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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY
Real Estate
For RENE

fOk KEN |
House. central location. 10 rooms, 2
baths, 500
303 West Eleventh III rooms, ass
Furnished house. r. b. .. h. 3Su month
Delaware Apartment. 8 rooms aud
bath. $40
Furnished apartment. nice location.
rooms. &6b.
waycriy. rooms. ..itchenettc and bath.
t45.
Waveriy. 2 rooms. kitchepette and bath,
$40
"Emmarene. northeast corner Twelfth
and Washington streets. new apartments.
4 rooms and bath. SOS. 0 rooms and
bath. t15.
Apartment. rooms and bath, gns and
electric, x2b per month.
Apartment. rooms. bath. gas. f35 per
month.
House. ais Lombard street. rooms.
bath. 425.
3o7 North Adams street, 3 rooms and
bath, SIS
! South Lincoln street. rooms, bath
porch. $50.
Four-story building for light manufsc-
turing. Steam heat and eicct-r elevator
Size. As by SIS. Posses sion at zee.
M. w. VAUGHN
Phone 9ds. sIs O iran ve Street
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$500

COZ WEST NINETEENTH STR EET
Nine rooms and bath, hot water heat
gas and electric.
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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY
Real g.n.
EOR RENT
APARTMENTS.

APARTMENTS.
226 West Ninth street, second moor
1905 Pennsylvania avenue, FIRST floor,
rooms. bath s..a..t4ts....4. s.@.sss.4s: 10
1909 Pennsyiyanla avenue. second no
fbD5 Pennsylvania avenue. third noor.
front q rooms, bath ,.......sss...st..s. 80
sii West street. third floor. 5 rooms.
ao7 West Eighth street. second floor.
p rooms, bath .sss,sssss,.ss.stl.44ss 44ssf.ss. %
Crawford Circle. rooms, bath 40
1920 Delaware avenue. second boor. :.
Northeast corner twelfth and Tatnail.
second floor. rooms. bath 80. 40
go Washington street. hrst moor :.
9i3 Washington street. second noor.
rooms, bath ..sss.....s.s.., .s... so
Eighth and Jefferson streets. No.
2Ul. rooms. bath ..st.ss,ss ssssst..ss. -
Eighth and Jefferson streets. No.
2o3, rooms, bath .......s..... 50
eob West Ninth street. FIRST floor,
rooms. bath .s...ssss.t.ssss.s..4.s.sss.s 30
BIS Rodney street. 8 rooms bath. -
1916 West Tenth street. furnished.
rooms and bath ..s.t-,.s.tss..... G5
Io5 Race street. rooms and bath =. $40
1901 Walnut ST., rooms. l5
iOo3 Lombard. rooms and bath -. 35
11I4 Pullman Place, @ rooms ..s..ss... 20
fxs HfHHftt ShfHtts y BeAi -
if05 Adams street, ~ rooms and bath 100
BOB West Twelfth street, rs rooms
and bath s......s4.4.s 4.s....4.t4.a ssss.a.s,t. 80
7l3 jefferson strect. rooms and bath IS
pID Jefferson street. 10 rooms. baths 800
Southwest corner seventh and Har-
rison. 10 rooms. bath 4....s.,. s.sstss 20
BOG West Fifth street rooms bath 80
His Lombard street. rooms and bath rs
STORES.
1929 Orange street s..4s.44..s..4.s..4..4s4t 30
104 West Eleventh street .i......s.4..... 100
T03 West street acknowledgements. 40
D01 Monroe street ......s.......s........ss rs
CARROLL w. GRIFFITH
Pa West Ninth Street.
Phones 45o-s5t.
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Among
AUcTIoNS---LECALS
Legal Notice.

NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that "the Mayor
and Council of Wilmingto ton, through
the Board of Directors OF the STREET and
Sewer Department.. Will make application
to the Court OF General sessions, In and
for New Castle county. at its session.
on Thursday, the first day OF september.
County Court House, at Wilmington
Delaware. for the appointment OF three
disintercsted and impartial persons TO
yacate all that portion OF new company
road, being In the city OF Wilmington.
Delaware beginning at the Intersection
formed by the northorly side, Of Lancaster
avenue. with the westerly side of Union
street. thence running northeriy along
the said westerly side of Union street to the
southerly side of Third street thence
westerly and parallel with Third st~et,
fourteen feet, five and one-half inches
IA feet 5ls inchesl, more or less, 10
point. IL being the westerly side of what
formerly was the New Company Road.
thence southerly and parallel With Union
street, along the said westerly side of
said New Company Road. to the said
northerly side of Lancaster avenue,
thence easterly along the said northerly
side OF Lancaster avenue. fifteen feet. four
and three-auarter inches as feet. a..
inchcsl. more or less. To the place OF be-
lBsooRkD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
STREET AND SEWER DEPART
MENT.
a. l.. JOHNSON.
President.
Attest:
FRANK w. PIERsoN.
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Wanted-Real Estate

