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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
MIDDLETOWN RED CROSS.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening"
NIiddletown, Feb. 23-The Middle
town Branch Of the Red Gross continues
to be one OF the very busiest in the State,
and from 20 10 40 of the ladies OF the
town and surrounding country are 10 be
found at work there on Monday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday Of each week
from 80 to o clock Beginning on last
Tuesday evening and 10 continue every
Tuesday evening until further notice the
New Century Club house, where the work
IS being carried on, will be open from 80
to 10 o'clock, TO give the men of the town
a chance to ''do their bit Last Tuesday
evening about dozen men joined the
workers and added very materially 70 the
output of the week
The Afiddletown branch, during the
January drive, completed 1876 surgical
dressings out OF the $1,000 asked from
the State, nearly - per cent Of the total
A class has been formed among the cOlored
women Of the town, and during the past
month they have been working hard
An entertainment will DO given IN the
New Century Club, next Friday evening,
by the pupils of the high school, some Of
the proceeds 10 60 toward screening the
rooms of the MiddlotoWn branch IN the
club house, and q portion for the benefit
Of the junior branch Of the Red Cross,
recently organized among the pupils OF
the schools
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
TROOPS GET THRILLS
ON OCEAN VOYAGE
Not From Enemy, But From Tur-
bulent Sea, George Schafer
Writes.

Mr.. and Mrs. John X Schafer of 1918
West Third street, have received letter
from their son George, who is with the
American army in France, reporting
his safe arrival there. The following ex-
tracts are quoted from the letter:
I'VE had an uneventful trip and moth
ing exciting happened. 1t was windy and
rough most all the way over. On one night
1T was exceptionally rough and at one
time we rolled over at an angle of IS
degrees and there was some doubt "a 10
whether we would come back right side
up. We did not know this Mt the time,
not learning of it until the following
morning. 1t was . wild night and | had
10 hold on to keep from going out Of my
bunk We had some Negroes here and
wish YOU could have seen them when
the ship begin 10 roll
ar was a wonderful sight rs We ncared
the port n which we landed. ! am feel
ing quite we'll with the exception Of cold
IN the head which is quite bOthcrSome.
but still ] am ready 10 eat some Of your
fruit cake and preserves. lou can send
me box. not over 30 pounds II must
he q wooden box. with the lid hinged on.
My tTIsty watch mas failed me Tell my
friends 70 write 10 me rs usual.
George is a member Of the l22d Aerial
Squadron, Aviation Section.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
SHOOTS TEUTON sTEPPATHER.
Son Of English Mother Resents Attack
on Her After Quarrel Over War.

Philadelphia, Feb. 23.-.Andrcw Miller,
fifty years old, of 80 Beck street, a Ger
man, is dying in Mount Sinai Hospital
"a the result of having been shoti the
stomach by his stepson, John Lewis,
twenty years old, native of England,
following family quarrel over the war
According to statement made by
Lewis after his arrest, such qrlarrels Ind
become frequent between Miller and his
English wife, formerly Mrs Mary Lewis,
and the one which preceded the shooting
was more than usually violent. Miller
is said to have become so enraged that
be threw carving knife at his wife,
whcreupon Young Lewis, according 10
his statement, left the house and got 8
revolver, returning later, with a view to
protecting his mother. Ills interces-
SION in the quarrel, he said, caused his
stepfather to direct his attack against
him and the shooting followed.
Lewis surrendered himself 10 the police
of the Second md Christian streets
station His mother is being held as
material witness
Three other children OF Mrs Miller by
her former marriage Julia. twelve wears
old; 1illio seven wears old. and Rose
five years old, were sent 10 the House of
detention because there was no ono at
home TO care for them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
CLAfMONT

