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Evening journal., 1922-05-29
WAR FRAUDS
BEFORE JURY
WEDNESDAY
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day TO get House action on the
Woodruff-Johnson resolution on war
frauds. Failing this time, johnson
said he will introduced another res
olution broadening the powers OF the
House committee on expenditures in
the War Department of which he is
chairman so that committee could
conduct a probe. Such a resolution
would be vigorously opposed by
House leaders who have virtually
killed Johnson's original resolution.
Announcement has been made that
former Senator Charles S. Thomas
Democrat, of Colorado, will have
prominent part In the investigation
and prosecution of war frauds.
Thomas, according to a statement
by Daugherty, has accepted a COM
mission as assistant to the attorney
general and will be on the board.
Daugherty made It plain that no
cases will be placed before a Jury
until the board of review has decided
that there is a good chance OF the
government winning.
George p. Hoover. Washington at
torney, also has been appointed spe-
cial counsel in the war fraud cases.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
MEXICAN ROW
IS DOUBTED

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with 5000 men from Guatamela
within thirty days.
simultaneously with these advices
came word that unrest and revolts
under Diaz men were gaining head
way in the States of Coahuila. ia
laisco. Nuevo Leon. Vera Cruz. San
Luis Potosi. Huastics, Tabasco and
Oaxaca.
The revolt reports were received
here with a great deal OF reserve
however. and both American and
Mexican agents doubted that the sit
uation is at present serious for
Obregon.
Similar revolutionary projects In
the last year have been promptly
putdown by the Obregon govern
ment and II was believed that the
present reported uprising may be
the work of a few men with much
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
PLAYGROUND NOW
FOR ELMHURST
Special to The Evening Journal.

CpcCAdl W lle Evening JouindAs
RICHARDSON PARK, May 2s.-
At a meeting on Saturday afternoon.
Elmhurst folk organized the Elm
hurst Fairgrounds Association and
accepted the offer OF the Elmhurst
Reilly Company to take over the
management of the tract OF land
bounded by Matthes and Lorewood
avenues. Bellemoor street and the
South Park Drive. The plan is to
equip the grounds with playground
apparatus as soon as possible.
The tract is now being placed in
shape. A baseball diamond will be
laid out and grandstand erected.
Oficers OF the association are: Fred
Lang. president; Mrs. r. V. Rudolph,
secretary, V. z. Horsch, treasurer.
Membership is open TO all residents
or property owners OF Blmhurst and
while It is an Elmhurst project the
grounds will be open 10 the children
of all the suburbs in the Five Points.
The ball diamond will be the home
grounds of the Elmhurst teams, foot
ball elevens, etc.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29

