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The Evening Journal > 20,406 Circulation Yeaterday The Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday, con-j! !| tinued cold, diminishing west winds. Non-Returnable _! LATE NEWS EDITION * WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, TUESDAY, ' NOVEMBER 21, 1922 22 PAGES. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 140 TWO CENTS. HARDING ASKS SHIPS TO SA VE U. S. SUPREMACY; HALL-MILLS MURDER WITNESSES DISAPPEAR SAY RESPECT IS LOST FOB PRESBYTERY Dr. McEImovlc's Friends Rap His Opponents in Drastic Resolutions CRITICIZE FORMER ELDERS OF CHURCH Special to The Evening Journal. ELKTO.V. Md., Nov. 21.—Another chapter was added last Sunday to the long factional flglu that has been waged In the Elkton Presbyter ian church for nearly four years, when at a congregational meeting called by the elder, Dr. John Mc Elmoyle, around whom the battle has been fought all these years was unanimously again called to the pas torate of the church. At the same time resolutions were adopted critiztng the acts of three former elders who originally led the fight against Dr. McElmoyle. on the ground that he had promisqu ously married many couples who came to the Gretna Green from va rious sections of the country. Th» resolutions also criticized the Pres hytery of New Castle for Its stand 1 in the matter and of the Presbytery | says: "This congregation has lost all respect for the methods of the Presbytery in dealing With this church: is persuaded that it can j never have peace, harmony and prosperity while these methods «re j continued." Seventy-eight members of the eongregatlon attended the trice-ing on Sunday when Dr. MeElmoyie (Continued on Page Fifteen t FEENEY GETS • JAIL SENTENCE ALSO IMPOSED. William H. Feeney, n Washington, j D. C., «lock salesman and a gradu ate of Ford harm University^ was fined $600 and costs and sentenced j to six months in the workhouse on a charge of forgery by Judges Rice j and Harrington In Court of General Sessions this morning. He pleaded guilty to the charge and another charge of like nature was dropped Stock Salesman _and Uni versity Graduate Pleads Guilty to Forgery FINE OF $500 IS by the State. Feeney was chsrged with forgina (he -name of a Boston. Mass., man to •wo eherks on which he obtained $100 from John M. Thompson on d $128 from Samuel H. Bay nn the one an nard, Jr., a local attorney, other. attorney for Henry R I*ft*c* (Continued on Page Fifteen' PAHMITIVICT RTfFN * UllilYlUilluI lllUIkJ nnpll/ I\T nDPCnriU ImbAlV ID IlnKsM/Dil Nov. 21 DRESDEN, Germany. (United Press>— Numerous commun ists riot* caused battles last night be tween police and rioters in whirl there were many casualties and ar rest*. broke out sporadical ly In many parts of the city, ed police fired blanks at the rioters whom they charged with their club*. Disturbances Mount REFER CASE TO .irVENIIiK not RT As the defendant is hut 16 years of age the case of William Johnson, charged with assault and battery, on Lee Mahoney. 1817 Tatnall street, to the Juvenulle Court referred M unlcipal vas Hastings in by Judge Court this morning. Waterman Pencils. Eversharp Pen«. Kng. Free. Brofsky's. 825 Mkt. —Adv. •TODAY'S TEMPERATURE At The Evening Journal Office. 12.01 P. M...45 1.00 P. M . .46 8 00 A. M.. . 42 10.00 A. M.. .44 SUN AND TIDE. .8.52 A. M .4 40 P. M Sun rises . Sun sets . Hoad of Christian». High water.. 119 A. M. Low water ..8.40 A. M. 1.44 P. M 9.IS P M. LOST. WILL THE PARTY who fohnd an selope containing tickets, on Market street between Second anti Seven Hi street! kindly return same to Evening Journal Office? nov-l-.t. (Continued en Fage Twenty-oned en « | Allied Statesmen Worry r J t t « wk ' »** : tjTa: m e-tf At Mm* V t/. * m $* A j m / % "Ï x . I> Teams Spurred Oil by $1,000 /^-r- r /-> i j »* Gift Of General and MTS. &&U "i m3 / Vr-'-'Fy ■ ■ ■ ' 3 FORE! SIGN OF ROUND OP TARDY V t -ii FOR GOLF FINKS 0. S. TAXPAYERS! 