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The Democratic advocate., 1915-03-12

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Our Advertisements Bring Results.
Evening star., 1915-09-12

WE rugged up little shelter for Isola,
and did our best to make her as COM
Portable as circumstances permitted dur
ing the voyage. do not really think she
felt the boat journey to be serious hard
ship. In the first place, it was not long
we We're extraordinarily lucky in the
matter of wind, and, the yawl proving
good sailer, we sighted the coast of New
Britain in two days and half. Further,
she had been accustomed for many
weeks to roughing it in our company.
Gore and ran the boat in turns, gave
out the rations, and kept a lookout for
sails, of which we saw-and expected to
see-nOne.
AS for Bo, he spent his time between
sleeping at the bottom of the boat
and begging for tobacco, of which we
gave him little, not knowing how long
it might be before we could get any
more.
About the middle of the third day a
long blue cloud arose in the horizon,
Evening star., 1915-09-12

and for the second time-but under what
altered circumstances!-we approached
the coast of the great island of New Brit
ain. Coming on it from this side and in
such way, one realized its size better
than one did from the steamer approach
to Rabaul. .,-
as it settled pretty well?' asked.
@Bless you, no. said Gore; NOR ex-
plored. Nothing known about the ma
tives in the far interior, except that they
are brutes."
We ran in and on toward the great
island, the boat flying under all sail as if
she We're as hungry for the land as we
undoubtedly We're.
"What parrot-colored place!' was
Isola's comment as we ran into Neu
konigsbergshafen Bay.
She was right. The wondrous blue of
those rounded hills was parrot blue; the
green of the lawns and the forests and the
springing palms was just that vivid pow
derry green that one sees on parrots
wings. The bay itself was paved with
still water in color like Il huge emerald,
and the coral-sand shore curved about
it, white as a crescent moon.
at is very, very pretty, but not so
Evening star., 1915-09-12

breaking on a reef, and one round black
head fighting the waves. 1t did not fight
long.
"S'ark he catchum," yelled Bo through
the wind, as the black point disappeared.
watched, but there were no more.
When l turned round, Red Bob was
sitting up on the beach, very wet and
sandy, feeling his head. His fingers were
red when they came away.
"Did they get the ship?" he inquired
with perfect GOODNESS, taking dripping
handkerchief out of his pocket and tying
after some one knocked me over'
"She dragged, went on the reef, and
sank, )" l said. "They must have meddled
with the cable"
"You all right?" inquired Red Bob of
1sola, who was sitting on the sand beside
him.
"Yes, said Isola. "I've got no Clothes"
she added, Except these"
"Tie that knot for me, will you?" said
Gore. "Crew all gomez"
"All except Bo; brought him along
1 said.
Right Well want him before we're
through. hope the boat wasn't lowered
stern foremost and the stores spilled"
"Stores?" asked. "She was got down
all right"
81 DON'T said Gore, "allow boats to be
kept unprovisioned in any ship that l
command That's common sense. We
have two beakers of water, a keg of beef,
ten-pound tin of biscuit, pound of to-
bacco, pound of tea, packet of matches
laI hoy IF y
"Then we can make for the nearest
settlement" suggested. .......
ave can. The gooba seems to be over"
Here Isola, to my astonishment, burst
out laughing.
"I can't-can't t-help it!' she said hys-
terically. at seems too absurd! We've
been shipwrecked-and all sorts of awful
things have happened-and here we are
sitting under the palm trees, talking like
tea-party.'
what way do you think we ought to
TALK" asked Red Bob. "I've been ship
wrecked before, and it was pretty much
the same as this. Do you expect people
to say 'Gadzooks and BY my halidome
because they've been spilled out of
ship?"
aMe want my kai-kai," observed Bo,
by way of diversion.
"Do you realize, my friend, that you
did your best to commit piracy and mur-
der half an hour ago?' demanded Gore.
"Do you understand that you ought to
be hung, if there was tree on the island
that one could hang you to-cocoanuts
having no hangable branches?"
"Me wantum kai-kai,' repeated Bo.
ONLY people who have been through
like adventures will believe me, sup
pose, when say that all three of us burst
out laughing at the New Britainer's cool
demand
Hes quite right; it's near tea-time,
commented Gore. "You go catchum CO.
coanut plenty quick!
"Never," he advised us, "let anything
interfere with your regular meals if you
can help it-not even a shipwreck. Bo,
you go and catch plenty crab when you
finish. Wen make you earn your living,
you scurvy brute!'
"Me no brooss," complained Bo as he
moved away, apparently wounded by the
Evening star., 1915-09-12
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for September 12, 1915

