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The evening world., 1911-05-04
z FAM|L|ESFLEE
ASFLAMES MENACE
THREE BIG HOUSES
Burning Stable on Amsterdam
Avenue Empties Sixty
Households Nearby.
CRIES SCARE TENANTS.
Division Street Tenement
Dwellers Rush to Street
at Fire Scare.
CRIES SCARE

o&xty Families fed In terror early to-
AZ when flames from q burning dairy
and stable At No. lOs Amsterdam ave-
n1e burst through the roof and Tapped
e0aanst the windows Of two large apart
mont houses on One Hundred and
T~wenty-nfth street. directly In the rear
q the stable. NJ twenty-five families
rushed madly Into the street from q
~ tenement at Nos. - and 30 Division
street, whom Mrs. Sarah BEDFORD. n
q che tenants, ran down the stairs
Sying "Firei"
The IRE on Amsterdam avenue was In
n Beakes dairy and stablA, and wal
0s thIrd In tour months. Tho tenants In
ne One Hundred and Twenty NTH
s6>st houses have been routed out BE-
soes. and whsn aroused to-day every
setsed something Of value Ia his OF
~ home and fed to the street.
AL were able to get out In safety, but
astsen families. with . dozen dogs.
esveral cats and one parrot were quar-
eersd for III rest Of the night In the
one Hundred and Twenty-ffth street
, police station. as many windows were
broken by the heat and the streams Of
| nassr thrown on them by the nremen.
Got the Horses Out.
About thirty drivers and other en-
loovses Of the dairy had Just. arrived
eoe the days work when 4 man rushed
n from the street INC yelled that the
building was on nre. There was a rush
Tor the second floor. where about TWEEN
ty-ove horses were stabbed. The ami
malls had just begun to sniff the smoke
And had hAnnma nnn0V M Tho ~
hastily cut the halters and rushed them
down the runway to the street. The
last OF the horses had been brought out
Q flames burst through the windows
OF b top door. q four.story brick At
fall.
4 second alarm was turned In, and
Acting Chief Kenlon appeared and took
charge. A few minutes later the blaze
burst through the roof and shot up
wasd for atty feet Then. famed by
he brisk wind that swept from the
Hudson. the great pillar Of fire bsSan
- sway back and forth. nrst across
the street and then against the apart
msut buildings In tho
The Gathering apparatus had aroused
eli the tenants by this time. and most
Of them were at their windows looking
out when the IRE came through the
root.
Fsrsmen and reserve police rushed
through the buildings TO make sure
every one was awake.
BY fighting the fire from all sides the
frsmen were able to confne II to the
top floor. and after a half hour It was
put out.
Gupt. Moore Of the dairy said the FIRE
was due probably to defective insulation
Of wires. which he said had caused the
previous blazes. He estimated the loss
at $4,000.
The evening world., 1911-05-04
INVALID BADLY BURNED
TRYING TO SAVE SISTER.
Latter's Dress Caught Fire While
Using Gas Stove-Little Hope
for Her Recovery.

Because she went to the AID of her
sister. Miss Catherine .Duprey. whose
clothing vas IN flames. Mrs. jamie
Tighe. t%hirty-one years old. was so bad
iy burned to-day that her recover Is
doubtful. Miss Duprey was taken to ths
German Hospital and the doctors said
she could not reccver.
The sisters live together AZ Nc. 8
Ridgewood avenue. Williamsburg. The
elder. Mrs. Tighe. had beer ar invalid
for several years and spends mos, OF
the time in bed. Miss Duprey was pre-
D pairing luncheon in The kitchen to-day
when a rust, OF wind blew the name OF
the gas stove against her. Her skirts
caught FIRE and her screams we're heard
by Mrs. Tighe In an adjoining room.
The invalid sistcr. clad only in her
The evening world., 1911-05-04
FALSE SCALES SMASHED.

