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LATE NEWS EDITION
M.
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 179
WILMINGTON. DELAWARE, MONDAY. JANUARY 8. 1923
14 PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
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FRENCH INVASION HINGES ON TOD A TS PARLEY;
WASHINGTON TELLS OF BID TO A VERT STRIFE
VOTING LIST
Senator Viven Offers
Amendment for Perma
nent Registration
DEMOC RATS QUIZ INTO
AUTO TITLING DEPT.
Staff Correspondent.
STATE HOUSE. Dover. Del.. Jan
». —Senator Viven Introduced a bill
in the Senate this mornin» to amend
the Constitution by providing: for the
permanent registration of votera. The
bill, which because of Its amending
the constitution would require fa-,
vorable action by two-thirds of the
members of both houses at two con
secutive oessions of the Legislature
substitutes a new section for section
4 of article 5 of the constitution.
The new pa *t of the section pro
posed reads "The General Assembly
shal. enact uniform laws for, the reg
istration of voters in this State entl
t >d to vote under this article, which
registration shall be conclusive evl
•l«*nce to the ejection officers of the
right of every person so registered to
vote at any general election while,
1 rs or her name shall remain on the
I -f of registered voter«, and who is
not at the time disqualified under the
s of section 3 of this article;
i»nd no person shall vote at such gen
nl election whose name does not at
hat time appear in said list of reg
i>tered voters."
* U »Tn u * 1 i WaS a ° inff to "P r ^-1
• nt a .11 that I feel sure every Dem
rat and Republican member of this
i -dy will vote i o~. or at least I hope
they will.- While there seems to
J«e a gen« ral demand for a perrnan
^ (Continued on Page Ten)
pn
•is.on
Senator Viven in presenting the
Ah
FOR NEWLV«
I'll. t /-> i
Llkton Umcial Charges
Edward V. DuRoss, Jr.,
With Perjury
AGRHE ON MOVE TO
ANNUL MARRIAGE
y- »e, i) fn The Evening Journal.
KLKTON. Jan.,».— A warrant for
the arrest of Kdward V DuRoss. Jr..
*ho figured in i_
«1 »iiFle wedding here on New Year's
night when h«* was married to Mise
««f Wilmington.
of
Vgne« a. Kaiser, aged IT. als
Wilmington wr,.« sworn out this
morning by H. Winfield Lewis. Clerk
of the Cecil Courfty Court, on a
It is alleged that
« 'targe of perjury,
he gave his au- a 11 21 when he is
hut 1 ». according to hie father who
■ ailed on Clerk Lewis in his efforts
The
warrant will be given to Sheriff Kirk
C fford to be served,
The Issuing of the warrant for the,
.»• rest of Du Ross is in linn with a !
to have the marriage annuled.
Platement issued recently by Gover
;i«<r Ritchie in connection with a j
hat time .«aid. "I am
«(nested t
to have his nffl
dy if re
sk the aifornev-generalI
assist In prosecut
;ng any persons who are guilty of
representing themselves falsely or
«uherwlse amendable to law."
I
Following a confcrem'n list night
r«l V. Du Rom, Jr.,
bride.
hie
Miss
her father.
between Ed
parents and hi« child
• Agnes A Kaiser and
(Continued on Page Ten)
_
■ T )R. H0EV REPORTED
CRITICALLY ILL
Dr. IV. F. Hoey, of Frederica, is
■I 1 h<> Horn.
- mal. and was reported to have rest
- d fairl>' comfortabla last evening.
Dr. Hoey is chairman of the Ikmo
, cralic Stale Committee.
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LOST
1 «OST Black
»rimmed ; wood
Wednesday, January 3, on
Market street. It* ward for
E'-nine Journal.
«Continued on Page Thirteen.)
umbrella: white bon«» i
handle, blàe top: 1
near
return
Io
Jan»-at.
!r
Ku Klux Pro her
I*.
