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TWELVE 3 - 1- . V i !3f: V v SAN LAMBERTO TAXES WATER AMID CHEERS; LAUNCHING IS PERFECT President Starrett, Among Visi- tors, Says Yard Has Pros pective Contracts Amid the shrieks of numerous whis tles and the cheering of more than a , thousand ' spectators, the giant steel tanker San Lamberto, built at the George A. Fuller company Carolina shipyard ;for the Eaerle OU Transport company. Ltd.. of London, England, was 'successfully launched at the local steel shipyard yesterday afternoon at 2:15. ClOCK. I The San Lamberto Is the first of the j two sister ships being constructed at the Carolina yard for the British Oil company to take the water. The sec ond craft is expected to go overboard In a few weeks. Promptly at the scheduled hour the key was released under the keel of the 9.200-toh tanker and, riding smoothly, the great ship, slowly at first, began her Journey clown the launchway into the waters of the Cape Fear. For an Instant -silence prevailed among ,the hundredsof spectators who had gath ered at the yard to see the mighty craft go' overboard. But as everyone real lied that the big vessel had begun her Initial Journey, a' tremendous cheer rent the 4 air. The noise of the whls- - ties and cheering continued until the San Lamberto . had completed the trip down the launchways and had settled gracefully In the river. Ship Is Christened As the great' hull of steel quivered for its start, Mrs. de Colyer," of Mont ' Clair, N. J., the sponsor, crashed a bot-. tie containing (?) upon the bow of the boat, saying, "I christen thee, San Lamberto !" Upon the sponsor stand with Mrs. de Colyer were a large num ber of officials of the George A. Fuller company, representatives of the Eagle Oil Transport company, and a number of invited guests, among whom were many persons who came to "Wilming ton from the north especially to see the steel tanker launched. Immediate ly after the launching Mrs. de Colyer was presented with a huge boquet of ; American Beauties. The launching party arrived in the city yesterday morning aboard twopri- vate Pullman oars. " In the party be sides Mrs. de Colyer were: Paul Star rett, president of the George A. Fuller company; Mr. and Mrs.JIerbert J. Carr, .of New York city; D. H. Cox, of the marine architectural firm of Stevens & Cox, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hopkins, the former a geologist of New York city; Sidney Paige, a geologist of Washington.'D. C; Mrs. T. J. Rider, of New York city; Miss Helen Brooks, of Washington, and Mrs. R. Mestres, of New York city, ' , At the union station yesterday morn ing the visitors were met by A. B. Skelding and C. J. Vaughan, officials of the Carolina shipyard; Lyman Delano and Percy R. Albright, officials of the ' Atlantic Coast Line. The ladies were taken for a sightseeing tour about the 1 ..city and county, while the men were taken to the shipyard to discuss busi ness matters. At 12:30 o'clock the launching party and a few invited guests enjoyed a luncheon at the ship yard mess hall. From there they went to the launching stand at the bow of ; the San Lamberto. After the ship had if, been docked "-all went aboard for an inspection, and after a short visit to the Cape Fear Country club the visit ors departed on a northbound train at 7 p. m. Paul Starrest Here ' Paul, Starrett, president of the George A. Fuller company, with head quarters in New York city, unexpect edly came to the city yesterday to see " the San Lamberto launched. Asked at the shipyard yesterday afternoon if " the company had signed any more conr tracts to build additional ships at the Carolina yard, he said that no new contracts had been made as yet, but that the company had two excellent prospects. President Starrett stated that he was highly pleased with the launching of the big oil tanker. ' The San Lamberto, launched yester day, is a ship of very pleasing lines. She is more than 400 feet in length, with proportional beam and draft. With boilers and engines located aft, the. vessel will have an immense cargo carrying capacity. She will be used exclusively for transporting oil. An unusual feature of the launching yesterday was that the big ship set tled In the water to a &epth that ha,d been figured exactly to the mark by the marine" engineers In the local of fice. Another feature was that Just an hour before the launching here, an other big tanker for the Eagle Oil com pany, and of the .same type" of these building here, was launched success fully at a shipyard at Staten Island, N.Y. The San Leon, the second steel oil -tanker being built at the Carolina yard Tor the British concern. Is