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Evening journal., 1916-04-22

I'm the midst Of a successful business
career in Wilmington. G.. +. Mcngel,
local manager for Armour & Co., has
resigned that position 10 enter the pc
trolcum producing business in Okla
homa Mr.. Mengc's retirement from
the local field is regretted by all his
friends and business acQuaintanccs.
ndor his management the business of
Armour & Co.. in Wilmington. has
shown remarkable growth from the
time he took charge. hc treated every
body ON the square and there is none
who does not regret his going His
prospects for the future, however, seem
bright and he will leave Wilmington
with the well wishes Of all who know
him
Mr.. Mengel has obtained the lease
on forty acres of the best oil land In
Oklahoma. which state ranked first IN
crude oil production I'm 1915. The
lease privilege was secured az a cost
Of $1,000 and one-sixth Of all ,ho oil
produced, the lease being perpetual
while any oil IS found. The field is in
the heart of the Healdton Oil City oil
field and is surrounded hy wells.
This is a decided change for Mr..
Mengel. who has spent the last nine
teen years I'm the packing business.
having started with Swift & Company
i'm 1896 as an accountant. He spent
FIVE years as territory manager and
four years as general manager for the
company I'm Arkansas. Louisiana and
Texas. and also managed a private
i-''erest for Louis p. Swift. president
Of Swift G. Company. He left Swift
& Company to go with the Sulzbergel
& Sons Company, of Chicago, as dis
trict manager i'm the southwest. Trav
cling on an average of 10000 miles
a year became tiresome to him and
he left this company to come to vii
mington as manager for Armour &
Company
Mr. Mengel was born near Lincoln
Nebraska. and when he was old
enough to tell his father how TO regu-
late the family affairs to which his
elder naturally excepted. he ran
away TO Chicago and obtained a posi-
ton with Marshall-Field From there
he went to Swift and Company.
Mr. Mengel says the great West
never loosens its hold on a man. and
while he regrets leaving Wilmington
very much. he is looking forward "a
, his new field of labors with pleasure
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To mend worn stair-carpet,
loosely darn the worn places with
coarse light wool. Then with water
colors. tint the wool with the princi-
pal shades i'm the carpet. Move the
carpet so that the mended places
come just below the stair edge, and
If il is tinted carefully the patches
will hardly show
Nursing bottles must be kept clean
and free from germs. One bottle is
not enough: several are needed. They
should be- empted and washed fire.
quently i'm a little soda water The
tube is now never used in the nurs-
ing bottles. hut the pure rubber nip
pie that slips over the neck of the
bottle.
Tomatoes and macaroni baked as
follows make a delicious dish. First
boil the macaroni until done. then into
a baking dish put layer OF macaroni,
then a layer OF tomatoes and so on
until the dish is full, put a generous
allowance of butter on the top. Sea-
son and bake until the macaroni on
.op is brown.
Every bone should be saved. even
the bones of roast after trimming of
the meat for stewing. And all juices
and gravies left should be put into the
stock pot. After boiling up the bones
drain them in a colander and set the
Juice away TO cool; when the fat
comes TO the top and hardens lift it of
carefully and save 1t with tho soap fat
put the juice into the stock pot by
this method you will save waste.
Cork mats are expensive things Ia
buy. but il is quite a simple process
to make one yourself Save all the
corks you can get hold Of from bot
ties and so forth. and when you have
a sufficient number buy a piece OF fine
wire netting the size of the mat re-
quired The corks have got to be fit-
ted into all the holes of the netting
they must all be the same depth. so II
may be necessary TO cut them. Use a
sharp penknifc; do not make them toe
small, as each should fit the space
fairly tightly. When every hole Is
filled the edges OF the mat should hav,
a binding Of leather tackled on; brass.
headed nails would answer best. one
being put in to about every sixth cork
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
NO open SHOP IS
TRADESCOUNCILORDER
Union Men Won't Work
With Non-UniOn Men
After May |
BUILDERS MAY
IGNORE THE DICTUM

