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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-27
SPORTS

New York, June 26.-Manager Mathew son of the Reds certainly ought to put himself in the box once this coming season if for no other reason than by so doing he will have the opportunity to record his twenty hundredth Ma tional league strike-out. One more whiff victim and Blk Six will have famed 25O0 men in the championship games in the parent body. He is the only major leaguer who will have a chance, this year, to reach the quarter ten-thousand mark in strikeouts, for Walter Johnson is not liable to whiff 3SS men, nor is Edward Plank at all likely to breeze 466.
 Mathewson, Johnson and Plank stand alone as having retired more than 2oCo athletes on strikes and they are not likely to have company in that class for some years, anyway. Ed Walsh, to whom Charles Comiskey has given permission to place himself with a minor league club. was credited with 17O6 strikeouts, but only 62 of these were tackled on to that record in the last three years.
 Walshs retirement from the fast set lets Leon Ames move into fourth place in the strikeout league, with a record of 15e9 men retired in that manner His largest harvest was in 1905. That harvest fell two by the 200 mark.
 ALEX FAR BELOW
 Grover Cleveland Alexander will not reach the 1590 mark in strikeouts until the close of the 1918 campaign, though he shot into the four figure class about as fast as anyone. The Nebraska plains man has breezed 1903 men and he will have to beat his best seasons strikeout mark by 56 in order to get into the Ames class. Only two pitchers are past the 1000 notch--'Rube'' Marquard of the Rob ins and Ed Ruelbach of the Braves The left-hander has famed 1017 men, the right handler 1912.
 Coombs of the Robins will get by the 1000 mark in strikeouts this year, and Eddie Cicotte of the White Sox may do so. Wood has famed 975 men, Coombs 9so and Cicotte 917 The National and American league pitchers who have famed 300 or more men are as follows 2499 Mathewson Reds; PIP, Johnson Senators; 2034 Plank, Browns; 1500. Ames, Cardinals; 1908, Alexander, Phillies; lOl7, Marouard Superbas;, 1012 Reulbach Braves; 975, Wood, Indians; 960 Coombs Superbas; 917, Ccotte, White Sox; SS2 Scott. White Sox S25, Mitchell, Tigers; 791. Groom, Browns; 769, Vaughn, Cubs; 764, Tesreau, Giants 723, Tyler. Braves; 6s9. Cheney, Superbas; 647, Sallee. Giants; 6sS. Gregg, Red Sox: 625 Caldwell, Yam kees 577 Leonard, Red Sox; 575, Benton, Giants; 527. Ragan, Braves; 527, Rudolph, Braves; 519, Fisher, Yankees; 5ol. Hamll- ton, Browns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-27
DAY OF 400 H|TTERS HAS PASSED; COBB IS ONLY ONE IN CAME
Georgia Peach Only Man in Majors to Top 400 Mark and Who Is Still in
 the Line-Up

What do you know about a baseball season that produced 15 pastimers with batting average of 400 or better? You guessed right. It happened in the olden days of big league pastiming, in the days of which grandfather likes to tell of how they pickled the pill.
 Thirty years ago the National league and the American association held the spotlight in baseball, as do the Nation al and American leagues today. It was then-in 1887, to be exact-that the hardest hitting on record came to pass. In that year the American asso- ciation records showed Il players with a batting average of 400 or better. The players were ONeil, Caruthers and Robinson of St. Louis; Browning and Mack of Louisville, Lyons and Stovey of the Athletics, Bedford and Orr of the Metropolitans Burns of Baltimore and Burch of Brooklyn.
 FOUR ABOVE 400
 The same season the National league kicked in with quartet hitting in the 400 set, the players being Anson of Chicago, Ferguson of Philadelphia, and Brouthers and Thompson of Detroit. Only once since that memorable sea- son of 1887 has there been more than two 400 wallopers Tn one year. In
 
