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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

In 1909 Walsh's arm had lost some of it's dura bility, and he anassed only fifteen victories, losing eleven. In 1910 Big Ed had eighteen victories off record was twenty-seven won and eighteen lost, and in 1912 he won the same number and lost seventeen That was his last year as the pitching main stay of the White Sox. He was credit ed with eight wins and three defeats in 1913, with two won and three lost in 1914. and with three victories last year, and no defeats.
 Walsh had his first serious trouble with his salary wing during the 1912 city series between the Sox and Cubs. Tn the second game hot liner hit him in the jaw ,and almost knocked him out. He pitched the remainder of the game, but he felt dazed for hours afterward. For a day or. two his arm felt sore and painful, but, as he did not go on the mound again that year, he did not pay much attention to it until the following spring.. Then he was given sad awakening as to the seriousness of the situation. He had been doing only light work until he was sent into the box against the Venice Coast League club. The Coast CTS fell upon Eds delivery and quickly proved that he didn't have a thing. Walsh then began to work in earnest, but he wasn't used in the box again until an exhibition game with the St. Joseph Western League club The St. Joe swatters quickly drove Ed from the box in disgrace. After more patti ent work Walsh recovered some of his old stuff, but his wing wouldn't stand much work, and in 1918 he pitched only ninety-eigTt innings. Since then he has been hoping against hope that the old soup bone would return to form, but his efforts have all ended in disappointment. Spitban pitching in- wolves tremendous strain, and it is probable that the Walsh wing is sim ply worn out. When most men are just beginning their careers, Ed Walsh stands at the finish of his,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
FRENCH OWNERS OF STEAMSHIPS
 FAIL TO PROFIT
Business Big, Returns Are Small For Navigation
 Companies.

Paris. May 18.-While France suf- fers from the I extraordinary ocean freight rates now prevailing. her steamship owners reap little or none of the profits. Dividends of French navigation companies-such as declar- ed dividends-ran from six to fifteen per cent. while British, Dutch and Scandinavian companies distributed from eight to one hundred per cent, among their shareholders.
 One English company declared a dividend of one hundred six per cent, one fifty per cent, one forty-nine per cent. seven from twenty-five to for ty per cent. and twenty-nine compa- nies dividends ran from ten to twenty pc rcent. Two Dutch companies di- vded one hundred per cent two fifty per cent. and two forty per cent. and only one as little as twenty-five per cent.
 The comparatively poor showing of the French merchant fleet is explained partly by the considerable acquisitions made by the government and other war disturbances that did not affect neutral countries and were felt far less proportionately in England because British owners continued to profit from outgoing freight which the French fleet has always lacked. Economic writers call the attention of the Supe- rior Merchant Marine Council now in session to the fact that French lines have also suffered from obstructive ad- ministration measures and call reform that have been under discussion for years, particularly concerning the re- gime of French ports, metho odS of re- cruiting French sailors and better in terior transportation to furnish bet ter outlet for freight brought to port in French bottoms
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Rise in Prices of
 Material Felt By
 Berlin Washwomen

Berlin, May 1s.-The heavy hand of increased prices probably has fallen nowhere with greater weight than up on the hundreds of washerwomen of Greater Berlin, who do about 90 per cent. of the laundry work of the capi- tai. Soap prices have risen by about $50 per cent, starch by more than 400 per cent. and borax by almost 800 per cent. Yet despite these startling in creases. the laundry prices have re- mained about at their old figure, and cannot be jacked up appreciabIy, the washerwomen claim. Even to-day they are in nearly all respects ridicu- lously low, judged by the American standard, certainly lower than one would expect to find them after study ing the cost of materials necessary for running 8 laundry.
 Asked why they do not increase their prices somewhat at least, the ma joritysof the washerwonen shake their heads and declare that their clients will not stand for the increase. Most of them express the belief that the time is not for ahead when there will have to be a radical change in fash ions, whereby people will wear darker colored clothes so that so much wash ing will not have to be done.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
REFUSE TO STOP
 WELSH BOXING IN
 NEW YORK STATE

