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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-07
REV. SNLVESTER BEACH
no PERFORM CEREMONY
BY the Associated Press,

Washington, May Eleanor
Randolph Wilson. youngest daughter
OF President Woodrow Wilson, will
marry William Gibbs McAdoo, secrc-
tary OF the treasury. this evening at
4 O'Clock. Rev sylvester Beach of
Princeton, New Jersey, will perform
the ceremony. .,e wedding will be
simple. attended only by members
of the family and Few intimate
friends.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-05-07
THE FARMERS DISCUSS
MARKETING PROBLEMS
BY the Associated Press.

Houston, Tex, May Flight
hundred delegates Of the Farmers
Union are here today celebrating
oycr the best methods of marketing
crops, especially cotton.
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The Daily Light gives the news
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LATER Of ACEO FATHER n
NAY CO 70 THE ASYLUM
ss Tor Chester Duryea Waive
''''''nary Examination -
Ease Goes to the Grand
Jury.
e,,. n =, the Associated Press

Nom y me Associated Press.
h, ~ iofk, May 1.-THE attorneys
Il ln, sef Duryea. held on IA charge
h,, h MS father. General Hiram
lsan,; 'oaay waived preliminary
hiyh, 'tioh in order that the case
hlA, 50 direct to the grand jury
atfo.a ueiay. 1t is understood his
h. ~ viii ask that he be sent to
'u'n for the criminal insane.
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NafoR CuLEERSOy
GOES To WASHINGTON
ny the United Press.

'4'ils' Tex, May Senator Gull
seit Tor Washington, today.
l. Jug been advised that the vote on
h 20. ' '''' WIN DC nav
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28
AUGUST SURF BATHING IS POPULAR

The sixth annual Wildwood Baby
Carnival took place on the boardwalk
yesterday afternoon. The greatest
throng that has ever witnessed a like
event turned out. The day was ideal
and the carnival was a genuine success.
There were not as many entries this
year as in previous years, but what the
parade lacked in quantity it made up
in quality. Last year there were about
600 entries and half as many this year.
The costumes and floats were gorgeous.
Proud mothers had done all in their
power to outshine the others. The
carnival was conducted without a hitch.
Board Of Trade members in their police
badges controlled the crowds. In
numbers, this years carnival was lack
ing, but the splendor of the entries
proved so satisfactory that no n ques-
toned the number of contestants. A
special feature was the Queen. This Is
the first season that a Queen has lead
the parade. Miss Title Woods, daugh-
ter Of d. J. Woods, owner of the Hotel
Sheldon had the honor Of officiating as
Queen and Misses Joy Bright and
Winifred Goldsmith acted as atten-
dante. They were beautifully gowned
and made a decided impression. Pro-
fessor Harry w. Roselle made a big
hit as the court jester. The pages were
Master Morgan Goldsmith and Master
William Scissor, Jr. The thousands
that lined the parade were well pleased.
Expressions of admiration and praise
were heard on all sides. AS the last
entry passed and the line broke the
sentiments were ex expressed "Oh, wasn't
it Cute" "What did you like best?v
ut was better than last year, wasn't
so and sos baby grand" The wo-
men folks fully enjoyed the carnival.
Special features were many. One float
representing the high cost of living ex-
cited considerable interest. Another
little tot dressed as a lifeguard captain
made a big hit. There were two cupids
in line and both received generous APP
plause. The parade started promptly
at 3 o'clock. Chief of Police Smith
and two of his trusty officers lead the
line. Professor Weaver's band came
next. The Queen and her attendants
were the direct leaders. Two pages
folio wed, after which came Senator
John A. Ackley, who is a carnival in
Continued on page
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28
Announcement

/ wish TO to the taxpayers
and voters Of the City of wildwood,
that l am a candidate for rejection to
the Board of Chosen Freeholders Of
Cape May county. / feel that / have
filed the office of my now expiring
term Of three years to the best of my
ability in the interest Of the city and
county without fear or favor to any one.
l have never taken orders from any
n and do not intend to. If on ex-
animation my record as a Freebooter
is found to be satisfactory 1 would
earnestly solicit your support at the
polls, and II elected promise to dis
charge my duties to the city as we'll
in the future as | have in the past.
G. w. SAUL.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28
OFFICERS OF CAPE MAY HORSE SH
For the Fittest Of the Fittest

