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- ... - - PAGES 1 TO 10 SECOND SECTION STATE NEWS AUTOMOBILES FOUNDED 7 VOL. CVL No. 169. WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. ir 'u ir OftL-POWER PROJECT THE RIVER SEVERN Development Is Proposed km Bv Engineers on British Tidal Stream Sjnrp III. i!iri.iiutv.oi yuiency OJ a . tl:atcr first vc knnwn ''!!s havfl gazed with covetous eyes '' ... ilinost inflnit onrrtr it r... ;in,i scnemes 01 au oegrees of ' .V; jhiMtv have been DroDogert fnr ..-ast'd power lor me worK CiVU- aiion. thpso rather fanciful en o-o-a 4.1..- . m . .1U'M ' ' ' V; Q.- . have heen unaoie to survive the ' e .ifa.-Hcal inpphanlpi mnA 4h I ' 1 ; j 1 t. . . - - - W . I HtC I Idoa nas remamea in tne com- J I'kv.M hut unprogressive stage of a -j.voiojnif nt in tne luture. From jiis cat gory, however, it now appears "', hi.Mi siiirtdenlv removail Vi tv I Una1 v. wj .us .nnouncomf nt. from no less authorita- live a t101'. mo unuaa ministry ( trnnr0"'. 01 reraarKawy compre- 30'ver plnt on the estuary of the verr river, between England and 7llf Severn projects cans tor a usa u outnut of 500.000 hp. continuously ,,r 10 IlOUis a uciy, icijuiJiug me in- ,ra!lation of two complete plants,, with If, siupcndous total rating of more iiin l.500.n00 hp. It is the arrange- T.mt of these two separate power for c-o-operative action tnat con- suiutos tne ingenious teature 01 tne 1,-iii. The first work to be undertaken TO.il'l Lilt: li'iiaillivl'Vll KfL. p, 1 Clll (,ri.0fl-rpiurete dam extending literally :roui e ai li pho're as far as the central iiiinnel. and tnen turning upstream lifii'.sr its fides and terminating in a oik. l irf enough to accommodate any vosscl. In the lateral parts of this nail it is tne intention 10 nans uio- n?tic sluice gates, opening inward il.cn the tide presses against them. and thn closing to prevent the escape ,f tre impounded water. Built into the ran? of the dam paralleling the chan- nc win. ne me puwcj vmui iieou, equipped with a huge battery of verti al mixed-flow turbines, 10 ft. in di iiiiieter. the channel serving as their ;ai!race. These will have a, working period of seven hours, beginning with n-5-ft. It ad soon after the tide begins :o ill. reaching a maximum 3.0-ft. head n ;l.ref and a half or four hours, with a possible drop of 10 ft. in one hour, ltd then diminishing until there is a iivt-liour period, of no operation at all. With this changing head, the tur bine speed would vary between 40 and vj r.pm. Direct-current generators of separately excited type will be driven hrcugh h'eligai gearing at' '300 tb w500 rp.m.. and will develop a constant voltage of 52,, ;y4th aarjyhjrujcx.ent SPRING MANUF Hotel Wilmington output controlled either automatically or by an attendant. The current will .?.US6V .drlve largre 'otary convert ,l Verln altrnating current at $30 volts, and this , will be stepped up by transformers to 60,000 volts for transmission. Not less than 1,000,000 np will. be the maximum output of this plant. ' Ten miles from this huge installation is the proposed, location of the second ary plant, of over 500,000-bp. maxi mum capacity. It isjon the bank of the river Wye, a Severn trti-mtarv Tintevn Abbey, and its main feature! wiiuen nam across a neighbor ing valley, forming a gigantic storage reservoir at a considerable elevation above, the river mouth. Between this artificial lake and the Wye. a tuhnal of 40 "ft. diameter is to be driven through solid rock for more that, a mile. The plant equipment, as planned, vonoisis oi a Dank or 13,000-kw. alter nating, current motors, of a type oper- - a. kjrjv- ttDie aiso as generators. Of these ma- Chinas Oft nT ncnt mill v. V ti.. - v.. . . . w i mo ill uucnon type, ana tne remaining 10 per cent synchronous. They will operate at a speed of 275 r.p.m., at 2,200 volts' pressure. This enormous group of electrical machines will absorb all the current the primary plant generates in excess of the first 500,000 hp., which will be distributed for industrial purposes. Thus at the peak of the tidal head, when the estuary plant is producing 1,000,000 hp. or more, the powerful mo tors of the secondary plant on the Wye will be Running to full capacity. DEATHS OF CHILDREN ARB INCREASING IX BUDAPEST PARIS, Jan. 30. (Correspondence Associated Press). A startling in crease in the number of deaths of chil dren in Budapest in the past year is shown by official reports of the Buda pest health department received here. -The figures of 1914 which showed that the number of" births exceeded the deaths by 208,000, were