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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-09-04
Sunday

Ethel clayton will be shown in a
screen adoption Of the widely known
book and play, Maggie Pepper" AL
so a Pathe Review and Screen Maya.
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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-09-04
Dufur Man Visits Here

NJ. NJ. Burtner, orchardist Of Dufur,
where he has no acres just coming in.
to bearing, was here Saturday study
ing methods of packing and visiting
his friend, A. p. Slade Mr.. Burtner,
who declares that the Dufur fruit
crop, the yield of which will reach
nearly $50 cars, is of quality second
to none. says his own place will ship
about S, 900 boxes.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-09-04
Sunday
kobere Markets Spicy Melons

J. H. Koberg began marketing spicy
cantaloupes last week Their meat,
thick and sweet. they bring the tor
of the market, retailing for Is and q
cents each Other growers will have
melons on the market this week, but il
is not likely that the yield will far ex
ceed the local demand.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-09-04
Oregon State Fair

Salem, September 90 27. Splendid
agricultural, livestock, and industrial
exhibits, high class amusement-, su'
perb racing card, bigger and better thar
ever. A. II. Lea, Secretary, Salem
Oregon. sls
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
-MINGTON. DELAWARE THURSDAY JANUARY
MAGUIRE BELIEVED WELL
Has Written His Parents Since
Date He Was Reported
Missing.

On December % the mother of Private
John Mcguire of 221S Lammot street re-
ceived "a War Department telegram
stating that her son had been missing IN
action since August IL Mrs. Mcguire is
confident that there is some mistake
about this, as she has had several letters
from her son since that time, the latest one
dated November "a in his handwriting.
Her son was gassed on that date, and in
"A hospital. but according to his letter of
November - he was all right and had re-
joined his company in the 10th Infantry,
A. l.. +.
Private Mcguire. who. is now only II
years old, enlisted last February 10, when
he was l6. His mother and father, know
ing how eager he was to go, agreed, and
John got his fathers written consent. He
went to Eighth and Market, enlisted, and
came back and told his family that he was
going ont 10 camp on the next train.
Although he is only boy. John is big and
stalwart, and looks about ~, his mother
SAYS He was at Camps Hancock and
Upton, and sailed for France in the latter
part of April, 1918 lie has written that
he expects To be home soon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
BOLSHEVTKIST TROOPS
TERRORIZE ALL POLAND

Tsy Associated Press 10 Every Evening
London. Jan Poland IS ln despair.
owing to the INVASION of : BoiShevist
troops and the apparent Indifference
Of the western powers To the piIght 90
the country, according to a Warsaw
dispatch 10 the Mail.
kilograms are sent. begging inter-
ventIon by the allies the dispatch
states. but no reply comes The Poles
admit he immensity 81 the numerous
problems absorbing the allies, but COM
plain that thev 10 not receive the least
sign of attention. Or q word OF guidance.
After dealing with the Bolshcvlst
menace I'd LcmDcrg. Wilma and other
places. thc correspondent saws the situ-
atlon Is made worse by internal disorder
IN Poland.
Factories in all the industrial town
have been destroyed by the Ger
mans and thousands Of Poles who were
sent 10 Germany during the war IRE
returning ID iind there Is 40 employment
Tor them They are taxing the law u
their own hands, 1T j. sad, and are terror
izing their former employers, compelling
them ID give them money.
LODI Is IN he hands of the Red C,Uara.
vii IL has shot some oi the officers Il tne
regular troops The government headed Dy
Joseph Pl.sudSkl. Is weak the CORES
poudcnt saws.
The correspondent concludes 9y urging
tGe immediate return q Genera. tia Ter
Poi >h eriny from France.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
CiPT USE UNIFORM
IS CRIME SHIELD
SOLDIER IS TOLD
Military Police Refuse TO Arrest
Private as Disorderly But
CITY Police Nab Him.
JUDGE SETS HIM RIGHT

