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Evening journal., 1912-09-16
DEPARTMENT WANTS
MEETINGS FOR CITY

To the Editor Of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir:-In the Judgment of the Street
and Sewer Department 1t seems de-
sirable to have the city of Whining
ton invite the American Society of
Municipal Improvements to hold its
annual meeting in 1918, in this city,
and anticipating that the several city
departments, the newspapers, the En-
gineers Society OF Delaware and the
Board of Trade would coincide with
the views of this department in this
matter, request was made at the last
meeting of the Society in Grand Ra-
pids, Michigan that Wilmington be
filed among the applicants for the
1913 convention. The Society Will
meet in Dallas, Texas in November
of this year and If il is decided that
the invitation shall be issued, it
should be presented on or before the
Dallas meeting
The objects of this society are to
deal with questions of municipal i'm
provements from the practical or ply
sical side, and the society's member
ship Is mostly composed of the lead
ing superintendent and engineers of
sewers, waterworks, streets. etc, in
the principal cities of this country
We are of the opinion that the park
water. street and sewer systems OF
the city of Wilmington will present tc
this society a number Of matters in
teresting to its membership as we'll as
the added pleasure of spending sew
eral days in the Delaware metropolis
and while we should not expect any
profit from such guests. yet we fee
assured that the meeting of such a
society in this city will inure to. the
benefit Of the community.
II is the desire OF this department
to have the cooperation of the city
departments, the commercial bodies
the engineering societies and the
newspapers In this matter. and L
this end we respectfully ask you t
consider this subject and advise u
II you will aid in the matter.
The question of expense will prob
ably enter any discussion you ma.
have on the subject. and for you
information we would say that tn
invitation incurs no expense othe
than that voluntarily assumed by tn
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
NOW

VAT wish TO PROFOUND to the Honorable Andrew
w Jackson Wright deposed Democratic leader in
the Fifteenth Representative District in New Castle
county a few questions which, while they may be
unpleasant pertinent and to the point We ap-
precate Of the fact that Mr.. Wright yet may
be in dazed condition a result of his encounter
last Saturday and therefore do not insist upon
Immediate reply to the questions ask There is
desire on our part to harass a man who has 'been
knocked down. kicked about and dragged out We
are willing, however to throw open our columns to
him that. for the benefit and illumination OF pou-
cal science he may describe his sensations. We may
add that If, when Mr.. Wright reaches the stage of
oonvalescence he will read the questions carefully
I'll in the blank spaces and forward them to us IL
will be valuable contribution TO the political his
tory of county and also be assured Of analytical
treatment by the most minds in the Politico-
Psychological Research Society Of this city
How does the astronomical effect Of such a knock
out blow you received compare with the kick OF
mule or violent impact in the dark with the edge of a
party-opened bedroom door?
How many hours elapsed between the first shock
and restoration to complete consciousness of what
had happened?
How does it feel to be a political back number?
How much consolation is derived from the fact that
you not the only in the pile Of political dis
cards?
How do you regard the ceremony of being initiated
into the Down-and-out Club?
How much money and whiskey we're distributed in
Blackbrd hundred at the psychological moment to
encompass your defeat?
How giddy did you get when you felt the ground
slipping from beneath your feet?
How many revolutions did you make between the
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
SATURDAY, SEPT. Ia, 1912
STRONG COUNTY TICKET.

