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While he had no positive information, he was sure that these warnings that he and other wireless operators sent out must have reached the Titanic. -eg Seat in Code. A despatch from Newport, R. L, says the navy .wireless station at the Navy Yard there picked lip to-day a code of messages from the .Carpathia to "White Star Line officials which are believed to contain the details of Sunday night's tradegy. Tha fact that they were written in the company's Managing Director Ismay Prevents private code shows how carefully Ismay is guarding tho details of the disTransmission of Details aster. ' . . ; ' - . - ' The Carpathia's wireless operator of Disaster. sent word -this morning that Colonel Astor was not on the Carpathia, and ho did not Know whether Benjajnin IS AMONG SURVIVORS -Guggenheim or Major Archibald' Butt were aboard or not. The scout cruiser Salem requested information reCensorship of Wireless on Carpathia garding Major Butt from the Carpathia, 'but the Cunard -gave no an;Pa6 to" His Order is swer. The Salem sent ashors the following message: . ' i ..'.---' Report. "I can read the Carpalhia, but he, won't take any business from me, " The cruiser- Chester has - informed ttJNARDER NEAR PORT the Navy Department'by wireless that having serit the list of. third-class passengers on the Carpathia' -via the liner Wfll .Reacri Her Pier in New :Salem, she was now- proceeding to Delaware Bay. . . , . - - . . ' . . ' York About Nine O'clock : Captain Chandlerl of -.the scout cruiser- Salem,, has sent *hs following To-night. wireless to Washington:'From IT. S. S. Salem to WashingtonYour, telegram relative to Major (SpediU Despatcli to the Tim.es.) Butt and others was 'relayed- to 'ChesNew. Tork. April 19.The'failure.of ter promptly' and acknowledged' and I a-'second inquiry, just to the captain, of the. Carpathia to give later sent 10 p. m.. that the original learn at the details of the wreck of the Titanic message was not received by -Chester. of the Grand Banka'.. of - Newfound- Am now trying for Carpathia direct to inquire. Conditions .very.'unfavorable land early last - Monday inprning was with many stations interfering with other.: Salem explained to"-'day-'. when - it became "each Thursday for will prcfceed Bradford coal; thence; BosItnown .that,Bruce Isinay, managing di- ton." ' ' ' , ' ':.-" .': The few wireless messages that have rector .of the ...White 'Star Line, wag come pulsing out of the" fog .smothered, picked'up from the wreck and is now ice-strewn'northern Atlantic, yesterday on board the Cunarder, lias refused for. the last twenty-four 'hours'- have Titanic permission'f.or,the; story of the disaster made: theNot much disaster ,- more \--agpalling. has been received to be given, to the world. - Ismay, who 'except personal messag-esjand. the lists of the 'Survivors and detals of -accidwas'saved with the woinen arfd chilent are still lacking. To-day tne Cardren, Is. said to "have established - a , pthia. -with : the seven ; or- eight ,r;huncensorship over the Carpathia's_, wire- dred persons who were taken from the is Qf on board, of less and stubbornly-refuses-to let a, wrecked lines coast and .will be .all .the New England day in communication with the wireless single word be'sent out. , ;. stations on. the Massachusetts coast The commander of the scout crusier and along .Long Island Sound. The Chester has - reported officially to liner 'is expected .to reach New York this between" the hours of "Washington that'.when he asked,the eight evening and '-midnight and then . o!clock . Carpathia^for news of Major-Butt'arid the : harrowing details of the greatest other personal friends .of President marine -disaster the world .has ever kriown.wilL.be revealed. ' ' Tail, who were Ivnown to':have been,on C The officers of the Marconi . Wireless board the Titanic at. the time she Company are doing everything in their to -sending foundered, lie wa.s curtly refused, al- power the expedite, theto the of news from Garpathia. anxious though the request .for .information throngs that still besehje the, newsLine.' offices. was accompanied by the.statement that paper and. .White Star night -that all Orders were issued last.the intelligence. was desired Jjy _ tha government and commercial , business -should be refused until the 'Carpathia President. . '-' , had reached .her, dbck. The scout As a. result of Ismay's refusal to cruiser Chester -got.-in communication allow news of Hie collisfon to be. sent with the Carpathia yesterday: afterinformation con' out,, a storm of criticism o the "White noon and - 'asked for ' but her request cerning- , the . wreck; Star officers has been set. loose, and was, refused, as the operator on board was sending- a it is now charged that he fears that, the liner-"passengers , who . list .: of: the steerage survived to when tHe"real story, becomes known, it 'the station at: Newport. ' The transwill show that the-accident might have imissipn bf'these names-was finished .abDUtjlO-S.p,o;ci0'ck;<and .then-itba 'Mat-been' avoided^.-had'-;tht"-iritanic-hefede'a cbrit operators reached .out- for, news : the warnings that were sent her from directly from ,the Cunarder.. But the government' boats which had sent .150 tha Ainerika - and slowed down while names ashpre he'gan working yesterday passing through the ice field. Rumors names ashore ' began working- again. ' Such as came are afloat ..here that-Ismay-fears'the through, wireless- messages -yesterday the :stormy airs effect on'the public when the: true facts from, the Carpathia -were, confusingare revealed and that he has sent a. and 'contradictory and -left the. world as : much in suspense as it was last - wireless-to the commander of the Ced- Monday night. . The most, gratifyingric, of the "White Star Line, to '.wait in intelligence received by the Cunard the the lower bay until the Carpathia ar- Line was that all was well with rneti women and children and the few rives 30 that he can return to England who .had