SHIPMAN CABBIES
PRINTERS’ FIGHT
INTO LEGISLATURE
Bill Introduced Directs House
and Senate Committee to
Make Investigation
- Star'* Bureau*
;il2 Tucker Bui Id ini?.
By BROCK BARNEY
RALEIGH, Jan. 10.—Printing Com
missioner M. L. Shipman threw his
fight with the local printing house of,
Edwards & Broughton into the general
assembly today when he had a bill in
troduced in both houses directing the
bouse and senate committees on print
ing to investigate the state’s con
tractual relations » with the printing
company. , . . ... . .
Mr. Shipman declares his bill is to
anticipate the alleged plans of Dr.
Charles Lee Smith, president of the
Edwards & Broughton company, to
bring about a legislative airing of the
controversy over the reprinting of su
preme court reports which had the at
tention of the state some weeks ago. <
The Shipman bill, introduced in the
senate by Woltz, of Gaston, reeds as
follows, setting forth- briefly allega
tions made against the department -of
printing by Edwards & Broughton and
asking the general assembly to in
vestigate them fully:
“Whereas the Edwards & Broughton
Printing company, one of the five con
tractors for state printing, in a letter
to the state printing commission, has
charged that 'the office of the com
missioner of labor and printing has
not endeavored to co-operate with us,
but on the contrary lias indicated an
attitude towards our work which has
caused us serious embarrassment ; has
Intimated that the department of labor
and printing is attempting its super
vision contrary to the terms of the
laws'; that ‘such work as has been al
loted to us has been small in amount
and alloted under such conditions as
to make it unprofitable, vexatious and
embarrassing’, and . 1
“Whereas, the department of labor
and printing has called upon the said
contractor, the Edwards & Brought®
printing company, for a lull of partic- (
nlars to which demand the said con
tractor has replied f am advised by my
attorneys that a bill of particulars is
entirely out of order'; therefore, be It
•'Resolved by the house of repre
sentatives, the senate concurring.
“That the committee on printing of
the house of representatives and tne
committee on printing of the senate,
be and they are hereby directed to
jointlv institute an investigation into
the administration of the state print
ing contract by the department of la
bor and printing, the work of all con
tractors and the dealings of the de
partment with . contractors; that the,
Edwards & Broughton Printing com
pany be required to file with the joint
committee herein named and also with
the department of labor and printing.;
in writing, a verified record of every
statement, allegation, or insinuation
said contractor lias made or will now
make of unfairness, partiality, or Im
proper conduct at any time on the par
Lnv member of the. department of
labor ami printing m then
with said contractor or affecting h.s
. contract, together-with 1!ho names of
all persons to whom saul contractor
has made any such statement, allega
tion. or insinuation as aforesaid.
“That jjthe committee herein named
also investigate and report on any im
proper «r unethical conduct on the
part of any state official or employe
iP„ connection with the state printing
Both the senate and the house con
fined their sessions to 30 minutes to
dav, the new bills being few. Gov
ernor Morrison’s appointment of An
drew M. Kestler, of Morganton. as ..he
new highway commissioner, succeed
ing John C. McBeo, was confined by
the senate In executive session.
When the house .adjourned today it
was in honor of Representative Rufe
Doughton, its veteran leader, who is
celebrating his 66th birthday. During
his more than a quarter of a century
of service in the house. Representative
• Boughton has sat two terms as speaker.
He also presided over the senate for
two terms as lieutenant governor. He
has the outstanding record of the
state’s assemblymen in point of years
and in the conspicuousness to his serv
ice. '
Auto Hits Monument,
Topples it Off Base
The monument to New Hanover s
war dead, unveiled last summer
Thirteenth and Market streets, was
hurled from its base yesterday after
noon when struck by an automobile
belonging: to Col, Walker Taylor.
The machine skidded while attempt
ing to avoid a heavy motor truck ap
proaching from the opposite direction,
and the rear of the car struck the
monument with terrific force.
Although the heavy column was top
pled completely off its base, the auto
mobile was but slightly damaged.
Damages to the monument will be
paid, it was announced'fast night.
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Alleged Adulterated Chocolates
Shipped Here to Be Confiscated
Alleging? that a certain amount of
chocolate shipped here by William H.
Baker, Inc., of New York, well known
manufacturing concern, was adulter
ated by its makers and shipped in in
terstate commerce in violation of the
Bure Food and Drug Act of June 30,
1906. government officials have directed
federal agents to seize the chocolate
and hold it pending a hearing to be
heffi here in the near future.
The shipment In question comprises
96 pounds of a well known brand of
c-hocolate, manufactured by William
If. Baker and shipped some time ago
by that concern via the Clyde Steam
ship company to this city, to the firm of
Andrews and Gilbert.
It is alleged ifi the papers filed In the
local federal court that the chocolate
in question has been proved bV an
analysis to contain too much cocoa
shell and is therefore adulterated and
misrepresented by the label on the
containers, and is in violation of a cer-,
tain section of the federal Pure Food
and Drug Act.
Judge H. G. Connor, signer of the
papers directing the seizure of the
chocolate, will in the near future set a
date for a hearing, which will be con
ducted in this city.
