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Evening journal., 1908-08-24
Wright 6 Davidson Co.
9th and Market Sis.

DEATHS.
Margaret M. Mullin.
Charles Strudel.
Martha w. c. 8tner.
Elwood n. Cole.
William j. Baldwin.
COLE-In this city, on August 22 1908,
Elwood H. Cole, eldest son of Elias
and Josephine Cole
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral services from the
residence of his parents. No 302 West
Tewlfth street, on Tuesday afternoon, at
o'clock. Interment at Riverview
Cemetery.
5ITNER-At Oxford Pa. on August
22d 1905 Martha w. Corrie, wife of
Benjamin II. Bitner. aged is years.
Relatives and friends of the family
are invited to attend the funeral SER
vices at the residence Of her brother
in-law. Thomas c. Corrie, No. 11l3
Railroad avenue this city. on Tuesday
afternoon, August 25th, at o'clock.
Interment Silverbrook Cemetery.
BALDWIN, this city. on August
23d, 1908, William j. Baldwin, aged
70 years.
Relatives and friends Of the family
are invited TO attend the funeral SER
vices at the residence Of his son-in-
law, Anthony Donnelly. No. 1915 West
Sixteenth street on Thursday morning.
August 9th, at 10 o'clock. Interment
Hopewell Md.
STRUDEL-At Haddonfleld, N. j., on
August %, 1908, Charles Strudel, aged
40 years .....
Relatives and friends are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral SER
' Ices at the undertaking parlors Of d.
j. Kilroy. No. 11O West Seventh street,
on Tuesday afternoon, at o'clock. In
terment at Riverview Cemetery.
MULLIN-In West Chester, on August
22d, Margaret NJ. Mullin, widow of
the late James =. Mullin.
Funeral services from her late resi-
dence. No. 1929 West street, Tuesday.
2 p. m. Interment private.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24

It was a demonstration Of her con-
tempt for handouts. bracelets, locks
or everything else that is made to bind
the human limbs.
Clad in a gingham gown and flesh
lets, the dainty young woman was
driven in a cab 10 the bridge where
the crowd had awaited her with as
much excitement as the old Parisian
crowds probably awaited the coming
OF Charlotte Corday to the guillotine.
And the onlookers were probably more
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
BUILD CITY STORES OF
CALIFORNIA RED WOOD

Frank Rupert has awarded to john
E. Healy the contract 10 build two
stores in delaware avenue adjoining
the new Avenue Theatre The work
viii be commenced at once.
Fhe woodwork Of the stores viii be
california red wood, a material rot
useS extensively heretofore in local
building. w. ID. Brnckle. architeot.
Who planned the stores. said this morn
ing that he expected much Of the wood
to be used here as IL Is much cheaper
than local cypress, besides beng OF
good appearance and more durable
than the customary builcing material.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
CENTRAL UNION
BACK OF CROzIER
May Put Him Up As Inde-
pendent Candidate
For Congress

AT a weil-attended special meeting Of
ehe Central Labor Onion on Saturday
night, a resolution was adopted endors-
ing Alfred o. Crozier as candidate for
Congress from this State. hugh Frayne,
American Federation Of Labor organizer
made an address urging that working
men speedily make their influence felt
IN politics in Delaware.
Although II was not decided finally TO
nut q labor tickot in the field, the reso-
luton declares that should the Republi-
can party not nominate Mr.. Crozier the
labor body will urge that he become an
independent candidate.
When Mr Crozier- was notified OF the
action Of the central body he said that IL
was most appropriate that labor should
have a representative. although he was
not a candidate for the office. He
thought. however, that the ship canal
project in which he was much interested
required attention and that the wishes OF
the local option people regarding the ship
ment of liquors into dry districts should
be safeguarded.
Mr.. Frayne, who was one of the COM
mittee notifying Mr.. crozier, replied that
the question Of politics did not enter into
the present effort to place labor candi-
dates IN Congress. and he expressed the
hope that the worldngmen Of the state
would support Mr.. Crozier TO the end
that he be nominated tomorrow.
A delegation Of the union men win &c
10 Dover tomorrow 70 present a copy OF
the resolution, which Is as follows:
whereas. Alfred O. crozier has Ions
been the earnest friend and cause Of
labor. n fearless champion OF popular
rights. and vigorous and courageous
opponent of national and local special IN
terests whenever they have sought un-
Justly to selfshiy exploit the publlc and
whereas. He has finally yielded TO the
general desire Of the people that he be-
come a candidate for Congress from
Delaware this year. although Il will be
a serious business sacrifice; now there
fore,
Resolved. That the Central Labor
Union Of this city Of Wilmington has
learned OF his favorable decision with
satisfaction and earnestly hopes he will
be elected
'And n his party refuses 70 bow to the
desire Of the people by placing Mr
Crozier upon the ticket, we respectfully
urge that he become an independent cam
didate for Congress. that the people may
have a chance to elect a man who rep
resents their interests and welfare.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
AWARD CONTRACT TO
BUILD McCABE CHAPEL

