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Evening journal., 1922-12-18
SUNSHINE MEETING

Librarius Brench, International
Sunshine Society. will meet at s
o'clock, Wednesday evening at the
home OF Mrs. Julia A. story. 1905
West Ninth street. Every member
is requested to bring a gift TO pack
in the box for the children of Della
ware colony at Stockley The box
is to be shipped on Thursday.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
FALL DOWN STAIRS
KILLS AGED MAN

James Conway. IS. who's. home
Is thought TO have been IN Pitts
burgh, Pa, fell down stairs on the
farm OF James r. Halahan, near
Centerville. az an early hour sun
day morning. dying OF fractured
skull before the arrival Of a physi-
clan. The body was taken in charge
by Deputy Coroner Nichols
For the past five months. Mr..
Conway had been in the employ OF
Mrs. Holahan. Previous TO that he
worked in a quarry at Penny Hill.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
CUTS HEAD DURING FIT.

Seized with an epileptic fit Will 2
in a barbershop at 4 West Third
street. today, Joseph Emeao 20, of
723 West Twenty-second street. fell
TO the floor and cut his head severe
ly. He was taken to the Homeo-
pathic Hospital in the police am
bulance. where three stitches were
required 10 close the wound.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
NO SIGN CASE DECISION.

Chancellor Wolcott has reserved
decision in the case OF Harry EN-
mons. owner OF the Law building
Ninth and Market streets against
A. Schultz. lessee OF the building,
and Hessler. Inc. sign-painting
concern. The complainant seeks an
order compelling Schultz TO remove
certain signs from the building Ar
gument was heard by the Chan
cellor last Friday and testimony was
finished about two weeks previous
To that time.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
MORE STREET LIGHTS.

superintendent Of Police Black
this morning arranged with the
wilmington and Philadelphia Trac
tion Company for the installation Of
additional lights at street intersec-
,tions in the business section and has
detailed extra men for traffic duty
AZ night during the holiday season.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
srrEERs LAoERATED FooT

Samuel Dire. 46. 1925 Claymont
street. was taken -.om the tower on
the Pennsylvania Railroad at the
foot OF Vandever avenue early sun
day morning in the police ambulance
TO the Delaware Hospital. He was
suffering with badly lacerated foot
which had been caught in a cable.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
HuEBNER CASE CONTINUED.

lsAt the request OF Joseph Handler,
attorney for the defendant, the case
Of Arthur Huebner, charged with
operating an automobile without
proper lights and resisting arrest
was continued until Wednesday by
Judge Hastings in Municipal Court
todsy. Huebner was arrested by Po-
lice officer Skepski.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
MORE MOISTURE FOR EARTH.

The storm of Saturday night
bringing snow. hail and rain, which
turned to slush during the early
hours OF Sunday morning, but disap-
peared by dayhreak, caused q total
precipitation of .6S OF an inch, ac-
cording TO the rain guage at the
Street and Sewer Department.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
NO PRAYER SERVICE.

Prayer service previously an
nounced to he held. I'm Hanover
Presbyterian Church on Wednesday
night has been cancelled. The mid
week service will not be held until
New Years week.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
DIsoRDERLY IN RESTAURANT

on a charge Of disorderly conduct
in Wilmington Dining Parlors Sat
urday night, L. Irving Warren was
fined SIS and costs by Judge Hast
ings in Municipal Court this mort
ing. He was arrested by Detective
Virden.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
rwo UoocH DRINKERS FINED

Pleading guilty to charges OF be-
bng drunk. Hugh Rogers and Michael
Mccarthy we're each fined SO and
costs by Judge Hastings in Municipal
Court this morning.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
SEE THE MOVIES TOMORROW

Invitations TO the Movies are ex-
tended 10 six persons today through
our CLASSIFIED Advertising Depart
nent. Look through the classified
advs. and II your name Is there coms
TO the journal office and receive free
tickets for two (war tax paid TO
see the special production, Elsie
Ferguson. in "Outcast," at the Queen
and Golden Dreams" at the Ma
jestic, Tuesday night. See page 1s
today.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
HOLT is FINED $40

Alleged to have threatened to kill
Charles Baylis, Fred II. Holt was
fned $40 and costs on a charge OF
breech Of the peace by Judge Hast
ings in Municipal Court this morn
fug
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
LAWYER ON TRIAL TODAY

Robert Adair, the disbarred at
torney. will be given a hearing this
afternoon. by Magistrate GlucfS-
man. on charges OF embezzlement.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
,,,sv ,yrI.K Ar IyCINERAToR.

