Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-04-07
NEWSY DOlNCS
OF new CASTLE
Town viii Elect Mayor and
Council Tomorrow
Afternoon
DEMOCRATS HOPE
TO WIN THE OFFICES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE. April Every
thing is ready for the biennial city
election which will be held tomorrow
afternoon. The ballot boxes have
been distributed as we'll as the cleo
ton paraphernalia to the several
inspectors. Friends of John Gears
are bending every effort to elect him
as City Assessor. especially because
Gears is sick while his opponent,
B. T. Lank is a business man. But
Lank and his friends expect to win
and the result will be watched with
much interest. G. Albert Pedrick,
purchasing agent for the Baldt Steel
Company and John B. Manlove are
the candidates for City Treasurer.
The City Council contest in the west
ern district promises to be a genu-
inc warm one. James J. Whalen is
opposing the two Democrats, John l..
Sullivan and Frank McGrory. In the
souehern district there are four can
ddates. Jacob Spiecher, who has
been chairman for two years is a
candidate for reelection. Andrew
NJ Gallagher. James r. Weldon and
Alexander Melvin are the other can
didates.
AS THE EVENING JOURNAL stat
ed on Saturday. William Weggen-
mann and Neal b. Seminar are unop-
posed. Lewis II. Duncan is the
ECONOMY" candidate in the First
ward where william Poole and AL
bert Boyce are the other candidates.
City Council will be a Democratic
body with Theodore w. Lavender as
its president During the past two
days some one started a story that
the incoming City Council will be
asked to vacate South street from
Third street to the river and close
the Battery strand which has been
a public bathing beach City Coun-
ell will represent the people and as
there are hundreds of people daily
during the summer who battle on the
Battery Beach the matter will be
safe in the hands of the new Coun-
Gil
Italian men, women and children
crowded st. Mary's Church yester-
day morning when the Rev. Fran
,esco Milano celebrated mass. The
sermon was preached in Italian and
the mission will continue for a week.
The instructions and sermons during
that time will be in Italian. Few
people imagined that there we're so
many Italians in the city and when
the colony turned out yesterday
much surprise was expressed.
Governor Miller in the next two
days viii lappoint the shap patrolman.
Only one man will be appointed and
naturally the other candidates will
be disappointed.
John NJ. Hance has finished the
erection of an addition to the resi-
dence of Robert II. Harrington at
Sixth and Delaware streets.
Stockholders of the New Castle
Athletic Association will meet this
evening in Mayor Rodney's Office The
grandstand. bleachers and fence of
the baseball grounds must be removed
at once. General Manager William e.
Myers of the New Castle line, has
made an offer for the entire outfit.
There are 10000 feet of boards in adj
dition to the hundreds of posts and
stringers and uprights. Some Of the
lumber in the grandstand is white
pine. Individuals who want from 500
to 600 feet of the boards will make
offers. There are 100 shares of stock
in the association and some members
are of the opinion the stock is valu-
able and that the association should
be continued, although the lumber is
sold. Il is expected that another offer
will be received at the meeting tonight
for the entire lumber. 1t is felt that
another baseball grounds can be fitted
up this year.
Samuel Barnes is confined to his
home because of a sprained ankle.
From IL until o'clock yesterday, at
Intervals. snow fell here. While the
snow fakes fell the wind blew a heavy
gale.
Benjamin W. Sheppard, of the
southwest corner OF Ninth and Lom-
bard streets, Wilmington, formerly OF
this city, was a visitor here yester-
day. He is incensed over the reports
that he is the man who was robbed Of
S27 while doing the turkey trOt"
with a colored man. The names OF
the men being so much alike con-
fused the people, but "Shep" was not
the one to lose the roll He was I'm
bed at the time the robbery took place.
The attendance in all the churches
yesterday was large
Ground will be broken here next
week for the nine houses on the Wal
lase L. Cannon property, at Third and
Chestnut streets. City Council will
be asked for permission to lay a pri-
vate sewer to the Delaware river