Contractors and builders Of this
city have received official notice from
the Building Trades Council Of this
city that beginning May / all union
workmen engaged in the building
trades will not be permitted to work
with non-union men, which means
that hereafter there will be no open
shop conditions i'm building oper-
ations in this city
A resolution to this effect was
adopted by the Building Trades Coun-
ell al recent meeting. but the mat
ter was kept secret until today when
it leaked out after a number Of con-
tractors had been notified.
The Building Trades Council is ar
fliated with the Building Trades
Councils of the American Federation
of Labor and the following local
unions are included In the council.
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
International Alliance. No. 302
Brotherhood OF Painters. Decorators
and Paperhangcrs of America. No.
634; Bricklayers. No ] Hod Carriers
and Building Laborers. No. 4, Inter-
national brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers Of America. No 3l3. !. u. S.
n. Hosting Engineers No. $780, Inter-
national Union Wood. Wire and Metal
Lathers. No los. lnsulators and As
bestOs Workers International AssO-
citation. No. AZ: Operative plasterers
and Cement Finishers' International.
/
Gas Filters. Sprinkler Filters and
Helpers. No. 26 United brotherhood
OF Carpenters and Joiners. No. 626.
Local builders say that the move on
the part of the union men will further
hamper building operations i'm this
city. which have been suffering be-
cause of the scarcity of labor and difi-
Guilty in getting material on time. 10
was reported that some of the build
ers in particular would disregard the
action Of the union men
! Local builders and those in charge
/ OF the management OF industrial
plants admit that the labor situation
i'm this city has reached an acute
stage. II is said that wOrkmen Of
all kinds were never so scarce as
at present. This is especially true
OF ordinary laborers. a year ago
laborers were getting 16i5 cents an
hour while now they are being paid
20 10 25 cents an hour and IL is al
most impossible TO get them even at
these figures.
II is said that at one large indus
trial establishment in this city hftl
per cent more laborers could be use,
if they could be obtained. Some o
the local builders who were In neel
Of br'cklayers. thought they would b
, able TO secure them when the brio
. work was completed on the duPon
building addition. These men. how
ever were engaged al large wages q
, 20 10 Tennessee and left as soon a
they finished the local work. leav
in the local situation i'm worse cOndi
tion than il was before.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
WILMINGTON SENDS
CROWDS TO RESORTS
Weather Man Promises 1t
Will be Fair Easter and
Many Believe Him
REHOBOTHG GETS LARGE
QUOTA OF VISITORS

Hundreds of Wilmingtonians took
the weather man at his word today
and left for Atlantic City. Rehoboth
and other resorts to remain over
Easter The promise OF the weather
man is that Easter will be fair. but
probably cooler. The number Of
"over Easter" pleasure seekers from
Wilmington was probably larger to-
day than ever before Nearly every
northbound train on the p. b. q w.
railroad, from early morning until
late this afternoon, carried many Will
10 various points TO spend Easter
While many OF these will Join the
throng on the boardwalk at Atlantic
City tomorrow morning and after
noon. there we're large number who
had selected other resorts to spend
.he day.
Delaware railroad trains were all
crowded and the number who went
TO Rehoboth was much larger than
usual for Easter Reports from the
Delaware resort also stated that
there were already many visitors
there from Wilmington. Baltimore.
Washington and other cities. Most
of the cottages at Rehoboth have been
opened and are occupied for over
Easter
In addition to those who have gone
TO seashore resorts there were hun
dreds Of Wihmingtonians who left to-
day for various points down the
State and other localities. TO spend
Easter with relatives or friends.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
SOCIAL NOTES.

Miss Eme Tompkins has gone TO
Little Rock, TO study at a college
Of manicuring.
Ed Higgins. our we'll known
artist, will give an exhibition Of
hand painted paintings at his
fathers house on the north road.
Every picture is original and Mr.
Higgins didn't trace one Of them.
The New Castle team has six
pitchers and manager and a bat
boy. All they need to fill up the
team is a catcher, a short stop.
some basemen and a few out
felders.
II it hadn't been for the roof
being wet after the heavy shower
on Monday. DR.. wilfred Pettlngill's
house might have burned down
when his chimney caught fire.
Shoe polish. chocolate creams,
dill pickles and sealing wax at
Bings emporium.
The Claymont basketball team
hadn't lost a game until yesterday,
when girl in Grubbs Corner threw
a lemon at Sim Hubbell while the
team was playing there and hit
him square in the left eye The
team didn't score another point.
Bad sportswOmanship, We call Il.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
PASTOR
A Cabinet -NAKER
Marcus Hook Clergyman
Builds Beautiful Communion
Table Of Rough Boards
WAS QUARANTINED
FOR FOUR WEEKS

