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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
HERCULES CLUB TO
RESUME LUNCHEONS
Meeting Tomorrow Will be First
Attended by New Employees
From Aetna Co.'s Ranks.

A luncheon will be held IN the du
| Barry Room OF the Hotel Gu Isont, nm
der the auspices of the Hercules Club
oi Wilmington. This Will be the first
meeting attended by the now employees
OF the Hercules Powder Co. who join
ed the ranks as n result of the puf-
chase of the Aetna Company's busi.
ness. An address viii be given by G,
A. BIgslow. formerly general manager
OF the Aetna Company.
The merging Of the Aetna f'x alo-
sivcp Co. with the Herciues Powder
Co. has proceeded pace. the princi-
pal members of the former Aetna Go.
now having Joined the home Office
force OF the Hercules Powder Co. III
the Delaware Trust Building.
Mr.. Bigelow's address is anticipated
with great interest and Il liz expected
that he will deai with the subject OF
the merger with relation to the future
of the consolidation in the explosives
industry. Mr.. Bigelow ia a man Of broad
experience IN the manufacture Of
chemicals and explosives. He gradua-
ted from the University of Vermont
In 1890 with the degree Of Bachelor of
Science, after which he did post grad
\
lowing his graduation he worked for
the General Chemical Go. in various
operating positions. finally becoming
manager of the Pluto Powder Co..
later absorbed by the Aetna ExpIo-
siyes Co. thereupon rising rapidly TO
the position OF general manager.
The following are among the more
prominent men who have recently
come 90 wilmington.
The titles shown are those they bore
In the old Aetna organization.
Frederick e. Fenton. secretary and
treasurer; r. T.. II. Sholly, assistant
general manager. Sam Rand, assls-
tant general manager. G. RI. Cordie.
general superintendent; A. RI. Hedden.
chief engineer; J. L. Malone, traaie
manager. Madison Whiteside. saien
manager. Frank r. Foster. auditor.
and w H. Clayton.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
VICTIM OF ROUGH SEA.
New York Merchant browns in At,
lantic City Surf.

Atlantic City, Sept. IA bather
identified as W. II. Jenkins, a retired
feed merchant OF Schenevus, ". T.,
lost his life in the ocean here or
Monday. Jenkins was seen by life-
guards struggling in the water some
distance from shore. but before they
could reach hin. he sank and did not
reappear. Later the body was re-
covered
Jenkins had been stopping with his
wife a. the Hotel Lexington here
since Friday. Mrs. jenkins was on the
beach at the time of the tragedy. but
did not actually see it. A few minutes
before jenkins had come in to the
shore and told her he was going out
once again. That was the last she
saw of him. 1t was the first drowning
of the year.
The beach-guards rescued r. j.
Bancroft of Watervlet, n. Y, who was
swimming near Jenkins. The sea was
the roughest Of the year. and nearly
two-score bathers were rescued by
guards during the day.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
FINANCIAL NOTES.

