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( The Evening Journal r 20,261 The Weather Showers tonight and Wednesday, warmer tonight; moderate south 1 eriy winds. Circulation Yesterday Non-Returnable .. LATE NEWS EDITION TWO CENTS. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 134 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1922 22 PAGES. FEAR FOR SAFETY OF WILMING TON I A N IN CHILE U. S. CITIZENS TO LEA VE CONSTANTINOPLE T f CITES SHARE OF WAR DEBT C. B. Brown. Business Man. Says All Must Produce to Capacity CO-OPER ATION ALSO WILL HELP NATION That Wilmington's share in the j national debt plied up against the United States by the World War Is i nearly 125.000,000 was brought out in striking manner by Colvin B. Brown, Washington, at a luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Com merce today. Mr. Brown Is chief of the organ- I Jxatlon service bureau of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States. He spoke on local activities of business associations and their relation to the national body. The luncheon was held In the du Barrv room of the Hotel duPont and was the first of the annual fall •nd winter series of such meetings. | William D. Mullen, presided as! chairman of the wholesale section. [ which arranged the luncheon. At the table with the speaker were Fred H. Gawthrop, president of the ! chamber; Mayor Harvey, Ellwood Bouder, Councilman Alexander R. Abrahams. Fred Brady and A. D. Warner, Jr. "The welfare of Wilmington is in timately related to the solution of problems national and world-wide in their scope," said Mr. Brown. "To show this relationship it is sufficient to state that the Government of the «United States owes $24,000.000.000. or $225 for every man. woman and child In America. This means that Wilmington's »hare of the national debt, or the amount ehe will have to pay to the Government, reaches the tremendous fleure of $24,787. M0. "To meet this obligation we must produce and In order to produce we t..Mst have markets for our products; at home and abroad. The extent to which we will be able to sell | abroad, depends upon many things, foremost of which Is the restora tion of Europe and her ability to pay for the goods that we can sell her. "The Chamber of Commerce of the United States collects and dis tributes to American business the information which will Intelligently (Continued on Pago Eighteen.) MRS. F. H. BAILEY DEATH VICTIM Head of Rcbekah Degree, I. O. O. F., Succumbs After Operation ALSO PROMINENT IN CHURCH WORK n Mrs. Florence H. Bailey, 51, 611 Taylor St., president of the State Re bekah Assembly Degree of Odd Fel lows died at the Jones Private hos pital at 10 o'clock last night, four hours after undergoing an opera tion for Internal trouble. Mrs. Bailey had not been seriously 111 un til three days ago. moved to the hospital yesterday af- i ternoon and the operation perform- [ (Continued on Page Sixteen.) She waa re SEEKING FINANCIAL AID FROM STATE Special to The Evening Journal. Sovernor Den ney yesterday conferred with rep resentatives of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Babies and Trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane, retative to the budget for the next These conferences are The ap DOVER. Nov. 14 two years. part of tho budget system, proprlatlon requests of these va rlous agencies will be presented the Legislature by the Governor. SUN AND TIDE. .. .8.43 A. M. .4.45 P. M. Sun rises .. Sun «et» . . . nivwl of Christiana. High water..6.52 A. M. Low water.. 2.85 A. M. 7.15 P. M. 2.56 P. M. LOHT. l.OST—Monday, gray fox fur neck piece, either at Seventh and Market King street, between Seventh ami Reward If returned to 426 Me novl4-lt. (ContlDued on Tage Twenty-one.) nr on Tenth. Caba Avo. ] Thrift .itfîfi 1 Ki n u I "W J - Ohp y. (i ,Vv m i ? t I IV >. ■■ : * M *■ IM L .