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Smyrna times., 1923-01-03
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

Frank FAIRIES, of Dover, was arrest
ed on Saturday night charged with
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
He was fined five dollars and costs by
Squire Wood.
Smyrna times., 1923-01-03

The United States Civil Service
Commission, at the request of the
Postmaster-General, announces that a
competitive examination for postmas-
ter of Dover will be held on January
%, 1928, under the Presidents order
of May 10, 1921, and not under the
Civil Service act and rules.
Smyrna times., 1923-01-03

The annual Christmas dance, the
social event of the Yuletide season in
lower Delaware, was held at Milford
Wednesday evening in the Armory.
The music was furnished by Arthur's
orchestra. The grand march was led
by James X. Pettyjohn and Miss Roma
Smith. The patronesses were: Mrs.S.
M. D. Marshall, Mrs. Harry J. Petty
john, Mrs. Willard R. Pierce, Mrs.
John C. Truitt, ,Mrs.G. Marshall Town
send, Mrs. Elmer 7. Williams, Mrs.
Charles E. Varney, Mrs F. B. Lewis,
Mrs. C. D. Holzmueller, Mrs. Walter
Grier, Mrs Paul Poetschke, Mrs.
George H. Draper, Jr. The committee
of arrangements was James X. Petty
john, William B. Nutter, G. Franklin
NAPLES, Harold C. Grier, Frank Dep
uty.
Smyrna times., 1923-01-03

Henry Spruance, colored, was held
under five hundred dollars bail for
court by Squire Wood on Tuesday on
a charge of shooting a pistol within
Dover town limits. On December 3rd,
Spruance shot Leon Shockley, also
colored, and was not apprehended un-
til last week by Chief of Police Lane.
Shockley was fined five dollars and
costs by the Squire for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct.
Smyrna times., 1923-01-03

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Smyrna times., 1923-01-03

The fogs last week practically tied
up traffic through the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, and even in the Della
ware river as far as boats of any size
were concerned. Wednesday and
Thursday were extremely bad both
days and there was not a boat in
either lock in or out of the canal. The
fog bell which is used to guide the
ships from the river to the canal en-
trance was kept ringing most of the
day and night to help any stragglers
that might happen along. The fog
bell served its purpose for several
boat parties of duck hunters who went
out in the river in the afternoon for
some shooting and did not return by
dark, as they were only able to reach
shore by the sound of the bell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02
SHORTAGE SEEN
! IN CARS AND
LABOR
Banker Finds Three Wrecks in
Week on One Line Due to
Defective Equipment.
BY w. s. COUSINS.

NEW YORK, May LACK OF
adequate transportation facilities
and a shortage Of workmen in some
OF the strategic industrial sections
of the country are the two greatest
inpediments today on the road to
wealth. and prosperity.
A prominent Wall street banker
who makes 1t a habit to close his
desk and visit the big centers OF
industry at least four times a year,
told me today he was struck by the
apparent inability Of transportation
lines to move manufactured goods
from the factories to the sources
of consumption.
"In one plant I visited in Penn
sylvania," he said, ''the daily out
nut is sufficient to fill twenty five
freight cars but the railroad com
pany able to furnish only ten cars
d day. In other words that COM
pany is rationed as to transporta-
ton service much worse than dur
ing the war period.
"In riding over this line to a
nearby city, I discovered that no
less than three minor wrecks Of
freight trains had taken place in
that week, tying up the roads very
seriously and delaying the passage
Of freight over its lines. The cause
of these wrecks was nothing less
than defects in railroad equipment.
a carry-over from the Shopmen'S
strike of last year. The conditions
are similar on other roads, where
it is positively known that they
bava M means reclIuerated from
the effects of last years strike.
If this condition is to continue 1t
will impose a serious handicap on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02

long said privately-that Japan got
a little the best Of the bargain in
the Pacific-and both the British
and American governments are
now taking active steps to insure
Anglo-American naval control Of
the Pacific, even as they already
have it in the Atlantic.
This policy on the part Of Great
Britain and the United States in
wolves no violation Of either the
letter or the spirit of the Wash.
ington treaties, according to inter-
pretations placed on It here.
Pact Favored Japan.
The naval treaty OF the arms con-
ference set down the relative naval
strength at 5-5 for the United States
and Great Britain. and 3 for Japan.
Actually, according to American
naval exports, Japan Jared some
what better than three" because
of being favored geographically and
because Of the restrictions on future
fertilization of the British base at
Honkkong and the American base
in the Philippines.
Thus the measures now being
taken legally by the United States
and Britain to improve their de.
fensive situations in the Pacific are
looked upon as illegal equaIiza-
TONS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02
D Il SITUATION
UNDER BIC
PROBE
Justice Operatives Said to Be
Ready to Spring Injunc-
ton Proceedings.

