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Evening journal., 1913-03-26
MRS. H. ]. STUBS
FEARS FOR SISTER
In FLOODED TOWN

Among those living in the food
devastated city OF Delaware Ohio. Is
Mrs. George c. Great, sister Of Mrs
r. J. Stubs, Of No 1904 Delaware
avenue. this city Mrs Gres. is the
wife OF a professor Ia Ohio College
and while accounts published this
morning stated that the college
buildings we're inundated no word
has been received from Mrs Great.
Mrs. Stubs telographed her sister
early this morning, bat no word had
as yet been received
A dispatch to THE EVENING
JOURNAL from Delaware, Ohio. at
1856 this morning said
Eighteen are known to be dead al
Delaware Later reports from out
lying districts in Delaware county
are expected 10 bring the toll OF
lives up to the hundred mark. Five
hundred families are homeless in
Delaware.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
WRONG MAN
In POLICE DOCK

When Charles w. Hickman. Of No.
sos Kennebec street, appeared on the
witness stand in City Court this
morning to testify against Alfred
Kane. colored. charged with assault
and battery he declared Alfred was
not the right man. The Kane who
cut his head with brick, Hickman
said was Alfred's brother but he did
not know his name.
Alfred said his name was James
Alfred and he had two brothers but
he did not know which one was want
cd. The charge against Alfred was
then dismissed.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
NM. HIcKS SrRICkEN.

Ellis Hicks a Mill Greek hundred
farmer, while driving TO market this
morning was taken suddenly III. AZ
ter resting for a time al Marshallton
Mr. Hicks boarded car and had 10
be taken OF at the Cedars and was
then removed TO the home OF his
daughter. Mrs. Leslie Talley
DR.. L. Heisler Ball was summoned
Mr. Hicks was suffering from severe
pains In the side and stomach.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
MENTION THREE FOR
POLICE COMMISSIONERSHIP

The appointment OF a police COM
missioner TO succeed Charles r.
Jones, whose term will expire May /,
may be expected soon as the appoint
ment must be made within thirty
days ofthe date of the expiration OF
the term OF the retiring member.
There have been several names
mentioned in connection with the APP
pointment. Among them are former
President of Council william G. Tay-
Tor and General |. Pussy Wlckersham
Mr. Jones also is mentioned In con.
nection with the Office.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
SOCIALISTS MAKE
CAMPAIGN PLANS

Samuel CLARK. Of Philadelphia, will
open the spring campaign for the
local Socialists. at Fifth and Market
streets on Saturday evening. Other
speakers will be obtained, Il being
the intentions Of the local party TO
wage an aggressive fight in the com
ing city election
The convention OF the local Social
lists to arrange for the June elections
will be held on Sunday. May 4 Al
that time nominations will be made
for the various offices to be filed at
the June election
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
Rim PASTOR FAREWELL.

The Rev. J. II. Mitchell for three
years pastor OF the Newport NJ r.
church. left yesterday for Salt Lake
City. Utah, to which conference he
has been transferred because OF fall
ing health.
About twenty-five members OF the
Newport church accompanied Mr..
Mitchell to the b. and o railroad de-
pot and babe him farewell
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
AMAnn ROAM CnNTRACT.

Residents Of ST. Georges hundred
are elated that the Levy Court has
awarded the contract for building tbs
road from Odessa towards ST. Georges.
Last fall the farmers In that section
petitioned the Levy Court to use lime
stone on the road but the Levy Court
did not do the work.
At the meeting of the Levy Court
Yesterday Afternoon the contract for
building OF the road was awarded to
the Horrigan Contracting Company.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
GRnCERS AT nINNER TONIGHT.

Everything is in readiness for the
Retail Grocers banquet which is 10
be held in the DUPONT Hotel this even
ing. About 125 guests are expected,
consRting Of the retail grocers OF
the city and their wives. The speak
ers of the evening will be former
Congressman William II Head and
Mayor Harrison W. Howell James
c. O'Neal will be POSTMASTER.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
Youth rs AccrSEn.

Chief OF Police George Black re-
ceived word today from Trenton. n.
j.. that B. A. Barrimore, young
man. was under arrest there on a
warrant charging him with the theft
OF a typewriter In this city. The
Young man will be brought here.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
COZ. STOvER REFUsEs PLACE.

