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Evening journal., 1912-06-07
ROOSEVELT
AFTER TAFT
DELEGATES
Dixon and Other Leaders Get
Busy in Effort to Save
Colonel
PRESIDENTS FORCES
HAVE UPPER HAND
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
CHICAGO. June Without hope
of seating any of their contesting del
egations. with the possible exception
of Washington state. the Roosevelt
leaders today, while the National
Committee hurried through the hear
ings of the initial contests, began a
fight 10 break the Taft delegate ranks
Senator Dixon and score OF his able
neutenants got busy" with at-home
Influences. I'm New York II was
learned old-time friends Of Colonel
Roosevelt are today personally in
terviewing delegates and trying to
swing them over 10 the Colonel That
tho Taft forces realized that this work
might have a serious effect was shown
when they sought 70 counteract the
personal campaign. The situation to-
day left a slight advantage on the
side Of the Taft forces They have con-
troll of the National Committee by an
overwhelming majority; they have. on
the face of the returns az the present
moment. 3 majority ~ the delegates
elected This majority will be in
creased by the seating Of the Taft
contestants in many instances. But
the Taft managers realize that the
slightest influence might change the
minds Of many delegates. Privately
they admit this. Publicly they declare
n is all over. but the shouting. Pri-
vately. they are working tooth and
nail 10 keep their lead.
The Taft men are certain that the
Roosevelt leaders win get no assist
ance from the little band of In.
structed Wisconsin delegates They
expect the North Dakota delegates {,
swing into the Roosevelt column on
all issues. But Wisconsin. thel
claim. and this claim Is agreed to b,
Wisconsin politicians who are on thu
ground will 60 down voting for Sen
ator LaFollette. They will not vote
for the Roosevelt candidate agains
Senator Root slated 10 be the tenn
CONTINUED on Second Page)
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
NO ACTION BY
COUNCIL ON
RIVERFRONT
Subject Went Over Until Next
Week, Awaiting Solicitors
Opinion
SAY Some COUNCILMEN
HAVE CHANGED ATTITUDE

No action was taken by City Coun-
Gil last night. on tho proposed orr
dinancc providing that the Council
enter into an agreement with the
riparian owners of tho Delaware riy-
er front, in which the city is 10 rel
ceive two small pieces of the 5000
feet of river front, in exchange for
its influence with the government 10
complete the construction OF the bulk
head and hll in back of IT,
The proposed ordinance has re-
celved two readings and the Council
men are awaiting an opinion from
City Solicitor Hastings on the ques@
ton of the ownership OF the land un-
der water, between tho low water
mark and the proposed bulkhead.
In letter addressed to Council
last night Mr.. Hastings set forth that
much of his time had been taken up
within the past two weeks on other
city business and for that reason hq
was not able TO have the oplniod
ready by last nights meeting. He
stated. however. that he would have
an opinion ready by next Thursday
night.
Council accepted the commun'cal
tion without comment
Il was said that some OF the Couu-
cilmen who have been actively ad,o.
eating the proposed agreement hayd
now assumed the attitude OF doing
nothing one way or the other IN re-
gard to the proposed agreement.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
CHANGERS WOULD
ELECT SENATORS
BY DIRECT VOTE

AT the afternoon session Of Pomona
Grange, meeting yesterday with
Hockessin Grange, the committee on
Hervey Walker, William
NJ Mccoy, and Mrs W. p Peach, pre-
sented a resolution favoring the direct
election of United States Senators
and one passed by Union Grange on
May % asking for betterment of
county roads. Both were unanimously
adopted
It is hoped to have Worthy Master
Wilson. Of the National Grange. pres
ent al the next Pomona Grange meet
ing, to be a basket picnic meeting
held the latter part OF August The
place of meeting was not decided.
The address of welcome yesterday
was made by Worthy Master $. F.
Ewart Of Hockessin Grange. and the
response By Worthy Master II. L. Dill
worth. OF Pomona Grange.
The meeting concluded with the fol
lowing special program under the
chairmanship OF Worthy Lecturer
Benjamin A. Groves.
Vocal quartet, by members Of Della
ware Grange; reading by Miss Lit.
tie of Delaware State Grange: instru-
mental duet by the Misses Frederick
Of Centre Grange; address by Worthy
Lecturer Evans Of the State grange
address by DR.. Hanna K Lyons. one
Of the officers Of the Pennsylvania
State grange; recitation. Mrs Alice
Mccoy Knots of Delaware Grange
vocal solo. Miss Vineyard Of Hockes
sin Grange, recitation, William Tai
ley of West Brandywine Grange; vo
cal sextet. Delaware Grange: recita.
tion, Mrs Lizzie NJ. Little; vocal duet
the Misses Hobson and Crossan, o
Centre Grange: recitation. Mrs. Ev,
Myers Of Delaware Grange; reading
Miss Nellie Snyder Of Delaware
Grange: vocal solo, Miss Irene Price
Of Delaware Grange.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
MORE TIME
FOR USE OF
TRANSFERS
Seine Patrons Of Local Trolley
Lines Complain to Utilities
Board
COMMISSION MAY
INQUIRE INTO SUBJECT

