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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
MERRITT MASTERS
 KITCHENS GULLS

Chattanooga, August 19.-Merritt held Mobile to one hit and Chatta nooga won today's game, 2 to 0, mak- ing a clean sweep of the series and shutting out the Gulls in three games.
 McDowelIs base on balls, Bates sacrifice and single by Johnson and a double by Elberfeld accounted for the Lookouts' two runs. Score:
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Waco: Waco S. Dallas (16 in nings, darkness).
 At Fort Worth: Fort Worth A, Houston 0-0.
 At Shreveport; Shreveport Al, San Antonio 0-3 (Second game inningsl.
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Summary; Stolen base, Ellam. Two base hits. Edmondson, Barbare. Dou- ble play. OBren to Kaufman Left on bases, Nashville 3, New Orleans f. Struck out, by Ellis 4. by Walker g. Base on balls, off Ellis 1, off Walker 2 Wild pitch, Ellis Time, 141 Umpires O'Toole and Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Games Today

Boston at Chicago.
 Washington at St. Louis. New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Cleveland.
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Games Today

Birmingham at Nashville. Mobile at Memphis.
 Atlanta at Chattanooga. New Orleans at Little Rock.
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International League

At Newark: Newark 2-6, Buffalo 5-5. At Providence: Providence 6, Rochester 6. (Called end eighth catch train.)
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SPORTS
GiantS Falter But StiU They HdDe Safe Lead; White Sor Manage 10 Continue On Top
McGraws Men Break Even in 10 Games While Phles Lose But Two of Eight Games Staged-Race Remains Very
 Close in American-Senators Show Great Form

New York August 9The New York Nationals ended the 
  we'll mispIays
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Chattanooga ......... 900 200 00A-2
 Summary: Two-base hit, Elberfeld. Stolen base. Johnson. Sacrifice hit, Bates. Left on bases, Mobile 3, Chat tanooga 5. First on errors, Mobile 1. Struck out. Fulton ?, Merritt 2. Bases on balls, Fulton 8, Merritt 2. Wild pitcher, Fulton. Empires, Breitenstein and Marcan. Time, 1:25.
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HOW THEY STAND
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday Memphis 6, Atlanta 0. New Orleans 1, Nashville 0. Chattanooga 2, Mobile O.
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Summary: Two-base hits, Bratchi Moran. Home run, Ruel. Sacrifice hit Dobard. Double plays. Ruel to Prieste O'Mara to Reilly to Munch. Innings pitched, by Sheehan 3 IS, with runs and hits (tvo out when relieved) by Day 22-3 with no runs and hits. Base on balls, off Day l, off Brennan l. Struck out, by Day 2, by Brennan 2, by Blodgett 5. Hit by pitcher, Cruthers (by Brennan). Time, 1853. Empires, Prem ninger and Kerin.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday Cincinnati 5. New York 0.
Games Today

St. Louis at Boston.
 Pittsburg at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia.
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*Hit for Day in seventh. #*Hit for Brennan in ninth. Score by innings:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Yanks Beat Browns

St. Louis, August 19.-Sothoron was a puzzle to New York with men on bases and the visitors lost their final game of the season here to St. Louis today to 1. Mogridge was hit hard and his support was unsteady. Score:
 p IT II,
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taken two out of three from Philadel- 1 phia and on Friday had beaten Cleve- land in the first game of the series
 INDIANS SLUMP l Cleveland slumped, winning only two out of seven. but Detroit could only win two out six and did not gain on the Indians. New York broke it's losing streak with seven straight by defeating St Louis Friday. but the Yankees are still in a rut Today they dropped a game to St. Louis. Washington gained on the others by coming through the week without a defeat, winning five games Detroit succeeded today in breaking the Senators winning streak Although the National league teams played in more games than the Ameri- can octette, the total runs scored Tn both circuits was the same, 193. The Nationals outhit the Americans and also made more errors.
 WEEKS RECORD
 The weeks record in each league of games played, won and lost, with runs, hits, errors, including the games of Saturday, August 18 is as follows: A ATrT
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more games last week than usual.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
The War Today

