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Evening journal., 1915-01-19
MANY BUSINESS MEN AND LAWYERS
SPEAK OF IMPORTANCE OF WORK

tional clerks and II was adopted by
the Levy Court II provides that
the Court will not authorize the
naming of more clerks or increasing
of salaries unless the Legislature
authorizes the appointment and pay
ment of the same.
Coming down to actual earnings
o. the Recorder of Deeds Office il was
ascertained that twelve clerks have
bcen employed. Taking the earnings
of the Office for 1913 each clerk
earned for New Castle County 81
O32.75 and each clerk received $500
thereby turning into the county
nearly $1,000 over above the salary
paid him. Coming down 10 1914 each
clerks earned for New Castle County
81 ,O4O during the first half of the
year and the county paid the twelve
clerks who earned Sl2,485.30 only
S5.400 thereby leaving a clear saw
ing of S7,Os5 In addition to this
splendid showing in earnings one Of
/ the clerks spent the six months do
: ing work for the state as authorized
I by law for which the county did not
realize one cont although the clerk S
! time was consumed.
Last January the Recorder of
Deeds received list of names of
corporations from the Governor and
! the clerk detailed to do the work
had to search volumes of records for
the name of each corporation and
mark its charter recorded or that il
was repealed and void. When the
Recorder of Deeds receives such a
list of corporations there is no index
TO show the year in which the char.
ter was granted to the Corporation
There are times when the Corpora.
tons Charter was recorded in Ken
County thereby making the needle
Continued on Page IL.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
NORWEGIAN ship
Goes AGROUND
Crib Strikes the Shore at
Pope Island, Fifty Miles
Below HenlOpen
VESSEL RESTS SAFELY
AND WILL BE FLOATED

special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
LEWES. Del, Jan. l9.--The Norwe-
riau steamship Crib, in ballast, bound
from Boston to Norfolk for cou,
stranded during dense fog last nigh,
ON the main beach 1T Pope's Island, Va,
fifty miles below Cape Henlopen.
Life savers from Pore's Island station
went to her assistance and the revenue
cutter was notified
Burhage Co., Lcwes agents for the
tug Walter LuyEcnbaeh have sent the
tug from the Brcakwater TO the steam
cr's assistance and expects 10 float hci
al high tide this afternoon.
Reports from the life savers a'
Pores Island are that the steamer j.,
resting easy and is in no great danger
/ The steamer j. 9l2 tons register anf
halls from Bergen, Norway, her ownei
'cing 5. L. Christie
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
TURKS DENY RUssIAN AnYANCE.
lv 1'hf Ilnited Press

CONsTANTINOPLE. AIN. ls.-Cvia
Wireless) The Turkish War Of
fee today declared that the Turkish
forces in the Caucasus are gaining
ground against the Russians. despite
superior numbers and said that Rus
sian claims of disasters TO the Turkish
forces are not founded on fact. The
Russians have failed. it is stated. in
a general attempt to flank the Turk
ish positions. being repulsed with
heavy losses.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19

