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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-24
INSPIRING PAGEANT AS
BRAVE BOYS GO TO WAR
Broad Street Lined With Farewell
Crowds That Cheer Eight English
men Embracing On Journey to
Md Motheriand
AMERICA" BLENDS WITH
COWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
Thrilling Scenes AZ Britishers, Heed
ing the Call of Duty. Bid Loved
Ones Farewell Before Starting for
Canada Camps.

Escorted by members of the city
government. relatives and friends
cheered on to patriotic duty by the
applause of hundreds OF citizens with
flags OF their nation and the Stars and
Stripes floating side by side. and songs
and music that must have thrilled
them as il did the spectators, eight
young Englshmen, who left last night
for Canada 10 enlist in their coun-
try's service. received farewell such
as they will take with them to the
trenches, and find in its memory
through life an inspiration to duty.
II was one of the most unusual
pageants ever staged in Richmond:
one that brought home to many
Americans the fact that this coun-
try. too, is at war. and that there Is
glory in patriotic service.
Long will the night when eight
young Rritishers left Richmond to
remembered. With shouts and cheers.
more enthusiastic and whole hearted
than they ever heard before ringing
in their ears. they took their leave
with hundreds of people applauding
them for their answer to the call
from across the waters. with hand
shakes and good wishes. and kisses
and embraces. too, lingering with
them as sweet memories TO be re-
called when the din of battle ebbs
and there is time for reflection and
rest.
''Onward Christian Soldiers"
But perhaps more deeply felt than
all the demonstration that marked
their farewell. was the swing and
rythm of the hymn. Onward Chris
-
band and then taken up by the crowd
until this hymn OF inspiration rose in
mighty chorus that filled Broad
street to the echo And then again
when their friends and the crowd. as
the train bearing the young warriors
left the station broke into the self
same hymn. followed with God Be
with You TIL We Meet Again"
The Young men who left last night
are: Fred Soanes. |. Roy Guild
George w. Draper. w. III. Day, A. r.
w. Mackreth. Percy r. Thornton.
Robert Post and Charles Soanes. They
will separate when they reach New
York part of them going to Toronto
and the others to Montreal. They will
join the Canadian expeditionary forces.
and after a period of training will
leave for England. All of the men are
popular in Richmond
Wanted No Demonstration.
The Britishers did not want n
demonstration at their leave taking
They were doing nothing more than
was their duty: others had left with
out display. and they wished no osten-
tatious departure. But their friends.
Mayor Ainslie and others interested
would not have it, and believing 1t
would be an aid to enlistments in
Richmond, the parade as held last
night was arranged, and so amid music
and shouts, the men went on their
way.
At 1890 O'Clock the boys met at the
City Hall. Automobiles had been
furnished for the parade, all of them
decorated with British and American
flags. The Union Jack never waved
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-24
FrgrMFN AND MACHINISTS.

An urgent call for fircmcn and
machfnist msacs for the United
states navy WAS received here yes
tcrday ny Lieutenant H. S. Stew
art in charge OF the navy recruit
ing station. Tho pay Is exception
al,y good. rating from $500 to
$3.50 n month for the firemen,
and from s44 TO s77 for the ma
chinists. Tire latter enter the SER
vice as petty officers. and in both
classes the promotion r. rapid.
Enlist at tn navy recruiting sta
ton. sos East Main street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-24
HOUSE HAD NO RIGHT
TO PUNISH MARSHALL

Washington. n. c. April 23,-The
house Of representatives.. which went
out OF office March 4. last, the supreme
court decided today. did not have au-
thority 10 punish United States At
torney II. Snowden Marshall of New
York. for alleged contempt. Mr, Mar
shall is exempt from further proceed
ings
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-24
Main confined Awarded.

Postmaster Hay r. Thornton an.
nounced yesterday that the contract
for hauling mails from the trains To
the postoffice has been awarded to A.
G. Gilbert. for the succeeding four
years beginning July l. The amount
of the contract Is $4,000 a year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-24
T.rauchi f;oyerrmeut Wins.

Toxic. April 23.--The Terauchi gov
eminent has won the election by a
majority of hfty-three votes. accord
ing to figures compiled in e0iciai quar-
tiers tonight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-24

Wtlliam NJ. Moseley HankYupl.
Bankruptcy papers were Mled In tho
United States court yesterday ~ VII \
liam ~. Moseleyk IA
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COLUMN OF THE VIRGIN
IAN is THE BEST ME.DI.
UNI TO OBTAIN ASSIST
ANCE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
CLEVERPACKEY
TEACHES ARMY
Famous Chicago Welter-
weight Will Train Soldiers
at Waco. Texas.

