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NEWS OF NEWARK.

Newark. Dec. 2S.--The several chill
dren OF tho town who developed tiph-
liberia during the holidays are all re-
ported to be improving. There are also
A number OF cases OF measles in New
ark at this time.
Rees Jarmon, who until recently
lived on the Cooch farm at Coochs
Bridge. left this week for Palatka,
Florida. 10 accept n position with the
Merriday Grocery Company. whole
sale Rrocers. His brother Louis Jar
mon Is a member Of the firm. Mr.. Jar
mons wife will go to Florida the lat
ter part OF next month.
In the future the rehearsals of the
Newark Choral Club will be held In
the high school Thursday instead OF
Monday nights.
The Rev. II. Everett Mailman. pas
tor gave. an illustrated lecture or
India at the Presbyterian Church
"Wednesday night.
DR. r NJ. *. Foster and Professor
George r.. Dutton attended the Confer
ence of the Modern Language Asso
cation in Philadelphia this week.
Dean Winifred j. Robinson of tn,
Women's College is attending an edu
caiional meeting in Boston.
Miss Grace Layfield entertained n
n luncheon bridge at her home neai
Newark Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. II. A. Nottingham. entortaine,
AT sca from TO o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Miss Eleanor Duffy Is entcrtainin,
az bridge at her home near Coochi
Bridge this afternoon.
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CECIL COUNTY NEWS.

Elkton. Nd, Dec. 29.--Coroner Ma
graw Went 20 Lakewood yesterday TO
investigate the death Of an infant
child " Mr.. and Mre. John r. Fogel-
man and ascertained the child died OF
pneumonia.
Former County Commissioner Joseph
r. Ewing and Mrs. Ew1 nS celebrated
their 5Oth wedding anniversary Mon
day.
The Wu.nen's Club OF EllS;on wall
celebrate its tenth Anniversary next
Tuesday.
Marriage licenses were granted yes
terjay 20 M,llard NJ Buker and Grace
:. Chilcutt 81 Wilmington. Charles II
Long OF Wilmington and Susan c
Smith Of For>est Glen and George y
Shea Of Rising Sun and Hanna NJ
Mon tgo;nery Of Ooiora.
Mrs Elisa w. Shippers, aged 50 year.
wife N the late DR.. Charles T. Sirnp-
e-s 81 North East, died recently.
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pallbearers.
The Christmas entertainment OF the
Mcthodast Episcopal Sunday school
was hold Tuesday evening. Each
scholar received a box OF candy and
an orange. and an interesting pro-
gram OF music and recitations was
rendered. Rev. Omar T.. Jones was
presented with a purse OF gold and a
box OF fruit and candy. Robert II.
Smith, the sexton. also received a
purse OF gold. and NJ. Il. Newsomc,
the superintendent. was given a bas-
ket OF fruit.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Clay Brown enter
tained in celebration Of tho twenty
fourth Anniversary OF their marriage
T. Ellsworth Newcomb has built IA
bungalow for Mrs. Anna G. Melvin I
Kennedyvillc.
The Rolph farm, near MNlington
has been sold TO Samuel III. Beck for
$500.
Washington Camp. Patriotic Order
Sons OF America. has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Past president. Stone
wall j. Coleman: president. Robert
Moffett: vice-presidcnt. William Il.
Coleman: master OF forms, Joseph
Duyer; recording secretary. Virgil w
Kendall: treasurer. John G. Davis;
conductor. X. Clark Davis: inspector
w. w. Goodman; guard, Thomas
Holdson: chaplain. John w. Barnes;
trustees, J. Frank Whcatley. John w
Barnes. William Il. Hague, II. Frank
Elburn and Harry Fowler
Mrs. ;. Sophronia Mcintyre died n
vineland, n. J., Tuesday. The remain
were brought here yesterday and IN.
TERED I'm Chester cemetery.
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RorNp AporT STAFFORD.

