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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-16

Golf Knickers OF Oatmeal
Crash, Tan Gabardines, or
Highland Cheviots. May or
may not improve your
game. But their Scottish
kinship. Makes your ap-
pearanCe more true to form.
Prices thrifty, too. $3.50,
$3.50, 50, $40,
Perry's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-16

Any one ever ask you.
What's Mohair, anyway?
You tell him. A fabric WOW
en- from the hair of the An
CORA goat. Used to be black
as midnight. Not now. Mo-
hairs in smart pencil stripes.
Self stripes. Novelty pat
terms, Beautifully silk trim
med. $3.50, SIS. Good
assortments for $40. Others
at $14.5O and $16.5O. e,
Perry8
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-16
OUTING FOR BUSINESS MEN
Program Of Sports Included in Clubs
Holiday

Members of the Business Science Club
are holding their annual outing today at
Browns Mills in the Pine, y. j. Lcav.
ing Market Street Ferry, the members
of the club and guests motored to their
destination. where they mdulged in
canoeing. boating aud horseback riding.
\ program of athlcHc sports wa.
arranged for the afternoon. and tho
cutting will close IN the evening wi'h
A dinner and entertainment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-16
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT

night at Kensington and Frankford
avenues.
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Woman Fires Bullet Into Heart
Fasto,, Nd. juno lG,-NIiss Lena
, ndcrson. fifty years old. daughter Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
BLAMEs HOME BREW.
George Louth Goes to Prison. For
Striking His Wife.

Home brew Of his own manufacture
caused George Louth. 207 East Thru
street to strike his wife vicious
blow in the face during quarrel at
their home last night. the wife testi-
fled In Municipal Court today. Mrs.
I,outh's left eye was closed and coll
ored a deep purple, while the left
cheek was swollen to twice It's normal
size and discolorcd. done with one
blow OF her husbands fist. Mrs. Louth
said.
Louth has a terrible temper, she
said, and 1t In almost unbearable when
he is under the influence OF his home
brew. He pleaded guilty. "She fol-
lowed me from room to room, pester-
ing me. showed me over chair and
my temper got up and ! hit her,
was the way Louth briefly explained
his case.
zone year in the warehouse" Ju0we
Lynn said.
Louth has been arrested several
times before for similar charges and
Is at present In arrears on payment OF
a support order.
Charged with operating an automo-
bile without proper light Samuel Ter
raporani. employed by a contractor
at Newark, was fined $40.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
AMERICA vEhsus AMERIcAS.

From the letters Of Walter ". Page.
the late American Ambassador In
London. In the Worlds Work.
The English make sharp distinc-
tion between the American people and
the American governments disfinc<
tion that they are conscious o. snd
that they themselves talk about. They
do not think OF our people as foreign
era. have d club book on my table
wherein the members are classified
an British, Colonial. American. and
Foreign--auite unconsciously. But
they do thing of our government ~
foreign. and az a frontier sort Of thing
without good manners or good faith.
This distinction presents the big task
Of implanting here real respect for
our government. People often think
10 compliment the American Anbassa- :
dor by assuming that he is better than
his government and must at times be
ashamed Of Il. This is the one ex-
perience that / have found Irritating.
They comrniserate me on having a
government that will not provide an
ambassadors residence--from the king
to my servants
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
MAY co TO NEW YORK.
Jesse Morris Still In State Hospital
Mt Farnhurst.

Jesse Morris of New York. who was
found wandering in Wilmington and
committed TO the Delaware State Hos
pital. Farnhurst, still is at the insti-
tuition. His son, Jesse Morris. Jr..
was sent back to New York.
Margaret J. Powers, social service
director of the New York State
Charity Aid Association, has written
as follows TO j. Paul Green. probation
officer of the Juvenile Court, who had
charge of the boy while he was in VII
mington: Thank you for your letter
of September 6. relative to the case of
Jesse Morris. I have written TO the
hospital officials at Farnhurst asking
for information about the patient and
telling them he was formerly at Gem
trail Islip State Hospital Long Island,
but that since he was discharged from
there he should either have to be re-
in New York through Belle
vue or be transferred from Delaware
to~a New York institution by the
interstate agreement of the State Hos
pital Commissions"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
COMMUNITY COOPERATION.
Everett C. johnson Addressed Meet
ing at Claymont Last Night

