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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-11
CHICAGO HAS NO MONEY TO
PAY POLICE DEPARTMENT

CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-Every mem
Der of Chicago's police department
may be compelled to take a furlough
of thirty-six days without pay on
account of the city's financial condi-
ton.
A long conference was held between
the several captains and Chief of Po-
lice McWeeney in the latter's office.
There Is a deficit of SO, FOL 900 in the
city's treasury, caused by a recent
decision of the Supreme Court on
the JUL law, which pertains to fixing
a basis for taxation of property.
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NEW M DISCOVERED
BY ASTRONOMER GALE

BOSTON, Sept. ia new comet
was discovered on the night of Sep
TENDER s. according to IN announce
ment by the astronomers at the Har-
ward observatory.
The news of the discovery was con-
tanned in a cablegram from the OBJ
r at Kiel, Germany. who said
that Astronomer Gale at Sydney, Au-
stralia, had made the first observa-
TONS.
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FINED FOR THEFT

Charles Wallach, who was arrested
Monday night by the clever work OF
four amateur detectives. was ar
raigned before Judge Herr in the Sec
ond Precinct Police Court this morn
ing, charged with stealing seventy
hve valuable hides from the Eclipse
Tanning Company. of 119 Sussex ave
nue.. He pleaded guilty and was fined
COX
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WOMAN CLIMBS TO TOP
OF SIACHEN GLACIER

SRINAGAR, Sept. 1.-THE expedi-
ton under Mrs. Fanny Bullock Work
man, of Massachusetts. has COM
pleted the exploration of the Siachen
Glacier of the Karakorum mountains,
the central range of the great plateau
Of Central Asia.
Mrs. Workman had a narrow escape
on one occasion when a guide was
killed. She stopped on the brink of
an abyss.
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Aunt Delia's Pie
a Lure to Taft

BEVERLY, Mass, Sept. 1.-THE
appetizing apple pies and the rich
brown doughnuts that Miss Della
Torrey used to make for nephew
"Will" Taft are fragrant in the mem
DRY of the President, so, on Saturday,
he will make a pilgrimage to Mill
bury, Mass, where Miss Torrey lives.
Mrs. Taft and probably the Taft
boys will accompany the President
on this visit. They will motor to
Millbury by way of Worcester, leav-
ing Beverly early Saturday after
noon. The return trip will be MADE
Sunday.
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1912 HARVESTS 20 PER
CENT. BIGGER THAN IN 1911

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE ce-
real crops of the country from pres
ent indications will reach the unprec-
dented total of 1873, 016, 900 tons. Vic
tor H. Olmsted, chief of the Depart
ment of Agriculture's Bureau of Sta
t~istics, announced.
With record-breaking crops of corn,
spring wheat, oats, barley, y and
buckwheat, the years harvests will
be 2O.3 per cent. greater in weight
than last years production.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
MAKES THIS MAN CRAZY

SANDUSKY, o., Sept. threading
the Congressional Record and numer-
Gus other publications sent him by
Representative Anderson for a year,
drove Carl Hessenmeyer, of this city.
insane, according to his own state
ment in Probate Court.
He said he got so he read nothing
else.
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FLEET GETTING READY
FOR BIG NAVAL REVIEW
Two Divisions Go to Newport
for Gun Practise.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-orders
were issued today for the dispersal
of the Atlantic battleship fleet in
Hampton Roads.
Two divisions will proceed to New
port, r. l.. for torpedo practise. One
division will remain in the roads for
the same purpose. The practise will
continue for two weeks, and then the
ships will make ready for the big
naval review at New York.
Commander Thomas T. Craven is
enthusiastic over the Workmanship
of the gunners of the fleet in the tar
get practise just finished.
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WANT SHORTCUT LINE

OCEAN CITY, Sept. 1.-THE Queen
City Hotel Proprietors' Association
celebrated the close of the season
with a social session at Hewlings.
The opinion was expressed that this
city needs the talked-of shortcut
railroad line from Mays Landing, and
a committee was named to investi-
gate.
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SISTER DIES; WOMAN ENDS
HER LIFE BY STARVATION

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11.-Corde-
liza Webb, 81 years old. after having
refused to partake of food since May
IS, has died. The oma began
starving herself following the death
of her sister, Charlotte, on May IS.
Only once so far as is known since
the death of Charlotte did Cordelia
listen to the pleadings of her sister,
Jean, to eat something. Cordelia for
babe Jean to call a doctor.
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in the future persons guilty of carry
ing concealed weapons will get
heavier sentence than six months"
George Baldwin and Peter Carona,
convicted of breaking and entering,
were both given indeterminate sen
fences of from 81 to seven years in
the Trenton prison. Peter Jones and
William Van Ness, for larceny and
breaking and entering, respectively.
were each sentenced to one year.
Read the advertisements first.
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ALL & Q INTO SEA

