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Evening journal., 1920-07-13
SOCIAL AND PERSONALS


Miss Minnie Fineman, accompanied
by her aunt Mrs. Jennie schiller, left
on Sunday on an extended trip 10 The
Catskiils.
Friends Of Colonel George w. Sparks
and Mrs. Sparks. who with Mr. and
Mrs Charles A. Rudolph are spending
the summer al Nova Scotia. have
been Informed by ietters from the
members Of the party that they are
enjoying the cooler climate Of The
northern country TO a great extent
They are compelled TO sit by a fre-
side at night and use blankets when
sleeping.
During the past week the following
Wilmingtonians were registered at the
Hotel McAlpin. New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. p. Hastings, Mr..
and Mrs. s. T.. Means, c. r. Brown,
James ]. Cohen, Mr.. and Mrs. w. n
Libby, Mr. and Mrs. w. j. Webster
T. w Harris. A. NJ. Porter H. c. Gar
ner, Mr.. and Mrs. Q. @ Altman and
son. Il. ". Maynard. John T. Ardfs
c. A. Murphy, John ]. Peacock. Ed
ward n. pusey NJ NJ. Bondhoim, Mr..
and Mrs. +. ID. Dean. j. paccard Laird,
l.. Lion. r. 4. Lytle. p. Jobbins. g.
A. Whitehead. j. \. Ardis, H. r. Rich
ards. W. =. Hance, w. p. Wlnslow.
+ w. fIukill, r. e. DeSilvia. b. H.
Merchant. Hugo Schlatter, f. H..
Smith. c. r. Eastman, Miss A. r. Rich
ard Miss NJ. C. Greiner, p. Ross, l..
=. Good. r. A. Walter, g. II. Walter.
+. B huesus. Walter DOughcrty. Geo.
= Allmon, C. w. Ten Brock. r. NJ
Harrington, j. A. Graves C.. A. Hig-
gins, H. H. Bran. r. T. Wallace. T. p.
Pierce. Joseph Jiene Jacck.
Magistrate Gluckman returned yes
icr1ay from spending The weekend IN
New York where De went 60 accom-
pany his brother. Maurice Gluckman
who has taken The steamer Kronoland
Tor Liverpool. on the way 20 his home
-in johannesburg. South Afrioa
Mrs. George II. Jackson and two
dauEhters. Betty and Katherine, f09
West Twenty-frst street. left VIII
mington yesterday for Atlantic City.
where they WI spend The remainder
of the sumner months.
Miss Dora sexton spent last week
end IN Atlantic City az the summer
cottase Of Miss sara Malloy.
Miss Alice Spicer. OF SIS Jefrer-
son street. has returned from a visit
~ Mr. and Mrs. John W. F00ks. Jr
az Laurel.
r. J. AfoI.e9n. formerly of This
city, now Of Detroit. Mich. has been
appointed yice-chairman OF the com
nittee arranging for the Great Lakes
-st. Layrence Tidewater Congress
there, July 22-2h
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400 TnTr WIIu nrVnIVrn-

CHESTER Pa, July ~ William
McCann. ~ Ne, ioii Mary street,
caused much excitement in tho neigh
horhood Of his home when. thc police
say, he Ard a rVvolNcr at his wife
and chased her into the street Police
wcrc summoned and when Captain
Cummings opened The door. NicCann
pointed his gun at the officer who
grapplcd with and dlsarmcd The maj
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no EMPLOY EXTRA NURSE.

AZ a recent meeting OF the Green
Vile branch OF the Delaware Red
Cross. held at The home OF Mrs. Henry
b. Thompson BroOkwood. IL was de-
cidcd that a district nurse would be
engaged. This new oiilco Will be
sustained by contributions from
each member.
Evening journal., 1920-07-13
sERVICE MEETING TODAY.

A meeting OF the general committee
Of the Wilmington Community Service
Will be held In the City Council Cham
ber OF the Public Building at i.30
o'clock this afternoon. According to
Harold Keats, executive officer OF the
service. important business Will be
transacted
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pYLE.GnEENTIEIn-

Miss Mary Dorothy Pyle. a clerk In
the office OF the superintendent OF the
public buildings was married TO Cor
don L. Greenfield. Of Chester In Ep-
worth NJ h. parsonage Saturday night
maid and Wilmer Beck acted as best
man.
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AID sOCIETY pICNIc-

The Ladies' Aid Society of Easilake
NJ T. Church VIII hold picnic at the
bone of Mrs. Mona Halnes. near
New Castle. on Thursday Members
vii leava-tae corner Of -lloifrih and
MARKET streetss oA The 70 o'cf6cK car.
ioss tllne.
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KIWAJANS TO ATTEND
WASHINGTON CONNFNTToN.

