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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07
DELAWARE COLLEGE

With an enlarged faculty, an unusually
large and well prepared Freshman class
and increased funds from the State and
the National Government Delaware Col
lege has entered upon what should be the
most successful year in her history. The
new department Of History and Political
Science, made possible by a liberal appro.
priation by the last Legislature, is already
in good working order under the direction
of DR.. Vaughan from the University of
Missouri. The efficiency Of the Agricul.
tural department has been added to by
liberal appropriation by the last Legis.
lature, is already in good working order
under the direction of DR.. Vaughan from
the University of Missouri. The efficiency
of the Agricultural department has been
added to by the appointment Of three new
assistants in the laboratories, and new
lecturers in the department of Agricul.
turaI Extension. The entering class is the
largest class Of well prepared students
that has ever entered the College, and
especially noteworthy is the large number
of agricultural students. The increase in
the funds Of the College and farm over
those of last year totals about $11 ,000 Al
together, the outlook is most encouraging.
The total enrolment in the Freshman
class is now 9S, the new students being
registered as follows in the various courses:
Classical, Z; Latin Scientific, 2; Agricul.
tural "A yr.), 15; Agricultural z yr), 7;
Civil Engineering, II: Mechanical En-
gineering, 5; Electrical Engineering, 9;
Engineering, not specified, 6; Special, l.
The most noteworthy increase comes in
the agricultural courses for which %
Freshmen are enrolled. This large regis.
tration is owing to the marked improve
ment in the efficiency Of the agricultural
department and the growing interest in
scientific farming which has been aroused
in the people of our state. It is gratifying
to note also the growing popularity of the
Classical course, Course which offers
valuable training to the boy who expects
to enter any of the so.called learned pro.
LESSONS, teaching, ministry, law, medi-
cine. The engineering courses as usual at.
tract the larger number OF boys, 81 having
already enrolled themselves in the various
departments. Most of the new students
come from Delaware, New Castle County
sending IS, Kent 8, and Sussex IL. From
Wilmington we received 10 Freshmen,
from Newark 5, from Lewis 5. Other
towns send from to new men.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07
TOICUT OUT MIDDLEMAN
New York Consumers Organize to
Reduce the cost Of Living

Ten thousand heads of New families,
500 retail dealers in 30 lines and several
hundred farmers of the Pennsylvania
State Grange have combined in an associ.
alton in New York to climate The middle.
man and lower the high cost of living.
VIII the Pennsylvania State Grange is
completing negotiations with the assoeia.
ton this week to handle the farmers out
put, small army of cauVassers is enroll
ing hundreds OF other families in the
movement, nearly $1,000 having been
secured in week, and officers OF the as
sociation are negotiating with the farm.
ers of New York state to handle their
products also.
The association plans to act as clearing
house between producer and consumer,
dividing between them the profit Of the
various middlemen through whose hands
food commodities have heretofore passed.
In the case of some farm products, the
association finds that six middlemen or
brokers have been resping profits before
the products reached the consumer: The
500 dealers are divided into 7 groups.
Each group is required to pay into the
Golfers of the association percentage Of
its gross receipts, varying from 6per cent.
for grocers to Is per cent for druggists.
The fund thus created is divided into six
parts, four of which are put aside for dis.
tribution among the consumers, one part
being spent for advertising and one part
for administration and operating expenses.
Each association member, or head Of
family, receives coupon from the dealer
whenever he makes purchase, setting
forth the amount of goods bought. at the
end of stated periods the consumer sur.
renders his coupons to the associations to
serve as basis for computing the rebate
which be will receive from the profit
fund. 1t is the plan to reduce the cost OF
living by these refunds rather than by
charging the consumers lower than mar.
ket prices in the fret instance.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07
Joy-Riders Dare Death

