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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-01-12
HISTORY OF 1916
TOLD IN BRIEF
Most important Events Of the
Last Year Set Forth.
---.a.s-4aa-a-
PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR
Chief Developments in the Mighty
Conflict Of Nations-PoIitleal and
other Happenings In the
United States.
COMPILED BY E. W. PlcKARD.
tGontinued from last week)
FOREIGN

Feb. 1.-Yussuf Izzeddin. crown prince Of
Turkey, committed suicide.
March 22.-Ohlcial mandate announced
abandonment Of Chinese monarchy and
emperorship by Yuan Shl Kai who re-
Sumed presidency
April 1S.-Sir Roger Easement captured
and German ship sunk while landing arms
IN Ireland for uprising.
April 2.-Sinn Fen rebels seized parta
OF Dublin and serious fighting followed.
April SO.AMain body OF Irish rebels SUR
May 27Pfesident JmiheE St DotslHican
May S.-Pearse, Clark and Macbonagh,
leaders of Irish revolt, executed
May 5-Fighting broke out in Santo Do
mingo; American marines landed
May 12-James Connolly and John Nc
Derlnott. Irish rebels, executed.
June 6.-Yuan Ii Hung became presi-
dent OF China.
June 29.-Casement convicted of treason
and sentenced to death.
July 1.--U. S. marines routed $50 Santo
) Domingo rebels. killing q and losing one
Sept. 2O.-china appealed for aid for
lnilliOn people driven out by great floods
lSept. SO.-Emperor Iidj Jeassu of Abys-
siiIia deposed; ouizero-Zeoditu proclaimed
Oct. l.EGen. Count TerauchI made pre-
Tnier OF japan.
Oct. 2l-Count Carl stuergkh, Austrian
premier, assassinated by Vienna editor.
Oct. 2l.-Two American officers killed By
Dominican rebels.
Nov 22.-Karl Franz proclaimed emperor
of Austria Hungary.
Nov. 29.-Capt. II. II. Knapp, y. s. N,
commander in santo Domingo, proclaimed
q military government Of that country.
Dec. 4-POpe created ten new cardinals.
Dec. H-Denmarlx voted to sell Danish
West indies 70 United States.
Edmund 5ehulthess elected president oil
Swiss confederation.
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POLITICAL

Jan 4-Congress reass6tnbled
Jan u.-ProgressiVe national committee
rallied convention for June in Chicago
Jan 23.-National Prohibition convention
called for July 10 in St Paul.
Jan 25-President Wilson nominated
Louis ID. Brandeis for Supreme court
Feb 2-House passed antichiId labor
FEB 4.-senate passed bill for indepen-
dence OF Philippines in to years.
Feb 9-Senate passed house resolution
making available S600000 FOR re-equippng
Mare island and New York navy yards
and house bill increasing by 800 the en-
trance class at naval ac2demy
Feb lO-Secretary OF War Garrison and
Assistant Secretary BfeckihhdEe re-
Feb l5-G. T Maryc. ambassador TO
Feb iS.~senate ratified Nicaraguan
5ta5 Feb ss.NHaitian treaty ratified by sen.
March al II. Shea of Seymour. Ind.
Nominated ambassador 10 Chile
March 6-Newton d Baker o? Cleve-
Iond anpointed secretary Of war
March % House passed Hay army re-
organization bill
hill with literacy test clause
April 1i-House passed 100000 rivers
anu SpriI iii 'tSEsenate passed army reorgani-
HnrIl 9iEJapanese ambassador protested
TO President wilson against oriental eX-
cIusion clause OF Immigration bill.
April 22.-senate passed hoasel hill re-
peaiing free sugar law
April 26.-Henry Morgenthau resigned as
ambassador to Turkey
April 50. Socialist Labor parry nomi-
mated Arthur 2 Re+l1mer Of Rosto9 to- for
president and Caleb Harrison or Chicago
for vice president.
May l.-House rejected bii piedsins
Withdrawal from Philippines withiu deil-
May i5.-senale rejected nomination Of
G. Rubee of N H. as member federal
trade commission.
May l7.-Senate passed army bill
House passed SOL .000.000 l0od control bill
May 2O-House passed S50,0CO,OOO ship
purchase bill
House passed army bill
May 70 Senate passed rivers and har'
June f.-Louis D. Brandeis confirmed as
associate justice sf Supreme court
June 2-House passed naval appropria-
tlon bill
June 7.-Republican and Progressive ma
tional conventions opened In Chicago
June lO-Chares Evans Hughes nomt-
veltion.
June lO.-Theodore Roosevelt nominated
by ProgressiVes.
June 14.-Democratic convention opened
at st. Louis.
June l6-Wilson and Marshall renomi-
mated by Democrats
June 26. Roosevelt declined Progressive
nomination and Progressive national COM
mite indorsed candidacy of Hughes
June 2I.-Senate passed sundry civil. good
roads and pension bills. carrying total OF
$3.50 Coz. .000
June T.-W. r. Wilcox made chairman
Of Republican national committee
June 2S. House voted S27 900 for i'm
roads bill.
July lo.-House passed emergency rev.
enue bill
July i2 Senate passed agricultural bill
carrying s2hC0O,000
July l3-Judge j. II. Clarke OF Ohio
nominated for associate justice s Su.
preme court
! July Is -Congressrnan Hay Of Virginia
4 nominated associate justice U. S. court ol
claims
July lS.-Ahram ElSus nominated as am
bassador to Turkey
July 49, Prohibition national convention
rened In St. Paul. M'R3Jff;{i gf,ff,
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SPORTING

