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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-01-27

flee to keep the future safe
against the war: and yet there
is only one sort of peace that the
people of America could join in
guaranteeing. The elements of
that peace must be elements that |
engage the confidence and satisfy
the principles of the American
governments, elements consis-
tent with their political faith and
the practical convictions which
the people of America have once
for all embraced and undertaken
to defend.
/ do not mean to say that any |
American government would
throw any obstacle in the way OF
any terms of peace the govern
ments now at war might agree
upon, or seek to upset them when
made, whatever they might be.
/ only take it for granted that
mere terms of peace between the
belligerents will not satisfy even
the belligerents tn e m selves.
Mere agreements may not make
peace secure.
1t will be absolutely necessary
that a force be created as a guar
antor of the permanency of the
settlement so much greater than
the force of any nation now en-
gagged or any alliance hitherto
formed or projected that no ma
ton, no probable combination of
nations could face or withstand
| it. If the peace presently to be
made is to endure, it must be a
peace made secure by the organ
lied major force of mankind.
The terms of the immediate
peace agreed upon will determine
whether it is a peace for which
such a guarantee can be secured.
The question upon which the
whole future peace and policy of
the world depends is this:
Is the present war a struggle
for just and secure peace, or
only for a new balance of power?
If it be only a struggle for a new
balance of power, who will guar
antee, who can guarantee, the
stable equilibrium of the new ar
rangement?
Fortunately we have received
very explicit assurances on this
point. The statesmen OF both OF
j the groups of nations now array
ed against another have said, in
terms that could not be misinter-
preted, that it was no part of the
. purpose they bad in nnird to crush
;, their antagonists. Bot the i'm
; piications of these assurance
, may not be equally clear to all
, may not be the same on boil
t sides of the water. / think i
= will be serviceable if / attemp
l to set forth what we understand
D them to be.
e They imply first of all that j
must be peace without victory
5 1t is not pleasant to say this.
: beg that l may be permitted t
: put my own Interpretation upol
o it and that it may be understoo
e that no other Interpretation wa
a in my thought. / am seekin
g only to face realities and to fac
: them without soft concealments
t Victory would mean peace force
i upon the loser, a victor's term
4 imposed upon the vanquished
o 1t would be accepted in humilis
n ton, under duress. at an intolel
). able sacrifice and would leave
e sting, a resentment, a bite
memory upon which terms {
e peace would rest, not permanent
e ly, but only as upon quicksanl
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-01-27
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Most
Efectual.

81 have taken a great many bottles
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
every time it has cured me. l have
found it most effectual for a hacking
cough and for colds. After taking it q
cough always disappears, writes j. R.
Moore, Lost Valley, Ga. Obtainable
everywhere.-Adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-01-27
)nly a peace between equals can

The equality of nations upon
which peace must be founded if
it is to last must be an equality
of rights; the guarantees ex-
changed must neither recognize
nor imply a difference between
big nationsi and small, between
those that are powerful and those
that are weak. Right must be
based upon the common strength,
not upon the individual strength
of the nations upon whose con-
cert peace will depend. Equality
of territory or of resources there
of of course cannot be; nor any
other sort of equality not gained
in the ordinary peaceful and le-
,gitlmate development of the peo-
pie themselves. But no one asks
or expects anything more than
an equality of rights. Mankind
is looking now for freedom OF
life, not for equipoises of power.
Any peace which does not re-
cognize and accept this principle
will be evitably upset. 1t will
not rest upon the affections or
the convictions of mankind. The
ferment of spirit of whole popu-
lations will fight subtly and con-
stantly against it, and all the
world will sympathize.
The world can be at peace only
| if its life is stable, and there can
be no stability where the will is
| in rebellion, where there is not
tranquility of spirit and a sense
of justice, of freedom and OF
right.
So far as practical, moreover,
every great people now strug-
Cling towards a full development
of its resources and of its powers
should be assured of a direct out
let to the great highways of the
sea. Where this can not be done
by the cession of territory, it can
no doubt be done by the neutrali-
cation of direct rights OF way
under a general guarantee which
will assure the peace itself.
| And the paths of the sea must
alike in law and fact be free. :
| The freedom of the seas is the
sine qua non Of peace, equality
and cooperation. No doubt ;
somewhat radical reconsideration
of many of the rules of interna
tional practice hitherto sought t.
be established may be necessar.
in order to make the seas indeed
free and common in PRACTICAL.
all circumstances for the use o
mankind, but the motive for sucl
changes is convincing and com
pelling.
1t is a problem closely connect
ed with the limitation of navs
; ornaments and the co-operatio
of the navies of the world i
: keeping the seas at once free an
4 safe. And the question of limit
: ing naval ornaments opens tn
e wider and perhaps more difficul
4 question of the limitation of al
: mics and Of all programs of mil
$ tary preparation.
have spoken upon these gres
n matters without reserve and tn
t utmost explicitness because it hs
It seemed to me to be necessary
d the worlds yearning desire fl
peace was anywhere to find FIRE
It voice and utterance. Perhaps
!. am the only person in high al
l thority among all the peoples
o the world who is at liberty
n speak and hold nothing back.
d am speaking as an individual, ar
IS yet | am speaking also as the r
q sponsible head of great go
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
CHESAPEAKE &OHIORY.

