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Evening journal., 1912-04-30
HEARSE SHIP WITH f91
BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS
ABOARD, is NOW IN PORT

erts, Of the Astor yacht looked at the
body It contained. After gazing at il
for a moment he turned away, say
ing
"It is he"
Captain Roberts had made certain
that Colonel John Jacob Astor's body
was IN a coffin
Capt. Iarnder Talks Of Rescue Work
Captain Larnder gave out the fol-
lowing statement regarding the death
cruise:
I'VE were commissioned TO bring
an the bodies found floating. but ow-
ing to number found and weather con-
ditions IL was impossible 10 carry
out instructions and some were COM
mitted to the deep after service by
Canon Hind
1--WE left shortly after noon on We'd
nesday, seventeenth Of April Fog
and bad weather delayed us on the
run out and we did not arrive until
Saturday night az o'clock On Sat
urday at noon. having asked all ships
10 report us IL they passed any wreck
age or bodies. we received a commu-
nication from the German S S. Rhein
10 the effect that I'm latitude 4201 n.
longitude 1913. she had passed some
wreckage and bodies. The course was
shaped for that position. north S4
east Later in the afternoon we spoke
the German ship Bremen aud they
reported they had passed three large
bergs in latitude AZ ~, longitude 1920
w.
I'VE arrived on the scene at
O'Clock Saturday night stopped and
Continued on Second Page)
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
BITTER FIGHT
NOW ON in
BAY STATE
Taft and Roosevelt Men Claim
They Have Carried Mas
SaChuSettS Primaries
VOTING VERY HEAVY;
RETURNS WILL BE LATE
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press
BOSTON. April 5O.-Under lower
mg skies that spilled chilling rain,
Massachusetts today conducted her
first Presidential preference primary.
AL Of the interest centered in the
Republican battle. Followers Of
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt
were alike confident in their pubic
utterances and pessimistic in their
private statements. The general
opinion was that Taft would get the
majority of the delegates. but there
was strong belief that Roosevelt
would get a number of the district
delegates. The Taft forces insisted
thar they would sweep the State on
preference vote. but this the Roose-
Welt following decared was "ridicu-
lous
Never before in the history Of the
State have the leaders been so con-
cerned over the results, or 80 urgent
in directing the attitude OF the voters.
The unprecedented action of a Presi
dent of the United States personally
appealing for votes and engaging IN
a war of personalities with the only
living former president who had as
sailed him on the stump. SO complicat-
ed tho situation that the most eN-
perienced politicians would not haz-
ard any guesses, being content to
wait for the count of the votes
President Taft and Colonel Roose-
velt both left here satisfied with the
6qht they had made The President
especially was confident, insisting
that there was no question, but that
he would have the united support OF
Massachusetts at Chicago. Colonel
Roosevelt. while saying he was sure
he would win. assured his supporters
that success in tho Bay State was mol
absolutely necessary to his nomina
tion
Followers Of Champ Clark AM
Woodrow Wilson were claiming thei
/ respective favorites would he IN
j choice OF the voters for the Demo
i cratic nomination. There is practic
ally no interest in the fight Friend
OF Governor Foss made IL plain tha
n there is any chance OF his gettin
the Baltimore nomination he will hav
the enthusiastic support Of the Stat
delegation
In this city. the polls will be opel
from m. until 4 p. m. The earl.
voting was heavy. The polling hour
of the important cities was: Cam
bridge. II TO D. m: Fall River. I
TO 9: Lowell. II 10 s: Lynn, 6 TO =
Salem. 10 4. Somerville, - to 2
Springfield. II to s; Worcester, IL q
Is. Most Of the 305 cities and town
had the polls open from noon unit
Q tonight and it was certain that if tn
result was close the outcome woul'
not be available until morning
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
SAULSBURY-WiL MEN
CONTROL THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION
Champ Clark Parfisans Are Routed and R. R. Kenney
Loses Fight for National Delegate Bitter Fight
in Kent County Caucus Question of In
sirucfing Delegates Still Open

