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Newark post., 1920-07-21
GROUNDED ELECTRIC
LIGHT WIRE KILLS
HORSE ON ROAD
Occupants of Carriage Escape
With Minor Injuries

Miss Jane Chalmers, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Chalmers,
and little Miss Katherine Schel-
lender, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Schellender, had a narrow es-
cape from death on Monday after
noon, when an electric feed wire
broke and grounded within few
feet of them just after they had
driven out of the entrance to the
formers home. The horse was
killed instantly.
Miss Chalmers, having sent
little Miss Schellender for aid, at
tempted to unharness the horse,
which she thought had fallen i'll.
From the highly charged ground
she received a severe shock. Her
feet were badly burned. The little
girl escaped without injury.
Miss Chalmers is suffering from
severe nervous shock, the cumu-
lative Jesuit of this and an automo-
bile accident on Sunday evening
when the wagon she was driving
was struck by a machine driven by
young man named Foraker. This
latter accident happened on Depot
Road in front of the Reynolds resi-
dence. The wagon shaft was
broken, a wheel dished, and Miss
| Ch ln1nrS' roI1cin- who accom-
panied her, was injured about the
head and face.
AS a result of Mondays acci-
dent the town was without light
and power for several hours. Line
men were speedily summoned from
Wilmington and succeeded in re-
: pairing the damage before night
fall.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
BURGLARS RAID
NEWARK DEPART
MENT STORE
Make Big Haul After Dis
connecting Burglar Alarm

Some time late Friday night or
early Saturday morning, thieves
entered the Newark Department
store and made a big haul. Yard
goods, shoes, ready-to-wear cloth
ing, jewelry and variety of
things were taken, the amount and
value of which Mr.. Handloff, the
proprietor, has no means yet of
knowing since every day reveals a
loss hitherto unknown.
The proprietor is of the opinion
tht the burglary occurred about
midnight when he thought he
heard a faint sound from the
burglar alarm. Shortly after this
time members of the family who
occupy an apartment over the
store were up with restless child
They believe that this frieghenee
off the thieves, who in their haste
left the contents of tables ant
shelves scattered oyer the floor.
Entrance was effected by pry
ing open a rear window which i
secured by iron bars. The bur
glar alarm was then disconnected
the robbery committed, and exi
made by the rear door.
Officer Mursick was notltie
when the theft was discovere
and made thorough examinatio
of the premises. He found outsid
the tracks of a man VINO evldentl
wore overshoes but no furthe
clue has yet been discovered.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
BAND WELCOMES MAYOR
BACK FROM CONVENTION

The Minnehaha Band turned out
on Monday night to serenade
Mayor Frazer and to felicitate him
upon his return from the Demo
cratic National Convention at San
Francisco. Mayor Frazer was
obliged to attend a special meet
ing of Council to consider bids for
a portion of the water improve
ment contracts and urged the boys
to return on Thursday evening
which they agreed to do.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
ST. THOMAS ON
PICNIC TO-DAY

The weather man was good to
St. Thomas Sunday School, the
membtrs of which set off this
morning for their annual picnic at
Augustine Beach. Five trucks and
a number of passenger automo-
biles left about nine o'clock with
a. happy throng. A program of
sports which will include a ball
game in which a church team will
cross bats with the team of the
Rehabilitation Unit, who are
guests of the Sunday School to,
day, has been mapped out by the
committee.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
LITTLE GIRL SUSTAINS
PAINFUL INJURY

Little Carolyn Chalmers, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. David c.
Chalmers, met with a serious and
painful accident on Monday even
ing when her foot was caught in
the spokes of a bicycle on which
she was being carried by her
brother, Irwin. Before the wheel
could be stopped the foot was
badly lacerated and bruised. Every
thing possible was done for the
little sufferer by DR.. Walt H
Steel, who was summoned immedi
ately. The member is still very
much swollen and gives consider
able pain.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
BISHOP MCDOWELL
WARNS AGAINST
PROVINCIALISM
Strong Sermon and Commun-
ity Chorus Feature Sun
day Evening Service

