THE MORNING. STAJlJ. WILMINGTON, N.' C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920.
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A PORT COLUMN
News and Gossip of the Wa
, ter front Movements of
Craft, Reported Locally And
j By Telegraph.
The American Steamship Lake Glas
fco, under command of Captaln'Mar
tln, -which came to this port severa
days agro with a cargo consigned to
Heide and company, left yesterday
, afternoon at 3 c-clock for Jackson
ville. ... making the trip light.
Dredging started at the foot of
Market street for the new ferry slips
has been temporarily held up. on "ac
count of the piling not having been
"removed. The Diamond Steamboat
and Wrecking company will " begin
work on the removal of the piles
thi3 morning. , The' dredging will be
resumed ecross the nver today.
- The ferry landing place on the
Brunswick side from today will be
opposite the foot of Dock street. The
ferry has been using the Dock street
landing for the New Hanover side
since the dredging first commenced.
This will be the last change in the
ferry route until the work is com
plete and it moves baack" to its per
manent quarters. For the land ap
proach to the Brunswick side, - ar
rangements have been made with J.
,"W. Brooks forva permit to cross his
yard. The road leading up to . thlf
landing is-now being-put. in commis
sion. ' The steamer Tempaisen Malu an
chored off Cape Fear bar last night
and will come up this morning. The
eteamer brings 7.000 tons of nitrate
of soda and will unload at the .Wil
mington compress. Owned by Wessel,
Duvall & Co., of New York city, the
steamer Is, consigned to Heide & Co.
VESSELS IS PORT
steamskip
? City of Omaha (Am.) 9,600. tons,
Carolina Shipbuilding Co.
City of Winston-Salem (Am.) 9.600
tons, Carolina Snipbullding Co.
Lake Flume (Am.) 1,606s tons. Oap
,tain Dawson, Clyde Steamship com
pany, n
v Schooner
W. H. Richard, Captain Moore,
iZZ tons, C. J. Mafflt and Co.
SHIP NEWS BY WIRE . ,
Charleston Arrived: Str. 'Sacan
daga, from Hamburg; Norfolk, from
Cuba for New York.
, Norfolk Arrived: Strs. Bonne
JTerre, La Palomas; Lake Fairlle, Phil
adelphia; Lake Sopor, Newport News;
.Lancaster. Castle (Br.), New York;
Iake Fluvanna, Boston; Wachusett,
j;ew York; Rexmoore (Br.), Newport
Kews; Camito (Br.), Avonmouth; Al
sace (Br.), La Pallice; Corrales, Porti
land, Me.. Sailed: . Strs. Lake Fluv
anna, Newport News;. Corrales, Man
fcanillo; Wachusett, Manzanillo; Cam
ito (Br.). Kingston; Lancaster Castle
(Br.), Montevideo; Ryufuku Maru
(Jap.), Rio de Janeiro; Jufuku Maru
(Jap.), Baltimore; Alsace (Br.), Iqui-.
que.
. Newport News Arrivedr Strs. Bell
atrlx (Du.), Norfolk: Wallowa, Nor
folk; Nashotah, Marseilles; Vildfugal
(Nor.)." New York. Sailed: Strs.
Schiedijk (Du.), -Rotterdam via Bos
ton; Singapore Maru (Jap.), Baltimore;
Lyngo (Nor.), Korseor; William C.
Warden, Port Lobos.
Jacksonville Sailed: Strs. Tripp.
Yokohama, via Cristobal; Juniata, Bal-
tivnore, via Savannah.
Savannah Arrived: Str. Lake Ben
bow, Texas City. Cleared: Strs.
Emilia (It.), Venice; Ozette, Bremen.
Sailed: Strs. Western Wave, Liver
pool, via Charleston; Merrimack,
Tacksonville.
MOMI T. A -TOTAL WRECK
Norfolk, Vsu, Jan, 27. Going ashore
In the gale and snowstorm last night
the four-masted schooner Moml - T-.
475 tons net, is tonight a total wreck
and fast going to pieces Just south
of Currituck Inlet on the North Caro
lina coast. The crew and one wo'raan
on -board the vessel were rescued by
'the .coast 'guard of station No. 170.
. ' The schooner struck the beach last
flight and it was not until this morn
ing that the life-guards from No.
170 assisted by the crews from other
yiearby . stations, were able to get . a
lifeboat through the surf. The cap
tain, the other members of tlje crew,
and a woman, understood to be the
captain's wife were rescued.
. ; LENAPE IS FLOATED
Jacksonville,' Fla., , Jan. Z77 The
Clyde Line steamer LenapeJ which
yesterday morning went on the south
; jetty when her steering gear broke
as she was entering the river '.from
--New York, was floated this morning
-and came up to her pier. The vessel
' , wasonly , slightly damaged.