Treasury officials at washington aid
Yesterday rediscount rates again I'll he
lowered within the next few months Under
proved finances The cut. tb.v ~ r,aiv
come at the end of the present harvest
:. .keduetion in railroad rates procecdS.
franscontlncntal lines have akreed 10
io~er tariffs 10 to 20 per cent GA rariou.
commodities. as prepared aua Camel
cocoanut; rubber mats. mating and sous
VII make effective september 20 rssiur~i
rates on cattle, hogs and sheep making a
difference. as figured, % sl0n00.0OO Der
More interest Is being taken In Al.
copper stocks u Is known that huil poolx
have been formed in certain ~ the smaller
copper companies u is held that tho
copper industry has been depressed zinc.
the end OF the European var aud it w1iI
De one OF the first industries 10 reviv-
talking rs cent copper before TIE End "
the year
There we're number % dividend dee-
iarations aside from that Of 0rrat North
ern IN which traders we're particularly
Interested The regular quarterly 1ivi-
dend OF "a per cent vas authorized by
western Union. Directors ~ Atchisun
Ia per cent on the common stnck rha
chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, ono
of the stocks IN which Allan Ryan was
interested, declared the regular quarterly
dividend OF J per cent. and american
Brake shoe and Foundry declared a dipi-
dend OF 81 per share on the new common
stock and Ia per cent on TIE new pre-
Midyale Steel presents a remarka ably
strong asset position. fts balance sheet
az the beginning OF this year gave cur-
rent aSsets ~ 500 900 COO. including IN
ycntOries Of ~. 900 GOO as then chsrssd
down. Throw OF third more. add
there would be current assets uf x~A +.
600 600 DcdtctinE current liabilities.
there would be net current assets II
s72 600 900. enough % pay on an tonds
0oo, 600 stock. besides the entire plant
coal and other properties. They ar.
carried at S1S6OOO Ouu. kut mark THAI
down a third. as the inYcntorics. 20 -,
ultra conservative. and there sliu rs.
mains SiX2. .oOO. 600 % asset value FOR fhs
stock or SG6 per share. This year ~ far
operations have resulted In dcrcit Anf
dividends have been suspended The
stock broke as low as 22 IN June, from
which there has been recovery 20 7A
while United states steel broke to JoX
and has since advanced ~ ~.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
MYSTERY IN YACHT BLAZE.
Fire That Caused $1,000 Damage BE.
lieyed Work ST Incsndiaries,

Chester, Pa, Sept. I4.--A fire, be.
lieved 70 be OF inceTldiary origin. caus-
&c damage estimated at Lose to the
yacht og J. j. Williams in Ridley River
near the mouth of the Delaware late
Sunday night. The entire cabin was
ruined. and for a time. Fletcher VIII
larAs. soT. of the owner, believed that
his father had psrished in the FIRE.
Young Williams applied to the police
here for assistance, and with the as
81 lance of Lem" Miller. . detail re-
sronieo ard succeeded in saving the
25-foot pleasure craft from complete
destruction.
According to the fremen, there was
strong oder Of kerosene, and the
finding OF an empty oil can helped -
confirm the Belief that oil was used
IN starting the blaze. The police were
snformed that Williams and his non
had trorsbIs some weeks age with sew
eral men whc persisted in visiting
another BOAT aear the anchorage of
their own craft. Blows were struck
O. threats were made following the
quarrel
Investigation showed that the elder.
Williams. reported missing. had visit
ej the home Of his daughter and had
decided TO ren11in all night instead of
returning 10 his yacht
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
INSPECT DISPOSAL
PLANTS IN NORFOLK
City Officials and Prof. Greg,
ory SEQ How Southern Cities
Handle Garbage.