«I r *■ s k -W | [ ! ■ ... . -• ' ? ; j *18 •V !I 9 s? : in j New Brunswick. N. J.. have seen the advertising possibilities In the Hall murder. Here are specimens of signe erected for the double pur pose of guiding morbid visitors and necurlng publicity. Enterprising business men I r»r»l nrnr rnn iP ] nflI7F KIP flrULUUlLL rUH THFSTFRIUIIR Lml.1 i in BAUD Wilmington Boys Make Amend to Principal of Chester School trance of Chester High School. Thej Along all the main streets smal. stickers with "Beat Chester' were pasted on the windows. Wilmlngton Chester game aroused more spirit in the student body this year than In past years. Some of the pupt's had he good old school spirit and want '.h Tun ° e c. ixens rr * nFav ,h.r. On Fr dav JIZZT ! few hî™ de^de/ïhev wnnM «n to few boy. decided they would go to , PAINTED SIDEWALK AND SCHOOL LAMPS Wilmington High School boys deny they seriously damaged any property ln Chester ln carrying their "Beat Chester" football enthusiasm to that city on The only place theyi Friday nigh painted, they assert, was the pave ment which leads to the main en words "Beat Chester" were painted In dark red on the sidewalk. Chester to placard the city and to paint the football goal posts Cherry and White, the High School colors. At the football field police were on guard. The Wilmington boys then|i went to the Chester high school where they had Intended to paste a | few of the stickers. However one the boys had to yield to temptation Continued on Page Sixteen I SHIPS NEARBV TO AID DISTRESSED BOSTON. Nov. 14 (United Press) The Italian steamship Monte Grappa is In distress several hundred miles off the New England coast, accord- I lng to distress signals picked up by the wlrcle.se stations here today. The steamer's captain said she was list ing dangerously in a heavy sea. The liner Pittsburgh was steam ing full speed to the assistance of the Grappa. Marine expert^ here lacking de tail of the vessel's plight believed she had sprung a leak ln one of the North Atlantic gales of the past week. i i A message from the Pittsburgh in dicated the big liner had reached the scene and was standing by the Grappa. The Pittsburgh messaged she had the situation ln hand and | would need no more aaslstance. The French steamship Galiantrel also picked up the Grappa's S. O. S. ! 12.01 P, M.. .58 ' 1.00 P. M.. .62 calls according to the message. TODAY'S TEMPERATURE At The Evening Journal Office. 8.00 A. M.. .48 10.00 A M...61 GRAND JURY WON'T LISTEN I New Jersey to Prosecute in Dual Murder Without Widow's Aid ASK INDICTMENTS ON NEXT MONDAY NEW BRUNSWICK, X. J., Nov. 14 (United Press).—Mrs. Frances Stevens Hell, widow of the slain rec tor of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, will not be permitted to testify before the Somerset County Grand Jury Monday. It was learned today. Prosecutor Mott announced today he will present all the evidence gathered In the Investigation of the Hall-Mills mystery to the Somerset Jury next week. It was stated that Mrs. Hall's purpose In appearing before the Grand Jury would be to clear herself of any suspicion of the crime. This would tend to slow up the oase and would not offer any real assistance in solving the mys tery, officiais said. Mott declared he had no Intention j of summoning wltneiwofl again be-1 Having he hoa «uffleient evidence to and arrant« of I secure Indictment» nuaperted persons. Dr. William H. Long, coroner's physician of Somerset, probably will be the first witness called by Mott. The presentation will take several days, and may continue Into the lowing week, Notwithstanding reports to the contrary there le no certainty about the returning of indictments. MotUa .tar Witness will be Mrs Jane G,^Vwho^Thl«w M theru*r The TndTctmfnt of Mrs Gibson's rxî . HrrrrK " äh DEMOCRATS IN JUBILEE PARADE Procession Thursday to Celebrate Last Week's Democrats of Wilmington and ru ral N#w Castle C0U nty will celebrate the election of Thomas F. Bayard as United States Senator and Wll u am jj, Boyce for Congressman, as wel[ aa th«l r other victories, by pa ,rsidlnK on Thursday night. Arrange ments were completed at a meeting I of the para(3e committee at the Dem o r r at i C i,r BKUe | Mt night. ' ! captain William Berl will he chief marshal and hi* aides will be the Ward Jobn P ; W ''" h ' l 0 ^ I IUmmond ' Mr , 8 Brookmlre. John McKenne. Irving H. Brlnton Rob-1 Victory LEAGUE AT HEAD TO j ESCORT CANDIDATES 8 rt W. Kramer. Harry Smith. An drew Mulrlne, Artemas Smith, Matthew Ralston. William Duffy. Joseph Durney and Martin F. Me» e y. The parade will form on French street at Sixth and will be headed a by members of the Democratio League with a band of 35 pieces a* an escort 4o the party candidates. There will be a woman's division of the League, too. The voters of the twelve wards Continued on Page Sixteeij. FRENCHMAN SAYS LEGION IS DYING PARIS. Nov. 14. (United Proas) — "The American Legion la dying. Many are using it for selfish political ends." Dr. Edmund Gross, com mander of the European department of the legion declared here today upon arrival from New Orleans where he attended the recent con vention. "Mob rule was supreme at the convention," Dr. Gross said. "The affair was a disgrace." UR. The Rev. Aqullla Webb, minister jorf First Central Presbyterian Church WEBB HOME TOMORROW who for two ducting union evangelistic services In Huntington, Long Island. X. Y., 1* expected to return to Wilmington Dr. Wehb will be pres tomorrow. ent at midweek prayer and confer ence service tomorrow evening, re suming his series of addresses on Banyan's Pilgrim's Progress, his Isubjeot being "The Hill of Difficulty.* ALLIES TURK END PARLEYS British Reported to Be For tifying Constantinople; Americans Evacuate ANATOLIA CHRISTIANS ARE PANIC STRICKEN ( ATHENS. Nov. 1« (United Pres*). —An unconfirmed dispatch from Constantinople today said the Allied high commissioner* and Refet Pasha, Turk commander, had broken off negotiations and that fhe British, had hurriedly began fortifying the city. LONDON, Nov. 14 (United Press) —Americans are preparing to evac uate orphanages in Constantinople because of according to official dispatches from that city today. Belgian resident* have asked the British authorities to provide means of evacuation In the event of neces sity. the Allled-Turk crisis. Presi)— PARIA. Nov. 14. (UfttM Frosh derttend* were made by the Angora government of Mustapha Kamal today an French and British diplomate «ought to agree upon a united front at the Lausanne peace conference now definitely eet for November 20. Turk envoys at Lausanne declared would abandon the parley en tirely if the Allies, at a preliminary meeting, formulated peace terme en bloc and tried to force these upon Mr.jTurkey. Britain and France, still at odds over the Allied attitude a-, the forth hoM Î 'cou^l o'f'fS^lgS »W«. Including Italy and Belgium, at ——• » SAVE FEES ON AUTO LICENSES . "The future profit« of the Justice* c f t h* peace of Wilmington In the. issuance of automobile license tags will depend solely on their popular lty," said Secretary of State Benson. at noon today to a reporter of The Evening Journal. "The order from the Secretary of state's office establishing a branch i Night'Secretary Benson Explains MAGISTRATES CAN ISSUE TAGS, TOO Workings of New Office in Wilmington D f that office in Wilmington, and t he naming of Charles O. Guyer as our representative, does not In any way affect the right of any notary bI]c or Jumlce of , ha peac „ ln lha P , at , , ake am „ av „ 9 and i nu J license tags as usual. "We have authorized the opening of an office In Wilmington solely I for the purpose of simplifying and conducting the work ln a more ! businesslike way than we have ln the | past. "Any automobile owner may go to | Justice of the pence, or notary pub lic as usual, pay his fee and secure the license papers from that officer. Mr. Guyer upon presentation of such papers will be compelled, without the payment of any additional fee, to deliver the tag. The Justice of the peace or notary public may send (Continued on Page Ten) cmimr, |/rrnc irr» MAIL KhLl O Ur __ _. n , .rv«,, FWÎHT FOR FARL0W riUIIl 1 un 1 mtliVn Addltional affidavits showing the alleged connection of Albert Farlow (Happy) with a former gambling houee on West Seventh street have been sent to Governor Sproul of i Pennsylvania by Attorney General Tow nsend The final hearing on the request of Governor Denney thst Farlow be returned to Wilmington ; for trial will be given in Harrisburg No representative of this State will he present at the hearing as they have little hope of a decision favor able to Delaware. I. O. O. F. DANCE Eden Hall, The Peerless Or-jtlve Mundy Bros 8*11 Furniture—Adv.'return this afternoon. DELAWARE IiODGE Thursday evening. Prizes ln gold, chestra. Admission. 