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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
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What aRarraas Fire. La.

An Interesting feature OF artillery
fire is the curtain" or "barrage" fire.
This meals simply keeping up such a
terrific ire on a certain area that an
enemy cannot or win not cross It.
When an infantry attack is launched
a barrage on the ground beyond the
enemy's front line prevents his re-eu
forcemeats coming up while the ut
lacking infantry are having il ont with
the defenders OF the trench. II the
attack carries beyond the first line the
artillery OF the defense promptly In
terp0Ses barrage TO prevent its reach
ing the second line II the attack ON
the lirst line fails the defending ar
tillery puts barrage behind the at
tackers line 10 prevent re-enforcements
coming IN to ii and TO enable the vic
torious defenders to counterattack and
destroy The enemy in his own trenches
1t Is merely a wholesale development
Of long established method of sup
porting the infantry .-Maior E. u.
Scott in National Service Magazine.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

In certain store the merchandise
manager sent for the ready to wear and
millinery buyers aud said to them:
you men are getting a bad accumu-
lation of stock that is hard to move
Hereafter you will make a daily and
weekly inventory and send the report
to this office"
Both buyers declared this to be i'm
possible, but the merchandise man told
them to go and do it, Especially he
wanted them to show the age Of the
goods in stock, the sizes and the colors
After attempting to take some of
these daily Inventories the buyers de-
cided that an easier way would be to
get busy and sell the goods faster. This
same plan has been used In many de,
partments with fine results.
There is nothing like the spot light to
engender selling activity In a store
Philadelphia Record.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
Traqedy of Beinu Dull.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Arnold Bennett describes the tragedy
Of being dull:
THE man lacking Imagination is the
utterly matter of fact man. He is nee
essarily the man who never has aud
cannot have any point of view except
his own. He is the WordSworthiau
man to whom primrose by the rivers
brim was strictly yellow primrose
instead Of being miracle He is i'm
prisoned in what to him is the actual
and he is always the exact center of
the prison, which Is OF thiCkest iron
His tragedy Is that he does not sus-
pect and is incapable of suspectins
that he is in prison ut all and that the
prison walls and floor and roof entirely
prevent him from really getting at
any other human being whatsoever.
He Is always in his own place This
is the deep meaning of dullness. and
this Is the dull mans doom"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

was that the pitcher did not even have
prayer, and the catcher knew 1t. yet
he was there with the alibi. Just a
case Of the catcher not wanting to get
in bad with his pitcher.
ION the other hand, l have had
catchers come to me in games when
no runs had been scored off their
pitchers and advise me to warm up
another man, for they saw the pitch
ers In question were getting by lucki.
~ and were due for lambasting.
Il wish there were more such catch
ers, for they are the ones who have
the interests of their team ut heart
and do not care two whoops whether
the men they are working with like 1t.
II have warmed up pitcher before
a game, and he had everything. could
not see how the opposing team would
have chance. But 1t would SO hap
pen that said pitcher would leave all
his STUFF OH the bench, and the catcher
working the game would not say
word about 1t, and before could get
man out to warm up the game was
lost.
ION the other hand, warmed up
Joe Boehling before a game at Wash
ington last August. He had so little
when the game started hustled two
other pitchers into the bullpen to get
ready, for figured Joe would be In
trouble before the first inning was
over. But he proceeded to pitch the
best game he showed all last year.
That goes to show you never can tell
from the way pitcher warns up how
he Is going to act under fire.
"FOr that reason shall tell my
catchers to tip me Off the minute they
get bunch the pitcher is or his
stride. OF course there are many times
when this may be seen from the bench,
but there are some Of the dugouts sunk
so low around the American league cir
cult that 1t is hard to get good view
of the entire field from the bench"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
FATHER Time HALTS
MANY VETERANS
1917 Season viii Mark Pass
ing Of Famous Baseball Stars.
LARRY LAJ0IE IS GONE
One OF Games Greatest Players viii
Handle Minor League Team This
Year-sendsr and Brown Through az
Major League Pitchers.