Since boxing has become so pOpu-
lar in Uncle Sans military training
camps there have been several hu-
morous events pulled off in different
parts OF the country where some To-
cal light who prided himself on his
ability as a boxer donned the mittens
with the boys in khaki, but the best
Of all comes from Waco. Texas.
One night recently a Waco cutup
with quite a local reputation as a
singer OF mean dukes. announced
that he would take on anybody
around the camp and guarantee to
teach his man something of the man.
" art. This Waco gent was a 200
FOUNDER, but he got a quick response,
and although his opponent was some
80 or 30 pounds lighter they strippeC
for action The Waco whiZz strutted
about the ring with his chest swelled
out, and after the first round he in
flated more than ever. because the
timid youth who had accepted his
challenge did nothing but feint at
him o couple Of times.
But the second rOund-wel. that
was something else again. The lad
who had removed his khaki suddenly
opened up and before the round was
over the Waco tornado was stretched
out on the canvas with several sec
onds throwing buckets Of water on
him.
After n while the big fellow came
around, and when he got his bear
ings he said: Holy smoke, who is
that guyg'
why, that's Packey Mcfarland"
relied somebody at the ringside.
land they don't come too big for
Packey these days"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14

Decide Not to Change Rul-
ing Because of Unsettled
Conditions.

Chicago, III. Dec. 14.-American
| league owners in session here Thurs
day voted for the retention OF the
. player limit and the continuation
OF the usual training trips each
spring in order to condition the
players. Friday the American leag-
uers will meet with the National
I league at which time other impor-
tant matters will come up for dis.
cussion.
Summarized, the important ques-
tons TO be considered by the Is club
owners OF the two leagues are:
THE ACCESSIBILITY of reducing the
/ playing schedule to 40 games.
The advisability Of 154 game
schedule running only five and a
half months.
.'Deyising a method to collect the
Settlement Of the financial obH-
cations resulting from the Federal
league war.
Suggestion Of a new division Of
the world series receipts.
Inserting war clause in the
players contract to protect the club
owner in the event the player IS called
into the national army"
President Johnson's announcement
that the $4,000 fund agreed upon 10
reimburse hackers Of Federal league
clubs still remained unpaid. caused 4
surprise He Sid that the American
League was ready TO pay its share
S55,000-at- once. but that the entire
issue would have to be settled by the
club owners Of the two LEAGUES to-
morrow. II was revealed that Ed
ward GWinner. who lost heavily in
hacking the Pittsburg club Of the
Federal leTEpe, is to receive $4,000
Of the fund, and the balance is TO be
divided between Harry Sinclair. who
financed the Newark club. and tho
Ward estate Of New York. which sup
ported the Brooklyn Federals.
The trading spirit struck some Of
the club owners TONIGHT, The Cleve-
land and washington clubs. in addi-
ton 70 New York, ere bidding for Sec
Ond basc7nan Pratt and shortstOD Le-
van Of St louis. Phil Ball p-e7i-
d@nt Of the st. louis club. declined
IN Offer Of six players made BY Col
TaNOb RuDDert Of the Yankees To-
Pratt. Levan and George Sisler. the
St Louis first bsseman.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
TAX is NOT INJURIOUS
CLUBS CAN STAND THE INCREASE

any OF the other clubs, and the
Pilates figures usually go above
5000 miles
Secretary Foster figures that
the : per cent tax on railroad
fares and the 10 per cent on Pull
man tickets will mean a cost OF
9bout SI,IOO q season for each
club.
So Uncle Sans tax on the Is travel
ing baseball clubs OF both major
leagues next season will amount to
about SIS, 900.
An additional cost OF more than
$1,000 a cluS FOR the season is. ac-
cOrdinE TO Mr.. Foster. nothing for
the club owners to sit up nights
worrying about. As for additional
costs at hotels. Mr.. Foster doubts II
the prices will be much highe- than
they were last season. The addition
al cost Of baseball through war taxes
and the advanced cost OF living. Mr.
Foster believes, can be met easily by
cutting the player limit TO is or 20
players.
Foster is an Optimist concern
ing the conditions in baseball,
aud although the clubs viii be hit
hard through the draft. he sees
no ren.On why the clubs cannot
40 right along with the players
who are available
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
Waugh and Kale
to Go Over Jumps

