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Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Bystanders saved DIR. James Chapman
and party of friends when their auto
stranded on Georgetown's main street
crossing, by pushing the car from in front
of an oncoming train.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Professor Harry Hayward, director OF
the State Farm, will represent Delaware
College in the intercollegiate dairy iudg.
ing contest at the National Dairy Show in
Chicago this week.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

The prevalence Of hog cholera in many
parts of the state this year, has called at
tention anew to the necessity Of keeping
hog pens in a sanitary condition and also
the necessity OF burying the carcasses OF
all hogs that die of this disease.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Falling from heavily loaded wagon
which he was driving, Philip Dougherty,
aged 55 years, of Chester, employed as q
farm hand by Joseph L. Handy, of Car.
penter Station, was instantly killed Mon
day afternoon. The accident occurred
some distance from Hanby's home. Coro-
ner Chandler was notified and he removed
the body to the morgue in this city.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Judge William H. Boyce who has been
at the University Hospital, Philadelphia,
for a month, suffering from indigestion, ,ex.
poets to return to his Dover home within
a few days.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Because last winter be operated at a loss
the only electric lighting plant at Reho'
both Beach, the owner closed the plant
Sunday night, despite the grumbling of
residents.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS OF THE PENINSULA

Full OF stab wounds, William Widgeons
colored, is at Delaware Hospital, Whining.
ton, but says he does not know who cut
him.
Martha Saunders, colored, who soaked
her clothing with oil and was badly burn
ed Friday night, died Monday in Will
miDgton.
Surveys for the dupont Boulevard have
been completed as far north as Odessa,
three miles from MiddletoSn, New Cas-
Gle county.
After Milford Council tried vainly for
years to stop the raising Of hogs in the
town limits, cholera accomplished the de-
sired result.
A burglar who entered the general store
of Albert ], Lank & Brothers at Seatord
who was scared away by officers before
he could remove his plunder.
D. M. Wilson and A. B. Richardson, Of
Dover, and Mr.. Reed, of near Milford,
shot SO ducks and one wild goose in two
days cunning near Milford.
Alfred Lloyd, Of Wilmington, was cut
about the arm and body when q trolley
car collided with the wagon in which be
was riding and threw him into the street.
Sam Prettyman, Lewes fisherman,
caught 100 sea trout averaging from one
to two pounds and $50 pounds of black
fish in half days fishing at the Break
water.
Because last winter be operated at loss
the only electric lighting plant at Reho.
both Beach, the owner closed the plant
Sunday night, despite the grumbling of
residents.
Judge William H. Boyce who has been
at the University Hospital, Philadelphia,
for month, suffering from indigestion, ,ex.
poets to return to his Dover home within
a few days.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

After Milford Council tried vAinly for
years to stop the raising Of hogs in the
town limits, cholera accomplished the de-
sired result.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

A burglar who entered theReneral store
of Albert ], Lank & Brothers at Seaford
who was scared away by officers before
he could remove his plunder.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Sam Prettyman, a Lewes fisherman,
caught 100 sea trout averaging from one
to two pounds and $50 pounds of black
fish in half days fishing at the Break
water.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Alfred Lloyd, of Wilmington, was cut
about the arm and body when a trolley
car collided with the wagon in which he
was riding and threw him into the street.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

D. M. Wilson and A. B. Richardson, Of
Dover, and Mr.. Reed, of near Milford,
shot SO ducks and one wild goose in two
days cunning near Milford.
Middletown transcript., 1911-10-28

