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Evening journal., 1913-08-21
rur rnrRcn AND HEALTH.

vAyr tako Measure in reproducing herewith hulle-
w tin issued by the United states Bureau of Educa-
tona setting forth some observations Of Dr. hnnlon
W williams Health Commissioner Of Virginia ON
"The Rural Church and Public Health mo social
agency is more earnest in its demands upon the church
for cooperaton than public health and agency Of
fers greater return for such cooperation says Dr.
Williams public health asks the church to join hands
with il In giving men better bodies, and It promises tnat
when mems bodies shall be stronger their spirits VIII
he nobler Public health asks tho church to assist IL
in making sanitary the community to which the church
minister's and pledges the experience OF the Woru
TO show that when this done none will benefit more
than the church Other things equal the healthy man
is the moral man. and the sanitary community Is the
spiritual community.
"The FIRST means Of cooperation on the part Of tho
church is in preaching dignity of the human person.
the sanotty Of the individual body This will enable
the church to Justify the health officer in his demand
for sanitary community--w indeed make that de-
mand irresstby logical If the body is sacred then
the body sanitary surrounding and depends
upon H. The permanence Of fight for better health
must rest in part at least. upon awakened public
conscience which will view disease as second only to
sin cleanliness next to godliness.
"The church should. in very practical way, illus
rate necessity of sanitation by being itself model
of sanitation II should be wen ventilated we'll kept,
supplied with proper ouhouses and with safe supply
drinking water. Many Of rural churches fall far
short Of this Cleaned only when filth becomes un-
bearable, ventilated by chance accident generally
without any outhouses and supplying water from a
rusty bucket and a dirty tin dpper the church often
times is focus Of infection. If it is to stand as the
evsngel of good health it must be sanitary If 1t is to
preach the gospel of fresh air it must be we'll ven
tilated"
There IS much for serious consideration the fore
going and members of rural churches in Delaware
tI.-
conditions pictured by Dr. Williams exist in their
edihces.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
UMBRELLA PARADE
TO BOOST STATE FAIR

DO it for Wilmington" is to be the
slogan of the people when they march
to the opening of the Delaware State
Fair
The Chamber of Commerce is working
for plan to have a boost day, for the
fair. They desire 10 have thousand
citizens Of Wilmington march 60 the fan
ground bearing white umbrellas. whicn
will have inscribed upon them the
motto; DO II For Wilmington Thr
parade wiz take place on the opening
day of the fair. and the Chamber Of
Commerce will try to have those who
march in the parade admitted to the
grounds free.
Tho white umbrellas we're secured
from Philadelphia merchant for a.
cents apiece. and the merchant claims
that he gets no profit oH the deal. but
was content to live up to. the motto;
do II For Wilmington" The umbrellas
will he sold to the parsders Tor 80 cents
each and the difference will he spent
for the hiring Of a band to lead the pro.
cession.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
BY FLANEUR

the gain is great was proved before a
royal commission. Within thirty-five
years England and Wales lost 4693
acres, and gained 30725, while Scot
land and Ireland made an equally
profitable bargain with Neptune Par
lament will not be able TO put an end
TO the oscillations discovered by the
commissioners. Beeches that rise
sixty feet above high water mark
and afterwards sink fifty feet under
the waves, evidently obey some law
that laughs at dykes and sea walls.
Whether il is that the sea rises or the
land slides no one knows, but for
something like 5000 years Britain has
taken no serious plunge downward.
The German Emperor can claim to
have given a wedding present which
has no equal i'm history, and it is not
at all likely TO become common even
among crowned heads. When his
daughter, Princess Luise. last June,
was married to Prince Ernst August,
of Brunswick. son of the Duke OF
Cumberland, the Kaiser announced
that he intended TO proclaim the
happy couple rulers of the Duchy of
Brunswick and thus, by the gift of
a throne, complete the reconciliation
between the Hohenzollern and Guelph
houses, Brunswick is now preparing
for the state entry of the coming
ruler and his wife.
There are other instances of novel
but less imposing nuptial gifts having
been made. A young English couple
received a bag containing three hun
dred three-penny pieces: but more
original still was the idea or a we'll
to-do London tradesman who present
ed his son on The eve of his marriage
small and modestly bound volume.
It's apparent value was a shilling. at
the outside; but, on opening it, the
lucky recipient found that in each Of
it's pages was a bank note for 100
pounds. The use of the volume was
explained in thet preface, which di-
rected that one note was to be re-
moved and spent at will on each ami
versary of the wedding day.
Another generous parent was the
proprietor of the Russian newspaper,
'Novoe Verrmya. who lowered his
daughter on her wedding day with the
profits for life Of one of the adver-
tising pages OF his paper, which rep
resented an income to about 10000 ru-
bles a year A still more unique gift
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
GOSSIP OF THECOUR

