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Evening journal., 1916-08-24
REUNION OF VETERANS
Of Fourth REGIMENT
Richard G. Buckingham
Elected President at Meet
ing Held at Shellpot
2S SURVIVORS
ATTEND SESSION

Twenty-eight members OF the
Fourth Regiment Delaware Voiun-
teers, gathered at shellpot Park to-
day for their annual reunion. There
are few more than this number who
still survive. President r. G. Buck
ingham presided at the meeting.
Following roll-call. the annual cleo
tlon Of officers was held. which rd-
suited as follows: r. G.. Buckingham.
president; r. H. Williams. secretary
and treasurer. and John Burke. Com
pany A; William Blest. Company c:
II. w Perkins. Company ID; Henry M.
Whiteman, Company b. Edwin Gregg.
Company r; S. G. Thomas, Company
G.; Charles Buckmaster. Company ri.
William T. Lowell. Company 1. and
dents.
Dinner. was served the comrades
and their families at the park restau.
rant at noon. and at 1870 O'Clock the
meeting was resumed A resolution
on the death of the veterans of the
regiment during the past year was
adopted. Those who died since me
last reunion were: Captain ID. E
buckingham, Company p; Lieutenant
L. c. Kent, Company f; Sergee,t
John A. Armstrong, Company AZ
David y. Ridgeway. Company r; VIII
liam I Bradley, Company r.; Joseph
Jones, Company G; John II. Reims.
Company G.; William ]. Richards.
Company X; Darling Johnson, Com.
pany F, and Thomas Darling. Com.
pany H.
AT the opening Of the meeting this
afternoon, President Buckingham re.
called TO the members Of the company
the report sent to headquarters Oh
January g. 1866, Of the casualties OF
the Wilderness" campaign up until
that date. The report showed that
or this regiment two commissioned
officers were killed, 3 commissioned
officers wounded 40 enlisted men kill
ed, II wounded and % of the injured
enlisted men died following the cam.
paign; 10 enlisted men were captured.
The following battles were engaged
in by the regiment following the re-.
| port Hatcher's Run. February 6.
| Wide Oak Road, March 81. Five
Forks April /, and Appomatox. Court
I House, April g.
Those who attended the reunion to-
day were: Calvin Merritt, Company
ID; Charles Bradford Company %;
John Bullock. Company ID; Charles r.
Lumb, Company p; Edwin Il. Wood,
Company II; Charles Buckmaster,
Company H. Cortland NJ Fell, COM
pany e; r. T. Smith. Company E;
s. j. Thomas. Company C John II
Steele, Company @ c. II. Gregg. Com
pany +; J. W Thomas, Company G.
William b. Marshall. Company B: II
NJ. Whiteman. Company h; Richard
c. Buckingham, Company r; Henr.
, w. Perkins Company ID; William w
Mott. Company b W. S. Sparks. Com
pany G Henry Jacobs. Company r.
John NJ Burke, Company A w. II
Blest Company c: William II. Lowell
Company l Daniel W Beebe. Com
pany +; Lewis B. Lomax. Company
/. ID; James Stafford. Company IT.
Daniel O'Neil, Company c, ~ r
Young Company L; John 7. Nc.
Laughlin, Company a.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
Railroads Seem Ready TO
AqFee on Plan TO Avert Strike

eight hour day such as offered by
President Wilson.
AS a result one Of the leading
executives after that conference broke
up said the situation looks very se-
rious." Much depended, he said, upon
developments at a conference held inn
mediately thereafter between Presi-
dent Wilson and Hale Holden. Judge
Lovett and Daniel willard Following
this meeting. however, Holden said
the situation was no more hopeful.
After comforting with President
Wilson today Judge Chambers. OF the
Federal Board of Mediation and Con
ciliation, discussed with the sub
committee of executives what they
had In mind regarding a commission
TO settle labor difficulties In the
future. He is understood then to
have taken the executives proposition
TO the employees
That there will be a determined
fight against acceptance of any prop
osition regarding an eight-hour day
with ten hours pay was indicated
by a large number of executives today.
These continued TO issue statements
calling the Presidents eighthour idea
"preposterous" and impractical"
The President. on the other hand.
is known 10 feel that the situation
has improved and hopes for success
full termination OF the negotiations.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
SEAL OF State over
CITY BUILDING ENTRANCE

