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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
USE ANCIENT WATER CRAFT
Nations Warning In Mesopotamia
Employ the "keIek" on the Tigris
and Euphrates.

All kinds of ships of war and Of
commerce have been pressed into
service in the great European conflict.
There are oversee boats, on-the-water
boats and undersea boats; there are
uperdreadnaughts, battle cruisers and
disguised commerce raiders; there are
great ocean greyhounds that yester-
day were floating palaces of the ocean,
carrying the wealth and beauty Of
civilization on their migrations across
the sea, but that today are grim
havens Of suffering, where the wall Of
pain and the shrek of anguish have
substituted the carnival of music and
the sound of Llirth.
But strangest Of all the kinds of
floating equipment that the war has
drafted into 'ervice is the kelek. De.
scribing this strange boat, the Ma
tional Geographic society says:
"The kelek is probably one of the
earliest forms of water transportation
used by our ancestors in Asia. 1t con-
sists Of goatskins inflated with air,
tied beneath a framework Of light
poles. Often as many as eight hun.
dred such skins are used to give the
boat the desired buoyancy.
THE cargo is loaded on to the kelek
Just as though it were a fiat-bottomed
barge, after which the craft begins it's
journey down the Tigris or the
Euphrates propelled or guided by oars
When it reaches its journeys end it is
broken up and sold as skins and tim
ber.
"The two great rivers Of Mesopo.
tamia are very crooked and very ir-
regular in their depths. The air line
distance between Diarbekir and Bag
dad is 400 miles, while the water
route via the Tigris is about 1000
miles. AT many places the river is
deep enough to accommodate boats OF
considerable draft, but at others it is
so shallow that man has difficulty
In swimming. But even over shadows,
where a man cannot 60 as swimmer,
a wel-laden kelek will float without
accident.
For thousands of years this buoy.
ant boat has helped the people of
Mesopotamia to move their commerce
over the shoals and shadows of two
of the earth's moodiest rivers, and
has now come to play its small part
in the greatest war OF human history"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
Minces Are Rjpe,

Jay was spending the day with his
grandmother. Being only three and
one-half he was not allowed the va
riety of food that the grown-ups had.
When dessert came and he was served
with diminutive piece of mince pie,
his Joy and surprise almost overcame
him. With an air of ingratiating in
terest and dignity. he said, why,
mamma, I didn't know minces were
ripe. Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
CHIEF OBJECTS IN PRUNING
Principal Aim Should Be to Mako Sub
stantiai Framework TO- Hold
Up Leaves and Fruit.

The objects Of pruning are: To
make the tree into what might be
called q substantial framework with
which it is to hold up the leaves and
fruit, to cause 1t to have symmetri
cal shape, to renew the fruiting wood,
to remove crossing and diseased and
broken branches, to thin the top 80
as to allow free circulation Of air
through it and to keep the tree as
low as possible SO as to facilitate
pruning, picking and spraying.
In young trees care should be taken
to have the main branches come out
from all sides of the tree and each
from different height. The crotches
will all be strong then.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
Sweden's Stock Exchange.

The present membership or the
stock exchange in Sweden consists OF
sixteen banks, eight banking firms or
free brokers, and five brokers in the
ordinary sense of the term. Substan-
tial stock exchange buildings have
been erected in both Stockholm and
Hothenburg The annual volume OF
business ancunts to about $1,000 100000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
Difficult Diet.

"You Americans are becoming
race of dyspeptics," remarked the OBJ
servant visitor. "You are too impa-
tient."
Maybe that isn't it," replied the
quiet citizen. maybe it's all due to
the habit we have got into of swal.
lowing our indignation"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
In Leap
7 ear
!
Ru GEORGE COBB