scafsa p,- 20 -E1t, Il TuN. son
e. Mrs George o. Morgan. and Ms
r.se M. lluga'.. s.cnogrsphcr 81
Oh. setf..i hank of the Dc.Swar"
Tus, 60. were wa~-.'d "Wednesday
o. ,he home of enc hrlie. s parents. Mr.
ana Nss LOUIS e. Hughes AZ Hebron.
Nd. hv Rev J. a Wright only the
immediate families and a few invit-
Cd guests were present The bride
was attired m blue travelling suit
With hat and gloves 10 match, and
carried Bride rores. wedding din
nor followed thv ceremony. after
which tho bride and uoom motorcd
to Scaford. where they boarded a
train for trip 90 Baltimore. Wash
inrfon and Philadelphia ON their
return they will reside on farm a;
chapel Branch.
Me- Martha DuFrainoi and her
brother. Frank Hatfield. entertained
yesterday afternoon IN honor % Mr.
ami Mrs James n, McMlster. who
returned yesterday from weddinc
plis g Wilmington and Philadelphia
Thosc present were Mr. and Mrs. II
= Sinyton, Mr.. and Mrs. William II
carlisle Mrs Relic Cordrey and
daughter Ressi.. Harry ParkeS. Mr.
and Mira Arth.r Ilatn-ld and daugh-
tor. Helene; Mr. and Mr. James II
NJ A,lister. Mr. and Nrs. Edgar Eng
18th. and daurh,s. Mildred Mr. anc
Mrs Leonard Hatfield. Mr. and Mrs
Charles HUFFMAN. pr J. q Williams
Nfa Martha Dufrsinoi Frank Hat
nrii. Walter Hatfield and Mrs Ami,
nrl
iishcrt Lark. a studen; q; the Uni.
Norsfy 81 urlavare l. substituting
nf tho iorN bank 80 che Delauar.
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HAS VEST POCKET TYPE WRITER.
Tiny Machine Prints L. Words n Min
ute I'm Trained Hands

Cambridge. Mass. Dec. "a type
writer weighing ono ounce and fttting
in vest pocket was brought 10y DIR.
ii. T.. Wrtherell. OF Philadelphia. to
the meetings of the American AssNo-
ciation for the Advancement al
Science. He devised 81 for his own Use
Held between the fingers and upon
the paper. the machine writes tg
mans OF a wheel equipped with rubber
letters. which special devices bring in
contact with the paper. DIR. wcthereil
said that operation OF the Typewriter
was slow in the hands OF a beginner
but that an experienced writer could
attain a speed 81 Il words minute
IL is almost noiselass
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INCREASE FOR POSTOFFICE.
S20.000,000 Ia be Added TO Appropria'
ton of Postal Service.

