The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • 3

WILMINGTON MORNING NEWS, DELAWARE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1914 WILL DO BETTER HERE- NEGRO HORSE THIEF PRODUCE EXCHANGE lYieii VY IIU UI IV UUlUUUId 11CCU IHWV, Boston Cloak Store Starting: to-day we will put on sale our entire stock of Dresses, Children's Coats and Raincoats at unheard of low prices. CAUGHTAT ELKTON Corduroy Vests The Little Ones ELECTSDIRECTORS Annual Meeting of Delaware Association Held Yesterday. Auditors Make Report. Man Wanted By Chester County Enjoy Coming to TOY TOWN Authorities is Captured in Maryland. $7.00 and $8.50 Dresses.

Sale Price $3.75 All-wool Serge und Crepe Dresses, in green, brown, garnet, navy anil black. A few 7C styles from which to chouse. Sale yuil 3 $10.00 Dresses. Sale Price $5.98 In all-wool Serge, trimmed with Roman silk anil messaline. In basque style, with box pleated overskirt and tunic style.

Sale QJ" QO price ywiwO All-wool Kerne, Poplin and Silk Messaline Dresses, In a variety of styles. Sale Qn They are made of strVjiig, service-giving corduroy, lined with heavy fabric, and Interlined throughout with textile buckskin; have double-breasted fronts with high Russian cut necks. Absolutely necessary for all out-door men. AT $2.00. Also Cortluroy Vest, sheepskin lined, at $.1.00.

Sheepskin Vests ut $3.00. Corduroy JCeefer Coats, with sheepskin lining, at Corduroy JU-efcr Coats, with blanket lining, ut $.1. Chinchilla Itcercr Coals at $5.00 and $7.50. Ilcniy kiTM) Ucefcr Coats at $5.00, $0.00 and $7.50. Corduroy Pants at $2.00.

$2.25 and $.1.00. Heat Kersey Pants ut $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. WJ S15.C0 DreMH. PriV. t0 09 They can spend hours at tt tlmo going from aisle to aisle, laughing and clapping their hands with glee at the wonderful things on display.

They see. trains that run on regulur tracks, with tunnels and res! signals; hundreds und hundreds of animals; doll of every description; furniture for doll houses, and some that tho kiddies themselves can use; typewriters that really write, making tho youngsters feel real businesslike; desks und chairs with which to play "at school;" automobiles, velocipedes, Wagons and gum of all kind. Bring them here to-day. DOVER, Dec. 1.

The annual meeting of the Delaware Produce Exchange was held at the offices of the exchange here this morning. The report of the auditors was submitted and directors for the ensuing year were elected. Tho report of the auditors showed that at the beginning of 1813 the Exchange was indebted $3,000 to various banks for overdrafts. This debt has' been assumed by the directors. To Individuals the Exchange was indebted all of which has been paid.

Of the money used in the payment of the debt, I93S.57 was collected on old accounts anil $4,956.32 was taken from tho earnings of the Exchange for the past two years. The remainder of the debt was paid out v. 1 Velvet and Duchess Satin Combination Dresses, I also Silk Messaline and All-wool English Serge I Dresses, Redingote style. Come in green, ftQ qq i black and navy. Sale price vwiwO Evening Dresses.

Sale price. Chiffon over Messaline, also Silk Crepe, de Chine til ELKToN, Dec. 1. Harry V. Bly, a notorious negro, wanted in Chester county, as a horse thief, was captured in Klkton this morning by Edward Taylor, a liveryman, who had been requested by John T.

Peck, of Strickersvllle, owlner of a team, to keep watch for the stolen rig. When apprehended the negro Jumped from the vehicle, flourishing a revolver and started to shoot up the town, but was soon overpowered and turned over to Sheriff Morgan. He is held in Klkton Jail to await the arrival of the Pennsylvania authorities. Stanley Evans, a member of the lumber firm of Kvans Brothers, met with a serious accident last evening when part of his left hand was budly mangled and lacerated when caught in a circular saw. Over a hundred delegates from churches throughout Cecil county, PINK STAMPS Given With AH Purchases Dresses, in flare skirt and pleated over- A4 qq skirt.

Sale price vImuO Children's Coats of cash on hand. $5.00 Children's Coats Sale Price $2.98 All-wool Kersey Coats, with large box pleat in back; mixtures included: sizes 2 to 14 4fO QQ years. Sale price yLiOO During the past two years debts of $1,351.10 have been contracted. There! vYI Lrl I rNQTOIN III 306-14- MARKET ST. Is on hand in cash and bills receiv- ante M1.3 making the present m- iu-i in iwaiiiK nun 1 debtedness of the exchange amount exclusive of the bank in- Children's Coats.

