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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
LEON WALKER GIVES
PROPOSED FEATURES
OF NEW CHARTER BILL
Tells Lions Club Non-Partisan
Commission Of Five. With
Manager is the Aim.
ASKS ALL TO COOPERATE

Nt the luncheon cf the Lions Club.
in 'he Hotel du pont az noon today
lieun Walker. chairman or the Gen
oral citizens Charter Committee. ad-
dressed the club on new charter for
W lminstcn.
Ar Walker pointed out that tho
thier ea~entials ~ good city govern
nsnt are good laws. good officials and
gond citizenship. lie reviewed the pres
en- form ~ government and tho need
fot a coordination cf the various de
partments and commissions 20 permit
of rcspons hls. efficient and economi
cal huaine.s administration OF the az
fairs 81 the city lie saw no reason
Why Wilmington should not I've given
al opportunity % enjoying the al
Nautages of modern form Of sov-
ment such ne adopted In Dayton. q.
and other cities and believed that the
conditions az this time were most fav-
rthle for tho passage " a new charter
"a 81 tho approaching evasion cf the
legislature.
while tho draft 90 the new charter
has not bcen completed. 70 will un'
doumedlv provide FOR non partisan
commission % Ave members 10 act ir
a lea EslatiVe capacity only cit,
manager In charge ~ the admin-tra
tlvo ara.rs and rcspons HE 20 the com
M .Slon. tho Initiative referendum
ana recall. centralized purchae. N.
asent. a budget system: zoning. civil
service and such other essent.ale az
lo o'li conditions require
Mr. Waller stated that it should h'
clearly and definitely Understood tina
l,e friends ~ charter reform are no
ctIt'olsng the officials " the preeen
administration. nor tho members ~
the Narlos hNarNis and .~omm!ss .ons
hbt only the form of government un
dor which these officials are compclle,
Co operate
IN Clc~ uC he expressed the hon
chat tho charter movement would ~
cove ne support ~ al e tizeua havinl
fhe welfare ~ the city a. heart. an
hr invited tho co-operai on ~ all 81
EarIEsrons clubs and lnd.v duals @
thtf end
90 addition to Nj Walker the fol
lowing Vuests we're present: Charlie
n Meichior. ~ tho Delaware Ledger
Newark \ y Thorpe % salem
NfA ~ hfNNNNfN ~ WV 'sflifl =
Motors Corporation. New York: "A. y
Rolph, Prank DIVER. stewart Lyme
and William stewart. Jr.. Of this city
The res.s nation OF Frank j. Hick
man - treasurer was received and &C
Co.tcd. and \ V Cemmll was AT
pointed his successor In tho ahsenc
- President Fuller Harcourt Burn
presided u was announced that IN
reXi mcetns would ho a closed NEE,
ma Tor uemhsrs only.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
BELIEVE HALL DIED
OF POISONED ALCOHOL

Poisoned alcohol is believed
by tho authorities to have caus-
ci tho death. yesterday after
noon. In the Homeopathic Hos
pital. OF Raymond Hall. colored.
% years old. who said he lived
on Adams street. near Ninth.
Earl Gunby. colorcd OF s2a Ju
Pont street. who also drank
some OF the stun. In In n cri,i-
cal condition at the same In
stitution. II was stated today.
Hall was removed to the hos
pital In a police ambulance late
sunday afternoon, white Gunby.
who IL employed as janitor at
the Public Building. was taken
III yesterday afternoon. Today
IL was stated that he had work
ed part OF the day yoe,erdav.
Tho police say they found Gun
by lylng unconscious on n porch
near Eighth and Jercrson
streets.
The police are investigating.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
MURDERED DRY AGENT
LAST SEEN WITH WOMAN
Ohio Enforcement Official Said
to Have Been Drinking Heav-
lily Before Tragedy.
9 Associated Press to Every Evening.