was that of Mr.. Henry Hodgs0n, of st.
Louis. who is said 10 have given to
the first Of his three daughters to find
husband her weight in gold; the sec
ond her weight in silver. and to the
third and last to be led to the altar,
her weight in copper.
Among the brides of recent years
who received the most lavish wedding
presents was Miss Beatrice Ogden
Mills, the granddaughter of the
American millionaire fnancier. Darius
Ogden Mills. who married the Earl of
Granard Her presents comprised in
themselves quite fortune, their value
being estimated at 100000. Chief
among them was the sum of 10000
pounds in cash and a London house
from the brides grandfather.
Quite as unconventional as the Civ
ing of novel wedding presents is the
new custom Of mo presents" which
has come into vogue lately, but has
not yet been adopted to any extent.
The first bride-elect to emancipate
herself from the yoke of the wedding
present was Miss Lillian Lutley. of
Oldham Priory. Hampshire, who was
married four years ago to Mr.. Har-
iiuSADh MuISdut JNhbt VI the tlNll
court in the Sudan. The bride and
bridegroom requested through the
press that no presents should be sent
them. but they added that letters ex-
pressive of good wishes would be very
acceptable.
Another instance of the mo gift"
wedding was that of the Lord Mayor
! of Norwich, Mr.. Arthur NJ Samuel,
lwho expressed his determination not
to receive any wedding presents with
the exception of two: a public fund
which was raised in Manchester for
the painting of his portrait by Royal
Academician, and a presentation from
/ the Norwich citizens Mr. Samuel
holds strong views on the subject
1.-The giving of presents at weddings" ="
he said, lis outgrowing all reasonable
dimensions and is a serious social evil
It is a tax upon the private resources
of ones friends, and the imposition
should cease"
! In Germany, several years ago. when
Frau Becker, a menagerie proprietor,
was married to Herr Schneider, she
took to him as a dover an elephant,
a lion. and several other wild animals
TO form the nucleus of a rival show.
Copyright. 1913. by A. d. Jacobson) d..
Evening journal., 1913-08-21

1t scarcely is to be imagined that when Harry X.
Thaw, slayer of Stanford White escaped from the
York State Hospital for the Criminal and rush
ed away in an automobile he thought he would avoid
rccapure. The likelihood is that the aim sought he
attained to get outside the jurisdiction Of the
United States IL possible, and that Of New York State
at all hazards and then set spirited fight against
exradition. II that be true he has succeeded his
purpose and the fight already is on. Just what form
it will take to what extreme It will be carried
not yet been fully revealed, although many forms Of
proceeding have been suggested. Lawyers repre-
senting public interests cudgeling their brains
now to hit legal TO take the insane SLAYER
back to New York. while lawyers representing Thaw
and members Of his family working Just as
getically TO prevent IT, II promises be exciting
and lone-drawn-out fight and interesting from every
point of view. Meantime. those timid persons who
feared Thaw might commit further murders have the
comfort Of knowing that he is safe in the custody Of
the Canadian officials.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21

bodied who has no means Of his own which VIII
enable him to loaf and who persists in loahng when
the field of labor is wide to him and oeckoning
him to come is enemy to society no matter whether
he be resident or an itinerant loafer and that the
resident loafer is greater enemy to our own society
than is the itinerant loafer because have him al
ways with us and he not only is non-producer but
never-ending drain upon the fruits of industry and
the resources of the community in which he lives
IT, as Blackstone says idleness is crime. let the
judicial machinery of State be set in motion to
punish that crime. Let distinction be drawn In tho
courts between the resident loaer and the itnerant
oafer or II anything let the penalties inflicted upon
the resident loafer be more severe than those
inflicted upon the itinerant Who because of the germ
Of wanderust that riot in his blood is here to-
day and gone tomorrow II there be no law whereof,
the resident oafer may be reached let us have such
law to the end that the wheels of industry shall not
he cogeed in the urban or the rural districts by those
oafers who eat In dleness the bread that has been
kneaded in the sweat of those who toll.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21

