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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
HOUSING SHORTAGE IS
BLAMED ON INCOME TAX
Calder Says il Forces Money
Away From Mortgages to Tax
Free Securities.
by Associated pro.a to Every Evening.

ny bssccfste1 FrcHH 70 EVERY evening.
Washington, Dec o. One great Cause
Of the existing shortage in dwellings
Senator Calder, Republican, 81 New
York, said, in addressing the Senate 10
day, Is the high rate 81 federal income
tax This he declared was driving wealthy
investors ~ place al their available
funds in tax exempt securities issued By
municipalities, the states, and the ma
tional government and he suggested that
Congress meet the situation by making
mortgages on dwelling houses tax exempt
70 reasonable figure
II am informed that the Marshall
Field estate in Chicago and the Hetty
Green estate, both II which formerly loan
ed heavily on real estate, find their IN
comes from this source r. be less than two
per cent under TAXATION, Senator Calder
said, and they are diyerting their capital
funds 20 more lucrative investment. Tax
exempt securities during the last FIVE yeara
have increased from three billion dollars
10 fourteen billion dollars
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
PERSONALS.

DR. Sheridan P. Manship, formerly of
Wilmington, but now of Pittsburg, is
visiting this city.
Harry Jacobs of Clearfield county,
Pennsylvania, is visiting Wilmington,
his former home
Eli r. Sharp of Lewes has come to
Wilmington 10 spend the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. r Lindsay Curtis will
give a farewell dinner of "a covers, in
honor of MIR and Mrs Rodney Sharp, on
December 81, preceding the Richards
dance.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
OBITUARY.
MRS. MARGUERI1A l.. COOK.

Mrs. Marguerite L. Cook, So years old
died yesterday at her home, 624 North
Harrison street. She had been i'll for a
long time with rheumatism and a compllca
ton, but had been a patient sufferer. She
was the wife of j. f. Cook, mechanical
engineer in the Friendship Building,
Chester, Pa, and a daughter of the nate
John w and Agnes r. Moltz of Balti-
more. Besides her husband one son and
two daughters survive The funeral viii
take place on Monday, with services at
the house at ? clock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
HARGES AGAINST JAPANESE.
Korean Commission Accuse Soldiers of
Barbarous Cruelties.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington, Dec 23-A statement
charging japanese military authorities
with deeds more ''frightful and barbaf-
Gus than anything ever alleged to have
occurred in Belgium during the war, was
ISSUED here today by the Korean commits
SION based upon authentic reports re-
ceived by it from Manchuria, the COM
mission said
The Japanese punitive expedition sent
to the HunohIm district following the
clash last November between Japanese
troops and Korean insurgents, was
alleged to have burned 80 villages, killed
all the male inhabitants of the district"
and Massacred las peaceful inhabitants
in one town, where one house was burned
it was added with women and children
inside.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
LIABILITY FOR FALLING WALL.

Judge T. Bayard Heisel will decide
who is liable for damage to property of the
Elrnhurst Realty Co, at Elnhurst, caused
by falling wall Harold d. ChiId's con
tracted TO erect dwelling for Mrs. Ella
Bartlett, and during a wind storm one Of
the walls fell and damaged adjoining
property The question is whether Mr.
Childs or Mrs. Bartlett is liable
Judge Heisel heard testimony In the
Court Of Common Pleas yesterday after
noon and reserved decision.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
SANTA IN MRPLANE.

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Ridgewood, " j., Dec %. Santa
Claus will visit Ridgewood Christmas
eve IN an aTplane dropping tops and bags
of candy with little parachutes attached.
to hundreds Of Youngsters grouped 10 the
public square later this particular Sai Ia
known locally as Harry Rouclere. hotel
proprietor Will lard AID distribute gifts
from Ridgewood's community Christ
mas tree.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
TO ELIMINATE NEW REPUBLIC.
Bolshevik Plan Campaign to Wipe Out
Georgia.

