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Chairman New York Commit
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Prominent Women
INTEREST THEM IN WORK
An effort is being made lb organize
groups in the various cities "of ;the
country looking toward ; supplying
ymnce with milk and a request has
boon received here from Miss Jose
phine Osborn for the names of ladles
wiio would be interested in forming
a sub-committee here of the commit
tee on free milk for France, which
Miss Osborn is chairman. The New
York committee includes the names
of some of the most prominent wom
en in the country and the movement
js accredited by the French govern
ment. The milk will be devoted ex
clusively for children, wounded sol
diers and tubercular patients. The
following concerning the organization
and the need it expects to fill wil be
read with interest':
France faces a milk famine. Above
national privation looms this big prob
lem. Milk fo? babies. Milk for
wounded soldiers. Milk for men and
women dying of tuberculosis-. The
need is tragic. 'r-
So short is the suply of milk
.hroughout France that infants are fed
:h? diet of older children. Young ba
bies are given soups and stewed vege
tables. Thin, diluted milk falls to the
lot of little children. Wounded sol
diers, carried bleeding, from battle,
receive heavy soups when a few. drops
of milk would mean life.
While in France innocent children,
wounded soldiers and wasting con
sumptives are suffering for lack of
milk, in the United States there is
abundance and to spare. Shall not
America hail this dire necessity, as
another opportunity, to show that
spirit of friendliness that has bound
the two republics together for a cen
tury and more? We must help. No
question of international diplomacy or
political expediency is involved. It is
the appeal of heart to heart. It is a
human cry of need.
The committee . for free milk for
France is America's answer- to the
most vital question . In France today.
This committee organized to imme
diately get milk to dying babies and
suffering soldiers in France. Because
it is advantageous for shipping, pow
dered milk was chosen. It is the best
known substitute for fresh milk. This
milk is scientifically produced by sub
jecting fresh, pure, full cream milk to
a rapid evaporating process which
kills every disease germ, makes . the
milk sale, and preserves all the nu
tritive solids in dry powder form. This
dry milk keeps without ice for months.
It is ready for use by merely" adding
hot water and mixing.
Dry milk has the endorsement of
Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, health com
missioner of the" state of New York;
Dr. S. Josephine Baker, head of the
child hygiene bureau of the New
York city health department, and Dr.
Charles Gilmore Kerley, child special
ist. The most eminent physicians in
France strongly recommend it.
The committee for free milk for
France buys its supplies of dry milk,
by special arrangement, at very low
cost. It undertakes the shipping of a
ton a day. A ton of dry milk costs
$1,100. It is equal' to 8,400 quarts,
which make the cost of powdered milk
13 cents a quart.
The French government provides
transportation across the ocean and
throughout France.- A distributing de
pot in Paris and shipping facilities in
New York are in operation. Headquar
ters for the committee's activities at
675 Fifth avenue were contributed.
The crying need in France today is
milk. Your money will .relieve the
sufferings of many. Buy a quart of
milk. Buy a gallon of milk. Buy a
pound of milk. Buy a ton of milk.
$1,100 will send a ton, or 8,400
quarts.
$52.00 will send a hundred pounds.
$5.20 will send ten pounds.
2.60 will send five pounds.
52 cents will send one pound.
13 cents will send one quart.
War has plunged its ugly hand into
the very vitals of France. Beyond the
village andhamlet it has gone out into
the pastures and farmlands. Cows
have been requisitioned by the army
and not replaced. Owing to the short
age of feed, farmers have had to kill
off their cattle. At least .2,000,000
thus have been lost. The total de
crease in . the number of cattle has
been over 16 per cent. The falling
off in the milk yield has been propor
tionately heavy. France is now pro
ducing only one gallon where two and
one-half were prouced before the war.
To conserve milk the French gov
ernment is taking vigorous measures.
Great care is devoted to the protection
of milch cows. From bombarded
towns, under military . escort, two or
three at a time are led back to
places of safety. Farmers are con
stantly urged to make all . sacrifices
Possible to provide proper feed - for
them. Within the city of Paris a
herd of cows is kept under civic care.
Government restriction .now. .forbids
the serving of milk or cream for any
Purpose in restaurants, hotels, or pub
lic eating places after 9 o'clock- in
the morning. In private7 homes,
whether noble or humble,, milk is vol
untarily restricted to young children
and the sick. This is a widespread
effort to. put the inadequate supply of
milk to the most essential uses. Yet
available milk in Paris today is so
scant that it costs 22 cents a quart.