THE EMPLOYMENT
SITUATION IN THE
SOUTH IMPROVES
General Improvement Shown in
Monthly Review of Depart
ment of Labor
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The em
ployment situation throughout the
south, accprding to the monthly re
view of the department of labor,
showed generally an improvement
during the last month. Steady em
ployment was maintained In all
states, except Louisiana and Arkansas
where it was hampered to some ex
tent by seasonal curtailments.
Conditions by state follow:
Virginia: General satisfactory state
of employment generally prevalent
through the state.
North Carolina: General employ
ment in this state shows marked im
provement, comparatively few indus
trial workers are out of employment.
Textile mills and other establishments
operating full time. Fertilizer Indus
try Is fairly busy.
Charlotte—Employment situation Is
very satisfactory.
Winston - Salem — Holiday season
caused a slight decline in employ
ment.
Durham — Labor plentiful; very lit
tle unemployment.
High Point — Labor conditions bet
ter. ,
Wilmington — Industrial situation
decidedly better.
Gastonia — Labor supply and de
mand nearly equal.
Raleigh — Employment conditions
good.
South Carolina: General Improve
ment continues. Cotton mills in
creased forces with 538 workers. The
fertilizer industry is maintaining
steady forces.
.Georgia — General employment con
tions are steadily Improving, Textile
industry reveals large Increases In
forces employed.
Florida — General employment situ
ation continues satisfactory, so far as
common labor of all classes is con
cerned. Migratory labor largely un
emploved. Some of it has been absor
bed In harvesting citrus fruit and
vegetable crops. Saw and crate mills
operating full time.
Tennessee— The industrial situa
tion generally balanced. Consider
able employment Increases made in
iron and steel and lumber and slight
increases in chemicals, paper and
printing and clay products. Textiles,
coal mining, tobacco, leather, food and
kindred products and miscellaneous
industries have suffered slight de
creases in employment. Coal mines
and lumber mills badly hampered by
car shortage. Favorable weather con
ditions have permitted highway and
building construction to continue.
Memphis — Industrial employment
continues good.
Chattanooga — Employment condi
tions register marked improvement.
Knoxville—Steady giains in employ
ment.
-Nashville — Satisfactory Industrial
employment continues.
Johnson City—Labor surplus being
constantly increased by outsiders.
Jackson-—Considerable surplus of
common labor.
Maryville—All . plants running full
time.
Alabama—General labor situation Is
well balanced. Four hundred and
ninety-six miles of highway con
structeds and three large bridges at a
cost of $8,082,285.82 employs a large
amount of labor. Slight surplus of
common labor released from farms.
Mississippi—General steady employ
ment Is maintained. Textile mills, pa
per and printing and miscellaneous
industries have slightly Increased
forces. Lumber continues to be ham
pered by car and labor shortage. High
way constructioh amounting to $2,200,
000 offers much employment.
Louisiana—<3eneral employment sit
uation considered fair, being ham
pered somewhat by seasonal curtail
ments and the lumbering districts af
fected by car shortage. Textile prod
ucts made fractional additions.
Arkansas—General employment ex
perienced little Improvement, s<#sonal
declines offsetting Industrial gains.
FORECAST BY STATES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Virginia:
Fair Thursday and Friday, rising tem
perature.
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida: Fair and warmer Thurs
day and Friday.
Extreme northwest Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi: Fair arid warmer
Thursday; Friday.talr and cooler.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair and
warmer Thursday; Friday partly
cloudy and colder.
TO INSTALL OFFICERS.
Wilmington’s four Odd Fellow lodges
will conduct a Joint installation at the
Odd Fellows’ hall at 8 o’clock on the
night of January 12. All Odd Fellows
in the city are irtvited to attend.
One Million People
Affected by Decision
at Near East Parley
i
LAUSANNE, Jan. 10.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—One million human
lives are vitally affected by the de
cision reached by the near eastern
conference today. One million Mos
lems and Christians who live either in
Greece or Turkey must give up their
farms, homes and business places and
move on to find farms, homes and oc
cupations elsewhere. In the interest
of future peace between Turkey and
Greece the Mohammedans in the
Helenic peninsula must henceforth re
side in Turkey and Greek Christians
in Turkey must emigrate to Greece.
The statesmen have no illusions
about the hardships this compulsory
exchage of populations will entail on
the individuals affected.' They justi
fy their action by pointing out the
beneficient influence it will have on
the maintenance Of peace in the near
east, which the conference was sum
moned to proclaim.
That peace in some form will be
signed at Lausanne seems more prob
able in consequence of today’s de
velopments. It is reported that the
Mosul oil dispute wil be settled out
side the conference, and earnest ef
forts are being, made to find some
satisfactory formula concerning Judi
cial guarantees for foreign residents
in Turkey which will be acceptable to
the Turks.
Pender to Lay Plans
For Boll Weevil Fight
Pender county farmers and business
men will meet In Burgaw today to dis
cuss ways and means of combatting:
the boll weevil. The meeting: today
begins at 11 o’clock and is one o,f the
series fostered by Franklin Sherman,
Rtate entomologist of southeast North
Carol ina.
