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Newark post., 1914-03-25

the latter Office for several years.
He sent his resignation to the coun-
" commissioners last Tuesday. on
the occasion Of their weekly meet
ing. but it was not received IN time
to be acted upon. 1t goes into et-
feet April first.
The resignation of DR.. Bal. a
leading physician and prominent
Republican. is direct outcome OF
the recent election of DR. Peter A.
VI. Rovitti Of Wilmington, as county
physician. DR.. Rovitti was cE"sen
over DR.. Meredith |. Sauuel by a
vote of 6 to ). DR.. Ball opposed
/ the selection Of DIR. RovittI for the
reason. primarily, that the latter Is
not a member Of the New Castle
/ County Medical Society.
When DIR. Ball was asked if the
election of DR.. Rovitti had any
thing to do with his resignation, he
replied: - Yes. it had all TO 10 with
it, He then expressed his lis
pleasure over the selection Of DR..
ROvitti.
Newark post., 1914-03-25

him into conflict with certain ele-
ment But with the courage OF a
prophet of old he has dared 10
stand by the right, though In so 90
ing he had few outside of his broth
er ministers to support him. Win
those. who in spite Of repeated
warnings persisted in violating the
laws of the State, he has been stern
and unyielding, until they learned
to obey the civil law, when with
the past forgiven and forgotten ne
gave them the right hand OF fellow
Ship. He will be missed from our
community, because ne is positive
force for good. For myself l part
with him reluctantly; for | am bid
ding farewell to a beloved friend
and Christian brother.
William J. Rowan,
Pastor of the Newark Presbyterian
Church.
Newark post., 1914-03-25
PEOPLES COLUMN
Civic Suggestions Wanted

To Editor of Post:
Now that the sewer is about COM
pleted and arrangements being
made for a better Main street. why
not. to further increase the sani-
tary condition and appearance of
the town, invite anyone interested
in advancement along these lines to
write you a letter for publication
containing his or her ideas on what
should be done to accomplish this
end?
lone who is interested.
Newark post., 1914-03-25
N Q T ! G E

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership lately existing between
John F. Richards and Richard Cuff,
Of Newark, Delaware, under the
firm name of Richards and Cuff,
was dissolved on the Tenth day of
January, A. d. 1914, by mutual
consent. All debts owing to the
said partnership are to be received
by and paid to John F. Richards.
JOHN F. RICHARDS
RICHARD CUFF
Newark post., 1914-03-25
DELAWARE AGAIN

1t is probably not true that
Judge George Gray and Richard
Omey will 90 to Mexico City to in
vestigate conditions there for the
administration, but it is true that
if they did 90 their conclusions
would be accepted as final and cor
rect by about nine-tenths of the
citizens Of the United States.
Public Ledger
Newark post., 1914-03-25
Appreciation From
Fellow-worker

Mr.. Editor:
Will you permit me to give ex-
preston to a personal word of ap-
probation of our esteemed fellow
citizen, Rev. H. B. Phelps, who is
soon to leave us to take up his call
ing in another State? Ny relations
with him since his sojourn in New
ark have been most delightful and
profitable. At the comparatively
few social functions, which minis
ters of the gospel can attend with
out doing violence TO their con-
science, | have found him to be
man among men, cOurtly, genial,
attractive, with a dignifed mental
poise, which is the earmark Of the
cultured man Of letters. His relig-
iOus work has been characterized by
broad progressiveness and ortho-
dOxy. | do not know what position
he takes on the canon. which allows
clergyman in the Episcopal
Church to invite ministers from
other Christian bodies to preach in
that church; whether Mr.. Phelps
with many of his brethren inter
prets the canon as giving him the
right to invite Methodist, Baptist,
and Presbyterian ministers to
preach from the chancel steps only
on the ground OF their being Chris
tian men; or, whether he regards
the canon as giving him the power
to invite such ministers to exercise
the prophetic office in his pulpit.
Some few, like DIR. Robert John
ston, rector of the Episcopal
Church Of the Saviour in Philadel-
phia, insist on the most liberal in
depreciation of the canon. | have
never addressed Mr.. Phelps on this
question and have never heard him
venture an opinion. But | do know
that he rings like genuine coin on
the subject of church unity. About
two years ago Rev. G. T. Anderson,
then pastor of the Methodist
Church of Newark, approached me
with a proposition to hold open
air union services during the month
of July. In order to make the SER
vices take in the whole community
he felt the need of having all three
denominations represented. Mr..
Anderson spoke of the advisibility
of inviting Mr.. Phelps to join us.
Down in our hearts we feared that
he was a high churchman. and
hence would politely decline. New
ertheless we were duty bound to ex-
tend the invitation to him. But
how groundless our fears He re-
celved us into his, home with a cor
dial welcome, and even before we
had fully acquainted him with the |
object Of our visit, he interrupted .
heart and soul. And he was as
good as his word. His stand on
moral issues will commend itself TO
the sober righteous element of the
community. There never has been
an uncertain sound from the trum-
pet held to his lips. "That right
eous man dwelling among us. in
seeing and hearing, vexed his right
eous soul from day to day with the
unlawful deeds" of law breakers.
and 1t has been his concern to help
raise the standard of morality in
our town. His stand has brought
Newark post., 1914-03-25
Pennsy Curtails Expenses

