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New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
New Player Joins Cubs.

Chicago, July 31.--Pfeffer was in fine form yesterday and Brooklyn shut out Chicago, 6 to 0, by punching hits off Vaughn. Dave Robertson, who was traded to Chicago by the New York Nationals for Phil Douglas end Barney Friberg of Lynn reported to Manager Mitchell yesterday. The score:
 r. h. Q. Brooklyn .O3O01OO11-6 II | Chicago ........ .O00OO0O0O-0 9 a Pfeffer and M. Wheat; Vaughn, Car ter and Killifer.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
COLTS BREAK RECORDS.
Pittman Drives Two Winners to Fine
 Victories on Monroe Track

Monroe, N. Y, July 31.-C E. Pittman drove both winners in the colt races yesterday afternoon, cap- turing the two year old race with Xii lio, after MT. Dudley, the Brook Farm trotter, had won the first heart He also drove Let Fly to victory in straight heats in the three year old race. The track record was broken in both colt races, Kilio setting the new mark of 2:16 1-2 in the second heat of the two year old race and Let Fly trotting the final heat in the three year old race in 2:13.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE GAMES.

The schedule of games in the h. dustrial league at Walnut Hill park Saturday afternoon, are as follows; New Britain Machine company vs. Stanley Works: Fafnir Bearing com nany vs. Stanley Rule & Level com pany; Landers, Frary & Clark vs. Russell & Erwin company.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
ROAMItR BREAKS DOWN.

New York, July 31.-Andrew Mill ler's great race horse, Roamer, winner of many stake events, and the idol of the turf, broke down at Saratoga yes- terday and may never race again
 News to this effect was received last night by MT. Miller over the long dis tance telephone. Roamer bowed a tendon while working out at thA Slaa-
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Jersey City 7, Reading (first Game.)
 Reading 5, Jersey City (second game.)
 Baltimore 10, Newark (first game.)
 Baltimore A. Newark 1 (second game, seven inningsD
 Buffalo 4, Binghamton 1.
 Toronto 8, Rochester (1rst game) Toronto 6, Rochester (second game.)
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Today. Chicago in New York. Detroit in Boston. Cleveland in Philadelp hia. St. Louis in Washington.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
CHENEY'S WILDNESS
 COSTLY TO BRAVES,
Larry Issues Pass With Sacks
 Loaded and Reds Win

Cincinnati, July 31.-Cincinnati won 8 hard hitting and loosely played game from Boston yesterday, to 6. Ruether was taken sick from the ex- treme heat after pitching six innings and was relieved by Sallee. McQuil- Ian was knocked out of the box in the third inning and Cheney finished for Boston. He forced over the winning run in the ninth after the Reds had filled the bases on three hits. The score:
 r. h. e. Boston 30OO0120O-6 2 Cincinnati .0212OO011-7 12 2 McQuillan, Cheney and Gowdy; Ruether, Sallee and Wingo.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

New York g, Pittsburgh (first game)
 Pittsburgh 6, New York 1, (second game.)
 Brooklyn 6, Chicago O. Cincinnati ', Boston 6. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 1.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Meadows Fans Ten

St. Louis, July 31.-Striking out 10 of his former teammates and alIowina them six scattered hits, Meadows yes- terday pitched Philadelphia to it's first victory over St. Louis here this sea- son, to 1. The score:
 Philadelphia ..011O00O10-3 7 2 St. Louis ....... .10O0OOOOO-1 1.
 Meadows and Tragresser; Doak, Sherdel and Ciemons
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Today. Providence in Hartford. New Haven in Springfield. Bridgeport in Worcester, Waterbury in Pittsfield.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

New York 6, Chicago (tirst game, 0 innings.)
 Chicago 5, New York (second game, 10 innings.)
 Detroit 3, Boston 1 (ftrst game) Boston 5, Detroit } (second game) Washington 1, St. Louis 0. Philadelphia ?, Cleveland 1.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Bunched Hits Win for PitfsfieJd.

