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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
UNCLE JOE" CANNON ST.
Oldest Member of House in Years and
Service Marks Birthday Anniversary.

Washington. May Representative
Joseph c. Cannon, Of Illinois. celebrated
his S4th birthday yesterday. He has
served longer in the House than any
other member. The House gave Mr..
Cannon an ovation when he stepped into
the chamber yesterday morning, wearing
8 red earnation and the smile Of perennial
youth
MIR. Mondell called the attention OF
members to the fact that Mr. Cannon
was 81 and expressed the hope that he
would long retain the mental alert
ness, physical vigor and kindly philos-
ophv with which he this day is SO richly
endowed
.'Uncle Joe" received many telegrams
congratulating him on his birthday.
Mr.. Cannon began To celebrate late
Thursday night He attended dinner
10 eighty members OF Congress gwen at
the Army and Navy Club by Representa-
tive Mckinley. of Illinois. He ate his
breakfast alone this morning Ia the House
restaurant, but was the guest OF honor
at luncheon when the seven oldest mem
bers in Congress were guests of Senator
Page, all those attending having been
born In 1913 or EARL er Those present
were.
7.
General Isaac r. Sherwood. of Ohio, born
August l3. 1886; Representative Charles
NJ. Stedman, of North Carolina, born
January 20, 1S41; Representative William
:. Greene. OF Massachusetts. born April
IS. IS4l; Senator Carroll 5. Page, OF YER
mont, born Jan. /. IS43; Senator William
p. Dillingham;. of Vermont, born Decem-
Der II. l843. and Senator Knute Nelson
of Minnesota, born Feb. ,. 1S43.
Vice President Marshall was toast
master.
The ex-Spcaker in response to request
for birthday message wrote the following
Men wiser than | long ago said that
the first blessing Of earth Is toll and the
second blessing health, which wealth
cannot buy | accept both, and believe
that the first contributes much to the
second.
cat eighty-four / can wish no greater
blessings TO the present and coming genera
tions than those Of work and health
They are the two things in this life that
make il attractive and contribute "a
longevity and happiness. The dream oi
idleness or lack of necessity for labor i,
an idle dream
~ O. Cannon
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
VEGETABLE PRICES ON
LOCAL CURB MARKET
Asparagus Selling at 90 to 20
Cents a Bunch; White Pota-
toes in Class of Luxuries.
The following prices We're quoted IN
the curb market this morning:

The following prices Were quoted IN
the curb market this morning
Asparagus 60 and 20 cents bunch /;
cabbage and 10 cents pound; celery
Is and 20 cents a stalk; carrots 5 cents
each: caulihower 20 to 40 cents head
cucumbers 25 and 80 cents; green peas
20 and 80 cents a quarter; lettuce 10, 10
and 20 cents a head; large onions cent
each; small onions 30 cents n quarter
peppers for % cents; white potatoes 40
to 65 cents = quarter; sweet potatoes 25,
so and 35 cents quarter radishes 10
cents bunch: kale and spinach 30 and
35 cents a quarter; tomatoes for 80
cents.
Apples 25 to 40 cents a quarter; bananas
40 and 80 cents a dozen; California pears
10 cents each; grape fruit s, 10 and ? for
25 cents; lemons 80 and 81 cents dozen /;
oranges 80 to so cents dozen: cram
berries l5 and 20 cents quart; plncapples
80 and 40 cents each.
Farmer butter 75 and so cents a pound !:
eggs As and so cents dozen; dairy butter
81 and 76 cents pound; eggs 46 and 80
cents
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
SENATE OPPONENTS
OF THE DYE BILL
MAKE |NS|hUA1IONS
Based on Personal Letter du Pont
Man Wrote Senator Moses,
Seeking Information.
IMPORTANCE OF THE
MEASURE IS OUTLINED