Members Of the Board of Public
Utilities Commissioners will meet
this afternoon at tie City Hall TO
discuss the proposed new rules for
the body as a preliminary to starting
new investigation into the with
drawal of strip tickets from public
sale by the Wilmington and Phila-
delphia Traction Company. 1t is not
likely that anything definite will be
done this afternoon. A tentative draft
of new rules has been made Presi-
dent Henry NJ. Taylor will be unable
TO attend this afternoon meeting. A
form of complaint to be presented to
the Commission also is to be drawn
public utilities boards in other states
having a standard form of complaint
as basis for Investigations OF in
quiries. II is proposed to begin the
strip ticket investigation anew, bas.
ed on a new complaint
II is understood that the Public
Utilities Board in the near future will
take up a formal inquiry into the sub.
ject Of the period Of time that should
ht diAoWtu ntAMt ttn tile lhSUdnte OF
street railway transfer and its use
Several verbal complaints have beer
made to different members Of tn,
Commission that the time now allowed
for the use Of a transfer after ia
issuance is not long enough.
Some of the Commissioners hav,
been informally inquiring into condi
tions in other cities and have fount
that in one place transfer is goot
for use an hour after II is issued
and in another city a transfer Is gooi
for use up to FIVE hours after its Is
sue No formal complaint has beef
made to the Commission on the trans
! fer question. however.
The local railway companies issu
transfers generally punched hfterl
minutes ahead OF the time they ar
actually issued, although the trans
fers are supposed to be good only IA
the next car connecting at the juno
ton point.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK RECORDED.

by The United Press
WASHINGTON june 7one OF the longest series Of earth
quake recorded Unerss sesmo-
graphs bs ToTndon beginning
52l M pronounced at 7i2 and
unued with varying intensity AZ II o'clock
slight trcmors recorded Father Torndorn
said the character OF the pecluded any
locations OF the disturbances
MILITIA TO AWE STRIKERS.
HARTFORD Conn. Orders issued by Ad
utant General Cole today the state Militia
to be sent TO Mddletovn strike the
Russell Manufacturing Companys plant
ON HUNT FOR MURDERER
By The United
NEW YORK IA squad Of Central office detectives,
arc searching a2earod serod Ekstrom
whose body bearing violence last night found in
a cellar hours sr disappeared from her home
the ianior apartment door stumbled her
body wrapped in quilt furnace rngerprns in.
death by strangulauon A-4 40
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
SEN. BORAH
STIRS UP The
COMMITTEE
Demands Record Entries in
Delegate Contests But
is Voted Down
EXPECT, ROOSEVELT
TO GET INTO Fight
Rv The United Pross-

by Inc Inli"N fitro
CONVENTION HALL. CHICAGO,
June TN a bitter speech, teeming
with invective. Senator William r.
Borah Of Idaho, threw the Republi-
can National Committee into tur-
moil at the outset of its meetings to-
day when he demanded that the mem
hers go on record on every contest.
While he was speaking. a motion WAS
made to table the amendment 10 the
rules that he had offered, and Chair
man Rosewater put the motion over
his protest and declared it carried.
Fourteen times Borah shouted-"M Mr..
Chairmani" i'm a loud. ringing voice
Rosewater paid no attention TO him
and put the motion.
But Borah would not be choked on
He held the floor and continued 10
talk and was finally permitted by
unanimous contest TO finish his critic
ism Of the majority.
Borah declared he knew the steam
roller" was in operation and that he
had no desire 20 cushion IL, but hf
insisted that the members had nt
right to refuse to furnish the voters
Of the country with q record OF where
edCn toNnhllNffihah ot''u vi '"~h iA
dividual case.
"You owe that much 10 the party
no shouted, "and II you don't wan
your action assailed on the platform
next fall. you should get your record
clear here today"
The Borah furry stirred up the
members. but it only served to empha
size the absolute control Of the Tafi
forces on the committee. The actor
Of the committee was accepted by both
factions as indicating that only Taf
delegates win be put on the temporary
roll OF the convention. u was als'
accepted as indicating that Roosevelt
will come here in person next weel
to take up his own fight
After crushing out the Roosevelt de
mands. the committee continued IN
consideration Of the Alabama con
tests
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
RECOVERFROM
KNOCKOUT BY
FIERY BOLTS
Mr.. Johnson and Miss BufGaH
Suffer No III-effeCtS From
Thrilling ordeal
E0SIERY OPERATORS
BACK TO PLACES TODAY

