SECTION ONE PAGES 1VT0 8 r.c ,.! in il c . . . . , X. X VOLXCVIII. NO. 152. , V RALEIGH, N. O, SUNDAY MORNING, JAN. 4, 1914. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. . SPELLING ERRORS liiiraifiii Hl3Y H0FNE MONU MILLIONS IRI SCENES AT FUNERALS OF VICTIMS OF CHRISTMAS HORROR AT CALUMET TO THE NORTH. .UNA 5 WOMEN OF TttJ CONFEDERACY MMBEMSIfe 1 . t t Jit! foe the RefiefL J Draws Good Natured Com : Professor t M t TTWri WSV HEARINGS - BEGIN JAN. 16 ' Vv ' i' NEWS- FROM CHAPEL HILL N. GLENN WILLIAMS CASE mm li ' V ll ' THE AS 4 Historical Reference tov State untversltyj iftyOTjears Ago, 430 Students There TheiH- Make up:tf9J4 Football Schedule i''-,Dr; !; Royster f Makes 3 Glaring Exhibit. : By .' B- vUXTER.) Chapel. Hill. -Jan'.' I. Bad spelling- t Hi)fcoaaySuivettiani7ttttoir-of i' th laws of unity, and Simitar other 1 1 I oCCensa against th English' language 'f an among the catalogued aina o I commonly lodged ' against-the college w - trained youth. In too many Instance . Hi .(, ..IAa tnMH fr re ?. sons of tha collage, bred man's in ability to' produce a "clean slate" In refbai and written" expression of tha English, long u ago. Tha frequency at , tending the eommi'ti) of such com- ) tnon error by ueh a largs percent ; ; ago of tha - ffeShmaii clhas of the ; TJnlveralty of North Carolina haa led Dr.-James P. Rojt,er, head of the ' department of English nf the t nlver - ally, to moult Into the aauaatlon far : such a Multitude -of erfora in English . composition,' Htu Investigation re- solves Kself Into a plan for "more emphatic hTh achool - tnatructWn - In tha fairly simple nrnttrof Kngliss composition.". ' ' The Article, .which appear 'tn the ;tJUa-WrvtrontT'ief the 'NortfcGaro una uign pcnooi uuiieiin, majces a 4laring echlblt of ' error of spelling, unoltMM iwi,' sentence slrurtorc, :.(, 'jjrrgg;'Twwf batch nf in.Tt lgh:ibosa..Mn .Vcshman class of tha Univeraity in the fall ci 19 IS. The error of spell- i?msmFK ar-raty --te4e-l. hlblt, and tha Engllah profeeeor em v, phatlcally urge that It la better that teacher ahould ipend a wieli.: if a y iveek la- nmtmrmcXrM Mhlrjf .i jjpll lhav thr ,i on and only ne c In . necemnry, ana that 'there are two -i-a' In feparata rather, -than, the ln ntructor should apend ten mlnutu In . tonJtlng the atudent'a apelllng of ob , sedulous qp4 cataclysm aure. Borne ol h represBUtiv errnre. set forth 'tin. the Wat ot. trilsipelUd word are: J wimbr for . whether; apeach for iaoeeoh. aentane for sentence; Dre- fVie tet prepate. 'vjl lpl forv whipp4- j meat. rort meant, ana atheistic for athletic,. .;:,.. . I " rRotfr it unmlatakably plain (hat the rudiment of correct I eipreaaion anouta nave clear ngni-or- way over an'mpa - ai - oeauiiwi oi tytc, figure speech and -the nlce tla of eeflteno atructure.. For, yi the Vnlveraity profemor of EnglUhr, 'do you expect" thfOnlrnary high- t nohool ' i tudcnt to take great care about the contraction of hi sen- tencex or the fuloese of hla punctual lion If you aak him to express hi ideaj about the Laocoon group, the grandeur ef the mountain ocenerj', or the roinanlio qualltiea of Burn' verte" :' TtlBadlTifr1ta column of "What Was News Fifty Year Ago," as reprinted from it own sheet of a half century ngo,' Thursday's Richmond Tlme Dlipatch enrrirs this historical note of -the -ITittrarelty f North "Carolina: "In mCO. there were 4S0 student at Chapel Hill; in 1SI there Were ty-three, all of whom were either too ?-oung;- to gt into i.h army or were physically . incapacitated for service. The senior class of 1 1(0 numbered ll men. One-venth of the 'cias is , known to have fallen la battle. . Of eight of that clfti who recetvtd dls ;tinctlon, ' four are In their, grave, a flfth 4s In priaon. and the vest are In the Confederate army. The frtv - mnn class -of 1110 entered , the army ; with such impetuosity that but one of that class, is now In college... A num per-or the racuity-are tn the army. although . an lt memner aw ex empt from ' service, rifteen. of the voung4 men of the village of Chapel Hili hipre tted- In- tha ;army,eoni!tl- innnt one-nait or tna total number of Chape4 Hiii'a young men." ..j, - Tentative - arrangementa ' in the makg.uptr orxroHn!g lltf fatMtt schedule' provide for the following "-games Richmond Allege at -Chapei 1(111 on September !