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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
.PH|LA. FIGHTS FLU;
EPIDEMIC M|LDER NOW
Nearly 100 New Cases IN II Hours,
Health Board Reports; City
on Guard.

Philadelphia, Dec. 17.-Notw1thstand-
ing an unusual number OF cases OF influenza
have been reported in the last few days,
health officials insist there is no cause
for alarm The new eases are ol a much
milder type than those of the epidemic
several months ago In the last ~ hours
qS new cases were reported, as compared
with II eases during the preceding seven
davS OF the GA cases returned Sunday
and Monday % were in North Philadelphia
II in South Philadelphia, | / west OF the
Schuvlkill River. ID in Germantown and
four i'll Frankford.
Director Kruscn yesterday, through
DR. \ 4 Cairns. chief medical Inspector
Of The Bureau of Health, issued the fol-
lowing instructions to the assistant
medical inspector:
Gan eases of influenza reported arc 70
be visited by the medical Inspector, and
he is to advise the family that the case
is 10 be- isolated. and kept isolated for at
least seven days after all symptoms have
abatcd.
"A report is to bc made, but no placard
is 10 bc placed on the home. You are
to explain 10 the family the danger, OF
the disease. hut unless under some other
extraordinary conditions, no other en-
barge is to lie placed on the home other
than isolation OF the case
4 meeting OF the BOARD of Health
viii take place soon when it Is expected
action viii hc taken to prevent spread OF
the diseases
MAJOR John A. Nagelson, chief of the
Bureau of Health, who was granted
lc.ye 81 absence IN June and entered the
military service. having been stationed
At Fort Oglet hoppe, Ga. returned ycster-
d.y and resumed the duties Of his office
You try an Every Evening want.adv.
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COLL|ER'S MILLIONS
GIVEN TO HIS WIDOW
Publisher Bequeaths Fortune to
Friends Who Make Formal
Remuneration of Legacies.

New York. Dec l7.-Thc will OF Robert
]. Collier. head of p +. Collier d Son.
Publishers of Golfers Weekly and of other
publications. who died suddenly at his
home. In Fifth Avenue, on Nov. s., the
dav he returned from France, lett the
bulk of his estate to his friends, Payne
Whitney. Finley Peter Dunno, and
Francis p. Garvan. as residuary legd-
tees They have had harge of his business
fairs since 1911. lIr made no bequest
10 his wife, Mrs. Sarah Steward Collier,
ON the ground that her father, James. J.
Van .,len. had provided for her amply.
The residuary legatecs, who were also
named as executors, renounced their night
10 act and 10 take the property, valued
n more than S.. 600 900. and IN a letter To
Mrs. Collier. made public when Mrs,
Collier fled n petition Yesterday for the
probate of the will, said
Much as VIC regret being placed IN a
position in which NC might appe 10
disregard the wishes of our friend, as
oxpress q in his Will, we cl TN We
must nevertheless, decline the bcqucst
Of these properties. We feel that tho
estate should now go to It's natural ulti-
mate destination and that We should,
therefore, renouncc tins bequcst OF the
reSldudTN estate IN YOUR IaNol-
The viii dated July 9, 1917. gave
$50 600 to George G Kennedy and $50.
900 To Frank H. Rice. both officers Of
j. +. Collier 4 Son. who have been rs
sociated in the business for many years,
for long and faithful services. to the
decedcnt and his father, the late 2 #.
Collier. with the direction that the he
quests be paid out Of the profits of + T.
Collier & Son at any time within three
wears. As a result of the remuneration by
Mr.. Golfers three friends Of their right
to act and 10 take the residuary estate,
the law would then give precedence TO
these two business asso .ates In order that
Mrs Golfers sole right might ne un-
questioned Mr.. Kennedy and Mir Rice
also renounced their right as executors.
Mrs. Collier is her husbands sole next
Of kin. and for that reason she becomes
the sole legatee of the residue left to
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
CHEER ADIEU TO q. s. FLEET.
Great Thrones United In Send on % Our
Torpedo Graft.
Associatod Press % Every Evening.

