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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR-NO. 162
WILMINGTON. DELAWARE, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1912
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10 PAGES
TWELVE-DAY RACE FOR PRIZE OF $ 3 00,000 FOR CHARITY
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ISIDOR RAYNER DEAD;
SENATE VOTE A TIE
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PENDING APPOINTMENT
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following a long fight against a com
plication of diseases. Members of his
family were ift his bedside when the
end came.
The death of Senator Rayner
changes the political complexion of
the ne Senate and swings it from
Democratic control to a lie. With his
vote tin. Democrats had forty-nine, or
, one more than a majority. Aa the
present Governor of Maryland. Phil
lips Gee Goldsborough is a Republi
m ht new Maryland appointee will
probably "be of that political faith.
until the legislature meets in Janu-1
This will give each party
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is. it is re port el. Governor Goldsbor
ough's choice as Mr. Rayner's sue-|
ceasor He will probably be appoint-j
' ed within the week, so as to take his
seat at the opening of the next ses
sion of the Senate
Senator Ravner was born in Balti
more in 1850. He was educated at.
the University of Virginia and in 1878
served In the Maryland State Gegis
In 1886 he was elected to the
By The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Net. 25— Senator
Isidor Rayner died at hia home in
this city at 6,20 o'clock this morning
ary. 1914.
in the Senate, forty-eight votes.
William P. Jackson, a standpatter,
lature.
Fiftieth Congress, and was re-elected
to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third
sessions, declining a fourth term.
From 1899 to 1903 he served as At
torney-general of Maryland and In
1904 was elected to the United States
Senate, In 1910, he was re-elected for
the term beginning March 4. 1911,
The Senator is survive! by e widow
and one son, William R. Rayner
Seantor Rayner was one of the moat
picturesque figures in the Senate, a
forceful debater, authority on the
, „ w
ana ion y .
Ricketts, in his letter lo t hief Black.
enclosed a ••flyer." offering a reward
for a man who is wanted on the
u „c .! u. nn Act
charge of violating the Maun Act.
dealing with White Slavery. Mrs.
Ricketts is said to have been ap
proacbed by this man on the train
„K,.« ,,,
and given some coffee, whtch the au-,
thoritics believe contained a drug, as|
Mrs. Ricketts left the-train in a dazed
crai cities, but II is not known where
BUSINESS
MAN INQUIRES
FOR HIS WIFEI
Ernest lUrketta, a business man, of
No. 241 Douglass avenue, Hammond,
«■blew of Police
Jnd . baa appealed, to
Black, to aid him in tfce »each for his
wife. Lillian Ricketts, who disappear
train.
ed, on September 29. from a
while travelling between South Bend
condition with the man.
The pair were traced through s«v
they are at present.
constitution and one of the most fa
mous lawyers in public life. He was
a roasfer of satire, and his speech
during the tariff session of 1909, at- 1
tacking the Payne-Aldrich bill was j
onR of the C | a8gi( , g ,,f t h a t protracted I
debate.
Rayner made a national reputation j
I» his conduct of Commodore Schley's ,
ease in the famous naval inveatiga- ,
tlon of the battle r.t Santiagc 1
was before he became Senator. He
was Schley's chief counsel. The Sen
; ator has been ill for nearly a month.
j Five or six times his physicians call
( ed his family to the Senator's bedside.
expecting his death, but Raynor by
an exercise of his indomitable will.
! fought off the grim reaper. He suf
fered from intestinal diseases, com
( plicated with neuritis and nervous
trouble. •"*■■.
Senator ayner's funeral will take
j place at 2 p. m., Wednesday, at his
former residence Committees from !
the Senate and the House will attend.
■ and will also he the active and hon- |
j orary pallbcarera. The Rev. IT. G. B.
i Pierce, chaplain of the Senate, will j
' offlethte. Interment will be in Rock !
Creek Cemetery.