An interesting address on "Commu-
nifty Cooperation" which was deliver
ca by Everett G. Johnson, former sec
retary OF State. featured last nights
meeting Of the Claymont Community
League. a large audience greatly APP
preciated the address. Community
singing was lead by Guy r. Ford, with
Miss Justis as accompanist. Other ex-
ercises included a French vocal solo
by Miss Athez and piano solos by
George Kelley.
Considerable business was transac-
ted by the league. William ID. Mullen.
chairman Of the civic committee, was
Instructed 10 send letter OF thanks
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for
improvements it has made 10 Manor
avenue. The league voted continu-
ance of lights along the highway al
Claymont, the expense to be paid with
the leagues funds. Various committees
made reports. which were accepted
and filed.
The leagues next meeting viii be
held October II.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI.
Chapter TO Dine And Hold
Meeting Wednesday Night.

The first fall meeting of the VIII
minRton Chapter Of the Alumni AS
sociation of the University Of Della
ware will be held 1T the Hotel du ront
next wednesday evening. There will
I've a dinner at which VIII be followed
by business meeting. A number OF
matters OF Importance are to be
brought up for the year viii be dis
missed
The chapter. which waH orga nizcd
in May, has been very active since 'ts
formation and its membership Is now
about I0o.' u is planned 20 have en-
rolled IL possible every Delaware Col
iege or University of Delaware sradu-
ate or person who spent al least o5e
y.ar at the inst.-ut:oa There are
about 200 eligible i'm this section and
efforts will be made to locate all OF
them.
Plans fer aiding the various athletic
tsaigs at the Uni- acsiiy OF Dclawere
wall be ope Of the prircirle topics Of
The meeting. TIE local chapter ia
following the plan OF the various chap.
sers i'm helping the athletic authori-
ties at the institution in their efforts
70 produce better teams. ]. A. CaotG-
ers. chairman Of the athletic conn
.nittee Of the loeal chapter. is mcm-
Der of the Athlete Council nj the I'ni-
~ sity of Delaware.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
ACTION ON DEATH OF
JOHN H. DANNY
Taken by the Park Commission,
of Which He Was a
Member.

Resolutions of respect TO the
memory of former Park Commissioner
John H. Dandy were adopted at the
meeting of the board yesterday after
noon. as follows:
''The Board of Park Commissioners
of Wilmington records with deep re-
gret the death of Jobe IL, Dandy, one
of it's members, which occurred since
our last meeting. During the period
of nearly six years Mr.. Dandy gave
to the work of the board his sincere
interest and effort, and won the affec-
tion and respect of the members. With
a keen realization of its own loss and
the loss to the community, this board
extends to the members Of Mr.. Dan
by's family, its heartfelt sympathy I'm
their bereavement
The contract for laying concrete
sidewalk at the Eighteenth street
athletic field was awarded TO the
Joseph s. Hamilton Co. at the price
of 10 cents for sidewalk per foot. and
20 cents for straight and curved curb
The bid of the Wilmington & Phila-
delphia Traction Co. for wiring Rodney
Square for electric lighting was re-
ferred to the executive committee.
1t was reported by the superinten-
dent that the grading OF the Eigh-
teenth street athletic field has been
practically completed.
Playground attendance for July was
reported at ss.6eI and for August. s6.
e52. Swimming pool attendance for
August totalled 1911. of which num-
Der sos women and 1.le5 men Were
pay patrons
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
TEACHERS CONFER.
Many Called At HtAte School Hoard
O0ice Today.