George f. Morris and W. 0. King were
made tellers
James l.. Wolcott nominated Rich
ard r. enney for National delegate
A. H. Cahill nominated Alfred Raugh-
ley. Watson Belts nominated DR. w II
Hoey. Watson w. Harrington nomi-
mated John 3. Hutton. Benjamin A
Hazel nominated William II Stay
ton, William T. Parvis nominated Dr
Robert Y Wallen and l. X. Gooden
nominated Reynolds Clough.
The result of the first ballot was
Kenney. % 1-2; Stayton, 81; Hoey
%; Hutton, - 1-2; Rauphlcy IS,
Clough. 10; Watson g. There was nc
election and another ballot was or,
dered.
Thirty-one votes were necessary
for a choice.
The second ballot stood: Kcnncy
26; Hoey. 2l 10; Stayton. Is; Hut
ton, II 1-2; Clough, 81: Raughley
20 and Watson. 5 No election.
Third ballot Kenney. %; Hocy
2l II; Stayton. 3; Hutton. 1-2;
Clough "a Raughley "a; Watson,
Raughley elected
Fourth ballot-Kenney, "a; Clough
%; Hoey. 3.
Fifth Ciough, 30: Kcuney
IS. Clough's alternate is Dr. Robert
y. Watson
Willard Salisbury. after the eau
cuses. claimed all six delegates foi
Woodrow Wilson Tho Kent caucus
after five ballots overthrow the ChamI
Clark men
The New Castle County caucus was
presided over by Chauncey 2. Hol-
comb. Pierce Cam was secretary
Willard Salisbury was nominated iOi
National delegate by acclamaiiOI
Richard T. Cam nominated r. Bay.
ard Heisel for national delegate. NJ
Heisel explained that he had prom.
ised Charles ii. Salmon to support hin
and he placed Salmon in nomination
( Heisel was chosen. he receiving 8,
votes and Salmon 2S. For Mr. Sauls
| bury's alternate, w. j. Gibbons re
/ ceiyed "A, and John f. Malloy. 21.
The caucus decided TO wipe Wi
mington off the map so far as tn
State Convention was concerned, b
striking all reference TO the Cit
Committee out OF the new rules. Thi
would mako New Castle, Kent an
/ Sussex counties the party subdiy
sions
Much opposition has develope
among the Kent and Sussex member
10 give Wilmington ten more dele
gates under the new rules. and a figf
will be made against that I'm conver
tion this afternoon.
The Sussex county caucus was Pre-
Continued on Page Seven.
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where some fellow would deed free
right of way. and some other man
next to him would have his property
condemned, and received a good round
sum for il. always as much as the
property was worth, and in many
cases much more. and he would be-
gin to think Well. the other fellow
get a good price for his land, and
maybe IL had held of and had not
given the right of way through my
land. ! would have received the same
amount They get to shaking. and
that causes much OF the comment that
was heard. But as for the road H.
self, everybody wants il. and wants
it. bad. ! think that all the people
in the State. where the line goes,
should help as much as possible by
giving their mite i'm the shape Of the
right of way They will never lose
anything by doing il. because II will
advance the value Of the remainder OF
their land more than enough to cover
anything that they may give"
l.. l.. LAYTON, BANKER
AND MERCHANT. FOR TT.
L. L. Layton. Of the firm Of Layton
and Layton. wholesalers in drugs,
groceries. builders supplies, hard
ware. paints, ETC.. with which private
persons and business houses from the
New Castle county line to the Virginia
line do a large business and who also
is president Of the First National
Bank. expressed the following opin-
ion:
II take General DUPONT at his word.
without reservation. He has stated
that he is going 10 give us a thirty
foot road. and I am going 10 wait un-
/ iii he has violated his word before 7
I judge hm or SAY that he does not in
tend to do IT, | think that this is no
{ time 10 Judge because we have a sti,p
/ Of experimental fourteen foot road out
y there. that he intends that to be the
entire width OF the completed road,
which he promised should be thirty
feet. These things cannot he done In
a day and We must take what be says
and Judge him afterward, when the
work is completed. Why. my friend
9S per cent. OF the business of ths
world today Is done by word Of
mouth, and il We had TO require every
man with whom we did any business
Continued on Page Three.
Evening journal., 1912-04-30

