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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
LEAGUE CONSIDERING
FIRST BREAK IN PACT
Council May Rebuke Jugo- -SIa-
via, Whose Troops invaded
Albania.
ry Associated Press to Every Evening.


Ey Associated Press TO Every Evening.
Paris. Nov. 16.--The council OF the
League OF Nations met today to con-
slider the first accusations OF Cove
nant breaking since the league came
into force. The case was that OF Jugo
Slavia. whose troops have been charg-
Cd by the British government with
Invading the territory OF another
league membcr-Albania.
The case is considerably complica-
ted by the Mirdite republic. which
was organized last summer in north
ern Albania. The Jugo Slsvia officials
have contended all along that Il waa
necessary TO establish which of the
Albania governments--thst Of Tirana
or the Mirdite republic--was the real
government OF Albania.
Jugo Slavia has not yet accepted
the recent decision of the allied coun-
ell of Amba ssadors outlining the from
tiers Of Albania.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
MISS 1. l.. BALDWIN OPENS
SHOE AND HOSIERY SHOP

A shoe and hosiery shop. model Of
Fifth avenue type, catering exclusive
~ TO the feminine trade, has been
opened at $50 Market street by Miss
Ida l.. Baldwin. Miss Baldwin is We'll
versed in the shoe business. having
started her career 90 years ago with
John j. Hayes. Later she became
associated with the firm Of Hayes &
Co. which afterwards was known as
Gallagher & Pyle. Pyle x Cronin, Ed
ward W. Pyle CO.. and kennard Pyle
Co, Remaining with this firm during
its many changes. Miss Baldwin be-
came buy and manager Of the shoes
apd hosiery. She is vel, known 70 the
people OF Wilmington.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
COUNCIL TO ARRANGE
FIRE BOND ORDINANCE
Viii Put $51s,o City Securi-
ties on Market for New Paid
Department.

Members of the finance and public
safety committees of City Council at
their meeting this evening In all prob
ability VIII take UP the request of the
directors OF the Department OF Public
Safety for a bond issue of s5l5,00o to
defray the expenses incident TO the es-
tahlishment OF the new paid fire de-
partment. This Is the amount of the
estimate as sent to Council by the di-
rectors last week and from this sum
when received the board will pay for
the fire houses. fire engines and
equipment taken over from the volun-
ieer companies. the uniforms for the
fircmcn. the new engines purchas sed
and such other materials as are essen
tial 10 the department II does not.
however. include the sum necessary
for repairs and alterations to the fire
houses and which will cost at least
500 900.
The safety directors met yesterday
afternoon md for a long time discus
sed the appointment of the twenty
six officers for the department In ad-
d.tion TO the fire chiefs. assistants and
fire marshal. Nothing was done bu,
al the meeting of the board this after
noon II was understood this morning
some Of the officers, captains and lieu-
tenants. may be selected.
IL Was understood this morning the
directors are having difficulty IL
reaching their conclusions as TO these
selections. They want TO get tn,
very best men available to direct tn,
immediate affairs OF each of the /.
comT,a MES for they realize the i'm
portance OF having competent ant
efficient men in these positions. II
their selections, however. they ar
understood to have been hampered b,
the fact that one man can show stron;
recommendations from one source an,
IL as strongly condemned from an
other.
The directors yesterday had a con
ference with the individual members o
their advisory committee and it
presumed they discussed these ap
poin;ments with each OF these men a
they appeared. They are more thai
anxious TO complete the personnel O
the department without delay for the
want the men TO be mea sured for thei
uniforms 20 they can all appear
uniform on December l when it
plan nned TO have the department es
tablished.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
NEW PETIT JURORS.
Drawn n Serve IN Superior aAd Gen.
~ral Sessions Courts.

