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Evening journal., 1910-02-19
W. C. T.U. LINES UP
FOR THE CAMPAIGN
After New Members To Aid
In Aggressive DRY"
Campaign

Prospects for organizing branch Of
the Loyal Temperance legion at Second
Baptist Church cheered the members Of
the Womens Christian Temperance Union
at their meeting yesterday afternoon at
the w. C.. T. L. headquarters. The Soc
retary. Mrs. Eli Mendinhall and treas
urcr, Mrs. Isaac Woodrow. were unable
TO be present TO the regret of all the
members.
The chief business under discussion was
the work for the society during the ap-
preaching political campaign when the
the wet" or dry question again comes
up. Efforts viii be made to secure new
members TO carry on the temperance
cause aggressivciy. A letter was read
from Mrs. Mary r. Donnell. Newark,
county president emphasizing this need.
AT the next state convention. prizes viii
be given those securing the largest num-
Der OF new members. For every ten Sc
cured. the carfare Of one delegate 10 Bal
timore to the National Convention will be
paid.
Mrs. Adam Stengle resigned her position
OF superintendent OF Sunday school work.
but promised to give all assistance pos
sible to her successor. Mrs. Robert Fergu-
son reported progress in the L. T. L. OF
the Baird Memorial Mission. and AIRS.
Mearns announced nearly $50 from the
county rummage sale.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
CLEAVER WOUNDS
LAY KEOCH UP
Unable to Appear in Court
To-day to Answer Assault
Charge

Martin Keogh aged - years, and
Harry z. August were arraigned in
City Court this morning on the charge
of assault and battery, but owing to
the condition of Keogh, who is under
the care of a physician, the hearing
was continued until Tuesday.
Martin. it is alleged attacked Simon
Cohen. a storekeeper. at Eighth and
Church streets. and then started 20
attack Sarah Wilson. colored. who,
however, cut his head with a meat
cleavcr. Sarah Wilson is the COM
plainant against August. charging that
he attacked her and Knocked her down
August says ne was Obliged. TO handle
the woman roughly in order to save
Keogh from serious injury.
a certificate was read from Or. H.
G.. Buckmaster attesting to Keogh's
condition. As Keogh was i'm court
yesterday Deputy Judge Josyn was
reluctant TO continue the hearing and
thought DR. Buckmaster should have
been present to testify. Under the cir
cumstances, however ne said there
was nothing TO do but continue the
case. August and Keogh are under
$500 bail
Charged with vagrancy, Charles Pyle
was sentenced TO 10 days in the work
house The charge of wife beating
against Curry f. Shickley, colored,
was dismissed. on payment of costs,
on request of the prosecuting witness
John Ross. charged with stealing a bi-
cycle belonging 10 the Salvation Army
was placed under a 5000 probation
bond on recommendation OF Humane
Agent Stout
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
BURY BODY
AFTER MONTH
Corpse Of Annie AndrOSky,
IMMIGRANT, Unclaimed,
Is Inferred Today

After being kept at the morgue for
one month, in the hope that some
body might claim it. the body Of Annie
Androsky, an immigrant which was
found in a ditch near Lobdell street
and Christiana avenue on the after
noon of January 10. was inferred to-
day I'm Silverbrook cemetery.
The woman had left her home, prob
ably in Russian, Poland, with hopes
of a bright future. She lost the sd-
dress of friends and finally she reach
ED Wilmington The police gave her
shelter and procured a home for her.
Several days later she wandered away
and her body was afterward found in
the ditch where she had probably
drowned after falling from exhaustion.
The only money the woman had was
a crisp twenty dollar gold certificate.
United States money. This money de-
frayed the expenses Of her modest
funeral today.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
CAT AT THIS
CHURCH PARTY
PuSS Drops in to See SENDER
ella" Just as Mice
Drop Out
ENDEAVORERS IN
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT

a Maltese cat heard that cinderella"
was TO be presented at Central Church
Last night Now this story is part Of
every cats education. and she know that
a fairy-godmother would be on hand TO
turn some prancing white horses back
into mice at teh end Of the play. So
the cat slicked down her coat, brushed
her whiskers, and went to the Valentine
Social given by Central Christian En-
deavor young people. Certainly no one
SOW those mice after the performance
and tn ecat looked very plump and purred
loudly. When questioned, she said she
purred In that hearty way because II was
appropriate to a valentine social Any
way everybody saw the cat and saw
Cinderella
There we're four acts in the play with
two scenes--the kitchen and the bali
room. The Herald" howard Ziegrist.
wore a yellow bonnet and a shield with
donkey rampant. two slippers couchant
and four hearts dormant lie had a sure
enough bugle from tho armory. The
scornful step-sisters. Misses Anna NJ.
Eaton. and Sallie DAZZLING. and the wick
ed stem-mother, Miss O. Pauline Pierson,
were an awful example of snobbery and
prince Charming" Charles F. Easton
was done up IN bonny red ribbons. and
silver buckles. and ostrich plumes. and a
quiet red cape. The "God-mother." Az
nes S. Eaton, whiskod pumpkins into
coaches as II she had done IL every day
of her life. and "Clnderella''-Mis Helen
Shaw-well. Cinderella" was dear.
An orchestra. composed Of young mer
Of the church and their friends. and con-
Quoted by Arthur Gray, played pleasing.
~ between acts. Misses Agnes and Anna
Eaton gave a vocal duet charmingly. and
then all of the company Joined heartily
in huting the heart. Refreshments Of ic,
cream and cake were served at the clos'
of the entertainment
Central Church young people say II wa'
one Of the best times they ever had. An,
they are sure tho ball in cinderella
was tho most brilliant social event o
the year i'm Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
INSURANCE ACT
IS NOT REPEALED
Sheriff'S Service On One
Agent is Therefore Upheld
By Court

There was an interesting argument
heard by Superior Court this morning
which had a bearing on insurance COM
panies doing business in Delaware The
question before the court was a motion
to dismiss the sheriffs return for want OF
proper service on Henry Hopes as an
agent for the Grand Fraternity, Of Phil
adelphia.
John Biggs and Armor ID. Chaytor Jr,
represented Mary C. Keatley and Leonard
r. Wales appeared for the Grand Frater-
nifty, corporation with it's principal of
fee In Philadelphia Under the law of 1897
all foreign insurance companies doing
business in Delaware are obliged to have
a resident agent in each county. In 1905 a
law was passed creating the Insurance
Commissioner the agent for such com.
panies The court decided the 1897 law had
not been repealed so far as insuranc,
companies are concerned and the motion
10 dismiss the service in the case wal
dismissed. thereby declaring the seryici
on Mr.. Hopes as a proper one.
The case viii be tried at the Marcl
term Of court.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
WOMAN COPS
FOR new YORK
One Thousand Of Them Would
Do Great Things, Says
Miss Shaw
NEEDED TO INSURE
RESPECT FOR THE LAW
BY United Press leased Special wire

BY United Press leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19-Feminine
cops have been ridiculed IN song and
story since the days OF the Amazons
and in cartoons since the day of the
comic supplement, but the Rev. Anna
Shaw. president OF the National Wo-
man Suffrage Association, is mistaken
in her belief in their value to the
world.
lone thousand police women would
do more 20 purify the city Of New York
than any other reform OF which I
know" says Miss Shaw. "They are
needed for the protection OF young
girls and little children in the cities.
sympathy. charity and understanding
which would give them the opportunity
TO get into the hearts of the girls back
cd by authority. which would allow
them to keep the evil influences out
would save four-hfths of the pitiful
cases which now die in shame and
misery.
"The policewoman would need only
to show her shield to insure respect
for the law against selling liquor ia
minors to which the ordinary police
man shuts his eyes. Policewomen
should be stationed In the parks, the
theatres. the dance halls. all the pub
lie places, where men and girls meet
The saving in lives alone would be gi-
gantic. for OF these poor country girls
who come TO the city TO their ruin
few live more than five years.
'The women should be given beats
in the poorer districts where they could
gain the love Of the children and pro
tect them from the degradation of evi
surroundings"
Miss Shaw insists that the idea woulC
save money to the city, although the
police pay roll might be temporaril,
increased. She does not suggest tn
appointment Of the women police from
the ranks Of the suffragettes but tina
they be named by women who arc clos
10 the people who need such help-sucl
women as Mrs. Ballington Booth b
/ New York and Jane Addams In Chi
carO.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
ALL QUIET AT
CAIRO TODAY
Troops Are PatrOline the
Streets and the Jail is
Guarded
PROMINENT BUSINESS"
MEN In LYNCHING MOB