A Marcus Hook minister has demon
strated that a man can play Robinson
Crusoe in his own home
The Rev. Howard r. MacDade. pas
tor of Cokesbury Methodist Episcopal
Church. Marcus Hook penned in his
own home for a month while his tour
children were quarantinod with scar
let fever built a new communion
table for his church with the odds and
ends that time had swept into tho
garret and cellar of the parsonage.
He had only crude tools. but the table
is said TO be worth more than SiOO.
Mr.. MacDadc not only built the table
but attended TO his sick children. cared
for his wife. who was IN also. and did
the cooking for the household in those
four weeks.
His hands grew 80 core from the nm.
accustomed work of hammcring aud
saving that he had 90 lay OH for several
days at "a time.
The new communion table looks lisa
the best woodWorkcr's product. and 10
is made from collection of boards from
his coal bin, parts ol au old bed and bu-
roau the backs of two old-iashioncd
benches aud parts of store boxes he
hauled out of the dust of the parsonage
cellar
He had TO take nails out of tho BITS
Of furniture he knocked apart With
tho luck of the Swiss Family Robin
son he found enough glue and yarnish
In tho house 10 finish the table when
me- had IL made
He scranod whitowash from the coal
bin boards that he used and with his
own hands bent the boards that had
| TO be curved to make the table top and
pedestal. He holtod the top TO tho
pedestal with part OF an old pump no
found I'm the cellar
The completed table Is In the Corin-
THAN style , q as Il stands In tho
church today there is nothing abou. II
10 Indicate that il wasn't built in the
best workshop i'm the land
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
.HERACL IN FINE FETTLE
FOR CHRISTENSEN match

Herold Christensen, the sensational
Danish champion wrestler will meet
Big John Heracl. the champion
heavyweight of Delaware at The
PLAYHOUSE on next Tuesday evening
in a handicap match. Two weeks ago
Christensen wrestled here and made
an impression by the quick manner
in which he disposed of Frank Leav-
tit. champion heavyweight of the
United States Army in straight falls.
His manager then challenged Heracl,
agreeing TO ] AXE Heracl present OF
one hundred dollars If he (Christen-
SOM failed TO throw big John three
times I'm one hour Johnny Y. Cooper
trainer of Heracl, accepted the chal-
lenge and went Christensen one bet
ter. agreeing TO give Christensen one
hundred dollars If he turns the trick.
Each posted the forfeit.
For the first time in his career
Heracl at once buckled down to
strict training under the direction
Of Cooper. and is working out daily
at the Eagle gymnasium, Sixth and
Tatnall streets. The writer has
seen him work several times this week
with Jack MORO, champion middle
weight wrestler Of Italy, and the big
fellow has improved wonderfully. and
is confident of winning on Tuesday
evening
Christensen is considered one OF
the latest men in the game today and
for fear he had underestimate
Heracl's ability. called off a match at
The Playhouse this week to make
sure he would be in the best possible
condition TO meet the BE- lo0l man
on Tuesday evening.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
aRIRn OF PARlnISE.r

Friday and Saturday evenings of
next week. Oliver Morosco will offer
"The Bird of Paradise Richard Wal
ton Tully's romantic play of life in
the Hawaiian Islands. at The Play
house This is the fifth year for the
play on the road and will also be IT'S
first time i'm Wilmington. Mr. Tully
has woven an intensely dramatic story
around the lives of two men and two
women. one woman, little Hawaiian
princess. meets an American doctor.
they fall In love and eventually marry.
The man gradually goes down through
the tropical climate and finally real
izing his position. leaves her and she
returns 10 her people and gives her
self as a human sacrifice to save them
from death by the volcano. Manager
Morosco will offer this season a new
conner i'm Charlotte Monterey in the
title role of Luana. the little Hawaiian
girl Miss Monterey is n young Cali
fornia actress The different scenes OF
the play are said 10 be as near 20 ma
ture as the art of the scenic artist
and the skill of the electrician can
make them.
MAURICE AND
FLORENCE WALTON.
Considerable interest has been
Evening journal., 1916-04-22

Jan Ignaco Padorewski, worlds
premier pianist. who will be at The
Playhouse ON Thursday night next
was born November 6. 1860. In Kury-
lowka. in podolia. a province OF Rus
sian Poland. His father. suspected of
patriotism. was In 1868 banished TO
Siberia. whence he returned several
years later q broken man. II is said
that padorowsh inherited his genius
from his mother, who died when he
was a child. He exhibited great talent
at an early age. but he had little real
training until. as a youth. he went 20
Warsaw and studied the piano under
Janotha and harmony under Roguski.
His first concert tour was made when
he was l6 In Russia. His present
tour. which will cover the greater part
of the season. promises TO be as great
a success as any Of those which have
ever preceded IT,
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
Health BOARD REPORTS
eleven SMALLPOX Cases

The weekly report OF the Board Of
Health shows 39 births during the
past week. as compared with 81 births
for the corresponding week OF last
year. while there were 80 deaths for
the past week and the same number
for the corresponding week OF last
year. There were "a marriages, while
last year there we're &c.
During the week four new smallpox
cases were discovered I'm the city and
the patients removed to the emer-
gency hospital at Farnhurst making a
total Of II cases in this city m the
present time. Sixty cases Of measles
were found. showing a decrease in
this disease, while there were three
new scarlet fever cases.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
"PLEAD GUILTY" DAY.

