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New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
OWNEST LITTLE BENEFIT
By FAIRFAX DOWNET

so we accompanied him to several halls and
bare stages On onesef the latter we saw
large crowd Of unusual looking men and
women. Many Of their faces looked vaguely
familiar They were singing song more or
less together. obviously rehcarsing for some
sort Of a show.
"Not bod We admitted, "but how about
few cbaradcz? These folks look as if they
could put or some good ones How about
their acting out 'Constantinople'
The chum gave disgusted look and con
Quoted US from there to a hall There some
folks were acting Shakespeare, "Richard H.
Act /, Scene 2, to be exact The chap who
did Richard was really good and SO was the
pretty girl who played Queen Anne, Even
the members Of the funeral cortege acted in
diligently.
Abandoning our habitua attitude Of
ton, we chorused: "Those people really ought
to 20 on the stage
The chum shot US q look Of pity and escort
ed US to another hall. There was the sound
OF music and another rehearsal, Our eyes
were delighted BY large number Of pretty
girls running through songs and dances with
vim. They we're divided into bevies for the
purpose of drill, of which they seemed to
need little or none. We made notes and
sketches Of what we saw.
These young ladies' we ventured to state,
are every bit as good as any real chorus
girls we ever saw
We engaged one Of the young ladies in
conversation, after having observed that her
hair was red, her eyeashes black her eyes jet
and sparkling, her lips red, her feet twinkling
and her name Doris.
Did YOU ever we asked her interestedly,
think Of trying out for musical comedy
chorusc'
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ow-life parts in the "rnovies." For action,
there are the dancing teams which will devote
an evenings agility to the cause, ana all the
musical comedy choruses from those daily
dozen blues OF the Music Box Revue to the
stately crinoline stuff Of "Good Morning
Dearie.7 scrambled in vast melee about the
principals thereof. The comedy may without
exaggeration be described as "rapid fire." for
Ed Wynn, Raymond Hitchcock, the Duncan
sisters, Van and Schenck, Eddie Cantor, the
Brown brothers, james Barton, Florence
Moore, De Wolf Hopper and the rest of them
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-~aHE other day met person whom
we shall describe no more fully than
to say he was an old college chun
Come on out on Broadway, he IN
vited. GIVE got something to show YOU
We demurred.
"We'va already seen Broadway we po-
litely demonstrated. "And, besides, We are
busy. We are now we added with touch
Of pride, "writing and drawing, respectively
for a newspaper.
THE deuce you are" he replied, affecting
Great amazement "Well, come along any
way"
The chum would rot take no for an answer,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

