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Evening journal., 1916-07-29
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Residents Want NoxiouS
Weeds Removed From
the City Square
REDUCE CENTURY
CLUB MORTGAGE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE. Del. July 2s.-Many
persons from Wilmington. New Castle
and other places viewed the remains
of the late James A. Doris last even
ing. His funeral took place this
morning from the residence OF his
nephew, John A. Doris. Requiem
mass was celebrated in St Peters
Church by the Rev. r. V. Campbell,
and interment was made in the ad-
joining cemetery The floral emblems
were numerous and included tributes
from railroad employees and relatives
In the Century Club last evening
Mrs Eliasons team held a card party
for the benefit OF the club building
fund. Mrs. Deemer's team had a
country store In the building this
morning and the patronage was very
good. The teams are determined TO
keep hammering away in order 10 re-
duce the mortgage on the property.
The slogan is "A Clear Home" While
great rivalry exists between the
teams, all help one another In the
work Of reducing the property mort
gage.
victrolas and Records-Bridge.
water.-Adv
What is the matter with Market
square," said a property owner last
/ evening. weeds have been allowed
to grow there to such an extent that
like In other parts OF the city. they
are a nuisance. They are an eyesore
and a disgrace to New Castle. The
Board Of Health should compel the
trustees to cut the weeds at once
/ Everywhere one turns weeds are
growing and no effort Is being made
TO cut them"
The Rev ID. r. Nygren, Of Whining
ton, will preach In the First Baptist
Church tomorrow morning and even
ing
Mrs Mary r. Barr and Mrs. Jennie
Barr Moore. of Philadelphia, are th'
guests Of Mrs. Cooper, No. 80 n. Sixth
street
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Toman. Misl
Mary Toman. Miss Rose Lenoir. An
drew and John Toman joined a part.
OF young people from Wilmington ant
are now at Atlantic City.
The reading room established b
the Century Club is being we'll pai
, ronized by men of the city. Houn
:. men who who do not have any plac
to spend their evenings. find that I'll
reading room Is delightful plac
g Books, magazine and newspapers al
4 furnished free OF charge.
D.rnhu1I nfltnafaafC nnu CQg III
do not know where baseball will
\. played as the Battery Park groun
D. will be a shipyard In the near futul
With the advent Of this new indu
II try. New Castle will have TO get mo
p, houses. There is a scarcity Of hous
r. here at present.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
new OWNERS FOR
CITY real ESTATE

The following property transfers
have been recorded at the Office OF
the City Registry Bureau since Tues
day:
Eugene A. Taylor and George A.
Taylor, Jr., to John b. Crossan, No
SIC Van Buren street. $4,000.
Mary A. Morahan ct al. heirs OF
John Filliben, TO Jacob Goodlevage,
south side OF Second street. thirty
six feet west of West street. 81 ,66666.
Mary r. Hart executrix OF Alex
ander J. Hart, to George w. Raud-
man, south side of Eighth street.
corner of Clayton street.
Samuel Fayman to Philip Sklut and
wife, No. S34 Bennett street. S3050.
Anna c. Furry and Laura Mailer
to William l.. Dockstader, Nos. 1900
2-4-6 Conrad street, $4,000.
John b. Crosson to Eugene A. Tay-
lor and George A. Taylor, Jr., east
side OF Van Buren street, fifty-one
feet south Of Kirk avenue, $4,000.
Lewis A. Owens, ct al, heirs Of
Archer A. Owens, to Mary A. Lutz,
twenty-one feet west OF BrOome
street. near Third, $500.
James ~ Bradford 10 Reuben l..
Hut north side of Spring Alley. one
hundred and sixteen feet east OF
French street, $4,000.
Harry Cohen to Harry Yelmer and
wife northeast corner Of Thirteenth
and Wilson streets, $4,000
Abraham Elliott 10 Earl Bell, north
side OF Sixteenth street. three hun
dred and thirty feet east OF River
view avenue, $4,000.
Henry w. Sasse to Clarence Wa
ters, west side of Twenty-sixth street,
one hundred and twenty feet south
Of West street, S2S0O.
Samuel Brooks to Lawrence Di-
neen. east side Of Pine street. one
hundred and seventy-four feet south
of Tenth street. S2.250.
Morris Frankel to John RadicO and
wife, No. 1914 Heald street, S1054.
The Brinckle Estate, Inc, to Abra
ham Elliott, west side OF Hamilton
street. one hundred and fifty-on'
feet. eighth and one-eighth inches
north Of Fourteenth street, S3,S00.
Charles c. Kurtz 10 William Z
Williams, No 1926 Washington street
$4,000; No. 1928 Washington street
$4,000.
John w. Chapple 10 Nathan Bar
Sky. No. sos w. Ninth street. $4,000.
Sarah S. Kendall. executrix OF Jas
f. Kendall to Alice NJ. Haley, north
side of Front street, forty feet east
of Searles street. $1,000.
Nathan f. Leopold 10 Mary +. w
Pryor, west side of Madison street
one hundred and eighty-four feet
two inches north of Seventh street
S2.375.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
aMASKEn MARYELr HuRT.