Milk is the most perfect', human'
rood. For the young child or baby it
contains properties essential- - to
growth. There fs no equal substitute
for the Infant. ... . . . .
BITTER
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.PMRMAN. ELEMENT
Durham Merchant Brings Big
Question Before State Mer-
chants' Association
PLAN IS OSTRACIZATION
; One of the biggest -and most inters
esting . questions to come before yes
terday afternoon's session of the six
teenth annual convention of the North
Carolina Merchants' association,' in
session at the Seashore hotel, Wrights
ville beach, and onethat was not on
the program, was that of ostracising
manufacturing plants operated by per
sons of pro-German sympathies or;
persons who are not 10Q per cent
American. The question was ushered
into the convention hall by Holman
C. Rawls, of the Rawls department
store, Durham, who 'is determined to
wage a state-wide campaign against
, those manufacturing plants conducted
by persons of questionable Royalty.
Mr. Rawls has already cancelled all
orders on file with one big knitting
concern, and other Durham merchants
have done likewise. The letters re
questing cancellation of orders car
ried the further request that repre
sentatives of - this particular firm
never call on them again for orders, as
they did not care to do business with
concerns operated by persons whose
loyalty was questioned. .
Action of. this nature waa not taken
by the Rawls firm until t was reason
ably certain of its ground. The in.
vestigation made in its behalf was
conducted by the American Protective
league, and the report, signed by Arch
Klump, past president of the Interna,
tional Rotary clubs, was to the effect
that this particular concern was per
haps 10 per cent American. The
name, Schmidt; heading the list of
officers of the concern, set Mr. Rawls
to thinking and resulted in his inves
tigation. He went to the company's
factory and looked over the works
and he heard the man in charge com
plain because the company was be
ing required to work on war orders.
In the. discussion the .manager- ad
mitted that the company had a million
dollar order for spiral puttees ; that
the government was furnishing the
raw material and that the company
was working on a 10 per cent com
mission basis, without danger of los
ing anything; that this was a good
proposition, but the .company consid
ered that it was being imposed upon.
The man in charge of the plant fur
ther admitted that the company was
keeping, up with its other orders, apd
the natural deduction of Mr. Rawls'
was that the company simply felt
that by working on governmentcon
tracts it was helping to win the war
nnd that this went very much against
the: grain. This satisfied the; Durham
man 'that -the company " was, not patri
otic and that it did not want to see
America win the war, and right there
Mr, Rawls decided on a state-wide
campaign looking toward ostracizatlon
of this particular plant and dall simi
lar ones. - - - ,
The correspondence that passed be
tween Mr. Rawls and Mr. Klump, con
cerning the matter was shown the del
egates and everything he said was
heard with very close attention. Mr.
Klump further wrote that Schmidt
was very much displeased with the
patriotic speech made -a few weeks
ago when his daughter was graduated
from school, adding that Schmidt was
quoted as saying that President Wil
son was more an emperor and cloaked
with more power than the kaiser. He
was further quoted, as saying that he
did not believe the Germans had com
mitted the atrocities accredited to
them, and expressed the opinion that
when history was written it would
be shown that the allied soldiers had
committed as many ' atrocities as had
the Germans.
Mr. Rawls is determined to make a
state fight of the matter. He wants
to see every firm whose loyalty is
questioned barred from- business here
and is working along this line. His
store is one of the leading depart
ment stores in the state and holds the
enviable' record of having sold more
war savings stamps to date than any
other store in North Carolina.
In discussing the matter he ex
pressed the opinion that a big ma
jority of the Germans who came from
Germany to this' country were here
for a purpose; that a-certain per cent
were allotted to the - army, another
per, cent to the navy, and so on, and
that naturalization meant nothing, in
many cases. This, in is opinion, ap
plies only to pergbns who- actually
came here from Germany, and not the
descendants of these persons. He Is
firmly convinced that neutrals do not
exist in America, and his way of ex
pressing it was "You are either for
us or against us."
THE GREATER NORTH
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION
A meeting of the Greater North
Carolina associatrn . has been called
for June 26, to be fiotd at the Selwyn
hotel, in, Charlotte. The purpose of
the association, which was formed at
a meeting held in. Fayetteville some
weeks ago, is' for the development of
Wilmington,. Fayfitteville and South
port as ports, and through these' ports
benefit all of North Carolina. Fred T.
