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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-02
Usual Crowd Absent.

The lobby OF the Hotel Richardson
usually the mecca on the eve OF thu
convening OF the Legislature. was
deserted az 1915 O'Clock last night
Among those who mingled in the lobby
earlier In the evening were Lieuten-
ant Governor J. Danforth Bush. State
Senators Charles u. Murphy. Charles
Hopkins. h r. Nc Dowell. William A.
slmonton. John NJ. Walker. Harry
Pre,tyman and du Pont. Rldseiy. Rep
Representatives Samuel y Culver.
Charles s. s,cdnum. William Lord.
Arther Dawes and Roy r. prettyman.
tormer State Senator Louis \. DreN-
Ter. Louis a. Dre1ler. Jr.. II. {. Drex-
le-. William r. valiant. Judge Daniei
o. Hastings. T.. r. IeN'ates. Andrew
Marvel. M. a Nelson. George g Her
Ing. Jr. NJ. II. Adams. Paul J. Town
send. p u. Cannon. c. c. Thompson,
Theodore Hatton. Vrden Marshall,
Howard Galloway. Dorsey Donoho,
@. y. Donoho. Newell y. Ward George
V Russ. George II German and II
ID Raugh;.
S,ate Treasurer eject Thomas S
Fouracre. state Aud.tor-e,ect J. Morris
Harrington and Insurance Commis-
sioner elect Charles NJ. Hollis assumed
the!r ofrcial duties today II. Stanley
Lednum was reappointed 'yeaxirer'
deputy and william G. Spencer wss
reappolnted auditors deputy. Wills
Thomas b. Hubbard was continued
In general charge OF the auditors
Office
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-02

For Clover Dairy Safe MIX phone
I540-iS4i ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-02
STATE HIGHWAY
EXPENSES IN 1922
TOTALEO Sl,894,6l4
Total Income. Chief Engineer
Buck Reports, Aggregated
$2.279.967.
YEARS WORK REVIEWED
Special Dispatch 10 Every Evenins.

Special Dispatch 10 Every Evening
Dover. Jan. THE expenditures Of
the state Highway Department for
1922 tota.ed si.sel.ei43s and the to,el
income for the year waa s2.f7e.eG5.
according to the annual report "
CHIEF Engineer e. u. Buck. which has
been submitted To Secretary OF state
a II. Benson. chairman of the state
Highway Commission.
The itemized list OF expenditures is
ne follows Administration and iegsl
expenses. s2e.57i.oI: preliminary eur-
veys and plans. sl,s77s7: engineering.
general. sa,sa5.7s. engineering. con
struction, s2i.e3s.S0. engineering.
maintenance. sa.oisp2; stcck room.
s2,ssAob. construction. ts3T. .as4 90 /.
maintenance. ti6s s6se7: plant and
equipment. ss.io5.o6; laboratory. 81
So2.oe; automobile. sii.47p23; traffic
police. sioba5s7: State aid New
castle county. sibs s.Ooe1i: state aid
kent county. tbi7.e79ea: state aid -
Sussex county. s2i5,722.Os: lnteres,
and sinking fund. t22e,so5; refunds
s2igAO.
The itemized list Of receipts. under
the heading. income. is as follows
Balance carried from 1891, tiel .0sp 81
Federal aid contracts ,a2sbse SO
motor vehicle feee, ta25.ess: $1,000. .OoC
bond issue proceeds. si.23e.2aO; a..
crued interest from same. Sie.5ib 2s,
Hale .of items from contracts. 81 sacl
credits. s3.5si.2o; Fidelity and DEPOSIT
Oc. contracts &c. sia.0Se. ~: w rent.
n, contracts 81: Eastern Shore Cos 4
Electric Co, s57: refunds. insra nee
lfreight~ telephone. etc, S,11sbs; re
fund advances. du pont road, a., 7ao a.
- eale OF right OF way. contract 30. ,ats
p sale of right of wav. contract 80 saa
%. award from Worth Steel Com
pany, contract "A. t5i.s6ea5: Wi
minston y Philadelphia Tvaction Co
sa24isi: New Castle County stat
AID. construction. tis.siO16: Ne,
!. Castle County state Aid. maintenance,
$1,000 SUSSEX county. sa.5ss 50
compensation insurance. sos so. eac
credits. Charles Warner Compa n
contract "a N77. disposal and use q
tires. typewrlters. furniture and W,
supplies. s?oes2.
Surveys aud Plans.
During tho year sppro ximately :
miles in different sections cf the stat
have heen surveyed by the department
exclusive Of construction survey
made Of es miles ~ roads awarded 70
construction. and IN addition 20 thi
preliminary wcrk. 20 final e~tin~ ,e,
requiring IS miller ~ -urvs,~, wer
relea sed.
y Continued on page ~.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-02
For Legislative Attorneys.

