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! PARIS WON'T ACCEPT GDI'S I : â i lif WORLD PEACE (Contimted From First Page) The United Press has learned the full Inside history of the negotiations h«re over the German- plan, nego meet th© French fears of further German aggression. j and the i Europeans solemnly undertake not to embark on a war unless a refer-j endum of their people so decide. i Ambassador Wiedfeldt here pre sented the proposal of Germany to the United States government The American government. In effect, ap. proved the plan, for It 1» known that j in Seeretary of State Hughes talked the question over with Ambassador Jus serand to eilet the view, of the French government regard.ng the Plan Only recently M. Juseersnd In. at formed Hughes that France rejected t'atlons Which have been clouded in the deepest secrecy. The State Department German embassy have cons. vient ly denied the proposal of Germany or disclaimed all knowledge ot it. The proposal of Germany was follows: That Great Britain, France. I Germany and Italy enter into a Eu rbpean peace pact for a duration of a generation—at least thirty years. ! 2. That under this agreement the 1. ^the German Idea on the ground that the French constitution did not pro- a vide for any such referendum of the people as contemplated by the pro posai. Because of diplomatic denials here. It Is not known exactly how far Secretary Hughes went In ploc- u ing the support of the United States behind the German proposition by actually proposing The plan to France and the other Allied govern mente. But it is believed Chan cellor Cuno's reference to an un- . named power as having been the! Intermediary in putting forward the plan might have referred to the ' United States, although it is known that the question was talked over In Paris and other allied capitals. RFBTTN Tan i /TTnif.a Furoncnn din) ami's^ ed fr/ w lh dSL L SC^TolounoInasreechatHsm burg late ve.terdav tw Franc, he.' « refected a German in ar..t. BD anti-war' agreement along it,! Rhine «tong ,n0 Wotlstlons for tb. agreemant to eagre ment to Franco's fears of futurs (Wman.fi was made hrough a G^rd un 1 MmeT p^er cltno ^M His speech' without Indulging In fkr"r«. sta' Zlnli plan to floot loans through an inter ' R i ;ed; , , , today from &n unqueatlonahle o»ith °a 1!V l L P ? PfmalS WerP made «rougb the American government and that the French replied In sub- ! Stance that the offers would not sat-| My their requirements. I .The official denials were genet -| of k«y regarded ns "diplomatic moves" us b«ed on the fact that the originai reports of the negotiation« wer© not 1 Germany's proposals. As Cuno revealed his plan for an i cover a generation and national consortium as a means of meeing reparations and also that ell poealble guarantees with back- j iTtf ? of Industrials will be offered If ÀRtad cccupatitxn ot the Rhine Is «decreased and Ruhrort, Dulsberg and Dusseldorf are evacuated. VDespite previous German denials of a mediation effort, It was 'earned anti-war agreement it was to be agreed that a third uninterested d power hold the Rhino against any OI - jen-rr n'y authority for '^ War to be through a p'.ebeectle. Cuîîo condemned France's "pawn Jolley" as to reparations. He do- • . dared that the views expressed by hl Snrretory of State Hughes at New ! Haven coincided with those of Get - [ 'T rngry regarding the Indelible con r-ection of reparations with Europe » late. I JT* h0pe thBt the policy of force i8 i hor.rd with the old year," he said. I ■T hope the New Year w if bring peace on earth such as the Dope eourht in h;s Christmas appeal ' .Cuno hinted that industry would be given a freer hand and install ( Iqnger hours to aid in reparations if satisfactory adjustments are reached j In Paris. The workers have revealed iîi».r vvii ingness of carrying out such a program It was said. He emph£ti-|ir> cal y "spiked" FVench cia ms that Germany Is faking distress. ( "Does any one seriously believe ■ that Germany would commit suicide to place her creditors at a disait- j vantage?" he asked. "No creditor Jn the world would grant Germany credits before obligatjpns were thor ■Highly fixed." He advanced no figures but said Germany was willing to taka a fix ed reparations sum upon herself, reo fl "Jn?«m Pn ?f'°»UCh ,0 Sn 'TT- ! Otino asked for "mon to Cuno asked for memo , ' in lieu of the eha.p rejections pre- , vW>naly «eeerded written proposals. ThT.'.: . ' ilîaUon^of^offl'cers of Beta Review No. 1. Woman's/ ffSïïT^i» behrfd*"« Friday^S l Hail. 900 Washing In ton street. Mr» Jeanette W. Jones, district deputy of Baltimore, will Install the following officer«: Commander. r "' ' n ^' Heutenant ' commander. Mrs. Barbara White; past commander. Mrs. Elizabeth Hartman; record keeper Miss Dora iBlng.e*: collector. . lies Beer,e. lac- • 'ary: lady u arms Mrs. Mamie Heed : . "géant, Mrs. Lillian Sin- | fflee; sentinel, Mrs. Susan Baldwin; , Tcaptain of L-u.ii .i-, Miss Linda Dur- ; Ierein and Mrs. Rebec a Hlrzel; Imusician. Mrs Beatrice Darlington; Hflor bearer. No 1 Mrs Anna Hoi plett ; color .