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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Next Game in Series, Between
Newark and Bridgeville. Next
Saturday on Frazer Field.

What PROMISES to be one OF the mos
sprited and closely contested high schoo
football games which Delaware has On
loved in some time will be played next
Saturday, Mt 1890, on Joe Frazer flcld,
Newark Bridgcville High School, the
Sussex county intcrscholastlc ASSOCIATION
champions. will bring her strongest team
we'll backed with confident rooters, 70
proye that tho football crown OF the state
bclours in Sussex: while Newark, playing
on n local field. and fresh from viCtorhs
outside as well as within the state, ihS
tho honor Of New Castic to uphold Both
teams will battle tho harder, rs from pre-
season forcCaats, neither ono will Toe strong
factor In tho decision ol the coming cham
pionships in basketball and baseball
The Delaware Interscholastlc Athletic
Asaociation has been formed. with the
idea Of making all high school sports
absolutely clean. and helping 70 bring
athletic sports forward ms valuable factor
| in education and support to the more
Nraditonnl typo Of school work Al stu
| dents allowed 10 compete IN the MS
| sociatIon contests, both prellmlnRrics
and county and State championships,
! must bc in good scholastic standing, nc
| oor,iing to n strict set OF eligibility rules
| adopted bv the RssociatIon at it's orEanixa-
tion last year, and endorsed unroservodiy
/ nj the recent meeting OF the association
! As both Newark and Bridgeyille have
/ teams which are light, but speedy, anc
/ plav the new style Of thrilling open garn'
/ Az well MS smashing tho iIne, close tuFsl'
/ is oypected, and the crowd which wend
| it's wav 20 Joe Frazer Field next Satur
day morning will bc well repaid for at
/ tending
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
FRIENDS LOSE.
Upper Darby Team Downs Locals In
Loosely Played Game.

Philadelphia. Nov. l6.-In loosely.
PLAYED game here yesterday afternoon
Mimr gtou Friends school was defeat
"a q, tie Upper Darby high school SOC
ccr team, 3 "a l. IL WAS the return
rprchug 81 the two schools and neither
combination showed up TO it's usual
f,rm. the teamwork Of both being far
r1 r,lnr Upper Darby rallied shortly
- the b 'Rlnnng Of the second half
-, thc dofcnse ard prevented tho visi-
inrs from scoring on several OCCASIONS
when goals seemed apparently easy
number Of fouls we're called on
each team while the athletes We're kept
on the Jump owing 20 the chilly wealth
~ The next game of the Wilmington
Friends school will he at the du pont
Country Club Wednesday aftsrnoon whom
they Will play the du FONT high school
team IN return game. The goals by
~uape and on, hy Weinstein proved too
much Tor the Delaware boys Bartlett,
snare. WeinsteIn and johnson exccllcd.
long Tailed for Wilmington Friends
I-rrer Darby Wilmington
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
Baltimore Ont.

Baltimore. Nov 10 Baltimore's hope
~ and enthusiasm for major baseball
league franchise had disappeared with the
settlement of the ouble among the big
league maenatcs There was rejoicing
Whcn the break came Inst week, local fans
teclrg that through it Baltimore had a
chance of beng restored 70 big time
baseball. but with an amcahle agreement
cached thcv are mournfully admitting
tcday that there Is no chance at present
They cherish the hope. however. that
there must be third big league some time
in the future. IN which event they are salts
ned Baltimore would be one OF the fTst
cities selected
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

Good Havana blended 10
bring ouf the beSf fhaf'.s ia
if-esperfIy rolled iTt q tfdzc-
less Sr0de-grotprI gcrdpper.
g. III. z. Cigar Co., Inc.
Philadelphis
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
URGE ATHLETICS.
Roberts Post Members Dine and Discuss
Future Plans.

Members of Lawrence Roberts Post
81, American Legion, gathered nj the
Lambros restaurant for an informal DIM
ner last night, and during the addresses
following the dinner the Importance OF
athletics was emphasized by several
speakers John p. Eckles, post commander
presided and acted as toastmastcr ana
William Bcrl urged the post to extend ITS
athletic program. +,
This program was strongly endorsed
bv DIR. !. Draper Brown. Other speakers
were DIR. Speakman, b. r. McGinnis,
l.. NJ. Wroe, L. r. Webb, Lawrence Pyle,
A. p. Huston and William Griffith. A
motion was adopted TO give dinner IN
honor of the post football team on the
day of its final game.
The athletic committee was enlarged
by the appointment as mcmbcrs ot pr'
]. Draper Brownian William Bcrl.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
GREENLEAF' SKILL
|NSURES HIM TITLE
Worlds Pocket Billiard Champion
Easily Defeats Woods, Frank
lin and Mature.

