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The EVENING JOURNAL has the Largest Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Delaware. Circulation Books Open to All r The Evening Journal CIRCULATION OF THE EAL ESTATE DEALERS would find their ad bring ing profitable investment if the 40,000 readers of the JOURNAL" should see it. Evening Journal 10,611 Yesterday was ONE CENT WILMINGTON. DELAWARE, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY I-, 1909—10PAGES TWENTY-FIRST YEAR—No. 235. MORE COUPLES SEEK DIVORCE j — r j Sixteen New Cases Entered to March lernt Ot fniirt '■"'01 » TWELVE ADDITIONAL CASES ON THE LIST Sixteen more New Castle county couples, who have found marriage a failure, will apply to the next term ot the Superior Court, which opens hero on March 1, for divorce decrees. The suits entered follow: Samuel E. Beck vs. Blanch E. Beck; Aurelia F. Murphy vs, Miles Murphy, Jr.. Ernest T. Kimberly vs. Annie Kim jberly, Joseph Somerville vs. Mamie Thomas Somerville, Mamie Biddle vs. John M. Biddle. Cassle V. Raughly vs. Ralph C. Raughly, Julia Schraeder vs. Ooerge Schraeder, Joseph F. Moreland vs. Mary B. Moreland, Charles A. Hat* rlsoh vs. Blanche Harrison, Margaret M. Ryan vs. Martin Ryan, William Morris Collins vs. Carrie L. Collins, Ef lle M. O'Neal vs. John E. O'Neal, Lot tie M. Davidson vs. John E. Davidson, Aubrey J. Gooden vs. Nellie W. Good en, Jessie C. Lecarpentier vs. John F. Lecarpentler. Jennie Harding vs. Wil liam W. Harding. The March term trial list shows twelve other divorce cases that have been continued from previous terms of the court. There arc eighty civil caso^ listed for trial. Among them are three actions against the Mayor and Council of Wil mington: twelve against the local rail road companies and throe against the electric railways. Chief Justice Lore and Judges Spru anco and Boyce will sit in the court. It is the last term of the year for which judicial assignments have been made, the terms ot the present Judges expir ing In June. Monday being Washington s birthday anniversary and a legal holiday, then* will he but one collection and delivery of mail, beginning at 7.30 o'clock in the morning pnd the usual night col lection, beginning at 4 o'clock Instead of at 6.:!0 o'clock. The window» at the postalfice walll close at 9 o'clock In thc morning. Veteran Driver is III. William McGonigal, the veteran driv er for the Friendship Fire Company Is confined to his homo suffering with rheumatism. His son Is filling the po sition temporarily*. Monday's Mail Collections. Surprise For Mail Carrier. Louis A. Redding, a letter earner. U|)on returning home last evening was much surprised to find his home crowd ed with his friends. So complete was the surprise that Mr. Redding did not understand of the object of the oc casion until he entered the dining room and saw upon the table, a cake, upon which was burning thirty-nine candles indicative of his thirty-ninth birthday. Many inice. presents were given. farriers Mason, Sterling. Glasgow, R. Hubert, J. 1^ Hubert. Edwards and] Haines united In purchasing a cut glas» piece which was presented by William T. Edwards. Many entertaining and interesting subjects were discussed and the happy assembly disbanded shortly before 12 o'clock. Charged with taking wire from the lines of the D. and A. Telegraph and Telephone Company between St. Georges and Hare's Corner. William G. Cook, of St. Georges, was arraigned before Magistrate Robertson to-day and held in $300 bail for court. Albert Jensen, who was brought along with Cook, proved to bo the wrong man and HELD ON WIRE THEFT CHARGE he was discharged. Cook admitted the theft but said that cjnsen had noth by Constable Charles Bowers, arriving here at 1 o'clock this morning. 19.