„arcr, No. 2, Mrs. Eliza Ibath Hogaman. An entertainment and social hour «Till D How the installation. Aquilla Webb, D. D.. pastor of First Central Presbyterian Church. and George Carter, editor of the Evening Journal. i "1 have no use for any sort of penal methods, -that deliberately' break a man« heart, bis health; his spirit. What Warden wm doing falls u P on shoulders and mine. We ( devote ourselves to • * he wiping out of that which 1» un- , j know is 'he . H*™ pe0|) e n 1 :a 1 State have the deepest conviction that U protects the Stats from ' h ® I intrusion of criminals. It is not so Do you want to know what keeps criminals out of Delauare. The ' whipping^os. does not give, the an-, swer. The thing that protects you , in Delaware lathe Integrity of th< ; I AT MEMORIAL : (Cr^Atlnwcd from First Page.) Rev. Carlisle L. Hubbard, Mayor Le roy Harvey, J. Frank Ball, pres ident of th© Workhouse trus-j tec«: Bishop Philip Cook. E. C. ! Hardesty, president of the noanl of trustees of St. Paul's Church ; the Rev. The abolition of the whipping post which had been urged by War den Plummer, «a» referred to by Bishop Cook, of the Episcopal Dlu cese ot Delaware when he said: and Plummer your aajshuuld worthy ot the State and keeping (that which is worthy, people seem t ping post.' "One fact about Delaware that the ■ Delaware court, not the whipping post. I J. Frank Ball, said: "W-rdon j rummer has left us, but Warden Plummer's honor system still Uv™ ! at the New Castle County; Workhouse. The system he Inaugu-1 rat ,d at the workhouse )t not merely J ( a temporary makeshift, but a real. ! vital, living Issue—-one'that will go i 8 on untn it fchall reach .ts goal. 1 know whereof I «peak when I say his work shall go on, because I know what a folln ,iation he has laid. , u was huilt up6n ., NO ad rock—the aDDl|ra , lo of th( , -calvary Cure.'" . . lo i d 0 r the warden's aP n r rc!atloii of ihe hearty cooper ,, , received from the churches, w]l]loul w hich ins work ni ght have , . ' j „ Thp «arden '' he added, -had ! studlPd , hp P fr or ts made at prison : . In other places and came to J (h- ponP | UBlon lt wn » because these efforts had been merely lines of ma- ( tpr ; a ; development, nnd they had overlooked the spiritual. T pledge you In the name of the! trusted of the New Castle County Workhouse that we will so far as I" possible, under God. do OUT | utmost to see that Warden Plum mcr's work goes on and OB. This masn in rent meeting Is a fitting testl- j monial to the work this great man j donP ,- | "Faith, Hope and Charity," were '»*« attributes of Warden Plummer. aaid Mayor Harvey, The mayor| "d'led: "It seems to me that Warden Plummer came to the Workhouse ns ; t i great apostle with these Christian P i vlrtuea. He had faith in those men and women who were under hls |ada Icare, that they had not ceased to become human beings when the prison bars shut them off; that they . I .»till had hearts that cou d be touch-| ;ed; that God was just as murh in-[state fereated in them, perhaps more, be- • , cause of their greater need, and with I faith he appealed to that divin«» spark that was Sim alive in th-lr pa k „„n Pn i «... not In haart8 ' and t,,a ' appCal Wa " " 0t ln valI V .„„.tie ,"". ar< f2 «""ÏL L mmê !f of charlt). e wirerence be us d0 POt ' h t J. h a LÎ!, ,a n outsidéTs "' l,am - ftn or of Fvenlne l Mr Carter, editor of Evening .Tournai spoke In glowing terms of tbe hiKl ' estimât t n 1 ' * n plummer Jf" h8,d "Y membets ! I ,rP8s t tougiou ' ' . ard< n r s prison *yat*m 1« , n correct, h© dec ared. *o there and Me ^ . .. , . ! Dr ; Hul | ba * ,d J,aid in f C< î) ir8 ^ °1 * hl " i n ' ro ' i '' f 'l 0 O' "' P ' a '' k8 ' M be , bad "X.'** r ,,^ r *°'T." p " b °. * 1 Î jVsus' 'Vhrlst * 'towarll brokPn humanity. Ho pralnd shat thp « ardp „ wa * p i ea «ed to rail "the "Calvary cure for sin," He ! be was pravlng to God that the trustees would be wisely guided in selecting a man to take the place of » Warden Dlummor and carry on hl« tribute to the late warden. Dr. Aquilla Webb read some ex tracts from the warden'» report, showing the genuineness of his re Ilg on and h!s • ompb te absorption his work. He sad : lie congrega 'ion of First-Central Presbyterian church had adopted resolutions ex pressing the conv.ction that the peo of Delaware should erect some fitting memorial to Warden Plum- j mer. . I Governor Wlllim D Denney and work. Mr. Hardesty also paid a glowing JuJ k p James P»nnewill sent regrets „ "Y n ? t .o be,ng "ble to attend, but added the.r tribute to the sympathy an d interest of the late warden in 'be welfare of h;s fellow men bX ZJÏÏSÏÏLo'ÏÏ War', den Plummer'« favorite hvmtifi. ln Ani , rica , The crPdlt for 'bi« was due to the leadership h . , wardPn suppor ted bv on PxceptlonRlly high-minded hoard of 1 dln and * ;aff ' a " d 1 . loyaI ' P l/ ,f,b ; pr i 80n8r8,bemselv< ' 8 ' of tbp Unîtarian/'hurarX^rè'/ 1^""* conduct* inomô;"a"siTv:ces in church yesterday morning for ^ ardPn B ummer Mr !Baid ^at for two ars he had been ' n c1 ""® with Mr. Plummer abd J bat . " nder . ,bt \ " arden 8 car *j he workhouse had become one ot, 'he best institutions of its kind in, • ■' • ! The credit for this was due to the, leadership of the late warden, sup ported by an exceptionally high minded board of trustees, and the ef-1 ilclent deputy warden and staff, and ai loyal committee of the prisoners themselves. Mr. Vrooman nuti.ned the rise of the newpenologj. Hesaldthat for cen turle* the old prisons had been modeled upon the pattern of the Vrooman ' I | ; ! (Continu ., from First Page.) ( 1 . 