The second of the series of COM
munity meetings for worship held
last Sunday evening in Wolf Hall
drew a large audience from Will
mington, Elkton, and the immedi-
ate vicinity. A chorus comprising
singers from Wilmington, from the
Summer School, and from Newark,
sang two anthems, "By Babylon's
Wave" Gounod, and King All
Glorious" Barnby. Bishop Will
liam F. Mcdowell, of Washington,
D. c., preached the sermon and
pronounced the benediction, Rev.
Frank Herson gave the invocation
and the congregation Joined in the
singing of several hymns.
Henry P. Scott, vice president of
the Service Citizens of Delaware
presided and introduced DR.. Nc
Dowell as "the best loved man in
Methodism." The speaker took his
text from the first chapter of st
John, where the two disciples ask
Of the Master, "Where dwellest
Thou?" and He answered, Come
and see." With interesting per
sonal narrative he illustrated the
tendency to provincialism of resi-
dence which characterizes so many
, people whose interests are bound
ed by the immediate neighborhood
or town or state in which they hap
pen to live. He criticized in tn
kindliest manner those who be
l cause of their pride in Americ
= and it's greatness are doing jus
what Germany was condemne
] for doing in her much vaunte
:. "Deutschland uber allies" In thei
zeal for all things American the
S have no care for the rest of tn
world. He urged a Jealous an
continuous fight against the ter
- dency to provincialism of res
dence, of fixing the interests an
I affections on that spot here whic
II marks a persons temporal dwell
n ing place, of vaunting a false n;
O tionalism which excludes the re-
-. of the world. He would like, /
. said, to be\c considered a citizen (
the whole troubled world, to DIVE
in it's interests, to makes it's co,
=, Germs his concerns and to he
make of it. a good old world.
n The same line of reasoning |
:. would apply to denominationalis
ID in religion. He would consider tt
n whole church of Christ-the who
in body of men of every CLINE al
III nationality who worship God an
er where-to be his brothers al
ell would strive with them to light'
as the burdens Of the troubled al
ry oppressed everywhere.
ne The question of temporal res
H. dence important, as it looms in II
H. eyes of many at this time, is
ry small Importance, he said, in col
r parison with that of the ideals al
Continued on Page s.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
EDITORIAL WRITER
ADVISES DIRECT
PRIMARIES
Would Have Compulsory
Voting Law and Penaliza-
ton of Delinquents

In a strictly non-partlsan dis
cussion of the national campaign,
Henry Robson Palmer, editorial
writer for the Providence Journal,
gave facts to show how in both
great political parties the candi-
dates were far from being the
choice of the American people, and
cited instances which go to prove
how far the United States has
dfifted from the old ideal of a
representative democratic govern
ment. Two remedies were sug-
gested to assure every citizen a
part in the selection Of executive
Hand administrative officers: direct
primaries every four years, and
[compulsory voting law.
Two directly opposite theories
[with regard to national campaigns
are held by the American public,
he said. The first, that it is a bad
thing for business and for the ma
ton to be "stirred up" as it is
every four years; that it invites
trickery and tends toward de-
Specialization; the second more op-
timistic theory; that it is a good
and necessary thing like an old
fashioned revival, which produces
"a rebirth of patriotism and pre-
vents settling into a dangerous
complacency. Presidential cam
baigns bring the citizen into close
touch with political principles ane
help to make him an intelligent
patriot.
He told interesting stories Of
The Chicago and San francisco
Conventions, illustrative of th'
fact that party candidates ar
chosen by combines, deals, ant
trotting out a dark horse at tn
psychological moment, when tn
delegates are two tired-out to car
particularly who is chosen. He re
erred to poll taken by the Liter
Try Digest in which Leonar
Mood, Hiram johnson and Herber
Hoover were distinctly the chose
eaders in the minds of the Amer
Jan people for the Republica
ominee. Harding did not figur
b the voting except as a "favorat
on" and in the initial ballotin
It the convention he did not fgur
It all prominently. According
story that is going the round
e was Reed Smoot's choic
rought forward at the prop'
noment.
Practically the same thing WE
tue of the popular choice II
emocratic nominee when M
|doo and Wilson led in the pr
Invention voting. Wilson, hoy
yer, at no time received mo
Ian two votes in the conventit
San Francisco.
In spite, however, of this a
trent disregard by national co
lntions, of popular choice, t
eaker is very optimistic as to d
|tcome, for even at that he sa
Continued on Page A.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
New Chief of Police Appointed

