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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
CHICAGO
MAYORS
In BAD!
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

NShtcu i'ress tcaseu Ntre.l
CHICAGO. June 23.--The city
hall and the Tribune building were
practically under martial law to-
day, Scores of policemen we're
guarding the school board offices
in both places to prevent foreible
ousting of Mayor Thompson's APP
pointees. the latest of whom were
repudiated by the city council
late yesterday.
Thompson faces two proceed
ings that may cost him his job
impeachment by the council, or
malfeasance In office, charges
threatened by States Attorney
HoSne.
Dust Loeb.
The mayor had not returned TO
the city hall today since his hur-
ried exit late yesterday. Just after
book hurled at him by an un-
by inches. The book throwing
WAS the climax of riot which re.
suited when the Thompson faction
in the council attempted to force
an adjournment.
The present trouble is the result
of a faetional war in the school
board which had its inception last
week when Thompson gained con-
troll of the board thru the councils
confirmation of his nine appoint
ments.
Ills maiority's first official act
was the ousting of Jacob M. Loeb
as president of the board. Loeb
had previously broken with the
mayor over control of the board
and both had INDUCED In bitter
personalities thru the press. ac-
cusing each other of trying to
wreck the school system When
Loeb was deposed, Lewis Il. Lar
son. secretary, and Angus II.
Shannon, counsel, were also
thrown out.
Ask Him TO Quit.
It was known when the council
met yesterday that an attempt
would be made TO reconsider con
firmation of Thompson s nine ap-
pointees. To forestall this. the
Thompson faction attempted an
adjournment. Then the air broke
loose and the mayor and Corpora
ton Counsel Ettelson. one of his
chief supporters. fled. Police
men drove hundreds of spectators
from the galleries and restored or
der.
The council then started recon-
sideration of the mayors appoint
ments and finally refused to con-
firm them by vote of 45 to %.
Just before adjournment. Aid
erman Link introduced a resolu-
tion requesting the mayor to re-
sign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
RED CROSS ROOMS
OPEN THIS EVENING

Taooma's great army of work
ers is today asked to give days
wages per man to the Red Cross
fund Cards have been distribut-
ed in factories, mills, stores and
all industrial plants asking every
one to sign over a days pay to the
big fund and a coupon to the same
effect is carried in today's Times.
Chairman Prichard said this
morning that Tacoma would have
its 100000 quota by Monday ev-
ening.
Red Cross headquarters at 1908
Pacific avenue will remain open
this evening to receive subscrip-
lions. Tacomans down town Sun
day will find willing workers
ready to take donations large and
small. The campaign comes to
an end Monday and late Monday
afternoon Tacoma must wire re-
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suits to the national committee at
Washington.
Alexander Pantages has given
the Tacoma Red Cross 500 for
his Tacoma theater and 500 for
each of "a other theaters In the
Northwest.
Monday Pershing Day.
Over subscription nationally
may rival comparatively the big
over-subscription of the Liberty
loan.
With three days to go. the war
chest" boosted nearly $4,000. 900
today and some of the heaviest
contributions are yet to come, the
United Press reported.
Church collections tomorrow
will swell the fund.
A supreme effort Is to be made
Notwithstanding day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
CONTROL
OF FUEL
CERTAIN
tUnited Press Leased wire.D

united Press Leased Wtre.b
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 23.
declaring 1t a question of a
very short time before the govern
ment must commander all oil and
coal in the country Secretary
Daniels today told the senate pub
lie land committee that the oil sit
uation is serious.
Daniels said that II the COM
mandeering was not done, negotia-
tiolB must be entered into at once
by the government to require the
opening up of oil and coal fields.
He said the fuel supply must be
regulated and the government en-
powered to fix prices on both oil
and coal.
The navy oil reserves must be
saved, he said, for the future,
(which we cannot foresee."
With 200 oil burning ships now
being hurriedly built, Daniels ad-
mitted he doesn't know what the
available oil supply of the country
is. He suggested government
survey of all oil fields to de-
termine where fresh supplies
might originate.
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Tommy In the Trenches
Is a Great Slangster