n EW Castle county Republicans nominated on Sat
~ urday ticket Of exceptional strength. Even
The most captous Democratic critic cannot say truth
fully that 1t was machine made II is strong in all
It's parts and composed Of men who possess unusual
qualifications for the performance Of the duties APP
pertaining to the Offices to which they aspire In all
respects Il outclasses the county ticket set up by
the Democratic machine Just as the Republican State
ticket outclasses the Democratic State ticket II is
worthy the earnest support OF all Republicans and
independents, and doubtless will receive IT,
Joseph Wigglesworth, the nominee for Prothono-
tary made admirable record as secretary Of the
Wilmington Board of Health. and is we'll qualified to
hold tho Office 20 which he aspres The renom-
nation OF Harry A. Brown TO be Clerk Of the Peace is
wei i'-deserved compliment He has administered the
ofic with signal ability In fact there many per
sons who have business in that office who say New
G. stle county never had a better Clerk OF the Peace
o an Mr.. Brown has been. Walter s. Burris the
date for Sheriff. also Is splendid man, and the
aire may be said Of Charles S. Lippincott, the
lidate for Receiver Of Taxes and County Treasurer
edwin S. Clark. for County Comptroller and John T..
spring. sr.. for Coroner. Il is conceded that they
make up one of the tickets that appealed to
ew Castle county electors for their votes
The legislative branch OF the ticket also is COM
oosed Of representative and able men. They know
he needs and the desires of the people and doubt
ess will vote to supply them. With such ticket
he Republicans should carry easily all normally Re-
publican districts and most Of those regarded as
doubtful Good selections made not only in the
Wilmington districts but also in those in the rural
sections.
In several Of tho Levy Court districts there we're
spirited fights. Many good men engaged in them.
In instances that made it difficult for the voters TO
decide what candidates to favor The result of the
vote on the Levy Court branch Of the ticket will be,
we think, eminently satisfactory to the people
We congratulate the Republican voters Of our coun-
~ upon having made such good selections for the
eral Offices and feel that the effect Of their wise
action will be revealed by the election in No
vemher
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
PEOPLES COLUMN

citizens in the spirit of hospitality
such as an automobile trip about th
city by invitation of the city depart
ments or commercial bodies or boa
trip on the surrounding waters or {,
visit to the large manufacturini
plants in the city.
The meetings of the Society an
usually held in the hall connecte
with the hotel which is selected fd
headquarters, and is usually furnish
ed by the hotel on account Of the pa
tronage enjoyed by being selected al
headquarters.
The society has a membership d
approximately four hundred th
number attending the meetings vary
ing, but estimated at two hundred to
gether with contractors, supply AM
machinery men interested in mu
nicipal work
We will be pleased to furnish yo
with any information at our com
mand regarding this matter
Respectfully.
l.. V. Christy,
Secretary
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Old White Coat That
Greeley Wore
BY Holland.

The fortieth anniversary Of the
presidential campaign of 1872, in
which Horace Greeley was the can
didate Of the Liberal Republican and
Democratic parties for president in
opposition to the candidacy of Cen
eral Grant, has served TO remind
some of the very few friends of Gree
ley who are still alive of various
characteristic and interesting per-
sonal anecdotes associated with him.
One of these anecdotes gives an ex-
PLANTATION Of the manner in which
Greeley was first associated with a
great white overcOat
For at least twenty years before
Greeley's nomination for the presi-
dency, he was spoken of as very &C.
centric in his dress. Occasionally Il
was said of him that he went about
with his trousers tucked in his boot
legs, and that he even wore a coat
that needed darning at the elbows.
But IL was alway recognized that
whatever his outer apparel might be,
he was scrupulously neat in his
linen.
The two articles of dress which
we're most frequently spoken OF In
connection with Greeley and in
which he was almost invariably set
forth in the many cartoons made OF
him, were a white beaver hat of an
cient construction and much rough
ness of nap and a pipe clay white
overcoat II was the white overcoat
which especially identified Horace
Greeley It's texture was of a kind
not known to the cloth manufactur-
ers of the United States. Greeley was
often amused by the cartoons which
represented him as encased in a
| heavy white overcoat, and the various
Jokes which appeared in the publica-
tions of that time based upon the
white overcoat never annoyed him.
Shortly after the civil war Greeley
entertained one Of his Boston friends
K at his farm, which was located in the
village OF Chappaqua, about forty
miles north OF New York city.
One day just after the MONDAY
dinner, which was the custom of the
! household established at the Greeley
farm, Greeley invited his friend to
take a walk with him over the farm
There was an old-fashloed hat rack in
the front hall just inside the front
door AS Greeley approached this rack
his Boston friend spied a great white
overcoat hanging upon Il, and as
Greeley took the overcoat down from
J the rack for the purpose OF putting
Il on, as the day was chilly, the Bos-
ton friend said:
AHA, Mr.. Greeley This is the ia
nous old white overcoat, and this is
the rack upon which you hang it,"
NO" replied Mr.. Greeley, this is
not the famous old white overcoat
This is nothing but a white overcoat
the one to which you refer passed
long since into the rag bag. 7 will
tell you about the garment which you
call the famous old white overcoat
the garment which my friends anC
some who are not my friends are oc
casionally disposed 10 make fun Of
"One day there came to me at M
Office In the Tribune building al
Irishman of middle age who had jus
landed. I thought he'd come to Dor
row money, but I did him an injus
tice. He did come to get money, bu
not, as many others have done, L
borrow Il of me. He told me that h.
stood in need of a small amount o
money and he offered to sell me hi
overcoat.
"I looked at the coat Il was a.
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