The building committee Of McCabe
Memorial NJ. L. Church has awarded
to the A. S. Reed and Brother Com
pany the contract to erect chapel for
the congregation at Twenty second
and Boulevard. The contract price is
S301s
The chapel viii be built OF Leiper-
Vile stone with a slate roof It will
be S2x4O feet in size and will seat 200
pesons. 1t must be finished in Decem-
Der. E. L. Rice Company. engineers
and architects. drew the pans.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
RESIDENTS COMPLAIN
OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM

A petition was received by the Board
OF Health this morning in which the
drainage system at the house at No.
726 Wilson street was complained OF by
residents living in Eighth and Wilson
streets.
Secretary Wigglesworth was instruct.
ed to write the owners OF the property
and inform them that the place mcs.
he connected with tie sewer within
two weeks
If this is not done Mr.. Wigglesworth
stated. within ,he time specified, the
Street and Sewer Company viii con-
struct the necessary piping and proceed
to collect the cost from the owners.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
WILL LET POLICE
ATTEND TO HIM

The police arc searching for the as
sailant of James Caulk. colored. who
was stabbed in the breast on Saturday
night and is now in the Delaware Hos
pital. He at FIRST refused to give the
police the name of the man who stab
bed him. SAVING that fe would take
care Of himself when he got out of tho
hospital He thought better of this
resolution. however. and later gave a
good account Of the affair and tho
lame of his assailanr. The man has
left the city.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
TAFT LEAGUE TO OPEN
HEADQUARTERS WEDNESDAY

Permanent headquarters Of the Taft
League Of Delaware. will be opened
al NO ia Market street on Wednes-
aay' II was the intention OF the
league to open headquarters TODAY
nut other business prevented. The
league membership continues TO boom
Governor Lea and United states Sem
ator Richardson have Joined the
league since SATURDAY. Taft buttons
VIII be distributed among the league
members tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
REGULAR MEETING
OF HEALTH BOARD

At the regular weekly meeting Of the
Board of Health this morning at which
Dr. Forrest, in the absence OF DR.. Howell,
presided. action was taken on nine prop
critics not connected with the sewer and
orders were issued that the work Of con-
Meeting them be done as soon as possible.
Secretary Wigglesworth reported that
since the last meeting IA properties had
with the requirements of the
Several minor complaints were received.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
BRYAN CANCELS
SYRACUSE DATE

CHICAGO, Aug. 2i--Bryan to-day
cancelled his speaking date for Sep
tember IS at the State fair grounds ~
Syracuse. N. Y. the cancellation was
announced upon the receipt OF a tele-
gram to Chairman Mack stating that
the fair management refused to admit
the public to the grounds on that date
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
New Musi. H,lI

The Music Han at Third and Connen
streets viii open this evening at 7.30
o'clock. with a full 2 hour show Of
motion pictures and illustrated songs.
The management begs TO announce that
the act known as The Female Mercury
has been cancelled and will not be pre-
sented as was stated Dancing follows
TIE performance. The dance floor is
said to be tse finest in this city.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
Preacher Says He is 1873 Years old.