Hale, of Fayetteville, is secretary 6i
the organization. . '
Unique Window Display.-
Peterson, &,Rulfs. shoe store has
one of the most, unique : window dis
plays seen :in. Wilmington for a long
while. It is educational in its pur,
pose, showing Just why the "Wklk
over'i shoe is a leader. "The window
has to be seen' to be appreciated, and
from the number of favorable com
ments heard it is attracting more than
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HARRIS
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LAUNCHED
TUESDAY
1 ,800 -Ton Schooner Is About
Ready to Take to the
. ' ' ' Water ! .
BE SIMPLE CEREMONY
The schooner Isabel C. Harris, one
of the " several schooners under con
tract by the. Wilmington Wooden Ship
Construction company, successor to
Cushman & McKown, will be launched
next Tuesday morning at high tide,
probably about 11 o'clock, and not this
week as reported, according to an
nouncement by officials of the con
strucion company.
The vessel has been under consruc
tion at the. foot of Queen street for
some time, and is now practically
ready for taking the water and join
ing the mighty fleet of ships engaged
in water traffic. The schooner is
1,800 tons deadweight, and is said to
be a inost staunch craft.
The launching will be attended by
simple exercises, and the boat will
take the water without any great
demonstration. The officials of the
company and a few invited guests
will "do the official "honors, and she
will slide into the water, where the
final touche will be sriven her and
then allowed to proceed about her
business.
ENGINEER OFFICERS
ARE IN BIG DEMAND
DENTISTS
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BY MAYOR P. 0; MOORE
Initial Session of Fortyf ourth
Convention Was Held
Last Night
DR. HORTON RESPONDED
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Commissions Awaiting Men
Above the Draft Age
Fitted For Jobs
THOUSANDS WANTED
Two thousand engineers are needed
for the United States army. Commis
sions, as first lieutenants and captains
will be Issued to successful applicants.
First lieutenants will be chosen from
those between 32 and 36 years of age,
and captains will be selected from
those between 36 and 42, though the
above limits may be extended in spec
ial cases. In no case will applicants
within the draft age be considered.
All must be citizens of the United
States, must be actively engaged In
the practice of the engineering pro
fession, and must be in good physical
condition. No set rules have, as yet,
been adopted as to professional re
quirements. The examining board that will have
in hand the passing of applicants .will
determine eacho case, having' regard
to requisite qualities of leadership
and temperament to fit them for the
command of troops.
Civil, mechanical, mining, and, elec
trical engineers are desired as appli:
cants. Those passing the examining
board will be commissioned at once"
arid will be sent to an engineer of
ficers' training camp, either at Camp
Lee or Camp Humphreys, both in
Virginia. They will be on officers'
pay while training and will be as
signed at once to duty with engineer
troops on the completion of their
course.'
A board of examiners will be sent
out from Washington to about 33 prin
cipal cities. Engineering societies and
institutes will be provided with appli
cation blanks for distribution. Appli
cation forms may be obtained by ad
dressing the Chief of Engineers, U.
S. A., Washington . These forms,
when properly filled out and returned
to Washington, will be scrutinized
with a view to determine the appli
cants' fitness. Notifications will then
be sent to those selected specifying
time and place where they must re
port for mental and physical examina
tion. The chief of engineers expects that
all who pass the examinations will be
commissioned within 10 days .or two
weeks. .Traveling expenses of seven
cents a mile will be allowed to those
who receive commissions.
DEMONSTRATE CHEESE
AND BUTTER. MAKING
, W. E. Wintermeyer,dairy-manufacturing
specialist of the United States
department of agriculture, was ' here
this morning en route to Whiteville,
where he will spend Friday and Sat
urday judging butter and cheese. Fri
day will be devoted largely to judging
demonstrations In butter and , cheese
making, especially the latter, will take
place Saturday.
WALKER TAYLOR TO
SERVE ANOTHER TERM
Advices from Washington are to
the effect that Colonel Walker Taylor
has been recommended for re-appointment
for another four years term as
collector of ports at Wilmington. The
recommendation was filed by Senator
Simmons, and there will be no opposi
tion ,it is said. Colonel Taylor has
finished four years service as collector
.here, and has discharged his duties to
the entire satisfaction of the depart
ment. -....'
CONCERNING CHURCH NOTICES
Ministers having church notices
they wish to appear in either Sat
urday or Sunday's paper, or both,
are requested to have them in the
office of- the city editor not later
than Friday evening at 6 o'clpck:
Otherwise . their appearance in
either issue cannot be assured. If
received by .the time specified they
will be certain to appear in the reg
ular church1 columns of both the
Saturday afternoon and . Sunday,
morning paper, or in either, as the
minister may desire. " . ' ..
