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THIRTY-SECOND YEAR. NO. 226.
vviL.yiiiMü l ON, l»ci_AWARE, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920.
TWO CENTS.
16 PAGES.
SWISS REDS DESTROY AMERICAN PROPERTY
LANDAW ILL
Complained of Pain After
War Service, Hoarding
Proprietress Says
A new theory to account for.the dis
appearance of Harry M. Landavv, part
owner of the Hotel Stoeekle Garage,
on French street above Front, was ad
vanced today by Mrs. William Slelter,
No. 208 East F fth street, with whom
I.andaw boarded. Mrs. Slelter said she
was convinced I.andaw was suffering
from a form of mental aberration and
recalled .hat ever since he had return-;
• ed from service In the aviaton corps
of the army he had complained of
pains )„ the head,
"Harry was an entirely different man
after he returned from army duty"!
Mrs. «letter s aid • tod ay. We In the
i.ous. were all very fond of him. He
•fin d 1 little errands for me. and I
r; not help but think he must be ill
go off and stay away as he Is. I
!.he has not suffered foul play."
He -.fleivd often of lab; from head
•ivb and would wjt for minutes at .1
u ,.t night- m l ;oing ..ut In the mom
ing* that I cannot attribute hi.- disap
pcaranoe to anything bad his
CAN'T FIND TRACE OF
FINANCIAL TROUBLE
part."
Mrs. Stetter has asked to see 'he over
.• »at and hat which were found near
Pennsylvania railroad tracks in
'.bester, which Thomas Scott, partner]
•f Lmdaw in the garage business, has
oient ifled as Landuvv's, It is probable
Ihe garments will be brought down
Irani Chester for her to examine.
"1 am told that it Is reported Harry
.vas seen here in Wilmington yesterday
morning," said Mrs. Stetter, 'T don't
relieve It. Harry never would havej
..me io Wilmington without coming
ÂîîMiÜr 'l'
ti Wilmington since he went aw... ,o
Continued on Pago Fifteen
AV ASHtNGTON, Mareh 4 (United Press)
—By an ovorwbellming vole the House
'"day refused lo re|>oal the Volstead
prohibition law.
The action came on a motion of Rep.
rrarntative Egan, Democrat. New Jersey.
to discontinue all prohibition appropria
tions July It and In repeal the VoKteud
enforcement law at Ihal lime.
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CLEARS JAILS,
AIDS THRIFT
.Respite This, Many Ixjcal
^".Uon Elections Go
Against "Drys"
WETS' DECLARE PUBLIC
SENTIMENT IS CHANGING
arc
converting to the dry cause many
fo-mer wets, according to Federal pro- j
hlbltlon Commissioner Kramer.
Dry leaders cited the statements of
Roper and Kramer as proof that the na-i
non is not backsliding In enforcing the j
resolution to be completely dry that It
ook wnen tne 18th amendment was rat
vvk. i h k I
.° W< L Ver ' . charfrß 'Hal
[L„„ , ls . r Hanglng. In proof
» t. ' deve'oprnenta of Ihe past
° f . wh ch Wel vot - I
i,™' 0 " v« i ", l 2£ al opllon plec -
X ,n A IZT" ..t? d ?s in ' ,88sachu -
s.tts A law legalizing the sale of beer
has been passed In New Jersey where
the legal^ alcoholic content was raised
Contlnued on Page Two
WASHINGTDN, March
Press)—National prohibition Is clearing
Jails, boosting production and Increas
ing thrift throughout the country, ac
cording lo Informal reports to the gov
ernment. Daniel C. Hoper, Internal rev
enue commissioner who Is charged
with responsibility of enforcing prohi
bition. said today.
These apparent economic benefits
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SUN AND TIDE.
Sun rises ,
Sun sets ..
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T osT—KLuiN watch oi'EN Fact ^
on l.overliig avenue, between* xinih St.
iuj trolley, itewani. ill« Van Hur i. si..
' 0,H ' 2t
Mouth of rtir'.sliaim.
High water ....11.10 A. M.
Uow ater .... 6.20 A. M
LOST \\D FOUND,
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ITALY WOULD HAVE II GELD
RECOGNIZE SOVIET RUSSIA:
WANTS PEACE FOR NA
nom
Premier \ilti Also Mould Help Germany
With Loan Accepting Revenue as Guar
antee — France, However , Will Oppose,
Fearing Move Would Destroy Indemnity
Clause in Treaty
Normal relations between soviet Rus
sla and the outside world ought to be
established, the soviet government
guaranteeing that It would not inter
fere with other powers, Premier Nlltl
of Italy, declared in an Interview with
the Manchesb r Guardian today.