Ten inspectors Of the Bureau Of
weights n Measures. armed with
sledgs hammers smashed several thou
sand scales. milk snd lc.-crcam cans
to-day in the city Hail Park in view
OF hundreds OF persons.
Commissioners Walsh superintendent
the work. Scales and a n had been
seized in many raids and had been
condemned as fraudulent. Later the
debris was shovellcd into wagons. to be
thrown into the bay.
The evening world., 1911-05-04
nisht gown, ran 20 Mis- Duprey and

nisht gown. a 20 Miss Duprey and
wrapped her arms around her. Then,
together. they ran into the hall and
fell on the foor with most Of their
clothing burned away. Other tenants
came TO their rescue and threw blank
cts over them, extinBItshing the flames.
Policeman Hart. Of the Hamburg
avenue station. called DIR. Frawley
from the German Hospital. The doc
tor said Miss Duprey's death was only
n matter OF an hour or two. but that
there Ia a chance for Mrs. Tighe.
The evening world., 1911-05-04

home and got the boys mother and
took her to the hospital.
The Lynches and the neighbors do not
regard Strauss as any bad sort OF a
chap because he thought in a hurry and
thought the right way.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
DENIES SLEUTH'S
SPEEDING CHARGE
Despite ACquittal Mr.. MalOney
Will Complain to Auto
Association

Levi L. Maloney. Of Townsend, will
file a complaint with the Delaware
Automobile Association regarding the
arrest OF automobnists by Constable
oaks, OF Delaware City Among the
autoisis alleged 10 have beon speeding
at 1irkwoOd on sunday, Was Mr. Ma
lOnay He was notified to appear be-
fore Magistrate Householder az Deia-
ware City yesterday afternoon. Miss
Ethelwyn Malonoy attended the hear
ing and for the defense testified that
the car was not az Kirkwood on Sun
day
MY car was in Middletown on Sum
day morning. Mr.. MalOney said today,
"and in the afternoon nay sister had
the car with party Of friends IN
Smyrna. Il was impossible for the car
to be at kirkWoOd when Il was in
Smyrna. ! propose bringing this case
before the Automobile Association. My
sister Informed Magistrate Household
or that no fine and costs would be paid
by her as she would take an appeal
and the case was dismissed
Charles c. Guyer. secretary Of tho
Auto Association reviewed the situa-
tion today He said tho Delaware Auto
mobile Association kept traps in op-
GRAFTON last year and broke up the
scorching. This year hs said tho as
sociation had left the matter with the
county Constables.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
PROF. VAUGHN FOR
HISTORY CHAIR
Professor of Columbia uni
verSity Selected by Del
aware College Trustees

At a meeting OF the trustees OF
Delaware College at Newark, this
morning Professor Ernest V. Vaughn
now occupying tho Chair Of History
and Economics at Columbia Univer-
s,tv. Missouri was selected TO MI the
chair of history established by the
last Legislature for Delaware Col
lege. The meeting was we'll attended
and the selection Of Professor Vaughn
was made after a telegram aud let
ter had been read from j. Harvey
Whiteman and Charles r. Evans who
conferred with Professor Vaughn in
Chicago on Sunday last.
Professor Vaughn will receive
salary of $500 the first year and
81. 900 thereafter providing his services
are satisfactory. The Legislature ap-
propriated $250O a year for mainten-
ance of the chair.
The new professor is 33 years Of
age and native Of Missouri where
he graduated from the high schools
and later he entered Columbia Uni
versity. He was then appointed Sup
erintendent of Public Schools and lat
er returned to the University Of Penn
sylvania and was given the Harrison
Fellowship chair. He held that po-
sition two years and in 1910 returned
to his native state with the degree
Of Doctor Of Philosophy given him by
the University Of Pennsylvania.
Professor Vaughn will remove to
this state with his wife and assume
his new duties on September ] when
the next school term begins.
Among those who attended the
meeting this morning were the Hon.
Preston Lea. president; f. c. Johnson,
Lewis p. Bush. Joseph II. Hossinger,
ID. W Corbit, Samuel J. Wright. w
W. Harrington. Samuel H. Derby,
Lewis W. Mustard, George G. Kerr,
the Hon. Charles NJ. Curtis, Renry
Ridgely. Or. II. G. ~ Kollock. DR.
George W. Marshall, Samuel II. Mes
sick and Dr. George A. Harter. presi-
dent of the college Mr.. Lea. the new
president of the trustees, presided.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
LONE BOY ON
WRECKED TRAIN
II Year Old Lad Remains
Composed Under Trying
Circumstances

