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The Evening Journal
IN NEWS
CIRCULATION
ADVERTISING
THE WEATHER
tonight and
Tuesday; rojder tonight, with frceslng
trmpcruturv ; moderate northvieal and
north winds.
Cloudy* and unsettled
CIRCULATION
SATURDAY
19.901
•THE FIRST NEWSPAPER OF THE FIRST CITY OF THE FIRST STATE."
WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1923
14 PAGES.
I THIRTY-FIFTH. YEAR. NO. 191
FINAL EDITION
TWO CENTS
RUHR MINERS, RAILROAD WORKERS ON STRIKE;
GEN. LUDEN DORF REVIEWS GERMAN ARMY
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ASKS SCHOOL
Delegation Wants Change
in Referendum: Oppose
Special District
m Ur,HTS FOR AUTOS
IN PARKING ZONES
"F'afT Correspondent
STATE HOI SR
Dover, Del. Jan.
2-—Delaware loggia Tor* ran Into a
vinter ttorvn
ray to Dover
rhia morning. There wraa enow a«
« ttr aouth a» Towneend early this
morning. South of T LnMn.l snow
did not fall until arter ID o'clock. A
. few minute.« aft
^ *l«»wn
the
the arrival of the
arted to)
enow, following a drizzle of rain, and
kept this
* Neither hoti
rain at Dover it
I» until early
noon.
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transacted any busi
n-"«s this morning. The House met
»rid recessed immediately until 2
«»'«•lock this afternoon.
The Senate
was not railed to order until after
12 o'clock.
Between n and 12
»'clock the
F» nate
an«l
House
•ommittees on
«•location gave a h da ring
the
members of the State Board of Kdti
* cat 1
*
n ptMposed amendments to
1 he school law nn«l other proponed
« «liirational legislation. The«
inzs will h<*
hear
»ntinued every day
f *r a time. .\ deieaition from the
(' avm^ni special school district was
before the Joint committees.
This committee wants some changes
triade ip srhool law. particularly the*
r referendum feature in voting on
proponed bond issues and also wants
f'laymont 4 left riet to ceaee to be a
epecial school district.
There were about
lax-payers of the
fth«* delegation. William J. Straw
fhr ilge was < hairman of the delega
tion an«i among «»there in the party
war# CoP nel James C. M.cComb.
*^T*hfgs Dodge. G enra«* B. Hutton,
CContln»ied on Pag# Two »
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twenty-five
hool «Hatriot in
STRICKEN KITH
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RARE MALADY
JVlan Suffers "Sleeping Sick
ness," Uncommon in
This Climate
P
J3ELJFVED BITTEN
BY TROPICAL FLY
it la
Wilmington has a case of "En
«ephalltis lethargies." or. ss
"sleeping
commonly known.
The patient a man has
being given*
•more
- *iokne*s."
b*en Isolated and is
treatment. Owing to the rarity of
. ibis disease In this climate local
physician« are much Interested in
the case.
s
"Sleeping sickness" is a common
* «disease in the tropics and is caused
by the bite of the tsetse fly.
how it originated here is undeter
.«»»I
tautlon 1» helnr oheerved.
The disease if taken in time !* nor '
,* necessarily fatal, but If not treated
in time send* the patient into a »talc
O.ter she had been summon-;,
before the judge by H. K. King.
« iter or °f reaearob of .the State
by the Judge that she must see , 0
.Jt that her child goes to school.
;.'»1 P. M. .3* '
i.oo P. M .30
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. mined, but It I« thought possible that;
-me or more of these flies might have
'»»pen brought to thi.« city conceal- |
e(i ln bunche« of banana*, or other
"tropical fruit, and it« won! 1 he w?l!
rfor any person .«tiing by buge or fifl»«
lo Immediately consult a ph/slrian.
• ^"hile it is possible ft transmissible
disease it is not thought probable in!
thi* climate' that others will ii;*ve
the disease unless bitten hy one 0 f .
Ihese poisonous flies hut every pro-•
o, coma resulting in death.
>irST SEND CHILD TO SCHOOL.
Anme Gondele, promised
Revident Judge Rice, that »he
"Would see to It that her nine
year-old child would attend school.
Mre.
TODAY» TF.MPKR.Vri KK
At Th« Evening Journal Offl.»e.
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7 ".«O A. M . ..IS
Kt > AM» mu:
rises . . .
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...7.17 A. M.
