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New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
REDS BLANK COLUMBUS.

Columbus, Ohio, April S--Grif1ith, Louden and Clarke contributed singles in the seventh inning for the only runs scored in yesterdays game that the Cincinnati Nationals won from the Columbus American asso- citation team, to O. Running catches by Griffith and Williams carried Pitcher Schneider through the second inning, the one in which he was hit hardest. The score:
 r. h. C. Cincinnati ........... , , 1 Columbus .......... 5 ! Batteries: Schneider and Clarke; Blodgett Brady and Coleman, Pratt.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

Smith turned his ankle and he looks to be in for a good long sprain. The old saking was right-it's long sprain that knows no turning.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
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 AI RY GU7htz7d Rice

II must hit them heavily to be out of the fight when they have known the reward of getting there. I'd like to know the physhology of such a situation F. L. F..
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
Meaning This Much.

We are told that minor league eN- bibition games, or exhibition games against minor league teams. mean practically nothing and this dope may be absolutely correct.
 But we seem to recall in the old pennant days of Cubs Giants and Mackmen that they were not only losing any of these minor league contests but most of the scores were something like 12 to ?.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

There is only one American League prediction for this season that we care to make, and that is that the club able to win 90 games will finish first. For with all the power now extant in this circuit we can't vis- ualize two clubs winning 90 games or more, where last season two were able to win 100 or more.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
ATHLETICS POUND BALL.
Defeat Raleigh Team, 16 to 9-Play
 Game in Rain.

Raleigh, N. C., April S-The Phil adelphia Americans defeated the Raleigh club of the North Carolina league here yesterday 16 to 9. The game was played in the rain. The score;
 r. h. c. Philadelphia .......... 16 14 1 Raleigh ............... 9 Il 8 Batteries: Crowell, Morrisette and Meyer; Parnham, Iillion, Hooks and Howe.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

A bit Henleyesque. you might mutter, but what is abstraction among old pals?
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

No glint of glory from the height No flare of fame to call me far; Merely the ground to make my fight Against whatever odds there are.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
The Barrier.

The struggle of the Giants and Cubs to regain their old places at or near the top as in the days of old will be an interesting thing to watch this season, but as the dope points at present the odds are against both machines.
 The Braves, Dodgers and Phillies are stronger this season than many give them credit for One from this trio might slip and tumble, but you will find at least two either on top or close by. Which is to say that On form as it now looks to be one of the three shouldj win, leaving Giants and Cubs nly outside chance to rick up the glory that was theirs so long and which of late years they have missed so much.
 Another Slogan
 It may not be as fancy as the slogan
 known of old,
 Where Tinker, Chance and Evers
 were the centre of the fold; And yet I rather like the way the
 each seems to trip,
 Referring here from Peckinpaugh
 to Gedeon to Pipp.'
 An earnest reader seems to have us crossed in regard to certain remarks made about the worth of courage It was not our idea to say that courage played no part in sport. The point was that efficiency won oftener than courage and that there were many more entries blessed with courage than with efficiency.
 McGraW Would Like to Know, Too
 Sir:--I note from many papers that the Giants have been playing listless. indifferent ball through most of the spring practice. Why is it that a club that hustled and fought as it did few years ago should not reaiish the idea of regaining the top?
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
HE'LL LUNCHES ITS HITS.

Ee Park, Md, April 8.-By |g hits in the second inning off
 hweg, Cornell scored two runs |h this lead was able to defeat Fyland Aggies here yesterday The score:
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

Song of the Stalwart. Give me but room to fight my way I ask no other gift from Fate; Though it should crowd on me at bay, Where only ghosts and shadows wait. Sha doWs of old defeats blown by, Ghosts of old dreams drawn from
 ife's pit: Yet all I ask is room to try And prove Fate cannot make me
 quit.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

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 own O 1 O10 3x-5 6 i Eies-Owens, Finnegan and
 |Deboise and Powell.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

r. Il. 0. ..O20O O100O 0-3 1 I'd 70 % 1 % 0 O-1 i 4 1ies-P erkins and C}ary; Morn- and Mess.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
CHICAGO RECEPTION
pLEASES ROOSEVELT
Plan for Universal Military Serv.
ice Popular One.

