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Newark post., 1918-02-13
BIG FIRE AT
CARNEY'S POINT
Twelve Men Injured And Five
Buildings DESTROYED

Many citizens in this locality
witnessed the flare about seven
five last evening, when twelve men
were injured and five buildings
destroyed at the Carney's Point
plant of the Dupont Powder Com
pany. Between 100000 and 4OO,-
900 pounds of powder was con-
sumed and a money loss estimated
at S225,0O0.
Of the twelve men injured, only
one, Walter E. Ford, Of la South
Redfield Street, Philadelphia, is be-
lieved to be serious.
The cause of the fire is said by
the powder company officials to
have been purely accidental, as the
men involved in it were able to ex-
plain later just how it occurred, so
that there is no suspicion that it
was of incendiary origin. The first
of the series of flares occurred in
what is known as drying tunnel,
long low building in which the
powder is placed for drying pur-
poses.
Thomas Garrity was driving a
small car which runs on narrow
guage track and in which the pow
der is hauled into the drying tun-
nels. He was going into one of
these buildings with a load of pow
der when the wheels of the car
passed over some loose powder
which had spilled from a previous
load upon the tracks. The grind,
ing under the wheels of the car ig.
nited this powder and the flash il
made communicated to the other
powder in the building.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
APPARATUS LOANED
TO THE COLLEGE
In Warrenite Being
Made

General T. Coleman du Pont has
loaned to Delaware College several
pieces Of apparatus from the du
Font Laboratories in Wilmington,
IN order to enable the college to
conduct series of tests on War
renlte pavement. The work is be-
ing undertaken at the suggestion of
Charles VI. Upham, chief engineer
OF the State Highway Commission,
OF which General du Pont is a
member
Exhaustive tests on Warrenite
Will be made under the direction
OF Prof. c. A. Short and c. E.
Urohb of the New Castle county
engineers Office. Mr.. Grubb in
5Ae civil engineering department
mas consented to spend Friday
"lIernoonS at Newark on this work
Knowles Bowen, a senior civil
engineer, will assist with the
work and the results of the tests
VIII be complied by him and pre-
Ie"Ved as a graduation thesis il
June, 1918.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
LEAVES FOR TRAIN
ING CAMP
Farewell In Honor Of MIR. Nc
Mullen

Edgar McMullen, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Roseby McMullen, left
Tuesday for Fort Oglethorpe, Ca,
where he will enter the Medical
Officers Training School. Mr.. Nc
Mullen, as rural mail carrier, for
several years has many friends IN
this community; he has also been
active in lodge and church work.
Members of the Newark Post Or
flee force gave farewell dinner
in Mr.. McMullen's honor last Sat
urday evening, at the Coverdale
Restaurant. All the decorations
were military. A miniature tent
formed a novel centerpiece; place
cards were decorated with Amer
ican flags; and the favors were
candy filled army hats. Covers
were laid for nine, and delicious
chicken dinner was served.
Mr.. McMullen was presented by
the Presbyterian Sunday School
with a Smileage Book.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
DIR. MOORE AD-
DRESSES CLUBWOMEN
Talks On The Position In So
ciety Of Woman

