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X . f , .r . . . . . - ' ' . ' ' ... gVAL ESTIMATES BEING PARED DOWN egress Begins Work on 1919 Appropriations. tlein brr of the House Naval Committee Insist w e war is Over li;xpenses Must Be Held Down Sharply. Washington, Nov. 19. Readjustment 0f departmental appropriations from var to peace basis was begun today by congress. The house, navaj committee took up revision of thj naval bill for the next fiscal year and members were insistent that expenditures be ' held to the lowest possible minimum consistent with effective operations and upbuild ing o fthe navy. As recommended by the navy depart ment, the bill carries a total of $2, ) 440,000,000, the estimates being made in the behalf that the war would con tinue through next year. Rear Ad miral Earle, chief of the ordnance bu reau who was before the committee today said the department now is re vising its estimate's and his bureau alone had eliminated more than half of the $400,000,000 calculated as necessary next year under war conditions. Ad-; miral Earle also revealed that since hostilities ceased the ordnance bureau has canceled contracts amounting to $421,359,000. practically half of the amount appropriated -for- the bureau since the war began. Today's hearing had to do with only one-fifth of the estimates in the bill and after the committee adjourned, members could not hazard a guess as to the final amount that will be recom mended for the navy. Secretary Daniels (rill be called into conference tomorrow for discussion and the committeemen hope to get a clearer idea asto the size of the task before them. Representative Butler of. Pennsylva nia, ranking republican member of the committee who is expected to become chairman of the committee in the next congress, led today in demanding downward revision, but other members also insisted that now that hostilities have ceased government expenses must be hel down sharply. . Mr. Butler criticised Admiral Earle's request for $53,000,000 for ordnance and ordnance stores next, year, saying --it was greater than the amount appro priated in war time. He also voiced objection to the completion of the 112 eagle boats at the Ford plant at De troit. When asked whether Henry Ford would lose money if the contracts were canceled Admiral Earle said Mr. Ford received no profit for the work. , Appropriations and authorisations for a second three-year building pro- gram are included in the naval bill, but these were not reached today. There was no indication as to the atti tude of members on this project, but it is generally expected that congress will approve the plan. jfJttJfi MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. WEDNESDAY, NOVifiMBER 201918. APPEAL FOR THE ORPHANS UN THANKSGIVING DAY Homes of the. Homeless Little Ones Find It Difficult to Make Ends Meet -Ask a Days' Pay. During the coming week, Thanks giving week, citizens , of the state will be asked to remember the, orphans, housed in a number of orphanages in the state. High prices have made the care of these homeless little ones more difficult during the past year, and more funds are needed. The., orphanage ex ist on the donations of the generous. One day's pay is asked -for some one" of them during this week. The com mittee on publicity sends out the fol lowing appeal: in'lt inianaJement of r' charitable haVe been making patri otic efforts to adjust their work to the new and imperative needs of the war, whjch have added materially to and -made more essential, most of the normal demands upon them. Some of the orphan homes Tare finding- difficul ty In securing funds to continue their present work., even on the same or a reduced scale, with applications ac cumulating that must be declined for lack of facilities -to warrant reason able expansion.. "It is no little task in normal times to secure sufficient funds to support the orphanage work and important de partments in a number of the orphan homes have been handicapped on ac count of this state of affairs. The talk about the needs of these institu tions may become tiresome to some, but if the people afe to sustain them they must know something of existing conditions. During the present abnor mal times, with increasing demands of every sort which the war is -making on philanthropy, it becomes necessary to keep our orphanage work before the people. Who knows but that we are actually facing the breakdown and bankruptcy of this the most import ant work that develops and sustains the life of the-state in a charitable way?