approsimately reversed in 1920. Forty-five per cent of the deaths were of children under seven years, while 37 per cent were of children from the homes or the poorest people. "This proves," the health department states, "that infant mortality in Hun gary is due chiefly to miserable condi tions in general and particularly to un derfeeding. THE WEATHER PLANT Browne: Reed works in the weather bureau. Towne: Is he any good as a prog nosticator? Browne: Why, that fellow can posi tively smell any atmospheric change! Towne: A regular storm scenter, eh? Cartoons Magazine. FEBREWERY BLUES When the, raisin mash is stewing, ' And ttie .worm is in the still. There's a pile of gravel waiting In the graveyard on the hill. .nm,CartftaMagaaine.-. Charmm A D AG Sample Rooms "Those FAMOUS SCIENTISTS IN APPEAL FOR CHILDREN Those of Austria Subnormal on Account of Their Terrible Undernourishment VIENNA, Jan. 28. (Correspondence Associated PresB).. Three internation ally known Austrian - physicians have joined in a statement to the effect that Austrian children will remain perma nently stunted in growth unless ade quate relief Is given immediately. The physicians are Dr. Eiselsberg, Vienna brain specialist and one of the leading surgeons of the, city; and. Drs. Lorenz and Firquet, the latter inventor of the tuberculin test and for two years pro fessor at Johns Hopkins university. The statement which has been made by request says: "We the undersigned, wish to bring to the attention of the world that re cent statistics gathered in Vienna show Austrian children subnormal both in weight and height. Recent ex amination of apprentices in Vienna re vealed that boys of 17 years of age have an average height of five feet, two inches, instead of the normal height of five feet, six inches, and that their weight averaged 101 pounds, in stead of a normal weight of 114 1-2 pounds. "Altogether we may state that at the end of juvenile growth the "average boys of Vienna are about four inches below normal height and about 16 pounds below normal weight. Girls are correspondingly 'stunted. "We also believe, from a medical standpoint, these children will never have their normal weight and height but will go throush life in this stunted condition. We believe that children of succeeding age and classes, unless given sufficient food will also remain underdeveloped and so go through -life. "An awful proof of under-nourish-ment is great distortion, caused by rickets, or limbs of nearly all the chil dren who come to orthopedic wards. "A most depressing fact is the fre quent occurrence that young boys and girls, asking for relief of severe pains in their feet or legs, are ascertained to be dragging themselves on broken bones, which had cracked noiselessly and given way on account of the un healthful condition of their emaciated systems. Such deplorable develop ments were unheard of previous to the war and can now. only- be combatted by giving the children adequate and suf ficient food." 1 COLORLESS . I I. know a- lass with brfght black eyes. But she's green as a park; She dyes her hair a golden tint. And thinks she keeps it dark: . . Oartons'ki;agazlne. " ONE-THIRD M g Chic Models in Other $7.50 I I 1 1 Who Know Our URERS' ROI.OSBOHO ROTA11IANS HAVE BAXftlET AND SHORT TALKS t a v. ... I.i 4 rriia. 11... GOLDSBORO, Feb. 19. A banquet Tuesday evening was given bv the' Rotary club to the wives of the mem- ! bers. It was. in charge of four bache lor members of the club Emmett Rob inson, Kennon Borden, Charles Thomp son and Herman Weil. Rev. A. R. Free man njade an interesting talk on the Chinese relief work. He showed the necessity of haying a campaign for the North Carolina committee now engaged in ' raising the,' relief fund, and ex plained that the Rotary clubs - of this state were engaged in this work, and received a handsome contribution from those present. The members with their wives and other friends present then partook of a splendid supper. After the supper, Kenneth C. Royall, O. A. Ham ilton, George S. Dewey, Dr. Wm. Smith and others made short addresses. Va rious amusements were furnished, and a most enjoyable time spent by all those present. The Goldsboro Rotary club Is young, in years, but alive and always busy. Misses Sallie, Lucy and Elizabeth Dortch, Florence Jones and May John son, constituting a delegation from the Raleigh chapter or tlieRed Cross, spent Tuesday here inspecting the cafeteria of the Goldsboro Woman's club, and got information on its opera tion and management, the Raleigh Red Cross having in view the establish ment of a