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THE MOKNING STAR, WILMINCTON, . SDL ill fi: I. m ; OCIAL and PERSONAL THE KAISER, : De Maxim is on Curat Lex. ' If he had fallen in fight j He and each stalwart son We might have said, "Good night, And an eternal rest y Courage redeems the Hun. At any rate, his neck had not been noosed. 1 But now The Hohenzollern house We thought an eagle-nest Turns out a chicken-roost I - Shall he go free? He shut your son Into a stinking pen And told him, "Starve and rot! Shall he Go free? t He bade has soldiers tear The tongue out of the throat Lest it should dare To tell truth of the Hun And his own tongue wags on! This is the hand that loaded every gun And it is lifted still. Unshackled, in God's sun! , If he had shed The blood of only one, Law would have risen and said, Tour blood must pay!" Now by his hand Millions are lying dead, And Law has naught to say'. Is it so, then, Or are we really rraen? Shall he go free? '. He? , -WENLELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD. Little Miss Elizabeth King, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. King, S05 North street, celebrated her seventh birthday Saturday, proving a charm ing l'dttle hostess to the: numerous friends gathered at her home for the occasion. The afternoon was filled with games, wi .i delightful refresh ments served at the close. COWAN BACK FROM CAPITAL ' Spent Several Days in Washington In the Interest of the Local Port. James H. Cowan, secretary of the chamber of commerce, returned yester day morning from Washington, D. C, where he spent several days attending to business connected with the local port. While Mr. Cowan has not made public the nature of this business it is understood that it in some measure had to do with -the utilization of Wil Ington as a debarkation port for Am erican soldiers returning to points in the Carolinas and Tennessee for de mobilization. Asked last night as to what chances he thought Wilmington has for being designated as one of the debarkation ports Mr. Cowan . stated that it seemed 4to him that they are most favorable, especially since this is the logical point for the men of the 30th or "Old Hick ory" division to land as they are from North and South Carolina and Tennes see. .Secretary Cowan is on the job and if there is any way of having Wilming ton made a debarkation port it can safely be left to him to see that it is done. VICTORY CLUB HOLDS MEETING W. H. Sprnnt and B. A. 3Ietts Address Colored People Tonight. The meeting of the negro Victory boys and girls club tonight af St. Stephen's A. M. E. Zion church will be addressed by ,W. H. Sprunt and B. A. Metts, both of whom are . connected with the, united war work organization for conducting the drive among the colored people. At the close of the addresses, an op portunity will be given the audience to subscribe to the war work fund, and to that end all members of the Victory club as well as their mothers and fath rs'are urged to carry large contribu tions with them to the church. Other features of the entertainment, it, is announced, are a number of pa triotic songs by the Victory boys and girls and an address by Rev. Flynn, a negro preacher from Charlotte. The negro children will march to St. 'Stephen's in grade formation, each schoolteacher having been asked to marshal her class. BOARD EDUCATION MEETS. -Monthly Meeting: Will he Held at 4 O'clock This Afternoon. i s The regular monthly meeting oi the , board of education, which was to have " been held Monday afternoon and which was postponed on account of members ; being out of the city, will be held at ;rj 4 o'clock this afternoon: in the office of the county and city school superinten .'. dents. r It has been learned from a reliable - source that some action will be taken .today in regard to the conditions ex isting at the Union school, which were ' complained of in the report of the grond jury made to Judge Stacy last Thursday afternoon. What action will :' jb taken is a matter known ' only to -Members of the board, and it is under .. stood that they have reached only t-ft tentative plans which are more than likely to be changed following the dis- V cussion which is expected today. STOPS L Don't Drug Kidneys! Rub The 1 Pain Right Out With Old Mv" "St. Jacob's Liniment." Back hurt you? Can't straighten RUB YOUR RACK UMBAGO r' tip without feeling sudden pains, sharp SSekes. and twinges? Now, listen! That's iTMnbago, sciatica, or mayoe trom a strain, and you'll get blessed relief the moment you rub your back with eoothing, penetrating "St. Jacob's Lini- ! f ; inent!'' Nothing else takes out sore- f ,i laess, .lameness and stiffness, so quick- 4y.:" You simply rub it on and out . : -.' Comes the pain. It is perfectly harm 'I'M': lees and doesn't burn or discolor the .. vj" skin. .. . u'r;yjMn.er up: jjont eufDeov -Oet- a ' small trial bottle from any drug store - rV and after using i. Just once, you'll forget that you ever had backache, f 5 lumbago -or sciatica, because your back r -will never hurt or cause any more misery. It never disappoints and : has .'been' recommended for 60 years. Stop drugging Kidneys! - They don't cause 'J.'