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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
MUST SHOOT QUICK

Mrs. Butler discovered that she had to shoot very quickly, much quicker than on the ground, for the airship and the target going ill the same direction didn't t give her time to raise the gun and aim Mrs. Schilling, too, had her difficulties in breaking the 'blue rocks.'' She found that the airship, going so fast in the same direction as the target, some times passed the target before she could get perfect aim. She modified this some what by rigging up the trap so that the target would be thrown in the air and q trifle to one side, but no matter how the targets are thrown they are difficult to hit when the airship is moving along 50 to 60 miles an hour.
 Mrs. Schilling said that she enjoyed the air trip immensely and that she was happy to try the experiment again. Mrs. Schilling is the leading amateur woman trapshooter on the Pacific coast and one of the best in the United States. Only recently has she taken up her home in Portland. She was formerly connected with the Blue Rock club of San Jose. Cal. In the 1915 averages of the Inter state Association for the Encoura cement of Trapshooting, Mrs. Schilling was 18th on a list of S410 shooters. She had an average of S707. breaking 2116 out of 244a targets in registered shoots
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
TRAPSHO0T|NGFROM POPULAR ADDITION 10 CAME
Women Taking Keen Inter- est in Shooting From Air. Trap Attached to
 Aeroplane
By PETER c. CARNEY

Trapshooting from aeroplanes seems to appeal especially to the women shooters. Several weeks ago Annie Oakley (Mrs. Frank E. Butler) tried hitting the inani- mate clays from one of Uncle Sam's air ships while flying over Atlantic City, N. J., at the rate of mile a minute, and more recently Mrs. Ada Schilling of Port land, Ore, attempted to annihilate a lot of clay targets while in an aeroplane crossing the Willamette river If this keeps up aeroplane trapshooting will not be looked upon as a novelty.
 Sometime back A. B. Thaw, the aviator, purchased hand-trap, and had it at tached to his aeroplane, and he likes noth- ing better than to blaze away at the tar gets two or three hundred feet in the air, travelling as fast as the wind. Maybe he doesn't break as many as he would if he was on the ground, but Thaw seems to like the sport better in the air Trap shooting will never be as popular from the aeroplane as on the ground, for every one hasn't the means to live up to an aeroplane, nor the time to practice the managing of one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
WARE ON INITIAL BAG

"Salomy" Ware will again handle the initial sack. With his experience of last season should prove a wonder this season. He is a terror to all the pitchers. Man ager Neill will hold down the keystone position again. This boy should have a good season. He has one of the prettiest arms ever seen in college ball. Shortstop is "anybody's job' so far as no one has been uncovered. This position will proo- ably be the weakest spot on the team. It will in all probability be handled by Gillian and Ardis, while they are not catching and pitching. respectively. Wall ton will be seen again at the mot cor ner." This boy has good throw to first and without 9 doubt will play league ball in the near future.
 Goodwin and Norton are certainties in the outfeld, while there is a lively bat tie between Cooper, King, Morris and Boyd for the other outfield position Boyd has seen service on the varsity before and seems to have the edge. Birming- ham College desires games with any city amateur teams Call for Manager Neill at the college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
Navy Wins Over Penn.

emy defeated the University of Penn sylvania today, ? to 0. Blodgett allowed only one hit and struck out F men.
 Score. R. IT. E..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26

At Greensboro. N. C.: Guilford college ? University of North Carolinal ].
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-26
PITCHING STAFF IS LONE WEAK SPOT IN
 HOWARD'S
Remainder of Team Well FOrtified-The First Road Trip of Year Starts
 Wednesday

