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Evening journal., 1909-08-12
Social and
Personal

Miss Leona Arrants of No. 1928 Ian
caster avenue. is spending few days
at tho home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Little,
at Newark. Del.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Hoodock have
returned from weeks vacation at
Atlantic City.
Miss Barbara McElwee is spending
two weeks vacation with relatives
at WILKES Barre. Pa.
Mrs. Harry w. Chairs and Miss Elvn
McElwce are visiting Mrs. Andrew M.
Morrison. of Harrisburg.
Miss May lSearney. Of No. SO Rock
ford Road, is visiting her aunt and
uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Watmough,
sr. Of Ridgewood, n. J.
Miss Leyde Donaldson is spending her
vacation at the home of Miss Nellie
Mccoy. at Roselle.
Miss Mabello Todd and Master Clin-
ton are spending the month Of Auguot
on their uncle and aunt's farm at
Carrcroft.
Miss Edna Carpenter has returned
home after spending some time al the
home of her cousin at Marshailton.
Miss Margaret Hyland is spending some
time with Miss Beulah Hodgson, OF Town.
send.
Mrs. Walter Thompson and daughter
are visiting Mrs, and Or. Miller Of ken-
net Square.
Mrs W. T. Crouch and daughter LII
/ liam are the guests Of Mrs. Nelson Wiley
OF Kennott Square
Mrs. Harry DcHaven, OF Conshohocken,
IS spending some time with friends in
/ this city and Chester.
Miss Ethel Irving Of Chester, is spending
some time with local friends.
Mrs Banner c. Nethery and daughter
Helen. Of Chester. arc the guests Of VIII
mlngton friends.
Miss Mary Desmond Of Chester, Is
/ spending a week with her cousin in this
city.
Miss Marian rruit Of Marcis Hook,
who recently completed commercial
course here. has accepted position with
frm Ia this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Grlfcnherg spent
Sunday with friends at Chester.
Miss Mae Best returned home on Tues.
day after a tcn-days stay at Chester
Heights
Mrs II. Il. Elliott Of Laurel Is visiting
her daughter in this city.
Mics Emma Harris Of Georgetown. hal
been spending a week with Mrs. Annie
Orr Of this city
Mrs. Mary Salmons and granddaughtoi
Clara Salmons, OF Georgetown. are spend
ing few weeks with relatives IN thii
city.
Mrs, T.. William Ryon has returne,
from visit 10 Georgetown and is enter
tanning her sister, Miss Claramond Belts
n. r. Jacobs has returned to Coates
vile after a visit to this city
Miss Sarah Newiin is visiting Mr. AM
Mrs. sehrack Beckel OF Coatesville.
, r g. Rank OF Coatesville. has been Wis
iting friends here this week
Miss Marguerite Logan Is spending he
, vacation at ST, Georges.
Harry Palmer is spending her vacation
at Betterton, Md.
Mrs y. G. Preston Is visiting Mr.. an
, Mrs Lewis Hyde at their summer hcm
az Wildwood, n. j.
Miss Evelyn Hahn Is spending her vaca
tion at Delaware Water Gap.
Mrs, John Everson Of Red Lon.
visiting relatives in stanton and thi
4 vicinity.
J. NJ. Abbott and Esther Noll were en-
tertained this week by MIR. and Mrs. J. I
Rash Of Pcarsons.
Charles b. Prettyman is spending a fe'
days with friends at Dover.
Mr and Mrs. Wilbur Prettyman an
son Leroy, are the guests Of their siste
Mrs. Wilmer Carrow. Of Dover.
Miss Mabel L. Walker and william Nis
on have been visiting friends in Barnslo,
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
MAY BE CONTINUED AS
TRADE BOARD SECRETARY