marble tank in palace. As we lay in
the shelter of the pit, protected by the
sails of the boat, we could hear the fish
leap in the water and the ripples talking
strangely on the sand Isola, at her end
of the shelter, seemed to rest quietly; but
once in the night she sat up suddenly,
made as if to throw back the long hair
that she had shorn away, and cried out:
Paul, why did you kill him? There's
blood on your hands!"
l watched her, but did not answer, for
l saw that she was talking in her Sleep
She sank back on the sand in another mo-
ment, and her eyes closed again. There
was a night-bird hidden among the palms.
1t walked up and cried, for little while, in
a complaining, bitter tone. Then it was
silent; and the ripples whispered strange,
wicked secrets to each other on the beach,
and the sea breathed deep, outside the
barrier reef. l thought the morning
would never come; but it came at last,
low and red among the trunks of the palm
trees, and our castaway life had begun
"NEU KONIGSBERGSHAF is the
place." said Red Bob, as we sailed
in our little boat out of Schouten's ill
starred lagoon, leaving the bones of the
Cecilie and the bones of her destroyers
lying side by side at the bottom of the
sea. with fair wind, we aren't three
days from the coast of New Britain:
wrong coast, of course-not the settled
side; but it'll do at pinch. Neu K6nigs-
bergshafen is a settlement, or rather
plantation, where we can refit and get
provisions. After that, if there is no ship
likely to call, we could go on to Rabaul,
round the head of the island; and if we
wanted to get Mrs. Ravenna away with
out any bother, why, she'd only have to
get herself up a la Malay again for
couple of days."
"Who lives at Neu K6nigsbergshafen?
asked Isola.
"Beyer-rather a good friend of mine
He grows rubber and copra and bit of
coffee. Very lonely place; no other white
man for fifty or sixty miles-but as pretty
spot as you'd like to see. Boyer has a
wife; half-caste woman, but a decent
sort. She'll look after Mrs. Ravenna
You'll be little cramped running down
to the coast he said, turning to Isola
with kindly smile, "but We'll do our
best for you. There's no man alive who
wouldn't do his best, and bit more, for
such plucky girl as you"
"She is brave said proudly-some-
how, since Cores talk about possibilities
of breaking the marriage, had felt more
than ever that l had an actual right to
be proud of her. "She's as good as an
other man in the boat"
And, indeed, it was useful to have
third hand to steer, or to help with the
sails when necessary. Bo, a house-boy
pure and simple, proved of very little use.
With the amazingly brief memory Of the
savage, he had quite forgotten the part
he had taken in the mutiny, and we chose
to forget it too, since we thought he might
be valuable to us in many. ways while
coasting along New Britain.
WE rugged up little shelter for Isola,
and did our best to make her as COM
Portable as circumstances permitted dur
ing the voyage. l do not really think she
felt the boat journey to be a serious hard
ship. In the first place, it was not long
we were extraordinarily lucky in the
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
FRANK 7. MECAW. PRINTER.
dies IN BROOKLYN. n. Y.