Chicago, May 1.-Colonel Roosevelt
returned to Oyster Bay convinced,
down in my boots," as he phrased it,
that the middle West is awake to the
need of preparedness.
He did not give out a statement ON
political conditions as intended. With
the shouts with which 1900 banquet
ers greeted his cry of Prepare, Pre-
pare!" still ringing in his ears, the
colonel decided an utterance on po-
lttics would be pure, unadulterated
anti-climaX The scene when his list
eners at the Bar Association dinner
climbed on chairs and tables and
yelled and shrieked their approval of
universal training and universal serv-
ice, led the sage of Sycamore Hill to
conclude that political statement
might rob the demonstration for pre-
paredness of some of it's value.
''The demonstration Of the lawyers
of Chicago when | touched upon uni
vsrsal army training and service for
the men of the country brought me
one of the proudest moments of my
life" he declared
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
EXCHANGES HER DOG
FOR RAILROAD FARES
Woman Without Enough Money
Trades Canine For Two
Railway Tickets.

Wichita, Kan.-In the earlier days
bartering was the method Of exchange.
The Indians used wampum, beads and
other trinkets to secure things that
they desired. All the records of bar
tering were placed in the discard re-
Gently at the Union station, when a
woman exchanged a collie dog for two
tickets to Fort Worth, Tex.
Mrs. Martha Fenton, an elderly wo-
man, accompanied by her daughter and
collie dog, entered the office of z. E..
Brooks, city passenger agent, and in
formed him that they wanted to go to
Fort Worth, Tex. He told them what
it would cost, and they were dismayed.
They informed him that it was ur-
gent that they go, but that they did
not have sufficient funds to defray their
expenses. They were viking, the wo-
man said to trade the collie dog for
the tickets. Mr. Brooks studied the
matter for a moment, attempting to
think of what use he could put a collie
dog. Nothing came to his mind, and
he said that he would find a purchaser
Mr.. Wright, who was at the office at
the time, stated that he would take it.
The tickets were purchased, and with
a parting pat and sorrowful look they
bid goodby to their dog as Mr.. Wright
led him away.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
FORM NEW RELIEF BODY.
Red, White and Blue Cross to Relieve
Distress.

Albany.-Under the title Red, White
and Blue Cross was Incorporated an
organization to collect and distribute
aid, help in cases of want and dis
tress caused by war or any other
calamity and so act as agent of chari-
table and philantropic organizations"
The directors are Rodman Wanama
ker, Joseph H. Appel, Frederick Cru
ger William E. Rice, DR.. FL. V. Spauld-
ing and Mrs. Florence NJ. Stowell of
New York city; J. Chester Johnson OF
Brooklyn, John w. Appel, Jr., Harts
dale; Joseph D. Williams, Frederick
Rebmann, Richard Quinn, Alfred G.
Clay, Dr. Charles 3. Warden and VIII
liam L. Neyin Of Philadelphia; Preston
B. Lynn of Sheepshead Bay, Gordon
H. Cilley of Paoli, Pa; E. c. Caldwell,
Woodhaven; George W. Stull Ridley
Park, Pa, and Franklin n. Brewer Of
Moylan. Pa.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
HER SUICIDE EFFORTS STUCK.
New Orleans Girl Didn't Count on a
Tarred Ferryboat Deck.

New Orleans.-Miss Annie Hendren,
grieving over her mothers recent death,
tried to drown herself in the Missis-
sippi She went aboard a ferryboat
and dashed for the edge to take the
plunge. But just there the tragedy
became a comedy.
The deck had been freshly tarred,
and Miss Hendren's feet stuck She
struggled, knocked over a pail of tar,
sat down abruptly and stuck some
more.
Gallant Captain David w. Garner
had seen the girl rush and started for
the rescue. A yard from her his own
feet got stuck. He fell forward, and
his hands stuck.
Rescuers crept cautiously forward
while the captain and the would be
suicide wrestled, struggled, heaved and
finally tore themselves loose. The girl
fed from the sticky deck toward safe
ty, not the river.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
United States Army Officials Insist on Invasion
ALLOWS PITTSBURGH
PARKS FOR "SPOONING"
Superintendent of Police Extends In
vitation to Boys and Girls and
Married Persons Too.