According to Senator Curtis, of :
Kansas, the tie threatened in the Sen- |
ate by Senator Rayner's death, may ,
he broken by the election-of on e and
iKisniblr two Democratic Senator«
from Illinois and a Democratic Sena
ator from Tennessee, giving the Dem
ocrata at least one majority.
Tn Tenne.asoe. whore sectional strife
among the parties threatened the i
election of a Republican, Senator Ray- j
ner'a death, Curtis suggested, v.ould j
probably result in peace among the <
Democrats and the selection rf a '
Democfatic Senator acceptable to
both party factions
The city tax office was open on
Saturday afternoon to give the tax
,, . . .
ables upon whom the capitation tax
of $1.53 was Imposed by action of
City Council, an opportunity to pay.
While the amount collected was not
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large It was encouraging and the col
lectors will continue to make it con
venient for those who wish the tint*
{0 ca jj at t jj C tax 0 jfl oe an d pa y their
taxes. Between $50 and $60 was paid
the two collectors. .
The tax collectors announced today
^ ^ ^ offlc|> wi „ , )p kppt open
tomorrow night from 7 to 8.30 o'clock
for the convenience of those unable
to call there during the day. Tax
Collector Morris, of the northern
d|-tr|et gaid todgy that the collector.
WO uld do every'thing possible to make
| it convenient for the taxable» to pay.
1 and as long as they show a willing
1 ness to pay the tax the office will be
( kept open for their convenience on
| Saturday afternoon and one eight a
week
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TAX OFFICE
OPEN TO RECEIVE
CAPITATION LEVY
DINNER TO AID DELAWARE
HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN
Business Men to Gather in duPont Auditorium This
Evening to Start Formally the Twelve Day
Task of Collecting $500,000 for Worthy Cause
auditorium of the duPont building, a
{dinner will be given to start formally
tbe twelve-dav race to capture a
»too'üOO for the Delawara
^iL„ a ^ ,3 The°dinner will be given
by^eVxecutlve committee in charge
oy me executive committee in narg .
«v ^bout^SO Ders'o'ns "including butG
" a ° nd Pe D r !?" 8 'J '"Ä* ,n the
" P8 f and P 0 ™ 0118 ac(i ' e 1,1
La "P*' 8 "' i,,a»e
Indications are that Fedcial Judge,
(; *° r P'' Gra > will be unable to serve
88 toastmaster, because of prev ous •
engagements and it Is expected that
^ - Bush, vice-chairman of the
executive committee, will preside |
° V8r the dinner.
T h °. 8 j ln tb 5 ollt !? ok ,
»plendid and that the hand on the big
dial < ' n 1 thp ( ourt HoU8p ,aw,, ia PX ' !
Pccted to move around ' pry n ' el> |
Automobiles and wagons will fly thd ,
''300,000'' pennants during the canie /
patgn. which is lo get money for j
(needed Improvements and an endow-(
ment fund for the hospital that wil
make unnecessary any further tilg
campaign for funds. j
1» 1» e>pleiad that former Con-■
greannan C. W. Dancii«, of^ Indiana. .
now a Wlhningtonlgn, Edgar T. |
Honey, the rampalgn manager, and
I* P. Bnah w ill he speakers at to- (
night's dinner. Following the ban- j
nuet the different committees will
start after the $200,000 which I* m
expected to rolled w ithin twelve j
days. :
George A Elliott. Chairman of ihe 1
ICitiaen's Committee, has sent in the i
following Hal of niimee-as members
of his committee; Ut. Rev. John J.
Monaghan. Rt. Rev. F. J. Klniman.
Dr. George Edward Reed. Rev. J H.
Ä ÄÄS
B. Holloway. Charles G. Patterson,
Rt. Rev. John A. Lyons. Hamilton M.
1 Barksdale. Irenee duPont, Alexis J.
duPont. Russel H. Dunham. Holstein
Harvey, Willard Saulsbury, William
Bancroft, Pierre S. duPont. W. W.