Al its meeting tomorrow the XII
wants Club viii take up the question
Of the entertainment committee max
ing ARRANGEMENTS for an ouiing in
the near future. The club is plan
ming to start a membership campaign.
on October Q. the club Will attend
the convention Of The Capitol District
In Washington Wives OF members
VIII go on the trip. too. An elaborate
program OF entertainment Is helng
pianed by Washington Kiwanians.
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ans Hall. 9i3 Walnut stroet aud Grant
In thc home OF an lnnrm member.
william a. Blake 693 West fuorlh
street
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to prevent city hail and held IN
arraigned before Magistrate Ie4.55
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Mrs. George III. Jackson and two
dauEhters. Betty and Katherine, f09
West ITyenty-0rst street. left VIII
mington yesterday for Atlantic City.
where they WI spend The remainder
of the sumner months.
Evening journal., 1920-07-13

Miss Dora sexton spent last week
end IN Atlantic City al the summer
cottaEe Of Miss sara Maiioy.
Evening journal., 1920-07-13

Magistrate Gluckman returned yes
icrday from spending The weekend IN
New York. where De went 90 accom-
plny his brother. Maurice Gluokman
who has taken the steamer Kronoland
Tor Liverpool. on the way 90 his home
IN JohannssDurg. South Afrioa.
Evening journal., 1920-07-13

Miss Alice Spicer. OF SIS Jeffer-
son street. has returned from a visit
~ Mr. and Mrs. John W. F00ks. Jr
az Laurel.
Evening journal., 1920-07-13

r. J. Nlol.e1n. formwly of his
city, now Of Detroit. Mich. has been
appointed vice-chairman OF the com
mlttoe arranging for the Great Lakes
--St. Lawrence Tidewater Congress-
there, July 22-2f
Evening journal., 1920-07-13

Miss Minnie Finoman, accompanied
by her aunt Mrs. Jennie schiller. left
on Sunday on an extended trip 10 The
Catskiils.
, 1920-04-29
Continued from tst page

~ OhN1 bAIoI u IdO O-OOII1C CA&CNNlhSlJ
necessary that report be made. Nj An
dersen alluded to Saturday when the
mails arrive and it takes some time"
to distribute them, letters being received
too late for reply by return of the boat.
He would like to know if a few marines
could not be detailed to he post office so
as to relieve he difficulty. That is so
far the substance of what Mr.. Andersen
sad. Now let US com care conditions as
they existed in the postal service under
the Danish administration and as they
are now; | refer to ChriStiansted, al
though the same comment in a relative
sense may apply to Frederiksted and
K%lngshlll. In the time of the Danish
government there was a postmaster and
two clerks; the postmaster was also col
lectOr Of customs, received no salary as
postmaster, and Was mostly so engrOSs-
ed with the #uties Of the customs depart
ment hat for all practical purposes he was
postmaster only nOminally. The clerks
were paid salaries jointly from the customs
and postal departments which being
amalgamated were run by one staff of
officers, the chief clerk of the customs
being also chief clerk of the post office
and the writer Of the customs being
likewise post office clerk. At present
there is a postmaster and two clerks
working exclusively in the service of
the postal establishment, the postmas,
ter being not merely an official signing
papers. but a real worker handling mail
bags and giving the public the quickest
service he can. In the Danish regime
there were at most 4 to 6 overseas mails
per month, each consisting of an average
of 10 sacks during the duller seasons of
The year, and from Is to 22 bags in the
busy Xmas season; today we have eight
to ten overseas mails a month each com
prising 40 to 80 bags in the dull months,
and from Is to 100 bags in the Xmas
season. Before the transfer the mails
came to the island in sacks labelled st
CroiX" and had to be re-W0rked and
separated at Frederiksted for dispatch
to Christiansted and Kingshill. In those
uays little or no mail came via Porto
Rico, and what did come was usually
worked up at st. Thomas and forwarded
ready for Distribution at each office in
St. CrOiX. Today that is not the case.
When an American mail came to Fred
eriksted in former years it took several
hours to assert and distribute it, mean
while the Office was closed to the public;
the sale of stamps, money orders and all
other business being suspended while a
noisy crowd kept. a hustle and turmoil
that could he heard for blocks around.
Since the American postal system is in
operation the mails for St. CrOix are re-
, 1920-04-29