The incinerating plant last week
burned 2se tons Of garbage, tons
of rubbish. and IL tons of dead
animals, requiring the consumption
lof 1S5z tons OF coal.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
SMITH FAIns TO APPEAR

James Smith. charged with operat-
ing an automobile while intoxicated.
failed 10 appear for n hearing in Mu-
nicipal Court this morning. Judge
Hastings ordered his bond forfeited
and a capias issued for his arrest.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
rnn,v,s rENLPERATTRE

At The Evening Journal Office.
500 A. M..a6 lz.Vl - NJ. 81
1000 A.. NJ. 80 loo - NJ Ss
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
LOST.

I .OsT-Watch charm: initiated ]. T..
-. attached 10 ribbon fob. Reward
s. returned 10 y. II. Atwood care Gas
Company. ss7 Market ST. decis-3t.
tConinued on Page Thirteen.s
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
n. c. WAEELES

Nobis Cafeteria. 9th ST. Entrance
vii. Savings Fund Bldg.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18

Useful Gifts: Various kinds Stoves.
stove Repair House. $40 King St
Adv.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18

Fuller Brushes for demonstration.
Phone s457-W. 52o Ford BldE.-
Adv.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18

For Glover Dairy Safe MIX phone
154O-15ii.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
SIN AND TIDE.

sn, ,ises .........7.f7 A.. NJ.
snn sets ...........4.36 p. NJ.
Head OF ChristiaDa.
High water. .11.23 A. NJ. 11.50 p. NJ.
low water 6.4O A. NJ. 7.20 p. NJ.
Evening journal., 1922-12-18
The Weather

Fair and much colder tonight.
Tuesday cloudy probably followed
by snow. moderate to fresh north
west shifting TO northeast winds.
, 1922-09-12
The Revolver's Record

AN impressive argument for bet
ter coniroi OF the trado In rsvoivers
Was made by the law enforcement
committee Of It's American Bar asso-
ciatlon In Its report at the San Fran
cisco meeung. notes the Detroit
Frce Press
The committee finds that criminal
homicides IN the United States have
not fallen below $500 in the last n
years IN this country and have risen
higher than $500. Taking the min
imum figure as a basis for eompuuta-
ton. this gives $500 people slain by
criminals in the last decade. The com
mi,tse also finds that more han 30
per cent OF al homlcides are commit
ted with reyolvers- Il follows that re-
voivers in the hands OF criminals
deaths in the United States in the
last ten years.
To meet this evil, the committee
recommends that the m~anufacture Of
r~evoive-s and ammunition for them
be prohibited except for the use Of
the government
cit may be argued that this is a
numerous country and that IL revol-
vers are not available some other
weapon win be used FOR tho l'sIne pur
pose as that the proposed prohibition
would be OF no avail.
The committee replies 10 this view
by pointing put nat In European
countries where revolvers are not
carried the incidence OF sue crimes
as murder. burglary and highway
ribbery Is low. while in the same
countries larceny. forgery, extortion
counterfeiting and other crimes rot
requiring the use OF deadly weapons
are commoncr han in the United
States. This n points strongly TO
the conclusion hat the criminal who
he's no revolver contents himself
with the less violent forms OF wronc
doing. Common sense also supports
the view that there would be fewer
bank robberies. highway robberies
and burTlaries in the United States II
the principal tool used in the trade.
were u~nprocurabie.
Just what form should be given
to q law designed to meet the revol-
yer evil is still uacer discussion.
There is a bill pending in congress
which attempts to deal with it by
prohibiting the manufacture of fire
arms smaller than the regulation
army revolver, n weapon which is
much too large to 90 concealed in any
pocket. The enactment OF that mea-
cure might be a good first step to-
ward s-uppressing tho revolver peril.
, 1922-09-12