. . .3.05 T. M.
^||n sets
Ilratl of « ti riot la mi
High water 3.39 A. M.
I*«»w water 10.40 A. M
3.58 A. M.
11.20 P AI. !
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tiv way of Fourth street trollev Re- |to
>■. rti if returned tn Evening Journal
*' r,ir '' Jan22-lt.
(Continued on Fag* Thirteen)
,OST—Ten dollar bill, from Front and
t
I POSTOFFICE,
Mud Tracks in Hockcssin
Store May Prove Clue
to Dynamiters
CLIMB TREE, WALK
PORCH TO GET IN
Forcing an entrance to the Hoek
, caaln postoffice and blowing a email
saf®. veggman got away with about
$850 in treasury orrttfloate», mamps.
a IJbertv bond and a amall amount
_ . , .
' of ra,,h ' " orn * tlm - ,hl " morn,n *
TAfl n ° w money order hooka were J
i nlao In the haul. It is believed that
theae can alao T»e converted into*
cash.
The thieves gained entrance to
the postofTlce, which Is located iq a
< orner of Joseph A. Gormley'e gen
eral store which fronts on the Un* j
«aster pike near the Yorklyn road
intersection, from a second story •
porch window. It is believed they :
climbed a
branches reached |Jip porch. Ap
pearances pointed to the thieves be* «
ing familiar with the building.
After forcing the second story win
dow they proceeded downstairs to
ths store, as shown by mud tracks
which Indicated there were t|ro in t
the party. The building is unoccu
pied except for the store, the tipper
floors b%Jng used ss a stock room.
An automobile tire tool, used to
force the window, was left behind.
and from the
I
The thieves eecaped through a rear
door. '
The eafe blowing Job had all the
appearances of being one committed ;
by expert*. The front door was;
blown completely off, nltro-glycerlne
evidently being uaed. and the Inner*
door wa* opened with a hammer and j
chl*el. The report of the explosion
w»» evidently muffled a* It waa not
heard hy any resident*. Mr. Gorm
(Continued on Tage Seven)
CALIFORNIA
LOAM SHAKEN
r» •,. « . /-»» «
beismograpn in C»lcvclând
Also Records Farlv f ,
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Morning Quake
GM IVtCCTGAACT
UfN W LJ 1 LUAj I
NO DAMAGE
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan 22 (ünit
''d Press).—An earthquake shock
varying in intensify in different lo
calitles shook Northern California,
shortly after 1 a. m., according to
reports received by the local weath
o r bureau.
It was felt lightly in San Fran
clco at 1:07 a. m. It seemed to
Red Bluff. Orland and Chico.
Calif., all In the Sacramento Valley,
consists of three shocks.
reported feeling the tremor.
At Orlsnd apparently, it was the
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ClvF\ BUAND. O.. J«n. *. (Fnlred
Press)—An earthquake w,. "'■ord
*d early today on the seismograph In
.the observatory at St. Ignatius Col- 1
(Continued on Pag. TWO) i
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pressed today. [
fifteen ships were re-|
ported to h.ne arrived at Llnguayen .
Gulf. 100 miles from .Manila, report* i
here w, " rp , * ,aI * cv rn others should
have reached the gulf on ihat day. j
rite shiijs originally were held a'
Vladivostok by the soviet govern-,
niçnt. Their crews seized them and '
took them to Shanghai with some j
80 refugees front Siberia. They j
were refused landing at Shanghai
heaviest, being described as of great
duration. It was arrompam«d by
rumbling« of the earth.
No damnée has been reported,
»Marysville. Calif., the quake
waÄ sufficiently heavy to stop clocks
no damage,
Telephone from Gerber. near,
(Marysville were to the affect that the
»»bock was heavy there Many sleep
ra WÇT > «wakened
FEAR FOR SAFETY
OF RUSSIAN REFUGEES
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and «started for Manila where the 1
.
advance guard arrived Saturday.
i^HAn American destroyer has gone
*- in kuayon Gulf and «til escort
the fleet to Manila whore It will he
(held pending an investlgatInn and
orders from Washington.
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Here's How German Troops Took Today
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This picture, ergapped in Berlin, show« the uniform and equipment of the poat-war German ' army** or
llitla. aines Germany under tho Veraalllea treaty, 1« allowed to keep only enough troopa to maintain In
order. If Germany claahea with France, troopa Ilka this will do »he first fighting.
