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Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04

will take some time for the Offices
OF Sussex to become reconciled to
the duties Of Comfy Comptroller.
Here in New Castle County as
the work of County Comptroller
Chanler and that Of City Auditor
Kenworthy show, such a position
IS not a sinecure or an ordinary
place. 1t is really one Of the most
important in the community. And
Mr.. Hall will make it so in Sussex
County.
1t should be remembered that in
all these attempts to prevent waste
the people reap the benefit. Money
that is saved can be used for sub
stantial improvements.
Judging from present indications
Comptroller Hall will revolutionize
the methods of doing business in
Sussex County and will show that
the conducting Of business by the
county can approach the standard
which Mr.. Hall and other substan-
tial business men have in their own
private affairs.
The new administration of Will
mington is going to make the at
tempt to manage the affairs of the
city on a sound basis, and the dis
position in all parts OF the state is
for improvement in the managing
Of all financial matters. The Even
ing Journal, July 3Ist, 1911.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04

OF West Philadelphia, are recupeTsting st the
"Idlhours' in South Bowent
DR.. Clawson BesWick and family, of Philadel
phis, are occupying their cottage, Cheshire, y
and will remain the remainder OF the season
and have as guests at the present, Mr.. and Mrs
John Taylor Molfender and Mr.. and An John
Moliender, Of Delaware County, Pa.
At the "Brittinghsm" home they have as
guests Mr. and Mu. VIM. Brittingham and
family, Joseph Mettee, Miss Lizzie Yeager and
Mrs. VIM. Hamilton and daughter. Edith, all
of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Julia BrittiBRham, Of
West Philadelphia, age 81 years. iH visiting her
son. Geo. Brittingham, at his cottage across
the river
Samuel Warren and family and Roy Knox
and family all Of Glassboro. n. J., are spending
a month in the Delaware"
Mn Mary Kent, Of oxford, Pa, is q guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. irwin Scott at the Riverside"
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Steers and family, Charles
Demoll and Mrs. John Moore and family all Of
Philadelphia, are enjoying an outing at the
"Dunderland" cottage.
At the "BFsndywine Gun Club House" Mrs.
o. g, Gooden, Mrs. J. Warren Reed, Misses
Mand and Gladys Cann and Miss Harvene
Ringwalk, all Of Wilmington. are spending a
ten days vacation.
The "Westbury" contains Charles j. Brown
and family, OF Philadelphia.
Geo. Thomas and family, Of Milford, are oc-
cupyiDg the "Belaire" cottage
Mrs Caudler coles and Miss Clara Fisher, Of
Philadelphia, are spending the summer at the
"Reldnac" cottage
The "Bayvie,v" Hotel is gaining In popularity
and also the number OF guests are greatly aug
umented each year Of its existsnce. While its
guests, in numbers, nov will compare with any
OF the hotels at the resort, ihe proprietor has
secured a large cottage near the hotel and is
having It supplied with bedding in order to &C.
the large number Of guests looked /
for In the month OF August.
The Y. ". X. outing club, Of Wilmington, /
made their appearance at our shore last satuE.
day. They at once set about erecting their
lents on the beach in South Bowers, below the
cottages. They have three large canvass tents
md make quite an imposing little camp There
are Il men in the camp at present This outing
party is a part Of the well known" Hinky Dink"
Club; they have a well organized fife and drum
,Ofps and also good able base ball team and
lave agreed to play our team three games dur.
ng their sOjourn with US, on our diamond.
With the other clubs, that are TO play here dur
ng the month Of August, we may look forplenty
4 ball playing.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04

THE preliminary copies Of the re
Gently enacted laws have been deli.
vered TO the Secretary of State in
pamphlet form. This is excellent
work on the part Of the Secretary of
States department in preparing the
copy, and Of the printer in complet-
ing his part of work in less than four
months. Yet this is not a record for
this work. When the laws OF eight
years ago ;were printed, the first
copies were delivered in just one
hundred days from the time the
manuscript was placed in the print
ers hands.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
FILES COUNTER SUIT
Mrs. John Bancroft, Jr., Brings Charges
AGAINST Husband.