Much interest has been aroused
and many persons have expressed
approval Of an editorial in THE
EVENING JOURNAL of yesterday
showing the growth OF business In
the office Of the Recorder Of Deeds
end the necessity for the Legislature
passing a law 10 sanction enough
clerks TO handle without delay the
important work Of that Office and
preserve an accurate and dOwn-tO-
the-minute record there.
While there are enough clerks there
nov, most of them arc employed in
violation of a law that limits the
number Of clerks % four. The Legis-
lature is to be asked 10 legalize the
engaging of enough. clerks.
Leading members of the New Cas-
tie County Bar, representatives Of
Charter Corporations and those who
hsndle the transfers Of property
unite in saying that prOmptness N
the Office of the Recorder of Deeds
means much in this business and that
W lAAOAu HAOlAiIAlg anu ANNIAh 'hNtN
cut delay their legal papers a suiii-
Gent number of clerks is required
to do the work.
Some years ago, before Wilmington
assumed its present proportions. at
time when the suburban towns
within few miles of the city were
farms. and the Department Of State
at Dover was not turning out the
charters that bring in financial grist
for the state and county, the four
clerks provided by law for the Re
corder of Deeds Office were sufficient.
But the rush came with the demand
for Delaware Charters and Il was
a case of getting the documents re-
corded promptly or the business
would be transferred to other states
The limit of four clerks remained
I'm the law despite the wonderful
growth OF the office business
Accordingly the Recorder of Deeds
consulted the members of the Levy
Court and that body decided that th'
demand created 2 conflict with fhi
Law regarding the number of clerk
to do the work. The State had gran
teC the charters. and thousands 0
deeds and mortgages were TO b.
recorded. but only four clerks wer
provided for. Charter corporation
howled for prompt recording am
return of their certificates and char
ters and as a consequence the Lev
Court acquiesced in the request }
the Recorder of Deeds and from tim
To time additional clerks were ap
pointed although there was douh
about authority of law. to increas
the force.
This action on the part of the Lev
Court brought some criticism fror
several quarters where either bia
existed or the real situation of affair
and demand for prompt recordin
was unknown.
Growth of 0itiee Work.
Had the critics taken the pain
and time to make an investigate
they could readily have discovere
that as the work increased the twels
clerks, to which the force was il
creased. were needed and the count
was benefited by each clerk en-
ployed During the last eight yeal
the earnings by the Recorder
Deeds Office have more than double
over former years. and during Il
six months ending July /, 1914, Il
earnings of the Office were near
81 900 more than the total receip
or the entire year of 1906.
According to official figures Il
earnings of the Recorder of Deed
Office during recent years were
fcl1oWc.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
FROM THE WAR
GERMANS sUTTTB sEvTEE sET.sltX
AIose &c RolrsH sArrIE IryE


ALoSs rEE porrsE BATTLE rrsE
By The uuitsa salbsA
rErRoosAD Jan is-srosy ssrasas Cor. posss.slsa g
the northeast section Of rosh pro7nee OF T4oos has
suited successfully FOR armies sanouneea aso
today As Germans being srd o2cS 70 tae
tier ARTILLERY engagements followed Instances y
cavalry charssa point Of sava to he village %
sypia throughout today reels is n ruins. slo9ns
successive Sousardunta the opposing sa and the eoun
Try over Sighting IN progess Is devastated
unooia dispatches ssy the Germans are ssas heavily
reinforced near s5pid and making desperate shorts 70
resume ths oaensre
The Ausro-cerman armss advancing or warsaw ie rAe
south have reached tho Of Apno sseordine 70 uno
al advces and their have sasncd nearly % Rsdo
where the Rueaaps hsve soraed their positions an ss0Ft 70
check the enemy viii be this point and come q ae ns
desperate lighting Of the campaign rs expected TO ensure
defsst for the caars point would force T7e-
70 position N srsut q wsss.w sussaon w0Ol4 b
sasetsd vith zss srrsss osezstnS N Inst rsSaos
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
British Cruiser Fires On
American Merchant Ship
and Takes Her As Prize

ed at Kirkwall, as passengers.
Captain Farley declares that he re-
fused posiuvesly to have anything
more to do with his ship as long as
the British flag flew over II. Finally.
after three days, he claims, he was al
lowed to replace his own colors and
then he took the vessel to Leith. fie
nally being permitted to complete hi y
Journey 10 German waters. I.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
KENT COUNTY NAMES RECEss.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STATE HOUSE. DOVER, Del. Jan.
19.-Because some of the judges Of
the Supreme Court were compelled TO
be at Georgetown Court today, the
January term of the Supreme Court,
while opened up. mere this morning
by Clerk Wilbur ID. Wilds. was at
once adjourned until tomorrow. when
the Supreme Court will reconvcne and
hear arguments and render decisions.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
RRITISH nETAIN nACIA.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan 19.-The Brit
ish government today notified the
United States that il would not con-
sent TO the proposed trip of the cot
ton steamer Dacia 10 Rotterdam be-
fore taking up the question of her
transfer from German to American
registry.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
AUsTRItNs REPORT SUCCESS.
8v The United Press.

bN u ne lnltcd lrcSs.
VIENNA, Jan. 19.-Claims of Aus
trian successes at bakliczn are made
by the war Office. II is declared
that the Austrians have driven the
Russians from some of their trenches
there and that these are now held by
the Austrians. The general situation
is declared to show little change.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
sWENzER'S BODY UNCLAIMED.