The condition of the two sick per-
sons who were rescued from houses
struck by lightning in West Four
teenth street. and other victims Of
the heavy storm early yesterday af-
ternon is favorable. J. T. Johnson. OF
No. 3O6 West Fourteenth street, and
Dorothy Duggan. the four year old
daughter Of Thomas A. Duggan, OF No.
1904 West Fourteenth street. the sick
persons carried from their homes af-
ter the house of Henry Snyder at No.
I 302 West Fourteenth street was struck
ad set on fire are suffering no serious
results.
The girls az the Glen Hosiery, Thir-
4 teenth and Poplar streets. who were
thrown into a panic. when lightning
entered that firms plant and stunned
many of the workers. have recovered,
and were at work as usual today. Miss
Ada Marden, of No. 1921 Spruce street
who was the most seriously affected
/ by the lightning at the plant. was re-
| yived at her home several hours after
the storm had subsided.
i I.-W. Raccord. Of Philadelphia, who
was knocked from a wagon by a bolt
of lightning and taken TO the Della
ware Hospital in an unconscious con-
dition. was taken to his home i'm that
city last night. He is employed by J..
r. Johnson, at No 231 North Fourth
street. Philadelphia. The mans name
was given as Raymond Records yes
terday.
storm. caused the indicator in the en-
gine house OF the Water Witch Fire
Company TO register Box No. 81, in
stead of No. 5l. located at Thirteenth
and Washington streets.
!, The Friendship Fire Company re-
! sponded to a still alarm of fire when
9 the lightning struck the home OF Mr
: Snyder and extinguished the flames
r Just as the iremen were leaving FIRE
+ broke out anew in the adjoining housi
and it was then that an alarm wal
sent in from Box No. 81.
During three minutes OF the storm
period the rainfall recored az th'
weather bureau Was fifteen-hunredthi
of an inch. This is at the rate Of l..
inches an hour. The rain began fall
ing at LOO o'clock and stopped at 2.ls
/, The entire precipitation was 13I
inches.
A comment made by a number o
spectators at the fire yesterday wal
that It showed the benefit OF a muni
. cipal hospital would be to Whining
ton. When little Dorothy Duggal
was taken out OF the burning house
was a problem where to take her
= Taking her TO a private home woul
have quarantined the home. Even AZ
= ter the fire was extinquished, her owl
= house was too damp for her. The loca
: hospitals have no arrangements 70
Il taking care of contagious diseases
= and have the strictest rules aEains
taking such cases. in order to proteo
their patients In the emergency, tn
y Delaware Hospital took the child, an
. she is in an isolated ward.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
y The United Press.

