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Evening journal., 1912-01-03
COLONEL A. B. CONNER
ILL AT HIS HOME

Colonel A. B. Conner, Of FELTON,, has
been i'll for several days and confined
to his home He is well-known in this
city, being a former State Senator and
a member Of Governor Pennewills
staff He is being doomed by some of
his friends for the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
RrILpING NOTES.

Howard e. Vernon has purchased a
plot OF ground at Tenth and Franklin
and will erect two $1,000 residences
there this spring. Mr. Vernon will oc-
cupy one of the houses.
Herman Dohl is trying to purchase
the Senator Penrose tract at Ninth and
Harrison streets. If this contractor
can purchase the plot he will build a
number of fine houses
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
NAVY YARD WORKERS
DISSATISFIED, WALK OUT
BY Tho United Press,

by Inc United Press.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. Jan. 8-Be.
cause Of dissatisfaction with Secre.
tary of the Navy Meyers new sclen.
tifc management system for navy
yards, nearly a hundred machinists
and helpers in the local navy yard
went out on strike today. The walk
out followed a refusal by the men "a
adopt the card system Of recordina
their speed of workmanship. All tho
strikers are members of the Inter.
national Association of Machinists.
A meeting Of the strikers will be
held this evening, to decide on
future course. II was believed here
that the walk-out is forerunner OF
similar strikes by all union employees
in the yard
Under the regulations the strikers
face forfeiture OF their positions. al
annual leave with pay, and the special
perquisites Of skilled navy yard work
men.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
FORGERY BRINGS
YEAR In JAIL

Fred Connor. in the Court of Gem
eral Sessions today was sentenced Ia
year IN the workhouse for forgery
Connor Is % years Old and came here
from Norrigtown solno ponths ago
He had good voice and through Ja-
cob T. Clymer, the musician sang IN
the choir of a local church Three
weeks later he was found attempting
to pass check for $50 purported to
have been drawn by Mr. Clymer.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
PROSECUTOR AWAY,
DEFENDANT GETS OFF

Owing TO several witnesses in the
case being needed in the Court Of Cen
eral Sessions, the case of Annie Flake,
charged with disorderly conduct, was
continued by Judge Cochran in City
urt this morning until tomorrow.
ie defendant entered a plea of not
tilty.
Charles. Johnson. charged with as
uIt ana battery on Edward Joyce.
vas dismissed after Joyce failed to
onnear
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
NEW YEAR WANTS.

Ring out the old: ring In
the new-so runs the song for
New Years Day.
There's a practical lesson-a
vitally personal message-to
all in the 6 eetings Of the New
Year Get rid of old ideas, old
thoughts. old habits old meth
ods-and old work as we'll If
It's irksome and not productive
enough.
Begin the New Year in new
and more COZ genial surround
ings Read the Want Columns
carefully each day and see If
they haven't work for you that's
just TO your liking.
Fifteen minutes daily study
of the wants will open many
avenues to work and gainsul
busir ess chances-opportuni-
ties aplenty for advancement
Have you friend or an ac-
quaintance who is seeking op-
portunity-a chance for en-
) pioyment or investment? Point
to the Wat Columns each day:
3 hid him watch them carefully:
> there will appear from day to
, day openings that will meet his
needs.
Start the New Year right
he student of the Wants
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
TO REPEAT aTOPsY TURvY.v

The "Toysy Turvy' cantata to be
repeated tomorrow evening at West
Church. by the Happy Workers So
ciety. at 7.30 o'clock, has been so sue
cessful that a number who have heard
it say il ought 20 be given in the
Opera House There is no admission
charged but a silver Offering will be
taken
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
HORSE IN TRENCH.

Becomisg frightened by the noise
of riveting machine at the dupont
Building yesterday, a horse owned by
the Water Department backed into 2
ditch. in West Eleventh street. A
block and tackle lifted the horse out
uniniured
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
DR. EAsLEY PREACHEs TONIGHT

The Rev. J. W. Easley, of the City
Missionary Society. will preach the
sermon in Harrison Street Church to-
night. Revival services are. in pro
gress in the church this week.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
Newspaper
fIeHTIyG coNInTrs n mnA

Hy Iho United rress
SHANGHAI Jan Ahousa hs arn0,tes aa ao. besa
an.t ot lighting regortd odas hon covered qi ae
southern. provinces Reyolunonha Nu caang Aaunn and
shanghai rpeins the reumptou b hoaiHe amy ame
II expected yuan sh Kal el ess orders .oF asoaul
NanAu hc capai of hc republic ( ne suecf,ds raising
eneush m3lc daanee ibc Imperial
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
TRApE ROARD MEETS TONIGHT.

