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The Evening Journal
IN NEWS
CIRCULATION
ADVERTISING
THE WEATHER
Pair tonight and Wednesday, colder
tonight
Froiih to strong northwest wind«.
20,555
with frrozing temperature.
CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
"THE FIRST NEWSPAPER OF T HE FIRS I CITY OF Till FIRS! STATE ."
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, TUESDAY. JANUARY ÜÜ 1923
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18 PAGES
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 186
FINAL
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FEAR GUERILLA WAR BLOODSHED IN GERMANY;
DEAN OF UNIVERSITY OF DELA WARE DEAD;
GOVERNOR REAPPOINTS JUDGE H. L. RICE
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VEA « S
E. LAURENCE SMITH. 20
I ME I HIER OF DEL iWA RE E I Cl L T).
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA ATTACK
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I - Graduated Emm In -
11106;
Studied at
st ila lion in
Then
Cot urn hi ti l niversity
and in Paris — Be
came Instructor at
Delà ira re in
Professor of Modern
Languages in
and Dean in 1915.
II as "Big lint!her
to l ndergraduates
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El \ERAL FRIDAY;
ER HU rt s I OICED
ini to Thr Kvt-nin* .Itinrnal. ■
NKVVARK l»-i Ian. 1«. — rMward
l.turt-nrr Smith, ngrd 4. r . yrars. Dran
of the I'nlversiiv of Delaware, pro
d head of the modern lan
guage department of that University,
and «»n«* of the he»t 'iked men in the
State, died at hi« home in Delaware.
Ylock this morning.
r «**»sor a I
avenue at on
Death wa» «lue
which he had etiff**red
Sunday following a «-hill
he w»« »tricken while attending a
■ «nt at a in the
Building in Wilmington la*«t Friday
night. lie felt unwell before going
to the «'amata Dean Smith wa.« ac-_
compared by hi« wife when firat,
»tricken and hi« condition on Satur*
pneumonia from
»•nee last
vith which
Century f'lub
New
day wa« «uch that he wa» compel
led to remain in hi* bed.
On Sunday Dr. il. D. H. Koliock
and Dr. Charlea H. Blake, pro
nounced the a:lnient as pneumonia.
h nd a trained nur.«« wa.« engaged.
Kverything known to medical .science
was done for Dean Smith but hi*
• ondltion gradually grow weaker
ast night. It was realized
then that hi» condition was critical
and he wa.« kept alive throughout the
night by the admin stering of
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oxygen. He had 1 »inking .«pell at
4 o'clock, when hi« heart weakened
md ho expired an hour later. Drs.
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FOR FLIi AT
SCHOOL HOARD
' O. E. McKnight, Middle
town, Writes in Defense
of Officials
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SAYS LAWYER SHOULD
■ FIRST GET EVIDENCE
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- IZ fi t ,° f . th " , DC,a r r !
r'il.J.L Awocmtlon. which
non nA ° M ha 'l,. a membership of
MOO, mostly public school teachers.
- sent a letter to Representative .Mel
son today critlclxina him for hl« at
tack on the floor of the House yes
. let-day on the State Board of Ediica-'
lion. At. Mr. Melson's siijrçpstion
the letter was read In the House by
Ihe clerk.
For .-lover Palrv ftaTe Milk phone ,
15 40-1 r» 41_\dv <
Mr.
tative Mr-1,on
McKnight advised Represen
o inve*tigate hi» facts
before making an attack on the
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TODAY'S TEMPERATURE.
At The Evening Journal office.
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SUN AND TIDE
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LOST—One package containing A
- shirt and army pants, he, w ren Fifth
and King and Fourth ami Xlark t Sis.
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President LVndall, 01 Alum
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Attend Funeral
DR. HULLIHEN SAYS
COLLEGE IS STRICKEN
Many exproaninn« of regrot over
[the death pf Penn Smith of the.
University of Pria ware, were voic
cd today.