Gaird. former Governor* Preston Gea,
John Bancroft. Alfred D. M'arner,
da ">« 8 P. 7' ln ®f| 88 ' er w 9S° rgP
Capelle. F. L. Ollpm. \\. H. Penn,
Benjamin Nielde, Henry J. Krebs.
Charles S. Gawthrop. William Sellers
and John J. Raskob.
General Chairman L. Scott Town
send has received reports from hm
CaptainB that thPir teams are filled
up Below la a Hat of the captains
and their teams:
At seven o'clock tonight in the
I
Captain Charles D. Bird. Peter J.
Ford. Thomas S. Kemp, .laum«
Taylor. Hugh M. Morris.
Springer, John G. Gray, Thomas F.
Gormley, Prank W. Pierson and Wil
liam D. Mullen.
Captain W. J. Horrigan. Albert
Bird. S. A. Reis. J. J. Kennedy. Al
bert Jacquot. Jr.. Edward L. Rice,
J. J. McGovern, James
Prank C. Hughes.
Captain J. F. Neary. Donald S. Asb
brook. Wilber L. Adams. John W.
Beadey. Armon D. Chaytor. Jr. Wm.
C. Neehitt, Andrew C. Gray, Henry T.
Graham.
Captain James C. ONeal, Wm. E.
E.
Baldwin
S. Grant,
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Vice-President of the Executive Com
„littee and of the Delaware Hospi
u) xvho may preside tonight.
{Skellenger, Edwin R. Cochran, Wm,
u_ Cooper. Franklin G. Weller. Ed
ward J. Fahey, Cltnrlus T. VVolhar,
t. N. Slayton. Daniel P. Du Ross,
Clarence Prellymap, A. G. Carry. Pat.,
r j c jt Rrowsc (toq. W. Gillespie, Charles
F. Kellof.-»
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LERIS P. III'SII.
Captain ryjöiT : VA^oicr. \ Job ta ,D.
Thompson,>e &erirgt'CafteG ftdwatdu.
Davis, Weller; E t'Auvsf. '.t'fllafi
Walker, TtrottSEji W. I tf uuiMud ; ''J wtkt
s. Berfolefté.* 3. J Dougherty, W D
Stoops, JGugvpt» Hankiplvi tùiaflifs il' [
I UiU '.«virf >»«.,
j. Stradleyi Richard W, Crook. .ÎQjiri
' Montgomery, C. A. Van Trump. John
o. Hartman, Frederick Sldnln, Rlch-il
( ar( i Patxowsky, Edward H. Brennan,,
' Jr., Courtland Montgomery. Harry J. 1
| Guthrie, Edward Rose, William G. j
Taylor, William Lemon, John Brockaw, 1
Albert Rothman, Charles E. Unheil.
•' arae8 Lo f UP - K H " rdo , Hari-y
Hough, James B. Oberly, George
; Black,
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(m. D. Crosaau, Dr. A. Robin. Dr. John
palmer Dr. L. Willard Crossan. Dr.
• l,. h Ball. Dr. H. L. Springer.
! Captain Louis Topki«. Morris Levy,
Captain Willard Springer, H. A
; Norris. David Lindsay, A R. Tatum,
Louis Rosenblatt. Nathan Schlänget',
! Geo. H. McCall, H, A. Cuaperaon, C.
Wm. K. Bradford. A. F. Qoudiss. W.
I g. Lednuni.
Captain Howard T. Wallace,
Charles H; Blaine. C. G, Bupp, Robert
S. Glover, J. Bayard Hearn. S. J. Horn.
E. H. Hart, Wm. M. Mask, A. K. Spaid,
J. Wirt Willis.
Captain Charles Warner, Charles C.
Bye. Charles L. Petze, Henry Hoopes.