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
CAIRO, Ill, Feb 19.-Cairo is quiet to-
day. and there Is little fear that rioting
will be resumed. Troops are patroiing the
streets In the down town section and q,
guard stands In front Of tho jail. No at
tempt at violence has been made since
the killing OF Alexander Halliday and thu
wounding OF four other members OF ~
mob that attempted to take the two al
legged purse snatchers from the jail and
hang them. The officers fear, however.
that serious outbreak Is possible AMI
will not relax their vigilance
Feeling over the affair Is bitter. II ~
declared the men who composed tho mob.
and tried TO raid the Jail arc prominent
business men; that tho lynching was PLAN
ned as a warning to negroes ana that its
failure has increased tho bitterness against
tho black here.
A man who claims to have been a menu
bor Of the mob. tolls a story Of the affair
to-day different from that told by th@
sheriff and his deputies. He says the mob
was composed OF business mon They had
expected to meet other divisions that
would have increased the ranks TO hum
dreds
However. tho divisions failed to Soir.
80 tho little band that started out origi-
nalIy. numbering only thirty-five persoiis.
marched to the Jail alone.
1--WE expected" said this man. to carry
out the lynchng quietly. We intended TO
gain admission to the JAN and to over
power the night guard. then take the
negroes out and hang them. We were
never more surprised IN our lives than We
were when sheriff Nellis and the guards
fired on US.
eve did not have any opportunity to
dlsperse nor ire on the Jail"
The man declared the sheriff ordered the
mob TO disporse and then, without waiting
TO give any opportunity for tho command
to be carried ont. the deputies began mr.
lns
Tho officials Indignantly deny that they
fred before the mob was told TO leave
rhey declare that the shattered Jail win
dows Is sufficient evidence that the mcl
I fred a voney az tho officers. The ma
4 members and their friends say that III
: windows were broken by the derutiea -
! pulled their guns through them 70 fire
n tho crowd.
& Tho political feeling has played a stron
b. part IN the race troubles at Cairo. Th
o feeling among the negroes taking par
I'm the factions Is one Of the factors. It
4 said that ono political faction declare
5 that negroes are protected for their votes
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
PLEURISY TO
COMBAT PLAGUE
DR.. BantOn Says Former Dis
ease Prevents Spread of
tuberculosis
UNSANITARY HOUSES AS
ONE CAUSE OF DISEASE

Cure consumption by contracting
pleurisy. was the theory given by Or.
Conwen Banton before the anti
tuberculosis exhibit audience last night.
Or Banton explained that this was
the experiment being successfully tried
at the Phpps Institute. They noticed
first that children and older people
without sufficient lime in their bones
i contracted tuberculosis more readily
ihan other people DR.. Banton had
Idissccted many tubercular lungs and
found that around infected portions, a
deposit of lime always collected. to sort
of wall it off from the healthy parts
aud prevent spread of the disease. a
diet Of milk and eggs viii add lime
salts to the system, he contended.
When four teaspoonfuls of hydrochloric
acid are added 90 a quart Of milk. lime
salts are obtained. This diet, he said
IS being given by the Phipps Institute
After a while it causes pleurisy, OF in
hammation of the lung covering, to set
in When this heals the two layers
of this covering have grown together
and form a protection to prevent the
spread Of tuberculosis from infected
lung portions within. Forty per cent.
Of the Phipps cases tried have been
discharged as cured OF tuberculosis,
and pleurisy has set in. in the other
sixty Der cent, the doctor said.
James c. Anderson said that the
colored race was unwilling contributors
60 tho spread of the disease because of
tho housing conditions forced upon
them. Their boys were not allowed
90 learn trades. he said, so that tie
prospects of their using an education
when they got it were limited. Mr..
Anderson said that with their small
wages colored persons were forced to
live I'm houses that we're shockingly un-
sanitary. DR.. Banton and DR.. J.
Bacon Stubbs corroborated Mr.. Ander-
sons statements and added to these
statements of places that were unfit
for human beings to live in. noted I'm
their visits as physicians. DR.. Stubbs
spoke Of the difficulty OF getting these
buildings condemned and torn down.
Dr. Banton spoke of conditions under
which laundry work was done for west
side families, and wondered how the
richer people expected to be free from
the danger Of contagious diseases with
their clothes washed in the unsanitary
houses the poor had 20 live in, I'm Will
mington. Some of the visiting nurses
remarked that it was true OF poorer
white people as well.
c. p. Griffin called forth applause by
remarking that he was neither FOUNDER
nor expounder. but one thing he hac
gained from the evening-he was going
TO buy barrel of lime for the folks
At home. The audience was largely
composed OF nurses and doctors, and
the evening was an informal confer.
ence All emphasized the necessity
of getting rid of the unsanitary hous-
ing conditions If rich or poor were e
be healthy in Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
THIRD DEGREE
FOR SEYLERS
Man Accused Of Atlantic City
Murder Sticks to His Story