Sale Price $4.98 All-wool Boucle, Chinchilla and Zibeline Coats in copen, (Til nn black, navy, brown and gray. Sale price j4i30 Other Children's Coats at So. UN and $6.98. Values 7.00 to sio.us. mi liun II hub iiii'I up, aiit-imiiin I tO 4 9 17 WIRELESS INVENTION jsunaay ccnooi Association, r.owaru D.

Carhart, president. made the REQUEST IDE I opening address. Addresses were Raincoats Two Wilmington KMnlcnt Perfect Appliance. For Dctivtlng Wireless. Fruuklln 1- Rash and Holton A.

Vance, two Wilmington youths, members of the Radio Club of Delaware, have invented a new instrument for FOR MORE LIGHTS The directors elected at the meeting this morning were: Charles E. Wetzel, Wyoming; Dr. Horace N. Marvin, Dover: John Heyd and Charles S. Warren.

Kelton: .1. E. How-land, Viola: Asa Bennett. Frank-ford; Jacob Rosa. Milford: E.

F. Horsey, Laurel; H. P. (Juattlander. Millsboro; J.

J. Phillips. It. J. Mills.

Delmar; Charles F. May, V. very useful gift for Xmas and one that will be $8.00 Ladies' lLain- detecting wireless waves. It is $4.98 $2.50 Children's Rain- 04 coats. Sale) prh-e.

iHu Blue and red; sizes 6 to 14 Street and Sewer Directors Get ctats. Sale price. Twenty-sixth, was referred to Ktrect Commissioner Plerson. The Joint Rullding Commission sent a letter stating that they would liava the clerk' of the drainage system on the new building confer with City Engineer Taylor concerning the opening of French street. In answer to a request made Henry Hoopes and Willlurn J.

Fisher, rel estate agents, that they be allowed more time to clean off snow und ice from the sidewalks of unoccupied houses, the board will allow agents an additional tin hours. A request from the Diamond Stat Telephone Company to open the streets at Sixth and Shipley streets and S02 Linden street, were referred to the street commissioner with pov er to act. I claimed by the youthful inventors that the new instrument Is twice as efficient as the mineral detector, and length Plaid backs in full coats. years. Application From the Wood-lawn Company.

made by the Rev. E. O. Ewlng, of RowlandvlUe; the Rev. Wilnier of Zion; the Kev.

F. Carl Huffman, of West Nottingham; the Kev. B. W. Kindley, of Baltimore: J.

M. McVey. of Elkton, and Miss Margaret S. Wilson, of Washington. D.

C. Two hundred and eighteen couples, mostly I'hiladelphlans, were married by local ministers during the month of November. This is the smallest number of marriages recorded in a month since the town became widely known as a place for easy marriages. Those married here to-day Included W. Fawcett.

Marcus Hook. and Leona, A. Swartz, Wilmington, Del. $5.00 Children's llain- GO TO CHURCH" MOVE not as expensive as the Audion. thel $2.98 couts.

Sale price. $15.00 Indies' Raincoats. Sale price. $9.98 Dover Church Begins Campaign Tan English textures; plaid back. es; plaid English texture; very and durable.

$7.10 $8.00 Children's llain-eoats. Sale price. most sensitive detect. known. Roth of the "young Edisuns" are students at the Wilmington High School and parts of the new instrument were made in the manual training depart- ment of the institution.

The invention has been tried out by several amateur nations in this $16.50 Ladies' llain-coats. Sale price. $1198 Henry Bramble, owner of the plot of ground enclosed by Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, iJtmmntt and Market streets, appeared before the Street and Sewer directors at their meeting yesterday und requested that Twenty- Balniacaan Haincoats in gray mixtures. Thoroughly Increase Attendance. DOVER.

Dec. 1. A movement to increase the attendance ut the ctturches of Dover has been Instituted by the People's Christian Church. The movement will be interdenominational, all the churches of the town being asked to assist in the plan. Cards, bearing the inscription "We In gray, black, navy and green.

Silk back. i city with very satisfactory results. HURT BY TAXI MARYLAND NEWS Key West, Colon and other distant i sixth street bo cut through. Mr. station have been heard distinctly, Bramble wishes this done in order The details of the detector are being that ho may have houses built on the are going to church Sunday: Are Boston Cloak Store, 'Rt S.

H. and Sperry Gold Stamps for the Asking. i You?" have been printed und will be plot. President sparks asked him If kept a secret until th' young men Interested in it have secured a patent for it. Iteins of Interest From the Oriole Stale.

