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WILMINGTON. DELAWARE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21 , 1908 .
TWENTIETH YEAR—No. 282 .
ONE ÇENT.
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fi BRYAN IN AN
ANGRY MOOD
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Scores Railroad Managers
and Says They Are Trying
to Coerce Their Men
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
HEADING FOR NEW YORK
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MOUNT VERNON. O., Oct. 21 —
With an evident bitterness of feeling,
which up to the present time has been
absent from his politic^ speeches. \\
J. Bryan, in his, speech at Newark, Ohio,
this morning, denounced General Man
ager VanWlnkle, Vice-president (.diaries
gcha/f and Assistant General Superin
tendent Albert Ingalls, of the Vander
bilt railway systems, for their alleged
coercion of the shop and other employes
Bf the Big Four, the Hake Shore and the
New York Central railway systems.
Bryan called the attention of his
audience to their speeches to the shop
men at Bellefontalno last night. In
declared that his election
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which they
meant business depression and would
result in a cut of ten per cent, of the
wages of the men. Albert Ingalls, is
Charles P. Taft's son-in-law.
Bryan said that tho action of these
railway managers is "coercion pure and
Itpjple and should be punished by law,
It being a crime against tha fran
chise."
"Who has given.these men the power
lo prophecy what will happen if I am
elected?" demanded Bryan.
"Are they the Lord's anointed and
shall they compel you men to vote as
they want, and no one raise his. voice
In protest. Shorn and bereft of every
Issue tn this campaign, confronted with
the sure wrath of the aroused people,
whose earnings they have been taking
for their own use. the predatory cor
porations now come and threaten panic
If you elect me and turn their crea
tures out of the offices. Who is tho
Republican candidate that he should
also declare that my election will re
sult in hard times If he believes this
statement he makes, let him give bond
that the present panle -k $1 be healed
end good times restored ti'|!er his ad
ministration
Brvan has decided to plunge at one»
Into the New York campaign He will
give only tomorrow to West Virginia
and will then go direct to New York,
reaching there October 23 at 1 p. m.
He »fated thi» morning that 1h» fight
In Ohio Is already won. but that he
will spend another day In the State
before election.
DEC0RAT10NS OF
THE COURTHOUSE
Ferris Giles to-day made the follow
ing statement regarding the decorat
ing of the Court House for the Taft
demonstration:
"Will you kindly grant me spare in
your columns sufficient to correct a
statement which appeared in the edi
torial columns of a Democratic paper
last evening, regarding the decorating
of the Court House in honor of the
visit of the Hon, William H. Taft to
this city on Monday? Tho editorial in
question states, relative to this deco
ration: 'Which shows how th« Repub
lican organization. In addition to being
reckless with ttm people's môney. Is
absolutely regardless of the people's
rights.' This statement has been con
etrued by mane. - people, and was
doubtless so intended, to mean that
the decoration of the building was
done at public expense, which is not
the case. I was employed by the offî
rials and employes of the various
offices in the building to procure and
errange the decoration, at their Indt
vidual expense, each paying his pro
rata share, and not one cent of this
expense was paid by or asked from the
Levy Court, or came from the pockets
of the taxpayers. While there is no
doubt that the Court House is the
property of air the people it is, equally]
true that as shown by the results of
previous elections, the majority of the |
people are favorable to the decoration,
and have no protest to make."
CENTRAL BODY
MUM ON NEWS
HL, The Wilmington Central Labor Union
held Us bl-weokly meeting last night.
" Merab* nly routine business
was transacted. It is understood, how
ever, that It was decided to invite Samuel
Gompers. president ot the American Fed
eration of Labor, to speak In Wilmington.
Tho central body has shut down tight
cn the press and only news is given out
now when the secretary is authorized
lo do so. The mixing of the union In poli
tics by outsiders is, the reason given.
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GREAT FOREST FIRES
MAY MAKE SALT A LUXURY
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 21.—Common table
sale may become a luxury, as a result
of the great forest fires that raged last
■week in northern Michigan, according
to Ohas. M. Mulkey, of Dfitroit, mem
ber of a large salt company that oper
ates in the devastated region. Mulkey
says all the wod and sawdust used by
salt companies as fuel In producing salt
was burned up. To import coal Is out
of the question, and he fears the salt
output will be reduced lo such a point
that a stiff advance in prices must
follow.