Announcement was made las; nigh,
that the Democrats would caucus to
day for an attorney for each branch
" the General Assembly and for
secretary 20 the president pro tempore
OF the Senate and a secretary 20 the
Speaker Of the House William Sauis-
bury and Martin T.. Smith. members
of the New Castle County Bar Asso-
citation. we're in town. and Richard
r. Kenney. Henry Ridgely and James
Il Hughes. members OF the Kent
County Bss Association were also
sad 90 be under cons Iteration. The
lis. OF Senate and House committees
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-02
DOVER WAS QUIET
THE NIGHT BEFORE
Marked Difference Owing TO
Lack OF Old Time-Honored
Organization Caucuses.
Special Dispatch 90 Every Evening
ny Joseph y. wilkins.

state HOUSE. Dover. Jan. with
the General Assemhly's Convenins Dc
ferred untl noon today. the Demo
Gratis having previously arranged
mos; ~ the details Ot organization
and tho Republicans not hsv.ns any
offices 20 dispense. there was no need
FOR legislators or political leaders 20
come 20 Dover last nisht and few
were IN town. Most OF the persons
who came 20 the capital were attrac-
ted by the New Years night dance
which was held in the State Armorv
Politically 81 was the quietest eve o'
the Legislatures assembling tha;
Dover ever saw. n any political con
,ercnces were held last night. the
State House. hotels and other public
places were not picked by the con
fsrreee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-02

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-02

: 'i2Ss Isas,6 30 q day. Jay . : Soar.. p minutes.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
SAILORSLIVEn IN.
 HUTS BUILT ON DISABLED SHIP

SEATTLE, Jan. 6.-The barkentine James Tuft, which was yesterday re- ported to be in a dangerous position and threatened with complete de- struction off an island on the Wash ington coast, is today in tow of the Haida which flushed to her assistance on receipt of the call for help. She is now on her way to Port Angeles. The ship was found to be completely water-l logged, her crew living in huts that had been erected on the deck above the water line out Of a deck load of lumber. She was founder
 ing along in a heavy sea when over taken, making her way laboriously toward Cape Flattery at the rate of two knots an hour.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
WOMAN ARGUES LIQUOR RULING
 BEFORE COURT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The ar gument sustaining the ruling of At torney General Daugherty as to H. quor on American ships and in Amer ican waters, delivered before the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday, was made by a woman. Mrs. Mabel w. Willebrandt, Assist ant Attorney General, appeared be- fore the Court as the Department of Justice representative to argue against the appeals of American steamship companies protesting the Daugherty ruling. Mrs. Willebrandts contention was that the effect Of the prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitution extended to all quarters where the United States had jurisdiction.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
HOOVER GETS OFFER POST OF
 SEC. INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-That the office of Secretary of the Interior, which will become vacant on March fourth through the resignation of MT. Fall, has been definitely rendered to Herbert Hoover by the President, was learned yesterday After a conference, it was decided by Secretary Hoover that he would retain his present post at the head of the Department of Com merce The President called MT. Hoover's attention to the fact that ir the matter of seniority the Depart ment of the Interior outranks the De- partment of Commerce. But MT Hoover recalled the fact that on his entry into the national Administration he declared his intention of making "real department" out of the Depart ment of Commerce. To this purpose, he said, he intended to adhere.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
LOG JAM LODGES < ON BRIDGE WRECK; MORE BODIES FOUND

