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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09
important Point Has Changed
Hands Many Times.
POWERFUL ATTACK MADE
ON THE BRITISH LINES
AL of These Were Driven
According to London
hssians Capture Important
kown Near Stanislau.
tey International News service)

(sy International News Service
Rome, Aug. 9.-The Italian forces
have captured the important city OF
Gorilla, it was officially announced
today This Is the greatest victory
won by the Italians during the war
Ten thousand Austro.Cerman priso
ners were taken with the strongly
fortified point.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09
SENATOR THURSTON
SUCCUMBS TO HEAT

(sy international News serViee4
Omaha. Neb. Aug 9-Former SEN
ator John NJ. Thurston, Republican
leader for many years, died today
from illness which followed heat
prostration.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09
HELP WANTED

Wanted Several girls
over 1G years Of age. Ap-
plv at interviewer Mills.
6 s lip Mon Wed Fri tt
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09

A workman All tbo West Quarry
received an injured arm this after.
noon and was BROUGHT o town for
medical attention.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09
This viii Produce Total Reve-
nue. of $33.773.24.
TAXABLE BASIS OF CITY
TOTALS $8,443.311.74
Taxable Basis of County As Il
Whole is $7t,426,643,
Which is Gain of About
100000 Over Last Year.

All the ievyIng bodies of the state
met yesterday for the purpose of
forming The estimates Of expenses
for the coming year and laying the
leyles. In this city IN council, the
hoard of education and the county
court took mp this work, and II will
all be completed by the end of the
present week. The bodies which have
leyies adjourninE from day to day
for that purpose.
The total figures for berkeley
county show nm increase of approx
nately 100000 over the figures of
last year The summary OF the total
for the county IS as follows:
Real estate .s......... s1206O.G 51 90
Personal property ..... a670s6l6oO
Public utilities ...4.... 4.795, 1865
Total for comfy. .s2l ,42G .642.51
The summary for the Martinsburg
district shows m approximate gain
Of $ltl 900 over the taxable valuation
Of last year, being divided as follows.
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09
FESTIVAL

Mf Wesley NJ E. Church viii hold
their annual Harvest Home Supper
ana festival August 18th, al @ Harry
Writings, BiIlmyeH's 2fll S-7.1p-6t
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09

Funeral Director A. Kocelschatz
who has been spcndneg several
days a Braddoek Heights. has re-
turned home
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09
DRESSMAKING.

3l9 Beatacky Avenue 88-lmo
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09

Journal want ads bring results
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-09

Tho JonrnaY ro- local newe.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE SKI
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The Jou-naI-on- peoples psuer
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tCoNTNUED ON PAGE SIX
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JcoETMTED ON PAGE SIX
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CONTINUED ON PAGE sIx)
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Cooler tonight; probably showerst
fair and warmer Thursday.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
BAYL|S ID EXPLAIN
 ALLIES RELIEF FUND
District Attorney Decides to Hear
 Story Of ''Philanthropist'

New York, Aug 1.-The Rev. Dr. ''Director General of the Allies Hos pital Relief Commission which col lected $7,000, not a penny of which ever reached the Allies, will have until tonight to appear before Assistant District Attorneys George F. Roesch and Samuel Markewich to explain cer- tain features of the :If ddled affairs of the commission.
 "I intend givins' iir Bay1is a chance to make good tho 2tH tcy1 ant that when he visited me tho t:-s- t;u2e I carefully swept aside evidence t0 support his charges against George R. Buck, Richard Arthue, c71N X9s. Edith F. Ranger former orlplo US of the com- mission," said Met. 1ea sch.
 The district attorney 'ound the "di- rector general by 5eleohone at the office of tho CO., emission in the Wool worth Building md was informed that Dr. Bayli; would 5n ain there all day. Ten minutes later MT. Roesch called up again, but Dr. Baylis had left and from that time no information as to his whereabouts could be obtained.
 pr. William H. Tollman of Brook lyn, whom Dr. Baylis accused of try ing to get the post of ''director gen. erar' away from him, had a long talk With MT. Roesch on the the telephone. He said he had left the commission about three weeks ago because he could not tolerate the 'Iiberal manner in which Dr. Baylis handled the fdnds.' He added that both R. J. Caldwell, a member of the finance committee, and himself had attempted cn several occasions to get a state ment from Dr. Baylis concerning the financial state of the commission but without result
 Mrs. Ranger, who was engaged by
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

continue to invent schemes which re- quire something other than a natural delivery of the ball it is going to re- suit soon in legislation which will force the pitcher to work without a glove thus depriving him of his best means for practicing deception.
 That is the only way they will ever successfully curb the illegal and freak deliveries that are complained about" says Bill For, to a pitcher who has to resort to tricks with the ball, a glove is as necessary as jimmy Is to a porch climber.'
 The tendency of baseball legislation has been toward the abolition of the freak devices of the pitchers. The ban has been placed on the emery ball, and only the spitball of the breaks remain ing legal Primarily the object is to keep up the hitting. A pitchers battle
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
BETTING FLOUR|SHES AS POLICE WATCH
No Attempt to Stop "BookieS" at
 WillimanSett Track