HOUSE OR BUNGALOW-Wa anted 10
buy on $500 first payment and easy
terms a house or bungalow of not over
6 rooms. north side preferred Address.
with full particulars. Box IA. care
Every Evening Office
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Attest: -
FRANK w. PIERsoN,
&exsrs.fary

ESTATE OF ELI HoII.ETT. DECEAs.
ED--Notice Is hereby given that letters
Holletf late OF kiiIl t,reeK hundred de-
ceased were duly granted unto Benja-
min Hoilett. on the eighteenth day OF
July, A. II. 1921. and all persons in-
debted to the said deceased are requested
TO make payment TO the executor with
out delay, and all persons having de-
mands against the deceased are required
to exhibit and present the same duly pro-
bated TO the said executor on or before
the eighteenth day of July. A. ID, 1922,
or abide by the law in this behalf
Benjamin Hoiictt. executor Address
Charles b. Evans. attornry-at Ford
building. Wilmington. pelaware.
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! Attest
FRANK W. PIERSoN,
Secretary.
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S47OO
FOR SAL r.

FOR SALE,
West Fourth street. 1000 block, r
West Fifth street. 1000 block. S r. b.
D and h.
1900 West Fourteenth street. ~ rooms
2 baths. laundry tubs. hardwood floors
gas and electric, large porches propert y
in excellent condition: Immediate posses
sion. VIII be plea sed TO take you through
this property at your convenience
North Broome street 300 bIocK 10
rooms. bath. ? porches. heat, gas and elec-
trio, property remodeied and in Al con-
dition. let US show il to you
Elm street, 100 BLOCK. rooms, large
yard
West Fourteenth street. 1000 blocs a
rooms. bath. porch. heat gas and electric
Spruce street. 500 block, rooms and
bath
622 West Fifth street. rooms
CPS North Harrison street, r. b. ID. n
1912 West sixth street, r. b. D. h
1919 West Eighth street, 9 r, b. D and h
l03 North Conneil street. r. b. d and h
FOR RENT.
30S North Broome street. 10 r. b, o. h
lol Monroe street. O. +, b. h.
sol Jefferson street, . r. b. D and h
JOHN j. HANLEY
Real Estate. Insurance. Notary Public
Phone $40. uz3 Vest Fourth Street
z-1s-z--
WISE ADVERTISER ALWAYS PUT
THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBEn.. IN
THEIR CLASSIFIED AnG
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Legal Notices
NOTICE

NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that 1.-THE Mayor
the Board of Directors OF the Street and
Sewer Department. will make application
to the Court of General Sessions OF the
State of Delaware. in and for New Castle
county. at its session on the first day Of
September. A. ID 1921. at II O'Clock a
IN. in the County Court House at VIII
mington. Delaware. for the appointment
OF three disinterested and impartial per-
sons to vacate all that portion Of the bed
OF Twelfth street, as laid out on the map
of the city of Wilmington. Delaware
more particularly described as follows.
Beginning at the intersection of the
northea sterly side of Twelfth street at
fifty feet $50 feet wide. with the north
ewesteriy side of Grant avenue. az sixty
feet (60 feet1 wide; thence northwestern
along the said side OF Twelfth street
three hundred and forty feet $40 feet
10 the southeasterly side of Bayard ave-
nue.. at sixty feet go feet wide formerly
called Terrace Lanel thence southwesterly
along the said side of Bayard avenue
hfty feet $50 feet TO the southFesterIy
side Of Twelfth street. thence southeaster-
ly along the said side of Twelfth street
three hundred and forty feet (340 feet
10 the nortlIwesterly side of Grant ave
nue; thence thereby northeasterly fifty
feet t5U feet TO the place of beginning
the said portion OF the said Twelfth
street being a public street of the city
OF Wilmington and a public road in VIII
mugton hundred
Board of Directors of the Street and
Sewer Department
A. L. JOHNSON.
President
FRANK W. PERSON,
Secretary.
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RENT
HOUSES.
2tIf-f5 West Eighteenth, 8 rooms.
bath
30s flroome. rooms. bath. in splendid
condition.
House at Reiiemoor. Q rooms, bath.
FURNISHED house on Van Buren street
near Delaware avenue. rooms and bath.
Soa King. 10 rooms. bath.
Apartment, rooms. bath near Broorne.
s22.
Store, s0i King.
Two Offices. 923 Market. second soor.
c. M. TOWNSEND
Second Floor. s23 Market Street
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as permanent. and will not be relin-
qushcd. This information came both
from the War Department which has
jurisdiction over all nHvigable waters in
the United States. and from the Coast
Guard which is vested with authority to
enforce regulations for the control.
"Thc only reason the Government
did not take control Of the port Of
Philadelphia prior TO the war was that
il lacked facilities or failed to perceive
the necessity for doing so. Regulation
went by default. The authority was
there. bat wasn't exercised. "
senator PcnrOsc. it. was learned to-
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MILES WE'LL KNOW'N
BY PHHADELPHIANS