rapidly near ': Jng the stage of completion when she can be launched. Other than those men will be necessary to put the finishing . touches on the San Lamberto at the wet dooks, all shipbuilders will be con Vcentrated upon the San Leon. The San '. Lamberto is approximately 98 per cent .complete. WILL LAY CORNERSTONE OF HOSPITAL TUESDAY Leader of Colored Masons to Speak Here - The ; cornerstone for tne colored Community hospital, ne'ar the corner of : Seventh and Red Cross streets, will be laid with an impressive ceremony Tues- i day night at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. J. E. 8hephard. grandmaster of the colored V Masons of North Carolina, will be the principal speaker of the occasion. . The colored Masons of. the city Trill 'assemble at Giblem hall at 7 o'clock f and will march to the hospital in a , body. After the laying of the corner stone by Dr. Shephard, he will be en- ; tertained at a reception at Eastern Star hall. K Everybody is invited to at ".-. speaking of Dr. Shephard, who will make his address in St. stc,' church. The hospital will be open for the reception In about a month, and already a large part of the Instruments ' ftnd equipment have been,, received. ,, REV. MR. SIGM03V WILI, PREACH, AT ST. PAUL'S i 5 Rev. Mr. Sigmon, of. Columbia, s. C vwlll conduct services , at St. Paul's ' .Evangelical Lutheran - church - this V morning and evening, onLaccount of the , absence from the city of Rev. J. c. ,Seegers, the pastor, who is In Chicago! attending an evangelical' meeting. Rev. Mr. Sigmon will preach at St.: Paul's this morning , at 11 o'clock : and also at the evening ' service," com mencing at 8, o'clock. The public is ' cordially invited to attend both OFFICERS ELECTED BY THE VEILED PROPHETS Sepa Grotto In Annual Session Makes Some Changes In Its By-Laws Sepa Grotto No. 79. Mystic Order of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, has elected officers for the en suing year and made some changes in the rules and regulations of the grotto. . Following are the new of ficers named. Friday night, in the chapter room of the Masonic temple: .Monarch, C. A. "Williams; chief jus tice, J. E. "W. Cook; master of cere monies, Chas. E. Newcombe; treasurer, E. M. Beery; secretary, S. L. Boyd. , " Marshal, captain of the guard, sentinel and orator are to be appointed. Mon arch E. E. Graham installed the of ficers named. The by.laws wer amended - to fix the annual meeting for the last Satur day evening in January of each year. Semi-annual sessions will be held the first Friday in June, and special ses sions at the call of the monarch, no tices being mailed each member. The auditing committee, E. L. "White, S. L. Boyd and H. H. Springs, found the reports of the secretary and treas urer satisfactory, revealing a healthy condition of the grotto's business af fairs. . The following resolutions were pre pared by P.-ophet C. B. Newcombe and presented by Past Monarch P. B. Bell: . Section 1 There shall be' a commit tee of seven, composed of the monarch, chief justice, master of ceremonies and four members of the grotto, to be known as the advisory council. The monarch shall be chairman thereof and the secretary of the grotto shall be the clerk. Section 2 The four members of the advisory council shall be selected by the grotto as follows: Immediately after the adoption of this article the grotto shall elect two members to serve until the annual meeting in 1922 and two members to serve until the annual meeting in 1923; and at the annual meeting of the grotto, two members of the grotto shall be elected for two years. Section 3 The powers, duties and authority of the advisory council shall be as follows: To have charge of and be respon sible for all details obtaining to the preparations for conferring of degrees; fixing dates for ceremonials and pro viding: a program therefor; to make such expenditures as may in Its dis cretion be necessary for the success and proper accomplishment of the work and for the current expenses of the grotto; to arrange for entertainment; to employ such help and assistance as may to the council seem proper and expedient for the conduct of the work and ceremonials or for entertainment; to keep written records of its meetings and to make contracts for rent and of paraphernalia. The four members of, the advisory board were elected as follows: ' Rev. F. D. Dean and Paul B. Bell for two years; Horace T. King and Dr. "W. C. Mebane for one year. The membership of the grotto is now more than 400 and big doings are being cooked up for this year. There will be several dances and entertain ments, details to be supplied the prophets