KELSO, Jan. 6.-With the rise of the Cowlitz River another four feet last night and the lodging of log boom which broke loose and floated down upon the wreckage, the task of the divers and grapplers who have been at work for three days search ing for the bodies of victims of the bridge collapse of last Tuesday be- came increasingly difficult today Twenty persons are still unaccounted for and plans are now being made to employ dynamite in the effort to bring to the surface the bodies that are believed to be under the wreck age. Boats are still patrolling the river in the hope of recovering those that are thought to have been car ried down stream toward the Colum bia. The recovery of ten bodies yes terday reduced the number of unac- counted for, though some of these have not yet been identified.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
TOWN THREATENED

KELSO, Jan. GA battle to save keIso from the flood waters of the Coweechee and Cowlitz rivers is being fought today by hundred and fifty men, whose search for the bodies lost in the bridge disaster has been tenn porarily interrupted by the greater necessity of protecting the town and the lives of it's people. The heavy rains of the past few days have raised both rivers to unprecedented heights, and the entire residence section of the town is threatened this afternoon bv a rise of ten feet in the water or the Coweechee. With the flood of water and the cessation of the search for bodies, the chances of recovery ol the latter are becoming hourly less. Almost the entire town is occupied in the effort to clear the obstructlons at the bridge-site and lessen the overflow at that point
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
WILL TEACH WORLD
 ABOUT ARCTIC

NEW YORK, Jan. 6. - Vilhjalmar Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, is through with explorations. This an- nouncement was made last night at the annual dinner of the New York chapter of the Alumni Association of the University of Iowa, of which Stef- ansson is a member. The famous northern traveller declared that he pro- noses hereafter to devote his time to teaching the world that the Polar re- gions are not huge, mysterious and uninhabita ble frozen area, as is com monly supposed, but entirely habit able and having great commercial pos abilities.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
SENATE WANTS RECALL TROOPS.
 IN RHINE AREA

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Declarlng that trouble may break out any time" involving American forces now stationed on the Rhine, Senator Reed today asked that the Senate act inn mediately in the matter of the re- turn of American troops, The state ment of his reason for the return started another Senate depate QH the subject of foreign relations. It was stated by Senator Brandegee that he understood the French plans contemplated the occupation of Co., blentz. This was denied by Senator Lodge, who said the plans of France as so far indicated did not involve the CoblenZ area.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
FLOODS RAGE FROM HEAVY COAST RAINS
Bodies Tortured
 By Some Device
 Claim DOct0Es

BASTROP, Jan. 6.-That Daniels and Richards, the alleged victims Of the klan kidnappers, had been subjected before their deaths to the operation of some specially coastruc- ted device designed for infhcting, punishment" was the statement sub. mitted in a report made by Dr.5 Charles W. Duval and Dr. John A., Langford, pathologists and read at today's hearing on the kidnapping case. The report of the doctors was based on discoveries alleged to have resulted from examinatiCcn of the corpses by the physicians.
 In his testimony given at the hear ing today Dr. Duval stated that the arms and legs of the victims had been either chopped or mashed off while the men were still alive. All fractures, he said, were three in evidently made by blows from machine, since they were at equidistant points. My idea is," said Dr. Duval, "that the bodies were most inhumanly tortured"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
NATIONS AGREE TO GO SLOW
 ON COERCION

PARIS, Jan. 6.-Following confer ence yesterday between Premier Pom care and the delegates of Italy and Belgium who have been in attendance at the recently disrupted conference of premiers, it was learned that an agreement was reached by the three Latin countries that there would be no nasty action in the matter of en- tering the Ruhr district of Germany. It was decided that any coercive steps taken for the collection of the repara- tions due from Germany would be carefully planned and the result or united action.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
DENY SEEING DEFENDANTS IN
 HEREIN MOB

MARION, Jan. 6.-Testifying in behalf of the defense in the Herrin murder trials in the effort to prove an alibi for the five accused men, thirteen longtime residents of Her seen six men, prisoners of a mob driven through the town to the place where they had been shot. But they declared that they had not seen a single one of the defendants in the present trial among those marching with the doomed men.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
REFUSES TO BE JUDGE
 FOR PEOPLE