The regular meeting of the New
Century Club, held last Monday
afternoon was we'll attended. Fol-
lowing the singing of the patriotic
song, Mrs. Anna Armstrong sang
a selection from Faust. The fea-
ture of the afternoon was the lee
ture by DR.. J. R. Moore, of the De-
partment of English, Delaware
College: A Historic View of the
Position of Woman in Society. DR..
Moore discussed the subject main
ly from an economic standpoint;
he reviewed the changing concep-
tions of woman's position, the
varying property laws, her place in
the development of the industrial
arts, and the work in which she is
engaged at the present day.
"Two hundred years ago." he
said, "the power of woman was
popularly conceded to lie in her
dependence. Her worth, it was be-
lieved, lay in the mild, dependent,
softening influence which she ex-
ercised upon mans sternness. Wo-
man was considered incapable Of
any mental attainment, and she
was seldom found, in the most
menial positions, outside of the
family. According to an industrial
census made in 1900, of the 303 oc-
cupations, we find only eight that
are not practised by women. Five
million women, the census reveal
ed, were engaged in gainful oc-
cupations, a figure which had in
creased sixty percent by 1910, and
has doubtless reached ten million
since the beginning of the war.
According to the old conception
woman must ever work singly in
the home, and never in large organ
lied groups. But as a result of the
women's club movement of recent
years, women are already better or
ganized and more easily available
for patriotic duty than any group
of men in civil life in our country
MANY there are who decry these
conditions and hold to the former
position Of women. But let us
think for a moment. Do they really
mean this? Two hundred years
ago sixty percent of the women
who signed legal documents, GER
tainly a selected class, could not
write their full names, but made
their mark on the paper. Girls
were graduated from no high
school in Boston before 1852, ant
in Philadelphia from no high
school leading to college work be
fore 1898. They possessed little OF
no legal protection unless married
The unmarried woman remained {
part of the family, which, in thu
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Newark post., 1918-02-13
SIXTH AFGHAN
COMPLETED
Odds And Ends Of Yarn So
licited

Mrs w. H. Hilton is completing
this week her sixth Hospital At
CHAN. These afghans are entered
and credited to the Newark branch
of the Association. They are made
of seventy knitted squares, six and
one-half inches in size, Of all kinds
and colors of wool, chained to-
gether and edged with black. 1t
can be readily seen that consider
able wool is needed for each af-
CHAN, and many persons have al
ready contributed literally. Any
one interested in this work to pro-
vide one colorful article to send to
our boys ""Out There" is urged tc
donate any odds and ends of wool
that they may have on hand. Con-
tributions may be left either at the
Red Cross headquarters or with
Mrs. Hilton.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Engineers Present uc.e.

ENGINEERS of the State Highway
Department have purchased a
handsome wrist watch for Michael
Josenb Fidance, a civil engineer
formerly employed with the depart
ment, in charge of one OF tne sur
veying parties, and now IN tne
service of the country as an en-
pineer. On the back of the watcn
is inscribed tn following !,
Nike from the State Highway g "a;
Department of Delaware" n ,,,,a FL, ro
College, 1917, and an ,all.rouno
athlete. A card was sent with the
watch, bearing the autographs - %
fourteen members of the aePaf''
ment, who contributed toward H.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Governor Miller Ma
tional Commissioner

Former Governor Charles R.
Miller was elected at Washington
on Saturday to succeed his son,
Mayor Thomas w. Miller, as the
Delaware member of the National
Republican Campaign Committee.
This committee conducts cam
paigns to elect United States Sen
ators and representatives in the
various states. In instances where
a state has no Republican senator
or representatives, a prominent
Republican is selected.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
OLD KID GLOVES
WANTED
To Line Aviator's S Jackets

Residents of Newark are asked
to contribute all old kid gloves to
the Red Cros scommittee collecting
same, for use as the lining of avi-
ator's jackets. The skins are light
and warm, and pronounced valu-
able for this purpose. After a
thorough cleaning and disinfect-
ing process, they are cut into bits,
sewed togethe., and made into the
Innings mentioned. Everyone is
urged to help and act promptly
The gloves are needed at once. All
contributions should be left at the
G. w. Rhodes drug store, or with
Mrs. R. A. Whittingham, in charge
of this work.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
PASTOR GIVEN
SURPRISE
Church Services At Head Of
Christiana

Members of the congregation of
Head of Christiana Church sur
prised their minister, Rev. Walter
Clyde and wife, at the manse last
Saturday, when about twenty call
ed to spend a social evening. The
visitors brought with them a fine
pair Of robes for the pastors auto
mobile.
Church service will be held at
the Head Of Christiana, at 2.3O
next Sunday. Subject, What 1t Is
To Be Spiritual;" the following
Sunday, February "a, at 10.45
Subject, "The Church and It's Mis-
sion."
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Attend Conference
In Washington

Mr.. Theodore T. Martin who sue
ceeds Professor H. T. Ruhl, as
State Leader of Boys and Girls
Club Work, has assumed his new
duties. Mr.. Martin addressed the
students at chapel exercises at
Delaware College today. Mr.. Mar
tin comes with the highest recon-
mendations. With Miss Medill he
leaves on Thursday for Washing
ton, where they will attend Cen
eral Conference of Boys and Girls
Club Workers, for the remainder OF
the week.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
New Chemist At
Experiment Station