Driven at the rate OF 45 miles an hour
an automobile occupied by man and two
women, one Of whom sat on the floor of
the car, crashed through the gates at the
main crossing OF the P. B. & o. Railroad
at Newark Sunday and came within q
few feet of being struck by freight train.
The train was 80 close at the time shat q
piece Of the wooden gate that was broken
off lodged on the engine.
Both the railroad and town authorities
are endeayoring to find out who the man
and the women were hut all was done
50 quickly that no one saw tbe number ol
the machine and the driver never slacken-
ed speed, although the car must have
been damaged.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07
Delaware's Football Schedule

Delaware College has arranged its foot.
ball schedule for the season as foIlows:-
September %, Williamson School at New
ark; September 80, SWarthmore, 81
swarthmore; October z, ,Haverford at Ha-
yerlord; October IA. Lebanon Valley, al
Newark; October 81, Washington College
AZ Newark; October %, MuhlenbsFg ct
Allentown: November Westminster;
November II open; November Is, Gettye.
burg at Gettysburg; n November 20, Dickin-
SOB, at Newark. Coach McAyoy expects
% have fast team in the field.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07
Man Fought a Bull

In duel to the death with q Guernsey
bull on the Thoroughbred stock and dairy
farm Of former Judge d. O. Hastings at
Dover, Frederick Harding, of Salisbury,
Ma. saved bis own lie, and instantly
killed the bull, by piercing the animals
brain and vertebrae with stout stable
fork. The bull attached Harding 10 the
ponnd Of she farm and the white man had
nothing to do but fight for his life. Had
be missed bis stroke by two inches, his
own back would have been broken BY the
frst charge Of the bull. The animal was
thoroughbred and highly pFized BY isa
o wuef,
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Automobile owners aud business men
in the western side of Sussex county are
backing movement for the construction
Of g macadam road from Seaford to George
town to connect with the dupont Boule-
ward.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07
W. S. Letherbury's
notice.!

l.. JOSEPH L. BEALE, tenant of the
house known as the Port Penn Hotel, cit.
usted at Port Penn, in School District No.
IS and 632, county of New Castle and
State OF Delaware, in compliance with the
requirements of the acts Of the General
Assembly, in such cases made and pro.
vided, do hereby give notice that 1 shall
apply in writing to the Court of General
Sessions Of the State of Delaware, in and
for New Castle County, on MONDAY.
the Seventh day OF November, A. D. 1911,
being the next term Of said court. for a
license for said house az an inn or tavern
for the sale therein of intoxicating LIQUORS
in quantities less than one quart 10 be
drunk on the premises, and the following
respectable citizens OF said School Dis.
trict, at least six OF whom are substantial
freeholders Of said School District. recon-.
mend the said application, viz:
Albert kumpls O. w. KershaW
8. D. Collins Harry @. Bender
Walter 3. Yearsley +. K. Torbert
John ID. Yearsley Noah johnson
9. Z. Rose George N. Giberson
Samuel Yearsley Nathan Yearsley
Frank Wright Frank Hickman
E. s. Zackies Cornelius Oonard
John A. Wallen John Ranem
Samuel Kershaw Eerick Fleming
Edward G. F. Webb
JOSEPH L. BEALE.
Port Penn, Del, Sept. 25sh. 1911.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Rev. ]. F. Adams was ordained into the
ministry at the Guupowdsr Baptist
Church at Freeland, at the forty first an.
nual session Of the Middle District Baptist
Association Saturday.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

At the opening of the three hundred
and sixth stated meeting of the Baltimore
Presbytery in Highland Presbyterian
Church, Rev. William A. Price, retiring
moderator, preached the sermon.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Walter Pierson aud Harry johnson
two small boys Of Elsmers. we're shot in
the legs while hunting chestuuts on
farm near the Ferris Industrial School,
Wilmington, but who fired the shot is not
known.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Having convicted or exiled nearly all
the illegal liquor sellers at seaiord, the
Law and Order Society is now investigat.
ing the alleged sale of liquor at a seaford
club.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

To abolish the grade crossing at Colona
Hill between Colona and West Noting.
ham, new road will be built from the
Colona school to point near the Balder.
ston tenement.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Falling from a heavily laden wagon,
at Rising Sun on Saturday Clarence Alex
ander was run over, sustaining crushed
foot that will necessitate amputation.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Catching frightened horse, which en-
dsngered the lives of two women, Viii.
liam LankfOrd, of Seaford, was dragged
several yards and severely bruised.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

