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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-08-11

According to yesterdays dis
patches it looks like the Constitu-
tional Convention proposition was
defeated.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-08-11

Mrs. Pearl Greenwell and child
of Waverly are spending the week
with her sister, Mrs. e. d. Jewell.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-08-11

Miss Lillian Woods has return
sd from Knoxville.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-08-11
The Benton County
Realty Co.

IL you have real estate to sell,
list it with us. We have several
prospective buyers and can proba-
bly, make it to your advantage.
Call on or address the Benton
County Realty Co., Camden, Tenn.
N. J. CUFF, Secretary.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-08-11

Mr.. Hodges Of Selmer will sue
coed A. X Pressen on the faculty
of Camden High Schools
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-08-11
FOR SALE.

Two valuable residences, roomy
lots near court square. See S. A.
Clement, Camden, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-08-11
Shsrif's Sale Of Land
Globe Fertilizer Company VS..
CIeat Herrin ct ais.

Byvirtue of avenditioni exponasin my hands,
issued by G.. b. Holiday, Clerk of the Circuit
Court eff Benton County, Tenn, will on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04
BY GRANTLAND RICE

a lack OF desire 10 get out and hustle. is
phase OF the situation that no one can
tell
But the vital part OF the situation is
this-here was a day In baseball that might
decide a pennant,race
In this city one OF the contenders was
forced 10 face a ball club fighting its hard
est all the way. In Brooklyn another con.
tender was facing ~ BAH club that should
have been doing the same but in place Of
this was making no part OF determined
stand
This. OF course. was strictly unfair TO
the pills. The Giants should have real
lied this. and no matter how badly stale
they might have felt the effort at least
should have been made TO play the game
and play II to the final out
There should have been four balI clubs
fighting hard yesterday-Philadelphi Bos-
ton. Brooklyn and New York. In place OF
this there were only three clubs hghtinE
and one OF these three was not New York.
Now. there h one thing that McGraw's
harshest critics could never say OF him.
and that Is that he isn't a fighter every
inch Of the way No matter how friendly
John J. would have felt toward Robby.
IL is his nature to 20 out and give battle
to the last. II was the realization that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04
ILISTLESS PLAYING OF THE GIANTS WAS UNFAIR
TO PHILADELPHIA DECLARES GRANTLAND RICEI$
Work New York Deciding Against Brooklyn Dodgers
Justly Anglers McGraw and Spois Finish of Great Race


ToHN J. McGRAw exploded twenty-eight
y tons OF guncotton under the National
League race yesterday afternoon when he
quit the field In the fifth inning at Ebbets
Park. disgusted at the work of his club.
The Giant leaders openly expressed dis
gust. In our opinion was pretty well justi.
fed
while the Braves were crashing into the
Phillies at top speed and playing out the
game as the game should be played. the
Giants We're curling up badly against the
new pennant winners. making no part ot
an effort to go out and fight,
II was not so much matter OF misplays,
errors and basshits. The charge to be
brought against the record holders was the
mental attitude OF the team. the careless,
listless slipshod don't -give-a-hang attitude
all through the game with a pennant at
stake. Errors. basehts and Wild pitches
ere all part OF baseball But loafing or
the job isn't
Yesterdays schedule was critical spot
in the National League race. The Braves
by winning a game on Monday and mailing
the first game on Tuesday. had already
shown they were giving the Phillies the best
they had TO give, In place OF putting up
the same sort OF fight OF carrying on the
war to a finish, the Giants looked to be out
for a romp. for in any number OF cases they
fAllcu 10 huStlc as mNSu as AneN NhAia III
an exhibition game.
There was no sign OF the Old Giant ag-
gressiveness at any stage. The pitching
especially was atrocious. in the sense that
Il wasn't Of the deadly earnest type. but
rather Of the let-em-hit-it type This Giant
exhibition was no fault OF Brooklyn's. The
Robins were out TO win, and they probably
would have won anyway. They had already
beaten the Giants l3 out OF ls games.
This Is sufficient test sufficient
proof. Brooklyn. with Philadelpha's double
defeat, would have bAgged the pennRnt any
way. SO Brooklyn doesn't come in for any
criticism over the days play The crit
icism goes against the Giants who. by their
lstless attitude at such important sec
tion OF the stretch. dealt baseball a hard
blow. In that Il gave any number OF critics
the opening they had been looking for to
charge the Giants with friendliness toward
the Brooklyn camp.
No one could say. OF course. there was
any frame-up at hand. for Il wasn't that
sort OF an exhibition. In a frame-up or an
understood arrangement the AFFAIR would
have been handled with greater care. In
this case the entire smear was open TO
public inspection No attempt was made
20 cover anything up.
The Giants. or rather the most OF them.
made no effort to conceal the fact that they
were not Interested In the game TO the
slightest degree. Whether this was due
TO a big let-down from the recent record
drive or from friendliness to Robby. or from
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04

