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The Evening Journal
WEATHER
For Delaware: Fair to
nlsrht and Wednesday, not
much change in tempera
tnre. Moderate west winds. !l
Circulation
Yesterday
14,932
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TWENTY.FIFTH YEAR-NO. 269
WILMINGTON. DELAWARE, TUESDAY. APRIL I, 1913
14 PAGES
ONE CENT
HEARTY APPROVAL GREETS
PLAN FOR CITY-WIDE VOTE
ON WATERFRONT QUESTION
No Trouble Being Experienced in Getting Signatures
to Petitions Addressed to the Mayor and Council
With a View of Defeating the Aims of the
Wilmington Terminal Company and
Its Associates .
WORK OF CIRCULATING PETITIONS
IS NOW ACTIVELY UNDER WAY
Many persons already have signed the Wilmington Waterfront Asso
elation's petition addressed to .Mayor Howell and t'lly Connell for a sub
mission of the Delaware river waterfront question to the voters of tho
city of Wilmington at the .Mine election. That is true despite the faet
tliat the copies of the petitions only were printed yesterday and the ac
tive work of circulating them did not get under way until last evening.
It Is not expected there will he any diftieojly In obtaining the number of
names deeded to open the door for a popular vote on the question in the
city election. Nor is It expected by the officers and members of the Wa
terfront Association that any difficulty will be experienced In carrying
the city election overwhelmingly against the Wilmington Term nal Com
pany and Its associates and their effort to get away with the State land,
the Federal bulkhead and fill and the eity waterfront from tho mouth of
the Christiana river northward to the eity line near Edge Moor.
Public interest in the fight to save the waterfront for the people is
increasing daiiy, and all the efforts of those Interested in the delivery of
this valuable public property to the private interests seeking te obtain
It are being nullified by the weight of public sentiment.
Wilmlngtonlnns who are away from town, in one instance as far as
California, evince Itérés! and send words of encouragement In the fight
which has aroused men of all shades of political opinion and caused
them to stand together for the protection of the public property and the
Interests of the city.
MAM'FACTl' BEB JOINS
ASSOfUTU»
Editor of THE EVENING
To the
JOURNAL.
Sir:—I take pleasure in filling out
the inclosed coupon for membership
In the Wilmington Waterfront Asso
elation. Trusting the interest you
have taken in this great work may
prevent the loss to Wilmington of
the three-mile Delaware river water
front. I remain. Very truly yours,
W. H. Merger,
No. 1212 West St..
Wilmington, Del.
March 29. 1913.
t. >. VALLAMHGHAM
0\ WATERFRONT
:
To the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir:—As an
expatriated Dela
warean. temporarily within the limits
6t the state, i am much . interested
In the question presented by the
bulkhead Act. Repealer, and in the
fact that such an organization as tho
Wilmington Waterfront Association
should be activa in the matter. I am
too little acquainted with the case to
have an intelligent opinion as to its
merits, moral or technically legal,
but I have no doubt as to the essen
tial soundness of the economic posi
tion that no private person or private
corporation should be permitted to
monopolize the Delaware river water
front or to get rich out of the un
earned increment arising from the
t rowth of the city in population and
ymmerce. 1 sincerely hope that the
claims of these who seek to retain
a quasl-monopoty of the waterfront
may be fotind untenable In laV. and
that the Repealer Act may be passed
and found constitutionally unassail
able. At the same time 1 am not dis
posed to call tho claimants hard
names until I have evidence that they
deserve such objurgation, nor am f
disposed to take it for granted that
their seemingly supcrserviceablc
friends in the Legislature are actuat
ed by improper motives.
The fact is that Delaware is a lit
tle slow in waking to the ••vil of priv
ate monopoly in such natural oppor
tunities as the Delaware river water
front. Such questions as that pre
sented by tho case under considera
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April Fool's Day
This is the day of the red hot penny and the pocketbook
on a string; the day when all start .nervously when anyone
tells us wo have lost something.
Most of us lose something every day without appreciating
our lots. We lose opportunities to save money, opportunities
to cut down the cost of living, and opportunities to buy at the
best prices. Every day is April Fool's day for some of us
who go about with closed eyes.
But there is no April Fool's Day on the calendar of tho
EVENING
merchants of tffis city who advertise
JOURNAL. They offer you goods which arc "on the square,"
THE
in
good qualities, low price» every day und all the time.
Keep your eyes open to your buying opportunities by
reading the advertisements in THE EVENING JOURNAL
every day.
(Copyright, 1913, by J. P. Fallon.)
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IDAYTON'S
DEAD WILL
NUMBER 100
Engineer Says it Will be Ten
Years Before Town Re
covers From Flood • *
CARE FOR REFUGEES
IN TENTED CITY
fErrtTed Press.
