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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-18
ORDER NOT NEEDED.
G. c. Lewis Decides Against EX-
nress Company at Suffolk.


Suffolk, Va, Dec. lS.--Justico c.
C.. Lewis, Friday morning in the
cas-. Of G. A. Howerton vs. the
Southern Express Company, suing to
recover quart Of whisky, which the
:ompany's agent at Suffolk, ". A.
Pharis, declined to deliver unless the
consignce furnished a physicians
certificate that the same was for
medicinal purposes, decided that Mr..
Hcwerton should be given his whisky.
Tho attorneys for tho Southern
Express Company Immediately noted
an appeal. alleging ancng othci
POINTS, that tie cas-" should have been
. gainst the ,i;ano Express Company
which wa: shown to have been tins
carrier in The case in question. n
Suffolk thc express companies nam
tain Il joint office, With ". 4.
Pharis IS their joint agent.
.!u;ige William hodges Mann repre-
..rtcd tho Prohibition Commissioners
ii this case, which was a test case to
decide whether the physicians ccrtil-
!cate was necessary or not. The point
l. still undecided according to the
attorneys. Thomas ". Shclt"n rep
"csu1ted thc Southern Express Com
uuny, AMI announced that OIL Satur-
,:ay AFTERNOON he would argue before
he Justice "a motion fer al appeal.
Aires Andersen. % Norfolk, also
represented the Southern Express
Company. William n. Crumpler was
a.tar.ey fer the plaintiff. Hover
TN claimed that he was willin~ TO
s!~n ~ affidavit that the whisky
VS. or!craa for medicinal purposes,
but rl.lt DC refused to get . phrslc-
inns certificate
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'.--.a II 2. =
;sOLB4ERS UNCOVER VICE
Get Evidence and Appear Agains.
Offenders at Atlanta.

Offenders at Atlanta.
|. Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga, Dec
ls,-seldiers, long the prey Of every
'sblind tiger" and: Of every woman Of
ilkrepate, have now turned on their
ancient enemies and are being used
to bring confusion into the ranks of
vice in Atlanta. As result the
sight of a. uniform fills eyil-ioers
here these. days with 9 sense Of IN
certainty that never before existed.
This state Of affairs was intensifc'
during the last few days by the dis
covezy, through Court procedure,
that soldiers have in several cases
been. detailed, for special service
against vice. Aiding in this work
have been men both from Fort Nc.
Pherson, where several hundred re-
gulars are stationed, and from Cam.
Gordon.
Mcpherson boys started the excite
ment. In police Court Friday after
noon and night appeared two sol
diers, corporal and sergeant, wh
said they had been detailed by theii
commander to secure the necessar'
evidence to convict. AS a result Of
their testimony some eight or mo
men and women were bound over
fined on disorderly conduct charg
Saturday night late Camp Col
don soldier took = hand. Near Me
Ca, four. miles from the
camp lived W. ". Glover, L tiger"
suspect. The soldier visited his home,
told him he was cold, and needed 4
drink This led. on to the sale OF a
quart for $40 TO the soldier. Then Stc-
ret Service men appeared and Glove
was arrested. He said sympathy led
him TO make the sale anG the boczu
vas in his house for his sick wife.
Mine thousand people, many oi
The nsuljiers. attended, Saturday Al
.erncon the great auditorium enter
ta;nnent ARRANGED each Sunday for
soldiers ard citizens. Pictures, CON-
r,unitv singing and IN organ recltal
Tiled the hours.
CAIN Gordon authorities state
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:
vo;ying- characterization and ccaiduet
nbecoming a minister.
It was. somewhat difficult for the
Bishop 10 pronounce the sentence.
After reviewing the case. briefly re
began reading tine actual sentence
At that point Mr. Richmond began
reading a protest against the rights
of the Bishop to pass sentence both
Under the laws Of. Pennsylvania and
under the canons Of the church. Both
the Bishop and Nj. Richmond con,
tiuuei to read together until the
Bishop finished and went out, leaving
Mr.. Richmond TO continue his pro-
test alone. Mr.. Richmond then an
nounced his intention Of bringing
legal proceedings against the Bishop
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-18
LuXBuRG IS INSANE.
Author Of "Spurlrs Versenkt' is Re-
moved tc Sanitarium.