He will work with District Attorney
Peyton Gordon, before the special
grand jury here.
Representative Reavis. Republi-
can. OF Nebraska, another special
counsel said today he will resign on
June and Immediately thereafter
take up his work at the Department
OF Justice. He will be in charge
OF prosecution of alleged frauds
which fell under the quartermaster
corps OF the army and will give first
attention. II is reported to the north
west salmon cases. A score OF big
salmon concerns are suspected Of
knowingly dumping onto the govern
ment for use of the army hundreds
of thousands OF cans of salmon which
spoiled before 1t was canned.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
RAIL STRIKE
I VOTE after
wage SLASH
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Of other unions. 1t was reported
that pay of all workers, with the ex-
ception of yard and train service
men. would be cut soon approx
insteiy o.ooo, 900.
BY order of the board. pay of
maintainance of way employees was
slashed 1872 percent. effective July l..
The reduction takes the workers
back TO the scale OF wages prevailing
February 20. 1920, when roads we're
turned over to the owners by the
government.
This decision Of the Railroad
Board is indefensible and undoubt-
edly will be rejected when submit
ted 70 a vote" Jewell declared.
The decision OF the majority board
was handed down soon after hear
ings on the case were conducted in
accordance with request of the
unions that speedy attention be
given the case.
Three members Of the board dis
sented in the decision. They were
A. o. Wharton, Abort Phillips and
w. L. McMenimen.
In the dissenting opinion they
said: THE rates OF pay established |
under this decision are not based |
upon human needs OF the hundreds
of thousands OF families involved. |
They are insufficient 10 provide
these families with absolute essen
tials.
The decision will mean earnings
far below any minimum standard OF
subsistence which has been formu-
lated even below those Of the most
employer group"
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
TROLLEY SYSTEM
TO Be IMPROVED
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building line in front of its place OF
business at Eleventh and Tatnall
! streets.
II was decided not TO allow any
more gasoline tanks TO be installed
on Washington street. between Della
ware avenue and the Washington
street bridge.
The matter OF laying OF sidewalks
on Market street from Thirty-third
street to the city line was discussed
at length. 1t was decided to COM
pei the property owners whose prop
erty abutted on Market street on the
east side in this section, TO lay side
walks With the communication to
be sent them by the SECRETARY, they
will be informed that the sidewalk
on the west side opposite their prop
critics will be laid II It is necessary
for the directors TO institute con-
demnation proceedings.
Commissioner PiersoD reported he
had been in communication with the
City Solicitor concerning what
methods TO pursue in regard to en-
forcing the paving resolution in this
section and that the Solicitor prom
ised an early reply.
Commissioner Pierson was In
structed TO repair Lowering avenue
between Franklin and Van Buren,
streets.
Engineer Harry I. Maier report
ed the work OF resurfacing of Ship
ley street between Eighth and Ninth
streets with asphalt was started this
morning.
Commissioner Pierson reported
that both the new and old mixers
were being used on West Fourth
street. while the excavation of King
street, between Fourth and Sixth
was being done. At the conclusion
of this excavation, the new machine
will be transferred to the King
street operations agnin. The dlrec- !
tors, following the close of this
session, went to the West
Fourth street operation to inspect !
the work being done.
The application OF Frank A. |
D'Onifrio. who operates a building |
line stand at Eighth and Market
streets, 10 allow the awning and |
stand to remain. was refused, but the
directors decided they would give
lim until June % TO remove it. Sew
sral other merchants who have avn
ngs and stands, refused to remove
hem until this stand is removed, ac-
'ording to Clerk of the Market Nc
Ateer.
City Treasurer White reported
S2,602.1O in the current expense
'und; s567,715.46 In the special ex-
1ense fund; s7,6s5.19 in the sewer
extension fund and 26.S39.s1 in the
Itreet paving tax fund. making a
otal of S6S4,342.56.
Permission was granted the VIII
Gas Company to open street
n front of 610 Jefferson street, to
install new service.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
FAMILY SQUABBLE
GETS INTO COURT

Mrs. Emma smidt and her sister
Stella flanagan, charged with as
sault and battery on Catherine
smidt, sister-in-law of Mrs. Smidt,
were given a hearing before Deputy
Judge Lynn in Municipal Court this
morning. The case of Mrs. Smidt,
who pleaded guilty in self defense, y
was continued until June "a. pend
ing investigation and an attempt to
adjust her differences with her rela-
tives. Her sister was dismissed.
The trouble occurred yesterday
afternoon at s12 West Third street,
where the prosecuting witness and
her mother and Mrs. Smidt and her
husband live.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
VALUATIONS IN
COUNTY RAISED
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rural county was s55,64s.155. Thus
both rural and city valuations are
increased this year.
While the county tax rate has not
been fixed It was intimated today 1t
would hemain the same, although
Levy Court Commissioner Jones in
talking about the new assessment
said he favored a tax rate of 65
cents instead OF the present rate Of
rs cents. Mr.. Jones said he thought
the rate should be lowered as II was
not right to get the people coming
and going"
Commissioner Ball said II was i'm
possible TO talk about the rate as the
budget had not been prepared.
Levying Of the capitation tax was
objected to by Commissioner Stra-
horn. who said the tax was not
levied last year.
Commissioners Mccoy said the
courts attorney last year held the
tax had to be levied in October. and
as 1t had not been done. the tax was
omitted. Mr.. Mccoy said he diff
fered from the attorney then and
felt the tax should be levied.
Mr.. Strahorn said under the law,
the court should hx the rate in
stead of the Assessment Board.
The discussion closed with a mo-
ton to accept the assessment list. 1t
was said the capitation tax question
would be discussed later
The assessment by hundreds is as
follows:
Appoquinimink - Assess m n I
S2.2s1,170; capitation, s15s.755; dog,
sIss.
Biackbird-Assessment. s1.6o2.s29;
92; capitation, s157; dog, s1S9.
Brandywine - Assessment. s15.-
53S.ose; capitation, s62S.75; dog,
s253.50.
hrlstiana--Assessme s1s.5o2,-
496: capitation, s71s: dog, s2o2.
Mil Creek-Assessment S4,375,-
$50; dog. s2e4.5o.
New Castle-Assessme s5,777,-
1l2; capitation, s420; dog, s1s1.5o.
Pencader--Assessme s2,140,081;
capitation. ss6.25; dog, s195.50.
Red L,on-Assessment. s1.S75,01O;
capitation. S145.25; dog. $3.50.
s.. es-Assessment, s4,7s4,-
esS: capitation. s30O.75; dog.
s1ss,5O.
White Clay Creek-Assossmen
s4.62s.116; capitation. s4S3.25; dog.
500.
Rural assessment-s56,51 SIS, ,4S1;
capitation, s3.416.50; dog. S1.s2150.
Wilmington ssessment-S112,-
53s,60i; capitation. $4,000.
Total assessment-s1s9. .052.OS2;
capitation. s5,416.5o: dog. s1,s21.50.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
AWARD CONTRACT FOR
LIGHTING KING STREET