The United States army uniform will
not permit the wcarcr Ia commit crimes
Judge Churchman made clear TINS morn
ING in City Court when he fined John
D Carr lV q private who wore an officers 5
Uniform without tho insignia 81 rank
$40 and costs for disordcrly conduct
Two witnesses. Homer HAndy and
Charles Hickcn. testified that Carr had
threatened to clean oCt a restaurant
81 6O5 ~mpley street and that hc declared
he was immune from arrest by the civil
authorities
Pm government man, nc Is alleged
n have boosted These policemen can't
touch ms
Hicken sand H. called to two military
policeman Who heard the trac;S. Tut they
ignored his Appeals toT aid anti walked
faster away They won't arrest mc
Carr Is said to have exclaimed Finally
Hicken tclcphoncd to tho city police
station and Policemen BlackSton and
Abrams camc with a patrol wagon Black
ston test fled that Carr continued 10 use
obscene and abusive language in the
wagon, hoaSting ;hat he would have to toe
turned over 10 the military Tor disposal
of his ease
Judge Churchman read Carr an illumi-
mating lecture Ia which ne dtfIaIt-u tilat
Carr had been arrested four times previous
~ and once had been committed 10 the
Wo. 5hous, lie informed him that serv-
vice men crested here would no longer
be- remandcd tc their military commander.
but would ho tried IA civil courts
MR. LOOKING FoR WORK.
William Mile. IS years old who was
arrested Yesterday on Market street
and CHARGED with vagrancv Was dis
Continued ON psyc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
TRANSPORT GROUNDS.
Dutch Ship Tjisondari, Bringing
Soldiers Home, Runs on Shoal
Below Delaware City.

The United States steamship Tpsondar
which went ashore Tuesday night IN the
Delaware river on the west side OF the
channel, about one mile below Fort Deia-
ware, is still fast In the mud, despite the
efforts of tug 10 ats 20 pull her of
She is loaded with n general cargo and
troops returning from France. 1t VIII
probably bc necessary to remove cargo
and troops before she can be floated.
Seventy enlisted men and eighteen
army officers suffering from diphtheria and
other diseases CONTRACTED abroad arrived
at League Island hast night aboard the
naval tug Springfield, To which they were
transferred.
Tjisondari is y converted Dutch cargo
carrier. Tugs worked all day yesterday
irving to float It The sick enlisted men
are being sent to hospitals AT Camp Mer-
rltt. while the officers will hc taken to
tiobah,n.
The grounding of the boat which oc-
CURED 4bout clock Tuesday night is
believed Ia have been due 10 the fact that
heavy rain prevailed at the time As
the boat rests III mud, il is believed to
have sustained no damage
The Ig~ondarl left 81 Nazalre two
weeks ago lor PmladClphia with 10 Off
GERS and 20 private soldier When the
vessel WIS two DAYS ont >tnwaway was
found, who hid himself away while the
vessel was getting under way at ST.
Na1airr and made hl~ quarters, until
discovered ~ the coal hunkcrs
Whcrr the Tjisondar struck there is
sudden bend in the ctanncl toward the
New Jersey shore Il VAS near there that
the Norwegian steamship Harriet ran
ashore i month ago. and remained fast
for several DAYS. when it became ncces-
sary - discharge the greater part of her
cargo bcforv she could 10 fioatCd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
6. O.P. CONSPIRACY
To THWART WILSON
Barred IN SENATE
Lewis Taxes Lodge and Knox in
Plot to Defeat Any Peace
Design of President.
RAPS PARTISAN CRITICS
nv Associated Press to Every Eveniu,

nv FhADftHAfu t7fFSN W 'fPftF FNFHHluk
Washington, Jan . Senator lewis,
Democrat, of Illinois, speaking today in
the Senate. charged Republican leaders
with conspiring for political purposes
tn discredt President Wilson abroad and
to thwart his purposes by giving European
negotiators the impression that the
Senate opposes his plans and by dcceiving
the American people. Their object, he
declared, is 10 prevent the President
from accomplishing anything
The speech was in reply 10 rccent
uttrranccs Of SeDators Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, and Knox, Of Pennsylvania,
both Republicans, crticizing certain Of
he President $ fourteen principles ot
peace and urging that consideration If
= league of nations. freedom Of the seas
anil other questions he deferred until
after The peace conference
CONSPIRACY AGAINST wrIsoH
"The concurring assaults bv certain
leaders ol the Republican side upon cvory-
thing that President Wilson has attempted
IN Europe, -ald Senator Lewis. dis
close il conspiracy to dIscrcdlt him and
10 defeat any design hc enters upon by
giving he European negOtIators to under
stand that the Senate i opposed 70 the
President, that II objects 70 ms measures.
and that u Is speaking with the power to
revise, reverse and repudiate hm
Senator Lewis declared the Senate had
nothing whatever to do with what the
President Is now doing in presenting
the protocol for peace and the adjust
ment of the disposition Of the armies
NONE or -ENATF's BUSINESS.
4 inform the European ncgotiators
Il - l., /, n ~ VIZ
no law Ut America. bv constitution,
statute OF CUSTOM hy which the prcei-
dent Is under any obligation to submit
what hc is uow doing 10 the senate or
to any other branch of the legislative
or executive body
i inform the negotiators, as | do those
Interested, hat the present undertakings
of the President Of the United States
are as cummander-n-chIef Of the armies /.
that he remains such with full power as
conmander-In-chicf until the full treaty
or compact Of peace has been finally
accepted and peace declared and the
armies withdrawn as . result of that
acceptance.
LODGE AND KNOX IS LOYALTY
Senators Lodge and Knox were charged
with being inconsistent IN their views
The Illinois Senator said postponement
OF the proposals for league Of nations
and freedom Of the seas would mean
that the war had been fought in van,
and would bring about a repetition Of
the struggle
In justice to the distinguished Senators
they do not mean that America should
enter upon such coNardlv course, he
continued They are only anxious 10
secure the abandonment Of the demand
for the present. that 1t might be charged
against Wilson that he failed IN securing
the oniy thing OF material worth for which
the nation fought and her children died I
In closing, Senator Lewis urged united
support for the President while he is on
foreign soil. 'contesting for the supremacy
of the United States
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
NEGRO SHOT DEAD
BY ANOTHER IN ROW
ON NEW YEARS DAY
Assailant Escapes After Fatally
Wounding Man at Front and
Washington Streets.
ARREST WAS MADE LATER