The first duly of the peace conference
now, Nlttl said, should be lo empiété
the restoration of peace-making it a
real peace throughout the world. Ger
many, he said, is economically par
alyzed, ml must be rehabilitated for
the good . f Europe
The situation In southeastern Europe,
H e characterized as "political confusion"
Imulring "how is Europe lo live If
Half her energies are suppressed?"
"And how are these energies to be
revived unless victors and vanquished
reallxe that they have a common task
"> accomplish?" .Mill continued. "To
U'is end we must hav properly guar
anbei credits from the non-European
nation-." he ,dded slgnitlcanliy. pre
an... .bly referring to the United Slates,
From French sources It was learned
«tent
onomic program Is « .. The
is said,
P—'t to fi plan advocated by p r -
mlers Nittl and Lloyd George for allevl-i
LONDON, March 4. (United Press)
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Merger Formally Ratified by
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Congregations and bidets,
and Trustees Elected
I STM CENTRAL
CHURCHES UNITE
DR. CRAWFORD TO FILL
PULPIT FOR PRESENT
The ceremonies in. hi nt to merging
:he two congregations li.-znn with do
votional services at which Doctor
tiravvford acting as moderator and rop
resenling Ihe Presbytery, read the peti-'
lions asking for the merger and pro
claimed the amalgamation effective.
Elders and trustees were then chosen
as follows:
Fid. m-Judge William S Prickelt
Profess * H Ber John I Haves
Thrtm ^ n ' Br0 ; vn j tl 'n„ rn!1 fieoVze
n | ' ollPM ' f Priee^ insenh ^
Hamilton Tnhn Wit c r ' n r
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E. Wales. Charles F. Bsstman. Vincent
J- Hazard, William C. Tindall. Homer
Barry. S E. Hamilton, John P. Henze
roth, George W Cornell. Andrew C.
Gray. Albert E. Hayman and W. S.
Williams.
Merging of the First and Central
Presbyterian Churches was formally
J completed at a Joint meeting
the eongr ration last night In the
oid First Church
Elders and trustees were
chosen for the consolidated church,
land, by appointment of the Presbytery,
the Rev. J. H Crawford, who has been
pastor of Central, will serve as stated
supply for the new congregation, pend
ing installation of a permanent 1 pastor,
The new elders will meet tomorrow
night for organization. In the next few
days practically all the church societies
of the two former churches will hold
meetings and combine.
edifice on Market
sin
The first service of the new congre
ant on will he held at 1030 nVlock next]
Sunday morning. It will be a com
munlon service and will be marked by
'he ordination of an elder. The new
«unday School will be organized at
noon Sunday.
The congregation will use the Mar
ket street edifice for all church pur
pos «. The trustees will appoint a
buldijig committee within a few days
that will take up Ihe matter of the
erection of a new building on the Mar
ket street site. No decision has been
m 4ae as to what disposition Is to be
made of the old Central Church build
mg on King street.
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II/niUITN IViniV I\I
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HlH.I) IIP ROLL '
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Accused of having participated In
the hold-up of Hudoipn Whllteck In
Washington street, between Second and;
Third, about 9.30 o'clock last evening,
Naomi Laws,
81,000 bail for a further hearing next
Tuesday on a charae of highway rob
hery by Judge Hastings, in Municipal
Court this morning. Naomi said she
wanted lo obtain witnesses.
Whllteck was
Negroes, was held In
wayland by three
[Negresses and three Negroes and robbed
W about 9.30 o'clock last night,
<,n '° * a,< ' r '"Ueer Rodenhelser ar
re8 '" 1 a ' X'o. 1210 Wilson street
suspicion of being one of the hold
gang. She was Identified by Whit
tcek as one of his assailants ,
I atlon of Germany's economic oondi
Horn
France. It was said, will oppose to the
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d \ P f A d 8aBCtion of *
loan lo be Hoalod in neutral nations for
Germany to be guaranteed by German
revenues. Such a plan, the French
pointed out would necessitate'taking
ij e rman revenues from control of the
repaTations commissZ set up by the
treaty of Versailles. The. lending na
(ions, they believed, naturally would'of
msisl that payment of their loan be
guaranteed through a commission ap
pointed by themselves, which ih the be
lief of the French would supplant the
reparations commission.