I
%
'
Attorney-General A. Coro, of
Louisiana. is heading: the probe at
Mer Rou;e, La.. Into the murder of
and other outrage* by masked
t
I
bands.
OPEN PRDBL FOR
'
U
Lil
Prosecution to Make Sweep
ing Inquiry Into Louis
iana Outrages
HOPFS TO HANG MEN
FOR DEATH TORTURES
I
roURTHOUSE. Bastrop. La . Jan. »
(United Press)—Activities of the Ku
Klux Klan in Morehouse Parish will
he exposed in connection With open
hearings into the torture murders of
Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards,
state ofTVials declared today.
The announcement was made by
Attorney-General Coco in outlining
steps to be followed In the present
inquiry into the case of how the
mangled bodies of the two men came
to be f«»und in the bottom of Lake
La Fourche.
'■Raids nnd night ridin g a etK'l
t*es In which It i* kntrtn that hood
<*d members of ;he K K. K took
part.*' f'oco arid, "was gone ini
fully. The ràll for this open hear
■ ng wa# so worded that it gave
'the right to take up these mattere,
Some of these were the
us
masked
r.de^of which members of the klan
haw boasted openly. We are here
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
SOLDIER SAYS HE
BOUGHT HOOCr
Man and Woman He Named
Deny Selling to Fort
DuPont Man
HEAR GURGLE AND
FIND EMPTY JUGS
After testifying aga nst tw«
o:h
er defendants from whom he claim
ed to have purchas"d the two gal- I
on , of liquoI . folInd ln hlK posscs-!
pd . , nr n „ r ,, K or, i„..,
• p '
Pont soldier. pleaded guilty in
orning to a j
Municipal Court this
ephlne wisnowskl and Joseph
'*7 ,!• ° ar< * ■*° < 0
sold he liquor to .Springer, denied
Ihc charge made aga,.,si them and
on was deferred until Friday,
Tlie Wisnewskl
technical charge of selling lltjuoi
ind was fined $50 and costs by
-ludg© Hastings
j
decun
'
by the
men, who conducts a grocery ator'
at Th.rd and Lombard streets, and
•ourt.
Gtlxda, who is employed by her
were represented by J, Frank Ball
Springer. In answer to a question
of Mr. Ball, denied that he is known
about Fort DuPont as a bootlegger
(Continue«! on Page Twelve.)
RUMOR FORD MOTOR
___ _ ,
PLANT FOR CLAYMONT
Two visits by Ed sail Ford, son of
automobile
Detroit
manufacturer, to Claymont, re«-ent
F«
•1.
Henry
reports the Ford
1 y. gave rise
interests contemplate erection of a
large assembling plant in or near
'Claymont. it it said the Young and
Lodge properties were inspected by
Mr. F«>rd. also the Addicks property,
George Lodge, attorney, who is
interested in the development * of
Claymont. and in the Lodge property
there, when asked concerning re
ports of Mr. Ford's purposes, .«aid
he had no information to give out nl
present.
VC. W XI ILES.
Nobis cafeteria, 9th St. Entrance
Vrll, S.i vin«*s I'.ind BUlg - Adv.
*
KO KIM TIP
TO NEWCASTLE
BOOTLEGGERS
'Come Clean and Desist or
We Will Clean Up.
Says Warning
LIQUOR DOWN DRAINS
AFTER NOTES GO OUT
Special to The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Jan. ». —Tertain
residents of this city who have been
accused of selling Intoxicating II
quor and otherwise violating the •
prohibition amendment and the
Starte Klair law. are reported liav
:ng received notices to "come clean |
and desist" and "stop selling liquor)
or we wl 1 com» and clean up." The |
i
notice* were alleged to have been |
It was said In one section of the '
city that much supposed 1 'qtjor was >
poured down the house drnins ami 1
Into th» nearby «Biches, following
?he receipt of the notices. While
this was alleged to he true, others;
declared they would pay no atten-jship
tlort to the warning and will pre
par» themselves for the visit.
