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Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMATION

that we have been thus favored,
and when we gather at our affairs
to offer up thanks we will do well
to pledge, in humility and all sin
cerity, our purpose to prove de-
serving. We have been raised up
and preserved in national power
and consequence as part OF plan
whose wisdom we cannot question.
Thus believing, we can do no less
than hold our nation the willing
instrument of the Providence
which has so wonderfully favored
US. Opportunity for very great
service awaits us if we shall prove
equal to it. Let our prayers be
raised for direction in the right
paths. Under God, our RESPONSE
bility is great; to our own first, to
all men afterward; to all mankind
in Gods own justice.
Now, therefore, I, Warren G.
Harding, President of the United
States, hereby designate Thurs
day, the twenty-fourth day of No
vember, to be observed by the peo-
pie as a day of thanksgiving, de-
votion and prayer; urging that at
their hearth-sides and their affairs
they will give thanks for all that
has been rendered unto them, and
will pray for a continuance of the
Divine fortune which has been
showered so generously upon this
nation.
In witness whereof l have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the seal Of the United
States of America.
Done at the capital OF the
United States, this 31st day of Oe-
tober, in the year of our Lord nine
teen hundred and twenty-one and
of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and forty
sixth.
(signed) WARREN G. HARDING,
BY the President.
CHARLES E. HUGHES,
Secretary of State.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
FoCH GIVEN OVATION
America Takes French Hero Tt
Heart On Arrival In
Washington.

Washington.-The American Repub-
lie took Marshal Foch, of France, SOL
dier of soldiers of the great war, to
it's heart on his arrival in the national
capital en- route to Kansas City as the
guest of his old comrades of the Amer
ican Legion at their annual conven-
ton. He was greeted with wild cheers
at the Union Station when his special
train came in from New York and a
roaring tribute followed him as he was
whirled swiftly to the New Willard
Hotel, where he spent the night.
The only ceremony that marked the
conclusion of the great French SOL
dier's first day in America was his
formal induction at the station into
the American Legion itself. He was
made an honorary member of the
George Washington Post, the ma
tional chapter of the Legion, some
time ago. and Lieutenant Commander
Fisk pinned on his breast the badge of
membership as Marshal Foch stood in
the Presidents waiting room at Union
Station with General Pershing beside
him, French and American officers and
officials grouped about, boys of the
American Legion packed outside the
structure and thousands Of Americans
waiting in the concourse outside the
station to cheer him as he emerged.
General Pershing hastened to Wash
ington in advance of the Marshal ar
irving scarcely half an hour before the
train bearing the French leader pulled
| in. He was met by high officers OF
the army and navy and of the French
embassy and the State Department.
and headed the group standing at the
steps of the Marshal's private car
when the French general stepped
down.
In the Presidents room, the cere.
mony of induction into the legion was
brief and the party then passed to the
station concourse, beyond which
loomed the Capital dome bathed in a
flood of light with a flaming beacon OF
welcome blazing from the huge lantern
on top.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
FRENCH SOIL TO
|. LINE HER0'S GRAVE
Box Of Earth Accompanies Re-
mains of Unknown Soldier
FRANCE wEEPs At PIER
Thousands Pay Final Tribute To Lone
"Yank" Symbol Of American
Army-Tribute To
France.

Hayre-America'S unknown SOlQler
is on his way home. After resting
nearly three years in the land where
he fought and died, he began his last
homeward journey on the United
States cruiser Olympia Tuesday after
noon.
France, the country where this un
sung fighter fell, is not to be forgotten
at Arlington, as the symbol of the lost
American dead will rest on French soil
in the Arlington national cemetery.
The Olympia carries with it a large
box full of the soil of France, enough
to cover the bottom of the unknown
soldiers grave.
Simple sincerity marked the de-
parture of the unknown warrior, as
did his selection at Chalons-Sur-Marne
Just before placing medal of the
Legion of Honor on the casket, Min
lister of Pensions Maginot, speaking
for the people of France declared:
American brother, they are taking
you back to the land of your birth
We, however, will piously preserve
your memory, and the land of France
will never forget that you confded
to her your last dream"
Three thousand school children
were among the vast throng which
met the funeral train when it arrived
here from Paris. The children lined
the streets and threw hundreds OF
flowers in the path Of the cortege
Then they formed on each side of the
gun carriage and escorted the un
known warrior to the pier. American
officers, including Major Genera
Henry T. Allen, a large number o1
French officers and citizens walked be
hind the gun carriage through two
miles of crowded streets, which were
decorated with American and French
flags
Major General Allen expressed The
appreciation of America for the touch
ing manner in which France badt
farewell to the unidentified hero
Turning to the casket, he said:
"The Great Republic in rendering
you homage is likewise paying tribute
to your comrade in blue who fell will
you and who lives in the hearts of hi
countrymen as you live enshrined II
the loving memory of yours. Whoeve
you may be, your gallant deeds ar
} indelibly inscribed in the pages o
: history to the glory of your nation.
The parting ceremony was held OF
: the pier alongside the Olympia. 81,
Army pallbearers carried the body t
, the gangway and placed it on the pie
where it reposed during the cere
monies. Afterward six American
/ sailors and six French "poilus" cal
J ried the floral tributes aboard as tn
American band played Chopin
| Funeral March and the American na
tional anthem.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05