The fight against the dye bill on the
floor Of the United States Senate, whicti
has been very bitter for the last week,
was further intensified yesterday whe
opponents of the bill charged that the
di pont Company had virtually threat
ened 90 oppose the candidacy OF General
Leonard Wood unless Senator Moses,
one of the Wood managers, ceased has
opposition to the bill
The dye bill is Of vital Importance to
industries in this vicinity where thousands
of men are employed in the business. For
the past week filibuster has been con-
Quoted against the bill by group OF
senators, although il IS believed that IL It
were permitted to come to vote Vt would
pass the Senate by n substantial maloritf
The bill was Overwhelmingly passed IN
the House Of Representatives and IS
generally regarded as vita, to the complete
DEVELOPMENT of an American dye industry.
The charges made in the Senate yester-
day were based on a personal letter
written bv Charles X Weston Of the du
Pont Publicity Bureau. to Senator Moses,
asking for certain information.
PREP,REpNEss FEATURE or TIE BILL.
In this letter MIR. Weston called Senator
Moses attention 10 the fact that when he
recently spoke IN " Wilmington IN iaVOT 0f
General Wood he emphasized his candl-
dates attitude on national preparedness.
One Of the important arguments IN favor
of the dye bill is that il will furnish a
reserve az technically trained men for an
emergency; that there is close relation
between the making Of dyes and the
manufacture OF explosives. and that dye
factories can he used for the making Of
poison gases used in war. Mr.. Weston
called Senator Moses' attention TO the
fact that although he was Masking a
campaign for General Wood and laudIng
him for his preparedness record at the
same time Senator Moses was sponsoring
an amendment to the dye bill and was IN
active opposition to the preparedness
features of the dye bill
The text OF Mr.. Wcstons letter is as
follows:
Wilmington, Del, April I6, 1920
Hon George II. Moses,
u S Senate, Washington, ID. G.
Dear Senator Moses:
II was among the gathering Of Re
pubhcans at the Playhouse IN Wilmington
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
|LSOH TARGET OF
SOCIALIST PARTYS
SAVAGE ATTACKS
Hilquitt Tells Reds President is
Foe Of All They Hold
Worth While.
WARNS FOLLOWERS OF
GOOD MAN IN POLITICS
By Associated Press 70 Every Evening

By Associated Press 70 Every Evening
New York, May 8.-An attack on the
administration Of President Wilson and
a prediction that the Socialist party would
poll more than 2,000, 900 yotes ia the 1920
presidential campaign were made toelaY
by Morris Hillquit, who was elected
temporary chairman Of the Socialist
National Convention at its opening Session
here today
In his speech, which was regarded As
the keynote address Of the convention Mr.
Hillquft, one time candidate for the New
York mayoralty, had predicted that the
party would survive the concerted attack,
unparalleled in ferociougness and lawiess-
ness made on by all the powers Of dark
ness and oppression in the country.
"If there remained any large sections
Of workers who put their trust ln old
party Messiahs" said Mr.. Hillqult
Woodrow Wilson must have effectively
destroyed their naive faith. FIR be said
that in 1916 Woodrow Wilson ran az
radical
''He promised Socialism through the
short cut of the Democratic party and
thousands Of radicals throughout the
country voted for him rather than -
throw away their votes on the hopeless
candidates of the Socialist party.
"One half Of the normal supporters
of the Socialist party ticket cast their
votes for him Woodrow wilson wa.
elected over Charles T.. Hughes BY the
vote of Socialists.
In California alone the DETECTION in the
normal Socialist vote determined hts
victory in the presidential contests
Mr. Wilson's administration 10 the
last three years has furnished the most
striking and abhorrent proof ~ tbe
fallacy of the good man theory in politics
Woodrow Wilson vas probably n-
spired bv the hest Of intentions when he
ran for re-election. But he did not
voice the sentiments, convictions or in
terests of the class he represented Or she
political party to which he owed allie
glance. When the great crisis came and
he was forced to choose between the peo-
pie and the party to whom he belonged.
and the workers for whom he professed
a platonlc affection, be rallied to his class
and party interests.
Continued Oh gage II
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
EVERY EVENINGS
SPECIAL FEATURES

