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Evening journal., 1908-10-20
BOWLING

Teams Of the Wilmington City League
rolled their one and two-man matches
last night with the following results:
SINGLES.
Booker, Warren $3.50. .... COG 10 isi-5a6
Pancoast. Academy ........ fi3 175 15j-478
TWQ-AAN.
WARREN.
Lawson 80. 80. ........,... lsi rs 1886
Huxley. ...... 49,. ...... 16i l6s 1851
Totals...... .... o. ...... s2s SIG v73 loi7l
ACADEMY.
Webster ...... .. .......... ls7 1ss 1915
Rolph ...... 49,. .......... 159 iS2 i57-49s
Totals ...... .......... 525 $40 52j 99l
SINGLES.
Mcfarland. Good Times. 19s 223 17a-sa5
NJ Tierney Franklin .... 17s 192 16O-52i
TWO-AIAN.
GOOD TIMES.
Drukker zee. ...... ........ III 1si 1890
Kirk ...... .................. 217 1S6 i59-5,2
Totals. .... .... ........ 39f $50 sos l052
FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
Neylan e. =. .... ............ 176 1G5 1874
W. Greenwell ........ ...... 160 l5l ...-3l1
j. Iierney .............. -. l6l-l61
Totals .... ........ ...... Sss s15 sA 996
SINGLES.
Pardee. Ali-wilmington q. 1872 1s5 17O-4o7
Goodwin, Peirce .............167 1Ss i6e-iss
TWO-MAN.
ALL L-WILAIINGTON
Corde ...... .................. 100 f9f 1854
Suyer 80. e. ................ 19S ia 1Si--5'5
Totals ...... SSS a6s $50 1li9
PIERCE
| 'ole 80. ....-........... 2l2 l5f le9--53
Green .... ................ 10 100 1i6-F5
Totals. ...... .. ...... soi S1i s25 1o5,
Evening journal., 1908-10-20
GIANTS WANT SERIES
WITH DETROIT TIGERS

NEW YORK. Oct. 2O-Ehorts arc
now under wav 10 bring the Detroit
Tigers. champions of the American
League. the same team that lost oul
In the worlds championship series to
the Chicago Cubs. aud the New York
Giants together in a three-game exh.-
bition series in this city on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday of this week.
While the negotiations for the playing
Of such a series are not vet completed.
it is said by those in the inner baseball
circle of Gotham that the manage
ment and PLAYERS of the Detroit team,
have announced their willingness to
participate in such trio Of perform.
ances
President John T. Bush, Of the New
York baseball club. is said to hav.
readily agreed to permit the free use
Of the Polo Grounds for the events. It
is planned to equally divide the gate
receipts among the players of the two
team.
Evening journal., 1908-10-20
TAFT, FACING TUMULT,
PREDICTS ELECTION

Ccontinued From First pagoy
Evening journal., 1908-10-20

stand Chief OF Police Black and his
siE force Of policemen. who did excel
lent duty were unable to stem the on
coming tide. Women shrielSed with
pain as they were caught i'm the human
maelstrom. Many of them were taken.
faint and sick. from the crowd and
passed TO safety by policemen and
others. Painting and pale, they We're
clal to escape. But they had seen
Taft Children who had been taSou
bv dotinr fathers TO see "Bill' were
caught IN the great, complex human
machine. That they We're not killed
IS miraculous.
Mr.. Taft Saved a Boy.
II was in the saving of a mite Of "a
boy that judge Taft figured The little
fellow had been perched On his fathers
shoulder The crowd pressed forward.
The lad was knocked down into the
human vortex. A strong mans arms
ErasDed him and lifted him from tie
treading feet Ii was directly IN frcnt
Of the stand on which Mr.. Taft stood.
Reaching far out. clapping his hands
20 attract attention. Mr.. Taft called:
Pass him up." The lad was handca
over 70 AIr. Taft. and tho big Pres,-
DENTAL candidate and man lifted The
Evening journal., 1908-10-20
FIND THIEVES DEN IN
FARMERS STRAW STACK

sEAFORD. Oct. 2O-The den OF the
robbers. who for the last several
months have been robbing stores in
small villages and freight cars all up
and down The Delaware Railroad. was
discovered in the straw stack OF Joseph
Dimes. a farmer. living near Bridge.
vile.
Mr.. Dimes was hauling straw from
the stack when he discovered "a hole
large enough for entry. and upon in.
vestigating found thir.y-sevcn pairs OF
shoes Of extensive quality and a 10;
of other goods.
Evening journal., 1908-10-20