There seems to be but one weak spot in the Howard line this season, and that weak place is in the pitching staff. All other positions are well fortified and the team is showing up well un- der the hard workouts they are put through each day by Coach Robert Robinson and Charles Martin, a fresh man, Ed Duke and Morgan Boozer are working from the mound, but do not seem to have the goods for a winning trio of twirlers.
 Coach Robinson will leave Birming- ham Wednesday morning for Stark vile, Miss, where the Howard nine will play two games against Mississippi A. and M. He will then go to Tuscaloosa, where the team plays the University of Alabama Saturday, April l. lie will take with him on this trip Il men, who, from observation, will be somewhat liking in training.
 Coach Robinson is not ready to an- nounce who will make the trip, as hard fights are being made for several positions. In the line of receivers working there are several good men who are showing up well in practice They are Bunk" Strickland, Lindsey Morton and Wilder, with the two for mer men having a slight edge on the latter two.
 SCRAP ON AT FIRST BASE
 For the first base position, Hilliard and Duke are in the scrap. The hit ting ability of these two men seem to be on a par while Hilliard has an edge on his opponent in experience and fielding. The Howard nine will miss the presence of Red" Robinson, the star first bagger for four years, who is TOW coaching the team. Robinsons s work at first has been responsible for the winning of several games, while lie was almost a sure hitter at all times
 The rest of the infield is intact, new men standing small chance of misplac- ing the old men who claim these posi- tions. Captain Griffin will hold second base against competition again this year, and third will be commanded by Lee Blackwelder, three-year man, with Pluto Griffin bringing up short. These three men played splendid ball last sea- ~Son, and are expecting to make a much better showing this season on account of experience and former team work.
 Newman will play his fourth year .n left field. His experience will hold this place for him, while he is good fielder and a fair hitter. His judgment of balls beth in the field and at the plate is all ways good. Price Clayton, a freshman, seems to have center position cinched He has been showing up well and his hitting is little above the average of the new men. Weaver and Gibson both of whom played part of last season, together with Parker q freshman, are fighting it out for right field, with odds slightly in favor of Gibson. Weaver is showing a considerable improvement over his work on the team last year, while Par ker's fielding is good. he is weak at the bat. and probably will only make a sub- stitute.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02

Candidate Hughes received little
nonfort from sixty thousand vtsltor1a
- tia Trenton Fair. the largest In tho
UtAxs OF New Jersey.
He appeared on a platform at the
s1nar last Thursday. and sixty thousand
DeoDle were IN attendance upon the
1Air. According to Manager Connie
0aunders of the Virginia State Fair.
who has rust returned from tho
Trenton Fair. more than nfty-five
Thousand OF the visitors passed-up the
candidate and his speech, being more
interested In the fat3est hog and the
largest pumpkin
This lack OF interest In the
candidacy OF Judge Hughes, from all
We can learn, IN not confined TO at
fendance upon fairs. But It Is evident
upon all occaatons While largs
cfOwds gather TO see him pass as they
would Buffalo Bill. his speeches DO
not svoke enthusiasm, nor 10 they
attract close attention
There To some significance n this.
Tho people are satisfied with the pres
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
W ATCH NIOLATORS
Drys Are Asked To File Protests
Against Saloon Men Who DO
Not OIrCY Ohio In,s


Colum bus, Ohio, oct. 1-Procla-
nation has been made by the leaders
or the organized prohibition forces in
the state to their followers TO file
protests against saloonkeepers whom
they believe to be guilty Of violating
regulatory laws. In the appeal there
Is quotation from the letter OF Gov
ernor Frank h. Willis to the State Lii
Quor Licensing Board requiring II TO
make II plain to licensees that the
retention of their licenses does not
depend upon q political pull. but upon
their own conduct and their strict
obedience to the law
Following this the accusation IA
made by the prohibition leaders that
precious few Ohio saloonkeeners
obey the law. Advice is given TO file
protests against misbehaving licenses
even though not prosecuted and con-
victed
The State Liquor Licensing Board
Is sending to county boards all the
evidence obtained by the inspection
department, whether such violators
have been convicted or not, and this
evidence may be used against appli-
cants who have disregarded the law.
The State Liquor Board announced
that the names OF all successful APP
plcants and those applicants re
tected would be published Saturday,
October a. The various county
boards will be advised of this change
from the fifteenth. The board sus-
tanned the Butler County deputies
In their refusal to grant a removal
certificate to Edward Seegar, OF
Middletown.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
WINNING CAMPAIGN
IS WAGEO IN WEST
Several States likely To Join Dry
Coiumn--Dry Congressman Is
Rcnominated BY All.