Many rural school teachers OF New
Castle county called at the branch
Offices OF the State Board of E,duca ton,
In the Public BUILDING. today and
conferred with Wilbur l.. Jump. assis-
tant superintendent In charge OF ele-
montary schools, and the school super
visors concerning school duties and
supplies Similar conferences will be
held there each Saturday.
or 400 rural schools In tho State
Mr.. Jump reported that only 40 or so
which are one-room schools. lack
teachers. During the week school su.
pervisors toured New Castle county
Only eight OF the 70 schools In ths
eastern part of the county and onl,
two OF the 20 schools In the western
part of the county Jack teachers. Only
eight new teachers are employed In
the western section. Many of ths
teachers have not signed contracts
but are working on faith," believing
the school trustees VIII give then
proper compensation. Most of the r,i.
raj schools in New Castle county re.
opened Tuesday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
HISTORY Of UMBRELLA
TOLD IN EXHIBIT
Unique and interesting Display
at MuIlin Clothing
Store.

In the main show window Mt the
clothing store Of James r.. Muliin 4
Sons Sixth and Market streets. thera
Is on display what is claimed to be ths
most remarkable collection of umbrel-
lag in this country and today 1t at
tracted the attention OF thousands Of
persons who viewed 1t with the great
est interest. There are 81 specimens.
comprising products OF different
periods. the odd and curious as we'll
as the well worn rain protectors own
ed by persons noted I'm the political
and commercial world.
The exhibit demonstrates In a strik-
ing way that for centuries there has
been hardly any change in the style
and manner of making umbrellas.
Among the pieces lis a folding uin-
brella of whalebone rib used by George
Washington In 1890; another of Eng
iish manufacture used by Benjamin
Franklin in 1855: automatic self OPP
ening umbrella used by Washington
Irving In 1S4s: automatic umbrella
without springs and which is kept up
by tension. used about 1915; umbrella
OF oiled water proof paper and b6 ham
bpp ttnS uStu III tue 'ttNHA iioii tt5
mote times to the present day.
There is a small parasol, used I'm
France in the period of Louis XIV,
also a parasolette. ,octagon shape. used
In France during the same period
Some of these have handles and ribs
of real ivory. which is hand carved
There are many other specimens, in
cluded among which are canes used
by the nobility i'm France and loaded
canes for weapons carried during the
French revolution.
The collection was accumulated by
the late c. j. Follmer during period
of over thirty years and is valued AT
several thousand dollars. Arrange
ments for the public showing were
made with his son. Willis Follmer
who succeeded his father in the man
agement of the New York salesroon1
of Folmer. Ciogg 4 Company. N
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
SAARPSHOOTERS IN
REED BIRD EVENT
Local sportsmsn Alarm Resi-
dents OF Section Below
Augustine Beach.

fe~~id~nts Of the section below Au-
sussin~ Beach last night probably
,.,,ro alarmed for some time. by sup
lsssssi machine gun fire along Angus
tine cs~eek, and may have feared that
an invasion wus being made. Suhee-
uuent Investigation disclosed the fact
that quintet OF "sharrehooters"
ffam wilmington were out in an
effort 10 extcrmsnate the reed bird
Species
Captain y. T.. Rlackson. Captain s.
y. Duncan. Lieutenant Mitchell Lu-
ih.r. Lon" cleaver and George II.
Nernon vere the members OF the at
tackiug farty. The runners made the
trl1i from this city In MIR. Nernon's au-
snuohlie. Arriving at the scene OF bat
tie. which also is the birthplace OF
Captain Duncan. the Five Muske-
teera" at once sought action.
There were no casualties. except
eleven dosen reedhirds. according to
The runntfS. who. by the way. have
net even shown feather TO their
fticna@ near casualty took place.
whom one Of the gunners nearly fired
AZ a horse. Luther showed his class as
= marksman BY bringing down a spar
row. The shooters extraordinary gave
snule anc demonstrations of the art
uf gun IRE and attra1ed the natives
Ter miles around. Lon" Cleaver DEM
onefrated iong-rsnEe firing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
LEGAL PROBLEMS
ENM[SH FIRE DEPT.
Most Serious Phase of Situa-
ton is in Relation to $6o7,-
600 Bond Issue.

