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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26
FRANCE is SHIvERlNG
>uncrinEs of Residents Of Paris Are
Aggravated D.. Shortage
Of Conf.


PARIS. January - France is in the
GRIP OF til" severcst cold weather for
many years. The thcrmo,nctcr ia Paris,
registered IL degrees Fahrenheit to-
d"N' and even III southern cities. like
MarS"ill"s aud BordcauN. there We're
S"N"f"! degrees OF frost. TIA" num-
Der OF deaths from cold nuL tn" suffer
ms OF TIA" rarisians hav" boon agra
'at"d hy tho coal shortage
Ed"nard iI"rriot. Minister of Ma
ton"i Subsistence. has taken energetic
oharn" "f the situation. cooperating
VIII an" city authorities NJ Iicrriot
has decided to sell 81 lar.c part of tho
r"S"rv" STOCK "f fuel I" tia" public.
aud has 'on' military autowaEous to
carry coal 1" The small Dealers who
nav" IA" ""nv"yamc"s. 1'he cold has
brought packs of wolves ;uto the de-
rar,m"u' 81 cot" drr. in Eastern
franc. and bears a." ravnginr tho
fields ia tho LON" valley
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26

east Of Berry -nu- Bac. northwest Of
Rheims. PrussiHn and Saxon raiding
dctachmcnts entered French trenches
and returned. after violent fighting,
with one officer and thirty men as
prisoners. and two machine guns.
Army group of tho German Crown
Prince: BY 4 dashng, piucEy recon-
ncitcrinS operation, troops OF tho Han
overian Infantry RESERVE Regiment
succeeded in overwhelming "A French
post three times numerically superior,
and in bringing it back with them. to-
gcthcr with one machine gun. into their
own line.
"On III" IIiIscnGrst. IN the NosEes an
advance by French raiding dctach-
mcnt failed.
Bright weather favored the activi-
tica Of tho airn,.u on both sides.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26
OPERATIONS HALTED
ny SEVERE COLD
IRv Aasoclau: :.rcss.

Ev Associate: :'rcSS.
BERLIN January % via SayVilfc). =
Severe cold has set in on the Rou-
nIanian front. almost haltinE military
operations. To-day's Official report
says:
Front OF Archduke Joseph. In the
snow-covered mountains engagements
among raiding detachmcnts and
isolated artillery firing occur daily
Between the kasino and Putna Valleys
yesterday fifty prisoners were taken
Front OF Field Marshal Won Mack
enscn: quiet prevails on the Roumanian
plain during the severe cold weather
Along the Danube there was artillery
firing across the river. with outpost
sktrmishcs"
The report from the Macedonian
front says:
Surprise attacks in the Cerna Bend
and engagements on the Struma plain
were of little Importance"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26

wishes To know that In It's measures
Tor prosecuting The war to a finish aud
IN it's negotiations FOR peace II viii
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26
INCREA SED ACTIVITY on
FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT
iBy Associated PRESS

BN Associated Press
Ri.RLlN. January - 'vih Sayviile).-
Cons idcrable activity by the artillery
and Il continuation of patrol engage
mcnis on the Franco Belgian front are
reported by army headquarters to- da y
IN its statement on operations in this
war ares.
Western front: Army group OF
crown Prince Rupprccht--In the Artois
and between the Ancrc and the Sommc
and in the Aisnc district. the activity
"f the artillery and mine throwers TEN
pOrarily increased Repeated clashe
occurred between accommodating de-
tachments before our positions. South
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26
RUSSIAN TROOPS DRIVEN
FROM FORT POSITIONS
Germans Advance ON SiN-Miic Front,
Taking Fourteen Officers, .7li
Men and Thirteen Guns.
pETRoGRAD ADMITS REVERSE
Battle Continues With Cnabated
tigOr Over Frozen Stretches Of
Tyrul Marsh = Lively Fighting
Takes Place on Dead Man Hill.