 trot and Deehanty and Turner of Philadelphia slugged their way into the champion circle Since 1912, the last time Ty Cobb turned the trick, no big-time leader has hit for 400.
 It would seem that the National | league gave up the business of devel- | oping 400 swatters when the American | league came into existence. The par ent organization hasn't owned 400 hit | ter since 1899, when Ed Delehanty and l Jesse Burkett hit for the high mark. 1 Three American leaguers. Lajoie, Cobb and Jackson, have turned in a season s l ba tting card with an average of 400 I or better.
 31 WON HONOR i All told there have been S1 pastim- , CTS who have hit for 400 or better since l the big show was organized. Seven have 1 been repea ters among them Ross Barnes l and Jesse Burkett, who stayed in the :! 400 set three seasons, and Ty Cobb, Ed ] Delehanty, Sam Thompson. Pop" An 1 son and Harry Stovey, with records of l two seasons each.
 1 Ty Cobb is the only present-day play CT who stacks up with the old-time sluggers Ty may not be so wicked with the bludgeon, but even grandfather will have to admit that his batting av- craze year by year compares favorably l with those of the old boys.
 Today a 400 clouter is indeed rare ] bird. Perhaps some pastimer of the fu- ture will hit his way to fame, but in all probability when Tyrus passes out of l the big yard he will take back to Geor- gia the last of the major leagues 400
 batting marks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-27

(Bluhm and Gilbert). Earned runs, Smith l. Brennan 3. Time, 1:46 Empires, Mar can and Morgan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-27
International League

At Newark: Newark 4, Buffalo 3.
 At Richmond: Richmond 3, Montreal At Providence: Providence 6, Roches- ter 5.
 At Baltimore: Baltlmore-Toronto game scheduled for today played June 23
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-27

Summary: IWO-DdSe hII, BdTDaFe. Three-base hit Bowden Home-run. Ba- ker. Stolen bases, Knaupp, Barbare, Me Dowell ?, Bluhm ?, Smith. Sacrifice hits, Bowden, Smith, Edmondson. Double play, Meyers to Mcdowell. Struck out, Smith H. Brennan 2. Bases on balls, Smith 5. Brennan l. Hit by pitcher, Brennan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-27
South Atlantic League

At Augusta: Augusta '. Jacksonville l. At Charleston: Charleston 4, Columbia 5.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
RETAIL MERCHANTS TO
| HAVE SESSION TONIGHT
Officers win Be Elected and Annual
Banquet win BE Had In Jefferson
Hotel.

Officers for the year will be elected
and other business transacted at the
eleventh annual meeting OF the Retail
Merchants Association of Richmond
in the jefferson Hotel tonight. The
business session will be followed by
the annual banquet at which Samuel
L. Kelley will be the principal speak
er. Acquaintance and Cooperation"
is his theme
The session will"begin at O'CLOCK.
only members of the association and
accredited managers may attend. The
AFFAIR is in charge of n committee
composed of Lewis Kaufman. chair
man, and Walker c. Cottrell, Nathan
simon, James f. Phillips, Jr., and
Melvin Stern.
Present officers and the hoard of
directors are: President, II. Carl
Boschen; vice presidents, Julius c.
levitt and W. II. Schwarzschild;
treasurer, L. II. Kaufman, and secre-
tary, w. A. Clarke, Jr. Directors
Max j. Cohen. ]. G. Corley, Abe Det-
tlebach, f. A. Dietrich, ]. II. Grant.
Ihomas B. Howell, James 2. Jones.
Jesse A. Ladd, I. O. Miller, James
Il. Phillips, Jr., William 7. Ryan, Ed
ward q. Schmidt. d. r. Talman, Moses
Thalheimer and Leo f. Ullman. Aux
lIiary directors--Frank Corley, J. e.
Euhank. Gilbert Greentree Lewis
Kaufman and Earl Miller.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
RICHMOND COLLEGE HAS
ANOTHER FRATERNITY

A new fraternity, Tau Kappa Alpha,
has been established at Richmond Coll
lege, which restricts It's membership
to only those men who have represent
ed the college in intercollegiate de-
bate. The following students were re-
Gently initiated. under the direction OF
the chapter of the organization from
Randolph Macon: Writ l.. Davis. Nor
gan L. Combs, Weston Bristow, J. II.
Barnett, G. w. Diehl. e. w. Miller and
A. o. Lynch. The fraternity has been
In operation since 1908. and has chap
tiers in many of the leading colleges
and universities OF this country. The
chapters have now reached thirty-fva
in number.
Among other activities at Richmond
College will be the presentation by the
dramatic club early In February of Mrs.
Burton Harrson's "A Russian Honey
moon" Members of the student body
of Westharh pton College Will carry the
women's part in the play. Rehearsals.
under the direction of Professor Handy
and Professor Montgomery, have been
in progress for several weeks in the
college auditorium.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
|B|G ADVANCE IN COAL.
RATES UNDER PROTEST
Chamber of Commerce Will Invest-
gate Cause OF Proposed Increase
of 100 Per Gent.

