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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28
Talking It Over: 4o soa p HIEES !
CHUCK SWAN ~ !
BY CHUCK SWAN

IN CASE OF war. some OF the baseball
magnates propose 10 pay the sal
Il aries Of the players who join the
army. We venture to remark that
such men as Tyrus Cobb. Walter John
son and Grover Alexander would be on
the mo remittance list Course
there's such a thing as the United
States war department making Up thai
deficit which would be for the players
To Worry about YSee. the players
might prove drawing cards IN the army
"A method OF securing recruits. yesz
Indoor sports: Looking for cHio0ns
in a bible.
Fl Paso bowlers are planning TO meet
Salt Lake City pin ram blers shortly, but
we suggest that they have a care Il
they hit the Utah town in the near fu-
ture. Them there" salt Lake fellows
may take a notion 10 slip in a few
snow balls to chill the atmosphere.
There seems TO be dope scatter
ing about which says the Fifth
Georgia basket ball quintet has
improved wonderfully since the
Army Basket Ball league opened
fire. The Second Ohio trimmed
them numerically t. start the
league season. and the other day
Ohio won by the small margin of
Al to -. However. there are two
ways to look at SMALL.
After much arbitration. we have sue
ceeded in getting Josephine to give in
one inch across the tie line. She adj
nits that box fighter" is not the cor
rect term, but insists on saying that
boxer fight" means a fistic contest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28

The Los Angeles ball club Is slated
TO finish some where quite distant from
the top OF the league. this season. The
sport writer's already concede Los An
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28
TRAPS
PROVE
HOBBY
Shooting Clay Pigeons Pet
Pastime of Famous Men
of the United States.
MATHEWSON REAL
SHOT WITH TRAPS

4 LMoST every man has a hobby.
~ In fact it's a poor man that
hasn't one. True, he may have
been lavishly endowed with worldly
goods, but without a real, honest-to-
goodness hobby he's up against it hard.
Hardly q day passes but what presi-
/ dent Wilson does not play a round Of
golf He is an ardent lover Of the
game and finds much real recreation
in il.
John Philip sousa, when not WELD
ing the magic wand or wooin9 the
muse OF famous march music. spends
ms time at horseback riding or in pull
verlzlng the risky clay pigeons. In
TACT Sousa IS some shooter He adj
mits ii, and the trapshooting fraternity
throughout this country will willingly
attest the fact
Christy Matthewson. the greatest
pitcher Of HIS day-the old master
is also -sOme punkinS, at the
traps, as well as on the links, and
Chief BENDER is a crack shot.
IN TACT delving into the sport Of
OF famous names on its list OF enthus.
lasts.
Governors Brumbaugh. Of PennsyI-
vania; Ferguson, Of Texas. Major, of
Missouri; Capper, Of Kansas. and ex-
governor West, Of Oregon, have shat
tered many a clay bird with their
trusty u gauges.
Former director of public safety
George ID. Porter and superintend-
ent Robinson. Of the Philadelphia
police, have likewise been particf-
pants in many exciting elay target
tournaments
George D. Smith. mayor OF Los Ba-
nos. California, one OF the best known /
shooters on the Pacific coast, goes in |
for both trap and field shooting He is :
an ardent nimrod, has his own spacious [
preserves, and breeds his own game, as I
well as dogs.
Walter H Hine a California district /
attorney, seldom misses an opportunity |
to appear before the traps. while L. B. 1
vice president of the Hibernian i
bank, of Chicago. was the winner Of 4
1888 Grand American handicap-the 1
blue ribbon event of the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28
Whitley
TRAILS
NEWTON
Burns Would Meet Ohio
Champion If 2O-Round Go
Can Be Agreed Upon.
SPLIT PURSE ANY
WAY SAYS FISHER