It will be exceedingly impoitic for the Democratic
members of City Council to array themselves in op-
position joint public building project merely be-
cause the Republican majority in that body refuses 10
do what tho Democrats wish to have with respect
to the purchase of park lands in the southwestern
section of our city. BY doing they may open
question that will be exceedingly embarrassing 70 some
of their friends who have park lands to sell II the
Democratic Councimen be WISE they will not attempt
TO play those park land purchase projects against the
new municipal and county building project as slch
course inevitably will be to the disadvantage OF the
people IN the southwestern section of our city 1t VIII
ALLEVIATE from the park projects many good and useful
friends who have been working for months to give to
that section the parks and Fairgrounds it needs and
unouestionaby will have sooner or later Each ques-
tion should be permitted stand fall on its own
merits There must be no hold-up, or attempted
hold-up. That would be a game at which two could
plav and a goes without saying that in the long
run the Joint building project would triumph as the
city is practically unit in its favor
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
MANY GO TO HARVEST
HOME AT PENNSGROVE

Several hundred presons went to
Pennsgrove this morning on the eX-
cursion Of the Patriotic Order Sons
Of America. 10 participate in the
harvest home being held by the
Methodist Episcopal Church Of
Pennsgrove i'm Sheble's grove A
delegation of members of the Cham
ber OF Commerce will attend the har-
vest home this afternoon because Of
friendship for the Rev. ID. n. Clair,
pastor of the church, who accom-
panied the members Of the Chamber
of Commerce on their Salem County
and Berlin, Md, trips.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21

While the ingoes busy ondeavoring to foment
war between this country and Mexico. President
Huerta and John Lind, President Wilson's unofficial
envoy, are engaged in harmonious and amcable dis
cusson of Mexoos troubles and exchanging views
relative 20 the best way TO put end them. Pre-
dction was made the of the departure OF Lind
for Mexico that he would be driven out un-
desirable citizen Far from that being the OF
his mission, he received with every mark of re-
speci and since then has had pleasant conferences not
only with Premier Gamboa but also with President
Huerta In fact, il Huerta himself who sus-
gested that Lind call him and talk the situation
unofically
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
MEMORIAL TO LATE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Members Of City Council have had pre-
pared a memorial to the late Samuei
H. Benson. jr. former president OF
Council. the resolutions adopted after his
death These viii be presented to Mrs.
Benson The memorial was much ad-
mired around the Council chambers last
night It is to be Signed by Mayor How
ELI. President of Council White and all
the members of Council.
The resolutions have been beautifully
inscribed by an expert ponman, and
bound in full morocco.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21

William A. Scott, Levy Court Commissioner and
secretary Of the embarrassed Mutual Loan Association
of Townsend the opinion that the straighten-
ing out Of the affairs Of the association should be left
with the officers Of the organization n the share
holders be wise they will refuse TO consent such
policy and will insist that persons who have not
muddied up the associations affairs shall straighten
them out and ascertain definitely who responsible
for the trouble and what has gone with the money
represented by the deficit.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
YEGETABLE. NOT FIsH ODOR.

The odor of fresh fish. which has
been prevailing in the neighborhood
of the Cool Spring reservoir, is be-
llieved by Chief Engineer Hopes, Of
the Water Department, to be due TO
vegetable growth in the reservoir.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
MHARF PLANS READY.

Chief Engineer Alexander J. Taylor,
of the Street and Sewer Department,
will submit to City Council tonight
the preliminary plans prepared by him
for the proposed Church street wahrf-
He has been at work on the plans
for some time.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21
WINGATE.PRYOR.