Paul Thompson, of Porter, has
been appointed Chief of Police to
succeed George Mursick, who
leaves next Friday.
Mr.. Thompson has recently been
discharged from the Army after a
considerable period of service
overseas. He has just recently
been married.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
ODD FELLOWS TO
HOLD IMPORTANT MEET
ING THURSDAY NIGHT

Members of Oriental Lodge, No.
12, %. O. F., will hold meeting
tomorrow evening, July %, for the
transaction of important business.
A full attendance is expected.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
TO INSTALL OFFICERS

The Knights of Pythias will in
stall on Friday, July %, the Of
ficers elected recently. The in
stallation ceremony will be per-
formed by team from Whining
ton. The knights are planning for
a big meeting with refreshments
afterward.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
LADIES OF PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH TO MEET TONIGHT

The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will hold a meeting this
evening after the regular prayer
service. A full attendance is de
sired.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
WEDDING
COOch--Dunlevy

DR.. and Mrs. Charles w. Dun
levy announce the marriage OF
their daughter, Alma c. Dunlevy,
and Richard L. Cooch, on July
10th, by the Rev. John L. Jeffries,
at his residence, 412 10 ST., S. w.,
Washington, D. c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
THE zoo ENRICHED

PY THE acquisition of giraffe. which
- fortunately survived the long voyage of
n well stocked lark" from South Africa, the
Philadelphia Zoo repairs one of its few con-
spicuous deficiencies. a rhnoceros is still
lacking, but otherwise the oldest gardens"
of their kind in the United States may as
sert that they are still high among the fore
most in their exhibits.
~ Fully half Of the interesting live cargo
of\the Chinese Prince will soon be displayed
in our comprehensive and well managed ZOO
Na6nralists may be expected to thrill over
the klipsprnger. the duiker, the bless buck
the kudu and the wildebeest. which are
among the newcomers.
The layman has still considerable to learn
about these animals, but his interest in the
giraffe, although perhaps unScicntfc is spon-
taneous. The creature is extrayagautIy pictur-
esque. Circuses and above all, circus posters
would disappOnt sOroly without the presence
Of the tallest quadruped. The fact that he has
really awful time taking drink encourages
the hope that the zoos particular specimen
will feel at home in his quarters and adopted
country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
ovERPLAYING JAP TENSION"

TINE cables from Toxic solcmny record the
fact that no unfriendy demonstration
was made against the American congressional
junketers who have just invaded the Japa-
ness capital. Doubtless were the situation
~, n reversed and were nm official party of the
on. Mikado's representatives in the act OF
Pa swooping down Washington the japanese
pnt fnt press would discourse impreSsvely on the
one cuence of any hostile manifestations.
scallloAll Of which goes to show how absurdly
f;eintlr erish is NippOnese opinion about America
Lsmohd vice versa, The whole situation has, in
s.uukkaaract, been grossly ovCrstaed, and not the
( re- least ridiculous of common implications is
II that of surprise over deCency and good man
:, ners in the relations of the two nations. As
result natural and commonplace exhibi-
tion Of good behavior is treated as indicating
MT relief of "tcnson," which is inherently an
Imaginative product.
Ros Ii Is this largely artificial assumption of
;, strained relations which has forever been
Ne,ne Of the most sinister foes of peace Ger.
(, many worked herse into a frenzy on this
81 basis until finally hatred Of England, Origi-
laally pumped up, became actual and pro-
ned world war. Nor was Great Britain
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
THE MEASURE OF THE MAN

