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Evening journal., 1915-08-28
STRUCK By AUTO,
LANDED IN Ditch,
Victim MAY DIE
Joshua Underwood Left
Helpless by Car That
Crippled Him
PHYSICIANS FEAR HIS
BACK MAY Be BROKEN

Struck by an automobile travelling at
a high speed along the Concord pike
two miles beyond Talleyville, late last
night, Joshua Underwood, aged 35 years,
who at first said his name was William
Schaffer, of No. 7l3 Washington street,
is in a critical condition at the Delaware
Hospital and may die.
Physicians there today took an X-ray
photograph of his back, which they
are inclined to think is broken. The
mans body is paralyzed from his waist
down.
Underwood last night and again today
insisted that he boarded with his sis
ter, a Mrs Smith, at No. 7l3 Washing
ton street. but the police have been un-
able to locate the relatives. The house
address given by the man is erron-
eous, as West Presbyterian Church oc.
cupies the property which would carry
the house number given by him.
While the authorities are seeking
relatives of the injured man, they are
also trying to locate occupants of an
automobile that ran down Underwood
as he was walking towards this city.
Underwood had been visiting his
brother-in-law, Thomas Auborn. Of
Thompson's Bridge and was walking
towards this city along the Concord
pike. When he reached the place Of
the accident he noticed two automo-
biles approaching him from opposite
directions.
AS he stepped out of the path of the
car travelling towards this city the
Dther car going north, ran him down.
Underwood was tossed several feet,
falling in a ditch by the side Of the
road and the occupants of the car
continued on their way without stop
ping. The injured man was found
later by an automobile party, who no.
titled the police. The patrol was sent
after the man and he was removed to
tho Delaware Hospital.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
German WEDGE AIMS
TO SPLIT Russ ARMY
Invaders Try to Cut Cars
Defenders Into Three Sec
tionS by Winter
Won HINDENBURG AT
HEAD OF ONSLAUGHT
BY The United Press.

LONDON, Aug. 2S.-The Austro-
German armies are now attempting
the greatest stroke of the war. By
concentrating heavy forces against
the weakest spots in the Russian line,
the Cars enemies are seeking to
split his field forces into three armies
before the arrival of winter.
Great masses of men and metal are
being hurled against the retreating
Slavs in the region of Wilma. General
Won Hindenburg is directing the
drive. He hopes to cut off the Brest
Litovsk armies.
In the southeast, the Germans evil
IDENTIFY reinforced by detachments
from Mackensen, are attempting a
rush northward through Kovel Their
object is to throw another wedge be-
tween the Brest Litovsk armies and
the Russians under General Ivanoff
in Galicia.
The heavier blow is being struck
by Won Hindenburg. Petrograd dis
patches today predicted Won linden
burg will be heavily. reinforced if he
has not been already. The belief in
military quarters here is that Won
Hindenburg plans to gain a favora-
Bile position for a strike against Pet.
rograd.
General Polivanof's statement thai
Russia is raising new armies of q
100000 men. ready to take the felr
in the spring, aroused the greatest
optimism hsre. Reports indicate
Russian munition factories have re.
sponded to fresh stimulus and are
now turning out great supplies.
The Times today printed an inter.
view with NJ. Sazonoff, Russia's for.
eign minister who declared that
German efforts to scatter seeds oi
dissension among the Russian peopl,
have failed completely.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
MISS DOROTHY stewart
TO wed Mr.. KINGSLAND

Miss Dorothy NJ. Stewart. daughter
OF Mrs Esther Stewart and the late
Or. David Stewart. OF New Castle. and
John Cameron Kingsland. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Kingsland, formerly
of New Castle but now of Erie, Pa.
will be married at 4 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, September z, at the home
of the brides mother. nj New Castle.
Following the ceremony, which will
be performed by the Rev. S. Beattie
Wylie, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, at New Castle, a small re-
ception will be held at which the i'm
mediate members of the families and
few intimate friends will be guests.
Upon their return from their wedding
trip the newly married couple viii
reside at Erie. Pa, where the pros
pective groom is engaged in business.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
SUPPOSED DEAD. HE
STOPS own funeral
George Murley, Powder
worker, Appears in Time
to Stop Ceremonies
RAILROAD VICTIM
MISTAKEN FOR HIM