ffN NSSn'it'''l I'reSs
The biz hattie between the Germans
and Russians over the frozen Tyrul
marsh. southwest of Riga. continues
undated. Further progress for the
Germans along both sides Of the IA
jiN"r Is reported by Berlin. which
claims an advance over a front Of about
SIN miles aud the capture Of Russian
fort positions. together with fourteen
officers and LIZA mcn aud thirteen
machine guns
Fetrorrad admits that southwcs, Of
The river the Russians have had TO fall
back a third of mile. but says the
*ttacks by the Germans on the marsh
were rcpulscd
Aside from this battle the h.h,ine
in tho various other thcatrrs continues
!" be carried ON, mainly by the ariil-
Tory aud small accommodating aud IA id
ing parties. In Rcumania tho OK
ircrnciy cold weather has virtually put
an cnd to tho operations for tho mo-
in,ui
Livcly fighting has taken place on
tho famous Dead Man Mn. III tho YER
dun region of France, bu, no details
OF II have hcon mad" public. hrtil-
!c'y ducls. which have reached. con
siderable proportions at several points.
arc being fought from tho Swiss from
tier TO tho North Sea
The British treasury. under tho do
f-nsc 90 tho realm act. wili shortly
acquisition such foreign securities held
~ Great Britain ~ may -" required
10 strengthen tho ccuntrys financial
position.
Tho British labor conference AT Man
chester. hy vote 81 more than three
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26

bc carry ms out "A policy agreed upon
by representatives OF the whole empire
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26
At the Movies To-Day

ISlS-Cinrn kimbaIl Young and
Conway Teurle. In .lhe I'OoiisI, Nir-
gin"
BIJOU-Ann~tt~ IielIcrmnnn. In
- Daughter Of the Gods"
tOIONiAI.-Nirgin PenrSOn. In
"Ihc Bitter Truth"
ODEON-"rhe Little NnnL.' with
Dorothy GIsh.
NtCTOR-Mrs. Vernon Castle. In
"pntrln." ami Annette kclIcrmunn,
ia "Ncptune's Daughter"
VEN-11rlcn Holmes. in "a I.nsS
OF the Lumber Rand"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-26
GREECE Apologies
TO ENTENTE ALLIES

By Associated Press
LONDON. January 25.-In compliance
with one of the demands OF the en-
tente powers recently agreed to bv
Greece. the Greek government to-day
handed 10 the entente ministers a note
formally expressing regret for the
events of early last December. when
entente forces at Athens were fired on
by Greeks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
WEAVER FORMER
 NEW HAVEN STAR,
 WINS FROM CUBS

Chicago, H., Sept. 27-CuH recruits had a field day. at Weeghman Park yesterday while the North Siders were trimming the 1916 champion Brook lyn Dodgers, to o. Buck Weaver. starting, his first game as Cub pitcher, uncovered a burst of speed that held the Robins runless and linn tied them to four hits, half of them scratchy. While he was looking after this department Turney Barber and Roy Leslie, both fresh from the bushes, co1laborated in getting one run over the plate.
 The ,.hurling of Weaver. a right handler. from New Haven, was about as good as any North Side tosser has delivered this season. He had con- trol, giving only two passes, both to Jake Daubert Buck had the Dodg- CTS tanned at all times, only two get ting to the middle sack and none past that mark. They didn't get a hit off him until the f1ftlf, and the only run ner to get on in the first four innings was Daubert, who wake l. He didn't venture past first. Jake also got one of the four visiting bingles. Wheat, Kruger and Myers completing the list.
 Opposed to the youngster was old Rube Marquard, who pitched pretty well himself, flaming nine of the home folks in the seven innings he worked, the Bruins bagging six hits. His downfall came in the sixth, when half of these bing1es were made, netting the one tally of the afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
HuGHES' ROASTING
 ANGERS M'AuLIFFE
 WHO 4 TRAINS HARD

x The statement by Billy Hughes ;1nanagertha1 Young McAu1iffe has sesn better days didn't cause much joy in East Bridgeport where the McAuliffe followers gather around the corners at night andssing the praises of their idol. They say Hughes will see better stars when he stops one of Macs haymak- CTS on tomorrow night at the Casino. The boasts from the Hughes camp ,haye made McAu1iffe hustle harder than ever and he will be in top notch sape when hesfaces the Californian in
 the star boutsof the show for the Red
 Cross benefit. The bout is scheduled [ for 12 rounds
 i Harry Nelson and Billy DeFoe will mix things and ought to furnish an in- iteresttng go. Nelson is from New
 York while DeFoe has recently arrived lin this city and is under the manage iment of~Sanmy Hollis.
 Johnny Clinton, a New York boxer who has met some of the best in the business. win tackle Al Thomas in a
 grudge fight. Thomas recently work IedkRt the Remington Arms plant and la Allegation of of&emp1oyes From there will be at the ringside. As Thomas and Clinton have met twice before, with honors even, tomorrow's encoun- ter should be fast. Terry Lee will referee the card, which calls for 34
 rounds of boxing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
O'Baldwin, Old Time Fighter, Was As Large
 As Champion Willard