.hI.. I.Ou'TIIie ana Mcst - D. D. al n
Main Line. Local. .i:l5 A. Is. ~
James River Line 1000 a. ts:;S "
y. News. Nix. Ola e.. IS 80 a. .il m "a :,
Newport News. Local. 1900 a. % ,, -
ga? p. y. News. 's.55 a, sos % From
W%si $50 =. SOU " '9:SS a., ISIS D..
Sun,dny from ThYsmop4. Jas River. IS -
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SHEPPARD GETS NO MONEY.
BUT SUIT RESULTS IN GOOD
Breaking of Plank In Madison squire
Garden Floor and Action for Dnm-
ages Brings New FLOORING

NEW YORK, January 20.-As p result
Of the legal action brought by Mel
Sheppard against tho former owners
OF Madison Square Garden. the hust.
ling track and field athletes will have
brand-new board floor to run on
when they strip for the annual winter
sport carnival of the Miilrose Athletic
Association on January -
II was in his last effort as conf
p-ting athlete that Mel Sheppard was
severely injured while running on the
Garden track. 1t was a 400 yard dash.
and Mel. while booming along UP the
back stretch. stepped on piece Of
board that was defective. and his foot
went through.
Just how Shep missed breaking his
leg Is beyond the comprehension OF
those who saw that fall He got of
with very painful leg hurt. and at
once brought suit against the Garden
management, and against the New York
Athletic Club. holding the games, as
we'll.
The y. y. A c. was held not re-
sponsible, and the owners of the Car
den went into bankruptcy. SO Shep-
pard's suit wns not productive. as far
as Peerless Mel was concerned, but i,
has done something for the athletes
who are competing to-day.
The new owners of the Garden,
hearing OF Sheppurd's experience, de-
termined to take no chances, and the
new running track is the result of their
quick action
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
MULLEN is ONE PITCHER
WHO PRACTICES IN WINTER
Few lurlrrs In ShnEc During EnrIy
Spring Rccmusr They Fall to Keep
Arm Limbcrcd Through on season.

There arc many ball players who
ing the off months. For some'piayers
1T is just the opposite.
Take pitcher, for instance. Let him
go through the winter without as much
as warming up the ole souper. and
spring will find him working his head
shape in time for tn. ringing OF the
bell The pitcher who doesn't TOSS :,
pellet about In gymnasium OF some
where else at intervals during the win =
ter months is simply booting an OPP
portunity 10 keep halfway in sha,'c
Perhaps the best example of the win
comes from George Mullen. who tx now.
pitching scmi-prU bail in the summer
time In Indiana. George was identified
with the late and unlamcntcd Federal
ured as good as through in so far az
any further connections with IL major
league club was concerned But George
felt tina. he still had a few good games
order to keep the soupcr in shape a
little limber!nG up i!:." and then was
necessary; And two or three lines =
few to anybody who happened to be
around.
Mullen did not make hard work Of
pitcher: He merely kept the wing oiled
up and in the spring ne was generally
the first pitcher to get in shape. The
idea of keeping iimbercd up during the
winter months doesn't mean that a
hurlcr must cut loose. Eor does il mea n
>hat he should be throwing the ball
around every day, But "a Attlc timber
least most of the successful pitchers
have it figured that way.
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NAME OF MORDECAI BROWN
IN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
Handicapped by Hand Injury, lie At
tanned HnniSinE Of Real Stnr-Un-
dftiOnuIIy Released.

