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Evening journal., 1913-10-13

CITY DREDCE
IS ASSURED
Government Orders MiHquaS
Contract Placed With Bal
timOre Company
BUILD BULKHEAD
ALONG THE RIVER

A sea-going suction drodge for per-
manent work IN Wilmington harbor,
Chrisuana river, is now assured the
Office Of United States Engineer X.
r Raymond this morning having re-
ocivod Instructions from Washington
10 award the contract for the drodgo
"Minquas" Of the speddcn Ship Build
ing Company of Baltimore, whose bid
was SlS6.39O for the complete drcdee
delivered anoat at the plant in Balti-
more. ....
The same firms bid had hcon $751;
405 delivered complete at Wilmington.
aud SlS2.O0O delivered without drcdg-
ing head at the plant and SlS3.Oi5
delivered without dredging head at
Wilmington
The only other bidder was The Eli
coti Machine Corporation, also OF. Bal.
timorc, whose bid was SlaSOO0 for the
drodgc complete delivered at VIII
mington. aud $4,000 without drcdg.
ing head. delivered az Wilmington.
The dimensions of the new drcdgc
according TO the specifications viii be
as follows.
Length B r.. ii5 feet; beam mold
cd. 80 feet depth nodded. ~ feet
frame spacing "a inches; draft light
feet inches mean. draft fully
equipped and loaded. 2 feet 6 inches,
rpced light 3 statute miles per hour
speed loaded. statute miles per hour
Tho drcdgc. which viii hc of the sen
going Hopper design. viii hc built en-
;irelv of steel and the drcdec pump will
hc lb-iuch centrifugal pump of the
lmhling type, cStra heavily construct
ed. and especially adapted for dredging
an the machinery and other parts used
= IN the con-truel ION of the drcdpc VIII hr
of the very latest type and made of The
best material ohtainnhlc The dfcdgc h
10 he finished within ten months. The
drcdgc viii Dee n.cd iot work n th
lChri-tinna river exclusively Noi ont
Twin this assure permanent deep hai
hor iol Wilmington. hut also Will ucrmi
of the filing n the loWlnnds in the 81
cinitytoi this cit,
in connection with iho work io
dome by thc dtcier hii- viii be- opcn
J, .lt tho Jnitcl Stltcs cngiuccr'i office
7 Oct0llcr 90 for ihc construction of q p
Z audi concrete lulhhcnd. boat WHY'S da
land llultr ON che tmi-tiann river. viii
{ lwill hc tbo hciiqnaricis of the drcdc
This will ai-0 bc great hcnctt to o.
citr. especially the ioat ways. whi'
uiil permit If the hauling ont of nri
bonts upon improved tricks.
/ Tho ground for the ,ifc of the hulh
head has been secured ht the Unite
Stnfc- engineer. consisting of strip q
land abont 800 scot long 0n the soutl
side of the Christiana river hcginnin.
about 500 feet rom the Mprkct stree
bridge and cstcudine back 40 street
/ Upon thi. hand 1lso will'bo eicctcd store
/ houses. in which stores and supple. io
the dredpe viii be kept
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
TWO ARE VICTIMS
OF HIGHWAYMEN

Joseph Serson. aged % years OF
No. 1919 + street. a brother OF Police
Officer Serson. WAS robbed OF 500 by
a colored footpad on Thursday night.
The highwayman held two rcvolvcrs
in his hands at the time
Thomas Sinncx. Of No. 224 Mary
land avenue. was held up on Friday
night while passing Chestnut and
Adams street by a young white man.
Sinnex was relieved of $3.50 and "A
gold ring. The hiehwayman In this
case also fourished a revolver.
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
POSTOFFICE IMPROVEMENTS.

The corridors of the local Federal
Building shone forth with new splen-
dor this morning. causing regular pat
rons of the postOfiice 70 wonder what
had caused the change. The steam
radiators in the corridor we're install
ed this morning. each with new
coat OF gold paint. and the old Gus
pidors we're replaced with brand new
ones made of fibre greatly improving
the appearance OF the corridor The
postofiice closed at noon. the day be-
ing Columbus Day.
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
MOOSE on VISIT.

Several members of Wilmington
Lodge. No. lSi, Loyal Order OF Moose
visited Baltimore Lodge. No. 20 OF the
order in connection with the cornerstone
laying by the Baltimore Lodge OF their
new home on West Fayette street yes.
terday The new home Of the Baltimore
Lodge will cost between $4,000 and
100000 The local visitors were royal
" entertained by their Baltimore hosts
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
NOTES OF SECOND
BAPTIST CHrRCH.