Plttstleld, July 31.-Pittsfield won game in story book fashion yester- day afternoon, punching six hits with an lnheld out and d sacrifice, netting hVe runs in the eighth inning and turning back Waterbury by a 6-to-5 tally. The score:
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Giants Divide.

Pittsburgh, July 31-Pittsburgh and New York split a double-header here yesterday, the visitors winning the initial contest, 9 to 0, while the home team took the second, 6 to 1. The scores:
 First game r. h. e. New York ....O1212OO3o- 14 3 Pittsburgh .O0OOO0OO0-O 3 3
 Barnes and Gonzales; Ponder, May CT and Lee.
 Second game r. h. e. New York ..0100O00O0-1 5 0 Pittsburgh .301OO002x-6 9
 Perritt, Causey, Oeschger and Shy der; Miller and Lee.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
EASTERN LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday. Providence 6, Hartford 0. Worcester ,, Bridgeport 4. New Haven 6, Springfield 8. Pittsfield 6, Waterbury ,.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
YANKEES AND S0X
 DIVIDE TWIN BILL
23,OOO Fans Witness Games at
 Polo Grounds Yesterday

New York, July 31.-New York and Chicago broke even on double header here yesterday, each game going 10 innings. New York won the first by a score of 6 to and Chicago took the second game to ,. Twenty three thousand persons saw the games, it being the largest week day crowd that ever attended an American league game at New York. The scores:
 E@ircf Gaupo
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
One for Each Team,

Boston, July 31.-Detroit split even with Boston yesterday, winning the first game, 3 to 1 and dropping the second 3 to ?.
 Ruth played left field in the open CT, was at first for seven innings in the second game and after the sev enth inning rally replaced James in the box. The score:
 First Game.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today. Baltimore in Newark. = Jersey City in Reading. Buffalo in Binghamton. Toronto in hester.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Tvrner Gets Revenge.

Philadelphia, July 31.-Turner, re- leased by Cleveland two weeks ago, hit a single with the bases full and two out in the ninth inning yester- day and Philadelphia beat Cleveland, 2 to 1. The score:
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Senators Triumph in Duel.

Washington, July 31.-In a game which developed into d pitching duel between Shaw and Davenport, Wash ington yesterday defeated St. Louis, 1 to 0. The score:
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31

Ehm5e, Ayers and Stanage; James, Ruth and Walters and Schang.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Standing of the Clubs
Games Today.

Games Today. New York in Pittsburgh. Brooklyn in Chicago. Boston in Cincinnati. Philadelphia in St Louis.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
EASTERN LEAGUE.
JOCKEYS PENALIZED.

x-Indicates nc game played.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31

Pittsfield .....0oO 100 O5x-6 Ii Waterbury ....020 030 0OO-5 8
 Stubing, Rieger, McCorry and Devne; Johnson, Condon and Con molly.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31
Second Game.

Dauss and AlnSmlth; Jones and Schang.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31

WlIIlamS, LOWdermlIk and SChaIk Shawkey and Hannah.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31

First Game.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-31

or else that Bobby Reimer is just a I trifle too good for him. They will l box 12 rounds at 135 pounds ringside.
 Shuorllc- Cohen Bout.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
WILSON MUCH Shoe KEl.
he CABLES OYSTER EAY
Taft Wires Mrs. Roosevelt Most
Commanding Personality n
Public Life Gone.
BY ASSOCIATED Press to Every Evening

