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Evening journal., 1916-03-07
CHRISTIANA RIVER
Gives UP CORPSE
OF DROWNED Man

workmen engaged in building a
wharf for the Charles Warner Com
pany, on the south side OF the Chris
tiana, near the Market street bridge,
found the body of a white man float
ing in the river about z o'clock this
morning. Deputy Coroner Nichols
removed the body to the morgue.
There was nothing on the body to
identify It, The body was that of a
man 40 to 40 years Of age. A pay
check OF the Diamond State Steel
Company was found on him. Mr..
Nichols got into communication with
the company and found that the check
belonged to William Furnace.
Furnace, however, had drawn his
money on Saturday and left the city
His landlady said the body was not thai
of Furnace. The drowned man wore
brown suit. blue flannel shirt, blue sof
hat and heavy shoes lie had light hai
and a smooth face.
Mr. Nichols said the man had appar
emily been ia the water all night. Their
were no marks of violence ON his body
How the man secured possession of th
pay check is not known.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
This MAN THOUGHT
KING ST. BOARDING
HOUSE Was stable

Considerable excitement was caused
in the apartment house at No. ZIG
King street at 1880 o'clock last night
by two colored men walking into the
house without warning The police
were notified and City Court Omcer
Jolly hurried to the place and found
George II. Thomas. colored hiding In a
closet on the first floor of the house.
He took him into custody The other
colored man took refuge on the second
floor and in some manner got 10 the
door and ran away. The apartment
house is conducted by Miss Virginia
Williams.
When arraigned IN City Court today
Thomas said that when he entered
the house he thought he was going
into the stable where he works. lie
was fined 50 and costs
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
PENNYPACKER Stocks
ARE sold At auction

At the auction rooms OF Stidham
and Son this morning, Henry T,
Pennypacker and Irvine NJ. Finn. eX-
ecutors of Sallie A. Pennypacker. de-
ceased, sold a number of lots of Sc
curities. The purchasers and prices
brought were as follows:
Four shares of the capital stock Of
the Wilmington Country Club, TO Cor
nelius J. Mundy. S1.25 for the lot.
Twenty-Five shares of the capital
stock of the Wilmington New Century
Club. to W. C. Pennypacker. thirty
cents for the lot
Ten shares Of the capital stock of
the Hampton Roads Railway and
Electric Company. to J. Q. Bonner
ten cents for the lot
Is shares of the capital stock of
the Hall Steam Pump Co., to J. O..
Bonner, 10 cents for the lot
z shares Of the common stock of
the Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction
Co.. TO J. Q. Bonner. 25 cents for
the lot.
"a shares of the common stock OF
the East st. Louis and Suburban Co.
to w. G. Pennypacker, IS a share.
q shares of the preferred stock
OF the East ST. Louis and Suburban
Co., to w. G. Pennypacker, $40 q
share
20 shares Of the common stock oi
the Huntsville, Ala, Gas. Light anC
Fuel Co., to W. G. Pennypacker.
cents for the lot
Some of the stocks advertised fol
sale were withdrawn.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
DANGEROUS YARICOSE
VEINS CAN BE REDUCED

II you or any relative or friend Is wor-
red because Of varicose veins, or bunches,
the best advice that anyone in this wofi ]
can give is 60 get a prescription that many
physicians are now. prescribing
Ask your druggist for an original two
ounce bottle OF Emerald Oil (lull strengthl
and apply night and morning TO the swoi-
len. enlarged veins. Soon You will notice
that they are growing smaller and the treat
ment should be continued until the veins are
of normal size. So penetrating and power
ml is Emerald Oil that it dissolVes goitre
and wens and causes them TO disappear 10
can always be secured at n B, Danforth' b,
Market and Second Sts.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
EPHRAIN- -EPHRAIM
Will enlarge Store
Purchase Fell Property,
Fourth & Shipley Streets,
TO Make Needed EX-
tension
BUSINESS GROWTH
RAPID PAST YEAR