white as a clay pipe. There was not
a spot on 1t or a wrinkle in It. II was
almost as elastic as rubber and as
smooth as silk. It was so tightly WOW
en- as to make it waterproof / had
never seen a garment of that kind
before. ] asked the man how much
he wanted for it and he told me that
he thought twenty dollars would be
fair price. readily gave him
twenty dollars, and thought / had
made a good bargain.
THAT Afternoon when l left my
Office / put the overcoat on. I wore
It for several years. until It showed
great signs of wear. Then | laid Il
aside and secured a new overcoat
made of like material Everybody
presumes that have always worn
the first white overcoat which I Sc
cured, but this one in which you now
see me is in fact the third / have
had since I bought the white over
coat of the needy Irishman.y
Copyright, 1912, by f. J. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow MIR. Edwards will tell
of "The Great Man Who Was Not
Aware He Had Ever Quarrelled with
God"
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

time your opponents hit you, and you hit the ground2
How big dent did you make in the ground whereon
you landed?
How did you come to take knockout drops just prior
20 the general assault being made upon you?
How was 1t you failed to ditch the Salisbury ma
chine on It's emergency through Blackbird hum
dred?
How does it feel to be made the laughing-stock Of
everyone in the community?
How badly your feelings hurt, and you hurt
worse there than any place else?
How long do you suppose the Records will
permit you TO reside in the district?
How much success do you think the State detectives
would have they to make honest and intelli-
gent investigation Of votebuyng in the district pri
maries?
How did you feel when you beheld the enemy
reaching into your camp and picking out and vot-
ing man after man upon whose loyalty you had de-
pended?
How long do you think it will be before you will
feel we'll enough and strong enough call upon Rec
ords and make your peace with him by promising to
be good?
How? and again How? and yet another How?
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

Well, l am back on the job. Gee,
was glad to get down out of that
tree. But, maybe you don't know
what / mean, dear reader You see
the c. e. (short for City Editor) sent
me out to King Ephraim Johns camp
to have one of them seers prognosti-
cate the political situation, and just
about the time that the prognosticat-
or began to prog, somebody began
to shoot and | Skinned a tree, and
there / stayed until the camp broke
or was busted Saturday morning.
And then to make things worse,
the c. e had told me TO pick up any
items / might run across oht at the
camp, but | told him there wasn't
nothing doing, cause when the shoot
ing and sorapping started everything
stopped. And then, what do you think
he told me? Why he said: you
dang fool, that shootin' dope was the
story" But what want to know
is why didn't he tell me to 60 out
and get the shootin' How did I
know that that was what he wanted
Anyhow, somebody told me that
Mister Hon. Drexler was "protege"
of Hon. Bill Finn, of Pennsylvania.
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
ROUGH SCALY SKIN
LITTLE PATCHES THAT PEEL OF
AND FORM AGAIN.
TrI bis Remedy At Our RISE.

AA9 MS hVmNu9 ~ VuA Ahrhs
Most skin diseases are eruptions 40
companied by itching But there
another kind in which small patche
of scales appear and fall off, followe'
by another crop. This may spreai
all over the body and become almos
incurable.
A soothing application of Sax
Salve, our new skin remedy, shout
be made. This is very healing ant
penetrates through the outer layer o
skin to the very seat of the trouble
destroying the germs.
Treated in this way, as directed By
the book in the box. the scaly patches
disappear and are replaced by smooth
healthy skin. Saxo Salve IS wonder.
fully healing and soothing in al
forms Of skin diseases, eczema, bar
ber's itch; ringworm. etc. and W.
guarantee It to satisfy you, payinl
back your money If II does not n. B
Danforth, Druggist, Market and q
Sts., Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

The more the Sucker Ticket" is studied by the
Progressive Republican voters in Delaware. the less
It appeals to them. Most OF them waiting for the
real Progressive Republican ticket he put in the
field by real Progressive Republicans and by po-
cal renegades and Democratic allies like J. Frank
Alice. DIR. Caleb r. Layton, Robert G. Houston and
Louis A. Drexler. When Alice announced that the
ticket he and his associates would put IN the held
would merely catch the votes Of suckers" he put
ouetus his campaign and revealed to Che Pro-
gressiye Republicans the depth OF his political In
fanny.
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
Us APPENpICITIs VICTIM.