It has Just become known that there
was an eleven-year-old hero In the
wreck on the Delaawre, Maryland and
Virginia Railroad last Saturday after
noon. The little fellow Is Burton =.
Prettyman, of No. 1910 West street,
this city. On the day Of the wreck
tho boy was on his way to Franklin
City, where he later met his grand
father, Edward Prettyman, with
whom he is now spending a vacation
on Chincoteague Island.
He was travelling alone and was on
the train that was wrecked. Despite
the severe shaking up he received,
the little chap remained man
through it all. Fortunately he escaped
injury. For five hours the boy was
obliged to remain by the wreck, and
his manliness was the subject of much
comment. He finally reached Franklin
City to meet his much worried grand
father.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
"UPPIE" SINCLAIR MAY GET John DOE"
WRITS FOR THE SUNDAY GOLF PLAYERS

are fixed for the magistrate and the
constable, and these fees are paid by
the Levy Court at the end of each
month when the magistrates and con-
stables submit their itemized bills. The
proceeding is really that OF the State
against the accused persons. Thus,
Magistrate Robertson and Constable
Green get their fees for issuing and
serving warrants, summoning wit
nesses. mileage etc. just as if Anar-
chist Brown, "Uppie" Sinclair and his
compapions had paid the fines and
costs.
Brown. Sinclair or any of the ac-
cused did not have to accept as final
Magistrate Robertson's finding. They
could have rssorted to habeas corpus
proceedings before a judge of the State
Courts. or they could have appealed by
writ of certiorari 10 the Superior
Court. or they could have appealed and
attacked the validity Of the law under
which they were sentenced. Habea'
corpus proceedings would have re-
viewed without delay the cases on
their merits before Resident Judge
Herbert l.. Rice.
The blue law" statute under which
the men were convicted is really ths
statute of the Revised Code of 1898
but il embodies many of the features
of the blue laws" of the early period
of this State and of Colonial times
which were re-enacted from time G,
tina when a new Code was framed
the last being in 1898.
An attempt was made in the las
Legislature to amend these laws b,
permitting certain public park amuse
ments 10 be conducted on Sundays
! but this law didn't pass. However. the
parks go on as usual. II will be re
called that last year the proprietor d
the skating rink at Brandywin'
Springs was fined S4 for operating th'
rink on Sunday, and frequently boys
are arrested and fined for playing base
! ball on Sundays.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
COMES TO GRIEF
AFTER HIS TROUBLE

George Thomas was arraigned In
City Court this morning and fined 81
and costs upon the charge of acting
in disorderly manner in G. Horri-l
gan's saloon. No. 406 Pine street, yes~.
terday afternoon. Mr.. Horrigan testi-
fed that the defendant, In company
with another young man, came 10 his
saloon. They each carried a nnantel.
clock. They called for whiskeys
which he served them. When they
offerede to pay for It they produced
only ten cents for the two drinks.
They then ordered beer and cigars
but Mr.. Horrigan said he refused TO
serve them. when Thomas broke a
gas globe with the clock he was
carrying. At this point the prosecut-I
ing witness said he knocked Thomas
down and later had him arrested.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
GUN SHOTS ROUTE THIEVES
WHO GIVE NEWPORT "A SCARE

