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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
ROBERT WILLIAMS

able part in the development of the
 mining industries and railways in
 South Africa. When he went out to
 the Cape he became associated with
 MT. Cecil Rhodes, and for 20 years
 the two men worked together in de-
 veloping the industrial resources of
 South Africa Mr. Williams is a na-
 tive of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he
 received his education and took up
 the study of engineering. Going out
 to South Africa in 1881, MT. Williams
 travelled extensively and carried out
 many important examinations for
 minerals He organized several pros
 pecting expeEitions,s one of the most
 nitable being that led by Mr. George Grey, which discovered the Kanashie
 copper mine in Rhodesia. MT. Will
 Hams was successful in making an agreement with King Leopold which gave the Tanganytka Company the
 sole prospecting rights for minerals over an area of e60,0OO square miles in the Katanga district of the Congo. Here one of the most extensive cop per fields in the world is situated,
 producing something like 80,000 tons of copper per annum, of value of about f4,000,000. When the plan to , run the Cape-to-Cairo Railway through the Congo State to the Nile failed. MT. Williams himself went to Lisbon and secured the right to con- , struct the Benguella Railway of which he is a director, from the Por- tuguese government. Among his l other enterprises was the financing
 of the Cape-to-Cairo Railway through British territory to the Congo frontier, task the Chartered Company had declined to undertake. MT. Williams is vice-president of the Union Min iere du Haut .Katanga and Katanga Railway companies
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
PATRIOTISM AND
 THE STOMACH

! Now 1t is the turn of the people of the United States to help win the war : by depriving their stomachs. Herbert Hoover, director of the American Re- Hef Commission in Belgium, who ] knows the war from it's food aspect | probably better than any man alive,
 has sent out the call to all citizens to
 be patriotic in their eating. With the people in America this will be volun- tary. Not so has it been with the i people in Europe, particularly those
 of the Central Powers. Germans were
 the first to know what food control
 meant For two years there has been i no fat for general consumption and soap has been unknown for an equal ;, length of time. We are fortunately i more favored than the people O; the Central Powers, whose sufferings, I especially in winter, have been terri ble beyond words. A young woman
 recently landed in New York from a, European port. She had come out of Germany no one knows how. She de- scribed how it was impossible to keep
 warm during the winter months be-
 cause of the lack of fats, and the con-
 tinuous hunger of the millions, also
 because no fats were contained in their i food. And William Bayard Hale. the AmsxTcan author and correspondent,
 who has just come out of Germany
 after a residence in that country for
 the past two years, has just told of
 the emotions evoked in him by the
 sight of bacon and eggs when he
 reached Copenhagen. Germany's food
 restrictions have been imposed upon
 her. England followed suit some time ago. MT. Hoover asks Americans to impose restraints upon themselves if
 they want to escape the food dictator
 ship which is in force in Germany and ! England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
HOLD DOCTOR AT
 ARMY CAMP FOR PIPER MURDER
Accused in Georgia Motive For Crime Remains a
 Secret.

| New Brunswick, N. J., June 21-
 Efforts were begun by the county prosecutor yesterday to trace move
 ments of Dr. J. W. Condon, United
 States army medical corps captain,
 after his departure from New Bruns- wick last Friday some hours before :, the finding of the body of John Vim l cent Piper, Rutgers college stu i dent, beside the road on Saturday. l Capt. Condon is held by the mili- ! tary authorities in Chattanooga, Tenn. | The persons who found Piper's
 body, which had a bullet wound in the breast, have informed the prose-
 cutor that it was not by the roadside
 at about the time on Friday when ; pr. Condon left town.
 pr. Condon has Teen an active
 practicing physician here for several
 years. He left here last Thursday
 under orders to go into training for
 active service. Piper, who was
 working his way through Rutgers col 1 lege by doing odd jobs, including that
 of attending to the furnace of Dr.. Condon, disappeared Feb. IT, On
 Saturday he was found dead by the
 roadside between Spottswood and
 Englishtown. Apparently the body
 had been tossed from an automobile
 or wagon into the bushes
 r The authorities have made public some of the evidence on which the 1 warrant for Dr. @Condon was issued. 1 The physician is alleged to have re-
 moved the body from the cellar of his l home last week prior to his departure for Tennessee. In the cellar there was found a bag of lime. Lime was l found on Piper's body and on the
 seat of Condon's automobile. Beside P1per's body was found a revolver l containing four loaded and one empty I cartridge.
 1 Piper was taking post graduate 1 course in botany at Rutgers, at the
 same time supporting a wife and two 1 children who came here with him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
HEALTH OFFICER BROWN
 ON NEW STATE BOARD