Against Husband.
The sensation that was recently pro
duced in Wilmington, Del, when JohT
Bancroft, Jr., brought suit for divorce
against his wife, Madeline Dupont
Bancroft, eldest daughter Of Alfred L
Dupont, multi-millionaire vice presi
dent of the Dupont Powder company
on statutory grounds, and in which he
denied the paternity of her infant son,
was renewed with vigor when the wife
herself filed a counter suit for di-
vorce.
She charges her young husband with
adultery and with extreme cruelty.
pleads not guilty to his charges of
adultery against her She declares he
is the legitimate father Of her infant
now several months old. Bancroft in
his original suit called this child Max
Heibler. Jr., and made it a co-defend.
ant. The young husband is the only
son of John Bancroft. millionaire sec.
retary of the Joseph Bancroft & Sons
company, textile manufacturers.
Mrs Bancroft names two Munich,
Bavaria, women, Elsa Schwartz and
Marie Hofbauer, as virtual correspond
ents, and says there are others not
known to her.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04

IN the minds Of many persons II
Delaware there is an impression
that in school finances any balance
which remains in the hands Of the
treasurer of the school district, will
revert to the State Treasury, and in
many cases this error has caused
attempts to shuttle the school ac-
counts in such a way as to cover all
money left in the treasury at the
close Of each school year. This be-
lief is an error, and it probably grew
out Of the law which provides that
all unexpended appropriations shall
revert to the State Treasury at the
close Of each fiscal year but this
only applies to specific appropria-
tions for certain purposes. Any
balance of money which has been
raised by taxation by the local dis
trict for school purposes, remains
the money Of that especial district, !
and as the dividends from the State
is used for paying the teachers sal
ary in each district, there is no
balance to be accounted for. Any
school district may, and many do,
accumulate funds which are carried
over from year to year, and which
are generally deposited in interest
drawing repositories. and this fund
may be use for building, repair, or
purchase Of grounds, OF any other
purpose whatever, if approved by J
the local district. 1t is surprising q
to what extent resorts to cover bal 1
ances are carried, and there is no /
need for so doing, because any bal
ance in the local school treasury 7
the districts assets, and 4
can in no instance revert to the State. i,
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Beaumont Wins British Air Race.

Beaumont Wins British Air Race.
A. Beaumont Lieutenant Conneau)
won the $4,000 prize offered by the
London Daily Mail for the circuit OF
Great Britain aviation race of 1O1C
miles.
The Frenchman reached the finish
at 2.O7 O'Clock, making a splendid vol.
plane from a height of 1000 feet. Beau.
mont is the flying name" of Lieuten
ant de Conneau, a French army officer.
J. Vedrines reached the goat at 3l7
O'Clock. Both Frenchmen received an
enthusiastic reception from a huge
crowd. Beaumont on alighting was
seized by admirers and carried
shoulder high to his tent
Vedrines was rewarded for his Ions
flight and his sturdy fight to win the
contest by Lord Northcliffe. owner Of
the Daily Mail, who presented him.
with a personal prize of $1,000, which
was not included in the original prizes.
Beaumont's actual flying time was
22 hours, 2S minutes, and Vedrines 23I
hours, SO minutes.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
PENSION FOR ANDY 10th
Reward For Man Who Served Twenty
Years For Crime He Didn't Commit.

Reward For Man Who Served Twent,
Years For Crime He Didn't Commit.
Andy 10th, who was released from
the penitentiary at Pittsburg, Pa. las
March, after serving twenty years Of &
life term for crime he did not com
nit, has been placed on the private
pension roll Of Andrew Carnegie.
10th was convicted for participation
in the killing of a watchman at Carne.
gie's Edgar Thomson steel plant at
Braddock, but the confession Of one of
the rioters in Hungary cleared him
and he was pardoned. Carnegie or.
dered that the man receive $40 a
month.
10th will leave Pittsburg for Hun
gary, where he will rejoin his wife.
whom he has not seen since his con.
viction.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Edward N. shepard Dies.

