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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
q Mnnu Men Discovered 0p = America Before Columbus? ?

I155o bv Francesca Lopez de Com
 ara priest of ,Sevilla, Norwegian
 sailors. piloted by John Scolvus. Jon
 skoln). This information was first
 made public by the Norwegian pro-
 lessor of history Gustav Storm in
 1ae6 But that time this part of
 ho history of the discoveries was
 still in it's infancy, and isolated as it was then, the information naturally had to be used with great caution. Later on new material was found no;ntine in the same direction. One of the sources was famous globe, dainp from 1537 and made by the Dutch physician and mathematlclan. Gemma Frisius, who points out that North America was reached in l476 by Johannes Scolvus.
 Johannes Scolvus is name un- known in Norwegian history. Dr.. Larsen connects it with Norwegian surname Sklop, which means man from the shores or fishing places of northern Norway. His deed became famous in his own times, but on ac- count of various conditions not trace able now. it was yelled in obscurity and forgotten. The account of his voyage undoubtedly has been of Norwegian as we'll as English and Dr. Fridtjof Nansen in one of his scientific works has proved that even 100 years later English ex- olorers were familiar with the ex oedition of Johannes Sklop, namely when preparing for Martin Frobish- ar's travel to Greenland in 1876.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
,ntion Foreman for Legion Head

evland. O., Sept. 25.-Who is te the American Legion the com. |vsar is receiving attention in ipation of the second annual sntion of the Legion opening in klsnd, Sept. 27. long those mentioned here fol b8ice of commander are Milton brennan, of Illinois, Emmett |l. of Kentucky, Hanford Mac of Iva, and F. W. Galbraith bio. eman was a colonel and state lander. When he took charge of Illinois department it was 21st gion membership. Now it is
 Foreman, who is more than ars old. served also in the Span merican war.
 lucky is boosting O'Neill for the tship because of his activiy in
 affairs, especially as an or r and leader.
 Has Lots of Medals.
 Nider is said to have more tions than any other American he exception of General Per Vine of them for valor. He balk president in Mason City, and vice commander of the De- ent of Iowa.
 braith was a colonel and state lnder like Foreman. He was
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
GUN RUNNING lS
 THRIVING BUSINESS
 IN eITY 0F VIENNA
Smuggling More Extensive in Austria Than On Mex.
 ican Border

Vienna, Sept 25-Gun-ru running and arms smuggling has become bigger trade in Austria han it was on the Mexican frontier in Villas palmist days.
 The country is full of military ma terlal while Hungary. Poland and Jugo-Slavla are munitions hungry the result is to make a market so empting that the risks are disre- garded. If the Socialist organs are to be credited, however, at least some of the trade is done under the au- spices of certain Entente governments as well as the conservative element ot the Austrian government
 Organize Bands.
 Within the last few days the police made known that they had discov- cred an organization for running mil itary material into Hungary and made two arress. One of the men was an employe of the Wolersdorf munitions factory, government plant. Workingmen's councillors have d good organization and are con stantly on the watch for railway shipments of arms and cartridges, butt in one government office it was admitted that for every carload de- tected and stopped nine got away over the frontiers
 Frederick Adler, the Socialis lead CT, has declared that great quantities of arms were being smuggled from the country and it was the duty of the workmen to find way to stop it.
 The Allied Control Commission has issued an order prohibiting the fur ! ther sale of government-own arms
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
EXTENDS
 ADMINISTRATION TO JORDAN COUNTRY
Sir Herbert Returns From New Land Reporting Eng
 fish We'll Received