Jan &c. II Weeghman and partners
bought Chicago National league club.
Feb G.-Charles Ellis won three-cushioD
billiard championship from De ORC.
March 25,-Jess Willard defeated Frank
Moran at New York.
April r. 2-Basehall season opened.
Nav 80 -Dario Resta in Peugeot car won
indianapolis 800 mile race
June H. Syracuse crews won regatta
at Poughkeepsie
June % Harvard beat Yale In New
London regatta
June 3O.-Charles Evans, Jr.. Chicago.
won open national golf championship.
Aug 15-George M. Church retained
Western tennis championship
Aug. 1S-Walter Hagen OF Rochester,
n. Y. won Western open golf champion
ship
won wcmen's Western golf championship.
Sent 4-Freddie Welsh defeated Charley
White In 20 rounds.
Sept 9-Charles Evans, Jr, Chicago,
won national amateur golf championship.
Sent 30-JOhnnY Aitken in a Peugeot
won Astor cup. breaking worlds record
oct L-Boston won American league
championship
''tSri,p oct T"Aiexa Stirling. Atlanta. won
women's national golf championship.
oct 70 Boston Red SoN won worlds
championship -
Oct. l4-Resta won Grand American go
mile automobile race al Chicago.
cup at Santa Monica, Cal
Nov S Grand PrlN race at Santa Mon
lea Cal won, by ,Aiken; .d2ri,yerr. LeYis
,Iackson aud three 'siiectatorsi iAlled 10 ,
~ Nov e25 iQhie st9ls, ,H7lysTsl tyCl ge9 ,f9
o.
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July 2L-senate passed navy bill pro-
viding for i5l vessels
Prohibltionists nolpinated J. Frank Han
~ for president and Ira y Landrlth for
vice president
July 81 Senate passed army bill car
ate
Aug s.-fiouse passed big navy bill
Aug. l6-Senate passed bill promising in
dependence TO Philippines swhen Fipinos
are ht for self-government
bin
Senate passed shipping purchase bill
Aug. - Federal workmen's cOfbpensa-
tlon act passed by senate
Aug, 25 House accepted senate amend
mems 10 army bin
Sept 3 5-Scuatc passed emergency rev.
enue bill with reprsal provisions against
British BLACKLIST
Sept 7-Senate ratified treaty for pur-
chase of Danish West Indies.
Sept S-Congress adjourned
Sept Y -Repubrans won In MainS
ele lion.
Nov 7.-WilsOn and Marshall reelected
president aud vice president of u. s.
Nov 10-Count Tarnowsky named Aus
trian ambassador TO u. S.
Dec. 4.-CongIess began short session
Or Henry Van Dyke. American ambas-
sador to the Netherlands; Il A. 1'hOmp-
son. minister to Colombia. and w. IL
HQrnbroOk. minister to Siam, resigned.
Dec. 5-President Wilson read his mes
sage to congress.
Dec H.-Senate passed immigration bill
with literacy test clause
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MEXICO