4 ' I I ' Field Force of Local Inter-! nal Revenue Office Es % duPont uuruill : PAY ANNUAL DUES HAVE UNTIL MAY TO : Workers in the campaign to en rol! 600 members Ip the Municipal Golf and Tennis Aseeiatlon were in spired to greater activity today by the gift of $ 1.000 by former S.imtor fnd Mrs T. Coleman duPont. an notineed at the luncheon Genera: and Mrs. duPont have' i never visited the municipal links, (but their attention was attracted. In passing the Porter Reservoir course, to the .cores of persons enjoying !golf there, «nd they decided to con I tribute to the fund to improve the I links. Their contribution was en ! tlrely unsolicited, and came as a thrilling surprise when announced by Mayor Harvey at the luncheon of j the Board of Governors of the as sociation. team captains and others interested yesterday, j Teams under the direction of Wil i iiam R. Stevens, general chairman, are busy approaching all persons who play on the links, trying to sign them up for annual memberships on a baels of $25 a year for men and *16 for women. The dues may he j paid in installments up to May 1, an initial payment to be made at on<,e - The association must have $5.000 to j (Continued on Page Eighteen.) j LEWAND0WSKI WAS ENDORSER ON NOTE In an article headed "Bank Holds Its Security," in Saturday's issue of The Evening Journal, referring to the case before Chancellor Wolcott of the Central National Bank against Bronslaw Dewandowski, his . wife, Josephine, and Frances E. Sterling. in which the transfer of certain properties by Dewandowski was de eta red null and void by the f' f >an-j cellor. the following statement ap rowed money from the Central Na itlonal Bank, for which he gave a promissory note, he Is said to have transferred and to have re-trans ferred four parcels of land on Feb ruary 1, 1922." J. Frank Ball, counsel for Dwan dowski, yesterday pointed out that the ahove statement is erroneous. In Justice to Lewandowski. it should he stated that he did not borrow money from the Central Bank for * .HW , which he gave a promissory note. hut he was an endorser, together with another person, on a note of John S. Rogocki, which note Bog ocki failed to pay. and the endorsers were held liable hy the hank. % TRIBUTE 1X1 said bis DECEASED PRISONER A tribute was paid William Simp son. Negro, who died several days ago. while serving a life sentence at the workhouse for murder, in a rPS<> - lution adopted hy the honor com-1d mittee of thd prisoners of the work-.| house at a meeting last night. GUILTY OF BEGGING Joseph Murphy, wh hdme is in Boston, pleaded guilty In Municipal Court th.s morning to # charge of begging and was lined $5] and costs by Judge Hastings. BRUSH FIRE ENDANGERS. A brush flre just outside of the —— Beginners' class, Union street woods was extinguished by Engine Company No. 6 shortly after noon today. There was no damage, but as the fire was near several frame baildings an alarm sent In from Front and Union was streets. Young's Studio. tonight.—Adv. .! The Turk infantry swings into ConstanUnople and announces to thej world that the sick man of Europe) has regained his strength. This pic-. iture shows the crack regiment, with Refet Pasha, military leader of the Kemaliste, marching at its head. Enthusiastic crowds greet the con nU e ror e of the Greeks and assure the Nationalists that they will have popular eupport against the allies, inset shows Rejet Pasha. Il A 1.1 DESTROYED, CHURCH HAMA CEI J H 1 SELB WILLE FIRE under control early this after leveling one damaging two others Special to The Evening Journal. SBUBYVJUDE. Del.. Nov. Fire for awhile at noon today threat ened part of the town of Selbyville 21.— building and a with deetruction. but it waa cotton afternoon Fire companies from four differ ent town* were summoned to Join the Selbyville fire fighter* In com* bating the flame*. destroyed waa the The building old Methodist Church, used aa hall and for echool purposes. town It was located on what is known as the 'back street." M. E. in lower when it Salem The beautiful Church, one of the finest Delaware, was damaged caUKht fl re from flying ethbers. For tunatelv. the walls are of ston» and (he ro ^ f ' la D f slate, and the flames uch progress. Th» could no- make MAN HIT RY AUTO, SUCCUMBS As the result of Injuries received fvhen run down by an automobile on Roger's I-stne. her 12, Emil of A and the Causeway, near on the night of Nov Klapstein, aged 42 year«, p )a ,. died In the Delaware Hospital lest night. Arthur Grohman. street. and who was also struck, suffering fracture of the right leg. also in e Delaware Hospital, 1* said to he 35. 