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JURY CENSURES AUTOISTS

Testimony Shows Car Which Killed
Girl Was Speeding.
[FROM PUBLIC LEDGER BUREAU.]

PRINCETON, N. J., April 15—Censure
for the automobile accident of April 6, by
which Miss Mae Durea, the 17-year-old
Princeton schoolgirl, was killed and left
by the roadside, today place on
[?] the wealthy Brooklyn

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DELAWARE
Directors Refuse Competitive
Lighting Company Permission
to Use Streets of City.
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CONVICTS MAY WORK ROADS
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[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
WILMINGTON, Del., April 15.—The di-
rectors of the Street and Sewer Depart-
ment today unanimously refused the ap-
plication of the People's Light, Heat and
Power Company, a subsidiary corpora-
tion of the People's Railway Company,
for permission to use the streets for the
purpose of furnishing light and power in
competition with the Wilmington and
Philadelphia Traction Company. Just be-
fore the franchise was refused a com-
munication was received from represent-
atives of the National Progressive party
in this city asking many questions re-
questing that the directors delay action
on the franchise until those questions had
been answered. Some of the questions
were replied to by President Sparks, of
the board, who stated that some of the
others would not be answered, as the
board had all the information it desired
with respect to the matter.

In declining the franchise the directors
of the franchise would be of no perma-
nent benefit to the city. A history was
given of other franchises that had been
granted the competative purposes with
the result that one company is now in
control. The directors objected to the du-
plication of poles and wires that would
follow the franchise. They said that
lighting rates were as low in Wilmington
as in other cities and as low as could be
reasonably expected under competition.
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It is quite probable that the Levy Court
will make an agreement with the trus-
tees of the New Castle County workhouse
whereby a corps of convicts will be util-
ized in the work of maintaining the coun-
ty roads. Upon invitation of ex-Judge J.
Frank Ball and T. Allen Hilles, trustees
of the workhouse, the members of the
Levy Court will visit Greenbank tomor-
row where they can see the work done
by the convicts. Mr. Hilles is enthusiastic
over the plan to employ the convicts as
a patrol force in repairing the roads in
all parts of the county, and he says that,
while there is plenty of road work to be
done near Greenbank, the court later on
could secure an automobile truck to carry
a force of ten men and material to re-
mote parts of the county. The expense
would be less than it is now.

The offer of the trustees to co-operate
with the Levy Court presents a feasible
solution to the problem of caring for the
roads of the county. Mr. Hilles says that
the trustees are anxious that the con-
victs works out of doors.

A lively city campaign is projected by
the "Bull Moose" or Original Progress-
ives, and the Republican leaders are
alarmed, for they fear that if the "Bull
Moosers" poll any considerable number
of votes the city will be turned over
to the Democrats, as the Progressive
strength is drawn almost wholly from
the Republicans. Francis I. Du Pont,
candidate for Mayor, has been appointed
chairman of the committee that is to
prepare the platform for the city cam-
paign and municipal problems will be
handled without gloves. There may be

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of meeting the Progressives on the [?]
The campaign will be interesting as dis-
closing the strength of the Progressives
in this city when Colonel Roosevelt is
not an issue.
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Some politicians profess to see in the
move of the leaders of the "Scales," or
National Progressives, today to hold up
an action by the street and sewer di-
rectors an effort to save the city for the
Republicans at the coming city election.
Some of the keen ones believe that the
refusal of the street and sewer directors
to grant the franchise means that the
city will be carried by the Democrats,
for the Street and Sewer Board is con-
trolled by the Republicans. The Wilming-
ton and Philadelphia company is unpop-
ular because some time ago it withdrew
the strip ticket privilege. The National
Progressives have been the guardians
of the machine Republicans in this state.
They saved the county for the Repub-
licans last autmn and hope to show the
voters that they are friends of the
people.
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Attorney General Wolcott takes excep-
tions to the allegations of the Women's
Home Missionary Society of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church that he is not
doing his full duty with regard to prose-
cutions for the violations of the liquor
laws and reminding him that it is his
sworn duty to do so. Mr. Wolcott today
replied to the resolutions and said that he
does not have to be reminded of his oath,
for he is not likely to forget it. He
assures the women he is not in league
with lawbreakers, but that it is his busin-
ness to prosecute them as vigorously as
he can with the evidence in hand.
Mr. Wolcott says that if the liquor laws
are being violated in the city it is the
duty of the Police Department to attend
to that and urges the society to produce
any evidence the members may have of
violations of the law and urges them to
refrain from allowing rumors to condemn
him.
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When delegates to the Episcopal Sun-
day school convention in Trinlty Church
today attempted to elect a permanent
diocese in which the convention is held
they found they could not do so because
of certain provisions contained in the
bylaws. A committee, including the Revs.
F. M. Kirkus, L. N. Caley and C. R.
Klink, was appointed to revise the by-
laws and present them to the next con-
vention for ratification. The convention
today adopted a resolution providing for
a field secretary who will devote all his
time to the Sunday school work and who
will receive $2500 a year.
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Monroe McDaniel, arraigned in the City
Court today for failing to support his
three small children, whose mother is
dead, explained to the Judge that he
could not live with his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Margaret Edwards, 76 years old,
with whom the children make their home,
because she talks too much. The Court
told the defendant he should take into
consideration the woman's extreme age.
McDaniel said he was willing to support
his children, so he was held in $500 bail
for a hearing tomorrow.
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Suspecting that the death of Frank
Koprowski was due to other than natural
causes, Coroner Spring has started a rigid
investigation. The young man dropped
dead yesterday in the plant of F. Blu-
menthal & Co., where he was employed.
Drs. H. W. Briggs, J. W. Bastian and E.
I. Rodgers performed an autopsy and
found all the organs of the body normal,
but the stomach was sent to Newark for
a chemical analysis. Recently Koprowski
passed an excellent physical examination
in the course of his efforts to be appoint-
ed a letter carrier. Coronor Spring
would not divulge what information he
has to cause him to suspect that Koprow-
ski was poisoned.
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Thomas L. Gravell, a pharmacist was
painfully burned on the face, hands, neck
an arms today by nitric acid. He was
carring a bottle of the fluid when it
broke and the contents splashed over him.
His injuries will not be fatal.

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