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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
OPINION OF
j. 5. SUPREME COURT.
IN DU POINT SUIT.
Ruling on the Liability Of Ex-
changed Shares for In
come Tax.
1T WAS A MAJORITY RULING
From Every Evenings Washington
Correspondent.

From Every Evenings Washington
Correspondent
Washington. Nov. 23.--So much is
at stake and the interest is so great
in the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the du Pont stock
suit that II is printed in full below for
the information of the readers Of
Every Evening.
Supreme Court as has been stated,
reserved the Judgment of the Court
of Claims in the case OF the United
States of America. appellant. VS.. G.
W. Phellis Of Wilmington, and the
cause was remanded with directions
to dismiss the suit.
Justice Pitney delivered the ma
jorlty opinion, Justices Van Devanter
and McReynolds dissenting.
This case grew out Of tho organiza-
ton of the Il. j. du Pont de Nemours
Powder Company of Delaware by the
parent company, of New Jersey. which
turned over to the Delaware corpora
ton all its assets and took in ex-
change the stock of the new company
The court held that the new stock
which was distributed among the
stockholders OF the parent company
was subject TO the income tax law.
The full text of the opinion deliver
ed by Justice Pitney for the majority
of the Supreme Court is as follows:
Continued on page 2.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
BRAND HOPING FOR
EXPRESSION ON LAND
FORCE: WHILE HERE
Matter Being Pressed Out Of
Order Before Return Of
French Premier.
TO PUT POWERS ON RECORD

By' Associated Press TO Every Evening
Washington, Nov. 22.--The deiega-
tions Of the i've powers went into
their FIRST executive conference on
and armamcats today with the
French group hoping the negotiations
would be pressed 10 the formal eX-
preston of Some character fefore IN
departure of Premier BRAND for
france.
Just what dlrecticn such en- ex-
3ression could take a. the present
stage II the conference was uncer-
tain even in the minds cf the French
themselves. and they took thoir place 8
~ the table l-opared 10 shape je-
tails of their program in the light u
suggestions from the other delegates
the premier world like 70 take homo
with him q definite declaration Of the
powers supporting Frarce ir her de-
termination not 70 yeaisen nartsrialiy
her army. but Il was recognized that
important obstacles ight lie IN the
waV Of 50 formal 4 . ledgc
Before the meeting the French r -
gates ct It be ,snown they would make
no direct request for \ precfse deciar8-
ton +. m tn. conference. hu the-
evinced an expectancy that the other
powers might. on their own notion.
express in q collective written express
sion their spoken views az Mondays
open session
Continued on page S.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
THANKSGIVING DAY.
By Edgar A. Guest.

Lord teach us to see the greater good
Despite the petty care.
Let us recall when trials fan
The blessings that we share,
Let US our selfish murmurings cease
Before the glorious gift of peace.
Dear Lord in years of old we prayed
Thy favor on our arms.
When we were tasked for strength,
We asked
To stand TO wars alarms
Now shall life's trivial woes destroy
The memory Of our greatest joy?
Out OF the dangers we have come.
Here all mankind Is free,
Our skies have cleared. the thing we
feared
We know shall never be.
Lord by Thy viii and Thy command,
No tyrant's yoke is on our land
With grateful hearts let us rejoice.
Our flag still holds the sky,
The light of truth shines on our youth,
No starving children cry,
Our country, by Thy gracious will,
Is Freedoms glorious buiwarS still.
Lord, when We grumble much and wall
AT triiiing Ills we bear,
Let US recall, beyond it all,
The greater joys we shareS
Let us remember 10 the iasF
The dangers We have safely passed,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
NEW ANT|-BEER BILL
SIGNED BY HARDING
Measure Banishes Malt Liquors
as Medicine, and Stops I'M
portations of Liquor.
~ Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
Washington, Nov. 23.-The anti
medical beer bin was signed today by
President Harding.
Signature of the bill on which con-
gressional tion was completed last
Friday automatically closed the gap
in the nations prohibition laws r.
vealed last March by Attorney-Gen-
eral Palmer in an opinion that there
was nothing in the Volstead act TO
preclude the prescription of beer as
medicine.
Prohibition advocates in Congress
soon after publication of Mr.. Palmer,
ruling evolved the bill. which in a
somewhat changed form was todey
made a law of the land.
nti-prohibitionists, principally in
the, Senate. waged a determined fight
with the result that final legislative
action was. held off several months.
Treasury officials, because of the
pending legislation, withheld issuance
CT regulations making prescription of
beer possible until last month. Since
the regulations were issued about half
a dozen brewers have obtained per-
mits to manufacture beer for medical
purposes, but owing to the numerous
changes made necessary in instruc-
tions TO prohibition directors and other
officials, it is not believed much beer
has been prescribed as medicine.
The bill signed today in addition t.
outlawing medical beer, provides that
not more than one fourth gallon of
vinous liquor or vinous of spirituous
liquors separately. or in the aggregate
containing more than one half pint Of
alcohol, may be prescribed in ten days
that physicians shall be limited to one
hundred prescriptions for such liquor
in 80 days, unless extra ordinary rea-
son is presented; that importation Of
splrituous or vinous liquor is prohibit
cd until the amount on hand shall not
oe sufficient to supply the current need
for non-beverage uses; that private
residence may not be searched with
out search warrent and that the
courts of Hawaii and the Virgin
I Islands arc given Jurisdiction 10 en-
force the national prohibition act.
Hearings on proposed amendments
4 to existing regulations governing the
exploration of intoxicating liquor will
/ be held ere next Tuesday.
! The proposed amendments, it was
explained. today at prohibition head
quarters, are designed TO tighten up
shipments of alcohol and liquor cross
ing the Canadian border line with the
| 'geptleman's agreement" lately reach
ed between Canadian and American
officials. Organizations and concerns
! interested in the shipment Of liquor
and alcohol across the border will be
heard on the new rules.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
S|NN FE|N REJECTS
ULSTER PROPOSAL
FOR PARLIAMENT
Irish Renew Conferences With
Lloyd George and Hear
Northerners' Demands.
DALI EIREANN IS EMPHATIC

