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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-23
BARONs GET sTARTED

The Barons started scoring in the first game after the Travellers had taken a 5 to 0 lead. They scored two in the fourth without a hit Ledbetter passed the first three batters up, Johnston, Coombs and Southworth.
 Johnston scored on Ellis sacrifice fly. Clark fouled out to Chapman. South worth was run down between first and second for the third out, but not until after Coombs had crossed the plate.
 In the fifth Caton went to third when Tincup muffed his fly and scored on Ha- worths ringing hit to right. A base on balls to Johnson followed by Webb's triple scored another in the seventh. Coombs opened the eighth with double, South worth sacrificed and Ellis scored Lord Cecil with single, the run tieing the score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-23
SPORTS
Moley' Wrecking CreW Routs| TraDeler Hurlers for TWin|
 Win; Rally Wins First Bdttle|
After Ponder is Removed Arthur Johnson Holds Opponents Willie Barons Romp-Ponder Saves Second Game
 Barons Pound Out g Safe Blows
By HENRY LoEscH

Little Rock, May 22.-(SpecialD Birmingham bats rattIed merrily against the offerings of three of Charlie Starr's best pitchers this afternoon and the double header was hammered into two-time victory to Molesworth's band. The first game was won in the clos ing innings, when the BarOns came from behind and drove Ralph Ledbetter from the box and hit Rube Robinson for enough runs to win. They won the second game in the first inning by ham, mering Tom Phillips for five runs. They added to this total in the lat ter innings and finished 8 to 4, ahead of the Travellers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-23

Both games were batting affairs, the pitchers playing but minor parts. The Baron sluggers drove out 23 base hits in the two contests for a total of 31 bases, enough to win any double-header. In addition they profited much by wild ness of Traveller pitchers, who gave them Il bases on balls
 Elmer Ponder's wildness lost him his place in the first game, but when Karl Black got into trouble In the second game Ponder went in and stopped the Trav- elers Arthur Johnson, who relieved Pom der In the first game, held the Travellers scoreless in the last six innings, while his mates recovered previous losses and then cinched the game with three runs off Robinson in the ninth.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08
ONLY A PRIVATE

DR.. E. L. Stamey of Greensboro
has three boys in the service of their
country, and hanging in front of his
residence is silk service flag with
three blue stars silently speaking to
the passer-by that from this house
three stalwart youths Qhe pride and
love of the parents), have stepped
forth to do their bit towards making
the world safe for democracy. The
young men and their assignments
are, First Lieut. Roderick A. Stamey,
M. G. Co 51st Infantry, Camp Sc
vier, Greenville, S. c.; Corporal Enoch
L. Stamey, Jr., Co. C, 113 M. G. Bat
allion, Camp Sewer, Greenville, S.
c.; Wilbur B Stamey, 3rd Co., N
C. C. A. A., Fort Caswell, Southport,
N. C. Two of the boys have d COM
mission while one is yet private,
and in memory of the private DR..
Stamey dedicates the following:
Only a private. yes see,
A Uniform without a bar
A uniform without star;
Only private but there'll be
A million others just as he.
Only private, that is all,
A uniform wihcu q strap,
For which he never cares a rap,
He only hears his country's call,
And manly stands to win or fall.
Only private, there he stands
In uniform, without a stripe;
No tears away from eyes to wipe,
With open ears to all commands,
He does his work with willing hands
Only a private, brave and true,
In uniform so plain and neat,
And one who ever spurns defeat;
Ever your country looks to you,
Soldier in garb of khaki hue.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08
MRS. ELLEN JANE ENGLISH
DEAD