—Thieves Wednesday night, and carried away a large amount of meat which he had hanging in his attic. Ing to do with It. Both men were brought to this city Thieves at Georgetown. GEORGETOWN, Feb. entered the home of Thomas Collins « \ WILL REPAIR STORM DAMAGE An echo of the recent windstorm, which caused so much damage In the southwestern section of the city, re suited this morning when Building In spector Johnson Issued a permit to A. S. Truitt and Bro. Company to make alterations and repairs to tho building owned by the Wawasot Drujf and j Chemical Company in Conrad street, 1 between Adams and Jackson. The .chased the stock and reorganized the company by electing Thomas K. Stubbs (iresident. Tho road extends Parkeshurg to Oxford, and tho con sfniction has ben started about $8500 cost of the Improvements will reach nearly $4,000. The building was bas'ly damaged by the storm, part of thc third floor story being carried away. The Cold Spring Ice and Coal Com-[tor puny will build a frame shed at "A" and Popular streets, costing $500, and] alterations will be made for John Schratnl. at No. 709 Madison streets, at a cost of $500. To Push Kennett-Oxford Line. KENNETT SQUARE. Pa., Feb. 19.- The Oxford, <'ochranville & Parkes hurg Klectrlc Railway, of Chester coun ty, has gone into new and pushing lands. Oxford capitalists have pur-! v *v|n«r olr^ady hr*rn ppCnl. PAID $200 FOR A DOG WEIGHING FOUR OUNCES By United Press Leased Special Wire, j PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 19.—Tucked iqsido one of Madame Tetrfizzini's sieves "Salome" the four-ounce Chi h U ah..a d, K purchased b>- the diva at] the dog show here yesterday, left this; morning for New York. The smallest d. K exhibited at the show now on in Horticultural Hall. Tetrazzini paid $200—$50 an ounce—to get It. After the purchase the question of naming the new acquisition came up. When "Salome" was suggested that name was Immediately bestowed. and "Salome" will weigh the four ounces of dog flesh down for the rest of Its life. 1 I ] ! j $120 FINE ON STREET BEGGAR City Judge Surprised That Officer Hadn't Used Club on Fellow Charged with drunkenness, begging and assault and battery. Robert Simp son was fined $120 and costs by City Court Judge Cochran this morning. $20 on the drunkenness and begging charge )]lm begging temerity to ask the policeman himself f or fifteen cents, and $ino and colds on the charge of assault and battery. Simpson was arrested near Tenth and Orange streets yesterday afternoon by Bradford, a patrolman, who had seen Simpson also had the Cora Irons picked up a handful of bricks at Fourth and Union streets last night, tod waa on the way to chutlw an unfor tunate "hubby" when she was intercepted by a patrolman. Aid then Fora turned her attention to the patrolman. As a result she was in City Court this morning charged with disorderly conduct. 8lic was lined $tf) and coats. ________- , , AIITAKT HIRM T ■ w/U 1 ■ I H Al/P i-ljjC I ITHT ll/lVL 1113 Lilli I I When Bradford ar rested Simpson and started with him down the street, Simpson punched his face several times, and the patrolman was obliged to throw him down, he went down, Simpson's head went though a big plate glass window on Orange street. "Why didn't you use your club?" asked Judge Cochran, when the police man had testified. "That's what you've got It for." As , • COP" NOT "HUBBY GOT CORA'S BRICKS i * Judge Holds Up Case, Then ! ; Charged with having operated his : automobile without a light last night, | William McKllroy Tells "Cops" to Get the Scorchers was before City Court Judge Cochran this morning. Af ; ter censuring patrolmen In general for) j making arrests on such trlval charges while speeders went unmolested. Judge Cachran held the charge- up against ! McKllroy. McKllroy's defense was That he had been arrested before an j hour after sunset, the law permitting j autos to be without lights at that time. Snyder, a patrolman, who arrested Mc j iKIroy In front of tho police station, I said that he had arrested McKllroy at 6.43 o'clock. Tho sun went down last night, according to the calender, at 5.30 o'clock, EARTHQUAKE CHANGED ' FACE OF THE COUNTRY - By United Press I.eased Special Wire. TEHERAN. Feb. 19—Reliable reports j from the province of Luristan, say that I the eartheyake of ajnuary 23 was of Couriers ar riving from tho scene say that the pro longed quake changed thc entire ap pcurancc of the country, spit moun tains, shifted streams, and engulfed a I number of villages so that no trace The Shah has sent out Investigating ] parties, but so far the relief sent to tho stricken district has been small in] quantity and poor In aualltv Thein accessibility .