Harry \V. Lyndall, president of
the University of Delaware Alumni
Association, who is in Chicago, this :
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morning > nt a telegram to Judge.
the
Hugh M. Morris, of
State» Court for the District of Del- i
Unite«!
aware, designating the following
committee of well-known alumni to t
represent the nsaocintion ot the fu
neral of Dean Smith: Judge Mor
ins. Jurig* Richard S. Rodney.. Har
ri» Samonisky. George ]»ckwnod. j
the Rev.
and Carl Harrington and George
Morgan, of Philadelphia.
Pr Walter Hullihcn proaMcnt of!
th<* L'nivoroity of Delaware, in sp-ak-ity
:1ns on the. death of Pean Smith.
said:
'Th.- L'nlveroUy U sorely stricken
^ !,1P <,pa,h of Dean E.lward Lau-!
rence Smith. The college lose* a
« i*e and efficient exeeutive. the fa, -1
uUy „ valued CO || eaB ,„.. anil t ,„.
. stU( j Pnt(i a much-loved counsellor j
and frlPnd ,.. !
Karl Brandt, president of the stu- j
dent body of the university, said:
"The death of Doan Edward Lau- ■
rence Smith comes as a sa il and i
overwhelming blow to the student
body. Our best friend has gone; his ;
sympathetic understanding ami just '>
ways endeared him to us long ago as j
our kindly confessor. We have many !
appreciated his humor: w
have been inspired by his faithful I
»««-"da"'-" t °" r "' hl *" C
we have thankcil him in the past'
j
times
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
CANCEL LECTURE
OF GLENN FRANK
As a mark of respect to the latei
Pean Smith, of the University of
Delaware. Glenn Frank, editor of the
Century XIagajine. today' cancelled
his lecture this morning to the
faculty and students of the fnlver-'j
Ihe public In
sit}'. His lecture t
Wolf Hall, Newark, ton glu wa» also
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WORK REVIEWED
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COUNTY ROAD
p.ruhh Fnoinppr Rprnm
VJUIUU, CilglllCCI , rvctuill
mends Elimination of Rail
road Grade Crossings
185 MILES NOVT OF
GOOD HIGHWAYS
Charte» F. Crubh. County Engi
neer. ha« submitted the ninth bl
cnninl report of the
New Castle^
(County State Highway Commissioner
to the General Assembly. The report
contain» fourteen < typewritten pages
and show« the work d«inc ami other
details of the county engineers of
offl« e «lur.ug the year.
Mr. Grubb sdbmits the following
recommendations:
that
1. That the
requirement
S:ate Aid roads he roads running in
a generally east and west direction
he eliminated.
of Stot* Aid he authorized sufficient
in amount to match appropriation
made available for State offer Coun
durinp the next two years.
3. That highway protection, by
uniformed police force he rstah.
Halted.
4. That tractor.* with cleota be
restricted in use of coumy improved
road..
5. That team, traversin* hi.h
way» at night he required to carry
lights showin* in front and rear.
Thr r-port is acromponlrd by a
main
under penalty of fine.
regulation
streets of suburban realty develop
tuent* be subject to officiai approval
as to alignment, drainage and width,
nation
adopted,
6. That
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7. That a program for the elimi
of grade crossings be
map sh
tig the improved road sys-j
(Conlinticd on Pasc Sixteen.)
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Cold II are Soon
A cold wave of marke«, inten
sity will grip practically the en
tire eastern section of the coun- ,
try tonight, the Wa«hingt«m |
weather bureau forecast« today.
.The wave will involve the
south, and freezing temperature
and frost will prevail in Florida.
Alabama. Georgia and the Caro
linas, the bureau stated.
Snow was forecast for Penn
sylvania. New York and th»
northern New Knclan«! State».
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SUOGESTED
TAKES FORM
Borrowing Limit Fixed to
10 Per Cent, of Prop
erty Values.
$600 SALARY FOR
EACH COMMISSIONER
Limitation of the city's borrowing
capacity to ten per cent, of the «»
j*c»«cd value of property was agreed
(Upon by member.« of the Mayor a
Advisory Board at another confer- !
ence with Ieon Walker, rhairman
of the Citizens' «'harter Committee,
\ e«terday afternoon.
