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Evening journal., 1921-10-26
DELAY
ON new SLUICE
H. A. Pierce and ]. M. Men
dinhall Make Complaint
TO Levy Court
MONTHS BEHIND
CONTRACT TIME

II. A. Pierce. engineer for the du-
Pont Company and John NJ. Men
denhall, former acknowledgement
property owners in Red Lion hun
dred. personally protested against
alleged unnecessary delays in con-
structing the new siuice and fillins
the large breach in Red Lion marsh
bank, at the meeting OF the Levy
Court this morning.
The contractors are ThompsoI
and Jones.
Mr.. Pierce, in protesting agains
the delay said the contractors had
from every indication used dilitorJ
methods in their work. He said
work should have been completed
! by August is at least. as the con-
tract was awarded on April II. The
contractors he said with the pres.
ent force cannot possibly complete
The work before the bad wintki
weather sets in. when it will be i'm
possible to make .the fill.
MI AtAkt AMA0AAlNA AAAt k0AAAAAAAN-
soners that three communication
had been sent the contractor, and
that the replies contained promises
that have not been kept.
It was said that several hundred
more tons of stone would be re.
quired to make the fill at the beach
IL the county was to be saved
heavy loss by the spring washouts
! II also said at the hearing that the
property owners, who had promised
TO pay a portion OF the cost OF mend
/ ing this bank, had made several sug-
! gestions that would have saved the
contractor money.
! Commissioner Buckson said he
had visited the place where the
work is being done and found the
statements made by the property
owners present. correct.
County Engineet Grubb also smoke
in favor of immediate action by the
Levy Court In having the work COM
pleted as soon as possible.
Commissioner Jones spoke in he
half of the contractors claiming de-
lay in the receipt of stones. Mr.
Pierce said they could get stones at
S1.75 a ton within a short distance
Of the job.
The contract was awarded, to be
completed within dwo months, at a
cost Of about $4,000, but has been
nuder way for more than five months
and has cost the contractor more
than II the work had been done with
less delay, according TO Mr.. Mem
denhall and Mr. Pierce.
BY motion the court recessed until
? o'clock. during which time the
matter was considered by them as a
committee Of the whole. in CONSUL
tation with County Engineer Grubb.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
Woman Smiles Despite
Her Lining Death

CHICAGO.-Mrs. Mary Smith.
with her neck broken. sits propped
up in an invalid chair in a hospital
here. There. doctors say. she will
sit for life with her head and shoul-
ders encased in a plaster cast.
She is the first woman, and one
of the very few persons. ever to sur
vive such an injury.
she can't move. II she did, she
would die Immediately. the doctors
say.
And yet she smiles.
why shouldn't I? I'm still alive,
and while there's life there's hope.
she says.
Recently the doctors told her she
had appendicitis, and that an opera
ton was necessary. That on top OF
a broken neck.
But this extraordinary Pollyanna
just smiled and acquiesced.
"Smiling's the best comfort any
me can have" she says.
Mrs. Smith is 81. She has been
married only a short time.
Every day her husband calls at the
hospital to see her. She cannot
even touch his hand. She cannot
move.
But-she's waiting with a smile
each time he calls. Attaches at the
hospital call her the smilin' lady"
She broke her neck when she
bumped into a stake while swim
ming under water. Prompt medi-
cal attention was all that saved her
life.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26

