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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
Mrs. Latimer's Condition Serious.

WINCHESTER, Va, August 29-Mrs
Julia Latimer of Washington, mother of
Judge Wilmer Latimer of the Juvenile
Court of that city. continues in a serious
condition at the Winchester Inn. where
she is suffering from injuries she received
last Sunday morning when she slipped
the hotel to Stewart street. She was on
her way at the time to attend services
in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
Plague Cases Number %.

NEW ORLEANS. August 29.-The
total number of bubonic plague cases
discovered here since June 81 was in
creased to twenty-five today. Gilmore H.
Read, aged thirty, 10 the latest VICTIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
Mcdonnell Becomes President.

Walter Mcdonnell. formerly sales man.
ager of the National Cooperative Realty
Company Of this city. has been elected
president to fill the vacancy caused by
the death recently Of Edwin r. Marden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
Good Secondhand
Automobiles.

Just as a reminder to you:
Look at what's advertised in
Automobiles for Sale. today's.
Classified Columns of The Star.
You will not be a good buyer
Of a good secondhand auto
mobile unless you read about
and investigate the best auto
mobiles that are advertised.
Telephone your Want Ads to
The Star. Phone Main A40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
AMBASSADOR GERARD
THANKED BY ENGLAND
Gratitu&s fyf Aid in Berlin Elk.
pressed-U. s. Assumes Con-
sular Interests.

Official notification OF Austria's declara-
ton OF war upon Belgium was brought to
the State Department late yesterday by
E. Havenith, the Belgian minister.
Consular interests of belligerents in
several other war centers have been taken
over by the United States. Although the
city of Ostend Is still calm, it Is stated in
dispatches to the State Department that
the British consular interests, threat
ened by Germany. have been assumed by
the American consul.
In Tangier the American consul has
taken charge of the German interests.
Most emphatically expressed gratitude
of Great Britain to American Ambassa-
dor Gerard. at Berlin, for assisting Sir
Edward Goschen and the British embas-
sy staff at Berlin at the time of the rup-
ture between Germany and England was
conveyed to Secretary Bryan by Ambas-
sador Sir Cecil spring-Rice.
Brings ofaeial Thanks.
He brought the official thanks of the
British government and referred to 1.-The
great assistance of a personal nature
rendered to the British embassy by the
United States ambassador and his staff. -
He said Mr.. Gerard repeatedly visited the
embassy of his own accord. undeterred
by the very hostile attitude of the crowd.
and often at considerable personal risk
to himself, extricated many British sub
jects from difficult situations.
ut is pleasure to me-" said the am
bassador, ito inform you that have re-
ceived Sir Edward Grey's instructions to
request that the warm thanks of his
majesty's government may be conveyed
to Mr.. Gerard for his great personal de-
votion and energy under these trying cir
cumstances and I beg you to be SO good
as to cause this appreciation of his kindly
action to be conveyed to Mr.. Gerard. to
whom. as well as to his staff, his majes-
tvs government feel they are under a
deep obligation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

70 expect the fruits Of years Of English
and German export
E@nr+ Needed activity to fall into
their laps ripe from
10 WIN AIaue. the trees merely be-
cause England and Germany are at war.
The most that can come out Of it Is this:
world are cut Off from their usual Euro
pean sources of manufactured wares.
Such places have turned to the United
States for relief They want to buy
goods here. Now what next?
We must make the kind of goods they
want and we must furnish the ships to
transport them, and we must make cred
1t arrangements that are at once in con-
formity to ancient customs and are ad
Unstable to actual conditions. We must
not attempt to enforce upon these new
customers our own American tastes or
customs.
In the FIRST place the demand is al
ready expressed. South America, in par
ticular, IL crying out for goods. In the
second place Congress has done what 1t
can, with or without the cooperation of
private capital, to furnish the ships. Next
comes the matter of credit.
Americans have lived SO much to them
selves and within themselves in their
commercial consciousness that they are
not Informed as to actual financial condi-
lions abroad. The archaic banking sys-
tenn just now disappearing has prevented
any American participation in interna-
tional banking affairs. But there is no
longer any excuse for ignorance. The
fact must be faced that the whole world
has suffered financial depression in the
last two years, depression felt less per-
hans in the United States than anywhere
else, and felt more in South America than
anywhere else. This means that in the
matter Of extending credits in new terri
tory, especially in Latin America, our
business men must be careful. But they
must also be liberal. and. above all
things. they must not suspect the mo-
lives or Intentions OF any business man
who happens not to speak the English
language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

II you want work. read the want COL
umus OF The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

The on. thing more than any other that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
Mrs. Whitehead Coming Home.