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Issuing what he declared to be his final word in the matter of the return of Fatty Arbuckle to the picture screen, Will H. Hays yesterday stated that all sug- gestions in the matter received by him would be referred to the proper parties Hays declared that the fate of Arbuckle is entirely up to the judg- ment of the public and the producers, and stated that he had done away with the artificial condition which made it possible for one man to judge, or appear to judge, for a hundred mil lion people.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
BODIES IDENTIFIED

BASTROP, Jan. 6-Testimony tend ing further to identify the bodies of Watt Daniels and Richards, recently discovered in Lake LaFourche, was given yesterday in the investigation being made of the Mer Rouge kidnap- ping case. J. l.. Daniels, father of one of the missing men, identified watch bearing his initials as one that had been carried by his son and which was found on one of the discovered bodies A piece of cloth taken from the other corpse was declared by J. l.. McIlwain, a tailor of Mer Rouge, to have been the same as that from which he had made a suit for Rich ards.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
TOW-LINE PARTS

SEATTLE, Jan. 6.-Word was re- ceived here this afternon that the tow-Iine of the Haida has parted and that ten members of the crew of the Tufts have been taken aboard the Haida. The master of the Tufts and two seamen are remaining aboard the water-logged craft which has been taken in tow by the tug Mon- arch The Tufts is said to have settled badly and to have a moder- ate list
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
Rescue Work At
 Bridge Disaster;
 TlUins SUUe TOlUn

PORTLAND, Jan. 6. -- Following heavy rains which last night were general all over the State the rivers and streams everywhere are today re- ported to be in a state of flood, with points Hood River is reported to be two feet above the highest water mark ever before recorded. The Col umbia River Highway is blocked as the result of slides. Railroad tracks have been washed out in many places, and telegraph and telephone lines are partially crippled. Farms To- cated in the lowlands along the rivers are entirely inundated.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
GAS BLOW-UP SHOOTS ROOF
 OFF BUILDING

BRECKENRIDGE Texas, Jan. G. Blowing hundred feet into the air the entire roof of a building forty six by one hundred and twenty feet, an explosion at the plant of the Central Gasoline Producing Company near here yesterday has resulted in the serious injury of eleven men, three of whom are believed to have been fatally hurt. The explosion was caused by the ignition of gas when pipe carrying three million feet became disjOinted.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
GOVERNMENT WAITS FOR OyERTURES ON
 EUROPE AID PLAN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Glimpses of the situation, as obtained from authoritative sources at the White House and State Department yester- day, were to the effect that develop ments in the present separations cri- sis are being awaited by the Ad- ministration It was indicated that the Government sees no present op- portunity to make American help available to Europe
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
BRITISH FINANCIERS I
 ARRIVE AT CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The Brit ish Commission, headed by Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Montagu c. Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, who have come to America to make negotiations for the funding of the British debt, ar rived at the national capital yester- day.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
BIG INCREASE SHOWN
 IN NATIONS IMPORTS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. - That the imports of the nation for the year 1922 will probably show an increase Of $4OO, 100000 over those of 1921 was the prediction made yesterday by Dr. Julius Klein, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, as indicated in figures now being com piled The estimate is based on the complete figures now at hand for the first nine months of the year. It is expected that the statistics will show decrease in exports of $7OO,OeO,OOO.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
WILKINSON DENIES
 DISMISSAL MOTION

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-Motion of the counsel for the Federated Shopcrafts that he dismiss the preliminary in-, junction against the shopcraft off cials of the various railway unions, which was granted at the request of Attorney General Daugherty during the railway strike this fall, was de- nied yesterday by Judge Wilkerson of the United States Court.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
DAUCHERTY CALLS FOR EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT
 ILLEGAL COMBINE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6.-Publica- ton was given today by United States Attorney Williams of letter received from Attorney General Daugherty, in which the former was ordered to present as soon as possible for use as evidence before the Grand Jury, in formation tending to show an illegal combination of building firms in San Francisco.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
NEW RACE RIOT THREATENS IN SHOOTING
 OF RETURNED NEGRO

SUMNER, Fla, Jan. 6.-With the handing over of a fugitive negro to a mob when he reappeared today, a fresh outbreak of the race riot of the past two days is imminent. An unidentified negro was shot to death at Rosewood today over the newly made graves of the three negroes who were killed in Thursdays riot.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
WOMEN GET VOTE
 IN MEXICAN STATE