/ ]. II. Gregory. head of the Departs
int of Sanitary Engineering at
Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore.
Mo. who has been engaged by the city
e make a survey OF the garbage -itua-
| ton here, together with city Council
man James u, McManus. chairman Of
| the finance committee, and Leon Ryan,
A member of the Board of Health fa.
turned last night from Norfolk and
Portsmouth Va, where they spent
yesterday inspecting the plants in
service there for the disposal of gar
bage.
Prof. Gregory left the party In Bal
timore, but will come to this eitv
later 10 continue the work he started
several days ago. This morning Mr.
sfcManus had meeting with Mayor
Harvey in the latter's office in city
Hall and explained to him what had
been accomplished IN the Virginia
towns
In Norfolk the officials found they
have the Nyc odorlcss Crematory Go. =
incinerating system. lust the same
as the new plant constructed I'm this
city. except in Norfold there are two
units and the furnaces are practical
ly open. They are not housed and
their plant is said to be not as nt-
tractive In appearance as Whining
tons plant. Norfolk does not wrap
the garbage and each of the units
burns about % tons of straight. run
of garbage per day. Two men oper-
ate each unit and they ill up the
furnaces at night and leave them and
In the morning when they return TO
work the furnaces are cleaned out
and recharged. Not a pound OF com
merciaf coal is consumed.
Portsmouth has a different plant
rom the Nye incinsrator. but the city
is preparing TO install an additional
one and the officials there are In
doubt as to whether they should adopt
the Nye plant or Chicago plant.
Both are incinerators. Portsmouth
wraps the garbage before 1t is col
lected from the houses
II is understood to be the plan OF
the officials and Prof Gregory 10 visit
other cities where incinerators are in
use before they come to any final de-
termination as TO what should be done
IL Wilmingt ton. 1t is the concensus
of opinion among all the oiHcialp in
terested that this city viii have 20
have another plant. but whether 1t
will be Nye incinerator or one of
scmc other kind has not been deter
u ined and il is not thought likely any
steps toward tha construction OF a
second unit win be taken much before
next spring The Nye moderator
seems 10 hold the preference 10 date,
because nothing has vet been seen
that would surpass IT, but other types
may be decided upon when the time
comes for the selecting of plant
Just when Prof. Gregory win be
ready TO submit his recommendation
20 the city officials regarding what Ne
thinks should be done here is not
known. lie has not completed his
work yet and may not be ready with
his report for several days.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
MISS lie HANE DELEGATE
VIII Represent W ilmingtoH Mt Nation
sl Catholic Women's Meeting.

Miss Margaret j. Leblanc Of COS
French stSet. director Of The Will
mington Council of Catholic Women
las been appointed official delegate
from Wilmington to the national con-
vention Of the National Council ot
Catholic Women which will be held
in Washington. ID. c.. October II. Is
and IA All railroad associations have
granted a special convention rate Of
one and one-half fare TO the delegates
One Of the features Of this conven-
tion will be the presentation OF plans
Fer the New National Catholic Service
school which will be reopened in
Washington in October on broader
basis. A special representative of the
Council Is now IN Europe selecting
women students from France. Italy
Belgium and Poland who will study
social service at the school and viii
then return to carry on similar work
IN their various countries.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
MAY TAKE COAL FROM
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
Plans Being Made Which May
Enable Baltimore TO Get il
at S4 a Ton.


Baltimore. Md, Sept. "A Plans for
marketing on an extensive scale for
domestic purposes the coal which for
scores Of years has been collecting IN
the bed Of the susquehanna river are
under way, it was learned Yesterday
This coal, originally washed down
from Pennsylvania colleriss on The
upper banks. can be sold ut retail from
between SO and 81 a ton. experts estf-
rate. The present retail price Of a
ton Of coal is about SIG.
Enough coal is in the bed OF the
susauehanna. it is estimated. to sup
ply the domestic consumption or Pal
timore for 100 years
IT Is not stove size coal II is wy az
is known az river coal used by per-
laps the majority or tic people of
Harrisburg ana the surrounding towns
slong the susquehanna. 1t - being
used in Baltimore in several large
manufacturing plants. and pinns are
aow being made for putting IL on the
market for domestic uses.
The coal lies some distance back Of
the dam of the Pennsylvania Water
and Power CO. at HOLLYWOOD. on the.
susuuellanna II has beer washed
1own from the coIleries along The sJa-
Guehqnna and its tributaries in Penn
sylvania for just how long nobody
knows. But it Is there in the bed Of
the river in shoals that show above
the surface al periods Of low water.
Many Of these coal shoals are visible
row
Just how much the building Of Tho
hiF dam across the st,squenanna has
had TO do with the forming Of these
shoals is not known. but it is believed
10 be considerable. as they NAV have
been forming ever since the coIlieries
we're opened Years ago people along
the river above McCalls Ferry made
use Of this coal in q small way. bat nc
attempt was made to find out how ez-
tensive the deposits might be or 10
exploit them. People along the river
hanks took out such coal az they need
ID and let Il GO at that. They still do
the same thing farther up the river
beyond the point where the stream IL
hacked up by the power company's
1am and beyond the limit of the com
rany's property.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
LIBRARY BUILDING
PLANS C'',.'NGED
Limestone Facing TO Replace
Brick for the South
Side Wall.