Edward NJ. Shepard died at his
country home at Lake George, N. Y.
after several weeks illness.
Death came to him Just as the bell
Of the monastery across the lake from
his home was ringing the angelus.
During the afternoon be reused for a
short time and, seeing the members
Of his family gathered about the bed
side, said: Il know what you are here
for. Soon afterward he died.
He was a candidate for the United
States senate, but withdrew after a
long fight in the present session Of the
legislature.
His home was in New York and he
was a lawyer.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04

IT is a shame that the members
of the Levy Courts of both Kent
and Sussex Counties permit farmers
to drag their plows and harrows
into the roadway of the public
highways, and thereby deposit trash
Jumps Of dirt and cut small gullies
into the roadway. This is a duty
each member of the Levy Court
owes to the public TO see that this
practice is Immediately stopped. In
many places the farmers have
plowed and planted the public road
until the widest parts are less then
fifteen feet between growing crops.
This effectively ruins the roads so
far as travel is interested.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
COMPTROLLER HALLS GOOD WORK.

According to reports from Sus
sex County. Mr.. George H. Hall,
of Milford, Auditor Of Sussex
County, seems to be the right man
in the right place. The Journal does
not believe in multiplying Offices,
but we thought, and still think,
that the creation Of the Offices of
County Auditor for kent and Sus-
sex was a good thing for the Legis-
lature to do. The salaries Of these
officials, if they are conscientious
men, as they are, will be more than
paid for by the economies they will
practice.
The Sussex Republican SAYS that
Mr.. Hall is going about his work
in a business-hke way. According
to the Republican, there seems to
be disposition on the part Of some
to resent to strictness with which
the Comptroller scrutinizes every
thing that is presented for his ap-
proval. And as the Republican
adds, such a disposition is un-
warTented and can grow only out of
a failure to understand and appre-
ciate the duties ofthe Comptroller.
There are few officials, Of course,
who really like to have the watchful
eyes, Of a comptroller or auditor
upon them. They don't like il
very much in this county, and it I
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Aeronaut Falls to Death.

Falling from a balloon 700 feet in
the air, Harry Darnell, of Chicago, a
veteran balloonist, was dashed to his
death at Plainfeld, N. J., in the pres.
enee of thousands of men and women.
Darnell had promised to turn a dou
BILE flip flop" in the air and catch the
trapeze with his hoes. He leaped turn.
ed twice and then missed the bar.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
500 Italian Mothers and Children Her
Guests on PLAY Grounds.

Miss Helen NJ. Gould entertained
500 Italian mothers and their children
on her play grounds near Tarrytown,
N. Y.
Miss Gould provided a special train
on the New York Central and trolley
cars we're in waiting when they reach.
ed Tarrytown to take them to the
field. All kinds of games were en-
joyed and dinner was served. The
party was under the supervision OF
the New York City mission.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Woman aWnts EIve pensloD.

Claiming she is the widow of five
husbands all Of whom fought in the
Civil War, woman of Walton comfy
Georgia, has applied for five pensions
amounting to $50 a month
The applicant was a Miss Malcolm
and her first husband was killed dur
ing the first year of the war. while
her second met like fate later. The
ihree men she married since the war
we're veterans Of the Confederacy
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Potato Worth Two Beers and Ni,1.,

A new legal tender made its appear
ance in the town Of Milliken, Colo.
caused by the scarcity and high price
OF potatoes. P. A. Murphy stepped into
a saloon at Melliken, ordered a glass
OF beer, and when that was gone a
second. and then laid on the bar a no
tato. Murphy called for his change
The barkeeper gravely returned him a
nickel and put the potato in the cash
drawer.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Fires on Robbers: saves s5ooo

When Superintendent w. H. Werk
s., of the Glen Run mines, near Steu-
benville, Ohio, was held up by four
men he promptly opened fire on them
with his revolver and saved the pay.
roll of $4,000. The highwaymen replied
and Werker was wounded in the bacl
Rs he drove away. In the buggy with
him we're HE wife and son.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Kicked Dynamite; Nav Die

Kicking a bucket of dynamite will
probably cost Albert Pagett, a young
white man, who has been EMPLOYED
on the new bridge being built over the
frankfort pike, near Lexington, XIV
his right leg, if he does not die. and he
Is now at St. Joseph's hospital in
serious condition.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
$1,000 Dock Laborers strike,

Dock laborers to the number Of co..
900 went on strike in London, Eng
The seamen's strike, which was set.
tied some time ago, convinced the
doekers that they also could obtain
their demands by similar action.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Divorce Case Witnesses Bail Forfeited

~''V' &C VIC 0'IR'Issgs DaII FOTTGIteo
Judge Mulqueen, in the court of
general sessions in New York, de-
clared the bail bonds of $250O each
that were furnished for the appearance
of Alfred George Curphey and Captain
Thomas w. Kirkbride, the two Eng
lishmen who came here to testify in
the Mellon divorce case in Pittsburg
They were arrested here on June l6
charged with being fugitive witnesses.
Curphey and Kirkbride have returned
10 ENGLAND.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Miss o1imby FIles.