Washington, D. c., Oct. l-Elec-
ton forecasts are vain things, and too
numerous to he popular in prest-
dental year. but the probability that
California. Montana, South Dakota
and Nebraska will go dry in November
Is so obvious that prophecy is justifi-
able, There is a possibility of victory
In Michigan and In other States where
fights are on.
The decided defeat OF prohibition IN
California the last time it was voted
upon was accomplished in a manner
which left the people with a feeling
that they had been "bunCoed." The
saloon hid behind the grape vine and
the voters were not willing to crush
the vine in order to get at the thing
they hated.
But the men and women In Cali
fornia are now awake to the true mer-
It's of the situation. They have learned
that nobody profits from the wine
grape industry OF California except
the wine trust. Business men are
freely asserting that, without regard
to the liquor question, California
would he better placed II every wine
grape vineyard were destroyed.
Named BY All -Four.
A hefty and substantial straw
showing the direction of the politi-
cal wind is Congressman Randall, who
has had the distinction OF being the
lone representative Of the prohibition
party in the Sixty-fourth Congress.
Mr.. Randall was elected from the
Ninth California District. which con-
tains the city of Los Angeles. In the
primaries recently he won the nom
nation Of the Prohibition. Democratic,
Republican and Progressive parties.
II is the first time such thing has
happened in California politics and
possibly the first time any man has
had the nomination of four parties in
any State of the Union. The signifi-
canoe of the matter is startling.
II California goes dry the Pacific
Coast will be solid phalanx for pro-
hihition. Throughout the entire West
and Northwest the morale of the pro-
hibitionists Is high they are aggres-
sive, well informed, we'll organized
and apprehensive.
The members Of the Hughes cam
paign party were deeply impressed
with this undenabie fact and came
East convinced that prohibition will
soon be looming over the capitol.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
FULTON DAY NURSERY
DONATION DAY, OCT. 4
Committee of Social Service Organixa-
ton Hopes Response to Call VIII
He Generous.

Wednesday. October 4. Is donation
day for the Fulton Day Nursery. 800
Nicholson Street. The Fulton Social
Service committee. composed OF Mrs.
Nielsen. Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. Cobb.
Miss Black and Miss Lucy witt, direct
ing the institution, made the announce
ment last night. and expressed the
hope that Richmond people will prove
generous in their response to this call.
Clothing. groceries and money contri-
buttons are needed
At the present time the Fulton Day
Nursery is caring for fifteen children
and there are several others who await
the response of Richmond that they
too might receive the benefits of this
institution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
RUSKtll PRAISES
CLIFTON FORGE FOLK
Says Was Never Better Entertained
and Would Like to Go There
Again.

Never in my long experience In
conventions" said Sergeant-at- Arms
George c. Ruskell yesterday. was
ever so well entertained as was. in
company with all the other delegates
in Clifton Forge. at the convention of
the League of Virginia Municipalities.
We were shown the beautiful seen
cry of the country among the noun
tains, and had a delightful luncheon
among the trees on the mountain side.
We were -dinsd every few minutes
1t seemed to me. and At every turn
the hospitable people Of the pretty lit
tie city were on hand to do something
nice.
"A number of interesting papers on
municipal government were read and
discussed and must say that I
learned much that l did not know be-
fore. All Of our delegates including
City Accountant Cofer. Councilman
Jones and Delegate Fuller. expressed
themselves as having prohted by the
trip. And / tell you. l certainly did.
I'd like to go up there again, you
bet"
Mr., Fuller was elected vice-president
OF the league.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
A Rich Mans Job: Running a Poor
house Without Alcohol
r, F. BISHOP, in the National Daily.