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 11.-Their
frail craft capsized on the bar just
off the Inlet as they were returning
from a fishing expedition, three bay
men were hurled into the rough sea,
and had to struggle to keep afioat
until the arrival of the government
life-saving crew. The rescued men
we're John Cohen, Charles Linderman
and John Smith.
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S5O,0OO,O 900 CHINESE LOAN;
LONDON BANKERS IN DEAL

LONDON, Sept. .11.-An agreement
for a loan to China of $50, 900. 900 at 5
per cent. for forty years was signed
on August 80 by a Chinese minister
and a representative of Lloyd's Bank.
The oar is secured upon u~npledged
revenue. chiefly the salt duty.
Wendell Jackson. an American, is
said to have arranged the agreement.
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WANT FREIGHT ON AUTOS
CUT $3.50 PER 100 LBS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE exist
ing freight rates of 81 a hundred
pounds on automobiles less than car
loads from New York and other East
ern points to Pacific coast terminals
was attacked today before the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The charge for other self-propelled
vehicles less than carloads is $3.50 a
hundred. Demand is made that the
roads reduce the rate on automobile:
to "a. so,
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You
Often Want

quick relief from biliousness-from
its headaches, its sour stomach,
hiccoughs, ~hatulence, unpleasant
breath and the general feeling of
good for-nothingness it causes.
Thousands-through three gener-
atoms and the wide world over
have found, as you will find, that
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WARNS GUN-TOTERS THAT
THEY FACE LONG TERMS
Judge Osborne Says Crime Is
Too Prevalent.

Long sentences will hereafter be
melted out to prisoners convicted of
carrying concealed weapons.
In sending Samuel Nolan and Pat
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BOMB KILLS SCORE

SALoNIKI, European Turkey, Sept,
ia bomb explosion in the market
place at Dorian killed twenty persons
and injured thirty.
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Read the advertisements first.
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Special lot of medium
and light weight Burson
Hose, in ribbed tops and
extra sizes; value 4
l9c to Csc; pair. IN
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
RAILROAD STATION. NORTH ST.
Smyrna Board of, Trade Recommends
Change of Site From it's Present
Location to Main and North Streets

smyrna DOdrQ OF, IraOe heCOmenQS
Change of Site From its Present
Location to Main and North Streets
The rumor having been circulated
that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany contemplated making some i'm
provements to the station Of the
larger towns on their lines down the
Peninsula within the next two
years, and backed by the statement
that the present location and facili-
ties are inadequate for the needs of
Smyrna, the Smyrna Board of Trade
took up the question for discussion
at their meeting Monday night.
While some, individually speaking,
preferred the present location if i'm
thought, for the business interests
of Smyrna, that a new railroad sta
tion and a new freight house with
plenty of "sidings," built at the
corner of Main and North streets,
would bring traffic and transportation
facilities nearer the business renter
of the town. To get the matter be-
fore the meeting for action, Mr.. L.
M. Price moved "that the Smyrna
Board of Trade recommend to, the
Delaware Division of P. B. w. R, R.. E,
change of site of the Smyrna station
to a point corner of Main and North
streets" The motion was put and
carried unanimously. 1t was point
ed out that to bring the line to the
corner of Main and North streets
that practically all properties on
the north side of North street
would have to be condemned. This
was taking for granted that the
Smyrna Branch came in along the
old Bombay Hook Railroad site and
made a curve into North street
from point at the intersection o1
Union street. The recommends tior
of the Board of Trade will be pre-
sented to the railroad officials but
what they will do is another cues
tion.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
ACCIDENTS AT TOWNSEND
Woodie White and James Price Iniur-
ed While Cutting Timber

Townsend, Jan. 2-Woodie White,
a young woodsman of this place,
was seriously injured while engaged
in cutting down a tree in the Bedlow
woods, below here on Thursday
morning. Together with two other
companions the men had felled a
huge tree, and while White was
chopping off the small branches of
the tree, huge limb, which had
blown off tree standing nearby,
fell upon him, knocking him uncon-
scious, making some ugly gashes in
the face and injuring his breast.
The unfortunate man was soon re-
vived and hurried to his home for
medical aid. A physician was sum-
moned and the patient is slowly i'm
proving. While cutting wood on a
timber tract near here James Price
was struck by a falling tree and
had two ribs broken and was other
wise injured on Thursday afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
MATCH UNDER XMAS TREE
CAUSES BLAZE At LONGS
RICHARD Z. LONGS RESIDENCE
HAS $500 FIRE SATURDAY
Contents of Parlor, Including Christ
mas Tree, Gifts. Furniture, Etc.
Consumed by the Flames