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Claymont, Feb 2S.-No public school
sessions were held yesterday and The
holiday passed away quietly
The death Of ]. Atwood Weldin re-
moves from Brandywine hundred one Of
its most popular and interesting citizens.
He was born here 65 years ago and was
we'll and favorably known to nearly every
body. Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at 80 o'clock in Mount
Pleasant VI F. Church, With interment
at Lombardy cemetery
Mrs. Orpha p Pierce died at the rSsl-
denoe of George L. Palmer, Marcus Hook
where she has made her home for some
time, on Thursday. She is the widow of
Erwin W Pierson. The family lived for a
number of years at the Old Homestead,
near the du Pont Cunning headquarters,
near Bellevue Services In Mount Pleasant
NJ +. Church, Bellevue at clock Mon
day afternoon, intennent In the adjoining
cemetery Mrs. Pierce was b6 years OF age
Mrs Ore Bowman of Holly Oak died
yesterday morning suddenly and un-
expeotediy. She was only 10 years Of age
and besides a husband leaves two small
children, the Youngest four months old
The funeral services will be held on Mon
day morning at II o'clock at the home,
with interment at Rverview cemetery.
There is movement on foot Just over
the State line in Delaware county Pa,
to inaugurate plan so that each scholar
in the public schools will be assisted in
raising pig.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
ACES-OLD TRADITION GETS
AN AWFUL JOLT.
Women Actually Declare Their Ages
When il Comes 10 Register for Votes.

New York, Feb. 23@One more cher
ished tradition about women went by The
board, when for the first time in the his
tory Of New York women went 10 the
polling booths 10 register for regular
political election just like men.
So far as known, not one woman who
registered In the four districts where
special congressional elections are to be
held March 8 refused 10 tell her age.
More, they insisted on putting the number
of years down IN black snd white. Polite
election inspectors sought 10 protect the
women, telling them that, ooh, well,
now, YOU only have to say that YOU re-
over twenty-one."
But no mistaken chiv airy for the woman
voter. Even as Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw,
Of the New York State Woman Suffrage
party, rebtked Senator Elon X. Brown
for trying 10 slip into the elections bill
at Albany a gallantry ciause permitting
women To hide their ages when at the
polls, so did more than one earnest regis
trant stand up and inform the inspectors
that the funny columnist's old reliable
about a woman never passing thirty
had no foundation in fact.
The mild young policeman who stood
guard at 3155 Broadway, a barber shop
where the women Of the Thirteenth
Election district Of the Thirteenth
Assembly District in the Twenty-hrst
Congressional District came to register
dropped his Jaw when six in rapid success
sion firmly and with lnfaltering fingers
wrote down how long they had lived on
this earth
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
RECEPTION AT LAUREL.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Laurel. Feb. %. The W. c. T l.
and the \ p b. held Joint social at
the home OF Mrs Howard H. Dicker-
son, on West street. Thursday evening,
at which about a hundred guests We're
present. The evenings program began
with the singing of America followed
rs the reading of a scripture lesson bv
Mrs. Carpenter, then PRAYER by Rev
Frank +. Carpenter. A very pretty piano
solo was rendered BY Miss Margaret
Records Miss Nettie PoIlitt read an
interesting selection, followed BY q piano
duet by Misses Ermina Quillen and Le-
more Parsons. Miss Louise Holt gave
recitation and piano solo was rem
dered by Miss Marion Rodney
Much applause greeted the rendition
of two dramatic selections by Miss Esther
Lenhart. tSpnngtime, a very pretty
quartet, was sung by Misses Grace Mar
vii, Mildred Eggs Lenore Parsons and
Madelyn Jones A piano duet was rem
dered by Misses Alice Otwell and Mar
garet Records and two vocal selections
were given by Miss Grace Wright This
was followed BY reading by Mrs. ] A.
Prettyman and piano solo bv Miss
Blanche Wootten. 4 duet was sung
by Misses Ermina Qulllen and Lenore
Parsons and prayer was read BY Miss
Leslie b. AIessiok.
The program was concluded bv two
humorous readinee by Miss Esther Len
hart. Refreshm, IS II fruit punch and
waters were serNta
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
CURBS RAILROADS.
Director General Takes Measures
to Fight High
Salaries.
by Associated Press to Every Evening

