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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
Yankees Opened Today's Game BY
Scoring Two Runs in First Inning;
Giants Euened Up in the Fifth

hasn't been having any great sue
cess with his underhanded delivery
this year, might halt the advance OF
McGraw's men. II Mays doesn't bear
out this belief, Huggins is prepared
to make a still more desperate play
and send Bush into the game with
out two days rest.
McGraw. with the two victories
cha.ke6. can afford 10 take chances,
and ne has nominated Hugh McQuil-
Ian for the pitching duty. Ryan. the
youngster who relieved Nehf. and
worked so admirably for a short spell
In the opening game. is TO be kept
ready for relief. Snyder probably will
be behind the plate fer the Giants.
Stengel's lame leg still bothers him
and Cunningham will likely have the
center field job for the Nationals.
The Giants scored their runs Of the
Il ird game in the third and seventh
innings. The phantom opened the
third with single over second. Ban
Ward. who kicked II into center. The
blow might have gone for a hit, as
Ward had 10 make a great diT, 10 get
pehlnG II. nut lne scorer Ca.!cN IL an
error II sent Scott to third. Groh then
bounced high one to Royt. who toss =
ed TO Dugar, catching Scott On tho
way home. Bancroft got TO third. and
Groh to second, while the oLt was
being made. Bsnnde scored on Frisch =
sacrifice fly to Witt and Groh count
ed on +. Meusers single TO right cen
ter
Frisch's single TO right in tho scv-
enth. arrer two We're out. scored Fan.
croft. who had walked and advanced
10 third, when Groh singled on a hit
and-run play.
Huggins tried TO stave N defeat by
using Elmer Smith ard Home Run
Baker as pinch hitters for Ward and
lfoyt in the last moments OF play. But
the spook's curves were too much fol
| them. Sam Jones pitched the final in
ning f9r the Yankees.
Both clubs went through fast
fielding workout. A light rain con-
tinued to fall internationally and Il
was quite dark.
Every seat in the unreserved sec.
tons was taken and another capacity
crowd was in evidence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
MAN FOUND WITH
BULLET IN HEAD At
BRANDYW|NE SPRINGS
Died Soon Thereafter at Della
ware Hospital Without Re-
gaining Consciousness.
SUICIDE Is SUSPECTED

An unidentified youth, who was
found lying on the steps of the Bran
DIVINE Springs Park pavilion with a
bullet lodged in his brain last night
was suicide and not victim OF
foul play, in the opinion Of the
authorities.
This is the solution OF the mystery
surrounding the death of the youth,
reached today by both Captain Of De-
tectives Benson and State Detective
Moore. following an exhaustive inYes-
tigation at the scene Of the shooting
and questioning OF persons who were
known to have been in the vicinity of
the pavilion yesterday.
At first detectives assigned 20 the
case immediate tely upon discovery of the
body worked on a theory of murder
which. however. was shattered upon
further investigation. which lasted un-
I'll the early hours of this morning.
While convinced that the fato'
wound which caused the mans death
was self inflicted the police are exert
ing all their efforts ir trying 10 iden.
tify the man who appears 10 have beer
about twenty years old by locatins
his relatives or friends in Philadelphia
where It is believed he lived. In one o.
his pockets there was found a transfer
OF the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
given on its Fox Chase line, which /.
| in North Philadelphia. The tim,
markings on the transfer showed tha
il was issued shortly before O'CLOCK
yesterday morning. The police nav,
definitely determined that he was a
Brandywine Springs at O'clock yes
| terday afternoon.
Continued on page II.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
LONG JOHN SCOTT THE
HERO OF THE HOUR
Giants Pitcher Who Won Yes
terday's Game the Talk or
the Big Town.
BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening

Polo Grounds. New York. Oct. :.
Their aspirations cooled by the
frigid breath Of a ghost from base
halls graveyard, Miller Higgins
Yankees stood today in the shadows
Of their own tomb. They must re-
cover from the blight Of the pha antom.
long John Scott, whose rafting tar
heel bones gave them a scare yester-
day from the likes Of which only one
team in World Series history has re-
covered
The unearthly pitching that the
spoOk brought from the cemetery
caused the Yanks' bats to pass
through as IL the balls were bits of
ectoplasm, and, in "A worldly way OF
speaking. defeated them. TO o. in
the third game OF the Worlds Series
The defeat was the second in the
series for the Yankees. In the series
OF 1921. the Ghlnis set a precedent by
winning the title after spotting the
Yanks TO the first two games.
Long Johns pitching bones were
laid 20 rest last July. Pat Moran. of
the Cincinnati Reds, officiated al the
obsequies. lie had pronounced Johns
pitching days over. the dirge was
droned. and the baseball world soon
forgot that John Scott had ever lived
Then some world being communi-
Gated with spiritland and Scott learn
/ ed there was a dearth of pitchers. He
| turned over in his musty coffin, push
ed out It's sides and stalked 10 earth
/ He liked IL. decided 10 stay. got tot
/ and showed faint signs of materializ-
| ing John McGraw of the Giants
needed pitchers and he would have
! them even II they had to be resur.
/ rected.
/ So the gaunt figure Of John Scott
/ appeared yesterday on ff1e mound
they call the pitchers box. Versed a:
he was in the tricks Of the beyond
he put 'em where the Yankees
couldn't see them. Everywhere I
Yankee waved his bat there was Jar
emptiness. Sometimes Long John lie
them tap them. depending on th'
support. and his dependence was wei
placed.
NJ st every living being in the base
ball world is thinking about Scott 10
day. but the Yankees are thinking @
other things. Miller Higgins neye
wants 10 see a ghost materialize gair
and he's trying TO forget about it b
making desperate plans for today
game.
He believes that Carl Mays, wh
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
CITY COURT CASES.

Charged with driving off an auto
robbie without the consent of the
owner. Wilbur Saunders. colored,
Unen arraigned before Deputy Judge
Lynn. in Municipal Court this morn
ing. was held under $500 bail for the
Court OF General Sessions.
Bertha Morris. colored. arrested
last night by Policeman Wurtele. was
dismissed by Judge Lynn.
Declaring that the trouble between
Joseph Baba and Samuel Olivara. the
former charged with disorderly con-
duct, was a fifty-ffty proposition.
JCdge Lynn suspended sentence
against Baba and placed him on pa =
role. Olivara. who was also charged
with contempt of court. was dismissed.
Although Joseph Milburn pleaded
that he be given another week 10
make good, Judge Lynn imposed a
prison sentence of one year on the
man for non-support of his wife and
child. The court ordered fifty cents
deducted from Milburn's daily earn
ings.
The case OF Peter Kaldroslki, charged
with non-support of his wife and four
children was continued until October
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
SPECTATORS DRENCHED
At FIRE DEPT. DISPLAY
Hose Bursts When Pressure Of
Three Engines Becomes
Too Great.

About 100 onlookers were drenched
and three or four persons were knock
ed down. this afternoon. when large
power hose. with which the Fire De
partment was giving its Fire Pre-
vention Week demonstration al the
du Pont Building, broke. throwing
hundreds OF gallons OF water in every
direction. No one was hurt seriously.
however.
Water was being supplied the power
hose by three engines. and a curtain
of wnter was being thrown the dis
tance of the block. The bystanders
had pressed close TO the truck. and
their eyes We're riveted on the spray
of water when the break came.
Despite the fact that there was a
heavy fall of rain. hundreds of spec
tators assembled about the du Pont
Building 10 watch the demonstration
The audience was slightly diminished
by the breaking of the hose. for the
drenched persons. looking like they
had been rescued from a river. We're
compelled 20 hurry TO their homes
The firemen gave some very interest
ing demonstrations and the day was a
success. Notwithstanding weathe'
conditions.
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SCORE BY INNINGS.