Petit 1urors FOR the Court Of Gen.
crai Sessions and superior Court. TO
alt commencing November %, have
been drawn by Jury Commissioners
Joseph G. Lawson. and John r. Lamb
sun no follows.
First Repre-en entstive district-Robert
q. Conner. Henry y. Conner.
sccond---Mnrtin c. Cooncy. Robert
Manlove. Jr.
rhlrd--lohn r. Scott. George l..
Huxley, William j. prouse, Macie
Alexander.
rour,h--Jepse Mccoy. John F.
reenc,. George ". Wimhlc. Carmine
DiMare.
rrf,h--wnnam II. Wilson. Herbert
asmwor,h Charles w. Jones. William
T. Abbott.
s,s,h-rhomss v. Kc-tcr. Herbert
chandler.
scvcn,h-Edward rcrdham. Hugh
Gnrrctt. Reuben 4. Pordham, Thomas
Nrown.
Elsh,h-oslc curridcr. Thomas II
Hewitt
Ninth Vernon Lyman. Daniel
xrarf
Tcnth--chsrles Munson. Charlie.
1~ih. John White. William II. Grnvell
n.i.vcn,h--joscph r. Laws. Jr.
Charles bigger.
Twclfth--HcnJS JSmin Dunlap, Edward
I, Davidson.
Thlr,.cn,h--Irmes Carpenter. JOSEPH
J.. ithosds.
rour,"cnth-john Lyman. Georg,
n lth~im.
fiftecnth-Jsme- n. Pryor. Gilmor,
Johnson.
rh. panel Of additional ju,ors fol
lc~sis
rirs, Representative dissrics-FrHnl
fe~l
R~cond--Wnllam s. Bullock. Jr.
Thirds J. prouse.
Fourth---John ]. Stye.
Fiith--Warner Nallsmi,h.
rix'h--lthrry TNlley. cf J. r
krvenfh-Hcnry Barteils.
Elwhth--Nsthan \. whiteman.
Ninih-lguey Morris.
Tcnth--willlnm E. Thatcher.
Elr,enth--Willlam II. Wilson
Tweif,h--Gcorge y. Collins.
Thirtcrnth-ASers Is. Donovan.
fourtcenth--ilsrry 4. Whitlock,
y1fteenth--Robert Derrlckson
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
WOMEN on ARDUCKLE
JURY LIKE HIS FILMS
New Witness .surs Fatty" Il
Not Responsible for Miss
Rappe's Death.
BY Associated Press TO II, cry Evening

-
San Francisco, Nov. 1e.--Roscoc
Arbuckle's trial entered It's third day
this morning with the jury nearing
completion. and locnl interest In the
case, an evidenced by empty seats in
the courtroom, waning. The motion
picture star faces charges in connec-
tion with the death OF Virginia
Rappe, an actress
After two days spent in examining
rs members OF the venire, IL OF them.
including nve women. have been ac-
cepted tentatively.
Arbuckie remained almost nloof He
did not consult with counsel. and Mt
the recess periods remained by him
self.
There were vacant seats In the
courtroom throughout the day al
though the crowd in front of the
building was larger than Yesterday
Gavin McNab. chief defense counsel
the jury being finally selected by to-
morrow night
The women II, the, box are al
housewives and some of them hay,
children. who. they said. enjoyed IN,
Arbuckie motion pictures.
| Chicago. Nov. 49,. Miss Betty Camp
bell. an important witness for Ar
buckle. who was found In her hom,
here yesterday. In a statement las
night. said:
| II do not believe that Virginia
Rappe was killed ~ Fatty or that
/ h. hn1 tVa tf,I A.. 4, k
the girl said. Here's why:
II joined the party at o'clock thai
afternoon. Virginia, according to th'
prosecution now. was supposed ts
have been fatally injured by FATTY
two or three hours earlier. She was. al
that time. lying in an adjoining room
''I remained at the party until aftel
8 o'clock that evening. We drank
danced, and played the phonograp pi
all that time. and the party included
the sama people who had been ther.
with Virginia.
1T doesn't seem possible, II Arbuc
kle had committed the terrible Grim.
with which he IL now charged, tha
the party would have continued thus
and that the same people who nov
are testifying against him should hav
remained in IL.
During the entire time ! was pres
ent / heard not single word frou
anybody to- indicate that there ha
been any trouble of any kind, excep
two statements from Arbuckle himself
Once he explained that he had sen
Virginia out of the party because sh
had become too wild and noisy, ant
later. at dinner. he said to Semnscher
think you should take her out {
here. don't want to be responsible
for her
. Mrs. D<mout came back into IN
suite after Sherman left" Miss Camp
bell said, "and had several drinks.
heard her say nothing about Virginia
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
DELAWARE ALUMNI.
Wilmington Chapter Addressed by
Geo. Lockwood of Philadelphia,

