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The Washington times., 1918-02-10
NATIONAL.

"The Rainbow Girl" will be the at
traction at the National for the week
beginning Monday, February IS. This
is the big musical comedy production
that Klaw & Erlanger presented for
three weeks in December to capacity
houses at the Forrest Theater, Phila-
delphia,- and then withdrew to reor-
ganize the company, which didn't
quite satisfy them. The cast now in
cludes Beth Lydy, Billy 3. Van, sgd
ney Greenstreet, Jack Henderson.
Harry Deli, Marguerite Haney. Rob
ert Pitkin, Leonora NovasiO, Jane
Burby, Dore Plowden, Claire Green
VILE. Frederick Solomon, Margaret
Merriman. Catherine Lindley, and
William Clifton.
Herbert Gresham and Julian Mitch
ell have been rehearsing II in New
York. and rumor has IL that 1t is one
of the best casts that has ever been
sent out by klaw & Erlanger. As to
the play. the Philadelphia papers all
praised II to the skies as the funniest
and most tuneful piece OF the season.
The book Is by Rennold Wolf. who
took the story from one of Jerome X.
Jerome's most successful comedies.
The Washington times., 1918-02-10
AMERICAN,

William S. Hart is the star OF ~The
Silent Man." the film attraction to-
day at Crandall's American. His role
Is that OF a lone prospector, who,
after years Of constant search, has
finally discovered a rich vein OF gold.
For tomorrow. Marriage Specula-
tion," featuring Mary Anderson. Is TO
be shown. Attractions for the re-
mainder Of the week are: wednes-
day, Evelyn Nesbit, supported by her
son, Russell Thaw. in Redemption"
Thursday. Ethel Clayton In stolen
Hours" Friday, Emily Stevens in
ATLAS Mrs. Jessop:" Saturday, Jack
Plckford In tom Sawyer"
The Washington times., 1918-02-10
LOEw's COLUMBIA.

NoEt Sunday and for the first half
of tie week Elsie Ferguson wiz be
seen In a new photoplay, The Song
The Washington times., 1918-02-10
AVEEUE GRAND.

Land OF Promise" and the Keystons
comedy, Watch Your Neighbor."
The Washington times., 1918-02-10

World" and Polly Moran I'm the Key
stone comedy, Tanning Target Cen
ter"
The Washington times., 1918-02-10

sam Howe's Big Show" IS the at
raction booked for next'week at the
iayety. This years production Is en-
tirely new in every department The
revue Is bigger, brighter and better
than ever The program offered V@in
consist of a twO-act musical fantsy en-
titled. a Wife In every Port" and
a galaxy OF all-star vaudeville acts
which are presented during it's pro-
gress. The company includes sam
Howe. Snitz Moore, Billie Hill. Helen
Tarr, Sylvia Brody, Jeanette Cobet.
David Jameson. Dick Vanderbilt, Will
Adams. Lew Harris, Tom Packard,
and Chester Weeks. Then there's
typical Howe chorus, composed OF
just twenty charming damsels-
The Washington times., 1918-02-10

Of Songs" Thursday and for the last
half of the week Sessue Hayakawa
will be seen in Hidden Pearls" This
picture was made In the Havatian
Islands and said to be one Of the most
-Cmarkable photoplays IN which the
eminent screen star has yet appeared.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
BALL PLAYERS FATE
HANGS In BALANCE

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 22.-WhilC
the new regulations issued to draft
boards by Provost Marshall General
Crowder in reference to the work or
Tight order, do not specifically bear
upon the status of professional base
ball players, yet the occupation Of the
players is held as nOn-prOductive by
the War Department.
At the same time it is officially held
that until a case has been appealed
from a local board, there viii be no di-
rect ruling on the subject. Once an ap-
peal is taken, the matter will then be
ruled on, presumably by President VIII
son.
Should there be an advance decision,
by which all ball players Of draft age
are compelled TO engage in some en-
ployment held to be essential, the re-
suit would be the abandonment Of
professional baseball for the duration
OF the war, as there are not a sufl-
cient number of western players
above the draft age to make up the
teams.
Latest reports here indicate that an
adverse decision VIII be rendered When
an appeal IS made, but that the big
leagues players Will not be ordered 10
other fields Of labor until the baseball
season Is completed. This will give the
major leagues a chance to finish the
pennant races.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
CARLOAD FREIGHT
EMBARGO In EFFECT