the Elkton church. II is OF the.opin-
ion that a judicial commission.
speaking ex-cathedra,. is as liable to
err as is Pope, and that il did err
in holding DIR. McElmoyle had re-
ceived proper legal notification in the
case. That the commission itself had
grave doubts in the matter, we think
is evident from its own language in
the opinion given: We do not mean
to be understood as approving the
practice of proceeding without SER
vice Of citation in such cases. ETC.
(see General Assembly minutes, p
1870.
''The Presbyterian Church is prop
erly proud OF its spiritual indepen-
dence. II does not bow TO Episcopal
or other hierarchical control but
glories in its several courts. But we
do not believe there is any other
/ court OF the land which would pro-
nounce the notification in this case
sufficient. With all due Difference
to the General Assembly. We do dts
sent from its decision upon this
point"
/ ~ WeAR NAANAA AAARN'A AAAAA AAAt ANNWA
OF the judicial committee be referred
to the judicial commission which
had been named by the vice mod
orator. Judge II. NJ. Abercrombie.
The commission consists Of the Rev.
T. C. Clark Washington; the Rev
Freely Rohrer, Washington: me
Rev Edward Wright. Ballston. Va.
the Rev. G.. A. Hurlbert. Baltin1o ore.
the Rev. ]. A. Nesbit, Baltimore; the
Rev w. +. Eableson. Washington;
the Rev. A. II. Barr. Baltimore, and
the following laymen: Joseph Cliff
Jr, Baltimore; f. V. Criterion and
w. H. Booth, of Washington.
Following the appointment. the
commission went into session and at
$50 O'Clock recessed until this
morning.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
ma BERGDOLL
ORDERED OUT
Col. Miller, Alien Property
Custodian, Wants Wynne-
field Home
is PROPERTY OF
GROVER, STACKER

PHILADELPHIA, oct 26. - An
evictiop notice has been served on
Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoli, mother Of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. the
worlds champion Stacker. by Alien
Property-Custodian Thomas w. Mil
Ter. IL will become effective No
vember ]. and II Ma" fails to move
out OF the Bergdoi castle" at
wynneheld on or before that date
the property will be taken over by
Department ar Justice agents
The Bergdoll castle" as it has
been called, is a huge, ornate stone
affair at Fifty-second street and
Wynnefeld avenue II is the property
Of Grover Prior to his difficulties
over the selective service he lived
there and maintained II as the head
quarters of his automobile speeding
expeditions. His mother kept house
for him.
When the draft chase got too hot
Bergdoll ducked. but took the pre-
caution to provide his mother with
power OF attorney to administer hi :
estate. estimated at more than a mill
lion dollars. Nearly half a million
dollars worth Of this property has
been taken over by the alien prop
erty custodian. including real estate,
borGs. mortgages and other securi-
ties.
In addition to a suit in this city
to recover a $4,000 note, Mrs Berg
doll has launched actions in the Dis
trict OF Columbia Supreme Court,
along with Charles A. Braun. her
son. who changed HIS name because
OF the disgrace brought on it by
Grover. Both seek to recover prop
erty seized by Miller and Carroll.
contending that It is theirs and not
Growers.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
VETS TO fight
FOR congress
(continued from First Page)

N0OnGnufu ATD01 ElTNl EdEtN
OF the beer regulations in the face
OF opposition to dry forces. Instead
he said. the treasury will follow the
spirit OF the law in making available
beer and wine prescribed on doc
tors orders.
Election OF a beer and light wines
Congress is to be sought next year
by the country's wet interests.
They are preparing now for what
they term a national referendum on
the question OF amending the Vol
stead Act to permit general sale, and
use Of these beverages.
Their plan is to put forward beer
and wine candidates" in every State.
both for the House and the Senate,
so far as It is possible. Their activi-
ties with respect to the Senate will
be very limited because 23 Senators
out OF 96 are to be elected and in
most cases the sitting members VIII
seek reelection.
But in all the States the entire
House delegation will be chosen
anew. The vets consider this the
hest opportunity they will get for an
attempt TO "liberalize" prohibition.
They will appeal to the people on
the ground that IL would lie better
to legalize beer and light wines than
TO have millions OF men and women
all over the country violating both
the Letter and the spirit OF the pro-
hilttior amendment and tho Vol
stead law by making home brew
home made wines ana synthetic
"hooch."
They will urge amendment OF the
Nolstead !sW as the oi.v way TO end
what they call an EZRA of hypo-
cricy~ throughout the country on the
prohibition issue.
Renewed activity IL being display
ed in several States by wet organiza-
tions which have held together IN
skeleton form "just waiting for an
opportunity to make concerted at
tack upon it,
Anti-saloon League leaders here
have been expecting suca a cam
paign. they said. and are prepared
to meet it promptly WAYNE s.
Wheeler. general counsel for the
league. said today the vets are as
much mistaken about the alleged
public sentiment for the beer and
wine as they were in thinking tia:
prohibition would not become TACT.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
NfRs- NJ. s. nIGGs DEAD.