ATLANTIC. CITY. n. j., July "a
Mort Henderson. popularity known as
the Masked Marvel" badly injured
his shoulder in a wrestling match
with Henry Irslinger. claimant Of the
middle-weight championship OF the
world and holder Of the Lord Ions
dale belt. here last night. Henderson
fell heavily from the small stage in
forgetting the narrowness Of the ring
with his concentrated effort 10 outw't
his opponent. He toppled over back
wSrds about eight feet. landing on
mis- shoulder. It snapped out OF place.
but was quickly reset. Henderson had
the better of the match with Irslinger
during their seventeen minutes on the
mat. Referee Bailey of Philadelphia.
however. forfeited the match in ac-
cordance with the rules governing
such exigcnces.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
American League.

structor in poultry husbandry.
NJ. F. Grimes. Pennsylvania State
College, assistant professor in animal
husbandry.
Howard II. Zimmerly, Pennsylvania
State College, county agent for Kent
county.
Harold J. Clay. Massachusetts
Agricultural College. export in meth
cd of marketing produce.
Claud c. Spiker instructor i'm mod
ern languages.
WOmen's College.
Miss Ella Annette Hines, Columbia
University, instructor in zoology and
botany.
Miss Beth Lee Powell. University
iof Missouri. instructor in home eco
nomics.
/ Miss Harriet winslow. OF Boston,
instructor in art.
In keeping with the advancement
! of Delaware College, DR.. Charles A.
Wagner, State Commissioner Of Edu-
cation. is conducting a campaign tc
raise the standard of the public
school system of the State. Governor
Charles r. Miller deserves much
credit for the advancement that the
State school system has made in the
past two years, as he has been the
active head in this respect II is
( proposed to standardlze the higf
school Of the State by putting the
four year course in all the higf
schools. This will be a great bene
ft to Delaware College, as the fresh,
men classes will be much better quail
fled when this Standardization il
worked out.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
LIENS AGAINST PROPERTIES.

Properties Of the city which have
not been connected with sewers and
where the owners have refused 10
comply with the orders Of the Board
Of Health to have them connected
will have the work done by the board
and the expense charged up against
the property. a lien being taken
against the property. Two properties
No. 213 West Eighth street and No
40S Montgomery street, have not been
.s1nneated with the sewer in that
street, and at a meeting of the board
yesterday the secretary was ordered
to advertise for bids for the neces-
sary work and as soon as these are in
and approved. the work will be done
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

down that bothersome immovable
body. Referee Billy Roche was a lot
more skittish and worried and did
more tangoing and backing off than
either of the fighters. He had to- to
keep away from the showering fists.
In the fourth both slowed down
but apparently not because they were
tired. Neither was putting and each
was inevitably smiling, especially
when the other landed.
Leonard had been using a whale of
slam TO Welsh's left kidney. Every
time 1t brought the champion up with
a Jolt. Then Welsh used several OF
his ubiquitous arms and fists to
cover his kidneys, as well as his face.
He was foiling of blows like a fencer.
But he showed at least a double track
fighting brain by leaping out from be-
hind his defending arms with suffi.
cient jab hand swings and uppercuts
to give him a good edge at the finish
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
RUSSELL BECOMES
STAR IN MONTH
YANKEE RECRUIT GRANTS 2
EARNED RUNS IN "a INNINGS.

Fame in the majors was fieeting so
far as Allen Russell was concerned
until he got his chance a month ago.
Prior to his maiden effort on the
Yankee pitching staff, June %, he was
just an ordinary second-string work
man.
Now he is one Of the Big Four on
Donovan's corps. and Smiling Bill is
depending on the Baltimore spitballer
TO keep the Broadway crew in first
place in the face Of an appalling list
Of injuries.
II was in the role OF rescuer to
Markle in a game with Washington
and with Walter Johnson opposing
that Russell got his chance to wear a
regulars spangles. Picking up the
battle in nasty situation Russell
wheeled the Yanks to victory.
From June % on Donovan's find
was a world-beater. In "a innings
he allowed exactly two earned runs
one a homer by Ray Morgan and the
other the outgrowth of three success
sive singles in a 12-inning encounter.
Eight runs have been scored
against Russell in six games, but six
of the tallies we're the result OF
errors
Russell has a peculiar delivery
"a side-arm splitter. Last season in
the International League he suffered
from lack Of control, yet he proved
himself one OF the best pitchers IN
the circuit. He lead the field in
both strikeouts and bases on balls.
Scout Duke Farrell recommended
him while he was pitching for Jimm!
Jackson's Wilmington Tri-State team
and was so sure that Russell woult
make good that he wired in
TAKE Russell by all means anC
blame it on mel"
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
POULTRY NOTES