The annual meeting and supper Of
the Mems League of Second Baptist
Church will be held at the church
building this evening. Business Of
the meeting will include an election
of officers.
Tho Rev. J. II. Crawford pastor Of
Central Presbyterian Church. will be
the speaker OF the evening.
Members OF the women's Missionary
Societies will hold their opening fail
meeting this evening I'm the church
parlor. This meeting will be ono of
general information relative 10 the
work planned for this year Mrs.
William c. Mahafy will tell OF the
new organization OF the Women s
Foreign Missionary Society.
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
SALyATIONIST TRANSFERRED.

Following two years service in this
city as manager OF the Salvation
Army Industrial Home. Captain Sim
nett has been ordered to report to
the home al Pawtucket. r. ]. This
is a promotion for Captain Sinnett
and he will be succeeded here by
Adjutant Carey. who will arrive here
this week
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
COSTS JAMES SIS TO
GALL COP COWARD

James Dougherty, who called officer
Burns coward on Saturday night
when the officer told him 10 20 home
was incl 50 and costs in City Court to-
day. J.sncs said he did not remember
what he said Officer Burns said Dough.
crty dared him to arrest him and cursed
the officer
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
no DIsCrSS ASSESSMENT.

Delinquent taxes and the proposed
new assessment for the city will be
discussed al a meeting tonight Of tho
Ninth Ward Civic Association. in
Hanover Presbyterian church. While
membership is limited to those rcsid-
ing in the Ninth ward, an interested
in the subjects are invited TO attend
the meeting
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
300 loHEsox RAm FoRrEIrEp.

BY The United Press.
CHICAGO oct is.-Feaers Judge Carpenter today de-
clarea forfeited personal BY Jack
negro fighter, when failed appef TO stand @
remaining against him. charging violation
act District wkerson announced
that he will Immediately begin civil proceedings recover
the 10000 forfeited
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
TEAM RUNS DOWN cHILD

Violet Shute. aged : years Of No 4ls
est Thirty-sccond street. was struck
by team owned by Louis McCrca of
Concord station late Saturday night
The accident occurred at Fifth and King
streets. bnt the little girl was not ser
icL4.y injured.
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
Mr.. BRIcE IN NEW POSITION.

Calvin W. Brice. who was formerly
a salesman and shipping clerk OF the
Woodward and Brother Company. OF
this city. has accepted a position with
J. r. NJ Adams. hardware dealer, OF
Baltimore. Md. who purchased Vhe
hardware stock Of Woodward End
Brother Mr. Brice left for hisjncw
position this morning
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
SURVIVOR TELLS OF
INFERNO AT SEA

! BY The United Press.
! LONDON. Oct. Captain Bars
lmll story Of the Nulhmo disaster and
his almost complete list Of survivors
Continued On Second Page.
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
FrrYrN PERIsH Ar srA.

By The United Press
NOME. Aasta Oct is-rast upwards Of eleven persons
we're drowned tn the hurricane which swept The Alaskan
coast last week was the word today By
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
y0LrUByo srRyTvoBS BEAcH FoBr-

BY Tle United PTsas.
T1sHeUARp. wsies oct is--rhs ounsrasr csrmania
has arrived this port srst Of the voHFpo rescue sect
reach port
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
ELECTRIC COMPANY
AFTER FRANCHISE

The Wilmington City Electric Com
pany will present an application to
the Levy Court tomorrow for a iran
chise TO erect poles and string wires
in several hundreds Of the county.
The Peoples Light. Heat and Power
Company has such a franchise at
present.
The Wilmington City Electric Com
pany has line now to Delaware City
and number in Brandywine hundred.
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
WEATHER

For Delaware: Frir to-
night and Tuesday; colder
tonight with frost; mod
crate northwest winds.
Evening journal., 1913-10-13
TO-DAY'S TEMPERATURE

TIE BELT DRUG STORE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
1t Is Now Up to the Giants to Hustle
New York Nationals Have Fallen Because OF
By SAM CRANE.