jerusalem, Sept. 25.-British ad. mlnlstration has been extended to considerable par of trans-Jordan tar. rltory, of which Els Salt +o,,, .4 abou 12,000 inhabitants. sitnated some 20 miles east of he Dead sea is the chief center.
 Sir Herbert Samuel. British uiob Commissioner for Palestine. has inst reurtned from a journey to the nayv territory, where 600 Representative beduln sheiks and notables received With enthusiasm the High Commis. sloner,s assurance that "Great Brit- am dld not propose to bring their country within the present system of administration of Palestine, but would establish a separate admins tratlon that would assist the peonle to govern themselves.
 SIT Herbert moored through Jeri- enc to Allenby bridge on the Jordan where he was met by Majid Pasha. ex- general of the Shereefian army and by the son of Sheik Sultan. the most influential chieftian of the ter ritory. The Turkish miliary road through the Shaib valley proved al- most impossible even for cavalry and riding along the precipices was extremely dangerous at times owing to landslides but the party, headed by 200 Bedoin horsemen, reached Est Salt without mshap.
 The Arabs extended cordial well come to the British High Commits sloner whom they entertained lav ishly in oriental style.
 In an address, Sir Herbert explain ed to the chiefs that since the French had fully established their influence in Damascus, it would be necessary to separate the Arabs district from the Damacus administration. Great Britain, he said, would help them to organize defense against attack from outside. Sir Herbert developed a program of road improvement, the building of schools and the provision of medical aid.
 There would be, he promised, com plete freedom of trade with Palestine, and the people across the Jordan would be supplied with petroleum, rice, sugar and other commodities on the same footing as the peoples of Palestine. Moreover, facilities would be given them for the marketing of the produce they might wish to sell. A bank would be established to as- sist commerce, and postal communi- cations would be opened.
 Announcement was made by the High Commissioner that as many as possible of the future administrators of the new territory would be drawn from the people of that district un- der the direction of small number of British officers. He also gave as- surance that it was not contemplated to establish any system of compul- sory military service, nor the intro duce disarmament.
 An amnesty was readily granted, at a prominent chiefs request, to two fugitive Arabs who had been charg- ed with instigating the Easter riots in Jerusalem. Many Sheiks affixed their seals to the official document expressing a desire for British rule.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26

,..cton. Sept. 25.-How many |asnins ss;scovered America before 0a, o,anber Columbus? ,;no ot nsns sofns ,s Larsen, a Danish sci orsr' s,,o o'i has recently made a ls re- |st .,,Jed vaJ on researches of rach- fa0. .be middle ages, has com 0l work which he says proves fo c,',on' the Norwegian, "redls- trsd sI'l America in 147e, a,tsn+r years years ld ol 1.sr Cabot reached the Strait uoson, ,ses the term "rediscover- Frsea ;dsring that the original dls- Ter sa.,', ras jn the hey year 1000. Iarssn's .as ..Is a.hes developed, he says, that ltl5 1415 the King of Portgual sent ,a,t
 isas is,s to the King of Danmark yerwav. sSs,y Christian I, requesting sOtaN. N f;t nut an expedition and at
 " to fl find a sea passage to Asla- ,sl;ty sy a Nortwest passage. An
 ,a, comment to that effect was g,: 1ouno
 o'pm,b nan;sb state-archives. The ex-
 r Da sas headed by the Nor ss.cerman privateer' .e ,Gap'a1a M am
 s Firing and piloted by the |ssisn pilot Jon % sklop, to '.vah whom ad
 ;s oiyen for having reachea
 .. Labrador and found part
 7 actual d entrance to the North
 sn old Spanish geographlcal
 m m America, first published m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
Criticize Riding
 of St. Louis Lad

Deauville, Sept. 25. French track followers have been criticizing the riding of Frank O'Neill of St. Louis, lately. O'Neill, with the Vanderbilt horses, was leading the jockeys of the French turf by wide margin the middle of July, having practically double the number of wining mounts of Bellhouse his clos est opponent. Lately O'Neill seems to have had an unlucky spell and winners have been few in his col umn.
 Some days ago O'Neill told a friend q don't know what has happened to me since w. K. (Vanderbilt) died. I ride harder than I ever did in my life but I am jinxed. It seems that my luck passed away with w. K. He was more father to me than a boss. I feel all broken up about, it."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
EXTEND METHODS.