nobody to the Irish but a Jerry"
A British staff officer is a
brass hat" and Tommy's own
headgear, the steel helmet he
must wear inside the shell area,
Is tin hat"
Another name given the staff
officers is the 'lilies," supposedly
on the theory that they toll not.
"Blighty" is England, and "go-
ing to Blighty," you can just bet
your last specimen of spondulix.
is little bit of all right" A
"Blighty' is a small wound
which invalids you home.
"NO-poO'-All Gone.
"Ack-Emma" is morning. Pip
Emma" is afternoon.
When thing is all gone it's
"na-poo"-another assault and
battery, with mayhem, on the
Francois. A group of mobile bat
teries, which turn the razzle-
dazzle on Fritz or Jerry or Ally
man, first at one part of the line,
then at another, is called "trav-
cling circus"
The guns of largest caliber are
"Grandpas." The next largest
are "Grandmas. or course
Daddy" Is next, and Mother
next, and Uncle" "Aunty" and
the kids follow down the scale
plum to Emma-Gee. .rhe kids
have all sorts Of mines: Willie.
Harry, Sally, Polly, Mamie, Lit
tie Liz, and such. just as the gun
ners' fancy happened to strike.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
PERSHlNC APPEALS
FOR RED CROSS AID

Congratulations on the SPLEEN
did Red Cross campaign" PERISH
ing's message to Dawson read.
Never before has there been
such need In Red Cross work.
America can show her colors In no
better way than to subscribe gen.
erously."
Pershing sent the message
shortly before lunching with Gen.
Dubail at noon.
Somewhere In France" today
General DAWN personally pinned
the war cross on the breasts OF
DR., c. Briggs of Schenectady, N.
Y, c. II Forbes and Sidney
Brooks of Boston; John Bridges
and Norman Lee q New York.
All were decorated for Saving
wounded under the most perilous
circumstances"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23

WASHINGTON, D. c., June g.
Only a dry" fight will prevent
passage late today of the admins
tration food bill in the house.
Administration leaders, how
ever. were confident that the en-
tire liquor element would not in
ject its strength sufficiently long
to hold up the measure.
At the same time a new line of
cleavage developed in the senate.
Just at time when 1t appeared
that plans for compromises on dis
puted points in the upper branch
promised to bring action on the
bill late next week, a very small
clique, headed by Senator Hard
wick, Georgia, has announced II
will insist that no food contro
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23

PARIS, June 23.-"America
can show her colors In no better
way than to subscribe generously
to the Red Cross" was the mes
sage sent to the people back
home today by Major General
John J. Psrshing, who will COM
mand the first army Americans
to take their places In the allied
trenches.
Pershing's message was cabled
to H. p. Dawson, now directing
the Red Cross campaign to raise
$100,000.000.
simultaneously, five Americans
were receiving decorations from
the French government for brav-
cry in carrying on their work with
Red Cross divisions now in the
field.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
LEGAL NOTICES.

LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
No. 492-Notice is hereby given
that In pursuance of Ordinance No.
1911 of the City of Tacoma, roll
has been placed In my hanus sor
the collection of the dth annual In
stallment of the assessment levied
for grading to the established grade
the alley between IT, Street and
Yakima Avenue, from North 9th
Street to North 10th Street, with a
roadway sixteen t16) feet In width,
and a parking space on each side
thereof two GU feet in width, and
laying down on said roadway q
pavement of concrete on a concrete
base. with concrete curb and gutter,
and the necessary storm water
drainage.
Said assessment may be paid on
or before July 10th, 1917, but
II not paid on or before said date
added interest, penalty and costs
Will attach.
JAMES C. DRAKE.
City Treasurer.
June e-1G-2s. 1917
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u. S. WILL
BE READY
ON SEPT. |
Especial to The rimes.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June %.
There will be no serious delay
in construction of the 16 canton
ments for the national army. Sec
Rotary Baker said today, and all
of the establishments will be ready
probably about Sept. |, the ten
tative date considered for sum-
moning to the colors the first
625,0 900 men.
The process of selecting the
men, the secretary indicated,
probably will be set in motion
early in July. Regulations for
the exemption and selection proc
esses have been prepared and
will be made public next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
4 MEN JOIN
ESCADRILLE
Omitted Press Leased Wire.-

PARIS, June 23.-Four addi-
tional American aviators have
joined the Lafayette escadrille,
according to word received from
the front today. They are:
Adjutant Didier Mason, for
merly aviation instructor at
Camp Avorod and well known
thru his flying exploits with Car
ranza's army in Mexico.
Corporal Douglas NJ cMonagle,
rs years old, of San Francisco,
whose mother resides at 1000
Broadway, New York.
Corporal David M. Peterson,
%, of Honesdale, Pa.
Corporal James Norman Hall,
80, of Colfax, Iowa, author of
"Kiichener's Mob"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
House For Food Bill,
But Senate's a Drag

measure is necessary, that no such
department should be created for
Herbert Hoover and that nothing
but anti-speculation legislation
should go thru.
This element declares 1t is an
out-and-out fight and the speakers
on that particular side won't be-
gin until next week-probably
late-thus endangering the pros
poets of the measure going to
conference by July /.
The split between brewers and
distillers is too wide, 1t Is believed,
to permit solid opposition from
the wet element.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
AMBULANCE CORPS
WANTS MORE MEN