Thefnotice Is also alleged to have
contained statements that
signed. "Ku Klux Klan."
1
"If the j
i'e will."
authorities can't clear, up
alleged that moonshine and hooch
has b®en dispensed freely in
I city. While few alleged violators
! have been caught many drunks are
seen nightly on the streets. Many
I boys under the ago of 1* have b^en
seen stÄggerlng «along.
j Many complaints have been made
| to the authorities concerning these
'alleged
U:
• ha
thority have visited this city, but]
from some source information of the
violations.
and
Mayor
On several occasions those in au
intended visit reached the alleged
violators sn«1 little or no evidence
was found on the raid*.
On several
be»n requeeied to visit the city
.much
•casions When the
State and Federal authoritie?
have
with
;the statement "that It was suspected
hootch was being sold." the
reply received by the local author!
tie. wait that "we rant com, there
we have more important a»»ign-|«*d
monta."
DEATH CLAIMS
ACED PRINTER
William H. Kramer Died
Early Today Following
Short Illness
WAS FOREMAN OF
CiTY'S FIRST DAILY
William t*
Kramer. aged
T *:
ycarf. dfcm of the printing Industry )
in this city, died at the home of i
hil ' dnu * h, '' r ' Mrs, Leonard K.
Thorpe - fenny Hill. at « o'clock
|fhis morning Death was due to a i
complication of disease*. Mr. Krnm- ]
er having been ill for the past three
Mr Kramer, who* conducted a Job
printing plant .« • S «1 Orange siren
number of year* was the Hrsi
j foreman of the first daily newspaper
established in this city, "The Daily
, -ommerelal." he coming* here from!
Xorristow „. f-a,. on October 1. ISM
Mr Kramer w(u hora Mon ..l
j
j
.
coincry Uounty. Pa., on February IS,
1846. hla father >eing a blacksmith
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
1
i
Hotel Proprietor Slain;
Quiz Woman Housekeeper
...
Stacy Pearsall, superintendent of
'
ine estate or . enaior oper. no is
the hotel
FRRKI'dKT. N. V. Ian « (Unit
-James S. Pettit. 32, pro
! Press).
prietor of th«* Massspequn Inn. wa«
mysteriously shot and killed at hl«
home her* early today.
Mrs. Billie Well.«. 30. hoUJ
ke«»ppr,
was detained. The hotel, a 'amom
has been placed under
guard. The body of Perth, who was
Ä oculfiouase.
well known
found in his bedroom, a shotgun
wound in the breast,
declared to ow
mi id that Mrs. Wells
into his home early today declaring
•they are all drunk
hotel," and asked him to go
things. He refused, lie
while the woman was
is a trap-.«hoot er. was
irne running
th«
and «iule
.-aid, and
i
DRV RADICALS
ARE WARNED
BY VOLSTEAD
Father of Enforcement Act
Splits With Solons on
Legislation
UPSHAW HEDGES ON
N AMING OP TIPPLERS
By LAI RENTE M. BENEDICT.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.) 1
WASHINGTON, Jan. » (United
Press».—A warning to over-zealous ;
dry legislators that prohibition en-!
forcement may he crippled by the
enactment of some of the drastic J
legislation recently proposed In
<;ongr a ss was issued today by Rep
resentat.ve Volstead. Minn., father
of the present enforcement act.
Volstead, although as' ardent
dry as ever, looks with distinct'
disfavor on the efforts of oth*r pro-'
hlbltiontsts to make the law that
hears h!s name more drastic.
The prohibition leader. denying
that he has any pride of author
in ha law and for that reason
opposed to its amendment, warn
posed by other dry* would
|
that some of the changes pro
ake
hootlegc ng worse. He announced
his opposition to the plan of Rsp
after «'barging that government of
thisîflcials wer« violating the prohih!