by Associated Press TO Every Evening
Washington, Feb ga general order
restricting the creation Of new official po-
sitlons by railroads or the raising Of offi-
GERS salaries was issued by Director
General McAdoo
Under the order a railroad may not fill
a vacancy above the grade of general
manager or even create such an office
without the director generals approval
Railroads also will be required to make
monthly reports Of increases in salaries
appointments to vacancies and creation
Of new positions involving salaries between
$1,000 and $4,000, beginning with
January 9ls
Director General McAdoo today also
directed railroad presidents to furnish
hun detailed information on the salaries
Of 0tticess and employees, rentals and other
expenses Of financial offices, maintained
by most roads in New York 1t IS under
stood this information may be used as
basis for determining to what extent
overhead expenses involved in financial
management may be cllrtailed or elirni-
mated under government control
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
DODGED U-BOATS
BY TAKING CHANCE
Captain of Liner Dante Alcghicri
Risked Uncharted Channel
But Saved Ship.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

By Associated Press to Every Evening
An Atlantic Port, Feb. 23.-How the
master of an Italian passenger liner, the
Dante Alighieri, lodged a fleet Of sub
marines in the Mediterranean by ven
turing midnight passage through an
uncharted channel, between small
island and the Spanish coast, was related
by passengers of the ship on her arrival
here today.
The wisdom of the captains move was
demonstrated the following morning,
they said, when lifeboats were sighted
carrying passengers and crews of three
torpedoed vessels out of convoy of five
which the Dante Alighieri had passed only
two hours before the captain decided to
risk wrecking his ship in the channel
rather than take chances with the U-boats.
The names of three ships sent to the
bottom were the Duca Di Geneva, n
passenger vessel, the Vile De Verdun
and the Caprera, all Italian. The pres
ence of the submarines in their path was
learned by the master of the Dante
Alighieri through wireless warning. The
llfet oats were not picked up as they were
within few miles of the Spanish coast
and the occupants signalled that they
preferred to land
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
COAL SITUATION IN KENT.
spec.ai Correspondents Of Every Eveulns

Spec.ai Corres pondcnce Of Every Evvnlns
Dover, FeD. S3.-kuel AdminStr@tol
Ten Weeges of Wilmington. head
conference here, Yesterday. with no
Kent county members OF the COMMISSION
Hervey p Hall. John 9. Hopkins anc
). J. AbbotI. All the cual dealers ol
hent county slsc were -epresentel
They agreed 20 make report Of thelr Goa
receipts FOR the years 1910 ana lHl1.
and submit lt 20 the Fusi Adm4nistr.l.lr
- that he may be able 70 Use has .nlltnu,
IA securing the same amount Oi ou.N inr
Kent county thIs year A. Eas rc,-.te1
here durng 1916 and 1917.
The amount OK oOal cNpeUse,. ga.
necessarily have 10 he based IA tnt
amount Of cOal the Fedora. government
viii allow 70 the seyerAl Sta-os.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
Developing BLACK Jack" Sales.

julius Rel-, division manag r, American
thicle Co, with headquarters IN Wash
instons has been IN Wilmington for some
time past with his organization, develop
inr The distribution OF Black Jack chew
ing gum, which for some time past has
been extensively advertised in the local
territory Messrs r. T.. Flynn and +. d.
frankel have been working in co-opera-
ton with Mr.. Refs. Black Jack now has
close 70 1000 distribution in this terri
tory, aud It's sales are increasing month
after month. The American Chicle Co.
u filling large orders al frequent intervals
Tor American soldiers in France, and Black
Jack Is almost a. well known al the
western front as here at home No less a
person than Lord Northcliff has stated
that chewing gum is real necessity with
the soldiers 81 the front as well as the
sailors IN service.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
PROBING CONDITIONS
IN PACKING PLANTS
Witnesses Tell of Welfare and
Relief Work Among Stock
yard Employees.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening


Chicago, Feb. 23.--Harvey q. Ellerd,
chief of the welfare department of Armour
and Co, was cross-examined by Attorney
Frank p. Walsh today in the stock yards
arbitration proceedings. He denied that a
majority of the sevcnty-five men on the
firms pension list were strike-breakers in
1904.
Ellerd also said the majority of acci-
dents occur on Mondays.
do you wish to give the impression
that this is because of drunkenness on
Sundays inquired Mr.. Walsh
No; am not cap aiming It,
is it not true that the majority Of
accidents occur In the last two hours of the
day when the men are tired out?'
1T is not true" replied Mr.. I'll erde
p" The peak of accidents at our plant Is at
II a. IN. and p. IN"
Mise Catherine Brady, in charge Of the
visiting nurse work in the Armour and Go.
welfare and relief department, said she
and her two assistants made between
200 and 800 nursing calls at homes Of
stock yards workers in 1917. In addition
to this 1000 calls were made to give
advice and financial relief to poor families
The witness said Armour and Co
conducts summer vacation camp at
Round Lake Ill, for women employees
and it has a capacity Of forty and each
visitor is allowed 10 stay two weeks and
gwen half pay. II is always crowded
throughout the summer The women
employees most in need Of rest are sent to
the camp
Miss Mary Mccarthy, in charge of
the welfare work for Swift and Co,
denied the stories of poverty and suffering
told by two widows Of former employees
OF Swift and Co who were called as
witnesses Of the employees side Both
women are now working for Swift and Co.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
COLORYD WOMEN HFIprNsr

Special Corrrs pond~n~> ~ Ev-~y E-~-fng
Dover, Feb % When th~ frs' o0l0r~1
soldier boy left Kent county fhe ~0ior~1
women Of Dover, under th~ dir~cfion ~
Mr. Willi-rn w " Henry. wifs ~ ID
Henry, organized th~ kert fffnty
Knitting Club for the express uurnose .f
knitting needed articles for oolorrd NOR
AZ Camp DIX, from Kent eoiinfv Hsvns
accomplished this their en~rp1es arc noe
directed torsrd helping the .neal Red
Gross Chapter. Of which sevrrzl arr nleun-
b~r- They have de~ider - report Z
bundle of finished work earh month. thr
hrst months work consisting oi s-s~afs-rs
~ristlets -carfs helmets the same having
bsen t'rned over 20 tho Red Il MSS hranch
81 his town. nd were most +1rdial,
reoeived by the officers of the Red ross
This club n color~d women also 10
sent smokes m.sgazines. and sss-rfmcat~
% the selected to and havp purchased
smiieage cooks Tor their beneft
The officers of the Dover ooiOrer rlun
include, Mrs. William w M Henry
prpAdent Mrs. Duttsn Anderson .rrrn-
tary- Miss Gertrude Gray, treasurer
From rhe efforts of the Dover knlttlng
club mas sprung a similar one Ia SMYRNA
under the leadersnIp of hus Pare CLAW
ton
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
FINED $40 FOR CONTEMPT.
Woman Who Ignored Legal Summon
Punished by Court