THE EVENING JOURNALS fight
i'm behalf OF the taxpayers OF Whining
ton against the proposed agreement
between the City Council and the
owners of land along the Delaware
river front. has already had the de-
sired effect Demand was made for
publication OF the proposed agree
ment before 4 should come before
Council for final action. That demand
has been acceded TO grudgingly By
those interested.
That IL was planned TO take definite
action az last nights meeting of Coun-
ell, a meeting adjourned from last
Thursday. is certain The promptness
with which THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL took up the cause Of the people
and protested against such hasty ac-
ton prevented tho move.
Following the regular session of
Council. which was short another
star-chamhor meeting was held at
which were present the members of
Council the Street and Sewer Di-
rectors and the river front committee
of the Wilmington Board of Trade
At the conclusion Of this meeting, the
full text of the proposed agreement
was given out for the public TO pass
upon. That was all that had been de.
manded by THE EVENING JOURNAL.
That the taxpayers will CAREFUL,
consider the question is evident from
the remarks heard on all sides. The
river front land owners. unable e
get from the Government the long
desired hulkhead. now come fortl
with the proposed gift Of two smal
/ pieces OF river front property IN re
turn for the city's influence with th'
Government In an effort to get it e
complete the bulkhead which Is nov
only about one-third finished.
The proposition is TO give the cit
land for a boulevard. 200 feet wid'
and located 500 feet from the pr,
posed hulkhead; ground necessary fC
the several streets which appear O
the map of the ground proposed
be made by Delaware river dredging
aud two pieces of river froni groun
ono between Fourth andEighth street
and the other. n much smaller plcc
a. Twelfth street II rs made clca
however. that Wilmington taNpaye
must pay for the building of u
boulevard and streets.
In return the city is 10 procure (
cause 10 he constructed by the Unite
States Government. and without ei
pense 20 the landowners, a bulkhea
of whatever type Of construction N
United States government shall adol
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
POLICE NOW
HOLD LEVOK
Supposed "WiId Man" Caught
While TreSpaSSinG on
Property
CITY JUDGE HOLDS
HIM ON LARCENY CHARGE

Stephen LevOk, who was arrested at
Augustine Mills along the Brandy
wine last night on a charge of break
ing and entering, was held under 500
bail for court on the charge of lar
ccny by Judge Cochran today In do
ing so Judge Cochran declared that
while Levok raised the window of
Eugene Singleton's house there and
entered he had not broken into the
building. Assistant City Solicitor Lynn
argued that the raising the sash, con-
stituted the charge of breaking aRd
entering, out the court thought other
wise
Leyok, was not represented by
counsel and he declared when asked
TO plead: Il am ready for trial, l had
nothing TO cat nor wear and went
into building"
The defendant who showed signs Of
having travelled much could not talk
English and an Interpreter was used
The authorities believe Levok is the
man who attacked Levy Courtman
Isaac C.Elliott some time ago in Bran
DIVINE hundred and later annoyed
ether residents of Brandywine hun
dred
Eugene Singleton, VINO llYos IN q
tenant house at Augustine Nils, was
the only witness heard today He
testified that early Monday morning
he went down stairs. when he met
Levok with a chair in his hand
standing in a room. Singleton. back
ed out locking the door after him
Singleton said he went TO a neigh
boris house for a gun, aud on his
return Levok had gone, taking a coal
and vest. one ham. two loaves o
bread and lodge charm.
Last night Singleton said he saw
Levok coming out Of the woods
nearby and he watched him unit
Levok started TO come into his 'yarC
when he captured the man and tool
him TO tho home Of David A. Lindsay
nearby and notified the police.
At the time Levok was wearing thu
coat and vest taken from the Sin
gleton house
Ievok I'm his own behalf. said h'
was on his way from Talleyville II
New York TO visit his brother, but go
lost He had nothing to eat, he said
Ri and went into the Singleton house t.
Y gei food He admitted being in tb'
neiehborhood about three weeks ago
Y Judge Cochran then said he would
hold Levok on the charge Of larcen'
anly. The authorities do not be-
!s,eN ge Leyok is insane.
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
BY The United Press.

