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. ordinary working hours.
\ wany'bf‘ the games and contests.
' France ielt discouraged rcfi‘rding
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NEW XORK. Not". :w Football, not
soccer, but fhe-man-to-tnau tutti-Curie
gala type. has been started in Porto
Rico. and the solders are taking to it
[the ducks to water. despite heat and
Mandy playing field that elsewhere
would be- oonsidered too heat y for last.
team work. .
The tire. battalion of the 374th regi-
ment Slditid the football craze late in
fieptembci by challenging the rest or
ii :5 regiurcnt., Neither side scored, but
in“ broken noses Were reported among
tine casualties. This was the first
blood drawn by the warriors and it
added such zest to the life of the camp
that the 373m regiment has taken up
the game. '
As a result of the interest in the
football gamcs ,the athletic director
his Eititicu thc sport to the regmay
p 'ogratii oi "play day" events for the
hoops. 'llits is probably the first up.
pvarttnct of football in the tropics.
littliftliilillltl ,
Prospect of Peace Causes
Sportsmen to Keep Horses
)facotnliers racing (‘0101'8‘ will be seen
on the race tracks of Newol’or'k next
year. With the prospect of peace be
fore the end of the year he has chann-
ed his plans for 1919. He sent word
to Walter «Jennings, his trainer. yer»
tcrdav not to sell any [“01" horses.
With the war over Mr. Mat-outlier will
be at liberty to devote his attention to
the turf as his war work for the gov-
ernment will not require his actual at-
,. . . . . tendance in t‘aiifor’ni
“ Am fifty-three stardin “5 service “i am certainly gla that Mr. Ma-
ting. the southern Association has made mm” has (”b-mm m continue in ran
it bid for honors among the minor base— lug next year." said Trainer Jennings,
1““ WIN“- ' “‘5‘ 59“” ‘hm “’1'” “and I know that raf‘i‘gm‘r; will be
only 120 ”“79” on the ”51°” of the eluted when they bear the news, for
eight Southern Association clubs and his colors always have been popular.
“9‘0“ half that number “"9 “0W 1“ lint l'tu sorry that i sold our of Mr.
military ”“1“?“ in addition ”VFW“ Mat-orphans Lories. i had an offer of
“"9 ““3““ ‘0" “9””? Milk 01‘ tuition for Star Master, but rejected
service in other nun-combatant branch ,1
es of the NaDn's forces overseas. Ac» ‘
i "“33 ‘0 “W“ available 118““? much. but i would have liked to keep
Chattanooga tops the list of ciubs Wm- Mary... and ‘Wnt‘ Pennant. “may
with eiett‘ll of its fifteen players eith- arc coils of the highest (1353 an:
“4' in the army 0" ““«V- MOWO has most promising tinibcr for next \eur's
nine statsinitstlag; Memphis. eight; “(n-me..."
Birmingham. 59"9’11 Lil“? R00k..=i-‘i. The lilamnrberhorsea probably will
ond‘Nasliville. New Orleans and Ar wintcr at lir. Mut‘omber'a ambit! at
ianl‘ti, four each. lit-linont Park instead of at Silvcwok
i Stock Form, New Jcrscy. as was phin~
Much has been written regarding thc ricd.
wonderful work of the American Eng} Flags Equala' Record
neetjs in France, both at thc oases pi Flags nt'\"‘l‘ ran :1 bettcr iacfi‘in ‘..‘is
cute United States Army and along liir',t’til‘t‘t’l‘ than he did in tlic Annapolis
runny connecting lines which book up liatiflit'tip :it lite Pinrlico track yester-
t.t.o tl‘ont lures with Ilitib'oul‘izt‘siDl‘gllgi- uni. 1h! i‘ill‘l'itili 1'39 pounds and was
my. There is, howcvcr, another sill: hampered in the early“ stages. of the"
to their activity. which is just as :c- race. but iic managed to get u in
matkablo and praiseworthy, especially time to nip Jock Scot, the pacemaker,
place it is gratuitous and done filter on the post by a nose. The tho“.
it is lllcprc» 1le 4.1 will not only flit! fastest of
paring of fields or enclosures for tho T‘nn nu-elint". lut equalled the track
.ooldior athletes and without which it record, '
would be impossible to play. hold .Molm' For, the favorite. litrtl irnnt
opportunity to show iits brilliant speed
Stories of the helpful work «at the asiic Was caught in il tiockci a} the
engineers in this direction are tam- start and kept (hero. é .