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening.
Queenstown, Monday, Dec. lG-Grcat
crowds Lhrongcd the shore here today 90
bid farewell To the feet Of twelve American
torpedoboats which sailed for home Tho
crews Of ships in the harbor waved flags
and chccrd the Americans
when the American warships inovod
from their anchorage, the Stevens I'D the
way, followed by the jenkins, Balch,
Cassiu, Terry, Pau!ding, Ammen, Cald-
wei. Conyngham, McC Call 7tcrctt and
1rippc. The destroycrs will 20 FIRST ~ thc
AzGrcs. where they viii join the tender
ship Dixie. which sailed ycs'nrday After
"a short stay al Tho Azorc they vol com
pletc their voyage ~ America
Rear Admiral Thomas y Howard
still has several destroyers here and y y
g7imored that they, with the guardship
Melville, viii leave by DccenFfr r
Other dcstroyers ~ tho American naF*
are alta bed - this base bat hcg aro no1.
cruising m different part oi tLc
surrounding 6r,a ByI'at 1rar' ~ fr'ant
waters
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You try an Every Evening wantadv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
MORE TROOPS ORDERED HOME.
Pcrsfing Names $500 u. S. Soldiers to
Come Back.

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Washington, Dec II General Persh-
ing notified the War Department today
that he had defignatnd for early convoy
home number of additional units IN
cl,lding the 27th Engineers and the 24Gth
Field Artillery, IN al about I 500 officers
and men.
Other units named are l52Td, 1921,
49lst, 9th. f02d aero squadrors; !;
Second trench mortar battalion Sixtcenfh
Company Of the Fourth Motor Mechanics
regiment and British replacement draft
number one. air service.
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Mrs. Duesnne, Whitney and Garvan.
The estate consists almost entirely of
the publishing business and Golfers
Weekly, his other properties, including
his extensive country place, Wickatonk,
in New Jersey, having been vested in
Mrs. Collier during her husbands life
1imr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17

father Alfred, would not have rcjoiced IN
it. Neither, it now appears, did her direct
ors. Truly strange thing is the human
mind, but the German mind, il we may
make the distinction, is far stranger
Now York TIrnes
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17

Food administration announces hxfd
price IF 500 bushcl fo- wheat for l"l"
Z s. stock of noEs, y, ,500,O 900, com
pared with 1874 ,000 gear ago.
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II s Mnrshin Nol at PnIa

BY Associated press - Every Evening
London. Der n The Italian En-
bassy here states that the report from
Iaii5arh ~ the effect that an American
squadron had arrived AZ Pola was nm
founded
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
LARGE INCREASE IN CRIME

Grimes against property have In.
creased steadily since the United
States entered the war, and the rea-
son may he found directly in the eco
uomic conditions which have been
brought about by the war. Grimes Of
violence, except robbery, have tended
to decrease, but the decrease is to be
attributed not SO much to gangs and
the imprisonment of the gangsters who
formerly afflicted New York city"
Like Commissioner Woods. District
Attorney Swami holds that the causes
of increased crime are economic, due
10 the war.
"The explanation" he SAYS, us In
the increased value Of property. Silks,
copper, brass, foodstuffs and almost
every commodity have such an increas.
ed value and are so readily salahle
that II is worth while to steal most
anything, and the thieves act accord.
ingly With the increase In values is
corresponding increase in tempta.
ton"
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Rapid Spread of Dice Business.
a COndition which "

The growth In California of the rice
business mas been phenomenal. In the
spring of 1909 the office of cereal in
vestigations of the United States de
partment of agriculture began tests Of
varieties of rice near BiggS. Similar
tests were made at places In the San
joaquin and Sacramento valleys, In
1912 the first commercial crop Of rice,
400 acres, was planted ON adobe soil
near Biggs The results were SO sat
isfaCtory that 5000 acres were planted
the succeeding year. From that the
rice area grew to 10000 acres in 1911;
$4,000 acres in 1913; 10000 acres In
1915. and 100000 acres in 1917. The
total value of this years crop is esti-
mated nj Sll,OOOOO0.
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Gen. John j. Pershine.

