THE MOJINING STAR. WILMINGTON, N.C TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920
TWO
PURELY VOLUNTARY
TRAINING RETAINED,
IN MILITARY BILL
Proposal Will Now Go Into Con
ference For Adjustment
By Managers
T-t 7 T- 3
Eddie s Glassy
Flmgineln Vain;
HigH
Trium
ph
Morning Star Outfit Is Nosed
Out By Casey Blackburn's
Boys In Opening Game Of The
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Washington. April 12. The senate
refused today to strike out of the army
reorganization bill the provision for
voluntary" "universal " training recently
substituted for the military commit
tee's plan for obligatory training. The
motion of. Senator McKellar,; de'mocrat,
Tennessee, to strike out was defeated,
37 -to 8. .
The . action of the senate was ex
pected to result in carrying the vol
untary training proposal. into confer
ence" for adjustment by senate and
. house managers.
. ' . Age ' Limit Restricted. .
. Only youths between 18 and 21 years
of age would be accepted for "the vol
untary training under an amendment
'f suggested today by CAairman Wads
worth and written into" the bill. ' The
"previous age limits '"were from 18 to
" 28 years, and, because of -the reduced
limits, Senator ' Lenroot, republican,
Wisconsin, withdrew .hie proposal to
restrict voluntary training enlistments
to -100,000 men anually. -
Twenty-five republicans were joined
by twelve democrats in holding the
voluntary traipi.ng plan in the bill. '
, Two republicans, Borah, of Idaho,
e.nd; Gronna, of . North - Dakota ' voted,
with he following democrats; to elimi
nate the training sections': , '
Dial, South Carolina; Harrison, Mis
sissippi; Klrby, Arkansas; McKellar,
Tennessee; Reed, Missouri; Swansop,
Virginia, and Trammell, Florida. ' -
The senate also defeated an amend
ment by Senator McKellar to require
three hours daily education of all sol
diers of the regular army.
Army Appropriation Bill.
In the house, the military commit
tee, completed and will, report tomor
row the regular army appropriation
bill, carrying $337,246,944, a decrease of
$605,553,076 from the war department's
; estimates. Rigid economy is neces
sary in face of a deficit of several bil
lion dollars, Chairman Kahn raid in
the majority report on the bill, adding
. the . sums provided .would meet the
needs of the military establishment
during the next fiscal year. . ;
. Committee figures are based on an
V : army of 17g,000 enlisted men and 16,000
officers, as against a total strength of
.576,000 proposed by the department.
REPUBLICAN BOYS
ARE SMELLING OUT
ANOTHER SCANDAL
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serted that favored contractors and
architects generally had a hand in
framing the cost-plus contract, which.
It was claimed, though! denied by the
f minority, did not safeguard the gov
ernment's interests.
The majority asserted that there, was
delay in the construction work; citing
that night work was not performed,
but the minority said "the average time
for constructing each building in the
entire ' sixteen cantonments was about
forty-six minutes."
Complaints by the majority of loafing
by the workmen the minority" also said
was "effectually answered by this rec
ord." It was admitted by the minority,
however, that there was some loafing.
Among Its many conclusions, the ma
jority charged the law creating the
council of national defense and per
mitting establishment of subordinate
bodies "was perverted from its clear
Intention and. transcended, particularly
in matters relating to construction
work." The subordinate bodies, it was
. said, became "in fact actual dominant
functioning organizations," and that
v the emergency construction committee,
headed by Colonel Starrett, procured
separation of the contonment division
' from the war department and then
. "usurped and dominated functions of
that division." . f
Government Not Safeguarded.
Further, the majority said, the maxi
mum limitation of a fee or amount
earned by a contractor was not a safe
guard j:o the government, that extrava
gant expenditures were made general
ly, that, contrary to the intention of
the lawyers drafting the contract, that
"sub-contracting was generally prac
ticed," 'that the schedule of rentals was
"exorbitant" and that "the chief factor
toward inefficiency and idleness was
the general knowledge among work
men that the contract was on a cost
plus percentage basis."