At the meeting of the Board Of Trade
this evening the mercantile committee
will report on its campaign of boosting
Wilmington At this session the manu-
facturers committee will also make an
interesting report.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
bleu " i0r IanuaFy q
BY The United Press.

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-President
Taft took formal cognizance today of
the avalanche Of protests against the
appointment to the Supreme Bench OF
Judge Hook, of the Eighth Circuit,
when he told Senator Curtus. (Rp.,
Kan.,) a Hook supporter that he was
now considering a new candidate
Justice Francis j. swayze. of the New
Jersey Supreme Court
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
CITY JUDGE
WOULDN'T PASS
ATTHEFT CHARGE

Despite the fact that Horace Dun
lap, Of No. 211 Shipley street, ex-
pressed desire to drop the charge
Of larceny against Arthur Armstrong,
Judge Cochran, in City Court, this
morning, held Armstrong under $500
bail for Upper Court. Dunlap said he
had been drinking with Armstrong
yesterday and latter Armstrong took
suit case containing his clothes.
Josephine Knight of the Sunday
Breakfast Mission, told of Armstrong
leaving the suit case there and lat
ter calling for IT, Joseph Cohen. a
secondhand dealer, Of No. 122 West
Front street. said he bought the case
and contents from Armstrong.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
STATE HOUSE
WORK REMAINS
UNFINISHED

DOVER, Del. Jan. 3.-Members Of
the State House Commission met here
today but did not find the new State
House finished by any means. IL was
supposed to have been ready by New
Years Day.
Polishers are still working within
the building. The furnishings for the
Capitol are here but are piled high
in crates in the corridors.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
InrArY OrIsrI0. lalIN Il.

Hs The United rrc.e
HAsHiNeroM Iaa s-ssuntor nmsr p,m mdl was
san pmis-ion b he Senate esscaaF session TODAY to
aie minority memter oi 90, s,ra.s Committee
rorem Relations fsornF me raaaaadoa OF he arbitration
t4san.a wlih gusiand and France without auandment
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
brrHNIr sfNrTgCF CO.'S 0aFn

ry Ihs United Press
ATLANTIC CITY j. Dan. nor the ssooud time sen-
teues vas deferred today ln ho cs Commodore Louis
guehnls Thomas NenevIt and Georse hnos convicted
connection vn me election nepd me iate bns now
h,eu set for january ef
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
WEATHER.

Bv The United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. s-Unsettled
weather tonight and Thursday with
rain or snow In the Eastern States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Forecast;
For Delaware Unsettled weather.;
probably snow or rain toright or
Thursday; not much change in tenn
perature.
Evening journal., 1912-01-03
The EVENING JOURNAL

has more Subscribers than
any other paper in Delaware.
Thai means q home papeL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
WOULD return REPLY
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
Senator Lea Regards Re-
sp0nse as to Harvester Com
pany Not a Proper One.

The return to the Attorney General OF
that officials response to the Senate's
resolution of inquiry relative to the In
ternational Harvester Company on the
ground that 1t was not a proper reply
was demanded today in resolution in
troduced in the Senate by Senator Lea
of Tennessee. Senator Lea is the author
of the original Harvester Company reso-
luton, in response to which the Attorney
General refused to supply any informa-
ton.
Mr.. Lea presented resolution again
calling upon the Department Of Justice
to supply all the information in it's pos
session relating to the Harvester Com
pany from 1904 to the present time.
The. second resolution is preceded by a
preamble setting forth the abandonment
Of the attempted reorganization Settle
ment with the harvester company and
the institution of a suit for dissolution.
Mr. Lea said the call for the CORE
spondence is justified on the ground that
it would be of interest and Importance
in considering. proposed amendments to
the Sherman antitrust law"
No action was taken by the Senate on
either of these Lea resolutions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
REDUCTION IN. EXPENSES:
ABOLITION OF OFFICES
WHAT THE BILL DOES.