The oficisls Of tie Library have ad-
vised the du Pont Engineering Co,
contractor, Of a change ia some Of the
architectural features ID the new library
building.
The building was originally designed
70 have limestone facing on the Tenth
Market and King street sides. The rear
was to be built encircIy Of face BRICK.
The directors Of the library felt it would
be better % continue the limestone
treatment in the rear elevation, as well
as the other three sides, and have
advised contractors 10 proceed accord
iugly.
No doubt, within the next week, few
mechanics win be employed for the
concrete work,
Sub-contracts have already been let
for the heating, lighting, plumbing and
mill WORK.
Orders have been placed for the ma
terials entering into the foundations, as
well as for the limestone, granite and
other miscellaneous materials
II is the desire of the contractors to
get as mueh OF the work done as is pos
sible before weather conditions interfere.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
ANNOUNCE AWARDS
IN ACCIDENT CASES
Workman Claims Damages for
Loss on Vision Due to Am
n,onia Fumes.

The following awards and hearings
were announced following n mocting ~
the Industrial Aocident Board 10 thit
city today.
In tho ,asc of Fred Miller W. Geo.
w, Bush & sons, the claim for eofrpen-
sation for an injury sustained " an
accident ON MAY 4, while driving q
truck at ~ near Udcasf was denied
The application Of Harry Cmfiddlc,
for the communication of compensation
payable bg the Bcihlnkrm Shipbdilding
Corporation. for the loss 81 an eye, ~
the result Of on accident on May IL.
was refused, the board taking the post
tiun that the compensation could be Tor
warded IN quarterly payments ~ ne
employed 4 he desired ID returo W Italy.
In the case Of Carl a. Neuzcbaucr,
who nad claim for compensation Tor
an INJURY lrlstaiped in m accident. Wills
in the en- SOY Of tho Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation, on or about Aprll
10. 81 award was made in favor 0l the
claimant for compensation from April
26 20 August ;, 90 tho amount of si7.46
It was also adjudeed, that the employer
should pay he cost Of REASONABLE sur
gical medict and hospital services, the
injured employees having had an opera
ton performed for an III 4i. Vi hoy.
A hearing was given tie case o. rank
r. Edwards, who made claim 10. the
loss Of vision, due to- ammonia fumes
from \ broken main, While in the crn-
ploy Of Diamond Ice and Coal Company,
on May Z. Decision was deferred 70 the
next meeting
A review * The CASE of Charles =
Fisher Of Hartley. who claimed .hc loss
Of use Of his right arm, from an accident
sustained while IN tho employ Of the
Pennsylvania railroad company, ~ q
track laborer, On December IL, 1920,
Was made, both parties having agreed
70 the ease being heard ~ New Castle
County while the accident occurred
in Kent county
Other cases 70 he heard at the after
noon session, arc, the review of he
compensation agreement Of Stephen
Jackson with Edwin III Ware, claim be-
ing made that disability has terminated
and . review Of agreement OF Rafclli
Damage, on the ground that incapacity
has ceased. On september Z, 1920,
Stephen Jackson sustained an injury
for which compensation has been paid
for about six months Compensation
has beeu paid 10 Ranelh DanlaGo
intermittently since November 10, 1913
by the - l.. Taylor u Company, Tor an
injured arm
The case Of Thomas Bcngs, W. Worth
Steel Company was sstilsd By egree-
ment between the partico Interested
Rcnee is suffering from he r. suit Of a
fall ia June, 1920, md claimed perma-
nent partial disability.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
RECEPTION COMMITTEE NAMED.
Mayor Harvey Appoints DISTINGUISHED
Citizens TO Receive Quests.