good old pepper" They have lacked
that snap. the fire and ginger tn2I
heretofore have been their mluuIe
names.
They must pull themselves out q
the dcpev rut they are in, and qulck-
". too. or they will be so far behind
that il will develop into a question
whether they can or not. Twice IN
the game that the Phillies won 10 ..
there was hesitation on the part OF
Murray and Shafer that while only
momentary, was just enough to spoil
all chances of throwing opposing run
ners out at the plate Both throws
were good but there was that little
Jump on the runner the two players
failed to get that was as fatal as II
they had thrown the ball over Meyers
head. Both the lapses came IN ne
seventh. when the Phillies made three
runs and won out
The Giants are champions. and are
expected to play championship BAH
but they are not doing it when they
fail to take advantage of the oppor-
tunities offered them, and they VIII ,lo-
win the pennant this year unless they
turn over a new leaf. and soon
Not Considered a slump
II is not on the baseball calendar
that a team starts off with a slump
before it has shown that it is not
its customary condition. baseball
sIumD. as I understand it, is falling
off from good work If beating the
Braves five games is a high standard
for the National league champions,
then their playing might be classed
2 slump. Excuse me for being bit
puzzled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
Puffs From the Fans Hop Pipe

uoters. some of the matches which
NLcCarey has arranged for the near
future are; Bud Anderson ana zoe
Mandot. May 20; Johnnie Dundee and
Ad WOlgast, on June 10; Joe RIVERS
will meet the winner of the Anderson
Mandot fight on July 4.
The college baseball season of 1913
in the east has entered its secondary
week with Yale lea1ing in the race
for the ter-cOllegiate champion
games AMI has been defeated but
once
Ban Johnson has announced that
George Stovan, depOsed manager u
the St Louis Browns, and indefinitely
suspended as a player as result on
StOvalTs attack on umpire terSuSoIl
Saturday, may get permission TO play
his managerial berth Johnson sus-
pended StOvau by telegraph on re-
ceipt OF FergusOn's report
Clyde Milan, Of the washington a
Senators. is after a new base-runnlnS
record, and he has started with the
right foot forward Milan IS leao-
ing the speed-mad mob OF Junior
league to date with Is thefts IN -
lames Eddie Collins and Dan Noel -
Ter are next, with nine each How
ever. Milan hasn't scored as many
runs as Collins, and its question
whether his wild running Is o. scr
wee to the club
Milan last season pilfered So has
seeks and won first hOnors IN a
romp- Collins came second. with %
steals in 153 games Cobb had 81 IN
40. To set a new worlds record Tor
base-stealing Milan will have to eX-
coed Harry StOvey's great total OF
$50 steals. StOvey made his with the
Athletes in 1888.
=
baseman of the Washington American
league team, will be out of the game
probably for a week because of in
flammatiOn Of a recently injured toe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
CLIMBS MOUNTAIN TO
TRAIN FOR FIGHT

Climbing Mt Franklin is now daily
stunt for Spider MOffatt who IS work
ing out for his bout with hid Payo at
Juarez. MOffatt and Kid Lee, who is
booked to meet Kid Harris in the semi
Windup, are out early each morning
and 20 on a 15-mile hike as a wind
developer. According to the declara-
ton of Lee. Moffatt climbs the noun
tain while he sits at the foot and takes
a rest. The boxers first jog to Wash
ingtOn park as a breakfast shaker, and
then cross the plain to the mesa
PayO is also working hard and IS al
ready in prime condition for the bout
He is working out on Stanton street
with Kid Harris and Kid Gene. his
brother Both fighters in the main
event are down to the specified weight
Jimmy Hern is working out with
Moffatt, and the Spider declares that
he is clever and fast. and Kid Ross, the
Clifton shine. will have to show some
thing to put anything over on the ex-
soldier. Ross is working at Third and
oregon streets.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
COL HICK" OF REDS
TO SEE BIG LEAGUERS
W. W. Carpenter, Special Deputy Col
lectOr Of Customs, at one time
Was with Cincinnati Team.


