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Newark post., 1920-04-14
Young Folks Enjoy Special
Treat At Century Club

Every one of the young folks
and the little folks who were enter
tanned by the New Century Club
on Saturday afternoon had a hap
py time. That was evident from
the expression of their faces.
The program was planned to en-
tertain youngsters from a years
of age to "a or possibly a month
or two beyond that even.
During the first hour, Miss M.
E. Rohr from the Women's Col
lege entertained children and
grown-ups by telling delightful
stories. The floor was then clear
ed and a grand march was entered
into by everybody present to music
by Elizabeth McNeal and Paul
Steel. The junior club members
the young girls and the invited
guests danced, while the children
with their teachers went down
airswhere they entertained them
selves and the older spectatirs with
dramatizations, folk dances and
songs. Misses Kathryn Heiser,
Harriet Wilson, Madge Richards
and Alva Lockhart, teachers in the
primary school directed this part
of the program.
During the afternoon, ice cream
cones and fruit, punch were served
to the guests.
The afternoon was in charge of
Mrs. Thomas Pillsbury and Mrs
J. Irwin Dayett. A number of the
club members helped with the
serving.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
AMERICAN VULCAN
lied FIBRE co. TO
EASE HOUSING
CONDITIONS
Breaks Ground for Erection of
II Dwelling Houses;
Enlarges Plant

The local plant of the American
Vulcanized Fibre c. has recently
been enlarged to include a rag
sorting department which will
give employment to 80 or 35 girls
and 8 or 10 men. A new build
ing has been erected adjoining the
old plant and here work was be-
gun last Monday morning. A
number of girls from Newark and
Elk Mills have taken up this work
which is in charge of Mr.. Bucuite.
An attractive rest room has
been provided in this department
for the young women employed by
the company.
Ground was broken this week
for II dwelling houses which will
be erected by the company in the
region back of Deandale.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Famous Indian Soldier
Here Sunday Evening
WILL GIVE TALK in METHODIST
CHURCH
Local Young People in Costume
Will Add to Effect Of Speakers
Address

Dharma Sheik Shand of India
will speak in the Methodist church
here next Sunday night.
Mr.. Shand is a highly educated
gentleman of independent means
who speaks fluently his mother
tongue, and is lecturing through
out the state in the interest of the
Inter-church movement. He was
born on Simla, India, in 1901 and
has had an exceedingly romantic
life.
His father Major Osburn was
member of the late Lord Kitchen
er's staff. His son is known as
Shand, the Indian equivalent of
his surname. Shand was stolen
from his parents in his early youth
and sold to the Mohammedans who
made him a camel driver. The
English government sent an ex-
pedition in search of him and he
was restored to his parents.
Mr.. Shand under his English
name Captain Osborne, volunteer
ed for service in the East Indian
Army. Three months after his
enlistment he was on the front
line of General Townsend's battle
front in Mesopotamia, where he
remained until the surrender of
"Kut." After recovering from
severe wound received during this
campaign, he volunteered for the
Palestine campaign and entered
the city of Jerusalem with General
Allenby.
Mr.. Shand was one of the lee
turers at the great Methodist Gen.
tenary celebration at Columbus,
Ohio last summer and is credited
with being a most forceful and
eloquent speaker. He will have
nine or ten young people of the
local congregation - four girls
about II years of age, four young
men Of about the same age, one
boy about 10 and a girl about
twelve-dressed in native Hindu
costume. Songs in the African
and Hindustani languages will be
sung by the talented lecturer.
Great interest has been mani
Tested elsewhere in this scholarly
soldier, and much local interest is
already aroused. Everyone is in
vited.
The lecturer asks no fee but the
church will pay his necessary ex-
penses.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
VISITING CLUB WO-
MEN GIVE FINE MUSI-
CAL PROGRAM
Directors Report Building
Rented 4l Times; Plan
Rummage Sale