Work OF placing the great seal Of
the State of Delaware over the en-
trance to the city end of the new pub
lie building will be started soon the
scaffolding for the workmen now be-
ing in course of erection. The con-
tract has been awarded to Charles
Keck, a New York sculptor. The
work will require three months. The
seal will be five feet in diameter and
will be placed directly over the key
stone of the arch just over the en-
trance to the city end of the build
ing. To the left of the seal will be
the figure of a woman, symbolizing
abundance. The field, or space be-
tween the figures and the seal will be
filled in with representations of the
industry and productions of the State.
including peach trees, wheat and
other products Of the soil and the
arts.
James Perwilliter. who represents
the sculptor here, is supervising the
erection of the large platform from
which the work will be carried on.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
SUPPOSED CRIME
FAREWELL SALUTE
FireCracker, Rookie" Pa
trOlmen and Reporters
Cause Near Riot on
East Side
RESIDENTS THOUGHT
WOMAN WAS SHOT

Residents Of Poplar street, between
Fifth and Sixth, were thrown into a
near panic this morning, when the re-
port of one lone frecracker about two
inches long caused the neighborhood
to be invaded by detail Of rookie"
patrolmen and a squad Of newspaper
reporters. Visions of a gruesOme
murder. which fioated before the eyes
Of the newly appointed officers, faded
into mist, when Patrolman Potts,
while investigating the alleged shoot
ing, picked up the remains OF an
exploded firecrackor
The cracker had been exploded in
the home Of Mrs. Mary Freel, No. 500
Popular street, by one Of three young
men who had called to say farewell
to Mrs Freel who is about to re-
move to New York. According 10
information received by the Police
Department, a woman had been shot
at the house.
Police Captain Kane detailed three
newly appointed patrolmen, McAleer
Gates and Potts, to the case and they
hurried to the scene Of the shooting
The residents were lined up before the
Freel house when they arrived. Th'
new officers rushed into the buildinl
and while officer Potts made an in
vostigation there. the others started
after three men who had been seeI
leaving the building following th'
report. officer Potts found pieces o
the exploded 6recracker on the hool
of the house and this, according Il
those present, had caused the rum
pus.
Mrs. Pearl Campbell Of No. 5O7 Pop
lar street. claimed that when tn
cracker exploded. she heard a wo
man screaming as II with pain Mrs
Campbell rushed from her home ant
took refuge in a store nearby. Th
police station was notified Of the sup
posed crime.
The three patrolmen displayed goo'
Judgment in their investigation, how
ever. gathering all the facts befor
they left the premises to report q
police headquarters.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24

red as contemplate the journey"
little smile Maggie" said Dick ut
the
used Marge you missed chat smile of
ill.,"
That speech o thrilled and / exclaimed;
going life rotouy I'm going to breathe
through my eyes as we'll as my all the
this great world my literally feel the touch OF
o
frightened deanng hand
Il he thought of bed
You must and he
10 get slowly"
sconfuy "1 have tried to be content with
lying under adverse
stances IS living o the Of hell"
Involunaly and the feeling
tlat could move blotted out other sensation
"Oh Dick Dick" Historically. that
ann
Yes dear that moving from me- he said rather
/ make again.
And going to love all agan? asked macously
ceased to love dear"
alive? / really thinks e
Do you that a
suppress taken
loving?
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
AT THE OUFFN.

Dare Devil Kate a phctoplay OF
much interest 70 Wilmingtonians.
particularly those that work in the
munition plants hereabouts. was the
feature attraction at the Queen, and
was seen by large audiences Virginia
Pearson in Dare Devil Kate intro
duces to the screen a new unique
charcter Of the vampire type, with a
Western background the scenes OF
which were mostly filmed at Hope
well. Va. the town built by duPonts.
Miss Pearson is both heroine and
villianess. with a woman's courage
and fearlessness, interminzled with
a kindness of heart and a nature
which at the root has not a spark OF
evil.
The added attractions are unusually
good. Goldberg's cartoon is a scream,
and George Ovey in "Jerry's Cele-
bration" is a roar. The same bill
will be repeated today
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
GERMAN Catholics
DENOUbCE wilson
Charges Preferred" by
President Against Loyalty
of Their Citizenship
Deplored
DEBATE BEFORE
ACTION is TAKEN

