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Evening journal., 1921-08-05
DUPONTS get
HARBOR WORK
Board Awards Contract
This Afternoon on Bid
Of $1,372,57O
FINISH WORK
IN II MONTHS

All bids received for construction
Of the marine terminal except that
Of the dupont Engineering Company
we're rejected today by the Board Of
Harbor Commissioner. The bid Of
the Engineering Company was then
accepted, with the reservation that
the board shall have the power TO
reject IL and cancel the contract at
any time prior to August -.
The dupont Engineering Com
pany's final bid on the marine ter
minal was for S1,372.57o. This bid
includes the extra storage shed OF
500 feet by 100 feet. II was the low
est OF seven bids made for the en-
tire contract, including the additional
shed. The next lowest bid was by
Continued on Page Sixteen.
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COURT WARNS ABOUT
AUT0LTCENSE TAGS

Warning was repeated by judge
Hastings. in Municipal Court this
morning. that the law relating 10 the
use OF dealers tags on automobiles
must be strictly observed.
The warning was issued when
Ienry Smart, Negro, pleaded guilty
to a charge Of operating an auto
mobile without proper tags. Smart
however, was dismissed.
Assistant City Solicitor Green
pointed out that dealers license tags
can be used only for demonstration
and testing purposes, and not on cars
hired or used for individual or COM
mercial purposes.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
BOGGS GOES SOUTH
TO BUILD ROADS

Irving Hook Boggs. OF Dover. who
was graduated from the University Of
Delaware in June. in civil engineer
ing. will leave for North Carolina
next Tuesday, where he will accept
a position as a member OF the North
Carolina State Road Engineering
STAFF. OF wlSch Charles NJ. Upham
is the head.
Young Boggs. since his gradu-
alton. has been doing engineering
work on Delaware roads. He was
popular student at the University
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
HJzNGRYRICAA WATTS
FOOD SUPPLY FROM
AMERICAN WORKERS
Every Hour Brings NeU Reports Of Depredd-
Hons and Horrors of Famine Flight
Fear Starring viii Strip Houses-NoO
Say TWeny Million Are In Need

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Aug. 8.
Omitted Pross)-The State Depart
ment today instructed the American
commissioner at Riga TO make pre-
parations for receiving the Ameri-
cans who have been imprisoned in
Soviet Russia and who are now re-
ported released.
RIGA. Aug. Omitted Press) -
Riga today anxiously watched the
race between Russian refugees and
American relief workers.
Delay in the relief work, It was
feared here. will cause Riga and all
Latvia TO be smothered under the
tidal wave of humanity now pouring
across Russia from the famine dis
tricts.
Every hour brought new reports OF
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the depredations and horrors OF the
famine flight, The people here were
convinced that unless American re-
lief arrives quickly. they will be
buried under an avalanche OF hu-
manity from Russia.
First Latvia. then the other Bal
tic states" they predicted. Then
Poland and Germany will be de-
voured and then all Europe"
Visions OF their houses stripped OF
valuables. their food consumed and
themselves left without food or
clothing filled the minds Of every
one here.
The arrival here OF Maxim Gorky
and Leon Kamenen to meet Amer
ican relief workers early next week
brought some hope to natives. They
CONTINUED on Page Nine.)
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
BANCROFT PLANT
WHEELS AGAIN MOVE

The Joseph Bancroft and Sons
Company announces that for the
first time since the war the plant is
employing its fun complement Of
1900 workers.
This is the second instance of a
local concern returning TO a pre-war
basis the Speakman Company be-
ing the other corporation. With the
return to normalcy OF the Bancroft
concern it Is likely to be followed by
other lines Of industry in the next
few weeks. Many are looking for
a boom in the leather industry about
October 1.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
NEW SCHOOLS HEAD
TO TAKE UP DUTIES

David A. Ward. newly-elected
superintendent OF Wilmington public
schools. last evening returned to his
home in Cameron. w. Va. He said
he expects to return to Wilmington
two weeks hence and assume his
duties as superintendent Of schools
and familiarize himself with the de-
tails Of the system now in effect.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
AFTER NEW HOME
FOR SHACK JEWELLERS

Building Inspector Preston, ac-
companiod by Howard r. Frantz.
secretary OF the Board OF Health,
and an executive officer Of the board
visited. the shack at Twenty-second
and Thatcher streets yesterday ar
ternoon. occupied by Joseph Anbrak
and family, declared It unfit 20 live
in and are expecting to take steps
this afternoon TO care for the fam
lily elsewhere. The shack will be
razed.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
coNTIuE ASSAULT CASE.