Bobby Waugh. lightweight cham
9ion Of Texas. who scored a decisive
victory recently over Sniper Fitzpat-
rick at Camp Cody. and Joe Kale. Dor
der patrol lightweight champion, have
been matched for a IS round bout a.:
Camp Cody on December % Articles
for the contest were signed Thursday
afternoon. when Waugh returned TO
Fl PasO from Deming, following his
easy victory over Fitzpatrick. The
bout viii be held in the big aren7 AT
DeminE, and viii be under the direc-
ton Of Joe Lamantia- Waugh is we'll
known to the DeminE fans by virtue
of his victory over Fitzpatrick, VIII 2
Hale has a big following in the FL
PasO district
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14

won in past years by clubs with con-
siderable less than the number OF
players allowed at this time is show
by search OF the records OF the
national game.
During the early seventies Nation
al league teams played through the
season without approaching the ~
player total The first OF the Amer
lean league clubs ranged form II to
%.
Lots OF Men Used.
A fair line on the number Of play
ers used in recent years can be
gained from the lists Of eligibles for
the world series as promulgated by
the National commission each season
since 1906 The teams, Of course. in
each case were the winners OF their
respective league pennsnts, and yet
the records disclose that there has
been hardly a case where the full
number o. eliEibles were actually
called into action.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
William HOrreH
in Aviation Corps

Phoenix, Arlz, Dec. 14.-W0rd has
been received OF the commissioning o.
VIM A Horrell. late OF Phoenix. as a
lieutenant Of the aviation corps. or
dered for duty 10 Fort sam Houston
at san Antonio. HorreL was best
known as the tennis champion Of the
southwest, following a notable ath-
letic career at college After admis-
sino to the army, he was married in
Riverside, Cal, to Miss Helen over
holt, who viii 90 with him to Texas.
Another former college athlete Is
Foster Rockwell. a Phoenix orange
grower, who left a few months ago
for service in 4 private aviation can
in Florida, but who now is in Halifax
as director of the canteen department
Of the American Red Cross. He has
wired that he came safely through the
late disaster.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
GOulding RetireS
From Amateurs

New York, Dec I2.-George Could
ing. the champion walker OF the
world, has competed in his last race
as an amateur
The famous Toronto pedestrian.
who beat the best Of them over the
10000 meter route at the Olympic
games in Stockholm five years ago.
has turned in his cad II tho Canqd-
ian Amateur union and signed a
contract to act as physical director
OF the Toronto Young Mems Chris
tian association.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14

Jew YORK. Dec. 14.-Secretary
NJ John B. Foster. Of the Giants,
l compiled q few statistics TO
show that the war tax on railroad
and Pullman fares is not going TO be
so great a burden as some Of the base
ball club owners have tried 70 make
out.
Foster points out that much OF the
talk Of the calamity howlers is
groundless, and that the war taxes on
each club will not be SO large as TO
make IL difficult for each team to
shoulder the burden
No Great Amount.
The average mileage of a major
league baseball club during the sea
son is about 1900 miles. Pittsburg
usually has the greatest mileage be
cause il makes more trips to the
western cities Cor Sunday games than
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
BASKETBALLERS
ARE WARMING UP
FOR BIG GAMES
Tiger Candidates Report to
Coach Harry Behnamann
for Practice.
SCHOOL ATHLETIC
BODY OUT OF DEBT