II ET'S look back a moment over the
~ Democratic charge of n Republican
s'slush fund
Mr.. Cox himself began about three weeks
ago with vague talk about contributions
from sinister interests.
Then frankie Roosevelt, taking the cue.
me too ed with a yelp to the general effect
that this fund amounted to $32 100000.
Encouraged by hearing himself talk and
seeing it widely printed Mr.. Cox finally
blurted out a definite amount-$15, 900, 600
more than cutting in half his second string
associates figure.
Pinned down by the newspapers demand
ing evidence. Mr.. Cox promised to expose
every Republican villain and send him to
Jail in his Pittsburgh speech. but when he
delivered it the amount had shrunk to little
more than SS.000,0O0.
Advised by the Senate investigators that
they would welcome real proof. Mr.. Cox
sent, first, National Chairman White, a man
of his own picking, and, second, National
Treasurer Marsh, both of whom, although
they went to the committee sessions directly
from conferences with the presidential can
didate himself. admitted that they had not
the slightest knowledge of any facts sup
porting the rapidly dwinding charges.
Democratic organ, it was announced that
Judge Moore, Mr.. Cox's campaign manager
at San Francisco. would spring the denouc-
ment. He, too, journeyed to Chicago direct
from the presence. but the further he got
away from Columbus and the nearer to Chi
cago, the less he knew, until in the city by
the lake he told the reporters that after all
he could only report hearsay and had to
whisper Republican names into the anxious
creme. who as members of the investigating
body itself, have done yeoman but futile work
to bolster up the Cox ebulitions.
The only result of these tactics has been
TO hold off the threatened issuance of sub
poena for Mr.. Cox until too late to catch him
before he started his long trip through the
West. For this respite Democrats will
give much thanks, but it is hardly likely that
the charges can be kept in suspended ANNA
tion till after election day.
Next Tuesday the committee will resume
Its sessions, but the one man who. according
to National Chairman White, knows what
Is back of the Cox charges. will not be pres
ent as he should be in all manliness. He
will be out West trying to sell the natives
what Jay House calls snake doctor medi-
cine.
That's the measure of the man fOiSted on
the Democratic party at the Golden Gate
BY Charley Murphy, Tom Taggart, jim Nu-
gent and George Brennan as perfect party
antidote to Mr.. Wilson. Didn't they know
how to pick?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. On two occasions DR.. Henry 8, Tanp.y
rasted for forty days. After slIcces-s
fully performing the feat in MInfA-
apolis iu 1877 he repeated IL in N4<
York In 1880. His first food on breaS
ing MS fast was peach, followed by
generous slice of watermelon Tanner
lived to be more than ninety years
2. There are 150 psalms In the Bible
j. Sesame ~ an annual herbaceous tropical
ana subtropical plant with seeds used
In various ways as food and Yielding
an oil for salads.
4. AS regards volume of water, the Zambesi,
IN South Africa Niagara and the
Curitiba In Brazil. are considered the
WORLDS greatest waterfalls.
8. Thomas Grey was the author of the
famous "Elegy Written In Country
g. Key West Is a corruption of the Span
ish "Cayo Hueso," Bone Reef.
7, Philadelphia and vicinity Is the Americas
headquarters Of cricket
3. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier was a oeis-
brated French chemist, the father Of
modern chemistry and the re'ormer OF
chemical nomenclature. He fell a VIC
tim to the Reign of Terror In the
French Revolution and was gulllotined
0. Ionic architecture IL distinguished by
columns whose capitals are carved into
scrolls.
10. John Adams was the first American Pres
ident 70 fall of reelection Hs wa1 ds~
feated py Thomas Jefferson In lsses
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
herself guiltless of similarly dangerous pro

herself gultless Of similarly dangerous pro-
cedure.
OF course Toxic was well behaved toward
its American visitors. Things have by no
means reached pass where any other con-
duct can be sanely expected. One way for
japan and America to adjust the problems
in which they are both concerned is to get
over the nonsense Of being surprised at each
others moderation.
Trumped-up tension cannot long survive
the reciprocal recognition of ordinary cour-
tesy as unworthy of astonshment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
Philadelphia. Saturday. September 4, 1920
A FOUR-yEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

= Things on which the people expect the new
tion TO concentrate Its attention;
The DeidiUdre rivcr bridge.
drudock big enough to accommodate the
largest ships,
Development Of the rapid transit system.
convention huN.
building Jor the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the Tdtcr supply.
Homes to dccontm Oddte the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

