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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
SISTER DEAD
BROTHER DYING
George Jamison and Miss Jane
Jamison Take BiChloride.
A MYS Terry YATRADN DNOR.
Enough Has Become Known To Show
That the Tragedy Was the Re-
suit Of a Well Considered
Plan To Commit Suicide.

Radnor, Pa.-Coroner Neville, of
Montgomery county, is probing the
mysterious death of Miss Jane Jami-
son, who died at the Bryn Mawr Hos
pital of bichloride poisoning. Her
brother, George Jamison, aged 62, a
retired millionaire banker, is also at
the hospital, still unconscious, and de-
spite the efforts of the physicians
there he has not rallied from the time
he was taken to the institution.
Every effort to suppress the facts
was made by the hospital authorities
and Dr. James Tyson, emeritus pro-
fessor of medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania, who is relative of
the Jamisons, and who was called in
as soon as the dying banker and his
sister were found, but Coroner Neville,
who heard of the case in a roundabout
way, started an investigation imme-
diately, and has asked for a state
ment why he was not informed of the
death officially.
So far the evidence of the servants
would tend to show that the death of
the sister of the banker and the mil
llonaire's own condition was the re-
suit Of well.laid plan.
The tragedy was discovered at four
O'Clock, when one of the servants re.
turned to the house and found Miss
Jamison apparently lifeless and her
brother unable to recognize any one
about him, but still alive.
POeapn4nd ~ a larpa fortut,p. ana
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05

At certain school the mistress.
feeling well disposed toward her class
during hot afternoon, sent one of her
pupils to buy pound of plums from a
fruit vender,
"And be sure, Nellie" she remarked.
as she handed dime to the little girl;
"to pinch one or two of the plums be-
fore buying any to see IL they are
ripe"
Presently Nellie returned to the
classroom, her face wreathed in
smiles and presented the mistress not
only with a large bag of plums but
also with the dime.
For some time she could do nothing
but talk incoherently. Then:
'Instead of pinching only one or
two as you suggested" she said.
laughing, 81 waited till the man wasn't
looking. and pinched whole bagful!'"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
q DEAD IN WRECK
NEARLY 90 INJURED
Express Train Filled With Va
cationists in Collision.
ENGINE THROUGH PULLMANs
Most OF the Victims Wealthy vaca.
tionists-Third Serious Accident
In a Year = Sections
Crash In Fog.

New Haven, Conn.-Twenty-one per-
sons we're killed and nearly 80 injured.
some of whom may die, in rear-end
collision shortly before Z o'clock on
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, six miles north of here
The first section of the White Noun
tain Express, bound for New York,
speeding along at probably 40 miles
an hour in thick fog, rushed by a
danger signal, it is said, and crashed
into the rear of the second section of
the Bar Harbor express, standing 100
feet beyond the block signal.
The White Mountain engine cleaved
through the two rear Pullman cars,
both of wood, splitting them in two
and tossing their wreckage and three
score of mangled human beings, some
alive and some dead, on each side of
the track
The third car, also of wood, and oc-
cupied by 40 boys on their way from a
summer camp at Monmouth, Maine,
was lifted into the air and almost com
pletely off the track The car fell on
its side crumpled up, two of the boys
being crushed to death and several
others injured.
Some of the victims of the two rear
Pullmans were hurled from their
bertbs over fence paralleling the
track so feet distant, while mattresses
bedding and clothing found lodgment
In the telegraph wires.
Il was the third serious wreck which
IL.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
CROP CONDITIONS
MUCH IMPROVED
Timely Rains Have Proved Very
Beneficial.
AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.
The Corn Situation In the West
Rrishtens Considerably, Al
though the Crop Will
Be Short One.

