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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
ACCUSED OF MURDER
IN QUAKER CITY
George Young. Negro Soldier,
Identified by Widow of His
Victim.

IL developed this morning that the
Negro George W. Young, arrested earlier
in the week for assault and battery on q
Negress. is wanted by the Philadelphia
authorities on a charge Of murder, he
being alleged 20 have killed William Cor
nish. also Negro. October 25, last year, IN
Philadelphia
The local authorities shortly after
Young's arrest learned that he was wanted
by the Philadelphia authorities The
case was taken up with them and this
morning City Hall Detective James Null
graw. of Philadelphia, accom- ranled by
Cornish's widow came to this city and
identified the Neg as he IAN wanted.
Yolng's correct name Is Robert Branch,
alias Gunpowder, alias Sullivan. After
beng confronted by COrnishs 5 widow,
Branch is alleged to have admitted com
mitting the crime.
Last October %. Branch and Cornish
il Is said we're engaged IN crap game at
Twcnty-eighth and Gordon streets. In
this game, Cornish Won Branchs money
Later that afternoon Branch came to
Cornish home looking for Cornish, and
when told that he was out started looking
for him and when he came upon him at
Thirtieth and Ridge avenue, he, i IS
alleged fired upon him with a revolver
and Cornish died "a the Northwestern
General hopital November |
Brandishing the revolver no one at
tempted to take Branch INTO custody
and he disappeared until picked up by
Detectives Riley and Johnson Of the local
force. This morning Branch talked freely
about himself. whistling and singing in
his cell at the police station tie said he
had been in Virginia for some time and
that when he returned to this city a
Negress informed the police that he was
wanted on q murder charge.
Branch served about twenty eight
months in the army the greater portion
Of which was in France in Colonel Hay
ward s regiment He was wounded Ut
the battle Of ChateaI-1hIerry and also
while on the Champagne front, when the
Negro troops were brigaded with the
French troops. After his service in
France he was brought back to this
country and sent To Camp Dix, n. j.,
where he was in the convalescent hospital
for q number Of months.
Branch has waived requsiti0u and will
likely be taken back to Philadelphia this
afternoon by Detective Mulgraw. The
charge of assault and battery against
Branch was delayed in Municipal Court
until the Philadelphia authorities could
identify the man. and it is expected that
this charge will be dropped by the local
authorities
Branch was talkative while il his cell.
telling particularly about his army ser
vice, Of which he was very pioud
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
J. \. DANNY HONORtO
BY FELLOW BANKERS
Dinner Guest and Recipient OF
Silver Service III Celebration OF
His S0th Anniversary.

At the testimonial banquet rendered
John II Dandy president of the Union
National Bank last night leaders N bank
ing circles Joined with tho board II dlrec-
tors ~ the bank in expressing thr fegard
in which Mr. DANNY ls held
Those IN attendance at the aifnlr,
which was held NJ tho Wilmington tonn-
try Club. 10 celebrate the fiftleth annl-
vcrsarv of Mr. Dauhyr connection With
the bank we're James Winchester, otho
Novlnnd Gregg DANNY former Senator
Willard Salisbury. Charles q Rupert.
AleNander J Creighton. J hester t'ih-
son. Charles Patterson ] II Nhtenan
and George g lnhdrll
A silver service. the gift of the directors.
was presented % the guest gf the oecasion
after tho dinner Ex-senator Salisbury
making the presentation speech. ~ which
he reviewed the long career Of NJ DANNY
"a \ banker and expressed the high regard
in which he Is held hY his associates aF 2
citizen Of tho highest tvre. combining the
hest IN business practis, with the noblcst
qualities ~ a gentleman Addresses wore
made also bv MesBrs Winchester " White-
man Nowland and Creighton. and by
Mr. DANNY, who epoko foelingly IN
appreciation Of the honor done him
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
BRUNSON GIL BERT,
EXPRESS DRIVER,
ACCUSED OF THEFT
Charged With Stealing Articles
Said to be Worth in the Ag
gregate, $4,000,
HELD FOR GRAND JURY