Ephraim & Ephraim, the we'll
known West Fourth street merchants,
have purchased from the Fell estate
the store property on the northeast
corner of Fourth and Shipley streets.
The purchase price was S21 900 The
vast increase of the business of this
firm the past year made it necessary
that additional space be acquired.
They will get possession Of the Fell
store June l.
The growth of the business Of this
firm the past year has been remark
able. On account of the increased
business. Max Ephraim. who conduct
ed the store for some years. recently
got his son. Jay Ephraim, who for
merly conducted the Ridgely. Md
store. to return to Wilmington 10 as
sist him in the management of the
growing establishment The business
will now be conducted under the firm
name of Ephraim & Ephraim.
This makes the second extension
that the firm has made within a
year to meet the ggrowing business
Sometime ago Mr. Ephraim leased
what was formerly the Springer hal
store, adjoining his store on th'
north side Of Fourth street between
Market and Shipley streets He has
a long term lease that has about four
teen years yet to run on this prop
erty and his original store.
The Fell store property, is a four
story brick building facing on Fourtl
street with a three-story rear exten
sion on Shipley street The Frontage
is 81 feet inches on Fourth stree
and extends back so feet on Shipley
With the present store this will Civ
The firm a frontage Of Is feet ol
Fourth street.
Extensive alterations will be mad
TO meet the requirements of the ffT
as soon as they get possession of tn
property on June l. An entrance vii
be cut through from the present stor
to the corner property. These altera
tions will be completed in time for tn
fall trade and the firm viii then hav
a spacious up-tO-date mems depart
ment store that will compare favor
ably with any similar store in I'll
city.
Mr.. Ephraim has been in bushes
for many years in Wilmington an
has made a host of friends. which
indicated by his constant increase
business.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
alice DOESN'T Want TO
Be bone OF CONTENTION''
Special to THE EVENINC JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. March Former
Senator J. Frank Alice has sent a
letter TO each member OF the Kent
Republican County Committee in
which he speaks of the suggestion
that he take an active part I'm Re
publican party affairs in State and
county. lie says in part:
Il find there seems to be some OBJ
lection. In the minds of some OF the
Republicans to my taking any active
part. ]. therefore, wish to assure
you that ! do not desire i'm any way
to be the bone of contention. and
will gladly do what | can to assist
whoever may be selected TO conduct
our party affairs in the State and
county.
81 now ask that I be allowed to
suggest that when you elect your new
organization in this county. that il
be largely composed OF young. active,
enthusiastic Republicans, with but
one object in view, and that object
success. Personal ambitions, petty
iealoustes. backbting. lying. grating
and other acts Of even a worse char
acter should not be countenanced, let
alone encouraged.
I'VE must do all we can to bring
the people together and not drive
them apart This can be accomplish.
ed largely by making everybody fee
that they are part and parcel of the
/ organization"
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
COMMERCE CHAMBER HEARS
SCHOOL NEEDS DISCUSSED;
MR.. MEGEAR ASKS FOR UNITY

are needed in forty per cent. OF the
rooms. at an estimated cost OF $3.50.
OF the 1O40 windows in the school
buildings. new shades are needed in
forty per cent. Of them, the estimated
cost OF which would be $500.
"The old-time double desks remain
in forty per cent. of the schools and
the estimated cost OF new desks would
be S1S,SOO. Five buildings need new
windows. at an estimated cost of
S1,O51. Ninteen buildings need fire
alarm bells. at an estimated cost Of
$1,000 Seven buildings need repairs
to stairways. at an estimated cost OF
$780, Two buildings need FIRE escapes.
estimated cost, $500
The number of pupils in the two
schools that need fire escapes is 643.
Fifty rooms need desks adjusted TO
have the light on the left hand, at an
estimated cost of $500. Repairs 10
i slate blackboards IN ten buildings are
needed at a cost Of $3.50. Eleven
buildings need painting, at an estimat-
ed cost Of $4,000.
Repairs are needed to heating
plants that would cost $4,000 and
new plumbing is needed that would
cost $4,000
This makes a total of S57,5Sl tha
these improvements needed to put the
schools in good condition would cost.
Dr.. Washburn also gave the age
of the public school buildings in this
city. the oldest being No. school
which is GA years old. the next No
G, 63 years old; while Nos. . and
schools are 61 years old each. Al
are used daily.
Financial Need OF Schools.
Superintendent of Schools Scot
in the course of his address, dealing
with the financial side of the main
tenance Of Wilmington's publ
schools. said in part
The question ! wish TO raise her
today is: Does Wilmington spend a
. much per pupil and per inhabitan
, upon its schools as other cities fin
, it necessary to spend in order Z
maintain good schools? Are the VII
. mingtOn schools eXtravagant and un
= reasonable In their financial de
!, mands? Ought we to be expected t
4 accomplish the same results as othe
: cities attain with far less eXpend
. ture than these other cities find ne
/ cessary?
, "To help us answer these que'
tions I have listed all the cities {
4 the United States whose populatio
was shown in the 1910 census to
h from $4,000 to 100000 people. The
9 average population is 90,112. or aboI
o the population OF Wilmington at thu
\, time. which was $1,000 to $4,000, an
+ considerably less than our populatio
i today. These cities are well know
@ and widely distributed They are:
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
Get TWO
monkey RUNS" IN
middle OF MIGHT