NEW YORK. January 20-Thc pass
ing of Morl"cai Brown, who was
handed his unconditional release by
President W."ghmuu. OF the Cubs "A
short time ago. marks the outgoing of
one OF tn" greatest siabmcn who ever
srac"d a National League diamond
Brown Wi! probably never pitch an
other game III "a major league uniform.
for the trusty ole -a:ary wing has
Stiirrn.d somewhat under the strain OF
long service, but his name Will go down
in baseball annals along with those
# other great stars
Regardless II the fact that he labored
under tn" handicap IL having but three
on" OF The most capable hurlcrs tina I
baseball has ever produced. Brown
did all of his pitching minus his fore
finger And The forcnngcr OF any
players hand IS the most valuable or
all has di.its But those vino played
with and against Brown came 10 the
conclusion during his hcyday in the
majors that he was more effective with
out that for"hDgcr. as there arc few
!, any, pitchers on record who have
boosted az better control ON top Of
this Brown VAS Il steady fielder. and
he could throw with swiftncss and uc-
ruracy to any Of tn. bases
Brown. at his best. was always con-
SiGercd the most reliable Of any pitcher
IN tn. Na,i"na! League. He was game
10 tn" core, and n" knew how 10 use
the gray matter that nature gave him.
In tn" tight places there was never a
cooler pitcher than Brown. and he gen
orally showed TO the best advantage
when his club had the most at stake.
As judge OF batsmcn there were
Few who could hold candle to him
II. had an unCanny habit of knowing
what 10 throw 20 the batter and when
70 throw IL. He studied batters al
ways. and any time he faced a batsman
VINO was new I" him, he had no peer
when IL cam" TO getting quick line
on that hattcr's Weaknesses
II Is generally the fellow who pulls
the unexpected in game of bail that
gets by Brown had this trait H..
was never afraid to take II chance He
would gamble with the batter, and he
never forgot for Il moment that he had
The edge, for there We're eight men be-
hind him and he generally knew just
where the old apple was going when
h. cut loose
Another thing that made Browns
the fact that he never was gifted with
an arm like Walter Johnson. nor the
varied curves that other pitchers are
capable Of using. because they have all
of their digits 10 help them out FL.
had tn. old round house" and good
change OF pace and these. coupled with
wonderful control and Il good head
made it possible for him TO rank among
the topnotchcrs.
Brown got his first real league ex-
pericnce with the Tcrrc Hautc club of
the Central League, and he was soon
grabbed by tic Cardinals. from which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
american FIRST
IN BASE RUNNING

NEW YORK. January 2o-Pi,chers
in the National League who are per-
mi;ted to get away" with i, half balk
motion when there Is n runner on first
base are responsible for the fact that
the National is behind the American
League in base running.
So gays, John McGraw. the scrapp
leader OF the "Jints." and John ~
backed up by Christy Mathewson and
National LeaguerS put over strict rules
covering the balk He says there are
so many lefthanders in the old league
who use n balk motion that the base
runners chances are cut down fully
90 per cent.
They couldn't get away with that
stuff in the American League" upines
John, and think that Il strict balk
rule Is sadly needed in our league TO
help the base runners out"
a stolen base often marks the turn
ing Roin, of game Of ball When
ter coming up behind him, there is a
run in the making. But If the runner
gets nipped on first because lax
rule allows II pitcher to pull half
balk motion. the embryo run goes
a-slmmering. And 1t isn't fair to the
team at bat.
In order to put a balk rule in force
which would bring the required results.
the National LeaSucrs must make II
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
FEW TRICKS FIGHTERS USE
FOR UNNERVlNG OPPONENTS
Bcst SrrnppcrS and GrnppIcrs Aim Mt
Disconccrting Rivals with Talk
Before sound of Bell.

scat" Of his Ssoponeqt 6sfors tihsy o. b,
Weilne puied are new T ons on f Frank is
Whitney when they met at kenosha
recently.
As soon as tbs, men got in the ring
Whitney walked over to yelling S
corner for the customary handshak,
and perfunctory exchange OF good
hands and began examining the tap.
bandaEes. yelling, apparently disiln-
ence nodding to friends and smiling at
their shouts of encouragement. When
Whitney completed his eXamina ion
and extended his own hands yelling
Don't s yo% ~ vent vh,,n to look at my band
in ava away nY sn, need all you've got
as petied aT for ann ha He
visibly Impressed and the result OF
that ilght-a knockout of whitney i4
the ffth-showed that yelling had
Ad Woigast, in the days when he
was lightweight champion. had habit
down; It ,generally had the effect , Of
him less cool when the hell rang again.
which was Just what Wolgast wanted.
Eddie McGoorty. twice winner over
in the new contest assured by com
pletely unnerving Smith already keyed
UP to the breaking point. At the in
slant when the men wer. shutting their
feet In their corners ready for the
starting. hell, and with Smith poised for
a leap toward the middle OF the ring
McGoorty. yelled cut wait Il minute"
and called a second into the ring to fix
some Imaginary defect In his belt.
Smith. expecting. the bell and com
PEELED to wait collapsed. and fell an
easy victim In the first round
L % IA frfo %
wrestling champion, also has been used
With effect in the prize ring. Gotch
had a habit of shaking hands with an
opponent, then giving him n quick jerk
to throw him of balance just MS their
match started. This had the effect of
disconcertng the vther man and. If his
nerves happened to be on edge. Of maxi
Ing him angry. 1t has been used sur
cessfuliy by several well-knoHr hgnt-
ers.
Stanley Ketchel used to stroll to tho
center OF the ring humming, as If boy
Ing were the, least OF his troubles, and
It seldom tailed to make the other man
nervous.
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Norfolk & Western Railway

