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| foundland: and, continuing on, he
I forests" which. Judging from the
written description (Which has been
| preserved was probably the New
! England shore somewhere between
| Boston Harbor and Narragansclt Bay.
| There he and his companions found
4 delightful summer climate. with
plenty OF fish and wild fruits; even
wild grapes, quantities OF them. on
which account Lief named the conn
try Vincland. They built huts and
stayed through the winter.
In tho following spring they re-
turned to Greenland. 10 find old Eric
the Red dead. Lief took his place as
owner of the patriarchal estate and
master of its people. But his younger
brother Thorwa!d bought his ship.
and. with thirty men, sailed for Vine
land. There they spent two winters
occupying the huts which Lief has
built. Thorwald was killed by natives
whom he had cruelty abused.
There was still another brother.
Thorstcin. who later voyaged TO Vine
land with twenty-five companions and
his young wife Gudrida. beautiful
blonde. This time The luck WAS bad.
and the ship was driven upon 4 desc
late shore far up RafiinS Fay. There
the little company was obliged TO
spend the winter. and underwent
much suffering, n contagious disease
wiping ont ThorstCin and most of his
comrades. The survivors managed TO
get back 10 Greenland. among them
hcrC Gudrida.
Thus the fair .Gudrda was left
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widow. But not for long. a rich
young Viking chicftain from Norway
arrived in Greenland and asked her
brother-in-law Lief for her hand in
marriage; and 50 these two were wed
Not long afterward the young chief
tain, whose name was Thortinn, sailed
for Fineland with his wife and five
other young women. together with
about $50 men, in several Of the huge
open boats which were the typical
Viking ships of that period. They cs-
tablished a colony in Rhode Island.
Morse Colonies In America
In subsequent years several Morse
colonies were planted in Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island. and it Is be-
lievcd that explorations were extended
as far south as Virginia. But the
little settlements were abandoned be-
fore very long. \ few cmorials Of
them remain even 10 the present
day-most notably round stone
tower at Newport. erected upon seven
columns which have foundations Of
spherical wrought stones. What the
tower was meant for nobody knows
bat as n curiosity Of antiquity it is
most interesting.
1t is alleged that when the Indians
first saw Columbus they said, I'VE
are discovered az last" As matter
OF fact, America was undoubtedly dis
covered several thousand years before
Lief Ericsson landed. The continent
owed its original discovery not TO Eu-
ropcans but to Asiatics.
1t is believed that the remote an
cestors of our modern Indians came
from Asia by way OF the Aleutian
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:: :.% s..:, e. ~ %: . :. H.:
" glory: but during his lifetime
II did him li,tle good. and he waS
even thrown into PRISON on false
charges connected with his maritime
enterprises. AmeriSo NcSpucCi, whose
name was bestowed upon the New
World by more or less irresponsible
geographers. Is now suspected 10
have been a humbUg. Lief Ericsson.
the Norsenlan. was centuries ahead %
both of them.
The case OF AmcriSo NeSpucci is
rather peculiar. lie was a Flocentinc
navigator. and Is alleged 20 have
reached the east coast OF South
America in lt99-eisht years after
Columbus discovery. In fact. &C
cording To his own account he visited
the new continent on four different
occasions.
Yespucci was unQueStion6bly a
hsc-class liar. But he knew the
value OF publicity. he published TWO
books. giving an account OF his dis
cover!es. entitled "FoWr Voyages" and
THE New World" and he made no
mention whatever OF Columbus
The stories he tells in these hooks
(which are still eXtaNp would have
done credit 10 MunchauScn. Accord
ing 20 his account. South America
was inhabited by caHribals who sub
sisted wholly upon human flesh. one
man he met had eaten 500 Of his fell
low beings. In one town he saw
sailed human flesh hung in shops Tor
sale. A journey that he mad" through
the strange land occupied >iXcy-four
days. during which he saw not the
sun by day nor the stars AZ night.
The natives commonly lived TO be $50
years old.
Did Vcspucci Ever See America?
There Is great deal more OF this
sort OF stuff. Few people did much
travelling In those days, and tales
brought back by voyagerS were COM
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Columbus Gets the Credit, But There Are Other
Claimants - Suspicion That Vespucci Was
aFakir- Lief Ericsson Was Far Ahead
ofBoth and Even He Found Plenty
of People On This Continent.