Miss Harriet Quimby, the first wo
man in America to take up aviation
with success, did some remarkable
work 200 feet or more in midair at
Mineola, N. Y, when at a speed OF
about fifty miles an hour she described
six complete figure "ss" that caused
the spectators to shout with enthusi.
asm when the feat had been accom-
plished
Miss Quimby was flying a Moisant
monoplane and after accomplishing the
difficult task flew of in the direction
OF Westbury and Meadow Brook for a
cross-country flight. which was sue.
cessfuliy accomplished.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Thief Shoots JeweIer.

David Silverman was shot through
the shoulder in his jewelry store at
1872 Madison avenue, in New York
by a thief who, while escaping, took
three gold watches. Silverman's wound
g said not to be serious.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
Herd Of VIC Der In conneotlout

The largest herd of deer ever note
in the state of Connecticut has beer
seen along the Central New Englan
railroad by the passengers and crev
of several trains. The deer were feed
ing in open places along the tracks
AS the cars passed they ran wildly
into the woods. They numbered from
rs to 100
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-04
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MORE INDICTMENTS.
w. j. cummins, of Carnegie Trust
 Company, Under Bend.

w. j. Cummins, of Carnegie Trust
 Company, Under Bend.
 New York, March 21.-William ]. Cummins, directing head of the Car negie Trust Company, was indicted Ethis afternoon for the alleged larceny of $335, 5,G00 from the institution year ago. He pleaded not guilty with leave to withdraw the plea and was re- deased on bail in the sum of $50,000.
 In April. 1910, according to state ment from the district attorneys of ,fice, Cummins borrowed a large sum to prevent the sale of hypothecated stock in the Nineteenth ward and the Twelfth ward banks, lest the sale in the open market affect other institu- tions in which he was interested. He secured the money it is alleged, from other banks on notes of the Carnegie Trust Company. which were immedi- ately endorsed over to the personal account of Cummins and appropriated, 1t will be charged. to his personal use.
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TEDDY AT LOS ANGELES.
Is Given Housing Reception ana
 Makes Two Speeches.

Los Angeles, Cal. March 21 .-- Theodore Roosevelt was given an en- thusiastic reception during the first of his two days stay in Los Angeles. Crowds greeted the colonel upon his arrival in the railroad station in the morning and they continued to voice their approval of him wherever he appeared.
 During the day the colonel dediy- cred two set speeches. made an hour | informal talk at luncheon in his honor and tonight addressed ar as semblage in Pasadena on his experi. ences in Africa. The first address was in the Young Mems Christian Asso' citation. where he spoke on the worl of that organization. The lucheon was given by F. T. Earl. the publisher and was attended by 2s guests, anon
The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-22

them Francis J. Heney During his informal talk at the luncheon, Colo nel Roosevelt paid high compliment to Heney.
 When in the Oregon land cases it became necessary to obtain man of great ability and indominitable cour- age,' he said, II went to Francis J. Heney, and as result of that effort We got one United States senator in stripes. got one representative in stripes also, and there worked . real and radical reform"
 Colonel Rooseyelt's second address of the day was delivered to the teach CTS and pupils of the high school and upper grammar grades at Temple Auditorium. Following this he was taken to Pasadena, where ne was the guest at dinner given by Arthur Fleming.
 His lecture tonight upon zoo logical trip through Africa was given on large tennis court. under the auspices of the Polytechnic Insti- tue.
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of war. but it proved to be mission

of war. but it proved to be a mission of peace.
 President Taft hopes that the send Ing of the army to Texas will prove to nave been peace move. He said to several callers at the White House today that he ought to be the last per son in the world to be suspected of 'jingoism-that nothing was further rom his mind. Political considera- tons, the president said, had not en- tered into the operations from any possible angle. Mir. Taft is fully aware that an attack is to be made upon him in congress by some of the republi- can insurgents and possibly by some of the democrats, but he is said to he prepared to defend his course from every point of view.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-22
DEFECTIVE SHOT.