the listless attitude OF his club was putting
him in bad which caused him 90 leave the
field in anger and disgust
Tie knew well enough that any number
OF fans were willing TO believe that he
would like to favor his old Lieutenant. Rob
inson. When his club began to go through
the motions attached to an afternoon on
or a holiday he felt that It was up TO him
TO show that he had no part in the days
big hzzle. II was his only way to prove
that he was not attached to the cave-in
and that he was In no way responsible for
what took place.
II was most unfortunate ending TO one
OF the greatest races the National League
has ever had. II was unfortunate for
Brooklyn. who had no part in the plot
unfortunate for the Giants. who lost any
number OF friends. and unfortunate for
baseball. sport that has been built up on
the theory that all connected with Il shall
play the game and play II out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04

all Of this will be missing in our city In
the next two weeks
The PhiIlles erased themselves as pen
nant contenders and for the first time since
1919 and the second time since 1910, there
will be no worlds series games played In
the north end OF town. Boston hung the
klbosh on the home talent-twice In the
same place-and II might be stated right
here that the Phils did not throw either
Of the games our boys played as well as
they knew how. but the Battling Bean
town Braves played couple OF mites
better-gosh ding EN-
The battle OF Waterloo was enacted on
the National League grounds with full
cast and before an appreciatlNe audience
There were eighteen different acts, the
ma jority Of which made just as much OF a
hit as the sinking Of the Titanic. Instead
Of cheers there were groans and the audi
ence stood with barred heads. weeping
silently as the men Of Pat Moran sank for
the third time. with no hope OF rescue.
II was the end OF an imperfect day-a
day which VIII linger long in the minds OF
the $500 customers who paid real money
TO click the clicks on the turnstiles. They
rode In crowded street cars. allowed the
burglars who drive taXicabs 10 take all Of
their money with a smile In fact. suffered
every inconvenience to watch the Philles
climb over the prostrate bodies of the
Braves and get closer TO the pennant They
had pleasant thoughts. which were hope
iessly wrecked and they sadly wended their
way homeward. feeling like a gang OF col
lege students after the deah football team
had been beaten to fragile.
After the first game had been lost there
stiil was hope. as Brooklyn then was trail
ing New York and had n good chance to
lose. But in the second disaster, after
Boston had taken the lead in the seventh
and started the bombardment in the eighth
all hope had fed. IL was then that the
spectators gave vent to their feelings.
A heavy pail OF smoke slowly settled
over the field when Bender faced the foe.
II was in keeping with the depressed feel
ings Of the faithful who stayed for the
finish. wilhoit, the first man up. made a
clean single. but silence was his reward
konetchy also singled and more silence
prevailed Smith followed with another
base hit and the crowd shuddered when
Wilhoit's spikes cut the plate for another
score.
Larry Chapelle then made the fourth hit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04
LOYAL THRONG STANDS WITH
Barred HEADS AS MORAN'S MEN
SINK FOR THE THIRD TIME
nv ROBERT y. MAXWELL

IN a row and the shudder turned ,n,.
hollow groan when two more sets Of rn,..-
crunched into the rubber at home rl,,-
II was as n the spikes also cut into ss.'-
fondest dreams. There was a shri.t !.
agony when Bender hurled the han ~.
center field when he heidcd a buat -,
Chapelle dashed TO the plate with the 49,,
tally.
The pail OF smoke settled lower on 4.
field as the spectators slowly filed out =
the park. They could not wait Tor "A.
finish Far out In center field a blue ~
hung Imply from the top OF the high 81,
II was a blue flag with white letters on I.
and typihed the feelings OF the cr,.t
when Il futtered feebly. then hung M.
again.
Before the last man was put out m "A.
ninth inning a vagrant breeze caught th,,
piece OF blue bunting and spread Il ON. =
that the letters plainly could be seen Th<,
were: National League Champions. feI[
"a memory OF the past
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04
Red Sox and Brooklyn
Men Eligible for Series