saintly being sent back “pl-(,5. “H. The \‘l'itltlt-ii Stakes for two y or
N‘lli'i along the following Iiut's: Recent olden of ii mile and the romount race
I) a Y. M. C. A. athletic director “.1111 for stallions tllrzible to become me
an En lucer re town '11 e ‘ property of the gotcmmen‘f are. c
g S ‘U the c margin: features ‘of tho ‘ Pimilco. can! day.-
outlook for sports. Titanium; an field Billy Kclir will carry 130 noun a it!
"i didn't mind losing Motor (pawn
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BALTIMORE. .31th Nov. 9:~A. K!
it. for baseball, momma or ev its“: lite Wilden and it Mmdfi, (him-am
ketball. To rcliovcgliis mind he told
his trouble to a sergeant. “it’lit'a~ a
baseball field you warm." quote the tit-r
gaunt. “we‘ll have it."
A rocky. uneven and generally dom-
Jate pasture was selected as the only
possible place upon Which a ball park
could be built. The physical director
thought that possible, after a year‘s
work. something might be made of it.
That was before he know the Engi-
neers well. it took Just three days. to
"skin" off the field, lo'vol it; roll it and
put it incondition for play. even to tlio
building of a fine wire-tigtfing‘ibnck
stop and marking out the foul lines
with flags. The jobs was dOIlP by the»
men after tiny bad,put in it hard day
at their regular tasks.
whole regimentgtssisted at cm-
or another.
.With the baseball field in operation.
it was decided to promote boxing. The
drawback was that flit-re was no plain
to page bouts except the floor of thc
~hut..snd the men who wanted to'rotttl
orwritp or llstcn to the music mil-
cbine wouldn‘t stand for that. Again
.tbo sergeant was consulted. In three
dawn he had put up. mar the but, all
‘good a ring as ever hinged a champion-
“ ship bout. .It has a weli~constructcd
platform, ropes arranged in the prop-
er manner, padded floor and n time-
ke’eper‘s gong. They didn‘t say where
they got the boards and nobody seeth-
ed to care, becausc tho officers who
might have been fussy. were too busy
time
- crowding into ringside seats for the
opening performance. These are but
two isolated incidents of what the En
‘gineors do when their help is needed
[A keep the sport spirit aiivc. ‘
“MIKE" TIERNAN. OLD DIAMOND
disputing .. iilti clnilri‘ -
Practically flit- .
win at the distance, 'ther‘t‘i ‘citnr he no
”m" ”k “f. "n. P. uourxrou.
i “Committee."
champion.
Unique Situation That Developed to
a Game in New England
NEW ‘\'0RK.~t)ne of the chief
charms of baseball. according to it
famous veteran arc the new plant and
situations whim constantly arise 'ln
diamond battles. It is doubtful. how
even.“ he eve; conceived a situation
similar to that which arose during a
game plavcd in New England during
the path summer.
, it ' was tlic fifth
runners on the bases and, one out
when a htrttcr stopped to the plate.
Right at his liccls came the next
player cntillctl to but, who look a
position just it stop or two away from
the builPl"t-"il()x. The hatter hit it
sharp crounrlcr dircctlv to the pitcher
and dnshcd for first base wlillc all
the runncrs ’t'ticcd around the Itasca
toward homo.