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SUICIDE RATHER THAN TALK
TO HIS WIFE AT 3 A. M.
AUBURN, Maine. Oct. 21.—Provoked
because his wife woke him up at S
o'clock in the morning and insisted on
1 talking to him. Edward H Goddard, a
/ carpenter dressed himself and running
I through the deserted streets to the An
droscoggin river, jumped in
His wife sped after him in her night
robe, entreating .him to come back, but
! he eluded her Goddard s body was dis
covered several hours later in the river.
SHELDON NOT IN
MORSE ICE POOL
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—The trial of
Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis,
whose operations in Wall street arc al
leged to have wrecked the National
Bank of North America, precipitating
the panic of last fall, was resumed in
the United States circuit court today.
Coincident with the opening of the
case before Judge Hough this morn
ing, Edward P. Moxey. chief investi
gator for the government issued an un
qualified denial of the published re
port that George R. Sheldon had been
a party to one of Morse's pools in
"frozen water."
"There Is absolutely no evidence upon
which stich a report could be based,"
said Moxey. "Take that from me. and
I certainly would know It. if there was
a scrap of evidence to indicate his in
volvement."
John E, Fensler. assistant examiner
for the government, was the first wit
ness called. His testimony has to do
with the technical tracing of alleged
"kited loans."
I
TOGO GREETS
THE AMERICANS
I
I
Hero of the Russian-Japanese
War Highly Honored at
a Great Reception •
TOKIO, Oct. 21.—The officers of the
American fleet to-day grasped the
hand of Admiral Togo, the hero of the
battle which resulted in the arViola
tion of the Russian Admiral Rojest
venaky's fleet.
The little Japanese admiral received
the Americans in a brilliant function
at the beautiful Shinjiku imperial
gardens, it being the first time these
gardens have been thrown open since
the return of the victorious army.
The
casion turned nut to bo as I
much of a fete to Togo as to the j
Americans, the latter insisting on
making the Japanese hero the lion of
the occasion. Nearly two
people attended the reception.
A round of dinners followed the re
thousand
ception, Premier Komura. Baron Te
rauehi .Baron Mitsui and BaronrVvas
ski being the hosts. Tho day closed
with a grand ball, the greatest social
event Japan has seep in years.
While the petty officers and jnetj-of
the fleet are not taking a largfe part in
the State function*, they are not lark
ing for entertainment. Their uniforms
are a passport to everything. Excur
sions to all the interesting points
near the Tokio and Yokohama arc of
daily occurrence, and every night the
theatres are crowded with tho Amri
cans.
SOUND PIRATES
PLUNDERED BOAT
Two of the Crew of Eclipse
Probably Drowned and
Captain in a Daze
By United Press Leased Special Wire
NEW YORK. Oct. 21 Plundered, it
s believed by sound plates, and with
tb* possibility that two of her crew
w-ere thrown overboard and drowned,
»he schooner Eclipse of Bridgeport,
Conn., was found ^ashore to-dav near
Hmingtop. L. I. Wandering on too
beach nearby, with his mind a total
blank, was her ow ner and master, Cap
lain John Barm.
to suddIv no clue to iho mystery.
Earlv to-day some boys found Cap
tain Barm running along the shore,
calling for John Murphy, one of his
men. Telenhone calls for the policy i
brought an officer, but before he ur
rived.. H»ytn invaded ihc Cafe De»
Beaux Arts, two miles away, and. cn
tering each room, demand to know ,
what became of Murphy. Tho policy
found Barm and he was taken back 1
to Huntington, from where he will bt,
senk to his home in Bridgeport to-day
Pnv^cians who examined Barm saiu j
ho was deranged through some great
Ho has been able
mental shock nnd the recent activity |
of sound pirates In the vicinity makes
it probable that ho engaged in a bat
tle w ith -e.om. in which his two men
perished.