With the opening of the baseball sea
son Of 1917 almost at hand, it is no
ticed with saddening regret by old
time fans that the names Of ut least
live former stars are missing from the
rolls. This is the first time in a dec.
ade of stirring diamond battles that
the names of Lajoie, Mathewson. Ben
der. Miner Brown and maybe Jimmy
Archer will not appear as active par
Elephants.
Lajoie will no longer throw terror
into the hearts Of young pitchers, Mat
ty and Miner Brown will never again
fight one of those duels between the
Cubs and Giants, and that cruel grin
of Chief Bender will no longer be
disturbing factor In a worlds series.
Those boys are done.
OF these baseball immortals Matty
will remain In the llmelight as man
aSer OF the Cincinnati Reds. but he has
given up all hope Of being able to pitch
again. The arm that In the past has
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
BERRY WON'T QUIT DIAMOND.
Ignores Advice Of Coach to Devote
Himself to Cinder Path.

Howard Berry, Pennsylvania inter-
collegiate pentathlon champion and
varsity fullback, will play baseball this
spring despite the urgings Of Lawson
Robertson, coach Of the track team. tc
devote himself to the cinder path, on
which Robertson believes he would
have little difficulty In becoming O
champion In either the half mile or
the mile. Berry made known his de.
cision when he was assigned to cover
shortstop on the varsity baseball nine,
Roy Thomas, coach OF the Quaker
team, believes he has uncovered two
pitchers Of wonderful ability--Titzel,
a big left handler from Pittsburgh, and
Ad Swigler Philadelphia boy. Both
are sophomores and have outclassed
the other candidates for the box In the
indoor practice.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
Where the Five Points Was.

The Five Points, once most dan
gerous part of the New York Sums,
is now the site Of Paradise park. 1t
is at the crossing of Worth. Baxter
and Park streets. near the junction of
Park row and the New Bowery and
Chatham square and practically ad-
joining Mulberry bend. In 11i0 four
teen negroes We're burned here dur
ing the negro instruction. Here the
Dead Rabbits had their headquarters
and fought the Bowery Boys. The
Seventh regiment was called out July
9, 1857, to cuell riot here. The Five
Points mission was Incorporated In
1880
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
SIX HEAVY BATTERs.
McGraw Figures That Number 70 Bat
Over Three Hundred.


Over Three Hundred.
Manager McGraw of the Giants
hopes to have five or six Of his regu-
lars among the National league players
batting over 300 The men he thinks
viii hit at that rate are Robertson.
Kauff, Burns, Zimmerman, Herzog and
McCarty, with Holke and Fletcher not
far In the rear.
There Ia every reason to believe that
the Giants as aligned at present are
the greatest batting club In baseball.
They match In point Of offensive pow.
err the Athletics of a few years ago,
and McGraw expects them to set new
records this year.
"Of course we have long way to 60
before the championship Of the Ma.
tional league Is won," said the Giants
leader, "but II our pitchers work as
hope they Will see no reason why We
cannot capture the flag. | am not
making any predictions, however. All
will say II that to me the Giants look
like the class Of the league, and will
be surprised II they don't win.
II expect a combination Of batting
and good pitching to carry the Giants
to the championship this season"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Restrain q Couch,

y patient German siatistician y
= has calculated that patient who =
y coughs once every quarter Of nn .
= hour for ten hours expcnds en- o
+ ergy equivalent 10 $50 units OF Il
y beat. which may be translated =
y as equivalent TO the nourish q
q ment contained In three eggs or o
p two glasses Of milk III normal 3
T. respiration the air " expelled i
p from the chest ut the rate Of =
+ four feet per second. whereas In q
y violent coughing II may attain q
p a velocity Of 800 feet This y
y waste OF energy IL especially i'm y
" p0rtant because II occurs for The y
+ most part IN persons whose as =
= slmilativc functions are alrcldy 9
y working under difficulties: conse- g
= quently the IngcstIon Of the cor Q
y responding quantity OF n0urish., =
q ment by no means c0mpcIisntes Il
q for the cxerti0n. II follows that q
q persistent cough Is per 80 q
o cause OF emaciation. though y
= there nre many other factors g
o which tend IN the same dlrec- .
q tlon: hence tho deslrability OF re- v
= straInIng cough within s,ife HIN y
y It's, especially when II II due 10 ,
. IrritatIyc reicxes. such IA ire y
. excited by lnryngItis and pharyn =
= gitIs. Medical Critic and Guide q
. =
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
Al In the Dialect.