Appropriates S33,5Io,Io4.oo.
Drops 400 salaried positions,
and reduces aggregate ap-
preparation by So ,o38,oI5.7o,
compared with current ex-
penditures.
Abolishes bureau OF manu-
factures, transferring its
duties to State Depart
ment.
Abolishes coinage mints at
San Francisco, New Or
leans and Carson; and
abolishes assay offices at
Boise, Charlotte, Dead
wood. Helena, Seattle and
Salt Lake.
Abolishes the Court of Com
merce, transferring juris-
diction to United States
circuit courts.
SpeclHCally reduCeS w at De-
partment force 10 per cent.
Provides for civil service ap-
pointments for periods OF
five years only.
Provides that government
employees in departments
within the boundaries of
the District of Columbia,
remaining after the changes
are made, shall benefit by
any vacancies, thus insur-
ing that outsiders will not
be placed ahead OF deserv-
ing workers.
Prohibits the establishment
OF telephone service in
homes of government Off
cials at government eN-
pense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
TURKISH FORT SANK SHIP
Shell Which Sent 14O Souls to
Graves Fired Because YES
sci Left Proper Course.

CONSTANTINOPLE. May l. A tele-
gram received by shipping agency from
Smyrna today says that the archipelago
American Steamship Company's steamer
Texas which went down in the Gulf OF
Smyrna with 40 persons Monday night,
was sunk by q shell fired from the mill
tary fort and not by a mine, as at first
reported.
The dispatch adds that two blank shots
were first fired by the Turkish fortif1ca-
ton. warning the vessel that she had de-
waited from the proper channel, but when
no notice was taken shell sent her to
the bottom. The new version for the
steamers loss is regarded as quite prob
able, for the authorities had repeatedly
warned shipping comp anies that their
vessels would risk becoming targets for
the fort if they. strayed from the channel
marked out for. them when entering OF
leaving the harbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
EFFORTS FOR HARMONY FAIL.
Prince Georges County Democrats
+, Split and Will Fight.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. May Efforts
to harmontze the discordant elements in
the democratic party in Prince Georges
county failed at a conference here yes
terday, and two delegations to the state
convention will contest for supremacy at
the county primaries May 6.
Thursday a meeting is to he held in
Upper Marlboro to be addressed by At
torney General Edgar Allan Poe and
John Sharp Williams; Friday evening the
friends of Wilson will hold meeting in
Masonic Hall. Hyattsville, the speakers
being Senator Gore. State Senator Blair
Lee and William l.. Marbury of Balti-
more. and Saturday evening a meeting
will be held in Laurel, when John Sharp
Williams and w. Cabell Bruce will speak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
TAFT PLEASED AT HIS LEAD.
Manifests Much Interest in the Re.
turns. But Makes No Comment.

SAVANNAH. Ga. May 1.-President
Taft, who arrived here this morning at
10 O'Clock, received his first informa-
ton of the results OF. the Massachu-
setts primaries when he reached this
city Although he remained up in his
private car until late last night. he
got no word from Boston or from Wash
ington. The first intimation of the
closeness OF the flght In the Bay state
came to Mr.. Taft at breakfast, when he
saw a Savannah newspaper.
He eagerly inquired for later develop
ments as soon as he was comfortably set
tied In the home Of Gen. w. w. Gordon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
HARVARD ELMS DOOMED.
Giant Trees to Be Cut Down and
Red Oaks Planted.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, May ALI the
giant elm trees in the quadrangle at Har-
ward are to be cut down this summer and
red oaks planted in their places. The elms
have stood for many years and are now
considered practically worthless by ex-
perts. who say they are dying
This years commencement exercises will
be the last to be held under the elms. AS
soon as the students leave Cambridge in
June the elms will get the ak. Only q
few ancient trees have shown signs Of life
this spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01

his host on this visit. The information
that he was leading in the preferential
vote pleased the President greatly. and
The was hopeful that later news might be
still more encouraSing fS,$E
Ae made no comment.
Aside from the banquet tonight. the
committee on arrangements had mapped
out 2 program ior Mr. Taft's stay mere
Thunderbolt Casino, a short talk to
students at the Georgia State Industrial
College and reception to the Savannah
Yale alumni.
Gov. Brown OF Georgia welcomed Mr..
Taft to Savannah as he left his private
car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
MRS. ASTOR IN NEW YORK.
Former Wife of Deceased Millionaire
Arrives From Europe.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Mrs. Ava Willing
Astor. former wife of Col. John Jacob
Astor. reached New York today on the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse She
was dressed in deep mourning. Her
daughter. Miss Muriel Astor. accompanied
her.
When Mrs. Astor was asked for some
expression as to the death Of Col. Astor
she replied she was too sad for express
sion of sentiment, and asked to be ex-
cued. She also declined to say whether
she would attend Col. Astor's funeral
Mrs. Astor and her daughter are the
guests here of Mrs. Benjamin Guinnes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
HONORs AT PRINCETON.
Preferences on Various Lines Indi-
Gated by Members of Senior Glass

PRINCETON, n. j.. May 1.-The senior
class of Princeton has awarded its
choicest honors to Sam White. last
years base ball captain and gridiron hero,
by voting him its best all-rou1d man,
most popular man and best all-round
athlete. Cyrus Mccormick Of Chicago re-
ceived a majority of votes as the most in
tellectual senior and John II. Carroll. ir..
of st. Louis was declared by his, class
mates as the one among them most likely
to succeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
MISS RUTH ELIOT TO WED.
Granddaughter of Famous Educator
to Marry His Secretary.

