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Evening journal., 1913-09-27
new BOARDS
TO CONDUCT
CIVIL EXAMS.
Three Republicans and Three
Democrats to Quiz Local
Applicants for Jobs
CHANGES AT NEWARK,
MILFORD AND DOVER

Following the announcement in THE
EVENING JOURNAL yesterday that
Stewart Wilson, secretary of the Fed
eral Civil Service Commission for the
district comprising Delaware, was max.
ing an investigation of the Civil Service
examining boards in this State looking
towards their reorganization, it was
learned today that Mr.. Wilson has rec
ommended some changes 90 be made in
the Civil Service boards that will divide
them equally between the Republicans
and Democrats. Mr.. Wilson made his
investigation after Senator Willard
Salisbury had requested it, In politi-
cal circles it Is intimated that examin-
ing boards are desired to be changed be-
fore the examination of applicants fol
fourth class pOstmasters in New Castle
and Sussex counties are held. l.
As was stated yesterday, Secretary
Wilson has recommended board OF
six members, equally divided politically
for Wilmington. The present board is
composed of seven Republicans The
men recommended for the local board
are Democrats: Frank Phelan. George
Sasse and Joseph Glynn; Republicans
Wesley Trotter. Fred Middleton and John
Sylvanus. All are employees of the post
Office with the exception of Mr.. Mid
dleton who is a surveyor in the Local
customs Office. Mr. Phelan has been rec.
ommendcd for secretary of the board
, The recommendations for the Milford
board are George G. Russell, Republi.
can, and Emil S. Abbott. Democrat
Two Republicans were on the board he.
fore. The recommendations for the DO.
yer board are Miss Margaret r. Har-
per, John +. Palmatory. Republican. and
Robert u. Simmons, DEMOCRAT The
Newark board now consists of one man,
w. R. Lyman, a Republican A Demo.
crat will be added to the board
Az these recommendation must be
confirmed by the Civil Service Comms-
sion at Washington. i.t .st
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
INSTITUTES FOR
STATE TEACHERS

Plans for the coming year were dis
cussed and formulated at an all day
meeting in Dover yesterday of the
county superintendents of schools with
DR.. Charles A. Wagner, State commits.
sioner of education, who was the presid-
ing officer.
The formal business included the COM
pletion of plans for this years teachers
institutes, which will be held on Novem-
Der p, 10 and Ia.
New Castle and Kent county insti-
tutes will be held at Dover, and that Of
Sussex county will be held at George
town. Plans were also considered for a
coordination state teachers institute, to
he held at Dover during the week OF
November Q, 1914. Included among these
will be the organization of four depart
ments Of work. which will occupy at
least three forenoons of the week These
departments will be a high school teach
ers, grammar, primary and rural. Spe-
cialists on the work of each department
are to be secured to give the necessary
instruction.
Entertainments will be given in the
evenings during the week of the insti-
tute.
There was also a discussion with the
formulation Of plans relative to series
of community meetings in the towns of
the respective counties, of which there
have been five or ten planned for each
county. Plans were also discussed for
ten parents meetings which will be held
in individual school houses. schedule
of dates will be announced later.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip.