Clerk Of Council George II. McGov-
ern. who is also secretary Of the Will
mington Board of Trade. will resign
the latter position, and will tender his
resignation TO the directors at thair
meeting this week. Mr.. McGovern has
proved an able secretary. working
hard in the interests Of the board
He has done much since being In that
capacity TO further the interests ni
Nviimington's commercial life. There
ssome talk of him being continued
as secretary of the board IL he finds
he can attend TO that position as well
as the duties Of clerk Of Council. q
is pointed out that in the latter posi-
tion he can work hand-in-hand with
the boards booming Of Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
ARTILLERYMAN
KILLS HIMSELF

just as the assembly call for retreat was
being blown Sergeant Max Block OF the
Fourth Company of Coast Artillery at
Fort DUPONT shot and killed himself in
his tent last evening.
His comrades had responded to the call
for parade, when a shot was heard and
Block was found dead in his tent. He was
thirty-four years old. and came from Wis
consin. He was on his third enlistment
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
Birthday Party.

Miss Elizabeth Little was given a sur
prise party on Monday evening. az her
home, near Newark. She received a gold
watch and pin from her parents. Must
cal selections were given by Miss Lora
II. Little. The following guests were
present: Misses Elizabeth L tile. Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Whitcman. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Kpotts. Miss sallie Little.
Edward Worai. Edna Worran. Anna
Ray Whiteman and Franklin Knotts
Villa Lamborn. Warren Lamborn. Har-
old Little. David Eastburn. Lewis Pen
mock, Ernest Crossan. Clarence Collins.
Grover Whiteman, Frank Comfy. Edwin
Guthrie, Olive Eastburn. Irwin white
man. Raymond Lewis. George Dempsey.
Orville Little and Lewis Lee. Mr. and
Mrs. william Little. Herman Little. Clar-
ence Little. Mr.. and Mrs James II. Lit
tie. Mrs. Emma Worral. Lora IT. Little,
Mabel Worrall Louisa Harkness, Edna
Springer, Alma Little Bculah Eastburn,
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
SHACKLETON WILL
LECTURE In AMERICA

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
LONDON. Aug. 12.-Lieutenant Ed
ward II. Shackleton, who came within
one hundred miles of the South Pole,
said today that he would engage in an
American lecture tour regardless Of the
action of the British government in
the matter of reimbursing him for his
expenditures in therecent Antartic ex-
pedition.
The American lecture tour was ar
ragned 10 help Shackleton repay the
$4,000 deficit that still remains follow
ing the trip, the total expenses Of which
were more than 100000. It is prob
able that the government will make
good THE dcfeit but the lecture plans
have progressed too far, Shackleton
says TO be Abandoned.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
Pepper Family Reunion.

GEORGETOWN. Del. Aug. 12.-Thir-
ty-eight children and grandchildren
gathered at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles I. Pepper near here yes
terday in the annual family reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Pepper, who are about
so years old, married early in life and
were blessed with many children. Al
though some Of the children have gone
to many states, almost all managed TO
get home to the reunion.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
SUBPOENA SQUAD TO
GET THEIRS TONIGHT

According to James II. Kane chairman
Of the finance committee Of Council, the
subpoena squad. OF which j. Edward Nc
Nabb was the chief marshal will be paid
at to-nlght's meeting Of Council. How
much the subpoena servers will receive is
not known. Some OF the squad already
have been rewarded, for Thurston NJ.
Lowe has been elected clerk Of the mar
ket Frank J. Quinn, oil inspector. and
J. J. Riley. bailin of Council J. Edward
McNabb has not been given job under
the new dispcnsatlon. however.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
SURVEYING FOR
THE NEW CANAL

MIDDLETOWN. Del, Aug. 12.-Rob-
ert NJ. Carswell. S. r. Carswell. c. A.
.Bonine, J. c. Arthur and T. ]. McCan-
rey federal engineers, are making a
survey of this section Of the state for
the new canal which is to be built
from the Chesapeake 10 the Delaware
as link in the proposed new inland
waterway
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
DEATHS