BOSTON. May Announcement has
just been received here from Shanghai
China, of the engagement of Roger Pierce
of Milton, Mass. and Miss Ruth Eliot
granddaughter of DR.. Charles w Eliot
president emeritus of Harvard Mr.
Pierce IS DR.. Eliot's secretary.
Miss Eliot and her mother are accom-
panying DIR. and Mrs. Eliot on their trip
around the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
Measured Heights With Lincoln.

EVANSTON. ILL.,. May III W. Lud-
lam. the tallest man Of this city. who
measured heights with Abraham Lincoln
IN 1880. when the latter spoke here, d.ed
last night Of q complication OF diseases.
Ludlam was six feet five inches tall, just
one inch shorter than Mr.. Lincoln. He
was one Of Evanston's first settlers and
was seventy-seven years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
DELEGATE Is FOR ROOSEVELT.
Jacob II. Holtzmann of New York
Announces How He Stands.

NEW YORK, May 1.-Jacob D. Holtz-
mann, delegate to the republican na.
tional convention from the tenth congress
sional district Of Brooklyn. announced to.
day that his vote was for Col. Roosevelt
There are now two declared Roosevelt
delegates from Kings county. Mr.. Holtz-
CAST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
Ship in Distress; Cutter Sails

The revenue cutter Algonquin has gone
to the assistance of the steamer Julia
Luckenbach OF New York, in distress in
Porto Rican waters.
wireless dispatch to the revenue cut
ter service says the vessel is helpless
about thirty mile north Of Mona passage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
LEA RETURNING TO q. S.
American Commander of Chinese
Revolutionists in Bad Condition.

HONOLULU, May /. = Nearly blind,
partly paralyzed and wholly helpless, Gen.
Homer Lea. formerly of Los Angeles,
Cal. and lately in command of the vic
torious revolutionary army In China, is a
passenger on the steamship Sh,nyo Maru,
bound for San Francisco. He is confined
to his stateroom. and his wife is nursing
him.
Gen. Homer Lea became possessed with
the idea of freeing China from Manchu
rule while still a schoolboy. His friends
and family refused to take him seriously,
but he was not to be deferred, Soon he
was drilling broomstick companies Of
Chinese in vacant lots. DR.. Sun Vat Sen,
the leader Of the revolutionary movement,
met him while in this country, was i'm
pressed with his sincerity and believed
in his ability. From that moment, though
little was heard of him in this country,
his rise. was rapid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
PROMOTION FOR G. R. COVE.
Made Assistant to Secretary of the
Interior Fisher.

George r. Cove Of Wisconsin. private
secretary to Secretary Fisher Of the De-
partment OF the Interior, has been an
pointed assistant to the Secretary, vice
Irwin Rittenhouse, resigned.
Herbert A. Meyer OF Ohio confidential
clerk, succeeds Mr.. Cove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
PROBE IS DEPL0RED
Length of Titanic Inquiry Un-
reasonable, Says Works.
REGRETS 1T WAS STARTED
Should Have Been Conducted in
England, Declares Senator.
SMITH TO GO TO NEW YORK
Will Investigate Story in Regard to
Withholding News of
Ships Loss.

lhe Senate's investigation into the sink
ing of the Titanic was characterized by
Senator Works today as Of unreasonable
and unwarranted length.
Mr.. Works said he deplored the fact
that the inquiry had been entered upon,
and that If conducted at all it should
have been conducted in England, where
the Titanic was owned.
If 1t was necessary to have investiga-
ton at all here" he said. ''it should have
been concluded in a few hours, and We
might have been spared all the horrld
details"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
No Cause for q. S. Action.