The lines of the South Delaware Gas
Company have been extended to Bridge.
vile, and service soon will be provided d
there aud later mains will be laid to Del.
mar, Sharptown, fredericksburg and
Greenwood.
Coroner Chandler believes that the
body of the man found floating in the
Delaware River at New Castle on Friday
morning in that of Thomas Henry Evans,
who formerly lived at No. sos Arch
street, Philadelphia.
DR.. George W. Marshall, of Milford, is
being urged for Collector Of Internal Rev
enus for the district of Maryland and Della.
ware, to succeed Phillips Lee Goldsbor.
ough, who resigned to become candidate
for Governor OF Maryland.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS OF THE PENINSULA

II D4A4A 4VAHO 4AAAV&0
Jesse M. Dicken has been appointed
postmaster at Gilpin.
A postal savings bank is to be opened
at New Castle Saturday.
Postal saving banks are to be opened at
Hurlock and Snow Hill.
New Castle steel plants aye now buster
than for some time past.
New building operations started inWil.
mington in September total $I44,763.
Many brethren are removing from
Pennsylvania points to the Eastern Shore.
The West Nottingham Friends are rais-
ing an endowment fund for their Ceme-
terry Association.
Miss Isabel Baldwin has been appoint.
ed vice principal of the Agricultural High
School at Sparks.
jugbreaking sociabIe netted 500 to
the Ladies' And Society of the Red Lion
Methodist Church.
A Post Office Department representative
has been in Belair looking for better
post Office building.
Excessive rains have given Cecil county
dairymen the finest fall pasture ever
known in that section.
Rev. ]. Gibson CAN'T, rector Of Denton
Episcopal Church, has declined call to
the ChurchyilIe church.
Rev. W. G. Koons, pastor of Scott
Church, has been elected president of the
Wilmington Ministerial Union.
Effort is being made 10 have the new
trolley line from New Castle to Delaware |
City in operation by November /.
Members ofthe Wilmington Ministerial
Union have decided to take census of
the Christian bones of Wilmington.
A number Of the Chestertown women |
have organized a society to assist needy I
persons of the town during the winter.
Preparations for the annual harvest OF
mistletoe and holly for holiday shipments
already are being made in Sussex county.
Falling from boat in Ssaford millpond
Miss Helen Wingate. of Dover, was res.
cued by Miss Mabel Hearn, of JenkintoWn
Pa.
Thrown from lis bicycle when the front
wheel struck stick, Valiant Waller,
seatord. carpenter, severely sprained
knee.
Struck in the head with a brick in a
street fghtin Wilmington, Harvey Kane,
colored, escaped injury, but the brick was
shattered.
John P. Dulaney elected Mayor Of Sea.
ford last March, has tried fewer cases in
the same length of time than any of bis
predecessors.
George Bradley crushed off the thumb
Of bis tight hand at the plant OF the Bryl.
gon Steel Casting Company at New Caatle
on Saturday.
George Rash, of near Worton, left Sun
day for the Pasteur Institute at Baltimore
to undergo treatment, having been bitten
by a strange dog.
Teachers Of Caroline, Queen Anne and
talbot counties convened In Denton Tor
the Tri-County Teachers Institute, with
300in attendance.
In order to retrench, the management
Of the Wilmington Southern Traction
Company has ordered the trackmen at
New Castle laid off.
Catching frightened horse, which en-
dangered the lives of two women, Viii.
liam LankfOrd, of Seaford, was dragged
several Yards and severely bruised.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

In order to retrench, the management
Of the Wilmington Southern Traction
Company has ordered the trackmen at
New Castle laid off.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

Teachers Of Caroline, Queen Anne and
Talbot counties convened in Denton for
the Tri-County Teachers Institute, with
300 in attendance.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

George Rash, of near Worton, left Sun
day for the Pasteur Institute at Baltimore
to undergo treatment, having been bitten
by strange dog.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

George Bradley crushed off the thumb
Of bis tight hand at the plant Of the Bryl.
gon Steel Casting Company at New Caatle
on Saturday.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1911-10-07

John P. Dulaney elected Mayor of Sea.
ford last March, has tried fewer cases in
the same length of time than any of his
predecessors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-07
SCORE MAY RUN HIGH
National Solons TO Clash on Diamond
This Afternoon For Benefit Of Wash
inston Play Grounds Movement
Line up Will Be Strictly Partisan.