Washington, Sept. 25. -- An effort to extend American nursing meth ods to Czecho-Slovakia has been started by the American Red Cross. Bayena Brezenova and Frantiska Rusicova, nurses from that coun- try, are on their way to enroll at the Massachusetts General Hospital Schools for Nurses in Boston. The plan worked out by the Red Cross and the Czecho-Slovak government includes establishment of training school for nurses at Prague. Two American nurses have been abroad to organize the school on American lines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26

commander of the Ohio department until the Ohio convention at Youngs- town elected his successor last month
 Colonel c. c. Chambers of Cleve land, convention executive chair man, predicts that the convention will suprpass in numbers any ever held in the country, not excepting the great gatherings of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
Cherboug, Sept. 25,-A coffin man

Cherboug, Sept. 25,-A coffin man. ufactory destined to turn out the cof-i fins to receive the remains of Amer ican soldiers buried in France, has been installed here under the man. agement of Major Riley of the U. S.. army. The Major expects to have nearly 25,000 coffins. Thirty carpen- ters are already at work. Remains of soldiers will be placed in large warehouse nearby and from time to time American transports will call and take them to America.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26

munitions or that in possession of the private concerns organized to trade in demobilized material. Many of these concerns were made up of the members of the official dpmob- llization commissions who sold to themselves.
 There seems little debut now that recent raid on the Fursenfeld ar senal was the work of former Aus trlan officers now in the Austrian Legion of the Hungarian army. aid
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26

The Pine Bluff Auto Parts Go. have secured the agency for Diamond T Trucks. Let us give you a demon- stration. l607-09 Main Street. phone / 'Sh 9-24-6t
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
G. O.P, WOMEN
HOLDLUNCHEON
Discuss Plans Relative to
Forming Permanent Party
Organization
CHAIRMAN WARNER
ATTENDS MEETING

A luncheon was given by the Stale
Associate Committees OF Republican
Women, IN Parior B at the Hotel du-
Pont, at noon today. following Which
plans for . permanent party organiza-
Ito were discussed. Mrs. Lena NJ.
Jones. Of Milford. chairman, Of the
associate committees, pres ded.
Charles Warner, chairman Of the
Republican State Committee was pres
ent and took part in the discussions.
Officers present were: Mrs. Lena NJ.
Jones, chairman; Miss Jeanette Eek
man, Gordon Heights, vice-chairman ;
Mrs Robert G.. Houston, Georgetown,
secretary, and Miss Ella w. Johnson,
Newport, treasurer.
Members OF Slate committee pres
snt were For Wilmington, Mrs. An
ME Arneil, Mrs. Kate Rino. Mrs. Rob-
eri u Richards and Mrs Alice Dun
bar Nelson.
Rural New Castle County Mrs
Joan y. Z. Clayton, New Castle; Miss
Ella w Johnson, Newport; Mrs
Ethel Brown, MiddleiOwn; Mrs VII
liam w. Leach, New Castle, Mrs. Ju-
Illus DOdd, New Castle.
Kent cOunty-Mrs Emma Burnett
Dover; Mrs. Frank Hall Davis, Dover
and Miss Emily Spruanca. Smyrna.
Sussex cOunty-Mrs. Virginia r. At
kins, Milton; Mrs. S. II. Messick
Bridgeyiile; Mrs. Lilly Atkins. Lewes
and Mrs. Willard Morse, Seaf0rd.
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
BOOZE CARRIER
IS SAPPREHENDED
c. Routri Carried Tins of
Alcohol in His Hand
Bag
LOCATE HIM
IN CITY SALOON