"Ol Hick" Carpenter has gone back
to reveI in recouectiOns Of the days
of baseball as she used to be- There
are only two persons in FL Paso VINO
know Mr.. Carpenter as "Ol Hick-
one is c. E. Lewis. Of the treasury
department. and the other is Mr.. Car
penter himself. For 81 weeks in each
YEAR he is just plain W. W Carpen-
ter. special deputy collector OF Gus
toms for the port of FL Paso. The
sd week is when the baseball virus
gets in its work and he is on his way
back to the big league pastures
Mr.. Carpenter was the Larry Gard
ner Of the big league when he was
playing the northwest corner Of the
infield for the Cincinnati Reds As
Hank he was as wen known as Hans
Wagner or Ty Cobb. That was in the
old days when they played with no
covering on the meat hand and his Tor
the whatnOt in the parlor across the
street Always a big sticker, Carpen-
ter had some batting average to his
credit in the books of the big league.
When he tired of baseball he entered
the custom service and has been hlt-
ting the ball there ever since
He left Wednesday for Washington
on official business and from there
ne will make the big league cities
fol- a little OF the stuff that made Ban
Johnson famous
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
Other Champions Before the

TEW YORK. May ST the Giants
M have the idea roaming around
- in their beIfries that they have
the National league pennant cinched
without playing for ii, they want to
chase it. They were never more fooled
in their young and tender lives.
other champion clubs before them
have fallen by reason Of over conf
dence, and they are on the high road
for a thud that Will shake them from
their head to their heels unless they
switch off and play the kind of base
ball that has won them pennants be-
fore
It is possible they are having their
annual slump now, but with any other
team excepting the Giants it might be
said they are outclassed, and that with
out stretching a point. too. OF the 10
victories TO their credit, five Of them
have been won from the tail end BOs-
ton Braves, a team that has been just
as easy for every other team that has
had the luck to go up against them
Lack Fighting Spirit.
The BrOOklyns have more than held
their own against the Champs. and
the Phillies have broken even with
them The first month of the cham
pionship season is nearly over.
What have the much tOuted Giants
to show for it,
In the Philadelphia games the boys
did not show the fighting spirit tnaJ
they have so long been noted for !
will not say they have been Indifferent
but they have played a hstless game
and that verges closely on indifference
with them, for they are famous Tor the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
school, ROY BREAKS &
MORI.D,S RUNNING RECORD

Philadelphia, Pa May S.-RObinsOn,
the Nercersburg school boy, broke one
worlds record and equalled another,
making the 220 yards in 20 40 sec
onds. and the 100 in 3-5 seconds, in
the interschOlastc games at Pennsyl-
Vania State college
With a fast track. ideal conditions,
and pushed by a fast field. he won the
IOO-yard dash in 3-5 seconds, and not
long afterward hung up a new world
record in the 22O-yard dash, when he
finished in 20 As seconds Five watch
es in the hands of competent officials
agreed on the time, and a committee
of three men, instructors in the school
or engineering. measured the track to
be certain that there was no mistake
as to the correctness Of the record
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
PRACTICE HARD
FOR SERIES WITH HURLEY
Third Baseman Mobiles Returns to
Home in Fort WOrfh-AnOfher
southwestern Trip Is
Considered.

Although Hurley has been defeated
by the Silver City and Santa Rita
teams. the Mavericks are taking the
coming series seriously, and are work
ing daily at Washington park Excel
lent team work is being developed, and
inside baseball viii be the card in fu-
ture games. Wednesday afternoon the
local players worked hard for three
hours at the park. and were put
through a strong hitting and fielding
practice
Mobiles, the third sacker. who was
secured from the Seattle Northwestern
league club has left for his home in
Fort Worth Tex. and will not play
with the Mavericks because Of some
minor injury Efforts will be made to
secure another competent infielder
from the Texas or Western league.
Armstrong. besides being a pitcher IS
a crackerjack third baseman, and will
hold down that bag until another in
fielder is secured.
Another trip through the southwest
ern portion Of New Mexico and south
ern Arizona is being considered by the
local management as several offers
from teams have been received
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
COUNTRY CLUB MEN
PLAY BOTTLE POOL
First Round of Elimination TOurna-
ment with - Entrants Must be
Completed by May Is.
Bottle pool has been arranged IS
..-+s---o mont for the rnember

BOTTLE pool has been arranged as
Dastfme tournament for the members
Of the Coltntry club. Twenty-eight
entrants have already been handicap
ned. Playing may begin at once, but
the first round must be completed
not later than Sunday, May is.
The games will be 250 points each
The players and their opponents were
Selected by lot for the opening
round All players losing in the first
round will be eliminated and the win
ming PLAYERS will be matched against
each other Players losing IN the
second round viii also be eliminated
and so on until the two winners are
decided The games may be played
at any time, or arranged to suit the
Diayers. In event that one player
fails to show up at scheduled time
the game is forfeited TO the other
The entrants for the first round,
their handicap and opponents are; w
H. Tuttle so, Ralph WingO, 90;
George Wines. o, F. J. Feldman' o.
Tom Newman. So J. F. Williams, 20
Walter Arnold. o; b. T. Hill. so;
James AIves. so; A. L. LathrOp. so;
Waters Davis. 0, Page Kemp, %; R
T. Hines, so; VIM. H +. Judd, o; W v
Sterling. so; J. J. TyndalI, so; A H.
Eodes, 50, T. NJ. Wingo. go; Alyes
Dixon, o, Gist Russell, IS; H. s Pot
ter so, Hughie Mclean, So; Herman
Andreas. IS, NJ B. DAVIS, s.; Floyd
Payne, 0, Ted Davis, IS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
PHILADELPHIA REMOVES BAN
FROM JACK BRFTTON

