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Evening journal., 1910-03-04
AUDITOR BALKS
ON STATEMENT
Says Council Has One and
Objects to Making Them
ANY Old Time"
HAS SENT ONE TO
BODY EACH MONTH

City Auditor John ID. Kurtz took ex-
ception to-day TO the action taken by
City Council last night instructng him to
prepare a financial statement showing the
unexpended city appropriations lie said
he had submitted a statement of the un-
expended appropriations each month and
he did not want the impression 70 get out
that he was derelict in his duties. Such
statement as this, he said, he sent TO
Council last night. under date OF March J.,
and It was not read. Why II was not read
he could not say, but he said he saw Pres
ident Banning. Of Council, taking figures
from the statement.
Mr.. Kurtz's remarks concern the motion
made by Mr.. McGovern. Of the Eleventh
ward. at last nights meeting Il was TO
tho effect that the city auditor furnish
just such a statement as he has been sup
plying to Council Mr.. Kane made the
remark that Mr.. Kurtz had already fur
nished such statements. The motion was
seconded. however, and passed.
Mr. McGovern said he understood that
the election account had been overdrawn
81 4O2.7s most of which was bills paid by
the last Council. in July Of last year.
Nearly $1,000 he said. had been drawn
against tho account In bills approved by
the present city auditor. He was OF the
opinion that the city auditor should not
have approved bills to this amount against
an account which had already been great
ly overdrawn.
. In speaking Of this to-day. Mr.. Kurtz
said he did not know the account had
been overdrawn. He said no man can walk
into the city auditors office and learn
everything IN a day.
Mr. Kurtz said that in December last
he submitted complete statement OF the
city's finances and unexpended appropria.
tions to Council. In this statement Audi.
tor Kurtz stated
According TO the system OF keeping th'
books which I found on taking charge o.
this office the appropriations for the cur
rent year are charged with the amoun
of unpaid vouchers at July 1 last. an'
! the following list shows the amount o
these outstanding vouchers and the ap
preparations against which they ar
charged.
Thcn fnliuws iiet-ef4 tiils uan0untnl
to total Of se6,5oaei. The CASH in the cur
rent fund amounted to sio27a.Ss. leaving
deficit OF si6.22s.7s.
Mr. Kurtz said it required much labo
to get mp such statements as Council hs
asked for and he did not think he shoul
be called upon lat any old time" to pre-
pare one. he said that If he received wor
from Council to submit such a statement
under Mr.. McGovern's motion, he wi
write back and inform that body tina
there already is statement under dat
Of March l. Of the unexpended appropria
tions. before the body.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
BALL GAME LEADS
TO NOSE PUNCHING
But Lad Was "OnIy FOOIin'
and City Judge Lets Dia-
mOnd Star off

Anthony Wood. a colored boy. thinks
Norman Allen another colored boy. has
weak nose,
Norman appeared in City Court this
morning as the complainant against An
thony, whom he had charged with as
sault and battery.
He had my baseball and glove" ex-
planned Norman. and when I asked for
II he threw the ball at me and knocked
me down and kicked me-
II thought he was kiddln'. Mister
Judge, protested Anthony. III I had
thought he was in earnest I would have
given him his ball and glove. ! tapped
him on the nose in a fooln' way and IL
began 10 bleed. but guess his nose Is
weak. anyway"
Although there was no expert testimony
as to the stability OF Normans nose. An
thony was dismissed.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
lis VICTIMS
OF AVALANCHE
Certain That This Number
Have PeriShed in North
West Railroad Horror
HEAVY SNOW HALTS
WORK OF RECOVERY
CBy George Q, Cowlng. stan Cores