Frank D. Lackey. William P, White,
W. A. Worthington, George W. Mor
ion, .losiah Marvel, J. Willard Reed,
E. C. Jackson
Veiing Men's Team«.
Charles Bush, general chairman of
Continued on Second Page.
BUiGARS DENY RUMOR
THAT RUSSIA WANTS
TO JOIN THE BALKANS
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Tlv Tiny, tTilted Press.
SfiMLilN, Hungary. Nov,
Russia• had suggested joining the
BalUan alliance a« soon us peace has
been arranged permanently, was
rumored, here tojjay. Premier Ousel»
off, of Bulgaria, denied the rumor ac
cording lo a despatch frdtn Sofia, but
" iT ' wa'r'.he general opinion that
Kngland would favor some sort of
federation of all the Balkan slates
as like! v to conspjldate ultlm.itely In
one strong î axvver, which would
check both Germanic, ami Austria .I
(Russia would' o-bVct (o the states
; ,
Premier Guecïipil called a meet lug
of the Bnlgatl.i'n'iablnet „ w a s>
slat 'd ,p. a Safi.; me sage, lb con
'«id. : U-, I.
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Arrirafs here from Servia and Bui-j'
gariu daifl* today that |t was high
time the allies agree ! to tin aunts
lice. IVOtll countries are in a deplor
able eondif.ui« they declared.
alone is industry prostrated but re
tall stores have been closed because
proprietors and clerks are all at Ihe
front.
are run by women, childret
men.
that one raoli of fighting age out of
ti
Not
The few which remain open
and olrp
In Bulgaria, it ■< .i* estimated
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HIS HT AD M AHHTD IN FTRRT SLIP.
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, •*C*Mt>KN. N J . Norv. t5.—R*r»lrtng the weight box
'' Irfde pilings when a boat entered the slip, hi* bead waa mash
ed and he died Instantly.
SERHASS nom M0RP GÜ1K1
By The tTnlted Press.
VlbJVNA. Nov. K.—é*nis i
in the Bvlgrafid nr«« todRT. according to a dispatch fn
troop* were mounting more
gtms
Semlln, on the Ucngarlir..' side of th© Have river, opposite the
T?j,. .-rr"ernment has also recalled to Bel
t»ervtaa capiajU
grade all Ipe
possible to spare from Mona;
prisrewr
»V HÜ.ARS NEW WAR IK ON.
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,»» in* uoiwfl Frees.
BERLIN Nov. 23—A vague rumor that hostilities .n
.«a berm between Austria and Servia caused a hi
slump here today. Whence the rumor originated could
ivy stock
not oe leurned
F,J$0*' a killed or died i
Ihtii a third of the
lever twenty ha
disease and
icinytiryV bdnlt male population I« 1
disabled by wounds or disease.
HKCIICC THP
TD UISIÜS5 THE
*^' r 1 'hrposc of discussing the
i- r '>l'"«'<l oFdin.nro prohibiting he
"«*•»"*, of « H ho8, ' t '" 1
", f '*? , l'"i « , he memhers i
of ,l,( ' »»-««"«»y« Antl-Tuberrulo.ls
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to the members of City Council on
1 mTdS} evening In the City Hall
"'î' U '* H of hav >"« Ut* hospital at
Farnhuvst appears to meet with pub
or 11 V' "° - s "
cated whhbat the sanettDn of the
ou " ,v autborllies.
HOSPITAL PROJECT
Lewis M Leyrer. charged with the
larceny of an overcoat, waa dismiss
ed bj Judge Churchman in City Court
this moniiug on payment of cosls.
! .livrer was represented by Philip L.
Garrett, and Asm slant City Solicitor
Lynn naked that (he case be dismiss
ed ae the proMfcuUltg wltfieka so de
sired.
PROHEf I TOR IH I.IMS.
