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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16

Chicago, Dec. 15.-Thers will be no
curtailment of the playing season, no
slashing OF the player limit. no Hmi-l
tatiou OF the training season IN the
major leagues next year. !
The club owners of the National ana
American leagues decided at their
Joint meeting here that there was no
cause for alarm about baseball at
present. They agreed that Il the war
forces them to retrench. 1t will be time
enough TO adopt a war policy when
they actually face starvation condi-
ions,
The two leagues decided TO. open
the 1913 season on Tuesday, April ls'
o week later than last year. and to
play a I64-game schedule. which has
been the program for years. The
later start finally satisfied for the mo-
ment those owners who favored the
shorter schedule OF 40 games.
The National league agreed to the
American league plan for the collec-
| ton OF the federal war tax. II was
decided TO collect only what the gov
eminent imposes - three. cents on
hIeacher seats. Ave cents on pavilion
seats, eight cents on ~grandstand seats.
and ten cents on box seats.
The leagues also decided to collect
q ten~cent tax or avery free admfs-
sion.
There is every indication that the
plan for a new division of the worlds
series price. which previously had
been opposed by President Johnson OF
the American league. will be adopted
President Johnson and August
Hermann, president of the Cincin
natl club and chairman OF the ma
tional committee. were empowered Il
act on the a~dvisabiiity Of adopting TIN
plan which provides that the four frs
division clubs in the two leagues shall
share IN the purse.
II was much impressed with tn
thought" President johnson said TO
night. TT came from Mr.. Hermann
and / believe ] shall vote for Il. w
purpose pooling the worlds serie
money and also the receipts OF tn
city series. which will make a ricl
prize"
\ Mr.. Hermann believes the plan wi
produce a more spirited race In bot
leagues. He said:
g There will be something for tn
second. third and fourth clubs TO hgf
$ for II they are to share In the priz'
Pennant races often are decided
month or 30 before the close OF IN
season and interest IN h clubs o
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
CAPITOL HILL. Co SIP

The governor has forwarded to n
office OF the provost maEsha4-generai a
usf Of the members OF the several medi~
advisory boards 10 serve In connec-
tton with the second draft The mem
bershlp will probably be made pubic
in the next few hours,
The ~workmer's compensation com
will meet tomorrow In the hail
of the house of delegates.
Governor stuart Will be very much
,cruniea the next few days, making the
tentative draft OF his aanusi message
to the general assembly
cu,tny to the very excellent results
nbtainsd during the three-and-one-hals
years Of its existence 1t Is oelieVea tina.
the legislative bureau will be granted
a larger appropriation by the coming
session Of the legislature, An interest
inv feature of last session was mat OF
me TAG members OF the two houses, lss
avatiad themselves OF the services on
tn. bureau in the preparation OF oiiis
or in the collection OF data for legis-
lation.
According to export there is to be u
determined drive this session agaihs'
mn Sheap-ktlltng dog. A measure WA
lao introduced 10 encourage the sheeI
{ntust-y m the state and outiaw!ng al
aops which are not accompanied D,
masters. Virginia "a millions OF
doltsrs the YEAR a loser on account OF
the dog evil.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
BUSH, ScHANc AND
SIRUNk TO RED S0x
Sensational Baseball Deal L. Put
Through at Meeting of League
Moguls In Chtca&o-Wrecks
Philadelphia Team.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-two baseball
deals, one OF which rivaled the famous
sale OF Alexander and KiIllfer TO the
Cubs. were made at the Congress no
tel, where American and National
league club owners held a Joint SEES
sion to discuss war conditions In base
ball and make some move to offset
them.
Bullet Joe Bush. star pitcher o.
the Philadelphia Athletics. Waiiie
schang. catcher and all around handy
man. and Outfelder Amos strunk.
Bush's teammates, were turned over
to the BOSTON Red Sox for Catcher
4. y. Thomas. Pitcher Fean Gregs.
Outnelder Merlin kopp and a check
for $50, 600.
While the baseball men were still
dumhfoundsd by this trade, washing
ton II ST. Louis announced II had
made another. The Senators get Out
cider shotton and Shortstop Lavan
for pltrirr Gailia and $4,000.
II was the Red Sox-Phiiadelphla
affair that caused the greatest discus
sion.
Runors were persistent that France.
IS 4 further step toward securing a
remnant. had engaged Ed Barrow.
former head of the international
league. as manager. but this coulc
not DO confirmed. The report. how
ever. was not considered unlikely.
The deal strengthens the Boston
team and wrecks the Athletics, com
pletlug the work hat Connie Macs
started several years ago. when n
began Remembering his famous a
piQns. ~
Bush Is Great Twiricr.
Bush Is one Of the best pitchers II
the American league, and would haN'
finished well among the leaders. bu
far the fact he had a poor club be
hind him Strunk rauks next TO Cob
an a ground coverer in the ontheld
and according To unofficial records
finished second among h resular
as A fielder. He II a consistent rs
hitter echAng started with the MACY
mtn AS a catcher. but vas conVerte'
, to an outAeider. He can also per
F, form at third base, which position n
I pluag.d uu successfully for the Ath
: letleS He Is "a 800 hitter and wa
Z here with the Philadelphia fans dur
I tns the regime of Connie Macks othe
Z stars Who have gone to other teams.
The best thing the Athletics "a
( c,tyeF out OF The trade was the checl
e which all parties to the deal say
s $4,000 and not a cent less. .. L
e Thomas. the catcher. is the best plsy'
i If the trio. He worked in mere ina
n half the games last season tor In
Red Sex He ls not "a strong httte
being ielassed around ass Yea
Il Grecg is a veteran southpaw pitch'
Who ~t4l has one or two good sci
sons left.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
WOULD ADD 6 D TO
STATES PENSION ROLL
Change Proposed in Law TO hesaens
Veterans Widows-More Money
for Worthy Institution