NEW YORK, Aug. 24-President
Wilson was criticized last night in a
resolution passed at the closing ses-
sion Of the German Roman Catholic
Central verein for having preferred
charges" in his message to Congress
against a part OF our citizenship who
heretofore enjoyed the proud distinc-
tion Of unquestioned loyalty and pa
triotsm.' Action ON the resolution
was taken only after there had been
a heated debate on the question Of the
propriety Of religious organization
entering into political delds'
The resolution presented by COM
mittee headed by Joseph Matt OF ST.
Paul, Mimi. was as follows:
without precedent in the his
tory OF our country we find the
President OF the United States
publicly-in his official message
preferring charges against "A part
OF our citizenship who thereto
fore enjoyed the proud distinction
Of unquestioned loyalty and pa
triotism.
We regret this utterance and de-
plore IFS effects, especially In
view OF It's general character
without subsiantiating facts as
such utterances coming from such
high source are calculated TO fos-
ter unfounded suspicion and mis-
trust IN an element OF our Ameri-
can people and imperll the con-
summation OF a program Of social
efficiency in our country.
4 Alphone G. Koelble president OF
the United German Societies OF Amer.
/ lea In a speech urging the passage
OF the resolution, declared. I'VE have
been accused OF being false to the
flag. the Gag for which we bled and
died. Although ] play as safe as any
one, am In favor of turning against
this infamous attack on our charac
ter"
Joseph Frey, president OF the Cen
trail Verein. objected TO the resolution
on the ground that II would be con
strued as an attack on the candidacy
OF the President. He expressed in
dignation al the Presidents utter
ances, but said the protest should
have been made at the time the,
were issued and not now
The convention OF the Federation
of Catholic Societies adjourned lat,
yesterday. John Whalen, OF New
York, the president. and all othe
officers We're reelected. excep
Joseph T. Brennan, OF Boston. sixt
vice-president, who was succeeded b
DR.. Peter CAM. OF Louisville. Tn
convention will meet in Kansas CIT,
Mo, next year.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24

star, who has established herself
among the idols of the screen, viii
be at the Majestic for a three days
engagement beginning today. in tho
thrilling society drama, Public Opin-
ion,' written especially for her by
Margaret Turnbull, celebrated novel
ist II is shown on the Paramount
program
The production is one Of the most
lavish the Lasky Company has ever
made. The big court room scene is
an exact replica Of that in which the
trial was held upon which the story
is based.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
SAYS HIGH Prices
ARE NOT Permanent
Estabrook, U. S. Food Ex-
pert, Attributes Increase
to Extra Demand
FEARS PRICE FIXING
BY THE PACKERS.
By The United Press.

ny 4 nt AAlANu iltSNs
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24-The super
high cost Of living is not here 90
stay, is purely circumstantial and
readily traceable to the basic laws OF
supply and demand. This was the
statement today of Leon NJ. Estabrook
chief of the United States Bureau OF
crop estimates, authority on food sup
ply.
While the prices Of food should be
properly expected to advance COM
mensurate with the rising prosperity
of the country, to keep pace with the
general rise in prices on all commodi-
ties, the present abnormal prices on
many food staples will adjust them
selves with another season, Esta-
brook said.
Soaring prices Of grain. he said, are
directly due to the big falling off in
production In almost every class.
taken in connection with the bumpev
outputs OF the past two years. These
two exceptional crops, Chief Esta-
brook said. the basis of the nations
prosperity during the past two years,
created a greatly increased demand,
cost Of handling-in such bulk-was
much lowered and the wheat market
adjusted to larger output The sudden
decrease in production this year has
naturally sent prices skyward
The jump in the price OF beans from
! five cents last year to eleven cents
now Is another example, Estabrook
said of increased demand-from the
armies in Europe and on the Mexican
/ border-with curtared production,
due to unfavorable weather condi-
tions.
Prices on vegetables are purely
seasonable and local. he said as the
season Of 1915, unusually cool, wit
messed a bumper vegetable crop in
nearly all sections. The present sea.
/ son has been anything but favorable
+ for truck gardeners. Hence sustain
( ed demand. curtailed output-higher
( prices.
The constantly rising prices Of mea'
results. Chief Estahrook said, from Z
gradual falling OIL in production. witt
the alawys mounting demand that hai
been noted during the past ten years
! lntimation that the half dozen larg'
/ packing houses, which exert practi
cal monopoly are and have controlled
price on cattle on the hoof to such ~
extent that the cattle industry ha
proven unproftable was made by Esta
brook
Cattle raisers, he said, have for the
past ten years complained that the!
were unable TO obtain suficien
money from the packing houses L
make the business moderately lucra
| tive. The surest confirmation Of pric
/ fixing. in Estabrooks' opinion. Is tn
I fact that ranchers are dropping cat
tie raising in increasingly large nun
bers, until today there are fewer cat
tie on the hoof than there were il
191O-six years ago.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
WOMAN FALLS dead ON
WASHINGTON ST. BRIDGE