been picked Tjpm f/.iall boats immediately and without landing. The by tiie Carpathia several hours , after the Titanic had foundered. ApparentCedric was due to sail at noon to-day. ly the- message as sent, by Captain Confirmation of the rep_ort that many '.Rostrcm, of the Carpathia. Wireless Work Hampered. of the Titanic survivors are in a serious physical condition was evidenced Boston heard through the wireless operthis forenoon when the New .York ator at the Navy Yard there that the Chester had tried all day yesterday to get officers 'of the White Star Line accept- information from the Cunarder. but that ed an offer from St. Luke-s Quay Hos- the cruiser's appeal for information was pital to set aside all of tha-new addi- ignored except for a warning given by tha Carpathia's wireless to' the Chester's tion to the hospital which was opened for the cruiser to "keep out" Steamto-day for the accommodation .of such ship officials here could not . understand that attitude on the part of Cunof, the survivors -as are in need of arder's captain, especially since the Bruce J. medical treatment. The new,building Ismay, the managing director of the will accommodate-.sixty patients and White-Star Line, is among .the survivors Carpathia. the hospital ambulances' will wait on on the air was crowded : with . shadowy The the Cunard dock to-night until the rumors out of which little satisfaction. liner is berthed to convey,- the sick or cpnU be gleaned. There was. a, story that the Leyland liner Calif ornian,, which. the injured there. is due in Boston this morning, had been. Flags on all the buiidinss licrc .are. cruising ,,about the scene of the disaster had recovered a -of at half mast and thousands of people andwas not considerednumber here,bodie.s. It likely howare standing in front of the bulletin ever, that the Leyland steamship had boards- waiting avidly-for every scrap found any of the- drowned, since , the Virginian oi "information that filters in from the Line, bothand the 'Parisian, of the Allan. of which preceded the Califog covered Atlantic. A relief fund for fornlan to- tha icy waste where the ^Titho survivors and dependents of the tanic met 'her fate, found nothing but a crew who lost their lives was started sea strewn with' wreckage and. reported that no ;bodies" had: been sees. this morning and within, a few hours A -faint hope persisted that a few of the Titanic's. "people might have teen, more than ?5,000 had been pledged. picked. up by fishing boats at w;ork south Carpathia off Block Island. of the Grand Banks, but the probability The Carpathia reported at . ten of tliat is'. so. slight us - ' t o ' , be almost . ' " ; .,-... o'clock that she was 75 miles cast by . Nonesouth of Block Island and 140 miles pic, his save -Capt. ,Mafiock of .the Omwireless operator, the 'officers of from Ambrose channel light. At the the Carpathia and the White "Star Liner rate of. speed at which was then travel- knows whether the Carpathia- told the Olympic 'the full story 'Of>,the collision ling, ehe should .reach' her dock not and what happened in the dreadful, hours later than, nine o'clock to-night. while the women and children 'who were A despatch from Halifax .say's that the saved along with a few of the men. belief prevails in that city, following tha waited,' chilled and exhausted, near, the arrival of .the Parisian and the receipt spot where the Titanic had plunged to. . . of many wireless messages, that when her grave.(CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGB.) . the Titanic was wrecked she was travelling a fast rate of spfted. Captain Hains and Wireless Operator Donald. Suther-. GILLS' ORATORICAL CONTEST, land, of the Parisian, bbth declare that thn night was clear and-the stars shin- First Annual Event at High School ing brightly.' They th'lnk that, on ac- '" To-morrow Evening. count bf ; the 'favorable weather condiThe first annual ', girls' 'oratorical contions. Captain Smith ;of the Titanic was holding to his. course, and':mak!ng full test will , be ti eld this Friday evening, speed ahead', If this is true it accounts, April 13, 'in , the' spacious, auditorium of e Chester High School.: Last, year 'a for tha magnitude of tiie tragedy, as the Titanic must have, struck the .berg with contest was.held and was participated in: a fearful force and shattered her entire by tiie boys of .the* senior, class, and was a great, isuccess. Two handsome forward structure. , ,,':-. ; The Parisian, according to the coropu- prizes were offered by Mr. Smedley 'and tation"tna<ie'by ."Wireless Operator, Suth- he will offer two c'ups again this year erland, was about fifty miles southwest- for the boys in their" contest. 'The board the have ofof the Titanic at the'time she struck..-Ho of managers' of -cups Spectrum girls confor the says that the' weather; was remarkably, fered two sliver clear, and' that-throughout the .entire test and-have decided t inaugurate 'this day no fog had been!-enrountered. -, < ' ', aa an annual custom. There Is a great "The night was so-clear,", said Suther- demand ; for- tickets "for this Friday, evenland, "that the Parisian's/lookout several times mistook stars on the horizon, for ships' lights. You have seen-beauti- . Mrs. E.'S. Jenkins Died To-day. fully clear,winter nights when you went Mrs. B. 'S. Jenkins, ;of lS06-West Secskating and it .seemed' just: like day.\ It ond street,"-, a daughter of Sara h A. and was just such a night. : You could have tbe late George B. Bardsley, 'died early. this .morning at her home after an IllPlayed a. game of football." of And what is more, Sutherland said nessher several months. \She Is survived by husband and : and that ffom his Instrument through^most was widely' known lntwo children End, ''the West of thn evenin? he was Bending out .The funeral .will .occur at 2 -o'clock Monwarnings to other ships ag to the un- day afternoon" arid Interment ' will bo U!t\Ml condition of Ice noes., In thousual made in Chester .Huml Cemetery. v i - t e r course of Atlant.3 travelers.