was performed Dy a motor GOAT anu TIE
mail reached here on Saturday mornings,
or In event the motor boat had not reach
ed St. Thomas before the departure OF
the mail-schooner, it came here the fol-
lowing Wednesday. The Post Office
Department has advertised and readver-
tised for power boat service hat none has
been offered, and the result is that a sail
beat is on the route between Porto Rico and
Frederiksted. While this appears insOme
respects to be a less efficient service it is
a fact that the motor boat formerly en-
plOyed would nave afforded little ii any
better connections owing TO the fact that
the mail service 1etWeen the States and
Porto Rico is not as regular as it used to be
and invariably the boat for Chrisliansted
would have alre1dy sailed from ST. hon.
as when the one with the Porto Rico
mails arrived there. and so instead OF
having to wait until Wednesday as would
be the case the Old way we now get the
mail by a through boat although it does
not get here until Saturday and
times Sunday. If Mr.. Andersen had Ii
rected his criticism against the sail boat
service or proposed some method of get
ting the overseas mail here earlier or of
attOrdlng US longer opportunity for reply
he would have been nearer the mark. Il
would have been more practical ii Mr..
Andersen had proposed instead of ma
rines assisting in the post offices, hat a
sub-chaser be put on the route to
bring the mails quickly, as it would
be a physical impossibiiity to assert
and deliver mails before thew are receiv-
ed. | hold and will repeat that the mail
service as it stands today is by far more
efficient than it used to be and as regards
the delay in asserting mails here, ia SO
much as to require the services OF ma
rines, deny absolutely that S CD is the
case, for the largest mail IS handled
promptly and efficiently as soon as it is
received. The reason that the mail is
not received here u. til so la @ on Satur-
d Us is due somewhat to the fact that the
mail trio from Frederiksted does not
start from there until 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon, and mOreso to the irregular
arriVa! OF the mail boat with the overseas
mail.
Some people still continue 10 advocate
the letter carrier system bat very few look
for it any more since the majority are
quite accustomed to call at the office and
get their mail promptly instead of going
about the streets hunting up the post
man. This is The only respect in which
| can think Of the former service being
in any way more complete than the pres
ent, but as already shown there are more
than features enough to offset the little
advantage gained through this.
, 1920-04-29

dressed to kIngSntll most Ct the Indll
for that office being addressed to the
estates in the district which are not
known to the New York foreign station
and consequently such mail is for
Warded to Christiansted under the ar
rangement chat all mail not address
ed to FrederiksCed .shalI be forwarded
to Christiansted. Persons finding incon-
veniencA through this arrangement nay
have it immediately obVlated by advising
their correspondents to address their mail
to whichever office will serve their route
first. The delivery OF mail at the Chris
tiansted Office is today made in the mini
mum space Of time after it arrives, and IN
no instance can | recall that the hand ing
of the largest mail has occupied more than
one nOur, during which time, ii it be within
the regular hours of business, STAMPS
are sold, money orders are issued and
paid and patrons are given general post
office service. The installation OF letter
boxes and the improvement IN the equip
nlent of the office came with the Amerl-
can administration as did The reduction
of box rent, the money order exchange
with the United States whereby the pub
lie is afforded the hitherto unknown facili-
ty of making direct remittances at small
cost; the reduction OF postage from 5 TO
\ SlLO liz SOII S&lA(INS VI IN R0ICNA
post system by which parcels weighing
up to 70 pounds may be sent for
about a cent a pound and insured at
small additional expense; the increase Of
indemnity paid for the loss Of registered
mail, are all innovations Of the American
postal service. But 10 prove that it is
utterly impossible for the distribution
of mail to occupy longer time now than
under the Danish system it should be
noted that the Danish system was far
more compIicatt d and required the keep
ing of books Of record for the receipt and
delivery OF registered and parcel post mail
and money orders as we'll as the issuing
OF notices for the latter ali of which had
to be written up before distribution to
the publ C could begin; today none OF
those records are required or kept. in
other words before the public could get
a registered letter, it had 10 be entered
in a book and a slip written FIR it; to-
day only the slip is used. Tor Uncle Sam
does not believe in expanding material or
energy when the same can as wei! be
conserved. In former times before par
GELS could be delivered from the post
office the Customs had to assess duties
on the contents. sometimes a pair OF
shoes, the people going back and form
from the post Office to the customs and
from the customs 10 the posi- Office wear
ing out the pair of shoes they had on
before they could get the new pair. Today
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
BORAH W|THDRAWS
HARDING SUPPORT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.--Senator
Borah, Republican, Idaho, has writ
ten Republican headquarters at New
York and Chicago asking that no
more speaking dates be made for him
in the Republican presidential cam
paign. 49,.
Senator Boral1 also has telegraphed
to Senator Johnson, Republican. Cali
fornia, another of the league of ma
lions irreconcilables, and is awaiting
a reply. Mr.. Bortth declined to dis
cuss the message, but there We're
reports that 1t had to do with the
league OF nations issue.
Senator Borah recently completed
speaking tour in the interest of
the candidacy OF Senator Harding.
There was no explanation here today
of the reason for his messages to
the New York and Chicago Repub-
lican headquarters, other than re-
ports that he and other league, OPP
ponents had become disquietcd by
the attitude of many party Leaders
to the league covenant as drawn at
Versailles and submitted to the SEN
ale by President Wilson. !.
The senator himself would not dis
Cuss the matter. Senator Borah is
known to have received and devoted
much study TO the international court
plan as brought BACK from Europe
by Elihu Root, of New York, who
helped to draft it, and it was learned
today that the senator is opposed to
the plan. His opposition was said
to be based largely on the ground
that the court was designed as a part
Of the machinery of the league of ma
tons.
The Idaho senator will remain in
Washington the rest of this week and
then will 90 to Connecticut to speak
in support of the candidacy Of Sen
ator- Brandigee, another league ir-
reconcilable, who is offering for re-
election to the senate.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
TEXAS HOUSE PASSES
PORT STRIKE BILL
Action on Election Measure
Urged by Speaker.