Bu.lacs AIRES, pee. 8.-Rllnors
Chat ,"unU LuXpUg, t6rncr Minister
% Argentine, Aha famous for Ms
IN -, "spuIIos rcrscnat,' was Ia
~arc. we're circulated mere last wees
rron 1t Dcca,c known be had been
transferred from IN intCrnmcnt camp
~ =. sanltarlum. The ofiIclal explain
,.t.on o.; the transfer was that Lux.
ru.c had suffered a NERVOUS col
.aTrc. Rcsi&erJS here, however,
l1;ollcd ihc queer antics which were
reported Of l.uyLurg at the time %
Ms departure from H';cnos Aires
atter ne hal icGn held persona non
Gratl ~ thv Argentine government
At .!,a1. time Luxburg departed on
8 sleanrr PROVIDED for him by the
government, but slipped ashore and
landed II Argentine soil, later trar"
dim To 4 small ranch in Ike inter.
,nc. When located there Argentine
officials naj u hard time arrcating
him. au.i wtcn hc was finally taken
;rfn cuSL2-Iv ha WIS fcund 70 be j
-. j;lbi" walking ,rsrnaj. S;:rsc-
Gucntly tnr German cnvcy's raEc I'D
him 10 violence against his Argen-
;il,a yuards. The report Of his III
s;.,,i.y p:,s seized upon By pro-Gcr-
man rcsiicnss mere ~ thv reason Tor
se1Hc cf The a.to,,ndingls- frank COM
.agnts which Luxnurg made il! tho
messages nc le,lt 70 Berlin tl.r"uGh
he G7r@Lisll lega tiGn, several of which
lac hcen gc"rl!cd by the .Amer!cal
:,atG department..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-18
JACKSON BEST GENERAL,


I,ri;i.h Hcga5i "Sioncwaif' u lic
Grsatcs. StrateGist Ilncri'a Elas
Produced
Which 81 Al. til9 AMERICAN gsl!2toia
+; it that has g.Tcn European stratc
lists rlcst GOOD for thought? Give
! sruess o. Two, Or three. And then
gou wil! bc wrong, according t. a
prominent Southern Congressman,
tho says i is not Washington or
Sherman, - Grant, d Robert l.
Lc4.
"Styaeno! Jackson is che man,
si!is Congressman declared, u We
surprised racent!:' IL taking /: Brit
ISL army eaiccls:. 10 .corn tilat tns.'
hare m"1c j, poin! to study All q
Iackscn'. cacpaigns. u seems tAoT
regard lin. rs the cieTcre5t Of 81
ti:c American generals: and tae a.ost
capable il. nancuTerlg against 9ocs.
"Gng B-ihsli c.f:cer tol1 nc that
10 1eersoually, viii, staff Of subor-
JinaSss, had gone on fo2t over eli
inc Ground covered hy General JACK,
on i'll his great raids during the Civil
var. lie said it was AZ fine ! stuoy
j. tacIics a. cculJ be found ANY
z,here . s.,
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that the men here we're not discriru,-
mated against. in matters Of tur--
Tough for Christmas. Every other
camp is on like basis, it was stated.
Twenty-Five per cent. of the men viii
get IS hours Leave
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-18
,IrHMOND BUSTED AT LAST.
Dishcp Suspends Him for Two
Years, Refusing Pardon.

Philadelphia. Ia, DEE. L.
The sentence Of t-so years sNspcE-
sion from the ministry fol Rev. Geo.
Chuimers Richmond, former rector 1
81. Johns T. T. Church. waS up
ncld last week iy Bishcr Philip NJ.
RhinelaMer, Of tte Diocese Of Fem
,,r!vania, IN a brief decision h"""""
..Qvr at tho Church Hc'isc. Twelfth
md Walnut streets. Tue s"n.e1c"
marked the continuation Of the fFlal
and the suspension will iatc from Qc-
tobcr 1G last, when Dr. Richmond
.ras found guilty on three charges ne
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16
CAPITAL AFIRE EXCITEMENT
 OVER LAWS0N'S SENSATION

hand. He said that M'Adoo was the cabinetteer who was responsible for the leak. This was sensational. He backed this up by swearing that a banker had told him, Archibald White Boston Banker dominated another cabinet official.
 The committee took a recess while Congressman Garrett framed two re- solutions one of which compelled Lawson to answer specific questions.
 When they returned to the exami nation of Lawson, Lawson still
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
 FOR POSTAL DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15.- The railroads have had test case before the Supreme Court whereby they sought to recover more than $35,0O0,000 from the government a, due for additional compensation for carrying the mails.
 The government insisted that the railroad carry mails by bulk, and paid in that manner notwithstanding the complaints of the railways that
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16

further electrified the committee room by naming Henry himself as the Congressman who tipped off the fact that the administration had an underground leak in which Tumulty was the paid intermediary. Further Lawson declared that Paul Warburg member of the Federal Reserve Board knew all about the leak right along, and Henry told him that Bernstorif had made two millions by sharing in the selling raids which stirred Wall street.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16
NO HOPE FOR DEWEY
 SAY NIGHT BULLETINS