îf Luristan. which is 300 ; unprecedented violence. ! of them remains. miles away and In a mountain fast ness, will make the work of relieving i thc people alow and arduous. Can Retain Sewer Money, t City Council last night permitted the Street and Sewer Department lo re | ' ain ,lle funds received through U"' payment of the P.. B. & W. R. R„ the P. & R. R. R. and tho B. &• O. R. R„ , us the,r H,,aro ° r the oxpenses of B0wer ' T1 '° , ' rf ' ur,t wa * «ranted In! ] necordan.-e with the agreement made) ! . ^ ounc " sometime ago. ___ REFORMATORY FOR ONE, I ' HEAVY FINE ON OTHER ; understood that the body will request City Council to provide for an addl froinitlonal appropriation to the department next fiscal year for the appointment : of ten additional patrolmen. Council * Will n--t consider Itn budget until Mov. ■i | Hugo's Carache, and Charles Far I raday, a youth, were before City Court Judge Cochran this morning charged] with begging. Camille was out on pro | batfon on a charge of stealing and on recommendation of Humane Agent Stout, Judge Cochran directed that he be sent to Ferris School. Farraday David Camille, a boy, who would i have made an excellent model for Vic was fined $20 and costs. j i More Patrolmen Needed. While iy> official action has yet been taken by the Police Commission it is BILLS DELUGE LEGISLATURE «>.•„_ n ... • _ ii_ r» N0tlC€S l OUT ID LipOIl H()tR TU . BraDCnCS ID Manner I Rdt » | hrCatCnS tO SWaHlD ThCIR " V'j-LC KlI^lNlFU AT AM FMPI DvJIllLiJJ ri I /111 Llil# j j I I ] Special to THE EVENING'JOURNAL. DOVER, Del,, Keb. 19.—Notices of bills some of which will be Introduced and many ot which will not, poured In upon both branches of the la-g.slature to-day and yesterdqj. This 1« the day beyond Which no new business will be received. It does not necessarily mean that all l.llla i must be introduced by tho hour of the 1 close of business to-day, but under the ruing all notices must be presented by the close of to-day and tho bills may be In Deduced at any time later on. Ot the no tlccs given many arc merely precautions should occasion arise fop a necessity for legislation on the subjects embraced In tho notices, and scores ot tho bills ot which notification has been given never will be introduced. j Tho bill Introduced by Representative Janvier to reduce the salaries and abolish the fee allowances of New Castle county 1 officeholdera provides for the following schedule of salaries for deputies and j clerks: Clerk of the peace, one deputy ■< $1200 a year and three clerks at $!ix) each; sheriff, one deputy at $1J00 a year,! and two deputies at $80i a year; coroner, one deputy at $5«o a year; prothonotary. one deputy at $1 <V«i a year; register of wills, oho deputy at $1.000 a year; comp troller, one deputy at $900 a year; receiver ot tgxes. one deputy at $1.000 a year and one clerk at $900 a year; recorder of deeds. first deputy at $1000 a year and such Clerks as he may desire to appoint to receive twenty-five per cent, of tho legal record ing fee paid for each and every paper he may record; register and chancery and clerk of the orphans' court, one deputy at $900 a year. 1 The schedule of fees for the office of Secretary of Stale as provided for In a ! bill Introduced in the Renate Is as follows, the fees being for the use ot tho Stale; j For Issuing certificates In private case I | For every Impression of the great seal - when used in c?nimiHsloninfe officer»*, ex copt n Hilary offleen*. registration officers, ; voters' assistant« and purely honorary 1 officers or officers without pay. |2. For receiving, filing and indexing certlfl. cates, statements, affidavits, decrees, ngre-m-nts. survesy. reports and any other papers pertaining to corporation, $.'