cafetieria. There will be a community song service at the Messenger opera house Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mayor S. S. McNinch, of Charlotte, will be guest of honor and deliver an address. Professor Russell, of New York, will direct the singing. There was a de lightful square dance at the commun ity building Thursday night. The Thursday night' dance has become a feature every week, and large crowds attend. . W. D. Morris is connned to his home in Ash street by illness. Mrs. Arnold Borden is visiting friends in Richmond, Va E. M, Land and Thos. O'Berry are spending a few days in Richmond. R. E. Elk gave an entertainment to his fellow members of the Loyal Bible class of the. First Christian church at his home Thursday evening. AMERICA'S BIGGEST APfLE TREE IS 8 FEET AROUND GREENSBORO Ga., Feb. 19. Geor gia believes it has probably the largest apple tree in in the United States. It measures eight feet in circumference at its base, .is very tall and has a spread of limbs measuring 48 feet. W. J. Bryan, who soon will celebrate his SOth birthday, planted, the tree 52 years ago in Greene county and it is still bearing, a crop of luscious apples' an nually. ' -:" ' A solid silver telephone with a gold transmitter, supported by four bronze figures, is owned by the queen .pf AT FROM AND Tricolette, f abrics at to UN to Merchandise Never Question Our CLASS RULE IN RUSSIA IS A BRUTAL SYSTEM Lenine and Trotzky Live on the Fat of the Land While Others Starve BERLIN, Feb. 1. (Correspondence Associated Press). There is a class system In Russia more rigid than in what the bolsheviki call the "capital istic countries," and it even extends to ' the manner in which soap is ra tioned, says M. Schwartz, the San Francisco socialist who recently was released from prison in Moscow and sent with his dying wife to the Estho nian border. "Before I went to Russia and saAv the soviet government at close range, I believed Lenine and Trotzky were real ly trying to do away with the class system," said M. Schwartz in telling many interesting details of his sojourn in the land of th6 soivets, supplement ing the statement which he made im mediately upon his arrival here. "I soon found out in Petrograd and Moscow ajid other Russian cities and villages triat the class systemunder the bolshevists is more fixed than in capitalistic countries," he went on. "This system is administered with ut ter disregard for human rights and the teachings of modern civilization. "Lenine and Trotzky and their as sociates at the top of the scheme en joy the greatest luxury. There Is plenty of food for the commissars, but the folks further down the scale are rationed according to their attitude to ward the government. "Even the soap is graded according to the class system. The commissars have good toilet soap. Slightly less de sirable soap is given to their immedi ate subordinates and ' there are third and fourth grade soaps for those further away from the Kremlin crowd. The fellow who gets the fourth grade soap must have a terrible time scrub bing up with it for it is, about like pumic stone. "I can't see why laboring people the world over should support another kind of class gpvernment . in .Russia, a class government which is ruthless, brutal and unjust to a degree that would overthrow any set of rulers not supported by a gigantic army." said Mr. Schwartz. "My fellow workers in England and America have been hood winked, many of them, by such mien as John Reed and other communists who didn't know the Russian lan guage;" - ' 1 "I found the opposition to the gov ernment was universal. Men, women and children of all classes with whom I talked told me of the horror of the situation. And bear in mind that these people talked at the peril of their lives. If I had repeated . .what- they- said- fto any" official "of the government they DER OFF $35.00 SALES would probably have been shot. But their misery Is s6 great they are in different to their fate and they can't refrain from talking to a stranger." Mr. Schwartz was born in Germany, but was taken to Russia by his parents when he wag still an; Infant and grew up in Odessa and, Kiev- He attended a Russian university and became an offi cer in the old army. When about 27 years old he went to America, where he became a citizen and has lived for 27 years. He first worked in America as a street railway, employe and then became a labor organizer JAPAN MUST HAVE' LARGER SPACE FOR HER MILLIONS TOKIO, Jan. 20. (Correspondence Associated Press). Japans economic future demands on more territory as an outlet