it appeared to he an easy matter to
throw otit the player attctnpfinLr to
score from third, at the plate and the
pitcher promptly throw to the calcit-
or, who was all set incomplete the
play. At this point, however. the
unusual happened. Tire man who
had been awaiting his turn at tho
but jumped into position and as the
ball shot ,ntiross the plate took a
mighty swim: at it driving the ball
far into the outfield for it home run:
five rurs crossing the plalc before the
ball could be retriea'etl. . w
, Something resembling a riot among
the players of the two teams anti the
pat-man spectators immediately de-
veloped anti there was a' rush for
innlnc, three
“STAR. otssnor TUBERCULOSIS the umpire. Af‘ter lunch argument
Silent Mike Tiernan. rittyone the arbiter declaredihe hit-and sub-
ytiars old, famous home. run bitter and his decision upon the fact that both
.“iiiiieldf’i' Of 1119- New York Giants in the pitcher and catcher were in their
the early 90's. went to his death as respoctiire positions when the ball was
silent and reserve}! as he accepted the thrown up to the plate. ‘Not satis-
{Ellamlons .oi umpires. which gained tied with this ruling the losing team
”if in!" his bit-49bit“ DHlI‘OHi’miC. H9 took the case. to high baseball outbox“
died a victim of tuberculosis in Belle was. who, after a careful gtudv of the
Hi? HOSDilfll Tliiil‘fiday night with Tilt! oirwmotauces. reversed the {umpire-'2
“PS sealed to the last as to his identl- verdict. it was their decision. which
it. On the hospital records was wm- has generaliv been accepted an cor-
tcn the name of Joseph. Egan. “My rect. that tho rhunni-r’attempting to
«no. retired. of No. 2123 Eighth aye' score from third, was out owing to the
mic and from knew that “Silent Mike" interference of the batter, who bl’
'rici-nan had been in the hospital since hitting the ball thrown to complete
implici- it. It was not until an under the play at the plate, prevented the
ll iicr who was sent by hi: wife. came puttingout being accomplished.
yummy to claim 13‘ body that the The run governing lawman in
mi diamond titar's ldéltlty beanie; round in are omclal militant code tin.-
known. tit- [and ‘m a fictitiou- “we“, section t5.'vhtch- roads:
mm became he did not walk in: “mm miner It: out: if It“.
{fluids to know he was In Balm. “ about and I M. mm on
~—~ «- . W has. the batman interferes
INFLUIN1A~LA “I"! ‘ with Emily being made at the home
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Pass Resolutions on Death
Springfield. Mass. Nov 7.
The drrttlors of the Eastern League
met at lift Cooley Hotel hero, yester-
day afternoon to take action on the.
dcath of Norton i". Plant. ownor 0f tbef
New London club and a director of the:
league. It also developed at the meet.
ing that Pt'tsidcnt Dan O'Neil is about.
to start for Peoria where he will rep-,
resent the Providence and Bridgeport;
clubs before the National Association
of Baseball leagues at their annual
meeting. President B. P. Moulton of
the Providence Gl 's is starting ac-
tion against the Na tonal Commission
for about $2500, which he says is due
him for Latent-r Walter Mayer. who
was sold to the Boston Red Sox last
season. Mr. Khullon says that the
commission paid the money to the
Detroit club in settlement of another
claim, which he says was purely per"
'sonal between, himself and President
Nnvln. of the tittroit club.
The Bridgeport team's claim is for
title. to the services of l‘itciier.Alcx
Ferguson, who was purchased front
the New York Yankees and who bo-
rame a free agent at the end of the
season because of arrears in his salv
ary. The Bridgeport club contends
that by a later payment of his salary
they are entitled to his services
The resolution drawn up on
death of fill. Plant follows: ‘
"Resolu-ti, That the directors of
the Eastern League of Baseball clubs
denim to manifest their sorrow at the
death of their brother dircctor Mor-
ton P. Plant. late president of tho
New London llaacbalf‘dub. They wish
to testify to their appreciation of his
sound sports-anion. which. was al-‘
ways evtdcnt in his dealings willrthc
league. Mr. Plant ‘Wai dearly be-
loved by an with 'Wth he came ill‘
contact and all had the utmost row
apart for his love or sport. llia judo
nicnt (“iii advice on all muttcrs per
taining to the league was highly rt; ,
startled by his assoc-illicit. 1i) his tit‘iliil‘
the league has ltrstaa motif valuable?
lilt-
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‘iiomc. but c
coming back.
-l will -ltave sortie plctnrea taken. and
i send some homc.
(an Expeditionary Ftrces i
nitration
llllliilituiiliitl
(‘crporal Jriscph M. Mueller. with
Base Ordnance Depot. No, 2. Ameri-
n France.
has writ‘en the following letter to his
mother, Mrs. t‘arrie M. Mueller of 21
Washington street.
hear Mother: Just a few lines to
let you hour: that i am getting alcng
finely. and trying afine rest. only
doing six hotusfidutyi out of ‘24, so you
can see how things are for me just
now. i am at a My nice seaport and
see a lot of American Jackles. and
believe me. Mother. they are one line a m” “’“l
bunch of boys. and they treat us boys
like king. for they sure like to sit
down for hours at times to hear our
stories. They give us all kinds of
smokes and American candy, anti
maybe we weren‘t
can candy once again, to; it was the
first i had'liad in marry 1' month, and
not only that l have not got a cent;
have not received any pay since last
May, and the worst of all i have not
had it hit of mail since July it}.