Copyright 1916 by w. G. Chapman.)
There were two predominating fea-
lures, dread and timidity, in the
thoughts and actions of Ralph Burton
as the leap year came in and he was
made the target of organized menace
and raillery ON the part Of those who
fancied they could play upon his
weaknesses.
You're a selected victim, Burton"
declared more than one Of the little
town club Of which he was q member.
"Oh, he'll never escape through the
month"; insisted others. you'd bet
ter keep away from the trap Of So
cial functions"
Il rarely favor them" observed Bur.
ton gravely.
And have bodyguard,' was the
further advice. Il understand that
the girls clubs laid out regular
program, with dates and victims. Not
an unmarried man III the town will
escape"
"Yes, and well-fyed individual
like Burton will be the especial OBJ.
ject of persecution
Ralph Burton smiled, but 1t was not
a natural smile. Nature had awarded
him a shrinking. self-deprecating eie-
ment, and he had never battled it. At
twenty-eight he found himself re.
served young bachelor with an inborn
veneration for all womankind, yet
bashful and retiring. If he had ever
loved, he had never been able to
summon up the courage to confess
the fact to the object Of his adora-
ton.
"A confirmed woman hater," was
the snappy ultmatum of more than
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
Butter Statistics,

The receipts of butter in 1915 were
481,650 900 pounds, and in 1914 364,-
100000 in the five cities, Boston, Chi
cago, Milwaukee, st. Louis and San
Francisco. New York received 2,734,-
900 packages in 1915 and 2,513.O 900 In
1914.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
A Foe to Fire,

"Our childhood ambitions are sci.
dom realized"
"Too true"
Life with me is just the reverse Of
what / thought it would be-"
"How so?"
81 thought I was going to set the
world on fire, and now | make my liv.
ing selling insurance"
Courier-Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22
Economic Maintenance.

The split-log drag has contribute ed to
a large extent toward the economic
maintenance of public highways. 1t is
an Improvement which can be built
or purchased at low price and is
easily operated by anyone who can
drive a team.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22

Note-All trains arriving and leaving
Thurmont scheduled from Western Mary
land station.
N,te-All trains arriving and leaving
Frederick scheduled from Square.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-06-22

COMPANY.
- DIRECTORS -
Josedh G. Miller, o. P. Bennett,
James Houck, r. S. J. Dutrow,
Milton G. Urner, Casper E. Cline,
A. C. McCardell, Charles B. Trail,
DR.. D. F. Mckinney, Clayton o. Keedy,
George A. Deau, P. NJ Hammaker.
Rates furnished on application to our
resident director, P. N. Hammaker.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-17
ChurChWelI
Cordele, Ga.
The Newest
Millinery
for Fall

The newly arrived mod
els from the Partisan Mo
distes show a predoml-
nance Of plain Lyons
Velvet in sailor or militia
ny turbans (draped or
plain) as well as upturned
from the face. The favor
tie shades are purple, new
green's, navy, bordeau,
graphite, gray and black;
Copies of these imported
models on display in our
millinery department, Sec
ond floor.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-17
AMONG THE NEWEST

you'll find shirred crown
Sailors, Broken Line Side
Rolls, Broken Line Tri-
cons, smart high side
Turbans, artistically trim
med with "Dame Fash
ions" favorite trimmings.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-09-17
ChurChWe|I
CordeIe, Ga.
What S New in
Fall Millinery

We are proud to state
that our present showing
of new Fall Millinery is
the largest and most COM
plete in this entire section.
This has been proven by
careful investigation and
comparison.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
Thorpe the King.

But if the crown is to be awarded, the man entitled to the best claim IS Jim Thorpe, the renowned Indian, W ho upset the social status of Sweden and rent asunder the A. A. U.
 Thorpe must be listed as one of the greatest football players of the game. More than one will give him first place, even above the magic of Mahan or the power of Ted Coy. He could kick, run, pass, block, tackle, duck, dodge and smash. In baseball he was good enough to reach the big league. In track work he was good enough to win the all-around championship of the planet upon which we are making a brief and stormy abode. He was a. fine runner and a great jumper. He could peg the javelin and toss the discus. Wherever placed he was a star.
 Thorpe's athletic average was un- dCubtedly the highest of the lot. He could not do quite as many things as Mathewson, but his range was nearly as broad and in the major fields of sportive endeavor he held a trifie higher place. .t
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
GRANT RICE A WINNER.

Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 13.-Grant- land Rice of Englewood, with a score of 337 for 72 holes of medal play, has won the Class A championship of the advertising mems tournament, which started here Monday. By his victory he deposed E. T. Manson of Framing ham, the winner of the event last year, who finished second to Rice In the present event, with a card for four days play of 341. c. T. Russell of Ardsley won the Class B champion ship and r. F. Wye of Dunwoodie made the best record in Class c.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
TWENTY-NINE GAMES
 ON TIGERS SCHEDULE
Are Still Pending for a Contest With the Yankees-DrOp
 Triangular Series.