All legal entsnglements with re-
lation 10 the establishment Of paid
fire department in thla city have not
been cleared up. according TO deeelop-
ments this morning. One OF the most
serious phases of the case Is In re-
lation to the bond issue for s6sT 600
which City Council authorized some
time ago and which was purchased
by X. NJ. Grant a Co, bond brokers
OF New York City.
Grant e Co. have asked Council to
cancel the Issue. but they have not
they refuse there is question
whether they would forfeit their check
for two per cent OF the issue, which
they deposited with their bid. the
total amounting to more than $4,000.
ON the other hind, should Council pass
an ordinance renaaling the ordinance
providing for the bonds. then Grant
& Co. could. II they SO desired, make
demand upon the city for the bonds
on the ground that they had already
purchased them. city officials do not
anticipate any action of this nature.
but they feel IL advisable that the
city he safeguarded from sny such
emergency
There is therefore n legal Aside 10
the tangle which has to be worked
out Councils notice of a repeater, aF
given last Thursday night, Il was ex-
plained today, was simply an enabling
act. TO give IL the authority 10 repeal
the original ordinance IL II so desired
but 1t has not been definitely decided
that II will be rascinded, II was sx-
planned today by city officials. just
what will be done In the matter has
not been definitely determined.
So far as the directors Of the De-
partment of Public Safety are con-
cerned. they have taken no steps to-
ward the compilation Of a plan and
estimate for submission 10 Council for
approval They will not do this until
after conference with CITY Solicitor
Satterthwaite and this meeting Will
not be arranged until some time mex,
week, due 10 the absence from the
city OF the president Of the board. $
*. Smith, who will be home next Mon
day.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
FOUR QUAKES A DAY
IS JApAN'S AVERAGE
Country Has Diversified Gil
mate; Snow One Side,
Sunny the Other.

The climatic conditions of Japan Of
fer contrasts of more striking char
acter than any other country OF sim
liar area In the world. While in the
northernmost islaud we have mainly
subsrtie features, in the southernrnost
we find them ub-tropieal Moreover.
en the west coast of the main island
we find both those extremes repre-.
sented in the same region
The cold, dry northwesteriy winds os
winter that sweep across from Siberia
gather up the moisture over the Japan
Sea and deposit IL in snowfall often
heavy enough TO bury whole villages.
rntercommnnication between house
and house is then maintained only by
means Of sheltered arcades. and build
inrs of importance need 70 be identi-
fed BY sign posts stuck IN the snow 10
Indicate the 'postoffice is below" "The
police station viii be found underneath
this spot" Nevertheless. in the same
region the summer is almost tropical
in character.
Again while the western side of the
rreat mountain mass Of these regions
exhibits leaden skies and biting winds,
on the east. toward tho Pacific Goa vt
the winter is nearly always delight
fully bright and sunny and snowfails
are seldom seen.
One Of The most disturbing features
I'm every sense) Of the natural phe-
nonena of Japan is the frequency Of
| earthquakes. There is an average Of
four a day. but shocks Of very SER
| ious kind only occur once in six or
4 Ia
n they came less frequently they
would be more disastrous IN their re-
| Suits.
/ The greatest centre Of activity is on
the Pacific coast, near the Bay Of
Toxic. and il Is here also that the tIdai
waves are most destructive. some
times the loss Of life from the com
Ibined agencies has amounted to over
/ 2T.000. A. many az a quarter Of a
million houses have been destroyed 81
| once. Active volcanoes. however pro.
vide a safety valve for the disquietins
| forces at work below the earthfs crust
i and consequently the regions where
i these are found are seldom harmed by
/ seismic shocks
Typhoons Tor eyclonesl unlike the
fearthooaIes. can be counted upon with
much more certainty, and invariably
and appropriately usher in the break.
Iup of the summer heat, during the sec
ond week IN September, though occa-
| slonaily they appear at other times
| This may be counted upon as an abb
solutely regular fixture. Their effects
are usually more destructive on The
/ coast and occasionally one may f3nt
| vessels of considerable size deposited
high and dry in the back street Of I
/ large seaport town.
Il There are more than / 1000 minera
springs to be found in the mountain
I regions of Japan, and in the more se
eluded spots they form a feature o
/. peculiar interest. They constitute
great asset to the peasantry in thos
|, regions. who resort 70 them by thi
thousands. for the sake Of health o
10 kill time pleasantly in the compan.
of their friends. Whatever else ma,
be thought OF the alleged fickleness o
the Japanese character. Il is certain
That their love for hot water ha
, never grown cold.-Geographi Maya
zine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
RURAL REALTY TRANSFERS.