from time to time. PER CAPITA EXPENSE OF CITY MIS-STATED Mayor Moore Corrects Chapel Hill Calculations In a statement for The Str, Mayor Moore directs attention to inaccurate figures recently sent out from Chapel Hill in connection with a comparison of per capita expenditures of numer ous cities. Instead of a per capita ex penditure of $29.94 annually by the city of Wilmington, he said, calcula tions on the basis of the city's budget and population show the correct figure to be $19.68. The mayor refers, inci dentally, to the important fact, as shown in the Chapel Hill story, that all of our cities are spending entirely too little on parks and means of rec reation. His statement follows: "In your issue of the 27th, under the heading 'State Cities Spend Less.' In a communication dated at Chapel HUT, comparative reference is made to cost of municipal governments In North Carolina as against an average of some 146 cities of relative Importance. I note that the expenditure of the city of 'Wllmington for its government is given as $29.94 annually per capital There is evidently a serious error in the print or in the calculations or basis ttsed. ' "The budget of the city of "Wilming ton Is $656,885.00 for the year ending May 31, 1921. The population of the city of "Wilmington, United States cen sus, for 1920, is given as 33,332. , It is evment tnat the average per capita for our city is less than $20--$18.68 .to be accurate. Included in the budget figures Is an appropriation of $18,000 per annum for the cancellation of bonds. ' "An average of budgets for the last ten years', figured by an ayerage pop ulation, would Indicate a still lower per capita cost. But the above Is 'suf ficient. One statement in the article referred to is worthy of note that all of our cities are spending too little in parks and meanB of recreation." SMOKE CAUSES IffEAVY L.OSS TO FRANK. ROSS, GROCER Timely discovery yesterday morning at 6:30 o'clock of fire in the grocery store of Frank M. Ross, 223 Market street, probably saved the large stock of groceries in the establishment and the building from destruction. The fire department answered the call sent in by William P. Sanders, who dis covered the blaze In the rear of -the store. The flames' were extinguished by the chemical, apparatus., - : Mr. Ross estimated that his , stock was damaged td-the extent of $3,00Q or $4,000, mostly from smoke. . The building was full, of smoke when Mr. Sanders opened-,, the door yesterday morning and the smoke was Intense that it' blackened ; almost everything in the store. '. "'V OFFICERS EJECTED . v The annual meeting of Sepa Grotto, No. 79, Mystic Order of- the ; Veiled Prophets, of the Enchanted Realm; was held - .in the Masonic . temple' Friday night and . the officers1 who -will serve during the ensuing year' were : elected as follows: Monarch, C. A. Williams; chief justice, J. E. W. Cook; master of ceremonies, C. B. Newcombe; secretary, S. L.' Boyd; treasurer; Eugene M. Beery. Rev. Frank A: Dean,: Horace King, Paul B. Bell and Dr. William C. Me bane, "were "named an executive com mittee to : handle all business matters to com before the order;: during " the present year. '' a - ,f v,.',;,.. CANVASS FOR NURSES! HOME TO BE STARTED HERE FEBRUARY 15TH Mr. Elliott to Direct Campaign for Binding Fund of $100,000 - In order to provide a nurses' home, something vitally essential in the suci cssful conduct of a large hospital, and to meet urgent needs, certain public-spirited citizens of .this city are to launch a drive for $i0O,O00 to pro vide such an addition at "the James "Walker Memorial , hospital. The date of the inauguration of the campaign has been set for February: 15th .and plans are already well under way, headquarters having been opened in the Home Savings bank building. From;the headquarters the campaign will.be di rected and persons may call there, f of any information regarding the needs of the hospital and the necessity, of waging a campaign at this time.