(: Davidson Col late at Wlator-8alcm on October S: university oi--auuth-Cariaitia at Cha ; pel Hill on Oetotier 1J; University of. ueorgia av...Atiaata on i October 1 : ' VanderbiR DnrVersltv at Nashville. Tenn., on October' 24;' Wake Purest I at' Raleigh on October J 1; and the -university of Virginia at - Richmond ( on Thankaglvtng Day. Trwo.datea ara open for engagements and negotia tion are on to aupply them with games with V. P.J..;T. M. 1. or Waahlnytnn and Lee. i Attorney "Jeb ; Vance Walser, ,o iexingion, a graduate or tna i niver - eity-in - th elaa of 184, wlU aoon ' ' Issue frdm the nnn the mvIihI ,dltlon6f the "Index-Dlaest of Crimi nal Law. Evidence, Pleading and Pro, . IttlillN. nf Ifhlh Iia4. ...,... ' ' H- M. Wagstaff. J. O. derR. Hamilton " and Archibald Henderson. of - tha ' University fnctulty. attended ne - sessions "or tne American - His torkmi Society held In Charlertoii. 8. C thl paat week. They took an actlva part lh tha program of that . Biatoryviavinf assembly. Dr. Header . soiu.deUvered JkllJKidres..oD 'Tha. i revive f orces in westward xpan- " - YVlntAfii in Ui South. - ---- f0ft , ptnea Tourist: r i. S One of the reasons why sejmany Northern people spend their winters is the South la that It enable them not only, to avoid the extra m cold and the, great changes In tempera ture cnaractenetio or that section. delightful 'in the summer, but be cause thai" do not wish to be shut up in th house from fcur to tlx month or the year. Many of Southern Pines' guests corns from sections where tha void weather last for something ilk six months, while in the sand-hills the winter can hardly ba counted as mora than two months, an- much of that period ecarcely aeemr like win tar to those familiar with tha cllmats i u ux Aortn. -The Croup. and the Sculptor. .The main group in the monument to the North Carolina Women of the of Raleigh during the coming apringj) the srift nf the late Col. Ashley Home ota fliaia tfzssaja&smmzjpi: ret-wae li ,ftarTh.culptasot-Mi group li i TBtT. ''rXugawtn"itema- native of I'lrrlTrhtrnww- B'rtnsr 4ne- Vrk rltv Th fl rti re will be of fi "roriiTe, :'1 T-f f set t n hlgh'l;tlr.g e pedestftl of Mt. Airy -granite, 4 lnj feet -In hvlght. On each aide of the pedestal will be a ba relief, one rep resenting ' tna - women w tne -eoutit bidding, (he soldiers . good-bye and Qod-epoed on, It) air departure for the wan theTBther representing tha wom en f the South welcoming fhem on heir Tfturn nome at tae.cios oi tn war, cheering and sustaining them hi this defeat. The woman !-n1 group -MS narrating tnithe boy- at -her elde, -wh found tha sword, or his father, who has fallsn tn the war,th-etry-oftha Confederacy, and Inspiring - him wit art ambition to .do Something for hht country worthy of fhs-de-'ds of hia- nerolc confederate raUi.r. Tnc monument will stand in the Capltoi Square Immetllately In front trf the new State Admlnletratlon building. The Nvulptor. Augustus Lukemn, sculptor of the group 10 the North Carolina-Women of the Confederacy, soon to be erected In Raleigh.- Mr. Lukeman is a native of Richmond, Vs., now a resident of New - Tork City. Among his beet known works are the statue of Wil liam McKinley at Adams, Mass., the Soldiers Monument at Somervllle. Bailey Names Seven Things As People's Program For 1914 Legalized Statq-Wide Prima ryf Revision of Taxation System, Constitutional Amendments, Improvement in Health, Education, Morals and Industry, Freight Re duction, Insurance Probe, Labor Law. " " TrTe'year t will long be remetn. bered as a year of very great national achievement. Under the leadership of Preiidenf Wilson the United State has enacted, two great constructive! measures, the tariff and the currency JIL54..M?.?'