Evening journal., 1917-03-16
NEWS happenings
ABOUT new CASTLE
Shad Fishermen Will Fish
Despite T. Boat Net
and Mines
COMMISSIONER SHAW
HAS PINK EYE

HAD 4 lANA -
e,oo,al 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
NFw CASTLE, March 16.-The eA-
niosion at the Hagley plant oil 'ne
dupont Powder Company at Wiimins-
80, yesterday morning was ielt az
plainly here as it was III enae eoon
and all kinds Of rumors W. ~,
aaoat. At first IL. was llou th','-.o5
MANY that the explosion hao oo0e 49,
I'D Tie plant of the Bethlehem 80 -,
Company. just south OF TINS w ,,
then rumor had It that the eAp,o-
SION was across the river IN rev ~
sew II was reported that nily pel-
SONS had lost their lives. Wlnuo"a
,sttied and buildings shook ana some
~ tbe neople werO terrOr-stricken.
,,ane of glass in one Of the WINDOWS
d Reese a Downham' barber snop'
which has been cracked TOT SUM
sinos was discovered by an eN-
citabie man who spread the report
tbst the explosion had done the dam
age NTessrs. Reese and Downham en-
,oved the Joke for n while nut latcr
in The day explained that the VIII
dow was broken long before the e4-
plosion occurred.
The special musical program an
nounced by Musical Director ana Vt
canist George II. Madden, OF I'M
manuel p 70. Church. for last sun
dav night will be carried out TINS
coming Sunday evening the service
beginning at 73O o'clock. The lol-
lowing program will be sung;
rAIagnifcat and Nunc Dimittls IN
Anthem, "How Long wilt Thou For
get Me-" .................f hu 81
Anthem, God. to Whom we LOOK
Up Blindly." ......:...'C ,,,. IGN
Anthem, 1.-THE Evening Shadows
Fall" ............ ......... Nuou
The program will be sung by the
uuartette from the Westminster fres
byterian Church, OF Wilmington com
posed of Miss Jane Dutton, soprano;
Miss Ruth Wilson, contraltoi L. o.
Thompson, tenor, and Fred wyatt
bass.
Mrs Mary NJ. Cannon is making
some improvements about the eNter-
for OF her property on Second street,
near Harmony street.
A part OF the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany's munition plant has been clos
ed for a few days because of the scar
city Of powder, IL is reported, ana
many men are thrown out of employ
ment temporarily. II is expected that
operations will be resumed at almost
any time.
Mrs. Selden S. Deemer will have
charge of the civics class OF the New
Castle Century Club this afternoon
when "Fubic Health" will be dis
cussed. Conditions in the trolley car
viii be considered and plans made Il
educate the travelling public how hes
TO conserve their physical well being
when using the cars.
Thus far about $40 out of the Sl5l
needed TO pay the expenses OF the
members of the two upper classes OF
the New Castle High School on THEN
Washington trip in May has been
raised. Bakes, teas and entertain
ments arranged for during tho com
ing two months arc expected TO swell
the amount to the required sum.
superintendent Unger. of the Della
ware Water Improvement Company,
Is awaiting the outcome of the test
drilled near the pumping station. The
well has been sunk TO depth of
about 525 feet and water has been
found. but so far the water has been
muddy. IL is expected that continued
pumping will bring up flow Of clear
pure water.
Mrs. Roth, wife Of Or. Robert r
Roth. who was operated upon TIT
NJ lao Nm
pital, Philadelphia Monday, is report
ed to have rallied satisfactorily iron
the operation. Her condition wa
said yesterday TO be good.
The driver of loaded beer WACO
was knocked down and hurt yestei
day when several cases of beer sir
ped from the rear end OF tho WACO
as he was lifting one of them OF
and slid to the ground. A numbC
of the bottles were broken. and sma
pieces of glass Uttered the roadbe
for some distance around. The drive
aided by several women with broom
gathered up the pieces of glass, tht
removing a menace to automobile
The spill occurred on Second stree
near Delaware.
Gene Chase has taken the loo;
agency LOT an A-hdg titNAAiN lam
and has already placed them IN sex
eral business places.
A number of shad fishermen, VIII
are more sanguine as TO existing con
ditions in the ryer than some, of thei
fellows, said yesterday that the
would fish this year despite the L
boat net placed in the river and tn
mines but that they would not b.
IN n -. H.aI.
me stretch from Delaware CITY 4
Nhester VIII be their fishing ground
,hey think, They said that the sha,
nshermen worked the river when /
was mined during the Spanis-Ameri
can war and they have no intention
VI abandoning their favorlte occn
george Johnson. arraignea befor
Mayor Rodney. "Wednesday n;g bt'o u
charge Of obtaining money 80 y