| monty OF an iTcredibl" Sor:. Fiction
was swallowed with such a,ld!,y tha,
! Il MAS u temptation 10 ,upruid.r Ii,
. truth. OF even 10 make ur yarns on;
/ OF whole cloth.
! In NeSpHCcIS book ;he modern stu
| dent finds internal evidence strongly
! suggestive Of the idea tina, he never
saw America that, in Il wu.d. the
entire STORY Of his visits 10 me new
sentiment and travels therein is pure
invention. based upon the discovery
OF Columbus. II that be really a fact.
I the giving Of his name 70 ,lr. New
. World has 4 decided flavor of :he
humorous
ON the other hand. NeSpucci Ger
,aiuiN did declare America TO be an
entirely new and previously undi4cov-
erred continent. whereas Columbus up
to he time OF his death believed that
the land he had found on the other
side of the Atlantic Ocean was part
OF India. 1t may bc remembered that
when he reached Cuba. he sent an
expedition inland TO make a treaty
wiki the Grea. Khan of Tartary. HS
called the natives indians.
The great river in the ocean which
We call the Gulf stream passes
through the Florida Straits and
thence northwdrd along our Atlantic
coast. thus in a sense giving Il start
10 a current which sweeps all around
the North Atlantic Ocean and south
ward along the shores OF Europe.
This current drifted Columbus far 10
the south on his first voyage to
America. so that. starting from Palos,
August g. 1872. he hrs. saw land in
October. in the latitude OF the Ba-
hamas. In fact. his first landing was
made upon small island Of that
group. which he called San Salvador.
but which is known today as Wat
lins'S Island.
Columbus \ Gold Hunter
Thence he reached Cuba. whence
he soon departed FOR Haiti with his |
flagship thei Santa Maria and the |
caravel Nina. leaving the other cara .
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~ EBE DANIELS was born in Dali
las. Texas. nineteen years ago
Her mother Is Spanish and her
~father Scotch. Miss Daniels was
only four years of age when she be-
gan her stage career; later she APP
peared in child roles with a Relasco
stock company. and was starred in
The Prince Chap" Miss Daniels
screen career began at the age OF
eight, although she gave up this work
for awhile. She eventually returned.
Cecil 3. DeMille saw her in comedy
roles and immediately selected her
for leading parts in his special pro-
auctions She made hit and has
been a top-liner ever since. She Will
next be seen IN Pink Gods"
"'rhe Purple Highway"
April Blair (Madgc Kennedy is
a little slavey in Il home for artistic
failures Here she meets two men
who have Il strong influence in her
life-Edgar Craig. played by Monte
Blue, and Joe Renard. played BY
Pedro de Cordoba. Through Aprivs
inspiration they all three leave the
home and START out 20 earn their way
to fortune and career. April be-
comes a great stage star through the
Efforts % the men who have written
a play. CRAIG .hc lines and Rcnard
the music. and then i is that her
head IS turned and for awhile she is
taken up with the attentions % young
Dudley. a millionaire, played ny Vim
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"lSOw Wow