Provision of limitation of fifteen
per cent, wan made In the Charter
hill introduced in the lîeneral A a- j
•mbly two year«.ago. Thie year the ;
«'harter Committee ha» reduced the j
limitation
per cent When J
Mr. Walker read the revlaed provl
«ion to the Mayor'« adviaora yeater
Fund
nd
teen per cvnt. would make it diffi
cult to market municipal seouri
Another Important change in the
present draft of the Charter bill
compared with that «»f two year«
ago relate» to the gulnri*« to be paid >
the five cotnmi»»ioner«. which are to
len
day, jt at on* e met w ith approval
Member» of the
CommlMlnn and other official«
»pon«ihle for the city'« finance«, fa
vored the lower figure on fhe g
that an extension of the limit of fif
Sinking
tie*.
form the city'» adminlatrative or |
councllntanlc body. Two year» ago
It w'»« provided tha< t*a«-h commis
ioner »hould receive »alaiy of $2000
a year with an ad«lUi«>nal $500 for
the ronimi 1 * oner velec t#»d a« Mkyor.
The present hill rut the »alarie« to
(Font in lied on Tage Fourteen ) 1
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IS ÜTY NEED
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Dr. McBirney Tells Women
to Keep Awake to Health
BETTER MARKETS
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Demands
URGES CITIZENS
TO CO-OPERATE
Pr. Robert S McBirney. secretary
f the Board of Health, told women
f the New Centfury Club, this morn
j nff that ihe subject of hotter mar
kets for the city is becoming more
Important to the city every day. He
also told the club women they must
the needs of the
1
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■ho I. oha.r
keep awake t
city.
Pr. McBirney » subjest was "The
Relation of the Board of Health to
the Home and
Community."
a«ldress the member*
He
ss invited t
|of the club ot t h** invitation of Mrs
ICiawson S. ll.immltt.
the household econ«»mics
man of
•ommlttee
Dr McBirney
Among the things Pr. McBirney
iid in part :
"A board or commissioner who is
wake to the situation and a wake
-aid:
[
just a bit before thé rest of the peo
(Contfnued on Faae Ten )
EXPECT FRANCE TO
AGREE TO U. S. PLAN
16-—France
o straighten the reparation«
problem as suggested by the United
States, according to a belief in well
Informed quarters today.
High authorities of the Ameri
can government think that .is soon
a* France h i* realized the futility
of her experiment in the occupation
of , h , rirh Kuhl . va „ PV ,, f r „
take up in some
form the proposal for an interna
tional commission of economic and
WASHINGTON. .Tan
will eventually agree
effort to
_
to make an
i»ny
shp wl „ gla.Hv
experts to recommend a
German reparation sum.
Already there have been some in
dications that the Poincare govern
ment wa« considering «uch a step.
hut *o far there has heen no ollicial
confirmation here of these reports. :
financial
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS (United
Press).—Roland W. Boylen, Amerl
can representative on the reparations
commission, has not been author
Izcd to submit any plan to the com
mission, it was «aid at the State Pe
partment today and he has not
done so.
Alundx Bros. S = V Furniture--Adv.
SALARIES ARE
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SAVS BENSON
Cut Would Impair Efficiency
of Auto Bureau, His
View
HITCH OVER MILEAGE
FOR ASSEMBLYMEN
Staff f*»rre#»pond#nt.
ST\TK HOVffi
Jan.
Seerotary «
legislature
the ftret hearing« of State depart
ment« before the committee which 1a
oft. the total rece.pt« of the office for
1922. wa« lee« than 2 per cent, of th*
total a
Del .
DOVER,
submitted
• n to the
by
16.—Report»
►f ätate Hem
Budget Committee at
preparing the budget for tue next
two year« showed that the expen«°
of the office in collecting $1 378.627.
