Evening journal., 1917-07-26
NEWS HAPPENINGS
About NEW Castle
Town GuardSmen Are
Formally Mustered for
War Service
WATER QUESTION
COMES TO HEAD

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, July 26.-For
the first time in many months this
city took on a real military aspect
yesterday as the members of the old
and new company Of the national
guard were sworn into the federal
service, following rigid examinations.
All day long there was hustle and
hustle about the armory. and when
Captain Donald Hay, Thirtieth lnfan-
try, u. S. A., OF Syracuse, n. Y, and
First Lieutenant G. w. Van Gorder,
Medical Reserve Officers Corps OF
Pittsburgh, had finished their days
work. ninety men had been examined.
The officials declined last night to
give the names or number of the
guardsmen who failed TO meet the
physical requirements. Twenty-Five
more men are to be examined today.
Captain Jesse Mckay. commanding
the New Castle guardsmen has estab-
lished his headquarters in the office
OF Magistrate James Taylor
Determined TO bring the entire
water situation in this city to a head
at once John r. Stops, president or
Council mas called a special meeting
of that body for 8 o'clock Friday night
when one of two courses of action
win probably be taken, outside OF
what the State Health authorities and
Attorney General ID. j. Reinhardt are
likely 10 advise. The spirit Of the
Council IS that the city demand that
the company forfeit its franchise to
operate IN New Castle but some OF
the more radical members as well as
some indignant citizens are demanding
that the company be prosecuted for
not giving the people of the city ade-
uuate water Attorney General Rein
hardt has been invited 10 attend tho
Council meeting Friday night as also
has the city solicitor. Alexander p.
Cooper. The State health authorities,
who made the analysis Of water from
tho old wells have signihed their in
tention Of being present and will
make a report on the conditions which
the analysis revealed
President Stops said last night
that the situation has become so seri-
Gus that the matter must be brought
to a head at once either by forcing
the company, through legal process,
to live up to its agreement with the
city or else get out OF the field en-
tirely and make way for a new con-
Germ. However. II the company should
be forced out OF the Geld entirely
New Castle would be worse off than
Il Is now for there would be nc
water supply available except a few
pumps here and there around The
city. The water company really oper
ates two companies. one owning wha
IS known as the new artesian we'll
and the other and older company which
operates the old wells. The complain
OF the State Board 70 Health. accord
ing to local health officers. Is against
the water from the old wells entirely
Further interest IN water company
affairs was aroused yesterday when
/ Il was reported that officers OF the
company from the home office in
Reading had been in the city for the
past two DAYS. had visited some OF
! the largest water users and had urg-
1 ed that these users pay their water
bills In advance. promising liberal dis
counts n they do Manager George
/ Unger OF the company steps out Of
Office August I. having resigned
some time ago.
About 730 o'clock last night a teie-
lphone call came into the Mayors Of
nce that there was a fight on at the
lDeemer steel plant and TO hurry po-
licemen there ~ once Police officers
about the building and on the streets
were rounded up in a rush. an auto
mobile was Communicated and thu
police rushed 10 the mills. while hun
dreds OF people along Delaware avenue
wondered what was up as they saw
the police force in It's mad dash. II
a few minutes tho officers returned
empty handed. Somebody had though
that last night was April 1, for. as IA
s as the officers could find out. Their
7 was no trouble at the mills.
That loves road Is not a pathwa
Of roses Willard Forman and williar
Berry, both suitors for the favor q
l. Lillian Sterling. revealed in the tria
n lof Forman before Mayor Cavende
Al last night Berry had Forman arrest
@ ed on the charge OF taxing Berry
D. automobile and operating II withot
the owners consent. But the fair Lii
liam couldn't see l. that way. an
she testified that she put $50 into n
L machine. which. she testified. Beri
r she was operating the machine. tn
~ she took Forman out for the sp
along Buttonwood road and to Mi
ID dletown. and that she had a right
at take whoever she pleased with hC
The court discharged Forman and D
ID the costs on Berry Lillian said On
jealousy was the cause % Berry Ia
l.. Inc Forman arrested
s. When Mayor Lavender finds th
witnesses and principals I'm a ca
a. before him do not agree in any poll
N he dofis his judicial character, dons
!. Sherlock Holmes character and fin
out for himself. On Tuesday. Bes.
a Coleman was arrested or the char
n OF stealing Matthew Murry's watC
Tuesday night the Mayor continu
the hearing until he could make
personal investigation because 4
2 testimony was too conflicting