Row Wow features Louise la
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novel by Brand. features the Sbmark
able talents OF TONY" the trained
horse which has been MiXs COM
panion in each of his long series ot
western screen productions. From the
first flash TO the final flicker. Mix and
Tony" romp carefree through the
picture, Obvious of the thousand
dangers that beset their path.
In tho play Mix, as Red" Ferris, Il
wandering cowboy becomes tbs only
friend that Tony" the wild desert
mustang. gan boast OF. "Tony's" ami
mostly and ranCorous resentment of
the treatment accorded him by man
has led him into many dcprcdatiOns.
l. is through love OF "Red" that
Tony" deserts his destructive career
and returns 20 his former docil"
habits.
Norma Talmadgc
Norma TalmadGc is shown above IN
Il now role The baby is her nephew
Josephy Talmadce keaton. called
Buster. Jr.. for short
Miss Talmadcc. who has long hecn
one OF the screens leading favorites
was especially attractive in her Two
latest releases. "Smilin' Through" and
The Eternal Flame" both Of which
were period plays. She will ucxt he
seen in Tn" N0Ic" From Tn"
Minarct"
Remembrance"
Some years ago thuu2hlIcSs people
;nrF,l',r r,,t
Father" and even today. that same
idea is held hy many selfish wives.
sons and daughters. II remained for
Rupert Hughes 20 tell fac~"r's side OF
he story aud h" has done - in his
new drama OF the American home. |
Remembrance.
Like many other Pops" John p. !
Circuit has grown old and had almost |
walked into bankruptcy trying 70 keep |
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his family in stvl" and his son out OF
scrapCs. One day he became seriously
i'll and in his deliriuu calls on God TO
save him 50 that he can work and
keep his children. out of the poor
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zcnda, world famed girl clown, while
Teddy. the almost human canine. and
little John Henry. Jr.. are very much
in evidence. The plot is rural in every
respect. The old story OF the farm
lad interrupted in his love making by
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the arrival Of the city Teller. who also
likes the rich farmers daughter; life
on The farm; the pigs. chickens. the
cat and the cows, all so to making
Pow Wow" a very funny and inter
rStiug comedy.
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| member OF the family.
Claude GillinEwatcr. Patsy Ruth
Miller and Cullcn Lands play the
principal parts.
Harry T. Morcy In "T'hc Curse Of
Drink"
The old-time meludrama seems TO
ho coming into its own again and
Charles T.. Rlaneys plays ot Broad
way came are among the favor!trs to
he rc-vampcd FOR the screen. The
Curse Of Drink" is the first OF these 10
reach tn" screen. Harry y. Morcv
heads the all-star cast, which in
cludrs Marguerite Clayton. Edmund
Rrccse. George Fawcett and the child
star, Miriam Rattista.
"lSow Wow"
Row Wow features Louise Ia
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BY RENE BACHE.

DAO did discover America a%y
a. way?
Columbus 20; most OF the
" glory: but during his lifetime
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01
WANT GAS STATION
PERMIT REVOKED

City Council. in Session last night.
was asked to revoke a permit
granted a few days ago by Building
Inspector Preston to the Pure oil
Company for the erection Of a
gasoline station at the Northwest
Corner of Chestnut and Union
streets. The communication was
signed by Margaret Hession. William
w. Pierce, II. Eugene Slavery, James
r. Frorer and y. p. Wescott. com
mittee of the Union Park Gardens
Improvement Association. The COM
munication was briefly discussed,
after which II was ordered filed.
The petition repres ents that the
gasoline station would be "a COM
mercial invasion Of our purely resi-
Dental neighborhood" and substan-
TALLY reduce the attractiveness and
value of the adjacent homes. destroy
the unit character Of the develop
ment and impair the market value
Of the entire five hundred homes
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01