! tion law. Introduced a hill to make
* the purchasers of Illicit liquor
• equally guilty with the seller»,
"The prohibition llWI," ^ d \'ol
stead, "were purposely framed to
i exempt purchasers of liquor so the
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
unconscious in bed
WITH HAS JET OPEN
Harry dower, aged »0
• ■ ' ■
. conscious in bed in his
vears, of
avenue, was found tm
room on
the eerord floor. M Thomae Uova
try. of the
me ad.Ire«« *t 4:4S
»o'clock this morning,
Gw
n open Jet in the room.
ctping from a
Dr. G. L.
Douith^riy
monad and hail Mr t'i
va» SU I
ower remov
to the Delaware Hospital In the
police amhulanc®.
'OET CHANCE ÏÏI
DELANX AREANS FINED
PRODUCE TAGS
judge
Hastings Lenient
With Arrested Pennsyl
vania Auto Drivers
r-x \r r> *— k r k î a p î 11 r\ pp
Bl rfcNNA. SQUIRES
without proper taps against thre*
operator, of Pennsylvania cars who
have so far failed to procure 1923
Delà ware license tags, but have mad" (
application for the license were con
tinned for one week by Judge Hast-•
lings in Municipal Court this
charges of operating automobiles
J.udge- Hastings pave Instructions
'[hat wl^en the three defendants show
he police that they have secured the
necessary license lag. the rhargesi
against th«*m should be dismissed,
Thr , hr , e defendants
Boon Harris and
' fcnon
•ere John
"larenceWSI
,Iiams. Davis and Harris appeared in
court hut Williams did not appear.
although the same disposition was
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
his wife and Mrs. Wells claim tha;
nf,,,r the arrived at the Pear
sal! home they heard a shot gun re
por(
•building.-I
policeman and hotel waiter
killed Pettit, who has a
th«*re
the
floor an«l said Pettis
«•»me t'
had hern killed.
Police said Mrs.
that .«ho
wife anl children living n Orange
N. J.
Well.«
denied
been Accused of the killing. Pearsall
condition.
• Authorities liter announ«*ed thnt
Mrs, Wells was **mer<*Jy held for
questioning" and that »hc ha» not
MRS. GOULD CRITICALLY ILL
Mrs. Joseph II. Gould. Jr., who
has been ill at her home 905 West
Eleventh «freet for the past three
ks is reporte*! to be In a critical
i
r
I
Region France Would Seiz
e
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This
p shows the Ruhr Valiev, rich induetria' sectlon»of Germany,
which France would occupy to guarantee payment of reparations. Co
biens Is headquarter« of the American army of occupât!'
merly was Germany s* great est munition* center.
Essen for
SECRECY ABOUT
CODE'S MOVES
New York Police Fear
tie of Health May Be
Mobbed
"BHTTER EVERY DAY"
GAINS AS PANACEA
«United
NFTV YORK
Jan.
»
Pre«« i —A censorship was clamped
down today on th» proceedings of
Kmile Coue.
The French master of auto-sug
gestlon. who says he helps the sick
help themselves, worked behind o
ficreen of «?crecy Imposed by N*w
York police. At h!s. publicity head
quarters It was announced that one
representative of th*? press would
be permitted to attend Uou?'» clinics
an«l that this representative mould
later make a statement of what hed
occurred.
Reports t
dlcate that a veritable
is sweeping the ••«•untry The slo
gan. "Day by day in every way Î
am gelling better end beper." 's
gaining wider circulation daily. The
smiling little druggist from Nancy
who originated the phrase, seems to
j
*s office her» In
Uoiie
raze
sake quite as a matter of course.
the fact the police Inest that hi««
movements he kept secret for fear
he will he mobbed by admirers and
those seeking health.
