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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
PIERRE S. DU POINT
AND DEFENDANTS
WIN IN LONG SUIT
Question of Ownership of T. Cole
mans Stock Valued at $4,000,
600, is Decided.
JUDGE FILES 3 DEGREES

The famous du ront Securities suit
involving the ownership Of the former 7.
Coleman du pont stock kholdings, now
valued with their earnings. af approxi~
matclv 100000 O00. was finally dccidcdhy
Judge ] Whitaker Thompson last night
in favor Of Pierre s. du pont and his follow
defendants Judge Thompson filed m the
United States District Court here an
opinion nnd three drcrcca
One of these decrecs upheld the results
of the stockholders meeting held on
October ~, last. when the stockholders
voted in support of The right # Pierre
du Pont, and his fellow defendants, t.
rurchase. fnr themselves, The Coleman
lu Pont stnek Another decree ovcrrulc'l
petition made hv Alfred dn Pont, and
hia fellow comploinauta, - the eTc'f that
undue Influence waa exercised over 7nro
af the stockholders votes n that mcotlng
Still another decree dismissed tho
original hill of complaint IN which Alfred
I iu Point and his associates. had con
tended that tho defendants had acquired
the 7 Coleman du ror' stock for them
selves whom thov should have made tho
purchase fpr the benefit of the corpora
ton
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
DROPS ! HUN PLANES.
Descendant of Israel Putnam
Gets Two More and
Wins Sergeantcy.
By Associated Press TO Every Evening

b. Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Paris. March 20 David + Putnam
OF Brookiinc, Mass. descendant Of
Israel Putnam aud member of the
Lafayette flying squadron. has Just brought
down two more German airplanes. Put
nam also has been promoted 10 the rank
OF sergeant IN tine French army He
already was The War Cross with Palms.
This makes four machines with which
Putnam IS officially credited. although
he brought down a fifth machine on \
German airdromc This WAS not seen
by French observers, and therefore,
was not officially crcdtcd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
TO GIVE BRITISH SHIP DATA.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
London, March 20 Figures on the
shipping output and tonnage losses Of
Great Britain will be published regularly
hereafter, it was announced in the House
Of Commons by Sir Eric Campbell Ged-
des the first lord of the Admiralty, during
the debate on the navy shipbuilding bill
The worlds tonnage, exclusive Of
enemy ships had fallen $500 600 from
the beginning Of the war 70 the end
Of 1917, Sir Eric stated
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
FOES KILL OWN MEN.
Huns Shell Prisoners Captured by
French; II Are
Victims.
BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening

hy Assoclattd FreSS @ FtNfry ENenlng
On the French Front in France. March
- In a raid into the German lines at
Nalancourt wood, northwest of Nerdun
sunday French troops found the German
shelters full 81 troops waiting to launch
counter attack. The shelters, with all
their occupants. were DESTROYED by
bombs 4 large number Of German
trench mortars were demolished and
many machine guns were brought back
bY the French
While the prisoners taken III the raid
were gong q the rear, the German ar
tillcry fired a large number of Shells which
claimed II victims among the captives.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
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The defendants whose motives had hron
questioned because If this final decree ore
rlorrc s du Font. Ircnen du Pont. Lam
mot du FONT. Felix du Ponf John J
Raskoh Il II NJ Carpenter. Henry u
du Font. Eugene y du Pont. William
Coyne Harry q Haskell. Harry I
Hrown, and .Inhn I Iaifoy
These docrece ecfually dispose y fho
case So far as tho lower court Is concerned
and any further action will have t. hc
taken n the form - an appel hy The
plaintiffs
In Iudrn Thompson's 'ntorlorptory
elocree he granted prayer - The plaintiffs
that tho whole matter he submitted - the
stockholders for decision
Tho plaintiffs took exception 70 tins.
though Il vas the thing prayed for n their
original hill and they asked that The court
mako . final decree without reference -
the zfockholdcrs In a supplemental
opinion the Judge refused r. do this saying
No principle If law Or equity hereto
fore announced has gone 50 far as ~ assert
that a court If equity may substitute 'ts
Judgment for that of the corporation
through its directors or Stockholders m
determining whether IT should nr should
not acquire an asset to which It has no
title but merely an inchoate right 70 assert
a title
The Judge added
The conclusion arrived at IN The
opinion heretoforc flied that the question
must bs determined for the company by q
meeting of It's stockholders will therefore
be adhered 10.
MAIN PoTNr oF CONTENTION
[ Il q Ton
ton Subsequent pleas were made to the
court but the, court continued ~ adhere
tn this declsion and the meeting was held
October 10 The voting at thus meeting
was in favor II the defendants even cinnin-
ating the Coleman du Pout stock and the
bonus stock which the defendants contend
cd should not be allowed TO vote.
The result If this meeting brought re-
newcd objections from the plaintiffs and
protests were filed against the acceptance
of the votes cast. The Master IN his report
to the court suggested that these obIcc-
tons be ovcrruled and the court. in this
final decree. sustained the Master ~ every
respect
On the point of the exercise of undue
Influence invalIdating the vote ot certain
stockholders the court says
"rhe general rule Is that = stockhodcr
Is not deprived Of the right TO vote upon =
question IN which he has an individual
interest in the result Of the vote apart
from his general interest IN the corpora
ton
He dismissed the entire question oi what
influences were brought to bear upon the
various stockholders BY declaring that 1t
would be impossible to look into the mind
of each voter TO decide just what influence
led him to cast the vote rs he did.
The opinion goes INTO the merits Of the
original proposition and after reviewing
the litigation at length dlsmisses the bill
of complaint with all Of its charges Of
fraud, bad faith. and is-management
putting the costs which amount 10 many
thousands of dollars ON the plaintiffs
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
PERSHING Awards CROSSES

Gen. Pershing, the American
commander-in- chief has approved
the awarding Of the first nov
American military crosses Tor or
traoTdinary herOism. The rncip-
tents are Lieut.. John .. Green.
Sergeant William Norton and Scr
geant Patrick Walsh.
Lieut. Green and Sergeants Nor
ton and Walsh all have received
the French War Cross. Norton and
Walsh being decorated personally
by Premier firmeuceau on March
Lieut. Green. an artillery n
Gccr, was wounded by shell FIRE
early in March. Sergeant Norton.
a veteran in service. was decorated
hy Premier Clemenceau for killing
2 German lieutenant and two Ger
man soldiers. Sergeant walsh
formerly of Chicago. alec is 2 Fcgu-
lar army veteran His French
decoration waE received for hrFoisrn
on the Tout sector.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
HOLLANDS REPLY
ON WAY TO j. S.
Answer to Ships Demands by
American and Britain Expect
ed by Tonight.
' Associated Press % livery Evening

Bv Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Washington, March % Holland $ re-
ply IN The shipping negotiations ls on
the cables the government vas advised
.odav and Il expected 10 arrive before
night
The american government tTnmedl-
atelv prepared 10 take over the ships.
The nature of the reply was not dis
closed. pending the issuance of procla-
nation bv President Wilson, which had
been prepared ia advance and was await
my only news of the conclusion Of nego-
tlatons IN London.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
HELD IN HALIFAX BLAST.
Commander Wyatt Indicted by Grand
Jury Despite Plea.
Associated Press to Every Evening

By Ass0Clated Fress 20 EVtfy EFeHIns
Halifax, n s., March 20.-Commander
Wyatt, X. N, chief examining officer of
this port at the time of the great explosion
in December, was indicted today by the
grand jury on charge of manslaughter
The bill was found notwithstanding
instructions to the jury yesterday by
Justice Russell that there was nothing in
the evidence to justify an indictment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
COATSNILLE TO BE DRY.
Chester County Court Refuses All Ap-
plications for Licenses.
AssOciatcd Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
West Chester, Pa, March % oates
vile viii remain dry the Chester
county court today refusing all Of the
towns applications for liquor licenses
Thirty-tw0 retail licenses were granted,
one wholesalers license and to bother.
Last year thirty hotel licenses were grant
Cd Today a hotel at Parkesburg and
another at Downlngtown. which were
refused last wear. were given licenses
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
u. S. SIBERIA MISSION
Americans TO Probe Report of
Aiming Prisoners of
War.
nv Associated Press to Every Evenius