Howard n. Lorraine. aged IL years,
son Of T. N. Lorraine, chief engineer
of the Chesapeake q Delaware Canal
at Chesapeake City, Md. was operat-
ed upon in Union oIIspital, Elkton on
Saturday for appendicitis. The young
man is we'll known here. having spent
two weeks this summer with relatives
at Montrose. TIE patient will recov-
err
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

Keir Hardy says the Bull Moose movement is not
taken seriously in Great Britain That is not surpris
ing Americans never have been understood fully by
their British cousins until 1t is too late They did not
take the War of the Revolution the War Of 1912 or the
Civil War seriously at FIRST Seemingly dullness Of
comprehension still is a British characteristic.
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

II you awake in the morning with bad taste in your
mouth If your wife cannot cook a breakfast that ap-
peals your palate if you forget the days when you
thought her the incest girl ever IL you cannot bring
yourself TO make the day pass pleasantly for her by
kissing her goodbye and IL everything seems to 20
wrong with you at the ohice-go and get a dose of
medicine; you are suffering from torpid liver
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

II Mexico forces us to call extra session of Con-
gress she may be sure she will pay the bill in the
wnd-up. And would remind Mexico that an Ameri-
can Congress is in no sense a cheap thing That at
least has been uniform experience of Americans
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

Chancellor Days defence of Archbold of the Stand
ard Oil does not seem 70 be taken seriously by the.
American people. Since the Chancellor became an
oeasinous educator his utterances to have lost
weight
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

Maine has spoken in two Republican tongues and
the Democrats have been silenced The land Of amen-
ary ardity imitation sardines and real money-making
potatoes has yndcated itself and regained its political
self-respect
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

Woodrow Wilson continues 70 spend much of his
time in an effort to square himself with naturalized
foreigners whom he characterized as the scum of the
earth in his History of the American People
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

Because Of lack of school room, $4,000 New York
children will be kept part time in the public schools
there this term wilmingtonans who read that should
feel proud Of their city in which there is not
a part time pupil.
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
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The Association %
American Advertia.
ers is composed Of
all the great hdver-
tisera Of this coun-
Try. Tho Assoois-
tion endorses only
such pspers - sub
init 20 ice examlna-
tion at any moment
and positive proof
must BE- submitted
The accompanying
certificate, Ne Aibts
has bees iasusd -
this pspee.
Evening journal., 1912-09-16

1AN The Association Of Amer-
f4!AlAI lean Advertisers has ex-
WaW aulined and certified "a
the oireulation Of this pub
hcation- The figures Of eireulstien
contained in the Asseeiation's re-
port only are guaranteed. y.
Association Of American advertisers
Ne. 4lsl whiishsII Bldg n 7. City
Evening journal., 1912-09-16
How Are Your Kitchen Fuel Bills?

Are you receiving two bill
pense? If you are, a caret
per cent. of your Cooking
RANGE.
Evening star., 1912-07-15
DID NOT SWALLOW ACID.
Mrs. Rudolph Denies Taking Poison
When Ambulance Arrives

The ambulance of the Emergency Hos
pital and the patrol wagon from the
eighth precinct station made a hurried
run to 1882 14th street northwest this
morning, a telephone message from the
number eating that a wInan there had
taken carbol.c acid.
When the ambulance and Ne police
reached the house IL was learned the mes
ssAce had been sent by Harry Johnson, a
iisgrj, who Informed the police and the
doctors that Mrs. Jacob Rudolph had
told him she had swallowed the con-
tents of bottle labeled carbolic acid. Blu,
Mrs. Rudolph insisted she had not taken
the poison and did not require treatment
johnson told the police the woman had
been at her husbands place Of business
earlier in the day and had departed with
the declaration that she meant to end
her life. The woman's husband, he said
sent n m to the house to see IL everything
was all right. Mrs. Rudolph said she wa.
very nervous and did not know what she
had said to the negro. but she was sure
she hadn't taken any peison.
Evening star., 1912-07-15
TOTAL OF S27,5OO,OOO
ASKED BY RAIL WAY MEN
Wage Advances by Engineers
Before Arbitration Commits
sion, Others to Follow.

