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Evening journal., 1919-03-06
fire DEPARTMENT
TO UNDERGO TEST
Council Wants to Know if
City is Getting Best
Possible Protection
REFER TO HIGH
INSURANCE RATE

Members OF City Council at a meet
ing OF the committee Of the whole last
night decided to request the city fire
companies TO submit their engines and
hose equipment TO tests beginning Mon
day noon, at the request Of the Ma
tional Fire Underwriters Association.
The councilmen were surprised TO
hear at their conference that while the
last test made Of the local department
was in 1912 when two Of the eleven
steamers here were out Of commission
for repairs. the property owners OF
this city had been compelled to pay
high insurance rate for the past six
years despite the fact that the appar-
atus has been in service and the fire
losses for these years In this city have
been lower than in a majority Of other
cities the size Of Wilmington.
The fact that the last test was made
in 1912 was announced by Charles A.
Whitney, Of the Fire Underwriters As
ISOLATION, who read his report. made
at that time, TO Council last night.
This showed the apparatus Of the de-
partment TO be in better condition in
1907 than It was in 1912.
It was said that II the apparatus
here was not tested the present high
rate of insurance would prevail.
The tests will be made at West street
and Park Drive. Previous TO the talk
on the fire engine testing Council list
ened to a petition from the Diamond
Ice and Coal Company for the erection
OF a frame building at Front and Mad
ison streets for the distribution Of ice
in that neighborhood In the absence
Of COUNCILMAN Aberger, in whose ward
The proposed building is to be located,
The matter was laid on the table. vii
lam Campbell Of No. 1923 Gilpin avenue
vas granted permission to build a
'rame shed in the rear Of his house.
Council passed a resolution presented
,y Councilman Forwood supporting Bill !
10. 263, now pending before the Legls- !
ature, providing for an increase in |
alaries for the stan member. Of the |
juvenile Court, including the chief |
officer, the assistants and the |
liring Of a matron for the probation /
ourt. The Levy Court had already
'assed such a resolution.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
SMOKER TOMORROW
FOR CITY KNIGHTS

Santa Maria Council. X. Of c.. viii en-
tertain its members and their friends
at a smoker in Columbus Hall. Tenth
and West streets, tomorrow night. The
smoker will start promptly at o'clock.
This will enable those attending Lenten
devotions in the various churches TO
enjoy the entire program which prom
ises something amusing and entertain
ing. 2. +. Mella, chairman Of the
athletic committee, and George 5. Fin
nan, lecturer. are in charge, and one Of
the main things 10 be advocated Is the
formation Of an athletic association in
connection with Santa Maria Council
This will be done in order TO provide
recreation and exercise for the boys
who arc coming out OF the army and
navy.
For the present it IS the plan 10 use
the third floor OF the hall which is
large and roomy and suitable for most
any kind Of athletic work. but after
plans are fully developed it is hoped to
erect a suitable gymnasium that Will
supply place not only for the mem
bers Of Santa Maria Council but for
NAAG - gfNiAA- bQa VI Al4t tBiA4llluAitfa
where they may receive the proper
training under good supervision. Mr.
Of the local Y. NJ. C. A.. has
offered his services to Mr.. Mella in the
work Of organizing. Mr.. Melia is get
ting full data in connection with this
work and expects TO be able 90 bring
this information before the council az
its next regular meeting.
One Of the outdoor features Of the
athletic work will be trapshooting and
with members like William Coyne. f.
r. Calvin. p. F. Skelly. Jack and Ray
Kaiser. Tom Fennesey and Al Spragg
It is expected that they viii be able
10 give a good account Of themselves.
The first shoot will be a beginners /
shoot on Saturday afternoon March IS,
1t the traps Of the Wilmington Trap
shooting Association.
once positions will be found avail |
lble in the Want Ads
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
REV. JOSEPH HEAVEY
DIES IN THE WEST