At the last session or tne ieklstAtu1"
the auditor Of public was
to ascertain to what extsns
the estates Confederate pension list
would be heightened by amending the
pension law In order to permit wild
ows OF marriages contracted
MAY /, 1858. and May /. 1870. to be
placed on the roll The law now per-
mits that a widow of a C~onfeder@te
veteran may draw a pension -oniy u
the marriage was contracted prior 10
Mav |. 1858. Auditor Moore estimates
that the proposed amendment would
add about ave hundred names TO tne
nensfon ron. In Ms ANNUAL report ne
urges an increase from the pTeeeh'
appropriation of $500 TO slo,soO FOR
me guppor ot%the Home for Needy
Confederate Women located in this
city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
KAISER MAY OFFER
ANOTHER PEACE IN
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Pears Reaction of Casualties III
Supreme Western Clash Win
Allies Would Entail.

London, Dec. I5.-A "anal offer OF
peace" from the kaiser was fore
Swallowed in an unofficial dispatch
from Berlin today. 1t was said that
the emperor intended to make snch
an offer in his forthcoming Christmas
m Message and that ne would add n
responsibility for further hloodsnsd
would rest upon the allies.
The news was fully credited here.
II recalled the statement made IN
these dispatches four days ago that
lit Is regarded more than probable
the Teutonic allies are drafting a
declaration 10 the world pointing 30
the offer OF a year ago. reiterating
they Willingness to conclude peace,
and adding that. pending a favorable
reply from the entente. they Will Try
to force II In the west .
+ From the western allies the offer If
If comes. will receive a fiat rundown.
L was au~thori,atively announced today
Mat Premier Lloyd George viii re-
iterate In parliament next THURSDAY
his latest speech. In which he de-
clarea emphatically that only victory
can bring about a secure and lasting
peace.
With her maximum military
strength assembled in the west. Ger
many Ia intoxicated with the triumph
. AIT feeling that a military victory car
he gained within the near future
either during the winter or In IN.
spring. Hindenburg and LudendoTff
the crown prince, the 1unkers. ans
all ~militarists are once more nrnil
In the saddle.
But at the same time there are
many high IN the empires council
who believe the mere menace or
big blow In the west may bring peace
men who fear the terrible reaction
OF the casualties that such a supreme
clash would entail. Among thes
Emperor William is known 10 stan
foremost. With scarcely a home Il
the empire hat does not mourn on
or more dead. with hardly a tdmli
that does not count or more GRIP
ples-crippled by the war-auons II
members. the vision of another nilito
killed or MANNED tthe minimum cos
OF nm Artmageddon in the west) or!Ng
home TO the emperor grave 1oreNoo
ings.
peace that might appear more or leS
a German peace," woNld not prfn
hacK the r}illiors that nave nee
KILLED or invaded; would not rev
the rowe. OF his empires man-roh :
or save what is letl IL heh: the IL
austHtal maF-e H4@aAeTA-las-Anl
as the HinaenhurRS and Ludenuorf
and the kaiser's huir nieht wish
demonstrate the truth o. Their 81
repeated boast that ONE Germfr
has her hands free and is not con
peIled TO fight in the front n ea'
door. Mt the ane time h can COZ
uufr her western foes, the empef'
himself, II is believed, Ivy w
have studied him, would Tar rain
l. force peace By a mere threat NJ
- ssva his house, his prestige and pea
% within the fatherlsnd.
lmpeled by these motives, chniax'
h, the desire to he able to say TO Z
people. III Is not my fault: | oner'
It peace" the kaiser Is fully expect
10 do what the Berlin dispatch says
Twill do.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
Colbett Floors Eitzsimmons For Count
of Nine in Sixth Round Of Their Fight
Ry JAMES J. CoRBETT.
.upyr.ght. 1917. by King Features SYNDICATE it.1J