ItnIy's long years of prepare.
ton and General Cad0rua's strut
egg and ability as commander
continue to bear fruit i'm the greaf
offensive the italian armies are
now waging for Triest.
Although official announcement
is lacking, there seems little rea.
son 10 question dispatches from
various sources that Monte San
Gabrielle, the last Of the Austrian
str0ugh0lds in the Gorilla district
has been taken by the valor0us
Italian troops, giving them pos.
session of the entire chain Of hills
dominating the Gorilla area.
With the taking Of Monte San
Gabrielle the capture of $50 pris.
0ners. probably all OF the remain.
ing Austrian garrison, with b Off
GERS, il reported
ON the Franc0-British front the
British hail Of shells being dr0pp.
ed upon the German lines in Plan.
ders is causing the German to
contemplate abandoning q wide
expause Of territory there now he.
ing swept by General Haic's big
guns and those Of the French zoe
operating with him in the Bel
gian campaign. The launching nj
the next entente push is apparent
~ imminent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

on Sept Is he will assume coptvol
over the prices Of all potatoes aud
beans grown in France and VIII de-
termine for each region raising tht5se
products the prices which may be
charged for them AL trade prices
will be decided by him on the basis
Of recommendation from depart
mental committees com posed OF the
projects and directors of agricultural
services In each department and three
tradesmen and three representatives
Of agricultural organizations The
prices will be revised every two
months and no expectation Of these
vegetables from the department OF
origin will be permitted except upon
certificate. Heavy penalties will be
imposed for attractions of the order.
including con6scation Of the goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
No CHANGE PRICE
or BAKERY GOODS
Aefion 81 Government ia ixfag Price
Oh Wheat VIII WORK 30 Bene-
TT 70 Bakers.
LoAyEs 10 DE or SAME SIZE
Although Cost FiouF win Drop
Slightly Other Ingredients Have
Advanced spondingiy.

There VII be 10 change IN the size
~ the loaves 81 bread OF prices Of
bakery goods Il became known today,
although no meeting % tAs Rock lEl-
laad County Bakers club was held
yesterday as announced last week
The action c1 the government in
fixing the price 81 a bushel Of wheat
does not materially benefit as said
q prominent local baker today "The
establishing 0f the $3.50 price means
that -four will cost as about So 2
barrel We are at present paying a
little more than q dollar above that
price. 80 you can see that the federal
action gill not BE much OF a help
THE average man. who is not in
position 10 know expects that every
time the wheat market varies the
price Of bread should come up or
down, as the case may be- he con
tinued THE average man does not
take into consideration the May 9TH
en- articles that 90 90 making up baA-
cry goods suCa as sugar. lara, eggs
and other ingredients. Take eggs, for
instance When the first prices were
set on bread, that Of . cents per loaf.
was years ago. when eggs could be
bought for 3 cents dozen. Today
we are paying 80 cents dozen SD
gar and lard have trebled i'm price.
The average man does not take into
consideration that when the dough is
cut down or enlarged, we must have
pans to fit he loaf Through recent
changes every bakery in town has
money invested In pans that cannot
be used I have S400 worth of pans
that are useless to me
No Five Cent LOAF.
Talk that the cent loaf viii be
revived when the new quotations on
wheat are received is absolutely fool
ish. he explained. We could not
give loaf bigger tEan a good sized
bun for cents Take into consider
alton the fact that -four was sold for
$3.75 a barrel when the price of 5
cents was put on a loaf of bread and
We are paying over SIS for a barrel
Of -four now along with the great in-
crease In the cost of other articles
and one can plainly see why the 5
cent loaf is an imposstbility."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
- Snread Here
CHICAGO TRIO HELD
TO THE GRAND JURY

Frank smith, aged 10; John Benson,
aged Is, and Charles Hampton, aged
is. all OF Chicago. charged with steal
ing the automobile belonging 10 G. ".
Johnson, 1910 Twelfth street, Moline,
from in front o1 the Rock Island club
last Saturday night, were bound over
to the grand jury on larceny charges
yesterday afternoon by Magistrate
smith All three are being held IN
der bonds Of 81 ,000 each They plead
ed not guilty TO the charge John
sons car was abandoned In Wilton
Junction. Iowa, where the boys were
arrested ia a box car Sunday Ben
son confessed, then repudiated his
statements
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
GUARDS PATROL
STATE CAPITAL
Soldiers Parade Streets with Bayou
cts Fixed to Prevent Trouble
in Car STRIFE.