WOULD OFFER $100,000 ,
v FOR WEEVIL REMEDY
Resolution Introduced In South
v Carolina House '.
Columbia, S. C... Jan. 27. A reward
: of $100000 Is offered for the state of
- South Ca.rolina to the person who dis
' jovera and. provides a successf ul rem
v. edy"for the cotton boll weevil, In a
Joint .resolution offered in , the house
of representatives of the general as
sembly today by Representative Mor
. ison of Charleston. .
; ' The, resolution -provides that persons
Ending toll weeyil remedies will de
liver them to the commissioner of agri
culture, that official to appoint a com-
i mission of ten or more reliable persons
to test them. . ' V
For Itching Eczema,
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Old Spires and Piles
"I guarantee . ra.y ; liniment," says
Pete-son of Buffalo, "to Cure, f ff.ama
" : to stop the itching at once: and any
reliable druggist will cheerfully re
fund your money if PETERSON'S
OINTMENT' doesn't do Everything I
,i 111 -a n ' .
say 11 win uv. -
William A. Carley of . Franklin, N.
Y.', is surely -a wise maul. - He writes:
T ur.ed PETERSON'S OINTMENT n
a little boy suffering with eczema, it
. A the work." J '
Then there is Alex Lcuttel, a brave,
--fireman of Buffalo. who is glad to
write as follows:. "I had an old sore
on my leg for many years. The best
doctors failed. PETERSON'S OINT-
' mrnt entirely healed the sore aniir.
' ly." And from over in Canada comes
a letter from A. i Blockeby, stating:
"TVi bARt'thinel fever hit for itch in r
piles Is PETERSON'S OINTMENT." A
. big .box for . 60 cents. Mall 'orders
. fl led by Peterson Ointment. Co., Inc.,
' R.'lFt. Pellamy will - supply,, you
- iadv. , ' . 1
CHARGES NEGLECT
y OF DISABLED MEN
Says Sick And Wounded
Faring Poorly . '
Washington, Jan. . 27. Sick " and
wounded soldiers ' are not receiving
the treatment "guaranteed .them by
law," Representative . Johnson, repub
lican, South Dakota, who -served In
the A. E. F., declared today in tell
ing the house of "his recent visits to
government hospitals.
"Because of ignorance or negli
gence or wilful disregard of the laws
by Carter Glass, secretary of the
treasury, pr Rupert Blue, surgeon
general," . Baid Representative John
son, sick' and wounded American sol
diers are not receiving treatment that
can be . justified by anyone who has
any regard for the well-being of the
men v who fought to maintain the
country."
TAPPE thumper quits
THE DIAMOND ONCE MORE
"Home Run" Baker Says He's
Through With Game
New York, Jan. 27. Miller Huggins.
manager of the New York Americans,
announced today that J. Frapklln
Baker, the hard-hitting "third .. base
jnan of the Yankees, has probably
played his last league ball. Huggins
returned here today from a visit to
Baker's farm at Trappe. Md.,. where
he tried to induce Baker to play one
more year with the club.
"Baker gave me little hopes that
he 'would again put on a big' league
uniform." said Huggins. - "He said
his Business Interests in Maryland
required him to stay there.
'Though Baker will be very wel
come if he should change his mind
I shall make plans for the - coming
season without considering him for
third base. 1 shall play Wilson Few
ster at third base and hope to get
another man for the outfield."
f6reign exchange
slumping sharply
Another Collapse Brings New
Low Levels , - T
New York, Jan. 27. Another col
lapse of more sweeping dimensions
attended local dealings in foreign ex
change today. 1 -
Rates on - all the important. Euro
pean countries sagged to new levels
of discount, carrying .long remits
tances . to the Scandinavian centers,
heretofore immune.
Today's low rate of-$3.55 In sterling
exchange against the par of $4.86 5-8,
represented a discount of thirty per
cent. The low Paris rate of 13.02
francs to the American . dollar, im
plied a discount of sixty per cent.
Belgian francs at .15.14 were almost
seventy per cent under par.
DANIELS TO ATTEND
CUMMINGS DINNER
Governor Edwards vNot- Among
The Speakers
New York, Jan. 27. Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, it was announced
tonight, has been added to the list of
speakers .who have accepted invita
tions for - the- testimonial dinner to
Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the
democratic national committee, to ' be
given here February 5 under the au
spices of "the National Democratic
club. . -
A revised list of speakers did - not
include Gov. Edward I, " Edwards, of
"New Jersey., . as had been ; announced.
His name appears among the accept
ances as gnests of honor, together
with- Joseph. P, Tumulty, Assistant
Secretary of..the Navy Roosevelt, Nor
man , E. Mack, national committeeman
from New York; and Charles F. Mur
phy, leader of Tammany Hall.