Murk and mist lay cupped in the dark
hcllows Of the Polo Grounds this
afternoon when the Yankees met the
Giants IN the fourth game of the
world series while old man Gloom
"a, In the clubhouse of the Yankees
ion the button from the aggressive
National League champions
The American Leaguers were the
home folks today and gave funeresl
welcome 10 the Giants who planned
to make II three straight over their
hapless foemen and capture the crown
O. baseball.
The McGraw men believe that
THURSDAYS tie game will be the near
cs, the Yankees will come to smelling
u victory I'm this emboglio. We have
rot the Yanks on the dead run" said
Jisinle Groh. midget third sacker OF
the Giants and exponent Of the bot
tie bat. and we will keep them on the
run. The Yankees were supposed tC
have five starred pitching staff. bu'
] have not seen a. yet"
A slantless mist fell during the day
dampeniny the field. making prospect.
of contest dubious and uncertain
THE weath.rman took n look 10 the
.ps, and figured that the ocean breeze
would bring showers before nightfall
The wind came in puffs from tn.
east bringing with 1t an intermittent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
JOSIAH MARVEL HEADS
COMMITTEE IN CARE.
Of LIBRARY CAMPAIGN
Saws He Could Not Hesitate to
Serve Cause Meant to Honor
Dead Heroes.
MOVEMENT LAUNCHED HERE

Interest and enthusiasm pressging
ultimate victory for the undertakinE
featured a largely attended meeting
last night In the club room at the Hotel
du Pont OF the committeeman and
team captains who are to he in charge
OF the campaign to secure n fund OF
$500. 900 with which to erect a me-
mortal library at the University OF
Delaware to the memory of those men
and women, sons and daughters of
this State who gave up their hves In
the World War. The Importance or
the movement is twofold for II VIII
be n great addition to the educational
facilities OF all the State and secondly
il will be lasting and useful and
very proper monument TO commemo-
rate the memory OF the
heroic dead OF the little Diamond
State. Delaware. as in all other
things, once more comes TO the front
as the first among the sisterhood or
states for Delaware Is the first state
In all the Union to erect monument
10 it's soldier dead. Other monu-
menjs and memorials have been put
up but only by cities or communities.
such as Washington Memorial bridge
which Is a city and county project but
not State project. 1t will also be n
state memorial that will be erected
without any financial aid whateve
from the state itself.
Last nights meeting was virtually
the formal launching of the drive In
this city, although the intensive cam
paign does not begin until October 20
ON the evening Of that day there will
he the inaugural campaign dinner al
the Hotel du Pont and during the
week Of October % the campaign will
be waged. throughout the State by
an organization which has beer
brought az near perfection as 1t is
| possible to attain. The gathering last
evening was for the purpose of puttins
on the finishing touches to this state
wide machine and at the conclusion
/ OF the session IL was admitted b,
everyone there that the project II
hand has been wonderfully planned
and laid out 80 that the only remainin,
requisite Is the individual effort o
the many team captains and team
| workers
j Everett c. Johnson. former Secre
! tary OF State. has been chosen genera
chairman of the campaign committee
with John &. Rossell as treasurer
Josiah Marvel is the chairman of tn
.sxecutiye committee and as such tn
active directing head OF the under
Continued on page 3.
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ALLEGED DOPE RUNNER
HELD IN HEAVY BAIL

Charged with possessing and ped
ding narcotics, John Brewdngton,
alias Charles Fewclothes". Of this
city, alleged runner" between Will
mington and Philadelphia. with head
quarters in Chester, IA, was ar
raigned before Magistrate EllCtt In
Chester yesterday and held in IS 900
bail for trial. Virginia Johnson, alias
Maize Fisher" Chester, who Is known
in police circles between here and
Philadelphia. said TO be one of Brew
inston's alleged assistants. was held
in $1,000 bail. In default of security,
beth prisoners were committed To the
county jail in Chester.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
U. S. SHIPS CLOSE BARS.
Lasker Orders All Liquor on
American Vessels be Turned
Over TO Mellon.
~ Associated Press 70 Every Evenlng.

By Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
Washington. oct. Master Of Ship
ping Board vessels were ordered today
by chairman I-asker by direction OF the
President and Attorney General
Daugherty's liquor opinion. 70 remove
and surrender 10 the treasury depart
ment officials all intoxicating liquors
aboard ships.
The order, which applies to gov
ernment ships operated by the board
and under charter 10 private con
Germs, became effective immediat tely
with respect TO vessels in American
ports. and will be made effective on
those at sea and in foreign poets up
on their arrival at American ports.
Attorney General DAugherty's deci-
sion will be found on page Il.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
Five To One Shot Wins Handicap.

Kempton Park. England. Oct. T.
Soubriquet. Sir Edward Hulton's three
year old. by Lemberg out of Silver
Fowl, won the Duke of York handicap
Of $4,000 run here today. Major Har-
old Cayzer's Poisoned Arrow was sec
ond and H. Tattersall's Tetrabbazia
Vas third. Twelve horses started. The
betting was 10 / against the win
ner.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
Filler Resumes Rio Journey.

BY AssOciaied tTvss 80 ever, ..Nuuing.
Port An Prince, Haiti, Oct. 7.--Lieut.
Walter Hinton, who is making
flight from New York 10 Rio Janelro
resumed his journey today after sew
eral weeks delay here during which
new engines were installed in his ma
chine. He left at li.30 o'clock, over
land for San Domingo City.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
COOLER WITH SHOWERS.
Weather Bureau Predicts End OF
Drought and Heat Wave Next Meek.

Specia, Correspondence Every Evening.
Washington, Oct. WEATHER out
look for the week beginning Mon
day-North and Middle Atlantic
States.
Fair until latter part. when shower.
are probable. Considerably caoler arss
part CT week
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Liberty Bona Quotations.

BY Associa.ed Press 20 Eyery Evening.
New York, Oct Liberty bonds
closed: sis's, 1oo.6s; first As, 1OO.Os;
first ANS, 100.24; second AXIS. l0o.14;
third ANS, lool0; fourth AZ s. l00.2s:
Victory ANS. uncalled, 10o.4o: do
called, 1oo.14
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Rock Island Signs Agreement.

py NSsUNIHtou ITtss W rFtTy NNcnIna.
Chicago, oct. THE Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific Railway Co. today
renewed for one year it's wage. work
ing rules and conditions agreement
with it's engineers, the first road in
the west 10 do so.
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BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
Pasadena. CAL Oct. 7.--William Nc
Kinley, II years old. cousin of former
President Mckinley, died of heart
disease here while seated in BARRIERS
chair.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07

