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RIVER KM HARBOR Additional Transportation. "one of th.e Piojects .Old and New "Which tne New Bill , Carries Cap Fear Project Below Wil mington $398,823. Washington, Dee. 34. "The war has acutely emphasized the necessity of additional transportation facilities," declares Representative John H. Small, of North Carolina, chairman of the mramittea on riverw and harbor3, in Miriivlnr the Annronriation bill for the.1 fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. "The secretary of war has within the past few years submitted reports rec ommending a number of new projects, many of which were of urgent import ance, l'ne majority of these are modi fications of existing projects intended to increase channel and harbor facili ties." The bill carries total appropriations of J26,9$6,344, which may be -classified as follows: For maintenance, $2,943,000. For continuing improvement and maintenance of uncompleted works, $15,074,500. For examinations, surveys and con tingencies, $150,000. For new projects, $8,768,844. The appropriation ' recommended for the Cape Fear bar is $398,625, includ ing the channel below Wilmington. No appropriation has been made, either tox maintenance of completed projects or for the continuing improve ment of projects heretofore authorized and not completed in excess of the: amounts recommended by the chief of. engineers. All these appropriations for maintenance and continuing im provement are for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1920, and represent sums Buch, as, in -the opinion of the war de partment, can be wisely and economi cally expended,, to the end of the next fiscal year. When the original esti mates were submitted the war was in progress, but when the -committee en tered upon the consideration of this bill at the beginning of the present session, December 2, 1918, the armistice had een concluded. The president, secre tary ofNvar, the chief of engineers and., the committee were all of the opinion that wherever the estimates were ad mittedly too low, that they should be revised. The estimates originally sub mitted were made under war conditions and were "cut to the bone." To illus trate, the original estimate for the Delaware river' from Philadelphia to the sea for the continuance of the 35 foot project was $500,000. This was subsequently increased upon the rec ommendation of the chief of engineers to $2,500,000. The original estimate for East, river. New York, was $3,000,000, to which was added an additional mil lion. Likewise increases were made for a number of other improvements, all of which were based upon the amount which could be profitably ex pended to the end of the next fiscal year and all were recommended by the chief of engineers. Among the larger appropriations contained in the bill for continuing im provement in addition to those above stated may be mentioned the .Schuyl kill river, Pennsylvania, J600.000; Nor folk harbor and Thimble shoals, $1,000,- I 000; intracoastal waterway from Nor folk to Beaufort, $750,000; Pollock Rip Shoals channel, $200,000; New York harbor, $300,000; Savannah harbor, $260,000; passes at the mouth of the Mississippi, $700,000; Galveston chan nel, $400,000; Freeport harbor, Texas, $100r000; Mississippi river between the mouth of the Ohio and the mouth of the Missouri, $700,000; Mississippi river from the mouth of the Missouri to Minneapolis, $250,000; Missouri river from Kansas City to the mouth, $400, 000; Ohio river, $300,000; Los Angeles harbor, $680,000. Upon the urgent rec ommendation of the war department the committee included a lump sum ap propriation of $1,000,000 to provide for emergencies which cannot now be an ticipated arising from storms, floods, or other extraordinary conditions. Comparatively few new projects have been adopted since the river and har bor act of 1916. Both of the last (two annual river and harbor acts were enacted during the progress of the war and neither of them carried any new projects except" a few which were specifically recommended by the Sec retary of War as . constituting war emergencies. The war has acutely emphasized the necessity of additional transportation .facilities. The secre tary of war has within the past few years submitted reports recommend ing a number, of new projects many of which were of urgent importance. The majority of these are modifications of existing projects intended to in crease channel ,and harbor facilities. Approximately. 