. For receiving, thing ami Indexing every paper «r Sereaflrw^rovided by law lo i bTflietl with the secrefary of Stale. $ For recording, fl'lng ind Indexing oerll ficates. ortlcles of association and any °'h < ' r paper, the »»me fees as provided by law for thc recorder of died*. For appeals for commutation of fran- | chise tax. including the receiving, tiling and indexing all necessary certlflcates, $7. j For proceeding for reinstatement of tamo.V. For tiling certificates of foreign corpor I.'ontlmied on Eighth Rage, under the great seal, $2. For Issuing solo certificate under the I j seal of office, $1. j For copying, two cents per line. NINE MONTHS FOR MAN WHO ASSAULTED WOMAN i I I William PoKlIe», colored, charged with | | having assaulted Helen Gordon, colored, i was sentenced to nine months In the work- 1 ! house by City Court Judge Cochran this ] morning. j ( / The girl testified that Rostles hail struck ami kicked tier and had picked her up bodily and thrown her down a flight of stairs, making her unconscious. ANNUAL REPORT OF CITY'S FINANCES I The first annual report of the receipts J and expenditures ot the city, provided \ under ' ,l0 referendum act, ts lielijg de livered. The book is neatly bound and con j tains 380 pages, all of which arc filled with ' interesting information concerning the ! city's finances. Thc period covered iy the I statement Is for the fiscal year, fronPJuly | 1. 1907, to June 30. 19<K The book shows the receipts of every dc (tartinent of Hie city government. It Is the most complete statement of thc kind ever : published and is a valuable book. I Much credit Is due Clerk of Council Thomas 8. Lewis and W, Brandt Hoffman. . . . fl ,_ i *ecietary to the nm>or. for the hulccm of (he publication. All the data Ivos pro | curc d and arranged by them. _—-- __ MAMHAV TA RP It|U1iI//i I I U UL ft LIAI IA 11/ A mil IIIAY la a I v/1_>1 Ls Fl ■ | Washington's Birthday will bo generally 1 ohsj-i-vod Monday In this city.' Thc day j w jjj bo a | ega i holiday and banks, and : public offices will be closed. Commercial paper falling duc oo Monday will be pay able Tuesday. Exercises will be held In the public I scheols, and many church societies will By United Press Leased Special Wire. BERLIN, Feb. 19—Queen Elizabeth of Roumanla today started an anti corset crusade by means of a public manifesto to the women and girls ot Europe to abolish corsets. Tho manl festo Is being circulated in ten lan guages and is Intended to reach the entire continent. The queen declares ) corsets are Injurious both physically and morally. A number of the women i of the Roumanian court have Joined the anti-corset movements and hundreds] j of the common people are follow ing tho rove! e-r-v-de. commemorate the day In some way. The usual holiday hours will be ob served at the post office. Following out a long established custom the city butchers will display "show beef to-morrow. ROUMANIAN QUEEN BEGINS ANTI-CORSET CRUSADE FEAR FIGHTING IN PERSIAN CAPITAL By United Press Leased Special Wire, ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 19—Foreign ! residents in Teheran to-day began hoisting their respective flags over l their houses In anticipation of an early I clash between the royalists and révolu - tlonlsts. according to messages from 1 the Persian capital to-day. The Shah has sent out scouting iiartles. under command of Russian of fleers, to determ'ne the truth of the re ports that rebels are marching against Teheran from Ispahan. Another royal 1st force has been sent against Resht. which recently raised the revolutionary flag and set up an Independent gov-j eminent. The rebels who yesterday kidnapped Khua Ee Sullaneh. the Shiahs brother. on hla arrival in Usaht cn route from i Constantinople to Teheran, Is being held as h hostage to guard agaln.l an attack by the royalists. The reliels '«V 'hat the moment the royalists at tack Resht. Shun Es Sullaneh will be killed. The royalists who are now on route to Resht are said to be onmmltllng the most wanton depredations along the | ; i way. GREAT WORK OF LOCAL Y. M. C. A • | | I i ] Managers of the Y. M. C. A. was held In the association building last night. The following managers were elected: Three years. Henry B. Thompson. Gen 1 oral Charles Bird. Otho Nowland. William . Bannard. Horace Wilson: new mem 1 hers to serve for three years. William E. Hawkins. George A. Elliott, Thomas K. ! Porter; old members to serve for two years. Charles Bush. William P. White; j new members to scjve two years. Henry M. Canby, John 8. Mulltn. Jr., and Her I bei t H. Ward ; old members to serve one Shown in Reports to tors at Annual Meeting Last Night - «1 JX meetings for men only, 3 In the gymnasium and 13 in the Garrick Theatre ; with a total attendance of 4.WT., with the organisation of seven Bible clgase«. Three of these were for men with an enrollment of 39 members, a grammar school class with 33 members, grammar school leaders. 