Saturday night about eleven
O'Clock, shortly after closing his
store, fire broke out in the residence
of Richard E. Long, Smyrna's s we'll
known plumber and before it had
been eXtinguished did a damage
estimated between $500 and S4OO.
The general alarm was given, the
Fire Company responded quickly and
in the space of a very short time,
it was all over and the fire put out.
The blaze resulted from the head of
a match, which when struck acci-
dentally flew into some inflammable
material around the Christmas tree.
In a moment all was afame. Mr..
Long had gone up stairs. By the
time he reached the parlor, every
thing seemed doomed. George Brown,
the insurance-sewing machine man,
living opposite, was the first on the
scene. Rushing in the house, he
risked everything and carried the
burning Christmas tree out into the
street and saved what furniture he
could. He sustained badly burned
hand for his heroism. Soon the Hose
Company was on the scene, and in a
few minutes after a stream of water
was poured into the room, the fire
was out. Besides the Christmas
tree with its array of beautiful or
naments, many of the toys and play
things of the children were burned
up. Several pieces of fine furniture,
one comfortable chair just given
to Mr.. Long was destroyed. In
fact everything in the room at the
time was more or less damaged, in
cluding the piano, curtains, pictures,
carpet and other articles of value.
Some of the things Mr.. and Mrs.
Long priced very highly, far in ex.
cess Of their intrinsic value. Fort.
unately the fire was confined to the
one room. The whole house, how.
ever was filled with smoke and as.
cending to the room above, came
near suffocating Mrs. Long, the ageC
mother of R. E. Long, who lost her
way and was badly frightened. E7r.
Long rescued his mother from her
perilous position. which he believes
was in the nick of time. The Longs
feel very grateful that the damage
was not more extensive and are
deeply appreciative of the work OF
the Hose Company and the help OF
their friends. The damage is fully
covered by insurance.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
ELBERT SMITH TAKES A BRIDE
Weds Miss Emma M. Stein at Green's
ooro, N. c.. December %

Greensboro, N. c., Jan. IA
pretty marriage was solemnized at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs R. L.
Markham, in this city Saturday
morning, December %. when Miss
Emma M. Stein, of Mt. Carmel,
Pa, became the bride of Ebert H.
Smith, formerly of Smyrna, son of
H. M. Smith, Secretary and Treas
urer Of the Smyrna Creamery Com
pany. The ceremony was held in
the presence of a few friends and
was performed at high noon by Rev.
E. K. NcLarty. pastor of the West
Market Street Methodist Church.
The bridegroom though only a'recent
resident of Greensboro has made
many friends and with all is very
popular. His bride is a pretty
and accomplished young woman and
will find warm welcome in Greens.
horo. Mr.. Smith is the Greensboro
demonstration for the Ford Motor
Company and is meeting with con-
siderable business success.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK

Nicholas Watkins, Aged 78. First
Foreman of the Smyrna Times.
Dies at His Home in Washington
Nicholas Watkins, aged 78, we'll
and favcrably known to many of our
older Smyrnians and the first fore
man of The SmyrnaTimes, passed to
his eternal rest at Washington, d.
c., on Friday last, December 29.
At the time of his death he was an
employee in the Government Printing
office. MIR. Watkins was born near
Annapolis, Nd, in 1884, and began
his apprenticeship in Annapolis at
the age of 9. He worked in An
napolis for several years and in
July, 1854, came to Smyrna and ac-
cepted a position with the late R.
D. lIoffecker, editor of the Smyrna
Times. Mr.. Watkins was the first
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03