The. p. B. & W. r. r. is report
ed as curtailing expenses land last
week laid of, 80 men in the car
shops at Wilmington, some for ten
days and others indefinitely. 1t is
said that train service may be cut
down unless things improve before
the time table changes are made in
May.
Newark post., 1914-03-25
President Trustees
Of Poor Resigns

DIR. John Ball of Hockessin.
brother of ex-United States Senator
L. Heisler Ball, has presented his
resignation to the Levy Court as a
member of the trustees of the poor
from Mill Creek hundred. lie has
been a member of the body for
eleven years continuously and is
now the president. He has filled
Newark post., 1914-03-25

We are releasing our space this
week for an article by Mrs. f. W.
Dawson. on the pertinent topic Of
education. W. regret that our
news space precIudes rs from
printing the complete article in one
issue. 4 second instaIIment will
follow next week.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
A Mystsry n Mediation, !,

Unless the Niagara Falls medators have some
compelling reason 50 far neither suspected nor hnted
at elsewhere for denying Carranze representation in
their negotiaons the absolute failure of mediation Is
soon to become apparent Persistng in their refusal
hear Caranza in spite of insistent representations
from Washington, il would seem that they must be
supremey confident that the program they will agree
upon will gain Carranzas approval or convinced OF
the hopelessness of their task For what could be more
farcca than plan determining the future of Mexico,
agreed upon by the medators the representatives of
the United States and the representatives of its only
foe in Mexico-who has been ''tottering to his fall
these many months-but which is repudiated by the all
conquering Carranza, erstwhe ally, boasting
that in week or so his forces will be in Mexico
Citys
Inevitably Carranza must be placated, or we must
withdraw from Vera Cruz abandon the mediation
scheme and leave things just they were before we
occupied that port. There is an alternative, how
ever; we can go to with Carranza and compel
him with guns to accept the terms of mediation.
But it is nconceivable that the good Offices of Ar
gentna, Brazil and Chile have led us to this The
mediators must have weighty and convincing rea-
son for their steadfast refusal confer with the
ENJOYS of the who now, to greater extent than
any other, controls the destinies of Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
The Commissioners Disappoint