Washington. Aug. Like lot of
boys waiting for school to let out al
most every member Of the house OF
representatives fidgeted around in his
seat at the capitol today waiting anXi-
ously for adjournment and the great
congressional baseball games between
the democrat and republican members
OF the house this afternoon. When the
teams line up at Georgetown field 1t is
expected there will be a record crowd
in attendance and the receipts will
assist In the work Of the Washington
Fairgrounds movement.
The democrats hope to inflict as bad
a defeat on the republicans as they did
two years ago. In the box Representa-
tive Webb, Of North Carolina. will off,
ciate, while Representative Oldfleld, Of
Aransas, will catch. The republican
twirler will be Representative Kendall
Of Iowa, with Burke. of Pennsylvania,
as catcher.
Pickett, OF Iowa, will play third base.
and Wood. OF iowa, will take his place
in right field
Victor Berger. OF Wisconsin. the lone
socialist member of the house. has been
spoken Of as umpire.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-07
ATTORNEY GENERAL Po0oa0 Eonoa
MISSION TO lNvEsJ2oA11
CHARGES.
NoN-pARTisAN DoARD WILL
VISIT pENvTENTlAAY ooopo
Accusations Against Warden 9assdoe0
Of Ir,moealtty and Abvss Of priasns
ere to Be Looked into-osvssneA
ssys Sanders viii Ds ovsted q
Halsy Accusations Ar -Esuad T1sa
spec,a, to r,ms.-Repue,.can.

Special TO .rmes Republican.
Des Moines. Aug. Attorney Gem
eral Cosson. in response 70 numerous
letters received regarding tho Fort
Madison prison. decided this morninO
upon making an investigation Of the
accusations, and has asked two persons
to join him as n commission Of inquiry,
one Is democrat, and the other res
publican. so that no partisan bias can
enter into II.
Tho three will prepare for
visit to Fort Madison rs SOON
as possible and make inves.
,igation of every accusation tha6
has appeared in the papers or In let
ters Governor Carroll later Joined In
requesting that Cosson take up the
charges and investigate.
III the charges made against Ware
den Sanders are true says the Rovefs
nor. "he must retire from tho tnstitu>
ton"
The principal charges we're made by
L. w. Haley. lifer. and include =
charge OF gross immortality against
Sanders and abuse OF prisoners.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-07
coMPERs SCORES INJUNCTION.
Labor Leader Jumps at Conclusions
Over Des Moines Situation.

Over Des Moines Situation.
Washington Aug. samuel Com
pers. president OF the American FEEDER
alton o: Labor. in discussing the in
junction which has temporarily broken
the street car strike in Des Moines.
said
The judges order Is simply the
logical result Of an illogical promise.
II is the natural development OF the
unnatural abuse OF the injunction. Tho
whole policy OF the species OF fnjunc-
tion has been to tie the men OF labor
to their work and to make fneffectual
any effort to secure Improvement IN
the condition OF the worker or to ef-
fectually protest against the deteriora-
ton That has been the policy OF the
Judges in cases against the workmen,
injunctions which never would have
been issued against other citizens or
even against the same Workmen were
they not engaged In labor dispute
The purpose Is to tic the workmen to
their work In other words to bring
them into a condition OF slavery.
"when a man is compelled to work
under conditions which he regards as
unjust save because of insufficient
compensation or return for labor per
formed" continued the labor leader,
"and he is compelled by the edict of
the Judge to work against his VIII or
to suffer or to 90 TO prison Tor ms
failure to abide by the order or the
court to work. that moment slavery
has been established.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-07