Washington. Dec. 29.-The annual
supply am for upkeep and operation
Of the Government POSTAL service. as
reported TO the House yesterday. car
ries a total OF s5S4.614.191. or about
s2O0O0.000 more than last year. but
Chairman Slemp. of the subcOmmit-
tee which drafted 81. declared the ser
vice promised soon 10 stand ON it's
own feet.
|. Estimated receipts for tho first six
months OF the current fiscal year indi-
Gated. the report said. that the annual
deficit would I've approximately SAL
100000. while revenues for the next
fiscal year point ~ a deficit NJ not
more than 100000 In making mp
the hill the subcommittee slashed the
budget figure by $500. 900.
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LOWER DELAWARE
AND PENINSULA
Many Deaths Are Reported in
Various Sections Of Sus-
sex County.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Georgetown. Dec. 2s-Samucl 7.
i.cdsc. AGED 20 years died ut his home.
near Loves. "Wednesday q, Bright's
disease Funeral services will be held
al his lnte residence tomorrow after
noon. and interment will be ut Lcwes.
tie H. survived hv widow. two
daughters. Mra Annie stanton OF
Ocean city y. J.. and Mrs. Rida Me
,racklin of l.swes. and one son. Jo-
sph Lodge q, staten rslaI-i y. Y.
Mrs Ellie Wilson rapran. aged IS
year. wife o. Bruce Tappan OF Re
hoioth Beach and daughter OF late
Peter Wilson. died AZ the home Of her
mother. az Milton. Of tuberculosis.
Funeral services VIII he held Mt Milton
this afternoon and in,erment Will
b. at Rchoho,h Beach.
Miss sarah NlrshaN. aged sc years
formerly ~ Philadelphia. died AT the
homo ~ her brother. Moses ID. Mar
shall. ~ lcwcs. Tuesday ~ chronic
nophrtis Funeral services Were held
yesterday D., i;,,. Howard Davis.
ae,fors De- . Mrs Marsarc,
Huston. aged 80 wears. wife % James
~ Huston. dicd yesterday. following
an ulnesa ~ less than n week. Mrs
Huston was taken ~ sunday. wher
pneumonia developed. She was born
near Bridgeville. Resides her husband
ehc leaves seven children. John Huston
Uf camden. y. J.. Arthur Huston OF
Newport. y y. Mrs Gertrude Dukes OF
llrdgcvilc. Mrs Brainerd Yearsley OF
Port Penn. Mrs. Albert COLLISION OF
baltimore and Mrs carlton Allen anC
Nlas Lana Huston of Scaford.
Nra sarah Marine. aged - years
widow 81 Matthew VI. Marine. dice
yesterday at the homo Of her sterson
George T. Marine. az Blades. Funera
services were held today by Rev. II
Ward Mills
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Trust Co. during the holidays.

Trust Co.. during the holidays.
Nanticokc Lodge. A. r. 4 A. NJ. OF
fredericksburg. Md. held its annual
banquet last night. Each member was
given two tickets. and 200 persons
were present.
The members OF Sorosis were on
tostained yesterday afternoon by Mrs.
Robert II. Elliott.
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DOVER ITEMS.

Dover. Dec. 2s.-Clark NJ. Mensch
aged sc years. died at Magnolia Wed.
nesday. after a brief Illness Of pneu-
monia. Funeral services Will be held
at Magnolia tomorrow afternoon, Will
intcrment In Lakeside cemetery. Dow.
81. Mr.. Mensch for several years held
A Federal position at Cumberland. Md
The funeral Of Miss L. Maud Lodge
principal Of the Dover High School
Will be held Sunday afternoon iron
'hc residence Of her parents. neal
Rising sun. interment will 10 In Lake
side cemetery.
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CHESTERTOwN AND VICINITY.

Chee;ertown. Nd. Dec. 29-The
funeral Of Mrs. Mary Z. Hines was
held yesterday with Rev. Charles l..
Atwater officiating. Interment was
In Chester cemetery. Eben F. Per-
sins, Samuel c. Emory. William
Emory. Allan A. Harris. James q.
Beck and benjamin r. Houston were
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And Il may be that Villa Quit he
cause ne saw that ne was hopclessly
outclaSsed by the worlds mbre expe-
r'enced states Baltimore sun.
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

was twenty-five miles an hour. 1t
only required a look at Dicks
manly face to realize he was tell
ing the truth. Aside from that the
defendant had been in court be-
fore on a similar charge. He was
fined $35. and, beaming satiSfao-
tion to the world, Richard hurried
home to draw a masterpiece.
So the grind goes on in the little
room of the Traffic Court. The
benches crowded with hot and un.
comfortable humanity. The hall.
ways packed with impatient wiz.
nesses and defendants and his
honor, calm unruffled and cool,
dealing out justice, tempered with
mercy when 1t is deserved The
man who is upsfor the first time
and tells a truthful story, has
more chance with Judge Hardison
than the chap who hauls a truck.
full Of witnesses down to court 70
testify to the truth of some tale
that has been framed up over
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