ÜLI
STORE OF "DOPE
Drug Thieves This Time
Take All of Harmonson's
Stock
BLOODF1ELD"
GETS THE STUFF
on « 'ne dealer»
in •Bloodfleld," late Saturday night
Narcotic drug thfev». mad* an
other big haul Friday night and the
supply thua obtained 1» eaid to have
been distributed
store was
and «*aTly yesterday morning
Some time after the
closed Friday nlghf thieves broke
into the buibiiuf. of the llArmipaM
Drug t'ompanv. * 1 9 Maryland ave
>î»n n
nue, and took every narcotic drug
in the plar^. except a imuU quantity
of
The thieves were evidently familiar
active in Philadelphia.
with drugs as nothing but (he nar
icotic varieties were taken.
Since the Federal defectives have
become
where most of the illegitimate sup
1s secured, dealers
exper
I ply sold here.
oth?r than druggists have
j ienced considerable difficulty !n re
tiring a sufliçlent quantity of "dope"
to meet th*» demand, and attract
; ed by the high prices offered by
J wholesalers in this line, thieves are
now turning their attention to the
»uw»*,.
Th*»* m*n »r* »«Id to xa'n th*lr
information througrh »om* on* o*nt
lo th* drug »tor* with » pr*»c#lp
"° n f ° r nlrrotI, '* <1rtl*«. who
watches where the druggist gets the
' "dope." *
the thieves to work quickly
they gain entrance to a store.
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This information enables
once
| The dietjibuiion
f these drugs I.«
*a!d to take place usually In the
early morning hours when few
per
One man
sons are on the street,
suspected by the police of being en
caged in this work travels in a fine
limousine, with Negro chauffeur, and
carries his stock In a medicine ease
similar to that used by physicians.
Week before last thieves robbed
1^** store of the Spruance Drug Co.
f narcotic drugs.
<5unerinf«*nd#»nt nf Pnlio
superintendent or Police Black
thi. i
In^tT.d been "lv!*d n n ::;nX;
nf the Riirean nt Pnil.e te n.v fer
ike . litnmnhii. whiet, ..... ......h.t
several week* ago at Kighteenih and
Market .treete bv Patrolman Ri«lion
whn f 1 ( , t ' tj attached to the
^ . Slrno - r , ph , r
of the attorney-general'« of
of * ,t8r "V * ° f
., Solw pollr , m » n haV e v.luntgrlly
contributed to a fund which is he-j
'in* collectrd to help defray the ex-•
penne for repaire to the car." naid
Superintendent Blark. "hut no one
Is compelled to pay anything.
'"Sergeant Foreman through hi»
kindness In borrowing the c„r for
Milnor, haa run himaelf into debt to:
-J---.
PaTolman Bishop whose only'
puniKhll , ont so fnr ha , been his
b *| n g transferred from duty at the
garage to street service, was au«i
mond before the Department of
p„y| c Safety last week, and the
directors are said to have endeavored 1
to persuade him to at least assume
a portion of the indebtedness, but ;
Bishop is said to have declined to
pa> . any nmoU nt of the damage.
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TOPS VOLUNTEER TO
PAY FOR SMASHED CAR
KI BIIIsn FIRE CM,1/S FIREMEN
Engine Company No. 10 and
Truck Company No. 2 yesterday
morning extinguished a tire in a pile
of rubliiah in the cellar of the home
of Abraham Garn or, 240« Market
street. The loss was trifling.
ASK FERRY DOCK
ON RIVER FRONT
Agitate for Short Run for
i MTilmington-Penn's Grove
Boats
OPEN NEVT STREET
. OR USE TERMINAL
in, advocated by Mayor Robert Kidd
and the council of the New .leraev
borough.
Rgtenprlve tmprov.m.nt. to the
transportation facilities between thla
r!»y and Penn'. Grove X. J , are be
The al«1 of the Chamber
of Commerce of Wilmington wlM be
It proposed »hat the W.il
solicited.
ferry a y aU m a^d Philadel
phia-Wflmlngton sts am boats be op
»rated from 4 he Delaware
river
thereby greatly shortening
the routee and making the trip^ be
front,
tween the two point« more frequent.