TT Johnny Newton Will consent 4
box Whitley Burns in a 20 rount
= contest. the punitive expedition
champion will agree 10 a match with
the army champion as soon as arrange
ments can be made for the show to be
staged This was the statement made
last night by Vic Fisher. manager OF
Whitley Burns. who is much aroused
over the possibility Of Burns meeting
Newton.
We will meet Newton on prac-
ticaIly any terms he will suggest"
said Fisher Inst night. 1--WE insist
on &c round go. however, but we
are willing for the boys TO box on
a winner take all basis, for IS and
IS per cent Of the purse or for a
60 and 20 per cent split. II these
terms suit Newton. all that remains
TO be done fs to arrange for the
bOuf.s
Promoter Jim Brown is in favor Of
putting on the match here but intends
10 sound the fans before he takes any
steps toward matching the boys. In
he mean time, the managers of the two
boys viii hold some little sessions to
discuss the probability OF the go.
The only apparent obstacle is the
weight question Right now. Newton
can trim down to the $50 pound margin
and IN his challenge Of Sunday he en-
phatically stated he would meet any
white boy who could toe the $50 pound
mark. Burns. on the other hand,
weighed in at 15s pounds for the Sun
day show when he boxed Battling Tor
renee and IL is hard to believe that he
can make any lower than 155 pounds
In fact. Burns stated not long ago that
he hardly expected TO be able to go
lower than 156 pounds
Newton has seen Burns In action
and firmly believes he can trim the
regular army boy, even though
Burns is n rather tough customer
from all appearances. The sentf-
ment among the regular army SOL
der at Fort Bliss is strongly in
favor of a go between the guards
man and the regular army scrap
per and not = few are inclined to
believe that Burns could make
better showing over the longer
route.
It's a dead cinch that Burns will have !
to show more stuff than ne did last |
Sunday to beat the Ohio boy Terrence
used a left jab TO advantage and his |
left Is not near the perfection of the |
one which Johnny totes around with ]
him. And Burns. from all appearances,
doesn't carry strong enough punch |
to bother Newton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28

We can forgive her. seeing she visited
China some time ago
Here's n case where apparently
six is better than Sixteen, and il
doesn't apply 10 families either
The Sixth L. =. infantry hRs n crack
ball club which il particularly
anxious TO tackle the Fifth GeOr-
@ia team. The Crackers trimmed
the 18th hut there's n different
story coming when they buck up
against the Sixth Claims Sergt-
arnold of company p. who Is
handling the affairs Of the regular
army FASTENERS
FREDDIE WELSH FIGURES he CAN
IMPROVE HIS HEALTH BY HIKING OFF
TO THE WOODS. he SHOULD JOIN THE
ARMY WHERE HE Is CERTAIN TO IN
PROVE HIS SYSTEM BUT-MAYBE
FREDDIE LIKES THE ARMY as WELL
As DOES LES DARCY
II the wind keeps up its generous
distribution OF dust and dirt around
town. the Army Baseball leaguers
won't have to worry about locating
this summer. All they'll need 10 do is
to steer the wind a bit and-the rest
viii take care OF itself.
Percy HaughtOn has suggested n
few new rules for baseball. He's
well acquainted with the grid
iron game that he may ask his
players TO wear headSears as pro-
lection against bean balls. Then
fOO-he may decide the suggestion
poor one because some players
heads are already larger than they
should be.
The Los Angeles ball club Is slated
TO finish some where quite distant from
The top OF the league. this season. The
sport writer's already cOncede Los An
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28
FOURTEEN GIANTS ENROUTE
IN EENAG L,AR SDRINE w

New York, Feb. 2S.-Fourteen mem
bers OF the New York Giants baseball
club are now on their way TO Marlin
Springs, Texas. whore they will go into
spring training. John J. McGraw was
not in charge of the forces but will
join them in about a week There will
be little except warming up until the
remainder of the Giants arrive in Mar
lin Springs on March 4 The party in
cluded Benny Kauf. center fielder. and
RUDE Benton. pitcher.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28

geles as the best in the league That's
sufficient reason TO lay the cash on
the other five clubs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-28

won decisiveiy last night from Billy
Miske. Of St Paul, in ten round bout.
newspaper critics at the rfngside
agreed Levinsky led in eight rounds.
the first was even and Miske had the
edge in the tenth. During the first
seven rounds and again in the tenth
Levinsl1y forced the fighting. The fin
ish was fast with the st. Paul fighter
seeking vainly 70 square matters with
q knockout
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30