Witness-No, sir.
The defendant was then called
to the stand. He told the court
he was an automobile mechanic
by trade.
Judge Hardison-Just how fast
were you going when the officer
placed you under arrest?
Defendant-Eight miles an hour.
Judge Hardison Tell your
story.
Defendant-weIi, Judge, was
driving along slowly, viewing the
beauties of nature, when this DO.
hceman drove up. There was
side car on his motorcycle and
young woman was riding in II. I
thought he was going OF ask me
for a match when he stopped me
and ] was surprised when he
placed me under arrest. He sail
my machine had been going at the
rate OF fifty.seven miles an hour.
Judge Hardlson-whst did you
sayf
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

night. Truth is~fooked upon as y
big asset in the Traffic Court and
the defendant who brings a lot OF
it along with him when he Is call.
ed upon to say. Good morning,
fudge" will have no cause to re-
gret 1t.
GATHERING OF CLAN.
Across the hallway from the
court is a little room just about
large enough to serve as a sleep
ing.room for a thin man who docs
not like much furniture. In the
neighborhood of fifty or sixty po.
licemen assemble here each morn.
ing and wait for the cases they
are interested in to be called. The
room contains a few chairs and
the first officers to arrive grab
these. The others stand. BY the
time things get fairly started in
the court this room is packed to
the doors with cops, mulling
around in the limited space like q
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

Defendant-Nothlng.
Judge Hardison-Why?
Defendant-I didn't like to call
him a liar before a lady.
Judge Hardison-Fifty dollars.
Next case.
Exit-DefeRdant, lawyer and
witnesses whispering excitedly.
OUR OWN DICK.
Dick Mansfield, the famous mo.
tor-cop cartoonist. is a familiar
figure around the Traffic Court.
The day when Dick don't have
two or three traffic offenders in
the tolls, he gets so discouraged he
can't draw a cartoon for a week.
Upon one occasion last week, Rich
ard showed up in court with an
old offender. The culprit insisted
he was not going at a greater re te
Of speed than eight miles an hour
and brought forward a witness TO
prove It. Mansfield stuck to his
guns and swore the rate Of speed
The Washington times., 1922-09-10
GYPSIES ON MARCH
WORK AS THEY GO
They Make Clothes Pegs, Clothes Props, Bas-
kets, Hedge BrOomlS, Feather MopS, Cheap
JeWelry, and Then Beg Food From Door to
Door i'm ENGLAND.

IL a frequent demand in the towns,
a good pole fetching anything from
10 cents to 25 cents.
Hard by, a sunburnt young
gypsy was busy making heather
brooms. Fascinated. I watched
him at work. From the pile Of ling
at his side he seized a number OF
long. bushy twigs. With practiced
fingers he bound them round a
stout ash handle, fastening them
In place with a strong strip OF
wood shaving. The whole opera
tion took but few minutes.
For sweeping out an old tagged
kitchen there is nothing so good a.
a gypsy. made besom.
With this simple stock in trade,
supplemented by little cheap Jew.
elry and tinware, these gypsies
work the smaller towns and vii.
lagos.
Even odd feathers picked up by
the wayside were turned to &C
count. The young gypsy showed
me some that he had fastened In
punches to bamboo handles, con.
verting them into excellent feathss
mops. o.
Begging their way from door to
door. they rarely need to 60 shop
ping. 50 the sale Of their articles,
eksd out on occasion by a little
horse dealing. Is the means where.
by they acquire . not uncomfort.
able living.
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

VIZ ALkING along a lane
" day. or so ago l came
w upon a party Of gypsies
searching the hedgerows for long.
straight branches Of ash and hazel.
Each man carried bundle Of the
roughly trimmed sticks. and even
the children staggered along under
heavy loads Of fresh-cut branches.
Going to make clothes pegs"
was the somewhat ungracious re-
sponse to my query, and 1t took me
several minutes Of tactful ques.
tioning, backed up by judicious
bribes Of tobacco. to extract the
additional information that I re-
quired.
In the end I learned that the
manufacture Of the old.fashioned
type of wooden clothes-peg is a
regular gypsy industry. The
branches are peeled and cut into
short lengths. which are then split
part way up the middle with a
sharp knife. A narrow strip Of tin,
cut from q discarded can, is next
nailed round the end Of each piece.
the points are trimmed. and the
peg is complete.
One or two Of the men were car.
rying stouter forked sapiings.
These. II appeared. were intended
for clothes-props. for which there
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