175 new projects have been favorably reported. All of these were studied by the committee with the co-operation of the chief of en gineers and about 70 were selected as being immediately urgent and nec 'essary. Some of these simply modifi ed and curtailed existing projects and required no appropriation. As above stated, the bill carries ini tial appropriations amounting to $8, 768,844, for new projects. For many of these new projects the bill car ries an appropriation sufficient to com plete, while for others the Initial ap propriation was made for the amount which could be profitably expended to the end of the next fiscal year. The total estimated cost of all the new projects contained in the, hill is $25, 534. After deducting the. amounts ap propriated there will' be required, to be appropriated in the future for the completion of these new projects $16, 713,690. As indicating the increasing interest in the development of water transpor tation it may be noted that the presi dent has allotted the sum of $3,600,000 for the construction of boats on the upper Mississippi rive? between' St. Louis and Minneapolis.- - The railroad administrator 'has ap4 pointed" a federal manager for ' the lower Mississippi rlvr- and has autc,o4 rized the construction of 40 tow boats an barges for this sevio. Likewise a federal manager has been appointed for the Warrior river system connect ing the Alabama coal fields with the gulf for which boats -are being pro vided. .. lu a similar way a federal mantr bos been appointed for the New York barge canal system and for . the operation cf-7the Delaware and Raritan ccunal across New Jersey and appropriate boat are under construc tion for the New York' canals. The railroad administration-' has also taken oyer "tfcs, operatic of the Cape .Cod CaI. ''.; - ' - :.Tha 1ill-.ajrie authorization for xaraiMtlons and surreys v of ; about ;uAVn "u."T SJ!a T61 1"r lhe r" SAILORS IN CLASH WITH HUN ARMYMEH Foreign Office in Berlin Block aded Yesterday Afternoon. Seamen Reluctant to Surrender Their Post to New Republican Guard, Strike In Germany Men ace Industrie. Berlin, Monday, Dec. 23. (By the Associated Press) The German foreign, office and the chancellery adjoining It which is at present the seat of govern ment, were blockaded for an hour and a half this afternoon by a squad of sailors who had been doing guard duty mere ior ids past monm. xwa navy men who were about to be replaced by a republican soldier guard and sent ack to Kiel, objected to the new rul ing. As a protest against the action of the military commander small squads of sailors attempted demon strations in the various pars of the downtown district. At a guard house in the Unter den Linden the sailors clashed with mem bers of the new republican guard. Shots were exchanged and it is reported there were a number of casualties. The presence of the sailors in Berlin has been a source of 'dissatisfaction among the troops returning from the front and friction frequently has been apparent. Suspicion also is general that the bluejackets have leanings to wards the Spartacus group. COAST LINK LEADS CITY. Stakes Beat Record During Roll Call. Enrolls 10O Per cent. . Additional . reports of new' members enrolled. . in Ihe- Red Cross were sent in yesterday to Chairman W. A. McGirt. J. Ut'ley King, chairman of the roll call committee at the general offices of the Atlantic Coast Line reported 50 new members, carrying the Coast Line workers "over the top" with a 100 per cent enrollment. With 40 departments in the building, every department has enrolled 100 per. cent in the Red Cross, which is no small "achievement, accord ing to Chairman .McGirt, who stated yesterday that the" "Coast Line has made a better record in the .roll Call than any other organization in the city. The negro Red Cross organization reported 46 members enrolled yester day. Complete reports have not yet been sent in "by the shipyards, and Chairman McGirt is confident that when the final odds and ends have been rounded up, the county's total will be well. along towards the 6,000 mark. Chairman Plyler and Mr. McGirt urge that the canvassing committees continue their efforts to enroll mem bers