William G. Coke, president of the
Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation,
has purchased several score Of prize-win-
ming White Wyandottes which have been
placed on his country home near Clay
mont.
The monthly meeting of the Diamond
State Poultry Association will be held
on Tuesday evening. August s, at the
home of William f. Langshaw, at the
Cedars. II had been planned to hold the
meeting on Tuesday of next week.
Fred NIaser, of No. 2O4 West Thir-
tieth street, has a number Of Black
Cochin bantams which give promise OF
being prize winners.
William J. Loveless has accepted q
position as manager of the poultry PLAN
of William G. Coke at the latter's cOun
try home. Mr.. Loveless is well versed II
the poultry business, and has displaye'
winners at all shows in this section o
the country.
Officials Of the poultry department o.
Delaware College are endeavoring to Sc
cure the names and addresses of al
poultry fanciere in the State who Oper
ate plants accommodating 500 fowls o
more Few names are being secured
however, as few plants OF that size eX
ist in Delaware.
That Delaware farmers are poultr!
raisers was evident to passengers on
Delaware road train bound for Reho
both several days ago, when severa
/ carloads of live chickens were seel
bound for the city markets.
William p. Langshaw. president o
the Diamond State Poultry Association
has invented an electric hover. whic
will accommodate any number of chicks
The operating cost is practically moth
ing. With the use Of one l6 candle
power light bulb, the temperature with
in an hour win register 200 degrees.
This was accomplished in test her
several days ago The hover is self
| regulating.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
AMATEURS BUILD TO FLY.

SELBYVlLLE. Del, July 29-E. s.
Furbush and Walter Murphy, Berlin
mechanics. will seek high attitudes
in few days when the hydroplane
which they have been building in their
back yard is finished The hydroplane
is 20 feet long and with a wing spread
of % feet II is equipped with the
engine from a popular lowpriced au-
tomobile The two young men have
never tried aeroplaning before and
have never built one before, but have
faith They will make their start on
the Ocean City beach and expect to
make an overland trip to Norfolk.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
HELlo you coPs. eEr BUSY.

The n. Snellenburg & Co. baseball
team would like to hear from any
good amateur team in the city or
State. the games TO be played on
Thursday afternoon. They would like
particularly to know what is the mat
ter with the cop teams. Johnson and
Elliott are requested to take notice.
Send challenges to n. Snellenburg &
Co. care shoe department. W. Scott
Monckton, manager.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
Girls ARE INJURED BY
COLLAPSE OF PORCH

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del, July %.
Misses Mildred Conlyn and Amelia
Stauffer, both of Baltimore, were seri
ously injured when a second-storJ
porch at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association broke while crowded
with young girls, and a score were
pile on top of each other on the ce-
ment One of the girls has a broken
/ hip and arm and the other is feared
to have a fractured skull. The party
was taking pictures and the group
was posed fiong the rail Of the porch.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

Two-base hit-Markley and Rom
mel. Stolen bases--Joseph. Markley,
Feeley, 2, and Dykes Double play
Boley to Millman. Struck out-By
Markley, 4; by Millman. 6: by Feeley.
2. First base on balls-On Casme. 3
off Markley. 8; off Feeley, 1. Umpire
Morgan.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
SELL SCHOONER ABOVE COST.

GEORGETOWN. Del. July "a
Georgetown people have been reading
about fortunes made during the Euro
pean war, but the FIRST actual demon
stration for them was the sale by
County Comptrolley Peter s. Shock.
ley and Harvey Marvel, of Laurel, OF
the four-masted schooner Albert w
Robinson. to the Baker Company, OF
Philadelphia, for $4,000. The schoon-
er was built at Sharptown In 1907 at
a cost Of 100000.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
Peninsula LEAGUE
Standing Of the Clubs.