Fire Chief Patrick Magill and practi-
cally every member Of the Wilmington
fire department is bending every effort
to apprehend the person or persons
who sent in two false alarms Of fires
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning,
calling the district iiremen out into
tho ice-covered streets. II was appar-
ent to the iiremen and the police that
one person had sounded the two
alarms. they being sent in but few
| minutes apart and both from the same
section Of the city.
To confound the iremen, the guilty
| person also pulled each one OF the
boxes twice. causing eight rounds
OF each alarm to be sounded. The
first alarm was sent in at LOG o'clock
from Box No ii az Front and Poplar
streets. When the district fremen
arrived they found the glass door
OF the box broken. and the door
2 open
! No sooner had the hremen returned
TO their quarters than another series
, OF alarms was sent in from Box No.
D. 10, at Sixth and Church streets. On
arriving there the glass door OF the
fire box also was found broken. De
spite the fact that It takes several
seconds for an alarm TO be sent in,
whoever sent it in must have fingered
while as two alarms were sent In
from each box.
In speaking of the false alarms,
Fire Chief Magill made 1t plain that
whoever caused the monkey runs
would be dealt with severely, II ap-
pretended City Council some time
ago passed an ordinance Offering a
reward Of $50 for the arrest and con-
viction OF any one sending in a false
alarm of FIRE.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
WIFE SAYS HUSBAND
FAILED TO PAY Her BOARD

Robert Doyle was arraigned in City
Court today on a charge Of falling
TO support his wife. Mrs. Doyle said
that they had formerly lived in Ches-
ter and that she had come here with
one Of her children which had since
died. She stated that her husband
had failed to pay her board since
coming here She said he had work
ed AT different plants here and earn
| ed So a day.
The case was continued until
Thursday at Doyle's request.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07

Mems and Young Mems; the
New Styles. the Best Makes, the
Reliable Qualities.
Tuxedo Suits. SIS to $50.
Full Dress, SIS to $40.
Dress Vests. $3.50 10 IS.
Dress Shirts, Sl.O0 to S5.
Dress Ties, 25c to ST.
Dress Shoes. $3.50 to $3.50.
silk Hats. IS to $500
Everything else TO so with
them in Style and Quality.
Prince Albert suits $40 TO S35.
Black Sack Suits, $40 10 S25.
White Vests. 81 to So.
Black Overcoats. SO TO $50.
For special and particular
occasions always on hand.
MULLINS HOME STORE,
9Th and Market
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
CnrNTY FINANCFS.

County Treasurer Charles IT. Lip
pincott reported the following bal
ances to the Levy Court today: Credit
Of the Levy Court. S11,246.99; Third
street bridge, $1S.112S9; Christiana
$S16S.35; Mill Creek, $2.91709; White
Clay Creek, $2.2O521: Pencader
S743.65; New Castle S2,S63.79; Red
Lion. S1S3.54; ST. Georges, S3,305.92
Appoquinimink, S922.9O: Blackbird
S2.OO7.SS: Brandywine, S5.390.1S.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07

The big Dollar Day bargains win b,
found at Snellenburg's.- ADV.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-23

traveller may ride for miles over per fecsly level floor. withvaR unbroketn sky line before him and RO' an cbjeci in sight 10 cast a shadow on the oce an,liko expanse. MirageS, which msy he seen almost every day on these heated deserts. give strange fsnciful forms 10 the mountains and some times transagure them beyond re. eognition. A pack train crossing the desert a few miles distant may ap- pear like Sonse strange caravan ot grotesQue beasts foriing 8 shallow shallow lake. the shores of which ad- vance as one rides away, The mono tony of middy on the desert is thus broken by delusiva forms that are ever changing and suggest a thousand iancieS which divert the attention from the fatigues of the journey, The cool evenings and mornings in these arid regions. when the purple shad. ows os distant mountains are thrown across the plain. have 3 charm that is unknown beneath more humid skies and the profound stiffness Of the nigh, in these solitudes is always impreS- sive~
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-23
Restoration To Entry Of Lands In MatanuSka
 Valley, Alaska.