New York, May 19-The New York State Athletic commissi on, at meet ing held yesterday at Al Park Row, declined to uphold the decision of the Wisconsin State Athletic Com mission in suspending Freddie Welsh, light weight champion, for four months and placed itself on record as favor ing the immediate reinstatement of the title holder. Welsh was sus- pended this week by the Wisconsin Commission for delaying bout in Milwaukee thirty minutes and for other minor attractions of the rules.
 There is a gentIemen's agreement between the boxing soIons of this state and Wisconsin, by which each is bound to recognize the action of the other in eases that are beyond dis pute, and Chairman William Liginger, of the Wisconsin Commission, asked the local board to sustain the verdict Against Welsh.
 Harry Pollok, mana ger of Welsh, submitted a long report defending the champion. and so impressed the com mission that Welsh had been discrim- mated against, that on the recom- mendaItion of Frank Dwyer, Secretary Mathewson was directed to intimate to the Wisconsin boxing governors that their penalty had been too severe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

merchant in bettering his condition by helping him improve his cost account ing and book-maktng methods.
 "This is a step in the right direction and one of the main fundamentals of any successful business" said the President. "It is most important to the future success of a businessmen that he should know what his goods actually cost to manufacture and to sell. If he has these facts, they will enable him to present a modern ball ance sheet to his bank, and as a re- suit he would be better. able to obtain credit with which to expand and de- velop his business.
 Your suggestion that trade associa- lions. associations of retail and whole sale merchants, commercial clubs, boards of trade, manufacturers asso- ciations. credit associations, and oth- er similar organizations should be en- couraged in every feasible way by the government seems to me very wise one. To furnish them with data and comprehensive information in order that they may more easily accomplish the result that they are organized for IS proper and useful government function. These associations. when or ganized for the purpose of improving conditions in their particular industry, such as unifying cost accounting and bookkeeping methods, standardizing products and processes of rnanufac cture, should meet with the approval of every man interested in the business pro gress of the country.
 '4Too much emphasis cannot be pIac- ed on your suggestion that materials, methods and products in industry should be standardized upon the basis of specifications drawn up in co-ope- ration with engineering societies, in dustrial experts and trade associations. eskr 5rIa tries will not only reduce the cost of production but assure the producer better materials and more efficient membership and to the consuming g public the manifest benefit resulting from not having to pay for a wide and increasing variety of products and materials. Judicious standardization also means a greater return on a giv- en investment. Capital now tied up because of inefficient methods will be released and can be used effectively elsewhere.
 eff we are to be an important factor in the worlds markets we must be more thorough and efficient in produc- tion. The encouragement of trade as- soctations and standardization and the installing of better cost accounting and bookkeeping methods in our business concerns will go long way toward accomplishing this end.
 "It is my hope that in addition to the other work which the federal trade commission is doing, it will ascertain the facts regarding conditions in our various industries. If it finds that an industry is not healthy, it should, af- ter carefully considering the facts, in cooperation with the parties interest ed. suggest a practical and helpful remedy. In this way many of our dif- fcu1t business problems might be solv- ed.
 1T am very anxious to see you con- tinue to cooperate with the business men of the country along the lines upon which you are working
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Juvenile Crime Is
 Rampant in Austria

Vienna, May 1s.-Alarmed at the increase in juvenile crime and the Ge- plorable condition of so many thou- sands of children, the Austrian Red Cross is organizing a special fund for the care and relief of the young.
 It is difficult to tell just how greatly juvenile crime is on the increase throughout the country but the Wien na police report a sad state of things in the capital. In the suburb of Etet- zing bordering on the imperial castle of Schoenbrunn where the Emperor has been in residence throughout the war, the number of juvenile offenses rose to 1,0so in the first twelve months of the war, as compared with $50 in the previous corresponding twelve months.
 The Red Cross officers believe that many of these evils arise from pover- ty and other causes which a 1udicious expenditure of money may remove, hence their decision to organize a re- lief fund.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Extra Sporting Page
TY COBB WORTH
 $50, 900 TO CLUB
 AS DRAWING CARD