Anyway. how is c'wrilhlntt back
home and what are you doing with
yourself. Goo. l’ bet you are if)!”
all be borne by Julywi. 1919. What do
you say about it, do you think so?
By the way. Ma, how is the weather
back in the States now We haw rain
every'day just like last
here. it rained in September, Scum.
ber, December. and two weeks ind-tr
. uary. and thcrr wait a lot of wit mud.
But i don't mind that back here, for
l have good dutiful and not line cuts.
down to ltifi pounds.
hospital tny wright “It‘s the, today .
ant weighing fill“. so you can see lain
Art soon as I not paid
How in that. Ma?
Well. i will come to I close mm.
ihoping this lcttcr will find you all in
tho best of health. With lttsol‘ flood
.iuclt and lots of low to you}! am.
( (lltf‘llilAl. JOSEPH MUELLER.
. 1.“-.. ”Wm...
glad to get Ameri—
heer up, Mother, we will Woolf. will slim. «if they are unable
yéur over this swaaon and Durham will pl
When I left the
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iiiifii i‘iiEthfimiuu ‘
i WW' .iiiillililiin
. ‘ ' 3ft: :3' d: 1
Strong ScarleLEle ' millet:
§ Real Test Ag . 1 Bez-
dek's Temmrd {0' “morning. when he was ouestlnaet.
w i“ ‘ ‘ byjudge Georg H. Vr-sburg as to tilt-
Mat WWW Haijcwe _ of the domestic troubles bc
Strong. ll emotions-- - Wilder“ and au- wife, yirs. Julia
.3
not and y too much mother-inlay
arflfmupuch sister-in»law.”- replied
Stephen Rail-n of ti Snowdcn avenue
i ' _' ‘ a}: . - ; aim.
Servrce T , .Pl-Iy u WTBolla wag arrested a- few days at:
Polo Groulfir ‘ .- 15' .‘ Oliccr union L. Lockwood, afte
> r—nt-v‘ -- ' s. Balla had complained to the [M
lice that she had been beaten by he
husband. The mlcged wife-beater
was heldiupder 150' bonds .on the
“chorus of, assault. and “breach of
peace nnd'bjs ogre came up in the cit;
court tbls‘inorninz.
[1.de that the couple have
been muffled ten .yearg and have two'
children. hey could not secm to get
along" very well and Mrs. Balla
claimed that during the ten years c
married life‘phe had been beaten by
lit-r husband on Q dilorent occasions
and that they were continually argu
ing. Balla, she declared. was not i
heavy drinker. but drank too mu‘c‘
about every six months.
When the accused was called to im-
witness stand he testified that his
wife was governed too much by the
opinions of bar mother and three air
”’3‘» and consequently they roultbnti.
Thc Rutgers football eleven will gel
chip mood when if. will
lint» up against - . .- state at. state
College, Penn. __ powerful Bkififll
team has b‘ad easy polling this station,
the only close game coming when the
Pele Bay team. combed by [frank-:
Hergin of Princeton, held it to a one.
touchdown victory. Just what kind
of material Penn Stnic has ill amine-
wirat doubtful but the players have
been coached by lingo Beulah. who
made it went name (omit. himself at
Oregon. _ ., ‘
Rutgers will iltll't’ its best talent in
the game. at Kelly at half and Baker
at quarter. who were laid up last
to opt. Coach Foatgr Sanford has two
very promising .suba in Kit” and.