steubenville. o.. Dec. ga woman
entered into consideration today into
the killing yesterday ~ Charles
Dixie" Blinn. prohibition officer. the
marked man ~ the dry squad here
Police ssy Blinn was last seen ieav-
ing tho home ~ Miss Lulu Lyle. Web
ster Alley. about 10 p. m. and that
shortly after that time residents told
OF hearing shots near tho house. and
seeing an automobile driven away
from near the residence.
According 70 information given po-
/ lice. they said today Blinn appeared
a. the home OF Charles Walker. South
Ninth street last night ia an intoxi-
Gated condition. brandishing re-
( volver and threatening 20 pinch q
rumb-r OF places" lie is said 90
have left Walkers home in company
with Miss Lyle.
| Ofiicisle admitted they were baffed
/ by the murder OF Blinn whose body
with three bullet wounds. vas found
In a dark alley in the Polish section
q Steubenvile. Twenty feet away lay
the empty pOcketbook of the officer
~ revolver was missing
| ONAN ONe new AufNAN INEhlN4stIN NNf
manner In which ne met death Vas
advanced BY police today-that he wa.
not killed whore his body was found
Police pointed out that the teli-tal'
pool OF blood was m ssing
"Blinn undoubtedly was killed !r
some resort while on ralding ex.
cursion and his body hidden IN the al
ley" said Sergeant Richard Edgeriy
OF the Steubenville police force.
Blinn. known 70 his friends as the
Marked Man OF the Bootieggers. wh,
operated from his headquarters IL
Richmond. Ohio. Is the ffth jefferson
lcounty prohibition officer 10 meet dcatl
at the hands OF unknown gunmen
Less than year ago Mike Neltr,
was lured into an automobile. sho
and his body thrown from ,he ca
along an isolated road
Four other agents. who had worke,
with Neltrie also were murdered: on
at weirton. West Virginia. anothe
az Washington. Pa. third az York
vile. Ohio. and the fourth in TIA!
after returning 10 his native land.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
FALL LIKELY TO STICK.
White House knows Nothing oi
Reported Intention TO Resign.

Washington. Dec. 26.-Publ!shed re
ports that Secretary Fan. Of the In
terror Department, might soon resign
from the Cabinet. resulted in a state
ment by q White House spokesman
today that President Harding had no
information about such a move. II
was indicated In other quarters that
the secretary himself probably would
take notice of the reports and issue "a
statement regarding them when he re
turns 10 Washington from holiday
| visit In Virginia
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
YESTERDAY WAS WARMEST XMAS RECORDED;
NO ZERO COLD ANYWHERE IN UNITED STATES
Mercury Climber 70 Texas and louisiana; Rose
Kansas and Missouri With Thermometer at as Chicago
Experienced Hottest December rs in History of City.

Kansas City, Mo, reported tenn
perature OF only ten degrees lower,
the warmest Christmas ever officially
recorded there. The same weather
prevailed throughout Missouri and
kansas
Chicago had the hottest Christmas
in years with the mercury reaching
40 at . o'clock in the afternoon.
Exceptionally high temperatures
prevailed over Illinois,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26

Chicago. Dec. 2e.--The United
States bssiSed in record warm tenn
perotures for Christmas Day, accord
ing 10 reports available today. Santa
Claus returned 10 his home in the cold
north without experiencing zero
weather In any part OF the country.
The highest reading was recorded
AT Fort Worth and San Antonio. Tex,
and New Orleans. la, where the
Thermometers registered 7S degrees
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
Kr KLUy KHAN DFSorvcFp
Nu Sigma Fraterniir Calls for Coz.
operation N Combat Orennt,afiou.

~ Associated Press 20 Every Evening
New York. Dec. s-Rssolutlons d.
nounc.ng the Ku Klux Klsn and cali
INK for cooperation with organl1a-
lions actively combating g Vers
adopted last night ~ the closing ses-
sion of me annual convention ~ 80
IN Sigma Fraternity. 30 was ~
nounced today.
Fourteen hundred represenrative.
we're in attendance
The years officers elected included:
Dr 7 Jaftin. New York. grand lgmer:
Benjamin Niebut. Newark. " L.
grand ossa. J.. Schwartz. ChicaE
grand scr be-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
HUNT BERGDOLL IN SEATTLE.
Deserter Reported 10 Have Been Seen
In Restaurant There.

