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Evening journal., 1912-07-15
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NEW YORK. July 15-The strike Of
coastwise seamen, flremen and long
shoremen has caused considerable
delay in shipping and has resulted in
congestion Of freight at many piers.
At the Morgan line and the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad piers long rows Of
trucks loaded with freight can be
seen at all hours. Strike breakers
can be put al work, but they have not
proved particularly competent. and
several Of the coastwise steamship
cooks and stewards union voted ten to
one not to strike in sympathy with
the seamen. There will be a mass
meeting Of strikers Sunday afternoon
at 229 West street, at which ]. Have
lock Wilson, president Of the Sailors
and Firemen's Union Of Great Britain,
will speak
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
JUDGE TO SEE EUROPE.

Judge James W. Lattomus will sal
from New York on August /. for Eu-
rope on the White Star Liner Balta
The Judge intends to tour England
Ireland and France and will return
home on September 1st.
Mrs. Lawrence Maucher and son
Willard, sailed Saturday on the Hav
erford from Philadelphia for a two
months visit in the western part o
ireland.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
By The United Press

By The United Press.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden, July 15-
With the Americans in first place
the Olympic games vii officially end
tonight, when the prizes won will be
distributed in the Stadium in the
presence of the King and members
Of the royal family
First honors go to the Americans,
although thetotad points will not be
completed until tonight. But the
margin so far as the real athletic
D events, the track and field contests,
are concerned, is so great that every
one connected With the team is being
showered wicA congratulations.
America scored in only one of the
big running events today, the 1900
metre team race where the American
runners made a show of their field
a. kolshmainen, the great Finnish
distance runner. who, it is rumored
plans to turn professional and come
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
NEW BEDFORD
FACES STRIKE
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass, July 15.-
The strike of the loom-fxers and
weavers to enforce their demand that
the graduated fine system in force in
the mills be abolished went into ef-
feet to-day Sixty thousand men and
women went out Twelve mills are af-
fected. The union officials say that
they will have the firemen. who must
give twenty-four hours notice under
the state law. out by tomorrow, and
that this will compel every mill in the
city to close. There was no disorder
to-day, the strikers refusing to picket
the vicinity of the mills.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
KmD.vANDEGRIFr NUPTIALs.

Miss LYDIA Vandegrift Of No. s19
West Sixth street. and Robert Kidd,
OF Chester. were married at Harrison
Street NJ e. Church parsonage. on
Saturday night by the Rev. George
White Dawson. Joseph c. Mammele
was the witness Upon their return
from Atlantic City Mr.. and Mrs. Kidd
will live at No $40 West Sixth street
for the present.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
DELAY THE OPENING.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK. July 15.-Because
the work of preparing and furnish
ing the Offices was not completed, the
Republican national headquarters
which will. occupy a floor and a half
in The Times Building. in Long Acre
Square. will not be opened until
Wednesday. Il had been hoped to be-
gin operations today
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TREAT FOR PATIENTS.

The Bikor Cholim Society gave its
semi-annual treat Of ice cream. cake
and fruit to the patients and nurses
of Hope Farm yesterday The oc-
casion was a little late this year ow-
ing to the lack Of a meeting of the
society. There are now 81 patients
and 16 attendants at the institution.
all Of whom took part in yesterdays
affair
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GARBAGE LITIGATION.

Superior Court will convene at 1870
O'Clock tomorrow morning, when the
garbage mandamus case will be
brought up. The briefs in the case
were filed last week and tomorrow
the court will decide whether TO hear
more argument
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sOLpIERs TO sT0P sTRIKERs.
The United Press

by The United Press
LONDON. July 15.-Four hundred
soldiers were ordered to the Tilbury
docks 20 deal with the striking trans.
port workers. II is the first use OF
soldiers in the present strike Driven
desperate by their own and their
families sufferings for food, the strik
ers are in a savage mood and fighting
is feared momentarily
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DISAPPEARS AT MIDNIGHT.
Eastern Shore Resident Leaves Home
and Fails 10 Return.