Plans were tentatively considered
extend his American 1
f or Coue t
tour , 0 include Chicago and Bos
ton . H e will leave on a
Philadelphia. Washington
Cleveland on January 16.
morn-!
trip to
an «1
NEW STATE LEADER
ctr' ip MAI CTCIMC
1 fr JR. llUliOlClllO
I Pont, of Winterthur. She made
{ 16.123.5 pounds of milk and 685.83
pounds of butter fat. equivalent to
A pew rhamph
for Delaware
I ha» hern announced by the Holstein
Friesian Association of America for
th? 365-day division of the junior
, two-year-old class.
, Paul Burke,
She Is Katie
rned by H F. du
732.3 pounds of butter,
i She displaces by this record, Win
terthW Inka Ppllly Segis Prim, also
; owned h v Mr duPont. whose re.-1
..rd is 1 '»,«73.3 pounds of milk and
ment. Look through the clasaided
, n d If your name is there coma
, 0 , h . Journal office and receive free
ticket« for two (war tax paid) t»
lhP special production. Claro
Kimball Young In "The Hands cf
the Majestic and "Wie
P ilomnr" at the Queen,
See page 1.3 • today,
•er Dairy Safe Milk phone
. 525.97 pounds of butter fat, equiva
1rnt «.-, 7 , 4 « pounds of liutter.
The State record of 3«S-day pro
ductlon I« held by Kmerett Korn-1
dvke Mr Kol. also owned h v Mr.
duPom. whose record Is 23.035.7
pounds of milk and 1077.55 pounds
'»qulvalsnl to 1346.3 4
of butter fat.
pounds of butter.
SEE THE MOVjrK» TOMORROW.
Invitations to *he Movies are ex
«ended to «ix per*on» today through
our Classified Advert : «lng Depart
pride of
Tuesday night.
Na ra"
at
For Cl
15 46-1541.
Adv.
J
BRITAIN TO PAY
DEBT IN FDI.I
Apos-Chancellor Baldwin Con
fers With Commission
Over Payment Plan
WILL EXTEND OVER
PERIOD OF YEARS
WASHINGTON. Tan » (United
Pregs)—America today tecelved offl
clal assurance of Great Britain's In
the United. States, now totaling ap
proximately 15.000,000,000 in prln
rlpal and interest.
The assurance was given by Stan
ley Baldwin. British Chancellor of
tcnUon to pay her war loan» from
the Exchequer, at the first official
meeting of the American and British
Debt Funding Commission held to
day In the Trea*u»' f Department.
In a speech at the opening of the
meeting Baldwin said; *
"We have come with the - expre
intention of renaying our debt and it
to the practical difficulties
aki'.ig international pay in cot a
we are about to consult with
.f
that
you ti order to accomplish the end
which
...
plainly indi.mp.l that
Ihl, country must not expect P«y
ment 'n full for many yeara when
t js our wa\ to pay as we go so
,. ï ' r 0 î 1 Principle
(Continued on I age Ten.)
•e both have in view."
RaMwin
•
we can.
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BllalaLLl UllULII
T'|X|?g''|r |..||pp. pi
I U||| M IlfUL L| V
I lilUill TI IILLLu
Ira Parson Attempted to
Step From Heavy Mov
ing Machine
tJUDY WAS IAKEN
TO POLICE' STATION
'
, „ .
„ ri Par \°" , aR#d aho,,t *« >'«"
1 ' ,vinR ,° n " "' n , u, 1
Second and Third streets, was run
SI
over to Coroner Taylor and taken
to ,he morgue.
He was an employee of the Pen
insula Auto Exprès Company.
Ti.e driver of Ihe car, Dan)e.