Dr. W. H. Brown of 2s0 G1enwood avenue, health officer of Bridgeport, was yesterday named by Gov. Hol- comb as a member of the new state health commission creaAed by the last legislature. His appointment is for a. term of four years. pr. J. Tor rington Black of New London, who succeeded the late Dr: Townsend, of Hartford, as secretary of the state board, is made head of the new com mission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
LOSS OF APPETITE
 LOSS OF yyEIGHz.
 SLEEPLESSNES. ETC.

s e are all overcome by Recupertabs. thev are made after the formula of pr. Ai. bert Robin. the famous French phvd. {. cia n. and are being used very largeIv tn Paris and other European capitaIs.
 When taken for 8 short vhils thev will give positive relief in all casea of ner vous exhaustion. mental sdepression lack oe vitality. general dabijty. ane- mia. etc.
 The Giycerophoephates of whfc,, Reeupertabs are composed. contain the elemert necessary to ovarconr these conditions. They are now haing prescribed and recommended by many physicians in this and foreign coun- tries as the best. quickest and amramS nerve and blood tonic that they know Of ",
 Recupertabs are for sale at an druR stores at 6Gc and S1.00s paP packare OF will be sent direct upon receipt Sf Drico.
 Curts Chemical Co.. No. 41A wem zard St.. New York. Distributed in Bridgeport and vicinity by J. D. Hares- gan. No. s1 Fairfield Avenue.-Adv. RI stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumb ing and Heating. jobbing a speciality, 3061 Main and Hillside avenue. Phone 226-2. B 10 eff
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11
Will Send HIS REGRETS
TO HIS OWN EXECUTION
by The United Press.

LONDON, Jan. 1t.-tBy MALL
Professor 4. G. Masaryk will have 70
send his regrets to Vienna, when the
time comes for his execution. Masaryls
Is scheduled to be the guest OF honor
at the killing but doesn't believe he
VIII be able TO attend.
The Austrian Government conduct.
ed regular orderly trial OF Masaryls
ON charge OF high treason. He was
sentenced 10 death following a YER
dict OF guilty. The defendant was in
London. where ne remains today az a
lecturer at the University OF London.
Masaryk is one OF the most inter
esting figures in the Slav political
and scientific world As leader of
the progressives In the Reichsrafh he
was forever demanding liberation of
The Czoch nation from Austrian dom.
nation.
The outbreak OF the war made
things very uncomfortable for the
professor In Austria. so he left.
He had organized and led the on.
position TO Austrias annexation OF
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Masaryk, although theorecticall,
an enemy alien has found London
friendly haven compared TO his home
land. 49,
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11

Il has been the aim of the military
authorities in building State armories
TO limit the expenditures as nearly as
poss BILE TO the sum of fifteen thou
sand dollars. With this amount in
mind the General Assembly of 1915
authorized the erection of a State
Armory at New Castle for the use of
the company located az that place,
For this purpose Mrs. Willard Sauls-
bury denated to the state of Delaware
a desirable plot of ground located in
the town OF New Castle, the deed
having been executed and delivered
TO the proper author ties. Plans and
specifications were prepared and ap-
proved by The State ArmOry Commits
sion and bids for the construction in
vited. Upon the opening OF these
bids, It was found, owing TO the great
increase in the cost OF labor and
materials during the past two years
impossible 10 erect the building with
in the amount appropriated, although
q reduction. in the size and plans had
been made. with the expectation OF
overcoming the advance cost OF these
two factors.
J recommend that this appropria-
tidl be increased by the addition
of four thousand dollars. Should
there be a decrease IN the cost OF
labor and materials, only so much of
the appropriation as may be neces-
sary to construct ne building viii be
expended.
The members of Company Fl, loca-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11
Should Be Supervision Over
Children Who Are Placed Out

From carefully prepared statistics
furnished by request, from the United
States authorities, 1 present to you the
fact that there are 1887 placed-out
children in Delaware. OF this num-
Der $50 have been sent here from other
States, 315 are Delaware children, and
112 previous dOmicile underlined
In placing this information before
you, ! deem it my duty to advise you
that this State makes no provision
for State supervision Of placed out
children-either for Delaware children
or those coming from other States.
There is no law upon our statute books
TO prevent the importation Of defec.
tive children into the State, for look
ing after the welfare of placed-Out
children, nor for protecting the COM
munities against the burden of car.
ing for such placed-out children as
may become public dependents
Some of these children are defective
diseased and feeble minded. Many
come from New York and other con
gested centers. LEGITIMACY, unfit par
ents, dependent conditions and incor
rigibility constitute the majority OF
causes for placing out these children
Many States have enacted stringent
laws to protect their communities
against this dangerous practice, in
most instances requiring the filing OF
a bond, ranging I'm amount from ST ,00(
to $4,000, against the indenturine
adoption, or otherwise placing out, oil
children in homes within the State
who possess the above enumerated
disabilities. Since Delaware offers nc
such restrictions. 1t has become q
common practice for persons, corpora
tons, associations and institutions in
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11
State ArmorieS Are Needed
By Delaware Citizen Soldiers