b5 SSsCElatPd fFeSs 10 e4VeFN fsSsnln2
Oyster Bay. Jan. Mrs. Roosevelt
received during the night a cablcgram OF
sympathy from President " ilson. dated
Modane, which 5 on the Franco-Itallan
frontier, reading as follows:
PRAY accept my heartfelt sympathy
on the death Of your distinguished hus-
band. the news oi which has shocked me
very much.
This was one Of more than FIVE hundred
telegramS and cablc1rams which poured
into Oyster Bay for Mrs Roosevelt dur
ing the night They came from private
citizens, Rough Riders ambassadors
ministers, Congressmen men of all ranks
and distinction. and women, too
Alexandra, queen mother OF England,
cablcd the following:
Il am indeed grieyed to hear OF the
death of your great and distinguished hus-
band for whom had the greatest regard
Please accept my deepest sympathy on
the irreparahle loss YOU have suffered
From former President TAFT came the
following. dated Harrisburg, Pa
Il am shocked to hear the bad news
My heart goes out To you and Yours II
great SORROW The country can Ill afford
in this critical period OF history 10 lose one
who has done and could in the next decade
have done 50 much for II and humanlty
We have lost a great patriotic mcrican.
a great world tgure-thc most command
ing personality IN our public life since
Lirco n mourn this going $ personal
loss Mrs Taft and tender YOU our SIN
cerc aud deepest sympathy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
DELAWARE MAY Be
SEPARATE DISTRICT
FOR i. S. REVENUE
Commissioner Roper's Report Rec
ommends it and Plan Likely
Will be Followed.
GRAHAM MAY BE CHIEF
Special Dispatch to Every Eyenine

WAsntNCToN, Jan 7.
II a recommendation Of Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue Daniel &. Roper IS
adopted-an there il no reason to doubt
that il will not hc Delaware will, on
July /, 1910, become ~, independent IN
tcrnal reYcnlio district, with It's OWN col-
lector and deputies AZ present Delaware.
Maryland line District Of Columbia and
the Peninsula counties Of Virginia com
prise one district with tho headquarters
and main office IN Baltimore Joshua
Miles 81 Maryland is the collector
II Delaware becomes an independent
district il will have its own collector, tho
salary of whlch is 5000 a vcar. with
sufficient number Of deputies
While il Il early 10 make n prediction,
before tho district has been creafcd-
nevertheless there seems 70 bc such as
aurance that this will happen That men
are said f. fc considered for the Offices
to be created It is believed here that
Harry I Grnham Of Wilmington, chair
man of the Democratic State Cmamlttee
ot Delaware. will be appointed collector
ami that he VIII maine the deputies Tho
nomination, L IS expected, WIll tie made
by Senator Josiah q Wolcott, who. it il
known, Is very friendly with Mr. Graham.
Commissioners Roper recommendation,
which IS contained ~ his annual report, IS
that all collection units Of the country hc
made 10 coincidc with State units that
IS, that each State hc made q collection
district He points ont a number Of dis
tricis IN which there are radical differences
in the matter Of expense and revenue For
instance, some years ago. whom the bulk
of the internal revenue came from whisky
and tobacco, keutucky. Rlth siY districts
and sly collectors, turned ln ) per cent Of
the revenue. while the mIlncd district
of Connecticut md Rhr dc Island nith
one collector. contributed two pr three
per cent, whereas now. when tho bulk Of
tho revenue Is from incomes, kentuckY.
with its SIX districts, contributes less than
two per cent. which IS less than hat from
the Rhode Island-C Connectlcut district
with IL ono collector
Delaware II o hlg contributor IN itself,
and. in view Of the fact that the hulk nf the
revenue comes from Wilmington, it would
bc much more convenient 10 have the
main office in Wilmington than Baltimore,
where questions could 10 answered and
other business transacted affecting the
collection.
The change. it is understood, can he
made through Presidential order. Con-
eressionaI action not icing necessary. IT hat
lcing thc casc il IS expected that President
Wilson Will act on Commissioner Ropcr :
recommendation soon after his return from
Europe. 50 as to allow ~ much time A. pos
slble Iefore the order goes into effect II
there Is 70 he one. as mitch preparation for
It's operation will have 70 be made.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
ROOSEVELT; ESTIMATE
BY BRITISH EDITORS
"World Loses One Of Its Elemental
Characters Telegraph; Great
American-Mail.
By Associated Press TO Every Evening