Fly Associated Press TO Every Evening.
London, Nov. 23.--The first formal
conference between representatives of
the government, and of the Sim Fein
since the meetings between British
cabinet members and the Ulster rep
resentatives was held in Downing
street today. Prime Minister Lloyd
George, Yiscount Birkenhead the lord
cha ncelld-. let Arthur Griffith and
bIlchael Collins, the Dail E,reann
delegates, who were accompanied to
the prime minister's official residence
by Eamon J. Daggan.
The government at Soday,s con-
ference put before the Sim Fein vari-
Gus alternative proposals for meeting
listers objection 10 the proposed AL
Ireland parliament. as wei as a sug-
gestion that Ulster be left tempo
rarily as she is while the rest of
Ireland receives fiscal autonomy.
which would make its taxation less
than that OF Ulster.
The Sim F'ein publicity depart
ment, however, declares the Dali
Eireann can consent to none of these
plans. The all-Ireland parliament, il
declares, must be established at the
outset. and not po>tpoced for any
term of years. 1t likewise insists
that the parliament must be so con-
stituted that Ulster shall not hove
more than her proportional repre-
sentation in the body.
Ulster objects TO any all-Ireland
parliament and refuses to abandon its
representation in the imperial parlia-
ment. 1t would only discuss an all
Ireland parliament, it is declared, on
the condition the six counties had
| in such a parliament the same repre-
scntation as the remaining 20 coun-
ties.
Thus tomorrow, il appears. AR
Lloyd George will have TO inform Sir
James Craig. the Ulster premier, of the
Sim 'Fein's refusal 10 concede this
point Sir James was TO have met
the British premier today, but the
Ulster premier's indisposition caused
the postponement of the conference
which now is expected to take place
! tomorrow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
NEW BILL CUTS TAX
BURDEN To FOURTH
IN NEXT TWO YEARS
Transportation, Nuisance, Lux
ury Levies Killed in Mea-
sure to Pass Today.
END OF CONGRESS SESSION
By Associated Press to Every Evening