Hint i-olleofed
Secretary Henson «urprirod »om*
of the member» when he explained
that although the. - 1« what i« called
\ $25.600' renting vt fund for «h*
office, that all «alarie« and other ex
penaea for conducting the htisin
of the office cornea out of that fund
and a «perlai $5 oan appropriation.
He »aid,that lie ha« not
contingent money for hi» own per
.-*onal u**w
Benson »aid. that if «ailed away on
o f ficial business of the office he ha«
paid hi« expen»»** out of hi« own
^ui;kPt and ha» not put in a bill to
he State for that expense. It ha«
been »suggested to C« ricral Benson.
r
cent
For in«iance Secretary
ht wever. by a mciuher of the T«egis
.a'ure that he -hould put in a hill
or »uch p* tvonal expense when call
»d away on offi< ial hu«ine»» to the'
«laima committee .1» he (» entitled
to he reimhur»ed to that extent.
Secretary Bon«on al»o tohl the
(Continued on rage Sixteen )
riX'IY I''A 111/ 11 If 1
STREET PARKING
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Proposed Ordinance Would
Limit Car Stop Privilege
to One Hour '
TO BAN MARKET
WOMEN KNITTERS
FORCE NEW RULING
A resolution prohibiting the park
ing of nutnmohih« or other vehicles
°n Market, King. Shipley. Orange
and intersecting street«, between the
southerly curb
>f Front street and
the northerly curb of Eleventh
street, for more than on** hour, was
given it« first and second reading
by the Street anil Sewer Pirectors '
.'this morning. The public hearing on
,.he resolution will be held at 10
o'clock next Tuesday morning. |
It was .«aid by the director» this
morning the introduction of the
ro.oiut.oi «
«listrict» of th«* city, violating a pres
♦•nt resolution governing parking in
the business d.strict*. The résolu
,j
mobilists wh
tion« amends the present resolution
adopted February 5. 1920, and ap
proved February 9. 1920 and amend
ed on January 2, 1922
The amending resolution
strike out Se« tion 3ft and in»e
new section, to be known as Section
3ft. which reads:
'That the section of th«* City of
Wilmington 'lying and being between
the southerly curb line of Front
«•m
street and the northerly curb line
0 f Eleventh street, and the easterly
curb line of King street and the
westerly curb line of Orange street,
*h a U be designated a
parking district ' No person or
(Continued on Page Fourteen)
'restrict««!
Pinchol for Dry,
Silzer Wet State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey should be wet.
These were the inaugural as
iu*t he dry.
sertions of Gifford Pinchot and
Georg«» S. Silzer as they were
sworn in today as Governor« of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
neighbor States.
Pinchot declared that "above
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all else" hi* decision is to make
Pennsylvania dry. Silxer urged
the Legislature to pass a reso
lution asking Congre*. to
amend the Volstead act so that
light wines and beer may he
legalized.
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It« i vi|»l»4itiit4«l lt«**d<tnit Xsonrinte
.Imlge f«*r PtHie-year
tiovfmor Penney Indiijr.
JUDGEIIICE
AnnOlinCOfflCflt bv (iOVCI*nor
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TOR 12 YEARS
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WAS FIRST APPOINTED
bv i^)v. pennewill
Denney; Requires Con
firmation by Senate
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PhVRfi, Del.,
C An " l,,nr
for the conatitutioiiul term of twelve
years. Judge Rice'« present term of'
onice win expire March 1 .
«-»'."tirit «ppomttd 5, iuhTI"'..'"",.
" ov ' rn ( nr p * n "T" ln ,sn w
«ppointment will have to he con
firmed by the pre»ent State Senate,
and no opposition 1« expected to hi»
confirmation. He wa« generally en
«lor«ed hv member« of the Bar for
reappointment.
STATE HOUSE,
Jan. 16.-—Governor Denney at the
Th.
Announcement of the reappoint
Rice thl« morning
ment of Judge
was received with «ati»fa<*tlon among
memhers of the Bar in this city. So
far ns
uld he !earne«i no other
me had heen suggested for his
place on the bench,
Judge Rice is 4»'> years old and is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L.