Chicago. ~, Nov. l6-Ralph Green-
lcai Is still the pocket billiard champion
of the world. and lot Of folk who saw
him decisively defeat all three of his op-
ponents IN the recent pocket tourney are
inclined to the belief that the SLIM, frail
Young genius will retain his title tor quite
some time The work of Woods, Franklin
and Mature in the finals against young
Grecnleaf was n disappointment TO the
fans who had seen them perform in the
prelminaries. Each of them appeared
nervous when they Jagged for the break
with Greenleaf The young champion
had them beaten before the balls were
broken. which fact was proved during the
progress Of the game when they missed on
comparatively easy shots.
Woods. the winner Of the preliminarics.
was the only PLAYER who had Greenleaf
worried at anv time. The breaks IN
tins game were with Greenleaf. Time after
time Woods made long tough shots only
To- get out Of position. He could not get
away 10 a long run. The little Minneapo-
lis star pocketed hut 81 balls the most
registered against the champion. Mature
annexed "a while Franklin secured but 81
buttons
The victory paid Grcenlcaf 81 800 in
priYe money, secures $500 contract
with the Brunswick alke-Collender Com
panv. promoters Of the tournaments, and
gets hun the second leg on the champion
-hrp emblem Should he annex the cham
p,orship next year he will acquire per
maneut possession of the trophy.
With the pocket championship decided
the preliminary event of the three-cushion
tournament is now on its way, having
started Friday night. November II. II
,s ais, being held in the Strauss Audi
tcflum. the scene OF the pocket affair
and presents the greatest field of starters
ever witnessed in thgee-cushion titulal
plaV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

forth voritnble storm Of Applause They
are the Lester Scene from Tschnikowsky'a
oparn, 'fEugone Onogin," and tho poig-
nantly beautiful Lovo-Doath Of Isolde
from Wnugors immortal masterpiece Of
Tristan and Isolde. Tho orchestra will
play the prelude to this latter opera
The first number on the program is the
Fifth symphony Of Beethoven, of which
Berlioz snid. ut appears To mo 10 be the
direct and unmixod product Of tho genius
Of it's author, the development of his most
individual mind. His secret sorrowa his
lits of rage or depression, his Visions by
night, nnd his dreams ~ enthusiasm by
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
Tho Playhouse
PHILADELPHIA OKCHE9TRA
LEOPOLD BTDKDWsKI, Conductor
Season 1920 1921
FIVE MONDAY EVENING HYhpITGNY

FIVE NFNFIHf I ~ FEeTIFFF = 7 NFfffFiF
fDECEHTs
SEASON TICKETS 10 former Subscribers.
November -. t6 and T. ON sale At ROBE
LENS, 7fO Market street. Subscribers are
requested 10 call promptly for tickets,
sale 10 Subscribers begins fhurHday.
November la
pRIOEs s7.6o. 5000. f4.SO. "a 90 $500.
according ~ location.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
BOWLING.

The following scores were made on the
irady allevs last night.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
GALLI GURcI AT THE AUDITORIUM.
Grant Calls Practice.

Manager John Grant Of the ST Thomas
football team has called practice for to-
night ut Fourth and Grant avenue He
requests every man out for the workout,
especially the linemen. A game is pend
ing with the Parkside team for next
Saturday afternoon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
Defiance Social.

The first social affair of the year on the
Defiance calendar viii be staged this
evening in the form of euchre and dance
to be held in Pythian Castle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

day, form the subjects II tho work, while
the forrne of both melody and bnrm0ny. -
rhythm aud Instrumentation, are ~
essentially new and original as they ~"
powerful and noble"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
h>-secretary Sues Brohuw
Services and Profits in stocl.
Market Named in acti0u

l'Nlhg Brokaw, society man and or-
q the Foremost amateur skaters. was
defendant i'll the Supreme Court yes
terday in d suit brought By william
IT, o Brien. formerly his secretary ana
bcohkeeper for $3,450 for services and
tor an accounting OF the profits made
ny brokaW In the stock market on in
fcrmation furnished by the secretary.
O'Brien said he advised his emDlovcr
as to the prospects of st. Joseph Lead.
Cambria Steel, United States Steel and
other securities. O'Brien told Brokaw
there was a dividend coming on United
States Steel. Brokaw, according TO
O'Brien, called upon Ebert II. Gary.
who had no information to give him
about the expected dividend O'Brier
says his emp oyer invested SS0.00O on
ms advice and had a quick profit of
S5,347
Brokaw testified that he gave O'Brien
$1,000 in settlement of all claims. and
did not understand that the plaintiff
regarded this as only a payment in ad
vance, as the plaintiff now claims
Brokaw denies that he owes his former
secretary anything.
The trial will continue to-day.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Small Milk Dealers See
Ruin in Price Battle
Impossible to Sell for 10 Cents
and Continue Business,
BROOKLYN Man Asserts

