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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-22

One ciNNludle was liItiaIed dit'
four applications for new member
ships were received at the meeting
held last night by Mary Washington
Council, Daughters of America. 1t
was the first meeting held in the new
Pythian Temple on Cameron street.
J. T. Preston, Jr.. and Louie G..
Davis, both of this city, who are
stationed at Quantico with United
States Marine hospital corps. were
instrumental in saving the life Of a
comrade in the Potomac :ive" there
yesterday. NIrN Davis. DR.. St-ott
and a man named Leffler started
to swim from the wharf TO tn"
bath house, distance of son, two
hundred yards or more. After 60
ing about na:i The distancc LerrIer
became exhausted and was sinking
when Davis and DR.. Strott got to
him and called for help. Mr.. Preston
had recently been vaccinated and
could not go into the water, but
told them he would meet them at
the bath house and started walking
in that direction. Hearing their
cries for assistance he ran to the
wharf, cut motor boat loose, jump
ed in and ran out to them. Leffler
was unconscious by that time and the
other two men much exhausted. Left
Ter was taken into the boat and after
ward tile others and Ill carried
ashore. 1t was necessary to work
over Leffler about half an hour be-
fore he could be restored to conscious
ness. Preston and Davis are congrat-
u!ating themselves upon. having been
able to be among the first of the hos
ptal corps 10 save life at that sta
tiCn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-22

Soft shelled crabs on toast at
Cafe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-22

the week to attend the six weeks
summer school of the University Of
Virginia.
! Mrs. Amanda E. Harris, aged 81
widow of Augustus Harris, died last
night at the home of her son-in-law
Henry Spivey, at Del Ray. The body
will be shipped to Charleston, Ga, to-
morrow for interment.
Miss Mary Carlin and niece, Miss
Nina Fulton, leave tomorrow for Ell
!licott City, Md. Miss Fulton has just
returned from the Episcopal Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital,
where sne was operated on for ton
silitis by DR.. Charles W. Richard
son.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church
service will be conducted at the Odd
Fellows Hall tomorrow afternoon at
3 O'Clock. After the service Elder,
F. E. Gibson. will baptize several at.
the First Baptist Church, through.
the kindness of the church officials
who rendered the use Of that church:
All are cordially invited.
In the year thirty girls have dis.
appeared from their homes in Wash
ington as, completely as if the. earth
had swallowed them. Month after
month these fathers and mothers pro
cecd to the police station with the
question that is always answered
with shake of the head. And these
thirty are white girls. More than
eighty colored girls, all between Is
and 25, disappeared in the last Year.
Ellen Virginia Toney, of Richmond,
Va, is one of the females who mys
teriously disappeared, and two are
from Alexandria-4Marie Lowe. -
years old. and Hattie anderson, -
years old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-22

Cherry seeders at r. E. Knight ard
Sons. 145-f.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-22

Eugene B. Taylor will address the
J. R. n. Curtin Memorial class at
the First Baptist Church Sunday
morning.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
CLANCY WAS WIZARD
With SLIPPERY BALL
SOuthpaw Found Mud to
His Liking SO Delaware
Trimmed Mt. ST. Mary
PERSONS CATCHING
ONE OF FEATURES
Special 70 THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK, May 10.-"Jim" Clancy.
the blue and gold crack southpaw,
found the slippery ball to his liking
yesterday afternoon and consequently
held the hard-hitting Mt. st. Mary's
team scOreless for seven innings in a
drizzling rain, Delaware winning 8 to
0. Corbett also pitchedd well. but was
wild. Delaware punched three Of their
four hits ON Corbett in the third in
ming, which. with pass and two err
rors, gave them three runs and the
game. Corbett famed eleven men in
six innings, while Clancy struck out
eight. Persons catching was one of
the features Of the game. He handled
the slippery ball like a veteran and
was a great help to the southpaU.
Taggart and ID. Horsey, furnished
the fielding features, a catch of line
drive by the former being of the SEN
sational order. Glen Carney, a Will
mington boy. played a good game for
Mt. st. Mary's and made two of the
visitors four hits. The lineup:
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
amateur TROPHY
Shoot IS STAGED
Wilmington Club Members
Will Compete for Prizes
on Saturday
NEW CLUB HOUSE
WILL BIZ READY
BY ~DOPESTER."

