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CALL EXTRA SESSION
UNLESS LEAKS IN PROHIBITION
LAW ARE FIXED.
Governor Gunter Asks Isoisiature to
Enact Effective Prohibition Meas
ure Before Adjournino.

Wsstern Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Governor Julius c. Gunter
sent q special message to the General
Assembly urging it not to fix date
TOR adjournment until An effective pro-
hibition measure has been enacted In
10 law. His message reads:
70 the Honorable. the General Assem-
bly, OF the State OF Colorado:
am reliably informed that the pro
hibitory statutes are being grossly an,
extensively violated, especially by the
unlawful introduction OF Intoxicating
liquors from New Mexico into Las
Animas and other border counties.
The executive Is very earnestly direct
Ing the attention OF the county author.
tiles to this situation and Is urging the
enforcement Of the law. The law As 1t
now stands must be and Will be en-
forced. but there are serious infirmi.
ties in the law and It requires mater
ial amendments to be effective. The
executive earnestly urges the taking
up and enacting of the needed amend
atory legislation. This can only be at
famed by the prohlbitory forces agree
Ing upon some wholesome Legislation
and pressing 1t to enactment
In this connection It Is recommended
to the Legislature that no date OF ad'
journment be fixed until effective pro
hibitory Legislation IL enacted and the
legislation has been approved by the
executive Should the Legislature ad-
journ before the enactment OF. such
necessary Legislation u special session
will become imperative. With great
respect.
JULIUS C. GUNTER. Governor
Reported violations OF the prohibi
tion law In Las Animas county led
Governor Guuter 10 not.:, autno. ....es
in tne southern part OF the-stste to
arrest and punish all bootleggers.
Telegrams were sent to Joseph w.
Hawley. district attorney. and John J.
Marty. sheriff. at Trinidad, In which
he promised the officers aid. II de.
sired, In enforcing the liquor laws.
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President Invited to Cody Funeral.

Denver.-Telegrams have been sen.
by the directors OF the William +
Cody Memorial Association inviting
President Wilson, Secretary OF War
Baker, Mai. NJ c. McAlpine of the
United States Boy Scout organization
and Col. Theodore Roosevelt to attend
the burial ceremonies for Buffalo Bill
on Decoration day.
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COLORADO STATE NEWS

for the sale OF $4,000 acres of desir-
able tracts, some of which contain i'm.
provements, at the next monthly sale,
to be held at the capitol March 7.
Even though the law which provides
for farm loans is declared unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court new
law will probably be passed by the
Legislature to comply with the ruling
OF the Supreme Court.
Hobnailed shoes, worn by James l..
Anthony. an employe OF the steel mill.
are blamed for his death at Pueblo.
when he was killed by a current OF
1900 volts OF electricity which passed
through his body. Anthony was killed
instantly.
Suit to compel the head camp Of
the Pacific Jurisdiction, Woodmen OF
the World, to erect a monument over
the grave of the late husband and 10
pay her $1,000 in insurance, was in
stituted in the District Court by Mrs.
Mary COFFEE Of Denver.
The five story frame dwelling at 4l6
East First street, Pueblo, erected fifty
years ago and long known as the
Smelter hotel, was recently sold by
the owners-the American Smelling
and Refining Company-to V G. Hy-
Ing and build modern structure in
Its place.
President Wilson, Secretary of War
Baker, Maj. NJ. c. Alpine. head OF the
national Boy Scouts organization, and
Col Theo. Roosevelt were invited to
attend funeral services for Col. w. F.
Cody (Buffalo Bid, which will Ue
held on May 80 on Lookout noun.
tain, according to present plans of the
W. F. Cody buffalo Bib Memorial
Association.
After submitting report to the
Department OF Labor to the effect
that employment conditions in Colo.
rado do not warrant the presence OF
an organizer. Miss Katherine NJ. Her
ring. sent to Denver by the govern.
ment to establish a bureau to improve
conditions among women workers.
has given up the office and returned
10 Washington.
New Indictments and warrants will
be issued against members of the SO.
called "revel ring" as the result of
signed confession made In Denver by
Dorothy LeClair. II, who admits she
participated In the numerous esca.
pades upon which informations were
directed to Philip Friedrich, Allen
Barth, John Joslin and Elmer VII.
fley by the district attorneys of Den.
yer and Arapahoe counties.
The date OF Denver's fourteenth an.
nual automobile show has been
changed from the week OF March l3
TO the week OF March 20.
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Minor Mention.