.M,?.BV. pssa stup tinaeTnirhle and , t he com hi neD,)Lr6iliBitpparing. It was a great year for the Ameri can people the greatest of a genera tion. '' ' Th year 114 should be devoted by North Carolinians to similarly con structive-work in behalf of North Carolina," tr It is an off year politically; we can. therefore, give predominant atten tion to citato affairs. . - And we have, moreover, the inspir ation of the Pfesldent'a achievements to hearten us In our endeavors. -We hava not only that inspiration; but We have a specially created opportunity. The money power has been broken for a Urns in- America. The special interests were never since the' great war so powerless as they are today, We have now, therefore, the best op. portunlty w hsve ever had, perhaps the best we shall have for years to come, to enact legislation In behalf of the people. There is none to, say us nay.- ' s ... , , . And to the end that' the people may have definite, objects in view,. I am toarasdiiiimh.injrdM measures upon which I think our ef forts nogs should bs concentrated. I propose that we ihall demand of all candidates this year that they stand whole-heartedly for " tha-- following measure; I propose that we shall make the adoption of these measures paramount to anybody a election in North, Carolina: . , . r L Cegalixed fitste-wld prlmafV, covering alt elective offices and au forties, with powerful corrupt prac ices act, ! , -..:''. II. Revision of. our system of taxa tionan absolute, recasting of our system, along lines contemplated tn the Constitutional Amendment pro posed on this subject. - III.. The adoption of other pro. posed Constitutional Amendments, as rouows: ., ' (a) Restricting private, local and special legislation, and thus enabling , .v . Augustus liaJkeman, tlte Srdlptor of tlw tironp Ui the Nartb CarotiBa Wonwn of the ronrraeracy. Mass., an equestrian Statue, of $CU Carson atf Trinidad CaX. the Straus Memorial to the victims of- the Ti tanic disaster.- soon to be erected in New Tork city. He Is now engaged on a statue of Franklin Pierce, to be erected at Concord. N. li. Rural Credits and Child the General Aieememty to attend to important matters. (b) Oivlng mors elasticity to our Judicial-, circuit, ay sieni c) Preventing special charters to corporations by General Assembly. IV. Strengthening and enlarcina. wnerever we wisely can, our works In TW : Pubi evHealth In which great things are' being done.. , ; r )- Public edueaiton tn which much progress has been achieved since the old do-nothing days; but In which much remains to b dona (c) Public morals, in which North Carolina has made much encourag Ins broaress In recent vears. d) Public industry. In which our Agricultural Board Is making won derful ..progress., and In which It de serves all. encouragement. -V. Unrelenting fidelity to th Posi tion already . taken with respect to freight rates sod the discriminations against North Carolina, aad a search log investigation of , insurance rates and discriminations. VI. Active ' but wett-rottstdered steps-ln the ulrectlon of Rural credit facilities and the segregation of lands as between th race wherever it ma oe aemanaea. VII. A Child Labor Law that will prevent working -children, at night, and prevent working them at any urns unaer ronrteen years or age. . Now this Is an ambitious Droaram but k Is no more than tha people have a right to expect of themselves. It li their work; and they can do It If they wish to do It Parties make platforms Xwlth mors, or leas success: but the people can make sure of their plat rorm, u tney onty win. Lt them try this ona - - ' - I was Impressed by no sentence In the -recent address here of tha Am bassador from France so much as by that In