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The midland journal., 1913-08-15
To the Members OF the Democratic
Party In Cecil County.

Because of the demand that the Office of
County Commissioner be conducted by men
who are experienced in practical affairs.
have announced my candidacy for the nomi-
nation of Short Term Commissioner, subject
to the Democratic Primaries. AS an exper-
fenced mechanical engineer, road and bridge
builder, believe that / can be of service to
the people of Cecil county in conducting their
affairs upon business basis which win be
satisfactory to them.
ALONzo w. SCOTT.
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
RUN over By Binder.

Samuel c. Myers. aged 70 years, of
near Christiana. Pa, was mangled SO
badly bv binder at his home on Tuesday
morning of last week that death resulted.
Mr.. Myers was knocked down, the
knives cutting his arm off at the 'shoal-
der. Before the doctor arrived the man
bled to death in the field.
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
Stern-phllilps.

Miss Edna M. Phillips. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T. Phillips of Not
Gingham. aud Robert Stern. son of VIM.
Stern OF Hickory Hill. were married Aug.
J. at the home OF the bride by Rev. Mr..
Zepp. pastor Of Bay View M. P. Church.
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
Notice Of RemovaI.

desire to announce to my patrons and the
public generally that will remove my barber
shop to the room at present occupied by John
Keithley, in the Alice q Shepherd block, on
September lst. where shall be pleased to con-
tinue to give careful and courteous attention
to all wants in my line Of business.
HARRY EFFING.
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
William c. White.

William Clinton White. of Baltimore,
died at his home on Park Heights avenue.
from apoplexy caused by the heat. Aug.
I. aged SO years. The deceased was a
son Of Mr.. L. G. White. of Port Deposit.
and was engaged in business at 2o3 w..
Charles Street. He leaves widow, who
was Miss Catharine Massey and three
children.
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
Robert II. Mitchell.

Robert H. Mitchell. formerly of Rising
Sun. died at his home in Philadelphia
Aug. 2. of cancer of the liver. aged 73
years. His body was brought to Liberty
Grove Sunday morning and taken to
Harmony cemetery for interment. His
wife, four daughters and two sons sur
vive him.
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
MRS. Alfred Bender.

Mrs. Mary Bender, wife of Alfred Ben
der. died Aug. a at her home in Port De-
posit. after a long illness from compli-
cation of diseases. She was "a daughter
of the late John Long of Elkton. Her
husband and eight children survive
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
Card OF Thanks.

We desire TO express our sincere thanks
to the many friends and neighbors who
so kindly rendered their assistance and
sympathy during our recent bereave-
ment
MRS. MARGARET FISHER AND FAMILY.
The midland journal., 1913-08-15
Full moon tomorrow evening

two more weeks.
Mrs. John Regan suffered fractured
wrist by a fall at her home in Elkton.
The concrete road between Elkton and
North East has been opened to travel
HIT. Brown. station agent at Liberty
Grove, will be retired on age limit Oct. I.
Literyman James R. Foraker, Of North
EasS lost his pocketbook containing $Io5
in cash, last week.
TIE last railroad excursion to Tolches-
ter awas run on Wednesday,. Fifty-nine
tickets were sold at this station.
One hundred and eleven marriage IL
tense were issued at the Clerks Office in
Elkton during the month Of July.
A patent for Observation-Disclosures
attachment for cultivator has been
granted to Daniel Woodall, Jr.. of Kent
hcounty.
Rising Sun now has three tonsorial par
Tors, Forest Richardson having opened a
new barber shop in the Maryland House
glast week.
The demand upon our columns by ad-
vertising matter this week has crowded
out large amount of local news and cor
respondence.
Zachariah Leonard. of Calvert has an
nounced himself a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for short term
County Commissioner.
William Scott short stop of the Elkton
hall team. broke two small bones in his
ankle one evening last week while at
practice on the ball grounds.
odd Fellows throughout Cecil. Kent
and Hartford counties have completed ar
raneements for a reunion at Betterton on
Friday, Auggst 20. The Grand Lodge Of
ticers of the State will be present.
Elkton Town Council has made three
year contract for the lighting of the streets
of that town. The old 32-candle power
incandescent lamps will be replaced by
so.eandle mower Tungstea lamps.
Mrs Hannah Cameron Bryde. of Prin-
tcipio. has been granted divorce from
her husband, George Bryde. on grounds
IF desertion. The couple had been mar
tied 20 years when he deserted her.
.A..t
ne memDe's = '' u 1c..nrda,
~ .''s ,ses.h p.vno,ds field If the
,sa,har should prove unfayorable. the
fss,;val viii be held on Monday evening
4 frllow;np
-.
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ftaryiand Agricultural o"s
isue ms eoi'ss - ~
p me p'sse', - sfrss e .,,.a,,. ts,,ow a.,
q he fnture. vii, YOU grasp ii?
In contest conauceeu y s'. -.
Protestant cnufen PnDneauo NJ NJ 80,
roll MADDOX. OF r'nAsuu's 49, 10
awarded the'nf Ps'ze u p1o. VA
dox was formerly pastor of Rowiandvills
p.,h.sda churches in this county.
B any De'''es'''
While George NJ Evans. postmaster o
r,,.,a VS. driving along the Elkton.
Newark public road Saturday night. n''
team was run down by an automonii'
bearing Pennsylvania license. in'
carriage was demolished and Mr.. Evans
painfully injured about the head ant
shonlders.
S''s's,'
Thirty-eight persons boarded the Allan
t;c civ excursion train at this station
,;rn a,d ava;led tbemselve,
iussasy '''s' A.. a,,h,
Of the opportunity y sps"u g : -
The midland journal., 1913-08-15