Philadelphia. Pa. May S.-DirectOr
of public safety Porter has announced
that ne has removed the ban placed on
Jack .Britton after Britton's fight
with Pal Moore at the Olympic club
two weeks ago The director said thar
a conference with BrittOn's managers
and group of New York fight eN-
perts rad convinced him that BrittOn
did not fake to any great extent and
he can fight here when he pleases-
Under the directors orders, Moore
is still barred from fighting in this
city for his part in the BrittOn match,
but Mr.. Porter said "he might lift the
ban later on
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08

A argument is now in progress
n between the members of the
1 \ New York Giants and several
golfers as to whether a golfer can hit
a BAH farther than a hOme-run hit
ter on the Giants An amateur golfer
will attempt to drive a golf ball over
the TOP most center field fence at
the Polo grounds, at the same time
lzeeDiue- il between the right and LETT
TlagpOles. which is the limit LOT
fungo hitting by members of the
George Clark, who was farmed out
TO the Rochester International leaSue
club last year by the New YORK
Americans has been ordered to re-
Fort by Frank Chance He was sent
a contract this year by Rochester Dut
refused to sign 1t He was dra L;sel
by New York from the SIOUX Clly
Western league club two years ago
The Phillies have lost their case
against the New York Giants me
Ouakers protested that there was q
hole scOOped out of the diamond De
hind the pitchers box After invesJi-
eating the case president Thomas
Lynch Of the league gave orders Ina Ina
she games shall stand as played Dur
ing the series president Locke made
a verbal complaint to headquarters
relative to the hole, and umpire
KLEIN was instructed 10 nave tAS
groundz eeper level off the ground to
avoid the possibility of ball from
center field striking the rubber. The
games were played April % and "a
The New York American league club
has announced that catcher Robert
Williams has been released to the
Rochester club of the international
league.
In statement given out at Albu-
querQUe, ScOtty MOnteith manager Of
Johnny Dundee, declares that Los An
geles is the fight center of the world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
PECOs BEATS TOYAH;
WANTS MORE GAMES

Pecos, Tex. May SIN a spirited
contest. the Peco.; White Sox defeated
Toyah by a score Of Z to s. The bat
teries were: PecOs. Reeves, Racey and
Stubblefield; TOyah, Dixon and Craw-
ford.
This was the first game of the season
under the management Of the CONNER
cial club. and within 10 days the Pecos
team will expect gaHe IS with any taSt
club out this way, especially Maria,
Stockton and Anime.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
MAPS AND RED sOX ROUGH 1T

IN CLUB HOUSE AFTER GAME
Cleveland. o.. May S.-VariOus in
cidents of accidental roughness in the
BOstOn-Cleveland American league
game here caused some i'll feeling
which eliminated in a melee in the
club house after the game, in which
Il or Is players of both clubs were en-
gagged
Outfielder Graney was stunned for
a moment when pitcher Leonard
tagged Graney on the forehead while
putting him out at home.
Various accusations of abusive Ian
guage on the coaching lines and in
territorial rOughness were made by
both teams.
Immediately after the games, it is
said. a Cleveland and Boston player
came TO blows in the club house be-
cause of some abusive language which
each claimed the other had used Az
ter a dozen or more players of both
teams had entered the argument, some
as peace makers. the difference was
settled with no very serious damage
done.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-08
WILLIE RITCHIE EXPECTS
TO BE MATCHED FOR july q

Spokane, wash. May S.-Light-
weight Willie Richie has set, July 4
as the date Of his next appearance in
a prize ring, according to his an
nouncement. Richie said he would
June on a ranch in California. M
match has been arranged for July 4
as yet, but the champion expects to
meet either Leach Cross or Joe
Rivers.