The proposal for lighting King
street from Front to Tenth streets
by the wilmington-Phila
Traction Company. at s113 light
was accepted and the contract
awarded by the Street and Sewer
Directors this. morning. Work on
the installation has already begun
and It is expected the lights will be
ready for turning on by October /.
1t was suggested that appropriate
ceremonies be held to dedicate
New King" street. on the complet-
ion OF the improvements and turn
ing on the lights.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
CITY ON WATCH
FOR SMALLPOX
Danger Period Not Passed,
Health Board Official
Warns
VACCINATION
is RECOMMENDED

"The danger period for an out.
break of smallpox in Wilmington ha:
not passed" said DR.. C. NJ. Handy
president Of the Board OF Health
this morning.
The Board OF Health received a
letter fran the health authorities OF
Washington before any announce
ment was received by the Bureau OF
Police. Our letter stated that the
van driver who spent the night here
had virulent case OF smallpox.
This man is known by his own
statements to have taken a seat in a
crowded restaurant near Tenth and
Market streets and eaten his supper.
We have vaccinated every walter Of
that restaurant and all other known
to have come in contact with the
smallpox patient, but IL is simply
impossible for us to reach all that
might have been In the restaurant at
the time or in the Market street
moving picture theatre that he Wis
tied.
While In the ordinary cases per-
sons coming in contact with the dis
ease may show no signs OF II under
fourteen days. and there are cases on
record in which twenty days have
elapsed before the disease made its
appearance. you must remember this
case has been reported to us as OF a
very virulent type and an outbreak
OF the disease all along the trail OF
the patient would not be at all sur
prising.
Il strongly recommend vaccina-
ton. II the vaccination does not
take It is an indication that one is
immune.
THE first symptoms OF the small
pox are severe head and backache,
with fever. which is followed by
the eruption.
I'VE do not wish TO alarm ANY,
one but believe in being prepared,
ana II the disease should break out
here, the Board OF Health can be
depended upon to act promptly for
the prevention OF It's spreading"
The driver Of the van stopped
here a week ago Saturday night. !
and left Sunday morning. The IA |
day danger period therefore will |
not expire before next Sunday. The |
sick man while here freely mingled |
With the crowd In the restaurant
and later is said to have attended a
moving picture performance.
Vaccination, even following a
having come in contact
with the disease is said to prevent
Il, or at least reduce II TO a very
mild case OF what is known as
'varlloid."
While most persons prefer going
10 their regular family physician |
for this purpose. the city provides |
for free vaccination for all that are |
unable 10 pay for this service.
The hospitals and physicians have |
been requested 10 keep a close |
watch for any suspicious cases and ,
make prompt report of same TO the
Board OF Health.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
Wife Justified,
Perhaps

when my wife gets started
talking, there amt nothing IN
the world to stop her, but Sat
urday night I tried 10 keep up
with her" John Thomas, Negro
told Deputy Judge Lynn In Mu-
nicipal Court this morning when
he was given a hearing on
charge of breach of the peace
The wife said her HUSBAND
came home drunk and created
much disturbance Saturday
night. She said that 1t Is only
when he has drink in him thar
''he misconducts himself"
The court continued the case
until June "a.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29

day, a dozen dwellings being fired
Forty men were arrested charged
with starting fires.
LONDON. May 2s (United Press)
The attention OF Lloyd George and
his ministry today was focused
upon the Irish crisis.
Members OF the Cabinet who
signed the Irish peace treaty last
December met this morning. They
discussed the treaty in the light OF
the Collins-DeValera agreement and,
It was reported, decided the latter
could be accepted.
This meeting was preliminary 70
a general conference on the Irish
question with Collins and Griffith,
which was scheduled for noon and
over which Lloyd George is to pre-
side.
When the time for this second
meeting came, however, 1t was an
nounced It would be postponed until
8 o'clock this afternoon, possibly
longer.
A meeting of the British cabinets
Irish committee was called instead.
Winston Churchill, minister for
the colonies, was TO mako an i'm
portant statement on the Irish ques-
tlor in the House this afternoon and
after the early morning meeting said
he hoped to be able TO report
progress of the negotiations.
Reports from Ireland where
frontier warfare again has broken
out, continued TO be alarming,
however.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
GIANTS ACTIVE TOMORROW.

