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Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

THE NEW DRUG LAWS will pro
tect the drug fiend from self destruc-
ton, and one arrest was made within
the first week the law has been IN
force and a young man in the City OF
Wilmington arraigned for having dope
and hyperdermic needle in possession.
These laws are all right, but they do
not reach the cases where men and
women are to be protected against the
illegal use of whiskey and other intox-
icating liquors. The bone dry" law
which has passed the House of Repre-
sentatives at Dover and is now pend
ing in the Senate, is needed to carry
into effect the National Prohibition
laws and enforce law generally after
the United States laws outlawing al
coholic liquors goes into effect July
lst, 1919. The bill in its present shape
in the Legislature runs parallel with
the National Prohibition laws and will
automatically cease when the National
Amendment goes out of force. The
Senate will certainly pass this law
before adjournment.
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14
Public Sale
" Personal Property Of Josephine ;
Truitt, Deceased.

sale to be held one square in rear OF
Postoffice in Milford, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 2s. 1919,
at half-past one o'clock, but if that day
IS stormy, the following clear Saturday
Consisting in part of Parlor Furniture,
walnut and mahogany stands, tables,
chairs, two sofas, several pictures OF
scenery, ETC., etc, and handsome heavy
wool rug, 9Xl2 feet.
Sitting Room Furniture: Wall pictures,
etc, several rocking chairs, 10-fOot eXten-
sion table and heavy dining room chairs
with leather seats. walnut sideSS2rd and
many pieces of glass and fancy decorated
crockery, silver butter dish, cake baskets;
etc, ETC., mahogany whatnot, several
stands Of mahogany and walnut, parlor
coal stove and other stoves, three walnut
bedroom sets complete. one white set COM
plete, mattresses, feather beds, bed covers.
quilts and blankets and bed Springs, sew
eral antique qieces Of mahogany furniture,
10Th century nlaid mahogany stand, two
antique candelabra, antique candlestick
and a great many other fancy articles,
chamber toilet sets, etc.
Terms Cash.
JOHN o. TRUITT,
3-l4-3t Administrator.
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

movie" Notice
Charlie Chaplain in "A Dogs Life at
the Tropical Theatre, Glendale, Del, this
Saturday evening. This picture promises
to show Charlie at his best.
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14
Auction Sale

Regular sale OF horses. mules, cows,
hogs and farming implements to be held
in Bethard's Shed, rain or shine.
SATURDAY., MARCH %, 1919
One pair Of horses weighing 1900 lbs.
mated and as good a team as you can
find anywhere One horse, years old,
weighing 100 lbs, guaranteed in every
way Lot Of other horses and mules
Ten head Of good cows, most Of them
fresh.
One Ford touring car, 1916 model. in
good condition.
one Saxon roadster 1916 model, with
starter in good condition.
Lot Of farming implements Of all kinds
Lot Of brood sows and shoats.
Lot OF wagons and harness.
Anybody having anything to sell, bring
IL in on day OF sale. Bring your hogs
early II viii pay you.
John Baker, Lincoln. Del.
Auctioneer. Phone 204 Ria
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14
RLANcHARp,s STATION.

William Todd made a business trip to
Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Mrs. Norman T. Webb has returned to
her home at Wilmington after spending
a week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Rogers
oscar Biddle spent the weekend with
relatives and friends at Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs Lester S. Isaacs spent
Saturday with Mrs. Isaacs' parents, Mr..
and Mrs Earl NJ. Cahan
James Matthews has returned home
after spending few days with his sister,
Mrs. Harry f. Rogers.
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

which the people of the entire State
have a right 10 demand. Under the
new law we will all pay alike and our
children will all be educated alike
regardless OF location. The New School
Code must become a law this session
to keep our schools to their present
standard, and that they may be raised
to a higher efficiency in the next few
years.
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Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

THE MEMORY OF MAN seems to
have been unable to dig up winter sea-
son which is a parallel OF the one thru
which we have just passed. In fact,
there has been but one snow fall which
was of sufficient depth to track rab-
bit during the winter just closed.
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