DAVTON, O., April 1.—It will ha
ten years before Dayton fully recov
ers from the flood vvhleh took a toll
of 100 lives and caused a property
loss of more than $25,000.000.
This was the opinion expressed to
day by Major Thomas L. Rhoades, U.
S. A., appointed by President Wilson
to take charge Of the rehabiitation .of
the stricken city.
"It will take two weeks to make;
even an impression upon tho debris
which chokes the streets, alleys and
dooryarda of the city," said Major
Rhoades. "It will be two months be
fore the city is in a comfortably ha
hitable state and it will be ten years
before Dayton is restored to the phy
sical condition of the days before thu
flood.
'iWe have established a tented city
ot/refugees on the fair grounds to re
Hove the congestion in the institu-I
Hons in which they have been housed
to prevent possible spread of coutag
ious disease."
CONDITIONS IN
COLUMBUS IMPROVE
By The United Press.
COLUMBUS, O . April 1—Early re
ports to Governor Cox today Indicated
a general brightening of* flood cotidi
lions in the afflicted £)Iiio district. The
river had reached ilfe crest at Cincin
nati aqd normal conditions were in
sight. General cleaning up was in
progress everywhere and communie«
tion was rapidly being restored. There
has been no material change In the
death list as reported yesterday and
frqra every community where the flood
was felt were coming reports today
ot missing persons turning up
While every able-bodied man and
woman who could be utilized was at
work cleaning out the houses, out
buildings, alleys and streets in the
WCst Side, from which the water has
receded. Coroner Henken and another
force of men were searching the farm
lauds in the vicinity of Greeulawn
and Mount Calvary cemeteries, where
Continued on Pago Ten.
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Funeral Likely to be Very Large;
Son in Charge of the Arrangements
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J. Plerpont Morgan's death did not.
uut us «..blow to his financial inter
ests. That he was seriously HI wja»
known for several weeks, and pi)o
NEW LAW
JUMBLES
ELECTIONS
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City
Primary in Middle
of
• Week This Year
REPUBLICANS GET
THE SATURDAY DATE
There Is much agitation because of
conditions set forth in the new bal
lot law passed by tbc present General
Assembly with respect to municipal
elections held in Wilmington. The
now law provides that all tickets must
be (lied twenty days liefere election
whicli is ten days earlier than tho
j time fixed under the previous law.
As a result the Republican parfy
must file its ticket, should it hpld the
nomination on Saturday, May 17. the
dale selected by the Republican City
Committee, on the day the nomina
tion is held. Election day is the first
Saturday in June which this year falls
on June 7. Twenty days preceding
that date is May 17.
The office of the Clerk of the Peace
closes at noon on that day, but he
might be induced to -keep it open
until midnight to allow the Repub
licans to file Uteir ticket. Al that. It
may bo late when the count of (bo
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The Daily Average
Guaranteed Circulation
of The Evening Journal
for the Month of March
was 14,772.
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beefl 'stricken with Illness jq Egypt,
the financier w orld feared ttfat bis end
was ireur; • THle hurried departure of
Herbert L. ■ SaUerlee to ■ Egypt to be
at his fathçr-Jn-Iavv's side strengthen
ed the belief that the aged financier—
be was seventy-si A—did not bav
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WOLF RUNS AT LARGE
OVER BRANDYWINE HILLS
North Brandywine Park and wood
lands in the vicinity of Talleyvdlle
and Rockland have been stalking
grounds for wolf hunters slneb "Sun
day and while none have returned
with any game, a sharp vigil is being j
maintained for a gray wolf which got
out of one of the iioo pens on Mon
day after somebody had cut the wire
which enclose the cage. Farmers
wives and children of the surround
ing territory arc keeping a lookout
for the boast.
Mrs. Medford Jones who lives
above the Augustine Mills on the
Brartdywine was the first woman to
report the animal, tt, came dashing
towards her house on Sunday morn
ing and as it drew near she recogniz
ed it to bef a wolf. k Hastily closing
her döorfi. the woman watched the
animal run along the road towards
Alopockus woods. Since then noth
ing has been seen of the animal, al- I
though fanners in the neighborhood
of Talleyville are reporting that
poultry is being carried off dally.
As tbon'as the animal's disappear
ance was noted' by the park guards,
word was sent to. Park Superinten
dent Mafk, aud ho ordered a strict
watch maintained'by the park guards
on both aides of the Brandywine creek
for the animal.
The animal was seen at Rockland'
on Monday by a sou of* State Senator
Frank Ewing,
possible.
The wolf is as large as a coljle dog.