On September %. 1916. President Wilson. on the recommendation of Secretary Lane. restored to entry all lands included within Alaska Town site Withdrawal No. f in sections 22. 5. 26 and s7. T. T. N, R. W. Sew ard Meridian This land was with drawn at Q time when it was thought that 1T would be needed for railroad and townsite purposes. The line Of the railroad has now been definitely located. and it is found that there is no need for the land. It is located in the Matanuska Valley. about one-half mile from the main line of the railroad and within two miles of the new town Of Wassilla on the Knik-Willow Creek wagon road. and most Of il has agri- cultural possibilities
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-23
GERMAN SHIP SUNK
 IN BATTLE NOW FLIES
 THE AMERICAN FLAG

with 8 story Tivalins fiction. the American steamer Republic. formerly the German ship walkure. has enter ed the lumber carrying trade, sailing between Portland and Valparaiso
 Built in England in 1se7. the Wal kure was bound from Hamburg to the South Seas in the summer of 1914 when she was taken as $ prize by the French gunboat Zelee- Tied up st Papee,s as the first sea priEs on the Pacific. the Walku7e had other sd- venture on September ss. 1S14.when the German cruisers Scharnhorst and GaeiseaSu in command ot Admiral Graf yon Spree. appeared and began B bouhArdment- The Walkure. mis- taken by the attackers for French merchantmen. was sunk by the fire q the German guns and her captain stood helpleSSly by and Saw his ship sent down
 \ year passed and the walkure lay half submerged in P2peete h2rhor. Demand for tonnage raised hopes of salvage and she was purchased by John A Hooper and others of Port land 4 huge eofferdam was built around her. she'll holes in the hull were patched and pumping began December 4. 1915.
 With the gradual raising ottheves- Sel she was moved nearer shore, the eotterd2m cut down and the work Of patching continued She was finally aosted Jan II ot the present year. Eleyen days later she was given American registry and renamed the Republic She made San Fran cisco under her own steam. stopping at Honolulu for engine repairs She was completely oyerhauled after req ching the Golden Gate and now is 2s Stanch 8 craft as ever sailed seas.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-23
LAKES wITH NO OUTLET

l playa is 6 shallow. Hat-foored de pressioa. characteristic of valleys, having no regular drainage to the sea. in which sro-m waters collect and evapo-ate- T. may bs . shallow lake c- 2 s2lt-incEasted mud fat
 h his description ot the ancient Lake Lzthot21. in Nevada. !. C. Rus sell writes
 The scenery on the larger playss 5s P culiar and is usually desolate in the extreme but is not without it's charm h crossing these waters the
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-23

Instead Of using nets or the conyen- tional hook and line. the natives Of Guiana shoot the fish with bow and arrows The arrow used is designed especially for this purpose and is about five feet in length. with no feathers. The head. which is barbed. is made from sheet iron and is pro vided with a socket which is slipped over rhe end Of the shaft by light strong line about h feet long.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-22
WELLIN cTON|
CATASTR0P hE|
DuPLI

LEAVENWORTH, Wash, Jan. 22.-At the end of
the tunnel opposite to the of the great yelling
ton wreck of 1870 tons of rock and went crash
ing down ravine at 645 this morning and hurled
two passenger coaches of Great Northern train No.
25 300 feet into gulch completely burying them.
killed and injured. Five of the dead already have
been dug out Of the wreckage.
The Great Northern train, known as the Spokane
Owl, was standing at the entrance of the Wellington
tunnel waiting for word to clear the tracks ahead of
debris when with the great mass of earth and
snow came crashing down the mountainsde.
The smoking Car, which contained IA passengers
and the diner were torn loose from the rest of the
train and carried down the hillside At the bottom
they were buried deep in the pile of debris and snow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-22
A Smile It Was, But
Of a Desperate Nature

The iron grip frightened on
my coat, and ] looked into
his eyes, there to see a sight
to upset my caImmess. He
was smiling, but there was
something desperate behind
tho smile.
looked into those yes for
long five minutes while
each of us tested his strength
to overcome the other. And
I'm those eyes saw tragedy.
There was no one but two oil
us in sight. The struggle be.
came grimmer, and as each lost
breath, a bit slower. Again
asked him what his purpose was
He would only answer Il am
strong"
l replied, 80 am l." Both OF
us were.
After my mind had run the
course of those thoughts to which
ones last moments are usually
devoted, | began to see that we
were too evenly matched, that
neither could bulge the other.
He released his hold and stood
on the very edge of the incline,
slippery with spray.
Where are you going?" / said
He waved his hand towards the
sky.
ITO heaven" l asked, deciding
that he really was crazy.
No, to HE'LL" he said,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-22
Law Partnership
Breaks Up With
Divorce Action