EASTER DANCES seem to be the
form of amusement and enjoying the
relaxation which follows after the rigid
observance of the Christian epoch by
our churches. Milford has two affairs
of this kind scheduled for this season.
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14
NO. 23AO.
REPORT OF CONDITION
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

At Milford. in the State of Delaware at the close
of business on March 4. 1913:
RESOURCES
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

THE NEW SCHOOL CODE as pro-
posed, with amendments to correct
some points to meet the requirements
which are deemed of benefit to the Act
as drawn, must be passed by the pres
ent Legislature in justice to the pub
lie school education in Delaware. The
present system is worn out and waste
full in results, so that the children of
Delaware under present school facil-
titles do not get full education for the
time they devote and for the money
which is paid out to maintain the
schools. Under the present laws the
teachers are so poorly paid that they
schools; especially such teachers as
have ability and qualifications for
their calling. The New School Code
will bring about a system of public
school education which has been tried
out in other States and the result has
been all that was claimed for it. 1t
will cost money to operate the public
schools under the new school code as
it is required in larger sums than be-
fore-but, under the proposed law, the
people will pay exactly the same for
education and support of the schools
in each and every part of Delaware.
The men who have escaped paying
their full share of taxes for school
purposes will under the new laws be
compelled to contribute the same and
no more than their neighbor. This is
right and fair. The individual districts
are not changed by the new laws, but |
the power to levy taxes for school pur- |
poses is lodged entirely with the Levy |
Courts and all taxes will be levied and |
collected by that body, and when re-
ceived, be placed to the credit of the
schools along with the other depart
ments of county government. The |
whole objection which has found its
way to the top may be summed up in
the statement that the individual
power TO levy taxes for school pur-
poses, as now held by the various
school districts, is taken away from
the district. This should have been
done years ago. 1t is the cause for
the poor schools in Delaware, and
without this power removed there can
be no Improvement in the public school
system of Delaware. The man or men
sitting as members of the Legislature
in Delaware will dig their own polite
al graves deep and occupy them quick
who permit themselves to be influence
ID to vote against the New School Code
for Delaware. He will have shown
himself ignorant of intelligent public
opinion and a man against the men
and women who will pass upon his
aspirations of the future, and condemn
him for the lack of ability to under
stand the needs of the public school
system of Delaware. This bill propos-
ing new School Code for Delaware
is the most important of any that has
been presented to this or any other
of this State. We hope
that every member Of the Legislature
will vote for the New School Code. 1t
may have some points which exper-
ience will cause to be corrected in the
future, but it is now-not two years
hence-that this law should be put
into effect. 1t costs more money to
support the churches now than it did
ten years ago, and it should cost more
money to get the kind Of education
that your child is entitled to and for
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

State Of DeiaaOaye, County Of Kent, S.:
/. j. B. SMITH. Cashier of the above named bank.
do solemnly swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. b. SMITH, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day
of March. 1919
WILLIAM A. TRUITT, Notary Public.
CORREcT-ATTEsT
R. H. WILLIAMS.
DANIEL HIRscH. Directors.
THOMAS DAVIS.
Milford chronicle., 1919-03-14

!, C. T. REED Cashier of the above-named cor
poration do sOemnly swear that the above state
nent is true to the best of my knowledge and belief
G. I. REED. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day
EDWARD v. HENDERSON, Notary Public.
CORRECT ATTEST:
CHAs D. ABBOTT, Directors.
GEO. H. HALL.
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own sex Of several Of the women on the
list for joining a political movement in
which Senator Penrose Is a potential
leader. This is due to the senator's at
titude on suffrage, they say, but ] rath-
or suspect 1t is likewise owing to a fail
ure to place any conspicuous suffragist
of the rank of Mrs. Lawrence Lewis
on the committee.
While the regulars. or Ware organ
ization managers, have laid n barrage
attack on the committee of one hundred
the Independents are about ready to let
loose gas attack whose effects they
assert will be both seen and heard
throughout the campaign.
1t will take the form. with facts and
figures. of charge that the Ware or
ganization is responsible for the high
tax rate; that the property owners OF
the city have been compelled to pay
hundreds of thousands of dollars in OK
cess Of what they should have paid
that these vast sums we're utilized un
necessarily and to the direct profit Of
the city organization.
Independent leaders avow that this
will be the hardest question for the
regular organization to answer at least
to answer to the satisfaction of small
home owners, upon whom the burden has
fallen most heavily.
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REGISTRATION BOARD
HEARS $50 PETITIONS
Commissioners Work Through
Lunch Hour to Act Upon
Rush Of Applications