Delegates to the forty-fourth annual
convention of the North Carolina Den
tal society, convened in the assembly
hall of the Oceanic hotel, Wrightsville
Beach, last night, at 8:30 o'clock, and
were welcomed to Wilmington and tHe
beach by Mayor Parker Quince Moore,
in an address that made all feel at
home from the start. The mayor told
the visitors that Wilmington and
Wrightsville were delighted to have
them here felt honored in their pres
ence, and that anything the Cape
Fear section, rich in historic lore, of
fered was theirs' for the asking. It
made the attending dentists feel at
hQme, and the mayor's utterances
will have much to do with making
their stay pleasant The invocations!
was hy Kev. John Jeter Hurt, pastor
of the First .Baptist church. The re
sponse to the welcoming address was
by Dr. S. R. Horton, of Raleigh. The
annual address of Dr. R. M. Squires,
of Wake Forest, president of the as
sociation, was heard with keen inter
est, and the annual essay, read by Dr.
E. J. Tucker, of Roxboro, held the
close attention of all.
There was little business transacted
at the initial session, but all were
given the opportunity of paying thei?
dues and were given badges. The
convention will be in session through
out Friday evening unless decision is
reached to speed up and conclude pror
to that time.
"We must draw the fangs of the
beast of Berlin and I know of no
body of men that have done their
part more nobly than those of your
profession," said the mayor. "I wel
come you. in the name of our 30,000
people and trust that your stay
among us may be pleasant and profit
able."
The a'ssociation has gained 50 per
cent in membership during the past
three years, according to the report of
Dr. Squires. He also stressed the
fact that the dentists in America are
insufficient in number to serve the
people, there being only one dentist
to every 2000 persons. Dr. Squires
advocates the training and licensing of
nurses in dental hygiene to assist den
tists in the treatment of patients and
advocated legislation to Icontrol the
practice of dental nurses.
DR. D. E. EVERETT AN
INTERESTING DELEGATE
Probably the most interesting man
attending the convention of the North
Carolina Dental association, now in
session at Wrightsville Beach, is Dr.
D. E. Everett, of Raleigh. He never
misses a convention of his association,
and his papers read at these meetings
are of great value to the dentists, as
his long experience has made him an
authority on subjects -relating to his
profession.
Besides attending to a very large
practice, Dr. Everett has always found
time to take part in other maters of
public and private interest. At one
time he was treasurer of the Raleigh
Morning Post, when that paper was
under the management of the late
R. H. Furman.
Dr.. Everett spent today at Fort
Caswell, visiting the Raleigh boys in
training there.
BALLARD CHARGED WJTH
STABBING TICKET AGENT
Isaac Ballard, colored, was arrested
by the sheriff and his men last night
charged with the stabbing of R. P.
Brock, ticket agent, employed on the
beach line by the Tidewater Power
company, when a beach car was rock
ed at McCumber'S station Tuesday
night. Ballard denied using the
knife on young Brock, but did not
deny that he was on the street car at
the time and that he had words with
the conductor regarding his fare. His
arrest was effected near the Smith
creek bridge when he was taken from
an automobile with several other ne
groes, and it is possible that a number
or tnem wiu De neia as accessories
after the fact, in that it is alleged that
they sought to aid Ballard in escaping.
KOW GERMANY
MAKES WAR
Some Unusually Attractive Specials
for friday and Saturday
" ladies' White Wash Skirts
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The horrors of war have been
intensifie tenfold by the Prussian
system of frightfulness.
. The workings of that system
have stirred to the depths the soul
of the civilized world.
The United States government
has just published a carefully pre
pared official book. tn "German
War Practices." '
A copy of this book will be sent
free to any reader of The Dispatch.
Based on the most authentic
sources the archives of our state
department, official German proc
lamations, the actual field diaries
of German soldiers this bodk
paiuts a vivid and irrefutable pic
ture of the Prussian war machine
at work.
To secure a free copy send your
name , and address with a 2-cent
stamp for return postage to; The
Wilmington Dispatch Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Direc
tor, Washington, D. C,
Made of Mercerized, Repps, Gabardines and all new materials.