Pome are advocating a Delaware
■terminus for the Wilson Line at Edge
.Moor, while the majority favor the
, construction of a terminal at the
foot of Seventh or Eighth streets
This
«•rested by the many motorists en
route to the New Jersey Seashore
reoorts using %he Wilson Line boats
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on the Delaware River from.
demand for a shorter route has he
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for transportation a«*ross the rive/,
These motorists became «*o numer
Pago Nine»
(Continued o
IIIROR FOUND
ILL ON STREET
Charles H. Otwell of Laurel,'
Unconscious After Leav
ing Court
UNWELL. HE WENT
OUT TO GET AIR
1 When the nqm* of Charles H. Ot-1
weif, aged 61. of Laurel, was called
'thi* morning In Ih* United State*
Dl.trlct Court, where he had been
summoned on the new panel of.
i uror **- failed to respond, and the
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< ourt ordered him set down as non
,
A f#w minute» later a man wa*
found lying tinroneciou* on the Aide
' v,Ik ln Sh*P' f V »«reel. He apparent-;
* ,,f * »uffereel aafdake. The police
ambulance wa* called and he wa»
taken to the Delaware Hospital
where he was restored to conscious
!„*«*- He proved to be Mr. Otwell.
It was feared flrat that he had ,
suffered a paralytic stroke, but upon ,
examination rhie wa« not borne out.,
H- will he taken to hia home thin
afternoon.
Mr. Otwell had attended the court
this morning to serve as a juror hut
suddenly felling 111 he went out in
the street to get some freah air. He
säs .tr*"
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F.XCA.MPMI .VT DKt; R l.KS.
Mutual Encampment. J. O. O. F..
will confer the first three degrees
on a large class ot candidates at a
meeting in Odd Fellows' Hall to
morrow night.
The degree team will visit Hock
essin on Wednesday night and con
fer the degrees on a class rff can
didates there.
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PRAYING BAND SERVICE
The praj-ing band will meet In As
l>ury M. K. Church at 7.SO o'clock
Pert flraham.
The publie j
!
tomorrow evening
veteran of the "World War. will have
charge of the service»,
i- Invited.
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MOREHOUSE KLAN
SHAPES DEFENSE!:
will Try to Break Down
Murder Terrorism
Recital
AS "HOODED" MEN
3 IDENTIFIED
rOt'RTHOl'PK.
•T*n. 22—(I'nit.d rrc.«»i
BAST ?IOP t^i
_Th. .igir
of Louisiana today entered upon the
final chapter of It. attack on the
forces of lawle*»nc»* that have ruled
Morehouse Parish and arc h«»ld re
sponsible for th»* harl»arous murders
of Watt Daniel and Thomas F. Rlch-^
arda.
i»ral A. V.
ith Attorney Gen-)
Simultaneously
*o*s statement (hat the
states investigation thus far *hm%-e«l
*hat the Ktl Klu* Klan was respnn
slhfe for condition« fn
Parish it wa« learned that
fives, other than th«sr of the Federal
Department of Justice
; n this se«-tlon. Tlyv
gaf;ng from the standpoint n
accused of the murders and other*
crimes, all the evidence that has
been presented publicly.
Witness after witness has testified
the Ku Klux Klan played a prom
in«*nt part in the hooded terrorism
d*t*r
ork
are at
are investi
f those
of the parish* but the announce
ment that it is a "finish fight" bus
(Continued on rage »even.)
TO PROBE CAUSE
ff
OF "FLUNKING
Board \X'I1 Ttake Up Corn
plaint of High School
Pupils
TAKE EXAMINATIONS
AFTER LOW MARKINGS
'Th* trmib,* at the High School
last Friday afterntion will be in
1 veatlgated hy the Board eof Public
' Kducation at It, regular meeting at
4 o'clock today." said a member of
the Board this morning. "an«l j I
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i propose jro know what Is back of;
!«•»«• -rouble which o.u.ed th.Tpan
rebellion of one hundred or more
: i, u nil*.
-jf (|) , ,e ar he r , nr teacher*, have
i,een unfair in their rating of any
pu pj; I want to know it. On the
,„ hpr han(i !f th e pupil* are In the
wrong the Board has a right to
know „ and will take euch steps as!
prevent a recurrence of tho
trouble . |
am no( prepared at thin time ;
to cen * ur e either teachers or pupiln.
but ] will be before this investlga
nnshed."