SOMERVILLE, n. J., Aug. 24.-De-
claring that he is 13S years old, and
taht he once held George Washington's
horse on the road between Somerville
and Raritan, the Rev Mason Brooks. a
negro is teh object of great interest
here today. The aged negro preached
to hundreds here yesterday. He says
he expounded the gospel for seventy
years, five of them as a missionary in
Egypt.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
WILL ENTERTAIN
STATE GRANGE

At the semi-monthly meeting of Dia-
mond State Grange, Patrons of Husban-
dry, tonight, arrangements will be made
to entertain Pomona Grange. which will
hold its next quarterly meeting at Stan
ton.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
Lenderman-Dav.

willard w. Lenderman. son OF con-
tractor Watson b. Lenderman. and Miss
Florence Day both Of this city. were
married in Harrison Street NJ. ID Par
sonage by the Rev. Dr. c. T. WYATT
on Saturday night
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
THEY COULDN'T DROWN MINERVA

Handeuffed She Jumps Into the Chris
tiana River.
Petite, bland. and not even in fear Of
the chill green lok OF the Christiana,
much less of handcunfs, Minerva, the
handcun queen, who is appearing
during the week at the Pickwick Thea
tre. afforded diversion for 10000 people
this afternoon at 1880 at Market
street bridge.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
STREET DIRECTORS
MEET TO-DAY

The Street and Sewer Directors will
hold their weekly meeting this afternoon
az O'Clock Instead Of tomorrow morn
ins' as has been the custom.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
a River Ride

VIII be given by Harmony Council,
Nc /. L. T. OF A.. on Steamer Ulrica,
Wadncsfay evening August e6th.
Lave King Street Wharf at O'Clock.
Tickets 25 centse
Evening journal., 1908-08-24

frightened that Minerva when she was
lifted to the bridge rail by two burly
cops with her wrists bound with the
steel bracelets, and when she went into
the water with a chilly splash the SEN
sation reached its climax. Within
about % seconds Minerva was taken
from the water with the bracelets off
and triumphantly driven away in the
cab. with an applauding crowd fol-
lowing her up Market street.
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
Specials for This Week
At the PICKWICK
All Done at First Performance in the Evening

MoND escape 'front.' hersuAun suts ann
TUESDAY Ansarn roma lin bag oftwoo oar
IN escape irons ma bag u fro s h
THURE N penoma ahm nd m@es sy made
FRIDAY esaper mhanun @ @ve water is
~a rr rpap~ag
he ca be
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
Watch your laundressl

Watch your laundressl
Let her use ordinary
soap for ordinary pur-
poses.
But, for the finer
things-for lawns, dimi-
ties, colored goods and
everything else that re-
quires special care in
laundering she should
use Ivory Soap; and none
other.
Why Ivory SoaPi Because
it pure soap and nothing else.
No g free" alkali in it; no
coloring matter; no chemicals.
Ivory Soap
80 $500 Per Cent. Pure.
l6
Evening journal., 1908-08-24
PENNEWILL AND
HEALD HEAD
THE TICKET

CONTINUED from First Fage)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

Fifty years ago a greet ocean
steamship was about 800 feet long
and 50 feet beam, with a tonnage of
1o90 to 1000. and engines of perhaps
3gae-horsepoWer. These sufficed TO
drive the ship at a speed OF ten or
we've knots, At that time the build
ers OF such ships might well have
doubted whether any OF much large
type would prove a commercial sue
cess, The warning example of the
Great Eastern, which. immense though
Il was, had proved a total failure, was
fresh IN the minds OF every shipper.
But this experience need not have DIS
Outraged a physicist. WIN would have
claimed that the failure was due TO
some defect, in the model OF the ship,
or in her method OF propulsion. TAX
ing the case Of ship propelled BY
screw, which had already been
proved superior to the paddIe-wheel
he might have made this little cal
euiatlon; Build a ship twice the size
OF the present one IN every dimen-
sion; instead OF her length being 800
feet, let IL be 600. and let her be twice
as broad and twice as deep The Gu.
bical dimensions OF the proposed ship
VIII be eight time those OF the present
one: she viii carry eight times the
freight, and have room for eight times
as many passengers. II her plates are
twice as thick, her weight viii also
be multiplied by eight, but this viii
probably be unnecessary, as nearly the
same thickness Of plate VIII answer
for the larger as for the smaller mod
ell You can. II Fou choose. put in en-
gines CT eight times the powE, without
taking up more than their proportion
al space in the present ship. So far
nothing Is gained. But mark! The
surface which she exposes to the water
and the storm is only increased four
times. Therefore. IL you are salts
fed with the speed Of the ship you now
have. her engines need have only four
times their present power, and will,
therefore. fill only half the proportion
al space IN the proposed ship"
The writer then follows out in detail
the application Of these laws OF Eeom-
etry and mechanics to the efficiency
Of the ocean ship
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Captain Chambers Theory.