for the Red Cross- after 'the holi days, so that a considerable surplus above the county's goal may be re ported. "The dollar is si secondary matter," Chairman McGirt declared, "what we are after now is to get. every, citizen of Wilmington identified ."with the Red Cross and the great work it-is accomplishing." ; , f: : BASKETS FOR THE POOR Elks Provide "Ingredient a" Pot Christ mas Dinner For the Poor. Following their usual custom of distributing baskets among poor fam ilies of the city at Christmas time, members of the local lodge of Elks, under the direction of the relief com mittee, yesterday made preparaton for distributing a large number of baskets this 'morning.' The contents include a quantity of flour, sugar, coffee, rice, hominy, salt, pepper, peas, apples, oranges, one can of tomatoes and one of milk, while a ham goes with each .basket. The baskets were prepared under the direction of the relief committee, of which Benj. Bell is chairman, the other members being E. F. O. Bancke and Rev. Father C. Denneiu The commit tee had the co-operation of ,W. S. Reg ister, grand exalted ruler of the lodge, in preparing the baskets. The baskets are probably the most expensive of any which have been dis tributed locally, the funds being pro vided through popular subscription by the members of the lodge and is ad dition to the usual charity work of the benevolent order. REGULARS FROM PANAMA Porto RIoans Taken Aooard City of Savannah, Now In Port. The City of Savannah arrived at this port yesterday bringing 21 regular army men from Panama. The regu lars disembarked at Fort Caswell and will be stationed there for the present. The steamer, while docked at the ort, took aboard 101 Porto Rlcane who were brought here five weeks ago from Porto Rica to be employed in -government construction work at Fayette ville. They were turned back here by OTders from the war department, and since that time have been held at Fort Caswell while members of the group were treated for pneumonia. More than 20 of the Porto Ricans, contracting pneumonia while here, died at the fort and were buried in the national cemetery, this city. All ex cept three of the islanders "have re covered, and these three have bee put aboard the City of Savannah an returned . to- their native island to gether with the r rest of the group. The City of Savannah came up the river from'-thefprt yesterday with th'' Porto Ricans on board, and is noy docked at the Atlantic Coast Line ter minals. . ' CRITICISM OF BAZAAR. .s ' ' Citizens JVot Satisfied Wttjt the' Way It iCtonee&Vv ; Complaint relative to . the basaar be ing held on' -South Frotot street ' under auspices of three labor unions, cohtln ued yesterday and e.nnmber'of citizens expressed 'the opinion that it'was not a desirable affair; ' "- - Councilman. J, M. Hall, when askeoT about the bazaar last: night,, eald; that he visited the place, as has been stat ed, Monday night, in company with Solicitor E. tr; Burton and "that so 'far as the - law ia concerned, the show- .la complying with it i""the varioue-- al leged "gambling , devices. f . At St.' James Today,' ' T V' l Christmas day. at St. -. James church will be observed by celebration . of the Lord's supper at 8."-a, mi -.sin-d 'at It o'clock m orning prayer will " "be held with Bermon by the rector," Rev.".Wm. H. Mlton, D. D., on! the suVJeot, "Th Peace -of God." Toe senera.1 public5' is. cordlnally' lnvitnd.v ' s ....... i.i.i.', 1 - y. U ,- . i '-Iisuc-Fos: Ivttn. Pencnic v.-v;-; jri X LtquVtf Digestif e 'Lexative pleacani; to taic.-jnst try-tmercoo pottl for I r enaed.by. the, manurscturr 6r' e' Tjistnlees ;chlil Toalftw FELLS ALL . OF FRIENDS HER IT "I Gained Ten Pounds Since Started Taking Tanlac, , She Says. r "I have gained ten pounds since tak ing Tanlac -and feel so good that I am telling all my friends about this won derful medicine," said Mrs. George W. Hancock, of 4727 Worth street, Dallas, Texas, recently. "All last year." she continued, 'My system was so badly run down, and I felt so tired and worn out that J was hardly At for a 'thing. I lost my appe tite and soon found after eating would bloat up with gas till I could hardly stand it. At times I would suffer ter ribly from rheumatism in my back and shoulders; my nerves were in such a dreadful condition that I could hardly sleep, and when I got up in