Miss Helen Updegrapf who sue
ceeds Professor A. c. Whittier as
assistant chemist at the Expert
ment Station, has assumed her
duties. Miss Updegrapf is a grad
uate of Cornell, class Of 1915, and
has been pursuing graduate work
in chemistry at the University of
Illinois, since her graduation. She
expects to continue her researches
for a doctorate while at Delaware
College.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Art Class Well Attended

The class in the History of Ital-
ian Art, organized by Miss Harri-
cite H. Winslow, at the Women's
College last Thursday, has an en-
rollment of thirty-six. At the first
meeting it was decided to make the
regular period from seven to eight,
every Monday evening. The lee
lures are given in Science Hall, at
the Women's College.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
BOARD HEARS APPEALS
Over One Hundred Citizens
File Complaint

One hundred appeals from tax
payers of White Clay and Mill
Creek Hundreds, were heard by the
New Castle County Assessment
Board, sitting at the Deer Park
Hotel last Monday. Under the new
assessment law, property is for the
first time in this State, taxed at the
full value. Some assessments show
an increase of 100 percent. Appeals
will be reported to the Levy
Court.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Miss Mosscrop Visits Here

Miss Alfredo Mosscrop, formerly
assistant chemist and physical in
structor at the Women's College,
was a visitor over the last week
end. Miss Mosscrop who is now
taking graduate work in Physical
Culture, at Wellesley, gave an en-
tertainment at the College on Sat-
urday, which included folk dane
ing. The evening was pronounced
delightful by those present.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Community "Sing"
February 25th

Owing to the fact that number,
prominent in the movement, were
unable to be present and assist
with the singing, the community
"Sing" announced to be held at the
New Century Clubhouse last Mon
day evening was postponed until
February 25th, at eight o'clock. An
attractive program is being ar
ranged for that evening, and
everyone is invited to be present
Newark post., 1918-02-13
DR.. Rawlins Takes Up
Government Position

DR.. C. H. Rawlins, an assistant
professor of mathematics at Della
ware. has taken a position in the
Mineralogical Department OF the
Signal Corps. DR.. Rawlins leaves
Delaware this week in order to as
sume his new duties. DR.. RaWllns
came to Delaware, as IN instructor
in mathematics, in September OF
1916.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
INCOME TAX
IN DELAWARE
Forms Being Forwarded By
Mail

The Delaware income tax law,
which was passed by the Legisla-
+ure becoming effective this year,
+ovabIos are interested to know
what they are required to do in the
matter According to information
rpce;vcd from the office of the State
Treasurer some time ago, taxables
will be sent blanks through the
mails. This is now being done and
many blanks have been received.
According to the collecting Off
cer, however, persons whose ,ag-
cregate income for last year did
not amount to $1,000 need make no
return and should pay no attention
+o the blank. If, however, the ag-
gregate exceeded $1,000, return
must be made, though there will be
no tax except on a net income of
81 900. or more. The blanks which
are being sent out contain the fol-
lowing:
|. This return shall be made by
every citizen of the State of Della
ware. whether residing at home or
abroad, and by every person resid-
ing in Delaware, though not citi-
zen thereof, having a net income of
$1,000 or over, for the taxable
year.
,. This return shall be made by
every nonresident alien deriving
any net income from property
owned, and business, trade or pro-
feSsion carried on in the state by
him. No specific exemption is al
lowed nonresident aliens.
8. When an individual, by rea-
son Of minority, sickness, or other
disability, or absence from the
State. is unable to make his own
return, it may be made for him by
his duly authorized represent
atives.
4. Amounts charged on line Is
business expenses) for restoring
property or making good the ex,
haustiOn thereof from it's use in
business, together with the amount
claimed for depreciation in line 81
must not exceed the deterioration
Of the property in one yer.
5. In computing net income the
following deductions shall be al
lowed:
Fir>t-The necessary expenses
actually paid by the taxable il
carrying on any business or trade
not including personal, living Of
family expenses, and not including
the expenses Of agricultural opera
tOns.
Second-All interest paid by th'
taxable within the year on his in
debtedness.
Third-Taxes paid by the tax
able within the year imposed b,
the authority, or possessions, o
any foreign country, or under tn
authority Of any State, county
Continued on Page p
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Wires That He Is Safe