~ENtN O'Clock in the morning is an early
hour to arrive in any citv-s partcula~ls
5afiy hour TO arrive in Spanish city. Yet
'h the following morning At prompt :. when
ray train pulled into its canopied she'd a+. tho
fsta'ion del Norte, that big railway terminal
vas brisk with lfe-folk gong and other folk
coming; buslness Of dispatchine and receiv
01e them carried forward with pleasant en-
'nuslaSn. yet. wfthal, 30 confusion or excite
ment. Contrary to popular opinion. the Span
l'fd does not easily excite himself Since 7
l'st vas IN SPAN his county carried forth
ner most disastrous campaign against the
'lofoecans; yet it was going its wa in April
of that year as if naught but serenity and
Prosperity stood ahead of it.
throughout the four Years Of the World
War, Spain held herself aloof from ito a
remarkable degree. Not ovcn Brazil or the
reentine could have felt themselves more
remote from the actual conflict. She gave
nothing to it--in dollars or IN men. She should
ha1e made great deal Of money in the var
nd she did. She should have saved her earn
mgs-and she did not Relatively the peseta
snoud be as strong to-day as our American
ooliar-and it is not. From d normal exchange
Naiue Of 20 cents in our money il has gone
GOWN 10 approximately l3-and Spain is in an
uncomfortable position. Having escaped the
consequences Of the itself, she finds that
oy no manner Of means can she escape the
chaoS that has followed after The cost Of
hFlng in her cities and in her country districts
ankle which remained remarkably fixed and
uhcha ged during the war. finally has begun
10 rise; not TO the same degree as in some Of
me other countries of Europe, yet very uncom-
tortably to the Spaniard. After all, the dis
agreeable living experiences through which
trance or Italy or Great Britain are passing
'"st nov, matter little to him. His concern is
alth his own And high prices combined with
nnanclal depression slowing down of his in
oustrles and the disastrous national experience
IN Morocco are giving him great deal of con-
Germ just now.
For, far from having acquired wealth dur
1og his profitable aloofness from the war, the
Spaniard now finds that he has no wealth. lie
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rods horseback or in ancient. numbering onni-
buses Tho whole thing was strangely
ren7indful Of the crowds going OFT to the Yale
Bowl or the Harvard Stadium on the day Of
the very big ganea,
In vain Spain has tried to purge herself #
this 5ulfghting evil. Apparently, size might
just as we'll attempt the hopeless task of e,irli-
mating She sales Of lottery tickets that form
the chief business Of every tobscconist here II,
Madrid. .. Bullfgbting, instead Of being on
the ware, 1s rather on the increase. Moreover. il
10 seeping gradually over into southern Frajlca
to the Intense annoyance Of the govern >,ca.
authorities at Paris. IN Bordeaux, the Arneri-
can Wild West Park was advertising bull
fight as I came through on my way down here
/ am told that the ancient Roman arena e
Mines is now being used for the same purposs
Frequently Of Sunday there are more than
two hundred bullfghts simultaneously In prog
ress in this land. It Is poor city that cannot
afford its own permanent bull ring But there
ara many very poor cities in Spain. Yet they
do not do without their Sunday afternoon
fights. The town market places are quickly
transformed into temporary arenas, admission
charged at their entrances and a stout tax
levied upon those folks owning windows shat
look down upon the carnage. Which
only removes the commercial character of The
whole transaction but degree from that of
Madrid, which, being the capital, must have
the wealth to carry forth the thing. 6Ut
never call it enterprise. Enterprise and M.
drid are not bedfellows.
4 s MADRID goes, 50 goes much Of the rest
Of Spain. In some industrial districts
notably those roundabout Barcelona and Bilbao
she has made remarkable manufacturing
progress Of late. Even in many of the smaller
communities one sees steps forward toward
new industrial Spain. Practically all Of The
towns Of the kingdom to-day have eIecrric
light Few Of them ever had gaslight. Not
many Of them ever had the era of the kerosene
lamp. Almost all jumped directly from candle
light TO that Of the incandescent Put that
down to the enterprise Of the American. the
Canadian and the British interests who. con-
siderably moro than decade ago, began thu
harnesslng Of the remarkable and almost limit
less water powers OF the upper portions of the
Iberian Peninsula. In that day began the
renaissance of one of the oldest and certainl
bic very proudest of all the nations on earth
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

4 GOOD old-tashonad American friend no
have rm into here in the cor1jelo. -
my hotel asked me 20 20 ont With him q, "a
Plaza de Ioros this afternoon 10 see the ,pU-
hght ]. seema that it is quite qn unusual
affair; moro than two hundred torealorz r,at-
afors and the like are to particinate.
But have declined have no ston,ao, Tor
that sort - thing f Spaniard had asled
me 1, Of course. should have accepted ine,.et-
y. It would he c.scourtoous to his peop., 10
decline. There are many things IN inte-,a-
lonal courtesy that an American cannot I'D
TO ignore when he IS UPON th;s side of "a
Atlantic ~
Yet certain Journalistic curiosity as
tempted ne to go out to tho Plaza de To. g.
Just to see the outside of the huge red I, x
amphi5heater that is reputed to seat IRA
than sixty thousand persons, walked tie
entire dusty two mjlea Simply because thers
was no means Of conveyance convenieutlv
available Every motor car. every taucab.
every hack, every battered old two-eheel cart
~ al Madrid was in service Their very
springs we're fattened With the overloads that
they carried. The horses toied painfully all
the way. 4 lot the Spaniards would ar.
ABOUT u! The Latin never has been pa D.
larly noted for his kindness to animals-ssvs
tho almost passionate love that the French
have for their dogs and cats The
matadors and toreadors. invariably n thei,
brilliant costumes for the afternoon, eitho~
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

I HAVE drjftod quite far away from Madrid
We found ourselves at the Estacion del
Norte at { o'clock of spring morn-s Verv
carly hour, as | have just told you, aud you
must appreciate it when YOU realize that in
this mgh-sct Spanish capital, the matinee per
formanccs Of the thoatcrs arc set at in tine
evening, aud thcr night performances at AS
or l. Afternoon tea is at $50; dinner 81
$50, Few business men manage to get 10
their offices before 10 O'Clock in the morning
Il do not envy YOU Americans many things
said big Spanish business executive to me-
but | do envy you your get-up-in the-morning
and hearty breakfast habit
The city banks are open for their customers
from II to 2. At the latter hour they close
for two hour lunch period d-eating is ever
serious business with the Latin From to
they open again, but not for outside patronage,
only for the officers and clerks to gather TO
gcthcr and clean up their accounts for the day.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
MUNSON Liner
SINKSGUNBOAT
Five Other Vessels Rammed
Off Buenos Aires by
u. S. Ship
NO DEATHS, FOUR
PERSONS INJURED