Der 7. Professor w. A. Wilkinson
explained the changes that the state
Board OF Education has suggested
to be made to the school laws.
Next meeting OF the club will be
an open one and will be held in Wolf
Hall December IL when George b.
Hynson formerly a member OF the
faculty OF the University OF Delaware
Will be the speaker.
Thanksgiving Day services were
held in 81. Thomas Episcopal Church
at s and IL o'clock yesterday morn
ing. At the II o'clock service in
this church Sunday morning DR..
Edgar Jones the rector will preach
on THE Three points o. Fellowship"
and at 7.3O o'clock in the evening on
The three marks OF a man."
At the Methodist Church Sunday
morning the pastor the Rev. Frank
Herson will preach on Hear. and
Hand" and in the evening on "A
Costly Ride"
Members OF the local Council Jr.
o. L. A. NJ. will attend services at
IL o'clock Sunday morning in the
Presbyterian Church.
At a meeting OF the Board OF
Education at $40 o'clock tonight
bids viii be opened for the $4,000
of bonds for the building Of the
proposed new school. They are FIVE
per cent. bonds and no bids less than
the face value will be received.
Mrs. Almond Durant entertained
at tea on Tuesday afternoon, in hon
or of Mrs. Frank Dean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce X. Crompton
are receiving congratulations on the
birth Of a daughter.
Mrs. Agnes Miller, Of Delaware
avenue, for the first time In more
than IS years was unable to sit down
to Thanksgiving dinner at her home
Mrs. Miller has been
indisposed for several days and her
physician ordered her TO remain In
h ar room yesterday. She Is 81 years
old and said IL was the first time
since she was an infant that she has
missed her Thanksgiving dinner
her age and the
fact that in recent years her sight
has been affected. Mrs. Miller IS still
active and has keen memory. She
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01
NEWARK PLANS
CELEBRATION
Committee Named to Ar
range Mummers' Parade
on New Years Day
CENTURY CLUB
CLEARS Sis
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
NEWARK, Dec. THAT Newark
will have a Mummer's parade on
New Years day is now practically
. assured. The idea was first sug-
gested by a representative Of the
Continental band at the Chamber of
Commerce banquet last week. The
Chamber endorsed the project and
some members got busy at once
At a meeting at the Armory a COM
mittee of 25 with George W. Rhodes
acting chairman and william Tier
ney. secretary was named TO go
ahead with the plans. Ira Kilmon.
Francis 3. Moore and Ira Shellender
were named a committee to make
collections for prizes and to meet
other expenses.
Victor C Willis. John Faucet and
Ralph Barrow spent the early part
Of the week on a cunning trip for
birds in the vicinity of fredericksburg.
Md. Owing 20 the exceedingly dry
weather the birds We're hard TO find
although the gunners got a fairly
good bag. They Will probably re-
turn to the same place later for a
few more days sport.
II. Warner McNeal and Ernest B.
Wright who recently had a success
IA; cunning trip in the vicinity Of
Mi.lsboro are now planning a trip
for wild duck near Cape Charles.
Two affairs held last week under
the auspices OF the Newark New
Century Club resulted in nearly 5000
. being cleared 10 be applied TO the
building fund The play The
Nlcrobe Of Love" cleared about S1O5
and the rummage sale about $40.
: The Newark Choral Club will not
hold the usual rehearsal next Mon
day night because OF the fact that
Miss Dora Wilcox director Will be
away. Plans are being discussed
for Christmas carol singing.
A.. At the meeting of the Newark New
Century Club this week il was an
nounced that the date for the pro-
posed card party had been changed
and will be held on December s. Il
was originally planned for Deem
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01
Even Cross, Feversh, Sick Children Love its Taste
and it Never Fails to Empty Little Bowels

A teaspoonful Of california Fig
Syrup" now will quickly start liver
and bowel action and in "a few hours
you have a well. playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
California Fig Syrup" because It
never fails 10 work the sour bile and
constipation poison right out of the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01

which constitute Union Park Gar
dens.
II calls attention TO the promise
made by representatives OF the gov
eminent at the auction sale OF the
Union Park Gardens homes last Feb
ruary that the purely residential
character of the development and
its freedom from any Objectionable
activities would be preserved.
Attention IS also called 20 a
clause in the deed by which the Will
mington Housing Company conveyed
the land upon which the gasoline
station IS now proposed 10 be erect
ed a specific restriction against the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01

little stomach and bowels without
cramping or ovedacting.
Tell your druggist you want only
the genuine California Fig Syrup"
which has directions for babies and
children OF all ages printed on
bottle. Mother. you must say
California" Refuse any imitation.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01

erection during period OF twenty
years from February 2s 1921 OF amy
stores or garages upon said land.
The association believes that this gen
eral designation would include all
such special merchandising enter
prlses as the one in question the pc
tition alleges.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01
ZINE ARTS MEETING.

The December Quarterly meeting
OF the wilmington Society OF the
Fine Arts VIII be held at o'clock.
Tuesday afternoon, December 5th,
at 1906 Franklin street.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-01

is an authority on the history Of
Newark and its people for the last
IS years.
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Rond Market Dull.