< Danville, Y. March 21.-Violence Ill connection with the strike of white firemen on the Cincinnati, New or deans and Texas Pacific Railroad broke out afresh this afternoon when Oscar Spaeth, of Chicago. detective employed in guarding strikebreakers, was shot and instantly killed. on ! freight train about four miles south of this city. A fusillade of shots from
 the roadside killed Spaeth.
 Cincinnati. O., March 2l.-Aside |trom assertions by both sides in th' |ptrike of white firemen on the Gin Icinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pa lcific Railroad that each was gaining Iground daily, there were no Local de velopments in the controversy to- day.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-22
WAR AGAINST WHITEss

Sydney, N. IS. w.. March 21--Newa received here from the New Hebrides says that the natives of the Island of Esperitu santo have risen against the whites.
 Esperitu Saiito IS the largest and most western of the New Hebrides on which there are not many white inhabitants. The islands are admin istered by a mixed commission of French and British naval officers. It is reported that assistance has been sent the threatened people.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-22
MEXICANS RAID
 AMERICAN TOWN
TWO TROOPS OF CAVALRY SENT TO SCENE OF FIRST OVERT
 ACT COMMITTED.
Citizens in Vicinity of chishos Flee ing to Larger Cities for Safety
 From Mexicans.

San Antonio, ex., March 21.-iUpon receipt. of the news from Alpine that Mexican marauders have crossed the border near Chishos and driven away tcattle, General Duncan, commanding the department of Texas, Immediately ordered a troop of the Fourth cavalry, at b Paso and a troop Of the Third, at Marathon, to proceed to Alpine.
 The news came in a private tele- gram to ]. D. Jackson. mayor of Al pine, who is here attending the cat tlemen's convention Mayor Jackson immediately put the matter before United States Marshal Nolte and Gen eral Duncan, and the order to the two troops followed.
 The first telegram to the mayor was from w J. Yates, of Alpine. as fol lows:
 "Mexicans are raiding the lower county. Urge NoIte to send troops to Alpine at once.'
 The Nolte mentioned is Eugene Nolte. United States marshal at this city. A second telegram came to May or Jackson from June Higgins, Of Brewster county.
 It reads:
 ''Chishos telegrapas great excite ment. Marauders are driving stock 70 other side of river. Settlers are gath ering at Chishos fearing the raiders who are near there. La Farrelle wires that he will hold fort. "
 La Farrelle is said to be a deputy United States Marshal Mayor Jack son conferred with United States Marshal Nolte and through the latter the appeal to General Duncan was made
 The troop from El Paso probably will detrain at Maria From there they must use their horses distance of 50 miles to the scene of the trouble. ghe troop from Marathon, short dis tance from Maria may start on the hike" from their barracks, as the railroad would get them, but little nearer to their destination
 There is warehouse at Chishos, in which much dynamite is stored. Should the raiders prove to be reyolu- tionists 1t is thought likely that the explosive is the real object of their incursions.
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of the mobilization of troops made to Ambassador De La Barra, and by him communicated to Minister Creel in a message received today, allayed all suspicion regarding the intention of the United States. MT. Creel said to- day in the message from Ambassador De La Barra, the latter stated that he had been given new assurances by President Taft of the friendly attitude of the United States toward Mexico and of his own personal regard for President Diaz.
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TROOPS IN CONTROL.
Striking Illinois Miners Awed by the
 Presence of Soldiers.

Gillespie. H., March 21.--Detach- ments of three companies of the Illi- nois National Guard are patroDling the mining town of Benod, south of here and the presence of the troops has had a salutary effect on striking miners who. as late as this morning, jcined in demonsti ation calculated to awe those who wanted to return 10 work.
 That wholesale arrests are to fol low Is the statement from both the states attorney and the sheriff. War rants will be issued for all who ars known to have borne arms and against all others who took part in l melting the riotous demonstration.