With a view to possible criminal
prosecutions or to injunction pro.
ceedings under the Sherman anti.
trust law, the Department Of Jus.
tice is investigating the whole oil
situation" it was learned officially
today.
Although officials declined to re.
veal the exact scope of the inquiry,
it was understood to be the Gov
ernment's follow up" of evidence
gathered by the La Toilette com.
mittee of the Senate, which In
vestigated the oil industry in the
last Congress to determine the cause
for high prices OF oil and gasoline.
The departments oil probe is said
to be similar to those made of the
sugar and lumber industries prior
to the instituting of legal pro-
ceedings to break up an alleged
conspiracy to fix and control prices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02

Al volIey OF shots crashed from an
areaway. big Rosie" stumbled and
fell, dying instantly.
When police reached his side his
assailants had fled with the $4,000.
His murder has never been solved.
AS a result OF the States Black
Hand Investigations, however, the
wholesale traffic in women has
been brought to a sudden halt or
decreased to isolated cases. Knowl-
edge of the white slave dealings Of
the Camorra though was as much
responsible for the awakening of
public interest in determination of
the Black Hand as any one other
cause. All in all, while the women
slaves suffered, theirs was a.
martyr existence by which public
opinion has been solidified through
out West Virginia to remove the
society and thus save other girls
from a similar ruin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02

the normal expansion Of the bust
ness of the country.
"a good many manufacturers are
having their own difficulties In
bridging the chasm between high
cost Of production and the present
range of selling prices. They know
that they will simply cut off their
own markets if they attempt to IN
crease selling prices at this time
But they are being gradually crowd
ed by the upward climb in the price
of the raw materials entering into
production and their labor costs
are advancing, with prospect OF
going considerably higher.
Fear Composition War.
"They hesitate to start competi-
ton for unskilled labor, knowing
full well that this will mean simply
a shifting of workmen from one
plant to another with disappointing
results to all concerned.
''My observations lead me to be-
lieve that we have seen the peak
of high prices for some time to
come and there Is marked ten
dency on the part Of the people to
deny themselves many things rather
than to follow them to steadily in
creasing prices This is a hopeful
sign and its general observance will
be a more effectual curb against
markets and economic
crisis than ruinous competition for
trades and strikes and lockouts in
industry. I look for lower com.
modify prices before the end Of the
year."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02
Resents Screenings
Of Choir; Gives Her
Money To Dogs

NEW YORK, May 2.-It was
the "screeching" of. a church
choir next door that made Mrs.
Sidmon Nellie, wife Of a
broker, will all Of her fortune
to dogs, she said today.
Recently a lot Of society peo-
pie took it to heart when Mrs.
McHie let it be known that she
had made provision in her will
for a dog hospital over the
entrance Of which will be in
scribed the words:
"The more / saw Of people
the more / thought Of dogs"
She admitted she had "lots
OF grudges against society"
but the real cause of her bitter
ness has been the annoyance of
Sunday Screenings" from the
choir boys Of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02
400 PROBATION HEADS
TO MEET HERE NAY 1919

Four hundred probation officers,
judges and others who work with
the juvenile and adult delinquent in
the courts are coming to Washing
ton to attend the seventeenth an
nual conference Of the National
Probation Association, tdAbe held at
the Willard Hotel, May 1919.
The conference will be opened by
an address OF welcome by E. F.
Colladay, president Of the Wash
ington Board Of Trade. The presi-
dent OF the association, Judge A. c..
of the municipal court Of
Milwaukee, win speak as will the
Rev. DIR. John O'Grady, Of the
Catholic Charities Of Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02
EMPLOYMENT 8
HELP WANTED MALE 81
MESSENGER BOYS
ALL AMERICAN CABLES
1926 CONN. AVE. N. w.