OVERCOME WHILE IN
A SMALL SAIL BOAT
NEW YORK. Ouct 21.—Charles
Prindle. aged 22, of New Haven. Conn..
is dead today, and Howard B. Welth. of
New Haven, is In the care of physi
cians, the result of being overcome
while in a small sailboat off the Now
Haven breakwater The men wars pick
ed up by the Sound steamer Richard
Peck in a semi-conscious condition,
and Prindle died before the steamer
reached her pier tn New York this
morning
SA YS WATCH
WHILE HE
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On a charge of having stolen a watch I
and chain from William D. Green rast'
Saturday night while the latter was in ]
a house ai Second and King strcelu.
Walter Blackburn in City Court til's i
morning was held In Î500 bail for h ! s,
appearance in the upper court by Judge
Cochran
Green testified that he was asleep;
when the watch and chain were takon
from hts vest pocket. Blackburn denleo
that he stole the watch. He said thrt j
he had found it oa the floor and haa ;
taken it to return to the owner later.
Marv Carter, charged with larceny. |
had her case dismissed. Frances
Grawska. charged with disorderly con
duct said she was not ready for a
hearing and asked for a continuance
GAYTIMEON COAST;
FINED IN COURT
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experience OI Wiliidtn Knox
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ana Michael J. 0 Neii Lands
Them Before Judge
William Knox and Michael J. O'Neil
"did" the "coast" last night and
patronized many of tha establishments
along the line where liquid refresh
ments arc dispensed, and as it
rather a cold night the quantity of «.
freshments that was inquired was in
direct proportion to the position oc
cupled by the mercury and the (her-1
nloqieter. Consequently by the time
that William and Michael were warm*
ed up inside they were feeling in a
hilarious mood and were parading up
and down the "coast" mid-way mak
ing considerable of a ntirc
Patrolman Davidson was walking
alone Front street when he came upon
tho two men. They resisted the efforts
of the officer to place them under ar
rest. and in the shutflo that followed
Patrolman Davidson lest a number of
buttons oft hla coat.
The officer got both of them to a box,
however, and sent in the, wagon call.
When searched at the police station
Knox was found to have a razor in hi«
noeket.
Ho was charged with dis
orderly conduct and carrying a con
cealed weapon
with disorderly conduct and both mm
were arraigned in City Court this
morning before Judge Cochran.
Knox pleaded guilty to having been
drunk and disorderly, but denied Car
rying the razor In his clothes,
said that he had carried it in his
O'Neil wan
charg'd
Ho
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satchel.
Knox was fined $3 and costs and on the
charge of carrying a concealed weapon
ha was placed in $10(1 bail for his ap
pearance In the upper court,
was fined $3 and costs after he had
pleaded guilty to tho charge of dis
orderly conduct
On the disorderly charge
6'Ncll
REPUBLICANS
PLAN MEETINGS
Dr. C. S. Rire, who Is In charge of
Republican meetings throughout New
Fastle county, announces the following
meetings that have been arranged.
Tonight—Odd Fellows' Temple.
yTpnth and grange street«, fo be ad
dressed by John f. Dancy and John
W. Patterson: Heald and A streets,
speakers, Willlqm H. Heald. Walter
H. Hayes, fv D. Townsend. Jr., and
Herbert L. Rice; Polish Turn Hall.
Syeamore street near Maryland ave
nue, speakers. Leonard E. Wales, Mar
tin Hutchinson.
October 22—Bantum'« Hall. East
Fourteenth street, John W. Patterson:
Hoekessln, speakers, William H.
Heald. Walter H. Hayes, S. D. Town
send. Herbert L. Rice.
October 23—Sixth Ward Republican
Club. No. 909 Walnut street. John IV.
Patterson, Charles H. Colburn: First
Ward Republican Club. No. 407 Ship
ley street; Rising Sun, Hunter's store.
Waller H. Hayes. H'-rbert L. Rice, Ed
ward G. Bradford, Jr.. S. D. Townsend.
October 24—-Delaware City. William
H. Heald. S. S. Pcnncw ill, Frank H.
Davis. Ruby Vale.
October 25—Simon Wolf Club, at'
Third and Market streets, over West
ern Union Building, Isaac Fuld, of
New York.