drink. would have been abundantly
able to care for themselves.
With full appreciation of home mis-
sionaries slum workers and temper
eNce reformers in the field and in the
pulpits OF the churches. We take Off
our hat in profound homage TO the
man Of means who might have trod
the primrose path. yet chooses tho
hard and disagreeable task of caring
for the defective and unfortunate
classes.
1t should be stated here that Mr..
Macy employs. at his own expense,
two stenographers In research work.
The history OF the inmates is traced
back as far as possible, and Mr..
Mays conclusion Is that 80 per cent
Of the inmates larger proportion
than any temperance reformer known
to us has ever claimed--are in the
County Poorhouse through Indulgence
in strong drink. or as the result of a
bad heredity brought about in the
same way.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
SALOON SCENE Of
FIGHT ON SUNDAY
hunters Buying Beer Then Arc At
tackled BY Members OF Liquor
sellers Family.

Cincinnati Ohio, Oct. "Details
Of battle behind locked doors in
stephen Berchtold's saloon. Hazel
wood, Hamilton County between
members of Berchtold's family and
six young men Of Glendale, Ohio, were
revealed in report of liquor License
Inspectors William Farrell. William
Ellis and Carl Meta to the Hamilton
County Liquor License Board
Those implicated in the affair, the
inspectors charge. are Benjamin F.
Kelly, Benjamin Chaser, Thomas
shannon. Matthew Ryan, Thomas
Winston and George Girling, all of
Glendale. and Stephen Berchtold, Mrs
Berchtold, their two sons and
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Hendricks.
According TO the inspectors, the
young men, returning from a hunting
trip, stopped at the Berchtoid saloon
for beer. when an argument ensued
and the fight resulted, In which three
OF the hunting party. were beaten into
Inconsistencies the others severely
injured. and members of the Berch.
told family also seriously hurt
1'tF'pNt WI : ga lIlt SOuIlB men nave
agreed TO testify to what took place
before tho Liquor License Board and
to make affidavit they purchased beer
In the Brchtold saloon last Sunday
evening, when the fight occurred.
According to declaration of the
inspectors, member of the Berchtold
family locked the front door when
the fight started and q son took up
guard at the rear door with a baseball
bat, they say. The interior Of the sa-
loon was wrecked.
The inspectors say Winton ana
Girling Ieaped through a plate glass
window and released their compan-
ions by way Of the front door.
Ryan and shannon it is said. were
left unconscious on the roadside
where they were found early Monday
morning by searching party. The
remaining members of the hunting
party escaped by automobile.
Or. walter Hatfield. Hazelwood
reported he had dressed the wounds
Of the Berchtolds, He said son,
Allie, had suffered severe cut
across his wrist, and that Hendricks
had been powder burned. He de-
cltned to admit, they say, that he
picked hird-shots from the son-in-
law
4'Vy t''heu (He doors on us. and
II was fight or die" the inspectors say
the young hunters told them.
According TO persons who viewed
the interior of the saloon Monday
morning, the inspectors assert. the
mirrows. windows and glassware were
broken and tables and chairs de-
stroyed. Pools of blood covered the
floor, they declare.
The young men who were victims
OF the alleged assault have declined
to bring court action. it is said.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
VIRGINIA STATE FAIR.

Il In one more week the gates of the
0eAAs Fair viii have been opened, to
JsGnAin - for a full week.
1hs manager and the directors Of
- Association declare that the ex-
Daaation tnis year will far exceed In
QA1tty and diversity any yet pre-
oantsd by them
This is good news, for the state
1e4r. having become a f1ed educa-
1,nnA ~ well az Amusement ln~titu-
41sa a the State, which attracts peo-
- Prom every section, should be Of
- highest character. II should In
oeFuok and axnuse. I.H instruction
aAoxid b thorough and IF high tone,
- n. aznuseznents should be clean
VIM substantial recognition by tho
UAAs os Virginia a~ emphasized
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02

