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Evening journal., 1910-08-11
CEMETERY SITES
FOR PARKPURPOSES
Board Hears Suggestion That
Lands be Purchased, but
Action is Deferred
$4,000 KIDDIES DIP
In CITY BATHING POOLS

Al the monthly meeting of the Board
of Park Commissioners yesterday aft
ernoon, the suggestion of the Board
Of Health that the park board pur-
chase the colored cemeteries on Sec
ond street, west of Union street. was
considered, informally. but no action
was decided upon. Condemnation pro-
ceedings may be taken, if it is deemed
advisable to acquire the ground as
park land
IL was decided not to remove the
old church. now used as a storehouse,
on the right of way of the B. & o.
Railroad. but to demolish it and to
construct a small storehouse with ma
terial along Wawaset avenue.
Upon recommendation of the eXecu-
tive board the board decided TO have
six incandescent lights installed on
the road on the north side Of Brandy
wine Park, west OF Van Buren, street.
An invitation to attend the con-
vention OF the League Of American
Municipalities at St. Paul. Minn.. was
acknowledged. None of the members
expect to go.
Park Superintendent Mack reported
bath house attendances as follows:
June-Brandywine, 5,3O3; Delamore,
5183; KirkwoOd, 1858.
uly-Brandywine, 7,402; Delamore,
9,123; Kirkwood, 1865.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
TAFT SPENDS
QUIET DAY
Plays Golf and Considers
Routine Business
Matters

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. 11.-Follow-
ing the program inaugurated this
week, President Taft is to have to-day
for the transaction of routine business
and the consideration of such personal
and political matters as may be brought
to his attention by Secretary Charles
ID. Norton.
This morning President Taft played
golf with his military aid, Captain
Archibald w. Butt.
Postmaster General Frank II. Hitch
cock is coming to Beverly tomorrow
with Secretary of the Treasury Frank
lin MacVeagh and will attend the first
meeting of the postal savings board
trustees. Secretary MacVeagh has
been in Dublin, n H., and this will
be his first visit to Beverly this sum
mer.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth,
of Cincinnati, who is visiting the Bryce
]. Allen estate at Beverly Cove, is to
play golf with the President to-mor-
row, and he will be received after
luncheon with a number of prominent
Tennesseeans who are coming to de-
wise plans for breaking into the solid
South"
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
PRICE OF GAS
TO BE REDUCED
Promised Cut to 95 Cents to
Take Effect Dec
ember 81
COMPANY'S BUSINESS HAS
BEEN GREATLY INCREASED

lni an Interview with an official O
the Wilmington Gas Company to-day
IL was stated that the cut In tho pric,
Of gas to % cents after December 31si
will take effect. as stated last fall
This reduction will mean considerable
saving TO the gas consumers of VIII
mington and will decrease the earn
ings Of the company thousands OF dol
lars in the course of a year.
The company was purchased by its
present owners just a year ago and
the marked Improvement in service.
equipment and method of handling the
public have not only been very notice
able. but very beneficial 10 the pres
ent owners. Three hundred thousand
dollars have been spent in plant equip
ment. on the distribution system and
their fine new office building. located
at S27 Market street, with a salesrOom
fully equipped with all of the most
modern gas appliances burners, fix
lures, etc. This is as fine an establish
ment as can be found even IN cities
of larger population than Wilmington
and is certainly a credit TO the city.
The efforts of the company to in
crease their business have been very
successful The company believes
that giving their customers fair treat
ment and due consideration i'm all
matters has been partly responsible
for the large increase in their busi-
ness Two thousand eight hundred
gas ranges have been installed. $500
gas arcs and 1000 houses have been
piped and fixtured and many small
appliances have been installed in the
past year Il is evident that the gem
eral public is realizing each day the
vast Improvement that has been made
I'm the way of gas appliances for illu-
minating purposes. This fact has been
demonstrated by the large and beau
tiful display of gas ranges. burners
fixtures, and dining-rOom dOmes now
being shown in the salesroom of the
gas Office.
The decrease In the gas rate will
no doubt. result in a greater number
of merchants and residences adopting
the use of gas for Illuminating pur'
poses.
II is hoped Gtat the Gas Company
/ will continue to prosper under theii
present method Of doing business.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
JEALOUSY SPED
FATAL BULLET
Killing Of FriSby on Way to
CampmeetinG Laid to
Roosevelt" Primrose
DROVE AWAY In THE
WOUNDED MANS TEAM

