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Evening journal., 1911-01-18
TO KEEP TAB ON
CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Representative GOrmIey to
Introduce Publicity Bill
in the Legislature

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del, Jan. 1S-Representa-
tive Gormley, Democrat Wilmington,
has given notice of and will introduce
a campaign expenses publicity bill.
IL is the same measure that was Of
fered and defeated four years ago. II
is recommended in the Democratic
platform The bill provides that the
treasurer of a campaign committee
shall keep a detailed account of all re-
ceipts and expenditures. and IL pro-
hibits the expenditure of money for
illegal campaign Purposes.
All candidates, whether defeated or
elected at primaries and elections,
must file within twenty days with the
clerk OF the peace or the secretary
of State a certified copy of all cam
paign receipts and expenditures, and
vouchers therefore, and within thirty
days the treasurer of all campaign
committees must file a similar state
ment
Upon the application Of five voters
the Court of General Sessions can re-
view the statement so filed. Penalties
fine from $50 to $1,000 or imprison
ment of from one month to two years
or both are provided for failure tC
comply with any Of the provisions OF
the proposed measure.
Il also is provided that no oficia
can assume Office until he has com
piled with the filing of his campaign
expenditures.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
SPIDER FAMILY
INTERESTSKI
Little Folk Also Stare in
WOnderment at AIIiCa-
tor Egg

School children enjoyed the OK
hibits of the Natural History Society
In the pumping station az Cool Spring
Park, Tenth and Van Buren, streets.
yesterday afternoon. The children
found enough OF interest TO keep them
there the best part of an hour and
they had thirst for information that
kept the curator busy answering ques-
tions all the time
The alligators egg was a source ot
wide-oyed wonder, and the birds
skelefOn-gee, but that WAS funny
looking thing. There were such huge
and creepy spiders that II was a re-
lief TO find they lived In South Caro-
lima. One spider was carrying her en-
tire family of a hundred little spiders,
clinging an over her. The tropical
"kentipede" as the children called him,
was like a thousand-legger, only
worse. One little boy half froze his
companions by dramatically showing
how that eagle in there, If he was
alive, could swoop down and grab you
with his talons.
Perhaps the most marvellous exhibit
is that showing dead-leaf butterflies,
which IL takes a long time to distin-
euish from the leaves on the branches
on which they rest, and butterflies re-
sembling tree bark
Snakes. butterflies. eggs, birds, min
erals. bird-nests, Indian relics-welt
there are heaps of them there. Those
school children certainly learned a
good. big slice Of natural history yes
tarday, and they seemed to enjoy II,
| fna
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
LEVY COURT
SEEKS NEW LAW
Body Would Have County As
SCISSORS Appointed Rather
Than Elected

Philip L. Garrett, attorney for the
Levy Court, held conference this
afternoon with Levy Court Commits
sioners Dennison, Elliott and Thomp-
son, in reference to bills to be pre-
sented to the Legislature. The Levy
Court has sent communication to
the speakers of both houses of the
Legislature, requesting them not to
pass any bills regarding New Castle
county without the Levy Court being
notified.
One of the bills TO be presented will
be to give the Levy Court the power
to appoint the assessors. IL is the
general opinion that better assessors
can be obtained by having them APP
pointed.
The question of increased capitation
tax whereby the minimum tax will be
81 each. This movement is in con.
formity with the recommendation
made by the State Revenue and Tas
Commission in its report submitted
to the Legislature.
The Levy Court expects to have
at least eight bills before the Legisla.
ture including one providing for the
issuance of bonds for building a new
bridge across the Cbristiana river a
Fourth street, and sufficient money
with which to build the addition to the
County Court House. Along this line
] it is expected that new building vii
be agitated.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
DEADLOCK ON
TARIFF BILL
Taft'S PIav, the LOngwOrth
Measure May Not be
Reported
WORKING NOW TO
BRING ABOUT COMPROMISE