Meetings also are to he held at New
Castle and Marshallton to-r.lgliL
Jr
The Unlt-d Stales insreeors of stsnn
vessels in Philadelphia have suspende/i
the licenses of Chief Engineers Frank
Brown and William Fredericks and re
i yoked the license of James M. Kelly,
an assistant engineer, of the steam
boat Brandywine of the Wilson Lino,
for dereliction of duty as licensed of
, fleers of steam vessels. Kelly s license
'was revoked under Section 4441 of the
1 United States Revised Statutes
Brown's suspension is for thirty days
.and Fredericks' for one year.
j The three men all live in Philadelphia,
They have not been 'n the employ of
| the Wilson lino since the infraction of
the laws,
TWO ENGINEERS
WERE SUSPENDED
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FIRE DAMAGES
SIGNAL TOWER
Fire occurred in a signal tower .in .
the Pennsylvania Bailroad at Porry- i
vlllo last night, but the damage was
»lieht
The PJrrvvill- Fire Company
was cs.N.nS:.h"^hSi^
The telegraph operator lit the tower be
came alarmed because of a tank ot
gasoline in. the building, but the fit* i
was out before any damage froth that :
source happened.
WAS TAKEN
WAS SLEEPING
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to Friday, which was granted. Frank
Davis, charged with dlsoidcrly conduct,
had ins cas- dismissed.
was charged with violating the plumb
The case against Miry Johnson, who
ing ordlusuce in not having her prop- j
ertv connected with the s-wer. via
.dismissed. Assitant City Solicitor Sat
terth«alto said that he understood that
the tense was to be torn down. He
odd the tennants had vacated but no j
efforts had vet been mode to dismantle j
the house. Mr. SatteUhwalte said that ]
understanding that another warrant
could be secured against Mrs Johnson
if the building was not torn down as
he wa. given to. understand it woulo |
ba. - i |
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the charge was dismissed with the
new Hampshire
FORESTS ABLAZE
SHELBURN, N. H. Oct. 21—An al
most continuous line of Mazing forest
extends today from Berlin on the north.
and west to Bethel |t the eastward,
across the line in Maine, and the woods
are ablaze throughout New Hamp
shire. Twenty-five hundred acres have
been devastated and the loss In stand
ing timber is estimated at $75.000.
thick hangs the smoko that the light
of * locomotive fails to penetrate two
ro
£1.™***** d °" n Upon
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So
The fires, which have been burning
for a day and night are now beyond
BUMPED BUMPS
ON TENTH STREET
John J. Kellehcr Drove Over
the Torn-up Thoroughfare
Last Night
When John J. Kelleher gets hack t
Centrevllle ho w ill have a yarn lo re
late to the natives that
them a bit.
rocking, swaying like a coffin-barge In
a gale, the rheumatic wagon and the
sleepy horse went on.
To all appearances Kelleher was oh
Ilvious to where he was going. Pa*
trolmnn Morrow finally came in eight,
and he hailed the wagc n and contents
front the distance. Then he xFfflt to
t'.e rescue and shortly afterwards Krl
Idler, horse and wagon, were down to
the police staiion.
Kelleher was arraigned In City
Court this morning. charged with!
having been drunk and was fined $1
and costs.
■ ■
may sturtlo
John came into the city
last night tn a rickety wagon that had
the rheumatism In every spoke, and
after driving down De^.ware avenue
in complete disregard of the street
railway schedule, experienced tho
novel sensation of humping the humps,
in that part of Tenth street which
torn up for repairs.
John had imbibed more than a suffi
cient quantity of the oll-of-joy earlier
in the evening, and by the time he
reached the ravines and hills in T* nth
street, ho might have been doing
stunts In the Alps for all he knew or
cared.
The patient horse tied in the shafts
to keep it from falling down, plodded
along w earily over the bumps. At
llffiefi it may have rushed iKsas back
in C'enlrevtlle—bump. bump, and more
bump. .Over the ties of tho trolley
tracks, down In the gorges at the side
of the tracks, this way and that way.
LYNCHERS QUARREL OVER
JUDGE, AND HE ESCAPED
By United Press Leas'd Special Wire.