10 members, employed boys. IS members, am] high school boy». 5 member», with an enrollment of 31 per cent, of the boy's de. partiront enr«Me,l in Dm lUble cU-eea. H. II. Ward, chairman of the Educa llonal committee reported that 28 course* are being taught In the department. Henry M. Canby. chairman of the phy slral committee, reported total attendance | j n the department of 5.S63 during the four months with a total enrollment ot 632 j members In all the classes. |J)>nry R Thompw> n. chairman of the house committee, reported the approxl ma( c number of visitors to the building at —■— The annual meeting ot the Board of ; N year, John Warner and L. U. Beardslec. I The religious work committee, of which General Charles Bird Is chairman report of , hp M roomB Uie dormitories r.t are occupied and 14.not people have i been fart In the cafe. The total number In attendance at the building has* been ap I proximately 56.490; 1S.330 baths have been taken ami 15,510 have been in the swlni I mlng pool. | William E. Hawkins, chairman of the i membership committee, reported a mem 1 bership of 901,217 boys and 684 men. , _ . , ___ All AIN Al. TAT Fn «$J/-|I13( rtUUrtlLU The question of the city laying conduits) in which to place all it» wires under alim renting space in them CONDUIT MATTER ground and to public corporations, which was dla cussed by City Council sometime ago. J was again brought up In that body last \ night. \ letter was received from the Rtreet, ,,nd Sewer Directors asking Council to I aialn take up the matter. No action] j waa taken, the subject being referred to ,p c proper committees. j ordinance 0 ff erP d hv Hoard of Health changing the lime of _ arha _ e collection coiiiracta f May , 0 April, and also Imposing B | U()S on K „ r |, HR ,. collectors who will i | |ot k _, t he ,iids of their carts down on thr str *^ ts Vas read and referred to " P ilwVomml tee rererrea to ine ,HW • city Treasurer Ro»« reported a balance bank of »sr "«7 70 The treasury re elpU for the weék were- K^ëne M Sa^r» «r. ' G^rae H Îlccîn $6»-' n«>ers. gt... uenrgo ii. *.**>. miscellaneous. $396 , 5. c -rh. m.j. " m . , 'aft Mad* a Mason. , C î r ü? d . 1 Ma * t r r R0 *' rs ' of t . ho J»'' lBWttr » J ur l Kd l c " on - A. P. and A. M.. saw a at sight at ( incinnatl. Ohio, last night. Grand masters of seventeen Ma sonic jurisdictions were present. Mr Boers will return home tomorrow. Hardware Plant Burned, By United Press Leased Special Wire. YORK. Pa., Feb. 19.—Fire of un i known origin early todfiy destroyed (he j plant of thc Wrights ville Hardware ■ Company, of WrlghtavlIIe, one of the! largest In this section of the state, c T a nnrn to nra-ru 3 I AdDLU IU UlAI II NEW YORK, Feb. 19—Two long sll ver-handled daggers are the only clues I" the possession of the police, who are working to find the slayers of the supposed wealthy Italian merchant who was found shot to death, with nine bullet wounds in his body near Engle wood, N. J.. yesterday. The police] behove that the man was lured to the lonely wooded spot where hla body was found, and ambushed by a band of robbers who. after killing him, ran i sacked his pockets. It Is thought that the dead man. al - though us yet unidentified, was a New 1 York mer-'bant. Loss $30.000. ITALIAN MERCHANT By United Press Leased Special Wire. FIFTEEN INJURED IN TROLLEY CRASH y y United Press Leased Special Wire, PHILADELPHIA Keb 19 —Fifteen nRerM wor | , rt oro or less' seriously j . , . , tr „,, ey llt Fifteenth . ^ rhrlBtlan styeotH today Those t MertoUB | y hlirt wcre . Beatrice 1 Mopr j- ai , vera co „ lllsIotl „f face; taken ; j Ioward Hospital; Margaret Walsh, , , lac „ raMu n. of faro and hands; „ j c . 