Mrs. Malinda S. Diggs, aged 81
years. wife OF ]. Frank Diggs, OF
North East, Md. died at the home
OF her daughter. Mrs. Dorothy Lowe,
5O4 West Twenty-second street, at
$50 o'clock this morning. Funeral
services will be held and interment
made at Louden Park cemetery, Bal
timore. on Friday, at 1 o'clock.
Mrs. Diggs leaves five children;
Mrs. Marguerite NJ. Robinson, OF
Millington. Md; J. Franklin Diggs.
Jr.. OF Baltimore; Clarence S. Diggs,
OF North East; Mrs Dorothy Lowe,
5O4 West Twenty-second street. and
Mrs. Gladys Holt, 512 West Twen-
ty-second street.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
AWARD CONTRACT
FOR BRIDGE REPAIRS

The contract for repairing and
strengthening Eleventh street bridge
was awarded to Victor Gilman at his
bid of s2277.71, bu the Levy Court
at its adjourned session this morning.
The eye beam and bolts are to be
frightened and new girders and other
badly worn parts are TO be replaced.
The bridge was recently inspected
by the county engineer and with the
replacing of few parts and the
strengthening OF other portions. II
was said the bridge would be safe
for traffic.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
ATTEND SCHOOL,
governor URGES

tCcntinued from First Pege>
The situation Is unjust both TO
the State and to the children.
our latest figures indicate
that 229o Of all white pupils in
the rural schools Of New Castle
county, 32q6 in Kent county and
Sh.4f 20 III Sussex county failed of
promotion and will thus be COM
PEELED to repeat this year the
same work they pursued I'M
successfully last year.
The same tables show that
S3 y 70 Of all pupils In the col
ored schools of New Castle
county, 43.Se5 in Sussex county
and 50.4% in Kent county failed
or promotion. Here is a dis
heartening record Of failure
from one-third to one-half of all
colored pupils.
THE chief reason why these
pupils failed in promotion is that
they at;cnded school for so brief
a period as to make It impos-
sible for the teacher to advance
them with the other pupils into
the higher grade.
"Our Delaware children are
entitled to a full year at school.
The State is now providing the
schools for them and asks that
the children be not deprived Of
their American birthright, a free
and complete public school edu-
cation at the expense Of the
State.
I'm order to bring to the at
tention OF Delawareans the ne
cessity for their children attend
ing school, the first week of No
vember has been set apart as
time when we may study the
matter of school attendance. I.
therefore. urge all our people to
take an active part in making
this a period Of practical vaiue
and to realize the importance of
school attendance for the de-
Vclopment of our State"
"W. d. DENNEY."
Governor"
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
ASSAULTED BOY WITH
WATERMELON, CHARGE

Al the request OF the defendant.
the case Of william Nigro, charged
with assault and battery on Ben
jnmin Ortman. 70 years OF age.
111ia South Van Buren, street, was
continued until Friday by Deputy
Judge Lynn in Municipal Court this
morning.
Nigro surrendered himself to
Special officer Walsh last night
after he learned that a warrant had
been sworn out for his arrest on
September II. lie is alleged to have
struck young Ortman with a water
melon
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
ArrENp LEGION CONVENTION

To attend the national convention
Of the American Legion, John J.
Dugan, regimental adjutant OF the
National Guard OF Delaware, and
Henry c. Parker, delegates, and DR..
Meredith I. Samuel and Leander r.
Webb. alternates, will leave here to-
morrow night for Kansas City. Sew
eral members of the Laurence Rob-
erts Post will also attend.
According to word received from
Him yesterday, Colonel Thomas W.
Miller. alien property custodian. will
attend the convention and viii iaAz
make a tour of the west.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
FouR NEW PATRoLMEN