New York. June 2T.-Condjtions in the
Sbond market to-day showed no material
alteration from recent irregular and
hesitaut tendencies. Dizziness was the
outstanding feature, the turnover being
unusually light.
For the first time N several weeks
the entire liberty group. the S ia's en-
cepted. closed at recCssions. OF foreign
loans, the Mexican As and 5's alone gave
a good account OF themselves. although
Japanese governments 1hd several OF
the French municipalities tended up
ward with Republ!ca OF Chile and Cuba
Cane issues.
Among the less prominent rails. :
point rise was made in Des Motnes and
Fort Dodge As and more moderate
strength was shown by Southern Pact
fic collateral As. Chicago & Eastern I'LL
nois 5's United Pacific As and Wheel
ing & Lake Erie As.
ReactinS features embraced Seaoroad
SIS and adjustment Ss. Pennsylvania
general SIS. Norfolk & western Co"rert!-
Bile 6's. Minneapolis IS. Chicago
Northwestern IS OF 1857, Atlantis Frnt;
&c and Consolidated Gas - Total
sales (par valued aggregated slLo69,000.
New corporate offerings were lacking
to-day. but several undertakings by
municipalities and railroads are IN pros
pect. che former including a city OF
Cleveland S2.soo.0e0 bond Offering
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chica 60. June 27-Cattle-Rceeipts.
5000 head. activeh practically all
grades beef steers and yearl!ngs strong
{" 10 cents higher: yearlingS mostly
- cents up: top beef steers $1,000.
weight 1.i44 TO l,j@t pounds; long year
lings 1915; bulk beef steers $3.50
?.3s: Gamers. cutters and stockers
steady to strong: bulls 10 to l. cents
higher: veal calves % TO so cents high
err: bulk fat she stock $1,000 1856: baik
bologna bulls around $3.50: bulk veaiers
to packers sS.00TS.75.
Hogs-Receirts. 26.0nn head: opened
mostly 10 to IS cents higher on better
grades; spots us more: others 10 10 IS
cents higher, closing with part Of ad-
vance lost on mixed and packing
grades: top. 5000; bulk s9.7o9105o:
pigs strong. mostly 1915 q 1880: pack
ing sows. s9.ooG95o. Shippers took
about $500 head: holdover very hseral.
Sheep--Ecceipts. 500u head: fuli,' IS
cents higher. Top native lambs. $3.50
to city butchers. sI3.25 n packers:
culls, s1.001S.oo: best fat light native
ewes. 800 heavy. 1926 500: medium
dry fed western ycarlinss. s1o.53: ma
tive breeding ewes. mostly $3.50 n 100;
few yearlings up TO $3.50.
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LOGAN & BRYAN's
CLOSING STOCK LETTER
BY Private Wire to A. E. Masten & Co.

New York. June 27-The general tone
Of the market during the greater part OF
the day was reactionary and especially
so was this IN evidence in the oil group
Mexican Pet encountered sharp reac-
lion for a while. Several OF the domcs-
tic oil issues lost ground as did ais"
. rew Of tho STANDARD OIL stocks There
was nothing In the way OF news /" ac-
count for the reactionary sentiment
toward some Of the foregoing issues but
II may he that same Was reflection
~ the hcsitanCy just now being dis
nlavcd with respect to tho Immediate
outlook for the general oil. market
Some OF the high priced raj! issues were
active for a while on the up side ana
Union Pacific and Canadian Facific
n7ado signs FOR n while IN the balance
If the list there appeared to he stock
FOR sale on bulgcs and some Of the re-
cent speculative favoritcs were. und"r
nressure The coal strike situation and
The possibilities OF labor difficulties DC
ycIoping on the railroads was dilated NJ
greater length than during recent ses-
sIons and this was responsible tor
some scattering liquidation in the list
II looks as though the market may have
TO contend with active offerings Al ieaSt
until some ~ the unfavorahie features
In the situation are out Of the way.