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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
NAV Take Salem In.

Baseball fans in Salem prckcd MP
their ears when word came from Port.
land that Judge McCrcdic, owner %
the Portland Coast league club, has OF.
fercd his support to q scmtpro league
which would include team from Sa.
lem The propocd league includes %
team from Astoria, one from Salem and
-four from Portland. The main obiec.
ton 10 attempting to place a team In
this city is that no suitable park ig
available aud that the support Of tho
fans has beeu found waning in the past
on numerous occasions The old bail
park near the penitcntiary ON state
street oyerlows with watcr each wm.
ter and cauuot he put In shape until
late in the spring nnd the fence and
gmndstand have gone TO ruin.
Two wears ago, undor the munagl.
ment Of Ray Baker, the Salem team
won ~ ont Of . games played, but
in that season the Salem team was for
tunate IN having a class A pitcher In
the shape Of Earl Baker, now with
wichita, and the main item ui expense
In a scmipro club was solved nt home.
II Is certain ii Salem is TO put a base.
ball club in the field that someone must
expect 10 spend lot Of time In build.
ing up q team and that his labors viii
not he rewarded in financial way for
a year AZ least, as the baseball spirit
in this city has been dormant for a
year.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
king May Come Bact.

Springfield, Mo-, Jan. 2.-Johnny
King, Of Kansas City, former star
catcher for the Chicago Cubs, announc-
cd here today that he may rethrn 10
the baseball diamond during the com.
ing season,
" Recently" " said King "I have re.
celved seveR ! offers. One came from
Cincinnati and the Others from Federal
league clubs II decide to return TO
baseball, however it viii be vita the
Cincinnati club, shall call on the
owners of the Cincinnati National
league club within the next few days
and shall decide then whether or not
to play again.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
Baker Goes To Michigan.

Earl Baker, of this city, formerly
with Louisville but now with Wichita,
in the Western league, well known as
the invncble pitcher Of the Salem
champions Of 1912, will leave Salem
January ) for Michigan, whore ho will
remain until his team goes south for
the spring training, Baker had a good
year with Wichita after he was recciy.
ed from Louisville en- hlde, and eX.
poets to finish among the first rank
pitchers Of the league next season, bar
ring an injury. Baker has been in Sa.
lem two weeks this winter to spend the
holidays with relatives and TO pay over
u few games with the baseball bugs
around the stove.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

The press agents have been spiling
a lo. of stuff about Gunboat Smith 's
comeback" in licking young Tommy
McCarty, the western cowboy, VINO sue.
cumbed to the Gunner's wallops last
week, But If Gunboat showed anything
OF a startling nature in the perform.
ance | am at loss to tell what it was.
McCarty is mere novice, a boy who
really doesn't knew anything about
boxing except to rush in with his left
hand stuck out and to chop with his
right at close quarters, In front Of n
shifty fighter McCarty would prove the
rankcst sucker. ! doubt IL he would
lay glove on a snifty fellow like Mike
Gibbons in 40 rounds, if he had the
god fortune TO last that long in front
of the middle-weight wizard. But he
did connect with Smith frequently be.
cause the Gunner knows only one meth.
cd, which is to meet every rush head.
on. But McCarty's blows did not carry
the force Of the Gunncrs, and when
the latter did finally get over a right,
after many abortiye attempts, McCarty
cfumpled quickly.
IN time McCarty might be made into
a good mamie has splendid physique
but his friends ought to first place
him in the hands of n capable boxing
instructor for six months or 80. A map
who knows as little Of defense as Tom.
my boasts can hardly be dignified by
the title of boxer.
Gnnboat Smith may have come back,
although n great many persons are Of
the opinion that he has not yet arrived.
Friends Of Willie Ritcaie announce
that the American lightweight cham.
pion S hat is in the ring again. Willie
is interested in the hat business now
out IN San Francisco, 80 that announce.
mcnt is not surprising. But IL Willie is
anxious to resume his trade of boxing |
have not yet heard anything abmt 1t
outside of n mmor here and there that
Willie would be matched with Freddy
Welsh for q lO.round exhibition some.
time in February
According TO reports from San Fran.
cisco Ritchie has taken on great deal
Of weight during his idlcncsB, aud now
resembles a heavy welter more than q
boxer who boxes in the ncighborhood OF
l33 pounds. However, that is frequent.
ly the case with boxer who lays Off
for Il while, and Willie is not yet
through growing, so that II would not
be surprising if he mad taken on con.
siderable flesh while loafing But at
his age IL is no great task to take tho
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
Bantams Tonipht.