PRE-SEASOX GAMES ARE
SCHEDULED BY SENATORS
'Tampa! Fla.,' Jan. 27. Twentv-six
pre-season " games have been sched
uled oy the Washington .Americans
who will train here, . It ' was ' an
nounced today. Seven will be nlaved
here with the Indianapolis American
association club, the Havana club,
champions of . the Havana winter
league and the Cincinnati Reds. Two
games, may be added with xthe local
Florida state league club.
The first contingent of the Sena
tors will arrive March and the re
mainder March 10. The schedule. In
dianapolis tt Tampa, March 15, 16;
Cubans at - Tampa, -March . 17, .18, 19,
20; Indianapolis at St. . Petersburg
March 22; Cincinnati at Tampa, March
23, 24; at Orlando March 25; Miami,
March 26, 27.
Brooklyn at Jacksonville, March 29;
Cincinnati at Charleston. March 30.
Columbia, March. 31; Greenville, April
i; Kaieign, April ?; Washington, April
3, 4; Richmond, April 5; Portsmouth,
April 6; Danville, April 7; Roanoke,
April 8; Clarksburg, April 9; Cincin
nati, 10, 11. , U
CLAIM CONCENTRATION
OF FINNISH TRANSPORTS
Archangel, Jan. 27. -A North TRussia
government communication issued to
day saysf -v. :
"A force of 2.000 Finns with ma
chine guns and a long train of horse
ana reindeer transports, have con
centrated on the frontier near" Petch
enga, the main body of which, ordered
to advance in the direction of Petch
enga, already has crossed the Russian
frontier. The inhabitants of the bor
der villages are fleeing, panic-stricken
, for refuere In Norwav. (If is
feared it Is the intention of the Finns
to loct tjie treasures' of the Petch
enga monastery." "
The' Petchenga region . is in north
ern Finland, where the river of the
same name "empties into, the Arctic
ocean, a short distance east of the
Tromsoe district of Norway.
-PATTERSON WINNER
Chicago,. Jan. 27.? A . surprise "was
sprung in the national amateur . three-
cushion billiard championship tonight
when W. B.- Huey, of Chicago, former
world champion,, was defeated by-C.
E. Patterson, also of Chicago, 50 to 47
in seventy innings. Huey was expected
to make a strong showing. Both jnen
Arthur Newman. --of "Brooklyn, is the
had a high run . of four. ' V. ;
titleholder. : i ' " ' '
GOODRICH NOT RUNNING
. Indianapolis, '. : Jan..'' 27. -Governor
Goodrich, of . Ohio, in , a. statement . Is
sued tonight, declined to allow his
name t- be used as a : presidential
possibility - in the republican preferen
tial primary - in Indiana-, in- May,-;
RODMAN WAN AMAKER ir '
a AND PARTY RESCUED
Spend Hours In I Storm-Tossed
' Seaplane
- West Palm Beach; Fla., - Janl 2?-
Rodman . Wanamaker II, 'of Philadel-
d the othr five ttiembeirs of his
nirv arrived tat '.Palm Beanh late to-
night after having spent twenty-fou? j
hours during a storm at sea In a six- I Heat is abso
passenger seaplane piloted; by, Lieut".- i lutely. : necessary
Comander David H. McCHlloch. a mem?
ber of the NC-3 crew during her -trans-
Atlantic flight. . '' f r. . t 'V;v--,' '
J- A later telephone message' " from
Lieut. Commander;McCulloch. said that
engine ' trouble .forced him to alight
in a rough sejT and heavy wind thirtSV
miles off Palm. Beach and that they
drifted all night, and all : today. They
were without .food .and had -very little
water, his message to. the Aera Limited,
a commercial .company operating aero
planes between this city and the Bar
hamas and Cuba,, -tonight -said. When
he finally repaired his - . motors' sufr
flciently to get' under way the seaplane
had drifted seventy-eight miles north
arid he taxied, into Vero
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SUSPECT SOCIALISTS OF -r:
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MENTAL RESERVATIONSlck-Lyr'y;"' --V' :
Made Basis Of Charge 6f
: .' Unfitness. ; '
Albany N. . Y., Jan. 27.r Tactics
adopted by the prosecutionat the. trial
of the five suspended socialist as
semblymen charged with disloyalty
served to substantiate, the report
that counsel " for the ' assembly judi
ciary committee will seek to prove
the socialists unfit to . serve ' because
they took their ' oaths, of office "with
mental reservations." . - v ;
-Two new witnesses took the stand
oday Willard B; Bottome of Yonk
ers,. a shorthand reporter,- and ' Mieh
ael J. Driscoll' of New York, a spec
ial - agent for the joint legislative
committee -Investigating- t radicalism.
Four other . witnesses were recalled.