As a war measure, a general carload
freight embargo win be placed on do
nestle freight against the railroads
touching this city beginning with the
close of business today. This measure
is taken to aid in the more effective
control Of the freight situation on the
Atlantic coast, check local congestion,
utilize terminal facilities 10 maximum
capacity, and further speed up the
movement Of troops and munitions.
The new forwarding regulation will
be known as ''the Consignees' Permit
Basis" The cOnsignee and not the
shipper must apply for and receive the
permi. before the freight will be al
lowed TO go forwarS The other two
outstanding features Of the new order
are:
1. A general embargo, effective prob
ably for at least the duration Of the
war, but providing for certain speci-
fled exemptions, is placed upon carload
domestic freight for delivery to all
points in Wilmington.
9. Such freight will, during the con-
tinuance Of these regulations, be ac-
cepted for transportation only upon
special permits covering each indiyid-
ual shipment.
The whole purpose Of the consignee's
permit basis is to make freight cars
'nimble" and to obtain the greatest
possible efficiency from available trans
portation facilities.
The following exemptions from the
operation Of the general EMBRACE on
carload domestic freight, consigned to
are provided:
Butter, butterine, carbon black,
cheese, clans, coal, coke, compressed
yeast, eggs, fertilizer fertilizer material,
fruits (fresh), fish (fresh or frozen),
Ice, lamp black, lard, live stock, meat,
fresh mot frozen), newspaper print
paper for publishers, nursery stock,
oysters, petroleum and
is products, printers ink, poultry dive
)r dressed), seed field or garden), sup
plies for oil refneries, vegetables
.fresh), government freight for rail-
'Oad use
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
CLASS NIGHT AT
DUPONT SCHOOL

Glass night was celebrated with much
.clsverness and originality, by the Glass
Of 1918, Alexis 1. dupont High School
last night at the school The class
has the patriotic motto: impossible
is un-American." Their colors are old
rose and steel, and their flower is the
rambler rose. The class sermon was
preached on June i6, by the Rev.
Thomas Kerr, at Greenhill Presbyter-
ian Church.
The commencement exercises viii be
held at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night,
when it is hoped to have Secretary Of
State Everett C. Johnson as the prin-
cipal speaker.
The exercises last night opened with
a selection by Stausebach's orchestra.
This was followed by the address OF
the president, Wilmer D. Jones. The
class history was narrated by Miss
Ethel L. Jones, and the statistics read
by Miss Susie C. FARRELL The presen-
tation was made by Joseph C. Wood
and the class will told by Miss Ruth c.
Graves.
Miss Elizabeth B. Monigal unfolded a
glowing future for each member in the
class prophecy.
Miss NJ. Beatrice Grier recited IN
pleasing fashion. j. Dilworth Wood
ward presented to the school the gift
Of the Glass Of 1918, a picture, a copy
Of the "Angelus"
The class song, tune Of "When the
Great, Red Dawn is Shining" written
by Miss NJ Beatrice Grier, was a pro-
gram feature.
The officers of the class are: Wilmer
Jones, president; Dilworth Woodward,
vice-presldent; Ethel Jones, secretary /;
Elizabeth Monigal, treasurer. The other
members Of 1918 are: Jane F. Bradley,
Samuel Chambers, Ruth B. Graves, NJ.
Beatrice Grier, Susie c. FARRELL. Blanche
c. Talley, Ellen Trimble, Joseph T..
Wood.
The evening closed with the class
play, Returning the Calculus" writ
ten by Il. o. Wilson. The cast was as
follows. College students: Helen,
Elizabeth B. Monigal; Susan, Jane
Bradley; Elsie, Susie FARRELL; Laura.
Ethel Jones; Ruth, Ellen Trimble;
Betty Beatrice Grier; Robert. Josenh
Wood; Ned, Wilmer Jones; Celia. the
maid, Blanche Talley; Professor Olden,
Dilworth Woodward; Mr.. Sharp, Sam
uel Chambers.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22

