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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-18

reports Of casualties at the front
make shorter lists than the deaths
from pneumonia in the training
camps Of the southland. The boys
are wet and cold and have cold feet
SO much Of the time that many Of
them must be miserable. Otherwise
the death list from lung troubles
would not be 80 high.
The correspondent for the Salt
Lake Tribune with the Utah troops
at Camp eKarney writes glowing ac-
counts Of conditions in the camp and
says the boys are so happy they
hardly leave the camp when given
holidays. That's fine. We're glad
they are so happy. F. c. Kutnew-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-18
NOT so ROSY AS
PAINTED

Current reports about things In
the training camps make 1t appear
that the boys are all very happy.
Governor Alexander reports all the
Idaho boys we'll and satisfied. Some
reports give it as all being enthusi-
astic and anxious to get to France.
It is certainly fine to be enthusiastic,
but we should not kid ourselves nor
be pessimistic. Better digest the
facts as they are.
Private advices from Camp Lewis
indicate that several hundred men
are suffering from temporary in
sanity or delirium from vaccine, and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-18

CONTINUED on page five)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
In His Pocket.

To prevent private automobiles en-
tering the road at Fort Benjamin Har-
rison leading past the quartermaster's
office, and interfering with government
hauling, civilian employee has been
placed at the junction of the quar-
termaster's road with the main road
entering the post from the south. 1t is
his job to permit only automobiles
bearing @. M. D. signs to pass him,
says the Indianapolis News.
The other day an automobile, plainly
a private machine and driven by liv-
cried chauffeur, turned down the for
hidden road.
"Hey, where you goin'? Have you
got a passY' shouted the traffic man.
The chauffeur nodded ''Yes."
"Where you got it?" the traffic "cop''
continued.
"rve got 1t here in my pocket" the
chauffeur replied.
"All right, then, go ahead" the traffic
coop" ordered, and the chauffeur
winked as he shifted gears and started
down the road.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

who is next at bat, or make him hit in
to double play.
How many rallies have you seen
spoiled by fingers who are as helpless
as a canary bird in a gamecock fight
when he is asked to bat? Alexander
the Great is good for 25 triumphs or
more each season with the Phils, but
if Alexander couldn't bat, his wins
would not be quite so large as they
are.
Next to Gabby Cravath, Alexander
is probably the surest hitter on the
Phil team in pinch. No batsman
wastes his hits less than Alexander.
If you dissect his record you will find
that his bat has a great deal to do
with his own victories. Last season
he won a number of l to 0 and 2 to 1
tits, in which he hatted home the win
ming run.
This season, he has been a menace
to his opponents with the bat as well
as with the arm. When Alexander the
Great goes to the tee, Pat Moran al
ways yells to his opponents:
swell, we have nine hitters in there
today!" This is warning that has
psychological effecs on the other
pitcher, particularly when he is a
cipher with the bat.
A team will welcome a good pitcher
even if he cannot be expected to help
in the attack, but when he can hit as
well as pitch, then that club has a
jewel indeed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

Pitchers who can hit are as scarce
as liberty bonds in Berlin. When a
team has a finger in the game who, is
reliable in making base hit or even
making sacrifice fly, it has an ex-
tremely valuable performer, writes
Jimmy Isanimger, the Philadelphia
baseball expert.
Take two teams Of about the same
strength, with the rival pitchers Of
about equal ability. One Of the pitch
ers, however, can hit while the other
curver Is joke at the bat. If the two
teams are going at their normal gait,
1t is safe wager that the aggregation
with nine hitters in the lineup is going
to win the game.
Alexander the Great of the Pills,
Babe Ruth Of the Red SOx, Walter
Johnson of Washington, and Ray Cald-
well of the Yankees, are not only
mighty hurlers Of the sphere, but they
can hit the ball hard.
It is always a hard days work for
pitching tOiling in game, when the
opposing finger is no rally GUNNER at
bat. It means that he is no soft spot
for him in the battle. He must go at
high pressure all the time.
If the competing pitcher is one of
those helpless individuals whose eff
forts in an offensive way are laugh
able, it makes it easier for the other
singer. If hard pressed, he can walk
the catcher purposely and feel fairly
certain that he can fan the pitcher,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Poultry EIocks Smaller.