A New Zealand man vouches for the
truth of the following story:
Dick Seldom was Of Lancashire orr
gin, and when he died the Lancastrian
society In New Zealand sent wreath
with the following inscription: II have
gone whoam." The journalist who re
ported the funeral evidently did moi
come from Lancashire and consequent
ly was somewhat puzzled by the word
Ing and, after thinking hard. conclud
ed that some one had Numbered His
report read:
The Lancastrian society sent q
beautiful wreath bearing the inscrip
ton: I have gone. Who am II"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Photo by American Press Association
JACK BARRY, NEW MANAGER OF THE
RED soX.
the Athletics. He will be a playing
manager, while Mitchell will sit on the
bench. AZ matter Of fact, Fred
Mitchell has not played ball regularly
FOR several years He was an advisory
coach while with the Braves. Before
that be was a handy man for the
Yanks.
fred Mitchell whose real name, by
the way, Is Yapp, began as u pitcher
ana was working Ia that capacity for
the Red SoX when they turned him
into a catcher Later he joined the
Yanks
In private life Mitchell takes IN nc.
tive Interest in politics and Is looked
upon as quite a leader HIS knowl-
edge Of men IN an walks of life has
been biz help 90 him already in build
lng np the Cubs. He knows enough
Hot to be rash.
I'VE got quite a job ahead Of me, 4"
he said Il short time ago, land I'm go
my TO take my time. To construct Il
cub one must be very careful The
Kidding a strength in one place will
often weaken another"
HascpaN people throughout the couD.
i't were genuinely happy when 1t was
arse In I'd that Mitchell ut last had
got q chance to show what he could
90 "a q manager. Fred is immensely
Iiked ~ everybody.
JACK Barry ls a quiet thoughtful fell.
low, but has never hccn much If .
fliZer lie takes basebau very s5N
1ualy aud plans everything deliberate
~. Nothing is CROSSWORD with him
s1d he does not jump nj con"u-iols
The best way 10 describe him l.. ms q
typical bah player Of the Connie Mack
type.
Il was Barry's wonderful work IN
helping Cnrrlgan direct The Red SoE
during The time that he waa laid M
with injury that caused him 70 be sug.
gested ms mADnger. carrigan was ON.
thlsiasllc about Barry WREN owner
Brdzee asked advice Of The former
manager
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
NAP LAJoIE, WHO WILL BE MISSING FROM
THE RANKS THIS SEASON.

NAP LAJoIE, WHO WILL BE MISSING FROM
THE RANKS THIS SEASON.
been worth as much as q half million
dollars to the New York club will act
merely as semaphore on the coaching
lines.
This is the first spring In sixteen
years that Big Six did not go south
with the Giants as q player. In the
camp at Marlin he was sadly missed.
Lajoie is also manager, but his ac-
tivities are limited to the international
league, and be will not even have the
chance Of talking back at his old as
sociates. He says that he intends to
play few games for Toronto, but the
chances are that he will change his
mind when some youngster comes up
full of enthusiasm and on fast pair
OF legs. 1t is the one great regret Of
Lajole's life that In all his days Of
glory he was never so fortunate as to
be on championship club On several
occasions he came close while with the
Cleveland club but, like Nap Rucker,
he was never able to make his efforts
count for a championship.
incidentally Nap Rucker Is another
Of the great ones who did not show up
for training. This famous left handler
has decided to retire from baseball al
together rather than to take his chances
In minor league:
Another source Of regret shared by
Matty and LaJoie alike Is that in all
their experiences circumstances never
willed 1t for them to face each other.
While In New York recently Lajole
declared that he had often wanted to
hit against Matty, and Matty, who
was present, came right back with the
remark that he always had wanted to
face Latoie just to see what kind OF
balls the Frenchman preferred to hit
Jimmy Archer Is not exactly out Of
baseball, but he Is not with the Cubs,
and he has been given permission to
trade himself to some other club II he
can do SO to his own advantage.
Chief Bender was recently let out by
the Phillies. tits likely that the crafty
Indian will get place with some mi
nor league club. Several OF the bush
managers have been after him, and he
will probably take one Of these Jobs
The chief Is not any too well fixed In
the matter Of finances and could use
good Job very handily now.
In his day Bender has been one of
the most sklllful Of all pitchers, and
his work for the Athletics was largely
responsible for their several champion
ships
Another old timer. in fact the veter-
an Of them all, Is still in the gnme, but
realizes that his pitching days are
numbered. That man Ia Eddie Plank.
This marvellous left handler, though In
his forties, pitched some great ball
last year, but 1t was easy to zee that
bis arm was weakening. Recently the
st. Louis Browns have tried to trade
him, but other managers are hesitant
about taking chance.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
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HAUGHToN HAS SCHEME
FOR YOUNG FLOODS