The Wilmington Giants, foremos
claimants for the colored baseball
championship of the State last sea
son, are keeping the rest Of then
hustling this year. The Giants arr
booked for a big program tomorrow
when they meet the Bancroft All
Stars in the morning at Fourteenth
street and Woodlawn avenue and th'
Sun oil nine in the afternoon a.
Iinwood, Pa.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
DRUNK, HITS COP,
DRAWS SIS FINE

Accused Of assault and battery on
/ John Wiley, park guard, Harold
( Boyle was fined SIS and costs, with
the alternative of spending two
months in the workhouse, by Dep
uty Judge Lynn in Municipal Court,
this morning. Boyle was said to
have struck the officer when the
latter intervened in a fight between
him and an old man.
Il don't remember; / was too
drunk" pleaded Boyle.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
COPS SHOT FAILS
TO STOP AUTO

Charged with disorderly conduct
as a result OF disturbance at Mary
land avenue and Beech street early
this morning, Charles Haggerty was
fined 81 and costs by Deputy Judge
Lynn in Municipal Court this morn
ing. Three companions escaped In
an automobile. at which Police
officer Nase fred a shot but failed
to halt.
Haggerty was alleged to have at
tempted to interfere in the arrest OF
a drunk" but said he was endeav-
oring to prevent an attack on officer
Nase.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
NEW YORK COTTON.
USUAL DIVIDENDS
ON DUPONT STOCKS

z. I. DUPONT de Nemours and
Company today declared the usual
quarterly dividends as follows:
On common stock two per cent,
payable June 10 to stockholders Of
record, June 5.
On debenture stock l u per cent,
payable July 25 to stockholders Of
record July s.
e. I. DUPONT de Nemours Powder
Company (the old company, declar-
ed the usual l Il per cent. on COM
mon and n per cent, on preferred,
payable August 1 to stockholders
Of record July 20.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
LIVERPOOL. May 29 Omitted
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. May 20 Omitted Press)
Opening grain:
Wheat. May 125@A, July 122A
| az; Sept. 119A a 119.
Corn, May 60N; July e3@62%;
Sept. 6551.
Oats, May s6%; July sS% az;
Sept. 40.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
COUNTY FINANCES.

w. S. Burris. county treasurer. re-
ported the bank balances Of the
county 70 the Levy Court today as
follows; New Castle county, ss4,-
s6l-03; miscellaneous road account
s516.96; Christiana. S12.62s.12; Mil
Creek. s5,osl.56; White Clay Creek
S4,SS0.oS; Pencader. s1.773.21; Rec
Lion, S1,270.77. New Castle. s2.25s.
26; ST. Georges, ss.66s.96; Appo
quinimink s4.s3; Blackbird. s4ss. 90
Brandywine, sS,4s3.34.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
BRAIN TESTS.
BY Sam Lloyd.

Two Minutes TO Answer This.
A CHARADE.
When DER the waves yon vessel
flies.
Her masts and sails my whole
sustain;
Behead though vast by length
and size,
I move with swiftness DER the
plain,
Again behead, come when /
will
The farmer frets and grumbles
still.
Answer 70 saturdays.
The guard made his way
throughthe Tower by passing
through the lettered dungeons
In this order: z, d, Fl, f, 1,
=, J. c, 3. X, A. w, o, G. O,
n, II. S, NJ, l., NJ, T. U, V-the
shortest route necessitating a
second visit to NJ.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29