The conclusions of the majority also
declared that failure to classify car
. penters correctly alone caused a loss
of $400,000 for each cantonment, that
"there was delay in calling troops .for
training because of a delay In con
, struction," and that "as a result of the
system used the cantonments cost from
forty to sixty per cent, more than, the
amounts for which they could have
bsen, built." . '
The exact costs of the construction
d.t J X II , 1 -I '
me majoriiy conciuaea, may never De
known. r
Specific Investigations of conditions
"were made at camps Sherman, in
Ohio, and Grant, In Illinois, at which
" the majority said, "the waste, idleness
. and extravagance disclosed," also "ex
isted at other camps."
. The legislation which the - majority
recommended to be, enacted by con
gress would prohibit, cost-plus con
tracts1 on 'government - work, prevent
officials from '. discarding the competi
tive bid system, place war activities",
not military, under a system of "fixed
responsibility," give' war workers gen
erally commissions "in the proper corps
or txmy of the service," make the engi
neer corps ' of the army responsible
and j in charge ct ail army "construe-
tion- and restrict "the sub-contracting
.evil. , '
(BY GOLLY) .
The' late James Boswell, who used
to pitch for Doctor ' Sam - Johnson - in
the London Literary league, has. been
cracked up as A bear-cat by some com
petent observers, but he cannot be con
sidered ; a real contender for the pre
mier honors of the Boswell family.
His record pales into near-beer when
viewed alongside- the performance of
Eddie Boswell, who slipped .'em, over
"the 'plate - at" Robert ' Strange ,play
ground on the' occasion of a sociable
little seven-frame -engagement between-
The- Morning --'Star- rbaSeballers
and Coach Blackburn's unshaven high
school pets yesterday afternoon. ?
It's a mattert t be whispered In
bated" breath . and lower . case that
Eddie, for all his-gorgeouB Blab -service,'
emerged with peace. , but not vic
tory. The Hir Yi', fellers had .drunk too
deeply of theirs, training concoction,
presumably of " four-leaf clover and
stump water; nd It jnay! as well de
velop now as later, on that trustworthy
statistics give the final'accounting, as
follows: 'High School, y 5; . Morning
Star, 4. "'.
One. Hit . Off Eddie v
In the course of seven innings ,: (the
Highs not, taking' their halt of the
final), eighteen batters faced- the
mighty ' Edward; fourteen- of them,
added to the force of the sgale that
swept the field, "by 'whiffing, in vain
fury. ' Of them "all, Eli . Hand alone
connected for a natural. -"The story of
how that single cleany swatletv was
nurtured and' grew tothe estate of
five healthy 1 runs would'' consume tons
of newsprint in the telling, but the
inference' : thaf " somebody blundered
should riot be set aside" nastily or un
considered. Somebody did, now and
then; but "with the -best of intentions
and perhaps occasionally in self-defense..
Eddie's support was only 2.75
per cent at times, and the low visibil
ity of his fast ones placed a severe
handicap on the receiving end of the
battery. One1, catcher was retired to
the. infield by shell-shock midway the
battle, and his successor was picking
butterfles off ; the.. Wind before the day
was done. . ' '
For a spell, the high school lads
were treated to the run of their sweet!
young llvesi but they came up with a
fighting smile that won the breaks for!
them in the sixth; and before matters
were adjusted again they had chalked
Q. E. D. on the blackboard in forty?
eight point caps.. Though baffled at
bat by . Boswell s whi?z bangs, the Hi
Yi clubmen disclosed' keenness on the
bases and in the field.. ...Whatever, came
their way they turned to excellent ac
count. . They also enlivened the . pro
ceedings on a couple of occasions by
springing, the venerable hidden-ball
trick that the late Noah is believed to
have used in holding the admissions
to the Ark down to his allotment of
passes. The laugh was not on them,
however, for, alas,, the trick worked
except when his. honor,, the umps, hap
pened ' to -. be . Dusy lopKing straignt
ahead and. adjusting his lid 'for a de
cision at-the plate.