Edward O'Baldwin, an Irish giant who had made a reputation in the ring on both sides of the Atlantic, was shot and fatally wounded by Michael Finnell on Sept. 27, 1875. Ned died two days later and was buried in Brookline, Mass. O'Baldwin and Finnel were partners in the sa- loon business, and the tragedy was the result of quarrel over financial affairs. O'Baldwin was almost as big as Jess Willard, standing 6 feet 512
 inches. He was 35 at the time of his death. Ned beat George Hes. Andrew Marsden and other good English fighters, and took part in an unsatis- factory contest with Jem Mace, before coming to America in the sos. In 1868 he was matched with Joe Wor- maid at Lynnfield, Mass, and had the best of it when the police stopped the tbout. O'Baldwin spent Is months in jail as a result of this affair. He be- longed to the old rough, roistering -chool of fighters, and his violent end Twas In keeping with his career. He
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
Outfelder .Demmitt
 Might Have Been Shot
 By Angry Manager

The Chicago White Sox in their military drill this season used regula- ton army rifles. It's a good thing they didn't have them when Jimmy Callahan managed the team.
 One day under Callahan the White Sox and the Browns were playing and it began to rain in the fifth inning. The Sox were in the lead and it was to their advantage to hurry the game. Ray Denmitt was sent to bat with two out and none on. Callahan told him to take three swings as quick as he could.
 But Demmftt wasn't that kind of a ball player. He waited out a couple, fouled off a few and then swatted one for hit.
 AS Demmitt, well satisfied with him. self, ran to first base, Callahan boiled on the bench. He kicked over the water bucket, grabbed 8 bat and swung wildly as if to in fancy brain the offending player.
 "Oh, God!" he cried. Somebody give me a gun, I'll shoot and kill that idiot Give me a gun!"
 But nobody had 8 gun and DemTpitt S+tu' lives
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
WHITE SOX PARK TO SEAT 45,0OO
 FOR BIG SERIES

Chicago. Sept, 27-President Com islxey of the Chicago Americans, to- day started aggressive .action against specmIators who have announced thaA they will have for sale tickets to the worlds 1series baseball games to be played here.
 There has been some dissatisfaction expEessed at the ruling which com pels' the purchase of seats4in sets of three, it being said that an injus- thce was done to thosekw might be ab1seto see only one game President Conhskeyj announced today that all ttcke6s sold will be redeemed at the South Side park at the price paid for them He expressed the belief that all s''sQuare fans will turn back, their surplus supply and thus give, another patron san opportunity to see a game without paying toll to the scalpeTs.'',
 Reimbursement also was made to- day .fhat sp5ans have almost been com pfeted for enfarging Comiskey park, giving it a permanent, seating capac- itys of 45.000- It is expected this work win be completed when the season opens next. spring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
JENNINGS UNLUCkY
 Iu WORLDS SERIES
 LIKE PAL M'GRAW