BOSTON AMERICANS w. r.
ID Carrigan, manager; Agnew.
Barry, Cady, Foster, Gainor, Gard.
ner, Gregg, Henriksen, HoblitzeL
Hooper, Janvrin, Jones, Leonard.
Lewis, Mays, McNally, Ruth, Scott
Shore. Shorten, Thomas, Wagner,
Walker, Walsh and Wyckoff.
Brooklyn-W. Robinson, manager:
Appleton, Cutshaw, Coombs, Cheney,
Daubert, Dell, Getz, Johhston,
Miller, Mails, Myers, Merkle, Mar.
Guard, Meyers, Mowrey, Olson,
0'Mara, Pfeffer, Rucker, Smith,
Stengel and Wheat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04

rAsufs Of the mob
which refuses 70
soak the family
Jewels or mort
gage the OLD
homestead 10 pur-
chase a ticket
from one of the
aforesaid sweet
faced spectators,
the charges and
countercharges Of
favoritism in dish
Ing out tn Q
precious paste
boards and the
dense crowds OF
volunteer experts
which n q
every street cor
uer. discussing
Ia sebaii as " they
were used to It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04
POOR SHOWING OF THE GIANTS
!. AGAINST DODGERS is MYSTERY
WHICH NEEDS AN EXPLANATION
Winning of 1916 National League Pennant Brings
Out Charges Against New York Players
and Honesty of Game Is at Stake

Of
the
OF
Of
McGrsw
pointed
N
q a
o
scored victory.
Played the Level
on
the speculation
Of
o
nd Of
play WASN'T
a puImo tanks Of
foolish baseball
a o o
bu onew
shame like New York out and refuse
sof
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04
Tennis Trophy Won BY washburn

NEW YORK Oct. WATSON NJ. washburn
gained permanent Possession OF the West Side
lawn Tennis Clubs che mpionship sinsies trophy
Hills courts yesterday defeating Fred G. BaaEs
IN the title round. 81. so. 2-6. 6-S RaEgs
played brilliant but erratie tennis while Wash
burn always steady.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04

DHILADELPHIA will not be us sarns
II this year. The raucous crtes OF w wv
sweet.faced ticket speeulatof, the hhsIs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-04
MeGraw's Actions Are Mysterious

TAKING 1t all in ALL
because follow
he missed handru
emphasized
played with the famous Baltimore Orioles We MeGraw
nshtera would
things broke against him
pans in
possible published
That stun was too much for don't believe players DELHI
in ess manner when Perr wound up with man on n base
sOwtns the steal second lost and left the bench
TO be connected with it, ! am through for the year"
@ ~ VIZ % s men % nc mao :. rear nun el ue hs wth0S, ousun
the box was not true McGwan and naturally seek
Robby andM Muggsy 70 Years
and
way back IN the early nnet when both played with the Orioles In those
New York
ana became the orcs assr when his friend wen, on tn. rampage.
When the Orioles dianded Robbie and Muss st
Robinson
work wsn and from then was on the payroll Of the club Then when Robbie
had chance of BROOKLYN MGraw helped him
he could to get the Job
eGrsw Right to Protect His Reputation
s BIT Of history red merely to show the position McGraw
n IN figure
turned 10 s s.nsh \, the end Of the third inning IL Is said that several nsysr
S up him to pn the asso Su. when he m the ne and made his
he had nothing tado with it
keeping al least 5000 New York
uohp Mcss~ and he shfun refused 10 make seem
being o o game
Brookya kn surun head Perhaps they were nssnos
bum and perhaps they had an on day
% S.uon.l Commission unravsl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03
SAY LOSS
ISN'T IRREPARABLE
Germany Greater Sufferer in
the Sea Battle. One Lon
don Paper Holds.
OPTIMISM rs URGED
Sycci1l C1hlo Despatch to THE ST

Special r1h'" Despatch 10 THE SrN
LoSpoH. June 3--Thc Daily Express,
while admitting hat the losses In the
North Sea battle were severe, says 1.-THE
action was nothing more than the ordi-
nary result Of constant naval activity"
The whole thing IL says. was an
unfortunate incident. nothing more. The
German losses are Ear more serious than
ours when the comparative naval strength
IL considered"
TIL patty Graphic says
We have suffered u loss at sea equal
to many pitched battles OF land. We
can only set our teeth and prepare 10
carry on the struggle with greater de-
termination
The Da,iv Telegraph says.
THE result Of the encounter ls not
villa, we should have liked, but let MS
guard against undue pcssimism. our
battle fleet Is untouched and the balance
Of loss Is possibly on our S!d"--wc can-
not say for n certainty--hearing In mind
the relative naval strengths of the two
countries. This at least can be conf
IDENTITY asserted, that nothing has oc-
CURED to affect In any degree the hold
which our naval power has exercised
for nearly two years on the ocean conf
m~unications Of the world. on that solid
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03
"a REGULAR FIGHT"
is SIGSBEE'S VIEW
Admiral AStonishcd at Great
Damage Done by Germans.
rs First Reported.