Mrs. Frank I. Whitehead, wife of Frank
I. Whitehead, for many years a promi-
nent newspaper man in this city, and
their daughter, Miss Dorothy Whitehead,
sailed for home yesterday from Liver
pool on the Philadelphia, according to a
cablegram received by Mr.. Whitehead.
They were in Paris when the war broke
out, and have ever since been trying to
return. Mrs. Whitehead and Miss White
head have been in Europe for the last
five years.
The State Department has received a
cablegram from the American embassy at
Paris announcing that Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard H. Mitchell and DR.. and Mrs
Harry A Fowler and son, all of Wash
irfgton, had arrived there and are leaving
for Havre to sail at the first opportunity.
Among Baltimoreans who were abroad
when the trouble started. advices re-
ceived by the State Department say that
Miss Alice Barber Brown is in Bern,
Switzerland.
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FOUR SCHOOL TEACHERS
GET SAFELY TO LONDON
Other Westinghouse Are Located
Abroad, or Are on Way Home
or Have Arrived.

Four teachers in the public schools of
the District Of Columbia who were trav-
cling together abroad at the outbreak of
the great war are safely in London.
They are Miss Mary Breen and Miss
Miss Mary K. Lowry of the Hyde School
and Miss Mary Mckee of the Seaton
School.
The party of four have registered their
names with the London representatives
of The Star at No. 3 Regent street, Lon
don. This information is contained in a
cablegram received last evening at the
Office of The Star.
Month Without Word.
Jonas H. Michaelis. buyer for one of
Washington's large department stores
was heard from yesterday for the first
time in a month. He has left Berlin for
London and will take the first possible
steamer. Travelling with Mr. Michaelis
is his nephew. Maurice Kohner, stu
dent at the law school of Georgetown
University.
Among the passengers on the White
Star liner Olympic. which locked yes
terday afternoon, were: Senator and
MIS- "dtSOH VI vest NlFSlIiid, MT anu
Mrs. Post Wheeler, Mrs. Ollie James,
wife of Senator James of Kentucky; Rep
resentative George W. Fairchild of New
York. his wife and son; H. B. Elgin, Jo-
seph B. Kingsbury and James B. Leslie.
Passengers on the vessel announce that
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Heurich of Wash
ington, Mrs. Heurich's sister, Miss Key
ser, and Mr. Huntington, president of
the American Geographic Society, and
Mrs. Huntington, were in Amsterdam
shortly before the sailing Of their YES
sell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

II IL worse than foolish for Americans
+o expect the fruits Of years Of English
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
EDITOR HOUSTON WANTS TO KNOW.

The following editorial from the Sussex
Republican rings about right in the ears Of
most residents of Sussex County. 1t says:
The Interstate Commerce Commission
investigation has struck the trail of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The
Chairman of Iowa State Railroad Com
mission, in his testimony before the In
teTstate Commission, stated that many
railroads, among them the Pennsylvania
Railroad, manipulated their accounts, to
make their operating expenses appear
larger than they really are This can be
easily done by charging any item of ex-
pense at a larger amount than actually
expended.
President Rea at once entered a denial
IN fact he is so wrothy At the statement
that many will believe the shoe pinches
IN fact it has been common rumor in
this State for years that the accounts of
the Pennsylvania Raiload with their leased
lines in this State, the Delaware Railroad.
and the d. NJ. & V. r. r. have been so
manipulated to keep down the earnings
of these roads. 1t is a fact that the d.
NJ. * Y. r. R., a large feeder to the
Pennsylvania, carrying an enormous
quantity of freight traffic with a small
bonded Indebtedness, pays no dividend
whatever on its stock. Maximum freight
rates are charged because there is no
competition. The people of the State
have been protesting for many years, and
we hope this question of veracity which
mas arisen from the charge of the Chair
man of the Iowa Railroad Commission
and the denial of the President of the
Railroad will cause the
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
investigate the truth of the charge and |
that the investigation will extend to the |
Pennsylvania manipulation of her lease
lines in this State
In fact it is time the stockholders of |
the Delaware, Maryland & Virginia road |
were knowing the reason they are not |
receiving any dividends on an investment |
il a railroad that to all appearance is |
doing an enormous business.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24