Ey Associated Press 20 Every Evening.
washington. Nov. 2S.-Sine die ad-
iournment of Congress was expected
70 be taken tonight. bringing 70 an
end the extra session which was call
cd by President Harding. April IL.
The Senate had agreed 10 r vote late
today on the tax bill. and with this
out of the way was prepared to adj
iourn while the House was marking
time waiting for the Senate 70 de-
clare it's business finished.
The regular session will be convened
in December when the ord-Newberry
election contest and other measures
which have been under immediate
consideration in the closing days Of
extra session win again be taken up.
The last legislative step in revising
the tax avs will be taken by the
Senate before nightfar.
Debate on the tax bill was resumed
early today under unanimous consent
agreement for final vote at not later
than ) p. m. Immediately after the
Senate acts the bin win be sent 10 the
President, and it will become a Law
whom he signs it. None q the tax
reductions provided for in the meas
ure will be felt before next year, and
the fun force of many Of them will
not be reflected in the tax payers
pocketbook until 1923. BY that year
/ It is estimated that the nations tax
/ bill will be cut $685.. 100000 from the
| s3.400. 100000 estima ted load this year
The transportation taxes and most
of the 80 called nuisance ana all OF
4 the so-called luxury taxes VIII go by
the boards on january. The exces.
profits tax also viii be repealed az oi
that date, but the corporations max.
ing excess profits this year will pay
4 that tax next year. The higher sur.
taxes also are repealed as of nex-
/ January 1. but the actual payments
/ by the taxpayers in 1922 VIII be al
the present rates. IN many instances
/ however, there will be some change.
in the amounts Of income take:
through the changes made in the ad.
ministrative provisions OF the bill
which take effect when the Presideni
signs the measure.
The only tax provisions Of the bin
aside from administrative features
which are retroactive are those grant
ing additional exemptions to marie,
men and to heads Of families on ac
count OF dependents. These addition
'al reductions can be made by tn,
taxpayers in computing their take.
for this calendar year and due in tn,
next calendar year.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
.F0CH H0NORS GEN. LEE;
IS GUEST OF RICHMOND
Welcomed by Governor. Pre-
sented With Gold Medal and
Feted by Nrginians.
81 Assoeiated Press 10 Every Eveninr.

~ ASSOSlateN 1 EesS 10 Every Evening.
Richmond. Va, Nov. 23.-Nfarshal
Foch, commander Of the allied armies
of the world war, arrived here today.
and Richmond gave him one OF the
greatest ovations she ever accorded a
distinguished visitor.
\ salute Of i guns was fired by the
Richmond Howitzers when the mar
shall had been greeted by Governor
Davis. Mayor Ainslie and a reception
committee. He then reviewed a guar.
of honor Of former service men. The
marshal was loudly cheered as he was
escorted 10 Monument avenue TO take
part in a parade through several prin-
cipal streets of the city. When the
equestrian statue of General Rober.
E. Lee, leader of the Confederate
States Army forces was reached, the
parade halted and the noted French
general placed a wreath at the base OF
the monument.
At the city hall n gold medal, the
gift OF the city Of Richmond. was pre-
sented TO Marshal Foch.
After luncheon in the governor 5
mansion and tour OF the Confederate
hattlefieids around the city, the degree
of doctor OF laws will be conferred On
the marshal 10y the University Of Rich
mond. He viii be the guest of honor
at a dinner tonight at which a lovins
cup will be presented to him by his
torical and patriotic societies. The
days program viii be closed by a
grand ball. following which the mar
shal and his party viii leave for FIaf-
risburg, Pa.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
May Determine Spirit in Which
This Nation Accepts the
Results.
AID TO
ENEMIES Of CAUSE
Personal interests Of Sinister
Kind Opposing Reduction
Plans.
ARE NOT HOSTILE TO WAR
BY Charles Brewer Farmer, Editor OF
Every Evening.

Special Dispatch 10 Every Evening.
Washington. Nov. Chauvinism.
Write that word in large letters on
the tablet. It may play an important
part in determining the spirit with
which this Nation accepts the results
Of the Conference on Limitation or
Armaments.
While the diplomats are sending p
smoke screens Of words. mainly about
tho Far East today. let US consider
the forces-sinister. malicious, and
misguided-wh which are beginning 70 DC
felt under the rose.
In one Of my dispatches yesterday /
told how social Washington looked
upon the third plenary session as a
great social circus. But there is
another element in this country which
considers the entire parley in a dif-
fcrent light.
That is the element which will have
TO pay through the nose If, and when
any agreement for armament Iirnita
tion and a holiday from capital ship
building is declared
In the second Of my yesterdays dis
patches told of the pot-bellied gentry
with hard faces and soft hands who
are taking up the cudgels on behal,
Of the naval officers who may find ian.
assignments Of minor character THEN
lot temporarily IL the Hughes propos.
ais are accepted in a detail similar Il
their original version.
Those same gentry-and there is NJ
more loathsome word in the Englisl
tongue when used in the sense tina
mean now--are receiving aid, hope
and much comfort from the utterance
of some folk who are letting Chauvin
ism-that bombastic. vainglorious AM
exaggerated patriotism which swell
weaklings' bosoms-govern thei
/ thoughts.
Continued on page IL
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
SAFETY DIRECTORS
PLAN ALTERATIONS
IN CITY FIRE HOUSES
Alterations to Friendship Build
ing First Submitted to Con-
tractors.
PUBLIC EXHIBIT TODAY