for her increasing population. In the opinion of Professor Horiye of Keio university, in a discussion of the economic conditions of the empire. He said: "Whatever justifiable cause there may have been for the ' wars modern Japan has fought there can be no doubt that this consciousness of terri torial limitations have played no small part in bringing them to suc cessful issues.. "With Formosa, Korea, and also practically a part of .Manchuria added to the. empire. Is the nation now free from, all economic apprehension? The answer is of course 'no.' Should Ja pan then look about for a fresh ac quisition of territory? What about emigration? Japan proposed and fail ed to put through the principle of ra cial quality, at the recent peace con ference in Paris. The proposal de served approval If Its aim was ' to es tablish an abstract principle, but was wrong in its motive if it was intended to afford a solution of the immigra tion problem. "Again, to send people abroad in or- der to profit by their savings is a mean way to enrich a country. And it is only natural tnat a country 01 nign- er civilization snouia odjpci 10 sucn emigrants. Such a solution of the problem of over-population is unwor thy of Japan which claims to be a great power, besides being quite im practicable under present day interna tional conditions." WANTS LAWS .IN THE GERMAN ROME, Jan. 31. (Correspondence Associated Press). The German mu nicipalities in Trentino which were taken from . Austria by Italy as a re- ! suit of the war have refused to re ceive the laws of Italy when printed in Italian. Copies of the laws sent to the German communities by the Ital ian government have been returned, in some cases with the comment ' written on theih, "we are Germans." Others wrote, "please- send , us a translation. We don't "know what all this is about." Newspapers of Rome urged the govern ment to have the laws printed in Ger man, pointing out that Switzerland publishes her laws in three languages. vThis word "school" ;is-.der.lVe"frphi the Greek" "schole," "meaning "leisure. Tricotine and WEAR SPAfiir Prices"; . SOUTHERN CHILE HAD BAD CASE OF 'QUAKE One Hundred and Ninety-Two-Earth Shocks Were Regis tered in Six Days SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 10. (Corr spondence Associated Press). On a hundred and ninety-two earthquake shocks were registered in six days in the zone affected by the seismic and volcanic disturbances in the mountain ous region of the provinces of Valdl- via and Cautin, in southern Chile. few weeks ago, according to belated advices to the ministry of interior. So far as is known there was no loss of life. The official reports now available', supplementing the earlier information forwarded by cable, lay stress upcfi 1 At. . 1 1 M a. . r . . m a me violence 01 tne snocics ana tn changes in the conformation of the country which resulted. The disturbance is believed to have been due to an explosive eruption of the snow-capped volcano Villarlca, 9, 000 feet high, which is near the town of Pucon, in Valdivia. It is thought the crater of the volcano became plug ged during the periods of inactivity and that the mountain blew Its head off with the accompaniment of the vio lent earthquakes. The volcano is said to : be of the type that, as a rule, does not emit molten lava, but ejects pum ice and volcanic ash. 1 The shocks began shortly before mld night December 9 and for three hours were almost continuous, terrifying the population, most of which are Indians The most violent quake lasted 20 sec onds. The whole region vibrated In termittently during the next five days. Entire hills were razed -and many cattle were killed by falling trees. Much damage was done to "small build ings in the town of .Pucon. which is a port of entry from Argentina; parts of the International highway to Argen tina were destroyed; two lumber mills were wrecked and a third was totally buried under a mass of earth and rock. Lake Vlllarica rose five feet, late subsiding, while Lake Caburgua is re ported to have sunk 15 feet. The Tur bio river, which had its source on the side of Mount ' Villarlca, disappeared entirely and the Tancura river, which flows in the, valley bearing that name, shrank to half- Its normal flow. ' The district affected is one of tha most' picturesque in Chile. Latest ad vices said Villarlca had quieted. J BARE NECESSITIES ( "You used to consider a well dressed wife a necessity to any successful busU ness man!" . , , ... ..., "KowtTiey'reeftfng to be' bare ftV' cessities!" 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