It was learned today that Colonel
w. e. Stoyer chairman of the finance
committee Ct City Council will not
stand for an appointment on the
county-city building commission. He
said he did not want the place and
would not accept il.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
MIR. PROUsE no ENTERTAIN.

s. y. Prouse will entertain about
90 members of the Delaware Club
at dinner in one OF the private
dining rooms of the Hotel DUPONT
this evening.
Miss Barbara Nlndegrift aso will
give a dinner party at the Hotel Du-
pont this evening.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
MILLTKIN.GREENE NUPTIALS.

Mr.. and Mrs.. John T. Millikin an
nounce the marriage OF their daugh-
ter Miss Blanche Russell. to John
Powell Greene. OF West Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs Greene are on an eX-
tended trip west and will spend some
time in California.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
sIX CENTs yERpICT FoR NOMAN.

The jury in the case of Annie Full
mele VS.. John Forrest, in the Superior
Court late yesterday afternoon re-
stunned verdict in favor of the plain
tiff for six cents. Mr.. Fulmele died
after the steps at his home had col
lapsed and the widow sought damages.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
HAS BEAUTY HORSE.

Hamilton Stewart today purchased
the cream OF the Klair sales stables
today when he acquired big bay
horse. weighing 1900 pounds. The ami
NAL is seventeen hands high. Mr..
Hamilton paid in the neighborhood Of
$500 for IL.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
BEST CATARRH DOCTOR
Has Benefited Thousands DO
the Same For You or Money Back.

This is the HYOMEI
inhaler. the little doctor
that has cured many
thousands Of sufferers
Of catarrh. sniffles,
bronchitis. coughs and
colds.
It's easy and pleasant
to cure yourself with
HYOMEI. Just pour a
few drops in the iuhal-
er. and breathe It in.
The healing. soothing
and antiseptic air will
reach every nook and
crevice Of the mucous
membrane of the nose
and throat; will stop
the irritation almost
Immediately; will allay
Inflammation. drive out
the foul odor; kill the
germs and Danish the
dicnaco
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
COULDN'T RECALL THIS TROUBLE

Washington Barron. charged with
disorderly conduct at Ninth and Wal
nut streets last evening was fined SO
and costs by Judge Churchman to-
day Barron said he had consider
able trouble recently. his son having
been killed. He did not remember
what happened last night.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26

my wife has been using HYOMET
for two month"; for catarrh and pull
monary trouble. She has received
more relief and benefit than from
any other treatment" f. S. Parrett,
Jacksonville. o.
"HOYMEI has cured me Of terrible
earache and buzzing in the head. I
would not be without It in the house
for a single night" Mrs. S. P. Fuller,
Columbia. S. c.
Druggists everywhere sell HYO-
MEL pronounced High-o-me) A
complete outfit. including inhaler.
only costs $500 aud an extra bottle.
u Afterwards needed. is but 80 cents.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
NO MORE SORE FEET
EZO For Weary, Aching Feet. SUMMONS
aud Corns Is Guaranteed.

II your feet are tender sore, burn
and sting and keep you feeling mis-
cradle III the time. go today lay down
Is cents-say want a jar OF EGO.
Then rub on EGO and rub out
agony. distress will vanish like magic.
and you'll have as good pair Of
teeth as anyone on earth EGO is a
refined ointment that is also splendid
for chapped hands, chilblains, frost
bites. \. r Daniorth and druggists
everywhere.
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
WORKMAN INJURED.

Robert Pillison colored, of No. 800
Buttonwood street. had his left leg
slightly injured at the Mccullough
Iron Works this morning The injury
was attended to az the Delaware Hos
initial
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
ACCrSFD OF CONTEMPT.

william II. Wright and William
Cushion we're arrested today, accused
Of contempt Of court They we're Ia
have appeared in the City Court as
witnesses today, but failed TO do so
Evening journal., 1913-03-26
BALTIMORE & ONO RAILROAD.