Reports recently gathered concern
ing 5,29S focks of poultry on farms
and in small towns in all parts of the
country show that the average number
of hens per flock this year is 107, as
compared with 146 IN 1914. This in
formation, which was obtained by an
incubator manufacturer in the middle
West, indicates that shortage of sup
ply had been an important factor in
producing present high prices for poul-
try and eggs. 1t appears that very
considerable number of poultry raisers
have sacrificed many of their hens for
the sake of immediate profits-a policy
the effects of which are now being felt
by the entire country-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
DIAMOND
NOTES

Swede Risberg is certainly playing
well again.
The Yankees are causing the Red
Sox lot of worry.
Pickles Dillhoefer is leading the bat.
tiers in the American association.
Messrs. Speaker, Jackson and others
are now doing an old act-chasing Ty
Cobb.
Those not good enough for the ma
jor league draft may get in one con-
Quoted by Uncle Sam.
Young Mr.. Eller of the Reds looks
to be about the brightest spot in
Matty's pitching staff right now.
With Myers, Meyers, Mowrey, Mil.
Ter and Vanguard, the Brooklyn bod.
gers kick in with an alliterative line.
up.
1t begins to look like a regular Amer.
lean league season, now that Cobb and
Speaker are batting at the top of the
list.
People talk about Hans Wagner as
If he were grandfather to Methuselah.
Why, that youngster is only forty
three!
Evidently Harry Wolter couldn't
stand the pace as Cub regular. He
has been relocated to the pinch hitting
squad.
Iris Speaker plays better ball
against the Red Sox than he does
against any other team in the Ameri-
can league.
Jimmy McAleer, the former Ameri-
can league manager, has been appoint
ed member of the CONSUMPTION board
in Mahoning county, o.
.
Perhaps bordeaux mixture, or arsen-
ate of lead, or nicotine sulphate would
do something to the bugs that are eat
ing up our baseball percentage crop.
With Roy Patterson trying to make
a comeback with the Millers, it would
not be surprise if Amos Rusie got
a chance to do the popular act some
where.
The fans of Pittsburgh are willing to
let Jimmy Callahan finish the season,
but there is very uniform opinion
that he will not be back there as man.
ager next year.
Being traded by Chicago to New York
must have done Heine Zim world Of
good. IT'S seldom that the Giants
third sacker gets into trouble on the
Geld nowadays.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
POISON GAS FOR HIGHWAYMEN
Army Man lnvents Device Designet
to Prevent Robbers From Enter
ing Railway Car.

1t would be sad gang of robber)
who tried to break into the railway
car invented by George W. Meyers o.
the United States army and described
In the Popular Science Monthly. They
would be greeted with clouds Of poi
sonous gas fumes.
Meyers robber-proof car works with
extreme simplicity. Two tanks, in
which fumes Of cyanide Of potassium
are stored, under pressure, are fittes
inside the car at each end. These are
connected with perforated pipe which
extends all around the door Of the
car, just in back of the outer frame
work. Should the train be held up,
the locomotive engineer would tele'
phone the guards within the car, who
would Immediately open the valves
Of the tank. The fumes would stream
out through the pipe perforations and
into the robbers faces. The door be-
ing gas-tight, the deadly gas could not
penetrate the car.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Lemon Juice
For FreCkleS
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try I'll.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
q bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have quarter pint Of the best freckle
and tan lotion, and complexion beau
tif1er, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for G.
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freekles and blemishes disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin be-
comes. Yesi It is harmless. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
WEAKNESS OF YANKS AT BAT
Worst Fault of Donovan's Men Has
Been Failure to Hit Ball at
Critical Times.

