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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
DEATH AFTER
FALL FROM WINDOW
BOulden Suffers Fractured
Skull in Night Accident
in Livery Stable

Falling from a window on an upper
floor at the stables of c. B. Dougherty,
in Orange street, between Front and
Second, at IL o'clock last night. VIII
liam Boulden, aged so years, sus-
tanned injuries from which he died.
The body was removed to the morgue.
where an autopsy was held this
morning by Coroner's Physician Bas-
tian and County Physician Briggs. II
developed that the man had sustained
a compound fracture of the right side
of the skull.
Boulden had been in the employ of
Mr.. Dougherty and slept in the sta
bles. Whether he accidentally fell
from the window or stepped out while
walking in his sleep will never be
known.
The Phoenix ambulance made a
quick run to the Delaware Hospital
with the man, but he died before that
institution was reached
Coroner Chandler said that as no
one had called at the morgue 10 claim
the body he did not know whether the
man had any relatives. Uuless the
body is claimed II viii be Inferred IN
the county burying ground at Farm
hurst.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
BY The United Press.

RICHMOND. Va. July 10. Blood
hounds are today on the trail Of the
unidentified man who last night shot
and instantly killed Mrs. Henry G..
Beattie, Jr., and then assaulted her
husband as they were motoring on
the Midlothian road.
The top of Mrs. Beatties head was
blown completely off, aud when Mr..
Beattie sprang from his machine to
pursue the assailant he was struck
down with the butt Of a shot gun. He
said today that the man fired ON them
without warning.
Mrs. Beattie was a daughter of Rob
ert V. owen, a lumber dealer of Do
yer, Del. The case promises to he one
of the most mysterious that has ever
happened in this city.
Mrs Beattie, who was a bride of a
year and the mother Of a month old
baby, was shot from ambush and in
stantly killed before the eyes of her
husband and with her baby I'm her
arms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beattie with the child
had gone out for a ride in their tour
ing car and were proceeding along
the outskirts of the city when a man
shot from ambush. II is supposed
that he was behind a tree, as no one
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
DEATH TAKES
DR.. E. G. LIND
Reclamation Service Officer
SuCCumbS Here After
Second Operation

After a lingering illness. DR.. Ed
mund George Lind, As years old, died
suddenly at the home OF his sister. Mrs.
William II. Laird, at Greenville,
Del. yesterday.
DR.. Lind was a son Of the late Ed
mund George and Margaret Murdoch
Lind of Baltimore and is survived by
two brOtehrs-Arthur Nj. Lind, of Bal
timore, and William Murdoch Lind, OF
New York-and one sister, Mrs. Will
lam II Laird
The funeral will take place from the
home of his brother-in-law, the Rev.
William II. Laird. Christ Church rec
tory, Greenville, Del, on Thursday at
1030 o'clock. Interment in Druid Ridge
Cemetery, Baltimore, Nd, at $50 p. m,
Of same day.
DR. Lind was As years old, and for
many years was chief fiscal officer I'm
the Federal reclamation service. This
required him TO travel extensively
through the West. and caused a break
down in his health He went under a
severe surgical operation a few years
ago, and his health improved some
what. Recently he had been president
of the California Mineral Water Com
pany. He underwent another opera
tiOn in Baltimore about a month ago
for brain trouble. and apparently WAS
recovering when his death came sud-
denly at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Laird az Greenvilie last night He was
man of much ability.
Dr. Lind was a thirty-third degree
Mason, his Masonic connections being
with Washington lodges. The services
over his body viii be conducted by the
Masonic fraternity.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
SEARCH FOR
NAMES DEAD
Work Of Recovering Skeletons
in Sunken BattIeShip is
Difficult
EASY TO PROVE THAT
EXPLOSION WAS EXTERNAL

BY The United Press.
HAVANA. July ls-With the berth
deck Of the demolished battleship
Maine partly uncovered. worlsmen
started to-day ON systematic search
Tor the Skeletons OF the remeipiot
dead OF The crew whose bodies nrl
rsposed IN the hulk since th'
night The battleship was blown up.
The work OF recovering the skei stona
win DC dinicult. as the mud and ma
rine growth is So thick and heavy It
viii not yield 70 hydraulics, but will
have to be dug out with pick, shovel
and rake
The scene Of wreckage revealed,
now that the water has been pumped
to the eighteen foot level is appalling.
The entire structure from frame
eighteen" forward is a twisted mass
of shattered steel II is known that
the officials at work on the wreck be-
lieve now il will be an easy matter
to prove that the initial explosion was
an outside one. The frames which
supported the deck plating and plank
ing forward are bent upward and what
Is believed to have ben the fat kee
of the Maine is curved. plainly, It Il
understood. from the effect of an out
side explosion.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
FIGHT BREAKS
UP THIS PARTY
City Judge Hears Testimony
Then DiSmiSSeS Alleged
PrInCipaIin Disturbance
TROUBLE STARTED
OVER BEER COLLECTION