lot Of cattle. Very often they are
compelled TO wait for~more than
an hour before their cases are
called. The addition Of a few
straps in the policemen's quar-
ters would caAse 1t to closely re-
semble a car coming up from the
Bureau Of Engraving about 4
o'clock an the AFTERNOON.
Down on the next floor below,
Tom Walsh and his two assistants
are having their own troubles In
the preliminary court. The de-
fendants, witnesses and plaintiffs
first tell their stories to the as
sistant corporation counsel and
his quarters are packed each
morning with protesting inquiring
policemen and defendants. It is
up to him and his two assistants
to listen to all these tales and
straighten out matters IL possible,
without recourse to Judge Hardi-
son.
Thomas has some job. II you
don't believe It. run down there
some Monday morning about 1890.
Spend a half hour edging your way
through the crowd to the counter
and then listen to some Of the wild
stories being handed out to him by
serious.looking church.going peo-
pie. The blame is always placed
on the other fellow. 1t is up to the
assistant corporation counsel to try
and dig up facts out of the mass OF
conflicting testimony that is hand.
ed to him. Someone Is forever
handing Tom a scent cigar and ex-
pecting to have his case quashed.
IL you ever get pinched don't do it.
It makes him angry, and besides
he don't smoke scent cigars.
George and Otto smoke cigarettes.
but don't waste your money. Every
time a defendant tries to hand
them a pack Of Piedmonts they
privately endeavor to see that he
secures a life sentence.
DUEL OF WITS.
SGhriven had duel Of wits with
an elderly witness not long ago.
The case was one in which the
prosecution represented that the
driver of a delivery truck took
one drink OF corn whiskey and ac-
quired a love jag. While in this
condition, according to the stories
told by witnesses, he dropped the
steering wheel of the truck to low
ingly embrace his assistant. The
assistant objected tothe caress and
while the two were discussing the
subject of love, kisses and corn
liquor the truck bumped into an
other car. The witness in ques-
ton was made to illustrate his
story with the small automobiles.
At first he refused. but after
much persuasion. he consented to
move the cars up and down on ths
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

cardboard. After q half hour of
this he gave a grunt Of disgust and
slammed the cars to the other end
of the counter.
Use onto you fellows" he
shouted. you want mo to keep
moving them cars. Then all at
once Use going to forget myself
and move one Of them too quick.
Then you'se going to pinch me for
speeding. Use through"
Walsh's office is equipped with
the Pantograph. an invention for
copying drawings and photographs,
reducing and enlarging them as
may be desired. This instrument
is valuable in enlarging the draw
ings or picture Of a territory where
an accident has happened. With
the enlarged picture or drawing.
the traffic authorities are er-
abled to follow the movements Of
the machine or machines that
caused the accident. The speed of
the car or cars between two given
points can be correctly gauged AMI
the truth or falsity of the stories
told by the witnesses can be moro
quickly determined.
The Traffic Court was badly
needed In Washington, and now
that we have one, something
should be done in the direction of
giving 1t suitable quarters. The
present quarters are impossible.
Witnesses are compelled to stand
around for hours. The same sp.
plies to the principals in the cases.
II they move away from the crowd.
ed vicinity of the Traffic Court
their cases are liable to be called
while they are absent and .they
lose out through a non-appearance.
The courtroom affords very poor
facilities for the judge and the
lawyers. The clerk Of the court Is
crowded over in q dark little cor.
ner and the bailiff. between calling
cases, makes his head quarters In
the hallway. Each succeeding dsy
sees a larger number Of cases tried
in the Traffic Court and increasing
number of cases brings larger
number of witnesses and plaintiffs.
Upon several occasions In the past
the crowds have become so large
that Judge Hardison has been com
PEELED to recess court. to convene
later on in the District branch OF
the Police Court downstairs.
The situation causes a great deal
of confusion. Defendants wander
into wrong courtrooms and wait
for hours for their cases to be call
ed while the chances are the bailiff
is making himself hoarse calling
out their names in the Traffic
Court. 1t is to be hoped that the
present quarters Of the Traffic
Court will soon give way to those
more in keeping with the i'm
portance of the new law enforce.
ment institution.
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GATHERING OFTHE COLLATERAL CLAN i'm NEW TRAFFIC COU
E MAKES WITNESSES THINK THEY'RE VICTIMS OF SUBWAY