Investigation shows that the murder
of August Frisby, colored, near Town
send. was not result of a quarrel
over a crap game, as was stated yes
terday, but was due to a quarrel over
woman. Coroner Gaynor is con-
tinuing his investigation, and mean
while Edward Primrose. colored, aged
%. is at the workhouse charged with
shooting Frisby
Primrose is known among the col
ored men about Townsend as "Roose-
velt." II appears that both were IN
love with the same colored girl, en-
ployed nthe farm of man named
Daniels. Both expected to take her 10
a campmeeting on Sunday night. and
Frisby, with his team, won that honor
Frisby and the woman were driving
along the road toward camp. and it is
alleged Primrose, finding that his
rival had triumphed. lay in wait until
Frisby's team passed. Then il is
charged that he ran up behind IN,
carriage and fred at Frisby. thej hul-
let going into the latter's head
Frisby tumbled out of the carriage
and rolled into a trench alongside
the road. II is charged that Prim-
rose then got into Frisby's team with
the woman and drove back to Town
send with her. where he swore out
warrant before Magistrate Harman
alleging that Frisby had tried TO kill
Continued on Second Page.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
CHICKEN THIEF
ABOUT SMYRNA

SMYRNA, Del, Aug 11.-Farmers
in the vicinity Of Smyrna and Clay
ton have been much annoyed of late
by chicken thieves who make their
visits during the night and rob some
of the best and choicest henneries.
Recently John L. Bradley had 800
chickens stolen. Wood Ennis, who
recently purchased the L. Z. Anthony
farm, had the largest of his young
stock taken from him. Former Reg
lister Of Wills W. ID. Hudson, had his
farm visited and a big haul made
from his hennery. Nehemiah Durham
suffered the worst of all for the
thieves made a complete job of his
and did not leave one single chicken
behind. An effort is being made to
capture the night marauders and
have them suffer the full exten of the
law. other chicken raisers are on the
alert and are prepard to shoot the
first thief that molests them.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
GLIDDEN TO CONDUCT
AIRSHIP CONTEST

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
. BOSTON, Aug. 11-Charles J. Gid-
den. aviator and automobilist. who is
in charge Of the balloon division Of
the Harvard aero meet to be held here
September to 13, is planning a series
of contests for both spherical balloons
and dirigibles. II is believed a mum
Der Of noted New England balloonists
with others from the aero clubs Of
New York. Philadelphia and the other
eastern cities will compete. The
committee in charge of the meet to-
day opened up negotiations with Leon
Morane, the French aviator, who es-
tablished several monoplane records
at Rheims
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
PRAYING FOR
GAYNOR'S LIFE

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
HOBOKEN, Aug. 11.-Hundreds of
kilograms were received from minis
ters and church workers to-day say
ing that they We're praying for Mayor
Gaynor's recovery. rhe kilograms
represent every denomination.
Mayor Gayuor asked the doctors TO
permit him to walk about the room
this morning while the nurses We're
changing the bed covers. but they
refused. He was i'm an excellent
frame of mind and when told he could
have a cup OF coffee sent Mrs. GaynoI
to the hospital kitchen to prepare II
/ for him.
"They are fine people here All
right. he explained to the doctors
'but they cannot make coffee.
He drank the product of his wife
skill with apparent relish ana theh
dozed of into sound SLEEP.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
WENDLING TRIES TO
ESCAPE FROM TRAIN

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Aug. 11-Joseph
Vending, alleged slayer of little
Alma Kellner, of Louisville, KY,
made an attempt TO escape from Chief
of Detectives Carney, while being
taken from the train at Olney, ILL.,,
according to dispatches received here
today.
The train from st. Louis reached
Olney at 5 A. NJ, and Carney had ar
ranged for an automobile to meet
him there, in which, it is supposed
he intended to complete the trip &c
Kentucky. When Carney started tC
leave the train. Vending resisted
and i'm the melee kicked Dan Welsh. q
reported for the Louisville Courier.
Journal of the platform of the car
Walsh was not seriously injured.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
FLEW SIXTY
MILES AN HOUR
Aviator lie Blanc Raced With
Storm and Was Driven
Out Of Course
WIND TORE AWAY HIS
MAP WHEN HE STARTED