Jan. 1O.-Nineteen foreigners, nearly all
Americans, were murdered by Mexican
bandits near chihuahua.
Jan. 12-Lansing demanded that Car
rama punish slayers of Americans.
March 9-Nine American civilians and
eight soldiers killed and several wounded
when Villa bandits raided Columbus, N.
NJ. Many raiders slain on both sides OF
border by soldiers. President Wilson or
dered General Funston TO pursue and pun
March 1O.-President Wilson ordered g.
eOO troops into Mexico to get Villa.
Villas men raided big Arizona ranch.
March l2.--Eirst troops entered Mexico
March 1l.-u. s. army raised to war
strength of $4,000 men for campaign
against villa. Half million cartridges for
CarranKa army seized at Douglas. Ark.
March 16.-First clash between Villa out
posts aud American expedition. Seven
March T.|Carranza forbade American
troops pursuing villa TO enter Mexican
towns.
u. s. senate passed resolution declaring
the United States did not Intend to in
terVene In Mexico.
March 27.-capture OF Torreon by Willis.
tas reported.
March 2s.-Congress Appropriated $780,
O00 for Mexican expedition
March 20.-Carranza granted use of
Mexican Northwestern railroad to u. s.
for shipment OF supplies.
Dodd's cavalry defeated villa forces
at Guerrero, killing 60; one u. s. soldier
mortaiiy wounded villa seriously wound.
April I.-U. s. cavalry defeated vlllsta
detachment north of Guerrero, killing 30
April 12-U. 8. troops attacked by Car
rama troops and citizens OF Parrali two
Americans and 40 Mexicans killed.
April l3.-CarranEa demanded Withdraw y
II of u 8. troops from Mexico.
April 18-Pnrsuit Of villa at standatill
because Of hostility OF Carranzistas
April 29.-CeBerals Scott Funston and
ObregOn conferred on Mexican situttiott.Ji
Mav 6.-Villa bandits raided Glenn
Springs. Tex. killing three u. 8. soldiers
Major Howe with six troops Of cavalry
routed Vlilista band at Ojos Azules, killing
May a.-PFesident\ Wilson ordered mill.
tia OF Texas, New Iexico and Arizona
defflafR bd6 1sidFsD 40 =. gS' a
Nav n. - Amer.c can h1eXicdh bOrdef con.
fefShc8 cd iqfltileiE.t. s., xtifostiLf {
curtis peyle3, AInefiean farmer. hille6
bg t'4, ta leen.l 9 49, 4sFee9ss., Tex. ,
trtlflp1 xdb7 again spaided, by sNeKicaps.y
CapdeiariQ Cervantes' Viiiiste leadef
klhet 9bY lAIlIfEi can ltFp0De.gb d, Il u,
MAY U-5Cafranza deInatidbd Wlthd Yaia'
llebn, 34e fiEgo,my Me- iee; on, PEN
shfs H7.s entrPi RarkeE Tlshs9 apIp.
fercementa 10 American troops ~ eitlot
O'u June is.&waf department. OrdSred caf
state militia mobllized.
Fourth punitive expedition withdraw
nssp srra6zs SzsS1 soldiers atlSsliatiga. 2rss :.
AAshsess'4neiVr 0ss.EtbB sgx,sl -.--
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DISASTERS