Morris. Also Strong
Buck Morris did the mound duties
for the Highs and kept fairly clear of
trouble except in. the third round. In
the course of that frolicsome frame, he
and trouble Were one and -well-nigh
inseparable. His outfielders .were kept
busy calculating " windage, range and
deflection, and Buck himself was fully
entitled . td all of . the imaginings of
one who is charging a machine gun
nest. But a swallow is not summer.
Ah end of the shouting and tumlt re
vealed just four runs for the. pub
licists, and, ' though these . four com
pared favorably with the two at that
.time registered for. the opposition, they
left a sad deficiency at the finish. There
was 'a noteworthy' smoothing out, of
the Highs' defensive work as the
game progressed, and Misfer Morris
himself kept the-situation more closely
in hand. Even "n the third; when his
offerings were rapped rather feverish
ly, there would have been a less Sub
stantial' account against him if flaws
had not crept Into the game of his sup
porters. In seven Innings he relieved
nine batsmen -of their responsibility f
by thestrike out method which is no
slouch'as a whiff record and dealt
free transportation to three. There' is
some argument as to the number . of
hits he allowed especially, among the
persons who claim to have done the!
fritting. Unhappily, the box score has
been submitted with its totals and in
dividual entries seriously out 'of har
mony. . It is, therefore, censored, as a
means of allaying further ' arguments
Without passing around any individual
credit slips it' may be estimated, how
ever, that Buck's allowance of nat-i
urals was something like five or six,
and, at that,, making allowance for the
gale his outer gardeners had to battle
with. - yy''-' ' -j;.---rv.'-;.? f .
I. Cates, the well known sportsman,
apparently was the only ringer in the
game, he performingr.'for' The Star,
both at second and short catch-as-
catch" style, and . in, goodL style at that,
Messrs. Maxwell and Kite did the best
they could with the job of umpiringi
and were denounced accordingly. ' ;
The line-up: ;v.v.- ?"
High School- Shepardy second base; !
Hand, third base; Green short; Morris,
pitcher; Boushee, first base; Waldhoret,
catcher; Pen ton, center field; Moore,
ileft field; Zoeller, right field . Vv.
Morning Star: -Barlleld. -first baser
LeVene, third base; Bowers, catcher.
and short ; Boswell,. pitcher;, Hodges,
right- field; Cates, : short .- and .aecondr
base;tPridgen, left field; Pratt, center
field; Archer, catcher, and, second base..
Curtis Takes A
fling At M'Caig
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Asking-permission from Mayor Moore
tc : make personal remarks. Council Joe
Curtis last night ended the weekly ses
sion of city -councu by directing a
broadside at Councilman W. D. McCaig.
' .Mr. McCaig sat in" silence during the
-course of-'the "oration-arid then moved
for adjournment. ; . y v - ;
Mr. Curtis based his remarks on the
alleged attempts of McCaig to "ride"
him. He also took a rap at the mayor
and asserted, that while, he was classed'
by McCaig as being ignorant of parlia
mentary law that other' rriembers were
also not so well informed.- (ThiB re
Ynark was brought forth by the mayor's
previous- admission of error at a meet
ing two weeks ago.) y .
The councilman .from the Fifth ward
PENNSYLVANIA , . :
READY TO BALLOT
; FOR PRESIDENCY
Only One Contest To, Be Decid
ed By Vote Of The
Entire State ;
Chicago, April 12- Those "republi
cans pt the state of .Illinois who exercise-a.
voter's prerogative at the presi
dential primary tomorrow will decide
before nightfall whether their gover
nor, Frank O. ;Lowden, . tr General
Leonard Wood shall be their choice for
. - 1 mwuuuvo VJ. Lilt? 1CVUW11V w
declared that h.e. had been bundled out j - . . -
1 November, election, v -
This will be the only contest of the
of hlB department,nagged continously
and accused of ignorance of . parlia
mentary procedure.
' He asserted that he would not
"toady" tp ; any yraan." on -the council,
and declared McCaig exerted more in
fluence 'than any other one man. He
alsc expressed a desire to stand for
anything just. .
yardrileri's association, and stated that
no 'parley wpuld be entered into in
any circumstanc.es.- In requesting ne
gotiations, looking toward the ehtl. of
the - strik - President Grunau," of the
Yardmen's association, said contracts
the railroads have ' with the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and the
Switchrrien's Union of North America
did not apply to membership in his
union. . Grunau denied - that the
switchman's strike was illegal.