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md Dec. 1. Word has been received in Elkton of the death of the Rev. Thomas B. Hunter, who for 40 years served as a minister in the Wilmington Methodist Episcopal conference, at Mon ALTERATIONS FREE.

placed in the windows of stores and residences. The cards will he re- placed each week with new ones. A committee has been appointed to make an effort to secure the co-oper-' ation of the other churches of the; town. The committee appointed con- RELIEF FOR BELGIANS Hoy knocked Down and Driver Sietg Away. While playing In the street with a number of other children at Vandever avenue and lAitinttf street about S.30 o'clock last night, William Churnslde, aged 10 years, of 2118 Iamotte street was struck and knocked down by a swiftly moving taxlcab.

The boy wait on his hands and knees chalking up a game when he was struck- Instead of stopping to see the extent of tho boy's injuries or to see whether ho could be of any assistance, the driver of the taxi, it is declared, speeded up and was soon far away from th PEACE BY BOYCOTT Many Contribution-. Made Ity he would willing to cut the street through if the board will condemn it. Mr. liramble agreed to this. A communication was received from the Uoard of Education suiting that the matter regarding the alleged unsanitary condition of the public schools had been referred to the Janitors and fuel committees, which will make an investigation.

The letter was filed. The Woodlawn Company sent a request to the board, asking that lights rovia, Cal. Over half of his ministry I sists of Mrs. Janus K. Carroll.

Mrs. gardless of what serves as the match to start the conflagration." The suggestion is made that with the Hague Conference as the foundation, there be developed an international legislature and a "Supreme Court of the World" backed by the "police power" of international boy- Walter Morris. Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. N.

R. Smithers, Mrs. D. D. Jacksn.

Mrs. William M. Hope, Mrs. Wesley Webb, and Mrs. James Aron.

Samuel Wesley Long- Suggests New Method for Preventing Wars. That the means necessary to enforce the rulings of a "Supreme Court of the World" on the merits of interna was spent in Cecil county. W. Emory Clough, county treasurer of Queen Anr.e's county, while motoring to Centervllle depot, Monday, struck Williams, a necro. the wheels of the machine ('untie People.

NEW CASTLE. Dec. 1. Generous contributions to the Relglan Relief Fund for the relief of the sufferers from the European war, have been made by the people of N'ew Castle. Already tjuantity of provisions has been sent away, and many other contributions have been promised.

The committee last week purchased t- worth of groceries and BIG HOGS KILLED tional questions which, under present cot t. conditions, are usually settled by re "Any effectual substitute fur war' passing over his body. His condition! is serious- Ry holding a bazaar the ladies ofj Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church be installed in the alleys between tho houses on the Woodlawn district, including that part of the city between Kourth. Seventh, Union and Ferris stre-ts. Ten lights were asked for altogether and if these can be in -Mr.

Long writes, "must inflict on the aggressor the dire financial re-1 suits of war; it should aim to ac- i of Prices Station, netted $2a0 for complish the desired end in the short-j church canned goods which were shipped to sort to warfare, lies in the absolute boycotting of the country against which a decision would be handed down is the theory advanced In "The Weapon of Peace," a book written by Samuel AVesley Long. Mr. Long has been at work on the book during two months, and the completed manuscript will go to the publishers within a few days. Monster Porkers slaughtered by Del-urc Farmers. MILFORD.

Dec. 1 The annual "hog killing time" of lower Delaware has arrived and reports are received daily of the size of mammoth porkers slaughtered by farmers In the rural parts of the county-Five of the largest hog killed this season were killed last Saturday by Merton Walls, a Rayshore farmer. The five hogs together weighed 2.41s pounds. The largest tipped the beam Philadelphia. A quantity of provis-ions have been donated and a dona tion of has been announced.

possioie time, ana wnn aosotute Gladvs Lewis, five years old. of Elk certainty bo obv ious that the aggres-j Mil)s waa to Union Hospital sor would see the end from the be- Mondav suffering with a bullet wound ginning and be brought to a realiza- rhen a oat ritle was accidentally dis-tion of ultimate and inevitable sub- I cnar)rp(j mi-ssion. Yet. there should be no The 8tatn tax commissioners wiU permanent economic loss no lives jvIsit a en the Eastern sacrificed, no property destroyed." Snore week scene of tho accident. Coroner Spring, who lives a short distance above where the accident occurred.

Bent in a hurry call for tha Phoenix ambulance which soon had the boy out to tho Delaware Hospital where it was found that he was only slightly injured about the hands and face. It is considered remarkable by persons who witnessed the accident that he was not more seriously hurt. He was able to go to bis home last night. Mrs. Spring, the coroner's wife and her daughter, who picked up the boy after he had been struck accompanied liim to tho hospital.