\ telegram was received last night
by the Rev. John J. Dougherty. pastor
OF the Cathedral. announcing the death
Of The Rev. Joseph Heavey, a priest at
toe'ied TO the diocese OF Wilmington.
Father Heavev had been in falling
health for some time and had zone
west In an effort to better his physical
condition lie was at one time N as
sislant priest at the Cathedral ard lad
also served as an assistant priest st
St Anne's Church. Father Hsavey mad
been In the priesthood about Is Years.
His relatives live in South Orange. y. J.
The funeral Of the deceased priest Olll
be held on Saturday morning in South
Orange.
Father Heavey was well known in
Wilmington. and the news Of his death
was heard with sorrow when prayers
were asked at the Cathedral service last
rgh; for the repose Of his soul.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

A party was given Miss Glayds Bad
ders on Tuesday evening at her home,
No. i0i1 Lancaster avenue. in hoonr OF
her tenth birthday anniversary. Among
those present We're: Charles Garry,
Thomas Clifton. Mary Baker, Marie
Nevue. Frances Nowland. Irwin Ross,
Mrs. Margaret Badders. Mr. and Mrs.
William Rhoades, Mr.. and Mrs. Roth
we'll and daughter Erma, Mrs. Lola
Poss, Anna Knight. Margaret knight,
Mrs. Lizzie Bhoades, Miss Elizabeth
Rhoades, Matte McColen, Irene Glenn.
Herman Hagenah, Catherine Garry,
Garry. Frederick Smith. William Cliff
ton, Ruth Lockerman, George Penney,
Dorothy Reese. Mabel Smith, Marie
Surgis. Pearl Pollett, Theresa Foraker
Nina Shannan, Miss Lena Tggs and
Jackson Faus.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
PATENTs TOuNn Invalid.

Decision in the suit involving more
than Si,0O0,OOO which the Union
Sulphur Company, Of Sulphur, La,
brought against the Freeport-Texas
Company. a Delaware Corporation. was
handed down by Judge Burlington. OF
the United states CIRCUIT Court OF APP
peals, at Philadelphia, yesterday.
In the opinion, the court decided that
the patents Of The Union Company
were invalid, and dismissed the suit.
The case was appealed from the United
States District Court Of Delaware.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
ONE CAN BE HAPPY
WITHOUT THE SILKS

BY the United Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 6.-One can be
perfectly happy without silk stockings,
according to Miss Katherine Deery.
enc had heard about the Detroit
oulan o. who obtained a divorce be-
co1se co,se. ner husband forced her to wear
Deere ,,S you wear silk stockings Miss
ones % s.so s1e replied. Il wear cotton
for IIS l;S,. Ana since am vortsns
ITEM '''ns l am perfectly happS ann az y
married Si'5S and pesry !ntin,atel that I, y,
she would Al deer. nSr husband had sS,ono M
9v Miss ,q,a n.V. oemsnd SILK stockings S1ou"0 ,oo
ro,nS-.. 80 oscry Nj, u business agent az 20
Lannn'f workers Union here " 'Ee
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
SUFFRAGISTS GLADLY
{ UP SILK HOSE
By the United Press.

W WASHINGTON. Mar. e-prosn.,.,...
loss q heir silk stockinrs 80 SpvS'.se
sesp the m htant suffragists hscs u.osl sos.'
nsnung lot their ideal-the bar,. .tSlh ON
women. Nauot tor
Inc militants have gone 70 .au bsr,
time after time-knowing ali tSs 49, .,slS
that they would be forced TO wear ',i,e ,ss
coarsest kind Of prison clothing
"Oh, you ought TO see tne s.ec,,
tnss they gave u.s." con1ded ons VIII,
had been jailed here. They are srea
big coarse cotton things. which hav
to be tied up with strings"
The prison garb the women wor
here is on exhibit today in Milwauke
by members touring the country in tn
militants prison special. Tonight the,
- in Chicago; tomorrow in Detroit
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
MISS BALDWIN BRIDE
GF DR.. EARL BELL