Basil Miles is widely known in Phila-
de'phiG although he gave up his resi-
dpncp here some five wears ago, He is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs Frederick
Miles,
One Of his sisters is now Mrs. Har-
oil Blnner, Of New York, whose two
Daughters. Constance and Fnire. have
recently appeared on tho stage and in
the movies. Mrs. Bnney was Miss
Gertrude Miles.
Another sister. who was Miss Ada
Miles. married Mr.. Surett, of New
York,
Mr.. Miles was former chief Of the
Division Of Russian affairs Of the State
Department. and since August has hcen
a special assistant in the department in
connection with tho armament confer
GnCo.
Prior to 1917 he was a special as
F!Stnnt to the American Ambassador Mt
POtrograd and later served as secretary.
Of the Root commission sent to Russia
by President Wilson. y.
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sive. 1t Is unfortunate that he quoted
from Section 9, Article I. of the United
States Constitution, that:
''No preference ahall be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenue 10
the ports of one State over those OF
another"
The ports Of New York City and Nor
folk. Va, from their proximity to the
open sea. have been the only ports in
the United States in which the Govern
ment assumed control Of port interests.
All other ports. Boston, Baltimore. etc,
have been exempt. The preference Is,
therefore, against this city.
Again, unfortunately, the COM
mandant of the Coast Guard. which is
the scaboard police and detective force
Of the Government. quotes from River
and IIarbOr Act of 1918 as follows:
"Thc Secretary Of War Is hereby
authorized empowered and directed to
define and establish Anchorage grounds
tor vessels in ali harbors, rivers. bays
and other navigablc waters Of the
United States whenever it is manifest to
the said Secretary that tho maritime OF
commercial interests Of the United
states require such anchorage grounds
for safe navigation"
There were the exigencies Of the time
TO Justify the Government taking con
troll Of this port during the World War.
The greatest sbipyards in the world
we're turning out vessels by the score
Warships were coming and going. Tho
harbor was greatly COngested
Conditions Different Today
No such conditions exist today. It Is
the consensus Of opinion of rho entire
maritime power Of Philadelphia that
-.
States which demand ita continued con
trol Of the port
Commandnnt Reynolds Slipped n cog
when, following his investigation Of his
own service. he stated:
"It has been necessary for the Coast
Guard to make many changes in the
assignments Of the commissioned ano
of the warrant personnel in readjustint
the Coast Guard to n peace TIM
status"
There you have the milk in the coco.
nut.
Coast Guard officials. with the wai
ended. had to be taken care Of They
had to be "readjusted with new jobs
To use crude simile. suitable nolet
had to be found for certain number oi
blue and brass plugs. Why not con
tinue to use the port of Philadelphia
as pluCe OF assignment lot tne per
sonnel Of the Coast Guard Service
Should General Beach, chief Of engi
ncers Of the army. o. General Henry
Taylor, chairman of the Board o
Rivers and Harbors, choose to deny tht
above. they might accompany the de,
nial with an explanation why Bostol
and Baltimore. Savannah. Jacksonville
New Orleans and other ports have no
received their polite attention as has
Philadelphia with ira Coast Guar
supervision?
| Anyhow. they might clucidate thos
two lines in the United States Contu.
tuition quoted above, that:
mo preference shall be given by an,
regulation Of commerce or revenue Il
the ports of one State over those Of an
other"
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Dry agents Bought Liquor
Freely in Saloons Here

Many saloons in Philadelphia are
selling whisky openly said l.. g.
Mutt, acting chief enforcement agent
ofsthe United States forces invcs-
tigating bootlcgging.
Agents investigating conditions
in Philadelphia had no difficulty in
buying both whisky and beer in the
Saloons Of Philadelphia and through
out the state of Pennsylvania, These
conditions will be wiped out and
action will be swift and sure.
'Thc responsibility for such con-
ditians rests entirely on the
shoulders Of the Federal Prohibition
Director for tho State. He should
sec that the law Is enforced
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LEGION TO AID UNEMPLOYED
Members to Open Bureaus and Make
Personal Solicitation for Veterans