which he spoh of the civili sation of Prance, Great Britain and the United ptate as having work In common, that work being the dom inant purpose of making tha world a better place for the -worker to live in a happier place for his people, a fairer place for his children. These measures I have mentioned will stana the test. ' To adopt them will make easier and happier the lot of all who toil in North Carolina, And this la Sit 1 could wish to be said In their behalf. Thev will be adopted sooner or later. Why not in nil? J. W. BAfLET . Raleigh, K Clan. 1,1 14. Grant to Railroads ' Made in 1871 to Aid in Construction From New Orleans to Shreveport Advice of First Secretary of Interior to Public Lands Committee. Washington,-Jan. . Bevsrat mil lion dollar worth of timber land tn IfOMWfw ara said 191)0 involved In th bill of Representative Aswell for relief of settlers within the ItmlU of the grant to th New ' Orleaaa Baton Rouge and Vlckeburg Rail-, road, on .which Chairman Ferris 'sf the House committee on Public Lands, today arranged hearings to begin January 1. Thy grant to th railroad was made In lfii to aid In 111 construction from New Orleans to gneretvumu ' i.i the company-' conveyed all Its right under the grant to the New Orleans Pactlte Railway ' Company and si years biter Congress declared a for feiture of the grant lease. Many set tlers lived on tne grant without prov ing up their rights to the land, not realising tha legah potnts ' involved. The Aswell bill Is to remove limlta- Hone on thoee eettlers who. mjw ar held to be debarred from assenting anw rtghta as against patented lands. llirctstaa4U - uoat,,iv.JuU force aad effect to the terms and pro visions of the law HIT. repealing PW.vlslons,llptednded to protect the) Mtt -wrowides-thot -vhs 'Wtaanl 'W tiwnt vuriwwr-srt' up- ty-aci)!, graK tee or tne railroad shall be sustained sxeert ofc btAalf f ime . holitng-tn good faith by eonveyattea- smttr .feat. ent from the railroad and actually residing upon tha land. All persons claiming lull adverse "to the company would have to aawrt tJj It rlgnts t- tor a local land office, within two rear.' The decision of Vacratsry of th interior: a to occupancy of the 1 Sad and date of deiolce location of the Una -of the railroad would ba A. A. Jones, First Assistant Hot rotanr f XnabMt.w public lands cr-mruittee that fie is in nearty sympathy witrt tne main pur pose of th bill to afford bonaflde settlers and their heirs the fail mess- yr or protection originally designed by the law of 1IT. bu-suggested that th bill ba amended so as to re move any question of attempting to destroy any right now fully vesterd. The Interior Department ' Mr. Jones added, "has held for It years that It was foreclosed of further right to proceed with the adjustment of this grant undar""lh ISO" law whenever there were outstanding patents The. department la unaware what equities may have arisen during this long in terval In reliance upon such ruling by any predecssora if patents were Is sued for lands prior to tna pasage of that act that were subject to defeas ance by reason of adverse rights. titles under them have not Imporved In quality if a subsequent act of Hit had no eonnrmatory err sot and pres ent holders there under are bound to take notice -of the protection extend ed to adverse settlers as against such patenta" ' INSTALLATION SERVICES. rJanday School Will Iratall Offlccra TeThers This Morning. This morning at Pullen Memorial church the 11 oVIockservic will be a special one at which the officers and 'tearhera of the Hunday - school for the ensuing year will b installed The installation ceremonies will con. sums a part of the church hour and will be followed by short special sermon by th pastor. Thl service promises to b interesting and Im pressive and all of the members of the church as wen a mends and visitors in the city are cordially In vited to attend. VwwWMhAvAM PHYSICIAN WHO SAYS RADIUM CURED V; -- HIM, OF CANCER New York, Jan. . 