Willimansett, Mass, Aug. 1.-The "bookies' operated at the meeting of the Bay State short-ship circuit at the Willimansett fair ground track yesterday afternoon, using a room un- Ger the grandstand as their headquar- ters 4 regular betting establishment ftourished right under the stands and in plain sight The "bookies'' were on their stands yelling off the chances and the odds on the different horses. ting and the place was we'll filled be- tween the heats
 The betting was done openly No ettempt was made to go behind closed doors. A wide barn door furnished the entrance to the place and from tle stairs leading up into the stands tte "bOOkies" could be plainly seen ard heard. The bettors f1ocked into the place laid down their bets, re- ceived tickets on their horses and then again fOCked outside to see their choices perform. The crowd of bet tors kept this up all afternoon. Con- versing with one another about their bets was so plainly heard among the spectators.
 Five policemen were within sight and earshOt of the happening, but no attempt was made by any one of them to stop the betting. A police sergeant was posted at the opposite side of the grandstand and he did not move from his position. Police officers guarded the track at dif1rent places in front of .'le grandstand, one of them being SO stationed that he seemingly could plainly see the actions of the bettors and the "bookies.' They saw every thing but thu betting.
 When seen last night Marshal Barnes of Chicopee said that he had visited the track on Wednesday in time to see the final heat Of the races ard that at that time he had seen no betting. Yesterday, he said, none of the five officers stationed at the course had made a report of any betting to him He said that if it was true that there was betting at the races he would take immediate steps to stop it today Marshal Burnes also said that Thomas Bligh, the state policeman, ar rived in ChicOpee last night He had not been to the races yesterday. but will probably go there tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

may be an artistic triumph, but it has been shown that the public wants to see base hits. The fan demands action in his baseball, just as he does in his drama and his best seller, and base hits make for action in baseball.
 Those who have been in regular at tendance have probably noticed the ire quent examinations the umpires make of the ball. They stop the game while managers and players gather and give the little sphere the curious up and down. It is not a practice designed to prolong the game. The umpires are acting under instructions not to per init the use of anything that resembles the emery ball.
 It is the modern concrete stand that makes the precaution necessary. It affords a rough surface that scuffs the ball. A ball that has been hit against
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
"CONFIDENT RECRUIT" BUT HE
 WAS LET OUT.

JIMMY CALLAHAN, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, said that he liked to see a young ball player confi- dent and self possessed, but that he had one recruit while he was manag- ing the White Sox who had a little too much self confidence.
 T remember" said Jimmy, that this fellow was highly opinionated and that he thought he knew everything that came along. In fact, he knew so much about baseball that we decided the big leagues hadn't caught up to his stand ard and that we ought to struggle along without him.
 He picked up a scientific paper one time and read the account of one of those big Wrecks they were pulling off on one of the eastern roads a few years ago. In this same paper was the announcement that a reward was of- fered by the railroad of $1O,O00 to any one who would invent a device that would absolutely prohibit wrecks.
 This fellow didn't waste a minute. There was a telegraph office in the lobby, and he promptly wired to the railroad: "T accept your offer. Send on that check"
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

up and shot by two robbers at Breg- lio's wholesale liquor store late Tues day evening, died at the Springfield hospital soon after 6 o'clock last cve- ming The wound in the abdomen re- suited in internal hemOrrhages which were the direct cause of death. An autopsy performed by Associate Med- teal Examiner s. A. Ryan, City Phy- sician William J. Leonard and Med ical Examiner John H. c. Gallagher at Sampson's undertaking room last evening showed that the bullet en- tered the abdomen, took a downward course toward the left side and lodged in the deep flesh of the left buttock. The intestines were ounc- tured in several places, the bladder was penetrated, and number of blood vessels were severed.
 The death of MT. Pollard removes the slight hope which the police held of connecting William Sullivan of Woodstock, H., Emory A. Byrnes of Nashville, Tenn, and Hugh Mason of Easton, Pa., with the crime. The three men were arrested in New 1Ia- ven, Wednesday as suspects and were brought to this city early yes- terday morning. They were taken to
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
ROBERTSON CAN SPEED ON
 PATHS