White. 92.'i Pine street, accompanied^
the body to the police station. He
reported that Parson had attempted
to step from the moving car Io de
another car
.«.wing them when !ie slipped atm
(Continued on Page Ten)
; over and .almost Instantly killed this
1 morning by a S-ton automobile
trurk ' ° 1 wn,,d * he 1 Bu î h ' Jn * •»««
•" the Peninsula Auto Flx
>*"' w ' "'npany. on the Stale road
''«»cen Tybo.n s corner
Th«* body
and
was picked
up and
pla«*oi| in h passing automobile an«l
taken to the Count)
Hospital
"t
EarnliurM. where PArsofl was pro
nounced »lead. The body was then
*^ken to the pouce stat on and turn
il ver
message t
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f
FRENCH TROOPS
ON MOVE READY
FOR RUHR RUSH
I
Move Forward Into German Territory De
pends on Action of Reparations Commis
sion Meeting Today—Poincaire to Ad
dress Chamber of Deputies Thursday
ARTILLERY, IXFAXTRY
MASS FOR QUICK DRIVE
Pr»w 1—"(l»rmany muafn't throw up
th, apongo" formor rhtncollor
Wjrth d-rlarod In a »perch nt »
fTTnltod
rvyr.rvirxp;
fan. •
tnaas meeting here last night
Germany's
policy.
The aim of
Wirth said must be salvation of the
f aftei tarnen
• loue sacrifices In carrying out her
Rhineland
policy of fulfil.mg obligations, must
not weaken
resolutions affirming the Rhineland's
loyalty to the Fat herland and pro
test ng against French terrorism.
The meeting passed
B> WEBB MILLER
U, P Staff Corespondent .. ..
PARIS. Jan * Invasion of the
Ruhr, for which France rushed war
like preparations, today depends
upon action of the Reparation Com
mission wh'ch meets today,
many Is to he called to task for fall
ing to supply required amounta of
coal in 1322- If her explanation If
unsatisfactory. Invasion by Franca
is believed certain to follow. Premier
| Poincare has announced he will ad
, dress the Chamber of Deputies
Thursday ao It Is n«»t considered that
actual invasion will start before
Following a cabinet meeting today
Premier Poincare dented rumors
printed 'n Communiât newspapers as
io mobilisation.
*'T will not mobilize a single sol
" Poln/sre de
hat ad
! Krld.v,
dter or railway mi
riared in answer to reports
dit tons I men would he called to the
colors.
Washington U hits; May
Offer New Peace Plan
By A. !.. BRADPORD.
llnited Pres* était Correspondent.
«.—With
I
Jan.
WASH INGTON,
France apparently having succeeded
aside the Amerkca^^H
in »hunting
proposal for a settlement for the
reparations
State* G
United I
anzlouoly
the
the
question.
•ernment toda\
development» i
« n *,
all
watched
crisis abroad tb .• nnj
imité may
oil an«i bloodshed In
let loo*e tm
Europe again.
Despite the fact that this govern
ment believed It
« going all it
could under circumstance« in
nouncing recently it* program toj
re | lev , , h , .jtuation In Knrop,—
, hp plan for H conference or com
mt „ lon to recommend a CSerman
and for more leniency in the collec
t j on Allied debt—it is thought
certain that If matters get very
much worse In Europe the United
Slates will Slate Its opinion in some
lurther way.
The Stale Department today an
nounced that th.s government had
officially proposed to France and oth
armions queetlon be suhm tied to a
: ommK,ion nf
ien and
WEHEST MONTH
SINCE LAST AUGUST
More rain has fallen so far this
month than in any month since last
1 August.
According to Ihe record»,
11.1« Inchea last night, making a
Deport
of (he Street and Sewer
ment, there was a precipitation of
total of 2.51 lnch°s this month.
\f\v t\v cor.i.rcTois nrsv.