But for the heartlessness Of Clark
lGriffith and his Washington bunch,
the Yankees might be out of the cellar
again today. St Louis lost to Chi
cago and Boehling did his best to help
the Yanks along by issuing eight
bases on balls and allowing eleven
hits. His assistants, however, pulled
five double plays and choked off the
lChance men every time they got
started
The. ,Yanks will open the prize bar
gain week here Monday. They will
meet Boston in rouble headers Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thurs
day the Giants will follow at the Polo
lGrounds with three games I'm one day.
The first will be the play-off of the
protested Philadelphia game and then
will come a real double-header.
II seemed the Giants had found
their batting eye for keeps when
they started against Brooklyn, but af-
ter three innings they might as we'll
have been blindfolded
Allen allowed eight hits and four
runs during the three innings he Of
dictated, but the batting stopped there.
Elmer Brown, who cost Charlie Ebbets
81 900, relieved Allen, and let the
Giants down without hit Only one
McGrawite reached second base
Doom used seventeen men in an at
tempt TO take the second game of the
double7header with Boston, but could
not swing it. A batting rally in the
ninth netted five runs for the Braves.
This defeat put the Giants within one
game of clinching the pennant
While the Giants were winning a
game with eight hits. the Athletics
lost one with thirteen hits. The Red
Sox hammered Boardman, a recruit
Houck and Pennock out OF the box
Hughey Jennings, leader of the
lTigers. today cannot see anything but
ian. Athletic victory in the coming
worlds series. He thinks the series
should he close.
Jennings conceded the Giants a
better pitching and catching staff. but
he believes this advantage will be
more than offset by the Athletics
lslightly better outfeld and their
''immeasurably superior first anc
third basemen.
President Charles Ebbets, Of the
Brooklyn Club and part owner of tn.
Newark Club. is ready to sell hil
stock in the Newark Internationa
League club is his fellow magnatei
and part owners will consent to tn,
sale.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
DOVER |. 0. 0. F.
ELECTS OFFICERS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. Sept. -Philodemic
Lodge, No. z. I. o. o. r, of Dover. has
elected the following officers: Noble
grand, W. Edgar Wilson, grand,
w. Charles Boyer; permanent secre-
tary, II. e. Lynch; recording secre-
tary, Jessup Kay; treasurer, George
F. Jones; trustees, c. O. Ross, one
year, and James Wheatley, three
years. The installation will take
place on September 16.
While the canning season Of toma-
toes is nearly at a close, there are
still several factories which will con-
tinue to run for a week.
Hall Downes, son of Samuel
Downes. has entered a preparatory
school with the idea of entering the
U. S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis.
Walter l.. Derrickson and Harold
Horsey, two Dover boys, with David
p. Mason. of near Dover, have enter
ed Delaware College.
Daniel Casson will leave next week
for Lexington.
Miss Edith F. Meredith, Of Jersey
City, and Miss Emily Meredith, Of
Philadelphia, are guests Of Mrs. c. c.
Fulton.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
BOY BADLY HURT
UNDER AUTOMOBILE

While crossing Delaware avenue
and Washington street late yesterday
afternoon John McNeff, aged 10 years,
of 704 Monroe street. was knocked
down by an automobile and then
dragged along the street for 20 feet
He was taken TO the Homeopathic
Hospital where 1t was ascertained that
he had sustained many bruises and
decorations about the body, and it is
believed he may be injured internally.
AS McNeff stepped from behind a
passing wagon. as he was crossing
the street. he walked directly into
the path of an oncoming automobile
owned and driven by John Reardon,
the contractor, of No 3 South Har-
rison street Before Mr.. Reardon
could stop the machine it had struck
the boy, and as it passed over his
body his clothing caught on the car
and he was dragged some distance.
Mr.. Reardon placed the boy in his
automobile and fastened with him to
the Homeopathic Hospital, where he
saw to ii that the injured boy re-
ceived every attention.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
HERE'S A CHANGE
TO COLLECT $50

II there is a Clarence Elliott in this
city who some years ago purchased a
mail order business from a Philadel-
phia man, it will pay him to send
word at once to Mayor Howell. The
Mayor yesterday received a letter
from Philadelphia in which the writer
sought a man named Clarence Elliott.
In his letter the man said he desired
to refund $50 TO Elliott. who bought
a mail order business some years ago
and which the writer claims was not
worth the money paid for t.
At the same time he announces that
he is making restitution to all the
men he has wronged and expects to
wipe the slate clean" and start in
life all over again. The man says
that while he will be poor after pay
ing off all such obligations, he be-
lieves that he can make money
again honestly. and if he does not.
will at least not be haunted by a
troubled conscience any longer.
The Philadelphia man sent a post
Office money order for $50 payable to
Elliott.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
NEWARK |. o. 0. F.
NAMES OFFICERS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK, Sept. 27-Oriential
Lodge No. 10, I. o. o. F. has elected
the following officers Noble grand
Frederick Hennings; vice-grand,
Raymond McMullin; recording sec
retary, Thomas A. Mullin; secretary
Charles w. Colmery; treasurer, S. B
Herdman. District Deputy Grand
Master George L. Brooks, accompan-
led by the following members of his
staff Grand Warden George l. Dur
nall, Grand Marshal Thomas A. Null
lin. Grand Secretary Charles w
Colmery, Grand Treasurer Edgar Nc
Mullin and Grand Chaplain j.. David
Jaquette will be busy installing Of
ficers during October.
They will visit and install officers
at the following places: Tuesday,
October Z, National Lodge at ST.
Georges; Thursday. October 9. ORR
ential Lodge. at Newark; Wednes-
day, October Is, Patrick Henry
Lodge. at Delaware City; October
20, Industry Lodge at Bear Station
and October %. Ruth Lodge at St.
Georges.
George G. Holton, who graduated
from the Newark High School last
June has accepted a position with the
Henderson Milling Company at Hen
derson, n. c.
The Newark w. c. T. L. is arranging
for supper on October in the ban
quet room of the Opera House.
The Women's Guild, Of St. Thomas
Episcopal Church held its first meet
ing since spring this week, when worl
for the coming winter was discussed
Mr.. and Mrs T. Harry Chambers
of Panama, who have been visiting
Mrs. Chambers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Barton, will sail to-
day from New York for Panama
where Mr.. Chambers is employed on
the canal work.-Mr. and Mrs. w
NJ. Coverdale are. entertaining the
Misses Maud and Ethel File, Of
Havre de Grace.-Mr. and Mrs. Sam.
uel Frazier, OF Washington. d. c.
have been visiting friends in Newark
this week.-Mrs.. Mary c. Kilgore has
returned from trip to Colorado
Mrs. H. S. Cornog, of Lansdowne, has
been visiting Mrs. A. r. Cornog.
ward NJ Zimmerman, of Philadelphia
who formerly lived in Newark, visit.
ed the town this week for the firsi
time in many years.-Mr. and Mrs
g. w. Chambers are on a trip tC
Niagara Falls.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
BY BOAT TO
PANAMA SHOW