Brunson Gilbert. Is wears old, waived
a hearing in Municipal Court this morn
ing on the charge Of stealing $1,000 worth
Of goods consigned to the American Rail
wav Express Co, by which he was en-
plovcd, and was held in 81, 500 bail for
trial in the Court Of General Sessions.
About s.. 500 worth Of the goods have hecn
recovered. and Gilbert has bccn telling he
police Of the Whereabouts Of much Of the
rest
Cabinet monographs, automobile tires.
grandfather clocks and tables are in
cluded in the property now IN the police
station. which Gilbert is charged with
taking. The goods recovered also include
a tvpewr;c.. bicycle, sofa pillows, mantel
clock. silk dresses. mgfis, toilet sets and
many smaller articles.
Gilbert was a driver for the company
and. IL is charged loaded tho missing
property on ms wagon AZ various times
when he was loading other goods from
the platform AZ French street station.
He admits. il IS said, that he took propert Y
from time To time over period ot about
year
When the express company began to
notice extensive losses Of goods shipped
to Wilmington. II notified the police dc
parflnent, which detailed Detective Frank
]. Nahonev on the case AS the lnvestl-
CATION proceeded he was assisted 10y f J.,
Kaiser. Robert Evans. William 7. Smith,
Charles Ebbecks and Frank HIM, en-
plovcs Of tho company
Gilbert gave himself away the police
declare. not by any lack Of caution during
working hours. but bv living too high in
his leisure time lie sportcd an auto
mobile Of hrs OVID II Is declared, and has
dress and amusencntS were such as only
s man Of large income can afford.
When he was arrested last night. Gill
bert led the detectives. 1T Is said. TO the
hiding places where much of the missing
goods was stored Some Of II was found
at a house in the 400 block on South Har-
rison street. some on Riddle avenue and
some at shop u ElsmeTc
An automobile was seized hy Deputy
Sheriff John II Parker tins morning on
an attachment sworn out by the express
COMPANY. as the property of Gilbert
Gilbert IS being further examined at he
police station todav. in the hopes that
some additional articles may be located
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
I TO 10 ARE LOST
WHEN EAGLE BOAT
UPSETS IN RIVER
Capsizes in Squall Below New
Castle at Height of
Storm.
VESSEL WAS TOPHEAVY

At the height of the electrical ram and
hail storm Yesterday afternoon. the T.
naval submarine tender taelo 20,
enroute 10 Philadelphia from Key West
with n crew of about seven officers ana
sixtv-6ve men. capslzcd in the Delaware
riycr about two miles south OF New Castle
Eve witnesses Of the accident from the
Delaware street wh7rf at New Castle,
say the quart cTmaster or sherman III
charge of the vessel must have become
confused for while steering head into the
storm. the vessel suddenly swerved and
tho next instant capsizod. ne snip
commander was Lieutenant COMMANDER
VI r. Pierce.
OF the crew the missing are varlousiS
estimated at from seven TO hiteen men
lost All officers were accounted Tor at
~ o'clock last night Forty-thrce men
answered roll call NJ the navy yard at
pbiladeIphia Ono man died at Hog
Island after being rescued from the hold
of the shin Two others arc SAID to have
been rescued bv a lifcboat from nearby
lighthouse. No accurate estimate can
bc made until the ships muster roll is
received from Washington.
From the accounts of sailors and officers
who saw mon going down and who recalled
faces in their last struggle the following
list Of casualties may be considered 70
he fairly accurate.
Chief Ycomau Hancock. reported
drowned while being hauled 10 safety by
Commander Pierce
Robert Riley. seaman, bridgeport,
Conn.
John Lamb. chief machinist's mate
Philadelphia, -
Robert Myers. chief electrician. Chad
wick street, Philadelphia.
Paul Davis. seaman, Springfield. Mass
Robert Ross Houston, seaman, Bristol
Tenn
Wilson. wardroom cook Key West
John Brand, fireman, of Philadelphia,
died at Hog Island
Ivev Griffith, mess cook, Bluefeld,
w Va
At the Commandant's office at League
Island II was stated over the telephone
this afternoon, that but two mon. Brandt
and Riley were known to he dead. What
has happened to the Others is not known
and thev are listed rs missing. There arc
seven Of them.
No attempt has been made to open the
oa,sizad boat for fear Of an explosion. IL
i. not known where the gases are IN the
vessel. and until this fact is determined no
effort will be made 20 search for the bodies.
BOAT LOADED UNTIL IT WAS Tor HEAVY.
The Faele-25 is one of the emergency
ships built at the Ford plants during the
war. 1t is well over 200 feet long, quite
narrow and is midsize between dest rover
and sub chaser II left Key West
week ago Thursday. with five submarines
Of the X type from the Philadelphla Navy
lard.
With its decks loaded heavily With
machinery and supplies, II began tho
voyage with a five-degree list, officers
and men say. and when the squall struck
4. the vessel went over without an in
,tants warning The vessel Is described
as top heavy, drawing only ten feet Of
water. while its bridge Is thlrty-thrcc
sect above the water line.
Forty mon werc on deck and plunged
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
GEN. WOOD INSISTS
HE WILL BE CHOSEN
Manager Shows He Has Gained
on Every Ballot Cast
Yesterday.
nv Associated Press to Every Evening