The Wilmington TrapshOOting As
sociatiOn will stage a big American
Amateur TrapshOOters' Association
shoot on next Saturday. This asso-
citation donates one sterling spoon a
month for each twelve members of
any club affiliated with the A. A. Il.
A. This means q club having twelve
members shooting for the A. A. L. A.
medals would receive twelve spoons
a year The local club enrolled with
this association some time ago and at
present has ninety-seven of its mem
bers- affiliated with the American AM
ateur Trapshooters' Association. In
view of this fact the Wilmington or
ganizatiOn is entitled to eight spoons
a month For each additional twelve
members who Join the association the
A. A. +. A. will award another spoon
each month.
The following prizes will be shot for
on Saturday and only amateur mem
bers of the A. A. II. A. Will be eligible
to win them.
Glass A-Sterling silver A. A T A,
spoon. high score on so targets.
Glass Sterling silver A. A. I. A
spoon. high score on so targets.
Glass C-Storling silver A. A. T. A
spoon. high score on so targets.
Glass D-Sterling silver A. A. 7. A
spoon. high score on so targets.
Class E-Sterling silver A. A. I. A
spoon. high score on so targets.
The A. A. T. A. sterling silver spooT
will also be given the shooter making
second high score in the three classes
having the most entries. A. A. A. T
A. paper weight will be awarded fol
second high score in the other two
classes as we'll as 10 the shooter hav-
ing the longest run to his credit or
the 50-target program.
The associations new clubhouse Is
nearly completed and will be ready
for occupancy next Saturday. Shooters
who have travelled extensively anC
who have seen the new house in thu
b course of construction are unanimoul
in agreeing that the finished building
viii be the finest OF its kind in th'
country.
The management OF the local clul
is very desirous Of making the first A
A. r. A. shoot a banner event ant
feels sure that a large crowd vii
turn out TO compete in the fifty bird
event for the attractive A. A. T. A
trophies.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
By II. c. HAMILTON.
.lled presa san Corresnondont.

United Press staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, May lO.-Gavvy Cra-
vath, mourned a year ago as lost TO the
Phillies when he failed to open a cam
paign Of fence busting, has headed his
horses straight for fame again by start
ing the season with several homie runs.
The demon slugger almost slid out of
the National League last summer after
ne had been bcnchcd for inability to hit.
Waivers were asked ON him and hc wus
headed for the Pacific Coast League.
However, II was a wrong hunch. for the
National Leaguers wouldn't waive and
Gsvvy stuck around.
IL was in 1918, the year the Pmls
won a National league ihampionshp.
that Cruvath banged out twenty-four
home runs and hung up record for the
league. But when his team struggled
into the worlds series Gayyy and his
heavy bat might just as we'll have been
in locker in the clubhouse. He fell
down with considerable gusto.
That may have taken the pepper ont
of him. Anyway. it was different Cra
,sth who reported for duty the follow
ing spring. aud when the season opened
he was woefully weakat the bat Will
his average suffering from slump
0avvy rapidly became useless in othei
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
AMT
NATURE
WONDERFUL
VA Ouestions Answered.

War Questions Answered.
Dear Ed.-Are they any captain jobs
left?-Paul Middleton.
Nope, Paul, a couple of colonel vacan-
cies open if you'd dare to take one-Ed.
Dear Ed Weigh $40 pounds. how are
chances of squeezing through examina-
tionsg Bill Crouch.
Slim, Bill; might line up as ballast for
an observation bulloon.-Ed.
Dear Ed. I'm .a ianitor. Am l all
right for the army y--Armon Livermore.
Fine Armon; you ought to make a
cool fighter. You'll like the Job. When
they want You TO 20 TO bed they give
the taps on a hugle instead Of the taps
you've been used to ON the steam pipes
to quit snoring and shuttle up some
steam. Ed.
Dear ed. Pm milkman. What
branch of the service would you advise
me to go in.-llarry Bradford.
Tie navy. HaT ha!-Ed.
Dear Ed Have a laugh on me. 'Thi
morning When / came down TO work
FBum Joke, cut short by editorl Rus
sell Smith.
Tell il to recruiting officer. Let hin
have the laugh ontyou.-Ed.
Dear Ed hear there's a war
that true 2-Clif Clark.
That's news to us. Somebody's bee
kidding you.-kd
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
MUST PAY
Baseball WAR TAX
New Scale Of Prices in Vogue
After June l TO Provide
Government Levy
5 CENT TAX ON
COMPLIMENTARIES