BOARD OF TRADE WILL HAVE WINE

Reported That Some of Members Will Resign as Result of Committee's Decision.

WEST END MAN IS MISSING FROM HOME

Lewis Long's Whereabouts Unknow Arid Family and Friends are Concerned Over Disappearance.

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EDUCATE TROLLEYMEN:
How Cars Are Operated and How to Act in Cases of Emergency Taught Motormen.
Commencing to-day, all o the employees of the operating department of the Chester Division, of the Southern Pennsylvania Traction Company will "go to school", so to speak. In the new electrical operating school, which has been in process ' o construction for several months past In the carbarns, Fourteenth street and. Edgmont avenue. "Jho present employees of ths' company will be put through the technical. course one by-one^-an^ from now on every applicant for employment must undergo tho Basis technical instruction. William Mower, who recelved a technical education in elec- , trie railway operating in Philadelphia. has been appointed, chief instructor ot the new school." faud^another employee! of the company Is now under ' tutor" ship in Chicago a the expense of the> company for the purpose of .becoming an instructor also. / ,' - -_- , ':,< Tho new laboratory which/ is one of the finest Jn the country, Is fitted with, a model trolley car equipped with- mo.: tors, controllers, circuit- breakers, trol. ley pole, signal bell, -,air and hand brakes, and in short, tha full equipment,.of a. regular car on*tb,9retreet-' The trucks of" tha-^model -car-ara,mounted 'on- actual radial, and i though,' the wheels revolve, the platform"-re-_ mains stationary. When H j the, motor-" man recruit' mounts tHa platform, ' the Instructor turns on the powaiv/iinrl-ttia', first lesson begins. ^ ' i^'-j f ~ ' " Directly JUxfront of the modeUnstruc, tloti car Is an electrically-lUurainatecLflash diagram thai Illustrates '^to-" the' novice, better, than, any 'verbal descrlption possifily could, the course of/the." electric current through' the motors -as the controller is operated at different ' notches. The power employed tortha, demonstrations la, 550 volts. An ,ale-, tank and air compressor , erected oar. tho left wall of tho structure illustrate ' the operation of the air brake system , as manipulated from, tha platform "of> tho car. - " ;; '

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Mystery surrounds the disappearanc New Institution of Learning Opens John BonnerHurtat Aberfoyle Plant The Board of Trade's banquet com- Above Statement Made By Adjutant of Lewis Long, of 2324 West Second in Chester To-day. mittee will render a report at a stated R. Boucher of Salvation Army. Yesterday. Afternoon. srecfl who left his wife and sever*

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Arm Wrapped in Newspaper By Fellow EmployeeBonner Did Not Realize it Was Absent.