ybed nbm Wgty hansi morning" is the motor and
of
p h aan Coporh
S sto a
udgs Rbr olson in the eSmal, odd
The Washington times., 1922-09-10

One morning last week, a Ford
and a Cadillac bumped into each
other at Thirteenth and I streets
northwest, The owner Of the Ford
had purchased It just three weeks
previous. He was mighty fond of
that car and when he looked at
the ruins. he gave one wild yell
for a. cop. The driver of the
Cadillac was brought into the
Traffic Court. Each side had a
large number OF witnesses and
the witnesses or each side told
entirely different stories. The
sheet Of cardboard and the little
automobiles were brought into
use. The position Of the colliding
cars just before the crash were
shown and 1t was conclusively
proven the driver OF the Ford was
to blame for the accident.
This case fully demonstrated the
great advantage Of the cardboard
and the miniature machines. In
spite Of the host Of the plaintiffs
witnesses. who testified the Ford
was going at the rate of eight
miles an hour when crashed by the
Cadillac. the case was dismissed.
1t was shown that at the rate Of
speed both cars were going and the
position Of the two cars just be-
fore the crash. that 1t was impos-
sible for the Cadillac to hit the
Ford. while on the other hand, IL
was almost impossible for the Ford
to avoid hitting the Cadillac.
STORIES DOUBTFUL.
The stories told by some OF the
defendants in traffic cases would
indicate the tellers did not credit
the judge with having much intelli-
gence. They are weird and won
derful and cause one to marvel at
the powers Of Imagination. Read
the following tale that was handed
out in the traffic court not long
ago:
Policeman-Judge was riding
along on my motorcycle when sud
denly I heard the loud blasts Of an
automobile horn coming from be.
hind me. I drew up at the curb
and a moment later saw .the lights
Of a speeding automobile flash
into view, as the car came around
a curve in the road. / let it get
past me and followed it for a dis
tance equal to three city blocks.
I then stopped the car and told
the driven he was under arrest.
Judge-How fast was he going?
Policeman-My speedometer read
fifty-seven miles an hour. The
driver told me he was a doctor
and was going to see patient who
was dying. did not believe his
story and 50 placed him under ar.
rest.
Defendants Lawyer-You say
the defendants car was going
fifty-seven miles an hour, accord.
ing to your speedometer. How
do you know II was right?"
Policeman--It was tested las,
week at the precinct.
Defendants Lawyer-Did YOU
see 1t tested?
Policeman-ANo, but -
Defendants Lawyer--No butts
you don't know It was right, do
you?
mo. BUT"
Policeman--why. yes, It was
also tested at headquarters.
Defendants Lawyer-Did you see
1t tested?
Policcman-No, but"
Defendants Lawyer-You don't
know 1t was right, do you? That's
all, step down. Call the next wit.
ness.
Defendants Lawycr-what do
you know about this case?
Witness--p was riding on my
motorcycle when this man point.
ing to the deiendsnt) came up be.
hind me He was going at high
rate Of speed and crowded me
from the roadway on to the grass.
Defendants Lawyer-How fast
was he golng7 =.
Witness--Ahout fifty.five miles
an hour. ~
Defendsnt'sJ Lawyer - Hs, ha.
you and the officer have been
talking tossthsr. ~,,.