' . "The . brotKerhood chiefs who -accuse
us should come with clean hands,?
he ' said.': ; "'The Brotherhood of Rail- located Outside-.of Chicago.
primary that will .be decided a,, vote
of the entire state. In seven of the
25 congressional districts, however,
the contest for district delegates to
the' Chicago convention promises to
be hard . fought. In these seven dis
trlcts, candidates for delegates - who
have Indicated their intention oT sup-
tortlng Governor Lowden, are opposed
by delegates who are recorded,as;hay
ing no preference, while in one dis
trict, the first, no avowed Lowden dele
gate is on th list. In. the other sev
enteen districts; " however, none but
Lowden men appear on the ballot. -
Contesting candidates lor election as
delegates are found in s the . Second,
Third ' and Fourth' districts, y all of
which are located in the city of Chi
cago, and , the Tenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth and Twenty-second . districts,
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' Muck Depends Upon the CigaYxm Choose
fHE best half hqur of
jj the day I Supper over,
; ; .the day1 work done,
its worries and perplexities
behind you. Ease and con
tentment ; before you. A
hsdf hour of rest and relax
ation. Nothing adds so
much to that half-hour as
a really good, satisfying
smoke. But ;
road Trainmen took' a strike vote in
secret two weeks ago. Ballots were
cast at .140 points and authorized
brotherhood officers , to call a strike if
their demands for increased pay and
better working conditions were not
granted.1 If our strike, clearly called
in the open, is Illegal, what do they
call tactics like, that?" -
J. A. Farquharson, an officer of, the
Brotherhood of Railroad v Trainmen,
said Grunau's charge was a'fabrica
tion out of whole cloth." ' : , .: '
Following the first big break' In. the
strike at Columbus, where six "hundred
switchmen on Sunday voted - to return
to work, strikers in a number of other
cities today returned to duty or decided
to go .back tomorrow. ; ,y
Strikers Return To Work
At Payton Ohio, 300 switchmen voted
to end "the strike tomorrow', while at
Syracuse, switchmen, on. the New York
Central and the Delaware, Lackawana
and Western '.railroads decided to re
turn tomorrow. ' At, Saginaw, 120 rail
road", workers? were back on duty to
day, and sixty employes of the Grand
Trunk railroad" returned at Battle
Creek. .'. . y !, . . v ' '
"Passenger service 'was reported vir
tually . normal at St Louis arid" the
strike of yardmen .was said to be'on
the wane. . '' y . -i ":
i Sufeject to approval by railroad man
agers, Syracuse switchmen on the New
York Central and the Delaware, Lack
awanna and " Western Railroad ' com
panies, voted" late today to, return to
work at 7" aVsm. tomorrow, pending" the
outeome of. a. conference with chiefs
of the brotherhoods in Washington, to
which four delegates from each road's
employes were appoihted.
There axe no candidates entered for
presidential endorsement honors - on
the democratic side. Governor Edward
I. , Edwards, of New Jersey having
withdrawn his name after ithad been
properly . presented. .
The Vote is expected to be larger
than-would ordinarily be the case inasmuch-.
as the attorney general - of
the state has ruled that women will
be permitted to vote m this primary.
The ballots upon which the women
.will -mark their votes will-be separate
from the reeular ballots. ' This ' is
beini; done in order to maker-it a sim
ple matter to throw them put, in case
adverse jTulings ; to the voting of
women iare 'received "after4 the prf
ary. 1 ' --- 'yy! '
NOTICE -NORTH
CAROLINA "
, . In the Superior Court
NEW HANOVER COUNTY
HENRY HALL. J. .'