P1ttsburgh.-'I want to extend an in
yitation to all of Pittsburgh's lovers
and married persons aV well, to use the
city parks for 'spooning' if they so de-
sire, and, further, any policeman who
attempts to interfere will be put on
the books on the ground that he is not
humane" announced Superintendent
Of Police Matthews recently
Yes, sir, you can say for NE that
'spooning' goes in the parks" contin-
ued superintendent Matthews. 1T is
in the spring of the year especially that
young hearts turn to love affairs, and
love leads to marriage and happy
homes, so why not let the boys and
girls 'spoonT'
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
ROMANCE OF INK AND TYPE.
Young Woman's Contributions to Pa
per Result In Secret Wedding.

Nutley, n. Announcement was
made recently of the marriage Of Miss
Eleanor Bartlett Dale, daughter of
Henry B. Dale, who was once mem
Der of the firm of Fl. 3. Clafiin q Co.,
and Charles E. Mccarthy Of Newark.
Mr.. Mccarthy. who is on the editorial
staff of the Newark Evening News,
was introduced to Miss Dale, who was
interested in social work, when she be-
gan contributing to the paper last No
vember.
Miss Dale, who lived at Il Elm place,
was married to Mr.. Mccarthy in the
rectory of St Bridgets Catholic
church, Newark, by the Rev. Samuel
B. Hodges On March %. News Of the
ceremony came as a surprise to Miss
Dale's friends, who had understood
that she was engaged to a young man
from Nutley.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
RABBIT AN INCEND!ARY.
Fur AbIaze, 1t Sets Fire to Neighbor
ing Chicken Rouse.

ing Chicken House.
Columbus, o. - Thirty-six rabbits
and chickens were lost and two struc-
lures were destroyed by fire of freak
origin here. Those who sustained
losses are Harry Knox and William
Richards.
Knox was the owner of eighteen Bel
gian hares. In the shed on his prem
ises where he kept the rabbits he had
an Oil stove for heating The stove
was upset and an explosion followed.
In a few seconds the structure was a
mass Of flames.
Awakened by the explosion, Knox
opened his windows in time to see one
of his rabbits leap over the fence to
the adjoining yard. The little ami
mails fur was a mass of flames. 1t
ran into another shed on Richards
property, where eighteen prize chick
ems were kept, and set it on fire. Be
fore the fire department arrived both
sheds and their stock were consumed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
NEW HERD FOR MRS. DURAND
Cables Buyer at Isle of Guernsey to
Replace Prize Cattle.

Waukegan, H., May 1-"When |
walked through my pasture this week
and saw one of my fine bulls and
Guernsey cows grazing all alone"
said Mrs Scott Durand, "my heart
was touched as l thought how differ
ent it was year ago. SO I just went
into the house and cabled a buyer in
the Isle Of Guernsey, telling him to
ship me a new herd.
"a herd of sixty will leave Guern-
sey May u and I will have my pick
when they reach New York, I'll con-
tinue the same lines as before the
government slaughtered my pirze
herd"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
GEORGIA JOINS DRY STATE
New Prohibition Law Aims at Pur-
veYors of Alcoholic Beverages.

Atlanta, Ca, May 1.-Georgia's new
breweries, locker clubs, and "near
beer" saloons from the state, is effec-
tive.
Under it, no beverage containing
more than one-half of / per cent of
alcohol may be manufactured or sold
and no person may bring in from out
side the state more than two quarts
of liquor or forty-eight pints of beer
a month.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
IMPORTANT DEAL.
Wisconsin Telephone Company Buys
Sipp Property.

The Wisconsin Telephone company
has purchased the house and lot at
Market and Fourth streets, owned by
the Sipp estate, and now occupied by
Albert Donner and family
The Telephone company officials
are giving out no information as to
what use the property will be put to,
but it fair to presume that a modern
exchange will be erected.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
COPPER REACHES HIGH MARX
Product of United States Passes 2,0OO,
100000 Pounds for 1915.