The monthly luncheon of the VIII
mington chapter Of the Alumni AS
sociation of the University of Della
ware was held in the Hotel du Pont
this afternoon. George Lockwood OF
Philadelphia. president of the assoc
citation, gave very interesting talk
on plans of the General Alumni As
sociation," and urged that greater in
terest be taken in. the activities of the
organization.
Announcement was made of the
monthly business meeting to be held
next Wednesday night at the Hotel
du Pont. The feature of this meeting
will be "a special vaudeville enter
tainment
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
TROOPS CALLED IN STRIKE.
Iowa Militia Sets Up Machine
Guns in Ottumwa to Re-
store Order.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening. /.
Ottumwa. Iowa, Nov. 16.-Four
units Of the Iowa National Guard,
numbering nearly 1000 men under
command of Colonel Guy f. Brewer
arrived here today for duty in the
packing strike zone. The men carried
full equipment. Immediately on their
arrival the guardsmen relieved 80
deputy sheriffs who had been on duty
at the John Morrell Packing plant.
Injury Of several employees of the con-
cern yesterday caused the local au-
thorities to ask Governor Kendall to
order out the guard
Several hundred men, said TO have
been on picket duty attacked 25 men
on their way TO work today but none
were seriously injured. The strike be-
gan October 49,
The troops were detailed to patrol
all streets leading to the plant, while
machine guns were set up at advan-
tageous points.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
GlosihTEEN YEARS FOR
ROBERT l. DAWSON,
YOUTHFUL BURGLAR
Continued from pare /.

imprisonment and t1eo.so restitution:
Moore Tire and Rubber Co.. 433 West
Hinth street. on October 10. three
years imprisonment and so restitu-
tion; Charles NJ. Smith, so3 Orange
~trect. on November II. three years
imprisonment and &i24s restitution:
Auto Equipment CO.. Third and
French streets. October rs. three
years imprisonment and $3.50 resti-
tuition: Middlctown Farms. Eighth
and Orange streets. November Z, three
years. imprisonment and $40 restitu-
'ion; White Motor Co. 10s West Elev-
cnth street. three years Imprisonment
and 1910 restitution.
I'VE hope that in this time there
may be some reformation in you,"
concluded Judge Rice to the youth.
In pleading guilty. Dawson asked
for the mercy OF the court. He said
that he worked on a farm for year
and on = railroad for two months. He
offered no explanation, however, for
his criminal acts.
In pronouncing sentence on the
youth. Judge Rice told him that al
though he il a young man he had as
had criminal record-As any prisoner
that had come before him for many
years. Despite his youth. he seemed
TO he n confirmed criminal. the Judge
said. He spoke OF the fact that the
s'lf-confessed burglar, in addition to
having served time In the New Castle
County workhouse. has served time
In jail In North Carolina.
this case In to remove you as n menace
to the community for as long time
as II reasonably and fairly can,"
Judge Rice told Dawson.
The Judge spoke OF the fact that in
one instance the defendant entered
the room OF a sleeping person, which,
he said. was "A most serious crime. He
also denounced the youth for his man.
ncr of cffec,ing entrance to the various
places by burning through doors with
rcd-hot instrument. which, he said
might have caused a serious Are In
the business section OF the city, where
most Of the youths robberies were
committed.
4 The court feels that Il must be
severe. but no lashes will be imposed
because OF your extreme YOUTH" the
Judge impressed on the youth. III
you were OF mature years. you would
be lashed."
! Dawson was arrested early last Fri
day morning in the stationery store
Of Charles NJ. Smith and Co, 90s
Orange street. when two members OF
the firm. on their way to gun. stop.
ped at the place. After his arrest
he freely admitted the numerous rob.
berries he had committed. telling the
police that he never gave a -
whether he was caught or not" a.
he had been 10 the workhouse befor,
and they took good care of me-"
Dawson has a court record dating
back ten years. when he was but min,
years OF age. He was once committed
20 the Ferris Industrial School but es
capped from there. Subsequently M
served time in the workhouse
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
LARGE SALE OE
BUILDING BONDS
oosaAso 4 O., pueehasese, o.
cured By Mortgage on ofslos
Building In Detroit.