A Polish birthday celebration, with
a fight, flying beer glasses. soda water
bottles, a monkey wrench and an axe.
was told Of in all it's details before
Judge Joslyn in City Court this morn
ing, when Felix Glosvich was charg-
ed with assaulting Frank Somlock
with monkey wrench ON Fourth Of
July.
Somlock was the first witness, and
said that birthday party was be-
ing held at his home, No. 215 Stroud
street, and he objected to Felix col
lecting money to pay for the keg Of
beer. and tried to put him out During
the fight witness said he struck the
brother-in-law with a pitcher, and the
latter also struck him with the Pitch
er At this juncture, the prosecut-
ing witness said. Felix picked up a
monkey wrench from table and
struck witness IN the head, rendering
him unconscious. Several witnesses.
including Somlock's wife, testified to
the same facts.
Somlock said that one keg Of beer
had been drunk and that all hands
were somewhat intoxicated. He said
he looked up as he fell and saw Felix
back OF him, but did not see him
strike the blow
Mrs. Somlock said she saw Felix
strike the blow. She did not see her
husband strike Felix with beer
glass and said she did not try 10 stop
the fight
Other Side Of Case.
The defendant testified that there
was a keg Of beer at Somlock's house
on Fourth of July He had been in-
vited 10 attend the party After the
+ keg had been emptied witness said
/ ihey took M a collection to pay for
another keg OF beer and Somlock got
mad because the money was not paid
over 10 him Witness said SomlocA
said to his brother-in-law. "rouse C
you.r and hit the witness with q
pitcher. Witness said his brother-in
Y law took the pitcher away from Som
/ lock and struck him with IT, III
said that Somlock and another MAI
aud woman attacked the defendant
II He declared he was struck over IN
eve with sota water bottle Will
other members of the party wer
holding his head back He declare
that De did not hit Somlock with
monkey wrench Defendant said tina
SomloCk ran after an axe and that h
ran away. he said he saw Somloc
coming after him with an axe.
The court decided that Il was sim
, ply a Polish celebration, and dismiss
ed the case. Phillip l. Garrett rep
resented Felix.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
MERCHANTS WANT
TROLLEY SAVED

Committees representing the Will
mington Board Of Trade and Mercan-
tile Association, the New Castle Board
of Trade. residents of Delaware City
and representatives Of the Wilmington
Southern Railway Company and the
New Castle and Delaware City Railway
will confer IN New Castle tomorrow
afternoon to try to reach some agree
ment whereby the New Castle and Del
aware City line may be taken over and
operated continuously by the Whining
ton Southern Company. The New Cas-
tle-Delaware City end is now being
operated under an agreement that viii
expire August 1.
At the conference tomorrow petit
tions will be submitted from mer-
chants of Wilmington urging that some
agreement be reached that will main
tain the Delaware City line in oper-
alton.
The bondholders, who now own the
New Castle-Delaware City line, have
asked $4,000 cash for It, and Mr.. Wal
lace of the Wilmington Southern Com
pany has offered $4,000 Of securities
of the Wilmington Southern Railway
and $500 cash for the line. This offer
has ben refused by the bondholders.
The receipts of the Wilmington
New Castle line last year were $4,000
in round figures. The New Castle
line proper is ga miles long. The
receipts of the New Castle-Delaware
City line last year were $4,000 in
round figures This line is nine
miles long Much of the traffic is
through passengers between Whining
ton and Delaware City, and If the
Delaware City line should be closed
or torn up it would greatly reduce
the patronage of the Wilmington-New
Castle line. Since the Wilmington
Southern Company passed into the
hands of the present owners an issue
of S250,000 of bonds has been author
lied on its property including its ga
miles of railway, its cars and power
plant and equipment. OF this $780,
600 issue about 100000 of the bonds
already have been foated, and it is
S31 900. of these bonds that the Will
mington Southern Company offers,
along with $500 cash, for the New
Castle-Delawar City Railway.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
BOY CAMPERS
ARE DISMISSED