Surveys for the dupont Boulevard have
been completed as far north as Odessa,
three miles from MiddletoSn, New Cas-
Gle county.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

also prohibited.
Representative George W. Norris, Re
publican insurgent from Nebraska put out
the statement that Charles -. HilleS. secre-
t;ry TO the President was engaged in run
ming n special political news bureau at the
White House the chief purpose of which
was the suppression Of news favorable 10
the Presidential aspirations of senator La
Toilette.
Lord Lansdownes amendment to the
veto bill, which was cleverly framed with
the object of compelling the government TO
submit its Home Rule scheme when clab-
GRATED to the judgment Of the electorate,
was carried in the House Of Lords by @13
votes against IS. when the Commons are
called upon TO consider the Lords amend
mcnts Mr.. Asquith will move that they De
rejected.
The naval prize bill embodying in leeis-
la,ion the principles Of the Declaration of
London. the international agreement coy
ering prizes in naval warfare, passed ITS
second reading in the House Of Commons.
"The German Minister at Tansi"r mott
ned the Moorish government that Germany
/ lad decided to occupy Agadir and the Hin
4 terland
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
BIG COTTON CROP EXPECTED.

official estimates Of the cotton crop re-
port of 1911 indicate that il will be the
largest in the history Of the country. APP
ORIGINATING. according to the present fig
ures, 14,425.O0O bales of 500 pounds each
exceeding by almost a million bales the
record crop of 1904, according TO a state
ment issued by the Department Of Agricult-
ure.
"Rodman WanamakeT. son Of John
Wanamaker, and brother-in-law Of Norman
Mcleod. head Of the stock brokerage firm
Of Norman Mcleod & Co. of Philadelphia,
which recently went into voluntary bank
ruptcy, agreed TO go TO the assistance OF
the firm and advance $780, 600 for the pur-
pose Of paying the creditors
after a continuous service Of thirty
eight years in the New York Fire Depart
ment Deputy Chief Thomas j. Ahearn was
retired on full pay by Commissioner John
son.
mayor Gaynor in letter TO Bridge
Commissioner Arthur j. O'Keeffe suggested
that hereafter all tolls for vehicles on all
bridges between Manhattan and Brooklyn
and Manhattan and Queens be abolished
Former Mayor Seth Low got an order
from Supreme Court Justice. Erlanger re-
qurn. the Sethiow Realty Company, which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
$THTS FEXTIRE + INTENDED ESPECIALLY@S Busy FAN*

TT Charles Davis, Of Philadelphia anu
sister of Richard Harding Davis.
president Joseph e. Stubbs OF the We
vada state University announced that ne
had received notice Of the gift or $2oo"V
made 10 that institution by Clarence
Mackav. of New York, and several OF his
friends.
Mrs Helen O'Brien Rowland. aged nine
tsen who recently became heir to s12booo'
was granted a divorce from John A. How
land. a lifesaver, OF Spring Lake. N. D.. 10
whom she was married at Avon n. j. JUDGE
Grimm gave her permission to resume her
maiden name.
"Karl Won Metz Meyer. a lieutenant IN the
Norwegian army who came to this country
on q three years furlough 10 study banking
was arrested in his home. No. $50 Columbis
Heights. Brooklyn, on charge of burglary
His father Is a wealthy banker OF Christian
sand. Norway, with a branch In Munich
Il am a. burglar cried Meyer. nand-
some sodlerly looking man of twenty
four. when arrested, and a conscience
stricken burglar. have recently commit
ted eighteen robberies on Columbia Heights
alone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
PELAGIC SEALING PACT.

"Pelagic sealing Will he prohibited in the
SNorth Pacific ocean under an agreement
rigned in Washington by representatives
Sof the United States. Great Britain, Japan
;and Russia. This agreement is the out
scome of the international fur seal con-
;derence which has been in session FOR three
hnonths. \ patrol will he established 10
,prevont illegal sealing in violation of the
tagreement. The convention will he Oper-
hetive for a period Of fifteen years. but any
eof the contracting governments Will have
srhe right 10 renounce IL upon one years
tnotice The recommendations will not 60
unto effect until ratified by all four powers.
ITO compensate Japan and Great Brit
ssin for reiinquishing their right Of pelagic
sealing an arrangement has been made by
(which these two governments will receive
IA third share Of the skins of seals killed
'pn the Russian and American rookeries.
'Dne-third of the skins from the japanese
Sookeres win be distributed among the
United States, Great Britain and Russia.
One-third Of the skins from any herd
which may resort to British breeding
grounds will be divided equally among the
United States, Japan and Russia. The
hunting Of sea offers on the high seas is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
DIR. LAMB RESIGNS.