Hearing applications for divisional
registrars is going along smoothly for
the new registration board.
The board did not adjourn for lunch :
con, but kept at its work.
Six hundred and eighty petitions are
to be acted upon before the end of to-
day. They represent wards Twenty
three to Thirty one. inclusive.
The Twenty fifth ward presented
eighty five petitions. 1t was believed
that William +. Campbell, representing
the group opposing Ware. would be pres
ent at the hearings for this ward. But
neither he nor his personal lieutenant
r. J. McGuiggen. put in an appearance
up to early this afternoon.
The largest number of petitions from
anv one ward heard so far was lo'
from the Twenty fourth Ward. AL
though Charles W. Mcconnell. Ware
loader. and Blakely d. McCaughn
pcnrosc follower. were both present a
the hearings. whatever sensation was eX
pected did not break.
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80 Court Martial
Changes Advised


officers who had exercised general court
martial jurisdiction during tho war and
from all judge advocates who had been
commissioned md functirned rs such
during the same period 1t received
and nnnlyzed some 225 letters and for
mulatCd its own views as n result of
its study of these statements.
The general trend of the work. =" Mr.
Baker said, has been III the direction
of n development of the present system
and does not constitute radical de
parturc from the fold one. which had
been growing and developing for cen
turics precisely as other systems of law
have been 50 growing and so developing
in the same period.
Boston, July 3O.-(By A. PD-
Soldiers acquitted by courts martial
cannot be tried again for the same of
fense, nor can higher authority increase
the sentence declared by a court, says
a War Department order announced by
the northeastern department headquar :
ters today.
This step in court martial reforms
will make it impossible for officers with
authority to review courts martial find =
ings to order new tnals after man
has been found not guilty or to in
crease the sentence imposed by the
court "unless such sentence is less than
the mandatory sentence fixed by law for
the offpnsc or offenses upon which a
conviction has been had.
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NAVY YARD WORKERS
HERE TO KEEP JOBS
Employees Lawyer Says Yard
Gets New Work, Despite Re-
trenchment Elsewhere

Proposed dismissal of navy yard en-
ployes during the coming fiscal year.
made necessary by lack of funds. as
announced yesterday by Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Roosevelt. will not
affect the Philadelphia Navy Yard. ac-
cording to Michael Francis Doyle.
counsel for the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Employees Association.
"There are at least IA 1000 employees
at the Philadelphia yard" said Mr..
Doyle. Secretary Daniels promised
some time ago that this yard would
be given new construction work, and
since that time contracts for the build
ing of two large tenders and two bat
tie cruisers have been awarded. That
will keep all the present employees busy
for at least two years. The yard is
even now advertising for more work
ers.
'The Philadelphia yard is one of the
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and hears the signature Of Premier
r,cmcncoou aud tbo yropd spol of thr
Enanoh pon,Li;a as ,,olI ne prosidort
,r,,ne, ..u.. .I ,a", nratins
"lson s,gn"'ur'' !ne ,to,
separating the executive cIerh i'o'i, tn,
rest OF the secretary once was ordered
closed and locked, aud all persons en-
tcring the secretary's office. except those
whose identity were known, were close
lv s.rutinized Senate officials nlso de-
lived 70 ocrd tho tre.ty IN tho gov
,,. .;,,.;, a. a ,hot ,r;r+od
''no''nt p,,n,ine "u''' :" .""' ~ '"'."
copies couu pe mau', ou, hau w
Wrltten copy maze INSIDE the parreu
inclosure.
Another prccnution was the deposit
ing of the French treaty in n big vault
In the office OF the disbursing oth"er OF
the senate. which is not only fire
proof Dut also burglar proof.
Fall Has 20 Amendments
senator Fall. Republican. one of the
lmpiacapi" opponents or the league OF
Ionn. nhin - tinra.aIs .nt ',,uSI J ,.n ,"r,,,n
tions IIc is gettinr nm n scrirs n,
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Committee of 100
Talking of Moore