James Watson, James King. Ed
ward King and Edmund Mulhurn.
boys, who were arrested by Officer
James T. Scott as they were around
a camp fire in true western style, on
Saturday morning. were dismissed by
Judge Joslyn in City Court this MORN
ing because Of lack Of evidence.
The boys were encamped at Ches-
nut and Broome streets. and were
found there at 7.30 o'clock on last
Saturday morning. appearing to have
been there all night. They had bread
and other edibles and a shower bath
attachment.
Omcer Scott said complaint had
been made of bread and milk being
stolen from in front OF dwellings in
that section, but he could not say
that the defendants were the boys
who stole il.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
KTDDTES' COP
GOES ON SALARY
City and County Will Make Up
His Allowance of $1,000
Yearly

Chief Probation Officer Ellwood
Ross Farra, Of the Juvenile Court, is
now a full aedged county official. In
the Levy Court yesterday, upon mo-
ton Of Mr.. Thompson, chairman Of
the finance committee. Mr.. Farra was
placed on the pay roll at a salary Of
$500 a year. Under the law the city
must pay the Probation officer an
equal amount
Last Friday night as a p, B. and w.
train was passing East Sixth street
several stones were thrown through
the windows. Nine boys have been
arrested for throwing the stones and
officer Farra is now investigating the
case. The boys will be brought be-
fore Judge Lattomus probably next
week.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
DEVELOPMENT
ON FREE ROAD
Handsome Residence VIII Now
Go Up in BrandyWine
Hundred
PREPARING THE
CONDEMNATION SUIT

Following the action of the Levy
court yesterday in deciding to
condemn the Concord pike to make it
free road comes the news that
number of fine residence will be
built along the road.
One of the first to be built will cost
about $4,000 and several more are
contemplated when certain condi-
tions are removed. Included in these
are the doing away Of the crossing
at Concord station on the b. and o..
railroad. Several serious accidents
have happened at this crossing and in
order to have it made safe Alfred L.
DUPONT had offered TO pay the cost Of
bridge at that place. The B. and
o. Railroad Company's engineers are
now working on plans and the com
pany viii enter into a plan to do away
with the crossing. By so doing the
necessity of a watchman at the cross
ing will be obviated
The idea as now suggested is to run
the highway beneath the railroad
tracks.
Levy Court Commissioner Elliott
said today that the taxes of Brandy
wine hundred is increasing over
100000 a year. With free roads and
the dangerous crossing removed the
return to the county I'm taxes will be
considerable, though Mr.. Elliott said
many persons would have built
$4,000 residences long ago in Bran
DIVINE hundred had roads been free
and the railroad crossing abolished.
Philip l.. Garrett, attorney for the
Levy Court is now arranging the
necessary condemnation proceedings
Holders of an old franchise for a
trolley road on the pike also must be
considered.
The Concord pike Is in splendid
condition and the county, at the prics
suggested, will get a bargain. An
other advantage will be the fact thai
there will be no necessity for build
ing a new road to conect Faulk roaC
with Boulevard extended, because th'
toli gate which this road was to evadl
viii be removed.
Levy Court Commissioner Elliott L
ili FAVOR or borrowing he ulcncs flor-
local bank with which TO buy thl
two pixies and to pay back the LOAF
out of next years county surplus
other members of the court favor
bond issue, but Mr. Elliott feels tina
the county can successfully meet tn
demand.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
SQUIRE SENDS CASE
TO ANOTHER COURT