- It is stated .upon the authority of those who have devoted much time to the management and-' upbuilding of the institution that a campaign would .not be waged at this time if it were not for the absolute necessity of meeting the needs of the hour and without de day. It was the urgency of the cause that induced George B. Elliott, gen eral counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, to lay aside stress of work and consent to become general chairman of the campaign. Mr. pillott declared that he was impelled to do so by reason of the urgent nature of the case and that he felt certain that when the people of the city and county fully realize the situation they' will promptly and liberally respond. He set forth the object of the campaign as threefold:- "First, the board of managers of Jhe hospital has in mind the vital neces sity of enlarging the circle of those who shall render effective service to the institution. ' The James Walker Memorial hospital has served the com munity for the past twenty -years and in all its history has never made a public appeal for Tunds. The hospital has helped everybody and now needs everybody's help.. The management .of the hospital has been under the care and direction of a few public-spirited citizens who have served without re-v muneration and at a considerable ex penditure of time and money. Now In its needs the hospital appeals for the support of the whole community. "The second object is to wipe out a deficit of approximately $30,600.00 in curred wholly in making necessary per manent improvements and repairs in the past six years. The indebtedness of the hospital is not due to expendi tures in the running expense of the institution. By careful management and through generosity of a few citi zens the management has always been able to meet the current operating ex penses. " "The third imperative need is $75,000 for a nurses' home. This 1b made neces sary by reason of the crowded condi tion of the hospital. The nurses are now occupying rooms badly needed for surgical and medical cases and the re lease of these rooms will give ad ditional revenue estimated as sufficient to offset the expense of maintaining the new nurses' home." General Chairman Elliott expects in a short time to announce the person nel of, the executive committee to have charge of the campaign. Trinity, 37 1 Wake Forest, 21 Important Point RALEIGH, Jan. 29. Trinity tonight defeated Wajce Forest in one of the snappiest basketball games played in the capitol this season. The Methodists piled up 27 points to 21 scored by their Baptist opponents. Advertising is a bigger, better and busier method of putting your best foot forward. . i Six Billion Dollars of savings in the 635 savings banks of the United States is the proof that ten million depositors have profited by the message of the centuries, "Spend Less Than You Earn." The savings- of ten thousand depositors are earning 4 per cent interest in this strong bank, com pounded quarterly. Why r not you ? The Peoples Savings Bank ' . Corner of Front and Princess Streets D AV ID ' S Half-BMee ' Sale We Offer Our Entire Stock of Boys' Clothes At a Saving,of 50 Per Cent Included in this sale ner & Marx-Made Boys' Clothes 1 The A. DAVID CO. Merchant TaUors, Clothiers, Haberdashers ' DURHAM "Y" FIVE TO " PiiAY THiRAiNBOVS Excellent Team Will Meet Locals Iii the Y. M. C. A. . v February 7 The Durham "Y" five, acclaimed the best basketball team in the state, will play Wilmington's best, the "Rain bows," Monday night, a week hence, or February 7, at 8:30- o'clock, in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, and it is be lieved that . the basketball fans and fannies of the city will provide a record-breaking attendance for' this game.. " V The .Durham quintet has been re garded for several years as being the best basketball team in North Caro lina, and '.the success this team has had , during the present season is the best it has ever had. This will mean that the local "Rainbows" will have to "run some" to win the game here. " The line up of , th 'tobacco boys" includes such stars as Leo Man gum, Brick Starling and Capt. Sis Perry; this" trio has made a record in basket-ball and other sports in this state. Mangtim was a star young pitcher for the Pittsburgh Nationals; Brick Star ling threw the goal for Trinity college last year in the game "that won the state championship, and Captv Perry is a former Carolina star. Cline, the giant captain of the State A. and E. college team last, year, who piloted his team within a game of the state championship, will play right guard and will be assisted by Edgar Heflin, former Durham High captain and an AllState " high school guard. Foots Knight, hero of many a high school; college and Y. M. C. A. basketball battle, . is some, player. Eddie Lougee and Luddy, Harriss, two first string subs, who have been giving the reg ular players ' a tight run for their re spective positions, will accompany the team to Wilmington.