- backache, because they have no nerves, therefore can not cause txaJh. Adv.- HUMAN NATUR AND THE SOLDIERS' ALLOTMENTS Following are extracts . of letters asking about allotments received at Washington by dependents on soldiers: "I ain t got no book learning and 1 hope I am writing for inflamat'on." "She is staying at a dissapated house." "Just a line to let you know that I am a widow and four children." "Previous to his departure we were married to a justice of the- Piece." "He was inducted into the surface." "I have a four-months baby and he is my only support." "A lone woman and parsely depen dent." "I wis discharged from the army for a goiter which I was sent home for." "I did not know my hunsband had a middle name and if he did, I don't think it was 'none.' " "As i needed his assistance to keep me enclosed (in clothes.)" "Owing to my condition which I havn't walked in three months for a broken leg which is No. 75." "Kind Sir or She." "I enclose lovingly yours." "I am left with a child seven months old and she is a baby and can't work." "I received $61 and I am certainly provoked tonight." Your relationship to him? Answer: "Just a mere aunt and a few cousins:" "In service with the U. S. Armory." "And he was my best supporter." "I received my insurance Polish and have since moved my postoffice." "I am his wife and only air." "You ask for my allotment number. I have four boys and two girls." "Please correct my name as I could not and would not go under a consumed name." Extract of a letter from a boy to his mother. "I am writing in the Y. M. C. A. with the piano playing in my uniform." "I am pleating for a letter more time." "Please return my marriage certifi cate, baby hasent eaten in three days." "Now Mrs. Wilson, I need help bad, see if the president can't help me. I need him to see after me." "Both sides of our parents are old and poor." "Plase send me a wife's form." "Hello Mr. War Risk Insurance, how are you? I am well and hope you are the same." - "Dear Mr. Wilson I have already writ ten to Mr. Headquarters and received no reply and if I don't get one I am going to write to Uncle Sam himself." 'We have your letter. I am his grandmother and grandfather and he has been kept and bred up in this house according to your instructions." "I ain't received no pay since my hus band has gone from nowhere." "You have changed by little girl to a boy. Will that make any difference." "I have not received my husband's pay, and will be forced to lead an im mortal life." "Please let me know if John has put in an application for wife and child." "I am writing to ask you why I have not received my elopment. His money was kept from him for the elopment which I never received." "You have taken My man away to fight and he was the best fighter I ever had." "Now you will have to keep me or who in the Hell will if you don't." "My boy has been put in charge of a spitton. win l get more money Now?" "My sone is in Co. 158 Infacy. Please tell me is he living or dead, and if so what is his address. "I have learned that my husband is in the constipation camp in Germany." AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST Washington, Nov. 17. The following casualties occurring before cessation of hostilities and reported by the com manding general of the American ex- peditonary forces "were given out to day for publication: Killed in action , .. .. 130 Missing in action... 91 Total. . 221 Included in 'the list are names of the following from North Carolina, none from South Carolina being men tioned: Killed In Action. Corporals Akrie G. Byrd, Duke, N. C. ; Columbus S. Morris, Columbus, N. C. Mechanic Fred L. Clark, . Oxford, N. C. Privates Godwin Bracy, Roxobel, N. C; James N. Holbrooks, Culberson, N. C; William C. Ingram, Richfield, N. C; George W. Parrish,.Roxboro, N. C. SAVES TWO LITTLE GIRLS ' FROM RUNAWAY ACCIDENT (Special Star Correspondence.) Goldsboro, Nov. 17. Spicer Franklin, a young white man employed in this city by the Southern Railway company, made a sensational rescue Friday when he stopped a runaway pony being driven by the little daughter of J. O. Royall. Mr. Franklin saw the danger of the little girl and rushing into the middle of the street succeeded by a nervy leap in securing a firm hold upon the bridle and soon had the ex cited pony under perfect