ELKToN, Nd, July 15.-Elkton off,
cials have been requested to assist in
solving the mysterious disappearance
of Joseph Hopkins from his home on
West Main street last Sunday night.
Relatives Of the missing man for sew
erai days supposed that he had gone
to Elk Neck TO visit friends and said
nothing about his disappearance. But.
after learning that he had not been In
Elk Neck his home for many years,
Mrs. Hopkins reported the affair to
the officials.
On the night he disappeared ne at
tended services in the Elkton Metho-
dist church and upon returning home
retired about his usual time Toward
midnight he was heard going down
stairs but nothing was thought OF IT,
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WARNER COMPANY DIVIDEND.

The Charles Warner Company has
declared its regular quarterly divi-
dend of one and three-fourths per
cent on the first and second pre-
ferred capital stock This dividend is
payable July 25, 1912, to stockholders
of record June 30, 1912. Dividend
checks will be mailed.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
TO COURT FOR TRIAL.

Charles B. Meyers. of No. 226 Tat
nal street, was held under $500 bail
for Court BY Magistrate Buckley this
morning. Meyers is charged with a
serious offense by a young woman
living beyond Market street bridge
along the Causeway.
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VISITORS COME TO MARRY

Magistrate Buckley this morning
issued a marriage license to Ralph
N. Young, of Northumberland, Pa,
and Miss Bernice G. Strickler, of Mif-
fiinburs, Pa. The young couple were
married by the Rev. George L. Wolfe.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
CHrLDREN's DAY AT sHELLPOT

Tomorrow viii be children's day at
Shellpot Park. and each child arriv-
ing on the cars of the Wilmington
and Philadelphia Traction Company
between the hours of / and 3 p. m,
will be given tickets emitting them
to free admission to all of the park
amusements.
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FrNERAL OF MR. sCHNEIpER.

The funeral OF Alois Schneider, of
No Dougherty Court, who died yes
terday, will take place from Lynn's
undertaking establishment on We'd
nesday morning at o'clock Req
uiem mass will be said at Cathedral.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
GIVES BOND FOR COSTS.

John r. Nicholson. representing the
International Lumber Company, in
the Court of Chancery this morning,
gave bond amounting to $500 for
costs in the suit now pending.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
ONLY TWO HURT
IN TRAIN WRECK
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
KALAMAZOO. Mich, July 15.--Two
persons we're seriously injured and
several others slightly hurt when a
Michigan Central train from New
York to Chicago, was ditched foul
miles east Of this city early to-day
Steel coaches prevented a more seri,
GUS accident The seriously injured
are Harmon J. Calvin. Lansing
Mich, aud Harry Baumgard, Chicago
II is believed a broken rail was the
cause OF the wreck
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
WIRES WERE CROSSEp.

Two fire alarms struck last night,
SET Wilmington people asking where
the fires were There were no fires,
but trouble with the wires caused the
ringing of the alarms
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
.FIRE nAMAGES T0MN

By The United Press.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 15-Fire
early today destroyed the greater
business portion of Warrington, W.
Va, town of about $4,000
Evening journal., 1912-07-15
FIRPMgN For CELEBRATI0N

The Water Witch Fire Company will
mold a special meeting tonight to
discuss the Old Home Week Cele-
hration
Evening journal., 1912-07-15

The Wants will play an important
part in the vacation season of many
people.--Adv.
Evening journal., 1912-07-15

Wants are quick in action and cost
but minimum-Adv
Evening journal., 1912-07-15

Landlords. agents and tenants
meet through the wants.-Ady.
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Roosevelt had obtained the republican

Roosevelt had obtained the republican
nomination he would have taken the same
position he now occupies with respect to
negro suffrage. Realizing this and know
ing how uncompromisingly the democratic
party has always opposed our advance
ment citizens, it is apparent that there
is more reason for solidarity on the part
of the negro voter in his support of the
republican party.
The recorder of deeds, Henry l.. john
son, said: when Roosevelt's financial
agents at Chicago, marshaled by Senator
Dixon, approached the colored delegates
from the south with terms of barter and
trade, they coddled as gentlemen.
When those terms for putrid barter were
spurned by us. Roosevelt promptly de-
nounced dogs. He well nigh
ressed the self-same delegates four years
ago. and was ready to fight in defense OF
our title
NJ Grant Lucas said: In this critical
moment in the civic and political life OF
the negro in this country imperative need
is felt for civic pride, civic duty and
civic righteousness.
w. Calvin Chase charged Roosevelt
with trying TO create dissension among
the negroes.
Other speakers were Rev. q. Bass. Or. L.
N Ross. j. w. Poe Bishop A J. War
ner of Tennessee. MIR. Poe offered the
resolutions of ratification.
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ADJUSTMENTS
Columbia.