ing lots in other municipalities has been rapidly
rising to a point beyond the reach OF the average
man, the value Of the same building lots in Pitts
bursh has remained practically stationary and in
many instances has even declined. Many large
landed estates held iutaet for several generations
with a fixed mo sale policy, are now glad, in fact.
TO sell their lots at reasonable prices. To a man
contemplating the building Of a home, the erection
Of a factory. or the establishment of a business of
any kind the price of the land is a big item-a very
big item and so in the matter Of land cost alone
Pittsburgh already enjoys a moderate advantage
over most other large cities ana iE destined to en-
joy a much greater advantage in the years 10 come.
The benefit Of the graded tax law however is
most clearly demonstrated by the stimulation that
IL has given building operations There mas been
no sporadic building boom in Pittsburgh at any
time; nevertheless as a result of the policy OF re
warding by lower taxes the person who improves
his property, instead of the person who let's it lie
idle. the amount of building permits issued in Pitts
burgh during the preceding eight years, has great
" exceeded the amount Of building permits issued
in eighteen of the largest cities Of the nation!
~these are but some of the outstanding benefits
of tie Pittsburgh graded tax law. But they are
not the only benefits. That the same law by slim
ulating building AID preventing the initiation of
land values has already gone a long way in keep
ing down rents as compared with rents in other
cities, in checking landlordism, in multiplying
home ownership, and in adding to the business and
of the city, is freely admitted by all in
a position to know.
$50 successful in fact has the graded tax law
been in Pittsburgh, and so well is it liked there
even by many who were among its bitterest oppon-
ents in the beginning, that sentiment is fas. devel
oping to reduce still more the taxes on business.
and enterprise, as compared with that on
land speculation and monopoly, when the 80 per
cent limit, as provided in the present law. has been
, 1922-09-12
A Soldering Thought

Editor Tribune: ] have but recently
seen a copy OF you paper containing
an account OF the terrible automobile
accident at Woriand and I am sending
you something hat I have previously
written on the subject in the hope
that you win publish It for the good
I may do:
Almost IL takes away ones breath
TO consider what n boon st would be
20 h people of this country. II, by
common consent. all drivers OF auto
mobiles would give practical support
to the careful crossing campaign.
Hardly a day passes without cur
hearing about the Inauguration Of
propaganda TO remedy this, that, or
the other I'll that is supposed TO be
a m TO public health. comfort.
or morals. Evey new Wrinkle OF this
sort has Its sponsors and gains I'D
herents b ytho scores Of hundreds.
The grade crossing horror. like
the poor. Is always with US. but tho
two glaring faults OF thong htlessness
and recklcssness. which arc the con.
tribtSing cau1es of most of these
catastrophies. IRE not meeting with
the general public condemnation tina
would surely eliminate them.
ITO be sur we have. at this pres
ent time. a nationwide campaign for
careful driving at railroad crossings.
Safety bureaus OF railroads, chamber
II commerce. supported by numerous
ithes agencies of the semi-public ma
.urs. are enlisted in the good work:
nut these is still lacking the support
{ that greatest force. tho power Of
public opinion.
And SO. unfortunately. the loss OF
life and the MANNING of limbs. due
almost wholly I o forgetfuiness of dai..
ger. continues almost unchecked. 1t
S a sobering thought that the remedy
3 so simple as to be quite overlooked.
A man OF u acquaintance who has
spent many hours observing the
methods of motor-car drivers at grade
crossings, declares that he has noticed
an a~pathetic disregard OF rudimentary
safety precautions.
Hosts of drivers approach cross.
inss with no apparent thought OF pos
sible danger. This. is not due to ig-
~noraree, but forgetfulness: an other
remember Of what Franklin said, that
More mischief is cuased by lack OF
care than by lack of knowledge
Public opinion is against chance
taking at the crossing. What we
need now-and the need is a crying
one. is for the people of the nation
10 skeap in terms OF strongest con
domination OF every ac of careless
ness that contributes to the already
oven-burdened list OF crossing cas-
battles.
Your voice is an intergal part
Of the foice az the people; so why
not speak right out in no uncertain
words and join in a protest which
shall be SO universal as to prove ir-
resistible.
, f. B. ToHMAS.
saftty Dedt. c. B. & Q.
Chicago"
, 1922-09-12
The Highway