23 Water who accompanied Klapstein. ft) (h.» running down, and his^hearing was released <yt $500 hail in each ,. a .e. in Municlpa this morning ordered tha recovering. An Inquest will he held hy Cornn Bullock «s soon as Grohman Is er able to appear. Earl Titter. m »chanlc, of 628 West Fifth street, r j V er of the automobile' which B t ruc |, the two men. was arreeted and arraigned in Municipal Court ion November 14. on two charge/ of assault and battery, growing out of automobile an ron tinued until January, 1 922. He HELD FOR OBSERVATION Hastings. Judge Court Walter Williamson. Negro, charged wiih being a drug addict, be held until tomorrow morning for obser I. O. O. F. DANCE Thursday evening. Eden Hall. Prizes in gold. The Peerless Or-j 'ches-ra. Admitslon 60s.—Adv. vation. . - DELAWARE LODGE AGENTS TO ATTEND CCMTCDCMCCC OUN r fc Kl b tablishes Record come tax law lasting from tomorrow (Continued on Page Eighteen). The field force of the lo»al IT. S internal revenue office will go to Baltimore to attend a series of con ferences on the operations of the in Maze was confined to the roof of the church, but the interior was dam aged with water. The roof of the Red Men's Hall also caught Are but the blaze was ex tinguished before much damage was done. The fire started hn the old church building, and la supposed to have been faused by an overheated heater. The school children got out of the building without any trouble. A brisk wind was blowing, and volunteer firemen turned out to fight the flames, which ate their way | through the building, of frame con struction. Fearing the flames might spread to the new M.-E. Church and other buildings, which fortunately are not close together in that section aid was summoned from Georgeiown, Daurel, Milford and Berlin, Md.. and their fire companies responded with appa ratus. The damage to the Methodist Church was confined to the roof and the interior furnishings. The damage, it is estimated, is about $10,000 to $12.000. I ELIAS JV. MOORE IS 90 TOMORROW; SISTER. TWO BROTHERS TOTAL 9 Tomorrow will register the nine tieth anniversary of the hlr'.h of Elias Xaudain Moore, of Falrview, Appo qulnimlnk hundred. Mr. Moore Is perhaps one of the best known citi zens in the State. He has always taken he deepest interest in the af-| fairs of Pelnware ahd until the past) five years never missed a Republi can convention or other puhlte gathering at which Ihe welfare of his State was at stake. lie is « staunch and loyal Republican and the recent defeat of General T. Cole man duPont for the United States Senate was a great shoek and hitter disappointment to him. His personal | admiration for General duPont. for his keen Intelligence, his aggression and far-sightedness in matters of I public welfare and sane government and his generous, broad-minded spirit in developing the wonderful road | system of Delaware have all appealed ' „trongly to Mr. Moore and he can not understand why Ills fellow Dela wareans do not see these tilings from | hi- point of view. His home, Falrview, liee one-half j mile south of Odessa, on the old State road and was constiHicted hy his great-grandfather. Major James Moore, about 1770. It has been his delight for years past to sit upon |his front porch and greet hl« many * FARMER TELLS JURY HE MAT I l Sipel's Headlights Said to Have Allowed Mrs. Gib son to See Hall-Mills Crime RECTOR'S UTTERS NOW IN EVIDENCE SOMBRV1I..DE. N. J.. Nov. 21 fCnited Press—Several witnesses, who were expected to tesilfy for the Hall-Mills murder now being carried Ion by the Somerset county State in the investigating of the Jury, have disappeared, actmijding to information rec»i^d from the ' uthorltiee today. Th* official who made this *t*:e ment refused to tell who th* wit r es**** wer* hut said that detective» and State troopersawere n«w mak ng a eearch for them. It 1« feared.! h* declared, that ;h*y have left th*; Jurisdiction of frhe State. if the* report i* ;ru* it i* believed the State'* case will be seriously dam-, axed. Th» »<.