Toledo. O., May 19-Ty Cobb is the greatest ballp1ayer in the world. No news in that. ycu say! Sure. there isn't. but a fact is a fact.
 Read what Lloyd Rickard, busi- ness manager of the Toledo ball club. a man who looks upon the dollars and cents side of baseball, says about The Peach;
 .sCobb is worth $5o.ooo a year to any baseball club" declared Rickard. during a conversation on the value of players.
 To prove his statement he drew forth a notebook, filled with figures. covering many sides of baseball-and much American League and Federai League history. Rickard was busi- ness manager of the St Louis Browns for years and was secretary of the Federal League when that organiza- ton really amounted to someth1ng4
 .sFor three years before the Fed eral League played the deuce with organized baseball the Detroit club Averaged $110.O0e on the road, which was S30.00 a year more than any other club in the American League drew on the read
 rThere must be some reason for this extra money and the reason is Cobb Very welh if Detroit out drew every club on the road by $30.- GOO a year, and Cobb was respon- sible, he was good for ass much more when the team was at home, so, in cold figures. he attracted, alone, at least $50 1000 a year.
 eff a man will draw $6O,000 a year for his club isn't he worth $5o,- GOO to 1t I don't mean he should get that much, but he is worth it =
 sTy Cobb is the man who said, No ball player is worth more than S15,- 600 a year isn't he?" asked some one.
 He refused more than that to join the Federal League. So T. guess he meant itswhen he said it,'' replied Rxckard, confirming the story that the Federal League offered the Detroit star M great salary two years ago.
 .'The best illustration of the draw ing ability of any one player that ever came under my observatio tions'' con tlnued Rfckart, was in the case Of Walter Johnson
 .aThe Washington Club played in St. Louis a few years ago. On Tues day we had a $500 crowd On We'd nesday when Johnson was announc- ed as the pitcher, the box office re- ceipts amounted to $7,500- On the following day the receipts fell off to 4 $500 again. There was proof.
 "Of course Johnson isn't as ya,1u- able to a club from the box office angle as Cobb. because he can not pitch more thanstwice a week. while Cobb is in there almost every day and every day when he is able to p1ay.s'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
PRESIDENT ASKS
 COOPERATION IN AIDING INDUSTRY

Washington, May -Co-operation between the federal trade commission and businessmen and commercial or ganizations, with the object of stand ardizing trade, is recommended by President Wilson in a letter to Edward N. Hurley, vice-chairman of the com mission, made public to-day at the White House.
 The President advises that the com mission investigate industries and if it finds any not ''healthy," suggest a practical and helpful remedy" The President wrote to MT. Hurley on sug- gestings made in recent speech in Boston in which MT. Hurley told of efforts being made by the commission to assist the small manufacturer and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Huge Cold Storage Warehouse Erected
 By City of Vienna.

Vienna, May IS. - In the hope of bringing about some improvement in
 the food situation, the Vienna munich pality has just erected one of the larg- est and best equipped cold storage warehouses in Europe. All the most modern American improvements have been adopted, and particularly some brought about by the experiences of the war. When completed the build ing will haxe six floors, but only three have been constructed now as the au- thorities are desirous of opening it soon as possible. The total floor space will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
REAL BURGLAR TO EMPIRE CONTEST
 AT PENlTEN TlARY

Columbus, o. May -t'Shorty'' Freeman, serving 2 sentence from Hamilton county for burglary. says flair play will be the only kind that will .fget by'' when he is umpiring a baseball game Thursday between team composed of local employees of tha, Standard Oil Go.
 %he game, Warden P. O. Thomas has announced, will be played at Neil Park, and the proceeds will go for a fund now being raised here for the building of a children's hospital. =
 The warden has announced there will be no guards, and the prisoners composing the team will be free to So far as is known by Columbus prison officials it will be the first game ever played by a team of con- victs outside prison walls and without the presence of armed guards - Members of the team say they are going to give Paul He1fner, who is slated as twirler for the game, their term from Lorain county for mon support Harry Sebert, 'in'' from Lorain county for robbery, is known as the most successful base steaIer of the prison team.
 "Homerun'' A1onzo Delaney, sen fenced from Highland county TOT shooting to wound, is expected by fellow players to shoot a couple of balls over the park fence during the game. He is the heavy hitter of the team.
 Alfred Alexander of Green county, who several years ago smashed a bil- Hard cue over companions head. according to charges under which he was sentenced, is another dependable batsman of the O. P ball players He will be the third sacker.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
ED WALSH, A
 OPPOSED MONARCH