George Murley, 81 years old, Of 1922
Ridge avenue, Philadelphia, left
home on Wednesday. August IS. to
secure a position at the dupont Pow
der Works, at Carney's Point For
six days no word Of him came to the
family. On the following Tuesday
his sister. Annie, saw a notice in a
newspaper telling OF a corpse at the
morgue. at Thirteenth and Wood
streets. Philadelphia. The body had
been found beside the tracks Of the
Reading railway at Fifty-eighth
street, badly mangled by a train.
Murleys relatives supposed he had
lost his job and was trying to make
his way home on a freight train when
killed.
The family. several friends and the
Coroner, who had been a life long
friend of Murleys, all identified the
body. Every mark, contour and char
acteristic of the body tailed exactly
with Murley's-red hair, light COM
plexion. blue eyes and four missing
front teeth. The Identification SEEM
Eu NW INlAaAA AAAnA a HNA hAAA wac 70
sued for the removal of the body. An
undertaken was summoned to await
its arrival at the Murley home
Flowers were ordered and crepe was
hung out. The family was grief
stricken. SO were Murley's friends
Sister Meets "Dead Man."
And here il all might have ended
had it not been for one thing-and
/ that was the faintest suggestion OF
doubt in the mind of Murley's sister
Miss Annie Murley. To make assur-
ance doubly sure. and also to find out
as much as possible about her broth.
er's actions just before leaving the
DUPONT plant. she decided to go to the
/ factory herself. The morning of th'
| funeral she set out Almost the first
person she encountered at the plant
was her brother-or his exact double
Perhaps Miss Murley was laborinl
Continued on Second Page.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
TOMATOES SOAR IN
Price after COLD SNAP

Owing to the cool snap Of the past
Few days the price Of tomatoes, which
we're considered a glut on the market
last Saturday, selling for 20 and 26
cents a basket, leaped skyward. The
prices today ranged from 40 TO so
cents a basket and few farmers had
any at that price.
Corn Is also high, selling at 25
cents a dozen. This is unusual at this
time of the year. Growers in this sec
tion claim that the wind storm Of sew
eral weeks ago caused the corn to be
leveled to the ground and in many
cases the crop was failure.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
s. 4. BARKER. OF Dover,
STRICKEN ON Street

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Aug. 2S.-The condi-
tion of Samuel H. Barker. past grand
master of Delaware 1. o. o. F., OF this
town, who was thought to have suf-
fered a stroke Of paralysis late yes
terday afternoon while returning to
his home, is greatly improved this
morning. The attending physicians
claim that the attack was one OF
vertigo incident to some kidney trou-
BILE he had been subject to and not
paralysis.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
DYNAMITE SHIP, FLOATING
BOMB, LEAVES FOR RUSSIA

mouth of the Christiana for several
days, cleared early last evening. Gov
ernment officials here who had been
watching the vessel closely to see
that it left here as a freighter and
not as an armed ship. made an ex-
animation yesterday afternoon about
5 o'clock.
William Chandler. deputy collector
of customs, made the inspection, and
he failed to find any mounted guns
or other articles that might be con-
strued as a violation of the laws
of this country by making the
Voroney an armed ship. The vessel
is bound for Vladivostok, which point
it is due TO reach the latter part of
next month, and will go by way OF
Archangel and not by the Panama
Canal, il is said.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
FATE OF WRIST WATCH TO BE
DECIDED BY MEN WHO SELL EN-

here follows the voice Of the public on
the wrist watch:
Mrs. Julian Heath. New York, presi-
dent Housewives League-The first time
| saw a wrist watch on a man / looked
TO see if his hair was curly.
Mrs. Henry Butterworth. New York,
prominent suffragist-A strap applied
elsewhere will do some men more good
than around their wrists.
Safety Director Benesch, Cleveland
Ought TO be a Federal law making it a
felony to wear one.
Jerry MoNaughton, Cleveland's Beau
Brummel tailor-They're o. X. for she
males.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.