Or Robert Is. Lamb. medical sHpcrn-
tendent Of the Mattcawan State Hospital
rendered his resignation 10 tho Supcrln-
tendent of state Prisons Joseph +. Scott
10 take immediate effect During the last
year the institution which ne had i'm charge
has been under FIRE but his administration
received practically a clean hill of health
after en- Investigation conducted 10y com
missioners appointed by Governor Dix.
Rodney J. Dicgle. sergeant at arms OF
the Ohio Senate was convicted Of accepting
d bride and aiding and abcttinc Senator
l.. r. Andrews to solicit and accept q hrioc
ncm Detective Frank II. Smiley i'm connec-
ton with the Whitmore insurance bill.
Mayor Gaynor appointed Magistrate
Henry Steinert as justice Of Special SEES
SONS to succeed William r. Wyatt. whose
term expired on July !. The appointment
is for a full term Of ten wears with a sal
AIRY of $4,000 yearly Al the same time
tho Mayor appointed John j. freschi. who
has been serving as a temporary magls-
trate' since August 5. 1910. full fedged
magistrate. To succeed Nh Steinert for his
urexpred term Of three ears and seven
months
Robert A. Tibuald Wh" was elected Reg
lister of Bergen County. \. j., last Noyem-
Der. celebrated Independence Day by giving
uu his $1,000 a year job. When he was a
candidate for election he asserted that the
and he pledged himself TO work for the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

Belfast ireland. Eugene f. Ware. Pension
Commissioner under Roosevelt died sudden
IS from heart failure an Cascade summer
resort ia Colorado Under th" pseudouyme
of lrouquill lie gained fame as news
bapcr poet General Theodore y. Gates
died from kidney trouble i'm his home. 80.
Csc Greene avenue. Brooklyn Vaughan
K,stcr. novelist. died al his home. Gunston
ION. Fairfax County Va. George W. Darr.
head pf the New York stock Exchange firm
Of Darr Moore of No. 10 Broadway. died
al his home al Greenwich. conn. from a
complication Of diseases Franklin FNlcs.
for thirty years the dramatic editor and
critic Of The New York sun. died at the
Hotel Walton. i'm West 1oth street. from
heart disease.
Charles T. Waite. who was "a member of
he doodle Board of Aldermen, some mem
bcre of which were convicted and sent to
prison for selling their votes to Jake Sharp,
seeking a franchise for the Broadway rail
road, In 1854. died in St Joscph's Hospital
from the heat Madeleine Schiller Bennett
died an the home Of her daughter. Mrs. Will
lam e. Dckey No. IA East Goth street
She was at one time a we'll known pianist
in this country and Europe. Mrs. Esther
Herman, philanthr0pist, died at her home,
Nc. 80 West seth street She was one Of
the twenty who founded Barnard College
for girls"
Representative Alexander &. Mitchell.
Of the n Kansas District. died at his home
I'm Ldwrcnceville. Edward Diccy author
and journalist, died in London. Dennis
Joseph FLYNN, president emeritus OF Mount
ST. Joseph's College. at Emmitsburg, Md,
died IN Baltimore James Carroll. a noted
phiatelist and known 10 stamp collectors
all over the country and Europe, died in
Baltimore. Fishermen all over the city
mourned the death OF Captain Ar Foster.
whose fishing steamer the Angler. has been
taking New Workers down To the Lower
Bay every day for the last twenty-three
years"
what else happened that well informed
citlzen ought 10 remember asked Busy
Man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
Ic2He Pacific c7fzIo71e