Washington.-President Harding is
sued a proclamation designating
November "a, as day Of
Thanks giving, devotion and prayer
The proclamation follows:
That season has come when,
alike in pursuance of a devout
peoples time-honored custom and
in grateful recognition Of favoring
national fortunes, it is proper that
the President should summon the
nation to a day of devotion, OF
thanksgiving for blessings be-
slowed and of prayer for guidance
in modes of life that may deserve
continuance of Divine favor.
Foremost among our blessings Is
the return of peace, and the ap-
proach to normal ways again. The
year has brought us again into re-
lations of amity with all nations,
after long period Of struggle and
turbulence. In thankfulness there
fore we may we'll unite in the hope
that Providence will vouchsafe ap-
proval to the things we have done,
the aims which have guided us,
the aspirations which have in
spired US. We shall be prospered
as we shall deserve prosperity,
seeking not alone for the material
things but for, those of the spirit
as well; earnestly trying to help
others; asking before all else the
privilege of service. AS we render
thanks anew for the exaltation
which came to US, we may fitting
ly petition that moderation and
wisdom shall be granted to rest
upon all who are in authority, in
the tasks they must discharge.
Their hands will be steadied, their
purposes strengthened, in answer
to our prayers.
Ours has been favored nation
in the bounty which God has be-
slowed upon it. The great trial
of humanity, though indeed we
bore our part as well as we were
able, left us comparatively little
SCARED. 1t is for us to recognize
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
PHONE GIRL
HEROINE OF FLOOD
Message Of Warning Relayed
to Residents OF Beach
LINES SOON SWEPT AWAY
Twenty-three Persons known Oeao
Thirteen Missing, Fifteen In.
iured Water Cuts
Lines.

Vancouver, B. C.-Twenty-three per-
sons are known to be dead, 13 and per-
hans more are missing and Is are nurs'
ing serious injuries as result OF the
disastrous flood which plunged down
a steep mountainside Friday night and
transformed the model copper mining
settlement of Britannia Beach into a
scene of desolation and ruin.
Manager ]. Donahue, of the Britain
MIA mines described the efforts made
by those on duty at the mines proper
three miles back from the beach, 10
warn the residents of the danger.
When the railway fill which caused
the accumulation of water in the hills
gave way and released roaring tor
rent into the creek, warning OF the
disaster to come was sent over the
private telephone line of the mines.
This message was received by MISS
Ellen Patterson, telephone operator on
duty at the compressor plant in the VII
lage. She promptly rang everybody
connected by telephone, relaying the
miners message:
"For Gods sake get out OF your
houses - flood coming down the
creek!"
Before the warning could be under
stood and circulated about the town
the waters crashed down the mountain
side, sweeping away TRANSMISSION
lines and plunging the village into
darkness.
The waters had fallen 1000 feet in
their three-mile journey down the
mountain and smashed straight
through the center Of the settlement
Britannia creek now runs through the
village itself, which is under severa
feet of water, strewn with timber
telegraph poles, furniture and other
wreckage. Most of the houses were
without strong foundations ano
yielded readily to the surge OF the
food.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
FOR WAR DEBT COMMISSION.
Foreign Loan Refunding Bill Is
Adopted.

Washington.-After rejecting a pro.
posal that Congress should have tbs
right of review, the House passed the
bill for the creation of a commission
headed by the Secretary of the Treas.
ury, with full authority to refund wal
debts of foreign nations due the United
States, amounting to s1O,O00,00O,O
The vote on final passage of the bill
was 1873 to H. The measure now
goes to the Senate for early considera.
ton.
Except for one minor amendment as
to phraseology the bill stood up like a
stone wall while several Republicans
and Democrats were attempting to pull
it down with amendments.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05

AS the order to cast off was given,
the American flag was half-masted,
and an escort of seven French de-
stroyers put to sea to accompany the
Olympia to the three mile line. Air
planes, far above the harbor, waited
to fly over the Olympia as she passed
out to sea.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
YANKS' RECALL OPPOSED.
President Against Immediate Return
From Rhine.