EAsTON. Nd. Aug. 2S.-When one
of the shacks tenanted by Bohemian
tomato skinners working for the Tai
bot Packing and Preserving Company
at Cordova took fire yesterday, two
small children, Mary Green, years
old. and George Cruger. aged years.
of Baltimore. were burned TO death.
The fire was started by the children
themselves and burned so rapidly that
it was impossible TO get the children
out before the building fell in.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.--The wrist
watch was on trial before a jury of its
peers today. Before darkness settles
on a troubled world it will know
whether it is more fashionable to firt
the cuff to get the hour, or whether the
old prosaic dragging of several lengths
of yellow log chain from the weskit is
fashions favorite.
After a resolution condemning the
thing had been tabled at the National
Retail jewelers. Association, the ques-
tion was revived again, but its fate will
be definitely decided today.
No matter what the jewellers decide
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
GET ROPE AS SOUVENIR.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DENTON, Md, Aug. 2S.-The rope
forming the moose with which Wish
Sheppard was hung here yesterday
was eagerly sought by the morbid
crowd attended the execution. A
part of it was secure and separated
and distributed to many in the crowd
who desired the rope as a souvenir
of the occasion.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
GRANGERs, Field DAY.

On Monday afternoon members or
the Diamond State Grange and Of the
Delaware Grange will hold a joint
field day at Brandywine Springs Park.
An especially interesting program, in
cluding all sorts of sports, such as
races, etc, has been arranged. Earl
Dickey and Mrs. Leslie MacCallister
comprise the committee on sports OF
the Diamond State Grange.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
ACCUSED OF LIQUOR SALE.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Aug. 2s.-Joseph Wash
ington colored, of Wilmington, was ar
rested here yesterday charged with the
unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. In
default of $500 bail he was sent to the
Kent county Jail for the October term
of court.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
German SUBMARINE
Shells english TOWN
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
BERLIN. Via Wireless to Sayville,
Aug. 2S.-A German submarine she'll
ed the town of Harrington, England,
Continued on Page 2.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
RrYoLrrIoN IN P0RTuGAL.

Hy me United Press
PARIS. Aug ga revolutionary movement 11
broken Portugal north Of opoTto according to aon
advoe today The government has taken energetic measures
to suppress IT,
Evening journal., 1915-08-28

NEW YORK. Aug 2s.- Corporation
Counsel Frank Lyon Polk, reported 10 be
the selection for counselor of the State
Department at Washington, will bring
10 the post In Washington an expert
knowledge and wide experience in law.
He is the son of DR.. William Mecklen-
burg Polk, dean Of the Cornell medical
school, the grandson of the Confederate
bishop general, Leonidas Polk. and the
granddaughter of President james X.
Polk Mr.. Polk was born in New York
in 1871, and was graduated from Yale in
1894. He studied law at Columbia Law
School. from which he was graduated in
1897. Mr.. rolk went 10 the Spanish
war with Troop A and became assistant
quartcrmaster under General Ernst with
! the rank of captain. Mr.. Polk has lonf
] been a close friend of Mayor Mitche
/ and was sitting beside him in an auto
mobile outside City Hall on the after
noon Of April IL, 1914, when a griev
ance crazed old man, Michael p. Ma
honey shot at the mayor. The bulle
missed the mayor and struck Mr.. Poll
in the left check Mr. Polk was re
moved 10 hospital, which he was abl
to leave week later.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28

Having taken on a cargo of dyna-
mite and other war explosives, the
Russian steamship Voroney. which
has been loading at Pigeon Point in
the Delaware river, just south of the
Evening journal., 1915-08-28

degrees in their deep pits. there was a
moment of intense expectancy, and then
a fash and the great mass of metal
went hurtling toward the target $4,000
yards away. Those who did not have
cotton stuffed in their ears at the time
of the first discharge were quick to get
some, for the concussion was anything
but pleasant. They could watch the
Evening journal., 1915-08-28

TURKS CUT TWO BRITISH REGIMENTS 10 PIECES
By The Unitod Press
cONsrANTINoPIE. Via Berlin Wireless. Aus. 2s-1Vo
British regiments pieces leaving 5000 dead o1 h
Geld in an attach by The the suva Bay region ct the
Dardanees 0cialy announced today The Turks took
much booty
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
CROWN PRNCE EAaER ID ION.

by United Press.
BERLIN wireless to sayvino Aug. 2srha the crovn
Prince the offensive around verdun nd
Gated by army order be issued August &C., recalling that
was the anniversary OF the German victory at LonEFy
adding. 1--WE await with undiminiahod ardor the aay
Emperor win summon US trenches fresh attaehso
resume the warfare delight God grant the dsy
win soon come and win feel tho strength Of tss
conouerors OF Longsyr
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
WEATHER

Cloudy tonight; Sunday, fair
slightly warmer Interior.
Moderate to fresh northeast
winds on the coast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
A Foodstufs Embargo inadvisable.