BOUT IS candidates for the
"A first string basketball team Of
+ = u the High school have reported
{ to coach HaTy Behnamann for prac-
/ tice. and are now going through daily
workouts IN the big gymnasium pre-
psratory to beginning seasonal SEIZED
{ ule on December q. It IS not known
/ Just who will be the opponents of the
! Tigers on this date and efforts are
/ being made to arrange a contest with
( the state School Of Mines. Among
{ the candidates for the fir team are
; two letter men OF last year, Lapowslzi
and Harry McKemy aud who are
. counted upon to form the nucleus Of
. strong team
BehnHmann Works Hard.
Coach Behnamanu is also looking
3 60 the younger classes OF the school
{ 90 produce some likely basketball ma
E terial. and is keeping a waUchful eye
[ on the interclass teams. Glass cham
pionship this season went to the
I Sophomores. who in trun defeated the
: Juniors. Freshmen and Seniors, and Il
3 is probable that a number OF players
s viii be turned out OF these grades that
have not reported as yet
Among the most promising men
That have begun practice Hres
Glenn B-oderfclz. Bruce PevanH.
POnsfOrd, Nieseas. Williams
Springer, ". BrOHericIz, Bell, No
BILE. DuncFns Burdick. Brown, Tai
bot and Warren.
Games this season are expected to
be scheduled with the Roswell High
school and Military Institute, Las
Cruces hiEh school. Deming high
school, Silver City normal and High
school. and the State School OF
Mines. It is the plan Of coach Behna-
mann TO form q southwestern confer
ence Of basketball teams consisting
Of ouintets from the above named
places in orde~ 10 develOn the dis
trict Championship team he has al
ready begun work on set or bylaws
for the conference and his plan is be-
ing endorsed by all athleti@ directors
IN the southwest The Nesflla AEgies
would also be included in the confer
ence.
Bills To BE Paid.
All bills owed by the Athletic coun-
oil Of the school were ordered paid
WEDNESDAY afternoon when the coun-
Gil met for the purpose OF discussing
plans for the baseball season.
Tho scent football Se9son is the
only one in the history 81 the school
that Il has m7de 2 sufficient amount
Of money to pay all bills. as in nest
seasons that association has gone into
debt DESPITE its efforts 10 settle an
OF its accounts
Vet sen the football ten
viii ba ~rab'ed to start the seq
son with n cou1-lefe set Of now
eoufrraent s7d all uniforms viii
be alike. Cu~~h z A. Carlson
has been -71o4nted faculty mi---
aze~ Of qfHIefEcs Frd be Will
work IN Con Junction with the can
tains Of the different athletic
teams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
DISTRIBUTE ENTRY BLANKS.

Entry blanks for the boys and
junior indoor tennis championship
tournament, to be PLAYED at New
York the last week in December. are
being distributed. The officers OF
the National associa ton expect a
Of entries from various parts
OF the east and middle west, as the
tournament viii be played during
the holiday recess and viii not con-
flict with the scholastic duties OF the
entrants.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
Clock Golf Course
Fools a Painter

There is an amusing story cold OF
a man who had a clock golf course
laid out on his front lawn He was
having his house painted. and one
mornin@ the boss painter came 20 HIN
and said.
Don't you think you had better
LAWN"
The owner did not quite see til
drift OF the remark. and asked why
he should DO such a thing. He re-
ceived this reply.
Wen. for half an hour this morn
ing I tried to figure out the time BY
that contraptiOn you have on your
front lawn, but so matter how I fig
ured il. I couldn't make head or tail
out OF it. So I thought that you
might like to put up a sun dial that
everybody could understand"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
Eddie Collins Is
Not .Cneoch akor

Eddie Collins. who IS snendiug the
winter at his home n PHILADELPHIA
came near uaEine a home run as an
orator at a baDOuet in the Quaker
Citv recently. Eddie however, had
to be content With a two-bagger. Dur
inE his speech he told the diners so~e
inside stuff about the recent worlds
series between the White Sox and the
Giants. Collins exnlained to those
present how IL was that Schupp caT1e
70 be knocked off the rubber in the
second inning Of the first game that
he faced the White SOx. which was
the second contest Of the series.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
Roller Is Victor
in Big Tourney

New York. Dec. 14.-In the interna-
uonal catch as catch can wrestling
tournament here Thursday night.
three finish bouts were contested. Dr.
b. F. Roller. OF Seattle. threw Charles
PospishiL Of Bohemia. in "a minutes.
Sc seconds. with a crotch and a half
nelson combined hold. Yussiff HIS
sans defeated Sula Heyoupaa. of Fin
land, with a half-nelson and toe hold
IN p minutes. 10 seconds Ivan Linow,
the Russian COssack. won from Fred
Piliakoff. OF Finland. with a barlock
and half-nelsOn in 81 minutes. so sec
Onds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
DON 7 POOL ALL
CATE RECEIPTS
SAYS GOMISKEY
Owner of White Sox Team
Declares That It Would
Be Folly.
IS LAST RESORT
AS WAR MEASURE