Washington. - President Harding
was understood to have expressed op-
position during a conference with
Chairman Porter, of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee to passage
of any resolution providing for imme-
date withdrawal of American troops
from the Rhine.
Several such resolutions are pend
ing before the committee, but it was
predicted that no action would be
taken on them.
The President was said to believe
that the War Departments policy OF
gradual withdrawal of troops deals
adequately with the situation
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
PRESIDENT OF PARAGUAY OUT
Resigns Owing To Revolutionary
Movement.

Buenos Aires.-A dispatch to La Ma
cion from Asuncion says that Presi
dent Gondra, of Paraguay, has handed
his resignation to DR.. Felix Paiva, the
Vice7President. owing to a revolution,
Ary movement by the followers of ex.
President Schaerer. The revolution
aries are reported to have the support
of all the troops and police in the
capital and country districts.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
PETLURA INVADES UKRAINE.
Anti-BoIshevik Leader Said To Be
Operating From Poland.

Warsaw-The Soviet legation here
announced that there has been new
invasion of the Ukraine under the di
rectior of General Petlura, the anti
Bolshevik leader from Polish territory
The towns of Gusatin and Grodek have
been taken by the Petlura troops, and
a battle is raging at Kamenetz
Podolsk. The legation says that fresh
detachments of Petlura troops are
crossing the frontier with the full co
operation of the Polish military and
railroad authorities.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
CABINET PLANS TO RETIRE.
Portuguese Ministry Will Give Way
To New Government.

Nadrid-Advices from Lisbon say
tho Portuguese Cabinet, which took
Office October 20 after the assassina-
ton of Premier Grandjo, intends to
resign. It is reported that this step
II to be taken voluntarily in order to
permit the formation of a new Min
istry with former Minister of Finance
Cunba Leal as Premier.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
BANK TREASURER ARRESTED.
J. r. Monti, OF Cleveland, Charged
With EmbezzIement.

Cleveland F. Monti, 29,
treasurer of the Cleveland-ltalian Saw
ings Bank Company, was arrested on
warrant based on affidavits sworn to
by State Bank Examiner Frank A.
Hunter, charging emibezzlement OF
325QOO Of the banks funds.
The bank closed its doors September
16. It was capitalized at $4,000, had
a surplus of $4,000, deposits of $15O,O0O
and was custodian for an additional
s5O,OOO in money orders in transit.
A former official of the institution
declared the bank would pay it's de-
positors dollar for dollar.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
NORWAY PREMIER DEFEATED.

Conservatives Win In General EIec.
tIon, Early Returns Indicate.
New York.-The government OF
Premier Blehr, of Norway, has been
defeated in the general elections on
the face of incomplete returns, accord
ing to cables from Christiania received
by Norwegian authorities here.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
GERMANY OUT OF ARMS MEET
No Intention OF Inviting Country, Says
State Department.

Washington.-Repor that Germany
might be invited to participate in the
forthcoming Armament Conference
were officially denied by the State De.
partment. It was announced that there
has never been any intention of invit-
ing Germany as that nation is not
looked upon now as one of the leaders
in military power.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
ONE OF EDDY GROUP DEAD.

And Being Movement"
kenosha, Wis. - Funeral arrange
ments were being made for Rev. Ursu.
la M. Gestefeld, founder of Science
and Being Movement" and a lecturer
and author on the subject, died
here Saturday. Born in Augusta, Me-.
she later went to Boston, where she
became member of the group which
gathered around DR. Mary Baker Eddy
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
MAN SHOT IN BANK HOLDUP.

Niagara Falls Trust Company Is
Robbed In Broad Daylight.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.-Two men were
shot, one probably fatally, and $4,000
was stolen from the Niagara Falls
Trust Company's bank, by holdup men
armed with shotguns.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
INVESTIGATES MAIL ROBBERY.
Hays To Fix Responsibility For Big
Loss In New York.

New York.-Responsibility for fail
ure to carry out orders for the protec-
ton of valuable mail, which enabled
bandits to hold up mail truck in
Broadway last Monday night and
escape with $1,5OO,00O in securities
and cash, will be determined by an
investigation ordered by Postmaster
General Hays. The inquiry will be
conducted, Mr.. Hays, stated, by w.
Irving Glover, Third Assistant Post
master-General.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
NEGRO HANGED BY MOB.