The county Board Of Assessment re-
ports the following transfers of rural
real estate:
Land at Braek-Ex, by Levi Fl.
whitenaan TO Thomas w. cummiskey,
for $4,000.
Innd at Newark. by Nellie b. Will
son to Allie w. Leverage, for. 5000;
adjoining land, by Nellie r. Wilson 10
Joseph c. Reed, for a like sum.
Land on Brookland Terrace, by the
j. w. Holloway Co. TO Clarence B
Cox. for the nominal sum Of $40.
Land on Claymont addition, by the
Pennsylvania & Delaware Develop
ment Corporation TO Paul /. Griffith,
for the nominal sum Of IS.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
HARDING STARTS AGAIN
FOR ATLANTIC CITY

ev Associated Press TO Every Evening
Washington. Sept. 10.--President
Harding today arranged to spend the
week END at Atlantic City.
He left Washington shortly after
noon by automobile. for the coast re-
sort.
Two or three days will be spent by
the President al Atlantic City, which
he was unable TO visit last week be-
cause the yacht Mayfiower was pre-
vented by storm from docking.
After his visit at Atlantic city the
President plans TO pick up the May
flower somewhere along the coast and
cruise for a few more days returning
t, Washington the latter part of next
week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
Magistrate Helps Defendant.

Waiter w. L. Rau was arrested yesr
terday afternoon by Pennsylvania
Railroad Detective Brown who found
him asleep in a car loaded with po-
tatoes in the West yard. When ar
raigned before Magistrate Gluckman
last evening he was found guilty, but
sentence was suspended upon his
promise that he would leave the city
at once The magistrate. Detective
Brown and others In the office at the
time contributed 10 a sum to help
the young man on his way. Bau said
ne was out of work, without funds
and was trying TO get to his home in
Connecticut, where he thought he
could secure employment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
wEDDISGs.
Bah~ly.MeKsnney.

Miss Main X Mckinney. daughter
of Mrs. Mary NJ MeKenney, OF Phils-
delphia, and Charles ". Bakely. l33
Main street. Woodstown. ~. j., son
of W Lane Bakeiy. of Woodstown,
were married AZ noon "wednesday, at
the home Of the brides mother. R~v.
william Chalfant performed the cere-
mony. The bride wore dress of
taupe velvet and hat to match, and
carfied white roses. Following the
wedding. a reception was held Mr..
and Mrs. Bakely will make their houis
at f26 Rodney street, this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10

Of resting foul may twenty -four hours
later show individuals only In tens
where before they were represented
in hundreds. That this migration IL To
distant points seems certain.
Ducks again begin to gather on the
fats. however, and by the opening Of
the hunting season enormous numbers
are once more present. These are COM
posed OF young birds and adults that
have come in from other regions. -
New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
Raymond zebley.s Car Stolen.

Raymond Zebley of Naaman's S
parked his automobile in the Delaware
Etnte Fair parking space about 8
O'Clock last night and wandered about
watching the scenes of the closing
night Returning twenty minutes
later. ne made the discovery that the
automobile had been stolen. The
guard on duty said a stranger engaged
In "A few minutes conversation with
him and then walked over to Zebley's S
car and drove out. The guard said
ne thought the car belonged to the
stranger. The machine is Ford Sc
dan bearing license No. S,2ss.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-10
cresson to Inspect Harbor Work.

r II. Cresson. Jr.. a member Of the
technical advisory committee Of the
TIarbor Board. arrived in Wilmington
late last night from New York, pre-
raratory to an Inspection this after
f.oon OF the preliminary work on emit
No. I. Wilmington Marine Terminals.
ON the Lobden tract. at the mouth Of
the ChriE;iana river. Mr. Cresson VIII
b accompanied on his tour of inspec-
ton. by Willard A Speaknan. presi-
dent Of the Harbor Board, and Charles
III. Cant. secretary.