Mrs. Ellen Jane English, widow of
the late Lurton English, died Sunday
night at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. E. A. Snow, 21O South Main
street. Mrs English was in her Seth
year, one of the oldest inhabitants
of the city.
The deceased was the daughter of
Jacob Hedgecock and was born two
miles west of High Point. In 1848
she married William Lurton English,
whose death occurred in 1850. Mrs.
English is survived by three chill
dren, W. J. English. Mrs. E. A. Snow
and Mrs. R. A. Wheeler, 10 grand
children and % great-grandchildreD.
A brother, Frank Hedgecock of Kan
sas City, Mo, and sister, Mrs. En-
lily Keith, of Raleigh, also survive.
Funeral services were conducted
from the residence of Mrs. Snow
Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock by
Rev. Chas. P. Coble, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, of which
Mrs. English had been a member
since 1850, one year after its organ
ization. The palIbearers were sons
and grandsons of the deceased, these
being W. E. Snow, Rodney Snow
R. H. Wheeler Cyrus Wheeler, Thos.
J. Gold, c. A. Ring, F. G. Barbee and
DR.. W. A. Hayes.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08
GuilfOrd Roads Please PATH
finding Party

High Point was indeed glad to
entertain the members of the Bank
head Highway Commission which
spent one hour here Thursday after
noon on their way from Washinpton
to Atlanta to determine a great ma.
tional highway which they hone to
have the government take over and
spend millions of dollars upon. Hi6h
Point is especially interested becansa
we feel like the route will come nv
here as it is the most feasible and
judging from remarks made by the
party here, the members are of the
same opinion. BY coming via Raj.
eigh and Greensboro and High Point
on to Charlotte the route misses the
mountains and other obstacles to he
encountered if the route was estah.
lished through northern Virginia.
The gentlemen in the party here
Thursday were loud in their praise
of the fine stretch of road between
here and Greensboro and one Of
/ them declared it the best piece Of
road work in America
r. A Wheeler presided at the meet
ing. Mayor W. P. Raglan welcomed
the visitors in most timely talk.
City Manager Murphy and T. J. Gold
also made short, to-the-point talks
Secretary Rountree Of Alabama.
Senator B ahkhead, Congressman f.
Y. Webb, NJ O. Ei,:ridge of the u. S,
Office of Puhlic Roads, A. G. Batch
elor of the American Automobile
ASSOCIATE 81, Hon. Benehan Cam
eron aid others of the party had
sor ching to say. They were ban
quoted at fleetwood and left at $40
for Charlotte. High Pointers met
the party at Greensboro and escort,
ed theu here and then on to Thorn
asville on their journey to Charlotte
where they spent the evening, leav-
ing Friday morning for Atlanta.
Said M. O. Eldridge of the party
about the Greensboro-High Point
road: Il am a pathfinder, not SPELL
binder. I have been in this work of
bodybuilding and locating for Is
years, have Travelled in every State
and on most roads in Canada. This
road we came over today is the best
road | have ever seen. AS a mem
Der of the United States Office of
Public Roads, l want to put my
stamp of approval on this road and
| hope that the Bankhead Highway
can he hllilt This waV'
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08
AFTER THREE YEARS
High Point Testimony Remains In
shaken

High Point Testimony Remains In
shaken
Time is the best test of truth.
Here is a High Point story that has
stood the test of time 1t is a story
with a point which will come straight
home to many of US.
Mrs. H. Clapp, Gil S. Hamilton
ST., High Point, says: For a long
time, suffered severely from kid
ney complaint. My back was sore
and weak and | had dizzy spells. |
had bad pains in my head. My kid
neys were weak and | had rheu-
matic twinges. Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me in every way and I know
they are splendid medicine"
OVER THREE YEARS LATER,
Mrs. CIapp added: Il haven't needed
to take anything for my kidneys
since I used Doan's Kidney Pills. |
am glad to confirm every word of
my former endorsement"
6Oc, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08

new crop, and meat has q down
ward tendency and it will be felt by
the general public within an appre'
ciable time or as soon as the high
cost products are gotten rid of by
the retailers and the decrease in the
cost of corn, wheat and other farm
products will have q tendency to
cause other prices to come down.
This lie the result of activity.
In conclusion, just word to in
form you to what extent Uncle Sam
appreciates activity. By Sept. 3Oth
next Uncle Sam will have prepared
for the army alone something like
fifty million shells, costing close to
one billion dollars. This will require
close to two million steel bars and
forgings, and on a basis of SC per 10.
this steel alone would cost 1855 mil
lion dollars; 50 million shells for
field and aircraft guns will require
about 685 thousand tons of steel ap-
proximately; II million larger sized
shells ranging from 6 to IL inches in
diameter will require over one mil
lion tons of steel and all this vast
amount of metal is to be hurled
against the German lines on the
western front in addition 10 what
the French and British have in
pickle for the kaiser Isn't this &C,
tivity Well, it certainly IS with a
lot of efficiency behind it.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08
AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED

Washington, Nov. 5.-Advancing
under protection of a heavy barrage
fire, a German raiding party before
daylight on November 3 stormed a
trench held by American infantry,
killing three, wounding five and cap
turing IL, according to dispatches
from General Pershing received by
the war department tonight.
American infantry were in occu,
patton of a small salient for instruc-
ton when cut off from main body
by heavy bombardment of German
artillery. General Pershi1g reports
the capture of one prisoner. Enemy
losses are not known, says the dis
patch.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08

The Contest of the Nation" was
a patriotic play given at the Me-
chanicsville school Friday evening
to which a goodly number gath
cred.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-08

Authors Not Posted.

Authors Not Posted.
Wills have often proved STUN ni'"e
block to the novelist. One hag!"1s
case may be mentioned. A Fopu']l
writer causes an old aristocrat 10 na'"
his last will and testament" VII
Ressed by his butler and his noDSo
keeper, yet be makes them both pen
Gt under it, BY so doing he renoe- ia
the will invalid. But the a--tAoF 49,
Not know It.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
BODY LIKE A FURNACE.
Needs Care and Shaking Down" to Get
Best Results.

Consider the furnace. Theoretically
this is a machine for the economical pro.
duction of heat. If the proper amount
of the proper kind of fuel is properly
| put into it, if the ashes are properly
! cleaned out, if the drafts are properly
managed, the chances are that it will
heat the house properly. If, on the other
hand, too much or too little fuel is put
into it, il the fuel contains too much
non. infiammable material, if the fire is
not kept clean of ashes, or if the damp
ers are badly regulated, the furnace OPP
erates inefiiciently or ceases working al
| together. Perhaps the most important
thing next to putting in the fuel is to
clean out the ashes. If these are allowed
TO accumulate in the ash pit the CRATE
bars may be burned out.
Food is taken into the human body for
| the purpose of producing heat. The
standard of its value is the number of
heat units it contains. Ii too little fuel
is taken into the human body an insult
fieient number of heat units to operate
Il are received and il works inefficiently.
If, on the other hand, too great an
amount of food is taken, the BODY be-
comes clogged and works Just as inef-
ficiently as if it had received too small
an amount. The most important thing
is to remove promptly all of the waste
materials remaining after the food has
given up its heat units. If too great an
amount OF this debris is allowed to re-
main the fires of the body are in danger
Of being put out by these poisonous ma
terials The elimination Of these mate
rails is one of the functions of the in
testinal canal. One Of the requisites of
good health is an educated intestinal ap-
paratus. Perhaps this is even more i'm
portsnt than an educated set OF brains.
Certainly an educated set of brains can
not work effectively so long as the in
testinal apparatus is badly operated.
Man in our present state of civilization
Is obliged 10 pay particular attention to
functions which in state of nature took
care Of themselves. A robust man en-
gagged in active exercise in the open air
may commit dietary indiscretions which
would be- exceedingly harmful to a seden-
tsry worker. Exercise a. q part Of the I
daily life Is. however. absolutely neces- 1
sary for both. Plain. wholesome food j. I
lust - necessary for the brain worker /
a. Tor him who laburs with his hands /
Above al. both must keep the human 1
furnace wen shaken down and without 4
Of ashes and debris in or
der that the fires 81 life may burn bright
ID and steadily
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
WOULD BREAK
THE LAW
Samuel Gompers Would
Strike Even if 1t Were
Unlawful
so TELLS THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE
Legislation Made for Public,
Adamson States, Not
for Railways