New York, Jan. p Eddie Campi, san
Francisco bantamweight, will clash here
tonight in scheduled lO-rUnd contest
with Young Marino before the Broad.
way Athletic club, The winner will be
given match, probably next month,
with Kid Williams, bantamweipbf
champion.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
Hyland Averapos 7nh.

lIyland and Marshall are leading n
the two.man team bowling tournament
now on in Eugene, defeating O'Brien
aud Hayward last night, lyOnd and
Marshall made total Of ll2O pins aud
o 'Bricn and Hayward 0Gl. llyl0nd was
the star Of the match, securing the
high score Of 2OS and the high average
of 205.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
1.-TWO Big Dubs.u

Waterbury, Conn, Jan. 2-Gmboat
smith, Of san Francisco, and Battling
Levmsky, Of New York, were referred
to tolay by local fans as "two hg
dubs, ~ following their l2round con.
test here yesterday. The affair was
called draw, but the spectators
thought the referee should have dis.
qualified both men. The bout was the
slowcst ever seen in Waterbury. Tle
crowd hissed the men frequently, aud
especially at the close Of the bout
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

poundage OFF, and imagine that il
proper Inducements are made he will be
glad to accept proposition to box
somewhere near the lightweight limit.
For that matter, ! fancy that in taking
weight Ritchie nas nothing ON Freddy
Welsh. When Freddy did actually
make weight in the bout with Young
Smgrue, which was the first tine IN
many months he had really reduced, hc
fought like wooden man. Welsh is
no longer chicken aud finds it no
trifling matter to reduce and enter the
ring fit aud strong at the same time,
In a letter to New York friend,
Ritcnie says he will gladly box Welsh
here next month. II is to be hoped
that the match will be made. Although
no longer world s champion, Ritchie is
Il warm fayorte with the fans, and
his return TO the ring would mean a
packed house wherever he elects to ap.
pear.
Richie u return win be welcomed by
lovers of the sport everywhere, lie is
a credit to the profession aud the pity
is we haven I more like him in th'
game.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

that match has been arranged
Frankie has fought The best Of the di
vision and has splendid record
though ! doubt he Is sturdy enough Ia
staud Off ifc champion IL q 2O.rounl
bout, Williams looks the best bantam
we hove had IN wears.
JAS. H. CORBETT.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02
Johnson and Willard to Meet
for Championship in March

head of pugilism unless he has demon
strated in fair combat his right to oc-
cupy that proud pinnacle.
Ring followers WAC saw that stupid
exhibition between Gunboat Smith and
Jim Coffey recently, and recall the fact
that Smith has a 20-round verdict over
Willard to his credit, cannot help won.
dering what johnson will do to big
jess when they meet-always proyid
ing Jack is anywhere near the form
of 1910.
Sam LangfOrd boxed Gunboat Smith
twice. The first time the bout went
the limit Of y rounds, and the critics
limited that the affair looked suspicious.
The next time Sam stopped Smith in a
few rounds without exerting himself
very much While il is doubtful #
either Smith or Coffey could beat Will
lard, it is also the popular opinion that
Willard would prove quite as easy a
victim to Langfccd s skill and punch
ing powers.
While such men as McVey, Langford
Jeanette and Willis, to say nothing Of
Jack Johnson, remain in the game, the
business Of 'whito hoping" will hardly
thrive to any great extent. Unless some
youngster Of unusual promise flashes
ON Che horizon there is little prospect
of change in the complexion of the
reigning race in heavyweight pugilism
in the near future.
The facts Of the case are that the
white heavyweight class has not devel.
oped first class fighting man since
Jim Jeffries, Barring Tommy Burns,
who unfortunately was Handicapped IN
size, there hasn't been white heavy.
weight before the public in recent years
who could be rated anywhere near first.
class.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