foreman of the Times and superin<
tended the getting out the first
issue July 5. 1854, then in a primi-
tive way on a Washington hand
press in the days before Smyrna
had a railroad. When the Times
celebrated its semi centennial on
July 6. 1904, Mr.. Watkins contrib
uted an interesting article on
Smyrna Fifty Years Ago-Retro-
spective Notes." During his resi-
dence in Smyrna he was popular
with many folks and was a man Of
ambition and high ideals. After
several years with the Times, he
moved back to Annapolis and later
went to Washington entering the
Government Printing office in 1862.
He had been employed continuously
by the government up to about two
months before his death. He is
survived by his wife, Laura F.
Watkins, one daughter and two
sons. Mr.. Watkins was vi"e-presi-
dent of the Association of the Old
est Inhabitants of the District of
Columbia.
Isaac S. Joslin, Prominent Landowner
Isaac S. Joslin, aged 83, a we'll
known and prominent landowner of
this town, died at the home of Mrs.
Nettie P. Moore at Hartly, while
on a business trip there on Wednes-
day last, December q. He had been
i'll two weeks of heart trouble. De-
ceased was born at Newport, N. j.
In his early life he resided at Duck
Creek, but later moved to Temple
Vile, where he was a merchant and
landowner for forty or more years.
For the past three years or since
the death of his wife he made his
home with his daughter, Miss Lima
B. Joslin on Mt. Vernon street. He
had gone to Hartly on business
trip when taken i'll. He was mar
ried twice. His first wife, Miss Car
oline Hardesty, of near Harrington,
died three years ago, leaving him with
two children: Miss Lima B. Joslin
and Charles L. Joslin. Later he
married Miss Elizabeth Plummer,
of near Templeville, who died three
years ago. Funeral services were
held Saturday at Hartly and inter-
ment at Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Smyrna. He leaves a large estate.
Joseph Buttery, Mt. Vernon Street
Joseph Buttery, who came to re-
side among US some three years ago
and lived with his son, Mr.. John
Buttery, Mt. Vernon street, passed
peacefully and quietly away on Tues
day, January 2. M. Buttery was
Canadian by birth, having been
born at Montreal in 1922. The ac-
tive years of his long life were
passed in the pursuit of agriculture,
a theme he was never tired of dis
cussing. He is survived by three
sons and two daughters. The fun
eral services took place today and
the remains will be taken to West
field, N. Y, for interment, where
he formerly resided.
Mrs. Sarah Murphy. Aged 100, Dead
Mrs. Sarah Murphy, widow of
Thomas Murphy, fomerly Of Cam
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
CLUB HOLDS XMAS RECEPTION

Social Affair at Club House Friday
Evening an ENJOYABLE Occasion
The Twentieth Century Club held
its usual Christmas reception on
Friday evening, December 29. The
Club House was very artistically
decorated in manner appropriate
to the season. The entertainment
committee arranged a series Of tab
leaux and pantomimes, which enter
tanned the Club members and their
guests during the first part of the
evening, then the Club Hostess, Mrs.
Read, served refreshments. The
program for Friday, January 5, is
as follows: Literature-Mrs. Murray
Stewart, Chairman. "reminiscences
of Howard Pyle. Cor. Sec.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
NEW YEAR is USHERED IN
Some Smyrna Folks Attended Watch
Night Meeting and Others Meet Out

Some Smyrna Folks Attended Watch
Night Meeting and Others Meet Out
The New Year 1912 was uhsered
in amid the ringing of church bells,
firing of guns and other noisy and
explosive methods. New Year Eye
coming OH 3eEaz!5 eEa! -p-z7ss Pt -. -,
untoward demonstration Manv
however, sat Up until the midnight
hour to participate in the ceIebra-
tioh. Despite the foggy, inclement
weather, an goodly congregation
gathered at Asbury M. E. Church
Sunday night. Rev. w. D. Parry,
pastor, preached a helpful sermon
on Learn to DO Well" and the
usual prayer service during the dy-
ing of the old year and advent of
the new, was held. The midnight
hour, however, after the telling of
the bell had ceased, was the occasion
for a fusilade of noise on our
streets and right merrily was it
ushered in.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
BEST YEAR FOR "PLoUcHHoRsE'
"R. T. c." Former Middletown Horse
Makes a Phenomenal Record

wakes phenomenal Record
"R. T. Co." trained and driven
by Thomas W. Murphy, of Philadel-
phia, in the season just closed made
the best record of any trotter in the
history of the turf. SS2, O12. so was
the amount won by this product of
the State of Delaware, and, aside
from his money winning record, he
is the only trotter of note that ever
went through campaign of like
duration without the loss of single
race and but one heat. He won
nine races embracing q heats, rang
ing from 2.06 7-8 to 2.12 1-2. H
reduced his record from 2.14 IA to
2.06 8 and touched the latter figure
three times--at Grand Rapids in
July; at Columbus in August, and
again at Columbus in September.
The "plow horse'' won five events
Of the value of $40, 900 each, and the
sum of his earnings foots up the
iigures quoted above.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
A. E. JAR DIMES BOAT ON EAR
Freighter alpha" Runs on - at At
lantic City Inlet During Heavy Fog