W. LOUIS RYAN, Sec. Treas
Account examined and found correct,
July 22nd, 1918. JOHN NJ. STERRETT,
Auditor
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
ONE OF DEFENDANTS
WITNESS FOR STATE
Tells of His Part in Alleged Dyna-
mite planting"

Boston. Mass May 20.-Dennis Col
Inns, u dog fancier of Cambridge, on
trial with President Wood Of the Am
erican Wooden company and Frederick
AtteauX, a Boston dye manufacture,
for conspiracy To ''plant" dynamite az
Lawrence during the textile strike,
testified as a witness for the prosecu-
tion today. Collins said that on May
10. 1912, he met j. j. Breen. a Law.
renee undertaken. who was convicted
cf actually planting" an explosive in
saloon in Boston. Breen asked him
If he would like L. go To LaWrenca
that night.
Il told him | would go If | could
help him any" said Collins. and Breen
continued I'VE probably will meet
some folks and you better carry this
bundle to keep your end up" handing
the witness five 81 bills. Breen. the
witness said. agreed to give him more
money the following day.
Collins said that after leaving the
saloon they met two men. one. de-
sCribed by the witness as a Mr.. Rice.
gave Breen package weighing about
forty pounds, which they carried to
Breen's house in Lawrence and open
ed 1t contained sticks which felt
cold"
81 asked Rreen what they were" the
witness said. and he told me II was
juice
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
WITNESSES GATHER
AT MASS MEETING


Chicago, H. May 20-What Coun-
sci Grosvener representing the gov
ernment, called a witnesses mass
meeting" was uncovered in the Har-
vester antitrust hearing today. The
discovery Of the meeting came in the
cross examination of c. u. Passage,
an implement dealer of Swlthshire,
Illinois. According to Grosvener, I'm
the last week he has found difficulty
in persuading dealers 10 tell what per-
centage Of the implements they handle
are made by 'he International Har-
vester company. Previously he had en-
countered little of this trouble.
Has not someone had n talk with
YOU about what you would testify here
today" Grosvener asked Passage
NO, not exactly"
What do you mean by that"
We'll, not TO mo personally There
was "A meeting of witnesses this morn
ing and one Of the Harvester attor-
neys talked to us"
Where was the meeting" ."
About twenty of us-all that are
here in court--got together at the
Great Northern hotel"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
CROPS FILLED WITH GRAVEL;
DEALERS REFUSE POULTRY

New York, May 20.-Twenty car
loads of live chickens, four thousand
to a car. are being held in Jersey city
today because angry jobbers refused
10 receive them. Hardly live chicken
was handled by dealers Yesterday.
The trouble arose over recent com
plant of iobbers that they receive
chickens with crops filled with
weght-producing sand and gravel
that made up shrinkaee sustained II
transit. Until shippers agree to aban
don the practice, dealers say they will
boycott live poultry. ordinarily $4,000
live fowls are handled daily.
Hundreds of chickens were dyins
in their crates this afternoon. II is
said the attention of the society FOR
the prevention of cruelty To animals
has been called To- the matter. The
situation is blamed by the wholesal-
ers on the iobbers and by the jobbers
on the western poultry shippers.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
Japanese Foreign Office Expected
to Reply to 5ryan's An
swer Shortly
BILL TO CURB STATE POWER