Frank t. Megaw. printer formerly
of this city. died at his home in
Brooklyn on Monday following a
stroke of paralysis. He was stricken
at noon on Saturday and never re-
gained consciousness. Mr.. Megaw
was well known in this city. where
he was a compositor. For thirty
years he had been a member of the
International Typographical Union,
and until 1906. when he went TO
Brooklyn, he was a member of the
Wilmington branch OF the Typograph-
ical Union. Since removing TO New
York he had been in the service OF G.
b. Reed. printer. His funeral will be
held this afternoon. with interment in
Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Megaw was born in Whining
ton. He is survived by wife. Mrs.
Anna d. Megaw. and two sons. Harry
L. and Walter f. Megaw, who are
compositors and members Of the big
Six" of New York City. Mr.. Megaw
had become very popular among the
printers Of New York City He was a
brother of Frederick II. Megaw, Of
this city.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
State COLLEGE FOR
COLORED IS efficient

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Dec. PA conference
was held here yesterday between Cow
ernor Miller, the trustees OF the Stats
College for Colored Students, near
Dover; Arthur G. Monahan. of the
United States Bureau Of Education, De-
partment of the Interior, Washington. D.
G.. and State Commissioner of Education
Dr. Charles A. wagner and Dr. W. G..
Jason, to decide upon more definite
plans for the better efficiency of the col-
lege in the matter Of training along in
dustrial and agricultural lines, as we'll
as teacher training specialties.
After the meeting it was thought by
each one present that the general dis
cussion on the situation had been most
profitable. and the further usefulness Of
the State College as a training school
much better than in the past.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
TO GET
GENERAL MOTORS

Negotiations which may lead to a
consolidation OF the General Moters
Company and the Chevrolet Motor
Company as the largest manufactures
of automobiles in the world are we'll
under way General Motors and Chev
rolet stocks are largely held by Will
mingtonians.
The present negotiations are being
worked out on a basis widely different
from that which many persons had
been predicting. however. and in a
manner which the New York financial
district considers somewhat corrobor-
ative OF the various reports which
have been heard of opposition between
two factions on the General Motors
Board One faction is headed by w.
c. Durant, who was one OF the prin-
cipal organizers OF the Chevrolet Mo
tor Company.
A syndicate OF New York and De-
troit banking interests, representative
Of the Durant faction in the General
Motors Company, has acquired a large
block Of the stock Of the General Mo
tors Company. both common and pre-
ferred. which will be offered to hold
ers OF Chevrolet stock on the basis o
one share Of General Motors com
Continued on Page 2.)
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
Reply TO Note Is Respectful Demand for Full ReparatiOn
for American Lives Lost and Punishment Of Sub
marine Commander Who Sank Ship Laden With
Human Freight Lansing Stands on AuStria'S Own
Report Of Sinking
REITERATES ACT WAS IN VIOLATION
OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMANITY

note to the Austro-H Hungarian min
lister of foreign affairs, textually as
follows:
"The Government OF the United
States has received the note of Your
Excellency relative to the sinking
OF the Ancona. which was delivered
at Vienna on December Is, 1915, and
transmitted TO Washington, and has
given the note immediate and careful
consideration
"On November 10. 1915, Baron
Zwiedinek. the charge daffairs Of the
Imperial and Royal Government, at
Washington. transmitted to the De-
partment Of state. a repor1 OF the
Austro-Hungarian Admiralty with re-
gard to the sinking OF the steamship
Ancona. in which II was admitted that
the vessel was torpedoed after her
engines had been stopped and when
messengers were still ON board This
admission alone is. in the view OF the
government of tho United States,
sufficient to fix upon the commander
of the submarine which fired the tor
pedo the responsibility for having
willfully violated the recognized law
of nations and entirely disregardeo
those humane principles which every
belligerent should observe in the con-
duct of war at sea. In view OF these
admitted circumstances, the govern
ment of the United States feels lusti-
Continued on Page Two.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
Rv The rnlted Press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ss.-Ihe
United States will not argue with
Austria any points involved in the
sinking Of the Ancona. In the second
American note to the Vienna govern
ment, made public by the State De-
partmcnt today, when II was delivered
10 Foreign Minister liurlan In Nienna,
this government states that II must
"renew the definite. but respectful de-
mands made in is communication OF
the sixth OF December" This see
ond note. extremely brief, Is friendly
IN tone. hut leaves no doubt OF the
determination that Austria shall make
full reparation for American lives
lost and punishment Of the Austrian
submarine commander whose "culpa-
bility Is In any case established and
whose act. details Of which were
gwen In the Austrian Admiralty
statement, Is held to be "w.lliul VIOLA
tion Of the rules Of international law,
and the principles Of humanity"
The note follows:
Department Of State, Washington
December 10. 1915.
You are instructed to address
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
MISS ROCKEY IS HOLIDAY
BRIDE OF DR.. CRIPMAN