Princeton, N. J., Jan ..13-The schedule of the Princeton baseball team of this season was announced yesterday by Manager B. Bullock, 3d. It contains twenty nine games. Seven teams have been dropped and four, Seton, Hall, Holy Cross, Maryland Az ricultural and Union added. Ten games have been dropped and four, Seton Hall, Holy Cross, Maryland Ag- ricultural and Union added. Ten games are to be played away from
 home, three of these being on the
 Southern trip taken during the Easter recess. A,
 The triangular series between Har-
 yard, Yale and Princeton has been discontinued after a years trial, and
 this season the third game will be
 played only on condition that each team wins one of the other two con-
 tests. Negotiations are pending for
 a game with the New York Ameri-
 cans, but the date has not yet been
 decided on. The schedule follows: March 25, Gettysburg at Princeton 21, Seton Hall at Princeton.
 April |, Villanova at Princeton; g. Holy Cross at Princeton; 6, Fordham aL TTlnCeCoH, Q, OrSlnuS at HrlnCeLOn, ! II, Williams at Princeton; 12, Rut- gers at Princeton; IS. Brown at Prov idence; 20, Maryland Agricultural col i lege at College Park, Md; 21, Vir- ginia at Charlottesville; 22, George town at Washington; 26, Union at Princeton; 29, Cornell at Princeton May 1, Lawrenceville at Lawrence vile; 3, Virginia at Princeton; 6, Cor l nell at Ithaca; 10, Williams at Prince l ton; 13 Pennsylvania at Princeton IT, Dartmouth at Princeton; 20 Harvard at Princeton; "A, Brown al l Princeton; 27, Yale at New Haven 1 30, Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. June 3, Harvard at Cambridge; ' Amherst at Princeton; 10, Yale al Princeton; IA, Yale at New York Cir l case of tie); 16, Harvard at New York Gin case of tie).
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
sTALLINGs COMING NORTH.
Manager and New Owner to Discuss
 Bolster for Braves.

Boston, Jan. 14-Manager Stal- lings of the Braves is going to leave the Sunny South on Saturday and will reach the grip belt Sunday night. He wired P. D .Haughton today to that effect and they plan to hold con- ference Monday morning.
 The subject of the Monday confab will be the plans for the spring train ing trip and methods to be employed in strengthening weak places on the team. It is thought possible that the training site may be changed from Miami to some place nearer Stallings' plantation in Georgia. Proposed exhi- bition contests will be discussed and the itinerary for the northern journey is likely to be mapped out
 Business Manager Hapgood says President Gaffney and Director Davis reached here late last night for the annual meeting of the club, scheduled for today.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
ROCCO IS BEATEN.
oe Tferney Outpoints Hartford Box
 er-Ames Gets SIumber Trip

l Hartford, Jan. 14.-Joe Rocco and Foe Tferney put up rather tame Battle at Riverview last evening, and If the end of the twelfth round, the *oy from Jersey had secured enough yead to earn him a decision on points The local boy disappointed his friends
 with his showing, lacking the snap bnd '.pep'', that has characterized his in other bouts. Jack Kershaw, one of the recent sntries into the boxing game came with an easy win over Red Ames who boarded the "Slum ber-
 land Special in the fifth round, for D trip of ten seconds by the referee route. The bout was 8 slashing af- lair, with Ames always on the short knd
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
BASEBALL SEASON
 TO OPEN APRIL 12
So Says Ban Johnson, Who Is To Meet Dreyfuss Soon and Draft
 Schedule.

Chicago, Jan. 14.-According to
 President Johnson of the American League, April 12 is the day the 1916 baseball season will open. Within the next few days Johnson expects to meet Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pitts burg club of the National League, and
 the two will frame a schedule of games for both major leagues. It has
 been customary for many years to
 have Dreyfuss of the National and
 Johnson of the American draw up
 schedules and then present them to the two leagues for adoption at their
 February meetings.
 Since the Federal League has passed
 away, the American and National Lea
 gues will have no trouble In arrang- ing playing dates. Although no official action has been taken yet, it is almost sure that the White Sox will open the season on their home grounds and the Cubs undoubtedly will open in Cincin- nati. Last season the Sox opened on the road and the Cubs started at home, so the order will be reversed. There was the usual talk this win ter of starting the season at later date, but such talk is evidently groundless. After years of experience, ! the baseball magnates have concluded that the best time to start playing ball is the second week of April, ana though they sometimes are compelled
 to start in extremely cold weather it 1 often happens that they have better l weather just at that time than they l find even a month later.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
REEDS HAVE BIG SCHEDULE.
Will Meet N. Y. Americans Three
 Times on Spring Training Trip.