HAYES BENTON, alias "Binker,' colored,
aged - years, of 50l Lafayette street,
was shot and killed yesterday afternoon
about 4.3O o'clock, by another colored
man in the saloon of Cormick J. McNlon-
lyle. at Front and Washington streets.
The assailant escaped.
About Z O'Clock last night man
was arrested in connection with the
shooting hv Detective Sergeant King.
He gave his name at the police station,
where he was locked up on charge
Of murder. as John Smmons, aged 81
wears. of 50i West Second street
John Simmons, 81 wears old, an employt
Of the Tanners Supply Co, charged with
fhe murder, was held without bail for
the grand Jury at hearing in City Court
this morning. Several eye witnesses tcst,-
fed that he had done the shooting, and
he made full confession TO city detectives
after his arrest.
Several mcn in the saloon, evc-wit
ncsscs oi the murder, told the police
that Simmons would give himself up,
but during tho entire time of the search
for him. it is doubtful that he made any
attempt to cause ms own arrest, the
polrcc say The search ended about
s 30 O'Clock, two hours after the muir
der was committed, IN inc location 81
tho man i, Sergeant King IN house
on klund street
According 20 eycwltnesses, Rcnton
and Simmons were drinking 70 them
selves n ono end of the bar and few
heated words were heard TO pass he
tween them. Later the pair started for
the door and Just - they reached It
Simmons is alleged 10 have whipped
out 4 revolver and fred directly nj Ben
ton. while tut 4 few feet distant from
him. Simmons Immediately dartcd out
Of the saloon and ran np Front street,
the mon IN the saloon sand.
The police vcn, summoned fmme-
dlately and !. patrol car was sent 70 the
scene. The wounded man Was carried
Ia the Delaware Hospital in the patrol,
but was pronounced dead
The body Of Bcuton. who IS survived
bv his wife was tncn removed TO the
morguc and Deputy Conner McC Crery
was notified 4 post morcm examlna-
tion Yesterday afternoon famed 20 dis
close the location ol the ballet Il IS
thought by the two coroner's physi-
cians who made the examination that
the bullet entered the abdomen and
penetrated upward. hitting vital organs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
6. D. ATTACKS WILSON
FROM ANOTHER ANGLE
Weeks Says Var Departments
Casualties List Information IS
Not Always Accurate
n Associated press 10 Everv Evening