Next Wednesday will be plead
guilty" day in General Sessions Court.
The May term of court will open on
Monday, May /. The Court of oyer
and Terminer will open ten days later.
This will be the last term for trials
in the present Court House. Il is now
understood that the original plan to
move into the new building in July
and August will be followed.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
TWO WORKMEN HURT IN
new Castle EXPLOSION

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE. Del. April %
Walter HeathcOte. of this city. and
Edward Barber of Wilmington, were
injured in an explosion i'm the press
room of the projectile plant Of the
Bethlehem Steel Company here
early this morning. Heathcote
was burned about the face and Barber
had his fingers blown off and his face
burned. DR.. Lewis Booker attended
he injured men.
Barber was sent to the Delaware
Hospital. Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
FALLS TO death
FROM RIVER TUG

His foot catching i'm a rope. Brad
ford O'Neil. aged 10 years, Of Phila-
delphia. was dragged into the Deli
ware river from the tug boat Pilot
at Edge Moor this afternoon. other
members of the crew of the tug went
to the rescue OF the young man and
finally succeeded in getting hinr from
the river AS his body was still
warm it was thought that there might
be life i'm it, Edward Donohue
who conducts dairy farm. rushed
the young man in his auto to the Del
aware Hospital The doctors at the
hospital however. found that O'Neil
was dead.
The body was removed TO the
morgue by Deputy Coroner Nichols
and the father of the young man
notified i'm Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
EASTER MUSIC AT mMANUEL.

Following IS the program OF Easter
music in Emmanuel Protestant Epis-
ccpal Church tomorrow:
Morning Professional hymn. 1O9;
Christ Our Passover" Chapplo; "Te
Deum," Woodward; "Jubilate." Aid
rich: solo. "The Lord Is My Light"
Alliston. Miss Esther Bancroft; introit
hymn. 112; Kyrie and Sanctus, Tuck
erman: hymn. 122; offertory anthem,
'Why Seek Ye the Living?" Glare; re-
cessional hymn, 115.
The evening service will be specially
for the Sunday school. The Offertory
anthem will be. "As Il Began to
Dawn by Vincent. Mrs. Howard l..
Pyle will be director and Miss Mar
garet Kirkus. organist
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
MAURICE ANC

The residents held a meeting last
night To- discuss the hole i'm
the middle of Jefferson street.
They disagreed on whether they
ought TO pay to have the hole filled
up or whether they ought 10 wait
for the spring rains to wash the
rest of the street down TO the level
Of the bottom Of the hole and level
the street again that way
Jim Sleethers. our popular town
alcoholic was drunk Wednesday for
the first time since he took the
pledge at the revival meeting on
Monday.
FACTS YOU DON'T KNOW.
That you couldn't play the scales
of a fish. and that you can scale a
fish easier than the Washington
monument.
That il a seal had feathers like
an ostrich IL would be a much
more valuable animal than II Is
now.
That a family tree needs trim
ming a lot more than a hall tree.
That II a hen laid as many eggs
as shad you could have a hard
boiled egg every half minute for
a week IL YOU could hard boil them
in "a half minute
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
WHITE BOY HAS SMALLPOX.

The first ease of smallpox IN whitd
family To- be discovered IN this city =
that of sycar-old Charles Mogginson. II
No 0O2 Wawnsct avenue. The case is
the twelfth of tho disease In the city.
The uscual precautions have been taken
by the health authorities In the case.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
TAXPAYERS TO DISCUSS
DIVISION OF DISTRICT

a meeting Of the taxpayers OF the
Richardson Park school district will
be held this afternoon to consider the
matter of dividing tho district. This
is known as an opinion meeting and
many interested are expected TO eX-
press their views. Dr. Charles A.
Wagner. commissioner of education
and DR.. f. l.. Cross. county superin-
tendent of New Castle county schools.
will be present. The taxpayers ex-
pect TO build an $4,000 school this
year at Oak Grove TO replace the pres
ent building.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
AccIpENrs oF M pAY.