arc Of him there is no doubt Just
like his picture" was &c murmur than
escaped thousands Of lips. Everybody
expected TO see a big man, and they
did, While Mr.. Taft is large physi-
callv. he is not out of proportion. He
rs built big from his head down. but
he is well proportionod. a fine speci.
man of physical manhood. 'Tis true
that he is not Of the Directoire type
but he imp.esse one as being wen.
mouldel instead of being fat and port
w. lie is solid too. ANA remarkably
agile for a man OF his weight. In one
respect does he differ from the cam
paign portraits. His hair is more
sparse than that portrayed I'm his pic.
lures. His front locks hav0 become
thinncd. and wisps Of hair that
wouldn't behave fell gracefully down
over his expansive forehead, and the
breeze that blew from the northward
daliied occasionally with the stray
locks. But he is an eXomplar OF
health. although some of the ruddy
glow that is his wont has faded from
his checks because of the stress of
campaigning.
Ills voice. too. told of the greet
strain he has undergone The rirors
Of constant speaking have irriiated his
throat and his voice was husky and
/ thick. ln this respect he differs from
William j. Brvan. tho endurance OF
whose voice dav in and day out is ,,-
markahle. Mr.. Tart was attired IN,
black sack suit. AMI wore "A mniish
green four-in-hand tie. a soft black
hat topned his attire.
Smile That Won't Fade.
one Of the greatest characteristics Of
Mr.. Tart is his eeniahty. lie has the
smile that won't como off Good
natured. nothing seems 10 irritate him
He had the glad hand fer all fortunate
enough 20 be near him. Many win
treasure his wholesome handshakc. Hs
had pleasant word for everybody
His countenanca beamed pleasure. I'll,
manner is winning. that Of the mag.
netic campaigner. in which respect n,
seems 10 approximate Mr. Bryan. II,
is type of iovial. unnettled vigoi
who secs something good in life
But TO saw something Of the meet.
ing II was 4s0 O'Clock when Mr.
Taft and Senators DUPONT and Rich
ardson got to their places on the stand
Inc oiner members OF the committe
made their wav up 20 the rostrum
moment later. Fearing that a capaciou
chair might not suffice. the committe
had provided big davenport for Nj
Taft and others who might choose Il
occarv Ct.
Amid the confusion Senator dupont
chairman Of tho meeting, stepped Il
the front and upheld his hand 70 tr,
TO get order. Across tho green cam
a stin northwest breeze. a stentorlai
voice could not reach the multitud
because Of the breeze.
Senator dupont Presided
Ladies and gentlemen" said sera
tor dupont" have tire honor 20 Pre-
sent to YOU tho next President Of IN
United States. William Howard Taft
Not manv hundred persons hea~,
Senator dupont but they renewed thei
cheers. for they knew that he had in
troduced Judge Taft Then Mr.. Tar
str.DDed Off his overcoat. took of III
hat and BEGAN. His flrst words in
dicated only too plainly that il woul.
be impossible for many 10 hear. Tn,
combating northwest wind, the con,
fusion. and the condition Of Judg.
Evening journal., 1908-10-20

ket street. thence to Tenth the party
rode escorted by a squad of mounted
police marshaned by Chief Black, who
did fine duty
The committee in charge Of the
meeting comprised City Treasurer
Howard d. Ross. chairman; Charles A.
Rudolph. Frank w. Pierson and Major
Edmund Mitchell. who is in charge Of
the local speakers bureau.
Evening journal., 1908-10-20
Soccer Team TO Meet.

A meeting win be held tonight by
tho Wilmington United Soccer Football
Club in the Bulls Head Hotel, when
team will be chosen TO play the Eddy
stone team at Riverview grounds on
Saturday
Evening journal., 1908-10-20
Earthquake at Manila.

MANILA. oct. 2O-Manila was slight
ly shaken today by three earthquakes
The first shock was fell at 1880 this
morning, the second at 140 and tho
third at $40. No damage has yet been
reported.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
SHORTEST TRIAL
ENDS IN GUILTY
Slayer Sentenced to Electric
Chair Three Hours After
Case Begins.