U has been known to cover from 25 to
40 tulles a night, and while It lives
on berries. It has attacked man when
It will be shot, if
long to live. When J. Plerpont Mor
gan, Jr., learned of hjs father's death
he made arrangements with Mr, Sat
terloe fey wilde for bringing tho body
home Tip* tuueral in New York will
likely be very large.
On other occasion», whop
It was announced this morning by
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the 1 fining!cm and Thfladelphia
Traction Company that beginning
next Sunday fares between this city.
Richardson Park. Newport and Stan
j
in packs
pressed (or hunger. It lias fought man
and Is known as one of mo most
ferocious of the wolf family.
TRIM STANTON
FARE TO 10 CENTS
ton would be reduced. The new
I lug a ten cent fare from this city to
Stanton. This cuts off one cent eac
assault and battery.
schedule calls for a five cent fare bc
tween Richardson Park and any point
'In this city. The fare from Richard
son Park to Newport will be one cent
instead of two and from that point
to Stanton It will be five cents, mak
way and will be a big saving to full)
400 families at Richardson I'ark In
addition to those In Newport and
Stanton.
JUDGE JOSLY> 0> BENCH.
Deputy Judge Joslyn presided In
City Court this morning In the ab
sence of Judge Churchman who is
out of the city But four cases were
on the docket ami two of. them were
continued until tomorrow owing to
the absence of material witnesses.
Thy-y were William Patio i, colored,
»ecused of wife beating and Stanley
Konfesowlez who pleaded guilty to
FLOWERS
COVER BODY
OF MORGAN
Royalty and Society of Every I
Nation Send Loving Trib
utes to Dead Financier
PREPARE CORPSE
FOR SHIPMENT HOME
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Ily The United Press.
ROME, April 1. Surrounded by
mountains of floral tributes from the
royalty, big business and society of
every nation, the body of J. Plerpont
Morgan today lay In the Orand Motel.
while rulatives planned f<w its remov
al to America.
It was the day when the wealthy
and all-powerful banker confidently
had planned, even while critically 111.
to start for Aix-lea-Halna to spend his
birthday, the seventeenth of April.
With every necessity and luxury
that money could buy at bis com
mand, Morgan actually died of starva
tion. This fact, startling In contem
plation. was stated bV his physicians,
who said that all the artifice of mod- j
ern medical science could not
nourishment Into the man's system |
hecauae of the failure of functional
nerves to do their work.
While the body of the great Morgan
watched over only by six paid em
ployes, lay In his »500-a-day suite that
had been twice occupied by Kings, and
bis relatives were all gathered In an
adjoining room where Mrs. Halterlee,
bis daughter, required a physician's
care, the usual feverish gayety wont
on uninterrupted throughout the
Orand Motel.
The noise of dancing, the rançons
calls of chauffeurs and carriage start
er* at the entrance, the blare of or
ohestras and the shouts of gamblers
—all the discordant sounds of revelry
that the pbvslclana were In part re
sponsible for the sudden collapse of
Mr. Morgan went on as usual until 1
the gray hours of morning. Just as if
the body of a powerful monarch of
• finance did not Mo almost unattended
! on tile second floor. And tl might.
I have been that some of tho revelers
old not know it..
When the undertakers finished Ihclr
tssk today, permission was given h.v
P. n a*. IT ° r A * ,Uwrt K; "
I'bi adelphta art student, to make a!*
(e'ath-nmsk of the financier. Polac
cks is studying in the American Aced
emy here, founded wtth Mr Morgan',
money, and his study was financed by
fffiw the ntglrr. the second
floor of the hotel taken up entirety
by the Morgan suite was almost de
verted Neither thw S„, criées, nor
any of the other relatives or Un
mediate friends were In (he death
chamber Score« of friends offered
their services as watchers, hot their
offers were declined, as were those
of other distinguished compatriots
and diplomatic representatives. Face,
the faithful Italian courier who bad
served Morgan on bis annual visits
to Rome for many years, was on
guard at, the door of the suite and
everything was attended to by the six
paid men who watched the corpse.
The Morgan party here occupied
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the palatial royal suite always taken
by Mr. Morgan in the Grand Hotel.
It consists of two salons with eight
sleeping apartment», on the second
floor of the hotel. I( has a private
outsjde entrance, on (he southeast
eoj-nsr of the building and once was
occupied by the late King George of
Greece. King Gustav, of Sweden al
so had the suite at one lime.
Mr. Morgan occupied the corner
out on a park with green tree#, while
two on tho oast gave a view of the
Impoalng lowers of St. Peter*«. Thl*
the favorite, out-look of Mr.
Morgan m the day« before bis last
illness sent him to bed.