Oklahoma City. Oct. 12.-CBy a.
PA program for posts of the Amer.
lean Legion throughout the country 10
follow in combating the unemployment
problem was Issued here today by Roy
Hoffman, Of Oklahoma City, chairman Of
the National Legion Committee on Tn
employment.
Establishment of Legion employment
hresus 70 get IN toncb with cmuioyers
and urge employment of war veterans in
all possible openings was asked. Le-
glOnaires in paying positions we're asked
BY the committee to "aCt as big broth
ers to less fortunate men, and lend the
money to furnish food and shelter dur
Ing periods Of unemployment"
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Mr.. Reynolds. Mt the end cf O five
months leisurcly inspection of the stu =
alton, replied with general. though
guarded, denial of the facts affirmed in
the petition.
At times he was equivocal and eva
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that large majority Of them are at
this time open to question because of
forgeries, Implications, fraudulent is
suance and frauds practiccd by the
holders after procuring them. This
condition is the most gricvous one
Commissioner Haynes has to contend
with and IL is said that with the
revocation of such permits the liquor
situation is bound to clear up to a
point whore the law regarding it will
be respected.
Commissioner Haynes himself will
not discuss the situation in this city
nor in the State.
eve have the situation in New York
we'll in hand. | might say that IL is
Haynes, in New York, "and | hope to
do the same for Pennsylvania. Just
how We viii accomplish this | cannot
say at this time"
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Tho courtesy Of common life might
also 'uggcst that they explain why,
after representatives of forty steamship
liucs protested, and all the marine in
tcrest5 of the port and the chief Of
firia' of the city, they were not rccog-
niznd at least to the extent Of giving
their representatives n hearing before
the lief Of engineers before he turned
down their petition.
A lispatch from Washington Of to-
day lays:
federal control over the harbor and
port VI Philadelphia may bc accepted
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Calls PhiLGdeLphid
B0otIeggers' Nest
Continued from Page Ono

Continued from Page Ono
method will become public property. be.
cause by that time we will have noted. "
VIII Arrest Any NioIator
"Will you say If there will be arrests
Of violators Of the prohibition law"
''Wc will certainly arrest any one
wc find has violated the law when we
hnvo on hand sufficient evidence to sat a..
isfy us that We can convict"
Your invcstigat ion shows that nrac-
ticaly every saloon in Philadelphia IS
openly selling whisky?"
II can safely say that there are many
saloons in Philadelphia selling whisky
and that our agents had no difficulty
whatever In buying it. We are compil-
ing evidence and will take care Of it in
due time
who is responsible for such condi =
tionsf"
The responsibility rests entirely on
The shoulders of the Federal Prohibit.
tion Director for tho State. He should
see that the law is onforced?"
'Will he be held responsible by Com.
missioner Haynes?'
THAT Ia o matter TO be answered by
Commissioner Haynes. Whatever in
formation we have or will receive will
bN turned over to the commissioner and
he will direct whatever action follows. "
Are your men now checking up on
'he Withdrawals Of whisky and alcohol
made by wholesale drug houses and
others holding permts?"
''Yes. Wa are now checking M on
permits for Withdrawals This will take
some time. but we are going to find
Nrt n few things about these withdraw
= -
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u. s. Arms Stand
g. Is We'll Defined
c,ntlnued from rage Ore