By United Press Leased Special WIrs
ATLANTIC CITY. n. j., Feb 19.--Cor-
onor southelmer declared to-day he woul
begin tho inquest over the b y Of Nils
Jane Adams next Monday or a esday.
I'm the meantime. william seyier. the
Young married man charged with the
murder Of the girl and Orvis Seyler. hts
brother. charged with being an accom-
plice after the fact. viii be held in fail
under a strong guard, to prevent a pos
sible lynching.
The two men we're put through a rigid
third degree when they reached Atlan-
tic city, but william stuck to his story
that ne knew nothing OF tho girls death
Orvis Is greatly frightened, and the poles
believe he will soon tell all he knows Buc
unless William can be induced to talk. q,
Is doubted If the story OF the girls death
win ever be fully told.
Although told by the police that ''Wnl ID
a bigamist." his wife here refused 10 be-
leve the story and clings 10 the belief
that her husband Is innocent OF the death
OF Miss Adams.
The faces Of tho detectives who brought
the two seylers back from the Virginia
town. where they were arrested blanched
when they found 1900 frenzied people about
the depot in which they alighted Only a
few cries were heard but the mutteungs
OF the large crowd gave the officers 3
shock. There is little doubt that II lead
er had presented himself. an EFFORT would
have been made to lynch the brothers. The
officers we're greatly relieved when they
lodged the two men in Jail.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
SOCIALIST RIOT
FEARED IN MADRID

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
MADRID, Feb. 19.-Serious disorders
are expected here tonight and tomor-
row If the Socialists and Republicans
persist in their plan TO hold a big
meeting. at which religious liberty. am
nesty for all political offenders, the
abolition Of the military government
and the reopening Of the suppressed
lay schools will be demanded.
Tonight's meeting is planned to be
held at the Barberi Theatre and to-
morrow's demonstration Is intended
to be a large outdoor affair.
The military authorities under orders
from the government have warned the
Socialists and Republicans that these
meetings viii be prohibited, but the
organizers are paying no attention Ia
the authoritis and declare that blood
shed viii follow any attempt 10 break
up their gatherings.
The police are being augmented in
anticipation of riots and several hun
dred additional soldiers have been
brought in from nearby barracks e
assist in preserving order.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
new IDEAS IN
FIRE FIGHTER
John I. LaIIy Has Modern
Appliances on Reliance
Auto Engine

Members OF tho Reliance Fire Com
pany do not expect 10 receive their new
IS 500 automobile hre engine which has
been shipped by the webb Company. OF
Vincenes. Ind. before Monday The ap-
paratus was shipped several days ago.
but owing 20 the extreme care necessary
in it's transportation It viii be longer in
transit than usual.
Not only the nremen, but an Whining
tonians are awaiting tho arrival Of tho en-
gine with a great deal Of interest IL will
bo the only fire fighting apparatus Of It's
kind IN this city. II viii be of peculiar
local interest in that It viii be equipped
with a device recently patented by John
r. Lally. a member Of the Reliance Com
pany who has invented a number OF other
devices used In connection with fire APP
paratus
The device invented by Mr.. Lally 10 be
used on the new engine IS styled self
starter" It will be rigged on the floor OF
the engine house and at the first tap Of an
alarm viii start the 9O-horse power gaso-
line engine providing the motive power
for the huge apparatus. by this device by
the time the firemen have slid down their
poles and grabbed their hats the engine
will be ready to start out of the house.
At the scene OF a fire by a simple move
ment OF lever the device that provided
tho motive power on the way to the fire
will be used TO pump four streams OF
water into the flames at great pressure.
In addition to a long reel OF hose. the
apparatus will carry twelve men. With
an weight, il viii be practically as heavy
as a steam engine.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
COLD BOOSTS
BUTTER PRICES
Dealers Say Best Grades viii
Go Higher in a Few Days

An advance in the retail price Of
butter may be looked for within a few
days as the result of an advance of (?
cents a pound in the wholesale price
since Wednesday. The retail price of
the finest butter is AZ cents a pound.
the wholesale price sS cents. The best
butter may accordingly be 46 cents by
Monday.
'The wholesale increase is due TO the
cold and storms in the West" dealer
in Third street market said this morn
ing "Not enuogh butter is produced
in this section to supply the demand
and we depend largely on the West
Out West the cold and snow storms
have closed up the roads and the sup
ply of butter has therefore decreased. -
The price OF eggs remains the same
as last week, but should the cold
weather continue. it will go up a few
cents. Retail meat prices remain the
same, although butchers say the whole
sale prices continue TO rise. Lent is
always dull for meat dealers, and this
fact has probably deferred them from
increasing the retail prices in proper
ton TO the wholesale prices.
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
DEEPENING OF
THE EDELAWARE
Wilmington Board OF Trade
To Send Delegates To
Philadelphia Conference
PHILADELPHIANS WANT
ASS FOOT CHANNEL

