Newark post., 1913-06-04

Academy and have reported at
Annapolis for examination.
City Chairman Levin f. Nelson.
OF the Bull Moose" Progressives.
stated on Saturday that they will
take no legal steps to prevent the
use of the joint Republican and
! National Progressive ballot at the
coming city election in Wilmington.
1eggmen on Saturday night en-
tered the Z. b. & W. r. r. station
at Bellevue, near Wilmington, by
tearing off a heavy metal screen on
a rear window. The postoffice is To-
Gated in the building and the
thieves rif1ed all the letters in their
search for money but left lot of
stamps untouched. Albert G. Kirk
the agent and postmaster, has no
safe and takes his cash home with
him at nights. He said he could
not judge what, if any, plunder the
thieves got from the letters they
opened.
Pocketing 80 and So contribu-
tlons from young men and young
women Of Middletown, Smyrna and
Milford, made in advance for prom
ised lessons in up-to-date dances
such as the "trukey-trot, " "tan-
go, etc, suave stranger disap-
peared. much to the chagrin of the
eager pupils.
Willard Wilson, arrested in Will
mington, was arraigned in the City
Court last week on the charge of
stealing $50 worth Of wire from w.
IS. Truitt of Rehoboth Truitt
wrote to the Court that he did not
wish to prosecute Wilson, provided
the latter would refund the value
of the wire. The Court, after read
ing the letter and learning that
Sheriff Dukes of Sussex county was
in the city, held that it was not its
function to. collect the cost of the
wire and discharged Wilson who
promptly disappeared.
John McCracken, II years old. a
pupil Of the Wilmington High
School, lost four Of his toes when
his foot caught in the gearing of
the engine Of a launch belonging
to his uncle, John HaIton, at
Charlestown, Cecil county. He fell
while gOinr down ladder. His
left foot was caught in the engine,
his shoe was stripped off and the
toes torn away.
Prompted by the experience Of
Banker Walker of Macon, Ca, Ed.
ward Taylor, q years old of GIL
Poplar street, Wilmington. last
Tuesday night swallowed three bl-
chloride of mercury tablets at She'll
pot Park, in the presence of a
young woman, about l6 years old,
who says she is his wife, who had
been dancing with other young
women and men. He was taken to
Delaware Hospital, where little
hope is held out for his recovery.
He says he wants to die and has
three more Of the tablets which he
would take if he could get within
reach Of them.
State Detective 0. NJ. Thomas
last Tuesday arrested Burton +.
Donovan, of Lincoln, who was held
under bail for Court at Georgetown
on the charge Of bribing a negro
to burn the Smith factory at Lin
coin, which obstructed the view
from Donovan s residence. Dono-
van, it is said, first offered $25.
the negro refused but having talk
ed of the matter to several white
men, two of them advised him to
ask Donovan for S55 while they lis
tened near Donovan s office win
dow. Donovan offered $37. 80 but
learning that he had been over
heard left home for sevral weeks.
Theodore Watts of Principle
Furnace, Cecil county, a graduate
of Delaware College, will enter the
service OF the tennessee Coal and
Iron Company at Birmingham,
Alabama, as a draughtsman.
New Castle Levy Court has
adopted a resolution fixing the
county tax rate for the fiscal year
beginning July l at 50 cents on the
800. The county's estimated re-
ceipts for the coming year are put
at $476, ,360.37.
Misses Lois Ward, Edna Nelson
and Gertrude Coulbourn, Russell
Short and Walter G. Harris, all Of
Bridgeville, while returning from
a dance at Greenwood, last Tues
day night in the big tuoring car OF
Victor McNeal Of hurlock, had a
close call when the car was struck
by a freight train and upset. All
ascanad with 2 few slight bruises.