London, Jan. This mornings Lon
don newspapers print full accounts OF
Theodore Roosevclt's death. together
with long sketches Of the former President
and lengthy editorial comment
with Roosevelt there disappears from
the world great American and great
friend If Britain, says the DAILY Mail
"Hc Was ever fighter. continuously
challenging criticism. rs must n man
whose primal quality is pure energy rather
than pure reason " think u hlm as
q man who also made 4 great place IN
the world t:y hint Of his great and very
American qualities.
The Daily Telegraph says In Roose-
welt the world loses one OF its elemental
figures, one of those who not more than
twice or thrice in a generation strike the
Imagination Of mankind as personlfying
to supreme degree some human force
at work in the history of the times
No man did 50 much To awaken
the spirit Of an effective world power III
the American people and his famous
phrase for the right diplomacy for ma
tional greatness in world Of competing
ambitions. Speak Softly and Carry Il
Big Stick, only summed up the Wlsd en-
Of generations in the old world which
still thinks Of war as 4 thing in certain
eases inevitable
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
S141,O5O F|'..E LOSS
HERE IN 6 MONTHS
figures by Wilmington Depart
ment Cover Oniy Second Half
of Year: 2lo Blazes.

Tie Wilmington ire Department ,ub-
mu- q general monthly report of ir> IN
Is NllmngtOn 10 the mayor and member.
a. thr CITY Council These reports Clerk
ai Cluncl Homer summons, keeps III III
files some Of these rep6rts are not very
cpmp.cts giving only the number Ot fires
but not fuc losses incurred Reports oi
~, nr-t tall oi the wear give Onls ID,
number - alarms while reports from June
through Dcccmbcr give the n1ount 81 los
Hucurrd Chlei Engineer Joseph { liynd-
niuu ha- handed IN quite complete reports
-ine - ha- taken OF
There ar, ~ falls, alarms reported for
fls year from December ~ 1917 10
Drcmnbor II 1915 Ou' 81 q reported total
ai - alarms. losses from January
through june not being recorded We can
only know los~c~ from June through De
crmbcr i3lS aud thrso show GA Tho re-
porte as to'ahne SliI.GJO
The rlg u's ~ tho year are the 500. 600
blaze on Jlnr - 81 tho Delaware Marine
Works a. concord avenue and B a O
Railroad hs ire was bcyond the clty
limits, and owing % tie Insufficient water
-upplv = Wn~ vep dilcult fo hand,
hemieal streams. etr W,rc III constant
u~e on surrounding tram, propcriics
which pre- rntrd greater los on No
veulher there "as $1,000 loss when
the ga hou-' ti fllr tpof uf Madison
street eNplnds.d Nhcn IA, Hanover Shoe
store and d dental patlor ,L,r, \ ucre
damaged ~ TN on ~cpteinhrr IO there
W.. 4 loss 81 5000 Ltnci Construction
TO. On Noscmbcr lad - 900 Grr.
Pussy 4 Jone. had 81 800 damage from
oli On water 4 dwelling Al 27i7 Wcst
sfr,-'t had $1,000 loss on November 20
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
M'ADOO STICKS TO POST
Will Direct Railroads From Californi;
Till Wilson Returns.
I'd 49, "a EverN Excning

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Washington. Jan. This was Viii
liam G. McAdoo's last day in Washing
ton ~ Director General OF railroads.
He planned to leave tonight for santa
Barbara, Cal, for vacation Of several
months.
Owing 10 President Wilson's delay
in naming a new director, Mr. McAdoo
will continue to supervise the railroads.
Railroad wires will provide direct telc-
graphic communication with railroad
administration headquarters in Wash
ington and with the officers Of the seven
regional directors. BY a "trangram
system, documents requiring his sig
nature will be transmitted daily between
Santa Barbara and Washington.
The impression is growing in Wash
ington that the President may not APP
point new Director General until he
returns To the United States next month,
watching meanwhile the reception by
Congress Of the proposal TO extend
government control for FIVE years.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
OYSTER BAY BOWED
WITH GRIEF At LESS
Col. Roosevelt Was Beloved as
Neighbor and Friend World
Sending Condolences.
Ry Associatea rre.. u Etery Everi NJ