control. Another little girl companion was also in the buggy with the Royall girl, both of who would probably have been killed or seriously injured but for the timely rescue by Mr. Franklin, who himself escaped with a few slight bruises. DOTS Macie Nixon, a small colored boy, was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of attempted larceny and will be given a hearing in recorder's court this morning. Nixon tried to re move the seat from a motorcycle and was caught in the act. Austrian Foreign Minister. Copenhagen, Nov. 17. Dr. Otto has been appointed Austrian foreign minis ter, according to a dispatch received here. . . i PrLLMANBEBVICB. Commencing November 16th, all Nre quests for Pullman sleeping, oriparlor car space from Wilmington should be rnaae - to J. M. ACKer, ,-; xicKet ; Agent, phone 1102-W: .'- no 16-8 1 W lui wiimmQion?r ohmbinlders Boinas oFtheMen TR77re8uIJin7 Mparts hPersAingsBridgeoPShips Jig The Emergency Fleet News gives most of a page in its last issue to the Carolina steel shipyard here, and with a fine picture of the yard, showing in detail the ways and their surround ings, prints the following: Keep the material moving ahead of the- riveters arid avoid half the delays of shipbuilding. That is the theory put into operation at the new Carolina Shipbuilding corporation yard, at Wil mington, N. C, 'which is now engaged on actual construction of its first ship, the keel of which was laid Nov. 2. And to back up the theory, they have en gaged the services of " Tom Strang, re puted to be one of the best steel men in the country, to keep the material jnoving. Tom Strang goes to the Wil mington yard at the head of crews of steel construction men who' have been engaged at building two of New York's largest and newest hotels. They are regarded by the Wilmington authori ties as the "plus ultra" of steel con structors. And they, have entered up on their job determined to keep the stuff going upland mounted and molted at a pace that will keep the riveters hustling. All of which has the hearty approval of John W. Towle, resident representa tive of the Emergency Fleet corpora tion at the Wilmington plant, who was in Philadelphia the other day to get some first-hand information from the higher officials and to tell the story of the Carolina plant. This yard is situated on the Cape Fear river, about twb miles out of Wilmington, on high ground, with a rock foundation. The foundation offers a firm and solid sup port for the ways, four of which have been built, all of concrete. The site is ideal for a shipyard, according to Towle, for the ground is not only high and dry, but it has a natural slope to the water's edge, on which concrete slabs for the ways were laid with scarcely any change in the topography of the land. Construction work was started on April 17, last, and rapid progress made, although there was some delay in receiving steel. How ever, the first keel laying on Nov. 2 attests to fair speed in plant construc tion. The yard promises to escape the griefs of labor shortage that clung to shipyards in the north and west during the summer. The management has succeeded in obtaining enough skilled workers thus far to keep things mov ing and adequate additional help is as sured for the winter months. A double track street car line soon will be in operation between Wilmington and the yard and service for the 3,000 men to be employed in the plant is assured. The Emergency Fleet corporation has undertaken a housing project on thirty acres of land adjacent to the plant. The buildings will cost about $500,000. The shipbuilding company has laid a switch of heavy rails from the plant to connect with the Atlantic Coast railway and is putting this line to double use. During the busy hours of morning and evening, the tracks are used to carry workmen and in mid-day and at night freight trains bear ma terial to the yard. Steel men of long experience are in charge of the operations at the plant, including Ralp Starrett,, a vice-president of the corporation, who had charge of plant construction. Mr. Starrett formerly was with the Thompson-Starrett Co., and the George A Fuller Construction Co., and has had 25 years of experience n building op erations. L. C. Dilks, president, form erly was identified with.the American Bridge Co., and was president of the Millikin Co. He formerly was general manager, also, of the Eastern Steel Co. Eads Johnson is vice-president in charge of ship construction. Mr. John son formerly was in charge of the New York office of tne Emergency Fleet corporation, prior to the estab lisment of the district which includes the New York yards. Pembroke Jones, a capitalist of New York, is another If A. D: if-s,. life r S St- H Tit-'- -vf ri. vice-president. North