the examining board and, although i'm
properly prepared. received the high
est mark among the contestants and
soon afterward was notified of his ap-
pointment Up to this time his action
had been n secret between mis- sister
and himself and it remained so until
be was ready to start for West Point
Assumed Responsibility Early.
As n boy General PerShing, his sis
ters say, was Of Il quiet, serious tenn
permanent. assuming as the oldest Of
six children many of the responsible
ties of the family.
John" Mrs Butler said. although
Of a quiet disposition, liked good
time and enjoyed fun as much as any
one. Yet when he started anything he
wanted to get the result. and he gem
orally attained that object before he
gave II up"
After having been graduated from
West Point and having served with
General Miles in Il campaign In New
Mexico against the Indian chief Ge-
ronimO, Pershing was stationed as mil.
itary instructor at the University Of
Nebraska. His friends there remem-
Der him as a fun-loving young man,
who enjoyed music and dancing, par
ties and other social activities and who
appreciated a good joke.
"0ld Jack Best" the veteran trainer
at the university, remembered Per-
shing intimately. "He was one of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
OUR BOYS IN FRANCE AND
HOME PROTECTION

The men on the firing line represent
the pick OF our American youth. One In
four of our boys at home was sick. re-
jected because Of physical deficiency.
Many times the kidneys were 10 blame.
II we wish 20 prevent Old age coming
on too soon. or n we want 10 increase
our chances for long life, Or Pierce OF
the Surgical Institute, Buffalo. n. Y, says
that you should drink plenty OF water
daily between meals Then procure at
your nearest drug store Anurc double
strength. This An-u-ric drives the uric
acid out and cures backache and rheumR-
tlsm.
II we wish to keep our Kidneys In the
best condition diet OF milk and vege-
tnbles, with only little meat once a day,
Is the most suitable Drink plenty ot
pure water. take Auuric three times day
for a month II sells for COO.
Step into the drug store and ask for
Anuric. or send Dr. Pierce 0c for trial
pkg Auuric many times more potent
than lithia eliminates uric acid as hot
water melts sugar. A short trial will
convince you.
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America Now leads In Toys.

american manufacturers are max
Ing 90 per cent of the toys being sold
in this country today, and they are
never going to let this wonderful and
profitable industry which has been de-
veloped since the war TO slip out of
their hands"
That statement was made by VIII
liam G. Whittemore, manager Of the
stationery and novelty department Of
the American News Company, says the
New York Journal of Commerce. Mr..
Whittemore was in Germany when war
was declared, buying toys for his con
Germ. This was before the war, one
of his duties. but it is doubtful if such
trip will ever be necessary after
peace is declared because of the fact
that the American toy manufacturer
has taken hold of his problem with
such aptitude and facility.
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Newspaper Article Leads Him to
Seek Admittance to West
Point.
SISTER TELLS OF HIS YOUTH
Kept Appointment to Academy Secret
From Famlly-Head of Expedition.
airy Force Was of Quiet, Serious
Temperament as Boy.

Lincoln, Neb.-It was newspaper
article which diverted John j. Pershing
from his purpose to become a school
teacher and started him upon the mill
tary career which led to his appoint
ment as general in the United States
army and commander of the American
eXpeditionary force in France. The
story is told by General Pershing's sis
ters, Mrs. Butler and Miss May Per
shing, who are residents of Lincoln.
II was while General Pershing and
his sister now Mrs. Butler, were at
tending the Missouri State Normal
school at Kirksville, Mo. that his at
tentiOn one day was called to newspa-
per announcement that examinations
were to be held for appointment To the
West Point Military academy. Young
Pershing asked his sisters advice as
TO whether he should try for the APP
poiniment and she advised him to do
so. Then followed short season Of
intensive study in preparation.
In a few days he was called before
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
WHEN EASEFIELD FIRST SANG
Author of Many Songs as Younester
often LulIed His Boss Baby
to Sleep.