, $3.00 and $3.50 Skirts at ... .$2.48
$4.00 Skirts at . .$2.98
$4.50 Skirts at ..... $3.48
$5.50 and $6.00 Skirts $4.00
c $6.50 Skirts at .$4.48
nSome Specially Good things in M osier u
$1.00 Fibre Silk Hose, in colors, champagne, gray and bronze,, special at . . 85c
$1.35 fancy striped Silk Hose, special at. ............ .; ...$1.19 , cj'
Mercerized Lislse Hosey in colors only at .- . 59c-
Full fashion black Lisle Hose at . .. 65c-;
Full fashidn white Hose at .' 50c 1
woovn special
5-inch fancy Ribbons, 35c, 40c and 50c values, special at 25c '
ace Specials
1 to 2-inch Filet Laces, EdgesNand Insertions to match, regular 7Jc and 10c
values, special at 5c
on't Miss Jhese Values
Ladies white Hemstitched Handkerchiefs at 5c
Men's Khaki Handkerchiefs at .' , 25c
"Real Human" Hair Nets, 3 for 25c
Assorted Bathing Shoes, special at .' . 19c
New arrivals in Ladies Neckwear . . . 25c to $2.50
J7h Attractive Value in Crepe de Chine
40-inch Crepe de Chines, in black, taupe, purple, maize and wistaria, at. . . . .$1.35
x Specials in Millinery
Remainder of our trimmed colored Hats from $5.00 to $8.00 at. , $1.95
White Milan tailored Hats just received, from $5.00 to $8.50
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
MRS. EMPIE FROM CHURCH
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia
G. Empie, whose death occurred at
her home on Ann street Monday night,
were conducted fromSt. James Epis
copal church by Rev. D. L. Gwathmey
yesterday afternoon al 5 o'clock and
interment was made in Oakdale ceme
tery. The services were attended by
hundreds of sorrowing friends and the
floral offerings sent were profuse and
beautiful.'' The pallbearers were:
Honorary, Walker Meares, J. W.
Murchison, James Sprunt, William
Latimer, Dr. E, J. Wood and Dr. C.
P. Bolles; active, Thos. H. Wright,
Clayton Giles, S. M. Boatwright, Y.
J. Poisson, W. B. Thorpe, Harry Hon
net, F. W. Dick and Walter Storm.
ANNUAL SHOE SALE WAS
STARTED THIS MORNING
The Wilmington Shoe company's
annual shoe sale began this morning
and will be continued through Puly 6
and Wilmington is offered an oppor
tunity of buying footery of known
value at unusually attractive prices.
These annual sales have been con
ducted for the past several years and.
have always been signalized with sue?
cess. The shoes handled by this firm
are of standard make and one knows
what one is buying. The sale in
cludes anything the store offers, in
cluding canvas and tennis shoes.
STOCK RECENTLY BOUGHT
PLACED ON SALE TODAY
The sto'clc of goods recently pur
chased from M. Rosemann and Sons
by Belk Brothers, and which was per
haps the biggest deal of Its kind ever
turned In the state, will be placed on
sale today, 9 o'clock beng given as
the time for the start of the sale. The
store was closed yesterday in order
to prepare for today's business and
the building has been thronged
throughout the morning. The stock
is being sold at retail.
Hosiery
Display
Children's Sox, in white and
black, a pair ....... 19c fl
Children's Sox, in silk and!
mercerized, a pair. . .35c
Children's Stockings, .
white and black, fine qua!- :
ity, at a pair from 25c to 40c'
Ladies' Hose, in black and white, good quality, a pair 20c;
Ladies' Lisle Hose, light weight, a pair .25c
Ladies' Fine Lisle Hose, black, white and tan, a pair 35c
Men's Sox, special, black, tan and navy s ox, a pair 15c T
Men's Lisle Hose, good quality, each .25c
J. W. H. Fuchs' Dept. Storei
The Store For Bargains
Safety and; Service
The Wilmington Savings and Trust Company has always tried to do is full
share in the upbuilding and progress of this community.
It has tried to show its appreciation of business entrusted to its care by giv
ing courteous and painstaking service to its customers.
Since our country has been at war it has tried to render every, possible service
to the United States Government. It has actively pressed the sale of War Savings
Stamps and Liberty Bonds, and has given as much care and attention to these
affairs as to transactions from' which it derives profit.
We invite you to make this bank YOUR bank. 5
Capital.... $100,000.00
Earned surplus r 400,000.00 :
Resources 3,500.000.00
The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Oldest and Largest North Carolina Savings Bank
110 PRINCESS STREET
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