Evening journal., 1917-10-25
news HAPPENIEGS
AEOUT new CAST {
Council to Meet Tomorrow
Night to Discuss Mater
QUESTION
TOWN TAKES $5O,OO0
OF LIBERTY LOAN
spsclal 70 THE EvENINa JOURNAL.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Del. Oct PA spe-
oiaI meeting OF the City Council has
been called by President John T.
Stoops for tomorrow evening at 81
o'clock. The matter at hand Is the
service given by the Delaware Water
Company. The Council does not in
tend to let up on the matter until the
company fulflls some OF its many
promises, and Council will take action
TO obtain better conditions.
The host os friends that DR.. Francis
L. Springer had made In New Castle
expressed the deepest regret over the
news Of his death. Many tributes to
his life and work were given by his
acquaintances In this city, and O num-
Der expect to attend the funeral SER
vices at his home in Newport at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Charles
II. Clewell Of this city, for many years
q friend OF Dr.. Springer, will be In
charge OF his burial. Interment will be
made In the family plot In the Red
Clay Greek cemetery
Mrs. A. E. Goudh ., who Is I'm New
York hospital, is improving in health.
T. Bankson HolcOmb has returned TO
his home in Wayne. N. j..
Mrs. Alexander B. Cooper Is spend
ing a few days in Merchantville, N. j.
st. Peters T. A. B. Society will meet
at II o'clock on Sunday morning.
The Delaware City trolley cars were
delayed yesterday morning by the high
tides caused by Tuesday nights storm.
The water flooded the tracks and left
them strewn with refuse. The storm
was not so severe around New CAKE
as in Wilmington, and no damage was
reported from 10.
Miss Cora Jacobs celebrated her ff-
teenth birthday anniversary yesterday.
Mr.. Tibbets is suffering from bar
ber's Itch, for which Dr.. Robert n.
Roth Is treating him.
The oyster supper and bazaar OF the
Methodist women Will be held tomor-
row and Saturday nights in the Opera
House. A final meeting OF committees
was held in the church last night after
prayer meeting, and the remarks that
drifted out Of the rooms to the ears OF
innocent bystanders, about chicken,
chocolate cake, ham, and coffee, were
most interesting.
Mayor Theodore w. Lavender made a
trip TO Philadelphia yesterday. He saw
the Liberty Bell. but the parade Of Lib
erty Day had been postponed.
New Castle has contributed well TO
the second Liberty Loan. II Is esti-
mated that a $4,000 minimum is the
amount already put down to the credit
OF the city for the second campaign
considerable Of this going through VIII
mingtOn and Philadelphia banks. The
fibre mills, Baldt Steel plant, th'
Deemer Steel Casting Company, anC
other industrial plants took out {
number Of thousands for their EN-
ployes. The New Castle Trust Com
pany took in many subscriptions yes
terday, and themselves subscribed Si2,
900 to the loan.
A soldier on a Pennsylvania Railroad
express tossed out a postcard to the
Wilmington platform yesterday, with
request for somebody to mail II. IL wa
addressed 70 a woman in Massachusetts
and was dropped into a mail box afte
Wilmington and New Castle curiosit,
seekers had read the following quer
which was its sole contents;
"If Mrs. Ippy should wear Miss Ourf
New Jers what would Delawarel"
Max Sechcock and Frank Rupkabic
were fined SO and costs each on a dis
orderly conduct charge last night. b
Mayor Cavender The unique feature Q
the case was that the boarding hous
landlady who had caused the arrest Q
the men. paid the fine Of one Of then
who was not provided with cash o
hand.
The colored people Of the town AZ
prenaring for an outdoor temperate
meeting 10 be held in front Of the couI
house under the auspicas Of Mt Solei
hurch. with colored orators urging th
dry campaign. and band accompany
ing them.