Oyster Bay. N 81, ian When the
delegation ~ United States Senators ami
Representatives arrive bore tomorrow
and men of national md International
fanc have assembled ~ pay their lnai
tribute to the great American, thcT Wlll
find OYSTER Ray people rcgrntting not the
passing of j worid-knnwn figure tt' IL e
neightor beloved bv al hero for i.- purr
democracy IS a fellow yo'cr and D fellow
worshipper 10 these residents, thc
Colonel was 4 townsman rather than q
noted statesman
Tho honors which tho rllcrs of nations
arc TODAY bcstowlng upon Colonel Koosc-
yet in the form If cablegrams meant
little 70 Oyster Bay residents IL comparI-
son with their own messages of sympathy
sent 70 Mrs Roosevelt sitting bravely in
her hilltop home, surrounded hy those
III the Roosevelt children who have been
able "a come To her side at hIs time
The food of rern:nisccnces which has
swcpt OYSTER Bay brought to pub ic notice
a circumstance regard M the outside world
which s cloqucntlv characteristic 0f the
gentle home life oF he Roosevelt family
II was said that not until about four
months ago was Sycamore till equipped
with electric lights
Noted visitors from many lands. private
mcr 81 rcnown and international miss ions
sent bv foreign governments have come
to 'hn Sycamore Iilll bouSe To hnd the
Colonel writing or reading by an light oI
oii amrs Throughout ai~ great 41me
o,l burning lights onit were r. hc found
Ncighborlv remini~cencc today rcvc1icd
why oi at last surrendered 70 he more
modern electricity IN the Roosevit home
stead
lou know. the Colonel was quoted
By = neighhor as saying hall apol0getlcally
we ust bad 10 put u electro Ignts
The servants demanded T.
Captain ana Ms Archibald Roosevelt,
Congressman and Mrs Nicholas Long
worth, and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr
arril cd At Sycamore Z Il last Night The
Colonci OTHER Sons, Kermit and Theodore
Jr., are st!I n Europe
Mrs Richard Derby. who was Ethel
Roosevelt now he wife Of Ma or Richard
Derby. Of the Medical CORPS. nitcd
States army, arrived in Oyster Bay today
with her two children from Aiken. ; O..
where she has been -o.Uarnng. The
Major IS in France
Tclcgrams Of tribute were received
today from the Harvard Advocate and
Harvard Crimson. Forty citizens at
Spring ED, Mass. Republican Cmb.
Harrisburg, Pa EyangeHne Booth. Sal
walton Army X PENNSYLVANIA State Camp.
Patriotic Sons OF America, People II
Windsor. Conn, Public Seryic, Commis-
sion of Pennsylvania and from the
Republic OF Panama, its people anu its
government.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
FIX LACEY MURCER
AT NEAR Il & CLICK
Two Young Women and Man Say
They Saw Bleeding Chauffeur
in Sitting Posture.