The baseball fan will have to pay
ten per cent. more for his fun after
June 1 than he ever did before Presi-
dent John X Tener. of the National
League, stated. yesterday that the war
tax as levied is satisfactory to club
owners, for, instead of leyying u tax
Of ten per cent. on the gross receipts,
as was at first suggested, the fans will
now have to pay the tax when they
purchase their tickets of admission at
the parks. Both the National and
American Leagues objected to a tax
on the receipts on the ground that the
obligation would be so heavy that II
would be ruinous to the business.
After June l when the fans buy
their tickets at the ticket window of
all the baseball parks they viii also
have to pay tax of ten per cent. This
is the same system that has been in
vogue at Toronto and Montreal in the
International League. Il means that
the purchaser of the fifty cent admis-
sion will haye 10 pay fifty fiye cents
the seventy-fye-cent admission
e.ghty-three cents, the 81 tickets will
be S1.10 and the $15O box seats will
be 9l.60. tlfteen cent admissions as
charged in the smaller leagues, will
be increased to seventeen cents.
All holders OF complimentary
tickets TO tho baseball games will
have to pay tax of Eve cents and
the tax on children under ~ years
Of age will be one cent.
The National League has called a
meeting in New York OF its club
owners for Saturday morning At this
meeting the club owners viii discuss
the probable effect the war tax will
have upon the game and the probable
effect Of conscription on the younger
players.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
ON THE GAME AGAIN
Written for Evening Journal
BY James Il. CrOzier.

When the days get bright and clear,
And cold ones no longer here,
NIv Brother Ed and l will see a game,
For davs will soon be right,
These cold, wet ones out OF sight,
You will find us on the bleachers then
again.
We can hold bleacher seat,
viii not mind the sumner heat.
While we watch the balls go nyng
through the air;
If the man in blue acts true,
And does what he should do,
know we win be glad that we are
there.
We both enjoy the fun.
And everything that's done.
That is il Mr.. imp is good enough
While our eyes are on the plate;
There is lust one thing we hate,
Ehat is to see some fielder make a muff
But that sometimes is done
BY a player number one,
And some Of us might say For love OF
Mike"
First time ! ever seen
Him do thing so mean,
Since / began to travel out the pike.
But the very best of men
viii do IL now and then.
We know when made they feel it very
keen;
But we 20 home satisfied.
If the win was ON our side,
1t is all in all the best sport ever seen
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
IRON HILL READY FOR PLAY.
Bv "BARON.D


IRON HILL May l0-lae Iron Hill
Baseball Club, which win begin it's regu-
lar 1917 season next Saturday afternoon,
is planning great things for the ensuing
year From the interest in the team
that is being shown by both fans and
players alike, the nine should have the
most successful season of its career, sur
passing even the year in whidh the
pennant in the Pen.Mar League was
captured by the local nine. last season
the team went through its schedule with
only two games lost out of % or 2;
played. This year, although more games
may be lost. stronger teams are being
scheduled and the fans are promised
brand of baseball that will keep then
on their feet from start to finish of the
game.
The first game of the new season vii
! be played ON Saturday afternoon against
the fast Strickersville combination, anC
a good game is expected. Despite tn,
fact that most Of the local players ar,
farmers, they have plenty of chances .,
practice and mean 10 show the fans that
they are in the pink of condition.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

about 20 points.
And the reason IS indicated in the
low hit games that has been played
in both leagues. iive hitless contests,
two OF a single hit, seven two-hit
games and nine three.hit contests, in
all 23 games with less than four hits
per game, a pitching record for all
time for a similar length of time
Whether this is the result Of smart
est pitching, or of poorer batting is
a question for experts to quarrel
about
Whether stricter rules should be
enforced to give the batters a better
chance is entirely up to the rules
committee and a question which man.
ayers probably would never be able TO
agree on.
For instance a manager with a
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
Cravath, Dumped Once, is
Ready 10 Slug Way 10 Top Again

points Of the game and he was finally
stationed on the bench and then started
for minor league berth.
When the slugger showed up thia
spring the wise critics began to figure
him for pinch-hitting Job and an oo-
casional day Of hy-chasing when the
outielders needed rest. Claude Cooper
wns voted his job Crayath, however,
fooled them. His bat began doing its
deadly work early in the training days
and when the season opened there he
was, doing patrol duty in his old right
field berth.
Before tho season was two weeks old
Cra,ath had slammed out three home
runs and any number of the other kind
of hits.
They don't all come back but Gavvy
Cravath is. making an awful effort TO-
disprove that none Of them can.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
PROVIDENCE Beats OXFORD
IN SATURDAY SHOOT
RY sDOPFSTER.v