Washington. Crops are looking
up &.
Ghis, ili * }tshsll. is The la12 arqD
scefding to the f}epS Srisneilt 4
of Agriculture Crop conditions are
Officially deemed generally satisfac-
tory. American land and the Ameri-
can farmer are proving their ability to
come back"
Crop conditions in the last two
weeks have greatly improved" said
DR.. Galloway. Especially is this true
in the West, where timely rains have
helped materially. The rains have
particularly aided the corn crops: they
have had a beneficial effect, too, on
grasses which will furnish fall feed
for live stock. This is an important
item, as the harm by drouth to the
corn crop decreased the supply of
fodder.
''In the South crop conditions have
been generally favorable, during the
last fortnight. In certain parts of the
South corn and cotton will go ahead
of last years crop. This is true in the
western portion of the southern belt,
for instance, in Texas, etc.
"Rains have materially helped the
corn crop, although it will be short
considerably, of course. Farmers in
many sections who expected a half
crop or no crop at all are now con
fident of better results. Kansas and
Nebraska We're hit hardest by the
; drouth, but for 10 days, practically,
rains have broken this dry spell.
Information at hand OF crops al
ready harvested indicate the best
wheat crop in years. especially in
Kansas, where the crop of this staple,
to certain extent will make up for
the loss of corn by drouth.
THE oat crop will be good
"We have not full information as to
the spring wheat crop. but the winter
wheat crop, now harvested is most
! satisfactory
There will probably be short
crop of potatoes as compared with last
year. which was an exceptional year
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
WOMAN KILLED IN BED.
Twelve-Year-old Girl Wounded and
Unconscious In Yard.

Washington, Pa.-Mrs. Jennie Black
went to the home of Mrs. Josephine
Province Price, near here. When she
entered the yard she stumbled over the
unconscious and bruised body of 12-
year-old Bertha FOX, Mrs. Prices
granddaughter. Running from the
house, she found Mrs. Price dead in
her bed, bullet hole through her head.
The motive for the crime, which may
result in double murder, is lacking.
Mrs. Price, who was 80 years old,
was the wife of Oliver Price and a
member of one of the wealthiest fam
lilies of this section.
The little girl found dying in the
gard was fully clothed, while her grand
mothers body was barged only in a
nightgowns 1t is believed Mrs. Price
was killed while she slept
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
DEATH IN AUTO RACE.
-Four Drivers Killed and Two Injured
When They Crash Together.

Nashville. Tenn.-Death claimed a
heavy toll in the Labor Day auto
mobile speed races at the State Fair
grounds, when four of the six high
powered cars entered in the 25-mile
free-for-all were wrecked and rem
dered into a mass of twisted steel
and splintered wood on the far side
of the mile track opposite the big
grandstaid, wherein were packed 5000
persons. Four of the daredevil racers
were killed, two received minor in
juries, while four escaped without in
jury of any sort,
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
plrcAgD CAR TO SAVE CAT.
Autoist's Superstition Caused Injury
To His Party.

Terre Haute, lnd.-Fearing evil
luck would follow him the rest of his
days if he ran over cat that mean
dered leisurely across the road in front
of his speeding automobile. E. C.
Crown, of Oakland, Ill, ditched his
car, containing five persons, near St
Mary of the Woods. Browns hands
we're severely lacerated; Miss Nadine
Ewing, of Louisville, Ky. received a
broken arm, while Miss Bertha Walker
and Mr.. and Mrs, f. T. Cooper, Of
Terre Haute, were bruised and badly
shaken up.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
SPAIN IN EMBASSY CLASS.
Joseph E. Willard Likely To Be First
= Ambassador.

Washington. = The United States
Legation at Madrid will be raised i'm
mediately to an embassy as the re-
suit of the passage by the House of
the Senate bill to authorize the Presi.
dent to appoint an ambassador to
Spain at $17,5OO year. The Presi.
dent has urged the change and Joseph
E. Willard, former Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of Virginia, has been mentioned
as the probable first Ambassador to
Spain
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
FIND NEW COUNTERFEIT.
Dangerous $40 Gold Certificate Dis
covered BY Treasury Agents.

Washington. Discovered by Secret
Service agents, a dangerous $40 gold
certificate is the subject of special
warning issued by the Treasury De-
partment. That the new issue of
queer" money probably is being
turned out by the same band which
operated short time ago is indicated
by the fact that the latest issue is
identical with the first note, except
that the check letter has been changed
from ID" to &C" and the number from
30 to 1872.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
5,7s5 PosTMAsTERs NAMED.
Burleson Has Averaged 80 Daily Since
Taking Office.