THALIA HALU- " '- ' -; : ' ' ' '
.The defendant bove. named will take
notice that an action entitled as above
has been, commenced in the Superior
joort :or -New 'Hanover county by the
plaintiff "for the- purpose' of obtaining
a divorce fr.qnv the defendant; and the
said defendant is further notified that
she is required to appear at the term
of the Superior Court of said County
to be held on the 17th day of May,
1920, at the Cowrt House of said County
in, the City of Wilminfcton, N. C, and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will apply
to tne uourt ror tne reiier demanded in
said compJalnt. k-
. . . i W. N.; HARRISS,"
Clerk of the; Superior Court. ;
This 12th day of April. 1920. Uy
Be Sure that it is an ELrREES-SO
Why ? Because El-Rees-So is a combination of comfortable
- mildness and mellow richness that is found but rarely. It's like
;.a touchstone to happiness set in smile of contentment.
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El-Rees-Sd is" sold at a
'price that is surprising
ly low. Give them a
- trial today I .;
Y?u' Like Them
EL-REES-SO CIGAR
COMPANY
GREENSBORO, N. C
TRADEMARK
REGISTERED
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iinuuiri ft. ittif . . iiiiuj tit . . n u r . .. j . l
GSffioijEer'-aserilfe and handed it ' Mrs.MpkfcMtUer, Okla.
down to daughter and granddangh-i ' J.gSZJS
ter. It helped them all is a boon -dmggist I used btelja
to all v Tromen and . ydnng girls. vrE and it . cured me.
ntr-' ti:i' "Turi-uif- -1 caimow do all my own ,
Cordial" GUARANTEED if the - ' .
FIEST bottle gives no benefit the tt Mrs. V. K. UzzelK uf.
dealer vfrom which-itas -bought V:?'. .fefore jtook ,
iwill.HEFUNl) THE" MONEY The
IX presenption of -an old family pbysi-f onthgf ona ,
cian,-ia;iise.f6r three generations.; "bottle I was better. My -f
3to Prep. 4k Mfr. - - , complexion ua - oiearea 1
THATCHER MEDICINE CO. g fd I hae gained 20
AMERICANS ARE FEEDING
THOUSANDS OP GERMANS
'Berlin, April 12. Privations suffered
by children and nursing mothers in the
industrial areas of the Ruhr "valley,
Baxony and Siliscia are so severe the
, 'American Society . o Friends' .relief
y committee for Germany has decided 'to
extend its operations to include 750,()00
- women and children in fifty cities.
Alfred Scattergood and Harold Evans,
holjh of Philadelphia, ? said .today the
organization was ; feeding ;o,owo cnua
ren in this city and more in other cen
jters. y ... ; ... y . ..; . .., . -.'.
MENACING SITUATION
CONFRONTS NEW YORIT
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had caused a serldus ' stoppage of:
freight and paffcenger' traffic and the
closing of several Industries dependent
on the railroads for supplies.'
The situation in" the Chicago yards
showed a marked 1 ifiprovement, and
reports frpni other large railroad cen--f
ters in the middle: -west indicated that
the crisis of the-'strlke Was past and
that-strkers were returning .to work .in-l
considerable nimors.j.:.(y: i' " .
Officials of . ralrbad brotherhoods,
who have . been flghtinie the strike
since inceptiojr, -were confident that the
breaking u$ of; the walkout ih the
Chicago., territory Vould - be .followed
by a general resumption of - work- in
other areas. . - ,.. ... ..... .
t No Negotiations Are On. !
The general lhanager association to
day denied that any negotiations were
being carried C oh with.. the . ; outlaw
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We are prepared to quote very at-
tractive prices on these. We be:
lieve them to be the best values on
the market.
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come this rash thse R.Shnl ySiyOt SHAVING STICK Uoo6ih.
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Settle that argument. Settle it riht: Don't insist upon having the
last word, merely because your lungs are stronger than those of
your opppnent. Speak softly; and cary the big stick of assurance
that comes of knowing your ground. ; . ; '
, questions come up in a day 'sourse. Some of them go un-
;answered or answered only m p ; ; ;
:e Star invites yoii tamfeu6ur to enclose it with a
twcent: stamp iri:n envelope -sliid to address : ; T r
. Frederick J. Ilaskin,' Director I :'y,y i- 'y
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