BY Associated Press . Every Evening
Tifiis. Dec. 21-Russian Bolshev, X
forces appear % De concentrating Tor 4
campaign WHICH VII eliminate he Re
public Of Georgia from the map Of The
Caucasus.
Soviet troops s.0ng the frontier al
Azerbaiian planned an offensive eariv
this month against Georgia but the novev
was countermanded upon advice from
NJ. ShlemanD, Sovier representative mere
who thought the moment for an offensive
campaign had not arrived.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
l 500 THROWN OUT WORK.
Edward Ford Plate Glass Co. at Ross
ford q. loses.

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Toledo, Ohio, Dec 23--More than 1900
men were thrown out of work until
February When tie Edward Ford plate
glass company plant AZ Rossford cioseG
down today
Officials Of The company declared rh.-
there IS no contemplated reduction 81
wages when operations are resumed. The
reason gwen for the shut down was for
REIMBURSEMENT Of financial affairs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
CAN INTERVENE IN ELDER SUIT,

Chancellor Charles NJ Curtis has filed
an opinion 10 the Elder d Co receivership
case, announcing that five corporations
which sold Elder & Co. road building
machinery on conditional contracts viii be
permitted 10 bring suits at law to enforce
their nights under the contracts and make
the receiver defendant. Harold ]. Cook
OF Georgetown is the receiver.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
LONE STAR STATE
LAUN HE'D AT GLOUCESTER

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
Philadelphia, Dec 23-The Lone Star
State, 1900 ton combination cargo and
passenger ship, named in honor of Texas,
was launched at the New York Shipyard
Gloucester, ~ j., today Georgianna ".
Dean, eleve year old daughter of r. 4.
Dean, Washington, ID. G., special assist
ant to Admiral Benson, chairman Of the
shipping board, was the sponsor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
JUDGE TRIES TO PROVE ALIBI.
Cleveland Man on Trial Presents Evidence
of Third" Man in ase.

BY Associated Press % Every Evening
Cleveland. Ohio. Der. .. Introduction
Of evidence by attorneys for he defer -
TO establish an abb IN the case III Judge
William n. McGannon On +riai for the
Staying Of Harold g Kagv continued to-
day
Testimony Of FIVE witnesses Jour 7f
them women at yesterday hearing Inci-
Gated a new third man resembling me
Judge in stature. boarded the latter au-
tomobile after the nudge aighted al the
corner Of Euclid avenue and East Ninth
street, FIVE blocks from the scene 81 he
crime, on the night II the murder.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Magistrate Lawrence j. Broman issued
the following marriage licenses yesterday
Joseph Tranons, 500 Locust street, and
Anna Washington, 507 Townsend street.
J. Franklin Pole, Jr Harrison Valley, Pa,
and Blanche NJ Guild, 400 West Twenty
second street
Magistrate Stradley issued a marriage
license to the following persons; stephen
Florkowski, Atlantic City \. j., and
Pauline Bgos, 1887 Chestnut street.
this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
GAS METER ROBBED.
Harry M GORE Accused of Breaking Int
500 West Fifth Street.

Harry Moore charged with breaking
and entering, was held under $500 bail
for the court Of General Sessions by Judge
Hastings in Municipal Court today
He is alleged to have broken open the
money box Of the gas meter in the cellar
of SOP West Fifth street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23

Preparations are being made at the
State Hospital for the celebration of
Christmas. There will be a Christmas tree
IN each ward. The men patients viii be
gwen cigars. Everyone will receive q
pound box Of candy and the usual Christ
mas dinner with all the 'trimmins" will be
served
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
This Case Goes Over.