0KBnPr< lai , Pration8 nnd yon . tuslons of face and body; William Rue(tprt badly t . ut bv Hvln g glass. Th# 0 t hprM injured Were cut by fly j n(f Failure of the brakes to work caused the accident. Failure of the Brakes to Work Caused An Accident in Philadelphia EARLY MORNING PASSENGERS IN PANIC 1 1 j Most of those Injured were riding in a Lelhlgh avenue and Memphis street car, which was east bound on Chrls | ilan street, and vas moving lively us It approached Fifteenth stret The brakes failed to work, and the trolley, one of the four-wheeled type, which was heavily loaded, crashed Into the rear ; end of the south hound Fifteenth street ■car. throwing It from the track. Panto of Passengers. throw themselves from the windows and were restrained by the men passengers ; with much difficulty. As It was. many )° le ^ omen were row n o t s oot ' ho " c ru,,hln K for thc r*"* . The motormun of tho Lehigh and I When the passengers In both the car» ; saw that the crash was Imminent they . made a concerted rush for tho elts and i a panic resulted. Women, screaming )at the top of ttjcir voices, attempted to t.nd In some Instances trampled by j Mein phis car was caught at hl» |H>sl ami thrown heavily to the sidewalk, j vh0r Ç l ' c luy Bs one aPad- . .**• '' ,r " rl, ' d " np ar-hy Physician« office 1 unt rt v 1,0 Most of those Injured were cut by flying glass, but quite a number of i women sulfrring from shock became i hysterical, and had to be removed to ♦ hei V lioiuc r Tiiov refused to b o to ; hl , The Morris woiTian wa* found uneon £'* OUH | n ! , Mr , ♦ i » •' aaa H< r M f i/hsr svrulsht * 6 ' 1,1 >a ' > ° 3 * hollowing, the crash, patrol wagons from the Twentieth and 1- Its water and 1 Itteeulh and Snyder avenue station» were quirk to reach the scene. fhej M '"" 0 "> away. In explaining the failure of Hie brakes *S* bl * h and Memphls car to work " P ' " ° n 11 | ~~ ' " KING ALFONSO TO SEE . „ |1M _ __ _ WRIGHT FLY AEROPLANE j ^ ' U* v 1 nl ' ci1 y>rr * a I-eased Special U Ire BAYONNE. France, Feb. 19—King I I Alphonso of Spain passed through here, | today in an automobile, en route to] Pan, where ho goes to w atch Wilbur Wright fly his aeroplane. He will reach i Pan tomorrow. Thp kj d en | e d that he would ask i Derm | Rg | on accompany Wright In j one of his flights. j "When I see the aeroplane In action, ! however, I don't know what desire will Iconic over me. I am greatly Interested ' in aviation and particularly In achievements of the Wright brothers." - - Friend« School Lecture. Prof^twor Oarl M. Pearson lectured ,n Meeting House yesterday afj«™ 00 ** to a \&rue audience. He read selection» from the works of Joel the | ; M0RF PARK I AND WVRL r nlKI ' VWW Chandler Harris. GRANGERS FAVOR Brandywine Grange held Its weekly I meeting at Talleyvllle last night. After' «"sousolon that occupied much of the me * tlnK - a resolution was adopted fav orln * the blU *° ^ ' n ' r °duced In the ûotBrol Assembly permitting the Board of l ' ark Coinmlaalonera to acquire land for ftve miles ou '« ld0 °f "to d'y UwHs )nstead of but tw0 ml , eSi ns at oresent ** ' . _ ^-" * Ob j 0et "> Road P '«"' The Marylafid Good Roads Commis s i on i, aa r «jeclcd the plan of the Mer chants and Manufacturers' Association uf Baltimore to change the route ot the state road through Cecil county from Conowlngo to Rising Sun, Fair Hill and Eikton, to a route from Perryvllle to »j or t b East, Elkton and on to the Delà ware state line. ( --- nilCCIAK] ßCUfil I1TIAMADV KUJJlAll KlVULU 1 lUNAKI rnuuiTTCC nicrni tier tUMMI I I LL UIjjULVCj * ) f* v United Press Leased Special Wire j BERLIN, Feb. 19.—The Deutsche Zeitung is authority for the statement today that the Russian Revolutionary Committee has dissolved and that] j Prince Kuropatkin. M. Sussulitch and 1 other leaders In the movement have I declared that henceforth they will •' b,l " don < helr revolutionary activities. Tlle collapse of the central révolu tlonary organization, according to the j Zeitung, was due to tho revelations concerning the connection of Eugene Azef, the police spy or "agent pro vocateur." with the organization. When these became known the organized re volutionary movement, ceased and until some other revolutionary organ j Ization ts formed, Russia will have to deal only with individual terrorists, The Azef exposures have produced the most important political .agitation that Russia has experienced In years, j Fireman Will Recover, DELMAR. Feb. 19.— E. L. Riggen. a Delmar fireman, who was stricken with : paralysis while throwing coal Into his 'englue 1, ejected to recover. BIG DEMAND FOR WIRELESS ON SHIPS By United Press Leased Special Wire. 