<• is mendous accumulation of svidenre against the "womah in gray" and I the man whom It seeks to indict for rolling up a tre I the murder. Resumption of testimony before the grand Jury today was spurred h'v discovery of a new- wiiness. fieorge Sipel. a hog farmer. to j den ,|fy driver of the sutomo whose threw into re id to he able bile whose headlights threw into re I lief the actual murder scene and dis closed its participants to Mrs. Jane Gibson, the prosecution's etar wit-1 I ness. Sipel was In the vicinity of Easton iavenue on the murder night and (Cont.nued on Page Fifteen.) BUIS HISKV FOR ACCIDENTS J ' SEE SIGNALS Moonshine whl*ky wa* blamed for many motor accident* by Superln tendent of Police Black, thi* morn Police Head Says "Moon shine" Blinds Drivers of Motor Cars VICTIMS FAIL TO ing. in discussing several automobile accident-, which have occurred re cently in this city and vicinity. »He also asserts It as his belief tHat many accidents and traffic kiola tlons are directly due to the drivers having imbibed too of automobil freely of moonshine booze "This whtaky. I am informed." sald Superintendent Black." contains [ j \ ■ '-e. - * I ; | j | | 6 A if £ Y ■fi* j | ELIAN N. MOORE. friends from all sections of the State as they pass hy. This pleas ure, however, is now deprived him (Continued on Page Seventeen.) i 1 Succeeds If irth i >• I i i % f * s V p J > 9 t ji /■J \ Germany will now have a govern ment of business men as Wilhelm grand,Cuno, director-general of the Hum lit organizing hurg-Ameriean Dine, the new government. The new prime minister is Inviting Into his cabinet men high in the German industrial world. ! NEAR EAST SAY Tell Lausanne Conference Victory' Over Greeks Gives Them New Rate J BAR PASHA AS { PENDING OFFICER DAUSANNE, Nov. 21—fUnited Pres«».— lernet Pasha the Turkish representative at the Near Eastern : peace conference, was told flatly to - lay by the Allies that he could not) preside at any of the meetings. The Allies decided the Presidency must 'alternate among the British, French the Turkish victorious -land Italians despite nation. The day's session was devoted to organization. ' A feature of day's activities here was a prolonged private conference! between the.Premiers of France and Italy. While ofher delegates went to the conference at -the Chateau. Poincare and Mussolin^ remained behind at their hqjel to dlscu ters an reparations conference. Nominally the conference wen to 'eetahlieh peace between the Greek* and the vVctoriou* Turk*. j Turk* now claim that their victory I economic mat the forthcoming Brussel* But the (Continued on PAge Ten) DIViDn IC IJ.nl/11ll/ IO ill/Tf JUNIOR SENATOR j | Special to The Evening Journal. WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.—Thomas I F. Bayard, became the Junijjr Unl j ted States Senator from Delaware at 'clock thla afternoon. At that •orn In 1.2« time Senator Bayard was by Senator Cummins, president pro tein of the Senate. Senator Bayard wa* escorted into the Senate chamber t>y Senator Ball, the *enior .Senator from Delaware and occupied Senator Ball'* *eat while the preliminary* were being arranged. Senator Bayard and Sen ator* Pepper and Reed of Penneyl v»nia took the oath of office at the name time. Previous to being sworn in. Sen ator Bayard heard President Hard ing deliver hie message to Congroup in the Houee of Representative*. R. Camperson. of the County Board of A**es*meni. and Kdword 8. M.c Ateer. clerk of the market, were members of an auto party who went to Washington ye*terdav hoping to see Senator Bayard sworn in. For mer Mayor John W T«awson went to Washington yesterday and again today to se# Senator Bayard take|pn Colliding at Fourth and J«incoln streets .this morning, a Reo autotno bile, owned by James Donohoe, of Longwood. Pa., operated by William Donohoe. of 314 West Tenth street. and a Ford touring cor owned and operated hy Mrs. Frances D. Pierce. of 612 Gram «venue, were both badly damaged. WIliMINGTONIANS AT CAPITOl . Sheriff-elect John W. Walls, I^»slie the oath of office. AUTOS DAMAGED. Nix day holiness ralty. afternoon and evenings, at Scott Church, be ginning tonight.