The New Century Club enjoyed
a rare musical treat yesterday
afternoon when Mrs. C. w. Griffith,
State chairman of music, accom-
panied by Mrs. Keiser, gave a de-
lightful musical program. Mrs.
Griffith read a paper on the Czecho
Slavic people and their music. In
terpretations of this music consti-
tuted the greater part of the pro-
gram. =
Mrs. Keiser sang the Cradle
Song" which was followed by a
brilliant redition of "Humores-
que" by Mrs. Griffith. A group of
three songs by Mrs. Keiser, "The
Rainbow" "The Joy of Spring"
and "Eileen," followed.
Mrs. Griffith then gave three
selections from Dvorak the great
interpreter of Slavic folk song:
"The Serenade," "The Star
Dance" and "The Song of Dulci-
ana" Mrs. Keiser followed with
Dvorak's "Songs My Mother
Taught Me-"
Mrs. Griffith played a group of
three songs, '"The Holy Mount" "
"Serenade" and "To Spring"
Two songs by Mrs. Keiser,
"Forgetfulness" and Break of
of Day" and the concluding num-
ber "The Happy Day, made up an
unusually interesting program al
the conclusion Of which there was
a delightful social hour with re.
freshmentsr of tea and cake.
Next Tuesdays meeting in
charge of the Arts and Crafts
committee will be devoted to pic,
ture mounting for the State Trav'
cling Picture Library.
The club will hold a rummage
sale during the entire week be-
ginning April 26, afternoon an6
evening, at a place to be annunceG
later.
Persons not yet reached fol-
contributions are urged to notify
phone 81 and the articles will be
called for.
At a meeting of the Board OF
Directors last Monday it was an
nounced that the Club House has
been rented Al times this year as
compared with 10 last year.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Local Farmer Loses
Valuable Horse

A valuable horse belonging to
Benjamin Simmons of Casho Mills
met with a fatal accident yester-
day afternoon on Elkton Road
when it Stepped into a hole, near
]. P. Wilson's warehouse, in such
a way as to break the leg bone.
1t was at first thought that the
break could be set but this idea
was finally abandoned on account
of the horses age and it was
killed.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
FIFTY SOLDIERS TO
BE STATIONED HERE.
FOR VOCATIONAL.
GUIDANCE
Linden Hall to be Secured for
Housing the Contingent
which Arrives MAY |

In keeping with the policy of
Land Grant Colleges throughout
the United States, Delaware Col
lege is arranging to provide in
struction in agriculture for about
SO disabled soldiers.
Under the Rehabilitation Act
the government is planning to
give vocational training to a num-
ber of soldiers whose infrmities
will not permit them to carry on
their former trades or professions,
and to those who are without
specific training.
Negotiations were completed
yesterday to rent Linden Hall, the
Whittingham home, where the
soldiers will be housed. The size
of this dwelling and it's proximity
to the Experimental Farm make it
a particularly desirable location
for this purpose. The first contin-
gent of these men is expected to
arrive about May /. Special in
structions will be secured for this
group.
The Whittingham family, who
have been spending the winter at
Delaware City, will, it is under
stood, move their effects to a
smaller house.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
ONLY 13 Votes Cast In
Town Election

The Town Election passed off
very quietly yesterday, only 13
votes being cast. There was no
contest and few remembered the
election OF took the time to vote.
The new Councilmen are DR..
George w. Rhodes for the Middle
District, o. w. Widdoes for the
Western, and R. J. Morrison for
the Eastern.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Miss Eleanor E. Todd
Assistant Librarian

Miss Eleanor E. Todd has been
appointed assistant librarian of
Delaware College library to sue
ceed Miss Mae Kerr. Miss Kerr,
who performed her duties at the
library for ten years, retired be-
cause Of ill-health. Miss Todd
was for four years, 1914-18, Regis
trar of Delaware College.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Marriage Of Farm Sup
erintendent Announced