French lp‘slgnd in. ‘Franckc, the. big
center. may not be able to play again
ay that agree.— . ‘ . 1 .
regards ‘ todait’s'. ~ in handing down his detision Judgc
tVoaburgs declared lie had no wish it
break up a family on such ground:
and-reprimanded both parties and put
them on probation until November 3t!
position. Rutgers
contest as the hardest on its schedule
"this season And it has put in a hard;
week of preparation. '
. final football will start at Cam-i
and l hoop very good hturs. l-arii1bt'jtittr tlihi at’trnioon.~»wlien Harvard "-
betting-luck lo M‘eixht again. You: wiiriitnr Tolls T‘ic viiriituu nfliilani A ”EST 0F. 3““
kncw ragt Ala) my weight w“ 193 unit..- at Harvard have. been consoli~ "W 1
pounds. and “it; the hard tlmcs we dilli‘ti sill iiittkii'iili‘itli t’ii’ti‘n. and ill" smuggling! FHrzin 27.7-34.2; P'o‘eé
had in June am July I ramwway "9““ limit’1 prettyiatrous. “W Pen” Stimc'years ago an American. takitr
oylvonia team. which lost last week
will liavn'.Michaell haul game at
Franklin Field today, its Lafayette
t'il’V‘ellitmka‘ formidable. ~ "
The first hulfl‘i‘or Glenn Warner'x‘
Pittsburgh team will be played today.
The date. has been canceled on ur-
t‘ouni of the influenza. Just how
sitting the l’nntlit-r'clev‘m is this your
will not hot knt‘wn unlll tiller tlrt-
mom with \l'ashitiglon and Jefferson
gtlrru afternoon Warner‘s foams are
a “cure" at n Gordian watering place
fell in with a (it-mum diplomat. They
took long walks and dined lilgttl"t~
over a period of some weeks. Eat-l
tried in vain to understand the other
The German admitted that in the dip
lomalic service in Russia his business
had boon that of corrupting the Rus
Hiiin officials and dotnotilizing the Ru
stall lenders.
could b0 clas‘nlfled titler the two head
lgs. "cupidlty" and ‘stupitllty."-ttnti
atrium
lie declared mankind Jim. tho former German Ambassador
llfliiilllwllllii
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BL‘E;\0s Anglos, Nov. 7 (Corner.
. apdonce of The Associated Pres-gaw-
German propaganda here has mania;
the form of a wellorganized campaign
of street corner soapbox weaken lat;
nunguing against the Allied blacklinitt. ‘
The speakers base their argumentson
the high cast of living, which they
trace to these blacklissts. " .
Evidently a large number of spook-a
ers have been engaged, for in all part;
of the business district and at If!
hours there are small groups of iisv’
tenors around a speaker who is mount: "
ed on a wooden soap box. And as in
moves from one corner to another he *
is followed by a. mounted membor ct
the Security Squadron. , =
These speakers are advertised as,
being members of the “Liga Prollquie
dad," which might be translated as the
Equity or Justice League. This league
has an office near the business center.
Over the entrance to it is a iihitnd that
«who so prominent during the Luvburg
neutrality campaign, but which had
disappointed. the shield of the Pit»
Neutrality League, so designed as to
make the office appear to be an office
of the Argentine Government.
The shield is the some Rite :tnd .
shape as those which designate Gov-t
eminent offices, bears the some kind
.of lettering and has in its center the
Mrgeutinc national coatof-artm. g ,
Last year this shield guarded .1 dour—- .3 ”
,way at one of the busiest corners in '
the city and at the head of the stairs
was the neutrality office which was
maintained with German funds, sup-
plied largely through the newspaper. ~‘
[A Union. At the head of the stairs ll.‘
now guards the office of the “ProJua-‘
tico League.” organized to stir up iil‘
tooling among the Argentines on the
argument that. the Allied blacklistsnie
responsible for the high cost of living.
The only newspaper in the city sup- '
porting this league la La Union, the
newspaper for which Count von Lux-
a,
hero. ‘uked and obtained a German
Government subsidy of ten thousand‘
peace a month.
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member and the club owners tt siuocrc‘40 HURT. 0“" Egg ‘ all“: a Utimuhv was; ’21:: thing‘s: 2:3: ‘ihfiftfhlitflill'o “it"l‘ép‘fm'im‘ ”“2
"mil: his worthlwt; 'wlalt' to pay a i} BELIEVE” D AD AS cam-f“ 0. '1.“ M mutt-rial. tic; worldL .izsifllflmld-|:n::fl0rfi(i0n0:;ifl in
l ~tfclt tribut ' GRENRDES EXPLODED “Pin" wil a“). 31.0!“de “mi tho wt'md wort: simil 'stupi anti of
1681“,. ”Willi“l 1K1” (‘XRFYQ f' 2 “ ‘ ‘ 1, ‘ " ’1 "ml" Brown M” play Syracuse limited activitit-s I'i‘imro Were no
"mourn o'r‘vrtt: L *‘ ‘ ‘ tcBntinti‘mi r‘ Ti . "‘ ”'9 “m” "m “"1 ”“‘ M” ‘"“ moi l bciind i..." (‘-r ran in -- t
. ‘ ‘ ‘ ' . : _ for“ “ii 13"" ilav the Naval Base tram; ; “ "‘ " n “‘ 8“" '
UNITED WAR .