Continued From Page One
ficcholders. ex offccholdcrs and non
residents"
Senator Ware and other Republican
leaders referred all inquiries as to what
they thought Of the makeup of the COM
mittce to Chairman Ransley.
Here Is Ransley's Idea of II
Mr. Ransley's idea of the committee
of one hundred follows:
1t would seem that Senator Pen
rose and Mr.. Coles assumed lot
of authority to appoint commit
tee to select the Republican cnndi-
date for Mayor without credentials
from any great number of voters of
this city.
Even to be member of the Re
publican ward executive committee,
in the several hundred divisions
throughout the city. the member
must be elected by majority of
the Republican voters of his divi-
sion in accordance with the laws of
the state and the rules of the Re
publican party; but in accordance
with the Penrose idea, all that is
needed is to use the telephone, as
he has been doing for the last three
weeks. and select committee. After
requesting the use of more than
800 names. he finally got the consent
of 100 to serve, of which a majority
will take his orders and ratify his
choice.
The committee is made up one
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Reading Express
Wrecked; 2 Killed
Continued From Page Ono

Continued From Page Ono
Philadelphia at II so having left Read.
ing at 92j.
The dead arc:
William +. Leiby, engineer, Port
Carbon. Ia.
John J. Zettlemoyer, fireman. Schuyl-
kill Haven. IA.
Tho accident is attributed to spread.
ing rails. When the engineer felt the
rails going he iammcd on the cmer-
gcncy brakes and stuck to his post. His
prOmnt action checked tho speed of
tho Aicr and probably prevented many
fatalities.
XcttlcmOvpr was pinned under the on
rinc and died while an attempt was
being made to rescue him. John Ritzcn,
baggage master. was slightly hurt.
Tho two score passengers on the
overturned coach were badly shaken
up. While most of them suffered some
injury, none was so badly hurt as to
require being removed to hospitals,
They later boarded another train and
proceeded to Philadelphia
Among the seventy five Reading pas
scngcrs on board tho wrecked express
were Lot W. Rcff. United States naval
officer at Philadelphia Judge Harry -.
Schacifcr. DIS. William $. and John NJ.
Bcrtolct. Mrs. Edwin 4. Kelly and son.
Lieutenant John O'Rcilly Kelly. L. s.
A.. Mrs. Cora lIangcn, Mrs. 1Iebcr l..
Smith, daughter of the late George +.
Bacr. president of the Reading Rail
way: Miss Helen Cohn. DR.. II. l.. Max
we'll. Edwin Boone. Burt II. MacGregor
and others. All were badly shaken up.
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PROBE DESTRUCTION
OF ARMY PROPERTY

New York, July 30.-(By A. P.)-
The subcommittee of the House of
Representatives. headed by Royal c.
Johnson. of South Dakota. which has
been investigating crueltics practiced
upon prisoners in American prison
camps abroad, turned its attention here
today to the destruction of American
army property in France under the di-
rection of army officers. The first in
cident taken up was the disposition of
100 airplanes at Colombes les Bcnes.
The first witness. Paul l.. Lockwood
of Stamford. Conn, formerly a lieu
tenant of aviation in the First Pursuit
Group. testified that upon returning to
America he met a number of his col
leagues in Garden City, who told him
that the planes had been damaged and
then burned.
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RetridI Is Denied
In 5th Ward Case