Carolina climate should permit outdoor work through out the year, and the new plant looks forward to rapid progress from now on. It is promised that four keels will be laid by Nov. 20. The News also has the following: A close approach to the banner mark in the number of ships completed and accepted by the shipping board is re ported this week with a total tonnage of 101,000 steel, wood and composite turned over by the yards operating under the Emergency' Fleet corpora tion. These figures include three re quisitioned steel vessels, aggregating 26,800 tons, five contract steel vessels aggregating 38,500 tons and one com posite vessel of 3,500 tons. The only mark which excels this was that re ported last week when 102,800 tons were delivered. In this week's reports the pactiflc coast claims honors in the steel field and the southern yards in the wood and composite field, the former contributing 34,900 tons of the week's steel total and the latter sup plying 245,000 of the wood and com posite tonnage, - :: ' Announcement made in Washington that Herbert C. Hoover, food director, and Chairman Edward N. Hurley, of the United States shipping board, were going to Europe to put into effect plans for the provisioning of Europe and ine American troops, emphasizing once more the need for ships. Thus with the ending of the war a new and pressing demand for tonnage con fronts. America. The call was for an emergency of war; how it is for the emergency of peace. The mission has changed from one of destruction, to one of construction. War-torn Europe holds out suppliant hands to prosper ous America. Will the response of the shipbuilders be any less prompt or en thusiastic when it is mercy instead of Mars that sounds the call? Franca and England have gone hungry so that their armies might be fed. Now Amer ica must provide the food needed to keep starving millions alive. Mr. Hoo ver has been chosen to direct the dis tribution of American food across the ocean, and Mr. Hurley to determine how the available tonnage can be used to best advantage, and to learn the needs for new tonnage. Emergency Fleet News. Some 200 concrete vessels of various sizes, representing 200,000 tons of ship ping, are building in the west and south and on the northeast and north west coasts of England, on the Clyde and Aberdeen In Scotland and near , Belfast, Ireland, according to the Times Engineering Supplement. The capital outlay, aside from the cost of the land and - construction of the plants, is estimated at nearly 4,000,000 pounus. On the designs adopted, the eaving of steel is about 70,000 tons, as compared with the amount which would be required for steel ships of the same carrying capacity.- The Brit ish admiralty gave every encourage ment to the private firms undertak ing this new industry. Following the announcement: of government aid, 70 or 80 ways were laid down immediate ly. On many places waste land and bare stretches of shore were rapidly converted into busy centers. Matters have advanced so far that several ves- isels of 1,000 tons deadweight carry ing capacity now are on the point of completion. The vessels in course of construction for the controller-general of merchant shipbuilding comprise barges of 1,000 tons deadweight and steam tugs of 750 horse-power. In addition, six cargo steamships of 1,150 tons deadweight are being built for private ownership, and designs have been prepared for steamships of much larger size, which it is understood will be constructed after the pressing need of the government for smaller craft have been sufficiently met. That Spain is taking steps to make the concrete ships the principal asset of her merchant marine is the sug gestion put forth by the Daily Marine Record. A construction firm, which Sale Starts Monday All Women's and Misses Ready-to-Wear 25 Price Reduction On all Women's and Children's Dresses, Coats and Suits. , ' A large well selected stock. Come early. Sale starts promptly at Nine O'clock. Brown Company has . yards':' at Barcelona, has teen ex perimenting in concrete vessels, for some time, and now is building large, ocean-going concrete ships of . 