How are the mighty faIIeni Christo- pher of New York and Edward of Chicago, but short time ago the pitching kings of baseball, the heroes of American youth, are now rapidly losing the allegiance of their former devoted subjects. The Spitba1l King and the Monarch of the Fadeaway will soon join Manuel of Portugal and other deposed monarchs in the we'll known vale of oblivion. At least, so it seems. Comiskey has kept Big Ed on his payroll through lean years of com parattve id1eness, for the Old Roman nourishes the notion that the possessor of the once formidable pitching arm may yet come back. Mathewson also dreams of return of the days of glory.
 In the matter of years Edward vantage of Christopher. Walsh is thirty-four today. having been born on May 19. 1882, at Plains, Pa. Like Benny Kauff, Larry Doyle, Hughie Jennings, Jake Daubert and many other diamond stars, Walsh is a gradu- ate of the coal mines. He joined the Conl1skey crew in 1904, having served his minor league apprenticeship with Meriden, Conn. and Newark N J. In his first year in the majors Big Ed won six and lost three games. Tn 1905 his record was eight victories to three QoIGaLS- LII 19VO IL was seventeen won and thirteen lost. In 1907 he won twenty-four and lost eighteen. It was in 1908 that Walsh broke into the select company of immorta1s by win ming forty games, losing only fifteen. It was in the same year that Mathew son attained his greatest number of ' sictories-thirty-sev Johnson's best record was tilirty-six victories in 1913, and Alexander the Great, with thirty one wins to his credit last year, is far short of the figure set up by the spit ball king.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
s4.sss.ooo FoK oANAL foRrs

Washington, May 1s.-An appro- priation of $16,SoO, 900 for construct ing work and operation ofsthe Panama canal and fund of $4, ,5s5, ,oO0 for it's EortffcatIon are. among the large items In the sundry civil bill reported to The House today. The bill carries an aggregate of S427, ,237,221, almost $21.- poo ,0OO less than the executive esti- mates
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMEs rODAY.

New York in St. Louis. Brooklyn in Chicago. Boston in Cincinnati. Philadelphia in Pittsburgh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

The French budget for the third quarter of 1918 exceeds $1,5Oo. 900, 600 Minister of War Ribot announced.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
Southern Association

YESTERDAYS RESULTS. All games postponed on account of rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
American Association
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
 At Milwaukee R. H. E. Indianapolis ........A .. 8 IA 2 Milwaukee 12 5
 Batteries-Mills and Gosseth; Faeth, Hovlik and Mayer.
 At. St. Paul- RH F. Toledo 5 1 St. Paul 0 5 2 ' Batteries--Main and Sweeney; Fin neran, Upham and Glenn.
 At Minneapo R. H. E. Columbus ...... 3 4 1 Minneapolis ......... 2 5 2
 Batteries-Davis, Vance and Cole man; Pratt, Williams and Owens i At Kansas City < R. H. D. Louisville !. ... a.. 3 12 2 Kansas City =. .f.......... :. 0
 Batteries-Middleton Luque and Lalonge; Williams, Humphries, Rea- gan and Berry, (12 innings.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
GAMES rOnAY-

] Detroit in New York.
 Chicago in Philadelphia. St. Louis in Boston
 Cleveland in Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

Ten thousand racing fans braved the cold weather to attend the opening of the racing season at Jamaica, L. l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
srAnDrG CT THE CLUBS.

GAMES TODAY. Bridgeport at Lynn. Hartford at Lawrence. Worcester at New Haven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS REsu1rs.
STANDING OF THE CLUBs.

sw York-Detroit game postponed account of cold weather.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

New London at Lowell. Springfield at Portland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-19

A special dividend of SlO per snare on the common stock was declared by directors of the Dow Chemical ca.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-09
A symbol OF Health.