Ho! for a Glorious time. The Wild
wood Board of Trade at special meeting
on the Goth inst, appointed a special
committee to arrange for an event that
will make history for Wildwood, and
the committee in charge wishes the en-
tire island to al once send representa-
tlves to meet with the original commit
tee and help to perfect the details. AT
this writing it is planned to have a
Grand Masked Parade on the board
walk, beginning at the Atlantic Pier
and ending al the Ocean Pier. Many
prizes will be offered for the paraders
and it is hoped to arrange for a
masked ball where the dancers will be
given a treat In the way Of entertain
ment which they will long remember.
Old time dances, grand march, prize
waltz and many features will be staged.
This is to take place on the night OF
Saturday, September 18th, the last day
of Weaver's band contract. 1t is ex-
pected to have both bands In the par
ade and all the notables Of Wild wood,
as well as visitors are expected to mask
on this occasion, and be boys and girls
as they were some years ago. Every
thing will go that is good for fun. The
committee in full will be announced
later. Address all communications or
call on Frank L. King, 129 e. Wild
wood avenue, for any information.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28
Electric
Flat
Irons

The better makes, with
the price only SITS.
These irons have a fine
appearance, are built
well, will do your iron
ing without a hitch
and are N
TEED. We have put
out over $50 of these
irons on Five Mile Beach
and we want to see ALL
of our customers have
one, as we know how
convenient they really
are-$2.75
AT this time OF year~One
of our other best sellers"
is the Electric Curling
Iron, either with the
Electric Comb or with
o~ut-Splendid for the
hair after that Ocean
Bath. Let us show them
to you.sThe prices are
$500 and $500, and they
are low we know.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28
Please Note

The Wild wood Embroidery Shop
has moved TO the boardwalk store, be-
tween Maple and Glenwood avenues,
where all lovers Of art ~needlework will
enjoy seeing the newest designs in this
line of bnsiness.-adv
MISS j. SCoTr
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28

Two one thousand dollar bonds Of
the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short
Line r. R. Co., with fourteen shares
of common stock. Make offer. .Ad-
dress Box c., JOURNAL office. If
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28

Latest models in black velvet and
maIine hats, also the new white breast
turbans. Read our adv. on page s..
Mech & Co.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28

Use the JOURNAL little adv. column
when you have anything to sell or you
want to buy something Lots Of peo-
pie get results from it.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28

Bathing suits. ladies', misses, child
ren's, from 81 to $4.75 at Harbison's.*
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28

Use the Reading. Hard coal, fast
trains, steel coaches.-Adv.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28

When going away use the Reading,
the home built railroad.-Adv.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28
THE BABY CARNIVAL
BIG FEATURE AS USUAL

Miss Title Woods Has Honor OF
!. Officiating as Queen In Wild
woods Sixth Annual
Boardwalk Parade
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-08-28

The Reading makes direct connec-
tons for Cape May. Leave Wildwood
1910 q. M. and reach Cape May in SO
minutes. Patronize a home built rail-
road.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

rotten and half eaten by fish. Suppose
one caught hold and wouldn't let go?
/ And had the clockwork really been sui
ticiently tested?
! In fifty seconds everything was as
black as night outside. except where the
beam from his light struck through the
waters. and picked out every now and
then some fish or scrap OF sinking mat
ter. They flashed by too fast for him
TO see what they were. Once he thought
he passed a shark. And then the sphere
began to get hot by friction against the
water. They had underestimated this. it
seems
The first thing he noticed was that he
was perspirlng, and then he heard
kissing, growing louder, under his feet.
and saw lot of little bubbles-very lit
tie bubbles they were-rushing upward
like fan through the water outside
Steam He felt the window and it was
hot. He turned on the minute glow
lamp that lit his own cavity, looked at
the padded watch by the studs, and saw
that he had been travelling now for two
minutes. 1t came into his head that
the window would crack through the
conflict of temperatures. for he knew
the bottom water was very near freez-
ing.
Then suddenly the floor of the sphere
seemed to press against his feet, the
rush OF bubbles outside grew slower and
slower and the kissing diminished. The
sphere rolled little The window had
not cracked. nothing had given, and
he knew that the dangers of sinking, at
any rate, were over.
In another minute or so he would be
on the floor of the abyss.
He pcered out OF the window. There
were no more bubbles now, and the
kissing had stopped. Outside there was
a heavy blackness-as black as black
velvet-except where the electric light
pierced the empty water and showed the
color of it-a yellow green. Then three
things like shapes of FIRE swan into
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

