Evening journal., 1911-01-17
ASSEMBLY GETS
STATE REPORTS
Many Departments Report
Their Activities to Gov
ernOr PenneWiII
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS
COMMISSION REVIEWS FIGHT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Jan. 17.-Reports of
various state officers that had been
made TO Governor Pennewill were
transmitted by him to the General As
sembly. BY far one of the lengthiost
reports ever submitted was that OF
the State Board of Health. which isl
so long that it has very little, If any
chance, OF being printed
Report on Fisheries.
Tho report of Fish Commissioner
Albert Il. Archer sets forth that dur
ing 1909 he had been unable TO get
any shad, black bass or perch or any
food fish Of any kind from the United
States commission, as the Chesapeake
Hatcheries have been a complete fail
ure, thus making il impossible for him
70 do much to increase the possibilities
of larger propagation. He also re-
ported that he had not been able to
secure any black bass from Dr. Short
lidge on account OF the extreme dry
weather During the year S400 was
collected for licenses.
He reports having visited Broadkiln
Beach, Slaughter and Cedar Beaches
Bowers. Kits Hammock, Mahons and
Reedy Island and expresses the opin-
ion that he has broken up Sunday
fishing along the shores. He says the
year has been a good one for fish and
he recommends that the legislature fix
a law whereby all persons engaged in
fishing with seines be made pay a
license TO the State.
tuberculosis Fight.
The report of the State Tuberculosis
Commission shows that nine dispen-
sarics have been established in Will
mington, Smyrna, Dover. Lewes.
Georgetown, Milford, Harrington, Sea-
ford, Greenwood. A visiting nurse in
each county visits all dispensary pa
tients and keeps a record OF their
cases. The cost for all nine dispens-
aries has been S6.345.51 in the two
years since the law was passed ere
ating the commission. The salaries OF
the nurses have amounted to S3,S53.9S
the rentals of the dispensary rooms to
s6S.22; the milk and egg and medi-
cines given to destitute patients Ia
milk. $i,4S9; eggs, S2,9O4.O4; medi-
cines, sl.07S.57; total, S2.904.04.
There have been treated. during this
/ time, 757 patients, treated, visited ant
recorded in the disponsaries. This
means at cost of only Sc per pa.
tient per year. The report sets fortl
that those destitute cases which coul,
not be cared for az home. but require
/ sanitarium care. have been sent eithei
! to Hope Farm or White Haven, in
Pennsylvania, as follows Cases sen
from Sussex county. IL; from Kent, 2
colored cases sent to New Haven,
total. Sc The total cost has been IS.
20425, making an average Of 1854
per patient. The report also sets fort
that $4,000 people have attended tn
car exhibit. the total cost Of whic
was $2,13S.5S
PardOns Granted.
The Board of Pardons sets out III
actions taken by the Governor on tn
recommendation of the board In tn
several cases considered.
April Is. 1909. Harry Wallace. VIII
was sentenced to life Imprisonment 4
New Castle county for murder, par
doned.
On March 4, 1910. Louis J. Bradley
who was convicted I'm New Castl
county In January, 1903, for breakin
into a dwelling was pardoned becaus
of his youth and for good behavior. II
was sentenced for two years.
On March 4, 1910, the sentence O
Joseph Sigerello was commuted TO lif
Imprisonment He had been sentences
10 be hanged for felonious assault
The same action was taken in tn
case of Carmine Russo in June Il
1910.
State Records.
The report of the Division Of Publ
Records states that In the spring o
1909 a search brought to light addi