1, Dr, Abraham Jacobl, the well known medical prac titioner, savs he haa been cured nf francar by radium; but that the public should not aastimo too quickly that radium will cure all forms of cancer completely. "I am a living example of ths cur." says Xr. Jacob!, -turn. , t v : i ' r r:X'';,s-: k ' 5 1; ' v. . ... . Calumet, Mich- Jan. 3. The labor. '.vr-iv it in Ll K i J si' jf'.4Tri rng-from the- anoca caused oy tTfeisFiTTOWTtTOiaemon-! tii:htjf-men, "Women and children were- ersKt death 4n-a panto 4 Itsiian . nail when girts were Being distributed. A state' wide hunt is betngr. made for the-llend who gave the falas cry f fire that caused the catastrojffaa, Tha illustnitlpns show scenes at the funer als, of some nf the victims. -. E5BnEfilwpi,BllftKEI!J'u iVliCllMiMFhE Growth of Membership of the Southern Church In Compari son With the Growth of Population By MAMIE BAYS, Charlotte, ; Jan. J. Facts are far more than usual in point of Interest regarding the growth of the member ship of the Southern : Presbyterian Church in comparison ' with the growth " of the population of "'the Southern States during the year from ISfeO to 1911 have just become avail able and tha encouraging nature of these figure Is such as to give to the church renewed effort for the accom plishment of yt larger things during revcofntnf year-than-has-ben- true of the accomplishment of any single year in Its history. . - The same, note ffneouragement characterises the facts just now avail able regarding the growth in contri butions, of .the Jnembershir of this church to ths benevolent causes of the am. . . . f . The population, of" white people In the Southern States at this time be ing rated at 20,000,000 and tha present it timber "'of smmBBIcarrUi of the Southern Preabyterisn Church being 100,771, makes the rstlo of one and one-half. Presbyterian communicants to every one hundred of the poiiula- tioti, exclusive of ihe' wmmafticsnts- of the Presbyterian Church in the TSitedT8tiSLteaof Tlmsrica iNortherrc Preshyterian). communicants of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, If these were Included In the comparison, the ratio would be much larger, and If the children, of Presbyterian fam ilies should be - included, the ratio would b Increased three times. The growth of the population of the Southern States since, 1807 li" esti mated at about SO per cent, and dur ing the same time the growth of Southern Prentvyterianlem haa been 70 per cent, the membership of this church having increased during these years attharatapf 20 per cent more rapidly than the rate of Increase of the population. During the nine years from ISO It to 1919 the population ef the Southern Btate inweased 2 per cent and the "increase in the member ship of the Southern j Preshyterian Church during these nine iear wag 24 per cent. . Additional figures show that during the thirty years from 1880 to 1 BIO. the population of RIchrrtiAid increased 100 per cent and the Increase In church membership was M0 per cent; the population of Atlanta Increased 114 per cent and. the church membership tOOtper esnt; the population tif-Nnsh vine Increased lib per cent and the church membership 284 per cents, the population or lyiulsyllle Incressed 81 per cent and the church membership 240 per cent;, the population of St. Iouis increased 11 per cent and ths church membership 120 per cent; the population of Norfolk: Increased 208 per cent and th church membership lit per cent; the population of Hous ton Increased 177 ir cent and the church membership 7 per cent; the population of Birmingham Increased 4,111 per rent ana the church mem bership 2,160 per cent; six of the eight representative cities of the South here designated show a much larger per cent of Increase in church member ship than in population during the thirty year from. 1180 to 110. Tha Southern branch