Loomis Atwood, a clerk in the
Elkton Bank and Trust company,
whose name appeared in some of
the daily papers as one of those
on board the transport Tuscania,
which was sunk on Wednesday
last, has notified his parents in
EIkton that he was not aboard the
boat, but is still in Washington.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Former Teacher In Army

Cecil Watts of Principle Furn-
ace, Md, a graduate of Delaware
College, Glass of 1919, and former
w assistant principal of the New
ark High School, for the last three
wears located at Renfew, Canada
has enlisted in the United States
Army and been commissioned as
Captain.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
NO FRESH POULTRY
ON SALE
Food Administrator Issues
Order
Issues

No more fresh poultry until
April 80.
Between now and that date none
but poultry that has already been
killed can be sold by poultry and
egg dealers, according to a regIla-
tion of the food administration, is
sued last night and received by
State Administrator Edmund Nit
chell today.
Since the regulation placed on
meats, poultry has been bringing
fancy prices. Because of the need
for conserving the egg producers
it was decided to curtail the con-
sumption of poultry, except of the
cold storage variety, until after
April 30. Consequently, if a dealer
attempt to sell chicken after Feb
ruary %, he is either disposing of
cold storage fowl or else some one
has been violating the law, if he
claims it is fresh.
Raisers of poultry with the ad-
vanced prices recently found it
even more profitable to sell their
stock rather than feed them for the
sake of getting top-notch prices for
eggs.
Mr.. Mitchell today notified egg
and poultry dealers not to receive
poultry under penalty of being
called to account by the Food Ad-
ministration for violation of the
ruling.
The commission men are not per-
mitted to receive fresh killed poul-
try so that farmers or poultry rails
ers who might ship chickens to this
city for sale would be compelled to
pay the express both ways on the
goods.
Mr.. Mitchell also sent out warm
ing notices to farmers not to kill
any more poultry within the pre-
scribed time fixed by the Washing
ton authorities, as the goods could
not be sold in this State.
The Food Administrations order
follows:
'The licensee shall not, between
February II and April 80 pur-
; chase, ship, sell or negotiate the
sale of any live or freshly killed
hens or pullets, provided, however,
that this shall not prevent the pur-
chase, shipment or sale between
/ February II and February % of
l hens or pullets which were either
killed or shipped prior to February
i II to markets for sale as food; and
y provided further, that nothing in
this rule shall prevent the pur.
: chase, shipment or sale of live hens
!, or pullets for egg production pur,
d poses; effective February II.
: The proposed advance in the
price of bread, both wholesale ant
t retail, that was to go into effect to-
:, day, has been postponed for few
days. After a meeting of tn,
: master bakers and the retail
l grocers with Food administrator
:, Edmund Mitchell yesterday, it wa
d decided at the suggestion of Mr.
. Mitchell to defer putting the ad
VI vanced price into effect until h,
{ should have time to communicat,
the facts to Washington.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Breaks Ankle In Fall

Mrs. G.. N. Brown, who recently
accompanied her daughter, Miss
Ruth, to Brooklyn, to enter High
School in that city, slipped on the
ice one day last week, and broke
her ankle. Friends in Newark
learn with regret, Of the accident.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
Elected To Honor
ary Fraternity

The following Seniors have been
elected to the Phi Kappa Phi
Honorary Fraternity: Paul Dewitt
Lovett, Donald P. Horsey, Ernest
M. Marks, John F. Davis, H. Paul
Cleaver, Thomas F. Carswell, Rob
ert L. Sumwalt, and Gassaway
Brown.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
School Closed For Fumigation

Owing to a case of measles dis
covered in the school on Tuesday,
Newark High School was closed to-
day for fumigation. Regular ses-
sions will be resumed tomorrow.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
New Stock At College Farm

The College Farm has received
from one of the best breeders of
the middle west, a pair of high
class Duroc pigs.
Newark post., 1918-02-13
w. G. 7. u. Meeting

The w. G. T. y. will meet Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. John
Clark, South Chapel Street.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-25
SHUTDOWN Of FIVE
DAYS TO SAVE COAL
ALL INDUSTRIES IN EAST AND
MIDWEST HALTED BY GOV
EMINENT ORDER.
Ed.ct Is Dictated by Famine in Fuel,
Order Also Being Issued That for
Next Ten Weeks Monday Be
Observed as Holiday.