LEA 6S
Rachael a. Singles.
Mary E. Quinn.
Samuel c. Molntire.
J. Walter Young.
Eleanor Mccall.
J. Frederick currinder.
Samuel c. Mclntire.
Adam ziekgraft.
HICKGRAF.-In this city, on August
llth, 1909. Adam zlckgraf aged 20
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited 10 attend the funeral from his
late residence, No. 1926 East Thirteenth
1909. Mass at Sacred Heart Church at
o'clock. lnterment at Cathedral Gem
ToUNG-In this city, on August 10. 1909,
y. Walter Young, in his 3ist year.
Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral services at
residence Of his brother-in-law. r. l..
Plumiey, No. 2007 Jefferson street, on
Friday morning. August 18th. at II
O'Clock. lnterment at Mt. Moriah Gene
terry, Philadelphia Pa.
McCAII-In this CITY, on August II, 1900,
Eleanor, widow Of the late, George W.
Mccall. aged 63 years.
Relatives and friends are invited TO
attend the funeral services at the resi-
dence OF her son-in-law, John w.
Walker No. 406 North Franklin street,
Friday afternoon. August. 18th, at
o'clock Interment at Wilmington ana
Brandywine Cemetery.
CURRINDER-On August 10TH, at New
ark, DEL J. Frederick. son or r. Ogle
and Anna Currinder, aged months.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral service. Thursday,
August Eth, at 10 o'clock. from the resi-
dence Of her parents. Newark. Del. In-
terment at White Ciak Creek Cemetery.
McINTIRE-In this city, on August ?,
1909, Samuel c. McIntire; aged 80 years.
Relatives. friends, members OF Oriental
Lodge No, p. A. r. and A. NJ. ST. Johns
Chapter. r. A. NJ. ST. Johns Com
manderv No /. knights Tcmplar. Deis-
ware cionclave No. 430. Heptasophs and
empioves OF Pusey and Jones Co, are In
vifed 10 attend the funeral services at
street Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Interment private
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
NEW RABBI CALLED TO
TEMPLE OF TRUTH

The Rev. NJ. ]. Abels. NJ, A. Phi. D.,
has been called to the pulpit Of the
Temple Of Truth. This young rabbi
took his degree at Columbia College
and the eJwish Seminary at New York.
He viii llecture on Friday evening at
7.s0 o'clock and will commence his pas
toratc in about a month.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
PhiladeInhians Wedded.

Theodore H. Dufell and Clara J.
Litchendorf. both Of Philadelphia, were
married yesterday afternoon by the
Rev. Zach II. Webster. at Asbury par
sonage. They were accompanied by
George W. Litchendorf, brother Of the
bride
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
spraque- Kelley.

Lillian G. Kelley and Homer H.
Sprague were married yesterday af-
ternoon at ST. Paul's r. G. Church by
the Rov. Father Comiskey assisted
by the Rov. Frank J. Connolly. The
couple were attended by Margaret
Lynch and Joseph Mullin. After a trip
North. Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague will live
at No. 1906 Gilpln avenue.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
p VISITING in Maine.

Walter J. Hartlove and II. p. Chad
wick who are away on vacation trip
are having an enjoyable time making
a trip TO Portland, Me-, The return
trip will be by steamship from Port
land TO New York
Evening journal., 1909-08-12

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
XITANTED-sTEASf bRfff.ER FOR
" Seargent drill. One who understands
Write or call W. NJ. FRANK, No 9
East Ihlrteenth street augl2-3t
ETANTED-ABOUT $4,000 TO LOAN
w on FIRST mortgages at 5 and 6 per
cent. G. r. PARK & CO.. 2lS West
Tenth street. augl2-if
XKTANTED-TO BUY A MILK ROUTE.
w Address $40 Journal ONCE.
aug12-tf.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12