LEWES. Del, Sept. 27.-En route
for the San Francisco Exposition
from Eastport, Me-. by the way of the
Panama Canal, Captain Matthias John
son, of Perth Amboy. n. j.. arrived in
Lewes Thursday night and left early
yesterday for Norfolk. Va, probably
stopping for an hour or so at Chinco-
league, Va.
His craft is a 2s-foot whaleboat.
with single-clyinder gasoline en-
gine, with no housing of, any kind,
and is called the George Washington.
The captain said he intended to do
the most of his running at night and
when asked what protection he would
have from the heavy rains and seas,
said "Oh, have a good suit of oil
skins"
If everything is favorable. the cap
tain expects to go through the Pana-
ma Canal October 25 and enter San
Francisco Bay December %. When
the exposition opens he will put his
boat on exhibition.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
HURLED TO
DEATH WHEN
TRAIN HITS
James MCGOniGaI Horribly
ManGled at LamOkin While
Trying to Avoid Danger
OFF ONE TRACK TO
BE KILLED ON OTHER

Trying to avoid southbound
freight train on the elevated tracks of
the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington railroad yesterday morn
ings James McGonigal, aged 27 years,
Of No 1919 Tatnall street, an electri-
clan in the signal department Of the
Pennsylvania railroad. stepped direct
ly into the path OF a New York express
train on the northbound tracks, and
was instantly killed The express
struck the man In the left side, hurl-
| ing him 100 feet completely disem-
boweling him. When he was picked
up by the members of the crew, who
had hasened back he was dead. TIE
engineer of the train did not see the
man In time to warn him by a blast
of the whistle, and only knew he had
struck something when the conductor
gave the signal to stop the train
There were only two eye witnesses
TO the tragedy. Italian workmen who
we're doing repair work on the banks
over a square away from the scene Of
the fatality.
The fatal accident occurred near
Lamokin station. just below Chester,
the express train that struck McGoni-
gal being the one that leaves French
street station at o'clock. The body
was removed TO the Chester morgue,
where IL was identified yesterday
afternoon by William J. McGonigal,
the victims father. who arranged to
have IL removed to this city today for
burial Mr. McGonigal, the parent,
has for many years been the engine
driver for the Friendship Fire Com
pany
McGonigal went to Work yesterday
morning shortly before o'clock and
after making several measurements
along the tracks started back to the
station for supplies. He was walking
on track No. ! when he saw some-
thing wrong on track No. . and cross
ed over TO examine It, When the
snuthbound freight came along he
fastened across the tracks to avoid
II, without noticing the oncoming ex-
press. IL was very foggy at the time
which partly accounts for his failure
to notice the express
The young mans death was in
stantaneous. His body was torn open,
every bone broken and his skull
fractured. In his pockets we're found
eighteen dollars in bills, which we're
forwarded TO his wife.
Mr.. McGonigal the father, was inn
medately notified and hurried to
Chester Mr. McGonigal leaves wife,
but no children and the young couple
had gone TO house keeping only last
Wednesday. Mrs. McGonigal was
heart broken when she learned of her
husbands death.
Mr.. McGonigal was well known
member of the Friendship Fire Com
pany. ~
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
q NAMES ON
THE JAG LIST