Hogs sold on the Denver market at
sl2.2O per cwt.
A registered sheep club has been
formed at Mancos.
Battery c, Colorado field artillery,
was disbanded at Ell Paso, Tex,
Feb. 26.
Potatoes brought four pounds for
quarter In the Denver retail markets
Saturday.
John c. Long, 6S years old. black
smith, fell dead at Boulder at the
Colorado sanitarium.
improvements costing 100000 will
be made Al the Loveland sugar fac.
tory before next seasons run.
Mrs Anna Wilson. despondent from
her slow recovery from an operation,
committed suicide in Denver.
The city OF Trinidad has received
an aerial truck for use OF its fire de-
partment, purchased at cost Of
$4,000.
Manager OF Revenue Clair J. Pitcher
of Denver has taken in $l.500OO
since he inaugurated the collection Of
taxes this year.
At a meeting of the Montezuma
County Farm Bureau held at Cortez,
it was decided to standardize the po
tato crop for 1917.
oranges, consigned from California
were seized at Trinidad by the Unit
ed States marshal's office.
Jay Dee Hollingshead, 25 years old
former resident Of Denver, died in
Monte VISTA where he was extensive
ly interested in farming.
The campaign for a fund of $50, 900
with which to build the new Beth ha
Medrosh Hagodol synagogue in Den
yer was started by orthodox Jews Of
Denver.
The Welsh Cymrodorion Society OF
Denver will give its annual concert in
observance OF st. David's day at FL
Jebel Temple in Denver. Saturday,
March 3.
OIL derricks will soon be rising
along the horizon In Logan county
and the drills will be digging down
into the earth in search OF oil close
to Sterling.
Governor and Mrs. Julius G. Gunter
accompanied by a number OF legisla
tors. left Denver for Fort Collins to
Investigate the needs OF the Agricul.
tural College.
Three members will be elected to
the Denver School Board in May, in.
stead OF one. as the result OF the pass.
age in the Senate o! bill increasing
the members from five to seven.
The State Land Board has arranged
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viii Visit Idaho eprinos.

Denver.-GovernorJ Julius c. Gunter,
Mayor Robert W. speer. members Of
the Twenty-first Legislature and
members Of the State Highway Com.
mission, will be guests on March 3
the Midland Trail Association OF that
city. Tho trip will be made by auto.
mobile over Lookout mountain, re-
turning by the Bear Creek road in
the city's foothills park system.
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Inc army estimate issued IN Lon
don provides for an army OF 5000 900
men exclusive OF India An additional
Lazy estimate calls for $4,000 officers
End men, bringing the total OF the
navy personnel to 100000.
General
Thomas W. Lawson. Boston finan
cier, author and inspirer OF the now
famous leak investigation cclebrat
ed his siAticth birthday anniversary
Sugar valued at 100000 was de
stroyed by fire on board the British
steamship Baysura. which was beinl
loaded with cargo for the entente al
lies at Il Brooklyn, y. Y, pier. The
vessel suffered damage estimated al
10000.
From ten to twenty persons are re
ported to have been killed and mum
ber injured In "A rearend collision be
tween the mercantile express md o
freigh, train on the Pennsylvania rail
road at Mount Union station. between
Altoona and Harrisburg, Pa.
John Gr!er iibben. president OF
Princeton University. speaking IN .
United States for what he termed its
lack OF international conscience In
falling TO join the ontont" allies
against Germany. and declared Amer
icas entrance into the war Was .
solemn obligation.
Members OF the Sokol Union OF
America at Chicago. an organization
OF Bohemian gymnasts. 1900 In mum
Der. many OF whom have had military
training and all OF whom have had
physical training. were called on 10 re
port TO their district officers with y
view TO forming u Sokol legion TO b.
ready for s.ryic. should Pfcsid.n,
Wilson call for volunteers
Samuel Gomp"rs. president ot tn,
American Federation OF Labor. mad.
public protest against the cnactm.n,
by Congress Of prohibition law foi
the District OF Columbia,
Something npprosImatlng city reg
ulatIon OF food prices IN times OF
shortage Ia promised Tor New York II
Governor Whitman i- able 10 carry
through the program he outlined fol
loving conference with George "
I crkina, head OF IN" governor food
commission. and others, who hav,
been investigating III. causes OF the
present alarming conditions,
God bless the kaiser II he succeed.
In keeping In the United States tn,
food We need. shouted speaker
from the platform In a mass meeting
on the food situation al Philadelphia
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Victory Sole Aim OF GERMANY"

Berlin lVia Sayville Wireless). Feb.
2S.-Germany's peace conditions are
based on PREPARATION for all wrongs
isrcnce in the future Of strong Ger.
many Imperial Chancellor Won Beth.
mann ilollwcg SO outlined them In a
speech before the Reichstag There
is only one necessity OF the day" he
declared 1T dominates all questions
OF policy, both foreign and domestic
II Is to fight and gain victory"
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Ask. 5000, 900 to Mobilize Militia.