Fans specang the future Jimmy Callahan the dposed
Rowland
Callahan will COmiskey
capacity aud that ultimately he viii become the Of the
who wishes rcmqu There
that Callahan New York Of the Yankees While
Callahan has during his head Of the
he has done fay we and he and his pOn Che0gO
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

Rochester, n, ", Jan. 2.-Toy Ross,
Of Newcastle, Pa, holds newspaper
decision today over Jim Flynn, the
Pueblo fireman, MS result Of their 10
round bout here yesterday. Flynn has
lost much of his former speed and was
outclnssed by Ross from start to finish
lt's up TO the loyo.sick youth to take
his from a spoon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

Kid Williams, the bantam champion,
performed in New York Christmas day
in l0romd bout with the veteran,
Johnny DAILY DAILY, being little short
Of an iron man, managed to stay the
limit, but he tool, an awful beating.
DAILY, while good enough to hold bis
Gown with the rank and file Of ban.
tams, If not better than the average,
was no matcn for the little bundle II
agprcsivcnsess from Baltimore
With the single exception Of another
veteran, Frankie Burns, do not know
of any bantam who stands chance
with Williams. Burns has challenged
the Kid and expect TO lcaiu any day
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

head of pugilism unless he has demon.
strated in fair combat his right to oc-
cupy that proud pinnacle.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

people in moderate circumstances
would like to live in more desirable
neighborhoods, but rental prices
are SO prohibitive that they are
compelled to live in undesirable
and unsanitary localities, thereby
increasing the death rate and caus-
ing preventablc diseases to be quite
prevalent among them. The high
ly civilized white man has it in his
power to cause a decrease in the
death rate among Negroes. Has he
enough humanity in his makeup 70
do it? That is the question.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

The three thousand Negroes who
went to the Massachusetts State
House and protested to the Govern
or against the showing of that mis-
cradle photo-play The Birth of a
Nation, Tom Dixon's "Clans-
man III pictorial form } set a prcc-
edent as regard, colored men and
protestation. Never before has the
like been witnessed anywhere in
the United States. Some may qucs-
ton the wisdom of such a demon
StratlOn, but we say it was the
thing to do, and the way in which
they went about their Outburst of
righteous indignatian showed they
meant business with each letter
composing that word a Capital one =.
NO other race of people would
calmly sit down and let their ira
ducers and calumniators SANDER
them as is done by Thomas Dixon
and his cohorts in the Birth of a
Nation without objection, and
that is why we are heartily III &C
cord with the Boston men of color,
and the hundreds of white men
who supported and still support
them in any rightful and legal ell
deavor they make toward conserv-
ing their rights, as citizens who are
entitled to the same protection as
any other Americans.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

The improvement of our roads is
the most important Public duty and
the success of this great movement
will rest upon every loyal citizen.
| feel that the people of the state
want better roads and l hope that
they will enter into the movement
heartily and make these two good
roads days Of lasting value to ev-
cry one. Believing in the patriotism
and loyalty of the people Of West
Virginia and their honest desire to
90 the most good for the greatest
number and to help make happier
each home, / call upon every c1ti-
zen to help Gift West Virginia out
Of the mud"
In testimony whereof I have here.
unto set my hand and caused the
Less Seal of the state to be affixed.
(SEAL)
Done at the capitol in the city Of
Charleston, this the tweNty-second
day Of April, in the year Of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and fiji
teen, and Of the state the fifty-frst.
HENRY D. HATFIELD.
BY the Goveror:
STUART f. REED,
Secretary Of State.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