Dora A. Boulden, who failed TO appear
III City Court yesterday on "A breach of
the peace charge, WAS arraigned today on
this charge. together with one of con-
tempt of court. On the contempt charge
she was fined $40 and costs. Rosie
Bernbaum was the prosecuting witness
in the breach Of the peace charge, and
Judge Churchman dismissed this case i.
Morris G. Williams and Thomas J. Con-
nell were arraigned on charges of assault
and battery. Thomas H. Perry charged
that he was attacked BY two men yester-
day at the Harlan plant of the Bethlehem
Corporation, where he is a
foreman and the two men employees. Each
Of the defendants were fined $40 and
costs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
NEWS OF LAUREL.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Laurel, Feb. 23.-Miss Pauline Hearn
Of Devon Manor, Devon, Pa, IS spending
q few DAYS IN Laurel, guest OF her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred VI. Hearn-
Paul Gordy OF Beacon 5 Business Col
lege, Wilmington. is visiting his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gordy.
Granville s. Windsor mas returned from
Baltimore, where he spent few days
this week.
Lee Wootten who IS attending busi-
ness school IN Philadelphia, IS making a
short visit here to his parents. Mr. and
Mrs Elijah E. Wootten.
Sergeant Francis Riley Of the First
Pioneer Regiment of Delaware. has been
spending a five-iav iurIough IN Laurei.
While en- route 70 Williamsburg. Va,
where ne had been sent n ne interest
Of the du Pont Powder Co tton Bacon
Of Parlin. y j. stopped OF at Laurel
10 visit his mother. Airs. Mary K. Bacon.
Miles Fitzgerald OF Middletown i
watching at the Laurel drswbrIdge in the
absence Of John Allen Ellis, who IS III
ut his home on West street
Herbert Sippie, passenger agent AT the
Laurel station, who had been confined
70 his home for the past three weeks with
an attack of grip, is now much improved
and expects to resume his duties today.
Clifford f. Foreman Of EastOn. Md,
and Miss Florence " Joseph Of near
Gumboro. were quietly married at Sus-
sex Circuit W P parsonage by Rev.
c. NJ Cullum, this week.
While passing through Laurel, this week
the stork left . fine baby boy at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Edgar J. CULLEN. He
has been named Edgar J. Quil!en, Jr.
Corporal Harvey L. Oliphant and Wal
ter Kitchens Of Camp Dix are spending
short furlough IN Laurel and vicinity
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
TWO FATAL AUTO CRASHES.
Machines Skid on Heavily Showed Roads
at Leiperville, Near Chester.

Chester, Pa, Feb. %. Skidding
motortrucks on q steep hill, near the
Lciper quarry, at Ridley Creek, Leiper-
vile, caused the death of two men and
injury to third last night. The dend
men are: James p. Richardson, thirty
Years old, contractor of Upland, and
Watson Booker, twenty-five years old, u
chauffeur employed by Howard B.
Grecn, of Swarthmore
Richardson WAS on his way home in
a new hve-ton rnotortr,ick, which he
had just purchased in Philadelphia. As
he neared the top of thc hill, which
leads to the bridge crossing Ridley
Cpek, the truck skiddcd and slid back
wards down hill, running partly over
the stone wall of the bridge. Richard
son WAS thrown out and landed on his
head in quarry forty feet below. He
was hurried toward the Chester Hos
pital, but died on the way. Harry Klee,
who was with him, jumped from the
machine and escaped with severe in
juries.
The second fatality occurred at the
same point, when the car driven by
Booker skidded and jammed into tele-
graph pole at the foot of the bill. Booker
was caught between the car and the pole
and was killed instantly. Two compan-
ions, George Blake and John Williams,
jumped from the car and escaped.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
RURAL PROPERTY TRANSFERS.

Rural real estate has been transferred
- follows:
Farm containing - acres Of land in
Cnristlana hundred, by Ellen ID. Wood
ward, exccutrix Of George X. Woodward,
deceased 20 Joseph p Woodward and
Abner Woodward. for s. 900
Farm containing los acres Of land, in
Mil Creek hundred, by Martha Rebecca
Wollaston and Anna VI. Wollaston TO
Henry b. Wollaston, for 5000
Farm containing 45 acres of land. in
~. George hundred by Wright ;. Cop
page and wiie to James NJ. fenncr and
VIE, for s. 900
One-fourth acre Of land and dwelling IN
Brandyvlne hundred, by James + Corbit
and wife to J. Edward A. Baldwin for
s. 100
Land in Neu Castle hundred, BY the
LObdell Car Wheel Go u the Pyrites Co.
Limited, for SiI.376
Two tracts of land in Colonial Park. bv
George l.. Atkins % John : Thornton.
for $40
Dwelling IN New Castle, by Alattco
Clavsreli T. James G. Shaw, for S31O
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
NEW LIGHTHOUSE SITE.
Government Buys Gordon Heights Land
From Redmond Smith