William H. Oliver, the new col
•tor of delinquent citv license fees,
was early on the Job this morning,
going over Ihe list of those who have 1
• failed ,o make pn m»m for licenses
to engage in business,
call on the delinquents, and If they
pay up, suit will h*
___
r.KT I.ICKXSKS TO WKD
Magistrate Black. Saturday nigh - .]
iaaued marriage licenses as fo.Iows: j
Raymond T. Hopkins and C.ura ;
B. Sutton, both of New Castle.
Josef Brxotowskl. «5« Bennett |
street, and Stanlelawa Redlcka. «0«
church street. 1
I.FGION At \|l.l\ltV MEETING
American Legion Auxiliary. Delà- |
fol-'lware Post No. I. will
o'clock tomorrow evening in Grace
M. E. Church houee.
j *
He will first
Then
fall to
brought.
meet at 7
'
i
\
Fr«n«o I* planning to pn*h
thousand» of froopa Into th« torrl
tory at proa.nt occupied to replaro
tho number. probably <5.000. thnt
will move forward Into th, Ruhr.
Marshal Koch. Generals Wevgand
and Maginot. Premier Poincare. Pre*.
aident Mlllerand and other high ofll
rials and army chiefs were busy day
and night over the week end work
ng out plans for the invasion.
Actual Intentions of me govern
ment are kept secret but may be
announced by Poincare Thursday.
engineers,
probably will co-operate with French
engineers In the Ruhr area, it was
seml-ofBciglly stated today. The
Belgian* will also send relnforce
menta when the French advance, it
Italian and Relgia
was reported. No Italian troopa are
expected to participate In the oc
cupation because of Premier Muaso
Hnl a opposition to mich a move,
An unconfirmed rumor reached
he government that the Poles sdm
ultaneoualy with the French ad
vance. will close the Danxig corri
,i 0 r
BERLIN. Ten ». «United Prêta.)
— Fifteen hundred fresh French
troops arrived at Duseeldorf Sunday
an <f demanded accommodations, the
mayor of the city notified the
government today.
Three hundred automoh les were
rommandeared by the troops. Two
schools and part of the bureau of
finance were demande 1 as quarters
(Continued on Pag* Twelve.)
financial interests.
Thla statement was made to deny
reports that the only move this *ov
ernment had made In the European
situation was a revelation of th«
American
Hughes
.pwch, and
proposal by Serretarj
in his recent New Haven
hat the plan had not
been presented to Kurope through
diplomatic channels,
emphasized that the commission of
inquiry is the outstanding feature of
the Ameri.an plan to aid Europe,
and that France is still aithhcldinsr
her assent to the proposal
President Harding. Secretary of
I; was again
statr HuthP« and Ot-orK<> Harvnv.
Ambaaeador ,o Knuland. today were
considering the Reed resolution by
which the Senate declared that the
American froops of occupation
the Rhine should be withdrawn.
on
Should France go into the Ruhr,
in almost certain that the Amer
ican soldiers would he evacuated im
mediately as an indication that thi
HovJrnmem does no an net on such
step.
cons,illation with ihe
vdmlnistra
(Continued on rage Ten.)
BURGLARS RANSACK
OAK GROVE OFFICE
Burglars gained entrance to the
real estate office of Lewis Cloud.
Oak Grove, early yejrterdiy
ing. by amoahing a pam- of glaes
and releasing the catch ovîr a wln
They thoroughly ransacked
the office, securing a quantity of
cigars, razor and $1» in money. A
number of valuable paper» are also
missing.
morn
dow.
Friday by.Tudge Hasting« In Munic
ipal Court this morning at. the re
.quest of Edwin. II. Cochran. Jr., at ■
toniey for the defendant
Surgeons Hospital Inst night in th
police ambulance, suffering with In
Juries to hi, arm and side. -.j
<'on i* table Whittington is making
an investigation.
POSTPONE HEAR ING
he cas»» of Tony D*
Hearing In
Bastino,
Claymont
133S
'*h«r**d with assault and battery on
F rank Docourt. was .continued until
MORRIS SNYDER HURT
Morris Snyder. 201 Parish street,
was taken to the Phys « Ians and
PERMIT IY>R ADDITION
Inspector Preston this
issued a building perm:»
Lyons to make add rion
West sire'* , to eoet Hi.
morning
to J P
to 8804
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