That our general law makers as
q rule make it hard on decent men
and easy for thugs to rob and muir
der is plainly seen by the non pistol
carrying law. 1t has never stop
ped thugs from carrying them and
never will, but it has stopped good
and law abiding citizens from car
rying them in order to protect
themselves from the outrages of
the thug element, and it should
be changed, for it gives the thugs
the assurance that all respectable
people are without them.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

We wonder sometimes that the
Negroes make the progress they do
i'll this caste cursed country. This
too, III spite of the fact that all
manner Of hindranCes, and every
disadvantage that can be put in his
way is used by the cnvious and
narrow minded white man. How
he can boast of his fairness and
then treat his black brother as he
does is beyond the power of scnsi-
bic and impartial people to com
prehend.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01
DANISH BUTTER
is HURT BY WAR
Geographers Issue Interesting Article
About Denmark AS Worlds
Butter ExpOrter

WASHINGTON, April 2G-How
the great Danish butter trade has
suffered from the present war and
why little Denmark is the worlds
biggest butter exporter in normal
times IS shown in the following state
ment, prepared by the National Geo
graphical Society:
zone Of the many strands in the
wonderfully complex web Of world
commerce that has felt the severe
strain Of war is the Danish butter
trade. Danish butter, Russian caviar,
French champagne, Norwegian sar-
dimes, and Strassburg pate de foie
gras are articles standing alone
among their several kinds-special
luxuries that Fate dispenses only to
her favorites. The butter OF Den
mark has been famous around the
world, and heretofore it sold every.
where that people were to be found
with wealth enough to develop spec.
ial tastes. The war has largely in
terferred with this rich industry
Denmark's butter brought the high
est price in fancy markets and it was
considered superior to that if any
other nation. 1t was used by the ep-
icures in North and South America.
South Africa, in the East and West
Indies, in Egypt, India, and through
out Europe. Good Danish butter
sold at $1.0O a pound, in tins Of one,
two and three pounds. Cows in 9th
er lands seem just as sleek and the
grass grows elsewhere just as succu-
lent. but, despite these general adj
| vantages, no other country has been
: Il 10 1>,,4t
the changes of climate so we'll, or
thta tastes SO crisp and sweet.
"Dairymen in Holland, Sweden and
Siberia have done their utmost TO
produce a butter that could vie with
the make Of the Danes without sue
cess. The best buffers of these coun-
tries are worth less than half as
much. Scientific dairy operators in
Germany also failed to duplicate it.
Even from the milk COWS of the
United States, animals favored be-
yond most others, it has been found
impossible to produce grade Of but
ter that can compete with the Danish
article.
Danish butter is proof against
climate. Butter, when shipped through
the hot zones, melts and remains in
liquid state as long as it is e%roSrd
to the tropic heat. Danish butter
goes through this test, melts with
the heat, and hardens with the same
sweetness Of it's flavor, while other
butter loses it's sweetness and flaw
or under these changes.
"The Danes do. not explain the SUI
periorty Of their product. They as
sert that there is no secret in their
process Of butter manufacture, but,
nevertheless, they are reticent about
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

The time honored maxim fights
like Turk is being literally
forced home to the Allies at this
time. Basis for our contention is
the stubborn resistance which is
being afforded the French, English
and Russians who are trying vainly
to force passage through the Oar
danelles. In Our opinion this great
European war is going to be a lev
eler of peoples the like of which
has never been seen before. In
short, it is going to knock into a
cooked hat the socalled superiority
of the aristocracy which really is
aristocratic only in name. Mark
Our word and see if we don't prove
to be some sort of prophet when
the war is over.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