DN I NC AHtA'A # A'nNs
HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL DOCK,
HALIFAX. ~ s.. April 3O.-The
steamer Mackay- bennett with 1870
bodies of Titanic victims on board.
berthed at tho pier here at 9.4O o'clock
(Atlantic tme) today The work Of
unloading the bodies was at once be-
gun.
At $50 o'clock atlantic timel, the
Mackay- Bennett, conveyed by a tu9,
hove in sight just about half a mile
from the dockyard. Commander Mar
tin Of the yard, Immediately hurried
to the pier and took active charge.
The curtains about the dock were
dropped.
A dozen black draped haarscs drove
into the dockyard and lined up behind
coal shed to await their load Of
death.
The bodies Of John Jacob Astor and
Isidor Straus were among those In
tho hundred collins piled on the after
deck. They were among the last to be
removed. as the pile of corpses, with
unsecing eyes Wide open in the bright
sunlight amidships called for immedi-
ate attention None of the bodies pick
cd up I'm the death cruise bore any
bullet marks. according TO the crew
of the Mackay- Bennett. but the con-
dition of many OF the bodies was hor-
rible
Frozen for days in the icy seas,
they were discolored, wrenched and
battered. u was impossible to think
of them as human bodies. Those that
were buried outside were worse than
these" remarked one OF the burly
members of the crew. nonchalantiy.
116 Rodies Buried at Sea.
One hundred and sixteen victims Of
the Titanic disaster picked up by the
Mackay- Bennett on her death cruise
were buried at sea.
These bodies, the ships crew said,
we're found to be in such condition as
TO preclude their being brought 10
port One hundred and ninety bodies
we're on board the ship when she
made port. OF these two we're women.
The body Of John Jacob Astor, mil
/ lionaire, was Identified on board the
boat by the jewelry he wore and a few
cards found in a card case in his
pocket.
Widener Buried at Sea.
The body which was identified as
that Of George d. Widener, the Phila.
delphia millionaire by the name in
side Of the clothing. was in such con
dition that It had to be buried at sea
The captain Of the Mackay-Bennet
said that there was no way of makinl
the Identification certain and that tn
general belief was that the body wa
that Of Widener's valet and not Wild
ener.
A coffin pulled from the pile on AZ
terdeck of the Mackay- Bennett wa
opened and Captain Richard Rob
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
FIREMEN ON
THREE RUNS
Early Morning Blaze in D. W.
Lynch Store the Most
Serious
FAMILY ESCAPES
WEILE FIRE RACES