nv Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Petrograd, March 70 An American
mission will visit Siberia to investigate
reports of the armne of prisoners of war
There have been persistent reports
from lIarbin. Pcking and Toxic recently
that Austro-Ccrnan prisoners ~ ~
beria had been armed and were assist
ing the Bosheviki in putting down op-
position Armed German prisoners were
said ~ have assisted the Bolsbevki m
their campaign against Cen SemenoH, the
Cossack leader. near tho Napchurian
border
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
40 CONSISTORY IN WAR.

By Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Rome. Italy, March 20. There vii
be no conslstory until the war IS over
Pope Benedict SAID today upon hearing
that the report had been published that he
intended to call consistory shortly
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
Cancel Bernstorff's Degree.

BY ASsOciateu I'rtss 20 EVeFy ENenInE
Chicago, March 20 Count Won Bern
storff, former German ambassador to
the United States, has been deprived If
the honorary degree of doctor of laws
conferred upon him seven years ago by
the University Of Chicago.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
U.S.MUST CONSERVE
MORE WHEAT FLOUR
Warning Sounded to Delawareans
by State Food Admin
istrator.
WHEATFLOUR SUBSTITUTES.

Corn grits and corn flakes.
Corn flour and corn meal.
Edible corn starch.
Rolled oats and oatmeal.
Rice and hominy.
Barley -four and rice flour.
Pulled rice and iapioca flour,
THESE ARE NOT SUBSTITUTES.
Pkg. buckwheat. shredded wheat.
Pkg. hapjack. Aunt Jemima. Teco.
Noodles. macaroni, bran, barley.
Beans. potatoes. vegetables.
Canned goods Of any kind and
Graham -four.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
CAUSED AIRMEN'S DEATHS.
Vertical Bank" Which Was Too Steep,
Made Plane Fall Killing Two.
y AssoNIaItu FftSs % ENtfy ENbnlnK
LII NAnrth u. AI.L %

t's 'h7"VNIaNNN4 Etas y t9NNI y TFVuiUN
Fort Worth, Texas, March 20 "A
vertical bank that was too steep
IS described by eve witnesses is the cause
Of the fall yesterday Of an airplane
piloted by Lieut. r. J. Burley, r. +.
G., Of Toronto. Burley and W. Miles,
mechancian. Of London. were killed in
q three-hundrcd foot spinning nose dive
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
Amusements Tonight

GarrIck ~ audcvillc
Majestic Huck and Tom
Queen The SON Of Democracy
Victoria The Warrior
PLAY house No attraction
savoy Toe Way out
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
he WOULD sECEDE.

Wilmington is being robbed by the
Legislature, he said. "You levy an assess
ment Of 50 apiece on every man, woman
and child in Wilmington. We viii go
back home and work for better represen-
Continued on page 6
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
WrrH rHv AwEPrctv ARwv ~ FRiw~r

" IFW THF ARFPiFtN APMF FN VI RfNfF
MARCH Ia
While Secretary ~ War Baker and rs
party wcro returning today from thr
American front linz trenches. a German
l05 nillimcieY she'll burst along tho road
side within forty yards ~ tho aufnuo-
hilr The occupants ~ tho car were pot
injured. nor was the rar darnaged
Secretary Baker remained for an hour
and half ~ front Inc trench on
certain SECTOR under = brisk enemy she'll
hYc lie also visited an advanced listen
ing pnet and talked with the officers and
men
American artillery on The Toni front
has heavily sttarked the Germans with
gas shells during the past day ~ 81. ~
IS now permitted n announce Four diff
ferent attacks were launched and from
he manner n which he enemy waS
s,lenced II IS evident hey lad the ~
slred effect
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
No PEACE BY ALLIES,
SAYS Won HERTL|NG
Have Shown No Inclination to
Stop Hostilities, Imperial
Chancellor Declares
~ Atsorls'ed Press to Every Eveplpe