As the prosecuting witness. Carl
Jones. is still a patient in a hospital
as the result OF wounds alleged TO
have been inflicted on him by the
defendant, the case OF Peter George.
charged with assault with intent to
commit murder, was continued for
two weeks by Judge Hastings, in
Municipal Court this morning.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
FIND SLOT MACHINES
AND BAG IN WOODS

A workman OF the Mancin Com
pany. contractors on the new Naa-
mans Creek road. west from Clay
mont. yesterday found two slot ma
chimes and a handbag In a woods
near the new highway The slot ma
chimes had been forced open and
contained no money. There was
nothing in the handbag. either. and
no marks 10 indicDte the owner. The
articles had been left in the woods
by a thief. il is believed.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
Try This on Him

In a flock OF ducks one is in
front OF two, another behind
two and a third between two.
How many are there?
Answer to yesterdays: one
cat has one life; no cat has
eight lives: one cat plus no cat
equals one cat; one life plus
eight lives equals nine lives.
Therefore one cat has lives.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
CITY BANK BAIANCE.

City Treasurer White announced
the following bank balances at the
close OF business yesterday afternoon:
Current account s1.25S.072.75; spe-
cial account; paving tax. s41,034.-
80: bond sale. s29,1ss.99; harbor i'm
provement S2,072.5S; total. $780,.
3C9.22.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
Smile Awhile

NEW YORK. Punishment
sufficient" said Magistrate Fro
thingham. as he "once-covered" "
Samuel Lazardrs broken nose,
black eyes and damaged map.
Lazardi annoyed Mrs. Henry r.
Milstrty Milstrey is C feet 3.
CLEVELAND. ~ The home
made fried cake company maxi
ers OF doughnuts. Is IN the
hole" Creditors have asked
that a receiver be appointed
CHICAGO. ~ William Foster
stood before the police desk in
pajamas. Three men took all
my money. Then another help
ed me home when we got
there, he took my clothes"
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
Free Theatre Tickets

Theatre invitations (war tax paid), are
extended through the Journal Classined
Department today-look for your name
today In the Classified Advs.-for show
ing Saturday OF
"WHITE AND UNMARRIED"
with THOMAS MElGHAN.
AT THE ARCADIA.
and
VIOLA DANA. In
PUPPETS OF FATE"
AT THE QUEEN.
SEE PAGE Is TODAY.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
REDUCE NoN-sUPPoRT ORDER

The order against Amos Reed Tor
the support OF his wife was re-
ducod from IS to 81 a week for a
period OF 10 weeks by Judge Hast
lngs in Municipal Court this morn
ing. Reed claimed that his earning
capacity has been reduced.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
FINFD FOR TRESPAss.

Frank J. Laub, pleading guilty TO
a charge OF trespassing on the prop
erty OF the Pennsylvania Railroad,
was fined IS and costs by Judge
Hastings. in Municipal Court. this
morning.
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LOST ANn ronNn.

7 oST-MAN's OPEN-FACE GOLD
u watch; monogram, r. =. s., fob and
charm attached. Reward. Return 10
Collins 4 Meyer, i0i West Eighth street.
aug5-1t.
Continued on Page Fifteen-)
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
FIVE DOLLARS MORE
TO PRESERVE CANNON

Five dollars more was contrib
uted TO the fund to preserve Lewes'
historic cannon today. Il being from
Henry p. Cannon. OF Bridgevilie.
The contributions to date are;
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roDAY,s TENIPERATuRl

At The Evening Journal Office.
500 A. NJ. .66 12.O1 p. NJ. 10
1000 A. NIT 100 p. NJ. so
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one sort and another on the tracks.
FINALLY he achieved his aims
and ditched the Lackawanna Limited
at Glcnburn. causing loss OF two
lives and injuries 20 80 persons.
Seeing that disaster from tho top
OF an apple tree merely whctted his
ambiton--and two days later ne
was caught in tho act OF trying 10
repeat the performance.
Evening journal., 1921-08-05