the morn ings I'd feel just as tired ana xaggea out, as I did the night b"efore. I tried all kinds of medicines, but nothing did me a.ny good and I was getting worse all the time. ' ... "So many people were taking Tan lac and praising it so highly that I tried it too. It sure made me hungry .from- the start, and my appetite has been fine ever since I began to pick up right away. I eat all I want and every thing agrees with me. My nerves are now in such good shape that I sleep like a child all night and get up in the morning full of life and energy,' and able to do all my house work, without any trouble, and could do twice as mucl. if I had to. Tanlac is sold in Wilmington by R. R. Bellamy and leading druggists everywhere. -ady. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST Washington, Dec. 24. Casualties re ported by the American commander in France and given out today for publi cation, are as follows: Killed in action 273 Died of wounds 206 Died of accident and other causes 18 Died of airplane accident . , 9 Died of disease ............ 144 Wounded severely . .......... ; il,058 Wounded (degree undetermined); 624 Wounded slightly ." 80 Missing in action 299 Total 3,411 Carolinians whose ..names appear in the list are divided as follows: KiUed in Action. Sergeant W. L. Parsons, Rockingham, N. C. Bugler T. B. Speaks, Jennings, N. C. Died of Wonnds. - Lieuts. E. C. Harris, Wendell, N. C; Thomas M Bulla, Route 2, Fayetteville? N. C. . Privates G.M. McClure. York, S. C; C. - L. Spra'dley, Severn, N. C; C. R. Stewart, Middleburg, N. C: Carmel Rich, Robbinsville, N. C.;; Eddie Parks, Seaboard, N. C. Died of Disease. Sergeant D.. T. Carroll, Manson, N. C. Privates iF, J. Stafford. Ophir, N. C.; J. A. Thompson, Kings tree, S, C. John Bean, Seagrove, N. C. ; 'Frederick Caseyi Seven Springs, N. C.f C M. Gaskihs, Merritt, N. C; B. R. Flowers, Taylors ville, N. C; TrG. Nance, Thomasville, N. C,.. I r'RSonnded Severely. ... Li"eut.-Ir J- A.,Lockhar"t , Wadesboro, N. C - ' '.'' : Sergeant A. L Denton, Gastonia, N. C. . - . Corporals Mack Davenport, Simpson vflle, 8. C, yvt E. Conley, Marion, N. C.-t Privates. .J. .Jt . " Kodaen, .Belmont, im. C; A. Brooks, Columbia, S. C. ; J. F, Haynes tasVN: C; C. S. Long. Sey-t ernN. 'Cs.wi, senugart, Chester, s. -C; A. -J. That&pgon, Spray; N. C; Odle I Michael; 'Greensboro, N, C,; William Myers, Barnwell, - S. Cr Shep -Norton, McColl, S." C)?R. T. Quinn; Spartanburg, S. C.;-Maclc Simmons, Mount Holly, S. C: Rayniohd Wilson,' Seneca, S. C; X. H jQnsonRPsyUle; rtur&jSA Fields, -Easle.iSv' Harris, Conway, S. C; O. R. McGee, Pinnacle, N. C; Jeff Rice, Olar, S. C; I. N. Car penter, Wadesboro, N. C; J. R. Carpen ter, Norwood, N. C.;-iS. G. Edwards, Higgens, N. C; J F. Foster, Piedmont, S. C; E. G. Brandon, York, S. C; Crawford- Coble, Concord, "N,- C.; L. J. -Miller, Leicester, N. C; John Dixon, Tarboro, N. C; J. S. Phillips, Sugar Grove, N. C; Linzy Bunn, SnowL Hil V; NV. C4 J J C. Evington, Campobello, ; S. C.t' -"W:-' H.1 Owens, Columbia, -N. C; R. L. Good man, Salisbury, N. C; H. L. Turhey, Gastonia, N. C; P. H. Hall, Hayne, N. C; P. W. Herman, Conover, N. C; Wil lie Turner,. McColl, S. C; Dougal Clark, Jonesboro, N. C. Wounded, Degree Undetermined. Sergeant T. F. Bazemore, Aulander, N.-.C. Corporal J. H. Hoggins, Lake City, S,?C. Privates S. H. Bailey,. Forest City, N. C; Ed. Medlin, High Point, N. C; J. W. Milesi Blenheim, S.. C; A. L. Thomas, Whitmire, , S. C; Harmon Bush. Whitmire, S. C.; M. L. Elliott, Barber, N. C; S. H. Johns, Raleigh, N. ABOUT ;7: " '- "What ia raori appreciated- than a. pair bi Slippers or Shoes for a Christmas : 9 0 a aie asiortment in'Felt and Leather Slippers for menwomen and - khfldren, in different colors. Something for every man's m r 1 11 " C.; R. D. .Settlemyre, Newton, -N.. C ..' T "Wounded Slightly. Sergeant D. E Bailey Rocky Mount, N. C. ' --V-f" ' Privates Isaac Logan. Wilkesboro, N. C ; J. E.