Examination» of pupils who fail
cd on their term average* began at
th hijfh school thi.« morning. In- j
J, h a,„e,l the nu^N who^ were '
over thJir low marking* '
dcmons'ratlnn icninst ■
(Continued on Page Sev»n )
__Improved.
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Tn ;he classified columns each day.
will be found the names of alx per
sons who are Invited to sen th»
leading moving picture »hows. Read j
carefully and «ee If your name ap- :
pear* today, to see "The Strangers'.
llanquet." at the Arcadia, and 1
"Snowshoe Trail." at the Majoatlc.
Tuesday night. See page 13 touay j
For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone I
1640-1641 — Adv.
GENERAL suspension of
WORK IN OCCUPIED AREA
IS EXPEC TED THIS WEEK
RUHR AREA
London Hears Berlin Also
Prepares to Institute
Military Conscription
FRENCH INVADERS
LIBERATE AHERNS
I «ON DON. Jan. 22 (1 nlfral Pro*«).
Germany Is on (Im* rtr,of InstItuting
military cons«'fiptlon wMch the Vor
eflllcs treaty forbid* antinllnf lo tlie
Dally Mali's Miyencv d»rn»ep«nMl» , i»t.
PARIS. Jan. 22 < V nlt^rt Piths) —
(.encrai l-iulcmlorf I» al Mnrnster
where Ri»lm*hwehr an* ««»niTnlrHUHl.
ncmnlliig I«» llu* Matin** Duwrldnrf
mnwpnndriH. Tile fnmmi. (.rmljin
mmmander of ill.* world wwr I. re
P°e |M l «' , •>«'<■ redwid iroo|w. with
In « Ini mllr« of tlir Itulir. Ttao
War Oopnrtmonl ri-fiiM— 10 l«Ur «er
.
«-port* tliai an, con-ldcrahlc
number of Kclccliwclir arc at Mucn*
«ter, prnfCMwinit belief tluit the umial
I
garrWm of alM»ut 2000 in ab« nit all
\ that Is there.
LONDON*. Jan. 22 tl'nlted Preas).
Xurnerous Bolshevik agon's ar-» gc
five In the Ruhr adviaffif rhe work
ers to »•/> patient until th»* Russian
army.
hi«*h is being hurriedly re
^
* »«eganized. ready for war against
nre to liberate Germany °x*
peeled egrly this summer, accord
ing to the Times Berlin correspond
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pa i:is. J«n I) (United Praaa).
Marshal Koch and the French cab!-*
net today decldsd upon new mean
urea of a military and economic
(Continued on Page Nine)
PICKS GEBHART FOR
P. M. AT HOCKESSIN
Special tn The Evening Journal.
WASHINGTON.
Jan. , 22.—Pen
, «tor L. Haloler Ball tnday recom
mended the ap|v>Intment of Fred
crick Gebhart for postmaster at
Mockessin. Del Other applicanta for
this position were J. A. Gormley,
and Willard H. Dixon.
The recommendation of Frederick
Dodson on Saturday for poatmajner
it Smyrna, which Senator Ball for
w«rded to ifie Post Office Depart
ment. will probably he sent to the
Senate within a few* days. The
President is expected to act prompt
' v " n *His appointment. an«l on that
.if Loroy W. Hickman, who ha*
fn k*.',*!,"* iT^tt/*!) minaGonrn«v
"tmilngton. Both nominations mat
•'»» to th - at the eame
' im '' A< " on on Jlr ' Hickman 1 »
*' < >tninatu»n would probably I ,av *
been taken last week, hut for the
J«««, ih**t i*r*>«idenr iiirtlimr h««
Iact inttl 1 resiaeni naraing
'on«"*d to hi. bed with a
* pv »re «oui,
Senior Ball today canceled an
invitation of the Washington Stock
Exchange-Board of Trade dinner,
owing to a cold which h*
"'»««' 1 * wl,ile on a visit 10 Wll
mlngton. !
» was sa.d at Senator Ball 1 » "f.
A«* -hat he «parted to go to Wll
mlngton on Wednesday to attend a
meetm*.
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H ARDIMG ST4 YS IN
IlAIlUlllU Ol/l IJ 111 ,
RfMYll AYHTUFR DAY
ilUUIfl imï lUI HElIi I/xx I
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«»onse today abandoning h.s inten- !
«'»n «> return to hie desk In the ex
ecutlve offles*.
Tl '* 1 President'» comlitinn I» much
Dr. Sawyer said, after a
call at the White House, but he ad
vieed the President to slay away;
lfrom his office for another day that ;
be may make a complete recovery
before resuming hia duties.