For several years now Ty has been
starting late, and this season has been
one Of that kind He has been III. in
addition. When he does start, Just
clear the path for a strong and sustain
ing drive for the head end Of the Ameri-
can league, for that is the point for
which the star Of the Detroit team will
be setting his sights.
Ty isn't through this year. He may
be next year. Looking that far ahead
IS little too much. Ty may not even
lead the American League next year.
but he Will be right close behind the
guy that does, which will be a pretty
healthy average IL he beats Mr.. Cobb
Just who will be the successor to Ty
when he does turn the pace too fast
for his ageing joints is a hard guess.
The pick naturally rests on George
Ruth, the slugging demon OF the Red
Sox, but snap judgment may be a little
bad
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
Ty Cobb is Far from Being Through Yet

United Press STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK. June 22-Folks have
been digging up the past performances
chart Of Ty Cobb, paying attention to
this seasons races, and have started
wondering If Ty isn't reaching the end
OF his reign as king, queen and cabinet
Of baseball. They nave forgotten Tys
momentous deeds in the recent past,
and so have fixed a nice, quiet grave for
the Detroit veteran.
IL hasn't been so many years ago
that the same thing was done for Tys
benefit He struggled through that
season far under his usual average, II
one figures from the top up, and I'm
ished second to Iris Speaker In the
annual American league batting race
The next season, though, Ty got tired
Of the prattle and vaulted back where
he really belongs-right at the head of
the procession.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22

with success for calico. crappie, rock
and white bass
s-s-s-s
Dennis Connell, Samuel Hackendorn
and William Thompson, after a rest OF
several weeks, are spending the week
end at one Of the lower-end mill posas
after the wary bass.
S-s-s-S
William Scheuler and r. w. Van
Luyanee will so to canal bridge over
the week end and try their luck for
bass and crappie.
s-S-s-s
Robert Collision, J. Kratchie and Pat
rick Maglll returned Thursday
evening from a four days fishing trip
to Woodland Beach and distributed
quite few flsh TO their friends.
Bob" reports all having a good time
and large catches being made at this
favorite fishing bank. Croakers are
now running in large schools and II is
no trouble to catch large string in a !
very short time
Evening journal., 1918-06-22

I take the anglers out TO sea, was pulling
and straining on her hawsers, just as
| anxious In fact, TO get started as our
old friend 2 Pond. who realized that
this trip meant the breaking Of his sun
/ 1sh record.
Soon after the anchoring Of the boat,
lines were hurriedly thrown out and
| fish Of all kinds and shapes were being
/ landed I'm short order Rivalry was
| running high among the anglers, es-
/ pecially between Pond and "Bo" Lee,
/ the man who made the "WllsOn Wob-
| bier" famous, until DO" in his haste,
made a "heave TO" with Ills i-2 pound
sinker and barely escaped knocking
Charles Sell out OF the boat. S. 0 s. call
from Sell was responded TO by the
other members present and things gen
eraly quieted down to solid fishing
once more. Wowl Whoop-e-ei This
from "B0' Lee, who was carrying away
the h0nors OF the day, a sea spider OF
some sort was caught but no one
seems TO know just what the queer
looking monstrosity really was No.
thanks Ill have an ice cream cone.
Protest and entreaties, was Just like
pouring oil on a fire, when f. Pond
connected with a. fish Not even the
entreaty Of the captain asking Pond TO
stop rocking the big boat would have
an effect on this excited angler who |
started to do everything from the fox |
trot TO the great muscle dance What /
All the members Of the party heaved a
sigh OF relief when Elmer finally land
ed his big catch.
A call for lights out, man the life
belts, brought all the anglers TO the
forward part Of the boat alongside Of
Harry Schrade, who swore he sighted a
perlscope, but upon closer investiga-
tlon 1t was found to be the fin Of a
shark, which was following a trout
which happened 10 connect with the
line held by Frank Campbell. After
losing fish by the dozen. Ray Conly
was taken in hand by Instructor Pond
and after a few kindly spoken words. |,
Ray seemed to be able TO do the trick
as well as the instructor When the
score reached the 200 mark the BOYS
were ready to call quits" and made the
start for home. Everything seemed to
be serene until about half the distance
had been covered, when snap. bang.
pun and the engine refused to carry
them any further. After spending some I
time trying to coax It TO do its share
Of the days sport small John
Henry was pressed into service and the
boys enjoyed the pleasure OF being
towed home. But behind the clouds
the sun still shines" and the boys were
quite liberal with their nsh. distribut-
ing them among their friends, who en-
loyed them very much. The boys are
planning to take another trip about the
latter part Of July.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
CLOSING EXERCISES AT
SACRED HEARTSCHOOL,