Coliseum Chicago. June II launch
ing into its fifth hnllot today IN search q 2
nominee for the presidency the Ropubli-
ran National Convention Haa expected -
have somc further fesfs u strength be-
tween Towdon. Wood and Johnson. then
If necessary turn n Tho string ~ dark
hoface
The all-nghf conferences among leaders
bad put senator Harding of Ohio, ~ the
head of the dark horse group
All night long and carly his morning
the heads IL various groups we're con
forring md the trend of most u The
conferences aecmed 20 ho % find spme way
70 turn wood and Iowdcn strength r.
Harding
The ieadors. worm and zlooplcss wero
late n rcarhng convention hall but nc
delegates camo early hoping to s"o the
thing finished hat theg might get sway
for horne t0dav
Senator Harry Now, chairman of the
Indiana delegation sald on arriving ~
convention hall that the switch which
everyone vas looking for. probably would
como after the second ballot of the dav
Other carly arrivals declared the Wood
column probably would show fifty more
votes on the first ballot friday han L
did on the lng vofa Yesterday hose
persons argued that Wood must he con-
sidercd 4 strong contender 81 Tong ae he
lost no delegates and hey said' there
were no signs Of defcctions
The eariy speculation on possible
changra In position centered around New
York md Pennsylvania-
Major Frank n Knox If New Hamp
SHIRE floor leader for tho Wood forces,
SAID on reaching convention hsli
General Wood viii gain n every bal
lot today The big Jump will come when
We arc able to break into thr Johnson vote
where most If our reserves lie
"Ff PENNSYLVANIA breaks from onToul tho
delegates cannot BE delivered to any
handpicked candidate We have TIT q
strength there
When the convention was called n
order the New York delegation was still
0lt irving to determine what ~ do with
is vote The Indiana delegates raucused
on the floor
As the men whn conducted the dark
horse conferences arrived il was said the
situation was unchanged md thar the
attempt IL nominate senator Harding
would be continued some ot the men run
nlng the I.owden campaign on the floor
predicted that the convention would keep
right on halloting until the l-owden total
passed Wood s.
Bishop Nicholson, Of Chicago offered
the PRAYER today
Tha sixth ballot heiFed IoHdcn,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
RAID CIGAR STORE
AND FIND LIQUOR
John Glynn's Place at Front and
Madison Prey of Prohibition
Officers.