= President Haughton of the 4
, Boston Braves has decided to set 4
> apart a portion of the daily prac- 4
3 tlce this year for trying cut New
> England youths who have big /
. league aspirations. Stallings will I
3 coach the Youngsters, who will {
: be placed in good positions, with {
5 strings attached. as rapidly rs 4.
> they develop real quality Mr. I.
, Haushton's experiment will be I.
, carefully watched by other mag s
; mates. He believes that each :.
= club should establish a baseball {
, school in which local talent can I;
learn the intricacies of the game. s
: BY encouraging city players in {
this way the owner of the :
; Braves believes that young men {
in schools and colleges win be- :
come more deeply interested in s
the national pastime. s
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Bloomington, Ill.--The Oldest woman
in this part Of the state, Mrs. Mary
Potter Of Dwight, celebrated her one
hundred and third birthday anniver-
sary recently. She still owns the farm
she purchased from the government In
1910, said to be the only tract in II.
linois which has not changed hands
She credits simple food and plenty Of
sleep for her long Life.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
$4,000 TO INJURED FANS.
Club That Staged Welsh. White Bout
Was Sued For $225,000,

Twenty-Five thousand dollars Ia be.
ing paid by attorneys representing a
casualty company to persons injured
when a section Of the grand stand
at the Welsh White fight at Colorado
Springs. Colo, collapsed last Labor
day, with loss Of three lives II was
announced This sum represents the
amount Of policy taken out by the
club staging the fight.
Suits filed against the club to collect
injury claims totaled e225.OO0.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
BOY SLAYER INSANE.
Gilman Sent to Hospital For Sixty
Years For Double Shootinc.

Willimantic, COnn.--Leon N. Gilman,
nineteen, who entered the home of his
cousin, Edward Gilman, and murdered
him with bullet fired from a reyolv-
er and then walked n mile to the
home OF bis grandfather and shot him,
was declared insane by jury in the
superior court. Judge Gardiner Green
sentenced Gilman to the Hospital For
Insane for sixty years.
DR.. Allen Ross Diefendorf, noted
alienist for the defense, and DR.. I. s.
Erdnan Of the Norwich State Insane
hospital, testified that the boy was In
sane. A note written by Gilman after
the shooting was found in cuspidor
In his room and gave reason to believe
he was jealous Of his cousin.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

For Twenty one Years He Had Been
Foe Of All. Rodents.

For Twenty one Years He Had Been
Foe Of AIl~Rodsnts.
Wichita, Kan.-Fuzz is dead. Fuzz
held the undisputed distinction of be-
ing the Oldest cat in Wichita. For
twenty-one years he had been the foe
Of all rats and mice that attempted
to pay temporary visit to the houses
in the vicinity of $50 Ida avenue. He
also held the heavyweight champion
ship feline honors Of that district.
Fuzz was owned by J. s. Simon, a
postofflce employee, and had made his
home with the family for more than
score Of years. Mr.. Simon declared
that the death Of the cat made him
feel as though he had lost one OF his
best friends.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

The manager, writing out the an.
nouncement OF his show. ended with
these words:
'The patronage Of children under
eighteen Is not encouraged"
That" he remarked shrewdly, will
appeal to the children over eighteen"
New York Post.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

"Charley, dear" said young Mrs Tor
kins, you can say anything you like
nowadays about George Washington,
can't you?"
Eyes. The lid seems to be off"
"Well, | never liked to mention it be.
fore, but l have my doubts about his
being incapable Of an effort to deceive
His pictures look to me as IL the old
gentleman wore a wig Washington
Star.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
EYESOF BASEBALL
ON new LEADERS
Each Major League introduces
Dna This Season.
use Different METHODS
Barry ard Mitohell's ENpe fences Have
Been So at Variance That FsnGeai Is
kssny Watering Their Efforts Nth
Rec Sox and Cubs Respectively.