MEMPHIS. Tenn . Oct.
Taylor, the aged lawyer who was taken
from a hotel at Walnut Log, Tenn..
at tho same time Captiin Rankin was
lynched, has turned nn near Tipton
ville, having escaped from Fishermen
night riders.
After Captain Rankin was hanged.
the masked night riders got into a die
pute among themselves as to what to
do with Judge Taylor, some favoring
pj 8 killing, whilo others wanted to hold
21— Zach
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The Republican County Comm.ltl f
has Just arranged for a monster mass
meeting and parade to be held on Sat
urday evening, October 31. The meet
lug will bo held in tbe Eleventh Street
Rink and the parade, which is to pre
cede it, will be the largest seen In this
city for a long time,
Just who Ule speakers will be has
not been decided, but it is said »nai
United States Senator Knox ,of Penn
sylvania. one of the ablest men in the
Senate, will be the principal speaker,
It is Intended to secure other proini
BIG MEETING
OF REPUBLICANS!
rent men for the oecas.on.
RABBIT FEET
FOR CANDIDATES
A delegation of Wilmington voters
presented Judge Taft and Mr. Sher
man durln * ,hcir vl * itr liere ° n Mon ;!
^ «V "the
^ ex wbitlns tho mascols
^
W *VJ p 'l at '
Another onjen
\ ember w-rs tendered
and myself at Wilmington, Del ." said
James S. Sherman, at Republican na
tional headquarters. New York.
, f V'îtcry ln Na
te Judge Taft
yes
"In fact, two of them." con
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I produced a rabbit's foot.
I "A delegation of Delaware voters
I walled upon Judge Taft yesterday
an d presented to him one of tluac
I mascots, and later the same delegation
| waited upon me and conferred a ijimi
j Morocco Fgptory Improvements,
Th« United Leather Company will
make improvements to its plant at
Fourth and Monroe streets to cost »400.
A permit was issued for the »« me b >'
j Building Inspector Johnsoo today,
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her physician were ■ ■
| lady « Id a state of coma and she ma.,
| not ltva °' ef 11 •
; j ar honor."
kVa- Pass Sinking.
The condition of Mrs Anna Marla
Pass, of No 504 West Fifth street, was
I so low today that frequent visits of
The old
PAWNBROKERS
ARE DISMISSED
But Warned by Judge Coch
ran That They Must Live
Up to the Law
Martin nnd Jesso Levy, pawnbroker»
at No. 21« Market street. were dismis
sed from the charge of violating »ho
pawnbrokers' law in City Court this
morning bv Judge Cochran. The evi
donee iu the case was heard last Fri
day. when John Milber. a colored Junk
dealer, testified that ho had
loeket to the pawnbrokers,
charged by the police that the Levy
brothers did not keep a record in then
bocks as the law required.
After the testimony had been sub
sold
It was
mitted on both sides, .ho pawnbrokers
denvlne that they received a
from Milber. Judge Cochran look the
matter under advisement,
tine the case the court said that the
character of the colored man had been
ked into and found not to be of thy
best. His evidence was practically a'l
that Stultified the chaises against thu
pawnbrokers, and in view of the col
ored man's character, the court sald^
the Hew brothers should be given the
benefit of anv doubt in the matter.
"But I vast to warn pawnbrkers.'
"that they
lorkrl
In dlsmln
i<
entinued Judge Cochran.
rinist live uo to the lows,
sav these men have been guilty
violation of the law. but
pawnbrokers in this city
gard the law» and
been received bv Chief of Police Black
is'and by myself."
I do not
of
there
art
ho disre
complaints have
The loeket. which the colored man
claimed he found in a barrel, subse
qnentlv proved to bo an old family
heirloom owned by
Beadenkopf, of No. 14(*0 Pennsylvania
Wilhun*
Mrs.
avenue.
Fined For Disorderly Conduct.
The complainant was Samuel
ho alleged that the men had
grabbed him by the coal as he was
going borne, after they had slopped him
to ask for a cigarette.
FIGHT OVER CANNON IN
ILLINOIS FEDERATION.