Following is the list Of special fea.
lures which Every Evening offers it's
readers from day 70 day, which list.
we believe is not exreiled In charac
ter and interest by any other daily
paper
DOROTHY DIX A brand new fea-
turo by the most popular of all
women writer's
TIE GIRL ON THE JOB ~ Jesz
sic Roberts. 4 daily treatise on
business training for young girls.
showing how Ia succeed in every
TO0fs AND CASPER A daily
comic far above the ordinary.
which ranks among the best nov
being printed.
THE HASKIN LETTER Fredpr1r
J HasKin's Letter is % the mails
what the Assncia ted Press /. 10
the telegraph IL is authoritative
and stands as one u the very best
features Of IFS Kind printed
EDDIE GUESTS POEMS Just
Folks rs ne most popular and
most versatile verse writer of the
day
LITTLE BENNY's NOTER00h
Ice Pape 5 amusing compost
tions. which entertain both Youth
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THE SANDMAN STORY hy
Mrs + 4 Nalser Il bedtime tale
for children, which has many imis
tators. but which has never been
eXCcIlcd
THE GIRL VINO SMILED
TIL R0 tf6H by Marion Rubin
cam. daily serial which appeals
especially 10 women folks,
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING hy
Laura kirkman S0rue taiti-
able hints on household topics.
by one who speaks from actual
experience.
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Another feature which especially
interests the women OF the home
and offers valuable hints on
stretching the market money
.RIPpLING RHYMES hy Walt
Mason, the most widely read
rhymster of his time
THESE FEAT UKES are worth read
ing and they are all exclusive with
Every Evening In Delaware.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
NEW BLuEBEARD ACCusER.
Sister of Man Hanged Says Watson
Was Murderer

Cleveland. May S-'Fhe ratitications of
the Walter Andrew Watson case in Cali
fornia involving the alleged murder Of
five women the so-ealled Bluebeard claims
to have married extended TO Cleveland
yesterday, involving the assertion BY
Mrs. Nellie Alderman that Watson is the
murderer al Mrs. Hattie McCloud. a
widow. of Shelburne Falls. Mass III
1898. for which her brother. Jack O'Neil
was convicted and hanged
Mrs Aekerman Was a resident of Shell
burne Falls until a few years ago. She
charges that Watson lived there at the
time OF the murder of Mrs McCloud
and vas then known as Newton Harvey
She IS planning to get IN touch with
Thomas Noolwine, Prosecutor of Los
Angeles and have Watson asked about
the death 81 Mrs McCloud
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
ROBBERIES ON WEST SIDE
Homes on Union Street Entered
Thursday Night and Small
Booty Taken.

Petty robberies have been porpetrated
in the west side of the city, two homes
having been entered on Union street be
tween Seventh and Eighth streets, night
before last Small amounts were taken in
both homes, but the affair has stirred up
people of the neighborhood.
In the home of Joseph Mediate. 707
Union street, entrance was made through
a second-story window and a child's bank
containing SIS was broken up and the
contents taken.
In the home of Elizabeth Daniels the
thieves partook of meal that was pre-
pared and was on the table ready to be
served.
People in the neighborhood believe that
small boys are responsible for the entering
of the two homes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
SCHOOL BOARD
OF SEVEN MEMBERS
FOR Wilmington
Code Amendment May Provide
for This, Subject to Action
of Municipality.
CHANGES OUTLINED
AT NEWARK MEETING