Friends here have received an
nouncement Of the marriage in
Brooklyn, N. Y. on Monday, April
IL, of Frederick Watson Meade
and Alma Fredora Newton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meade are expect
ed to return this week. They will
reside at the Experimental Farm
where Mr. Meade is Superintend-
ent.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
American Legion To
Meet Friday Night

The American Legion will hold
a meeting at the Armory next Fri
day evening to discuss matters of
great Importance. It is earnestly
desired therefore that all members
attend.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Bishop Monaghan To
Confirm A Class NAV ID

Rt. Rev. John J. Monaghan
Bishop of Wilmington will be at
st. Johns church on Sunday, May
16 to administer the sacrament of
confirmation to a class of young
people.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
DR.. Cooper Occupies
Dover Pulpit

DR.. Richard Watson Cooper oc-
cupied the pulpit at the Peoples
Church last Sunday. In the even
ing by request he repeated his
famous sermon on Job.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Bonding Bill Passes
State Senate

The bill authorizing Newark to
bond the town for improvements
to the Light and water systems
passed the Senate without opposi-
tion and will very likely also pass
the House.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Presbyterians To Give
Entertainment For Inn
provement Fund

An entertainment for the Pres
byterian church improvement fund
will be given on Friday evening
April 23. Refreshments will be
on sale.
Newark post., 1920-04-14
Stork Brings Daughter
To Anderson's

Walter Anderson of the CONT
mental Fibre Co. is receiving con-
gratulations upon the birth of a
daughter who arrived at the home
of his wife's parents in New York
last Thursday evening.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15

Bret Harte, though he was the Dis.
torian of the "Argonauts Of 1S49 nan
no real love of yachting. Yet his fav-
orite resort during the last years OF nIs
life was the Royal Thames facnI
club. He was once questioned ABOUT
it, and explained:
at never use a club until am trea
of my work, and want reIlef from 1t,
If I 60 to a literary club l am asAeu
all sorts of questions as to wha' an
doing, and my views on sOuleOOu'
else's last book, and to these l am "a
pected to reply at Length.
"Now, my good friends In AlDs .
marie street talk of their yachts upn !
want my advice about them are sO"a
enough to let me listen, ana sOm~
away refreshed by their conVerSa'i'H'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
BRITISH PREMIER
DEF|ES IR|SHhEN
BAYS ENGLAND WILL RESTORE
ORDER BY METHODS
HOWEVER STERN.
insists That Republic Would Not
Satisfy lrishmen, as "Ulster
Would Have Something
TO say

Carnarvon, Wales Premier Lloyd
George, in a speech here Saturday, de-
Aclared that the government Intended
to restore order in Ireland by meth
DDS however stern" and proceed with
Its home rule bill.
He turned down dominion home
rule, protesting against suggestions
that the government should go far
Their than did Gladstone or Asquith,
mot because ireland needs 1t, not be-
cause II is fair to the United King
dom, but because crime has been sue
cessful.n
A republic, he insisted, would not
satisfy Irishmen, as "Ulster would
have something to say"
Nothing in the past, he continued,
would justify present conditions in
Ireland.
The premier declared "a real muir
der gang Is dominating Ireland, max
ing 1t impossible for reasonable men
20 come together to consider the best
way to govern the country. ut is es-
sential," he went on, Sin the interest of
ireland that the gang should be broken
up, and unless / am mistaken we shall
do 1t. But side by side with that we
must proceed with measures for self
government in Ireland"
He declared that IL, as was con-
tended, there was war in Ireland, then
the war must be waged by both sides.
But when policemen were shot in the
back by Sim Feiners, he said, 1t was
not war, but murder"
"We must therefore restore order,
even by stern measures" he asserted,
because we cannot permit the coun-
try to fall into complete anarchy"
He said the murderous gang which
now tyrannizes Ireland must be broken
and the government must proceed with
a measure for complete self-govern-
ment of the country. H.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
INCREASE SHOWN
IN j. s. TAX BILL
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS BILLION
AND HALF DOLLARS MORE
THAN LAST YEAR.
In Fret Full Year Of Prohibition Era
There Was Net Reduction Of $685.
100000 In Taxes on Distilled
and Fermented LIQUORS.