Right here in Washington. too, our
own practical Captain Chandler bears
out the predictions OF the learned pro-
lessor. He believes tie great dirigible
balloon is the solution of the problem
Z aerial navigation Just now there
Is being constructed for the Signal
Corps a small dirigible. This will be
completed In the summer and expert
ments with ii win ba commenced at
Fort Mver. Then Congress VIII be
asked 70 appropriate sufficient for
very large airship. and. II some Of the
more enthusiastic aeronauts Of the
United States 1l-uy have their way.
America viii soon be the proud own
er Of the greatest dirgible airship i'm
the world. And this may be designed
after the ideas OF Prof. Newcomb.
Another prediction made twenty-five
years ago by Prof. Newcomb has long
since been fulfilled. At that time. when
IhS building OF our saw navy was sust
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

0iIile the noted scientist is predict
lHg this evolution in the field CT aero
Iiagtics. the French government is TAX
ing practical steps to build a military
airship that is 10 be the largest ever
attempted. The famous engineer,
Henri Julliot. has submitted to a spe-
"ial military commission. appointed 10
stuJy and pass upon air vessels for
the French army, complete designs
aud working drawings for this great
flying machine. It's length, remark
able to state, is not so very much less
than that proposed by Newcomb, be
ing $50 meters. or about 600 feet It's
diameter is to be about thirty-seven
feet. The envelope IS TO be made OF a
very strong rubber material Two
pairs Of pr0pellors. fore and aft,
driven by motor Of N20-horsepower 10
zach pair. will give the great machine
a speed OF about sixty miles an hour
Prophetic. too, becomes Julliot. for
in a recent discussion with French
army officers and men interested in
aerial navigation he gave voice to the
expression, The future is a large
balloon which was accepted as final.
When railroad tunnel is being dug
through a mountains it Is started from
both sides. Two different sets of men
work toward each other II at last
they dig through and meet face to
face, the sides OF the tunnels eoincid-
ing, the work has been accomplished
successfully So It is in greater human
undertakings che scientific man. the
theorists works at tue problem from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

sions. make its walls twice as thick
II you choose. and you VIII have
four times the cubicsi space, and
eight times the buoyant power. But
you viii require only four times the
propelIing power to drive her through
the air with a giveit speed. and. there
fore only four times the Horsepower
in her engines. There is no difficulty
in coneeiving an ideal ship which
would be a com mercisl success wers &
not for the practical difficulties IN The
way Of realization"
The question OF greatest public in
terest Is the practical one whether
men row living may reasonably hope
to see aerial navigation prosecuted In
such a way as to be commercially
successful. or to afford It's public. or
any part OF it, a method OF trans
porting passengers or things from
place to place with more CELEBRITY ana
economy than under our present svs-
tenn I conceive that. while scienos
cannot answer this question categori-
cally, II will enable US to state with
a fair approach 20 certainty the con-
ditons of success. The eirship proper.
or dirigible balloon. can De COM
nerciaI success only when expanded
TO such dimensions that thin metal
sheets can take the place OF a textile
fabric in the structure.
Il say this on the supposition that
no such fabric can be made perfectly
gas-proof. so that when once inflated
it caI be run for months and years
without any new supply OF gas. n
this supposition is incorrect. If a tex
tile fabric can be made to hold the
gas indefinitely, then success may be
reached on the present system. AS
has already been pointed out, the OBJ
staeies in the way OF success are
those OF construction and engineering
rather than those OF natural law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

commencing. Prof. Newcomb suggested
that as matter OF purely mathemat-
ieal theory the longer a gun was the
more advantageous and powerful It
would be- The naval officer addressed
replied that all experience up to that
time had shown that nothing was TO
be gained by increasing the length Of
the gun. Yet the suggestion was fol-
lowed. and ii was not long before even
practical experience succeeded in re-
placing the old-fashioned beet bottle"
Of the civil war with the type Of gun,
forty feet long, more or less, which
now projects from the turrets OF our
battleships
Prof Neweomb now comes TO the
front again pressing abstract physical
science into service of the navy o. tie
future. the navy OF the skies. Ghe
success OF both the ocean steamship
and the dirigfble balloon grows out Of
a physical principle, ne says. easy OF
comprehension by any one acquainted
with so much Of geometry and physics
as IS taught in the high school
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