Miss Marguerite Rockey OF York,
Pa, and Dr. /. Lewis Chapman OF this
city, were married yesterday morning
at st. Paul's Lutheran rectory, York,
by the Rev Clinton Walters. Follow
ing the ceremony. the couple left for
New York and sailed today for Ber-
muda on their honeymoon. Upon their
return on February 10. DR.. and Mrs.
Chapman will make their residence at
No. 1882 Lancaster avenue.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Marion Rockey OF York
Pa. where Mr.. Rockey is prominently
connected with York Manufacturing
Company, manufacturers of ice ma
chimes.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
ENGLAND DOUBTS
RUSSIANS HAVE
CAPTURED VARNA
If Report is True, BulgarS
May at Once Withdraw
From Greek Frontier
PLAN WOULD ALSO keep
GERMANS OUT OF EGYPT
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
LONDON, Dec 22.- Unconfrmed re-
ports that the Russians have captured
the important Bulgarian seaport OF
Varna reused the greatest excitement
here today The reports. however,
were accepted with the greatest re-
serve.
No mention was made Of the bonn
bardment OF Varna In the Petrograd
official statement telegraphed here
night But dispatches from Berne,
Rome and Athens reported that a
large Russian squadron was shelling
Varna. and Greek reports said the
feet was accompanied by sixteen
heavily laden transports.
The dispatch to the Chronicle re-
porting the capture OF Varna was
filed at Athens at noon yesterday, one
day later than other press messages
reporting the port being shelled. IL
was stated that the city was laid in
ruins and the forts silenced. Rus
sian infantry and artillery were then
landed. A neutral consul at Narna
telegraphed the news TO Athens, ths
Chronicle correspondent wired.
II the Athens reports are true, the
Russians have begun the long looked
! for invasion OF Bulgaria by a flank
ing attack that may cause the immed
late withdrawal OF the Bulgars from
the Greek frontier. Such maneu
Continued on Page p
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
DR.. SPEAKMAN Tells OF
CONDITIONS IN France

Before the members Of the Gas
Study Club at their meeting last
night. Dr. William c. speakman, who
served in the American ambulance in
France, delivered an interesting lee
ture on the various scenes of the war.
His talk was vividly illustrated with
150 slides. which clearly explained
his talk. The slides showed scenes
in and about Paris and on the bat
tlehelds in France and some interest
ing surgical law cases. He also
exhibited pieces of shell and bayonets
and other implements Of war gather
ed from the battle fronts.
Besides the attendance of forty
three members OF the club number
of guests were present. Following
DIR. Speakman's address refreshments
were served.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
JUDGE SENDS HOLIDAY
JOY TO OFFENDERS

The municipal Christmas tree was
placed in position in the City Court
room yesterday. although as yet un-
trimmed it filled the court room to-
day with an atmosphere of peace and
good will. Judge Churchman was ap-
parently affected by it as the fines
he imposed we're smaller than usual.
Practically all of the persons charged
with drunkenness were let off with a
warning to stay sober over the Christ
mas holidays.
Glancing up at the Christmas tree.
Mrs. Jennie MikOlajczk. who had one
eye closed as a result Of a beating at
the hands OF her husband, Walter
Mikclajczk. said; Judge. Your Honor,
it is near Christmas, and so / wish
to forgive my husband"
Judge Churchman then dismissed
Mikolajczki on a charge OF wife beat
ing
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
MORE PYLE PICTURES
ADD TO COLLECTION