We had it
By
Of and
to
Cut Glass Rogers 1S47 Tableware China and SverWare
the high Of always only
gadego w a ow
Rogers Spoons regular price O per half dOzen s6O
Tea Sets regular price for pieces $500. $1,000
Your a this
Evening journal., 1909-08-12

Mamie Mccormick. Alice Sanders, Laura
Holton. Bessie Moore, Frances White
man. Ethel KurtA Edith McClary and
Bessie Jones.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12

William J. Murine. Sr.. and William
J. Murine. Jr.. will leave on August
II for ten days tript to Newpor
News. Va, and other points OF inter-
est.
Evening journal., 1909-08-12
cHINNI I'd Undertaker
GuANDLLN g Embalmer
20 az M. NInth straat

No. zI4 W. Ninth Street
Careful attention day or niRnu
FRodies IN Boarding Houses, Hotsis
and Hospitals removed and cared for
unt1 claimed. Carriages furnished
Appointments nrst-ciass. Both raoneu,
Evening journal., 1909-08-12

Try our fruit sundaes at Hopkins and
Banton
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
A King,s DRESS Goat.

At ball recently given by the
King at Stockholm Castle the women
appeared with powdered hair and the
men in colored dress coats. The "un.
heard-of gorgeousness, as certain.
Swedes call it, of the display has
called forth protest from the Sven
ska Morgenbald. The wearing of
colored dress coats, says the Journa.,
has made most unpleasant impress
sion upon the less well-to-do classes.
Dress coats, If worn at all, should at
least be black. Celored dress coats,
it declares, are the invention of the
Evil One. Both leaders of Parlia
ment, too, the journal adds, are much
disturbed by the Kings DOMINIC SO
gorgeous a garment, and questions to
ministers on the subject are expect
ed.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
CHESTER S. JORDAN GUILTY.
Convicted of Murder in First De-
gree in Killing His Wife.
The Woman's Dismembered Body
Was Found in Trunk the Hus-
band Took to Lodging House.