Secretary Knox said the rumors regard
ing a Japanese purchase evidently arose
from efforts by an American syndicate to
dispose Of certain lands in the vicinity
Of Magdalena bay. This American syndi-
cate, according to the departments in
formation. entered upon negotiations for
a sale to a Japanese syndicate. Mean
time an effort was made to ascertain the
attitude OF the American government to-
ward such a transaction. There was evil
dence, Secretary Knox said, that the
American syndicate felt or knew that
Japanese capitalists would not care to
consummate the purchase without the
approval Of the Japanese government,
and that the latter would not give its
approval unless assured the transaction
would be unobjectionable to the United
States.
The Department Of State made it plain
to the American syndicate that such q
| transfer Of lands would be interpreted in
some quarters In a manner to cause q
great outcry. and that such a result
would be SO obviously a cause of re-
| gret to the government of the United
States that 1t would appear unnecessary
| further to comment upon the disposition
| of the federal government in the prem
ises.'
The American syndicate, 1t appears,
then sought to ascertain the attitude OF
the American government toward COM
papy composed in Iart Of japanese in
vestors, Americans retaining control of
the property. To this proposition the de-
partment replied that it could add moth
| ing to it's former statement. Since this
reply the files Of the department disclose
no further communication with the Amer
| leans interested in the lands Under these
| circumstances Secretary Knox declared
| 1.-The department cannot assume there is
\ any project on foot calling for action on
\ the part of the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
HAVE GIVEN UP HOPE
Friends Fear Maj. Butts Body
Will Remain in Sea.
SIXTY ARE Unidentified
Embalmers Busy Preparing Those
Recovered for Inspection.
ANXIOUS THRONG AT MORGUE
Message From Cable Ship Nina In
dicates She Has But Few
Bodies Aboard.
SIXTY ARE UNIDENTIFIED
ANXIOUS THR0NG AT MORGUE

HALIFAX, n. s.. May Thirty en-
balmers worked all night In the impro-
vised morgue upon the hill. preparing for
inspection more of the unidentified dead.
in whom centers the fragile hope that rel
atives still searching for Titanic victims
may find their kin. Police guarded the
building all night, and throughout the
night there rolled away from time to time
wagons with the claimed dead.
The unidentified list, with the exception
OF two tentative identificationS made last
night, still stood at sixty when the work
was resumed today. This was the Of
fetal total as estimated from White Star
lists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-01
VICTORY IN BAY STATE
CLAIMED BY BOTH SIDES
Statements Issued by the Taft
and Roosevelt Campaign
Managers.

Victory in the Massachusetts presf-
dental primary was claimed today by
both Taft and Roosevelt national cam
paign managers. In a statement today
Director Mckinley of the national Taft
bureau declared that president Taft has
carried Massachusetts, beyond all doubt,
and that the Roosevelt delegates at large
would be morally bound to vote for Pres
ident Taft"
Senator Dixon, manager of the Roose-
welt headquarters, in a general interview
preceding the giving out of a formal
statement, said he would "let Col. Roose-
Welt speak for himself whether or not
the presidential preference vote is bind
ing upon the Roosevelt delegates at large,
who appear to have been indorsed.
Dixon Gives Taft Only ID.
Senator Dixon's statement gave but
fourteen delegates to TAFT. The Mckin-
ley statement credited twenty-six to Taft
and left the other ten doubtful" The
Dixon statement was in part as follows:
Under all the conditions. Massachu-
setts is as. great victory as. Pennsyl-
yania The conditions in Massachusetts,
were more favorable to the Taft candi-
dacy than in any other state In the
Union. Ii he could not carry that state,
he can carry no state.
This is the seventh republican state to
elect it's delegates by primaries. They
aggregate 232 delegates. Out of these
Taft has IA in Massachusetts, in Penn
sylvania and 2 in Illinois, total OF %
out of 23o This is a 1O-to-1 reputation
of his candidacy by these seven republi-
can states.
Under this record Mr.. Taft disappears
as a possible republican candidate for the
presidency.
Mckinley Claims 20 for Taft.
The Mckinley statement was in part:
The President has carried the state
at large on the presidential primary vote
by 5000 majority, emitting him to receive
the votes of the eight delegates at large
regardless of whether they were elected
on the Roosevelt or Taft ticket" Charles
A. Baxter who heads the Roosevelt dele
gate ticket. recently expressed his oP.n-
ION 'in no uncertain terms as TO the bind
ing force of the presidential preference
vote"
The failure of the Taft ticket Of dele.
gates at large. headed by, Senator w. NJ
Crane, to run even with President Taf,
| throughout the state is, attributed in the
statement to the presence of nine in
stead Of eight candidates for that office
| on the ballot.
| 'If the Massachusetts primary Law
means what 1t means in Illinois anC
Pennsylvania, and If 1t means what the
Roosevelt delegates and managers them
selves claimed it meant when 1t was pass
ed. the President will receive the votes OF
| the eight delegates at large at the ma.
tional convention the statement con.
cludeS.