WORK CAMPAIGN
(Continued From First Pact-l
which we already have it hit: slitti.
Tlit- biggest start any campaign has
ever yet had in the district of NOI“
walk.
After the reading of various reports
tho principle speaker of the evening.
the Honortiblc Linn \‘t‘ii’ton of Bridge-
port was ltilrodutctl. llis rr-rutirkn
were very pithy nnd produt-ctl .1 vcry
tolling lrnpresslan upon his ill llrt‘l'ri.
Mr. Wilson spoke of the solidarity of
tho great brotherhood which was now'
outplr’aalded more titan over by this
joint'cnnipnlgn in which all tilsllnu
tiolitt (if crcetl und l‘llf't' were being
brokcn‘down. in Amt-run men arc
learning of the great Brother all hart-
irrespective of their pt-cttliiir creed
and distinction. All was forgotten in
the work for runny American people
arc learning that they are all “broth
(its in Christ and brothers in Ameri—
canization." The boys ‘ovor there"
have settled thc question of '.itliitiili‘-
iy. The boys wlrc have come froth
every race under the sun and repro-
.~ient every form of- crcctl and rell‘zious
belief. it is a wonderful thing in the
history of tlic—l'nited States because
this feeling of solidarity has come
from her. it is a wonderful thing that
the United States was tho first nation
to conceive the idea that the soldier
can be a Sir Galahad. can be clean,
pure, wholesome. noblc and godly. So
the United States recognize-ti these
several agencies which are united iii
this campaign. the Y. M. C. A.; l'. W.
C. A.; Ki cf .03. Salvation Army; Jew-
ish Welfare lkinrd; (‘amp Community
and the Library Association and
gave than: permission to work among
and with the soldiers. it is their tel-
ling wotk that we are asked to sup-
port. to "GIVE to until it makes its
feel happy." ~'
t-IWi'dvthest‘ boys. our boys over
there that we must support. if peace
is declared the reason to support
them will ho all the greater. We must
protect, them as a mother would pro-
toct‘lier boy until we bring each one
back to .his home. ‘
after- the business of the evening
was attended to Landlord Connors of
the Hotclmod or very delicious buf- ‘
fat. luncheon: the expense of which
in provided for by one of the work.
Q".
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HOSPITAL NOTEB.
‘ ; ~ . , There will be plenty of at'ractlve
Extermde. might repult in a diaastcr “mpg-rm" hard in xpw‘v.,rk, The
similar to the onajat Morgan. N. J.. for strong Columbia mp“ “-m play
i “’3‘ than 3 quarter M a "“h’ 73'0“) in" Union and. although (‘oucli Dawson
scent- of the accident in tlic Growler lit!» {0‘31 cuc “1 his best mi." in Show.
plum 9t {in AetnaJ’owdcr Company. flit-re is plenty of promising material
wh;lc l h 'l‘ is being manufactured in m 1111 the tutti A an"... of unufiuu]
the plant of tlgyNitro Powder (lom- ‘ '-
pnny, two mil. distant. Quick and [:0 ~ . ' i .
effective work *on (the Part offircmen.‘ mizqgat’ng; “$31.10) (£35121; nivertilty
however. confined the the to three An “Rpm-mm “in-m mg. ‘1" be
buildings. which wondeatroycd. “my“, .1 n... polo Grounds betwppfl
kn'l‘he. explosion occurred inurlutt is Charley Brickloy'a Naval Transport
0‘1! “All? Buchon bull‘iml. a new tc‘atnt anti (‘amp Vt l. The (‘amp Vail
structure, about three hundred feet «let-cu already it . defeated Camp
'0'”!- in which W0 thundred WW)“ Dix by n decisive score and is madc
wem employed- “ was Just below the up of several former college starft
time for the shiftpf the day and itfrht This game will start at 2-30 and will
forces. When the first explosion oc- be “1"."de by a large ”(ma 0“ “pry.