At a meeting of the manufacturers
committee OF the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday afternoon, a consid-
GRAFTON of the proposed advance in
coal rates to manufacturers was en-
tered to determine the causes of and
the necessity for the jump from $50,
as the price now stands. to a proposed
$500 per ton for coal used bv manu-
facturers and other large consumers.
This increase. the committee declares,
Will reflect most harshly on consumers
in other lines of coal.
The committee asked for a meeting
OF the board of directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce at IL O'Clock today
to take action with a view to affording
Richmond the necessary protection
against this apparent increase in
prices. Various coal mine agencies
of the city have been asked to appear
and give what available information
they have which will tend to justify
the advance in rates.
II Is q'<ite probable that the board
will take immediate and definite ac-
ton and will begin what steps may
be deemed necessary to conserve the
interests of local manufacturers and
of all users of coal in this vicinity.
The advance in these coal prices will
greatly affect the city of Richmond,
which is one of the largest coal con-
sumers in the city. The gas works,
water works and other departments
will suffer q severe increase in cost
of operation in case the advanced rates
are brought, and the city's financial
status Will take another slump.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
IREOEGAR CO. RESISTS
COLLECTION Of TAX

Proceedings in the injunction of
the Tredegar Company against the
Commonwealth to restrain the COM
missioner of the revenue from COL
iecting taxes on the capital of the
company. under the Interpretation of
that word made by the State auditor
were begun yesterday before Judge r
Carter Scott, of the City Circuit Court
w, r. Meredith for the company, and
Assistant Attorney General l. c. Gar
nett argued the case yesterday, and
The court was adjourned until Friday.
when the arguments will be completed
The case concerns the collection of
omitted taxes on the capital OF the
company, it being claimed by the
Tredegar Company that the assess
ment should be based on the capital
stock less all outstanding indebted
ness, while the State contends that
only such indebtedness incurred six
months prior to the due date of the
taxes should be deducted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
FREED N LIQUOR CASE
YET NAY. GO TO JAIL
Negro Charged With Transporting
Ardent Spirits Had Given
Testimony.

Charged with bringing eighty-two
quarts OF whiskey into Richmond
from another State. ]. w. Thompson,
colored. was arraigned in the Hust-
ings Court yesterday. Judge Richard
son sustained a plea of noIIe pros
entered by Gilbert Pollock. counsel
for Thompson. but the latter was
placed under $500 bond for twelve
months. Unless he Is able to raise
the amount for security, 1t Is probable
that he will have to go to Jail in de-
fault of bond.
Thompson was arrested on Decem-
Der by Detectives Bertucci and
Sweet. Percy Coles, another negro.
was arrested with him, and when the
case was brought to Police Court
Thompson took full responsibility for
transporting the liquor, resulting in
the dismissal of Coles. Then Attor-
ney Pollock contended that Thompson
could not be prosecuted in a case in
which ne had given testimony for the
Commonwealth, and in which he was
involved. This contention was over
ruled by Justice Crutchfield, but on
an appeal to the Hastings Court Judge
Richardson upheld Pollock's plea
The grounds for this decision was
taken from the prohibition act, sec
ton 49, which reads as follows:
mo person shall be excused from
testifying as to any offense committed
by another under this act by reason
of his testimony tending to incrimi-
nate himself but the testimony given
by such person shall In no case be
used against him, nor shall he be
prosecuted for the offense as to which
ne testified"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
AMERICAN SETTLERS
FLEE FROM MEXICO

FL Paso, Tex, Jan. 29--Spven thou
sand American settlers are fleeing In
the wake of General Pershing s. army,
acc ording to reports brought here to-
night Americans and other foreign
ers who have tried to establish homes
in Mxico believe that villa will order
the massacre of any Americans found
in Mexico believe that Villa will order
shing's troops are again on United
States soil. Arrangements are being
made aIc>s the border to care for
the refugees.
AT a conference this afternoon Cen
eral Murguia. commandant of Juarez,
assured the L. $, authorities that h.
would have sufficient troops on hand on
the Mexican side OF the bridge tomor-
row morning to prevent repetition Of
the yesterday and today's rioting. Hun
dr"ds of Mexican women and children
and some men remained at the bridge
throughout the day jeering at the
"Gringoes." About 200 Mexican women
consented to take the gasoline baths
and were permitted to go to their
s44seas Of employ insnt in FL Paso.
There was no street car service to
Juarez today. An attempt to resume
running ears viii be made tomorrow
American horsemen will try also TO get
some OF their valuable animals away
from the Juarez track.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
ROAD CONGRESS OPENS
SESSION HERE TO-DAY
Hural Aoad Improvement League VIII
Devote First Day TO Routine
Business.