Springfield. H. Sept Guards
raen Of the Ninth and Tenth Illinois
infantry regiments are patroIliug
downtown streets today. bayonets
fxed, as precaution against fur
ther disorder from street car strike
sym pathizers who on Monday night
grew riotous and damaged company
property after several weeks Of quiet
Pedestrians are kept moving.
There was no disorder last night.
Men arrested Monday night are stilI
held IN Jail on charges Of r1Oting and
violating Injuncuons against interior
ence with operations of the company.s
street cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
BATTLE is LOST
BY HOUSE REPUBS

Washington. Sept. blouse repub-
ucanw today lost their tight 10 amend
the war bond and certificate bill so as
to provide for a congressional war ez-
penditures committee Representa-
tive Johnson Of Kentucys chairman Of
the committee Of the whole. sustained
points OF order made by Democratic
Leader Kftchin against two different
provisions offered by Representative
GiIIet of Massachusetts and Represen-
tatiye Moore of Pennsylvania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
BODY BACK
ACTION OF LOWDEN

Aurora. III, Sept 5-The Aurora
Commercial club. Mayor James f.
Harley and the Aurora SoIA~srs and
Sailors organization, an organization
founded to raise q permanent fund to
supply fighting men at the front with
home comforts and little luxuries. to-
day sent O telegram to Governor Low
den in behalf Of Aurora commencing
him for the methods he adopted in
preserving the peace Of Chicago and
in defeating the propaganda Of the
autis'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
WAR GAME Is STAGED
AT TRAINING CAMP

Chicago. Sept 5,-More than $4,000
blue3ackets at the Great Lakes naval
training station engaged in sham
battle today in which tanks. torpedo
boats, destroyers and other impIe~
mentz of war were utilized in attack
and deefnse. According 10 officers
Zoe coo rounds Of ammunition were
fired
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
FAVOR SHORTENING
COURTS OPINIONS

Saratoga Springs. y. Y. Sept o.
The presentation Of a memorial TO
United States and state courts request
ing d conscious effort a the short
ening Of opinions was recommended
today TO the American Bar associa-
ton by the committee on reports and
digests which reported that the aver
age length Of judicial opinions has in
creased 80 per cent in the last 20
years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
CEN. GURKO WILL BE
EXT ED AS TRAITOR

Fetrograd, Sept. General Gnrko.
former commander on the southwest
eTn front charged with treasonable
conduct toward the revolution, viii
be exiIed from Russia. His wife will
follow him into exile. He VIII be al
lowed to choose his residence.
Hahne the painter is here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
MILAN MARINE HOME
on A 10 DAY VISIT

John Holden, Milan formerly emf
ploved by Horst & Strieter. aHd now
a member off 55th COMPANY. Uuited
States Marines, stationed az Norfolk.
Va. is home on a To-day furl0ura
MT Holden has been training 81 PARIS.
Island, S c. He is enthusiastic about
the marine service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
STATEExPERTOn
PARALYSIS COMES
Although There Are No Cases of child
Disease in CIfy. Doctor Is
Enroafe.
DAVENPORT SCHOOLS CLOSED Up
Even Sunday Glasses Are Placed Tn
der Ban of the Health De-
parfment.

Al infant paralysis expert Of the
state department Of health IS enroute
to Rock Island from Springfield, &C
cording TO adyjces TO The Argus this
afternoon
Why he is coming IS beyond explain
alton. according to the Office Of Dr. c.
r. Foster, municipal health physician
The municipal health department says
there are no cases Of the child plague
in Rock Island.
Davenport, on the other hand, today
closed its schools during the life OF
the infantiie paralysis epidemic in the
city across the river. The city is plac-
ed at an expense Of $4,000 a week. as
a result IN teachers salaries. The
teachers viii have no work 70 do The
high school, all public and parochial
schools and all Sunday school classes
are under ban St Ambrose college
and Immaculate Conception academy
Of ST Katharine school have also
been ordered closed,
The Davenport board of health, act
ing upon the recommendation of the
Scott County Medical society, took this
action. All children under 16 years OF
age are barred from all public places
where crowds gather.
Fear Spread Here
The only conclusion in Rock Island
is that the seriousness Of the epidemic
iu Davenport has prompted the Illi-
nois health department to send an ex-
pert here. as a matter Of precauti0n
against the spread Of the disease TO
this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
THOMPSON ACTION CONDEMNED.