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Seattle. Wash. De-. 26.-Search for
Grover Cleveland BergdOll who eScap-
ed In May. 1920. while serving a Ave
wear sentence FOR desertion from the
L. s. Army. and who had been report
ed on a German vessel bound for the
Pacific coast wAs set afoot here last
niSht by report that he had been
seen In a restaurant.
l.. SeaVer Hamilton. proprietor. told
police that one Of three men who ate
in his cafe looked very much like pub
ished pictures OF Bergdou and bore a
scrutiny uneasily.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26

hN thsociateh fress 10 Every Evening.
Hazleton. Pa, Dec. 2s.-Owins to
the celebration OF Second Christmas"
In the Lehlsh field. "a OF the 81
snrscite coal mines on the Halle
ton and Mahanoy division Of the Le-
high Valley Railroad were idle today
Production was cut 10 about one
third. according TO officials.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
vENlELOS EXTOLS
RED CROSS FOR IT'S
WORK IN NEAR EAST
Succored Millions Of Greeks, He
Says in Greeting to U. S.
Organization.
ASKS AID BE CONTINUED
py Associated Pres. 20 Every Evening.

ny Associated Press 60 Every Evening.
Lausanne. Dec. 7s.-Former Pre-
mler Venizelos of Greece In q Christ
mas message 90 tho American Rod
Cross expressed the gratitude of tho
Greek people for Americas generosity
In auccoring tho millions Of refugees
who have swarmod into Greece.
"rhriugh the American Hed Cross
and other organizations. the mcs-aRe
said. you came to tho rescue. your
nour feeding them. your blankets ar
rlvlng 20 rob the winter 81 lts terror
and your doctors saving the sick
we face tho future with courage
but We are conscions Of l's per.ls
Only by tho continuance ~ your heip
can MISERY be permanently removed
! Praying 10 tho same God and cole
bratinR tho nativity ~ tho Fams
Christ. we express our thanks"
". Nenlzelos and his colleagues oi
the Greek delegation 20 tho Near Fa
conference have received pcqsiu'sti'
advice- from Athena concerning th'
economic and financial situation o
the country.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26

London Dec % An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Athens gives
Premier Gonatss ~ authority FOR tho
statement that tho Greek government
has no thought of accedlng 10 tho
Turkish demand for withdra wal 81 tho
Greek patriarch from Cons'an'lnoplo.
even n tho Allied powers ;r~ep' 'he
Turks viewpoint as expressed AZ tho
Lausanne conference.
The premier asserted that his gov
eminent considered the question .
| national one upon which no Greok
ministry could give way
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
Senator Hiehfeld III.

state Senator J. Gilpin Highheld has
been III with grip since Saturday. His
condition was not satisfactory today.
but is not thought 10 be serious. He
resides al Beaver Valley.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
ALLOWED
HOSPITALS bN LEVY COURT

A. session devoted alnost entirely
to routine business the Levy Court
oday allowed the Delaware Hospital
s. 1sl g. and the Homeopathic Hos
pIia ,s2si5
morning when tho present body will
nold us nnsi session and vii confer
win tho bondsmen - rural TAX col
.e.iors VINO have not sett.ed for the
gear go and prior
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
Amusements Tonight.

PlayhOu So" Suspended Sentence. %
Garrick-"The Broken Wing
Aldine- Vaudeville and pictures
Naiestic--"H Heroes Of the street "
Arcadia Remembrance
Qucen-'ro Have and 20 Hold.
savoy Her Only WAY
strand Across tho Continent"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
Piitsbsrg Steel Prices.

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
New York. Dec. 26-Steel prices, (.
o. b.. Pittsburg. per 100 pounds: Blue
snnealed sheets. 25oa275; gslvanlz-
ed sheets. ABS: black sheets. 3.35 /.
steel bars 200G21O.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
Italians 60 Rack TO smrrna.

~ Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
Brndisi. Italy. Dec. Fourteen
hundred Italian refugees who left
Smyrna after the fire have sailed from
this port for smyrna. again 10 take
up their residence there.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
North's BODY stm Missing.

Sesrchers have about given up hope
OF hnd.ng ne body OF Edward North
who was drowned In the AppoQuinim.
| ink river, near Odessa. last week,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
Liberty Bond Quotations.

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
New York. Dec. 2e-I.lberty bond
quotations. at l p. m: 3ia's. 100. go:
second fs. $40; first +h's. 1902:
second t.'s. sst+: third AIS. 1886:
fourth 4n's. $3.50; Victory 4A's. un-
called. loo,t2; L. S. Treasury. AXIS.
$685..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
CHRISTMAS LIQUOR
PROVES FATAL TO TEN
Moonshlne Drink Struggled in
Under Holiday Trees Kills
Eight in New York.
Rv Assoclated Prers to EverY Evenins

