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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
X. III. DAVIS LEFT S50.375.u.
Nov elist's Estate Only One-Third of
Estimate at Time of Death.

New York, March Although il was
reported when Richard Harding Davis.
novelist and war correspondent. died at
his country home at Mount kisco, that he
left an estate worth close to S150.000 it
developed Yesterday, when the executors
of the estate filed a report in the West
chester County Surrogate's Court, that
the actual value of the estate Is now
S50,37511
The accounting was made by the
Franklin Trust Company, and shows
that the total value of the estate is
S93, los 81, from which must be deducted
the expenses of administration, debts
and other expenses amounting To S42,
793 46. The accounting shows that
Cross Roads Farm, his Mount kisco
estate, was appraised at S60,001 but
was sold to Annie IL Cole for S74 ,43i
Mr. Davis owned no stocks or bonds,
except five shares of the Bedford Farm
ers' Club, which was appraised at 500
He had bank account of S797 90, and
the furniture at the farm was appraised at
SS64 so.
The total amount received from roy
alties on novels and motion picture
rights aggregated l4,98l7l. The ex-
ecutors received $3.50 for the motion
picture rights of Mr. Davis novel, Some
where in France" and the sum of 81 ,04S .63
for the motion picture rights of Vera"
The royalties on the novel, with the
French" amounted to si,64S8l, and on
"The Deserter," 81 500 The heirs to the
estate are Elizabeth Genevieye McEvoy
Davis, the widow Hope Davis, daughter;
Charles Belmont Davis, brother, and
Nora Davis farrar, sister.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
BR0WNS0N FALLS
BEFORE HARLAN
Shipbuildcrs Defeat Old Guard
Representative 35 to 24-For
State Championship.

Rrownson was represented on the
basketball court last night by a team of
nearly all new men and fell in defeat before
the Harlan quintet, 35 to "a. The Librar-
ians put up game fight but could not
stop the speedy Ship builders who seemed
rs II they could score any time they wished
90 let themselves out. Tho Brownson
lineup included several new faces. while
three out OF the FIVE men on the Harlan
team saw their bcs. days in the cngc game
defending the colors Of the Librarians
The game was hard-fought at all
times despite the easy going but clever
manner IN which the Ship builders
scored their points. Brownson showed
much erratic playing both in individual
and team work hut with few workouts
together the men should make fast
combination. 4 surer shot at one of the
forward stations who did not have to DO SO
much floor work would improve the team u
great deal as many shots were wasted in
too much hurried work Harlan's smooth
PLAYING and wcll-baianced team work
when II wished TO show IL, was the fea-
turc Of the game Score:
HARLAN
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
SENSAT|ok NAL BOWLING
MARKS BIG TOURNEY
C. Shanks of Louisville Rolls Into
Third Place With Score
of 666.