NEW YORK. Jan. 21-George Wilson
was tried, convicted, and sentenced to
death before Judge Jay Ten Eyck. in
the Essex county court, Newark, n. J.,
yesterday in one OF the shortest murder
trials ever known in that State. The
entire case was completed in three
hours. The jury returned q verdict of
guilty In Just fifteen minutes after leav-
ing the room. Wilson killed Frederick
HOMER in the Park Hotel, Orange. De
cember q.
The defense entered a plea that VIII
son had struck Homer with a furnace
shaker while attempting TO leave the
victims room. and that he had entered
the building with no other purpose than
TO seek warmth and shelter. and with
no intention 10 rob, the robbery being
an aftcrthOught. Wilson was his own
witness. taking the stand three times
during the three hours trial
The judge sentenced Wilson 10 death
by electricity at Trenton during the
week commencing March ?.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
BIG THIEF WHIPPED
BY SLENDER WOMAN
Knocks Down Intruder
With Iron and Sends HuS-
band for Police.

NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-Mrs. Hannah
Jaeger. five feet tail and slender, care
takeF of the unfinished fat house at
20 South Ninth street, williamsburg,
proved her pluck, when. armed with a
sash weight, she fought a six-foot burg
lar armed with a heavy wrench and
pinned him 10 the floor.
The burglar said he was Samuel
Harris. refusing 10 give further informa-
ton, because, he said, he would dis
grace a respectable family. He was
exceptionally well-drC ssed and wore a
valuable watch.
Mrs. Jaeger's husband is I'll and bare
~ able 20 get around. Taking a lantern
last night she went With her husband
to the fifth floor 10 liglt L drying stove
in room where the plaster was damp.
As she entered she saw that some one
had pried the brass taps from the sink.
| Then man sprang from behind the
door and tried to knoc the light from
her hand. She received a blow in the
face from his wrench. Her husband was
/ too weak TO help her, so Mrs. Jaeger
| went II alone. She seized the sash
weight. which lay on the floor
call the pOllce' she cried 70 her
husband, as she went at the burglar
J Jaeger went as fast as his strength
would premlt him and found Policeman
Mccarthy block away.
Hurry, or my wife will be killed, "
cried the husband
! They arrived in the room 10 find Mrs
[ Jaeger sitting on the burglar humping
him with the iron weight. lie was cry
/ ing for help.
NO danger Of your wife being killed. '
/ said Mccarthy. as he carried the bur
/ slar< on to the police station.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
CAMP IS REELECTED
BY REPUBLICAN CLUBS

The annual election Of officers OF the
League Of Republican State Clubs OF
the District of Columbia took place last
night in the rooms Of the Pennsylvania
Club. Fifteenth and X streets north
west. Henry NJ. Camp was reelected
president, William L Symons, vice
president; Gus A Schuldt, secretary,
and Milo Snanlzs, treasurer.
z. c. Snyder, Washington correspond
ent Of the Omaha Bee. was elected a
member Of the executive committee TO
represent the State Of Nebraska
President Camp and Secretary Schuldt
took a late train last night for New
York city. where the executive com
nittee OF the National Republican
League is in session today.
It will be decided at the New York
meeting todav at what time and place
the next meeting of the National Re
publican League is TO be held. 1t is
also proposed to discuss ways and
means of organizing additional State
leagues for service during the coming
Presidential campaign.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
II You Are In Good
Form, Stay That Way
Men, and Especially Women, Who
Are Plump Are Most Liable
To Get Too Fat,

Many women. taking p.rds in getting
plump ana just a little 0Ver-nOrmal in
weight. little suspect that they are cuI-
uvatiug what is bound 20 result in a
serious overload OF fat They are teas
ing Il On, and Il Will surely come. 70 rob
me victim Of her cherished beauty
grace, and form.
There never vas a beautiful Fat vvom-
an, nor q handsome fat man. Beauty is
seen only IN normal people and often
( even in those who are really lean
one OF the most wonderful things that
EengO does IS 70 reduce the weight 20
perfectly normal, where the patient IS
/ neither too fat. nor too lean.
This means that it does not take of so
much flesh that 81 makes you look rag
ged.' but il takes just enough OF TO
make YOU appear in perfect form. The
flesh VIII be evenly distributed all over
the body and you viii weigh just exact
/ ly what you should naturally weigh.
one Of the surest ways 10 keep from
getting tat is 20 take a little "RengO"
every few days. Don't fear that 90 Will
drag CT too much flesh, because Il will
not reduce you below normal On the
! other hand. RengO Is a health builder
and 10 has been known 20 positively put
I flesh on very thin people and build them
up 10 perfect weight and form. This
shows what a powerful regulator &C IS.
maker.
There is nothing "just as good as
Rengo. For sale by a.. druggists at Si9o
per full sized box. or by mail preDaid.
l By The ReHg0 Co. 1923 Reng0 Bldg,
Detroit, Mich. The company viii glau.v
send you trial package free by mail,
II you write them direct to Detroit
no free packages at drug stores.
For sale and recommended in Wash
ington by H Evans, go + street north
west. AIhecks Drug Store, 1923 Pennsyl-
vania 4Fenue northwest People S Drug
Store. 81 Seventh street.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
WASHINGTON MAN
KILLED BY FALL
Edward Noyes, Painter,
Meets Death in Chat
tanooga Hotel.