Last Saturday was the date of a
team shoot Aetween the Oxford Gun
Club. of oxford, Pa, and the Provi-
dence Gun Club, of Providence,
Md. The match was held at
Providence and the local club treated
their visitors very inhospltahly by de-
feating them to the tune Of 414 to 4O5.
High individual honors fell to ID.
Lindsay. OF the Providence team, who
broke 4Sx50 his nearest competitors
being Miller and Stewart, with 45
each. Dr. f. c. Hanna was high man
for the oxford Club, allowing but FIVE
targets to escape him out OF his half
century shot at c. H. Taylor. with
a.. was next in line. The team scores
folioW.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
Blue and COLD TO COMPETE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Del, May l0.-Delaware
College track team will participate
in It's first dual field meet tomorrow
afternoon when the team meets
Drexel Institute OF Philadelphia. The
meet will. be the opening event on
Drexel's new athletic field at Runny-
meade, near Philadelphia Track
Coach Keyes has the team in fair
shape for the meet Notwithstanding
the fact that practice has been great
ly handicapped because OF the cold
and rainy weather.
Coach Keyes Will take about fifteen
men and the members OF the team
expect to capture the meet. The Del
aware entries will be as follows; 100
and 22O yard dashes, Craig and
Crockett; .440 and $50 yard dashes,
Marshall and Steele; one mile run,
Williams and Taylor; two mile run
Brewer; shotput. Wilson and Loose,
high jump. Mcdonnell and Meyers;
broad jump. Meyers and Alexander
and pole vault, Gates and Mcdonnell.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

The fan who is apt to believe that
the prevalence Of low hit contests
this year is not out Of the ordinary
may be surprised to learn that al
ready in less than a month OF the
1917 season the combined batting
averages of the two major league ball
clubs has shrunk nearly 10 per cent
compared to the averages OF all last
year
Ten per cent. does not seem to be
a whole lot. but when It is considered
that this includes the records of more
than 300 ballplayers a different light
Is thrown on the situation
Batting including May was frac-
ton over $50 for the l6 ball clubs.
Last year the combined batting
averages for the two big leagues was
.249, the shrinkage this year being
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
TRAP SHOOTING
~~-~----
BASEBALL
Batting SIunpS 10 Per Cent as
Pitchers Pile Up Lou Hit Games

flock OF great pitchers, like Jack Bar
ry OF Fielder Jones. would undoubt
edly fight any effort to place handi-
cap on his pitchers, while a manager
with a hitting club like the Detroit
Tigers or the New York Giants would
be very well satisfied with anything
which would add wallops to his select
circle of swattists.
For several years McGraw and
Jennings have tried to have the foul
strike rule changed to permit but one
foul strike to be called, but the op-
position has always been so strenuous
that the rules committee has never
considered the matter seriously.
Should combined batting in the big
/ leagues fall to .230 for the 1917 sea-
son, e. is likely that John x. Tener
and Ban Johnson might be induced
to take notice
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
sALESIANUM DIDN'T PLAY.

Salesiauum's ball team suffered its
second disappointment within week
when its game with Salem High School
Yesterday was called Oft on account Of
rain. The local team went to Salem for
the game and the first inning was al
most over when the deluee started and
the game had to be called. The teams
will try for another game here on
June 3.
Last Saturday Salesianm was TO have
played Coatesville High School, but the
game was cancelled because Of the
weather.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
Sad IN YOuR MASTr.

The Baby Hospital and Day Nursery
kindly requests that all those who
did not have their waste bags ready
or were not at home when called for
by the trucks, please send them TO the
nursery. at Second and Washington
streets. by Friday at the latest
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
ALL.WlLMlNeroN nENEFIr.

The Wilmington League and the
employees OF the Garrick Theatre VIII
combine in a benefit performance at
the Garrick Theatre on Monday night,
May D. The bill will comprise only
the best local talent and a delightful
entertainment is assured. Tickets
will be out in few days.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

In the second round of the pocket
billiard tournament for the State
championship in progress at the
Royal Parlors. Clark defeated Carter
last night. 1O0 to 3S. Anderson and
Beauchamp will play tonight.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
Mt. St. Mary's
Score BY Innings.

N,t Ct Marv's.....O .OOOO 90 90
peiaware M ..O 400 Ox-3
Stolen bases-Ferguson, Pierson
and Selby. Double play-Carney TO
Rice. Left on bases-Delaware, o
Mt. st. Marys, 6. Wild pitches-Gor-
bett. 2; Clancy, J. Passed pail
Rover Struck out-By Clancy. 8; oy
Corbett. II. Base on balis-On
clancy, 2; OF Corbett, T.. Umpire
Ryan.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
Oxford, Pa.
nnNS FnR THE MEEk.