In the hidden recesses of Paradise
alley you may see service flag with
one star. But how are you to see Para
disc alley? 1t is In Greenwich village.
The entrance Is through a hole in the
wall in Sixth avenue, between Jeffer-
son Market Jail and Eleventh street.
recalls writer in the New York Mail.
In Paradise alley there is a row of
quaint dwellings that seem to slant in
outrageous fashion. In fact, everything
In Paradise alley is strange to the point
of queerness. But once within the alley
you forget the world and its hustle.
You are In land far away.
Around the corner from Paradise al
ley is Patchin place. If memory does
not serve i'll it was in this queer back
water spot that John Masetield ate and
slept and rocked the cradle of a man
child in the days when he tended bar
in New York town. A queer lad was
John Mansetield. A thousand songs
struggled for birth in his brain. The
world knows many of these songs to-
NtiNg ipl ht ruins III Nilt SNNtliN iiis7A'N
Of living poets.
But when John Masefield tended
bar" in Greenwich village and ate and
slept at the boss home in Patchin
place, the only part of the public that
got the benefit of his poems was the
boss baby, for Masefeld, while he
waited for the boss wife to cook a
meal or "set" the table, had to rock
the cradle and sing to keep the child
from raising the roof with his walls.
The babe never cried when John
Masefield sang. 1t is the testimony of
that good wife of the boss that she
never could make head or tail out Of
the songs the queer youth sang-they
neither had rhyme, nor reason, nor
things that songs should have. They
were like chants, she says.
But the baby seemed to make them
out, even if his mother could not.
Never a wall came from him while
John Masefield sang.
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Speaking of the value of a careful
lookout as Il protection against the
submarine, the first lord of the admir-
atty. Sir Eric Geddes, said that if "a
submarine is sighted by the lookout
on vessel-whether the vessel is
armed or not makes no difference-it
IS seven TO three on the ship in favor
of its getting away. Out of every ten
attacks, when the submarine is sight
ed by the ship, seven of them fail but
of every ten attacks when the subma-
rine Is not sighted eight ships go
down. In this connection we note that
Sir Alfred Yarrow offered. some
months ago, a monetary reward to the
first seaman on any merchant vessel
to detect the presence of submarine.
In the case of the American destroyer,
recently sunk, 1t will he noted that
the presence of a submarine was not
known until the ship was torpedoed.
VIII some American offer a similar
bonus for the seamen on our ships -
Scientific American.
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Rome Makinu.

The rope industry Is largely depend
ent upon Russian, Italian, American
and Manila hemp, the latter being far
more used than any other. With the
exception of Manila, all these hemps
are Of the best fiber--that IS. they are
obtained from the bark of the plant.
The hemp is cut dried, and then
stacked in bundles Later, II is again
spread out and exposed TO dew frost
and sun. a process that rots the gums
binding the flnments. The dry inner
woody part Of the stem then falls off
and leaves the flbrous strips in con.
ditlon 10 be cleaned and baled for
transportatlp.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
After the War.

81 shall want some money today,
dear" said George Plpwhislle to his
wife before the latter set out for bust
ness one morning In 1927. And Mrs.
PipwhiStle, grumbling the while, hand
ed out the chips and waved her hand
from the garden gate as she made a
dash for the eight-nineteen.
Three hours after Mrs. p. had re-
turned from the city, George Pipwhis-
tie came in. He had mountain of
parcels in his arms and the light of
triumph in his eyes.
Yes he painted, as he united the
parcels and disclosed four corkscrews,
a stuffed owl, an assortment of paint
brushes, a remnant of a cloth-bound
"Uncle Toms Cabin six walking
sticks, q toasting fork, brace of tin
openers, and roasting jack. "Such a
scramble! It's just about the best
bargain sale that ever was!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
Saws Monkey Theory Wronu.

Some of our theories about monkeys
are all wrong, according to Darwin,
modern naturalist, who lives on the
Island Of Guam. That monkeys are
not searching for fleas when examining
the fur of one another, but are in
quest of little masses of Salt-tasting
solution that eXude from the pores Of
the skin, is the opinion of Sergeant
Robert l.. Darwin, retired member of
the U. s. Marine corps, who is owner
of a monkey ranch on the Pacific is
land. Darwin does not suggest the
raising of monkeys TO relieve one salt
scarcity, neither does he claim rela-
tlonship with the author of Origin Of
SpecieS.n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
SPY GOES ABOUT FREELY IN PARIS