SCRANTON, Pa.-John Are IS
the son OF village huckster. a IA
year-old lad with a passion for
smashing things.
His great ambition was TO wreck
train.
Day after day. according 10 the
signed confession ne has made to
police. he placed metal objects Of
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Have you tried Glover Dairy But
ter. Phone 154O-i541.-Adv.
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Send an subscriptions 10 former
Judge David T. Marvel. DUPONT
Building or the Editor Of The Even
ing Journal. Fourth and shipiey
streets,
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SIN AND TIDE

Sun rises ..............5 A. NJ.
sun sets ...............7.1 p. NJ.
Head OF Chrlstlana.
High water .12.f5 A. NJ. 100 p. NJ
Low water . $40 A. NJ. $40 p. NJ
Evening journal., 1921-08-05
The Weather

Partly cloudy tonight, Saturday.
showers; not much change in tenn
perature, moderate east shifting to
south winds.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Scouts for the Parks

Brooklyn leads the way. 1t is an
nounced that a permanent standing
army of the elder members Of the
Boy Scouts OF America has offered
its services to the Brooklyn Park
Commissioner as special park
guardians against vandalism.
While the Boy Scouts may not be
able to prevent all infractions of
the laws, they can do much to. stop
pilfering and the wanton destruc-
ton Of trees, shrubs and plants.
A word from a Scout to litterers
would go far toward keeping the
parks neat and clean. The careless
know in their hearts their conduct
lis wrong.
The public admires and respects
the Scouts. It will gladly obey
them.
To the many causes Of good
citizenship which the Boy Scouts of
America aid has been added am
other. Will the Scouts of New
York let their Brooklyn comrades
get ahead of them?
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Won Goeben Who Kept Name

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Due to the notoriety given the
name Of Won Goeben by recent arti-
cies in the New York newspapers. /
wish to make it clear that while my
two cousins, Carl August and Roland
Paul Won Goeben, seemed to find it
desirable to change their names to
"Gordon" when entering the United
States Army, on account of the "great
embarrassment and distress when ah-
normal and violent prejudices of war
tirne exposed them to hard and unjust
criticism because Of their German
names" and recently to change back
again to the name Of Won Goeben, the
idea OF changing my name, which for
generations has been honorably borne
by my family. has been repulsiveto ne.
Ny service in the army extended
from june i6, 1916, at the border, to
April 5. 1919. served about eleven
months in France with the 1o4th Ma
chine Gun Battalion Of the 27th Divi-
sion.
Although | havs also been pat to
scare embarrassment and placed in mis-
trust due to my name during nay serv-
ice, / was able to withstand my hard
ships in this respect and received an
honorable discharge as a sergeant ma
jer. CARL j. Won GoEBEN.
New York, May 7, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
The Lus;tania Claims

Six years have passed and yet
the claims Of the survivors of the
Lusitaria are still unsettled.
Six years ago, on the 7th Of May,
Germany brought the lesson of the
war home to America.
Twenty-three months of ignon1in-
ious neutrality followed. Then came
nineteen months Of war. But the
Lusitania claims remained un-
settled.
There followed thirty months of
peace discussions, during which
many apologies for poor Germany
were made. But the Lusitania
claims remained unsettled.
The government has in it's pos
session millions of German prop
erty. Cannot some equitable ar
rangenlent be made to give the
claimants what small measure of
comfort and justice they may OBJ
tain by the prompt settlement of
their demands? Are we to have
another record like that of the
French spoliation claim, not met for
a century?
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10


The merchant marine Is the suf-
fcrcr, for it cannot even be said to
be marking time. 1t issfaiiiug back,
day by day.
The new Administration, in the
stress Of other business, has un-
fortunately not been able to reach
q solution OF a problem whose vital
Importance 1t has cmphatically
recognized. That unexpected OBJ
stacles have arisen in the selection
of the board is unquestioned. That
it has been difficult TO secure the
right men for the work required is
equally true. But in the mean
time every day Of delay is a blow
at American shipping and an aid
to its foreign competitors.
It is to be hoped The President
wssl be able to induce his selections,
particularly that for the chairman
ship, to accept at once. Time is Of the
essence Of the shipping problem,
and the consequence Of delays now
will be almost irreparable.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
The Movie Censorship