Washington. Americas tax bill for
the fiscal year ending June 30 amount
ed TO S5,40S, 075,46S, approximately
billion and 4 half dollars md2e than
was paid into the federal treasury in
the previous twelve months. The
figures we're contained in the prelim-
mary report of the commissioner of
internal revenue, made public Octo-
Der 10. 1t shows that from income
and profits taxes the government re-
ceived approximately sthree-fourths OF
all it's revenue. In these two items
there was an increase of $1,356 100000
over the fiscal year of 1919, receipts
for the two years being: 1920, $780,
7O1 900; 1919, S2,600,000,00o.
From multifarious sources of "mis.
cellaneous' taxation the levy produced
81 ,450,374,000, an increase over the
previous year of $201 100000.
Internal revenue receipts for all
states and territories was $5,4OS,O75,-
46S. @
In the first full year of the prohibit
ton era there was net reduction of
$343, 100000 in taxes on distilled and
fermented liquors, the report shows.
From distilled spirits the government
received $97,907 900 in the last fiscal
year, while the taxes from the same
source in 1919 were $365,211 900. Taxes
on fermented liquors for the last fis-
cal year aggregated SAL, 965,000 and
for the fiscal year Of 1919, Silt, $780,
600
The transportation tax, which had
been estimated to produce about $275,-
| 100000 annually, reached 1907 ,S0S,000
for the last fiscal year. This included
taxes on freight, passenger, express,
telephone and telegraph, and transfer
of oil by pipe line.
Excise and special taxes, including
the luxury tax" brought about $685.
100000 into the treasury. One of the
chief items in this list was the tax on
motor cars, which netted $144, 100000.
Taxes on jewelry, cosmetics and
other so-called luxuries produced an
/ blilCI POO,pOOpOUO' lC SptSlul
alton tax on the value of it's stock
yielded $93,O0O,OOO.
The 1919 consumption of cigars was
| 7,110,O00,000, and in the fiscal year
of 1920 ranged slightly above $780,
600 900.
The report showed that taxes had
been paid on 36,950O00,000 cigarettes
in 1918, 3S,1O0,OO0OO in 1919 and So
400,00O,0O0 in the fiscal year ended
| June 80.
Commissioner Williams reported the
| years expenditures of the bureau of
internal revenue at S27,700,O00. This
included an expenditure of 100000
for enforcement of prohibition, $685.
600 for enforcement of the narcotic
laws, and $4,000 used in enforcing
the laws against child labor. The
actual cost Of tax collection Mr.. Will
| Jams estimated at 80 cents on each
500 collected, an expenditure of
about / per cent more than in 1919.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
TESTS MEAT FOR sWEETNEs
oIfaetory Nerves Of the "Hsm Il,
er" Must Be Always at Thu, wv
keenest,

To the long list of unusual oc,r,,
lions by which men live, there mus Il
added that of the ham smeIlpr' i, L
packing house. His duty is tn ,r.n..
meat products and Judge Of M,
Soundness.
The ham smeller's only tools ara /
long steel trier aud his nose n
stands In a barrel to keep his clotbs,
from being soiled by the drinni,,
brine, and the hams are brought Il
him by workmen. A ham is laid ha
fore him, and he plunges bis sham.
pointed trier into it, wlthdraws Il and
passes 1t swiftly beneath his nose. Tn,
trier always goes down to the knucEe
joint.
In testing meat in that manner tho
man with the trier judges BY the
slightest shade of difference between
the smell Of one piece of meat and
another. The smell of the meat is al
most universally sweet, and that Is
what he smells; the slightest faint or
deviation from the sweet smell Is
therefore appreciate. 1t Is not the
degree of faint that he expects to find,
but the slightest odOr that is not
sweet.
When he detects an odor he throws
the meat aside, and if it is not un.
wholesome, it is sold as rejected"
meat. but If it is tainted it goes to the
rendering tank. The ham tester smells
meat from Z O'Clock in the morning
until 5 at night, and his sense must
never become jaded or inexaCt, or bis
usefulness would be at an end.
Ham testing is not pursuit dan
gerous to the health, as tea testing IS
supposed to be, but the ham smeleF
with a cold in his head is for the time
being like a piano player who has lost
his arms in railway wreck.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
Seamen,s Watches.