Denver-Gov. Gunter requested the
leaders in the House OF Representa-
tives to incorporate a clause in
the general appropriation bill max.
ing available. II needed, an ap.
propriation OF 100000 to be used
in mobilizinE the state militia
in 1917 or 1918 In the event the coun.
try becomes involved in war
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Refuse Safety TO v. S. Naval Ships.

Washington.-Gcrmany has refused
to guarantee the safety OF the United
States naval vessel Dcs Moines and
Caesar, now at Alexandria. Egypt,
laden with supplies for the destitute
Syrians and Armenians, and which
were intended to bring out OF Turkey
about 1000 Americans now assembled
at Beirut.
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to clear the tracks OF accumulated
snow. was struck with q slide one.half
mile below town, carried from the
track and turned over. The train con.
sisted OF = day coach and baggage car,
and there was one passenger aboard.
He was uninjured. Conductor Twit
chell was stunned and bruised, but re-
covered from his injuries within a
few minutes.
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Colorado Guard. Welcomed Home,

Denver The people OF Denver
gave the first contingent OF the colo.
RADIO National Guard returning from
the border, comprising officers and
100 men Of Battery II, Including three
United States army officers, big rs.
coption when II reached Denver.
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BRITISH DRIVE GERMANS BACK.
Destruction Of Aries and Seagul An.
nounced in London.

London.-Additiona progress has
been made by the British forces north
and south OF the Ancre region in
France and also TO the south of Lens.
In the Ancre district the village Of
Ligny, southwest of Bapaume, has
been occupied, and north OF the stream
the western and northern detenses OF
PuisieuX have been taken from the
Germans, says the British official
communication.
The British steamer Aries OF 3,O.2
tons has been sunk by German sub
marine, Lloyd's shipping agency an
nounced. The crew was landed. Sink.
ing OF the British steamer Seagull Of
lii tons Is also announced by the
agency The Seagull's crew likewise
WAS landed.
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Foreign

Foreign
There In such scarcity OF tobacco
In Trieste that It has been decided to
Issue tobacco tickets. None will be al
loved To women
England's "win,the.war" loan sub.
scriptions totaled fl.3l2. 100000 tap
proximately s7.5G4.75O. .OOOD OF new
money. Chancellor OF the ESchequer
Bonar Law announced in the House OF
Commons.
II has required thirty.twc. pas ?
booklet for the imperial postofticc to
onumeratc the list OF newspapers and
"riodical publications in Germany o.
recognized standing which temper.
arily will not appear during III
course OF the war" The list includes
l,%so publications.
Tn. Brazilian government has in
structed the legation nt London to in
form the British government on the
Impression caused In Brazil by the an.
nounc.msnt OF III. prohibition on cof.
Brazilian government hoped the meas.
urc would not be applied
The viii OF Roger Easement, the
former British knight and consul, whc
was hanged IN Pcntonyillc prison
Aug. last, after his conviction OF
c)nsplring 10 oaus. The Dublin rcyol.
les, Easter. was prohat"d In London
Il disposed OF HIS estate Of Gl35.
larry.
rcl-grApnlug from Mulrid SUNDAY
I,CutcrE correspondent say. that
james W Gerard, former American
Ambassador to Germany Mrs. G.ra'd
and tn" members OF the embassy staff
left the Spanish capital on special
train for CounnA. where the party
VII embark for the NoynE" to the
United States.
TwcntyslN Americans. six nf whom
wcr" cabin passengers and twenty
members Of the crew were on board
| the Cunnrd liner i.nconia. from New
York, Feb iS for Liverpool. with sew
cnty five passengers and u crew OF .,v,
when ia" vessel Was sunk hy Ger
man submarine. Three Casualties. one
unidentified, hay" been reported III
/ ty survivors were landed at nnntry
Head and ?G7 at Queenstown Mrs
Mary T. Hoy and daughter Of Chicago
are supposed TO have been drowned.
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Charge Boy Caused Mans Death.

Fort Collins.-Informatio was filed
in the District Court by X. w. Flem-
ing. district attorney, charging Leroy
Garrett with manslaughter. Garrett.
who Is II years old. is charged with
driving the automobile that caused
the death OF A. T. Gilkerson here the
night of Jan 2S
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Amusino,

Amusing.
Bill-The business men of Sacrament
TO, Cal, have formed Barefoot league
for health and amusement objects.
Gill fail to see where health is
helped, but l can see the amusement
part when another brother steps on
tack.
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In the Same Elk.