MEN-Two. settled. married preferred;
500 start; permanent work. Apply Dos
Kresge Bldg, to p. m.
MEN-To distribute advertising. 1880
a. m. 939 D st. n. We. third floor.-
Reliable MAN to care for grounds,
COWS and chickens; references Apply
200 T st. n. E.
wANTED-Several young men to sell
goods on trains: cash security ana
blue suit required. Union Newss Co.,
office No. 3, Union Station.
OFFICE acknowledgements fourteen
to sixteen years old; grammar Scnooi
graduate; excellent opportunity. Ap-
ply Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company, Room /, 722 18th Ct.
MEN wanting positions fIremen. brake
men. colored train or sleeping car
porters, write for application blank;
experience unnecessary; firse-class
roads; no strike: name position
wanted. Railway institute. Dept. 70
Indianapolis Ind.
MARRIED farm hand for farm work.
Phone Berwyn 81, between II - m
and ] p. m.
EXPERIENCED (CatholicD salesmen
and collectors. Renewal work. Apply
Mr.. Luddep, 1913 H ct. N. W. 4:So 70
p. m.
UNION stone masons wanted. Apply
44th and Klingle I'd. ~. w.
for Washington; ex.
cellent opportunity: whole O. part
Tins; no competition. Apply Mr.. Nor
ris, 62i 18th st. N. w Src floor.
IANiToR. preferably vhiis. small APP.
2e4 F Sc. N. W.; Sc pss m.Eth EhS
quarters. kPply e Owner AZ as y
ct. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02
HUGE PROGRAM
FOR MOVIES
STARTED

LOS ANGELES. May 2.-Produc-
ton will begin at once on the
$6,0OO,00O program OF the Associ-
ated First National Pictures. Inc.
Hollywood film circles heard today.
Confirmation that Los Angeles
banks had granted the entire
amount which the First National
officials plan to expend during 1928
was made by Sol Lesser. vice pres
ident of First National at his office
here today, following his return
from New York.
This is the first time in film
history that such an extensive mo-
ton Picture program has been
backed by"Californ1g financial insti-
buttons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-02
PACIFIC
BASE AIMED
At JAPAN
U. S. Will Not Object to Action
at Singapore-Has Plans
in Alaska.
By GEORGE r.. HOLMES.
International News Service.


The United States will advance no
objection to the British admiralty's
plans for developing Singapore into
a huge and powerful naval base, 1t
was stated today in official circles
here.
Great Britain is entirely within
her legal rights under the Washing
ton arms conference treaties in de-
veloping the Singapore project, &C.
cording to the views expressed today
in the highest naval and diplomatic
quarters.
Aimed At Japan.
American naval experts do not
consider the British policy in build
ing up a powerful base at Singa.
pore as aimed at the United States,
but rather at Japan, whose increas.
ing power In the Pacificl is known
to be a source of worry to the
British admiralty.
The British project at Singapore
finds its equal in the steps now
being taken by the United States to
develop a powerful naval base In
Alaska. Secretary OF the Navy
DENLY this week appointed q board
Of naval experts to take soundlngs
and make q thorough survey OF the
Alaskan waters and mainland, with
a view to the future establishment
there OF highly important naval
station and base.
Plan to Control Pacific.
These significant steps by Great
Britain and the United States to
develop defensive naval bases of
great strength in the Pacific, COM
ing simultaneously, are the result
of more than a years intensive
study Of the arms conference
treaties. They thus reveal pub
licly what naval strategists have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-16
TRIBUTE IS PAID WOODROW WILSON
Medical Association Passes Resolutions Of Love
 And Homage

w ASHINGTON, Nov. 15.--Delegates to inc Southern Medical association concluded their annual convention here today with an address by Presi- dent Coolidge and the election or or ficers. At the White House President Coolidge spoke briefly. He declared the members of the medical proIes- : sion were rendering "a service that reaches beyond any trade or occupa- ton"
 Dr. Charles l.. Minor or AsheVllle N. C., was elected president.
 Mrs. Coolidge received the women physicians at a reception prior to the White House visit of the dele gates.
 The following tribute to former President Wilson was adopted unan- imously:
 eve, the members of the Southern Medical association, in meeting as sembled, hereby express the love ana homage of our hearts for that great statesman and pure patriot, Woodrow Wilson, the greatest exponent or democracy and the noblest eXemplar of humanitarian ideals in the world today"
 { Visits to Baltimore and Charlottes- ville, Va, will be made tomorrow and Saturday, respectively, by many ot the delegates to conduct open clinics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-16
UTNEYS CHECKED
 BY CITY OFFICERS.
Data Collected For Use At Supreme Court Hearing On
 Injunction Petition