which ] have and which went into ae-
tail concerning that round, SAID at 'h'
conclusion:
her was tremendous excitement
IL, the crowd as the round ended. Cor
bett. although anxious. was in excel
lent shape. F1tz was badly ratified ano
his strength seemed to be waning. HIS
seconds ~frantically sponged his mouth
bur couldn't keep the blood from now
ing. The end Of Fttx seemed very
near" =,
But the newspaper was wrons-ail
wrong.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16

The legal advisory board for the
First d str5ct met In teh ofh'e OF ths
Real Estate Exchange YESTERDAY anu
organized with James CaSkie, chalf-
man: James Lewis Anderson Aho
Geddes II. Winston, assistant
large number OF lawyers were pres
sr, a. associate members Members
OF the bar who rave not yet re-
turned their acceptances II tnvltatio
TO Join the associate force. are re
nussted to notify the board at once,
The board decided 20 meet be,
tween the hour Of 9;S9 A NJ ana
$40 T. H.. every day. beginning w.
morrow fMondav) morning IN the
roon,a ST the Grays' armory set aside
for The exemption board Of this dis
triet. during the necessary penoa
required by the government TO ata
I rated men in making out the re-
niles in their que~stionnaires'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
WOMEN STUDENTS RAISE
WAR FUND BY X

New london. Comb Dec 10
Nearly $1,000 was raised rs the result
Of two months, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
by 400 Connecticut ONE studeAis III
tho war campaign fund endlng TO-DAY
Tf,e women tabooed Christmas pres
ents some OF the students worked
as Mattresses, dressmakers. etc. to
raise money.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
WANTED TO TANE II
BACK TO GERMANY

tnutsynIa. Nv. December i5.-Psui
lGcrv 81 Anderson, Ind. Is all Anasrt-
cau. with the execution Of a glass sHe.
THE suhstitute optic is allen.
Gary tried to enlist in the lnite0
states marine corps at their recratsihs
station here, bat was rejected wnan
hts narnity was discovered ny Sef-
seant G. C. Wright
a, eve wouia nrevent your eniistin1
asked the sergeant.
II thought 1t might" explained G1ry.
/ .'but this glass bignker is the onfy pArs
, Of me that was made In Germany. -
| want TO take 1t back.
| Ha was advised to raAil y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
colo,.ed Girl Hurt.

Maggie Miller, colored. twenty.
three years Of age. was struck by a
broad and Twenty-ifth street car a 81
night about 1880 o'clock, between
twelfth and Thirteenth streets on
Marshall street, and dangerously hurt,
S,.e was sent TO the Retreat Tor II
Sick. where her condition last night
was reported doubtful, She was Sill
unconscious.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
r. c,,cs ~Nfoonshincrr.

Revenue Oficer Jones. OF the West
ern district, with the aid or two depu'
ties, r1idedN n moonshine cistillery IN
the mountains Of Southwest virginia
n..ar the Kentucky line and captured
a fun outfit. consisting of watts, boil
ers and worm. and destroyed them all
Three men were captured while IN
the act of completing the run. They
were Henry Short. Jed Hamilton n
Ike Sturgill.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
pitchers Join Navy.

Raston. December lS.-Pitchers PEN
,ork and Bader. of the Boston Ameri-
cans. have enlisted IN the navy as yeo.
man This makes eleven members OF
tha tsam who have Joined the nations
frst line OF defense,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16
no.ton women GU. wood.