ted at New Castle, have proven them
selves to be credit to the Organized
Militia Of your State and entitled to
be provided with an armory.
The companies located in the City
of Wilmington are greatly in need
OF a new armory, as the one now in
use there is old and dilapidated. and
no longer suitable for mil tary pur-
poses. Endorsed by the Chamber of
Commerce of the city, a movement
has recently been started 10 provide
these companies with a building suit
able TO their needs and requirements.
Departments and Reports.
Good order and conditions prevail
in all departments OF your State Gov
eminent.
Frequent consultations with the
several officials satisfies me that the
heads of the various branches have
been attentive to their duties and
have faithfully and honestly dis
charged the respons 'bilities with
which they were charged and their
successors in Office should find no
reasonable cause for complaint.
BY referring to the reports filed by
the officials OF the State, which are
transmitted with this message, YOU
can obtain information concerning
the details of their departments.
Fees.
I recommend that all elective state
officials be placed upon a flat salary
basis and that all fees now paid to
said officials shall accrue to the State
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11
Governor Should Have Power
To Remove Own AppOinteeS

Should you conclude TO amend the
Constitution so that the Governor
shall have the power of removal, the
amendment should contain a provi-
sion which will prevent his power
from being exercised for political or
personal reasons. The right could be
reserved to the official whose removal
is desired TO appeal to the court to
determine whether the action OF the
executive was warranted.
National Defense.
The National Guard Of your State
is at present in the Federal service,
On June Is, 1916, the President OF
the United States called upon the
authorities of this State to furnish
two battalions OF infanry at war
strength approximately twelve hun
bred officers and men.
In compliance with this call, the
National Guard, as recognized by the
War Department, was modified at
the State Rifle Range near New Cas-
tie and every effort made to recruit
the companies to war strength, but in
this effort the military authorities
were unsuccessful Final muster into
the United States service was COM
pleted July II, and upon July 20,
the troops departed for Deming,
New Mexico. at VIII ch place they have
since been stationed.
II is gratifying TO report to you
that the officers and men Of the or
ganization have faithfully discharged
all duties allotted them and are en-
I titled to credit I, therefore, urge
YOU to accord the National Guard the
anne liberal support bestowed upon
z by your predecessors.
The National Defense Act, approved
'uue 8. 1916, virtually federalizes the
National Guard OF all the States.
This action upon the part OF Congress
will require that changes be made TO
effect conformity by this State with
national requirements.
I. therefore, recommend that the
Governor he authorized to make such
changes from time to time as in his
| Judgment may be necessary to prop
erly establish conformity by this
State with the National Military Law.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11
Another Retrospect
Written for Evening Journal
BY James n. CrOzier.

Like a fash our memory goes back for
years,
What do you know about thatg
And how very short the time appears,
What can you say about thatg
Back to the days of long ago,
When some little girl did love You so,
Whose sweet words are with you today
you kn0V,
What can | say about thatl
Well. ] asked one a question, 1 think
you can guess,
What do / know about that2
Her answer came quick, sure, yes.
Jimmy, yes,
What do you think about that2
We went TO a preacher, Andrew Man
ship by name,
No consent of her parents, and was
TO blame,
She was somebody else, but still was
the same,
What do ] know about thatf
Wei, years ago now, she went over the
sea,
What do I know about that?
The last words she spoke was a good
bye to me.
How we'll I remember that
She is now safely housed in that blessed
home.
Awaiting the man that she loved 10
come,
Some time in those gold paved streets
we shall roam,
If I'm faithful, Pm sure of that.
I know ] am getting towards the end,
What can I write about that,
Thank God I can say I've accepted that
friend
am certain and sure about that.
I know ! am now on the gospel train,
And some sweet day we shall meet
again.
And together forever we shall remain,
Lord help me to live for that.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11

Article g, Section 9, of the state
Constitution Imposes upon the Gov
ernor the duty of appointing certain
officials. while Section 13 Of the
Constitution withholds from him the
power to remove any official except
by and with the approval of two
thirds OF the members elected to
each House of the General Assembly.
Proceeding upon the theory that
the above power OF appointment makes
the Executive responsible for the
manner in which the appointees shall
conduct themselves while in office,
we find in practice, under Section IS,
that It is impossible for the Govern
or even to assume any such respOn-
sibility. Because. after an appointee
has qualified and entered upon the
discharge of his duties. the sessions
of the General Assembly being BIZ
ennial, he may neglect to perform
those duties and even commit mall
feasance in Office and the Governor can
neither compel a proper observance OF
his duty, nor remove him from office,
without converting the General As
sembly in special session, a proce-
uuIe requiring q greater NApSnN AuA .
OF money than the Importance Of any
Office in this state would warrant
The power of removal by the exec
utive, acts as a restraint upon his ap-
pointees who may prove negligent or
unfaithful, and exerts even greater
influence upon their efficiency than
the power of appointment.
I regret to state that instances have
occurred during the present admin
istration in which the Governor would
have been justified in removing the
incumbent from office. Expcrienc
satisfies me that there can be no rea-
sonable guarantee that appointive
officials will faithfully and honestlr
perform their duties unless the Gov
ernor is vested with the power of re-
moval. and no matter how DESTROYS 2
Governor may be to recognize full
responsibility for his acts, he can
not serve the best interests of the
people of the State under the present
operation OF the organic law.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11