AUSTIN, Tex, oct. 1.-The house
today passed the bill proposing more
stringent laws relating to industrial
troubles at ports by a vote of So to
90. This was nine votes less than
the number required to give the
measure the emergency clause.
The bill was amended on third
reading to provide that only when
violence or force is used in viola
ton of the proposed act shall the
offense be q felony and to provide
that the change. of venue section
shall not abridge the defendants
right to apply for a change of venue.
The speaker announced there was
bare quorum in the house and a
3 strong sentiment to adjourn sine die
Saturday. lie urged the members
to pass the election bill and get it
to a free conference committee. He
appealed for enough votes on some
kind Of an election measure to give
it the emergency clause, and de-
clared that unless emergency legis-
lation concerning elections is passed,
this session of the legislature will
be a farce. He also declared he will
hold quorum by, such methods as
are necessary until the election bill
is disposed of
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
DECISION,
IN SUFF POLL
TAX CASES SOON

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Oct. LA de-
cision within a few days as to the
constitutionality of the act exempt
ing women from payment of poll
taxes is expected to be given by the
state supreme court here. The ques-
ton is involved in the case of the
state of Tennessee. ex RI, VS.. A. Il.
Bell, trustee, ct al. known as the
poll tax case from Davidson county
This is a most important case, in
TIE opinion of lawyers, and involved
the question as to whether women,
Grder the Nineteenth amendment TO
the federal constitution which pro-
Eibits discrimination on account Of
sex, are required to pay poll tax to
vote in the coming election Novem-
Der 2.
In presenting his argument that
women are subject to poll tax the
same as men, Col. Acltles argues that
while there is~no statute directing
th county trustees to assess women
for poll tax, or authorizing him to
accept the payment of the poll from
them. yet If the mandate of the Nine
teenth amendment, which prohibits
discrimination on account of sex, is
not to be set aside ana for nothing
payment Of poll tax from women
where voluntarily made, and to re-
port all such payments to the next
general assembly of Tennessee.
Col. Acklen cited the fact that the
state law requires men over 81 and
under so years of age to furnish a
satisfactory evidence Of the payment
of poll tax as prerequisite of vot-
ing and does not REQUIRE women to
furnish this evidence. He then in
CURED If such discrimination on ac-
count of sex is prohibited by the
Nineteenth amendment.
when poll taxes were first i'm
posed upon men, women had few
property and no political rights" he
said, these facts, unquestionably
secured women at that time immun-
ity from such taxation. Today wo-
men stand on parity with men in
both respects. Their rights are the
same, their obligations should be
equal"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
REVIVE CHAIR GAMING
IN NEW ICELAND TOWNS

BOSTON. Oct. I. (By Interna-
tional News Service. )--One Of the re-
suits OF the war In New England
has been a tremendous revival In the
practice OF Gaming" as making cane
seats for chairs is termed. Prices OF
chairs have risen so tremendously
that the general public has stopped
buying and repairing has been the
general order. In several parts OF
Massachusetts and Maine are rem
nants OF the once powerful tribes OF
Indians who now thrive by doing
work In cane, and during the past
year they have reaped harvest. In
York. Maine, one Indian family boasts
the first automobile owned by any
member of the tribe. and this has
been secured through the efforts oil
the family in the Gaming line.
And out of this sudden craze Tor
Gaming. n genuine demand for manu- :
featured cane work has grown up.
At Gardner one furniture firm now
has nearly 100 hands doing nothing
but Gaming. The new industry OF
diagonal cane weaving has just been
started at Hubbardston, with %
women reporting for work. Teachers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
st. Louis Cooks And
Walters Walk Out