Runs scored by all teams in the
American and National Leagues from
Thursday May 8. to Wednesday, May 3,
inclusive. Only runs included in the
official averages are counted. Scores
OF incompleted games are not includ-
ed. but those OF games OF five innings
or longer are found in this table:
tmorfoon Iooama
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

The New Castle Reserve A. c. would
like to arrange a game for this sat.
urday with any team having grounds
and paying full expenses. Call phone
"a Re-. New Castle, any time after
o'clock.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

Howard Ehmke distributed only
three hits through the Cleveland box
score as he won the first game Of a
double header for the Tigers.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
COLLIDED WITH TROLLEY CAR.

A machine driven by Lloyd CULLEN,
of No $50 East Seventeenth street,
collided with a trolley car at Twenty
third and Washington streets yester-
day afternoon. Mr. Quillen was not
injured. but the automobile was
slightly damaged
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

No-hit Bob Groom was treated to
greeting of eleven hits and four runs
by the White Sox before Fielder
Jones could warm up lifesaver.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

The Red Sox rally in the ninth al
most stopped the Senators for the
second count
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
American Leagnc.
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
Nnfinnal Leapne.

st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

The Senators. after losing one
game. outplayed Harry Hooper in the
second, and dropped the Red SoX
Evening journal., 1917-05-10

American League.
Boston, 4; Washington, /.
Washington, 4 Boston, 3 (2nd game
Detroit, 4; Cleveland, 1.
Detroit, 8: Cleveland. l (2nd game
Chicago. 4; st. Louis. ..
Other clubs not scheduled.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
BASEBALL Chances
National I.anne

National League.
Cincinnati at New York, clear.
Chicago at Brooklyn, clear.
Pittsburgh at Boston, clear.
st. Louis at Philadelphia, clear.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
CLARk MIS- AT POOL.

Nine runs made it easy for Jones tc
win the second.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
American League.

New York at Chicago. clear.
Philadelphia at ST. Louis, clear
Boston at Detroit clear.
Washington at Cleveland, clear.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
American League.

Athletics at St. Louis.
Boston at Detroit
New York at Chicago.
Washington at Cleveland.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
@D1aAr1QYh
GsS DUl1T5S0
GSR. tSlss7sssss go

Yesterdays hero. Rollie Zeider. The
owner of the most famous bunion in
history celebrated with four hits, one
a double, as he helped the Cubs run
Jack Coombs to the shower
Fred Mitchell trotted out three of
his hurlers before he finally subdued
the Dodgers.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
BASEBALL STATISTICS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.
American Leagne.

Chicago. z; Brooklyn, 3.
All other games postponed.
Evening journal., 1917-05-10
TotaIs ...9 0 / Is p 80 88-115
National League.
RESERVES WANT CAME.

1tais ...s4 IS II 915 9 1O-lO6
New Britain herald., 1917-12-01
STATE BRIEFS
TERSELY TOLD
Youth Killed by Automobile
While Crossing Winsted Street

Hartford-Today William B. ClArlfs
president of the Aetna Insurance c1ri. Il
pany, completes fifty years Of servi<s
as an officer Of that company and
twenty-five years as president, thus
combining golden and silver ami
Versary and making him easily this
dean of the fire Insurance fraternlty.
Interest in this event Is not conflAUd
to the Aetna. alone. but all OF Mr.
Clark's friends, and there are many
in the city of Hartford, will Join Ia
congratulating him. The event ID be-
ing quietly celebrated by the direct0rA:
and officers of the company and,
while, with his usual modesty. Mr..
Clark shuns publicity. certainly many
OF his friends will wish 70 felictate
both him and the company on this
notable anniversary.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-01
Child and Matches.

Danbury-A little girl looking for q
piece of paper on which~to mark, IL
thought to have caused the fire which
was discovered in q closet in the resi-
dence of James II. Devine, 81 Rowan
street just before nine o'clock Thanks
giving Day morning. The child asked
Mr.. Devine for a pencil and within a
few minutes returned telling him that
she didn't use a match but that the
closet was on fire. Mr.. Devine showed
much presence Of mind by closing the
door of the closet and also the door
of the sleeping room which it adJoined
before giving the alarm. An Invalid
who had been in the sleeping room
was being taken down stairs for the
day at the time and so was safely re- !
moved before the firemen arrived.