NEW YORK, July 15-Members Of
the arbitration commission gathered at
Manhattan Beach today to take up the
question OF the settlement Of wage
demands of locomotive engineers on
ffty-two railroads east OF Chicago and
north of the Ohio river The engineers
demands total $7,500.000 annually.
The award of the commission. which
is composed Of seven members. is
binding and will run for a period Of
probably FIVE years. The arbitrators
will have the right to fix the time
from which the award shall be effect
i've The locomotive firemen have also
asked for wage increase amounting
to more than $20.o00.o00 annually. and
the railroad interests say that there
will be other demands by trainmen fol-
lowing the engineers award
Agree to Arbitrate.
Following strike vote of the engi-
neers, which was Affirmative by a large
majority. it was agreed that an arbi-
tration committee be appointed to set
tie the question.
Two of the seven members of the COM
mission were appointed. one each, by the
engineers and the railroads The other
five were selected by the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United
States and the. presiding judge Of the
Commerce Court.
Members of Commission.
The engineers named P. H. Morrissey,
former president of the Brotherhood Of
Railroad Trainmen Daniel Willard, pres
ident of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company was named by the roads.
To these two the Chief Justice and the
presiding judge added Oscar S. Straus
former Secretary of Commerce and La
!. Dor. Charles Van Hise, president Of the
University Of Wisconsin,; F. n. Jodson.
lawyer of St. Louis; Otto NJ. Eidlitz.
president of the Building Trades Asso-
citation. and Albert Shaw. editor OF the
Review of Reviews
Evening star., 1912-07-15
CRAZED INVENTOR KILLS
. TWO CHILDREN AND SELF
Thinking Them Starving,
Turns on Gas and Leaves
Diary of Dying Moments.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, July 15.-Crazed by over
WORT on an invention and obsessed by
the belief that his children were starving
Rudolph Uhlman locked them in a room
at his home. turned on the gas and died
with them. AS the children's weaker
constitutions succumbed to the deadly
fumes the insane father chronicled their
actions. Upon the return Of Mrs. Uhl-
man. who had been sent away by ruse,
she found the bodies and the scribbled
account Of how the three died.
Uhlman had just perfected his inven-
ton and had been offered 5000 for It, but
his brain gave way. and. despite the
small fortune at hand. he believed him.
self q pauper.
When Mrs. Uhlman left the house the
father took Rudolph, jr.. Ave years old
and Julia, three years old. into his laborar
tory, and while they played with their
toys he dlled the cracks In the doors and
Evening star., 1912-07-15
At the End of the Rainbow
Ordeal in Prospect
BY WALT MASON.

refreshing time. viii have to go around
imploring the female contingent to cut
out hostilities and give harmony run
for its money.
when you have the women and chill
dren quieted down temporarily some old
patriarch with whiskers two feet long
will insist upon making speech. He'll
pretend that he wants to talk extern
poraneous!y, but you can bet your boots
he has been framing up that grafton for
three months. and 1t will be longer than
the handspring of a dollar watch. He's
sure to be some old guy you can't afford
to offend-the richest man of the tribe,
probably, who may leave somebody few
dollars in his will. That sort of man
always wants to make speech when he
has a. crowd of relatives at his mercy
Hes always a tiresome old guy, with
a voice like q coffee MILL and several
front teeth missing. SO he has to whistle
when he pronounces certain words.
know him like a book. There's such an
old man in every big family. and he's in
his element at one Of those fool reunions.
This man will talk for seven hours, and
as he talks he's making mental notes con-
cerning those Of his listeners who go to
sleep or whose attention wanders. and
the day after the reunion he'll have his
will changed and the offenders will be
cut off with asshilling.
You can't tell me anything about fam
lily reunions. After the patriarch runs
down the women will announce that the
grub department is ready, and you'll all
sit around on the grass eating clammy
salad from Eastwood plates. and big
wind will come along and blow sand and
dead leaves and such things over your
eatables, and you'd give million dollars
to be back home leading the game life.
About that time thunderstorm will
come along and everybody will be soaked
and mad, and on the way home there
will be scrap every fifty feet"
You seem to know just what's going
to happen sneered the retired mer-
chant.
II do know" declared the hotel keeper.
Il used to attend a family reunion every
wear until a specialist examined my
head and said I'd have to quiet 1t or go to
the BOBBY hatch"