An elderly woman, thought to be
Mrs. Mary Sering from a paper found
on the body, died suddenly early this
afternoon on the way from where she
had fallen, on Washington street
bridge, to the Delaware Hospital. The
remains are now at the morgue await
ing Identification.
The woman was seen to fall and a
call for the police patrol was turned
in. When the machine reached the
spot the driver learned that a man
said to be a Mr.. Keen, passing in an
automobile, had placed the woman in
his car and had driven with her to
the hospital. She had a bottle of
medicine on her person, and it is sup
posed that she was in i'll health and
was taken seriously i'll just as she
reached the bridge.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
Various Forms
OF Headache

1T is necessary In order TO treat head
aches properly to understand the CAUSES
which produce the affection" says DR.. J. ".
Ray, OF Blockton. Ala. Continuing. he says,
Physicians cannot even begin the treat-
ment OF disease without knowing what
causes give rise TO IL, and we must remem-
Der that headache is TO be treated accord
ing TO the same rule. We must not only be
particular 70 give remedy intended 30
counteract the cause which produces the
headache. but we must also give remedy
20 relieve the pain until the cause of the
trouble has been removed. To answer this
purpose, anti-kamnia tablets will be found
a most convenient and satisfactory remedy.
One tablet every one to three hours gives
comfort and rest In the most severe cases
OF fheadRche, neuralgia and particularly the
headaches of women"
when we have a patient subject TO regular
attacks OF sick headache, we should canton
him TO keep his bowels, regular, for which
nothing Is better than "Actoids," and when
he feels the least sign OF an oncoming at
tack, he should take two AK Tablets. such
patients should always be instructed TO
carry n few anti-kamnia tablets, so ss 70
have them ready for instant use. These
tablets are prompt IN action and can be
depended on TO produce relief In q very
few minutes. Ask for AK Tablets.
Anti-kamnia tablets at all druggists.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
W. g. MCBRIDE HAS PLAGUE.

William G. Mcbride. % years old, a
travelling salesman, whose name was
Among the new infantile paralysis
tases in Philadelphia. had been a pa
hent in the Medico-Chirurgical Hos
pital since last Thursday. He was
thought to have typhoid fever. Last
night his illness was diagnosed as in
iantile paralysis and he was taken to
he Philadelphia Hospital for Con-
lagious Diseases. He went to Philadel-
bhia from Dover. Del. on August II,
having been taken i'll on August 10.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
ASK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BIDS AT ONCE.
Bv The United Press.

Bv The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-when the
Navy bill is signed by President Will
son next week. the Navy Department
will advertise Immediately for bids for
four superdreadnonghts Bidding will
close two months later.
At about the same time-October /
plans for the new battle cruisers will
be completed, the department hopes,
and bids will then be asked on these,
with a two months limit.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
~THE OLD HOMESTEAD

No more gratifying announcement
could possibly be made to excite the
interest Of the average theatre goer
than the one made in behalf OF Den
man Thompson's superb play OF i'm
mortal fame. The Old Homestead"
which is scheduled for a weeks run at
The Playhouse commencing August
81. meaning OF course. that the es-
tablished matinees will be followed.
Relating a story with such calm dig
nifty. interspersed with flashes OF real
dramatic intensity. midst the quiet,
peaceful surroundings of New Eng
land life. and continuous flow OF
a.l-'inr rural wit and quaintest
comedy. this dear old play with its
many years Of glorious triumphs, rs
sure to awaken the keenest kind of
enjoyment and to again remind the
rank and file Of play-goers that at
least. one American play is bound TO
endure, in spite of the changing tide
Of dramatic exploitation.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
DOVES ~ Ar WEDDING.

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Greenbaum'
their daughter. Miss Marion Green
baum. and Miss Lena Roth, of this
CITY. have returned from New York
CITY where they attended the we'd
ding of Miss Bessie Fox, cousin Of
MIR Greenbaum's, and daughter OF the
worldwide known moving picture
magnate. Miss Fox was married to
Harry Livingston, a wealthy oil oper-
htor of Oklahoma
The wedding was one of the most
fashionable in New York for some
time. The ceremony was performed
under a bower of white and pink
roses and at the conclusion number
of doves were liberated from beneath
the canopy. and fluttered about the
room. At the moment this occurred
the canopy of roses Collapsed and fell
10 the floor scattering the flowers in
every direction and forming a carpet
bn which the guests walked.
The dinner decorations were beau
tiful in the extreme. The function
was one the Wilmington guests will
long remember.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
WILLIAM B. GALLAGHER
DIES At White HAVEN