Freighter alpha" Runs on - at At
lantic City Inlet During Heavy Fog
Wallowing on the south bar with
in a stones throw of the Atlantic
City boardwalk and close to the spot
where the Brazores went to pieces,
the steam freighter Alpha, of the
Atlantic City Transportation Com
pany's line, with two men aboard.
appeared in imminent danger of
pounding to pieces, with the re-
sultant loss of valuable cargo from
New York. The Alpha appeared
off the coast late Sunday and in a
heavy fog attemped 60 negotiate the
narrow channel to the Inlet. When
opposite the Heinz pier the bow of
the freighter became solidly imbed-
ded in trearherous shifting bar and
as the steamer spun around, driven
by the heavy swells her rudder was
snapped off and f1oated away in her
wake. A moment later the shrill
blasts of her siren echoed along the
beach front. Captain Leach and
Mate Williams refused to abandon her
at all, but the crew of nine was
brought ashore by two Federal crews
under command of Captain Lamb ert
and Timothy Parker. Yesterday the
most of her freight was removed.
An attempt to pull her off the bar
failed.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
LEAP YEAR DANCE AT CLUB
Young Ladies of Smyrna Return Comp.
liments to Men on New Years
Night With Enjoyable Affair


Night With Enjoyable Affair
The young ladies of Smyrna re-
turned the compliment to the young
men of Smyrna for their Christmas
and other dances of the past year
by giving a "Leap Year Dance, -
the first of the year 1912. The dance
was held at the Club House on Mon
day, New Years evening, and prov
ed delightful event. The young
ladies filled their own programs and
did the "gallant' oil through the
evening. Norris Orchestra of three
pieces furnished music and refresh
nents were served. The dance lasted
from $50 to 1870. Among those
who participated were: Miss Mil
dred Graham, Messrs. Donald Cloak
and S. Killern Graham, Philadel-
phia; Misses Lydia Watson, Mary
Fisher, Louise Cole, Elizabeth
Beers, Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Le-
Fevre, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Jones,
N4CSoAs' AAoyGo w llSOH anu 0SOISG
Millington, Dover; Miss Chandler,
Miss Nellie Janvier, A. C. Connolly,
ddletown; Miss Edna AttiX, Ken
ton; Miss Ella Moore, Leipsic; Mr..
and Mrs. c. B. Raymond, MIR. and
Mrs. Frank S.Malcom, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. H. LeFevre, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Speakman, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Tuck
er, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. StaYton,
Misses Eba Wilds, Julia Hum, Olive
Hirons, Helen Boyer, Eleanor
Spruance, Mildred Hudson, Esther
Read, Margaret Postles, Anna Will
son, Lillian Speakman, Agnes Car
row, Hilda Kirby, Elizabeth Josephs,
Lillian Lower. Messrs. Horace Spru-
ance, Owen Spruance, Charles Stay
ton, Carlton Walls, Irving Walls,
Leland Harmonson, Ayres Stockly,
Edmund Gootee, Maynard Griffith,
Warner Price, Harry Grieves, AL
fred Kirby.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03
DOVER'S TOWN ELECTIONLVELY
Warning Factions Will Settle Contest at
the Polls Next Wednesday

Accusing the municipal admins.
tratiOn of having spent $3S, 900, a
charge which the administration
emphatically denies, and declaring
the electric light system of Dover
is failure and must be cut off, a
warning element of citizens is pre-
pairing to make a hot fight for con-
trcl at Dover's town election next
Monday, January 8. A town meet
ing has been called by the "outs'
for Thursday night at the head
quarters of the Robbins Hose Com
pany. Everybody is being lined up
for the fight. Councilman C. George
Wright and exCouncilman James
Graham are the leaders of the "outs"
and it is said they will run ex.May-
or EnOch Clark for that position
again, against Mayor Harry Mayer.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03

Norman Coleman Has New Position
Norman W. Coleman, who for six
years has been a salesman in Edward
G. Walls Clothing Store, has ac-
cepted a position with Frank S.
Malcom and will enter upon his
duties next Monday, January 9Th.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03

Saving Bank Opened at Postoffice
A Postal Savings Bank was OPEN
ed at the Smyrna postoffice yester-
day and depositor secured the first
day.
Smyrna times., 1912-01-03

First Local Snow of the Winter
The first snow of the winter in
this vicinity fell last night and this
morning the ground was covered to
the depth of an inch or more. 1t is
disappearing rapidly.