The Pythagorians OF Ancient
Greece ate simple food, practiced
temperance and purity. AS d badge
they used tho five pointed star which
they regarded as symbol Of health.
A red five-pointed star appears on
each package of Chamberlain's Tab
lets, and still fulfils its ancient mis-
sion as symbol of health. II you
are troubled with indigestion, BIZ
iousness or constipation, get pack
age OF these tablets from your drug
gist. You will be surprised at tho
quick relief which they afford. For
sale by Curiin's Two Drug Stores.
(adv.) cod
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-09

for the ends showing shield with
the letters ~. s." and wing above
it.
The art commissioners disapprov-
cd OF the substitute design. and
Mr.. Kech went to Washington anti
urged the acceptance of the eagle
design. The new boxes. OF which
several hundred thousand are to be
placed In all the cities of the county,
will cost approximately Sc each.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-09
LETTER BOXES OF NEW
DESIGN FOR new YORK
ART COMMISSION JOINS WITH
DEPARTMENT IN BEAUTI-
FLYING BOXES.
approximate Cost Of Each Box Will
he So Yet Its Beauty of Design
is Pleasing tn the
Eye.

WASHINGTON, June 9.--About
the last of this month Uncle Sam
will begin putting up the first of sew
,eral hundred thousand new design
letter boxes ali over the country.
The new box design is the joint
product of the post office depart
ment in Washington and the art
commission of New York. While the
design for the front was accepted by
the post office department. the de-
sign for the ends is still subject to
some modification, the design as q
whole being termed somewhat con-
ventional by post office officials.
The preparation for design for
the new boxes was taken up by the
art commission in April, 1914.
1t was at first proposed to mount
these boxes on pedestals, but this
was was disapproved by the COM
mission and the conclusion was
reached to affix them to electric light
poles.
The Edison company of New York
offered design, but 1t was so ornate
that the post office department de-
clined, on economical grounds, to
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-09
IHL[T|Cs LOSE SEWEO
UP CAME To TERRELL
ucITORS COME FROM BEHIND
I'M WIN ON "IsONEHEAD"
IN SIXTH INNING.
sboeppey Pitched Pretty Fair Game
While Team-Mates Piled Up
Five Errors Behind
Him.

anticipating decision favorable
/ them on a possible out in the sixth
lining yesterday in a game with
Farrell the locals threw down their
|te7es and were beating it for. the
|sBea when Umpire McManus called
h player safe at first, and thereby
angs the tail of defeat. A Terrell
|snner, almost home, was first to
Il the "Ump's' outstretched hand
Ind he cheat it, for home plate.
|ather Smith was next to see the
|slficance of the decision and he
|aref back towards home plate as
ID ball was tossed wild to him and
he sphere went bounding against
be grand stand, letting in a second
I'm that gave the visitors lead.
|hs rapidly TRANSPORTING events
| ned the players and sent cold
Ellis chasing up and down the
plal columns of the eagerly watch
3 fans.
The Terrellites had come from
|shind lead of five scores and were
Pm we'll on their way to victory with
one score lead, which was in
sased in the eighth on two errors
q pass. Waxahachie tried hard
tie the score up in the seventh,
Il failed by a margin of few
sands when Jordan went out at
ne plate.
aanager Poindexter started his
~ twlrler Schoeppey, who seemed
nave plenty of stuff at his COM
aAd in the early stages OF the
ae. Several of the hits off Schoep-
4 we're of the 'scratchy" kind and
work in the box was not so bad
sr all. The five errors and the
"asnead helped to lose the game.
e youngster held the visitors hit
IN the first and second innings
@ie the Athletics were garEering
runs on as many hits off
T' One hit in the tniru gave
s'si'ofs a run. Both teams
= seoreless from then on to the
when three hits, two of them
sa wallops, and n two Dagger
gal home three runs. Waxa-
4s scored one run In the fifth.
-'-s Tue score then 8 and 4. The
with brought the visitors three
ana the eighth gave them an