true. Prospective teachers living in New Britain, Willimantic, Danbury and New Haven may gain their train ing without leaving home. Waterbury girls must travel to and from Dan bury. But the theory that each com munity is entitled to the utmost of much expense. If Waterbury is enti- natural development, lead us into school education will. if cared to it's conveniences in securing normal tied to a normal school why are not New London, Norwich, Middletown, Bridgeport, Hartford, Ansonia, Win sted and all the other places now without them?
 Mistake was made, of course, in the location of three of the present four schools. They were established not where they coud best serve the needs of the greatest number but where log rolling, pork distributing politicians were successful in having them es- tabliShed. The institution at Danbury is very poorly situated to serve any body, but that seems to furnish no good reason for continuing the build ing program. We already have normal school accommodation more than suf- ficient to provide for those who apply for it. Until their capacity is ap- preached why should we provide an othed midway between tn institu- tions at New Britain and Danbuary, which by rail are only 53 miles apart. Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
ELECTIONS IN JAPAN
 TO BE HELD APRIL 22
ConstitutionaIists Are to Fight for the
 Formation of Cabinets.

Tokio, Jan. 2s, 4.5O p. m.-The gov ernment has fixed the date for the elections to the new house of repre- sentatiyes as April 2S and that for the assembling of the diet as June 23 next.
 In an interview given The Associated Press, Yuzio Ozaki. the leader of the constitutional party upon whose life an attempt was made last week as he was addressing a mass meeting called to demand the resignation of the cab inet shortly before the dissolution of the house of representatives by i'm perial decree, declared that the con- stitutionalists would fight to secure a regime of recognition of political parties in the diet as the basis for the formation of cabinets. M. Ozaki con- tended that the accession of Lieuten- ant General Count Teraucbi as pre- mier, in defiance of the spirit of rep resentative government, was made possible by the unconstitutional inter vention of the Genro or elder states men, who during the past quarter of century had been a powerful voice in affairs of the empire without any re- sponsibility to the diet. the cabinet or even the emperor himself.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
WHAT HAPPENED TO HENRY

| .eYes. Henry's married" said Mrs. MiInsey, her tone indicating that there was much more that might, and prob ably would. be said. She tucked three pins into her mouth, then gathered up l a section of the material she was drap- | ins and pinned piait in 1t rather viciously.. Say, this goods you got don't look | looked at it I felt awful discouraged, | 1t looked so kind of cheap and sleazy, I but now I come to get it draped and all guess it's going to look real kind of nice.
 well, as I was saying, Henry's married, and I don't want you to think for a minute that I blame him a bit, and certainly hope he.won't live to 1 word against Gladys. her that he mar ried. I guess she's a real nice person in her way.
 ''You'n want your waist high necked. sons got to where they begin to get on in years-not that you don't look real well preserved, but always think that if folks dress too youthful there's apt to be remarks made.
 Well. to go back to Henry, I will say
 don't know as I ever will quite get
 over it's happening the way it did. It
 was so accidental like. You see. Gladys roomed over to Mrs. Gallagher's that
 nVeS across the nall rom us ana l never did care for her appearance very
 much, just watching her go in and out
 Not that she didn't have the appear ance of being a nice enough kind of person, but you never would a thought
 of Henry taking a fancy to her no more'n the man in the moon. Only guess if all was said, it wasn't a case of Henry taking fancy to her.
 'fWell, as I was saying, Gladys had a room over to Mrs. GaIlagher'S and there was one evening run over to her fiat to take back a couple of spoonfuls of baking powder I'd borrowed of her. It just happened while I was standing in her front door that Henry stepped out of our fiat to go over to the drug store. All he did was just stop and pass a few remarks with Mrs. Galla- gher and me, when who should come along but this Miss Gladys. She said she'd come to pay her room rent-like she couldn't find no other time to pay her room rent! We'll, anyway, it seemed like there wasn't nothing for Mrs. Gallagher to do but introduce her to me and Henry.
 About how long did you want your skirt, did you say?
 '+Oh, is that SO? Of course, they're wearing 'em rather short now, but it always seems to me a kind of fat, short person'd ought to be real careful about wearing something that makes 'em look any more dumpy, but it's your
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30