No setting seems so appropriate to a
real romantic love story as that of the
days when courtly manners and captivat-
ing costumes. both of the women and
the men, appealed to the eye as we'll as
to the heart. They seem to lend an at
mosphere SO different from the workaday
world of the present and so appropriate
to deeds out OF the ordinary that one
overlooks extravaganza and simply basks
in the dolce far niente Of the ideal with
out quip or question. And it was in these
days that Charles Klein and J. /. c.
Clarke. doubtless prompted by the ar
tistic temperament and taste of the man
who was to create the leading role. set
the little melOdrama of "Heartsease.
But they made of the play thing apart
from what is known today as melo-
drama, for though "Heartsease" is a
drama which requires music in it's story
and musical accompaniment. just as the
melodrama of old, the play was developed
into simply an exquisite love story, In
which the men are no less interesting
than the women and something more
| than commercial creatures taking a re-
cess. Years ago Henry Miller. with this
| little play of four acts, disclosed his
| artistry in playing the strings OF the
| human heart.
Eric Temple, gallant soldier. with a
| sister whom he idoliZes, is forced to give
! up his commission by the debts of his
deceased father, to become a breadwin-
ner. He is deeply in love with Margaret
Neville, only daughter of Lord Neville,
| whose second wife is but four years the
| senior Of her step-daughter. Sir Geonrey
Pomfret is also enamoured Of Margaret,
and he, too. is dilettante musician.
Finding himself apparently second in the
affection of Margaret. his jealousy
prompts him to become a tale-bearer to
her father concerning the unusual inter-
est shown in Eric by Lady Neville, as
well as Erics devotion to his daughter.
1t results in Eric, who. with his sister, is
guest at Lord Neville's house. being
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HAS ITS DRAWBACKS
Office of Police Judge Beset by
Worries.
DISSECTING THE EVIDENCE
Cases Where the Witnesses Are
Hopelessly at Variance.
COURT ADJUSTS DIFFERENCES
Sample Dialogue Respecting
Charge of Assault-Arraignin
the Recreant Husbands.
COURT ADJUSTS DIFFERENCES