Paris. Oct. 1.-Niscount Curzon.
British foreign secretary. following
another conference today with Prem
Ter Puincare. told The Associated Press
that he and NJ. Poincare had agreed in
principle on new instructions to bs
sent 10 Allied delegates 70 Mudania.
IL was announced this afternoon
that the cabinet had fully approved
the instructions sent The French rep
resentatives at Mudania by Premier
Poincsre as the result Of this morn
ing's conference.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
SULTAN ABD|CATES.
IS MOSCOW REPORT
Mohammed WIS Cousin, Abdul
Medjid Effendi, Succeeds
to ConstantinopIe Throne.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
London, oct. A report that Sui
tan Mohammed VI of Turkey has abdl-
Gated was received early this
afternoon by the Russian delegation
here in a wireless dispatch from Nos
COW. There is no confirmation OF the
report. but Moscow is believed 10 be
in close communication w.th Con-
stantinOple.
The Moscow despatch which repeat
ed a message from Angora, says that
upon his abdication the Sultan named
as his successor his cousin Abdul
Medjid Enendi, who will be known as
Medjid II.
Since the successful campaign ot
the Turkish Nationalsts army
against the Greeks there have been
several reports OF the abdication Of
the Sultan. In reply to these reports
he decided in letter to a friend on
September 80;
Il shall continue 10 discharge my
holy duties until the end. When the
Nationslists enter Constantinople
shall have something pertinent - say
10 them"
Nevertheless press dispatches have
continued to intimate his intention OF
| abdicating in favor of his cousin.
/ Abdul Medjid Enendi.
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This is the pla n Of the Prosecutors
Stricken and Beekman. In Mills they
will have a mild hammered man Of
small stature. who has contradicted
himself more than once since the body
of his wife and that Of the rector were
found side by side. In Mrs. Hall they
will have. on the other side OF the
table. a woman who. according 70 all
reports. is strong minded. cold. deter
mined, shrewd. II. as is .premised, the
two are handled by the Prosecutors
without gloves the examination room
will be the setting of a most dramatic
scene.
Continued on page ..
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Paris, Oct. Great Britain and
France, as represented by foreign
Secretary Curzon and Premier Poin-
care have agreed in principle that the
troops OF the Turkish Natronalists
shall be allowed to occupy eastern
Thrace only after the conclusion Of a
peace treaty.
This general agreement now Will be
referred 10 Rome by the Italian repre-
sentative. Signor Cali. me Italian
charge d'affaires. who concurred in
the agreement
There Is considered 10 be little doubt.
however. thar all viii accept and that
the details VIII he worked out this
afternoon So that the Allied generals
at Mudania can resume their confer
ence in full agreement with each other
as to the terms to be offered the Turks.
The solution agreed upon provides
three steps for the return of Thracs
10 the Turks as follows;
First, the Greek army and those of
the population desiring 20 leave must
evacuate Immediately.
Second. "A Turkish clvn administra-
ton will be installed at the same time
The allied troops take the place OF the
Greek forces 10 preserve order.
Third the Turkish army viii ne al
lowed 20 cross the straits OF the Dard-
7nelies and enter Thrace only upon
conclusion Of a peace treaty and l.
will not be until that time that East
ern Thrace is completely restored %
Turkey.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-07
MRS. HALL OR MILLS
MAY KNOW OF MURDER
PROSECUTOR SAYS
Inquiry Points to Rector's Fam
lily or Sections, He Tells
Newspapers.
CALLS WIDOW UNNATURAL
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening.
New Brunswick. y. j., Oct. John
r. Toolan. aesistant prosecutor OF
Middlesex county, who has been active
in the investiga tion of the murder OF
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs.
James Mills. choir leader more than
TWO weeks ago. when pressed today by
newsra permen as 10 the PROCESS in
the case said
ut looks mighty like the inquiry
is pointing into the Mills or Hall
IA mily. Somewhere in one of them
there is come one who appears 10
know more than has been tolG.
Mrs. Hall has not acted naturally.
She has shown no interest in her
husba nd's death, hut instead has gone
into eeclusion and will see no one"
crisis is rapidly being approached in
the inquiry into the Hall Mills muir
der mystery, and within compar.-
lively few hours the county prosecu-
tors of Mddlesex and Somerset coun-
ties will either demonstrate their abil-
ity TO solve this mystery, vndicate
Jersey justice and bring TO book tho
murderer or they will prove beyond
question that their bungling in the
early stages Of the investigate has
allowed the escape of the perretrato'
Of one Of the most brutal crimes Jer-
sey has known.
Not later than Monday. Mrs. Frances
stevens Hall. wealthy widow Of the
clergyman. and James Mills. poor
sexton Of the church and husband of
the murdered choir singer. will face
each other across table in the court
| house, and one or the other will make
good on the statements nc or she has
made.
Contradictions in the stories Of the
! two that are almost vital must he ex-
| planned. On the thoroughness of the
expla nations given at that time tbs
future action Of the authorities vii
depend. An arrest may follow thi,
extraordinary dual examination.
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ID. q. h. X. Dance.

Pythian Castle. sOs West stree,
Monday. Oct. Q. kimmeys orches-
tra.--Adv.
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W Gather FNrecast

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening.
for Delaware:
showers tonight and probably sun
day morning: cooler. fresh south. shift
ing to west and northwest winds.
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amusements ronIgnL

Garrick-"Mary's Ankle.
Aldine-Naudeviue.
Queen Nice People.
Males tic" "Timothy'S Quest"
Arcadia "TOi' able David"
SayOy-'Tho Forbidden CITY"
strand Peck Bad Boy.
Play house Repu blicau meeting.
Dancing.