Two Dollars 10 Washington. y. G., and
Return sunday March 30.
Special train viii leave Del Ave
Station. Wilmington. at SSS A. NJ. ar
irving az Washington at II 90 A. NJ:
Returning. leave Washington at 700
y. NJ See grea, public buildings ~
Adv.
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02
IMMENSE STORES OF COAL
tries Are to Be Kept Con stantly at Panama.

When the Panama canal is opened two years hence there will be coal on hand for the ships of all the world "a tremendous supply which will be added to as fast as II Is taken away to the seven seas
 There will be two great coal-storage basins-cue at Cristohal. for the At lantie entrance. and one at Balboa. for the Pacific At the former place 290,000 tons will be kept on hand. at the latter l60.000 In each the stor- age will be in huge basins of rein forced concrete. in which about half the coal will be stored under water, for use fin time of war and the other half above the sea level to be taken from and added to continually for the ordinary uses of commercial and government vessels An i'm mense plant of cranes, cars. buckets and other machinery will be installed to handle the coal as economically as possible
 The cranes will unload coal from ships; conveying system will trans fer it to bridges spanning the storage basin and dump it at any place de-
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02
Rlake.s son.in.law. More-he uas ths

Blake's son-in-law. More-he was the man whom the machine, at its masters orders had slated as next speaker of the house Yes. and perhaps If all one heard were true. for far higher office later on
 Wanda Kelly knew this And. thanks to overheard scraps of amen-Corner talk, she knew much more. She had often seen Robertson. Now and then she had received a careless nod from him or from his stately young wife. B1ake's only daughter, who so often while congress was In session ran down from the Robertson house in New York for sojourn of a day or two with her husband and father at the capital
 Yet Wanda wasted fewer thoughts lust now on tho celebrity than on tho much younger man with whom he was talking And perhaps her thoughts had telepathie power. For. as Robert. son strolled out into the foyer. hls companion crossed directly 10 the switchboard raIl and stood looking down at the girl
 Wanda did not see him Or, f shs
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02
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The Dermott news., 1913-10-02

did t was not with her eyes And before he could speak. the telephone buz1er raspcd out
 Wanda" said tho young man who uas leaning over tho rail
 lt was the third time he had broken in But. busy rattling tho switch pegs she did not hear
 Wanda Kelly" he exclaimed. er- asperated
 She looked up with a suddenness that startled him
 W ell '' sine asked sharply
 "Will Uill you marry mo- he blurted. her unexpected word and look driving the speech from his lips ss though he had been struck bets~en the shoulders
 "What7" she queried .n polite sur. prise
 T asked" no said. trying to cover up his impetuosity with A weak show of Irony. T asked If you are going to marry me or not
 NO. she answered. unrutfied 'l am not That's the answer same ss when you asked me before And the time before that And so on back to the beginning And then some-until you can learn 10 take No for an an swer'
 "I cant take II" he retV=aed unly. and | won't take it Maybe you think get lot of fun being thrown down Ike this IL means moro 10 me than you've got patience to hear I'm going all to smash Oh you needn't laugh. l. isn't SO funny to me
 CrO RE CONTINUED)
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02

birth of Time have shown to be the only safe one. Conventionality' path may seem to the near-sighted to be twisted foolshly. and unnecessarily long }ut each of those twists repre- sents the place where the. Man in Front wisely stepped aside to avoid the pitfall into which the man ahead of him had tumbed And the short cuts in the long tortuous road are white with the bones of failures.
 I'm going to walk over those same whitened bones in my short cut from one point of Conventiouality, twisted path 10 another I'm going 10 walk back from union that would mean misery to me-b back to the pleasant home life and social life love and don't mean to lose Don't worry No whitened bones will turn under me and bring me A fall. can defy the bogy. Conventionality and still live happy
 Others have defed the bogy. You are not the first nor the mtlliouth. To most of them tt seemed as safe as it seems to you
 'Yes9 should like to meet them and compare notes
 You will not meet them. he an swered grimly, but you VIII tread on their bones in the short cut Even as some future challenger of Gonyeu= tionalitt shall one day tread on yours
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02

way to feel when one marries. didn't know 1t then | do. now. And per. haps the knowledge that l would not be allowed to marry you just yet, or even acknowledge our engagement, helped strengthen the iAfatuation Then when l found | must go to Eu. rope so soon, and you begged me to give you just this one perfect week. it all seemed so natural-so right--so beautiful"
 T was wrong" he cried T was In sane had no right to suggest it had no right to let you consent"
 But, womanlike she would not let him blame himself.
 Tt was not your fault, she cried Or if there were fault at all 1t was mine as much as yours say you
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02
It Was a Pity.