Rear Admiral Charles d. sigsbee,
L. s. y. retired, was much interested
last night in the naval engagement be-
tween the German and the British fleets
and admitted that ne was astonisl"d
AZ tho great DAMAGE done hy the Ger
mans are Set forth In the earlier dcs-
patches.
"Of course. II Is d&fticui, IN the absenCe
Of full reports to venture u guess as Ia
what really happened" he said, hut IN"
disparity in losses would seemingly iudi-
cate that the Germans took fun adj
vantage of the use OF what are called
vessels Of opportunity that il, torpedo
heats. ~dcstroyers, submarines. NJ. Their"
is no doubt that they took advantage
Of all naval opportunities
When informed that advic,s were to
the effect that the British were handi-
capped by the low visibility of the
German lighting machines Admiral Sigs-
bee said "War vessels are painted so
AS to make them IA nearly invisihl" as
possible, They paint the sides gray and
sometimes notified To make them re
semble water. Their are lots OF tricks
they play to fool the enemy, 1t occa-
sionally depends on the kline ~ weather
that Is prevailing just what they do to
help along the low visioility.'"
When Admiral Sigsbe" learned of the
later report ~ the British Admiralty in
which II war said that much damage was
done to the German vessels. he said.
well. that looks lik a more even
fight, doesn't Il? There seems 10 have
been plenty Of guntrc. too. Still. there
In hardly enough information on which
to base any opinion ~ to what took
place. However, from the little we know,
II must have been q rtcrlar fight"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03
SEA GIANTS LOST.
some Of Largest ship. ~ Fleets
Destroyed in Battle.

Ia" British supcrd~readnouch War
spite. \ sister ship OF the better known
Queen Elizabeth, PLAYED an active part
In the attcmrt va force tho D~ardanellcs.
She was 600 feet Ions AMI vas built n
Davenport In l?lt as n 90 OF about
$4,000. 900 She dlsplnc,I "7.hoo tons
Although her primary battery I. given
in naval records ~ eight IL inch guns
II was reported that she was cquipp 4
after the outbreak 81 tho war with l6
inch. instead - ~ Inch guns She had
also several batteries ~ snaller guns
and had four torpedo tubes
The Cueor Mary, a haiti. cruiser OF
1000 tons. was finished in 1913. She
was 100 feet long and her larges, guns
were eight 1915 inch. She also had six
teen ( Incl guns and three torpedo
tubes. She cost slO.ooo.oo0,
Tho interchangeable, also a battle
cruiser, but lighter than the Queen Mary,
a 57S feet long and carried eight Ic
inch guus, sixteen I inch runs and TIRES
torpedo tubes. She cost IS, 900, 900.
The battl" cruiser 1nvincible, whicl,
was one of the warships which destroyed
the German Pacific squadron on The
Falkland Islands in December. 1919, dis
placed 1880 tons, and was sac feet
long. She Was built in 1907 and carried
eight IL inch ans. sixteen I inch guns
and three torpedo tubes.
The armored cruiser Defence was built
in 1907, displaced Is, 600 tons, and was
525 feet long. Her largest guns wcr,
four a2 inch, and she carried five tor
pedo tubes.
The BLACK Prince, an armored cruiser
of 1850 tons, was $50 feet long and
wcs built in 1oof She had siN 80 inch
guns and smaller batteries and three
torpedo tubes,
The Warrior, an armorcd cruiser al
1890 tons. was $50 feet long, and also
had six 30 inch guns and smaller bat
tories. and three torpedo tubes.
The German lattlcship I'omncru was
built in 1870, at u cost of about 10000.
900, She displaced $4,000 tons, was 80,
feet long and had a battery OF four I
inch guns, rs well as others Of smallel
calibre. She had six torpedo tubes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03

asters that have hecallon British arms
sine" the war began. \ great deal r'-
mains ~ he explained. II - manifest
that IN" British fleet Was mo- taken ht
surprise. II wss out in fore" at tn"
uttermust end of the North SEA and
must hay" ne"r prepared to meet AN
eqIa''' uoworfu, fIrrc.
A.vord'rg t. the German account tine
Brit - fore" Wt- considerably Supe-
rior. ou this point the lirlt!.u report
is silent. II says merely that the enemy
avoided a long engagement with IN"
main force and retired hastily 10 his
base. Ia that CAS-" his tactics were evil
IDENTITY sound. for the result was u clean
victory. and a victory of no insignificant
InaguitUd,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03