Miss Frances Ransley Baldwin and
DR.. Earl Bell were married on Tues
day by the Rev. W. Z. Habbart, Of NJ
Salem NJ. E. Church, at the parsonage
Or. and Mrs. Bell left on Tuesday az
ternoon for a months stay at Palm
Beach, Fla.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
HOME FROM HONEYMOON

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon A. Wesifall have
returned to Smyrna from their wedding
trip and will~live here for an indefinite
time with the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs Wcstfall were gwen a
shower Of a number Of beautiful gifts
at the brides home.
There were sixty persons present.
Refreshments were served tho COM
pany.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
SCOTT-ROSFIJF

Miss Hazel T.. scott and Harry V.
Roselle. both Of Buffalo, n. Y, were
married in that city on February % by
the Rev. George Storner. Mr.. aud Mrs
Poselle arc in Wilmington, at No. III
South Harrison street.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
YEAMANs- THOMAS.

Miss Lizzie T. Yeamans. of Rose Hill.
and Joseph Thomts, Of this city, were
married last evening at the parsonage
of Madeley NJ. L. Church, by the Rev
L. NJ. Broadway.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
Personal Notes of Interest
In the City's Social World

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stillman and Miss
Dorothy siillman win leave next week
for Augusta, Ga. They will spend The
rest Of The month there at Partridge.
Inn
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
EDUCATIONAL PAMPHLET.

The Educational Commission OF Del
aware has issued booklet entitled
schools and the Nation Tomorrow" :"
It contains facts about educational
systems collected from all parts Of the
world.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
CmRCH n,kE

The women OF St Lukes Reformed
Episcopal Church, Monroe and Eighth
streets, will hold bake on Saturday
in the church. Homemade bread, cake
and pies win be sold.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
10Y SOCIAL

a bcx social viii be held by Eastlake
NJ Z. Christian Endesyor Society this
evening IN The basement OF the church.
All members and friends are invited.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
NOVEMBER DEAL RE-INsTATED
THANKS OF THE PUBLIC DUE THE
DRUG TRADE DURING THE
INFJIENZA EPIDEMIC.

The thanks Of the American public
are certainly due the entire drug trade
retail. wholesale and manufacturing
for what they accomplished during
the recent influenza epidemic. The war
caused a shortage Of physicians-nurses
were almost impossible to obtain-the
demand on the drug trade was uneX-
pected and overwhelming. and 10 this
demand they responded nobly. Retail
druggists kept open day and night and
slept where they dropped behind the
prescription counter. Wholesale drug
gists called their sslesmen OF the road
70 help Nil orders-hundrsds wired US
TO ship Vick's VspoRub by the quick
est route. regardless OF expense.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

4 good way to get rid Of insect pests
In the garden is TO burn the old beam
pumpkin and melon vines. Their ashes
can afterward be raked over the
ground
4 dry oyster stew is made with the
oysters and their liquor in a covered
saucepan. Let heat over a quick fire
till the oysters curl then add butter.
salt and black pepper and serve with
hot crackers.
February is the proper month in
which to fix the hotbed for early
vegetables.
A tablespoonful Of borax in the last
rinsing water will help TO whiten the
clothes.
Many lost articles are reclaimed
quickly by being advertised in the
Want Ade ~ this ranar
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
OVER ONE MILLION JARS OF
VAPORUB PRODUCED
EACH WEEK

Il Is with pride that we announce to
the drug trade that the shortage OF
Vick's VapoRub. which has lasted since
last October, is now overcome. since
January tst, we have been running our
laboratory twenty-three and a half
hours out Of every twenty-four. Last
week we shipped the last Of our back
orders, and retail druggists, therefore
are no longer requested to order in
small quantities only.
NOVEMBER DEAL RE-INsTATED
This deal. which we had expected to
put on last November and which had TO
be postponed on account Of the short
age Of VapoRub, is re-inststed for the
month Of March. This allows a dis
count Of 100 on shipments from job
bers' stock Of quantities Of from 1 TO
4 gross. SO Of this discount IS allow
ed by the jobber and SO by US.
We advise the retail druggists to
place their orders Immediately. so that
the iobbers will be able 70 get prompt
shipments TO them.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
DRUGGISTS! VICK'S YAP0RUB
SHORTAGE OVERCOME At LAST