DR.. c. f. Laws, head of the
ambulance corps in Tacoma, re-
eeiyed notice Friday that his
corps must be filed up to 100
men. Recruiting for more men
started Saturday from his offices
in the National Realty building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
3 CONTRACTS

United Press Leaned WfFe.s
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 23.
The war department today
awarded the three remaining con-
tracts of cantonment camps.
The Annapolis junction can
Torment went to Smith Hauser
and M. f. Isaac, New York city;
Little Rock, Ark, to James
Stewart & Co., Chicago; Zap
hank, l.. L., to Thompson Star
rett Co., New York.
This completes all cantonment
contracts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
Gu. =. Press Staff Correspondent

Gu. r. Press staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, June 10.-(By
Mail)-Americans think they are
some bears when 1t comes to
singing slang, but the British
Tommy isn't 30 worse himself
when he sets his bean to work.
ing along slangological lines.
What is patter than Emma
Gee" for machine gun, for In
stance?
Or "O-Pip" for an observation
post?
A withholding" is a shell of
such high velocity that it's whizz
and its bang are almost simultane-
Gus. A "dud" is a shell which
fails to explode.
A bum handout Is 'dud'
meal, and gink with bone
head is "dud" DO. A bum cigar
is ''dud" smoke. Mortar is
zee Emma" A trench mortar
is Joe Emma" and the big
black ball of high explosive the
Germans reply with is a plum
pudding"
Call Staff "IiIies."
An anti-aircraft gun is an
Archibald or an Archie, -
while the German shell which
bursts with fuzzy yellow puff
of smoke is a "woolly BEAR To
the English Tommy a German is
a Fritz The Scotch call him
an "Allyman" tprobably after the
French "Allemand"). but he is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
MORE SALARY FOR
LIBRARY STAFF

Members of the Tacoma library
staff, numbering &c in all. will
get raises of from IS to $40 a
month, beginning the first of
July. as a result of the new city
increased salary ordinance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
CENTRAL
BUS STATION

Lunch Room In Connection
Schedule Auto Stage q Freight
l1b SO. 10TH ST. TEL. MAIN 3eA
Carbonado,-W WIKI eson--Tncom
tstca m Heated Cnrsl
MCRACKEN, Prop.
Three Trips Daily
Leave Tacoma: 1900 a. M;
400, 5:15 p. m.
Leave Carbohado: 7:30, s:15 a.
M; 200 p. m.
BUCMLnH
Lv. Buckley 5 a. m; 1880. sp. m.
and Sunday-Lv. Tacoms
10 a. m: $40. l1:so .. M
DUPON'.-TACOMA
Lv. Tacoma-6:40. 1850 a. m: 2:45,
40 Is p 5li,S ?. r.; s.oo . NJ I'M
sunday speciaI-s:oo. 1000 p. m:
and 1900 IN.
NORTHEAST TACOMA
Hyiebos Creek and Hague beg
Lv racomSe 80. 30. s:so a. M,
1, 2:15. 4, s, 1876 p. m.
Lv. N. e. Tac.--7.00. 500. 1000 a. "a:
1880. $40 p. m.
ORTING-TACOMA
Three Trips Daily
Leave Tacoma-T:30, 9:f5. 1900 a.
m; 1880, $3.50, 8 P. m.
M; 1890, 500. p. m.
Saturday Nights aud Sundays
Leave Tacoma-9:30 and 1900.
Leave orting-e!4o.
MINERAL-TACOM
Elbe. Alder, La Grands
Lv. Mineral g. m
Lv Tacoma 2:00 p. m.
AUTHORIZATIONS
Lc Ashford-s a. m. and 200 p. m.
Lv. Tacoma--S a. m. and 200 D. N
KAPOWsIN-TACOMA
Lv. Tacoma-10:30 a. M: $500 p. m.
Lv. Kapowsin-s;o0 a. m: 100 p. m.
MOOSE AUTO STAGE
etnnd--Croft Hotel. 1919 Pacific nv.
and Central Bus Station.
Tacoma ana Yelm. Lakeview. Hill
hurst. Greendale. Roy. McKenna-
M. II. Mi1es.
Lv. Tacoma-1o.3o a m. and y
m; Sunday a. m. and HOO .. m.
Lv. Yelm-f:30 a. IN. and l D. M:
saturday night 1890 and Sunday
THE BLUE LINE
Sumner. North Puyallup, Firwood.
Ardena. Fife. Tacoma.
LEAVE SUMNER
(Messick's Store.)
$500 A. M; and hourly thereA:ter.
last cal. leaving at 1000 P. M.
On Saturdays last car leaves at
LEAVE TACOMA
Peoples Store and Central Bus sta
tf0n, 11b-117 So. 10th ut.
TOO A. M. and hourly thereafter.
last car. leaving at 1i;00 p. NJ.
l2:00 p. VI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
LIFE TERMER rs
RED CROSS HEAD