(By George G. Cowing, STAFF Cores
pondent OF the United Press)
WELLINGTON. Wash. March A.
AS the hours go by the horrors of the
disaster near Scenic at the mouth OF
the Cascade tunnel where "a mighty
avalanche carried two heavy trains
from the tracks Of the Great North
ern Railroad down into the canyon,
hundreds OF feet below, grow greater
Today ii Is certain ll5 persons pcr-
shed Others may bp buried beneath
The frozen mass but the officials who
have been taking a census of the MISS
Ing declare this unlikely. Thirty 1--WE
bodies have been recovered. Thirty
one have been Identified. Today they
lie side by side tenderly wrapped IN
blankets. waiting the repairing OF the
railway so that they can be carried
to places Of burial
The work OF recovering the bodies
is pitifuny slow, owing 10 the nature
of the slide. the enormous mass OF
earth, trees, vegetation and snow be-
ing packed solidly to depth exceed
ing fifty feet Heavy snow falling all
most continually interferes with the
work of the laborers and volunteers
who have flocked here from every
part of the State.
The whole marks the worst tragedy
in the history OF the railroading In the
northwest and it will be many weeks
before normal conditions can be re-
stored.
The scenes about the little hotel at
the mouth Of the tunnel are heart
breaking. Here wait these who know
they have relatives in the debris, and
here they say they will remain until
the bodies are found. A pitifu trag-
edy is that Of Mrs Starrett who sits,
dry eyed. just inside Of the hotel. wait
ing and hoping against hope. A year
ago her husband an engineer on the
Great Northern was killed on the road
only a short distance from here. She,
her father and mother. her son Ray.
mond and her two little girls, were
passengers on the ill-fated Spokane
Seattle Express. When the slide came,
just one year ago TO the day after
her husbands death. she and Raymond
were saved in some miraculous and un-
explained manner Both father. mother
and the two girls are buried I'm the
white tomb below and she waits and
watches. and hopes The body Of Con
ductor Pettitt of Everett. was taken
out today He was one or the heroes
OF the disaster Fearing that a slide
would come he headed a party OF pas
sengers that struggled through the
snow from his imprisoned train Ia
/ Scenic. When he reached that point
he was warned that it might cost min
his life TO try 10 get back. He spurn-
ed the advice. His duty was with his
train and he went back to get NOR,
passengers and bring them out. Ht
forced his way back 10 the train only
10 meet death with the passengers in
his care.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
APPLE AS THE
STATE FRUIT
E. H. Bancroft Tells CHANGERS
Delaware is Losing Prestige
as Peach Country

Delaware has an opportunity TO te-
come one Of the best apple growing
states in the country. Tho state is losing
its prestige as a peach growing country,
but IL Is being substituted rapidly by her
reputation as an apple growing state"
SO declared r. IT. Bancroft. Of Wyom-
ing. one Of the leading apple growers
OF Delaware. in an address on Apple
Growing" at a farmers institute at Tai
leyville last night.
other speakers were Professor McCue
and Professor Grantham OF Delaware
College. and Mrs. Snowhead. a profession
al lecturer Thomas 7. Weldin presided.
and Professor Harry Haywood. director
OF the experiment station at Delaware
College. was an interested attendant.
Professor McCue spoke on Potatoes. -
and Professor Grantham on Corn" Mrs.
snowhead's subject was "Dressmaking. %
The attendance was large.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04

SEATTLE. Wash, March 4-with
2O7 dead, 2 persons injured and many
more missing. reports OF disasters con-
tinue to pour into Seattle today from
floods avalanches. mine disasters and
train wrecks in all parts OF the Pact
hc northwest and weather conditions
still threaten further fatalities.
Streams are swollen far beyond them
banks while warm rains and tho
dreaded Chinook winds. which melt the
SHOWS as II by magic are increasing
the danger hourly. The streets OF sew
cral interior towns are under water
and houses have been washed away.
Wheat crops worth hundreds Of tnou-
sands OF dollars have been washed ont
Of fields and live stock losses orc
enormous.
News from the mountain district in
North Washington is meagre but re-
ports so far received tell Of numerous
snow slides and a large number OF
fatalities.
Eastern oregon towns are suffering
from the floods today.
The Umatlla Indian reservation is
inundated.
Many arroyos have become raging
torrents and the waters have swept
lavpy houses and stock sheds
no estimate Of tho property loas csr
be made az this time. but throughout
the Pacific northwest IL IS certain q
amount 10 millions.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
INTO
BOILING ACID

Walking along a plank over a vat
of boiling muriatic acid in the plant
of the Continental Fibre Company, at
Newark. Samuel Fulton. aged SO years
slipped and tumbled into the vat For
tunatey for him the acid was only
about two feet deep and he landed
upon his feet His trousers were
burned away in an instant and his
legs were badly eaten by the acid be-
fore he was able to scramble from the
vat. He was taken TO his home, and
It is thought both Of his legs may
have to be amputated.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
INTEREST IN
TELEGRAPH SERVICE