60c.—Adv. / Where Hundreds Met Death in Chilean Quake - \ » > I * w F Tl T T - jgF- ■ * ^ 4 K • MÜL . ■p * _ . *4. ( The harbor of Antofagasta. Chile, one of the point* hard hit by the earthquake and tidal wave which killed 1000 and Injured uncounted hundred* In the province* of Antofagwsta, Coqulmbo and Atacama. Ad vancing into the harbor shown here the tidal wave tore large and a mall craft alike Into splinter*, hurl ing crew* and passenger* to death in the surging waters. THEIR CHILDISH ROMANCE ENDS Boy Husband Abused Wife Because Housekeeping Didn't Suit ALSO THREATENED TO KILL HER, SHE SAYS I-ess than two years ago Mis* Ruth B. Morgan and John Houston Short, Jr., while students at the Wll-j mlrvgton High School, eloped and were married at Maryville, Tenn.] Yesterday. Mrs. Short, who 1* no*! eighteen year. old. was granted a decree nltsi on her petition for dl vorto by Jjdge Harrington in Su At .h„ t», of «heir marriage .he was 1«. Mr*. Short told the Court; hand commenced abusing her and I continued it until she left him Sep tember 1. 1921. They were married February 10 1920 Philip L Garrett was attorney for Mrs Short When Judge Harrlng ton commented upon the usually d'ie entered Mr Garrett astrou# ending of marriage* into at tender ages, suggested that spanked." Mrs. Short, who 1s now in the nurse« training school of the Dela ware Hospital, testified that she and ! her husband were students at the I Wilmington High School when they ran off and were married without obtaining parental consent. They went to the Tennessee city, she said, because they felt there was more j probability of obtaining a license in consideration of their youthful ap pearance*. Three weeks after the marriage. the girl said, her husband slapped j her "because he did not like th* way . I kept house." "I did my beet, though," she said. She said that a week later her husband again struck her for the same reason, and that i from that .time until the separation ! he struck her with his hand and, fist Innumerable time« According to Mrs. Short, her hu* | band's abuse of her when she failed , Continued on Page Sixteen, - "both should be : 628 West Fifth St ARREST MAN WHOSE) AUTO HITS TW'O I I ! | Earl Titter, arrested yesterday afternoon, | by Detectives Mahoney and Vlrden. charged with assault and battery on Arthur Orohmann and Emil Klopp stein, and held under $1000 ball, the hearing having been continued until January 9. 1923, owing to the con dition of the men now In the Dela ware Hospital. Orohmann and Kioppstein, em ployes of the American Dredging Company, had been spending Sunday J evening with friends at Farnhuret. and while walking along the cause wav near Rodgers' Unr. were run down and seriously Injured by an automobtle coming north, said to have been operated by Mr. Titter. ! which failed to stop. The men were picked up by paas ing automobiles and taken to the Delaware Hospital, where It wa, found that both had sustained frac tured legs and were badly otherwise. It Is feared Kioppstein'« back is broken. At the time the men were run down they were on their way to the P. R. R. station, where iGrohmann was to have taken a train for New York city to meet his wife, who is enroute from Germany. The Injuries tp Grohmann has made it necessary for a friend to go to New York for the wife. Grohmann and his wife formerly lived In this country and about two years ago decided to visit their na country, Grohmann returning about 2 months ego. His wife, who was visiting her parents, decided to last month. WOMAN BADLY OlIRE BY ACTO Mrs. Edna Hurley, Bridge-1 ville, Has Leg and Hip Broken in Washington CAR RUSHED AWAY AFTER HITTING HER Speelal to The Evening Journal. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — Mrs Edna Melson Hurley, wife of .A. E j on l«red in an automobile accident her# last night. Mra. Hurley waa crosalng NfW Hampshire avenue a, It „reel " h ' n * ,ru ^ b * » n bile. She wse rushed to the Enter sa Hurley, formerly of Seaford and Wilmington, Dei., was seriously ln . -——* . Injuries. It was said this morning Mr * Hurley was in a serious condl * lon Mrs. Hurley was returning from vielt to friend* in the neighborhood to the home of Oscar L. Layton at "1* Seventeenth street. No»:h West,. when ehe was struck by the automo ' b,le ' which failed to atop after the Mr*. Hurley 1* employed at th# De jiartment of Agriculture. She has two children, aged 3 and 8 year» Her husband, A. B. Hurley, who Is (CorMlnued on Page Ten.» I j MrS. Afiri3 L. StaUnCT Is p.p. _ LoramCd DiVOrCc UCtrCc accident. I DESERTED WHILE ILE, WIFE SAYS Nisi MRS. M. E. HINKEL ALSO WINS SUIT While she waa 111 In bed at thetrj home at Laurelln January, 1920, her! Tnhn w d..«r,ed huaband, John W. Stauffer, desert "I her, Mns. Anna L. Stauffer testified * n ® u P® r '°7 Court this morning in asking a divorce on grounds of de fertlon. Judge Harrington granted Mre.' Stauffer a decree niai. Henry R Isaac* wua counsel for the plaintiff Mrs. M. Ktta Hinkel, asking dl vorce from William A. Hlnkel. aal.i that September 4. 1920, her husband walked out o< the house and never, returned. The court granted a de créé nlal on ground* of desertion and awarded Mra. Htnkel custody of her[ three ohlldren. The plaintiff, who was represented by Mr. Isaacs, said she was married In Novemher. 1900 The court held under advisement the ault of William L. Wilkin* for a divorce from his wife Rebecca J^ Wilkin*, on statutory ground#^ Mr> Isaacs represented the plaintiff. , A decree was refused In the case of John Walls against Hazel Walls, w hich was heard yesterday. | Injured-girls PROVE AGAINST TRAFFIC. : p r |vlng a wagon against traffic in 0r e atree , a thorough-! yesterday Joseph Tribbett. Ne ' 3 , ramc ruI( , s and drunk _ Municipal Court this enn 9 • ' p „ . v,™ I morning. Judge Hastings fined him $10 and costs for the traffic viola -1 tion and dismissed him on the[ drunkenness charge. VICTROLAS REPAIRED. Work guaranteed. Called for and Short's. 8 W. 4th St., delivered. Phone 4426.—Ad». MENTION 24 FOR ERE PRESIDENCY "Open Season Candidates Include Harding, Smith, McAdoo, Cox, Ford POMERENE OUT OF THF RUNNING «£***« ÂSÏÏEï .S the v.rlou. election upheavals. The election* worked adversely kjæïss srsraas chamv>i pf obtaining the nom! nat | 0n . | Those seen by political eyes as in the early running In the Republican rac8 mciud*: Pr „ irt ent Harding who may seek reflect,on. william S. Kenyon, Senatorial ] Pa ^ er no „. a Federal Judge In Iowa because of the strength manifest in the election« last week. Senator Borah of Idaho. Senator Johnson, of v California. itUwho is believed to have gained ad* WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (United Press).—Tbs open season for 1*24 Presidential candidates is now on. AS a result of the 0« 7 ~r*>leo tion«. the political powers (hat b». In Washington saw no less than seven-i teen possible nominee*. This large dltlona! strength as a result of th* election trend. Senator Capper, of, Kansas, who champion# a farm group. Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. Secretary of State Charles Evan* Hughes who might conttnb* the policies of the present admlnletra tien. Gov Allen, of Kansas favored by some business Interest* Th# Democrat* Include: A1 Smith, of New York, because of the strength he displayed in th# gubernatorial race 1n New York. Oov. Samuel M. Ralston, of Indl (ConHntied on Page Sixteen.) HICKEY CAR KILLS CHILD IN CHESTER CHESTER Pa. Nov. 14.—While her mother and a relative were »«arching for her. 7-year-old Sadie zaun 100 H)g hiand avenue, who had wandarea , several squares from her j, ome , ran in front of a big louring car own , d by w. J. Hickey of Wll mington, and driven by hi* 19-year oU , daugh ter I.lillan. 