Following is the program:
“Growing: Cotton Under Boll Weevil
Conditions’*—J. O. Taylor.
“Marketing Farm Products Through
Livestock and Livestock Marketing:’*—
E. W. Gaither.
“The Farm Woman’s Job in the Boll
Weevil Fight”—Mrs. Estelle Smith.
“Co-operative Truck Associations’’—
C. C. Hood.
Little Hope Held Out
For C. C. Covington
Physicians attending C. G. Covington
of this city, who is ill in Greensboro,
entertain little hope for his recovery.
Advices from his bedside yesterday
Indicate that pneumonia has developed
' and his condition is critical. Mr. Cov
ington contracted influenza several
days ago.
The condition of Mrs. Covington, who
is also ill with influenza, is improving.
Spring hats and customers are being
trimmed.
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An ekamining physician for one of
the prominent Life Insurance Compa
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made the astonishing statement that
one reason why so many applicant* for
insurance are rejected is because kid
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those whose applications are declined
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BULLUCK HOSPITAL
ORGANIZES STAFF
Also Announces Expansion of
Laboratory Service and Ad- j
dion of New Equipment j
Organization of a staff association ’
and announcement of increased labora- 1
tory facilities, providing flr&t class pa
thological treatment here, were made .
by the Bulluck hospital last night: |
Dr. J. B, Cranmer was elected presi
dent of the staff, and' Dr. R. H. Davis,
secretary. .. I
Expansion of the laboratory facili
ties are due to an increased demand for
treatment that forced the hospital
management to Install additional equip
ment and provide larger quarters.
The following physicians have been '
appointed for service on the hospital
staff: " • .
Surgical—Drs. E. S. Buliucis,_ R. R.
Hart, J. A. Moore, J. F. Robertson."
Obstetrical—Drs. J. B. Cranmer. B. !
R. Graham, "W H. Moore. I
Internal medicine—Drs. R. H. Moore,
L. E. Farthing, J. C. Wessell.
Pediatrics—Drs." A. McR. Crouch, J.
B. Sidbury.
Eye, ear, nose and throat—Drs. J. D.
Freeman, W. C. Galloway, S. E. Koonce, ,
J. G. Murphy, siade A. Smith. I
Urology—Drs. W. C. Mebane, \V. G.
Peterson. I
Electro-theraneutics — Dr. G. H. i
Croom. , • j
Pathologist—Dr. R. H. Davis. \
At the next meeting of the staff, the
following papers will be read: ]
Tubercular Peritonitis:—By Dr. J. B. !
Cranmer, and Rabies by Dr. W. H. I
Moore. ' -" ]
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ON THE RHINE ARE
ORDERED HOME
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department last year to Intervene when
the war department was preparing to
bring home the entire command.
There was no other phase of the re
parations crisis upon which the state
department ofilcials had anything to
say today. Roland \V.. Boyden, unof
ficial observer for the United StateB
on the reparations commission, trans
mitted to the department the remarks |
he made at the commission’s meeting j
yesterday opposing the determination j
of the French. Italian and Belgian
commissioners to declare Germany in j
voluntary default on coal deliveries. I
The department declined to make his !
message public on the ground that he i
had been expressing his personal views. |
It Is known, however, that press reports !
as to what was said were substantial- j
I ly correct.
In holding that there were many mit
igating circumstances whlcli should
have been taken Into consideration by
the commission In reporting: a techni
cal treaty violation to the treaty pow
ers, Mr. Boyden undoubtedly expressed
a view held by officials here. As his
statement has been understood with
respect to changes necessary in the
treaty, it was to the effect that \he
demonstrated facts as to coal or timber,
in view of all circumstances, showed
that deliveries had been impose^ on
Germany by the commission’s require
ments which could not be met.
In a general avay this, beyond ques
tion, Is In hgrmony with the views of
Washington government on the broad- |
er aspects of the reparations crisis.
The disapproval of forcible measures,
expressed by Secretary Hughes In his
New Haven address, Is regarded by
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official as a satisfactory clear Indica
tion of American opinion, although ut
tered before the detailed French plan
was disclosed. Withdrawal of the
troops, after publication of that plan
and also after American efforts to
point a road to the avoidance of force
In Germany had not been taken up In
any way by the French government
apparently is to be taken as speciflcaUy
applying American disapproval to the
French scheme.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—The trans
port St. Mlhiel will sail for Europe at
noon Friday to bring back the Ameri
can troops on the Rhine whose recall
was ordered today by President Hard
ing, it was announced late this after
I noon.
Colonel- Louts H. Bash, at the army
transport base in Brooklyn, said the
vessel had been ordered to said for a
: German port, not yet designated.
I Work of stocking the St. Mihiel im
mediately was begun.
Captain Oliver, of the St. Mihiel said
| it would take 13 or 14 days to make
the voyage across.
| The St. Mihiel, built at Log Island
and commissioned three years ago, is
one of the best of the army transports.
She is equipped to carry about 1,100
officers and men oomfortably.
Army transports officers said the
vessel could be fully provisioned and
coaled' in 24 hours.
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