BUENOs AIRES. Sept. 1.-Unlt-
ed Press)-An Argentine gunboat
was sunk and five other vessels
rammed and badly damaged by the
Munson liner American Legion
which became unmanageable in the
harbor here when about to leave for
New York yesterday.
Four persons were injured. IN
cluding officers OF the gunboat
Azopardo which went to the bottom
Immediately after the American ves-
sci started running amuck. There
was no loss of life.
Passengers were ordered to re-
main aboard the American Legion
pending an official investigation by
the Argentine government which be-
gan today. Conferences are under
way between the United States Am
bassador to the Argentine and naval
officials.
The harbor at Buenos Aires is
artihcally built in the River Plata
where the stream is about forty
miles wide.
The harbor is inadequate to shell
ter the large number of vessels that
enter. Constant care must be used
Continued on Page Thlrteen.)
For Glover Dairy Safe Milk phone
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
FRANCE TO FORCE
GERMANY TO PAY

PARIS. Sept. Omitted Press).-
The French cabinet today refused
to concur in the decision OF the Al
lied reparations commission and re-
served the right TO take independ-
ent action against Germany.
After the dispatch OF a note TO
Germany notifying her that the re-
quest for a moratorium had been
rejected with the provision that
this years payments may be made
in short term treasury notes, France
decided TO demand the calling OF
another European financial confer
ence.
At this conference It was pro-
posed that inter-Allied debts and
reparations be discussed further and
reply OF the lesser powers TO the
note of Lord Balfour drawn up.
The Balfour note requested the
Allies to pay Great Britain TO the
extent OF England's war obligations
to the United States.
II was semi-ofiicially stated that
invitations TO the proposed Allied
financial conference will include the
United States.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
Mother With
TGT IN ARMS
FLEES HOME,
FEARSDEATH
Fromm Family TerrOrized
Because Father Refuses
to Join Railroad
Strikers
TOLD OF PLOT TO
BL0W-UP DWELLING

Fearing that a threat to blow up
her home would be carried out, Mrs.
George Fromm. vacated her home,
I419 Marsh road, last night with her
four children. one of them an infant
but two months old and the oldest
13 years. Mrs. Fromm went to the
home OF her brother, Fred Keller,
14OS Railroad avenue. until her hus-
band. a foreman in the freight re-
pair department OF the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad shops at TOdd's Cut.
who had been notified. came to take
her back home The family spent
the night in their home completely
terrorized.
The Fromm family has been the
victim Of several threats and depre-
dations, Mr. Fromm having been
assaulted on the street and the front
OF his house discolored with paint.
Yesterday. according TO Mrs.
CONTINUED on Page Eleven)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
CLUES FAIL
TODISCLOSE
DYNANITERS
City, Railroad Police Co.
operate in Hunt for
Bridge PlOtters
EXTRA GUARDS NOW
AT ALL BRIDGES

After running down several clues
furnished by citizens. the local po-
lice department and members OF
the Detective Bureau at noon to-
day were still at sea in the dyna-
hitting outrage committed at the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
bridge at Fourteenth and Bowers
streets early yesterday morning.
The railroad police co-operated with
the city authorities all day yester-
day and again today In trying to
locate the person or persons who
planted the dynamite under the
siding on the bridge.
The loccal police have checked up
on every sale Of dynamite made here
for the past few months. Superin-
tendent of Police Black said he was
confident that whoever attempted to
destroy the railroad bridge, had not
purchased the explosive here. It
was stated by one police official that
dynamite could be secured from one
OF the numerous quarries in this sec
tion. but a checking OF these places
today failed 10 reveal one case
where any OF the explosive had been
Continued on Page Eleven.g
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
SHOTOFFICER,
BUT NOT WITH
KILL INTENT
PersOnti Fired to Save
Friend From Arrest,
Court Is Told
HAD STOLEN FRUIT
WHEN COP HALTED