With crowded hall, the graduating.
exercises Of the Sacred Heart School
were held yesterday. Besides parents
and relatives Of the pupils, there were
present the Rev P. Leonard, pastoE
Of Sacred Heart School, with his as
sistant the Rev. P. Gabriel, and the
Rev. Francis Tucker. ,,
The exercises began with the patriotic
playlet, Somewhere in France" an
act which brought out in a forciblel
manner the spirit Of the day. The re-
mainder Of the program was as follows.
Class song, Memories Of Younger ,
Days" Long Boy (who brought the
Kaiser home as a sOuvenir), by Johf
and Josephine SEWER; "The Emblems ,
Of Uncle SAM" by Roger and Alfres
pitcher; piano selection, by EVELYN Nc
Hugh; Highland Fling" by Josephine ,
SEWER; "Leyinsky at the Wedding" bS
Laura Seller; class song, "Whistling j..
Birds y Little Boy Blue" musical rees
tation by Marie Hackbarth; "Aviatrix
Dance, y by Elizabeth Bowe; "The Red
Cross Maids and the Soldiers Brave
a patriotic song rendered by Marie
Dedman, Josephine Zwelak, William ,
Lindewirth and Samuel Ireland: clos
ing song, rs There Any Better Conn.
try Than the U. S. A.?
Diplomas were presented by Fatbe,
Leonard to the following graduatep
Frances Goyatos, Kathryn Hagan. Helen
Fecker George Dedman and Lon,
George Dedman was tbs
for the IS class.
In the pastors address to the gradu.
ates and children, he spoke of the ~
triotic spirit which is so prevalent
among the children Of today. He wat
pleased to find that his little charges
were not lacking in this spirit His
address, though short showed thk
children that he has ever their interest
at heart. At the conclusion he award
ed prizes to those who received ths
highest average in their respective
classes, and to those whose attendance
At school aud Sunday school had been
perfect.
Much credit is due to Mrs. John Sc i
'ler, the well known musician. who So
Kindly conducted the musical program.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
BURNS AND MERKLE
LEAD In HITTING

George Burns and Fred Merkle con-
tinued in the van of their respective
leagues. in the batting averages pub
lished today. The former is hitting 36i.
and the latter .37i
Sisler and Baker are tied for second
place in the American League, with
.3ii. Ruth is fourth with $50 COBB
has Joined the elite and is batting Sol
Gilhooley, with Al. is the leading run
getter.
Red Smith is second in the National
with .35i. Daubert is third with .3ii,
and KauH fourth with 1856. George
Burns is the leading run getter. with
IS.
Thormalen leads the American
League pitchers with : won and . lost.
Mays is second with II won and four
lost.
Perritt tops the National regulars.
having pitched nine winning eames and
one lost. Hendrix is second with s
won ond one lost
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
BAN POINTS WITH
PRIDE To DOLLAR
PATRIOTISM