QUIZ
- Fo wnat republic was II customary
ior persons to address each other as
citizen or citizeness?
2 Who was David Garrick and In what
century did he live? " ""N'
o. IN what state are the Ozark mountains7
e. Which was the first Of the nations of the
the world war? -
Russia? VI So''o'
8. Who wrote the patriotic story, "The Man
Without a Country? ''''
word lichen? VI Wv
g. Who was the last American r,rss,aont
VINO served in the Civil War?
D. "mat mh,t are , the three main divisions of ths
10 What is the name of the mayor of Cork
VINO Is now on hunger strike?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

Governor Cox is now touring the West
in the hope that he can persuade the states
that voted for Wilson to vote for him. Bnt
Wilson carried the states on the boast that
he had "kept us out of war; and the voters
have not forgotten that n few months later
he confessed that he had known for long
time that we should have to get into the
war. They were fooled once and are shy OF
boasters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

Friends of the latest embezzler who
went wrong in filtration with the vamp
called Chance boast that he made at least
one killing on the races. What could the
vamp say Of her own score If she could see
him now?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

The impoverished Board Of Education
seems to be reduced almost to the necessity
of finding sermons In stones, books In the
running brooks" No encouragement will
be be registered by the returning pupils. any.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

A danger point was reached when coal
prices went to $15 ton in Philadelphia: In
no estimate does il appear that the labor
cost of production is much more than So.
In some instances men who know the busi-
ness of mining thoroughly insist that the
labor cost averages only a little more than
50.
Where does the money go? 1t is shown
now and shown clearly that for every dollar
added to the retail price of anthracite to
meet increased rail or wage charges some
Of the producers have been tacking on an
additional dollar for themselves.
II was in last April that a question Of
increased wages for miners was submitted to
a new commission appointed by the Presi
dent. So coal went up dollar ton on the
spot in order that any wage award made
retroactive to April might be met by the
operators without loss.
Until Colonel Mccain went to the anthra-
cite regions the public did not realize that
the operators had a melon of 500. 900 900
left from this special tax to be divided after
all increases and back pay ordered by the
coal commission had been paid. Yet now
the price Of coal is higher in retail markets
than It ever was before. It was boosted
again only the other day by the freight rate
increase.
With another strike the consuming public,
caught between miners and operators is be-
tween the upper and the lower milestone.
Is it necessary to clamor for a new con
grcssional Investigation?
Are the mine owners trying to help the
industrial revolutionists who seek to COM
pei an unwilling people to nationaize the
mines?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

esses of government by which they are af.
fected for good or in. That right will one
day be asserted, and IL may even be asserted
in disagreeable ways IL mine owners retire
to the comfortable privacy of their inner Of
fees in every emergency--a sort of privacy
that strikers cannot know--and send secrc-
taries to dismiss the inquiring representa-
tiyes of public opinion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

Mrs. Walter II. Thomson differs from
the men in politics, for she says that when
she takes up the newspapers she is afraid
she will see her name In print. The men
are afraid they won't.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

The immigrants who arrived In town on
the Chinese Prince this week are not likely
to be troubled by politicians seeking to ge,
them to vote. They were animals for the
ZOO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

Sugar continues to come down. but 4,
has long way to fall before 1t reaches tho
prices of good old days when a dollar wa,
worth hundred cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

water. water everywhere" they cried,
after the prohibition raid at Wildwood yes
terday, "and not a drop to drink" !"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

The women learned that registering wa,
easy. Or course, it was. The law puts no
insuperable obstacle in the way of a citizen
who wishes to vote. 'A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

The alliance of coal and purse consump.
tion is one Of the most discouraging ever
formed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

After all, the real bulwark of American
home life is sky kissing theatre prices and
''service" charges in the restaurants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

From the perils of drowning at Monte
Carlo, Mary Garden, it Is said; barely"
escaped Belief Is not difficult.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

The congressman who were surprised
because nobody attacked them in Toxic evil
IDENTIFY forgot that they weren't at home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
SHORT CUTS

Condensed gratitude after the So res.
cue: Alta buoy!''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04

These are the days when nobody loves