Washington Jan Is,--President Sam,
uel Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor told the House commerce com.
mittee yesterday that if any legislation
to make strike unlawful were enacted
he, for one, could be counted upon as one
of those who would violate it.
"There is something deeper and more
important than continued operation OF
trains, much as that may be desirable, -
said he
II. b, Perham, president of the Order
of Railway Photographers, also opposed
the bill.
Chairman Adamson fatty told him
that the legislation proposed was in the
interest OF the public and not to please
either side. The first section of the bill,
however, to permit exceptions to the
eight hour law in the discretion of the
interstate commerce commission, has
been dropped, and he said would not be
further considered.
Gompers told the committee the bill,
which is part OF President Wilson's rail
way legislation program, was the most
far.reaching and fundamental to come
before Congress for 90 years.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
DANGEROUS PRACTICE
To Operate Automobiles in Closed Gar
ages.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. ls.-The bu-
reau OF mines. department of the inte-
rior, to-day called attention to the in
creasing number of persons who are be-
ing ssphyxiated through breathing the
exhaust gases from automobile engines
in garages, and suggested that the dan
ger is steadily increased in the winter
time, when the weather is too cold to
keep the doors and windows open.
A series of tests were conducted in a
garage, in which one of the chemists
was considerably affected by the poison
Gus gases. The tests led to the follow
ing conclusions:
An automobile engine should not be
operated in small garage unless doors
and windows are wide open.
In the tests conducted, the air in the
garage was rendered decidedly dangerous
after the automobile engine had been
running Is minutes.
"The gas made by automobile engines
in enclosed garage is known as carbon
monoxide." said Director Van. II. Man
ming of the bureau. ut is colorless,
odorless, and tasteless gas. 1t is ex-
tremelv poisonous, because it combines
with the red coloring matter of the
blood more readily than oxygen does,
and blood that is saturated with 1t can
not take up oxygen. The dangerous
symptom of this carbon-m onoXide poi
soning comes almost without warning,
and collapse in garage generally proves
fatal, unless outside aid arrives very
soon, because the running engine contin-
ues to generate carbon monoxide and
continues to make the air more poison
Gus. In the tests, the chemists found
dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide
in the farthermost part of the garage
after 20 to 80 minutes running of the
engine, while near the engine the air was
unsafe when the engine had
run about Is minutes. The observer did
not remain in the dangerous atmosphere
except when taking samples of the gas,
and was not exposed to the poisonous
mir longer than three minutes on the
whole. Smarting and watering of the
yves, due to the presence of other nox-
Gus products of combustion, were the
irst effect. After collecting the sam
,les, the observer contracted headache |
md about an hour later became dizzy, |
and very i'll. This lasted for
EN- hours. The next day he had COM
Jletely recovered
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
poSToFFIcE DISCONTINUED.
Patrons at West Dummerston Will Get
Mail From Brattleboro Office.

Brattleboro, Jan. lS.-Postmaster NJ j.
Moran received yesterday official notice
that the postofiice at West Dummerston
would be discontinued Jan. 81 and that
all mail for that village would be handled
at the Brattleboro office The greater
part of the mail has been carried from
the Brattleboro Office on the rural route
No. 5, and after Jan. 81 all will be car
ried. This will not mean that the car
rier's route will be extended, but merely
that the few patrons who have main
tanned boxes at the West Dummerston
office will put up mail boxes in front of
their homes and will receive their mail
there.
The postmaster has been c. S. wilkins,
who recently sold his store there and
opened a meat market on High street.
He has been trying some time to have
someone appointed in his place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
america FIRST" CAMPAIGN.
Is to Be Conducted Through Medium of
Education.