Two cases were treated at the dis
pensory at the Delaware Hospital this
morning both being those of employees
Of the Harlan and Hollingsworth Cor
poration. John Moss. Of No. s Mary
land avenue. had foreign substance
removed from his left eye, and Henry
Manning, of No. ia North Connell
street. was treated for burned left
leg.
Julia Jasper, of No. 10 Scott street
ran a needle in her finger and had Z
removed at the Homeopathic Hospital
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
Has HANn INIrREn.

William Bros, aged % years. OF
Bellevue. while at work at the Artil-
cry Fuse Company, in South Whining
on today. had his hand injured. He
was taken to the Homeopathic Hos
1ital.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
PERSONAL.

Mrs. p. J. Leahy. of Staten Island,
\. Y. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. F..
Myers at No. l411 West Third street.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
LOOK YOUR BEST
Tomorrow.
Easter-Sunday.
Omen tonight til 10.

Open tonight TIL 10.
Extra Help. Extra Stock, ok
ira Statesmen. Extra Deliveries.
Little Boys Suits $3.50 to Sc.
Boys Suits $500 to S12.
Extra Trousers Suits $500 to
St2.
Long Trouser Suits SO 10 SIS.
Young Mems Suits. $40 to SIS.
Mems Suits $40 to $50.
Everything else i'm Spring
Overcoats. Top Coats. Rain
coats. White and Fancy Vests.
Striped Trousers, New Hats,
Shoes. Shirts. Sox. Ties, Under
wear and all Furnishings.
MULLINS HOME STORE,
9Th and Market.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

W ANTED - DRIVER FOR on
w wagon; must be strictly sober
and honest. Apply James Sanderson,
Elsmere, Del. apr222t
I OST-OPEN FACE GOLD WATCH
Il and fob, between 5ih and 9TH on
Market street Initials ON watch, NJ. T.
B. Reward II returned 10 Gl9 Market
street. sPr22-lt
Evening journal., 1916-04-22
GREAT SPRING POEM
CONTEST.
Send In Your Poems, Girls,
Nothing Scares the Editor

Girls. here's your chance TO get
famous. Send in a spring poem to
the Wheeze and take a chance! II
you win the prize you will be the
proud possessor Of a self-boiling
fountain pen. II you don't win the
prize youll have your poem print
ed. anyhow. and that's something
that hasn't happened to a lot of
peoplel
SPRING.
Winter is now out OF focus
And I can go out In the garden and
pick crOcus
Spring makes You feel like a faun
And tonight my sweetheart gets the
ring out OF pawn
On the balmy moonlight nights II
seems
That my lover and | get balmy in
the bean.
by Minnie Mildew.
Joe Tucker says he will inter
vene i'm Mexico If anybody else
does. but he won't go alone.
The Bushville church choir has
got 20 get a new baritone, al An
dersOn can't sing as good as he
used to since Doc Alters pulled two
Of his front teeth.
Evening journal., 1916-04-22

PORTRAIT OF ]. L. CARPENTER, SR.
IN oil portrait Of Joseph J.. Carpen-
ter. Sr.. l. displayed in the window Of
Millard +. Davis store, Tenth and
Market streets. II was painted by
William Chadwick
Evening journal., 1916-04-22

Miss Ehe Tompkins has gone 70
Little Rock, 10 study at a college
Of manicuring.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-20

surroundings and happiness, wouldn't
worry about attacks in the future
Langdon nodded absently, for his
heart was echoing the earlier words Of
the great alienist Given healthy sur
roundings and happiness ! wouldn't
worry about attacks in the future"
and he was Yowing to himself that,
cost what 1t might, he would yet win
freedom and happiness for her
He had not dared hope that she
would be we'll enough for the trial to
continue Cor some days at least. but
when she woke few hours later she
vowed she was perfectly able to go
into court even then. And 30, no more
than an hour late, the proceedings
were continued.
That hour had seemed very short
time to Mary and to Langdon, but it
was very long one to the excited
spectators who crowded the rooms to
the doors, whispering excited renlinis
cences of the day before
Whatever doubts had fingered in the
minds OF the public as to the verscity
and the strength of the defense built
up by Langdon had been shattered at
one blow. For Mary. az everyone said,
might indeed have been actress enough
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-20

to felsn tEstlnsas al III. sfSAB iof The
drunken policeman, but sh- eoliid not
have fslsnsd thst great heaiss On her
shoulder. The shadow % tie gripping
hand With thpre lird scars beasstA X
told HUtAy Of Asw tha cTTral fingers
had torn in.e the ta'adsr ssss.
The Horspsper hearing DR.. Fosters
articls an "Rspr e%sad Psyskssis" Which
the District Attorney had 20 ssreasd-
csny introduced az evidence had bean
pored over by every juyEan, and
fiem coast to cssst the dramatic story