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
MEzIERES, France, Aug. 11-With
an average speed Of more that sixty
miles an hour, Aviator Leblanc today
few from Nancy to Mezieres, leading
the field OF cross country flyers for
the third days run in the six day pro-
gram in which $4,000 in prizes are
to be awarded. The direct distance
between Nancy and Mezieres is 100
miles, but Leblanc raced with ctorm
most of the way and was driven far
out of his course. He left Nancy at
$50 this morning and arrived at Me-
zieres at 7.35. In the two hours and
five minutes that he was aloft, Le-
Blanc estimates that he travelled at
least 1870 miles.
The storm was encountered before
reaching Arnavelle II swept down
from the east and forced Lindpainter,
one of the contestants, TO alight.
Leblanc and Aubrun, however, drove
their machines ahead of the storm,
escaping the center of it but getting
badly mixed up" in the edges.
"The wind tore my map away,
| Leblanc said, "a few minutes after
we started At first we encountered a
heavy fog but the rising storm soon
dispelled this. The struggle was the
hardest have ever experienced.
Frequently | had actually to circle
the storm, which greatly increased
the distance. We should have gone
/ from TOul to Mezieres in a straight
! line, but the storm forced a zigzag
course at times and forced a circular
route. After losing my map | picked
my way by the rover Meuse and the
towns of Mouzon and DouZy."
Greeted by $4,000.
A crowd of $4,000 greeted Leblanc
on his arrival here and the enthus-
iasm was the greatest that has yet
marked the race. Leblanc was car
ried to his hotel on the shoulders o.
frenzied admirers.
Aubrun who also finished secons
to Leblanc in the flight from Troye
TO Nancy reached Mezieres at 80
and was the second 10 arrive. lie
Blaucs official time for the thre
stages of the race, from Issy to Troye'
Troyes to Nancy, and Nancy to Me
zieres, 2S5 miles, is hours and 5
; minutes. This distance, however,
as the crow flies, and Leblanc ha
actually gone much farther than this
The three remaining stages of tn
race are to DOuai, 81 miles; thence [
Amiens, 49 miles, and back to Paris
20 miles.
Aubrun was forced by the storm [
descend to Chalons, 60 miles froI
Mezieres. He also lost his map. Afte
a forty minutes stop at Chaloni
army officers supplied him with othe
maps and he continued TO this cit
without further mishap. The other
, who started from Nancy were LieJ
tenant Fequant, in a French biplane
Lieutenant Cammerman, and Legaf
= neuX. Cammerman was accompar
. led by Lieutenant Vullierme. A
Saint Mihiel the storm drove them [
. the ground. The planes of the
. aeroplanes were split by the win
' and it is considered miraculous tn,
they we're not dashed to death. Linz
. painter gave up the lap as his biplar
was in bad shape after its bate
- with the storm. Legagneux had trol
BILE with his motor at the start an
after it had baked twice, he bega
> overhauling it He expected to con
plete the trip this afternoon.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
DIR. CRIPPEN
MAY ESCAPE
Experts Cannot Identify Body
As That of Belle
ElmOre
CONFESSION OF ACCUSED
WOULD BE NECESSARY
BY United. Press Leased Special Wire.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
LONDON. Aug. 11-After a five
hours examination Of the evidence
that will be submitted when the COR
oner's investigation into the supposed
murder of Belle Gilmore Crippen is re-
sumed, experts have decided, accord
ing to a statement by the Press As
sociation to-day. that the body now
being held at the coroner's Office is
that of a woman and that she had
undergone an operation before death.
This conclusion is in keeping with
the statement cabled the London
Chronicle by its Quebec correspondent
last week. that Crippen had intimated
to the authorities that his wife died
from the effects of an operation which
he performed on her.
The experts found nothing In the
evidence to disclose the identity of the
body, and the belief is growing that
the identity can never be establish
ed without a confession from Dr. H.
II. Crippen, the husband Of Belle Ell
more Crippen, who, with Ethel Glare
Leneve, his typist, is under arrest IN
Quebec.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
ALDRICH STUNG
TO MAKE REPLY
Will Meet the Attacks Of
Senator BriStOW and
Others

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
BOSTON, Aug. 11.-SenatOr Aldrich
will make an important speech in the
fall about the cotton schedules of the
tariff law This, like the statement
about his connection with the sO-called
rubber trust, which is expected daily.
is planned to meet the recent attacks
made on him by Senator Bristow, of
Kansas, and others in the West.
A prominent official. who brought
this news TO Boston. added that Sena-
tor Aldrich does not intend to stand
for reelection, but has made all his
plans for retiring TO private life March
A. The Rhode Island senator will con-
tinue as chairman of the Monetary
Commission after his legislative tern
expires. He will probably make sew
eral speeches in the fall on the worl
that commission is doing.
The cotton speech will be made be
fore election and will be in the "ene
my's" country - somewhere in the
West
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
SMYRNA HAS FIRE
SCARE, LITTLE DAMAGE