Quincy. Ill. Sept. 5.-At 3. patriotic
meeting in Mt Sterling. near here,
yesterday. q resolution was passed
condemntng the action Of Mayor
Thompson Of Chicago in allowing the
pacific meeting 10 that city after It
had been forbidden by the governor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

spondent with Compan 4, 144th Unit
ed States infantry OF Rock Island,
who has been home on q sick leave,
LETT today for East St Louis to re-
JOIN his company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

hIVef I0reCasts = eIieHt IaLIuE ten-
denGy in the Mississippi will continue
from below Dubuque to Muscatine I'm
til heavy rains occur.
J. 81. SHERTER,
lIetecr0IC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

Following was the stage of the Mis-
sisslppi river at the stations named al
: o'clock this morning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
RAILROAD FUSS AT
CAMP GRANT ENDED

Chicago, Sept. 5.-The controversy
between the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy railroad and the Rockford aud
Interurban company, which for a time
threatened to hold up street car trans
porlation from Rockford 10 Camp
Grant was amicably adjusted by the
state public utilities commission today.
Under the ruling of the commits
sion. the tnterarban company will be
allowed to build a temporary grade
crossing, properly safeguarded. over
the railroad tracks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
FRANCE TO CONTROL
PRICE OF POTATOES

Paris, Sept. 5.-Tne minister Of pro
visions has announced that beginning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
CHURCH UPHOLDS
MASTERS RULING
Circuit Judge Sustalns Findings OF J.
L. Haas In the Jan InJunc-
ton Case.
DECIDES FOR THE COUNTY
Indications Are That Bishop l. IL
Dunno WiH Appeal suit to the
Illinois Supreme Court

Judge y. T. Church N circuit co1Ft
this afternoon sustained the report Of
nsster-tn-Chancery T. /. Haas in the
jail Injunction case. finding the IS
sues for the county. 1t is understood
that the suit win again go to the 14ll-
n0is supreme court.
The action was brought By Blshop
E. ri. Dunno against the county OF
Rock Island 10 prevent the erecEloh
Of the new county jail on the court
house square 1t was claimed thaL
the structure could not legally be
erected on the campus because Of the
Tg0a law prohibiting the building OF
fafIs within 200 feet OF a building used
exclusively for school purposes III
was argued that the location Of ST.
Tosanh's school across the street from
the prOposed site prevented the coun-
fv building at this point. The question
Of the county's title TO the square was
also questioned.
Judge II. ID. Ramsay denied a tenn
porary injunction and the case was
carried to the Illinois supreme court,
where Il was reversed and remaDded.
Judee Ramsay delegated Master-ln~
Chaucery j. L. Haas to take evidence
il the second hearing and his findings
were for fhe county.
Drop Oral Argument.
Yesterday exceptions TO the mas
terrs report were taken up before
Judge Church. It was decided 10 sub
nit the matter without argument This
afternoon Judge Church announced
his ruling approving the report.
SearIe & Marshall are counsel for the
county and j. r. & S. r. Kenworthy
for Bishop Dunno.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
% -NnTsTRIAT. MIssInN.

J. 4. Marion and F. ". Bender.
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, left today for the southern part
Of the state on an industrial mission.
Habra Inc nair-er IL ,e-a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05
DRAFT HURTS, FARMERS CLAM.