1 , ■ „ mi , . , Ices than in 1921. Bridges built by ,,,, , *•** depar m n -- ' s ' • * ' ']! ' a , " r . f 58 ° " , " T£e vèar wiV' i^Dnurcl crossing Bread' Creek River where a movable bridge was rcoulred During Ihe'vear rights of way were ^ , annrnxim-teiv 74 miles ' . . ' , P0<it 0 f ..... basis'of 81 265 * on a a. is ' NEW ROAOS Full STATE '"l" 'i*" , p " hiahwava we>re fora right of way leas than JjfCfin fridth. . ( . 744 miles of roads, enmnleted a few miles ' b of uncomp .,eted work carried j over from 1921. The mileage bullt | In the year is 32.2 per cent, of the, .Otnl mileage built bv the Depart- . „„ io /at. Ä 97 per «nt. ' 0 f its year's program finished, l)el-j ' Slates in per-,, "e^ageotwork tomplet^ I nppausP of [be care exercised In! ' ^ con(rai . t(! Depart- ! , , have to call on a single ' X^h t he work of his. p;r " p , . a | ar |ea paid the' 111 En g lnecr remark^; ' . Any organization -instrusted in / onp A £ ft| . dès gn and superv 1- ! nP > „rollon work costing ap 0«0 000 covering I J y Ï' resnnns.hle for the f 78 an 1 ; p ^ _ .. *| ar '' alld '"' k ® p ; p ot a T, ,me f" "ays. repr^cntlng an intes.men, of to u2 million dollars—which can lafactorily function and cause this wark "> be thoroughly and efflc!ently performed, wHh a froe. of «0 :men at #ve ™* w , 7,hinl! L ™n month, will win I think, the con nde "ce of those sincerely interested ] 1,1 the euccess of the enterprise. Tbt ' Department within the year mad- surveys, prepared plans and designs, and furnished engineering supervision and inspection for work ed totaling »2.373,650. al a cost of J13M78.67 or n total overhead cost of 5V4 per cent. Figures furnished by the Bureau of Public Ronds for 28 States In the Union places Delà-' ware's cost for Engineering and Ad ministration In ninth place, the costs for the 28 Slates varying from 3.55 per cent, to 12V4 per cent Delaware was allotted by the Fed eral Government this year » 365 , 625 . , a all of which has been taken up In contract projects let during the year d A bill passed by Congress in June - s author i 7 , ed »190,000. 000 for high-1 wtay construction in the next three ■ ,k years, of which Delaware's share 1 wll | be »926,625, provided the State| ralMB an p( , ual . mount . I The State Highway System was „„pecte.l ln l 922 h y numerous par P s of visiting engineers and offl a | Bi not only from other States but ■ p from 0lbpr countrifw, including Can- I Scotland and New Zealand. | without exception these vlsltora paid I hl({h compliment to the foresight of i the d ,. pIlrtm( . m and thp permanetrt ! rk it has done in laying out the 1 System and securing adequate 1 lKhts of way before further en croachmenta ^ere made the re m0 val of which would entail * r oa.t ■' -xpense ,be Hiturc This has P 1 , f tUy , , h ha , j-'O""' a serious problems In many lo '*tles. The Department has an ex ""ï" ° f ''" S 1 co,,nection wltb 1,8 wol k on 'b« hlladelphla Pike und > ,8: "»«oner or later this prob m Wl " ha ' e l ° be mCt by the Stat, ' count > on Lincoln Highway lw ,'' ,n Wllmln ff t0n «nd M irshall ,. More rigid laws are urged restrict tb, ' oad8 permitted on improved highways , To illustrate the lack of ap- ] tion b> some of th© State's ©w r«*«ds" says the report, our scale ' reconU for * he year of trucks! traveling the Philadelphia Pike. ( how ln * tnn r<* where loads of 18] '»ns were being transformed over | this road In January, a month hon heavy loads are especially In-1 * At ,rtp cl<>8e of the yaar our maintenance organisation will '»ave under care 264 miles of roads! and the average cost of the work! i: slightly leas lhan »250 per mile. number and weight of motor trucks using our highways has raised the question as to whether the present registration fees ire at all propor tionate to the use of and the dam -1 asp done to the highways by these freight carriers. It is especially! questionable with repect operating as common carriers and, who llae tbe highways throughout the year. ~ ..q- bfl ,-onelderation of a (ax on aKO u nP la a i so rceommended." other recommendations made by chief i; nK i nPPr Buck arc tus follows: Further, In the damage to roads by heavy trucks, the report says; "The enormous increase In the to those "As It appears possible to retire in j heretofore issued for road con-truc tion if the annual sinking fun s .safely invested at 3% percent., and j ,h;s i'""'-'' 8 ' compounded by similar annual Investments at the same rate, > ak " »be liberty to suggest that , 'corwlderaiion be given this 27 years at 105 the 40-year bonds por ,am po ** iblM,y by Smk ' nt F " pke «ten-ling from the my'hoIoKleai hell of theology. has been proven that criminals may be turned into honorable citizens when they are treated in the right Commission. "The enormous traffic on the Phll It ! Mr V rooman said that modern prison method* need a parole sys tPni to ,. nm plet. them. It Is neces sary to plvp an offender the chance to prove under normal conditions ot !ife tha , hls ..