CHICAGO, June 22.-President Ban
johnson, Of the American League, yes
terday said that he could not under
stand General Crowders statement that
baseball was non-productive, as the two
major leagues. he said, viii deliver TO
the Government a war tax reaching
nearly 100000.
'The ball players, umpires, club
stockholders and officials have bought
more than ss,000.OO0 worth Of Liberty
Bonds and have subscribed thousands
upon thousands OF dollars to the Red
Cross and other war charities" Presi.
dent johnson said where is there
another class Of men earning as much
for the Governments"
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
GAIL D & A 200
| |DELMARVIA 1903
| FOR
BASEBALL SCORES

Both weather and water conditions
were very favorable last weekend for
angling, but very few OF the regulars
were out for game flsh. Bass have not
been biting as freely as they should
for this time Of the year, for what
reason would be pretty dinlcult to say.
Perhaps II Is due TO the heavy rains
that have frequented this part OF the
state. the few weeks past supplying
ample food OF all kinds for his king
ship" When conditions are right
the best lures at the beginning OF the
season are live minnows OF the sinner
variety, small frogs, water grubs, he'll
gamites, stone oatflesh, large night
walker worms and grasshoppers. The
large mouth bass VIII greedily take
any OF the above-named baits wherever
they are found, but can more easily
be taken with artificial flies, especially
from lakes and millponds, where fly
life Is usually abundant. The success
ful angler will always take with him
score or more OF flies and VIII make a
careful study OF the one particular
fy to be found near the water edge
that he IS going 10 fish. By using an
imitation NY as near the one to be
found generally brings full creel for
the angler.
The hackles play an important part
In taking the bass. Among the most
killing ones are the soldier palmer
brown palmer, furnace hackle and gray
hackle, with peacock hurl body
II Is more difficult TO make a choice
Of flies to use than OF bait. but very
good catches may be had by using the
rube wood, grizzly king, horizon, ka- |
toodle bug, academy. governor profes-
sor, ferguson. scarlet ibis, Lord Balti-
more, yellow may, white miller ana
coachman.
The bass is as wary as the brook trout
and TO take him with flies during the
day Is no small achievement.
The best method of casting the fly Is
from boat or canoe. the angler making
his cast from the bow OF the boat
dropping the fly at the edges Of lily
pads and docks, fallen logs old tree
stumps and along the shore line. II may
be necessary 10 make several casts to
lure bass from his lair. 10 Is a known
fact that bass VIII often rise and take
A fly even after having been hooked
and lost
The expert fly fisherman Will return
to the spot where he has hooked and
lost a large nsh and win stay on the
lob until he succeeds in landing the
king Of American fishes
When the bass refuse to rise to the
fly, the angler should allow his cast
10 sink a foot or more under water
and then slowly retrieve It with short
pulls. This method has been success
fully tried by the old, experienced
"Waltons," not only for the bass but
Evening journal., 1918-06-22

II a thoughtful imaginative boy
hadn't conceived an ambition to emu
late Barney Old1eld a few years ago,
It's probable that Uncle Sam would be
without the services Of one Of his best
aces in France today.
Back In those days the rotund Bar
ney, with his cigar gripped in his teeth
was the wonder Of the auto racing
game and when he hit the dirt track
at Columbus, Ohio. this boy FIRST saw
him and concluded that some day he
would drive a car just like the demon
Barney was driving.
The boy began TO study automobiles
and It was not long until he began
to follow the races.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
GREENHnL cIIlR snonT.

At the Greenhill Trapshooting Club
this afternoon E. Z. dupont and Cap
tain Simonton are scheduled to shoot
off a tie for a sterling silver A. A. r.
A. spoon. And Simonton, Sylvester and
H. T. Reed also shoot off a tie to de-
termine the final ownership Of the du-
Pont Gun Club Trophy Cup.
The second Of the series Of shoots
for the three gold pins viii be staged.
Seventeen contestants have already en-
Tered for this race. and a number Of
new entries will be pdrobably made.
This event is open to all Wilmington
shooters. and to compete it is not nee
essary to be regular club member.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
American Leaaue.
sHOOT Am CLAYTON.

