Newark post., 1915-03-10


lower as the supply appeared not
ably abundant.
DR.. ana Mrs. Frank Belville, of
Delaware City, announce the mar
riage Of their son, Charles Belville,
and Miss Elizabeth Bennett, in
Philadelphia, on February "a.
Upon their return from their we'd
ding trip they will reside on a
farm, near Macdonough, which Mr..
Belville has rented.
Residents Of the State had been
urged by the Delaware Good Roads
Association to visit Dover yester-
day and urge the Legislature to
pass the bill providing for the
building of a State highway from
it's northern to its southern bound
ary and were expected to largely
attend.
The free meals served at the Sun
day Breakfast Mission with the
support of St. Andrews Episcopal
Church, Wilmington, during 30
days totalled 5,S91 and 1000 Sun
day breakfasts were given at the
Mission. Daily breakfasts have
been discontinued for the present
but two free meals will be served
each Sunday at the mission.
William E. Henry, colored, when
a fire broke out in the kitchen Of
his boarding house at Fifth and
Orange street, Wilmington, about
| o clock on Friday morning, found
himself trapped in his room on the
third floor and plunging through
the window fell 40 feet into an
alley in the rear Of the house. His
right leg was broken, his head was
cut and he was injured internally.
H. A. Edwards was caught in a
window of the room where the fire
started and was badly burned be-
fore he was rescued.
Cornelius C. Street, who broke
into and robbed the home of La
motto du Pont after escaping on
the night of November 9 last from
the WOrkhOuse where he was serv-
ing ten year sentence for burg
larry at the home of w. W. Laird,
and was caught about two weeks
ago at PinevilIe, N. c., pleaded
guilty in Court on Wednesday to
jail breaking and burglary at the
du Pont home, was given three
years additional imprisonment-for
the first and four years with 20
lashes for the second offense. His
term Of imprisonment will expire
on November s, 1880. Several
prisoners were lashed on Saturday
but he was not among the number.
While Motorman Croll was in a
store last Monday night as a Will
mington & Philadelphia Traction
car was halted at Fourth and Mar
ket streets, small boys rang the
signal bell twice and Conductor
Willard thinking Croll was aboard
released the brakes and the car ran
rapidly down the hill, crashing into
a Peoples Line car at King street.
I he front end Of the runaway car
was smashed and both cars were
thrown almost on the sidewalk.
There were no passengers in the
Peoples Line car. Mrs. Gather
inc Gurley, Of 5 West Eleventh
street was thrown from her seat in
the other car and stunned and
Leonard Willard of Kemblesville
was cut by broken glass and hurt
about the legs.
A strong delegation of repre-
sentative residents of Wilmington,
including Mrs. Willim P. Bancroft,
Mrs. Howard Pyle, Mrs. William
S. Hilles, Mrs. Reuben Satter-
thwaite, Miss Caroline Cooper and
Miss Edith Russell, appeared at
Dover on Friday before the Legis-
lative Committee on Revised Stat
utes to oppose Senator Hickman s
bill which has passed the Senate
and which merges the Juvenile
Court of Wilmington with the
Municipal or City Court. All OPP
posed the merger and submitted
largely signed petitions with letters
from prominent residents and Or
ganizations urging the mainten-
ance of separate Court for youth
full offenders with salaried Judge
Representative Hill stated that the
Committee had prepared a substi,
tute for the Hickman bin contin.