—Adv. For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone 1640-1541.—Adv. % HARDING DARES FOES TO DEFEAT SHIP SUBSIDY BILL The Message ft In hi« nimic> to th* extraordin ary session of rnngros* today Presi dent Harding *•>•*: Member* of the Uongress: Lat« laut February I reported to you relativ« to th* American merchant marin* and recommend ed legislation which the executive branch of the government deemed easemial to promote our merchant marine and with it our national welfare. Other problems were pressing and other questions pend for one reason or in ing »nd need not be re-| other which cited, th* suggested legislation hM not projr^xed beyond a favor the by r*comm*ndatlon able HoJIm committee. The committee the question a full and hao give painstaking study and I hope thal a favorable report speedily will be g.ven the force of law. It will be helpful in clearing the atmosphere if we start with the frank recognition of divided determined opposl experience opinion and It Is not new tion. Dike proposals have divided the Congress on various previous oc Perhaps a more re*o mahlfest casions. lute hostility never was ] before and I am very sure the needed décisive favorable action—never was so ur action—derisive, gent before. We are not now dealing thqoi't with s We policy fountwd on have a problem which is one grim actuality. We are facing in grim actuality. We are sistent conditions, out of which will come either additional and staggering government losses and national Impotence on the seas or else the unfur ng . » great American merchant ma rlne com »*«>uroto with we.» m rner l of"oür cargo». ,n peace and meet the ner-.-ssiiee of our defense in war there Is no thought hero and now to magnify the relation of a merchant marine to our nntlonol defense I» 1. enough lo recall that we ' ,he world war almosl allies for , a entered wholly dependent on our (Continued on Tag. Seventeen) SWEAR MRS. KEETON AS «KORIilA SENATOR j ♦ WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. (United wh* *w«»rn in Hrst w'otnan Senator. member of the Upper Houfl* .>/ Congre** today. After a lengihy-argtmiont made b> Senator Walah. In which Democrat of Mon* precedent* In the lira. Felton tana. Senate were gone over. roae from her a«at in the rear or the chamber and accompanied by Senator Harri* of Georgia, walked up to the Vice-iPreeldent's .leak. She raised her right hand and the acting Prenldent of the Senate adminiatered (he oath for the flret time to a woman. There was no objection raised to | her admission and Senator W. F. George of Georgia, who could have cltimed the seat by presenting his credent in' was absent. -S . ,. tt ,d that after Senator Fait on hold - her seat for a day she will resign and Senator George «fill hs sworn in In citing precedents on the ad mission of an appointee to the Sen-| Senator Walsh declared that de ate Senator Walsh declared that de ate spite a rilling of former Vice Preai dent Marshal to the contrary the; clear that she indications should he allowed to lake her seat. corner-stone of the new HANOVER TO LAY CORNER-STONE The nver Presbyterian church. Boulevard and Eighteenth street, will he laid on Thanksgiving Day morning, fol | ow j n g Ä union Thanksgiving ser i p r **byterfcan churche* will join in service. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. L. B. Rmlth. Htor 0 f t he i church. , Work on the new Hanover church Is progressing rapidly. The founda vice in Hanover Sunday school hall, McCabe and Eastiake Methodist. Peninsula M. P.. Holy Trinity. Luth eran and Eastiake and Hanover Peninsula M. P. non wall has been'laid to the first floor level «nd the steel girders are now being placed. It is hoped to have the building under roof by January 1. and ready for occupancy about May 1. The 160th anniversary of the I church will be observed In the new | edifice immediately öfter ils com pletlon. C OL. MILLER IN BERMl'D \ W Miller, alien Colonel Thomas property custodian. .» now enjoying a vacation in Bermuda. He ex pects to return December 1. * 'President Tells Con gress Bill Would Save Fifty Million Dollars a Tear to the Treas u ry — Sh o u 's Presen t Losses Under Ship ping Board ASKS MORE AID FOR FARMERS WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 (Unl'ed a fighting message Preas).