BY Associat cd Press 10 Every Evening
Washington. Jan 2-Thc War De
partmcnt was sharply criticized In the
Senatc today by Senator Weeks of
Massachusetts. Republican, for delays
and errors in compiling casualties among
the cxpcdition8ry forces and for failure
to cooperate with the Red Cross in
forwarding letters from wounded soldiers
To relatives III this country
Criticism was directed especially At the
office Of the acknowledgement of the
army Senator Weeks saying that Major
General Mccain. the acknowledgement
who retired last summer 10 command .
division and who was succeeded by Major
General Harris. should have been re-
tanned Senator Weeks declared the War
Department information - TO casualties
often had been Wrong
During the week ended December l4,
he stated. ''the Red Cross received an
average Of twenty letters a day from
parents who had Deen advised by the
War Department that their sons had been
killed on a specific date In everyone 0f
these cases the parents wrote that they
had received communications from their
bows subsequent TO the date gwen by the
War Department II seems almost
miraculous that so many errors could have
occurred in cases of this kind
II also waa worth noting, the Senator
continued that III sending reports oi
casualties t. families the department
simply stated that the Individual had been
killed or wounded, without further cN-
plaration
THAT work, he added, has very
properly been taken up by the Red Cross,
and it IS testified that in thc neighborhood
of ten thousand letters a week have been
sent 10 the families of those killed or
injured giving the facts relating TO the
death or condition of he injured man
Describing Red Cross methods, Senator
Weeks said that agency in August To-
Gated in French hospitals two hundred
American soldiers reported missing by the
War Department These men, he de-
clarcd had communicated with the Red
Gross, believing that through il their rela-
tiveS would learn oi their condition but
the information never was transmitted
because oi an order by the department
prohibiting the mailing Of such letters.
Meanwhile the relatives had no knowledge
IS 10 the location Of the men though later
the order was modified and the agency
permitted to forward the letters entrusted
to its care.
Acknowledgement Harris. he explained
was not responsible for the order One
Of the most glaring errors shown in the
lack nf coordination between the War
Department and the Red Cross service, I
tho Senator said. rs found In the fact
that hospital lists were not, until the
latter part Of November of this year.
furnished the Red Cross. although in the
possession Of the War Department
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
REPUBL|CA FIGHT
CENTRES IN DOVER
Party Leaders Gathered at Capital
Today in Effort to Straighten
Out Organization Tangle.
Special ptspafch 10 Every Evening

DovTu IAN ,.
Split in twain for various facflonal
reasons. and also because Of tho injection
of the wet and dry" question INTO
the fight Cor organization of the Legs
la.urc, which convenes here next Tues
dav. Republican clans from all over the
State gathered here toiay in an effort to
straghtcn out tho tangle and, II possible
prevent the threatened deadlock when Tho
Legislature opens
The Republican state Central Com
mittec. Republican members Of both
houses and prominent party men from
all parts Of the Statc responded to the
summons, which appears TO have been
an =. q. : call
Although the meeting was scheduled
for II clock on tho arrival If the l0ii
train from Wilmington, down-Statc Re
puhlicans were here before that time and
had pow-wowS of their own
Prior 10 tic opening If the conference
there was every reason 70 believe that
Dolphus Short of Milford would bc slated
for president pro tcInporc of The Senate.
The spcakcShp Of the House was
puzzle The tdrvs' ar lighting w II
Danzcnbakcr # Claymont who appears
10 have been slated hy the majority
fktIat{Ia4E1U HfItifbt#~r ttlfA II " INN
as ii they would drop Danzenbakcr and
take up Willard : Greeg of Centreville.
No Sussex Senators were here at noon,
while Scnator-clect Alice oi Dover WAS
confined ~ tic house with cold
\ member of the state committee said
the object IF the meeting, IN addition
to helping - organize. ) 70 map ont 81"
Bcnublican policy in hc next I.cglsl4ti.re
The ostensihlc object of the gathering
Was the meeting of the STATE Central
Committee, while i, Was rimored that the
Republican senators and senaters-elect
would be called INTO the conference " hen
members Of the State committee were
a-kee! about the matter they denied all
knowledge IT ~.Ith a conference. senators
elect James " Robertson of Wilmington
and J. +. Richards ol Newark were among
those who came down on the noon tram,
and when they were asked Why they were
here they replied that they came 10
look on Nobody appeared to be will
ing 10 tell al they knew or to make any
pr edlctione as 10 what waggla happen
Due to the fact that the tram from ny
state was IN hour late III reaching here
not arriving until ! II the State com-
mittee meeting scheduled fer II clock
went over until after noon II will be held
ri the headduarttrs OF the Kent Re
publican Club.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
SEES ONLY PEACE HOPE
IN LEAGUE OF NATIONS
London Times Endorses Wilson s
Plans: Declares Clenenceau'S s
Differences Only a Contrast. "
Ry Associated Press % Every Evenin