John Bonner, 4S years old, of 705 Crosby street, had half his left arm torn from the socket in the mercerizing- department of the Aberfoyle Manufacturing Company's plant yesterday afternoon. His arm became fastened in the rapidly revolving gear wheels which first-caught tho sleeve', of his shirt. Fellow employees, after stopping tha machine, picked up the severed arm, which fell to the floor, and wrapped the ghastly dismembered limb In a newspaper. As'he \vas.being carried to the ambulance, Bonner, who retained consciousness," remarked. "My graciousi my leg and arms hurt," and it was:not until ho reached tne Chester Hospital that ;he realized ,his arm .was off. Eonner's cries1 for. assistance were heard -by John-'WJolfe, foreman of the department,, who ran to the machine and. threw oft the current. The-ambulance of the Chester Hospital was summoned and it was not a great length of .time: before Bonner was in the hospital receiving-.treatment for his: injuries. The man was removing .yarn, from- a mercerizing machine, when, some of the yarn became entangled in the gear Wheels.. He. attempted to remove the yarn and tha sleeve of his shirt was caught between the gear wheels. As the wheels mangled his arm. Bonner SINE N O M I N E OUT FOB APRIL called tor- assistance and'"foreman Wolfe, .'Who happened, to be in- the vi- Interesting Magazine Is Issued by cinity.' lost no. time In. stopping the Chester People&nd is Meeting Favor. machine. The fourth number of Sine Nomine, With trie-assistance of other male employes, Wolfe carried Bonner to the the new magazine, published by dies erid of the room and despatched' word ter people in this city, has been Is to the office - to have the_, ambulance sued from the press of the Chester summoned..,Bonner retained. conscious, Times. As-usual this work is full of "ness and while waiting for. the arrival of the: ambulance everything- possible reading matter of exceptional quality. "The Qountry Pl'acq of Wiiam' M. was done "for :"the injured man. title o" one! of In addition to his arm being- severed Kerr" is the will undoubtedtvthe arappeal Bonner sustained : other. Injuries,, con- ticle?!, which in Delaware county, esto everyone sisting: .of lacerations and abrasions of pecially those interested In rural archithe left side were treated. Attaches of the hospital said that the man's tecture: Old and New" "is also nn - "Havana chances for recovery were1 favorable. Interesting article, depicting "many, inBonner, who is well known, "is,marIn conried 'and is the father of several chll- teresting scenes and incidents historic drsn;"He was formerly-employed v as nection with" that ancient and city. The prize story this month is from sexton at St. Michael's Catholic the pen of Harry Thompson Mitchell, a Church. promising young newspaper -^nan of this city. The title of his story is, "The Reformation "of Jimmy." "The Diary of a. Debutante" Is equally Interesting- and will appeal especially to those in society.' In additional to these features, there Is incorporated between the covers _>of jthls issue: - Editorial Comments, poems, .theatrical chat, the foreign letter," proverbs", modern savings, etc.. Several, excellent half-tone County Commissioners Have Ap- photographs of prominent places and people of this vicinity are "also- inproved Plans From New York. cluded. ,

meeting of the local body of business men and manufacturers" to-night in Common Council chamber. It Is understood th the committee, despite criticisms to the contrary, has decided to serve wine at the $5 a plate banquet to be given under the auspices of the Board in Masonic Hall Thursday evenin May 9. As a result of the committee's decision to include wines In the menu, it is reported ethat several members of ehe Board, who are opposed to the use of intoxicating beverages, will sever their connection with that organization. It is generally.- conceded. ; however, that the Board, as a body, may adop.t resolutions to-night instructing- the -banquet committee to out out the wine part of the menu. Whether these reso luticiis, if presented, will meet with the approval of xhe majority iof ,,the members, is a matter'of conjecture. The banquet committee comprises: CaRetainS.miiel Dyer Clyde, chairman; Park Commissioner Frederick: A. Woward, George W. Thomson, manager of the .Suburban Gas Company's new. business department; Albert R.. 'Granger, general manager of the< Beacoiv Lij?ht Works: City Treasurer E. B. McClenachan Hy. V. Smith, School Director W. Wallaie Gayley, School Director Harry M. McCoy. John J. Buckley. Supreme Court Eeporer -William I. Scuaffer, Col T. Edward Clyde. J. Craig. Jr., president of the Board; Colonel James A. G. Campbell and Deputy, Coroner Eueene F. White. The affair will he limited to 200 covers. ' Tha purpose of the banquet will he to bring together the manufacturing anfl business interests of the city, large number of acceptances has aiready been received.