took part were Fred Beohdolt and Alice
MacGov an. Several OF the characters ia
Shakespeare play were personated b.
business men Of Carmel, who proved 10 be
as good actors as the literary folk
j. G. Miller, Of Los Angeles VINO financed
the recent hunt for treasure SAID to have
been buried by Dowic on Cocos Island. of
the NiCaraguan coast. viii soon make an
other attempt ON the first trip ne took
two divine healers OF Los Angeles to point
out the locality Of the treasure. but the
authorities at Amapala refused 10 let hin
land on the island. because they thought
he was a hlibustcr
The Tribune" of Los Angeles. 4 nc,
morning paper, started by Edwin r. Earl
appeared this week with Communications
by La Toilette, Bryan. Governor Johnson
Of California and other insurgents M
Earl in signed article says ne has no
political ambition TO crafty, but that he
has launched the paper to aid the cause OF
reform. AS the paper sells for one cent. il
is sure TO hurt the other newspapers Los
Angeles now has four morning newspapers
The japanese have secured possession Of
more than eighty thousand acres of the
richest land in the White River Valley
lying between Seattle and Tacoma in
Washington State. They have subdivided
the land into i've and ten acre ranches
and grow on IT vegetables and fruit for
the city markets. The result has been to
drive out the few white farmers left, and
to make this great tract practical Jap
anese territory, where white face is not
seen nor the English language spoken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
IN THE FIELD OF SPORT.

"Ad Wolgast retained his title Of light
weight champion Of the world by knocking
out owen Moran. OF Birmingham. England
in the thirteenth round Of their twenty
round battle in San Francisco.
"Rob Rurman sc, a new worlds record
for driving a mile on circular dirt track
when he spun around the Brighton Beach
circuit in his Bitten Benz In As 72-lO0 sec
onds on Independence Day. That marx ~
one-afth OF a second faster than Ralph
De Palma did In the Flat at Syracuse last
Scptember. and De Palma's was the world $
mark.
Charles T. Weymann. the American. won
tie International ayi2Iion cup at East
church. England, covering 49, miles in
hour II minutes SO Is seconds His speed
approximated seventy-eight miles an hour.
This brings to America the cup won by
Claude Ora hame- White the Englishman, at
Belmont Park a year ago
Harry Nelson Atwood. Of Boston flew
IN Burgess Wright biplane from New
London Conn. 30 Governors Island. dis
lance. including circles above the metropolis
end towns along the way. Of approximately
40 miles. in . hours and g. minutes actual
hy!rg time Atwood then flew from Gov
crnor's Island TO Atlantic city on Indepen-
dence Day I'm five hours.
welcomed by a roaring throng Of many
thousands. eleven Of the thirty-one aviators
,,bo left Paris on June IS in the European
circuit race arrived at HendOn. just outside
- Iordon on TUESDAY morning. The
fight across the English Channel. unprece-
d.n,ed as 10 the numbe~ Of aeroplanes that
took part was accomplished without mis-
Ian The arrival az London completed one
.lalf Of the race. the course having been
from Paris To Rheims. thence 10 Liegc. IN
/ Belgium. 20 Spa, 10 Utrecht In Hoiiand
down 20 Brussels and from there through
EoIbaix TO Calais. on the Channel coast
| Three Of the contestants died in accidents
/ between Paris and Calais. Andre Beau
Iucnt won The London standards prize of
/ 81. 500 for the speediest trip from Paris II
London NJ Gilbert another Frenchman
wen the Dover trophy FOR the fastest pas
SAKE over the English channel His time
/ WAS 81 minutes and ), seconds. To We
driu. was awarded 5000 FOR the speed
[ est air Journey from Doyor to Shoreham.
Mine Of the ayators in the internationa
circuit race made successful return HishtS
across the English Channel. Nedrine made
+ the massage in thirty minutes. Conneat
: got back to Paris first winning the race and
over $500 in prizes.
! THE single aviator who Was the first ia
. rs across the Channel two years ago, ere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