There are three good reasons why
Governor Miller should veto the bill
creating movie censorship.
First, censorship is altogether
un-Anerican. The idea is as hate
full to the great body Of Americans
as Governor Miller has said it is to
him. A new art form has had an
amazing expansion. Abuses have
crept in as in all sudden growths
as they did in the early days of
the press and during the period
when the theater began to minister
to millions. The good old-fashioned,
sound way in such conditions is to
have faith that due remedy will
come from the interaction of pro-
ducers and the public. Those think
i'll Of dancing who fear it can't
hold its own under free conditions.
Everything in our moral and intel
iectual history condemns censorship.
Second, in this country we have
forty-eight state jurisdictions, each
OF which will probably have o GEN.
sorship if New York sets up one.
Yet the movie industry, from it's
nature, must be conducted nation
ally. Think of what will happen
when nearly half hundred censor
ships, each with a different stand
ard of taste, must pass on film!
1t will seriously interfere with
may even destroy-a great indus
try. Daily twenty millions now at
tend cinema productions. 1t is no
light thing hastily to throw
tnoakeywreneh into so vast piece
of machinery.
Third, a better system of SUPER
vision can be devised to guard than
q caprieious and autocratic censor
ship can possibly furnish. 1t is
yitaily important to secure that CO.
operation from the leaders Of the in
dustry which can be had for the
asking. a commission, given time
70 work out a plan, promises better
results than can flow from peremp-
tory censorship, which the con
scienceless producer will be led to
tight and which will arouse such pref
&
udices aH 20 weaken the influence
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
The Big Achievement at ALBANY

Many notable things We're accom-
plished at Albany last winter under
Governor Miller''s leadership. But
the most notable Of all, SO far as its
broad effect on the welfare of the
state is concerned, was the check
put upon the habit of easy come
easy go expenditure. The Legisla-
ture, long indifferent to mounting
taxes and outlay, has been recalled
to sense OF accountability, Under
Governor Miller's teaching it has
sbjured the old doctrine that states
manship consists in finding ways to
spend two dollars where only one
was spent before.
The Governor, on signing the last
OF the appropriation bills, has felt it
incumbent on him to give the Legis-
lature due credit for it's share in
breaking the hold of the old tradi-
tions of conlplacency, laxity and
waste. The total asked to carry on
the state government next year was
$207, 100000. The Legislature cut
that total down $71 ,638,o00. The
appropriations for the current wear
were $145,219,000. The appropria-
tions for next year are $9,467 900
less. And this smaller total includes
deficiencies of S10,476,oo0, due in
some cases to reckless spending,
such as the excess outlay of $s73, 900
for the publication of the session
laws and concurrent resolutions.
AT the Governors suggestion the
Legislature overhauled our anti
quated administrative system. 1t
has saved money for the future by
consultations and eliminations. 1t
has brought some order into the
states business. New York's cost
Of administration and her burden OF
debt are disproportionate to those of
better governed states. Only a be-
ginning has been made at recon
struction. But if reconstruction is
continued the states annual budget
may pc decreased, while it's popula-
ton increases, and the per capita
cost of government may thus be
brought again within reasonable
limits.
That is Mr.. Miller's hope. HAY
ing carried such hope to Albany
and having realized it in part in the
first four months of his term stamp
him as an unusual Governor. In
having Loyalty cooperated with him
the Legislature of 1921 showed it.
self an unusual Legislature. The
public will echo the praise the
Governor bestows on the legislative
branch. But the legislators only
accepted his policy. The lions share
of the credit for the revival Of real
political responsibility at Albany
must go to kim.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Colurnbia's Stadium,