There are obvious reasons why the United
States should impose embargo on the exporta-
ton of foodstuffs only as last resort. One OF
them is the desperate need Of these foodstuffs
among the non-combatants Of Europe. Those
who argue that by suspendng the exporta-
ton of our wheat and flour and other food mate
rias we could starve European belligerents into
concluding treaties Of peace, do not take into con-
sideration the suffering which this would entail
on the part Of innocent and helpless millions.
Some of our exported foodstuffs may find their
wav to the trenches but the bulk of them is con-
sumed by the nOn-combatants at home, large
percentage of whom are much less able to endure
privation than their fathers, husbands, brothers
and sons at the front. 1t would seem highly IN
consistent to say the least, for nation which is
feeding Belgium for nothing to refuse to feed
for cash much larger number Of equally innocent
victims of the great
There is another argument, an economic one,
against the proposed embargo. 1t is the first duty
of our national government TO protect American
citizens from starvation, regardless of the de-
mands of international atrusm. But the only
American citizens in danger of starvation at
present are those out of employment and they, for
the greater part can't afford bread at any price.
The government to solve their problem, should
encourage the increase of employment, the return
Of prosperity, rather than by forbidding the ex-
port of foodstuffs seek to depress the price Of
bread. The latter course would cut off a large
part of our present highly lucrative foreign COM
merce cause financial disaster and greatly in
crease unemployment.
In this case, therefore, both self-interest and
atruism dictate the continued expectation Of
American foodstuffs, at least until the pinch be-
comes much greater than there seems any prospect
Of its becoming.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
The Air Raid on Belgium.

If the measure Of success claimed by the Brit
isb actually attended their air raid on the Ger
man naval bases in Belgium, it IS the first time
that the aeroplane has demonstrated its value IN
offensive warfare.
Hitherto aircraft have failed signally through
the dropping of bombs or the discharge OF spe-
ciallv constructed rifles to infict any material
damage Of military consequence on the enemy
In fact the German use of them as weapons oil
destruction rather leads TO the conclusion that
the Germans had despaired Of making them use
ful in legitimate warfare except as scouts, and
had decided to employ them otherwise simply to
terrorize unfortifed and non-combatant commu-
mites for the sake of the political and moral
effect The recent raid by aeropanes or Zeppe-
Inns or both on the County Of Norfolk, England Is
in the matter of objective in striking contrast to
this latest British exploit, or, in fact to other
much less successful British air raids, like the
one on Cuxhaveu. From every point of view the
dropping of bombs at night on sleeping villages
differs from an attack on fortified submarine
stations.
Success in the latter instance will greatly raise
the dignity Of the aeroplane in warfare and rob
the Germans Of their boosted pre-eminence as air
fighters, besides setting them an example IN the
legitimate use Of a new military weapon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
Getting Good Men for Office.

Governor Whitman has now reached the stage
Of experience where he aments the difficulty of
getting the kind of men he wants to take office
to accept the offices which he offers. Yet the
Governor, in the few appointments he has made
so far has set pretty high standard and has
been able to induce the kind of men he wanted
to take office under him. Mr.. Perkins, the Dis
trict Attorney of New York County, and the new
members of the State Civil Service Commission
are examples of the possibility of getting high
type of public official when the conditions are
right.
1t is hard to get good men-desrable men of
unimpeachable repute and ability--to take an
Office which they understand to be political"
There are plenty Of men who have genuine pub
lie spirit and a willingness to render public
vice, provided there are no strings on them in the
exercise Of the duties put up to them for consd-
GRAFTON. A political Governor, like Mr.. Dix or
Mr.. Sulzer, has no ability to convince real men,
big men, that there is place for them in his
administration which they could fill without loss
of prestige and sef-respect Mr.. Hughes did not
experience that difficulty. If Governor Whitman
follows the Hughes road in administration it may
safely be predicted that he will find no more diff
Guilty than Mr.. Hughes did in making appoint
ments creditabe to him and to the public service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
Closure in the Senate.