James A. Noyes. Of 404 South Capitol
street. has received a dispatch from the
chief OF police of Chattanooga, Tenn.
that Edward J. Noyes was killed by a
fall at the Patten Hotel yesterday. Mr..
Noyes telegraphed instructions TO send
tbs body to Washington at once for
burial
The bereaved' father was without de-
tails as 10 how the tragedy occurred
H said his son was twenty-five years
ole and left Washington three weeks
ago to accept a position Of painter and
decorator on the hotel now under con-
struction. The young man expected TO
remain IN Chattanooga three or four
months.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Clasps FoHo4U
French Dancing
In Fish Home

NEW YORK. Jan. 22-FOlloWing
Ere derrick Townsend Martins reception
with Mrs. Gould IN Mrs. Van Vech-
tens Divorce Dance at the Hotel
Plaza yesterday. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
gave a dinner 10 forty guests a. her
residence, . East Seventy-eignth
street, last night, and introduced a pair
of new and very French dancers-Rose
and Jeanette.
These dancers. with Armand Kalisz, a
singer, furnished the entertainment Of
the evening. No stage was constructed.
the dancers appearing on the polished
floor Of the ballroom. The three dances
given are said 20 have been somewhat
startling to New Workers, although
they would not have been considered at
all out OF the ordinary in Paris
Tho second dance especially is said 10
have elected a few little gasps from
some Of the women present. as did the
costume OF one Of the dancers in the
thirG.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Consult Only a Physician
If You Feel This Coming
Noted Authority Tells Danger of Neg
Iecting Your Kidneys at This Time of
Year, Also Gives Homemade Mix
ture Which Does Lots of Good.

which have been treated with this
treatment only one very Complicated
case failed 70 fully yield to its remark
able influence. It is the most harm
less treatment I o. ave ever found 70
clean the system OF rheumatic poisons
remove irritation 81 the bladder and re
lIeve urinary difficulties of the old peO-
/ pie. II is a true vitalizing tonic TO the
entire kidney and urinary structure, re
invigOrating the entire system"
What ne terms "old vegetable treat
ment" consists Of the following simple
prescription. the ingredients which can
be obtained from any good pharmacy
a. small cost: Compound kargon, one
ounce: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce. Compound Syrup Sarsap-
arilla, three ounces. Shake well In a
bottle and take IN teaspOonfuI doses
latter each meal and upon going TO bed.
also drink plenty of water.
This prescription, though simple. is
always effective in the diseases and
Affections of the kidneys and bladder,
This is published for the Kargon Elk
/ tracing Co.. Cincinnati. Ohio.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22

The great majority Of men and WON
en- at the age Of 20 years begin TO feel
the first signs Of advancing age IN
some form Of kidney trouble and blad-
der weakness. Few are entirely free
from that torturous disease, rheuma-
tism. which is not a disease in ITSELF
but a symptom Of deranged function
Ct the kidneys which have become
cIogged and sluggish, failing in their
duty Of sitting and straining the poison
Gus waste matter, uric acid, etc, from
the blood, permitting it to remain and
dccompcse, settling about the joints and
muscles, causing intense pain and SUI
fcring.
The bladder. however. causes the Old
folks the most annoyance, especially at
night and early morning.
A noted authority in a recent article
stated that he has wonderful success
with the old-time vegetable treat
ment" He states: "Of sixteen cases
Of bladder troubles and rheumatism
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Hughes Candidacy
Causes No Alarm
In the Taft Camp