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15.-. An evening bulletin admits that Ad- miral Dewey the hero of Manila Bay is slowly sinking and little hope is entertained of his recovery.
 Dewey contracted pneumonia some time ago and has made hard fight against the inroads of the disease which seemed to be worsted, but
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16

age was against the veteran of the seas and he began this afternoon to sink.
 While these is some slight poss- ibility that he might rally, his physi- clans say that even his tremendous vitality does not encourage them to hold out any hope. That was this evening.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15.- When Thomas Lawson did not ap- pear,it was thought that the Boston ian had had his bluffed called, and there was nothing else to do but to adjourn, suitably make the punish ment fit the crime, and bury the
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16

it entailed the roads a severe loss. They contended that they had the charge either by bulk or weight on parcels as heretofore.
 The matter has been before the Supreme Court, but that body re- fused to entertain the railroad case.
 It is considered big victory for Burleson, the Postmaster General.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16

memory of the leak. But Lawson soon had them jumping, wiring that he would be in Washington at two o'clock, and the Rules Committee set it's hearing for three o'clock this afternoon.
 At three o'clock Lawson was on
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-01-16

Let "" estimate on soar Job Work
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
HIGH SCHOOL TIGER TEAM MAY
AGAIN EXPERIENCE WEEK LAYOFF

issued to the Sfth infantry team
for a return game. Il Is said.
This dough boy eleven Is conunu-
ing steady practice under the eye OF
lieutenants Il. +. Wells and J. F.
LilIey. and Is developing a rare brand
OF team work. Capt Alexander ~.
Weyand is also assisting In the train
ing OF the eleven, which is to meet
the 18th field artillery at the stadium
on November Il. under the auspices
OF the soldiers welfare and recrea-
tlonal committee OF the chamber. A
holiday has been proclaimed In all
OF the military camps, for the game.
by Col HOratiO Sickles. and thou
sands of soldier boys are expected to
attend the battle
May SJnEe Championship.
Following the game next Wednes-
day Il IS very probable that some
efforts viii be taken to stage q spe-
cial championship series among
teams OF the border patrol for the
purpose Of determining the district
Troop N OF the Seventh
cavalry is reported to be very anN-
ious OF meeting any team that claims
cally every eleven in this district,
lery.
FL Paso's football season viii
be continued well into December
and may go as far rs January
among the troops. IT is said. One
team has obtained n lease on Rio
Grande park for every Saturday
until january I, Is Is said, and
has planned m extensive sched-
ule.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08

TIGH SCHOOL TIGERS are
RI threatened with another off
L l. day unless some arrangement
IS made with a football eleven OF
the border patrol FOR next Saturday
at the stadium. manager Harry Nc
Kenny finding It impossible to arrange
4 contest with any Of the military
teams at Camp Cody \. NJ
Thanksgiving day, as part Of q
big card IN the stadium the Tigers
Will meet the Roswell High school
final plans for this contest having
been made BY manager McKemy
Wednesday. The Roswell school is
reported to be represented by a par
ticularly strong aggregation this
season. and viii bring the pick Of
the New Mexico city down TO meet
the FL Paso eleven at the stadium
Another game viii be played at the
stadium on the same day under the
auspices Of the chamber Of commerce.
Coaches Work Hard.
Under the direction Of coaches
Harry Behnamann and Roy Carlson
the Tigers are practicing daily at
the stadium IN readiness for any
game that may turn up.
The coaches at the present
time are working to develop
speed more SO than anything
else and the fastest men of the
eleven are given n great deal OF
confederation. A challenge will be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
STHR Players
ON VACATION
viii Not Play Sunday But
VIII Schedule Contest
With ENGINEERS.
5h En01neeTS,