eor, last year: but fifteen indiVlduais "e
,-ou,red in local and nearby waters a'''
-, hoot caused thirty-fve deaths ana
80 number Of prostra.ions on that oaS
alone. ..,os,
.un tho five DAVIS when the heat was most
intense. Sunday. Monday, Tuesday Weuhe'-
dav and Thursday. 1871 persons died lro"
it, effects in this city.
"Dr simon FIexner. director OF the
Rockefeller institute for Medical Researc"
announced that it has been discovered tna'
cerebro-spinal meningitis secondary 10 III
euenza or the grip IL far from uncommon
and worry fatal At the same time ne an
rounced the outcome Of experiments car
riad ON in the institution. resulting in the
discovery OF a cure for the malady, "hic'
h calls Influenza cerebro-spinal menii
gifts
"Popo Plus y. in an autograph letter re-
ceived by the Apostolic Delegate in WASH
ington. applauded the lead taken by th'
United States in the worldwide campaign
for international peace.
Mrs Amelia f. Barr. author Of thirty
roveIs and who now is in her eighty-hrs'
year. fell when ler loot 'duSh' III - &c
m her home. Cherry Croft, Cornwall-on-the-
Hudson. and was thrown go heavily TO the
floor that eight stitches were necessary 10
close the wounds on her face and head
Mrs. Theodore p. Shonts began an acton
against her husband, president OF the inter-
borough Rapid Transit Company, for a
separation ana for freedom from her mar
it1l obligations.
captain Isaac T.. Emerson, Of Baltl-
more and Mrs Anne Preston Mccormick
were married on Captain Emersons yacht.
Tie WAS divorced on May 30 by the wife
IT, whom ne had been married for thirty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

I'm field service uniform the eth Regi-
meut viii parade with one days ratlons on
"Wednesday and Thursday for rife practice
at Blauvclt, as follows: Field. staff and
non-commissoned star and Companies ID.
T.. Is. II. & and VI. on Wednesday and
Companies q, A, /. 4. /. and + on Thurs
day. The assembly AT the armorv on each
occasion will bc at 1880 o'clock Such mem
bers Of the regiment az care TO sleep AT the
armory the night before the assen, bly, may
do SO The commissary will furnish u
substantial breakfast at moderate price
Cots and blankets will be provided for
the slcepcrs The shooting at Blauvelt for
the Donohue and the Knickerhvcker Greys
trophies will be omitted this year on the
general practice days. The following non
commissioned officers have passed the board
OF examination and have received their war
rants: First Sergeants Wade II. Hayes
and Harry l.. Dederer. Quartermaster Ser
geants Arthur r.. Sawyer, William c. Lush
Scrgeants Gouverneur Kemble, Charles L.
Adams. Richard w. colman and c. B.
Daniel, and Corporals Stacy $. Rumpeltin
Charles +. Stewart. James T. Knott, Park
er Bentley. T.. c. Church, Edmund T. See
Harry c. Dedell, William L. Buckner, Left
ferts Hutton. Douglas Kent. Leslie A. Oil
yer. John A. Beaver. Royal T. Latham
Bennett w. Elliason, Laurence Med, ugall
and Charles +. Quinn.
Company G Of the 22d Regiment is in
mourning for Captain j. W. A. Brady. its
commanding officer. who died on Wedres-
day lie had been i'll for some weeks, and
hope for his recovery was abandoned lo.t
Monday. He joined the regiment as n
private on April Z. 1902: was promoted cor
poral and sergeant in 1907. second lleuten-
ant in 1903, first lieutenant in December of
that year and reached the grade of cap
tain on May Il, 1909. Members Of Company
ID have heard with regret that First Iieu.
tenant Irving Van Zandt Will resign In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