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CHURCH, ICO,
FIGHTING AT
ARMAGEDDON
Mr. Dole Says Battle Between
Right and Wrong' is
Being Fought There
ASKS HEARERS TO
JOIN GOD'S ARMY
In the New Jerusalem Church, ye»
terday morning, the Rev. Georg*
Henry Dole, pastor, preached lo •
largo congregation on the subject,
"Armageddon—Wliat it Means ta
Stand There." The sermon was sug
geated by Col. Theodore Roosevelt'»
reference to the battlefield during the
recent presidential campaign.
Mr. Dole'a text was from Rev xvi.,
16 "And he gathered them together
Into a place called in the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon"
Mr. Dole said;
■'Attention has recently been called
to the signification of the word,
Armageddon, by a speaker who In rti*
Continued on Cage Three.
CITY BOOSTERS
ABOUT READY TO
FORCE CAMPAIGN
Wllmingioii Commlt
ol one hundi ed and the Plmnct
The '•Greater
Committee of the Board of Trade will
hold a luncheon at lliinnu'» Cafe on
Wednesday at noon. A limited num
ber of leading hnslnesa men will bo
given h special Invitation to attend
I lib luncheon.
"I regret exceedingly the number of
invitations issued for til« meeting
must he limited, there Is no other al
ternaUve on aeeount of the limited
room. 1 ' said R. Maclean, business
manager of the Board of Trade Ssl
nrday evening w hen speaking
{meeting. ".Inst ns soon as
get the use of the auditorium In .he
duPonl building, there will be n aub
act Biers' luncheon when evot
will be Invited who has subMiibed
to the $25.00») fund of the Board of
and.
fr- b'-til ft
»1 ihts
wo can
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subscribed to the $25,000 fund and
The time of opening the various
bureaus of the honed will also be de
cided upon at this meet I c^. It is til*
intcn'loii of tlie bomil to employ
,j 1( , competent men in the country to
these bureau« and acton will
also he iahen in that matter.
tTrade, Ths' will he ihe log
fmofk'ti u a sadll i n C a
the business men of this city
! At the meeting tlie report of fits
Financial Committee wifi lie received
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head
HOLD HIM FOR
COURT ON CHARGE
OF STEALING COW
who was
John Robinson, colored,
arretted In Chester last Thursday on
suspicion of stealing a cow and who
was turned over to the local polk*
on Srturca.' by Sergeant Murphy, of
Chester. wn'i held under $500 ball for
ilic Court of General Sessions
morning
Talley, who lives on
McCoomb's farm at Claymont
him that a man In Marcus Hook sent.
)ii n , for a cow that had strayed on
Talley's place, early last week. Rob
inson then took the bovine to Chen
ter. where he sold it for $25.
Robinson admitted getting th* cow at
Cla> mont. ^saying a man there
m
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John, according to Ahnet*
the .Inme« O.
told
Murphy,
Vccording to Sergeant
bad
Joseph Hunby, of Carpenter s Sta
>:«id be lost the animal which
allied n! $40.
d lo I alley's place
Don.
' was
r.t.rny
hud
The
cow
ALFRED D. VANDEVER
PASSES 79TH MILESTONE
Former Coroner Alfred duPont
Vandever was 70 years old yesterday.
(He is remarkably well preserved and
active as a man thirty
Ho served in the
and Third Delaware
years
First.
Régl
as
I youngei
I Second
m^m ■ durit g the Civil War. and wan
captured during an engagement in
Virginia and was sent to Libby Pri*
wbere he served thirty-one day*
before he was paroled.
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WEATHER.
By The Flitted Press.
WASHINGTON, Not. 25. Generally
fair weather will prevail tonight and
Tuesday in Ihe eastern states.
WASHIN GTON* >ov. 25.—For Del
Fair tonight freezing tern
Tuesday fair, diminishing
aware:
peratnre.
west winds.
TO-DAY'S TEMPLRATIRt
THE BELT DRUG STOflL.
1.30 P. M.
15
12.00 >L
14
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40
10.00 A. M.
8.00 A. M.
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