ray of light has shone or human
being lived, since the waters were gath
cred together. He's there without food,
feeling hungry and thirsty and scared,
wondering whether he'll starve or stihe.
" hich will il be|
He threw his hands out, and as he
did so little white streak swept noise
lessly up the sky. travelling more slowly.
stopped, became motionless dot as
though new star had fallen up into
the sky. Then it went sliding back
again and lost itself amidst the refec-
tions of the stars, and the white haze
of the seas phosphorescence.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
LIN THE ABYSS

below black. And little transparent
things in the water developed faint
CLINT OF luminosity. and shot past him
in faint greenish streaks.
And the feeling of falling! 1t was
just like the start of lift, he said, only
it kept on. One has to imagine what
that means, that keeping on. 1t was then
OF all times that Elstead rcpented OF his
adventure. He saw the chances against
him in an altogether new light. lie
thought of the big cuttlefsh people knew
to exist IN the middle waters. the kind
OF things they find half digested in
whales at times, or floating dead and
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

sight, following each other through the
water. Whether they were little and
near. or big and far off, he could not
tell.
Each was outlined in blush light al
most as bright as the lights of a fishing
smack, light which seemed to be smok-
ing greatly, and all along the sides of
them were speckS OF this, like the light
ed portfolios of ship. Their phosphor-
escencc seemed TO go out as they came
into the radiance of his lamp, and he
saw then that they were indeed fish of
some strange sort, with huge heads. vast
eyes and dwindling bodies and tails.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

1t remains only to tell that on Feb
ruary ,, 1890, Elstcad made his second
descent into the ocean abyss, with the
Improvements his first experience sug-
ecsted. What happened We shall prob
ably never know. He never returned. The
Ptarmigan beat about over the point of
his submersion, seeking him in vain for
thirteen days. Then she returned to Rio,
and the news was telegraphed to his
friends. So the matter remains ior the
present. But it is hardly probable that
any further attempt will be made to
verify his strange story of these hither-
TO unsupported cities of the deep sea.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Then suddenly the lowering swarm of
little fishes veered about and came to-
ward him as flight of starlings might
do. They passed over him a phosphor-
escent snow, and then he saw behind
them some larger creature advancing to-
ward the sphere
AT first he could see it only dimly, a
family moving figure remotely suggest
i've of walking man. and then it came
into the spray OF light that the lamp
shot out. AS the glare struck it. it shut
its eyes, dazzled. He stared in rigid
astonishment.
1t was strange, vcrtebrated animal.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Their eyes were turned toward him,
and he Judged they were following him
down He supposed they were attract
ed by his glare.
By the time he was drawn down to the
lead weights he was in a dense fog OF
white that his electric light failed alto
gcthcr to pierce for more than a few
yards. and many minutes elapsed before
the hanging sheets OF sediment sub
sided to any extent. Then, lit by his
light and by the transient phosphores-
cense OF distant shoal OF fishes, he was
able to see under the huge blacknesS OF
the superintendent water an undulating
expanSe OF grayish-whitc oozc, broken
here and there by tangled thickets OF a
growth OF sea lilies, waving hungry ten
taclcs in the air.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Having a look at the jigger:" said
a voice behind them, and Elstead stood
beside them. spick and span in white,
with a cigarette between his teeth, and
his eyes smiling out of the shadow of
his ample hatbrim. 1T won't be more
than a day now before | start. We are
to get the sings ready today. This
clean sky and gentle swell is just the
kind OF thing for swinging off twenty
tons OF lead and iron, isn't it?"
1T won't affect you much" said
Weybridge.
NO. Seventy or eighty feet down,
and ! shall be there in a dozen seconds,
there's not particle moving. though
The wind shrek itself hoarse up above
and the water lifts half way to the
clouds"
'Are you dead certain that clockwork
will act?" asked Weybridge. presently.
at has worked thirty-fve times" said
Elstead. Its bound to work"
"But if it Doesn't"
why shouldn't it,"
Il wouldn't go down in that con-
founded thing" said Wcybridge, "for
10000"
Cheerful chap you arc" said EIstead,
and spat sociably at a bubble below.
81 don't understand yet how you mean
to work the thing said Stevens.
In the first place I'm screwed into
the sphere" said Elstead. ''and when
I've turned the electric light off and
on three times to show I'm cheerful,
I'm swung out over the stern by that
crane. with all those big lead sinkers
slung below me. The top lead weight
has roller carrying a hundred fathoms
of strong cord rolled up. and that's all
that joins the sinkers to the sphere,
except the sings that will be cut when
the affair is dropped. We use cord
rather than wire rope because its easier
to cut and more buoyant-n
points. as you will sec.
Through each of these lead weights
you notice there is hole, and an iron
rod will be run through that and will
project up six feet on the lower side If
that rod is rammed up from below it
knocks up lever and sets the clock
work in motion at the side of the cylin-
der on which the cord winds.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