Washington.-In the 176 days, in
cluding Sundays and holidays, since
Postmaster-General Burleson assumed
the duties of his office, he, among other
things, has appointed 5,765 post
masters. This makes his average
something over 80 day. OF the total
number, 2.2O3 were Presidential post.
masters, who receive in excess Of
$1,000 year salary and whose appoint
ments must be confirmed by the SEN
ate. The remainder, 1852. are post
masters of the fourth-class, named
either as a result of civil service ex-
aminations or after personal investiga.
tions by postoffice inspectors.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
EXCLUDE POLICEMEN.
Not Allowed lE Big Labor Parade In
st. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo.-Resentment at the
action of the police in the recent
strikes of telephone operators and Of
walters caused the labor organizations
to exclude all policemen from the la
Dor parade here. Fifty thousand men
marched in the parade One hundred
and seventysiS unions were repre-
sented.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
FIRST WOMAN JURY PRAISED.
Most Conscientious Trial Body lie
Ever Saw, Says chicagoan.

Chicago.-"The most conscientious
body of jurors that ever heard a case
in my court" said Justice of the Peace
Kendall, describing the first complete
woman's jury that ever sat in mis-
demeanor case in the State of Illinois.
"They missed their dinners and de-
liberated for two hours over case
that jury of men would have tossed
off with laugh in 10 minutes"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
sLAlNE's WIDOW LEFT $4,000.
She Died In 1908; Appraisal OF Estate
Just Filed

New YoSk,-The appraisal of the
estate of Mrs. Harriet Stanwood
Blaine, widow of James G. Blaine, the
statesman, was filed in this city. Ac.
cording to the appraisers report, it
was worth $137,65S on July IS, 1903,
the day Mrs, Blaine died. The report
did not explain why there had been a
delay of 10 years in apprsising the
estate.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
FRENCH ARMY SCANDAL.
Sergeant Dieu Under Arrest For Sell
ing Plans To Austrians.

Paris,-An army scandal of wide
scope was scented when 1t was report.
ed that Sergeant Dieu is under arrest,
charged with having sold to Austria
the plans OF the latest French gun.
It is said that he made full confes,
sion.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
LIGHTNING HITS SCHOONER.
Every One On Board Stunned and
Thrown To Deck.

Boston.-The fishing schooner Annie
and Jennie came into port with its
crew still suffering from the effects of
an electric shock sustained when the
vessel was struck by lightning. The
bolt Jared the schooner from stem to
stern and everyone on board was stun
ned and thrown to the deck. One
sailor was temporarily paralyzed The
schooner was only slightly damaged.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
HORSES FOR SECRETARY WILSON
House Subcommittee Refuses To
Provide Automobiles.

Washlngton,-secretary Wilson will
not get limousine and an electric
runabout from Congress. The House
Committee handling appropriations for
the Department of Labor cut out the
automobiles and provided horses.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05
PLOT FOR MANUEL.
Portuguese RoyaIists Determined TIC
Place Young King On Throne.

London.-It was learned that an
active monarchial campaign looking to
the recovery of Portugal for King
Manuel is being directed from offices
in Oxford street, London.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-05

IIe-Thats old man Driver who
lust went by. He makes me tired
She Creprovingly)-Tha express
sion is not only slang. but very stale
slang.
Ee-No slang about it He's the
nan | work s7r.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
EVERY ARTIST
CALLED INSANE
BY ALIENISTS
Chicago Colony Excited by the
Charge Made at Convention of
Nerve Specialists,

CHICAGO, July ia wave Of ex-
cited indignation rolled up from Chi
Cages art colony and beat upon the
Hotel Sherman, where prominent
alienists and nerve specialists are
holding convention.
The direct charge by the lunacy
specialists that all artists, sculptors
and poets are essentially unbalanced
and the intimation that had Rubens.
Michelangelo, Hugo, Browning, BY
ron, Keats and Shelley been exam
ined by competent aienists they
would have been put in insane asy-
lums. provoked all the warmth
Such statements" said Director
French. of the Chicago Art Institute,
lead artists to believe that all doc
tors, or at least all alienists, are In
sane and should be incarcerated in a
big madhouse."
Having consigned the persons Of
temperament to the asylum. the alien
lists took a fresh tack. DR. Cheston
King. of Atlanta, Ga, who volunteered
that exaggerated ideas Of love and
beauty had caused the mental down
fall of the artists and poets. worked
the discussion around TO a pronounce
ment that love itself Is only a form
of insanity"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
PACE BRANDED
FOE Of SOUTH
BYMAGAZINE
Ambassador in Novel Declares
Himself Ashamed Of Native
Section.