Such action, which the French Inti
mated was the plan advocated by
Premiers would be cons'dered by France
as destroying Ihe indemnities clauses of
the treaty and as practically neutrallx-i
ing France's power to collect repars
'ions.
Before Premier Mlllerand will consent
to the ten alive agreement as r . ported
Tier*, he will Insist upon many changes.
including a provision that the power of
Uio reparations n shall be un
' ihal It ahal
Melon over any loans that may be made
Continued on Page Fi fteen
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J-egal Tangle Mav Come With
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Municipal Daylight
| Saving
EARLY TIME
HITS RAILROADS
FARMERS WONT
OBSERVE LAW
law, whlcn '
turned backward an hour March 28, has
brought about a complicated situation
with the railroads.
So far. Ihe rail-oads have not taken
action as to under vvh.it lime they will
run their seheflules when the new haw
becomes effrctlve In the cities that
have passed ft.
"It I* impossible to run the trains of
'Ho country on two lime tables." de
1 olared one railroad official. 'It would
work all right as far as local trains
are concerned but when trains from
distant points are taken Into considéra
tion . 11 «'•*> Bring about a situation
that will not be easy to untangle.
'The farmers are opposed to early
i llmc - Lp t us lake for Instance the
milk ,raln ^.Mule. The city man
w111 g0 to work sn Hour earlier under
,he daylight saving !aw. The farmer.
W H° Objects to the law. will not ge-t
an hour » 'rller to get his milk to the
station onV'tme to meet the train. So,
without^H^nfllk! ^ m t0 " ork
"My personal opinion Is the two time
systems won't work. New York
n ovv talking about repealing the law "
tangle between the United States Dev
fteytlght saving, which becomes ef
fective here the last Sunday of this
month, Ig liable to develop a legal
ernmem and municipal authorities.
The action of the City Council here,
Philadelphia, New York, Qamden and
other mufncipalitles in adopting the
MARTIIV HAC HOW UIÇ
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IA IF DFT fYYIIDT C A VC
JAIL Dil, LULKI oAlo
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TH« statute of limitations preventing
the prosecution of the man, It hav ing
been lon f er tHan the time prescribed
ln lf,p E°p Wie prosecution of a
man after the commission of the crime,
E' erett F . Martin, who had been held
by 11,0 ,ocal P° llc0 for thß Washington..
n - c - a 'i«ioritles. who want him on a
, ' har F e of passing bad checks, was dis- 1
miss"' 1 H y Judge Hastings, on appllea
,,on Assistant City Solicitor Davis,
in Municipal Court this morning.
Martin served twenty-nine months in
thp workh "use here for passing worth
»-«* «Hecks, and after his release was
irres led on the Washington complaint.
The time alIowe<l for the prosecution
# man aftpp th<l t|mft of lh „
crime had expired by that time, hovv
is
ever,
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NO DEATHS AfTER
1925 THIS MAN SAYS
Coming of the nrHIenium in 1925 is
predicted by Judge Rutherford, a New
York attorney and president of the
New York Peoples' Pulpit Association,
who will sipeak at the*Garrick Tiieoter
on Sunday. He Is touring the coun
try und - the auspices of the Interna
tlonal B'hle Students' Association, and
asserts that all persons alive In 1925
will poss Into the next world without
undergoing death
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HIKED FAST
Bey Arrested in Camden Sus
pected of Several Ixical
Crimes
PEGGED OFF WHEN
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, . m nil f , . '
' a g P d about ^ vears îlmi^i nni.ee
authorities think the'v have fnim.i Hie
man « -i on-b • for main r ti,,. ,
TrZ reTntly commufed In t s c tv
1 It is charged that he robbed the home
James M. Knolls, of No 509 East
Ninth street of t gold watch and chain
He Is also'suspend ofroltinglhe
! home of Deputy City Treasurer M
j Howard Jester. No. UK West Ninth
street, of 116 In money, and the dormi
tory at the Y. M. C. A. of clothing and
the'jewelry valued at #163. as well as nu
tnerous other places within the past
week.
Mullln was srresled by the Camden
, police for having violated his parole.