TO BUILD HOME'HERE
Plans Being Formulated to Erect Structure to House Growing Work cf Local Institution.
The Chester branch of the Salvation Army under command of Adjutant K. Boucher, who recently came- to this city trom Atlanta, Georgia, is accomplishing great work among: the poor and needy. During the past year J4(i persons were converted through the per. sistent.efforts of the soldiers and they are elated with such an admirable showing-, i . There are about 30 active members in the Jocal body and they are> now engaged in the work, of -raising the Home and Foreign Mission Fund to carry on the work in other places. The Army operates in 5,6 countries ;uid colonies and 31 languages <>ro used by the missionaries in preaching salvation. In the entire organization there are 17,000 commissioned Hold officers; 44,000 local officers;.'. 20.000 bandsmen; and countless thousands of soldiers. \Vith every individual in this vast multitude assjduously working- for -ths salvation of souls, astounding results are obtained. Adjutant Boucher said yesterday that during his fifteen' years of service he has never encountered so many habitual drunkards before us in .this city. He said that many children, continually applied at their headquarters to solicit aid, coming- improperly f,e<3 and clothed In search of nourishment and warm raiment. "We are doing- all we can under tho circumstances'" he said, "but our finances are insufficient to do as we desire". To Erect Home Here. (Instigated by the pressing need of a home in this city tho members will in all probability -begin a campaign for funds with which .to erect 'Such, a structure, branches ' in ' most cities possessing suitable buildings in which to carry on their work. Next Winter they anticipate installing a storeroom in tho central section of the city and stock it with provisions. Hungry.'families unable to- buy feed at other stores will be supplied by the Army, the distribution 'being made with tho, aid of tickets. Mr., Boucher has bccrv-a member of the -Army for flteen years and has had many peculiar experiences. While in the city oE BIrminghatiil, Alabama, he and his wife buried IB young girls IS months, all habitues of the tenderloin district who committed suicida. He said that they took such drastic measures to end the tterrible sorrows :that .had befallen,them;'rather'than geeking aid from such .institutions as the Army. '" '

small children about 7.30 o'clock Sun day evening with the intention of going to the. headqurters of tjie' Highland Club, Bawcliffe building. Third atree and Highland avenue. Since that time ho has not been seen or heard of and tlii wife and mother is despairing. When Mrs. Long: arose Monday morn ins and found her husband absent, sh< immediately began to make inquiries, among: the neighbors? Nona of the however, had seen the missing nun anc could offer nothing that would: serve as a clue in ascertaining hK whereabouts The children, in the meantime, fcecanw aware of their father's prolonged ab sence and besieged Oie already frantli mother with pathetic questions, beseech ing her toflndhim. When interviewed yesterday Mrs. r,ong stated that she knew of no reason, why he should wish to leave, home, aw said that he seemed in excellent t-plrlti when ho kissed the children and; left fo 'the club. When asked iriiethet shesus pectcd foul play, she answered that h' was friendly with everybody and had no enemies to hir knowledge. The city is being carefully combed for &ome trace of Lous' by friends.
MRS. LEWIS BURIED TO-DAY

-Well -Known Patterson' Woman. Wil ' Be "interred at Chester Rural,

The-funeral of Mrs. Rebecca Lewis who died-Monday after a. prolonged Illness; will lake place this afternoon f roir lier late home. '"-9 Patterbon street TJie services,-will be conducted by Rev II. W.- Koehler.- pastor of. tho Secouc Presbyterian'* Church. Interment will b0 mada. at- Chester Rural Cemetery Tha deceased,, twho was the widow of 'William Lewis... is survived by the following children: Mrs. "William Wrlsht Mrs. Ella" Laird, of this city; Mrs. Ida McCullouffh, of New Castle, Del.; Mrs Bessie Phillips, of Philadelphia; Mrs Bertha Buckalew, of Eddystone; ' Mrs John cowden, of this clty,.and^ 'William .Lewis, of Chester.
NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY and

Librarian Visits Philadelphia Makes Several Purchases.

Miss Mary'H. Davis, librarian of th WestTCndFree Library, Fourth and Jeffrey streets, spent yesterday In Philadelphia- purchasing a number of new "vol. umes lor the rapidly-filling shelves. The books wore bought with the proceeds of & bako recently held under tho auspices of the Ladles' Auxiliary and will bo fi valuble addition ' to > the- equipment About $20 was realized from the affair During her absence Miss Myrtle Lehman 'took charge of tho reading- room., *

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ARBITRATORS DECIDED ' ''IN FAVOR OF CITY