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Newark. Nav S.-Provision for seven
member Board of Education Tor VII
mington to be elected at large by the
voters of that city, will probably oe one
of the amendments incorporated IN the
school code by the legislative COMMISSION
that is now revising the code and whlch
committee will make its recommenda-
tions TO the Legislature when II recon-
venes on Monday, May II.
This intimation was gwen last Ihght
bv Pierre S. du Pont, q member OF the
commission and vice-president OF the
State Board of Education, IN an address
IN Wolf Hall, Delaware College, 10 fiigh
School principals and teachers OF the
State in session here. Mr.. du Pont stated
that a conference viii be held during the
coming week with Wilmington people on
this subject. This conference VIII hkeiy
be held next Wednesday II that is satis-
factory 20 educational authorizes OF the
city. Such an amendment providing Tor
a seven-member board elected by the
neople in Wilmington will only be
effective in case OF Wilmington accepting
the code. Mr. du Pont made It PLAIN that
while the commission would like to see
Wilmington accept the code, there IS no
idea of attempting to make II compul-
sorry.
The amendment relative to Whining
ton was brought up by Mr.. du Pont IN
discussing the sepcial district feature OF
the code He stated that there was
feeling among the members OF the COM
mission that special districts should not
exist. and that it had been decided TO
write into the Law provision for special
districts TO return 10 the county system
by referendum vote when approved by
the State and county boards.
in this connection MIR. du Pont stated
that Wilmington was an exception and
that the commission felt 1t should always
remain a special district, as it Is too large
10 think Of going into the county system
He stated that the section of the code
which provides that Wilmington, unless
il accepts the code, shall go into the
county system, will be recommended by
the commission for repeal.
OPTIONAL WITH THE CITY.
It was at this point that Mr.. du Pont
stated that if Wilmington comes IN
voI,ynta rilv under the code, IT had been
suggested that provision be made Tor a
seven member board for the CITY elected
at large and that a meeting would be
arranged to discuss the matter with VII
raington people. He expressed the hope
that Wilmington would come IN under the
code and thought it would be 10 the ad
vantage Of the city to do so.
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
BURGLAR SPARES PHILA.
MAN He ATTACKED
w. G. Thompson, Lawyer. Sue
cessfully Pleads With Des-
perado for His Life.
By Associated Press to Every Evcnlns

k3E ASStft4st ttts{ kSSS ~ r aFEt T. @A&AtAS
Phlladelphia. Mag ). William q.
Thompson. lawyer and wealthy club
man. attacked In his apartment IA the st.
James Hotel BY burglar, early today
made 50 strong an appeal for bis life that
the desperate spared him, Mr. Thompson
had been surprised and blackjacked into
unconscio,lsness When he regained his
senses his assallant was covering him
with a revolver
Il knew my lie was AT stake 50 I sum
moued al my faculties and had i've
minute talk with the man, said Mr.
Thompson
Tie said he was determined ID XIII me
because he knew | would call for help as
soon as he left. gave him my word
would not give The alarm for ten minutes
tie evidently believed me rs he ripped off
the telephoac receiver locked me in the
room and disappeared
Later there was call 70 the hotel Of
fice from the fourth floor evidently from
the intruder ! voice said
MAN on the twelfth floor needs at
tention' Employ Is found MIR Thompson
covered with blood from wound on his
head. He soon received medical attention
and viii recover
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
GERMANS CLAMOR FOR
HOOVER FOOD PACKAGES
Those Without Friends Here Try
in Vain to Get Food of
u. s. Relief.
Associated I ress TO Every Evening

BY Associated ress 10 Every Evening
Berlin, May s. Now that contents of
the food parcels distributed through the
American Relief Administration ware
houses are becoming known, thousands
of Germans without relatives or friends
in the United States unable to secure the
required food drafts. are seeking other
means of obtaining one of Hoover $
prize packages
Since opening the Berlin branch on
Inter den Linden the American relief
has been swamped with applications from
Germans who are anxious 10 pay any
necessary price even at the prevailing
rate of exchange
They are uniformly told the parcels are
not purchaseabIe through the mediation
of an American citizen who would suppy
the required food draft
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
VITAL STATISTICS.