Camden police have also lodged numer-,"
, ous charges of larceny aganst him and
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Acquires for $93,009 Market
Street Property He Uses
for Restaurant
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Announcement was made this morning
that James Lambros. proprietor of the
Lambros Restaurant, has purchased
from James Hanna, the property. No. 837
Market street, for 193.000. it being the
properly he now occupied
The acquisition Is made through the
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WASHINGTON. March 4 (United
Press).—Woodrow Wlls n today entered
on his last year as President of the
United Stales. ,
Seven years ago he was Inaugurated
for his term Little known at th.t time
l0 many Americans. Wilson has bec , ne
a world fleure as well is the ■ -.ter of
,„ me of the bitterest domestic
tr0ver8 ,„ l o ® sl
eon
Some of the events of his admlnistra
Coalinued on Page Fifteen
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! RO MIL 45 54 YS MEXICAN
l \ WED S T I TES EEL 1 WO VS
ARE RETTER THAN EVER
With Fxcepfion of Hands Controlled by I ilia
Pa Inez and Diaz. 1 mbassador Dedans
Carranza Has Pandit Situation W ell In
Hand—Americans in Tampico District
Safe From Outlaws
WASHINGTON, March 4. (United
. Press).—Relations between Mexico and
:l ihe United Slates are better now than
" ,e 3U1U8 are DlU ' r novv ,nun
ever ,n Ul * History of the two countries,
' ,(! *lcan Ambassador Vgnaelo Bonillas,
,declared in an Interview today.
i . B , onil 'w ascr.bcl this lo two things:
.. •' , p xl< ; ü Has succeeded In prac
" al 7 eliminating Its banditry, tad
8eC00d ' *1 Amcrican P~P'« have
• Ullude Umard Mfx
-. viJL inT.i. K , w
1 vle w the situation as having reach
Juries ^ ^ P 0f b ° lh
' Tnm.s who I. men.ion^
^ The Mul n i
ZjulvZlccUons'wlMeave^rM^..
! atyUtls co^iTiïhPrüZ^
"a rrsn/t on Ihê ftrtura ratoUoïï^bï
I £££hïs country IX.
«... a . gu ? 0 n*uU wifi» hi. ooimra ;
a()vtoer# on hîZchmiZ^àt^cZmm.
d r n 0 n «Zi make" " ôlcïlon .T I
whether hiwlH ran
-f „ taking bark a favorable reoort
_ #h _ r<t i a |iî: na J.
and the United stales " he «aid °ThcvJ
■ ■ w i tt, ,, . ih.
\ ith the exc. ptlon of the bands ran
NEW ROME SOON
Sale of East Third Stree'
p, . j
I roperty is Acinounced
Today
PAINT FACTORY
FOR 74 YEARS
Ezy Oreenblatt and William F. Bou
rorth have closed negotiations for the
purchase of the building occupied by
the James Bradford Company,
manufacturers at No 6 and 8 East
Third street. The price Is not dis
closed. Wliat disposition will be made
of the property 1 b not disclosed. The
, ' Pa ' T, ta h l nd " d Ulr0URh the 0ffl0< 0f
■ »sHagnar.
At n ® , ' < '« °T *He Bradford eom
pany this morning, plans of the com
.nanv for the future were n,>t (Uarln.eH
,
n ' ,, 1 8 thougnt that the company
«ill mov. to a now location, pos-hlv
:,v l,rsl n ' Ju He. The Bradford
company la one or the oldest raeroao
llP e*ablishmentt In the elty, hav
ng oeen rounded ny Jannhi Hraiiford
in 1846 The compiny was at first lo
nvt if . """MnTk 17,1
ana .viarsei atreew, until me present
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'JS? >,r ' ° rernnlaU Mr - *V? U ,k*
The hu been renting the
P r °P frt y from Mrs. .John K Bradford
; for « number of years.
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I AND HANLEY CASES
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Attornn General Reinhardt did not
bring either the case of Walter A. Han-1
ley Or that of Albert Rothschild be
fore the Grand Jury for the March
term of Court. The grand Jury com
Idct <1 its work and was discharged
yesterday. Mr. Reinhardt said this
morning that he did not have the time
to prepare lh.se rases for the pres nt
t< , rm an(1 y, at yjg invest.agtion of
(hem would be continued
Honley was charged with perjury In
connection with testimony that he gave
b. fore nhe Attorney General concerning
. n crap in an apar t me nl
( house at N'nth and Drang' streets.