At the sight he stopped, arm extend
ed and mouth open. He shut his mouth,
opened it again and waved his arms
with an impatient gesture. Then he
turned. shouted, "El-stead ahoy!" to the
first watch, and went at run to the
searchlight. Il saw him." he said.
"Starboard there. His lights OH and
he's just shot out OF the water. Bring
the light round. We ought TO see him
drifting. when he lifts on the swell"
But they never picked up the explorer
until dawn. Then they almost ran him
down. The crane was swung out and
boats crew hooked the chain to the
sphere. When they had shipped the
sphere they unscrewed the manhole and
peered into the darkness of the interior
(for the electric light chamber was in
tended to illuminate the water about the
sphere, and was shut off entirely from
its general caviy)
The air was very hot within the cav
ity, and the India rubber at the lip OF
the manhole was soft. There was no
answer to their eager questions and no
sound OF movement within. Elstead
seemed to be lying motionlcss, crumpled
up in the bottom of the globe. The
ships doctor crawled in and lifted him
out to the men outside. For a moment
or so they did not know whether FL
stead was alive or dead. His face. in
the yellow glow OF the ships lamps,
glistened with pcrspiration. They car
ried him down to his own cabin.
lie was not dead they found him. but
in a state of absolute nervous collapse,
and besides cruelty bruised. For some
days he had 20 lie perfectly still. 1t
was a week before he could tell his ex-
pcriences.
Almost his first words were that he
was going down again. The sphere
would have to be altered, he said, in
order TO allow him to throw off the
cord if need be. and that was all. He
mad the most marvellous experience
You thought | should ind nothing but
ooze," he said. You laughed at my ex-
pIorations. and I've discovered new
world"
1t began atrociously, he said. Before
the cord ran out the thing kept rolling
over. He felt like frog in a football.
He could see nothing but the crane and
the sky overhead with an occasional
glimpse of the people on the ships rail. !
Suddenly the swaying ceased; the |
globe righted, and when he had picked !
himself up, he saw the water all about !
him greeny-blue with an attenuated light
filtering down from above, and a shoal
of little floating things went rushing |
up past him. as it seemed to him, toward |
the light. And even as he looked it
grew darker and darker, until the water |
above was as dark as the midnight sky, |
albei, Of greener shade, and the water
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
tcOpynsht. lsi4)