Cambridge, Mass. Chester s. Jor-
dan was found guilty in the first de-
gree on charge of numbering his
wife by jury in the Middlesex
County Superior Court.
The jury deliberated more than
nineteen hours. Mrs. Jordan was
murdered on September last, and
Jordan had been on trial since April
20.
At Jordans side was his father,
and near by were his sisters, one of
whom is Mrs. Jessie L. Livermore, of
New York City, and other relatives
bravely trying to keep back tears.
They might have succeeded had not
several women spectators began to
sob, and the effect of this was to turn
the room for the moment into place
of woe Then the lawyers began
busting about and Jordan stepped
back and resumed his chair. He bit
his lips and folded his arms tightly
as he sat down.
After a whispered word with the
young man Mr.. Pratt, of counsel for
the defense, advised the court that
he desired thirty days in which to file
exceptions. The request was granted
and court adjourned. Jordan was
led back to jail.
The defense saved twenty-seven
exceptions during the trial, and these,
it was stated, will be pressed, If nee
essary, to the Supreme Court, in
Washington, D. G.
The penalty for first degree MUIR
der in this State is death in the cleo
trio chair.
Jordan was charged with having
killed his wife in a quarrel in their
home in Somerville. The woman's
dismembered body was found in
trunk, which Jordan had taken to a
Boston lodging house. The suspi-
cions of cab driver that the trunk
had been stolen led to the discovery
of its contents.
The defense was "epileptic insan-
ity,' and the testimony of medical
experts was one of the features of
the trial.
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purchase the customer received nine
and one-eighth cents worth, instead
of the twelve cents worth for which
he paid. Superintendent Reichmann
continues as follows:
''AiI kinds of tricks are used by
dishonest merchants. Those mer-
chants who are not dishonest inten-
tionally may have faulty scales or i'm
perfect measures of which they know
nothing because they are not tested.
The longer set of scales is used the
worse it becomes-for the customer
unless it Is tested and repaired. But
the average merchant never will ask
for a test if he has to pay fees for
that test, unless his customers COM
plain of him. Now, in some towns
there is the fee system; in others the
municipal sealer of weights and meas
ures has salary and collects fees
which go into the city treasury; in,
others, again, there is a straight sal
airy basis, and no charge is made for
tests. In some cities there is rigid
inspection; in others absolutely none.
Bad Conditions in Syracuse.
1--WE went to Syracuse time ago
and found horrible conditions pre-
partment of weights and measures,
with a salaried head, who said he
never had done anything much, be-
cause his predecessors never had done
anything but draw their salaries.
Things were stirred up; this superin-
tendent was made to see the error of
his ways, a couple of deputies were
added to his staff. Now that same
i- ~
best men in the State. He tells me
eight hours, but that he wants to
work overtime in getting after viola
tors of the law and does it. I went
to Yonkers some time ago, and there
was hardly a straight weight or pro-
per measure in the town Now they
have a good inspection there, and the
/ merchants are running pretty much
on the level.
but it's so easy to beat the game.
How many customers know the differ
ence between dry and liquid meas
ure? Yet if a grocer sells quart of
lima beans, say, in liquid quart
measure, he's stealing about fifteen
per cent. It's very easy for him to
undersell competitors a cent or two
quart on that basis, and thus he
drives them out of business or into
his own habits. A butcher, say,
keeps several sheets of paper on his
scales. The paper weighs, perhaps,
an ounce or an ounce and half. 1t
doesn't make much difference on a
ten-pound roast, but on a half pound
or pound of meat for the POOR woman
it tells heavily. And spring scales
there are as many ways to manipu-
late them as there are makes of
scales.
"All our neighboring States have
good laws Canada, on our northern
border, has probably the most rigid
law in the world. If an inspector
stops a wagonload of bread and in
the load finds one loaf short weight
he confiscates the whole load, gives 1t
| to some charitable institution and
prosecutes the baker. Massachusetts
has probably the best weights and
measures system in the United States;
| Rhode Island has an excellent sys-
tenn Connecticut now has bill un-
der consideration which seems likely
to pass; New Jersey has good sys~
TEN; Pennsylvania and Ohio, too"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11

front, yet which is little more
dressy than the plain shirt waist.
This model can be made in either
way, and is adapted to all lingerie
materials, both those that are used
for the entire gown and those that
are suited to the odd waist. In the
Illustration Persian lawn is embroid-
cred by hand, but handkerchief linen
is a great favorite and marquisette
and chiffon lawns are popular and
dainty in the extreme, while the en-
broidered muslins and fancy mate
rails are numberless. The blouse in
cludes the new one-piece sleeves,
which are so cut as to insure the
prettiest possible lines for the tucks
and the embroidery, and it is alto
gether an exceptionally attractive one.
The waist can be made with front
and backs and closed at the centre
back, as in this instance, or with the
back cut in one and two fronts as
preferred. When made in this latter
way the front edges are finished, one
with box pleat, one with an under
lap, and the closing can be made with
buttons and buttonholes at the centre
of the pleat or invisibly by means OF
buttonholes in fly as preferred.
The tucks are just wide enough to
mean becoming fulness, and the
sleeves fit the arms exceptionally we'll.
If shorter length is desired they can
be cut off at the upper edge Of the
first group of tucks above each wrist.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and a
half yards twenty-one or twenty
four, three and half yards thirty
two or two and a quarter yards forty
four inches wide.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
NOT DRUGS
Food Did 1t.