Nv limited Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Another
attempt to get some sort Of tariff
commission bill out of the Ways and
Means Committee Of the House was
made today at a meeting of the ma
ioritv members, who are practically
deadlocked on the much disputed
Longworth and Dalzell bills. Today
meeting was held as a result OF the
various conferences Of the Republl-
cans of the committee with President
Taft who has brought to bear all his
influence to get a tariff commission
measure before the House His pet
compromise, the Longworth bill, is
practically dead I'm the committee,
without a chance Of being reported, 1t
is said. The President has declined 70
accept the Dalzell bill, which tariif
commission enthuiasts say would Gre
ate a useless commission.
An attempt was made at today
meeting to evolve a combination of
the Dalzell and LOngworth measures
which the committee would accept II
was expected that little of the Long
worth bill would remain I'm the finish
ed compromise. The provision giving
the commission the power to report
to Congress for action, the names OF
persons or corporations refusing in
formation, was expected to be stricken
out This. the Commission enthusiasts
say, would practically emasculate the
bill.
Even If the Ways and Means Com.
mittee reports a compromise, there
seems little possibility now Of its
passing this session with the legisla.
tive files just about chOked up witt
routine work.
compromise might not secure tho
support of all the Republicans, as th'
insurgents probably would oppose any
measure they thought ineffective ant
IL would certainly be opposed by tbs
Democrats. The Democrats even plaI
TO fight the Taft last resort on tbs
tariff scheme, which will be TO try
for a 100000 appropriation for The
present tariff board
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
SENATE TO ACT
ON JUDCESHTP
Will Give a Hearing to Any
body Directing to COnfir-
nation on Monday

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, Jan. 1S-Action on
the confirmation of Philip O. Church
man as resident associate Judge for
New Castle county. to succeed Judge
Daniel o. Hastings. will be called for
on Monday next Meanwhile anybody
having objection 60 the confirmation
of Mr. Churchman Is now given an op-
portunity to present his objection to
the Senate by Monday morning next.
Sentiment here seems TO be that
Judge Churchman will be confirmed
with few " any votes ia opposition.
For awhile IL looked as II the Demo-
cratic Senators might line up on
party lines against confirmation, but
Il was predicted yesterday after
noon that many Democrats will vote
for Mr.. Churchman's confirmation II
no objection is offered, more serious
than has been raised
Senator Monaghan yesterday after
noon offered the following resolution
after "A conference with Senator Mil.
Ter of the Republican side, and II was
adopted unanimously by the Sen
ate:
BE IL resolved by the Senate
That all persons desiring to be hearC
by the Senate regarding the confrma
tion Of the appointment of Phillip Q
Churchman as Associate Judge of th,
State of Delaware, Shall on Monda,
morning, January %, 1911, at 10.3l
O'clock cause to be pre- >Nlted to thl
Senate their charges or OBJECTIONS :
writing.
'Be IL further resolved, That th'
Senate in committee Of the whole, II
executive session. will hear any per
son having any objection or charge
to present against said confirmation.
President pro tenn. Monaghan yes
terday received from Thomas +. Bay
ard. president Of the New Castl
County Bar Association, that bodyi
action IN favor Of the confirmation o
Mr.. Churchman.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
One MAKE OF
GUN FOR COPS

Acting on instructions received from
the Police Commission. Chief of Police
Black will make an inspection Of the
policemen under him, before the next
meeting of the board. to get a line on
just what sort of weapons the police
are carrying. It is understood that
there is a mixed assortment Of guns,
some Of which are believed TO be good
weapons and others not so good. On
this account the commission is de-
sirous of having the men carry re-
volvers of standard make. Such
weapons, it was found, could be OBJ
tanned at a reasonable figure.
The members of the force will be
Obliged to pay for the revolvers but
Is is not believed that this will work
any hardship on them. II is pointed
out that all the police should have a
good revolver and that in every city
of the size Of Wilmington the police
men are Obliged to carry arms of uni
form pattern.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
BATTERED TO DEATH
BY REVOL WING SHAFTTNG

Robinson felt the pipe fall inside the
building and was knocked from the
ladder TO the ground but was not in
iured. Climbing the ladder he peer
ed through the hole In the wall and
was horrihed TO see Seolmans body
wrapped around the shafting and be-
ing crushed and twisted every time
Il struck the wall Robinson shouted
for help, but In the meantime Charles
Parker. an omploye OF the plant shut
down the machinery. Seelman was
then taken down and ID was found
that he was fatally injured. The
Phoenix ambulance. however. was
summoned but when Il arrived the
man had long since been dead. The
ambulance brought the body 10 VII.
mington and left it at the morguc. 4
was later removed to the mans home
The bearings ON the shafting whicl
was Immediately along side where
Seelinan Was nt work, are protected
and nobody seems 10 know lust hov
the accident occurred. lt is thought
however, that Seclman in bending
over too far got his clothing caught II
the shafting
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
Special Board of Inquiry
is Named TO Investigate
BaffIeship Horror
SHIP LANDS HER
DEAD AT NORFOLK