SALEM. Or, June 2S.-Jesse
Webb, serving life sentence for
murder, today is president of Red
Cross auxiliary formed at the
state penitentiary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-23
SHELTON BOY rs
HELD AS STACKER

Earl Cushman OF Shelton was
brought to the county jail Fri
day night, charged with being a
Stacker. According to Deputy u.
S. Marshall John Secrist. Cush-
man talked too much and tried to
influence others not to register
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EATONvILLEs---l~AP OWsIN-
TACOMA AUTO STAGE
l1th ST., 0p. II. 0. and Central l1uu
9tntion.
Lv. Eatonviile daily a. m; / D. m.
$40 y. IN. Sunday. 3 q m. : and 4
p. m.
Nv, Tacoma DAILY Z I. m. B. N.
I p. m. Sunday . m. and e:f1
p. m.
Saturday Evening Speciai--Leavo
Eatonvf'ie p m; leave Tacoma
e:16 p. m
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TURN To THE CLa SSIFIED
WANT ADS ON PAGE z FOR
RESULTS. SIZE PAGE SEVEN.
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AsHFORD--cACOM
Lc Ashford--s a. m. and 200 D. m.
Lv. Tacoma--S a. m. and 200 d, m
KAPOWSIN-TACOM
Lv. Tacoma--10:30 a. M. 500 D. m.
Lv. Kapowsin--S:06a a. m: 100 d. m.
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MINERAL-TACOMA
Elbe, Alder, La Graude
Lv. Mineral z O. m
Ly. Tacoma 2:00 D. m.
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Three Trips Daily
Leave Tacoma--7:30, 9:f5, 1900 a.
Leave orting-7:45. 800. 1900 q.
m; 1890, 800. p. m.
Saturday Nights md Sundays
Leave Tacoma-9:30 and 1900,
Leave Orting-6:40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-12
BY DAISY DEAN

This weeks medal for feryid i'm
agination goes to the Remington ma
chine crew at the front with the Mena
Film company's studios. the prize
being as follows:
Amy Jerome, playing Sarah in the
biblical picture at Hollywood, re
ceiYed two salary checks for last
weeks engagement. Miss Jerome
plays Sarah as young girl and ages
to a very old woman After a tedi-
Gus days work in the latter makeup,
she sat down under one of the trees
in the Streets of Bethlehem being
used in the production Mr.. Driscoll
passing, believing her to be one of the
extra women, told her to go to the
cashiers window for her check. Miss
Jerome hobbled over and was paid S.,
much to the amusement of Director
Howard Gaye, who stood by as Mr.
Driscoll kindly instructed the old lady
where to sign the receipt When Miss
Jerome signed Sarah, so years after,
and laughed, Mr.. Driscoll recognized
her and made quick decision to re-
main in the managerial chair and al
low others to pilot supposedly old and
helpless females to the cashiers win
dow. He insisted, however, that Miss
Jerome keep the So as a gift from the
Mena, as he said the makeup was
worth more than this, he considered,
to put on and take off for only one
DAYS work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-12
STONE & WEBSTER
BASKETBALL TEAM
OPENS WITH A WIN

The speedy Stone & Webster basket
ball team opened the 19IT-lS season
last night by trouncing the East End
Athletic club quintet of Moline at the
Moline 7. NJ c. A gymnasium by
lopsided count of 60 to %. The early
season form shown by the winners
was surprising. Regain, star forward
Of the Stone & Webster five, led in the
scoring with 25 points to his credit
while Vanguard SHARED IA markers.
The Stone G Webster five Is COM
posed of men employed by that en-
cheering corporation in construction
work on the arsenal. All Of the play
ers have had college experience. Fol-
lowing is the lineup: Regain and
Marquard, forwards; Cardwell, CEN
ter; Chute and Goddy, guards. Regain
formerly played with the University
of Missouri team. Manager Marqnard
today issued challenge to all of the
fastest teams in the tri-cities. No
team Is barred. Manager Cardwell can
be reached at the timekeeping depart
ment Of Stone & Webster's at the ar
senal.
Manager Marquard last summer led
baseball team composed of Stone &
Webster employees which copied the
central Illinois semi-pro champion
| ship at Peoria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-12
DAVENPORT TO GET
BERTH IN WESTERN