in the cellar of the house. where Minnie
Lodge, cOlOred, was shot and killed
early Saturday morning last, was given
a hearing Monday morning before Mag
istrate E. F. Wood and held in $500 bail
for court. Allen admitted bringing
twelve quarts Of whiskey to Dover.
The courts attention was called to q
case not yet heard by the grand Jury in
volving two students at the High School
Of Harrington, Lawrence Hand having
stabbed Homer j. Tatman with knife
After an admonition by the court Hand
who is but IA years Of age. was held
under a peace bond Of $500 for a period
of one year.
Arley Benson, colored, indicted on
two charges of unlawful sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, pleaded guilty in one case
and was sentenced to a fine of $50 and
three months imprisonment in the Kent
County Jail. The second case was retired.
In the case of Arthur Harden. indict
ed for receiving stolen goods, a graphic
phone, the jury rendered a verdict of
guilty, with a recommendation to mercy
He was sentenced to six months in the
New Castle County Workhouse, and
fine of $25.
ElWOOd jenkins plead guilty to his in
dictment, and because of his youth was
paroled TO Farmer Sipple, near Little
Creek, for two years.
Bessie Ingram, colored, pleaded guilty
to assault on her husband, Isaac Ingram.
by cutting him on the face with knife.
She was sentenced to the New Castle
County WOrkhouse for one year.
Wednesday the remaining cases on
the docket were disposed of without iurv
trials, applications being made for parole
which were granted after the court had
inquired into the matters. The two cases
thus settled included William Harris a
young colored man, indicted on a charge
Of assault and battery, who was paroled |
for two years to George w. Gibbs: Liz |
zie Bell, colored woman of Milford |
charged with a murderous assault on |
her husband, who was paroled for one |
year to Sheriff William S. Smith.
Several cases carried over from the
October and February terms were con-
-inued until the July term, and capiases
ssued, the accused having left the State
court adjourned until Monday next /
when the civil cause trials viii begin
here being p scheduled for trial.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
HARRISON.

The Christian EndeavOr Society, OF
Harbeson VI. p. Church re-organized
Sunday night, with the following officers,
President Mrs f. J. Phillips; vice-P resi-
dent, Mrs Alfred Simpler; Correspond
ing Secretary, Mrs. Stephen Hudson
Recording Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs.
Lawrence Mason. This society has made
great progress within the past year, and
is a large factor in the church work, of
our community.
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred II. Mcgee. spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Andrew
Bryan. of near Milton.
From appearance this seems TO have
been selected as 60 housekeeping % week
by our local people, and we are heartily
glad that the powers that be, have de-
creed that twice year for this crusade,
is sufficient.
Mrs. Edward Martin was a Milton
visitor on Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Matte Trice, our primary teacher.
with the close of Harbeson school has
reterned to her home at fredericksburg.
Md, for the Summer holidays
Mrf. +. R. Supple and J. n. Lloyd of
Clayton and Smyrna, were visitors to our
town this week.
mar y walls Oh W lullug ION, Is spend
ing a few days with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs Geo. Walls, and other friends in
the vicinity of HarbesOn.
Harry Hudson and wife. and Harry
Rust and wife, Misses Delma Dockety,
Leeora Mirch and Elizabeth Dodd, were
Georgetown visitors Saturday.
Thomas Lindale and wife were the re-
cent guests of A II. Mcgee and wife
1t is with regret that we read to-day,
that the lives of American marines have
been sacrificed in the seizure of the Gus
tom House at Vera Cruz, to compel the
Mexicans to respect the stars and stripes,
yet all our people irrespective of political
in this vicinity, are in accord !
with the Presidents action and while we
III agree with General Sherman, that
var is Ii, yet there are circumstances, |
when h, is warranted. re
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
LINCOLN CITY.