Redmond Smith has sold tract Of
land 100 by $50 feet, on Tenth street
near Lore avenue, Gordon Heights, to
the Federal government. United States
Marshal Fairy negotiated the deal.
1t is rumored that the Delaware River
range light on the kenn farm, north of
Gordon Heights, will be discontinued
and that lighthouse will be erected on
the land just purchased.
According to another rumor, which has
wider belief, the Federal government
bought land at Gordon Heights as a site
for an anti-aeroplane gun. 1t is reported
that IL such guns will be put on each side
of the Delaware River between Fort
Delaware, near Delaware City, and the
Pennsylvania State line, near Claymont
Such guns at those positions would
prove effective in guarding from hostile
aircraft the cities f Wilmington and
New Castle and adjacent territory on the
Delaware side of the river and the du
Pont powder plants at Carncy's Point
and Gibbstown on the New Jersey side of
the stream
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
MIDDLETOwN ELECTION.
,aal Corre.ponrisnoe ef Errr Evrnins

special rresppnurnor or hv~rT hTrnir1
Ailddletovn. Fec. - The annual
election IL MIddletOvn vii take pincr ~
Monday, March ,, hetWeen ] aad
o clock D. m, 70 choose two commissioners
Tor three wears. 20 succeed Walter s
Letherbury ana James lledgraye. rnost
terms expire, also an alderman. ID
assessor and treasurer Danlei W Stevens
the present alderman. u 3 candidate .1r
rp-election John s. Croucu f0r treasurer
and Spencer ; Holton i0r assessor.
some opposition j. being llkel rf f.f
( ne positions 81 COMMISSIONER Request
rave been made ID the rresent BOARD -
allow tho raising of hogs > 'ne town
during the period ot the AR. -'if we're
turned down, ana there some prooa-
biiity u 3 hog ticket nclng put IN TOO
ield
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
OLD GLORY MUST FLOAT
FROM ALL new VESSELS
Tonnage Now Being Built Must
Have u. S. Registry. War
Board Rules.

Washington, Feb - ~ The license OF
the War Trade Board for the bunkering of
ships at American ports is 10 be used as a
means OF requiring that all tonnage pro-
duced in the present bmldingprogram OF the
Shipping Board shall be placed under
American registry.
Announcement Is made that this
action has been taken and that it will
apply not only To vessels built bv the
Shipping Board. but any otherwise
constructed. and the purpose. il was
stated. is u keep them under the control
OF the United States government
The War Trade Board has adopted a
ruling which is to be Incorporated IN
the general rules governing licenses for
bunker fuel, port. sea and ships stores
and supplies.
The ruling reads
No application Tor bunker- by any
vessel built III the Unit cd States and
completed after February l, 1918, shalN
be granted unless the vessel il docu-
mcnted under the American flag or un-
less the United States Shipping Board
shall have waived such Recommendation
The War Trade Board issued the
following statement IN explanation.
The general rules rs amended Febrtl-
aTy ), 1919, provide no neutral or un-
commandeered american vessel stall
be bought or sold without The previous
approval OF the United States Shipping
Board, the War Trade Board or the
inter-allied chartering executive
In the application Of this clause the
War Trade Board has isued the fol-
lowing announcement of the principle
which will guide their action in the adj
ministration Of this paragraph, which is
to the following effect:
That applications for permission to
buy or sell the vessels should be made
in the first instance to the United States
Shipping Board, and that the War Trade
Board would be governed by the decision
OF the nited States Shipping Board
upon such application.