- "The state has taken a large share of the income of her citizens for the use of the government in defense of their rights and ideals; it should also protect ond support, in every ppssible way, mose iorces ana activities .which hundred is unable to do that and7 all caati assist in bringing the matter to the attention of the. people. Each of the orphan homes is 'worthy of any encouragement the people can offer and all patriotic men and women are urged to assist in securing the funds needed to sustain them. ftemit through your church, your lodge, or direct to the orphanage of your choice on, or near. Thanksgiving . day." COTJNCIL MEETS AT AOOX. Special .Session to Open Bids For Wa ter Plant Improvements. There are reasons to believe that the contract for the enlargement of the city water plant to practically twice its present capacity, will be awarded at a special meeting of city council that has been called for noon today to open bids. The specifications, pre pared by City Engineer Johnson, call for the doubling of the sedimentation basins en dthe installation of two new filtration units, and it is estimated the cost will be in the neighborhood of $50,000. The meeting was called merely to open bids for this work and it was ex pected that it would -be only a short session. However, it is understood that there are other matters that will be brought up which may involve a rather lengthy discussion before it is settled. SCOTTISH RITE REUNION LAND OF GOSHEN IS JUST a OUTSIDE OF FAIR BLUFF Room There For Soldiers Who Are to Be Given Farms of Taelr own Fair Bluff, "Nov.1T. It, is wonderful the number of coon skins brought here ?nd where they all come from only Pat Waddell, the coon skin man, unows. They bring good prices and the owner of a good coon dog feels like he had real property. -The river is so low on account of the one: dry spell that it can be waded al most anywhere and fish can hide them selves only in the deepest holes. So far only six deaths have occurred here as a result of influenza, four white and two colored, and one of the flatter vas a very old woman, dying from old i?e. The death of Miss Mary Wells of Manning, S. C. was extremely sad. She came here about two weeks ago on a visit to her sister. Mrs.-B. F. Rogers, who was herself very ill with influenza, and Miss Wells was In the grip of the malady when she arrived, so that she was unable to give any assistance to the family and day by day she grew worse until the afternoon of the 14th hen her gentle spirit passed away. She was a most estimable young wo man. The funeral was at Manning. Frank Rogers suffering from the ef fcts of influenza, was taken by his father, j. f. Rogers to a Wilmington hospital Monday the 18th. East of this place seven miles out in the country, is where the land of Gq'sh en begin 3, a strip of country where cattle, sheep and goats and hogs roam and thrive on the suCculent grass that covers the land, untrammeled by stock laws. There is only one enemy the Valler dog-. Public roads and homesteads are few aid far between, but the tld primitive cart ways satisfy the denizens of this favored land. Traveling along these rads last week we saw some of the Wonderfully large flocks of sheep quiet 'y grazing: on both sides of the road disturbed by our passing Well, it "oked good and we thought what great nabobs spencej Richardson, and Carey btrckland were, owning between them nearly a thousand sheep. Both of these cozens live at home and on the fat of ,ne land, so the little town man would have thought had. he partaken with the Vlrmnfamici Ain-nar- WO TioVed then when he thought of the little Paper bas the merchants put his daily rations in, it would have made the ears well up in his sad town eyes and C0rse down his pallid cheeks! Plenty of room out in this land of shen for thousands more of cattle, &s and sheep and goats and hun dreds of iive farmers and when the ooys rorrif. home the heroes who gashed the Hindenburg line, many of aem win want a home and a farm of neir Own and Vi msrlta lnvfl and sood win of all the people and a princer -'he; ""'; from Uncle Sam more man ese Fallant hnvo that sAfvri fh dav nd gave he world a freedom that not 'nee Xor-h came out of the ark has it "Joyed; This is the place for them far ' Sam woulJ settle them, on 4rrns in this section of the country. fim Praue- Bohemia,' says that the tint ,Mssion of the Czecho-Slovak na? I5 ro:. " the Ur. T. G. Masaryk as president "rl Kramn r a a nrm Ipr. and former member or tne as 'ls president oi me nauunai CTtrma8ck- ' : th, as pr PULLMAX SERVICE. Coming.,..