Much has been. said recently about
the weakness of the Yanks in pitching,
or perhaps the failure Of the pitchers
to come through as expected. Too
much stress is being laid on the pitch
ing, writes Frank Slocum in New York
Evening Sun. Failure to hit at critical
times has been the worst fault of the
Yanksein recent games. Plenty of hit
ting by club will make its own pitch
ing look good, while lack of hits often
makes fair pitching appear mediocre.
For the most part the pitching shapes
up as good or bad by comparison with
what the other pitcher did.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Familiar.

Enthusiastic D. A. R.-Wasn't that a
great speech made by the grand old
senator, when he so eloquently and
tearfully appealed to young Americans
to buckle on the armor Of patriotism
and march forth to battle with the enc
mics of their country's flag?
Legless Old Soldier guess so, lady.
I know it sounded blamed familiar. 1t
reminded me Of the speech he made to
me privately, in the perilous times of
1853, when he coaxed me to be his sub,
Stitute.-The Lamb.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

have an eight pound baby girl. know
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman breads. ~ Mrs.
NELLIE FIsHBACK, 1871 Christy Ave.,
Louisville, KY.
Everyone naturally breads the sur
geon's knife. Sometimes nothing else
will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation I'm.
necessary.
Ifyou have any symptom about which
you would like to know, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Funny Bio Boy Scouts.

Two Ohio members Of the officers
reserve corps at Fort Benjamin Hasi
rison were walking along East Tenth
street, near the technical high school
campus, two weeks ago. They passed
group Of small boys, who gazed, 81
the men thought, In tremendous adm;
ration and awe. Just as the neaR1
oficers-maybe pulled out their chess
in just pride, one Of the young irTef
pressibles shouted:
ooh, Jimmy, look at the funny U4
Boy Scouts. "-Indfanapolis News
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Flesh Color.

The large, portly colored man en-
tered the drug store and looked around
uncertainty.
"Young man." he said to the clerk,
conf1dentially, ''has you got any letter
paper and envelopes with 1esh-colored
borders?"
"Was 1t mourning paper you wished
for, sir?" inquired the clever clerk.
'You's struck it disactly! But dis
remember the name. Glib me box of
1t, If you please, sah."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
New Method Of waterproofing.

A French scientist has recently rec
commended a comparatively simple for
mula for waterproofng shoes and
clothing. 1t is a solution Of parafin
and gasoline, the proportion being ap-
proximately one avoirdupois ounce Of
parafin to one quart Of gasoline. For
shoes it can be applied warm, with a
brush, while clothes can be dipped into
it cold. The solution tends to. preserve
the softness and color Of the material.
Uniforms can be treated with 1t with.
out removing the buttons or insignia.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
sheckard After coIleulans.

Fred Mitchell, being a coIIegian, Is
strong on the rah-rah boys, so has
sent Jimmy Sheckard on tour of the
higher institutions of learning to look
'em over. Sheck has reported several
sure corners and waits to see IL Char
ley Weeghman will come across with
the coin in advance that the Simon
pures always want for playing ball for
sports sake.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
FOR PIMPLY FACES
Cuticura Is Best-SampIes Free BY
Mail to Anyone Anywhere.

An easy, speedy way to remove PIN
pies and blackheads. Smear the affect
ed surfaces with Cuticura Ointment,
Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, bathing some min
utes. Repeat night and morning. NO
better toilet preparations exist.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

also would have fitted in nicely in CEN
ter field after the accident to by
Myers. Merkle had a fine spirit while
he was with the Dodgers, and his tenn
permanent and general attitude was no
small factor during the Brooklyn clubs
drive for the championship last fall.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Companions in Suffering.

'I'm glad this car isn't heavy enough
to hurt you," said Mr.. Chuggins to the
man he had run over.
'It's mighty uncomfortable under
there, just the same"
"I know it. But think Of mel have
spent hours under that car trying to
fix it."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
vEAcH MADE LONGEST DRIVE
Hit Ball Over Bull Sign In Washing
ton Park and Wants to Know II
He is Entitled to $50.