AS the prosecuting witness is too i'll to
appear in Municipal Court today Judge
Hastings continued the case Of Joseph
Hevalow, colored, charged with the non
support Of three-week old illegetimate
child until January 6.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
VIC. CHEMICAL COMPANY
DECLARES REGULAR DIVIDEND

by Associated Press to Every Evening
New York, Dec 23.--Directors Of the
Virginia G arolina Chemical Co, meeting
here today, declared a regular quarterly
dividend of l per cent on common and
per cent on preferred stock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
Senator Ball Homo For Christmas

United States Senator L. Heisler Ban
has returned from Washington 10
spend the holidays at home. Thomas f.
Peeney, secretary to the Senator, re-
turned to Wilmington Tuesday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
Caleb Magee Leaves Hospital,

Caleb Magee, station agent at Green
wood, who has been at the Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital for several weeks, re-
turned to his home this morning
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
COMMUNISTS DEPORTED.
Twenty-fOur Russians on Steamer Inn
peratOr Sailing To-day

BY Associated Press tc Every Evening
New York, Dec %. Iweuty-four con
fessed Russian Communists with the de
meanor Of pleasure tourists were 6eporta-
ton passengers on the steamship lmpera-
tor sailing today for England whore they
viii be re-shipped on the second leg Of
their journey 70 Russia
The deportees. who were rounded up ia
raids last winter and had been At liberty
st bail, surrendered yesterday
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
Fine Christmas Tree.

A handsomely decorated Christmas tree
adorns the Office of the county Board of
Assessment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23

London, Dec. 23--It became known
here today that an American passport
had been delivered in Ireland 10 Peter J.
MacSwmey, brother of the late Lord
Mayor Terence MacSwiney of Cork,
and that he obtained it without explain
ing 10 the authorities how he got to Eng
land without one.
Although the State Department at
Washington demanded this information,
It is reported the department through
an error issued the document without it.
Immediately after the American Consul
al Queenstown delivered the passport the
Secret Service men lost sight Of Mac
Swnev. and 1t is believed he may be en-
route To the United States
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
SOLDIERS FORT|FY
DUBLIN CITY HALL
Erect Defences, While Rumor Per
sists That Peace Parleys Will
be Resumed.

Dublin, Dec 23.-Military forces yes
terday occupied the City Hall and mum
cipal buildings in accordance with the de-
mand on Monday of Gen. Boyd, com
mander of the Dublin dis trict, who sent
a notice to the Dublin Corporation re-
curing possession of the buildings. A
large portion of the public services will be
disorganized as no other offices have been
secured.
Sentries were posted and the ereotiong
of defenses carried out early this mornin z
When the city officials arrived only the
Town Clerk, his assistant and two en-
ploycs in his department were allowed TO
enter
There Is no truth in the rumors that
peace negotiations have been broken of,
the Associated Press is authoritatively
informed There was only hitch in the
peace discussions and the belief is ex-
pressed that the negotiations will soon be
resumed, with good prospects OF success.
1t il reported that Archbishop Clune
has returned to London for further
consultations with the British Prime
Minister. The Archbishop on his previous
trip 20 London is said to have obtained
from the Premier an outline Of the terms
on which the government is ready to ar
range a. truce with the Republican Army
and some idea Of the conditions the gov
ernmcnt is prepared 10 grant the Sim fein
for q settlement of tho question of mde-
pendence
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23

New York, Dec. 23-Hope for the
'consummation of such an association OF
nations as shall best promote peace on
earth and good will among men" was ex-
pressed in letter TO President-elect War
rem G. Harding from the board of man
ayers of the Baptist Foreign Mission So
eiety, made public today.
The letter greeted Senator Harding as
the FIRST Baptist to be elected President
and contained pledges of support and
cooperation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-15

George W. Nichols, of Maspeth, L. T.
appeared in the Brooklyn Supreme
Court yesterday with tale of marital
woe and a request for permission to
serve his wife, Mrs. Katherine E. Mich
OILS, with notice of trial for divorce by
publication.
He said that they were married on
May 81, 1919. On June IA, he alleges,
she went away and never came back.
When she left, he says, she told him
she had heard that her mother was i'll
in Darby, Pa. When she did not re-
turn, her husband alleges, he investi-
gated and found that his mother-in-
law was in excellent health Later he
says, he received two letters from Mrs.
Nichols One of them said in part,
according to him:
81 have better chance and / am
going to take it. l am sorry to let you
know, but 1 will not be back"
In the other letter, he says, occurred
this passage:
"Goodhy forever. 1 guess you will
be surprised to hear from me as l am
going away and do not want you to
bother me again"
Nicholas charges that he found his
wife living in Chester, Pa, with an
other man. Justice Van Siclen took
the order under advisement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-15
Mrs. DeCordoya
Killed w lille
Defending Self
tcsnsIausa from p.ss one,