p Associated Press to Every Evening
New York. Dec. ae-Eight deaths
were attributed today to drinking
poisonous liquor over Christmas. 4
score or more Of victims were con-
fined 10 hospitals. or the eight per
sons VINO died. two were women. 4
Brooklyn woman was arrested as the
selie of whisky which caused the
death OF one OF the women.
Prohibition Director +. G. YellOwley.
whose aides succeeded in keeping the
white lights DINNER than usual, de-
clared that while the dry navy was
busy in holding rum runners outside
the three-mile limit. land rum run
ners succeeded in an old ruse
smuggling liqaor into the city under
thousa nds OF Christmas trees.
This liquor, however. apparently
was reserved for home consumption
as little OF Il was to be found in the
white light cabarets.
Boston, Dec. 26.-Cne man is dead
and more than 80 persons are In hos.
pitals today as result OF drinking
liquor sold during the Christmas holi.
day.
Detroit. Dec 26-Poisonous liquor
obtained over the Christmas holiday
was declared by the police today I,
have been responsible for one dealt
and the -llness Of mse than a scor'
| Of persons here.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26

For Clover Dairy SAFE Nix phons
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
Weather Forecast.

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Washington. Dec. 26. Weather forecsu
for Delaware.
Cloudy and warmer tonight. "Wednesday.
rain
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26

Sarrhrucken, Rhineland. Dec. 2s.--
Newspaper rates now are being quoted
in French francs here instead Of in
marks. and 1t Is planned to make this
currency tho basis OF all payments "a
publishers throughout the Saar region
after January !
The Saarbrucken Newspaper Pub
fishers Association announcing an in
crease in subscription and advertising
rates recently. made its terms par -
in French money. Thus the Ssar-
bruecken Zeitung costs 400 marks
monthly or 10 'centimes the single
copy.
Following a recent strike Of print
ers these workmen now receive q
weekly bonus Of 10 20 90 francs each
In addition 10 their , regular mark
/ wages
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26
FRENCH OR GERMAN
MONEY, SAAR PROBLEM
Introduction Of Foreign Cur
rency May Raise Serious
Difficulties.
Nv Associated Tre.s 70 Every Evening.

Ry Associated fre~s 70 Every Evening.
Paris. Dec. Cone of the questions
attendant upon possible action In tho
Rhineland Is that of the money sup
ply. says l.c Matin. The experts are
az loss 10 decide whether. In tho
event that the Ruhr basin IL separated
from the rest of Germany by a Gus
ceive paper money from Berlin. II Is
a matter Of belief that tho introduc-
ton 81 foreign money into France
would raise serious difficulties. De
liberations on this subject are continu-
ing, the newspaper adds.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26

Nundy Bros seA furniture. Phone
'.sp.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-26

&c a line per day for classified ads
on a monthly contract.--Adv.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-28
COUNTY AGENT GETS PAPER FIRM SOLD
HOPPER POISON FIREWORKS, CHARGE
Several Barrels of Arsenic Re-
cieved; Thorough Drive
to Be Made.

Another shipment of several barrels
Of arsenic to be used for grasshopper
bait, was received Tuesday by County
Agent F e. MacSpadden. More than
five tone of arsenic have been furnished
by the county agents office already
this year to the farmers of the coun-
ty for fighting the grasshoppers that
are assembling in greater numbers
than last year, according t o MacSpad-
den.
The five toms Of arsenic already dis
tributed win treat more than 100 tons
of bran-which will poison 10O. 600
grasshoppers Trough estimateD if the
bran is properly scattered, said the
county agent.
Several reports have been received
that the hoppers are already making
inroads on the wheat. although they
have not begun flying to any great ex-
tent The farmers are making a more
thorough drive against the pests this
year than any year previous because
they realize that what is probably the
best chance for good crops in several
years must be protected in every way
possible.
Weather conditions have been more
kindly than they have been in years to
the dry land farmers. and many realize
that it is either a question of feeding
the boppers poisoned bran now or feed
ing them wheat from the fields later
in the summer, said MacSpadden.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-28
W.C.T T. U.
0BATTLEO ON
SANITY LEAGUE
r. X. West Tells Need to Use
Ballot; to Aid School In
heritance Tax Plan.