On Feb. 1 the resignation of Ed ward N. Hurley, chairman of the Fed eral Trade Commission, goes into eff feet, and William J. Harris, hereto fore vice chairman, becomes chairman of the commission, which deals with corporations. MT. Harris was appoint ed director of the census soon after President Wilson took office and serv- ed in that capacity until he became a member of the Federal Trade Com mission, about two years ago. He was mentioned in 1914 for the democratic nomination for governor of Georgia, hfS home state, but withdrew fYom the race to devote all of his attention to census bureau af- fairs. MT. Harris is a son-in-law of the late General Joe Wheeler and was secretary to Senator Clay of Georgia He is an insurance man and is an able executive and statistician.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30

skirt You got a right to say how long you want it.
 Well. guess when Gladys come out there where we was standing she had n't no more idea of going down to the drug store than have right tlis min ute, but 1t seemed like she must of kind of known that that was where Henry was going. Anyway, we hadn't minutes before she upped and said that she was going over to the drug store and she guessed she'd have to be stepping along. Henry never seemed to realize how kind of bold it looked, for he right away said the drug store was where he was going, too, and how about them going together? T bet you won't believe it, but true as you live, it was Is after 10 when they come home and it turned out af- terward they'd gone and went to a movie show. Can you beat it?
 Well, after that it was easy enough to see how things was going I did my best. Henry can't never complain that didn't do all in my power. Many's the time I used to go out to movie shows with the two of them when was so dogtired could scarce ly keep awake. I ain't got anything to reproach myself with, and if 1t hadn't been for that attact of rheumatism there'd been another story to tell
 Yes, had one of my attacts. so's couldn't scarcely move at all. Well, it
 
 " didn't want to do for me. Right from the first he begun saying about how he thought what I needed was a change Of some kind. He certainly was good to rr~ e-~~- ed right out try ing to find the right place for me go, ana tnou5n -e.Ass Ieidng him that all needed was to stay in bed and rest for a while, in the end had to go.
 He found out about some place down in the state where folks go and take baths in the mud and it brings the germs out to the surface and then they scrub 'em off or something-nasty squidgy things! I never took but one after I got there,
 Well, when I come home-and I didn't stay but a couple of days at that-here was this Gladys peacoclSing around in her diamond ring large as life. Say, I could "a cried quickern what I could "a congratulate her, if the truth was told. Not that I said that to Henry. All I said to Henry was, Henry, I says, of course, you did it all for the best, but when alrs said and done I guess Pm worse off than what was when I went, Henry I says. That was every word I said to him.
 'TWell, they're married" said Mrs. MimZey, dosing herself with pins again, 'and I certainly hope it'll turn out all right, though when alls said and done I can't help having my doubts about it."-EXchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
STORIES OF THE WAR
Effects of Rumanian Campaign.

Long lines of refugees waiting pa- tiently for chance to get back to their homes farther in the mountain hundreds if not thousands of soldiers returning from furloughs and strug- gling to find even standing room in the irregular trains, timetables turn ed topsy- turvy and 20 to 30 car tarfns that begin their journeys two hours behind time and end them six hours to half a day behind schedule.
 Such is one of the superficial effects Of the Rumanian campaign The Ru- manians have long since been pushed back into and across their own cOun- try, but it will be weeks before traf- fic and other conditions will again have resumed their normal status; weeks before the festively clad peas ants shall all have found their way to their abandoned homes.
 With the entrance of Rumania, war in reality came home to lower Hun gary for the first time It had con- tributed it's quota of men to the Aus trian arr1y, but that it had done in peace times. The Russian advances into the Carpathians had left 1t un- scatched. It was not until the Ruma- nians swept through the passes and occupied a portion of Pennsylvania that the Hungarians of their section really knew that they, too, were in fight to the finish.
 The majority or them were SeiZeo by the same panicky feeling that in the present war has seized the inhab- itants of Belgium, of Poland, of East Prussia and Serbia, and of every other district that has been invaded. With out stopping to consider whether they would or would not be moleSted by the enemy if they remained, they flooded away from their homes in un- told thousands
 Now weeks after Pennsylvania is as free and safe from invasion as Ber- lin or Budapest or Vienna today, the interior cities of Hungary, in partic- ular Budapest, are shoked and cram med with fugitives who find getting back home still attended with difficult ties. They fill every hotel to over
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
A PROPER RERUKE.