Aroused over statements Walter H.
Page, Ambassador to the Court of St.
James, made in his book, The South
erners," in which it is declared he
abused and derided Southerners
through a false portrayal of them,
the editors of Neale's Magazine in
their July issue question Mr.. Pages
ability to represent the American peo-
pie. The sharp criticism Of the Am
bassador, who is native of the
South. is the first Offering in the pub
LEGATION and is entitled Ambassador
Page No SUutnerner."
The novel THE Southerners" first
appeared as a serial in the Atlantic
Monthly, and was written by Mr..
Page under the pseudonym Of Mich
olas Worth. Besides the review of
the book there is editorial comment
in Neale's Magazine questioning Mr..
Pages Americanism, one paragraph
of which reads:
But Ambassador Page seems to
hold the American section in which
he was born and reared-a section
that comprises about one-fourth the
area and nearly one-fourth of the
population of the United States-to
be un-AL2erican because sectional. We
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Mile. SpineIIi Is on Her Way
to America, and FoIIies Are
Travelling.

Atlanta, it seems, will lose the OPP
portunity it might have had to view
the most delectable attractions that
the American stage of next season
Will offer
For one thing, Mile. Spinelli is
coming to America in vaudeville, and
probably to Atlanta And Nile. Spi-
nell, be It known, is the reigning SEN
sation Of Paris, dear, discriminating
Paris, because, besides her winsOme-
ness and charm, she is said to pos
sess the most artistic and perfectly
shaped legs in all Europe.
Everyone Knows Ziegfeld's Specially.
And then Ziegfeld's Follies already
has started its 1913 tour, with At
lanta booked along the route All
the world and his brother knows that
Florenz Ziegfeld is a connoisseur of
feminine beauty, particularly that va
riety of beauty that is displayed to
best advantage by a costume of tights
and abbreviated skirts. In the Fol-
lies of 1913 especially are two young
women, Rena Wandell and Marjorie
Beverley, VINO are said to possess the
most artistic and perfectly shaped
neither limbs in all America.
In the theatrical world the legs ,of
Spinelli and those of Ziegfeld's Fol-
lies cast nave COiIlt 10 Dt TtSdIQeu ds
contestants for the crown of beauty.
At some time a decision must be made.
now that both parties to the contest
are in Atlanta. Atlanta might have
had an opportunity to judge, but
But There's Boynton.
George NJ. Boynton, of the City
Council of Atlanta, has presented TO
that body a resolution asking for an
ordinance prohibiting the appearance
of girls wearing tights or too short or
scant dresses in theaters. The re-
porters who record the news and
views OF the Council are ready to
prophesy the passage Of the ordi-
nance. II they are correct, then 1t
means that Atlanta's most promising
stage features of the 1913 season
might as well be Cancelled.
For a ZiegfeId show deCorously
clad is no Ziegfeld show at all, and
Spinelli with her artistic legs sheathed
Is glory yelled.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Beats All How "GETS-IF
Gets GOFRS4

The lHpVV-Pisn Corn OHre. No Fuss,
No Pain. SuTs and Quick.
You never used anything lflne
'GETS-1T"' for coFps, betorel You're
sure At last that every stubborn corn
that you've tried go long 20 gst rid Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
to Save
On Street Sweeping
City Engineer Declares Atlanta Gets
6rooms $40 Each Cheaper Than
He Has Been Paying.

SAVANNAH, July E2.-As a result
of the recent inspection by City En-
gineer Z. r. Conant of street paving
in other cities, a saving of about $500
annually will be effected in Savan-
nah in the matter Of street sweeping
brooms.
Atlanta, Conant found, is paying a
little more than 81 apiece for its
brooms, while Savannah has for years
been buying them at $14. In Atlanta
a laborer is employed by the city to
make the brooms, the city purchasing
the necessary materials. The laborer
gets $3.50 a day.
Arrangements will at once be made
to have these brooms made in Savap-
nah as they are in Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Husband Enjoined
From Killing Wife
Woman Enters Suit for Divorce and
Then Obtains Restraining Order
to Prevent Staying.