Hugh j. Denny, William Brown,
Jr.. George l.. Warrington and Will
liam y. Hendlin, who have served
six months as probationary police
men, We're accepted as officers in
fun standing by the Department Of
Public safety yesterday afternoon
Timothy Gaines was appointed a
member Of the Bureau of Police for
a probationary period 70 six months.
The application Of Eugene j. Nc
Closkey of 731 DUPONT street, for a
position on the force took the usual
course.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
NEW RUBBING PERMITS,

Building Inspector Preston has
issued the following building per-
mits;
Irenee dupont. Dorcas Lane. re-
tanning wall $500.
Mrs. L. Copeland. 2002 Rising sun
Lane, addition, $500.
. Dennis Mention, 1892 Jackson
street. addition. $1,000.
william Kempski. 112 Stroud
street, alterations, $500.
Philip Sklut, 500 West Third
street, alterations, $500.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
SMITH AFTER CHAR
ACTER WITNESSES.

To allow the defendant to produce
evidence as to his past reputation,
the case OF William Smith. Negro.
charged with carrying concealed a
razor. was continued until tomo row
by Deputy Judge Lynn in Municipal
Court this morning.
Smith said that he came here
from Beverly, n. j.. in search OF
work and that he carried the razor
to shave with.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
ATTACHMENT FOR sUGARMAN

An attachment was ordered IS
sued for Wolf Sugarman by Deputy
Judge Lynn in Municipal Court this
morning. when the man failed to ap-
pear to answer a charge OF harbor-
ing an unregistered dog. The case
WAS set for tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1921-10-26


including ours. II urged the re-
study. for cutting down. of all In
creases over 90 per cent? 1t chose
representatives for the official bud
get conference OF the General As
sembly's Executive Commission with
the Boards. Il asked the Synods
and Presbyteries to include in their
budgets amounts to cover pro rata
expense OF the New Era Movement
and .002 per cent. OF receipts for
expenses OF Conference and Com
mittee. 10 urged a general survey
OF Home Mission needs budgeted for
five years II presented a studied.
common budget"
The Rev. DR. John Mcdowell, OF
New York. also a secretary Of the
Board of Home Missions, addressed
the Synod on the work done during
the past year. He said that during
the year, S9S4.OOO had been contrib
uted toward this work.
lie spoke of the work done in the
army and the industrial world.
He referred to the confusions OF
missions in the minds of the church
member. "I do not wonder" he
added.
Specialization without Christian
ization will not save a nation. Ger
many was proof Of that. 1t was the
most socialized country"
Evening journal., 1921-10-26

The Want Ads featuring transpor-
tation win be largely answered 20
morrow. and during the coming
week. it will be well to advertise
rooms to rent
Evening journal., 1921-10-26
II ARRESTS LAST WEEK

Seventy-one arrests were made by
the police last week. according to
reports submitted to the Department
of Public Safety. yesterday after
noon. Thirteen prisoners we're COM
mitted to the New Castle County
Workhouse. Fines and costs collect
ed amounted to s14265.
Connecticut western news., 1921-05-12
Labor obIiaatorx in Rulnarla

According to information from Sofia, Bulgaria has passed a law by which laber is obligatory, both for men and women. This later can be utilized in many ways, Including the construction of roads, railways, canals, aqueducts. Improvement of rivers and streams, installation of telephone and tele- graph lines, preparation of various building materials. the planting and exploitation of forests, work in the various domains of the state, district or communes, cultivation of kitchen gardens, raising of silk worms and of bees and cattle. fisheries, work in mines and factories, conservation of food products, weaving, etc. The de- mobilization of the Bulgarian army by virtue of the recent treaty has ren- dered this law necessary.
Connecticut western news., 1921-05-12
 Grandeur In Storm,