Cincinnati Jan. 14.-According to the official announcement made here yesterday, not more than twenty-five players will be taken south on the spring training trip of the Cincinnati baseball club. The playing itinerary of the trip is as follows: St. Louis Americans at Shreveport, March 22; New Orleans at New Orleans, March 25: Cleveland at New Orleans, March 26; New Orleans at New Orleans, March 27; Cleveland Americans at New Orleans, March 2S, 29, 30; New York Americans at Memphis, March 31; New York Americans at Cincin- natl. April i and 2; American Asso- citation clubs, April 8, 4, 5, 6, '; Cleve- land Americans at Cincinnati, April 8, 9, 10.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
EDDIE" ANDERSON IS
 BOWLING BOSS
Local Star Smashcs Aetna Alley Mark, Spilling The Pins For Total
 of 152

Eddie" Anderson star bowler of the Tigers bowling five, established new alley record for the Aetna AL leys last evening when in a compe- tition match he secured mark or 152, beating the former record of G. c. Rogers mark of 151. Anderson is one of the best and most consistent bowlers in the city. He is. usually selected as a representative of the al- ley team when out of town teams meet the locals
 The Nut league held another ses- sion last evening and the following scores were registered: -
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
Beyond Protest.

Colonel w. B. Hanna, the Pinehurst reer, evolved the theory that there was at least one sport wherein all Qon- cerned were professionals, and there fore beyond protest, viz. the gentle art of grave digging.
 All grave diggers are professionals. There are no amateurs that we have ever seen. ,.... .
 For that matter, we never heard of an amateur preacher or an amateur lawyer. Many of them don't get paid, but they are willing to, which is the answer.
 But, strictly speaking, we should say that grave dinning was the most professional of all sports.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
The COlIeCiate AFray.

The colleges show more all-around talent than the big leagues Charley Brickley was a star football player, a good baseball player and sufficiently adept at track and field play to make the Olympic team.
 Tom Shevlin was an all-around star but neither Shevlin nor Brickley holds as high a rank as Elmer Oli- rbant, the West Point wonder, who is star entry at football baseball, basketball and track. Ohphant is the best aIl-around athlete now in col lege. He hasn't an equal for vide spread efficiency
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

New York, Jan. 14.-The announce ment that Champion Frank Gotch has consented to come out of his retire. ment to meet Joe Stecher of Nebraska seems to have stirred up other cham pions. The latest one to challenge the world is Aberg holder of the Greco Roman title. The big Finn states that he has $5,O00 to bet that he can defeat any man in the world at the Greco-Roman style of wrest- ling. The challenge is open to any
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
PLAN MEMORIAL
 FOR JOHNNY POE
Classmates at Princeton to Build Ath- letic Field in His HOnor-To
 Be Called After Hero.

Princeton, N. J., Jan. 14.-Should
 present plans carry through, Johnny
 Poe, one of the best known of Prince
 tons football heroes and famous sol
 d1er of fortune, who met death while
 lighting as member of the Black
 Watch in France, will be commemor-
 ated by an athletic field at his old uni
 Verslty The board of trustees at it's
 annual meeting yesterday granted per mlsslon to Poe's class of '95 to raise subscriptions for the building of the field.
 John Poe was a member of the fa-
 nous Poe family that has contributed so many athletes to the Princeton teams. He was a member of the foot ana track teams while in college, graduating in '95. After graduation
 he found business impossible, and even gold mining proved somewhat
 tame. He became a soldier of fortune and played conspicuous role in sev- | eral American "wars'
 | At the outbreak of the present war he volunteered for the cause of the 1 Allies, and was member of the Black { Watch when he met death in a charge l on the German trenches.
 It is planned to have the field stu- l ated west of the present Brokaw Ath- | letic Field and south of Goldie Field. l It is probable that the field will serve 1 as a general recreation field for the | undergraduates rather than as field for any specific team. It will be called | Poe Field.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
MEAD BALD WANTS JOB.
Former Big Leaguer Would Manage
 Bridgeport Club.