SMYRNA, Del, Aug. 11-Monday
afternoon about three o'clock fire
broke out in the James w. Spruance
property, near the post offc J1n Com
merce street, and but for (e timely
assistance of neighbOrs and few
buckets of water. a cOnfiagration
might have spread. The fire Origi-
mated in the stairway in the unoccu-
pied portion of the Spruance building
formerly rented by Mrs. Hynson,
which is in the rear OF Magistrate
Anthony's office. What caused the
fire no one seems to know. 1t was
discovered by Mrs. William Stanley
who is the tenant of the second and
third floors. She gave the alarm
which was responded to quickly by F.
A. Bell and others. who with buckets
of water extinguished the flames.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
THEY TALKED
ON POLITICS
Roosevelt Had Long Confer
enCe With PinChOt and
Garfield
BUT INSURGENTS DECLINE
TO TELL ALL ABOUT IT.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire-
OYSTER BAY. Aug. 11.-After a
prolonged conference with Colonel
Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill. James r.
Garfield and Clifford Pinchot left hero
to-day for New York. They declined
to discuss their visit. although it was
admitted that politics, especially the
Ohio situation was considered. Car
field. It is understood. presented his
side of the case in the Ohio conven-
ton.
According to Colonel RooseveIt'x
own words, there was a discussion OF
'hot politics" at Sycamore Hill last
night James r. Garfield related ex-
periences I'm the Ohio campaign. while
Clifford Pinchot brought messages
from the insurgents of the Far West
What do the Republican insur-
gents think of the chances OF a Re-
publican victory this fall?" Mr. Pins
chot was asked.
What do you thigk Of the weath~
err" Immediately replied Mr.. Garfield.
1T looks TO me like a storm
Are the Republican factions in
Ohio going to get together? Mr.
Garfield was asked.
~ have nothing to say upon the
subject" he responded.
Colonel Roosevelt said he had been
having a lively political discussions
with his visitors. but was unwilling
| to make any statement concerning the
result OF the conference last night.
The former President said that he
will have something 10 say regarding
conservation" within a short time.
but he would make no statement con-
corning the manner In which the pro-
posed International conservation con.
gress has fzzled out. During the
morning the Colonel says he talke'
state politics with Collector Loeb.
Are you ready 20 make dehni'
: statement as t6,your position regar..
! ing state candidates and issuesF
was asked.
IT Mr.. Roosevelt replie that ne Won
"A bring up several Quesheons III I
N course of his speeches nNtne ne
,d future. and made Il plain thzsl-l1
40 lowing these "foelers' he viii make
~ definite statement OF his position
regard TO the state campaign sever
weeks before the state conventions
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
ROOSEVELT VISITS
LONG ISLAND FARMS

By United Press Leased Special Wire.
OYSTER BAY. Aug 1l.-L0ng
Island farm and farmers occupy the
attention Of Colonel Roosevelt to-day.
Accompanied by Ralph Peters.
president of the Long Island. and
Superintendent II. b. Fullerton.
Roosevelt left here in the Peters
private car early this morning. he
first inspected the modern farms re-
Gently established along the line of
the railroad between Mineola and
Medford after which he visited a rail-
way experimental station at Medford.
There he was shown the mammoth
plant erected by the Long Islani
railway, where agricultural expert
ments and demonstrations are made
for the benefit of the farmers along
the line.
It was planned when the party LETT
here TO have the trip occupy most or
the day.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
WOULDN'T BELIEVE
BROTHER BEAT HIM

Borlis Lasconnski and stephen Stew
ansid were arrmgned in City Court this
morning on the charge Of assaulting
Joseph Stevansd. but the hearing was
continued until Saturday in order 10
obtain a witness
Joseph said he was attacked at
Front and French streets last night
and beaten over the head with bottles.
but he said Stephen was his brother
and Barlis his friend, and he was sure
they hadn't hit him.
Herman Corbin. colored, however.
said he saw Borlis and Stephen beat
ing Joseph with bottles. There was
another witness OF the fight, he said.
and the police will try TO find him.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
AFTERMATH OF
THE CARNIVAL
Board Of Managers Set Forth
Their Attitude About
Recent Park Fete
INDIVIDUALS WERE
BACK OF THE PROJECT