Bob veach of the Tigers wants to
know If hitting ball over the bull
sign entities a batter to $50 the same
as actually hitting the sign. In one Of
The games Detroit played In Washing
ton yeach sent the ball clear over the
sign for one of the longest drives ever
seen in Washington. 1t is some trick
to hit to the sign there, let alone clear
1t
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Very True,

She-It's great fun to flirt with
man till you get him to propose and
then say mo"
He-It's fun for the man, too, but he
runs a great risk.
She-How?
He-The girl might deceive him and
say Eyes"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

finished. The doc
tors said / would
have to be opera
ted on and I simply
brok e down. A
friend advised me
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's V ege-
table Compound,
and the result is !
feel like a new wom-
an. / am well and
strong, do all my
0wlo hoIIen xxyOrk ord
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
MISS MERKLE'S FINE SPIRIT
Manager Robinson Admits BrookIyns
Sadly Crippled by Sale of First
Baseman to Cubs.

Wilbert Robinson says that his
Brooklyn club has been sadly crippled
by the sale of Fred Merkle to the Cubs.
Not only was Merkle valuable as a
possible substitute for Daubert, but he
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
A FRIENDS
ADVICE
Woman Saved From a Seri-
GUS Surgical Operation.

Louisville, Ky.-"For four years /
suffered from female troubles. head
aches, and nervousness. l could not
sleep, had no appetite and it hurt me to
walk. If I tried to do any work, /
would have to lie down before it was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

is playing about the best ball of any
man on Moran's team may be used as
an argument by those who claim train
ing trips are needless waste Of time
and money.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
Bert Niehoff Proves That Training
Trips Are Needless by Getting
Right Into the Game.

The fact that Bert Niehoff, who did
not take the training trip with the
Phillies because of his holdOut, but got
into condition after the season opened,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Mo Gloves for Her.

"And are Mr.. and Mrs. Carnisee
working hand in glove together now7"
"Oh, no; she handles him without
gloves"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

IF girl is unable to secure mans
wages in an office she might succeed
in getting them by marrying him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Same Misfortune.

"P1ease help me, sir, am spent"
"My poor man, so am I. baltimore
American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
M,oht Have Missed IL.

Excited Bridegroom thirty minutes
late)-Don't tell me the thing Is overf
Opinion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09
Near Fast.

Tim-When is your meeting day?
Tom-Friday.
Tim-That's my meatless day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

81 nearly died laughing last night"
(Which one Of your jokes were you
tellingT
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

Few Of Them Do.
He-Are you fond Of indoor sports?
She-Yes, If they know when to go
Tiger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-09

By JACK vEYoCK, International News
Sports Editor)
New Britain herald., 1917-05-30
SPORTS AT PI4ATTsBURGH.
Athletes Fitting Themselves for om- cers in Army, Enjoy Day of Ffoltc.

Athletes Fitting Themselves for Om- <
 cers in Army, Enjoy Day Of Ffoltc.
 Plattsburgh. N r.. May so.-An athletic meet unique in sporting an nals was held today on the parade ground at Plattsburgh Barracks. Starss of field, track and diamond from as dozen universities and from profes- sional ranks made what may be their last appearance on a field of sport be- fore they step from the murk of ~ trench to lead troops on field of fire in France. =
 Lieutenant Colonel Paul A. Wolf. he commandant, issued an order set ing Memorial day aside as a field day st the oflicers' training camp. An in- eerregimental contest was staged be-
 ween the New York and New Eng- and forces for the New York corre7
 pondents challenge cup, given by tho reporters accredited to the camp. The cup will be contested for again on July, 4, when 1t will pass to the winning regiment, to become a division trophy In the new national army. Colonel Wolf, himself an oldtime service ath- lete, is a strong advocate of athletics in the army.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-30
Lawrence at Portland. New Haven at Lawrence.
 (Afternoon) Now London at Hartford. Worcester at Springfield. Lawrence at Portland. Bridgeport at New Haven.
STATES STRIKES OUT IS.