Bridgeport, Jan. 1.-The Bridge
 bort club has received an application |grom Neal Ball, former Red Sox in fielder, who wants to manage the lcIub in the Eastern association. Ball
 has been a Bridgeport resident for sgeveraI years, and had a good sea- [son. During his big league career he
 played with Cleveland and New York
 Americans, in addition to the Red |Sox, and local fans are booming him |gor the managers job.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
|NE-YEAR RULE FOR
 TRINITY ATHLETICS
riCkley Case Causes Sweeping
 Changes in System

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 14.-Radical
 Aanges in Trinity Colleges athletic &de were announced last night by #e College Athletic Advisory Com &ittee which has been considering
 rmmlating a new set of rules since Few York and Columbia Universities Est November cancelled football
 tmes with Trinity, which contend that Charles Brickley once mem &r of Connie Mack's Athletics, was &gfble to play fullback for Trinity. The new rules, which exempt mem- &rs of the senior, junior and sopho- lore classes from the consequences i any past act, bar from participation intercollegiate athletics any reg j ar student in good standing who &As been a member of any classified &hgue baseball team, who has com $ted in track athletics for money or
 sh prizes, who has competed under assumed name, who has not been Trinity at least one full year, or 2ho has already represented Trinity any other college in athletics for Eur years.
 ] Tn addition to these provisions, the lost important of which seems to be se summer baseball disqualification ] is declared that no student shall II eligible for the football team who ahs reached the age of 26 years and 3e new set of rules, the first Trin- E has ever formally adopted and fafted, are as follows:
 Il From and after January 1, 1916, 9bject, to the rules of the faculty, any &gular undergraduate student in bod standing shall be eligible to rep &sent the college in intercollegiate &hIetics with the following excep- Ipns: 'No student. shall be eligible as bove who is shown by the official list have been a member of a base All team belonging to a classified sague or association under the so- Tiled National Association of Base hll Leagues. "No student shall be eligible who Rs played football or basket ball as member of a State team or com eted in track athletics for pay or for bsh prizes during an academic year |hile student at Trinity College. sNo student shall be eligible who hs competed in any branch of ath- ltics under an assumed name since Is registration as 8 student of Trin- E College.
 No student shall be eligible as bove who has represented another bllege or university in inter-collegi- |o athletics until he shall have been
 regular student at Trinity College hr at least one full college year, aft
 so representing such other college university.
 'No student shall be eligible as bove who has already represented | |ther Trinity or any other college in Intercollegiate athletics during an ag- | regate period of four college years.
 ''These exceptions shall not, how yer, apply to such members of the |asses of 1916. 1917, 1918 on account any past act.
 NO student shall be eligible for the Dotball team who has reached the ge of 26 years.
 ''If at some future time the total umber of regular undergraduate stu ents enrolled at Trinity equals or ex- eeds $50, then and after that time,
 10 one shall be eligible to represent he college on Varsity teams until he hall have been a regular student t Trinity College for one full college
 ear"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14

man In the world who is willing to put up the money. Aberg has held the title at his own style for a num- Der of years and won the information al tourney at the Manhattan Opero House here. He also is the leader of the tournament now going on there. Aberg has participated in number of catch as catch can matches, but does not shine at this style as well as he does in Greco-Ro- man. Photo on left shows Aberg executing half-nelson and crotch hold on an opponent.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
The Case of Snow.

Undoubtedly, one of the greatest was the late Neil Snow, of Michigan. Snow stood as one of the great foot ball players of the game. He was all-American end and a great plunging fullback. As a ball player he batted over .39O for Michigan his last two years, and received at least three good offers from big league clubs. He was one of the best college first baseman that ever lived.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-14
GAME ARRANGED.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 14.-Another Pitt-Syracuse meeting has been added 10 the list of athletic events of 1916 lin the scheduling of baseball game Tbetween these two universities for
 April 24. This is one of the Blue
 and Colds most important home en-
 agreements.