-:Martin, Reidsvllle, N. C.; How ard Martjn, Newland. N, C; Grover Tyler, Sally, N. C.l Roy E. Calhoun, Newland, N: C; Grover Conner, Ban nockburn, S. C. ; B. F. Gumbo, Rich Square, N. C; W. E.Einngton. Sandy Ridge, N. C.; B. H. Ferguson, Union, S. C; Arthur Jackson, - Berinettsville, S. C; J. H. Wright, outhshore. N. C-: D. C. Boyette, Lucama, N. C; Sam Hick son, Timmonsvllle, S. C; Robert Du press, Tucapau, S. C; Quince; Pinson, Greenville, S; C; P. N. Sessions, Autry ville. N. C; J. M. Foulkes, Charlotte, N. C; IL C. Crawford, Greenville, N. C; H. A. Galloway, Mallory, S. C.;. D. F. Haynes Cherokee, S. C; Donnie John son, Moryen, N. C. ; J. T. Parker, Ahos kie, N. C.;' David Covington, Rockhag ham, N. C; Asbery Fowler, Tabor, N. C; R. E. Jones, .Conover."N. C; R. O. Lindley, Snow Camp, N. C; J. W. Bare foot, Hartsville, S- C; Elliott Crump ler. Rose Hill, N. C.;"G. B. London, Ros- man, N. C. ; M. L. Loveless, Rock Hill, i S. C: R. W. Turner, Washington, N. C.; Jv C. White, Archdale, N. C.- O. R. Mintz, Ash, N. C.;; I. C. Yates, Cary, N. C. Missing In Action. Privates O. E. Smith, Pickens, S. C. ; Lloyd M. Thigpen. Chinquapin, N. C. - CORRECTIONS. Wounded severely, previously report ed missing: Corporals Rufus H. Jewell, Etowah, Tenn.; Earl Taratus, Middle burg, Fla.; Privates Taylor G. Addison, Van Dyke, Va.; Chester A. Barnes, Dendridge, Tenn.; Robert Ashby Camp bell,. Greigsville, Va.; Guy B. Carter, Milton, Va.; Samuel J. Cook, Camden, S. C;;; Wallace Driggers, Bennettsville, S. C; Robert C. Hyatt, Piney Flats, Tenn.; James Jones, R. F. D. 2, East Chattanooga, Tenn.; Joseph T, Jones, Colbert, Ga.tGeorge F. Lance, Waleska, Ga.; Benjamin F. Loftis, Lovey Creek, S. C., benjamin F. Lucas,. Lancaster, S. C; Fred -.'Moore, Adamsvilie, , Tenn. 5 Powell Mustek. Honaker, Va.; Henry Mell Nicholson Keithville. La.; Sir W. j R. Triplett, Purlear, S. C. . Wounded slightly, previously report- i ed missing: Corporal Andy J. Jennings, Pepierj Camp, Va.:. Privates R. J. A1- i leh.tQeorgetown,' Miss.; James Boyless, ! Springfield, Tenn.; Basil A. Brown, i Lucketts, Va; ; Clarence Burleson, Bak- ; ersvllle, N. C; Theodore Freeman,. Con- cord, N C.': Colon Gay, Clayton, -N. C; : Francis Monley, Jessup, Fla.; 01en Par- sons, Dryden, Va.; Lem Williams, Tal lapoosa, Ga.; Shatter Sykle, Greenville, Tenn. . , AMBASSADOR PAGE IS gURI&b NEAR ABERDEEN Simple Services Mark, the . Funeral of - Famous Carolinian Messages - Of Sympathy. . . - Aberdeen, N. C, Dec. 24.-In a cold drizrliljgr-rain the body of Walter Hines Pages former United States ambassador to England, was laid to rest this morn ing in Bethesda cemetery, a mile and a haff'from Aberdeen.- The Interment followed simple services at the Page Memorial church here, conducted bby Rev. Harry North, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church for this district. The 'body of, Mr- Page reached here early today from Pinehurst, where he died Saturday night .accompanied ' by Mrs. Page and other members of his family. It was taken to the Page Memorial church and after services there the funeral party -drove to the cemetery. Mr. Pase was buried in a grave near those of his parents. Nephews of the former ambassador actea as pan oearers. . Aesiaiani sec retary of State William M. Phillips and a" representative of the British embassy at Washington attended the funeral today together with a large crpwd from Pinehurst and the sur rounding country. Cablegrams o fsympathy have been received by Mrs. Page from King George and Queen Mary of England, Secretary A. J. Balfour and other high English officials. PRESIDENT WILSON SENDS HIS CONDOLENCE TO MRS. PAGE Paris, Dec. 24. The message sent by President - Wilson to Mrs. Page, widow of the late Walter Hines Page, former ambassador to Great Britain was as' follows: "Our hearts go out to you in deepest sympathy for. the loss of your distin- Today at A S TOR CAFE Second and Princess Streets Gifts- Kt - The GCOD guished husband whose service to the country will Ions be remembered. At a Meeting1 of Directors of the Home Savings Bank Held on Thursday, December 19, 1918, a dividend of 3 per cent was declared, payable to stockholders of record as of December 28, 1918. J. F. ROACHE, Cashier. Christmas Dinner family, at '! t V ULFS GOODMAN'S House of Fashion and Quality Ladies' Garments V THE HIGHER TYPE 0KLY The Season's Greetings Appreciating our pleasant, friendly and commercial rela tions during the pist, we take this opportunity of thanking one and all for their kind support and trust that the future will bestow Blessings, Happiness and Pros perity upon all. i LYours Very Cordially, MAN'S 3. W. H. FUCHS DEPT. STORE V. The C. W. Polvogt Company i.O OVlrt -" 7-
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