The appearance of the District Commissioners be-
fore the House District Committee on Saturday in
support of the Crosser BILL providing for municipal
ownership of the street railways of the District,
had been looked forward to as likely to develop
some sound or at least debatable reasons for the
passage of the bill, but in this respect their visit
was fatty disappointing. The sum and substance Of
all their representations is that they in favor Of
municipal ownership, just a majority of them, at
least, are in favor of the single tax. As Comms-
sioner Newman well expressed it. with him it is
conviction. When he asked by Representative
Winslow if he had any reason for seeking to dis
rupt the street railway systems of the Capital he
declined to specifically, but intimated that he
had concluded the roads could not be properly regu-
lated by the Public Utilities Commission until they
municipality owned
This would seem to be in the nature of con-
fession of the commissions incompetence rather than
an accusation against the roads, not for the
fact that the public generally believes that the COM
mission is ably and effectively performing its duty
and that the roads well regulated and are fur
nishing Washington as good service any city in
the United States enjoys, far better service, in
fact than that of many larger cities. There is how
ever, need of more tracks to accommodate the enor
mously swollen traffic during very few hours of
morning and evening, and correspondent of The
Herald suggested recently would it not be better for
the District government provide these lines and
operate them rather than risk the dubious expert
ment of taking the entire system with expe-
rience to guide Certainly such experiment should
be undertaken hastily in city of the size and i'm
portance of the Capital of the Nation.
In support of his municipal ownership views CON-
missioner Newman referred to 1867 publicly owned
lighting plants the total assets of which are SS6
$4,000, little over $4,000 each and their total
income in 1912, $23,2ISooo or about $4,000 each.
The size and importance of these plants clearly
indicated by Mr.. Newman's figures. He referred also
the fact that the street railways of Calgary, Ed
monton and Port Arthur, Canada, are municipality
operated and at profit.
Mr.. Newman will win admiration for his courage
and confidence in manifesting willingness to under
take to establish the system in the great Capital of
the United States because it is being operated pro-
ftably in 1900 villages and small towns. Or is he
convinced that some other Board of Commissioners
will arrive in time to be confronted with the problems
of the Crosser bill?
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
The Clerks Mass Meeting Tonight.

1t is important that at the mass meeting tonight
called for the purpose of promoting legislation for
the relief of superannuated employees of the civil
service formal approval be given to some of the
several systems of pension and retirement now in
successful operation by European governments and
by great corporations sin this country. At the
time definite steps should be taken have the ap-
proved presented to the civil service COM
mittees of Senate and House by committee of in
huential officials of the administration, preferably
those members of the Cabinet who have already Off
cially urged the immediate necessity of enacting
tirement legislation Surely there could be no i'm
propriety in such procedure, even in direct ap-
peal to the President himself to submit the case of
the clerks to Congress.
No one is asking charity for those employees who
have grown old and feeble in the service merely
justice that recognized by nearly every other gov
eminent of importance in the world justice too that
means economy and efficiency of administration; for
the present system of carrying on the active rolls
large numbers of clerks unable because of old age
to perform their full of service is nothing
short of wasteful extravagance.
1t is all important for the mass meeting tonight
take definite and decisive action for the hour is
opportune. Congress is ready to lend sympathetic
ear to the appeal for the aged clerks, because the
plight of the civil veterans who have lost their
places has just been convincingy brought to their
attention. Steps well under way to provide for
the veterans whose fading ranks so vivdIy por-
rayed by Speaker Clark, who said on Saturday that
among all the 435 members of the House of Repre-
sentatives there are only nine who fought in the civil
war either side. But at tonight's meeting there
should be organized short and aggressive campaign
in behalf of the larger problems which includes all
superannuaed clerks Congress is prepared to act if
a clear way be shown
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
A 'Hot One" for the Banks.

While he has had some experience as a private
banker, the present Comptroller of the Currency, Mr.
J. Shelton Williams, is not familiar with the interior
machinery of big State or national banking nstitu-
ton. -..-s
This explains the nonchalance with which in cir
cular sent out yesterday he requests each national
bank to supply every day during the month of June
an elaborate mass of statistics embracing details of
its business including classified reports of the amounts
of checks and drafts, payments and collections by
States.
The data are said to be desired primarily for the
benefit of the new Federal reserve banks. When it
is remembered that large bank in this city will
ceve in every days mail tens of thousands of checks
preciate the unconscious irony of Mr. Williams as
surance that the work of compilation will not be
heavy or burdensome on those banks where the most
anDroved svsfe-s- -. --i modern
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
A "CRUs0E" IN LAKE ERIE.
Had Been Mnrooned by Stranger
and Left without Food.

Middle Bass Island, Ohio, May 81
That he was taken to Middle Sister
Island, Lake Erie, three weeks ago by
a man who said he owned the place and
who left food enough to last a week. but
who never returned. is the story told by
Henry Adair. fifty. who says he lives In
Detroit. brought here by members of
a fishing party who rescued him in what
appears was the nick of time.
Members of the party fishing in Lake
Erie of Middle Sister Island. isolated
near the Canadian line seventeen miles
from here. were attracted by the frantic
waving of shirt. Drawing closer they
discovered Adair. He was ema ciated
and starving. All he had left of his
store of food was a few crusts of bread.
Adair told his rescuers that a man
accosted him in Detroit and asked if he
wanted employment. He said he was TO
have been employed to look after the
premises. although he found on arriving
on the island there was practically moth
Ing to look after
His scanty food supply was eked out
with clans he found in the sand. His
days he spent trying to signal help from
passing boats.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01