Chicago. Sept. FARMERS of the 10
northern counties Of Illinois are com
planning to district appeal board No. 8
that the draft Is interfering with
farm work Five hundred requests for
exemption on agricultural grounds
have been received by the board
Hahne the painter is here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

The Oklahoma Exhibit Car Rock Island has here for
wand
IN be
the United States Auin the Oklahoma Oil Belt
these lands improve them and they be bought direct from United
a dollars not nece
Agricultural timber lands prosperous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

The Oklahoma Exhibit Car contains an extensive disp
ucts both agricultural and mineral well numerous
Western development For those interested in the Indar
charts, pats blue prints geological surveys etc
hand TO acquant the public with the and conditions
Don't forget the population of the United States doub
but there will be any land than there today
m; to and to p. m Your last opportunity
Open evenings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

600 monthly from oil leases Ray Jornson Michigan prn
900 5000 investment Cole McGhee, Oklahoma carpen
SIS Investment Hundreds of Others purchasers of Ct
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-05

d O00O0O barrels last year Throughout the oil fields are
oes Of fame and FORUM gained by the guh oil Dan Tucker
gets $3.50 daily oil royalty Sarah Rector 7-year-od girl
monthly Henry Page, former railroad brakeman gets TOO
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31
NO SPECIAL TAX
ON GASOLINE FOR
HIGHWAYS ONLY

The Impression which seems to pre-
vail that a special tax for road pur-
poses Is imposed on gasoline In Eng
land is not correct. as is shown by q
letter which Emil A. Berndt received
some time ago from the office of an
American consul in Britain. When
the proposal was first made late last
year that a special tax be placed on
gasoline in the territory to be used
for road maintenance and road con-
struction, Berndt wrote to the Ameri-
can consular office in London to see
how ii was imposed and collected.
The answer to his letter brings the
information that the tax is general
one of one shilling per gallon on gaso-
lire and that motorcars are taxed ac-
cofding to their horsepower. The let
ter from the consular offices is given
below:
The consul general directs. me to
acknowledge the receipt of your let
ter of August %, 1916, in which you
inquire whether the government or
city taxes on motorcars are based on
the consumption Of fuel. and thereby
make 1t possible for different persons
10 pay different taxes en- motorcars
of the same power and make.
Il am to say to you that you have
bcen misinformed, and that motorcars
are taxed according to their horsepow-
err No provision is made for tax
based on the amount of gasoline con-
sumed. II will Of course, be under
stood that as the government levies
a tax Of enc shilling per gallon on gas
oline, the owner of large car which
will run, say. - miles on gallon, win
pay more 20 the government than the
owner OF small car which will con-
sumo only gallon of gasoline every
30 miles-if both cars are run the
same distance
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31
100000 RAISED BY
TEXANS FOR ROADS

Mere interest was attached to the
sixth annual convention of the Texas
Coed Roads Association of Austin
than usual. as the present legisla-
ture Is to consider. bills for the gcrea-
ton of state highway commission
and department The membership OF
the association has increased nearly
200 per cent during the last year. and
is now 2997. More than s10,00d.G00
has been raised in campaigns for
road bond issues. and engineers nave
been furnished for making estimates
in many counties An interesting
talk on the benefit of a state highway
commission to the iceman and the
spinach man was given Other talks
were on kindred subjects. Howard
Bland Taylor was elected presii mt.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31
HACKFELD FINDS
Cement DEMAND
FAST INCREASING

Due to the concrete streets and
roads which are now being built in the
territory officials Of Hscfeld and
Company declare that they have found
it necessary to greatly increase the
stock OF cement which they carry.
While the iHackfeld executives are
ayersa to giving cut figures regarding
the amount of cement sold since the
concrete road construction was start
ed III the islands, they admit that
there is nearly double the demand for
cement now in comparison with the
demand three or four years ago.
Hackfeld & Company has supplied
the cement for number of the road
contract prs who haze recently built
concrets reads and streets on Oahu
and Hawaii
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-31

wall and road along the Pail at cost
of approximately s30.000.00. has been
a much needed improvement This
work should be continued by all
means The construction Of three and
one-half miles of telford macadam in
the Hakipuu district has rendered
passab,e one of the worst sections of
the Belt Road The cost of this work
ran in the neighborhood of sIo.090.00
per mile.
Coral road construction from Wal
alec TO Waimea, a distance of APP
proximately three and one-half miles.
has made travel over this section of
the Belt Road more comfortable The
work was done at a cost of APP
proximately. 100000 per mile. Two
Il
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