The second liquor raid in two successive
DAYS took place this morning when Fed
eral and county officers raided the cigar
store Of John Glynn, at Front and Madi-
son streets, seizing a quantity Of ~ Ior
found in d room in rear Of the store. Those
in the party making the raid were Federal
Prohibition Officers Howard J Relnhardt-
Charles Bromfeld and l. II. Melvin,
Constables -sBi1" Tinsman and Luclus
Jones and Special Agent Frank T. Haley
of the Law and Order Society,
Mr. Haley this morning secured the
search warrants from Magistrate J.. j..
Broman and armed with these and accom-
panied by the other officers made the raid
The seized liquor was placed in Bill
Tinsman's "Aivyer, and with Mr.. II dey
the prec Gus ca go was removed to the Old
Federal Bu 4ing, Sixth and King streets
Early tins afternoon Mr.. Haley said
that no warrant had been issued for
Glynns arrest, but that one would be
made this afternoon. charging Glynn with
having and storing liquor for sale Or
barter Some Of the seized liquid will
have 20 be analyzed TO determine IT'S
alcoholic contents.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
Big Three Still Running Close Together Wood Drops Few
and Harding Shows Trifle More Strength Butler Out
of Race and Lowdeu Gets Most of Delegates; Delaware
Sticks to du Pont Pennsylvania to Sproul
HARBOR WORK MAY
co ON AFTER ALL
Bill Passed by Congress Allow7
Some Funds That Can be
Drawn Upon

According - information received from
Washington to-day ho work m the
Christians and tho development II VII
miugtou's rort project az planned 4"
tbe Board ~ Harbor Commissioners w'li
moi be clirtniled. az il a reported that
hill appropriainR Sl2 O00 0D0 for rIvrr
and harbor work has hoeu IrrcJ hE rc
President and although ~ alhs'Bn'ia'
amount uill likely ~ to Tho ioral 7'ri
states Trafrict Engineer ofHrc fhc f1air-
tonanrr work now Under rar tho di7
irict sill ~ continued
Ann preparation ~ st00 nG0 -vas mad
FIR preliminary survey uork II ro
nifed States and tbc Wilmington
Office will bo mahla ~ drar 81 .his fund for
tho prclirnjnnrv examination ~ III pro-
I,osed port development Ihie examine
sion viii lkrv ~ uade ~ ar rary datc
4D thaf tho sirvot nud thn rrronrnds-
irons sriil hr presented ~ The next zr-sipr.
of Cunurezs which meets "a Drrrnh~r
Jo -orna -rnc X herd been thought that
he hilI Ind brcn defeated II GnngYcs
buf ruling III Atforre- General Palmer
giving the President ton davz M .lgn ra
bin. taz made and fhTz enabled t1o
measure q become ap although Z vas
thought hat The hlI HAD been left a
conference without bcirg acted lpon hy
Gongezs
The hin repealed ne provision II fhe
former Rivers and Harhorz bin pro-
hihitinR work IN any projects ri vhch
the present cost would In more thau
80 per cent estimated cost This will per-
init tho expenditure III about Sin0 OO0
remaining ~ the ~ O0n 600 appropriation
made hy TIE session of Congress last wear
for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
work The remaining funds will be nend
ln preparation IF the bridge projects along
the canal, a. exhaustive surveys will Bave
10 be made before the construction Gf the
several new bridges along the waterway
There viii not likely Re any funds avail
able for development work On the canal
however as the amount appropriated bv
the bill II ~ small thar il wit likely bo
Used only FIR the maintenance of govern
mcnt projects now under way
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
JUNE WEATHER RECORDS
BROKEN BY HEAT WAVE
Mercury at % Yesterday, Hottest
of the Year; Tumbles IN Storm
to Rise Again Today.