Il must beg the reader not o miss
understand this claim in favor Of
the theoretical possibility Of al i'm
mense aerial ship. We must dis
tinguish between obstacles. TO
progress placed in our way by
nature itself. which can be over
come only by the discovery Of
some hitherto unknown Iaw af ma
ture, or of some new metal nr
alloy; and obstacles which arise
only from tie limitation of our
power to solve great mechanical
and engineering problems. We
are only pieturing what results
might be reached could we but
overcome all practical difficulties.
l do not claim that men can ever
build this ideal ship The engi-
neering and constructing difficult
ties are beyond any ever encoun-
tered, the problem of imitation
seems nearly insuperable, and even
the gas would cost a great fortune.
We could not rely upon so vast a
surface being soldered without a
single flaw. An immense structure
would be required to protect so
huge and yet feathery mass from
the wind; but l do say that if we
could overcome these practical diff
ficulties, so as to actually build and
initiate the ship, we should have a
successful aerial ship. And I do
not believe we shall ever have a
commercially successful one until
we do. With this claim | turn
the subject over TO engineers. con
structors. and others to be handled
In their own way"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22
Larger Than ANY Ship.

Il have mental image of a
structure much larger than any
ship that navigates the ocean, say
three or four hundred feet or more
In length, built out of rolled sheet
steel one-twentieth or one-thirtieth
of an inch thick-infated with hy-
drogen gas. OF course, the sheets
must be perfectly gas-proof; the
slightest crevice in them would be
fatal. If the conception in which
we are INDUCING were purely
ideal we should have tpbe
twenty or thirty feet in diam
eter. running centrally through the
whole length of the ship, which
would contain engines, passengers.
and freight. But we do not pro-
pose TO indulge in a dream that.
even II realized might not prove
q success. The practical difficulty
with the inner tube would be that
of having it firmly connected with
the outer steel skin, and at the
same time connecting the whole
fabric so that, when the ship rose
in the air, the skin would have the
necessary hexibility TO accommo-
date itself TO the varying pressure
and temperature of the air. Pas
sengers, freight and engines must,
therefore, be suspended from the
ship in much the same way as in
the present dirigible balloon. TAX
ing the engines and the metal of
which they are made Just as we
now have them, there is little
doubt that such a ship as | have
described could be driven at a
speed ranging from fifty to one
hundred miles an hour, and could
visit any part of the world not too
high above sea-level. including both
the poles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22
Principle OF Square and Cube.

Indeed he continues, zone w.,jch
can perhaps be well grasped b
any reader who has a common school
education. I shall call It the principle
OF the square and cube. There is no
need OF putting it into mathematical
form; this can be as well done bv an
illustration from the history OF shin
building during the last half century.
- hy any mstheuaa teal atafennent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

one side Of the mountain. while the
practical man. the man who does new
things On the experience OF PAST prob
lens solved. works from The other. If
They meet in the center OF tbs noun
tains the feat has been successfully
accomplished. Just now it would seem
that in aeronautics the wall between
the two is very thin and that before
many years the dreams Of the one and
the hopes of the other viii be realized
ia a common result
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22

= 49,
and feet ornlore I'm
length three four
hundred fest IA diane
ter. n1ss!st Of reIles. sheet
steel. onestNenkieth ar
One-thirtisth Of an inch siskand
inflated with hydrogen gas. 3 ship
larger than any navigating the
ocean-this is to be the actual
practical result OF the present ex-
periments now being made with
many forms of airships, says Prof.
Simon Newcomb. ons of the most
noted living American men OF
science.
This prediction is also remark
ably Endorsed by two other men
well known the world ever Tor
heir practical knowledge of aero
lautics. Capt Charles DeForest
Chandler. chief of the aeronautic
division, Signal Corps, Z. S. A.. and
Henri Juiliot. engineer for the IA
nous LeBaudy brothers, of France.
Both men bear out, as a result OF
their practical experience. the
purely theoretical conclusions
reached by Prof. Neweonb.
The rudderless and propeIor.
less balloon, the kite. the aero
plane and all other machines de-
signed TO navigate the air must
fail and give way to this leyiathan
of the clouds. Engineering and
construction problems alone re-
main to be solved to make a reality
Of this monster of the skies, says
the professor in an article entitled
THE Prospect of aerial navigation
in the current number of the North
American Review. He says in this
connection:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-22
Tbe same for BaIIoons.

THE same principle applies to the
dirigible balloon' he concludes, "or
any other form Of ship that Is to float
Ia the air. Doubls atz Linear dis1aa-