H. S. Chardavoyne, milk dstrbu-
tor, of 4o6 Court Street, Brooklyn, de-
clared yesterday that some of the
smaller firms would be strangled by
the price battle between the two
largest companies. He declared tina,
his firm, together with some of the
other smaller distributing firms, gavo
81 greater amount of butter fat in milk
way managed to hold some of their
business.
I'VE will sell Grade B milk for II
cents this month and Grade for 49,
Mr.. Chardavoyne said. "We could not
sell at lower figure and stay in bust
ness. The fight between the larger
firms seems to be aimed at the extinc-
ton of the smaller competitors"
W. A. Evans, of the Evans Milk
Company, Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn,
declared that he would meet the Bor-
den's Farm Products Company's price
of 16 cents for Grade B milk and 1Y
for Grade A. He declared that the
future of his business was darker than
it ever had been, but that he found 1t
necessary to cut two cents quar-
from the February schedules to retain
his customers. At the Empire State
Dairy Company. 284O Atlantic Avenue,
brooklyn. it was said that Grade 8
milk would be sold for II cents and
Grade A for 19.
The Levy Dairy Company, Nine
teenth Street and Avenue B, it was an
nounced, would not modify its price
schedule, but would continue to sell
Grade B bottled milk to grocers at Is
cents. to be sold by them to consumers
at Is cents
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
House Talks Lobby Bug
That Thrives ON Poison
Pest Immune 10 Specific Will Be
Attacked Under Powers of
Maintenance Fund

WASHINGTON, Feb. g. Lobby
bugs invaded the austere pages of
the Congressional Record to-day while
the House turned aside from debate on
the deficiency appropriation bill to dis
cuss their. ravages and take few
laughs on the side.
They have ruined large supply of
stationery which 1 recently got and
which is charged against my station
cry account" complained Representa-
tive Barbour. Republican, of Cali
fornla, while the House rocked with
mirth, they even have eaten the COW
ers off my books
Il have had the Superintendent Of
the office building squirt a solution
supposed to be bug juice three or
four times around my Office. and when
he got through they seemed to be
more numerous than when he started. y
They get fat on it," interposed
representative Juul, Republican, Of
Illinois.
Representative King, Republican. of
Limos, interrupted that perhaps il
there were anything eft to eat" in the
House office building restaurant "the
gentleman's books would not be dis
turbed by reaches"
The House debated the bugs" uu-
til assured that the maintenance fund"
provided in the bill would supply a
war chest for counter~attacks upon
the enemy
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Negroes Told to Prepare
For 'sBloodiest of Wars"
Attention of Department of Jus.
tice Called to InAammatory
Articles by Marcus Caryey

Prediction of coming "bloodicst
of all conflicts" in which the negro
will not fight on the side of the white
man, is contained in an article by Mar
Gus Garvey. editor Of 1.-The Negro
World" in the issue Of that publica-
tion dated January II, 1920 The at
tention of the Department Of Justice
has been directed to the article, which
is headed in four-column lines:
"All negroes should pull together
for q strong and united race"
The bloodiest of wars is yet to
come and negroes the world over
should prepare themselves"
Garvey in his article. which is date
lined Montreal, Canada. January s."
appeals for race solidarity. and speaks
of the convention Of the Universal
Negro Improvement Association to be
held here next August. He then writes:
"Our convention Of August will in
spire us with the new cry of Liberty
or Death We may as we'll prepare
ourselves from now on for the blood
lest of conflicts AS race we
have decided already that we have
fought the last battle for the white
man. We have died for the last time
for him. We shall now prepare to an
swer the call Of Mother Africa when
she demands of us our wealth, our
strength and genius to deliver her from
the grasp of the oppressor.
$50 long as white men are going
to rule and brutalze black men, Just
so long must we continue to prepare
for the greatest war in the history of
the human race"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Baltimore Stock Dupes
SwineIIcd Of $4,000, 900