~ NEGOTIATED Press - Tvety Evening
Copenhagen. Denmark, March 20
Germany should not indulge IN dciusions
that world prace has been accomplished
vet. Count Won tleriIing the imperial
chancellor declared ~ ronclding his
speech IN tho Rcichsfag Yesterday on the
ucacc ireaty with Russia he added
There = not the slightest inclination
vet pcrccptiblo among tho Entente states
~ terminate this terrible war We.
however. shall not oee faith We arc
prepared and everything is ready Fur
thcr hravy sacrifices nav come. but I
am confident ~ nur Just oausr. our in
comparable army. its heroic leaders and
tho efeadfazt nation Responsibility for
further hloodshrd will fall on the heada
nf those desiring lte continuance
.rorrFp SHARPER WFrHop
Baron von drrn Busacho Iaddeuhaueen
ilncIer-eccrnfarv fnr fnreign aHairs. ev-
planned that Germany had adopted
sharper and firrncr method ~ the second
phase nf the RUSSIAN negotiations, because
Il rrah7cd that Irnt1lr 10 Bnl7hevik
fprolgl minister. deeirod mot peace. but
IT, instigatr Germany ~ Rebellion and
counted on revolution m Germany
and Aust ria Hungary to help him veil
the fact pf Russlan defeat
DH negotiations he IndeT-secretarY
SAID gained hc impression that the
Ruesiau= expected fer more severe terms
after hry had forced rs r. 2 fresh appeal
~ arms and heir protest that they were
forced - accept our terms without sufTi-
cient tlmn for negotiations was mere
attempt ~ save heir own fares Every
thing had been discussed fully IN Deem
her and the only new demand after the
ultirnatum was that regarding kars,
Ardahan and Batoum The peace treaty
provides TINT these districts ~ the Cau-
caus shall be ceded ~ Turkey
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
Weather Forecast.

By Associated Press 20 Every EveDtn-
Washington. March 20 Weat her forecast
for Delaware,
Cloudy tonight and Thursday probably
rain; moderate north winds
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20

Waterproof combination soling. Star
Shoe Repairing Co, 10 Delaware Ave.
ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
Hrys DROP RED ROCKET

During one po>lod when the gss shells
were flying over the enemy trenches last
night, a German airplans with a rcd tail
light appeared over the American lines
and dropped = red rocket for what piir-
pose It is not known. However, ebrapucl
from American aptj-aIrcraft batteries
burst 50 near he German immediately
gfterward that hc was forced - lv for
hrs own lines IN hurry
Last night the enemy observation tower
and positions on Montsnc were sheiled
heavily and heavy fire vas directed
against the enemy lines thus morning
At noon todsy The enemy opened 3
lively fire on ono ~ tho american posi-
tions with ~ mlllimeter guns from the
cemetery At RichecoUrt he american
guns Of the same caiIbre came into action
and after they had fired fifty shells nc
Germans ran from the position and took
their guns wltb them. The American
guns then sbelled the village of Lahay-
vile, where two heavy explosions, sp-
parently Of munItion stores, we're caused.
The German artillery directed most ot
its attention 70 dropping few gas shells
INTO one or two towns within the Amer-
can lines aud shellIng cross road known
as Deaths Corner during he day and
night.
ENTER HUN FRONT LINE.
Last night American patrols entered
the German front lines a. two points
but did not see d single enemy soldier
Anothor patrol remained 70 the enemy
wIro cntanglements all night hoping to
ambush an expected enemy party
third patrol party was discovered BY be-
Germans, Who hurled hand grUnados and
forced the Americans 90 withdraw. -tIil
another established contact with an CnGmt
patrol and a few shots were exchanged
The Americans came through unsCathci
Many airplanes were up unIl - began
TO rain NJ noon One aIrplane from thu
rear Of the American lines drove OF two
Boche machines after "a thrilling battle
in and out of the clouds Anoth0r AIR
plano was enaged against German when
a second German joined m tho fight.
second frlGsdly alrmau came up ~
assist, but it was too late, for The airplann
the Americans hoped would 30 victorious
fell TO the ground within th8 enemy dnes
In ono sector east of LunovliH the
artillery coatlnues active and d few
American patrols have reached tho enemy
lines One party encountered an enemy
patrol and forced the Germans 70 with
draw after sharp skiruIah.
4 certain Irish regiment WIS bOmbardcL
heavily today With big shells.
Reports from both The Lun0y1llg anJ
Toul sectors said more German gas
projectile batteries have been discovered
and shattered BY the American gInncrs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
BAKER NEAR DEATH
FROM HUN SHELL
ON U.S.f|RING LINE
los Milimeter Proiectile Bursts
Within 40 Yards II War
Chiefs Auto. Party Uuhur'
YANKEES USE GAS BOMBS