The Deal Scheduled for Last No
vember, Which Was Postponed
on Account of the Influenza
Epidemic, is Now Reinstated-
Good During the Month Of
March.
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
DIR. ROBERT ELLEGOOO IMPROVES.

DR.. Robert Ellegood, president Of tho
Board Of Health, is convalescing from
an attack Of double pneumonia. He is
able TO move about his apartment
Evening journal., 1919-03-06
A TREMENDOUS JOB TO INCREASE
OUR PRODUCTION.

UIn fAtUDONAAO-Ns
enza ~ .i'S ~ s,,,,rod ~. Cunt,
ID for raw materisls-our Traf1o Man
OF ager spent his days riding freight cars
in-we shipped raw materials in car
load lots by express and pleaded with
OE manufacturers to increase their deliv@
cries to US.
But It was slow process. Some Of
our raw materials are produced only in
Japan-supples in this country were
,e 70 low and shipments required three
g Of months to come from the Far East
since Then we had 10 recruit and train skill
Since cd labor. We brought our statesmen
our into the factory and trained them as
half focemen. We invented new machinery,
Last and managed TO install it on Christ
hack mas day, so as not to interfere with
fore. our daily production.
? in 1i3 JARS OF VAPORUB EVERY MIN
UTE DAY AND IGHf.
rn BY January ist we had everything
ready to put on our night shift, ana
q 10 since then our laboratory has been
ID 70 running day and night. To feed our
lort- automatic machines, which drop out
the one hundred and forty-three Jars Of
as NapoRub a minute or one million and
loD- eighty thousand weekly, has required
10 force Of 500 people. Our Cafe De-
low partment, created FOR the benefit Of
theso MOlEeIss served f,UUO meals DUR
10 ing the month Of January alone
ulat 10 MILLION JARS OF VAPORUR DIS.
nipe TRIBUTED SINCE OCTOBER.
An idea Of the work we have accom-
THE plished lis fall may be given by our
production fgures-i3O2s,976 Jars OF
NapoRub manufactured and distributed
since last October-one jar for every
Diic two families in the entire United States.
raue During the influenza epidemic, Vick's
rihs NapORub was used as an external appU-
rms cation in connection with the phys-
war clans treatment, and thousands Of peo-
rses pie, unable TO obtain doctor rolled on
-tne Nicks almost exclusively
mex Literally millions or families all over
this the country, from California to Maine
5@I1li @ and from the Great
tbe Lakes 70 the Gulf, 0ST
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Dad YapoRub the ideal IN
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Evening journal., 1919-03-06
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New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
U. S. to Keep Directory
Of Munition Workers
Skilled Ordnance Men To Be
Listed for the ''Next War;
Waaervliet To BE Centre

ALBANY, April Announcement
was made tonight by officials of the
Watervliet Arsenal that the War De-
partment IS planning to enrol cannon
workers throughout the country as
members of "the ordnance family
which shall win the next war" The
statement says:
"A roster of all men in the United
States who can make cannon is one of
the ideas that the recent war has pro-
duced. r''
'Watcrvliet Arsenal has been select
cd as the centre of the cannon industry
IN the United States. The facilities
olvlslon was created recently at Water
vllet arsenal to assist in this prepara-
ton, and one of its first duties will be
to attempt to get directory of all ex-
perienced superintcndents, foremen.
assistant foremen, machinists, etc.
1T is proposed to keep at Water
vllet Arsenal card catalogue of these
men, and thus, in the event of ncces-
slty, 1t would not take long to assemble
an array of experienced operators who
would be of incalculablc benefit to ord
nance needs.
Lieutenant Colonel Walker, OF the
Watervliet Arsenal, has communicated
with the various gun plants of the
country, asking their support and co.
operation. He believes that an asso-
cation of these thousands of men. ma
chinists and gunmakers, can be formed
and 1t IS proposed to keep them to-
gether by issuing from time to time
an ordnance bulletin of such impor-
tance that everybody will want it.n
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