Directors of the Department of
Public Safety. having planned. neces-
sary alterations tn fire houses. are
advertising FOR bids on a contract
make alterations and repairs to fire
engine house No. l, the old FRIENDSHIP
Company's former home. the first one
acquired. and also the first to come
before the builders for estimates. All
Wilmington contractors who desire to
submit estimates may do so. The
alterations and additions 10 this house
consist of the arrangements necessa Y
to accommodate dolmitories for 13
men, Chief Lutz and two officers. This
house will be provided with workshop.
kitchen and fun lavatory and shower
hath accommodations. There will also
be recreation room for the men. The
cravings and specifications will b .
ready for distribution in Brown &
| Whitesides offices, at Q o'clock Nov
day. November 2S, and the bids are to
he delivered To the offices of the Di-
rcctorS of Public Safety. December 3
at noon. \ deposit of $40 will be re-
quircd hy the department 10 obtsin
set of drawings and specifications.
and this sum will be returned 10 the
estimator by the architects. when a
bona fide hid and the drawings and
specifications are returned.
Sixty-fiye men have been ordered
to appear before the safety directors
this afternoon that the members may
interview them and those found salts
factory and able 10 meet all require
ments VIII be appointed members Of
the new paid fire department. The
entire list are men who have passed
tue physical tests, the training school
Instruction and been recommended
| Ter appointment by the investigating
COMMITTEES.
Following this the directors will gH
I to the Union FiV Cos. house, where
! the new firemen Will give an exhibi-
| ton Of what the tireren training
school does in the way of fitting the
candidates for their new work. This
exhibition will be witnessed by Mayor
Harvey. members Of City Council
other city officials and. no doubt, (
large number of interested citizens.
If at the conclusion of this demon
/ stration the directors find they have
time they intend To return to City
hall and there take up the question
" naming the company officers IF the
a partment. They are hopeful that
hey will be able 10 do this today
They may also appoint the engineers
and the chaufleurs.
The % or 80 men who are candi-
dates for appointment as engineers
today are being instructed in the
workings of the steam engines. The
Friendship conpany's old steamer
was taken to the foot Of Church street
and operated all the morning and WI
hC kept working all the afternoon
The candidates win be given thorough
instruction in every detail as TO how
IL should be handled.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
WIFE STEERS SHIP AS
CAPTAIN FIGHTS NEGRO
Gave Husband a Gun and Took
Wheel While He Shot
Mutineer.
81 Assoelated Press ID 80 F,renIng.

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
Boston, Nov. 2S.-Captain George
f. Poppe, skipper of the schooner
Lillian Z. Kerr. came to the federal
court today with charges of rnutinv
on the high seas against Frank
Howell, a Negro sailor; and with high
praise for the conduct of his wife.
Mrs. Eda Poppe. during what he said
was his fight for life with Howell.
Mrs. Poppe held the wheel OF TIA
vessel while the men fought on the
deck, Howell with n knife, her hus-
band with a pistol. Captain Poppe
said. She kept the schooner on is
course, the Negro crew meantime
grouped on another part OF the deck.
Offering no help. Mrs. Poppe hao
sailed with her husband four years.
Howell was shot in the back.
Physicians 1T City Hospital said thar
while his condition was serious, he
probably would recover.
Captain Poppe said that after r.
found Howell. who was shipped ~
Jacksonville. asleep across the wheei
on November 10. Howell attacked him
with. q knife. Mrs. Poppe gave her
husband a gun and the skipper said
he shot Howell when he waS tackled
a second time.
The seaman said Captain Pope
fred first,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
PosToFFICE NEARLY SwAMPED.
More Than Three Tons of Perishables
Received from Peninsula Towns.

At the postoffice this morning more
than three tons of poultry and other
'erishable foodstuffs We're received,
surprising any previous record made
AT the building at this season of the
year. AL OF it came from points down
the Delmarvia Peninsula and il was
estimated il had been sent by the resi-
dents there TO relatives and friends in
this city for their Thanksgiving din
ner tomorrow.
The sudden influx of such vast
Quantity of mail. howeVFr- did not
cause any serious deloys or incon-
vcnienccs IN delivery. Postmaster
English put on two additional motor
trucks TO speed up the delivery Of
the perishables and TO make sure that
there would be no disappointment TO
anyone who might be depending on
the mails fog their dinner tomorrow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
TURKEYS VERY SCARCE,
PRICE UNUSUALLY HIGH
Farmers Asking 65 to 80 Cents
Per Pound, Sales Reported
Light.