The New York Herald publishes list of the
crimes of New Yorl's gunmen and gangsters during
the past three years that is simply dumbfoundng 1t
looks more like the casualty list after big battle.
When it is recalled that over dozen police officers
have lost their lives in the performance of duty
within year the criminal conditions in New York
may well cause serious reflection and apprehension.
Nearly every one of the crimes recorded involved the
use of pistol, which points clearly to the made
quacy of the antpistol law which pronounced too
drastic when first enacted.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01

The movement in favor of simple attire for high
school boys and girls their graduation exercises is
sensible and altogether commendabe from every
standpoint. Elaborate gowns and Tuxedo coats are
ot of place such occasions and besides parents of
great many of the graduates being unable to afford
them would still make every sacrifice rather than
see their children embarrassed by comparison with
their more fortunate schoolmates. Besides the
modern tendency is for boys and girls to begin too
early to affect grownup attire and to paI 49, -,,rh
attention to personal adornment. If tn
simple dress could be encouraged in the Al
over the country we should soon be $, ls ~
exaggerated and freakish costumes
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
DREAM LED HIM TO RICHES.

Santa Rosa. May 3l.-Hidden treasure,
amounting to 800, won from the mines
in the early days of the gold excitement
and cached In a Dutch oven, has been
found near here by A. w. Lehrke. The
discovery. Lehrke explained, was the re-
suit of a dream in which he saw the
rich cache.
The dream persisted for several nights
At length. restless and excited. he arose
and went to the cellar. where he at
tackled the cement floor with a pick. In
short time he broke through shell
into, an open space, which proved to
be Dutch oven. in which the gold in
bar form was found. For years II has
been reported that the treasure was
buried in the Lehrke place.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
SIX MARRIAGES, 2s CHILDREN.

Pensacola, Fla, May 31.-That he Is
survived by twenty-eight children and
that he married six times is the state
ment of close personal friend of J. d.
Kearns, an aged resident, who died last
night after a long illness kearns cele-
brated two or three of his marriages in
India. where he has grown children. He
was a Baptist minister. and on his return
to this country some twenty years ago.
married his sixth wife. who survives
him. He was eighty-five years old.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01

The chauffeur who drove Charles Becker back to
the Sing Sing death house Friday took the wrong
road and Becker corrected him. The oonvicts all
greeted the doomed with the silence which is
their way of expressing hopeessness he was the first
man ever sent back from New York County by Sec
ond conviction and he was placed in cell II which
no man has left except to the electric chair
If Becker escapes the death penalty he will oonfound
the believers in onens
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
Where Roosevelt Is Headed.

As fact, there is no political fray in which the
Progressives far any has been able to dis
cover recently a factor. There is no political
maelsrom except that formed by the conflict between
the Democratic and Republican parties. The Pro-
gressive party is smashed into fragments and some
of the fragments joining the Democracy and some
fragments the &C o. p" The only demons and mon
sters that MIR: Roosevelt is charging are the wind
mills of Don Quixote. He is not going UP the river
of political success it is apparently Salt River that
he is heading for-and Salt River doesn't run up
hill Why try to deceive the public.-New York
Herald.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
CAT ADOPTS LITTER OF PIGS.

Sherwood. N. D.. May 5-Mourning the
loss of her kittens, which had been
drowned to reduce the feline population
on the farm. a cat belonging to A. E.
Chapdelaine has adopted some two-day-
old pigs. She was inconsolable over-the
loss of her kittens, and locating the pigs
in pen her highly developed maternal
instincts led her to take possession.
When the mother hog arrived the cat
few into a rage. and by scratching and
tearing at the SOW drove her away from
her own offspring.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01

The, problem of the unemployed ought to be quick
ly solved if conditions really as described by
Judge Allen B. Endcott, in an address to graduate
nurses at Atlantic City. Married women, he de-
clared "are not satisfied with dancing nearly all
night but spend the days in such folly while their
husbands making money to support them" He
also asserted that women are found in the arms of
chaufeurs, cabmen, hucksters, and others who pose
as instructors of the latest dances" There ought
to be plenty of opportunities for real workers in the
jobs those dance instructors are neglecting.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
BRAVE GIRL TO BE A FARMER.