F Dave Robertson of the New York
 Giants ever is of a mind to go against the circling the base record. which is now held by Hans Lobert at 3 minutes 4-15 seconds, Gotham ex- perts are of the opinion that he can beat the mark easily.
 Robertson will make Ty Cobb. Max Carey, Clyde Milan and other base run ners celebrated for their speed look slow. He probably could not only lead any one of them by ten feet in going around the bases. but he looks a foot faster going to first than any man in the big show today.
 Bert Shotton of the St. Louis Browns is a streak going to first. He pulls the average infield in ten feet when he is at bat. That Is necessary because on an ordinary bounder the inf1eld cannot complete the mechanics of his play the fielding and throwing of the ball. fast enough to intercept Shotton at first when playing back.
 Robertson is faster than ShOtton. A race between the two on the bunt and run to first would be entertaining.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
Press Big Help to Stecher

JOE STECHER, the phenomenal
 young wrestler brought from ob- livion by the revival of the mat game, says many of his matches have been won for him by newspapers.
 'On account of the dope written about me am known as the chap with a wonderful leg scissors hold" says Stecher Tt has been written that have squeezing pressure of several thousands pounds in my legs and that the hold l use Is deadly. In fact, the leg scissors has become os famous as the Gotch toe hold
 "Consequent'y every wrestler I meet is on the lookout for the scissor grip, and he leaves openings for other holds.
 "I have not used the scissors in half
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

concrete walk Is apt to have all the roughness necessary to make it ideal for the emery ball delivery.
 Baseball can get along without these freaks" says Bill Donovan. "A good pitcher doesn't have to use such tricks. Look down the list of great pitchers and how many of them were spitball or emery ball pitchers? Not many. There are only a few men who stand out prominently who used such deliveries. Ed Walsh, Tesreau, Rus sell Ford and two or three others make up all the pitchers who ever were suc- cessful with the freak stuff. Such men as MatheWson, Johnson, Addie Joss and the dozen of other stars of the game never resorted to it, and you will hear about them long after the other fellows have been forgotten
 It was Russell Ford of the Yankees who introduced the emery ball into the big league, but it had undoubtedly been in existence in it's natural state around the town lots for years, and like the electricity in the lightning, just wait ing for a Benjamin Franklin to come along and hitch the harness to it. No doubt many a kid has pitched a freak curve with a scuffed ball and wonder ed how he did it.
 Ford became the Ben Franklin quite by an accident. He and Ed Sweeney were battery mates in Atlanta One ] day f1e got hold of Q ball that had just struck rough spot and noticed that it | took a weird curve. He got to experi- menting and then kept his secret AS l he couldn't depend on bouncing the ball against & rough spot he substituted the 1 emery paper and kept it in his glove
 He had great year with the Yankees 1 in 1910 and no one could understand how he got the peculiar curve on the !! ball. When they began to inquire he | arranged so that the emery paper was attached to ring on his finger and | came off when he pulled the glove off l Consequently when one examined the 1 glove there was no evidence. However l they finally got on to Ford, and he l never had big year again. He didn't , have enough of the natural stuff to get by on, and when they took his trick away from him they ruined him.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
Pacific Coast Produces Great Athletic Family

l FETHE golden west has given to the | athletic world another family ot l strong athletes.
 Searching through the records one fails to find anything to approach the
 remarkable prowess of the Augustus,
 Robert Lindley, Fred and Frank Mur-
 ray household. Robert, Fred and Frank are genuine chips of the old block, for father Augustus was an ac
 complished football and tennis player in his younger days.
 The eldest of the three Murray boys.
 Robert Lindley, twenty three years of age, holds the national indoor tennis title and metropolitan singles cham pionship of 1915. Twenty two year old Fred is accounted to be one of a few of the greatest murders ever known.
 At the recent intercollegiate cham pionships he flew" over 120 yards high sticks in fifteen seconds, establishing a new college mark. He was crowned national hurdles champion at San Francisco last summer, on which oc- casion he lowered the colors of Fred Kelly and one or two other accom- plished timber troopers.
 Frank, nineteen years, threatens to become one of the best hammer throw CTS in the college ranks. With the graduation of Fred the Murray name will remain at the Leland Stanford. Jr university, as Frank is taking up an engineering course. Frank has thrown l the sixteen pound hammer over 15O | feet.
 In baseball the name of the Della hantys will live long in the memories of fans, and football enthusiasts never forget the Poes, while the Corbett brothers ruled supreme in their par ticular lines of endeavor, Jim being former heavyweight champion and Joe Corbett champion pitcher of the old Baltimores.
 It will be years before another com biEation such as the Murray family represents will be developed
 The kOlehnainens are a reCaarkable family of distance runners, flames be- ing the acknowledged amateur cham pion from five to fifteen miles, while Willis is one of the best professional in the world.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

