Evening journal., 1918-02-28
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Century Club Women to be
Guests OF Washington
Heights Friends
FRANK DOLSON
TAKEN BY DEATH
speclal 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.

NEW CASTLE. Del, Feb. 2S.-The
New Castle New Century Club viii so
20 Wilmington tomorrow. instead Of
holding the usual Friday Current
Events Glass They viii be the guests
Of the Washington Heights Century
Club for the afternoon. 10 Is expected
ed that a large delegation of club mem
bers will be present.
The trustees Of Market square are
swing the Court House thorough
cleaning and renovating The Red Cross
Is planning 10 establish its workuoolls
~ the apartments offered il by the
trustees, the early part Of next week.
Frank Dolson. Of near Rose Hin, died
Yesterday afternoon at / o'clock at nus
home. He had been i'll for some time
with stomach trouble. Mr.. Dolson, who
was sixty years OF age, was one OF the
best known men about New Castle.
Everybody liked him, and a tribute to
the fine character and worth Of Mr.
DOlson was spoken by each OF his many
friends in this city when they heard
OF his death M Dolson is survived
by his wife and three children, Harry
Dolson, OF Rose Hill, Frank Dolson, OF
New Castle, and Mrs. Fred Racine, OF
Wilmington. The funeral services will
be held at 30 o'clock Saturday morn
ing at his late residence, with services
later in ST. Anne's Church. Mlddletown,
snd interment at Mddletown.
VI. J. Roll. Of Dobbnsville, is making
an enlargement to his place Of busi-
ness.
George F. Duncan. Of Wilmington
was a visitor in town yesterday.
Mrs Naomi Nickerson. Of Philadel-
phia, visited her son, Police OnlceI
Nfa1r IN fITInEnNW
Mark Clymer moved into his house
on Second street yesterday.
New Castle friends VIII be pleased ia
learn that the condition OF Mrs. Nc
Pike. whose serious illness was pub
nshed recently. was reported at the Del
aware Hospital this morning as greatly
improved
The-February meeting OF the Parent
Teachers Association will be held In
the High School at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, with program numbers by
the sixth grade. The address Of tne
afternoon viii be given by Professor
Handy Hay
The school children are doine
splendid work with the purchase Of
thrift stamps. They have bought ovei
$500 worth. The organization Of New
Castle Junior Red Cross Auxiliary vii
be one Of the matters taken up at tn
meeting of.the Parcnt-Teachers' Associ
alton tomorrow New Castle expects 4
have a flourishing branch.
Mr. George Blackburn, OF Hare
Corner, who recently sustained a heav
loss Of stock by poisoning, desires 9
thank an friends and neighbors wh
= rallied TO his assis. .ance.-Adv.
A delegation OF men from the Firs
Presbyterian Church attended the sur
per and rally in the Westminster Pres
hyterian Church. Wilmington, las
night
The river is now fairly clear OF lei
but II is said to be still blocked lowe
down.
The trolley car service has been in
terrupted the past two nights. Las
night a car which rounded the curv
into Second street forty minutes lat
was going on so little power that
had to back up and tackle the curv
1--WE times before 70 could get around.
Mayor Lavender and the police fore
nf New Castle were a trile sleepy, bt
content last night, after their stronuou
time ln rounding up Morris Irultt an
William Peterson. the night before. Ih
Would-be bad men, who claim that the
worked at the Bethlehem plant mp
Saturday, were first noticed by towns
The restaurant In the HO,el Louise b
cause two colored companions wei
not allowed TO cat there with ther
The colored men were not seen agai
The men made themselves further col
spicuous by flashing big rolls OF bill
before the onlOokers, saying that The
had plenty OF money. II was about
O'Clock when they started on their G.
reer Of excitement. They began
knocking Hugh Finnegan, watchma
temporarily unconscious at the watc
box at Fourth and Young streets, hittiI
him twice over the head with r
volver. Adjourning from there th'
went down the Delaware railroad. tea
ing out signs, destroying lights al
creating havoc generally. Finally tn
set fre to oil wastage in the gravel p
and il was here that Morris Truitt W
captured After the alarm was given
Finnegan, Oflcer Palmer. Of the "a
road, arrived from Clayton He. wi
Oflcers Charles W. Nickerson- and Cla
ence Palmer Of the local police. fou
Truitt in the pit and grappled wi
him. Truitt resisted arrest and point
a gun at the oflcer. Meanwhile May
Lavender and other police were scare
. ing another part Of the track. Offc
Palmer. Of the railroad, first came up
tlb DulldW anu IN llt tuecltt roll
down the t5-foot embankment Wi
him He fred two shots, one Of whi
passed between two fingers Of the OF
Jaw, and the second grazed his bo
across the stomach. Peterson did r
have any firearms when captured q
showed no lght. The Mayor held COZ
at o'clock in the morning and {
two men. in default Of bail. w,
brought TO the workh0use. in time
breakfast ct that institution. BY Ofic,
Nickerson and Palmer Peterson y
held in $1,000 bail on a charge Of
sault and battery. and on q secc
charge OF interfering with safety
pliances Of 8 railroad In addition
these charges. Truitt. who was held
$1,000 bail. was charged with carry
6 concealed deadly weapon, pointin.
gun at an oflcer and resisting arrest
AnNsTRELs AT Y. ~. H. A. IONIGI
In the hall Of the Y NJ H. A. d
nvarfnr fho caeond nofncf~al r1~fo-