In the time division of the "a nours
of the day into watches on oU"is
ships at sea there> are five watches Oi
four hours each and two of two hou QUIZ.
every watch having its dlStlNetf'
name. Beginning at noon, the 'i~l
noon watch is from II m. to 9 p y"
first dog watch, p. m. to . p III.
second dog watch, 6 p. H. 10 " p n.y.
night watch, p. m. to y 'ridnlsn'.
middle watch, - midnight to d. ~ !.
morning watch. 4 a. m. to " d. N''
fo.enoon watch. S a. m. to noon. -
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15

But as a boy he 80 far Overcame this
handicap that he was always in the
thick of schoOlboy fights, and none of
his comrades could climb better than
he the steep slopes of the Castle-rocly.
As soon as he was old enough to
read, he literally devoured books. He
would not read love stories or tales of
family life. He wanted always yarns
of adventure or books of history. As
boy, he was SO STEPPED in chronicles
of feudaI times, In histories of bygone
days, or In accounts of Scottish life.
that he was already equipped with his
background for "IvnnhOe" and 'The
Talisman," f'KeniIworth" and "Quentin
Durward," "The Heart of Midlothian
and "WaverIey."
He loved Scotland with a passionate
devotion that has seldom been equaIled.
He told Washington Irving that he
thought he should die If he could not
see the heather at least once a year.
He wrote straight out of his heart the
Iiness
Breathes there the man with soul so
-. dead
Who never to himself hath said:
This is my own, my native land!
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
kNoTTY PROBLEM FOR JAPAN.
Disposal OF Surplus Population serl-
GUS Subject.

Tokio.-Alleging that under the
names of territorial greed and sin
Vasionp the Japanese people are pre-
vented from seeking land beyond the
seas ito live and have their being"
the Nichi Nichi puts the question:
Where shall our countrymen go?"
After remarking that the United
States had protested against Japan's
Siberian policy, thereby causing unde-
sirable complications between the two
nations, the newspaper gives prom
inence to an interview with an anony.
nous high official who says that ia
pans development in Siberia will be
beneficial both to Japan and the Unit
ed States, il the batter Is considered
nationally.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
&C "a ND T must lie here like a
~ bedridden monk" ex-
=. -AAs rlnimnd Iunnhnn tLrrhiln