From the many Inquiries that are
being made at the local office OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company u
rs apparent that many OF the business
firms will take adcantage OF the useful
ness Of the Might Letters by Tele-
graph" which will be inaugurated about
March "a. The concerns that have large
interests where communication by mail
over night is impracticable viii un-
doubtedly avail themselves OF the quick
service which the arrangement vii laf-
ford at small expense.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
DOLLAR CORN
in THE COUNTY
High Water Mark Was Reach
ed Yesterday at the Cham
berS Farm Sale

Dollar corn is the boast OF Delaware
now. That price per bushel, was paid
yesterday for corn in rural New Castle
County at a public sale.
stidham & Son. auctioneers. sold for
the estate of l. Newton Chambers on
the Limestone Road Mil Creek Hundred,
yesterday farm equipments at excellent
prices, including horses from $50 TO $50:
cows. from $50 to $50; shoats. $780, and
corn. 800 per bushe. Farm Implements
brought very satisfactory prices.
Franklin J. Murphy. hay and grain
dealers, to-day said the high water mark
for corn within the past twenty years
was Sl.25 a bushel, but It didn't stay at
that top figure very long.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
ACCUSE ANOTHER
U. S. MAIL CLERK
G. L. Wilhelm Held on Charge
Of Extracting Money From
Letter

George L. wilhelm. formerly Of this
city where he was a barber but lately a
railway mail clerk on the Baltimore
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway was
arrested at Baltimore yesterday on the
charge OF opsning a registered Better
and extracting a s. bin.
He was held under $1,000 for the action
OF the Federal grand jury. but It was not
provided and wilhelm went TO jail.
Wilhelm was arrested al Berlin Nd,
on Tuesday, BY two government detec-
tivcs who alle0e they found the bill TAX
en- from the letter on HIM. Wilhelm Is
married and has three children. lie was
appointed TO the mail service in lse. Ho
has relatives at New Castle. His brother.
who was also a railway mail elerk. was
killed in the Delmar wreck year age.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
JUDGE WOULDN'T ALLOW
HAT TO SEPARATE COUPLE

HE got mad and cursed me, Judge,
when I couldn't tell him where his
hat was" Mrs. Sallie McElwee told
Deputy Judge Joslyn in City Court
this morning. eyeing her husband,
John. whom she charged with breach
OF the peace. John started to eX-
plain. but the judge called the wife
back.
Don't you think that's a little thing
TO let come between you and your hus-
band, and don't You think you two can
get along" he asked.
Mrs. McElwee didn't. but as her hus-
band thought the contrary and
promised to causen o further trouble,
the charge was held up.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
HTCHWAYMEN
in NIGHT JOB

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. March 4.-Horace l.. Push.
Of Leipsic, was attacked BY iour men
during the night while on the road be-
tween Leipsic and Dover, and robbed
of $50 and two watches. Mr. Pugb
had been i'm Dover disposing Of load
of musk-rats and on the way home
was stopped by a masked man wear
ing a womans veil.
Appearing before Magistrate Whar-
ton this morning, Pugh swore out q
warrant for one man whom he sun-
poets of being one Of the highwaymen.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
DISASTER In
NORTH WEST
Death and Destruction Cut a
Wide Swath During the
Week
MORE THAN 200 KILLED AND
MUCH PROPERTY LOST
THIS WEEKS DISASTERS
IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Monday-Thirty-siS persons kill
cd by avaianehes in Idaho and two
drowned in Washington. Fourteen
= seriously injured and many miss
ing.
Tuesday--f15 killed in Washing
inaton avalanche which wrecked
two trains.
Wednesday-Great Northern train
. wrecked by Washington landslidei
one killed. Estimated thirty lost
lives in slides and floods in various
parts Of Idaho and Washington.
Thursday-Twenty-th three miners
killed and eight injured by dyna-
mite explosion in TreadweIl mine
near Juneau, Alaska.
Total dead-207; injured p.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Princeton Club Celebration.

Henry b. Thompson. a member Of thd
board Of trustees Of the Princeton Club
of PhiIadelphia, VIII be one of the
speakers at the forty-second annual
banquet OF the club which viii be held
in the Bellevue -Stratford. Philadelphia.
tonight The celebration will close to-
morrow evening with smoker. Judge
Gray, an alumni Of Princeton. expects
70 be prasent.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Assistant Chemist Named.

