her home in Rye, while
Hi - I Yin
Oil 1 --t 'TUECITE
f CLAR1 Blfcd
Qbasttmtp&fiujs
O N E? Y EAR s AGCt-TO QAU 1 N TH E
. . i. s .
April 22, 1917--A l.jr Balfour and
British ICdmtnissIon arrived ' in-1 Wash
ington; i British: forced ma4e gains be
tween Arras and St. Quentin; Stars :
and .Stripes displayed from- Eiffel
Tower in celebration of America's enr
try into the. war. ...
pan
TODAY AND
T0EI0RR07..
r
ElME
- The Most Sensational Production of the Year.
The most wonderful film, made from the greatest
stage melodrama ever produced. '
With lulntdom's Most Powerful Star
I
VIOLA
DANA
As. a stage play it; ran three years at Drury Lane Thea-.
tre, New York; two years at McVivker s, Chicago, and
a solid year in Boston. - . '
Tess of the
Storm Oonntry,"
Made Mary Plek.
ford famous.
Mary Robert Rlnehart's Famous Story, at the Grand Next Friday and Saturday.
"BAB'S DIARY."
Bab's Diary," starring Marguerite
readiness for the opening of the spe-' continue over a period of nearly two
cial session which has been called ' months. Several new courses have
to meet tomorrow. The session Is to
be devoted wholly to the considera
tion of war measures. In accordance
with a resolution, adopted by the cab
inet the first matter to receive at
tention will be measures for raising
more men for the colony's military
and naval forces. The possibility of
introducing some form of selective
service is under discussion. It is
proposed also to further extend the
sent to Congress by the Republicans Director J. Searle Dawley, who wasjfe of the present parliament, which
of the sixth Wisconsin district. In responsible for the Paramount star's
1872 he was elected Governor of Wis- alarming conduct in Greenwich, Conn.,
cons in. At the close of his term in is now spending his so-called leisure
the governorship he was unsuccessful in endeavoring to placate the inhabji?-
candidate for United States Senator, ants of that still startled community.
It was in 1876 that General Wash- Tjnder Mr. Dawley"s guidance, Miss
burn came to Minneapolis and built dart; succeeded in smashing- up a
a flour mill, where he introduced the nnrtlnn of the scenery . of
patent process of milling. The busl- Greenwich Village, and several of thejtwo previous encampments has re-
last year was extended for, 12 months.
To Train Women War Workers.
Washington, D. C, April 22. Today
saw the opening of the third encamp
ment of the "National Service School,
for the training, of women war work-
ers. rne success tnat auenaea me
been added to meet the demand for
trained women workers . In branches
of war service, the need for which
has arisen since the United States
entered the war. A large assemblage
of inpited guests attended the for
mal opening exercises at the . camp
this afternoon. A leading feature of
the program was the raising of the
flag by the four honorary presidents,
Mrs. George Dewey, Mrs. Hugh L.
Scott, Mrs. George Barnett and Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock.
New Bern, April 22. Up to the
present time no action has been tak
en on the offer made by Mr. L. G,
Daniels, owner of the market dock
property, destroyed by fire severa
days "ago, in regard to the erection o:
a municipal market building on that
site.
Mr. Daniels has offered to erect and
equip such a building if the board of
aldermen will pass an-ordinance com
pelling all dealers in meats, fish and
oysters to have stalls in the building
There are many citizens m favor
of this plan and at the approaching
meeting of the board it will be
brought up for action.
Hon. Charles L. Abernethy, candi
date for Congress from the Third
congressional district, returned to
the city Saturday, after having
spent a week in making a campaign
tour of Wayne, Sampson, Pender and
one or two otier counties in the dis
met.
In a communication to one of his
supporters here Mr Abernethy states
that on every hand he is being prom
ised liberal support by the -Demo
cratic voters and that he is now more
than ever assured of his eletcion at
'.he coming primary
The local police are again out on
'he trail , of the . vagrants and the un
smployed negroes in this city might
iust as well make up their minds to
to work or go to jail
Local mill men are in need of a
'are number of men in their plants
and in the log woods and are offer
ing them especially good wages for
'heir labor.
mere are comparatively lew va
grants in New Bern, but when the
preesnt "drive" is completed (there
will be far fewer than' there is now
o be found. .