Mayor LeRoy Harvey, as chalrma n
Q. the reception committee for filazed
KID Week, has appointed the followlng *
numbers OF the committee: Judge
George Gray, Iranee du Pont. Henry
=. Scott, Thomas r.. Bayarj. Charles
Il. Patterson, Robert y. ftobluson.
General James ~. Wilson. Charles r.
Miller, William O. Taylor. Charles
Warner. John Bancroft, Thomas w.
Wilson, William -. Mullen. r.. r..
Hardo, Gamble Latrobe, H. A. Miller.
fiobert ". Kramer. Edmund Mitchell.
Aenatof Thomas M Monaghan, VIII
lam G. Blatz, J Writ Wiiis, Richard
g McMuiiin. John g. Rosseil, Howard
~. Ward and Henry =. Bush
The committee VIII receive Secretary
of Commerce H3rbert Hoover and
other guests who attend the banquet
fext Monday evening In Hot / dn pont
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
sCHREINER ExoNERATED.
Finds He Was Net Responsible for
Death Of Raymond Selhy.

AT an inquest conducted by Coroner
Isaac 8. Bullock last night veriic,
of accidental leath w,Ac rendered In
the case of Inuis kazimierczah, ol
Alo East Third street. who died several
days ago.
The. coroner's jury exoneratcd
Charles Il. Schrcin-r of Milford who
is held under $500 bail ,n charge of
nianals.ughter COR the death OF ten
year old Raymond Selby. OF near
Newport, who was killed by an autt-
mobile he operated last Friday.,A ver-
dict of accidental death was returned
and Coroner Bullock viii recommend
dismissal of the charge against Schrei-
ner.
A verdict of accidental death was
also returned In the case OF Michael
Malone of Naaman's. who was
drowned while swimming in Naaman's
Creek last Friday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
KENT LEVY COURT.

Dover, Sept. 14.--Kent County Levy
Court. yesterday, granted the request
.,r the town Of Little Creek for S100
for repairs to the causeway there.
Engineer Gooden was instructed TO
rrplank the Alley Mills bridge az a
cost not to exceed $500, half of il 10
< borne by New Castle county.
superintendent of Pablic Instruc-
ton Fl. Y. Holloway urged the Levy
Court Ia collect The back scnool taxes
due from the 1920 assessment.
Receiger of Taxes John II. Herring
ton reported county and school taxes
collected up to YESTERDAY totaAng
Sill. .47I.5e. divided as follows: County
taxes. s75,5Se.9T; school taxes. s35.-
S9O.62.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
NEW cmAs srERS

Dover, Sept. l4-Charters we're hled
here today as 70 llows.
Home Builders, Inc. Wilmington. Del
capital. 81 .sap, ,0Al: G. II Ross Furniture
Manufacturing Co. Wilmington. Del.
81 600. .oU0 Bell Telephone Securities Co.
Wilmington, Del 100000; National
Display Corpora ton, Wilmington. Del
81 coo. .0oO; keystone Investment Cor
poration Wilmington. Del. S5Co.COO III
Dorado Investment Corporation. Texar-
kama. Texas, $500, ,O0o Gray Rosen-
baum Gram Co, Wilmington. Del. $3.50
600. Sanitary Bottle Manufacturing Co
West Pittston. Pa. 100000; Interstate
Motor Association, Philadelphia, Pa
S2Oc OOGs i3owland & Co. Wilmington
Del. SlQa.0Co Roche'l Products Co.
Philadelphia. Pa slo0.eO0; Bob Co.
Philadelphia. Pa. 100000. Colonial Drug
Co. Wilmington, Del. S1OO. .O00s Takoma
Park Ice and Ice Cream Co. Takoma
Park, ID. c., SS5. 600. Galaatin County Coal
Co. Wilmington. Del. 10000: Thos-
wood Manufacturing Co. Philadelphia
Pa. $4,000: MrLean @ Co Whining
ton. Del, S50.0yn China Trade Bureau.
Inc, New York City. $4,000 Thompson
Coal Comrany Pittsbug Pa. $40 OOO.
Increases ia capital--W lson-Barnes Soap
Corporation. PHILADELPHIA, from 81 0OO. 600
to 90 SOC. 900 In Roth Steel Truck and
Car Whee. CO.. pittsburg, Pa. S50O,OO0
20 s2,0oo.0oo.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
PERSONALS.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Pryor and son Gran
vile have returned from q trip TO Pitts
burg and Butler, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Pryor entertained
the following guests 1'5er Sunday: Mr..
and Mrs. L u Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Gafford and daughter Jeanette,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wdliarn Pryor Of
Smyrna.
Miss Anna Fl. Evans Of Morris Plains,
n. j., is visiting her brother, L. n.
Evans, sos Jefferson street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
Investigating Shocking Report.