How would YOU like to be a police court
pie get the stand and tell tales about
the same simple happening, that differ
widely as day and night? How would
YOU like the responsibility of trying to
testimony is truth and how much fiction,
or. as the testimony is given under oath,
how much of it is perjury?
You couldn't just sit up there day after
day listen to the testimony, sometimes
amusing and often disgusting, and impose
fines as you wanted to. No. indeed you
couldn't. 1t isn't a case of spending half
a day or d little more on the bench each
day and drawing a salary for il. In or
der to give any sort of satisfaction as
Judge of the police court you must have
mind that can keep about one jump
ahead of the Witness to be able 10 gauge
the character of a man by his face, his
speech and his manner: to distinguish
forward truth: to keep Il host of details
i'm YOUR head and to remember faces, be-
sides knowing the law thoroughly. And
all that is even harder than it sounds.
IL seems as ii each witness brought TO
testify is bent on telling the court every
thing in the world he or she knows eX-
cept what the court wants to know. Go
To court some day and listen to it, if you
want proof. Say an assault case is oc-
cupying the time of the court. The Judge
will call witness.
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ordered to clear out. In the meanwhile
'Eric's opera king Lear containing a
song of haunting melody known as
"Heartsease,' which through Lady Ne
ville's influence he hoped to bring to the
attention Of Darville, is stolen by Pom
fret, who later produces it as his own
under the title of "Hildebrand." That
concerning him and turn from him after
having reciprocated his love for her. which
was his inspiration in writing the opera,
brushes Eric, and he leaves the country
heartbroken. He returns later when his
stolen opera is being produced with great
success at Covent Garden, as the work
of Pomfret, and desperate in the bitter
ness of being robbed of his love we'll
as his lifework by Pomfret. he proceeds
to choke the truth out of him in the
we'll as to an investigation. and the re-
suit is the usual charm of romance.
AS Eric Temple. Mr.. Robins found
great opportunity for the display of
suppressed. A bit too somber, perhaps,
in the earlier stages of the play and lack
ing something of the youth and en-
thusiasm Of the young composer and
excellence in the third act. when he de-
nounces Pomfret, and the audience re-
called him again and again. 1t was a
veritable triumph for him.
MISS Nelson mace OF margaret d roie
of womanly charm and grace. At no
| time too self-assertive, she threaded the
pathway of many difficulties to a correct
and thoroughly satisfactory interpreta-
ton. Her magnificent gowns were a
striking feature, but she wore them with
becoming appropriateness and, let 1t be
recorded of a woman, never once seemed
to feel she was doing 1t.
Mr.. Matthews was an ideal Sir Geof-
frey Pomfret. Not only did his costume
of the romantic age. but the manner in
which he wore it and carried himself
throughout bespeak the fact that he was
at home in his role. John M Kline, too,
made a splendid Lord Neville, the testy
and conservative father of Margaret,
while Arthur Richie. as Capt. o'Hara,
character plucked from one of Lever
famous novels, was true to life. Stanley
James, Padbury, a note shaver am
bilious to enter the realms of high life,
offered an amusing Characterization and
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furnished the low comedy of the play,
while Willard Robertson was quite salts
factory as Maj. Twombly the friend and
confederate Of Pomfret
Miss Oakman gave a charming idealiZa-
ton of the role of Alice Temple: Miss
Thatcher a pleasing conception of the
character of Lady Neville, and Miss
Drofnah was quite satisfactory as Lady
OHara.
The play is beautifully mounted. and
the costumes throughout are unusually
handsome.
Polls.
The revival by the Poll Players, of
George AIDES Father and the Boys" that
chiefly concerns the rejuvenation of
Broker Lemuel Norwood, served to high
ly enliven a goodsized audience at Polls
Theater last night. The play has some
thing to do with the wool business; but
there was no time for wool gathering in
the orchestra chairs except at the cost of
missing some of the almost continuous
fun which Mr.. AIDE enabled the stock
company players to provide. There were
some slips of memory on the stage. 1t is
true, but they soon slipped out of recol-
lection because there was so much of
genuine and such steady enjoyment in all
four acts of this farce comedy.
While the audience was kept busy
| catching the broadsides of humor that
flashed across the footlights, it found
time to frequently applaud the players
who upheld the reputation of this en-
tertainment made by William H Crane
and his company Of a few years ago.
And in that UNFOLDING the chief RESPONSE
bilities were upon Mark Kent in the role
of Father, in which Mr.. Crane was so
successful. Mr.. Kent fully arose to the re-
quirementS of the role.
He was delightfully."- droll throughout,
easy and natural to the point of perfec-
| ton, despite the length OF his lines and
the gigantic demands for stage business
not of the usual sort. 1t was the sue
cessful old-fashioned business man and
doting parent that won the sympathy of
the audience in the first act, but the
days of his first vacation in twenty eight
years. full of fun and excitement, showed
him to be the rejuvenated man Of the
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Another Form of Offense.

Another kind OF case that takes up the
time of the court, and generally comes
TO nothing, is that of the wife who has
her husband arrested for striking her or
one of the children. a woman will swear
out a warrant for her husband when she
is at the height of her just wrath but by
the time the case is called in the police
court she has REALIZED that if he goes
down she will have stiff fight to keep
the wolf from the door. On the other
hand if she doesn't prosecute him the
case NAV be dismissed. and then he will
come home and beat her up again. Not
a very pleasant prospect for her either
way.
The judge will generally fix these cases
by putting the offender under a bond not
to commit the same offense again, which
practically amounts to suspended SEN
tence. Once in while, though. 1t is
wiser to send the man down, If he is an
old offender. and pay his wife a small
amount each day for the labor he per-
forms in the interest of the government
as represented III the workhouse at Oc-
cOqudn.
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Lyman Howe's Pictures.