Members of the board of managers
of the Physicians and Surgeons Hos
pital had a meeting last night and
adopted a resolution setting forth that
the recent carnival given in Eighth
Street Park was neither promoted or
managed by the board as a body. but
was the action of individual members.
The resolution issued by the board is
as follows:
Mover, That In view of the COM
ment and misunderstanding concern
ing the carnival. the following state
ment be given to the press of the
city:
Neither the Physicians and
Surgeons Hospital Association. its
board of managers or any committee
of the Association had anything TO do
either directly or indirectly with the
promotion or management of the carni-
val recently held in Eighth Street
/ Park Any part which individual
members may have taken in the affair
was done on their own account and
absolutely without authority from this
board.
1--WE deplore the unfortunate out
come which has called forth SO much
unfavorable criticism ana we especi
ally regret that the generous hcartcl
, people who gave so freely OF their tim
= and money 10 promote the success .
) the carnival should be so grieviousl.
! disappointed The great mistake SEEM
: TO have been that the manager allow
ed improper exhibits 10 come I'm ant
! spoil what was intended to be a weel
of good music, innocent amusement
and legitimate sales for the benef
of the hospital fund.
IS. l.. Chapman, NJ. d.,
} Secretary
Dr. Joseph Pyle. one of the fore
most physicians connected with the
hospital management, was the finan-
! cial hacker of the carnival, although
he did not think il would take the
scope il had taken. DR.. Pyle said
to-day that Ferris Giles came TO him
with a proposition to make some
money for the hospital II some one
J would back him in a carnival project
J 81 backed him." said Mr. Pyle. III
any money was lost / will stand the
loss, and if any was made it will 90
to the hospital" DR.. Pyle said all
the bills had not been handed in, but
IL did not appear as if any money was
, made.
DR.. Josephine NJ. r. White DeLacour
president Of the Womans Auxiliary
of the hospital. TO day said the auXil-
iary had nothing to do with the carni.
: val and didn't take any part in it.
: DR.. Pyle didn't look after any of
the details or select the attractions
at the fair, he simply, as a friend o
the hospital. Offering TO back the
carnival financially in an effort TO ait
the hospital. He. as much as anybody
else, regrets the trouble that came
with the carnival 1t IS evident tina
nobody had any intention of Offering
u attractions there that would prove OBJ
jectionable, the difficulties COMING
? from misunderstanding
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
SEA DOG TURNS TO MURDER.
Man of 73 Kills Granddaughter
Caller and Himself, Wounds
Another.

BOSTON, Aug, 11-Entering the
parlor of his granddaughter's home,
at 126 South Fairview street, jamaica
Plain, Hudson n. Sherman, 73 years
old. a retired sea captain. shot and
killed Thomas j. Mahaer, % years
old. of 122 South street, shot George
S. James in the right elbow, and then
going TO his own room killed himself
Maher and James were singing and
playing with the granddaughter, Miss
Grace James, and Sherman shot with
out warning.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11

MILTON, Del, Aug. ll.-With free
lemonade and ice cream as entice-
ments the W. G. T. L., of Cave Neck,
held a temperance rally at the home
of Charles Dutton on the road lead
ing from Milton to Harbeson. which
was largely attended. while temper
ance addresses were made by a num-
ber of speakers, including Rev. Mr.
Arters. who has charge Of the anti
saloon work in Delaware.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
Thieves Harvest Hay Crop.

WINSTED, Conn, Aug. 11-When
Charles Dolphin visited his farm on
the Colebrook road yesterday to "hay
il" he found his crop gone. Unknown
thieves had cut the grass and carted
the harvest away. He tried in vain
to trcaehet cmfwypcmwfY .h0wir-HI
to trace the new-mown hay.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
Rroker Commits sulclde.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Aug 11.-Henry
Wehrlemann, a broker Of No. 6S Broad
street. committed suicide in his office
to-day. His residence was at No 24s
Carroll street, Brooklyn, and he had
a summer home at Locust, n. J. His
widow and four children survive.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
MEATHER.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l1.-Forecast
tin p. VI. tomorrow:
For Delaware-Fair weather aud
moderate temperature tonight aud
Friday. light variable winds.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ll.-lndica.
ti0ns are that the weather over tue
States east OF the Mississippi river
will be generally fair Tonight and
Friday except that there will be
showers In eastern Maine. The wentn-
en- will become unsettled Friday In
the upper lake region and the lower
Ohio valley. Temperatures will moi
change decidedly.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
nenih nf Mrs. Rnnrden.

day at her home. No. 913 West Fourth
street, I'm her eighty-fourth year. Mrs.
Bourden was a member of ion German
Evangelical Lutheran Church and the
widow of Fred Won Bourden A son
and two daughters survive her.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11
SteeI Hits Man,s Fre.

While at work yesterday at the Lob
dell plant. Sulretto Raysctkick. aged
80 years. was struck I'm the eye by a
piece of steel. He was taken to the
Homeopathie Hospital.
Evening journal., 1910-08-11

eGeorge D. stewart. N.

Dr. Arlitz stated that the Mayors
condition was more favorable this
morning than at any time since he
was brought to the hospital He is
very cheerful and confident that he
will recover. Mrs. Gaynor, their
daughter, Mrs. Harry Vingut, and Sec
retary Bob Anderson spent the night
at the hospital.