ingmen nor the mass Of the people d.
rected against men Of wealth as such'
but they understand the whole situa-
ton and are not to be fooled. Mr.. Har-
rigan handled the case very much as
if he was dealing with novices. He as
sumed that the public could be misled
nv few words carefully prepared by
his attorney.
Workers Superior Class.
Very important in this connection Is
the fact that the street car operators
Of Des Moines are a superior class OF
workingmen. They are mainly men
who have long been in the service. 1t
was not the policy Of the old manage
ment to make any changes. mere LOT
instance, is "Old John" who runs on
Walker street car line and goes past
the capital. "Old John" used to drive
the mules to the old horse cars and
haul the writer up the capitol hill be-
fore a trolley was ever dreamed OF
and he has been making the trips up
that hill ever since. OF course he has
friends. There Is, for instance. Pres
ident Leonard OF the street car mems
union. Mr. Leonard is a quiet. dtgnified,
gentleman, man Of family and OF cul-
ture and high purposes. He came to
Des Moines from a southern Iowa town
where he was for years on the school
board. He Is a sample of the type OF
mon who are at the head OF the union.
There are no anarchists among them.
Their union is not tinctured with So
cialism. They are law abiding citizens.
Hence the public respects them.
Harriean 10 Whipped.
There has been no doubt In the minds
OF the employees for some time that
Harriean intends to break up their
union az a prelude to his franchise
campaign. They have heard that Har-
rixan make the boast he was going to
first whip the union then the public.
Perhaps Harrfgau never said anything
like it; but the events Of the past week
confirmed the workingmen In their sus-
picions. The franchise matter was
never settled and 1t Is known that the
union laborers Of the city will have q
hand In the settlement when the time
comes.
There was q sense Of relief when
Governor Carroll came into the game
Saturday afternoon. Governor Carroll
is an admirable man to handle strike
situation-cool. determined. with abun-
dance Of nerve and strong willed. He
handled the Muscatine strike in excel.
lent way The people Of, De- Moines
have confidence in him and from the
first hoped that ne might bring order
out Of chaos here.
Conspicuous among those who have
handled the case for the street car
men IL A. L. Urick. president OF the
state federation. one OF the shrewdest
labor leaders Of the country. He has
devoted himself to the cause Of the
men and been IN Invaluable counoelos.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-07
ATTEMPT TO END LIFE.
Victim Drinks an Ounce Of Laudanum
at Council Bluffs.

at Council Bluffs.
Council Bluffs. Aug. Sick. des-
pondent and without funds. an un-
known man took a portion of the con-
tents of an ounce bottle Of laudnnum
in Rayliss park Saturday afternoon
with suicidal intent. He was rushed to
Mercy hospital and last night was how
ering between life and death. He was
apparently between II and % years OF
age. well dressed and bore unmistak-
able marks of refinement. He left a let
ter stating that he was mechanical
and electrical engineer, educated In the
best institute In the east. but that his
education had availed him nothing. He
stated In the letter that he was sick.
broken in spirits. without money. and
was unable to find employment. He
stated that he had no troubles or love
affairs, that he hated women. and had
not spoken to or gone with woman
for five years. The letter closed with
the following statement:
Inform Mrs. Adelia Long. 942 Sill
yer street. Philadelphia. Pa. or Mrs.
Mary Engle. 1913 West Lehigh avenue.
Philadelphia. my aunt and grandmoth-
er, II you care to: don't"
The letter simply bore the initials
w w
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-07
Tn. strik. in Brooklyn.

New York. Aug. Tho striking
Brooklyn street car moterrncn and con-
ductors announced today that they
would call on Mayor Gaynor as soon
as he would see them in an effort "a
terminate the strike, which already has
resulted in much riotlng. They want
the mayor to intercede with tho COM
pany with the expectation that II Will
grant their demands
The president OF the company de-
clared today that there was nothing to
arbitrate and that the company would
operate their cars with nom union men
and by the aid OF the police.