NhE lieutenant stood IN front OF
the steel sphere and gnawed a
piece of pine splinter. what
do you think of it. Steevens." he asked.
It's an idea" said Stevens, in the
tone of one who keeps an open mind.
Il believe it will smash-fat," said
the lieutenant.
He seems to have calculated il all
out pretty we'll" said Stevens, still i'm
partial.
But think of the pressure" said the
lieutenant. a ton and a half to the
square inch. And the ocean where he's
going is five miles deep" ..
Sounds a lot" said Steevents, "but
it's jolly thick steel"
The lieutenant made no answer, but
resumed his pine splinter. The object
of their conversation was huge globe
of steel, having an exterior diameter of
perhaps eight feet 1t looks like the
shot for some Titanic piece of artillery.
1t was deliberately nested in monstrous
scaffolding built into the framework of
the vessel, and the gigantic spars that
were presently to sling it overheard
gave the stern of the ship an appearance
that had raised the curiosity of every
decent sailor who had sighted it, from
the pool of London to the Tropic of
Capricorn. In two places, one above
the other, the steel gave place to cou-
pie of circular windows of enormously
thick glass, and one of these, set in a
steel frame of great solidity, was now
partially unscrewed.
Both the men had seen the interior of
this globe for the first time that morn
ing. 1t was elaborately padded with air
cushions, with little studs sunk between
bulging pillows to work the simple
mechanism of the affair. 1t was so
elaborately padded that a man might
have been fired from gun in it with
perfect safety.
And it had need to be, for presently a
man was to crawl in through that glass
manhole, TO be screwed up tightly, and
to be flung overheard, and to sink down
-down-down, for FIVE miles, even as
the lieutenant said
Its my opinion said the lieutenant,
that that glass will simply bend in and
bulge and smash. under a pressure of
that sort
If the glass did break in" said Steev-
ems. what them"
The water would shoot in like Jet
of iron. 1t would hit as hard as bull
let. 1t would simply smash him and
fatten him"
And the globe
Would just give out few bubbles,
and it would settle down comfortably
against the day OF Judgment, among the
oozes and the bottom clay-with poor
Elstead spread over his own smashed |
cushions like butter over bread"
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

For the next half hour it is doubt
full if word was spoken that did not
bear directly or indirectly on Elstead
"Where1l he come up?" asked Steev-
ems. I've lost my bearings"
That's the spot said the comman-
der, who prided himself on his ON
niscience. He extended precise finger
southeastward. And this, | reckon, is
pretty nearly the moment" he said.
Hes been thirty-fve minutes"
And then began the suspense. a
minute slowly dragged itself out, and
no sphere shot out OF the water. An
other followed, and nothing broke the
low, oily swell. The rigging was dotted
with expectant faces.
The commander glanced irritably at
them.
No one on the quarter deck spoke for
couple of minutes. Then Stevens
watch case clicked.
When, twenty-One minutes after, the
sun reached the zenith, they were still
waiting for the globe to reappear, and
not man aboard had dared to whisper
that hope was dead.
I'm no great believer in calculations
myself" said the commander obviously,
so that I'm not altogether hopeless
yet" And at midnight the gunboat was
steaming slowly in spiral round the
spot where the globe had sunk, and the
white beam of the electric light fed and
halted and swept discontentedIy on
ward again over the waste of phos-
phorescent waters under the little stars.
IF his window hasn't burst and
smashed him." said Weybridge, then
it's cursed sight worse, for his clock
work has gone wrong and he's alive
now, five miles under our feet. down
there in the cold and dark, anchored in
that little bubble of his. where never
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
Hvery well. The whole affair is low

Every well. The whole affair is low
cred gently into the water, and the
sings are cut. The sphere foats-with
the air in it it's lighter than water; but
the lead weights go down straight and
the cord runs out. When the cord is
all paid out. the sphere will go down,
too. pulled down by the cord"
But why the cord?" asked Stevens.
"Why not fasten the weights directly
to the sphere:"
Because of the smash down below.
The whole affair will go rushing down,
mile after mile, at headlong pace at
last II would be knocked to pieces on
the bottom if it wasn't for that cord
But the weights will hit the bottom,
and directly they do the buoyancy of
the sphere will come into play. 1t will
go on sinking slower and slower; come
to a stop at last, and then begin to float
upward again.
That's where the clockwork comes
IN. Directly the weIghts smash against
the sea bottom, the rod will be knocked
through and will kick up the clockwork,
and the cord will be rewound on the
reel. | shall be lugged down to the
sea bottom. There l shall stay for half
an hour, with the electric light on, look
ing about me. Then the clockwork will
release a spring knife, the cord will be
cut, and up shall rush again, like a
soda water bubble. The cord itself will
help the fotation."
And if you should chance to hit a
ship?" said Weybridge.
Il should come up at such a pace 1
should go clean through it," said El-
stead, like a cannon ball You needn't
worry about that"