A revised copy of the lag list" was
given to the city saloon proprietors
last night, by the patrolmen on the
several districts. The lists contain
the names of men who have been
declared to be habitual drunkards by
City Judge Churchman. ANY liquor
dealer selling intoxicating liquors to
ANY person whose name appears on
the list will be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and as such, is liable
to a heavy fine
The list, which now contains the
names of % men, who are not sup
posed to be able to buy any intoxicat-
ing liquors in Wilmington, is as fol-
lows:
Calvin Ewing. Samuel Patterson,
William Long. William Russell, Will
liam McGrann, Hugh Fox, James
Butcher. William Powell, John Whit
craft, Joseph Myers, Andrew Crum-
lish Charles Pyle. George Jones,
Michael Dolan, John F. Callahan,
Charles Quigley, Valentine Myers,
Thomas Grissom, Frank Cloud. Clar-
ence Morris, James Mcclure. Harry
Kane. John Carr.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
CORONER FINDS
CAUSE OF DEATHS

Coroner James T. Spring. Jr., last
night summoned a jury to hold in
quests in several cases Of persons
who have been killed in or near this
city recently.
A verdict Of death as the result OF
an accident, while trespassing on
railroad property, was returned by the
jury in the case of Joseph Coursey
the young Chester man, whose dead
body was found along the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks near Concord Sta
ton on August %.
Death as the result of an accident
while trespassing on railroad prop
erty, was the verdict returned by the
jury in the case Of James A. Spencer
who fell from a freight train in the
Edge Moor yards and was killed, on
Saturday night, September 90
In the case of Thomas Calvin
Hughes. aged years, of 232 French
street, who died from ptomaine poi
soning on September 13, the jury re.
turned a verdict to the effect that the
poison had caused death. II was re-
ported at the time that the boy hac
eaten some cheap colored candy
which caused the illness, but this was
not substantiated.
In the case OF Florence c. Reardon
aged 10 months, of 1885 Pine street
who did on September 13. after drink
ing some carbolic acid in her home
in mistake for water, the jury found
a verdict to the effect that her death
was due TO an accident.
The jury included S. j. Allen, fore
man; n. p. Bowers. secretary; ]. X
p Morris. John T. Spring, Sr., ]. Daw-
son Artis, c. n. Farrell.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
DIR. HANNA TELLS
OF TRIP ABROAD

There was given in Union NJ. r.
Church last evening a lecture of un-
usual interest, by the Rev Dr. j. d. c.
Hanna, a former pastor Of the church,
who is now pastor of Twenty ninth NJ.
T.. Church, Philadelphia. The church
building was crowded and keen enthu-
siasm was manifested as Dr. Hanna re,
lated the experiences Of his recent Euro
pean trip.
While on the way over an accident
to the machinery caused delay, which
'made fourteen day trip before reach
ing their destination Antwerp, Bel
GUM tn
DR.. Hanna gave Interesting descrip-
tions of his travels from Antwerp to
Brussels. Amsterdam. Cologne, ,up the
Rhine then on to Heidelburg and Zu-
rich. Switzerland. where he attended the
words Sunday school convention at
which there were $500 delegates pres
ent, 1900 being from the United States,
with $50 from Pennsylvania.
Dr. Hanna returned from his trip
about two weeks ago, arriving at New
York and coming from there to Phila-
delphia by rail. The trip back only took
seven days.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
SOUTH SIDERS on GRIDIRON.

The South. Side Academy foot ball
team has organized a fast team They
have signed such men as Patterson,
Barlow. fullbacks; Biggins. Finerty
August, halfbacks; Dougherty. quart
erback Schlor and Wright, ends; R
Thuet and Hall, tackles: Mcdonnell
and Thuet, guards. and Bolden and
Welsh, center. The club would like
to get an opening game with Belmont
on October A. They would like 10
hear from Mt. Vernon, Highland Jrs.,
and People Settlement. Send all
challenges to F. Mcdonnell, No. s01
Heald street
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
PLAYERS BAD
HABIT BROKEN
BY WEICAND
Former York Manager Had
Novel Way to Teach Young
Recruits
LOOKED FOR APPLAUSE
BUT DIDN'T COME