BY United Press Leased Special WIRE
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 1S.-lt was
learned today that seventeen men
we're slightly injured. when eight were
killed and one seriously hurt yester-
day by boiler tube explosion on the
battleship Delaware.
Il was a remarkable sight today
when the majestic dreadnought with
her flags at half-mast and her bur-
den of dead, made her way up the
roads against the blizzard. which kept
her twelve miles out of port all night
A naval tug took off the dead as soon
as the big hattleship came within
reach. The seventeen slightly injured
we're scalded or overcome by steam,
and are under the care of the ships
surgeons.
To Investigate Explosion.
In response TO the request of Cap
tain Cove steps were taken at the
Navy Department today toward the
organization of a special board of in
quiry to investigate the explosion.
It is probable that the engineer of
the Norfolk navy yard, the chief en-
gineer of the Delaware, and the engi-
neer. officer of the South Carolina or
Michigan will comprise the board. The
last two named warships are at Nor
folk for repairs. each having lost its
port propeller last week.
Captain Cove in a second report
TO the Navy Department, said that he
had already appointed a board of in
quiry on ship. but that the investi-
gators had not reported. The cause
of the explosion of the boiler tubes
had not been discovered, he said.
Naval officers here. when shown
Captain Gove's despatch, said It was
probable the cause never would be
definitely known. The material put
into a boiler is tested and retesteC
during battleship construction. The
safety valves are given daily ant
weekly tests.
"The only way to avoid such acci
dents as these" said one naval engi
neer today, lis to keep the navy lalS
up at dock"
As the Delaware's twelve boilers
only one of which was damaged. an,
requires only a portion Of this mum
ber in cruising, it is believed the ac
cident will not interfere with her tax
ing the body Of the late Minister Cru
back to Chile. She is expected I
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
ROBBERS LOOT
In WOMEN'S ROOMS
Three Defendants Held for
Court on Charges Of Re-
CeiviHG Stolen Goods

Ethel Miller, Annie Jones and Ada
line Briston, colored, We're defen-
dants I'm City Court this morning, on
the charge Of receiving stolen goods.
Mrs Louisa Mccall. No. sos West
Front street. testified that on Decem-
Der 27, her house was robbed and a
large quantity Of clothing and bed
clothing taken. Ofioers Crozier and
Davidson brought goods found In the
women's rooms TO her and she iden-
tilted II as her property. The Miller
woman had a suit and the other arti-
cles recovered were found IN the
rooms Of the other women.
officer Davidson testified to making
tho search and having the articles
identified by Mrs. Mccall
Chief Black informed the court
that about ten robberies had taken
place In the city of late and thai
two men were arrested In Philadel-
mia and one of them who made his
headquarters at No. lO2 Jefferson
street. is now In the workhouse
Enough goods We're recovered In the
Jones and Briston women's rooms tf
implicate George Johnson. now IN th'
workhouse, i'm seven of the robberies
The Miller woman was given the sui
stolen from Mrs. Mccall by another
man who is still at large. The three
women we're held in $500 bail each fol
Court.
When Johnson was arrested a "a
zor was found in his pocket and JohI
Lockard, of No. IL West Twenty
ninth street, identified It as his prop
erty. The burglar at this house wal
scared away after he had packed NJ
the silverware. The razor was stoiei
That nighl.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
IL SAILORS ALSO HURT
WHEN BURSTING BOILER
ON DELAWARE KILLS 8
start for Valparaiso January 81.
Sister Shin of North Dakota.