In reporting the ease to Wilmington Morning News last night, Mr. Spring made a request to the citizen of Wllmlngto nto help find the man whuj drove the taxi. The writer's analysis of the causes of war shows that economic reasons are the basis of most modern conflicts and that "lust of gain Is the fuel that feeds the flames of war re vuirr nupifm 01 lne eapon oi Th. Ktock panitarv and the smallest at Peace" treat of the economic waste of Boar(, rfs that lhp progress of bi3 modern 400 pounds. The Complete 11-tol Practice.

DELAWARE CITV. Dec. 1. The 112th Company has completed pistol practice and the range here is being prepared for the winter. Klve men qualified as expert pistod shots.

Captain Louis S. Ryan. First Sergeant Neville, Sergeant Lea, Mechanic Harper and Private Nelson, all of the 11-th Company. other three weighed war, efforts in the interest of stalled In connection with the city's lighting contract the company agrees to pay for their use. The Peoples Railway Company notified the board that they were having the level of the tracks along Third street, between Grant and Bayard avenues, lowered In accordance with a request made by the board.

A communication requesting the elevation of the city dam at both the north and south sides und also the elevation of the city headgates and the Lea headgates was received from tho Water Department. City Engineer Taylor was instructed to givo the necessary information. A request for a sewer between Washington and Jefferson streets on the foot-and-mouth disease in this; i 470. 485 and 520 pounds. peace, the causes of the violation of treaties, the force of organized international public opinion, etc state has been checked.

WLIL CASE HEARD Three large hogs were also killed by Paul Palmer. The three hogs 'weighed 450, 463 and 42S pounds, re-i BURNED ABOUT THE HANDS spectively. The hugs had been of Will of KliencwT Mcknatt lowed to run wild over the fields. Is Questioned. Mrs.

V. II. Phillips has returned home after spending the month of November with Mr. and Mrs. Strayer SEEK NEW POSTOFFICE JUST A FEV HOURS Fur Quick Service.

and good cooking go to Crystal Lunch Room, 8 E. Seventh utrcet. Ladles and gentlemen. DOVER. Dec.

1. Testimony in the case to decide the question of! the validity of the will of the latej Ebenezer McKnatt was heard in Harrington People Want Office Moteil LIVINGSTON'S Court of Chancery before Chancellor Charles M. Curtis to-day. It is alleged that Charles W. McKnatt.

with Nettie McKnatt and 1 Miss Rebecca Alt man. School Teacher llius Painful Fxperienee. Miss Rebecca Altman, a senior at the Wilmington High School received several painful burns about the hands Monday evening while extinguishing what would have been a serious tire ut her home 616 North Broome street but for her heroic efforts. A window had been left open accidentally and the wind blew the lace curtains against the gas jet. The curtains were soon in flames and Miss Altman, seizing a rug, soon had them smothered before any damage could be done.

In doing this she had several fingers burned and was unable to attend school yesterday. The largest Credit Clothiers in Wilmington and the Greatest in the State to New Rullding. HARRINGTON, Del-. Dec. 1 A i change in the location of the post-oflice Is being advocated by many citizens of the town, who declare that the present quarters of the postoftice' department are antiquated and inadequate to meet the requirements of the mail service here.

Those who are advocating the' charge declare that the postoftice should be changed to a part of a recently completed building, located in the heart of town. They declare that the postoftice has been located in the present quarters for thirty years, and that during that time but' few changes of any consequence have, been made. James A. Smith, executor of the estate of Ebenezer McKnatt. the defendants in the case, used undue influence over Ebenezer McKnatt, and constrained him to oequeath a farm in Mispillion hundre.l to hint.

The farm is estimated to be worth approximately 6.000. At the hearing to-day a number of witnesses testified regarding the physieial conditon of the elder McKnatt, declaring that he was incapable of executing a will. 'Tape's Cold Compound" Ends Grippe Misery Don't Stay Stuff ed-up You can end grippe and break up a severe cold either in head, chest, body or limbs, by taking a dose of "Pape's Jold Compound" every two hours until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nostrils and air passages in tho head, itops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head nothing else in the world gives iuch prompt relief as "Pape's Cold I'onipound," which costs only 25 cents it any drug store.

It acts without tssistance, tastes nice, and causes no inconvenience. Be sure you get the genuine. It is Not Necessary to Pay Big Prices To Get GOOD CLOTHING The Livingston system of direct buying for spot cash at the right time, coupled with our vast buying powers, has changed all that. The way to find out whether this is so or not is to come and see for yourself. Thief Held on Hoof.