SALISBURY, Md, July 29.-Sahs-
bury beat Cambridge here yesterday in
a game full OF fast double plays and
sharp fielding, Pierce and Samez excel
ling in this line The score was > TO ].
Only four hits were allowed by each
pitcher, but Twining was wild and
passed eight men. The game was tied
until the eighth inning, when Rath
broke up the game by hitting King
elhofer for two bases against the right
field fence, scoring Busby. The score
Catfchurxr
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

pup boNNASs
Since Heine Zimmerman fell down
stairs he hasn't been put out OF a
game. This has proved almost as
terrible blow TO Chicago column
conductors as the loss Of Ping Bodie.
Yesterdays hero-Casey Stengel.
Casey went to bat as a pinch hitter in
the eighth inning of the Robins-Car-
dinals game and damned out triple
with two on. He then scored on
long fly and Daubert came across on
pair Of hits putting the game in
the refrigerator.
Eddie Roush ran a mile and a yard
to make a flying catch of Hans Lo-
bert's long drive in the second in
ming. Hans just couldn't believe the
fly caught and ran on around.
Williams. the Cub centerhelder, had
six zeros in the box score.
Bob Shawkey pitched a no-hit game
for seven-innings. then let up a little,
I but came home with the bacon.
Nehf Of the Braves. pitched shut-out
/ ball against the Cubs, but was rob.
bed of his glory by Maranville, who
made an error that let in a run.
Pitcher Dubuc, Of Detroit, gets
credit for three Of the four Tiger
wins over Washington. He pitched
and won Yesterday. he went into one
! game with the score tied and into an
other with Jennings men one run be
hind.
silk OLoughlin has won his battle
with the bands. Ban Johnson forbid
ding music while play is going on
The Oom-pahs will have to work be
tween innings.
II was a perfect day in the field
for Heinie Groh. Eleven chances
without a spill
Freddie Welsh showed several
humping good reasons why he Is
champion lightweight of the world
when he licked Benny Leonard a
Washington Park, Brooklyn. las
night. There wasn't a sign bf "a
l tango SltD III any Nlt VI AAN ANA
rounds II was a stand-up and drag
out from the start. Excepting one
round-the third-Welsh won all thi
way. But he showed a little of ABB
Attell Battling Nelson and Joe Gan
combined, to turn the trick. Benny
was no slOuch.
It was the old story OF science
punch. condition and experience
against science. punch. condition an'
younger vigor There isn't mai
. or woman of the thousands who say
the battle who DOESN'T believe Benn!
Leonard will wear the Lightweight
l crown on his we'll shaped pate SOM
4 time in the future. If he doesn't spoi
it all by thinking he's good enougl
= now to quit ler Mig.
p For the frs time in a decade o
moons. New Iork's fight expert
!. agreed on the result, the quality o
fight put up by both men, the title
4 holders championship ability, and tn
challenger's championship possible
+ ties.
: Both men were prime. Their cond
= ton at the end showed that Welsh
throughout, showed every evidence q
|, hts realization that he had a lot {
Il live down. Leonard, N every pistoI
e like swat and crafty step showed h
e wholly realized his opportunity an
e remembered he was lighting a chan
S pion whom he had beaten on point
h in a former ten round fracas.
e The first three rounds were rio
h Throughout each both boys obviousl
: tried to snatch themselves clear an
i to hold the offensive.
l. The result was very much whit
Is physics teachers tell us would ba
pen If that irresistible force ra
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
MCGOWAN IN PENINSULA LEAGUE

Umpire Bill MCGOWAN will oficiate
in the Peninsula League next week.
He will work at Cambridge on Mon
day. Milford on Wednesday. Seaford
on Thursday and Salisbury on Friday
He will work in the Delaware County
League on next Saturday.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
MRS. FARRA NAMED MATRON.

Mrs. Emma Farra, matron Of the
Juvenile Court, was appointed a pro-
baton officer by the court yesterday
on recommendation Of Chief Proba-
ton officer e. Ross Farra.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
SEAFORD. II; MILFORD. >.

SEAFORD, DEL July 29-Four
bases ON balls, three errors. a hit
hatsman and hit in the first inning
netted Seaford seven runs, putting
the game on ice here yesterday. The
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
PARK A. c. AT NEWARK.