Mrs. Sarah" , Soanlan Lota** Damage Suit-Aooordlnj tu 'Awarir " " Walter it Craig", Mark S. Gumming* ' and Holland V. Bhoads, abrltrators-^n' the case of Mrs. Sarah Scanlan, a. wl- _ dow residing on West' Second street, who recently entered suit against tha City of Chester for tho sum of $10,000, which she claimed was due her aa damages for a fall sustained on Market street In front of tha Central Hotel property, returned with, an award to the city. Their action was the result of'several previous meet-,' ings and tba award was filed with City , Solicitor A, A. Cochran, who. in turn, filed it with Andrew J. Ballon,' Prothonotary. , Mrs. Scanlan alleged that on. the night 1of December la. 1910, about fl.30 o'clock , she was walking along- Market, street, when her toe caught in a hole In the pavement partly concealed by the Iron cellar door in the hotel property, causing her to fall aud receive' a, fractured log. The defense denied such' claims and charged th-it she Slipped on a patch of.v ice, producing several witnesses to counteract tho testimony of the opposition. John DelUvcn "White acted as counsel for tho claimant, and thei city was represented hy A. A. Cochran. while O. B. "Dickinson defended tha Interests of John Genthcr. owner of tha hotel. '

WRONG SPENCE WAS ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY

Chester Man Released, From Custody This Morning, When Wilmington Woman Failed,to Identify.

CONTRACT WAS MADE J, C. SHEDWICK DIES AT ATLANTIC CITY w

Changes Will Give Three Times as Much Floor Space and Will Provide a Third Court Room.
Former Chester Man, Who Built P. M. C., Succumbs to Illness at Ripe Old Agcv

Styne Sustained Spine Injury, Broken Ribs and Nose.

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The Commissioners of Delaware county .yesterday from among the competitive plans submitted by a number'of architects, accepted the designs .prepared by Brazier and Robb. of New York, for the rearrangement and enlargement of the Court House at Media. The designs they approved contemplate an outlay of $150,000 in the improvement and additions to the present -buildings. The plans wer* thought ouf and critically examined by the Commissioners and after : several important changes were mutually agreed upon to be.made, the. county officials formally entered into a contract with the architects to supervise the erection of the structure, which.1 it is thought, will require about-a. year to. complete. The junior'partner of this flrm .of architects, B. Donald Robb, is well-known in this .city; a graduate of me Chester High School. It Is 'a matter .of congratulation .both to Mr. Eobb and the county at large, that the accepted design for the new - Court House has been awarded to a Delaware county boy,-who In New Tork, the city of his-adoption, has been steadily forging to the front in his oc.cupation In," which his talent peculiarly fitted him to succeed. The work is expected to begin about the.first of July. County Commissoners George W.' Allen, Jesse D. Plerson and Thomas Feeley yesterday engaged firm architects to prepare the plans and specifications and to supervise tho work of construction, which .will lie done by contract'after competitive bids are received. Since the first 61 the year, the Commissioners have been considering plans submitted- by different- architects and have been carefully taking up the work preliminary to ,. enlarging the Court: House. :The architects submitted their drawings without charge and from the architects who 'consulted-the Commissioners, the latter selected the firm with whom, it was decided to' make an agreement. The Commissioners by a unanimous -vote-made a contract with the firm of Braizer and Robb, of New York City. The members of the flrm have been associated with Delaware County, having relatives living- here. " - . - . - - " , The drawings made by Braizer and Eohb were believed, hy the Commissioners to be the most satisfactory. The three Commissioners "signed the contract and the stamp of the approval of', the Court was given by Judgre William B. Broomall, who. on a number of occasions had been consulted in regard to the plans. The architects will receive the .usual commission of six percent and will be required to sunervise all the work 'of making the 'changes to the building. They have already he(CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.)
Former Chester Woman Now Living In

James Campbell,-Sheclwick died yesterday at Atlantic City, N. J., after an illness of some weeks, in the seventythird year of his age. 'He was related to the Campbell, Price and other wellknown families of this, city, where he resided in his early life with his parents. The funeral, will take place from his late'home. 3606 Powelton avenue, Philadelphia. Mr. Shedwick was a. son of John and Margaret Campbell,Shedwick. and was born in Btoekport, Cheshire; England, September 24, 1839. Ho came to .this country with his parents when but five years of age and was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia. At the age of sixteen years he entered the constructing and erecting shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. After attaining- his" majority in 1861, his father associated him In his contracts and building- operation, the flrm being- John Shedwick & Sort. '/ Karly In January, 1867, the managers o'f the Pennsylvania Military Academy, of this city, invited .proposals for the erection of the'colleg-e building, on Fourteenth street. Near the end of August the contract was awarded to Shedwick & Son, stipulating that the building should be completed in, nine -months. Competing contractors declared that the time was inadequate, but the firm, who had-entire":control of the construction had the building ready for occupancy on the first of'November, two months before the time-limit expired. Mr. Shedwick sa wactive military service during- the.'Civil War.
MACDADE's' FIGHT INTERESTING Marcus Hobk Young Man's Notafala