4 ribbon slender stretched across the
lard
Calls me at dusk. The call l hear afar
Like chimes at evening from some
village church.
And dare not d'sobey. Upon the road
Which. hard and resonant. links the
hnmlets small.
And throbbing W there lows a
two-fold stream
OF steel and rubber. petrol. bronze and
glass.
Which bears intrigue and trade and
sweet
And as each milestone vanishes, there
comes
A vista still more Pleasing than the
last;
And when 1 neal the mountains
emerald crest.
Where tawny grain fields drink the
sunsets glow
OF amber, then I know hat l behold
The miracle of transportation.
II. SURFLEET VAN DOREN.
, 1922-09-12

Tn Texas they play off thel sena,
tSriai primaries round by round. ike
n ennis tournament" observes thu
New York Times In the final
round Mr.. Earle b. Mayheld has de
feated Ex-Governor James z Fcrgu.
son By a big majority. and viii in due
time succeed TO the al so long and
h~cnorably filled by Senator cuiber.
son. .Mayneid was backed by the Ku
k1uxx Khan: he was also the prohibit
ton candidate. while Ferguson favor
Ell light wines and beer However.
prohibition was by no mean the only
issue. The last weeks OF tn campaign
provided IN orgy OF theology. NOR
ais and ancient hisaory such as must
have edited the Whole voting popu-
~laeion. Both sides were earnest both
sides we're moral 1t must be oh
served oowever. that morality with
~resery aeiors seems 10 pay better than
the udiiutei sort. even in Texas. On
the Elsn issue Mr.. Mayfield. ike Brer
Rabbit, lay low" But he got the
votes.
"Afr. Ferguson hao been impeachen
and thrown out of the goyernorship.
His followers besought Texas
TO undo the greatest wrong ever done
10 a noble, true-hetrted Christian
gentleman. He wanted a v~indication.
He accused 1fayfeid of dupiicity. he
produced the affidavits OF those who
swore they had seen the dry can
didate taking a drink Texas seems
to have decided that It wasn't true.
Ferguscn continued his war on the
State University; higher education. lie
said, was only a scheme for making
a living without work II must be
feared that this is the ideal rather
than the practice or n highly e.c-
Gated. but Ferguson worked it hard.
He efavored. a bonus: he would
abolish the Federal Reserve BOARD.
He warned Texas hat Eastern banks
would boycott the State II the xlan
carried it. He called on Texas TO
rise phoenix-like from its ashes.''
and standing under the shadow of the
Alamo he told the voters hat tho
glorious memory Of tina heroic dead
demanded that he be sent to the
Senate.
"Ali this. however. was nothing to
the righteous fuiminations of the
moral element" whirh supported
Sayfield. Most potent among these
modern Gideons was the Rev. Hubert
d. Kniskerbocker. who went about in
the churches delivering a speech ON
''The eKaiser. the Devil and Jim Fer
guson." Ferguson. he said, was n
demagogue. a %perjurer. a thief, a
hypocrite. n political prostitute, and a
wholesale. prolific and cosmic liar;
his nomination would he
"A blow to world prohibition In this
great Armageddon of moral ideals the
can express nj personal view,
but must bow to h result. Mr.. May
field is going to the senate"
, 1922-09-12
Foolish Impeachment Talk