Senat ar Lodge and Wat*on, Rc
publican Senate leader», expecting
to fl nd the President at work, called ,
at the executive office this mornnig|
hut the President declined to
ihem in his room.
Th< naval and dedclency »ppro-i
prlatlon hill- were sent to th* Pr**i- !
ident today for consideration.
Mon Refuse to Work Tils and Operate
'Trains l nder Trench Bayonets— Poilus
Hopeful of Breaking I loan Passive Re
sistance—Report Troop Movements From
M neuster
PARIS, .Van. 22 (United Prr*«t).—\ courrai «trike of minor«, motifl
worker», railriifiri«. poM.-» and (olograph rmploffw will ricielnp In the Ruhr
I Ida
ifok, the* Prill ef«»nrtiar« l>ti«c< a l<lorf o nrrrepoiHloni rrportr«| i «nia >,
In nm Ihr train.««.
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FSSKV, .Ian. 22 (United Pn«*).—German miner* tlinwiglwut the
Ruhr today narrfnl «»tit tlirlr Mrlkf tlircat and refiiM«d in work.
Mine« iliat supply a runeiilrrnlile pan nf all (.emiaiu's fuel flappljr
wen* Idle.
NOT READY
TO MEDIATE
America to Pass Italy and
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(.ermany s Appeal on
Reparations
(I'Bit cd Prc«.),—
HUGHES, HARDING
AGREE ON POLICY
PARIS, Jan. 22
'rnmv lias mlsrd fn*r r**|M»n»ll«»t»®
plan ami item has it mnlf f«»r tlte
»:
«*omml«-lon
Chief f «*«t(ires are:
«Illion fluil she nh- an Interna
«I f 3,000.04MI,0(NI g«»l«l
purs' moratorium «»n the «f>n
ilonnl In«
t%\<
hi«*h ÔOUJNMMMM» may h«*
used io Muhlitz«* th«- mark. (In* rest
mark«, «»f
lo go t< » Germany*« creditors. ,
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K*fnl>li.«dimriit «if «(at«* nmnop
« »II tolNUVO,
MigMs anil
In (imnuny
nuilchrft, al««»h<»l.
inisnllns.
sail.
.1. t'liHfrmis an«l c%|>«*rt tat«®« to
he t urne«! mer lo (lie \111«*®* who an*
lo he permitted («» «"»illeet the «»»al
(a*; and other «l«*tAll« -.Hollar
Polneare's previous plan.
I«»
BERLIN. Jqn 22 fl'nlted Press)—
An offer of mediation In the repara
tions dispute was received by the
(Continued on Pa^*A Two )
'.ASK $1,000 FOR
PINE NEIGHBORHOOD
'
i
j
The Pine Neighborhood Associa-!
tlon Is conducting a drive for $1000
to r et>uilct the children's in«1oor win
Plans for remodel
* n * lh< " bul,<1 > n * »< Fourth and Pine
j-reet*. have been prepared hy Bu
perlntendent Mack. of the P»rk
Hoard. The Aasociatlon i« endeav-1
orinjg to provide a place in which
».«.j . . . .. .
[the children of that section can play
without having to u»e the »tree.»,
l-ollowing i» an excerpt front a
letter »ent out by the Association :
The Pine Neighborhood A**ociation j
j* organized to provide place* in
«•on-jwhiçh children of
district can grow up with a reason
able degree of moral and physical
safety. The Association Is doing good I
work and thrpevto •« -»»• •««»««
* u8 " rI ^..'TdTimItar . fTort, To '
.* _. rM „ rv fund* for malntuin- '
th Amoclation '
Contributions wili be acknowleded !
~n! ».
ore- I 1 O Box 174 Wilmington
T 'he«# rfllrrn« have endorsed the '
..rsrlrSs
Wilson. David Snellenhurg. Robert
[ItT.Tdê'p duPonf H^Tv Ind
Renee d P. duPonf Har\ej, and
" llll>ra <5. Cnxe.
The funeral of John Gifford. 78,
who jied at the Masonic Home, on
£ot U rday, was held thi
from Chandler's undertaking par
or , The service» were ln charge of
„ p nn t I-atdae A F A A M In
terment wa , mOreenhill cemetery. I
on , he Kennett Pike.
receive_ "
N ' r ' WAH1.KS. ,
Noble Cafeteria. 9th S'. Entrance 1
.Wll. Saving« Fund Bldg—Adv. .
ter field house.