Continued From Page One
prison sentence and each pay n fine of
S4O0. Hayden will serve six months in
Jail and pay Il fine of 5000.
Isaac Dcutsch. former Ware leader
with Lieutenant Bennett and the other
defendants, died Will" the Superior
Court was considering a plea for a new
trial Of the case.
Lieutenant Bennett received word Of
the decision of the Supreme Court when
he returned to the police station after
lunching.
"Oh. is that so?" he said.
The lieutenant was asked if he cared
to make any statement.
"No." he answered. And then after
n moments hesitation, mo. none at
ALL thank YOU
All were originally convicted before n
Jury in the West Chester court. On
July II Judge Head. Of the Superior
Court, handed down a decision in which
the appeal was refused. 4 new plea
was made two days later to the Supreme
Court.
The defendants wcrC sentenced by
Judge Hausc. at West Chester, on
January 13. Deutsch received two
years sentence. and was to have paid
fine of $1,000.
William A. Gray represented the de-
PENDANTS.
All PatrOlmen Under Bennett
All of the patrolmen were detailed to
the Third and De Lanccy streets sta
ton under Lieutenant Bennett in the
political campaign for supremacy of the
Bloody Fifth in September of 1917.
Deutsch was then the Ware leader of
the ward. opposed by James A. Carey.
On primary election day a series of
riots and disorders resulted in the
murder of Detective George A. Epplcy.
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BULGARIAN TREATY
NEARLY COMPLETE
Supreme Council Approves Eco
nomic Clauses, but Boundaries
Are Not Yet Defined
UNEASY FEELING AT SOFIA

Paris, July 30.-The Bulgarian peace
treaty was taken up again today by the
supreme council of the Peace Confer
ence. With the exception Of the dclinca =
tion of the boundaries of Bulgaria. the
terms now are virtually complete. the
economic causes having been approved
by the council yesterday.
The Bulgarian delegation this after
noon sent its first note to the confer
encc. 1t took the form of a voluminous
document claiming Macedonia, Dobrud-
ia and ThraCc as purely bulgarian ter
ritory and insisting that they must be
given to Bulgaria.
Frank J.. Polk. American assistant
secretary of state. who arrived h"r" yes
tcrday to become head Of the American
peace delegation. was quoted today by
several newspapers as being optimistic
regarding ratification of the German
treaty by the United States Senate.
The terms to be presented to the Bull
garian delegation were said to b" th"
principal object of Mr.. Polk's atten-
tion. but he is understood not to hnv"
brought with him President Wilson's ;
decision on the disposition of Thrace.
The Presidents decision on other
problcms. especially the mandates for
Turkey or Armenia. the Hungarian sit
uation and the Russian question, tn"
newspapers said .r"obably will be made
known by Mr.. Polk.
Sofia, Bulgaria, July 29.-tBy \, PD
-(dpayed dD-An atmosphere of un-
casincss is discrrnblc here with re-
gard to the outcome of the mission
in Paris Of the bulgarian peace dele
CATION. Bulgarin's claims to Dobrudla
and her aspirations rs to Macedonia are
still To the fore in discussion OF the
peace terms.
Despite hints of possible territorial
losses. which have caused concern and
bitter comment, there appears to be n
general hope that justice will be done
Bulgaria and that the questions at issue
will be determined independently of her
participation in the war on the side op'
posed to the Allies.
Prominent bulgarian Spokcsmcn have
given expression to strong desires TO see
peaCe brought about through the visit
of the mission to Paris, together with
the hone, as one of them said. that
the terms would be something we can
swallow
In these expressions both the United
States and Great Britain are alluded
to as friendly. but the belief in this
friendship is voiced with less certainty
than previously. ttterances indicat-
ing dislike of the French are freely
heard i'll the capital. which may be ex-
planned as due to the presence of French
colonial troops here.
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Tustin's Refusal

In letter to Mr.. Coles, Mr.. Tustin
takes his name out of the list of pos
sibilitics and urges the Endorsement of
Mr.. Acker.
Blakely D. McCaughn. Penrose lead
er of the Twenty fourth ward, an
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nounces he will not press any candidacy
for the nomination for sheriff.
Mr.. McCaughn says that If nominal :
ing petitions. are being circulated they
have been put out without his sanction.
Mr.. Coles may be indorsed by the
committee of one hundred for sheriff.
The announcement by W. Freeland
Kendrick that he would know within
n week" IL he would enter the mayor
atty race has upset the dope again on
the Ware side.
A belief is beginning to prevail that
neither Judge Patterson nor Mr.. Ken
drick may be the candidates of the
wares hut that a dark horse" may be
sprupg at the last minute.