Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-11-06
NEWS HAPPENINGS
lIOUT NEW Castle
Devotion Of Forty Hours
Opens in st. Peters
Church
"WETS" AND "DRYS"
CLAIM ELECTION
spec,al 70 THE EVENING JOURNAL.

gpeoial 70 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Del, Nov. 6-Electlon
Day. Both sides were claiming the cleo
ton in rural New Castle last night. A
crowd at dry" rally in the Opera
House listened to an eloquent speech
by DR.. I I. Hall Of Philadelphia, last
night The New Castle band played
The Methodist church Is open all day
today for any who wish to come IN and
pray for the success Of prohibition. The
town was quiet last night, and the po-
lice were not expecting any disturb
snce Of the peace during the time the
polls were open today.
City Council VIII meet in the May
or's ofllce tonight at $50 o'clock.
The Red Cross Society Is In need OF
more women to sew. Volunteers are
asked TO come 20 the meetings. held
every Tuesday afternoon, at 23O o'clock,
al the home OF Mrs. John H. Rodney.
The board meeting Of the New Cen
fury Club will be held next Tuesday
evening at 7.30 O'Clock, preceding the
November meeting Of the club at 8
o'clock. The sending Of postcards an
nouncing the meetings is discontinued,
and members are asked 10 note the
newspaper announcements Of the meet
inRs.
This Friday. Miss Elmlra Newell will
read the Current Events paper, and Mrs.
Julius Dodd VIII give a paper on Civics.
On November IS. Mrs. J. Allen Colby, OF
the Wilmington New Century Club. viii
give the Current Events, and Miss Paul
ine II. Rogers will have as her topic
poets Day" on November %, Mrs. A..
y. Warner. Of Wilmington. VIII address
the club on the work. IN general. Of
clubwomen. and Mrs l.. E Ellason will
be In charge Of the Current Events
Mrs. William T. Leach and Mrs Ben
nett Lancaster Will represent the New
Castle society at the annual session OF
the Wilmington District Woman's Home
Missionary Society, 20 ne held in AS
bury NJ. r Church on Thursday and
Friday Of this week
Following the settlement OF a neigh
borhood row at hearing before Mayor
Lavender last night Danny Crlsto was
fined So and costs on a charge OF as
sault and battery Leon Hebner dis
played a battered derby in the mayors
Office last night, complaining that It
i had come 20 an untlmely end by being
damned playfully down on his head by
John Gross, bartender. when Leon had
asked for a beer. The bartender plead
ed guilty, and paid Leon 81 for a new
lid and also paid the costs In the case.
There Is a certain class or small boys
in New Castle many Of them haillne
from Dobblnsville and shawtown, VIII
are going TO receive the attention o
the city authorities This attention be-
gan last night when a roomful OF then
white and black OF all heights, wer
corraled IN the mayors ofllce. They ma
been climbing up the jail door 10 Too
over the trans0m at prisoners. tn
mayor gave orders 30 the police fore
that hereafter. any boy caught loOl
ing In at the JAN Is 60 be placed insid
instead Of outside that door and porhap
kept there over night. Certain boy
have been noted as habltually hanging
around the premises and the parents o.
these will be asked TO pay fines II Il
happens again.
Most Of these youngsters are IN The
truant class from school. Their names
have been recorded and will be given
TO the truant officer, who viii take ac-
ton In their cases. A very small col.
ored boy raised a laugh last night by
telling the mayor he "sure went q