Tfre charge'analnet Rothschild grew
out of the alleged misled nx use of
fthels on prison-mad ' cloth ng at the
, New Cislle County Workhouse where
he represents the clothing manufac
Hirers who have the workhouse con
Tact.
IF CIRCUS COM' S
MUST PAY $300 LICENSE
"If the Barnum and Bailey eine us
does not care to pay a license fe.; of
sir.;) for • ich performance In Wilmlng
| ton. It can slay away." Such exprès
I slon summarizes the sentiment express
■ d by members of City Council.
Objection by the circus management
lo paying such fees was laid before
Council at its meeting last night In
committee "f tlie whole. The members
were virtually unanimous ,w«lnst
during the taxes and no action was i
taken. '
The *afe, sensible Drink. CLOA'Zh
• eMRY QUALITY MILK—Adv
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trolled by Pnnrho Villa, Pelaez and
•'*»« r,al * »hr Mexican government has
,h, ' bandlt 8, "" r ° n wo11 ln ll « n ' 1 ,,n ' 1 1
expect to see the complete pacification
0 f Mexico by the lime the elections are
held."
( What Bonillas regards as the modcr-j
ate tone of the American press towards
recent events on Ihe Mexican border Is
taken by him as an Hid eat an that the
taken^ntorvcntlonlsts have shot their bolt '
lory WK^rabwd ng of Me MOlhVr '^lm
i, un<,prMan ' 1 "* ° r ,,n '- anoU,:5r . he
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thè-e"îre h" Zv°
H.lholdnl-bv Fnillshmenanrt Amr Y
ein. haTbeen ram dïS Iv drfrra mV
"X rcc.Z caS of £• bambJ
near Vera Graz m an« oeaVe hero and
ZowTaveLuen oZera, «arvelo
c.raveo" annU.er leaded- he
salSl '
Bonilla* rfiould h H -H» i« h«
candldatV' fw o^aldrât win h«« »'
l. deoistZ Z ' J s ti,"
mi ma that^he I» t ^
Z will h.vl to rast™ An i ^
ib". ,a TI *° r««lim April I.
ih»cnZV«m*ih ' Y*'J'J
Diego P> randez, min-i - pi nlj
lenUary. will see as ebarg d'affaires
Sal;
BOOM GOVERNOR
FOR DELEGATE
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Î' >me School Code Opponents
, - r r
Are Against Him in Sus
| sex, However
FAVOR GEN. DU PONT
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S|e»rial (a The E'-'-'n g Journal,
OEOHOETOW*' March 4—Member«
the Republican -ounly Committee met
here Tuesday afternoon to talk over]
plans for the campaign this fall
lo see If sonv decision could be reach
■ >1 over the selection of delegates to
l'i National Convention of the Repub
^ rly CtUetg0 - U cr0pp ' v ' out
.it l.i ^ellng Ihat there Is some "PPo-,|
s'flon ">e seiertlon of Governor
' Towns'-nd delegate, but those
are ln 'P 0 * 111 '*!! to know the situation
' In the county, say he will be rho».*n
„ .ielcgite. The opposition comes from
th,,^. wh.> during the past two years]
; n vn opposed the constructive leglsla
ti„ n that has been enacted during the
(,. rm n f Oovernor Tovvnuend. Ills op
p„nen!s almost to a man, are those
who have bitterly assailed the new
,, "ohool code and who have «bused
f 0P approving the measure. This op-1
poa,tloB '« ecE»rdod by many persons
a compliment lo the Governor.
1,hat ^"cral T. Coleman duPonf.
1 P res<n l National Committeeman, is the
I recognized leader In the State ind will
b „ ^ directing heod during the com
in g campaign Ls evidenced by the
1 warm tribute paid him on Saturday
night by Will H. Hays. Republican Na
llunal 'dialrman. at the banquet held
ln , hp HoteI duPont, In Wilmington
General duPont, from what can be
learned from the leaders In this County
jwlll have <the support of Sussex's na
tinnaI delegates for re-election os a
| niembep of th e National Committee.
For the sake of uarmony In the
j ranks. Congressman Caleb R. Layton.i
who Is menUoned for delegate to the
National Convention, Is s*sld <o have
expressed his willingness to eh p aside,
rather tlfan engage In a contest.