After using laxative and cathartio
medicines from childhood a case OF
chronic and apparently incurable con-
stipation yielded to the scientific food,
Grape-Nuts, in few days.
From early childhood l suffered
with such terrible constipation that
had to use laxatives continuously, GO
ing from one drug to another and suf-
fering more or less all the time.
A prominent physician whom I
consulted told me the muscles OF the
digestive organs were partially par
alyzed and could not perform their
work without help Of some kind. so
have tried at different times about
every laxative and cathartic known.
but found no help that was at all per-
manent. / had finally become dis
couraged and had given my case up
as hopeless when /. began to use the
pre-digested food, Grape-Nuts.
Although had not expected this
food to help my trouble, to my great
surprise Grape-Nuts digested immedi-
ately from the first, and in few DAYS
was convinced that this was Just
what my system needed,
"The bowels performed their func-
lions regularly and am now com
pietely and permanently cured of this
awful trouble.
Truly the power of scientific food
must be unlimited. There's Rea-
son.
Read THE Road to Wellville," in
pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A
new ono appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and fun Of
human interest.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
NeMsy GIeanings.

China has protested to Japan in
an imperial statement issued at Seoul
upon the interference of the Korean
Government in the Chen Tao bound
airy dispute
Stanleigh Megargee, of Troop I, u.
s. A., charged that graft and ganab-
ling were open and rampant on trans
ports plying between San Francisco
and Manila.
The Shah of Persia prolonged the
nrmistice at Tabriz to permit the en-
trance of supplies into the city. His
action is ascribed to fear OF Russian
intervention.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
New Occupation For Women.

In Melbourne, Australia, there is a
woman, the wife Of a man doing six
years, who makes business of ball
ing out accused persons. She has a
savings bank account in credit up to
$1,000, and when bail is wanted in
hurry she deposits the passbook as
security According to the police,
her transactions amount to five or
six weekly. and they cheerfully ac-
cept her bail, though they know
all about her habits, customs and
friends.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
A Monumental Jester.

A young Canadian humorist who
went over to England, hoping to find
London editors in receptive mood,
forwarded contribution to Punch
with this note:
Dear Sir arrived in London
this morning and paid visit to West
minister Abbey this afternoon.
found this call depressing, for man
naturally shrinks from inspecting the
spot where he is to be buried st.
Louis Mirror
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
Iowa College Puts Girl

Des Moines, Iowa.-Miss Josephine
Armstrong has just been placed on
the Still College baseball team to play
centre field. She Is pretty, seven
teen, an expert tennis and golf play
er and can throw the ball farther
than any man on the team. She will
play in all scheduled games against
the crack teams. She also has bat
ting average of .2S9.
Miss Armstrong wears natty
bloomer suit and looks not unlike any
of the other college players.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
MARYLAND VILLAGE BURNED.
Historic Benedict Practically Wiped
Out by Flames.

Baltimore, Md - News reached
here that fire wiped out the historic
village of Benedict, on the Patuxent
River. The flames started from an
oil stove in store owned by A. M.
Bowling, and destroyed the Method
list Church, the hotel, Johnson's
store, and every other building in the
village except four houses on the
shore of the river and one other, the
residence of Thomas Shorter. No es-
innate of the damage has been re-
ceived.
1t is said to have been the inten-
ton of Lord Baltimore to locate on
the site of Benedict what is now the
city of Baltimore. The place has for
some seasons past been summer re-
sort popular with residents of Balti-
more and Washington, D. G.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
Prominent People.

Ex-President Castro spoke bitterly
at Paris of the American Govern.
ment's attitude toward him.
At Paris, Captain William S. Guig.
nard, the American Military Attache,
will be succeeded by Major 7. Bent
ley Mott.
Richard Croker said he was more
interested in his entries for the Derby
than in New York City Mayoralty
candidates.
Heinrich Conried, former manager
of the Metropolitan Opera House in
Nsw York City. died at Meran. AUS
trian TyroI.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-05-11
Signs of Prosperity.

Building activity is one Of the best
signs Of commercial prosperity. Real
estate is not very salable in bad
times, and when incomes are reduced
people put off marriage or give up
housekeeping and board. When
building operations expand it is pref
ty evident that people are getting
married and hiring houses and COM
ing to town instead Of going away.
1t shows that incomes are larger and
steadier. In fifty cities the amount
of building is twice as great as it
was last year.