Washington. -- American manufac-
turing enterprises. with but few eXcep-
rIonS. in all states east of the MiSsiS-
~Ippi river have been ordered by the
government TO suspend operations for
five days, beginning Friday morning,
January IS, as drastic measure for
relieving the fuel famine
AT the same time, as Il further
means Of relief, it was directed that
industry and business generally, in
Guiding all normal activities that re-
quire heated buildings. observe as Il
holiday every Monday for the next ten
weeks. This will close down on Mon
days not only factories, but saloons
stores, except for the sale of drugs
and food, places of amusement and
nearly all office buildings.
The governments move came entire
~ without warning in an order issued
by Fuel Administrator Garfield, with
the approval of President Wilson, pre-
Scribing stringent restrictions govern
ing the distribution and use of coal.
1t was decided upon hurriedly by the
president and government heads as Il
desperate remedy for the fuel crisis
and the transportation tangle in the
eastern states.
Several exceptions were made in the
order with regard to certain indus
tries which, like blast furnaces, would
be ruined by any cessation of their
plants; and for manufacturers of per-
ishabe fOodstuffs.
Newspapers are excepted entirely
from four of the five days in the five
days between January Is and -, in
elusive, but are limited To holiday edi-
| tiOns on the nine Mondays designated,
including next Monday.
The order presCribes Il preferential
! list of consumers, in whose interest it
was drawn. These users will get coal
in the following order:
Household consumers, hospitals
charitable institutions and army and
navy CantOnmentS
Public utilities, telephone and tele-
| graph plants.
Strictly government enterprises, eX'
cepting factories and plants working
| on government contracts.
Factories producing perishabIe foods
and foods for immediate consumption
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-25
TEUTONS REJECT
RUSSIAN TERMS
PROPOSALS OF BOLsHEVIkI ARE
NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CENTRAL POWERS.
Withdrawal Of Austrian and German
Troops From Occupied Territory Not
TO Be Thought Of, According
to Berlin Statement.

BcrIn--An official statement issued
here January II, giving the reply by
the central powers 10 the Russian pro-
pOsals at BrcstILltoysk on Monday,
says the Russian proposals concern
ing the regions occupied by the cen
tral powers dlverge to such IA degree
from the views Of the central powers
that In their present form they are in
acceptable.
The official statement says the Rus
Sian proposals do not show n compro-
missing attitude and do not consider
the opposite parties on II just basis.
Nevertheless, 1t adds, the central pow
ers again are prepared to give IA clearly
formulated expression Of their opinions
and TO try TO find Il basis for II com
promise.
For the central powers, as distinct
from the case with Russia the an
nouncement adds. conclusion of peace
with Russia has no connection with Il
general peace ana the central powers
are compelled 10 continue the war
against their other enemies.
The assertion that the right of self
determination is IN attribute Of nations
and not of parts Of nations is not our
conception of characterization the
official statement declares, 1T must
be assumed that the limits of occupa
ton are standard for fixing the
boundaries of such portions
The Austro-Gcrmans, the statement
declares, do not intend incorporating
tho territories now occupied by then
into their respective countries,
Withdrawal of the Austrian and Ger
man troops from the occupied terri
tories while the war lasts Is impossl
| bile. the statement says,
The central powers agreed, It s.
added that vote of the peoples OF
| broad lines be sanctioned ou the hasi'
of citizenship, but Il VAS declared tina
| Il referendum appeared to be impruc
| tiCahlc The central powers think tina
| u vote GA wide basis taken from IN,
electors and supplemented by a repre-
! sentative body would suffice.