start for Valparaiso January 81.
Sister Ship of North Dakota.
The Delaware is a sister ship Of
the North Dakota, one of the most
formidable men-of-war ailOat In the
world, which met with a fuel-oil ac-
cident I'm her engine room in Lynn
haven Bay last September. Several
men were killed or fatally injured.
Other men have been killed or in
jured In engine and boiler room acci-
dents on the North Dakota and other
ships during the cruise of the fleet
to the English Channel.
Since the fleet of sixteen battleships
left the channel January I for Guam
tanamo the South Carolina and the
Michigan have been disabled by losing
their port propellers and were COM
PEELED to go limping to the Norfolk
yard for repairs.
The South Carolina and Michigan
are sister ships and are next to the
Delaware and North Dakota in new
ness, displacement, supposed power
and general efficiency. These acci-
dents occurred during tho scouting
exercises. I'm which the fifth division.
composed OF cruisers, was locating
and reporting the movements of the
battleships. In the course OF these
operations a cylinder head blew out
on the cruiser Washington. also one
of the newer ships, and she likewise
was sent to Hampton Roads.
When these ships arrived there a
few days ago they found the gunboai
Dubuque limping into the yard. she
having lost her port propeller on the
way down TO Guantanamo
I First of DreadnOughts.
The Delaware is the first Of the
American dreadnoughts, she having
been built by the Newport News Ship
building Company and placed in com
mission last Spring. Captain Cove
] her commander, was for two years
commander of cadets at the Nava
Academy. She has a displacement o.
10000 tons, a speed Of u knots anC
carries 10 12-inch guns. She IL
equipped with reciprocating engines
and. like the North Dakota, has com
bination oil-fuel feeder. The oil il
used on these two ships only for higl
| speed, I'm connection with the use o
coal
The Delaware accompanied the At
lantic fleet TO Guantanamo and wa
ordered to Hampton Roads when tn
accident occurred to the South Caro-
lima. The latter had been detachel
from the feet I'm European waters ant
was being sent to Hampton Roads &
convey TO Chile the body of Seno
Cruz. the Chilean Minister, who die
in Washington a month ago. Il Wi
depend upon the extent Of the iniurie
to the Delaware whether. another shi
Will have to be called up from Guar
tanamo TO carry the Minister'S r,
mains to Chile.
i January 81 had been set as the dat
, Of beginning this cruise.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18

His body crushed in shafting at
the plant of the Consolidated Agri-
cultural Chemical Company .at New
port this morning. Joseph Seelman.
aged about 80 years, OF No. 9O2 Reed
street, died almost instantly. Both
legs and arms were broken, his back
from head to foot was battered and
mass of bruises and IN fact nearly
all his bones splintered Or. Francis
l.. Springer. of Newport. arrived at
the plant shortly after the accident
happened. but he could do nothing
for the victim The man had dieo
within few minutes after being
taken from the shafting.
Seelman was unmarried and lived
with his parents in this city He had
been employed for about four weeks
al the Newport plant as pipe filter
his helper being Edwin Robinson O
youth living at Newport.
The two were working together
seelman on the inside Of tho building
and Robinson on the outside holding
a pipe which passed through a hole
in the wall while Seelman was max
ing a union on an L." Suddenly
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
HOBSON TALKS
OF EXPLOSION
Navy Lacks a Highly Expert
Corps Of Engineers,
He Says
THINKS THAT FREQUENT
ACCIDENTS WILL CONTINUE

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-Following
the accident ON the new Dreadnought
Delaware. in which eight men were
killed yesterday, Representative Rich
mond Pierson Hobson, member Of the
House Committee on Naval Affairs and
formerly an officer in the navy, today
gave the United Press the following
story
Copyright. 1911, by The United Prese)
We shall continue to have frequent
accidents in our navy just 80 long as
we continue TO lack technically
trained aud highly expert corps OF en-
ginocrs, in my opinion.
It rs difficult to comment on such
accidents as that on the Delaware. in
which eight men were killed by an ex-
plosion IN the fire room, without know
Ing something of the circumstances
aud the probable cause. But. | cannot
but associate thom with the decline in
engineering efficiency which ] think
has taken place since 1899 In that
year the engineer corps and the line
officers we're merged Since then. in
my opinion the navy has been the
/ loser
This loss has been offset somewhat
by the development Of the warrant
officers into trained mechanicians.How
over Il Is not TO be expected that when
a naval officers energies and abilities
are spread over the whole field Of
naval activity shat he Is going to at
tain the best results In any one
branch.
do not wish TO criticise the peraon-
mel In the least The American naval
officer as a commander and as an all
round lighting officer is of the high
est type But. | maintain. none of them
are as expert engineers as they should
be-
would like to see the establish
mcnt of a technical corps, the whole
purpose of which would be to develop
highly skilled force corps o
, specialists, In other words should bl
created. which should give it's atten
tion to the engineers problems OF th
navy. Once in this corps, a man shout
stay IN. and be expected TO know onl
enough of sea service 20 enable MI
to work I'm harmony With the sea-goln
b .siOn of the service.
: Il believe Secretary OF the Nav
ioyer is doing the best he can unde
, the laws which arc i'm force. HoweNe
In my opinion, we shall continue
. have these disasters just so long a
the present system is permitted
= prevail.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
HOLD HIN ON
WIFE BEATING CHARGE.