Cincinnati. -. March humorous
changes occurred among the leaders Of
the american Bowling Congress tourna-
iurut here Yesterday The most scnsa-
tunal performance on the allows was that
81 & ~hanks ot louisville, who. by top
pIug over G6b pms. landed himself in
thlrd position IN thu Singles He IS the
oulN man. however that managed 20 dis
turh tho first 10 men in this event
In the doubles, ;. Goodman and 4,
JcnAs. Of Canton. o.. rnllcd themselves
into Second place. with 1897. while W.
Docrhman and + Farman. of Fort WAYNE.
Ind landed in third place, with score
81 25a Further down IN the list L.
QUINN and = hing, Of Fort Wayne, by
bowling 222. finished in seventh place
The Birk Brothers team. of Chicago.
champions OF the tive-men teams at the
Grand Rapids tournament last wear, with
record score Of 3.n6l, were on the alleys
tonight IN an attempt to again carry of
first honor There were l3 other Chicago
teams on the floor with them. and also
one each from Cleveland and Toledo
Other cities with teams on the night
shift were Point Washington, Cedarburg,
Bcloit Wis; Kalamazoo. Mich. Indian
apolS. Ind Columbus and Cleveland, q.
The 10 leaders in the singles. doubles.
& Shanks, of Louisville. Nv, bowling
on the first Individual shift this afternoon,
laccd himself IN third place in the stand
ing when he totalcd 66G IN his three
games Shanks started with 233; followed
with 247 but fell down IN hls final effort
and finished with lS6 score
Singles c Wagner. Newark. \. J..
6SO. II. steers Chicago 645; G. Shanks
Louisville, 666: !. Selmar, Eau Claire,
Ms, 663. r. Stcinmillcr. Syracuse. y. Y,
6j5. J Mackay. Cleveland, COS; "
I.ambcrgcr. Milwaukee. 65l: J Schmitt,
It LOUIS, 647; B Drounsbergcr. Canton,
a.. \. Ori, Chicago. 6i6
TWo-mcn cvents-Steers and Thona.
Chrago. .S35. Goodman and jerks,
Canton, .2S1, Doerhman and Farman,
lort Naync, 1853; Mcdowell and Thies,
Cleveland "a Plum and OFT, Chicago,
40, lhbble and West. Buffalo, ,2;}6
Quinn and NIng. Fort Wavne, Ind.
! y >, Wells and kondoli, Rochester,
.22q. Care, and Collier, Chicago. ,224;;
ST. and Narino. Chicago ], DID
FIve-men teams-Aquilas Cigars, St.
Pau4. oU22; Champion Spark Plug,
Toledo. 2,9OS, Elm, Rochester, n. y,
$50. Shvmanski & Sons. Louisville,
= Sol Mneralltes. Chicago, 2,S5S; Blouin-
Brucks. Chicago. 1850; W Wooster Lambcrts
- LOUIS 1855: Bill Stacks Sheriff,
No , Columbus, 2,S52: Bowlers' Journal,
Cmcago. $50; Lincoln Life assurances
Fort Maync 2.s4l
All events H Steers, Chicago, ,959;
{ Tines, Cleveland 1861; w OFT,
Chicago. $50 B. Steinmiller, Syracuse,
.Ni6, J Mackay, Cleveland, ,S42; A.
Marrlsou, Ash,abula Sal; r. Gilbert
son - Paul, $50, ! Blouin, Chicago,
~; Nick Bruck, Chicago, 1872 A.
Johnson. hicago. .SO4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
PATRIOTIC COLLEGE BOYS.
beia"are Students Helping With War
Stamp am paigu

delaware college students and faculfv
have done Tremendous work in spreading
the thrift and War-Savings Starnn mon.
aganda They have shown their own
faith IN the cause hy subscribing IN a
remarkably liberal manner for the purchase
OF these stamps 4 report made by Presi-
dent Samuel G. Mitchell TO Henry p
scott, state director Of the War Savings
Stamp campaign, gives the total purchases
10 date, with the Women's College still
e. hear from, as S3,777
OF tins amount the male student body
subscribed 81 ,070 divided as follows:
Senior, l95, Juniors, s23j; Sophomores.
x3lj. Freshmen, S325 The faculty sub
scrIp,ion Of S2,707 makes up the total.
Dean Robinson of the Women's College
vii make report from that branch OF
the Institution in "a short time.
Dr Mitchell is deeply interested in the
campaign and on several occasions has
called meetings Of the students TO be
addressed by leaders in the movement.
IL writing 20 Mr.. Scott, he says:
We feel that this gratifying return is
one 70 the visits that you and Governor
Miller kindly paid us. Approaching
sincerely the Initiative and leadership you
have shown in this signal campaign"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Trust 90, north side Il fweniy Third
street, 1876 feet west of Pine. s245
C1elaw Ka,pszyk 90 WaclOW Falgpv
rki, south side oi Linden street ~ frrl
west Of Adams. $1,000
William N. Gibbons ~ Andros g..
Bugione, 2l1O Market street. 81, 900
Equitable Trust Co, ~ Caleb D..
Burchinal l0l, lO3, ~, ll1, 100.
lf7.tl9 ~, l23 Delaware svenuf 81 500
Samuel r. Ncisser % LDns RrchD
north side ~ Tatpall street 3s feet urt'
of Twenty y-6ith, 81 900
Ezv Greenblhti 90 Mayer HlsIhcfR,
northeast corner ~ seventh and Adsus
streets. 4.CO0
Theodore W Frnncis ~ Egy grrcn
blatt south side oi Second ifro' fl frtt
west ~ Poplar. 800
Wacl0w FulgoWsk to Aufhony haf-
rowski. west side Of Porter F'rre' pi fnet
north of Maple ~ 10
Mary y ~~hairr 20 "a .,mfn NT',univI.
lGiG mon street So
Fdw Wilsil to Mluhrw Newf
West Fourth street. g 40
w. H. Strahorn 20 Joshua " Jpf
2sn5 and 2s0J Market street. e. GO0
John Hammond ~ lohn D
70 'N1RhlnvtlIn street 800
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
j. s. TO DOMINATE
IN SHIP BUILDING
Vice President of Hog Island Plant
Tells Senate Ours Will be
First Place.
WASHINGTON. March 2.