Miss Mabel l.. Wingate, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Wingate, and John
NJ. Pryor we're married last night by
the Rev. Josiah H. Crawford, pastor
of Central Presbyterian Church. The
ceremony was performed at the par
sonage, 911 Van Buren street.
Evening journal., 1913-08-21

greatest commercial ports. am
crtain the time will come when the
industrial and commercial develop
ment of the South Will result in the
creation of magnificent port cities at
Newport News, Norfolk. Jacksonville,
Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. "
copyrighted. 1913 by e. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr. Edwards will tell
How the State Banks Were Driven
Out OF Business"
Evening journal., 1913-08-21

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Mr. AsQuith's promise Of bill dc
signed TO prevent England from slip
ping into the sea" will be glad news
TO the inhabitants Of the South and
East coasts. Nobody wants to lose
Margate or Bridlington If the net gain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-17
WITNESS TESTIFIES
SOLLOWAY TOLD HER
OF PLANNING FIRE

Waterbury, Feb. 1.-THE case of
Maurice Sol1oway, charged with hav-
ing had his storehouse here set on
afternoon recess there were two wit
nesses, Attorney Jacob Goodhart, of
New Haven, and Miss Dora Podoloff.
Mr. Goodhart testified that during
the trial of the SolIoWay bankruptcy
cases in New Haven, Solloway had ad-
mitted to him that he had not told
the truth about the case referring to
the bankruptcy proceedings.
The other witness, Miss Podoloff
who worked in the store OF Louis
Katz in New Haven but now lives in
New York, told on cross examination
of how Solloway had called on her on
several occasions and at those times
had told her that the warehouse in
Waterbury was to be burned up. The
case will be continued through the
afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-17
AMERICANS FLEEING FOR
SAFETY IN VERA CRUZ

Vera, Cruz Feb. 17-with fightine
resumed in Mexico City and hundreds
of Americans reported to be fleeing
with hope of finding safety in Vera
Cruz preparations were being made
here TO-DAY, to care for the foreigners
driven from their homes as a re-
suit. of the battle between the DfaA
and Madero forces.
anchor in the harbor here and the
Nebraska and Vermont are expected
to arrive during the day. In case Of
an outbreak in Vera Cruz, the Amer
leans can take refuge on the battle
ships.
Owing to the strict censorship no
details of the fighting in Mexico City
were received here, today. Brief pri-
vate despa tches, however, indica ted
that the positions of the contendfns
forces were little changed and that
Diaz had resumed his bombardment
of the national palace
Henry Lane Wilson, American am
ly busy during the Mexican trouble
He has personally taken charge of
caring for Americans, has moved hum
dredS Of them to houses he has rented
outside the immediate danger zone
and has at the same time kept PreSi-
dent Taft advised as to conditions.
The handsome building erected some
years ago in the City of Mexico by the
Mutual Life Insurance company of
New York was wrecked early in the
fighting, as it was directly in the line
Of the fire between the National pal
ace, where President Madero was en-
trenched, and the headquarters of
General Diaz. The handsome Inonu-
ment erected at the head of the Paseo
de Ia Reforma to celebrate the indie
pendence of Mexico has probably also
been damaged or destroyed as it is
in the zone Of battle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-17
MEXICAN WAR