Newport was aroused this morning
by revolver shots when thieves gained
entrance to the headquarters OF the
W. c. 4. T. there. After entering the
building the thieves rausacked the
place but nothing was taken.
They then made their way to the
home Of Charles Walker. but in fore
ing entrance they made a noise and
aroused Mr.. Walker He got his gun
and opened fire on the gang, wound
ing one Judging by mis- cries, but he
escaped. This Is tho second visit
made 10 Newport by thieves within
the past month and the residents are
now on the alert.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
NAVY MANS WIFE
In THICK OF FIGHT
Goes to Rescue Of Man Who
Was Being Beaten After
Dog Trouble

The fight which was caused by
Peter HleNick kicking the yellow dog
owned by Fred Kun was again re-
viewed in City Court this morning.
Peter and Stephen were fined $40 and
costs each for assaulting Mrs. Fred
KulI. This was at a former hearing.
Peter and Mike are charged with
breaking the right shoulder Of Fred
Kull during the same fight.
After hearing the evidence Judge
Joslyn fined them S25 and costs each.
It was shown that Mr.. Kull was
trying to rescue his son from the men
who were cutting him in the face and
arms with knives, when the men
pushed or knocked KuIl against q
billboard and broke his shoulder.
Young Kull is so badly injured that
he could not appear in court. The
affair happened at Seventh and
Church streets last Saturday night
Mr.. Kull was the first witness and
said that Peter knocked him down and
Mike kicked him.
Mrs. Rose Douglass, Mrs. Catharine
Dineen said that they saw the two
men strike and injure Mr. Kull.
Mrs. Frank McWright. who is a
young married woman and wife OF
Gun Pointer McWright Of the battle
ship Delaware, told of running into
the crowd TO save young Kull. She
said she lodged brick and that one
man tried to cut her in the face. An
other man grabbed her by the throat,
she said, and she kicked him in the
stomach. Witness said she got one
American out of the fight and knock
ed a brick out of a mans hands as
he was about to strike young Kull
with it. She said she saw the two
defendants assault Mr.. Kull and kick
him after he was down.
John Macy testified that a man
named George Sissick had told hin
that he was the one who struck Mr.
Kull.
Both defendants denied that they
took any part in the attack upon Mr.
Kull.
Metro Songo said he saw George
Sissick strike Kull and knock him
against the fence. Witness said he die
not see Mike or Pete take any part IN
the fight.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
FACES
FOOD FAMINE
Strike Of Dock Workers
Causes a Serious Situation
in English Capital
MAY TIE UP TRADE BETWEEN
EUROPE AND AMERICA
By The united Press.


LONDON. Aug. with serious
situation developing in the strike Of
the dock worse, sharp rise
in meat and provisions today came
as warning that food supplies are
short and that famine prices may
soon prevail.
AS the result OF last nights call
for a general strike Of all classes OK
London dock workers and affiliated
trades, about 5000 more walked out
early today, bringing tho total num-
ber Of strikers TO about 10000. Tho
leaders predict that 10000 men will
be out by tomorrow.
Ben. Tillett, the strike leader, said
today that tho International Trans
porf Workers Federation Is in SYM
pathy with the dock workers Of Lon
don and may declare "A general strike.
This would result In an international
tie-up Of all shipping between Ameri-
can and European ports. Replying
to criticisms that the strikers wero
threatening the peoples food sup
plies. Tillett said.
~ care as little for their food ne
they care for ours"
Provision dealers arc greatly con-
cerned over the situation. Supplies
of meats and other perishablo goods
will be quickly exhausted. There al
ready is a scarcity and the strike is
but two days old.
The authorities are fearful that
rioting will break out when the funds
OF the dock workers give out and at
tempts are made TO put non-union men
to work unloading vessels.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
ADMIRAL TOGO
NEAR new YORK
japanese Naval Hero Will Call
on the President
Tomorrow
SENDS MESSAGE TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