Pierre =. du ront. president II the
General Motors Corporation. an
nWuM~s that \. w. rtraus Z Go. have
purrhms~d from thN General Motorr
Nulldlns Corpora tion. n suhaidisry of
the General Motors Corporation. tis.-
NoO. 600 rrst mort wrwc ! per cent ser
ini irnds maturing from 1922 to ls%6.
These honda are secured by the corr
porntion's now ONCE building At De-
iroit Michigan. This building. which
has lust been completed, represents
an investment ~ more than $40 .0O0.-
600. II occupies mn entire block 300
600 feet. II fifteen stories tall and
Il the LARGEST on,cc building In the
world
Thl~ loan represents one ~ the larry
~, rcnl estate mortgages ever record
ed
In connection with this underwrit-
ins, \. W. Sraus q Co. have issued
IN. following statement:
"Thc General Motors Building has
h~cn leased for term of 40 years by
N, General Motors Corporation at nm
annual rental nxcd nj an amount suf-
nriciH to Iny the combined principal
W'N i'i'''~i 'U"tW'S tu 'Ue t'ttOS III
cnch successive year. after the pay
mcnt ~ all operating expenses. Under
the covenants of the trust mortgage
the bonds mr." to he paid on In yearly
! serial instaNmcnts the coupons being
payable twice year. May | and Mo-
,emhrr l. Tho trust mortgage requires
the General Motors building Corpora
ton, subsidiary of the General Motors
Corporation, to make 400 upproxi-
matcly equal monthly payments to s.
W. Straus 4 Co. ~ SIS 900 each. These
payments automatically provide In ad-
vance fund ~ little more than
si,noo,noo year from which the
coupons are ceshcd. the balance hcinc
nacd FOR the serial retirement ot the
bonds.
THE bonds constitute direct closed
mortgage on the building. land and
equipment, ss well as nrst lien on the
lnrom. from the property,
"'rhc General Motors Corporation
with some ~ i,s subsidiary and ami.
atpd companies. has already moved
into the building and viii shortly oc.
eupy subs,a ntially 30 per cent of tn,
spavc and whatever remaining spac,
wv At'i'tlN''i' ''bNii i'N i't 'ht 'N'h'
phncv uf the company is being sub
leased. Sunstruction on the buildinA
WAS commenced In 1919 and the great
~ portion of Il was completed In Apri
1921, II ~ now proposed To complete
Tho partitioning, interior finishing an,
equipment of the remaining portion
Mt an estimated cost OF $4,000. 600. Th'
General Motors Corporation states
that their decision 20 complete the In
terror ~ tho remaining portion OF th'
building nj this time is based ON tn'
fact that there II every indication o
an active demand FOR the space a
satisfactory fcntals. II IL anticipates
that the new construction win b.
completed by May l, 1922.
"Thc building contains a total noo
Nrea ~ thirty acres. II has LOO OF
rccs with capacity OF 5000 people
and In equipped with 81 elevators"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
NO CUT N AIRCRAFT
CONSIDERED LIKELY
Development Of Flying Expected
to Greatly Benefit Al
Mankind.
Py Associated press to Every Evepins