The Democrats in the Senate have maneuvred
themselves into an uncomfortable position on the
closure question. In order TO railroad through the
Administrations ship purchase bill they are sup
porting enthusiastically form of closure. If
the Reed resolution is adopted the Senate will
set a time for voting on one particular measure
and then lapse back into the old. rut of unre-
stricted debate
But there are some Senators who favor closure
as a permanent device for expediting legislation,
and one of these, Mr. Norris of Nebraska, who
holds the balance of power, has offered perma-
nent closure rule as an amendment to Mr.. Reeds
emergency proposal The Democrats are there
fore face to face with real previous question
scheme of the sort which most of them have most
feelngly denounced in the past and are still alto
gether unreconciled to.
There is little demand for closure in the Sen
ate, because, from the purely selfish point of view,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14

mast Senators realize that they VIII greaVg
diminish their personal and political Importance
by surrendering the ancient right OF ooS'ruc''o''
Under the present system the minority has power
70 compel a very large measure OF attention ana
Consideration. and small group Of men, II SUI
fcientlv in earnest. can extort material conces-
sions nv simply blocking the course of business
Every Senator is now force to be reckoned WIN.
Not only is his power over legislation magnihed
h,, the lack of a restriction on debate, but the
no,ver If the Senate as a body to secure consid-
Grafton from, the House of Representatives and
from the President is greatly enhanced by the
fact that what the Senate will do and when II
will do it can never be calculated with accuracy
in advance.
Lack of closure rule is "big stick put IN
tho hands Of Senators individually and as body
and 70 surrender that stick would greatly weaken
the Senate's prestige as factor IN lawmaKihg
and national leadership. There could be no
"overshadowing Senate" under parliamentary
system as mechanical and repressive as tnat I'M
der which the House of Representatives operates
The Democratic majority does not want to en-
force closure permanently. Yet it must pretend
To welcome such system in order to carry out
the Presidents orders. 1t is the elimination OF an
ironica situation that the Senate majority should
now be not only supporting a measure IN which
If has no genuine interest, but a! $50 favoring IN
the interest of that measure change IN parila-
mentary procedure which it really detests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
GERMANS WILL "DIE GAME"
With a Blind Faith in Their Kaiser
Guidance.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Ii it must eventually be de-
feat for the Germans. it will be due
to an exhaustion of resources rather
than any lack of courage and deter
mination. They firmly believe they are
in the right, and they will die for the
cause game" Probably this courage
and determination is conjured up by
the illusions which the military faction
casts around the brave German people.
Il is indeed pitiful TO see the blind
faith and trust which this great nation
has in the destiny of the Fatherland
under the divine guidance OF the Kaiser
and his militarists. The following eX-
tract from letter received from a
Berlin bank shows the artificial though
apparently healthy conditions existing
under the stimulus of their optimistic
delusions:
although our country has unex-
pectedly been forced 70 war by such
number of envious and jealous enc
mics, il may be stated that business
is marching on in most marvellous
way, though there are, of course,
some restrictions laid upon our inter
national commerce and our foreign
transactions. However, as our cOun-
try has already overcome quite a mum
Der of difficulties, we trust that in the
new year we shall soon be in a posi-
tion to give 10 our transactions a con-
siderably further development, espe-
cially as the confidence in the great
victory of our country has never
slackened, but has constantly grown
victory that will again secure for a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
IN MEMORIAM
Fanny Crosby: Died Feb. IL, 1915, Aged 95 Years.

A Memory Of the Temple Brooklyn, Feb. 10, lsSo'I
Within the Temple thronged the multitude,
And meek before stood that aging form
With sightless eyes, but heart and accents warm
And mental powers with virile strength endued'
flushed, silent all, the hum of voice subdued'
We hearkened while her hallowed thoughts, swarm
OF rich, sonorous, glowing words, transform
In praise unto her God, her faith and gratitude.
Blest was her vision Of lfe's final goal,
And blest her songs strains waited from the pana'
OF saints who chant upon the cleaning strands
OF Eden. where Gods endless anthems roll.
Yea! Now "she knows Him by the nail prints IN
His hands, "a
Snapt is the silver cord and Christ receives her SOUL
New York, Feb 12 1915 LEONARD STUART.