Il didn't want TO kill the police
man. I'm sorry. I shot when I
thought he was going to arrest
Louie" Nicholas Personti. alleged
assailant OF Officer Boyd, told de-
tectives after his arrest. according
TO testimony given by Captain OF
Detectives Benson in Municipal
Court this morning.
Personti and Castro Ferrone. his
alleged companion Of the night OF
the shooting Of the police officer.
were each held in $4,000 bail for
court on charges OF assault with
murderous intent by Deputy Judge
Lynn. Castro, It was brought out,
was known as Louie"
Captain Benson was the only wit
ness heard against the two defen-
dants. and Lilburne Chandler. az
torney for the defendants. submitted
no defense.
In his testimony. Captain Benson
said that Boyd is getting along fairly
well. but that, according TO doctors
at the hospital, 1t will be sometime
before he will be able TO leave the
institution. Unless blood poisoning
develops, Boyd will recover. Benson
Continued on Page Eleven)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
DUP0NTS DEVELOP
NEW DYE COLOR

p. T. DUPONT de Nemours and
Company announce the development
OF dye known as Pontamine
Brown CIR. II is a direct dyestuff
which produces reddish brown shades
on cotton. being used principally in
combinations for light browns. cordo-
vans, havanas and drabs on cotton
piece goods. yarns. tapestries. etc,
although II Is suitable for use as a
self shade when It produces the color
desired. Il Is also used on artificial
silk and because the shade Is not
effected by organic acid IL is used
for dyeing half-silk hosiery. which is
scrooped.
The color now made available was
one OF those imported into the United
States before the war.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
EtDect Peace Tomorrow in
Anthracite Coal Fields

April. 1924. lie issued this state
ment after a four hour conference
OF the operators az the Ritz Carlton.
II is regarded as a foregone con-
cluslon that the operators will con-
slider that this public mandate" is
forthcoming and will sign an agree
ment satisfactory TO the miners.
The operators will reconvene to-
morrow morning at which time they
will decide II the public demands
that the miners request for the old
wage until 1924 be granted.
II the operators believe enough
pressure has been brought they will
grant the wage demand, which will
mean the end OF the suspension.
The miners will be at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel. John L. Lewis
headquarters. which is directly across
the street from where the operators
will hold their session. II Is be-
iieved. that II the operators submit
to the miners demand. a Joint con-
CONTINUED on Page Eleven)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
90 5OYEARSBANKER
HIS GIFT, $1,000
Wilmington Trust Company
Honors Oscar o. Gouert
for Faithful Service
BEGAN AS RUNNER
IN CENTRAL BANK

Oscar o. Gouert. assistant treas
urer and paying teller at the Second
street bank OF the Wilmington Trust
Company will have completed fifty
years as banker in this city tomor-
row. In appreciation OF this remark
able record he was presented with
a purse containing $1,000 and a
framed set of resolutions commend
ing his wor.. as a banker.
The presentation was made by
James p. Winchester, chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Will
mington Trust Company, in the Off
GERS room at the Tenth and Market
Continued on Page Sixteen.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-CUnited
Press) Senator Reed. OF Pennsyl-
vania. who has been collaborating
with Senator Pepper in an effort 10
settle the anthracite strike had an
extended conference with President
Harding today prior 10 the cabinet
meeting
Secretary Hoover was called into
conference later. Reed refused 10
discuss the nature OF the conver-
sation saying there was nothing TO
report at the present time.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1-(Unit-
ed Press) Preparations for re-
sumption OF anthracite mining were
under way in Pennsylvania today as
the last steps in settlement OF the
strike were taken.
The peace agreement probably
will be signed before Saturday noon.
Samuel d. Warriner. spokesman
for the operators, has asked for a
public mandate" 10 Justify paying
the miners their old wage until
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
BONUSPASSES,
VETO ASSURED
Twenty Senators Paired in
Voting and Seven Listed
as AbsenteeS
UP TO HARDING
BEFORE MONDAY

WASHINGTON, d. c, Sept. 1
Louis seibold. in a special to the
New York Herald today says:
The United states Senate yester-
day paid its political debt to able
bodied sol 1ier voters by passing the
s5.OOOOOO,OOO bonus raid on the
public treasury and taxpayers OF
the country.
Only sixty-nlne of the ninety-six
Senators actually voted on the bill,
forty-seven casting their votes in
favor of IL and twenty-five against
It.
Under the pairing arrangement
twenty OF the twenty-seven Senators
who did not participate in the vote,
were evenly balanced in support and
against the measure. OF the seven
absentees without pairs five declared
their purpose to vote for the bill and
two against it. The full vote actually
accounted for was sixty-two in favor
of the bonus bill and tEirty-four
against It.
OF the forty-seven votes for the
bill. twenty-seven were cast by Re
pubhcans and twenty by their Demo-
cratic associates. OF the twenty-five
votes actually cast against the
measure fifteen were contributed by
Republicans and seven by Demo-
Gratis.
on the basis of the vote yester-
day a veto of the McCumber meas
Continued on Page Twenty.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
WOMAN MUST PAY
TO ESCAPE PRISON