Aside IRON The chances of The various
teams in the American and National
leagues. The greatest Interest IA base
bali right now attaches 10 the two
new managers, Jack Barry and Fred
Mitchell.
Each league introduces a new leader
and they are so widely different in per.
sonality and their experiences have
been 50 at variance dat al baseball Is
keeuly warchiEl 'Aa outcome.
Jack Barry is d much Younger man
than Mitohell ana with the exception
of one year he has always been on q
championship club Barry has taken
part in five worlds championships anG
never but once has he seen defeat. That
was in the tall when the Boston Braves
won four straight And, strangely
enough, ii happened chat Mitchell was
on the club that scored the victory,
Barry is pupil of Connie Mack, and
it is his purpose TO handle the Red SoX
as nearly as possible as Connie did
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Apple trees continue to bear fruit
from twenty-five to forty years, 40.
cording to the care they receive, pears
for even longer, plums about twenty
years aud peaches on an average eight
to ten years.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
Diet and Health.

q In an article on Tanning the
y Liver Worlds Work says that
" the daily meal Of the average
81 business man consisting Of meat
q and potatoes and white bread IL
y Idea for inducing constipation
y Most Of MS should not cal more
. than once Il day Eat the shells
" " your baked potatoes aud eat
. whole wheat bread or graham
u for the help that what we call
- "roGgblge' has In stimulating
y DoWe, action And see TO 1t that
y yo1 take liberal portions of at
y least two Kinds of vegetables ut
~ both luncheon and dinner, such
~ vegetables as peas, beans, let.
V tuce, parsnips. carrots, turnips,
@ c@ery oyster plant, cabbage.
q Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, salsi
" rs, Spanish onions, asparagus
" AM spinach If YOU dislike these
- you viii I've able 10 substitute
y fruits that you do like. Eat the
q right things. yet sufficient exer
y else aud rest and you will bave
T. no need for habit forming laxa.
n tives which eventually may do
= you much harm.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

The comparative mortality Of differ.
ent occupations shows that clergy and
farm laborers have the lowest death
rate.
Hope II = dream Z man has WIEN
hs u awake.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Barry Mccormick and George Mori.
arty are the only new members Of the
1917 staH Of American league umpires
Frank t"Silk") 0LoughlIn, William J..
Evans, T. II. Connolly, o. u. Owens.
William Dinneen George Hildebran6
md r. r. Nnllin complete the STAFF.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

singapore motion pirture theaters
have cheaper seats behind tho screens
Tor poorer class natives.
Garfield was the first president 10
naVe MS mother among his Inaugural.
ton day hearers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Chase Is as great player as Ty Cobb
Chase shone like star in the Cincin.
natl team.
Hal shows great form In spring prac-
tice, whaling the sphere to all parts Of
the lot.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

wnsn skinnins nsh II should bs 70.
membered that round Ash ars most
easily done II commenced from the
hend downward; Hat ones, on the con.
trnry. from the tail end.
stretching the truth won't make II
last any longer.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
Hard on the Records.

Freshman Din awed voice)--See that
big fellow over therei He broke
three records last week. Sweet Young
Thing Mercy, | wouldn't let him run
the phonograph!-Penn State Froth
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Alexander the Great, rejecting on his
friends degenerating into sloth and
luxury, told them that 1t was a most
sayish thing to luxuriate and most
royal thing to labor. Barrow.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Happiness rarely Is absent II is that
we know not of its presence. The
greatest felicity avails us nothing it
we know not that we are happy.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Electricity IL now used to ripen
cheese artiAcially. We've eaten some
that tasted like storage battery.-De
troit Free Press
The folks who marry for money Of.
ten have trouble collecting Il.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05
CHASE GREAT AS EVER.
Star Batsman WhaIed Them All Over
Lot In Spring Practice.

Admirers of Hal Chase expect that
he again will lead the National league
in batting this year. Many claim that
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

IL blindfolded. 1t Is said, no person
IL able to stand i've minutes without
moving.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-05

Many q man imagines that he knows
all about the financial question because
he once had occasion to cnsh 4 two dol
lar check. :.
Norway has more reindeer than Il
has horses.