All six were used by the--prosecution
to-''-; produce documentary - evidencet"
none was subjected to le'hgthy exami
nation. WILL STILL RECEIVE - . -
' ' " LIQ.UOR INVENTORIES
Washington, Jan.. 27. -Commissioner'
Roper,- of -. the bureau of -. internal reVe-
nue, tonight; instructed internaL reve'-;
nue collectors to continue -under cer--tain
conditions to receive inventories
of -liouor-stocks until Feb. 1.--
Time for filling these reports orlgi-
nally 'expired today, but the'- bureau!
was unable to prepare all of the forms'
required. Mr. Roper's instructions:
were that where the liquor 'owner pre-:
viously had requested the "forms and
had not received them, he would be
given until February 10 to comply with
the law. j, ,
EXTENSION ASKED.
Paris, Jan. 27j (Havas)-The ' Hun
garian delegation has asked for an ex
tension of time for. delivery of its ob-
servations r on the allied 'peace' condl-j
lions, ine requescjsDa8ea cnieny: op
the fact that the national assembly
will not meet until Feb. 7 and the del
egates who for the most part are mem-'
bers'of the assembly, desire to par
ticipate in the proceedings . in order
to explain the situation; to tehjf col
leagues. , ' ' :. I t: ' '. ;
WOOD PULP DECREASES V.
Washington, Jan. ;: 29.' Stocks ot
wood pulp of the grade used In - the
manufacture of - newsprint paper , at
domestic. paper mills was slightly less
than nine days average output, during
the month of December, the monthly
wood pulp reviews of the federal' trade
commission shows. The mills supplies
of wood pulp of all grades shows a
decrease during the month, total
stocks on hand at the end of the month
amounting, to only, 183,326 -tons. ; '
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Dr. M." Buettner
PODIATRIST
(Treatment Confined - to Feet)
400 Mnrchigon -Bufldinff -Pkone
653 ' 2 '
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Was Captured Today
and '
Store Is Closed
Tomorrow
FOLLOW THE TRACTS
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A good.'hot rniistarH nlaRter or poul
tice is " pretty sure to overcome most
rneumaue r pains,'
I aji
id even . sciatica
faVd- gout, .but it's
J " -you iwapt; per
rnanentf r e 1 i e f.
Begy's Musfarine-
made of true yei'
low mustard, with"
pairiTrelieving in
gredients added, 1$
just as ;hot,-v is
cheaper, , cleaner
and more -effective
-than the old
fashioned poultice
r plaster and can--not
blister. , .
Besides rheuma-
tic. pains. ".a n d
swellings Begy's '
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, speeauy. errective
1 L?fhVUS;f ?'
tis. nleurisy. b-rnnchttla
-sore throat
l chest colds and all aches and pains be-
cau?? heak eass. Pain 30 and 60 cents!
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" ' RESOURCES : -
Loans and discounts .$2,081,769.97
Liberty bonds and other se-
. curities v... .. ".V.:. s 294,515.72
Real estate . . . . V. . . V
Furniture and fixtures . . . . . V
Cash Resources -Loans
on call in
New York . .$300,000.00
, Other demand
" Loans . . . . . :
"Dare ; f r om
banks . .. .
Cash in vault. .
103,960.00
Total
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Accounts of
USE THE ? STAR1WANTS
PACE POWDER
Clinging
Invisible
XT TONDERFULLY
Vv and fin it
adheres so closely as to
seem to belong to the
skin itself. Never gives
that codrse ttmake-up,,,
look. And the exquisite
Jonteel fragrance makes
. it a delight to use. Have
vou tried it? Take a box
home today.
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JAMES B. LYNCH
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'ODD FiLtOWS building
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Statement Of Condition
ank & ixiist Combanv
OF WILMINGTON, N. C.
Close of Business. December J
48,736.30
27,737.58
585,092.08
176,494.68 1,165,546.76
r.v$3,618,306.33r
Total1
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There is an Italian proverb which says: 'The
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Living above one's circumstances certainly courts
the danger of -soon living beneath them.
The 'safe way the one which, brings greatest
peace of mind is to spend Jess than you earn,
and to ' systematically deposit the amount of the
difference in a savings bank where it will work and
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FOR SALE or HIRE
Just received an assortment of Buggies, Steel and Rub
ber: Tires. All kinds of Livery and-Furniture Moving a
specialty. " We have some Nice Saddle Horses also. If yu
want-any heavy hauling or grading see us. We have some
fine young ; Mules and'Hofses ready for work.
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rnllr Sfroof . .I ' Tclonfinni No. 124
Of The
31stif 1919
- LIABILITIES: ,
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Capital, surplus profits 232,723.91
Dividends unpaid 6,36000
Acceptances , . . ........... 22,940.81
Deposits ! ; - ;
Banks . .. . . . $1,383,066.40
Individuals . 1,973,215.21 3,356,281.61
$3,618,306.33
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