.rrhe weather has been so enervating this
week" said Busy Man as he met Constant
Reader last evening. that l have not felt
energy enough 10 keep track of the worlds
news. What have the statesmen and poll
ucians been doing?'
president Taft" was the reply, in a
speech on Canadian reciprocity, made his
answer to the argument Of ether Republi-
cans that reciprocity. as he has proposed
IT. ic not good Republican but Democratic
doctrine He asserted that reciprocity as
presented 10 Congress by him differed, IL at
all. only slightly from reciprocity as advo-
Gated by James G. Blaine and William Nc
kinley. The sound Republican doctrine.
the President said. has become the imposl-
Sion Of duties only where the conditions are
naturally unequal and where duties are
necessary in order to enable our manufact-
urers and other producers TO meet on a
icvel the competition Of foreign producers
srhe Canadian reciprocity agreement which
has been made squares exactly with this
dcctTine
president Taft when he addressed the
biennial convention OF the Society Of Chris
tan Endeavor said: L am glad to say
that to-day We nave reacned SuCn a pOlH'
In the negotiations for a treaty OF univer-
sal arbitration with one Of the great Eu-
ropaan powers that we can confidently
predict the signing of a satisfactory treaty
The arbitration treaty heretofore with
Great Britain and other countries has ex-
cepted from the causes which may he ar
hitratcd those which involved the vital I'm
terests of either party or its honor The
sreaty which we are now closing with
Great Britain elminat ties these exceptions
land provides that all questions Of inter
Irrational concern OF a justihable character
eshar he submitted to the arbitration Of
lar impartial tribunal.
The principle of arbitration of interna
;sional disputes. in so far as its application
No the United states and Great Britain IL
concerned. received a pronounced impstu
when Secretary Knox and AmbasSado
bryce signed the first schedule Of certain
ypecunary claims existing between IN
united States ana Great Britain and tn
terms Of their submission to arbitration fl
accordance with the special agreemen
Aligned August Is last.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

fall on account of business. lie FIRST Joined
the company as IA private on November -
1902
The sd Regiment, Colonel Norton will
occupy the rifle range at Blauvelt to-mor-
row and Tuesday for the annual general
practice
Squadron \ will hold an ntertroop polo
tournament at Van Cortlandt Park during
the week beginning July q. The game will
be open 10 teams of active members only
from the headquarters OF the squadron and
the four troops. A programme OF enter
tainment Will be arranged for the friends
~ the squadron at the Van Cortlandt
House during the tournament
Colonel Daniel Appleton. OF the eth Regi.
ment. is now senior colonel of the line In
the national guard of the state lie reaches
this position b. the appointment Of Colonel
NJ. Welch. OF the 65tn Regiment, to be
brigadier general of the 9Th Brigade Colo
mel Appleton reached the grade of colonel
on July IS. 1889. The second senior colonel
is William +. Morris. of the 9th Regiment,
who became colonel on March is. 1899.
The I'd Battalion OF the 22d Engineers and
Companies ID and will proceed TO the rife
range at Blauvelt on Friday. and the regi-
mental field and staff. post non-commis-
stoned stan, LIST Battalion and Companies
G. and X will proceed to the range on Sat
urday. A part OF the hospital corps will
accompany each portion OF the regiment,
and the assembly will be at the armory
each day at 7:So a. m. Colonel Hotchkn
says the following enlisted men have been
dishonorably discharged for the non-pay-
ment Of fines: Second Class Privates Eu-
gene j. Frederick. Company f.; Louis T..
Lane. Harry j. Fink and Harold G. Voor-
hoes. Company b. and Private Robert II.
Schob, hospital corps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
THE DEATH ROLL.

ANY persons Of importance DIE" asked
Busy Man.
Maria Pia. queen Dowagcr Of Portugal
died az the royal chateau AT Stupinigi from
lupmia Smith Ely, FOR many years deah
Of New York Citys body Of eN-Mayors. died
from old age at his country home. n LIN
ircston. y. j. Felix Motu, director OF the