- OOLING receipts would be only @
- last resort war measure and
L Charles A. Comiskey doesn't
think highly OF such a plan. because
Of the suspicion Of syndicate baseball
that might arise. but he is willing %
espouse even that desperate remedy
for the duration OF the war, rather
than see the major leagues reiuce
their standards by what he calls
minor league methods"
The Old Roman is stauncnly IN favor
Of maintaining q front, no matter II
tt does cost something, and he Is VIII
ing to snare the cost with the other
club owners for the sake OF emerging
from the wartime test with his mead
up. writes J. 7. Sanborn in the Chi
cag0 Tribune
May Be Necessary.
Pooling receipts may not be neces-
sary as a war measure because ther G
are other ways Of curtaiiing expenses
besides rh0-r ani7g the rl7--. 0-- s.~s~
but II Is certain the rosters OF the
maOr league clubs will have TO be re-
duced decided TO meet the newt
able contraction in gate receipts next
season
Pooling OF players may become I'm
perative, to preserve anything IKE
II the forthcoming drafts for
the national army take half a dor
en- regulars away from enc or tive
teams in a league one or two
stars from other teams and none
ut all from one or two outfits.
the result would be a runaway
peanant race which would rcb
the sport OF all public interest
early In the season.
It is necessary for the club owners
to provide against that contingency
at their conclaves this winter It VIII
not do to wait and see what teams
are wrecked by the draft then pro-
vide a remedy. for each club owner
would be likely 70 take selfish
stand and eude-T to hold on 20 any
advantage given him by comparative
freedom from the army draft
Many Players Called
Because so many players who were
called before the exemption boards
last summer were granted exemptions,
does not mean that they viii not be
drafted into the national army before
the coming season or during It. All
previous exemptions have been wiped
out By the new regulations and all
age stand a chance OF being sum
moned to the ColOrs at any time now
Moreover. il will be difficult FOR a
play who has been dra wing sa larry
OF from $4,000 10 $4,000 for several
seasons to convince an exemption
board he has spent so much Of IL that
his family would 90 hungry II he were
converted into a soldier.
Baseball n going 10 be n Diff
fercnt proposition next year and
II the club owners are wise they
viii frame during the winter
wise ard workable plans for
meeting all emergencies that can
be fOreseen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
Fl. Bliss Players
Clash With Cody

The Fl Bliss district championship
baseball team viii leave tomorrow
morning for Camp Cody. where Il
VIII face the crack team OF the can
Torment in the first game Of a series
Saturday afternoon The second game
Of the series viii be played Sunday
afternoon and the date Of the third
VIII be arranged in FL Paso. The
Cody aggregation is said TO be repre-
scented by a strong aggrega ton OF
players and much interest is being
shown in the coming series. despite
the fact that the baseball season was
over several months ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-14
INDOOR s PoRW
WILL READJUST BASEBALL TEAMS
WAR CAUSES LOTS OF DISCUSSION

NJ effects Si Of the DsS war @ is 5as 1 05 ss,
- sity for a radical readjus ument
of the professional baseball structure.
and OF the many proposed innova-
tons and curtailmeuts suggested the
limitation of each club roster to IS
players has aroused the greatest dis
cussion- Magnates in both of the
major leagues are sharply aligned in
favor or opposition TO this amend
ment 10 the rules, and it is likely
that there viii be considerable con-
troVersy before the matter is ad-
justed-
The proposal Is one which permits
OF much argument with plenty o.
Iacts 10 support the contentious Of
the debaters. For instance. il has
been pointed out that no club is re-
CURED, at the present time, to carry
the IuI limit Of players, and might
go through the season with Is if it so
desired Clubs favoring q maximum
Ok Is offer in rebuttal the statement
that certain ORGANIZATIONS. financially
incapable Of supporting q 25-playel
team, would under such condition
nave decided advantage over the
club which could not afford. in wan
times, 10 carry more than 20 at the
outside.
From other so unofficial sources
comes the claim that the reduction
IS advocated by certain clubs, the
pennant chances of which would be
greatly strengthened if other formid-
able opponents were forced to cut
down their playing staff TO conform
with the proposed requirements
Change CID Agreement.
The adoption Of the rule would also
require, in ali liability a change
IN the national agreement. which al
the present time places a maximum
limit Of p players upon the clubs Of
the American and National league
during the greater portion OF the
playing season This is further re-
duced TO % in the case Of the Ma
rional league, through a regulation
in force in the senior organization.
while the American league holds %
%.
One baseball authority brings
out the point that the cost Of
maintaining a big league team
has increased Tremendously in
the pest II months. and Is likely
TO advance still further during
the season Of 1918. The charge
for hotel Accommodation and
meals, both on the trains and
while playing in rival cities. have
reached figures far beyond those
existing in previous gers. The
war tax alone On railroad and
Pullman reservations will ndd
something like JS'Re- Get to the
transportation charges Of travel
Ing teams.
That numerous peuu1nts have been