If the Hughes announcement created
any excitement at the White House,
Il was not apparent about the Executive
Office. Neither the President nor Sec
rotary Loeb made any comment upon
the matter. and the visitors who called
were unanimous in declaring that the
news from New York did not affect the
Presidents usual good nature Secre-
tary Taft, the man most concerned over
the subject spent more than an hour
with the President presumably discuss
ing the various phases of the case
When he left the Presidents office his
ringing laugh and jOval expression Of
countenance gave the lie to any sus-
piciOn that he was either cast down or
disconnected at the prospect Of a real
Eight in New York State.
What co you think of the Hughes
announcement, Mr.. Secretary the War
Minister was asked.
The Secretary laughed heartily, looked
slp ait the sunny sky, and replied;
Its a mighty fine day" Then he
added after a moment:
Isn't It funny that often your opinion
and mine differ as to the value of a
news item? Now don't see any news
in what YOU are asking me about I'll
talk all you want about the subject OF
.retiTCments from the army. but politics
I can't discuss"
New York Representatives who called
at the White House we're as a rule eau
flous about expressing their opinions
on the case Representatives Bennett
and Fassett, who emerged from the
inner office together held different
views
Il doa't believe the Hughes statement
viii cut any ice with the New York
county committee" said Bennett, "Or
will have any effect at all upon its ac-
ton at the next meeting. It of course
clarifies the situation to a certain ex-
tent by answering our first question. is
he a candidate. He is. We are glad
10 learn that fact for certain. But as
for its having any bearing on the pOlit-
zeal situation in general, I can't see for
the life of me that il will
THE governor is carrying out the
program that I said he would in all
likelihood adopt" said Mr.. Fassett.
HE has broken the crust of his silence
and on the 31st inst. will shatter 1t fur
Their by making his position clear to
the world 1 have said, and still say.
that If the governor comes out with a
statement announcing his candidacy
and declares himself upon a ReDubli-
can platform, that he ought 10 have the
support OF New York state. He seems
TO be preparing to follow that pro
gram
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
THERE'S THE RUB.

Two may be able TO live as cheaply
as one"
Weir"
but they can't Grsss. OF pay doctors'
bills. or go 10 the theater on that basis
EYchanRe.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Mrs. Gould. SoCietU Star,
Wins Storm of Applause
From Elite of New York

less and happy age into a hairless and
catty stage" he would still endeaYor
to do his best as a host and society man:
The note was signed, Your devoted
Freddy" and pleased the throng more
than any incident regularly in the manu-
script.
Then Mrs. Gould found this postscript
to the note: DONE drop this in the
Plaza"
You may be sure I won't, Freddy, a."
Mrs Gould said. you and the waste
paper basket are almost related"
kyrle Bellew, as Mr.. Van Vechten.
was professionally At home. Miss Ethel
Barrymore and Miss Margaret Ellington
were not quite lost In the society crush,
and led the applause for him. Mines
Eames and Sembrich were among the
opera stars who saw the play.
Pretty Fair Party.
Mrs. Elinor Glyn held a little reception
Of her own in one Of the reception
rooms. and there was no evidence Of a
Pilgrim Mothers chill. She was
thoroughly In her element, and laughed
gayly over the trials and POPULATIONS
which her Three Weeks" have brought
her.
Miss Barrymore, too. held a court OF
no small Dimensions. after she had
showered congratulations up on Mrs.
Gould. Mrs. Gould. by way OF modesty.
made an attempt 10 escape all COngrat-
ulatiOns. She was captured by friends
as she was trying to escape 10 her
apartment In another part OF the hotel
Mr.. Martins tea was pronounced
unique In the social history Of New
York. Never before has a bachelor been
able to get out such a crowd
Pretty fair party for a single man,
he confessed. mOdestly. as the last O.
the guests hurried away to keep din
ner engagements
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
Ghosts WERE SQUIRRELS.

VINELAND, y. J.. Jan. pa haunted
house mystery was explained when
Harry Wilson. the retired actor. caught
two flying squirrels in the attic. How
the squirrels gained an entrance can
not be explained but the Wilson fam
lily knows that sleep has been almost
impossible for a week.
The squirrels are of grayish color In
stead OF reddish and are considered a
great find Recorder Browne has adopt
ed the pair at City Han.
The Washington times., 1908-01-22
CANNON GAINS ADVOCATE
IN WORCESTER NEWSPAPER

WORCESTER. Mass. Jan 22-The
Telegram. the leading Republican paper
between Boston and Springfield, edi-
toriaIly today declares for Speaker Jo-
seph G. Cannon. The editorial con-
Guides:
ANY politician who tells you he thinks
'unpledged delegates should be sent TO
the Republican national convention is a
masked Taft man. who does not dare
tell where he stands"