PEORIA, 111, Oct. 21—A fight to »e.
cure the passage of a resolution de
nonnelng Speaker Cannon will take
jiot when the committee on resolution«
submits its report today or tomorrow
before the convention of the Illinois
Federation of I.abor In session h»re
The anti-Cannon men are more active
than ever today and the action on the
resolution Is the most Important thing
likely to come up.
George Dubois and James o. Tomlin
each fined $3 and costs by
son. were
Judge Cochran thi» morning in Cllj
Court on charges of disorderly con
duct
Hawber w
him. so a» to force concession to their
demands for free fishing on Keel Foot
Lake.
While the riders disputed, Taya
lumnod from tho woods, dashed to the
odee of tho bayou leading froir^ tho
lake and plunged in. swimming across
He was fired on several limes but
escaped In the darkness. He was lost
in the woods and when daylight camu
„
was afraid to go back 1c ' alnnt Log.
but was found near Tiptonvillc this
morning.
TO WALK ROUND
THE WORLD
Ualv, America and Frances will bo rep
resented in a trio of pedestrians who win
reach Wilmington to-day or to-morrow
on the first stage of a round-the-world
walking trip.
The Italian Is Alfredo Bstelll. of the
"Glornale d'llalla." of Rome. The Fre-noh
man ts also a newspaper man connected
with the "Courier de France." The Ameri
can. Adolph Schneider, is accompanying
the party merely for the pleasure of the
trip and will leave the chronicling of his
adventures to his two companions.
The party left the office of Mayor Mc
Clellan. In New York. lost Saturday nnd
arrived In Philadelphia yesterday morn
ing. They wore khaki suits and high leath
er boots. After leaving Philadelphia they
pass through Wilmington. Baltimore.
Columbus, St.
Denver and San Francisco, and
j thence to tho Orient. Tho travelers *x
1 pect to meet expenics en route by tho
. sale of picture poltal Cards bearing thejr
likeness and a short account of the Jour
ney they have undertaken. Four years is
the tune in which they expect to make the
trip.
Washington, Pittsburg.
Louts,
DISCUSSING TAXES
ON RAILROADS
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The State Board of Jtevenue and
Taxation, appointed by the last Générai
As>emblv to take up the niait* r nt
eqnslizing taxes in the State, held a
meeting to-day In tho rooms ot the
Street and Sewer Directors.
The taxation question was discussed
in general, but th« moat Important
matter brought up was the assessment
of railroads for taxes. The subject!
was discussed at some length but no
conclusion was reached.
One of the things to be considered by
♦ho board is the formulating of a sink
ing fund to take care of the bonded
Indebtedness of the. State a» it becomes
It is contended that tho preeent
duo.
law is inadequate. ,
MILLION DOLLAR PLANT
PROMISED FOR THE CITY
Charles M. Schwab , of H. 6 H. Corporation, Only
Asks That Justison Street be Vacated to Make
Big Steel Car Industry a Reality *
WHAT MR. SCHWAB SAID»
*
* We did not expect to spend much •
* money down here, and hevo ok- *
* pended about $200,000. *
* Now wo expect to spend $1.000,- *
* 000 more and we hove made up •
* our minds to go ahead. •
* I trust them is some way by •
* which the street (Juetlson street) •
* going through our shops can be *
* vacated. We Have not the room to *
* do this work unless you vacate •
* Justison street.
* If the citizens of Wilmington *
* have any Interest in building up •
* their community they will cooper- *
* ate with us in making possible tha *
improvement such as we propose •
« dpvv „ h#r#i • e
« e
« a
«
»
citizens of Wilmington whether this city
|L, , , ,,, ,
Is lo sen theUlarlan ami Hollingsworth
It Is now up to the officials and some
, . „
I orporallon » p ant lo grow Into n mil
,, , ,, , ,
llon dollar concern, with a plant for the
... , . ...
manufacture of pressed steel cars that
. .
will employ thousands of men.