Magistrate Gluckman last night
held Jennie and Samuel Nickerson,
charged with disorderly conduct, for
hearing in City Court on Saturday
morning. Abraham and Eva Caney
obtained the warrants.
The troubles between the Caneys
and the Nickersons Is said to have
occurred on July and 8 near Second
and Monroe streets, and according to
some of the witnesses il attracted a
crowd OF 500 people, many thinking
riot was i'm progress. Constable
Buckley made the arrests yesterday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
One new CASE
OF CHOLERA
Plans to Guard New York
Against the Disease Are
Perfected
MUST EXERCISE GREAT
CARE TO DISCOVER GERMS
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, July Following a
general conference at quarantine to-
day between the Federal, State and
city health officials, it was an
nounced that plans for concerted ac-
ton in guarding this city and port
from the cholera had been fully map-
ped ont Two big Italian liners. crowd
ed with immigrants are due here to-
day, the San Giorgio from Naples and
the Prince di Piemonte from Genoa.
Both will be detained az quarantine.
Their passengers will be landed and
held for ten days while meteorological
tests viii be made
The discovery Of five cholera car
riers among the supposedly healthy
immigrants on Hoffman's Island came
as an unpleasant surprise to the doc
tors and disclosed In a startling man
ner the fact that only by the most ex-
treme examination methods will IL be
possible to detect all persons having
the disease germs.
II was explained today that not d
single one of the five cases would have
been discovered had an intestinal bac-
THEOLOGICAL examination not been
made
The germs would probably have lain
dormant for a long time and the dis
ease might have developed or been
communicated to others, at some point
far from this city a month later.
The following official statement was
given out by DR.. Doty today:
AT Hoffman Island this morning,
Demenico Ranciciteln, 76S, one Of the
steamer Moeltkes steerage passengers
was taken with symptoms suspicious
of cholera; he was removed TO Swim
| bourne Island.
There have been no further deaths
and conditions are satisfactory"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
WILSON NOT TO
BE- The "GOAT"
ReSentS Shifting Of the Wiley
WiCkerSham Case to Bis
Shoulders
AGRICULTURAL CHIEF
TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION
BY The United Press

BY The United Press
WASHINGTON, July 49, Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson willnot be the
goat" ina the wiloy-wicRorsham inn
broglio.
Accordiug 10 authentic Information
Today the cnny Scotch Cabinet olii-
Ger on whom President Taft yester-
day shifted the burden of bearing the
brunt Of the Wiley conspiracy" is
preparing 10 do some shifting himself
It was reported today that Wilson
win recommend TO the President that
Wiley merely be reprimanded for 4ir-
regularities' in the employment of
Or Rushy
II has heretofore confidently been
expected in view of previous friction
between Wilson and Wiley and the at
titude 10 which the Secretary was ap-
parently committed by his tacit ac-
quiesecence in the anti-Wiley report at
tie committee on personnel, that VIII
son would recommend no quarter FOR
the pure food champion
Il was said that viewing the case
from this standpoint. President Taft
turned the Wiley miX-up over 10 Will
son, with the belief that II q Cabinet
officer had to be sacrificed In settle
ment Of tho squabble, Wilson would
be the one.
Secretary Wilson refused TO discuss
what his recommendation would be-.
He said that he hoped TO complete
his report this afternoon President
Taft will probably again lay the case
before the Cabinet Friday, but a final
decision is not expected from the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
BODY OF
DROWNED GIRL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, July 19.-The
body Of seven-year-old Elizabeth
Thompson, who was drowned in the
Delaware at the Baldt wharf yester-
day, was recovered at IL o'clock to-
day.
William O'Connor, who had been
graphing from a small boat for hours,
caught the body with a graphing
hook and brought It to the surface.
It was recovered near where the
drowning occurred.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
THREE TIMES An rNcLE.

William G. Mcintyre. engineer at
the postofice building, was happy
man today. He was made a three-time
uncle yesterday by the arrival in the
home of his brother. Fred. T. McIn-
tyre. in Washington, ID. c.. of triplets.
Two are boys and one a girl. The
father Of the children is well-known
in this city.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
ALIBI ENDS
ARSON CHARGE
Carey Proves He Was Else
where When Archer House
Was Burned
ESTABLISHES HIS
PREVIOUS GOOD REPUTATION