rontInued from rage Ore
sertsin gcneralities, such as the as
,nrancc of China against foreign ng
,rassion, just as Mr.. Wilson sought
tbc protection of the smaller nations
AZ thr world against aggression by the
hic nations II has only II general
osnira,ion in view. just as he had. The
iroublc will be on the details, just as
Il was at Paris
Tho position of the United States at
ho,h conferences is inherently the same.
I, is the historic American position
,bot the nations of the world have a
s;obt 70 develop free from external in
.dssfcronce that impairs their soyer.
SIsntv Mr.. Wilson had in mind ma
sbinery, the League Of Nations, to
onbieye t this end. Mr.. Hughes has no
S,o,nrhhery in mind The most he hopes
Gr is an agreement among The great
powers when may take the form of
treaty. .,,. ,.s =
Nations provcd n source Of weakness
,o him. rhc other Powers traded him
hi. League for certain considerations.
Tr Hughes says this country asks
nothins from the conference. But to
m rxtcnt OF which hc Is not entirely
sworc. he is aeking the ending of the
Nro,o. .Tavaresc allpnrc. That con-
summation bulks almost rs large in his
mind as the starting Of n League of Ma
tlonq did in Mr.. Wilson's Mt Paris.
with what consequences no one can yet
fpresPc.
No One Man Delegation
Tho American commission starts un-
dor better auspices this time than it
Jid at Paris. During the Paris con
ference there was one meeting OF the
American delegation in the beginning
and not another until March or April,
wbcn Mr.. Wilson made his famous
restnrc of sending for his ship, the
George Washington, to come to Brest
There was no such entity there as the
American delesation.' Mr.. Lansing,
Nr Waite and General Bliss used to
meet occasionally and talk over their
sorrows to each other. Colonel House,
having the privilege of entering higher
snhcres. ignored his associates. Presi-
dcnt Wilson was umupproachable by
eny one except Colonel House.
The American delegation actually
meets and organizes this time. 1t will
work together. There will he mutual
understanding among its members. Its
task will lr easier than that confronting
Mr., Wihon 1t Paris. II Is working for
the rracticaI, not thr unattainable. No
one expects too much of il. No mem
btr of ir cyrcctS the impossible
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day, wrote the War Department
month ago protesting against continued
Federal control Of the port Of Phila-
dclphla. General Taylor replied. ex-
planning the statutory authority for the
control. and the Senator apparently was
satisfied. The correspondence in the
subject ceased with this communica-
tion.
From the above II appears That
Philadelphia = own port officials ore port
officinls no longer. The scepter hns de-
parted from Israel.
Captain John g. Berry is tho new
hoss
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To Supply Jobs

Continued from Page One
ters may be excused. This Is peace
time. however. although the fool fiction
prevailed IN Washington until recently
that We were still at war with Germany,
notwithstanding that the last gun in
the carnage had been fired three years
ago.
With n delay thnt suggested indif-
ference. or the inSolence of power, the
Washington authorities permitted five
months to eInpse before tho notitiOn re-
ceivcd attention in the shape Of n reply
w. Z. Reynolds. commondant Of the
Coast Guard. on August 20. returned
the petition to the United States Dis
trict Engineer in Philadelphia. who
| transmitted II to Director Sproule,
president Of tho Board of Navigation
Commissioners.
Tho petition was refused.
The reply wns accompanied by long
dissertation on various Federal laws
and quotations as to the right of the
Government 70 continue to direct the
affairs Of the port.
Case Of Investigate Yourself"
From the documents returned it would
seem that the United States cngincers'
Office turned the petition over to tho
cofnmandant Of the Coast Guard. This
wns tnntsmount to command, "inves-
| tigate yourself.
| And the commandant proceeded TO
! investigate bis service
In the request forwarded to the au-
| thorities in Washington Mayor Moore
and the shipping interests set forth the
| following
'"rhe United States Coast Guard
Sarrics is nov maintaining i'm tbo ,,ort
Of Philadelphia) at q large expense
three boats. fully equipped ond manned
and paying high wharfage charges. in
charge Of an officer designated ns the
! rort captain. man no doubt of high
attainment but possessed of no local
| Knowledge Of the conditions of tho har.
bor nor is he in touch with general
/ shipping matters.
no jurisdiction whatever is cxer-
cisod over rho section of the river Mt
| Chester or Marcus Hook. where tho vast
/ oil rcfincries are located, nor on thr
SrhuylkIl River or the upper reaches OF
the Delnwarp. Vessels are allowed r.
anchor promiscuouslv off those points
and of Chester.
/ Until the shipping community arose
I IN masse against those conditions vcs
sells were allowed to anchor off the
hGrbor. blocking the ferry slips and rem
dering navigation within the city limits
| both difficult and dangerous
"One serious collision. involving the
| loss of life. resulted from this lack oi
supervision. and innumnrable complaints
rs to the blocking up of docks by YES
sells failing within dangerous proximity
to the outer ends of piers were re-
corded"
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BEAUTY BEATS SHORTHAND
AS COURSE AT Y. w. c. A.
Announcement Of New Course at
kensinaton Starts Something

Beauty vs.. Shorthand, a match Mt
thc Konsington Y. W. G, a. last night.
was won by a Knockout BY Beauty in
the very first round.
Whatever interest tho girls may have
In any of the other educational facilities
offered by the association the announce
mcnt Of the start of class where they
could learn to make the most of them.
selves, started rush that neccssi-
tatcd the limiting Of the number of
pupils.
The now class will take up every
phase of removing the wrinkle, dressing
the hair. clothing the body and the
thousand and one other things that are
part Of making a girl look like what
she amt"
Girls ranging from eighteen to
twenty five years 30 rushed the regis
tration clerk when the announcement
Of the establishment of the class was
made that the size of the class was re-.
duced to fifteen. There is long wait
ing list