Secretary Howard r. Frants for the
first time affixed his name to the weekly
report of the Board Of Health which shows
a very favorable set of conditions ar
compared with that Of 1919 for the CORE
spending week.
This week totals are 90 births, 80
marriages aud 25 deaths, while in 1919
figures were 80, IS and 81
Three deaths we're due to Broncho
pneurnonia, two TO uncomplicated pneu-
Inonia and one each to tuberculosis and
measles
The number Of new cases of contagious
diseases includes 3 Of diphtherja, 3 Of
scarlet fever and 10 Of measles, only half
as many as the week before
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
GERMAN POTATO RESERVE.
Ten Billion Pounds 10 be Pooled for
Industrial Districts.

Berlin, May Sanction TO q plan
to create a reserve Of 100000 hun
dredweight OF potatoes was given by a
meeting Of representatives OF the Gov
ernment. the municipalities aud the
farming interests here yesterday.
The delivery Of the potatoes by the
growers i made compulsory, under the
plan. at a fixed price Of 81 = marks the
hundredweight
The object Of the measure IS TO insure
the large cl,ies and the industrial dis
tricts a potato ration Of SIX pounds per
capita weekly, and 70 protect the popula-
ton from Illicit trading.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
K|EV IS CAPTURED
BY POLES, LONDON
OFFICIALLY TOLD
Moscow Reports Our Troops Took
City on Thursday After
Severe Fighting.
REDS REPULSED AT OTHER
POINTS ON WAR FRONT
" Associated Press to Every Evening

ny feebtiAAbI fFFss 10 Every fsReHfnR
London, May 8-Polish and Ukranian
troops captured kiev on Thursday night.
according 10 an official statement issued
Mt Moscow yesterday and received her
by wireless.
The text Of the statement says:
In the Klev region during the night
of May 6-7 our troops engaged superior
enemy forces northwest and south west Of
klev. Toward evening the enemy broke
into the outskirts of the town but were
held up by our counter attacks Later our
troops, IN accordance with orders, started
to withdraw. IN order 20 the left hand of
the Dnleper river.
In the direction OF Pytaloff our roops
repuIsed an enemy advance 20 miles
south Of krasney. In the direction Of
lgumen least Of Minsl<) the enemy at
tempted to cross the Beresina river near
beresina village but was driven back
across the river
The loss Of kiev 10 the Russian Boil
shevik IS very severe The city is OF the
utmost strategetical Importance as well
as 1t Is also the entrance to the enormous
petroleum fields Of that section as
well IS the central point Of supplies
from all that territory. Its capture, aside
from the tremendous morale value, Is
almost of lnestimable importance while
Its counter effect on the forces OF Lenein
must be very great The fall Of kiey
Is probably the worst set back the Soviet
armies have encountered in many MONTHS
Warsaw, May o. DELAYED Pushing
northeasterly toward the Dneiper, the
Poles and krainians today crossed the
Ros river and captured Blalatserkiey,
forty miles south of kiev. and Rokitna
IN force. The drive began in the Skvira
region, continuing eastward and then
northeasterly as part Of the encircling
movement about I[iev
Bialaterskiev was the Polish gateway
during the Tartar invaslons. There stands
the Polish defending castle built in 1915,
which the Bolshevikl used against the
Poles. The Castle VS. taken IN hand 10
hand fighting. the Bolsheviki finally with
drawing norehward toward kiev.
The newspapers Of Warsaw say II has
been ascertained that half Of the 500
Jkrainian officers who surrendered to the
Poles were Germans. These were part Of the
the L 600 previously fighting with Cen
eral DenikIne. who surrendered soon after
the Polish offensive was begun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
$50 900 FOR BABY'S EYE.
Street Car Company Must Pay for In
iuries TO Three-year-old Boy.