A Message to the American People
Sent Through The United Press by
Admiral Count Togo.
ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP LUS-
ITANIA OFF NANTUCKET. Aug. 8,
Via Wireless to New York
81 am looking forward with the ut
most pleasc>e to my visit to your
great country and l would like 20 ex-
press my gratitude to Mr.. Taft and
his Cabinet for the very cordial invl-
tstion they have held out to me. and
also to the American people for the
very kind welcome of which / have
been assured.
1T has been one Of my great wishes
to visit the United States, and now
that that wish is 90 be gratified /
come In the spirit of a student and an
anxious nquirer-anxious TO sec all
that your wonderful civilization has
TO show and also TO learn something
of your marvellous progress in sci
ence, manufacture and commerce.
u have no idea as yet as to my
program. All lhdt II p'ihb dlidhb'u
for me. am just leaving it in the
hands of the American people and |
know that l shall be we'll looked
after.
Il have just experienced the time
of my life in connection with the coro-
nation of King George Everywhere
the hand of friendship has been held
out TO me. l am looking forward to
an equally good time on my present
visit. My heart IS filled with gratl-
tude for the kindness OF those respon-
sible for this present invitation"
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
DYNAMITE CREEK
FOR DROWNED BOY
Explosive and Graphing
Irons Fail to Bring Up
Vito SCaranO

The body of Vito Scarano, aged 8
years, who was drowned in the Chris
tiana river at Tatnall street wharf
yesterday, has not been recovered. The
stream in the vicinity where the boy
lost his life has been dragged with
out success. This morning dynamite
was exploded in the water in the hope
of bringing the body to the surface,
but up TO the time Of going TO press
this afternoon it had not been re-
covered.
Scarano was with a brother and
some other lads who were bathing in
the river when he lost his life. He
had been playing baseball and was
warm and it is supposed that he was
stricken with cramps. No one saw
him sink.
Roscoe Martin dived after the boy
several times but could not locate the
body. The lads brother, aged 13
years was frantic with grief and had
to be prevented from jumping into
the stream after his brother.
Evening journal., 1911-08-03

member. His arrest followed his at
tempt at that time.
i was also stated by prominent
member Of tho colony that a new
lease was to be made for the tenants,
but this was denied by viii Price, a
trustee, to a reporter for The Even
ing Journal.
Mr.. Price said: AT the meeting
this evening "A resolution will be read
explaining the fundamental law OF
the deed of trust and its workings,
especially that portion pertaining to
the selection of a third trustee by the
other two This makes IL co-opera-
tive and it is democracy In its sense.
AS for the expelling anyone from the
colony, that can be done only when
the tenant refuses to pay his rent or
when his property is maintained m
an unclean manner, making It a
nuisance. OF course the deed of
trust contains a clause granting the
right to the trustees to allot land to
whom they please, but this was
placed there by the lawyer and was
not known at the time by. the trus-
tees, otherwise it would have been
removed. We have always felt that
that wording was not intended and we
have Disseminated against no one
This was shown when Brown attempt
ed to locate here. At that time there
was opposition, but as trustees We
felt that everyone was welcome te
Arden"
The meeting will be public and vii
be held in the open air theatre If th'
weather is clear. otherwise, it will b'
held i'm the new club house, at
o'clock. At this "talkfest' Brown
viii be able to indulge to his heart
content
Tried to Buy Suits.
while in>the Workhouse the Arden
ties offered to purchase the suits the.
had worn I'm the quarries for use il
the Society Circus on Saturday. bu
this was refused They Will have
treat, however. as they will appear a
a special feature. showing the loci
step and the like. Manners the,
learned at the Workhouse, too.
The fare there while partakcn b.
some was ignored by Sinclair. whit
lives on nuts and the like Don Steph
ems also tasted and Sinclair lost threl
fCo,tfr,,od On pavn Throc /
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
GEN. DUPONT
GETS APPEAL
Is Asked by Citizens Com
mittee to Save Delaware
City Trolley
VALUE OF CONNECTING
LINK IS MADE CLEAR