By The United Press.
BOSTON, June 7.-Riotous scenes
today marked the calling of strike
by the union employees of the Boston
Elevated Company. which controls all
the surface, subway and elevated
etreet railways in Greater Boston and
many neighboring cities and towns.
After a stormy three-hour meeting
the newly organized union voted al
most unanimously to strike At 435
o'clock the first charge on a car was
made by crowd of 200 or more per-
sons.
During the next FIVE hours cars
were stoned, passengers we're driven
with car crews to the streets, trolleys
were disconnected and tied down,
clashes with police reserves occurred
at a score of points in Boston. Cam
bridge, Chariestown, Roxbury and
Somerville and many arrests made.
The strikers were particularly in
censed at the action Of a motorman at
Washington street and Adams Square
where they attempted 20 stop a huge
,,To~payruent conference.-the subur-
lysF car by standing on the tracks.
trbA motogman put on fun speed when
100 Yards away from the crowd on
the tracks. In the meantime a striker
had smashed the windows and
climbed aboard When the car was so
feet away from the crowd he dragged
the motorman from the lever, threw
him to the car floor and reversed the
power.
The strikers claim they have $500
men in their ranks. Two thousand
4 persons attended the meeting in Paine
Memorial Hall which voted 1898 Il
8 to strike. The company claims
only 600 who attended this meeting
were ever employed on their cars
\ The company also claims that at leas
2OOO of its 5000 employees have join
4 ed the Loyal Federation" it recently
. organized.
The first charge on car was a
Castle Square, near the meeting hall
Car crew and passengers we're driver
from an outbound Brookline car. cob
Sle-stones were hurled through thl
. windows and the thumbscrews on tn
fuse box torn out and thrown away
II was half an hour before trafii
on that line was resumed.
At Haymarket Square. an Everett
car was stoped and wrecked and twl
more we're wrecked on the Charles
town bridge en- route 10 the cits
Sleepers were put on the tracks o.
the Cragie bridge, over which som
surface cars come from Cambridge
Traffic was delayed on that line 70
two hours.
Tn spite of the disorders. the ele
waited ran more cars in the earl
hours than they ever have before a
tho same time. Besides the 200
Il Loyal Federationists.' 1900 importe
strike-breakeTs made up the ca
crews.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
INSANE, HE
ATTACKS rs
YEAR OLDAUNT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, Del, June r.
Thomas Satterfeld, a young man liv-
ing with his aunt Mrs. Sallie A.
Owens, on Market street, GEORGETOWN.
two days ago became violently insane
and attacked his 75-year-old relative.
The man was overpowered by men of
the neighborhood. but not until tho
aged woman was severely beaten
about the head and face with a pair
of shoes. Il is feared her nose is
broken and skull fractures.
The young man has been mentally
deranged for four years. and became
worse several months ago. broodinr
over the loss Of his parents and fear
ing the loss of their estate.
Satterheld was lodged in Sussex
county jail over night and taken 10
the State Insane Asylum yesterday
morning
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
CRIME TO
PARDON BROWN,
THE CONTENTION

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. June 7--Folloving rs
the letter. sent TO the Board of Pardons
by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society OBJ
jecting to the Board granting a pardon
10 Harvey Brown, colOred. his case
being before the Board az tho monthly
session Yesterday, action being post
poned until the Board can visit the
New Castle County Workhouse where
Brown is a prisoner and suffering with
consumption.
state Board of Pardons.
Dear sirs: The attention Of this So
ciety has been called to the fact that
You are asked 10 let Harvey Brown
nov serving a life torn for murder
/ ln the New Castle County Workhouse
60 homo 20 his family because he
Is dying from tuberculosis. aud II Is
the custom 10 allow dying criminals
20 60 home and be cared for by their
families.
"While this precedent is a merci-
ful one. II was established as you
know in the days when tuberculosis
was not known TO be contagious. The
more advanced case. the worse con.
tagion and 10 send a prisoner I'm the
last stages Of tuberculosis home Il
spread il, is little short Of murder
itself
The case is aggravated by the
fact that the prisoner is a coloret
man, and viii go back among his
race far more susceptible TO tuhercu
losis than the whites. IN our opinion
you might as well send a case o
smallpox home 10 die. which assured
, iy you would not do
THE workhouse has a special war,
for tuberculosis criminals. and In tina
ward. the contagion Is controlled. Ou
medical director. Or Robin, has him
self examined this ward. and con
siders Il a proper place for the patieu
10 remain.
I'VE therefore urge you. In order q
protect innocent lives. not 10 ALLOW
Harvey Brown 10 60 free, carrying IN
virulent contagion Of tho last stage
Of his disease with him 10 infect
Delaware community.
Very truly yours,
Emily p Bissen. President"
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
FORCETS THEFT
BUT REMEMBERS
BEING THROWN OUT

Mary Moore. colored. charged by
Harry Dale, also colored, Of MI
Pleasant. with stealing SIS irori him,
was disnissed hs Judge Cochran ~
CITY Court today after Dale said no
was drunk. AZ the time and could
not remember anything except going
to the womans house aud falling
asleep and then being thrown out
Dale WAS Represented by j. Frank
Ball
Burton Quail colored. was nned
$50 and costs for assaulting Ernest
brooks Ernest told of Quail COM
ing into his house and knocking him
down and trying TO cut him with a
knife.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
HARDING TO
PLACE TAFT In
NOMINATION
Rr The United Press.

MARION, O.. June President
Taft will be placed in nomination be-
fore the Chicago national convention
by Warren Harding, of Marion. one
Of Ohio's delegates at large He re-
ceived a letter from the President to-
day requesting him 10 present bis
name 70 the convention aud Harding
Immediately replied that he was glad
10 accept a commission so pleasing TO
his personal and political preference
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
B. 4. HNLCOMR nEAp.

special 10 THE EVENING JOuRNAL
NEW CASTLE. Del. June ~ Bank
son r Holcomb. aged 73 years, died
early this morning. He had been
seriously in for about three weeks.
Mr.. Holcomb was born in Philadel-
phia. but had lived in Delaware most
Of his life He is survived by his
wife. Mrs Edith NJ Holcomb. by two
sons. Chauncey r. Holcomh and Bank
son r. Holcomh Jr.. and a daughter
Mrs John NJ Wilson.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
BY tho United Press.

