Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
High Tide Floods Causeway, Badly
Blocking Traffic.
South.

Now Castle. April 30-As a result OF
strong cast wind at sea, an eNcepuonai'N
birh tide was driven IN the l)eiaWaie
,,,cr tins morning. So high that the uVer
o,rrflowed its banks south OF New Castle,
making the causewav between l)obhinS-
willie and the BE thlchcm Steel Works I'M
passablc for ordinary traffic Trolley cars
could not operate south OF l'ohblhSNlhc'
and the only way the Bethlehem company
got It's oncrativcs through the flood was
10 transport them in wagons several being
EMPLOYED for that purpose. \ lew auto
mohilcs also venturcd through, but the
water was up to the bodies OF the cars,
making the trip dCcIdcdiN risky
The managers of the DecmCr Stccl
Casting Co. are having trouble with the
electric current furnished from Winning
Ton and IN order To MAINTAIN ana laN'
power for the plant. and 50 that It VIII h"t
be NECESSARY 10 shut down at tF'qu'h'
periods. they have entered INTO a CONTRACT
with Harry { Clark of Delaware ltN I"
INSTALL hoicrs and steam power. that may
he liscd to manufacture the necessary cur
rent
Shod arc hcinc caught IN small numbers
Cantain NIliam Cannon landed so hSh
on the first tide Yesterday morning. tor
which he rrcrivcd the allotted price oi
81 per fish ~
several members of he fawihcs oi tho
Nllhclms of this cIiv. who were IN lh',a-
dclphia last week IN attendance ~ thc
funeral OF Charles J Dc>saur, the late
husband Of Mrs Leila Nllhclm l'sSaur
second daughter Of Mr. and Mrs t'e"TEc
Wilhelm. have returned home ne d"-
ceased wa we'll known and liked here
\ hrldc,.htulder hy trade. hr met with 40
accident on bridge under construction
IN ono, If the New England States about
Thanksgiving lie was brought 70 'hlia-
deiphla haSmtal. where biS death was
caused hy cIot of blood ON the heart
The funeral vas held IA the church at
which hc was q member and later the
Masonic fraternity took charge oi the
bn,s and performed the last rites, with
ntcrmcnt IN Arlington cemetery
The proposed social oi the tcnturv
Club. this week has hccn postponed llntlI
Thursday February 4 when -" annivrr-
sarv 1T the cluh Will hr celebrated ami
real trcat in the way y program -
becn arranged bv Miss Bertha lamhson,
president ii THE club il conjunction with
programs furnished hN other organza-
tlons
The school nr community gardens inF
tins cltv arc not to hc utilized tins year
The reasons ejvcu art the present cm-
plovrncnt pf fnafN 81 the scholars and the
distance i. ihc pilots from tho homes ot
those " no might work thom The shortage
81 funds and tie hCh cost % seeds is also
a necessary consideration
Quite an audience gathered IN the old
Court House last cVc5lug tn hear Lieut.
II 4 Someryllc II Tho tIrst Canadian
Battalion who has Speut most oi the
wears of the war on the battle front ln
lr8nre Hc told most Interestingly 1T
4t-,4 frt~F1t% hos
lie closed his address with many tales p
Boche frightfuncSs. which be had himself
witnessed ana with stirring appeal 20
buy bonds
John r sheridan or the United States
Siena CorpS. vho has been stationed az
Kansas CITY and who fer some umc haS
been i guest 81 relatives hero. Mr. and
Mrs. Trancis 4 Met allin. has lett for hts
new post III Plattsmrg \ \
Frank Daud, i captain q the guard ai
the New Castle Construction 60 tor
nearly three wears. who was recently
stricken with pneumonia and removed -
the Poycllnic Hosptal ~ lhliadeIphia
several weeks ago has been heard from
through relatives. and i reported TO be
in a very serious condition
James Abbott who formerly operated
farm of the .lamnvicr Homestead, and
recently purchased plot Of ground al
Fourth ard Chestnut streets, Is ploughlng
and putting in shape a number OF gardens
for other owners Of land throughout the
city.
oliver Cromwell Gosln, formerly a
resident Of New Castle and fredericksburg.
Md. met with a slight accident yesterday
At Fifth and Delaware streets. when hls
new roadster collldcd iorcibly with a
telegraph pole Mr. Goslin could not ex-
plain how the accident occurred
There will be q meeting Of the local
W c + L at the home Of Mrs Atkin-
son on North Third street. Wednesday
afternoon al O clock
A little Lucas Paint works wonders.
Let US show YOU what can be done at small
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ADV.
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with Lucas Home Helps Paints Stains
and Enames J T d l. L. Ehason,
Inc.-Adv.
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