Lit is welcome news that a dozen
acres on the Harlem Ship Canal are
to be adorned with the stadium of
Columbia University. The Dycklnan
tract, at Broadway and 218th Street,
Is one Of those dreary fats that seem
fairly to beg for worthy improve
ment. The city is fortunate to have
this bit Of waterfront so happily
appropriated.
The tempting site on the Hudson
at 116th Street was given up no
doubt with good deal of regret, but
the new location is not inaccessible,
and the total cost of the grounds
and amphitheatre, about $1,000, 1000,
is within bounds. If the college
needs outside help to raise this sum
New Workers who are interested in
athletics should not be backward
about contributing.
Columbia has not taken place in
sports equal to her size and pres
tlge. She could hardly be expected
to without an adequate athletic
plant. When she is on par in that
respect with Yale, Harvard and
Princeton she will certainly earn q
fair share of honors. New York,
in spite of geographical handicaps.
is not second to any other city in
athletic activities-and how we do
love winner! Well all root for
you, Columbia, in your new stadium.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Fairness TO Non-SIackers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me to- congratulate you
on your splendid editorial in regard to
the slaekers' list now being published
in the daily papers and at the same
time to say how fair your paper has
always been in all matters.
No doubt names will appear from
time to time of men who have fought
in the Allied forces, and hope that
equal prominence will be given to these
men, so that they will receive Just as
much favorable publicity in showing the
American people that they are not
slackers. | particularly refer to the
case of William G. Forbes, WHO is a
member of this organization and gained
the Military Medal for gallantry in the
Cambria action.
WILLIAM A. DUNNETT,
Secretary, British Great War Veter-
ans of America.
New York, May &, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Not C.essnany's Business

German army and military police
detachments started from Berlin
yesterday for the Upper Silesian
border. Reichstag leaders are dis
cussing a resolution directing the
government to use the German army
in the plehiscite district unless the
Allied authorities quickly restore
order.
The situation is paradoxical and
ironical. Germany is threatened
with Allied occupation Of the Ruhr
district because she has defaulted
on her treaty obligations to disarm
and make reparation payments. Yet
she is planning to invade Upper
silesia and rebuke. the Allied gov
crnments for not safeguarding
purely imaginary German rights
there.
Upper Silesia was detached from
the Reich under the Versailles
treaty. 1t is held in trust by the
Allied Council, which has exclusive
authority to say what part OF it, if
any, is to be restored to German
sovereignty. Germany is an out
slider so far as any determination of
the final German-P boundary
is concerned. The local Allied COM
mission might invite German troops
In to help maintain order. But if
German troops should go in without
an invitation it would be an act of
war against the Allies.
Poland has disavowed Korfanty
and the Polish volunteers who are
overrunning the southeastern sec
tion of Upper Silesia. Poland is a
creation of the treaty and is po-
litical and military ally of the En-
tente powers. Polish claims to the
plebiscite territory as well as Ger.
man are in the hands of the Upper
Silesian Joint commission and the
Allied Council, whose duty it is to
allot the districts in manner best
calculated to carry out the purposes
of the treaty.
The Allied powers brought on the
present Upper Silesian disturbances
through long delays in drawing a
boundary line. 1t is their mess, just
as Fiume was, and the Korfanty
uprising may have results similar to
those flowing from D'Annunzio's
irregular seizure of the Adriatic
port. But Hungary didn't attempt
to intervene in the Fiume dispute.
1t would be equally presumptuous
for Germany to try to influence the
Upper Silesian settlement by armed
invasion. There are still some ele-
mental distinctions between the con-
quered and the conquerors.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
FIandicapping Our Own Trade

Another interesting light upon
the reason for the decline of Ameri-
can trade as compared with Euro
pean trade in the Philippines was
thrown by Judge d. II. Williams, of
Manila, speaking at the Cleveland
Foreign Trade Convention.
Despite its urgent need for reve-
nue. and its long established income
tax, the British government, it ap-
pears, imposes no tax upon the local
income Of British citizens resident
abroad. British merchants estab-
lished at Manila are thus exempt
from income tax on the business
which they conduct there. The same
exemption is allowed by practically
all the Important trading nations.
But American citizens settled there
are compelled to pay income taxes.
I'm our own dependency and under
cur own flag" says Judge Williams.
I'VE penalize our own countrynnen in
favor Of foreigners" If the Ameri-
can adds this taxation to the SELLING
price of his goods he is undersold
by the foreigner. If he pays it out
OF his own pocket he will become
bankrupt.
That certainly is an unsatisfactory
state Of affairs, the disastrous ef-
feets of which upon American COM
merce are quite obvious. The
remedy is to exempt the American
or to tax his foreign rival. The
abolition of the detested excess
profits tax will not afford suficient
y