Members OF the Myrtle avenue star
football team will not engage In q
game next Sunday morning but Will
take a vacation OF two weeks it,
next game being one week from Sun
day. according to a decision reached
at Il special meeting OF the team
Wednesday night
Challenges from several teams
from troops or the border patrol
were received and read at the meet
ing and it was decided to play the
second engineer headlight train on
Sunday after next. provided. that the
date Is suitable with the engineer
team. The layoff OF the players has
been necessltated by the injury OF
several Of the fastest men IN the
ambulance company No. 1 game last
the members are also baseball play
ers and find II necessary to show
up on Sunday afternoon for COM
petition IN the city championship
series
Practice Will be held at Rio Grande
park this evening at $3.50 o'clock. and
Friday evening at the same time.
Saturday will be an off day and the
players are requested to attend a
WORKOUT Sunday morning at Rio
Grande park at $50 o'clock
Efforts are being made to arrange
several out OF town games for the
star team and II is probable that
some agreement viii be reached
with either Deming or Albuquerque
within the next few days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
CAVALRY TEAM
PRACTICES HARD
Is Getting Into Shape for
Game With Scrappy 18th
Artillery Next Sunday.

Preparatory to its scheduled game
with the 18th field artillery football
team next Saturday afternoon at Rio
Grande park. the Seventh cavalry
eleven Is practicing daily at their
camp at Fort Bliss.
The lineup % the cavalry team
viii include nearly all OF the Old
stars Of the Herringshaw lineup, but
will be reinforced with several new
men who have shown considerable
strength in recent workouts. The
game with the 18th IS recognized as
one OF the most important Of the
season and the players are losing no
time in getting into proper cOndl-
ton for the battle.
In the event that the cavalry team
is successful II will claim the cham
piOnship Of the border patrol. Il IS
claimed that the cavalrymeu have
defeated the 3fth infantry. the am
bulance company. hospital company.
Myrtle Stars and other teams and
that the only eleven standing IN its
way IS the 18th artillery.
Among the former players OF the
Herringshaw team who will be seen
with the new team are: Schwartz,
Schumacher, Hannah. Boslego, Rid
die. Snider, Wilson, EsloOn and
Quinn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
Accepts Challenge to Play
FL Paso Army Team on
Thanksgiving Day.

Camp Cody Is coming after FL PasO's
goaAon Thanksgiving day. A letter
FROM Brig. Gen P. G. BIauldLn. com
handing Camp Cody. 10 Mrs. Donna
Klugel. In charge Of the recreation
and welfare work for the soldiers in
E. Paso, received Thursday morning.
Gen MauldIn says his football play
ers accept the challenge from the
army team winning the game at the
High school stadium on Nov, Il
Mrs. KlugeI and her committees
have completed arrangements for a
big game on the 18th between teams
representing the 34th Infantry and the
13th field artillery. The winner OF
this game will be pittsd against the
Cody team for the championship OF
she border.
Mrs. KlugeI took the challenge to
Camp Cody last week
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08

two or three years you'll be read
ing about Champion F'itZ' again"
Fitz paid Corbett a fine compli-
ment He said Gentleman Jim"
was the greatest alI-around fighter
he had ever opposed and during the
early rounds OF the fight at Carson
City there was grave doubt in his
mind as to his ability to travel the
pace he set
"Corbett fought differently than
most fighters" said Fitz- He had
q wOrrysome shift His feet were
worth as much to him as his hands,
and he kept me watching them all
the time. It wasn't a lucky punch.
as some have cOntended, that en-
abled me to beat Corbett. but 1
viii say luck was with me when
put him down and out"
Concerning his first fight
with Jehries-zhe one In which
he Lost his title-FitH aafd he
WAS confident at all times ID
to the moment he received the
hiE CalifOrninn's Knockout
Puncn- that he would he able
to defeat him. Notwithstanding
Jef's advantage in weight.
"Of all men I fought" said Fitz-
simmons. "JefTries was the one, for
some reason or other. 7 was least
afraid Of"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08