The body OF Peter Swenzer. the
shoemaker who dicd from a fractured
skull at the Delaware Hospital sew
eral days ago is still unclaimed at
the county morgue. Deputy Coroner
Nichols will hold tho body for a few
days before il is inferred.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
BELGIAN RELIEF ship
IN DISTRESS At SEA

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19-The Bel
gian relief ship Canine is about 500
miles off the New England coast, in
about the same position the Titanic
was wrecked, according to a report
today 10 the revenue cutter service.
The revenue cutter Androscoggin has
left Halifax at full speed TO give the
vessel help.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

Magistrate Lewis yesterday issued
marriage license to Miss Clara
Boyer and Niagara Loper. both resi-
dents of Guyencourt. Wasil Malkow-
ski and Eva Kurzio. of this city. we're
also granted marriage license.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
LEGISLATURE MUST PROVIDE
CLERKS TO HANDLE GROWING
RECORDERS OFFICE BUSINESS

Prompt Writing of Charters, Deeds Certificates and
Other Important Documents for Preservation, as
Records Cannot Be Dsne by -Four Clerks Allowed
BY Law Since Levy Courts Right TO Name Addi-
fonaI Ones Is Questioned
Evening journal., 1915-01-19

These figures show necessity for
employment of additional clerks be-
yond the number sanctioned in the
law. Demand and necessity have
Jeen going hand in hand, and as d
'osult Now Castle County has been
roaping a golden harvest by the work
Of extra clerks employed in the Of
fee of the Recorder of Deeds. TO
such an extent did criticism reach
that at the meeting of the Levy
Court on Tuesday last Mr.. Smith in
troduccd a resolution regarding the
employment and payment OF addi-
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
WEATHER

Partly cloudy and colder to-
night. Wednesday, partly
cloudy; west winds.
Evening journal., 1915-01-19
SUN AND TIDES

At EVENING JOURNAL OFFIcI
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-17


of $4,000 for a ten-round bout in
New York this summer with Jim COT
fey may be snapped up by Tom Jones,
manager of the heavyweight cham
pion. Willard was, according to the
dreams of Jones and some others, to
realize few hundred thousand dol
lars in his first year as title holder.
So far he has proven sad f1ivver.
His vaudeville tour exploded and
now he is with a wild west show,
which certainly cannot be paying
him a salary to approach the sum de-
sired by Jones. And $4,000 for ten
rounds is the biggest guarantee ever
offered fighter and whole lot more
than any knight of the mitts is
worth.
Coffey, the opponent selected for
Willard, is a rough and ready battler
who has made himself big reputa-
ton around Gotham in recent mills.
He can give the champion hot ar
gument and fear of losing the title is
the only thing that will keep Jones
from matching his man. He surely,
desires the coin.
Lawrence McCIeIIand, the 108-.
FOUNDER from Whiting, Ind, fighting
in the stable of Rocco ParTillo, is
creating a stir in local amateur cir
cles. He has cleaned up all competi-
tors in two shows at Forbes gymna-
SUM, and done it emphatically.
There are few opponents of worth
in this division. But in the course
of time McClelland will take on
weight and at the same time gain eff
f1ciency from experience and instruc-
ton. When he scales 116 pounds he
will be ready to desert the amateurs
and tear into the bantams.
Freddie Welsh has recovered from
the injury to his shoulder and is in
training in New York for his fight
May %, in Indianapolis, with Young
Saylor.
-O-O
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-17


Federal League. - Pittsburgh 4,
Chicago 1; Kansas City 3, st. Louis 2.
To the weakness of the batters can
be ascribed the fact that the White
Sox are today in fourth place and
not at least in tie for second with
the Detroit Tigers. Earlier in the
season the South Side fellows were
peppering the pill joyously and max
ing the path fairly easy for the local
pitchers.
Fourier, John Collins and Roth
are still going along at fairly even
pace, but Felsch, Brief, Schalk, Eddie
Collins and Weaver are doing less
than is expected of them.
However, if the RowIands remain
within hailing distance during this
slump, and they have the pitching
strength to do so, they will be in a
position to climb back toward the
top shortly. 1t is not reasonable to
believe the batting will remain weak
much longer.
Brief has batted in hard luck and
ILl1o hoo 0oppCO oOl1C VI I1lo COuu-
dence. He hits the ball solidly, but
usually at some waiting fielder.
Felsch is improving and regular duty
should make his eye sharper. Weaver
is a better batter than his mark of
less than 200 shows, and Schalk is
nowhere near his limit.
As for Eddie Collins, there need be
no worry. The star second baseman
is never a fast starter and his hitting
will mount steadily. By the time the
team leaves for the first eastern trip
he will be hitting the ball solidly.
The duel at present being staged on
the South Side between Eddie and
Larry Lajoie, who has taken his place
at second for the Mackmen, holds
considerable interest for the fans. Sc
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-17
BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL soRTs-BoxNG