Charles 51. Schwab yesterday afternoon
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at tho dinner tendered to him and other
. ... ......... ,
visiting capitalist» by tho directors of
. ...
the Board of Trade promised great things
for Wilmington. All that he now asks la
that Justison street be vacated so that
one of the Immense ahops planned can ho
erected on It Tho Harlan and Hollings
worth Corporation applied for the vaca
tion of that street many months ago. but
objection arose from some of the manu
facturing firms having places along th
Marsh Road, and whose teaming is dona
over Justison street. The Harlan and Hoi.
lllngewortb Corporation suggested that,
Madison street be dh-erted to provide a
roadway lo Join Mafch Road and offer-
I
ed lo Bice property for the new road The
ma'tler was threshed out before the Street
and Sewer directors and was referred to
counsel of the different companies lo try
to reach an amicable agreement Noth
ing definite has been done since.
Question of Stcoot Title.
It appear» that a. question of the title
of Juatlson street is Involve?! In the de
lay over acting on the application to have
tho street vacated. Street Director John),
G. Gray to-day said that a queatlon hs ,
anted a, to whether the street bed
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ferred. that matter lo the Interested at
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lomeys to be Inquired Into. They atlll have
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the matter under romdderatlon and havo|
not reported back to the Street and Sower
owned by the city or by private parties,
and the Street and Sewer directors re
DOCTORS HEAR
OF FILTRATION
Dr. A. C. Abbott, of Philadel
phia, Pointed Out Necessity
for Pure Water
Fillr«JIon was discussed at a meeting of
the New Castle County Medical Soclet?- in
tho Historical Society's Building, Tenth
and Market streets, last night. An Inspec
tion of tho preliminary filters of the city
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W.
was made by a party of the physicians
land city officials in the afternoon.
The visitors at tho meeting were Presi
dent Benjamin F. Shaw, of the Water De
Commissioner
William
Knox _ {)t lhe , ame body ; Chief Engineer
Kieni'c and other». The principal guest
Professur A. C. Abbott, of Philadelphia,
chlef ot ,ho Bu,t ' u ot "H' lth of that
Icity, and also th« city*® tootariologlet.
ÿ r . Ab bot t made an address on filtration
that'was largely technical He declcrert
that filter» were tho practical solution
of tho pure water question, tho necessity
of which he emphasized
Benjamin F Shaw spoke of Winning
op's water . valent and advocated the sand
filtration system. Chief Engineer Kionlo
exhibited plans of tho propose* 1 final filtra,
Hon plant Dr. Albert Robin, city bucleri
ologlsl also spoko and endorsed Dr. Ab
bolt', words.
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Those present were, Chief Engineer of
the Water Department John A. K^nle.l^
Commissioners W. W. Knox and Bcnja
min F. Shaw, of tha same department;
Drs. Samuel'Rumford, Albert Robin, Wil
lard Springer, William Pierce. P. W. Tom.,
Union. Harold Springer, O. W. K Forrest>
William H Kramer. J. W. Bastian. Owen
C. Spear. H W. Briggs, Dr, Weldeman,
of the D-tlawgre Hospital; Joseph P
Wales, Meredith I Samuels. John Palmer
and James A. Draper.
While the matter was discussed general.
ly, the concensus ot opinion seemed to be
in favor of tho sand filtration system,
which the Wilmington Water Commission
ers have decided on.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS
TAKE PART IN POLITICS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—The Chicago
Christian Endeavor Union lias entered
polltlC8 uml rturin(f the last few days
Q f the campaign will take an active
|, ar p Today a post curd campaign will
jjj, started and automobiles will be
brought into service and workers will
be hustled around, working for the
candidates who have been endorsed by
,h e union. Open air meetings will also
b e held
Half a million postcards are being
printed. They will he circulated
in
three Installments The first, beginning
today, endorses the prohibition candi- (
date for district attorney, attacking the j
candidate ot the two big parties, # A i
second card will give the views of the',
Christian Endeavorers on the candi- 11
dates tor the State legislature
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directors Mr Gray said he bellevgd at*
the Street and Sswcr directors will act
on the matter as soon as It Is feasible.
Th« bald fact now confront* citizens of
Wilmington that they In all probability
win lose a million dollar industrial plapt
—one of the greatest In tha country-lit
Justison street Is not vacated. « ■
Mayor Horace Wilson promised that h<
and other city officials would do all thèy
could to meet the requirements of the
Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation,
end the matter will not be allowed te re$t.