Every now and then, we see re-
ports, statistical and otherwise, of
the high mortality rate among col
ored people i'll many large cities.
Granting that said reports are ac-
citrate, there should be no surprise
in the mind Of anybody. 1t is
simply natural consequence Of an
existing condition, and that condi-
ton is the miserable housings af-
forded Our people in nine out of
ten of Our large cities. They are
forced i'll many instances, to live in
mere novels, have no sewerage and
undergo all manner of injustice at
the hands of unprincipled landlords
and agents. Many times co1ored
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

taxing strangers through their great
packing establishments. The Dan
lsh commission houses buy the but
ter which they pack from small
diaries all over the country, some of
their material coming from as far
as Finland. This raw butter, so hey
say, is taken and mixed carefully at
thelr central packing stations, and
IS worked over again in order to free
1t from every particle Of milk. The
packers insist that the raw butter
which they buy must be prepared
only from sterilized milk and cream.
and that it must be prepared in sci
entlflcally clean surroundings.
After these packers have re-
worked the butter, they color it uni
formly with the juice of the ordinary
garden beet, and pack it in hermet.
lcally sealed tins. They maintain
that they use no preservatives or
chemicals whatsoever Nevertheless
their butter has consistently held
the advantage, and, until the wars
outbreak, it formed the basis Of one
OF Denmark's most thriving and
widest known articles of export.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

Martinsburg is in the grip Of a
strict Blue law propaganda, it
being impossible to get shoe
shinc' here last Sunday At the
same time though, III certain parts
of the corporate limits, immortality
and gambling were having full sway
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01
SATURDAY, MAY |. 1915

Color prejudice is reported TO be
having full sway at the San Fran
cisco Exposition, SO the only thing
we would suggest for our people to
do is to steer clear of the big show
and tell every fellow and his broth
or to do likewise.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01

Probably nothing on the Berkeley
county farm has suffered more from
the dry spell than the strawberry
crop. According to several farmers. a
settled r1in at this time would assure
bumper crop this season and would
mean thousands Of dollars to those
growing these berries. The rain yes
terday was Of some good, but more is
needed.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-01
GOOD ROADS DAY
FIXED BY GOVERNOR
Chief Executive Designates May 20
and 81 AS the Time to Work
Roads.

Roads.
Governor Henry d. Hatfield has
which days the governor asks that
all business be suspended and that
all able-bodied citizens labor upon
the public roads those two days. Tie
county courts are also asked to meet
rot later Monday, May 3, to issue a
proclamation calling Upon the people
designated May 20 and p as Good
Roads Days" for West Virginia upon
to give their labor on those two DAYS
and to appoint such persons as are
necessary to effect competent O..
ganization.
organizations Of the state are called
upon to help carry out the undertake
ing
year ago many hundred Of miles
of roads were improved during the
two days set apart by the governor
as Good Roads avs 1t is believed
this year will be at least double that
OF year ago.
The proclamation by Governor Hat
field is as follows:
PROCLAMATION
To the People of the State of West
Virginia, Greeting:
Whereas, 1t has recently been said
Good roads mean life and progress;
bad roads mean death and decay"
and
Whereas, West Virginia being one
of the richest states in the union in
[ natural resources, and possessing a
citizenship as patriotic as is to be
found has been looked upon as hav-
| ing the worst roads, and though
Astounding in the most attractive
scenery the world possesses we have
been Stunned by the tourist; and
Whereas, The soil o. West Virgin.
Ia is fertile as can be found, Stats
| tics show that more than seventy
flve per cent OF our improved land
| is lying idle and our markets being
supplied from abroad, which is due
directly to bad roads; and
Whereas, The future of our state
and it's value to future generations is
dependent on the ability of our peo-
pie to produce material wealth which
Is only possible in developing our
agricultural and horticultural inter-
| eSts and in the expansion of our
schools and social centers, all of
which is dependent on the improve
| men Of our roads; and
Whereas, The urgent need Of bet
ter roads places us face to face with
| one Of the greatest problems of this
| age but once solved will result in
| the greatest good to the greatest mum
Der Of people; and
Whereas, The people Of our great
and glorious state recognizing these
| facts, in response TO my proclama-
ton did turn out last year and by
their efforts made great and lasting
improvements in our roads; and
Whereas, The good work thus done
has been of SO great a value that at
no time in the history of our state
have the roads been as good as they
are now at this season Of the year
and by reason Of this the greatest
| effort to produce more on the farm
is being put forth and the spirit of
more production at home is among
the people; and
Whereas, There has come to me