Many stories are told of the manner
. in which some of the managers Of bah
~ teams cure the exaggerated ego among
ssc the players Of the team. Every year
~. there is crop OF stories that are hand
'es ed out to the fan TO digest by the pa
=. pers and how effective the cure has been
-. when certain players are apt to run
r'' astray from the beaten path
One OF the best stories that has come
to the notice of the scribe is one that
happened during the time that Curtis
Weirand was managing the York team
in sthe Tri-Statc League Several years
a4aro when Curt took hold OF the Roses
the team was on the toboggan and go
ins back fast Weigand, when elected
.a.rnanaqer. had secured young backstop
who has been setting the countryside
R 7Afre with his brilliant work. but he
had one regularity that was sooner or
Slater gong to land him at the bottom
of the heap
During the warming up practice It
80 was the habit of this young catcher 10
so4Aob tho ball 10 the infeldcrs and pegged
n6vn TO second with SLOW motion that
-. the players themselves did not care for
atlas they wanted TO get all the pep pos
,s~-s sible into the brief time given to working
remit The PLAYERS would become 80 used
TO this method that they were taken
cunawarc when he would whip one down
- the pathway with the speed Of bullet
- During. the time that he would pull OF
s-i-such a stunt he would invariably turn
rsssto the 6randstand a. If 20 receive the
'1sApplaudits Of the gathered fans until It
began to worry the managers and the
plavers rs we'll. rs they did not care
to he taken as hasbeens by the uneX'
pected notions Of the new recruit.
sn After several days of this perform
sance the mgnager after the game was
over. called the infeldcrs around him
and gave them instructions that in the
future when he burned up the atmo-
sphere with the pin and turned TO the
rrandatand that they soak him good
and return the throw with as much
smoke behind it as he had sent 1t to
them
The consequence of this was that the
- svcrv next dav the catcher shot one to
the first baseman like a l2-pounder. Az
ter he turned his back on the player the
big first sacker whzzed the horsehide
AZ him and caught him amidship, near
" putting him out Of commission The
catcher walked over 10 the manager
= and made the remark that he didn't
'twant that bunch to bang that ball back
at him when he wasn't looking. Right
away he was given a reply that he do
The same thing to the inhelders, when
ever thev were not looking he was TO
drive the ball al them. Well, for the
f-next few games he was ever ON the
lump and tried his best TO catch some
Of the players mapping, but they had all
been put wise by Negand with the re
suit that il broke up the practice that
the catcher had Of looking toward the
crowd for some appreciation.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
GIANTS HAVE
CHANCE TODAY
TO FINISH
If They Win or PhiIIieS Lose
the National Show Will
Be Over
NEW WORKERS BET
EVEN MONEY ON SERIES
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 27.-with the
proper twist to things in Philadelphia
or Brooklyn today, the race for the
National League pennant will be at
an end and the only concern Of the
Giants will be the patching up Of
cripples and tuning up OF batting eyes
for the worlds series.
IN other words. II the Giants win
from Brooklyn today or the Phillies
lose to Boston the show will be over.
II McGraw's men win. the Phillies
will not be able to head them Off even
though they take every one of their
eleven remaining games.
Should the Giants lose TO Brooklyn
and the Phillies win the tail-end of
the argument would not come until
Monday. But If the Phillies lose. Il
will all be over as New York could
drop all Of the games remaining and
stll lead.
The best the Phillies could possibly
do now would he to bring the race 10
a tie. This might be accomplished
- RNNAh ANA htn hlFM 10 NlIAOlN III
all of the remaining eleven games
and the Giants lost every game. This
practically is impossible.
Betting on the worlds series open
ed on Wall street today. The best in
sight is even money. Plenty Of New
York money was in sight on the
dollar for dollar proposition, but
Athletic money was scarce
The chief concern OF the Giant fans
today is the condition Of Larry Doyle
and Snodgrass. who we're out of the
game in Brooklyn yesterday. Manager
McGraw declared that Doyle would be
ready to take his regular place in the
series against the Athletics The in
jury to his shoulder sustained in an
automobile accident Thursday night
will keep him out several days, but
the soreness viii get worked out be-
fore Oct according to McGraW
Doyle will certainly be out Of the
game all OF next week, Il Is believed
The Charlie horse" which Snod-
grass sprung in the first inning yes
terday will keep him out for several
days. In the meantime Murray will
have to look after his place in the
outfeld, although he had been sent to
the bench in order to give bad ankle
he Is nursing a chance TO rest.
Murray was put to work yesterday
after Snodgrass was injured.
Evening journal., 1913-09-27
SHOWS FINE PIGEONS.

IS John G. Ireland, carpenter for the
Remington Machine Company, who lives
ut Mo- 2o0 French street, is a great fan
cier Of pigeons and has some very fine
ones. He nov has a big collection OF
birds on exhibition at No. 2l5 East
Front street. Among the birds on view
are. an exceptionally fine homer which is
valued at Sl50i five large runts valued
at 81 q pair; a fine pair Of black mot.
tied tumblers. a black dragon and white
dragon of rare variety. a pair OF white
tumblers. a pair Of black magpies,
pair Of fantails, a pair Of squad raisers
The birds are comfortably located ans
have been admired by many people since
they have been on chow.