The Virginia Road Congress Will
open this morning at 10 o'clock at
Murphy's Hotel. and will continue its
sessions through Friday. Preparations
have been completed for welcoming
the large number of delegates who
will come from all parts of the State
to the-Congre ss-M Many prominent
speakers are scheduled TO make ad-
dresses during the convention.
The session at 10 o'clock this morn .
ing will be devoted to executive meet
ings OF county presidents and chair
men, and election OF board OF man
ayers. The afternoon session will he
a meeting of supervisors division of
Rural Road Improvement League and
election of chairman, secretary and
executive committee. with one mem
Der from each congressional district.
During the congress committees
representing every through connected
highway In Virginia will meet and
make up n schedule for concerted effort
of citizens and authorities for imme-
diate Improvements
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30

As to the merits of Intolerance
from purely spectacular Viewpoint.
there will he no two opinions II Is
a wonderful production.
An Unveiled Attack.
As an entirely frank and unveiled
attack upon prohibition. upon social
uplift work and as a plea for per
sonal liberty" Intolerance" is film
that will be greeted with Joy by the
VETS"
The use OF the words and a repre-
sentation OF the very presence of the
Christ in attempts 20 find Scriptural
foundation for the condoning Of the
social evil, the licensed saloon and the
open" city will be generally re-
garded as a fnr-fetched effort, dis
tasteful to the American public, and
approaching very sacrilege.
Those who so warmly endorsed Mr.
Griffith's epoch making earlier pro-
duction will regret his effort to make
propaganda favorable to the liquor
interests.
However. as many another grossly
overdrawn and distorted production
It's exaggeratlons are so patent that
they will go a long way toward break
Ing the effect of It's poisoned arrows
OF their own Intolerance"
The Academy was filled last night.
but there was lively little ap-
plause, although some Of the major
spectaclea received liberal recognition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
MRS. |NNES DYING
IN ATLANTA JAIL

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 2s.--Mrs. Ida
May -IanesI who has heen held in con-
nection with her husband. Victor In
mes. for larceny after trust, Will prob
ably never be tried. She Is now in
jail. said to be in the last stages OF
tuberculosis. and II is likely when her
case Ia called in February 1t will be
indefinitely postponed.
Innes Is serving term OF seven
years In the penitentiary. after be-
ing convicted OF the larceny charge.
His counsel has asked the Georgia
Supreme Court to order a new trial,
but a decision, pending now for sew
eral months. has not been handed
down.
The charges OF larceny after trust
followed their trial for murder in
San Antonio, Texas, growing out of
the disappearance of Mrs. Eloise Dem
mis- and Miss Beatric helms. sisters
who. have never been located. The
murder trial resulted in acquittal
principally, II was said, because of
the States (Texas) inability to pro-
duce corpus deficit.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
GEN. PERSH|AG WILL
CROSS BORDER IN WEEK
Probably $4,000 Guarlsmcn Will Be
Released Not Later Than Feb
ruary -, Others Gradually.

Washington, Jan. 29.-According to
the plans of the War Department, the
return from duty of $4,000 national
guardsmen will follow quickly upon
the return to the Columbus, N. NJ,
border base Of the Pershing expedi-
tionary force. Ii Is not to be ex-
pected that the whole number of citi-
zen soldiers will he released at once,
but with the prospect Of Pershing
force being at Columbus within u
week. 1t iS the War Departments
hope to have them there by February
L. 1t is tentatively promised that ap-
proximately $4,000 guardsmcn will be
released at that time.
Tho present prospect is that the
return of the first $4,000 guardsmen
will be completed by February 20.
The distribution of General Pershing' s
force Of 1000 men along the Dor
der at various points of need will
thereafter release other units Of the
volunteer force.
The War Department officials are
keeping a close watch upon the en-
tire frontier The tendency south Of
the international line to start a riot
and unrest. as reflected in the hap
peninEs at Juarez Sunday. Is causing
some apprehension and may result in
Ii somewhat slower withdra wal of the
volunteer troops than present plans
provide,
Regarding the progress of the Per
shing expedition on its northward
hike" the War. Departm ent today
made the following announcement:
General Pershings movements are
continuing without incident, accord
ing to schedule. He will probably
cross the border a week from today"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
CONvICT-SOLDIER OFFERS
TO RE-ENTER CELL