Yesterday WAS the hottest day for carly
June In more than ten years, aecordl ngto
the weather records. The mercuty bubble
mounted To o. soon after noon and was
still ascending when freak storm arrived
and So jolted the thermometer that It fell
to 6S within an hour At one period when
haul began falling the drop was 10 degrees
III II minutes
Under the purifying, clarifying effects
ol the violent thunder storm the intense
heat vas dsslpated before dinner time
when the tlotkis cleared away only . re-
appear later as the background 81 a
renetuion of m electric storm Of unlisu3l
intensity that must have reminded the
American Legion men Of the Hun drive
at Nereltn or IN the Argonnc, - violent
were the long shafts of light that cat the
western skies and 50 terrifying we're the
roaring detanatlnns of the thunder
from all parts of the country come
reports OF intense heat Chicago, rs usual.
seems to be the center OF all hot-alT cur
rents and stories Of sweitcrug Republican
delegates stripped down TO almost 70 one
piece Sennett 5 are rife.
The mercury at Every Evening Office
at noon today recorded 50 degrees, with
every prospect Of yesterday high mark
being reached unless another cooling
storm arises, which seems to he threaten
ing. for late this afternoon.
Tie storm ot Yesterday was entirely
unheralded and unexpected for the Nash
mgton manWho scans the heavens every
morning al 10 0 clock failed to discern the
violent atmospheric disturbance that brok
violent atmospheric disturbance that
broke ON this community IN the afternoon.
The prediction for today. tonight and
Sunday is fair and continued warm,
ptohably.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
WONDERFUL SPORT,
SAYS DOROTHY DIX
Noted Woman Writer Tells How
il is at c.. o. p. Convention
When Balloting is On.
Special Dispatch 10 Every Evening
BY Dorothy Dix.
tconrrIghted 1910. by Wheeler syndicate J

copyrighted 1870. by Wheeler syndicate
COLISEUM. CHIcAoo, June l..
Who was il who said that horse racing
was sport Of kings? Poor pltiful little
pikcr. He had never attended a Presl-
dental convention, or else he would have
known that nominating candidate for
President IS the greatest sport IN the
world. for II is the making Of potential
ruler who will have far more power than
any king has in these days when the
king business is in bad way and down
on las luck. Figure to yourself the scene
where tins great game is taking place.
a huge hall abla1e with color, every
inch packed with tense humanity the
galleries gay with women IN hright sum
mer iinery, the floor of the auditorium
filled with men grouped under their
State standards. each OF whom i War
wick kingmaker. The speeches are
all over: the enthusiasm, real and manu-
featured. is over; the shouting and the
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
WILL MEET HERE.
Peninsula Horticultural Society
Accepts Chamber of Commerce
Invitation.

According to advices received by Viii
liam #. Budd. secretary of the Chamber
Of Commerce. the nest meeting Of the
Peninsula Horticultural Society will be
held in this city next fall. The executive
committee of the Society will meet In a few
davs. and there is every Indication that
the fall meeting will be held at the Hotel
du Pont.
The Chamber of CONNER e extended
an invitation to the Society to come here,
many months ago. The matter has been
under adyisement for some time One Of
the main difficulties was the question Of
accommodating the delegates which will
number about 400 There are not suffi-
cient hotel accommodations nd some OF
the delegates will either have TO 60 to prl-
vate homes or else return home each night.
The date of the convention has not been
fixed. but it is likely that November l6 or
November 80.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
WALTER HULl|HEN
FOR PRESIDENT OF
DELAWARE COLLEGE
Trustees, at Annual Meeting To
day. Doubtless Will Elect
Southern Instructor.
SUCCEEDS DIR. MITCHELL
stan Correspondence Of Every Evening