Contrary 10 expectation, there was
a scarcity of turkeys in the local
street markets this morning, but an
abundance of chickens. ducks, geese
and other fowl suitable for the
Thanksgiving table. No explanation
was offered for the comparatively few
that the breeders are saving their
stock for the Christmas holidays.
In King street turkeys We're selling
for 65 to so cents per pound. One deal
er with only few on hand offered his
stock for 60 cents pound in order To
get rid of the birds. Farmers We're ask
ing Go cents for the gobblers and 20
cents for the hens while a few others
were demanding IS cents for the COB
blers and so cents for the hens.
During the early hours of trading
and in fact up to noon the demand for
turkeys was very light. The markets
were crowded with consumers, but
the majority OF them contented them
selves with asking the price of the ma
tional bird and then passing on. Many
were heard to declare that in THEN
opinion the price was too high. 1t was
believed in view of the few sales be.
ing made there would be a decline In
the price later this afternoon.
| Chickens were selling for 40 and 4;
cents per pound; ducks at 40 cents pei
pound; geese at 40 cents per pound
and guineas at 81 and 1925 each
There was an abundance Of these, es
pecially chickens. The markets wer,
we'll filled with all the edibles that q,
to make up the side dishes of a typica
American Thanksgiving dinner an
the prices ranged about the same a.
has been asked for the last severa
weeks.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
Y'SLOVE MATCH
PRAISED BY BRITISH
Newspapers Express Puolic's
Approval Of the Romance of
Popular Princess.

By Associated Press 20 Every Evening.
London. Nov. 23.--The morning
editorially express utmost
at the betrothaI Of the
Princess Mary TO an Engiishman. and
approve her choice Of a hus-
band in the Viseount I.ascelles. II is
emphasized that there would have
been general disappointment if she
had married a member OF foreign
royalty, and thus have left England.
where she Is universally popular.
Her choice. says one newspaper.
will suit the democratic and romantic
instincts Of the British people and
the modern views Of monarchy in an
age when the dynastic principle is
under reconstruction. The betrothai
OF the Princess makes il easier TO he
Heve that the Prince Of Wales in his
turn viii make a marriage which viii
appeal TO the same romantic and
democratic sentiments OF the nation"
This is typical OF many CT the COM
ments.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
LLOYD LEHMAN, P. R. R. OFFICER,
SHOT TO DEATH IN ENCOUNTER
With THREE ARMED BURGLARS
Plucky Lieutenant Of Police, Detailed From Wilmington
Office to Help Run Down Thieves, Came Upon -Four
While the Latter We're Robbing Glen Riddle Station
Tackled Them Single Handed, But Cunmen CotFm First

Having been brutally murdered
during an encounter with four armed
burglars. whom he was about TO pla :,
rndor arrest. The body of Lloyd t..
Lehman. 80 years old. a Pennsylvania
railroad lieutenant OF police. was.
found az Glen Riddle. Pa. early today.
lie was working from the Wilmington
office of SUPERINTENDENT of Police J. I.
Ward. located at French street sta
tion. The body. still warm. was found
dead. lying on the freight station plat
form NJ Glen Riddle. shortly after )
o'clock. with a bullet wound in his
head. Glen Riddle is on tho Baltimore
central Division.
Tho crew ot train No. i50S. tie first
nurthboand passenger train, in pass
Ina tho station at Glen Riddle al $50.
noticed the body OF n man stretched
uut ON the platform OF the freight ste
tlon. The freight and passenger sta
ton are combined. Bringing the train
60 a stop. the crew found the railroad
policeman lying In the midst Of 4
quantity OF merchandise that had
evidently been stolen. A hasty exami-
nation revealed that the bullet wound
has caused instant death.
\ d.spatch giving only mcagrc do
tails OF thc shooting vas Immediately
sent 60 the Office OF Sunerintendent OF
.'olice Ward in this city. Enlisting
tho aid of other railroad officials and
detectives, the superintendent and mis-
iar,y LETT on special train for Glen
Riddle az 6 o'clock. whore an icvcsti-
ration II the tragedy was 81 sqce
irgun.
Continued on page 6.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-23
PRINTERS UNION RESTRAINED.
Injunction Orders No Interference
with Issuance of Papers.

Ey Associated rress 10 Every Evening.
bridgeport, Conn, Nov. GA tenn
porary injunction, restraining the
Bridgeport Typographical Union. its
members. sympathizers on agents
from interfering with employees OF the,
Post Publishing Company, publishers
of the Bridgeport Post. Telegram and
Sunday Post, was granted by Judge
John W. Banks in the Superior Court
Monday evening ana notice Of the in
junction has been served on union
officers ard members.
a strike began in the eompany's COM
posing room August 20.