Vice President Harris ID IL ConniclS Of
the American International Corpora
tion told the Senate Commerce Com
mittcc yesterday that the great ship
building ward now being constructed
At Hog Island would enable the I'ntod
States 10 dominate ship construction and
the merchant marine of the world after
the war
lie asSurpd the committee the Hog
ls'ani yaris would launch fifty 800
To 5000 ton ships this year twent v-iive
Nov. J. tho rest hv Dec 81
Mr.. CoHnick took the stand as a
defender of the operations OF the Ameri
can international Corporation and its
subsidiary organization, the American
international Shipbuilding Corporation
Of which he is also Nicc-Prcsidcnt He il
the first of a number Of witnesses who will
appear before the committee 10 defend
charges OF waste and lnelhcienCv 1T Hog
Island
The witness t0ld the committee that
after the fifty ships had been launched
this wear production would bc very fast
Fifty more of the : 800 ton ships would he
ready by April /, 1919. and seventy more
Of the 5000 ton ships nv July i5.lal9
The fifty. which will he turned ont within
that of All the shlpyards in the United
States in a whole year prior TO tho en-
trance of the country INTO war.
He defended tho operation of the
corporation at Hog Island. pointing
out the killing sort of weather tho work
has met this winter. and the vastncss Of
the undertaking There has hccn no
waste, he said; the government has got its
equivalent on material and labor and
speed for every dollar expended
Mr. Connck described what the cor
poration had done in the way Of pre-
paring long before it got contract with
the government II made an investiga-
tion and found that Germany was sink
ing ships faster than 1t had estimated she
would. New yards and new resources
must bc had. he said,
He talked with Gen Gocthals, then
General Manager of the Fleet Corporation.
and with other officials a contract for
vessels of 900 tons was suggested At
first he said the contract called for 200
such ships to be constructed in eighteen
months, the government paying a fee Of
10 per cent to the corporation on the ships
The fee later was A,duced 10 per cent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
PULASKI HALL To
BECOME SCHOOL
Building Bought by Board
Of Education for
S12,500.

No. ~ School, at Second and Wash
ington streets, having ouilived ite useful-
ness as such. the Poard 81 Education has
bought the General Pulaski Hall, at
Second aud Tustison. which will be con
verted into a school building FOR tho
Negroes in that section of the city Pulag-
XII lIall is fine thrcc-story brick structure
and should answer the purpuac very we'll
The price paid WAS $4,000 It's transfer
from Martin Tonczyk to The Board Of
Education has bccn recorded Mt the City
Registry R1r sau. Othor transfers record
cd sincc "Wednesday follow
Thepdorr W Fr4ucis To FTuitahlc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
Fulton 10 Box CowIer.

St. Louis, March 2-Accord,ng to
local promoters an eight-round boxing
exhibition will be staged here March ii
between Fred Fulton OF Rochester, MINI,
and Tom Cowler of New York Pre-
viously it has been reported that Fulton
was to meet Bob Devere here on that
date but the promoters explained Devere
failed to sign an agreement and Cowler
was substituted
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
Y. VI. c. A. MINSTRELS.

Sale of tickets for the \ n e. g..
minstrcls. to b. gwen IN The auditorium
ol the New Century Club on March Il.
commenced Yesterday The minstrel
shows of the association nave been IN
usual successful in previous wears, it y
pointed out, and the coming show is
expected 10 b. no exception.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
FIGHTING ALONG THE BRENTA.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Vienna, Austria, Friday, March via
London. -Todays War Office state
men: on military operation reads:
''An Italian advance west OF the Brenta
failed
so far 10000 Russians have laid down
their arms and considerable quantities
Of ammunition, with carts and rolling
stock have been saved"
Rome, Italy, Friday, March L.
Nearby artillery fighting on both sides Of
the Brenta river IS reported by the War
Office.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Friend-l often hear Of feet in con
nectlon with poetry. What are poetic
feet?
Poet Something ono doesn't have to
provide shoes for. thank heavens, Boston
Transcript
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
Iuninr Ieague.