into new high ground at 55A u. Pro-
ducers and Refiners sold at 47lz and
Marland 47A.
Opening prices included: Bald
win, 119; Crucible 76h. up l; Great
Northern preferred rs u, up 5s; New
York Central 9115, up "; Sin
clair 36ss, up IS, United States
Steel 1O1 u, up q Studebaker 124 n
up u; New Haven 34A, up %;
Baltimore and Ohio 80, up u; Re-
tail Stores 7O%. up "; Anaconda
Sc, up u; Reading so, up Is.
NEW YORK COTTON.
NEW YORK, May 29 Omitted
Press. Cotton opened firm today.
July was up 10 at 21.10; August 21
cents, up Z, September 20.ss, up 23;
October 20.75. up 12.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company. dupont Build
Ing. furnish the following quotations
of local securities. Bid Asked
Diamond Ice and Coal
Co. Pfd. ....... rs 85
dupont Debenture
Fractions ........ S01a S2h
DUPONT Common War
rants ...... ..... 2&
Hercules Pfd. ...... SO 1o2
Hercues Common ...151 157
Atlas Fractions 80. 6 6h
Industrial Salvage. -. IL IN
New York Stock Exchange.
Bid. Asked.
DUPONT Debenture E. 81 50
dupont Common (sales) 115A
Atlas Pfd. ........ 79 81
Atlas Common .....125 1913
Evening journal., 1922-05-29

Press. .)-Spots were In good demand
today and prices were steady. Sales
amounted to 10000 bales. including
S.100 American. Receipts totaled
1000, no American. Futures opened
steady.
American middlings fair. 1s.46;
good middlings. 12.41; fully mid
dlings, 1911; middlings. 11.s6; low
middlings. 11.96; low middlings.
11.51; good ordinary. 1885; ordi-
nary, 1906.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
SIX MORE DIE
IN IRELAND'S
BORDER WAR

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The wave of terrorist arson which
has engulfed Belfast continued to-
day, dozen dwellings being fired.
Forty men were arrested charged
with starting fires.
Evening journal., 1922-05-29
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK, May 20 (United
Press.) )-Foreign exchange opened
firm today. Sterling opened at
s4.44%; francs. .Oe18A; lire, .O527h
and marks, .0036A.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
1OOO 900 Men Called Each Year in New York City to
Make Material for Taesmen for Myriad of 2
Trials in State and Federal Courts s.

telligence and the ability to read and
write the English language is shown
by preliminary examination by jury
commissioner and insures that the
jury list does not include ignorant.
illiterate men. ~
In other parts OF the State there Is
no such reluctance to serve on Juries
as in New York County. In the rural
counties three dollars day is 10
many men good pay and sitting on a
jury is easy and interesting work.
During the winter many farmers are
glad to be called on juries in the
county seat, where they get free
meals at the best hotel while serving
on the jury and three dollars day
for sitting in the court room listening
TO the lawyers speeches and the va
rious topics Of local litigation.
The jury system is venerable In
stitution. 1t is sometimes proposed to
substitute Judges for jurors This has
been done in the trial of minor Grim
inal offenses in the Court of Special
Sessions, where there are no jurors,
and in police courts for drunks and
disorderlies. automobile violations and
the like
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Working Women Fight Equal Rights Amendment
Saying 1t Will Destroy Special Safeguards in Industry

clares Mrs. Robins, who adds a plea
that both factions may come together
amicably.
''In every country" she observes,
except America, the working people
are waiting for a revolution. They
are waiting for a definite change in
government. We do not want that.
We are the only working people who
have faith that TIE Government, not
the Adminlstration-for we are not all
OF one political mind-will make II
possible to enjoy what the Constitu-
ton says is rightfully ours-life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness
Mrs. Robins lately returned from
Europe. where she was an American
delegate at the conferences Of TIE In
ternational Federation OF Working
Women at Geneva. SIZE brings back
with her deep concern over the APP
parent bitter hatreds between groups
In practically every country OF Europe.
In nearly every country in Europe
to-day one is conscious of the ex-
traordinary divisions existing among
the various classes OF people" she
says. I'm England, this is particu-
larly noticeable. 1t Is virtually i'm
possible, l was told to bring working
women and their sisters OF the leisure
class together on any subject"
Mrs. Robins declared that thought
of revolution seems uppermost in the
European mind. Men and women in
all walks of life, even learned pro-
fessors," share this view. SEe brought
back with her the tale Of how, when
meeting a group of delegates at the
Geneva conference, they greeted her
with reports of "the revolution among
women in America" They even be-
moaned broad minded" President
Harding's association with them.
They pointed to the organization OF
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton as best evidence OF their asser-
ton that America was in the throes
of q revolution.
"See!" one said, pointing to front
page stories I'm n Geneva newspaper.
even the Arms Limitation Confer
ence has had TO give into the revolu-
tionists. The conference Is holding its
meetings in the halls Of the Daugh-
tors Of the American Revolution"