Birmingham authorities have been collecting data on the former jitneys that have been allowed to run as taxlcabs under an injunction that is expected to be the subject of a hearing before the supreme court the latter part of this month. Commissioner w. l.. Harrison stated Thursday morning they are operat- ing as jitneys, beyond all shadow of doubt.
 Reports reaching the city hall from many citizens are that the former jitneys do not hesitate to swing into the curbing and solicit passengers and that these cars are making the old jitney routes with regularity.
 T never did believe they intend to try to operate as taxicabs,'' MT. Har- rison stated Thursday
 Since the issuance of the injunc- ton some weeks ago restraining the city from interfering with the taxi cabs" the old jitney automobiles have been watched nearly all the time and conveying as passengers many per sons who gathered authentic data.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-16
SOUTHERN PLANSISSUE
 OF $40, 100000 BONDS
Gross Earnings For Nine Months Ending Sept. 30 S111,S27, ,631

An issue of $20,o00. 900 development and improvement bonds of the South ern railway has been placed with a syndicate, including J. P. Morgan & Co, and other New York banking houses, it was announced in Bir- mingham Thursday.
 Proceeds of the Southern's financ- ing will be used in tracking some of the southern lines, yard ad- dtions and various other improve ments.
 Gross. earnings of the Southern railway during the nine months end ing September 30 were Slll'S27, oSl, total for the same period in 1922. Increase of taxes, expense of moving increased business and increased cost of mainteuance claimed a consider able part of this gain, put palance against s1e,294,s7s during. the same period last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-16
M'CRAY'S ASSETS ARE MUCH UNDER ESTIMATE
Indiana Governors Holdings Show
 Less Than $S,000

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov. 15.- Governor McCray's equities in, all the assets which he turned over to a committee several weeks ago for ad- ministration for the benefit of his creditors aggregate only S7,725.45, ex- cept for two or three items classed as indefinite" according to a letter sent to creditors by the committee, which was made public tonight.
 The contents of the letter did not become known until tonight, all though it was under date of Novem- Der 10.
 wide variance with the estimates Governor McCray presented when he called his creditors to propose the trust agreement is disclosed by the committees statement. The gov ernor had stated that his holdings were about sS0O,000 more than all his liabilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-16
DIVIDEND BOOSTS A R [ ANNOUNCED ]
Several Standard Stocks De- clare Extra Profits On
 Stock And Bonds

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-An extra dividend of 60 cents on the common stock was declared today by the Beechnut Packing company. while several other companies either in creased the rate or voted the regular quarterly payments due at this time
 The International Cement company voted S1 dividend on the common stock for the current quarter, plac- ing the stock on a $4 annual basis. as compared with the previous rate of S3.
 Ohio Copper company officials an nounced resumption of interest pay ments on the company's per cent first mortgage bonds, the payments totalling 241a per cent and covering past due payments on coupons 3 to g, dated from August l, 1920, to August l. 1928
 The Standard Oil company of New Jersey was among the companies to vote the regular quarterly dividends on both athe common and preferred stocks, the former amounting to % cents and the latter s1.75.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-16
JOHNSON WILL. MAKERACEFOR NOM|NATI TION
California Senator Puts Him
 self SquareIy In The Con-. test And Announces His De-
 sire For Direct Primaries IS AGAINST LEAGUE AND ALL ITS SUBSIDIARIES Says American People Should
 Again Decide This Country'S
 Foreign Policy, As They
 Will Have To Maintain It

CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-(By Associ- ated Press. )-senator Hiram ". Johnson of California, tonight an- nounced his candidacy for the re- publican nomination for President. will determine whether the republ can party shall be the permanent instrument of reaction or whether 1t shall respond to present day con GitiOns and aspirations"
 In tossing his hat into the presi- declared for direct presidential preference primaries in all states and said the need today was for a "revitalized republican party" which should be an instrument neither of static reaction nor de- opposition to the League of Nations and all It's subsidiaries"
 His announcement follows:
 Theoretically, under our system the people themselves select their President. Those states with presi- dential preference primaries not only recognize this theory, but put it in practice. They preserve the spirit ss well as the letter of American in- stitutions. It Is an Americans birthright to submit himself and his political tenets to the decision cf s emitted to their decision and they are en- titled to make 1t. I recognize no prescriptive right to office and I deny that any one or any number of men may disregard the popular will, and. in defiance of it, dictate our candidates. Peculiarly should this be so at the present time.
 Discomfort In The Land.
 There is discontent abroad in tha land; there Is threatened disintegra- tion of the republican party. The discontent and party difficulties arise not because of popular gov ernment, but from the lack of It. Two warning philosophies of govern ment in the nation, just as in the state from which I come, struggle for mastery. Designated them as you will, the contest between them lss | age-old. The one ultra-conserva- tive, n1ateriaiistio, stolidly and stub bornly resisting any claims and vigorously contesting every human advance, invites an ultra radicalisn. The other. mindful of existing rights. but recognizing conditions and man kinds gradual progress, is idealistic and forward looking. It avoids alike ultra-conservatism and ultra radicalism. It's the old, old struggle beginning in the early days of mans first achievements and never ending since.
 Reaction and progress must fight it out again in the republican party m the coming presidential pri- maries. I question not men now, but their philosophy of government That which obtains at Washington does not fit present-day needs. Ultra-conservatism there rules pro- gressiveism challenges it. And the er- suing contest will determine wheth- CT the republican party shall be the permanent instrument of reaction or whether 1t shall respond to present. day conditions and aspirations. We would have 8 revitalized republican party, party representing alone it's rank and file. the instrument neith-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-16
BOK PLAN FOR. PEACE HAS B|G. EN TRANT LIST.
TWenty-tWo Countries Repre-
 Sented By Thousands Who
 Submit Way To Prevent Future Wars Of Nations MEN AND WOMEN ARE REPRESENTED ON ROLL In Spite Of Announcement That United States Citizens
 Alone Were Eligible, Many
 Nations Are Among Entries

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-There are 22165 persons in the world who be- lieve they know how to end wars and they are scattered in 22 different nations, it was indicated at midnight tonight when the American Peace Award announced the close of the contest for the sf00,000 prize offered by Edward w. Bok Men and women from widely varying walks of life submitted remedies they believed would end conflicts between nations.
 Members of the policy committee estimated that at least one-fourth of the entrants were women, as that number was indicated in the re- quests for contest conditions issued shortly after the prize was an nounced. The contestants, however and their cities and countries will not be known until an award has been made.
 Americans only Eligible.
 Twenty one foreign countries are represented, as indicated by the post marks of plans received in spite of the fact the policy committee pub lished far and wide the fact that Americans only were eligible.
 Plans have been coming in steadily since early last July, when MT. Box announced his prize for the pest practicable plan by which the United States may cooperate Wltn oLHel ua- tions to achieve and preserve the peace of the world" Conditions of the award were distributed to 100000 individuals, indorsed at numerous conventions and circulated by a CO., operating council of SS national asso- citations, with a combined member ship of 4S,000,00O.
 The jury of award, of which EIlhu Root is chairman, has been at work a month in analysing the plans. The jury expects to announce the winner by January l. The author of the winning plan will be paid S50,OOO on announcement of the selection. An other $50, coo will be paid the winner if the plan is approved by the United States Senate, or when the jury Of award decides that an adequate de- gree Of popular support has been demon strat ted for the first choice.
 The award policy committee, whose members include John w. Davis, Ma than L. Miller, former governor of New York; Mrs. Clifford Pinchot, Mrs. ogden Reid, Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- welt. Henry L. Stimson, Melville E. Stone and Mrs. Frank A, VanderIip, will conduct a referendum in Janu- ary, in which will be obtained na- tion-wide yes" and mo vote on the selected plan.