Toxic May 2O.-News that the Call.
fornia land bill had been signed by
Governor Johnson was received with
regret here, although it had been dis
counted in official and non official CIR
cles. II was hoped up to the last that
Washington's Intervention would provo
successful The newspapers published
extras
Efforts of the government are con-
centrated at present in pacifying pub
lie opinion but the task is regarded in
many quarters as a more difficult one
han at the time Of the Californian
school controversy over a year ago.
Since the death of the old emperor
the authority of the government has
been steadily diminished in resisting
the growing influence Of public opin-
ion. and the spirit Of democracy is
augmenting throughout the empire.
Japs To Take Next Step.
Washington. May 20.-With the an
sWer OF the United States TO its pro-
test in hand, il is now up To the Jap
anese foreign office to take the next
step in the negotiations on the Cali
fornia land act. It is expected the
forthcoming roioinder to Secretary
Bryan will be strongly argumentatiye
and calculated TO result I'm the conduct
Of future negotiations on a strictly le-
gal basis. 1t is expected several days
will elapse before the Japanese re-
ionder is received.
wouII Curb The States
Representative Bartholdt. OF Mis-
souri,, announced today he would in
troduce next Friday n resolution TO
empower Congress 10 legislate eXclu-
sivoly on all questions affecting the
rights OF aliens residing in the United
States. The purpose will be TO pre-.
vent individual states from passing
laws which might cause friction with
foreign countries.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
WAS THE LID PRED OFF?
Alleged Questionable Resorts Near
Calumet Said to be Running.

Rumors have been circulated about
Calumet since Sunday 70 the effect
that three questional resorts located
near Calumet which We're closed upon
orders Of Prosecuting Attorney An
tEony Lucas and Sheriff James Cruise
q few weeks ago were again in opera
tion Saturday night.
Prosecuting Attorney Lucas was ask
ed today regarding these reports ana
he stated that deputy sheriffs visited
the places in question saturday even
ing to see that they We're closed and
found them deserted save for the care
takers. Th prosecutor admitted. how
ever, that it may have been possible
the inmates We're warned by friends
i'm Calumet in time 20 get into hiding
Mr.. Lucas states that both himself
and the sheriff are determined to en-
force the cleanup order issued some
time ago and that they will maintain a
close watch I'm :he future.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
ROSES AND CARNATIONS FALL
WHERE MISSILES FELL BEFORE

Cincinnati O.. May 20.-Strikers and
sympathizers today took n unique
way OF telling citizens that peace had
been restored in the street car strike.
From the uppermost floors of lofty
skyscrapers, from which, on Saturday,
cars manned by imported men by
tossing steel braces and bags OF ce-
ment. thousands of roses and carna-
tions today fell upon the heads ot
those who gathered To see the dis
play. as well as hundreds of passers-
men who hurled steel and cement
worked fifteen minutes today scatter
ing flowers
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
ST. ANDREWS LINKS
GUARDED BY 5000
Threats of Suffragettes Put Little
! Town in State of Siege

st Andrews. Scotland, May %
This little town is almost in a state
cf siege as the result of threats utter
cd by militant suffragettes that they
will DESTROY the putting green's and
thus render play impossible for the
worlds amateur golf championship
which will be competed for here next
week. The most intense excitement
prevails as the townspeople who de.
pend largely for their prosperity upon
the links, while the members of the
royal and ancient golf club are eX-
zens have organized a vigilance COM
mittee Of five thousand volunteers 10
guard the greens night and day.
AS it is understood the women VIII
use vitrol to destroy the green's all
sentries stationed there are provided
with umbrellas to prevent the corro-
siye fluie from being thrown in their
faces The river Tay routes, by which
the links are reahed from Dundee, "a
hotDed Of suTragettes are closely
guarded and To mike assurances
douhly sure, a powerful searchliglt
has been mounted on a railroad
bridge. the light from which sweeps
the links. roads and river nightly.
John Ball. holder of the amateur
golr championship. who was injured
yesterday in motorcycle accident
was under the case OF physicians today
and may be prevented from rarticipat
ing The American contingent con-
slsts of Findlay Douglas OF the Mas
sau Country club; &. w. Inslee of the
oneida Community club; and Harold
Webber OF Toledo, ohio.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
DISASTER BEFALLS GERMAN
EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC

Christiani1. May 90.-Disaster has
berallcn the German scientific cNpe-
dition under Lieut.. Schroeder StanN.
all but two members of the party be-
ing either dead or lost in the Arctic
wastes according 10 "A report received
here from the commander of the Nor
wcgian relief party which has been
searching for them.
one Of the survivors was in good
health hut the other Rucdiger Ritz
cher. was severely frosthitten.
The report states that Lieut..
Schroeder Stanz. the commander of
the expedition is MISSING that Dr.
Dettniars and Dr. Melzcr were drown
cd. Eberhard was frozen to death ani
Stavo died of illness. No trace of the
other members of the expedition could
be found.
The first relief expedition which set
out from here was forced To turn back.
The second, from which a report has
lust been received, was headed by
Capt. StraNrud The first report re-
ccived from capt. StraNrud stated that
the German scientists were icebound
in Spit2bcrgcE and that it was i'm
POSSIBLE to Get into communication
with them.
/ ieut. Schroeder Stanz's expedition
started into the Arctic regions about
year ago ana expected to remain
there three or four years. Trey plan
ned To- travel alnns the entire northern
coast of Europe and Ahia. When they
were first caught IN an Arctic winter
they managed to send message %
civilization telling of their peril ana a
relief expedition was organized here
and sent to save them.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
eALLl ART SALE OPENS.

Paris, MAY 20.-Art dealers and COL
Wclors from both sides of the Atlan- 70
Uc were on hand today VIXEN the sale
was begun Of the collection Cf MOI
'fn pictures Of John Bali. The coliec'
u"n is one Of tho finest Of purely mod
.'h works that has been disposed o'
Tor wears. It Is especially rich in
'r"is. and also includes fire exam
n''s of Whistler Daubigny DelacroiN'
.royon Won Marclxe. Meissonier and
Rosa Ronheur.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
BISHOP is coNsEcRATEp.

Hoboken n. j.. May 2O.-Rev. Paul
Nussbaum was consecrated bishop Of
the new Catholic diocese of Corpus
Christi. Texas I'm 81. Michaers church
in West Haboken today. The cere-
monv was attended by many visitin,
prelates and priests. The new bishop
has been prominently engaged in the
missionary work Of the Passionist Ia p
Tiers and was formerly assistant roc
tor Of ST Marys monastery at Dun
kirk n Y.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
Ask Wilson To Veto Bill.
PEACE GUARD AT CAPITAL.

Washington. May 20.-Members OF
the Gate City guard of Atlanta were
received at the white house this art
ernoon by the President and MIS-
Wilson. The old guard is going over
lho same route it went thirty-t"ur
Years ago. when 1t came into the
north to aid in bringing about bet
Ter feeling between the north and the
south. From Washington the mem
p'rs will go to Baltimore. and theh
To Philadelphia. New York and Boston
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
WOMAN PASTOR is SO.

Elizabeth, n. J., May 20.-The Rev.
Or. Antoinette Louisa Brown Black
we'll who is pastor of All Souls Uni
tartan church in this city. quietly oh
served her eighty-eighth birthday an
niversarv today Mrs Blackwell is
believed to be the oldest living advo.
cate of equal suffrage in America. she
was one of the speakers at the first
woman's rights convention in Wor-
ccstcr. Mass, i'm 1S4q.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
ALLEGED EXPORTERS ON TRIAL

Newark. n. j.. May 20.--Secley Da
venport and Jacob Dunn mountain
GERS. were placed on trial today
charged with sending threatening let
ters through the mails To fresiuen'
,yoodrow Wilson Aside from hahd-
writing experts the principal witness
,a,. ,he Government will be Joseph
Tnmulty. the presidents secre'arS'
President Wilson will not he called.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
SEEK TO DISSOLVE TRUST.
United Shoe Machinery Co. Heads
Face Trial Today.