Witnesses who assert that they saw
Howard NJ Lacey about O'Clock New
Years night sitting at the spot where nc
was found murdered about seven
hours later, still alive and bleeding from
numerous wounds III the head, were found
Yesterday, hv detectives working on the
case This fixes the hour Of the murder defl-
nitely since Lacey WAS seen IN " dining
ton nj 10 5p m but throws no new light
on the pcrpetrator Of. and the motive Tor
the crime. and the police aro little II my
nearer the solution of the mystery than
they were when the body was found
Two Young women from Rclcfonte
and Young man from Marah1liton who
was with them. told Sergeant f,Ven that
thew had seen Inccv IL II o.eiacE or
Vcrv shortly aftcrUard as thcv werc re-
turning in car from town e. thor home
about quarter of Il mile away They
declared they thought hc was someone
who had been injured IN a drunken hrawl
and ClI not stop Detectives believe that
Lacey was dead at the time md that hIs
body, which had been propped up by his
SLAYER, had fallen prone when discovered
later
Determined search for tho murderer :
overcoat j. being made by detectives who
think hat the garment Is likely 70 come 70
light Mt any time That the slayer got rid
Of his blook-soakcd and elayhemlred
garment ut the earliest opportunity MI are
agreed Whether he hid ii somewhere along
the route ne travelled ~ he fled in the auto
from the scene Of his crime, or whether he
cast il into some field rs he rode some
b. 4 . freight out OF town, or perhaps
left II on freight car. are all possibilities
that are being investigated.
As outlined by one Of the detectives
who are working on the case in Every
Eevening yesterday, a woman Is firmly
believed TO have been = witness to the
murder and the police believe they will
have her in custody shortly The theory
advanced, that the Wilmington Taxi Com
pany driver was SLAIN because Of some dis
pute over the woman in the tonncau Of the
car, while it was similar TO that held IN
snap Judgment by the "man III the
street was only firmly held to after eve' y
other reasonable explanation had been
broken down by logi al analysis.
The chances now of finally finding some
one who can give a good description OF the
man and the woman who are believed to
have been Lacey's passengers on the
death ride are infinitely improved and the
detectives believe the slayer will be caught
within a short time
Laccy's family are wholly at sea as to
who could have killed him. The theory
that he was slain by an enemy grows more
and more improbable as the investigation
into his habits and companions grows more
complete The fact that his handsome
gold watch, valued at the least at s35. his
solid gold ring and a solid gold pin rs
well as SIS in cash on his person, all were
untouched effectually removes the robbery
or car theft theory.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
KAISER CAN'T COME BACK
Where in Hell Could We Send
Him BernstorH Says Discuss
ing Germany's Future.
ny AssocIatod presa to Every EvenIns


London. Jan. 7.-Cornt Won Bern
storff, former German Ambassador to
the United States, is working every
day ut the German Foreign ofIice pre-
pairing data for the peace conference.
according 20 Berlin dispatch 70 the
Express. The count told the Express
correspondent that hc endorsed tho
plan for league of n3'ions, IN which
he saw the only way e. prevent war by
q limitation of aruia cut
I'VE entirely agree with Premier Lloyd
George and want to get rid of universal
military service, hc said
Count Won BernsiorfY thought the
German national assembly would meet
on January %, but believed IT waa IN
likely to pass of without trouble, and
hoped tho government would hc firm
enough to deal with tho situation
They will only have 70 shoot oroo
he said
It was unthinkable tina, the former
Emperor or any member of his family
would AGAIN rule over Germany, Count
Won BernsforT eaid Asked if there was
no danger IN WlIham Hohonno!crn
being 80 near IN Holland. the count re-
Piled
Where the hcll werc VIZ - scrd him"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
TO WELCOME FIGHTERS.
Water Witch Members Name
Committee to Plan Greeting
for Soldiers.

Water Witch Fire Company at its
annual meeting last night, appointed
n committee To arrange for ceiebra-
tlgn for the boys when they come home
from overseas. The members want to
cooperate with other gcncies that have
the same purpose in mind, and will do
everything in their power to make the
welcome a memorable one. A committee
of nine members has been appointed to
plan for the welcome. They are:
f. +. Kane, W 4. Doherty, Charles
II. Brown. T. J. Black, William Mont
gomcrv Edward Savers. w. J. Maxwell,
". H. Murphy and II, +. Chapman.
The annual report of the company
was read and showed il to bc in good
financial condition, considering the APP
preparation received.
\ letter of thanks and appreciation
was received from the town council of
Middlctown. for the services Of tho
Water Witch Company and apparatus
at the fire last week The letter pleased
the members, and they expressed their
willingness 10 respond to other calls from
Niddlctown, when made through the
district engineer.