Writes E. J. Larigan in the Sporting News: 4A
 50 it is to be the unbeaten Chi cago White Sox against the oft-beaten New York Giants in this years cash classic. One >non-favorite came through, but from what I can find out from athletics and scribes, neither White Sox nor Giants are favorites as winners of the big fall event, the play ing and writing talent being agreed that the two contestants are about evenly matched in the matter of nerve Cor Dutch as the pastimers term it), in the matter of skill and in the matt ter Of bcains. The almost invariaIble answer to the query of Who will win the Worlds series?' is the short one:
 Search me-
 The series apparently will be for blood, as well as for lucre and re- nown. Charles A. Conniskey, the no- blest Roman of them all, loves his Chicago and loves not his New York, and it was seldom that he could be persuaded to attend any of the Amer ican league meetings staged in Gothem. John J. AIcGraw loves his New York and hates anything with a Chicago label. The Cubs of Cook, county took away from him, in 1908, a pennant he almost had in his grasps and many a time and oft have the same Cubs, when they were led by Frank Leroy Chance, tied up neat packages of woe and slipped them to the Little Napoleon.
 Victory for the White Sox in this falls classics would mot reduce the stipend in any new contract the Ma tional Exhibition company might en- ter into with John J., but it would dent the same John Us reputation as 8 Worlfs Series leader. John and his pal of Oriole days, Hugh Ambrose Jennings, stand alone as having been ] leaders of teams that have lost three Worlds Series in a row and it would gall the Little Napoleon terribly were
 he to snap the tie with the boss of the Tigers "Comiskey would intrench Himself still more surely as the King of Chi cago were his Sox to follow the ex-
 ample of the Red Sox and White El- ephant machines and take Fall No.
 out of the Giant combination There are a variety of reasons why IComiskey would appreciate a triumph
 in the Worlds Series more over New York than over any other club in the
 National, accrued advertising being
 thrown out of consideration. In the old days of the American association
 the team that prevented Charles A.
 from winning four flags in al row was a team located in Brooklyn. State of
 New York. That year was 1888. 1 "Comny was heart and soul in the Brotherhood movement of 1890 and Ethe Brotherhood, or Players league. went to the wall because Al Spaldins
 bluffed the packers of the New York lclu7b.
 Tn the fight of the American league for recognition as a major league the lperson who led the Nationals in the war game was John T. Brush, after Iward of New York. McGraw doing his best to ruin the team that Comny was building up by taking or attempt ling to take from it Sam Mertes. Fielder Jones and George Davis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
Automobile Races
 Al The Danbufy Fair
 For $25,O00 Cash

There is to be, a revival of auto mobile racing at the Danbury Fair, which opens Monday for the week. The automobile races, six in, number, occur the last day of the fair, Satur- day, Oct. 6. The races are open to the car and driver is registered with the A.A.A., under whose, sanction the races are conducted. This may be come at the time the entry is made.
 Fred J. Wagner, who offciates at all the national events, will start the races at Danbury. w. H. Traband. Jr., secretary of the contest board, and F. A. Croselmair, official repre-
 sentative of the A.A.A., will have charge of the races. ~Among other drivers of national reputation to, start will be Ira Vail in a Hudson Super Six, Eddie Dolan in a Stutz, James Lamb of A1lenhurst, with Ralph Null ford's Special, two Kline cars, drivers to be nominated, and about 20 cars
 in all will compete.
 / The track will be speciallyprepared and made safe for drivers and specta-
 tors / These races will be the best to
 be run in Connecticut in years, and it would not be surprising to see the 25
 mile race run in less than 22 min
 utes, which wifi be record for dirt
 tracks.
 The program and conditions fol-
 low:
 Event No. Five miles. Class B.
 Non-stock 23o cubic inches and under piston displacement. First prize $50, second s$35, third $15.
 Event No 2-Five miles. Class B. Non-stock 231 to 450 cubic inches piston displacement First prize s75,
 second, $35, third s$15.
 Event No. 3-Ten miles. Class D. Non-stock Free for all. First prize
 $1O0. second $50, third, $25. Event No. 4ETenl miles. Class E.. Non-stock special match event. To Der un by the cars winning events 1, 2 and 8 and the car finishing second in event 8. If this does not make four starters the cars finishing next in order in event necessary to make four starters shall be eligible. First prize $100, second $50, third $25.
 Event No. 5-Twenty-f1ve miles.
 Class D. Free for all. Seaboard ond S1OO, third $50. Each prize win ner in this event is allowed certain number of points in the races com peted for at Red Bank, N. J.; Tren- ton, N. J.; Danbury, Conn.,, and Rich
 mond, Va. The number of points will be announced by referee, and the driver having the greatest number to his credit at close of Richmond, Va. auto races, Oct IS, will be awarded the Horace P. Murphy trophy. Event No. 6-Five miles. Class E. For non-prize winners.
 l Entry fee. $5 for each event. Additional events to replace such events as do not fill may be placed | on final program by the consent of the referee and the official represen- tative of the contest board of the A. A. A. Steel studded tires or chains will not be allowed on the track. Races start promptly at 1 p. m. Each driver must be in his place on the track at 12:30 p. m. All drivers
 mechanicans and cars must be reg istered with the contest board of
 the American Automobile Association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
BAD RIDING LOSES
 FOR CORN TASSEL
 IN AQUEDuCT RACE