Roston. December lS--Women mem
hars 81 the famous Appalachian Noun
tain scIub today Joined the men In cut
tind and SAVING wood
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16

The workmen's compensation com
will meet tomorrow IN the haii
Of the house of delegates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-17

national economic preparedness" Its Ell
feet will be markedly beneficial on our
foreign commerce in grain. OF the cot
ton futures act it is said that the net
result already has been that the prices of
cotton which are now published every
day throughout the country reflect the
actual changes in the value of cotton
rather than quotations of arbitrary tluc-
tuations created by gamblers for their
own benefit, as was too often the case in
the past.
In summing up the effect of these and
other laws, Mr.. Nrooman says: st is
clear, | think, that as a. result of this
splendid program of constructive legisla-
ton, a new agricultural epoch has begun.
At last what for SO long was merely the
hope, the aspiration, the dream of the
widely scattered, imperfectly organized
tillers of our soil has become the ayowed
policy OF the federal department of agri-
culture, and has been written by Con-
gress into the law of the land"
In conclusion the assistant secretary
says: There is indeed still need for or
ganized effort on the part of farmers,
still need for educational campaigns in
behalf of measures to meet those require
ments of the farmer which still remain
unsatisfied But it is great thing that
the government Of the nation that leads
the world in agricultural production at
last is meeting the farmer at least half
way and has manifested willingness,
and a friendly desire, to cooperate with
him in the future in any constructive
work. that looks to the building up of
our national prosperity on the basis of
permanently prosperous agriculture"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-17
He Swears by Winter Dairying.

In the current issue of Farm and Fire.
side, the national farm paper published
in Springfield, o., North Dakota dairy
man gives these reasons in support of
his belief that winter dairying is more
profitable than the practice of drying off
cows in the fall and roughing them
through the winter;
"Cows that freshen in the fall will
produce more milk during the year than
those freshening in the spring, and the
largest production comes when prices
are highest and labor the cheapest
''The drying-off period comes in the
late summer when other work is most
urgent, flies are the worst and pastures
the shortest.
son many farms cows can be MIXED
during the winter without any extra
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-17
Bread Versus Beer.

There is nothing heroic about the
measures taken by the British govern.
ment to curtail the manufacture and
consumption of alcoholic liquors. Sheer
necessity has pushed these measures for
ward step by step. The question has
been whether the people should have
food enough or portion of the food
they need should be thrown into the
watts. Food saving has necessarily won
the day. The government has gone only
halfway as yet, and it may never pro-
coed to the entire prohibition of manu-
facture and sale, but war conditions have
compelled it to go farther than in re-
cent times would have been deemed pos
sible. The extinction of vodka in Rus
STA and of absinthe in France has not
apparently had any direct connection
with Britain's action against distilled IL
quors or her partial ban on beer. Rus
STA and France avowedly cast out the
national drinks because of their evil eff
fects, social, moral and physical, not only
on the people as a whole, but particular
" on the soldiers to whom was entrust-
ed the defense of the national life. In
each case the spirit of reform was in
the movement, though national self-pres-
ervation was the impelling force
But it was not in the name of tenn
perance reform that the Asquith gov
eminent reduced the output of beer by
20 per cent, nor is it in that cause that
the Lloyd George government has made
further reduction of 30 per cent. One
half of the pre-war production of beer
has been cut off in order that the people
may have, instead of beer, $4,000 tons
of barley and $4,000 tons of sugar for
food; and also in order that more food
may be brought in by ships that have
been employed in carrying the materials
for the making of beer. Lord Davenport,
who controls these operations, tells the
Times that "these steps are in no way
to be deemed measures of temperance
or social reform" because "the bald fact
is that the barley, sugar and other ingre
dents used in brewing are required for
food 1t is really, he says, question
of bread versus beer. The country can
do without one-half its former supply
of beer; it cannot do without its full
supply of bread. To wait for what agri-
cultural development may bring would
never do, as this is the year of the al |
lies end-the-war campaign. And so we
see the necessities of the time uncon-
sciously combining to further social
movement which is of endless popular |
interest in every country of the world. |
Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-17
The Quest of the Impos-
sible