ODPLY TALK it cannot be anything else-the
~ Impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty,
and Judge Wilkerson of the Chicago federal court.
Surely it is not a serious proposal, for an impeach-
ment of public officials is not a light matter. Very
few of them succeed. And even If they were as com
mon as cases of assault and battery, there is no
contravention of the constitution or violation OF
any act of congress upon which to base articles of
impeachment in any act of these officials.
Ground for impeachment is alleged in the apPli-
cation of the attorney general to Judge Wilkerson's
court for a temporary restraining order against
interference with property of railway companies,
trains carrying United States mails and molesta-
ton of employees engaged IN any branch Of railway
service by organizations of shopmen, maintenance
men and others at present on strike throughout the
country.
Section four, article two of the constitution SAYS:
"Anc civil officers of the United States shall be re
moved from office on impeachment for the convic-
ton of treason, bribery or other high crimes and
misdemeanors."
Treason and bribery are out of the question and
just what high crimes and misd.meanors are ap-
parent in the application by the United States and
the granting by a United States court of a temper
airy restraining order for the purposes specified?
Section twenty of the Clayton act provides that
"no restraining order or injunction shall be grant
ed by any court of the United States, or a judge
or the judges thereof, in any case between an en-
ployer and employees, or between employers and
employees, or between employees, or between persons
employed and persons seeking employment"
In this specification of cases in which injunc-
lions are prohibited by the act. just where is the
prohibition that makes it a crime or misdemeanor
for law officers of the government to take the &C
ton they have taken?
The use of injunction is open to all alike, the
United States government as well as the individ-
ual and labor organizations have successfully em-
ployed it.
In the present instance it is a perfectly legal
weapon legally used and department of justice Of
ficials. and courts are apparently within their legal
and constitutional rights, duties and prerogatiyes,
with no danger to themselves of impeachment or
liability for damage to their own or the cause OF.
The persons and organizations cnjoined.
The ~propriety of the application for injunction
is entirely another question, as well as the merits
of the issue. These points are matters for the
courts and the interests concerned. 1t was the mat
ter OF impeachment that seemed so ridiculous as to
call for some expression with reference to so pre-
posterous a proceeding.
Labor, itself is not lending itself to any wild
talk on the subject and in this is showing excel
lent sense. Doubtless is fully aware of the idle
ness of such propositions. If it were not for the
presumption of irresponsible yellow journalists
who are constantly a~rraying the interests in op-
position and incorporating the attitude of each,
many of the existing misunderstanding would
never have occurred.
, 1922-09-12
AS Paul Once Said to
Timothy

las prohibition Iesseaed drinking,
To any great extent.
l. the majority in the nation
With the dry law quite content
Yet I think the old and feeble. what7
Would hardly much resent
A little drop to choer their lot.
As Paul once sad TO Timothy
In bygone days John Barley Corn
Was a very maynard boy.
Some folks do say he made them glad
And filled their hearts with joy.
While others swear he wa a fiend
That did nothing but destroy.
Yet a drop OF him IN reason At any
time or season
Would be all right for invaiids as Paul
advised 10 Timothy.
Old John Is dead and gone no doubt
Within the three-miie line.
And In his place comes vagrant stuff
With the posnpous name moonshlne
Which has caused some brothers to
weaken
be mulcted in many a fine.
Yet let the sick partake a little wine
for stomach sake
As Paul said unto Timothy.
Tom Mcmillan. Casper. wyo.
, 1922-09-12
Dead and Don't Know 1t

The Democrats of the state. In for
lorn search for some Democratic issue
not yet irretrievably dead. have ex-
humed the league OF nations plan and
are striving 10 revive It on the theory
apparently that ~ was not actually
dead but merely in a state of coma
when buried in h pr~esidentl cleo
. ton of 1920.
Robert Rose, the congressional NOM
inee OF the Democrats. writing In his
kemmerer Camera. announces that
THE league of nations is not yet
dead" which recalls the remark made
recently by a southern Democrat who
has grown exceedingly weary Of his
Observation-Disclosures to the discredited
Democratic party. Said the south
erner:
THE Democratic party is dead but
won't lie down"
Doesn't that exactly describe the
present status of the league as It CON
Germs America? Uncle Sam, with the
Monroe Doctrine and complete politi-
cal independence in mind. has repu.
dated it once by an overwhelming ma
jority.
Yet Mr.. Rose. and others living IN
a chronic state of Democratic error.
strive with all the fatuous intrepidity
Of Don Quixote. to make the dead is.
sue stand erect by a generous infus-
ION Of special sophistries and general
hot air.
Perhaps this same infusion of the
air hat fills but does not vivify ac.
counts for the inability of the party
as a whole to emulate n respectable
CORPSE.
, 1922-09-12
The Requiem

I heard a low. insistent monotone
As l stroiled through the garden in
the dusk.
As II from every fading blossoms
husl
Were myraids OF failing petals blown.
And vet each plant was quiet as a
There WIS no breeze the least light
leaf to stir.
Only through that incessant mourn.
ful whir
There came a presclence faint OF
beauty flown.
A white ros leaned against me in
vague fear.
A lily eemed to pray with fragrant
breath
For respite from this chanting shriil
and clear.
This immemoriai sign of summers
But stifi. f~oretsling chill and leafless
The crickets droned the passing OF
the flowers.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
Pay up for your Tribune and get
key for every Soc paid. S-1e.tf