Tony Transtowsld was charged by
his wife in City Court this morning
with having beaten her. Her testimony
was that on last Monday while he was
drunk he abused her Then he beat her
she said. and ran her out of the house,
While she had a baby I'm her arms
the wife said her husband pulled her
by the hair aud struck her with his
fist. In his own defense Transtowski
said he gave his wife S3S when he
went home on Monday. He denied
striking her. He was held in $500 bail
for the upper Court.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
FARMERS WANT
PAY FOR STOCK
Think They Should be Reim-
burSed for Loss Caused
by Anthrax

A meeting of the farmers of New
Castle county has been called for next
Wednesday at 10 o'clock in the Hotel
Wilmington. The object of the meet
ing is to take action on a bill which
will be presented TO the Legislature
regarding anthrax. Farmers of New
Castle county have lost many COWS
by this disease and the idea now ad-
vanced is to get the State to pay for
each COW that dies of the disease. In
no case will the amount allowed be
more than $50 and a veterinary sur
geon and two farmers are to value
the diseased COW.
The members of the Levy Court arc
TO be invited to tho meeting as the
farmers do not want to do anything
aniagonistic to the Levy Court
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
MAYOR DEFENDS
CITY HOSPITAL
Project Not Dropped, He Says,
and gives Reason Why
II Should Not be
PLEADS FOR CARE
OF CITY'S POOR

Replying to a statement made to-
day in a morning newspaper headed
city Hospital to be Dropped" Mayor
spruance today stated that he knew
Of nothing that indicated that the pro-
iect had been dropped. He said that
when he had taken up the question
with the members OF Council they
unanimously approved of the plan and
appointed committee TO investigate
and get funds through an act of the
Legislature to erect such an institU-
ton. The Mayor said the reason this
committee did not make report back
to Council was because the site had
not yet been decided upon and it de-
cided to wait until such spot was
selected.
Replying to the newspaper state
ments that "A Municipal Hospital If
erected on one corner of the ground
the city sometime ago bought from
Peter J. Ford, for park purposes,
would be a menace and would de-
teriorate the value of property in that
section of the city. The Mayor said /:
There would be absolutely no dam
ger and as far as deteriorating the
value OF property it would increase il.
Call il a Municipal Hospital, not a
pest house There would not be
half the danger that exists I'm the cen
ire of the city, from morocco factories
and from the pest houses" IL such
you call them, that are right in viii
mington on every side of us
Quarantined Houses As "Pests."
Every house that is quarantined Is
pest house for that matter, and peo-
pie go right by them and with nc
hesitancy. and children from thes,
very houses mingle with others IN pla,
on the street because the quarantine
laws OF the city are not effective anC
the Board of Health Is handicappe,
by want of not having the force neces
sary to maintain strict quaran
tine.
$50 far as the public is concerne,
it is not in a position to fairly iudg
the need Of an institution of this kind
It is for the physicians who labor ii
the slums of the city and who see con
!
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
WiIIiam Lawton's Condition,

Little, if any, change was noted
early this morning IN the condition
of William Lawton, who has been a
patient at the Delaware Hospital since
his recent accident at Sixth and Mar
ket streets. Mr. Lawton was struck
by an automobile and he was taken
to the hospital. An examination
showed him to have broken a leg. and
it is now thought that he has a
broken hip. An X-Ray photograph of
his limb will most likely be taken to-
day.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
GAS STUDY CLUB.
One Night a Month Hereafter for
SOeiabilliy Program.

Hereafter one meeting OF the Gas
study Club each month may be de-
voted to entertainment This idea
was discussed by the club at It's
meeting last evening, and the success
of the entertainment held then added
10 the interest of holding one such
every month. AS 1t is now the club
meets ON the second and last Tues
days of each month and this new plan
would make one discussion night and
one entertainment night each month.
Routine matters were hurried
through with last evening so that
the greater part of the evening could
be devoted to the we'll arranged pro-
gram which consisted of vocal selec-
tions by the Windsor Quartet, speeches
BY the members, graphaphone Sc
lectiQns. solos by NJ. j Conway and
many other amusements.
Owing 10 the entertainment feat
uros. no gas problems we're discussed.
Evening journal., 1911-01-18
TRINITY PARISH FETE.

Arrangements for Trinity Parish
Fete, proposed for April 26. are in
full swing, and the committees in
charge of its various departments
make the success OF the occasion GER
tain beforehand.