curred a majority of the men and no ice man The Po h
. . - tun Bay Ic
men were hurled to the floor. their play Newport all Newporfe V9" will
heads and bodies being cut by flying will be another acv
A few years later. my friend had
absolute proof of the truth ofitlte con;
fcstiioii of that German statesman~
now in tlttI catitie‘y of the kaiser-.3 lic
-tii.+covt=rctl something wrong in his
household. fouiid one of his servant!
a (lcr‘niitn ally. and
foreign offices. he was asked if ":v‘
1 would like to are a photograph of his that the articles to he transmittedaro '
own home. title was thorouwu shown
copies of all the letters this spy hat."
sent to Berlin. Those letters are the
travail and standing of all the Amert
can. English, French and ltalian poo
pic who had called up0n him. at his
home. it narration of'the conversation
carried on. etc. '
When .I reached Bertie, l was quiet
ly notified by an American friend:
and um "if you have any papers you do no 01' in 005"“
Important Change in Rule: Announced
3 in the Mail to Foreign
Countries» '
The following order has just been
received by Postmaster Andrew Leary ‘
'at flit-"South Norwalk post. office:
In view of the appmacblnz holiday
season. it has been decided to accept
y discharged her packages up to and including Novom;
, i ‘ _. ,_ Elie incident had dropped from ~ hi 'bel' 20th, without the need for an rift-
'm “1 mm”! '5. the clash bp'w’m mind when. in one of the Europcnr dividual or special ‘
export license.
whentthe senders ‘ make stplnments'
both! the nature of a commercial
tranucflon. but are articlesicnt my
gifts because of the holiday Reason
and the packages are addrosicd to
members of the Allied armies or in-
dividuals serving in the Red Groin. Y.
M. C. A.. Knights of Columbun Sam-
tlon Army. or other similar organism
Elana operating in connection with‘gbe
leads some of those who were ablc Coach‘ “'fllkor'n mmfr ordeal for wish copied. keep them in your Dock pedlfionarv Forces elsewhere abroad.
or the Pclharu
rushed out, while others remained to pay clcvon h“ an unusually strong
aid the wounded and carry thcnr to umwm‘m".
“New ' ' The. Group Merrill eleven will play
A second explosion followed quickly Cam Devena at firm 1 d it _
ill the packing room at'lhe end of the ion, pwhlle other gamengfilil if); 3:
building. where by a strange freak. a. tween Wesleyan. and Hamilton and’
woman's hair was entirely blown off. Lam“, and. Muhl'enberg.
A man working in the same room is Six Western Godference football
expected to die it! We. ”8““ 0': ii teams and fouruervice elcvens will go
wound when a spike was driven in10'1n10 action today In struggles regard-
liitl neck. 1 . ed tb me: i 1‘
As soon as possible word was tele- die $1,“: this gefiggrtam in tin Mitt.
phoned for medical and police aid. ~ Chicago will meet ”16mg“ in (ibi-
Sberiff Smith. in ignition. and Chief cago in the first game between these if
of Police “to“ summoned liilyiiiCii‘Maold-tinie rivals to-thrtcen ’ Jr
and sent the city ambulance to "‘9 Illinois. which suddenly juiifggdl 33::
scene. Physicians from the nelglibiil“ the rush for tho conference honors
hood also responded and profilllil)‘ lid~ by defeating town 19 it: 0 n‘weékziigo
mmlsterodfirilt aid. the more seriously will clash with Wisconsin at Madison:
injured being taken to the Kingston Minnesota will oppose lowa at low
City Hospital andth Benedictine San- -crty,. Pct-due will'
,tarlum, when others were taken to to “1’99”,” Miclii
their homes. Among those believed to Ohio State.
be fatally injumd 13 Peter Schatzcl, champion, will clash with Case attCo-
an inspector. iumbus. while Northwestern will take
The work of the remnant WES hanr on Knox College at Evanston ludr
pered, for a time, by a great CPOWd 0[ arm will meet the Fort Benjamin liar-
oxcited relatives and friends. who ruah- risoncloven at Bloomingtcn ind
ed to the scene at the sound of the r ‘
iourney to Lansing
gun Aggies.