Vietoryto Countv Committee. One of the Interesting political fights conducted at last Saturday's primaries was the "contest for County Committeeman from tho First ward of the Borough of Marcus Hook., where J. G. Blalna MacDade.. brother, of former District Attorney Albert Dutton MacDade, an* Samuel' llesaington, an employee of tho State Quarantine . Station, contested .for honors. In the-fight Mr. MacDade defeated ,hls opponent by an overwhelming majority, receiving seventy-three votes to twenty-three for his .opponent. Mr. MacDade Is a young Republican and has always taken--'an- active and. sturdy Interest In the success of the Republican party and his election to the county committee - will- add - considerable strength hereto. He was opposed in his candidacy by employees of the State Quarantln Station such as Burgess H. Aij^ewls and Clerk Lwis Lomax, but their ">>efr forts were futile'iecause the people;of WRITES ABOUT CITY OF PARIS. the .ward wanted Ttfr.; MaeDade elected and he is very popular with them.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL" BOARD MET. Metropolis of Franca. David II. Burns former member, of South Chester M. E. Focs Elect New the Chester 'Board of Education from Tacner. the Seventh ward,-received a letter At, the regular meeting- of the Sunday or two ago fronj his daughter, day School Board of; the South ChesMrs. George E. Small, -who with her ter M. B. Church, .Third and Jeffrey husband and child is a resident of Parla. France. Mrs. Small told, her streets, last evening- considerable, busfather of a number-of her interesting iness of importance ' was ' transacted, observations in and about the French Mrs. Clayton Stevenson- was unanimmetropolis, and-stated that she hcd ously elected as ..a .teacher to. fill a just made, a visit to the tomb of Na- vacancy.- It "wae decided to^purchase poleon. Mr. Small is engaged In bus- new song books for the school-and apiness. In Paris [and .Is- achUvlnB uc-_ pointed a committee to make a<seleccess rapidly. " j tlon.