came from New York to-day to remove
his body. Geissler and his wife had 8
quarrel last October over her discovery
OF the photographs, Mrs. Geissler said
Il accidentally came upon two photo
graphs OF Mrs. De Cordova and a lock
o. hair among his effects" said Mrs
Geissler, "The hair was not mine. and
as l had had some experience in the
nair business, readily recognized that
the lock had recently been cut. This
led to q. dispute between myself and INV
husband. 'A -
Soon arterward called up Mrs. De
Cordova on the telephone at her home
IN New York. told her I hoped she
might help us to a reconciliation. as
wished to get along with Mr.. Geissler
and was planning that we should own
a home together What Mrs. De Cor.
doya replied l will not repeat. can
only quote three proverbs. These are !:
"a guilty conscience needs no &C.
cuser, Still water runs deep and Isl
lence gives co~se1t.'
I'm spite of what he did, | am takino
my husbands body back to New York
to give it decent burial, for | prom
Used him would stick to him through
life"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-15
Physicians Deny
Being Influenced
ByHammer Verdict
Bronx Grand Jury Told No
Operations Are Refused
to Save Women's Lives
Owing to Doctors Trial

The July grand jury Of the Bronx
yesterday began consideration of the
cases Of numerous physicians in that
borough, who, 1t was said, have refused
to perform certain operations to save
women's lives because of the outcome
OF the DR.. julius Hammer case.
DR.. Hammer was recently convicted
of manslaughter because he performed
the operation in question on Mrs.
Michael Ogonesoff, Of 230 Riverside
Drive, who died thereafter After his
conviction, protest was made By many
physicians in the borough and state
ment was issued in which certain doc
tors were quoted as saying that they
were now afraid to perform certain
delicate operations, even to save pa
tents lives, because Of the verdict in
the Hammer case.
Physicians examined yesterday by
the grand jury denied that they had
any knowledge of or were parties to
the assertions credited to them in the
statement issued.
At the conclusion of yesterdays ses-
sion, the jury adjourned until next
week. 1t first, however, subpanaed
for examination at that time a number
of physicians who appeared yesterday
but whose testimony was not heard.
Among yesterdays witnesses were
DR.. Alexander Isaacson, of 1880 Gro
tona Park East; DR.. J. l.. Rubenstein.
of 1867 Washington Avenue; DR.. J.
Lachowski, of 1885 Washington Avenue,
and DR.. Bernard Antip, OF 1895 Boston
Road. DR.. William H. Handelmann, of
1927 Union Avenue. also was sum-
moned, but forwarded certificate
signed by DR.. H. Pike, of 1412 Crotona
Eycnue. saving he WIS lndisoosed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-15
Cir, 10, IN Sfarchy Frills,
Dies to SAGE Little Dar.ky
In Her Sunday Best She Plunges OFF Pier to Rescue
boy Who Had Fallen Into River ssShowing Off,
TO Gain Her Favor; Many Witness Near Tragedy

Passengers on suburban. tTsin Of
the New York, New Haven Il Hartford
Railroad, which left the GraSd Central
Station at 5:45 p. M, yesterday. and
was stalled at the Harlen River by an
accident to a third-rail slbe, became
Interested in scene on Harlem
River pier at 1s2d Street during the
delay.
On one side of the pier two little
negroes, apparently about ten years
old. were showing or" They played
leap frog, they stood on their heads
they played perilous tag around the
bu.kheads, they pummelled each othe,
with shrill cries of mimic ferocity. The
cause. of their antics, a white girl of
about the same age, dressed in her
starchiest and frilliest best, sauntered
up and down the opposite side of the
pier. burdened with blue parasol and
an elaborate indifference to masculine
maneuvers.
One of the contenders for her
glances suddenly swung himself out on
a taut hawser that led ia the stern of
barge which the tide had swung out
into the rivera distance Of about thirty
feet. Hand over hand he began to
fling himself along the hawser. His
rival, however, seized the rope and be-
gan alternately to throw His weight
upon it and strive to lift it.
Grip on Rope Grows Weaker
The result was that the boy on. the
rope soon found himself jogging up
and down above the river, now almost
touching it with his feet aad now
raised high above it. He kept on labor
iously and managed to reach the barge.
He was too exhausted, however, to pull
himself UP the steep slant of the rope
to the stern, and began the return
journey.
He was going more slowly now. Sew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-15
Harding Notification Train
To Be Run in Two Section.