He Was Said To Have Shot A White
Farmer During Quarrel.
Winneboro, La.-Sam Gordon, IS
years old, negro, was hanged by
mob after the shooting to death of
Joe Kimball, white farmer. Gordon
was said to have shot Kimball during
quarrel over a bag of pecans.
Newark post., 1921-01-26
Shaped Cookies

Three-quarters teaspoonful baking
powder, 2 1-2 cupfuls flour, 1 tea
spoonful salt, 2 eggs, IL cupful short
ening, 1-2 cupful sugar, gratedrind l
orange. Sift the flour and baking
powder. Add salt and eggs we'll
beaten.
Cream the shortening and sugar,
and add to above. Then add enough
flour to make a dough stiff enough
to roll. Chill thoroughly. Then roll
very thin and cut in any desired
shapes. Sprinkle with grated orange
rind, place on well-greased pan, and
bake in quick oven. Do not brown.
Vanilla may be added and the top
sprinkled with granulated sugar in
stead of the orange.
Newark post., 1921-01-26
Supply Its Needs

There has been remarkable
growth in the Women's College Of
Delaware since it was brought into
being as a result of Governor Charles
R. Miller's official declaration that
Delaware boys and Delaware girls
should have equal opportunity to OBJ
tain a college education.
Under the able and energetic di-
reciton of Dean Winifred j. Robinson
and her assistants on the board O.:
trustees and the faculty, the institu-
tion has outgrown It's present quar-
ters, and additional buildings and
equipment must be provided.
An earnest appeal on behalf of the
institution will be made to the Legis-
lature in few days. 1t should be re-
ceived with sympathetic interest by
the Senators and Representatives,
because there is no section of our
State in which the girls and the
young women have not vital inter-
est in the efficiency, welfare and de-
velopment of the college.
To many of those girls and young
women that college represents their
future in education and in life. The
growth of the student body of the in.
stitution shows that it's value as ar
educational agent is being appreciated
more and more in both the urban anc
the suburban districts.
1t is the duty of members of the
Legislature to assure the educationa
future of those girls and those young
women, who will come from the cities
the towns, the villages and the farms
of Delaware. The interests involved
are both general and local, and tht
legislators should stand as a unit tt
supply every legitimate need of the
stitution.-Evening Journal.
Newark post., 1921-01-26
More Than 5000 School
Children Make Perfect
Attendance Records

Six thousand three hundred twenty.
eight public school children, out of a
total of enrolment in Delaware of
approximately $1,000, made "perfect"
attendance records for the month OF
December. In addition, $500 made
good" records.
By perfect" is meant that the
school pupils were neither tardy non
absent on a single school day. To
earn good" record, the pupils must
not have been absent more than twice
during the month.
Award cards are being sent out to
the winning pupils today from the
office of the Service Citizens, who
have undertaken that work. The "per-
feet" cards contain a picture OF
Cooch's Bridge and description of the
conflict fought there in the Revolu-
tionary War, in which it is declared
the American flag was first carried in
battle. The "good" cards bear per,
sonal letter from Governor William
D. Denney to the school children OF
the State, and brief biography OF
him.
Newark post., 1921-01-26
Motor Rural Carrier
Examination February 26

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exami-
nation for the County of New Castle
Del, to be held at Wilmington, Town.
send, New Castle, Newark on Febru-
ary 26, 1921, to fill the position of
motor rural carried at New Castle ana
Townsend and vacancies that may
later occur on motor rural routes
from postoffices in the county named.
The salary on motor routes ranges
from $2,450 to $4,000 a year.
The examination will be open only
to citizens who are actually domiciled
in the territory supplied with mail by
a post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Forms 2121 and 1877. Form 2121
may be seen posted at any post office
in the county for which the examina-
tion is held, and Form 1877 and appli-
cation blanks may be obtained from
the offices at which the vacancy exists
anu Ulle Is TO DG
held, or from the United States Civil
Service Commission at Washington,
d. c.
Both men and women, if qualified,
may enter this examination, but ap.
pointing officers have the legal right
to specify the sex desired in request
ing certification of eligibles. Women
will not be considered for rural car
rier appointment unless they are the
widows of U. S. soldiers, sailors, or
Marines, or are the wives of U. S..
soldiers, sailors, or marines who are
physically disqualified for all exami-
nations by reason of injuries received
in the line of military duty.
The appointee to this position will
be required to furnish, maintain and
operate a modern motor vehicle with
a carrying capacity of not less than
800 pounds and a cubic capacity of
not less than 80 feet. Applicants
must file with their applications a
statement of the equipment they will
Newark post., 1921-01-26