Are you looking for the i'm
possible trade-the bargain sc
good--so sure cinch-that you
will never find it?
The man who takes advantage
of a fair, legitimate trade-sets
it earning dividends in a live and
lively way-REALIZES the ben
eft that the seeker after the i'm
possible fiatters himself he
MAY ATTAIN if he waits long
enough.
One gets his in the bank, the
other has it in his mind-that's
the difference.
Don't wait for the impossible.
Utilize some of the good trades
which are coming up every day.
We have plenty of them. Here
are a few specimens:
NO. H-3-$i 800; double house. rooms in
each tenement well located in the south end
$500 IT. of land, also an extra lot; rents for
SIS per month you can buy this house for
about $500 down rent one tenement and live
in the other; the rented tenement will pay
the taxes, water rent, insurance, etc. quit pay
ing rent to-day. 2S5f
No. H-2-s42O0: double house 6 rooms on
each side; when the owner bought this house
some years ago ne stopped paying rent the
other side furnished taxes, water rates, insur-
ance. and some $50 to $50 year net he APP
piled his own rent money and this surplus to
his bank account he has now moved TO
warmer climate and the opportunity is open
for another enterprisng man to duplicate his
success /; only $1,000 down. 2S5tf
NO. P-3-s2 600 an exceedingly attractive
single house of rooms, situated on high
ground in the best part Of the west side: this
house has been built only years, finished very
good bath, electric lights, hot and cold water,
shade trees here is house which viii be
sound and good in 20 years as it Is to-day.
2s5tf
THE ]. J. DASHNER & SON REAL ESTATE
AGENCY
Rowland Building, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-17
A SMALL PAYMENT
will secure one of these

All equipped, with 6 cows, bull, yearIing
horse weighing i.l50 lbs, moving machines
rakes, pillow, separator, cultivators, harrow
harnesses. wagons. etc. also hay 400 tin ERI
buckets storage tank and draw tubs, etc, 1856
acres OF land. estimated 100000 # lumber
Will keep 10 70 10 head of stock, S-room house
basement barn only ga miles TO good town
on main road: price 2,l50.o0 for everything
where can you equal this $4,000 secures
this 26sti
NO. 11le--s2 acres with house and barn 9
miles from Williamstown, for only si,o50.0e
and will include one-han the hay II sold by
Feb 10; will keep or cows and team
some wood and fruit: II mile 10 school; the
tIllage land lays nearly level; $4,000 secures
it; bargain; will sell 100 acres adjoining for
only slOOO.00 IL you want more land. 26stf
". H.. valued at 81, 200, O0 the owner has laid
out 10000 on the buildings within years
would like property in this section 26stf
NO. 100000 for house. barn and
acre Of land near North Montpelier: don't say
you can't afford home. 26sf
NO. lI3T--A splendid home near East Barre
consisting of good S-room house with bath
barn 24S24 IT, with basement all in excellent
shane; acres of good tillage; a fine place
Tor quarTyman. granite-cutter or poultry fan
cier: price s1.650,00. with about one-fourth
cash plenty of time to pay the balance. 269tf
NO. ll3s-One Of the best one-msn farms
that money can buy, / mile from splendid
town, within | to miles of creameries in
splendid farming section, within easy distance
of Barre; So acres tillaee lays practically
level deep, heavy loan sugar bush, fruit, etc
as fine set Of buildings as one needs 9-room
house, soft. barn with basement. all painted
and up in shape owner has wintered 20 head
Of stock with the farm wishes to sell 10 head
stock. pr. work horses, hogs complete set of
farm tools, cream separator. etc. a good in
come from the moment you take possession
price. s6,500.00. 269tf
You can certainly save money by purchas
ing now.
THE d. a. PERRY REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Rowland Building. Barre, VI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-17
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF RoxANA DANA RICHARD

ESTATE OF ROXANA DANA RICHARDS
The undersigned having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district of
Washington, COMMISSIONERS, TO recsive,
examine and adjust the claims and demands
of all persons against the estate of Roxana
Dana Richards. late of Plainfeld in said dis
trict deceased, and all claims exhibited in off,
set thereto hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the Office of
the town clerk in the town of Plainfed in
said district, on the 2sth day Of February and
18th day of July next, from / o'clock p. m.
until o'clock p. M, on each of said days, and
that six month from the 18th day of January,
A. d. 1917, Is the time limited by said court
for said creditors to present their claims to US
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Plainfeid, VT, this 7th day of
February A. ID. 1917
f. w. COBURN.
C. P. KELLOGG,
Commissioners.
Febl0-l7-24