by Associated Press 70 Every Evening
London. Jan. Comparing the speech
OF Premier Clemenceau before the French
Chamber 80 Deputies and President
Wilson address al Manchester. me Times
argues there Is no fundamental discrepancy
between the aIms OF the two men. The
newspapers Says,
All that NJ. Clemcnceau says ot the
difference contrast W. may call 1t
between the positions of France and
America is simple truth France sees
and feels what d German invasion means,
and demands absolute security against
"a recurrence 81 the danger she 50 narrowly
escaped and the sutIenngs she vet en-
dures
Mr. Wilson IS equalI1 determined 70
deliver het from those evils. Where NJ
Ciemenceau appears most markedly to
differ from MIR. Nilsson IS IN bis confession
OF certain skept.lsm as % tho adequacy
% any means except one e secure the
JUS claims of France
There IS no lneumpaliblhty between
Mr. Wilson ideal and the more prosac
I immediate object which At Clcmcnceau
sets before France One Is . necessary
stage 10 the attainment oi the other.
4 suprcmtlv important fact Is that both
admittedly dcsirt the same immediate
steps and bothalbelt one with con-
fidence and the other with hesitat ton
look forward To the same ultimate goal
/ IL is a promising feature d the attitudes
uf the two statesmen that neither affects
| 60 entertain cXtravagant hopes
The newspaper regards President VII
sons suggestion a~ TO the machinery for
subsequent rcadrustmen,s the mast yalu-
/ able and IMPORTANT 81 his recent uttcrances
/ and contends that only hv some such
/ methods us those advocated bv Air
/ Wilson amt bY continuous conferences
can tho burdens 81 the partnership Ic-
tween Amerira and Europe be discharged
and borne"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
TRANSFERRING TROOPS
FROM GROUNDED SHIP
Fire Island Still Firmly Grips
Northern Pacific: No Immediate
Danger, Saws Admiral.
BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Fire Island. y Y, Jan , three
officers and one soldier al wounded.
were landed Just before noon today,
from the transport Northern Pacific,
stranded of here They came ashore
III a coast guard boat The landing
OF additional troops followed They
are being transferred both To rescu-
ing vessels and the shore IN small
boats.
-Four more ljfeboats filed with
soldiers arrived from the Northern
Pacific soon after, while four other
boats, aIl belonging 10 the transport,
filled with members Of the cr.w, left
the ship for the outlying rescue
vessels.
Onc Of the first men 10 be brought
ashore was Lieutenant Joseph Logan
WiltoA whose home Is in Penn
sylVanla.
New 1ork Jan Afteran unsuccessful
attempt today 10 drag the American trans
port Northern Pacific from the sand paI
oifl'lrc lslandnayV officials here announced
plans for removing the 1,iSo troops Il
vessels standing hy al , 0 clock this after.
noon, il weather conditions we're favorable.
wee Admiral Albert Gleaves toda1
issued lie following statement
The Northern Pacific IS III no immediate
danger It there IS change 81 the vino
from the We tWard an attempt Nil ht
made ta transfer those Ga the ship Such
transfer. il il IS made tadat, viii probably
b. t. other ships standing BY.
1t ) a III today, with rough scs
running and "A moderate southwest brecz,
blowing. hcr how had swung l5O feel
shoreward Hitherto she had been lylns
broadslde t. tie beach The weather con
ditlons 1T $ o'clock were mol considereC
favorable To the transfer ot the troops
who sailed on the transport from Franc,
on Christmas dat.
Twelve cruisers and tle.troycrs ant
other rescue ships maintained silent vlgi
throughout the night ina semi-clrclea Tuitt
outside the bar. At dawn they prepare,
for day of maneaNering about th
stranded vessel Fresh coast guard crews
replaced the ones which spent the nigh
near h, brooches buoy which could no
be used
The vessel had worked 50 iar ashor
that there was doubt is to whether sh
could be tioated even with calm Sea
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
LEVY COURT.
Robert T. Jones Elected Trustee
cf Poor to Succeed Daniel
Thompson. Resigned.

The resignation of State Audltor-clcct
DaniI Thompson 81 Newark as q mem
her q the Trustee % The Poor for New
Ca~'it county was read and accepted BY
the L.t1 Court III u meeting held today
Robot Jones also OF Newark Was
elected Il 81. he vacancy there being no
opposition Is h- election
Error- uer tlloVed IN the accounts Of
! NJ Love. collector for White Clay
Crctl hunai,i a- follows County and
poor tax Nou3 - roads including town
O. Newark $3.50 81. dog. So These
gcrc FOR the .car 1918
several hil- from the coroner were read
aid oriercd paid Ihcsc were chiefly for
Jury service
The court dccidcd II recess until next
Tuesday morning ~ winch meeting it i
cApcctcd j. viii rc"rganize for the new
year
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-02
WRITE, WRITE. WRITE, TO YANkSi
Soldiers Need Home News Now More
Than Ever
by Associated Press 70 Every Evening

by Associated Press % Every Evening
Paris, Ian etters from home were
never moro needed by american soldiers
and sailors than II present according Il 4
statement ISSUED to-day by the head
quarters Of the \ II. G. 4 here. 1t /.
urged that relatives Of men IN The service
continue writing 10 hem until heir return
has been definitely arranged for
This statement was made after II had
been learned that many soldiers and
sailors had received letters saying thai
nov that the war is over and the men are
SOC n to to return to Arnorlca there is no
further need 10 keep en- writing