It is understood that the 6fficials of
Morehead City have decided to pur
chase a motor driven La France fire
pngine and this will probably be de
livered to tnem at an early date.
The Morehead City authorities have
Been the local fire trucks in operation
and their jdecision to purchase was
ade after looking these over.
The cans which the local Chamber
of Commerce has on hand and which
are being placed with the canning
clubs and citizens ot.XJraven county
are being rapidly taken and the 16,000
which the commercial body had on
sand a week ago will soon be placed.
These cans are being sold at the
ictual cost plus-the freight charges
on them and this is far cheaper than
they can be purchased for from the
dealers at the present time.
ness prospered and in the course of oldest inhabitants, who were away at
time the firm of which General Wash- th. t,m(t ha(1 fAt difficulty in rec-
burn was the head became the larg- b j in town wnen they return-!-
est ul ilo xwiiu ui .v. j led. All tnis arousea a certain amount
General Washburn's death occurred of resentment which Mr. Dawley- is
at Eureka Springs, ArK., ra is. a w geeking to counteract. The Par-
large share of his immense, tortune amoun photoplay 4n which the.catas
was bequeathed to various charitlei t h occurred. "Batfs Diary." 5 will
and phinanthropies in Wisconsin jma be hown at e Grand.
in Minneapolis. During ms meume
he founded the Washburn observa
tory connected with the University of
Wisconsin
suited in a large increased enrollment
for the present session, which will
'BLUE JEANS.
SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE
Some or the big scenes In "Blue
Jeans," Viola Dana's Metro special
production of Joseph Arthur s famous
day. at the Grand today and tomor-
AkFsPkARF. DAY row, occur in an oia-rasnionea saw
mill. Mnese scenes weio ubu oi
Washington, D. C, April 22 . Pub- tt08iy- A"ia " 1U' u 1,
lie and private schools throughout sim in use py tue .b"
the United States have been request-m Conk in & Tubby who watched
ed tn nbsprvft tnmnrmw Shakes- " reai inieresi iue 1U6 Vi
neare Dav. hv Hvtmr a nrt of the scenes with Miss Dana as star
school session to fitting exercises in rowenui ngms weie mButneu i
memory of the great author. The the mill for the photographing of the
anrioet;nn oi. tp.nse.scenes stasea mere. iue urtu'
uuaDvi,ivu w i ouix au uuociiauvu ... , , .
rjimft nripinaiiv fTv. Waiter lar saw, four ana a nan ieet in aiam
Hines Page, the United States Am- eter, which has done service six days
bassador to Oroat RrHai Tn r- a week for over. two-score years,. was
siianpA nf tho cio.roo5 t x t used m the great rescue scene,
rM ii. tT.ii.j -.x.i... I t the ntnrv Miss Dana, as June.
kxauuu, tne uuueu estates uommw- , , ,
sioner of Education hn et firm- has beenIocked in the office by the
lar letter to cnl ,- Villain, . uen. uoone '"iwu
and Drincioals throuehnnt th rmm. Through the glass door
the
, his
she sees
Boone' and her sweetheart, Perry
Bascom (Robert Walker), fighting in
the mill. Boone places Bascom on
Shakespeare is the one personality the ,logarrier and leaves him.tohis
w "c I t.iafr nir ha vlaaa nnnr Tuna
rushes in and drags Bascom . from the
carriage before it reaches the treach
erous teeth. '
try urging them to celebrate
Shakesperian anniversary. . In
letter, Dr. Claxton says
and the one great character in the
world who has broken down all inter
national barriers.- He Is the only
person for whom there is an abso
lutely world-wide admiration . No
language and no degree of culture
or the lack of It rules him out".
j
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mm wm- 0
Newfoundland to. Raise More Men.
St "John's, Newfoundland, April 22.