RESULTS YESTERDAY
National League. - No games
scheduled.
American League.-Philadelphia 4,
Chicago 2; New York 6, Detroit q;
Boston 8, Cleveland 0; st. Louis 2,
Washington 1.
Federal League. - Pittsburgh 4,
Chicago 1; Kansas City 8, st. Louis 2.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-17

Those fellows who argue that a
circle cannot be squared never let the
baby play with one of their rings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
AUSTRIA

Il United Press Leased Wire Service. !
VIENNA, Nov. %. (via Berlin, Am
sterdam and London.)-ltalian attacks
on the Austrian front are Increasing
In violence all along the line. Al
though most Of them have been re-
pulsed, the loss Of one Austrian posi-
Ition In the OsIavia district is admitted d
In today's official statement.
The Italians penetrated the Aus
trlan line at this point by a tremend-
Gus charge, but before they had time
to make their advantage good, count
ier attack drove them back except at
one spot.
The Italians Isonzo forces have
been strengthened by drafts from the
TyroI and the bombardment Of the
IGoritz bridgehead In particular, Is be-
ling bombarded with ever-growinq in
ItensIty. The town Is largely wrecked
and fresh fires are sprInginn up from
the persistent srelling.
Attack after attack Is being beaten
back In the San Martino section with
enormous losses to the italians.
Alternate Smelling and infantry
charges are In progress, some times
with one side and again the other at
te mpting an offensive at Poema, Pod.
cora and Monte San Michele.
In the Monte Sabotino district, Itai
Ian assaults are beginning to collapse
the war office stated, as result of the
earfuI losses the attacking forces
have suffered In killed and wounded
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
What the War Moves Mean
By j. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

Hungarian positions defending Goritz
and is making possible the first con-
siderable italian victory Of the war.
Goritz is the military center OF the
Austro- Hungarian Isonzo armies. Its
fall would require a re-arrangement
of the Austro-Hungarian supply sys-
tenn at the very least, leading possibly
to an early retirement along the
Isonzo from Goritz south to the north.
ern shore Of the gulf Of Trieste.
Trieste itself Is fifteen miles fur-
ther to the south of the CULTS head
lands. The capture Of the seaport is
General Cadorna's chief objective and
after occupying Goritz, all his atten'
ton will be given to reaching Trieste
Properly to protect Trieste. the Aus
ro-Hungarians would be compelled to
lengthen their front. This fact might
in the end be the most important con
sequence Of the fall of Goritz. To OBJ
tain additional troops to guard the
Trieste lines, It might be necessary to
recall Austro- -Hungarians from the
Russian and Serbian fronts. A de
veloDment such as this might permit
Italy to exercise. for the first time. a
benef1cient military influence On the
fortunes Of her allies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
MIR. Mellen had Talk With Mr. Roosevelt Regard
ing the Deal and Was Told it Was the
Best Thing to do
but WARNED OF The RISK TAKEN
Rumor That Canadian Parties Might Purchase
the Road, Was Given as Reason for
New Haven's Prompt Action

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, Nov. 22--Charles Mel
len, former presiuent Of the New Hav-
en- testified in the trial of the in
dicted directors, that the purchase OF
the Boston and Maine by the New
Haven railroad, was made with the
full consent of Colonel Roosevelt,
then president, and Secretary Of the
Interior Franklin l.. Lane, then an in
terstate commerce commissioner.
They agreed with him, Mellen said,
that 1t was better from a military
standpoint, to have the Boston and
Maine owned by an American cor.
poration than to have it fall into the
hands of a Canadian company.
But President Roosevelt, Mellen
said, warned him that If the New Ha-
ven officials violated the law. they
did SO at their own risk.
Mellen said he went to Washington
in 1907 before the Boston and Maine
merger was completed. President
Roosevelt sent him to Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Lane. Mellen
told Lane there was possibility OF
the Boston and Maine being acquired
by an American corporation, because
of its military Importance, and sent
him back to President Roosevelt with
his approval.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22