„formation Is real and not a fakp "The best memorial" he said -that Delaware ran erect to War d0 n Plummer one of its most use r u l dt zens wou'd be '«o' establish institution for women. These would pieasp the late Warden much more than all the eulogies we might utter over las grave. M way. Pennsylvania State line nt Marcus [Hook to Thirty-third street, Wil mlngton, has made evident \tO the adjacent property owners the advisa- 1 billty of the development of the pike ! in accordance with the plans of the 1 Department to provide an 80-foot I right of way. Twenty-one per cent. | ;Ot the properties along the highway! jhave already been acquired and I j recommend active measures toward completing this project ihe coming ( year. I ' Inspectai by our Department of the bridge at Seaford, spanning the, , ... Nantlcoke River, indicates that this bridge is unsafe and inadequate for (the everyday traillc required to U8e «• ! . ' 11 must ln th ® near fl,ture be abandoned and since this crossing i* a part of the pre8ent state 8 >' 8tem bet ' yet ' n DeImar and Wilmington, I recommenJ t b "t the present bridge be replaced by the State in 1933, wkh " modern, appropriate, and sub mantial structure and. in order to de ^ ray lhc expenses of this project, a PP* upriatlon be provided. As our budt ' et provides for the mall J tena, J ce of wbat Ç an Justly be i ' on ]y " of a po p a * ro j° r "; evTr 'incrMsing^svsfem P f ' h ^ h I offer the suggestion that ? e glsl.tion be enacted nrovid .i o. V ..v d pro , vld * n »' be , f a '* wkb a ^"«abul.ry,, n similar to • similar to such forces engaged ï.r£„r ' "" -in he event nrovlalnn. h« mad " Mt^bltshlSo ™eh » fnr« b ? ' .i k c a f ,f r tie now exisUng law. be re" l.i.J „ , , I lh . i mPOMl1 , o Z Î .ThÏÏ V ? Ur P °' at ,on of the q, ,te'r m Y' f ° r v"rt ,« 1 C, r»."^ ' 1 Department, to Z? the operating expenses of this f. ' " bl<h wo| Hd then be practi -1 vaI, 5 fc f-supporting and possibly . ° a " , ' m '' l ™ ; "> ln 'ber of men to effecilively patrol all State roads. "As all the Improved highways In i ,he Slate are laid down with long tangements and easy curves a speed „ m , n „ ppr hour can he ma(ln without endangering the lives of any. nnd for t h e convenience of the putt 1< . > t suggest that the present law. permitting 30 miles per hour, be re vised to allow for IS miles -per hour, "A s.-t of 20-Ion scales erected on the Philadelphia Dike have éliminât- ; almost entirely the excessive loads that did use this road, resulting with- : out a doubt in the saving of many dollars for maintenance and serious damage to this valuable road. ''In the opinion of the writer and other engineers of the Department, Hiere has been such a saving to the a »täte, resulting from these «cales. I |, recommend that two or more addl-! 'l«»»! sets he Installed in the State n «b<«e roads most used hv trucks. , The marking of a line this year "" " the center of -0 miles of the 'ate roads has been received with b "Weh favonude comment hy the pub ' eand 1 «UK«"-« this practice bo ««t 5'«« r «n a.I of our ypad " 16 wld « r ; Jb.s dlvid- - ÎÎ, i" d Äs ofT V f ^ 1,?!,.™' '' ffl Lî nd -""'"J , ° kb * redufea the ; ' h Yi* h _.* h * fatu ls ovaHable for 1923. ^^ 1 , ï remarks that ''J,, b p , ^ P "" ble *°. d ° K *Y ena i ® ! ,T n , , hp V ! 8 th * U , commission lay out ",^"Tmimrtant"«^^ the ] ln important of the following. ! be 05 miles Marsh Rond L pp I 2 '® ' "? ad b «twecn , D h j' Plke—Sllver8,da ! « 12 r *' orBP " ° d "* a 3 5 Armstrongs Corner 10 Smyrna. 5 j •• Summit Bridge to Ty-, bout's Corner. g 5 <• Christiana to Wllmlng ton vla Newpor t and ' Stanton. . j N r.o ** Lancaster Pike to Penn-i' syll s . 0 .. Hare s Corner to Chris liana. 4.0 " Centreville to Perry's TVivern. 6.1 " New Castle to Newport its. 1.5 •* Farnhurat to Stoeckle's Corner 5.0 •' Townsend to Caldwell. 4.0 •• Walker School to Dea kynesville. 2.5 " Glasgow Line, *'* m S,a,a Road '° BMr 4 5 4.0 to Maryland ! j Mllltown to Mermaid to J Pennsylvania Line. j PVuilk Road to Smith's Bridge. Kent County 8 0 miles. Marydel to Smyrna, via | : to Lelpslc to . Î Kenton and Clayton. 11.5 Smyrna Dover. Cheswold to Kenton. ■ 4.5 Maryland to Maryland * Felton to WhlteleyshurK ( Harrington to Burrrivlne. Connert'nR duPont Hoad north nnd south of - to Thompson-j ! Wo P od n . t .de 0 ,o ,1 8 , ta,r O Hiäh W ood. Id© t© .täte High I to Clavton ti 7.5 Line. Wyoming Line. 13.0 9.8 9.5 Dover to Little Creek. Pearson's to Hartly. 4 7 3.0 3.0 Dover. Milford ville. 5.0 4.(1 .5 way. Houston to Milford .75 Harrington Road. Through Frederica (east'bon .75 and west) Sussex County 3.1 miles. Frankford to Omar. Seaford to l^el la nee. Brldgevllle to Maryland Line. Lewe« to Five Point». Milton to Harbeson. 