—In i President Harding today dared tha i subsidy bill to assume the responsi billly for defeating it. Declaring that jio proposition placed before Congress ever met » "more resolute hostility.'' the Presi dent, In a message delivered In .per son to the extraordinary session of Congress todsy challenged his op ponents to meet the issue fairly. The President devoted virtually all of his message to a vigorous advocacy of th» subsidy, mentlorilng only on» other national problem additional relief for agriculture, other questions will be dealt with in hl« message to the regular session which will meet on December 4. (*>*» of th* administration ship of-fhia and j »»rhl« problem cannot longer bo , tnored „ M , d Mr „ Brd , n g. "It, at tempted solution cannot longer bo , Q fc , declrtv ^ WiU ' «trous than adverse ion." Carrying the fight with unusual aggressiveness to the enemy's camp, Mr. Harding .aid he challenged «very insinuation of favored Inter eats and the enrichment of the fcperlal few at the expense of the P-tbllc treasury. appealing to save the treasury." Throughout his speech, the Presi dent argued that the subsidy would save money to the treasury becaugg of the large losses still being piled up by the shipping board, were estimated at 150.000,000 a year vhile the President said the cost of tiie subsidy would be half that amount. The failure of Congre, * no I (t:s I am. first of nil. The executive made a fervent ploa that America again be raided to punition of eminence among the mar itime nation* of the world. Striking directly at the opposition the measure, the President *aid »II« of three course* ta open to Con ■rre**: Th» flr.t I, <onelruollve-»n,ct m ,„t of the pending bill, under which , j| rIn |y believe, an American mer j ,.hant marine, privately owned and j r | va iely operated, but nerving all the people and alway available to the government In any emergency, may lie established and maintained." ha said. "The second is obstructive—eon It i hue government operation and .at (tending government losses and dla | courage private enterprise by ernment competition under which gov losses are et by the public trensury and witness the continued losses «JS deteriorating until the colossal fali i " r< ' , ' nd! ' in exhaustion. "The third Is destructive—lnv«»C ln * 'he sacrifice rf our ships abroad ' |>r the scrapping of them at home. the surrender of our aspirations, and the confession of our'impotence to the world in general, and our hu miliation before world in particular. "A choice among the three is in evitable. It is unbelievable that the American people or the Congresa which expresses their I consent to surrender, unbelievable that our people and the H.n-K^r^^^n ftnin a program of obstruction and attending hope*, t Mr. Harding said the bill win not a miheidy *'but Government aid" in the same sense a* the Government provide* in building ini »nd water ways and improving road* to aid in the competing power will It is pquaHy translate* their ill longer »tis i ! the Treasury. (Continued on Page Fifteen) in be [our Classified pL ad vs. and if your name is there come to the Journal office and receive free tickets for two (nar tax paid) to see the special production. The Woman He Loved. Bu8t *' r Beaton. ,n 'J***^™.! * A rfcadia. and R.ch Men « Wives at the Majestic V\e<lne-d»> n.ght. See page »1 today. on Page Fifteen) SEE THE MOVIES TOMORROW. Invitations to the Movies are ex tended to aix persons today through Advertising Depart ment. Look through th» classified P. VKTROLAK REPAIRED Work guaranteed, c'a'led for add Short's, 8 W. 4th St., delivered. phone, 44.6.—-Adv. [ Mundy Bro«. 8441 Furniture.—A4v,