posed person is willing to let the club
have temporary home at low rental
the persons in authority guarantee to
redellver the house in the same con-
dltlon in which they took it. Persons
interested are asked to communicate
with Mrs. w. H. Hamilton, Navy Club,
500 Fifth Avenue.
I INJURIOUS furnishings which DR..
- John A. Harriss, special Deputy
Police Commissioner, installed in his
oftlce at Headquarters are being re-
moved. DR.. Harriss decided that there
should be Circassian walnut panels to
match the furniture, and is making
other Changes, all at his own expense,
including staining the telephone in
struments to match the opulent browns
of the room.
When the original furnishings were
installed by DR.. Harriss a year ago a
veteran patrolman on duty in the COR
ridor observed that the Office undoubt-
edly was 'sweller than President Will
sons" This connoisseur was utterly
speechless yesterday
AS a special Deputy Police Commits
sioner DR.. Harriss has salary of
nothing year. He has given to the
department a house on Riverside Drive
which he furnished as a clubhouse for
policemen. He also has given an auto
mobile to Commissioner Enright and
a motor coffee wagon to the depart
ment.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
''Y'' Canteen Girls
To Stay i'm France
Can't BE Spared and VIII Keep
on Making Hot Chocolate
for The Soldiers

PARIS, April 5.-The Y. NJ @. A. can
teen girl has made good and will be re-
tanned in France
When the army quartermaster's corps
took over the "Y" exchanges it was de-
cided to use soldiers as clerks. and the
'Y' girl apparently had no place to go.
but at just about that time the 2.297
girls in the service began to make
not chocolate for Uncle Sans army.
That settled the question. and the
A. E. +. will keep them here indefinitely
to tickle the palate of the homesicil
fighting men.
Mrs. Robert G. Mead. head of the
wvomen's bureau of the Y. NJ c. A. in
Paris, made this announcement TODAY.
and added that two hundred more
women will be sent from America to
help in the conduct of the new "wet
canteens"
The cantcen workers are here to
stay until the army goes home" she
said. THE taking over of the post ex-
change has confused most people, who
Go not realize that tho post exchange
and what we call the wet cantcen' are
separate and distinct things. The
quartermaster has taken over the post
cNchahge, or dry canteen, where Gig
arettes, candies and supplies are sold
to the men; the wet canteen' serves
only hot drinks, sandwiches and some
times cakes. And until the last man
goes home we will 60 on working be-
hind the counter.
There are SO many soldiers to be
fed and cheercd that 'Y' girls are now
being sent out by themselves to open
up canteens. In the old days they went
in pairs or under the supervision Of a
man Y. NJ. c. A. secretary"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Few Easter Lilies,
Prices To Be HIigE1:
All Flowers Scarce
Cold Storage Brand Only Is
Available and Less Than
Half Supply, but Few
Other Blooms on Sale