81 LoUIS Oct. Hotels, clubs
and restaurants here were affected
today by the strike Of cooks, walters
and soda dispensers, which started at
midnight as result of the action
of the Hotel and Restaurant Keepers
association inaugurgeing the open
shop" policy aud refusing demands
for wage increases.
Union Officials declared approx
mately 2,200 men and women We're
in the ranks of the strikers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
ASLEEP, MAN HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
WHEN HOME BURNS

To Smith. special agent for the
Illinois Central railroad, brother of
former Chief of Detectives smith.
narrowly escaped death at 1880
Thursday Afternoon. when he failed to
awaken In his burning home at High
land Heights.
The origin Of the fire is not known.
Neig lbors saw flames on the roof of
me dwelling, and knowing that Mr..
smith usually was asleep at that
time Of the day, as he is employed
as night special agent, went to- find
They discovered him asleep in his
room. The residence was so com
Pletely IN the grasp of the fire that
Mr. Smith and those who awakened
him barely had time to leave. Mr.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
Leonard BrittOn
Bout POSTPONED

CLEVELAND. Oct. Tho 10
round boxing contest between Jack
Britton, champion welterweight, and
Benny Leonard champion light
weight, scheduled for tonight, has
been postponed until tomorrow night
because of today's heavy rain and
cold weather. The bout was origin
ally scheduled for East night, but was
set back one night because of yes
terday's weather conditions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
TO SHIP FLOUR
MILL ALMOST TO
ARCTIC CIRCLE

PORTLAND. Ore, Oct. l. (By In
ternational News Service). A local
milling house has sold a flour mill
to be installed 175 miles south
Of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. This
will be the first flour mill to be sent
SO far north. The acreage of wheat
in Alaska has been increasing so
steadily and the department of agri-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
FORMER SOLDIER GETS
20 YEARS FOR MURDER

BRfSTON, Tenn, Oct. Pat
Hyatt. former soldier, charged with
killing Lee Wampler, so, on Sunday.
Sept. 10. near Bristol. was found
guilty late Thursday of first degree
murder with mitigating circumstan-
ces by the jury in the Sullivan coun-
" criminal court at Blountville,
Tenn. His sentence was fixed from
20 years to life term in prison.
The shooting occurred back Of the
OF Bristol,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01

culture has been SO successful in de-
veloping a hardy wheat which ma
lures in 80 days, that the growers
have felt the need of a mill.
The plant, which is a steam oper-
ated mill, will be shipped to Seattle,
thence by steamer to st. Michael,
south of Nome, where it will be'car-
ried by boat up the Yukon river, 1856
miles to the mouth of the Tanana
river, and thence $50 miles TO Fair
banks. The mill has been purchased
by the Tanana Valley Agricultural
association and its capacity is rs
barrels q day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
WRANGEL TAKES TOWN.

CONSTANTINOPLE, oct. l.
Kharkov, an important city in
Southern Russia, $50 miles north of
the sea of Azov has been captured
by anti Bolsheviki forces. command
ed by Gen. Baron WrangeIA The
capture of this city, with the advance
of Polish and Ukrainian forces west
of Kiev is considered here as having
imperiIed the communications of Rus
sian soviet troops in the vicinity of
NikolaieV, near Odessa.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
TWO RAIDERS KILLED.

WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Oct. l.
In a raid conducted on an alleged
gambling house at Kemp City, in
the Kemp Munger Allen field last
night, William Stoney and Marvin w.
Caple were killed and Tom Grubb
oil field worker. was injured. The
three men were assisting Deputy
Constables Belcher and Spiller in
aiding the place. After the two men
mad been killed the two remaining
deputies succeeded in arresting ~
men. In searching the men ten piss
.ols were seized.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
SOME POLICEMAN!

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 1.
(By International News Service!)--
Otis Sturgeon has been passed upon
as qualified to uphold the law here.
A new member Of the police force,
he is feet 5 IA inches tall and
weighs 1870 pounds.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
SiNN FEM FU0NDER
CHARGES MURDER PLOT

DUBLIN, oct. 1.--Charges that the
reprisals in Ireland were a calculated
policy of the government that the oc-
casion for them was often afforded
by the proYocation of agents and that
plot exists for the as5assinatiOn Of
the irish republican leaders were
made today by Arthur Griffith, found
or Of the Sim Tein oGganizatioti.