Dr. II. +. Bassett. OF the North Da-
kota Experiment Station. has been ap-
pointed assistant chemist in the Della
ware Experiment Station at Newark.
DIR. Bassctt is a graduate OF the Ken
tucl<y state College and recently took
his doctors degree In chemistry at the
Johns Hopkins University.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Century Club Conference.

In the New-Century Club next
Thursday evening a conference will be
held regarding the duty Of citizens
TO the foreigner.
The following is the program:-
Mayor J. Harvey Spruance TO preside,
and prayer by the Rev. Charles L..
Candee. Addresses-"The Foreigner in
Business" y. b. Tibbits; The For
eigner in the Courts" Charles w.
Bush; "The Health of the Foreigner"
Miss Sherman; our Neighbors From
Across the Sea-" the Rev. ID. NJ. Gle
land.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
PhiIadelnhiana Mann Hnrn.

Miss Anna Stevenson. OF No 1926
North Fifty seventh street. and Harry
j. =. McCombe, Of No. 5O71 Master
street, Philadelphia, were married at
West Presbyterian Church manse this
morning by the Rev. Alexander Alison,
Jr. Miss Lille J.s Stevenson. a sis
ter Of the bride was witness to the
ceremony. Mr.. McCombe is a labor
atory assistant at the University Of
Pennsylvania.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Announce Their Marriaqe.

Miss Elma NJ. Lear. Of Philadelphia,
announces her marriage to Morgan J..
Albright Of Philadelphia They were
married Saturday noon February 18th,
at the parsonage OF the Rev H. w
Kellogg here. They win make their
home at 1921 Vine street, Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
aKetohupv club Entertained.

THE Ketchup" Club. composed OF
well-known cast side men, held a j1l-
lification last night at the home OF
Frederick w. Hess, Jr.. at Sixth and
Walnut streets. The guests were roy
ally entertained by Mr.. Heiss. An elab-
crate luncheon, wit hturkey as the
principal dish, was served.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-No i'm
portant changes in Temperatures are in
dieated for the eastern half Of the
country, during the next several days.
The weather will be fair in all parts
Of the country east Of the Mississippi
river durinq the next thirty-six hours.
Forecast till 8 p. m. tomorrow;
For Delaware-Fair weather and mod
crate Temperature tonight and Satur-
day.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Bake For Mt. Salem Church.

Mt Salem NJ E. Church will hold
bake this afternoon and evening at the
residence of Miss John S. Benson on
Ivy Road.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Boz cuts Finaer.

Harold Taylor Is years old, OF No
1902 Wawaset street. while playing
yesterday cut his finger. His injuries
were dressed at the Delaware Hospi-
faI
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Hardware Company Punches Farm.

The Delaware Hardware Company
purchased at Sherins sale yesterday
farm OF eighteen acres at Kirkwood
for S2,075.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
LETTERS TO COLLEGE
MEN DISAPPEAR

Students of Delaware College who
Stay at the dormitory are exercised over
the disappearance Of mail from the DOR
lmitory box. Many letters addressed
10 the students have disappeared re-
Gently.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
Industrial School Manaaers 10 Meet.

ITTUu5tTT"I DVTIVVI FFdNdy0To 70 WIUUt'
In the Century Club building on
next Thursday a meeting OF the man
ayers of the Ferris Industrial School
will be held.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04
.SAYTAFT WILL
AID CANNON
Reported That the AdminiStra-
ton Will be Behind the
Speaker
EXPECT REACTION FROM
THE INSURGENTS