Lakeville, Conn.,, May 30.-Pawling school ended it's baseball schedule by deefating Hotchkiss school here yes terday by a score of to |. Fred Spates the sixteen-year-old Pawling pitcher, was again the hero of the game. He allowed Hotchkiss only three hits, two of them coming in the ninth to score a run. Spates struck out fifteen batters, thereby making a total of ffty-f1ve victims in the last four games.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-30
QRlME|sD|AILE .! ] WINS
 BELMONT CLASSIC
Wilson Colt Proves Best Horse in Metropolitan Handicap
New York, May so.-ormsdale, tho

New York, May 30.-Ormsdale, tho four year-old son of Ormondnle, x which runs in the old gold and green of R. T. wilson. IT., won the twenty fifth running of the Metropolitan han- dicap at Belmont park yesterday af-ss terno0n. He splashed his way through hock-deep mud, three lengths in front of Spur, which carried the hopes of the greater part of the 12,00O who welcomed the horses to AmericaseS < new market. Harry Payne Whitney's bay gelding Borrow fought his way upsa to third. place by good run through the stretch.
 ormesdale won the race in E minute 39 1-5 seconds, which was moa1D remarkable under the conditions. The record for the race tat Belmont Park is 1:37 4-5, held jointly by ,, John Whalen's Buskin, and the Oneclk Stables Fashion Plate. which won tho. event in 1914 and 1910. respectively. Goes to Front a& start. The victory was won as victory In , such stakes should be won. When the barrier was sprung to send the Held .on its way around the ptctur- , esque course, Ormsdale was hrst to- i poke his muzzle in front. There he ! stayed, running with all the couraKe 1 and speed of the true type of horse. i, Those with watches looked again when the hands indicate6 IF 2-5 ]; seconds for the first eighth of a mile. l It was rare speed in the going. but 1. other poles were passed in equally ]. fast time.
 I Hard on the fiank of Ormesdale Iran Dick Williams, the red and white
 stripes of A. K. Macomber fiashings through the gray pail of the misty a{- ternoon, while strung along raced
 Borrow, old Koenig, Celandria and <, Fernrock, and the highly favored I Spur was a dead last. So the order
 ran with little change until the quartet
 and three-eighth marks were left be-
 hind, the watches registering 25 and 37 seconds 1t the respective marks. The half-mile was passed in 48 seconds, with no change in the order of running.
 |, As the fold swung by the three-
 quarter mark. in 1915. Spur began to move up.s Stride after stride the King
 Jamea colt gained, and passing Calen- N dria. old Koenig, Borrow and Fern
 rock. he came into third position. a1
 roar greeted the advance of the bearer
 of the white and cherry. It was the advance that the thousands had waited fot-the advance that presaged t ultirnate victory. On rushed Spur. up to second. eAinins ground on Orrhes- dele until he was racing at the latter's lthroatlatch r T Little Johnny McTaggart, who, rfd-E inx with all the skill at his comnand. was nursing Ormesdale along. saving ! him as much as he could. whih mak- T ing his run from the front, nov shook <! out wrap, gave his mount his head and q cut of the lash /at the samss Etime. The effect was immediate. N
 was galvanic. The long. smooth stride heightened. and like . golden
 flash the good chestnut jumped al ilength into the lead.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-30
A GOOD NIGHTS PAY

New Haven, May 30-Chick Brown, lightweight champion of New Haven drew down the snug little sum of 449O.SS, for outpointing Frankie Mack Ut the Arena on Monday night, This amount represents about z5 per cent. of the gross receipts which the club officials reported as $1,se1. Mack. 1t is understood, received a few dollars less than Brown. The rainy weather kept the crowd away, although the club officials managed to finish several hundred dollars to the good. The purse received by Brown was the smallest since he assumed the cham pionshfp.