A well-dressed man giving the name
Beiiino Croutri, taken into custody at
The Pennsylvania Railroad station
shorty before noon today, while car
rying grip containing tins Of alGo=
hol, is thought by prohibition en-
forcement officials to be regular
g0-between between liquor dealers In
Philadelphia and Wilmington.
The officials had received advance
information concerning the mans
trips from Philadelphia TO this city
and a description Of his appearance
To-day w, Truxt0n B0yee, Federal
Prohibition director for Delaware
and Frank +. Haley, special agent fol-
the Law and order Society, watched
incoming trains. They missed "helT
man" however, but having had ad-
vance information also as To saloons
he visited, went 10 one Of them,
sending IN a "sto0l pigeon th'
officers learned that the stranger wa'
within the saloon in question. Wher
he came out they took him to I'M
prohibition headquarters in the En-
gineer Building, Sixth and kiBs
Streets. There he admitted in broker
English he was carrying alcohol u
his grip. and search OF the article:
verified his words.
Croutri was taken to the police sta
ton and locked up on a charge OF 4
! legal transportation OF alcoholh
| liquors,
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
D0NAHUE DENIES
IRELAND STABS

Former Congressman Michael Duno-
hue, Of Philadelphia addressed q
meeting in lrish-American Hall last
night, The meeting being the nfly-
second anniversary Of the execution
OF Allen Larkin and 0'Brlen at Man
chester, England. In the course Of his
address, Mr. D0nOhue said British
agents were trying 10 make the Amer
lean people believe that ireland de
sired tO be separated from England
because Of religious sentiment. t9t
ireland had stabbed England in the
back during the world war. and That
10 was too Impoverished TO get along
even II given freedom.
In regard 10 religion The charge that
at the bottom Of their hatred for Eng
land MIR. DonOhue named the many
Irish Protestant patriots among tlem
Robert Emmett, who was idolized by
the Irish people.
In regard TO the money question he
pointed out that lraland was LEVIED
upon for $4,000 a year for the upkeep
Of the British army and navy and
other government Institutions. This
is more, he claimed, than Is needed
by HOLLAND or numerous other indie
pendent countries
The speaker said that during the
1 FIRST year and half Of the war Ire
land semi i73O0O yolunt7 ers TO Eight
/ with the British army and these. with
! those already Enlisted, made 10OON
Irish soldiers in The British army iE
The war.
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
NEGRO DROWNED, WAS
SOON TO BE MARRIED

Harry Farrow Negro, aged % years
"a Robinson street. fell in the Christi
ana river at the Fourth street wharf
at o'clock this morning, and was
drowned. His body was recovered
shortly afterward with gFappline
irons by members OF the police pa
troll and turned over 10 Deputy Cor
Oner Nichols.
Farrow, whose home is in Phila-
delphia at 1855 WayeFly srteet, was
employed by the Wilson Line. At the
time OF the accident he wss endeaY-
oring to throw a line TO one OF ths
Wilson Line boats and losing his bal
snee fell into the river.
He was TO have been married OF
Thursday TO Garrse Peeker, IA Robin
son street He secured marriage u
cense from Magistrate Stradley yes
terday.
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
OPEN BIDS FOR
CONCORD PIKE WALKS

Bids were opened by Levy Court
for The proposed sidewalk along the
Concord pike. from Mapor avenue 10
| The top Of Mckee's liill. as follows
John Fanning, S5,iS9T5; John p
Reardon. s5.il0s5; Ralph Hollings.
worth and Son, s5,0is45; Edward
Crumlish. s5379; J, 5. Hamilton 4
Co, Si,23i.s0; r. H. johnson & Co.
81 9i0i0; ElwOOd Talley. Si.Si9S0
and sam Kaufman, s5,fs070
ME bids were referred TO the
court as a committee Of the whole.
Bids were opened for constructing
he creek road, in BrandyWine hun
dred. as follows SteWart and DOnU-
hoe 81 i07 90; W. n. H0lilngsWortn.
Si2 529 20, and r. II. Johnson Co.,
sS3l052. These bids were referred
10 the court as q committee Of the
whole. Among the various bills
passed at t0days meeting were those
N the clerks who served at the can
vass OF the recent election. These
clerks were allowed 500 each for their
work.
M first bills TO be presented by the
Washington Street Bridge Commits
sion We're also approved. These were
as follows. Walsh Construction Co.,
si2 .i79 and s3i. .220S0; A. l. dupont,
f9i 501.T7; Benjamin. Davis, si699i6;
Fred W. Carpenter, $500.
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
LEGAL TANGLE OVER
S0BOCIENSKI NOTE