Mrs. Gill has returned to her home in
Connecticut after spending the past two
months with friends.
John Horton and family, of Milford
spent Sunday as the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. SymOnds, near Lincoln.
Roscoe Wheatley, of Binghamton. n.
Y, is visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Marker and
daughter, Mary, of Philadelphia. s9ent
last week with relatives and friends here
A delightful evening was spent at The
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John LeCompte
on Friday, April II, where they gave a
party in honor of their daughter Nil
dred's 18th birthday. The evening was
spent with music and games, after which
the guests were invited to the dining
room where ice cream and cake was
served in abundance at a late hour the
guests departed extending to Miss MIL
dred their heartiest congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson, of Cam
den, n. J., moved back to Lincoln his
week. They will reside with Mrs. bn-
son parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Beidman.
Mrs. Wilbur Boyce and Mrs. Galloway.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24

of Milford, spent last Friday as the
guests OF {. 4. Macklin and family.
Miss Pearl Macklin, of near Milford
spent Sunday with Miss Elma Macklin.
Misses Nellie and Ethel Beardslev. OF
Philadelphia, were the guests of their
mother, Mrs. Kate Beardsley on We'd
nesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Donovan are the
happy parents Of a fine baby bov born
April S
John Coyerdale lost a very valuable
horse this week.
Miss Salhe Jones spent last week as
the guest OF Mrs 2. Y. Kirby, Of Mil
ford Neck.
Misses Matte Smith, I.stella Ennis
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
COMMUNICATED.

Replying to the article, which appeared
IN last weeks issue of the Chronicle, "
defending the school and teachers of
District No. SO, we ask permission to
add a few more words, in rebuttal.
We are very much surprised indeed,
that the Commissioners and teachers
should care to put themselves on record,
before the public of this Peninsula, with
the reason they did, for not holding ex-
aminations in the school, that reason
being that the Superintendent failed to
furnish the examination questions.
This seems almost like an admission
Of the teachers inability to conduct or
give an examination without the Super
intendent, doing the real work of it,
furnishing the questions,
Granting that possibly the Commits
sioners do not know, yet the teachers
have taught long enough to know quite
well, that the county Superintendent
never has furnished examination ques-
tons for the schools.
The subterfuge put forward to cover
the apparent deficiency in the school,
by shifting their delinquences to the
County Superintendent, is rather inter
esting, but very unfair to that official.
1t the scholars are examined daily as
HLaNSAf why - IL ilU EcpuIA GdIuS are IS
sued, showing their averages?
When we found that the Principal did
not teach Mental arithmetic at all, did
not have any writing exercises at all, |
Could not teach Algebra, did not hold !
any Tests" and did not give out any
report cards at all, we made a courteous |
protest to that official, and subsequently |
to one of the Commissioners, on two Oc- |
cassions, but in vain, and now we are
termed disturber, by the above per-
sons, because we took the matter to the |
Public Press, the greatest power for |
doing good, that we have.
No, thanks we are not promoters of |
trouble, and decline to publish any
names of families. hut if the teachers
or Commissioners will call, we will fur
nish them all the facts they wish to
know, and will not ignore any sugges-
tons they make.
We are reminded of the small man
who went to a public meeting and found
himself seated behind very large man,
with large coat, which Obscured the
small mans view of the performance,
and when he made mild protest to the
arger man to move the coat, the large
man replied, Cant see. eh, well III /
TX that, you just watch ME, and when / (
augh, you laugh, that seems to have I
)een the attitude Of the ones, to whom ]
We voiced our protest, originally. {
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24