Boston, Mass May 20.-The trial of
the government to dissolve the United
shoe Machinery company begun in the
federal court today. Eleven corpora =
tions ard twcnty-three individuals are
defendants. They are charged with
entering into contracts. combinations
and conspiracies in restraint of trade
for the purpose of effecting a monop-
oily in the manufacture of shoe ma
chinery Machinery is leased and Is
rot sold outright.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
HENRY M, FLAGiER,
CAPITALIST, DIES
Oil and Railroad Magnate Passes
at His Florida Home

West Palm Beach, Tla., May 20
Henry NJ Flaelcr. aged SO, capitalist
and oil and railroad magnate. died at
his winter home mere this morning
"fter an illness of several weeks.
flagler recently fell down flight OF
Steps IN his home ana because of his
advanced age his recovery had not
beer anticipated,
Henry NJ Flagler, Standard oil mag
nate. railroad builder, builder and
owner of hotels and the man who
made" Florida. was one Of the small
coteric of men who We're associated
with John -. Rockefeller in founding
the standard oil company and became
enormously rich with the growth of
that gigantic corporation. His father
was a poor Presbyterian preacher in
Cananddieua New York. who found 1t
a rather difficult task To- provide the
nocessaries OF life for himself ana
that little village south OF Rochester.
Henry NJ. Flagler was born i'm 1880
He went to school Ia Canandaigua
until he had reached his fourteenth
ear when he decided to earn his own
living IN order to relieve the stress of
poverty for his mother and his sister.
With = few dollars i'm his pocket and
q carpet bag containing his other be
longinss in his hand, John NJ. f'laglcr
started from his home ana walled nine
miles &C. Medina, whore he obtained
passage to Buffalo on freight boat
Via the Erie canal. During the long
journey he subsisted on the lunch
which his mother had packed in his
bag. In Buffalo he took a vessel for
Sandusky. which he reached after n
stormy passage of three days, almos:
worn out by seasickn"ss.
Makes Money in Grain.
From Sandusky young FlaRler push
ed on to the little ohio village of Re-
public. When he arrived there he had
five nanc piece. II French gold coin
equivalent to about one American dol
o. o. n
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
GIROUy IN BIG MERGER;
OFFICIALS CONFIRM RUMOR

Duluth, Mimi, May 2o-Condrma-
tion of the report that GirouX Con-
solidated Copper Mines company the
Chairman Consolidated mines and tho
Butte ard Ely company, with head
quarters at this city, are TO merge,
was given today by Secretary Nancy
OF the GirouX and Butte and ELY
companies. The reason of the merger
is the need of concentrator and
smelling plant,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

works under the American admins
tration Gen Menocal was an import
ant factor in the cleaning up OF Ha-
vana. Gen Menocal left his position
as Inspector general to take charge
of The interests of the Cuban Ameri-
can Sugar company at Chaparra. Dur
ing the time that this great hacienda
has been under Gen. Menocal's super
vision 1t has become the best known
sugar property in the world. The
products there IN 1919 of 10000 bags
of sugar stands as a record from u
single estate.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
TURKISH ARMY HEAD MAY
Be VICTIM Of MURDER

Vienna. MAY 20-iissade Pasha who
commanded the Turks AT Scu'arl
through the siege has been murder rtd
at Trana. according to dispatch 10
the Reichesposts.
He marched to Tirana with MANY
thousands of Turkish troops after the
evacuation of Scutari and formed a
provisional Albanian government ~ Is
believed to be the plot of relatives oi
n former Turkish general whose deatn
yns laid to EsSade Pasf'l.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
CAROLINA is CELEBRATING.

Charlotte. \. G.. May 90 The Gus.
tomary holiday was observed through
out North Carolina today in celebra
ton of the anniversary of the Neck
,enburg declaration of independence, z
document said to have been promul-
gated here on May 20, 1875. nearly q
year in advance Of the declaration
made by the representatives Of thu
thirteen colonies at Philadelphia.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
POISON VICTIM RECOVERING.

Macon. Ga, May 20.-The case Of
Panker Walker who. on Wednesday.
swallowed a bichloride of mercury tab
let. mistaking it for a headache rem
edy. is puzzling physicians. Walker is
holding his own and there are indica-
tions that he may recover. He suffers
no pain and Is conscious.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
DEAF SCHOOL so YEARS OLD.

Fairbault, Mimi, May 20.-In con-
nection with the commencement week
exercises at the Minnesota school for
the deaf and dumb a celebration was
held today in honor Of the semi-cen
tennial anniversary of the institution.
The speakers included a number OF
graduates of the school who have at-
tained success i'm business and the
trofessiOns
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
Upton Def ACCEPTED.

London May 20.-The New York
Yacht club cabled the Royal U'ls-
ter Yacht club today definitely ac-
cepting Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge
for Americas cup. The race will take
place in September 1911. under the
New York Yacht clubs present rules
as to measurements, time allowance
and racing rules