With the consent of Signor Truchl.
tho director of the Protestant Ceme
tery. the body of Mr. Morgan was
embalmed at 8 o'clock today. The
death-mask then was made.
Italian Government interposes
most endless red tape in the removal
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OROZCn, SR„ PRISONER OF WAR.
Pjr TVe Catted Pre?s.
MEN K.'vVlTY, April 1— It w«
nj»l Oro'.-o, Sr, reported murderd
kiU'41. but 1« being held
that Pas
ted toi
apattst
prisoner at Huat'
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and tin
ie rebel leader, will fake an aripy against. Zap
icue of the elder prozc
gorernment. also win attempt the
WAGE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT POSTTONED.
Py Tbe Cnifed Press.
KEW YORK. April I.—A postponement in the date set for
e dispute between tho flre
inonced to
xtt a decision In it
binding
men of the Eastern Railwav
I
:
and Manage
was
card was resumed,
dead Of tomorrow
day »ben the hearing before \he arbitration b
April 23, 1m
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Tbe decision will be returned
as was or glnally pianneg.
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USTRIA-HTTOARY BLOCKADES MONTENEGRO COAST
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ffy The Cnitqd Press.
VIENNA, April L—Austria-Hungary today began a block
The blockade was or
ado of the Adriatic coast of Montenegro,
dered as a naval demonstration against the Balfcab State to
baca up Austria-Hungary's demand that., the siege of Scutari
be lifted. W
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$255,000
MORE IN CITY
BOND ISSUE
Present Council Will Apply
the Money to Public Im
provements
CITY NOW IN DEBT
IN SUM OF $4,106,100
Although Wilmington will soçn b«
offering bonds galore for varlona pro
jects, there is little likelihood of the
present, City Council offering the
»900, 000 in bonds, the city's share of
the cost, of the proposed city and
county buddln« to be erected at Tomb
and King streets.
It was explained today by Colonel
W. E. Stover, of the finance commit
tee of City Council, that the building
commission which will supervise the
constructon of the building will first
have to be named and then organised.
Competitive plans will thon have to be
advertised for and this will lake con
siderable time, which together with
other preliminaries, will so proton ;
'he time when actual work can bo
pice
! ent Council will not be called upon
It may be neces
sary, however, to Issue a very tuna'l
part of the total amount to meet tho
expenses of prcllmlnutjp work.
An ordinance has already been
passed by Council providing for a.
j started o
| to issue the bonds,
-
bond issue of »45.000 to refund water
bonds falling due May 1 and June 1.
In addit'on to these bonds ordinances
will bo
Thursday night providing for bond
Issues of »160,000 for street and sewer
Improvements and »60,000 for park
About »60,000 of this lal
purposes,
er i 8SUP will be used In the pur
hase of the proposed playground site
th „ q' Cn th ward, between Adams
an(1 Jackson streets, and Second and
Third Council recently approved
tJlf purc hase of this plot and it is
uropo *od to go ahead with the pro
ect a „ soon BB , ho bonds are dls
Introduced in Council
on
p0 a e ,i 0 f
v These bond issues are ail that the
e#<m( roun( -u will provide, the
J 900 noo )Rllue for U ie city and county
'hüHdlne bolus; lofi to the next Coun
m n lt,* little difference which
. arranges tor this Issue as tho
present Council in Us budget for
a!* mu st provide for the. in
. „ . ,w_„ ,m v 1PHr
t 'L£* bonded indebtedness of
jJ* Z l00' This. with lb.
J" ^ t0 bo j„ UO d for wa
ter. ' park and at r«l pur posas, will
td the rule'of bond buy
J* bdmjs are a eafe investment when
"o wiihh. ten per cent, ot
, aMPSsm *nt of property of a
munk .i PH | t ,y
mont last year was »68,000.000.
M|() lhi8 year ( t w ni be Increased
<,-> 00( y 000 With this asaesment, Wll
^inittoxi can still borrow about »2.
oflO.OOO aside from the »255,000 which
the present Council will borrow,
Another Issue to be issued, but not
j,y the present Council, is for »40,000.
These bonds will be sold by the Hoard
| Education, the proececs to pay for
Continued on Rage Ton.
Wilmington's
assest
It in
> Governor Miller having railed
; nip p^pi,, 0 f Delaware to
j -j Te financial aid to the Uoml snf
J". TH £
x ,|OI KViL iiifltf* hobncrlptloiiH lo
J the fund. All nuhMTlptfom nil!
( he promptly aoknowlodged In thé«*«,
< column* and the monev forward
; ed to the proper authorities. It is
; urged that the subscriptions be t
) made at once. (
Appeal For
Flood Victimsf
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SrASCRIPTIONS TO DATK.
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