- test ng .November lbtn, an re- car" s for Pullman sleeping or parlor ftiadp fce rom Wilmington should be - - III I Tl tf curity of the foundation of our govern ment. The spirit of humanity, the en lightened and quickened impulses of education and the regenerative influ ence of religion axe the essential ele ments of strength and character in our citizenship. We must foster them. We can not afford to withhold the relief and encouragement which the propos al to contribute the amount , of one day's income to some one of Ihe 20 or phan homes offers, when a refusal to do so might placer the orphanage work in Jeopardy. ' . "The suggestion of a Thanksgiving offering of one day's income is rea sonable indeed. Not One person in a Convened Here Yeaterday Morning For A Three Days Session. The fall reunion of the local Scot tish Rite bodies of Free Masonry, con vened in the Masonic Temple yesterday morning at 10 o'clock and during. the day and evening degrees from ' the fourth to the 18th were conferred on a very large class. ' The sessions will continue through today and tomorrow," concluding with the 'coiiferring of "the Master of Royal Secret or 32nd degree, which will take place Thursday night. There are quite a number of visit ing Masons present from points throughout the eastern part of the state, who are taking part in the de gree work,. w . . MONOPOLY OF THE GROUND FISH BUSINESS AJLLEGED Boston, Nov. 19. Ther price of had- create the ideals and make for the se-fdock rose 93 per cent from 1915 to 1917 while increases of from 50 to 100 per cent were recorded on other va rieties of ground fish, government au thorities asserted today when hearing of the equity suit of the United States against 41 wholesale fish dealers who are alleged to be conducting the fish business of New England in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act was op ened here today. It was stated the dealers control the ground fish busi ness at the ports ofBoston and Port land and that' 99 per cent of the ground fish consumed in the. eastern part of the United States is landed here. The government asks that the alleged com bination be dissolved. THEATRICAL A. B. Marcus, director general of the Marcus Ttfusical Comedy- company, which is playing at the Academy of Music today, matinee and night, does not believe in doing things Jjy halves. The show has" beenistinguished for years as the most elaborately gowned in America, which of course means the world. I?" is a veritable fashion show in itself. Another thing about the productions of the Marcus company, there is a delightful variety to all of its performances. In "Pretty Butter fly" which will be the attraction this afternoon and tonight, there is even a sentimental touch. The incident which gives the, revue its title is a story in songs, with- a spectacular Japanese background, of a Nipponese maiden who falls in love with an American naval officer. The matinee prices will be 25 cents for any seat in the balcony and 50 cents for lower floor seats. inimitiable Chester Conklin midst -of tle devilment. in the Grand. Alice Brady, whose earlier Select Pic tures, "Her Silent Sacrifice," "Woman and Wife" and "The Knife" have won her such enthusiastic approbation, will be seen here at the Grand today in her latest Select Star Series production, "At the Mercy of Men." In the role of Vera Souroff, Miss Brady portrays a luckless heroine who is wronged by one of three officers of the Imperial Guard in a Petrograd hotel. I nthe dark, she cannot identify the guilty -man. v Vera has an Influential friend in the Countess Zaptine, who takes the' girl's case to the attention of the Czar him self, and forthwith the officers are ar rested. Vera cannot pick out the, chief offender o the Czar orders Count Nicho, the eldest of the trio, to marry her in the Court chapel. His -sisters' scorn leads Vera to return to the Souroff home, where her reappearance serves to aggravate her former finance Boris j - slt ' li I BRADY .1. l-, . ZM Hk M , IlJi Today's Bijf Attraction at the Grand. V:- GOODMAN'S The House of Fashion and Quality Ladies' Garments THE HIGHER TYPE ONLY An Important Sale of Women's Fashionable s At Greatly Reduced Prices These charming dresses are broken assortments from our regular stock, one of a kirid, made to sell at much higher prices. There are sixty-nine dresses in all colors, black included; materials, serges, taffetas, crepe meteor, satins, georgettes, and crepe de chenes. The original prices on these frocks ranged well within $16.50 to $29.50. In order to make a quick clean-up of this assortment we are going to offer them at a most tempting price of fr 1 O Q ? Alterations extra, Positively-none sent out on approval. per Dress. "The Phantom Rider," coupled with great photography, have made of "Hands Up" one of the greatest serial successes ever shown in Wilmington. "Pat Turns Detective" is the title of the last Nestor comedy screen, also an attractioV and among other features will be the regular weekly issue of Universal Screen Magazine, the reel of knowledge. Academy .STSSt. Today Mike Sacks and Marco Coin "Pretty Butterfly" WITH FASHION SHOW Matinee, 25c and . 