Hiilcrest defeated Penndel, 28 TO q
and Keystone forfeited to Parkside in
the Junior Basketball League last night.
Chesrook forfeiture TO Hagley, Thursday
night cinched the pennant for the Com
munity House boys. Keystone reported
with but three and was unable to play
Parkside last night.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
Park side Wins.

Parlside Of the Junior Basketball
League defeated team Of all-stars last
night by the score Of EO-2l. The Kirk
wood Park boys scored at wlll, caglng
% field goals. X. Patterson and Pinder
starred fer the All-Stars while Regcn-
bogen, Wolf and NJ. Patterson played
hest for Parkside.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

II have been noticing the watchman,
and be has regularly been making his
rounds
How can nc when his post is on the
square ?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
Y. M. G. A. BASKETBALL.
Camden Quintet to be Big Feature
Tonight,

The Camden Y. NJ. G. A. basketball
team, without doubt one of the fastest
in the Philadelphia district will be here
tonight to play the local "Y' team in
the big cage. Camden has an exception
ally strong team and the Wilmington
boys will have To hustle to keep a clean
slate. The Wilmington team has not
lost an out-of-town game this year.
The lineup for the game will be as fol-
lauc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
HsRf. Ian.

Fouls committed Harlan. Q; Brown
son, : Referee Nahoney, Saleslanun.
rlmekocpcr PImm
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Socialist Aldermen should have pass
porte and Il oneway ticket 10 Russia
hey would only consume useful food
an Berlin
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

The first game of The evening VIII DC
regular scheduled league game between
the Squizzers and the Red Cross and
promises 10 he an interesting one. u
the Red Cross succeeds IN defeating
Persons Squizzers, they Will have
strange hold ON rst place and the cup.
The following men will PLAY
RED CROSS. sQul1aEuS
Iivermora Cant 9. Wills
Uoor, w NJ p,crson
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
WITH THE BOWLERS.
HIGHLAND A. c. bowl
CHURCH LEAGUE BOwLN0.

Highland Red" 700 793 675-2t6S
Nv hite" 745 7l5 779-2239
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

4 double feature shows for the last
time today at the Majestic Theatre.
Elsie Ferguson is the star in q powerful
drama entitled Song of songs adapted
from the stage play She does splendid
work The comedy attraction is the
newest Mack Sennett feature entitled
Ii PAYS 10 Exercise
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02
'soN OF pEMocnAcY At orEEN

Probably no other motion picture ever
has been so highly praised and favoraby
discussed As Benjamin Chapln's The
son Of Democracy, presented by Para
mount, which will begin its run at the
Queen Theatre on Monday and Tuesday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

Gamcs start promptly at S.I5 p. m.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-04-16

will money you without mortgage
the bonds which buy Martins
usual. doing their
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-04-16
Can Help Without Having Money

available cash know of course that buying
merely going Marnburg bank and telling them how much
The bank will furnish the
that the bonds and let
each month the schedule of in this adv
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
Political Truce Rejected

A joint meeting of Churchill coun-
ty democrats and republicans recent
ly was held at Fallon to as far as
possible eliminate contests at the
coming election, but it was found
nothing could be done. One speaker
ventured the assertion that under the
plan proposed the ticket would be
we'll named a "war ticket" for the
reason that it would kick up more
separate and distinct kinds of trouble
than any scheme yet devised for
throwing "pep" into the campaign.
Following the meeting both sides
dispersed into their respective trench
es to don their gas masks.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
Alkali Menace Is AVprtDd

Las Cruces, N. NJ, July 3O.-Alkali,
the bane of the irrigation farmers
life, is to be eliminated in the Mesilla
valley when the present elaborate
system of drainage bitches which the
reclamation service is completing are
IN operation. The bitches do not
draw off the alkali in the soil, but
they keep down capillary attraction
which draws the alkali to the surface
in solution and kills the plant growth.
With the water table kept at a low
mark by the automatic action of the
seepage into the drain bitches, the
capillary attraction will no longer
exert this influence and alkali will be
kept below the line of plant growth.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
State News
Two Drowned in Walker Lake