HUNTINGTON, w VA, July 12-
Mrs. Bertha A. Nigh, after filing a
suit for divorce in the Circuit Court,
applied to Judge Graham for an in
junction that would restrain her hus-
band from numbering her"
After listening to the woman's
story of abuse from her husband
Judge Graham granted the injunc-
ton and sent an officer to serve it
on Nigh with instructions to bring
him into court unless he agreed to
stay out of the section of the city
where his wife was living.
When Mrs. Nigh left her husband a
few days ego and went to live with
a woman friend, she told him that
she was going to seek divorce, Nigh
tried to kill her, but vas stopped by
neighbors. He then threatened that
he would kill her the first time he
had the opportunity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
8 Chicken Freaks
Are Born in 10 Days
Naked Leghorn, Horned Rhode
Island Red, and WhistIina
"5iddy" All on One Farm.

EVERETT, WASH, July 12.-Jay
Sigworth, a poultry fancier, is the
possessor of three barnyard freaks,
Matched within ten days, and is won
dering what new creation his chick
ems will spring on him. He defies
even Winsted, Conn, to beat the fol-
lowing combination:
A White Leghorn hen Matched one
chick which runs about as naked as
a lizard. A Rhode Island chick has
a we'll defined horn protruding from
near the tip of its beak.
Another chick refuses to peep" as
a proper chick should and takes great
delight in its talent for whistling. 1t
will stand apart from its mates and
whistle a distinct note, lasting about
twelve seconds.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Poor Roads Called
Cause of Illiteracy
President Of Association Says Good
Schools Will Come With I'm
proved Highways.

MINNEAPOLIS. July 12.-Illiter-
acy is caused chiefly by poor roads,
according to Charles H. Davis. presi-
dent of the National Highway Asso-
citation, in an address before the So
ciety for the Promotion of Engineer
ing Education at its twenty first an
nual convention.
I'VE can not have good schools, I'M
less we have good roads," he said.
Albert Ross Hill, president of the
University of Missouri, arraigned the
State Legislature, alleging that their
false economy crippled the State
universities.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
Monkeys Wanted in
Pellagra Research
Advertisement Posted by Marine Hos
pltal in Savannah--Sailors May
Supply Simians.

SAVANNAH, July IAN advertise
ment for twelve monkeys posted at the
customs house has aroused interest
among sailors. The sfmiRns are wanted
for use in the Marine Hospital Service.
Sealed proposals will be received until
noon July is. .f.
1t is presumed that the monkeys are
wanted for experimental purposes to
learn whether moldy and spoiled corn
Will cause pelagra. DR.. c. II. Laindar,
in charge of the hospital, will not dis
cuss the matter, but 1t is known that
experiments with monkeys are being
made in this connection.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13

than that If we see to It that
our real values, or even approx
mately our real values, are put
upon the books, we could reduce
our tax rate from five mills to
two and a half mills and yet re-
ceive half million more in reve-
nues than we now get from our
ad valorem taxes.
The problem is one which the
present General Assembly has to
solve. We see our school teach
ers remaining unpaid, though
more than half the year is gone.
We see our State institutions un-
able to keep pace with the needs
which the growth of the State is
imperatively demanding of them.
Boil WeeVil Is Coming.
We know that the boil weevil
is crossing our borders-the
greatest menace that has threat
ened our prosperity in a genera
tion-yet we have no money to
take any adequate steps to pro-
tect our fields and our farmers
from its ravages. The situation
is one to make US hang our heads
in shame that a great State-our
State-shOuld be brought so low;
but l am not dismayed. l know
the men and the temper of this
General Assembly. They have come
here to do business. They have
learned that the root of our trou-
bles is the lack of a proper sys-
tenn of tax equalization and with
the firmness and steadiness of our
people they will go straight to the
mark, and viii not rest until the
work is done. l confidently ex-
pect that by another year Geor-
gia can lift up her head again
and say to her sister States. u
have put my house in order. who
can boast of a fairer domain or
can make a better showing now
than 70"