The second annual registered tourna-
ment Of the Clayton Gun Club, viii be
held on their grounds at Clayton, on
next Tuesday A good program has
been arranged, consisting Of six 20-tar-
get events. The shoot will start at 10
o'clock and be under the management
of l.. r. Beauchamp and J. w. Haw-
kins.
The women Of the Clayton Red Cross
will serve lunch on the grounds, and d
fine shoot is looked forward to by the
officials.
A number Of local shooters are plan
ming TO attend the shoot, and from
present indications, Wilmington will be
well represented.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
DAT POSSUM FEAST
IN MEsITY HAY.

by WESLEY RAY.
Dat possum feas'-how kin | tell IT.
Yumi Yuml I kin almost spell Il.
Big fat Sam an steamin' taters-
Can't nigh 'spress Il all verbatim
LiciOus roasted-outside crusted-
Eat and eat till most nigh busted
Talk about yo' Christmas feastesi
Turkey gobbler an all such beastes-
Dat big fat Sam, soused and savory--
All saged and spiced-say, by gravyi
Let's take old Drum an Maze an Mack
Big pine torch an gunny sack.
An hit de trail foh de big woods lot
Sayl Hannah, honeyl Yo' fix de pot
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
AUTO SMASHED, ONE
DRIVER ARRESTED

B. A. Gilbert. Of Chester, Pa. while
driving an automobile north on Wash
ington street, near Ninth last night,
Was run into by another machine,
which was travelling at fast rate Of
speed. The car occupied by Gilbert
was turned completely around and bad
ly damaged.
The accident was reported to the po-
lice, who learned that the car that ran
into Gilbert was operated by Fred B.
Smith, Of No. 1921 Madison street, A
warrant was sworn out for Smiths
arrest on a charge Of exceeding the
speed limit.
According to Gilbert and witnesses
Evening journal., 1918-06-22

chauffeur. /,
The service was not lively enough
for "Rick" and he obtained permisssi0p
to join the aviation corps, and recents
~ has become an ace by bringing down
his fifth plane.
one OF the exploits was a thriller
Slngle-handed he attacked two Boche
Albatross biplanes and three mono
planes. He destroyed one Of the ba
planes with machine gun fire and made
the others draw off. While returning
to the American lines he saved the Lii
OF another American. Lieutenant James
A. Meissner, whose machine had beeQ
crippled and who was being pursued BY
an enemy machine.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22

A little later the name Eddie Ricken-
bacher was seen among the race
drivers
In 1910, Eddie's ambition was realized
for the first time. He went back TO
Columbus as a driver in a t00-mile race
in which his former idol, Oldneld, and
several others were entered. From that
time on he was one Of the leading
drivers on the speedways
When the United States entered the
war "Rick" spent more than 500 Of
his own money trying to organize
corps Of race drivers and mechanicians
for aviation purposes, but the unit was
not accepted. Later he enlisted and
went to France as General Pershing's
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
MORE MONEY FOR NEEDY FAMILY.

w B. NlcnoIs. OF the Photo Art
Studio, Delaware City, has sent THE
EVENING JOURNAL a 50 contribution
for the mother and seven children left
destitute and now under the care Of
the Associated Charities. A woman
friend Of this city has also sent 50
for this family. She makes the sug-
gestion that persons who have an over
supply Of cornmeal or other wheat Gour
send these supplies to help
out the family.
Evening journal., 1918-06-22
PROMOTION FOR HENRY pLU,rMER

Henry Plummer, Of this city. has
been made master mechanic at theSu
Shipbuilding plant in Chester. with
which he has been connected for some
time. Mr.. Plummer, the new master.
has been acting as foreman of the
launching force, AMI because Of. his
success IN that line, was chosen for
the better position. The choice meets
with popular approval of the men at
the sun Shipbuilding plant. He IS a
resident of Wilmington and travels
back and forth each day.