Rice of Claymont. formerly of this
city. He was educated in the pub
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Army Offircer Has Been
Colonel of State Guards
Two Years
,
CAPT. HUGGINS
IS INSTRUCTOR
colonel of the msth Artillery. Or
g«nizid Militia Jof Dola-waro. and
ior instructor *>f the War Pepart
Major II. W. Stark. C. A. C.,
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ment for the State Militia, has been
ransferred to the Hawaiian Islands.
Major Stark re< eivrd orders of his
transfer' yesterday and is to report
there the early part of July.
Major Stark and Mr.«. Stark and
two children hax«* bc**n living at
2445 West Eighteenth street for
sometime. Major Stark will sail
from New York on April Kl for his
new post. Major Stark was graduate«l
from the Naval Academy in 1911
(Continued on Page Ten.)
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12 FREE MOVIE TIC KETS
In the classified columns each day, j
will be found the names of six per-1
sons who are Invited to see the
leading moving »picture shows. Read;
carefully anil see if your name ap-|
to see "Broadway
•Ebb
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today.
pear*
Rose." at the Arcadia, and
Tide," a I the Queen. Wednesday |
jlmgh^ See page IT today.
FRENCH ARMY Of
OCCUPATION NOW
HOLDS DORTMUND
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French Force in Prussia
Border City Defeated in
Bloodless Fight
ORDER ALLES TO
GIVE UP CITY
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PA Bis. Jan. 16. (1 nlfoil f*ro«w) —
% frone lia« hern rotabllshcil and a
the
neutral rone fixed
rreneli ami the Lithtmntan« In the
Mom* I arm.
A con rail of AmNiMndm«
incfl to consider tl»e situation fo
morrow. France will Insist It I» re
ported. t liât the autli«»rliy of the
|M»wem must not Ik* disregarded.
will
RRP.I.I.V. Jan. 11 (T'nltrd Prr«»l.
j—Lithuanian Irregular troop, held
memel. Ea.t Prua.la border city un
tier JurJ.dlrtion of the League bf Na
ttona. bv force of arm» today, hav
^TbUe^'Ä- Kr ' nph
r::; °br ih.
fdthuanian» yesterday, proved to be
variety and the only
mild
of a
caaualtfea reported were
spectator», two of whom
wounded.
among
were
The Lithuanian» are reported to
hate ordere«! the Allie« to withdraw
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Citizens IImiff R. R. Man
Suspected of Sa bo taffe;
Flog Strikers Friend
HARRISON. Ark . Jan. 1Ä (Unit
body of K C
Pre»»>.—The
t*regor, striking railroad shopwork
er, hanged by Infuriated citizens.
was cut down from a high trestle
Orogor wa« hanged, according to
Depury Sheriff A. B. Holt, after he
resisted attempts of a mob of 10.
ono business men and farmer» who
wore seeking to Identify person»
who have carried on a campaign of
sabotage on the Missouri and North
There were no mark» of violence
on the body. Holt told the United
I*re*a. Authorities had not made
an arrest shortly before noon, al
near her* today.
Arkansan Rallroa«!.
PAYS $500 FINE,
GIVES $1,000 BOND
After several postponements, it
was announce«! today that
States Commissioner Cann will give
United
a hearing tomorrow afternoon to
Frederick Houck, Belair, Md., *nd
Darlington. .Md. The|*t
men were arrested early la*t Satur
iday morning, st Union Park Gar-1
Harry Day
den*, by Federal prohibition agent.,
(>n •' charge of transporting liquor.
Rus
Three companion**,
sell. North Ea*t, Md.:
Darlington. Md.. and Harry Conner.
Street. Md.. will he given a hearing
hef«
Ernest
Amos Dick.
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Wed
Commissioner Cann.
nesday. January II.
Following the arrests last Satur
fouild
carrving con
deadly weapon and was
with the alternative of
guilty in
*f
Municipal « ouri
i-onled a
lined Satin.
three months in the workhouse. He
paid the flue yesterday afternoon
land this morning gave $1.000 bond
for his appearance in the Federal
Hl»
Court on the liquor charge.
four companions gave bonds of
$1.00# each last Saturday for ap
pea ranee ln Federal Court,
VltTROI. \s UEPURF.n.