New York, May S-Henry Yoce, Jr.,
S-vear-old plaintiff in suit for damages
against the Third Avenue Railroad Co,
won verdict for $4,000 in Supreme
Court yesterday. The father brought suit t
TO recover for loss OF the child 5 eve and q
separate suit 10 recover his expenses for
medical services. The jury awarded the
father $500.
II was brought out in the testimony
that the child's left eve was destroyed by
a hot steel particle thrown of from .
boring machine working on the tracks Of
the company on April I3. 1917. The baby,
then months old, was being wheeled in q
carriage By his mother
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
PARSON BACK TO PULPIT.
MAYNARD TO be Given Airplaines and Re-
sumo Preaching.

Nneola, \ =, MAY S.-Lleutenant
Selvan " MAYNARD the flying parson.
who won the army transcontinental and
the New York Toronto air races last
fall. announced last night that he would
be discharged from the army tomorrow.
He has accepted a position with the
BROOKLYN Central y NJ c. a and plans
to continue IN that wo for a year
more before returning TO the Baptist
ministry. He is married and has two
children
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
Local II 1tarians at Royal Palace

Wilmington ROtarians have been as
signed to the Royal Palace Hotel at
Atlantic City cdurlng the International
Convention in June. Reserv ations for
over sixty persons have already been
made The Washington Rotarians, the
three clubs from the West will be quar-
tered at the Royal Palace. SO that the
visiting Rotarians will practically own
the hotel in that week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
WILL CROSS THE CONTINENT AT lO4
Oldest Bookseller Coming From Cali
foruia to Philadelphia Convention.

Philadelphia May S-Orion Elliott
IO6 wears Old. will travel from his home in
San Diego, Cal to attend the twentieth
annual convention IL the American Book
sellers Association in this city next wees
Mr. Elliott was 8 bookseller in Denver
for ST wears. He retired when be reached
his eightieth year Since then he has lived
IN California
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
BUILDING PERMITS.

Third street south side between Shipley
and Orange Wilson Hardware, owners and
builders Co additions, $1,000
Market street West side between 'Thir-
ty-Third and Thirty-fourth J W. Lank
owner Sonnie Woller builder, garage,
$1,000
Sixth street. 403 West; Francis Dough
erty. owner, A. Mcdonald, builder; al
terations, Sl00
Walnut street, eli; Fogel and Cohen
owner, l.. O. Ross builder; addition, /,
SI0O
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
Col. Johnson Relieves Col. Jeryey.

Colonel j. p Jervey, who has been U. S.
District Engineer for the local district,
has turned over his duties TO Colonel f. n
Johnston the newly appointed district
engineer, Colonel Johnston is in Washing
ton today Colonel Jervey viii be in this
city for several days next week and will
keep closely in touch with the local office
as Division engineer,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
Iniures Knee in Fall.

Looking after money in rain spout,
Charles McGuigan. so years old, of 40
Walnut street fell from ladder fourteen
feet TO the ground at eleven this morning
njuring his right knee cap He was taken
10 the homeopathic Hospital.
The money was in a bureau that was
being moved. and fell out Of window on
to roof and rolled into the spout, an
Is still there
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
WORLDS BIGGEST HOTEL
PLANNED FOR CHICAGO
VIII Occupy Three Blocks, Con
tain 1000 Rooms and
Cost SIS, 5,000,000
By Associated Press % Every Evening

Chicago. May S.-Plans for the largest
hotel in the world were made public TODAY.
The hotel viii be in I'VE units. with the
Present Edgewater Beach Hotel as one
unit. and viii front three city blocks on
Lake Michigan and Sheridan Road. Tho
architects have planned 1000 rooms.
The cost IS estimated at sl5 5000,0 400.
A theatre seating ?, 500 persons, kitchen
etts for those who desire 10 cook theiF
own meals and one sixteen story unit
for bachelors are features.
4 minimum charge Of Sl5 z day n one
Of the units Is contemplated.