Evening journal., 1915-04-21
NEW Castle WILL
TAX AUTOMOBILES
Town Council Approves
$1,000 Salary for the
New City Clerk
ALLEGED SLAYER
NOT APPREHENDED
Special 10 the EVENING JouRNAL.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. April 21-George
Allen Smith bonded last evening as
city clerk. and he viii now begin to
make the city assessment His bonds
men are James h. Biggs. John b. Man
love. James McGrath. Burton II. Lank
and G. Ferris Jemison. Previous to-
the special meeting of City Council.
William Poole was sworn i'm as a mem
Der for the First ward. the oath be-
ing administered by President of
Council Theodore w. Cavender.
Mr.. Gallagher asked that the bill
creating the Office of clerk be read
and when IL was done the ordinance
regulating the hours and fixing the
salary was read. After the bond was
read, Mr. Whalen moved that nothing
hut a corporation bond be accepted.
which motion was seconded by Mr..
Duncan.
Mr.. Gallagher said he understood
that the former Council placed the
clerks salary at 81 ,OS0, and later in
creased IL 10 $1,000.
President Cavonder and Mr.. Sui
livan explained that the former Coun-
VI Nih hVi NNAiNNt the HItl amount
was sufficient Accordingly they
placed the salary at 81 200
Mr.. Gallagher said he had no obiec-
tioD 10 the individual bond so long
as the old Council had set the salary
The Whalen motion was defeated
by a vote of TO 2. and Clerk Smiths
bond was accepted and will be re-
corded in Wilmington. He will be-
gin work on the assessment at once
The Brylgon and Baldt Steel Com
pany's plant win be placed on the
assessment list this year.
A. S. King. who was elected city
treasurer. was present and his bond
was placed at $4,000.
Mr.. Gallagher said that he has been
paying some attention to city affairs
As a result he believed automobiles
should be assessed because they cause
more wear on the streets than the
horse or the COW. which are assessed.
Mr.. Gallagher said he would present
? resolution covering the question at
the next meeting Of Council
Nictrolas-Reco -Bridgewater.f
The funeral of James J. Lawler. who
died early yesterday morning, will
take place on Friday morning. Mass
OF requiem will be celebrated In St
Peters Church. and interment made
In ST. Peters cemetery. The members
OF Division No. 8. A. o. H., and ST.
Peters II. A. b. Society will attend
the funeral in a body
Detective Frank Mccoy. Magistrate
NickorsOn and the local police spent
yesterday searching for Louis Mar
cuzzi. the man who stabbed 20 death
Joseph Sabatino on Monday night n
was reported Yesterday that a man
answering Marcuzzi's description was
seen walking along the cut-off branch
of the Delaware railroad When he
reached Holcomb's lane he left the
railroad and started through the But
fonwoods Detective Mccoy chased
the man. bur was unable to come up
with him. Later in the day Detective
Mccoy arrested an Italian named Joe
a brother-in-law OF Marcuzzi, and he
will be subjected 10 the third degree
today. the authorities believing he
knows the whereabouts of the alleged
slayer. Marcuzzi came here a few
months ago from Baltimore, and did
not appear to associate with any Of
the Italians except his brothor-in-law
John T. Stoops has been confined to
his home with pleurisy. He was re-
ported improved last night
Shad fishermen were not so fortu-
nate yesterday as on the previous day.
Many of the men caught as many rs
fifty shad
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Gillis and
son. Paul. were New Castle visitors
yesterday.
Miss Margaret Jones. head nurse in
St. Luke's Hospital. Philadelphia. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter Sibloy.