121« King «treet, thia city. The acctdent hap pcned at Third and Trainer street# <nd despite the effort* of Mis* Hickey , h8 car hurled the child to one aide ot t h e roadway, Inflicting injuries thst proV ed fatal. Mlss Hickey has given bal! In $1000 to await the action of the cor I . oner . s j ury in the case tonight. It is «»Id the car waa not being driven at an Illegal rate. ~~ HOI.DIF.R Sf.KKS HIS KIN. Mayor Harvey has received a re quest from Linton Stevens, ex-ser «'otIIJThelp ment hosp tal at Oteen N. C„ to h lp him locate his two " ,ePe *' Tbe '"'® and Mary Shafer, aged about 2« and 18 , respectively In had «Ivertlsed for relation. In the South and that he' and his *t r are 1 eir on > re * ' Stevens said the (Ion FEVER DIMINISHES. According to reports received by the Board of Health, yesterday, the number of scarlet fever cases in the c )g dlmln ishlng. there now being a totB j 0 j on ] y 17 esses, SCARLET Waterman Pencils, Eversharp Pens. Eng. Free. Brofsky's. 825 Mkt. I—Adv. For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone 1640-1641—Adv, FROM LEWIS, Ellwood Lewis in Earth quake Zone Erecting Cars for City Company PLANT BUILT BY DUPONT CO. SAFE Early this afternoon no word h»d been received by the American Car aud Foundry Company a* to the safety of Ellwood Lewi». construc tion engineer for the local concern. who I* In tho section of Chile. South America, which .was swept by a ti dal wave following the earthquake. Several cablegram* *ent by the com pany yesterday have not been an swered by Mr. Lewi*. Mr. Lewi* went to Chile to *u (Contlnued on Page Sixteen.) CHIEE FEELS _ Government Takes Extraor dinary Relief Measure to Aid Sufferers SANTIAGO. Chile. Nov. 14 (Unit Pr '">- A »hook the region of Constitutlono. s 1.400 live«. Little additional damage ( was reported. Th * Chilean government le taking | «trsordlnary relief measure# to aid th ® In the northern coastal towns. Hundreds are being fed I ,r0 '" vvarshlps while pack trains are pushing into the hllla where rail WARSHIPS ON WAY TO DEVASTA FED ZONE communication waa disrupted by the "hock. President Alessandrl will go to Coqulmbo which bore the brunt ot t h * quake aboard the warship La Torre tomorrow and will visit the |devastated xone. , COQUIMBO. Chile, Nov. 14 ] (United Press)—Fears were felt here today for safety of the steamer Re naloo, bound from New York to An tofagasta and Coqulmbo In the earthquake and tidal xone. The steamer carried many no tables and was due to have arrived yenterday. Repeated radio oallt to her from stations along the Chilean cosat failed to bring an answer. SANTIAGO, Nov. 14—The home less at Coqulmbo and vlolnlty ber $.500. The number of dead from (Continued on Page Sixteen ). n im CITY OWES $161,000 ON UNION GARDENS • Representative* of the Emergency Fleet Corporation of Philadelphia. held a conference yesterday after noon with Chairman McManus, of the finance committee of City Coun ci I. relative to the payment of the sum of $181,00« by the city for Im prffvements made In the Union Park Garden tract. At the time thia tract was laid out Council * n agreement to refund the spent for auch Improvement*, entered into money j,r. McManus eald this morning that this money will probably paid l n the spring, and that he had hoped to pay it out of the regular f undSi but that j t maybe bond issue for the purpose. b* 3 now appears it necessary to float another ARMISTICE DAT THANKS. Mayor Harvey, (the Community Service and merchants of th# city were thanked for their aid in cele brating Armistice Day in resolutions adopted last night by the city com mittee of the American Legion. SEE THE MOVIES TOMORROW. Invitations to the Movies are *x tended to six persons today through our.Classified Advertising Depart ment. Look through the classified advs. and if your name is there come to the Journal office and receive free tickets for two (war tax paid) to the special production. Jack see Holt, ln "On the High Sea." at the Queen, and "Grandma's Boy," at the Arcadia Wednesday night. Harold Lloyd. ln See Page 2 today. 1Ï-PIKCE ORCHESTRA Wednesday evening, The Auditor ium.—Adv. k