It is a sad state of affairs when a man cannot be given a fair trial be- cause of his color. yet that is the sit uation that would prevail if certain or if those charged with crime were obliged to be judged by such men.
 This deplorable situation was brought to light in a New York court recently when man drawn for jury duty declared that he could not give the defendant. a Negro. fair trial because he was prejudiced against the black race. He was not of course given the opportunity to sit in the trial. He had disqualified himself as a fit person for judge another in ac- cordance with the provisions of the law and it is not surprising that Judge Rosalsky, in whose court this declaration was made. should become indignant and says: "Any man with such ideas should be disqualified from serving on a jury. I shall order that your name be stricken from the list. I think no man should sit in judgment on human being in case involving life or property who has prejudice against race Such 8. man is not fit to be juror."
 It was perhaps an added reason for the making of this statement on the part of the judge that the juror con cerned was a. college graduate. It is this unwillingness to put prejudice aside where justice is concerned which stimulates race hatred. and nothing is more responsible for the large num- ber of 1ynchings which take place every year than just such an attitude and everything that is done to discour- age such prejudice is in the interest not only of humanity but a better cit izenShin
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30

subsequent time there should be a schange of heart or something should Tgo wrong so that an action seeking damages for failure to carry out the promise was started, there would be something to back up the marriage promise besides the mere say so of the parties involved.
 This would not of course carry a penalty for failing to register a be- trothaI, other than such as would fol- low the inability to show that an en- gagement really existed in case the time should ever come when one of the parties should run to the court to seek financial compensation for the failure on the part of the other to carry out the agreement. It might cause certain ones to give deeper con- sideration to the advisability of re- straining their heart throibs until their minds had been made up beyond any possible doubt, but to those who are in dead earnest it need cause no fear one way or the other. If. however, 1t would put a check upon adventur- CTS who are out for the coin. first, last and all the time Michigan may look upon it as Q good thing and adopt the suggestion.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30

high cost of living, which he declared unjust burdens and blanc upon fruit and produce jobbers. was made by Thomas D. Turner, of Oklahoma City, president of the Western Fruit Job bers Association, in an address to the associations convention here today.
 "The criminal carelessness of the newspapers in publishing statements not founded upon facts ultimately will injure producers and consumers said MT Turner. "As a result we can only expect state legislatures and congress will attempt to enact laws restrictive and injurious to the fruit and veseta- bie industries"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
TURKEY MUST co.

Lord Bryce has devoted much at fent1on to the sufrerings which have been caused throughout. Europe since the opening of the war. He was at the head of the commission which studied into the condition in Belgium following the early occupation by the Germans and 1t was-the report which that commission gave which furnished B clear cut impression of the actual situation there about which there had been so many contradictory stories.
 Now as the result of the condition in Turkey Lord Bryce believes that an end should be put to what Is left of that empire. He is not content with the demands of the allies that the con- tro1 of European Turkey and the Oar danel1es be given to Russia that it may have an open highway to the seas, but in his opinion Turkey has showed itself so incompetent, so bar barous in the treatment of the Ar menfans and Syrians and so uncfvtl- fzed that 1t is time to end the oppres- sion which it has exercised over its peoples.
 Certainly there is not much which can be said in behalf of Turkey when such move Is advocated. Turkey has cut itself of from all claims of sym pathy. It has been digging its grave piecemeal. It has been inviting this very recommendation which Lord Bryce makes, and it hasn't under gone any noticeable change since it came under the influence of the cen traI powers. Thus to leave Turkey as 1t is. or even as it was before the war. means thS endorsement of the treat ment which has been accorded the Armenians and Syrians and that is something which civilized nations can .nA ArlnfIrr nuar1nnlr