hsa}: HHf}2 s';sSi staten I 80 ssn A g.
For, LYNCiiBURG, AND TIE WEST:
i p AZ ~ 'n;5 ;r A. NJ s.2:OG NJ. 1855
Arrive NG 3 from! from NortGlk: -,l:to
From the west: '6;ls A. ~. 1881 A. NJ.
t2:lo =. NJ, tl:+0 p. NJ. '6:i7 +. NJ, 100
f. VI.
DAILY. tDaily except Sunday .sunday
only.
+. r. A.; R1anoke. G. r; A.. Roanoke.
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THE AMATEUR BUGBEAR
ENFORCING DRASTIC RULES
LIKELY TO INJURE SPORT
Kidding Games OF Stars kills Incentive
for culture Grentx'--scnsible APP
plication of Laws Needed.

NEW YORK, January 20.-Somc of
our best little performers In athletics.
golf. tennis, rowing and swimming,
are wondering how long II will be until
there viii be no such animal as an
amateur
The movement started more than "a
year ago by the United States Golf
Association to remove all possibility
OF any professional faint among its
members has spread like wildhrc TO
other branches Of amateur sports, and
the sponsors in these sport bodies are
fostering it in every possible way
Some sport reforms are good ANY
orahch OF spor.s can stand reforms
from time to timc. but there is :,
question in the minds OF some as to
whether "A wide sweeping reform in
various branches of amateur athletics
ana sports which viii strip them OF
their stars would be for the bes,
The strictest definition Of an amateur
that has been placed before any ANA
tour association for consideration is
that Of the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association In a nut
shell, the e. :. y l.. r. !. considers tho
following items as Violations Of ANA
tcurism:
Playing with professionals.
accepting money for playing.
Accepting money for teaching
Accepting expenses incurred in en-
,ering a meet
Permitting the use Of names in the
commercial world for advertising pur-
poses.
Accepting position offered on the
strength OF athletic fame
Piaying Exhibition matches for
money.
clubs
l'andling, buying or selling tennis
goods.
Converting trophies or prizes into
money.
These arc the things whic! are gen.
orally considered breaches Of ANA
tcurism' by the reforncrs ,o-da%. Ire
system or reform as advocated Dy
the golf aid tennis bodies is rapidly
SPREADING and should ii b. adopted by
All amateur associations the ranks OF
Such associations would lose dozens OF
nc foremost performers OF the age in
ennis golf. swimming rowing and
athletics Of all branches
Remuneration Rules Very Drastic
Ihe'e is not the shallow Of I, doubt
III the mind Of any fair-thinkinr uor
son That rules prohibiting athletes
from accepting money Tor their ser
vlces or performances shohld n strict.
~ enforced in all amateur associ.
lions. Tor without such iules there
would b" no such thing as ;rnateurlstn.
Hui 'hoss--who look 1T both sides of
'he matter -rc tnciD:"d TO believe that
tie rules should not b. made too far
reaching.
IN" ifrng ~ Francis ouirnet's ANA
,rur standing by tho United States
poiI Association caused :. furorc IN
COLI circles at The time. Ouiiue, mad
not been playing golf for money bu,
he entered the sporting goods bust
ness. and bccnIse If his popularity as
golfer his name connected with .
firm could naturally be oxn.ct.d Ia
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Atlantic Coast Line
The Standard Railroad of the south.

me S.ahnlrh haiiroad OF the south.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY s. 1917
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY
For lioridG ana south: s:15 a. 81 and
6:35 +; NJ: 1885 L. NJ. ESQ a. 81
T.. A.. >.i.y0 T. ~. ta:i0 p. NJ.
For y. ~ W. Ry West: Sis A. NJ $3.50
A. NJ. $500 r. NJ. $50 L. NJ
For Peter"GurE: ia;59 a. NJ. s:l5 a. NJ.
T. ~, 800 p. NJ. ti:i6 r, NJ, :55 p. 81,
G:35 T.. NJ. y.3G Z. ~. i2:i0 Midnight
:, F'or Godsboro ana Fayetteviile: 1900 p.
- 80 L. 81. '
$40 y. NJ. e:lS a NJ. 6:i5 A. NJ, s:35 4.
Nj li:ig, A.. n. ..2;i9 I. NJ 1850 r. NJ.
NJ. IL: $50 L. ~.
,,.Exrcpt. sunday; tsunday only.
Time of arrival and de parture and con.
nectiOHs not Guaranteed.
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Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Company