La Crosse. Wis, May 31.-I'm not going
to be a stenographeT: I'm not going to
be married to a poor, hardworking man;
I'm going to be an independent farmer"
Thus did Amelia Gavin. twenty-five years
old. proclaim. Then she started for Mon
tana, where she will live for three years
on a claim of 800 acres. Her land is 1o4
miles from a railroad.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
GETS PROFIT FROM THISTLE.

Odessa. Wash, May a.-The value of
the Russian thistle has been demon
strated by Herman Mennrich. a farmer.
the weeds bringing him 1854. This money
was received through the sale of 500
pounds of wool at IL cents per pound.
Mr.. Mennrich fed his 1.Oc3 sheep on the
thistle. The shearing cost 800. leaving a
net profit from the thistle of $754
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
THOUSAND ACRES IN POTATOES

Rhinelander. Wis, May a.-Prepara-
tions are being made to enlarge the Stark
potato farm east OF this city. More than
!. 600 acres were cleared during the last
two years and will be planted to po,a-
toes The crop on 100 acres of potatoes
last year more than paid for the land.
its improvement. and the growing and
marketing Of the crop
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
CLAWED BY AN EAGLE.
Bird Was a Huge One and Boldly
Attarked Hunter.

Mason, a fur trapper. has come to Ed
monitor for medical treatment following
a fierce fight with a golden eagle, which
clawed and pecked his face. neck and
left shoulder and arm. He killed the
bird. which had a spread of wings of
eight feet two inches from tip to tip.
II was attracted to a trap" Mason
said, by a strange noise, and as I got
closer / saw huge golden eagle held by
one foot.
My first thought was to release the
bird. not thinking that it would venture
an alta tx: but that Is where I was fooled.
l was quickly made aware of the fact
when was sprawled upon my back with
the eagle and trap on top of me-"
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
President and Business.

The President told the Illinois delegation that he
was convinced of the danger to business that lies in
uncertainty His can be but shadowy conviction
however SO long as he tries to the he
by administering one dose after another of
digested thories The uncertainty will not disappear
until there comes the certainty that experiment in
uplift BY the gag process has ended-Boston Herald
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
FIGHTS SNAKE: SAVES CHILD.

Denton. Mich, May a.-A copperhead
snake attacked the small son of ]. E.
Elrod and bit the child several times on
the hand. Had 1t not been for the boys
dog. which fought of the snake, II is
believed the child would have been killed.
Physicians believe the wounds on the
hand will not be fatal
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
FIND BODY AFTER II YEARS.

Palmer. Mich, May a.-A mystery Of
eleven years standing was solved here,
when the skeleton of Stephen Nichols
sas found in the woods In Forsyth
Township by three men on their way to
fight a forest fire.
Lying near the bones were a watch,
a knife, leather belt. and rife, which
were identified at the property of Nichols.
The body was found but short dis
tance from the road. and within two
miles of farm house.
Nichols went deer hunting eleven years
ago last fall and never returned. II Is
A-i'~vAd that tho Young man lost his
81 :hols. of
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
Morning Smiles.
SteriliKed Fun.

"son. I'm surprised to find you playing
in the mud
But this mud has been thoroughly
sterilized, dad"
"oh. well. go ahead with your fun
Louisville Courier-JournaL
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
Precnu utiOu.

During the preparation for battle Pat
emerged from his tent weaNng his uni
form hind side before. This soon at
tracted the attention of his superior off,
Ger, who demanded an explanation. Pat
scratched his head and seemed loath to
comply, but finally replied. with a sheep
ish grin:
"Well begorra, Oi thot il Oi wore 1t
this way, thin when Oi had to retrate OF
wouldn't get shot in the back."-Life.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-01
Didn't Need Cure.

''Slickers has a queer impediment In his
speech, hasn't he
II haven't noticed 1t.
Yes; he pronounces Vera Cruz as II 1t
were Vera Cruth' But that's right"
'Eh! What do you think of that?
And, by George. 1 told him how Uncle
Jim and Cousin Maxim both cured them
selves OF lisping." - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.