6,000 tons. Recently the Portland Cement association of Chicago received a ca blegram stating a Spanish reinforced concrete sea-going ship of 6,000 tons has made a successful voyage and is pronounced to be in every way satis factory. A cablegram sent to the United States with the news contain ed the addition: "Best greetings, American friends." There is a note of triumph in this Spain believes she has taken the world leadership at last in an Industry of international im portance, the production of concrete ships. A large number of the 6,000 ton vessels will be built or "poured!" as soon as possible, the object of the Spanish Aran being not to make hay while the sun shines, but to make ships while the European tempest blows. Ac cording to telegraphed dispatches, the trial voyage of the Spanish 6,000-ton concrete vessel was so successful that it aroused the greatest enthusiasm in Spanish shipping circles, who see an opportunity in concrete, specialization to make the Spanish flag more famil iar on the ocean than it has been for many years past. The National News of London says that a great shipbuilding program, in volving stupendous sums, has been drawn up by a number of north of England capitalists. "It is under stood," says The National News, "that arrangements have been made for ov ercoming the two greatest problems of the moment: labor and materials. "Among those interested in this vast undertaking are several men who have had no connection with ship build ing in the past. They have simply placed their wealth at the disposal of the country, in order to secure Britain's maritime supremacy." ROTARIANS MEET TOMORROW. Open Air Meeting: Will Be Held At Whiskey Creek Bridge. The regular meeting of the Rotary club, postponed from last Tuesday to give members an opportunity to aid in the campaign to raise New Han over's quota of the united war work fund, will be held tomorrow. The meeting will take place at Whiskey creek and will be the first open air meeting in several, weeks. As is usually the case at the "out ing" meetings, the business program will be brief with principal attention centered on the social part. With the advent of the cool fall weather the Rotarians return to their custom of serving oysters at these meetings and it is announced that deliciously roast ed bivalves will be the principal "num ber" on the menu tomorrow. WOOD SHIPMENTS LIMITED. Cant be Made More Than 30 Miles Hydro-Electric Light Order The state fuel administrator, R. C. Norfleet of Winston-Salem, calls at tention of county administrators and the public generally to the order that no wood cut in this state shall be shipped to any point more than 30 miles distance, by rail, except on special per mit by the state administrator, and then there must be good and sufficient reason. The state administrator also notifies the public that all restrictions on the use of electricity for lighting, when same is produced by water power, are lifted and removed. The order as to lightless nights where electricity is produced artiflcally, remains as before. SCOTTISH RITE REUNION Convenes Here Tomorrow Morning; for a Three Days Session. i Local Masons have made arrange ments to entertain visiting Masons who are expected here to attend the fall reunion of Scottish Rite bodies, which begins here tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and continues through the evening of the 21st. There is an exceptionally large class of candi dates who are expected to be here to receive the degrees from the fourth to the 32nd, inclusive. There will be no public meetings JaOBKRT IUMLLAMT - . m ' Jl Jafe of cJVYc Petticoats in generous Selections Values to $6 at $3.98 Generous, not only in the number of petticoats, but also in style features, and colors. Accordion pleated flounces, hemstitched panels, tiny ruffles and fringe trimmings are some of the important features of the new close fitting models of taffeta, satin and two tone. Our selections afford a choice of the newest styles in a color range which include taupe, navy, black, Bur gundy, Belgian blue, beaver and plum. This price is wonderful for .garments of such excellent quality. on during the three days session but it is possible there will be some social events in honor of the visitors, among whom will be some of the leading fig ures in Masonic circles of the eastern part of the state. Instantly Beautifies the Complexion. Druggists refund the money if it fails. START RIGHT WITH NOVEMBER Correct price Correct Goods FRANK M. ROSS. WANTED! Several young ladies for stockkeep ing and sales position. Experience not necessary. Good pay to start; bonus and insurance features. Good oppor tunity for advancement and permanent positions. Apply at once. S. H. Kress & Co. THE MURCHISON NATIONAL BANK , WILMINGTON, N. C. Capital and Surplus, $1,900,000.00 H. C. McQueen, President. J. V. Grainger, V.-Pres. M. F. Allen, Asst. Cashier. J. W. Yates, V.-Pres. W. S. Johnson, Asst. Cash. C. S. Grainger,. Cashier. T. J. Moore, Asst. Cashier. Vortex Heaters Portable Grates Brass Andirons Nursery Fenders Majestic Ranges Food Choppers Lard Presses Sausage Stuffers In. j AGGBI nrt iayj (Inoorp orated.) Groceries For Less HALL & DURHAM, INO. Phones 7 and 8. 205 Market St JTHJNERAL li LOWERS Beautiful Wreaths, Sprays, Special Designs, at reasonable prices. 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