- " C. R. Clark, di rector of physical education, will be in charge of the Durham team. The Durham five recently completed a week's trip, on which it played the Norfolk Navy Yard team, University of North Carolina, ,Unlversity of South Carolina, Spartanburg Y. M. C A, Trin ity college and the State A. and E. college. While the Wilmington "Rainbows' can not boast of having any college graduates in the line up, the team members have graduated and won their degrees in the art' of basketball by proven ability and their victories of eight out of ten games is offered as ample proof that they are qualified basketball players. Although the star midget forwards of the "Rainbows," Schuster and Griffith, will very likely be out of the game on. account of in juries received in the Wilson garao a few weeks ago. Bill Montgomery, pilot ing the "Rainbows," has two excellent forwards in Charles Bell and Chris. Gerdes, who are fast p4ayers and un usual good tossers. " Herman (Big Six) Gerdes takes care of center, as he is in a class by himself. "Shorty" Gore and Bill Montgomery two giant "Rain bow" guards, it is believed will be able to stay any two forwards Durham may select. Gore and Montgomery have thrown more goals this season that the men they guarded threw. Only a little over two goals each per man have been thrown on this pair per game this Beason. The team members request that ev ery basketball fan and f annle support them by their presence at this game on the night of February 7, not only for the privilege of witnessing two top teams in action, but also for the purpose of assisting the home team to pay the heavy expenses necessarily in curred in staging such an important basketball game. Every Consumer thanks the adver tising that led her to a real bargain. LOST A ladles' dress coat on a ship yard car, Saturday night at 10 o'clook. -Finder will receive reward by returning same to 121 1-2 Market treet. l-30-2t are our Hart Schaff- UNION WEN INVADE 1 - -.---,.4, , . ;.v4. " -- CONTRACTING FIELD . ( , - I Promise Saving of Twenty Per Cent by Eliminating: the "Middleman" J. M. Maughlln, president of - the Building Trades council, which is fighting the proposed reduction in wages paid carpenters, painters, ma sons, plumbers and other commercial builders, announced yesterday that the union men had already begun figuring on building contracts and that a call at the office of the. council, No. 26, Garrell -building, would convince a prospective builder that he can be saved at least twenty per cent on the cost of all building by -placing the work directly in the hands of the union men. Asked If there had "been any further developments among the union men regarding the twenty per cent cut In wages as proposed by the contractors, President ' Maughlln last night said that the local union of electricians met on Friday night and, like the carpen ters painters and steel - workers, re solved riot to accept the reduction as proposed for February 28. v Under the caption, "Facts in Regard ot the Cost of Building." Mr. Maughlin last night handed the following state ment to The Star for publication: "Prospective 'builders are invited to call at the office of the Building Trades council, room No. 26, Garrelt building, where they can be convinced of a saving- of at least 20 per cent on the cost of all building. ' "Competent men- can be secured to supervise the construction, and compe tent mechanics can be secured for your work. "Why not eliminate the middleman and keep the price of the overhead ex pense In your, own pocket? "A contractor who will figure a fair profit on actual cost of material and labor is necessary in the building field; but the - profiteering contractor who pads his figures on material and labor and then proceeds to add an exorbi tant profit, is a menace to the public in any community, and any organiza tion of contractors who agree to figure in this manner is nothing but a drain on the funds which . should be ex pended in building." BOTS TO HEAR STATE Y. M. C A. SECRETARY J. Wilson' Smith, of Charlotte, state Young Men's Christian association sec retary, is to address the regular Sun day Boys' Mass meeting at the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Smith has the reputation of being one of the best speakers in North Car olina and as his subject will be of unusual interest to boys, a large au dience is expected. The meeting will be held in the gymnasium of the local association. As a special feature of the mass meeting, the male quartette of Calvary Baptist church will render a number of selections. The quartette is com posed of Messrs. Carey P. Herring, J. E. Allard, C. V. Lewis and R. H. Smith. The Australian sheep dofes are the smallest in the world, but are quick and lively. One dog can do the work of half a dosen men. A Chelsea (England) patient has died in Hanwell asylum who was sent there 41 years ago. His maintenance cost the Chelsea guardians over $6,000. 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