stan Correspondence Of Every Evening
NEWARK, June II.
Or. Walter Hullihen, dean of tho Uni
versity of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn,
doubtless will he elect d president OF
Delaware College at the annual meeting
of the Board Of Trustees, which Is being
held here today
DIR. Mitchell, the retiring president
came TO Delaware College IN September
1914 and is finishing his sixth year as
president lie resigns TO accept the chair
Of HISTORY and economies IN Richmond
College. Richmond. Va, where he spent
number Of wears before coming to New
ark He hns friends hy the hundreds, IN
Newark and throughout the State, who
regret his leaving Mrs Mitchell has also
made host of friends during her six
years stay in Delaware,
Dr Mitchell will remove TO Richmond,
with his family, probably late this sum
mcr The new president will move into the
dwelling that nr Mitchell vacatea, The
Knoll" which was purchased several
years ago hy the college for the president
of the institution
m. HrlLrHEN's CAREER.
Although a comparatively Young man,
Or Hullhen has had wide experience IN
educational work, mostly in tho south.
He is 45 wears Of age, having been horn IN
Staunton. Va, May 20. 1875. Tie gradual
cd from the University nf Virginia IN 1896
and the next year took postgraduate
course NJ that university lie was u post
graduate student at Johns Hopkins mi
versity. Baltimore. 1897 TO 1000 receiving
the degree of Doctor Of Philosophy there
in 1900. Hc studied at tho University 81
I 1tu n Munich
Rome.
DIR. Hullhen was married in 1907 tr
Miss Maude 4. Winchester Of Boston tie
served as an instructor Of Latin, German
and mathematics at the University 81
Virginia. and later was fellow teacher IN
Latin NJ Johns Hopkins From lnO2 e
1904 he was taught Latin and Greek at the
University of Schooner. Baltimore, and
was instructed IN the same subject at tbs
University Of Chattanooga, 1904 tC
1909. He went 20 the University Of tbs
South as instructor IN Greek IN 1909 and
became dean Of tho College Of Arts and
Science in 1912,
DIR. Hullhcn was director and owner Of
Camp Greenbrier Summer School m the
Allegheny Mountains, West Virginia. TIC
was president Of the Pennsylvania fhilo.
logical Association in 1909 and member Of
the executive committee Of the Classical
Association Of the Middle West and
South
The new president is q member Of the
American Pathological Association and the
Phi Beta Kappa and Delta PHI frateni-
tics In 1915 he was secretary and treasur-
or Of the Association Of southern Colleges
and Preparatory Schools and vas vice
nresident Of the Fourth District Of the
Southern intercollegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation in 1918 DR. Hulhhcn is q Demo
crat and is a member Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
A. p. NULL HIT BY CAR.
He and Driver Were Blinded by
Lightning While He Was Cross
ing Market Street.

AShmorc 7. Null of 81 West Thrtieth
street. while crossing the street at Twenty
fifth and Market last night during the
thunderstorm was run into and knocked
down bv an automobile, both he and the
driver Of the car being blinded b. the light
ning The car did not stop. therefore the
driver IS not known
Several persons witnessed the accident
and hurried 10 the injured man 5 assi :
tance He was taken 10 the office ot Dr
Norwood " Noss. at 2227 Market street
where his wounds were dressed and later
he was taken to his home. He il confined
to his bed His condition Is not considered
serious,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-12
DELAWAREANS At
SEA IN CHICAGO
With General du Pont Out Of the
Race They May Support
Harding.
special Dispatch 10 Every Evening

Chicago, Ill, June -
T. Coleman du Pont Is no longer IN the
race. The Delaware man admits this.
1t appears highly probable that the vote
of the Diamond State will 20 to Harding.
There Is little or no Wood or Lowden
sentiment in the delegation. Though
political expediency may suggest move
N either direction.
Iohrson is making a bid for Delaware
support. but Senator Ball said there was
little chance that the Californian would
meet with any success. Harding last
night listened to overtures from Cali
fornia. suggesting himself for Nlce-Presi-
dent, with johnson at the head OF the
ticket Somebody proposed du Pont for
Nice-President. with Johnson as his
chief When tins was called to the atten-
tion to the head OF the Delaware delega-
tlon. ne merely stared and passed on.
Judge Hastings was greatly disappoint-
cd. when at the request Of du Pont his
well-prepared speech, nominating Della
~rares favorlte son was not made to the
convention.