~ Associated PretR to Every EVENING
Washington, Nov. 16-Deeision Of
the American delegation to the ron.
ference on Limitation Of Armamcnts
TO exclude aircraft from proposals NJ
reduction and future limitation OF
naval forces. goes deeper for It's rcn-
sons than Secretary Hu1hes Indicated
IN his statement. saying merely that
the rendy convertibilIty of commercial
nIrcraft. after the war made aircraft
limitation impractical. Peyol.d that
obvious fact. however. lies the desire
OF every nation that no impcdImcnt
should be placed in the way of de-
velopment Of air navigation for the
benefit of all mankind
Giant stridcs In the mir were made
by all powers under war inpctrs
Both In gas carried craft and in ma
chimes that rely on the lifting power.
Ct tilted Planes the things done were
undr.urncd OF q few months before.
All the economic barriers that hem in
peaco-time Developments were swept
aside by the urgent needs OF war.
Dollars aid cents. did not matter.
But back akain to dave OF Peace.
aircraft development is moving at a
srail's pace all over the world The
place of an navigation in the com
mercia scheme OF things is not es-
tablished yet ON any profitable basis
and II governments do not carry on
the experimental work In connection
with armies and navics, the newest
and most promising field Of trsnspor
tation probably would lie neglected
for years 10 come.
This is the view taken by army ant
navy officials OF tie United States
and It is reflected in the American
proposal to the conference. II js u
be expected. as the conference movc'
along. that rules TO limit the use oi
aircraft. to curb bombing Of defense.
/ less cities and civilian non-combat.
ants, hospitals and the like, IN war
/ will be written. There is definite
place for that on the agenda. but M
government could look with favor of
any project that would tend To dis
courage inventors and public and pri
votc enterprises from plumbing thu
possibilities OF air routes with a view
10 finding cheap. fast methods OF com
munication and transport
AS to convertibillty, it is apparen
off-hand officers say, that any plan
capable OF carrying the mail or an,
other burden could be loaded witt
bombs for war purposes, equipped
with machine guns. and otherwise b.
put into fighting shape in a matte
OF hours. Without any change what
over, a commercial plane would be
come Immediately available in W.,
for the prime purpose as vet Of mill
tary and naval aircraft, scouting {
locate enemy positions on land o
sea.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
FOUND PLENTY or CANE.
Hunters Returning From Down STATE
Report Fine Sport First Dsy.

Hunters returning from down State
last evening. report good shooting al
most everywhere. and In corroboration
Of their assertions. showed bngs Of
game that In some essentials reached
the legal limit.
The number pf rabbits thnt gave
up their lives vcsterday--thc irst day
OF the open season--was very large
indeed, but they were reported none
too fat and the absence OF cold wen H.
cr and heavy frosts will be found TO
have dctractcd from their edible quail
lies.
The quail for the most part nre
strong, full fIedged and in hne condi-
tIon. and sufficiently plentiful to per-
nit every hur er to XIII az many ar
the law allows.
But few woodcock were shot. These
peerless game birds are very scarce.
On the whole the day was salts
factory TO sportsmen. There were
perhaps more than 5000 hunters out
yesterday In Delaware.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
PLOFF CASE CONTINUED.
Witnesses Not Available, 1t Goes Over
Until Next Term.