Three fires occupied the attention Of
the city iiremen last night, the most
serious blaze occurring about
o'clock this morning at the grocery
Store of Daniel w. Lynch, at Fourth
and Madison streets, which caused
damage to the extent Of several hun
dred dollars. The loss might have
been considerably more had it not
been for the good work of the fire.
men They confined the blaze to the
place where il originated and sue
ceeded in eXtinguishing it by the use
OF chemical streams. In consequence
there was little damage by water.
The fire at Lynch's was discovered
in time to prevent a nasty blaze. A
fresh fire had been made in the heater
earlier i'm the evening and a defect
i'm the chimney is thought to have
been the cause of the fire The
Lynchs' live in apartments above the
store and Mrs. Lynch attempted tc
go down stairs but the stairway was
in flames. Mr.. Lynch hastily closed
the door leading to the lower floor
thereby preventing a draft and con.
fining the flames until the arrival o.
the iiremen Mr.. Lynch got out o
the house by rear stairway and Sc
. curing the key to the fire box a.
Fourth and Madison streets, strucl
the alarm.
Business was going on as usual a
the store today.
Fire was discovered last eveninl
shooting from the chimney of this
house. No. 1910 Heald street, occu,
/ pied by Benjamin Crisden, colored
4 The blaze was due to defective
chimney and still alarm was sen
to the independence Fire Company
the resulting loss being slight
When fire started last evenins
about s 30 o'clock in a small frame
shed. used as a clubhouse by boys. a
Lowering avenue and Adams streets
some one sent in an alarm from Shall
cross avenue and jackson street. bu
the services Of the firomon we're no
needed. The damage was slight
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
DELMAR TO
HEAR 6 MINUTE
TALK BY TEDDY

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, In his
speechmaking swing through Mary
land on Friday. is to make a speech az
Delmar. II was announced today
that the Colonel. on his way from Sal
isbury TO Cambridge Md, will stop
az Delmar from six 10 ten minutes and
he has promised TO make a speech
from tho platform Of his car before
proceeding 10 Cambridge
Delaware Railroad officials said
this morning they did not know Col
oncl Rosevelt's itinerary while on the
Peninsula and therefore had made
no arrangements concerning his car
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
GEORGETOWN LAWYER THINKS BOULEVARD
WOULD BRING BETTER TRADE RELATIONS
AMONG BUSINESS MEN OF THE STATE

the same price for it's farm produce
as does Philadelphia and New York
and i'm Baltimore one can get almost
everything edible cheaper than one
can purchase the same article in VIII
mingtOn.
III your Board Of Trade would pay
more attention to securing the trade
OF the smaller towns and the country
i'm Kent and Sussex counties, It would
result i'm an interchange Of business
that would be surprising i'm the course
of year. ] believe that by provid-
ing a means whereby the farmer and
fruit grower at this end of the State
could reach Wilmington quickly and
proftably. and whereby Wilmington
people and merchants could reach US,
the dupont road would accomplish
such wonderful transformation Of
business conditions i'm Delaware as
would be the wonder OF the country.
Yet this possibility have never heard
expressed"
tSEES GREAT INCREASE
IN VALUE OF LANDS
Robert Short. former sheriff Of Sus-
sex county who was one Of those
who freely gave their land to make
lup the right Of way, made the iol-
lowing statement Of his opinions re-
garding the dupont Boulevard:
"The road went through my prop
erty, and I gave the right Of way
/ freely and gladly, and would do the
same thing again. Ninety per cent
of the people in Sussex county are
strongly in favor of the road, and all
I of them are favorable to any large
public Improvement Of any character.
We are not all dead in this end OF
/ the State. We try to be progressive,
and to help anyone who is inclined
/ to do anything that would better con-
ditions here or in the State generally.
! know Of many cases where they paid
people more than double what their
! assessed or real valuation Of their
property amounted 10. One In par
ticular which I have i'm mind now.
and which is we'll known to all those
! gentlemen present. (here he mention
ed the name Of the man he meant
had a small place Of about 10 or II
acres, through which the road ran,
cutting off about three acres He
was paid enough for those three acres
to more than nay for the whole place
i The trouble has been, In many cases
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
DIAMOND GRANGE
GETS MORE MEMBERS