Continued from Page ID
ton was slightly improved e today,
provided Diaz and Madero keep their
promises to limit the war zone and if
there Is no anti-American outbreak.
Moreover, at Vera Cruz, "a hours
ride from the capital, is an American
war vesseI-the Georgta-and two
others due any moment, the Vermont
and Nebraska.
These could convey refugees to ports
of safety as well as land an ex-
peditionary force Of possibly 1000
men. ~
But it is the preservation of com
Immigration with Mexico City that
concerns the administration most
With conditions as unsettled in Mex1-
co city as they are at present. II Am
bassador Wilson could not be reached
or If the department could not receive
his reports, the government thinks
that public opinion would support the
United States in taking a hand
With the censorship on news de-
spatches, state department officials, 1t
was understood, today, had instructed
tailed reports as to conditions in Mex
leo. Heretofore, Wilson has ap-
parent1y not been in a hurry to make
such reports forseefng that press de-
spatches would beat his particularly
since all the diplomatic dispatches are
in code which requires considerable
time for translation. Now that Pres
fdent Madero has placed his censor
ship, more complete news from Mexico
is desired in the official dispatches.
Madero's appeal to President Taft
for a statement of the United States
position will afford the administration
oppor tunity exactly to outline the non
intervention policy. A note framed at
two cabinet meetings, Saturday, and
a further conference 81 turday night
is probably now in Ma1dero's hands.
It's publication in the United States
will be withheld until it is certain that
Ambassador Wilson has TRANSMIT Fed
1t to the Mexico City government.
It can be stated on authority that up
until receipt by President Taft Of Ma
dero's appeal the administration had
planned to land marines at Vera Cruz
But there was one significant feature
in the message in the sentence II ask
your excellency to order your men-of-
war not to d1sembark troops in Mex
leo as this will cause conflagration
and terrible consequences of more ex-
tent that those we have to contend
with at present.
In other words, the federal govern
ment at Mexico City fears upris-
ing against Americans at the first
news of an American force landing on
Mexican soil.
Just now, the United States does not
care whether Madero and Diaz and
their followers wage war under
civilized rules or not.
Complete disregard of Red and
White Cross flags has been reported
and the armistice was violated. But
the washington administration wants
the conflict terminated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-17
AUTO BURGLARS
MAY BE WELL
KNOWN YOUTHS
Police Find Clue to Show Who
Entered Capt. Redgate'S
Home
Homes of Harry H. Reed and
j. C. Thaw Entered and
Loot Obtained

Excelling in cleverness and bold
ness any of the recent burg1artes with
which the local police have had to
contend. three robberies were last
night perpetrated in the exclusive
West End section of Bridgeport,
which Melted the burglars loot of a
value Clues have been unearthed by
the police which are said to point to-
wards young men of good standing in
the community. and arrests of more
than usual significance may follow.
So bold were those bent upon rob-
berry that they even broke into the
house of Capt. John H. Redgate, of
the local police department., 1897 Park
avenue, gaining access through a pan
try window during the owners alb
sence. Al quantity of jewelry and ST
in cash was taken.
After the first burglary they visited
the home of Harry H. Read, secre-
tary and superintendent of the Read
Carpet Company, at 9 Brooklawn
place where diamonds and jewe1ry to
the value of $500 were taken. A rear
window was cut through and the catch
released.
A haul of an additional $50 worth
Of diamonds was secured from the
residence of Jacob Cuyler Shaw, pres
ident of the West End Lumber Com
pany, 80 Rushing place, where the
same method of entrance was used as
at the Read home.
All the places entered were those
of prominent people and showed evil
dences of careful advance planning.
That they sought money and jewels
only was perceptible to the detectives
later employed, who found they had
worked in haste, strewing the contents
of drawers and closets in a promiscu-
Gus heap as they rummaged the
houses from top to bottom =. is be-
1ieved that an autom obi1e with con-
federates to patrol the approaches
may have been utilized.
Three young men of the West End
are suspected by the police with hay-
ing at least knowledge OF the affair
and they have been traced down the
railroad viaduot towards the New
York boat, by which they are thought
to. have left the city at q late hour
last night as they could not this
morning be located here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-17
UNDERWORLD DAY
IN CITY COURT
FlOtSam And Jetsam of Society
Grabbed in Police
Net

Nearly so prisoners, chiefly garner
ed from police raids Saturday night
ed from police raids Saturday night
den were in city court today. The
biggest crop came from the Walters
Union Club, 100 State street, q negro
hang-out where many whites were ap-
pretended. William Hill was fined
SIS as proprietor of the gambling place
and 80 frequenters were fined $40
each. Two forfeited bail of $25 each.
Daisy Fevreau whose house 887
Board street, was raided as an opium
den, was fined 800 and costs. She
denied guilty knowledge of the opium
smoking. Edward, F.. Conway, caught
in the raid was fined. 81 and costs and
sentenced to jail for months as a
freQuenter. William Hyatt was fined
$50 for violating the excise laws in
distributing beer from cases in Wall
street