The case of Samuel Ploff. charged
with receiving stolen goods and sub
ornation of perjury, was continued
until the next term in Court of Gem
eral Sessions today.
David j. Reinhardt, counsel for
Ploff, filed afiidavits to the effect that
two material witnesses were out of
the State and could not be located
in time for the case TO be heard at
this term of Court.
Jurors We're excused this morning
until next Monday morning as all
business for this week has been clear
ed up.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
HUGHES ARMS PLAN
TOO GENEROUS, le
HINT OF NAVY MEN
Continued from pare l

that the original position OF tn.
American, advisers would tend to stif-
fen their opposition to any modifca-
ton OF the American replacement pro-
posals they may regard az diaAdvan-
taseous to the United States There II
little doubt, for instance. that ths
British suggestion for Limitation OF
submarines to non-seAgoing, purely
defense craft. would fall In this class! :
fication under the American view. I.
IL bound to be rebated at great length
In any case. 1t II said.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
COLORADO MINERS MAY
PROTEST CUT IN WAGES
Proposed Cut of 80 Per Cent
Likely to Result in Strike
of $500 Men.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Denver, Colo. Nov. 16.--Notice OF a
general wage reduction Of approx
mately 80 per cent to take effect
tomorrow morning in 13 OF the COM
IS coal mines in Colorado, was
posted at headquarters OF the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company here
this morning. The reduction directly
affects about $500 men in mines.
According to n statement by Fred
Farrar, general counsel for the conf
pany, officials expect a strike that viii
close temporarily. all the mines af-
fected that are now In operation. It
Is also expected men employed in var
ious other mines of the company will
walk out.
1t is the contention OF the company
that the reduction of wages Is being
put into effect in accordance with
agreements with employees e. the mines
affected. which were made 'ast Aug-
ust. At that time il is claimed by
officials, the men circulated petitions
which asked that IN order 10 increase
their working time. their wages be
reduced. The company executives de-
clared a reduction Of wages 10 take
effect September /. re-estsbliahing the
scale in effect from November /,
1917. to November 20. 1919.
The Colorado Industrial Commission
took Jurisdiction in the matter and
after a preliminary hearing SET aside
the wage reductions and re-establish-
ed the scale. of wages in effect prior
to September /, pending a final hear
ing.
AT the final hearing the Industrial
Commission handed down decision
authorizing the proposed wage reduc-
tions and finding that the agreements
made with the company's employees
last August We're valid and binding.
Pittsburg, Kas., Nov. ia show
down in the Kansas coal fields loomed
here today when an order by repre-
sentatives of the International Mine
Workers Union becomes effective, d.
recting all strikers in the fields go
back TO the pits this morning. Failure
to obey the edict will bring revocation
of local charters and automatic sus-
pension OF the members, the orde,
says.
1t was impossible today to deter.
mine how generally the notice was be.
ing obeyed. Representatives Af the In
ternational here and spokesmen fo'
the operators were declaring that mos,
of the men would return. while oficial,
OF the administration of Alexandel
/ NJ. Howat, president of the Kansa.
district deposed recently on order o
John l.. Lewis, international presi
dent. said that few OF the men woulS
obey.
About $4,000 miners went on vol
untary strike several weeks ago whei
Howat and August .Dorchy, vice
president. were sent TO jail for 81,
months for violating the industria
court law. Since that time many hav,
returned to work but ii is said IN
large majority have Nremained out.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
POLICE SCARE THIEVES.
unsuccessful Attempt to Rob Home OF
Magistrate Broman.

An unsuccessful attempt was made
10 rob the home of Magistrate Law
renee j. Broman, 100 Sixth avenue
last night. the thieves gaining access
to the cellar by removing the staples
from the doors at a side entrance.
They were frightened away by the
approach OF Patralman Burns, who
covers that district, who had notice
man lettering about the front yard.
He was evidently sentinel, for upon
the approach of the policeman he
whistled, and the thieves left the cell
lar. all three making their escape.
Patrolman Burns followed them for
sorie distance, but was unable to over
take them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
PICKETING GETS SET BACK.
Striking MIX Drivers Warned by View
York supreme Court Justice.

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
New York, Nov. 16.-Picketing OF
any kind by striking milk handlers
and wagon drivers was prohibited to-
day by Supreme Court Justice Charles
l.. Guy.
The pustice, in his decision, gave
notice that any disobedienee OF the
order herein would be visited with the
fullest measure of punishment within
the power OF the court"