Living in hopes that General T.
Coleman DUPONT will come to the aid
of the citizens of New Castle county,
and save the New Castle and Della
ware City line from its dismantlers,
the Citizens Committee which has
been working to keep the line in
operation have sent the following
communication to General dupont:
Wilmington, Del, Aug. 2, 1911.
General T. Coleman DUPONT.
Wilmington, Delaware.
Dear Sir:
"On account Of the Wilmington and
Southern Traction Company and the
New Castle-Delawar City Traction
Company not agreeing upon a price
az which the latter company would
sell TO the former company and that
tho latter company onws no power
house, the road owned by the latter
company would have been shut down
on July LIST, had it not been for the
encampment of the Organized Militia
of Delaware on the State Rife Range
along the line of said company, dur
ing the month of July. and the pay
ment by the Wilmington Southern
Company of $500 for the use of the
tracks during the month of July, un-
der which conditions the operations
Of the New Castle-Delawar City road
was continued until the midnight of
July 31st. Soon after learning of the
inability of the two companies to
agree and the probability that the
New Castle-Delaware City line be
permanently shut down, there was
a public meeting held in Delaware
City during the forepart Of July at
which meeting a resolution was pass
ed, requesting the Board of Trade OF
Wilmington, the Mercantile Associa-
ton of Wilmington and the Board OF
Trade of New Castle, to each appoint
a committee to meet with committee
of the Delaware City people for the
purpose of trying to bring about a
compromise between the two Traction
Companies, so that the New Castle
4 Delaware City line would be oper-
ated, continuously, and we, the un-
(Continued on Second Page)
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
''Uppie" Sinclair Speaks
Bitterly of Conditions at
Workhouse---M e efing
Tonight, With No Hint
on Speech.
HITCH
IN CONTROVERSY

Some glad and some sad after their
eighteen hours Imprisonment in the
County Workhouse during which they
had an experience at the stone pile,
UPTON Sinclair and his nine compan-
ions returned to Arden yesterday af-
ternoon. They had a triumphal recep-
ton on their return, which was not
witnessed by their prosecutor, Phil
osophical Anarchist" George Brown,
who was away at the time.
Everything was calm today at the
Utopian colony that has had some of
it's Utopian features swept aside by
dissension, and all was anticipation Of
the public meeting to be held tonight
when Arden's troubles will be dis
cussed. Free speech Will go to the
limit tonight. with no ominous con-
stable stalking nearby.
Another Controversy.
In the meantime a hitch has oc-
Cured which complicates the contro-
versy in the colony, it being a reso-
luton pasted on the club house. 1t
is signed by a number of residents
there but the Socialists and Anarchists
have not placed their names to it.
AS they are in the majority, it is not
likely that It will be passed. This
resolution states that conditions in
Arden are as democratic as can be
applied by the Single Tax theory
under the present economic condi-
tions."
This is denied by the Socialists and
fight may occur over this statement
at the meeting this evening.
Says It's Democracy.
Brown, the philosophical anarch-
ist." states that this resolution merely
shows that democracy has to be shap-
ed to fit Single Tax and not Single
Tax to fit it.
It was predicted this morning thai
if the question of Democracy wa:
brought up at this meeting Brown
would air himself on the subject. al
that was what he desired to speak o
at the club Of which he was not
Evening journal., 1911-08-03
DEAD AFTER A FALL.

George Roney. 81 years old. died in
the Chester County Hospital, at West
Chester. on Tuesday, from paralysis
following a fall Mr.. Roney was a
plasterer by trade. He married Mary
S. Walton, daughter of Isaac Walton,
of Kennett, in 1880. He is survived
by his aged mother and three sisters
Mrs. Miles, wife of William II. Miles; /;
Eliza, wife of f. II. Lamborn; Eliza
beth. who resides with her mother at
the home of William II. Miles, all of
Kennett Mr.. Roney leaves a widow
and five children-Millard. of Ken
nett; Harry and Laura. who live with
their mother here: Ella, Of Kennett; {;
Clarence. Of Canada.