Ten mixed war vessels are % trtn4Hg
fraction "f the British nav, II could
lose nlui more than thai ail S'Ili hc
I~ncomparahlv superior in nunlhor. %, tu.
German fighting ships. But ~rt
power which claims tho master. uf EEL.
others car have one 90 rs fleet eat l.,
pieces within gunshot. 50 20 speak. % IFS
Who'll" navy without suii,r.Ug d'"r tui
lasting reproach, though the paN,Ail
damage may he easily repaired
Tho truth ~ that throughout This
whole war tho British. both on land
and on sea. have lo'r IrvXpl'cAb'y
Sleepy. When Germany - h,mmrr!us
the Allies ali Over lII-op" with 4 fury
never more intense IN twenty-five months
than II Is now 4 - time for the British
I" wane w . they 80" ever COINS TO
wake M.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03

aided by It's low visibility" Is inter
pretcd by the embassy TO mean that the
German ships being ~ toward shore
were more difficult To- Gee thar the Brit
ish vessels III tho horizon.
Ma ! officers here also put this con-
stru"tIun ON the term low Visibility %
Rear Admiral strauss. chief Of tho
bureau Of ordnance and ,u authority
oil gunnery, said
Low visibility simply meant difficult
to sec"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03
Snowstorms Rage In Wussia.

PErRoGRAp, IUne "a cold wave -
unusual severity * being fel. through
out Russia. \ heavy snowfall has
stopped tho cars at Kazan, and at
N,zhni- Novgorod the temperature is still
below freezing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03

fact We may rest our assured homes for
~" future"
The Morning Post says
"our main forces and our battle
cruiser fleet went to meet tho Germans
hut the cruisers, hoing f%a-'.r. arrived
first aud IN hdzy weather ran lu'u the
German main fleet. Ba',l, cruisers ar.
built for long d~ista"'o fighting and arc
not meant - stand ~" bruut - .. close
fought engagement WITH heavily urmurod
ba~ttl.ship-. Thu De- tho uu\'u.t cVp'a-
nation of the Admiralty statement that
the German BATH. fleet was .,idod 10y
low visibi.ty' Their heavy la";tl got
our lighter metal ~ close range and
sav, II = severe %punishjug T'e tah'
must have been r. what nowadays u
clos" rauc" and TN" German ha'''cSh!ps,
we'll protected 10y armor, "utUutCn,d our
cruisers IN a fight Toy which, tnrN wrr"
not suited our advance guard I'm fact
engaged the German maiu guard and III"
result could he foreseen.
Nevertheless whsn u main forces
came up the position was reversed. h
German main fleet was actually joined.
and although the Germans were an" q"
~disergage. they received before they did
40 severe damage from our battlcships.
In tn, main battle, therefore. the Ger
mans we're defeated, our main ''cct
holding the sea
The Daily Wal criticlses what II calls
the curious vagueness' of the British
report. hut concludes from the involved
and obscure narrative that the enemy
engaged n part OF our iiect with his
whole strength and delivered n violent
blow before our hattleships were able to
come into action
obviously" the Daily Mail continues.
t4,. l.,.. ~ VFASA,t nnlA a IHlffnl1
tale, hut " the official statements are
conclusive Their the battle IL over and
the result cannot he regarded win
satisfaction. But II IL possible that the
British operations are still incomplete.
The Ddiiy Chronicle ~r''icises the
policy which resulted In u fccblcr force
being sent far forward In enemy waters
to he almost overwhelmed by a stronger
adversary"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03
CAPITAL GETS REPORT
Nisibility" Means "lDinlcult
10 Sce," u. =. Officials Think.

WAsHfNGToN. June e.-Thc British
Embassy hero has received the Ad-
miralty report officially from London.
No additional details are given.
The statement In the Admiralty re-
port that the German feet was greatly