The main difference between milf
10y training at Camp stuart and the
zknnicAn border. * appears 70 Us, is
UAA4 the soldier makes the acqualnt-
once OF = few rattlssnAkes and taran-
-4n1aA and at occasional stray bullet
from . Mexican outlaw On the border.
wan the POSSIBILITY Of scooplnr in a
- typhoid germs. while at Camp
0tuart the worst he gets IS a mos
Qatto bite occasionally
Carrying out Is original program.
however the war Department Is de
fsrnined to give ali the volunteers a
Anss OF Mexican border. It IS de-
tsrmined TO give the citizen eolaiery
i rood glimpse OF the hucking broncho
and the cactus
Many OF the citizen soldtery, who in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
RECTOR'S TO REOPEN
Police Board Gives Twelfth Street
Cafe In Kansas City Proba-


Kansas city. Mo-, Oct 1.-The
police board voted to allow Rectors
Cafe, Twelfth Street and Grand Ave
nue.. to reopen for liquor sale for
one month. During this time a close
watch will be kept by the police to
SEQ that conditions there are orderly
Commissioner Murphy made the
motion to allow the reopening
Commissioner Lamb voted with him
and Mayor Edwards against 1t. The
Mayor said he was certain 1t would
not be conducted as a decent place.
In asking that Rector's be permit
ted to sell liquor again Commissioner
Murphy said. II understand that Mrs
Ringolski is taking care of five orphan
children. There is big investment
In this place. Therefore, / move that
for a limited period-say one month
they be allowed to serve liquor
Now. Mr.. Ringolski. If any just
criticism comes to this board We will
close you without a hearing. And
there will be no appeal"
The board granted three saloons
licenses renewal was given Pat
Massey. at 1895 Grand Avenue. Lii
censes were granted to Joe Harlan.
at 3116 East Eighteenth Street. and
George T. Berghold, at 101S indie
pendence Avenue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
BORDER EXPERIENCES.

private life are in position TO order
men around. will be given taste Of
this sort Of discipline themselves,
They will have the thrilling experience
Of saluting men of lower social
calibre," and they will be forced 10
mesa Nth the common herd.
This part OF the army maneuvres
may. after all. be worth the trip to
Mexico, for It will teach men to know
themselves better, and will tend to
broaden their views one to another
when they return 70 earth at home
again.
Tho yirginian hopes the soldiers
who arc to reach the border from
Camp Stuart In the next few day *,
may return intact and with hroadnued
views. and a greater love for their
country,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
HEART FAILURE KILLS
ON WAY TO HOSPITAL

DIR. l. Y. King, of Florence S. c.,
dropped dead Saturday morning
shortly after he arrived at tho Byrd
street Station. He was coming to
the city to enter the Johnston Willis
Hospital. and was accompanied by his
wife, j. w. Ivey and his son, Clarence
Ivey. For some time he had been in
Ill health. and he had hoped to OBJ
tain relief here.
DR.. King dropped dead just after
stepping from the train. Coroner
Taylor was summoned and announced
that the man had died from heart
failure. He was fifty years old, and
leaves a wife and several children.
The body was turned over to L. r.
Christian, undertaken. and was taken
back to Florence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
RAILROAD GRADE To
COME UP IOH|GHT


The principal matter Of business be-
fora Common Council tonight, may
,,ro,.o - ho ~. ro,o,,,.to, atroo+,n,-
'he city attorney 10 proceed AT once
through the courts, to compel the
Richmond ana Chesapeake Bay Rail-
road Companv to r.duce its tracks
ans ''''
tabjiShed by the city following an
nexation.
The company claims that the tracks
are on private property and the city
has no right to compel 1t to lower
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-02
POSTOFf|CE FIGHT IN
UNITED STATES COURT
Condemnation Proceedings to Acquire
site VIII he Opened This
Morning.

All of this week has been set aside
by Judge Waddill, of the United States
District Court, for the hearing Of the
condemnation proceedings of the gov
eminent against the owners OF the
site at Eleventh and Main Streets. This
property Is being sought by the gov
eminent for the purpose of enlarging
the present postoffice
Congress made an appropriation of
S45o,eea for the purchase of the site
adjacent to the Richmond postoffice
but Il is understood that the property
Is held at a price considerably more
than the congressional appropriation.
1t is said that the owners desire to
erect a large office building at Elev-
enth and Main.