Park A. c. will go to Newark this
afternoon to play Continental Fibre
Company. Jack Flynn will be on
the mound for the locals today.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

Two-base hit-Rath. Stolen base-
Busby. Double plays-Pierce 10 Rath;
Homer TO Pierce. Struck out-By Twin
ing, 3; by Klingelhofer, a. FIRST base
on balls-Oh Twining. 8; of klingel-
hofer, 2. Umpire-Iruitt.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

Shakespeare's father spelled his
name 16 different ways. Some Of
our ablest boxfghters have difficulty
smelling their names one way.
Rail nlavers who intimate Red
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
BASEBALL PROSPECTS

National League.
Pittsburgh at New York, clear. two
games.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn. clear, two
games.
St. Louis at Boston, cloudy, two
games.
Chicago at Philadelphia, clear, two
games.
American League.
New York at ST. Louis, clear. two
games.
Philadelphia at Chicago. clear. two
games.
Boston at Detroit. clear. two games.
Washington at Cleveland, clear.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

Reports from the Southern League
indicates there's q crying need for
umpires in those parts. They could
draft a lot OF major league arbiters
without offending anyone.
Rube Schauer has just wild pitched
himself from New York to Louisville.
II Rube could attach a parlor car to
some of those wild pitches, he'd do a
greater business than the Twentieth
Century Limited.
Speaking Of appropriate settings
there's the case of that rising young
lightweight, Bennie Leonard, who
picked Mt. Klsco for his training
camp.
80 @ss
Wonder whom Matty will en-
gage to act as his interpreter
at Cincinnati?
4
A two-yearpold, namai Tragedy
won a race at Empire City track the
other day, at s to 1. His win proved
tragedy for the players Of A to
/ favorite.
Every now and then we hear Of al
umpire with brains. One was knock
Evening journal., 1916-07-29
Mannering in the gentle art of goat
getting are in bad odor these days.

Just my way Of showing why their
franchise shouldn't be taken away
from them the Athletics up and won
a ball game the other day.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29


The White Sox made 20 hits
in a game recently which is
Just another indication that
some people become crazy with
the heat.
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

SlUkF ~ INNINVo,
Salisbury ...... 90 ! 90 0 o I X--2
Cambridge - OOl q o q q o 0-l
Evening journal., 1916-07-29

Every now and then we hear of an
umpire with brains. One was knock
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-16
BY ETHEL Ga
CHAPTER J..


have just been reading lot Of
''guff'' some very worthy clubwomen
and philanthropic men have been
saying about ''the dying race"
'The country is going to the dogs.
Young men and young women are
not marrying any more. Why is it?"
asks one.
cit is because the girls of the mid
die class allow the men too many
iberties,'' shifts Mrs. Millionaire.
why the other night when we
were motoring through the park I
saw.a man and a girl sitting on one
of the benches. His arm was about
her waist and her lips were raised to
ibis! Shocking!
Il stopped policeman at the cor,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-16
ner and told him about it; said it was
terrible we should have to be treated
to such immoral exhibitions"

Mrs. Millionaire has a drawing
room, a library, an inclosed porch,
music room, a conservatory, a ball
room, a limousine car, where each Of
her four daughters may be sure Of
privacy when one of the many Reg
inald Golddusts calls.
Because She does not SEE Reg
gie's arm about MilIicent's waist or
HEAR the soft impact of their young
lips she makes herself believe that
Reggie and MiIicent seek the most
secluded part of the veranda and sit
in the silken hammock to discuss the
effects Of the war on American COM
merce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-09
Tyler School Meeting to
Urge Vocational Course

Discussion OF the need of n voca-
tfonal school in the southeastern sec
ton of the city will be the principal
business of the first evening meeting
of the Cranch-Tyler Home and School
Association at the Tyler School thi'
evening.
The Southeast washington Citizens
Association will cooperate with the
home and school organization in pre-
senting arguments for an appropriation
for the vocational school In the sec
ton.
Edward F. Colladay. president OF the
Federation of Citizens Associations
will be the principal speaker. Henry p
Blair. president of the Board of Ed
ucation. and other members of the
board have been invited to attend The
Naval Gun Factory Band will furnish
music. A. G. Herman. president OF ths
Southeast Citizens Association. viii
preside after the meeting has beer
opened bv Mrs. Allan Davis. presiden
of the Home and School Association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-09
CAMERA CLUB SHOW
WILL START TONIGHT
Five Hundred Specimens Of Capt.
tai Photography on Exhibition.

The annual exhibition of the Cap
ital Camera Club wilt be opened to-.
night at o'clock at the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art with more than 800
specimens of the work Of the club
members.
Tho exhibition will be open until
May 10. A fee of 20 cents will be
charged Mondays. Wednesdays. and
Fridays and on Saturday. May -.
On other days the exhibition will be
free. Sunday next tho doors will be
open from 1870 to 1850: Monday, May
10. from noon TO 4 o'clock; other
week days from n. m. to p. m.
and on May 0. ~. and 10 from to
40 y. IN.
The exhibition was arranged by a
jury consisting of Richard N. Brooke.
Edwin G Messer and De Lancev Gill;
assisted by Vice President Charles
A. Raker. of the Camera Club, and
the members Of the exhibition COM
mittee