j. Paul Green. chief probation officer
Of the Juvenile Court is investigating
allegations that the haunted house
on Third street between Washington
and Jefferson. 10 used by tresJpassers
for immoral purposes. Eeighbors
say a girl eight years old and eight
hoys frequent the house and men and
women also go there. The girls
parents live in the neighborhood and
IL Is reported that Eve members CT the
family. the father. mother and three
children eat and rleep In one room.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14

extremely difficult task in orga anizing
the Office and setting up the machinery
and method by means Of which the
state taxes shall be collected.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-14
MAY ALLOW ENGLISH
TO SERVE OUT TERM
AS POSTMASTER
Continued from page I.

extremely difficult task in organizing
the Office and setting up the machinery
and method by means Of which the
state taxes shall be collected.
Bitter Fight over Graham's Job.
II begins TO look now. as though the
contest az to who shall be internal
| revenue collector will develop into
bitter fight in which the strength of
| United States Senator l.. Heisler Bali
and Senator Coleman du pont will be
| thoroughly tested. Senator BALL has
at all times within the past six months.
IL is said. announced that his choice
ls Thomas E. peeney. his political
secretary, The senator. according to
his friends, will not put peeney aside
for anyone else. and will make his
fight on that issue. Friends OF Sena-
tor du Pont lined up with the opposi-
ton to the Ball faction are against
Peeney. They have told Ball that he
could select most any other man ard
they would support him, but Senator
Ball is not disposed to change. In this
contingency. the opposition to Bah IL
looking around for candidate whom
they can pat against Peeney.
In settling this issue. Senator Ball
viii either have to withdraw Peeney
OF throw down the gauntlet absolutely
and decisively 10 the other faction.
When the Republicans won such
sweeping victory last fall IL was de-
clded by mutual agreement that corn
mittee should direct the allotment of
all political jobs. This committee COM
prfses Senator du Pont. then national
committeeman, State Chairman
Charles Warner, Senator Ball. Con
gressman Caleb r.. Layton and County
Chairman Charles A. Patterson.
Ball May Seek Layton's Help.
The alignment of the committee, as
assumed by the leaders is that Senator
du Pont, Chairman Warner and
County Chairman Patterson will line
up on one side and Senator Ball and
Congressman Layton on the other.
But Congressman Layton has recently
ignored Senator Ball and il is a
question whether he would side with
him row. In any event. ii now ap-
pears as though the best that Senator
Ball could do would be to get the in
dorsement of DIR. Layton. He then
would still be lacking a majority of
votes of this allotment committee
How the contest is going to be adj
justed is a problem that none of the
Republican leaders will attempt to
answer or even suggest a solution or.
other than an out-and-out fight be-
tween Senator Ball and Senator du
Pont and their friends. should this
eventually come about. the selection
of the internal revenue collector will
also cause a show of power and in
fruence at Washington. between the
two Delaware senators. whichever
way it turns, it would seem as though
il would create such bitterness be-
tween the factions. that would be hard
to heal by the time election day Tolls
around neXt November. when two
United States senators ara to be elect
ed one for short term. from Novem-
Der until March 4, 1928, and the second
the fun term of six years from March
4, 1928. the successful candidate be-
ing the successor to Senator du Pont.