claimed 1Vanh0e, while
the game that gives me freedom or
death is played out by the hands of
othersl Look from the window once
again, kind maiden, but beware that
you are not marked by the archers be-
meath. Look once more, and tell me if
they yet advance to the storm"
With patient courage Rebecca again
took post at the lattice.
what dost thou see, Rebecca?"
again demanded the wounded knight.
Nothing but the cloud of arrows
flying so thick as to daze mine eyes,
and to hide the bowmen who shoot
them"
"That cannot endure" said Ivanhoe;
IF they press not right on to carry the
castle by pure force of arms, the arch
cry may avail but little against stone
walls and bulwarks. Look for the
knight of the Fetterlock, fair Rebecca,
and see how he bears himself; for as
the leader is, so will his followers be-"
II see him not" said Rebecca.
Foul crayenw exclaimed Ivanhoe {;
docs he blench from the helm when
the wind blows highest?"
HE blenches not! He benches
not" said Rebecca. II see him now !;
he leads body of men close under
the outer barrier of the barbican. They
pull down the piles and palisades !;
they hew down the barriers with axes.
His high black plume floats abroad
over the throng, like a raven over the
field of the slain. They have made a
breach in the barriers-they rush in
they are thrust backl Front-de-Bo
heads the defenders; see his gigantic
form above the press. They throng
again to the breach, and the pass is
disputed hand to hand, and man to
man. God of Jacob 1t is the meeting
of two fierce tides-the conflict of two
oceans moved by adverse windsw
She turned her head from the lattice,
as If unable longer to endure a sight
so terrible.
Look forth again, Rebecca," said
Ivanhoe, mistaking the cause of her
retiring; "the archery must in some
degree have ceased, since they are now
fighting hand to hand. Look again !;
there is now less danger"
Rebecca again looked forth, and al
most Immediately exclaimed: "Holy
prophets of the law! Front-de- Boeuf
and the Black Knight fight hand to
hand on the breach, amid the roar of
their followers, who watch the prog
ress of the strife. Heaven strike with
the cause of the oppressed and the cap
:.ve" She then uttered loud Shrek,
md exclaimed, "He is down-he is
iownw
"Who is DOWN. cried Ivanhoe; "for
our dear lady's sake, tell me which
has fallen"
THE Black Knight" answered Re-
becca family; then instantly again
shouted with eagerness: But no
out mol The name Of the Lord of
Hosts he blessed! He is on foot again.
and fights as II there We're 20 mems
strength in his single arml HIS sword
broken; he snatches an ak from a
yeoman; he pushes Frontde-Boeuf
with blow ON blow-the giant stoops
and totters like an oak under the steel
of the woodman. He falls-he falls
g.. The Black Knight approaches
the postern with his huge ax-the
Numbering blows which he deals-you
may hear them above all the din and
shouts of the battle. Stones and
beams are hailed down on the bold
hampton; he regards them no more
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15

A man astOnished a triehu ~
days ago saying casually tha' O" .oor,
his sisters was buried "A hundred a. 60
ago! AS his own age was SlA" Lar
the case needed an explanation, w." a,os
he gave. The sister buried ID ioi ,,l.or
the first of a family Of 2 cnhu The
and she died in early infancy mo
man was tie youngest member u ,o a
family and was born in 1914 o. ,.,a
after his sister.-London Chron''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
Cleveland Wins the Fifth.

Cleveland.-In a baseball game
erupting sensational, unique and
thrilling plays far beyond the widest
dreams of an imaginative fiction or
scenario writer, the Cleveland
Americans defeated the Brooklyn Ma
tlonals, s to l, in the fifth contest of
the world series here Sunday after
noon.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
Forty.two Killed In Wreck.

Parls.-The number of persons
killed in the wrecking of the Paris
Nantes express near Maisons-Laffltte
totals forty-two. One hundred were
injured. An investigation showed that
the wreck resulted from accidental
causes, = '
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

walter $ c o. It's
education as n rO-
nance writer be-
gan while he was
a child. 1t can be
traced even to his
cradle, for he was
sung to sleep not
with IMIIabies but
with the Hitting
songs of the exiIed
Stuarts. AS soon
as he could un-
derstand stories,
his grandmother
and aunt poured
into his eager ears
tales of border
warfare and old
Scottish ballads.
He was a sick
Iy child, and this
resulted in a per-
manent Iameness.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
Cotton Worth miIIio, Burned

Cameron, Tex,-Loss estimated at
100000 was the toll taken by fire
Sunday, which destroyed 10000 bales
Of cotton and the compress and ware
houses of the Cameron Cotton Press
company,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-10-15
Wife Of German Chief Murdered.

Weimar, Germany wife of Adj
miral Rheinhardt Won Scher, chief of
the German admiralty staff, and her
maid were assassinated and his 1s-
yearold daughter seriously wounded
by two masked men who broke into
the admiral's villa Sunday.