MEXICO, Jan. 6.-Woman suffrage has scored signal victory in the con- ferring of the franchise on women through a measure adopted yesterday by the State Legislature of San Luis Potosi. The bill was sponsored by Governor Rafael Nieto, formerly Sec retary and Treasurer of the Republic of Mexico.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
LEGION OPPOSED
 TO LIQUOR PLAN
 FINANCING BONUS

SALEM, Jan. 6.--in an address de- livered here yesterday by National Commander Owsley, of the Ameri- can Legion, it was declared that any proposed constitutional amendments for the manufacture and source of revenue for the payment of the soldiers bonus, would receive no support from the American Legion 4
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
ADOPTS RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The Sen ate today adopted a resolution in troduced by Senator Reed, declaring it the sense of the Senate that the President should bring about the re- turn of the American forces now sta toned in the occupied area in Ger many.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
DOCTOR GIVES BOND
 HE WILL REMAIN
 IN STATE LOUISIANA

BASTROP, La, Jan. 6.-Arrlv1ng at Moorehouse Parish yesterday Dr. McKoin. who was recently aprehend- cd at Baltimore suspected of com- nlicity in the alleged Klan kidnap- hing activities, was closeted for some time with Attorney General Coco. Following the conference Dr. Mckoin left immediately for his home at Monroe. It was announced by Coco that an agreement had been reached for the giving of a bond by Mckoin to insure his remaining within the jurisdiction of Louisiana.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
TURKS LEAVE
 IN PROTEST ON
 ARMENIAN PLAN

LAUSANNE, Jan. 6. - In protest against the insistence on the part of the Allies that an Armenian national home be established on Turkish soil, the Turkish delegation to the Near East Conference yesterday left the
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
COAL STRIKE DANGER
 PASSED SAYS CHAIRMAN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-That vir- tually all danger of another coal strike in the bituminous fields after April first has been passed was the opinion expressed by John Hays Hammond, president of the Federal Fact-finding Commission, and by other members of that body, who state that the opening of the labors of the Commission will see an ad- justment of the threatened diff culites.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
TRAFFIC RECORD SHOWN
 BY RAILWAY LINES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-That there is now moving over the railways of the country more traffic than has ever before been recorded for this season of the year is the statement shown by reports of the American Railway Association, just issued, giv- ing figures on car service.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
EVELYN NESBIT ILL
 WITH PNEUMONIA

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Jan. G. Evelyn Nesbit, the former wife Of Harry K. Thaw, who through jealousy of her shot and killed Stanford White, the famous architect, in 1906, is criti- cally i'll here with pleuro-pneumonia
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
TACOMA MAN DIES

TACOMA, Jan. GA. R. Titlow, member of the Democratic Con- mittee from the State of Washing ton. died at his home here this morning.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
ONE LIFE LOST

PORTLAND, Jan. 6.-As a result of a serious slide which occurred this morning near Hood River one man lost his life today
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06

That it costs ten per cent more overhead to do business in Alaska than it does in the states, owing mainly, to insurance charges.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06
FISH QUOTATIONS

KETCHIKAN, Jan. 6.-Fish prices today: Fresh halibut, 13c and Sc.
, 1923-08-25
BOY SCOUTS To
RETURN SUNDAY

Today and Sunday the boys at
camp r. T. Kemp will return to the
different cities OF central Wyoming
after a strenuous two weeks at the
camp in the Big Horn mountains.
Some very interesting scenes of
this camp are pictured by photo
graphs and shown in the Campbell
johnson windows on Center street.
a very good picture is that showing
the raising of the national colors ut
sunrise IN the morning with all the
Scouts drawn up in formation and
everyone standing at salute as the
flag slowly rises On the mast.
The camp was a great success in
every way. the Scouts came from
Lusk. Douglas, Glenrock. Casper and
Riverton and enjoyed two full weeks
OF a grand outing among the healthy
mountains and amid scenes that
bring keen enjoyment to the youth
full heart.
Each Scout has advanced one de-
gree in scouting and the lads are re-
turning brown IND sunburned and
hard as nails to take up again the
school work that comes shortly.