Desiring to have her case dis
posed OF without going into the
Court OF General Sessions. Mary
Schanowski, who was held some
time ago for court on a charge Of
violating the State liquor law. plead
ed guilty in Municipal Court today
to a charge OF selling liquor. Deputy
Judge Lynn fiend her 5000 and
costs and sentenced her to- three
months imprisonment, which sent
ence will be RENTED II the fine Is
paid. The charge OF violating the
State law was dropped.
Philip l. Garrett was attorney for
the woman.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
BENSON ELECTION
Meets APPROVAL
New G. o. P. Chairman
Reappoints Charles H.
Grantland Secretary
MRS. LENA ANDERSON
NAMED ASSISTANT

Action by the Republican state
Committee at the Dover meeting
yesterday in electing Secretary OF
state Alden r. Benson. chairman
Of the committee. meets with gen.
eral approval of the Republican vot-
ers Of the state. The selection or
General Benson to conduct the cam
paign was favorably commented ON
in Republican circles here today.
He held the same office several years
ago and made an efficient and pop
ular chairman.
Chairman Benson has reappoirft-
ed Charles n. Grantland. of this
city. as secretary OF the state
committee and also appointed Mrs.
Lena Anderson. of Sussex county.
as assistant secretary.
In addition to Senator T. Cole
man DUPONT. nominee for United
States Senator; DR.. Charles VI. Hol-
lis, nominee for Insurance commis-
sioner; Thomas S. Foracre. nomines
for State Treasurer and Joseph Nor
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
COL. MILLER TALKS
WITH PRESIDENT
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Sept. 1.
Colonel Thomas W. Miller. Alien
Property Custodian. arrived here last
night from Dover. Del. where he
had attended the sessions OF the Re
publican State Committee. and went
at once TO the White House where
he had a three-hours' conference
with President Harding. when ques-
toned by newspaper reporters fol-
lowing the conference, Cononel Mil
Ter said that he preferred to have
the President discuss the subject
considered.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
albuquerque Police
Arrest Tico Dyna-
mite Suspect Plot
ters Nation toide
Round-Up of Radi-
Gals to Be Started.
NerO York Central
Guards DriUen From
Bridge
ATLANTA
BLONUP PLOT

The Federal government act
ed today TO end the reign Of ter
ror on railroads throughout tho
country.
Agents OF the Department OF
Justice planned scores OF arrests.
President Harding and his
cabinet discussed ways and
means 20 halt the violence.
Plots TO dynamite. burn and
otherwise destroy railway prop
erty were uncovered by Federal
agents.
Dispatches TO the United Press
today told OF many new out
breaks.
Presidents of three railroads
the New York Central, the
Pennsylvania and the Rock Is
land-were threatened with
death or kidnapping.
A complete plant 10 manu-
facture high powered bombs
was unearthed by authorities at
Albuqurque, y. NJ. Omccrs
seized eight bombs and found
quantities OF materials for the
manufacture of others. Two
men were arrested.
Scores OF bombs have been
hurled at trains placed I'm shops
and under railroad bridges
Trains have been wrecked
Federal authorities Swallowed a
man they believed was the
"brains" OF the terrorist gang.
Sabotage was reported from
all parts of the country.
Switches and engines were
tampered with and hundreds OF
air hose cut.
DISTINCTIONS OF every dcscrip-
ton were found on tracks
A score of wrecks were mar
rowly averted.
Eleven persons were injured
when a Big Four passenger
train crashed into an open
switch near Brownsburg. Ind.
Authorities at Chicago had
evidence that radicals had PLAN
CONTINUED on Page Eleven-)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-01
Fire Options in
Soldiers Bonus

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. l
Omitted Press).-The bonus bill
passed by the Senate is figured
on the basis OF 81 per day for
home service and s1.25 per day
for foreign service.
Five optional plans are pro-
vided:
Cash. paid up insurance GER
tihcates vocational training
farm or home aid, and 100 acres
in land settlement.
Service men whose credit Is
not more than $50 may receive
the amount as soon as the bill
Is made law.
Veterans choosing vocational
training are entitled to an
amount equal TO their service
credit plus 40 per cent. or at
the rate of s1.75 per day.