50c. Nighty -60c, 75e,' 1.00. Box, $1.50. 3C Cover Your Buildings With Titehold Shingles Made from the heart of selected red cedar trees, Titehold shingles are the cream of the output of our big Pacific Coast mills. Durable and Economical Easily and Cheaply Laid Titehold shingles smooth, straight-grain-ed, free frifoind s, can be laid as taken from TbundlesV without matching' to break joints. A dealer near yon sells TKehold shingles. If jrott don't know aim. - write us. Ask for tree copy Tlte- r , hod shmgie book, Carolina Portland Cement Co. Charleston, S. C Adaato BSrnintfkam JackssrcSe , JW Orleaas There will be no resered seats for the matinee, "first come, first served, xne, night prices will be from 50 cents to $1. Tickets are on sale at Elvington's. RoyaL The Tokio Girls Musical Comedy Company will make their second strong bid for patronage to the Royal patrons today by the presentation of another one of their big tabloid musical cemedy bills, a tabloid version of a big Broad way success that merits attendance of everyone who appreciates a condensed show that has lost none of its good points. . . . The Tokio Girls present entire of scenic vesture with today's change of bill, new and gorgeous wardrobe matching the famous beauty chorus of the first two days and new dance and song specialties all the way through.. New vaudeville specialties will en liven the action of the play by Berg and Berg,; Jeane McDonald and Al Gold en and Miss, Bertha Almore, the little dancingvdynamo- in1 her famous buck dancing "specialty. , The comedy, end in the hands of "Hamp" their famous negro comedian, will be well taken care - . The Keystone .comedy for today, is one of the greatest ever made. i"Tar Axuc Heaxtt aad piaay Heishts"; with the Litofsky, to wildrevolutionary activity. ( He forms an "army of the people,'" headed by Vera's father, a retired Ma jor, and marches on to the jail where the officers are incarcerated. How Vera attempts to rescue them and finally carries off Count Nicho in a wounded and unconscious condition, how the test of fire awakens his love for her and brings his confession that he is the man involved all staged in these chaotic days in petrograd witl. utmost fidelity to -actual conditions make a vehicle in which Miss Brady's dramatic' gifts are given full expres sion and the resulting photoplay thrills and grips the spectacular. 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. 3 ou 66 H asids Up, Sixth Chanter of the Great Pa the Serial Entitled "Tossed in the Torrents" Action el the Host Intense Kind! "PAT TURJil DETECTIVE" The Latest .Nestor Comedy S CR.EEST.rM AG AZIN E The Universal Heel of Kfedwledge 4 0YAL NEW BILL TODAY Don't Miss the Pretty TOKIO GIRLS f'GIRLS-DE-LOOKS") In a New Musical Comedy with new Scenery and G org eons Ward robes. FOUR NEW VAUDEVILLE ACTS Chester Conklin. In "Darlns Hearts and Dizzy Heights," am other Keystone 1 Scream T. Bijou. "Tossed in The-Torrent" is the title of the sixth great chapter of the great Pathe serial with beautiful Ruth Ro-.. land and George CesO01"0 'the out standing attractibn orTthe big five ree bill at the Bijou today. Action of the most intense kind con tinues through this episode. The very thing that has put over previous Patht serials so big seems ,to have been corn ered again in "Hands Up" and everj week ' the- crowds are- - getting -bigger ' and? bigger,- troti ear the. -fmfsh-it is : always impossible : t"tQ:f.: accommodate United States Railroad Administration W. G. McADOO, Director "General of Railroads. PLEASE SAVE YOUR OWN TIME And help prevent congestion at ticket offices by buying Interchangeable Scrip Books Good for bearer or any irrrmberjf persons on all passen ger trains of all railroads under Federal Control. ON SALE AT PRINCIPAL TICKET , OFFICES, .... them, . Western - atmosphere, ladiAo-,', - .C'- f 5 V' -. t.'. V" . - - '- -"v-"- - - fx. t 1 (fill , (I A Select s Pictures Present BRADY Surprising All Her Prev ious Successes in, J "AT THE MERCY OF MEN" - Ayfomance of turbulent Petrograd, refilet with thrills! and emotions--A powerful portrayal of a young heroine in Chaotic Russia J s t t :3 M i I; i. ' '. 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