On the charge Of arson. which, un-
der the law is the maliciously setting
FIRE TO an occupied dwelling and pun
ishable by death. Charles Carey. col
ored, faced Police Court this morning
and was discharged He proved
strong alibi.
II was charged that Carey at
o'clock on the morning Of July ~
entered the back yard of the home of
Lydia Archer, No. Sl3 Buttonwood
street and that i'm less than five min
utes after he was seen TO run from
the premises The house was IN
flames
Laws Damaging Witness.
Facing the prisoner John Laws. col
ored, who lives across the street from
I the Archer house. told the court that
he was taking a smoke when he saw
Carey go In the side entrance TO the
/ Archer property and later run out
and down the street About the same
time he said he noticed the house ON
fire. Instead of given chase to the
man Laws said he aroused Mrs
Archer and her family and then sum-
moned the fire companies
Laws said he was positive that
Carey was the man and that he wore
"A straw hat at the time He also said
he knew Carey as a man who used to
call upon a young woman at the
Archer house.
To show that iealousey or revenge
was the motive for the alleged 1f-
fense, Mr.. Lynn called Lydia Archer
70 the stand.
The woman said that Carey used TO
keen company with a woman lodger
ina her home. but that they had dis
agreed and had not gone together
lately She did not know the cause
of the falling out
Proves an Alibi.
. Ia his own defense the defendant
proved that he was home az No. Sl2
Jefferson street, asleep, at the time
IT. was testified no was seen near tho
, Archer house. Carey showed by ed
b ward Draper. colored that he Vas
, disrobed and asleep on couch al
few minutes after O'Clock on h'
mornmp OF July n.
.s sadie Dranor. colof| said she Hfr
II down me Uclpware ruad With tarf
i. on that morir < She said that "a
defendant stopped 81 IN NiddletoH
p aud she went on to Dover. ~ ths
Is time Carey was wearing a blac
- derby hat
n Erma jenkins. of No. I'LL Orang
. street. said she was with Carey uu
j til about 180 o'clock that morning
j and saw him go in his home whc
he left her She said he wore blacl
derby hat.
: Proved Previous Good Reputation.
Carey said he was a man WHIT
3 worked every day and could prove h
Q was of good reputation. He said h'
s was raised by white people nea'
{ Bridgeville.
L Defendant said that the woman
r. referred to as living IN the Arche
! home used to keep house for him
4 He produced the derby hat worn b.
him on the night the house wa'
II fired.
=, Albert Neutz. of the plastering nrn
I, of Curlett & Co. said that the defend
ant had been employed by his nru
for a long while and that he had al
exceptionally good reputation
Sergeant Tucker testified that JON
e Laws. the main witness for the prose
II cution had told him that he could no
d identity the man whom he saw m
p from the building on the night OF tn
IT FIRE.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
PREPARING TO
START P. 0. WORK

superintendent Hannum, OF the
Stannard Construction Company.
which firm has the contract for en-
larging the postodice, has returned
from Washington He said today
that ne expected to break ground for
the new building sometime this week
The city engineers were today en-
gagged in marking the lot lines.
Francis A. Price. highway commits
sioner. will lay out the lines for the
new addition.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
BUTCHERS BALK
ON SCREEN LAW
Will Tell Council Committee
Fans and Doors Will
Protect Food Supply
INTERESTED BODIES TO
HEAR DISCUSSION TOMORROW

The law committee of City Council
will confer with a delegation of
butchers, consisting of W. e. Frank,
William A Holt, William Johnson,
and John T. Devine this evening, on
the proposed food screening measure
which has been given two readings
aud viii come before Council to-
morrow evening for final action The
measure has received the approval
Of the health authorities, the Mayors
Advisory Board, Mayor Howell and
numerous organizations, and it is
thought it will be passed.
Although there have been a few
changes made in the proposed ordi-
nance it Is practically the one drawn
by the health board some time ago.
This provides for the screening of
all food stuffs exposed along the
streets and inside buildings where
doors are not used, and the use of
fans over the meat blocks. 1t also
provides that every food article shall
be at least two feet above the side
walk.
Owing to the opposition to the mea-
sure it is thought a lively fight will
be made by the butchers and dealers.
The butchers will ask for a change
that will permit them to use fans and
a double set Of screen doors for their
stores, provided they are inside a
building. They claim it is impracti-
cable to screen meat inside a store
so It can be handled satisfactorily
and say that fans and double screen
fronts for the stores will give ade-
quate protection.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
AID SOCIETY OFFICERS

Members of the Ladies' Aid Society
of Olivet Church met last Thursday
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. Nc
Knight and elected officers for the
ensuing year. as follows: President
Mrs. Melchoir; vice-president, Mrs
Fagan: treasurer. Mrs. salmon; sec
retary. Mrs. Pengog.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
rLuNsEp FORK INTO HEARr.

BY The United Press.
CAMDEN n j.. July ls,-Liszie Green. white, aged so,
early this morning plunged fork into the heart Of John
Gains colored 20 old killing him instantly Both lived
in tho cslousy believed have prompted
woman who admits hcr guilt jailed with
bail a charge Of murder.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
TwO CENT LAW uNcONsrITurIONAL.

BY The United Press.
declared unconstitutional report
United District today by
Mcceand Allen Master in chancery report
the the Chicago Peoria St. Louis Railroad
and applies only to this road
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-07-19
ON AUTO TRIP.

Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Dandy are
making an auto tour to Asbury Park,
New York, New London, Conn, Bre-
ton Mills, and other resorts. in Maine.
They left on Monday in a Stoddard-
Dayton and will be gone about four
weeks.