THE legislature of Maryland has made
provision for several new regulations of
its public schools and the teachers therein.
One of these requires all new teachers
employed after June so, 1918, to have had
some training for their work, at least to
the extent of summer school course, and
county school boards, with the approval
of the State Board of Education, are per-
mitted to establish teachers training
course in one approved high school Of
their respective counties. Other acts per
nit the county school boards to send a
percentage of their teachers to approved
summer schools, instead ofholding teach
ers institutes; to put in force in their
discretion, scheme of medical inspection
of all schools and still another removes
The doubt as to whether school boards
have full authority TO consolidate schools.
An increase was made in the appropria-
tion for teachers pension, which will
enable the State Board of Education to
provide for a number of applicants on the
waiting list. All of these subjects are of
vital interest to the advancement Of the
public schools, and the legislature Of Del
aware could afford to pattern after Mary
land in several of them.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-24
KENT COUNTY COURT.

In the Superior Court at Dover OF
( Monday seven divorce cases were hear,
and six DEGREES nisi granted. The sew
enth case was held for futher considera
/ ton. Decress nisi were:
Lydia Long from Elwood r. Long, de-
sertion.
May F. Carey from Henry Carey
cruelty adultery and deseruon; Mrs.
Carey was married when only IA years
of age, being practically taken away by
her husband, who was a farm hand on
her fathers farm in Kent County, to
Camden, n. j., where they were married
by magistrate.
Joanna Satterfeld from George NJ.
Satterheld, desertiOn, the husband hav-
ing been away more than y years.
Robert Smith from Louisa Smith, de-
sertion of 25 years.
Bessie NJ. Folk from Reuben Folk,
desertiOn. Mrs. Folk s attorney in a
letter from her husbands attorney in
Akron, Ohio, asking whether a divorce
secured by Mrs. Folk in Delaware would
be absolute or apply only to the wife.
THERE'S no law to this effect in Delaware.
Louisa NJ. Dashiell from Charles A.
Dashiell, desertion.
In the case of Charles H. KINNEY VS..
Cora NJ. KINNEY, the grounds laid being
desertion and intidelity, the court agreed
that the evidence as to desertion was
sufficient, without going further into the
case and granted divorce nisi. By the
granting of divorce to KINNEY an in5ict-
ment found at the last term of court
against him for desertion and non-sup-
port will be abandoned.
In General Sessions Court the grand
jury returned true bills against the fol-
lowing: Clara HevalOw, pointing a re-
volver at another person; two cases
against Arley Benson, colOred, unlaw-
fully selling intoxicating liquors Henry
Smith, like offence; Solomon Brown,
selling cider; Elwood jenkins.
colored, larceny Lizzie Bell, cOlOred,
assault with intent to commit murder
Henry D. Smith and Edward Jackson,
escaping from prison. The latter cases
were breaking out of the Harrington
town lookup.
Oliver Waters, colored, pleaded guilty
to carrying concealed a deadly weapon,
and was fined $25, with costs. The
was paid and he was discharged. /
Waters is the negro who was at the |
house of H. Freeman, st. Jones Neck, !
on Sunday, March /, when Freeman s |
daughter and Clara Hevalow picked up
a pistol which had fallen out of Waters /
pocket and after emptying the revolver
as they supposed, of all bullets, the |
Hevalow girl pointed the revolver at the
Freeman girl and pulled the trigger, re-
5ulting in the shooting of the latter,
who died from the effects of the wound. |
Clara Hevalow pleaded guilty to the
charge of pointing the revolver, and was
1aroled to her grandparents with whom
ihe had been living. twas eleary shown
here was no animus in the shooting.
James A. KERN was appointed bailiff
o the grand jury, to succeed P. S. Hurd,
Who was elected a month ago as special !
lay policeman of Dover.
Edward Gibbs, who pleaded guilty to
he larceny of turkey, was sentenced
o 10 lashes and five months imprison-
nent at the New Castle County Work
Ouse.
Fred Jackson, alias Fred Allen, colored
1ho was arrested at Dover on Saturday
asst charged with bringing whisky into
dry territory, in excess of the amount
lowed by law, and who kept the same