Baylis with being in a conspfra| discredit the commission in thd of the public.
 $. zanko de Primo, an Italian who volunteered to sing at Q h| In Asbury Park, gave Assistant trict Attorney Markowich a ched S37.50 which he said he had red from pr. Baylis for his exp When he presented the check g bank De Primo said he was told the funds on hand were not sufi to cover 1t.
 MT. Roesch will continue tn Vestigation today.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

BayIis," MT. Roesch quoted her as saving. They arrived in every mail. He kept the checks in q pile on his desk and on one occasion l spoke to him of the fact and told him that they ought to be deposited in the bank immediately. I saw cash dona- tions coming in the letters also.''
 Mrs. Ranger said that pr. Baylis had expressed his qualification over the size and frequency of the con- tributions. Her testimony was cor roborated by Buck, who was engaged as a solicitor at $50 a week. Mrs. Ranger and Buck were charged by pr.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

pr. Baylis to arrange the entertain ments given at the Biltmore and in Boston and to interest the socially prominent in tho work of the commis- sion. appeared at the district attor- rcy's office and practically made charges against the minister. She said she had seen Dr. Baylis on several occasions while he was open ing the great bundles of letters re- ccived from contributors and that he frequently put bills of large denomi- ration in his pocket.
 Many checks were received by Dr.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

OUR little knot of serious thinkers
 who meet occasionally on rainy days to pick flaws in the national pas- time were discussing pitchers and their nefarious and unnatural devices for deceiving the batter when we drew quite an important prediction from Wild BilP' Donovan, manager of the Yankees and esteemed member of the knot.
 Wild Bilp' was considered one of the greatest pitchers of his time, and he points with pride to the fact that he gained his success entirely by the use of his natural advantage. Therefore he looks down with professional scorn upon the spitballers and the emery ball artists and regards them as mere tricksters, who cast taint upon the real art of pitching.
 It Is Bills opinion that if pitchers
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

my bouts. know and use other holds, just like other wrestlers do. Half the time l do not have to think about us- ing the scissors, because my opponent, in protecting himself from the grip, lets me slam Gn the hak Nelson or some other good hold"
 Stechcr is just big hoy, only twen- ty-two yeerts Of age. In street clothes he looks Ike a schvolbaP, but beneath his little checHersd cap are moro brains than the average wrestler has.
 Stecher is called the boy in over alls." He YVES raised on a farm neas Dodge, Neh.
 The unexpected counts m wrestling, boxing, baseball or business" saya SteCher
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04

! the Springfield hospital by Capt John H. Boyle of the local detective bureau yesterday morning, but no identitica- tion was made. MT. Pollard was suf- fering intense pain at the time, and, While he looked at the men, declined to state positively whether his assail ant was present. He asked for an other opportunity to see them, but fate decrced that this should never be granted.
 Genuine disappointment was felt by the police over the death of MT. Pol lard.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
NILES ON EASTERN TEAM.
Chosen Fifth Man for IntersectionaI
 Tennis Matches.

New York, Aug. 4.-NathanieI w. Niles of the Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, yesterday was chosen fifth man on the Eastern tennis team in th" intcrsectiOnal series which starts this afternoon at the West Side Ten nla Club courts, Forest Hills, l.. l. Niles was to have played Theodore Roosevelt Pell yesterday for the place on the team, but Pell was forced to default on account of business pres sure.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
POLLARD DIES, A
 VICTIM OF THUGS
Springfield Police Lose Hope of CoIt- meeting Three Suspects With
 Shooting in Saloon.

Springfield, Aug. 4.-Michael J. Pollard, the wine clerk who was held
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-02
En- Ell norte de Franeia los ng|ee'
ses lograron capturar dieci~
seis miIIas de trincheras
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esta offensive, y junto con sus aliados captura-
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de defensa alemaua y IOgrarOn en- vaHss parties
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-02
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-07-02
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