Washington, May stimulated by
the enormous demand resulting from
the war, copper production in
the United States reached and
passed the 2,OO0,000,000 pound mark
for the first time in the history Of the
1915 industry last year.
The total value of the 1915 smelter
output of primary copper at an aver
age price of 17.5 cents a pound was
S242 100000, an increase of $90,0O0,-
600 over 1914.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
FRENCH CAPTURE
ENEMY'S TRENCH
Germans Lose Positions North
OF Dead Mans Hill.
FOE REPULSED, BERLIN SAYS

Fifty-three Prisoners Are Taken by
Petain's Men-Russians Defeat Aus
trians and Capture 600 Prisoners
Germans Make New Gain In Russ
Attack.
Paris, May Capture of a German
tren~1 north of Dead Man Hill with
nfty-three prisoners, the election of
the Germans from trenches they had
taken south of Lassigny, and the re-
pulse OF German assaults i'll The Vos.
ges, are reported in the official state
ment issued by the war office
In Argonne German aeroplane was
forced to earth by French machines
and Its two officers captured.
French Statement.
The statement follows:
In the region south of Lassigny the
Germans, at night, after q lively can
nonade, directed an attack upon our
positions near Hamel. The enemy
gained a foothold in an element of
the trenches, but was Immediately
eJected Dy our cOunterattack
Avocourt Is SheIled.
"On the left bank of the Meuse
there was a bombardment in the Sec
tor of Avocourt and the region Of
Esnes. AT the close Of the day our
troops seized German trench north
of Dead Man Hill and made ffty-three
prisoners, of whom one was an of
ficer.
"On the left bank and in the Woevre
there was intermittent artillery acti-
witty.
In the Vosges the enemy during
the night attempted three coups de
main upon our trenches N Ban-de-
Sapt, Tete de Faux and south of Lar
gizen, which were everywhere repuls-
ed with losses.
AN aeroplane was forced to earth
intact in the Biesme Valley (Argonne)
after a fight with our aviators, who
pursued the machine. The two Off
GERS who manned it were taken pris-
oner."
Repulsed, Says Berlin.
Berlin May French attacks On
the German positions on the eastern
slope of Dead Man Hill and adjoining
lines, in the region of Verdun. we're
repulsed after tremendous fighting,
says the official statement issued at
the German army headquarters.
German Statement.
The statement follows:
"The English made several attacks
against Givenchy-En -Gohelle without
success.
North of the Somme and north
west of the Disc, patrol engagements
were successful for the Germans
"Left of the Meuse strong French
forces in the evening attacked German
positions on the hill of the Dead Man
and adjoining lines as far as the
northern part of Caurettes wood. At
ter tenacious fighting on the east
slope of the height, the attack was
repulsed.
"On the right bank of the river an
attempt made by the enemy to ad-
vance northwest of the farm of Thiau-
mont failed.
ga German aviator flying over Yer
dun engaged three adversaries and
shot down one of them
Russ Defeat Austrians.
Petrograd, via London, May Loss
and recovery of trenches in a desper-
ate fight with Austrians and the cap
ture of 600 men is told in an official
Germans Take Cannon.
Berlin, May 1.-"South of Narcocz
Lake four more Russian cannon and
one machine gun were captured and
eighty-three prisoners taken" says an
official statement issued.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
TRAVELLING Man Hung.

Beaumont Tex. May Ralph H.
Burgess, thirty-fiVe years old, trav-
cling man, was hanged here for the
murder of his wife on Jan. q, 1915.
He was given the death penalty in
April, 1915. An hour before Burgess
went to the gallows he attempted to
swallow poison, but was prevented by
guards
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
LANSING Gets Plea for Sir Roger

Washington, May 1.-An appeal to
President Wilson from a lawyer re-
presenting Mrs. Agnes Newman, a sis
ter of Sir Roger Easement, asking Mr..
Wilson to receive her in order that
she might ask assistance for Sir Rog-
er, was referred to the state depart
ment. Mrs. Newman is in New York.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
German Gas Attack Fails.

London, May 1.-The official report
from British headquarters in France
states that near Messines the Ger.
mans liberated a great quantity Of gas
and attacked, but were repulsed by
the British artillery. At one point the
Germans succeeded in entering the
British trenches, but were immediate
ly expelled by a bomb attack.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
British April Loss COST.

London, May british casualties
for April as compiled from published
March. The total from all fields OF
operation is 1856 officers and 1926
men, compared with 1,107 officers and
1887 men in March.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
KUT GARRISON SURRENDERS
British and Indian Forces Had Been
Besieged 143 Days.