Jan. s.-ENpiosloh ON oil tanker Aztec
at New York killed ten.
Jan 5.-,Stehfnef Kahawha sank in Ohio
Jan. S.-Du Pont powder mills at Car
ney's Point. n. j., blown up; six killed.
Jan. 16.-U. s. submarine E-2 blown up
at New York navy yard; four Killed. 10
Jan. 1s.-Fife did siO.Ooo.OOO damage In
Bergen, Norway. and Sl,5OO.OoO damage In
Jan. i7.-Firs destroyed most of Wltt.
Jan. a.-Fire at Molde Norway. did
Jan. 22-Great Northern train wrecked
by avalanche near Corea. WASH; six
Jan. 2S.-Otay valley dam near San
Diego, Cal, broke; 80 dead.
Feb. 2.-Japanese liner Daljin sunk in
collision; 160 lives lost.
Feb 3.-Canadian parliament building at
Ottawa destroyed by fire; seven lives lost.
Feb 16-Three British steamships many
LIGHTERS oos snd nSd pier burned at Brooklyn;
Feb is.-Holand suffered from great
FEB. 2i.-Ten killed in wreck on New
Haven road.
Feb. 2B Fifteen men killed by expF>
sion In mine at Kempton, w. Va.
March 5-Spanish steamer Principe 1e
Asturias hit rock and sank off Brazil; 90
March 22,-Fifteen million dollar fire at
Nashville, Tenn. and s5OOO,OOO fire at Au-
gusta, Ga.
March 2s. 2s.-Twenty-slx killed and ms Y
injured in collision on New York Central
lines near Cleveland.
April l7.-Six killed, 40 injured In wreck
on New Haven road at Bradford. r;
April l9.-Tornadoes In Kansas and Mis-
April 22.-More than 1000 lost In collision
between Chinese cruiser and transport.
May S-Steamer Kirby sank In Lake Su-
May 15-Explosiou in Du Pont powder
plant at Glbbstown, N. j.. killed 18.
June 2;-Thirteen killed in train wreck at
June 4.-Waterfront fire at San Francis
co did SS00.OOO damage
June 5.--Tornadoes killed 81 In Arkaneax
and 49 in other middle Western stat es.
June l3.-Four killed I'm Millions dol
lar fire at Baltimore.
July 4.-Eleven Killed. 376 hurt In Fourth
of July celebrations.
July 14-U s. navy collier Hector sunk
In storm off Charleston. 8. c.
July O.-Hundreds of fishermen lost In
B monsoon off Ceylon coast.
! July isis killed and 40 hurt by bomb
dug5lps sqSPni ErqpGseo preparedness pa
! July 24-Twenty-two men killed by gas
4 explosion in a Cleveland water. tunnel 2
Aug. 9.-ClOudburst I'm West Virginia re-
suited In, nearly 100 deaths.
/ Aug fs.-Troiiey wreck at Johnstown,
= Aug. sg.2U. s. afmored cruiser Menl-
phis wrecked in Santo Domingo harbor; Al
\ Z Sept. 12-central span of great bridge
oveT 81 iilawEence at Quebec feili q
\ riiled. ''a+i ~
Sept. 1S.s-0reat dam near Hannwald
EBDhemia. burst, 200 dead. ~ 't - q
oct 2G-Nlneieen killed IN burning Of
= n ospital at Farnham. Quebec %
Noy 3.-Steamers Connemara and Re
ID triever SUNK by collision In Irish sea; q
4 lost.
n Nov. FIFTY Iiysy lost when Boston 1
| car plunged off bridge.
STA killed 34tl 'g 3u
\ Dec, .l-siyty-slS persons Killed II
I train colision "A Austria 500 tf.
! Dec, a05Thonsand killed by explosion II
Russian antnfintuoh c--z-as4- feJfJti...
''7< "Ha 4oap9 b,; .14ss1
'' SH'A.1f a3o sgs
1515 lsy ca s..f,p,
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NOTICE FOR PUBiIcATlON.

Dspartmenl of the. Interlor.

Ohpartment, Of the. Interior { -an
on ce at Roswell, y. NJ Nov, %, 1916
' Nouce Ishereby given chat. Marion s,Inhes
Of RnJtt. n. NJ. who on Noy- B. 1915 mal6
HI. H.. Serial No. O27052 far Nj, see. VI,
Towrslipo s.. II. % e.. N..M,.P Meridian,
has He'd notice of iptention 10 nuke Final
Three Year proof, TO establish claim 70 toe
land above dsscnbeh, hefore }, +. .cRrrog.r
$. Cqmmissiopsr Ia his ofheo. az Elkius. n,
NJ, on Jan. Q, 1911 "t
Claimant names as witnesses:
Herbert G. Faherlender, Amous 2 smith,
william NJ. Fsherleudsf Theadot Rudolph. ali
of Knnrs. n. NJ. lif. f1l.ii..5...
Emmett Patton REGISTER:
Dee CLANS q,
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FINiANCIALso Lso.eI .....9 2