"Ah" said we, reading the headline.
Mrs. Lloyd George, wife Of the Eng
lish premier, is fighter, too"
"Aw, WELL" replied the Missouriun,
'the gent hain't got nuth'n on me on
that scOre-so is mine !"-EXchange.
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Senate Votes Mrs. Funston Pension.

Wnshlngton,-A bill granting pen.
sion OF 500 month TO the widow
OF the late Mai Gen, Frederick Funs.
ton was paused by the Senate.
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America lsnds Force In Cuba.

Havana, Cuba.-Two hundred and
MY United states marines were
landed at Guantanamo TO pro,ee, the
sugar mills and plantations.
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Woman Killed In Auto Accident.

Trinidad.-Mrs. Nestorita Carello
a well-known Italian resident OF Nor
ley. WAS killed. and six others injured
one seriously. when an automobile
plunged over twenty-foot embank.
ment one mile north OF Morley.
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Washington

President Wilson addressed Con.
gr,ss asking for authority TO use tn.
forces OF the United States to protect
American rights on the high seas,
The amazing extent OF Britlsh ag
grassions on American tfad. and ship.
ping is revealed IN between 1000 and
8 600 specific complaints with the
State Department
Confcrc.s on tho legislative appro
priation bill throw out the PoindcNtcr
amendment. which would put go. first
and second class postmastcrs into the
civil service
Ambassador willard AZ Madrid ca.
blcd Feb 20 that the Spanish foreign
office had notified him that seventy.
two American sailors taken on the
prize ship Narrowdnlc into Germany
had been released By Germany
Feb. lG
4 financial statement by the George
Washington Memorial Association
shows that residents of Colorado
throughout the state have begun to
contribute Ia varying sums to the pur.
pose OF the organization That In, to
erect on the sit" OF N" old pcnn.yl.
vanin station, where President Gar.
field Was shot. u memorial building TO
George Washington.
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Western

Governor John H. kcndrick OF Wyo
ming has resigned to become u. $
senator
Mother Jones. the Sl'ycar old insur
:. cto OF the labor movement. is In Chi.
caeo to take par, in the garment max
ors' strik. Judge naldwln's injunc.
,ion forbIddins interference. pickc,ing
OF disturbance in the clothing dlstric,
was served on her as soon ss she af'
rived.
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WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

The Rock Island railroad asked
Iowa to amend its laws so that the
road might issue $4,000. 200 of pre-.
ferred stock and spend 100000 to
Slo,oo0,0oO OF the proceeds for reor.
ganization
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GIVES PRESIDENT AUTHORITY TO
FURNISH ARMS, AMMUNITION
AND GUNNERS TO SHIPS.
CONSUL FROST REPORTS
ONE AMERICAN IN lACONlA CREW
LOST WhENTAE BIG LINER
WAS ToRPEDoED.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Washington, Feb. 28.-The sinking
Of the big Cunard liner Laconia, with
the loss OF American lives, is looked
upon by the American government as
a clear-cut violation of American
rights, according to an authoritative
expression OF opinion obtained after a
conference between President Wilson
and Secretary Lansing.
No further investigation is consid-
cred necessary Official dispatches con-
firm reports that the Laconia was tor
pedOed without warning, tnus estab-
fishing the case as the overt act"
Washing On.-Developments here on
Tuesday brought the United States a
step closer to the armed neutrality"
proposed by President Wilson, and the
state of war with Germany, which few
officials believe can long be avoided.
The principal incidents were meet
ing of the Cabinet IN which President
Wilson expressed the opinion that the
sacrifice of three American lives on
the torpedoed British liner Laconia
Is the expected overt act" and a clear
cut act of war by Germany.
A meeting OF the foreign relations
committee which reported to the Sen
ate resolution giving authority to
the President TO furnish arms, ammu-
milton and gunners to American ships
whose owners ask protection from
German submarines.
A conference of leaders in the
House decided to put through that
body any resolution passed by the
Senate.
London. Feb. 2S-United States
Consul Frost at Queenstown has tele-
graphed the American embassy here
that Mrs. Hoy and her daughter died
of exposure and that their bodies were
buried at sea. Consul Frost's mes.
sage read:
Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth
Hoy, passengers on the Laconia, died
from exposure. Their bodies were
buried at sea"
Consul Frost reports that an Ameri-
can. Thomas Casey. colored, mem.
Der of the Laconia's S crew. was among
the lost. He was the only American
member OF the crew that perished.
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Slides Throw Train From Track.