Think TN try to get acquainted with
him Then he laughed.
81 saw you there | gasped.
81 know you did said he. I sat
ar the next table to you in Ciros be-
hind the pillar, and heard you tell
about seeing me. Naughty. nnughtyl
And so you tried to get your old pal
pinchedY
Inc German told my American
friend that he had been in and out of
Paris ever since the war began. He
found II much more interesting than
running a U-boat he said. There was
danger, he admitted, but lust enough
danger 10 make the Job interesting.
BeSldes, he is poor man AT home. In
his work he has plenty of money to
spend.
I'm going back next week" said he.
Extent of System.
A friend of mine who returned from
Berlin after the United States declared
war on Germany told story. of which
he had personal knowledge. 10 show
the extent of the German spy net An
acquaintance in Berlin obtained per
mission to go to Holland on business.
II is not easy to get such permission
nowadays. Although an American. he
was forced to tell just whom he wished
10 see in Holland and why. While in
Amsterdam he received a hurry call TO
London from his correspondent there
and took the next boat. getting wise
through the interest of the American
legation in The Hague.
"Why did you go to London?" ne
was asked when he returned to Berlin.
He told the story.
1--we know Of the telegram YOU re-
ccivod was the reply But why did
You 90 to room 303 of the Savoy ,IoteI
and remain cloSeted With Lord Bube-
berry there for three hours?"
lie was able to make his explanation
convincing or there might have been
another incident to write note about
This was some weeks before the Unit.
ed States was finally crowded into war
II is easier to believe in the number Of
spies Germany has scattered ohout
when one hears this story by an Ameri.
can girl, who for some years had stud.
led Mt Leipsic. This year She was re-
fused her Ph. y. degree, although II
was due her. Then she was refused
permission To leave Germany. For
weeks she was promised and put OFF
"Become spy for us and You shall
have your degree" she was told. "You
shall have plenty Of money to spend
You need not worry about the danger
We will always take care Of you"
She did not become a spy and even
tually she was given permission to
leave for Switzerland. But the stor,
nuts one TO thinking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
SENDS ONLY SON TO WAR
Widow in strsitened Circumstances
Sacrifices Her Sole Support in
Cause Of Humanity.

Denver, Colo.--Although widowed
and in straitened circumstances Mrs
Clara Doss Burrows, one Of the few
living descendants Of the famous
Adams family, urged her only son. Earl
Gardner Doss To enlist for service In
Uncle Sans fighting forces.
The young man Is now at the Mare
Island Marine corps training station
Young Doss' at-grandfather Eli
lah Adams. was among the leaders Of
the Mohawks, who staged the historic
tea party" in Boston Harb0r lust
prior TO the Revolutionary war. His
grandfather, Gardner Admins. was a
cousin of President John Quincy
Adams, and fought in the United
states navy throughout the war OF
1912. The boys uncle, another John
Quincy Adams, brother Of Mrs Bur
rows, was with the Union forces Ia
the Civil war.
Mrs. Burrows sacrificed her sole sup
port when young D0ss enlisted but,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
Has Unique Coat of Arms.

Aberdeen, WASH twenty .hye thou.
sand cancelled postage stamps, repre-
,enting 10 administrations, have been
used by Mrs Sarah Erickson. of this
city. to make government coat OF
arms The stumps were gathered Ia
the last % years.
The coat of arms represents nm
American eagle with outspread wings
aud below d arp i've spears ana i
shield. Three stamps are from the
George Washington administration. A
lodge has offered Mrs. Erickson s.. 2Oo
for the picture, but she has refused II
She still II gathering stamps for the
completion of the work. She viii MA
the words Liberty and II plurlbu.
Unum.'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
B0SCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
iammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes
insuring a good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
in the morning. Made and sold in
America for tifty-twO years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied countries,-Ady.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
Takes Amazing Leaps Since
America Entered War.
Number of Complaints Throughout
Country Increases 20 Per Cent
In Six Months.

New York.-Since the United States
entered the war the crime percentages
In practically every city in the coun-
try have taken amazing leaps. The
number of complaints reaching ga
rious detective headquarters through
out the land for the last six moRths
was 20 per cent higher than during the
same period year ago. The increase
has extended to practically all forms
of crime except murder and assault.
Commissioner Woods Of the New
York city police department, has made
a special examination of the records
with view to answering the question
as to the effect of the war on crime
and criminals. His conclusions are as
follows:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-24
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver
and bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thou.
sands upon thousands of distressing cases
Swamp-Root, physicians prescription for
special diseases, makes friends quickly be.
cause its mild and immediate effect is
soon realized in most cases. 1t is a gen
tie, healing vegetable compound
Start treatment at once Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Bnghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.