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TII1Ç Rïî'ATÇ RHRINÇ
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A sign of srr'ng of erejitcr certainty
than any furnished by groundhogs or
rnb'ns was noticed on W'ilmington
streets yesterday. Tills was the extra
o-dinary numher of new b-onms being
convey d to bom s (or spr'ng house
cleaning. On Market slreoi, rl .wn al
leys. _pver the br'dge, and even on
Broome street, wh r ver the observer]
looked there could h" s en a ohi'dj
struggling to ear-y a n. vv b-omn mu h
longer than himself, « matron g-asp-i
Ing a new broom with deri rmlnat'on,
or the family's did transporting the
new broom with Ihe look of a martyr,
in his patient eyes.
ZOOI.OCISTS TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
William Beebe, director of toe trop'
eal reseandi station of Ihe New York
Zoolglcal Society, will lecture at the
New Century Club tonicht under the]
Joint auspices of the Society of Na
t.ural H story of Delaware and the
New Century Club. The leelu«' will
be open to the publio. Mr. Beebe is
guest of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Hum
ford while in tills city.
tertaln at dinner this evening.
He will en
Certified Milk for Infants—Clover
Dslry Co—Adv
ANARCHISTS'
Ü.S.CONSULATE
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No One Reported Injured in
Blow Up at Zurich,
Switzerland
strayed by a bomb explosion Iasi nigh).
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GOVERNMENT PAPERS
ALSO ARE SAFE
WASHINGTON. March 4 fl'nlte.l
Press).—The Anrrirun consulate at
/.urteil, Suil/rrlaml, was partly tic
the Mule Depar nient was advised
■lay. The puliee blamed the explosion
{ on anun (lists.
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{ curding lo the department's advices.
The American consul general at
Council Wants Full Right to
Levy All Necessary
Taxes
BOTH PARTIES MAY
UNITE ON QUESTION
I A nnn-»r«rtl*an drive nn the S'a-c
: ' w
, n j other city oOtel i|a. and by Ih
Assemblymen and -cnaior» rep«sou».
,n * lbe cltsr ' 10 °Ht a in legislation gu
Ing Wilmington power to levy such
laxes as will supply Its needs, is plan
ned by Mayor Taylor.
( The Idea was broached by the Mayor
j at the meeting of Council In committee
of the whole last night, and vv is re-- »
oelved enthusiastically by members of
both political parties.
"It Is high lime we did something to
Increase Wilmington's Income to meet
Its needs properly," said the mayor,
during a discussion of Ihe restriction
income
estate
and.^^, now n mll y, e elly ^
practically to taxation of real
alone, "We ought lo go to the Leglsla
,jre next Fal '. not as »«"borg of any
flclalslbut 1 n'a" mUted 8 b«dy!' reprcs"Pt
n g Wilmington's n"-d«. sn.l insist that
j the city be given greater li'ltuie In
wholrslfin» funds nec-sa.-y to conduit
We won't gel the proper authority un
less we go to Dover In a body an
stay there until Ihe vote is cast."
Several Councllrnen reviewed prevlou
exiierlences .it liover and told how the.
had been promised legislative relief *
only to find the legislation voted down
after they had left the Capital,
hlmrll; Charles Eorwood,
the finance committee. Republicans
and Councllrnen John J. Murray am.
John J. Mulvcna. Democrats, seconded
the mayor's proposition, and others o,
both parties briefly expressed the:
assent,
|
George T. Lyon, president of Court
rhilrmsn o
FEAST OF PÜRIM
AGAIN OBSERVED
The Feast of Purlm, one of the mosi
solemn and historical of the Jewish
calendar was 'ushered In at 6 o'clock
Iasi night and will be continued un
til the same-lime this even'ng Hav in
Its conception In the Book of Esther J
Ihe feast will be observ'd by all H<
brews, by the re.id:ng and studying <
that Book of the B hie. In all ihe
synagogues, sisterhoods and O'her er ,
wmizatlons of Ihe Heb- w faith, spr- (
Purim services were held today
and Ulß <'e ! «*ratlon Is also marked b'
Ih- ■ xehang of gifls and the donation
of < 'Har«y off rings lo the poor and
needy Jews of the city
H'lpforStarvingTots
Contriaulioiis to the fund fir !
(lie relief of starving children
Lenlral and Eastern Europe .ml
ad.o.n.ng pur'-.uiis ol Asia are
acniiotvledge«) I*) ihe bvcuing Jour
nal us lulious:
John E. Burrows .
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