Major Herbert DealSyne. in charge OF
the u. s. engineers Office at Phna-
delphia. has invited the Wilmington
Board OF Trade TO represent this city
at a public hearing of the Board Of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. at
Philadelphia, on Thursday afternoon.
The meeting. which will be i'm the
rooms OF the Chamber Of Commerce
in the Bourse Building. will be for the
purpose OF receiving statements and
arguments relative TO the proposed inn
provement Of the Delaware River to
depth Of 50 feet. Persons who will
attend are requested to present the
matter In writing. Oral statements.
however. will also be heard. Major
Deakyne will preside.
Realizing that the deepening Of the
Delaware River would be OF vital in
terest to Wilmington. the Board Of
Trade has accepted the invitation and
the following representatives have been
appointed;
William n. Budd. chairman; Alfred
u. Warner. chairman: A. B.
Ayerst. Henry Bush, Charles S. Cav
throp. Anthony Higgins. w. w Lob
dell. John NJ Mendnhall George w
Sparks. Horace Wilson.
The deepening Of the Delaware River
as permanent Improvement has been
advocated by the Wilmington Board OF
Trade for some time. and the delegates
from this city will present arguments
for It. IL Is Major Dcakynes idea
20 obtain the opinion of the leading
men OF Philadelphia and other cities
along the Delaware River IN order e
formulate "A report and possibly recon.
mendations TO the War Department
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
GOODWIN MAY APPEAR
AND AGAIN APPEAL

Of attempting TO bribe Philip Oliver,
a police office Of Delaware City, at
the last State election. He was sem
fenced TO two years Imprisonment but
an appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court. That court refused to grant
a new trial and his bondsmen. were
given until Monday to produce Cod
win
Following the assurance of per-
son in authority who said this after
noon that he had learned Goodwin would
appear before the court, persons di-
rectly interested in the case would not
discuss the subject. one lawyer. how
ever, who has been connected with the
case, said; some one viii be in Dow
er on Monday and some action will be
taken"
Attorney General Andrew G. Gray
said that should Goodwin fail to ap-
pear on Monday the State would pro-
ceed at once TO sue out the bond. This
is for $1,000 and there are fourteen
bondsmen.
Several of Godwin's bondsmen re-
fused to say whether Goodwin would
appear. or whether the case would be
appealed to the United States Supreme
Court.
Goodwin has been away from the
state for three or four months. Sew
eral persons, il was said, saw him in
New York recently and according Ia
the story he was living at the Astor
House. He vas again said to be in
Connecticut lobbying in the state
Legislature there. Nobody. however
appears to know just where he actu-
ally has been
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
RAILROAD VICTIM A
CIVIL WAR VETERAN

John b. Gordon, colored. aged 65 years.
of No S23 Windsor street, who was killed
by a locomotive at the West Yard yester-
day was well known among employees OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, by
which company he had been employed
about forty years. He served in the Civil
War along the Shenandoah Valley. under
Major Bayley. and i'm the same company
with Lieutenant a. -. Vandever, Of this
city.
Following the Civil War Gordon fought
I'm the Mexican campaign and later re-
turned 10 Wilmington
Gordon was a car cleaner. A daughter
survives him
Evening journal., 1910-02-19
Convicted of Attempted
Bribery, Well Known
Politician it is Said Will
Ask United States Su-
preme Court TO Review
Case
STATE SUPREME COURT
TO CALL CASE MONDAY

IL was reported this afternoon that
John II. Goodwin who is under SEN
tence Of two years Imprisonment on
a charge Of attempted bribery would
present himself before the State Su-
preme Court, at Dover, on Monday and
at once appeal his case to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The appeal will be taken. it was said.
on the ground that as Goodwin was
tried and convicted OF the charge by
court, he was deprived of the con-
stitutional privilege of trial by jury.
The man who gave the information
refuse dto be quoted. He said he had
been told by four or five Of Godwin's
bondsmen that Goodwin would be at
Dover on Monday.
Notice Of an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States will inn
mcdiate.y be given.
Goodwin vas convicted on charge