Jaa .1'' q. ~ u s., sabfebo asdarV'dscidte&
incnH1e tax copg0tutjonaL o,.y .t,s
> MaY, 23,-Richatd II ''Atshtoh@ @Siecteitt z
= June 24.-Cora Products trust ordered ~
dissolved by federalfl0dge. In i&ew lWkt.9t I
lime 28.-NNestern.s Raciflc. railroad sold
at auction Tor SIS 0aa 600 ~ 2. r.sf ias'1fff
y oct 2-American loan of SG00OOoO0 made
10 China to build railways. 'N''ti
Nov rs StaToh rtrusl- ordered dissolved
ty federal court IN New York.
Nov lG-Chicago bank made loan OF
Dec i.l3rtH -BrAfe n ana France can
relied proposed 500.0o0.o00 loan from u. 3.
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. Fec. 1t.-Mliiiop dollar fire destroyed
Quaker Oats plant at Peterboro. Ont
bee. 13..-CaHadlan torpedo boat Grilse
foundered; 45 lost.
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PROGRESS Of EUROPEAN WAR

coMPILED BY E. v. pIoKARD.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-11
HAIL AND Wind CUT
SWATH IN country
CONTINUED From First Page. }

NNOntlnued from First Page.)
trated in the zone between Porter's
and Kirkwood and extending partly
across the county yesterday afternoon.
The hail did not extend further west
than Glasgow.
High wind and hail contributed 20
the damage. Corn was knocked down
by the wind and shredded by the
hail, and tomato vines were whipped
to pieces by the hail The damage 20
those crops and to gardens in the
storm area will be heavy.
Fifty feet of the Delaware City
Railroad between Corbit and Reybold
was undermined by flood that,rushed
down the gulley. and a repair crew
was rushed to the scene to make tenn
porary repairs that would permit
traffic to continue.
The water in the lake at Canal
Bridge that feeds the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal. was seventeen feet
deep yesterday afternoon. Both gates
leading into the canal were opened
and the locks at Delaware City, st.
Georges and Chesapeake City also
were opened 10 take care OF the flood.
Notwithstanding those precautions the
water in the feeder lake this morn
ing was nineteen and one half feet
deep. according to the gauge. and
was still rising. The dam near the
canal bridge also IS threatened with
destruction. National Guardsmen.
who have camp near the bridge.
were flooded out during the night and
, they aud canal employees kept watch
over the lake and dam to prevent any
damage. II they could.
A stream north Of KirlSwOod that
extends each side OF the State road,
rose TO the road level and in the vi
cin,ty of Glasgow rllls and small
streams swelled into raging rivers.
the water attaining levels there that
were unprecedented 10 the oldest res
idents. One stream grew until It at
tanned a depth OF fifteen feet and be-
came a raging torrent
Some damage was done TO wheat
by the hail. but il was not great. as
most OF the wheat has been cut and
shocked.
Much damage was done when the
riverbank along Fort DUPONT below
Delaware City, broke, allowing the
water to flood fields owned by the
government. The corn in one field at
the post is fat on the ground, having
been completely covered by the
water.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-11
MORE Than 1900
MEN TODAY FOR
FIRST Delaware
(Contlnned Frnm rlrst 3d.

Continued From First Page.)
vice with every number drawn in
Whe the Delaware troops leave, on
August 8. they will not be in the
same organization with which they
saw border service. The Eighth Divi-
sion, in which was included the two
separate Delaware Battalions. is com
ple.e. so there is little likelihood that
the full regiment from this State will
be put back with their old comrades
1t will also be impossible to brigade
the regiment with regiments from
nearby States, and the concensus OF
opinion az headquarters seems to be
that the First Delaware will be bril-
gaded with a regiment from some
Southern State. It is still unknown
what site has been selected for the
concentration camp of the regiment.
Due TO the inclement weather there
will be no recruiting meeting held to-
night. but it is planned to go after
men strong beginning with tomorrow
night again.
Continued bad weather last night
made it impossible TO hold tho recruit
ing meeting, which had been planned
at Maryland avenue and Oak street
But despite the fact that no especial
effort was made TO obtain recruits
twcnty-seven men applied for enlist
ment and of this number nine were ac-
cepted yesterday.
Besides seven men received a
down-State points yesterday the fol
lowing were accepted at the Armory
John BOcc, Pennsgrove.
David Z. Manlove. Middletown.
William II. Mccoy. No. TIC Bennett
street.
William p. Phillips. Bethel .
John Bruno. Pennsgrove.
John Redgrayes, No. 1921 LAmott
street.
Robert c. Hitler. Odessa.
Benjamin c. Denny, Middletown.
Joseph NJ. Balback. No. 1906 Eas
Fourteenth street
The following three men were re
cruited by First Battalion recruiting
officers:
f. S. Pooley. Philadelphia.
Fred Johnson, Kirkwood.
James n. Curry. No. 1 West Twenty
fifth street.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-11
If You Registered June S Here is What to Do

you did it incumbent
the following for yourself in connection with the seeee draft
Find where the headquarters Of the Exemption Board for that dis
Find whether you have been given number by the local
board. 4 what the number is
numbering will completed II it already
q the earliest moment
drawing Washington whether
number
where your number drawn,
OF by mail
specified board
physically 1T
make preparations
filed with the local board within
remembers 1T is UP TO YOU!
who what until
discharge.
occupation
yourself suddenly
that comply with all these legal
quirements
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-11
AMERICAS war DIRECTORS
DR.. HOLLIS GODFREY.