London, May 1.-The British garri-
son, numbering nearly 10000 men, at
Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, 105 miles
southeast of Bagdad, has surrendered
to the Turks. The forces surrender
ing were composed of 1870 British
and 5000 Indian troops. A Turkish
report places the number of British
prisoners at 1890 men.
Gen. Townshend surrendered to the
enemy after a siege of 143 days and
only after Intellectual attempts had
been made to send supplies to his
when supply ship went aground in
the Tigris within four miles of it's des-
tination.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
u. S. to Ask Mazaryk Fate.

Washington, May 1.-Secretary OF
State Lansing said the United States
would make an inquiry of the Vienna
foreign office concerning the rumors
that Miss Alice Mazaryk, formerly
settlement worker in Chicago, had
been imprisoned and then executed
for treason.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
DR.. Waite to Go to Trial May is.

New York, May district Attor-
ney Swami intends to send DR.. Arthur
Warren Waite, charged with murder
in the first degree in poisoning his
faiher-in-law, John T. Peck of Grand
Rapids, Mich. to trial May Is. He
will ask for a special panel of $50
talesmen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Noted Michiqan Physician Dies

Detroit, May DR. Albert McMi.
chael, fifty-fve years old, one of the
best known physicians in Michigan, IS
dead at his home here. Dr. McMf-
chael was a native Of Canada and a
graduate of the medical school at
Trinity college, Toronto.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
SINK ALL FOOD SHIPS
FOR GREAT BRITAIN
Dutch Captain Relates Subma.
rine Commanders Order.

Rotterdam, May 1.-The captain of
the Dutch ship Berkelstrom, which
was sunk in the North Sea April 23
by German submarine, is quoted by
the Nieuw Rotterdamsche Courant
as declaring that the commander of
the under-sea boat told him the Ger
mans intend to sink all ships of every
nationality carrying food to England.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Dies i'm State Prison.

Michigan City, Ind, May 1.-Wil-
liam Williams, colored, who was sent
up from Indianapolis January %, 1915,
to serve for life for stabbing another
negro to death, died of Bright's dis.
ease. He was II years old.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Larkin Has Nothing to Say.

Chicago, May 1.-James Larkin
who was one of the leaders in the
Dublin striiss in 1913 and is now liv-
II Z here, refused to comment on the
present situation in Ireland. Over the
telephone from his home, 1915 North
Franklin street, he said: II have moth
ing to say On the Irish question.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Asks Referendum on War.

Washington, May 1.-Senator La
Toilette introduced a bill providing
for an advisory vote by the people as
to whether the United States should
declare war against any nation with
whom the president had severed diplo-
matte relations.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
NEUTRAL SHIP LOSS Is 1873
Allies and Neutrais Together Suffered
Toll of 736 Vessels.

Allies and Neutrais Together Suffered
Toll of 736 Vessels.
Washington, May british esti-
mates of the European wars toll of
me~chant ships, given in figures by
the department of commerce, put the
number at 1856, with a tonnage of
more than two million. Allied vessels
lost number 53S and neutral 19S. The
estimates. made by British admiral,
give British losses as 40 ships, French
s.. Russian 35, Italian 81, Belgian 10
and Japanese three. This does not
include the loss of 237 trawlers by the
british, seven by the French and two
bv the Belgians.
Norway, with 81 vessels destroyed,
leads the neutral nations in losses.
Tie United States has lost seven
ships.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Harper's Weekly Merues.

New York, May 1-Harper's Week
" is to be incorporated with the Inde-
pendent. With the merging of two
of the oldest of American periodicals,
Norman Hapgood, editor of Harper's
Weekly, retires. = report that he had
been selected by the Wilson admins
tration for an important appointment
was not denied.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Twenty Hurt in Cleveland Riot

Cleveland, May Twenty men
were injured in a riot when a mob oi
men and boys attacked street car
nival show. Two policemen fought
the mob without effect until the ar
rival of reinforcements, when the as
saiIants were dispersed.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
German Raider Is at Sea

New York, May War risk insur-
ance both in this city and in London
stiffened as the result of a report in
financial circles that another German
comm cree raider had slipped through
tie British sea patrol.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-02
Rartholdt Is a Loser.

st. Louis, Mo-, May Richard Bar
theldt, former congressman, was de-
feated for delegate to the republican
national convention in the convention
of the Tenth congressional district,