John j. Lyons, chairman of the New
York City delegation which will partici-
pate in the modification ceremonies for
Senator Warren G. Harding, Republi-
can Presidential nominee, at Marion
Ohio, July %, said yesterday that the
demand for reservations had been so
great that second section of the spe-
cial train will have to be made up to
accommodate the delegation.
The train will leave Grand Central
Station, on the New York Central, at
4:30 p. m. STANDARD time) on July 21.
arriving at Marion at 1880 O'Clock the
next morning. 1t will leave Marion at
1870 .. m. on July %, arriving in this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-15
Picnic Croud Sees
Iuo Girls Droavn
Youth Dragged Under in
attempting Rescue; 2
Other Bathers Are Lost

Miss Nellie Holster. seventeen, OF
Passaic, N. j.. and Miss Ida Donker-
sloot, twenty, of Clifton, were drowned
in Verona Lake. Verona, N. j., yester-
day while men and women who were
attending the picnic of the First Hol-
land Reformed Church of Passaic
looked on.
The girls walked out into the water
until it was breast deep and then
stepped into hole. Roloch Holster, a
cousin of the younger girl, tried to
save them and was dragged under.
Charles Truck rescued him. The bodies
were taken to Martinside Hospital,
where all efforts to revive them failed.
In Hackensack Mathew Pronski,
fifteen, of 364 St. Paul's Avenue, was
drowned while swimming in the Hack
ensack River. The body was not re-
covered
Thomas Mccain, thirty, member
of the New York Athletic Club, was
swimming in Woodcleft Channel, at
Freeport, Long Island, yesterday, when
he sank without warning, probably
from cramps. His body was recovered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-15

eral times he triad to throw leg over
the rope to rest his arms, but had not
the strength to do 30. Hallway be-
tween the barge md the pier he found
that he could not remove one hand for
the next grip without losing his hold
With the other. Hs hung rigidly above
the eddying surface Of the stream, and
the terror-stricken shine of his eve
pals was visible to the passengers on
the trestle. y
The little white girl, however, still
was SYSTEMATICALLY oblivious to the
proceedings. strolling rlincingly up and
down, with her parasol cooked over one
shoulder. Not 40 the little negro on
the pier. With single panicky glance
at the immovable figure on the rope he
took to his heels.
Girl Plunges Into River
me next moment his rival dropped,
whitening and striving to recover his
mold: At the splash and stranrled cry
the little white girl ran to the end Of
the pier. dropped her parasol and
plunged. in all her starchy frills, into
tne river She came up with the
negro boys head resting on her
shoulder and . scattering cheer came
viz HCo0-CE8AiucC WINDOWS OF
the train.
Two men who heard the commotion
ran on to the pier with rope and soon
hauled both children to safety. Mean
time the passengers had been taking
up collection and presently parcel
Wen wrapped in newspapers, thumped
into the street at the feet of the be-
draggled little girl AS the train moved
Jerkily on it's way she clutched The
parcel in her arms, gave a dripping
wave of the hand to the departing cars
and started up the street.
That is why two little negro boys,
one wet and one dry, got home last
night without a satisfactory explana-
tion of their absence and why little
white girl, with Sunday frills virtually
ruined, reached home carrying a we'll
wrapped newspaper parcel which con-
tanned about S75 in bills and silver, and
story that her parents may or NAV
not have believed