Two candidates were initiated in the
third and fourth degrees at the meeting
of Diamond State Grange in the hall at
stanton last evening. The business
transacted at the meeting was of a
routine nature Several members of the
grange expect to enter the corn contest
at the state Experimental Farm this
year Under the plans of this contest,
each person entering viii send ten cars
of corn to the farm for planting, and all
the entries will be grown under the same
conditions of soil and treatment.
AZ the meeting of the grange on next
Monday night, last nights program will
be given. Mrs. John a. Cranston will
lecture upon paper bag cookery. G. p.
Dickey viii be in charge OF the current
events
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
EXPLODING TORPEDO SINKS SHIP,
200 PASSENGERS HAVE PERIsHED

LONDON April soThe constantinople correspondent Of
the Exchange Telegraph Company wires that the American
ship the ARCHIPELAGO American Company struck
explosive torpedo Of the Gulf OF to
day and completely demolished The correspondent adds
lives lost The ships body blown out
aud sank almost Immediately Lloyds agent sent word
that the Archipelago Company local
and small mail vessel POI tons built
at Newcastle. England in 1855
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
10 KILLED
In CYCLONE
SWEEP TO-DAY

by The United Press.
GILBERT. La. April So-Ten per
sons we're killed and score injured
in tornado which swept over three
parishes OF Louisiana early today.
Scores of buildings were wrecked.
Tho dead include Sidney Ross, 10,
killed at Gilbert In Franklin, Paris,
G. l.. Ross was crushed to death under
falling building. Eight men work
ing in the fields we're killed
Evening journal., 1912-04-30

along the hulkhcad line approved by
the Secretary Of War on November Z.
1902.
Further. under the agreement, tho
city shall use its best endeavors to
have the area between tho bulkhead
and the present Delaware river bank
filled in without expense TO the land
owners, the material to be Of earth.
stone or other substance dredged from
the channel OF the Delaware river or
elsewhere, TO an average height above
mean low water along the bulkhead
at least nine feet
As an inducoment for the city TO
lead the Government 10 think that
Wilmington Is 10 be benefited largely
by the proposed agreement. the city
is 10 receive a piece of river front
ground extending from oFurth TO
Eighth streets and another plot Of
/ l25 feet along the river front, north
of Twelfth street That is regarded
I by many persons wocfully inadequate
compensation
This rs all that the city practically
receives. as the land for the boulevard
and for streets, could be condemned.
! n necessary. for such purposes. and
oven though a gift to the city should
such streets he laid out and paved
by the taxpayers they would serve
principally 20 further increase the
value Of the lands Of the river front
owners. Consequently, il is asserted,
these lands for streets should not be
considered. Tho small stretch OF river
front as compared with the thousands
of feet the land owners will get Is
what the tax payers Of Wilmington
first OF all will take into conisdera-
tiOn.
Public Aroused.
That the people have become
aroused on the subject can be seen
clearly by the talk heard on the street.
The fact that the owners Of land
along the river front are excused. by
= an act OF the Legislature from pay.
, ing city taxes on the land they own In
= Cherry Island Marsh. is a factor which
/, is forcibly brought home Hundred
4 of wage earners. IL Us pointed out
must pay taxes on the homes the
/, own. while 500 acres OF the rive
|. front land IN assessed on a $1,000
s valuation for county purposes an,
q goes tax free for city purposes.
Yet with all the privileges they th'
.. river front owners come forward will
A a gift 10 the city or about 1400 feet o
river front. in exchange for which tn
4 city must urge the government Z.
! complete a bulkhead 10000 feet long
{ Continued on Page Six)
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
TNTFR.CHURCH FEDERATION.

General Charles Bird was elected as
president OF the Wilmington Inter
Church Federation at meeting in the
Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday
Evening journal., 1912-04-30
ALIEN OUTLAWS on rRAL.

wYTHEvILLE Va April o.-virgnia's mills Justice
were set in motion to render Judgment
March a. which made OF Judge Thornton Massos courtroom
at Hllsyine a shambes Before crowd that crammed the
courtroom Floyd Claude Victor and Friel Allen and sdna
Edwards Bird Marion formally arraened today
ON indictments charging murder.