1.-THE great need of the w. @. T. U.
at present is for all members to
register and qualify for voting priv
leges to meet such opposition to pro-
hibition as the Sanity league and other
organizations" said r. X. West in an
address before a meeting Of the w. c..
T. U. Tuesday night at the home of
Mrs. George Sanford, SIT Sixth ave
nue. north. The subject of Mr.. Vests
address was Issues Vital to w. G..
7. L. Women"
Mr.. West explained that the class
of persons opposed to prohibition and
the enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment were those who derived
personal profit from such opposition
and those who claimed personal lib
! erty. "The second class does not
claim personal liberty but liquor" said
| Mr.. West.
Forty new members were enrolled
during the May membership drive. &C.
cOrding to incomplete reports made by
the membership committee at the
meeting. This brings the total mem
bership of the W. c. T. U. in Great
Falls to approximately Is persons.
By a vote Of the club. it was de-
cided to sponsor and aid in circulat-
ing petitions for the income inherit
ance tax bill. Miss Jane Keeney,
county superintendent of schools. and
Miss Lois Troumbley of the Great
Falls public schools. presented the
petitions to the club and urged action.
| All pames must be obtained by July 10
and turned over to the secretary of
state.
1t was also decided to circulate Pc
titions for the world movement which
is being carried on among young peo-
pies and church's societies. This
work will be started in the churches
Of Great Falls lex Sunday by mem
bers of the W. c. T. L. and the
petitions must be in the state head
quarters of the w. c. T. L. by July Is.
Seventy nations of the world have
sponsored this movement and more
than 7,0O0.OO O names have been oh
tanned. The project is being carried on
throughout the United States.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-28
Lad, Small, Tattered,
Far From His Home.
Aided by Red Cross

A small, tattered boy Of Is
wandered down the streets Of
Great Falls Tuesday afternoon,
trying to hide his tear-stained face
from the ~passersby, and there
were few who realized that he was
facing n of life's tragedies.
1t was through lucky observ-
nee that the humane officer saw
the lad and took him to the Red
Cross for assistance.
The boy had been sent from his
fathers rented farm in the south
eastern part of the state to work
for an uncle in Great Falls. The
boy has eight brothers and sisters
much for the father.
But the uncle has a large family
and is not in the best Of financial
condition. so Nick was not a well
coined visitor. With but 81 in his
pocket, Nick approached the de-
pot where he learned, much to his
sorrow, that the amount would not
provide transportation to his
home.
All day he wandered the streets
of Great Falls, broken-hearted and
frightened, and. in his grief and
utter distress. he lost his only 81.
After his case was reported to
the Red Cross, a long distance
talk with the merchant nearest his
home in southeastern Montana
brought the offer of assistance
and a new home by the county
commissioners of that district, and
Nick was taken care of for the
night. This morning he will be
sent to his new home.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-28
Children to Place
Flowers on Grave
of City's Founder

In memory Of the late Paris Gibson
the Father of Great Falls. and IL
comemmoration of his 92nd birth ami
versary, the children OF the city VIII 60
ing. July 1. where they will strew flow
ers on his grave.
Mrs. l. y. Walker, president OF the
Great Falls Woman's club. which will
have charge of the arrangements, an
nounced that no special invitation has
been extended to the children. but al
those who care to go are asked to be al
the Y. NJ. C. A. building promptly al
10 o'clock. Saturday morning. whert
cars will be provided for taking them
to the cemetery . At least one member
of the club will be assigned 10 each car
as chaperOne. ;,
Children who have flowers in their
home gardens can bring them. but nc
child is asked to buy flowers especially
for that purpose.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-28
James Flaherty, President, Is
Arrested on Alleged Viola
ton of Ordinance.

James Flaherty. president of the
Great Falls Paper company. was ar
rested Tuesday on a police court war
rant charging him with the sale of
fireworks in violation of the city ordi-
nance. The complaint was made by
Chief of Police Marcus Anderson after
two witnesses, in police court, had
testified that they had purchased their
supply of fireworks from the paper
company.
A. l.. Martin and Joseph S~tordahle,
both merchants. told Police Magistrate
n. A. Sheppard during arrangement on
~prges OF selling fireworks, that they
had been induced to get a supply OF
torpedoes and f~irecrackers on the
representation of a salesman from the
paper company that their sale was not
prohibited. After paying fines of 50
each. Martin and Stordahle said hey
would be willing to testify against
Flaherty.
Flaherty was released on his own
recOgnizance to appear in police cour
this morning.
Because Of the absence of her prin-
cipal witness, Mrs. f. 3. TEX
Hunter, alias Helen Ward. charged
with reckless driving, obtained the
continuance Of her ease until this
morning. The police charge that she
damaged another automobile in a col
lison Sunday night and also ruined q
lamp post.
A. J. Peppos and Dave Sutherland,
charged with speeding, were fined
$40 each.