F. A. Styno, of 1620 Delaware avenue, Wilmington, Del., was probably fatally -injured when .the automobile, which ho was running-, crashed Into a stone pier supporting- the. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad bridge over Chester, plko at Crum Lynuo yesterday afternoon at 4.20 o'clock. Ho Is now jn, the Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, and it is thought that he hu's but slight chance for recovery. , Styne was operating a Peerless car owned by E, M. Pe'nnyuackcr, of Wilmington, and was on his way to tho Delaware. City from Philadelphia, The ISHWOOD SUES CITY Chester pike Is each year coated with FOR $10,000 DAMAGE oil upon several occasions), and yesterday's rain had made the hill just above Negro Fell on Icy Pavement, Injur-i the bridge very slippery. It is believed CHESTER HERO IN FLORIDA. ing His Leg and,Asks Redress that when Styne turned his car at-the From Chester. ' slight curve here, the wheels skidded on Harry F. Kennard, Who Has Carnegie the oil and this swung the machine InHero Medal, Enjoying Southern Lito. Through his attorney Frank S. MorHarry F. Kennard, of East Eighth to the right hand pier supporting:the ris, Thomas Ishwood, of Eighth street street, sends the Times a copy of the bridge. The* crash, could b'a heard for and Contra! avenue, a negro, recently Easter number of the St. Petersburg filed a suit for $10,000 against the City Daily Times, of St. Petersburg, Flor- squares, and two pedestrians, who of Chester for injuries sustained in ida; which is.an elaborate publication, were on the road, and Amos Coffin a fall on the slippery pavement on brimful of interesting reading matter station agent at Crum Lynne, .ran to and display advertisements. Mr. Ken- tho' assistance of, the chauffeur, who Seventh street near Penn last Decemnard writes: "I am enjoying life once was thrown to the ground by the im- ber. He claims that his leg was fracmora. St. Petersburg is a great place, pact, and lay In an unconscious con- tured and his left side contused, aa not half has been told about it. ; I a result and socles the abovo sum aa am stopping at Pinellas Park, about dition with blood gushinff from his a balm to sooth his hurts. mouth. Seeing- at a glace that medical seven miles north of St. Petersburg-." At the instigation of the city HolSeveral years ago Mr. Kennard saved attention must be secured at once, land F. Rhoads, John D. Howard and two boys from being electrocuted by Coffin ran back to the station and tele- Louis A. Clyde were appointed;arbitpulling tlrom from a. heavily charged phoned to Taylor Hospital, and in a. rators in tho case and the first hearwlrev which had fallen to the ground. few minutes Dr. Taylor himself was ing will be held in Select Council In performing the heroic tict he was on the scone. Temporary treatment chambers Friday* May 3. City Solseriously shocked- Subsequently Mr. was given and in leas than fifteen min- icitor A. A. Cochran represents the 'inKennard was awarded a Carnegie utes from tho time -of the accident terests of the city and J- C. Taylor Styne was in the hospital. An exStory, owner of medal for'bravery. amination showed that he had suffer- is counsel forinGeorge of which the ac- front ed an injured spinci, several broken the property PERMISSION TO' LAY DRAIN. ribs, a broken nose, severe lacerations :ldent is alleged to havo taken place. P. B. and W. R. R. Will Be Allowed to and contusions of the body and probDOG ATTACKS LITTLE BOY. able internal injuries. Connect With Sewer. .After about an hours work the phy- Andrew Higgins Painfully' Bitten" on Permission has been,granted the Phila- sicians succeeded in restoring the inArm and Wrist. delphia, Baltimore and "Washington Rail- jured man to consciousness and his road Company to lay a private drain name and address, together with the TJtllo Andrew lliggins, of East Elgh- " from the inlet under the railroad on tha name of his employer, were learned. teenth st'-eet, is nursing painful injurwest side of Barclay street to a distance Mr. Penny-packer is a prominent resi- es to his right arm and wrist, which of sixty-five feet south of the inlet, a dent of Wilmington, and he and rel- 10 sustained yesterday when, he was atproper agreement .to. that effect having atives of the chauffeur, were notified tacked by a vicious small doff in tho been prepared by the city solicitor, A. A. of the ' accident. Mr. Pennypacker yard of his horne. The wound was cauCochran. This action was based on a shortly afterward arrived at the scene ^erized by Harry A. Kershaw, a drug- . resolution recently, offered In Select Coun- of the accident; and after ascertaining ;ist of Eighteenth street and Edgmont that cil-" by Ix>uis H. Morris, member from jured he could do nothing- for the in- ivcnue, and it is now believed that thera man,'he made arrangements to s no danger of compllcatkms'settiny'in.. the Sixth ward. have the car removed. This morning through infection. ' .",-'_ men were engaged in taking it apart, PROPERTY DEFACED- BY :BOY8. it having been: found impossible to i Crozer Hospital Casea, . . Lad's Hurl Stones Through Windows. move :it in the wrecked condition. It has been stated that Styne, was James Murphy, of 503 East Seventeenth ^ . - of New House. racing with another car bearing a Del- ,treet, was admitted aa a patient in. ths- , , : - v ijjischievous boys have displayed their aware license, and that the wrecked len's medical" ward jesterday. destructive inclinations by breaking a car was travelling at the.rate of forty Bessie Baidy. of Morton, was admitted , number of windows In the newly-built miles an hour at the time of the acci- a patient in >the women's medical ' I dwelling house erected-,by General W. G. dent. It has been found imposslblato ward yesterday. Price, Jr., on West Seventh street, near verify this report and Agent Corfin Emila Huber. bf 1011 "Upland street, was ,, stated this morning- that he saw no a private.patient In the _men's su-^giea' Fulton. The house-is~ not, occupied-, and the bad boy element has been using'it as other car. It has been impossible to ward. yesterday, -where he underwtnt discover the identity of the two pede- minor operation. , j',',' . __ ; /jr) a target for missiles of various kinds. strians who were tho only eye wit-~TH& r W.EATHER.'' ' nesses-of thea^ddent.__^_ Moose to Mee.t in New Home. Tho Chester Lodge-or Mooao will;hbld: Cloudy, "with slowly falling temperature Enter* Xni'neK for Himself. a. stated meeting- to-night at the now """" home of tho -organization,. 210 .West . P. -Xeldt. of f-oventh and Pusey and fresh,, variable winds, *-' ,' fair Third street. 'The trustees will render.a streets, who'was formerly employed by. learlnff. and light report .relative to the matter of purchas- "W. J. Morgan, the paperhanger, has em- ricraturo ing new furniture tor the home. barked in business on - hla .own- account. windi.

William H. .Sponco, aged 27. years, who is employed as a caretaker at the Chester Rural Cemetery and who was given a preliminary hearing yesterday before Police-:Magistrate Elliott on the charge, of bigamy, was released from custody this morning. 'Mrs. William Tl SP^TICC} of Wilmington, .Del., who preferred the charge, came to the City Hall here -this morning and informed Chief of Police Vance .that William R. Spence was not her husband. Mrs. Spence, who claims that her husband, William T. Spence, who Is a. cousin to William R. Spence, had committed bigamy by marrying another woman, who .was lame. Sho had been told that- he married a Hockdale woman, and the police authorities, learning- that William R. Spence ' is married; that his wife is also lame and > resides at .Rockdale, concluded at once that he was the ma.n wanted. .'"..- - Mrs. Spence;' who has a child, .a young daughter, says .she had been told that her husband was in St. -Louis, M o . . ' ' . . - . -

Wilmington Man in Serious Condition Result of Accident Lynne Yesterday.

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