The question OF whether a wife may
assume the responsibility for her hus.
bands debts was raised yesterday in
Superior Court before Judges Boyce
and Rice by William +. Kurtz, counsel
for Stanley l.. Sobocienski. Frances
Soboeienski and John Retkowski IN
argument of action brought by the
Bsyarian Brewing Company on a
proHissory note. Decision was re-
served,
MaFyan +. Poniecki was the Origi-
nal maker Of the note, while his wife
Jennie Poniecki signed a renewal n0tf
after the husbands death. The mote
was endorsed by the three defendants
ia the case, and liability action has
been brought against them through
Richard S. Rodney as counsel,
Maryan POniecki did after the firsi
note was delivered. and his widow
was the sole maker OF the subsequen
notes made in renewal OF this orig
tnal. The argument Of Mr.. Kurt
was based on nine pleas. The amoun
of the note is about S3-200,
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
BREAKS EATING RECORD
WITH HOME BRREW AID.

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-John BongO, Of
West Hammond. today broke all rec
ords as a consumer Of food and the
toNn has proclaimed him the wOrld's 5
champion.
After boasting of his appetite
John agreed TO give a public demon-
slratiOn of his capacity in Kosciusko
Hall, if some affluent promoter OF in
door sports would provide the feed
His terms were agreed 10 and here
is what John put away at one sitting
Twent-seYen feet Of pork sausage
1--WE pounds OF raw beefsteak, three
hens eggs with shells on, four dried
herring, one gallon OF beer lhome
brew.).
Having washed down the last NOR
sci John strOlled over 10 a hot stove
soaked up a little heat. buttOned up
his coat and remarked well, 1 guess
I'll go downtown and get little
something o eat"
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
CITY COMP ANIES
OWN GARDENS
Right of Shipping Board TO
Sell Properties is
Denied
WANT TENANTS TO
HAVE SQUARE DEAL

