Evening journal., 1918-04-25
TOOT 70 SOLDIERS.
IS council VIEW
Members Favor Noisy Greet.
ing 10 Troop Trains Going
Through City
MAYOR WOULD HAVE
WHISTLES SILENCED

Members Of City Council at their
session this evening in all probability
will consider a resolution calling on
citizens to extend the hand o. welcome
and to wish God speed 20 soldiers as
they pass through this city. despite the
request Of Mayor Lawson yesterday
that the blowing OF whistles stop while
troop trains pass through.
Yesterday afternoon PatrOlman Nor
man Brown, who had been detailed TO
notify those plants and others who had
been welcoming the soldiers by blow
ing their whistles TO cease the prac-
tlce, was informed at the Belts plant
OF the dupont Company, that the
whistle at that plant would continue 10
be blown 10 greet passing troop trains
unless the Federal Government order
ed it stopped
Members Of Council were peeyed last
night oyer what they thought was a
plan TO lessen patriotism and IL was
said that IN there was one thing that
would spur fhe people here to pur-
chase Liberty Bonds 70 surely was the
sight and knowledge that soldiers were
passing through the city on the way 70
northern or southern camps.
Members OF Council were informed
that the idea OF stopping the blowing
Of the whistles was 10 prevent amy
alien enemies from interfering with
train movements The Councilmen
however, pointed out that the lines Of
the railroads are not enclosed and any
one can see the trains carrying sol
diers passing every day.
The matter was brought up prior %
the meeting OF Council as a committee
Of the whole by Councilman Abberger
Third ward who stated that residents
Of his ward were condemnng Mayor
Lawson FOR stopping the whistles from
being footed when the soldiers ar
rived. Several others spoke Of hear
ing similar condemnation. When tho
Councilmen gathered in the committee
room. the matter was again brought uI
by Councilman Harrington, saying h'
thought the,we leone accorded the sol
dicrs should not have been curtailed
The demonstration, he added, gwen or
Saturday. sunday and Monday, was o.
true Delaware hospitality and a booster
for the Liberty Loan Campaign.
Councilman Mearns said that III
thought City Council should go on rec
ord before the citizens and let it b'
known that they did not approve o
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officials who had been at the RAILROAD
station as the troop trains passe'
through. told OF the responses OF th
soldiers to the "send-of-' they receives
from the citizens here, and in severa
instances the soldiers had declared tina
the welcome here was greater an
more wholesome than they had re
celved anywhere on their travels.
One member OF Council stated tha
complaint had been made by a schoC
teacher who had said her nerves wer
unslrung by the footing OF the whistle
which also caused her scholars TO b
late for their studies.
Following the discussion in Cit
Council, Mayor Lawson said he wa
requested 90 lake the action he did be
cause the noisy salutes have a tendenc
TO make generally public the fact ths
troops are en- route He said the GOV
ernment had stopped the practice else
where, and predicted that the same az
zion would be taken here.