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. March 4-Uncle Joe
Cannon will be candidate for Speaker
Of the sixty second congress, notwith-
standing his recently reported state
ment to Representative Mckinley. Gre
publican. Ills.) chairman OF the Con-
gressional Campaign Committee, that
he would withdraw from the race in
order to insure Republican control OF
the next House.
The above Information was received
by the United Press to-day from
sources that leave no room for doubt.
It is also reported that President Taft
and Postmaster General Hitchcock
have agreed that the weight of the
administration will be thrown behind
the Cannon forces in the coming Con-
gressional elections and plea made
to the country to elect a regular
House Of Representatives that will
work with President Taft during the
remaining two years Of his tenure Of
Office
Tafts Dinner to Cannon.
Last night at the White House, Presi-
dent Taft gave a dinner at which
Speaker Cannon was the guest OF honor
and which was attended by a number
Of the Speakers lieutenants. over ci-
gars and coffee. there was considerable
talk out legislation and politics One
Of the guests said to-day that the
President feels that the country will
have experienced a reaction by next fan
and will be ready TO repudiate the in
surgents, vote a straight administra-
tion ticket"
The decision TO support the Cannon
organization was not reached by the
President. say his friends, without ma
ture consideration. Speaker Cannon
on his part has announced that If he
goes down it will be with colors fly
ing. At a meeting of the Republican
4 Congressional Committee last week,
several of the ''near Insurgents jump
ed on Speaker Cannon and declared
that he must be eliminated before the
campaign for the good Of the party.
Cannon. who was present, replied in
q bitter strain that he might have con-
sidered such a proposition at the be-
ginning Of this session Of Congress,
but that things had taken such a turn
/ that he could not take such a course
now without being considered a cow
/ ard
One Near lnsursent at Dinner.
The guest list at last nights func-
tion is regarded with some significance
/ i'm view of the information that Taft
! has decided to throw his influence in
/ favor Of the regulars in the Congress
sional campaign. OF the Republican
members of the House present, there
was only one "insurgent"-Hay OF
California. Hayes has been classed by
some of his associates as merely a
"mercerized insurgent' He is the
/ one who fixed up the arrangement with
the White House whereby the insurg.
ents agreed to help along certain OF
the Presidents legislative policies.
Evening journal., 1910-03-04

Advertising in THE EVEN
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-01
BOY IS FIRST TO
APPLY At RABIES
CLINIC IN CITY
Mad Dog Victim Is Given Treat
mlent at New Depart
ment Here.

oscar Patuschke, 16 a old, of 299
Norfolk street, one of the boys who
was bitten by a mad dog in the vicinity
of his home several days ago, is now
receiving treatment in the department
for rabies, which was established in
the City Hospital and is under the d.
rection of DR.. Frank Connolly.
Patuschke is the first patient in the
new department. Up to a few days age
he made daily visits to the Pasteur
Institute in New York. Yesterday his
father, Otto, got a letter from the New
York department of health stating that
the treatment at the City Hospital in
Newark is the same as in New York
and advising him to send his boy there.
There was also a letter of introduction
to DIR. Connolly
DIR. Connolly said today that the
Patuschke boy is receiving treatment
and that two other patients will be
treated today. These are the first cases
in the City Hospital. which, through
suggestion of the New York health
authorities, is/now equipped with a
department for the treatment of mad
dog bites.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-01
CENSUS HEAD TO
CONDUCT TESTS
Of APPLICANTS
Row Over Examination Adjusted
at Conference OF Rival
Officials.

Following a conference between
Supervisor Samuel A. Smith, director
of the census for Essex county, and
Lewis A. Edwards, secretary of the
local Federal civil service board, the
disagreement between the census and
Federal board officials over the exami-
nation of census en- Imerators has been
amicably settled.
AS told in the EVENING STAR yes
terday, authority for conducting the ex-
aminations was claimed by both Super
visor Smith n Secretary Edwards,
Mr.. Edwards holding the test papers
and Mr.. Smith the admission cards to
the examination. Both had received
instructions from the Washington au-
thorities to hold the examination. The
disagreement was in n 10 way of a per-
sonal nature, and developed into q
simple case of mixed orders.
Supervisor Smith today said that he
would conduct the examination on Sat
urday in the rooms hired by him at
Coleman's Business College.
1.-THE Federal Civil Service Commits
sion will have no part in the examina-
tion,'' said Mr.. Smith. The 500 or
more applicants nave been directed to
appear before me at that date and will
do SO. 1t has been agreed that the test
papers are to be turned " to me-
"In our conference" said Mr.. Ed
wards, "Mr. Smith explained that he
rad been instructed while at Washing
ton on a recent trip to hold the exam
'nations in one Mace at one time. and
was given money for the hiring of a
~uitable hall. Since that arrangement
vas made after the Instructions from
t7e Washington civil service authorities
~eached me the more recent order has
preference over the former instructions
' will hold the ia ners until Saturday
corning, the dav OF the examination"