st, Joseph, Mo, Dec. 12.--Peoria and
Davenport win almost certainly be
members of the Western league next
season. President Dickerson was Civ
en- full authority TO make the selection
Of the two towns which will be needed
TO fill the places of Denver and Lin
coin, the franchises of which are to
be shifted, and it is known that he has
favored the choice of these towns from
the start, as he believes they would
be better located than would Tulsa
and Oklahoma City for Western league
purposes.
Dickerson left here Immediately
after the meeting Monday night and
will visit each of the cities which have
been considered for membership and
will make his decision known within
few weeks. He will arrive in Dav-
export some time next week and will
thoroughly investigate conditions
there. Peoria has been considered
strong possibility ever since the
| close Of last season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-12
FARRELL EXPLAINS
WAR TIME CONTRACT

New York. Dec 12.-Secretary Far
rell OF the National Association Of
Minor Baseball Leagues yesterday an
nounced the wording Of a clause
which is to be part of the wartime
players contracts, as approved by the
committee appointed at the annual
meeting of the association in Louis
Vile. Nov T. The clause follows:
The player agrees to abide by the
reservation clause in this contract in
the event that the club or league Of
which the club is part is forced to
suspend operations on account of war
conditions.
This clause is void makes the club
and the league plays at least one
half OF its originally adopted SEIZED
uled playing season,
This clause is binding only during
the period of the war 1t is the rul-
ing that it will not be necessary to
tender contracts to players in the Ma
tional army in order to retain title to
their services
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MOCULS MEETING
Chicago Session Is One OF Nest ini-
portant Ever Held, Due to War
Conditions.
NATIONAL REFLECTS TENER
Senior Beat Votes to Keep Isf-Game
Schedule-C0liapse international
Predicted.

Chicago, Dec. 12.--American league
club owners met here today in one OF
their most important annual sessions
of recent years. Although many
problems, most of them results of war
time conditions, were sheduled to be
taken up, no friction among the own
ers was expected and, according to
President Ban Johnson, the session
will end tonight or tomorrow. The
club heads then will mark time pend
ing the arrival OF National league
owners for joint conference, prob
ably Friday.
Important policies must be decided
upon" said President Johnson, but
our time viii be taken up in voting,
not in talking. We all know where
We stand and what we must do. The
game will be continued and run in the
same way it has in the past"
Although measures of economy will
occupy most OF the session, apparent
ly there will be no material reduction
in the player limit.
Another important question before
the meeting is the formulation of wal
contracts. A general cut in salaries
will be agreed upon, owners said to
day, but no official action will bt
| taken by the owners as a body, Wal
contracts, differing from the old con
tracts as regards salary and time o
| service, will be formulated. it is said
| No change in the number Of game.
to be played will be made. it is thought
| because of the decision Of the Nation
al league to stick to the 154 gam
schedule.
New York, Dec. John X. Tene
was reelected president for one yea
and J. A. Heydler, secretary for fou
years at the National league meeting
here.
Routine business and proposed con
stitutional amendments remained to b.
considered at today's session. TIL
important questions affecting war tim
retrenchment policies were expects
TO be deferred until a conference coul
be arranged with the America,
league.
1t was considered unlikely that til
business of the league could be fin
ished in time to allow the members t
attend the opening meeting of tn
/ American league at Chicago tomorrow
Members were hopeful, however. tina
they would be able to meet with tn
junior league officials on Friday o
Saturday.
Baseball followers interpret the az
ton of the International league at ii
annual meeting here yesterday. in vol
ing to cut President Barrow's sa1ar
for $500 to $4,000 and postponing def
mite decision on the makeup of til
league until February, as the forerur
ner of the collapse of the organizatio
at least during the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-12
GROVER ALEXANDER
AND KILLER GO
TO CUBS IN DEAL

Chicago. Dec. J2.-Grover Alexan-
der, pitcher. and BIZ Killifer. catcher
of the Philadelphia Nationals, have
been purchased by the Chicago Ne
tlonals, consideration being sum OF
money said to exceed $4,000 and play
ers Prendergast and Dilhoefer.
There is a war time clause to the
deal which presents remote posi-
bility that the contract might fall
through. as the agreement contains a
rider TO the effect that in case either
Alexander or Killifer is drafted any
time previous to 30 days before the
opening of the 1918 National league
season the deal shall be automatically
Cancelled.
President Charles Weeghman of the
Chicago club demanded that this
clause be incorporated in the deal in
order TO protect his club against the
possibility Of the loss Of one or both
I of the Cubs new stars, should they be
drafted for army or navy service.