--Members of the Newfoundland colo
nial legislature are gathering here in
TODAY Matinee and Twice at
Night
ROY V. TROY
AND HIS
ALL GIRL
JAZ SHOW
A Military Malange of Music,
Melody and Mirth, Featuring
Miss Beb. Barbeau
AND
Ray V. Troy
Elaborate Special Scenery;
Original and New Plays
CANADIAN LOSSES
FOR WEEK WERE 655
Ottawa, Ont., April 22. The Cana
dian casualty list for the week end
ing today contains 655. Of these 100
were killed in action, 30 died of
wounds and 341 were wounded. The
remainder were made up, gassed,
missing and ill.
THE
SUPREME
HEIGHT OF
CHARM
THRILLS
SUNSHINE
m 7-7-!n -..-. .VMM
"Greatest : Melo
dramatic film ever
produced." '
.. Trade Review.
"It's memory wil
Live forever with
those who aee It.
M. P. World.
"Blue Jeans" haj(
brought Viola
Dana to the very
pinnacle of suc
cess.- j
THE
LOWEST,
DEPTHS
of;;
PATHOS
TEARS
HEART
THROBSv
1
Dana most power
ful figure in
Screendom." M.
News.
WW
"For heart mter
est surpasses any
motion picture I
have ever seen.
Lesley Mason.
The Grand Theatre Asks Everyone Not Satisfied With
This Picture to Get Their Money Back.
Seven ReelsShows : 1 1 , 1, 2.45, 4..30, 6.15, 8, 9.40.
Matinees 15c Nights 25c
It
"If
National Shakespeare Federation, f
Washington, D. C, April 22. Many
eminent educators, authors,- scholars
and other admirers of the works of
the bard of Avon are to be in Wash
'nRton this week In attendance on the
annual convention of the National
Shakespeare Federation. The conven
tion sessions will continue several
ays and will be presided over by
John Temple Graves, who Is presi
dent Of tha WtArHnn A wnhlfft
tteetine tnmnrmw 1n lntlnn nf ' VIOLA DANA
toe ShakesTia.HTi uTiniv.rKarv wfll In Her Greatest Film Production,
be a lfcdinr feature of th? conven- "Blve Jcana," at the Grand Tosray
TODAY A ND
TOMORROW
BLUE
JEANS'
( 4fk I
r 'A, Ji-V'S'S tft,'s TiS 1
The Most Powerful Produc
tion of ihe Year
The Most Wonderful - Film
Made from the Greatest
Stage Melodrama Ever
Produced
Wih Fildom's Most
Powerful Star
VIOLA
DANA
y- Aa a stage play It Van three years
In New ' York, two years In Chi
cago'. '
THE SUPREME HEIGHT OF-CHARM THRILLS, SUNSHINE
THE LOWEST DEPTHS'" OF3 PATHOS, TEARS, HEART THROBS
Seven Reels Shows: 1 1-1-2 :4&4: 30-6: 15-8-9:40
MATINEES 15c '. V J;
NIGHTS 25c
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Successful and Efficient Public Utilities
Essential in the Conduct of the War
: " i
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Increased Rates Necessary to Maintain
Efficiency of Public Utilities
Some of the problems confronting Public Utilities are
Shortage of Capital and Labor.
Shortage of Raw Materials.
Shortage of Transportation Facilities. -!
Increased Cost of All Materials. ;
Study these cost figures and you will realize what the Public Utilities ar
having to contend with.
Per Cent of Increase
Over 1915 and 1916 Prices
Coal at mine ..... 1 88
And poorer grades on account of
best grades being reserved for
government use makes fuel cost
twice as much as formerly.
Lumber
Steel Rails
Copper Wire
Cast Iron Pipe . .
Axles
Brass . . . .
Car Forgings
Castings ....
Copper Bar and Sheet
Lead Pig and Sheet .
... .
..100
..100
..180
..100
..272
. 300
..216
.198
..147
.127
Nails 4 .
Tool Steel
Tie Plates'. . ....... v.
Track Tie Rods . . . .
Linseed Oil per gal .
Manila Rope, per lb. . .
Air Brake Parts . . . . .
Waste ..........
Journal Box Packing . .
Window Glass . .
Motor Coils . ..
White Lead .
Track Spikes
Track Bolts.;
Gas Pinions
. .
. . . .
..110
..400
..276
..166
..13$
..114
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