They have R wise ten-year-old boy in an east end family. and some of his sayings arc really worth peddlins. At least. his father thinks they are, or he wouldn't tell this one
 The other day the youuster ap- preached h,s father and stared al him for some time.
 Daddy" he finally said. you think mamma is tho most beautiful person you ever saw, don't you7"
 ''Of course" replied the father. with great promptness,
 Again the boy scrutinized hts pA rent.
 Gee, daddy" he finally said. 'iti an awful pity she can't say tss sAsa thing about you, Aint hs'
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02

sired and a system of buckets oper ating upon these bridges will make 1t possible To lift coal from the storage basin. and by means of conyeyors raise it to loading machines that will drop il into colliers O lighters, Tho Cristobal plant will b. capable of un. loading 1000 tons and loading 2.0o0 tons Of coal each hour, and the Bal. boa plant 500 and 900 tons
 Vessels requiring bunker coal will not go alongside the wharyes of the plants, but will be coaled In mid. stream from barges
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02
CHAPTER II.
The Glrl and the Boy.

The Hotel kcsWtck telephone girl was a character Even the politicians who made the biz Washington cara yausarH thelr headquarters recognized that some of them had sought to un- bend from thcir labers at law building and law sappinR long enough to try to improve tbcir casual acquaintance with her BHt they had one and all abau- doned the effort
 Net that Miss Wanda Kelly was in inc Very least shy No. she had re spoustye word for everybody only. sometimes that word had a queer way of searing Instead of fatterlug
 If Joan of Are had been brought up in The allGys,e once observed the Honorable Tim NettEan. and fl she's been uusscd on iron tenic and learned her alphabet from George Ade.s fables. she'd have been dead ringer for Wan da Kelly
 To which the more or less Honor able Jun Blake had made reply
 Maybe that hello girl was all Wan da when she started out Hut kes- wick switchboard course has made her all Kelly don't know why no one reports her for being fresh Ex copt mayhe. that he'd have to tell what he sad 10 her to bring out the fresh come back
 ln aH4 eus,. uo one did report Wan da Kelly There. h an aleove under the great garish stairway. she sat day after day manipulating her racks of switches To her left were the telc- phone booths to her right the eorri- dor here all the political world pass cd her iH review Behind her and. when voices chanced to be raised in eagerness or dispute. in easy ear shot
 was a spot where far more history was made than Tn the Capitol itself
 This historic place was deep niche known 10 local fame as the amen corner" II was of tho beaten track whence everything vas visible Here Jim Blake long. lean. saturuine mas ter of the machine had way of sit ting. his eternal cigar in one corner ot his mouth his slouch hat aslant ou his head or under his chair And here. like filings to the magnet, the men who gleaned in Jims wake. and whose ro litical life hung on his curt nod. would cluster
 One evening As the dinner crowd was drifting along the corridor toward the huge dining rooms. Wanda noted that tho amen corner held but two men. Roth of them she knew. and both were very evidently awaiting Jim Blake's return from the Capitol More than one pRsser hy along the corridor nudged his companions and pointed out the elder of the corners two occu- pants
 The object of these surreptitious ClanCcs was a fine looking rather portly man of early middle age the Honorable Mark Robertson. former governor of New York. present repre- sentative in congress from the same state and equally important-Jim
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02

ship me at sight or pretend to. which comes to the samo thing 1t dldu { seem fo interest you that l had money and chat other men made fools ot themselves over me And then your QH9xetle ldeas about politics and ~ly ernmeut and all that sort of thing. ap peaIed to me. These and other req sons of the same kind made me think | WAS in love with you
 You didn't think You were And
 Perhaps Perhaps not Does 1t matter uow9 Isn't that also an ef fort to save the anchor after the wreck Hut never mind l thought | loved you With your impractical high souled ideas about political re. form and the peoples wrongs you seemed to me a modern Galahad in stead of just Don QuiNote
 An"
 Pm sorry 1t makes you vince But It's the truth And the truth Is gen erally painful When you wanted to marry me, felt as though demlgod had stopped 10 earth That isnt the
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02
CHAPTER l.
Eve Years Before.