New York will be decorated this
Easter with "cold storage lilies" and
even these will be so rare that the city
practically is facing flowerless
Easter.
Florists estimate that in ordinary
years 100000 lilies are used in the
Easter celebrations. This year there
will be about 40 per cent of the usual
supply.
The lily bulbs have been poor this
year, and have blossomed meagrely or
not at all, owing to the fact that they
have been kept in "cold storage" for
more than a year. The federal en-
barge cut off all essential freight
from Japan during the war and Easter
lily bulbs could not be imported last
year. Those planted last fall for
Easter blooming were left-overs from
the previous season.
The price of Easter lilies, further
advanced by the scarcity Of coal for
hothouses and the high cost of labor,
is something florists hestated to pre-
dict yesterday.
According to John Young secretary
OF the Florists Association, lilies were
tiuctuating at wholesaic around 40
cents a bloom. The retail price gener-
ally doubles the wholesale price, so the
price is likely to be about rs cents by
Easter Sunday.
The flower famine applies to many
other spring blossoms which ordinarily
mingle their bright colors with the lily
for Easter decorations
Tulips, jonquils, roses and hydran-
geas are scarce. Only the hardy panzy,
sweetpea, snapdragon and marigolds
will be found in the usual spring pro-
fusion
This is explained, Mr.. Young said bv
the fact that he shortage of fuel caused
many florists to plant in small uuanti-
ties last fall. Then they put in pansies
which can stand cold, and swcctpeas
which blossom quickly
The Easter market has never been
so uncertain. The small stocks brought
to blossom have been contracted for
many weeks ago. 1t is practically i'm
possible for a city florist to buy any
additional stock this week, and the city
is crowded with buyers from the West.
who are looking in vain for Easter
flowers
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
''General'' Jacques,
Belgian Orphan,
Here as StOwawav
Waif of Western Front,
Who Came Home With
American Friends, Will
Likely Be Sent Back

Belgian waif, understood and Grip
pied, who called himself General"
Jacques Ducace, arrived here yester-
day on the transport FL Oriente, upon
which he had hidden several days be-
fore the vessel left Bordeaux. He will
probably be deported.
For four years, he said, he had been
wandering around Belgium and France,
driven to vagrancy because his fam
lily was killed by the Germans. The
boy, who says he is fourteen, is barely
three feet TALL has bright brown eyes
and pleasing face. Within the last
eight months he has made himself
popular with American soldiers at va
rious camps. He speaks a little Eng
lsh, picked up here and there, and
when the immigration officials took
him into custody yesterday he proudly
exhibited S22. which the troops had
given TO him on the voyage from Bor-
deaux.
General" Jacques wore an ill-ft
dlers. 1t was the only garment he
had that was not patched and shred
ded.
When an Interpreter addressed him
he told his history. He was born in
Alsace- Lorraine of Belgian parents, he
said. Before the war he went to his
grandparents in Belgium. They pro
tested against German occupancy of
the village when the enemy came there
IN 1914 and both were executed. His
father, he said, joined the Belgian
army and was killed. His mother, he
learned, died of a broken heart.
Jacques wandered around, earning
franc here and there, begging food
and sleeping in shell holes for nearly
four years. Always he managed to
escape being rounded up and placed
France
He said he had no intention of COM
ing to this country until American
troops began to embark. The fear of
having an his American soldier friends
desert him prompted him, he said. to
come to this country at the first op-
portunity.
jacques was taken to Ellis Island
and will probably be deported
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Coal Prices Going Up
10 Cents a Month Increase for
Five Months Decided Upon

The price OF all grades of coal will
DC advanced 10 cents month for five
months beginning May l, it was an
nounced yesterday. The increase has
become an annual fixture during the
past four years.
Anthracite coal, delivered, will cost
from $40 for pea size to $10.85 for
stove and nut sizes next month. Mem
bers OF the Brooklyn Coal EXCHANGE
issued circular yesterday attempting
20 Justify the increase. They declared
tnat profts this year were considcra
bly, less than in 1914.
Mine cost for anthracite, their figures
state, averaged $3.42 ton in 1914.
compared with $5.7S at present, an in
crease OF SO per cent. Selling prices
averaged s6.G5 ton in 1914 and 5000
anis year, an increase Of 54.9 per cent.
The increase in cost is placed to high
wages, freight rates and cost of equip
ment. Freight rates are shown to have
been increased 1873 per cent, with a
1888 per cent advance in harbor rates.