I
I
this congested
g
■
•
n'XWl.XL OF JOHN GIFFORD.
afternoon.
)•
* Grimy Westphalian workere loun
ged about the pita with folded arm*.
They appeared at the shaft head»
at the usual hour this morning and
were lowered into the pile.
French troops
rlflea were al*o at some
till bayonet ted
of ths
mine«. No work was «lone at the
State mines, the men Joining in the
passive demonstration agAlnst the
arrest and Imprisonment of the mine
officials.
Ruhr ralroad men nre also strik
mg; a meeting of union «officials was
to decide whether tieups of lines
through the Ruhr should h** made
complete. Work ha«« stopped on
several lines, noiahlv on the Parls
Herlln route that passes through
oonmund. Promin.m mi oiucmu
wer» «rreeted ruu«m« this «trlk..
Germane todiy declared that Frits
Thyaaen and other coal barons Im
prisoned at Mayence have been
thrown into cells 'like ordinary
jailbirds." They are to be court
martialed together with 20 or HO
other prominent German industrial
leaders of the Ruhr, for refusal to
obey French orders.
The Frenc h are hop« ful they call
Ho Tl», ,i * rm ' n y." n««lvc rc
»t.turfc». The Cntlhl FTr.. w»* In
formed
I hat
tuade flr*-i
no attempt will bo
o enforce labor at (he
R'lhr mines. Th«- Fr*-nch high eonip»
mand counts upon hunger and pri
'
a(i«>n lo drive thr U 'ey» plia lian« to
, " n ' k The l.itiei hsi • -
! of (heir government ;
P« ; *l «hile they
nre threatened
they will bo
are on strike an«I
«i: 1 i prosecution if
An endura nee test of
j they work.
W iIM is on
Sum«- German.« are planning
dlatanca other than passive, if per
sistent reports can
Many soldier«
rr
be
credited.
»f fortune and vet
crans of Upper Silesian lighting aro
j rP P"' ' ■ ■ - juaft
bayond the neutral »one that mark«
he limits of
•copied
Whether these bands plan
, »nd enter the Ruhr nr in n. t In ih*
territory*
n unije
that
FFanee
••vent
neutrgl »one. is uncertain.
.. . f I ii i
the
eroa-ca
There was a
import -
nnr German tr*
»P nY vements w
in progress Sun.
: hat several train!«».i
wahr had
V Mu 3*1 «ter, arttl
■i of RntsclU
arrive«! but
French command «louhl.« this.
ho
even
Vi
2 DOMEvSTIC RIFLS
PATCHED IN COURT
When Stanley Sn.irowski. charger»
w*ith non-support, appeared In Mu*
: nicipal Con • .» -» *i ns both he
and his wife told the Court that thev
had agr-ed to live together again,
n?»' * «•■*<•". j S ««'o rn *r
C" 0 *'* 1 - " ". *?• LL h ''.
^ fl h ' ' lc
. n , , ' , '
Lynn placed n temporary order of
Treaaury Department announce«! to
atasr^jr-s;
ntlm ber
n.io50729A
me FIvcFRs l\CMt\TKD
" , ,. . ' , nA
Charles Church, 25. -no
^'^ f h ."'"J- *'"* ' W , circular"«^
r * ht han, ' CUt circular ***.
Saturday afternoon, wh: • working
- 1 « «h* Plant of the American \ ni
, »nlzed Fibre Compare
trea'ed *t Ih* Homeopathic Hoap
tal.
for
$15 a week against him and con
tinued the case until February 24
Leslie Wilson. ;»!jïo charged with
non-support of hi« wife and five
children, agreed to provide hi> fam
ily with a home in Atlantic City«
where he is now employed. Mt«
Wilson said she would accept h«»r
husband's offer providing he would
treat her right.
The Court placed a temporary or
der of $200 a week agnin«t Wilson
and continued the ca*e until March
31. J. F. Frank Ball v >s counsel
for Wilson.
LOOK AT VOIH '»»'ft.
Jan. 22
The
WASHINGTON.
Reaene
note is on the Federal
Rank, of Cleveland, with the check
letter A and face piste No. 7. Th*
name of William G. McAdoo* former
secretary of the treasury ind John
Burke, treasurer of the United Statft«.
«tre signed to the note. The portrait
on the bill is that of Grant.
of the ape* imen is
Th*
West
H» was