The final plunge of the historic battle
ship Maine to her last resting place in the
bosom of the ocean, with her flags flying,
was the big feature of the first exhibition
of the Lyman H. Howe Travel Festival
at the Columbia Theater Sunday af,er-
noon. The scenes showing the transfer of
the dead of the Inflated ship to the u.
S. S. North Carolina and other incidents
of the time were graphically reproduced.
Other views included Paris and her
glories, the rivers of France, an exciting
race between a hydroplane and a motor
boat at Monte Carlo and study of
deep sea fishes.
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Word has been received in this city Of
the death by drowning yesterday AT Mar
ragansett Pier. r. l.. OF George Gibson
negro. who was employed as a butler
at the summer home of Mrs. Frances A
NJ Hopkins OF this city. Gibson grad
uated from the preparatory school of
Howard University in June. lie was
bathing with his brother Mortimer Glib
son. when ne was swept under the surf
fin a heavy sea. Gibson's home was in
FauqHier. Va, and while In this city he
lived at l3f:; + street northwest. The
drowning was the first that has hap
pened at Nara gansett this season.
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Swear to Most Anything.

There is hardly case of the kind
where the testimony will be materially
different The habitual offenders seem
to have no conception of what an oath
is for They Will swear to anything
that pops into their heads. And there
are cases where the witnesses will
scheme together to get some brother
or cousin off, but it is very rarely that
the police court judge cannot spot 1T
in a minute. Once in a while a case
comes up where a witness Will per1ure
himself because his lawyer told him
to-" but that is exceptional
First offenders are dealt gently with
whenever it is possible for the court
to be lenient The old-timers don't
appreciate leniency when they get 1t,
and, anyhow they don't deserve much.
OFTEN one of the old stand-bys Will be
brought into court after being out OF
Jail only two or three days. They
don't feel at home anywhere but in
court or in jail and they keep them
selves in one or the other practically
all of the time. Cases are common or
men committing some breach of the
peace or violation of the police regu-
lations merely to be arrested. A short
time ago a negro walked up behind
policeman and deliberately struck him.
He told the officer that he wanted to
go to the workhouse. and the judge
obliged him in short order.
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Knocked Down by Car.

Occupants of a dozen cars on the Capt.
tai Traction line We're delayed yester-
day afternoon when an accident happen
ed to Mary Scott. a negro, giving her ad-
dress as Az 9TH street southeast Mary
got in the way of an eastbound car and
was knocked down. Passengers on the
delayed cars We're unable to understand
why it was necessary for them to have
to remain until the woman had been
taken to a hospital. She was not So
riously hurt.
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Dikemans Fine RENTED.

Carroll DikemGn, who. with Thomas
Moore. was convicted of obstructing the
aisles and fire exits of the Imperial The
alter and was fined $50 by Judge PuSh
IN the District of Columbia branch OF
The Police Court last week, was excused
from paying the fine by Judge Pugh to-
day. Ii appears that Dikeman was only
the owner and operator of an electric
scoreboard in the theater at the perform
ance when the crowdng of the aisles
occurred. ON the recommended ton of the
district attorneys Office MoOre's fine was
reduced from SD TO So.
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Sample Dialogue.

A dialogue about like the following is
sure to be heard
Judge-Well, what do you know about
this case?
Witness-Judge, your honor, l don
know nothin' about it. You see l was
sittin in my front windows last night,
when this man Sam come along, and L
said
JUDGE don't care where you were sit
ting, or what you said. What l want to
know is Just this: What do you know
about Sam here hitting his wife in the eye
with a brick?
Witness-Well, judge, your honor, as |
was saying, l was sitting in my front
window
Judge-Never mind where you were sit
ting. Did you see Sam hit her with a
brick?
Witness-Yes. sir, judge he done hit her
in the eye, and knock her down, and
stomp on her face And l says
Judge-Step down. Sam, want to say
anything?
Sam-Fore Gawd, judge, 1 didn't hit
that woman with no brick. She always
foIlowin' me aroun the street pesterln
after me so / will hit her, and l hit her
this time cause
Judge-All right. Sixty days. Anything
to say?
Sam-No. SIR judge, thank you; sixty
is plenty.
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merry and mighty good music with their

merry and mighty good music with their
banjoes.
Two other. acts, either good enough
for a headliner are the Zarelli-Marsh
trio, whose splendid comedy and difficult
athletic feats keep the audience jumping
from laughter to applause throughout.
and Benny Franklin and his three chill
dren, one Of them a youngster of three.
who seems a born comedian, in novel
and dainty singing and character sketch
that appeals especially to the women and
children.
The Pathe weekly pictures OF impor-
tant events and a film combining fun
and trick surprises are the motion pic
ture offerings.