Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-10
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Magistrate Fines Woman for
Her Part in Dobbins-
vile Row
BEGIN WORK ON
STATE ARMORY

Special 20 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, Aug. 10.-"Hell
hath no fury like a woman scornel.
But He'll Rad nothing at all on To-
dena Schona and Lena Keley when
Lodena scorned Lena and Lena scorn-
ed Lodena and a battle started. Three
dollars and costs. said Mayor Cavon-
der 70 Lodena, and the incident was
closed for the time at least
A packed house greeted LodenR and
Lena when the case was heard Oy
Mayor Cavender last night in his Of
Gee In tho State Armory. The crowd
strung far out on 10 the sidewalk and
the Office was damned with curious
human ~ until breathing was almost
impossible.
Lena Kelley rented a house in Dob
biusville and later allowed Lodena
Schona TO move in, a though Iona
never released her right TO occupancy
The other day wishing 10 again Oc-
cupy the house. Lena requested that
L0dcna yacaie. and when isodena re-
fused Lena asked TO have Lodena dis
possessed. II was then that Lodena
scornod Lena With her baby IN her
arms. she went TO Lena, who 40 the
time was cleaning her front porch
and became quarrelsome, Lena asked
her to depart without causing trouble
but Lodena was insistent and finally
obtained firm grasp of Lena'H hair
and pulled with might and main.
Lena retaliaied, but finding that she
could not pull as hard as Lodena. put
her hand on Lodenas face to push her
away. Bat In doing so her thumb
came into tempting proximity 10 Lo-
dona's mouth and became firmly
wedged betv cen Lodena'a teeth They
both fell from the porch. the baby
that LOdona had carried into battle
spawllng 70 the ground.
The case last night was remarkable
for Juvenile witnesses. and for the
mRsterful manner In which Lena. taxi
ing FULL advantage OF her loneliness.
conducted her case. A trained lawyer
could have done little better and her
two star witnesses Lee and Henry
Brown. aged and IA years. respec-
lively. amply. cleared her OF all guilt
Margaret Smi n. accused Of disorder
" conduct by Solomon Hurd.. entered
a counter accusat on. and following
the hearing by Mayor Lavender the
case was dismissed with the payment
OF costs By both sides in the contro
versy
About two hundred colored Odd Eel
lok8 from Wilmington arrived here
last night In special cars and Gutomo-
biles ind held dance. A band ac-
companied the merry-makers and
played patriotic airs on the corner OF
Third and Delaware streets until all
OF the cars mad arrived and discharged
their loads.
The funeral OF George FAIRIES. the
young man who was drowned last
Monday night close to the Delaware
street wharf was held in Townsend
yesterday. The deceased widow Is re
covering from the shock which pros
trated her following her husbands
death On The day he met his death
FAIRIES had been examined by the local
exemption board at Newark for en-
listment in the National Army
Work IS now progressing on the
new armory. which is being built on
Delaware street, between Seventh and
Eighth streets. The workmen began
to lay the foundation OF the building
yesterday.
Mrs. Samuel Mcfarland was re-
moved to the Homeopathic Hospital,
in Wilmington yesterday. For the first
part OF the trip she was taken by J..
v. Campbell in his new Packard car,
but shortly after reaching the out
skirts Of Wilmington the gears be-
gan TO slip. and It became necessary
TO call the Phoenix ambulance to
transport MIS-. Mcfarland to the hos
pital
Herbert Haug. the popular second
baseman OF the New Castle baseball
team. and James Hance are at At
lantic City Miss Elizabeth Bull has
also gone to Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irvan Jones ana their
daughter. Elizabeth, have returned
from visit TO Long Island.
Leslie Walls. ice cream manufac-
turer has returned from his vaca
ton, which be spent on Long Island
Mrs. Harry Rothrock and he
daughter Regina. have returned from
q visit 10 Atlantic City.