8 4 "Milton to Ellendale. Harbeson to Rehoboth. | Milford to Rehoboth. Mission to Gumboro. Daçshoro to Vine's Creek. Frankford to duPont Road. 6.5 9.0 2.0 4 0 11.8 26.3 5.3 3.6 0.Î Dngsboro to duPont Road. Ellendale to duPont Road. Lincoln City to duPont Rood. Concord to laurel to Georgetown Road. Peppers to Mission. Laurel to Maryland Line Harmon School to Oak Orchard. Greenwood to Maryland Lins. 0.8 0.8 0.8 6.0 8.0 7.5 2.0 5.0 ' 1 ! 1 I | j % NegPO, AcCUSed of Shooting ( _ „ , I Two Federal Agents, VlSltS Milford v13113 iiiuiuiu | Special to The Evening Journal. MILFORD, Jan. 1.—Larry Smith, ! Negro, alleged moonshiner and tdgitlve from Justice who is said on Friday to have wounded Federal Prohibition Agents Edwards and Howard in a gun fight while making his escape, when his home, six miltm west of Milford was raided, j canie to Milford Saturday afternoon and wa ig e j the gtreets undisturbed. : AftejT hia usual we * k ' end 8 b «>P plnK Smkh returned h °™ e ; Smith wl,en <*uestioned by actfuaintances .saiil there was nothing to the story of ^ n „ ht anJ that lt waa all a * nteta ^' 1 Th , police 8ay they did not ^ Smith but that they were not on the lookout for hinl - They said a Ibe F " d '' ral «Wcers had not taken ! them into their confidence and they bad "» warrant for his arrest. A warrant for Smiths arrest.] charging him with illicit sale and ' NO EFFORT SHOE TO SET SMITH ' HIS HOME WAS RAIDED FRIDAY manufacture of whisky, was Issued | b J' Magistrate Hendrixson, of Mil- J tora - and ano1hPr "'arrant, charg mtent to kill, was Is- I gu " d Saturda „. Smlih acc ordlng to his friends. - . ' h „ k f ,»r the al eged gun batïïe with the I F e dI r al offlcers FederaI offlcers - 1 (Continued From First Page.) the party having a majority In the sepamte houses has. been the chief feature for the Monday night before the Legislature is organized and on] occasions the contests for officers a „d presiding officers have resulted |, deadlocks thaï lasted for days and j 80 me times weeks. The fact that ; th6 nominations have already been ma( ie will keep many who otherwise ' would attend, away from Dover to nlight but many of the leaders will e there and the Democratic Stat-i Committee may hold a meeting dur- ! inK tb e evening. The Republican j members of the two houses will also caucus tonight to nominate the men | " r lhP 1 " kislative offl( ' ps ' vh ° they wIU vo,e for at 1,16 » r k anl * atlon oC the Legislature. I'lans will be made ton.ght for re celving the bi-ennial message of ; Governor Denney. It Is understood that Governor Denney has hi* mes- D saB<! r, ' ;,dy to pr<,8ent whenever It on |suits the Legislature to receive him J°' nt -««ion. This will probably at p ! c i early noon Wednesday. The Democratic members in their caucus tonight will probably nomi Inato one attorney for each houee and also decide whether or not to allow th Pre sldent nro-tem of the Sen^e and he Sneaker of the ., , . h ' . _ th 'tom fir maw Wars Senator E rb .„ n Murphy will be president r h „2 pt 2 n tn H* P Sa m n e 1 N cX.r Sp^aker * _ iriràMTir» riTPIIir l/I||jl| I R ril|ri|y II Ml V fl K f Vf Ml HlLsll/Tl L,1 " Lii'l I j. ♦ fir - SB S PI/ m UPI! j I In I p (Continued on Page Two.) nesses expected to tell damning stories at the open hearings at Baa- 1 trop, Friday, have been spirited from J Morehouse parish by officials and closely guarded, but this has not been considered necessary In Teed -1 Igecton'a rase. I Toedgeslon has been expected to refute efforts by T. J. Burnett to es tabllsh an alibi for his alleged par-1 tlcipation in the murder orgies. , ' Rumors were afloat here today that Teedgeston was on© of the two I mon alleged to have confessed last k to terrorism implicating forty ot her member« of the hooded mob. j Attorney General Coco refused to „fflrm this. I Teedgeston mysteriously dlsap peared Friday midnight, according to information of officials. He wa. ' qulety railed from his bunkhouec___THAN ., a rtly rlad nnd foiled to reappear. 1 More than a score of men wearing the black mask, which has sent u waves of fear throughout the parish ^ ^ geston. The incident followed a conference Teedgeston had with officials. He was employed at the Southern Car i? " Company where Barnett worked land was counted on to prove that Barnett waa not at the plant the night of the murders, ns he claims. pi PUNCH AND FINE o O * upon thelsldewnlk. In Tenth street. B0 near Walnut, the officer said, he piac- p ed the Negro under arrest when he was satisfied that he was drunk. William insisted in court he was .a it. not drunk and had not been drink "I was Juet as sober* as I am now and now I'm as sober as any- j body In the world.' mointalned the Negro. Guy, he said, hit him In th» eye during the argument that fol lowed the collision. (Continued From First Page.) ing. Guy told the court that Harris had been drinking but he would not say that he was drunk. Many- of those who welcomed the New Year at the Hotel duPont were Philadelphians, who came to enjoy the dancing. In Philadelphia, hotels and cafes dancing was permuted PRAYER, », DANCE GREET li (Continued otx Page Nine) all lights were extlngu shed and re mained out until midnight when they were flashed on again am.d shouts of merriment and the music! of two orchestras. only from 12 to 1 o'clock this morn ing, but it continued until after 21 o'clock at the Hotel duPont. | The Lambros Restaurant was also! crowded with celebrants and the] Wisteria Garden wus thronged long! before the opening hour for the 1 celebration. A special program had been arranged for the dancers and promptly at midnight iho observ ance got under way. The Lambros also will have a New Year dance tonight. The varioua clubs throughout the city staged special entertainments and dancing, beginning at midnight I " d continuing into the early hours! this morning, at the various dance'unlted halls, afforded added amusement for (the pleasure-seekers, I'nllke Philadelphia and other nearby cities, there were no per formances in the local theatres at midnight but special holiday mati i.ees are being given this afternoon The big feature of today s observ ance will be the oflical lighting of King street tonight, pro/ ded the weather permits [entry of 1923 in a roaring fashion. at a public dance in the Aldine Thea ire Building, from 12.01 until 6 o'clock this morning. Nearly one , hundred couples attended the affair. , Thp largo room, which was used , the headquarters of the Merry Whirl and the Sunshine Society.'was attractively decorated Si old rose. with hanging lamps and other dec 1 „rations. , A feature of Ihe entertainment n was a taxicab dame, and sa.xpphcno v I An Impressive festurc of the celebration last night «ras the ring ing of the chime© in the belfries ot Grace M E. Church and Westmln ; ; ster Presbyterian Church. Norris C. Morgan, organist of Grace Church , :nd John A. Thoms, Jr., organist of Westminster Church, played six hymns on their respective himes at intervals. Many person« paused In their merry making long enough to catch ihe ring ng notes.! The Frolickers Club celebrated the i solos by John Smith. During the intermission luncheon was served by the committee in charge, which included James Stod dard, Lewis Kates and Frank Trav-J ers. I At St. I'aul's M. E. Church the ( congregation numbered tn the neigh borhoodofa thousand, including ( K merli women and children. Special I mus ] c was rendered by the choir ; nnd the Rev. Carlisle L. Hubbard, . n, preached. His sermon was, the subject of ' The Gospel of a Second Chance. Impressive services were also j held at Ftrst-Central Presbyterlnn , Church. T e Kev^ qu v , a .' tb '| was the speaker. He called the j audience to the front pewt-, and 1 when the bells and whittles an nounced the New Year, the congre gallon knelt in prayer. ~ Other churches which held "watch ! ln night services" were St. Andrew's P. Church,Asbury M E.. Trinity M. Union. Brundywlre, Claymont. ' Grace M. E„ and Gilbert Presbyter-j At Hanover Church the Rev. | » Charles H. Bohner preached on ; A to "Th» Border of the V At Grace M. E. "watch night services" were in charge of Frank Mitchell and Ralph !.. Minker. The services began at 11 and ended at ! 12.05 a. m. Mr. Morgan played some • * I special selections on the organ, Th© serv ees at Brandywine were charge of th© pastor. Rev. W.^E. mt M. *E. "watchnight services'' began at 10.30 j m., in charge of the Rev. W. A. ' Refreshments were Hearn, pastor. served and a general prayer and praise service was held. ! It contrast to the gayety which followed th© midnight hour, the j u streets of the city were nearly de serted this morning. The combina-! tion of rain and a holiday kept many : 1 n „ .. , Virtually all,j ! persons at home. busln°os places, except restaurants and cigar stores, were closed. Even the barber shops stopped work. Towards noon, as »ho rain ceased, and the sun came out. the appear ance of the down-town strC?ts brightened considerably, nnd ind! rations were that th© theatres and motion pieture houses would he lib crally patronized at and tonight's performances. - = SP D BTATIOV. _ |1 ' EAVE WILMINGTON KTHS|f ■' rr * nch *>*• wh,rf . 8 p - ^ FREIGHT ONLY iSKpI^AVE «H.UD.UM5, 1 UgPii»Bl 1118^8 p '« r 10. North Wb*rv«i ■■■■*■■" /Race Streetl § P. M. "= _ - , T 1 WILSON LI^nL ..■■■< i ■ • n , n . Phllade pnia.Penn surove,Chester P , , Schedule of Trips. Leave IV t.nunglon. lourtb Street Wharf, da 11} . except Saturdays, Sun. d y . 8 a a i"h/ 10 «'on y * u fjr i? (V/n/nn Philadelphia, 8.00 A. M., 12.0Ü noon. 4 1# 7 30 l OTW , Vaw on S*'' r <iay 8 ' Sundays and New Vear sIMj. ..3°. 10.3U A. M.. 1.30, l.li Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Streei Wharf. for Wilmington, at same i hours Wilmington-Penn 's Grovs Routs *V ea tn*no'V 1, M n * t i" I o'o a Vo6 lit ' !«• 1 # M° 1000 and 1®00 P M ■ * On '--undavl 7 44 10 00 A M KM * ^n. 2 00, d 4 00, 6.0o', « 001^00 and K.0» * M • * 0 V*ï*o P Ti n o* A™« Tm YJ*.' 4 3Î }' 9 00 andllOO P.' M I On Sunday«, 7.00, 9.00. A. BL, i 3 00 aAo 7 00. 404 an« 11.00 P AL 1 • ° _ _ . WE ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY SECOND MORT GAGES ON WILMINGTON AND SUBURBAN PROPERTIES MANION & CO. 8 12 King Street Phone 6895 t SALISBURY. Md.. Jan. 1.