superscdinE Schedule OF April "a. IUIl,
schedule subject TO Change W:;:iout
Notice.
Trains leave Richmond b'5:5o A. NJ. Il A.
Nj, b. a. NJ. ~. ~; 10, \. NJ; IL a. ~.
A. s;2c. T.; ~. $40 2. NJ. bs p. 81 10 z.
Trains leave Ashland $3.50 a. NJ. b.7 A.
Mi a. NJ. b9 a; NJ. 10 \ NJ; ,.'li, a. 81,
H.. b6:5S /. a. ,G:Iee p; ". $40 P. ~.
bCrrries luggage. 'Daily except Sunday.
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s. UTHERN RAILWAY

trains Leave Richmond--Main 81, station
ath.iuie tSures not guaranteed. For tho
south-paily: 80 a 81. local 10 30 A. ii
express. pnrior buffet ear; = L. NJ eypress:
II !? M. express: sleeping, car open 800
T.. NJ: SEQ J.. NJ. local Tor kcysy[Ii- cha,
tt;y HnG BuNai" JunGtiOn--wcsk DAYS
- York River !Lne--j:lD T. NJ. steamer
Train. except sunday. connecting Tor BuIti-
more i1rior carr. 1850 y. ". anu AIS
l. NJ. daily. local.
100 4 ~ ana $40 y. 81. 1875 =. NJ. IT'S
From Wost Point: SIS A NJ EXCEPT Mon:
day; $40 a.. NJ. and SIS f. NJ. daily
OiIiCc 90I l.. Main ST. Phone Madison go
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ironclsd. There must be no loopholes
when he is called upon TO decide
whether or not 4 pitcher has balk ed.
tt" ruic must he plain.
Each fall, when tho National and
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club the Cubs got him in 1904. For
two years Brown was considered 3
pitcher Of ordinary efficiency. but from
lsUb on his name was coupled with the
mines OF other major league stars
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

American League winners line ND for
the worlds series. the umpireS are
called upon to decide before the first
game starts just how they will inter
pref the baik rule. for tho rule is ap-
piled differently in the two Leagues
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RAILROADS
,eaboard Air Line Railway COMPANY
"rhe PROGRESSING Kallwn, Of .he sau,h.

TIC hrUSreSsIVc NulIWnS OF the SOUTH"
Trains leave daily: . a NJ. Norina local:
IL ."V 4. a.. slecpcrs Atlanta and .Jacksou-
vile; 8; 80, +: NJ sleepers Jagksonvilie, Tain.
IA and Key West: ll:lD L. NJ. coacnes.
1915 l. N. Shoppers Atlanta. Birmingham,
JhcksonNiile. Tampa anu 81. Petersburg
trains arrive: 80 a. NJ. $50 A. NJ. l0:5
NJ. $500 L. NJ,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
West Amber
Social Activities

A daughter arrived Wednesday to
brighten the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Helm.
Mrs. ]. Long and daughter, Miss
Gurtha, leave Monday on two
weeks visit with Mrs. Longs brother,
P. J. o. Sturgeon, and family in Al
lance, Neb.
The West Side Women's Christian
Temperance union will hold its meet
ing with Mrs. +. c. Jensen Friday
afternoon and do Red Cross work.
James Davis and family autoed to
Ashland the last of the week, where
they we're guests of relatives.
Frank Hensman and family visited
their son, Floyd, and bride in their
new home in Monmouth park
Mrs. Henry Parks and daughter,
Mrs. Low Barr, and two children
leave this week to spend the summer
in Michigan
Mrs. l.. Mahaffey had as her guests
last week her mother, Mrs. L. Menzies
Of Fremont, and sister, Mrs. NJ. Maize,
Ottumwa, la.
Mrs. William Cox left Sunday for
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, to spend two
months for her health.
Mrs. George Nicklen entertained
the following members of the West
Side Kensington club Wednesday:
Mesdames Glen Gerkin, N. Graham,
w. Mcdonald, George Baldwin, N.
Jonas, NJ. Potts and M. Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Grover gave
dinner Tuesday evening in honor
of r. Nelson and bride. Those pres
ent were A. J. Grover and wife, T.
E. Grover, Council Bluffs, Ia; and
Misses Pauline Adams and Harriet
Grover. Hastings. Neb.