News Of the death yesterday OF Will
liam B. Gallagher. of No. 9O2 kirk
wood street. at White Haven, Pa
came as a shock TO his many friends'
few of whom were aware OF the seri-
BUSINESS of his condition. Members OF
his family were at his bedside MS
bodv was brought to this city early
last evening.
The deceased was a well-known
young man and connected with the
dupont Company, holding a position
in the office at the Branlywine
shops.
He was a member Of the Santa Ma
ria Council. No. 1876. Knights OF Co
lumbus. and also OF the benevolent
pioneer Literary Association, at one
time being president Of the latter or
ganization.
He is survived by his father, two
brothers and three sisters.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
WOMAN BADLY HURT
BY z STORY PLUNGE

While engaged in cleaning a second
story window at her home, No. 902
West Second street, early this after
noon. Mrs. Benajmin Connor lost her
balance and fell TO the sidewalk. dis
tance Of about twenty feet She was
picked up in an unconscious condition
and hurried to the Delaware Hospital
in the Phoenix ambulance, where it
was said that her condition was
serious.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
AT BRANDYWINE SPRINGS.

There is no more efficient way of get
ting away from the heat Of the city in
this warm spell than by taking a trolley
car and going TO Brandywine Springs
Park. The ride is long and pleasant
and the trolley passengers are always
cool. At the park there is ample
amusement for all who desire it, and
the list OF up-to-date amusements
compares favorably with any park in
this section.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
10 CLOSE TURNPIKE.

Beginning tomorrow and continuing
for six or eight weeks. the turnpike
between Wilmington and Newport
will be closed to travel This road
will be resurfaced, and the only way
that effective work can be done Is TO
close the highway to all travel by We
hicie.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
AT THE VICTORIA

Although Edith Story has always
had an enviable reputation for ver-
satility we find her proving this
statement to our satisfaction in "Thc
Tarantula," shown at the Victoria
Theatre for the last time today.
Her character in the first reels OF
this picture is that Of a lively care
free Spanish senorita-full OF life and
greatly attracted to a young Amer
lean, although in opposition to her
fathers wishes
The Offering for tomorrow anu
Saturday is Anita Stewart. star of
The Suspect" IN the Daring OF
Diana"
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
ssr TON TOMATOES THIS YEAR.

Tomatoes are very scarce this
year and at the canning factories in
Maryland yesterday they sold at 35
cents a basket. There are sixty
baskets TO a ton so at S21 a ton
tomatoes are paying fairly good. The
crop is short and the variety is poor
in most sections.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
AT SHRLLPOT PARK.

There is no question that musical
comedy which is now being offered
at Shellpot Park in the family theatre
in connection with vaudeville is MAX
ing a big hit. Never before were the
people in this section offered a show
containing choruses OF pretty girls,
handsome costumes, good music and
clever comedy in connection with
other acts, which are above the ordi-
nary, for the price OF admission
which is being charged at Shellpot.
In winter in city theatre the price
OF admission for this show would be
four times the amount which is now
being charged. and It would be worth
every cent which was charged.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
"RAMONA.g

One Of the longest-lived impressions
of the big symphonic photOlrama, "Ra-
mona, which is now enjoying a success
full engagement at The Playhouse, is the
tragic figure of "Alessandro." upon
whose mating with the beloved "Ra
mona the matchless romance Of the
famous Helen Hunt jackson story is
founded. "AlessandrOr looms out as a
ever-to-be-forgotten personality, so
human and genuine it is difficult TO be-
lievc he did not exist in real life simply
because in the portrayal of the charac
ter a splendid actor contributed TO "Ra-
mona an Interpretation that rarely has
been equaled in the history of photo
drama. This actor is Monroe Salisbury.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

W ANTED --- EXPERIENCED MAN
w 10 take charge OF steel material /;
must be familiar with the names Of
various structural parts 0f steel ships.
Apply Pusey and Jones Company.
aug24-3t
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
GRANT ESTATE LETTERS

Register Of Wills Isaac r. Brown
today granted letters Of administra-
tion on the estates OF Maggie Dunn
TO Louise Schumer. and on the estate
OF Dorothea A. Hutchison to Arthur S.
Hutchinson, Jr.
Evening journal., 1916-08-24
DEAKYNE NOT A CANDIDATE.

Two years ago Charles T. Deakyne
was elected Democratic assessor OF
st. Georges hundred. and it was
thought he would be the party candi-
date again this year. but Wesley T.
Duhadaway has filed his name and
Deakyne is not on the ticket.