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THURSDAY.
No wheat bread for supper.

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The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-26
WE WANT WILSON,
Wounded Soldiers Voiced Their
Wishes at the Palace.
President Spoke as They In
sisted That He Should.

London. Dec. 26.-As soon as Presi-
dent Wilson and his party entered
buckingham palace the crowds out
side, including several hundred wound
ed soldiers in the palace yard, began
cheering. Then came shouts of I'VE
want Wilson,, We want WILSON,
In response. the president and Mrs.
Wilson, together with King George
and Queen Mary, soon appeared on
the second floor balcony. Their ap-
pearance was the signal for renewed
cheering and the crowd, especially the
wounded men. began calling for a
waved his hand, indicating that he
would rather not speak. The crowd,
however. insisted on a speech, so the
president waved the chorus of voices
to silence and then addressed himself
especially to the wounded soldiers:
Il do not want to make speech"
he said, but l do want to tell you
how much 1 honor you men who have
been wounded in this fight for free
dom and to thank you all for the
welcome you have so generously
given me. 1 hope each and every one
of you will come thru safely to enjoy
the fir tits of the victory for which you
courageously fought
Mrs. Wilson received a round of
cheers when she appeared on the bal
cony and during the first few min
utes of the demonstration she waved
the small union jack which she car
ried in her hand at the wounded. AS
soon as the presidents speech was
concluded the party re-entered the
palace where King George received a
large group of American newspaper
correspondents.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-26
FIX WHEAT PRICE

CONTINUED from Page One.)
amount of the 1918 crop yet to be
moved from the farms. and 1t will take
al the resources of the grain corpora
ton and the most careful attention
to every detail to carry out the guar
anteed price for the crop of 1918. In
fact, if the export demand should di-
minish, it is possible that in order to
maintain the guaranteed price it may
be necessary that there be further
appropriation by congress. On the
other hand. if the demand for export
wheat should continue it is hoped that
on June l, 1919, the grain corporation
may have been able to carry out the
obligation of the United States as to
the 1918. crop without impairing its
capital of $15O,0O0.0 900"
The carrying out of the guaranteed
price for the 1919 crop presented a
much more difficult situation, it was
pointed out, because the winter wheat
acreage is about nine million acres
larger than that for 1918, and if an
increase in spring wheat is planted.
the harvest of 1919 may be in excess
of that of 1918. when the yield is
estimated at about 310,000.000, a
larger figure than can be expected for
the 1919 crop, because of shipments
from Canada, Australia, India and
Argentine.
Domestic consumption of the 1919
crop including the seed wheat reserve
the memorandum stated. can't exceed
10000. 600 bushels as a maximum. The
possible 1919 crop was fixed at 1.114.-
100000 bushels of which 10000. 900
would be for seed requirements. $780,
100000 for domestic consumption.
leaving 4450o000 for export The
1919 crop for export. it was pointed
out. might sell in competition with
that from other countries at a price
considerably lower than the guaran-
teed price. which probably would re-
suit in similar reductions at home.
The Topeka state journal., 1918-12-26
7,468 FOR THE WEEK

Landed in the Starcs.
Washington, Dec. ga total of
1.46S wounded and sick soldiers landed
in the states in the week ending De-
cember 20-the largest number reach
ing here in any single week