The sixty-oight paintings Of the late
Howard Pyle, which were recently
purchased by the Wilmington Society
of the Fine Arts from Scribner's in
New York. arrived in this city yes
terday, and are now at the Hotel du-
Pont awaiting unpacking. The pic
lures will in all probability be un-
packed this afternoon under the direc-
ton Of Frank e. schoonoyer, who
managed the purchase for the society,
and after being checked up they will
be temporarily stored in the room in
the DUPONT Building, where the So
ciety has already stored all the Pyle
paintings which were not sent to the
Panama-Pacific Exposition.
In all probability the collection will
be placed on exhibition within the
near future so that Wilmingtonians
Will be afforded an opportunity of
viewing these canvases which repre-
sent the early work of the noted
artist The paintings comprise the
original illustrations of a number of
well known books which were pub
/ lished many years ago and when
they appeared then they were con-
sidered charming examples of the late
Howard Pyle's most brilliant work
II is probable that the exhibition
OF these pictures will be held some
time in January.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
movie" THEATRES NOW
SAFE. INSPECTOR SAYS

On New Years the licenses OF the
various motion picture theatres in the
city will expire. Building Inspector
Anderson has started to inspect the
playhouses before the proprietors
make application TO Mayor Price for
a renewal Of their licenses. Among
the houses inspected was The fiay-
house. which is being used at tines
for motion picture shows. The the
atre. according to Mr.. Anderson, is in
the best Of condition for such pur-
poses.
The theatre being erected in French
street near Eighth street as a motion
picture house for cOlored people will
soon be finished The owner request
ed permission to use It this week. but
as it has not been finished the request
was refused.
In speaking today OF the inspec-
tions, Mr.. Anderson said that so far
nearly all the theatres have been
found to be as safe as it is possible
to make them. Il is thought some
minor changes will have to be made
in one or two OF the theatres, how
ever.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
nv CARL W. ACKERMAN.

United Press Stan Correspondent
BERLIN, Via Amsterdam, Dec. p.
Hungary Is willing to pledge Russia
that the Dardanelles will always re-
main open for Russian commerce as
a condition Of peace.
Count Albert Apponyi, leader OF tue
opposition in the Hungarian Parlia-
ment. made this statement to the
United Press in an interview at Buda-
pest. It is important not only be-
cause of the dominant position the
count occupies in Austro-Hungarian
affairs, but because he is an interna-
tional peace leader.
1--WE can understand why Russia
wants such assurances" said Count
Apponyi. "but we cannot see why
these guarantees cannot be given
without at the same time making the
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
Third FIRE MYSTERIOUSLY
DESTROYS FARM BUILDINGS

sEAFORD, Del, Dec. 22.-The large
barn and outbuildings on the Weo-
ster Kinder farm near here we're de-
stroyed by a blaze which originated
in the barn. It is the third time IN
a few years that the buildings have
been wiped by flames.
Farmers. who formed a bucket bril-
gade. had difficulty in extinguishins
the fire, which also burned several
head of livestock and large quantity
OF grain and farming implements.
Isaiah Jones. one of the fire lighters
was overcome by the smoke and heat
The loss is $1,000. covered by insur-
ance.
Evening journal., 1915-12-22
POSTAL CLERKS WORK HARD
TO keep mail MOVING

The amount of incoming and out
going mail being so per cent. larger
than ever before the corps Of clerks
and carriers at the postoffice under
Postmaster James ]. English are up
to their necks" in work. The full
number Of substitute letter carriers
and clerks is on duty and with them
twenty-five delivery wagons which
are distributing parcel post pack
ages.
Charles Moreland, clerk in the
money order department today re-
lated how eighteen years ago in the
old postoffice at Sixth and King
streets he alone waited on the STAMP
window, the day and night before
Christmas and business was that slow
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