The members of the law firm
of Frank G.. Riley and Mrs. Media
Riley, his wife, apparently were
unable to settle their differences
out of court, for Mrs. Riley,
through her attorney, Homer T..
Bone, yesterday filed suit for
divorce in Judge Cards court,
charging non-support and incom-
patibility of temperament.
After brief secret hearing a
decree was granted, and the
brides maiden name was re-
stored.
Riley was a former athlete of
the College of Puget Sound and
also wrestling coach at the Uni
versity of Washington. He is a
well known attorney here, and
was recently a candidate for the
Tacoma school board.
Mrs. Riley is a graduate of the
University of Washington and was
one of the most prominent woman
lawyers in the city. Before her
marriage Mrs. Rilsy's name was
Media Jaeger.
The two young barristers were
married only last June and threw
their fortunes together along the
legal path, sealing double part
nership, with offices in the Fidel-
ity building.
The first intimation that there
was any friction In the firm was
about month ago. when the male
member vacated and took offices
In another building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-22

One sleeping car was torn loose
from the train, but hung totter-
ing on the edge of the precipice.
This "act of God" as the type
of accident has been declared by
the courts to be, occurred at
Corea, at the east end of the
horseshoe tunnel, after the train
had stood at the entrance for
more than an hour.
1910 Blunder Repeated.
Just as in the 1910 catastro-
phe, it Is puzzle today why the
cars, bearing scores of passen-
gers, were allowed to remain ex-
posed to threatened snowslides in
stead of being hauled a few feet
to shelter within the tunnel.
That not more were killed and
injured is believed to be due to
the fact that most of the passen-
gers still were in the sleeping
coaches.
Rescue Train Sent.
The train left Spokane at S:15
last night and was due in Seattle
at S:15 this morning.
A rescue train was rushed to
the scene this noon from Leaven-
worth. 1t will probably be some
time before the exact number of
dead and injured and their iden-
tity can be determine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-22
G REA I
PHONE
FIGHT
EAR!

Beginning Monday Tacoma will
be the center for at least a month
of one OF the great struggles over
the regulation of public service
corporations ever waged In the
state.
The fight will occur at hear
ings to determine the ACTUAL
VALUATION OF the Pacific Tele-
phone q Telegraph Co.'S plants
In Washington.
For more than two years the
company has had a force of men
at work preparing statements Of
Its properties. Between zoo and
300 men have been engaged In
the work, and It has cost the
company fully 100000.
21O Volumes of Data.
The public service commission,
which will conduct the hearings,
has had another large force In
the field and has accumulated q
vast amount of evidence.
More than 200 complaints are
on file. ~, ..-.5s !.
One hundred and twenty-six
exchanges were investigated.
The data already tabulated fills
210 volumes which. with other ex-
hibits, constitutes good truck
load.
The object of the Investigation
is to determine, not what the
company stocks and bonds may
aggregate, but what its actual
property is worth.
Forces Mobilizing.
When this figure is arrived at
rates will be ordered lowered IL
1t is shown that the present earn
ings are too high in proportion
to the actual values of the plants.
j. II. Brown, secretary of the
commission, today is In Tacoma
arranging for the hearings. He
expects to obtain the use OF fed
eral court room.
A whole battery of legal sharns
and telephone experts is here, or
on the way, and both sides are
preparing for battle royal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-22
Whole passenger
List Loses Its Head

II was a ship load of Hate.
Hate Is poison to the mind,
and II ever one heard craZier
conversations than were
heard on that boat, I should
like to know where 1t was.
1t took but one day for the en-
tire passenger list to lose its head.
If you don't think that it was as
bad as say, hear this little in
cident of the second day out and
then decide whether minds had
not lost their moorings and quit
all sane valuation of human life
itself:
] was standing on the rear
deck, watching the waves, when
a big, fine looking French re-
servist, on his way back to fight
for ia Patrie," came up to me
with the pleasant question,
s"Chump overboard?"
did not care to jump over
board and declined the invita-
tion.
He didn't care to talk about
anything else, and walked away
on the other side of the ship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-22
Is Homes Open TO Boys

would interview him personally
about the case today.
One woman declared that she
would furnish house with rent
and wood free for a year for the
family, in case Mrs. Wilson re-
covered from her illness, or would
be glad to adopt the boys.
Upton has ranch in King
county and would let the boys live
with him there.
Mrs. Yenne of Puyallup has 10
children, but says that she was 30
touched by the pitiful circum-
stances of the two Wilson boys
that she would gladly give one or