am the unimproved highway.
My name is Mudi
The foot that battered in primeval
slime gave me birth.
Unchanged while the ages passed,
I have endured. Time has but served
to increase my infinite variety Earth
born, and without a soul. yet have I
lived. From the beginning have 1
been mans enemy.
A dust-colored python am 1. stretch
Ting my length across the hills. wait
ling my time to crush endeavoE
1 have SHARED caravans that left
tbleaching bones in lands now desert.
Empires have fallen because of me.
have turned victories into routs /:
II have trapped mighty leaders and
have crushed armies.
am without faith and those who
trustsme / deceive.
Today I am fair to look upon; to-
morrow a steaming bog.
] add ID hiculty TO Distance.
! With Isolation do I conspire to I'M
joint the endeavors of man. ] tug
at the wheels OF the grain cart, that
bread may be dear. / hamper those
who would feed the race am an
enemy of church and school. I mire
the healer on his rounds and delay
the coming that little ones may die.
I am a disrupter OF Home. I speed
the first-born to the cities when I am
fair TO see; and when he would re-
turn / face him with my forbiddin~
depths minister to Bitterness; and
lay a tax on all the world There
Is none who lives who does not pay
me tribute.
When men ploughed with a crook
ed stick I was there When the
ancients covered me with stones
slipped away TO other lands I am
the oldest Lie that lives today. Men
count me cheap. know the price
4 they pay who count me so.
/ Im the unimproved highway.
i Ny name is Mud
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-01-11

PIRATES large amounts to the Agricul-
tural Depart nent OF Delaware Col
lege, It VIII Also be necessary for tho
State to inciNase from $4,000 TO S10,-
600 annual q the appropriation TO
agricultural, extension.
Another extra expense this year
VIII be $4,000 for the armory at
New Cas- Re- The Appropriation for
this bull fling was $4,000, but owing
to the increase in materials the
structure can not be built for less
than $4,000.
Under the State Administration.
just ping out. the matter OF fire in
suran re In all State buildings has
been ssystematized. In the past the pol
icies fwere scattered all over the State.
Now the policy for every State build
ing is kept in Dover. and the State
KIN Avs at all times just what It is
csCrying in the way OF insurance.
Under Governor Millers estimate,
he cost OF conducting the Executive
] Department will be about the same
Tihe next two years. as II was the year
! just past The legislative branch will
n cost more. because OF the General As
sembly being in session. 1t is esti-
mated that the so days the Legsla-
! ture is in session. n will cost the
b State more than $4,000. or about
$3.50 a day. The expenses OF the De
partment Of Justice will be about the
same but the expenditures for chart
ties and eleemosynary institutions
will be much larger. owing TO the
extra appropriations to the State
7 Hospital.
The new armory at New Castle will
; make the expenditure for public de-
q Tense larger than last year, and the
fact that $4,000 will have to be spent
. to pay bonds on the Experimental
Farm Loan OF 1907. will make the
miscellaneous expenses heavier
About the same amount will be spent
81 for education as last year. but more
for agriculture.
Estimated Expenditures.
The estimated expenditures for thu
next two years, follows:
Executive Department, in 1917. SIS,
10; 1918, $70,910.
Legislative Department, in 1917
$45.3sO; 1918, $1,000.
]. Department OF Justice, in 1917
@ $40 400; 1918, 1900.
Charities and Eleemosynary Insti
r. utions, In 1917, S142,361; 1918. S105,
e III.
{, Preservation and Publication d
Historical Records. I'm 1917. $1,000
S 1918, $1,000
s Elections. in 1917, S2O.O12.77; 1918
70 $4,000.
I Education. in 1917. s341 1850;
# 1918, S303. 1880
@ Improvement of Public Highways
d in 1917. S31 900; 1918. s31 600.
e Public Health, in 1917. S26.95O
p 1918, $26 $50.
s Agriculture. in 1917, s26.sOOA;
1918, $27 SIS 26.
+ Public Defense. in 1917. $4,000
o 1913. $4,000.
D Miscellaneous, in 1917, sSS,225; 1918
T. s17,450.
Total Expenditure
e 1917-SS3519261.
u 191S-$694, 513.S6.