of Presbyte danism is far in aavaflu of the North' V i a f t . it 9 ng settlement here la afuwly r trover-1 Railway Station at North Wilkesboro Destroyed With Much Freight' ISfHt.1 to TIM Men uul MMfr- I Winston-Salem, Jan. 1. The pas- aenger and freight station of th Southern Hallway at North Wilkes boro- was destroyed by fire early this morning, entailing a loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars or more, the same being only partially coversd by Insurant'. The fire was discovered about 1:41 a. m. and In about an hour the large wooden structure had been burned to the ground. ' Besides the building, a largo quanti ty of freight, both incoming and out' going, collected during the 'holiday and a number of trunks, were burned. Several barrels nf oil were about the only thin ga of any value saved from destruction, Ilraicehian Saves Loaded Cars. George Wicker, negro brakeman on a freight train. Was asleep in a ca boose on th yard when tBa. Bra broke out, but was awakened by the alarm. Getting up and going out on tha yard. Wicker discovered the several loaded freight cars standing on the track at the station, would he de stroyed Tihleas"" 'rnirovpd wHhmit .de lay. The heroic brakeman rushed to a passenger engine which was stand ing a few hundred yards away on unother track. After uncoupling the engine from the passen per coaches, he took charge of the throttle and trail the "engine to the -depot which at that time was wrapped In flames. The engine was attached to the freight cars and In a few minutes were pulled to a place of ca'ety. The colored man is being highly com mended for his splendid work snd thoughtfulness. Just how the fire originated is not definitely known. ern branch . of the same church In point of contributions to benevolent causes and the salaries of psstors are not Included tn these contributions- as Is shown Ty the following tlgures: ttieP?riil)jsterIah "of the South ' sitiW th - year 182 have . increased,! their1 contributions to home niisslotur 200 per cent, per capita, while In the North contribution!! to home millions ,have lncreaacd only 71 uer cent per capita; during the same time the per capita contribution" to foreign - mis sions has Increased 450 per rent in the South and In the North the In crease hss leeh only 18 per cent to this cause; the percaplta Increase In contributions to general . benevolence by this church In the South lias been ihi per cent-and In the North It has been only 25 per cent increased dur ing this time- Wealth, upon ths av erage, hn. grown more rapidly In th South than, in th North during these years, and the percentage of Increase In contributions to benevolences- is decidedly larger. L- ' The plans already made, and which will be carried the coming year for the slbl during the coming year for the Increase of Interest In and the exten sion of the work of foreign missions, home missions, Christian education, ministerial relief, the Sabbath school and other causes of the church are such as to promise that the growth of th Southern Preshyterian Church and th contributions vf the membership will reach a goal during' 1914 which has not yet been attained during any previous year in the history of th church. ,v c; L'X Possibility of Settlement With theEstate of Late Distiller ByU. S. Government. Secretary of Navy Address es NaylY.MC. A. Today. Movements of Tarheels. - (By vf. E. YclTerton.) Washington, D. C, Jan. I. Dis. trlct. Attorney A, E. Holton was Jn Washington today conferring Willi Commissioner of Internal Revenue W. U. Osborn and with attorneys in ths N. Glenn Williams case, regard Ing a. possible compromise of that litigation. At th conclusion of tha conference, however, it waa decided that tha government woald fight ths case, the fl final disposltotn of which . will be accomplished by ths arlal ser for next Wednesdty in th Federal court at Greensboro. It is believed, though, that Judge