Indian thunderstorms are notoriously violent, though comparatively harm less. According to Mountstuart EIph- instone, the setting In of the monsoon In India Is accompanied by such an electric convulsion "as can scarcely be imagined by those who have not seen that phenomenon in a temperate cli- mate.
 Tt generally be9ins with violent blasts of wind. which are succeeded by floods of rain. For some hours light ming is seen almost without intermis- sion; sometimes 1t only Eliminates the sky and shows the clouds near the horizon; at others 1t discovers the dis tant hills, and again leaves all in dark ness, when in an instant 1t reappears In vivid and successive flashes and ex- hibits the nearest objects in all the brightness of day.
 During all this time the distant thunder never ceases to roll and is only silenced by some nearer peal, which bursts on the ear with such a sudden and tremendous crash as can scarcely fail to strike the most insensible heart with awe."-Scientif1c American.
Connecticut western news., 1921-05-12

once in some newspaper having a cir culation in said Probate District, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign-post in the Town of North Canaan, nearest to the place where the deceased last dwelt and that like copy of the foregoing or der or marked copy of the news paper A publishing said order be mailedsto each of the known heirs and distributes of said estate at east three days before the day set for said hearing and that due return be made to this Court.
 Attest: David c. Whittlesey, Julge.
Connecticut western news., 1921-05-12
This Man ALI Ups and Downs.

J. B. Evans is one of the men who has a distinctive job m the United States, no other man having n similar job, or at least not exactly similar. He Is the man that runs the elevator in the Washington monument, and he has been sliding up and down that white shaft for 42 years, an exchange states. If one estimates in miles the number of feet he has risen and fallen again, one could find that a similar distance would run three times around the world.
 In addition to this the number of men and women from every part of the world who have been carried up by him would populate New York city, and their numbers have included every so- cial condition known to man, from rul- Ing powers to paupers, and from Af- rican savages to scientists from the worlds universities. He never con- puted the number of times he has been asked: How high Is the monument" but if he bad he thinks 1t would run Into the millions.
Connecticut western news., 1921-05-12
Prehlntoric skelntnnn

The skeletons of a prehistoric ele- phant and a prehistoric OK have just been found at depth of 45 feet be- low the soil of London, when excava- tions were made for a building in Re gent street. The bones date back to the days when the world was young, and mammoths, giant elephants and hippopotami lived Tn the great semi tropical marshes of what Is now Eng- land.
 The finding of such traces of for mer ages Is not a novelty in this ge- ologically old country. A few years ago a lump of ivory weighing 18 pounds was dug up at Chelsea, and was found on Investigation to be a mammoth's tooth. The skull of an enormous rhinoceros was dug up ip Fleet street recently. In 1901 a lead coffin, containig the bones of a human being, believed to have lived 1000 years ago, was unearthed fin north f'ondon.-London Mall
Connecticut western news., 1921-05-12

THE NATIONAL IRON BANK, at Falls Village Connecticut, the close of business on 28th 1921
 discounts, including redscounts (excep those in .I49' |o9oO Deposited to circulation GU. s, bonds Government Securities .25,OOOOO Banking Furniture fixtures $2ooO OOoO Cash vault 5,oO( (98 .15,7782 Federal Reserve Bank of collection available 62 AS 3,1006 # g, 10, 13, 14..... 24,722O9 on outside of ing bank and other cash items 4OoO Redemp fund with U. s. Treasurer and due from U. s.
 LIABILITIES p S1~ - s1 p " oOO oC Surplus fund expenses  Federal Bank (dferred ed) 26O628 Net amounts State banks, bankers and trust panies in the andf foreign included in Items 22 112O Total of Items 22 23 24 25 and 26......... .6,71898
  Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days Oher money borrowed) 79 of deposits other than bank deposit Reserve Items 27, 28, 29, 30, and 32 16194132 Total 339968O O8 of Connecticut County O Litchfeld, Dwight Cashier of the that the the best belief dSsssa Subscribed and to May
 J.. ENSIGN, Notary
 HENRY C. GAYLORD
 M.
 GEO. B. SMITH
Connecticut western news., 1921-05-12
Does Influenza Cause TubercuIosIsY

pr. Charles H. Marcy of Pittsburgh stared before the Medical Society of Pennsylvania that he had studied 533 cases of tuberculosis, the onset of whose symptoms was referred to an attack of influenza. The number of patients known to have had tubercu- losis prior to the onset of influenza was comparatively small. In the ma jority of these cases the influenza had reactivated old quIescent lesions. In 34.3 per cent of the series studied the onset of tuberculosis dated from the influenza. A large number of cases in the series showed other conditions which were non-tubercular, though they simulated tuberculosis.