Special Cores pondcnce
BALTIMORE, Feb. 3.-Unwary buy
ers of stocks in this city have been
swindled out of more than $4,000 900. it
developed to-day. when grand jury
heard series of complaints against
smoth- -tonguer salesman of worthless
securities. The sucker list" used by
some of the statesmen, which was sub
mitted to the grand jury, contains the
names Of more than 1000 persons in
this city.
AS result Of the susceptibility of
the bloated Baltimorean purse to invest
the profits of the current business
boom in any security promising great
returns. this city is beginning to get
the name of a Mecca of wildcat schemes
Information submitted TO the grand
jury showed that a New York clergy
man had been swindled out of S15,0Oo,
and losses Of $4,000 and S1l 900 by
two residents of Baltimore were re-
ported
Fifteen companies whose stock has
recently been foated here are under
investigations
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04

was a matter Of which Secretary Baker
had taken personal cognizance, but
outside Of the transfer Of single
pier TO the Panama Railroad Company
no acton had been taken.
Chairman Jones remarked that while
the army was retaining its Hoboken
piers Shipping Board vessels were
paying from $3.50 to $400 day for
bcrthing privileges. This led to the
observance by Senator mberlain,
Democrat, Oregon. that "whenever any
department of the government gets
hold of given activity it takes an act
OF providence to get them out Of it,
General Hines in reply declared that
much of the Hoboken space had been
required for storage, adding that at
one time the army returning from
Europe had 100000 lost pieces Of bag
gage stored there
Major General William NJ. Black.
former chief of army engineers and
now engineer for the Shipping Board,
who was another witness, sharply crltl-
cized port conditions at New York and
the utterly rotten, unscientific state
of our railroad rates, which by making
one part of the country pay the trans
portation expense of another has
Brought about this congestion.
Shipping Board vessels, General
Black said. had paid recently as high
as $500 a day for berthing in New
York, though pre-war rates were $50
10 $50. As a remedy General Black
suggested that the Shipping Board be
given authority to acquire and control
as many piers as possible. including
construction of a great central rail
road terminal opposite Bayonne. \. T..
and the requirement Of the armv's
Hoboken terminals by the board
Port facilities at New York we're
greatly congested. he said. although
the facilities at Boston and Philade-
phia were not half utilized
san Francisco. Seattle. Los Angeles
and New Orleans. General Black as
serted. we're the only four ports in
the United States organized for opera
tiOn
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Wins Right to Enter Z. 5.
Negroes Versatility Convinces
immigration Inspector He'll Do

Should any one in these days OF
labor shortage desire the services of
bookkeeper, typist, stenographer. con
Juror Juggler, illusionist, motor me-
chanlc or movie actor Norris Fitzger-
aid Roach. late sergeant in His Mai
eesty's Sth West Indies Regiment, is At
his service.
A strapping negro stood at attention
yesterday when an immigration in
spector at Ellis Island, examininp.
Sleerage passengers from United
FRUIT liner, called for Roach. He said
ne had fought in France, Belgium and
Italy ''''''
But we want to be sure YOU won't
become public charge said the in
spector Can you make a iving ?
What's your trade?"
Norris reeled off the list given above
and was still going strong when the
Inspector stopped him.
you'll do/ he said, and he was ad-
mltted to the country.
which of your trades are Won 90.
ing to follow in the United. States ."
some one asked the West Indian.
nope to perfect myself in all Of
them he nswered. 90 %
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
'Sl1innnnv'' Is Barred
I'm Pittsburgh by
Dance Hall Edicl
proprietors to Establish, "a
Blacklist of All Dancers
Who Arc Guilty of Inn,
proper Conduct OH Floor
Special Correspondence,