Boyd will grant a postponement in view of th fact that Judge Hough, s prominent at torney for one of the bonding com panies Involved, Is suffering from s broKen arm. It "Is also said that the defendant - sre anxious for the rase to be post potved "nnttt - Mr? Moll w ts - removed and hla uocesor Is appointed, stneo they believe no other ma nknows the case as well aa he and therefor that Ts'cWrTnPowrotrnrw Is anxious io settle the tanste which - soesruent of ?;i,0O -0X6. claimed, against thi ..Williams-Poster "combina tion, while the' bonding eompanle -backlng the trio are liable for a max imum of only tit 000. ' ' MB HoilOTS- -WPtraeote - On Mist pending removal are 'rather mtaresl- ' liVg. being entirely wltheut bitter, nass; ;. He .conceives . hiHundf at pres ent to the only messenger-who caw properly tell of th misfortune which hag stricken the old guard. 4n North, Carolina. He cites V lnUrested to th first book of Jdli, wherein ths. devil begins Hndf- permlliston- of th Lord to apply the Sold test-to tha faltlrf-hlstoi-rtnost-nioBumeBtal-.,: example of patienra. AS each mla fortune plied np on Job. destroying his servants, his oxen and 'tha Ilk, there was tn sach case one man who spared, this man's mlssl f.nto tU ... Jolt of his loss, "I only am escaped alone to tell thee," quotes Mr. Holton In describ ing ths blast has deccndd. He neg IecTed"Tarirtgte the- rseeptlon granted the messenger by the three who were separated from their Jobs a few week ago. Mr. Holton take heart In the fact that at various times whn he . was appolnfed district attorney promi nent Democrats In the 8tate worked for hla re-appointment, some of them declaring that It would he a calamlly, . were he not re-named. He says now the prospects of . this calamity seem to have abated. He takes ..pride In th fact. too. that one of his appoint ment was made in the face of oppo sition from three big Republican lead era In ths State. - The Murchlson National bank of Wilmington, of which H. C. Queen is orestdent. was one of the first na tional Hanks of the eleven which fllsd application for .-a.charleriinder.th reserve bank system at tne treasury here. These applications made out on the treasury came in the mail thl morning. . , Mr. Holton expresses doubt over th- - nomination and confirmation of W. C. Hammer to sucraed him. He does not believe Mr. Hammer' will land, or . that If heroes, the nomination will .- be made without the recommendation of the Attorney-General. Secretary Daniels left for New Tork tonlght where tomorrow he will ad dress the- naval -?. Hr-iX- A. W hUe ,. In New York h will be the guest of Mr. snd Mrs. Fin ley J. Shepard. Mrs. Shepard was Miss Helen Gould. . f North Carolinians registered at ho- :ifisr'tnw"'re4ddwM. Miss H. Burrus. E. M. Ramsey, and. ' ; Bdward-Ari While Some Are Increased " Others Are Cut," Announces . 1 Secretary of Navy (Br th Amxiuti Tna.) v -,:Whlngtatt1Jan,t-lncrease to workmen at the Norfolk navy yard will affect 155 men and total 1 1 MOO a year. It was announced by Secre tary Daniels late today. Wages of 11 men, smiths, helpers, pipe-fitters and furnacemen will lie cut, the decrease amounting to 11,000 yearbr. , Those to receive Increased Include: Drop forgers, stone masons, brans mplders, plasterers, stonex cutters. drlllsrSr-electricttins., die sinkers, tool sharpeners, pipe coverers, f langei , turners, heavy forgers, copper smith, wharf builders, saw fliers and ma chinists. ' - - ' ' At th Charleston navy -yard-forty liisif will 'receive Increase totalling 11,700 yearly. They Include hetpera, laborers,, acetetylene welders, elec trical cable spllcera, dredge operators, locomotive engine tenders, galvanise, pattern-makers, riggers, shlpflttor, switchmen and wheelwrights. , Decreases will be made for double and alngha teams but no ras WlU b aSecUd. ' . ADJUSTMENT OF 'NAVYYARDWAGES -I -I

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