the 1917 "conference
first explosiou.‘ It was necessary to MAYOR OFFER" ‘
form a safety upon to prevent them .__..‘___8‘ TNOX‘
from rushing into danger themselves . y
it is the ‘opinio’h of nonworking in Pmnflfld' Eazflzfiym“ t° ""9
‘the room where the fit-If explosion oc- .
curred that a box of caps exploded PLAINFIELD. N. J.. Nov. 2,..th
first in some unexplained manner. set- litun N. Smalley, Mayor of North
ting off other explosives. Plalnfiold. who recently retired from
The lead auction each contain a. business to fake a position with 'tho.
cap crimpod to a me.- They are pack- Emergency Fleet when. an!
ed in boxes affora wooden can or too bounced his willfnanoai. to eitlfei'
but 30!! named on each, and tire .Wfliflim at chum-H 7 “ a”
punk m. no then thinned .oVer- our loyal busing-stimuli 110 max.
millionth Baobab-gm fitted to weight. that-M30: ., aim to
the ”M will” arrive. immfiaw .. «IR
“ W . t. a ‘wu-
teddy—mi M .. 3
at. My bags in this hotel have. to my
certain knowledge, been gone through
at least four times. Nothing is stolen
l« have 1 nothing worth stealing, ou: '
monioranda and copies are made from
all my papers. 1 only laugh because
of the wasted labor. My fun was to
find out the system. it was very
volumay. You are 'wafclred as you
leave yourbotel and should you start
and suddenly return. a signal goes up
front1 the stitch-and your room is'ar
quiet an dorderly on 'your return its
on could wish.’ ‘ ~~ '
Dr. Nowell Dwight Hilli‘s, successor
of Henry‘Ward Beecher in the Plymv .
outlr pulpit. was last yearln Belgium
Thiajoar he has been in Switzerland
and through the German devastate}
country in France. .
In the exchange of German English:
prisoners. arranged ». through Switzer
.land. 600 English boys-reach, Bertie
three times a week from-the 700 pris~
"on camps of. Germany. ,They arrive at .
five a. m., get their for coffee, break-
fast. kit of toilet articles. etc. from
the English women's committee and.
.are off an hour later. . .
i One of them smuggled through hilt:
ilonf ot.German prison bread. Hillis
promptly secured it. it was his “Ex .
hibit,A;""for his next campaign. " it
bad on auger hole through it to show
tho~ afraid” sawdust and "other ‘b.ui.itl
substitutes." Hillls treasured it care.
fully as he packed for departure ant”
rode it aeprte prcel for affe conduct
He stepped into notbarroom to speak
wow, and natural" in ten min
. ‘ . y yhiu treasured i“Exhibit. A"
ijm V _ . I
~ , .mcinutnner;
:.m hotel‘ Dl‘o'lflflor oohldi
»» . liar
many were‘ai'
NI mnmljturontd"
Packages degcr
copied up to the limit of eleven poll ,
whcn‘fully prepaid at tile internat-
al parcel-post rate of 12 cents a po _ ti
or fraction of a pound. ‘ *
~Each packn
1 .
go must be fully in?!
completely addressed, bear tiio W 1,
der. and. thin ..
and address of the sen
adition, the words "Christmas
age" or "Holiday Package.”
in Alaska Hawaii, and Porto Rico:
Chrlltmas packages may be 39939.3?
up to and including December “
1918
Articles Barred By Pat Office Reno:
— latlona .
.Thc following is a list of the pvt-3
cipal’ classes, of articles which“ are
unmailable: _ 3».
1. All spirituous, 'vinous. maltedior:
married or other intoxicating lifting!
2, All kinda-of poison and all artifice
and compositions containing poiao
3. Explosives of all kinds.
ibed above mav‘ho, 5'
'mllitary forces of the Allies in Europe, ' g .1
tion with any Allicdiflx-
4. Inflammable materials, 'lnciu
friction matches. . :- .~
6. Infernal machines and mach, l- :5.
cat. or other devices of composlti a
which“ may ignite or explode. w
Note: Under this classiflca
would come cigarette lighters. etc. ‘
. 6. Liquids or liqueflabie articleilr
fragile articles and other admissible
matter when not packed inoccofda
.with the requirements of the. poo
lawn and regulations, ‘ "
7. All other articles which matfifl.
or in any wise diurf. harm or lulu
another, or donate or deface or 0M
wise injure the mails or other-pro ,
i
Norwalk Chronicler