SpeciGl Correspondence
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3 Shimmy. ca
Yorting the check-and- jowl shuttle and
all other forms of tcrpsichorean iazz
are taboo in this city. SO are all
couples who persist in dancing these
outlandish steps. which the dancing
professors declare are without rhyme
or reason. BY edict OF the leading
dancing masters and the proprietors of
the large dance halls, one of the tight
est bans on improper dancing this city
ever has known soon will be placed in
effect.
And the dancing masters, aided and
abetted by the proprletors OF the dane
ing academies, are going further. If
possible they will invoke the law to
prevent dancing of d questionable
kind" here.
An ordinance designed to prevent
certaln dances is being drawn up and
VIII be presented to city councils with
IN few days, with the request that
its enactment and enforcement is nee
essary to prevent dancing from sink
ing TO low moral level Dancing
masters to-day announced that any
couple who offends in one dance hail
will not be permitted on the Aoor of
any other reputable dancing academy.
A coalition has been organized and a
blacklist" will be kept.
+. J. Foreman, owner Of dancing
academy, said about dozen academies
IN the city will be organized for sup
preston of improper dancing
We run dancing academy for a
god many years" said Nh. Foreman,
earnestly. "But before 7 allow improper
steps and holds 10 go unreprimanded on
my floor, III close up my place I think
city ordinance forbidding such dancina.
would have good effect. and am going
TO help to have one introduced in a
short time. But the most effective way
of dealing with the menace is to estab-
llsh plain, oldfashioned BLACKLIST ,
Then the offending couple must make
up the amends where they danced I'M
property or started ..ny disturbance be
fore they will be permitted on any other
reputable tcor.'
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Maternity Centers Cut
Infant Mortality Rate
Report Shows One Death in
Ninety-nine, Instead of
One in Thirtv.s;x

The death rate of babies has been
reduced from one in every thirty-six
to one IN every ninety-nine, of those
who came under the care of the Ma
ternity Center Association, according
to the annual report Of that organiza-
ton delivered sterday by DR.. Louis
l. Dublin, at meeting at the home
OF Mrs. Robert l.. Gerry, SO East Sew
enty ninth Street
DR.. Dublin is chairman Of the COM
mlttee on records of the association.
-Four hundred and ninety five babies
We're born alive under the care Of the
Maternity Center" he said, "and of
these only five died before they were
a month old. This makes rate of one
ior , every ninety-nine births. The rate
Tor the United States at large is one
death in every thirty-six babies.
"Of the 495 births only one mother
died. The average for the nation of
deaths of mothers is one death in
every 200.
DO not these figures prove the
value OF prenatal care? More women
die in the United States from causes
incident TO childbirth than from any
other cause except tuberculosis. A
large percentage of these deaths is
preventable"
Mrs. John S. Rogers. retiring presi
dent, told in detail of the work Of the
association. On December 81 it had
1000 mothers under its care and sup-
ported eleven clinics and nineteen
nurses who visited mothers in their
homes.
Miss Mabel Choate, daughter Of
Joseph H. Choate, was elected presi-
dent for the coming year, with the fol-
lowing other officers: Vice-president
Miss Mary l.. Dawson; treasurer, Mrs
Arthur Scott Burden; assistant treas
urer, Stephen G. Williams; secretary.
Miss Anne Stevens.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-04
Shipping Board
Sells 2 Former
German Liners
The Mercury, lO,35O Tons,
Goes toe. C.. A. Fitsch, and
the Pequot to the Wymans
Company for $l,335, 900
Hines Asks Concessions
General Wants Ships to Fly
US. Flag and Be Returned
il, National Emergency

WASHINGTON. Feb. Coincidcnt
with the explanation of Brigadier Cen
cra Hines, chief of the Army Trans
port Service, to the Senate Commerce
Committee Of the War Departments
attitude toward the sale of former
German passenger liners, the shipping
board to-day announced the sale Of the
Mercury, one of the thirty former
German ships for which the board
recently received bids. The Mercury
however. is not ono of tho vessels
against the sale Of which the War
Department has protested.
The Mercury, vessel of t0,350 dead
weight tons. the board announced. was
sold to Charles c. A. Fitsch, of the
American international Bureau Of Sup
plies of New York. The purchase price
was not made public.
Bids for the twcnty-nine other former
German passenger ships still are being
considered by the board, and Chairman
Payne said tonight it was un-
likely that any decision would be
reached for day or two. In THO mean
time it is expected that an agreement
will be reached with tho War Depart
ment in the matter of the disposal Of
such vessels as the department has
included in its transport reserve.
The Pequot Sold
The board also announced tho sale
of the Poquot. an S,900-ton cargo yes
sci. formerly German owned, to the
Wymans Steamship Company for ST.
325 900.
General Hines. explaining the posi-
zion taken by the War Department that
tho former German boats should be
operated permanently under tho Amer
lean flag and that their purchasers
should bind themselves to turn over
tho ships to the government in a ma
tional emergency, told tho committee
hat the army was holding millions of
dollars worth of equipment to reft
lhem as transports should the need
arise.
Discussing with Chairman Jones of
the committee the disposition TO be
made of the army term mails acquired
at Hoboken. Newport News. Va. and
other ports during the war at cost of
S192 900 900, General Hines said this