y DR.. Hollis Godfrey, president of
the DreXel InHtitute, and chairman
. of the committee on Engineering
and Education of the Council Of
National Defense, is a consulting
engineer who happens to be an
educator.
He is bouyant. sunbrowned and
active, talks like the educator,
and but for the black ribbon to
his glasses looks the engineer.
His is the work of listing the
scientists of the nation available
for special war work.
Or. Godfrey has charge OF such
studies as devices for the detec-
ton OF submarines and mines,
range finders, aircraft, sapping
instruments, improvements i'm
" wireless apparatus and other in
struments, military photography.
. balloon fabrics, fabrics for army
slickers, new explosives, nitrate
supplies. and hundreds OF other
instrumentalities for use Of the
government.
DR.. Godfrey is doing what is
perhaps the most important work
of the entire Council by his con-
slant inspection of the new
methods of warfare, and the i'm
provement he is making in old
instruments and armament.
New anti toxins, serums for
. diphtherla, tetanus. pneumonia,
paralysis, and other diseases. are
tested by Godfrey and turned
over to the government for use.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-11

nor in appointing the said five per
sons does not and cannot constitute
the said Department OF Elections con
templated by said pretended act of
the General Assembly"
The petition further cites the action
OF the three defendants in organic
ing and olectine Charles A. Hagner as
secretary. and states that none of the
organization meetings was attended
by Messrs. Kane and Mooney and
that the action of the three in organ
izing Is Illegal and void. =~e petition
also claims that the action Of the de-
PENDANTS I'm naming registration officers
and swearing them in is also illegal
The petition further sets out that
for these reasons some of the regis
tration officers named have refused to
serve
The petition sets out that the act
is unconstitutional and void so far
as II provides for an election in VIII
mington because II was not passed by
two-thirds vote by the Legislature.
The act is unconstitutional so far
as it refers to the special election
in rural New Castle county, the petit
that prior to the introduction of the
act a majority Of the members of both
houses from that district had petit
toned for a special election, and that
| after sucn request the General As
sembly was wholly without power to
receive, consider or act upon the said
bill so far as it related 10 rural New
Castle county
The &C. is attacked on other
grounds as follows:
That Il is unconstitutional because
Il deals with two separate and dis
tinct subjects but one Of which is
expressed in the title; that Il is in
conflict with section 16 OF article ?
OF the State Constitution and also in
conflict with article Is OF said consti-
tuition.
In conclusion the petition states
again that the defendants have no
legal right 10 act as a Department OF
Elections and that their acts will in
Volve the mourning Of large indebted
ness amounting 10 probably $40. 600.
Levy Court Engages Counsel.
The Levy Court yesterday afternoon
reversed its action in secret session
yesterday morning and decided 10 en-
= lploy additional counsel to aid in de-
! Tending any suit brought to compei
the court TO pay bills contracted in
, connection with the wet aud dry
: election. II such an election is held.
The court adopted a resolution en-
!ploying Attorneys Robert G. Harmon
, and Robert H. Richards. The resolu-
ton employing Attorneys Harmon
and Richards is as follows
BE It resolved by the Levy
Court OF New Castle county. That
Robert G.. Hartman and Robert
II. Richards Esquires, be en-
ployed as associate counsel 10 our
attorney. Frank l. Speakman.
Esquire. during his temporary
absence, for the purposes follow
ing:
ITO represent the said Levy
Court in case a suit should be
brought against New Castle
county by the Wilmington Print
ing Company. payment Of whose
bill has iur< been refused; and
also to represent the said Levy
Court in any suit or suits TO be
brought by them for the purpose
OF testing tho val dity or consti-
mtionailty Of the act generally
known As tho re-suhm' ssion act
both as 10 New Castle county and