—Doug-! ONE KILLED IN 'A? I Douglas Mapp Meets Death When Auto Turns Over in Salisbury TT-IRFP OTHFR*? WIIICTVO tl> CAR IN II JRFD v i lass Mapp, aged 30 years, was ln- 1 stantly killed a bout 2 o'clock yester-I day morning when the automobile in ! which he and three others were oc cupants, all from Salisbury, side wiped a telephone pole on North Daviison street, this city, and turn ed turtle, alighting In an inverted position ander T. Grier, crunhcd breast and : internal injuries; Orler^sllght bruises, Both men saw service with the States military forces during World War Mapp was a Ber Unt in the Marine Corps, stationed Haiti in 1917 and 1918. He was a Two other occupants are at the : Peninsula General Hospital here badly Injured. j Those injured were: Mrs. Douglas Mapp, fractured ' skull and broken leg; Mrs. Alex- j T. ! | Alexander cousin ot State Senator O. Walter of Accomac Virginia, ,. ith c-nfan?« m™/ 1 ; Company '"L. . company . Tamiarv I 'Th^anT' b, ' caPe ' e Y n to hecom« effeetu*. t.I ' 3 and J. Brooks Mapp, attorney, ut Keller, Va. Grier served as a lieutenant in the Aviation Corps attached to the American Expeditionary Forces In France. He is a member of the R Grier and Sons Company, of this place. Mrs. Mapp was formerly Miss Anita Rivers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Calkins Rivers, who llv© at the head of th© oreek five miles north of Princess Anne, Somerset county. _ MERGE BUSINESS BANKING HOUSES holld ,, b ( -, , h ' Mrm \,n der , hp ' mp Lajpd B issel and wlu ' office , t 2 « Broadway" Ne^York effy Thè new Arm will have a bond depart ,ent in the Tenth street office now occupied by Laird and Company and a stock department in the Market street office. Gillespie,. Meeds and Company. The partn ers in the new firm are Winder Laird. George P. Blssell. Hollyday 8. Meeds. Jr.. W Poyntell Johnston . CharIes P . Warwick. 8. D. Townsend Phuip D Laird and Cecil , Backus, iIr Warwick will have charge of ' p New York office, but will return now occupied this city where he will maintain home, for the week-ends. FIBRE MERGER IN EFFECT!'. Consolidation of the American Fibre Company, the National Fibre ; nnd Insulation company and the l£8 fieId - tlonal Sunshine Society will meet at o'clock tomorrow evening in the Hall, 900 Washington street. intendent of the Delaware Hospital. wi, ' £* ve a New Tear s tea this Keystone Pfbre Company became effective today. The merged con cern. lo be known as the National Fibre Company, will be the largest SUNSHINE MEETING. Cynthia Helpers' Branch, Interna -0 NURSES AT PARTY. Miss Caroline E. Sparrow, super afternoon, at her apartment in the hospital, to all the nurses at the i institution. Sn Jflpnumarn in loving memory of Alfred Tyson Jordan, who died ©ucldenly January 1. 1921: came as comes the lightning stroke. iFelling to earth the strongest oak; cai JJ/e«th* ctmiea the v ' h,rIwind 8 That swift-winged messenger of death. with all hopes, visions bright, With life's best promises in sight; t he f u n flush of manhood's prime. Was borne beyond the shores of time. Family.* And STATE OF DELAWARE. OFFICE OF CERTIFICATE 0 OF^D^SSOLUTION xo'All To Whom These Presents May Comç, Greeting: "'.uu^nlleatert V r"raid' the proceedings for the voluntary disao lutkm thereof, by the consent of all the 'VSSXÏÏ^JÎSeSStîS! of"' Coragràtlon Training, n rorporatlon of this state. hfiM n r 'i n einal office Is sltun . <1 at ï W. Tenth «treeh.In the city of^Wilmington, ware/ Corporation Trust Company of America, being agent therein nnd In j tiTSÜSTSL' "SSÄJSSS-'wTOTSSU ! qutrements of the Corporation l«aws of . v- fate 0 f Delaware, as contained ln I 1915. Sertlon 1 to 2101. Section 187 ! CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION. Slä*« 'SmM "i thi '"f-'KItriFt'-ATB OF DTSOUTTION. (_ Now, therefore, I, A. R Henson, Sec -1 retary of Slate, of the State of Delà ware, do hereby certify that the said oorporaUiiri did. on the 3«th day of jjecember. A. D. 1922. flic in the office a ; „j v executed anti attested consent, in writing, to the dissolution of said cor-j 1>or;ll j nru executed by all tbe stock holders thereof, which said consent and , rec „ r<lB of , hp proceedings afore ^ arp now OIl flIe in my 8a)d 0 f«c8, provided by law. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have hereunto 1 r hand and 1 1 ........ OFFICIAL SEAL • of delà: seal, at Secretary's Office • Dover, this 3dth '*55 Delaware 1793 • day of D'<- , In 1»U- . , J lb- year of our , hundred « n d twenty-two. jnnl-lt. one thou n I n e A. R. BENSON, Secretary of State. ■s I SOCIAL amdl Miss Elizabeth May Megglnson re turned today from Washington, «pent a week. She was. accompanied home by her cousin. Miss Marjorie Ann Cleland, who will spend the winter with Mr. and Mrs. where she Hel » ht8 - „ — Edwin Gregg and Walker Penn lngton left last Wednesday on a trip eoutb - They expect to spend some Ume in Palalk a. Fla. R. Marvin Megginson. George Worrllow. ot Zion. Md.. a studem of the University of Mary land, spent the Christmas holidays witli Edwin Gregg, ot Cranston BTItWElib-M oC ALL. Miss Marlon Burwell of Philadel phia and IVallace T. McCall of Phil ivere adelphla formerly of this city. married at noon on Saturday In the Holy Trinity P. E. Church, Phlladel ph-la, by the Rev. W. Floyd Torap kins. The wedding music was play ed by Ralph Kinder. Following a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. McCall will reside in Phlladel phla. and Mrs. Frederick C. McCall, 815 Adams street. Mr. McCall is a son of Mr. Die J MYERS—At 5 E. Twelfth street, W!I mlngton. Dei., on December 31, 19 9 2 Johanna Myers, aged St rears' High mass in St. Patrick'« Church, at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Interment at St. Agnes' cemetery, Vest Chester. Pa. GA1A,I ' N ;-i n . u .' ls c "y, on December ** j ««**• M.. son of Anruf and Mary Farren Galvin. aee<i 5 years and 8 months. Interment private. TALLEY—On December 31, 1922. Mary wife of Winfield S. Talley, aged :* yf/ 4 r f- Relatives and friends are In - vlted to attend the funeral services, at her late residence, Brandywine Hundred, _ day afternoon, January 4 , o'clock. Interment at Bethel tery. BRETT—Near Funeral and Talleyvllle, Thurs at 3 ceme ...xnrx», r, Long wood, Chester count}, fa., on December 31. 1922, Harry Brett. Due notice of the funeral will be given. Bl-lck ■OndB^y-'f-uri'l.?'- ni''Ai Fred street nCe ~ Ret * °- ak Koa<l anrt VViliard Funeral services at Trinity Church, noon. January 2 o'clock. on Tuesday after iiuary 2, 1923, at 2 30 « interment at Wilmington u_ aa iT Brandywine cemetery. BEAMS—°n December 3C. 1922. Joseph a ' , H ® n . vte * a Ked 75 years. Relatives and friends are Invited to attend the, funeral services at the resi of „ his »on-ln-law, w. Harry Talley Carpenter Station, Brandv w *ne Hundred, on Tuesday after noon. January 2, at 1 o'clock torment In - Lower Brandywine at cemeiery. CRAN y a G-V—f n this city, on December 4l ' Lewis Harvey Cranston, aged - - Relatives and to attend the , years, friends are Invited funeral -servie©.., at his late r««i dence 9U2 West Tenth street, on Tuesday afternoon. January, 2 . 1523, at , — o'clock. Interment at Red <. lay Creek cemetery. HA;lh l a city - on December 31, ^--. Edward L.. husband of Naomie «ö..- * wel J and son ol the lata 'I Ilham and Mary Hanna. Relative., friends, members of Wenona Conn ell, No. 9. Jr. O. U. A. M.; tasophft or S. W. M.t Pythias; Hep Knights of Orangemen AnoclAtho. and Delaware State Funeral Direc tors' Association, are Invited tend the funeral services, at h,__ _ residence, 411 North Clayton street. (, ti Wednesday afternoon, January 3. 1923. at 3 o'clock. Interment at Rlvervlew cemetery. ROYDS—In this city, on 1922, Sarah Ann, wld ar ia te December 29, of Thomas Hoy da, aged ,o years. Funeral vices at the residence of her son, Walter E Royds. 420 McCabe Ave., on Tuesday morning, January 2. 1923. at 10.30 o'clock. Interment • KENTON —In this city, on December 30. 1922. Mary Anna, wife of the lat« Martin S. Kenton and sister of ■Wil liam H Todd, of Brooklyn, N. V. # aged 65 yVars. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, at her late residence, 9'7 Shallcross avenue. on Wednesday afternoon. January--?, at 1 o'clock. Interment at I»mbardy cemetery. RUSSELL—Jn this city, on December 30. 1922. Amanda W., wlfo of George W. Russell, aged 79 years. Rela tives and friends are invited to al tered the funeral services, at her laie residence. 612 N. Adams street, Wednesday afternoon, January o'clock. Interment private. CURLEY—In this city, on December 29, 1922. Roland Currey. in his 30th year. Relatives and friends are In vited to attend the funeral at hi* late residence. 718 Wilson street, on Tuesday afternoon, January 2, 1923, at 2 o'clock. Interment at Ut. Olive cemetery. WELTON—In this city, on December 30. 1922, John Weiten, aged 59 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, ling pine street, on Tues 3. at 2 day afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Inter ment at Mt. Salem cemetery. FORD—In this city, on December 29. 1922, Thomas F. Ford. Relatives and friends are Invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 611 North Clayton street, on Tues day morning, January 2, at 9 o'clock. Requiem mass at St. Paul's Church. Intermsh« at Cathedral cemetery. ROWE—In this city. 1922, Dennis A. Rowe. December 28, Relatives, friends, members of Division, No. 2. A. O. H.. and the Immaculate Conception Society,, attend the funeral from residence. 1922 Rising Sun Lane. Tuesday morning, January 2, 19î:i, at 9 o'clock. Requiem mass at St. Joseph's Church. Interment at St. Joseph's cemetery. Invited to his late GEO. M. FISHER wr.|f. B . Vy tl )! I'j. I t||npq " imam IHIIMIS I iMnrDT A I fro UNDERTAKER Estate Undertaker and Embalmer Telephones: 1160-1040 Office and Residence 722 KING STREET Ella M. Fisher, Executrix (Graduate Embalmer) S. W. Cor. 24th and Market Sta. Phone 572. ■— Marshall II. Yeatman Undertaker and Embalmer Successor to John B. Martin OFFICE: 810 WASHINGTON at. Telephone 13. Call222 for Flowers CARTLEDGE New Location, Tenth and Oranga Sta.