Jeffersonville. Ind, Jan. 2s.--war
has reconstructed the moral fibre of
John Stuart. even II It has ruined
him physically, Stuart was on parole
from the Indiana reformatory in
April. 1915. when the spirit of ad
venture led him to fee to Canada
ami enlist In the British army. He
served a year In the trenches OF
France. He was wounded once and
later suffered a nervous collapse. from
which he Is now recovering in hos
pital In Canada.
He has written his former instruc-
tor in the reformatory that he has
been brought face to face with death
and, II he dies, wants to die with a
clear conscience. He Is willing to
return to the reformatory and serve
whatever time the board decides he
should serve.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
TOOK POISON IN
MISTAKE FOR .NITRE

Mrs. z. P. Zelus. OF 112 East Clay
Street. Is patient at the Stuart Car
Gle Hospital. due to having taken a
dose of atrotine. poison. through
mistake, She had purchased the drug
from Burnette's drug store on West
Broad Street. and the clerk In labelling
the bottle marked II sweet spirits OF
nitre.
1t is said that Mrs. Zelus sent to the
drug store for n quantity of the afro
tine, which she was to US cas- an eye
drop, and q bottle of the nitre for In =
ternal treatment. The clerk filling the
order mixed the labels. which caused
Mrs. Zelus TO take the drug. 1t was
said at the hospital last night that the
patient was getting along well, and
that no serious results were expected,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
bO MESS EDEN" IS
PLANNED FOR CHICAGO

Chicago, Jan. sas.--An Adamless
Eden for the woman who works is
planned for Chicago. 1t will be a
place where the woman who. writes
or does other professional work or
who is a thinker of independent
means may live. work and play with
out any mere man around to make
things unpleasant or pleasant as the
case may be.
1T Will be place of women, by
women and for women" explains Mrs.
Josephine Clement. The site already
has been selected The structure will
include all modern conveniences and
features, including proba by an I'M
foreground theater a large restaurant
and an underground cafe with dumb
walters to serve all apartments. Sim
plicity, the truth OF real art. will gov
ern all decorations
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
WILSON'S PEACE VIEWS
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
the world at peace" II will announce
their readiness to enter into an agree
ment with the other great powers
again after peace Is made--to limit
ornaments.
1t will emphasize that none is more
interested in both these problems than
are the central allies. claiming that
the realization of the Presidents aims
in these respects will prevent q re-
Currence of the present war, which,
they viii reiterate, was forced upon
them.
The note Is expected to endorse in
the strongest possible terms the Presi-
dents advocacy OF the freedom of the
seas II is asserted that this principle
Is one OF the great objects for which
the central powers are fighting this
war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30

ttortinued from FIRST rage.
he belongs because of his religious
faith
Such a provision. so applied and
administered, would ohlige the officer
concerned. In effect, to pass Judgment
upon the laws and practices OF n for
eign government and declare that they
did or did not constitute religious per-
secution. This would, to say the least,
be q most tnvidious function for any
administrative officer OF this govern
ment to perform, and IT IS not only
possible. but probable, that very seri
Gus questions of international justice
and comfy would arise between this
government and the government or
governments thus officially condemned
should its exercise be attempted
81 dareSay that these consequences
were not in the minds OF the pro-
ponents of this provision, but the pro-
vision separately and in itself renders
II unwise for me to give my assent to
this legislation In It's present form"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-30
NAVAL. COMMITTEE.
COMPLETES ITS WORK

Washington, Jan. 2s.--The House
Naval Affairs Committee today com
pleted work on the naval approprta-
ton bill, carrying 35l.463245 to car
rs out the naval program for the fiscal
year 1918. as against $4,000, 600 for
the current year
Inc Dill. which will be reported to
the House by Chairman Padgett either
tuesday or Wednesday. provides for
three battleships, one battle cruiser.
three scout cruisers fifteen destroyers,
one destroyer tender. one submarine
tender and eighteen so0-ton submar.
Ines. This In the main is the program
formulated by Secretary Daniels rather
than that recommended by the Cen
eral Board Of the Navy.