Wilmington needs and must, have th4
great Industry, and public sentiment la
such that anything reasonable will bo
granted to the great concern asking It.
This brightening ray of hope for th®
advancement of Wilmington as an indus
trial center promises to develop Into »
world of good fop Wilmington. Mr.
Schwab, c'.ean-cut business man that he
ts, set forth his Mews clearly, concisely,
nl th
Board of Trade dinner. It was a
delightful gathering that Is bound to have
il '•«nefiemt roeult. neide from the social
I uplift that came with If. R. J. Maclean.
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prêt ident of the Board of Trad«, presided
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over part
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rinded among the gneala wa# John B.
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.Hooker, head of an Important committee
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'of the Board of Trade, whoae namo in ad,
. «
-verlanfly was omitted from the list of
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peraons present yesterday Mr. Unclean,
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in calling upon Mr. Schwab to say a few
.
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President Maclean's Words.
"The men who owns Wilmington to-day
Is Mr Charles M Schwab. (Great ap
plause). On behalf of tho Wilmington
Board of Trade. I have the greatest plea
sure tn extending tn Mr Schwab wr$
hearty and cnrdlal welcome to Wllmlrig.
ten—the manufacturing city, Jt was first
the idea of the Board of Trade to have
Mr. Schwab attend one of our regular
monthly meetings, but it was found that
It would not be convenient to him to bo
here in the evening. The Idea then occur
red to us to have Mr Schwab meet the
director? of the Boafc of Trad« the next
lime h* visited Wilmington, and this Idea
his been put into execution by this ban«
quel to-day. We hat e Invited to our meet,
tog in.dsy the members of City Council,
end the directors of the Street tnd Rotrel
Department.
"In vienlng Wilmington. I wish to as
i rure you Sir. Sohw ah that you have com«
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« «FTeatlnduatrUI. centre. Thi. ehr- eadl
,> »»>• m.nufacture df ootton good., glased
kid and vulcanised fibre. Our paper ni
Ichlnery 1? sold In all parts of the world.
;Oiir shipbuilding industry is one of tha
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moat important In this country. In the sal«
'
of powder and high explosive», wo have
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Continued on Second Page.
CLAIMS GREAT
TAFT VICTORY
Senator Dixon, of Montana,
Says Bryan Will be Surely
Defeated
By United Press Leased Special Wir«.
WASHINGTON. D. Ç., Oot 21-Breath,
ing optimism In every breath, and declar
ing that Judge Taft has tho presidential
battle already won, Senator Joseph M.
Dixon, of Montana, in charge of thi
speakers bureau at Chicago, and In f»c(
In charge of the Republican campaign
west of the Mississippi, made a hurried
trip to Washington to-day to confer win
President Roosevelt.
Ho declared that the full party amrnu
Billon would now bo expended In Ohio.
'dlano and New York. "Although the K*
Publient? will carry these stat-s by pro*
nounced pluralities." he said, "tho inten*
Hon Is to roll up an overwhelming vU*
t0 I? '"
The Senator characterised as absurd th*
«mint that Bryan would carry Wyoming
Utah and Idaho, and said that It
dream without any basis. "Bryan w«I
carry but few State west of tho Misaiaitp.
P< Montana Is well within our control.'*
*>« declared. • I
He claims New York by ICfi.Wi plurality
r Taft and Minnesota by from SO.TO to
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ua ' meeting of The Supreme Circle.
° f Amer<ca * at Bridgeport,
1 Conncetlcut '
Attending Lodge Meeting.
H T Sergeant is attending tho an
WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oet. 2WFai(
weather will continue during the next
] 3 g hours in the
B middle-eastern and
southern states, with rising tempera
ture Thursday.
Forecast till 8 p. m., Thursday:
For
Thursday, warmer Thursday;
easterly winds.
Delaware—Fair tonight and
fresh
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TODAY'S
TEMPEKATUR3
61
1.30 P. M.
59
12 M.
55
9 AM.
60
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