"Would you care to make a few re.
marks before We spring the tran? >"
asked the sympathetic sheriff.
"No," replied the condemned man,
81 may have my faults, otherwise 7
wouldn't be here, but trapdoor elo-
quence always did offend my idea Of
the fitness of things. Besides, mum.
ber of newspaper men are present
They would certainly take down anv.
thing l said, and if they got it wrong
after the-er-ceremony, l wouldn't
be in a position to claim that wa,
misquoted." ."-RirmingAam Age-Her-
aid.
Newark post., 1921-01-26
Ue Call
FROM POETRY REVIEW, LONDON

Some day III cut my bearings loose
And HE west again,
There's battered old tramp steamer shall take,
And II sing to meet the driving wind,
And taste the salty rain,
And watch the white foam churning in her wake.
To smell the tarry, smoky smell,
And to hear the rigging creak,
With the everlasting rainbow at her PROV
Will fill me with gladness
That is far too good to speak,
How wish I heard her siren blowing now!
Some day I'll make the prairie trail,
And see the foot hills rise,
They stretch away to where the Rockies stand,
On halfbroke pinto poney,
Under blue and open skies,
I'll ride away into fairyland.
The stars shall be my friends at night
The grass shall be my bed,
And my camp just where | am when day is done.
With my scker for blanket,
And my saddle meath my head,
I'll sleep until the coming of the sun.
When the buds come the lime trees.
And the crows begin to nest
There's something always tugging at my heart,
And it never seems to leave me.
And it never gives me rest,
But ever, ever calls me to depart
For sea and lake and prairie
Are waiting there for me-
To shake the city's dust from off my feet.
Then I feel | must be going,
For I cannot happy be,
When the Pipes of Pan are calling out so sweet.
Newark post., 1921-01-26

Dolly Dill-"I wouldn't marry the
best man in the world" Harold Hug
gins Man hater?" Dolly-"By no
means. But the best man in the
world would be so good I never could
get anything on him" Boston Globe.
Newark post., 1921-01-26
NEWARK OPERA HOUSE
PROGRAM WEEK BEGINNING
Thursday, 27th--

Thursday, 9th
Gladys Walton in THE Secret Gift from the
novel by George G. Hull the fourth chapter of
The Son of Tarzan," story by Edgar Rice Bur
roughs.
Friday, 28th-
The Silver Hoard" Story by Rex Beach,
Saturday, 29th-
May Allison in Are All Men Alike?" ADAPTED
from the novel "The Waffle Iron' News, and
two-reel comedy.
Monday, 31,t--
Tom Mix in Prairie Trails, complete and
thrilling sequel to "The Texan
Tuesday, Feb. 1st--
Buck Jones in The Big Punch' thrilling
Western drama, and Alice Howley in Good
Night Nurse
Wednesday, 2nd--
The Cup of Fury" by Rupert Hughes
Newark post., 1921-01-26
Sales So Far
Scheduled by Auctioneer
VIM. S. Armstrong

Feb. 3-Mrs. Annie Laws, near Will
sons Shop.
Feb. S-Hollie Morris, near Ogleton.
Feb. 16-J. Thompson Eastburn, near
Cooch's Bridge.
Feb. 1O-Frank Comfy, near Cooch's
Bridge.
Feb. 15-J. Penrose Wilson, near Mil
Feb. 17-George r. Dempsey, near
Ogleton.
Newark post., 1921-01-26
COcoanut or Nut Pie

Three eggs, 2 tablespoons corn
starch, 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 cups
scalded milk, cup cocoanut or 3-4
cup of chopped nut meats. Beat the
eggs. Add the cornstarch mixed with
sugar and little water, the scalded
milk and one cupful of cocoanut. Pour
into a deep pieplate which has been
lined with a rich paste. Bake in a
moderately hot oven. Cool and cover
with meringue. Sprinkle generously
with chopped nut-meats or chopped
cocoanut.
Newark post., 1921-01-26

Add all the vegetables with the excep-
tion of the potatoes and cook five
minutes. Add the flour, and when
we'll mixed, the stock, potatoes ano
seasonings. Cover and cook slowly
one hour. Add cream and serve.
Newark post., 1921-01-26

be able to provide in the event OF
appointment.
Applications should be forwarded to
the United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. c., at the
earliest practicable date.