NEWPORT, Dec. 1. A thief, who ransacked the home of William Ruth while the family was absent, was discovered hiding on the roof of the house when the members of the family returned from the theatre. The thief was chased- by a crowd of men and boys, but escaped in the darkness. EXCLUSIVE RIGHT DENIED CORNER STONE LAID II Delaware Gas and New Church to Re Krecled at Deal's Inland.

PRINCESS ANNE. Md Dec. 1. The cornerstone of the new Methodist Episcopal Church at Wenona, on I Deal's Island, in Somerset county, was' laid Sunday afternoon. The new' church is built on the site of the! old church destroyed by fire about a year ago.

i The cornerstone of the building was: laid with Masonic rites. The exer-1 cises were in charge of Tangier Lodge No. 159, A. F. and A.

assisted: by Manokin Lodge of Princess and Crescent Lodge of Poeomoke City. Addresses were made by Judge1 Trackless Trolley Company Sought to Kselude Others. DOVER, Dec. 1. The Kent County Ievy Court at he regular session here to-day refused to grant to the Lycoming Transit Company, which proposes to construct a trackless trolley system through lower Delaware, the exclusive right to operate on the county roads of Kent county.

The court granted the company a general right of way over the several county roads. William H. Smith and 'William A. Stanley were appointel constables for the first district of Kent county. The newly elected assessors of the county also appeared before the court, were sworn In, and given instructions regarding their duties.

Electric Fixture Co. 1 1 1 W. Eighth Street H. L. D.

Stanford and Henry Waters. MHMHHMBH Ladies $15 Coats $8.50 $1.98 Mens $18 Suits $15 For Mens Extra Ladies $20 Coats $13.50 Heavy Ribbed Wool Mens $16.50 O'coats $12 $10 Fur Sets $7.50 Sweatm Worth Men's $20 Balmacaans $15 Boys' O'coats $3.98 Ladies' $20 Coat Suits $13.50 Ladies' $3 Sweaters $1.98 Ladies' $30 Suits $22.50 Boys' $3 Suits $1.98 Ladies' $3 Silk Waists $1.79 Ladies' $12 Dresses $7.50 Girls' $7 Coats $4.98 Ladies' $1.50 Petticoats 98c FORT BAND LEAVES DISEASE AFFECTS SALES Coast Artillery Itand Will io to California. DELAWARE CITV. Dec. 1.

The Thirteenth Rand, Coast Artillery Buyers Are Irfth to Pay High Prices For Cattle. MILFORD, Dec. 1 The prev alence of the foot and mouth disease I Corps now stationed at Fort duPont Holiday Gifts A most appropriate present for Christmas. We can save you from $5.00 to $8.00 on our beautiful Domes. Twelve panel Daisy amber or has been ordered to Fort Rosecrans, among the cattle of all sections of th I country and the northern part of thej state has affected the prices of cattle sold in lower Kent county, although no casej of the diseas- have been 1 discovered here.

In many instances farmers have California, for temporary duty at the exposition to be held at San Diego next year. The band will leave for tho west In about two weeks. At the close of the exposition the band will go to San Francisco and CREDIT AT THIS STORE "A intended to dispose of their cattle at from there to Honolulu where it will rf public sales but have decided to hold be stationed until further orders. The them until after the disease has abat- i band is under the direction of Pro-led. Prospective purchasers also are fessor V.

F. Safranek. loth to pay high prices for cattle. I i green, $6.50. Portable Lamps $2.50 up.

We have made preparations for the Holiday business, and invite you to look over the line at our show room. when they consider the possibilities SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT Make Your Payments to Suit Yourself of the disease wiping out the herd in short time. As a result prices have fallen materially. Elocutionist Speaks for Benefit of Delaware City School. i DELAWARE CITY, Dec.

1. More than $40 was realized at the! entertainment for the benefit of the: public schools, held Monday night in Assembly Hall. i The feature of the entertainment FIFTH 9 Lodge Entertains. GRl'BB'S, Dec. 1.

A patriotic entertainment was rendered at the "open night" of Washington Camp, No. 22, Patriotic Order Sons FIFTH MARKET LIVINGSTON Contract Work Our Specialty Remember, These Prices at the Delaware Gas and Electric Fixture Co. ONLY MARKET) of America, held in the lodge rooms was the work of Miss Grace Von Saturday night. An address was de Culin, impersonator and elocutionist a former pupil of the schools here. Musical selections were rendered Open Tuesday, Friday and Saturday Evenings livered by W.

W. Knowles, of Wilmington. Visitors were present from Wilmington, Chester, and adjoining lodges. Miss Hemphill, Miss Kuth Clark and; Mrs. Armstrong..