WASHINGTON. June 7-Reports to
the State Department indicate today
that the Cuban army, relieved of
guarding property by the presence Of
the American marines at Guantanamo,
is beginning a successful campaign
against the negro rebels.
Tho department received official
confirmation Of the defeat Of a group
Of marauding insurgents near Guanta-
namo by Cuban government troops.
Seven Of the insurgents were killed.
There were no Federal casualties.
General Monteagudo. i'm charge of
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
CUBAN FEDERALS SLAY
MORE REBELLIOUS NEGROES

federal operations in the field, has Of
fered amnesty 10 all rebels who will
lay down their arms before tomorrow.
After that all constitutional guaran-
tees are suspended and captured
rebels will be dealt with cummarily.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
Ammunition Factory Blows
Up; Thirty Men Killed

entire country side was shaken as
by an earthquake. The shock was
felt here and Emperor Franz Joseph
in the royal castle at Schoenbrunn.
was alarmed. The buildings of the
ammunition plant were wrecked. and
in the debris. thirty bodies we're
found. Portions Of other bodies indi-
Gated that more perished. but it was
impossible to estimate the number.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
ALUMINIUM
TRUST MAKES
FEDERAL PEACE
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. June by a de-
cree entered in the Federal court at
Pittsburgh ,oday. the aluminium trust
formally made peace with the govern
ment The trust, which was alleged TO
have control of 90 per cent Of the out
put of aluminium, by means OF a sys-
TEN of restrictive contracts and which
was sued under the Sherman law sew
eral weeks ago, agrees 10 the nullifi-
cation of these agreements.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
BOSTON
CAR MEN
ON STRIKE
RiOtOuS Scenes Follow Walk
Cut Of Operators Who Want
Union Recognition
CARS STONEB AND
PASSENGERS DRIVEN OUT

Unions reasons for striking
Company refuses to recognize
union; announces it will employ
no union men.
When complaints are made
against men they are laid off
without pay during hearings.
If eXonerated of blame and re-
instated, lost pay is not made up.
Conductors must furnish $40
change which they must have on
all trips.
Despite refusal of company to
grant wage increase because the
company finances would not
stand it, Loyal Federationists"
members pay was increased when
union was organized.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
PURCHASING HOMES.

During the month Of June many
households will acquire homes of
their own
There's considerable demand for
, houses i'm the city as we'll as sub
urban and country places. for the
warm DAYS bring the call Of the
green, the cool shade and the YER
anda
MANY prospective purchasers
are waiting to he shown they
viii be glad to take a look and
learn the price and the terms
= Most realty purchases are made
. As the direct result of Want Ad
= announcements.
Considering selling or purchas-
s ing?-use the Wants.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
SELECT MR.. MEGGINsON's CORN

The Delaware College Agriculture
Experimental Station has selected
corn grown on the farm of Charles r.
Megginson, New Castle hundred, for
the State test. The selection was made
from corn grown throughout the state
especially for test purposes. Mr.. Meg
ginson has grown fine corn crops for
years.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
By The United Press.

IT UF IUTIEU IEobl
VIENNA, June Thirty men were
known to be killed early today and
torn fragments of bodies scattered all
over the vicinity indicated that many
more were blown to their deaths by
an explosion in an ammunition fac
tory at Mollsdorf near here. Two hun
3 dred tons Of powder blew up and the
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
FAULKLAND AT YORkLYN.

Falkland baseball team will play
the American Snuff Company at York
lm tomorrow afternoon. This game
win be the second Of series. and az
Yorklyn won the first. Manager Emp.
Ryan and his bali tossers win try TO
annex this one. The lineup for Faulk-
land will be- Lacey. C.: Harkins. p;
Ryan, ss Willis. M; Lally Oh, Davis,
3b; Pyle. II; Banks. RI; Barnhill, e.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
WEATHER.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, d. G., June The
weather win be generally fair touigfa
and saturday in the easiern states.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07

WASHINGTON. June = For Della
ware; Probably fair tonight and sat
urday; continued cool. moderate
northWesterly winds.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07
TO-DAY'S TEMPERATURE

THE BELT DRY STORE.
Evening journal., 1912-06-07

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