Crested Butte. -T Two snowslides
ran here and struck passing trains on
railroads. An extra on the Denver q
Rio Grande, sent out with flanser
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Aliens Foot Ease for tho Troops,

Many war zone hospitals have ordered Aliens
Foot Ease. the antisepic powder. fer use
among the troops. Shaken into tho shoes and
,prinkled in the foot.bath, Aliens Foot Ease
gives rest and comfort, and makea walking a
delight. Sold everywhere sc. Try It today. Adv.
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Sporting News

Frank Taberski, worlds champion
NJ pocket billiards defeated Louis
Kreuter, challenger, ijO to 399, at
Youngstown, Ohio.
Colorado's fifth annual state bowl.
ing tournament came to an end in
Denver. The affair closed with the
sweepstakes, which Fred Wolf won,
averaging better than 1893 pins per
game,
A Kalamazoo. Mich. dispatch says
John Mullln. IA famous harness horse
driver fifty years ago is dead at the
county home. lie was 80 years old.
Several weeks ago Nullin fell out OF u
bathtub and fractured his hip.
What is said TO be worlds record
in twenty. -four hour endurance roller
skating Was established at tn. Broad.
way roller skating rink In Denver,
when Robert Wheeler covered 2Sl
miles and eight laps IN twenty four
hours, defeating WeSthcrby. Miller
and Eiscnhand. the latter dropping
cut when he was painfully injured,
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About the War

In Mcsopo,amia the British have
captured from the Turks the entire
line from Sannaiyat to Kut -ElAmara.
London announced that OF the seven
Dutch steamers torpedocd only three
were sunk while the four others were
severely damaged but remained
atloat. Four OF the seven were home
ward bound with full cargoes.
German naval and military leaders
in Berlin estimated that the total ton
mage sunk during February would not
exceed 100000 and expressed salts
faction with the achievements of the
submarines, Tho announcement was
made by the German admiralty that
1000 troops bound for Saloniki per
jshed when the Italian transport Nj
mas was sunk Feb. II.
over front OF eleven miles. from
the region OF Gommccourt. north OF
the Ancre river, to the district OF
Gueude court. south OF the river, the
British have pushed forward their
lines to depth OF two mucs. accord
ing TO the British official communlca
ton, The vancouver has served 10
throw forward the right and left
wings OF the British in an cnvelopng
move toward Bapaum., the German
stronghold in this region Bombard
mcnts and raidinK operations ar. still
In progress on the greater part OF the
remainder OF the front In France and
Belgium and In the Russian and Aus
tro.ltAlian thoatcra
The British have captured Pys
Serro M!raumont and Petit Mirau
mont in u great offensive on western
front German line Is pierced TO a
depth OF three miles. military obscrN
ors declare. Drive Is believed TO b,
prclud" TO gigantic onslaught alons
entire front London announces sue
c-sscs for British forces in Mesopota
mia and declares the invaders. after
Cef.ating the Turks. have crossed IN
Tigris river Minor engagements are
reported In northwestern Russia and
IN the rRrpRthiHn mountains. Rome
announces that Austrian attacks have
teen ropulscd Berlin says that the
situation In Rumanla is unchanged.
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American cotton manufacturers are
urged in commerce department re.
por, to give attention to the trade OF
the presidency OF Bengal, India, which.
the report declares buys slOo.O00.00O
worth OF foreisn.made cotton goods
yearly.
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Bank presidsnt Shoots Attorney,

Ordway-J. b. Black OF Nebraska
City. Neb. was shot and killed by A.
+. Enyart, president OF the First Ma.
tional bank OF this city.
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Never dust electric globes while un-
lighted. The static electricity gener-
ated will break the fllaments.
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The army estimate issued in Lon
don provides for an army OF 100000
men exclusive OF India. An additional
Lazy estimate calls for $4,000 officers
cnd men, bringing the total OF the
navy personnel to 100000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-20

Yankee payroll in the persons Of
George Mogridge and Nick Cullop.
Mogridge is not a youngster in the
truest sense of the word, having been
in the majors several times before. He
never flashed his real capability, how
ever, until he landed with the Yam
KEGS, and he suddenly has blossomed
into a truly great hurler. Cullop suf-
fered an injury to his knee last year
that laid him up for awhile, but he
has written that he is ready for duty
just as soon as his salary demands
are met
Bob Shawkey, Slim Love, Ray Fish
er, Urban Shocker, Al Russell, and Ray
Caldwell-it is hoped-will make UP
TIE balance of the regular hurting
staff. Enough to drive any worlds
champions to drink if injuries don't
smash up the club again.
Bill Piercy and Dan Triple, two
splendid prospects will be given
thorough trials again this year, in ad-
dition to Ross, Enwright, McGraw
Ferguson and Monroe.