= ? EW YORK, Nov. 8.-The base
M ball season Of 1918 will prob
L ably be shorter than campaigns
OF the past The suggestion Of Ban
B. johnson 10 curJau the schedules
Of both the American and Nation
leagues to $50 games. made prior to
the world series between the Giants
and White SOI, will probably be
adopted when the club owners fore
gather at the winter meetings in De-
cem5er.
War conditions and especially the
drain OF the draft upon the male
population. upon which baseball de-
Ponds largely for patronage. gravely
affected attendance during the latter
part Of the season
In the late weeks OF the cnm-
pniEn even the leading clubs in
the mntOr league races suffered
patronage Ills. The old enthuHi-
nsn was there, Interest in the
Pennnnt pursuits was rampant,
bur there were all too many seats.
Start at Same Time.
Il may be decided TO start the sea
son at the same time IN April as here
tofore. but 10 shut down earlier and
play the world series the last week IN
Septembe Several Of the club own
ers have been sounded on this prOpO-
sitioD and view 1t with favor. The
last world series would have been a
far greater financial success had the
weather been mllder.
The cold IN Chicago on the occa-
sion Of the fifth game between the
Giants and Sox seriously affected the
receipts In New York, too. the at
tendance fell far below expectations
on account OF Indictment weather
Harry y. Hampstead president
OF the Giants, and Charles Comfs-
key, of the white So1. both are in
favor OF n shortening Of the
schedule, and believe Il would be
wiser TO play the world series the
last week in September.
Thus far the hand OF the draft has
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08

dealt lenlently with the local ma5o'
clubs. The Yankees will lose only
one man-Walter Snallw ood--a pitch
er obtained from the Newark club. OF
the international league. SmallwoOd
resides n Baltimore and has gone TO
camp with a Maryland unit Slim
Love, Frank GilhoOley and Elmer Nil
Ter were called, but have been Notified
their claims for exemption have been
allowed, as they have dependent
wives.
Three onetime members OF the
Yanks, Ed Sweeney. who caught for
New York FOR several years. Mullen
formerly first baseman. and Hamilton
played with Toledo In the American
association last season, have been
drafted Most Of the other members
OF the Tanks are married and have
children, and there Is meager danger
they viii be taken
Giants In Good Luck.
The Giants. too. have been fortu-
nate In the draft lottery. George
Kelly. nephew OF Bill LANCE, the far
famed veteran OF the White SOz. Is the
only member OF the team now in the
army. At the end OF the season the
big fellow went 10 his home IN Call
fornia and was assigned 70 regi-
ment now receiving instruction in
trench warfare.
Kelly has been on the roster OF
the Giants for two seasons sad
his going Is not likely TO impair
the chances Of New TOrlz'B success
next season.
The draft. however, threatens TO
pluck Davey Robertson and Fred An
derson from the local outfit Both
have been summoned to appear for
physical examination They have put
in claims for exemption on the ground
OF dependents a second draft, how
ever, may take some OF the younger
members OF the team. including Benny
kauff. Jimmy Smith. George Smith.
Al Baird and Hemingway, hut most OF
the other players are either above the
draft age o. have dependent families
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08

TUST review the baseball situation
OF one week ago today. and the
fans viii have an excellent idea
OF what It means for either the
civilian OF military teams to cop the
fifth game OF the series Sunday after
noon at Rio Grande park
One week ago the army team had
won two games and lost but one to
its civilian rivals Last Sunday after
noon had no effect on the standing Of
the two teams except TO convince the
City league supporters that the team
could tight IN pinch and incidentally
gave them courage TO forecast q vic
tory next Sunday afternoon.
In the event that the Fl Pnso
etub does win, II VIII necessifaue
n fifth contest for the settlement
Of the championship claims, as the
register Will then stand two all,
and one lied game for the title.
Reviewing the team and individual
work OF the members of the two
CLUBS impTesses the fan with the ap-
parent evenly matched playing OF the
teams IN the com posite team box
scores below II viii be seen that l46
army batsmen have faced city pitch
ers while just two less civilian play
ers have walked to the plate to bat
out against the army twirlers. The
II.
The army has made 81 hits and the
city 81 What do you think of thatg
II il is not an assurance Of two teams
battling on the same basis. then Il is
because the army has an advantage in
fielding that cannot be easily offset
by Its rival
Civilians Better Batsmen.
So far the battering average OF the
entire civilian team Is -212, Just three
points above the military cracks On
the other hand the civilian boys have
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
CODY TEAM To PLAY FL PAS0ANS

The FL Paso committee arranging
for the big affair on Thanksgiving.
Robert Krakauer, chairman; George
P LeBaron. manager. viii entertain
the Cody team while Il is here. Gen
Mauldin and Gen Harries have also
been invited to come with the team.
Il is expected that a large number OF
officers and men viii come over for
the game.
The COdy-El Paso game will be but
enc OF the big features for Thanks
giving day. The High School Tigers
viii play some outside team and the
stadium VIII be dedicated also. Fiji
the stadium" is the slogan and FL
Pasoans are expected 70 turn cut BY
the thousands