The Woman looked up from her task of fitting the trunk tray into eXaet DO. sltion StaHd!sh noted vaguely that the effort ot packing had not made her red or froWsy Even as she sat there on the floor beside the nearly full trunk, with litter of garments about her, her pose was not ungracefuI Yet her face was oddly tense and her clenched hands spoke of self control hard to maintain
 No. she said patiently. as though trying to teach a lesson to some rather stupid child that isn't what mean. al all mean. it's-over. can't you understand"
 Why yes answered Standish of course understand Why shouldn't i7 It's over You will be safe al your Aunts house by six o'clock this eve nlng. and you will start for Europe to- morrow. Just as you arranged And our wonder week Is ended And for the next three months I'll be counting every
 Oh, interrupted the Woman. her hard-worn patience going to pieces VI On | 9Ou uhLtA oNsitlh HtiA II N ttS over Over, Not for three months or for any other time But for always. Why do you make me put it this way l tried to say il more"
 You don't mean"-he began thick Iy. his throat sanded and sore
 The Woman nodded
 But he protested lamely. ait-it can't he Why girl. you love me-"
 'I thought | did oh. l was sc sure ! did, But little by little for days. I've begun to understand Don't look at me like that, Do you suppose l enjoy talking so9 It has to be said And you're not making 1t a bit easy for me-
 Forgive me-" he answered bitter note creeping into his heavy voice You are wrecking me You are smashing all I hold dear You are making my future AS barren as a rainy sea. Forgive me for not making the process a bit easy for you"
 You have no right to say such things!" she hared. Tt is cowardly It is ungenerous."
 Why? Because you are a woman' X woman may fay man. She may break hts life to pieces for her own amusement If he dares to protest h. fs cowardly and ungenerous- Because she is woman, A mans hands art tied behind him by that asinine ole tradition How about the woman who pommels a man when she knows his hands are so tied9 Isn't she as COW ardly and 'ungenerous as | Woult be if l thrashed cripple? And vel women clamor for their rights, - Rights! With one-tenth of the rights that silly chivalry showers upon wom en, could conquer the whole world!
 But you could not conquer one woman If I begged you to avoid | scene it was as much for your owr cake as for mine Since you will have one let's get it over with as quickly as We can Here Is the situation in handful of words 1 met you. Yo' weren't like any other man I'd eyel hnown You didn't fall down and wor
The Dermott news., 1913-10-02
Naturally Limited q

Naturally Limited, He won't so far even when he's pushed
 That's because hos such pin head"
 T. is waste of time 10 whitewash a character that could not be saved by thick enamel
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-21
TOILET EDMANDS, WHO WAS IANCEE OF
CLARENCE RICHESOM, NOW MISSIONARY

marry whom the Rev. Clarence V. T.
Richeson, pastor of a Baptist church
in Cambridge, murdered with poison
Miss Avis Linnell, the Hyannis music
student, has gone as Il missionary to
Japan.
After the pastor was executed for
the murder of Miss Linncll, Miss Ed
mands, heartbroken, dropped from
sight. She had believed her lover in
nocent and the victim of a plot ND to
the very day of his confession.
Fairly in 1912. and before Richie
sons %eexcution Miss IIdmands went
quietly to New York. where she be-
came engaged in settlement work on
the lower east side. 1t was her in
tention at tina time to sepnd the re-
mainder of her life as q worker in the
Slums.
She met Mabel Chase, private sec
Rotary Of the Rev. Robert r.. Kimber.
superintendent of the Episcopal Mis-
sion society. He put her in charge
of kindergarten classes at ST. Barna-
bas' House; No. 500 Mulberry street.
and at Gods Providence House on
Broome street. New York.
But 1t was impossible for Miss Ed
mands- to lose herself there or any
where else in this country and she
decided to so TO Japan. Until letters
from her arrived here recently it was
not known. except to members of The
Edmands family, what had become Of
the girl.