New York, Sept. 27.-Many a race is lost by poor start, interference or an ill-judged ride, and the fourth event at Aqueduct, yesterday, when Manister' Toi beat Corn Tassel a. neck. furnished striking example of the uncertainties of the sport.
 Two other instances could be cited yesterday of the best horses being beaten, and altogether the afternoon was marred by three rides on the part of three different jockeys which were discreditable. to say the least, and which brought about the defeat of three favorites.
 Corn Tassel, one of the most honest and consistent horses in training, was fully two lengths the best in the Prospect Handicap at one mile, but Johnny McTaggart ran him into a pocket. after turning for home and wadted so long for an opening on the rail, which did not come, that when he did extricate himself inside the last sixteenth pole 1 was few strides too late and, Manister Toi lasted long enough to win
 It was a clear case of McTaggart being outwitted by Keogh, who had the mount on Manister Toi, with the indirect help of McAtee on Queen of the Water. The latter was on the outside of Corn Tassel, whereas Keogh on Manister Toi, which was a scant length in front, kept encourag- ing McTaggart to expect an opening by keeping his mount out just far enough from the rail to be tempting.
 H6cTaggart finally realized that he was being, out-jockeyed, and taking up brought Corn Tassel to the out side of Manfster Toi, but by that time the distance to the wire was too short.
 Man Slayer was the favorite> for the three-horse steeplechase, but Byers messed him about so badly that Northwood won ridden out by a scant two lengths. In justice to Byers 1t may be said that Man Slayer was rank and hard to place, but the way he kept sending him to the front and taking him back was not to his credit Ons top of this a bobble al the last hedge proved fatal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
M'CRAW ROCKIES LOSE TO ST. LOUIS
 IN I2TH SESSION

St. Louis, Sept. 27-The Giant rock ies fought the Cardinals a desperate IF inning battle yes -erday afternoon and only struck their co1ors in the final frame, giving the Mound City men the victory by 2 to 1. .ssc.
 George Smith, former Columbia col iege boy, held his position on the hill from the first bell until the winning run went OCT the plate, and those who saw his cool, heady work predicted he would be a factor in the pennant race next season.
 While the Cardinals reached him for two singles in the last session an error entered into the scoring of the winning tally, and the youthful hurler was full of vim at the finish and ap- parently able to go on indefinitely
 Miller Huggins showed his appre- citation of the situation by bringing up some of his heavy artillery toward the end of the engagement. May, also a rookie, had been doing good work, but he was taken out at the end of the eighth and the veteran Specs eMadows sent to the rescue. Meadows held the Giant recruits down close in the four final innings and saved the day for the home team.
 The Giants were first to score, get ting a run in the fourth when Jack Murray, who played right field for the rockies, received pass. Jim Thorpe forced Murray at second. but fleming way singled to right, sending Thorpe to third. Hemingway then stole sec ond, and Jimmy Smiths sacrifice fly to Cruise enabled Thorpe to reach home. Hemingway also tried to score on the fly, but was caught at the plate.
 The Giants held their lead until the eighth, when the Cards tied the score D. sBaird and Brock hit singles and then worked a double steal. Miller batting for May, walked, filling the bases. Smyth's grounder forced D. Baird at the plate, but Jack Smiths sacrifice fly to Murray scored Brock Betzel forced Smyth> and ended the inning.
 The tie held until the last half of the 18th, when the Cards after two were out, got the winning run across Paulette opened with a single and D. !! Baird sacrificed. On Brooks ground CT, Paulette was run down and out be- | tween second and third. Long, bat l ting for Meadows, was lsafe on Hem ingway's wide throw, Smyth singled l and Brock came home with the win l ming run.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-27
U P A N D ID o w N $ P O R T $ T R E E T
HUGGINs FOR YANKEES.

Although denials have been given out by everybody concerned it seems to be pretty we'll understood by those on the inside in major league baseball that Miller Huggins will be manager of the New York Americans next year in place of Bill Donavan. Joe Villa, of the New York Evening Sun, who generally knows what he is talking about, says President Ban Johnson of the American league, already has signed Huggins to a contract.
 The St. Louis manager has done wonders with the Cardinals when you consider that he was working for owners who refused to spend any. money for players. Since Branch Hickey became president of the St. Louis club he cannot see why he needs Huggins as a manager as Hickey is something of manager himself With the bankroll of Ruppert and Huston back of him Huggins should produce winner in New York.