"Mr. Mellen I'm no lawyer" Col
onel Roosevelt said, according to Mel
len. "If you do anything wrong, you
can take your own risk and need not
come back to me If you get into trou-
BILE. But personally I'd say, buy the
Boston and Maine"
The governments attorney sought
to draw from Mellen the admission
that he caused r,lmors to be started
that the Canadian interests were
about to acquire the Boston and
Maine for the purpose of getting ap-
proval from the Roosevelt adminis-
tration. Mellen denied he had sent
an agent to Canada for that purpose.
The government sustained a Sc.
we're blow this afternoon in the ruling
Of Judge Hunt that no evidence pur.
porting to show that the New Haven
had corrupted Massachusetts, ASSEM-.
blymen could be admitted.
Mellen admitted that the Massa.
cIlusetts legislature was "in a particr1.
larly bad frame Of mind toward the
merger"
A letter to Mellen from one of his
directors, suggested that "the little
father at Washington might get his
finger In the pie too but Mellen,s re.
ply was that he thought Washington
matters were cared for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
The War in Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolutions
ary Neighbors of the South.

Obregon to move two thousand more
Carranzista troops across American
soil from Piedra Negras to Douglas,
to Join the main army OF Obregon.
Official dispatches confirmed Villas
rout near Hermosillo. A large part OF
his army successfully retreated to No
gales. Army officers believe Nogales
Will be abandoned as Villas base, in
fear of being pushed over the Ameri.
can border and interned. Many Vii.
l;sta deserters are coming into the
United States.
VIII Meet on the Bridge.
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 22.-Governor
Ferguson and Adjutant General Hut
chings of the state militia, will leave
here late this afternoon for Laredo,
where they will confer with General
Carranza tomorrow noon on the inter
national bridge linking that city with
Neuvo Laredo. The governor will be
joined by Teodulo R. Beltnan. Mexi-
can consul general and State Senator
Bee
The conference is intended to fix
responsibility for the bandit raids
which recently have terrorized the
Rio Grande country. The American
and Mexican officials are expected TO
agree on some plan to prevent their
repetition.
Following the conference on the
bridge, Governor Ferguson and his
party will be escorted to the municipal
palace at Nuevo Laredo, where re-
ception will be given in their honor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22
TURKEY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, Nov. 22. - A Turkish
transport carrying 500 Ottoman SOL
diers, has been sunk by mine In the
sea of Marmora, according to a Gen.
trail News dispatch today from Zurich.
Nearly all on board were drowned, the
dispatch filed via Amsterdam stated.
TREMENDOUS OFFENSIVE.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. PA tre-
n1endous offensive has been begun by
the allies at the DardaneIIes, said a
dispatch to the koeI-
nische zeitung today.
The Dardanelles offensive 10 regard
ed here as Lord kitchener's negative
answer to suggestions in England that
the GaIlipoIl campaign be abandoned.
Following Sir Ian HamiIton's Re.
call from command Of tho expedition,
General Monro, who succeeded him, is
understood to have recommended that
the troops engaged in the DardaneIles
land campaign be withdrawn, consid.
!e ring them engaged In hopeless task.
The London cabinet war council dc.
cided, however, not to take 80 i'm.
portant a step without further advice
and Kitchener visited the peninsula In
person few days ago to look over
the situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-22

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
!, NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-For the first
ume since the Italian campaign along
tae isonzo river began. possibility is
now developing of the capture OF
sor.tz which commands the most i'm
portant crossings on the waterway,
sseparatlng the Austro.Hungarian and
Italian lines.
General Cadorna has changed his
a.les, after six months OF expert
menes and Is now concentrating his
suns and his reserve troops along a
sa. saaI 'front.' Of twelve miles centering
Sslore Gorftz. Hitherto the Italian
v.nnander has scattered his effective
saensth and has tried to drive for.
ls l1sro everywhere at once. What Is
sho shown as the Isonzo line measures
ssuea, ssous nfty miles. All it's possible vul.
A.. s.ao,e places have been under italian
nos. s simultaneously many times, but
cownere cos,1 until the present attack on
tior aoriea began has major concentra.
Ja d." vccnrred at any single point.
na pom the British and French many
isua. oa.as ago abandoned long lined Of
ssoas.s- ssases- The Italians have only now
hVpsed the same tactics. The result
se'loasiy endangering the Austro