Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-27
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Women "Flagmen" Make Their
Appearance at Pennsylvania
Railroad Crossings.
s,ar Correspondencc OF Every Evening

"a
New Castle June - New 'astie Is
,ooL; mo It's first on women "hagmen' Mt
railroad crossings The sight ~ decidealy
novel but the public has no fault TO ilno
with the sitlation indeed, lots oi tolks
think woman Is tcmperalnentaliy
better fitted to handle such a job than
a man. because the last thing woman
would do would he to take chance
Mt beating II train TO IT at crossing OF
pcrmittinp anyone else To do 1t Whlte
shn was clothed with authority to pre-
vent them.
The Pcnnsvlvania Railroad Company |
has engaged women TO take care oi the
crossing nj Delaware street, beyond the |
High bridge. William Jacco, who was the |
flagInan at this point, having been trims
fcrred To the section gang and the scar
city of men having compelled the com
panv TO look elsewhere persons to do this |
hnc Of work The women selected are |
Nrs. ] smith and Mrs. Ressic Sparks, |
who assumed their duties ON Monday
The pnet is y dav shift of slN hours II ~
likely that the company will hire women
for the "cut of crossing. near the
power -hOusc of the Wilmington and fhll-
adclnhia Traction co THIS IS very
dangerous crossing where number oi
accidents hnvc occurred
once again a howl s going 'ip from
tho public about the condition 81 tho
water the complaint being the old, old
one that the fund supplied - quite unit
for drinking or cooking case oi tYphoid
fever having been reported. the hoafd
at IIcalths attention hos i'ocT calfd !"
tho situation. whilc Council will take a
hand on 1ucsdav night when y meett
Mir and Mrs Albert Booth' WHO
olAs
Wilmington. last Saturday. are showing
Improvement and hope 10 h. ahle 70 gci
about within few DAYS Ihev reside
IN the wrstcrnlv sect non of the CITY
Francis DC Hans Ianv,cr one u the
War Savings Stamp committee OF TINS
district. vleitcd the lower part 81 the
| New Castle hundred Yesterday ~
| people in that locality are earnestly work
| ing Tor the War Savings Stamp campaign
| and largo number of pledge cards have
! been distributed fhcr'
| The various plants IN this city have
| appointcd captains 20 SOLICIT pledge
! from the work mon N the plants and q
| large percentage of the mon have pledged
| themselves 70 invest 70 the extent @
/ their mcanF
1 William y kcc manager Of the liurrls
! Garage. while unloadnE matcral from
/ !
I tcrdav. carne in contact with a iarg" piece
| 81 timber caused vrry painful INJURY
to his nosc
Mrs William Burris who underwent
an operation AZ tho Delaware Hospital
Wilmington. several davs ago Tor M
DcudicItis IS getting along nicely
William Uockcnlurv has purchased
through tho Burns Garage the Max"''ll
touring car rcc4,ntlv owned hv Robert
| <cwlovc
William r Nvcrs. who recently re
s,,I,d here and who has hcon employed
II 4 rowticr plant in New Jersey. Is ~
The Delaware Hospital whore nc VIII
undergo An N-ray examination Mr~
N!vcrs and son are 4 he guests OF Mr and
Mrs Xachariah Gcmmll parents 81
Mrs Mvcrs
William II Rhoadcs. Of II" Com
panv. 50th Pioneers. Camp DIX }
has been spending several days as IN"
a,cst ~ Mr. and Mrs John + 4 Clay
ton lie is nephew Of Mrs layton
large crowd of Italians and other
foreigners heard the open AR address
hy an Italian speaker last evening at the
corner az Ninth and CLAYTON streets
The speaker impressed upon the foreign
crs the fact that hey should invest 10 the
extent az their means III War Savlnge
Stamps The speaker was vigorously
/ applauded
Kenneth Cross. who has been employed
Al the Bethlehem steel Company toi
the past three wears and who has beer
rerentlv Ia charge Of the booster tie
partmcnt has resigned 70 accept -imiial
position IN New York
President Archibald Watson Of th'
Good VIII hire Company, announce
that "a special meeting has been called to
next Monday evening AT 30 ocloct
At the frc hall and desires that all the
+ members he present, as there are seVera
matters Of importance that he wouI'
Ike 10 bring to their attention.
Alr and Mrs Neil 4 Nentmann ar
spending several weeks at the Dclawar
water Gap Mr. ~eutmau who has beer
III for several weeks has taken the trip II
order 10 recupcrate
Vincent DiHenso. a crane runner a
one Of the steel plants. Was ScvcreI
, burned on the left hand yesterday a
the result of catching hold Of lIvc wire
The injury Vas dressed at the office o
t DR. julius Dodd
Oscar Freeman. an employc at one @
the steel mills, met with very paInfu
accident Yesterday when a piece OF stet
entered hs left eye The injured ma
was taken 10 the office Of DR. Julu
Dodd where the steel was removed