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 The bill to require ocean steamships to he equip ped with wireless telegraph apparatus. Is bringing a tremendous mall to the desks of Congressmen, come very largely from persons who believed tho wireless to be a necessary protection to life, but also from stock holders In the companies, who are alive the business end of tho propos! f , rom ,° fflc0 [ ,f ' ho , '°" >rHny to ,, ' ,,nH,,d ,,1Hl ,ho be given " ■ how ' Th *' bl " un,1< ' r consideration, These letters t< tlon. Most persistent of all, however, are the stockholders In a wireless telephone company. Many of them tell not only of their financial Interest In the bill, but forward the Instructions received Provides only for telegraph apparatus. T'' P 'clephone people want tho bill road ' "£ radiotéléphonie, T,1 ° "'''T " P „ Ho "?T mp '"\T rs came a trifle late, the bill providing for 1 t0,0 * r . r "P h 1 ha . v,n * ^ Pn ready passed by that body, and trans ferrod to the Senate, POST GETS BOYS INTO TROUBLE City Judge Holds Lads Found Carrying 472 Pounds of Iron "I would like to have this case post poned, sir, your honor, said Ralph Pierce, entering into a heart-to-heart conversation with Judge Cochran In City Court this morning. "Von sec." he added, "wo haven't had no one to Intercede for ns. judge, your 'honor." Pierce was accused with Enos Miller of the larceny of an Iron post weighing 472 pounds. Their case had been post poned from the day before, but Pierce's concilathig tone made It apparent that he thought he was luuiorij»^ j Judge Cochran by giving him anothCT -, 'bf)pbr ... . tun " y ,' 0 I>0 * tpone thc '""i fY'* Attitude In fact, imli* ■ trcl Umt 11U „., , h „ ..„T » Æt—UW * TO ppgpon forever. U waa J" 4 * 1 . , ** u i* »* oSiiurî i St templed to sell ° Pîilltp f. apian, a Junk dea er. *T® Juri" dealer said the post was worth $1 5. Miller am pierce «'Xp « not o the cuort that a myalerloua old lad* gave them permisslonto posh « ? d 1^" UmT the n h^ 1 1 • " . ' .... j .. ** • , , . , y p ' Each was hold under $300 ball for ______ . . n An Ixr I ARllD W AIM l\ Il V L/lDUR ff /ill I J 113 nil I C Cfï MCI nCDCfl |j|LL3 uU1|3I1/LKL1/ " U wno.uu..fciw Objects to House Striking Measures From the Calendar Spertal to THE EVENING JOURNAL DOVER, Del., Feb. 19—Following is the communication received by the House from the Central Labor Union Of Wilmington, requesting a hearing on the bill to prohibit compulsory in suranre of employe» and to require tho weekly payment of wages«!» Delaware. Wednesday morning next , i as a lime for the hearing. "We, the officers and delegates of the Central Labor Union of this city, the official representatives of organized labor In Wilmington, desire to say to you t,iat we ,mvo spent time and money in preparing certain bills In re latlon lo the unjust action of certain railroad companies In this State, "One bill provided for the abolition compulsory Insurance or relief schemes by corporations In Delaware. "Another bill provided for regular weekly payment of wages by corpora tlona In Delaware, bill« the railroad companies were rep resented by many attorneys. The chair* _ »h« win man °* tk f committee reported tne Dill unfavorable and then In open session he moved to strike the bill from the calendar. We note In the public press that the hills have been withdrawn, We offer the enclosed bill as a sub "At Iho committee hearing on these stltute bill, "We ask your honorable body to np j point a daj' for consideration of this ( hill before the entire House as a com mittee of the whole and to notify our secretary of the date of such consider ation in order that this Central Labor | Union may be present In the person of Its officers. * "We are perfectly willing to meet 1 the attorneys of all the railroad com By order of the 927 I i j I | panies in Delaware. Central Labor Union. "Thomas Taylor, president, "Lewis C. Ooodley, secretary. Spruce street. "George Z. Baldwin, treasurer. "John M. Dorney, organizer. A. F. U. NEW YORK AFTER WILMINGTON LAWS F. A. Cleveland, a director ot the Bureau of Municipal Research of New York, has requested Mayor Horace IWIaon In a letter to send him a copy of the charter, laws and ordinances of Wilmington. That city is now con stderlng some charter questions and the board there wants the Wilmington charter to refer to In making these changes. There are no printed copies of the charter as yet. but Council Is expected to have some printed shortly. LOBBYISTS NEEDN'T SIGN I DOVER Del Feb 19-In the Senate | UUVLM . ' * en ln 1,10 henata Senate To-day Kills House Bills Which Had This Object in View SUSSEX TO PETITION FOR RESUBMISSION , j I j ! Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL this morning the House bill providing for t ho regulation of lobbyists was killed, but five votes being recorded for It. The Senate also killed the House hill giving the Judges discretion to Imposa corporal punishment In certain cases. The Senate passed tho Senate bill strengthening tho law regarding weights and measures, tho bill to ex empt properties of People's Settlements from taxation and the Senate bill re quiring persons or associations engaged In business to register as corporations. Representative Donoho gave notice : of a resuhmlsslon bill for Sussex coun ty. but the petition has not been signed I as yet In accordance with the constitu tion. In the Senate the resolution author ! izlng the appointment of a committee to revise and recodify the State laws Continued on Second Page. DOVER WANTS I BETTER STREETS ] 1 I | j • DOVISH. Del., Feb. I*.—In an enthusi* 1 aatlc public meeting luat night ot the Dover Hoard of Trad« and prominent . clt liens, it was decided, on motion of former Senator Kenney, to urge the Leg , |( | alura now ln |, ere p, authorize | Wvrr lo iiou.nou for permanent streets and sewer Improvement tor I «ïî^dmtlon waa clrrlod after spirited Will Ask Legislature For Authority to Borrow For Purpose $100,000 THE AMOUNT NEEDED Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL j adilresses by paving experts and member* i of Ilia legislature. Street Oommlr.-'unrr | Prank W. Pearson, of Wilmington, which h»» recently laid many miles of permonang j streets, was tho principal speaker to whom ! the meeting directed Its question*. H$uator ;r r "! \ "''l^-^-olallveM Edward G. Bradford and .William M. Hazel, also participated. .Colonel Theodore Townsend, who per 1 " ,,n, ' ly "uperlntended the splendid street I paving of Milford, was thc first speaker. Colonel Townsend »«Id; "Milford has always led Dover In all lines of civic Improvement. But certainly we have led you In the matter of paved streets. Some years ago our streets were In the same deplorable condition. Just Ilka yours. "In the first place we hired an glneer and began with a systematic plan. We had spent $12.000 or $11,000 on oyster »hells and they were not there. They were a delusion and a snare. They had blown In on the merchant's dry goods and hud ben sold with the grocer's sugar. "We found that we must purchase a roller and we encountered made ground over old shipyards. Wo found ont t lia t a inaoohian road on heavily traversed streets wws an utter failure, as you will find, and that horses nltched to awning-posts tore holes and "We finally selected the Hailwood vit rified brick and I want to tell you that wo laid a splendid street with that—one that Is an absolute success, us Is admitted by even the enemies of Continued on Second Rage. > | [ western storm now extends from tho DO YOU KNOW YOURS No. 26"? ii The postofflee authorities are looking for the sender of a letter containing money, addressed to Mrs. J. P. Chap pie. General Delivery, Washington. D. The letter was returned marked uncalled for. The sender signed himself as "Yours, No. 26." c. WEATHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Fab. 19.—Tho ! lower Ohio valley northward to Lake Superior, and rains have been quite j general from the Missouri and Mias | isslppi Valleys eastward, except in the Atlantic State», Storm warnings are j displayed on the Atlantic Coast from Jupiter to Fort Monroo. Forecast till 8 p. m. Saturday: i For Delaware—Rain tonight. Satur somewhat colder; brisk north [westerly. day fair: southerly winds, shifting to rSST ^ & : To-Day's Temperature ] | j | I j 61 1.30 P. M. 12.00 M. 60 10.00 A. M. 50 8.00 A. M. 47