Work guaranteed, f illed for and
Short's, 8 W. 4th St., |
Phone 4428.—Adv.
delivered.
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First Military Rei/ui
sHion of Coat is Made
tty Roi las in Ruhr
Valley — Germans
Ugly Over Seizure ,
Threaten to Create
Citizen Guard to Halt
Invaders
FRENCH TROOPS
KILL AT BOCHUM
BKRTilV, dan. 1«. (United Prew.)
; —The Berlin Btnine wa» In a porno
fo«lny following drop of the mark to
«tu y.one ten thousandth* of a «ent
or IA.OOO»to the dollar.
PATUS. .Inn. I« (Tnlled Pr***)—.
Ofl1i-1*l nnnr.iinre.m-ni nr m-i-upMImt
of Dortmund by I'rt-m-h invifi« wan
made today. Tit«* I rtgioh lino
further ndtnnord lo Horde. First
mllitury n*qul»ltloaH of eonl wen*
nuule thl» morning.
<;«UM % rnl Mngliiot reported to the
cabinet ofTUdnl d«*tall« <if trouble at
Honlkiiiii nt 7 o'clock. laM night.
•'In rioting M»c«xi tàerman citl
/ens and txwnmiinl'ge." Maginot re
)M>rted. "one |M*r»on waa kilhxl.
I.atcr a rr»»w«t of two iliouaand at
tacked ^'renal^ troop». 'Hie latter
were forced to fire. (Hie 1 German
wa« killed and two wo u nded >•' Ui.>
volley.
Draatle mea«nre» to present further
rhding are In force.**
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«•»Idler« wore htiri.
BERLIN, Jan. Ill (TTnitod Press)
—French troop« in the Ruhr pushed
further forward over a fan shaped
area today, and It 1« believed th® ln
vaders will extend their occupation
beyond, the. river .Lfppe a* far aa
The outer arc of the occupied area
reached this afternoon
E it|
(Continued on Page Sixteen.)
though mob» of m»n still milled 1n
the e'roe«« rounding up »trlkere for
«mentioning regarding bridges which
have been burned end other out
breaks.
The mob of clHzen« from sur
rounding town« gathered here
when the sabotage campaign threat
ened to paralyze service on the road,
(»regor's home was visited by a posse
demanding hl» surrender,
A search of Gregory's home wa«
said to have led to the discovery of
emory dust which was used in loco
motive.« on the road. Quantities of
high explosive» also were found. It
Is reported.
Similar discoveries were reported
(Continuel» on Page Ten)
DELAWARE RIVER
SHIP MEN TO MEET
Members of the Delaware rfver
**®<*tlon of the Atlantic Coa*t Ship
I builders' Association have been in
vited
submit in advance any sub
ject they wish to he discussed at the
meeting tomorrow night
Bellevue-5*t ratford
monthly
the
Hotel.
Philadelphia.
An Imoreatlm: program ha* been
prepared and it 1* expected there
will be a large attendance with
every shipyard along the Delaware
r!v# *r represente«1. The business se«
will he prereded as usual by an
informal dinner.
si
MBS. S. A. MILLS DEAD.
Mr*. Sa llie Ann Mill«, aged IS
years, died at the home of her
son. J. Everett Mills, 1« Ka*t Sum
mit avenue. Richardson Park, this
, . ......
morning from heart disc
t se. Mrs.
Mills wa* the widow of John Mill*
and 1« survived bv two son», Th*
funeral will be held at 2 o'clock,
Thursday afternoon with service* at
her late home. Interment will be
in Wilmington and Brandywine
cemetery.
284 SCFFFR FROX1 -MEASLES.
Forty-eight new case« of measles
have been reported to the Board of
far this week, bringing
Health
ihe totol number of ■>*<■* up to *««.
Other disease* she« only si ght la
[crca*e.