u was learned today. on unimpeaeh-
able authority, thai title 10 NE 9V3
home, apartments and stores az Onloh
Park Gardens, still is vested IN the
/ Wilmington Housing and Liberty
Land Companies Of this city and not
in the United STATES shipping Board.
which hes called for BIDS on the
properties by December 3.
Alh0ugh papers Transferring the
iiile TO The properties from the COM
panies 10 the government board nave
hean prepard, the actual transfer has
not as yet taken place. As a result or
this the shipping Board is In the po-
siiiOn Of adveriising for sale. some
/ thing il as yet does not own
Much indignation was expressed To-
day al the sudden decision Of ule
Shipping Board 40 sell on ne homes
1 AL me Gardens "oVer the heads OF
I their occupants" In middle of win
ter. and because Of this feeling u Is
! possible ihc local companies may re-
Z iuse NJ make the transfer unless. lhe
/ Shipping Board viii agree TO adhere
I to the original UNDERSTANDING 10 eiNe
The tenants Of the houses opportunity
! 10 buy IN their own homes ON an
easy payment basis.
I'm other cities where the shipping
Board. or its suDsid ary, The Ener-
ecncy Fleet Corporation, has sold on
I the homes bullt during the war 10 ae-
comm0date WORKERS and their faml-
les the tttnants have been given
| chance 10 purchase their homes BY
ravng down ten per cent Of The pur-
I ,hase price and agreeing TO pay on
/ the remainder in monthly payments
covering ten years.
For months past II has been under
stood ihal The same plan would be
/ adopted with regard 10 Union Gar
dens The adverbsements VIII ca ap-
/ peared suddenly in par rs In several
cities Offering The properties Tor sale
was he first intimat on OF the board S
decision TO throw the homes ON the
open market
Onicials Of The Emerg ncy Fleet Cor
porat on headquarters in Philadelphia
Who have had charge OF the negotlQ-
lions looking 10 the ultimate transfer
and sale Of The buildings, admitted
that tn Shipping Board officers a.
! Washington had gone "oyer ihef
heads. and that they were as puch
/ osiOnish q by the sudden claqRe ~
plans as the tenants Of he homes
her,
Now Il dev lops that actual trans
fer Of the Gardens has not yet iakef
place and that ~ shipping Boar,
may be compelled i9 cancfl lis eal
for hide and reyiso Us plans 10 con
form With ihs uRderst 2nding ha'
with ths Wilmington Housing aR'
Liberty Land companies.
No course Of aciion as YET has beei
, deiermined BY the Union Gard y
Boosters League, whose membefshil
leomprises q majority Of The resident
:, lof ihe tract The officers held a.
. Informal conference last night an
lprobsbiy Will call a meeting Of ul
league shortly 10 discuss the situ'
iiOn.
Individual residents Of the Gard 7
/ taiked with today said Il would
= ldIAiculi for them 20 bid In the
homes because they could not te
Who might become their neighb0
) Then TOO. they said they would hay
! no BID against speculative buyers o
J syBdicaics which could offer 10 pa
cash f0r dwellings BY the row All
! resell them az higher hgures
Evening journal., 1920-11-23
GET FUNDS FOR
GRIT CHAMBER
Proposed Change Will Re
lieye Pressure on Bran
DIVINE Sewer
BANCROFT co,
GIVES $4,000

Communication from City fouusil
and The Joseph Bancroft and Sons
Company, We're received by The Di-
rectOrs OF the Street and Sewer De-
partmDt this morning assuring that
department OF the necessary funds
with which TO construct The proposed
Grit Chamber. The communication
from Council informed The directors,
their request for 1920 as an sppro-
priation toward The construction Of
the Grit chamber at the end Of the
Syph0n near the Bancroft cOmpany'S
plant, had been granted. The com
muncation from The company inform
ed the directors that 5000 would be
contributed by the company 10 fur
ther assist In the construction Of the
chamber.
While the company expressed its
willingness to assist the city to main
tain a better sewer system. IL dis
claimed all legal or moral RESPONSE
bility for the present condition Of the
city's sewers, and stated ii did not
obligate itself further than the
amount specified in the communica-
llon.
The Brandywme sewer question has
caused the department considerable
trouble for the past var. AS now
constructed whenever II Is necessary
TO clean the north sewer, the sewage
is diverted into the south branch
rhis excess sewage has caused fire.
quent breaks in that branch, and IS
said TO have caused the pollution OF
the wat - fr'1l which the eiiy's sup
~ Is obtained.
TIE cons I, ion Of his chamber,
Harry l.. Maier, sewer engineer, said,
would relieve the possibility Of any
future breeking Of tae sewer, lie
said The construction 0f a sewer suf-
ilcicnt b carry away the sewerage
at th S point would require the eX-
pendtures OF large sum by the de
partment The chamber, he said,
would do away with the necessity Of
new sewer.
The construction OF This new grit
chamber was ordered begun as soon
as possible. Mr. Maier, engineer in
charge, when asked by the directors,
when operations would be started Oh
the chamber. said IL all depended upon
ihe arrival Of the necessary material
with which 10 construct IL. The
material most needed is 30-inch pipe.
The application OF Herbert C. King,
who has been a j0urneyman plum
ber al Germantown. Md, for several
years, for a master plumbers license
was refernfd 10 he plumbing inspec
10 for disposition.