Jack Downey and Joe Stranp.
ranch hands, were drowned few
days ago in Walker lake, at point
near Dutch creek. Downey threw a
stick of powder into the lake to kill
fish and, seeing several on the sur.
face after the explosion, he waded
out to get them. The waves were
running high and Downey soon was
in distress in deep water. Strang
went to the. aid of Downey and get
ting into deep water and being un.
able to swim he also went under.
Mrs. c. L. Spencer, who with her
husband witnessed the accident,
narrowly escaped being drowned
when she attempted to save the two
men by wading into deep water with
long pole. Her husband rushed in
and grabbed her. Johnny Miller
and Joe Laiolo of Hawthorne later
recovered the bodies by diving for
them,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
To Beat Liquor Law

1t is reported that Tonopah man
has figured out a way to keep a sa-
loon open after midnight despite the
recent Tonopah ordinance closing
them from midnight to 8 a. m. The
Esmeralda County line runs near
Tonpah and it is said the man has
under consideration the erection OF
a building just over the line. AS
there is no saloon-closing law in Es-
meralda, in this way the man would
be able to dispense booze all night.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
'oVERNMENT TO STUDY
SHEEP RANGE MANAGEMET

oAe thousand breeding ewes, the
Eaperlmental flock at the United
Pales sheep experimental station at
Puools, Idaho, have recently been
|i0Sed to the Targhee national for
F'feserve for Summer and Fall graz
EE' They will be kept under prac-
|sal L. range conditions and the adap-
|aOlllty OF range for different types
Sneep will be studied and expert
FFenlS VIII be conducted to determine
[s0uomlcal methods of utilizing
|'use' Investigations will also be
raue relative to the practicability of
apnlng sheep loose in fenced pas
|'es as compared with the herd
y method which is now generally
r. sa'''ced' The station at Dubois
% established during the past year.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
Moapa Valley Raising Wheat

The Moapa valley, long famous for
it's cantaloupes and asparagus as well
as fruits of all kinds, has achieved
distinction as wheat growing region
For patriotic motives people of the
valley last winter partly abandoned
the planting of cantaloupes and
planted wheat instead. In former
years the wheat crop has been small,
and the result of following advice of
the food administration was remark
able, as the crop now being threshed
amounts to $4,000 bushels of number
one wheat. The most astonishing
thing is the heavy yields from some
fields, one 100-acre field yielding ~
bushels to the acre.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
BONDS BEING ENGRAVED

The Treasury Department h as
made public the following:
Bonds Of the fourth Liberty Loan
are now being turned out by the
thousands daily by the treasury's
bureau of engraving and printing.
The bonds are simila. in form and
design to those of the third loan, and
space has been left on each bond for
insertion of the exact terms of the
bonds.
1t is believed that sufficient num-
ber of the bonds will be ready to
make possible immediate delivery Of
all bonds of the fourth loan as they
are purchased.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
Court Moves Into School Building

The County Commissioners at VIM
nemuca have passed an order adopt
ing the assembly room of the former
high school building as a district
court room, and the principal office
as iudge's chambers, and it is ex-
nected that court sessions will be re-
sumed at once, as there are NUMBER
of cases pending, the trials of which
were interrupted by the fire. The
Commissioners secured the tempo
rarv use of this building.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
Mooney Reprieved

Governor William D. Stephens has
announced that he had decided to
grant a reprieve to Thomas j.
Mooney which will operate as stay
of execution until December l3, 1918.
The Governor announced that he took
this action that all persons might be
assured the fullest consideration will
be given the case by the executive
and judicial branches of California.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
IJ,;ver.itv Students Exempted

According to aruling received oy
Adjutant General Maurice Sullivan
from the provost marshal-general'
draft registrants who are regularly
enrolled in a school approved by the
war department committee on edu-
cation and special training and VINO
are pursuing full-time courses III
technical subjects essential TO tne
prosecution of the war may ehl'S' III
the enlisted reserve corps of the army
and be placed in Glass Five for the
draft.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-08-03
Telegraph Company Indicted

New York, July 29.-The Western
Union Telegraph Company has been
indicted by the New York Federal
grand jury on charges of having
transmitted messages by train SER
vice in violation of the law protect
ing the Government monopoly in the
carrying of mail. These messages,
it is understood, consisted of night
letters between New York, Philadel-
mia and other eastern cities.