| Washington, Jan. lS.--The United
States commissioner OF education, DIR. T.
r. Claxton, has issued call for an
America First" conference 10 be held on
February 3 Immediately following the
annual meeting of the chamber OF COM
merce of the United States OF America.
This conference will deal with the indus.
! trial phase of Americanization and will
be the first of a series of America
First" conferences TO be known officially
as the National Conferences ON Ameri-
canization Through Education"
The conference on February viii be
under the auspices of the bureau of ed
'ucation in the department of the interior,
acting in cooperation with the national
committee of one hundred. This com
mittee was appointed by the commissions
er of education on September !, 1916, TO
assist the bureau in conducting the
america First" campaign. The com
mittee on immigration of the chamber of
commerce of the United States OF Amer
lea will also participate in the program.
The recorded cooperation of hundreds
of industrial establishments and cham
bers of commerce in the america First
campaign has brought into the fore
ground a demand for definite plan OF
Americanization by industries and com
mercial organizations. For some months
tentative plan has been in process of
formation in a series of consultations
between bureau officials and the inn
migration committee of the chamber of
commerce.
The bearing of this conference upon
education and industry is significant. 1t
will bring into practical relation employ
ers and educators. This is effected by
the nature of the call for the conference.
Those invited include officials of cham
bers of commerce, plant welfare direc-
tors, representatives of labor and immi-
grafton departments and commissions,
and school authorities.
Each session of the conference will be
opened with an address and then con-
Quoted as a round table discussion of va
rious questions printed in the program
and relating to a national policy OF
Americanization.
Owing to the growing interest of in
1ustrial men in the subject, it is expect |
I'd that many delegates and others at
tending the annual meeting of the cham |
Der of commerce of the United States
will remain over for the America First |
conference.
Succeeding conferences will appeal to |
various other organizations, groups, and |
individuals interested in general features
If AUGMENTATION.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
PLAYS HAVOC
WITH SHIPPING
More Than 20 Vessels De-
stroyed in the Atlantic
by Raider
GERMAN CRAFT
is STILL AT LARGE
237 Survivors Are Put on a
japanese Steamer and Are
Landed in So. America

Buenos Aires, Jan. lS.-Twenty- thre,
merchant ships flying the flags of thu
entente allies have been sunk or captured
by new German raider whose exploits
revealed yesterday, surpass any hereto
fore recorded in the worlds naval his
tory.
The German commerce destroyer, be-
lieved to be the protected cruiser Vineta
probably eluded British patrols in the
North sea and swept from north to
south across every transatlantic ocean
steamship pathway.
Some of the survivors of ships sunk
by the raider, landing yesterday at Per-
nambuco, had been aboard the raider
twenty eight days, indicating that she
must have been operating for at least
four weeks. Probably she has been
roaming the seas for six weeks or more.
The raider is still at large, according
to reports received here yesterday.
One dispatch from Rio de Janeiro said
that an additional English steamer had
been sunk, with a loss of 400 lives, but
this had not been confirmed up to this
afternoon.
The first news of the raider came in
dispatches from Pefnambuco reporting
the landing there by the japanese steam
er Hudson Maru of sailors from the com.
merce destroyer thirty miles off Per-
nambuco.
The ships sunk were then said to have
included the British steamers Dramatist
and Radnorshire, the latter bound from
Bahia to Havre and London, and French
-,
A subsequent message reported the
sinking of English and French mer-
chantmen off the Brazilian coast, includ-
ing the Voltaire."
A dispatch from Rio added the steam
ships Samara, Drina, 0rtega and Ham
mershus to the list of victims.
Rio information yesterday was that
the raider had also torpedoed the French
schooners Nantes and Asnieres, and add
ed the following ships to the list which
had been sunk:
Steamers Newport Land, Mount Tenn
pie, San Giorgio, Nesser, King George,
Yarrowdale, st. Theodore, Michsnethiel,
st. Sael, Snowden, Grange and the Gaily,
the latter of Norwegian register.
Among the sailors landed were many
Indians tlascarsl, according to advices
here, who eontradicted the ear.
lier report of the raider. They asserted
that the vessels name was indecipher-
able, owing to the fact that she was
painted dead black. These survivors
described the raider as armed with
twelve guns and four torpedo tubes.
Still another version from Rio yester
day as to the raiders activities said only
seven ships had been sunk and nine cap
tured
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-18
SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER.
Suggested by Shoe Manufacturers Now
in Conference.

New York, Jan. ls.--To cut the high
cost of shoes, the use of proved substi-
tutes for leather is recommended in a
report adopted by the National Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers association, now in
session here.
Rubber and fibre soles and new paper
composition for uppers are among the
substitutions said to be attracting most
attention from manufacturers.
Efforts are being made to popularize
colored cloth tops which likewise win
effect saving of leather.